The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06
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wrecked near Flint and Is loaded car:
were demolished.
Mrs. Louis Dahl, living near New
Buffalo, was burned to death by gas
oline stove explosion.
Several hundred Michigan physicians
have volunteered to go to the front
with the Michigan boys.
The muster rolls show that there arc
3,51O officers and men at Camp Eaton
exclusive of staff officers.
Fruit men in Oceana county say
there were never so many good buds al
this time of the year as now, and they
are all looking for an immense croT
this season.
An unknown man crawlcd into a
charcoal kiln at CULVER. near Manis
tiquc, set the coal on fire and was
speedily asphyXiatcd by gas. 1t was d
clear case of suicide.
Capt. Geo L. Judd has been formally
installed as commandant of the Sol
diers' Home at Grand Rapids, with r.
b. Taylor. of Port Huron. as adjutant,
ana MTS. Nclcll as IndIfOn.
Isaiah w. Austin, aged -. war vet.
I eran from CharlevoiX county. commit.
ted suicide at Adrian by placing the
muzzle of a gun in his mouth and snap
ping the trigger by means of "a stick.
Clarence A. Black. one of the trus.
tees of Harper hospital at Detroit,
called on Gov. Pingree at military
headquarters and rendered the use OF
the hospital to the state in the present
war emergency.
The scmi-aunual apportionment OF
primary school money to be made this
month will distribute S35O,G17 among
the several counties. This will be al
at the rate of 80 cents for each child OF
school age in the state.
Clinton Pierre, farmer, six miles
east of Manton, was killed in a run
away, his team becoming frightened at
something by the roadside. His wife
and little child escaped uninjured.
The same team killed two persons in
previous runaways.
Camp Eaton at Island Lake has been
declared regimental camp, Brighten.
Irish, adjutant-general of the Michigan
National Guard. having taken command
under orders from Gov. Pingree. The
entire control of the regiments and in
dependent battalions in the hands OF
the commanding officers.
Just before the Light Infantry left
Owosso Sergeant Henry Bertram was
thrown from "a frightened horse near
the armory. The horse reared and
stepped on his face, smashing in the
left cheek bone and multilating the
whole side of his face. He will lose
| one eye. The accident cast feeling
of depression over his comrades.
The salt block of Louis Sands, al
Manistee, was totally destroyed by fire
at loss of over $40 900; insurance but
| $4,000. A gale was blowing and the
air was filled with firebrands, which
makes it almost a miracle that two
large mills within 200 feet escaped de.
struction. The salt block was just
about to begin operations after long
shutdown for thorough repairs.
The American Lake Superior Power
Co., at the 500, is asking for bids fol
the construction of water-powe
canal one and half miles long. 20O
feet wide, % feet deep. The work il
one of great magnitude, involving tn,
expenditure of several millions of dol
lars. A lease for 10000 horse powe
engine to be ready in two years ha
been made to the Lake Superior Car
bine works. New York and Philadel
phia capitalists are pushing the work
The war department has appolnte,
Capt. Benz. Munday, assistant surgeon
of the u. ). army. as chief physical eX
aminer at the muster in of Michigan
troops. He will be assisted by Dr. ii
S. Kiskadden, of Detroit, and DR. w
II. Jones, of Houghton, appointed b.
the governor, and by the three sur
geons of each regiment The u. $ mus
tering officers are Capt, Irvine AM
Lieut.. Winans, who begin the enroll
ment of the Guardsmen as soon as tn
medical examinations are completed.
The first funk among the Michigan
boys at Camp Eaton was when 10 mem
bers of the Scott Guards of Detroit
Co. c, Fourth infantry, signified thei
intention TO refuse to volunteer. TIL
remaining members of the compan
met Immediately and took action re
questing the designations of those VIII
flunked. Two non commissioned officer
were then appointed to accompan
them TO Detroit and return as soon a
possible with an equal number of r.
serve men of the Scott Guards.
Gen. White has named the camp q
} Island Lake Camp Eaton, after the LAT
Adjt. Gen. Charles 4. Eaton.