The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-04

camp snip, Ala, were nelu AT EnJrlcau.
David Brown, of Lansing, enlisted
in the 10th U. S. infantry last summer
and went to Porto Rico. He returned
home, having left his regiment with
serter.
Leslie Parker, aged 16 was shot and
instantly killed at MuslSegon by Mich
ael Burns, an aged man, upon whom a
number of boys were playing some
Halloween pranks. Burns gave him
self up.
Extensive forgeries of sparrow
bounty orders have been discovered at
jackson. Fred McKeever, Frank Webb
and VIM. Smultzler, of Mason, and
Ansel Hatfield, of Eaton Rapids, were
arrested.
The Delta Lumber Co. has sold it's
large plant at Thompson, upper PENN
sula, 70 the Fuller & Rice Lumber Co.,
of Grand Rapids, ana the White &
Friant Lumber Co., of Muskegon, for
$l95,O00
Mrs. Anna Sonnabend, aged 60, liv-
ing alone at Detroit, was found dead
in bed and n note by her side said she
had taken morphine to end her exist
ence. She has been dead week when
discovered
Henry McCrum, aged 65, met with a
fatal accident in We'll & Co. S furniture
store, Detroit, by walking into an
elevator shaft, falling Is feet and strik-
ing his head on a cross beam, fractur-
ing his skull.
The success of the Bay City sugar
beet factory has induced West Bay City
people to lay plans for a big factory.
1t is said S25O,OOO of eastern capital
and $50, 900 local capital are available
for the purpose.
Capt. Wheeler, of the SalvationArmy,
and his wife, had quarrel at Ionia,
over questions of creed and a new
preacher The captain took dose of
laudanum to kill himself, but took too
much and will recover.
The shock caused by the loss of 10
lives by the sinking of the steamer l..
r. Doty, of which c. j. Smith, of Bay
City, was managing owner, has so af-
fected Mr.. Smith that he is now con-
fined to his bed with brain fever.
Capt Fred NJ. Alger, assistant adju-
tant-general, son of the secretary OF
war, and Capt. James II. Mcmillan, as
sistant quartermaster, son of Senator
Mcmillan, have been honorably dis
charged from the L. $. volunteers.
A 15-year-old boy named Jones, OF
Vienna township, Nlontmorency county,
was trying TO draw cartridge from a
rifle when the weapon was discharged
and the ball passed through the boys
younger brothers head, killing him
instantly.
The Bell Telephone Co. refused &c
comply with a Lansing ordinance and
string its wires on 5O-foot poles put VI
! for the Joint use of all wires on the
main streets, and the chief of police
chopped down the Bell Co. S poles on
those streets.
There are about 40, 900 acres of swamp
land in Iosco county, between AuSablC
and Tawas City, much of which is pine
stumpage reverted to the state for non
payment of taxes The state will be
asked to appropriate n sum sufficient
to drain the lands thoroughly.
The Northern Assurance Co., of Lon
don, has come to Insurance Commits
sioner Campbells terms, agreeing tC
sever all connections with combina
tions and bureaus designed to maintain
rates. The company pays fine o
$3.50 for a renewal of its license.
Shiawassee county farmers are t
have free rural mail delivery from thu
Owosso postoffice, as an experiment
One route will extend IL miles soutl
and another west and south l6 miles
The carrier service was secured through
the influence of Senator Burrows.
The Soldiers Home board announce
that no more veterans can be received
in that institution. There are now 60
men in the home, 10 more than at thi
time last year. In addition there ar
so veterans out on leave who will sool
return for the winter, bringing tn
total up to no. The highest numbe
ever accommodated there before wa
7O2.
Under Michigan's new system of reg
istering deaths nearly so per cent NOR
deaths are reported than under tn
old system The death rate under tn
new law the past IL months was -.
per 1000. OF the 37,9l5 deaths re
ported 5,Os1 were of persons unde
one year old and 2,O35 from one to fou
years. Consumption caused 2,45
deaths.
A storms which had all the trade
marks of genuine, bowling blizzar
swept over Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Wi:
consin and threw up waves as high a
church steeples on the Great lakes
Railroad traffic was much delayed i
the west and lake shipping ran fo
shelter wherever possible. Two c
three craft were lost but the crew
were saved.
On the evening of Oct. IA a ma
pouch was stolen from the Michiga
Central depot mail truck at jackson
: Last week a quantity of the mail wa
found in box car in the yards. TIL
, letters had all been opened and I'll