Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-01-06
of,cers o. thes,sd and s4th MICHIGAN


TO Santiago To locate the graves of
Michigan boys who died there and TO
identify their remains.
Edward O'Brien. one of the kalama.
700 college students who went south
with Co. c, 32d Michigan volunteers,
died at Fort Mcpherson. Atlanta, Tia.
lie had been i'll since August.
DR.. Bell superindent of the northern
Michigan asylum for the insane at
Newberry, has rendered his resignation
and it has been accepted. lie will be
succeeded by DR. Chamberlain.
Chas. W. Whited. aged, 80, chief
electrician for the Chicago Il Grand
Trunk died at Battle Creek from in
juries received by running into a hand.
car with his railroad velocipede.
Frank +. Ball, Benton Harbor bar
Der, struck the fancy of Miss Mildred
Vaughan, Kentucky heiress who is
being treated at the Benton Hartor
sanitarium, and they were married.
First Lieut.. Burt, Co. l., 35th Michi-
gan, has rendered his resignation TO
toi. iIiSu Ottduot VI TIC ptcsSuIC vi
personal business. Lieut.. Burt is the
son Of w. Il. Bnrt, of Saginaw, and is
a graduate of Orchard Lake.
The Soldiers home board will not
erect any more buildings, but will limit
the admission to the home to veterans
who get less than sl2 a month pension,
and hope thus to keep the number OF
inmates within the facilities.
Ionia capitalists are pushing a
scheme To extend the Lowell S Hast
ings railroad from Lowell TO Ionia and
connect with the d., G. X. & W., Civ
ing much better connections with De-
troit, Saginaw and the north.
The Wheeler shipyards at West Bay
City will be reopened soon, Mr..
Wheeler having been able to shape his
affairs favorable TO resuming opera
tons. Only steel boats will be con-
structed at these yards in the future.
President Heald. Of the Chicago &
West Michigan and Detroit, Grand
Rapids & Western railroads, has or
dered 100 refrigerator cars and 80 Or
binary freight cars TO handle the large
fruit and produce traffic on those lines.
The members OF the 33d and 34th
Michigan regiments, upon the recon-
mendation of Gen. Shafter, have been
given the privilege of wearing the
badge OF the Fifth army corps, the
only corps which saw active service in
Cuba.
Prof. f. NJ. Cooley, formerly of the
L. of NJ. has been released from the
necessity of going to Gaum island with
the cruiser Yosemite for an indefinite
period. His new orders make him one
Of the chief engineers at the League
Island navy yard
Joseph Babillon, the Detroit convict
who escaped from the insane ward of
Ionia prison Oct. 20, has been captured
in New York He was sent up for 10
years by Judge Chaplin and at the time
ne threatened to shoot the judge at
the first opportunity
NJ J. Wood, OF Athens, a famous
hunter and an extensive purchaser OF
furs, declares that wolves are becom-
ing so plentiful in the north woods
that they threaten to exterminate the
deer. He strongly advocates a good
bounty for wolf scalps.
The farm house Of Tilman Milks in
Maple Grove township, Manistee
county, was burned during the absence
of the farmer and his wife and their
two children, Alice, aged 5, and Bruce,
aged ., who had been locked in the
house, persisted in the flames.
The following appointments have
been made on the staff Of Brig. Gen.
Tyrrell. OF the Michigan National
Guard: observation-disclosures and surgeon,
VIM. Il. Watts; major and assistant ad-
jutant-general, |. II. Russell; major
and assistant quartermaster general,
Chas. II. Ruhl.
Leroy b. Church, son of Gen. Nathan
Church, of Ithaca, was arrested at
Alma on a charge OF ENLIGHTENMENT
preferred S. w. Tinker. as the result
Of business deal two years ago involv-
ing $3.50. Young Church served with
Roosevelt's Rough Riders at Santiago
and had just returned home.
Robert l.. Hewitt. who has been con-
nected with the state department for
% years, and who has been in charge
Of the agricultural bureau Of the secre-
tary of states Office ever since il was
created, with the exception Of few
months during the Winans admins
tration, has been advised by Secretary
Stearns that his services were no
longer needed
The high court OF western Michigan,
1. o. f., organized at Grand Rapids with
the principal officers as follows: Past
high chief ranger, Mr.. Lindbloom,
Manistee: chief ranger, r. }. Macdon-
aid, Muskegon; high secretary, Miles
Callaghan, Reed City; high treasurer,
Mr.. Sharp, Battle Creek. Hon. f. @.
Stevenson. Of Detroit, was appointed
high chief ranger Of the high court OF
Michigan, to succeed Miles Callaghan.