The Yale expositor., 1901-01-11
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.


was killed while skidding logs near
Williamsburg on the ed log rolled
upon him and crushed his head. Death
was almost instantaneous.
One of Wayne county's most proini-
nent citizens, Conrad Clippert, died
soddenly at his home in Springwell on
the morning of the 5th. Heart failure
was the cause of his death.
Herbert A. Lesher, of Detroit, shot
himself through the brain, while
standing before mirror in his father S
tailor shop, early on the morning of
the of the I'd. Loss of sleep had driven
him insane
Clarence Cobb, Michigan Central
conductor, had his left leg run over
just above the ankle at Rives Junction
on the 2d. He was brought to his
home in Jackson, and the leg ampu-
tated below the knee
At the annual meeting of the board
of trustees of the school for the blind
on the I'd at Lansing, T. w. Crissy, of
Midland, was elected president; G. w.
Bement, of Lansing, treasurer; Francis
III. Rankin of Flint, secretary.
The state board of education held it's
annual meeting on the I'd at Lansing,
and organized by electing Elias +.
johnson, of Ann Arbor, president;
Fred A. Platt, of Flint, treasurer;
Delos Fall, of Albion, secretary
Eau Claire was visited by destruc-
tive fire on the morning of the 25th.
Fully one-third of that hustling viii
lage was destroyed. The aggregate
losses are estimated at $4,000. The
stores destroyed will be rebuilt.
The cash balance in the state treas
ury at the close of business on Dec. 81
was 81, Pas, 4j9.6S. -Four years ago at
the expiration of Gov. Rich's term of
office the balance was exhausted and
there was deficiency of $23, 900.
Hollie Summer, young man of Cal
umet, is held for murGer. He was a
guest at a wedding the other day and
fired out of a window at crowd Civ
ing a charivari. Henry Martin, boy,
was struck in the face by bullet and
died.
by Prof. Cooley, has finished one i'm
portant section of its work, that of the
telephone plants, the joint valuation
of which is set down at Sc, 800, $40, an
increase over last years report of $4,-
O6S, 407.
A total of ass pardons, paroles and
combinations of sentence were made
during the four years of Gov. Pingree's
administration, thus averaging par
don or parole for every three days of
his service as governor, counting Sun
days and all.
Bishop Ignatus MraE, second bishop
of the diocese of Sault ste, Marie and
Marquette, and titular bishop of An
tome, a co-worker of the famous Bishop
Baraga with Michigan Indians, died at
st. Mary's hospital, Detroit, on the I'd,
at the grand old age of 90 years
Death has been expected for several
days.
The street railways Of Detroit will
hereafter be operated under the name
of the Detroit Uni ted Railway COM
pany. The papers of incorporation
were filed with the secretary of state
at Lansing on Dec. 81. The capitali-
zation is Sl2, 500. 600, and TO the state
there was paid for this franchise fee
of $1,000.
The Tivoli brewery in Detroit was
the scene of a daring robbery on the
morning of the Sd. Six masked men
entered the place, seized the night
Waterman, Fred Ruiz, bound and
gagged him securely and piled malt
bags over him. They then broke into
the Office and blew open the safe and
looted it OF over 81, 900.
While force of men were repairing
an old warehouse at Jackson on the
5th, the building collapsed and five
worl1men were buried in the ruins
-Four of the men were not seriously in
jured, but Geo NJ. Gardner, was I'M
conscious when cxtricated from the de-
bris, and as he is well along in years
IL is feared his injuries may result SER
iously.
VIM. Kreibel, farmer, and wife
were instantly killed on the I'd by the
noon train on the Pere Marquette Co. S
tracks at Grand Ledge. They were
driving out of the city, after having
completed their shopping, and were
en- rou.e for home. They tried to cross
the railroad tracks, apparently believ-
ing they had plenty of time. The train
struck the rig and threw them into the
air, both dying before the services of u
physician could be called.
The municipal celebration at De-
troit, welcoming the incoming of the
new century, was beautiful specta-
Gle and attracted many thousands of
people from their homes 1t is doubt
full if Bedlam let loose could have pro-