The Yale expositor., 1901-01-18

struck by a train from Detroit and
killed
w. H. Hudson, an S0.year-old farmer
near Flint, was accidently shot while
taking a loaded gun from his little
grandchild on the Sth. He died in a
few hours.
An unknown man, about 20 years of
age, was killed by an eastbound pas
senger train at Webberville on the
10th. He was stealing ride on the
blind baggage.
Willie, the 5-year-old son of VIM.
Rolph, proprietor of the Enterprise
laundry, Detroit, died on the 10th
from q fractured skull, sustained by
falling from an upstairs back porch.
Evangelists, who are conducting re-
vival meetings in Kalamazoo, visited
several of the principal saloons in that
city on the night of the 18th and held
short religious services at each place
visi ted.
Eastern capitalists on the 18th
formed a syndicate to build an cleo
trio road from Battle Creek to Detroit.
The capital of the company has been
placed at $4,000, 900 of stock and an
equal amount of bonds.
Orson B. Curtis, one of the best
known veterans of the civil war in De
troit, statistical clerk of the customs
department and secretary of the De-
troit civil service board, died on the
10th, after lingering illness.
While returning home on the night
Of the Sth Mrs. Charles f. Engle, of
Detroit, was instantly killed by a
Michigan Central express train. 1t is
said that Mrs Engel was to blame, as
she was walking on the track
Will l.. White, of Grand Rapids,
former quartermaster-g general of the
Michigan National Guard, quit his
native city for good on the 18th, and
started for San Francisco where he
expects to make his future home.
Martin M. Meredith, aged 65,
freight conductor on the Port Huron
branch of the Pere MARC uette railway,
was squeezed between car and a pile
driver while coupling cars at Melvin
on the 10th, and died two hours after
ward
The University of Michigan reopened
on the sth after the long holiday vaca-
ton, and perhaps it was the luckiest
vacation that ever happened, for it en-
abled the faculty to take the smallpox
epidemic in hand before it fairly got
started in Ann Arbor and stamp it out.
DAVIS Sl1eels, aged 72, of Whitehall,
dropped dead in his bakery, from
wife, seeing him fall, rushed out doors
to call help On reaching the walk she
slipped and fell, cutting an ugly cash
in her head. Her recovery is doubtful.
After twice in the same day voting
down proposition to remove the
county seat from Paw Paw, the board
of supervisors of Van Buren, county
reversed their action and by vote of
16 to voted to submit a proposition to
the people at the April election next
spring.
1t is stated that Prof. M. Il. Cooley's
branch of the state tax commission,
which has oeen at work for months
ascertaining the value of Michigan
railroads for taxation purposes, has
reached the final conclusion that the
valuation of all Michigan roads shall
be at Sl45, 100000.
Charles Il. Wright, the paroled lum.
herman, visited Jackson on the nth to
get some things which he had left at
the prison. He has improved wonder
fully since he came out. He says SEN
timent is changing in his favor and
that all that is needed is to let the
thruth be known.
The Michigan military academy
opened it's doors or the Sth for the first
time since the rupture of few weeks
ago. Col. Rogers announces the COM
pletion of his faculty by the appoint
ment of Paul Il. Greer to the depart
me mt of history ind S. w. Reaves to
the department of mathematics
The Michigan Centrals new bridge,
which was recently completed at Niles
at cost of $3.50, 900, and which spans
the st. Joseph river, was moved eight
feet south on the 18th, in the presence
of n vast concourse of railroad men
and spectators. 1t was great me-
chanical feat and was performed within
a couple of hours.
The Ingham county board of super
visors decided not to accept the fines
of Gen. A. II. Marsh and Gen. VIII l..
White, amounting to $4,000 This
action was taken on the advice of At
torney Edward Cahill, of Lansing, who
suggested that this money be turned
over to the state, the county looking
to the state for reimbursement for
money expended in prosecuting the
grand jury cases. White and Marsh
were pardoned by ex-Gov. Pingree,
who stipulated that they pay fine o'
SIS, 600 each.
Mt. Clemens wants beet sugar fac
tory.