The Yale expositor., 1903-05-08
STATE NEWS IN DnIEF.

ANii'As
The l.. NJ. depot at Shelby was
broken into. hut the burglars got only |
II cents.
Tie Traverse iron works. which |
were destroyed by fire, will bc rebuilt |
at once.
Fire destroyed the Cohurn hotel and |
itr contents Thursday evening. The
house wGs built - years ago.
Mctamora Is to have the old iaperr
depot whlcR will be- replaced 10y new
one. Roth places need new buildings
The bat,lrshlp Iowa 81 now totally
disabled ut Pensacola. Fla. having
burst "A steam pipe which tore away
the steering gear.
business men OF Saginaw are CON
sidcring what Inducements shall hc Of
fered to bring the proposed new instl'
tutc Tor the blind there.
The body OF Thomas DcNrlcs who
disappeared from his home la Grand
Rapids April II. was found floating In
Grand river TuesdNl morning.
4 government oihcial WHO T. In n
position 10 know. says that one drug
gis; in Van Buren, county sells TWEEN
iy.tyc barrels Of whisky every year
France Is preparing 10 step IN ana
suppress the iusurrection of luoUD
Chinese rebels In kwlugSi province
which borders the French colony OF
Tonquin.
There is cOnstcrmtlnn among the
fair sex in Battle Creek. ~ a Chicago
man George Delmat6r announces that
he viii open barber shop. Of II
chairs. each with a female operator.
I.auslng's ucw municipal court. pro.
Vlded by thH present Legislature. began
business Monday The first prisoner
. before 10 WAS a pcniicnt drunk. In
whose ease Judge Roe suspended sen
t'nr,.
Fifteen men were overcome 10y the
gases me tho Port Huron tunnel while
/ laying ties because of a defect In the
vcntilating system They were dis.
covered 10y trIckmen and rescued In
tile nick of time.
The business men OF Caro- have
formed a syndicate to raise hccts FOR
III pcuinsulnr Sugar Co, of this
town They have subscribed $1,000
to rent 2uO acres OF land near caro-
and raise the bcets.
Mr.. Jennie &. Knlcy. widow. of
Saranac. Mich. is the victim of a mar.
rIagc advertisement. W. T.. Bickford
Is the husband she got. and II y
charged that he ranSacscd her trunk,
took $50 AMI ran away.
\ married woman who lives In th'
house with relative In Battle Greek
Fhss fnf1nttsffHfr
plaint made ~ the officer who includ
cd IL In his report: Singing, whist
ling ana talking Ia herself.
After a trial lasting two hours. Sa
rnh Robinson. who paid Mexican iiy,
peso bills to Lansing merchants ant
got American money La exchange. as II
the pesos were dollars. was acquitted
on the charge OF false prctenscs.
Frederick Hagen. the I-year-old sol
% Dr W. \. Hagen. prominent Mus
kcgon physician, played truant frou
school Friday afternoon. and while ol
Hacklcy a. Umc's dock by MuskcgOl
lake. Slipped In and was drowned.
only l. retail saloons are open II
, -, Joseph as compared with III opera
, .pd last year Mayor Sturr's promis
, FOR reform has been hOnOrcd. and al
/ questionable resorts closed for the tirs
time IN the history of 81. Joseph.
{ Several hundred acres OF pine bar
: rens In the eastern portion OF Gram
' TrnNcrSc county ana the western par
Of kalkaska county. the property q
J.. 4. Coffin ~ ''achias, Me, VIII a
one, hc devoted 10 the cultivation o
s hiuebcrrics
J. An explosion that caused death an
!. destruction occurred In the plant O
Q the Thor Manufacturing Co. Clev'
g land. Saturday afternoon. -Four pei
. sons are dead. while ~ others are lyln
i at hospitals. come fatally and other
= seriously injured.
T.. a.. Bennett. who Is serving n SCI
y tcnce in Jackson for the death Z
: Agnes Eberstein. Of Battle Greek. la
' pctitioned for a pardon. Bennett ha
:. many friends. and a strong effort WI
y be made To get him ont before Decen
ber 80. 1901. when his time would a.
plrc.
Mrs. Almira Eaton. the aged Sag
> naw woman who was taken ill at n
u home of w. W. Redheld. In Flint. tw
= weeks ago while peddling notions. h;
p been taken to the poorhouse. She va
= SO feeble that II was necessary
y carry her to the county house ON
stretcher.
Morse and Perry White. Of Bansin
!, aged ~ and IL respectively. are und
=, arrest on charge OF arson In come
ton with an attempt TO fire hou
rom which their mother was about
move. The officers lay the blame {
a. the older boy. who has often quarrcl'
~ with his mother.
rs Charles II. Johnson. ex-prUsecutii
,e attorney of Genessce county, was a
lg uuItted In the Circuit Court Saturdl
a. OF conspiracy. He was charged vi
be- being implicated with Joseph
~ Stockwell and others in iicecing Jac
IA Rauuet wealthy Saginaw brew'
er out OF $1,000 ON June IL. 1900. All {
~. jthers were convicted.
Halstead's private hank NJ CONGO
ne was robbed some time after mldnir
10. Thursday. Tho safe was blown op
IT,. with dynamite II H. stated that
ON the money In the bank was taken.
as .luding postofiice money and STAN
no fank officials are rcticcnt regardl
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