Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-16
NEWS OF STATE.
Cleaned From Daily Michigan Hap
penines OF the Past Week.

Frank Cooper of Three Rivers com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head with a 80 caliber re
volver. Dependency over money mat.
tiers is believed to have been the
cause.
Hunting In company with boy OF
his own age. Edward Merrifield. aged
seventeen, OF Owosso, was shot clear
through the hand by the accidental
explosion of the other boys 22 caliber
rife. and the bullet reposss In Merri
fields thigh.
While hauling logs to sawmill. ID.
z. Cady, a Rochester teamster. was
severely, perhaps fatally. hurt. his
load tipping over and throwing him
violently to the ground. Although no
bones were broken, he received seri-
Gus internal injuries.
While her mother was lying help
less from infiammatory rheumatism,
fve-year-old Anna Shaw, 40 Sibley
street, Detroit, went into the alley
with her little brother and built a
bonfire. The clothing of the little girl
caught fire, and she vas burned so
badly that she died in the hospital.
Naming a man employed by a NOV
ing picture show as the cause of her
troubles, Miss Mabel Ray, twenty-five
years old of Plymouth, died In agony
from the effects of wood alcohol, taken
with suicidal intent. A babe was
born to her last Friday. 1t died the
following day.
The body of Frank Gamache, Sr.,
was found hanging to the rail of the
Smith street bridge in Manistee by
the bridge tender. He had attached a
rope to the rail and jumped off. He
had been bound over TO the circuit
court on the charge OF indecent ex-
posure.
Battery A, field artillery, OF Lansing,
under command of Captain r. e. Van
dercook, started Sunday for Sparta,
Wis, to engage In target practice with
the Fourth United States artillery
under Major T. Bentley Mott. A train
OF fifteen cars was required TO trans
port the guns, horses, men and equip
ment.
Felix Ratchek, aged twelve years
OF Grand Rapids, fell between two
cars Of a Grand Rapids & Indiana
freight train while "hitching on" His
left leg was crushed Just below the
knee and his right at the ankle. He
was taken to a hospital, where 1t was
found necessary 10 amputate both
limbs. The physicians say that the
little fellow has only a bare lighting
chance to live.
Leslie Sweet fourteen-years-ol sor
OF w. A. Sweet of Hartford, was in
stantly killed at Rush lake by an ac
cidental discharge OF rife. Sweet
with other boys, was coming ashore
to go home. Sweet took hold of the
gun by the muzzle to take it from the
boat. The trigger caught and the bull
let entered his head.
Mrs Ella Tharrett OF Warren anC
Miss Marian Smith of Flint were
thrown from a carriage by runawa,
horse while out driving. Mrs. Thar
rett was painfully injured about tn,
head and shoulders and was rendered
unconscious for half an nour. He
condition is serious. Miss Smith es
capped with few bruises.
Lawrence Hogan, farmer neal
| Muskegon, is near death suffering
with tetanus, the result OF being bit
ten. it is alleged, in fight with f;
man named Leon Cribley. Hogan anC
Cribley have repeatedly quarreled Owe
a COW poisoning case, and the two
mixed up. Cribley is said to hav,
grabbed Hogan and sunk his teeth In
to his left arm.
The loss OF one spring chicken b,
John Bennett, a farmer near Flint
has caused lot Of trouble for tire,
men Two were arrested and deal
with severely for stealing the chicken
and a third, Ira Speer. eighteen wear.
old. after evading officers by hidins
near Springport for two days. CAV,
himself up and was fined 500 for be
ing implicl.td in he ih'ft
Information received by State Gam,
and Forestry Warden Pierce from hii
deputies in the northern part of tn,
state is TO the effect that while the
forest fires are now we'll under con
troll, fresh CONGREGATIONS are likely t'
break out at any time. The deputies
are unanimous in declaring that tn,
woods are drier than they have beer
at any time previously in the las
twenty-five years.
Kills Wife and Self.