Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-06-17
STATE NEWS NOTES,
Cleaned From Daily Michigan Happen
ings Of the Past Week.


consented to lay the cornerstone OF
Battle Creeks new s250.O0O high
school building. one OF the finest In
America
George Fuller OF Hastings, who Is
attending Harvard university, has been
awarded a prize of 5000 for an essay
entitled. "A Theory OF the American
Revolution"
The Foster mine pit at Marquette,
filled with water, proved a death trap
for Michael Harrington, aged thirty
two years, missing for several days
He had fallen into the big excavation
and drowned.
Mrs. Martha Steeman, aged eighty
nine years, for seventy-two years
resident of Plymouth, is dead Among
her possessions was found a pocket
book $50 years old. which had been
owned by her grandfather.
Alleging that in twenty-five years
OF married life 10 husband has not
purchased for her more than two OF
three dresses. Mrs. Mary A. Beach OF
Port Huron Is suing her husband.
James Beach. for divorce.
Muskegon was selected as the next
meeting place or the State Arbelter
bund. The convention at Saginaw
tnis year adopted a plan for paying
bonuses for all members obtained by
local societies In Michigan under
twenty-five years OF age.
officials at Flint are IN receipt OF Q
letter asking information concerning
Al w. Burns relatives. Burns was
formerly a resident OF Flint. The let
ter states that he was killed In mine
explosion In Gladstone, Colo, while
assisting the rescue OF others.
The lid" is on again In Ludington.
and from present indications It is like
~ 20 remain screwed down tight
Mayor c. f Carter favors strict OBJ
Rervance oc both the state and city
ordinance and has written personal
letters TO every liquor dealer. In which
he issues WI rning
The Normal college year book at
Ypsilanti shows that 2,911 received in
struction in the college in a year OF
these, however 495 were in the train.
ing school. and 1906 were summer
school students. Twenty states and
provinces besides Michigan, are rep
resented in the enrolment.
John Patton, a Genesee county pho
neer, is dead at Flushing, aged sew
enty-one He was the first resident
white child born between Flushing
and Flint. and all OF his life has been
spent in this vicinity. He was for sew
eral years a merchant. A widow and
one daughter survive.
The Ionia school board, charged
with having overdrawn the primary
school fund S1.37S, has been invest-
eating the state account with q view
Of ascertaining II all the school census
names cut out by tho department the
past few years were justified. The
board will present an Offset claim Of
$3.50. alleged to be due the city.
Fire was discovered at night In the
laundry room Of the Eastern Michigan
asylum, and part Of the Pontiac nre
apparatus was sent to assist In light
ing the nrmes. They were sxtin-
suished in soout an hour. with q loss
OF probably 5000. The laundry IL
detached from the building occupied
by the inmetes, and they were In no
danger, though there was consider.
able excitement among them.
Trying to escape from the state In
dustrisl school at Lansing In the
morning by sliding down q drain pipe
from the third floor, Harry Munroe.
aged fourteen years. OF Detroit, lost
his grip at the second floor and broke
both arms. Despite his injuries. he
tried to complete the escape, but was
found an hour later by the night
Waterman.
President ]. C. Wallace OF the
American Shipbuilding company OF
Cleveland announces the permanent
closing OF the Bay City yard of tho
company, which means that the plant.
which began operations nearly a half
century ago, will now fall into disuse.
The closing OF the plant will throw
about 400 men out of employment
The high freight rates on structural
steel from Pittsburg to Bay City pre-
vented the plant being operated at
profit
While Frank Anderson. thirty-nve
years old, OF Port Huron, was walk.
Ing from the rear OF his home TO an
puthouse at night, a rope swing. which
he had hung from a tree for his chill
dren to play with the day before. hung
In HIS path. forming a loop. Ander
son. who was subject to fainting
spells, Il is believed swooned while In
front of the swing and struck across
the rope on his neck, breaking It. His
body was found by relatives. with his
head through the loop.