The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-06-26
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


Howard McManamy, laborer AZ, was
stricken with the heat and died in the
patrol wagon while being taken to the
police station.
There were no bidders for the De
troit, Flint & Saginaw railway at the
time scheduled for the sale and it was
adjourned to June rs.
George S. Gillespie, aged IS, son OF
the chief dispatcher of the Grand
Trunk, has passed the final examina
tion for admission to the naval acad'
envy.
Only four graduated this year from
the American Medical Missionary col
lege at Battle Creek, but each had an
average of 100 per cent In the exam.
nations.
D. p. Markey, supreme commander
of the Maccabees of the World, re-
ceived a valuable gold watch, charm
and chain, as a gift from the Macca
bees of West Virginia.
Treasurer j. e. Howard reported at
the meeting of the trustees Of Kalama
ZOO college that the endowment was
now S433,932.51, greater than that OF
any other Michigan college.
Frightened by lightning, Richard
Hoodless, Waterford township farmer,
was stricken by apoplexy as he en-
tered the barn of his son-in-law, VIM
Stevens, and died shortly afterward.
While watching the ascension of an
elevator in a Grand Rapids building,
Maurice Wells, 14-year-old newsboy,
was struck on the head by one of the
descending weights and instantly
killed.
Chester Brown, who lived high on
funds sent by his father, who supposed
he was attending the u. of NJ, left
for his home in Mexico. His father
settled for the bad checks passed by
Brown.
Rev. James NJ. Shank, pastor Of an
NJ. e. church in the upper peninsula,
has been appointed. chaplain Of the
Jackson prison, succeeding Rev. E. ID.
Rundell, who resigned two months ago
to go to local church.
Brig Gen. Albert Hartsuff, a veteran
army man who has made his home in
Detroit since his retirement from &C
tive service in 1900, dropped dead Mon
day morning just as he entered the
home of his daughter, Mrs. l.. S. Trow
bridge.
u. of NJ. regents authorized the
building committee to draw up plans
for the new chemical building. Prof.
G. Wrentmore was granted a years
leave of absence to take the position
of superintendent of buildings In the
Philippines.
The bail Of Ira B. Gage, former vice
president Of the Dowagiac City bank,
held in Cadillac Jail for three months
on several charges connected with the
banks failure, was reduced from $19,-
500 to $4,000 by Judge North, of Cal
houn county.
Melvin A. Root, the aged spiritualist
who shot himself on the steps Of a
Buffalo crematory, but recovered, has
left Bay City to live in Tidioute, Pa
His property is in the hands of a re.
ceiver because of legal difficulties with
his attorneys.
Judge Miner has dismissed the ap.
plication OF Leonard Grouse and Geo.
Smithdall, of Morrice, for a permanent
injunction to prevent the village from
causing its underground drain to
empty into a surface drain that ira
verses their farms.
Three years ago five Charlotte boys
Louis Goldsmith Robert Sears, Egbert
Griffin, Byron Stockwell and Frank
Spencer, enlisted in the army and
were sent to separate barracks. On
their way home last week all accident
ally met in the Grand Trunk depot.
Attorneys for Edward Parks, who is
on trial in Grand Rapids for man
slaughter, are trying to secure jury
composed of base ball fans. Park is
accused of throwing beer bottle dur
ing a game, striking William Haver-
kamp on the head and causing his
death.
George, the 9-months-old son of
George Russell, of Traverse City,
found bottle Of permanganate Of pot
ash, and tried to drink the contents,
with the result that he will lose his
tongue. None of the fluid got into his
stomach but his mouth was terribly
burned.
Charles Bradley, So laborer, was
drowned while fishing just below the
dam Of the Shiawassee Light & Power
Co., at Shiawasseetown, Thursday. af-
ternoon. His decoy minnow caught in
some weeds and wading out to loosen
1t, he stepped into deep hole and was
drowned.
In view OF the recent trouble over
the alleged fraudulent school census
at Ionia, Supt. of Public Instruction
l.. l.. Wright, suggests that some 9th
er means of distributing the primary
school interest fund should be adopted
He says that the present system is
conducive to fraud.
Fatally injured by train, James ID.
Delaney, roadmaster of the East Jor-
dan e. Southeastern railroad. ex-
pressed a wish to see his wife and 4
day-old baby before he died He was
placed on a special train, but lost con-
seriousness before his home was
reached and died there.
A combined hurricane and cyclone
which wandered over the entire lake
region Friday afternoon, struck Detroit
at 4:40 o'clock and plowed a path
through the city from east to west.
Thousands oil dollars of damage was
effected but fortunately no one was