The Detroit times., 1908-05-14
Around the State
in q Hurry

Battle Creek-Sanford w. Ladd. Of
Port Huron. legal counsel for the
Michigan United Railways Co., an
nounced his corporation had negotiat-
ed financial arrangements To the
amount o. several million dollars
from syndicate OF English capital.
lists. The Britishers represent the
same people who are heavily interest
ed in the Frost lines. between Chicago
and Milwaukee, OF which George G..
Moore, Of Port Huron, was appointed
receiver last week.
Three Rivers-James Lawrence, a
farmer living in Burr Oak township.
about Is miles from this city, was
gored to death by a COW, Wednesday.
Lawrence had gone to the barn 10 do
the milking and a calf belonging TO
| the COW got In his way. He pushed
ated its mother.
4, Fiint--Morris Anderson, promi
nent citizen OF Flint township, died
Wednesday. at his residence after Q
severe paralytic stroke one week ago
from which he never regained con
seriousness.
! Durand-Mrs. Nettie Harder, 40
years old. died at the home of her
father, F. II. Potter, Wednesday.
after brief illness. She was promi-
nent In the Methodist church, the
Eastern Stars. and the Kings Daugh'
ters. Her only child. Glenn Harder.
is on his way home from Norfolk,
Va. To attend the funeral.
CassopoIs-Mrs Alfred Turner, a
farmers wife. who lived near Do.
wagiac. hanged herself in her cellar
Wednesday. She had been dead sew.
eral hours before her body was found.
She had often intmated that she
would Kill herself.
Benton Harbor-Faithfully nursing
her child through severe siege of
the measles, Mrs. Elizabeth Austin.
! of Watervliet. contracted the disease
and as a result sacrificed her life.
While the child was growing conval-
escent the mother was stricken and
her condition grew rapidly worse. AZ
ter suffering for two days she suffered
relapse and died.
Pert Huron-Frank Aichorn. Jr., 20
years old. was instantly killed in the
machinery room OF the Home Manu-
featuring Co.. Wednesday. He was
caught In q pulley belt which runs
from the floor to the ceiling and hor.
ribly mapgled.
Vernon-Probably so sheep raisers
in Vernon and Venice townships.
where the business of sheep raising
! is carried on more extensively than
Of hn A
west. are sore over the low price OF
wool. They are holding about 100000
pounds in the hopes that the price,
which is 10 cents pound, or 10 cents
pound lower than last year, will re.
turn to somewhere near the 1907 fig-
nre. The men have tact agreement
not 10 sell until prices mend.
Durand-J. D. Leland. who organ
lied the First National bank, OF Du-
rand. ten years ago. has sold his stock
therein TO the Grand Rapids National
bank and has resigned his position
as cashier. f. +. Slate succeeds him
as cashier. Mr.. Leland has been In
the banking business for 40 years. ami
has sold his home in Durand and Will
move to his farm near Corunna.
Muskegon-Muskegon lake has
given up the first of the three bodies
of the triple drowning tragedy OF two
weeks ago, when the remains OF Willis
Stone were found lodged under the
Edging dock.
kalamazoo-Edwin G. Dayton. pres
ident OF the City National bank and
one OF Kalamazoo's foremost citizens
and business men, died Wednesday,.
Death followed six weeks of Illness.
AIma-Bert Henderson, the Detroit
Roy and Alma student. who has been
missing since Monday afternoon. has
not yet been located and after a three
days search, his friends are complete
~ puzzled. The mill pond has been
dragged with graphing irons. but
with no results. They think he may
have run away and let the canoe
drift TO deceive his friends
Benton Harbor--The mysterious dis
appearance OF a Benton Harbor man
Was cleared up b. the finding OF the
body OF Fred TimmericR. in The har-
Dor at Michigan City. He left here
several weeks ago for an Indiana
town. after going to La Porte ON
matter OF business and was never
seen