The Yale expositor., 1909-06-11
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


corn planted yet and are being held.
back by the frequent rains.
Charles Stamman, 80, employed in
a mill near McBain, was struck in the
face by a flying board and instantly
killed. He leaves a widow and
daughter.
Rev. James Wager, OF Marshall, was
elected one Of the temporary clerks OF
the synod of the Reformed Church Of
America, which rs now in session in
Rochester, N. Y.
A party OF Mormon elders asked
Mayor Young, of Big Rapids, for per-
mission to hold open-air meetings in
the city to gain Mormon converts, but
the privilege was not granted.
During a severe electrical storm
George Haas, of Whitehall, was rem
dered unconscious by lightning which
struck a windmill, wrecking it. Haas
Is still in a serious condition.
A bean, which the 5-year-old son OF
d. Rakosky, of Traverse City, poked
into his nostril. was removed by a
physician four days later. 1t had
sprouted and was an inch long
Not before September l and pos
sibly not before October / will the
plans for the Pontiac postoffice be
prepared by the architects of the
treasury department at Washington.
Twelve prominent women of Forest,
Ont, paid to the Canadian customs Of
ficers at Sarnia Friday the duty on
certain articles which they have SNUG
gled from Port Huron during the past
year.
Glenn Gorham, IA, son of a New
Lothrop farmer, went to a social one
| night, recently, and ate too much ice
cream. He died Friday in the U. of
NJ. hospital at Ann Arbor following an
operation.
Because the council of Grand Rap
ids refused to put up a 5000 bonus for
the convention of the Michigan Fire
mans association, which was to have
been held there June s, the meeting
has been declared off.
Gen. Robt j. Bates, of the Michigan
National Guard is accused of giving
a number of hotels worthless checks
in payment of bills. Gov. Warner is
reported as saying that the charges
warrant the court-martial.
More than 500 work horses appeared
in the annual horse parade which oc-
CURED at Grand Rapids Monday. The
procession was over two miles long
and prizes and medals were awarded
in each of the several classes.
Because her husband chided her for
keeping up correspondence with an
other man, with whom she eloped a
few months ago, Mrs. Alonzo Baker,
aged 49, and mother of three young
boys, hanged herself in her home at
Owosso.
A courtship conducted entirely by
letter eliminated in the marriage of
Paul Rop, of Muskegon, and Miss
Roelfie Van Derberg, who came all
the way from her home in the pro-
vince of Groningen, Netherlands, to
wed her lover correspondent.
The coroner's inquest into the death
of r. ]. Harkema, formerly of Mus
kegon, and who was found dead in
st. Louis, Mo-, early in the week, re-
turned a verdict of killing. The police
of that city are looking for one Red"
Snyder, with whom Harkema had been
seen.
The prohibition state central COM
mittee met In Lansing last week, elect
ed new chairman and adopted the
following motto: MAKE all Michigan
dry, and do il now" The new chair
man is DR.. Alfred Lowther, of Detroit,
who succeeds w. r. Taylor, of Battle
Creek.
The coroner's jury investigating the
washout on the Grand Trunk railway
near Grand Rapids, which occurred
several days ago, Tuesday returned
a verdict No blame is attached to
anyone, the deaths of the three men,
according to the jury, being the re-
suit of an accident.
Engineer John Schmidt, So, and Ben
jamin c. Reynolds, 35, both of Sagi-
nav, were killed by being pinned I'M
der several hundred pounds of wreck
age when Pere Marquette locomo-
tive, hauling a car laden with tile,
ran into a washout on the Ludington
division, near Freeland.
A course OF study in railroad ad-
ministration has been organized by
| the committee on courses in business
administration at the u. of NJ. The
new course consists principally Of sub
| jects in political economy in the liter
| airy department, though parts OF the
course are to be pursued both in the
engineering and law departments.
The annual meeting of the State
Historical and Pioneer society attract
ed large attendance at Lansing. The
meeting was devoted to the reports
of officers and actresses by c. NJ. Bur
ton and Henry NJ. Utley, of Detroit;
Mrs Martha Gray, of Traverse City;
P. s. Richards, of Cohoctah, and S. B.
Cook of Lansing
The fire which destroyed II build
ings in Morley causing a loss of $685.
300, also burned all the village records,
which is an irreparable loss to the
town The village hand pump, the
only fire fighting apparatus, was prac-
tically of no use during the conflagra-
ton as it was mired in the mud near
the river, and the firemen were unable
to extricate II.
Capt Edward Childs. aged So, was
asked by his Kalamazoo comrades, a
few weeks ago, to act as marshal of
the Memorial day parade, but replied
i thot he khnuohf thof a xuOftld ha Nxuff n