The Yale expositor., 1910-06-10
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

of Mt. Clemens. will locate an automo-
bile plant at Alpena to manufacture
vi 1000 four-passenger roadster. The
city furnishes the site and a bonus Of
$4,000
Alone in her farm house near Ionia.
Mrs. James Weaver met instant death
when her clothing caught fire from
cook stove. Her husband was across
the road and did not hear her screams
for help.
Jerry Boynton, of Grand Rapids, is
again negotiating with the state rail-
way commission. This time it is with
reference to the Grand Rapids cleo
trio line. Boynton wishes to be al
lowed to issue bonds for $4,000 900.
Frank ]. Cook, of Grand Rapids. has
been appointed. to a position in the
bureau of internal revenue, according
to an announcement made by Senator
Burrows in Washington The pay will
be about $40 per day, with expenses,
for 80 days.
The executive committee of the
Northeastern Michigan Development
bureau met in Saginaw and decided
to place an exhibit OF the products of
the bureau at the irrigation show TO
be held in Chicago in November and
at the state fair
The senior class of the United
States military academy at West
Point will shortly unveil a tablet to
the memory of their classmate.
Eugene Alexis Byrne, who was killed
last October in a football game be-
tween the cadet eleven and Harvard.
Leaving mis- home, Fred Fisher, aged
about 40 years, who has been dement,
ed for several months and who has
been receiving private treatments,
went to the granary at his farm home.
two miles south OF McGregor and shot
himself in the brain with a 22-caliber
revolver.
Because they feel that the city is
too poor to stand the boost. several
Lansing citizens are somewhat aroused
at the action of the council in increas-
ing the salaries of the members. The
aldermen raised their yearly pay TO
S4OO and that of the mayor from 5000
to $500. Seven of the twelve alder
men voted for the increase.
John r. Dougherty GS. banker and
farmer, well known throughout this
section of the state, died at his farm
LONE. three miles south OF Lyons
He was the Senior member of the
banking firm which bears his name.
Mr.. DouSherty came to Michigan in
1857 and served his country during
the civil war as a member of the
Michigan infantry.
Mrs. Caroline Faxon. "A. for many
years one of the active workers in the
w. G. T. H., is dead at her home in
Bay City after a lingering illness
She was a member of the w. C. T. u.
since its organization and had served
in the interests of the union in the
Philippine islands. She was also gen.
eral secretary of the Women's For
eign Missionary society Of the Detroit
conference.
Despite the fact that considerable
property in Lansing, both real and
personal. has been removed from the
rolls owing to the advent of local OPP
ton and the exemptions granted to
soldiers and sailors OF the civil war,
the city assessors have estimated that
the total assessed valuation OF Lans-
ing will be raised from last years
figures, $13,736,425 TO an even $15,-
100000 this year, or gain OF over
81, 900, 000
Mrs. VIM. f. Graves, OF Grand Rap
ids. Is alive because of the intelli-
gence OF a coach dog. At midnight,
while demented, she went to the
kitchen, closed the doors and turned
on the gas in the range After she
was overcome the dog, which had
been sleeping behind the stove, paved
at the door until Mrs. Graves son
was awakened and found her In time
to summon physicians and prevent
death.
The national convention OF the
knights and Ladies of the Modern
Maccabees, which will be held in
Kalamazoo from June 6 to June 10,
inclusive. will be the largest attended
convention in the history of the or
ganization, bringing, IL is estimated.
10000 people. The feature of the con-
vention will be the drills by the new
ly organized uniform rank, the mem
bers of which will make their first
public appearance the afternoon of
June Z. Over 30 companies, compris-
ing 1000 men, will take part.
Harry Chase, deputy attorney-gen-
eral, has been actively connected with
INC Sldlc , lcBdi department. SlUCe
1895, and with the advent OF Francis
Kuhn, who assumes the ONCE, will
have served under five different at
torneys-general. Chase was first APP
pointed from Grand Rapids I'm 1895
by ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Fred A. May
nard. When Horace NJ. Oren, of the
500. came into the office, Chase was
retained as deputy, and he held the
same position under Attorneys-General
Blair and Baird
Grain elevator owners from many
sections of the state are complaining
to the state railway commission ask
ing protection from the grasp of the
railroad interests. II appears that a
number OF years ago the railroads
we're anxious and willing enough to
have a grain dealer erect an elevator
on the property OF the railroad next
to their tracks. In a great many
cases this was done and the railroads
made a charge of 81, or just enough
to make the contract legal Now
owners of elevators say the railroads
are steadily increasing the price