The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-08
MICHIGAN
B II EVITIES

Lansing.-An ante-Fourth Of July
celebration resulted in the destruction
by fire of the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Hilton, at 1924 Alsdorf street,
and the cremation of their four-year-
old son, Arthur. While Mrs Hilton was
In the yard swarming bees. Arthur pro
ceeded to play with matches and fire.
works on the floor near a can of gaso-
line borrowed from a neighbor but
few minutes before. The gasoline was
ignited by the fireworks and exploded,
enveioping the child in flames, and the
small wooden structure was on fire In
side when the blaze was discovered
by the unfortunate mother, who made
unsuccessful attempts to rescue her
child. The house was owned by Mr..
and Mrs. Hilton, who have large fam
lily of children and are in poor circum-
stances. They both work at common
labor. Their financial loss is estimated
at $500.
Grand Rapids.-At conference be-
tween the officials of the street rail-
way company and special committee
OF the council, IN agreement was
reached In a controversy of long stand
ing. Hereafter the company will pay
half OF the salaries of all crossing po-
licemen, carry policemen, firemen, de-
tectives and officials of the board of
health and board of public works free.
These items, which totaled $3.50 last
year, were conceded by the company,
providing the city agreed to pay the
other half OF the crossing policemen's
salaries. This amounts to $4,000, per
year.
Battle Completing their ses-
sions here, the Michigan Red Men
chose Lancing as tne place for the
next biennial meeting and elected off,
GERS as follows: Charles e. Clipper, st.
Charles, great sachem; w A. Van Nor
man, Port Huron, great senior saga
more; Charles A. Locke, Battle Creek,
great junior sycamore; John II. Fisher,
Detroit, great chief of records; A. Van.
dermulen. Grand Rapids, great keeper
of wampum, and p. H. Eleveld, Grand
Rapids, great representative to the
United States council.
Bay City-Henry Busking, aged
thirty. thought to be of Fort Wayne,
on Saginaw bay, near Wenona beach,
having committed suicide by shooting
himself. He was commercial travel
er and left letter addressed to Otto
Young & Co. of Chicago. The letter to
Chicago inclosed letter to Mrs. Lou
ise Franks, the dead mans sister, say
ing that he had $4,000 in Fort Wayne
banks, of which she could make better
use than he.
misunderstanding victim to the
smooth story of one giving his name
as Emery Morris, t. G. Parkhurst, liv-
eryman, and VIII Madden, farmer, are
victims of horse thief who saddled
upon them stolen horse and carriage
taken from the livery of II. f. Crockett
OF Clyde, o. Mr.. Crockett and Sheriff
Houck of Clyde came to Hillsdale and
established claim to the horse.
Lansing.-In an endeavor to de-
crease the rate of inrant mortality in
the state during July and August, the
state dairy and food commission is
placing 16 chemists in the field who
will make tests of the milk delivered
in several of the larger cities of the
state and will also inspect the dairies
from which the milk comes.
Lansing.-At a conference between
the state board OF auditors and the
board of trustees for the home for the
feeble-minded at Lapeer, the rate per
capita for inmates for that institution
was placed at 4S cents.
Calumet. - Twelve-year-old Matt
Meihlcheck died as the result of in
juries received when his father drove
his dray over the boys body. The ac-
cident took place at Copper City.
Kalamazoo.-Allen II. Phillips, aged
eighty-nine years and a resident OF this
county for over half a century, died
Phillips ran the first lime kiln ever
established in this part of the state.
Mt. COMMUNICATING examination
before Justice 3. V. Nunnelly, Dr. A.
w. Stewart was bound over to the
circuit court for trial on charge of
practising medicine without a license.
Stewart appeared without counsel and
filed a petition signed by "a leading
physicians asking that the prosecution
of him cease on condition that he stop
practising until legally qualified.
Owosso.-B. w. Brewer, a farmer
south of Owosso, captured the largest
crane ever seen In the enighborhood. 1t
measures six feet in height and seven
feet four inches from tip to tip of its
wings.
Mt. Clemens.-Another proposition
Tor the Elks' home is made by the own
ers of the Fisher farm on the outskirts
of Mt. Clemens. They offer to the
Business Mems association 2s-acre
tract of land on the Clinton river,
with graceful slope to the stream and
frontage on the Gratiot road. The price
asked is $4,000, but the proprietors
offer to subscribe $4,000 toward a
fund for its purchase. The site is
much better than the one offered for
the 7. b. M. A. home. being larger and