The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-11-12
GENERAL NEWS.


er against julius zirotsk for the re-
coyery OF $i46 paid as purchase price
for Augusta GnlnEt. aged eighteen.
Zirotski fell In love with Miss
Grunst when they lived in Poland
shortly after he came 10 this country
he sent her money to pay her passage
to Jackson On her arrival here, Zlro.
ski proposed marriage 10 her but she
rejected him Fearing the loss OF his
STAG. Zirotski offered to sell his In
terest In The girl 20 Wicher. Wlchcr,
who had never seen the giri, paid lhe
money and tacn proposed 20 the YOU'VE
woman whom he bad purchased She
gave him the cold shoulder and he inn.
mediately started suit TO recover from
Zirotsk
William E.mhel Zleeield, son Of the
president of the Chicago Musical co.
leRe. was arrested az slkhart, Ind on
a fugitive warrant. charging him with
obtaining money ON false pretenees
by operating a confidential game
The warrant was sworn 70 by u,
ron D. c. Pagan 1874 South Troy
street, playwright before Municipal
Judge Cotuell Fagan accuses Zieg
field Of swiudling him out Of Sl,50o.
ZeiPfeld until recently was vice presll
dent and general manager OF the Ze
field theater. 24G Michigan avenue a
left Chicago with company as mana
ger. Tie was released on bond
At New lora. Florence Bum
Wildrick, convicted With Edward 70
Brooks OF eNtorting note FOR
from Charles w. Huriburt. was 8
fenced us Judge Grain IN general
sions 10 serve not less than SIEVE
years and i've months, nor more tha
fourteen years and ten months In state
prison Brooks sentence was the same
The woman's lip curled with soon
when she heard her sentence and atl
once She started for the door lead
ing to the prison. She walked SO fas
that the Keeper who was with her nac
to hold her back Brooks took his sen
tence doggedly
American poets have decided they
are 10 have an organization OF thehl
own, to be known as the Poets Asso
citation OF America" The list or char
ter members includes the names oil
Edwin Markham, Bliss Carmen, Henry
Vandyke, John Vance Cheney, Ell;l
Wheeler Wilcox. Mrs. Florence Will
knson Evans, Professor Hugo Nun
sterburg, Gale Young Rice. Franz
Dempster Sherman. Harriet Prescott
Spofford and ]. r. Trowbridge,
At WATERFOWL, ~ Y. the war thai
the local board OF education Is wagina
against the high school fraternities
and societies reached climax Will
the expulsion OF siXty.four OF tota
enrolment OF 5S4 students In the hiEl
school Expulsion followed refusal tcl
sign paper renouncing present or IN
ture membership in secret high schoo
organizations. Twenty-nine OF thos,
expelled are girls The pupils VIII take
the matter into court
The annual meeting in New Yorl
city of the trustees OF the Pea
body Education Fund drew together
al the Waldorf body Of prominent
men from the north and south, in Nha
is believed to be the next to the last
II not the last. yearly meeting OF thtl
men who have had the trust Step.
were taken looking TO the formal dis
solution Of the board and the distribu
ton OF the remainder OF the fund.
At Brandon. Man. over six hundred
patients or the asylum Tor the insanti
are huddled together in sheds ant
barns as the result OF fire which de |
stroyed the asylum The asylum wal
mile and half northwest OF toWtl
and despite the fact that an early
alarm was given, Il was an hour be
fore the fire department reached thtI
scene and by that time the buildinSl
was almost total loss
w. V Baker. known throughout thtl
1nglish-speaking world as The "blint
gospel singer was found dead in bee
by his wife at Los Angeles. Cal
Mr.. and Alrs Baker were educated
at The institution for the blind at Phil !
adelphia and were married in 1884
The two toured with the evangelists !
Moody, Chapman and Francis Murphy
Near Goshen Ind, Burt Haid
33 years old. whose home Is at Wa |
waka. Ind. and who IS employed al
conductor on the Goshen-Kendallvill
plug train on the Lake Shore. WAY
fatally injured here when he struck an
overhead bridge on the railway. Hd
fell head foremost and struck the rail /
where he was found by the engineer. |
In New York city. dazed by ex
posture and the pain Of broken leg
Earl Davidson, OF Detroit, went unat
tended for ten hours. because those
whose aid he sought. believed he was
intoxicated lie was finally taken Il
the Lebanon hospital where his iniu
ries were given attention. lie fell OF
a train when he lost his balance
The Copenhagen correspondent o
the London. England. Daily News sayi
the ship which took Knud Rasmussen
the Danish explorer to Cape York las
summer, has returned. Her captain |
brings "A secret reDOrt concerning DIR /