The Yale expositor., 1910-12-02
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES Is


here over fifty years. Mrs. Sovereign
admitted she did not, and the stranger
explained her grandmother had pur-
chased hat from Mrs Sovereign in
1869 but had left Port Huron without
paying for 1t. She said her relatives
last wish before she died about a
year ago was that her granddaughter
pay for the hat. The stranger asked
Mrs. Sovereign to take the amount,
seven dollars, from ten-dollar bill.
Mrs. Sovereign complied.
Lansing-Loren Millard, aged twen-
ty-one, son of Frank Millard, chief
clerk of the state railway commission,
and nephew of Governor Warner, died
at his fathers home on South Syca-
more street. Death was due to con-
sumption, from which the young man
had been a sufferer for some time.
He is survived by his parents. two
brothers and one sisetr.
Saginaw.-There was one new case
of smallpox reported here to the local
board of health. A three-year-old
girl is i'll. This is the first case in
eight days and the health officials
are greatly encouraged.
Port Huron.-Mrs. Henry Middle
mist is dead at the age of ninety-sev-
en-. She was native of Scotland and
is survived by a son and several
grandchildren.
Grand Rapids. b. Car
penter, the oldest minstrel in the
United States. dropped dead on the
street here from apoplexy. He was
seventy-two years old and known as
''Boney" Carpenter.
Muskegon Port, twenty-five,
threatened the life OF his parents with
a revolver and was overpowered by
his father, who took the weapon away
from him. 1t is said young Port was
intoxicated
Port Huron.-Judge Graham has
made special policemen" OF 40 boys
of South Park who were charged with
general destruction of property in that
section of the city. They left the
courtroom determined to punish any
Of their number who commit any un-
lawful acts in the future
Sault Ste. Marie-Four persons
were drowned and three rescued when
a rowboat bearing belated passengers
TO the Canadian 500 was swamped In
st. Mary's river. Those who were res
| cued are Clifford Dilks. Samuel Byron
and Norman Treganza. The steam
ferry had ceased operating for the
night and the victims, who had been
visiting on the American side Satur-
day. induced the crippled ferryman,
John Sherwood, to start with them for
the Canadian side.
Charlotte.-.Philip Gordon Eennox,
the young Englishman who says he is
a viscount. is IN jail here on charge
brought by local automobile dealer,
who says Lennox removed a mort
gagged motor car from the county
Since coming here the young man has
contracted approximately $4,000 of
debts. $1,000 of which was secured
from Isaac Arnold, a retired farmer.
The latter mortgaged a piece of prop
erty to pay the first $500 on Lennox's
automobile. it is said. and when the
dealer who sold the machine heard
that Lennox had gone to Hastings to
bid his wife's parents farewell before
a proposed trip to the ancestral es-
tates' in England, secured warrant.
Menominee.-A special car, In which
80 orphan children, all under three
years of age, were being brought
| from New York city to be adopted in
upper peninsula homes, passed
through this city. The unique spec
tacle attracted great attention.
Saginow.-The Saginaw high school
football eleven viii play no more
games this year even il the ban OF the
state board of health is lifted Seth
Hanks. seventeen years old. one of the
stars of the team. died in the hospital.
Smallpox caused his death.
Big Rapids.-The townspeople were
frightened, several buildings were
shaken and pictures knocked from the
walls when a meteor fell southeast of
this city.
MI. Clemens.-John Charbeneau was
arraigned In the circuit court on
| charge of conducting a gambling
room in this city. He told the court
that a game of poker was being played
| WHcu the pOllCc Tdlueu MS place., anu
reiterated the statement that Chief of
Police Aemke had given him permis-
sion 10 conduct penny ante" game,
providing 1t did not continue after
eleven p. m. When asked by Judge Err
skine to enter a plea Charbeneau said
he did not understand the charge
against him, and was told to consult
with his attorney.
Howell-Henry @. Knoop, aged
forty-seven years, prosperous farmer
and thresher. living near Oak Grove,
was shot and almost instantly killed
in his own home, and In the presence
of his six children. The police say
Sedgewick Line aged nineteen. tho
son of well-known and well-to-do farm
ers. is the slayer. Line has not been
captured.
Mayville.--State Senator-elect Ed
ward @. Fox. who was chosen to rep
resent the senatorial district. COM
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