The Yale expositor., 1911-08-31
STATE
HAPPENINGS

Ann Arbor.-There will be an |
other coed in the engineering depart
ment of the university when college
opens this fall Miss Hazel Irene |
Quick of Gaylord has entered the en-
gineering school. The courses to be |
given in the future will have several
changes, among others it Will not be
called "S. and R." Possibly just be-
cause it's the last time the course Will
ever be given as Of old, or possibly
the summer students Of 1911 are OF a
brighter mentality-at any rate in the
final examination in that course 80
per cent. of the class wrote perfect
blue books and only 25 per cent.
"flunked," the best record ever at
tanned in that course.
Hastings.-Unmoved except when
he heard witnesses describing the
manner in which he had killed
his wife, Henry Hetmansperger, who
murdered his wife and daughter,
Christine, on August 12, received life
sentence to Marquette prison. Judge
Clement Smith sentened him for muir
der in the first degree. Hetman-
sperger, who had demanded trial in
order that he might show the public
his side, suddenly changed his mind,
and entered plea of guilty. Several
witnesses were sworn to determine
the degree of murder.
Grand Rapids. blindness or in
sanity are the alternative con-
fronting William Mapes, farmer OF
Sparta, who is now confined in the
detention hospital here. Mapes is
blind in one eye and the other day
silver of steel flew into the good one.
| The pain has driven him temporarily
insane. Local physicians believe they
can save his mind by sacrificing his
good optic. A consultation was held
and the above decision reached.
Jackson.-Good road enthusiasts
throughout Jackson county are
hammering away in an effort to
an air line train, Christopher Klock-
stein, manager of Grinnell Bros. in
this city, died. Klockstein went to
Tekonsha and was taken i'll on the
return trip. He received medical
treatment at Concord and then tried
to reach Jackson, expiring on the
way. A widow and one child survive.
Grand Rapids. The infantile
paralysis epidemic in this city Is
growing and has begun to attack
adults. Mrs. Stewart Green, twenty
six years old, was stricken with the
disease and her condition is reported
precarious. Four other cases were re-
ported and all are under strictest
quarantine.
Pontiac.-The announcement that
James Cushway Is to be par
doned from Marquette is received
here with severe criticism. Cushway
escaped from Jail while awaiting trial
here, and is considered by all the
officers as one of the worst criminals
with whom they have had to deal.
Cushway and Tommy Nesbitt robbed
a farmer on Pere Marquette freight
train while all three were stealing a
ride. After the robbery they kicked
him off the train.
Battle Creek.-George G. Ster
: ling. one Of Battle Creeks fore
most citizens and business men fol
many years, was instantly killed neal
the McCally street crossing of the
Michigan Central. Mr. Sterling was
making a short cut to the business
district, via the railroad right Of way
when he was struck by the Wolverine
: flyer. His body, thrown so feet, was
so mutilated that Identification wa!
reached only through papers and the
tailor's mark on his clothing.
st. Ignace.-Nelson Staley, aget
eighteen. of Paulding, o., ant
, Paul Kreiger, aged fourteen, of Pitts
burgh. Pa, were drowned while bath
: ing in the Straits of Mackinac. The
/ bodies were recovered after being IL
, the water about twenty minutes, bu
, | all efforts at resuscitation were un
availing. The bodies were takel
, home for interment by the parents o
the boys who were resorting here TO
, the summer.
, Grand Rapids.-Normal conditions
2 were nearly reached in all o
: the furniture factories here. Th'
a Manufacturers association held
> meeting to discuss the situation pre-
!. sented by the sudden termination o
the strike. Many of the strike
!. breakers, who have been drawin;
three dollars a day and board, qui
when they were informed the prevail
: ing wage scale of the future would b
but $3.50 day.
p Jackson.-Henry r. Kellogg, 20
|. West Washington street, vel
known local newspaper man, CON
!. mitted suicide by swallowing moi
!. phine. The first known of the dee
:. was when Attorney Benjamin Wi
lams, a neighbor, received lette