The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-11-09
STATE
HAPPENINGS


q buzzer button, while his face,
neck and chest were being baked by
flames, Scott e. McCurdy. retired
lumberman, saved his life and his
home from being destroyed by fire. II
McCurdy survives his burns he can
thank his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ray
mond S. McCurdy, who resides next
door TO him. With her bare hands
she smothered the flames that envel-
oped him when she arrived after be-
ing summoned by the buZzer alarm.
Kalamazoo-Thomas Purcell, said
to live in Jackson, Is being held
In jail until he gets over the
idea that he wants to die. Purcell
wandered into the Rescue mission and
asked that the superintendent pray
with him, stating he intended to de-
part from this world at shutdown.
Fearing that Purcell might try to car
ry out his intentions. the mission su-
perintendent called the police and
Purcell Is now in jail
Grand Rapids.-Fainting while he
was preparing the morning meal,
John Kotowcz, aged twenty-six, ac-
cidentally extinguished the burner
Of the gas stove in his home
and was asphyxiated. His wife, aged
seventy-four, will probably, die. A
daughter of the aged couple went to
their home on an errand and found
her father dead on the floor and her
mother unconscious on the bed.
Observation-Disclosures in the mud
and water of a watering trough
on Waterloo avenue, Charles August
Nelson was found by the police and
rescued from drowning. He had been
imbibing freely and was in a helpless
condition. While being removed to
the police station he stoutly declared
that he had walked into the Grand
river without seeing it. Nelson halls
from Chelsea. He was released after
paying a fine of $3.50 for being drunk.
Ann Arbor.-The question which
will be debated in the Central
Debating league this year is Re
solved. that the recall should be adopt
ed for all elective officers except
judges and the president Of the United
States and vice-president." Michigan
will debate the affirmative with North
western at Ann Arbor on January 10,
1912, and her negative team will de-
bate the same question with Chicago,
in Chicago, on the same date.
Grand Rapids.-"Squire" Cornelius
Mabry, colored, Of Decatur, con-
victed Of sending Objectionable lit
erature through the mails, has been
sentenced in United States district
court here to serve two years in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
Lewis Koboski Of Emmett county, con-
victed of selling liquor without IL
cepse, was sentenced to serve 60 days
in the Emmett county jail
Coldwater.-James A. Mcintyre,
until recently station agent at
Union City, was brought here from
South Bend on a charge of embezzle-
ment from the Michigan Central rail
road. Justice Legg held him for ex-
animation. His young wife Is here
with him. Mcintyre is highly regard
ed at Union City and the alleged en-
bezzlement seems to be technical
one. the company losing little If any
of the amount named, STA.
Bay City.-Returning to the house
after feeding the chickens, Mrs.
A. Debbowski, wife Of Beaver town
ship farmer, found her seven-months-
old baby lying dead on the floor, with
it's clothing burned Off She had left
the child asleep in a go-cart In front
Of the stove while she went out to
attend to the chickens and do other
chores. A spark from the stove is be-
lieved to have set fire to the baby's
clothing.
liberation a jury in circuit court
found Charles T. Rush, farmer Of
this county, guilty Of murder in the
second degree. Rush stabbed a Chica-
go man, Charles Johnson, in the
breast with penknife in saloon
brawl at Custer village six weeks ago.
He sought to establish a plea of self
defense but failed. Rush is in the last
stages of tuberculosis.
MISUNDERSTANDING Mauler, a pio-
neer resident of Jackson, was
found dead in chair at his home on
Boland street by members Of hts fam
lily Mr.. Mauler had been engaged in
moving the lawn early in the day and
was apparently feeling very well
Completing the work he came into the
house and seated himself in chair
where he was later found dead by his
wife.
Marquette. Erickson, eleven
years old, broke through ice at
Diorite and was drowned He is
Marquette county's first victim OF
the winter skating season. A brother