Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-01-26
STATE BRIEFS.

| FOX or the tWenty-nrst district.
Charles Allen, farmer living near
Salem, was instantly killed by a
falling tree he was cutting down
which struck him In the face and
broke his neck.
| Despite ruling Of Atty Gen. Kuhn
that lower peninsula counties have
no right 10 pay sheriffs salaries,
Shiawassee will keep its sheriff on
salary basis.
I'm getting ready to die" said
Michael Brophy, jokingly, In a Vas
sar barber shop He went home 10
supper and dropped dead at the
table from heart disease.
DR. Isaac z. Randall, a prominent
practitioner in Bay City and we'll
known throughout the state, died at
his home in Bay City of heart dis
ease. aged &C years.
The state teachers reading circle
board met In Lansing and adopted a
tentative list of books for work in
the state Later In the year other
books for reading matter will be
chosen
The office Of register OF deeds of
Emmett county. made vacant by the
recent death of VIII Ide, was filled
by the appointment of John Keep
Mrs Ide, widow OF the deceased reg
lister, will act as deputy.
Harry Soulard, a pipe setter, was
killed In No G shaft Of the Hecla
branch OF the Calumet & Hecla mine
He was working on pipes and his
wrench slipped throwing him several
hundred feet down the shaft.
Clarence Peters, of Bay City, brake
man on the Michigan Central, was
caught between two cars and so bad
ly crushed that he died soon after
He had renewed his insurance policy
Saturday, the day he was killed
Alfred West, IS, of Cadillac, was
crushed to death beneath the car OF
an extra freight train on the Grand
Rapids & Indiana railroad before the
eyes Of his mother, Mrs John West,
his sister and two small brothers
Metcaf hall, one OF the group of
buildings at Adrian college, was part
ly destroyed by fire. greater destruc-
ton being prevented by several hun
dred college students who assisted
the iremen in carrying out % pianos.
At a big Indian pow-pow in Sault
Ste, Marie q delegate was selected
to go to congress and present the
claim Of the Michigan redmen for
lands In Chicago and islands in Lakes
Michigan, Superior and the 500 river.
The congregations Of the Wealthy
Avenue Baptist church and the Fifth
AVnn1n Church ~ (brfCt Of Grand
Rapids, will consolidate to do away
with needless expense, and also be-
cause there are 10 small churches in
the immediate neighborhood
Mrs. George w. Reyes, one of the
pioneer settlers of Olivet and one OF
the little colony which formed the
beginnings of the college, died at st.
Vincent's hospital at Toledo Mrs.
Keyes had been identified with the
college since its establishment.
AS an illustration of the work be-
ing done by the American Cancer
Research Society, DR. +. Mather, Of
Detroit, successfully removed can
Ger from the lower jaw Of a 6-year-old
girl, by chemical process, after the
child had been given up TO die.
Mrs. Alice Catherine Gallagher, SO
years old. was frightfully mangled
by a Grand Trunk passenger train
near the Pere Marquette shops In
Ionia. A cripple and deaf, she did
not hear the train, and her clothing
was caught as the engine passed
Statistics prepared by Deputy Coun-
ty Clerk Eugene K. Frueauff show
that one-fifth of the number of cou-
pies married In Washtenaw county
during the past IL years have sought
divorce, and one-seventh or approx
mately IA per cent have obtained de-
crees.
Secretary Joseph P. Tracy, Of the
Saginaw board Of trade and Mer-
chants and Manufacturers associa-
ton, Of Saginaw, today started work
on a plan to raise 100000 to build
a union terminal station, which would
be leased to all railroad and trac-
ton lines entering the city.
Because of eight accidents in Bat
tie Creek, in which one boy suffered
was killed and a cutter wrecked May
OF Ellis has ordered the police de-
partment to stop street coasting in
this city II no other methods avail
the city officials will sand all the
hills.
At Joint meeting Of the boards
Of control Of the various insane asy-
lums of the state at Ionia II was de-
cided that the representatives Of the
boards would introduce bin In the
legislature asking that the institu-
tons In the future be known as hos
pitfalls and not as asylums While no
definite action was taken. II was
understood that majority Of the rep
resentatives present are opposed to
the idea Of q single board for the
institutions
There were 3,176 deaths reported to
the secretary Of state as having oc-
Cured in December. showing an an
nual death rate OF 14.8 per / 900 pop.
ulation. and an increase OF 1l9 over