Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-02
STATE BRIEFS.

! nave Cdlleu SpeCldl StSSiou 10 Soh-
slider plans for building court house
which will cost between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The legislative junket committee
of five visited the Lapeer Home for
the Feeble Minded, and the total ex-
pense of the trip was $3.50, the ac-
tual railroad fares.
Paul Putkumber, a farmer, about
As years of age, was instantly killed
in Benton Harbor when a rig in
which he was riding was struck by
Pere Marquette passenger train No,
! 16.
The supreme court has held that
the charter commission of Flint may
! go TO work at once, despite the fact
that one member did not have a
residence in the city three years be-
fore his election.
John Barney, 67, a woodsman who
! lived alone in shanty on Manistee
river, killed himself by placing shot
gun to his head and pulling the trig-
| ger with string. He left a mother
and sister in Quebec.
Mrs. Elizabeth r. Wisner, of Sag
NAV, died suddenly in Praeus,
! Greece. Mrs. Wisner, with a party
of Saginaw people, including John T.
Winship, his wife and daughter, sail
ed from Boston Feb A.
Mrs. Chas Horton Metcalf. regent of
st. Clair chapter of the d. A. r.. of
Detroit, delivered the principal ad-
dress at the Washington ceremonies
in Saginaw Saginaw and Bay City
chapters united for the occasion
Roy C. Lyle of Grand Rapids, who
will act as sergeant-at-arms at the
Republican state convention, was in
Saginaw and charted out ~ commit
tee rooms in the auditorium for use
by members Of the - districts.
Lapeer county Democrats have
placed in nomination the name of
Theodore Halpin to oppose Circuit
Judge George w. Smith. of Pontiac,
at the primaries Senator Conley act
ed as chairman of the convention
Because the company wanted the
miners to sign an agreement releas-
ing the company from death liability
for more than $500, $50 men at the
Eureka and Asteroid mines at Besse
mer are on strike. Officers are guard
ing the property.
Pewamo is to have another hotel,
after being for several months with
out one c. E. Vance will soon be-
gin the erection of a modern 20-room
hostelry TO replace the one burned
last summer. Citizens OF the village
have subscribed $500
Despondent on account OF illness,
Mrs. Alta Kane, OF Battle Creek, wife
of Charles Kane, committed suicide
by inhaling gas in her bathroom
When her husband raped at her door
and received no response, he entered
and found her dead.
DR.. Rose +. Beals, a medical mis-
sionary to India. who Is spending the
winter in Ann Arbor, said before a
meeting OF the w. G.. T. L. that In
dia, because of a bad example set by
English missionaries, is drifting into
intemperance at a rapid rate
The twenty-seventh annual conven-
ton OF the Michigan Dairymen's as,
ISOLATION was held in Bay City. The
new officers are: President. r F. Mar
ston, Bay City; vice-president, F. II.
Vandenboom, Marquette; secretary.
treasurer, Ed. s. Powers, Hart.
Capt. Joseph Rouleau. of Sault Ste
Marie. is home from Washington,
where he went to investigate matters
connected with the treaty rights OF
Indians. He says he has assurance
from the commissioner OF Indian af-
fairs that names, scratched from the
rolls under the recent apportionment
will be put back This would mean
the payment Of several thousand dol
lars to the Chippewa tribe and liberal
compensation to other tribes.
Less price cutting and higher rates
per bushel for threshing were urged
by the Michigan Threshermen asso-
citation in session in Lansing The
new officers of the association are:
President William II. Kohlmeyer
Henderson; vice-president, Roy
Thomas, Flint secretary, f. B. Hig-
bee, Ionia; treasurer. C. w. Martin,
Clare executive committee, w w.
Weeks, Mason; William More. Owos-
so, and w. II. Whartin, Parma.
George H. Schofeld has begun suit
in the circuit court at Charlotte for
damages in the sum of $4,000. in
which William Andre, William r.
Clark. Raymond A. Calling, Bert. r.
Moore and the Grand Ledge State
bank are defendants. The suit is an
echo of the failure and subsequent ar
rest of William Andre. of Grand
Ledge. formerly of this city. He de-
frauded several in an egg deal. and
was recently released from Ionia re-
formatory. Several people lost heav-
lily by Andres failure.
The recent Democratic county coiI-
vention held in Charlotte by resolu.
ton Endorsed Judge Clement Smith.
the Republican candidate for circuit
Judge of this judicial district. This
practically insures Judge Smith 5 |
election without opposition. as the
Barry county bar is unanimous i'm it~
ohnfaa NJ Mr. Smith for i,,Jun A