The Yale expositor., 1911-01-13
MICHIGAN
Is R EVITIES

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Eaton Rapids. was elected president;
j. w. Ewing. of Grand Ledge, vice.
president; directors. George s. Wool
sey. Marshall; Stephen Benedict,
Nashville; Norman b. Herbert, Yale;
j. w. Damn. Lansing; George A. Per-
ry, Charlotte. Treasurer Coleman's re-
port showed that disbursements du.
ring the last year were $24.215.04; re-
ceipts. S96,44520; cash on hand $72..
| 230.16. Secretary Rogers report show
ed the total insurance of the COM
pany as $S6,000,000. an increase du-
ring the last year being over $1,000
900. The annual meeting day was
changed to the second Tuesday in
January.
Battle Creek-The Womans league
has added charity to its literary la
bors and has installed a visiting
nurse system. One nurse has been
employed and others will be secured
as needed. A wheel chair will be at
the disposal of patients who need one
and are unable to provide it for them
selves. The league is nonsectarian
and composed of the leading women
Of the city.
Owosso.- Because OF lack OF evil
dence. Prosecutor Collins has ordered
the charge preferred against Mrs.
Harriet Ketchum by Mrs. James Neal,
OF Byron, withdrawn, and the case
was discontinued when the woman's
examination was resumed before JUS
tice Patched at Durand. The charge
OF larceny of $4,000 preferred by Neal
is now pending against Mrs. Ketchum.
The Owosso Motor Co, which went
into the receivers hands. will, it IS
expected. soon ask for the discharge
of the receiver, as a new model of
light delivery truck Is believed TO be
more salable than the old design
Owosso.-On Jan. / the Union Tele.
phone Co raised rates on farm lines
from S12 to $15 yearly and farmers
will hold a meeting in Corunna on Jan.
II to discuss the matter and probably
make a united protest.
Owosso.-A committee from the
Owosso Improvement association Wis
tied the state railway commission at
|, Lansing and learned that the Grand
Trunk and Michigan Central roads in
tended erecting a union depot on the
site near the present junction build.
ing. costing not to exceed 100000. The
committee is somewhat dissatisfied
with the prospect. inasmuch as the
site Is not considered a desirable one
and the members think more money
should be put in depot for city OF
! Owosso's size.
Scores of boys Of Wex'
ford county schools are searching for
the body of Emerson Sanford. the
crippled mute who disappeared two
weeks ago and is thought to have
persisted in snow drifts near Lake
| Mitchell.
RESPONSIBILITIES Emerson. for
many years the leading lumberman in
this section of the state, and with
large lumber interests in Wisconsin,
has made an assignment for creditors
whose claims total about 100000.
! There are only about $4,000 worth
OF assets. The closing of the Elmer
son mills will be a hard blow to Mo
renisco township. as they are the only
manufacturing industry in the town
ship.
F1int.-Mrs. Thomas Murphy. TWEEN
| ty.three. n bride of three months, died
of lockjaw, which resulted from an
operation for tonsilitis three weeks
| ago Abraham Stoner, a fireman en-
| ployed by the Pere Marquette rail-
road. who has ben working on switch
engine in the local yards. is under ar
rest charged with stealing coal from
the company Detectives say he
dumped off the coal near his home,
and then carried it there after he was
off duty
Lansing. Despite the fact that he
had shaven of his beard and had
taken every precaution to hide his
identity, George o. Davis. residing on
! Summit street, was arrested by De-
| tective Rowell OF the Lansing police
i force. as the man wanted by the po-
lice for forging several checks on To-
cal merchants. The man confessed
when brought to police headquarters.
He has wife and two small children
Lapeer Between smiles at JOY
over his sons prospective freedom
and tears over what he believes was
his part in the tragedy which resulted
in Clarence BENJAMIN being confined
| TO Jackson prison on a life sentence
for the Staying of his wife, Amasa
BENJAMIN. father of the man whose
sentence was recently committed TO
80 years. with a probable parole in
1913, talked of the fondest hope OF
his life, that of living long enough to
see his boy out of prison. II have al
ways felt that ! was in a great meas
ure TO blame" the. old man said. ION
that night of November 81. 1898, When
my son shot and killed his wife. while
practically insane with jealousy,
had a revolver in my room. II was
with this gun he did the shooting
If l hadn't left It in sight the affair
would never have occurred"
Lansing because her children had
been without food for more than q
day. woman living on Hammond
street tried to sell her beautiful head