The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-07-20
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES


are worse than three years
ago. according to reports which are
| coming in here. All the wires, tele-
| graph and telephone. are down. go
that information is meager and not
| entirely reliable. According to these
| reports Watersburg has been hard
| hit. the mills and business section
and over half the residences de-
stroyed. Larocque is surrounded by
fires. but is still untouched. Part OF
| Tower is gone and the rest in danger.
and the fire Is in tie outskirts OF
| Onaway. At Millersburg 81 houses
and the old Gardner-Peterman mill
| have been burned There is a re-
port that two lives have been lost at
Larocque, but this cannot be con-
firmed.
Grand Rapids.-Archibald Mitchell
the Grand Trunk dispatcher, who
fed from the city following the
death of Hulda Gustafson, the
Muskegon girl. who died following an
alleged criminal operation, was re-
turned to this city. He was arrest
ed in Pardgould Ark, after he had
applied for a job with the Missouri
Pacific railroad. He was immediate
ly arraigned on the charge of man.
slaughter and demanded an examina-
ton, being committed In default of
bond
Ann Arbor.-Frank Moffatt, who
claims Chicago as his home, Is
in the county jail, charged with forg-
ing four checks to the amount OF
$3.50 Moffatt came here to enter
the law department of the summer
school. After making arrangements
on the campus. he did some shopping
and gave checks, signed "R. Mar
tin" When the checks were pre-
scented at the bank r. Martin was
called in and said they were for
geries.
Jackson.-Freddie Hackett, four
year-old son of Thomas Hackett,
farmer, was struck by Lake Shore
passenger train at crossing on the
Toledo branch, about four miles south
of this city, and instantly killed. His
body was cut completely in two
With an older brother he had gone
to a neighboring farmhouse to get a
pail of water for his father. who was
cutting hay near the railroad.
Monroe. The fifteen-months-old
son of Charles Mills of the Fourth
ward strayed out Of the house
tie daughter called the mother, who
sent for DR.. George McCallum. but
efforts to resuscitate the baby failed
Holland.-Deputy sheriffs secured
the country In search Of George
Vanderpoel, who Is wanted on
triple charge of stealing a bicycle.
horse and buggy and obtaining $3.50
under false pretenses. Vanderpoel
was home on furlough from the navy
and was to have returned to New
York.
Grand Rapids.-Harry Roughton,
the local dairyman who shot his
wife because she had divorced
him, must now face murder
charge. Mrs Roughton died in But
terworth hospital. Roughton, who
fled after the shooting, is still at
large.
Port Huron.-George Cline of Jack
son pleaded not guilty in court here to
a charge of defrauding the voluntary
relief committee for the fire suffer
ers. Cline got a dinner and some
clothing at the Masonic temple while
the fire refugees were being cared for.
telling the officers that he was one
Of the victims. He says that his moth
er is dying in Jackson.
Ann Arbor.-The university mu-
scum has recently obtained large
collection of insects from Edgar M.
Ledyard, formerly a resident of this
county, and now assistant professor of
entomology In the University of the
PHILIPPINES. The collection numbers
$4,000 specimens, which are mostly
from the Philippines, but represents
every continent.
Battle Creek.-Although ex-Alder-
man Charles A. Caldwell took
out an additional insurance policy of
$4,000 when he already carried $4,000
in other companies, 1t is conceded
that his death by fire was accidental.
rather than suicidal. 1t is believed
that Caldwell lighted match after
using gasoline in the barn setting his
clothing afire.
Grand apids.-Henry Ten Brock.
formerly of Detroit and recently
state superintendent Of the Metro
politan Life Insurance company. Is
suing that corporation In local court
here for $4,000 commission on insur-
ance policy renewals. The suit fol
lows his recent resignation after a
quarrel with an inspector.