Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-01-05
STATE BRIEFS.

Properties OF the various secret So
cieties at Yale are valued at nearly
$l,000,000, according to the new tax
list Of the city assessors.
At the invitation OF Prof Albert A.
Stanley, the next annual session OF
the Music Teachers National associa-
ton will be held in Ann Arbor
1t has been found that the city
scales on which are based the prose
cution for short weight of several
coal companies in Caseville, are in
correct. The complaints will be with
drawn
Harry w. Stockman, former treas
urer OF Iosco county has commenced
suit to recover $1,000 which he says
he deposited in the w. F. Whittemore
& Co. bank in Owosso in 1905 and
was unable TO draw out
At a conference OF the general
deputies Of the state grange, held at
the Hotel Wentworth Lansing. the
state was apportioned into districts,
each one TO be in charge of a deputy
under the direction Of the state mas
ter
The legislative committee Of the
Michigan Association for the Protec-
tion and Propagation OF Fish and
Game, in session in Lansing, favored
a law abolishing the Office of state
game warden and placing his work IN
the hands Of non-political board.
According to an interview with a
prominent Grand Rapids railroad
man, Eugene Zimmerman, former
president of the Ann Arbor railroad,
has regained control of sufficient
stock to insure his election as presi-
dent. displacing Joseph Ramsay.
Senator Barnby. Of Grand Rapids,
will introduce a bill at the coming
session OF the legislature that approx
imately $500, which has been with
held from the pensions OF the resi-
dents OF the soldiers home, be re-
turned and that the management be
prohibited from further Withholding
money.
MILFORD Hicks. instructor In Eng
fish in the Hastings high school. and
a former newspaper man, has been
notified by the faculty Of St Stephen
college in Annandale-on-the-Hu Hudson
that they will confer on him the de-
gree OF Master OF Arts for his re-
search work in English, philosophy
and Hebrew.
Formal charges Of murder have
been placed against Antonio Rossi
and Michael Monress, alleged Black
Hands, accused OF having killed
Giuseppe Mourello at Kalamazoo last
week. The officers have a chain Of
evidence which they say will convict
the two. They deny the charge.
A man claiming to be Thomas Fen.
nimore, OF Detroit, was shot twice by
Patrolman Albert Carson in Kalama.
zoo when he was discovered breaking
into a fur store. Fennimore when
ordered to stop running by the officer
refused to do So Carson fired at the
man several times during the chase
that followed and captured Fennimore
only after he had shot him twice
One bullet entered the mans back
and the other his knee A complete
outfit OF burglars tools was found
where the patrolman first located
Fennimore.
The state military authorities have
accepted the new armony at Bay
City, which cost $4,000.
The common council OF Owossc
promised the children free ice skating
on vacant lots, and the youngsters
went wild with delight Now the
board of works through its superin
tendent protests. The board points out
that there is danger of scarcity OF
water and the board fears famine
Mayor Burke is inclined to believe
the famine will not materialize, while
the disappointment OF the children
IL they do not get the promised parks
will be great. SO he and most OF the
council will declare for skatina