The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-05-04
STATE
HAPPENINGS


out in the boilers of the tug Sar-
DIME, died at Mercy hospital. Ster-
ling was at work in the hold finishing
up on repairs to the tug. He was able
to walk when rescued but became I'M
conscious after taking few steps.
He was fifty-three years old and is
survived by widow and two daugh-
tiers.
Hillsdale. Ora Linderman, Lake
Shore brakeman on the Fort
Wayne branch, was the victim Of a
peculiar accident at Reading. X. w.
Warner, the Standard Oil company's
agent at Reading, had received tank
of gasoline and during the day had
drawn the oil from the car tank into
his own tanks. The supposition Is
that he failed to put the cap back
onto the oil tank after completing
his task. The local freight stopped at
Reading to pick up the car In the
course of his work Brakeman Linder.
man boarded the car with his lighted
lantern. The light touched off the gas
fumes and Linderman was blown from
the car and severely wounded.
Muskegon.-Police Justice Ooster-
baans court was the scene of
touching incident when Otis Mar
lowe was arraigned on a charge Of
burglary. When Marlowe was brought
in, he was met by his wife and two
little daughters, neither of whom are
more than five years DID, with tears
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smaller of the two children grasped
her fathers hand and cried: Cant
you come home with us now, papa"
Papa, however although he confessed
to his part in the crime, had to go
back with the officer to the Jail
Grand Rapids.-The Industrial Sci
ence and Art association Of
Michigan, an organization composed
of manual training teachers of the
state, will hold its state meeting here
May IL. The sessions will be the
occasion for addresses on the subject
of manual training in the public
schools, together with the presenta-
ton of much information CLEANED from
progressive cities where manual train
ing in advanced form and methods is
in vogue. Detroit, Kalamazoo, Jack
son and Bay City will be represented.
Kalamazoo.-Louis Klein, aged
thirty-five, and Edward Debor, twenty
five years old, were dangerous
ly injured when scaffold they were
standing on broke, letting the men
fall a distance of nearly twenty-five
five feet to the ground. Klein was in
iured internally. One shoulder was
broken and he lies in a paraly2ed con-
dition at his home. Debor was not
as badly hurt in the fall.
White Cloud.-Mrs. Harry Read,
wife Of the proprietor of the At
lantic hotel here, attempted suicide by
taking carbolic acid in some gravy
A physician succeeded in overcoming
the effects of the poison. Mrs. Read
is said to have tried to end her life
once before. Jealousy of her husband
is given as the cause nf her act.
Onaway-The second case against
the Detroit & Mackinac railroad
for damages growing out of the
cremation OF 16 women and children
during the forest fires near Metz in
1908 ended in the circuit court here
in a decision in favor of the railroad
company.
Saginaw.-Andrew Corde, an en-
ploye Of the Prairie farm, south
of Saginaw, was found dead in one
of the fields where he had been work
ing.
Cadillac-James Newlands, aged
forty years, was found dead on
the edge of Morris creek, six
miles from Manton. The man went
camping with two friends and when
he disappeared with his gun, his
friends supposed he had gone hunt
ing He was accidentally found by
other parties and no credence is
given to stories of foul play.
Owosso.-Mrs. Pearl Moye Mel
linger, twenty-five years old, is
dead here after an illness of a week
beginning with humps and developing
into pneumonia. She was the bride
of but few months of Warren Mel
linger, telegrapher
Grand Rapids.-Mrs. John b. Olan,
aged siXty-fve years, and her
three-year-old granddaughter were
burned to death when the Olan farm
home, six miles west of Sand Lake. in
the northern part of this county, was
destroyed by fire. Elmer Wolfe, faith
err of the child, is an invalid, and was
being cared for at the home of rela-
tive when the fire occurred.
Cadillac.-John Murphy has been
found guilty in the circuit court
of knocking down and robbing
Charles Miller of a sum of money on
the outskirts Of the city recently. The
jury disagreed in the case Of Edward
Fenley, charged with selling liquor to
a minor. Edward Duval, who is under
seventeen years OF age, but looks
older
Petoskey-Dr. George Reycraft is
president of the Northern Michigan
Poultry association. which has been
organized in Petoskey.
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