The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
| MICHIGAN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

fed their employers that they must
have $18 a week and a ten-hour day.
They have been getting $14.50. Their
demands will probably be granted.
Monroe.-The men OF st. Mary's
Catholic parish surprised Father
James S. Downey. assistant pas
tor, by the presentation to him of
a purse Of SITS In gold as a token of
the esteem In which he Is held by
the congregation.
Ann Arbor.-While sitting In
front of a restaurant on Huron
street conversing with the proprietor,
John Bonner toppled over dead, the
result of a stroke of apoplexy. He was
brother OF Cornelius Bonner of De-
troit, with whom he had made his
home. He had long been afflicted
with heart disease.
Lapeer-Robert l.. Taylor, seven
ty-three years old, died after a
lingering illness covering a period of
about two years. He was state SEN
ator from this district from 1889 to
1892, had filled the Offices of register
for Lapeer county and for many years
WIS president of the National Bee
keepers association. OF late years he
had conducted large vineyard here
Kalamazoo-Becaus COW violat-
ed the city ordinance by walking
ON and eating the grass in Bron-
son park the bovine was arrested by
the police and Is safely confined in
n livery barn. The COW was discov-
cred browsing about the park. Two
policemen chased the COW for nearly
half an hour before they were able
to corral it. The owner has not been
found.
.Muskegon. Stephen Goss shot
and killed his twelve,year-
nephew, Homer Clark of Grant, mis-
taking the boy for burglar. The
Clark boy was visiting at the Goss
home, end Mr. Goss, hearing a noise
about the house. took light and
started to make an investigation. He
heard the door open and saw a figure
in the darkness. He then blew out
the light, seized a shotgun and fired
He again lighted the lamp. and inves-
tigating, found his nephew dying.
Jonia.-John Maningole of Grand
Rapids died as result OF hav-
ing eaten poisonous mushrooms, and
Joseph Duffy and his mother are in a
precarious condition. Joe gathered
the mushrooms and the family and
Maningole, who was visiting at the
house, partook Of them. All were
taken sick, but with physicians
care were thought to be out of dan
ger. Maningole, Mrs. Duffy and Joe
became worse, and Maningole died.
The two others are still In u serious
condition.
Lansing.-Anrew Smith. who was
arrested for shooting and killing
Norman Breze, "a Rives juno
tion farmer, made a complete confess
sion TO Chief of Police Behrendt and
Prosecutor Hayden. Smith declares
over Mrs. Smith, his wife Mrs. Smith,
who Is also held, denies Breze called
at the Smith home to see her, but
says he called with another friend
and that her husband was unduly
jealous. According to her story, Smith
went upstairs and obtained a shot
gun, which he brought down and
showed to Breze, telling Breze he
would shoot him If he did not leave
Dearborn.--The mangled body of
man supposed to be A. l.
Galbraith was found on the Michigan
Central track near here by the crew
of a freight train. Letters found in
the mans pocket indicate that he was
a telegraph operator The letters
were from small towns in different
states but did not show where the
man lived No money was found. and
it is believed he was killed while beat
ing his way. The coroner took charge
of the body.
Flint-The jury in the case OF
Rose Alberts, who was killed when
the motorcycle on which she was
riding with Walter Youngs collided
with an ice wagon on Detroit street
on the night Of July %, rendered a
verdict to the effect that the death
Of the girl was due to carelessness on
the part of Youngs The girl was
riding on the front Of the machine
and had no chance to save herself |
when the crash came.
Menominee.-On the eve of Civ. |
ing birth to a child, Mrs. Louis |
Heruska, twenty-four years old. was
killed by falling downstairs. The child,
which was born Immediately after.
ward, also died. This is the second
to befall the family, a
child having persisted last year in
fire which destroyed the Heruska
homo