The Yale expositor., 1912-07-11

trict Quilted the Bacon block occupied
by Louis Grabower's department store,
Murray's grocery store and Westlake's
dry goods store and damaged the ad-
joining building. occupied by Hueller's
dry goods store and the Stafford Drug
company. The loss Is probably in ex-
cess of 100000.
Battle Crek.-Mrs. Florence Franks.
81 Magyar street, reported to the
police that her niece. Edna Franks.
of Kalamazoo, who was visiting
her. had wandered away. At first
1T was thought she had become
confused and would make inquiries
and find her way back home. but she
has not been found.
Ann Arbor.-The annual reception
to students of the University Of
Michigan summer school took place
In Barbour gymnasium, and was pre-
ceded by an address by President H.
b. Hutchins, in University hall, upon
the true measure of efficiency as ap-
piled to the university graduate.
Kaiamazoo-Citizen Of the West
end called mass meeting to be
held to protest against the erection Of
tuberculosis. contagious hospital and
pesthouse right In the center Of a
residence district. The health board
has already secured an option on the
site and has asked the council to con-
Arm the purchase.
Petoskey-After being thrown from
his buggy, and lying three hours
In an unconscious condition on
the road between Boyne Falls and
Camp Ss. Joseph Lecke, foreman for
Cobbs & Mitchell, was found and
brought to Petoskey hospital. An ex-
animation revealed the fact that his
head had been cut as the result of
coming in contact with a log when his
team ran away. His recovery Is doubt
full.
Bay City.-News reached here
from Alpena county that the for
est fires which have been threatening
the farms In part of the Tenth district
were under control. A heavy rain
lasted several hours and the fire
marshal and his assistants were able
to leave.
Vassar.-Four or five young men
loaded an old mortar with powder
near the Baptist church, attaching a
fuse to the same and set it off. The
force Of the explosion blew all of the
windows out the church.
Saginaw.-George Wyler twenty
six years old, had remarkable
escape from death when his body
biles which came together in the Buick
garage. Wyler was working on one
car which faced a partition which was
used to hold lockers for the employees
clothing. The other car entered the
garage at a good clip, striking Wyler
and driving him against the other auto
mobile. The momentum Of the latter
machine forced Wyler's body against
the car on which he was working, driv-
Ing the auto through the partition be-
fore 1t stopped. Wyler was painfully
bruised and cut, but 1t is thought he
will survive. Both machines were
damaged.
Lansing.--Charles Beckman, con-
fined in the City hospital here for
the past week, got discouraged at the
hot f,,rn do
his escape from the hospital. A short
time after he was found at the barns
Of the M. U. T. with only a sheet
around him He was taken back to
the hospital and the matron did not
even know he had made his getaway.
Flint.-Mrs. William Lovejoy,
resident of this city. who has
been taking treatments for some time
drowned In the lake near the institu-
ton. Mrs. Lovejoy got the key to her
room from the nurse, unlocked the
door and wandered out. Her body
was found some time later In six feet
Of water, about 100 feet from shore.
Mrs. Lovejoy was forty-fve years old.
Coldwatsr.-Freeman Whitney,
Bethel township farmer, attempted
suicide. Shortly after breakfast
Mrs. Whitney went into bed
room and found her husband writing
on the floor almost unconscious. Two
young neighbors, hearing cries, hur-
ried into the house and united a rope
he had tied to a bedpost and resusci-
tated him. He has had periods Of
melancholy.
Benton Harbor.-Death by phos-
phorus poisoning was the fate
which befell Glenn Lonklin, an eigh-
teen months-old babe. The child, left
alone for a moment, managed to OBJ
tain some matches. He chewed the
heads off the sticks and shortly after
ward was taken Ill. Despite the ef-
forts Of physicians the poison was