The Yale expositor., 1912-04-25
NEWS OF
MICHIGAN

of the Bear River Paper and Bag
company was burning workmen
continued making paper. BY good
work the fire companies prevented
the blaze from spreading to the mill
proper and the only loss was about
5000.
Bay City-Frank James, the IN
dian whose arm was cut of
when he was struck by Michigan
Central train, while he was intoxi-
Gated, died from his injuries in Mercy
hospital The police are investigat-
Ing as to who sold him the whisky.
Cadillac. The supervisors bought
J. A. Magnuson's farm, three miles
north of this city, for the coun-
ty poor farm. Recently the buildings
burned on the old county farm and 1t
was deemed best not to rebuild on the
old site.
Houghton.-The Calumet and Hecia
Mining company announced an in
crease Of ten per cent in wages for
its employees and those OF ten sub
sdiary companies.
Jackson.--As the result of in
luries received Daniel i. Tewksber-
ry, aged twenty-three, a switchman at
Jackson Junction yards. died in the
City hospital. Tewksberry was ter
ribly injured when a switch engine
80 l.
upon him, all of the cars passing over
his body.
Kalamazoo Thirteen-yearo Marie
Davis was hit by an automo-
bile and dangerously injured. The
girl had started to cross the
street when an automobile suddenly
turned the corner Seeing the ma
chine, the girl stopped near the curb
Ing, but the car was turned directly
into her. She was hurled to the pave
ment with terrific force. Stopping his
car, the unknown driver looked back
and saw the girl lying unconscious
next TO the curbing. After looking 10
see If anyone saw him, the driver
drove away at terrific speed. His
name has not been learned.
Eaton Rapids. The executive
committee of the State Holiness
Camp Meeting association has ar
ranged TO have the work on the eX-
tensive improvements to the camp
grounds started next week. The COM
mittee also arranged for two more OF
the best known pulpit orators in the
country for the ten days meeting for
1912. which will open the last week in
July. These orators are DR.. B. Cara
dine Of st. Louis, Mo-, and DR.. A. l..
Brasher, president of the Boaz semi
nary of Brighton, Ala. DR.. Caradine
and DR.. Brasher will be here from
the opening to the close of the big
camp meeting.
Grand Rapids-At the annual ses-
sion of the grand council of the
Royal Arcanum of Michigan here.
the resolution providing for biennial
instead of annual sessions was voted
down, after much discussion. Petos-
key was declared the winner OF the
silver loving cup for having secured
the greatest increase in membership
during the year. The council elected
DR.. ]. Rosenthal Of Petoskey grand re-
gent, and John r. Eckstein Of Jack
son representative to the supreme
council.
Battle Creek-Carlo Orlando. an
Italian employe at the Battle
Creek gas works. lies at the point
of death in Nichols hospital, the result
of being shot in the back by an I'M
known man. While Orlando was at
tending to his duties in the coke Gel
lar, the lights were suddenly snapped
off and he was commanded to hand
over his money. He protested, saying
he had a wife and five children 10 sup
port. The robber turned away without
securing the money.
Owosso. - Smoke and cracking
sounds from a fire that had evi.
IDENTIFY smoldered for several hours
in the studding OF the circuit court
chamber of the 100000 courthouse
at Corunna caused adjournment OF
court. 1t was reached and extin-
guished, and no doubt, the metallic
latii saved the building. Had the blaze
started at night it would probably
have ruined the courthouse.
Battle Creek.-Delegates from sew
eral local conferences, embracing
the states of Michigan. Illinois
Indiana and Wisconsin. will az.
tend the biennial session OF the Lake
Union conference Of Seventh-Day A6-
ventists, which will be held here April
"a 70 May 3. Allen Moon Of South
Bend. Ind, is the president Of the
union. and W. H. Edwards. also OF
South Bend. is the secretary.treasu-er
There will be many unique features In
connection with the coming session.
Every night public services will De
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