The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25
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Ionia.-The Ionia county Clean
ers at the Ionia armory, in an
nual convention, had lively discus
sion over the building of q Cleaner
clearing elevator here for their use
There appears to be but little doubt
about the project going through in the
near future, the same as elevators
now in operation in Detroit, Manton
and other places. F.. Il. Marvin OF
Detroit was here and presented ideas
upon the project
| Petoskey. William +. Drucke
was awarded $3.50 for the loss
of leg in an accident at the
guarries of the Antrim Lime company.
the jury having returned judgment TO
that effect after II hours delibera-
ton in the Emmett county circuit
court The case was tried two years
ago, but Judge Shepherd threw it
out OF court and Drucke carried it to
| the supreme court, which ordered n
| new trial
Ann Arbor.-Prof G. l.. Hill, teach
er of forestry in the University
or Michigan, resigned The department
will be without an instructor at the
end Of the college year unless the re-
gents can find some one soon. Prof.
Hilbert Roth, head of the department,
having resigned last week to go to
Cornell. President Hutchins stated
that there was no intention OF discon-
tinuing the department. Two of the
best-known foresters in the country,
he added, had been approached in re-
gard TO coming to Michigan and their
replies had been favorable, though not
definite.
Lansing. Of State Mar
tinda!e's mortality report for de-
cember shows 1859 deaths in Michi-
gan last month. This corresponds TO
the annual death rate of lis per 1000
estimated population. The principal
causes of death were tuberculosis and
Oroncho-pneumonia. There were 5,614
births reported during December
which corresponds TO the annual birth
rate of 1911. An increase OF 101 births
is shown as compared with the No
vembor report.
Portland $500 Pere Marquette local
freight No POS, entering the To-
cal yards from the east, collided
head on with extra No. 237, which
bad started TO syphon water a short
distance east of the depot. Both en-
gines were badly damaged. All mem
bers Of the train crews jumped and
no one was injured.
Bad AXe.-Mrs. Carrie b. Spar
ling, wife OF John Wesley Spar
ling and mother of Peter, Albert and
Scyril Sparing, all of whom died
from mysterious cause, was bound
over to stand trial on charge of poi
SONG Scyril. DR.. Daniel Conbey, a
new witness, attended Scyril Sparkling
and said that in his opinion death was
due 10 arsenical poisonig.
Port Huron. - While endeavoring
to unload cargo OF salt at the
plant of the Port Huron Salt company
George Fraleigh narrowly escaped sud-
den death when 500 tons Of salt fell
upon. him. With other workmen Fra
leigh was unloading the salt when the
large machine gave way, and Fraleigh
was partly buried. One leg was broken
in two places.
William Schroeder.
laborer, aged fortyfive, fell dead
while weighing n load of coal. The
cause vas at first attributed to heart
failure or apoplexy, but on closer ex-
animation a deep burn was found on
his right thumb which he evidently
received in attempting TO turn on an
electric light, which was probably the
cause Of his death. He is survived by
his wife and two daughters.
Petoskey BY quick presence OF
mind Mrs. Ralph Iipp saved her
self and siXteen-months-old son,
Harold, from instant death when she
threw the child and cutter from the
G. r. & I. northbound track and
jumped after them when she saw
train No. approaching within few
feet of her. The engine whistled sew
eral times, out Mrs. Zipp thought it
was the train on the southbound
track. The baby awoke from sound
slumbcr 10 find himself in a snow
bank, minus part Of his clothes, which
were run over by the train. The cut.
ter was partly broken. but neither
mother nor the child was injured.
Iopia. George Fox of Odessa
township went to the barn, climbed
10 q landing, tied rope around his
neck and jumped off. The fall was
better than six feet. and he was in
stantly killed. Brooding over the sui
eide of Clare McNeal is said to be the