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his family and asked the captain to
land him either at Sarnia or Port
Huron. The master refused, and as
the steamer was passing out of the
rapids of st. Clair river in Lake
Huron. Madden jumped overheard
with shout to the other men on the
boat, Here goes" Madden began
his long swim against the swift cur
rent, but his strength was ebbing fast
and he was sinking, when Joseph
Greeden, a sailor on the steamer
Emperor, which Is unloading iron ore
at Point Edward saw the mans pre-
dicament and Jumped into the rapids
to save him. Owing to the swift
current he failed to reach Madden,
:7d both men were in immediate
danger Of drowning when Capt. Eg-
bert, who runs ferry between Point
Edward and Port Huron, went to the
rescue Both Madden and Greeden
were taken aboard in an exhausted
condition.
Ann Arbor.-Game Wardens Otto
Rohn of Ypsilanti and Cobb Of
Pinckney had narrow escapes the
other night when Bert Thomas, mis-
taking them for chicken thieves, took
after them with shotgun and chased
them half a mile before he discovered
his mistake. Thomas keeps fishing
some Ann Arbor fishermen were
going TO attempt some illegal fishing
In that lake that night. The wardens
hid back Of the Thomas barn, and
the Thomas dog barked at them and
awakened Thomas, who got his shot
gun and chased them.
Pottsville. - Anthony Kelly, the
youngest accused murderer in Schuyl-
Kill county, who has been given
repeated trials TO reform, will be sent
by the court to a reformatory. Kelly
a few months ago threw missile at
playmate, striking him on the head
and causing his death. Though but
fourteen years of age, a score OF
charges have been lodged against him
since he took the life OF his playmate,
among which are robbery and house
breaking.
Muskegon.-After having wandered
in the woods near this city for
four nights and three days. Mrs.
Louis Vanderlain, who disappeared
from her home while mentally I'M
hala Inv, 90
citizens and deputy sheriffs Her
clothing was cut to ribbons from
tramping through the heavy woods
and swamps, and she was completely
exhausted from lack of food, having
subsisted on blackberries. Her re.
covery is doubtful
Grand Rapids. " Pur.
cell, twenty-eight years old. adver.
Using manager and secretary OF the J.
~. Daverman company. architects,
dropped dead while dining in the Pant.
lind hotel from heart disease. Pur-
cell was private secretary for Senator
William Alden Smith when the latter
was congressman from the Fifth dis
trict, and twin brother Of Leuve Pur
CELL local newspaper reporter
Sault Ste. Marie.--Charles Evers
son, charged with burglary, broke
away from Deputy Sheriff Arnott
while he was being taken from the
county Jail to justice court for trial
Three shots in the air from the
officers revolver stopped the prisoner
farmers who attended a picnic at
M'Curdy park heard l.. Whitney Wat.
kins, Progressive candidate for cover.
nor; j. ID. Leland, Prohibition guber.
Material candidate, and other speakers
Owosso.-The thirty-second annual
reunion of the Sixteenth Michigan
Volunteer infantry here brought to
gether two brothers who had not
met previously for about as years
James A. Clark, who is an inmate OF
the Grand Rapids Soldiers home, and
Robert B. Clark Of st. Cloud, Florida,
served together in Company |. After
the war they lost track of each other
Both were located by examination of
the records of the pension department
and were invited to the reunion with.
out knowledge Of their relationship
When they met they soon discovered
the relationship and their reunion was
a joyful one.
Owosso.-Thomas Farrell, forty-two
unmarried, was found dead by hii
aged mother with whom he lived, on
the floor f his barn at his farm in
New Haven township. Heart failure
Is supposed to have been the cause of
death. He was last seen alive by his
mother when she saw him going into
the barn.
Ann ATbor --Iialf n dozen stock
aid freight cars got away from
Ann Arbor switching crew on the
grade connecting the Ann Arbor with
the Michigan Central, near North
Main street, and ran wild into lead.
ed stock car. A car with 20 cattle in
II crumpled up like a Jack knife and