The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-08-14
MICHIGAN NEWS IN BRIEF


a 15-foot layer of fine quality fire.
clay.
The Mennonite Brethren in Christ
are to hold their annual state camp
meeting under tents at Elkton, Aug
20-27
Trislo Charbeneau. OF Anchorville.
was killed by lightning when he went
upstairs to put down window during
a heavy storm.
Tentative plans have been made for
the Michigan state Sunday school
convention which will be held in Ben
ton Harbor November 1914.
Mrs. Frank Strodoner, of Gowrley,
Menominee county, mother of seven
children, was struck by lightning and
killed instantly, while standing near
a stove.
Miss Hannah Whtmore, 81 years
old, living with her brother on farm
near Bridgeport went upstairs to
close a window. Lightning struck
and killed her instantly.
A. w. Miller, Of Detroit. was elected
president of the state branch of the
National Association of Stationary
Engineers at Grand Rapids. The next
convention will be held at Muske-
gon.
DR.. Roy o. Knapp resigned as as
sistant physician at the Ionia State
hospital and will locate for practice
at Ann Arbor. DR.. T. c. Robertson, in
terne, is advanced TO assistant physi-
clan.
Russell Young will represent ST.
Clair county in the delegation of
youths to be guests at the Michigan
state fair in Detroit. He received the
highest mark in a competitive eXami-
nation.
William Gepbart, farmer of Breck-
enridge, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed while standing beside
barn near Pine river, where the
Gephart family had been holding a
picnic.
The Whitney hotel in Ann Arbor
was sold by the Ann Arbor Hotel
company to f. L. Hildebrandt. The
price was not made public, but it is
understood to have been more than
So, 600:
Bernard Nyland 10, OF Menominee,
broke his neck while diving in water
two feet deep. off Lakeside. a summer
resort He died an hour later. The
accident was witnessed by 1000 mer-
ry.makers
Port Huron will start a practice
house for working girls which will be
connected with the domestic science
course OF the high school The Kings
Daughters will give $500 to promote
the plan.
The Michigan Alkali Co., Of which
]. b. Ford, of Detroit, is president,
paid $4,000 to Richard Collins. of
Alpena, for so acres of limestone
land adjoining the present holdings
of the company.
Soldiers and sailors from six states,
though principally from Michigan,
Ohio and Indiana, attended the TWEEN
ty-sixth annual encampment of the
Tri-State Soldiers and Sailors asso-
citation, near Montgomery.
The commission which is rewriting
the city charter for Saginaw elected
William Baum chairman. Melville d.
Brooks, the first chairman, died few
days ago, and ]. J. McKevitt, the vice
chairman, died five months ago.
The removal of pussy willow"
blossom from her ear restored the
hearing of Martha Skellenger, 11-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
r. Skellenger, of Battle Creek. She
had been partially deaf for six 7ears.
The Michigan Association of Com
mercial Secretaries approved plan
to show to foreign students at the
University of Michigan various state
industries in an effort to build up a
larger foreign trade, particularly with
South American.
Attorney-General Fellows announc-
ed that an appeal would be taken from
the decision of Judge Murphy of De-
troit, who held that the fire marshal
law confiicted with the Detroit build
ing ordinance and therefore prevents
the fire marshal from closing second
floor theaters. The case will be heard
in the supreme court at the fall term
of court.
The securities commission whose
duty it is to administer the blue
sky" law, has appointed William R.
Towne of Detroit, as chief examiner
for the commission. Towne has been
connected with the auditor-generals
department for a number of years and
has had charge of the installation Of
the accounting systems in the var
ious state institutions.
The Grand Rapids C Indiana sum-
mer resort special No. 10, from Gin
cinnati to Mackinaw City, had a mar
row escape from being wrecked just
south of Tustin, Is miles from Cadil-
lac. Engineer ]. A. Witkop saw a
/ 700-pound rail and a half dozen cedar
ties on the track as he rounded a
sharp curve, and brought the engine
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