The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-02-15
MICHIGAN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD


reelected president OF the Kala-
mazoo Recreation Park associar
ton and William Pengleman. secre-
tary, at the annual meeting. Accord
ing to reports. the 1912 grand circuit
meet proved the biggest moneymaker.'
Thousands of dollars will be spent this
spring In improvements at the park.
Besides planning for the coming grand
circuit meeting. the park officials de-
cided to offer prize of $500 to the
person who will suggest the best at
tractionsfor the Southern Michigan
and Northern Michigan fair. to be CIV
en- here next September
Port Huron. = After nearly forty
years of married life, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Zimmerman Of Casco
township are now in circuit court fight
Ing for and against a decree which
will annul their union. The plaintiff.
fifty-six years old, alleges the defend
ant. fifty-eight years old. has repeat
eddy abused her. In view of the adj
vanced years Of the couple and the
lily. Circuit Judge Law attempted to
effect reconciliation. but to no avail.
Lansing.-The industrial accident
board has granted Harry Joseph
of Detroit $3.50. Joseph injured his
foot by sticking it through hole
in the wall and into some revolving
fans. THE company admitted that the
man was injured and we presumed
that he did not stick his foot In the
hole purposely," said Commissioner
Kennedy. Joseph was unable to at
tend the hearing. Courts hemmed In
by technical rules, would not have
been able to do that"
Lansing Speaker Currie OF the
house appointed Miss Eleanor M.
Carlton OF the 500 committee stenog-
rapher for several house committees.
A male clerk who was not stenogra-
pher was assigned to vacancy on
the janitor's staff This change Is in
accordance with plan to employ only
stenographers as committee clerks.
thus doing away with extra steno-
graphic costs.
Grand Rapids.-The West Michi-
gan Holstein Breeders association
closed its annual session here.
electing the following officers; Presi-
dent. William w. Willard, Grand Rap
ids; vice-president, p. Buth, Grand
Rapids; secretary and treasurer, w.
r. Harper, Vaudeville; executive COM
mittee, II. H. Stroud, Hopkins; b. H.
Hardy, Owosso, and John Lumbertson.
Bedding.
Owosso.-Brushed from the pilot
of an Ann Arbor switch engine by
a pile OF boards at the side of the
tracks In the railroad yards here, Con-
ductor Edward Gardner, forty-two
years old, was thrown under the
wheels and his left leg severed In
teFnal injuries caused his death a
few minutes later. He leaves his
widow and one son.
Grand Rapids.-A coroner's jury
in the inquest of w. j. Hubbard,
who died as a result OF injuries re-
ceived in the Holland interurban
wreck at Wyoming Park January 10.
held Conductor Pettis and Motorman
De Groot, in charge OF the stalled car
into which Motorman Shaw's limited
crashed, responsible. At least thirty
damage suits are expected to follow
the verdict.
Lansing.-L l.. Wright. superin-
tendent Of public instruction, made
definite announcement of his can
didacy for denomination at the Re
publican convention February IL His
nouncement because of some misun-
fritnds urged him to make this an
derstanding arising as to whether he
intended to seek another term.
Port Huron.-After weeks suf-
fering from ptomaine poisoning, Ar
thur Wilfred May, twenty years old.
Is dead. The poisoning and subse-
Quent death are attributed to bologna
sausage he ate. Besides a widow, May
leaves father and mother, Capt. and
Mrs. A. c. May. two brothers and one
sister.
Alma. Harold Wilcox OF Iron
Mountain won the oratoricai con-
test here with the grafton Public Life
and the College Man." and will repre-
sent Alma college at the state oratori-
cal contest to be held at Adrian. This
Is the third straight win for Wilcox In
the local contest.
Monroe Swinerton. a bar
Der, was arrested at Cleveland, o., by
Sheriff Renner on charge of wife de-
sertion. He will be brought to Mon
roe for trial.
F1int.-Edith Lucille Abel, seven
teen years old. pretty and a pop
ular student OF Flint Business univer-
sity, died after swallowing large
dose of strychnine by mistake for
salts. The bottles we're side by side
in a medicine cabinet. and she got
hold OF the wrong bottle In the dark.
jackson. William Simms. wanted