The Yale expositor., 1913-09-11
NEWS OF
MICHIGAN

ager of the Bay City Cash Dry
Goods company, was fined SIS for Vio-
lation of the state labor laws. Miss
Luella NJ. Burton, state factory IN
spector, made complaint.
Lansing Charles Hawkins, six
years old, was run down and killed
on the crowded streets shortly after a
Homecoming parade. Frank Dodge,
the driver of the car, surrendered HIM
self to the police, but has not been
placed under arrest
Adrian.-Dr. George NJ. Wether-
all was arrested by the county
officers charged with the illegal sale OF
a prescription. He was released on
$500 bail pending examination next
Friday. Doctor whitehall has beeu In
Adrian year and half.
Petoskey.-When a crowd OF
boys threatened 20 steal his bas-
ket of beer, Peter Bodeski, Pole.
drew knife and, seating himself on
the basket, maintained a vigil till Of
ficers dispersed the crowd. Several
bottles were broken and the fluid
spread over the street.
Marshall.-A petition has been
forwarded to the state game war
den asking that three lakes, Duck Ho-
mer and Goguac, be netted for carp.
mullett, suckers and dog fish. These
four kinds eat so much spawn OF game
fish that they have practically driven
them all out. The carp will be shipped
to Boston in refrigerator cars.
Petoskey.-Bay View resort, one
mile from here, was aroused by
the attempts OF young burglar to
gain entrance to the summer home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. McGrath OF Louis
Vile, KY, who were shopping in Pc
toskey. While crawling through back
window he was discovered by the cook
and a maid, who frightened him from
the premises by use OF rolling pin
and scream.
Ann Arbor.-The Custer brigade
reunion came to close with the
business meeting. and next year IL
will be held in Lansing. President w.
O. Lee OF Port Huron was reelected
as was Secretary Thomas Hill OF
Cleveland, o. Capt. l.. X Kanouse
of Byron was elected vice-president.
to succeed Col Fred Kidd OF Ionia.
who died.
Marshall. Marvin l.. Preston OF
Detroit presented to Trinity church
of this city a picture valued at
$1,000 as a memomrial to his parents.
Marvin and Harriet Preston, who were
members of the congregation. The
picture is a copy OF Narcotic Aber-
tinelli's Visitation of Mary" and was
painted in Florence in 1S4S by ID. Ley
mour.
Kalamazoo. Forest E Norton.
thirty-one years old. an inmate OF
the Kalamazoo State hospital for six
years, killed himself in that institution
by hanging. Norton had made q
rope out of a bed quilt and tied IL
around his neck. then to the door in
his room. He jumped off a chair He
had been dead but a few minutes when
found. His mother lives in Reading.
where the body was sent for burial
Calumet.-One of the copper
country's oldest residents, Henry Sou
den, died at his home In Laurium at
the age of ninety-four. He was an
ardent abolitionist prior to and during
the Civil war while he was at Dodge
vile. Wis, where he conducted large
tailoring business. Souden came To
America from England 50 years ago.
residing first in Detroit, from there go
ing to Wisconsin.
Cheboygan-The lifeless body OF
Lyle Dagwell, an employee Of the
Cheboygan Electric Light company.
was found hanging head downward
from tree at Indian river. Dag
well, the nineteen-year-old son Of Har-
ry Dagwell OF Indian River, started TO
trim a passageway through trees on
the main thoroughfare Of the village
for a new electric light circuit. 1t is
supposed that he came in contact with
a live wire and that his death oc-
Cured an hour before the body was
discovered.
Sheridan. Abraham Collier,
farmer living four miles north
of Sheridan. drove to town and bought
a revolver at the Richey hardware
store On his way home he stopped
near John S. Kerchevals farm, about
a mile from his own home, tied his
horse to the fence and shot himself
in the forehead He was found some
time later and taken to Kerchevais
home. Doctor Eastman of Indiana
polls was called to perform an opera
ton. Domestic troubles are supposed
to have caused the attempted suicide.
Grand Rapids.-At a session or
the Central German Methodist con-
ference ]. s. Kalmbach of Grand Rap
ids, J. S. Schneider OF Columbus. o.,
and Rev. A. j. Mast Of Cincinnati, o.,
were reelected as trustees Of the Ger
man Wallace college at Berea, o. The
jubilee session OF the conference was
held. Rev. J. G. Schall of New Knox
Vile, o., ]. Bormer of vermilliOn. o..
and Rev. G. II. Heitmeyer of Lansing.
the three surviving members OF the 90
who originated the conference in 1863.
were present. Rev. Jacob Braun OF De-
troit. a member who affiliated in 1854.
spoke on the organization OF the CON