The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-07-19
STATE
HAPPENINGS

bushels Oh OdtS Wtlt IoSts hO 'Otdf
damage is estimated at $350,000, with
about half that amount in insurance.
The plant was owned principally by
Sarnia men, including Thomas Cook
and Thomas Kenny. The Grand Trunk
railroad was also interested financial
ly. The plant was built in 1908.
Kalamazoo.-Frank Newton, seven
teen years old, of Cincinnati res.
cued six-year-old Mildred Thompson
of Wilmette, H., from drowning
al, Gull lake near here. In leaning over
the side OF boat the child slipped ana
fell into the water. The screams OF
the mother who was in the boat. were
heard by Newton, who dived from the
pier and reached the child just as she
was going down for the third time. He
seized her around the waist and swan
ashore.
Sault ste. Marie.--Chief Hiawatha
OF the Iroquols Indians on the
Okla, Quebec reservation. died here at
the age of sixty-nine years. His death
followed an operation for appendicitis.
He had been chief OF his tribe for &c
years,
Eaton Rapids.--Rather than SEQ
the highway commissioners discFed-
tied by failing to complete the state
reward road in Springfield township,
teamsters who struck for $3.50 day
last week returned to work, They had
been receiving 81 and the commission
er had no authority TO increase their
pay
Menominee. ~ Edwin Goodfellow.
seventeen years old, graduate of
this years high school class, was
crushed to death beneath u moving
! freight elevator
St. Joseph Portions OF WON
ans body floating ashore north of
| here have given the officers a lake
mystery which so far has not been
| solved
| Niles. - Walter Coliosky. thirty
| years old. an employe OF Notre
Dame university. jumped into a
marshy spot and then attempted to
scramble out When the police arrived.
they found him struggling to keep his
mouth above water. His shrieks at
| tracted a large crowd. none OF whom
| dared venture to his aid Ropes were
used in futile attempt to lasso him
| until
held him so firmly that the boatmen
were unable TO release him until the
other end OF rope tied about his
shoulders had been fastened To an
automobile.
J Muskegon. Muskegons third
drowning IN less than two weeks
occurred at Mona lake, when Robert
Johnson, twenty-five years old. OF
Moorland township. sank TO his death
in spite of efforts OF his two brothers
The young man was swimming In
about eight feet of water when he
sank His brothers attempted to save
him, but were unsuccessful. DR. l.. G..
Fairbanks OF Muskegon and A. D. Ben
nett rowed to the spot and the latter.
after diving several times, brought the
body to the surface
F1int.-A man supposed to be-
Thomas Lee, thirty-fve years old.
address unknown was found uncon-
scious in Oak park. He was taken to
Hurley hospital, where physicians said
he suffered from drug poisoning Lee
regained consciousness during tho
eide
Hancock. Principal of one school
80 years is the record OF ]. G..
Johnston of Quincy township. Hough-
ton county. f. A. LETTERS. superintend-
ant OF the Adams township schools,
has been at the head of the Houghton
county system for 20 years with Mrs.
Jeners as principal of the high school.
Iron Mountain The dealers In
school books at Iron Mountain have
notified the board of education that
they will retire from the business. The
reason is that under the law enacted
by the last legislature there Is no long
er profit in the business. This deci-
sion will force the board to engage in
the business itself and plans will be
made at once to insure supply of
books.
Grand Rapids. Mrs. AdeIphia G..
Ward, sixty-nlne years DID, OF Muske-
gon, founder Of the Ladies OF the Mod
ern Maccabees died In hospital hero
after long illness.
! Newaygo. OF Indians or
Americans, buried ut least half a
century. have been uncovered by plow-
Ing on knoll on Maple island near
Bridgeton. No one knows how the
skeletons hoppened 10 be buried there.
De Tour.--One of the finest life
saving stations In the United States
Is to be erected on Mackinac
island. Jerome Kfah. superintendent
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