The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-12-24
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS


at Hillsdale. was destroyed by hre
following an explosion of gas.
Mrs. J. A. Wust. aged 100 years and
10 months. died Saturday night of old
age. She had lived at Saginaw over
half century.
Thomas Beahan aged IT, resident
of the copper country since 1854 and
father of the motel financial writer
and editor. Simon Beahan. of New
York. died Friday at Calumet.
The state railroad commission has
authorized the Southern Michigan
Telephone company with the merger
of that company and the Michigan
State Telephone company in Branch
and st. Joseph counties.
When Thomas Colister AZ years old.
employed on Isaac Sponable's farm,
near Hastings. attempted TO get pail
of water from a hole that he had
chopped through the ice in Tbornap-
pie river. he had an epileptic fit and
was drowned.
Henry Van Recovering was acquit-
ted of a charge of second degree MUIR
der bya ju nv in circuit court at Flint
after three hours elaboration. He
was charged with implication in the
death of Ralph Sova. killed in a street
fight. year ago.
While operating a circular saw on a
farm near Adrian, Ernest Updyke,
aged SO. caught his right hand in the
saw. The member was completely
severed at the wrist. Surgeons were
forced to amputate the arm near the
elbow because of its lacerated condi-
ton.
The ancient receivership of the
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Detroit railroad
Co. has been terminated by Judge E.
r. Gilday at Monroe by the discharge
of the receivers. Willis Baldwin. OF
Monroe. and Maj. /. II. Burgeor, of
| Fremont. O. Litigation began seven
years ago.
Two men were seriously injured in
a fire that destroyed late Monday
night the main business block in the
village of Briton. -. l.. Exelby was
rendered unconscious wheD he was
struck by a falling beam. Cass Zee.
luff was badly bruised by falling
bricks. The fire destroyed three
stores.
James r. Garfield, son of the mar
tyred president will speak at the an
nual George Washington birthday cele-
bration at the U. of NJ. which for a
quarter of a century was given by the
law students, with the exception of
two years ago and last year when it
was omitted because of inability to
obtain the speaker desired.
Gust Olson, an engineer at No. 6
shaft of the North Kearsage mine,
subsidiary of Calumet and Hecla was
killed instantly Friday morning when
boiler exploded, wrecking the COM
pressor plant and resulting in the
closing of the mine. No others were
hurt, Olson being alone in the plant
The loss is estimated at $25, 200.
Mrs. Ethel Cochrane. of Lansing,
against the Michigan Central railroad
in the Ingham county circuit court
Saturday. Mrs. Cochrane's husband
was killed at Jackson. January 25, of
this year. This is next TO the largest
verdict ever given in a suit of this
character in the history of the local
court.
Miss Amy Fee, a senior of Albion
college. whose home is in Detroit.
won the women's oratorical contest
in that city Thursday evenin. BY
winning the contest Miss Fee receives
cash prize of $25 and also is made
the representative from Albion col
! lege in the state intercollegiate ora
torical contest which will be held at
Alma in few weeks.
At meeting OF the Kalamazoo
| County Farmers institute at Kalama-
zoo Saturday noon, Prof. Allen Petrie
of the Western Michigan Normal
school declared that the future of the
farming industry depended upon the
public and normal schools of the coun-
try. He strongly advised the enlarge
ment of agricultural courses in the
public schools in cities.
AS a result of the wiping out of ST.
Joseph's parochial school at Escanaba
by fire Thursday night over 400 pupils
will be thrown into the public schools
following the Christmas vacation. The
three-story and basement frame school
structure burned to the ground from
fire that started from a stove in the
basement. The loss is placed at $780,
600, covered by but $4,000 insurance
The supreme court Saturday affirm
ed the writ of mandamus issued by the
circuit court of Muskegon county to
compel Secretary Frank Hubbard
Smith, of the Muskegon board of edu-
cation, to sign school bonds amounting
to $4,000. II was Smiths contention
that the school had no authority to
issue bonds unless the proposition
was passed upon at the annual meet.
ing of the board of education.