The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-09-05
Michigan.
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Battle Creek. - william Norman,
seventy-two, died In Nichols Me-
mortal hospital as q result OF injuries
sustained when q Michigan Central
train struck him and his wife as they
attempted to cross the tracks. The
wife. fifty-six. will recover.
Fiiht.--A cablegram received states
that Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Car
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Whiting
OF this city. who have been detained In
England by the war. have taken pass
age from Liverpool for New York on
the steamship Adriatic.
Grand Rapids.-Moses Taggart.
aged seventy-two years. for many
years city attorney. died at his sum
mer home on White lake. Mr.. Taggart
was elected attorney general In 1884
and served two terms. He had been
in poor health for several years.
Lansing Attorney General Fellows
rendered an opinion to the effect
that the money accruing to the
state from the National Cash Register
company's fine went into the general
fund of the state. The opinion was
made necessary by demands from sew
eral Of the institutions of the state for
the money for their USE II
Vassar.-Dr Charles Williams, aged
eighty-one, better known as the
Indian DOCTOR" died from an
overdose of belladonna administered
by himself He was born In Austria
and was stolen by the Indians when
nine years old. Made his escape from
them nine years hter. He had made
his home here for the last Is years
with oliver Loomis.
Flint.-1Sheriff Green was notified
that Charles Fisher, who Is want
ed here on a charge OF grand lar
ceny, is under arrest at st. lgnace.
Fisher Is alleged to have stolen STA In
money and gold watch belonging to
Henry Beck, fellow-boarder in To-
cal boarding house. The theft was. com.
mitted' August H. and suspicion was
directed against Fisher because OF his
disappearance Immediately afterwards,
Hillsdale.-H. v. Baker has re-
ceived word from his son, DR..
Charles II. Baker OF Bay City. who
went to London as a delegate to the
International Medical and Surgical in.
stitute, that he and his family are In
Holland, the safest place on the CONT.
nent. He states that there Is great
difficulty In securing funds and that as
matter of economy he is living In
very cheap lodgings.
Hastings.-The Wesleyan Methodist
conference has acquired the Meth
odist Protestant church. congrega
ton OF LOG and Pastor o. j. Mont.
gomery of Eaton Rapids. The transfes
was made because the Methodist Prot
estant congregation had become So
small 1t could not longer support u
church, while the growing Wesleyan
congregation needed place of wor-
ship.
Grand Rapids.-A giant powder
bomb was received here through
the mails by William ]. Nickel.
deputy state food inspector. who
has been active recently in prose
cutions at Muskegon and Manistee
Mr.. Nickel carefully cut open the
wrappings and found that the cover Of
the box was arranged SO that upon
opening matches would ignite and
cause an explosion. II was turned over
to United States postal inspectors.
Owosso. Miss Edith Sutton, trav.
cling saleslady, elected to stand
trial when arraigned In munich
pal court charged with having
Jumped" board bill OF 500 at the Ma
tional hotel, where, according to l.. G..
Heyer, the proprietor. she stayed for
three weeks and only paid three dol
lars. Miss Sutton says Heyers claim
amounts to more than she owes and
that he agreed to wait until Septem-
Der.
Muskegon.--R over by his own
automobile and then arrested be-
cause he refused to be taken to q
hospital. was the experience Of Her
bert Knowles, a well-known real estate
dealer OF this city. Knowles attempted
to start his car and was SO successful
that It leaped ahead and ran over him
and finally crashed into a telephone
pole half block away. DR.. @. l..
Lefevre, who was passing. offered to
take Knowles to a hospital. but he re-
fused to go. AZ
Houvhton ~ ouia Voetachl fortv.