The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-12-31
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

While going home for Christmas,
Edward Mcdonald, foreman of lum-
Der camp at Superior. was struck by
freight train and instantly killed.
Tuscola county has been placed UNI
der quarantine because OF the dis
covery of hoof and mouth disease on
farm just over the Bay county line.
The 14-year-old daughter of Joseph
Pollard, of Calumet, was fatally burn
ed Thursday night when her dress
caught fire while she was making
Christmas candy.
While out hunting with his two
young nephews Christmas day, James
ID. Hicks, of Springport, was fatally
wounded by the accidental discharge
of gun carried by one of the boys.
The destruction of the stamp mill of
the Isle Royale mine Christmas eve
causing loss of 100000, will not
cause the suspension of the mine, as
the rock will be sent to the Centennial
mill in Calumet.
The five-year-old daughter of An
drew Pobowski, a farmer five miles
west of Flint, was fatally burned
while warming herself near a red-hot
stove. Her clothing caught fire and
was burned from her body.
While operating a circular saw on a
farm near Adrian, Ernest Updyke,
aged 3S, 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 it's lacerated condi-
ton.
John Bouza, an Austrian laborer, As,
was instantly killed Friday night when
struck by Pere Marquette passenger
train in Saginaw. He was stranger
but postoffice money order receipts
found indicate he probably has wife
and family in Austria, to whom he has
been regularly sending funds.
Auditor General Fuller has received
ruling from the collector of inter-
national revenue that the bonds of
county officers must bear 50-cent
stamp. Not all of the county officers
understand this apparently, as 20
bonds have been filed with the auditor
general that are unstamped.
Stacy Brown, son of Frank Brown,
of Hillsdale, was nearly scalped when
he was struck while coasting by a
motor car. The scalp was cut entirely
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hair, and was laid back five inches.
The boy says he does not know whose
motor car struck him. He will live.
Rev. C. II. Hubbell, Of Adrian, secre-
tary-treasurer of the National Young
Peoples work of the Methodist church
died early Saturday morning after a
short illness, which was never con-
sidered serious. Rev. Mr. Hubbell
was prominent figure in state and
national Sunday school conventions
and he was also we'll known as a
banquet speaker.
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.
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. 1t 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.
Deputy Secretary of State Mills COL
lected from the New York Central
Railroad Co. the largest franchise fee
ever paid to the state of Michigan,
$50, 00050 OF this amount $4,000
was the fee charged for the articles
allowing the merger with the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern, and so
cents for filing the papers. The fee
was pdiu VII oil duIhVilLcu CdplLdl
stock of $30O,00O,000.
The oil house of the Pere Marquette
Railroad Co. at Wyoming yards, at
Grand Rapids, was destroyed by fire
early Wednesday morning, with a
loss estimated at $4,000. partly in
sured. The city fire department re-
sponded to the calls for help when
the yard apparatus failed. and finally
subdued the flames. Fire fighting was
hazardous as there were frequent ex-
plosions and the illumination could be
seen for miles.
A two-year-old colt being hitched
to cart by James Workman, far
mer near here, became frightened
when Workman attempted to put the
bridge in place, and kicked Workman
in the abdomen with such force that
he was hurled several feet. Physi.
clans were hastily summoned and the
| iniured man was remOvpd IN bio houe