The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-02-21
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES


to a bannister post.
Saginaw.-Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton,
resident of Saginaw for more than
30 years, Is dead at the age OF ~
years.
Menominee.-Wh standing on
stump watching for rabbits. Nor
man Richards, aged eighteen, OF Bag
ley. slipped. His shotgun was dis
charged and he was fatally hurt.
Laporte.-Clyde A. Thompson. TWEEN
ty-eight, of Pittford, attempted his
life at the Milburn hotel In
Mishawaka by thrusting knife IN
to his body, infiicting wounds which
physicians fear will prove fatal.
Thompson says he was driven to the
attempt by bodily suffering.
Ann Arbor-President Harry b.
Hutchins of the university will go
to Williamstown, Mass, next week
to preside at the annual national con-
vention of the Alpha Delta Phi fra
ternity, which opens there February
IS. President Hutchins is the national
president of this organization. Last
years convention was held in Wiscon-
sin.
Besemer-The scalps Of IL wolves
were presented to the county board
here on which the bounty OF $50
each was allowed. One man alone got
$3.50 OF it for just one months trap
ping.
Saginaw.-The mangled parts OF
an unidentified man were found
along the Pere Marquette right-of-
way. The arms, legs and head had
been severed from the trunk OF the
body. Tattoo marks are on the arms.
jackson. Isaac N Clarke, the
aged Jackson prison 'lifer' who
was pardoned by Governor Ferris that
he might spend the rest of his life out.
side prison walls. left the penitentiary,
which has been his home for 80 years,
for New Castle, Pa. w. ID. Wallace OF
that city accompanied him. Clarke
said he had nothing to say to the
newspapers.
st. Johns-George Brown, mo-
torman on the st. Johns Lansing di-
vision Of the Michigan United Trac-
tion, has started suit in Clinton
county against st. Johns for $4,000
damages He asks this amount for
injuries suffered while he was
chasing a rat through the streets,
which he charges was obstructed, the
obstruction causing him to trip and
break his leg.
Misunderstanding to reports filed
with State Fire Marshal Win.
ship, 2S motor cars were either de-
stroyed or damaged by fire last year,
the damage amounting to SS,7S63T
Nearly all the fires were caused by ex-
plosion Of gasoline. With the excep-
tion of one $4,000 machine, all the mo-
tor cars damaged by fire were low.
priced cars.
Grand Rapids.-Jack Thomasitis.
one Of the most remarkable boys
in Grand Rapids. was sent to the Ian
sing Industrial school on his tenth
birthday. The boy, according to his
own admission. has stolen valuables
from almost every store in the city
and declares that his thefts have
amounted to $4,000. He has been ap-
pretended numerous times, but was
always released because Of his age.
Detroit, Feb. 13.-A crowd of $500
unemployed men of Detroit. who
gathered In Bagley avenue near Grand
River avenue for q demonstration be-
gan to riot when big l. w. w. sign
xua In, hni dat
cred around the sign and with shout
that soon grew into an ominous roar.
started up the street. Only quick &C.
ton OF the police quelled the disturb
ance. Fifty policemen dashed through
the crowd using their clubs freely and
knocking men down in rapid success
sion. Several broken heads resulted.
Jackson.-Although arrested on
charge punishable by life impris-
onment. Leo Costelow. alias Harry
Warner, held for holding up and rob.
bing the M. C. flyer at Parma, January
23, brought here by Sheriff Strcbel,
evidenced no outward signs Of con-
cern about his fate. Detective e. e.
Freeman of GAINESVILLE. o., where the
alleged bandit was captured. accompa-
MED the party. Co0telow has engaged
an attorney at GAINESVILLE. o., who. 1t
is said, will come here to conduct his
case. The charge is robbery, armed
with a dangerous weapon and with in
tent to kill II resisted"
Saginaw.-It developed at the cor
oner's inquest regarding the cause
Of the collision between the
cause of the collision between the
Grand Trunk extra freight and the
work train at Fosters. which cost the
lives of three and injured eight, that
Elwood Lewis. In charge of the work
train. was warned that an extra was
due from Durand. John Holbrook OF
Durand said he had begged Lewie not
to proceed with his train. and said
that Lewis disregarded his warning
and ordered the engineer to proceed
to the Flint river bridge. Lewis. the
dead foreman. was blamed by nearly
all witnesses for the accident
Niles.-Sugar beet farmers in
this section will raise peppermint
instead of beets hereafter. The new
tariff law is blamed. The tariff takes
on 35 cents per 1000 pounds Of sugar,