The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-23
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

den Smith has reported to the-
officers 10 charge Of the annual
Lincoln club banquet that he is trying
to prevail upon Gov. Charles 8. Whit
man Of New York to speak at the BAN
Qdet.
Al5ion.--The shooting Of Andrew
Stabili, local Italian. Il pus-
cling the local authorities. Stabili..
who has no enemies as far as can be-
learned. was shot through the back:
while walking home from down town
He probably will live.
Cadillac.--Dr. W. 8. Chamberlain.
sixty-five. Of Yuma, committed suicide.
Loading shotgun. Doctor Cham
berlain went into the woodhouse
in the rear of his home, locked the
door from the inside and blew out his
brains. Doctor Chamberlain had been
Respondent for some weeks.
Ann Arbor-Daniel w. Barry, for
many years drain commissioner OF
this county, is dead at his home
in Mortified. after an illness OF
six months. which followed a severe
fall last July in Milan. Mr.. Barry died
on the same farm where he was born
and where he had lived all his life.
st. Johns-Dr. William Havens il.
dead here. at the age of eighty
four. He had practiced medicine
in st. Johns since 1871. being a
graduate Of the Hahnemann Medical
college in Chicago and OF the Univer-
sity of Michigan Homeopathic Medi-
cal college. He was Mason. and is
survived by two daughters. Mrs. j. D.
James and Miss Lillian Ravens.
Detroit.-An executive session of
1.-THE committee on rules and dates
on the grand circuit stewards was
held here. The committees re-
port will be presented to the annual
meeting Of the stewards of the har-
ness racing circuit, which will take
place here. Horsemen from various
cities of the United States and Can
ada participated in an annual banquet
at local hotel.
Ann Arbor.-Miss Mary Bancroft
Of Detroit has fled suit for $780,
900 damages against the board Of re-
gents Of the University of Michigan
and Miss Genevieve Reed, superintend-
emit Of nurses Of the Homeopathic hos
pital. alleging that through their care
lessness In not teaching her how to !,
protect herself from infection while
she was student nurse in that hos
pital she became infected with dis
ease that has necessitated several Sc
we're operations and which has COM
pletely ruined her health for the bal
ance of her life.
East Lansing.-Whitney Watkins OF
Manchester. who appraised all cat
tie slaughtered In this state dur
ing the recent epizootic Of foot-and-
mouth disease, will conduct the. discus
sion of this disease before the Michi-
gan Improved Live Steck Breeders
and Feeders association meetings here
January 1914. Abraham Renywick
will discuss "Our Future Beef Supply"
and Wayne Dinsmoro of Chicago will
deliver an address on the probable eff
feet of the European war on the pure
bred horse industry. DR.. u. G. Houck
of the federal government will tell OF
the dangers OF the foot-and-mouth, dis
ease to the pure bred cattle industry.
Detroit.-Charles X. Ober. fellow
ship secretary of the information
al committee of the Y. M. G. A,
said that 1000 men would be needed
by the organization in the United
States and Canada between 1915 and ;
1927 for major secretarial positions.
Mr.. ODER discharges his duties in .
similar manner to that Of baseball
scout. He mingles with the bush
leaguers" seeking material for compe-
tent secretaries. He said the Y. M. ,
c. A. was like modern businesses,
continually searching for the best tai
ent. "The demand for select men Is
increasing" he said. There are opcn-
ings fon men with strength OF charac-
ter. personality. general education and
executive ability"
AIma.--An early morning IRE
here partially destroyed the Pol
laskey block. one Of the largest In the
city. and ruined the Offices and stores
OF dozen tenants. doing damage esti-
mated at 100000. A call for aid was q
sent to the department at st. Louis.
which speedily responded. and the two.
departments had the fire under control
two hours later. About noon the ruins
began to blaze again. but the fire was
extinguished easily. The Union tele-
phone exchange. located in the upper
story. was burned out. and telephone
communication cannot be re-estab-
l:shed before Thursday. Business
houses on the first floor suffered (,
heavily. Following are the heaviest h
losses: Joseph Cohen q Bro. cloth
iers, $4,000; A. r.. Smith, $1,000;
Union Telephone company, $4,000;
Charles Rhodes, druggist. 5000. The
knights OF Pythias lodgefoom was de.
stroyed. The loss Is placed at $4,000.
The damage to the building will bring
the total to 100000. This is the Sec
ond serious nre, in this block In .
year. the nrst causing 3 loss Of 100000.
Monroe Louis Hivon. one Of the
most prominent pioneer French
residents Of Monroe county. died here
nom the infrmities Of age. He isRur-