The Yale expositor., 1915-08-26
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

Harry White was struck by light
ming while working on the road near
Chesaning and instantly killed. He
was 20 years old and unmarried.
The Michigan state prison will have
an exhibit at the state fair which will
include every article manufactured
in the prison and all products raised
on the prison farms.
About 100 city clerks from all over
Michigan were expected in Kalamazoo
Wednesday and Thursday to attend
the annual state convention of the
Michigan City Clerks association.
Geo. Piper, "a years old, son of c.
L. Piper, prominent Berwyn, H., bust.
ness man, died at Epworth cottage,
Ludington, Friday few hours after
his marriage to Miss Elsie Greene, of
Kansas City. tuberculosis caused his
death.
The bean crop in central Michigan,
the best bean section of the best bean
state, will be far from the best crop
in history, as had been confidently
expected by the farmers of at least
Isabella and Gratiot counties. Disease
and rains are to blame.
Mike Smith, an Austrian, employed
on Harry Graves farm, about IA Eiles
from Manistique, was run over and
killed by an Ann Arbor switch engine
while hauling load of hay through
town this afternoon. He was single
and about 80 years old.
Elbowing his way into a crowded
store at Flint where local factory men
were cashing their pay checks Satur-
day afternoon an unidentified man
reached over and grabbed S37 which
was being handled to Albert Murray,
dashed through the crowd and made
his escape.
Riding across the country 20 miles
in an automobile to celebrate her one
hundredth birthday anniversary, was
one of the stunts" of Mrs. Eliza Col
Inns, of Delhi, who came from that
town to Eaton Rapids Friday night
and made the return trip in the same
machine after the celebration was
over
Gregory Mess, an aeronaut, is in
Butterworth hospital at Grand Rapids
with ankles broken and thankful to
be alive At Ottawa beach Friday
Mess cut his parachute loose while
high in the air and dropped to with.
in 10 feet Of Lake Michigan before
it opened. He alighted in a foot OF
water.
John Book, retired farmer GO years
old, was killed by an interurban car
near Roseville Saturday night Book
was walking on the track and evident
ly did not hear the car approaching.
Every bone in his body was broken.
according to the coroner. There will
be no inquest. Three daughters and
five sons survive.
A monster industrial and civic pa
rade, two miles long, containing $50
! floats, was the feature of the Albion
Homecoming. 1t was by far the long
est and most magnificent parade the
I city had ever seen and was watched
by 10000 people. Aviator o. E. Will
liams, of Fenton, made two success
full fights over the city.
Although there has been a prevail
/ ing opinion that beverages containing
one-half of one per cent. of alcohol
could be manufactured in local option
counties, this theory is dispelled by
Attorney General Fellows, who de-
clares it illegal to manufacture a bev.
erage containing any alcohol in a
county where local option is in force.
Charles S. Coleman, who was Fri
day discharged on a charge of muir
dering William Potter, at Owosso, has
preferred his aid to the officials in
discovering the guilty party. Cole
man stated on the stand at the in
quest recently that he did not believe
that William Potter took poison him
self. Potter was found dead at his
home here several weeks ago.
Lewis Meeker, of Kalamazoo, faith
er of Gilbert Meeker. nine years old,
who died Friday night from eating
I
members of the family are in a dan
gerous condition, but doctors have
hopes of saving Mrs. Meeker and her
two daughters. The toadstools were
gathered Monday night, but the fam
lily did not become i'll until Thursday.
Edwin Maschell, assistant superin-
tendent OF the big Battle Creek
branch OF the M. Rumley Thrasher
company, was taken into custody Sat
urday evening by United States Depu-
ty Marshal Jewell of Detroit, on a
charge of violating the immigration
laws. II is alleged that Maschell, n
resident Of Toronto, Canada, came to
Battle Creek under contract to work
for the Rumley company.
The annual clam bake and outing
of the Southern Michigan Owl club
was held Thursday at Marble lake,
near Quincy. Members from Hillsdale,
Jackson, Detroit, Angola, Eden, West
Unity, Toledo, Quincy and Coldwater