The Yale expositor., 1916-07-06
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

Dor commissioner and state demo
cratic leader, died OF dropsy at hiS
home in Lansing.
Because of her liberal gifts to char
ity and bad investments, Mrs. Lizzie
Traver, of Kalamazoo, Sc, is now des-
titute and insane.
Justice De Cav, OF Detroit, married
the first war-bride, Private George
Newman taking the precaution TO get
married before marching off to Gray
ling.
Charles c. Hopkins, clerk of the
Michigan supreme court for the last
"a years, died at his home in Lansing
of Bright's disease. He was 67 years
old.
University OF Michigan summer
school will open July 3 and indications
point to a registration of 1900, which
would break previous enrolment rec
ords.
Dr.. E. c. Crane, of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural college, urged fed
GRAFTON and cooperation among farm
ers' organizations in an address at
NJ. A. c.
Searching parties near Emerson,
hamlet on Whitefish bay, have been
unable to find Robert +. Strouw, an
Ohio young man who disappeared sew.
raj days ago.
The state OF Michigan had S12,57S,-
230.O3 on hand in all funds at the
close of business, June 81 according
ing to the monthly report of State
Treasury Haarer
Frank A. Smith. a Troy farmer, fell
into an excavation for a manhole at
Rochester One hip was broken and
physicians say he may never recover
the use of one leg.
A lazy man is either defective in
mind or body according to DR.. Stone,
former official OF the Kalamazoo hos
pital, who addressed the probate
judges OF the state.
According to report OF State Fire
Marshal Winship for June. fires. the
careless use of kerosene, gasoline and
dynamite was responsible for IL in
juries and five deaths.
Colhoun county will vote on plan of
bonding for 100000 to build $50 miles
of good roads OF this amount. S29S,-
600 will go to build a cement Detroit
to Chicago road across the county.
Plans are to be made by Russell
Murdock, engineer, for the construc-
tion Of a public dock at the foot OF
st. Cosme line, Ecorse, in accordance
with instructions of the village coun-
Gil.
The largest class in the history OF
the University of Michigan was grad
uated last Thursday, when 1920 de-
grees were granted at the annual COM
mencement exercises In Hill auditor
ium.
Mrs. Gilbert Lalan Freeland, r. F.
D. No has IT children and thinks
she has broken the state record, ac-
cording to a letter received from her
by Gov. Ferris in which she asks II
there is a state pension due her.
Arthur Nom walked away from the
north farm at Jackson prison Wednes-
day. He was sentenced from st. Clair
for larceny in 1915 This is the Sec
ond escape from prison farms in q
week
ne ST. Clair county board of super
visors changed the good roads con-
struction plan for st. Clair county
and elected a new set of road COM
missioners to take Office next Janu-
airy l.
For the first time since before the
massacre, over $50 years ago soldiers
occupied Fort Michilimackinac at
Mackinac City. The upper peninsula
troops came down on the early morn
ing train.
Through the example set By Chaun-
cy e. Carrier, deputy county clerk,
and Hugh Montgomery, register OF
deeds, Kent county officials are now
saluting the American flag as they en-
ter the Kent county building.
It took Ralph ]. White, of Cecil,
Mich, only ten minutes after his ar
rival in Detroit to lose all the money
he had, $29. 1t was the old penny
matching game, with bit of strong
arm work added. that got his money.
According to a ruling by Attorney
General Grant Fellows any provision
of a municipal charter attempting to
provide for woman suffrage on strictly
municipal matters cannot be upheld
because the constitution OF the state
impliedly forbids the extension of the
right of suffrage in such manner.
Calumet C Hecla and 10 subsidiary
copper mining companies announced
the continuation of the 10 per cent
premium for six months, beginning
July /, and an additional bonus of %
cents a day for the same period.
Eleven thousand men affected will re-
ceive an additional s426,5OO in Janu-
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