The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-08-18
STATE NEWS

| Battle Creek-R. ParkS, living near
here, has had harsh experiences with
robbers. His pockets have been pick
ed three times in three weeks.
Menominee-Saw mills at Marinette
and IN this city suspended operations
Aug. Is. Hundreds of men were laid
off. High freight rates are blamed for
the shutdown.
Adrian--George Hyatt section hand
for the d., r. & l., was killed in the
local Yards when he stepped in front
of a locomotive mistaking the main
for side track. u
Battle Creek-The Rotary Club Of
Battle Creek recently had dinner in
COW barn, the members being the
guests of NJ w. Wentworth on his
Lakewood dairy farm.
Mohroe-With a view to establish
ing d community market here a COM
mittee was named last week at gath
erinS of farmers and business men, TO
report at an early date.
Harrson-Henry Alderman. 40, tar-
mer, living on the bank of McWatty
lake. was drowned when he fell out or
a boat while fishing. He was wild
over and leaves five small children.
Concord-Concord residents honor
ed George A. Malcolm, chief justice
of the supreme court of the Phlllp-
pines, at a reception as the judge de-
parted for Washington. Concord was
his former home.
Flint--Reuben Steele, 81, was in
stantly killed at the plant of the
Aetna Cement company, near Fenton,
when he was crushed between
cement wall and an electric car used
by the company to haul clay.
Poutiac-Samuel Brown, fireman,
had his right leg broken in two
places when the truck on which he
was riding swerved in turning
corner, throwing him against a
hydrant. He is one of the Oldest
members of the department.
Houghton-Two men were killed
and live injured, three seriously, when
the party was buried under several
tons of debris by fall of rock in the
Quincy mine here. The cavern was
eau ted by an air blast due to the sud
den slipping of ore formations.
acknowledgement Lyon pleaded
guilty IN Justice court here to fraudu-
lentiy using electric current OF the
Detroit Edison company. He tapped
wire in front Of meter. he was
fined S25 and 1915 costs or So days in
the Detroit House of Correction.
Kalamazoo-Benjam Keefe, 81, is
dead as the result of blood poison con-
tracted from a wound he received
when he scratched his hand while
working on his car. The accident &C.
Cured nine weeks ago, but the wound
did not become serious until about
week ago.
Sand Lake-Badly burned about the
chest, arms and back. Rex Humph-
rey, of Cedar Springs, was rescued
from Conover Lake, seven miles west
of here, after he had thrown himself
into the water with his clothing ablaze
as the result of an explosion or
gasoline stove.
Kalamazoo-When Mrs. Marie Hol-
mes, wife of DR.. Frank Holmes, a
Kalamazoo dentist, heard that her
daughter. Mrs. w. l.. Spencer, OF
Grand Rapids, had to submit to an
operation for appendicitis, the shock
resulted in an attack of heart failure
which caused her death.
Lansing-Men of 1861 who fought
under General Custer will come to-
gether again at the twentieth annual
reunion of Clusters Michigan Cavalry
Brigade association here September
IA and Is. Use of Legislative hall in
| the Capitol for the meetings of the
association has been rendered by the
stat,
| Of the most widely known newspaper
men in Michigan, former legislative
correspondent for The Detroit Free
| Press, ard of late assistant managing
editor, died last week, after an illness
of several weeks. He was 43 years
old. Death was due to sarcoma of the
brain.
Lansng-Fred w. Orr, yard conduc-
tor at the North Lansing station of
the kicbigan Central railroad, died as
result of injuries received when the
railroad yard engine on which he was
riding, collided at a street intersec-
ton with an automobile. At the time
of the accident, the yard conductor
was riding on the tender of the en-
CINE.
Flint-City officials and representa-
tives of the Pere Marquette railroad
have signed an agreement by which
the Flint Belt Line Railroad Co., un-
der control of the Pere Marquette,
will build line eight miles long from
Grand Blanc south of here, to the
north end of the industrial section OF