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# MICHIGAN ITEMS.
Prosecutor Powers, of Grand Rapids, put the lid on baseball pools and betting.
Howard McManamy, laborer, 42, was stricken with the heat and died in the patrol wagon while being taken to the police station.
There were no bidders for the Detroit, Flint & Saginaw railway at the time scheduled for the sale and it was adjourned to June 25.
George S. Gillespie, aged 18, son of the chief dispatcher of the Grand Trunk, has passed the final examination for admission to the naval academy.
Only four graduated this year from the American Medical Missionary college at Battle Creek, but each had an average of 100 per cent in the examinations.
D. P. Markey, supreme commander of the Maccabees of the World, received a valuable gold watch, charm and chain, as a gift from the Maccabees of West Virginia.
Treasurer J. E. Howard reported at the meeting of the trustees of Kalamazoo college that the endowment was now $433,932.51, greater than that of any other Michigan college.
Frightened by lightning, Richard Hoodless, Waterford township farmer, was stricken by apoplexy as he entered the barn of his son-in-law, Wm. Stevens, and died shortly afterward.
While watching the ascension of an elevator in a Grand Rapids building, Maurice Wells, 14-year-old newsboy, was struck on the head by one of the descending weights and instantly killed.
Chester Brown, who lived high on funds sent by his father, who supposed he was attending the U. of M., left for his home in Mexico. His father settled for the bad checks passed by Brown.
Rev. James M. Shank, pastor of an M. E. church in the upper peninsula, has been appointed chaplain of the Jackson prison, succeeding Rev. E. D. Rundell, who resigned two months ago to go to a local church.
Brig. Gen. Albert Hartsuff, a veteran army man who has made his home in Detroit since his retirement from active service in 1900, dropped dead Monday morning just as he entered the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. S. Trowbridge.
U. of M. regents authorized the building committee to draw up plans for the new chemical building. Prof. G. Wrentmore was granted a year's leave of absence to take the position of superintendent of buildings in the Philippines.
The bail of Ira B. Gage, former vice president of the Dowagiac City bank, held in Cadillac jail for three months on several charges connected with the bank's failure, was reduced from $19,500 to $8,000 by Judge North, of Calhoun county.
Melvin A. Root, the aged spiritualist who shot himself on the steps of a Buffalo crematory, but recovered, has left Bay City to live in Tidioute, Pa. His property is in the hands of a receiver because of legal difficulties with his attorneys.
Judge Miner has dismissed the application of Leonard Crouse and Geo. Smithdall, of Morrice, for a permanent injunction to prevent the village from causing its underground drain to empty into a surface drain that traverses their farms.
Three years ago five Charlotte boys, Louis Goldsmith, Robert Sears, Egbert Griffin, Byron Stockwell and Frank Spencer, enlisted in the army and were sent to separate barracks. On their way home last week all accidentally met in the Grand Trunk depot.
Attorneys for Edward Parks, who is on trial in Grand Rapids for manslaughter, are trying to secure a jury composed of base ball fans. Park is accused of throwing a beer bottle during a game, striking William Haverkamp on the head and causing his death.
George, the 9-months-old son of George Russell, of Traverse City, found a bottle of permanganate of potash, and tried to drink the contents, with the result that he will lose his tongue. None of the fluid got into his stomach but his mouth was terribly burned.
Charles Bradley, 50, laborer, was drowned while fishing just below the dam of the Shiawassee Light & Power Co., at Shiawasseetown, Thursday, afternoon. His decoy minnow caught in some weeds and wading out to loosen it, he stepped into a deep hole and was drowned.
In view of the recent trouble over the alleged fraudulent school census at Ionia, Supt. of Public Instruction L. L. Wright, suggests that some other means of distributing the primary school interest fund should be adopted, He says that the present system is conducive to fraud.
Fatally injured by a train, James D. Delaney, roadmaster of the East Jordan & Southeastern railroad, expressed a wish to see his wife and 4-day-old baby before he died. He was placed on a special train, but lost consciousness before his home was reached and died there.
A combined hurricane and cyclone which wandered over the entire lake region Friday afternoon, struck Detroit at 4:40 o'clock and plowed a path through the city from east to west. Thousands of dollars of damage was effected but fortunately no one was
