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(M»*h Roll of Mlfhltun HfroM, !The* death of .John Buttolph Co. I, ! 19th [J. 8. infantry, is reported from Ponce, Porto Rico. Ilia home ww at Pontiac.W. J. Weldman, Co. A, 31st Michigan, died of malarial fever and pleurisy at Harper hospital, Detroit. Hishome was at Flint.The first death in Co. D, 33d Michigan, was Don Stevens, aged is, who died of typhoid fever in Nichols hospital at Hattie Creek, his home town.lieorgo Forbes, Co. K, 34th Michigan, died at Plainwell, of typhoid fever.A very sad case was the death of Sergt A. H. Nelson, of Iron wood, Co.H. 34th Michigan, at Grace hospital. Detroit, by which a young widow la left with four small children.Within a month J*j*. W. Fletcher, of Detroit. Co. L, 33d Michigan, would 1m*married, bnt the Cuban climate was too deadly for him and after a longW r.illness he died at his home.One of the most prominent young men of Decatur. Frank Warner, Co. It, 35th Michigan, died in St. Joseph's hospital, Reading, Pa. *Color - Sergeant Amos P. Smedlcy, of the 35th Michigan, passed away at the Red Cross hospital, Camp Meade. He enlisted in Co. C, at Petoskey, but his home was at Norrisville.Platt R. Hush, of Saginuw, died at Ilar|H‘r hospital, Detroit. He served in the engineering corps of the army, being a graduate df the U. of M. engineering department.John Kasenberg, Jr., Co. C, 34th Michigan, died of malarial fever at his home at Muskegon.Albert S. Myers, Co. C, 34th Michigan, was attacked bv typhoid fever at Camp Meade and died at his home at Muskegon.James MeJury, quartermaster sergeant Co. K, 33rd Michigan, died at his home in Three Rivers.Ernest Waylett. of Detroit, Co. L,31st Michigan. died at the division ht»s-pital at VufioxviUe, of malaria.Nels Mason, of troop C, U. S. cavalry, home sick from Santiago, died in thehospital at Hay City,Walter Wright, Co. H, 33th Michigandied ut Camp Fa ton, Island lake of typhoid fever. His home was at Bellaire.Norman K. Weldon, aged 19, of Detroit, Co. L, 31st Michigan, died at a private residence in Knoxville from r complication of diseases.Ilrrt Sugar Itouuty a Ills To.Land Commissioner French has selected F. L. Ferris, of Bnv City, and W. F. Hall and Albert Pratt, of Fssex-villc. for positions in connection with the execution of the beet sugar law at the Hay City factory, which is preparing to manufacture 7,000,000 jHmnds of sugar next year, which means that the state must pay the company 870,000. Other factories arc under construction ami this is sure to scare the taxpayers so that the law will probably be repealed at the next session of the legislature. The present law, however, provides that a 1-cent bounty shall Ihj nuid for seven years.shot m Voting Citrt lltM Mtt*t* of ,Thomas Ninde, a horse trainer, shot Millie Young, a waiter girl at the Hawkins house, Ypsilanti. Miss Young, accompanied by two other waiter girls, had just left the hotel. Ninde followed and overtook them and at close range tired with u 38-caliber revolver. The bullet struck Miss Young just alx»ve the heurt, and she will probably die. After the shootingNinde ran straight for the city jail ami surrendered himself. The act can Imj attributed to insune jealousy. Miss Young's home is in Carleton. Ninde is the son of the late Judge Ninde, one of Washtenaw’s former representativemen.— -Wife Murder at I.*jwrr.Clarence Benjamin, of Lapeer, tired four shots at his wife, killing her instantly. One shot entered her mouth and another pierc *d her heart. He then tried to kill himself, but only succeeded in making a slight flesh wound. Henjuiuiu and his wife hod not lived together for over a month. His wife left him because of non-support. Jealousy caused the tragedy.Meet Sugar Itouuty Itenellta Farmer*.The beet sugar situation is being extensively discussed. Attention is ealled to the fact that while the bounty will aggregate a large sum, the law is of great Iwnefit to farmers as it makes the payment of the bounty dependent on the payment of a stipulated price for beets, thus insuring to growers handsome returns.HIg (rt»H»U to Htm Mhaftrr.The managers of the Kalamazoo street fair had long heads when they secured the presence of (ieu. W. H, Shafter. Although the crowds had been large at the opening days of the , fair when the Santiago hero arrived * fully 50,000 thronged the streets, (ien. Shafter's former home was near Kula- 1in a zoo.(ir*wni uo and the Hrlda 7 0. aAn unique wetldiug occurred at Al- ,J bion. The bride was Mrs. N. Hidwell, Iwidow, aged 70. The groom wu.-» P. u Marsh, a frisky youngster of bo winters. Mr. Marah is wealthy. tMMV——amM—Ml—i JnCornelius Wilt*, aged 75, a retired e farmer near Byron, cut his throat with va razor. j* . IJohn Smye, of Plymouth, died of ty- , phold fever contracted while nursing t his brother Richarti, a Santiago heroof Co. D, 33*1 Michigan. vDuring a family quarrel John How- % urd, of Ik-nttm Harbor, struck his wife c a blow which laid her scalp open and t probably fatally injured her. ’jCapt. E. B. Fentoo, of Detroit, has %beeit ordered U proceed to Cieufuegos, (lt;Cuba, to assume the doty of U. S. army * purchasing and depot commissary there. ' t Mrs. Williautt, of Morrice, who gave ?• poison to her two baby boys and then tried to cut her own throat, is recover- )|ing. The babes will also get well. I ]
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Fri, Oct 14, 1898
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