In Two Peninsulas

The :i n i.i u;i I session of of the Detroit M. E. conference and the quadriennial conference of laymen wereheldat Ann Arbor. Hishop Hurst, founder of the American university at Washington, I). ('., presiilcd over the ministerial conference with Hev. J. E. Jaeklin, of Detroit, as secretary and 1'. L. Osborne, of Au Sable, treasnrer. The presiding elders reporta showed general prosperity in the churches. The delegates elected to the general conference in Cleve'and in May were ür. J. V. lierry, Dr. C. N. Cobern, Dr. V. C Sihier, John T. Svveet. Dr. C. T. Allen, Itev. E. W. Kyan, Prof. Fiske, and two reserves. An aiuen.lnient was adupted favoring the admission of women as delegates to the general conference. The conference wül be held at Flint next year. Hon. 1!. V. Huston. of Vassar, presided over the lay conference and J. L. Starkweather, of Komeo, acted as secretary. The question of the admission of women delegates was settled by instructing delegates to the general conference to vote in favor of the admission of women. The delegates ehosen were Geo. O. Eobinson, of Detroit, and Dr. L. P. Copeland of Hay City. The Womans Home Missionary society anniversary was held at the same time and ollicers were elected: President, .Mrs. Bishop Ninde, of Detroit; honorary president, Mrs. Edward Smith; viee-president. Mrs. Geo. O. Kobinson; corresponding secretary, Mrs. llattie E. Johnson, of Adrián; recording secretary, Mrs. II. Scripps, of Detroit; treasurer, Mrs. Charles H. Morgan, of Howell. h'.x tritordlimry Workintfs of the Kleuients. A tidal wave was one of the season's curiosities at llarbor Spring-s. The water in the lake went down over h've feet, leaving boats tied at the wharves lying on the bottom of the lake. LJsnally the water comes back witli such force that it carries rowboats and small craft high and dry, but this wave. though it receded farther than ever before, rame back slowly, and did not go rauch higher that the usual water level, theu it again receded and the water now reinains a foot or more lower than it was before. It is believed that a huge waterspout out on the lake caused the strange OCCurrence. The same evening Petoskey wusiisited by a wind which almost became a hurricane and which eseorted a waterspout. Floods poured into cellars of business houses, barst through the cellings. and ent hnge gutters in the principal streets. Two miles out on the C. & W. M. railvoad, an acre of land at one point, with trees and shrubs. was loadeJ on the tracks, and a little further on, more than an acre of road bed was swept into Lake Michigan. Immense damage was done to crops and farm buildings. A tidal wave swept over Lake Superior and Chequamegon bay. doing considerable damage. The water rose nearly six feet in few minutes. The engine rooms in the ele vators at Washburn were Hooded. si rikiTH Ksort to Vloienoe. Two strangers who were passing through Negaunee on their way to the wood i were set upon by the strïkers and most eruelly beaten. One of the men was quite oíd and lie clunj to the fence and begyed for ine.rcy. but was given a blow in the mout h which almost knocked him senseless. The officers could not cope with the gang and it was not until Mayor Foley appeared that the mob desisted and their victimsescaped. They were af terward found hiding several miles away corapletely exhausted aud terribly injured. Mayor Fole.v gave the strikers such a severe lecture that many of them became ashamed and threw away the clubs they had been car ry ing during the strike. Gov. Kich heurd of thedisIjraceful affair and telegraphed Mayor Foley to know about it. The later replied that he had sworn in ."0 extra pólice and would prevent any more outbreaks. A ISolii Pontoflloe Kobbery. The postoffice at Fenton was brokeu iuto by burglars who ent a hole in the door to reach the lock. The money und stamps were locked in a SÜO pound afe und the robbers vere evidently afraid to tackle it there, so they hitched themselves to D. , G. II. & M. truck, loaded the safe on it and hauled it through town at '■'. a. m. to the outskirts, where with chisels and hammers the safe was stripped of its outer casing and an entranee etïected at the back. The inner steel chest was removed and literally smashed to pieces. C. C. Topping, the postmaster, says that they got $100 in money and a large number of stamps. The blank money orders and other valuable papers were unmolested. Many people heard the sounds of the hammer and noise made by the burglars, but none dared to interfere. Urluk and Clearettes Cituse a Tragedy. Frank Forbes, manager of a theatria company playing at Grand Ledge, was addicted to the excessive use of uigarettes and also indulged heavily in Intoxicante. Wliile on a spree he tjuarreled with his wife at the hotel and ended up by shooting her in the iide. The hall passedentirely through her body. When Deputy Sheriff Ilallilay ;ittempted to arrest Forbes he fired two shots at the offleer, both passing through his clothing. Forbes was .inally overpowered und jailed. Mrs. Forbes eannot recover.