Bloody Double Murder At Hancock, Mich.

Fred Kramer, aged 57 and his wife aged 52, werp murdered at Uanco 'k by robbers. Kramer and nis vvifp (ved opposite the cemetery west of th. city, and ere reputed to keep considerable money in the house. Kramer was blind and his wife sold beer without a iirense. At 0 a. m. Kramer's brother, who lives at Éako Linden, ealled at , the house. The front door opened but the sbntters wcre closed. He cal led several times, but getting no an6wer grew alarmed and went in Bearch ol neighbors. A search of the house revea led a big pool of blood upon the Hoor of the iiiuin rooin. and in the cellar at the foot of the short stairways were found the bodies of Kramer and his wife. Kramer's throat was cut on the rig-ht side, while Mrs. Kramer 8 throat was cut from earto and the left side of her face and forehead was pounded to a pulp, the skull fraetured, the jaw broken and an eye beaten from thesocket. The hammer, clotted with blood and hair with which Mrs. Kramer's skull was fraetured, was found. The old-fashioned trunk in the bedroom, which was reputed to contain money, had been roughly f creed open and ransaeked. Otherwise the house was undisturbed. The murder was clearly for purposes of robbery, and was apparently done in cold blood. Hon. Charles II. Hacklej's Splenriid Gift Hon. Charles H. Ilackley, president of the board of education of Mnskegon and regent of the University of Michigan, has again opened his purse and presented the board of education of his city the sum of SI 30,000 and $5,000 yearly while he lives. The donation is for the construction and maintenance of a manual training school, and was a complete surprise to his most Intímate friends. Mr. Hackley's previous gifts to Muskegon exceed S300,000 - a library. soldiers' monument and park and two school buildings. He said that he had the gift enrolled in his will, but thought it might as weli be made now. Tonner Women's Christiaa Assoclation. The annual convention of the Y. W. C. A. of Michigan was held at Hillsdale with Miss Mary B. Stewart, of Detroit, presiding. Reports showed that of the membership of 34,000 in the United States Michigan has one-tenth, divided among 20 associations. Offieers elected: President, Miss Mary B. Stewart, of Detroit; first vice-president, Mrs. A. M. Miller, of Bay City; second vice-president, Miss Marie Odiorne, of Ypsilanti: secretary, Miss Helen E. Keep, of Kalamazoo; assistant secretary, Miss Louise Smith, of Detroit.