In Two Peninsulas

Three more deaths have resul ted from fire in Detroit. This time the new factory oí the Improved Match Co., was the scène of the disaster aDd two men and a young girl were the victims. It was a bout 3:30 a. m. when the ñames were discovered and a night shift of about 50 men, boys and gTrls were at work. A terrible panic at once ensued, but a few retained enough presence of raind to attempt to extinguish the Sames. Tb is was a futile effort however as the hig-hly inflammable nature of the material in the building eaused the fire to spread with frightful rapidity. The employés were soon surrounded by dense smoke and heavy sulphur fumes and itis only a wonder that inany more did not lose their lives. The dead are John Wanner, aged 57, nig-htwatchman; Reuben Davis, aged 84, night foreman; Agnes Yettke, aged 17. Five others were injureil, but not seriously. The burned building was of brick, three stories high and in less than an hour was a mass of ruin. The loss falls heavily upon a new company and atnounts to 50,000. Ouly 86,000 insurance was carried, owing to the high rates charged on such a business. New Episcopal Diocese of Marque! te The primary convention of the Episcopal church of the oew diocese erected out of the missionary jurisdiction of the northern mission was held at Marquette, with 40 delegates present, representing all the parishes except Calumet and Ironwood. The venerable archdeacon, G. Mott Williams, of Marquette, was chosen as bishop on the second informal ballot. The name Marquette was chosen as the official designation of the new diocese. This virtually fixes the city of Marquette as the cathedralcity, and St. Paui's church as the bishops cathedral. The same constitution and canons governing the diocese of Michigan, with a few verbal chaEges, to adapt it to the new diocese, were adopted. ü. Mott Williams was bom at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1857. He entered the ministry of the Episcopal I church in December, 1880, as deacon and was made priest in '83 by Bishop Harris. He was located in Detroit, Buffalo and Milwaukee and went to northern Michigan in 1892. Detrolter Killed uear Lapeer. Michigan Central passenger train io. 207, northbound, ran over a man on the track about three miles south of Lapeer about midnight and crushed him into an unrecognizable mass of flesh, blood and clothing. The engineer saw the man lying on the track, but not in time to stop his train, it being at a curve. An investigation proved the remains to be those of Luther H. Beecher, son of George Beecher and grandson of the late wellknown Luther Beecher, of Detroit Relatives in Detroit were notified, and the father and inother arrived and took charge of the remains. It is supposed that he was on his way from Detroit to Mayville on his wheel and for somc reason had taken to the railroad to walk part of the way. He often took trips through the country on his bieycle for his health. Foul play was suspected and several tramps were arrested, but investigation proved it to be an accident. A Novel "l'eople'8 University." Walter Thomas Mills, of Chicago secretary of a proposed People's University, is negotiating wth the supervisors of Berrien county for the purchase of the oíd county seat grouiuis and buildings for their univer.sity, and also for land at iierrien. Springs, for their farm, workshops, etc. Prof .Mills, it will be remembered, lost his chair in the Chicago university because, it is alleged, of his attacks on corporat! wealth. The new institution will beg-in work as soon as 1 000 students are obtained. Opportunities will be given young people to work their way through college, in gardens, shops and small factories. It is fiVured thut students can support themselvesby devoting only a few hours each day to manual labor. The university will ask for no gifts, and offer no chanty to "worthy students." Apphcants for admission will pay 8100 down and more as they are able. The money ob ained will be invested in shops and farms. Senator Falmer's Resldence Burned. Thomas W. Palmer's elegant rcsidence, at ÏOÜO Woodward avenue Detroit, wasdestroyed by fire, entailinfr a loss of many thousands of dollars and wipingoutof existenoe numerous valuable vvorksof art, paintinrs, books and other treasures including costly bric-a-brac and furniture. Uut for the fact that many of the more valuable ai-ttcles had been shipped to Mrs. Palmer's nevv home on the Hudson river or were stored, the loss vvould have been an immense one. As t is, many of the thingswhich were burned eannot he rephued, as thcy were rciics prized ror the:r historieal valué. Tliis is especially true of the WorH's Kair records, the only complete records in existence. and many mementoea of his residence in Va:,liingtou and Spain Oeorge Lovely was lined $100 or 90 days for violation of the liquor laws at lowlervillo. Henry Hall, a brick mason, feil from tlie roof of a two-story at Sturgia and was seriously injured. The Cambria and Ullie mines have resumed operations at Negaunee after having been idle ginue the minera' strike. Thos. VVatson, motorman on the Detroit fe Mt Clemens olcctric liue feil trom his car and was Uilled beneath the wheels. A county organization has been formed n Osceola to take steps toward submittinir the local option que.stion to the votcrs. Hlakeslee's mili at (alien, whieh was erected jn 1856, is being torn down. This mili marked the very beinninir of the Tillage.