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AWFOLTBAGEDY
Two Killed and Several Injured at Recreation Park.
OLT HITSliGES STA8D.
L a
Wind m$ R^n Mafee Scente Even
More Gruesome.
The Fourth of Jnly, 1913, will be a
day long remembered by the people
of Glare, Even those who were not
present to witness the terrible events
of that afternoon were so shocked by
the sudden news which was passed
from lip to lip that the picture became alqffostiis vivid to them as to
the men and. women who sat helpless
In the presence of that mighty force
—•the thunder bolt.
Arthur Andrus of this oity andJRay
Hanes of Sheridan township were
instantly kilied, and a score shocked
more Or less seriously, R, A. Lef-
flngwell was at first thought to be
seriously hurt, but is now rapidly recovering and able to be on the street,
Thos. Dwyer was slightly burned
about the bead, and Mrs, Jake
Mason, and several others who sat
across in the grandstand received
shocks from a current which crossed
tbe wire. It is hoped, however, that
none of these will realize any permanent injury.
As the writer now recalls the oir-
cumstarces, the horses were about
to emerge from the- "cut" at the
upper end of the track, (tbis being
the second heat of the free-for-all
race) aad every one was leaning forward to see which horse would have
tbe advantage as they spread out upon the home stretch, when, with a
sudden crash, what appeared to
some as a white ball of fire, huge as
a man's head, hurled itself upon the
slender flag staff of the judges' stand
and in an instant was burled in the
ground beneath.
Several were seen to fall both
above and beneath, and realizing
what had occurred, the crowd in the
grandstand gave one long drawn
gasp of horror, then gave way to
wailing and weeping. At almost the
same moment the rain came rushing
along in torrents, adding further
terror to the mass of humanity huddling beneath tbe partially open
building.
A number of physicians were at
hand and at once began an attempt
at resuscitation. Bnt two were
found to have passed beyond recall,
and their bodies were carried to tbe
Women's Building, and later, when
the storm subsided, to undertaking
rooms up town.
Although the occurrence is terrible
enough, yet it might easily have
been more serious. And of those
who were injured but are now on
tbe road to recovery, not a few have
said that. it is small wonder that
more were not killed 'outright, and
consider it remarkable, that of the
twenty or more who were in and beneath the fated structure, so many
escaped with their lives.
A Full Life.
In tbe course of the' last extended
conversation I had with Arthur
Andrus, (only a few days before the
awful tragedy of the Fourth of, July)
be told me of the service held at Ann
Arbor last winter to, pay tribute to
the memory of the late Congressman
Wedemeyer. Arthur had been particularly impressed by the remarks
of one of the speakers who, after
reviewing the short life of the youthful congressman and making tender
reference to the sad circumstances
of bis sudden death, said: "What
more could be said of William W.
Wedemeyer had he lived to be three
score and ten?" This expression of
the eulogist Arthur referred to tmore
than once as emphasizing the completeness of a life cut off seemingly
so prematurely.
When the news came to me of
Friday's awful event my mind reverted to that conversation. Here
was another case in point.
Arthur Andrus had not gone far
upon the highway of manhood but
be bad gone far enough to demonstrate that in him there was breadth
of mind and strength of character
and purity of principle to fit bim for
the real work of life. He had been
an unassuming but a steadfast friend,
a devoted brother, a loving son, He
waB an .earnest and successful
student, winning his degree at the
University of Michigan by painstaking application to the work assigned
him. He was industrious and frugal,
happy of disposition and pure of
purpose. His was a clean life, a life
whose influence for good will never
lose its power with those who knew
and loyed bim here. Had be lived
he would have done a man's full
share in tbe world's work, he would,
we fully believe, have achieved success in his chosen profession and be
would have contributed out of the
bounty of his own genial good nature
to tbe joy of others; but, brought so
anruptiy to an earthly end as it was,
still was his life a full life—full of
accomplishment, of happiness, of
love, and with a firm faith tbat admitted of no doubt of a fuller life to
come.
What more could have been said of
Arthur Andrus, had he lived to be
three score and ten?
D. E. Alward.
As for the races and other sports
of the day, much care had been
given to see that all details were arranged, and had it not been for the
severe rain coupled with the untimely accident, the crowd would have
' been privileged to enjoy a very interesting program of events.
The ball game in the forenoon between the Olare and Weidman teams
was very satisfying to looal fans, resulting in tbe score of 6 to 0. A fair
crowd was present and the Clare
City Band furnished music. We
should be glad to give a fuller account of tbis contest, but meager
notes made at such a time are often
hardly intelligible except to the one
by whom they are made.
'A goodly number of horses were
entered for the three races of the
afternoon, and the competition was
keen especially in tbe free-for-all.
In this event two heats were run,
while only one heat had been finished in each of the other two.
There were, we understand, no entries in tbe running race, and this
event wes lasfcing entirely.
JPttreee of »50 had been hung np for
each of the driving events, hut a
compromise was made 535 being divided among the four winners of the
first named race, and $25 among the
horses winning first second and
third'places in the other two. Wm
print below a summary showing the
ovettta, horses and owners, as fur-
n5«fcedby one of the committee In
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FARWELI
Paragraphs Picked Up By Our
Farweli Correspondent:
spent
their
the
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
CURE COUNTY
KARHIAGB LICENSES
Charles 0. Knapp, 27, Clare.
Kate M. Bell, 26, Sheridan Twp.
Manuel Sutton, 21, Grant Twp.
Clara Campeau, 21, Grant Twp.
Alonzo Sheldon 2#,Riverdale, Mich,
Lavenia May Peicb, 16, Grant Twp.
Thomas Austin, 50,  Bedding Twp.
Clara Tbarp, 50, Beilaire, Mich,
Francis E. Meivin, 24, Farweli,  M.
May N. Patnode, 19, Farweli, M.
Notice.
My wife, Mrs. Glenn David having
left my bed and board without cause
or provocation, all persona are
warned-against harboring or trusting
her on my account, as I shall pay no
debts of her contracting after this
date, July 9th, 1913.
Chas. David.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank tbe kind friends
and. neighbors for their assistance
and sympathy during our iate bereavement. Also the Dover Gleaner
Aid Society,, the Sunshine Club and
the business men of Clare and others
for their beautiful floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanes
and children.
FREE-FOR-ALL
*BHlyHall (Lloyd)
. *Lee Vera (Ayling)
Second, Clare Boy (Cole)
Third, Rosabel! (Townsend)
*Tied for first place.
TROTTING
First, Miss Saginaw (Cole)
Second, Dr. S.  (Sias)
Third, Newsboy (Kimball)
3:00 pace
First, Moxie Mead (Wickham)
Second, Dan L. (AylingJ
Third, Neil B. (Baker)
Tbe receipts were- large  enough
that after paying all expenses in connection with the day, and also taking
care of the Ono   hundred   dollars
spent In repairing the track early
this summer, there wiil be a small
surplus.   The Fair officials and ali
those in obarge should receive credit
for the success   of tbe celebration
whlob would   bfrve been teompiiefce,
had it not been marred ,,by tho sad
accident that came with£fittcb tme*
pecfced aaddeahess
Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Clayton
Thursday and Friday with
daughter in Sears.
Wm, and Frank Fisher  spent
week end with their mother and sister.
Miss Booth pf Alma was the guest
of Mrs, Eugene Kelley last Friday
and Saturday.
The ladies of the Womans' Literary Olub, together with their families and friends, spent a very enjoyable Fourth at Lake George.
Floyd W. Ayres who has been
spending a few days with friends
here left Wednesday for Sault St.
Marie,
Frank Holmes of Cadillac and Ruth
Holmes of Mt. Pleasant visited their
parents a few days last week.
Miss Hattie Adams of Clare was
the guest of Miss Anna Sherman
over the week end.
Albert Wiseman is spending a few
days in Detroit.
George Cook who has been assisting in the L. Wiesman Department
Store returned Saturday to his former work in Detroit.
Mrs. J. Rassett and children of
Clare spent Sunday with herjparents
Mr, and Mrs. J, Henry,
Miss Fisher of Grayling spent the
week end at the home of Geo.
Palmer.
W. O. Fuller and family and Dr.
and Mrs. Lamb are resorting at
Lake George.
The Epworth League held its xegu-
jar monthly business meeting Monday evening at the home of Mrs. C.
E. Bingham.
Mrs. Boyd Spring and son, Wyne,
left Friday to visit friends in Detroit,
Dr. and Mrs. Soper are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. E. Sias.
Miss Ethel Graham left Saturday
to spend the summer with her sister
in Thompsonville.
Mrs. Weeks and daughter, Irene,
are the guests of the former's sister,
Mrs, J. L, Littlefield.
Mrs. J. T. Northon returned to
Olare Saturday after spending a few
days with friends here.
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Many, Many Thanks.
How can we ever sufficiently thank
tbe dear friends for their kindness
and sympathy? There went with us
on our aad journey such a profusion
of beautiful flowers, most of which
we knew nothing about till we
reached our destination. From the
Men's Clans of the Methodist chnrcb,
tbe Eastern Stars, The Knights of
Pythias, the Masonic Lodge an-l
from many individuals, some from
sources unknown to as. We have
been here only a little while and are
comparative strangers and" it might
seem strange that this should be so;
but we are reminded that sorrow is
the great leveler and takes no note
of time or persons. We would not
be selfish in our hour of trial. We
remember that another home 'iB in
sadnesa and others are mourning
their loved one.
And we face the future without
fear, Arthur had his imperfections
like us all bnt We feel sure that he is
with his little, golden-haired sister
who went over tbe river before him
and there stretches now from that
Unseen Land another cord drawing
ub thither and bidding us trust the
Loving Father who doetb all things
well. We are grateful for the
strength He gives as to bear up under tbis burden, grateful for the dear
friends whose sympathy makes that
burden so much lighter, grateful for
the trust we have that there will be
a beautiful reunion in the Sweet by
and by.
Mr, and Mrs. .Enoch Andrus
and Family.
We Shall Know.
splen-
When the mists have rolled in
dor
From the beauty oi the hills,
And the sunshine, warm and tender,
Falls in kisses on the rills; \"
We may read love's shining letter
In the rainbow of the spray,
We shall know each other better
When the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone.
In tbe dawning of the morning
When the mists have cleared away.
Ice cream and cake will be served
on the Methodist church lawn Friday evening.
Raymond Grant Haries,
On Friday afternoon I July #h,
while attending .the celebration at
Olare, occurred fche death of Raymond Grant Hanes, of Sheridan
township, being struck by lightning
during the violent electrical storm
which passed over this section.
Deceased was born in Sheridan
township on July 31, 1885, and has
always resided with his parents at
the farm home. Besides aiding his
parents at home he had lately purchased a home of his own, showing
What an» ambitious young man he
was.
He waa a member of the Gleaner
Arbor of Dover and it can be seen in
what high esteem he was held by the
large gathering and the beautiful
floral tributes.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
L.J. Teed from the home on Sunday afternoon at 1, o'clock with interment at Cherry Grove Cemetery.
Besides a host of friends he leaves
tbe father and mother, two brothers
and three sisters to mourn their loss,
Robert of Park Lake, Mrs. Wm,
Arnold of Grant, Mrs. Geo. F. Barton of Sheridan, Mrs, Chas. Merrill
of Flint aud^Bdwiu of Farweli, all of
whom were'present at the funeral.
He will be greatly missed by all
who knew him as he was a boy of
good moral character and always
had a kind word and helping band
for everyone he met. X.
HARRISON.
Church News.
FREE METHODIST
REV, B. H, DURYEE, PASTOR.
Services at the usual hours,
EPISCOPAL.
REV. O. E. NEWTON,   RECTOR.
Sunday school at 2 p, m., standard.
Church service immediately after,
AH services at Maccabee Hall.
The Guild of St. Paul's Episcopal
church will meet at the borne of Mrs.
Graves on Tuesday afternoon.
CATHOLIC
FATHER J. J. .HCALLISTER, PASTOB
Services at 8:00 a. m,
METHODIST.
REV. W. H. IRWIN, PASTOR.
Morning subject, "Education.'' In
the evening Rev. W. I. Cogshall,
Dist. Supt., will preach. He will
also preach at Herriok in the afternoon.
Subject for Men's Class, "Is Orime
Increasing?"
Ladies Aid meets on Friday at
Mrs. Orin * Smith's west of town.
Take the 10:25 motor.
, BAPTIST.
REV. I. WILBUR KNIGHT,   PASTOR.
Services at the usual hours. Subjects unannounced.
B. Y. P. U. services at the usual
hour. Topic, "Speak not evil one of
another."   Leader, Mr. Gibbs,
LUTHERAN
BEV. O. WAIDELICH, PASTOR.
Sunday school as usual bub no
church service ac either church.
On August 3d a joint mission festival will be held to which other
churches of tbe neighborhood have
been invited. Seyeral good speakers
have been engaged for tbe occasion.
Summer sehool opens next Monday 8 9s, m. iGerman reading and
writing taught, together with the religious training of this church  body.
CONGREGATIONAL
REV. GEO. D. LYFORD," PASTOR
In the morning the Lord's Supper
will be administered. Subject for
evening service, "Sociability' and
Optimism,"
Ladies Union meets on Friday with
Mrs, Ohas. Stone.
My Resolve,
I will start anew this morning with a
higher, fairer creed;
I will cease to stand complaining of
my ruthless neighbor's greed;
I will cease to sit repining while my
duty's call is clears        ,
I will waste no moment whining and
my heart shall know no fear.
I will look sometimes about me for
the things-that merit praise;
I will search for hidden beauties that
elude the grumbler's gaze;
I will try to find contentment in the
paths that I must tread;
I will cease to have resentment when
another moves ahead.
I will not be swayed by envy When
my rival's strength ia shown;
I wilt not' deny his merit, but I'll
strive to prove my own;
I Will try to see the beauty spread
before fide, rain or shine—
I will cease to preach your duty and
' '    be more concerned with mine.
Interesting Items from  Correspondent at County Capital.
Mrs. A. Rogers returned Monday
evening from Zeeland where she visited ber daughter, Joy, the past 10
days-
Mrs. B. Johnstone of S. C. is the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Frank Seastrum.
MeBBefs Keyea' and Slater of Detroit are the guests of Mr, and Mrs,
Elmer Hughes, this week.
Mr, and Mrs. Norris Lyons and
daughter, EInore, returned Monday
evening from a brief visit with relatives at Mt. Pleasant.
Leigh Wilson motored from Cadillac Saturday.
R, A, Couch returned to Detroit
Monday after a week's visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Scott.
Mrs, Effie Ritchie of Bay City is
the gueat of her mother, Mrs. A.
Stookwell.
Ohas. Richardson and Frank Hoch-
stetler motored to Houghton Lake
Monday.
Sam Crawford is home from Detroit,
Fred Green left Monday for Wolf
Oreek for a two weeks' outing.
Frank Hailett returned to Detroit
last Saturday, after a week's visit
with relatives.
Mr. Kane and family motored from
Mt Pleasant and were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs, M, Fanning over Sunday. *
Mrs. M.C. "Johnson and daughter,
Esther, returned from Frankfort last
Thursday after a two weeks' outing.
Miss Bonnnibel Richardson is home
from Flint for the summer.
F. Fareman of Ypsilanti was a
guest at the Richardson home over
Sunday,
Harcourt Johnstone of Cadillac is
visiting relatives in tbe oity.
Bud Mitchner of Arthur was the
guest of Burke Morrissey tbe past
week.
Relatives of Judge Long are doing
light bouakeeping in the Boulter residence and enjoying a two weeks'
outing.
Miss Pauline Wyman returned Saturday, afcer a two weeks' vacation
witb friends at Clare.
Mrs. John Archambolt returned
from Olare last Thursday.
Miss Edyth Taylor was shopping at
Olare last Thursday.
David Taylor returned from the
encampment at Gettysburg last Saturday evening.
Master Everette MorrisBey returned last Thursday from Frankfort
where be visited his uncle, S. A,
Morrissey. Everette reports a fine
time, although he says Lake Michigan "isn't in" with Bud lake.
Mr. and Mrs, Dave Goodall returned to Saginaw last Wednesday
after a 10 days' visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Murphy.
Wm. Crawford of Lapsing arrived
in the oity last Thursday.
Geo.  W. Richardson and wife of
Lansing 'were the guests of   their
mother, Mrs. Wm.  Richardson dur
ing   Friday   and   Saturday of last
week.
Mrs. John Fitz-Harris left last
Wednesday for an extended visit
with relatives at Saginaw.
Miss Ethel Oudney of Olare visited
friends in the city over Sunday,
Miss Leota Gardner visited friends
at Clare last week.
Clarence Seastrum of Detroit visited relatives in the city over Snnday
W. Rhodes of Leota was in the city
Monday.
Harold Snnday and lady of Arthur
spent Independence Day at Lake
Side park..
Arthur Andru$.
Arthur was born on a farm near/ '
Hastings in Barry county and, like
Other farm boys, work*><> on the farm
and attended district school, completing its course and receiving hie
eighth gradediploraa at the age of
12 years. Later he attended the
HastingB High School from which he
graduated in 1904. He took the civil
service examination for railway mail
clerk and served for some time ae
substitute in this state and then went
to California, running between San
Francisco and Ogden, Utah. During
this time he spent the odd moments
reading law and thus by private
study and the few weeks of a summer term at-the University, completed tbe first year's work.
At the close of tbe second year he
engaged for a time in canvassing and '
while thus employed underwent a»
operation for appendicitis which
took him very close to death's door.
While recovering from this, he entered tbe printing office in which'he
took mucb interest, becoming a fair
type setter and readily running the
presses. He had the faculty of mining with all classes and had he concluded to continue in newspaper
.work, he certainly would have made
a reasonable success in chat field.
He returned to Ann Arbor last-fall,
completing his course and receiving;
bis diploma last month.
Returning here he was again helping out for a few days in the office,
and on Julv 4th went to the Fair1
grounds where a ball game and some
races were to be held to report theme
for the paper. Suddenly, and almost without warning, a bolt of
lightning shot from a cloud to the
earth and tbe promising young: life
was ended.
The Cat Came Back.
The valuable Persian Angora cat
belonging to Mrs. A. E. Mussell, the
loss of which was advertised! in the
sentinel last week has been found
and is again enjoying her usual nap
behind the ipecac and belladonna.
Tabby was found by Frank Falk of
Sheridan, not far from his farm several days before, and£he was patiently waiting to restore, the stranger to
rightful owner. Whether the cat's
mind had become affected by the
excessive heat of the past few weeks,
causing   her to   Wander  aimlessly.
Bell-Knapp,
A very pretty wedding took place
on Thursday' July 3rd, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr and
Mrs. Tbos. K, Bell, of Sheridan when
their daughter, Kate M., was united
in marriage to Mr. Oharles Carlisle
Knapp, a prosperous young farmer,
also of Sheridan.
The bridal party entered the parlor to the strains of a wedding march
played by Miss Frances Knight,
where the ring oeremony was performed by Rev. I. W. Knight, of
Olare, beneath a canopy of lace, witb
a back ground of roses and ferns.
Tbe bride was dressed in white
voile, trimmed with net and Venetian
lace, and carried white roses and
carnations. The , bridesmaid, Miss
Minnie Bell, was gowned in pink
silk draped in white marquesitt, and
carried pink roses. A little niece of
the bride, Alice Kaul, acted as ring-
bearer. ^
The groom was attended by bis
brother, Frank Knapp, of Brecken-
ridge.
After the ceremony a delicious
three  course   dinner   was   served.
Miss Elizabeth Bell of Ohicago was
present and acted as mistress of ceremonies.
The young couple will begin housekeeping at once on a farm in Sheridan township.
A Busy Organization,,
Through its main office and iter
local societies much profitable work
has been achieved by the Michigan
Association for the Prevention and
Relief of Tuberculosis, as is shown
by the annual report of this Association which is just out of the press.
According to this report 6,423 cases
of Tuberculosis were reported during
1912, and 2,615 deaths oocnred daring
the same year from this disease.
This is an increase of cases reported
and a decrease of deaths reported
compared with the preceding year.
The State Association credits the increase of cases reported to' the better enforcement of the law compelling the registration of cases of tuberculosis,   t
Activities conducted by local aocfk,
ties include tbe following: Open air
schools, free dispensary and visiting;
nurse work, maintenance of Sanatoria, lectqres, formation of new-
societies, auryeys, fly campaigns, tbe»
observation* of Tuberculosis Sunday,
press work,' anal sale, distribution of
literature, etc.
The Red Cross Christmas seal of
1912 waa.by far the most successful
thna far conducted, as $11,$58.63 wasr
received from this source in Michi-
—S. B. Kiaer, in the Fra.! liner.
away, or whether she was kidnapped
and being held for ransom, but had gan
later   made good  her escape  is a! t the aim of the Association ia i&,
matter for conjecture., I overcome ignorance, to prevent '■#&*
At, any rate, Mrs. Mussel! is mare' necessary death, to drive out dis£a*e,
than pieitaed with, the results of the to lower the eost of Hying, to int
t ereftsil the sum total'©* hfeppfh«ai»7*
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