The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-10-04

Rev. Benjamin F. Graf. . deposed
minister. was arrested in Michigan
and taken to Peoria. ILL.,. to answer to
q charge Of working IN alleged ON.
ndence game.
For stealing a kiss from pretty Irene
Hess. aged sixteen. Earl Stratton Of
Odebolt, Iowa. narrowly escaped .
mobbing. He was later sent up for
thirty days for assault and battery.
c. Parish of Wabash, Ind, who was
colonel Of the One Hundred and Third
volunteers in the Civil war and who
was breveted brigadier general f.
valiant services at the battle Of Nash.
vile, committed suicide at Cleveland.
AL G. Bedford Of Jersey City,
N. -. attempted to kill her daughter
and herself at a hotel in Findlay, Ohio.
Both rel unconscious when found,
but 1t is expected they will recover.
Jealousy is alleged to have been the
motive.
Unable to overcome their grief over
the death of their nineteen-year-old
SOL . year ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
RENT. a m~iddle-aged couple who were
deeply devoted to each other, ended
their lives together in their home in
New York.
The jury in the case OF Porter and
Reed Jones, charged with the murder
Of Robert F. Adams, brought in a YER
dfnt NJ nVriIfy u,fth n rnnovO an n${oro
to mercy, at Eaton, Ga. Judge Lewis
sentenced both boys to life imprison.
ment. The prisoners displayed no
emotion. The murder was the result
of q family feud.
In a race riot at Hartshorne, I. T.,
at a street fair one young white mar
named Johnson was killed instantly by
a negro and a young negro from Isho-
mingo, an innocent bystander, was
killed by a white man. The fight last
the whites were getting the best of it
when a negro walked up to young
Johnson. placed a revolver at his
breast and shot him through the body.
Accidental Happenings.
Five men were injured, some Of
them seriously, by the explosion of a
boiler Of q threshing machine near
Roland. MINI.
James CASTOR of Detroit, a sailor on
the steamer George Stone. was lost
overheard during Saturdays storm on
Lake Superior.
Fire originating IN the poston1ce.
destroyed the business section of Rus
sellville. III. Five stores and six resi-
dences are in ruins. Loss, $25, 900.
Hotel Amersant, at Saranac Lake,
N. r., was burned to the ground, en-
failing q loss Of $4,000. The hotel
had Just been closed for the Isl
While q ball game was being played
at Dalhart. Tex, the grand stand,
crowded with 1000 spectators, COL
lapsed. Fifteen persons were injured.
The big coal pockets of the Erie rail-
road at Hornell headquarters of the
Susquehanna division were destroyed
by fire. causing q loss Of about $780,
600.
A boiler exploded In the conservato-
ries Of George M. Kellogg. florist. rear
Pleasant Hill, Mo-, partially destroying
the plant and causing q loss Of $751;
900.
The old Watson elevator at the
harbor entrance at Buffalo was burned.
The elevator was built in 1859 and had
not been In use for several years. Loss.
$4,000. :.
Charles Rowland was killed while
driving a team at Leon, Iowa. He fell
beneath the wagon, the box falling
upon him as the wagon by some means
was overturned.
The home of James Dossett OF Oak
land City, Ind, vas burned to the
ground and Dossett's two-months-old
child persisted In the flames. Dossett
and his wife were carried from the
flames badly burned and died later.
Stanley Wesliek, one Of the prison
ers who escaped from the county Jail
at Chicago, was recaptured near his
home on Cottage Grove avenue Wes-
lick put up a desperate fight and it re-
quired several officers to take him
into custody.