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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
SEEK FOR MURDERER OF SIX
Belief That Some One Outside of Family
Killed Cooper Family at
Cadillac, Mich.

Cadillac, Mich. June 1.-THE or
oner's jury which Investigated the
death of Daniel Cooper. the wife and
hVe children. who were found dead in
'helr home at this place last Satnr-
day, has failed 10 fix the responsibility
FOR h murders. 1t was stated on
Saturday that Mrs. Cooper, the wife
and mother, had shot to death OF
husband and five children and ' a
had taken her own life in a like man
ner. 1t was stated by relatives hat
Mrs. Cooper was insane and that she
had several times threatened to Kill
her family and herself.
The cOroner'S jury found Yesterday
that there is a possibility that the
crime was committed by some one
outside The family. although there is
no present clue to the identity OF the
supposed assassin.
Only one member of the Cooper
family is left alive, Fred, a son, aged
fifteen. He was shot through the
head when the others We're killed and
the doctors say his mind will always
be IA blank ever if he should recover
from his wounds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
INSANE WOMAN MURDERS SIX.
Husband and Children Are Killed =
Woman Commit Suicide.


Woman Commit Suicide.
Cadillac, Mich, June 16. - Seven
te~en-year-old Fred Cooper. the last liv-
ing member of a family of eight per-
sons, lies in Mercy hospital with but a
fighting chance for life, while the
bodies of the other seven members OF
the family. all slain by the wife and
mother, who afterward committed sui
eide, lie in the morgue, the object of
morbid interest by thousands of
townspeople and farmers from the
surrounding country.
The boy says that all he remembers
of the nights dreadful occurrences in
the Cooper home is a vague recollec-
ton of hearing a revolver shot. 1t is
the superstition that the shot he heard
was the one that killed his brother.
who lay beside him in bed. 1t is sup
posed that his mother Immediately
afterward Sent the bullet into Fred's
head.
Mrs. Cooper was once confined in
an insane asylum. and for some time
has been brooding over thai fact that
Cooper was out of work. A few days
ago she is reported to have said she
would lend it all"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Two WOrkmen Are Killed by Ex.
plOsiOns in Morris Pack
ing Establishment.
loss NEARLY HALF A MILLION
Plant Is Surrounded by Raging Torrent
and Work of Fighting Flames
Was Difficult.

Kansas City. Mo. June 1.-two la
borers lost their lives. two others
were seriously injured and property
loss estimated at between $3.50, 900
and $350,O00 was caused by two explo-
sions, followed by a fire. in the pack
ing house of Morris & Co, at the
riverside, in Kansas City, Kan. yes
terday. The force of the explosions,
which were felt all over both Kansas
Cities, ruined the cold storage build
ing. and the fire that followed de-
stroyed the smoke house. The loss
on meat destroyed is not known.
Explosion Starts Fire.
An explosion of gas resulted
when a worker in one of the cold
storage departments lighted a match.
This was followed by another and
much more serious explosion caused
by the igniting of a quantity of am
monia, and a stubborn fire soon start
ed.
The Morris plant is located near the
channel of the kaw river, and being
in the center of the flooded district. is
in a swift current of water from six
to eight feet deep. This condition
made the task of fighting the fire
most difficult, and it required five
hours to control the flames.
The loss of meat in the fire was
enormous. The coolers were packed
to their capacity, as the food had in
forforal w;th - i1uo,- troA; LOVE- h4
fore the water shut the plant down.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
AUTOMOBILE DUckED.

Marshalltown, Iowa, June Is. -
While driving his automobile over the
built dixie road which borders Dewey
lake, on the soldiers home grounds,
a part of the road near the edge Of
the water caved in, throwing the au-
tomobile into three feet of water and
pitching the. driver, DR.. N. E. Mighell,
headlong after it. The machine bur
led it's nose in the mud. but aside
from being partly submerged 1t was
not hurt. DR.. Mighell was water
soaked, but escaped uninjured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
RIVERS AGAIN RISING.
Heavy Rains Send kaw and Missouri
Up Rapidly.

Kansas City. June 13. - Unusually
heavy rains fell yesterday in Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa. and the
weather bureau predicts that the Kan
sas and Missouri rivers will again
reach the high stage of Wednesday
night. At 6 p. m. the Missouri here
had fallen slightly. but had risen at
st. Joseph and continues to rise there.
The kaw fell about six inches yester-
day and was stationary last night. At
Topeka the Kaw is rising rapidly. The
weather bureau predicts that the new
flood at Topeka will slightly exceed
that of Tuesday. All of the tributaries
of the Kaw are very high and more
rain is threatened.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Lives of 1870 Children and Help.
less Old Women Threatened
by Fire in Home
MANY MIRACULOUS ESCAPES
Teachers and Attendants Display Rare
herOism in ReScuing the
Inmates.

Minneapolis, 'une II. - Scores OF
lives were threatened and many mi
raculous escapes made at a fire which
threatened to destroy the Home for
Children and Aged Women yesterday
afternoon. The children had just fin
ished dinner n were filing out of the
building when fire was discovered by
Miss Elizabeth Taylor. resident teach
er. She turned in an alarm at one
and with the aid of other teachers
and maids hurried to the assistance
of the old ladies, many of whom we're
in their rooms. Several of the most
aged women had to be carried from
the building. On the second floor is
located The nursery. and here were
twenty small children. ranging in age
from three months to six years.
Display Rare Aeroism.
The teachers displayed rare heroism
in the rescue of the Old people and
the children. The fire broke II in the
third floor, which is occupied by the
older boys and the help. A defective
fiue, which ignited a straw tick. is
held responsible for the fire. In a
short time the entire floor vas d blaze
and in spite IF the able work of the
department the upper part of the
building was destroyed. The home
sheltered a hundred children and
thirty aged women. Had the fire
started at any time when the children
were all in the building there would
have been heavy loss of life, owing 10
the helplessness of the inmates. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, most of
which was caused by fire.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Sins and Sinners.

The body of Thomas Martin was
found in a lot at Brunswick, N. ]. 1t
is believed be was robbed and muir
dered.
Louis M. Koch, a we'll known club
man of Toledo, shot and killed him
self at his home. The motive is not
known.
The Bank Of Jalisco, in the city OF
Guadalajara. Mexico, was ewindled
out of $51, 900 by one OF the ~cleverest
swindles ever worked in that. u
try.
The dead body of Anna Luchinski,
nine years old, of Standard, Pa, was
found in a box car. Her throat indi-
c"ted that she was choked to death
after having been outraged. Charles
Williams, a young negro who found
the dead girl, is being detained.
Word reached the City of Mexico
that bandits attacked a pay train on
he way to the Las Grandes mines,
near Balsas, in tho State of Guerrero.
OF the escort OF four men three were
killed and one wounded. -Four thou
sand dollars were stolen. Rurales
are~in pursuit Of the highwaymen.
After lying in wait for nearly nine
hours, Sarah Konet, a young Russian
trained nurse. shot and killed DR..
William Auspitz, a physician, in the
vestibule Of an apartment house in
New York. The woman declared she
had shot the physician because he
had wronged her.
Twenty years in prison were meted
out to Patrick Mullen at Fernie, con-
victed at Winnipeg on a charge OF
manslaughter. Mullen was arrested
at Great Falls, Mont, about a month
ago. He got into a scuf1e at a dance
with Angelo Orlando, and during the
Orlando was killed. Mullen
fed to the States. but was traced by
the police and brought back.
In a fight between fifteen Checotah
persons and citizens OF Eufaula, Okla,
on the streets Of Eufaula, F.. M.
Woods. deputy constable Of Eufaula,
and Joseph Parmenter Of Chekota
were shot. Woods probably will die.
~Parmenter's wound is not dangerous.
The trouble started when Woods at
tempted to disarm Parmenter. About
fifteen shots were fired in all.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
INDIAN KILLS HIMSELF.
Exchanges Shots With Policeman and
Then Shoots Self.

Valentine. Neb.. June IA Sioux
and instantly killed himself on the
Rosebud reservation Saturday after
oon He had been accused of horse
stealing and an Indian policeman was
after him with a warrant for his ar
rest. When they met shots were eX-
changed and the fugitive's horse was
shot from under him. Seeing that he
was about TO be captured, the Indian
put the revolver in his mouth and
fired. He had served a term in the
p~enitentiary for horse stealing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
WRIT IS REFUSED PATRICK.
Lawyer Says He Is Victim Of Plot to
Piunder Rice Estate.

New York. June 1.-THE applica-
ton OF Albert H. Patrick. who is serv-
ing a life sentence in Sing Sing pris-
on for the murder of William Marsh
Rice, an aged Texan millionaire, for a
writ OF habeas corpus, was denied by
Judge Lacombe In the United States
circuit court yesterday. Patrick set
up the claim that his conviction and
sentence to death. which has been
committed TO life Imprisonment, was
2 result of a conspiracy to plumber the
Rice millions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
FARMER KILLS HIMSELF.
Feared He Would Be Blamed for
Criminal Operation.

Macomb. Ill.,, June Il. - Darius
Hicks. aged fifty years, a farmer and
stock raiser. worth 500, 600, commit
ted suicide yesterday by shooting
himself through the temple with a
rife at his home. half a mile north
of Blandinville.
He left a letter in which he says
an illegal operation had been perform
ed a few weeks ago on a married
woman who for awo years had been
his ~housekeeper, his wife being dead
The woman is in a critical condition.
in a hotel at keokuk, Iowa. In the
letter Hicks alleges he IS not respOn-
sible for the operation. but says ne
feared he would be blamed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
URGE TEMPERANCE WORK.
World Meeting Is Opened at Saratoga
NJ, v.

Saratoga. \. Y, June IA worlds
temperance convention SSenible
here yesterday 10 commemorate the
100th anniversary OF the organization
OF the first temperance society. The
congress yesterday adopted resolu-
tions calling upon the International
Sunday school convention to retain
the quarterly temperance lessons in
Sunday schools. 1t also petitioned the
Democratic and Republican national
conventions to insert planks in their
platforms declaring for local option
in the District of Columbia and the
territories.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
LABOR MEN HAVE PLANK.
Want Anti-Injunction Stand in Repub-
lican Platform.

Chicago, June 14.-President Sam
uel Gompers. Secretary James Morri-
son, John Mitchell and several other
members of the executive committee
of the American Federation of Labor
junction plank, which they will en-
deavor to have incorporated in the
platform of the Republican party.
President Gompers expressed conf
dence that he and his colleagues
would secure the insertion Of the
plank,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Anti-bettinq Law Stands.

Little Rock. Ark, June 1.-THE SUI
preme court yesterday decided that
the Amie a%nti-race track betting bill
was constitutional, holding against
the defendants in the case Of The
State VS.. Simon and Snyder, who were
charged with betting on a race.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
over $4,000 Given u.

Baltimore. June 17.-Prof. William
Fl. Welsh of the Johns Hopkins hospi-
tails last night announced that Henry
Phipps of Pittsburg and New York
has made a large gift to the Johns
Hopkins hospital and university for
the founding of a psychiatric clinic.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
MiiIionaire's Son STARVING.

ST. Louis, Mo. June 17.-William
T. Fiwen, who claims to he a gradu-
ate of the University of Vienna and
the son of a millionaire. went into the
police station yesterday and asked to
be sent to the workhouse SO he could
get something to eat. Eiwen had just
stood in a long line of applicants for
a job as dishwasher in a restaurant
and had failed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Drinks Acid and Dies.

Minneapolis. June 17.-August Han
son, fifty-one year sold. a carpenter
formerly employed at the Soc railroad
shops, committed suicide last night by
drinking carbolic acid, Financial mat
ters is thought TO be the cause that
made him commit suicide.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
BEE FARMER cREMATED.
Bachelor Who Lives Alone Meets
Death in Fire.

Chatfield. MINI. June II. - Clark
Monette, a farmer residing four mile.
from this village and an expert In
bee culture, was cremated in his
home early yesterday morning. His
brother discovered that the house had
burned and search Of the ashes re-
vealed only a few bones and a watch
that was identified as the property OF
the missing man.
No one saw the fire and there Is no
evidence that would in any way give
a clue as to the cause.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
cRAzED FROM HUNGER; MAY DIE
Man Is Locked in Freight Car for Sew
en- Days and Nights.

New York, June 14.-CraZed from
want Of food and water. Chester A.
O'Connell, a machinist of Bath Beach,
was rescued from a freight car in the
Harlem yards yesterday and taken to
Lincoln hospital, where it was said he
might die.
O'Connell was working in Jackson
vile. Fla, and losing his job crawled
into a freight car laden with potatoes
to make his way back to New York.
While he was asleep in the car the
door was locked and the car started
northward. For even days and
nights he was locked in the car.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
CAUGHT AFTER MERRY CHASE.
Old Soldier Arrested for Enbezzle.
ment Of $4,000 in 1904.

Knoxville, Tenn, June II. = Pres
colt Boynton, an old Union soldier.
was arrested here yesterday and is
held for the authorities in Manitowoc.
Wis. He is charged with the embez-
element of $4,000 OF United States
bonds and also with grand larceny.
The crimes are alleged to have been
committed in 1904, and Boynton has
since been leading the officers a mer-
ry chase.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
SICK OF THE HINDUS.

British Columbia Commissioner Would
Deport 1000 Orientais.
Seattle, June ia thousand Hin
du residents of British Columbia will
be depOrted to India if the plan of w.
l.. Mckenzie King, deputy commits
sioner of labor for the province, is APP
proved by the Dominion government.
He says there are 1000 East Indians
in Vancouver, New Westminster and
vicinity out of work and living by beg
ging. OF this number 500 are willing
to be deported. Under the law the
minister of labor has the necessary
authority to order the deportation OF
the other 700.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Gov. Dawson Has tuberculosis.

Charleston, w. Va, June 1.-THE
physicians of Gov. Dawson of West
Virginia have informed him that he
has developed tuberculosis. He left
last night for Asheyille, N. c.. where
he will spend at least three Or four
months.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
THAW STAYS IN JAIL.
Pending Application for Transfer to
Some Other ASYLUM,

PcndIHQ RppIICdtI0n TOT IFdnSfeF 10
Some Other Asylum.
New York. June IA. - Harry K.
Thaw will remain in the Poughkeep-
sic jail pending al application Of his
counsel to Justice Bowling of the SUI
preme court for a change of the order
committing, him to the state hospital
for the insane at Matteawan. This de-
cision was rendered by Justice Nor.
schauser Of Poughkeepsie. after hear
ing arguments of counsel in this city
yesterday on a motion to transfer the
prisoner to any state asylum other
than an asylum for insane convicts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Ball Players Leo Broken.

Osceola, Wis. June II. While
PLAYING ball at Star Prairie Sunday
with the Oscecla and Star Prairie
mines, Marian Head of Osceola broke
his left leg below the knee.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
THAWS ARE AT PEACE.
Evelyn Visits Harry and Will Not
Seek Separation.

Pouehkeepsie, n. Y, June 17.-Eve-
Ign Thaw again visited her husband
in jail here yesterday. She tool din
e with her husband in Sheriff Chan
ler's room in the court house.
New York, June 16.-Evelyn Thaw
and her husband have become econ
ciled and will not be separated, &C
cording to a statement made yester-
day by Daniel O'Reilly, Evelyn Thaw's
counsel.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Artist Is Drowned.

New York, June 14.-John McGreer,
a landscape artist, sixty-nine years Of
age, who until recently lived in Chi
cago, was drowned in the Hudson
river yesterday as the result OF an &C
cident.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
LEARNS HUSBAND is DYING.
Chippewa Falls Woman Told of Fight
With HoId-un Men.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, June II. -
Mrs. John f. Englart has received
word that her husband had been ia
tally shot at Elizabeth. Pa, by mem
bers of a gang of hold-up men whom
he. in the capacity Of detective, was
trying to arrest. He corraled four Of
a gang in a wood choppers house. and
they opened fire on him. He killed
one of them before he was struck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
SHOOTS AT WAR CHIEF.
Man Calls at Ministry and

Demented Man Calls at Ministry and
Tries to Kill. Gen. .Picouard.
Paris, June IA man named Bel
LANCER, while waiting to see Minister
of War Picquart at the war ministry
with the protested object Of present.
ing a petition to him, suddenly thrust
his hand into his pocket and begarS
firing shots from a revolver. Two
of the bullets lodged in an upholsteA
ed chair and another in the mans
arm. Bellanger was arrested. He il
believed to be demented.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Hotel Men Disappointed.

1t was observed that some of the ar
irving state delegations were stripped
TO a strict business basis of delegates
and ~alternates, without the usual quo
Ia of lung shouters. This brought the
cancellation Of hotel rooms in goodly
number until some of the large hotels
threatened legal proceedings for this
unexpected diminution OF
The headquarters of the presiden,
tial candidates were full OF activity
throughout the day. But while these
scenes were going on before the eys
Of all, the more important work of
preparation on candidates and plat
form was being gone over at private
conferences in the upper chambers of
the hotels, where few were admitted
and little was made known.
Confer on Platform.
One of the chief conferences OF the
day was upon the platform. and while
this was rather informal it brought
about the clear understanding that
the document as already drafted, in
accordance with the views of the pres
ident and Mr.. Taft, would go before
the convention in substantially its
present form.
The vice presidential contest con-
,inues to be the most ~enigmatical fea-
ture of the preliminary work and the
delegates are as much in doubt as at
any time since the contest began.
The Dolliver element appears to be
making the greatest advance. and this
gave rise yesterday to reports that
the Dolliver movement was now as
sured of success. The friends of 9TH
er candidates were far from admitting
this and began maturing plans for de-
cisive action.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Crimes and Criminals.

Mine persons were arrested at
calesburg, Ill, charged with violating
the local option law. Some Of the &C.
eused r OF prominence.
Miss Anna Erickson of Tacoma, an
artist who won mor than local re-
Gown for her work, committed suicide
BY hanging herself to her bedpost.
Thirteen persons charged with po-
ttical offenses were executed in vari-
sls cities in Russia, Of which FIVE
we're in Ufa, four in LODI and four in
Odessa.
Convicted OF stealing an old straw
hat and a screwdriver from the sex
ton OF a church at Easton, Pa, Ed.
ward Whalen was sentenced to serve
ten years in the Eastern ~penitentiary.
Anthony Colligan, formerly a mem
Der OF the police of Evanston, a SUBJ
arb OF Chicago. while crazed by drink
shot and killed his wife and then fired
Q bullet into his own body, dying a
few hours later.
Frank Irvine. a defendant in the
capitol conspiracy case now on trial
Ut Harrisburg, Pa, has been removed
to the state hospital for the insane.
The, case of the other five defendants
will 20 to the jury probably Friday.
Al Elcenter. Cal, a number OF
young men overturned a wagon load.
ed with japanese laborers mi a party
Of japanese were stoned at the rail.
road station. Several arrests have
been made. The trouble appears to
Sc due to the surplus Of laborers.
Charles r. corlett. head of the Cor.
lett Engineering company, killed his
wife and then ended his own life in
I hotel ii, Willoughby. 2 Cleveland
suburb. The double tragedy is said
u " ~ result Of jealousy. MI. and
M. Corlett were well known in
syslARd socssty
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Explosion Fatal to Three.

Lexington, KY. June IA. - While
working yesterday on the railroad
near Paragon, Noah Fugate and Oban-
ion Parry We're killed and Tolman
Triplett fatally injured by an ,explo-
sion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-19
Delegates and Marching Clubs
Arrive for National Repub-
liCan Convention.
CONTEST ON SECOND PLACE
Vice Presidency Most Interesting Feature
OF Preliminary Work-Confer
on Platform.

Chicago, June 16.-With flags flying.
bands playing and crowds surging.
the usual Sunday calm of Chicago
gave way yesterday to the many noisy
demonstrations which usher in a ma
tlonal convention. State delegations
and marching clubs, slow in arriving.
passed into the city throughout the
day. and there was an incessant din
of brass bands. marching men and ex-
ploding enthusiasm. 1t was an ideal
summer day, with bright skies and a
cool breeze from the lake which gave
promise of good convention weather.
but despite the thrush of strangers
there was an u~ndercurrent of feeling
that the multitude was not as great
and the enthusiasm not as feverish
and overwhelming as in the times
past.