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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
KILLS FAMILY ON AUTO RIDE.
Man Shoots Wife, Two Children and
Self in Presence Of Crowd.

Seattle, Oct. 27.-After taking his
wife and two children for an automo-
bile ride, a mar whose name is said to
be John A. Potharst led them to an
embankment at the foot of A street,
where he killed the woman and their
daughter Kathleen, two years of age;
wounded their infant son John, and
then fatally wounded himself, in the
presence of a Mortified crowd.
Papers found On the ground later in
dictate that the man was enraged be-
cause his wife was about to seek a
divorce.
Witnesses had just been attracted
by the quarreling couple when Pot
harst suddenly fired, the bullet strik-
ing his wife in the neck. AS she rolled
down the embankment he fired again,
the bullet penetrating her brain.
He then seized the daughter, held
her at arms length and snuffed cut
her life with a third bullet.
The fourth ball fred entered the
right cheek of the infant, John.
Potharst then fired a bullet into his
own head and is dying. Little hope
for the recovery of the infant is en-
tertained,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
-FOUR BIGAMItS N ONE FAMILY
WOman's Attempt to Get Divorce Re.
veals Amazing Matrimonial
Mix.up.

New York, Oct. PA most amaz-
ing story of matrimonial compiled.
tons. including four frankly admitted
bigamies in one family, has come to
light through the attempt of Mrs. Da-
vid Sefd@l 'of No. $50 Grand street,
Brooklyn, to bring divorce action
against her husband a few days ago.
Among some of the things which
Mrs. Seidel has confessed is that she
married George Longeill, ST., knowing
George Lonseill, Jr., her husbands
ION by a previous marriage, without be-
ng divorced; allowed George Longe-
Ill, Jr., while he was still her husband,
to marry her daughter Ida. who was
his W half-sister and daughter of
his own father: married, without di-
v~orcing George Longeill, Jr., David
Seidel, her present husband.
Still Another Twist.
Added to all these complications Is
another. David Seidel, according to
the woman, tired of her and o the
affections of the young wife of her
son, William Loneeill. He left Mrs.
Seidel, she says, and went to live with
young Mrs. Loneeill.
Mrs. Seidel, when she went to Attor-
ney Andrew J. Smith to ask him to
get her a divorce. told him nothing
about her previous marriages. She
merely narrated Seidel's alleged mis-
conduct and named young Mrs. Longe-
i'll as correspondent. The attorney
went ahead, served papers upon Sci
del and brought suit in the Brooklyn
supreme court.
When Seidel received the papers he
called upon the lawyer and told him
what he knew about his wife's prev!-
u marriages and her family history.
Mr.. Smith summoned his client and
she admitted that she had had a very
much ~checkered career. The attorney
~thereupon threw up his hands III as
constituent and abandoned the case.
All Are Church Members.
At present she has no lawyer and
probably will have a hard time in get
ting one to take her case.
Everybody concerned in the remark
able mix-up is a regular attendant at
one or another of several Brooklyn
churches. The children all 90 to
school and are bright and clean.
The elders are all fairly prosperous.
They discuss the case and the compli-
Gated relationships with the utmost
freedom.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
NEWS or THE WEEK IN tPTOMt
e0portant Events at Homo and %
Foreiss Shores Briefly
Told.
At the Capital.

A total of $1.2si. 263,4s0 in new
money was printed and circulated by
the bureau Of engraving and printing
during the last fiscal year, according
to the annual report Of Director
Ralph.
Gypsy Smith. English evangelist, is
tanning the religious enthusiasm OF
Washington into such frenzy that
thousands of the attendants at his
mass meetings follow him through the
streets, singing Rescue the Perish
ing"
President Roosevelt has directed
United States District Attorney Dun
kle of Pittsburg to take up at once the
prosecution of the case OF the deposit
tors against Cashier j. B. F. Rinehart,
charged with a~bstracting 10000 900
from the funds Of the Farmers and
Drovers' National bank Of Waynes-
buA &, Pa, two years ago.
J. H. Collins, said to be a former
employee of the isthmian canal com-
mission, left a statement with Secre-
tary Wright alleging that he had been
Disseminated against by the canal
commission and had been unjustly
treated by officers or employee Of
that body on the isthmus. His state
ment was sent to the commission for
report.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
MORSE BUSTED BANK
President Curtis Tells Clearing House
Official Bank Is All Right
If Morse Is"

New York. Oct. 2S.-After the adj
mission of testimony by John W.
Gates, Former Judge Morgan J.
OBrien, Charles M. Schwab, John II.
Flagler and William F. Havemeyer, to
the effect that as directors of the Ma
tional Bank of North America they
had V authorized the honoring of
overdrafts by Charles w. Morse, the
vice president of the bank, and had
never known of the existence Of such
a practice, the prosecution late yester-
day rested it's case in the United States
court here against he former banker
and promoter and his fellow defend
ant, A.. II. Curtis, who are being tried
for alleged violation of the national
banking laws.
Sensations Furnished.
The days session furnished a num-
Der Of sensations, not the least Cf
which being the declaration by w. w.
Lee. a former vice president Of the
bank, that on the day of the ~institu-
tons collapse, Curtis, the president.
had said to him: II have just told
NIL SS titdt liz "a puSlCu Tx baAn.
MIR. Lee was questioned at length con
corning the happenings behind closed
doors Of the bank during the evening
hours of Oct. Is, 1907, the day of the
collapse.
After the accounts of the days
transactions had been closed it was
discovered, MI. Lee testified, that Mr..
Morse had overdrawn his accoun
$21l 900.
Securities 2epudiated.
In order to make good this deficien-
cy Morse had turned into the bank a
quantity of securities. for the most
part 1tocks and bonds not listed IN
the stock exchange and of doubtful
value, as collateral for a loan of SILL
600. This loan the directors repudi-
ated on the following day. the collat-
eral put up by Morse being found Il II
satisfactory.
Testimony intended to show the
dominating influence exercised over
the National Bank Of America by
Morse was given by ". A. Nash. presi.
dent of the Corn Exchange bank and
a member Of the clearing house com
mittee.
Was Up to Morse.
Mr.. Nash, it appears, informed Cur
It's of the intention Of the clearing
house committee to examine the Bank
OF North America.
Il took M. Curtis aside" testified
Mr. Nash, and asked him If the bank
was all right. He waved his hand to-
ward Morse and replied: If he is ali
right, the bank is all right
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
EMPEROR THANKS PRESIDENT.
Takahira Says Heaven Help Us to Join
Hands More Firmly.

Washington, Oct. %. - Il suppose
heaven helped us to join our hands
firmly said japanese Ambassador
Komoro Takahira yesterday, with
emotion, as he discussed the visit of
the American feet to Japan, which
has just come to an end.
Ambassador Takahira had a short
while before he returned from the
White House, where he was the guest
of President Roosevelt at luncheon.
and to whom he delivered a message
of thanks from the Japanese emperor
for the message which the president
sent as the fleet departed. The baron
personally thanked the president for
having sent the feet to japanese wa
tiers and said it's visit had %furthered
to a great degree the feeling of friend
ship held by the Japanese for the peo-
pie of the United States.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
HURLED TO TRACKS.
Chicago Man Showed Over Elevated
Station RAILING,

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S. Robbers hurled a
mar believed to be Joseph King Of
Evanston from the Kinzie street sta
ton platform of the Northwestern
elevated road, the police declare.
King was found dying beneath the
elevated structure yesterday. His
skull was fractured, and he had been
beaten almost to death, as his head
was covered with cuts and bruises.
The police concluded from their in
ve%stigation that the victim went to
the station to take a train and that
while OF the p,atmorm he was attack
ed by holdup men.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
caaualNsa.

The Harper ni~troglycerin factory at
explosion and four persons killed.
Three trolley cars collided at Thir-
teenth street. Kansas City, and were
badly wrecked. One man was killed
and fifteen other passengers were In
jured.
An o~verheated stove set Are to a
dwelling house at Summit, Pa, and
four children lost their lives, while
two other persons were probably fatal
~ injured.
Gottlieb Bruder and hislittle o
Raymond were drowned in h De-
sroit river at Detroit when their skiff
WAS swamped by swells from a pass
Ing steamer.
Willard Smith, the elder of the two
eons of Senator William C. Smith of
Eagle Grove, Iowa, was killed in the
football game at Clarion. His nose
was broken and he bled to death.
While walking on the track two
miles north of Liscomb, Iowa, Marie
Trimble, aged sixteen, and Minnie
Cook, aged fifteen, were instantly kill
ed by an Iowa Central freight train.
Two separate tornadoes struck
Sharon Springs, Kan, and completely
demolished three residences and in
jured a dozen people. 1t is thought
that m will die.
News has just reached Scottsboro,
Ala, of the burning Of the large cotton
gin Of Butler & Co, at Newhope, by
night riders. This is the first report
OF a gin being burned in Alabama by
night riders. y
AS a result Of ptomaine poisoning,
three children of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hackert OF Schenectady, ". Y, are
dead, the father is critically i'll, and
and three other daughters are less Sc
riously affected.
Harry and Lewis Manarr were kill
ed at Glare, Mich, ard their mother,
Mrs. James Quick, was fatally injured
by the explosion of sixteen pounds of
dynamite which had been placed in
their oven to dry and was forgotten.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
FoRTY-FoUR PRISONERS TAKEN.
Arrested in Connection with Reelfoot
Lake Murder.

Camp Memo, Reelfoot Lake, Tenn,
Oct. 27.-Forty-four more prisoners
yesterday in connection with the MUIR
der at Walnut Log last week of Capt.
Rankin.
No charges against any of the ar
rested ones have been made public.
Aside from the arrests, the day pass
ed quietly with the troops in the dis
turbed region.
that he had Cancelled all speaking
dates in his campaign for reelection
and will devote his attention to the
ReelfoOt lake region.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Sltqht Increase in Colony.

Manila, Oct. 27.-Seven new cases
of cholera We're reported in this city
for the day ending Sunday night. The
slight increase in the spread OF the
disease is ascribed by the authorities
to the many gatherings Of the people
on Saturday night and Sunday and
the feasts that accompanied these
meetings. The situation is not consid.
cred to be grave.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
sERviA PREPARES FOR WAR.
All First Reserves Called Out and
War Material Ordered.

London, Oct. ga dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Belgrade says that
the Servian government has called out
all the first reserves and has ordered
kaiki for the troops, 300 Maxim guns
and 400 military automobiles.
According to this dispatch King Pc
ter has informed the Turkish minister
that an alliance probably has been
concluded between Servia and Monte
negro, but that this in no way inter-
feres with the friendship Of these
countries for Turkey.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Sins and Sinners.

EE4&3&
Overlooking $4,000 in jewels, a thief
IN bis hurry left the residence OF Mrs
Robert A. Parker. Jr., at Memphis.
taking with him $4,000 worth Of rings,
brooches and gems.
Maurice Shocks has just been re-
leased from the county jail at Canton,
Ohio, after serving six months for a
crime that his brother has just con.
fessed having committed.
Clara Weiland, fifteen years old,
committed suicide at New Sharon,
Iowa, because her mother sco.deG ;.er,
It Ii said, for hardness In returning
home from school. The girl took
arsenic.
W. u. Culbertson, aged sixty-.1nr,
president Of the East National bark
Sor thirty-1ve years. committed suicide
N the bathroom yof his home at Ger.
rot. iowa. by shooting himself througn
the head.
Arthur Thavanot was convicted in
81. Louis Of fraudulent registration
and war sentenced to two years i'm.
pri on1nent III the ~penitsntiary. His
father u an employe Of the city street
department.
Two brothers who engaged In 4
dispute at Cranesville, w. Va, over
ne distribution Of the large estate
left b. their father. are dead. each
having inflicted ! wound upon the
other which proved fatal.
- 4|Se. E&4HE &Ns-r --&AA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
DEFENSE SAME AS THAW'S.

lnarity. Caused by Wife's Confession,
Will Be Army Officers Plea.
New York, Oct. 2S.-Capt. Peter G.
f. Annis for the alleged betrayal Of
his wife will plead insanity, as did
Harry X. Thaw.
This develored yesterday when the
army officer, with his brother, r. Jen-
kin Hams, was arraigned before JUS
tice Garretson in the supreme court
at Flushing, l.. |.
That Mrs. Claudia Hams confessed
to her husband of these relations is
alleged by John Mcintyre, counsel for
the Hams brothers.
Letter Viii Be Factor.
Omitting certain sentences, which
he said no newspaper would print, the
letter read:
Dear Billy: Don't come down Mon
day evening. Everything is over now
between Peter and myself. He has
found u everything. | am going to
Boston and will send you my address.
Want to see you and tell you all about
it. Am almost crazy. Good-by.
-"Claudia."
Both the Hams brothers were clean
shaver when they appeared in court.
The absence OF Capt. Hams mus
tache emphasized the effeminacy and
weakness of his features. while his
brothers strong. square chin, shorn
of the growth of beard he has cult
waited since the day Annis was shot,
stuck out the more aggressiyely by
contrast.
Both Plead.
Capt. Hams was the first to be ar
raigned. He gazed uncertainty at the
court as his plea of nc guilty" was
accepted. Even then he remained
standing until pulled to his sea- by
a court attendant.
Justice ~Harretson, having disallow-
ed the demurrer by Mr.. Mcintyre as
to the indictments against r. Jenkins
Hams, he too, was ordered to plead TO
the first degree charge.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Blown Brains Out.

Mobile, Ala. Oct. 27.--Maj. Edward
Robinson, prominent at the local bar
and in politics, committed suicide late
yesterday by blowing out his brains.
He was considered of the leading
orators of the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
FALLS TO WELLS 9OTTOM.
Farmer Grabs at Rope, Pulling Wind
lass After Him.

Bruce, Wis. Oct. 28.-William Jor-
dan, a farmer living two miles south
of this place. while digging a well yes
terday slipped and fell to the bottom
Of the excavation, q distance of thirty
feet. In falling he grasped the rope
attached to the windlass used in rails
ing the dirt. TIL. windlass gave way
and fell OF top of him at the bottom.
Slight hopes are entertained for his
recovery
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Boat upsets, Drowning Two.

Jackson, Mich, Oct. q. - Frank
Uranium, thirty years of age, and
Ernest Fitzgerald, twenty, OF Water
loo were. drowned in Joslyn lake,
Washtenaw county. by the capsizing
Of their duck boat.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
People Talked About.

Robert Sutherland, who Is said to
have been the originator Of the canned
beef industry. Is dead in Kansas City.
aged sixty-eight years.
Charles Eliot Norton, the we'll
known philanthropist and scholar, and
lor. many years q member OF the Har-
ward faculty, IL dead at Cambridge,
Mass.
Gus Rogers OF the stage comedy
team OF Rogers Brothers, died in New
York Of appendicitis. Gus Rogers was
one of the best known low comedians
on the American stage.
Isaac r. Kern, a first cousin Of the
Democratic vice presidential candi-
date, died at his home at Big Stone
Gap, Va. He was sixty years of age,
m ex-Confederate aud a Republican.
Brig. Gen. John E. Milford, U. S.
A., retired. through whose efforts as
m agent for the exchange Of prison
ers during the Civil wal more than
$4,000 Union soldiers were restored
to their homes, is dead at Montour
Falls, N. Y.
Richard Hayes, who as general fore
man for the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway built many of the ia
nous tunnels end bridges along that
road. died in a hospital at Butte after
an operation. Hayes WIS n of the
Oldest railway constructors of the
West.
Join Fowler. American consul at
Chefoo. China, called on Secretary
Root and entered a protest against be-
Ing reduced from consul general to
and it is a question with the state de-
partment whether it will permit of his
return to China. His consular record
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
ssoo.cco Fire at St, John,s. N. 8.

st. Johns, N. F., Oct. 2S. Blair
Gordon g. Co.'S block. a wharf and
two vessels We're destroyed by fire
yesterday. The block was occupied.
by the owners and by a number of
other mercantile hcu"cs. The tota!
loss is estimated at 600, 900.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Qiaz Will BE Candidate

Mexico CITY. Oct -. President
Diaz a y in an open letter regarding
his, rumored retirement at the close Of
his present term in 1910 that the re.
ports are premature and unfounded.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Cir Explosion Kills Three.

Mount Pleasant. Tex, Oct. q. 80
James Scale, owner Of a gin near this
place, and two negroes were instant
J.. Killed and four other negroes were
badly injured as the result of the ex.
plrsion of a boiler at the gin.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
Accused Of Theft: End. Life.

Trinidad, Colo, Oct. q. - Despond-
ent after being charged with stealing
money from the postofice at Hoehn,
twelve miles east of here, Roen Smith
shot and killed himself at his parents
home, five miles north Of that place.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-30
TEMPLE ALL ONE PIECE.
First Big Structure Erected on the
Edison Plan Is Opened.

Chicago, Oct. 28.--The only temple
in the world whose walls, floor and
roof are OF one single piece was OPEN
ed yesterday at Lake street and For
est avenue Oak Park. 1t is lnilt of
reinforced concrete, on the Edison
plan, OF continuous material, with nd
seams.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-25
DID NOT REACH HOME
ANXIETY As TO WHEREABOUTS
OF ROANOKE COUNTY YOUNG
LADY.

Roanoke, Va, June 25-Mr. and
Mrs. Hames Gardner. OF Roanoke
county, are very much worried
about their daughter, Miss Bessie.
who has been visiting in Carroll
county. They received letter a
few days ago. saying she would re-
turn on Monday. As she did not
come, the father wired to Carroll
and received n reply stating that
she had left on Saturday for home.
Mr.. Gardner has gone to Carroll in
the hope of unravelling the mys-
terry OF her disappearance.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-25

When the Norfolk & Western
sought to condemn land for its cut
on around Lynchburg, 1t met With
some opposition to its claim OF emil
nent domain. At that time 1t was
pointed out that IL the Norfolk &
western desired to enjoy the privi-
leges OF condemnation on this cut
on that II would be necessary for
1t to surrender its old legislative
charter and all Of its special priv.
ileges and go before the state col
poration commission to secure a
charter from that body under the
new state corporation laws. This
would enable the company to con-
denim in the cases fought in the
courts, but would lose TO il it's spe-
cial privileges under the old cnar-
ter
IL was matter of considerable
interest as to how the Norfolk &
Western would meet the situation.
1t seems that the road has sue
ceeded in doing this by forming a
company to hold the belt line, and
deed has been recorded in the
clerks office in Lynchburg. convey
Ing to this company all the rights
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-25
WORK ON THE
VIRGINIA ROAD
ro1 CARS OF STEEL RAILS AR
RIVED AT ROANOKE IN THE
PAST FEW DAYS.

Roanoke. Va, June 25.-one
hundred and one cars OF steel rails
have arrived in Roanoke the past
few days for the Virginian road on
the western end of the line. One
mile OF track or rails for one mile
OF track is removed every day. for
the west end of the line.
The first train moved over this
road went to Salem yesterday. The
train consisted or twenty-five hun
dred tons of steel rails.
Another large force OF hands
will be put on tomorrow laying
track on the eastern section OF the
road. q
Ballasting To Begin.
Beginning July LIST ballasting on
the Virginian. in both sections. will
be pushed using one of their new
13O-ton Mogul engines
Mr.. l.. II. Taylor. superintend-
ent OF the road. is away on tour
of inspection. He expects the next
time. and not very long. he will
make his inspection from passen-
ger train.
Mr.. c. A. Hanson, the roadmast-
err, will leave this morning for
Brookneal to look after matters in
that section.
Mr.. s. NJ. Shartzer is the yard
master of the road in this city.
Modern Equipment.
1t is stated that plans are being
laid for the equipment OF the Vir-
ginian railways rolling stock and
according to Mr.. X. u. G. Sander
son. superintendent OF the motive
power OF this road, the latest and
most improved engines and car
equipment will be used on this
line
Mr.. Sanderson. Il is stated, has
been on a tour of the west inspect
ing the rolling stock OF the large
western railroads, where the most
up-to-date machinery is used. and
with this information, expects to
let contracts for furnishing the Vir-
ginian's equipment. He was at At
lantic City. n. j.. attending the
convention of National Master Car
Builders last week.
Big Engine Seen.
Yesterday out on the Virginian
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-25
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road near the jefferson street cross
ing. a large engine was seen >mov-
ing up and down the track. shifting
ears. II is refreshing 20 hear the
shrill whistle of the engine along
this line. There is an air OF bus
mess about the general appearance
in this section. Cars OF rails were
only n few days ago sent to the
Western section OF the line to com
plesc e.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-25

A drunken bullfghter picked row
with a bull that was being driven
through the streets of El Paso and.
according to correspondent.
many persons expressed indigna-
ton that such an animal should
have been at large in the streets"
But. oddly enough. the citizens re-
ferred to the bull
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-25

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