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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
Highwaymen Mistake Detectives
for Ordinary Citizens and
Battle EnSues.
one BANDIT DEAD; ONE fills
Sensational Revolver Fight in Streets
of MinneapoIis-ScOre of
Bullets Fired.

Minneapolis, Aug. 25.-Two bandits
who have been in the habit of holding
up residents of South Minneapolis for
a week or more tried to hold up De-
tectives Harry Hayes and Andrew
Grumpy Saturday evening, with the
result that one of them, Walter Brandt
of Fort Madison, Iowa, is dead. while
the other. wounded n bleeding, is
prowling through the city in search
of a place Of safety.
The wounding of the two highway
men was accomplished during one Of
the most sensational revolver battles
In the history of the city. 1t occurred
near Twenty-sixth street n Elliot
avenue, about 1890, at a time when
the people were returning to their
homes from the business districts.
At least twenty shots were fired by
the two officers and the two bandits.
Bullets flew in every direction.
Shot Through the Head.
Brandt, the bandit, was shot through
the head and through the legs. He
died shortly after being taken to the
hospital.
That the second bandit was wound
ed there is no doubt in the minds of
the detectives. Detectives Grumpy
evening to search for the highway
men. They were out nea Twenty
sixth street and Elliot emu in the
vicinity of which the two bandits
have been in the habit Of operating
and waited to be accosted. Each OFF,
GER had provided himself with a paper
bag. Into these bags they placed their
revolvers. Thus. as they walked down
the street they looked like a couple Of
men returning with sacks of fruit or
groceries.
Strangers Looked Suspicious.
The two were on Elliot venue
walking toward T~wenty-sixth street,
when two men approached them from
the opposite direction. The officers
had their suspicious that the two
strangers were the men they were
looking for, but did not signify by
word or action that they were suspi-
cious.
Il guess these two will do" said
one of the strangers as they drew up
in front of the two detectives. AS the
words were uttered n of the men
fred a shot. The bullet grazed Detec-
tive Hayes neck.
Hardly had the bandit shot before
the two detectives raised the sacks in
which they carried their revolvers and
opened fire. From that moment until
Brandt lay on the ground dying the
battle was fast and furious.
The second bandit escaped under
cover of darkness, firing as he ram,
and although the vicinity was closely
searched no trace Of him could be
found.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
BANDIT HOLDS Up
SEVEN COACHES
One After Another Yellowstone
Park Stages Are Stopped
and Tribute Levied.
H|GnWAYMAN GETS $4,000

Butte, Mont, Aug. 26-One highway
man, wearing a black mask. held ul
and robbed the passengers OF sever
| stage coaches in Yellowstone Park a,
a point only a few miles distant from
the Old Faithful inn, near the Upper
| Basin, according to telephone ad'
| vices received yesterday afternoon
! The coaches left the hotel in the usual
order, at intervals of a few minutes
| and were held up one after the other
| as fast as they came in sight.
The hishwayman was stationed at a
bend in the road. where he was invisi,
BILE from either direction.
Bandit Collects $4,000.
At the point of a rife he lined up
the passengers, and after relieving
them of money and valuables allowed
them to enter the stage and resume
their journey. This performance the
bandit enacted seven times. 1t is IN
derstood hat he collected in all more
than $4,000. The fact hat tourists in
the park are not permitted to carry
weapons made it impossible for any of
the passengers or drivers to offer re,
sistance. The robber was a man
about t%ifty-fve years old, weighing
about 140 pounds. After holding up
the last coach he disappeared into the
hills and it was afterward found that
he had made his escape on a horse be-
longing to the transportation company.
Soldiers Take Up Trait.
All haste was made back to Old
Faithful inn to give the alarm. The
soldiers encamped at the Thumb sta
ton were Immediately notified and a
messenger was dispatched to the camp
of soldiers on the West Gallatin river,
at the west boundary of the park. The
soldiers from Fort Yellowstone were on
the road to take up the trail within
ten minutes after news was received.
1t is thought almost certain that the
bandit is heading for a point between
Big Springs and Ashton, stations on
the Oregon Short Lines Yellowstone
Park branch and north of Idaho
Springs. There are a number of set
tiers and forest rangers in the upper
and lower basins. and if he continues
after reaching the main road he cannot
escape observation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
SHOTS FIRED DURING RIOT,
Fierce 3attI eBreaks Out 1t Cleveland
During Capmakers' Strike.

Cleveland, Aug. 25. - A fierce riot
between striking capmakeGs and
strlkebreakers tool place Saturday,
One man was badly beaten and several
were hurt by flying missiles. The po-
lice were compelled to fire on me
moi before breaking up the riot.
The strikehreakors are employed
by Edward Lew / co. AS they were
leaving the factory the strikers in a
body attacked them an = sharp en-
counter followed. with clubs
and bare fists Y ~-AlhanEad, and
the street was crowued with a fighting
mob. Stones flew thick.
Special Policeman A. H. Templeton
RAJ to the Ger o. the trouble, seized
several of the men and tried " pull
them apart. He was hurled to the
ground by the strikers, who kicked
and beat him.
Templeton raised himself to his
knees and fired a shot in the face Of
the mob, which Immediately scattered.
Several other shots were fired, but the
moi lost its firmness.
A squad Of policemen arrived on the
scene just as the shots We're fired.
They dispersed the mob and the work.
mel left the place in safety,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
BARON Won STERNBERG IS DEAD.
German Ambassador to the United
States Succumbs in GERMANY.

Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 2G. -
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the Ger
man ambassador to the United States,
died in the Hotel Victoria in this city
about midnight last night. The baron
ess, who was Miss Lillian May Lang
ham Of Louisville, KY. was with her
husband at the end.
The baron and baroness came here
from Holmburg the end of last month
to consult with Prof. Vincenz Ger
ney, a skin specialist, concerning a
malady from which the ambassador
had been suffering for some time.
After a prolonged examination of the
diseased part on the left side of Baron
o Sternburg's head, Prof. Czerney
asserted the trouble was not cancer
but a lupus and that he could cure it.
Both the ambassador and his wife
were immensely cheered at this opin-
ion.
Baron Won Sternburg is described as
having felt that his long agony was
nearly over and that soon he would
be a well man again. His wife shared
that hope.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
From Other shores.

Osman Ma Miami Pasha has been
| appointed Turkish minister OF war to
succeed Rodjeb Pasha, who died sud.
denly of apoplexy.
The strike OF printers which has
been In progress at Copenhagen for
some time has been settled through
the Intervention of the minister of the
interior.
The Ecuadorian congress has con.
ferred upon DR.. ]. B. Lloyd of the
American Marine hospital service
Ecuadorian citizenship for his serv-
ices in connection with the sanitation
Of Guayaquii.
The fourth international Esperanto
congress at Dresden was attended by
1900 persons. The congress was open
cd by the singing OF the Esperanto
hymn. The United States was repre-
sented by Maj. Paul F. Straub Of the
medical corps.
The lockout at the Vulcan ship.
building yards at Stetin has been end
ed by the return Of the 5000 riveters,
the men having accepted the compa-
ny's conditions. The trouble had it's
origin in a dispute over payment Of
overtime wages.
Prince Henry Of Prussia, brother of
the kaiser, has applied for a patent for
an autocatic cleaner of the glass
screens used to protect occupants of
automobiles. The invention is in the
form of a leather lined rule, moving
up and down the screen when the car
is speeding in the rain.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28

Queen Wilhelmina Anxious 10 Preserve
Decentralization Is Be.
ing Urged.

The Hague, Aug. 25.-The distant
Venezuelan war cloud does not rufhe
the %placidity of the Dutch capital in
the least. There is no enthusiasm
over n prospect of Furnishing Presi-
dent Castro for the insult suffered by
the Dutch minister. The public ap-
| pears content to let the government
take whatever measures it considers
proper and necessary and displays lit
Tie interest or curiosity in the course
events have taken in the diplomatic
relations between Holland and Vene-
! zuela.
Prepare for War.
Some show of interest was made d.,
rectly after a recent meeting of the
cabinet. at which the entire situation
was discussed, but since then the
"heels or the government have moved
slowly, the minister of foreign af-
fairs awaiting the return of NJ. de
Reus. the Netherlands minister-resi-
lent in Caracas, who was diJmissed
by the Venezuelan president. NJ. de
Reus is expected to arrive here to-
day.
The officials of the foreign office
profess to believe hat there is yet 4
chance of settling the trouble between
the two nations by diplomacy, but
preparations which are now being
made by the ministry of marine dis
credit such optimism. Nothing less
than the speedy withdrawal of Presi-
dent Castro's DEGREES which have been
the means OF gripping trade in the ISL
and OF Caracas and something in the
nature of an apology will be satisfac.
tory to Holland.
National Honor lnsuIted.
There are few, however, who be-
lleVe that President Castro will con-
sent to these terms. Arbitration is be-
ing urged by some of the newspapers.
which put forward the argument that
Holland, being the home of the worlds
peace conferences and its capital the
site of he peace palace, should be the
last country to embark in warfare.
The government would be glad if
such a solution as that offered by ar
bltration were possible. Queen Will
heimina particularly is anxious to pre-
SEIZE peace, but apart from the fact
that Castro laughs at the decisions of
arbitration courts, the cabinet regards
the summary dismissal of it's minister
as an insult to the national honor
which is outside the class of cases for
which arbitration is suitable.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
FEDERAL SltUTHS' HANDS OFF
Say There Is Little Evidence Against
Man Charged With Stealing
$4,000 in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 26.-George w. Fitz-
gerald, former assistant teller Of the
United States s~ubtreasury here, was
arraigned yesterday befre Judge Chef.
ham, charged with stealing the S173,-
900 which disappeared from the sub
treasury in February of last year,
theft of which has baffed both the
state and federal authorities. The
court announced a postponement until
mex Monday had been agreed upon
and that Fitzgerald would be released
on a $4,000 bond. This was furnish
ed and the prisoner was set free.
The federal authorities declare they
have watched Fitzgerald since the dis
appearance of the money and that
there is little evidence of convincing
character against him. Capt. Porter
Of the United States secret service
says he will have nothing to do with
the proceedings against Fitzgerald.
AS the state judge under the United
States statutes must turn over the
prisoner to the federal courts if he
finds probable evidence that a crime
has been committed, fine legal tangles
appear possible.
Attorney LitZinger, for Fitzgerald,
declares the arrest of his client is a
"job.' He says an immediate hear
ing will be demanded.
Attorney Barbour declared yester-
day thai private detectives had gath
cred evidence which promises sensa-
developments to-day or Wednes-
day. Private detectives declared that
other arrests will be made soon. They
say two Chicago men are being shad-
owed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
BIG STICK FOR HONDURAS.
Report Says Mexico and United States
Mil Make Demonstration.

City OF Mexico, Aug. 26. - 1t has
been learned here on good authority
that the Mexican gunboat Bravo,
which left the port Of Vera Cruz two
days ago. under sealed orders, is pro-
ceeding to a port in the republic of
Honduras, where she will join the
United States eunboat Marietta in a
demonstration against the republic.
Just what developments have occur
red IN the Contra American situation
to make this joint demonstratin on
the part of Mexico and the United
States necessary, cannot be learned
at this time. Those we'll informed on
Central American affairs declare that
information has reached this capital
and Washington which has deter
m ned the two governments to be pre-
pared to take action.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
ILL LUCK FOR LUMBERMEN.
SawmiII Men Have Twice Had Fatal
Explosions.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Aug. IS. -
Rehnke Bros, whose sawmill at Park
Falls last Thursday was the scene Of
an explosion which killed n man,
were the owners OF a sawmill near
Holcombe. Chippewa county, which
blew I'D Jan. %. 1906, and killed ey-
en- men and wounded a number OF
others. After the latter residence
burned up they went to Park Falls to
run the mill which was destroyed
Thursday
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CASTRO At IT AGAIN.
Will Allow No Passengers to Clear for
West indian Islands.

Port of Spain. Aug. 26.-News has
been received here that President
Castro has instructed the collectors of
customs in Venezuelan ports not to
clear any passengers for the West In
dian islands. The Venezuelan consul
here has been instructed to withhold
passports from persons DESTROYS of
taking passage on the steamers to
Venezuela. This action on the part
of the Venezuelan government has
caused great Indignation.
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Personal.

James Kelsey Cogswell. rear admi
rel, U. 8. NJ, retired, died unexpected
y at Jacksonville, Fla.
The government OF Honduras has
granted a banking concession to AL
fred MOissant, an American citizen.
DR.. Frederick Paulsen, professor of
philosophy in the University of Ber-
lin, died in Berlin of cancer. He was
born In 1916.
William H. Taft and w. ]. Bryan
are expected to attend the G. A. r.
encampment at Toledo, Ohio, the first
week in September.
Or. Henry Hopkins, former president
Of Williams college, died of pneumo-
MIA at Rotterdam, Holland. DR.. Hop
kins had been i'll for six days.
Mrs. Philip C. Hanna. wife of the
American consul general for the
northern district Of Mexico, died at
FL Paso after a lingering illness.
Rollo B. Oglesbee Of Laporte, Ind.
head Of the Indiana banking depart.
ment and well known over the state
as q newspaper man, politician and
historian, Is dead of heart disease.
Col. Fitzroy Sessions, prominent in
the early history of Blackhawk county,
Iowa, and especially in Cedar Falls,
died at the insane hospital in indie
pendence, Iowa. Col. Sessions served
In the Civil war.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
CLOSE RACE ACROSS OCEAN.
kroonland Reaches Sandy Hook as
Minutes Ahead of ~Statendam.

New York, Aug. &c. - When the
ocean liner KroOnland, from Antwerp
and Dover, passed in at Sandy Hook
yesterday she was forty-five minutes
ahead OF the Statendam, from Rotter-
dam. 1t was a close three-thousand.
mile race all the way across AS the
KIoonland was leaving the English
channel on Aug. 1G she got a glimpse
of the S~tatendam's heels. From that
moment the Kronland increased speed
until she gained the lead on the 18th.
The liners never lost sight of each
other from that time until the race
was finished.
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Rather in kjndlino Bites Two.

Sergent, KY, Aug. 25. Charles
Reiss, a Knott county farmer, carried
an armful of bark into the house for
stove kindling. A six-foot RATHER
crawled from it and two of his chill.
dren we're bitten before the reptile
could be killed. They will die.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
GiLHOUSE TALKS At FARGO.

Socialist-Labor Nominee Bitterly As
sails Capital and Trusts.
Fargo, N. d., Aug. 26.--August Gill
house, presidential nominee on the So
cialist-Labor party ticket, spoke here
last night to a large a%pdience. He
used a dry goods box for a rostrum
and the street corner for a hall. He
bitterly assailed capital and the
trusts, while lauding laboring men
and unions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
Drowning Is Coroner's Verdict.

Iowa City, Iowa, Aug. 25.-"Death
by drowning" is the verdict of Coro-
ner Donovan in the case of John
Keefer, whose mysterious death kept
the police guessing twenty-four hours
Keefer's body was found in a boat
floating down the Iowa river.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
Card PLAYER Shot At

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 25.-James Tay-
lor, hobo, was brought to Jail here,
charged with shooting at a companion
in Jungles, near Page, this county.
The men had been engaged in a game
Of cards which resulted in a quarrel
Taylor, it is alleged, drew a revolver
and fired at his opponent, but his aim
was poor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
Seven Hurt in Auto Wreck.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. rs. - Sever
Milwaukee people were injured last
evening, one perhaps fatally, when the
steering a of an automobile driven
by RI. +. King broke near Richfield
and the automobile plunged through a
barbed wire fence.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
Kills Rival Candidate.

Ironton, Ohio. Aug. 26. = fractional
politics are said to be directly respon-
sible for the killing yesterday Of Hen
ry Frecka by Robert Frowine. his RI
val candidate for Republican state
committeeman.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
MAN Is BLOWN TO PIECES.
Spark From Pipe Causes Explosion
Which Brings Death.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 26. = A miner
named Carl Stutzmyer at the Shenan-
go mine, near Chisholm, was blown to
piece by dynamite yesterday. He was
carrying a quantity Of the explosive
in his hands and was smoking a pipe
at the same time.
The theory is that a spark from his
pipe caused the explosion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
Kills Chickens ILLEGALLY.

Crookston, Mimi, Aug. 25.-Wilfred
Gervais, a blacksmith of the town of
Terreboune, in Red Lake county, was
arrested by William Munich, state
game warden, for killing prairie chick.
ems out of season.
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Casualties.

s@& M##9 ~0o0OSNsSos @=#@#&&H
Edwin Hawkins was hanged at Tue.
son. Ariz.. for the murder of Albert c,
Leonhardt.
Leo Smith, alias William Fay, was
shot and killed in an attempt to rob
. West Madison street saloon in Chi
cago.
Twenty-Five people we're precipitat
ed into the water at Peoria, ILL.,, by
collapse OF a bridge upon which they
were standing. Nine of them were in
jured.
Three deaths. an attempted suicide
and more than q dozen prostrations
were results of the intense heat that
prevailed owe st. Louis one day last
week.
John j.. Carroll, a veteran member
~ the New Orleans police force, was
cut to death by a negro cook, who
was afterward killed by the police on
! train on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad In their station here.
Gas escaping through an artesian
we'll In the kitchen Of Alexander Wally
II West Etna, Pa. exploded when one
u the family attempted to light the
oas stove. One child was fatally in
1ured and three others seriously hprt.
The shock caused by the mangled
hand Of her son is thought to have
caused the death. Of Mrs. Robert
Aowte, fifty years old, OF East Orange.
n. j.. Her son Alexander hurt his
hand and the mother set about the
task Of dressing the injured member.
stephen c. Sumner. for many years
prominent In trades union affairs, and
! candidate for the nomination for
clerk OF the appellate court in the re.
cent primaries In Chicago. was held
with two other union officials as an
accessory to the attempted murder OF
Writ B. Steyer. q milk dealer of Ken.
sington, = suburb.
While walking on the tracks near the
Floyd monument at Sioux City, John
j. Bradshaw. q section hand at Sar.
gent Blum, was struck and instantly
killed BY ! special North-W estern
stock train. Bradshaw was sixty-five
years old, ana lived 1 nthis locality
two years.
Is west-bound freight train ran into
I open switch west Of Livingston,
Mont, completely wrecking the board
Ing car, IN which we're MIS-. N. S.
Madison and her daughter Helen.
Bothe we're seriously injured, but win
eecover.
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Killed Under Car Wheels.

Granite Falls, Mimi, Aug. 26.-As a
stock train was passing the depot on
the st. Paul road a man attempted to
board the train, but missed his footing
and was ground 20 death beneath the
wheels. Nothing on him furnished a
clue to his identity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
Strikers Ask for Work

Toronto, Ont, Aug. 26. - The first
serious break in the ranks of the
striking mechanics occurred yesterday
when seven strikers applied for their
old positions at the West Toronto
shops and were taken back.
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NINE WORKERS TO CONVENE.
Annual Gathering Of Coal Miners
Opens at Helena,

Helena, Mont, Aug. 26. TIL can
nual convention of the United Mine
Workers, District No. 20, will be con-
vened in Helena at the Workers club
this morning and will probably be in
session until the annual conference
with the mine wne is held.
The wage scale conference will be-
gin here on Sept. 3.
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Sawnojll Is Burned.

saltwater, Mimi, Aug. 25. - The
Eclipse sawmill at South Saltwater
was totally consumed by fire Saturday
evening. The loss is $50, 900, and the
mill cannot be replaced for that.
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Strike Nav Be Called OF.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 2G.-There
is a feeling in Birmingham that some
important developments in the strike
situation are imminent. 1t is even
said to be probable that the strike
may be called off this week.
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FATAL DUEL At DEPOT.

change Shots.
Cumberland Gap, Tenn, Aug. 255.-
George Britton and Frank Davis, two
prominent men of this section, met
at the depot at Shawnee, two miles
east Of here Saturday and engaged in
a duel. Britton was shot five times,
the fifth bullet penetrating the heart
and killing him instantly. Davis re-
ceived wounds in the abdomen, breast
and shoulders and Is not expected
to live.
The shooting was the result of a
feud.
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Fire Causes s15o.ooo Loss.

Belleville, ILL.,, Aug. 25.- Fire last
night destroyed the factory of the Jor
dan Shoe company and the elevator
OF the Crown Milling company, entail
ing a loss Of $3.50 900.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest Of the News Worth TelliaS Con,
deased for the Basy
Reader.
At h Capital.

From the executive offices in Oyster
Bay the statement Is reiterated that
the president will make no campaign
speeches.
A decided falling of in the immigra'
ton from all countries to the United
States for July is shown by figures
compiled by the bureau Of immigra.
ton and naturalization.
Brig. Gen. Allen, chief signal officer
of the army, has received information
that the Washington-Alaska military
telegraph system has been extended to
Cordova, Alaska.
DR.. Harvey w. Wylie, chief OF the
bureau of agriculture, has received
notice Of his appointment to the hon.
orary presidency Of the first interna-
tional congress for the repression Of
adulteration of alimentary and phar.
Maceutical products.
John G. Capers, United States com
missioner of internal revenue, and
Charles A. Champion. chief chemist OF
the internal revenue department, have
arrived in Berlin for the purpose of
Investigating the German govern
ment's method OF inspection and con.
troll of denatured alcohol.
That the Panama canal can be com
plsfed within five years and at much
less cost to the government than has
been generally supposed is the infor-
nation which Col. Goethals, engineer
IN charge Of the work, is expected to
bring Secretary of War Wright from
the isthmus next month.