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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Crimes and Criminals.

John Marshall, aged thirty-five
years, shot and killed his wife at
Reading, Pa. and then himself. The
tragedy was the climax 10 a series
Of domestic quarrels,
Camelia SansOme. the wife Of Mi.
rino Sansone, an Italian fruit dealer,
committed suicide by pouring gasoline
over herself and igniting her clothing.
She had been In poor health.
Disheartened. 1t is thought, over
his failure to locate his mother and
brothers in Des Moines. George Vince
Ter OF Kansas City, Kan. committed
suicide by drinking carbolic acid.
Ralph Aldrich OF Des Moines was
arrested at Springfield, H., charged
with forging bank notes to the amount
Of $1,000 on the Farmers Bank OF
Huxley. Iowa, while cashier. He con
fessed.
Two burglars on their way to blow
open q safe in Pittsburg met Police
men Cummings and Valentine. The
policemen attempted to arrest the
burglars AZ suspicious persons, and
the latter threw two bottles of nitro
glycerin at them. The explosive
failed to act, however. One Of the
men escaped.
The law against manslaughter has
been invoked at Salt Lake City to
punish Charles p. Titus, q divine
healer" who. 1t IL alleged. permitted
two Of his small children to die Of
d~iphtheria without medical attention.
A third IL very i'll from the disease.
A warrant for Titus arrest was IS
sued yesterday.
Charges OF misconduct as public Of
1cials we're filed in the district court
ut Des Moines against County Attor-
ney Lawrence D. Gran, the board of
county supervisors and r. vanliew,
IN East side justice OF the peace, re-
vealing an alleged plot to protect q
county Official who should have been
prosecuted for embezzlement, accord
Ing to the statements in the petition.
In attempting to act as peacemaker
u = pistol fight between Harry Clay.
ton and Al Scheeler, Mel Powers. q
former steamboat man. race horse
owner and gambler, was shot through
fhe heart and instantly killed at Sioux
Slfy. Iowa. Clayton Is a bartender.
~ Il under arrest.
Robert Chemotse. IT., cashier OF the
Mafene Trust company Of Atlantic
q Olty. N: =. was arrested charged with
d~el1aestion q 10000. He made q
11es1so1 4 which he says that e.
1ss4 Aock market. Hs = under
etie1e -.
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
ADMIRAL THOMAS DEAD.
Apoplexy Cause Of Sudden Death at
Del Monte, Cal.

Del Monte. Cal, July Rear Ad-
miral c. NJ. Thomas died suddenly Of
apoplexy here Friday night. Mrs.
Thomas and her daughter Ruth are at
the hotel and will accompany the re-
mains, which probably will be taken
East.
Rear Admiral Thomas voluntarily
gave up the position Of COMMANDMENTS.
chief of the Atlantic battleship fleet,
after holding that rank a week in.
stead of a month, as planned, in order
that his successor, Rear Admiral
Charles S. Sperry, might familiarize
himself with all the workings of the
feet before it started on it's long
journey around the world from San
Francisco.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
General.

A bronze, statue to the memory of
John A. Roebling, erected by popular
subscription, has been unveiled at
Trenton, N. ].
The convention of the North Ameri.
can Turnerbund ended in Chicago aft,
err st. Louis had been selected for the
meeting place In 1910.
King Haakon and Queen Maude
opened the great Scandinavian fisher,
les exposition at Trondjhem. The
American minister to Norway, Her.
bert H. D. Peiree, was present repre-.
senting the United States.
The executive council of the Upper
Mississippi River Improvement asso.
citation met at Chicago and fixed the
dates for the next annual meeting OF
the organization, to DO held at Gin.
ton. Iowa, Sept. %, % and "a.
Suit has been fled in st. Louis
against twenty-four laundry concerns
alleging violation OF the antitrust
laws of the state. The laundrymen
are charged with having entered into
an agreement to fix and maintain
rates.
While the paper, it is claimed, has
paid all expenses to date, the organ of
the Mexican junta in Austin, Tex, has
been forced to suspend because OF
the refusal of the union printers to
handle the copy and the pressmen to
print the paper.
John Calvin's indulgence in bowling
Sunday was cited for the basis of a
decision in the appellate division of
the supreme court In Brooklyn, in
which it was ruled that the operation
Of a moving picture show on Sunday
was no a violation Of the law.
With the introduction of the new
oficers headed by Mrs. Philip n.
Moore OF st. Louis as president to.
the assembled delegates of the Gen.
eral Federation of Women's clubs at
hall, Boston. the federation
brought to q final adjournment the
ninth biennial convention.
A falling on from the previous year
cf 133, 3O3,514 in duties collected at
the port Of New York during the fis.
cal year ending juno 80. is shown by
the annual report Of the collector Of
customs. On the other hand, domes
&c experts Increased 4s5. 47s.ss4.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMf
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
Personal.

Thomas Lord, eighty-fonr years OLD
Z retired druggist of Chicago, died al
the home OF his daughter in LOUISVILLE
George H. Daniels, general passen'
ger agent of the New York Central,
lied at his home at Lake Placid, N.
r.
Robert Muir, a we'll known Manitoba
Krain merchant and former president
81 the Winnipeg Grain exchange, Is
lead in Winnipeg.
Lieut.. Gov. George H. Prouty OF
Newport, VT, was nominated for gov
amor OF Vermont by the Republican
convention.
Mrs. Jane Engis Smith, a real
Daughter OF the Revolution" VINO
lived in Iowa, is dead at Lincoln,
Neb. She was ninety-two years old.
Lieut.. Col. Ammon A. Augur, U. S.
A.. who for the past two months has
Teen stationed at Fort Thomas, KY,
Is dead at Cincinnati Of Bright's DIS
ease.
Booth Harrington, the Indiana nov
slist and playwright. and Harry l..
Wilson, who collaborated with him in
THE Man From Home" have COM
pleted their joint plays, Countess
Nancy. for Eleanor Robson, and
Cameo Kirby" for Nat Goodwin.
They are also engaged in writing a
play for May Robson and one for IN
other American star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Sins and Sinners.

One negro was shot and seriously
wounded as a result of a mutinv
among the negro convicts at a convict
camp twenty miles from Atlanta. Ga.
Ferdinand Dudenhofer. formerly a
state tax collector in New Orleans,
was found guilty Of embezzling about
$4,000 Of state funds. Sentence was
deferred.
Adolph Meyers, the ~ten-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Meyers OF
S%pringdale, Iowa. hanged himself
from a limb of a tree in the garden
of his home.
Just as John T. Sparks, a prisoner
at the police station at Belleville. ILL.,.
was about to hang himself with his
~ssupenders and necktie, his cell mate
interfered and called for help.
A claim is made by the officers OF
the Santa Fe that the wreck of the
California limited near Winslow
AriZ., Sunday night, was deliberately
bridge.
Despondent over lack of work. Emil
Gourding. aged thirty. formerly EN-.
ployed at the Wolverine mine. killed
| himself at Calumet. Mich. He shot
himself in the temple with a revoi
YER. He had been drinking heavily.
Jealous of his young wife and mis-.
taking his son for another man, Ju
Illus Turner, sixty-three years or age
of Sailor Springs. H.. shot his wife =
death from ambush, seriously wound
ed his fifteen-year-old son and at
attempted to commit suicide near
been separated four years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Murderer ls CAPTURED.

Birmingham, Ala, July Joe Hin
son, an Italian who chopped off the
head Of Charles s. Bassford with an
ak at Eastlake Saturday, was cap
tured in the woods near Irondale yes
terday. He frankly admitted his
crime. but claimed he acted in self.
defense.
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CAPTURED WHILE ASLEEP.

Man Wanted for Forgery Taken in a
Lonely Cabin After Long Search.
Duluth, July 8.-After eluding the
city and county authorities for months
Jake Schuhe, wanted for forgery. was
captured yesterday in a lonely cabln
at the end Of the Alger & Smith log
ging railroad.
The sheriff planned his attack well
and Schuhe was handcuffed before he
awoke.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
California Limited and St. Jos,
eph Express Meet in Head
on Collision.
CRASH OCCURS IN HEAVY FOG
Believed That Failure of California Linn.
tied to Take Siding Caused
the Wreck.

Knobnoster MO, July 4. - Nine
persons were killed and a score of
passengers were badly injured yester-
day morning in a wreck near here.
The fast Missouri Pacific California
limited and the St. Joseph express,
bound to st. Louis, met head-on be-
tween Lamont and Knobnoster. The
cause of the collision has not been
ure of the California limited TO take
the siding near knobnoster caused
the wreck.
The track at the seem is level and
without curves, but a heavy fog pre-
vailed at the time and prevented the
engineers from seeing ahead any dis
lance.
Debris Catches Fire.
The locomotives were smashed and
the mail, baggage and forward
coaches were badly broken up. Part
of the debris caught fire.
A special train bearing all available
physicians in Sedalia went to the
scene, and the dead and injured will
lie brought back there. The Califor-
MIA limited carried two mail cars, a
baggage car. two chair cars, two
sleepers n an observation dining
car.
The wreckage of the engines and
mail ears was in such a chaotic shape
| that not until the wrecking train
cleared it away to a large extent was
it positively determined how many
| dead were in the debris.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Revolution in Honduras.

Managua, Nicaragua, July S.-News
has reached here that a revolution has
been started in Honduras by the parti-
sans Of ex-President Bonilla. 1t also
is reported that the movement is re-
ceiying support from Guatemalans and
S%alvadOranS.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Shoe Thieves Sent up for Year.

Eau Claire, Wis. July 4. - For
breaking into a box car al Altoona
last Sunday night and taking several
pairs Of shoes Fred Bird, alias vii.
liam O'Connor of Boston, Mass, and
William Watson Of Chicago. were
sentenced by Judge James O'Neill o
one years Imprisonment
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lynchinu Is Feared,

Springfield, H.. July &c. A. Bal
lard. A hosting engineer, was stabbed
to death at his home early yesterday.
and Joseph James, a negro, was later
arrested charged with the murder.
Lynching is freely talked of.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Three Are Drowned.

Muscatine. Iowa. July Z. - Miss
Maud Garnes OF Muscatine. Miss Vera
Croxen of Atalissa and Clyde Slater
Of Moscow were drowned at Resley's
lake. near Muscatine, by the sinking
OF q gasoline launch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Riddle is Able to Sit Uo.

st. Petersburg, July s. John w.
Riddle of st. Paul, the American am
bassador here. who is convalescing
from a threatened attack of pneumo-
MIA, is gradually progressing toward
recovery and is now allowed to sit up.
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HELD UP; CASH NOT WITH HIM.
Victim Of Robbery Turns in Check,
but Leaves Money With Friend.

Deadwood, S. D., July S.-One of the
boldest hold-ups that has occurred in
Deadwood in a long while relieved
Charles Anderson, a miner from
Strawberry gulch, near here, of the
small change he had in his pockets.
According to the story Anderson told
the police he was set upon almost in
the heart of town late in the evening
by two men and was bound and gag
ged TO prevent an cutlery. He had
just cashed a large check, but fortu-
nately had left the money with a
friend before starting home. Several
arrests have been made by the police.
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c2S BODIES TAKEN OUT.
Eight Men Rescued Alive From Rus
sian Mine.

Eight wen RtscUed H1IVe FTOm Rus.
sian Mine.
Ynsovo. European Russia, July Z. -
An official statement shows that 22S
bodies have been recovered from the
Kikovsky coal mine, where a gas ex-
plosion occurred several days ago.
Nineteen injured men are now in the
hospital. The fire in the mine has
been ~extinguished, and Saturday
eight miners were brought out alive.
Sixty-fve bodies were brought up yes
terday. thirty of which were inferred
after Identification. The others will
be buried to-day. The inquest will
begin to-day.
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NOTIFY TAFT ON JULY 20.

Secretary Will Receive Announcement
Of Nomination at Cincinnati.
Washington, July 4. Announce
ment was made yesterday that it was
finally decided to have the notjhca.
ton of Mr.. Taft's nomination take
at Cincinnati July %.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-07-10
Small Burglary.

Mason City, Iowa. July S.-During
Saturday night robbers blew open h
safe in the Bickel Produce company's
store and secured $50. One arrest
has been made.
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Heat Fatal 10 Ten.

New York. July 4 - Ten deaths
and a score of p%rostrations made up
the record from the heat wave that
beat upon the city yesterday.
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SEEK DEAD WoMAN's HUSBAND.
Chicago Police Think He May Have
knowledge Of Crime.

NHUVVTCU4c Oh VTTNe.
Chicago, July 4. - Edward Thomp-
Minneapolis, Mimi, and husband of
Mrs. Frances Milmore Thompson,
who was found murdered in a room
ing house Wednesday, is being sought
by the police as the person most
likely to have actual knowledge of the
crime, Descriptions of him and OF
u. H. Raymond" who brought the
woman to che house, have been tele-
graphed to cities in various parts OF
the cC intry, but the police of the
Northw est and of New York have
been asked to keep an especially
sharp lookout.
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POTTER MAY RECOVER.
Physicians Now Believe Bishop Has
Good Chance.

Cooperstown, N. Y, July With
each succeeding hour hope brightens
for the recovery of Bishop Henry Cod
man Potter. who is seriously i'll here
from a complication of stomach and
liver trouble. His physicians believe
that his improved condition warrants
a decided hope for a favorable out.
come of the case.
The bishop made gains Saturday
night and showed further improve
ment yesterday.
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St. Louis Robbers Get $4,000 Haul.
st. Louis, July 8.-When Adolph s.
Levi yesterday opened the door Of his
jewelry store and pawnshop he dis
covered burglars had looted the place
and secured 5000 in cash and $4,000
worth Of diamonds and old gold.
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OPERATE ON bob" EVANS.
Physicians Weld Knife on Admiral
for Govt.

New York. July 4. - Dispatches
from Poughkeepsie say that Rear Ad-
miral Robley d. Evans, who is spend.
ing the summer at Lake Mohonk. has
submitted to an operation for govt.
The result of the operation greatly re.
lieved the admiral, who. apart from
this complaint, is well and cheerful.
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TO GUST "TENDERLOIN."

mates Banished or "Jugged."
Deadwood, s. D., July 8. - In the
campaign for a cleaner Deadwood,
morally as well as physically, Mayor
Adams has issued orders to the police
to close the "red light resorts in the
lower part OF town and to round up
the occupants and either force them
out Of town or give them long Jail
sentences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14
hefMaqic Paper.

This curious incident of travel in
Africa is told by A Henry Savage
Lander: II wished to buy bag Of
grain. but the woman who owned it
would on no account accept silver
money for it nor any article which she
saw in my camp. Ny Somali servant
had bright idea-the only one he had
during the entire journey across AT
RIGA. He went to one of the boxes of
provisions and tore off a highly colored
label from corned, beef tin. Having
licked it copiously. be stuck il in the
middle of his forehead Inquisitive,
IKE woman. the Carayu asked him
what he did it fol; The Somali said
he had been seized with .. violent
headache and the colored paper was
a certain curei The Carayu atence Of
fered the grain If the Somai would
part with the magic paper. Her wish
was satisfied without delay, and the
woman departed happy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14
HEAR GRAND OPERA
Large Audience Attends Mad
am Butterfly" at the IIli-
nois Theater.
PRODUCTION is PLEASING
One of the Heaviest and Most Elabor-
ate That Has Ever Been Pre-
scented in the Tri-Cities.

Rock Island and the tri-cities had
the first view of Madam Butterfly =
Henry w Savage's big opera, last
leyening, when large and fashionable
audience attended the performance at
the Illinois theater AS musical
levent the production probably eclipses
lanything else that has ever been given
here, while in purely physical propol
lions ii may be classed with The great
est ever appearing in Rock Island.
In elaborateness OF detail and perfec-
ton of finish there was little that
might be criticised
AS has been explained the leading
parts are so eXacting that three sets
of principals are carried, appearing
in rotation. Rock Island was favored
in that the best of the stars sang last
levening. Miss Phoebe Strakosch, in
the title role. being a niece Of Madam
Patti. Those carrying the leading
parts We're:
Madam Butterfly, Cho-Cho-San. -.
........s.. Miss Phoebe Strakosch
Suzuki, Cho Che Sans servant. -.
....... Miss Harriet NJ Behnee
Kate Pinkerton. 49,. Miss Emile Cole
b. f. Pinkerton, lieutenant in U. s
Navy .............V Vernon Stiles
Sharpless. Z. S. consul at Nagasaki
....,.........Th Thomas D. Richards
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

he would lose the farmer vote in
Connecticut. but he believed the farm
ers too Intelligent to misunderstood,
and anyway he was attacking a wrong,
and that was the first thing to be
thought Of He mustered only three
votes for his resolution to cut out the
practice. which showed a contrasting
lack of courage among the other mem
bers. He tried it again at the succeed
ing session and was again defeated, al
though he had increased his number Of
supporters from three TO a hundred.
In the fail of 1904 Mr.. Lilley intro
duced the resolution that eventually
resulted in the trial and conviction OF
the General Paper company. popularity
known as the paper trust. ana the dis
solving Of the combine. which had
artifcally advanced the price of print
paper to the newspapers of the coun-
try These results were due almost
wholly to the Connecticut congress-
man, Who personally spurred the judi
ciary committee Of the house and after
ward the legal department OF the gov
eminent to action.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

and for the next hour all you could
see was lumber coming down.
"The water SwasS running so fast
then that it took out the rear end OF a
large factory, just ate the foundation
right out froapsundpr it, :
1T was sight I2never saw before
and hope l never will again, mothers
and children crying for help and the
wagons and horses were taking them
ont as fast sas they could. -
There were a number that fell in
but have not heard of any one that
was drowned as yet. When the build,
ing fell couple We're hurt by being
dashed up against the falling timbers.
To-day the water is going. down
some. You can look out and see the
city officials bringing food to those
that could nOtaget out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

Goro,a marriage broker. Rudolph Koch
Prince Yamadori. George Natansau
The Bonze, Cho-Cho-San's uncle. -.
Observation-Disclosures. Carl Gantvoort
The Imperial Commissioner. ....
............:.. Francis ]. Tyler
The Official Registrar :. "A Norwood
-Cho-San's Mother. Adelaide OFT
The Aunt. ....... Winifred Baldwin
The Cousin. Llewella OlafsoT
Trouble, Cho-Cho-San's child. ..
..L.........,I.. Eileen Dempsey
Conductor ...........M Mr.. Dopper
story Most Pathetic.
The story, it need hardly be said to
those who have read John Luther
Longs work, is one of the most pa
thetic ever told from the stage The
decentralization is by David Belasco, with
music and composition by Giocomo
Puccini. In the opening act Mad
am Butterfly's. villa overlooking Maya
saki bay is shown. Here Lieuten-
ant Pinkerton, U. S. N, meets
the owner of the house and
after brief courtship marries her ac-
cording to Japanese custom She,
however. on his demand, renomces
her native religion and is spurned
thereafter by her own people.
In the three years that elapses be
tween the first act and the second the
lieutenant goes back to America, son is
born to his wife and she divides her
time between rearing the little one
as much of an American as her linn
tied knowledge permits, and in watch
ing for her husbands promised re-
turn.
In the second act the husband. does
in fact return. Cho-Cho5San sees his
vessel enter the harbor and joyfully
makes ready to welcome the father
of her child. Her means have become
exhausted and there are pathetic eyi-
dences of her poverty. The night after
the iarriyes- is spent in a lonely Wig
il at the window, but the lieutenant does
not come. In the meantime Sharp.
less, the American consul, who was
notified in advance that Pinkerton was
bringing his American wife with him
has tried to pave the way for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14
cause Of stomach TROUBLES.

When a man has trouble with his
stomach you may know that he is
eating more than he should or of some
article. of food or drink not suited to
his age or occupation, or that his bow
els are habitually constipated. Take
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
let's TO regulate the bowels and inn
prove the digestion and see if the
trouble does not disappear. Ask for a
free sample. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

ate dinner and dressed and was going
to go out again and when | looked
out | could not even see the side
walk i'll the back. That kept me
home. Then another dam broke and
by / O'Clock in the afternoon the
water was running in the windows of
the first floor across the street The
water then was running SO fast that
ii was impossible. to handle a boat
The two lumber yards broke loose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

no damage done for some time, but a
dam IL miles above the city broke.
Mr.. Frederick describes what fol-
lowed;
THE water rose steadily all night
and the next morning lit, started to
overflow, coming down the Grand
Trunk tracks to the low lands. The
Duplex then got it and it was not
over an hour until there was two feet
of water over the floors l then went
up town and came back about dinner
time and to my surprise our own
street was knee deep. finally got in
by walking around the back way. /