Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-16
Accidental Happenings.


The main building of the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic institute at Troy, N Y,
was destroyed by fire. The loss is $75,.
900.
Damage of 100000 was caused by a
fire which destroyed a seven-story
building at Canal street, Chicago,
known as Machinery hall.
An explosion in trunk, believed to
be the property of some one connected
with the University of Minnesota, hurt
four baggagemen in the union station
in Kansas City.
The business section of Johnstown,
Licking county, Ohio. was destroyed
by fire, about a doze nbuildings being
consumed. The loss is estimated at
from $4,000 to 500, 900.
Wabash express train No. 8, west
bound, ran into Big Four freight
train at the Danville, ILL.,, crossing.
Several freight carse were smashed
and number ditched, but no person
was hurt.
OIL derricks were RACED, houses were
unroofed and twisted from their foun-
dations and lives were imperiled in a.
fierce tornado that swept the town of
Amos, w. Va, recently. Loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
A tornado near Comanche, I. T., de.
stroyed several houses. Four persons
were severely hurt, but no deaths are
reported. The school house at Will
Transport was demolished and heavy
damage to crops done.
Fire in the tobacco district of Dan.
vile, Va, destroyed three warehouse
and 100000 pounds Of leaf tobacco
The American Tobacco company was
the lessee of the buildings. The est.
mated loss is 100000, covered by in,
surance.
The wrecking of the heavily loaded
Pittsfeld and New York express near
Great Darlington, Mass, was averted
by Raymond Perbezet and Stephe :,
McCue. boys, who discovered wash
out and with red sweater stopped
the train. -
A heavily loaded electric street car
on the Valley street line at Burlington
Iowa, was wrecked against shade
tree. The passengers jumped as the
car fieW along. Mrs. Joseph Keehn
was killed and sixteen others were Sc
riousl yinjured.
Fire partially destroyed "Woodside, !"
the mansion of James A. Burden a.
millionaire iron manufacturer Of Troy.
N. Y. Many valuable paintings were
destroyed, and the building, which was
the finest in that section, was flooded
by the f1remen. The loss is estimated
at 100000.
Ex-Ald. Walter Graham of Philadel-
phia died after suffering for several
months as result of eating fragments
of an oyster shell. Doctors say the
sharp edges Of the shell literally cut
the inner coat Of the stomach to
pieces. 1t was at the banquet of the
American mechanics that he swal.
lowed the foreign substance.
Domestic.
Beautify the barren subject and you
become an artist.
4 Mrs. Thomas Murkey is seriously i'll
in New York as the result of a three
weeks search for fiat.
r. T. st. John of Riceville, Iowa, has
been elected department commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic Of
Iowa.
Mrs. Cornelius Storers OF. New York
has paid s20,406.67,, the amount with
INTEREST of the forfeited bail for DR..
Richard G. Flower.
Among the honorary degrees award
ed at Columbia university was that of
doctor of laws upon Elihu Root. for.
mer secretary Of war.
s Tufts college at Medford, Mass. has
conferred the honorary degree of LII.
D. on Secretary of the Navy Moody
and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.
At the commencement exercises OF
the Catholic university in Washington,
the baccalaureate degree was con.
ferred upon Rev. Aloysius Ziskowsky
sof ST. Paul.
The $4,000 library given the city
OF Springfield. H., by Andrew Carne.
gle was formally opened last week,
United States Senator Cullom deliver.
led an address.
Thomas Sharkey, pugilist, has been
married in New York to Miss Gather.
Line Mcintosh of Michigan, the profes.
sional nurse who attended him during
his recent illness.