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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
ARCTIC WAVE ON TRIP TO SOUTH
Coolest Temperature for Many Years


Coolest Temperature for Many Years
s Prevails.
New York, Feb. 5.-On the wings OF
western wind an Arctic wave has
reached New York All cold figures
for years are ec1ipsed. Taking advan-
tage Of refugees offered by charity, the
poor have f1ocked to the homes offered
them, where there is fire and clothing
for the asking. Bellevue hospital is
crowded to its doors with those who
have suffered illness because of ex-
posture, and the other hospitals are
caring for their quota of sufferers.
So filed is the bay with ice that in
breaking through the great floating
seas, and many ferryboats in both riv-
ers have been frozen up in their slips.
seet and Snow in South.
Louisville, Feb. 5--The general cold
wave probably reached it's southern
most boundary yesterday and spread
blanket of sleet and snow over the
Central South. A fall of sleet ranging
from one to three inches is reported
from points in Arkansas, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Okla
homa, Indian Territory and parts of
Texas. Freezing weather prevails
over wide area of the states men
toned In Arkansas the fruit crop
has, been severely damaged, while in
Mississippi and some parts Of Louisi-
ana truck gardens and cotton suffered.
Many head of cattle will be lost in
some sections of Texas. The Missis-
sippi river at Memphis is full of ice
and navigatiol->fs suspended
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
TOO MANY APPLICANTS.
Clerical Positions With Panama Canal
Company Are Filled.

Washington, Feb. 5. 1t was an
nounced at the office of the civil SER
vice commission yesterday that for
the present no more examinations will
be held for clerical and professional
positions for the Panama canal SER
vice, the applications already being
far in excess of its. needs. 1t was said.
however. that competent and expert
enced persons are especially desired
as members Of steam shovel crews,
particularly crane men and pit fore
men.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Accidental Happenings.

The Southern hotel at Champaign,
ILL.,, was destroyed by fire. Loss, S75,-
600; covered by insurance.
The Peabody building on Washing
ton street, Salem, Mass, was destroy
ed by fire, entailing loss estimated
at 100000.
An explosion of natural gas in a
Touring mill at Decatur, H., seriously
burned three employees and caused a
fire which destroyed the mill. Loss,
$40 900.
The fumes from hard coal stove at
st. Louis caused the death of Mrs.
Louise, Mullen, colored, and her two
grand children, Mora and Clarence
Jones.
One man was killed and FIVE others
badly injured in a head-on collision
near ArdmoTe, /. T.. between north
bound passenger train on the A., r. 6
s. r., and an extra freight.
While coasting at Bloomington, Ill,
Earl Reynolds was killed, Thomas Da-
wis was fatally injured and three other
children were badly hurt. The killed
and injured are all small children.
IA bob, holding seven high school
students, tearing down the coasting
hill on Broad street at. st. Joseph,
Mich. crashed into telegraph pole
and several we're injured, one fatally.
Ernest Morcum, a miner In No. 3
Franklin Junior mine at Calumet.
Mich. walked into the shaft and drop.
| ped two levels and was killed instant.
liy. He came from Cornwall few
days ago.
with an explosion that stirred the
Ientire city, the municipal gas plant
blew up at Bellefontaine, Ohio, but the
lire that followed the explosion was
soon conquered. 81 The explosion was
| the result 81 the breaking of the water
seal III the purifier the escaping gas
becoming ignited The explosion tore
Ion the roof and blew out the walls.
While preparing to blast frozen iron
lore III the Cinclnnati, Hamilton &
Dayton yards at Toledo. : workman
was warming q stick OF dynamite,
when It caught Are, setting abIaze the
workshop, Ia which q quantity Of dy.
mantle caps were stored. "A terrific
explosion followed. instantly killing
one man and seriously though not ia,
tally wounding I'VE Others.
II & flre which started in W,vel.s
| planning mill e 4 West Thirty second
Estree4 and Twelf III Venue. New York
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
EXPECTS HIS PASSPORTS.
Minister Bowen Ready for a Very
Saucy Castro.

saucy Castro.
Washington, Feb. 5.-Dispatches re-
ceived from Minister Bowen yesterday
give the Venezuelan situation grave
look. President Castro is expected
back in Caracas to-day, and the infor-
nation from Mr.. Bowen is that he will
not be surprised if he then is handed
his passports. Mr.. Bowen does not
believe Castro is acting in good faith
in his informal offer to arbitrate all
the disputes except the asphalt con-
troversy, but thinks he is playing only
for delay. From another source, the
exact nature of which is not divulged.
the president has been told that Cas-
tro wants to be coefced in order to
avert revolution. State department
officials take little stock in this story,
but the president thinks there may be,
som ething in it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Now that PARTS scientist has dis.
covered that kissing instead Of being
dangerous and deleterions is really
Spatholog ically beneficial, it is possible
4 the practice will be resumed,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
SIX STORES BURNED.

Scarlet Fever Patients and Others Are
Rescued With Difficulty.
Prairie du Chen, Wis, Feb. 5. =
Six business houses and residence
yesterday were destroyed by fire at
North McGregor while the thermome-
ter stood at 80 below zero. The loss
is estimated at $4,000; the insurance
is $12,200. A family afflicted with
scarlet fever was rescued with diff
Guilty as were several other families
who lived on the second floors of some
of the buildings. Among the buildings
destroyed were the new city hall, the
council chamber and the Jail. Several
yerely frozen.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
CUPID SETS LIVELY PACE.
Elderly Couple Get Acquainted and

Elderly Couple Get Acquainted and
Wed Few Hours Later.
Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 5.-Becoming ac-
quainted, in love. engaged and happily
married between breakfast and lunch
time is the phenomenal record made
by Adam Heb. aged seventy-three
years, and his bride, Mrs. Dorothea
Wolf, aged sixty-eight, at Fairfax, S.
D. 1t was also conclusive evidence
that it is almost as easy to get mar
ried in that state as to get a divorce
The newly welded ones will make
their home on the Rosebud reserva.
ton. They took bridal tour to Bone
steel,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Saved BY l4atpin.

Marin.ette, Wis, Feb. S Mrs. will
lam Williston saved herself from rob.
berry by three men in Main street by
means Of 9 hatpin. One of the men
grabbed her purse. AS he did SO she
seized hatpin from her hat and
jabbed 1t deep in his arm. The man
gave q yell and all three disappeared
down an alley. 81 Il.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
INDIANA BARS CIGARETTES.
Bill Makes It Unlawful to Own, Sell
or Give Them Away.

indianapolis, Feb. S. The senate
yesterday passed the Parks cigarette
bill by a vote of IS OF. The measure
makes it unlawful to own, sell or give
away cigarettes, cigarette wrappers or
cigarette tobacco. For the first Of
Tense fine Of from SIS to $50 may be
imposed, and for the second and
each subsequent offense the fine may
be doubled, and to this may be added
six months imprisonment in the coun-
3ty Jail.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
ROOSEVELT ATTEND.

N. E. A. Annual Convention viii Ne
Addressed by Him.
Winona, Mimi. Feb. S. Secretary
Irwin Of the National Educational as
ISOLATION has just returned from AS
bury park, where the convention Of
the association is to 'oe held next
July. It Is now definitely settled that
President Roosevelt will deliver an
address on the last day, July z.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Fire Causes $4oo, 600 Loss.

New York, Feb. Fire last night
entirely destroyed Cedar Court, the
country home OF Otto H. Kuhn, senior
member of the banking firm Of Kuhn.
Loeb & Co. of this city, situated near
Morristown, n. y, entailing a loss OF
about $500, 0oO.f
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
ESCAPED PRISONER DEAD.
TWO Others Become Cold and Hungry
and Surrender

TWO OtHeFS beCoE7e COId ana HuHgFy
and Surrender.
Minot, N. D., Feb. Sired Coleman
and Jack Howard, who escaped from
the Ward county Jail on Monday morn
ing, were captured by farmers near
Sawyer, this county. The fugitives
were driven from their hiding place by
cold and t.lnger, and offered no re-
sistance when taken into custody by
the farmers. They claim that Pumpei-
ley, the man VINO escaped with them
died from exposure, and that they
buried his body on the open prairie
The captors of the two men will re
ceive reward of 5000 offered by the
sheriff.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Quarantine Raised.

Helena, Mont, Feb. 5. The state
board OF health yesterday raised the
quarantine which has been in opera
ton against the city of Billings since
Jan. IL. There have been more than
100 cases of smallpox there.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Miss Joyce, the perfect model"
leads the simple life to keep per-
4 fecS figure. That kind OF argument
will have more weight with women
than years ~ preaching BY Parson
Wagner.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
RUSSIANS AGAIN REFUSED.
Resume Activity on Jap Left and Get
Worst Of 1t.

Resume Activity on Jap Left and Get
Worst of 1t.
Toxic, Feb. 5. - Manchurian head
quarters, telegraphing yesterday, says
that on Feb. the Russians resumed
their activity in front of the japanese
left and that there has been constant
skifmishing along the fronts OF each
of both the opposing forces, exchanges
of heavy artillery fire taking place
The japanese again charge the Rus
slams with the mutilation of their
wounded. Portions of the report fol-
lows:
"On Wednesday, Feb. /, in the
morning. small bodies of the enemy
attacked us in all directions. Our
outposts repulsed them. On Thursday,
Feb. 2, from 6 o'clock in the morning,
Russian artillery on the west front of
Ia mountain and Lieuchentung
shelled Fangshen and Putsaowo and
their vicinities. The eneny's infan-
try Immediately surrounded Fang
shen, but we
Repulsed Them.
AT 8 o'clock on Thursday morning
the enemy's field and heavy guns con-
centrated a fire against Yatzupao GO
miles northeast of Chenghiehpo). Sub
sequently a Russian division entered
the village of Chantun and dispatched
brigade to attack us. We repulsed
the brigade.
According to a reliable report, our
picket, consisting Of an officer and
twenty-eigh men, was surrounded
near Huanglashatzu. Jan. rs. Our
picket resisted to the last, when most
Of the wounded surrendered. The
enemy mutilated all our wounded
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

correspondent asks us to define d
philosopher. We reply that q philosos
pher ri q man who has nothing that
can be stolen. and who is satisfied
81 Ia get q square meal and good
II IN Chi. III sleep. M aSSs
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Woman Suspected Of Murder.

Boston, Feb. g. George s. Sargent,
a stationary engineer. was shot anG
killed in lodging house last night
His wife, from he separated eight
years ago and who was with him at
the time, is under arrest. The woman
told the police that her husband COM
mitted suicide.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

There is great discussion as to
whether a blonde or a brunette is the
most beautiful woman That is not a
question for the blondes and bfunettes
4 to decide.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

"A groWn-up man who says he has
never smoked.a pipe or cigar or kissed
IA woman or girl may be telling the
truth, but he has missed whole
4 bunch of fun.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Che news
In the Capital.

NJ
Senator Lodge has introduced bill
authorizing the striking Of bronze med
! ais Of honor to be awarded to persons
displa ging conspicuous courage or I'M
dergoing great danger in saving lives
In railroad wrecks or in preventing
such wrecks.
A bill was passed prohibiting ex-
press companies engaged in interstate
and foreign commerce from carrying
obscene literature. 1t extends to 9TH
er carriers the provisions regulating
the transmission of such matter
through the mails.
The president sent a message to
congress calling attention to the fact
that no statistics on marriage and d.
vorce had been collected since 1886,
and recommended legislation provid-
ing for the collection of statistics COW
ering the period from 1885 to the pres
ent time.
Congressman Babcock (Wis.) intro
duced bill providing for a penalty OF
$1,000 or ten years Imprisonment on
conviction Of any one who places ex-
plosives against any building, bridge
or structure in the District of Column
bia with intent to destroy 1T so as to
endanger human life.
The house committee on naval AZ
fairs decided upon the naval increase
program to be incorporated in the ma
val appropriation bill, providing for
but two battleships. They are to be of
10000 tons each, representing the
largest type and carrying the heaviest
armament and armor. The vote by
which two were adopted was 13 to 4.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Burned "a lpeath. q

Mount Vernon. Ind. Feb. s. rs.
Walter McCasland and infant child
were burned yesterday By the moth
erss clething catching fire from an
open crate, Each lived but ! fswl
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

The Washington Post thinks DR..
Hills. after stating for one reason
why young men do not enter the min
istry that IT does not pay, wasted
time IN thinking ,ip seven other rea-
sons. Is
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Killed in 5 lWreck.

G Findlay. Ohio, Feb. 81 Running at
the rate Of fifty miles an hour. mile
north OF Belmsre. last evening, the
north bound limited train was ditched.
One passenger was killed and more
than q dozen injured. one fatally.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Strange to say, the New Yorker who
tried to eat whole roast pig on a
wager did not get the better OF the
other animal, which was plainly the
smaller Of the two
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

A colored preacher in New York
thinks hell IS only fifty-two miles be.
low the surface of the earth But,
then, he measures from New York
city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Fire Panic Causes Death.

Buffalo, N. Il. Feb. s. Fire last
night DESTROYED part of the Lakeside
Home for Women. ina panic among
the flsty inmates Of the place one wo-
man was killed and four were serious
" hurt.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

The man who invented the gold
! brick Is dead. Each of his victims
should contribute a gold brick to a
4 monument to his memory.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Mrs, Chadwick believes 1t is as easy
I TO ask for million as for twenty -fiye
cents, and her method calls for fewer
asks.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

s Some of the girls will get married
even II this Is not leap year. Human
nature rs not changed by almanac
dates.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

A Chicago school teacher is criti-
cised for never smiling at his pupils.
Perhaps they never give him an OPP
portunity.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

A Jockey was hanged in Kentucky
/ tae5othef day. That was where he lost
by a neck.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Receiver Jim Smith wants 100000
Tor his fee in the Ship: Trust case.
Receiver Jim thinks in big numbers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Sam Small's bow to the public on
B taking charge OF the Brunswick Jour
nal is characteristic. I'VE cut out
the 'Salutatory' stunt
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

John i. Sullivan is delivering a
course Of lectures on the fun he had
spending $1,0O0,0oO He ought to send
Hetty Green pass.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Prof. Loeb Of Chicago is experiment
Ing in heterogeneous hybridization of
echinoderms" and has firmly refused
Il to swear off.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Diphtheria SEXES Family.
Clinton, Iowa, Feb. 5. Mrs. Jochin
Ingwerson died Of black diphtheria
Thursday night. Her six-year-old
child died yesterday and six other
children are seriously i'll.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Another man has confessed that he
was knocked out by whisky. The bout
lasted only one year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
and Fireman NiileEa

Whitesboro, N. T.. Feb. g. The en-.
gine Of Of train SO On the New York
Central exploded early yesterday
tnorning and the engineer and 6ranaaa
were killed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Drink plenty of water between
meals, says Mr.. Rockefeller. Even
Mr.. Sage will agree that this is not
extravaganza.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
Crushed Under Wh 4, lI a. car 3.

Crushed Under Wheels Of Car.
st. Paul, Feb. Ole Mortenson, a
car foreman for the Minneapolis &
ST. Louis Railroad company was
killed in the union depot yards last
night while uncoupling the air hose Of
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Instead Of a coreless apple, we need
one that is as big in the middle Of
the barrel as at the ends.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09

Burglars at Gilberton, Pa. broke
into q smallpox hospital and one OF
them Is already breaking out.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-09
rec Efess'
BY 81 6. DEWRLL
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
B l|'''! 5 6. pEWRLL

The spice OF married life CONSISTS
M guessing what will happen next.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-14
A Liberal Eaucasisn.

Professor Huxley held this opinion
rs TO what constitutes liberal educa-
ton: q.
The man has liberal education who
has been so trained Ia youth that his
body Is the ready servant OF his Will
and does with ease and pleasure all
the work that as a mechanism II Is
capable Of; whose intellect Is n clear.
cold, logical engine. with all It's parts
OF equal strength and In smooth work.
ing order. ready. like the steam engine.
10 be turned to any kind, OF work and
spin the gossamers as well as forge
the anchors Of the mind: whose mind
Is stored with knowledge OF the great
and fundamental truths OF nature and
OF the laws Of her operations; one who.
no stunted ascetic, Is full OF life and
fire. but whose passions are trained to
come 10 halt by a vigorous will, the
servant OF a tender conscience; who
has learned 90 love all beauty. whether
OF nature or of'art. 10 hate all vileness
and TO respect others as himself. Such
a one, and no other, has had a liberal
education.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-14

acting purchaser can satisfy the
most refined taste in this market,
without patronizing magazine adj.
vertisers for Christmas or New
Year gifts.
When you buy the articles ad.
vertised in the magazines you get
something with which the entire
country is flooded. When you 90
from a country town to a city, the
salesman does not show you much
except the bizarre, the vulgarly
expensive, but not really elegant
articles. A home dealer who
knows you, will show you the
things that he is sure will appeal
to your especial taste. Bryan
shoppers are fortunate in not hav.
ing TO do either, being able to Sc
lect from a great variety of the
worlds best productions, handled
by people whom they know.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-14

Every persons feelings have a front
door and side door by which they
may be entered. The front door Is ON
the street. Some keep II always open.
some keep il latched. some locked.
some bolted with a chain that will let
you peep In, but not get in. and some
nail IL up, so that nothing can pass its
threshold. This front door leads into u
passage which opens into an anteroom,
and this into the interior apartments.
The side door opens at once into the
secret chamber. There is almost al
ways one key TO the side door. This IL
carried for years hidden In a mothers
bosom. Fathers. brothers. sisters and
friends often. but by no means so uni
versally. have duplicates OF It. The
wedding ring conveys a right TO one.
Alas. II none is given with III BE very
careful to whom you trust one OF these
keys OF the side door-o. W. Holmes.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-14
M'D0NALD..WlLS0N.
Well Known and Popular BraIOs County
Young Couple Married
Here Yesterday.

Mr.. w. ID. Mcdonald and Miss
lisa Wilson of Edge, were married in
this city Yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. G.. Minkert, Rev. b.
B. Hall officiating. Only relatives
and a few friends were present to
witness the marriage. The bride
wore a handsome gray travelling
suit. The young couple left soon
after the ceremony for Houston to
attend the No.Tsu.Oh carnival.
The bride is a daughter of Mr..
James Wilson, Jr., and the groom
a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Nc
Donald. Both belong to leading
Brazos county families and both
are we'll known and most highly
They received numerous hand
some wedding gifts, among the
latter being fine 200.acre farm,
the gift of the brides father.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-14
Expected the Usual Results.

At provincial theaters In France
when opera Is given il Is not uncom-
mon for untried tenors 10 submit
themselves 10 the public Judgment.
which Is usually hostile. one Of these
obscure songsters presented himself
and sung the first act. lie did not
make a hit" lie retired 60 his dress
ing room. took on his makeup and was
preparing 10 go home when the man
ager appeared. "Whatf' he cried
You are not dressed for the second
act. and the curtain Is Just going up
Thousand thundersr The second
acty' said the tenor placidly Il can
not sing the second act / don't know
the second act Whenever | sing am
always kicked out after the first
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-14
some Boston Boasts.

The Hotel Pelham was the first
French apartment house, or Hat. as
they have now come 20 call them, 10 be
opened In the United States" said An
old Bostonian. AT that time the late
DIR. Dix. who owned the property. had
returned from European trip. where
he got the idea. Upon his return he
brought II with him. the Pelham was
fitted up in that way. and the idea has
continued 10 spread until II has gone
all over the country. Another thing
that you may have forgotten Is the
fact that the Parker House was the
first hotel In the United States TO be
conducted on the European plan. IL
was in Boston hotel. the American
or the Reverb forget just which one
Il was-that the elevator was first In
troduced. Boston Record
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-14
The Echoes OF Eagle. Nest.

The most wonderful echo In the
known world Is that heard from the
Eagles Nest In the lake regions OF Ire
land. The rock known as Eagles
Nest" Is the most prominent peak 70 be
found among the heights that surround
the Killarney lakes. Its apex is $50
feet above the surface OF the water.
aud the extraordinary echo is heard To
the best advantage from n spot 100
feet to the west from an opening called
the Devils mouth. At that point the
effect of the re-echOed sounds Is abso-
lutely startling. the slightest whisper
being repeated as often as 1000 times.
The rebound Is always clear and dis
tinct and appears TO come from the
crags, cliffs and peaks which surround
the experimental ON all sides.