Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-25

| The international committee. under
tional Artistic congress at Venice in
September will be held, has been ap-
pointed. The American representa-
lives on the committee are Pernhard
Berenson of Florence, Italy, and Lo
RADIO Taft Of Chicago.
Fire broke out recently in the heart
of Vienna and a force of fremen and
police assembled on the spot. The fire.
men were just entering the building
when heavy explosion of celluloid oc.
CURED and between thirty-fve and
| forty persons, including fromen, po
lice; passers-by and employees were in
| jured, some or them seriously.
| Domestic.
| Oliver Fl. Maxam, chief clerk Of the
life saving service, has been appointed
assistant superintendent.
Walking delegates of the Hebrew
Bakers union have ordered strikes to
enforce an eight-horr day in New
York.
Howard Malcolm Technor. the au-
thor, lecturer and critic, is dead at his
home in San Francisco. after brief
illness.
Lens grinders employed by several
New York optical firms have struck
because of refusal of the opera shops
| to recognize the union.
The Order of Railway Conductors
adopted resolutions disappearing Pres
| ident Roosevelt's stand III the matter
of railroad rate legislation.
The Norwegian student chorus OF
Christania has arrived at New York
| The chorus numbers SO and they will
tour the country giving concerts.
(lsr ,p Ths naval TRANSPORT Solaee en- route
| to Manila carries outfits Tor wireless
] telegraph stations at Honolulu and
| Guam Of the most approved pattern.
The attorneys for Col. w. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill" have filed in the dis
trict court at Sheridan, Wyo., a mo-
ton for a new trial if his divorce suit
Samuel Hunt president of the De-
troit Southern railroad and one of the
| trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
| railroad, died at his home in Cincin-
natl.
Jessie Bartlett Davis, the we'll
known actress, died suddenly at her
home in Chicago. The cause of her
| death was heart disease produced by
nephritis.
Joseph Lewis, 100 years old, is dead
4 at his home in New York. He served
with two sons, throughout the Civil
war. Lewis was the father of twenty
seven children.
Vaccination is the only true and
practical preventive of smallpox"
This belief was unanimously express
ed by the state and provincial health
boards of Ihe United States
Cut worms are attacking the orange
groves at San Bernardine. CAL Off
Gals have been. asked to take imme-
date steps to save the crop, which is
threatened with destruction.
A black bear appeared on Spruce
street, a fashionable section of Sault
Ste. Marie. Mich, and was attacked by
a pack Of dogs. 1t is believed he swan
the river from the Canadian woods.
The tour of the rivers and harbors
committee of the house ended at Cairo
III. A national waterways convention
will be held to discuss ways and
means before congress assemblies.
i The reports of the assessment COM
missioner show total ratable prop
erty in Winnipeg of $62.642,S70, an in.
crease over last year of $14,426,9 1870.
The population Of the city is placed at
| 1875, being gain of Is, 900 over last
| year. Not included in the assessment
are lands valued at $11 ,a47,74O, which
are exempt from taxation.
| A special train with $50 land pros
| pectors and business men from points
in Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
and Ohio left Chicago over the Illinois
Central railway on a tour of the South.
The party will be entertained by the
commercial clubs in Memphis, yicks-
burg, New Orleans and other places.
Controller OF the currency Ridgely
| has levied an assessment of g. 2-S per
| cent upon the stockholders OF the
First National bank ct Milwaukee to
make good the capital stock which
was Impaired by the defa1cation Of
Former President Frank G. Bigelow.
The assessment is based upon the re-
port of Bank Examiner c. H Bos-
worth. The amount of the assess
ment will reach $1,000 900.
The annual convention Of the Order
OF Railroad photographers ended at.
Buffalo. Next years convention viii
be held in Minneapolis. H. s. Perham
Of st Louis was reelected president