Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-10
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Washington.

Washington.
The United States government has
Informed the foreign Office at Tangier
that it will send representative to
the international conference on Nor
ocean reforms.
The legal period of thirty days hav-
ing elapsed since the death of Score
tary Hay, the mourning stationery
upon which all of the business of the
state department has been written
was withdrawn Monday.
The Italian minister to the United
States and Italian consuls throughout
the country have been instructed by
the minister of foreign affairs to dis
courage Italians from accepting en-
ployment on the Isthmus OF Panama.
The executive committee of the 18TH
milan canal commission have about de-
cided to suspend any attempt at dig
ging the canal until better prepared
for the work. The present sanitary
arrangements will be reformed. Chief
Engineer Stevens will live at Culebra
or Ancon.
Casualty.
A Chicago, Milwaukee & ST, Paul
freight train struck buggy west OF
Freeport, H., killing three women.
Thirty thousand pounds of butter
and a large stock of cream were de-
stroyed by fire in the burning of the
creamery at Correctionville, Iowa.
Loss, $4,000; insured
Charles Messer, a fourteen-year-old
boy. living at Trout Creek. Mont, ran
away from home and was run over by
Burlington freight on which he was
trying to beat his way out to Billings,
and was killed.
Lloyd G. Grout, fifteen years old,
son of r. A. Grout travelling auditor
of the Rock Island railroad, was
struck on the head by ba,' while
playing in game at Cedar Rapids
and died six hours later.
Seven sailors We're killed an eight
severely injured by the explosion of
submarine mine during mining prac.
tice in the Sandman roads, near
Stockholm. A boat containing the vic
tins struck the mine and was blown
into the air.
A broken axle of a wheel of the
smoking car caused the wrecking of
the California special on the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad at
Lamont, H., when one man was killed
outright, four persons fatally injured
and a score of other passengers re-
ceived severe injuries.
Just for joke Dave Evans, miner
near Centerville, Iowa, blew the top
of his head off, dying almost instantly.
His sister Mrs. Thomas, asked him
to un,oe-. a gun. Just to brighten her
he fired the gun SO as to blow off the
top of his hat. He thought it would
be interesting to play the trick again,
but he aimed too low and the charge
struck his head.
Mrs Ida Longstreet. widow of the
Confederate general, was thrown from
ner morse Whlle out f1dlng at Gaines
vile, Ga. Her foot hung in the stir.
rup and she was dragged some dis.
lance. Mrs. Longstreet's right arm
was broken and her bodily badly
bruised. She was mounted Oh very
spirited horse and lost her seat when
the animal SHE'D at a passing auto.
Sutton Davis, a boy sixteen. while
wading and playing in the water at
Davis store, ten miles, east of Beau.
fort, was attacked and eaten by a
sharl. Davis and others were waist
deep in the water. The approach OF
the shark was not noticed. 1t threw
the boy in the air, caught him in its
mouth as he struck the water, pulled
him under and disappeared in the
deep water.