Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-06

that he is guilty.
/ II. Claman of the firm of Fl. Claman
Sc Co, New York coffee merchants
| was arrested at Harrisburg, Pa,
charged by the Importers Tea and
Coffee company that city with con
spirscy to defraud The Harrisburg
firm bought 15,000pounds Of coffee at
IL cents a pound, and afterwards, it
is alleged, found 1t to be worth only
IL cents.
| Casualties.
Paul Yetter, fourteen years old, OF
Chicago, was drowned at Michigan
City, Ind.
A Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
train struck buggy at Rock City, ILL.,,
killing two girls.
\ Stepping off one train and walking
In front OF another at Stanton, Iowa,
four men were seriously injured.
Miss Flora Mullen and Lucy Hill OF
Pleasant Hill. Ohio, were drowned by
the overturning Of a buggy in small
| creek.
Nearly an entire block front OF
business houses were partially burned
In New York, causing damage to a
dozen firms exceeding $250,OOO.
"A car on the scenic railway at an
amusement park at Broad Ripple,
eight miles north of Indianapolis,
jumped the track and injured five per-
sons.
The infant son Of William Dean, a
ranchman residing two miles north Of
Iron Rod station, Mont, died from the
effects OF a dose of poison admits
tered by mistake.
Dewitt Adams, aged twenty-seven,
and Miss Carroll Jones, aged seven
teen, while returning from church
near Fredonia, Kan, were drowned in
attempting to ford Fall river.
Two men sitting upright in wagon,
dead, and four mules dead in harness.
were found near Kenna, N. M. They
were killed by lightning while driving
from Roswell to their farms near Ida.
"A freight train on the Virginia &
railway u OH OAl q lC0SiO
at Bristol, Va, and the engine and
eight cars were plunged into the river
Two were killed and another serious
" injured.
Fire at Lincoln, Neb., destroyed the
First Christian church at Fourteenth
and K streets Loss, $4,000. The
Catholics purchased the building a
year ago and were changing 1t into a
handsome cathedral.
Thirty miners at Shaft No 6 Of the
Southwestern Development company
at Pittsburg, Kan, we're overcome by
gas and poisonous air. The victims
are In serious condition, but all are
expected to recover. Antoine Kauie,
another miner employed by the com
pany, was killed by q fall Of rocks.
Otherwise.
Democrats and Peppnlists Of the Fifth
Nebraska district fused and nomin.
ated R. d. Switzerland, a Populist OF
Superior, Neb., for congress.
Four Greek laborers were killed
and another man fatally injured by
being struck BY a Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern train at Synmes,s three
miles from Loveland, Ohio.
Edward Heating, president Of the
Denver Press club, was elected presi,
dent 81 the International League Of
Press Clubs ct, session OF the con.
yention at Corona, on the continental
divide
DR.. C. M. Bigelow OF Evanston and
C. q. Lawrence Of Chicago, who at.
tempted to make q trip from Sauya.
tuck, Mich, to Chicafo Id q launch,
f5and were supposed to have been lost
An storm. are safe In Michigan City.
| Ind.
M. ~ Elliott, general counsel for
the Standard Oil company, who was
shown telegram from Peoria, H.,
to the effect that the Standard Oil
company had taken steps to acquire
an OF the principal distilleries in5t the
United States as q result Of the dena.
tured alcohol Law BY congress, said the
Standard had taken no steps III this
direction and would not s
Tire hundred and fifty thousand
pounds Of food Stunts we're destroyed
Fan Chicago last week, according to
| the last. issue 81 the bulletin OF the
health depaf tment, because they were
impure The bulletin says the food
linspectors III the down town districts
Lalone condemned and destroyed 5O,.