Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-01-18
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A Danforth, New York state treas
urer from 1889 to 1893, is dead, aged
fifty-fve years
j. Benoist of the firm of Track & Co
has paid $500 for seat on the st
Louis stock exchange. This is a rec
ord price for seat on that exchange
| Ellis E. South, general agent al
Terre Haute, Ind, of the Big Foul
railroad, was fatally injured by fall
ing down the cellar stairs at his home
Robert Henderson, who served witt
| distinction during the Civil war, {
well-known archeologist and pioneer
of Kansas, is dead, aged seventy-twc
| years.
Gov. Warner of Michigan has re
| ceived the resignation of Warden Vim
cent of Jackson prison. Business rea
sons are responsible for Mr. Vincent's
resignation.
Hydrophobia, resulting from the
bitesof pet dog six weeks ago, caus
| ed the death of Miss Julia Curtain
aged twenty:one, at the home of her
parents in Philadelphia
Notwithstanding their agreement to
do so on Jan. Is, Western railroads
have decided not to put in through
rates on grain from Missouri river ter
ritory to the Eastern seaboard
The Hotel Andwur and the block in
which it was located at Elyria, Ohio
were destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, the bulk OF
which is sustained by the hotel prop.
erty.
James Conway, a farmer five miles
east OF McHenry, KY, is dead as the
result of eating dozen large oranges
and two dozen apples The attempted
gastrononlic feat was the result of a
$40: wager.
The owners in Mobile, Ala, of the
Norwegian schooner Laguna, whic.l
sailed from Mississippi, Point, Miss,
en- Sept, for Colon, Panama, have
given her up for lost. She carried a
crew of nine men.
While making cuts through Kings
boro Heights, a suburb of Suffolk, Va,
for the Tidewater railroad, a steam
shovel unearthed the remains Of a
Union army officer in the Civil war.
The epaulettes are in fair state of
preservation
The largest donation to the con
science fund ever received in Phila-
delphia was handed to City Treasurer
Schoch by a messenger boy. The
package contained s1,295, and the un-
known sender in a note stated that it
was an overcharge for city work.
The case of Hong Wing against the
United States, involving the Chinese
exclusion act was decided in favor of
the United States in the United States
circuit court of appeals in Cincinnati,
the court holding that the act Of April
Z, 1904, continued the exclusion act In
full force, congress having full powe:
to do so.
Bethel hens, by their own unaided
efforts, support four missionaries in
Japan. At a meeting held by the
Bethel Missionary society Of Louis.
vile, Ky, some months ago, it was de.
cided that all the eggs laid by the
hens on Sunday should be sold for the
benefit Of foreign missions. The hens
have given the scheme their heartiest
cooperation.
State Senator +. M Molsberry OF
Des Moines introduced in the legisla-
ture an act providing for the appoint.
ment Of a joint committee Of the house
and senate to conduct an investigation
of tic life insurance business, revise
the statutes, frame new bills and re
port to the next general assembly
which meets next winter. The reso
luton went over under the rules.
The Rough Riders will send to Miss
Alice Roosevelt on the occasion 81
her marriage to Congressman Long
worth next month a handsome pres
emit. United States Marshal Colbert
Of 3Ardmore, Ind. Ter, secretary of the
Rough Riders association, who is be
hind the movement, has made a re
quest upon each Rough Rider, includ
ing President Roosevelt. for a dona
ton toward the present.
Chicago's tallest church, the larg
est religious edifice In the downtown
district in any city in the world, soor
will rise at wv ashington and Clarl
streets. Il plans which have been I'm
dertaken are carried to completion