Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-09

menu, the F1rSt Life guards, from
drowning in the River Thames recenr
ly. Lieut.. Astors troop was engag ed
In swimming practice, when troop
er's horse got into difficulties in mid
stream and kicked his rider. The lat
ter sank In deep water, and young AS
tor dived and brought out the soldier
In time to enable the latter to be re-
stored to life.
Criminal,
Tim Burke, from Illinois, working
on the new Rock Island grade near
Oskaloosa, Iowa, plunged butcher
knife into his heart and died In Ave
minutes. He had been discharged.
Edward G. Reed, a machinist, was
shot and killed by Mrs. William ]. Sin
cooke at her home in Richmond, Ind.
Mrs. Sincocke Is the wife of travel
Ing salesman, and her husband was
out of the city at the time Of the shoot
ing. She has not been arrested, the
officers believing 1t to be clear case
Of self-defense.
After an exciting chase, in which
bloodhounds were used, Jesse Fitzger-
aid, negro, was arrested by posse
and lodged In jail at Barbouryille, KY,
charged with rohbing and numbering
Mrs. Robert Broughton. Fitzgerald, It
Is stated, made full confession. Mrs.
Broughton's head was hacked almost
off with a knife.
John A. Cooke, former clerk Of the
Cook county. ILL.,, circuit court, who
has been on trial for several weeks
on a charge of stuf1ng pay rolls, was
found guilty by the jury and his pun.
ishment fixed at Imprisonment In the
penitentiary and fine of $4,000. The
Judge before whom the case was tried
will determine the length Of the pdni.
Tertiary sentence.
Samuel Demont, cripple Of Union
City, Ind, shot his wife through the
heart and head, instantly killing her,
and then fired two shots In his own
body, one in the breast and one In the
head. He Is not expected to live.
Three years ago Mrs Demont received
5000 for the death of a son caused by
an explosion, and this money became
bone of contention between the two
and led up to the shooting.
Otherwise.
A twenty-four-hour bank has been
inaugurated in Chicago
Fourteen hundred miners are idle
at Bridgeport, Ohio, as result Of the
refusal Of several companies to dis
charge non-union men.
Prof. A H. Thompson Of the United
States geological survey died in Wash
ington. aged sixty-seven years. He
was q noted geographer.
James Henneberry. an old settler Of
Webster City, Iowa, seventy-five years
OF age, dropped dead while loading
brick. He was born in Ireland.
The American Tobacco Co. declared
their usual q v per cent quarterly
dividend and also an extra s per cent
dividend D ncommon stock.
At Kingston. In Williamson county,
Tenn, q negress gave birth to six
children. The children are well formed
and ali were alive at last accounts.
DR.. William 7. Harris, ex-commis.
sioner OF education, has the honor Of
being the first American educator tc
he selected by the Carnegie Founda,
ton to receive the highest salary al.
lowance, an annual income Of $4,000
for meritoriors service
Judge Kennedy at Cleveland made )
sweeping ruling In favor Of Mayor
Tom u Johnson In the Futon street
railway contempt Of court case. The
court declared 1t would not assume
that the city officials knew what they
were enjoined from doing without be-
Ing told. AS public officials. the court
said. the defendants might Be served
with 10 900 ininnctions In 8. year Of q
month or q week.
Three masked mon entered the
Grand Rapids q Indiana depot al
South Bend. Ind, and when the opera,
tor. Glen Deal. refused to open the safe
he was overpowered. bound. gagged
and thrown into q closet. The men
then blew open the safe After secur,
Ing $50 they stole i buggy from I
nearby livery stable and escaped.
Large SEEMS of money were iistffh
uted last week at San Francisco ~
| the sound Insurance companies, which
have now settled practically ali 81
their dividual Losses. and are rap.
IDLY a. instinE the poli clea assigned
Is committees.