Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-01

TWenty independent cigar manufac-
3 turers Of Havana, though not the most
important ones, have decided to raise
i the price of cigars, charging American
money instead OF Spanish gold This
4 step Is likely soon to be followed by
4 ALL
4 The pope has decreed canonization
LOT Joseph Orio1a, a pious priest who
Iliyed his life in Barcelona. He also
Isanctioned miracles attributed to
Marie Madeleine Postel, the founder
lof a religious order for women. who
i recently was canonized.
4 The passing OF Crosg;y Hall, a well
Il known luDching place In London,
brought a lucky incident for Miss
4 Sage, waitress. "A number Of city
|men whom she has regularly attended
4 at luncheon subscribed a purse of $500
which they presented to the waitress.
Casualty.
In a head-on collision between two
TRACTION cars at Elyria, Ohio, three
persons were seriously injured.
Muriel Hall Of Coggon, Iowa. was
killed in an explosion of an acetylene
gas plant. Her sister was frightfully
burned trying to save her.
Hudson Maxim, the inventor, of
/ Brooklyn. plunged into Lake Hopati-
Hong at Morristown, N. j., and brought
4 two drowning young women ashore.
y ~ d. +. d l5 J.
The Hagenbeck Wallace circus train
was ditched near Twin Lakes, Mich,
i by a broken fange. No one was in
jured, but ten horses and one camel
were killed.
Mrs. Herbert stranahan is dead and
Iher mother-in-law, Mrs. Charles
Stranahan is fatally injured by jump
ling from the carriage when the horses
ran away at Romeo. Mich.
A brick building, one Of a row of
six-story structures that are being
torn down in New York, collapsed,
$burying twenty workmen. Two men
4 were seriously injured.
Eugene Howe, aged twenty-eight, Of
4 New York announced to his wife that
he was going to fly out in the night
i air like a bird. Clad in his night
shirt, he leaped from third-story
window and was killed.
AS the result OF an insignificant In
Jury to finger, Miss Evelyn Bengry,
isone of the most popular young women
of Marquette, Mich, is dead at her
home. Blood poisoning caused her de-
mise at the age of twenty years.
IA burning cigarette stump tossed
out OF q window on the second. story
and accidentally lighting on the hat Of
Miss Grace Eadon OF Fort Dodge, re-
suited In injuries to- her from burns
which may prove fatal.
| A bullet from gun in the hands Of
| Private Gillette, "a soldier, intended
for a deserter who was escaping at
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, instantly
killed Miss Elizabeth Cadenhead OF
Ferguson, Ont. officials are inyesti-
eating.
Eric Peterson, a young man, was
drowned in Portage lake, near the
fship canal at Honghton, Mich. He
| with three comp anions, was in a small
boat which capsized, Peterson losing
his life. The other three were rescued
The party was all intoxicated atsthe
time.
While prospecting near Clear creek,
in Montana, John Ducie fell and rolled
down the mountain side, sustaining
serious injuries. Ducie broke one arm
and dislocated his shoulder blade.
! Ducie managed to crawl home, four
miles ava the painful journey occu-
Epyiug six hours. He is In critical
condition, but it is hoped that he will
survive.
! Allen Wilson, twenty-five years Of
lsage, widely known as Tug Wilson in
football circles, was crushed to death
under an electric car at Oherlsn, Ohio.
He was famous as quarterback.
| Wilson played fortwo years on the
Oberlin college team He had been a
lsstudent at Williams college for a year
and would have been eligible to the
team this fall /.
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General News Items.
Gov. Conner Of a labama has signed
lthe anti piping bill, which prevents
1sshiprae IS liquor into prohibition;
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Former Chief Sanitary Inspector
Perry Hedrick was ind not guilty
lot accepting brides while ia Office in
lsa Chicago court.
Peter Sullivan, the Fall River light.
weight got the ecision over Cyclone
Thompson Of syca1nors. ILL.,, III twenty
rounds at Ogden. Utah.
With the strongest directorate Of
amy financial institution In the South.
1.-The Merchants Bank and Trust com.
Ipany was formally organized lat KNOX
willie Tenn, with q paid-in capital d;
$500, 900
Magistrate Walsh, ia the Harlem
Icourt II New York, has laid down the
Isdictum that ma and his ifs
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