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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
At LOCCERHEhDS
Mayor Albright and Five Al
dernan are Still Scrapping
1t Out.
The Auditor Question is T "
ing Up the City Business
Indefinitely.

The meeting Of the CITY COUNSEL MOI
day night was a short bat quite Iiv, y
session. When Mayor a Tor gilt rait d
tie council to order he heslglr;t' q in
the absence of a qualified city auditor,
that Alderman Laugllin take lie
minutes OF The session. ne alderman
promptly responded. and with paper
and encil was ready for business.
at this juncture Alderman Billing
hurst moved that n. New auEs be
named as temporary auditor. lie
mayor declared The motion out of
order, as there was no slith pOSltiol.
Billinghurst had IL second, and calls Il
on A alderman Glow, as president of the
council, to put the question on an ap-
peal from the mayors decision.
Amidst an lncipient riot the appeal
was sustained by five to three. Then
MIR, Newbanks also provided himself
with paper and pencil aud started To
take down the proceedings, the same
as Alderman Laughlin was waiting to
do
But it seems there were no minutes
to be noted After wrangle over
the situation, with the mayor and his
three aldermen backer', on one side
and the other live aldermen taxing q
contrary view, a motion was made and
carried to adjourn for one week.
The council room was filled with
citizens, many OF whom were Workmen
| who had wages due from the city for
labor performed, and expected their
pay to enable them to buy coal and
provisions for their families. They
couldn't get their money. OF warrants.
which occasioned hard feelings, and
when the council adjourned SO sum
marily misses were heard all over the
room.
The trouble between Mayor Albright
and a majority Of The city council has
reached a very acute stage. The diff
hculty, as before recited in the Free
Press, is all on account Of the-desre OF
the mayor to remove City Auditor
Newbanks and appoint some one in
his place who X is more in harmony
with the mayor. Five out of the eight
alderman oppose the mayors plan
AS Mr. Dooley would remark, 'ant
there We are
1t is bad miE-up.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07

Midland, 5. D. They were attended
oy Their friends MIR. and Mrs. HartweIl
Robinson of Midland Miss Dorothy
Morse acting as brides maid of honor,
An appropriate ring service was en-
ployed by the officiating minister Rev.
u z. smith of his city. The wedding
tour will include visit with friends
and relatives in Nebraska and a,
Tonganoxie, Kansas.
Baptist church Sunday morning ser
vice 1O:45, Service on The ,rt of
Sighs-llvlng." sunday school ut IL
O'Clock b. Y. T. U. meeting at $50
t. NJ. Evening service at 1870. Ser.
mon on Our unrealized possibilities ,
Tuesday evening Culture Class 40
Thursday evening meeting 1870. a
free seat and hearty welcome to
whatsoever will come.
Hon. Frank Crane and wife returned
today from sparta, Wis, where they
were summoned last week upon word
that MIR. Cranes brother had died.
The deceased had visited this city
several zines in ne past Mr. and
Mrs. Crane have The sympathy Of their
many friends here.
Today is the first real decent day
| this Winter-turdened country has ex-
, perienced since The first fall of SHOW
November L. 1t even got up faint
excuse for d thaw today. 1t has been
| the hardest, most long continued win
ter since lS30-Sl.
| W. l.. Shuuk, who went to his old
home in Wisconsin last fall to receive
treatment for failing health, is reported
much worse. HIS wifi. and son left
today to be with him. 1t is feared MIR
Skunk cannot recover.
Oscar Nelson, who grew up in Pierre
and learned his trade in the Free Press
Office is back from WATERFOWL to run
one Of the linotype machines. Oscar
is good operator.
Mr. and Mrs. ). f.. OFT are the par
ents of a boy baby, born Tuesday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
Why not Visit California.

This winter? Low round trip rates
are now in effect from all points on
the North Western Line, and there
will be an especially low one way rate
during March and April for colonists'
second class tickets.
Daily and personally conducted
tours offer many advantages to the
traveller, among which is a service
OF Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars to
San Francisco, Los Angeles or Port,
land, for only 500.
For free copy of folders, with large
map Of California, Oregon and Wash
ington and full information regarding
rates and schedules, apply to ticket
agents Chicago u Northwestern Ry
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
Local News Notes.

Midland Star, January, %: The lot
sale receipts are well nearing the S2o,
900 mark and no wonder at thaG.
rbe sale represents only that portion
purchased by those who have built and
engaged III business. 1t Is reasonably
certain that when the auction sale
comes around early III the spring there
viii be something dong that is not
looked for just at the present time.
Married at the residence of Miss
Dorothy Morse, Capitol avenue on
Wednesday evening Feb. 9th ats o'clock
occurred the marriage of MIR. John
aid Miss Annie Cook. both ct
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
What Farm Lands Will be Worth,

The late J.. Sterling Morton, ex
secretary of agriculture, in speaking
of the increase in the value Of farm
lands in an article written by him
shortly before his death said:
"rhe population of the republic has
Dubbed about every twenty-five years.
If this increase continues at the same
ratio, it is safe to say that that in fifty
wears from this time the United States
will have population of 3OO,O00,O09
people. Meantime, the area of arabic
lands will though bad tillage, have dl.
unfinished rather than increased
Holding that relation of supply to
demand is the sole regulator OF value,
it is fair to conclude that the farming
! lands in the United States we'll located,
will be worth, fifty years from this
time, $500 to $500 an acre.
That is to say, the demand for farm
| lands will be more than three times as
great as it is today, and the supply OF
farm lands will be much less than we
/ now possess
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
RAIL LAYING.
The Northwestern Extension West
Stops for the Winter.

Pierre, Feb, Especial to the Ar
gus Leader.)-The rail laying OH the
Northwestern extension west from
here has been stopped for the winter
at point a little more than sixty
miles out, just west Of Nowin. On The
west end Of the track, The work is com
pleUed a short distance this side of the
Cheyenne river bridge and track laying
is yet il progress. There are several
heavy grades between the two ends of
the track, and work is continuing on
these through the winter, and when
cpring comes, there will be but about
fifty miles of track to put in, which
wilt hot take very long, and the chances
are that the track will be in before the
bridge across the river here is ready
for crossing. The chances are that
trains will be running from here to
Rapid City by the first of July.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07

play here in hel latest success "A
Daughter of Colorado" Tuesday and
"Wednesday night promise surprise to
her many friends. Something that was
written especially for her md in which
she carrys full sets of scenery and
IL people. A play is the thing and thi S
one il play for western people, taken
from life, be wise and get your tickets
early Tuesday Feb 18th
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
The West Growing.

st Paul Is: Governor John A.
Johnson has received long letter from
j. }. Hill, presid mt of the Great North
ern Railroad company, in which Mr..
Hill deals exclusively with various
phases Of the railroad problems.
MIR. Hill sets out at length what, in his
opinion, is responsible for the existing
situation, and what should be done to
remedy it.
The western country has grown so
fast the railroads are unable to keep
pace with il, Hill says, and he believes
the building of additional trackage is
the bes. solution Of the problem.
He saws it would require a perma-
nent Investment OF Sl,lo0,000,00o year
for five years to provide railroads with
means to handle properly the business
already in sight, and not allowing for
future growth.
Alfred Olson. a Deuel. county farmer
sold his crop of timothy seed for $5,420.
It has been but few years since tim
othv was declared a failure in South
Dakota IL some counties it is now
the staple hay crop. Timothy is an
American grass, it was found in a
swamp on Rhode Island $50 years ago,
by a farmer named Timothy Hurd,
hence its name. In the east it is called
Hurd's grass All will recall the line
from Whittier's "Snow Bound"
"And from the mOws
Shakes down the Hurd's grass for the
cows
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
Concert & Dance.

February 22nd, Friday, the famous
South Dakota State Band will give "A
grand concert at the New Opera House
in Pierre followed by a Public Ball in
the Dance Hall.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-07
Show Talk.

The Richard Smith Stock Co npany
are hooked at the New Theater for
Feb. 18th and 18th These people
earn& well recommended.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
STRIKE VICTORY
COLORADO & SOUTHERN is NOV
IN TRAINS

Denver, Aug. 5.--Both SIDES were
claiming the advantage at the end of
the second day of the strike OF train
men on the Colorado & Southern rail
road. The. company announces that it
had over 100 applications from men
to fill the positions vacated by The
strikers and that they had more men
than they needed to Jake out the pas.
senger trains.
P. H. Morrissey, grand master of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
who is in charge of the strike. said
he is satisfied with the way the
strike is going. He says the com
pany is not moving many trains and
that there have been NO desertions
from the ranks Of the strikers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06

frontier of Persia, which for some
time had been allegiance, have again
broken out. A serious raid has oc.
Cured near Urumiah, 5000 Turkish
troops with artillery having crossed
the frontier and destroyed the village
of Mavalnch. Seventy-eight persons
of whom so were women and children
mostly Christians, were killed. Subse-
quently the Turks drove small force
of Persians troops from a nearby
camp and intrenched themselves in it.
According to an unofficial report, a
large body Of Persian cavalry subse
quently Joined the Turkish invaders
and the combined force is said to be
threatening the town of Urumiah, IL
miles west of Lake Urumiah and 64
miles from Tabriz. Urumiah, which
has population estimated at 10000 or
$4,000 persons, including many Chris.
tians, is noted as a center of mission.
airy activity and as the seat Of the
Fiske seminary for girls and of Uru
miah college. 1t is considered proba
BILE that Russia and Great Britain will
be appealed to and bring pressure tc
bear upon Turkey, with a view of stop
ping the raid.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
THIRD SUSPECT ARRESTED
Gruber BIames Others for HoIdup Of
North Coast Limited.

and everything and some time you'll
know all about it.
Henry ]. Gruber " vas brought into
Butte shortly after midnight by De
tectives McKeoWn and Lyner He is
one of the quartet accused of the muir
der of Engineer Glow and was placed
behind the bars at Fort Stevens, near
Astoria. Ore, upon a request made by
the Butte authorities several days
ago Gruber had enlisted in the Unit
ed States army as an artilleryman. He
gave the officers no trouble and by his
consent to return to Montana to face
the charges. preferred against him.
made it unnecessary to use the requi-
sition papers, with which the detec-
tives were armed. Tie is now q pris-
oner at the county jail and kept apart
from Tower. Hastings and William
Delmar are held on like charge with
| him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
PEARY OUTLINES TRIP TO ARCTIC
Old Crew Will Accompany Him on RooseveItlas Provision
For Three Years Trip-.Io Leave soon.

assistant, and he will be the only
Maine member of the party. am to
have a new surgeon. There are sew
eral applications for position, but as
yet no one has been chosen. will
settle that when ! get to New York" !"
Asked if he expected to reach the
pole this time, Peary said:
"A man who has had an experience
in the north knows that to say he will
do a certain thing up there is mad
ness. I have learned many lessons
from my other trips, and especially
my last one, and shall profit by all
my experiences. Whether l shall find
the North Pole or not is a question
which will not be answered soon."
Asked if he had ample funds for
carrying out the expedition, Command
er Peary replied:
II will say one thing and that is
that the delays in repairs on the boil
ers Of the Roosevelt have been and
are now worrying me a great deal
more than the money with which to
finance the expedition
Commander Peary appeared today
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
CHAP. AIN PASSED
WORTHLESS CHECKS
ACT is ONE or PERSECUTION,
SAYS OFFICER.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 5.-Chaplain Har-
ry w. Jones, United States navy, in,
dicted today by Norfolk grand jury
on the charge of passing worthless
checks, surrendered tonight to Com
monwealth Attorney ]. H. Alton, gavs=
bond and demanded an immediate
trial by jury. The court martial oi
Chaplain Jones was reconvened today
but the day was wholly given over rc
the preliminares incident to what is
expected to be a lengthy trial. Sia
witnesses were examined, all creditor:
of Chaplain Jones and unable to col
lect their accounts.
"a. S. j. Gammons' action in goins
before grand jury and having me in
dicted is persecution, said Chaplain
Jones tonight He declares that Gam
mon holds security for the unpai6
checks.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
WANTS THE BOOKS
PRODUCED I'm COURT
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KANSAS
AFTER INFORMATION.

Wichita, Kas., Aug. 5.-Attorney
General Jackson for the state today
filed motions in the Sedgwick county
district court, praying that the South
ern Kansas Millers' Commercial club
and the Southwestern Bureau of Infor.
nation be compelled to file it's books
with the court, subject to be exam
ined by the state for the purpose OF
showing that the two organizations are
one and unlawfully doing business be
fore restrained last April.
With the motion asking for access tc
the books of the two companies are
two sets of interrogatives which are
to show that the millers meet and
agree on what shall be paid for wheat
what milling products shall be quoted
at and division of trade.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06

Portland, Me-, Aug. 5.-Commande1
Robert e. Peary left here today for
New York, whence he will sail in a
few days on an expedition to the
North Pole. Commander Peary said
today:
"From New York l shall go direct
to Sidney, G. B., where shall coal
and there will be no stops on the way.
as ] have no time to lose.
''My crew this time will be prac.
tacilly the same as on my last trip
Captain Robert Bartlett is to command
the Roosevelt. / am going prepared
to make every effort to reach the
pole. If I do not succeed next sum.
mer shall stav over year. If DO
not succeed / shall stay one year lat
er. l am taking along everything for
a three years trip"
Commander Peary, giving some de.
tails Of his plans, said:
John Murphy, my old boatswain, is
to be with me again. / am to have
Bardwell, my old chief engineer; Ross
G. Marvin of Bucksport is to be my
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
lnhuInan italian Roughly II handled
by New York Mob.
ASK FOR MORE OFFICERS
Present Police Force Unable to Handle
C0nditions.--Parents are Terrified.

mates aud appropriations for funds to
employ 500 additional policeman. The
request will be acted upon Wednesday.
Most of the crimes are committed in
little frequented places. Mothers
throughout the city are terrorstrick
en- and incidents which, under ordin
airy circumstances, would be passed
over without second thought. are
magnified and reported as crimes
which have little foundation in fact.
Many of the police officials believe
there is not an unusual number OF as
saults, but that the several murders
within the past week and the hysteri-
cal condition Of the people, particular
ly in the tenement district, have caus-
ed representatives of the police de-
partment to keep sharp watch out.
Thomas Anderson, d laborer, aged
20 years, was arrested in Brooklyn to-
night charged with an attempt to as
sault 5-year-old Julia 5leischer. The
girl, it is said, was enticed by Ander
son into barn in the rear of her
home. She told her parents and they
notified the police, WHO arrested An
derson.
Mae Mace, a girl Of 16 years, says
that while she was standing in the
doorway of her home in Seventh ave-
nue. tonight, Giuseppe Treste an Ital-
ian, approached her ard asked her to
go with him. Sne refused. Shortly
afterwards he returned and, it is all
legged, threw his arms around her. Her
screams attracted attention ana soon
a crowd of 500 gathered around the
Italian, who tried to escape. He was
overtaken and beaten mercilessly, I'M
ii half doze policemen arrested
him.
Israel Israelson met little Freda
Berkowitz, aged z, in One Hundred and
Fifty-6rst street tonight, and, accord
ing to her story offered her nickel to
go with him. Her plaEmates told her
parents and crowd gathered about
/, the man. The crowd became threaten
ing by the time an oficer appeared
and arrested IsraelsonI
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06

Swinemund, Aug. 5.-Emperor Will
fgiiam of Germany and Emperor Nicho-
las of Russia have spent the entire
day together at sea, A review of the
German feet was witnessed in the
morning from the German battleship
Deutschland and this evening there
was a reception on board the Russian
imperial yacht STANDARD
A semi-oficial communication re-
garding the meeting of the two sover-
elgns declares that their conferences
have served further to strengthen the
traditional friendly relations between
them and that the meeting has given
proor of good understanding today be
tween the leading statesmen Of the
two countries. Every question of an
international character has been the
subject of thorough discussion between
the two emperors with the result thai
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
EMPERORS REVIEW FLEET
William and Nicholas Spend Day To-
Sether on Ocean.

the views held thereon have been
found to be in absolute accord.
The occurrences in Morocco are not
likely to cause any misunderstanding
because of the clear and friendly eX-
planation Of the situation made by M.
Pinchon, the foreign minister of
France, to Prince Won Radolin, the
German minister to France, and the
determination of all the signatories to
carry out the terms of the Algeciras
meeting.
It is declared from the same official
source that neither the alliances OF
Russia and Germany, nor the relations
of either power with other powers
have been affected as result of the
meeting, in the course of which both
rulers expressed the most earnest de
sire that the present period OF peace
in the world continue, adding that the
meeting here would aid in the main
tenance of universal confidence ii
peace.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06

New York, Aug. 5.-One of tha
most brutal Of recent crimes against
women and children was charged
against Luzza Fontaza, who was lock-
ed up at New Brighton station on a
charge Of assaulting Antionette Tai
aci, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Pasqnale Taluci Of New
York, Brighton.
Fontaza and Taluciare, both labor
ers, are employed at the King Plas-
ter mills in New Brighton, and Fon,
taxa boarded with the Taluci family.
Fontaza was left with the little child
this afternoon while Mrs. Taluci went
shopping. The mother had not gone
far from the house when the child's
screams brought her back. When he
saw Mrs. Talnci, F'ontaza rushed from
the house, Mrs. Taluci following him.
Her cries brought out the neighbors
and soon a mob was following the
fleeing Italian down The street. 'fhe
pursuers soon overlook the man and
he was knocked to the ground, where
he was severely beaten and kicked BY
men and women, until policeman
appeared and with club and revolver
fought off the crowd.
The child, on the orders of a magis-
trate, Was examined by a physician,
who reported that it was seriously IN
jured. Fontaza was held on $4,000
bail on charge of criminal assault.
Agenline Condorti, 6-year-old chilli.
was found terribly beaten in a thicn.
ct near the village Of Linolemville,
Staten Island, this afternoon. She
had been attacked by an unknown
man.
Jolly Ambroto, an Italian laborer,
was arrested in Brooklyn this after
noon on a charge Of attempted as
sault on two little girls. Daniel Lalo
and Frank Peabody We're srraigned
on similar charges.
Deputy Police Commissioners
O'Keefe, who is in charge of the po-
lice department during the absence
of Commissioner Bingham, today ask
ed the mayor and the board of esti-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06

Butte, Aug. 5.-If Henry J. Gruber's
statement is to be ) believed, George
Tower and George G. Hastings are the
pair that held up the North Coast Linn
tied train at Welch's Spur, on the
morning of May and shot down En-
gineer Frank Glow.
I'm not ready to tell you what 1
know" said Gruber, after his arrival
in Butte this afternoon, but let me
say Mn. Tower will swing for that. |
don't know him any more.
/ Asked who the second man was,
Gruber reluctantly gave the name Of
Hastings He did not deny that ne
was. Towers roommate at the time of
the holdup. But" he said, that's
about all care to say except that
I'll walk erom this court house a free
man. I've given out seven-page
written statement with all the dates
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-06
IN.JUNC CTI()N
HEARING TODAY
BELL APPLICATION COMES UP I'M
FEDERAL COURT.
CALL OUT ALL GIRLS
President Fairgrieves Of the Montana
State Federation Of Labor Gives In
terview Justifying the Action Call,
ing Out All Operators.
I n ~ ~ TV11l3I ~ ~ NJ +
Especial to The Gazette.)

Helena, Mont, Aug. 25.-Tomorrow
morning at 10 clock the hearing on
the application of the Rocky Noun.
tain Bell Telephone company for a
temporary writ Of injunction restrain
ing the unions from continuing IN eff
feet an alleged boycott will come up
in the federal court before Judge
Hunt.
In obedience to the order of the
executive committee of the Montana
Federation of Labor, made at the
meeting held in this city last night at
9:15 o'clock this morning the tele-
phone operators not already on strike
in Montana, left the switchboards and
walked out. In Helena Is girls walk.
ed out.
The service Of the Rocky Mountain
Bell in Montana is said to be greatly
demoralized. When it will be resum'
ed is not known. The federation is
holding out for the demands made on
General Manager Murray of Salt Lake
in Butte last Monday. The entire
system Of the company in Montana
was declared unfair" by the fedora
| ton at the meeting last night. Not
only did the girls at those exchanges
| where union operators are employed
| walk out but it is said that at many
of the smaller exchanges the girls also
| left the boards.
1--WE tried every way to avert TAX
ing this STEP" said Alexander Fair
grieves, president of the federation, al
ter the meeting last night. ''Thls II
i not an offensive strike, but defen
sive one. The company has beer
employing tscabs' and it was absolute
/ ly necessary for the protection of thu
4 girls that this step be taken. It wa
requested several times duriAg tn
], last 80 days by the girls to call then
out, but until every other measur
i failed, this action was not taken
While we realize that this is going t
cause some inconvenience to Nor
tana people, still the company STAR
ed the ball rolling and it was impers
tive that something be done"
4 Mr.. Fairgrieyes left this mornin
4 for Livingston and will not return u
til late this evening, SO it is not poss
BILE to learn today the status in Mor
tana.