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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
CHARGED WITH
FOUR MURDERS
ITALIAN IN PRISON ACCUSED OF
1RUTALLY KILLING FOUR
PERSONS.
POINT PLAINLY TO CR|Nt
FRAGMENTS OF HUMAN BODIES
WASHED UP ON STORE BY
RIVER WATERS.
POINT PLAINLY TO CRIME

Florence, Colo, Jan. 11.-That Er.
cole Ruffetti, Dominick Minichietto.
Joseph Minichietto and Mrs. Frank
Palmetto, who mysteriously disappear
ed in this city, were murdered and
their bodies then chopped to pieces is
the positive opinion of the police. The
disposition of their bodies is believed
to have been partly revealed by the
finding of human lungs, thorax and
piece of a tongue in the Arkansas
river.
1t is believed that other CHASTITY re-
mains are being scattered along the
bed Of the river by the swift current
and towns below have been notified
to watch for the appearance Of any
the surface.
Partner Is Accused.
Tony Bovori, who is in Jail charged
with the murder Of the Minichietto
brothers, is said by Chief of Police
Furniss to have confessed that he kill
ed a man in Italy before coming to
America. Bovori was engaged in
market gardening mere IN partnership
with the Minichietto brothers, and is
accused by the police of having MUIR
dered them in order to obtain their
money and other property. He had
$3.50 when arrested. Ruffetti was an
old man, employed in the garden. The
police believe that he was killed be-
cause of his knowledge of the other al.
legged murders. His name was added
TO the list Of missing last night.
Bloody Ak Found.
Mrs. Palmetto was young divorced
woman, who disappeared two months
ago She had kept house for Bovori,
but repeatedly refused to marry him.
All her clothes have been found in b.
vori's cabinet. A blood-stained ak was
also found there, and Mexican wom-
an has informed the police that she
washed the bloodstained clothing for
Bovori.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
THAW JURY is COMPLETED.
Defendant Expresses Himself as Well
Pleased With the Men Chosen.

'SaeSu WttH tHe wren CnOSen.
New York Jan 10. The second
jury to try Harry X. Thaw for the kill
ing of Stanford White was completed
late yesterday. and on Monday morn
ing the prosecution will present it's d.
rect case against the defendant. Five
jurors in all were accepted and sworn
at the morning and afternoon sessions
held yesterday. AS whole the jury
Is made up Of a most intelligent body
Of business men, most OF whom are at
middle age Or over. Thaw announced
that he was entirely satisfied, and, in
fact, we'll pleased with the twelve
chosen. Young Mrs Thaw, who watch
ed the selection of the jurors with the
keenest interest. also declared that she
was we'll satisfied.
Assistant District Attorney Francis
P. Garvan will make the opening
statement for the prosecution, as he
dad at the first trial. He will not con-
sumo more than ten minues, and it is
said that the states direct witnesses
will not occupy more than two hours.
The defense will open Monday after
noon, Martin w. Littleton. Thaw's
chief counsel. making the opening
statement.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Crimes and Criminals.

Five persons confined in the Wash
ington county jail at Hagerstown, Md,
dug their way to freedom through the
brick wall of the prison and escaped.
Henry Wilson is in Jail at Red
Lodge, Mont, charged with having
cashed a North Western Improvement
check for 43 cents raised to $43. The
check was issued to Charles Lupbach,
and Wilson, it Is charged, paid him
40 cents for It, Wilson drove to Bear
Creek, where he was arrested.
pardon, issued by President
Roosevelt at the instance of Francis
J. Heney, was received In Portland,
Or, last week for 8. A. D. Puter, who
was convicted Of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government of its public do
main, and was sentenced to two
years in prison and fine OF $1,000.
After two weeks spent In investi-
eating purchases by the city of Bos-
ton last year of a lot Of land on Cod
man street, prizes for athletic events
and payments for fiagstone, the grand
jury reported indictments against two
members of last years city govern
ment, the superintendent of streets.
and several business men.
A robbery in the house of Charles F.
BROKER of Ansonia, Conn, several
days ago, in which the thieves got
away with jewelry valued at $4,000
has Just been reported. The jewelry
was taken from jewel case in Mrs.
Brokers room while the family was
at dinner, entrance having been gain
ed through an unfastened window.
Five members of the family Of Adam
Schaffer OF Des Moines were injured,
two perhaps fatally, as the result Of
the overturning of a milk pain. Alec
Schaffer drove COW behind a COW
being MIXED by his brother Levi. The
COW kicked. Then trouble started.
Knives were used. Neighbors stopped
the row and summoned physicians.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Row is Fatal to TWO

Shopville, Ky, Jan. 11.7-In an alter.
cation between Postmaster Harvey
McHargus and Claude Price, McHargus
was shot and killed and Price was
probably fatally stabbed. The trouble
is said to have been the result of Nc.
Hargus ordering Price to refrain from
calling on a young woman in the post
masters home
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
General News lterns.

Liquor valued at $1,000, seized in
raids, was poured into the sewers at
Topeka, Kan, by county officers I'M
der orders from the court.
Half a dozen suits for the recovery
of thousands of acres of land, estimat-
ed to be worth several million dollars,
have been started at Denver by the
government.
Directors OF the Northern Pacific
railway declared a quarterly dividend
Of zs41s {, per cen ton the common stock
This is unchanged from the last pre-
vious quarter.
John ]. Crockett formerly clerk of
the supreme court Of Iowa, has been
appointed assistant reading clerk Of
the senate. Seventy-two contestants
had been tried for the position
According to reports that have been
gathered from all over Chile the pres
emit prospects for the new year are IA
yorahle Wheat crops are excellent
and 1t Is stated will permit an export
of 10000 tons. III
Since 1900 the picture Of GeY. VIII
lam Goebel has adorned the Kentucky
state treasurer's checks. After con
ference with Gov. Wilson new checks
have been ordered with Henry Clays
picture instead of Goebel's.
Gen. Hempartzoomian Boyadiian,
head Of the Hun hakists or Armenian
revolutionary society, has arrived In
New York. He comes to attempt to
organize his countrymen in Ameri-
ca into armed bands to rescue their
countrymen from Turkey.
Miss Annie Hall of Cincinnati, a
daughter of the late DR.. John Hall, an
arctic explorer. presented before the
supreme court at Columbus her own
case growing out OF the administration
iof the estate OF her father, her brother
Ibeing the adverse one in the contro-
versy.
A decision handed down In the court
iEof appeals at st, Louis sustained the
decision OF the court Of criminal cor.
rection ID which Frank j. Schatt. pro.
Iprietor OF d barber shop, was convict.
ed OF violation Of the Sunday closing
flaw BY shaving 9 Gust mer on the sab
hath day.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
POLICE D|SPERSE
THE SOCIALISTS
SUFFRAGE DEMONSTRATION Al
PRusslAN LANDTAG is Ex-
CITING.
WOMEN INSULT THE POLICE
Won suELow SAYS SECRET VoT
ING WILL NOT Pc. PERMITTED
IN PRUSSIA.

Berlin. Jan. l2.-The socialists yes
terday organized suffrage demonstra'
lions before the building of the Prus'
sian landtag, in which radical reso-
luton, demanding universal suffrage
in Prussian elections was to come up
for discussion.
The excitement reached the highest
pitch when a detachment of mounted
police wheeled around the corner from
Wilhelmstrasse and approached the
landtag at a brisk trot
Insult the Police.
Their arrival was greeted by cry
Of rage. and the women members OF
the socialist clubs screamed insults in
the faces of the police and brandished
extra editions of the Vorwaerts, in
which an article said that the hour
had come for the masses to demand
representation in parliament.
The mounted policemen quietly
formed into line and pressed steadily
upon the crowd, which was dispersed
in two minutes
1t is not believed that the demon
stration will have any political effect
whatever. 1t was wholly a socialistic
affair, being quite without the support
OF the other sections of the popula
ton.
Won BueloW Is Firm.
While the socialists compose the
most numerous party in the kingdom
their influence over the government
has been greatly diminished through
the election reverses they sustained {
year ago and the complete isolation
of the party.
Various speeches we're made in the
landtag on the question at issue, but
at the close Of the session Prince vor
Buelow, the imperial chancellor, de
clared that manhood suffrage, as il
exists for the reichstag, would not be
for the good of the state, and secret
voting would not be permitted il
Prussia.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
STOLE GRAIN FROM CARS.

Wholesale Arrests of Railroad EN-.
ployes Expected at Clinton, Iowa.
Clinton, Iowa, Jan. II. Warrants
are out for dozen Clinton employees
of the Northwestern Railway compa.
ny, and wholesale arrests are prom.
Used soon. The men are accused Of
stealing shelled corn and oats from
Northwestern cars in the Clinton
yards by boring holes in the cars and
allowing the grain to run down into
sacks.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16

Albert Moulton and his wife, each
aged more than seventy-f1ye years,
were burned to death in fire that
DESTROYED their home at Auburn. N. H.
While D. Vigil, his wife and grand
child, aged six, were crossing the rail
road track near Trinidad, Colo, the
wagon they were riding in was struck
by passenger train. Vigil and the
child were instantly killed and Mrs.
Vigil SO badly hurt that she viii die.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Presidential Appointments.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE president
yesterday sent to the senate the nomi-
nation Of Fred T. bennett, of North
Dakota to be commissioner of the gen.
eral land office; also the nomination
of James F.. Tracey Of New York to be
a member of the Philippine commits
sion and secretary of finance and jus.
tice.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPlIOAaf
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND an FOREIGN SHORES
d, BRIEFLY TOLD.
washington.

The senate has confirmed the nom,
nation Of John G. Capers of South
Y Carolina to be commissioner Of inter.
nal revenue.
The house has passed bills authoriz.
ing the construction OF bridges across
the Missouri river at or near Coun.
ell Bluffs. Iowa, and across the Mis-
aissinpi river at Burlington, Iowa. E
The house committee on immigra.
ton has authorized the appointment
by Chairman Howell of subcommit-
tee to inquire into the operation of the
immigration and naturalization laws.
BY the provisions Of bill intro
duced by Representative Gaines, S.
600 is appropriated for the locating.
marking and properly protecting the
graves OF American soldiers killed in
the battle OF New Orleans. -
The monthly statement of the col
lections OF internal revenue shows
that for the month of November, 1907,
the receipts fell off $5,626,0O0 as COM
pared with November, 1906. Spirits
show the largest decrease, being 81
$4,000.
"a resolution authorizing the presi-
dent to expend $1,373,e43 In the &C.
Quirement Of consular lands and
buildings In China, Japan and Korea
was offered in the house by Mr.. Par
kins Of New York, the money to be ap.
propriated from the residue OF the
Boxer indemnity fund.
Representative Moore has intro
duced bill for the punishment Of
train wrecking by imposing penalty
Of Imprisonment for ten years and a
hne Of $4,000. Where death results
from such wrecks the bill would have
the offense dealt with as murder in
the first degree.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
GIVES LIFE FOR ANOTHER.
Man Is Killed While Saving Woman's

New York. Jan. 11.-Frank ]. Nc
Brien, wealthy retired business man,
having d home at Richmond Hill,
Queens county, was killed yesterday
in saving the life of Mrs. Mary Scheele
Of Brooklyn, who had fallen in the
path of Long Island railroad express
train. Mrs. Scheele had attempted to
make a crossing after the gates were
lowered, and in her nervousness
stumbled and fell upon the tracks.
Mr.. McBrien dragged the woman TO
safety, but in SO doing swung himself
in front of the locomotive.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
FIND cATTLEMAN GUILTY.
Jurors Convict p. A. Yeast of Land
Conspiracy.

Jurors ConVict y. a. Yeast Of Land
Conspiracy.
Omaha, Jan. 11.-Perry A. Yeast, a
prominent cattleman who has been on
trial for conspiracy to defraud the
government in land entries, was yes
terday found guilty and recommended
TO the .clemency of the court by the
j jury Yeast,,it is claimed, had many
thousand acres of the North Platte for.
est reserve under illegal fence. How
ever, the count under which he was
found guilty was of conspiring with
old soldiers widows to obtain land
fraudulently.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Indicted for Land Frauds.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 11.-An indict.
ment was returned by the federal
grand jury yesterday against E. M.
Briggs of Durango, Colo, and Welch
w. Nossaman of Pagosa Springs, Colo,
on the charge of conspiracy to obtain
5000 acres Of government land by lille
gal methods.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
MAKE KILLING AT POKER.
Village Councilmen Seize Players
Cards and Tables.

Monticello. Mimi, Jan. II. = Last
night about 10 o'clock four members
Of the village council raided the sa-
loon of Ed Peshla and arrested R.
Schomber, Charles Boyd, D. w. st.
Arnold and Ernest Holler. Tables,
cards and money also were taken and
the prisoners ordered to appear in
justice court. The council has been
trying to put a stop to poker playing
for some time, but heretofore has fail.
ed to catch any men at actual play.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
/. TWO Killed in Mine.

77T7 FsTinceton, Ind., Jan. MACK ST.
Clair and Solomon Lawrence, shot
firers, were instantly killed in an eS.
plosion in the mine of the Princeton
Coal Mining company yesterday. The
explosion was due to windy" shot.
The mine was badly damaged.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Seeks Death Under rrain

Newark N. J., Jan. 12.-Mrs. Henry
@, Boeme Of Orange, N. j., committed
ptelue Yesterday by lueeling in front
= an express train on the Lackawan-
I railroad as 1t was approaching
aeranged. = - -
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
FOUND FROZEN IN HAY.
Bohemian Wanders From ?oorhouse
at Wabasha MINI

Winona. Mimi, Jan 11.-Fred Den
ger, residing near Minnesota City,
brought into Winona man found in a
half-dazed condition in the center o. a
haystack on his farm. The fellow
had dug into the stack to keep warm
and was frozen when found. A bit Of
paper in his pocket stated that he
had been charge in the poorhouse in
Wabasha county for year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Accidental Happenings.


FIRE IN the heart Of the business
section Of New Orleans caused dam
5est imated at $3.50, 900.
The factory Of the Cummings
Leather company at Woburn, Mass,
3 was DESTROYED by fire, causing q loss
OF $50, 900.
John 6. Cantley. a retired British
v army ofncer, was struck by trolley
car at Buffalo, N. n, and died half
an hour later, s 81.
\ Two stubborn fires burned stimuli
81 aneously IN East Boston one day last
week. causing combined loss of
about $3.50, 900.
The Grenock Inn at Lee, Mass, one
of the best known hotels in the Berk.
Z shire region. has been destroyed BY
fire. Loss, 500, o 90.
lle larger of the two Colby mills
81 az Dowagiac, CHI, burned. with TO-
4 900 bushels or grain and ], 400 barrles
h az -four Loss,s $50, 900.
George Keuhns and her Ave.
ylearsold son we're killed and Mr..
Keuhns ives fatal in ured at u rail.
at tenbenvtlle,
81 Ohio.
ndfeW ana lon, forty ears old, OF
sees was foIlne as h Mated In
rooning house iii Chi cage, He was
tified thiaaas pa pers found IN his
SsssS Nh q n; II M IN ss u, 4
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Liniment Kills Woman,

Appleton, Isl, Jan. 1 Horse lini-
ment taken by mistake for the grin
caused the death OF Miss Sarah Eber-
ihardt, aged thirty-three years, of the
town OF Ellington, yesterday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Historic pn;ia:-

Newbern, N. G.. jan. 1.-THE old
historic building which was part of
Gov. Tryen's palace before the Revolu.
tionary war was destroyed by fire yes
terday. The building was used as a
residence and was in state of excel
lent preservation, notwithstanding its
extreme age.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
MEET AT FARGO JAN. %.
North Dakota Republican Central
Committee Called

lSS'0''rr'''r'rhkee CdIIed. .5sI1F
Fargo, y. D., Jan. IA call has
been issued for meeting of the Re.
publican state central committee in
Fargo Jan. %, fer the purpose of max.
Ing the apportionment and fixing the
date Tor the state convention to Select
de s TO the national Republican
convention en- and possibly to select
presidential electors. These two ac
tons are the only ones that escap &.
the primary election law.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Switchman is Killed

st. Paul, Jan 12.-B. Beselyes was
hllled IN the Minnesota Transfer rail-
way yards Yesterday while switching.
ne was Knocked down and the wheels
OF Two cac.SS passed. over him,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
500 Farmers Attend

Hayfeld, Mimi, Jan. j i "A farmers,
institute was held here yesterday, at
tended by nearly Fifty farmers from
this and surrounding counties.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
Lad Kills a BURGLAR

I, Glesnspurg, Pa, Jan. u. Paul
,.;I,sa fourteen years old, shot and
s M q negro burglar who broke into
10y. ), " nome OF his father at Alverton,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
Valuable Gems Are Stolen, With NJ
Trace of the Thieves.

Trace OF the Thieves.
Chicago, Jan. 11.-Thieves entered
the residence of Samuel Schwartz, in
Waukegan, yesterday and took $4,000
worth OF jjeHel..yy, mostly diamonds.
The police are baffled, as there are
no signs of ingress or egress.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-16
People Talked About.

Cyrus j. Lawrence, aged seventy.six,
Of the banking firm OF Cyrus ]. Law
renee & Son, is dead in New York.
Mrs. George A. Gormly, prominent
In society circles at Pittsburg and
daughter bf Gen. Alexander Hays, Is
dead, following a stroke Of paralysis.
Peter Steele, travelling chairman Of
the Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen.
Is dead at Ottawa, Ont, from injuries
received by being run over by a street
car.
Abraham p. Geldfaden, aged sixty
seven, poet and playwright, who some
times was referred to as the Father
OF the Jewish drama" died in an East
side tenement house In New York.
Albert August Mack, associate pro-
lessor Of piano and theory of music
IN the college Of fine arts of Syracuse
university, we'll known as the com
poser Of songs and piano pieces, is
dead.
Il g. StoIrs of Lansing, Mich, aged
seventy. secretary of the Michigan
state board Of charities and correc-
5tions. died suddenly of heart failure
on train near Somerset. KY. Mr..
Storrs was a noted criminologist.
William H, Tuck. chief justice of the
! supreme court Of New Brunswick, has
sent his resignation to the department
OF Justice at Ottawa. Although seven
3 ty.six years old, he was in robust
health until few weeks ago. when
he sustained injuries by fall from a
street car,
Capt. Daniel Ellis, aged seventy
4 years. the celebrated Union scout of
East Tennessee. is dead at Elizabeth
/ ton, Tenn During the Civil war the
Confederaoy set a price on his head,
\ but he neverthe less succeeded in pilot
Ing thousands of East Tennesseeans
and Western North Carolinans
3 through the Confed erate lines to Ken
lucky, where they joined the Union
regiments. ass=
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-28
A lot of old newspapers,
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, Sc a bundle, at The Jour-
nal office.
FORESTRY CONDITIONS
IN THE UNITED STATES.

New York, March 26.-Declaring it
is only from the forest rangers in the
service of the United States that
scouts can be recruited for service
in the great war that is coming,
Clifford Pinchot, chief forester of the
department of agriculture startled his
hearers at a dinner of the camp fire
club of America recently by dis
GUESSING the war as if conflict were
unavoidable.
I'm the great war which this coun-
try will fight, but which / hope with
all my heart it viii not have to fight
soon" Mr. Pinchot said, 1.-The only
quarter to which this government
could look for scouts whose service
in war is so essential, is to the bu-
reau of forestry. There and there
only are men bein GRAINED in such
a fashion that they would be of ser
vice.
1T is of importance that We pre-
serve the forests and the game, but
it is more important that We be in
condition to furnish for service in
that war the material out OF which
good scouts can be made The -
est rangers make up this material"
He also said there is in this coun-
try now timber enough for less than
80 VI lrs and coal enough to last less
than one hundred years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-28
MANY VOTERS
TRANSFERRED
Supervisor of Registration
Was Kept Busy During
Yesterday.

Many voters secured certificates of
transfer yesterday by applying to
Supervisor Goss at the courthouse.
and the latter official and his assist
ant, j. II. Hamilton, were kept busy
throughout the day and until last
night at 8 O'Clock transferring and reg
istering voters.
While a number have been trans
ferring each day recently, yesterday
almost doubled any day previous, but
even with this rush there are hun
dredS who must secure transfers in
order to participate in the primaries.
Every one of the city precincts have
been divided, and it is necessary for
those residing in the newIy-created
precincts to obtain transfers from the
old ones in order to participate in the
primaries
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-28

HOME-S|CK
Frisco Defaulter Wants To
Turn States Evidence
To Save Self.
BY Associated Press,

San Francisco, March 27.-Word
has reached the office of the chief of
police, late last night That John Dali
zell Robertson, assistant secretary of
the defunct California State Deposit
and Trust company, was in New
York and anxious to return to San
Francisco and turn states evidence.
Robertson was indicted with j. Dali
zell Brown, Walter j. Barnett and
James TreadweH for embezzlement.
He escaped from San Francisco as
soon as the crash came, and has been
a fugitive for four months.
Robertson is penniless and broken
in health Through friends he has
made what practically amounts to a
complete confession and hopes that
he may be granted immunity for the
testimony he is willing to give. The
statements by Robertson directly in
volve Brown, Barnett and Treadwell.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-28

tertained yesterday by political ad-
dresses by Hon. ]. w Kehoe and
Judge Chas. H. Laney, candidates for
congress to succeed Hon. w. B. La
mar.
Judge Laney made very eloquent
and entertaining address. He told
many humorous anecdotes which kept
the audience in almost continuous
laughter, and he raped each of his
opponents in a gocd-natured way. His
references to the legislative record of
Cooper Griggs, one of the candidates
for congress, were anything but COM
plimentary to that gentlemanS work
in the legislature.
Mr. Kehoe's address was a short
and clear-cut exposition of the issues
upon which he is. making his cam
eaign. He reiterated his well-iInownl
gCsition upon the good roads ques-