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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-13

julius P. Speyer, editor and proprie-
tor of the German newspaper. Die Re.
4 form, died in Kansas City, aged sixty
b two years He was Civil war vater.
an and had been member of the
staff Of the Chicago Stats Zeitung
and manager of the British Trade
Journal Of Hamburg. Germany.
Accidental Happenings.
Three persons were killed and three
injured in an automobile accident near
Burlingame, Cal.
A fifteen-year-old son of Frank Bur.
dick OF Albany, N. Y, accidentally.
shot and killed his sister.
James Ryan, one OF the most noted
pickpockets Of the country, was killed
Y by a tram car at Pratt City, Ala.
One man was killed and Ave others
hurt, one probably fatally, when an
auto was struck by a train at a cross
I ing in Bogota, N. ].
. The plant OF the Jenkins Rubber
company, occupying an entire block at
Elizabeth, N. i, was destroyed by
FIRE, causing loss OF 100000.
Harry Collins, a carpenter, aged
thirty and married, was killed by fall
Ing from a seaffold at Calumet, Mich.
John Bills and Harry Evans we're also
seriously injured.
AS the result OF an automobile over
turning near Wicks, Mont, due to the
fQilrNrn Tho h,.a1x oc,5 4
descending a mountain, five persons
were seriously injured.
s3f Axel Larson, twenty-five years old,
4 son Of a prominent Stratford (Iowa)
farmer was drowned IN the Des
Moines river while attempting to
swim across the stream.
Joseph n estendorf and wife, an
{ aged couple of Laurel, Iowa, were in.
dured by. being hit by a passenger
train. Mrs. Westendorf was injured
} internally, perhaps fatally.
Three workmen are dead and
fourth was severely burned as the re-.
suit OF an explosion OF coal gas and
dust in a coal conveyor at the plant of
the Aetna Portland Cement company
at Mention. Mich.
az careless traveller who threw a
4 lighted match into the underbrush,
{ starting forest fire twelve miles from
Hcuasin W. ash, on the Hump Tulips.
Hoquaim road that, quickly getting be-
yund control, already has swept over
IS 900 acres of slashing. on which were
piled 15, O00, 900 feet OF cut timbers.
The property loss will exceed $3.50, 900.
Grimes. a
Because he was reprimanded for
cigarette smoking, Ralph Riddle shot
and killed his father near Raleigh.
The home OF George Banks. a negro
miner ia Emalev, Ala, was dynamited.
Banks wife and mother-i n-law were
y in the house at the time. but escaped
4 Injury
Two Americans and an italian, all.
Of Hazleton, Pa, were instantly killed
! ~ the prematnr xpIosion Of blast
at the tone crushing plant Of Charles,
Kehoe, on the out skirts Of Hazleton.
3 Fholnat, rsehoe, a son Of a contractor.
was injured about the head
Harry Is, 'Thaw now confined in the.
4 Poughkeepsie On, 4 D jail. has begun
lay plans for the betterment 81 the
cpndi tion Of the poor and friendless
n hoy of Western Pennsy He
M III q Miro n far IA fnS an IA os,t
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPiIOMl
Important Events At Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
BY q. Q. SATTERLEE
People Talked About.

Edward w. Greema, former repre-
sentative in congress, is dead at Troy
Y N.
Rear Admiral w. T. swinburne has
succeeded Rear Admiral Dayton as
command erin-chief Of the Pacific
feet.
Bird S. Coler, president OF the Dor.
ough Of Brooklyn, has announced that
ne is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor IF New York
this fall.
Richard v. Oulahan, for many years
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, will have general
charge Of all the literary work for the
Republican national committee.
William r. Call, first marshal OF De.
pere, Wis, in 1857 former sieriff of
Brown county and well known
throughout the State Of Wisconsin, is
dead at the age OF ninety-two years.
Samuel e. Moffett, an editorial
writer for Golfers Weekly, was
stricken with apoplexy while bathing
in the ocean at Seabright, N. j., and
died just after he was brought ashore.
Julius r Speyer, editor and proprie-
tor Of the German newspaper. Die Re.
form, died in Kansas City, aged sixty
two years. He was a Civil war vater.
an and had been member of the
staff Of the Chicago Stats zeitung
and manager Of the British Trade
Journal Of Hamburg. Germany.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
ChGGON ITEMS.

/ am going to heaven" With ,hese
last words and after worrying over
ner studies until she became distract
ed, Miss Bernice Coe, II years old. a
student of Columbia college at Milton.
ommitted suicide Sunday night nv
taking carbolic acid.
A United States letter box was
broken open at LaGrande the other
night. No clue has as yet been oh
tanned as to the perpetrator of the
crime
Following his policy of bringing over
to the prosecution individuals who
were indicted with John H. Hall and
Edwin Mays, and using them as wit
nesses against the two men on trial
In the conspiracy cases, F. J. Heney
has dismissed the case against former
State Senator Franklin Pierce NAYS
and put him on the stand as q witness
against Hall.
By indictments returned recently 1t
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
CRIMINAL SUITS STARTED.
Former State Officials Of Pennsylvania
Will Stand Trial.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 28.-The first
of the 81 criminal suits against former
state officials, contractors and others
connected with the building and fur
nishing of the new capitol of Pennsyl-
vania will be brought to trial in the
Dauphin county court this week before
Judge Kunkel. The defendants in the
suits listed for trial first are Architect
Joseph M Huston and Contractor John
Sanderson, Philadelphia; former Audi
tor General William P. Snyder, Spring
City; former State Treasurer William
L. Mathews of Media and James M
Shumaker, Johnstown, former superin-
tendent Of public grounds and build
ings.
The defendants are charged with
conspiracy to cheat and defraud the
state out of $4,000 by falsifying the
weight and measurements of certain
furnishings supplied by Sanderson I'M
der his per foot" and per pound
contract with the board Of grounds and
buildings.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Nordica to Wed Again?

Chicago, Jan. 26.-When Nine Lii
liam Nordica boarded the Twentieth
Century Limited yesterday to start on
a sudden visit to New York there was
much playful talk among the friends
who escorted her to the station about
rice, old shoes, white ribbon and the
like The members of the San Carlo
opera company expect to hear that
Americas greatest prima donna has
taken a third husband The man to
whom she gave her heart is George
Washington Young OF New York,
hacker OF the San Carlo Opera COM
pany. Mr.. Young is multimillionaire
banker.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30

has come to light that j. f. Tempie'
an aged and wealthy resident or ZEN
dleton. has wooed tickle fortune IN the
guise of a roulette wheel and has PAID
homage to the relentless queen to the
tune of a cool $4,000. AS consequence
of the loss of small fortune at the
gaming wheel AL Ogg, Lester SWas-
CART and Jesse Sellers, respectively
and the three mentioned local sports
will be compelled to stand trial Tor
their act
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Colorado for Gold.

One hears good deal more talk
about Alaska than about Colorado, but
the figures show that Colorado heads
the list for gold output. The produc-
ton IN that state for 1907 is placed at
$2O.SSS,S33, as compared with SIS, 251,-
Clio in Alaska, while California is
close third with $17,394,S63 Nevada,
now center of interest on account
OF the miners strike at Goldheld.
ranks fourth, with $14,7o4,65S
Another feature of the report is that
there was reduction in the gold out
put OF both Alaska and Colorado as
compared with 1906, Aiaska's decrease
being a little over $3,0oe, eoe and that
OF Colorado about $4,000, 600. On the
other hand. Nevada is increasing in
production. In 1906 the Nevada mines
yielded $I0.470,704, an increase of S.
20o,SS5 over 1905, while the yield for
1907 was $4,233,954 over that Of 1906.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
News From Burke, Idaho.

The famous Hercules mine of Burke
has struck the ore shoot in No. 4 tun-
mel. The vein takes a greater dip than
anticipated, it being necessary to drive
the tunnel 3oe feet further than the
survey called for.
The Cooney group improves with
every blast. Three feet OF good ore
have been disclosed.
The Galena is working two shifts,
sinking, and in the near future will
work three shifts.
The Tiger-Poorman mine IS drifting
on the ore and has a great showing
on the 2200-foot level.
The Hecla mine is installing it's new
electric hoist.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
SUIT With RAILWAYS.
FEDERALGOVERNMENT ENTERS
GREATEST CONTEST.
Proposed Action Not Only Attacks
Harriman's System, but Also BIG
Financiers Of the East Who Are His
Allies in His ManipuIations-CIa
They Are in Restraint of Trade.

What promises to be the govern
ment's greatest contest in it's struggle
for regulation of interstate railroads
was begun in Washington, D. c., re-
Gently, when the preliminaries were
completed for the long threatened
legal attack on the hartman system,
A bill in equity will be filed, by
order OF the attorney general, to dis.
solve the alleged illegal combination
between the Union Pacific and South.
ern Pacific and the San Pedro, Los
Angeles & Salt Lake road.
1t was also ordered that the courts
be asked to declare illegal the own.
ership by the Union Pacific of the Ore
gon Short Line, Of all stock held in
the Santa Fe, the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific, "all of said lines
being competitors of the Union Pa
cific," to use the language of the at.
torney general in his formal statement
issued tonight.
The proposed action not only strikes
at the Hartman system in the west
but will attempt to dethrone the great
fnanciers and capitalists of the east
closely identified with Hartman in
control of his railroad manipulations
for the attorney general announces
that in addition to the railroad com.
panies mentioned, the following noted
individuals will be made defendants:
e. H. Hartman, the railroad king;
Jacob H. Schiff, New York banker and
capitalist; his associate, Otto H
Kahn; James Stillman, president OF
the National City Bank of New York
commonly known as the Standard Oil
bank; H. G. Prick of Pittsburg, the
coal and coke magnate, and promi
nent figure in the United States Steel
corporation; Henry H. Rogers, one OF
the heads of the Standard Oil com.
pany, and William A. Clark, the multi
millionaire former United States sen
ator from Montana
Who the defendants are:
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake rail
road, Oregon Short Line, Santa F'e
| Great Northern, Northern Pacific
E. H. Hartman, Jacob H. Schiff
| Otto Kahn, James Stillman, Henry c.
Frick, Henry H. Rogers, William A.
Clark, Farmers Loan & Trust com
pany. New York
What is charged:
Conspiracy in restraint Of trade and
illegal monopoly of the transportation
| business of the country between the
Missouri river in the east and the
Pacific coast south of Portland On the
| west
| What is demanded:
| Dissolution Of the combination be
| tween the Union and Southern Pacific
| and San Pedro lines.
/ Adjustment Of the ownership by
| Union Pacific or Oregon Short Line
| of stock of the Santa Fe, Great North
ern and Northern Pacific.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
MONTANA NOTES.

Whitefish lake is now frozen Owe for
the first time this winter, and large
crowds of skaters are taking advan-
tage ofthe tine ice.
TWO Swedes were badly injured by
an explosion at Taft recently.
Crazed by drink and maddened over
trivial difficulty, s. Oneida, a Japa-
nese laborer on the Milwaukee grade,
shot and instantly killed M. Kosuga
Oneida. when he realized his act, placed
the muzzle of the gun In his own
mouth and fired, sending bullet
through his brain and dying instantly.
D. P. Workman, one Of the best
known contractors in the northwest,
died at Helena. His son, Ward K.
Workman, is lieutenant in the United
States navy and is now on the battle
ship Tennessee.
The largest and most important min
ing deal of recent months in the Hell
ena vicinity has been consummated,
whereby the Souvenir Gold Mining
company has taken over the seven
VI JdCOU oNuoAOA eSA1o OtASA y
in the Unionville district, four miles
south of Helena. The property is ad-
Joining the famous Whitchlatch Union
mine, which in early days yielded up
ward of 100000 in dividends, and
will be operated on an extensive scale
the new Butte owners. The amount
involved is not known, but it is under
stood to be very large. Four separate
veins have been uncovered, and show
gold as high as SIS per ton.
Charles DrascOvich, an Austrian,
several days ago received $1,000 dam
ages for injuries sustained by him in
working on the grade at Butte. Dras-
covich was given a check for the
amount, which was stolen and cashed.
Matthew K. Sniffen of Philadelphia,
secretary of the Indian Rights associa-
ton, who was sent to Montana to make
an investigation Of the alleged irregu-
larities on the Crow Indian reserva-
ton, was arrested on the reservation
and placed in the guardhouse. The
reservation officials, it is said, acted
On instructions from Washington. The
federal grand jury is now Investigate
ing the official conduct of Major Rey-
nolds, the agent of the Crow reserva-
ton.
The efforts of the Civic league of
Butte to close the poolrooms through
the institution by County Attorney
James e: Murray Of suit charging
Byron McNutt, manager of the M. &
NJ. poolrooms, with conducting dis
orderly house and maintaining a nui-
sance, resulted in speedy verdict of
acquittal
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Rroke Bike Record.

Kansas City, Mo.-With all the ener.
gy he could command and exerting
every muscle to defeat his opponent.
Ivor Lawson of the Yankee team, in
a remarkable burst of speed Saturday
night won the six days bicycle race
from Joe Fogler by short distance,
so short that it was almost impossible
to pick the winner.
The worlds record for 48 hours,
held by Elks and Mcfarland, made in
1900 in Madison Square garden, was
broken. The official finish was:
1-Lawson-M Moran, 984 miles 8 laps.
2-Fogler-Root, 984 miles laps.
-Sherwaad- Wiley, 9S4 miles 8 laps.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
IDAHO EVENTS.

The new 35-foot government gasoline
launch has arrived at Priest lake.
There is movement on foot for the
d'Alene City band.
The examinations and final work
of the first semester at the University
of Idaho were finished on the goth.
Natural gas in large quantities has
been struck in Payette, according to
a report sent out from that place.
The Rhodes Scholarship examina-
tons for Idaho were taken this year
by Curtis of Boise, Peebler of Nampa
and Crooks Of Moscow. Those pass
ing the examinations will be eligible
for appointment to the scholarship
that supports man for three years
study at Oxford university in Eng
land
The new forge building is now ready
for the use OF mechanical engineering
students at the university and train
ing in forge work will be added to
their instruction in other iron work
ing lines.
Four new instructors will take up
their work in the state university with
the opening Of the new semester.
Bridge construction on the high steel
structure which will span Lawyers can
Won will begin this week, as the delay
caused by the shortage of steel rails
has been removed by recent heavy re-
ceipts from eastern steel mills.
A militia company is being organ
lied at Lewiston with loo members.
The Wallace Daily Times, the first
daily paper ever published in the
Occur d'Alenes, which has been In
existence since July 8, 1905, has sus-
pended publication Indefinitely, owing
to trouble with the typographical union
as to the status Of former empIoye.
Superintendent Lee Of the Wallace
schools reports a substantial increase
in enrolment. The present enrolment
is 22S girls and 247 boys, total of
472.
At Wallace the Empire theater was
assigned recently by Manager ]. @.
Burns to George F. Stoney. The liabil-
tiles are said to amount to over $500
| and there are no assets of value.
A. J. McCluskey, known as big
Mack" and an old timer OF the Occur
dAlene district, died recently in a
Wallace hospital of pneumonia.
Some sneak thief with knowledge
OF the value of elk teeth stole an elk
took necklace from the curio wall of
Ed Virgins cigar store in Lewiston,
the necklace being on exhibition with
number of other valuable Indian
curios. The string contained 113 eK
teeth, valued at $500.
The Rathdrum school board has &C
cepted the new high school building.
which was recently completed at q
cost of $4,000.
Two deaths took place on the Occur
Alene Indian reservation recently.
Both died of the white plague, which il
gradually DISCRIMINATING the Indian
race.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
MONTGOMERY Won.

Oakland, Calm a yeritable sea OF
mud Sam Hildreth's crack 4-year-old
horse Montgomery, by Passara-Mont-
gomery Copper, the favorite, splashed
her way to an easy victory in the
Burns handicap Saturday, five lengths
in advance of the fast-conling Clamor
of the Keene stable, second choice in
the betting, the latter Gathering in
three lengths ahead Of R. F. Carman's
Rifleman, third choice. The balance
OF the classy field was strung out for
an eighth of a mile. The winner was
ridden by e. Dugan, the place horse
by W. Miller and the third horse by
G. Burns. The time was 2:10 4-5.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Mining Men to Meet.

A meeting OF mining men Of Alaska,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
British Columbia and the Yukon ter
ritory will be held In Seattle March
23 and "A under the auspices of the
American Mining congress. A COM
mittee appointed by the congress at
its last session will be present. The
purpose is to secure reliable informa-
ton relating to the burdens and re-
strlctions on the mining industry of
Alaska, with view Of recommends
tons to the congress Ter Its action.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Engineer SO Years; No Wreck.

At the end OF so years continuous
service, during which time he never
has had wreck, Lawrence Gagin. the
Oldest engineer in point of service in
the employ of the Chicago & North
western railroad, will retire on a pen
sion. The date of his retirement will
De February l, but the pension, which
the road assigns to every employee of
30 years standing. will not mean a
great deal to Larry" who is a bank
stakeholder and has other financial in
terests at his home in Sterling, LII.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Through a Gale.

New York-Buffeted by gale
which at times blew 80 miles an hour.
the ord Dominion steamship Princess
Ann, over "a hours overdue from Nor
folk, came into port Saturday night un-
harmed from her encounter with one
OF the flercest midwinter storms that
has swept the Atlantic in years. =.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
MINES AND MINING.

The union forces have won out at
Goldfleld, Neb., on the no-card system.
It is reported from reliable sources
that the Snowstorm mine at Mullan,
Idaho, will resume operations this
week.
1t is reported that the Umatilla mine,
in the Dixie district, is looking prom
Using and bids fair to become great
producer.
A contract has been let for running
a crosscut tunnel 200 feet long on the
Iron Clad mine, near Murray, Idaho.
The tunnel is already in about $50
feet.
Platteville, Wis.-No less than five
mines in the Platteville lead camp will
resume operations at once. These
mines have no rooster and the price of
their ore is so low that they can hard
ly make it pay at recent prices. The
outlook, however, is for better prices.
The price of lead and zinc has ad-
vanced 81 ton this week. The mines
are all at work in the Dodeviglle dis
trict and the three idle mines at Min
eral Point will soon start.
V. Marich and others have filed
notices OF location on Elgin lode and
Elgin lode extension, in the Evolution
mining district.
The Federal Mining company has
been given a patent to the Glamorgan
and Pembroke lode claims, in the Evo-
luton mining district.
The Snowstform mine last year ship
ped $4,000 tons of ore, containing
100000 pounds of copper and $4,000
ounces of silver. The average price of
copper was 20 cents pound and that
of silver IS cents an ounce. Using
these figures as an average the output
would be valued at $1,4O0,000 for cop
per and $3S7,400 for silver, making
total production of $1,7S7,4G0.
Under the superintendence of Mr..
Purcell, development work has lately
been proceeding. at gratifying rate
at Rossland, B. c., and a rich reward
has been reaped in important finds at
the Idaho, Iron Mask, War Eagle and
Center Star mines. The ore bodies
found in the lowest workings in the
group are of high grade and they
are in large and strong quantities.
This indicates that the differentiation
extends as deep as they can be mined.
Five feet of very rich gold ore has
been struck at the 400 foot level of the
Del Rio mine, Buffalo Hump. The
strike was made on croscut from
the $50 foot tunnel.
Montgomery Hardman, one of Spo-
kane's pioneers, who has. spent much
time in Alaska, is reported to have
sold some of his claims at Nome, Alas
ka, for $4,000.
The Pittsburg Lead Mining company
has taken 80 months lease and OBJ
ton on the Bonanza, Monarch and
Monarch Fraction lode claims in the
Placer Center district, near Wallace.
The Blue Bird mine, on Lake Pend
d'Orellle, is now operating under lease
to j. M. Jeanott, one of the principal
owners OF the property.
Judge McFie has appointed F. J.
Otter of Albuquerque as receiver for
the Consolidated Mining & Shelter
company, operating at Corrillos. Fail
ure to pay taxes caused the receiver
ship The property is valued at $780,
600.
The suit begun recently by the
Golden Gate Mill & Mining cOmDanv
against the Ophir Silver Mining COM
pany OF Virginia City, New, to re-
cover $4,000 for alleged trespass-
ing on claims, was dismissed in the
circuit court Of Nevada on motion of
attorneys for the defendants.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
1 ocomotive- Works Shut Down.

Troy, N. Y, Jan. 25.-Word from
Schenectady says that the plant Of the
American Locomotive works In that
city, at which 5000 men were en-
ployed, will close down in the near
future. Scarcity of work is given as
the cause.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30

The metal point On your shoestrine
made fortune for the woman who
thought OF it.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Bio Fire at Clinton, Iowa.

CLINTON, Iowa, Jan. 28.-Fire has
caused $3.50, 900 damage to Fish Broth
ers' wagon works.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-09-16
sAcKlNG The TUlLERIEs.
IA Incident Of the Revolution Of 1S4a
/. Y In France ssiSs! S5 tSsS

kn Incident Of the Revolution Of 1S4a
In Francs.
I The sight that presented itself was
the strangest / have ever seen and has
remained In my memory almost as
wildly as R it were yesterday. The
magnificent apartments of the palace
were soon filled with as strange set
Of runians as you could meet any.
where. It seemed az If they were all
mad or drunk, and yet they were az
Jolly 40 sand boys. They seemed posi-.
lively to revel In destruction and to
yell with delight as they smashed and
tore everything to pieces that they
came across. There was scarcely a
picture that was not cut into ribbons,
and ornaments, however costly, were
thrown down and broken to atoms.
While was standing in one OF the
grand apartments, looking on in won.
der, q little man, with a Sword almost
as big as himself, stoedsin fTont.of q
magnificent mirror thatd reached from
the floor to the ceiling. He surveyed
It for, q moment, and then, sas though
he were about to storm . town single
handed, went deliberately up to 1t and
with one blow Of his great cavalry
blade shivered 1t to piece&o AS. they
fell at his feet he pht9epA grand air
andlsaid Lar as II this was one Of
the. greatest deeds he had, ever accom-.
plished and the prondest p moment q en-. Of Of