Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-15

The American Woman Suffrage -.
sociation decided. ito establish ma
ttionzi headquarters n New York City.
President Taft told Representative
Tawney Of Minnesota 1 that the ad-
nainfstration did mot contemplate urg-
ing reduction OF the tax on oleo-
| margarine.
The Kansas, Southern & Gulf rail-
road, the shortest railroad in Kansas,
Is in the hands Of q receiver.
The Cuban mouse OF Representatives
passed the bill legalizing cock fight
ing, which was Immediately signed by
President Gomez.
Prof. George Burnham Foster was
dropped from the roll of the Chicago
Baptist ministers conference.
Harvard was victorius in the three
boat races against Yale on the New
London, Conn, course.
Employees OF the bureau Of engrav-
ing and printing have been placed on
per diem instead of monthly payroll
Charged with using the United
States mail for lottery purposes three
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raided and their proprietors arrested
| Kentucky now has but twenty-four
| counties in all parts of which liquor
| can be sold.
/ Rear Admiral William f.. Potter
who commanded the fourth division
OF the Atlantic battleship feet on its
| voyage around the world, last week
! became chief Of the bureau OF naviga-
! ton, relieving Rear Admiral John E..
Pillsbury, retired
i The United States and Nicaragua
are hopeful of reaching an amicable
understanding on the Emery claim
Prof. Louis T. Moore of Cincinnati,
who, 1t Is understood, will spend the
summer with his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Taft, has arrived at the summer cap.
ital in Beverly.
The man and woman who committed
suicide by rowing boat over the dam
| In the ST. Joseph river at South Bend,
| Ind. were H. Lindeman and wife Of
Chicago. They were on their bridal
"trip.
An order was issued at Pittsburg
by the local board of the United Mine
Workers of America instructing the
striking miners in the Kansas dis
| trict, 5000 in number, to return to
work.
President Taft hopes to make a
western trip this summer, providing
the tariff bill can be cleared up by
August /. The Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition at Seattle will be the pres
ldents destination. He will visit
Omaha either going or returning. A
tentative itinerary and program is be-
Ing made out. $50, +, ~
Washington. at
The sen;,.u will be represented in
/ the conference on the tariff bill by
eight men, five republicans and three
l democrats. all of whom will be select
ed according to seniority of member
ship on the committee on finance.
i Senators Aldrich, Burrows, Penrose,
Hale and Cullom will be the republi-
cans, and Senator'S Daniel, Money and
Bailey the democratic members Of the
I. conference committee on the part Of
/, the senate. ta
Cynically disposed statesmen are
ppining that the effort to save from
| S30000,00O to s5O,0OO,0OO year in
the expense OF the federal government
will not only fail, but that within the
next three years there will be a large
upward turn In the national budget.
In connection with the bureau of
/ n1o ~ - -
agriculture. the forest service has
been carrying on series of expert
ments relative to the re-seeding OF
overgrazed areas upon the national
forests in the west.
United States Senator A. B. Cum.
Minis of Iowa and members of the Fiji
'ity-third regiment band stationed at
Fort Dodge. will be guests OF honor al
The midsummer picnic arranged by the
! Hawkeye club of Spokane. Wash, at
i lNatatorium park there on August z.
A letter received in Kansas City
from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
announced the government would par
hcipate in the experiments being con
Quoted there by DR.. CD shiler. who
lls attempting to find cure for hog
cholera. It il stated an expert or
hogs will be sent there from Wash
sngton.
John W.. Roberts OF Lincoln hal
been appointed scientific assistant II
connection with agricultural depart
ment. 9. 3. Campbell Of Omaha wal
appointed messenger In army head
!. quarters In Omaha.
Personal.
Dr.. George w. Martin, prominent Al
prison reform worker and as chap
lain at state penal institutions. die,
1t his home In Lincoln, Neb. 4,
q Charged with using the Unite,
!. States r,.s,e purposes, tnre
Chinese shops were raided In Washing
ton and their proprietors arrested
Charles "A. Luccock. former paste
, 81 the Union Methodist Episcopa
church and now in charge OF q KaI
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