Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-14

Germans Of Chicago celebrated the,
anniversary of the landing of the Ger
man pilgrim fathers and the founding
LOT Germantown On October s, 1888.
Peary. in his ship, the Roosevelt.
was central figure in Hudson-Fulton
| journey up the Hudson.
| Herbert Parsons, chairman Of the
New York county republican commit
ttee, announced that all cheating in
the coming mayoralty contest in the
metropolis would be guarded against.
Commander Peary h., accepted an
invitation to lecture before the Royal
| Geographical society in London. The
date has not yet been fixed.
| The picture Of Martha Washington
may be placed upon one of the post
age stamps of the present series. A
number of women prominent in the
Society of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution have requested the
postofice department to take such ac-
ton. 1t is suggested that the pro-
PC ID issue of the 12-cent stamp offers
an opportunity to do this.
Chief Forester Pinchot back in
Washington repeating charges OF trust
controlled water power.
After having pleaded guilty to
burglary OF a store at Woodbine, Ia,
Mrs. Anna Lind, aged 25, mother Of
a 14-months-old baby, was given an
indeterminate sentence Of ten years
in the penitentiary
Sir Thomas Upton will come to
America to offer again to race for the
American cup.
1t is said that American families
each with an average capital of $1,000
have entered Canada from the United
States this year to become homestead
ers.
A Paris paper prints letter stating
that secret treaty exists between
England and Spain by which Spain
places her strongholds in Africa COM
handing the Strait of Gibraltar at tho
disposition of England in case of war.
The total national bank notes out
standing secured by United States
bonds and lawful money today is $780,
807,459, against $675,612,327 a year
ago, as shown by the monthly state
ment of the comptroller of the cur
rency
Members OF the cabinet are getting
back to Washington to take up rou-
tine work.
Bradstreet's report shows that the
new tariff schedules have affected cot
ton and wooden goods.
Thomas H. Swope, millionaire and
philantropist, died suddenly at his
home in Kansas City following a
stroke of apoplexy. He was eighty
one years old.
The financial report of the North
German-Lloyd Steamship company for
the first six months of 1909 shows
net earnings of $1,250,00O, as against
losses for the corresponding periods
OF 1908 amounting to s1750.0oO.
The cases for the United States and
Great Britain in the Newfoundland
fisheries arbitration have been COM
pleted, and will be delivered at Wash
ington and London at once.
Washington.
A new counterfeit five dollar silver
certificate has appeared in Michigan
and other places, and the secret serv-
ice issued a warning to the public.
The counterfeit bears the Indian head,
and is of the series OF 1889, has the
signatures of United States Treas
urer Treat and Register Vernon and
is described as having check letter
"2B" face plate number 1912 and back
plate number 1862,
Continued improvement in the In
dustrial situation in the United States
Is indicated by the reports of leading
industrial commercial movements re-
ceived during August by the bureau
of statistics of the department Of
commerce and labor. Unusually large
movements of soft coal. coax and iron
ore and large shipments Of lumber
are Indicated.
Census Director E. Dana Durand an
nounces November next as the date
for making practical test of the
qualifications OF applicants for ap-
pointment as special agents for the
collection of the thirteenth census
statistics of manufacturers and mines
and quarries. Blank applications
may be obtained now by writing the
bureau Of the census.
Secretary of War Dickinson left the
city for Bellemeade, Tenn, the hons
of his son, Immediately upon receipt
OF a telegram to the effect that the
young man was suffering from a seri-
Gus attack of heart failure.
Representatives OF eleven govern
ments will attend the tenth annual
meeting of the Association Of Mill
tary Surgeons Of the United States,
to be held here. From the United
States will be medical officers Of the
army, navy and marine hospital SER
vice and national guard organizations.
1 It Is believed the convention will be
the most important to this branch Of
medical profession held in years.