Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
NEWS NOTES
CONDE NSED
A Boiling Down Of the More Impor.
tant Events Here and There
Forelan.

Foreign.
The invitation from the United
States for Great Britain to partici.
pate in an International conference
with view to regulating the killing
of scala in the international waters
of North America has been referred
through the colonial Office in Canada.
The London foreign Office learned
Indirectly that Germany had informed
the state department of the United
States that she had agreed to the
terms by which the British, French
and German groups of financiers were
each to surrender portion of their
shares in the Chinese railway loan in
order to enable the Americans to par
ticipate.
The more liberal section of the
French episcopate, headed by Archbish-
op Turinase of Hancy, are beginning to
question the wisdom of the militant
section which began the formation of
q league Of Catholic voters in the com
ing elections. Instead the former adj
vocate broader union, which shall
include, with the Catholics, other con-
sentative forces.
An extraordinary attempt at whole
sale poisoning among military officers
In Vienna has caused a sensation. A
large number OF officers just pro
NOTED to be captains in the general
staff have received through the mails
sample boxes Of pills. These were
accompanied by circular recon.
mending them for nervous debility.
One of the officers, Captain Nader,
took some Of the pills and died al
most Immediately. An autopsy re-
vealed the presence of cyanide Of
potassium and that death had been
caused by this poison.
I. General.
Power Of revolutionists Is gaining
strength in Nicaragua.
taken from Town Marshal Broadway
"a jury in the Henry county Qllin-
ois) circuit court set aside the will of
John Looney, who left $4,000 to-
Charles and Harry Looney of VAL
paraiso, Ind, and James Looney of
Kansas City.
More harmony Of action is expected
as a result of the meeting at WASH
ington of railroad commissioners.
- woman teacher in the Denver
public schools, whose name is with
held by the police, became insane
when teaching her class and began
to disrobe in the presence of her pu-
pills.
James Freeman Curtis of Boston,
now United States district attorney
and once intercollegiate golf champion
Of the United States, has been chosen
assistant secretary of the U. S.
treasury.
Five miles of the Panama canal
have been opened to navigation. This
includes the channel from a point in
the Bay of Panama. Steamships ply
ing between San francisco and Pa
mama and the west coast ports Of
South America snd Panama are using
this part of the canal daily
The Topeka Commercial club has
received word from the governors of
Arkansas, West Virginia and Ken
lucky that they will be in Topeka to
attend the good roads congress on
December 14-15. The club expects
nearly all of the governors west OF
the Alleghenies to be present.
George Croker youngest son Of the
late California millionaire, Charles c.
Croker, Is slowly dying at his home
In New York from a malady said to
be a cancer.
The Great plains reconnaissance
party Of the United States bureau of
soils, is assembling at Victoria, Tex.
During the winter work will be done
along the Gulf coast north OF Corpus
Christi.
Senator Boyah called on the presi-
dent in the interest OF western irriga-
1 zion prpfi ects
After airing Samuel Gomncrs
speak at Cooper union 200 members
of the Ladies Waist makers union de-
cided to go on strike for shorter hours
and higher wages. Il 8 8ss
The British liberal government is
sued an u timatnm to the peers.
Bloodhounds proved SO far unsuc-
cessful In running down the assail-
mt OF seventeen.year-old Myras Smith
ut Lima, Ohio, who was attacked Iii
the streets, that there came near be-
ing i lynching Of the wrong man.
s. Ciarkson will not be rear point
IA as the sulsy eyor Of the port of New
York
Customs frauds at New ork are
NOT limited to the sugar cases.
~ What appears to- have been an. a &
tempt upon the life Of baron Albert
RoEhachIId of Vienna Il reported from
Rotnscn1lu hunting
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