Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-15

Army men are not IN FAVOR or the
O'Rourke plan for raising the Maine
at the commerce commission hear
1 ing at Chicago railroad men insisted
their revenue was not enough.
/ Toilette swept the state in the Wis
| consin primaries
Mayor Gaynor of New York was
| taken from the hospital to his coun-
| try home.
Senator Burkett introduced EXPIRES
ident Roosevelt on the occasion of his
Omaha speech.
There was an angry exchange be-
tween lawyers at the railroad rate
hearing at Chicago.
From eight to ten thousand people
listened to the speech of Ex-President
Roosevelt In Omaha
A demented man jumped from a
train near Missouri Valley, meeting
almost instant death.
The financial showing of the govern
mept for the second month of the fis-
cal year is satisfactory.
Some federal heads may be Topped
off at New York for too active par
tlclpatlon in state politics.
Governor Hay OF Washington takes
issue with Roosevelt and Pinchot on
the question Of conservation.
Mayor Seidel OF Milwaukee is bitter
towards Roosevelt, because Of the
coloneps views on socialism.
Congressman G. w. Norris Of Ne
braska, returned from Wisconsin
pleased with insurgent victory.
William Barnes, jr., of New York
declares himself shocked at utter
ances OF Roosevelt in the west.
The treasury department has
task on it's hands in the printing Of
bonds for postal savings banks.
Colonel Roosevelt was obliged to
break his Sunday resolve and address
the crowds as he Travelled to Fargo.
Governor Shallenberger of Nebras-
ka, denies that there is any truth in
the report that he will call extra ses-
sion of the legislature
Col. Roosevelt declined to attend
banquet with Senator Lorimer pres
ent. The latter's invitation was
therefore cancelled.
At Terre Haute, Ind, John Mitchell,
the labor leader in a Labor day ad-
dress, spoke in favor of better laws
for the protection of workingmen.
Two transatlantic steamships, one
of them the liner Lusitania, were held
UP by the New York health authorities
because of the cholera scare abroad.
A movement is under way to have
Justice Harlan promoted to the chief
justiceship Of the supreme court
with the understanding that he soon
retires.
The report received that France
Will have seventy-five ae.oplanes at
the disposal of its army by the end of
November is attracting much atten-
ton in Germany.
At the close of meeting of miners
and operators in Chicago, it was an
nounced that the strike situation in
the Illinois coal fields had virtually
been brought to an end
Virtual martial law prevails in Bar
letta, the center of the italian chol-
era zone, as the result of clash be-
tween several thousand starving and
people and the military.
Juan Amer, editor of the Satirical
Weekly Chantecleer, of which the
first issue had just appeared, was shot
and killed by Jose Pennino, liberal
candidate for city councilman in Hay-
ana, Cuba.
Ample opportunity will be given
both railroads and shippers to pre-
sent personally to the interstate com
merce commission all question bear.
Ing on rates, 1t is stated by commits
sion authorities. .
Davis Elkins arrived in Paris from
Carlsbad en- route to Vichy, where he
will join his mother and his sister,
Miss Katherine Elkins. 1t is under
stood that the three will sail for the
United States about October 1.
At a La Toilette meeting In Madi-
son, at which Senator Cumlnins of
Iowa and Francis J. Heney, the San
francisco graft fighter. were the chief
speakers. Congressman Norris Of Ne
braska was also present and made
talk,
An unconfirmed report has been
received that five negroes were
lynched near Carlton, ten miles east
Of ATKINS, Ga
Mexico's celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of her independ-
ence began Sept. list and will CON
tinue until the end OF the month.
After conference with the forestry
service officials the officials OF the
American National Red Cross an.
nouneed that it would pay the hospital
expenses Of the government employees
injured in fighting the forest fires in
the northwest. It is estimated that
the expense will amount to about ST.
600, which will be paid out of the re-
lief fund Of the Red Cross.
Personal.