Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-03-23


the shipment of arms Of Mexico.
The New York legislature is still
balloting for senator without results.
Influential Mexicans say interven-
ton by the United States means
war.
The national monetary commission
plans to work with vigor this sum
mer.
President Diaz is enjoying good
health and personally tends to the du
ties of his Office.
Use of the wireless resulted in the
capture at New York of an alleged
German murderer
The worlds Panama Exposition
company OF New Orleans voted to
liquidate its affairs.
American soldiers of fortune, are
numerous among the bands Of in
surrectos of Mexico.
Clarence d. Hillman, Seattle mil
lionaire, was found guilty of using
the mails to defraud.
In storm on Lake Erie the fishing
tug Silver Spray went down, and the
crew of seven was lost.
The United States supreme court
sustained the constitutionality of
the corporation tax law.
a bill providing for adopting the
Oregon plan has passed both houses
of the Kansas Legislature.
The supreme court held the gov
eminent mad right to pursue and
confiscate bad egg shipments.
Andrew Carnegie may be called as
witness in the investigation of the
trust company bearing his name.
George B. Cox was purged of con-
tempt at Cincinnati, but was given a
scoring by the court for insolence
Result of the election In ST. Louis
show that the Goulds still possess
the management of the Missouri Pac-
ifie
The Danish government is sending
warships to Greenland with instruc-
tions to arrest foreign walrus hunt
ers.
The instruction in Mexico it is
generally admitted, is a leading
cause for sending troops to the bor-
der.
1t was declared in commons that
Great Britain must keep building
ships as long as Germany is ambi-
Iious
Four convicts made their escape
from the Nebraska penitentiary
through an opening where bars were
sawed off
"Send your war cloud to the Bal
kans; only maneuvers here" was
the comment of General Carter at
San Antonio.
AS the result Of special investiga-
ton, the entire force of customs in
spectors at San Francisco will be
reorganized.
Cows eating from. straw stack
near Walnut, H., uncovered an iron
pail containing quantity of gold and
silver coins.
Napier Byroma, convicted Of the
murder of his wife. the mother of
twelve children, was hanged at the
Tennessee state prison.
There has been eight deaths from
the bubonic plague and eight from
smallpox reported in Annoy, China,
within the last two weeks.
The fire that threatened to destroy
the town of Douglas, Alaska, was ex-
tinguished after 1t had destroyed
property valued at 100000.
The comptroller Of the treasury is
sued call for a statement of the
condition of national banks at the
close of business on Tuesday, March
the 18th.
Continuing its attempt to relieve
the distress of the starving millions
of China the American National Red
Cross cabled $4,000 more to the strick-
en- people
The Chinese government declares
Its intention of agreeing to both
points at issue with Russia and is
now drafting reply to the recently
received ultimatum.
The American battleship Delaware
arrived at Valparaiso, Chile, with the
body of Anibal Cruise, who died at
Washington while serving as Chilean
minister to the United States.
President Taft has appointed for
mer Senator Cockrell of Missouri as
commissioner on the part Of the Unit
ed States to re-trace and definitely
determine the boundary lines between
Texas and New Mexico.
Russia has sent an ultimatum to
China insisting upon closer adher-
ence to the provisions of the treaty
Of 1881, which has been the subject
of negotiations between the two coun-
tries for some weeks past.
With the white house and police
headquarters each one block away
and the United States treasury Just
across the street. robber entered
the Office of the Grand hotel on Penn
sylvania avenue, Washington, held up
the clerk at the point of pistol and
escaped with $50.
Personal.