Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-15

Ex-senator Allen of Nebraska thinks
Taft is sure Of republican nomination
and that Harmon is the only man
with show Of defeating him.
There will be no boost in binder
Irvine rates by western railroads.
Senator LaFollette has no intention
of withdrawing from the presidential
race.
Great Britain and Russia are about
to revise their joint agreement con-
corning Persia.
President Madero has been weighed
in the balance, and 1t is feared he is
found wanting.
Samuel Gompers reiterated his de-
NAL that he willfully defied an injunc-
ton Of the court
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Ba-
den-Powell arrived in Chicago with
message Of peace.
The United States Is again called
upon to keep watchful eye on the
malcontents of Mexico.
With assurances Of pensions and re-
tention of titles, the Chinese throne
is preparing to abdicate.
The pope ratified the decision of the
consistorial congregation creating q
new diocese of Des Moines.
A reputed holy man is welding, oc-
cording to the duma too great infiu-
ence with the Russian court.
Testimony of witnesses went to
show that the minds of packers on
prices were remarkably alike.
A bill reducing from five to three
years the requirement for settlement
on homesteads passed the senate.
The health of Morse, the paroled
banker, is improving, and he will
soon go abroad for recuperation.
( At a New York dinner Judge Gross
cup and George w. Perkins took turns
in flaying antitrust enactments.
The senate finance committee de-
bated the Hepburne bill to repeal Ca
madam reciprocity, but took no action.
The house resolution declaring
against third term for presidents
was withdrawn without vote being
taken.
President Taft and Rear Admiral
Wainwright will speak at a peace
meeting of the navy league on Friday.
February %.
The 1912 convention of the Amer
lean bankers association will be held
in Detroit in the week beginning Sep
TENDER 8.
President Taft sent to the senate
the nomination of Hal j. Cleve OF
Washington to be registrar of the
land Office at Spokane.
Governor Aldrich of Nebraska is
sued statement favoring Theodore
Roosevelt for the republican presi-
Dental nomination.
More than $1,o0O,O00 is to be distrib-
uted in charitable requests provided
by the will of Caroline Neustadter.
which was filed at New York.
Brigadier General Charles A. Whip
Pie, paymaster general of the army,
applied to be placed on the retired list
under the thirty-year service law.
The senate committee on military
affairs agreed to report favorably
bill by Senator Penrose for monu-
ment to the signal corps in the civil
war at Gettysburg. Pa.
There are 27O Indians entitled to
allotments in the White Earth resec-
walton for whom there Is no land, &C
cording to testimony given by Agent
Howard
The government brought three ac-
lions in the federal district court
against the Erie railroad for violation
Of the sixteen-hour law in relation to
employees.
Fire at Kansas City almost COM
pletely destroyed the stock of the
Margolis Jewelry company at 1907
Main street, causing total loss OF
nearly 100000.
The nomination of Former Cover
nor Myron T. Herick of Ohio to be
AMBASSADOR to France was sent by
President Taft to the senate. He will
succeed Robert Bacon.
Secretary McVeagh announced that
he would appoint, before February Is.
an entirely new board to prepare
standards for testing purity of tea i'm
portations next year.
The Turkish cabinet decided to put
into force the order for closing all
Italian institutions in Turkey, includ-
ing private banks, insurance COM
panies and the orphanage of Scutteri.
Primary election bills, both includ-
ing the nomination Of United States
senator and excluding the selection Of
presidential electors were passed in
both houses OF the Kentucky legisla-
ture.
Major Frank White. twice governor
Of North Dakota and who served with
distinction in the Philippines during
{ the war with Spain, has announced his
candidacy for congress from the Sec
ond district.
Senator LaFollette reintroduced his
antitrust bill Of last session extending
J it, provisions to prohibit the govern
ment from buying from trusts and. for
feiting patents on articles manufac-
tured by trusts.
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