Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-22

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The house army bill provides for q
material reduction in cavalry strength.
President Madero has been weighed
IN the balance. and It y feared he Is
sound wanting.
Kansas City, Mo-, will be the scene
ef the next intercollegiate balloon
race.
w. =. Bryan Is to be the first wit
ness called in the money trust investi
cation at Washington.
Samuel Gompers reiterated his de-
NAL that he willfully defied an injunc-
Ion Of the court.
lieutenant General Sir Robert Ba-
den-Powell arrived in Chicago with .
message Of peace.
/ A system Of wireless telegraphy in
the Philippine islands was recon-
mended By President Taft.
Testimony was given to show the
Swift group of packers had knowledge
Of the system Of margins.
4 A reputed holy man Is welding, oc-
cording to the duma, too great influ-
ence with the Russian court.
Field Marshal Wilhelm Won Hahnke,
one Of the best known and most popu-
lar soldiers IN Germany, Is dead.
The health OF Morse, the paroled
banker, Is improving, and he will
soon go abroad for recuperation.
The senate finance committee de.
bated the Hepburne bill to repeal Ca
madam reciprocity, but took no action.
The 1912 convention Of the Amer
lean bankers association will be held
In Detroit In the week beginning Sep
tcmber 8.
The house passed the anti-loan
shark bill fixing IL per cent as the
maximum interest rate in the District
Of Columbia.
4 President Taft sent to the senate
the nomination OF Hal ]. Cleve OF
Washington to be registrar Of the
land Office at Spokane.
The government brought three &C.
lions in the federal district court
against the Erie railroad for violation
| Of the sixteen-hour law in relation to
employees.
Two army officers made an aero
plane flight in war department ma
chine from Doeberitz, near Berlin. to
Hamburg in two hours and fifteen
minutes.
Inaugural day IN Arizona has been
changed from Monday, February r..
to Wednesday, February IA, according
to statement made by Governor
Elect w. p Hunt.
w. Morgan Shuster, ex-treasurer
general of Persia, was passenger on
the steamship George Washington,
which sailed from Southampton for
New York.
/ Worldwide Significance attaches to
the visit soon to be made by Secre-
tary Knox at the direction Of Presi-
dent Taft, to the countries bordering
on the Caribbean sea.
i Governor Clark Of Alaska was be-
fore the territories committee and OPP
posed the Alaska elective legislature
and urged development Of railroads
and fuel resources.
| The nomination Of Former Cover
nor Myron T. Herick of Ohio to be
ambassador to France was sent by
/ 01S1UOAk ! 0lJ ~ VA0 6CA<1G1s 4A0 w LA
succeed Robert Bacon.
Secretary Mcveagh announced that
he would appoint, before February IL,
an entirely new board to prepare
standards for testing purity Of tea Inn
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.
Mrs. s. H. Schermerhorn, wife Of q
Chicago broker, Was seriously burned
when an alcohol stove overturned in
q compartment Of car on the Santa
Fe California limited train near En-
poria, Kan.
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.
William Mcvey, arrested in New
Orleans for larceny, liz the former Ne
vada convict for whom a reward was
offered after the murder Of William
| "A. Sanderson at Gar1elud. Utah, No
vember IL.
| Thirty-two indictments against al
legged dynamiters were returned BY the
grand Jury at Indianapolis.
Charles H. Walters. former vice
president Of the Mansfield Rubber
company and Interested In concerns Ia
4 three state, was arrested IN Gallon,