Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-03
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SEATTLE, WASH. Col. Alden ].
!. Hlethen, editor Of the Seattle Times,
and his son, Clarence Blethen, mani
aging editor Of the paper. were found
mot guilty OF criminal libeI by jury
In the superior court The defendants
were accused In an indictment returned
last week by special county grand
jury Of having libeled Joseph Jarvis,
y socialist. BY publishing last October
an article alleging that Jarvis had
abscQnded with funds belonging to the
socialist party.
LOS ANGELES Charles L. Hutch-
ms, Of Wilmington, Del, gentleman
having rsaped q fortune by virtue Of
. charming personality and his assur-
ance In claiming connections with
John d. Rockefeller and the Guggen-,
helm copper; Interest, has been sem
fenced to three years in Folsom pris 5
on. Hutchins was convicted OF having
passed worthless checks in Pasadena
and Los Angelica.
CFIALONS-SUR, MARINE. FRANCE
The French aviator. Maurice L..
Foulquier. while testing monoplane
for the first time, fell from height of
$50 feet last evening and was killed.
FOulquier had been accustomed to a
biplane and the acct sent is attributed
to the fact that he failed to realize
methods in handling.
MUNICH, BAvARIA-The year
old man. Duke Ludwig, of Bavaria,
brotherinlaw Of the Austrian emperor.
entered suit today for divorce against
his second morganatic wife. former
ballet girl of the Bavarian court opera,
whose maiden name was Antonio
Barth and who Is Just 40 years young
er than her husband. He married her
in 1892.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.-One man
was killed and another probably ia
tally injured while seeking relief from
the heat yesterday. The men, A. f..
Price and w. A. Davis. with many
Others. had gone from downtown lodg-
ing houses to sleep on a stone wall
above the railway tracks skirting the
river banks The wall caved in on
them.
superintendent of bridges of the Cop
per River & Northwestern railroad.
was killed, and Caleb Corser general
superintendent OF the same road, was
seriously injured last night when a
motor speeder on which they were
making tour OF inspection was
wrecked.
WysAsHINGTON-C Conditions of the
fur seal herd in the Pribilof islands will
be investigated by Henry w. Elliott
and Andrew j. Gallagher, two experts
engaged by congress. They will reach
the islands early in July, when the
seals begin to come ashore for the sum
mer They will report some time in the
fall
SAN DIEGO. CAL-The betrothal of
Ulysses s. Grant, son of the late pres
ident. and Mrs. A. l. Wills, of Marshall
town, Ia, was announced today. The
wedding will take place in San Diego
about the middle of July. The bride to
be is 35 years of age and Mr. Grant
has passed his Goth milestone
LISBON-A violent scene occurred
Yesterday in the senate, when Senator
Arthur Costa, brother of the premier,
objected to the remarks of Joao Jose
De F'reitas. and advanced upon him.
Senator De Freitas drew revolver
and leveled it at the others breast
They We're quickly separated.
NEW YORK-Suit was filed against
James B. Haggin, aged millionaire
mining man and horsernan. by Princess
Wilma Lwoff-Pariaghy, noted as
portrait painter to royalty, claiming
$4,000 alleged to be the price agreed
painted by the princess.
CI4ATSKANIE, ORE.-By applying
for a pension as the daughter of an of
ticer of the union army in the civil
war. Mrs. Miller French of this place.
has learned that her father Capt.
Lewis Hunt. believed to have been
Killed in battle is living and is resi-
Gent of TarrytoWn. N. Y.
NEW misrepresentation of 81
of the 113 fire insurance companies do
ing business in the state of Texas met
in New York yesterday to discuss the
Texas Insurance situation. possibly with
view 10 withdrawing II, the face OF
S.esisiation which they consider inimi-
cal.
KASoK. NINA wind storm
which almost reached the proportions
OF tornado sweptsover this place late
yesterday, doing more than s15O.OO0
house was lifted from it's foundation
and practically demolished and sew
eral other buildings were torn down.
TROUVILLE, FRANCE-Disobey
his governess, the little nephew OF
Count De Novelties entered a kennel
containing two savage dogs which We're
being trained for police service. The
animals sprang upon the boy and liter
ally tore him to pieces.
ALMIRA, SPAIN Four fierce bulls
brotse loose while they were being
taken to the bullring. They charged
furiously down the narrow streets. gor-
ing all in their path. One man was
killed and many were injured. Three
old men were tossed.
DENVER, COLO.-A Z, car carrying
25 sacks of mail and large amount
of baggage was burned with it's con-
tents near Yuma on the Chicago, Burl-
ington & Quincy railroad. The car was
attached to westbound train due in
Denver shortly after o'clock
FORT sMITH-Mine No. II of the
Western Coal and Mining company of
st. Louis, at Jenny Lind. Ark, near
Fort Smith, was wrecked by an explo-
sion and subsequent fire late yesterday.
No one was in the mine at the time OF
the explosion.
KALAMAZOO, MICH One person
| was killed and - others were serious
~ injured, three of whom probably will
die. when the northbound Lake Shore
passenger train collided head on with
!a-work train a mile north of this city.
A misunderstanding of orders is
blamed for the wreck
HAMBURG, GERMANY-A third
attempt was made yesterday to launch
the German battleship cruiser Derf-
finger. but without success. She was
christened last Saturday and refused
to move from the gtocks second
attempt Wednesday to launch her
failed.
NEW YORK Edwin s. Cramp
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