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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINa. PORTLAND, OREGON
long tunnels, or contending with snows. Pass
ing with the Columbia River through the Cas-.
cadc Mountains. the railway and steamboat
routes of Portland expand like q fan over an
inland empire rich with mines, with forests, with
grain fields and pasture lands. Portland 10
tine rcal terminus of tho Northern Pacific,
the Union Pacific. and the Southern Pa
ciic Railways, and the nominal terminus
Of tho Canadian Pacific, Of which these n-e
traffic connections. 1t is also headquarters for
tho Oregon Railway aud Navigation Company's
extensive system OF ocean. river, and rail
service. Fourteen separate. lines Of river
bouts center at Portland, exclusive Of regular
ocean service by steamers aud sailing
vessels to all parts Of tho world. Port.
land is Ito miles from the ocean, on
the Willamette River, twelve miles from
its confluence with the Columbia, aud is reached
by deep-sel vessels in oil seasons. It controls
tho great salmon fisheries of the Columbia, has
large trade with Alaskn, and derives the major
benefit from the development Of tho mining dis.
tricts of Idaho. Washington, and Oregon. The
Willamette Valley alone has resources enough
to support a million inhabitants, not to mention
the other elements of greatness within tho grasp
of ~Portland-the wonderful mines, tho vast fors
ests, tho ish-canning industry, the great grain
trade, tho products of pasture lands aud orch.
ards, and important shipping interests, which
have developed into commercial sizo that de.
mands recognition, and in soine instances sp-
preMscy, in tho business circles Of the world.
MOSES HOLSOM.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

4 Nlarvsaoae 0psnin8 Up = 1ntustEsss
aAd sett3smsnt Through Advent of
Yailways-A Country Rich Ia Asricul.
Mse, Timber, Minerals, stock. and
Observation-Disclosures Climate and
wondssfal scensry.
Portland. Oregon. Aug. -: lSS0.-In the
mtnd OF the observer who takes but furtive
glances from tho car window In hastcning
+ through the Pacific Northwest. the impress
able. but the man Who comes n looks for
facts viii be favored by a constant success
sion o~fsurprises. Its agricultural resources;
its mineral wealth; It's Timber: It's manu-
featuring possibilities. through the close
association OF water.power and raw ma
tertal: its climate: and u full share OF those
superb creations OF nature which distinguish
our country from oil others, convey to the
intelligent traveller the most gratifying
thoughts. assuring him Of its future prog
ress n prosperity.
WHERE 10 oREaoNY
1t Is the State Of the Pacific Northwest.
and has the ocean for Its western boundary.
Il is bounded ON the north by Washington
south by Nevada and California. 1t has m
area OF 5000 square miles. or over sixty
million acres: larger than Old England and
New England combined. and Ii capable of
supporting ten persons whore 1t now has
onc. II you have never been there. admit
that you know nothing or worry little about
II. Oregon has not only a variety Of material
resources. but there Ii u difference In the
climate east and west of the Cascade
Mountains. On tho coast there arc four
Seasons. but " only are conspicuous-the
wet md the dry-while in the eastern part
Of the 4tate there is u greater rango Of
tempef&tpfc. the winter. however. rarely
huvlng moro than a few weeks or months OF
snow. with summer cooler and moro equa-
bio than In tho States east. Tho rainy season
on tho cOast is In tho winter. and the idea is
common that the rainfall. Is excessive. but
wrong. because the Signal Service shows
every South Atlantic and Gulf State to have
from five TO twenty inches more of ruin than
Portland. where the annual average Is flf-
teen to twenty inches in excess Of the States
Of tho Upper Mississippi Valley. In the
Southern States the rain is heavy; out here
never with driving wind. and without the
sons on tho Atlantic coust. Tho snowfallat
Portland Is light, seldom enough for sleigh
ing. In the heat of umMcr there IL no sum
stroke, nor the lnssitudo of Southern Cali
fOrnia. and no night was ever SO hot as to
preclude the need Of bed clothing. The
reasons for so mild and uniform climate 40
fur north have been SO often old that u
mere mention of the chief one is all that is
necessary. This Is The influence of the
Japnn current. an immense gulf stream"
In the Pacific Ocean which sweeps toward
the North Pacific cOust and affects 1t us tho
Gulf Stream does tho British Islands. Tho
potency of the Jnpan current il seen when
we state that the annual temperature of
Sitka. Alaska. is about that OF Minnesota
This current is the source Of the Chinook
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

William II. Travers, jr., and Lewis
rutherford, of New York, have run away
to Egypt. where they arc now travelling. i'll
order. it is said. to discourage the atten-
tions of Il young III who has amused
herself during the last three years by fol-
lowing Mr.. Travers about from place to
place III spite of his efforts 10 get rid Of
her. Young Travcrs met this young girl,
who is the daughter of an uptown con-
tractor, in New York, and from that mo-
ment he has not known a minutes peace.
Night after night she would hang outside
the Knickerbockcr club, waiting for him to
come out, and OH onc occasion the victim
only escaped her by sliding down the fire
escape on the roof of an adjoining house;
whence lie made his escape TO the street.
She followed him to Bermuda e When
he started for Europe to get away from
her she G out on the same steamer, the
Etruria. Again in Paris she turned up,
and finally consented to return to London
and wait for .Tiavers and Rutherford
there: The next day the two men started
for Egypt. The girl is pretty and her
parents are rich. Shc moved in good
society. Mr.. Travcrs. who is we'll known
in society and athletic circles. is the son
aud namcsukc of the late William II.
Trayers, the famous wit of Wall street.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
The Old Way and the New.

"How many rooms in your new house.
my dear?" inquired, o good old-fashion.1
ed mother Of her daughter, who had
just acquired n West Side home.r i,
Ten Observation-Disclosures
drawing-room, dining-loom, larder, o,i.
sine, lavstoly, and four chambers. he,
the reply.
dear me, how yonr father reta
things mixed" exclaimed thaold lady,
Il told me after he bought the house.
thu there was u parlor, sittinR-room.l
dlning-room, pantry, kitchen, bath.
room, four bedrooms, a cellar Ara 4
garnet. '-Bu0alo Express. ~ I
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

A YOUNG woman on her way home
from church in Mcntone, Ind, the 9th
er night, was caught in a thunder show
er and struck by lightning. 1t is re-
ported that, though terribly frightened,
she managed to reach home. On exam
nation she found that the fluid had
bent two Of the hairpins on her head
and actually melted one, but the skin
was not abraded and she was not in
jrred q particle.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

PHILADELPHIA brewers say their
business has increased 90 per cent. since
the high-license law that abolished
nearly four-fifths of tho saloons went
into effect. They explain that the
great increase is due to the demand
for bottled beer. There is also a great
increase of the sale in large quantities,
saying nothing of n demand that is
made for small kegs of lager, called
sechtcls, and holding one-sixth of IL
barrel. One feature of the license law
provides that the license shall expire
with the death of the owner.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

Mack Brown, a resident Of Fulton, K

Mack Brown, a resident Of Fulton, KY,
was sitting in the rotunda Of the Peabody
hotel ut Memphis, Tenn, talking to a
friend, when a young man stealthily ap-
preached with a pistol In his hand and de-
liberAtely fred two shots at Mr.. Brown.
Both took effect in the right breast aud
death followed instantly. The shooter
vas captured before leaving the hotel, and
proved TO be Louis Lane, q s~tenpgrapher
Seor . local law firm. He is insane. When
questioned be stated that he had felt like
Killing semsg-assnd that be shot brown
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

bio is absolute, Washington would DO
a good field in which to put the theory
to o practical test. This notion has
taken hold, and petitions are in circu.
lation for signatures among business
men Of the District, to be presented to
Congress, praying that all taxes be
abolished on personal property and inn
provemcnts here and that a single tax
he levied On ground values. The names
of the foremost business men in the
District are being secured in numbers.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
soME strange things were brought

SOME strange things were brought
up from the earth while drilling wells
near Albany, Ga. Wllite-pine logs
were brought up from n depth of 700
feet. Mr.. Merritt, Mt n depth of twenty
seven feet, dug through n mass, seven
feet thick, of petritied homes. They We're
thigh bones, ribs, finger bones, teeth,
and, with these remains of some forgot
ten race, immense bones of animals
now extinct. A Mr.. Bowles, in digging
out for a mill foundation, came upon
tho shore of an ancient ocean. The
sand showed the lipplcs from the
waves, and was covered with marine
remains, shells, sharks teeth, andbones
Of dcep-sea monsters.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
Yellow,

Yellow j. a color that gives tone IA
ell other colors. II Fon Gather :
bouquet in the garden and do mot In.
!cludc.a bit Of yellow ii often seems e.
lack Brightness. Add q yellow rose.
or 2 spray Of calliopsis; ora nasturtinm'
and the change ia aa great as that which
takes place in q Landscape when abnrss
Of sunshine breaks through the cios,d:
which have been hanging al sbo o,va *.
Their y sp instant suggestion Of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

ssSh. sna ars setoaoss Nt5eA ltyplaEf
not wealth @ mueh - taete. caSs a9Ast1@
making eyssy loea3ity Isepsssseas nd Enes1e
tsunaSely moro II those In the humber wanke
q life who own th6tf own homes. Look atthe
causes that have made this 9rowth. nos cn!y 9
IA tributaries include Allof the pAviaA6ae froeh
waters OF the Pacific MOI. Invest. and Portland
only the conyorging point Of III the fresh waters
but q tho rsilfoads. which, In following
the only natural grade to tho coast, oome
through ths passus Of the Columbia, mai.
Ing it tho only Pacific seaport reached nom
the interior Of tho continent without the neces'
sity Of climbing heavy gradees passing through
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
Foreign Contract Labor,

The congressional committee Mt New
York to investigate the immigration qucs-
ton has entered upon the last days in-
quiry. Louis S. Samuel, a dry goods i'm
porter, was the first witness. He had a
contract for supplying mail and coin bags
for the government. To do this lie em-
ploys $50 hands. On being pressed by
Congressman Spinola the witness &C.
knowledged that the majority of his work
men are Italians. The committee then
examined Samuel Krcutz concerning the
importation of musicians under contract.
He admitted TINT he had brought six mu-
sicinns from Bavaria under contract, but
did not hold the men to the contract after
he had heard it was against the law. I'M
migration Commissioner Charles w.
fainter appeared before the committee
and called its attention to the provision of
the Inv by which the secretary Of the
treasury is empowered to enter into con-
tracts with the governors of states and
other local authorities for carrying out the
provisions of the contract labor law. He
said that no such contract had ever been
entered into between the secretary Of the
treasury and Gov. Hill OF any other Of
ticials of thc state. Hence the emlgrant
commissioners do not feel it their duty to
look after the observance Of the law III
this rcspect,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
Arruxt.a while I'm . visit

Lee Baker wa,prrested at Topeka, Kan,
the other day for the murder Of Robert
MCGEE, committed four years ago. Baker
aud MCGEE were employed in Usage
county. A dispute arose over some trivial
matter and Baker crushed McGee's skull
with II shovel. He made his escape aud
all efforts to find him were unsuccessful.
He made q visit to his parents in Topeka
and was promptly arrested. lie admits
that he committed the murder.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
Two Views Of II.

Sweet Girl Graduate (inishing valc-
dictory)-And to yo,,, dear teachers,
our hearts will ever SO ont in warmest
love and most grateful remembrance.
You have made us what we are; you
have smoothcd out for lis the rough
places on the road to the Hill of Knowl-
edge; you have been our educational
parents, watching lis with solicitude,
rejoicing in iii successes and sympa-
tl.izing with IFS in our failures. Dear
teacllcrs. W bid you u fearful alden!
Same girl next day)-Yes, indeed,
I'm through school, and if 1 mint glad
/ was over anything, you can
just bet your sweet lifel ! just think
they have the horridest set Of teachers
in llat school imaginable. Can't con-
ceive where they got 'em. Must have
had 'em made to order. And they are
MI crosscr than ever just before COM
measurement. You're right Tn glad it's
all over aud my education is finished.
Let's go and get some ice cream
PittsJauy Chronicle.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

A PARTISAN Duchess has bettered
Sarah Bernhard's tiger cub by adopt
q real panther o. a pet. She keeps it
iRAAemg cage, and gives it sun and air
ON the veranda, where she feeds it her.
self, stroking it through the bars of the
cage as she does 81.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

UPON land of Tyson Reynolds, in
Lancaster County, Pa, stands u black
heart cherry tree planted in 1916, and
now bearing fruit for the %sixty-eighth
time. which has, on a big fork eight feet
above the ground, o healthy cedar five
feet high and three inches across that
has grown there for the last twenty-five
vnnra
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

A New York man missed s45, in
Guiding his luck-penny, and told his
roommate, who offered to take care of
him while he had a cent left. The
roommate, in the generosity of his
heart, bought the drinks, and, when he
pulled out a handful of change, 10, the
luck.penny! He went to Jail.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

Commissioners have been appointed by
the circuit court to decide upon the point
where the Chicago, st. Paul and Kansas
City shall intersect the Kansas City. st.
Joseph and Council Bluffs, and the latter
road will now he compelled to take the
through Diagonal freight. The Diagonal
will at once commence the erection of n
freight depot in st. Joseph, Mo-, 44O feet
long by 30 wide, to cost S5O,O00. G. r.
Berry, formerly cashier ofthe Rock Island
ticket Office. has been appointed local
freight agent and will take uhurge.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

HENRY GEORGES single tax idea has
many Supporters in Washington. 1t
q said that about thirty Congressman
believe in it and would he willing to
4pakc an experiment. AS the power of
Gooeress oyer the District Of Column
if ~-.<
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

TO At once make connection between its
system Of lines and the 1 o'clock st. Louis
and Kansas City train, I've .ching st. Louis
and the southwest by u route equal to that
Of the
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

In is estimated ut the Postofice De-
partment that the deficiency in the
revenues of the postal service for the
last fiscal year will he about ST. 900, 900.
Last year the deficiency Was something
over 81, 800, OOO. Owing to the cheap
rates of postage, especially for news
papers, the bulk of mail matter has in
creased at such II rate that the cost of
the service has grown immensely. The
force of employees, especially in the
large offices, is taxed to handle the
quantity of matter that daily comes
pouring in. In some instances the
newspapers are not sent to the post
office ut all, but arc weighed and
stamped ut the Office of publication by
some III authorized to do the work,
and the bags are sent directly to the
railroad depots. III this were not done
it is stated that some of the large post
Offices would be overwhelmed, and
that it would he impossible to handle
all the matter with any dispatch or
accuracy. 1T is thought by the post
Office officials that the statistics for the
year just ended will show a large in
crease in the number of letters mailed.
AT present England is the greatest let
ter-writing nation in the world. The
annual ratio of increase in this class of
mail matter in this country is much
grcaterin this country than in England,
and, il the present rate continues, in u
few years the United States will stand
ut the head as writing more letters per
capita than any other nation. The
bulk of mail matter. or the number of
pieces handled by the United States
postal service, is now greater than any
other country, hut this is mainly due to
the extensive circulation of the news
Dnpers.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
l,eer Consumed ~ Flames.

A large malt house, containing 10000
bushels Of malt, owned by Neidlineer,
Schmidt d Co., Of New York. and two
large ice houses, owned by the Brewery
burned ut South Rondout, together with
the machinery, etc. The total loss is esti-
mated ut over 800, OOU.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

A threshing machine boiler exploded on
the farm of Frank %Stmnahan, near Pitts
burg, Pa. by which William Cloueh and.
two others seriously injured. Tho boiler
was blown through IL barn sixty feet away.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
Supposed Murderer Caught.

Three men, supposed to lie the murler-
ers of Mrs. Howes. who was shot while
canoeing on the Iobique river. were cap-
tnrcd recently and are in custody in the
Audoycr. n. b.. iail.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
A isala Knobls.r Killed.

A special flom Springfield, NO., says
That Capt. Nat Kinney, the famous chief
and founder of the Bald Knobbcrs' organ
ization, was shot and killed ut Ozark.
Christian county. by Bill Miles, n anti
Bnld- knol,Ier.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

because he was the Arst man hs mst who
WAN not looking. About a year ag ~ vas
attempted to place Lane in an insa o ssy.
lum, but the attempt failed.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

S. ID. Post. n grain dealer on the produce
exchange, New York. in business over
thirty years, aud previously reported to he
worth IA quarter Of Il million, is unable to
meet his obligations. He is short of the
market six million bushels of wheat, aud
his losses arc S75O.OOM.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

Moore, the journalist, and Mrs. Norton,
who recently clio. ed rom st. Louis, are
living ut a fashionable boarding house in
Toronto, Ont.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

PEARLS have been discovered. it is
just announced. in several of the Irish
rivers, and a gentleman who is Chair
maj of the Omagh Town Commission
ers has arrived in London within the
past day or two, bringing with him IL
packet of the gems which have been
found in fresh-watcr mlsscls of County
Tyrone. Some oftllesc pearls are said
to be of fair size, measuring over a
quarter Of an inch i'll diameter. while
others range downward to the size of a
small gun-shot. They are asserted,
moreover, to be of fine quality, and to
abound in the stretches of water where
the pearl-bearing mussels have nov
'sbeen discovered.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
Killed Inv I~,eunIators.

Reports from Frcetown, La, and from
other sources indicate that more than
twenty negroes wcrc killed IN that vicinity
by regulators md that several others were
severely wounded.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31

ONE night John r. Mclean, editor of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, was seated
at his desk up to his eyes in business.
when n bumptious young reporter
strolled in from the city editors room,
and seating himself familiarity near the
editor-in-chief, inquired in an otf-hand
way: well, Mac, how does the news
pan out to-night?" Not in the least
Disconnected by the extraordinary con-
duct of his subordinate, who, by the
way, vas q newcomer on the paper, and
hardly known to him, Mr.. Mclean re-
sponded in IN apparently pleasant way
"Dont call me Mac it seems too stiff;
call me Johnnie"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
lsusiness Fai,ure,

The Hiscox Flo company, Of West
Chelmsford, Mass. shut down recently for
an indefinite period owing to the persist
ent and aggressive war of large incor-
porated concerns. The aggregate liabili-
tics arc In the ncighborhood Of $lOO, 900;
the value of assets is not known.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
A Reign of Terror.

A vendetta has been declared between
the Len and John Good factions in the
eastern portion of Santa Ann county, N.
NJ. A short time since a man named Me-
Donald was assassinnted, and lit %retalia-
ton Walter Good, son of John Good, was
waylaid and killed o August %. This
section Of country is eighty miles from the
rof exists there. Sheriff Asscarute and
posse have started with warrants for the
arrest of II largo number Of these men. 1t
is not unlikely than an appeal will be
made to Gov. Ross to call out the militia.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-08-31
Tho Frclvht War.

Tho conference between the freight
agents Of the eastern and western lines at
Chicago has been concluded. It resulted
in an agreement on the part of the eastern
roads to advance their rates from shipping
points in middle western points, but the
advance is not on the basis originally pro-
posed by the western roads. A conf
promise tariff adopted, 10 take effect Sep
tember II. Rates from Toledo, Columbus,
Buffalo, Pittsburg, Youngstown, Cincin-
points are advanced from l to 8 cents per
ION unun1s.