The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-06
NORTHWESTERN CHAT.
raE MANITOBA nAn.xoAD xAonArs
WILL RESIGN MAS PLACE.

WEI RESIGN Mas PLACE.
4 Daring AeAAsry Atsssapsss-A.seAsr
Oplnsoa en- the. sssax Biit-Mssstssn
fossst Fires stnl Rsgsne-0Asr News
ffon Widely distant ssctlens.
A Big Corporation to change nsass.
James ]. Hill. the railroad king Of the
northwest, will, II IL said, resign the presi.
dsncy OF the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba road at the annual meeting to
be held september 18th. to which date IL
wal postponed from August 18th. Rumors
Of the proposed, OF. to be explicit. forced
retirement Of President Hills have boon
current In st. Paul for several months,
aud have recently been confirmed by one
who has the confidence Of the magnate.
The Manitoba road has been losing
money Tor some time, while It's expenses
have been enormously increased In build
ing extensions and abs ,rbing feeders.
hilrs hobby wal to be At the head Of .
transcontinental line. At . meeting Of
the directors held about three months AGO.
he was called down and acknowledged the
TACT that the company was hard mp. 10
the expressad desire that he step down
and out he agreed to compromise. As .
result OF this compromise he has been
president Of the Manitoba, but has 70.
ceived no salary for the services. The
road continued to lose money, however,
and the directors concluded to dispense
with his services n place o salasied presi.
dent in his stead.
Mr.. Hills friends aver that he will re-
sign with no regret, but will devote his
time in future to travel and q general.
supervision Of his vast interests,
A Daring Atts,apt at Highway Robbery.
As the stage from Gogebic to the neigh
boring lake was passing along at . lively
gait through q dense forest, about two
miles from Gogebic, a few days since, q
man jumped out in front of it, aud point
ing two big revolvers ut the diver COM
man ed him to throw up his hands, at the
same time extending the same order to
Q passengers inside the COACH, with the
further provision that they shell out" any
loose valuables and currency. One Of tho
passengers went down into his posket, but
instead OF bringing up a pocket book he
clinched 9 pistol and began firing ut the
NV0I0A0AO k0tuku0U Su0 II6e
and the driver whipped his horses into .
Rallop. d. Mackerchar. Of Minneapolis,
received a bullet in this cheek and a second
through his leg. Another passenger name
A. G. Fleeschbain, Of Bellevlile, ILL.,, was
MORALLY wounded. He raised up in tho
seat as the horses were whipped away Just
in time to receive a bullet in his hin. He
fell forwar I and pitched over the side of
the coach into the roadway. The horses
continued to u aud the wounded man
was left to take his chances with the rob.
Der, who threatened at first to kill him.
blu finally desisted after securing $37 and
his victims watch and chain. The wound
ell man lay bleeding In the roa I for three
to go to his succor was secured. Macker.
char was taken to Eagle River for treat
ment, and from there to his home at Min
neapolis. There are grave doubts as to
his recovery also. The two other passen-
gers were not molested. A description of
the robber tallies with that Of the daring
freebooter who went through the North
western train near Ellis junction some
time ago.
Does the Treaty Need Ratification.
The chairman of the Indian affairs com.
mittee and father of the Sioux Indian bill,
Hoa. S. W. Peele, Of Arkansas, says the
prevailing opinion is that the bill does not
have to be ratified by congress. He is
quoted on the subjectin the following dis
patch: II have noticed the conflicting
opinions in Washington papers about our
Sioux Indian bill which really surprised
mo. It may he true that in the a~ppropria-
ton bill there was n commission clause
passed after the Sioux bill that was only
intended to be used in case the Sioux Bill
failed to be ratified by the Indians, but il
was not intended to submit the work of
the commission to congress if the Indians
ratified. The intent being for the presi-
dent to open it to settlement by proclama.
ton when satisfied that three-fourths of
the male adults required BY the treaty ha I
ratiied. / hope the secretary and presi-
lent will so interpret the bill"
tSigned) s. W. PEELE..
A scorcl,tng End OF Summer.
The last day of August has not been by
any means the coolest of the summer
With the single exception Of Duluth the
day was uniformly a scorcher all over the
northwest. In the morning the mercury
went up to so in st. Paul, while the same
temperature was reported from Huron,
and Moorehead, Mimi, Fort Buford. n.
D.. Helena. Mont. and Rismarck f,,or.