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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01
A TALK WITH MIR. SHERMAN.
Reaf,rms His Theory ON Control of Fed.
erai Elections, and Indorses Windom'.
Fiscal Policy.

ReafIirms His Theory ON Control of Fed
erai Elections, and Indorses Windom's
Fiscal Policy.
w. g. Mcbride, of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, had the following interview
with Senator Sherman at Washington:
@DO you Know" said the Senator, al
luding to his European trip, sthere is
a general good observance of Sunday
in Germany? Up to 2 o'clock there is
a reverence paid to the s%anctity of the
day. The churches ire we'll attended.
After that all the stores are open. Not
only the beer gardens, but all stores of
merchandise" Then jumping to an
other thought, he said: IAN eminent
physician in Germany said to me:
The Germans are drinking too much
BEER"
As Mr.. Sherman made no special ex-
PLANTATION, I asked: @Did he think
they drank too much beer in point of
morals or to the detriment of health ?"
sBoth," he replied, smore especially
to the detriment of health. Taken
moderately, his opinion was that beer
was nourishing. Taken immoderately,
he thought, it shortened life.n
next asked Mr.. Sherman If he still
held to the theory that the National
Government should take charge of all
elections which involved Congressman
and members Of the Electoral Col
lege.
Undoubtedly" was the rejoinder.
Il advocate such a law for several rea-
sons. One is that it would be uni
form in all the States. Another that
it would save expense to the State.
There is no reason why q State should
be put to the expense of supplying the
machinery to elect members Of Con-
gress. They do not represent the
State, they represent districts. As
we'll appoint the Judiciary by the
States. II the Federal Government
should take charge of such elections
It would be..under . system applicable
to all the States in the Union, and it
would be uniform. The great trouble,
though, is to teach the Democratic
party. In the old days, when In
power, il insisted that the State, and
not the Federal power, should iss1e
circulating notes, and the result was
We hadabout the worst banking sys-
tenn In the world. The Fedsral Gov
lsEnAslt, With the warstook ths power
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01
and gave u. the present national bank

and gave rs the present national bank
ing system
Upon this subject I said to Nj.
Sherman that Mr.. John Jay Knox had
had said to me in New York that Sec-
rotary Window could pay . higher
price for 4-per.cent. bonds than 1919,
the maximum limit he fixed, rather
than buy 44-per-cents. at the price he
was paying.
II indorse Mr.. Window" he said.
I'm two and a half years the 4A-per-
cent. bonds will he due. There are
about 800, 100000 outstanding. It is
good policy to redeem such of this
class as he q now command, for no
one can tell what two and = half years
may develop. We might not be ready
to redeem them, though I think we
will, and as o Government on such v
splendid basis as We now are we would
not want to renew them. Again, o few
years may likewise develop that 4-per-
cents. are not worth log, sc. that the
policy the Treasury Department is
pursuing 1 deem quite q good one."
And as to silver, Senator" 1 asked,
have you changed your views?"
mo, 1 have not" he said. II can't
understand the silver men. I would
be willing to buy up to $4,000, 900
q month. and issue certificates upon
the bullion value, not coming the
bullion at all until such as had been
coined had gone into circulation. Are
you aware that only S52, 600, 900 of sill
yer is in actual circulation? The bal
ance is stored away in the treasury
vault. Under the policy of the silver
men, the price of the commodity has
continually gone down. Why should
the Government be compelled to coin
SO many silver dollars each month to
store them away in vaults and issue
certificates representing them? Why
not buy silver as pig-iron in pigs, and.
issue the certificate for the actual val
Tie of the silver bullion, instead of COIN
ing q silver dollar, which in actual
value is not a dollar at all? This
would appeal, in my judgment, to
financial sense"
OF his anticipated trip to Ohio, the
Senator spoke with animation, not for
getting the desire to see the old horse
which for twenty-seven years has been
on his Ohio farm, and q dog of like
service. 1t was rather made manifest
that just 10Y his heart yearns for the
autumnal splendor of his Mansfield en-
W. No,,~ox.,&k
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

CoRyDoN, Ind, boasts o historical
elm tree under whose spreading
branches tradition has in that q session
of the Indiana Territorial Legislature
was held. II is known that an extra
session Of the Legislature was held at
Corydon during a summer while In
diana was a territory. It is also be-
lieved that the tree was then large
enough to shelter such a body, and as
it stood upon a cool messy bank heal a
spring, and only q short distance from
the Capitol, it is quite probable that
the members of the Legislature would
leave a warm. crowded room and re-
pair to such a cool spot. A convention
was held at Corydon in June. 1916, for
the purpose Of adopting a constitution
for the new State. It has been re-
ported that this convention was held
under the famous tree. It is o known
fact that in q later day the grand jury
for the Harrison Circuit Court held
sessions under the tree. Many visitors
on reaching this place ask to see the
historical tree. and are referred to this
spreading elm, whose body measures
ID feet 8 inches in circumference, and
between the tips Of the limbs is o dis.
lance of 115 feet.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

When abe vas about twenty years old
abe wasconverted and joined the church.
She did not know how 70 read-just
barely knew her letters, and she was
very anxious to read the Bible. She
got her sister to help her read three
chapters In the Bible, and then she took
it up herself, and can read the Bible a.
fluently - any one, and pronounce all
the propernames correctly. The strange
part Of il Is that she cannot read any
thing else but the Bible. She cannot
get any sense out Of . newspaper or any
other book.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

Two YOUNG boys in Williamstown,
Australia, were walking past the pier
railway station of that town in July
when they saw a mouse come out of a
hole and dart under the northern end
of the platform. Thinking to have
some sport the boys went on all tours
under the floor. One of them inserted
o stick and commenced to jerk it about.
The action produced q clinking sound,
which was SO unexpected that the lads
scratched away the earth and suddenly
discovered a mass Of s~overeigns. After
filling their pockets they covered up the
place and went home and the next day
informed the police of their discovery.
They began digging at once and recov-
cred & ,742 hid in canvas bags. The
money had been stolen from the mail
steamer Iberia and q reward lad been
offered for it's recovery.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

ALTHOUGH Jews have climbed into
the peerage Of other countries besides
England. and have long played almost
Is proud . part in politics as in finance,
no Semitic blood has as yet made its
way into the charmed veins of royalty,
but at last there is to he q Jewish prin.
cess on Q European throne. The new
Prince Of Monaco was, only . few days
before his fathers death, betrothed to
the Dowager Duchess of Richelieu, who
is . beautiful widow of 81. She is the
daughter Of an orthodox Jew, Michel
Heine, who is . nephew of the poet,
Heinrich Heine. and who amassed q
great fortune in Louisiana.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01
TO DEATHS DOOR.
AWFUL surFERrNHs OF xlrn aunvI.
vORs OF A WRECK.

they Face Famine In an Open Doat %,
Many Days. One Of Their Number 0olna
Insane and suicldinx from the Terrible
strain-A Pitiful Tale or Woe.
The seven survivors Of the steamer
Earnmoor, which foundsred ct 90
when 800 miles OF Turks Island,
have arrived In Philadelphia, and Ell
. story OF terrible suffering. The Earn
moor struck q terrible gale Sept. 4, which
increased In force, and ct lao .. m. the
following day the vessel PAVE . lurch and
foundered. As the steamer sam the port
lifeboat f,oated of from the ship. The
secund officer, second and third engineers.
four sailors, three firemen, and tho cook
chung to the boat aud scrambled in.
An effort was made to save the rest Of
the crew, aud q drag was made Of the
painter, but the boat was blown away and
.ths oars wrested from the hands Of the
men SO that no moro could be saved. Tbs
cries OF the drowning men, as they wers
dashed about by the mountainous waves,
could be heard by the men in the boat.
The boat drifted into The gulf stream aud
the air wa warm; but this increased thu
intensity Of their thirst.
1.-THE horrors Of hunger on the second
day became awful" said Carl Crane. ons
of the survivors. "and It increased
as time wore on We managed to pick up
-sa-weed, which gave US a little nutriment
and on the third day . flytng.fsh was
caught. This was Immediately cut up into
q portion for each man and devoured.
We also captured . ssa-bAt and sucked
its blood, and then ate the flesh after II
had dried In the sun. The first man to die
was a seaman named William Robinson
and the second was the third engineer.
Thomas Hunt. One night while We were
all asleep, except . German fire.
man named Flaggs. who was
on watch, he suddenly became
insane and jumped overheard.
We were too weak to ave HIM. We were
without a compass, and steered by the sun
by day and by the stars by night. Eleven
vessels passed us. One, q British bark,
we were certain saw us, and deliberately
left US to our fate When 300 miles Cd
Hatteras We were picked up by . schooner.
] can not describe in words our Joy at the
sight of this deliverance. We were %
weak that we had to be lifted upon the
vessels deck, and one of our men, Ed
johnson, a Norwegian, fell overheard and
was drowned"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01
DELIBERATELY SHOT Dow
A Notorious st. Louis Lawyer Killed 1
Cold Blood.

"A NOTORIOUS 81. Louis Lawyer Killed In
Cold blood.
A st. Louis dispatch says: B.
N. Chambers shot and instantly
killed Frank j. Bowman at Ferguson,
Mo. Both are we'll known in St. Louis.
Bowman was an attorney here for several
years. and made anything but q favorable
reputation. The killing grew out Of the
trouble between the parties over the old
Times newspaper. Chambers was . large
stockholder and principal owne Of the
paper up to tho time Of its demise. Bow.
mar was also interested in IL. He bought
among other things the press franchise Of
the paper, and has been in litigation over
the matter with Chambers ever since.
At the time of the tragedy, Frank j.
Bowman, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Garrett, called at Mr.. Chambers house in
Ferguson. His purpose was to levy an at
tachment o N Chambers life interest in his
wtfe's estate. or whatever other property
he might be able to find. Bowman said:
II have come to levy on your property"
"All right, " said Mr.. Chambers and he
entered the house. In a few moments he
stepped out into the yard again, and he
then had q double-barreled shot.run in his
hands
Garrett, yon get out Of this place and
get out quick" he said to the deputy
sheriff. Garrett walked away. Then Mr..
turned to Bowman and said:
"Now, Bowman, l'Il give you three min.
utes to get out Of these grounds.n
Bowman did not move. In an Instant
Chambers raised the gun and poured the
lead into Bowman's heart. The men were
standing close together. and the full load
took effect in Bowman's chest. He fell
dead in the yard. Bowman never spoke.
and died instantly.
Mr.. Chambers walked into the house and
quietly remained there awaiting arrest.
He sesmed very cool and collected after
the killing, and did not appear to think he
had one anything but what he had 4
right to do.
Bowman was n Of the best known
men in st. Louis, although his reputation
was very unsavory. He practiced law for
many years here, but removed about three
years ago to New York. Previous to his
going he figured in a couple Of very
shameful scandals. He sued his wife for
divorce and afterward compromised the
suit on her cross bill, paying her q
large sum of money. Shortly after
it was given out that he had married q
woman in the East. As soon as this
became known, a Chicago woman. who
claimed o common law marriage with
Bowman, sued him for divorce in Chicago.
He fought the case hard, but the courts
decided the Chicago oma wa his wife
and gave her the divorce. This left Bow.
man very much mixed up matrimonially.
Bowman was at one time prominent at
the local bar. but he was disbarred sew
eral years ago for crooked practices and
since then he has largely forfeited the
esteem of respectable persons.
Chambers and Bowman have been al
daggers' ends for years. Chambers was
formerly president of the Butchers' and
Drovers' bank, Of this city, but became a
bankrupt twelve years ago. He has sincs
enjoyed a hig income from his wifs's es.
tate. The levy was IN Judgment twelve
years old.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01
'a4IE MISSISSIPPI PLAN.
How the Democrats or West Point Trsatsd
General Chalmers.

How the Democrats or West Point Treated
General Chalmers.
West Point tLiss.y specially
A proceeding has Just been witnessed
here which should excite the feelings
Of shame and indignation in the bosom
of every patriot in all this land. Gem
eral james r. Chalmers, whose father
was United States Senator from
Mississippi, whose brother was Chief
Justice Of the State, who was himself
q distinguished soldier, and equally
distinguished as q lawyer and poll
tician, came here as the Republican
candidate for Governor. He had no
appointment here, but his friends de-
sired him to speak, and he consented
to do 40. As o as this became
known the Democratic Town Club
called a meeting and occupied the
court house for that night. General
Chalmers, by the request of his
friends, remained until to-day, and It
was announced that he would speak at
3 o'clock this afternoon, upon which
the Sheriff of the county declared that
he should not speak in the court house.
An effort was then made to procure the
opera house, but this was under the
control of the Circuit Court Clerk. and
he refused to rent it. Application was
then made to the Mayor for the use of
q covered stand in the street, where
speaking is frequently conducted, and
this q also refused.
Efforts were then made to procure
two vacant groves in the town, and the
use of these was refused. A vacant lot
exposed to the broiling sun war finally
procured; but this was too uncomfort-
able to secure an audience. and as it
was near n residence and the family did
not desire speaking there the effort to
speak was abandoned.
1t is due to some of the better class
Of citizens of West Point to say that /
am informed that a majority of the
Democratic committee was opposed to
the action of the Sheriff, and urged
him to give the use of the Court House
to the Republicans.
This neighborhood has in the past
few years received & q number of
highly respectable ..ers from the
North, who have be. .rging others to
come; but they are Republicans and
have been accustomed to free speech
anu 1ieo CnouSHU III I'LL maUuerS,
they were appalled, at such an exhibi-
ton of Democratic chivalry.
Such o proceeding may we'll cause
any intelligent and fair-minded citizen
to halt, stand still in thought, and ask
himself whether We live under o free
constitutional government or under an
institution of the dark ages. The Cen
eral bore it all good-naturedly. He
said that in old times Democrats always
demanded a division of time with OPP
position speakers, and that in their
proceeding the Democrats of West
Point reminded him of a tarrapin,
which at the appearance of an adver-
sary swallows It's head, draws in its
tail, and hides itself in its shell, and
that he should hereafter call them
sTerrapin Democrats"
JAMES ID. LYNCH.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

MANY pretty things have been written
aboat doves dwelling in safety in the
church towers. and now q swarm of
bees have sought a similar refuge. They
dwell in the spire Of the village church
OF North New Portland, Me-, and the
steepness Of the spire, added to the Wig
orous defense the garrison is able to
make, renders the fortress as hard to
capture as is the rock of Gibralter.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01
TERRITORIAL PROGRESS.

The Governors of Arizona and Wyoming
Submit Their Annual Reports.
Gov. Woiey of Arizona has transmitted
his annual report to Secretary Noble. It
estimates the total population at 6,9, 443.
and at the last election it states ii. 533S
votes were cast.
The Governor notes the falling off In
mining and an increase in agricultural
pursuits all over the Territory. He at
lacks the Mormon element, and says NOR
ally and politically they are unwelcome
and dangerous, and their teachings and
practices are against all established Chris.
tian law. He charges them with sending
colonies into adjacent Territories In order
to hold the balance Of political power be.
tween the two parties, and thus perpetuate
their creed. In 1884 he says they voted
FOR Republican delegate in Congress,
but in 1856 and In 1883 thew supnorted
the Democratic candidate.
The taxable property in the Territory IL
placed at about $50. OOO, 900, an increase Of
-, GOD in the last year. The total ter.
ritorial debt is $152, Ol0.
The report recommends the issuing of
fifty territorial bonds. During the
year over $40, 600 acres Of land were ,At-
tied upon. The lack Of railroad facilities
proves . great trouble to the advance Of
the Territory.
In the Salt river valley hay worth 90
per ton, bailed, 10D miles sway brings
from $50 to $40 per ton, owing 70 the
lack OF transportation facilities. In Phda.
nix lumber Is worth $45 to $50 per thous-
and. while less than 200 miles away e ~
he purchased for $40 to SIC . thouandS
All told there are only 1,O98 miles 81 rsil-
road in the territory.
The annual report Of Gov. Warren Of
Wyoming, received 1t the Interior Denarf-
rnsnt, shows that the Territory cover near.
~ 1OD,OO0 square miles, or about a larra
an ares as New England and indiana com..
bioed.
The population has increased from IT,
than 10. 900 in 1870 to about 100, ono NJ
b report says that tho citizens
anxious for Statehood. The aps,x
valuation Of taxable property Il oy.
va, O0O. QUO, and the net indebtednt
about &275, 600. Over son, 900 ecrSs
land were settled upon this year.
lack OF railroad facilities u the fris
drawback to the Territory, there bet1 sf6SESs
6S0 miles In Ill. ~
Cattle raising b the psincipel
! : agrtcpl{prs second. The
49,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

EXPERIMENTS are being made at the
farm connected with the New Jersey
State experimenting station, in New
Brunswick, with different breeds Of
cows, to ascertain the cost and value Of
the products Of the different breeds.
Those being tested are the Ayrshires,
Guernseys, Holstein-F riesians, Jerseys,
and short-horns. The experiments,
which include feeding, milking, weigh
ing, measuring, ETC., will cover . Pc
Rod Of from two to four years.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

A NATIVE of India residing in London
expressed q wish lately to send by
parcel post to India the ashes of his
cremated brother,t to be dropped into the
sacred Ganges. He was informed that
unless he could limit the weight Of the
parcel to eleven pounds the postoAice
could offer him no facilities, and he
sadly withdrew.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

In order to complete tho plan for
Psru's economic restoration and the re-
establishment Of the national credit
initiated BY the Grace bondholders'
contract the government has submitted
and the sehats has approved Q project to
authorize the executive to ceds {, ZOO, 900
hectarss Of land for colonization purposea
1he land q to b cedsd IL maximum ~.
6o0s Of 200. 0t0 hsctares.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

ONE of the best records in continuous
horseback riding that have ever been
chronicled was made recently by Lieut..
ASST, who rode from LUXURY, in South
ern Russia, to Paris, a distance of 1880
land oreees, in thirty days. He rode two
To-baassss. alternately, n English, the
other Russian.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

UNDER the laws of Bulgaria, if a pat.
ent medicine is warranted to cure a Ger
tain disease and fails to do it, the man.
ufacturer can be prosecuted and sent to
prison. No cures for consumption can
be found in that country.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

SEVERAL New England towns have
been celebrating their 25Oth a~nniversa-
ries. They think they are pretty old,
but how youthful they are compared
with the cities of the old world. Take
Damascus, for instance. There is no
telling how old she is, but she was a
city 1900 years before Christ.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

A YOUNG woman of Southport, En-
gland, puts the most deliberate method
of suicide on record. She walked into
the water and sat kown. After o while
she lay down and the tide rose and car
iied her of.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

WoMEN's rights are sometimes i'm
agined to he acknowledged only in
Christian countries. Uganda, in Cen
trail Africa, is certainly an exception to
the rule, if it is q rule. Here is Q pass
age in proof from Mi. Ashes new book
on that country: Sometimes women
hoeing near the roadside will capture q
passer-by, and, on pain of q severe cas-
tigation or of robbing him, will make
him take 9 turn while they have q
smoke"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

DIR. BrsEY says that school children
should sing an hour a day, as a pre-
ventive of consumption. Vocal music
is gymnastic exercise of the lungs by
development Of the lung tissue itself.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

NJ. E1FFEL. builder of the tall tower
of Paris, is expected in Quebec shortly
to build o s5.OOO,OOO bridge across the
st. Lawrence, which would make q On
tinuous roadway from ocean to ocean on
Canadian soil.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

HENRY wArrERsoN is totally blind in
one eye and is able to see only dimly
with the other. When he writes he
bends his head so low that his nose al
most touches the paper.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

Nor quite one-half of the Manchester
England) ship canal has been exca-
waited yet the whole of the original
capital of .e9 1912, 900 has been expended
within e3OO, 0OO. Atleast 81. DOC, 900 or
ss.OOo,O 900 more will be required to
finish it. It is expected that the canal
will be opened in about two years.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-01

ANOTHER SCHOOL of journalism" has
been started-this time in the west.
There is reason to hope, however, that,
even ifit succeeds, newspaper men will
be able to earn . living.