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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
latest Market Report,.


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sssse92 Is; fat steers. s2.95eos.5O; veal calves,
Aogs-Msrket slightly better. Quotations:
hdigh ~ ana mixed. 81. .,7'e; heavy. s4.lels
Buttsr-prtees tribe lower. Cream.
cry, 16Glsc dairy, llo4lac; fresh roll. 7@sc.
Eggs-Fresh, candltd, 1001lc.
~poultry-Live turkeys, Case chickens, live.
4.0oS4. Is per doz.. 1.-Two per pound, $3.50.
~Hidos-Green. &c; cured, 4i10.4s{c; fint, 20.
pelts. l00lac.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

MAJOR SLAyMAKEg, Postmaster of
4: M;9a has n cask of brandy
s~MEliFF-seth GiSi,eron has offered
HHSssSS a gaa2!F 7,randy was
(ported by the present owners grand
father. The pipe in which it came from
France bears the Custom House marks
of 1903.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
Iri.h Eviction. c.u.e Moro Troubls.

1Ftsh EvtcuOt1s CAOSe M0F0 CUB
There has been another conflict Of Fall
carragh between evictors and teAants, dur
ing which twenty-five policemen were in
isssd. The police were totally un. 1asI to
Finally scaling ladders were procured and
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

CAPT. HAMILTON MuHnELL, of the
steamship Missouri, has hut illustrated
once more what has already become
the prime article in the creed of Amer
a and British sailors, namely, to III
dure anything, suffer anything, sacri-
flee anything. in order to help Il vessel
i'll distress and save the lives of those
on board. The sea captain who cheer
fully threw half his cargo overheard
and "a 1000 miles out of his course to
place the passengers of the Danmark
in safety, has furnished n lesson and
an example to mankind which can not
fail to prompt others to noble deeds.
both on sea and shore.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
Tl,e yyi,e NIvn (;o Homc.

The Illinois legislature has adjourned
sine die. The session has been long and
stormy, and tho fight made for the Chicago
drainage bill was the hottest i'll the history
of legislation in Illinois.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

The course of the torrent from the bro
ken dam at the foot of the Lake to Johns
town is almost eighteen miles. and with
the exception of one point the water passed
through a narrow V shaped valley, four
miles below the dam. nearly down to
South Fork, where the South Fork itself
empties into the Conemaugh river. The
town contains about 1000 inhabitants.
Four miles further down on the Cone
maugh river. which rum parallel with the
main line of the PENNSYLVANIA railroad,
was the town of Mineral Point. 1t has
500 inhabitants, 80 per cent. of the houses
being close to the river. Six miles fur
ther down was the town of Conemaugh,
and here alone was there q Typographical
possibility of the spreading of the flood
and the breaking of its force. Conemaush
contained 2,5u0 inhabitants and was almost
wholly devastated. Woodvale, with 1000,
lay a mile below Conemaugh in n fiat, and
one mile further down were Jonnstown
and its cluster of sister towns. Cambria
City, ~Conemaugh-b borough, with n total
population of 10000. On made ground
and stretched along the right Mt the verge
were the immense works of the Cambria
Iron and Steel company, who l,nve S5,O0O,-
GOO invested in their plant. Besides this
there are many other large industrial es-
adjustments on the bank of the river,
how badly damaged cannot now be esti-
mated,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

ACCORDING to population, Americans
consume nearly twice the amount of
tobacco that is consumed by Europeans.
This comes of the great smoking of to-
bacco in the form of cigars. In cigar
smoking there is only a partial COM
bustion of the tobacco. The tobacco
in a cigar would load an ordinary pipe
four or five times. There is another
thing to consider. Cigar smoking is
very expensive compared with indul-
gence i'll the pipe. The habitual smoker
who buys the cheapest cigars could for
the same money provide himself with
the best and costliest pipe-smoking to-
bacco.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

Consul UNDERwooD's entertain
ment in Glasgow for the Longfellow
memorial fund Melted $500. This is
something better than q Scotch bless
inc
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
"a HORRIBLE CALAMITY
UNPRECEDENTED FOR Loss OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY IN OUR HISTORY.

A Bursting Pennsylvan,a Reservoir Devas-
tates. . Thickiy Populated vaiiey-Tsn
Thousand People Drowned or Burned
Millions of Dollars Worth Of Property
Destroyei-Ths Scene and tho Partic-
ulara.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

The public debt statement June LIST
shows: Total C sh in the treasury, $780,
lG9, sss; total debt, S1,G62, 911, 1913: de-
crease during May. SIS, 7O2, S77; decrease
since June. 1883, ST., GS2, 1O5.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

GEN. GoRpoS's library has just been
presented to the free library of South
ampton, Eng, by the Generals sister,
Miss Gordon.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
NEW YORK,

Proauoe.wheat, No. 2. red. slYo;- No. .
Oats. mixed Iestsrn, sSAgylc.
Provtstons-H9gs, western. 1Sh1lSAc. But.
ter. Western dairy, 9sl7c; western cseamery,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
Incomprehensibie Loss Of Life.

That surrounding conditions should
make possible the loss of eight or ten
thousand lives in a single fatality is incom-
p~rehensible; and yet such is the calamity
which is reported from the mountainous
regions of Pennsylvania, and which oc-
CURED on Friday evening, May s1st.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
Tie Location.

A calamity Of unprecedented horror
has oyertaken Johnstown, Penn, caused
by q terrific ~rainstorm which caused
the breaking of n dam which con-
ned a large reservoir above the place.
The waters of the reservoir, sup
plementing those of q storm of un-
usual violence, caused an inundation Of
the place and unparalleled loss of life
and property. The early reports were
only meager. the estimated loss Of life
being a few hundreds only, while fuller
details Of the catastrophe show that it has
no parallel in American history. 1t is
probable that the death list will reach 1000,
and many say lOt on.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
Everything succu,nbs,

1t is now known that two passenger
trains, two sections Of the day express on
the Pennsylvania railroad, were thrown
into the maddencd torrent and the passen-
gers drowned. These trains were held at
Johnstown and were laying on the siding
between Johnstown and Conemaugh sta
tions. The water, like a catapult, came
down upon them with such resistless force
that the heavy trans, locomotives, Pull.
mans and all, were overturned and swept
down with the torrent.
The low arches of the stone viaduct be-
low Johnstown choked up Immediately
and the water backed back over the entire
level of the valley upon which the city
stood, to o depth of what from tho water
works indicates about thirty-eight feet.
people were struggling for life.
The two trains were lodged against this
viaduct along with forty-one locomotives
from b Johnstown round-house, the
heavy machinery and ponderous frame
work of the Gautier mill, the accumulated
debris of more than 1000 houses, furni-
ture, bridges, lumber. drift and human
beings.
Fire Supplements the Horror of the Scene.
The scene was one of the most harrow
ing it is possible for the imagination of
man to conceive. The accumulated drift
gorged up OF the viaduct to a height of
forty feet and then took fire from the up
setting of stoves or lamps. Then we're
strong men made sick at the sight. As
the flames cracked and roared among the
dry timber Of the floating houses, human
bodies were seen pinned between house
roofs, locomotives, iron beams, freight,
passenger, Pullman and baggage cars.
The scene was horrible beyond description,
From infants a few days old to the wasted
figures Of the aged, the victims were burn
ed before the eyes of the beholders, and NO
rescue from such . fate wa possible.
Strong men turned away with agonixed
expressions and women shrieked with hor-
ror at tie scene.
More Than Eight Thousand Perishsd.
The dead have been computed at not
less than 5000, and the number may even
exceed the sstimats. This seems incssdi,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
An Indescribubla Wreck.

Language fails to depict the horrors re-
sultant upon the giving way of tho reser-
voir dam. The torrent poured down the
narrow defile sweeping everything before
it. With n fall of $40 feet in the distance.
from the reservoir to the town the flood
swept away the villages of South Fork,
Mineral Point, Woodvale and Conemaugh,
leaving but one building standing, a wool
stood hundreds, aud dashing on with the
roar of n cataract and the speed of the
wind it came almost unheralded upon the
fair city at the foothills.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

OMAHA.

Produce-whsst No. I, hard, 90: No. i
sorthsrn. s''4o; No. Q, northern, nNo.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
Sporting Notes.

In the three base ball leagues the leaders
are in each case we'll aheal of the seconds.
Boston is the National league favorite,
st. Louis the American association leader,
and st. Paul away up among the Vest
erns. sioux City and Omaha are running
q neck aud neck race for second place in
the Western association. Tail enders are
Washington, Louisville and Milwaukee,
respectively.
In The contest for the middle weight
championship of America, Mt the Califor-
MIA Athletic club rooms, Sun Francisco,
La Blanche, the marine," and Lucie
fought to a finish. I4ncie was knocked
out in the thirteenth round.
John L. Sullivan and William Muldoon
gave n wrestling exhibition in Cincinnati.
Sullivan was in splendid condition, aud
won a majority of the bouts. He came
out of the contest not in the least IA
tigued.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
The LOIS Of Pron.rtv.


No reliable estimate can at this time be
made of the property loss. It is found
that the Cambria Iron company's plant ON
the north side Of the Conemaugh river at
Johnstown is a complete WRECK. The
plant is said to be valued al Is. 0oo. 600.
Besides the destruction Of the towns
mentioned many points below were great
ly damaged, and the Allegheny and Sus-
quehanna rivers were unusually hiph.
flooding many districts of country and
town.
Indications point to the present trouble
being the worst ever experienced by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company. The
present suspension Of traffic caused BY
the washing away Of bridges and viaducts.
heavy landslides, long anddeep washouts
and the falling of masses OF rock from the
mountain sides to the track below, between
Altoona and Johnstown, a distance of forty
miles. and east OF the former city, lie ex.
pected to last as long as the snow blockade
of q year ago.
Was this Horror Avoidable?
The calamity was as singular 10 II was
fatal. 1t is now evident that more lives
were lost because Of foolish incredulity
than from ignorance Of danger. For mon
than q year there have been fears Of "a
accident Of this character. The founda.
lions OF the dam were considsrsl shakx.
early last spring, and many inoreasinl
leakages Were reported from Zine e Tine.
According to the people who Ave&3o6ns,
town and other towns ON The llpe AZ TIA
riyeE, ample warnings were given q JchnssS
town foiks and IN hundreds Of ceseastA4'
= grown Up : bitter 8etlins41ene1h c..
surviving 1uf6NNnpa Fnaa&$ekC hSsa~L4J
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

PRESIDENT HARn1sox is an admirer
of baseball.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

ssess-Hoss. eAlos Aa,: eass,s, ea.psAA
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
wirelets.

Morgan, a 13-year-old son Of Albert
speer. president of the New Jersey Wine
company, has disappeared from Passaic,
N. j., with $1,000 in money and checks,
which were to have been used to pay off
the employees of the company.
The British man-of-wa Surprise was
run ashore at Syracuse, after colliding
with and sinking the steamer Nesta. Tho
man-of-waliis full of water.
At Abbeyville. N. c., John I. Lyon
shot ID. L. Mosby, the husband of his
~stepdaughter. The supposed cause was a
family quarrel.
The Parnell commission has adjourned
until June 18th.
John Earle, a Schoolcraft, Mich, grain
buyer, has failed for 800, 600.
Andrew McGregor, an extensive sheep
farmer of New Mexico, committed suicide
by shooting.
The supreme grand lodge of the world
of the Independent Or,!er of Cool Temp
lars is holding its biennial session at Chi
cago.
In Denver, during a lateiten days, three
murders were committed, and curing one
t%wenty-fonr hours as many suicides.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07
How tho Calamity WAS Possible.

In order to understand the nature of
this calamity it is necessary to describe the
respective locations of the reservoir and
the city of Johnstown. The reservoir
lies about eighteen miles northeast Of
Johnstown and is the site of the old reser-
voir which was one of the feeders of the
Pennsylvania canal. This sheet of water
was formerly known as Concmaugh lake.
It is from 200 to 800 feet above the level of
J~ohnstown, being in I o mountains. 1t is
about three and one-half miles long and
from ono mile to ono and one-quarter
miles ia width. and in some places it is 100
feet deep. 1t holds more water than my
other reservoir, natural or artificial, i'll the
United States. Tho lake had been QUAD
rupled in size by artificial means md was
held in check by IL dam ], 900 feet wide. 1t
is ninety feet i'll thickness Mt the base and
ITO feet i'll height. Tho top has a breadth
of over 20 feet. Recognizing the men,
ace which the lake held to the region be-
low South Fork, the club which ownedthe
reservoir had tho dam inspected once n
month by the Pennsylvania railroad engi-
necrs, and their investigation showed that
nothing less than some convulsion of ma
ture would tear the barrier away and
loosen the weapon of death. The steady
rains of the forty-eight hours preceding
the calamity increased the volume of water
in all the small streams, which were al
ready swlen by the lesser rains earlier in
tho week. From the best information Mt
this time it is evident that something in
the nature of Il cloud-burst must have been
tho elimination of the struggle OF the
water against the embankment.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

OF course the flood receded almost as
rapidly as it rose after the contents Of the
reservoir were exhausted. The work Of
removing the dead from the debris will be
long. tedious and horrible. At Pittsburg,
the nearest prominent city, relief expedi-
lions were promptly organized. and from
ali points voluntary contributions and
promises of aid were promptly forwarded.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-07

More han Eight Thousand Perishsd.
The dead have been computed at not
less than 5000, and the number may even
exceed the estimate. This seems inessdi.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-04-04
MATTERS AT KYLE.

A New $4,000 Seminary to Be Built.
Local Items
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
KYLE, March 90 Hardly had the flames
consumed the last burning timber of the
Kyle seminary and Prairie City business
college building until movement was
started to erect $4,000 rock building
on the same grounds, to BIS completed by
September L. A meeting of the board of
trustees of the seminary was held at the
Baptist church yesterday, DR.. T. R, Martin,
president, and Prof. j. I. Ryle, secretary.
The following committees were appointed
to solicit aid for the new building, and will
commence work Immediately:
Special committee-G. W. Whisenant,
$. G.. Glassoock, Col. r. j.. Sledge and
Can't. Ferg. Kyle.
To visit San Marcos-Miss Mary Kyle.
To visit Austin-Dr. F. R. Martin, Capt.
Ferg. Kyle and Prof. j. L. Ryle.
To Mineral Springs-Rev. D. A. Porter.
To Galveston-H. Hellman.
To solicit at Lockhart-B. 7. Palmer,
ex-Gov. L. j. Storey and j. G. Burleson,
of Lockhart.
For the state at large-Col. R. j. Sledge
and Capt. Ferg. Kyle.
By special request of the board, Rev.
a. j. Helt will be asked to render any
assistance in his power.
There is a spirit of determination on
the part of the citizens, and we may ex-
pect to see large stone building that will
be credit to our town erected this sum-
mer.
The young man, Chas. G. Tietze, who
came near losing his life at the hands of
an unknown assassin on Wednesday night,
is at his post of business again, and
authorizes your correspondent to state he
will give $50 reward for any information
that will lead to the arrest of the guilty
party.
Col. R. j. Sledge will leave in few days
for Atlanta, Ga, to attend the meeting of
the National Cotton Growers association.
He is delegate to the meeting from the
National Farmers Alliance.
Mr.. Gid Rowden, wealthy stockman of
Caldwell, Kan, was in to Wn yesterday.
The election of mayor, marshal and
five aldermen will take place next Tues
day. Mr.. B. II. Luckett, from present in
dications, will be elected mayor, and our
people are awake to the Importance of
electing progressive board of aldermen.
The opposition to the corporation are cir
culating petition to have new election,
and if they succeed in getting enough
siguers to make two thirds vote posi-"
BILE they will present it to the honorable
county Judge to order an election.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-04-04
PRIZE FIGHT.
Contest of Duffy and Meadows, the Aus-
tralian-The Latter Defeated.

Contest of Duffy and Meadows, the Aus
tralian-The Latter Defeated.
SAN FRANo1soo, March 3O.-In the
Meadows Duffy fight last night Duffy did
all the fighting in the first five rounds
without gaining any decided advantage.
He secured first blood in the second and
worried Meadows in the third, but in the
fifth round, Meadows began to show his
superior freshness and had the advantage.
Smuggling was continued for number of
rounds, Duffy getting in some good ones,
but failing in force On account of Mead
ows' cleverness. The seventeenth was I'M
eventful, but in the next Duffy did all the
fighting, and to everybody's surprise was
fresher in the nineteenth round. Meadows
rushed and got in several blows on Duffy's
neck and head which did small execution.
Duffy secured one in the stomach but
Meadows lodged a right hand swing and
got in two upper cuts on the neck.
In the twentieth round Meadows secur.
ed decided advantage with savage
blows over the left eye which made the
blood squirt. Duffy began to show weak
ness in the legs and the call of time was
grateful to him. In the twenty first
round Duffy came up groggy but fought
we'll and in the next round Meadows
again rushed the fighting and repeatedly
got in on Duffy's wind, nose and face, the
Boston man being badly bruised.
Meadows began the twenty-third with
left-handers on Duffy's wind and nose,
every blow telling, to which Duffy could
make no response. Duffy fell in the
clinch but recovered in the twenty fourth
Again HMeadows began left-hsnd
punishment scoring blow after blow in
Duffy's face and getting in return several
body blows which had, however,
small force. Meadows kept up his vicious
smuggling in the next, but Duffy showed
unexpected vigor, and hit his man hard
twice, so that in the twenty-sixth Meadows
resorted to spa.ripg for wind. Duffy hit
Meadows right eye in the twenty seventh
and did all the fighting in the next.
In the wenty-ninth Meadows again did
the slugging and fierce in-fghting re-
suited. The thirtieth closed in favor of
Duffy who got in smashing blow on
Meadows mouth. The battle was terrific
in the next, Meadows going down in nine
seconds, and just saving a knockout.
Duffy forced the battle in the thirty
third, and, although hitting hard, could
not knock out his man. The next two
rounds were consumed in spar
ring for wind. Meadows appeared
first in the thirty-sixth ard the next two
rounds being marked by sparring.
Meadows forced matters in the thirty
eighth and Duffy responded with terrible
body blows. Fighting was uneventful to
the forty-third, when Duffy knocked
Meadows down four times, but the call of
time saved the latter in the forty -fourth
round, amid intense excitement. Doffy
began smuggling the Australian. Duffy
knocked him down three times, but each
time Meadows recovered. The fight was
given to Duffy in foul in the forty-hfth
round.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-04-04
THE STATE
Ed Gould in Conference with
Citizens, and inquiries About
Brazos and Arkansas.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Waco, March 29.-The Gould special
over the Cotton Belt arrived at l:50 p. m.
TOT day, having on board Mr.. Edward Gould
and General Manager Doddridge, of the
Cotton Belt; Mr.. Jas. Clarity, president
of the First National bank of Corsicana,
and Mr.. Geo. T. Jester, president of the
Corsicana National bank. The party was
met at the depot by number of citizens,
who drove them over the city, and after
ward an informal banquet was held in the
parlors of the Pacific hotel, where appro-
pirate speeches were made by Judge Geo.
CLARK, Judge Eugene Williams and Others.
Mr.. Gould said that the object of his
trip was to gather information about the
road and the country it traversed, land took
particular cote of the com any's property
in the city. He was anxious to talk about
the Waco and Brazos Valley railroad and
was given full information in regard to
the road by Mr.. j. Finks, one of the
directors, who explained to him the atti-
tude of the roads towards the Arkansas
Pass
Mr.. Gould asked if the citizens of Waco
preferred to have the line run to Arkansas
Pass or to the mouth of the
Brazos, and was told that
either terminal would be acceptable,
but that when the contract WAS made to
sell out to the Arkansas Pass railway there
was nothing being done ct the mouth of
the Brazos to secure deep water.
Mr.. Gould asked that copies of the
plans and specifications of the line as
projected from Waco to Cameron be sent
him to New York, so they might be more
carefully looked into. There now seems
to be no doubt about the matter that the
Cotton Belt proposes extensions from
Waco.
The lines from Fort Worth, Sherman,
Hillsboro and Lufkin have been COM
pleted, giving an excellent system
throug hout northern and central Texas,
all feeding toward st. Louis, and what is
needed now to give the road more com