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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
a NEW cnoNlN SENSATION.

Tho Murdered Mans Clothes Found In =
Chicago Sewer.
The clothing aud instrument case Of DIR.
Cronin have been found by a party Of
workmen and caused great excitement.
The articles were taken to Mrs. Conklin's
family. with whom DIR. Cronin lived, and
we're fully identified by herself and hus-
band aid a few others. Complaints had
been made recently that the at the
intersection of Evanston and Bcena ave.
nues, Chicago, was running over, and
workmen were sent to investigate the
trouble. The cover was removed from the
manhole in the center of the street and
after q few minutes o with poles
and hooks two valises were brought up,
one u leather one and the other the rem
hants of a cheap paper one. In the leather
valisc was found Or. Cronin's prescription
book with several prescriptions bearing his
signature. The paper one dropped to
pieces as it was pulled out and from it
rollen u mass of tattered clothing, most of
which had been cut in strips. The only
garment remaining intact was the vest,
which was i'll the center, and which encir-
cied the DOCTORS case of surgical iustru.
ments. The clothes had evidently been cut
in the hope that they would sooner DIR p
apart and be borne away in the Sewer. The
clothing. surgical case ard prescription
book, the latter two being marked with
Cronin's name, were fully identified by the
Conklins and others rs the property of the
murdered physician. Tho most damaging
of all the circumstances for the prisoners
Is the fact that the find was made only one
block from the spot where the bloody
trunk was discovered after it had been
thrown hurriedly from the wagon, and
only half "a mile south of where the body
was found IN the catch basin. The n
valise is supposed to be the one purchased
by u. Ii. Simonds."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
A Maine Ghost Story.

They say there used to be a haunted
house in Greene. The thing was
broached to q party in Lewiston N
day recently.
Il slept there three times,. said IL
Lewiston man. "Tlle first time my bed
clothes were pulled off by unseen
hands. slept through the rest of the
night. The second time .the pillows
We're pulled ont from under my head.
and slammed in my face. The third
night, in summer, water froze in the
ice pitcher and it burst"
Where and when, p~lease?" was
asked.
SIN this haunted house in Greene. in
1869" was the reply.
Nothing was said for a few minutes.
and probably nothing would have been
said if q lank, tall MAJ in the number
had not stretched himself languidlv
and closed by saying with direct posi-
tiveness:
"That there last thing You said
about the pitcher Dustin is a darned
blamed lie."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Tho.r Hefun.,lns Operations.

Mr.. Bailey, on becoming territorial
treasurer, found Sl07,O 900 %fve-twenty
bonds which had run six years and had
fourteen years of life. OF these SIT, 500
were five md 100000 six per cents, the
total having been issued on account of tho
construction of tho Yankton insane asy-
lum and the Sioux Falls pentitentiary.
MIR. Bailey secured the passage of u clause
ty the constitutional convention, authorize
ing the issue of new bonds and the calling
in of tho old under the five year option
clause. The transaction has been carried
to a very successful issue. The new bonds
bear only four per cent, and N. w. Harris
paid a premium for them of five per cent,
or $5.375. The new bonds run twenty
years. The saving in interest to South
Dakota by tho reissue will mount to
Sl9,25 and when to this is added the
$5,375 premium the net gain of the state
will be S24, G25. One peculiar thing about
the S5,375 premium. OF course it does
not go to the territorial treasury, since
South Dakota alone assumes the whole
issue of $lO7, 400. Nor is there any pro-
vision for turning it into the state, SO all
Mr.. Bailey can do is to hold it subject to
statutorial orders from the legislature.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
THE F%ORTY.FIRsT STAR
PRESIDENT HARRISON rRocr.A1Ms
MONTANA a TATE.
Chief Mnyes. al tho cl,orokccs. I. Defiant
-News T. sewhcrc of O,,.cr Things.


Tic l'orty-first State of tho American
Union.
President Harrison has issued IA procls-
nation admitting Montana to the union of
states. The proclamation is not different
in any essential point from those admit
ting the Dakctas. II sets forth the warn
ons provisions of the enabling net and
concludes:
Now, therefore. ]. Benjninin Harrison, presi-
dent ct the United States of America, do. in
accordance with the provisions. Of tho act of
coiigr. ss aforesaid, declare unl proclaim tho
fno. Tint the conditions imposed by congress ON
Tho state of Montana to entitle tint state to
admission to the union havo been rntiiicl nnt.
accented. mud .hnt tho admission OF said state
into the union is now complete.
In Testimony whereof. l have hereunto set
my hand and rauaed tho seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at tho city Of Washington. this eighth
day of Noveinber, in the year of our Lord
ono thousand eight hundrol nni ci%ehtv-nine,
and the Independence OF tho United States tho
one hundred and fourteenth.
BI.~JAMIN HARRISON.
by the president.
u. R1.AiNI, Secretary OF state.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
THOSE RENDERS.
The Recent Suspects Cannot Very Well
Represent tho Dead.

The Recent Suspects Cannot Very Wen
Represent tho Dead.
The arrest Of the supposed Bender wo-
mon in Michigan has reawakened interest
in the bloody history of that family. n.
Coberly, who was constable in Havana
township, Montgomery county, Kansas,
in 1872, when the Blenders were numbering
travellers in their wayside tavern by whole-
sale, is o . resident of Los Angeles,
Cal. He does not think the Blenders will
ever be arrested, aud for this reason. He
says: "A vigilance committee was formed
when the atrocities were first discovered,
and after the arrest aud release of three
innocent parties old Bender, his wife and
Kate were secured and their crimes found
out without doubt. The three were loaded
IN their own wagon, and I was ono of the
lIO men who surrounded and followed
them. The wagon was headed southwark.
Reaching o rocky hill near Coal creek. in
. barren, desolate region, u few miles
from The Bender tavern. the team was
halted and 100 bullets whizzed through
the air. 1he three demons were literally
riddled with balls. Their bodies were not
buried. They were thrown among the
rocks on the hillside. where the wolves
probably fed upon them"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Extent of tho Arte,i.n Bo,,n..

Around each Of these main points clus-
ter several questions of minor Importance
which need not here be discussed. The
first of these queries can not be fully ans
wered as yet. An attempt has been made
ny tie writer during the present season to
determine approximately the eastern Dor.
der of the basin" with tbs following re-
suits:
i. Either the whole or u lnrge part of ench OF
the following counties. is unicrlaid by the HUI
roman neutrality-suspicious. exposed mt Sioux
Falls, Dell Rapids. aud ut many other points,
una called popNlnrly "granis-." %"iaspcr," etc
~ auoh depths as to make i, liiplly Improbable
that artesian wells Gun he s,ad within their
borders: Union, Cluy, Lincoln, Turnor, Yuns-
ton, hutchinson, Hanson. iirCUok, Minnehah,,,
Moody and Luke counties.
2 Tho position OF tho cotcau do prairie rer-
ders it questionable whether tho counties OF
lsrookings, -Hamlii. Dnncl. Codington, Grant,
Roberts and Marshall a,n huye arIesian wells,
lnat there hre portions of some OF those coun-
ties, in which successful wells already in opera
ton, l nm we'll aware, and ] arn prepared for
further exceptions to tho general statements
made above. but L think experience will dem.
onstrate tho general truth of what / have
stated. 1t Will be seen TINT il my conclusions
are correct the eastern border is practically
that OF the Jalnes river valley. Within this
valley wells nro i'll operation from Vermillion to
jamestown. What the western border In 1
nave no data for determining, but from the OK.
istence of wells we'll toward the Missouri river
IN central Dnkota, as we'll as from tho general
geo!ogfcal structure OF tho stnte, it seems
probable TINT the basin roucl,es to. md per.
maps far beyond thut stream.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
A WILD f SCENE.
stampeded steers TAX. Possession of Kau
Aaa CITY.

Stalnpededl steers Take Possession of Kan
sas City.
A scene of frontier excitement occurred
in the streets Of Kansas City on Sunday.
1t lasted for five hours, and during that
time o herd of stampeded Texas steers had
possession of the th%oroughfares in an area
about two miles square. A number Of
persons were tossed on the horns Of the
infatuated beasts, and before the herd was
corraled again eight of their number had
been killed. Eight cowboys started with Q
drove of cattle from the stock yards, bound
for Clay county, across the Missouri river.
The steers refused to cross the bridge, and
upon being urged, stampeded. Before the
cattle had been driven back and corralled
at the rivers bank, eight of them had
broken away from the herd and started on
o tour of the city. One OF the cowboys
succeeded in lassoing one of the animals,
but could not control it. The steer started
for the river. At q llu6 abont twenty-five
feet over the river the cowboy refused to
go any further, but the pony and steer
plunged over into the water below. Both
swan ashore uninjured.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
DETERMINED TO DIE.

A West Virginia Man Finally Succeeds In
Destroying Himself.
John Armbruster. who killed himself at
Grafton, w. Va, by jumping off Il four
story house. was bound to die. He first
broke into n drug store aud swallowed
poison. The doctors saved him, but he
followed this up with three attempts to
hang himself. Failing TO leave the werld
by that route, he cut his throat with n
razor. and with the blood streaming from
his wound he went To the roof and spr,.ig
OIL. While tho body was being prepared
for burial twelve wounds made with q. pair
of scissors were found on his body. lie
was "a years old.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
THAT INDIANA CONTEST.
The supreme Court rasss. ON tho Cover
nor-Legislature Controversy.

Tho supreme Court Passes ON the Cover.
Mor-I-esislaturo Controversy.
Tho Indiana supreme court has handed
down a decisi II in the cases brought on
relation OF the state for the purpose Of
having the provisions Of the constitution
relating to the filling of minor state Offices
interpreted. Tho cases decided and those
which the decision affects are those IN
which the officials appointed by Gov.
Hovey sought possession of the Offices
filled by the democratic Legislature, regard
less of Hovey's appointment. A majority
of the court holds that the election Of the
Legislature was illegal; also that the gov
ernor has no inherent right TO appoint,
because the offices should he filled by an
election of the people. But as the offices
exist legally, they are now vacant and must
be filed by the governors appointments.
Chief Justice Elliott. republican, and
Judge Mitchell. democrat. dissent from the
recisien. which is rendered by Judges
Odds. Berkshire and Coffey. republicans.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
TAESSEy.
Another Chapter IL the Kansas q
Trouble.

Chapter in the Kansas City
Trouble.
Mrs. John c. Iarsney, wife OF the con-
who figured in the Commercial
club episode with Mayor Joseph j. Daven-
port at Kansas City recently, fell in n faint
at Ninth and Main streets late the other
afternoon and wa revived Will, difficulty.
The cause of it was the whisper Of some
evil minded person who stepped up to
Mrs. Iarsney in a crowd and murmnred.
John Tarsney has killed Mayor Daven-
port" The affair created considerable en-
element, but Mrs. Iarsncy was soon ro-
stored. Further trouble may result from
this incident.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
BRoruEnuooD OF BALL PLAYERS
The New York Meeting Adjeurns Without
Conclusive Action,

The New York Meeting Adjsurns Without
Conclusive Action.
The Players National league is still in
embryo. The meeting of the brotherhood
ball players, which met in New York, adj
journed until January z without making
a permanent organization Of the new
league, much to the surprise Of all in
terested. The original agreement signed
by the players some time ago underwent
considerable change. The most important
change was that which provided for q di-
vision of SO per cent. of gate and stand
receipts. In the old league the visiting
clubs always got the small end of the horn.
Tho plize money of 5000 0 will be raised
by a tax of ss;2,50O on each club. Seven
thousand dollars is to go to the club fin
ishing first in the race, and the Test to be
divided among the others in proportion.
John Ward was elected temporary secre-
tary and Al johnson retains the position
of temporary president. A committee was
appointed to draw up q constitution and
arrange all the preliminares of permanent
0rron,yafiou
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15

With . knife. swope fred again, missing
Goodloe, and then fell and died almost
instantly. Col. Goodloe went to o physi-
clan, where his wounds we're examined.
He was perfectly cool and made q DISPOSE
sion Of his property in case of death. The
cause Of the difficulty was a statement
made in the republican convention, May
1. 1888. by Geodloe. that fully two. thirds
of the Fayette county delegation in the
convention did not speak to Swope. Col.
Goodloe has been for years a prominent
ister:to Belgium under Hayes, and is q
member of the national republican COM
mittee, being chairman of the COMMITTEES
ON speakers. He ia 48 years Of age, mar
ried. and has eight children. Col. Swope
was Al years OF age and unmarried. He
was collector of internal revenue under
Grant and Hayes.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Where tho sen.tor. vii, Sit.

South Dakota's senator's have chosen
their seats on the floor of the senate. Both
of the senators selected chairs at the ex-
treme southeast wing OF the republican
side. Senator Moody, who is twelve or
fourteen years the senior of his colleague,
and whose beard aud hair are snow white,
will sit at the right of Senator Chandler,
of New Hampshire. Senator P~ettigrew
selected the scat to the right of Mr..
Moody, SO the two South Dakota senators
will sit together. There will be at least
four more men from the new states seated
on the republican side, and if Montana
goes republican there will be six, which
may make it necessary for some more re-
publicans to go over on the democratic
side, where there is room. There are
three vacant chairs in the extreme north-
ern psrt of the republican side much near
er the presiding Officer than those selected
by the South Dakota senators, but the do
not give as good a view of tho senate, the
proceedings and the galleries. These will
he taken by the accessions from North
Dakota and Washington. In the selec-
tions of seats the first who come are the
first served.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Persisted IN THE BLIZZARD.

Three Cowboys Loxe Their Lives in New
Mexico.
One result of the terrible blizzard which
recently swept over eastern Colorado and
northern New Mexico is reported from
Folsom, n. NJ. Henry Miller, a range
foreman, with several cowboys. camped
near Sierra Grande with 1900 head of cat
tie, which were to be loaded on the cars
next day for eastern markets. The biz.
Yard struck the herd, driving the cattle
toward the panhandle of Texas, the cow
hoys being unable to hold them, the sMow
being SO binding that 1t was impossible to
see fifty feet ahead. Miller called the men
together and they started to follow the
herd, but finally lost it and the men be-
came separated. The frozen bodies Of
Henry Miller. Joe Martin and Charles Jolly
were found lying on the open plains not
far from Folsom. The other men succeed
ed in finding their way into camp before
being overcome with cold.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
THE NEWS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Farmers Alliance.

The annual meeting of the Farmers
alliance. to be held in Aberdeen on the
1871, inst, bits fair to be the largest and
possibly the most important gathering in
the hist ry of that organization. The
election OF officers and the consideration
of the future political position of the alli-
ance, toge her with the fact that it will be
the last NEE. ing under the territorial ar
rangement will induce many to be present
who otherwise would not go. At the ap-
prcachins meeting the question of divid-
ing the organization and creating an alli-
nnce for North Dakota and one for South
Dakota will be settled. us will also That of
a union with the alliances in southern
states and adopting their secret work.
Many other important questions will be
disposed i. including u proposition to
abolish the state lecturers Office and create
u district lecture bureau; also the matter
of the business department of engaging in
manufacturing certain articles.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
new election. Out Of sa,ooo vote. cast
n J l.SOo were against the adoption Of

new election. Out OF 82.0o0 votes cast
only l.S0o were against the adoption Of
After throwing out precinct thirty-four
Of Silver Bow county. the csnvassing
clerk of Silver Bow refused to surrender q
certified copy Of the returns to the boara's
messenger. the board finished without
them. The Independent (democrat) saws:
The action Of the state board Of canvass
ers IN throwing out Tunnel precinct in
silver Bow county gives the republicans .
majority in the legislature. Should the
appeal not be sustained the original order
OF the court will be carried out and the
vote counted. According to present re-
turns the republicans have sig and the
democratic Ave Of the Silver Bow delega-
ton. II Tunnel precinct is counted the
democrats have ten. II the county can.
wasting board Is ordered to count Tunnel
precincts the county clerk will issue certi-
hcates to the members shown to have been
elected by this court, and the result will
be two sets of members. The contest
promises to be long and bitter.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
MONTANA Is REPUBLICAN,.

That IL the Face Of tho Returns - Com.
piled by ths Canvassing Board.
The Montana state canvassing board
met and finished the canvass of the state
vote. The entire republican state ticket
is elected, with the exception of Toole for
governor gov The .upren. court and six
publicans. The senate is Q tie With q re.
publican lieutenant governor to cast the
deciding vote. and . republican majority
in the house Of six. In the contest in
Jelferson county the republicans expect 70
gain one membsf q the house, which will
give them : majority Of eight on . joint
ballot. TheiS1s . u for tks' joint nom.
ber Of tAs A9uSs IN Beaver Had ara Deer
Ledge d6u8tSS, vlieA win nSeesSitats .
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
Some Points ON Toporrsphx.

Before leaving the subject, however. I
wish to call attention to another plan of
irrigation, which is suggested by the to.
Biography of the eastern half Of the Dako.
tas. If a cross-section of the eastern
half Of South Dakota be made. say from
Pierre to the eastern line of the state, it
will be seen that the James river lies at the
bottom of a great trough, 200 feet below
the Missouri on the west and 400 feet be.
low the Big Sioux on the east. The
southwark slope Of this trough is very
gentle, as the following figures show:
jamestown is 1896 feet above sea level,
and Yankton. at the mouth Of the Jim, il
'1,196 feet, a fall Of less than one foot to
the mile.
Again, starting at Bismarck, We and
going eastward across North Dakota,
that there is q gradual descent to the Red
river valley. Aud e We 60 northeast the
same Is true. Devils Lake in North Da.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
MONTANA COMPLICATIONS.
It Il Evident that the Legislature VIII
ave Its Own Contests to Settle.

It Ia Evident that the Legislature Will
Have its Own Contests to Settle.
The Silver Bow mandamus case has
reached n conclusion in the Montana SUI
preme court. Judge De Wolfe denied the
right of Hall, a minority of the board of
canyassers, to appeal from the order of
the court directing the canvassers to count
the vote of Tunnel precinct. The court
issued a mandatory order. and Hall and
Irvine counted the vote of the disputed
precinct for Mediation. This decision
also covers the legislative contest. and b.
it the democrats secure ten Of the eleven
members of tho Silver Bow delegation.
The contest is now rs to certificates of
members of the legislature. After the
state canvassing board adjourned the Sec
rotary of state issued certificates of cleo
tion to the members of the legislature, in-
Guiding tho six republicans Of the Silver
Bow delegation. The clerks Of the offer
emit counties had already issue | certificates
aud the democrats-elect refused the secre-
tary's certificates.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
DEFIANT M.AYEs.
The Cherokee Chief ln,imat.s that He MAJ
Get i:ciligcrrnt.

The Cherokee Chief lntiMates thai He Ma
Get Eciligcrrnt.
The latest advlces from the Cherokee
nation say that Chief Mayes' letter to the
commissioners of the United States has
caused much excitement in the territory.
In this letter Chief AIaves, referring to
Secretary Mobiles recent instructions to
tho commissioners regarding the cattle
companies. takes II bold stand. virtually
dcfying the United States government,
and says III part: The Chcrokecs do not
recognize the right of Secretary Noble to
interfere with the sacred right that has be-
longed to theC hcrokces since tho purchase
and ownership of their lands. and will.
continue to collect revenue for grazing
until Secretary Noble shall see fit to de-
privc them of this revenue 10y force, and
even then the Clerokees will cndeavor to
protect their rights in 1.-THE premises in u
Legitimate way.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-15
THOSE YOUNGEI,s.

The Agitation for Their Pardon Likely to
lie Long Drawn Out,
Under t~e Minnesota law establishing
the st. Cloud reformatory, and providing
for the transfer Of the convicts from the
state penitentiary, it is possible that Cole
and Jim Younger, the Missouri outlaws,
may be pardoned in 1888. Life prisoners
can not he transferred t. the rcformatory
until they have served u sentence equival-
ent to twenty-one years. aud they can not
even then be pardoned by the board of
managers without the approval of the gov
ernor. 1t lie figured out TINT with the
been imprisoned, counting in the Gust, m.
AIRY allowance for good behavior, they will
have served an equivalent of twenty-one
years by May "a, 1893. The scheme is to
have them removed to the reformatory
and secure their release on parole.