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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
o BITS OF NEWS.

LONDON postmen still talk of q general
strike. About four hundred men have been
discharged and non-union men employed d.
THE financial panic in Montevideo IS
subsiding, but is increasing in the Argen-
tine Republic, whore gold is at o premium
of 800 per cent.
In Fayette county, Ga. q riot oceurr d
at a fish pond between whites and blacks,
in which four negroes we're killed. The
rioters are still under arms.
PRELIMINARY work OH tho big tunnel Mt
Niagara falls has been commence mud
gre und has been broken for the foundation
OF y tower from which obseiv It. O as to
the different elevations of lnnl al =, g the
proposed route of the tunnel Will be tn zen.
A MOST daring jswelry robbery tool
place at Danbury, Conn. Two m.n Gu.
tered Larne's jswelry store. gagged TIE
clerk and bound his limbs with r.pes
They then secured jewelry ard diam .udy
to the value of $1,000 and $7OJiu cash and
inside their escape.
Mrs. CLEVELAND, widow Of < Sheriff
Cleveland, Of Tiogs county: Mrs. james
Shay and Mrs. Avery Whitmarsh wee H..
stantly killed, amt Mrs. Thomas Behau
and Mrs. Harvey Van Deuser seriously in.
jured BY their carriage Icing struck by q
train seas Binghsmton, N. Y.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
THE COTTON CROP
The Report of tho Department of Agricul-
ture Shows II to be in AN Exceedingly
Fine (,On,litinn.


The Report of tho Department of Agricul-
ture Shows 1t to be in an Exceedingly
Fine Condition.
The statistical report for July of the de-
partmcnt of agriculture shows improve
ment in tile status of cotton. the average
condition having advanced from IS. s to
Ola since the previous returns. There
was generally an excess of moisture until
about the 10th of June, with
fine weather since, giving oppor-
tunity for the destruction {
grass and for thorough cultivation. On
the North Atlantic coast the crop is gen.
orally we'll advanced, while it is late in the
southwest. where planting VAS delayed by
overflows and by heavy rains. That which
was planted early began to bloom from tho
10th to the 25th, and in the southwest
some bolls are reported Us carly MS the
Goth.
While the plant is in various stages of
advancement from the wide range of seed.
ing, it is now almost Invariably in full
,isor of growth, of good color and high
promise, very free from rust and free from
worms, except the weak invasions of first
broods in the more southern belt.
The present average of July condition
has been exceeded only once In tho last
five years. 1t is stated rs follows by
states: Virginia, 81; North Carolina. 95;
G orgia, So; Florida, 81; Alabama. 95;
Mississippi, 50; Louisiana, SO; Texas, SO;
Arkansas. SO; Tennessee, %. Throughout
the cotton area two or three weeks of dry
weather is reported, but scarcely my in
july from drouth. Since the LIST of July
heavy rains have been reported on the At
lnutic cOust.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
The CONCERNS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

Decision i'm a Somewhat Peculiar Case.
The supreme court of South Dakota re-
Gently handed down a decision in the some-
what peculiar case of Benedict 4 Co. w.
Ralys. The plaintiff in the case, q whole
sale clothing house, attached the goods of
the defendant, who was q retuil dealer at
Willow Lake. The defendant, as a reason
for not being able to pay the plaintiff.
claimed that no had put 81, 500 in the waste
basket for safe keeping and that his vito
in kindling the fire had burned up the con-
tents OF the waste basket, including the
$1,000. The motion to dissolve the attach
ment was tried before Judge j. .. Andrews,
at B%rookings, being Que of tho first cases
before him. Counsel for the plaintiff
appeared and opposed the motion to dis
solve upon the grounds that the action
being u Clark county case the court sitting
IN chambers ut Bookings had no jurisdic-
ton to entertain the motion, aud that on
.ha merits the attachment should be sus-
tanned. The circuit judge hold that it had
Jurisdiction, and that while there were
some features of defendants conduct
peculiar. particularly tho claim hat his
wife burned up his money, yet that strictly
under the statute no sufficient grounds for
an attachment had been shown to have ex-
listed at the time of the SUING out OF the
attachment. The supreme court sustains
judge Andrews both MS to tho qus stlon of
Jurisdiction and on the merits of the case.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
Items in Brief.

THE new CREAMERY at Beresford is near
ing completion.
AposroFGIcE hls been establis he'd Mt
Evelyn, n town between Chamberlain md
Gam Valley.
THREE Il the original package houses Mt
Aberdeen have been closed by the sheriff
on injunctio.as issued by Judge Campbell,
of the circnit court.
THE Highmore Herald says more women
voted Mt the late school election in South
Dakota than there were men who voted at
the school election in 1889.
THIEVES entered one Ut the original
package houses at Garretson the other
night aud carried away everything in the
place. including 5000 in money aud a silver
watch.
Two and one-half tons of butter we're
shipped from Flandreau the other day.
The Green mountain association of
Sphinx county will hold a reunion at Red
field. July Is.
In the opinion Of Attorney General Dol
lard original package houses are liable to
prosecution as common n%uisances uuder
the provisions Of the enforcement iaw.
SOUTH DAKOTA has 500 alliance organ-
.ations, with q membership Of 50,OO0.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
BATTLE OF TIE ELKS.
A RUPTURE BETWEEN LODGES
OF THE EAST AND WEST.

Great Interest Manifested I'm the Result by
Members at tho Theatrical l,rotoNsion-
Facts Concerning the Fargo StOr,m-The
Losses Nangc From - 10000 10 100000.
Great interest is manifested by members
of the theatrical profession in the east in
the thre. days session Of the grand lodge
Of Eiks which began iu Cleveland ON the
Sth. Many of tho conse, vative momlers
of the order in New York state believe TINT
the result of the session will he to divide
the cntire oiganizat ON between the east
and the west-that is, the eastern lodges
may decline to recognizes tho VALIDITY Of
the action of the grand lodge, and may
organize a new grand lod ,e, which shall
have jnris iiction over the lodge in the
east alone, which of course, would leave
only tho western lodges under the control
of the original grand lodge.
At the session OF the grand lodge in
New York ~ year ago. Q majority OF the
members voted jn favor of having the next
animal session hsld i'll Cleveland. The
delegates Of tho New Yak Lodge No. l
prot stcl hat such n Sc ,sion could not be
lie. ally he d, rs thu charter granted to tho
grand lodge by this state provided that its
sessions must he held within the state.
The New York Lodge sue out an i%njunc-
ton to restrain the officers of the g,nnd
lodge f.om taxing the seal out of the STATE,
and in absence of defense the Injunction
was granted. Before it Was served, how
ever, The seal and t:le funds of the lodge
wers removed from the state. The l.y
nltei Grand Ruler. DR.. Quinlan, suspended
the New YORK lodge for INSTRUMENTATION,
and ii is expected taat the grand lodge will
make tie suspension definite. If this
course is adopted u division OF the order is
newt allie, as the eastern lodges sustain
the course of their Now York brethren.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
in THE HANDS OF A MOE.
Isinttng Men and Women i'm i.onJon-ne-
p"rters Excluded from the Hearing of

lsiottng Men and Women in lundOn-[se-
porters Excluded from the Hearing of
the Cases.
Ihe other night, when O riot in Bow
street was at its height, the countess OF
Shrewsbury, with her escort md guest,
Sydney Webb. of New York, left the on. Ia
house and entered her brougham to be
driven to her residence. Tho vehicle had
made but little progress when it was
stopped by the mob and quickly sur
rounded. Several rutiians wrenched OFT
one Of the carriage doors and others seizei
the countess and attempted to dra. her 10
the ground and strip her OF the diamonds
she wore, which were of great value. Mr..
Webb sprang to the defense of the count
ess and dealt her assniients telling blows,
bat both he and his companion were rap
lilly becoming %overpowered whom they
were fortunately rescued. Just at tAe
ONE when it seemed That the countess
would he dragged INTO the street, n troop
OF the life guard came dashing against the
crowd, scattering the rioters in all dircc-
tons. The soldiers assisted tho csach-
man to replace the broken door of the ve-
hlcle and conducted the count SIS and her
SeSo1e teIoho lue Ioucil ot inc moo.
Mrs. Field, of New York, lad a similar
experience, except that her assailants were
women, who stopped her carrias, and at
tucked her with even greater violence than
the male rioters visited upon the countess
of Shrewsbury. Mrs. Field was also res
cued by the soldiers before the theft of her
jewels, the object of the attack upon her,
could bs accomplished.
A large number of police cases. the put
come of the disorders, were brought before
the Bow street magistrates. The reporters
of the various newspapers sought to be
present ut the hearings in these cases, but
the magistrates decided that the press rep.
resentatives had no right to attend and
we're liable to arrest if they persisted in de-
handing the right. The reporters were
therefore excluded and the charges against
most of the prisoners were dismissed. Tho
newspapers express great indignation at
the action of the magistrates.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
WHAT DOES SHE MEAN?
A QUESTION pRoPouNpEp TO
GREAT BRITAIN
by the New York .rr,buue" in nm Ea,.
t"rial on the lschring Sea Matter-Evi-
dehce that Lord Salisbury is Advancing
Some Most Absurd Contentious

ty the New York "Tribune" In an EdI.
t"rtal on the ischrinR Sea Matter-Evi-
deiicc that Lord Salisbury is Advancing
some Most Absurd Contentious
The Tribune in an editorial on the Behr.
ing sea matter, says:
Congress has acted wisely in calling for
the correspondence on the Behrins sea
controversy. It is evident, snys the
editorial, that Lord Salisbury is adj
vancing some most absurd contentious.
There is some reason to believe that
q certain quality Of menace has been i'm.
parted to his later tones. Some curious
military aud naval operations have been
going on lately about our coast. Great
britain has been strengthening her splendid
detehse ut Halifax, incre asing her military
and naval forces there. adding to her iie I
at tho Bcrmudas and Bahamas ami send
ing u consius rable squadron to the Belring
sea. If she desires this display to
be interpr. ted by the United States
us II menace she ia engaged in
a foolish and regretable business.
1t is not agreeable to IL spirited people to
'eei that an effort is bcing ma lie to awe
'hem into submission by a Il displa, OF tie
engines of force. We can imasins no pro-
cscding on E%ngiand's part more likely to
con.iAc. the American people thmt the
u hiring sea is a mare clausum tliu. the
presence of British gunboats in tue n.igt-
borhood of our Pribyloif islands. We can
fancy no demonstration iuore admirably cal
cnlated to unite this country i'll Il resulute
determination to persist in its extreme de-
maud than the sight of British cruisers
lowering around our Atlantic coasts. 1t is
desirable that Great Britain should appre-
cate this point. Americans cannot sup
pose tins unusual congress of warships is
an expression of genuine British senti
mcit, but whatever it means 1t serves no
good purpose, and the British government
will do itself u favor by ordering its cruis-
ers AWAY.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18

Lot Dennison. q farmer living fourteen
miles from Westport, lies III q critical con-
q ion at tho Rowland house as tho result
Si u electric shock turned on ut the Sher-
house, Aberdeen. as he WAS about to
drink q cup of water from the hotel cooler.
For over a year past n battery strong
enough to give IL severe electrical shock
has been attached to the water cooler ut
this hotel, and has afforded the proprietor,
clerks and travelling men infinite amase-
neat Tue other day Dennisen stepped
upon the zinc and lifted the
chained cup to his iiIs.> The noxt moment
he fell, overcome by the shock, and was
restored to consciousness with difficulty.
> During the night he suffered from several
severe sinking spells, n difficulty OF the
heart and debility making his recovery for
q time doubtful. Great indignation is e1-
pressed, MS the occurrence is but one of q
series of jokes of this character perpe-
trated upon the old and weak. Dennison
declares that in the event of his recovery
he will prosecute the proprietor, and that
the city authorities will order the batteries
removed at once,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
lNpIANA,s FlNANcEs Low.
State Employees Must Wait Six Months TO
T1,ofr 11.v

State Employees Must Wait Six Months for
Their Pay.
With the exception of those connected
with the penal, reformatory and benevolent
institutions, lone of the officers or EN-.
ployes of the state will be permitted to
draw salaries for the next six months.
Under the law Of the last legislature the
auditor and treasurer of state are com.
PEELED to set apart SO much money for ths
expenses Of the state institutions, and this
obligation is enforced by penalties in tho
event of failure. There is now 5000, 600
in the treasury, which is just enough to
meet the demands of the institutions be-
tween this and December next, and, as no
money will be received from the counties
until that time, the sum in the treasury has
been set apart to meet the expenses of the
institutions mentioned above, md all other
branches of the state government will have
to get along without money. Many of the
deputies about the state house and all of
the %janitors ard laborers are dependent
upon their salaries for support, and the
absence Of prompt payments will work
hardship in a great number of cases.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
Missouri Crop..

The Missouri state board of agriculture
has just issued q report on the crop pros
poets to date, aud the report seems to inli-
cate that the crop will be considerably be-
Low the average. The prospect is favor
able for securing the wheat crop in excel
lont condition, thus securing o high grade
of wheat for marketing. Never i'll tho his
tory of the state has there been SO poor All
oat crop harvested as the present ono. The
Texas ont louise has spread all over that
portion of the state east and south of q
limo drawn from the northeast to the
southwest corner. and in all that region
ha; done an enormous amount of damage,
completely running u large portion of the
crop. Owing to the long continued and
excessive spring rains in southeast Mis-
souri,, much Of the corr in that section
was not planted until iato in the season
I'M will prove . very light crop. Clover
will yield o fair crop generally, but timothy
is short and light. The effect of the late
spring frosts is seen in the condition Of
arp.es and peaches. Complaints are FREE
quent that the apples are dropping badly,
Grapes are rotting considerably in soma
lornIifiaa
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
A A
"A Canadian Political sensation-Arrest of
the Culprits.

the CutptftS.
AT the time of the election recently held
in the province of Quebec political feeling
yam high. and the hitherto unheard of act
OF kidnapping a senator to prevent him
from taking part in the elections, was COM
mitted. Senator Pelletler arrived in the
county of ~kolnsuraska in the interest Of
the government candidate. On his arrival
ut st. Anne he was inveigled into a house
by his political opponents, and there de-
tanned. against his will, as n prisoner, for
the space of seven hours, much to the in
Jury of the candidate whose interest he was
looking after. Senator Pelletier, on be.
ing liberated, reported the outrage to the
government, which commissioned Judge
Murray to investigate the matter. Judge
Murray and his assistants examined sew
eral witnesses, who testified to sufficient
facts to justify the issuing of warrants for
the arrest Of thirty-one of the alleged CON
spirators, some of them farmers, others
tradesmen, perchants, etc. One of the
accused Is q professor in the st. Ammo
college. Twenty.fv five of the accused snr-
rendered themselves and gave bail to ap-
pear at the preliminary examination, which
will be commenced next week. The bail
was fixed at 5000 each. There are vet six
of the accused at large.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
Cunning l,uckct,hnp kcepcr..

The short lived activity of the police Of
the First New York precinct in arresting
proprictors of hncsetsh"ps in the vicinity
If tie stock exchange, Las not resulted in
closing tue shops permanently. They
opened up at once and have been adopting
new schemes to conduct business. A new
one that began business to-dny, AID which
ae.'s in Pacific slope mining stacks, has
what IT terms n new plan of making deals.
1t looks Il good deal like faro to the casual
visitor, but it differs thnrefrom q little.
I'll, room is provided with biackboards, on
which stock titles are written, like the ordi-
lary bucket shop. Above the table sits IL
sou, & man who has before him IL box, in
which every morning are placed about $40
sheets of paper, each one continuing price
fur one OF the stocks. These are drawn
out from time to time by the young man,
whn announces that he will buy or sell such
and such a stock. Then tho quotations
nc cia'Ked up. The entire range for the
day is nc more than five points. Nopanics
or financial disturbance can affect the stock
exchange. All depends On the way the
uuctnt ions come out If the box.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
Loca, showers sufficient for the 1mm~d,-
ate Moods of Crop. in Many States-S am
Maries of Conditions.

Locai showers Sufficient for the Immedt.
ate Moods of Crop. in Many States-s am
Maries of Conditions.
The Farmers Reciev, Chicago. sa, q that
the majority Of its correspondents in Ken
tucliy. Iowa, Michigan, wisconsin and
Minnesota report local showers sufficient
fer the Immediate needs of growing crops
in those states. Very dry" Is the report
from all parts of Illinois and Missouri and
as we'll as portions of Indiana, Ohio aud
Kansas. Good rains have fallen in inany
OF tie previously drouthy districts of Ne
brasl,a aud corn shows marked improve
Meht lii consequence.
The condition OF sprinh wheat remeins
the same as last reported i'll Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Considerable improvement
has taken place in Nebraska and Iowa.
Rust has caused a decline IN several coun.
ties that has lowered the average for the
state.
Corn has not changed materially from
tho fair average last reported In Illinois
and Iowa. Nebraska, Wisconsin and
minnesota correspondents report consider.
able improvement. Reports from all
other states covered by our bulletin show q
decline of two to five points.
Relative to oats, Illinois reports show q
slight improvement over the very low aver
ages last reported. Minnesota and Iowa cor.
respondents report conditions improving
aud prospects good for an average crop.
R"ports from Michigan and Wisconsin in
dictate considerable decline, but the aver
ages for these states are still high. In all
other states condition is very low and APP
parently declining. From tho present out
look. Illinois and Missouri will harvest
only about one-half and Kentucky about
one-lnarter their usual crops of oats for
all of which the grain plant louise is re-
sponsible. Summaries of reports OF COM
d,tions are:
Spring wheat-1owa, SO per cent; Ne
braska, ISL; Wisconsin, B91a; Minnesota,
92aa.
corn-lllinois, 80 per cent; Indiana,
36aa; Indiana, s6aa; Ohio, IS; Kentucky, 81.
Missouri, ST.; Kansas, 81; Nebraska, So;
Michigan, %; Wisconsin, 81; Minnesota, 9s.
Oats-!llinois, SO per cent; Indiana, co.:
Ohio. Ga; Kentucky, Is; Missouri, IS;
Iowa. 92!!; Kansas, 60; Nebraska, so;
Michigan, 81; Wisconsin, 80; Mime.
sofa. 9iia.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
Will Mako Very Fast lime.


The Washington new line," consisting
of the Central railroad of New Jersey, the
Philadelphia AZ Reading and Baltimore &
Ohio railroads, is to cut down the time be.
tween New York and Philadelphia. Alto
gether they will save from six to eight
minutes by the proposed changes. A saw
ing of six minutes will bring the time be-
tween Jersey City and Philadelphia to 100
minutes for q distance Of eighty nine
miles. This is at the sustained rate Of
fifty-two and n third miles an hour. By
reason Of the several grade crossings, where
the engineer is obliged to slow down, and
the bridge Q mile long Y Newark bay,
where he must come down to twenty miles
I'M hour, the speed for a part Of the dis
lance is much greater. Between Plainfield
aud Elizabeth over seventy miles an hour
10 made at times.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-18
lilo Passed Fraudulent Drafts.

A man who registered as &. w. Young,
of Chicago. put up at the Albion Hotel,
Montreal, a month ago, saying he WAS OH
his way to England. He hid plenty Of
monty and among other purchases was IL
suit of coths from a aeadins firm, for
which lie paid cash. IL. appeared ut the
clothing store again and bought $40 worth
OF clnthing and t. ndclcd in payment two
checks for S75 each. with which WAS a let.
ter alleged to be from II. C. Jamiesou,
about u draft which the letter said Young
WAS having cashek at the bank of Montreal.
After Young left with the chang the pro-
prietor became suspicious. and, visiting
Mr.. Jamieson, learned that both the letter
and checks were forgeries. The po,ics
were informed and Young Was a%trestc. ut
tho Albion Hotel. AT the hotel he showed
several letters of introduction from people
in Chicago, the anne of whom are not