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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
a FANATICS DEED.
He Killed. MS Roommate to Insure Him SAL
Hnfinm.

ne neAaCu MS ftOOmlnat0 to Insure Him Sale
walton.
John Kuhni created o great sensation By
being taken from the Jail at Madison and
arraigled In court at his own solicita.
tion and at once pleading guilty to the
charge of numbering his friend and room.
mate, William Christep, in the town Of
Primrose, Dec. IL, 1883. He was promptly
sentenced to prison for life and is o in
the p%enttentiary Mt Waupun. II is sus-
pected that he was anxious 10 get to a place
of safety, as ut various times lynching had
been suggested in connection withthe case,
liecently he made q confess
sion to his lawyers, iu which he said he
killed Christen because he was impelled to
do so by divine influence. Kuhui, it seems.
devoted much time in reading his Bible
ond Christen was want to blaspheme most
terribly in his presence, ridiculirg every
thing religious aud particularly him
(kuhni) for his pious inclination.
Finally Kulini said he felt it imperative on
him to end the wicked and beastly career Of
his friend and insure for him salvation be-
fore it was i%rrevocably too late. He there
fore arose while Christian slept and killed
him with a bludgeon. He then decapi.
tated the body and removed the heart,
his particular Object being to see it 1t
were not black" He Was sure it would
be. Kuhni affirmed that in truth 1t was
black, too. Late at night he buried tho
body in u place IN the woods,
the heart in another, and
threw the head in the river,
where some boys who were fishing found it,
thus leading to the discovery of the MUIR
der. Kuhni says he buried the heart separ-
ate in the hope that it would thus secure
salvation, even if the body went to perdi.
ton, and TINT he prayed over it there Mt
night i'll the woods alone. Up to the time
Of making the confession Kuhni min.
tanned his entire innocence of the whole
affair. His attorneys regard him as a re.
ligions fanatic, but responsible. He is
"a Years old, unmarried, and came
from Switzerland about four years
ago. He had reached England OH the Way
to his native land when arrested, his crime
was not d%iscouered until long after the
commission,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24

Montana Makes q Splendid Financial Show.
tng-Otlicr News Good aud Had, from Va
rious Points.
Walker Blaine, examiner Of claims in the
state department, and eldest son of James
G.. Blaine. died at the family residence in
Washington OF acute pneumonia, superin-
duced by an attack of grip. He had been
ill only u few days, and his death is a sud-
den and severe shock to IN unusually largo
circle Of friends. He wa not feeling we'll
all last week, and Friday he became much
wore and was compelled to take to his
bed. The secretary gave a dinner party On
Monday night to o number of people
prominent in official society, and as Walk.
er Blaine was then feeling much better, ne
sat up Cor some time chatting with guests,
and afterwards walked about tho house.
He contracted an additional cold, which
quickly settled on his lungs and developed
into acute pneumonia.
Walker Blaine graduated from Yale in
1870, aud studying law received his d.
ploma from Columbia college, New York,
in 1878. In 1881, while Garfield was on
his deathbed, he sent for Walker Blaine
and appointed him third assistant secre-
tary of state. saying he appreciated his
ability and desired to show it. After serv-
ing in this capacity very a~cceptsliy for
nearly a year he was appointed on the Ala
bama claims commission, where he served
with great credit from 1882 to 1885. On
the advent of the present administration
he was appointed solicitor of the state d.
paitment, a position which he also filled
with great credit aud ability.
President and Mrs. Harrison called very
soon after Mr.. Blaine's death, and Vice
President and Mrs. Morton came soon
afterwards. Justices Harlan and Gray, of
the supreme court, most of the members of
the Maine delegation, Representative Hit
and many others we'll known in official
and social life also called.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
sELF-MuRDEn OF ANARCHISTS.
Scores of Disappointed Firebugs Taking
Their Own Lives.

Scores of Disappointed Firebugs Taking
Their Own Lives.
The large number of anarchists who have
committed suicide of late in New York and
Brooklyn has induced some of the police
detectives of the latter city to reach the
conclusion that their wholesale self-de-
struction is the result of an agreement
among them. The police of tho Fourteenth
precinct in Brooklyn about a year ago dis
covered that a number Of tho followers of
anarchy we're meeting in the vicinity of
Ralph avenue and Monroe street, and from
their Investigations believed that they
were Matching a plan to burn down
this city and Brooklyn. Detective
Miller succeeded in gaining the
confidence of a Long Island City anarchist
who had come from Chicago just after the
hanging of Spics,S Parsons, Engels and
Fischer. This man told the detective that
the surmises Of the police were right. lie
said the anarchists had organized them
selves into o gang of fircbugs, and
had resolved to burn down this
city and Brooklyn. The gang
at that time, he said, numbered sixty-two
desperate men. Many Of them had fed
from Chicago after the hanging of the an
archists, while the others belonged in
New York and Brooklyn. One of the
lending spirits of the gang was a man
named Muller. It was also agreed be-
tween the men, said the detectives inform
ant, that when they should have completed
their incendiary work all would commit
suicide. leaving behind them full confess
sions of their crimes.
Detective Miller said yesterday in
speaking Of the cases: II am confident
the firebugs have decided upon whole
sale suicide and that they are
now carrying ont their agreement to that
end. Sevcniy-nine anarchists have COM
mitted suicide within the last fortnight, I
have not hoard any great grief expressed by
any n over the fact that these men arc
leaving the world, but it striks me- as q
case of prearranged sell. slaughter"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
A KANSAS
Proposition to Check Up Isribo Givcrs and
Bride T,lkcrs.

Proposition to Check III Isribo Givers and
Bride Takers.
especial from Topeka says: There is
se,ious trouble in store for members Of
tho Kansas Legislature who have nc
copied brides, and also for those lcRis-
lative sharpers who have been bride
giyers. Tonight it was learned that q pc
tition is in circulation asking Judge Gulh-
rico convene the grand jury for the pur-
poy Of investigating the acts of members
Of 10 last Legislature and Of certain state
.ofAbrs. Over 100 names have been secured,
anithe district court has full jurisdiction.
Il }e petition meets the legal requirements
q shsation such as Kansas has not expert
endd in years will be the inevitable result.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
"A BAD KANSAS MAN.
He Desp1iled IL County OF Its Casll-ni

He Despoiled u County OF Its Casll-nis
Arrest.
The sheriff of Riley county, Kansas, has
arrived in Memphis to take charge of
James Fortney, the a%bsconding treasurer
of that county, who was arrested OH board
the City of Cairo. At present Fortney
owns n valuable farm near Manhattan, and
has an interest in two iron foundries, ono
at Manhattan and the other at Des Moines,
10. The exact amount of shortage is $780,
547. He was elected treasurer Of Riley
county for four years. qualifying
under a bond of 1926, 900. A year
ago a shortage in his accounts was
suspected and suit was brought to nave the
books investigated. He won the case, md
no further efforts were made to have an in
vestigation until six months later, when a
second suit was entered and resulted in n
mandamus to compel him to show the
books. Hearing Of the writ, Fortney locked
the vault in which the county funds were
kept and avoided the sheriff by going to
Canada. He returned about four months
ago, and. it is claimed, robbed the vault
and again skipped out. He was followed
to a questionable house in st. Louis where
he met his inamorata. As Fortncy had
only Sl2O i'll his possession when arrested
aud is supposed to have nbscondcd with
thousands, Sheriff McCord thinks the cy-
prian secured tho lions share of the money.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
PLAYING BIG STAKES.
A Game of Pool Whore 5000 Bots wcre
MAZDA

A Game of Pool Whore 5000 Bets wcro
Maslc.
Capt. A. Mallaby, recently arrived, who
claims to be an English officer oil half pay,
and DR.. Joseph Guthrie, of Seattle, started
to play fifteen-bnll pool for s25 a game.
After playing several games Capt. Mallaby
was about 5000 winner. He then proposed
raising the stakes to 500 a game, and the
doctor accepted, and after playing sieyen-
teen games he was Sl,10O winner. Capt.
Mallaby then proposed to play for 5000 q
game. At the end of the twentieth game
the doctor was $1,000 ahead and wanted to
quit. Four more games for $40 each
were played, aud the doctor won three out
Of four, making his total winnings s 1900.
Moilaby wanted to continue the play, but
Guthrie would not have it.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Wants to vindicate Ills Ional,, Sab.

Major Michael Day, o we'll known char
acter ut Belleville, N. j., has issued a
challenge to Capt. John Dooiey TO met him
in mortal combat. The major accuses the
captain of being the instigator of certain
pungent paragraphs concerning him which
have recently appeared IN a local Sunday
paper. The major writes: 81 am too
much of a soldier to allow my wounded
character to be healed by dollars" Both
men are veterans Of the civil war and arc
we'll known. The major is in deadly
earnest while the captain regards the mat
ter Ms q Joke.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
ANOTHER MISSOURI snoor1NG.
An Attempt to Right a Wrong Leads to
Serious Consequences.

An Attempt to Right a Wrong Leads to
Serious Consequences.
A serious shooting ARRAY occurred near
Bridgeton, Mo-, caused by reports iuvolv-
ing the name Of Miss Christina Amulung,
a young lady of 10, the daughter of Will
lam Amulung, u farmer. Mr.. Amulung
had a colored man, Taylor Pointer, in his
employ, and. as the story goes, Pointer
had been boosting Of intimate relations
with Miss Amulung. This report was first
heard three weeks aao. and Amulung's sons,
John, William, Edward and Frank, ever
since have been determined to punish
Pointer for telling such stories. They
called to their assistance their brothers-in-
Law, Otto. Christ, Herman aud Luke As
mus, and started out to find the offending
Pointer. A call was made at the house of
Greed Hunt, but Pointer had gone with
the elder Hunt to the house of Ralph Biv-
ems. There he was found. Bivens IN.
swered the knock at the door and was told
they had come to arrest Pointer. Biyens
begged them not to make a disturbance, MS
Ato AuuSAkCh Mub nlChs 1lWuL ubkeU LUeLIl
if they had a warrant. Herman Asmus
rushed by him into the house, revolver III
hand. and leveling it at Pointer said that
was warrant enough for him. Mrs. Bivcns
seized q shotgun, whom Otto Asmus
rushed in and attempted to take it from
her. A terrible struggle ensued, during
which two of the Amulungs seized Pointer,
who defended himself desperately. He
was struck over the head with o revolver
and knocked down with q chair. Mrs. Biy-
ems, who had run into the kitchen, screamed
and Pointer picked up q shotgun and ran
to her assistance. Otto Asmus was in the
doorway, revolver in hand, when Pointer
fired full in his face. He fell back and
was carried away by his friends. Pointer
escaped to Bridseton, where he gave him
self up, as it WIS feared he would again he
attacked. Tho wounded man received tho
full charge i'll tho face, both eyes being
shot out.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
The Aisy.Attic Sty!c.

Mrs. Anteek You should call around
and see my apartments, Mrs. Otto
man.. 1 have been having them redec-
orated-they are quite Romanesque, I
assure you.
Mrs. Ottoman-Indeed! I will call
with pleasure if You will honor me in re-
turn. We have been Ienoyatl.,g some
what, too. We consider our quarters
decidedly Oriental.
Mrs. Mahoney .(sotto yoce in the
hallway -%'aix, an Of yen come
around an eI Lady Mahoney o call.
Yell see something in the aisy-attics
shtoyle.-l0mkers Gazette. ,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
COME IN, WYOMING.
That Ia the InvitMtlon OF the Senate Com.

That Ii tho Invitation Of the Senate Com.
mittec.
At q special meeting Of the senate CON.
mittee on territories Chairman Platte was
instructed to report recommending the
passage Of bills for the admission 81 Wv.
oming as q state and to organize q terri.
torial form Of government Tor Oklahomo,
The committee decided, inasmuch ns q case
is now pending before the supreme court,
involving the constitutionality Of such tesi
oath as Il now required by the constitutiou
the Mosmons. the bifl Tor the admission q
Idaho q o state should not be acted upon
definitely until the supreme ceusts rnlsl
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24

Tho C0a Miners to COnsolilato Their Or
gani&ati0ns.
The question Of the future Of the coal
miners of West verginia, Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Indiana aud Illinois with reference
to the proposed organisation and console
dation OF the National Progressive union
and the Knights Of Labor IL about settled.
Operators say the proposed consolidation
70 the best aciton the miners can take. II
will hare the effect Of settling the interna.
tional dtsaareements !. md fights against
each other. beyond this is the assertion
Of the operators that they will get them IN,
convention TO Arrange pricss,a thing that
they coald not do under present condi.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
HE CLuBDED THE EDITOR.
An Actress Leaves Her Paramount, and He
Is TOuchy.

Is TOuChy.
May Yohe, the actress who is on her way
to dazzle Australians, is the cause of a
lively scandal in San Francisco. Tom
Williams dubbed Business Manager
Hirsch, Of the Ereniag Post, for printing
q sensational story about the pair. Miss
Yohe and Williams, who is known as
Duke of Union Island" have besn living
together, Il is said, for several weeks. It
was reported that they were married, but
no record of such a union can be found.
Recently the actress mother persuaded
Yohe to leave Williams and go to Australia
with her. The Post had a gossipy article
on the abandonment Of the festive Will
Jams. The latter armed himself with o
club and went to the Office of the paper
and beat Publisher Hirsch over the head
until he was senseless. Williams was III
rested for assault.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Russian Nihiiistic troubles.

Col. voleikoff, an officer of the cars
body guard, and some other officers of the
same corps, have committed suicide. It is
supposed they were implicated in the re-
Gently discovered plot against the life Of
tho car. It is reported that the cars
brother. the Grand Duke Sereins, will
shortly be banished from the capital for
meddling with politics. .
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
CHURCH n STATE.

rhe Pope Lays Down Their Relation. for
the Guidance of Catholics.
Tho pope has issued an encyclical which
sets forth the principles which shall guide
Catholics in their relations toward the
state. 1t says that they must obey the
laws whom such a course does not entail
disobedience to divine laws. In any coun.
try where tho state opposes Catholicism
Catholics must combat the enemy, but
must not tie the church to any political
narfY.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
WINDOWS silver Measure

The house committee on coinage,
weights and measures called upon Secre-
tary Window and discussed informally the
question of silver coinage. The secretary
informed the committee that he was pre-
pairing a bill on that subject, embodying
the plan outlined in his annual report,
which he expected to have ready for cub
mission to congress by next Monday. 1t is
understood that Conger, of Iowa, will in
troduce the bill in tho house.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
To Reclaim Vermont Farms

4private company, headed by o swede,
haItaken advantage Of the agitation about
co}nizing vermont's Abandoned farms"
viii Swedes, AMI has purchased o large
t,sct of land in the northern part of the
tate and proposes to Immediately locate a
Eolony Of Swedes upon the land. Actual
}ales are reported TO have been made, and
ihe proprietor Of the enterprise sailed for
Sweden Jan. 2 with the intention Of bring
Ing over q colony Of his people to settle
church will be established upon their ar
rival.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
A Rotten Concern.

The license Of the Midland Accident In
surance company. Of Kansas City, Of which
ex-Gov. C%rittenden is president, has been
revoked by Insurance Commissioner Eller-
be. There are some very ugly reports
about the condition Of the company, and
that fraud was resorted to to Q o liz
cense to do business in the state,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
THE NORTH DAKOTA CASE

"A Commissioner Hold for Mutilating War;
rants.
Anderson Hcaly. chairman of the board
of county commissioners, was hold for trial
to-day under $500 bonds for mutilating
official records. His offense consisted in
erasing his name from warrants which had
been duly issued for amounts owed by the
board. he had signed the warrants, but
subsequently, in a fit Of anger. erased
his name. His examination lasted three
DAYS.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Gobbled by q Rival,

A circular has been sent ont to subscrib.
ers OF the Commercial Telegram company,
stating that the property operated by it
has been sold ut shetiff's sale to satisfy
Judgments. Il 10 understood the Postal
Telegraph company WAY Che purchaser.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
q TO BE U

A Mexican Editor Defames the Song B,r, of
tho $4,000 Tllorax.
Influenza is spreading in Mexico. Sew
eral deaths from the disease are reported.
Tho editor of the newspaper, Elf
Pro0resso, has been sent to Jail for defam-
ing Adelina Patti.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24

It is reported that several European
statesmen friendly to England have ex-
pressed to Salisbury fears that his action in
the Portuguese dispute will afford u pre-
text Tor republican activity in Spain and
Portugal that will endanger the mouarchies
there.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
WEEDS ms ronMHN r1ANcEE.
Elnpement of an Ex-Govcrnor's SON from
the Quaker Civ.

the Quaker City.
Benton S. Bum, son of OK Gov. VIM. III.
Bum, of Idaho, who is proprietor of the
Sunday transcript, eloped tho other day
with Miss Katie Green, daughter of the
proprietor of the much frequcntcd cafe,
hotel and billiard room at the corner of
Eighth and Chestnut streets. Miss Green
and MIR. Bum lave known each other for
several years, and in the latter part Of
1887, when tho lady was p years old, were
engaged to be married. The engagement,
it is said, was broken at the instance Of
MIR. Green, but the attentions paid to the
young lady by her former tiancce were not
suspended in the slightest. While Mr..
Green and his family were at dinner they
received a telegram from the Fifth Avenue
hotel, New York, from Mrs. Bum m.
nouncing her marriage.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
smash-Up on the Union Pacific

smnsh-Up OH tile Union Pacific.
An accident occurred on the Wyoming
division Of the Union Pacific at Hampton,
sixty miles east of Evanston. The rails
spread as the passenger train passed over
the switch and tho express and baggage
cars and the first. class coach rolled down
tho embankment and were broken to
pieces. None of the passengers we're
killed, but a dozen, more or less, were i'm
jurel, some seriously. Among the injured
are: John Robinson, Long Pine, Neb..
shoulders and log injured, and Mrs. James
Kranz, of Des Moines. chest bruised.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
The Panama Lottery

Tho 1925, 900 prize in the Panama canal
lottery has been drawn by NJ. Ephrussi, a
wealthy banker of Paris.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Another Endemic,

Black measles is raging at Fordsville,
KY, in epidemic form, and several deaths
have already occurred. Over 100 cases arc
reported in the n~eiehbofhpod.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Wiped Out.

Tho business portion Of Flora, Miss,
with the exception Of one small store, was
destroyed by fire. The town had about
1000 Inhabitants.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Big Bank Burst.

Artato Brothers, bankers, with houses In
London, Paris and Madrid, have been de-
clared bankrupt. Their liabilities arc
eI0O nn0
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Az to Bucket shops,

"A committee Of tho Chicago board Of
trade has been appointed. to decide what.
shall DO The attitude Of The board toward
the buoket shope.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Property QUALIFICATION

The Mississippi senate has passed q bill
requiring o voter either to own $500 worth
Of taxable property or to be able to read
and write before he can vote for mayor.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
Influenza.

q Schools in southern Germany ars being
closed BY influenza.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-24
TOOK THE PRIZE.

South Carolina Raises i, Crop of .a5 lsusl.-
els of Corn on Ono Acre.
Tho most phenomenal yield OF corn ever
produced III America has been awarded the
prize of $3.50 offered by the American
AgricaltWist for the largest crop of
shellcd corn grown on IL acre in 1889.
The crop was within a fraction of $50
bushels, green weight, which shlunk to 23o
bushels wien kiln dried, and when chem
ically dried shrank to 2l7 bushels. The
South Carolina state board of agriculture
doubled the prize, making $1,0OO in all.
The crop was grown by u. }. Drake, of
Marlboro county, South Carolina. 1t is
nearly twice as large rs the greatest
authenticated crop ever before reported.
The $500 awarded for the lnrgest yield Of
wheat last year goes to Henry F. Burton,
of Salt Lake City, Utah, for n yield of
eighty bushels of one acre.