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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
SPREAD OF
A Bad Break I'm the Lower Mississipr
Eav~nu

A Bad Break I'm the Lower Mississippi
Levees.
1t IL reported that the Nita crevasse 10
now $50 feet wide and from 8 to 8 feet
deep. Two plantations above the break
have been covered by back water, but the
flood is spreading over the country below
FOR a distance of twenty-five miles.
A dispatch from v~icksburR says that the
crevasse at Raleigh, La, as we'll as that at
OfrAtus, Miss, is likely to cause serious
damage to the railroads in those vicinities.
The Riverside division Of the Mississippi
Valley rallroad is under water and thetrack
is being staked down to prevent its being
washed away. Unless the crevasse at
Offuttus, which is now 500 feet wide, is
soon closed, large portions Of Washing
ton, Sharkey and Issaquena counties aud
the garden of the Yazoo. Mississippi delta,
covering an immense urea, will be flooded.
The situation on the Shreveport division
route is becoming serious. Between Talu.
lab N Lake tho water is up to the rail-
road track and is rising at the rate Of seven
inches daily. The Raleigh crsvasse is en-
larging ut the rate of two feet an hour and
all attempts to prevent the ends of the
levees from caving have SO far been unsuc.
c%essful. A party of engineers have left
or Raleigh for the purpose OF riveting the
ends of the levees. There is great distress
in the track of the food caused by lack Of
skitfs to move persons and property out of
danger. No loss of life has been reported.
Advices from the levees on both sides Of
the river south of Greenville are encour.
aging.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Seed Wheat for North Dakota.

State Commissioner Of Agriculture
Helgeson, of Moth Dakota, aud the gen.
tlemen associated with him in aiding the
distressed farmers md furnishing them
with seed wheat, have come to an agree
ment with the railway anl elevator. COM
panies. Tho Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern have agreed to guarantee
repayment by the farmers of one-third of
the 800. 600 bushels of wheat it is proposed
to give them. The elevator companies
agree to guarantee payment OF another
third. and the committee will ask citizens
of the northwest to sign a paper guaran-
teeing the remaining third-upon certain
important conditions. The legislature
passed a law permitting counties to bond
themselves to the extent of 5 per cent of
their valuation for this purpose. Not
until this money is exhausted are the des-
titute counties entitled to ask for aid. The
committee appointed by the governor, be-
fore it issues the necessary seed wheat,
will have i'll its possession information Of
every destitute person in the state. When
the wheat is issued the farmers will be re-
CURED to give their notes for the value Of
it. These notes will be placed in the
hands of a commission. The guarantee
will surely be obtained from citizens and
the farmers be supplied with wheat in time
for seeding.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
CHIEF MArEs no ans rnor1r.


Chsrokees Posted ON the Prospects for .
Profitable Sale OF Their Lands.
The latest information from the Chero.
kee nation is that Chief Mayes, who IL now
in Washington in the interest Of his peo.
pile, has sent back home dispatches and
letters, which say that'the recent invasion
OF the Cherokee strip by the boomers aud
their destruction of the grass and other
property thereon by fire, is having, with
congressman aud other United States
officials in Washington, the effect Of
strengthening the cause Of the Cherokees
as regards the sale OF these lands. He OK.
presses the opinion that. commissioners
will be authorized to make the Cherokees
an offer Of o sum much in advance of 81. 26
per acre, and nearer the approximate value,
in which event he does not say what his
own actions will be, but implies that the
whole question will be laid before the
Cherokee people for their action. He
further says the csttlemen have obtained
the services of no Of the ablest law firms
in Washington, who will represent them,
and that the Cherokees Dug ht to do like
wise and carry their grievance to the court
of the United States.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Auditor and Money Missing.

At q city council meeting in Chattanooga
IN expert reported that in January and
February Treasurer Lazard drew warrants
for $6,S62 in favor of outside creditors Of
the city and Endorsed the same to City
Auditor Vernon S. Whiteside, to be paid
to the said creditors. These amounts, the
experts reported, have not been received
by the creditors. The council at once
ordered the office of Auditor Whitcside
vacant, and installed the new auditor, I.
f. Stewart. Ed Arnetz's wife left for
Chicago recently and a few days later was
joined there by Whiteside. He has not
returned and neither has the money turned
over to him been heard from. The last
heard of him he was in Detroit, presumably
facing towards Canada, accompanied by
Mrs. Arnctz. The expert is now working
on the books of the auditor, and startling
revelations are looked for. Whiteside is Il
son of Mrs. Harriet n. Whiteside, one of
the richest women in the state and former
owner of the entire top of Lookout
Mountain. The fear that considerable of
the city's money is missing has produced q
tremendous sensation.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28

manning In the treasury, end : eoamitts
was appointed to prepare plans for divid.
Ing the property belonging to the orean-
ization between the North and South Da.
kota departments. Mesdsmss Sara A.
Smith, OF Grand Forks; Ruth Thomas. Of
Huron. and r. A. Crane. Of Watertown,
were appointed as such committee.
The committee on resolutions, consist.
ing OF Mesdames Wardall, Of Huron: Holt.
OF Aberdeen, and Silsby, OF Mitchell, was
appointed.
The following officers were elected: Mrs.
Lucy y. Br;son, of Gettysburg, president;
Mrs. Mary Brown, Of Sioux Falls, senior
vics-president; Mrs. G.. A. Silsby, Of
Mitchell, junior vice-president; Mrs. Jane
A. Mason. Of Aberdeen, treasurer; Mrs.
Runkle, Of Plankinton, chaplain; execu.
tive board, Mrs. Mary @. Benster, Mrs.
Dora Frances, Mrs. Anna L. Patterson,
Mrs. Malinda Williams. Mrs. Urusla
s~choenfeldt, of Gettysburg; Mrs. ii. A.
Grcesbach. delegate Al -larRe; Mrs.. Ruth
A. Thomas, alternate delegate-a al large.
Mrs. Brison, the new president, an.
pointed the following Ulcers: Mrs. Mary
N. Steward, OF Gettysburg, fecretary;
Mrs. Ruth A. Thomas, inspector; Mrs.
Clara Miller. second officer; Mrs. Louise
Hauser, counselor.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
OF LEPROsY.
SEVERAL DISCOVERED IN SOME PARTS
OF MINNESOTA.
Fish as . Steady Diet in scandinavian
Localities Charged with the Respond
bility-Result Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NaMN.
Lsprosy In Minnesota,


The Minnesota state board Of health re-
Gently appointed a committee to search
out all cases of leprosy and to employ for
the purpose a noted Swedish specialist.
The boards order leaked out and created
considerable agitation, which was empha-
sized by q course Of lectures delivered by
Miss Flavin, who has just returned from
the Sandwich islands and claims to he a
leper expert. She assets that in Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota aud Iowa there are 100
cases of leprosy. This statement, coupled
with the knowledge that the state board
was making an investigation, has created
CONSERVATION i'll several localities where
leprosy was rumored to have existed. A
public statement is made by the board that
after a careful investigation it learns that
there are three cases of leprosy in the state
and no more, and that no danger need be
a%pprehended. The cases are moi located,
but they always exist in populous Scandi-
navian communities where fish has been u
steady diet. One mild case was found on
the lower flats ut Minneapolis aud another
below the leves in st. Paul, but both were
removed some time since. The state board
will take control of the existing cases and
prevent dangerous association without es-
tablishing a public quarantine.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
An Aged Couple Burned ia Death,

+. Augustus CARL. was an early settle,
in the vicinity Of Austin, Mimi, living
about II mile north of Lansing village.
He was about seventy years old. Monday
morning the neighbors discovered that
during the night his residence had been
entirely consumed by fire. Among the
smouldering ruins were found the charred
bodies of Mr.. CARL and his wife. As late
as 9 o'clock on Saturday night it is known
that everything was right about the prem
ises. Nothing is known in regard to the
origin of this terrible calamity. the coroner
finding no evidence. 1t is generally be-
lievea to have been purely accidental. and
not discovered by the inmates until
escape was impossible. Three married
daughters survive. IIs had considerable
property.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Winnipeg Demands Rociproc,ty.

In the legislature Attorney General Mar
tin moved a resolution that a petition be
presented to the dominion parliament
praying that steps be taken to negotiate
with the government of the United States
for unrestricted reciprocity in trade be-
tween the two countries, and that an nd
dress be presented to the governor general
asking him to facilitate unrestricted
reciprocity. Lieut.-Gov. Shultz will prob
ably refuse his assent to the bill abolishing
the French language and separate schools.
Ii he does this the G~reenway government
will be forced to resign. The local govern.
ment will introduce a resolution providing
for a cash subsidy to :hc Hudson Bay
railway of $1,000 0U, to be paid when the
road is in operation.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28

Amob of several hundred procured q
small cannon and rode into the town of
~spartansburg for the avowed purpose Of
attacking the jail and lynching George
Turner, who shot and killed his brother
in-law, Edward Finger, on Friday. When
the mob reached the public square Mayor
Henneman, ut the head OF the police force,
with pistols in hand repulsed them and
spiked the nno and locked it up. After
making further hostile demonstrations and
threats Of returning later on, the would be
lynchers finally dispersed, but further
trouble is feared. Sheriff Nichols, with a
strong posse is guarding the Jail and is de-
termined to protect the prisoner at all
hazards.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28

notiasd the officers Of the express com.
pany Of what had been done. Upon ex-
animation OF the alleged signature Of VIM.
b. Wnsmore. as president Of the company,
on some Of the documents Mr.. Herring,
one OF the managers, who was familiar
with 1t. Of once pronounced it . forgery
and stated that he wa satisfied that other
signatures were forgeries and that valen.
tine Drummer, who had formerly been agent
for the Adams Express company at fred
erick, Md, aud whose nam was attached
to the documents, had been dead for sew
eral years. Wagner is in Washington and
will be arrested.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28

Gov. Miller has vetoed the bill temper
arily extending the time for the redemp-
ton of real property sold under foreclos-
ure of mortgage, by order Judgment or de-
cree of court. The governor also vetoed
senate bill SO, relating to the issue and
disposal of county bonds, for the reason
that it wa substantially the same as SEN
ate bill sc. He approved the gross earn
ings tax bill and the railroad direct tax bill.
These give the railroads a choice between
the two methods of taxation. The bill
providing for taxation of personal prop
erty in u~norganized counties was approved.
1T is probable that the passage of tile
Walsh revenue bill will nccessitate the ap-
pointment of county auditors in every
county in the state, rs it provides that the
assessment shall be made by the auditors.
If this should be the case it will bc ncces.
sary for the county commissioners to APP
point them ut the April meeting.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
VICTIMS OF RAILROADS.
Ar Impartial Observers explanation of the
Southern Negro Exodus.

SOutu0rn Negro kCxO0uNs
Bishop Lyman, Of North Carolina, an
authority on the RAGS question of the
south, said In an interview concerning the
exodus Of negroes from his state: at is
not the hostility Of the southerners that
has driven the negro away; it is not that all
crops have been lost for the last three
years; not political Acknowledgement, in.
compatibility, fear or any other ridiculous
causes attributed by the northern press.
But it is the action of the railroads and
their satellites OF scalpers. This traffic
would be small to alarge northern railroad,
but it has been profitable to the lines Of
North Carolina, and more especially to the
agents. Let me cite you an instance, only
n case-and I could give you many. One,
railroad agent has sent $4,000 negroes out
of the state, and his commission was 81 q
head, Q total Of $50. OO0, and a very hand
some fortune, I think. In the city Of
Raleigh and the town of Rocky Point the
people rose up in righteous anger aud drove
these immigration agents out Of the state,
And I believe they were justified in doing
SO, for it was q mere matter of traffic for
those people, and resultedin cruelhardship
to the poor negroes.
Tho glowing promises Of equality and
profitable employment in Kansas and
other states held out to them by these
wretches would, Of course, never be real.
lied. and the penniless negro had not the
means to return to the country which had
Of least given him shelter and subsistence.
And I am sorry to say that in too many in.
stances the exodus has been assisted by
the statement made in northern papers
which have been not one whit less nightly
colored than the agents Arguments"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Wine. Women and Poker.

James s. Kennedy, jr., foreign money
order clerk in the San Francisco postomce,
has besn arrested for embezzlement. The
amount of his peculations is about 81, 900.
He occupied the position eight years, and
his stealings began about Q year ago. he
had an ingenious plan Of making the cash
balance every night by abstracting orders
before they were entered on the books.
He had been Swallowed for several days.
and when arrested had evidently made full
preparations for fight, q $4,000 in bills
was found hidden in his trousers. He ~
q republican appointed under Gen. Backus.
Wine, women and poker consumed hid
s~tealings.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Brazil Makes u Loan.

A New York house engaged in the
Brazilian trade received dispatches from
Para stating that the provisional govern
ment Of Brazil had made loan of $3,0OO,-
900 to the state of Para. The loan is made
to assist the state in developing trade and
agricultural resources. The first remit
lance was sent from Rio on the 28th,of
February last, and the state of Para was
authorized to retain all moneys collected
from duties and apply the same TO the
loan. The dispatch further statedthat q
better feeling existed in the state of Para
owing to the large advance in the price of
rubber.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
or interest to Medical Men.

A case of considerable interest 10 msdi-
cal men is on trial at Corydon. Fifteen
years ago Charles I.ittell, thcn a boy, fell
from a horse and broke his arm ut the
wrist. DIR. Everett set the arm, hut the
bone did not unite properly and III consc-
quence the wrist is almost useless. For
some cause no action was taken in the
matter until a short time ago, when Littell
became of age. He now brings suit against
the doctor for $4,000 damage for malprac-
fina
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28

Thomas A. Edison, in reply to Q letter
from Fred Catlin, manager Of the coming
fast sending" tournament, intimating that
he might have drifted too far away from
his early t~sleeraphic associations to be- in.
tersstsd In such matters, uritss ~ follows:
II hope I Haven't cnexksd aparticle. I'd
rather have the smallpox than . swsllsd
bead. Put ~ doSnlee e0k.s
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
LOVE AM
Worship at the Shrine Of CupId Ends in .
Shooting Scrnpe.

WOrshlP at h Shrine OF Cupid Ends in .
Shooting scrape.
At "The Point" a locality just across
the Re river from Grand Forks, N. D.,
with an unenviable reputation, one
Harry met aud shot Tom Kirk,
the bullet entering his forehead
and passing out at the temple. Harry inn
mediately gave himself up and is now in
Jail pending the recovery or otherwise Of
his victim. 1t seems that Kirk has been
paying his respects to Harty's daughter.
The latte. objected to the sutton and the
lover circulated dsfamatory stories about
the girl. The wound will, in all proba-
bility, provo fatal.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Horrible Accident at Pierre.

While riding on the elevator in the Hotel
Locke at Pierre, Ferdinand Clements in
some way got his head caught between the
doorway of the elevator and the hall floor.
He was crushed i'll a terrible manner, the
brains oozing from his skull, his eyes
forced from their sockets and his jaw
broken. lie IS still alive, but little hopes
are entertained of his recovery. He was
employed us a cook III the hotel.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
western Pork Packing.

The Cincinnati Price Current says: The
aggregate packing in the west the past
week has been about 100, 600 hogs, or a little
gain over the preceding week, but consid-
erably short of the corresponding time last
year, when the total was 235, 900. The
packing since March l is 500, 1000, against
5GO,O00a year ago. Following are COM
parsons for leading places:
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Told in ~ Line or Two.

AOlu HI ~ siu NF ! WOE
CITIZENS of Tara have voted to build q
school house.
WORK on the Emmetsburg packing
house has commenced.
WORK will soon be commenced OH the
Hawarden water works.
THREE Lyons boys were fined So each
for jumping on moving trains.
LEE county horsemen have organized n
society under the name of the Fort Madl-
son Jockey club.
THE new trotting association this season
will include Keokuk, Ottumwa, Des Moines
aud Independence.
LIVE STOCK company has been organ
lied at Keokuk II stock yards on an ex-
tenslve scale are to be built.
THERE are some occasions where news
paper men do not get left. William
Backus, reporter on u Cleveland, o., paper,
has fallen heir to the estate of the late
Charles L. Borie, of Independence, which
is valued at 800, 900. 1t wa thought that
Mr.. Borie had died intestate, but q valid
will has been discovered.
WHILE Frank Seery, q young quarry
man, was preparing a blast in o quarry near
Dubuque, q keg Of powder which he had in
his hands exploded, blowing HIM n distance
of fifteen feet. His hair and moustache
were taken off, and his arms, face and neck
frightfnlly burned. He was taken to the
hospital, where he lies in q precarious con.
dition.
Miss LETTA NJ. WHITING, of Brook.
ings, enjoys the distinction of being the
first aud only lady engaged in the title all
stract business in South Dakota.
H. L. STILL, for some time city editor
of the Aberdeen Nems has severed his con-
~1ection with that paper and accepted o like
position on the Dubuque Herald.
CHAREs WOLFE, u Pierre shell worker
has been held to the grand jury in 800
bonds for working his little game on Geo,
Hendricks, of Vermillion, to the extent OF
$40.
GEORGE W. KUcK, of Cedar Rapids
has o curious document in the form Of {
certificate of deposit issued by the Bank Of
England for E1O. 1t dates from 1906 ant
is still good, the money being forthcoming
ON presentation at the bank.
DAVID 7. HARRISON, of Butte county
is said to own the finest stud Of ~trottini
horses west of tho Missouri river.
ELI HUTTON, # Aberdeen, has beer
sent to the Yankton insane asylum. Re
ligious excitement was the cause Of his in
sanity.
REV. A. L. R1acs, of the sante'
agency, will supervise the allotment o
lands in severalty to the Indians OF tn
Sioux reservation.
A MAN in Beadle county claims to hsv
received from the relief committee a PAL
of pantaloons which he donatedto the low
sufferers several years ago.
THE Brotherhood of Ra,lroad Brakeme,
will dance at Cedar Rapids May l.
The first Of the Cascade saloonkeeper
to be tried Mt Anamosa in the 5O0-yar,
limit case was George Rockwell, who va
found guilty by the jury after five hours
elaboration.
ONE litlgant in the court Of Rock Rap
ids claims 1926, 100 damages Of the Illinoi
Central railroad. 1t appears in the evi
dence he was damaged $4,000 and hi
attorneys $40, 900, that beng the fee agree
upon between them.
STAFLEY now has o newspaper to hell
boom the the town. It'll called the En-
terpriss.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Scheme to sw,ndle Detected.

One of the most gigantic schemes Of
fraud and forgery which has probably ever
been known in this country has just been
made public at fredericksburg, Pa. Il is q
suit brought by DR.. Harrison Wagner,
evidently AT adventurer, against the
Adams Express company for $l,564, s75. 80.
Signatures to documents were forged
and when Lawyer w. l.. White was asked
to represent the plaintiff in the suit he de-
pounosd the whole scheme u . feaud, and
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28
Blow Up a claim Ju,nper.

An attempt was made ut Butte, Mont,
to take the life of j. v. Skidmore by blow.
ing him up with giant powder. Skiamore
last fall jumped a claim and built n cabin,
which he now occupies. He was absent
from the cabin a few minutes and when he
again entered an explosion took place,
which knocked him senseless. killed his
dog. knocked q hole through the roof and
floor of the cabin and shattered things gen.
orally. Skidmoro's face was lacerated by
two pieces of iron. one of his legs wat 9
mass of wounds and the other was also in.
jured. It is supposed III enemy put a car
of giant powder in the cabin during Skid.
more's temporary absence md lighted {
slow fuse.