Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-06
IN THE WEST.

resentativcs of Southern States ut Bir.
mingham, Ala. This call does not in
clude Kansas and the Northwestern
States, and for this reason there is
trouble ahead. The leaders here be.
lieve it is u scheme to turn the Alliance
over to the Democratic party in the
Southern States and some of them don't
hesitate to say SO.
Chairman Chase of the Peoples En-
ecutive Committee. called on Secretary
French of the State Alliance to see if
that official could throw any light on
the matter, but French said that no
such call had been received ut Alliance
headquarters. Chairman Chase of the
Kansas Central Committee. said:
"My attention had not been called to
this new conference. do not UNDER
stand what it means or why the call
should be issued"
Secretary French was sarcastic in
speaking OF Folks attempt to keep the
conference secret.
sit is just about as farcical,' The said,
'::as the attempt of the Senate to kt"n
their executive session proceedings
from the public.'
III. L. Tambcneck. Chairman of the Ma
tioaal People $ party. has fired a bomb
she'll into the camp of Alliance leaders,.
who have tccn counting a fusion with
the Democrats in Kansas. He has writ
tens letter which reads:
Fusion means confusion n will
lead to nothing else. We want all the
votes we can get. We want every
Democrat and Republican to come with
us, and we would like to have every of-
flee within the gift of the Peoples
party. but we can't afford to secure
either wees or offices by bartering
away Oar principles. The very moment
we use them as trading stock and ped
die them around to the highest bidder
to secure an Office we will sink into OBJ
livion. and We ought to. There is but
one thing for us to do. keep in the
middle of the road" hoist the black flag
and neither give nor accept any quar-
ter. Any mar who expects any of the
old parties to give us any financial sup
port by fusion in my opinion is Il mental
deformity.
The rank and file of the new party is
with Taubcnccli, and it is believed his
letter will knock out the fusion of amy
kind in the Northwestern States.
ST.. PAU, Mimi, special: The Com
mercial Bank has closed it's doors. and.
q card placed in the window announce
ing that business was temporarily suS-
pended, but that all depositors would
be paid in full. The action was taken
after u heavy Ii on the bank. caused
by the scare resulting from the failure
of the st. Paul German Insurance COM
pany. 1t seems that as soon as the
failure of the insurance company be
came generally known, the country
banks began to withdraw their funds
from tho Commercial Bank. This
started ugly rumors concerning the sol
vencv of the latter institution, for
which there was no foundation, but
which spread rapidly. The directors
state that the assets of the bank are
Sl.a59, SIS. liabilities $D1t. 333aa, and that
the depositors would be paid in full.
SAN FRANCISCO special: Twenty-f five
members of Tccd's flock here will leave
for Chicago. They are the best of his
community here. Among them is Mrs.
Knight, who is Il cousin of Col. Fred
Crocker, the railway millionaire. She
has turned owe $1,000 to iced. Her
brothers tried to prevent her wasting
this fortune. but she appealed to the
law and defeated them. Others in the
party are Victor Schiefferstein. once
champion amateur Splinter of the
coast. and Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs. Marsden,
who are worth $50, QUO.
CHICAGO special: An attempt on the
life of Election Commissioner Michael
Schweisthal of this city. was made by
u man named Thomas Keenan,. who
lost his savings by u recent failure of
Schweisthal's bank. lie called ut his
house and threatened vengeance. An
officer seized him Us he was tl%ourishing
q revolver. When seen in his cell he
was still defiant and said that he was
not going to sec Schweisthal living in
splenGor while his wife and children
starved.
CHICAGO special: What is said to
be the first suit for damages ever begun
against the United States Government.
was entered in the Federal Circuit
Court. 1t is brought under the law en-
acted in 1887. permitting suits to be en-
tered against the general government.
which, prior to that time could not be
done. The plaintiff is the John Wiki
tnsOn Company, which sues to recover
$1,000 alleged excessive duty imposed
on a consignment of bicycles from Eng.
land.
SAN Francisco special: A warrant
was sworn out by State Controller Dunn
for the arrest of ex-Assemblyman FL.
wood Bruner of Sacramento. Brunel
Is charged with having offered to &c.
cept q bride of 81, 600 to prevent the
passage by the last Legislature of q
bill affecting ticket scalpcrs. A war
rant was also sworn out by Controller
Dunn for the arrest of x-Assemblyman
j. q. Mccall of San Francisco on the
same charge.
CHICAGO special: The local coal ex.
change was given notice by the coal
trust of an advance of % cents per ton
in the price of anthracite. The ex.
change agreed to advance prices here
so cents a ton.
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