Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-25
IN THE WEST.

~ .S "oo lIGliy SuCIll III OIlS il
the counties of this State W months
before Terry vas killed, AYERS that he
was offered $4,000 by certain parties
whose names he could not then reveal,
to Kill Judge Terry. He was insured
immunity from the law. The writer
rejected the proposition and was warned
that II he disclosed the offer he would
be murdered, and was advised to leave
State ut once on pain of assassina-
ton. In the letter was inclosed $500 in
United States bills. The writer left the
State and went to Dubuque, Iowa,
where the letter is dated, and requested
Mrs. Terry to CONE to Dubuque and
visit him, and promised to put her in
possession of all the facts and proofs of
II conspiracy. He declined to give
his name, but suggested that on ar
rival she put Il certain advertisement in
q Dubuque paper. Other letters are
said to throw light on peculiar phases
OF the Sharon case. Among other things
discovered was u red-hot philippe from
the pen of Judge Terry against Judge
Field which has never been published.
and several thousand copies of printed
pamphlets making grave charges
against Judge Field, entitled: sCharac-
ter and Career of Stephen j. Field as
1t Is known in California" 1t is also
said that papers and memoranda found
show that Terry had accumulated for
years proof of immoral acts of men who
had a%ntagonized him in public or pri-
waite life. Some of these revelations arc
said to be sensational. but they will
probably never see light. The search
of the house revealed that Sarah Althca
had expensive taste in dress, us fully
one hundred costumes were found, and
lace costing $50 Il yard had been used
to clean lamp chimncys.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, special: George
Golden, aged G5, shot and killed himself.
This makes the second suicide as the
result of the failure of the California
dent of the bank, WHO was arrested on
the charge of embczzlcmcnt, put the
muzzle of IL pistol in his mouth and blew
his brains out. Golden killed himself
in the same manner. Golden left IL
note saying that he had bccn induced
to put all his money in the California
National Bank and had deposited over
Sl,300 the day before the bank failed.
WAunAcA. Wis, special: Sensational
evidence is being uncarthed by the
grand jury investigating the murder of
Banker Mead. The gun with which the
ANiAS was NOiilAIutCu uNS DCcl lOulus
IL barrel being loaded with the same
size shot and the same wadding OF
charge which killed the banker. The
jury has learned in whose possession
the gun was OH the night of the muir
der. Some of the stolen bonds. it is
learned. were disposed of at ii Chicago
bank. Several prominent citizens are
expected to be indicted.
CHICAGO special: William W. Hen
derson. an cX-real estate dealer of this
city, committed suicide by taking NOR !!
prime. Henderson was one of the men |
mixed up in the recent mortgage frauds |
here. In the bath departments he
novel. lie ate Il light meal and smoked
IL cigar. Then, assuming an easy and
calc..ess attitude, he soon apparently
fell asleep. When the attendant again
entered his apartment he was Mortified
to find Henderson dead.
. IT, final answer to the conductors
and brakemcn regarding reimbursement
of wages being unsatisfactory u general
strike has bccn ordered on the division
of The Canadian Pacific Road from Lake
Superior to the Rocky Mountains. The
men say that the strike was forced upon
them. The officials of the Trainmen.s
and Conductors brotherhood are at
Wimnepcg directing affairs. The switch |
men have also refused to work and
of the general otlicc.
INFORMATION has been received at
Gen. Miles headquarters ut Chicago.
that interest in the Messiah craze is be-
ing awakened among the Indians of the
Northwest. by the return of Short Bull
ard other SiouN Chiefs who have been
in Europe with the Wild West shows.
1t is believed that Short Bull, who is
reported to be the prophet OF the Mes
siah, if allowed to return to his people. |
will start the excitement anew.
WHAT seems q combination of great !
electric companies against the Worlds
Fair developed when the bids were
opened for arc lighting plants for the
various large buildings. Only two bids |
were received for the 5000 lamps |
needed. The best was Sa22, 600. The
bids were rejected.
{. w. WILLIAMS has received an ac-
ccptancc from Budd Doblc to match
AXtell against Allcrton in Il race for a
$4,000 purse, the winner to take all.
The race will take place over the kite
track at Independence during the great
August meeting.
A CH1cAo paper says that q dcterm-
incd and widespread movement is on
foot among the machlnists' unions of the |
country to increase their strength so |
that IL strong fight may be made for
shorter hours of labor and increased
wages.
TIE ship Frederick Billings, just ar
rived at san Francisco from New York.
had ~ disastrous voyage. a sudden
squall diSmastcd the vessel and threw |
overheard five men who were furling
the royals. The e were never seer
again.
SAN FRANCISCO special: Advices from
Auckland, New Zealand, state that
Duncan Monroe, stcp-son of the late
James Eodell. late Mayor of T%auranga,
in u tit of religious mania, killed his wife
and -four children.