Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
IN THE WEST.

SAN FRANCISCO special: A meeting
of sugar %refncrs will be held here.
There is now in San Francisco Claus
Spreckels, who has just made n com
pact with the sugar trust by which he
VIII be given q monopoly of this coast;
Paul Eisbcrg, the German sugar mil
llonalre; c. III. Davis, representing the
English sugar %rctiners, an agent Of the.
Spaldings of Boston, and no less than
Six large Hawaiian planters, whose con-
tracts with the American sugar refinery
end in q short time. 1t is understood
that the conference is to make some ar.
rangement for the handling of Hawaiian
sugar. Nearly all the planters of
Hawaii three years ago rcbcllcd against
the S%preckels domination and formed
an association which handled two-thirds
OF all the Hawaiian sugars 1t was re-
fined here by the American refinery.
That agreement is now ended and
Spreckels' action in %surrendering to the
trust practically makes him master of
the situation. He can dictate terms to
h planters. and it is said they have
secured the help of Eastern and foreign
sugar men to bluff him. If he refuses
to agree to a fair arrangement they pro-
pose to form an association and build
an opposition sugar refinery. All inter-
csted are close mouthcd, but these are
the facts and the meeting promises to
be lively, as Spreckels will not endure
any b%ulldozing.
LAKE CITY, Colo, special: One of the
richest strikes evcr made in the San
Juan country has been made in the
Eagle group by A.. l.. Lewis and w. c.
Lee, III What is known as Slumgullion
Gulch. The ore runs very high in gold.
"A mill run shows nineteen ounces in
gold in an assay of twenty-four ounces.
The vein is six feet wide and is COM
posed principally of c%arbonatcs, and
a be taken out with q shovel very
easily. Great excitement prevails over
the find. and hundreds of men are
on the ground stalking off claims.
The mine is six miles from Lake
City, with u good wagon road all
he way. The strike was made in IL
valley three miles wide and four miles
long. and just under the surface is an
iron cap. A mill run of two sacks
gave nine of gold per ton. The
iron cap is about twelve feet through
and underneath it is the rich carbon
ates. a small run of which returns nine-
teen ounces of gold. SO far the vein is
known to be thirty feet wide and the
full width is not known. Neither is it
known how deep it is.
CHICAGO special: Tho National
Worlds Fair Commissioners had u lively
debate on the question of hearing argu-
ments as to the propriety of selling
liquor on the Worlds Fair grounds.
MIR. Brainerd of Connecticut raised
the question by introducing resolution
providing. that any person who desired
10 be heard on the question be allowed
to address the Commission OH tho day
set apart for considering the Sunday
closing question.
MIR. Huntley of Alabama opposed the
resolution and said that the Commission
should not be made u forum, whore. any
body OF politicians can come and air
their views. 1t is Il disputed point
whether the issue is a political or moral
one, and he did not think that partisans
either for or against the sale of whisky,
should lie given a pulpit in the Commits
sion from which to disseminate their
views over the whole United States.
The Commission should be reached by
petition in the proper way. The resolu.
ton was laid on Ii table.
WICHITA, Kan, special: The list of
deaths resulting from the storm has
been increased by two. namely, the
child of Elmer Hall and u. C. Westcott,
an old man whose skull was terribly
fractured. The injured at Towanda
are improving, but it is impossible to
get any details from the other stricken
district, as there has been the worst
possible Geographic service since the
storm. So far as reported here, the
deaths in this section number thirty-one
up to date. About 81. 200 was collected
by the churches and others and it will
be sent to Towanda. 1t is estimated
that the damage to property in Western
Kansas will reach half a million dollars
and the numDer of deaths reach about
fifty.
San FRANCISCO special: The steamer
Australia has arrived, seven days from
Honolulu. Various reports which have
been current at times regarding the
expected outbreak in Honolulu received
apparent cOntirmat. on on the morning
OF March 2S. when the curbing sur
rounding the royal palace was found
piled up breaat-high with Standings.
which. it is explained, We're placed there
as q protection against an expected raid
by u party of ~malcontcnts under Robert
Wilcox. The ministry disavowcd any
preparation for defense. however, and
Wilcox also denied having knowledge
Of an intent to commit an overt act.
Over-zealousncss on the part of Marshal
Wilson Is given Us the reason for plac-
' ns the sandbaGs In position.