Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

WASHINGTON special: The new re-
turn postal cards will be placed on sale
at all postotlices October Is.
IN THE w1,..
MARCHF1rID, Oregon special. After
ten days exposure to beating breakers
ON the wrecked whaleback Wctmore,
Capt. O'Isrien and Waterman William
Holmes were taken off by Capt. Berg
mann and the Umpqua life saving crew.
The sea was not high, but it was a
hard struggle for the life-savers to get
to the ship. They worked hard and
managed to get the line ON board which
the men tied around them and
then jumped overheard. The men
were very much worn out from
the eXposuse and when they saw
the lifeboat upset gave up
all hopes of cver getting ashore.
Captain u'I'rien had IL lifcraft ready to
launch and had the buoy, oil, etc, at
tached, and If the worst came he in
tended to risk it on the raft. For five
days the men only had one meal Il day.
They suffered more from cold, and had
to stand w days in water up to their
knees. The wharf was crowded with
people whcn the e came ashore at
t.mplre and the greatest interest in
caring for their wants is taken by the
people of that city. The weather side
of the main cabin of the Wctmorc is
stove in and from what has been ex-
perienced it is not probable any men
will be put on the wreck to keep parties
from boarding her and claiming salvage
SALTWATER. Mimi, special: A ter
rible tragedy occurred at Lake Elmo
Station, six miles from here on the
Omaha Road. \ young Bohemian,
Stetfen Zecha, has been employed for
two months on the farm of Charles
Kern. He was desperately enamorcd
with a servant girl named Mary Mend
lick. also a Bohemian. They had
evidently been engaged u long tine. but
he was ~insanely jealous of her, which
led to various quarrcls. Finally they
agreed to separate. The evening of
the crime he called on her, and sat
down in the Kitchen. She offered him
ice cream. and while she was STOPPING
over the ice cream freezer he crept up.
and. placing a pistol against the back
of her neck, fired. the bali lodging in
the muscles of the neck. Surprising he
and started down the road with the
two men who were witnesses of the
murderous attack in hot pursuit Find
ing he was likely to be overtakcn he
suddenly turned and placing the re-
volvcr against his forehead, pulled the
trigger. The ball took q downward
course through the brain. causing in
slant death. The girl will recover.
CHEYENNE special: Suit has been
commenced against j. w. Hammond,
President of the Wyoming Stock Com
mission, and Jack Talbot, one of the
commissions inspectors. which will de-
termine the legality of the commissions
practice of coniiscating the proceeds of
the sale of cattle at Chicago and Omaha
when it decides that the shipper is not
the owner. The suit is brought by
Burke IL Frazer, extensive dealers in
live stock. Last week the firm shipped
LOCO head of cattle to Omaha, 400 OF
which had been bought in johnson
County from various parties. When
the cattle were unloaded ut Omaha,
Jack Talbot. acting under Instructions
from Hammond. seized the cattle with
the intention of selling them and turn.
ing the proceeds over to The stock COM
mission, as has been lone in u number
of cases. Burke ~ Frazer Immediately
entered suit for damages to the amount
VI GDs OOO. uc CVulIIltSSlOl CjuIluS UllaV
the cattle were bought from johnson
County men known to be mavericks.
| The case will be watched with intense
interest in Wyoming. it being the first
appeal to the law that has been made
against the seizure of stock by the stock
commission.
SEATTLE, Wash, special: Capt. IL.
S. Seward, of the schooner Dora Sew
~ ,,n< ,,,;<G, n ctnstl;,, or.o.;,., a,
his voyage from Copper Island. When
5o-4s north of Atka Island the schooner
was suddenly lifted, as If q whale had
the trough of the sea, she experienced
q succession of shocks which cast every
thing loose about her decks, the mel
being unable to keep their feet, and
the mate, who was at the wheel, hav-
ing to cling to the spOkes to keep her
head to the wind. The weather was
clear at the time and the surface of the
sea betrayed no evidence of the sub
aqueous eruption which was taking
place. The vessel was bumped along
on her course for fully a minute. The
mate at the wheel described the spokes
as SO many electric batteries from
which strong shocks tingled through
his body till he could hardly keep his
position.
CHICAGO special: In the Circuit cour,
Thos. II. Martin filed q lengthy bill
against the individual companies form
ing the Chicago Gas Trust. in which
he asks for q receiver. The Fidelity
Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposi,
Company OF Philadelphia, is also made
one Of the defendants. as that com
pany was made u depository of the
stock of the various companies com
posing the trust. The latter is not
included in the prayer for a receiver.
but the court is asked to enioin /,
companies. The complainant asks
that all stocks held by the company
under the contract by which the trust
was formed be cancelled and placad In