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

Mr.. j. L. Mabie, secretary of the
Underwriters Insurance Co., of Sioux
City, Iowa, was in the city Wednesday,
looking after loss that his company
had in the Fargo building, lately
burned. Mr.. Mabie was delighted with
Hot Springs.
The May Louise Aigen company will
open two nights engagement at the
Opera House on Monday evening April
18th, appearing in the comedy drama
"Mabel Heath" on Tuesday evening in
celebrated drama by Dumas" Clemen-
cean Case.
Friends of Hot Springs, remember
that the % inst. is arbor day, and that
as we are certain of having water
works before many months 1T will pay
to plant trees. Put out a few anyway,
and take care of them, and in few
years they will more than double the
value of your home.
A man named Martin died at the
old Clifton house Sunday. He had
just came down from Deadwood, and
brought a reputation that classed him
as professional gambler and drunk
ard. 1t was that kind of life that
killed him. He died among strangers,
not a soul to mourn his death, and no
one to see that he was even buried.
DR.. Hargens, who attended the fellow
while sick, endeavored to have Law
renee county. his home, take charge of
the remains. but they refused. He
wasn't Fall River county charge, so
the doctor saw to it that the remains
were properly laid away in mother
earth.
There was lively scramble at tlle
corner of the Minnekahta State Bank
yesterday afternoon. 1t seems Melville
McGregor sold his property in Nam
moth Springs Addit,on, or talked of
so doing, to Grace Frawley, and her
business is not such as to make it de-
sirable for such a respectable commu-
nifty as now exists in that beautiful
portion of the city, hence Doc. Pierce
was strenuousiy objecting to Melvi(le's
doing such thing. Hard names were
called. Doc. grabbed for rock, Mac.
for his gun, which he had secreted
about his person. Everybody COM
menced to shiver and dodge. They all
got away with their lives. Marshal
Roe captured McGregor, placed him
under arrest. and then took him home
to sober up. There'll probably be
more anon.
The quadriennial session Of the gen
eral conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will meet IN Omaha May
2, and will probably continue during
the entire month. This is the law
making body of this great church and
the eyes of all Methodists are now turn
ed toward Omaha. Many of the min.
listers of the denomination in the Black
Hills, and some of the professors in
the college, will visit the conference for
few days. There is a general move
in the church looking to the federation
of her academic colleges and great uni
versitles into general correctional
system with uniform requirements for
graduation from the respective grades.
1t seems to many educators to be an
effort at bettering the church in her
educational forces, which though we'll
meant must ultimately result in the
Strengthening of the strong at the ex-
pense of the weak. President Hancher
is devoting portion of his time to
this work with view to maintaining
the standing of Black Hills college in
the federation as a college of liberal
arts. He says our collegiate and aca-
demic courses are fully equal to those
of the institutions that are champion
ing such federation and hs sees no
reason why our grade should be low
cred. He will go to Omaha at the
opening of the general conference and
remain until the matter is settled.
w. H. Bates who had for long
time been incarcerated ill the county
Jail awaiting trial as an accessory to the
killing of Chris. krlnkier, was given
his freedom the fore part of the week,
or rather was turned loose upon his
own recognizance, to appear whenever
his case may come to trial. States At
torney Wilson has not been able to Sc
cure sufficient testimony to convict
Bates, and it seemed hardly right to
continue to punish the fellow by keep.
ing him penned up. Bates says he
has large number of fine testimonials
of his good character from such prom
lent hotels as the Palmer house, Chi.
cago, and he called on the STAR Tues
day to ask the paper to state that the
gang that was IN Jail with him last
fall lied about him slanderously sim.
ply because they imagined that he
gave some of their schemes away when
the incarcerated rascals offered bribes
to the jailer to leave the door unlocked,
and such things. Bates states that he
is very anxious for his case to come to
trial, that he may prove to the people
of this community that he is perfectly
Innocent of any such grave offence as
he has been charged with. While in
Jail MIR. Bates says he was very kindly
treated and that all the trash told by
some of those who were confined there
in with HIM about not having enough
to eat, and its being dirty was false in
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