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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
GROWTH OF WINTER WHEAT.
Reports from Several States show 1t Has
Not Passed the Critical Condition..

Not Passed the Critical Condition.
Winter wheat has not yet passed be-
You'd tho critical state, and the next few
weeks may make considerable chlnges
in the situction. An authentic report
says:
In Illinois the outlook is Mt present
encouraging. From AZ per cent. of the
correspondents come reports that the
crop is in tirst-class condition. In an
additional 80 per cent. of the State the
condition, while not quite up to IL full
average, is still very fair. Not quite n
correspondence five gives the condition
as poor. The causes that have brought
about this poor condition in these oun
ties is the same that existed at the last
report in wheat, namely, the dry fall and
the failure of much of the grain to
come up.
In Indiana 1.-The condition at this time
is somewhat better than in Illinois.
Some of the wheat is reported as weak,
but not more than 21 per e of the,
correspondents report the condition as,
poor. On the other hand, nearly 60 peri
cent. declare the outlook as good, and I'M
the other sections it is fair.
The standard of condition in Ohio ia.
below that of Indiana, 40 per cent. of the;
correspondents returning the outlook as.
good. About 45 per cent. give the con-
dit.on as fair. and the others as poor. In,
some of the counties the snow has gone,
and the freezing and thawing may have
a very bad effect on the grain, especially
where the condition is low.
In Michigan as per cent. of the corre-
%spondents report the condition as good,
20 per cent. report fair, and only 5 per
cent. poor. In many of the counties the,
wheat has been covered with SHOW the
greater part of the winter, and in the
other counties was covered during the
coolest weather that re hsve had.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
IMPORTANT DECISION.
ACQUISITION OF THE BOUNDARY
LINE.
Judge s,niti, of the First Judicial Circuit
Court q! south lJasOtM Makex al lmpOr.
t~nt Lecis,on In tile boundary Line
Case.


HoN. e. G. SMITH of Yankton. Judge
of the First judicial Circuit, has made
an important decision in the case of
Adams VS.. Grccny. which was tried at
the last term of court for Union County
at Elk Point. The argument in the
case was made some ten days ago, aud
the decision has just been reached.
Adams owned IL tract of land in Union
County adjoining the Missouri River,
running down 10 the meander line of
the same. Some years & the channel
of the river south of the land cOm-
menccd to shift to the south, making
land ON the Dakota side and cutting
away land on the Nebraska side. This
continued until the accretion formed
On Adams land extended entirely across
the old channel of the river. the main
channel gong OH south and cutting
into Nebraska.
Defendant Grecny settled OF this land
formed by accretion, anu undertook to
initiate Il homestead right, claiming
that IL belonged to the United States.
Adams brought an action of eJcctmcnt
against Grceny to recover possession of
the land, claiming it US an accrction to
the land which lie owned adjacent to
the mcander line of the river.
1t was contcnded that by act of Con.
grcss defining tine boundary OF Nebraska
the boundary line between Dakota and
Nebraska is made down the main cham
mel OF the Missouri River. 1t was con-
ceded by both parties that the change
In the main channel of the Missouri
River was accomplished by impcrcepti-
BILE degrees, forming the land in contro-
versy by gradual accrction. 1t was
also conceded that the spot where
G:ecny had placed his improvements
was south OF the old channel of the
river. and would have been in Nebraska
If the channel had o been changed.
1t was contended by defendant that
the middle OF the old channel of the
river remained the boundary line be-
tween the states of South Dakota ana
Nebraska, and that the South Dakota
court had no Jurisdiction over it. The
plaintiff insisted that whereas the
change in the channel of the river was
accomplished gradually, and without
amy sudden abandonment of the old
channel, the BOUNDARY line between the
States of South Dakota and Nebraska
changed along with the channel of the
river.
Upon that proposition the court held
with the plaintiff that the accrued land
belonged to Adams. and being north of
the channel as it now exists. it is in
South Dakota and in the jurisdiction of
the South Dakota court.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
A PANORAMIC VIEW
RAPIDLY SHIFTING SCENES
IN A BUSY WORLD.
A BIG BARN RAISING.
AT THE WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS
AT CHICAGO.
A Fine Job for One of the Contractors at
jackson I'ark-The Truxses Weigh $780,
900 Pounds ch- .Travelcr'' to lie
Used ON the Work.
Good Big LAT.

A CMIcAGo special says: The con
tractors who are putting up the big
steel trusscs for the roof of the manu-
fscturers' building at jackson Park are
getting ready for the biggest ''barn
raising i'm history. There are twenty
seven main trusses, with IL span of $50
icet and IL height Of PHI feet. They are
IL feet wide at the floor and 10 AT the
apex. These truSScs with the eight
smaller gable truSScs weigh lO.SO0. UG0
pounds. The main truSscs weigh about
100000 pounds each. and they are to be
raised in position from the floor. 10
handle these great iron structures IL
.'travelcr' is being constructed III the
floor of the building. so feet by $50 feet
and 100 feet high. Ontopof this 'trav-
eler' will be raised IL central tower 135
feet high. ST that the total height of this
great lifting arrangement is 255 feet.
1t will weigh 100000 pounds and over
halt u million feet OF lumber will be
used in its construction. The floor of
the building will not. of course, bear
this great weight and the ''travcler'
will move II track especially prepared
for it. AS much as is necessary of the
floor will be torn up and three rows of
piles will be driven to support the
%'.travclcr.'' When the work of raising
the trusscs is finished the piling will be
sawed off and the floor relaid. Another
big 'stravcler' is being rugged on the
floor of machinery hall to erect the iron
work in that Structure-a task scarcely
less difficult.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
A stocklnen,s Paradise.

Persons arriving at Chamberlain for
the purpose of looking over reservation
lands with q view to selecting pcrma-
ncnt homes are invariably astonishcd to
find that the numerous stockmen west
of the river have as yet found it unncc-
essar to feed their stock u spear of hay
or kernel of grain. Stock has not sui.
fered q particle, but on the contrary
has thrivcd Oh the range all winter.
Where such u condition is possible is
certainly a stockman's paradise, and il
will readily be seen that If the stock
business will not yield good returns un.
der these conditions it is useless to fol.
low the business anywhere. In antici.
patton of u hard winter, which was SC
generally predicted last fall, stockmep
put up immense quantities of hay and
grain, as q safeguard against the pres.
ent winter being an exception to the
general rule, but SO far they have beer
~xgreeably disappointed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
TWO MILLIONS GONE.
DISASTROUS FIRE AMONG NEW
ORLEANS STORES.
A ~Far-Isenching Blaze Breaks Gu. In t,,e
Retail District at The J%uncture of Canal
{ and Bourbon Streets, and i. Hcuvy Loss
Is the Result.
Burned a Block.

At New Orleans two millions Ct moneN
went up in smoke the other night by tho
destruction of q large retail dry goods
establishment in the city. The scene Of
the fire, says n dispatch, was in Canal
street, the principal ~thoroughfarc of the
city, at the point where it is intersected
by Bourbon. Schwartz's establishment.
u commanding structure and but recent.
ly completed, occupied the corner of,
Canal and Bourbon. 1t was II four-story'
buildil g, with mansard roof-s brick
stone, and iron cdi1ice, surmounted by u
high clock tower. At 1916 o'clock q
waiter in MoreGu's restaurant, on the
opposite side ofCanal street, perceived u
small tongue of flame licking It's way
along the cornice OF the roof aud
fastened to give the alarm. The de-
PAL ment% responded promptly, but cS-
perlencel great difficulty in getting 10
work, and the whole cdiiice was ablaze
before IL stream could be brought TO bear
upon it.
The flames spread backward to Kraus
Bros establishment and across Boui'-
bon street to C%louvcrius' drug store
simultaneously, and the department
found itself i'll Il mn powerlcss to
cope with the destroyer. \ general
alarm and then L repeated general alarm
We're sent in, and suburban engines
were pressed into service. Backward
the fire spread to Hoffman's, to the left
1t attacked Werlein's, and crash fol-
lowed crash as the falling roofs over
burdened the floors beneath, already
Ia len with stocks of merchandise, and
each gave way in turn until the interior
fixtures of the stores and their contents
We're piled in Il blazing heap on the
ground.
On the opposite side of Bourbon street
Clouvcrius' building was the first to col
lapse, II it carried With it the wallis of
Dunkel's establishment. M~cCloskey's
confectionery establishment was u mass
of scething flame, and Kregcr's build
ings were also burning ticrcely. But
the Nickcl-Plutc shoe store interviewed
to save the main entrance to ID. H.
Holmes immense establishment in Ca
nal street, and that portion of the store
was but little damaged.
SchwartZ's stock. valued at over $780,
GOO, was insured for SAGA, 900, and the
building for $50 900, considerably below
its value. Holmes stock was insured
for twice us much, but the damage to it
is not thought to he so great. Clouvcr-
iusc carried SO, 0o0insurance ON and
the others We're insured i'll proportion.
Every insurance company in the city
has about an equal share of the loss.
The risks have been divided. Most of
the buildings were newly erected and
considered separate and excellent risks.
The individual losses, so far us they can
be ascertaileu, are as follows:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
THE SALE Of SCHOOL LANDS.
About 155,52O Acres OF School Lands to-
Sell March "a.

tAUOuJ 1DbSOWO .ACreh Va SGIAOOt AInuOS tO
Sell March "a.
ABOUT 1875, $50 acres of South Dakota
school lands are to be sold in the vari-
Gus counties of South Dakota upon the
oath day of March. None of these lands
can be sold for less than $40 per acre
and the sale will in all probability add
1000. 900 to the permanent school fund.
Last year was the first year any school
lands were disposed of and the average
price realized per acre was IL little over
$14, and the total amount realized was
in the ncighborhood of 81. 900. 600. The
Appraising Board, consisting of the
Governor, Land Commissioner and
the lands to be sold this year. They
have finished the appraising of lands in
six counties. In Iankton County the
lands are appraised at from $40 to 500
per acre, the 500 lands being some val
liable cementlandS. In Lincoln County
the lands are appraised ut from SO to
$40; in Turner County, from $40 to SO:
Union. $40 to $40: Hutchinson, $40 to
Sis. and in Clay. $40 to $40. These
lands are all situated in the older coun-
ties of the State and are splendid farm
lands. Similar lands situated .lust
across the border from this state in
Iowa and Minnesota are selling for from
$40 to $40 per acre. Last year most of
the school lands were sold to residents
of South Dallota-farmers who were
prosperous and desired to increase their
holdings. This year it is believed that
South Dakota is so far along on the
wave of prosperity that these lands will
be readily picked out by farmers III other
States who are now leasing lands. 1t
surely affords such persons q chance to
own their own lands.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
IN THE EAST.

THE convention of lumbermen called
to meet at the national capital Feb. ID,
has been postponed till March l. The
purpose of the convention is to protest
against Ii proposition to put lumber
OH the free list. The cause of the poSt-
ponelnent is the probable absence of
many Congressman fiom Washington
Feb. 23. owing to the Worlds Fair en-
cursion.
BETWEEN fifteen and twenty wolves
have made their appearance in West
Seneca, a suburbot buffalo, and women
n children are afraid to go out of
doors. They appear in the village at
night and escape to the woods about Il
mile away. Several old hunters claim
to have seen them and are following
the trail we'll armed. The story seems
incredible. yet it would be very easy for
the hungry holde to have crossed the
ice from the wilds of Canada. rs the
lake is frozen over and it is only ten
miles across the point Children are
kept from school and the men have their
muskets cleaned and loaded. a party
of fifty or sixty men will start out on y
hunt for the wolves.
A CLEVELAND, Ohio, special says:
One of the most destructive fires that
ever visited that city. destroyed the dry
goods emporium of the MCCLELLAN Com
pany, involving Il loss of ut least $780,
600, probably covered by insurance.
The building was u tive-story brick
block. Flames were discovered in the
rear portion OF the building, and so
quick did they spread that before the
arrival of the fire department the flames
had shot up through the elevator shafts
and were lcaping 100 feet into the air
from the roof. In Il remarkably short
time the whole building was a roaring
furnace from basement to roof. and the
inflammablc character of the stock
rendered the establishment Il veritablc
finder box. The fire was confined to
the building i'll which it started.
GEORGE G~EuMBIlNG. a prominent bus
mess man of Nincvah, Pa, while suf-
fering from grip. arose from his bed
and, going to Il window, broke q pane
Of glass, then placing his neck and
throat through the hole he deliberately
sawed his throat over. the roughcned
edges of the glass. Blood spurted over
his clothes and the walls, but he sawed
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

his throat Until he fell exhausted 10 the
floor. When found he was unconscious.
A physician was called, who ,Sewcd the
wounds up, but viii e the physicians
hack was turned tho apparently dying
man placed his head ender the covers
and tore out the stitches. laccrating the
gaping wounds a!ie,h. BEFORE any
thing could be done for him he was
dead.
A NEW YoRK special says: Justice
Goctting, of Brooklyn, sent Andrew
Wall. 81 years of age, to Jail for six
months for playing q practical joke.
WalZ has II weakness for wagers. Two
years ago he made u bet that lie would
bite off the heads of three kittens in as
many minutes. He won the wager. but
was sent TO the penitentiary for ! year
for h otfense. the society for the PEE
vention of cruelty to animals prosecute
ing him. While in u saloon he bet that
he would gather a crowd of five hum
drcd people around the place within
ten minutes. To this end he lay on the
pavement apparently ~lifelcss. y crowd
gathered, and so did the rumor that IL
MAJ had dropped dead. An ambulance
from st. Catherine Hospital! and am
other from the eastern district hospita,
came in response to police calls. Wai2
war attended by the surgeons, who of
course discovered that there wa; noth-
ing t:.e matter with him.
~ CKAwFoEpsvlI.LF. lad. special
says: The stable Of William Price, a:
dealer in fine horses. was the scene of
;.n awful! combat between two bioo.led
ClydeSda!c stations. IN some way they
got loose and began fighting. when one
of them, valued at Sl.50O, tired to re-
treat through u small dnor. lie became
tightly wcdycd, AMI the other literally
kicked and bit hin to pieces in his
fearful rage.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

A PARIS special says: NJ. Drumont,
author of the work, lie Secret de
Feurmis,'' has become involved in diff
cultics through certain passages in the
book which offended various persons.
He has already received and accepted
three challenges to fight duels from men
who deem themselves insultcd in the
book, and he went out to meet NJ. Isaacs,
gul-Prefcct of Avenues, Department of
the North, who was the first challenger.
The weapons were pistols. Isaacs was
wounded in the abdomen and DrumOnt
struck in the chest.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
SKIRT DANCE in A CHURCH.
A Detroit Girl Does some High Kicking
fur n Cnnererltinn.

lOf ~ congregation
a SPANISH skirt dance in a church is
the remarkable event to which a De-
troit congregation has beer treated. It
was at an entertainment given at the
parish building of the Catholic Church
of the Messiah. Blanche Kern. u pretty
siNteen-ycar-old girl. was the performer
and she has merit; in fact. she would
make IL fair rival to the olive-skinned
Carmcncita. The church was crowded,
and all eyes were eagerly fixed OH the
handsome young dancer. The bald
heads in the front low were Il little dis
appointed, however. for VIXEN Blanche
came TO do her high kicking she de!ib-
crately turned her back ON the aud.-
cnce. The men insisted OIL an encore
The ladies blushed and applauded too.
The kicking was the greatest success
of the evening.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
WILL SEARCH FOR SILVER.
"A Clairvoyant Will Uso His Power to
I.OSute n Lost Nine,

THERE is said to be a lost mine in Me-
vada which is wonderfully rich, and
prospec,ors have for years = vainly
searched for it. w. Il. Gooding, for
meAy of st. Paul, proposed to locate
the mine by means of some celebrated
%clairvoyant. A party of eleven. INCLUDE
ing Gooding and the %clairvoyant, has
been organized. and will next month set
out prospecting. The men are putting
considerable money into the wild
scheme.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

The buildings destroyed collectively
are estimated to be worth fully IL quar-
ter of Il million, while many other
buildings We're badly damaged, as we'll
as their contents, and not included in
the above estimated loss.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
The Apport,onment of DELEGATED.

THE following is the apportionment
of delegates for the Republican State
Convention to be held at Chamberlain.
March 90, as fixed by the State Central
Committee at the meeting held ut Sioux
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26
MORE TROUBLE WITH ITALY.
An American Citizen Detained for Ser
vice by the Hing.

THE State Department of Washing
ton will probably be appealed to in a.
few days to take some action in regard
Il the detention in Italy for military
services, of Genario Schavio, IL natural-
1zcd American citizen, whose wife and
children. father and two brothers reside
in Philadelphia. lie was naturalizcd
there in 1855. Recently he went to
Italy for his health and was seized and
compelled to serve in the Italian army.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-02-26

Upon that proposition the court held
with the plaintiff that the accrued land
belonged to Adams, and being north of
the channel as it now exists. it is in
South Dakota and in the jurisdiction of
the South Dakota court.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-12
Address to Third-Party Democrats.

Address TO Third-Party Democrats
We print this morning an address from
BASH. b. GoRpoN, ESQ.,, chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee, to
the Democratic members of the Third par
~ in Virginia. We have rarely read bet
ter paper of the kind. Mr.. GoRDoS pre-
sents his views in such admirable style
and shows so catholic spirit that his adj
dress must make an impression upon the
gentlemen for whom it was particularly
intended. He admits that the circum-
stances OF the farmers of Virginia would
more than justify the formation of party
whose single obiect would be the correction
of those grievances. But these wrongs
cannot be corrected by voting in effect tor
HARRISON.
MIR. GORDON favors the repeal Of the tax
on State-bank notes used as currency.
We doubt that Mr.. CLEVELAND is friendly
to this repeal, but we need say no more on
that point just now IL is a new question,
and cannot be decided out of hand. 1t
would hardly do to put it into the place OF
the free coinage OF silver.
But, we repeat. Mr.. GoRDoN's address,
taken as a whole, is admirable. We com
mend its perusal TO all good Democrats,
whether Third-party men or not.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-12
Not So East.

The Boston Journal thinks that the Re-
publicans will beat the Democrats be-
cause Of the latter's advocacy of the re-
peal OF the State-bank tax. That paper
Bays;
"secretsry Foster's address upon the national
BANKING system Is q sound and well-considered
statement, which win nud favor with business
men. II u moro than that IL is asign that the
challenge Of the Democracy In Inserting Wild
cat currency plank In the Chicago platform Is
going 10 be promptly ana energeticnlly met by
tho Republicans Administration. The Deuioc-
tacy win be very weary Of this dangerous Issue
before II 10 through with ~"
The Republicans and tho naticnai-bank
owners would do we'll not 20 press tho
Democrats on this issue. i might prove
"dangerous . to them rather than 70 tho
Democrats. The popularity of free silver
shows that free bank notes might also bo
>onnlar
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-12
Ladies Wrappers and Waists,

ODD SIZES AND ENDS or ASSIGNMENTS
1 LIGHT PERCALE HoME-DRESS, full skirt
and pleated waist-size 80.
Reduced from sl.40 to s1.l5.
BLUE AND GRAY HoMEsPUN DRESS, full
skirt aud Norfolk waist-size 81.
Reduced from $3.50 TO $3.50.
BLIGHT PEKCALE WRAPPERS. tight back
and rope front-iwo size 70 and one size "A.
Redu cd from s1.65 10 sI.15.
. LIGHT CHEvIoT WAISTS, "Derby style,
with stiff collar aad cufs-szes 32 n nd 3S.
Reduced from sl25 10 81.
2 FIGURED LINEN LAWN WAISTS, pleated
frin down front-slze 81.
Reduced from sI.50 TO s1.25.
3 WASH SILK WAISTS, light colors-sizes 40
and AZ.
Reduced from s4.75 10 s2.75.
9 NAVY FLANNEL BATHING-SUITS, trim
med with white braid-slzes "a and 80.
Reduced from 1915 70 SO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-12

containing each nearly the same number
OF souls Sometimes small constituencies
are more conservative and more intelli-
gent and more open TO argument than
large constituencies For long time
Richmond city was never allowed more
than ono member OF tho House OF Dele.
gates. And. as we have heretofore had oc-
casion 10 say. she welded more influence
in that body then than she has ever WELD
cd since. Nobody has yet discovered the
best OF even good method OF levying
taxes, and nobody has yet discovered the
best method Of apportioning representa-
ton 10 legislative body.