Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09
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CHICAGO special The mounted high
| wayman, who has been creating lru,l-
blc i'm Tie northern suburbs of The city,
has transferred the scene of his opera.
| tionS to the extreme southwestern
| suburbs. tut there lie has laNen pos
| session of the rcaGs. and poverty sm.tcs
everyone who meets him. il. even
compelled IL l0-year o d boy TO give up
| his small change. scycra ciii1e,ls com
trihutcd tn his support durin. the day,
and he stopped IL buggy in which were
John Kecfc. Ryan gave up all his
change and the policeman said he had
nothing. The mighwuyman presented
| II revolver and told the policeman TO
open his overcoat. He di.i so display
ing his uniform "Nh, you are IL police
man, are von." said tho. higiiwayman.
.Jnst hand over your revolver. And
the officer was forced To comply with
the daring fellow s request. 80 far H..
has completely clldel his would be
captors.
SPOKANE. WASH. special Tho series
+, of highway robbcrics which have taken
place at Wcnatchce, Oh the line OF the
| Great Northern. west of Spokane. re-
| suited i'm Two murders by the robbers.
.oscph Cooper and two friends. while
| walking from the depot aitor dark.
were commanded To liu Il up their hand.
I by two men. His friends obeva.i, bnt
| Coo; er coolly asked. "What do you
want' Al that instant one OF the rob
bers fired and Cooper fell shot through
the head and died soon. There i, no
clue to the murdcrers. John Me igar.
an old. helpless man Twin. IL short dis.
\ tance from Wenutchec, was also muir
dered the same night. Ike lived alone
in hut. and was supposed To have
considerable money The eopin are
becoming alarmed and :, protective ..s-
| SociaticI. simi,ar in durpo>c tn the iy-
lance committee, mas been organized.
DENvmr, Colo, >pccial: Several
weeks ago Il photographer named Whit-
Ter. while in Il joNial mood. 70, ccd
some pills down the throat of Folly
Watson, .. years Old Aftcrward
1 Whittier announced that She had swu-
lowed dynamite instead of candy. as
was at first supposed. Several days
later Miss Watson Informed her land.
lady of the matter. and Us Il result had
To seek other quarters. the lamG!ady
fearing an explosion. Whittier WAS ar
rested, but is oui on bail. The girl was
examined by the county physician and
pronounced insane She was removed
To the state asylum this afternoon.
Whittier persists that the pills were
uuininc. and that the girl has worried
to such an extent as to unbalance her
mind.
CHICAGO special That lumpy jaw
in cattle at least in mild form, can
be cured was proved by the Local Gov
ernment Bureau OF Animal Industry.
Eighty head OF cattle. which had been
under treatment by the bureau. were
Brought to the stock yarls. by noon
thirty were slaughtered. An cXamila-
tion by experts showed that the beef
was perfectly healthy Mild cases of
| the disease have beer completely cured,
and healthy cattle kept with diseased
cattle during treatment did not con.
tract the disease from them. The
bureau, officers are much eiated at the
l results attained.
CmlcAG" special: The Chicago Yacht
Club, it was announced, is arranging
for the establishment of IL Western
naval academy on tho city lake front,
near Ffty-tirst Street. The grounds
| will also contain supurb club buildings
Il II plOpOsSu Ce pro-
vided by the lnitcd States Govcrnm mi
and that cadets from Annapolis yearly
visit the institution ,oobtain lakc prac.
tice. Graduates from Tho Chicago
academy are NOT intended primarily
tor service i'll the federal navy. but will
be competent to fill the Office of lieute,.-
ant or midshipmcn or to take IL place
on merchantmen.
WIcnrrA, Kan, special: AT Hopkins,
Q small trading post in the Cherokee
Outlet, an immense panther killed all
Indian child. Tho beasts cries had
beer heard in tho vicinity for several
nights, but none of the few inhabitants
of tho place had the courage to attempt
to kill 1t. Shortly after the child was
killed, however. William Simmons, an
old Indian scout turned up, and lie
quickly took up the panthcr's trail and
followed it till lis shot the brute just
south of the state line. 1t measured
just under seven feet from nose TO tin
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