Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
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WINONA, MIMI, Speclal: Inc town
of Warren, in this county. is excited
over the clopcmcnt of pretty May
Brown. step-daughtcr of James Skim
ner, a blacksmith of that place. She
is II years old and has been considered
a belle. Some time & she fell in love
with a young man named Edward Burt.
residing on a farm ncar her home. Her
parents objected, but it made no ditler-
ence with her. A few weeks ago she
went to visit Il friend twenty miles from
home. Mrs. Skinner heard that her
daughter had eloped. She Immediately
wrote to the Clerk of the curt here
telling him not to grant her daughter a
license. The couple was consequently
batllcd, but crossed over into Wiscon-
sin, where no license is needed, and
were married at Ashton. MIR. and Mrs.
Skinner have both disownci the girl.
CHICAGO special: John Howard and
his wife Lulu, of San Francisco. ar
rived i'm Chicago. having walked the en-
tire distance from Seattle, Wash, TO
this City. They were employed in IL
Seattle theater and left that city on
March 10, to decide q wager of 81, 600
made by the manager of the theater.
the terms OF which stipulated their
walking the entire distance between
March 10 and September Ii. aud that
they should camp out The entire Jour-
ncy. They entered Chicago in JOY and
tattcrs for they endured many hard
ships en- route and have we'll earned the
81, QUO. They carried their camping
outfit in a wheelbarrow, and Mrs. How
ard was dressed in male attire.
STEVENS PolNT. Wis. special: The
2lst of August, Mary, the .~-year-old
daughter of Martin Nalizhka. of Car
son, this county, mysteriously disap-
peared. The stepmotler stated that
she saw an Indian near the house and
becoming afraid vel into the woods.
On her return the girl was missing.
The story was not believed by the ofti-
GERS, and the woman confessed that she
KILLED it. saying that the child was
cross and she slapped it. when it fell
upon a bench with sufficient force to
cause death. She then pointed out
where she had deposited the body. hav-
ing dug a hole. thrown the remains in
and covered them up with such care
that the spot could not be detected.
CANUcos. Cal. SPECIAL: The at
tempted bank robbery here was one of
the worst tiascos ever seen in the state.
The officers were warned of tile con
1cmplatcd crime by C.. A. Dunn. one of
h our robbers. yet when the shooting
began they allowed all the unwoundcu
robbers To escape. Dunn gave himself
up, Jap Brown was arrested. Bill Brown
is dead, and the fourth man. named
Goss. is at large in the hills. There is
evidence that the gang had committed
several burglaries in the county,. and
expected to raid other places after rob-
| hinV Tho hank. whinh tI,oy L., al, na,
tanned $40, 000. All the robbers have
criminal records.
M1NNEAroLIs special: President
Thomas Lowrey. Of the Street Railway
Company. %nnounce the organization
of the Minneapolis Improvement Com
pany, Northeast, with q capital of
s., 600, 600, Of which he will be Fresi-
dent. The company will proceed at
once to the location Of manufacturing
plants on Q tract of 4, 100 acres immedi-
ately northeast Of the city limits. The
electric lines will be extended into the
grounds and extensive improvements
will be made in their development. MIR.
Lowrey has associated with him in the
enterprise several OF the wealthiest men
in the city, among them being eX-Gov.
Pillsbury and +. Il. James.
CHICAGO special: A Tribune special
from Washington says: What is known
here confirms the report from Loon
Lake that Mrs. Harrison is making nc
progress toward permanent recovery.
Since the President has been with hel
she has been more cheerful and more
contented with her surroundings, and
at times has seemed to be improving.
yet at the end of the month she is not
much better, and her friends are be
ginning to despair of her recovery from
= malady which they fear is the same
that carried off her sister, Mrs. Scot,
Lord, less than three years ago.
PoRr TowNsENp. WASH. special
Advices from Sitka, Alaska. per steam.
ship Mexico, state that the whaling
bark Lydia was seized while transfer
ring sealskins to the bark Northern
Light. She was fined 500 and re-
leased. Capt. Hanson. of the schooner
Winfred, which was seized in l;erine
Sea for illegal sealing. waived examin.
alton and was released on $500 bonds
on . charge Of violation of the revenue
laws.