Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-29
IN THE WEST.

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o'clock in the morning. The country
within 200 miles was visited by the
shock, which varied in intensity at diff.
fercnt points. In this city Il number of
large buildings were p%erccptibly shaken.
but the old church recently occupied
by the Academy of Science was the
only one damaged. The town of Vaca-
vile, sixty-iive miles from San Fran
cisco, was the center OF the disturb
ance. A number of brick buildings on
the main streets were all either badly
damaged or totally destroyed, as well as
a number of brick residences in the
town and vicinity. The frame buildings
were only slightly damaged. The towns
of Dixon and Winters, located near Vac
awhile, also suffered considerably. AT
Winters the inhabitants were panic
stricken, owing to the severity of the
shock. Forty guests in the Bills Hotel
had q remarkable escape. as the build
ing collapsed. Many other brick build
fngs in Winters were cracked and
wrenched from their foundation. The
banks of Putah Creek cavcd in and
assures opened in the bottom of the
creek. Three miles west of town an
acre of ground slid into tha creek and
assures were made in the county roads.
0thiiAhSC was uOllO ~ ISO.
lated buildings, but no serious personal
injuries are reported. The town of
Monticello. near Winters, was reported
to have been totally demolished, but
adviccs report that the damage was
nominal, Tho losses ut Nacavillc are
estimated at S1CO. 600; ut Dixon, S5O,-
400, and at Winters from $4,000 to
500. 000. Elmira. Fairfield, Santa Rosa,
Woodland, Dav.Sville and Eenlcia re-
port considerable minor damage, and
from thirty to forty other towns were
slightly shaken.
SEATTLE, Wash. special: Detectives
are looking for VIM. Radlotf, IL wealthy
ranchcr supposed to have been burned
to death in his house. but it is now be-
Iieved thai he robbed Il grave and put
the cadaver in the house and set it on
IRE for the purpose of securing $4,000
OF life insurance.
the ruins of the burned house was held
and the testimony showed I'll. at the re-
mains were those of X. Ii. I.owcn. who
was buried in Greenwood Cemetery on
February 10. The inquest also con-
lirmcd the story of Il conspiracy to de-
fraud Life Insurance Compan les.
Lewis kostrisch. one of the c%onspira-
tors. confessed that he and Radlotf stole
the body from the cemetery last March
and then Radlotf insured his life. They
dressed the body in Radlotf's clothes.
Fadloff crushing the skull and cutting
OIL the legs to rat the impression of
murder, saturated the body with coal
oil. He then lit u candle with Il wax
string running To IL pile of shavings and
left the house, kost!isch coming to Seat
tie, Radlotf going to Ballard. Mis-. Rad
loif, who was in mourning. testified that
she believed that her husband was
dead.
The mass of tho testimony showed
that the corpse was that OF Levin, aud
the jury found accordingly. Kostrisch
and Mrs. RadioiI were held on the
charge of ;sson.
ST.. (Lorr. Mimi. special: While the
mail carrier. who takes the mail from
the depot to the Post ONCE stepped into
the Northern Pacific Station to VAIN
himself. Il sneak thief stole the letter
pouch from the platform. Late in the
day it was found uns:er the cattle
guards south of the depot uninjureu.
The thief evidently had no knife and
had tried to tear the bag oncn when
probably frightened away. The sack
contained $50. 600 in remittances to the
bank and private persons.
The police arrested q man on suspi-
cion. 1t is though he is not only the
M who stole the bail nag, but prob
ably the one who went through Smiths
gun shop. Two revolvers from the
shop were found with the bag and Il
glove which is the mate of one in the
MANS pocket. He is u young fellow
and claims 10 be an Australian recently
from Winnipeg.
FERGUS FAILS, MINI. special: Until
last year rats were unknown in Fergus
Fails. They have made their appear
ancc. however. and are making up for
lost time. The store of Z. a. DALEY
and the meat market OF Jacob Frey
were especially infected. Elcl, of these
merchants sent for Il patent trap which
they saw advertised, and their catches
have been numerous. Each trap
catches ten or twelve Il night. but this
is not an extraordinary catch. One
night Frey caught twenty-four full
grown rats. and later caught eighteen
full grown ones. and during the night
one of the old mes gave birth to twelve
Young ones, making thirty in all. The
traps catch and keep the rats alive, and
some oI tic doSS nave enjoyed rare
sport in dispatching them
MINNEAPoIls special: William Web
Der, u. we'll known bookkecper, is
wanted by the police for b~ctraying the
l5-vear-old daughter of u local clergy
man. Weber left the city. having q
ticket to Milwaukee. The girl was
turned out of doors by her parents and
she attempted suicide by shooting her.
self in the breast. The bullet was en-
tracted Immediately. and the girl will
recover. \ brother of Webbcr admits
taking the weapon from the girl ut the
time of the shooting.
CHICAGO special: What is said to
be the first suit for damages ever begun
against the United States Government,
was entered i'll the Federal Circuit
Court. 1t is brought under the law en-
acted in 1887. permitting suits to be en-
tered against the general government.
which, prior to that time could not be
lone. The plaintiff is the John Wiki
inson Company. which sue to recover
-. 200 alleged excessive duty imposed
On Il consignment of bicycles from Eng
and.