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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09

The discussion was earnest and clio.
quent Speeches were made on both
sides Of the question, but the anti
~fustontsts were too strong in argument
n numbers, aud when finally an il.
formal vote was taken It was practically
against fusion. the belief being strong
among the delegates that such q course
would result in the most good ulti-
mately to the party.
1t was nearly . o'clock before the
convention was again called to order,
when the temporary organization was
made permanent After . recess for
supper the Committee on Resolutions
made its report, o discussion arising on
the resubmission plank, which is as fol.
lows:
1--WE are in favor of a resubmission
to q vote ct the people of Article "a of
the Constitution, relating to prohibition
Is repealed We advocate such a modlti.
cation of the present prohibitory law rs
will best promote the welfare and good
morals Of our people,"
Although the vote was practically
unanimous on this clause a reconsidera-
tion was moved, voted down, and an
appeal taken from the chair, who was
emphatically sustained.
An anti-Pinkerton resolution was
also adopted. and tariff reform vigor-
ously demanded.
Every leading and prominent Demo-
cratic worker in the state was present
and the action in regard to fusion was
taken in direct opposition to the earn
est advice of the Democratic National
Committee. The ticket named Is as
follows:
For Governor-Peter Couchman.
For Lieutenant Governors. A. Ramsey.
For Secretary OF State-J.L Norris.
For Treasurer-George Culver.
For Attorney General-H. c. Walsh.
For AUDITOR. 4. Ziebach.
For Superintendent of Public Lands and
Buildings-Anthony Keller.
For Superintendent of Labor and Statistics
II. w. I.eary.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
ID. j. Stiles.
For Congressman-chauncey Wood of Pen
nington County, and Mr.. Wicher of Hyde
County.
Presidential Electors-John Burke. Charles
Keith and l.. 8. Morgan and John Lafabre.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

BRUNSWICK Ga, special: brunswick
had a sensation in the tarring and
%feathering of q lumberman named
Frank Rocks, q resident of Crispen Is.
land, near here. Someone called Rocks
from Il house and told him the mill fore
man wished to SEQ him. Rocks went,
and while picking his way along q
wooded path he was suddenly seized
from behind. a cap was thrown over
his head, ropes were Slipped around his
body. and with his arms %pinioned close
to his side he was rapidly showed along
IN front OF what seemed 10 be a crowd
OF twenty men. A halt was made in an
opening and his pinioned arms wero
Embossed. With Il quick motion his en-.
tire clothing was stripped from his
body. and like Il flash, a bucket of
warm, slushy tar WIS lifted above his
head and upturned until the contents
ran smoothly down his body. A second
dose was given Rocks. and then Il cro-
Gus sack full of chicken feathers was
dcftly sifted down. This work done,
the leader of the crowd pulled out his
watch and gave Rocks orders to leave
the island in three minutes. Rocks left
the island before the three minutes
were out and sought friends to relieve
his distress. Rock. it is alleged, was
too intimate with a fellow workman's
wife. There was oin talk of applying
tho same punishment to the oma
Ell. P@Aso. Texas, special: Joe Beach,
better known as ''Diamond Joe" the
p%rospcctor who left this city d month
age with a party of Chicago mining
men for Arizona. returned from the
Chiracahua Mountains seventy miles
east of Limestone, Ariz., and reported
the Apache Indian dcprcdating in that
locality. MIR. Beach reports prospect
ors and mining lei badly scared and
making out from the mountains to
towns in that vicinity In his opinion
this fall will witness as bloody an In.
dian campaign as has ever been known
in the Southwest.
NASHVILLE special: Another sensa.
ton occurred at Coal Creek. Labor
Commissioner Ford, who vas dismissed,
accused Zach l'eay, a witness in his
case. OF swearing to II lie against him.
Peay without u word hit Ford in the
mouth with his fist. sending him
Sprawling to the ground. Ford said
nothing afterward, and l'eay was arr
rested and fined 81 for assault. The
warrant against Alleman. Foru's assist.
ant, has been dismissed. much to the
dissatisfaction of the soldiers.
FoRr SMITH, Ark, special: Louis
Holder, charged with the murder Of
his companion and partner in the Sans.
Bois Mountains, Indian Territory, last
December, was found guilty of murder
in Judge Parker's Court. The men
were trapping and hunting together,
49,. Ill .-...l-.-J :-tr-. -, Il, . q
his body in a gorge. where it was found
q month afterward. Holder admitted
the killing but said he acted in self
defense.
WHARTON, Texas, special: A sudden
rise in the Colorado River is alarming
people living in the bottoms. Heavy
rains are still falling and great damage
is apprehended. liundre is of dead cat,
tie and all kinds of debris are floating
down. but SO far no human bodies have
been seen.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
south Dnkot. Notes
Clay County Clipped in its quota Of
$500 to the Worlds Fair fund.

Clay County Clipped in its quota Of
$500 to the Worlds Fair fund.
The project of connecting Sioux Falls
and Yankton BY railroad has been re.
vived. with every prospect of success.
The South Dakota wheat crop is now
estimated 1T ~. 500. 600 bushels, against
90. O00.0 90 bushels IN North Dakota, and
80, ZOO, 600 bushels in Minnesota.
Forty miles of the Yankton & Nor.
folk Railroad Is c~ross.sectioned and
graded. and work is progressing favor.
ably. Ten thousand dollars was dis.
bursed at Yankton ono day to the
graders. Unusual activity prevails all
along the line.
James Throckmorton. day engineer
of the Welcome Chlorinization Works
at Rapid City, met q horrible death.
While placing q belt OF . lathe near
the large fly wheel. which wa rapidly
revolving, he lost his balance and fell
into the indistinguishable spokes Of the
wheel His body was torn to shreds.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
DEATH OF GEO. WIN. CURTIS.
One of the Greatest Writers of the Present
Age Passes Away.

x away
George William Curtis died Wcdnes-
day morning at his home in Livingston,
Staten Island. He was conscious to the
End and suffered no pain. DIR. Frank G.
Curtis, his son, was in attendance. and
Mrs. and Miss Curtis were present,
MIR. Curtis became i'll about two
months ago, when he began to complain
of pains in the abdomen. His case has
been a puzzling one to the physicians,
They were of opinion that there was ~
tendency to dropsy, with other compli-.
cations, N of which was u cancerOuS
condition of the stomach.
A sketch of His Career.
George William Curtis was born in
Providence, r. l., Feb. "a, 1924. The
early years of his life were spent in
Now York City, where he was clerk in q
mercantile house. and in West RoXbury
and Concord, Mass, where he worked
as o farmer. In 1886 he went to Eu-
rope and remained there four years
studying and travelling. Returning to
America, he became one of the EDITORIAL
staff of the New York Tribune and q,
regular contributor to Putnam's Month
ly. MIR. Curtis was q special partner in
the firm publishing the magazine, and
when it be anne involved in financial
uLlllcultles ne sunk MS private fortune
in an attempt to a " the creditors from
loss, in which he finally succeeded.
In 1858 he began in Harpcr's Monthly
the series of papers entitled THE Edit
or's Easy Chair" When Harper's
Weekly was established he became its
leading editorial writer, a position he
held until recently, when illness COM
PEELED him to retire. While engaged in
these labors he also attained distinction
as an orator and n lecturer. He took a
keen interest in politics and was one of
the most ardent advocates of civil-ser-
vice reform, being chairman of the com
mission appointed by Gen. Grant to
draw up rules for the regulation of the
civil-service. Mr.. Curtis was several
times offered foreign missions but de-
clined them. He was Republican. but
In 1884 supported Mr.. Cleveland in pref
erence to Mr.. Blaine.
Among the books written by Mr..
Curtis 4Potiphar Papers, "Prue and l."
THE Howadii in Syria" and Lotus
Eating" are the best known. They are
compilations of his essays and letters
MIR. Curtis was generally conceded to
be m Of the most accomplished ana
graceful writer's of his day.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
IN THE EAST.

LoGANsroRT. Ind. special: A Sec
tion of pipe Of the Chicago Natural lias
Company burst two miles east of this
city. The explosion was heard for miles
around. The escaping gas soon took
fire. and instantly IL flame of fire 100
feet high. shot up. The explosion
caused great excitement In the vicinity.
UNION CllY, Mich. special. Nearly
$4,000 people gathered Oh the IN
grounds here to witness the sensational
close Of q ten days gathering. The
one hundred r%eligionists went through
q process OF baptism and feet washing.
in which each saint dipped another
saint into he dirty creek water and
then thoroughly washed the feet of an.
other disciple in the same muddy water.
The ceremony closed with promiscuous
kissing and a loud cry of ''Praise the
Lord"
LAwRENcFBuRG. Ind, special: Rev.
Il. Kohlcr. Of Farmers Retreat, near
here, paid a visit to one of his flock, a
Miss Lizzie Coleman, and pretty and
buXom Young woman. He found her
alone. as he thought, and became very
pointed in his attentions to the young
lady, finally attempting to carress her.
Miss Lizzie Is muscular as we'll as
pretty. as the parson found out when
her white fist BACKED his eye. Not
satisfied with this she called her sister,
who was in another room, and hastily
explained the situation. The two girls
then picked the preacher up and liter.
ally threw him out of doors. Kohler
has fled from the town.
NEW York special: Russian nihilists
claim that they have ut last succeeded
In inventing a satisfactory Internal ma
chine. The model was finished in Lon.
don. 1t is about 8 inches in length and
in width, is rectangular in shape.
portable, and looks like a small book.
Even when charged it can be carried
with the utmost safety in the breast
pocket of a o Instead of dynamite
a secret explosive is used. and with this
the bottom of the machine is filled.
over the explosive is placed a d%etonator
which consists of a chemical product
and is set on fire by coming in contact
with a drop of some secret liquid. A
glass ball holds this liquid. When the
machine IL turned upside down 40 the
glass ball is at the bottom, no explosion
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
Terrible Result Of . Premature. Exp,e
sion in Nevada Guich.

y
sion In Nevada Guich.
BY the premature discharge of O
blast at s%ulIivan's grading camp in Ne
vada GulcL, twelve miles south of
Deadwood on the Burlington Railroad,
two men were Instantly killed, one 50
horribly mangled that he died after an
hours terrible agony and four injured
so badly that IL is not believed that n
Of them will recover.
The dead are, James Vaughn, Jacob
Campbell and Steve Waters. Those
fatally injured are. A. Grohold, j.
Dinko, A. Soiic and NJ. Hortet.
The first three are Americans. the
others Italians. In addition to these,
four other Italians of the gang which
numbered fifteen are seriously hurt.
The accident was due entirely to inex-
perience of the foreman, James Waugh,
i'll handling explosives. The men had
drilled q hole thirty feet deep in solid
rock and to enlarge it at the bottom
sufficiently to hold forty kegs of blast
powder, had inserted and discharged
sixty sticks or thirty pounds of giant
powder.
h process is IL known to all
miners, and it is called .'chambering."
After ~chambering, however, miners,
always wait ut least twenty-four hours
for a hole to cool before using black
powder. Vaughn, lacking common
sense enough to know that the giant
powder had heated the rock to a high
temperature, did not wait half an hour
before he commenced pouring in black
powder. He had emptied two kegs am.
was beginning with the third when the
explosion occurred. The bodies oil
Vaughn and Campbell were literally
torn to pieces and we're scattered over
two or three acres of ground. Waters
limbs were broken and the flesh loos.
ened from all his bones by the concus.
sion. He lived an hour IN terrible suf.
fering.
1t Is not believed m of the other
four mentioned can survive. They
suffered terribly until surgeons from
Deadwood reached the scene three
hours after the accident.
Thousands OF harvest Excursionists.:
AT Huron, the three hundred excur-
sionlsts that arrived there are having a
grand good time. On the first train
came people from Wisconsin, Illinois,
and Michigan, and on the second were
those from Kansas, Iowa. and Ne
braska.. A large number of carriages
were provided and scores of the visitors
were driven out into the country,
where they delighted their eyes upon
the broad acres of grain. innumerable
stacks of wheat, barley, oats. rye, flax,
etc. and the thousands of acres of rip
ening corn. y sight of the large herds
OF cattle and sheep were no less inter-
esttng and attractive than were the
steam threshing machines that are now
operating in every direction. The arte-
sian wells and irrigated farms were
surprises indeed, and held s%pellbound
the visitors. All seemed greatly pleased
with the treatment and are delighted
with what they have seen and learned
of Huron. Beadle County, and the great
Jim River Valley since going there. A
goodly number of the excursionists will
remain in that vicinity several days.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
CHOLERA In GOTHAM.
THE ARRIVAL OF A SUPPOSED
PLA0UE-sTRlcKEN SHIP.
hi Moravia's 0mcers Declare the Dis.
ease, Cholerine-No Report Made to the
Health Inspcctors, Who Discovered the
Fact by Accident. u.


New York special:
The scourge has reached New York.
Quarantine officials discovered that the
steamship Moravia, from Hamburg, had
q great deal OF sickness on hoard and
h q twenty-five persons had died on
the trip over. Tho ships physicians
told the health officers that some of the.
passengers on the ship were suffering
from cholerine. but that 1t was not gem
I Asiatic cholera. An immediate In.
spectton of the passengers was made,
to the lower bay. Thirteen of the peg
sons who died on the way over were
P~olanders. Twenty of them were chill
dren. All the dead were buried at sea
on the days that they died.
AS soon as the discovery was made
that SO many persons had died and that
there was u great deal OF sickness on
board the quarantine officers refused to
permit aperson to leave the ship, or
dered 1t to weigh anchor and proceed to
the island selected for cholera patients.
1t was discovered by the officers who
madet the examination of the steerage
passengers that there We're three cases
of measles on board. The health
officials refused to permit anyone to
board the vessel or allow anyone to
leave. The news of the discovery was
brought to quarantine station by the
health boat.
They Call 1t .Cholerlne."
DR.. Jenkins, tho Health Officer, re-
ceived the report Of the officials who.
boarded the vessel, and gave orders to
isolate the steamer completely. He
said that from the casual investigation
made he thought the disease was. as
stated by the ships surgeon, cholerine,
but that the persons who had died came.
from h infected provinces of Germany.
and Russia. AS far as he had been in
formed there vas little sickness on the
vessel. When she dropped anchor at
quarantine he had not time to make q
thorough examination of the cause of
the deaths and sickness on board, but
will do so this afternoon. Some of the.
passengers on board of the Moravia did
not know of the existence OF the disease
on board.
Ships Officers Suppressed tho News.
1t is said that when the health officers
first boarded the Moravia the ships Off
GERS told them hat there was no sick-.
ness cupboard other than the measles,
and exhibited a clean bill Of health from
the health officers at Hamburg. The
ships officers appeared reticent, and the
presence of cholerine or Asiatic cholera,
as it might turn out to be. was not dis
covered until the officers had nearly
completed their examination.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
nelr,an M,n.r, Entombed.

Brussels special: A terrific explosion of
nre-damp occurred in the Agrafic coal mine
in Hainault. Heavy coal falls blocked the
galleries and entombcd many OF the MIN
ers. Nearly all the men have been ac-
counted for. Some escaped uninjured.
Twenty-Five bodies have been recovered.
Eight men were rescued alive though sert-
n,Slv ipi,,ro1
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
Fire Took Thelr All.

AT Elk Point Miss Mary Fluent At
tempted to fill a gasoline stove while
burning, with the usual result The
car exploded, the house burned and
nearly everything was lost The family
have but the clothing on their backs.
Loss, 8 $1,000; house insured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
No City Saloons.

AT Sioux Falls the City Council At its
meeting adopted the minority report on
city saloons, opposing the measure and
indefinitely postponed action ON the
majority report.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09

An analysis of the above shows that
Brown County leads in the number of
horses. with M%innehaha second, Sphinx
third. and Hutchinson fourth. In the
number of cattle Hutchinson takes the
lead, with MinnehAha second, Turner u
close third, and hon Homme fourth,
with Clay close following. In number
of sheep Sphinx takes the lead, with
Bcadle second. Clark third. and Hutch
infon fourth. In hogs Turner leads,
while Hutchinson and Bon Homme fol-
low in their order, and Yankton occu-
pies fourth place.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09

Any we'll posted mar in the state
knows that there has not been q falling
OF in the number OF cattle and hogs in
this state during the year. On the con-
trary. the past year has been conduc-
tive Il large increase. Grass and
%pusturage has been abundant, and no
one has been forced to sell off his stock.
The railroads have brought in a large
increase in stock of all kinds, and there
has been the natural increase.
The total assessed valuation of all
kinds of property before being assessed
was Slla, 46a. 96a. Last year the
elualized valuation was S119, ia, 500
and the state board raised the years
valuation to about the same figures.
In 1891 there were IA. 594, &c. acres of
land assessed and this year there were
49, 9,i. AZ. The average assessment of
land this year was S4.33: the lowest
assessment was in Hyde County at
Sl.9s, and the highest in Lawrence
County at Sl3.0 2.
The following table shows the
amount of live stock returned from
each county by the assessors this year.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
DAKOTA ASSESSMENTS.
INTERESTING FIGURES FROM
THE COUNTY RETURNS.
Total South D.kot. A....,m.n,,.

Total South Dakota Assesaments.
THE State Board of Equalization has
finished its work. but the totals are
not yet made out and it will not be pos
sible to get complete figures for seine
time. Some interesting figures from
the county returns can be given, how.
ever, and some comparisons showing
how lit.le reliability can be placed ON
the returns furnished by County AS
SCISSORS. Prior to the last session of the
Legislature South Dakota was working
under an old revenue law which was
very defective and which permitted y
great deal of property of all. kinds to
escape taxation. The Legislature of
1881 passed u new law and very severe
penalties were imposed upon assessors
who failed to do their duty and did not
make complete returns. ~ comparison
OF the 1880 and the 1891 assessments OH
the returns made in the number of
head of stock shows that the new law
started out all right. but a COMPARE
sou of the ls91 and 1879 assessments
shows that the assessors have gotten
over their fears of the new law and are
again growing lax in their returns.
These statements. o. course, are strong
but the returns show OH their face that
they are the truth. To fully show the
returns for the past three years on the
number of head of stock in the whole
State as returned by the assessors tho
following figures are given:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09

WHARTON, Texas, special: A sudden
rise in the Colorado River is alarming
people living in the bottoms. Heavy
rains are still falling and great damage
is apprchended. Iiundre IS of dead cat,
tie and all kinds of debris are loatins
down. but so far no human bodies have
been seen.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-09
R MEN KILLED

Residential Electors-John Burke. Charles
18th and T.. s. Morgan and John Lafahre.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-12-21

hEhE V EN- IL DC
ours, Christmas
is king of the
holidays. In the
northern home
S t e a d, on the
southern planta-
ton, among those
who go down to
M -
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Throughout the Ukraine, or little
Russia, Christmas is observed as great
sacred day. Weeks before Christmas
preparations for welcoming the so called
"Christman kutia' (barley grits) are go
ing on in a peasants hut.
The hut is whitewashed, the floor and
polatia (bed of boards) are scrubbed, the
holy images, or ikons, on the walls are
adorned with coarse linen towels en-
broidered, and few crosses, neatly
made of straw or hay, are nailed upon
the ceiling and wall.
A bench covered with hay is placed at
the corner under st. Nicholas image,
upon which rests the pot with the sacred
kutia.
The head of the family, after offering
prayer and expressing few wishes be-
fore the kutia-such as that the next
summers crop may be abundant, or
that general prosperity may crown his
home-takes his seat at the head Of the
table. His example is followed by the
rest of the members.
The pot with the kutia is soon placed
before them, and after few more little
formalities is devoured with great ap-
petite. After this is done all dress them
selves in their best clothes and start out
| to church.
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Pennsylvania Railroad.

Leave Pennington 745 m, 70 IS and $50 m.
weekdays.
Arrive hambertville s15 m. 1.2s and "A p m,
weekdays.
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Leave Lambertville for Manunka Chunk 1888,
94o m. 1.35, 5.29 and s1S IN. Sunday, s13
For Phillipsburg and Easton only 5.5S p m week
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WEDNESDAY DEC 81 1892.
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 81, 1892.
ROYAL KRIS KRINGLE
THE KING WHOSE scEPTER is A
HOLLY BRANCH.
How st. Nicholas Became the Santa Claus
of Today--Christmas as 1t Is Celebrated
North and south-An Old Plantation
Scene.
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copyright, 1921
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Mixed Relntionshin.

There is q family in the southern part
of the county whose complicated rela-
tionship beats anything upon record.
The family name is Runk. A few years
ago the Runk family consisted of father
and two grown sons. In the same neigh
borhood there lived widow and her
two comedy daughters. The Oldest one
of the Runk boys married one of the
widows daughters. The young mans
father married the other daughter. The
other one of the boys married the
mother. The question that now both
ers the father is whether he is his moth
er.in-law's father-in-law or his daugh-
ter-in-law's son-in-law. and, if both,
which the most.--Mascoutah Qlls.) Cor
Chicago Tribune.
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Anumber Of the houses is Berlin are
numbered with luminous figures, which
can be easily observed at night.