Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-26
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CHICAGO special: Maud S is no
longer the queer OF the trotting turf.
The proud position which she held so
long has been wrestcd from her and
Nancy Hanks reigns supreme. AT
Washington Park, in the presence of
TO- 600 spectators, Budd Doblc drove
his beautiful mare to beat the record
200. She not only beat her own
record. but lowered the worlds trotting
record from .:0ss4 MAUD SIS time) to
2:074. The day was an ideal N for
trotting. The track was q tritle dusty,
but rs fast as it we'll could be. The
mare was i'll excellent condition, and be-
fore She made the trial the general
opinion was that If Nancy Hanks was
ever to beat her record of goo this
was the occasion. The official time for
the mile. which was as honest a mile as
was ever trotted is 1915. i:O3s4, 1861,
2:O74. The last quarter was trotted
in 30sl seconds. The exhibition was
given for a certain sum to be paid by
the Northwestern Breeders Associa-
ton, under whose direction the trot-
ting meeting is being held. An addi-
tional sum, the mount of which Doble
declines to disclose, was to be paid if
0AC ICCOlO WIS uc0LcIl. 4uC mare
weighed $50 pounds, and pulled Doble.
who weighed $50. and q sulky of 62
pounds. Nancy Hanks, the queen of
the trotting turf, is a bay mare, 6 years
old, fifteen and three quarters hands
high. She was sired by Happy Medium,
out of q Dictator mare.
DENVER special: At midnight two
amateur imitators of Jesse James and
his gang attempted to rob Union Pacific
train No. /, which left Denver at 10
o'clock for Cheyenne. Tho two men
boarded the train at u coal chute. near
l-asalle. They we've masked and
bristled with revolvers. They entered
by the rear c.S-1 al.i in stentorian
tones demand that the passengers hold
up their hands or devour u bunch of
cold lead. All the passengers but one
quickly raised their digits. This man
is j. S. Payne, and he sells rubber
stamps for a Denver firm. Payne had
been asleep when the confusion awak-
ened him. He is-a tendcrfoot iii the
wild west. recently from Frankfort.
w. Va, and the tales he had read of
the country rendered the little episode
no surprise to MIN. He simply reached
and let her GO The bandits fled. They
didn't get much booty, for when the
roll was called only one man had given
up his money, and the sum was IS. The
affair, which might have been serious
had IL not been for the southern tender
foot, had its comical side, and Payne
was the lion of the hour.
CHICAGO special: Mrs. n. E. Reas-
ley, of this city. ia the inventor of a
grain pipe for carrying small grain.
Thn r.,tn i. csstI i~ tee sn.S,:..<.. l..s
Mrs. leasley is confident of the ulti-
mate success of the invention. Tho
scheme is to lay pipes from Chicago to
the Atlantic coast. The grain is to be
carried in a continuous ventilated shaft,
it is claimed, without friction, at twelve
miles an hour. The power stations are
to be twenty-five miles apart, the Sec
ions being that length. and the csti-
mated cost of this transportation is 3
cents a bushcl. a working model is to
be erected in Chicago this fall. The
cost, estimated, is $50. 900, 900 for q line
from Buffalo to the coast.
SAN FRANCISCO special: s. o. Woods,
q Civil engineer OF Los Angeles, is here
on his way to C%artagena, United States
of Columbia, where he goes as consult.
ing engineer in the construction of a
line of railroad from Cartagena to Mag
dalena, in the interior, u distance of
$50 miles. Tho company by which he
is employed is composed of Boston
capitalists, and the road is projected
as u feeder to the Nicaragua Canal.
C%artagena will be one of the main
points where steamers will touch when
the canal is completed and the road
will tap u rich country. 1t is estimated
that the road will cost $40, 900. 900 to
build.
SHEBoYaAS. Wis.,, special: Three
bodies were cast up OF the beach here.
One being that of Henry Scott, a coal
passer of the Goodrich steamer Sheboy-
gan. He mysteriously disappeared from
that steamer here August d. lie evil
IDENTIFY fell overheard and was hit by
the paddle wheel. as his head was badly
bruised. The other two bodies we're
those of Edward and Anton Reiss, of
this city. who were reported missing
July "a. and whose sailboat was found
capsized of this place.
MISNEAPoIIs special: The Journal,
In estimating the spring wheat crop in
Minnesota and the Dakotas. places 1t
at 100, 600. 900 bushels, against lGO. OOO.-
900 bushels last year. A. C. Pillsbury,
in an estimate published, puts tho
yield at Ito. 0OO,O0O.
PORTLAND. Ore. special: A dispatch
from Tacoma says that three highway
men held up and beheaded u man near
EllensburR, Washington. Vieilants
pursued the highwsymen and after
capturing them hanged them to q tree.
TACOMA. WASH. special: Three high
waymen held up and bchcadcd a man
nea Ellensburg. Wash. v%igilantes
pursued the highwaymen. and after
capturing them hanged them to q trees