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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
EARTHQUAKES.
At Sea They Raise the Wind and Waves
Sixty Feet.

At Sea They Raise the Wind and Waves
Sixty Feet.
While we usually think of earth
quakes as taking place on land, they
do occur with equal devastation in
the ocean,. That point in the earth
at which the explosion or breaking
takes place is called the earthquake
focus, and from it what are known as
earthquake waves pass to the sur
face. says ST Nicholas. Take q
basin full of water and dip a glass
tube into it. Blow through the tube
and you will see bubbles rising to the
surface and circular waves passing
out. The disturbance at the bot.
tom of the basin corresponds with
the explosion or swapping Of the crust
at the earthquake focus, with the
difference that instead of water waves
the latter produces earth waves, pass
ing through the ground.
When the city of Lisbon, Portugal,
was destroyed, the earthquake took
place in the bottom of the sea, fifty
miles west Of the city. Yet it SO
agitated the water that a wave sixty
feet high dashed over Lisbon, de-
stroying it and,its inhabitants in the
| space Of six minutes. Another earth.
quake, occurring just. off the coast of
Peru. made such a. gigantic wave
that a large vesselswas thrown sew.
eral miles inland. These are called
earthquake waves. They are the
largest known waves and are caused
by the heaving and rocking of the
bed of the sea. In deep water such
waves are not very. high, but their
motion extends far down into the
ocean. When they reach shallower
water, however, they heap up like a
gigantic wall and, with a force more
terrible than fire or sword, they
sweep on, bearing destruction with
them. Huge ships are tossed like
straws far inland or mirgle their ruin
with that of a harbor town.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25

in room 20 in the front partof the third
floor. They discovered the fire first.
The other twenty occupants were fly.
Ing about, seeking an avenue Of escape.
Annie and her mother CROPPED their
way through the sitting smoke to the
window and stood out on the sill. The
crowd below yelled to them not to
jump. With desperation the women
chung to the framework, keeping as
far out as possible, while the smoke
and flames burst through the windows
around them. Although badly burned
they retained their position until the
arrival Of hook and ladder company
No. 6. A ladder was raised and they
were rescued. A man whose identity
Is unknown next reached the window.
The flames were already scorching his
almost nude body and he jumped to the
stone pavement. He was picked up in
an unconscious condition.
When the fremen arrived ladders
were raised and the work of rescuino
the imperiled inmates systematically
began. For some, hemmed in by
James,. overpowered by smoke and
with all egress shut off, the rescue was
too late, however. The firemen found
dead bodies rather than living ones.
The bodies OF six persons wcro recov-
cred and several still living were ar
ried to surrounding drug stores. Lieut..
Humanson was the first to reach the
third floor. The brave fireman was
cheered by the crowd and climbed
through q window. The bodies Of the
unfortunates lay near and one after the
other he lifted them out.
All the patrol wagons from the South
Side were summoned, and drove rapidly
% the hospital with the injured. Tho
ire is said to have started from an
overturned stair-lamp. Many of those
killed and injured were Worlds Fair
visitors, and, as the hotel register was
burned, 1t is feared the list of dead
here given is not complete.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
WHERE ARE THEN.

what has become Of the CASTOR coats
That covered viii ehakspeare's beokf
WhAt has become Of the old rowboate
OF Kidd and his pirate pack?
What has become Of the mutton bones
That came with Sam Johnson's meatf
What has become Of the cobble-stonee
That must have bruised Millions feetf
Where are the scarfs that Lord Byron wore;
Where arc poor Shelley's cu6sP
What has become OF that wondrous store
OF Queen Elixabeth'e ruffs?
Where are tho slippers Of Eerdinandr
Where are Marc Antony's clothes?
Where are the gloves from A~ntoinette's hand
Where Oliver Goldsmtth's hose?
lido not search for the ships Of Tyre
The grave Of Whittington's cat
WOuld sooner set my spirit on fire.
Or even Beau Brummel's hat,
And when I think there are spots
In the world which ] can't find,
Where lay these same identical lots,
And many Of this same kind
I'm tempted to give q store Of gold
To him that Will bring to me
A glass of earth's mysteries to unfold,
And show me where these things be.
.Harper's Magazine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
currencles Condensed.

Currencles Condensed.
GEoRGESH1RAs, a Pittsburg pioneer,
is dead.
Ex-v1cE PRESIDENT MORTON and
family have gone to Germany.
SENATOR BRIcE, of Ohio, who has
been i'll at Washington, is recovering.
JOHN PARKER fell from a third story
scaffolding at Norwalk, O., and was
killed.
The National Bank Of Fort Scott,
Kan, which recently suspended, will
resume business.
LOIS FULLER, the dancer, who has
been in France for two years, has re-
turned to New York.
MCLEOD Bros elevator at Marietta.
Kan, burned with GO,OOO bushels OF
wheat. The loss is $4,000.
W. g. s. KEENE, a prominent shoe
manufacturer Of Lynn, Mass, com.
mitted suicide by drowning.
AT Chester, Pa, the largest steam
boat in the world was launched. She
will ply on the Fall River line.
MRS. HENRY G. MYER, Of Galveston,
Texas, ended her life by poison. Her
husband is a prominent attorney.
RICHARD KAM1N, Of sandusky, Ohio,
Is under arrest on q charge Of pound.
ing his daughter to death with q club.
A QUARANTINE has been declared
against Pensacola, Fla, b. Birming-
ham, Ala, owing to the low fever
scare.
Tom RICKETTS, and Robert Miller,
residents Of Parnell, Mo-, were run
over and killed bya Chicago and Great
Western train.
IT ID rumored that w. b. ClouRh,
Vice President Of the Great Northern
Road, has resigned to accopt aposittor
with tie Northern Pacific.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
How the World Ways.

A. w. DuNHAM killed his wife at
Pensacola, Fla, and ended his own life.
AUGUST UTLANT was run over by a.
wagon at Greenville, Ala, and killed.
The Meadow Grove carpet works
burned at Ardmore, Pa. Loss, 100000.
LOUIS r. MENACE, the missing inan-
cier of st. Paul, has been located in
Chill.
TIE shop force of the Chattanooga
st. LOUIS Railway has been paid off and
discharged.
The international Labor Exchange at
New York has opened with O great
labor display.
PASTORS of Denver churches unite
in calling on the President to announce
a public fast day.
JOHN RoURKE was stabbed to death
at Lima, o., by Frank Elderin. The
affair occurred at a disreputable resort.
GENERAL managers of Eastern lines
have adopted q resolution to boycott
the Wheeling & Lake Erie for rate cut
ting.
OSCAR COPELAND, q farmer living
south of Parsons, Kas., was killed by
being struck in the breast by a rearing
horse.
CHARLES A. HAWKES., cashier of
the Seven Corners Bank of St. Paul,
is charged with larceny by the Presi.
dent.
HAWAIIAN Royalists have paid the
taxes levied by the provisional govern
ment, thereby acknowledging its SUI
premacy.
YELLOW fever has appeared in
Brunswick, Ga, the first person strick-
on being the Government officer de-
tailed to enforce quarantine.
AT the request of the Mayor the en-.
tire police force of Harrisburg, Pa.
has resigned, because of charges of il.
legal appropriation of fees.
RICHARD LAPP1N, q switchman on
the Lake Erie and Western road at
Upton, Ind, was killed by falling un-
derneath the wheels of an engine.
BY tho burning of the Spanish
steamer San Juan, on the coast Of
China, lS2 lives were lost. Many per-
sons were devoured by sharks.
TwoLocoMoTIvEs, two engine -houses
n coal chutes, property of the Nj
agara Central Railroad, burned at st.
GATHERINGS, Ont. Loss, Cps, 900.
SETH HAsKINs and Harry Creaston
were overcome by poisonous gases
while cleaning a we'll near Chillicothe.
Mo-, and died before help arrived.
RHODE ISLANDS Supreme Court has
rendered al opinion upholding Gov.
Brown in proroguing the Legislature
before going into grand communities. !.
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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25

tically stopped by the big brick struct-
m OF the Minneapolis Brewing Co.,
although their loss is put at $4,000.
Situated as it was, directly in the path
Of the flames, with wooden buildings
on one side Of it and a blazing lum-
Der yard in the rear, 1t seemed as if
this magnificent edifice costing $780,
600 would be added to the long list OF
property destroyed. But Providence
came to the aid Of the exhausted fire.
men and frightened citizens. The
wind changed. It no longer blew from
the south, but sprang up from the
east and north, waiting large cinders
and embers across the river, j%eopardiz-
ing valuable property on the north
side. The citizens, however, on
the alert, and q reception in the shape
Of q bucket of water awaited any spark
that found q lodging. All along
Marshall street and through that en-
tire section are small frame houses oc-
cupied by laboring and sawmill hands.
They went like finder when the
flames first struck them, but the resi-
dents had ample time to move their be-
longings.
In all 112 houses were destroyed.
Although q general alarm was turned
In, the entire city department proved
inadequate to the occasion and aid was
asked from st. Paul. That city prompt
~ responded and sent owe two steam
ers and o hose cart that did excellent
service. Tho fire on Boom Island was
burning fercely at o late hour at night,
and the only hope seemed to lie in let
ting 1t burn itself out.
For a while it looked as though all
of northeast Minneapolis would be
destroyed, but by the concentration OF
the department the further progress
of the flames was checked. There were
several accidents caused by spectators
attempting to run on the logs and
falling in. Two lives are reported
lost and q number Of persons sustained
serious injury.
A conservative estimate puts the
total loss at 81, 100000 and the insur-
ance at $780, 00. The principal losses
are as follows: 2. ". Backus & Com
pany lose 60,000,000 feet Of lumber,
worth $750,000, two sawmills, and barn,
making their totalloss about 81, 000, 600.
J: r: Wilcox, planning mill, $4,000: J.
B. Chatterton, sawmill, $4,000. Lint
100000, J. R: Clark y Company, box
Tenny & Company, sawmill and lum-
Der, $4,000. +. +. Lenhart, carriage
works, $4,000. George w. Higgins,
wood yard, $4,000. Cedar Lake Ice
Company, ice houses, $4,000. Miscel-
laneous losses on dwellings,, barns, ETC.,
$4,000.
Hundreds of people are homeless and
many. Of these are the recipients of
charity, having saved only the clothes
on their backs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
Justified Trust.

One morning MI. Alcott was
breakfasting in Boston when the bell
rang and a stranger sent in word
that he wished to see him.
MIR Alcott," said the man when
they met, you do not know me, and
will be surprised to learn why l have
called upon you. I am in business
here. and am very much in want OF
S., which / will repay as soon as !
can. Will you lendit to me:?"
Here, thought MI. Alcott, was an
opportunity Of testing his favorite
theory of human nature, that all
men may be trusted. He TOOK out
his p%ocketbook instantly.
81 have n oflve-dollar bill" said he,
shut here are $40. Take this"
The man looked surprised, but ac-
cepted the money and went his sway.
His creditor did not even take the
trouble to ask his name. and was for
months necessarily rallied by his
friends, who would inquire when he
expected to be repaid. More than
six months afterward, at the same
hour of the day, the man appeared
again, saying:
"ME Alcott, I haven't forgotten
that you lent me $40, when I only
wanted five. I have called to pay
you, and I wish you would add the in
~terest."
This the creditor declined to do,
but received his principal and suffered
his debtor to go away again without
asking his name. Some weeks after
ward he told the story in a Boston
counting -house, and learned on de-
scribing the appearance Of his visitor
that he was a notorious confidence
man who. in this instance, had appar-
emily found the simple trust of the
philosopher toe much for even his
profess ional villainy to Withstand
Youths Companion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
SUIT AGAINST BRECKENRIDGE
Miss Pollard Seeks Heavy Damages TO
Alleged Breach OF Promise.

Miss Pollard Seeks Heavy Damages for
Alleged Breach Of Promise.
In the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia suit has been fled for
$4,000 for breach Of promise against
Representative w. g. P. Breckenridge,
Fl %b ae pIaintIai b Sha Maasli aseo v; PSll a. |.
Washington correspondent, that in
April, 1884, when she was II years old
and q student at Wesleyan Female
Seminary at Cincinnati, she was met
on the train travelling from school to
Frankfort, KY, by W. @. r. Brock
1nridge, who made her acquaintance on
The plea Of his knowing her family, and
Knowing who he was and regarding
him e. . very prominent man, and
that1on Aug. 8, 1853, he came TO see her
at tho seminary and got permission Of
the prelidsut for her 10 dine With him,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25
SEVEN BURNED 70 DEATH.
Many Persons Perish in . Small chicae
Hotel.

Shortly after Z o'clock Monday o
ing q fire, which cost the lives of at
least seven persons, started in the lit
tie Senate hotel on Madison street,
near the corner of Fifth avenue, Chi
cago. The dead are: Mrs. Coons, Ber-
tina Coons, aged Z, Charles Coons, aged
9, Godfrey children, and two I'M.
known men. There were over a
score of guests in the hotel. The flames
spread SO rapidly and the exits were SO
inadequate that the inmates were unable
to escape. The little hotel was situated
on the two upper floors of a three-story
brick building. The fire started on
the second floor, midway, near the
stairs leading to the floor above. Mrs.
Ahrens and her daughter Annie slept
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-25

n slightly alarmed.
stepped into the hallway to set
down the empty soda water siphon in
the place appointed. The door lead.
ing to the landing was half open.
heard voices descending the stairs.
HE was really very nice, Joe,
about it Said he had a sister Of his
own and laughed"
"H'mph. Then Pm sorry for his
sister, that's all. He drinks like a
fish. Why, only last night I found
him on his hands and knees on the
second floor, and had to help him to
bed"
The next chambers! AS I hope to
clear my character before all judges,
it was the man in the next chambers!
I had heard the Internal din of that
episode at 2 o'clock in the morning
and a few Of Joe's comments as he
left the drunkard. How should the
maiden know exactly into whose
rooms she had penetrated? and here
was Joe saddling me with my neigh
boris booted slumberR.
lgripped the siphon head in an
agony Of wrath. The steps were al
most opposite my landing. There
was more soda water than Ihad
thought for in the tube, and the In
fernal concoction exhausted itself
with q flzzle, spit, and grunt It
seemed to roar through the house
EN.at ,rVMrff Nj lATT.Nra
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
Mouse in Her Hat.

One day this week lady went to a
Fourth Street store to make some pur-
chases. She engaged young clerk in
conversation concerning various ar
ticles. While talking to her the clerk
CHANGED to look at her hat. 1t moved
slightly. Then he looked again, and
again the feminine headgear was per-
ceived to be in motion. The young man
turned pale, and his tongue did cleave
to the roof of his mouth. Like one
suffering with nightmare he wanted to
scream, but could not. All the time the
lady's hat kept moving in peculiar
way: The young man kept his gaze on
the nat-fOr some reason unknown to
himself, he could not do otherwise.
Presently he saw one side Of the hat
raise up; then pair OF sharp, bright
eyes peered out. The next instant out
from under the hat jumped mouse. II
landed on the pale young clerks shout
der, and he ran into the street yelling
like Comanche.
ugh! What was that?" screamed
the lady.
cit was mouse, and he jumped out
OF your hat" answered the pale young
clerk between his chattering teeth.
And SO it was. The lady had taken
up her hat carelessly. put it on and
worn it to the store On the way, she
said, she felt something moving in her
hat, but thought it was the breeze NOV
ing her hair. She was greatly sur
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

A GHOST" in st. Paul's Church,
Milwaukee, turns out to be a 16-year-
old lad who is passionately fond of
music, and who stole into the church
nights to play on the organ. He had
been denied the use of an instrument
at home, as his father wished him to
devote more time to other studies.
The incident is interesting in that it
illustrates the tendency Of parents to
restrain children in the pursuit of
these branches for which nature has
intended them, and to push them in
studies for which they have no adap-
tation. This evening-up process is
very unwise. Trying to keep a child
from learning what he thirsts to
know is as useless as to attempt to
keep the sun from shining He will
be hindered for while, but not eff
fectually repressed. 1t is pleasing to
know that the Milwaukee ghost is
now to have an organ of his own.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
improvement In Machinery.

The wonderful advance that has
been made during the last third of a
century in the construction Of ma
chinery, and particularly in the equip
ment Of ships with propelling power,
is well illustrated by comparisons
presented by an Eastern journal. 1t
is well known that the Great East
ern, that wonderful leviathan Of the
seas which was the talk of the world
some thirty years ago, was in all prac-
tical respects complete failure. The
reason for this will be understood
when it is stated that engines Of only
1850 horse power were provided to
propel a ship $50 feet in length and
80 feet in breadth. In those days
engines of such power were consid-
cred very remarkable, and it does not
appear to have been suspected at the
time that the failure of the great
power to drive her vast bulk through
the water and render her manage
able.
She was abandoned and allowed to
go to ruin because it was believed
that the limit of size had in her case
been exceeded. But when we COM
pare her 1850 horse power with the
2O,605 horse power of that modern
greyhound, the City of Paris, YES
sci 12O feet shorter and nearly 20 feet
narrower than the Great Eastern, it
is plainly seen where the trouble lay.
Such an equipment Of machinery as
the great steamships Of our day carry
would have been entirely beyond the
comprehension Of the engine builders
Of thirty years ago.
But after all it appears that we are
only just beginning to develop the
possibilities Of the steam engine, and
that there are no longer any limita-
tions as to the dimensions that may
be chosen for steamships. The Cam
pania, just launched from an English
shipyard, is $40 feet in length, or only
sixty feet shorter than the Great
Eastern, and is equipped with engines
Of 1000 horse power. The prOpel-
ling force which these figures indi-
cate is almost inconceivable.
The new American steamships now
building for the transatlantic bust
ness viii, be smaller than the Campo
MIA, but larger than any Of the other
liners now af1oat. They will be pro-
vided with engines proportionately
powerful and representing the high
est modern skill.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

THE owl is one of the most useful
of our feathered friends. He is
ready for something to eat just about
the time when mice and other little
creatures come out to get their sup
per in the gardens and fields. BY
destroying numbers Of these pests he
does great good, and deserves a bet
ter fate than to be killed and nailed
UP on barn door. Woodpeckers are
among our most useful servants.
Every one kills thousands Of insects
in the summer, digging them out of
the bark and wood. If they were to
stop work many fruits and shade
trees would die. Yet because they
cut holes in the bark, which scientific
men say does not injure the trees,
farmers give the birds a bad name
and kill them whenever they can.
The more people find out what they
really eat the better they know that
birds are almost always the best help
ers farmers and gardeners can have.
They do, to be sure, sometimes eat
fruit, but they have paid for every
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

kept on the premises, and that the
owner does not mind turning him
loose at a tramp. A picture like this
tells me that dog is kept, but that
he is disposed to be friendly"
The old fellow drew another dog,
differing but slightly from the former
in general appearance, but it's tail had
an upward curl, while the other curl
ed ominously downward.
eyes, it's all in the TAIL" said the
veteran tramp "Good dogs carries
their tails in the air, bad ones hangs
'em down low. Every tramp in the
world knows the difference, and
steers clear of the house with the bad
dog"
He was asked what were the most
encouraging signs in the tramp's sign
dictionary.
"Sit-downs and widders," he re-
piled, decisively. ''This is sit
down." and he drew chair and a
table, with some things upon it, that
he said to the experienced eye of the
tramp meant lots of good cheer.
IF you see that sign on gate you
can be dead sure Of square meal
with chair to sit down on. They
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05

WHETHER or not the German War
Minister meant to create dread in
in Europe, when he made his speech
supporting the military bill, he GER
tainly has done so. Germany has
been so persistently non-alarmist for
the past twenty years, and has shown
such good faith in keeping her prom
ises of peace, that when she processes
to see war imminent, everybody is
startled. The capitalist, the manu-
facturer, the banker, all begin to
take their precautions. 1t has long
been thought that 1913 was the year
when the great clash of arms would
occur, as nearly all the ornaments of
the great nations likely to fight will
be completed then.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-05
An Ingenious Continuance.

To obtain light instantly without
the use of matches aud without dan
ger of setting things on fire is an easy
matter. Take an oblong vial of the
clearest of glass, put into it piece of
phosphorus about the size Of pea;
upon this pour some pure olive oil
heated to the boiling point, the bot
tie to be filled about one-third full;
then cork tightly. To use the light
remove the cork, allow the air to en-
ter and then recork. The whole
empty space in the bottle will then
become luminous, and the light OBJ
tanned will be good one. AS soon
as the light becomes dim it's power
can be increased by opening the bot
tie and allowing fresh supply of air
to enter. In very cold weather it is
sometimes necessary to heat the vial
between the hands to increase the
fluidity of the oil, and one bottle will
last all winter. This ingenious con-
trivance may be carried in the pocket,
and is used by the watchmen of Paris
in all magazines where explosives or
inflammable materials are stored.