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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
ACT OF A DRUNKEN FIENp.
Jordan Kills His Wife. Her Sister, and
Parents, and IIimself

AS the result of a terrible tragedy
growing out of a family feud five per-
sons are dead in their country home.
several miles east of Seymour, Ind,
says a dispatch. Four years ago Clin--
ton Jordan, then 81 years old, married
a daughter of Joshua Foster, with
whom he never lived happily. Last.
week they separated, and she returned
to the home Of her father.
The other night Jordan met his.
father-in-law and accompanied him
home in spite of his protests, as he
feared trouble. Jordan promised to,
behave, but oon after his arrival
at Fosters home he began a quarrel.
When Foster then ordered him out
of the house Jordan fred at.
the old man. The ball missed him and
struck Cora Foster, aged II, in the.
head, killing her instantly. A second
shot hit Foster in the head and
picked himself up and ran about half q.
mile to the home of another of his
so~ns-in.laws, William Powell. He fell
unconscious and fingered until late in
the afternoon, when he died. Jordan
then turned his revolver on Mrs. Fos-
ter, his mother-in-law, shooting her in.
the neck, the ball. ranging downward
and causing a wound from which she
died. Jordan's wife attempted to de-
fend her mother, and he stabbed her
repeatedly in the breast, hands.
and face, and ended by shooting
her through the head. Jordan then
opened his vest, placed the revolver:
against his breast, and sent a ball
through his heart. He dropped dead
falling across the dead body Of his.
wife. The revolver was new and had
evidently been bought with premedi-
tated purpose Of killing his victims.
The knife with which the murderer's.
wife was so cruelty gashed was also.
new and long and had been freshly
sharpened. Jordan had an unsavory
reputation and in frequent spells of in.
toxication was ugly and ~quarrelsome.
All the other victims were peaceful
and orderly citizens. Jordan, the as
sassin and suicide, was illiterate and
stupid, but had always been considered
harmless.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
COLORADO CATTLE THIEVES.
Arrest ofa Gang That Has Operated
for Twenty Years.

Pueblo. Colo, special: Through the
efforts Of Sheriff w. n. Moses, the
most notorious band of cattle thieves
in Eastern Colorado has just come to
grief. and the entire gang has been
lodged in Jail at Pueblo. The person.
mel of the gang has remained practi-
cally the same for the past fifteen or
twenty years, during which period
hundreds of cattle and horses have
been picked up and either slaughtered
or shipped to eastern buyers. The
rendezvous of the thieves has been
near what is known as Archuleta's
ranch, on the ST. Charles River, about
fifteen miles east of Pueblo. The usual
methods have been to watch for NAV
ericks, or unbranded cattle, and to cut
them out from the parent herds and
appropriate them. This plan has been
"a comparatively safe one. for the cattle
owners usually wait until the annual
roundup in the spring before branding
their calves, and are unable to identify
their stock prior to that time. No one
say how many cattle have been
stolen i'll that way. but the number
will reach up into the hundreds. The
authorities have for some months been
quietly accommodating evidence and
now have al average of six counts
against each of the prisoners. Bill Bar
rem and Jim Lowe. two all-round hard
characters, are the leaders of the out
fit, AMI they, with some eight orssten
MeSicans. ere captured by the sher-
IFS posse at their camp. They were
surrounded and completely taken by
surprise. SO that resistance was not at
tempted. 1t is probable that all will
receive long sentences in the peniten-
tiarv,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
ATTEMpT on w1LHELM,s LIFE.
Internal Machines Sent to both the
Kaiser and Caprivi.

Ssc 80
Berlin special: It now appears that
Emperor William received an Internal
machine from Orleans similar to the
n sent Caprivi. 1t was accompanied
by a letter and both were delivered at
the Emperor's civil cabinet. where its
nature was discovered and it was rem
dered harmless.
The Emperor has moi yet been in
formed of the receipt of either of the
internal machiAes. Tine French Gov
eminent has promised the utmost as
sistance in tracing the author of the
attempted outrage, who is as vet ut
terry unknown.
The %supposition that the sending of
the the two internal machines was the
work of a crank is now abandoned. and
it is believed that the attempts upon
the lives of the Emperor and the Cham
cellor We're due to C~hauvinists. who
we're disappointed at the slow working
OF the Franco-Russian entente and who
had decided to take revenge in their
own hands.
The Internal machine sent the En-
peror was contained in a wooden box
similar to those used for dominoes. AT
the end of the box. neal the bottom.
was fixed q brass case with nitro-gly-
cerine. The explosion was connected:
through an aperture in the bottom
with an ordinary percussion cap. The
box was filled with loose gunpowder.
AS the appearance of the box excited
suspicion. it was handed over to tho
chief of Police. who had it opened by a
gunsmith. The latter says he is of the
opinion that even if he had opened the
box as the senders intended, an explo-
sion would not have been inevitable. as
owing to the weakness of the elastic
bands the detonator would not have
struck the can with sufficient force to
explode it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
SUBMITTED HIS REPORT.
Secretary of Agriculture Morton
Presents His First Rcport.


Presents His First Report.
Washington special: The Secretary
OF Agriculture in his report just sub
mitted to the President, regrets the
vague character of the Agricultural
Departments organization. which, he
says, "offers opulent opportunities for
the exercise of the most pronounced
paternalism," but he adds that there
are many proper ways in which the
Federal Government may legitimately
serve the cause of agriculture. He
devotes considerable space to a review
of what he regards the anomalous
partnership between the Government
OF the United States and the Govern
ments of the respective states for the
conduct and encouragement of state
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations. He suggests that the stations
be entirely divorced from the depart
ment and the sums appropriated
charged directly to them. or that the
Secretary should have some power to
direct and restrain their disbursements
SO us to insure the legitimate expend-
iture of the same.
In reference to the expenditures of
the department the Secretary says
that his strenuous endeavors have
been to nationally reduce the expendi-
lures by elimination from the pay
rolls all persons not needed for the
efficient conduct of the department.
The employees when he took charge
numbered . ,497, and there are now on
the pay rolls only 1884. His esti-
mates for the next year show a net
saving over the appropriations for the
current year of $369, $685. !.
The distribution of seed is revived.
and considerable saving is shown to
have been effected in the purchase
and distribution of seed this year.
Promises of improved services by
the department in the future and
recommendations of useful innoya-
tions relating to the work in detail are
withheld in view of the indefinite char
acter of the duties, forces and possi-
bilitics of the department.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
KILLED FOUR AND sUIc1DED.
Wipes Out His wife's Family and
Takes His Own Life.

indianapolis special: A dispatch
from Seymour, Ind, says: AS the re-
suit of u family feud five people are
dead in q country home. several miles
east eff this city. Four years ago
Clinton Jordan married q daughter of
Joshua Foster. Last week they sep
arated and she returned to the home
of her father.
Jordan accompanied his father-in-
law home. Jordan promised to behave
but soon after began to quarrel.
Foster ordered him out, when Jordan
fired, but missed him, the ball strik-
ing Cora Foster, aged IL, in the head,
killing hec instantly. The second
shot hit Foster in the head and he
fell, but he soon rose and ran about
half q mile to the home of another
son-in-law, William Powell, where he
fell and fingered until late in the af
ternoon, when he died. Jordan then
turned his revolver towards Mrs. F'os-
ter, causing u wound in the neck from
which she died.
Jordan's wife attempted to defend
her mother, and he stabbed her re-
peatedly in the breast. hands and face
and ended by shooting her through
the head. Jordan then sem q ball
through his heart. He dropped dead.
The pistol was placed so close to his
breast that Jordan's clothing caught
fire and literally burned off him, the
skin dropping from the body when it
was lifted, and the corpse presented q
horrible sight.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
70 WRECK THE EXPRESS.
Eight Men Attempt 4 Cut . Lake shor
Freight In Two.

Eight Men Attempt to Cut . Lake Shore
Freight In Two.
Another desperate attempt to rob
the New York fast express, No. IL, on
the Lake Shore Railroad was made
near Goshen, Ind, Saturday night.
The attempted hold-up was conducted
on q plan new in the annals Of modern
train robberies, says aG0shend dispatch,
but was brought to an end disastrous
to the would-te robbers by the heroic
resistance of the train crew.
The first section of No. 60, q fast
meat train, pulled out of Elkhart. at
1923, with orders to u to Ligonier
without stopping. All seemed we'll!
with the train, but when about q mile
out of Elkhart the engineer, John
Hickok, and two brakemen we're at
tackled by eight men, who. it ia
learned, had boarded the train
at Elkhart and had been con
cea!ed between the cars. They
owe powered the three tlainmen who
were in the caboose and began un-
coupling the Ia t eight or ten cars.
They were foi'ed in this by the train.
men, assisted by the engineer and fire.
man, but could not be driven from the
train. Five miles farther on q second
attempt was made, which was likewise
unsuccessful. the nsxt four miles to
Goshen witnessed O continual battle be.
tween the train crew and the despera-
does for the control of the train. Con.
ductor Hickok was badly bruised and
pomme!ed, as was also one of the
brakemen. The robbers secured four
watches belonging to the train crew
and all the money they had. q.
Upon arriving at Goshen the engi.
neer whistled for help, and Officers
Jane; Daton and Jerry Trump were
quickly IN the scene. But two of the
desperadoes were captured.
The plaa of the robbers was one
which would. If it had been success
fully carried out, have caused great
loss of life and money. They were en-
%deavoring to leave a Part Of the fast
freight standing on the track, into
which the New York express, which
was following close after. would dash.
In the consequent wreck the robbers
expected to get away with considerable
booty from the express car The fest.
express is the same train which was so.
successfully looted at Kessler two
months ago and is always a very heavy
train, never being made up of less than
thirteen or fourteen r The two at
tacks have aroused the Lake Shore Of
icials, and every means possible are
being put forth to capture the six rob
bers still at large. #
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08

tAat the first shock, which occurred
October II at 7:3) p. m., completely
destroyed the town and all villages
within q radius of 30 miles. Official
reports confirm the previous. advice
that 10000 persons and 10000 animals
persisted. Private reports, however,
place the number of dead at a much
smaller figure. The shocks continued
baily until October 81. Altogether
there were 100 distinct shocks. On
November 3 a great storm set in, with
heavy rains in the day and snow at
night. This greatly increased the
sufferings of thousands who had only
tenes to shelter them.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
Range Rustler Arrested.

A BIG cattle stealing deal in he
western part of this state has been
made public by the arrest of Vim. New
son at Pierre, charged with stealing
sixteen head of cattle from a stockman
named Patterson. A number of here
tofore considered prominent stockmen
west of the river r implicated in the
deal and it is claimed they shipped a
trainload of stolen cattle from Her
mosa, in the Black Hills, to Kansas
City, where they we're sold. A number
of parties who were implicated have
skipped out. having got wind of the fact
that the officers were after them. New
son came near making his escape. The
stealing was unearthed by the Missouri
River Stockmen's Association, and they
are on the trail of the thieves and hope
to clean out a gang of rustlers which
has infested the western range for some
time past. Newson will be taken to
Rapid City for trial.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
THE AMERICAN NAVY
SECRETARY HERBERT MAKES.
HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
The American Navy Now Contains
Fifteen Armorcd Vessels-House
and Senate Committee Talk on APP
preparations.
Secretary Hebert's Report.

REPORT.
Washington special: The annual re-
port of Hilary A. Herbert. Secretary
Of the Navy, to the President. has just
been made public. The report gives
in detail the work of the Navy Depart
ment during the past year. Nine yes
sells have been launched since the last
report, and six vessels have been placed
In commission during the same time.
The preliminary trials of the new
vessels were in all cases satisfactory.
The matter of penalties for failure to
reach the requirements and premiums
for exceeding the requirements is COM
mended by the secretary as eminently
just, and he also points out that in all
recent contracts the builders are re-
quired to pay the cost of the trial trips.
The American navy now consists of
fifteen armored vessels, built Or in O n
struction, as follows: Battleships,
four first class and two second class;
n armored cruiser. six coast defense
vessels and one harbor ram: and of UNI
armored vessels, thirteen protected
cruisers. three cruisers, nine gunbOats
and one dynamite gun vessel. There
IRE also in service, but declared unfit
for war purposes, four iron cruisers,
thirteen wooden cruisers, one iron gun
boat, thirteen single turreted monitors,
two dispatch and practice vessels,
twelve tug and freight boats. seven
sailing vessels, nine receiving ships
and three ships that are beyond repair.
OF the old wooden ships of the navy
but eight remain in active service as
cruisers.
Tables are given by the Secretary
showing the cost of these several
vessels. The vessels completed since
March 4, 1885. have cost for construc-
tion, 49, 23, 459. 81: for armament, 3d.
1O7, 0O9.95: on premiums, 1856. 9l6.9 81;
repairs. 1910, OOs.SS. The total amount
expended on the other vessels being
built, up to June 30 last, was S26, 7Ol,-
O56. 65.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING.
Twenty Prominent Orcgonians on
Trail ut Portland.

Portland, Ore, special: The trials
of twenty persons indicted for smug-
ling has begun in the United States
District Court. The trails will be of
unusual interest, owing to the social
and political prominence of some of
the defendants, among whom are
James Lotan, ex-collector of customs.
and c. j. Mulkey, e%x-special agent of
the treasury department. The first
case called was that of Nathan Blum
on the charge of smuggling 300 pounds
OF opium. Blum pleaded guilty and
sentence was reserved. 1t is stated
that Blum will now he q witness for
the Government.
L. c. Sweeney, W. B. Jackling,
Robert Garthorne, w. f. Patterson
and Thomas Borg, who were indicted
for smuggling opium, pleaded guilty.
Sentence ineach case was suspended.
The case of William Dunbar. against
whom the greatest number of indict.
ments was returned, will come up later
and it is expected that those who.
pleaded guilty will appear as witnesses
for the Government.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE
WEEK.
LIST of Award. to the south D.kot. schoo,
Exhibit and woman's Work At the
Worlds Fair-south Dakota H%orticultur.
lists to Meet at vermililon.
Awards to south pakota.

Awards to South Dakota.
The following is the list of awards
to the South Dakota School Exhibit
and Woman's Work at the Worlds
Fair:
State University of South Dakota: vermil-
l.oi;. students work. photography and charts.
Mrs. E. Mabel Williams. Brookings. water
colors and history of MOSES In the state.
st. Martins school, Stur0is, class work and
Catholic indian Missions. Sioux Falls, class
and needlework.
Crsul!ne nuns. S!oux Falls. class work OF
three schools, Indian and white.
Mrs. Nels Anderson, Pierre, mans dress
Mrs. L. Bcckw.th, Mitchell. Roman em-
Mrs. hattie crowl. WATERFOWL. needlework.
MIS-. a. z. kellum. Chamberlain, Kens.ngton
Mrs. D. Carson, Deadwooi. Mt. Melleok en-
broidery.
Mrs. James s. Ward. Pierre, Roman and
kcnsington embroidery.
Mrs. 3. r. johnson, Sioux Falls, tablecloth
and napkins.
Miss Jean Alexander. Huron, china and oil
painting.
Miss Clara Zoe. Dcadwood, china and water
colOrs.
Mss Minnie Todd. Tyudall. needlework.
MRS. tt.T. Evans. Hot Springs. needlework.
Sioux Falls Diocese. Sioux Falls, class and
ncedlework,
Pierre Public Schools. Pierre. charts show
ing location of school buildings and manu-
script work.
State of South Eakota, Pierre. collective
ethnl atiCnal exhibit.
Huron Public Schools. Huron, eight volumes
pupils work, maps, photographs and draw
lngs.
Sioux Falls Public Schools. Sioux Falls.
fourteen volumes pupils work and photo
graphs.
kingsbury County. map drawing and class
work.
Lincoln County, kindergarten and class
work.
All SAINT School, Sioux Falls, twelve
sketches from nature.
Wessington Springs Seminary. Wessing ton
Springs. twelve mounted charts aud school
work.
Marion Public Schools. Marion, drawings,
relief maps. kindergarten and class work.
Ashton Public Schools. Ashton. maps, draw
ingS and class work.
Wess.ngton Springs Public Schools. Yves.
sing;on springs. three volumes OF pupils
work. maps and other work.
Aberdeen Public Schools, Aberdeen, five vol
ulnes of pupils work., class work, maps, draw
tngs and charts.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
TALKED OF AUTHORIZATIONS.
Members of the House and Senate
Committees Meet.


Washington special: Members Of
the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations held q joint conference
and talked over q plan of united action
concerning certain appropriations for
the Improvement of some of the federal
buildings in Washington. The main
subject under consideration was u plan
for lighting the new Congressional
Library Building, which is now near
ing completion. 1t is proposed to
build an electric light plant near the
"'apitol large enough for the Library
and the Government Printing Office.
Chairman Sayers of the House Com
mittee said the sundry civil bill would
be ready to report before the holidays.
Heretofore the committee has consid-
cred itself fortunate if it could get one
or two of the smaller bills
before the middle of January, but Mr..
Savers hopes to break the record dur
ing his first term as chairman by get
ting the most important appropriation
bill on the calendar early in the ses-
sion.
The sundry cival bill carries most of
the miscellaneous appropriations. and
it is usually among the last bills to be
reported for the consideration of Com
gress. 1t is one of the measures over
which there is invariably many con-
troversies. and Chairman Savers will
do we'll if he succeeds in dispoing of
snch u troublesome bill during the
early stages of the coming session.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
WOrld's Fnir Enrntnes.

Chicago special: The report of Audi
tor Alderman of the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition was officially SEN to
tho Board of Directors. 1t shows that
on each day of the fair the net receipts
averaged $677, 096. The total receipts
from all sources were s2s. 151, 16s: total
expenditures, $25, $40, 537; balance, 3d.
61O,63l. From this are deducted obli-
cations in the site to the amount of
s74S,l47, leaving net assets of $780,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
BIG BLAZE At HANNleAL.
Property Worth sses.ooo Wiped Out
Help from Quincy.

fAelp from QUINCY Z.
The total loss by Saturday nights
fire at Hannibal, Mo-, foots up to $685.
OOO. on which there is insurance aggre-
eating $l55,OO0. The fire broke out
about 4 o'clock and resulted from the ex-
plosicn of q lamp in the establishment.
of the Williams-Voorhis Dry-Goods
company, the largest store in the city,
occupying a three-story block on the cor
ner Of Main and Church streets. In ten
minutes the building was a mass of
flames. and the gale which prevailed
carried the fire through the block and
across the street. The Hannibal fire
department was helpless, and two
steamers from Quincy, ILL.,, were fight
ing the flames within an hour after the
lamp explosion. The combined forces
were only able to confine the flames to
the blocks first visited. The telegraph
and telephone lines were imperative,
and the storm of ice and sleet which
followed further crippled the wires in
all directions.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
Roses" Mrs. Z. D. Cowles, Vermillion.
SOUTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY.
A Legal Question Raised In Regard to Its
Rebuilding.

A Legal Question Raised In Regard to Its
Rebuilding.
The recent burning of the main
building of the State University, To-
Gated at Vermillion, and it's contem-
plated rebuilding by the citizens of
that vicinity, have called up a legal
question of no mean Importance. The
university is located in almost the ex-
IRENE southwestern corner of the state
and when SO located vas central in the
settlement; but certain sections in the
more remote parts have for some time
been crying for its removal. Then,
too, a few towns that are searching
diligently for some strong card to in
crease their Importance, are also try
ing to induce the state to remove its
institutions to them. The state had
no insurance and no means at hand for
replacing the building. But the citi-
zens of Vermillion set about to raise
funds for g. new ediice, whereupon
those other locations, whose hopes had
been so high, raised the point of law
that individuals or other corporations
than the state, without the consent of
the Legislature, could not build upon
grounds belonging to the state.
They have now q show Of right on
their side, and might be able to cite
similar cases from other states; but
the Legislature of Dakota Territory
established q precedent to the con-
trary.
The first Legislature of the territory
located q public university at Vermit-
lion, but the matter was dropped and
lay dormant for twenty years-from
1852 to 1s82-when IL was r~esurrected
by q private corporation organized for
the sole purpose Of opening the terri
torial university. This company OBJ
tsinede gift Of grounds from parties in
vermillion, WA given 10000 Of county
money, and BY Close, Hard figuring,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
Indians i'm Distress.

Duluth special: The annual tale of
starvation and destitution among the
Chippewas of the Fond du Lac Reser-
walton, twenty miles southwest of this
city, is reported this season with
greater stress than. usual. This reser-
walton is close to Clovuet and the In
dians have usually been able to get
work if they wanted it in the camps of
the G. N. Nelson and Cloquet Lumber
Companies. This year, however, they
are doing so little that instead of 1000
men only about $50 are employed; and
the Indians have no
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-08
To Divide the seal Matters.

Victoria special: a memorial has
been addressed to the Japanese Gov
ernment by the great japanese Associ-
alton, proposing u conference between
Japan, England, the United States,
and Russia. with the object of parti-
tioning out jurisdiction of the North
Pacific. This movement is the out
come of pelagic sealing by foreigners
in the coast waters of Japan. for though
the Japanese will not engage in this
industry themselves, they wish to pre-
vent all others from doing SO.