Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-09-01
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Bank Examiner Diamond has been
placed in charge Of the First National
Bank of lIawarden, Ia, which closed
Its doors Friday.
Nv
Chairman Wilson, Of the ways and
means committee. is against immediate
tariff legislation. He thinks nothing
should be done until December, at least,
and in the meantime IL bill will be
drawn up by himself and associates.
aud republican members. nor the
country shall know of it's contents IN
til it Is presented. An exc. llent plan
for continuing this national suspense in
business circles.
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That was an awful thrust that Sena.
tor Hill gave the pnpulists when in his
great free silver speech he spoke of the
New York %tnanciers as committing
"ail sorts OF gyrati"ns intended to cap
tnre every tloater in political parties,
from the ward hummer down through
the list of the populists and aliarch-
ISIS"
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n bottle was found in the Kalamazoo.
Mich, river, containing a letter signed
by Max O'Reiliy. saying that he X He'd
MIR. aud Mrs. Borden at New b drord.
and that Lizzie Borden is entirely in.
nocent of the charge.
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Grave apprehen>iors us to the sanity
of Fall River county republicans have
been relieved by the statement made
by the Hot Springs STAR that w. H..
Frye is not the choice of the majority
for circuit Judge, and that his selection
by the committee of seven is by no
means generally endursed.-Custer
Chronicle.
Xxx
Congressman Lucas made his maiden
spec in congress last Thursday, and
made IL good straight free silver talk.
Among other things he said: II do not
believe that silver Or the Sherman law
is responsible for the present crisis in
"nr business affairs. The quantity and
quality of the money in circulation is
not different tn what it was Il year ago.
The people have faith in the money. A
year ago the country was in a high
state of prosperity; labor was sought
after at remunerative prices. The price
of IL days labor would purchase more of
the necessaries of the family than ever
before in our history as a nation. and 1
call the attention of the democratic
side of this body to the fact that the
Mckinley tariff law vas in full force
then, as it is now"
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Congressman Bland, the free silver
leader. has given up the fight. and adj
mits that the Wilson bill will pass the
senate. Yet lie says the question will
come back to the people to lie settled.
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Reports now are that President
Cleveland has cad a surgical operation
performed, but the nature of it is not
| given out.
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The democratic county convention
of Meade county last Saturday adopted
resolutions endorsing the name of lion.
@. l.. Wood. of Rapid CITY, for the office
of Judge of the supreme court, and in
struct+d their delegates to the state
convention to support him for the NOM
nation. 1t is very probable that he
will be nominated.
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A statement prepared by the mint
bureau shows that the production of
gold and silver since 1902 to 1892 a.gre-
gated SlO.7S3. S60,OUO. of which $685.
9OS,OOu was gold and SOL ,961 900 silver.
of the gold produced 2.GO5.OOD has
ben coined as money and tile balance
used in the arts. OF the silver produced
S4.Ol2, 100000 has been coined as money
and the balance used III the arts. or
the gold used in the arts it is stated UNI
officially that most of 1t is now il, grave
yards. as the practice OF dentistry alb
sorns Il large proportion of the gold
used in the arts.
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Wind and water have been PLAYING
havoc along the Atlantic coast lately,
particularly along the southern states.