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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
SIAM WILL NOT FIGHT
EVERY DEMAND MADE IS CON.
CEDED.
Prince vadhana. slamcse Minister to
France, Acquaints the French Minister
of Foreign Affairs TINT Siam Accedes to
tho Terms-This Ends the Difficulty.
There WIN ne No War.

The war clouds in the East have
lifted. The government of Siam, dis
appointed at not receiving the support
Of Great Britain on which it reckoned,
has surrendered Internationally and
granted every demand in Frances
ultimatum. Late advices from Bangkok
state in effect that the Siamese Govern
ment. learning that France regards its
reply to the ultimatum Us q refusal to
grant the French demands and being
most DESTROYS of maintaining peace,
has t~elegraphed instructions to the
Siamese minister at Paris to inform M.
Develle, the French foreign minister,
that Siam accepts the ultimatum in its
entirety. The dispatch adds that the
Siamese Government hopes that the
blockade will cease, that diplomatic
negotiations will be resumed and that
an early settlement of the troubles will
be effected.
A London dispatch says that Lord
Rosebery's statements on Thursday
foreshadowed Slams surrender. After
his speech it was felt that Siam had no
other alternative. The only question
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
a1onex to Move Crona.

The question of how to move the
wheat crop Of Minnesota and the Dako-
tas for 1893 is becoming one of great
seriousness. Owing to the financial
stringency, the borrowing power of the
grain men has become very limited.
The country banks will not lend, and
the money to be had is but q mere frac-
tion Of what has heretofore been used
In moving the crops. Various plans
have been suggested whereby the
effects of tho stringency may be OIL
waited as much as possible. Any
plan that will result in tho NOV
ing Of tho crops, oven though it be
done very slowly, must be acceptable.
Such q plan has been proposed and is
being adopted in some parts of South
crn Minnesota. The plan. according
to q St. Paul dispatch. is that the grain
men issue their checks for grain pur-
chased Of the farmers, payable fifteen
days after date, which would allow
time for the collection of drafts against
consignments, but will only enter such
drafts for collection. Even with this
arrangement the crop must move very
slowly and farmers who are obliged to
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
The Sacred White I,Ieohant.

Tho Buddhists veneratc q white ele-
plant. According to their religion a
mar lives twelve times on earth. his
soul returning after each dcmise to
some animal, beginning with some Of
the lower varieties, like q reptile, a
crocodile or q wolf, and then each time
he dies afterward returning to some
animal of a higher type. In this way
there is q gradual progression of the
soul until it reaches tho animal repre-
ssenting the highest type of all, which
is the white elephant.
They claim that the founder of their
religion calne back to earth twelve
times, and is tho only one who eventu-
ally succeeded in getting to heaven.
Tho last six times he was on earth his
spirit was i~ncarcerated in one of these
elephants, and his spirit, shining
through the flesh of the animal, made
it white, q color which the animal has
retained up to the present time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
WORLDS FAIR ENGINE nousu.

in a restaurant, but he is carefully
watched and his smoking is harmless.
There is a great deal of lunch eating
going on in the grounds and in the
buildings, and the papers left by the
people r very inflammable material,
but these are all gathered up soon
AFTER they ave thrown DOWN and car
ried away. In every building iEere is
9 large force of janitors, and their sole
duty is to constantly sweep out the
alsles and sections, and to lay the dust
they always sprinkle the floor before
they use tho broom.
No stoves are now used In any build
ing except tho cooking stoves where
there is o restaurant. In this latter
case every precaution is taken, and
thus far there has been no cause for
apprehension on this scoro, Two
months ago, when the weather was
cold, stoves were used in the various
Offices, but before a stove was put in it
was necessary to obtain q special per-
init, and this was not granted unless
there vas reason to believe that the
stove would be carefully used. It may
also be added that during the construc-
ton period, when there was a great
deal of building material in the grounds
nobody was allowed to smoke at all OK
cept in his private office. It will be
seen On reflection that many buildings
are safe simply because there is moth
ing inside of them that could set them
on fire. There is not q spark Of fire
kindled under the roof Of tho Govern
,nent Building from IL weeks end to
another, nor is there any in the Fish
cries Building, or tho Agricultural
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

fire from the outside, for the reason
that nearly all Of them are covered on,
the outside with staff, and staff is fire.
proof. When the cold storage ware
house was on fire the other day it was
noticed that the outside walls stood
almost as If they were built of brick,
not falling in until their supports had
all been burned away.
Such q building as that Of Fine Arts
is absolutely fireproof, but then 1t is
the most deliberately constructed of all
the buildings, and will undoubtedly be
used after the Fair Is over as q per-
manent gallery of art.
No Loss of Life to Visitors.
But even II there should be another
fire there is small probability of its re-
sulting in loss of life to visitors. The
main exhibits are all on the ground
floor, and no building is moro than two
stories high. Where there are .balco-
MES with exhibits in them there are
large staircases, and if an alarm were
given q crowded building would be
emptied in less than q minute. 1t
would be almost impossible to cut off
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

the avenues of escape, because they
Il Sc numerous. The very recent
precautions in regard to the roofs Of
the Manufactures and Transportation
Buildings make these entirely safe.
In tho cold storage fire, the place
where it caught was precisely the most
dangerous OF all, and after the tiremen
had gone up into the tower whore the
flame was the building caught beneath
them, thus cutting off this mode of re-
treat. 1t is utterly impossible for such
a thing to happen again, for the reason
that there is not another smoke stack
III q tower in the whole park.
1t was demonstrated clearly that o
fire at tho Worlds Fair cannot spread.
1t may burn down n building, but it
will not burn two together. There was
q brisk wind blowing and the flames
were of a prodigious magnitude, but
they were not able to jump over the
space that interviewed between the
buildings. All the buildings are iso-
lated, and they take their chances in
dividually and independent of each
other.
Another element in the safety from
fire is found in the lagoons and basins
that intersect the park. They and the
lake itself furnish an inexhaustible sup
ply Of water for the engines, and that
terrible dread which is often present
at fires of an insufficient supply Of
water is wholly eliminated.
There are, it may safely be pre-
sumed, some timid people who will take
fright because of the cold storage ca
lamity, but they will make a grave
mistake if they stay away from the
Fair Oh that account. The cold-storage
warehouse was the one weak point in
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

pany of Minnesota issued 81. $780, 600
worth of forged duplicate certificates
for grain On storage in the.
country" elevators owned by the
concern, where the inspection
is not SO strict as at the
terminal elevators. These forged
certificates were deposited with east
ern banks as collateral. About $780,
600 was secured in New England and
the balance in New York. Some of the
eastern holders of the paper became
suspicious and, on an investigation be-
ing made, the true state of affairs came
to light.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
4. The punishment of the culprits and pro-
tsion for the pecuniary indemnity Of the

Visl0u 4o1 tne pccun1ary Tenn OF the
6. An indemnity Of 2, COO. 600 francs for various
damages sustained by French subjects.
to e sua nhs t%T sSa psy asp1sit e q t a;e0a s ;oeS f5a sss
fifth claims or the assignment OF the taxes in
certain districts. In lieu of tho deposit Of
100000 francs.
This ultimatum wa sent on July 10,
and forty-eight hours were allowed for
Siam to make answer to the French
demands. On July 81 NJ. Pavie, the
French minister at Bangkok, presented
the ultimatum to Prince Devawongso,
the Siamese minister. On July % Siam
replied, stating that the King was at
q loss to understand what the rights Of
Anam and Cambodia on the left
bank of the Mekong River. The King
expressed his willingness to abandon
all the territories owe which the exist
ence Of these rights could be proved and
called attention to the fact that five
months previously he had proposed to
submit all the contested territorial
In the interests of peace, however, the
as far north as the eighteenth degree
of latitude, but no further, and bro
posed that the islands in the Mekong
River be used in common by Siam and
France. All the other points of the
ultimatum were conceded.
This answer was not satisfactory to
France and subsequently NJ. Pavie
Withdrew from Bangkok on a gunbo$t,
and the French warships in tho Mendm
River went to Koh-Si-Chang, an islatd
near the head of the Gulf of Siah,
where they Joined the Nsuch faet
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

water works, but tho tower is much
lower than either the Auditorium or
Masonic Temple. A look from OVER
head may be supplemented by q peep
into the river tunnel at La Sallc street.
10 tho novice a tramp through its foot
way is as much of an experience as q
ramble through u cave, and is
thing to be remembered.
City sights change in their degrees
OF popularity, according as they are old
or now. just now. even the
most experienced resident Is in.
torested in anything %nppertaining to
rapid transit, and tho stranger IRON
an interior town should be even moro
So. OF course, any person riding on
the cable cars for the first time will
stop at some II of tho many power.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
HE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
clerks cater thoroughly to the needs of
the visitor. Profitable and pleasure

clerks cater thoroughly to the needs of
the visitor. Profitable and pleasur-
able leisure hours may be spent
here among the latest leading
magazines, Journals and books
of the day, and any special theme
studied out with comfort and method.
In several special departments the col
lections have begun to receive world
wide attention from scholars and ar-
thors, being SO fully equipped as to
place at the disposal of such, for pur-
poses of original research, the fullest
material in their respective lines of in
vestigation. In the course of it's ac-
Sessions cess tho 1osl library y has succeeded in
collection on the history of tho civil
war, which. perhaps, has not it's equal
in this, and surely not in any foreign
country. Thedepaltment ON the French
Revolution is another which is
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

realizes that its shelves provide intel
lectual food daily for u community of
over a million of people. The library
is not a very ancient institution. having
been started in 1872, but within twenty
years it has accumulated no less than
l77,178 volumes, aside from numberless
periodicals and pamphlets Of great let
crary value. Here the best writings Of
nearlyevery nationality are represented
and with the aid of a largo corps of
clerks, s%ub-stations and delivery
wagons, the securing of a book ut any
time is made an easy task, even for q
person residing in a portion of the city
at the main distributing apartment of
the library should be supplemented by
q call ut its reading room. Tho refer
ence books and other material ut tho
disposal of citizen and stranger alike
are exhaustive, and a wcll-lightod,
wcll-ventilatsd apartment, comfortable
chairs and tables. and accommodating
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

was the possession Of the provinces on
the northeastern side of the Mekong,
and it is currently reported that Lord
Dufferin has secured a settlement by
consenting to Siam handing these prov
inces to France on the distinct UNDER
standing that France shall Immediately
restore them to Siam and that the
buffer state between France and Eng
lish territories whereon England in
sisted shall be preserved. The feeling
in tho bellicose Paris press was against
any arrangement with England, but
the French government is doubtless de-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
No Reptiles in Newfoundland.

There is plenty of game in New
f%oundland, but not a reptile of any
k~ind--snake, toad, frog, lizard, or even
no n eve saw q squirrel,
porcupine,. mouse, or lynx anywhere
within its boundaries. This is all the
moro singular because the adjoining
provinces Of Nova Scotia and Cape
Breton have all of these animals and
many kinds of snakes and other rep
tiles. On the other hand the Arctic
hare is abundant in Newfoundland, but
is not found in Nova Scotia or Cape
Breton. The summer nights of Nova
Scotia r made brilliant by fre-fies,
but no FREELY ever lights up a New
foundland nocturnal landscape by its
sparkling flight.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
WORLDS FAIR CHEMICAL Sc1Sn
Building, Or a number of others. All
of the State buildings are absolutely
safe in this wav.
Regular Fire Engines,

w.
But it does not require fire in a
building to burn it down, since it NAV
be brought in by CARELESS or malicious
person, and every possible provision
has been made ut the Worlds Fair for
putting it out. All over the grounds
there are regular fire engines, such as
one sees in every big city. The corps
Is composed of the best and most x
.perienced men, the engines have the
best and most modern appliances, the
horses are fully up to the high average
of fire horses. There are electric fire.
alarm boxes at every corner, and the
Columbian guards have all been in.
structed how to turn in an alarm. Be-
sides this, hand grenades, portable fire
eXtinguishers and fire buckets may be
found everywhere. It has happened
on several occasions that the dropping
OF a match or crossing of two electric
wires has caused q small fire to start,
and each time there was found to be
no difficulty in extinguishing the flame
without calling out the fire depart
ment.
( Another thing must be noted. The
buildings IRE not as inflammable as
such temporary structure usually are.
It Is not pretended that they are not
inaammable, for they are, but it would
not be an easy thing to set them on
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

houses along tho line to inspect the
workings Of tho system. The great
wheels that u the cable. capable of
sustaining thousands of ions strain,
are only equaled by the immense boil.
ers, engines, driving wheels and beau!
tiful system of rods, pistons and cylini
ders that movo like clock-work, and
propel vehicles which transfer half d
million people q day from one part oil
The city to another.
Since the elevated railroad system
has proven q success, attention has
been transferred to that method Of
transit, and the problem of spanning
the river bridges, as eXemplified by the
corporation, is worth observing. Be.
sides this, q walk along tho projected.
line of the new elevated railroad in the
West Division will convey a fair idea
of tho magnitude of it's initial work;
For nearly four miles the company has
been compelled to buy itsiright OF. way.
Residences worth as high as
100000, q stately church, O mag
sive electric light house, splendid
brick blocks-hundreds OF these have
been sacrificed, torn down bodily, or
removed to make place for the piers
and rail structure of tho new road.
The cost of all this purely prcpara-'
tory work has been enormous, largo
bodies of high-value ground having
been purchased as we'll. During the
recent visit of a party of foreign mag
mates, II of the sights most interest
ingly enjoyed was the moving of a.
solid stone structure, five stories HIN
and nearly one hundred feet sql
out of tho line of road and to adidid
lots. Notwithstanding the enorm
expense of getting the plant in CPD
ton, it is believed that elevated 1
ways will pay q large return in N
Gag, on tho fortune it invested
one now running to the Worlds
being q financial success, and hav
proved its ability to take care of gr0
crowds cheaply, safely and with cd
mendable dispatch. HS
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
FIRE AT TEE FAIR.
NOT LIKELY TO BE ANOTHER
DISASTER THERE.
Precautions that Have Boon Taken to Pro.
won't Such Calamities as tho Cold-storage
Horror-Provision Mado for Putting Dat
. Dlaxe.
No Danger Now.
Worlds Fair correspondence:

Ire at the Worlds
Fair, at least a dis
blaze, is not
ut all probable. The
recent burning of
Cold S storage
building, with all
its attendant horror,
has made nearly
person w Ii
c~ontemplates visit
ing the show inquire
are the pre-
taken
against fire, and
r~h@kl ~1s1.-1..
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

the park and the fire seized upon 1t.
If the rest Of the buildings were safe
before they IRE doubly SO now, as the
minutest are will be observed. From
an aesthetic point of view the cold
storage building was one that could 10
as we'll spared as any other. 1t stood
over in q corner of the grounds near
the fence. Few people ever visited it,
and it is probable that not one-third Of
the visitors now at tho Fair notice
where its ruins are unless they espe-
cially seek information.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
THE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

gers an unknown man fell into the
lake. Rumor quickly spread among
the frightened thousands that the boat
was running dangerously near shore.
With each contradiction a moro serious
rumor would run over the boat. until
accidents from frequent stampedes to
different places on the boat we're ner.
rowly averted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
LOST in A FOG.

Tho whaleback Steamer Christopher Co.
lumbus Loses Her Bearings.
Lost in the thick fog which hung
over Lake Michigan the other night,
the whaleback steamship Christopher
Columbus was obliged to sound its way
into port, returning to Chicago from
Milwaukee. 1t arrived three hours
late. In the fright which ensued
among its great lead of 5000 passen-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
roofs Of tho worlds EsirS(
but to be perfect It should

roofs Of the worlds FSirN
but to be perfect It should
from q city central point.
two notable places for such q \
both accessible for q small fed.
elevator takes a person to the toweV
the Auditorium building, where as wd
q visit to the signal service or weatke
bureau may be madc, and the world!
seems to lie at the Observers feet, or a
skyward journey mayeb, made to the
roof of the Masonic Temple, corner of.
Randolph and State streets. Yhis lat
ter prospect on q clear day is u won-
dertul one. The observatory Is
claimed to be tho highest Ct its
kind in tho world, being 302 feet
above tho sidewalk. Those Ct an
economical mind may find a free
observatory ct the North Division
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
Isricacts.

A REVOLUTION has broken out
Argentina.
SENATOR A. G. BEcKw1TH, of WI
oming, has resigned.
Gov. Bo1s repudiates the story TIL
he is out of politics.
AT Groveton, Texas, James and Bu
Roach were slain by unknown assa}
sins.
PRIVATE SECRETARY THuRBER prd
diets that Congress will adjourn in CT
tober. y
A New YORK company will repro7
duce the most attractive Worlds Fair
exhibits.
Mrs. P. OWENS, Of Columbus, Ohio,
was arrested for forging her husbands
name.
The United States warship Alert WA
damaged in collision near Shanghai.
China.
T. A. SMITH, mail agent, confessed at
Austin, Minn., to stealing $1,000 from
letters.
FOUR persons were hurt by a stree1
a crashing into a freight car ut Phil
adelphia.
COLORADO may establish q State de(
pository for silver bullion, and issue
certificates thereon.
The Chinese Six Companies will ask
q ~rehearing before the United Statef
Supreme Court Of the. Geary law case.
THE courts have knocked out the
Nebraska maximum rate law as prac.
tically confiscating oil railroads in the.
State. ~ &
ABRAHAM PARDON, teller Of the
First National Bank OF Paterson, N. d.
is a fugitive. He distracted Sl0,850ipy
small bills from money packages. !
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

that such a calamity will occur again.
The answer can be made at once in the
negative. There is no probability that
any other building will be burned, and
il were burned it would be impos-
sible that there should be such q loss
Of life.
In the first place, 1t must be emem-
bcred that the smoke stack that caused
that fire had teen objected to by the
architect OF the'building and by others,
but the owner thought it was easier
to take Q risk than to pay q little
money. Tho building did not belong
to tho Exposition, and the inspection
and. guardianship over 1t we're not such
al prevail over the other buildings
in the grounds. There are, it is true,
other buildings which do not belong to
the Exposition. but they do not include
any of the great buildings, and they
have all boon examined and pronounced
icnfa
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
Don't Ride TOO Much.

It has been found that b~icyclists who
ride to xces are afflicted with a ca
tarrhal laryngitis. Mouth breathing
and the rapidity and pressure with
which large quantities ofair are forced
into the larynx are said to he the cause,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

lighteda at being able to emerge from a
serious situation without complications
with Great Britain and with u full
pound of flesh from little Siam.
Francois Ultimatum.
Tho substance of the ultimatum was
as follows:
l. A recognition Of the rights Of Anam and
Cambodia, on the left, or eastern, bank of the
Mckong River as far north as tho twenty-third
parallel of latitude.
9. The evacuation within a month of the forts
held by tho Siamese on the east bank of the
river.
8. Full satisfaction for various sfamese ag-
gresstOns against French ships and French
sailors on the Menam River,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
swINDLED II BANKS.

Northern Pacific Elevator Company Em-
ployes Get g $1,000, 900 by fraud.
A huge conspiracy has been UNI
earthed whereby seventy-three banks
and banking institutions in New Eng
land we're victimized. The story is to
the effect that certain employees of
the Northern Pacific Elevator Com
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

HE Worlds Fair
visitor with idle lei
sure at
should not fail ut
some period of his
~sojourn to take u
look at tho Chicago
Public L b y.
There is nothing i'm
posing in this enter
prise, its quarters
are confined ones, it
does not even boast
of q homo of its own,
but these very cir
add to
the wonder of the
,r1,D~ IL
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28
rrecautlon Against Fire.

Tho principal precaution taken
against fire is tho fact that tho great
est caro- is taken not to admit anything
In q building that can SGT fire to it.
Any man may smoke in tho grounds,
building he must stop. He can smoke
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

not yet been made public. With the
acceptance of the ultimntum by the
Siamese Government the war cloud in
the East, of course, passes over.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-07-28

sell may find themselves much incor
venienced.