Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
IN THE WEST.

SPOKANE, Wash, special: A mys-
terious plague has suddenly broken
out at and about Wardner, in the
Crur d.Alene mining district, and
within the last few days several hum
dred people have been stricken.
Most of them are miners. The local
physicians are balilcd as to the origin
or nature of the epidemic, and Spo-
kane physicians have been called to
pie are greatly alarmed and surround-
ing towns are afraid that the plague
will spread. No deaths are reported.
DIR. Gibson of Wardner is of the opin-
ion that the disease is not dangerous.
MlNNEAPoLIs special: In the dis
trict criminal court the jury in the
case OF kristian Kortsaard. ex-presi-
dent of the State Bank. indicted on IL
charge of grand larceny in the first
degree for stealing $.3. COO, gave Il
verdict of guilty of the theft OF $l3.-
600. kortga;trd. it was alleged, com
verified large sums OF money to his own
use by organizing IL number of ticti-
tious companies. of which he was
president and general manager. \
motion for a new trial will he made.
The punishment is not less than five
| years or more than ten in the state
prison.
ARKANSAS CITY. Kan. special: Re-
ports just coming in tell of the ravages
of Il tornado of no small proportions
| which struck Geuda Springs late Sat-
urday night. Much damage was done
farm houses and crops. Two people
were injured. The property loss will
aggregate nearly 100000. At Salt
City, near Geuda Springs. some dam
age was done, but no one was injured.
AT Winfield. where the storm broke
| up. six small houses were blown down
! and several business houses unroofed.
TOPEKA, Kan, special: j. G.
Waters. formerly general attorney for
the Santa Ee road, says Judge Cald-
we'll is tired of having the road on his
either go into the hands of the first
mortgagecs or prove itself capable of
! running without Il receiver. Waters
says that it cannot do the latter so it
will have to he forcclOsed on within n
year.
NORFOLK, Neb., special: \ tramp
was arrested here charged with an at
tempted assault OH a 5%-ycar-old child.
Tho prisoner was first put III the city
Jail, but was removed afterwards to
the county Jail for fear OF lynchin". as
there was considerable talk of vio-
lence. From papers found on his per.
son his name is supposed to be John
Phillips of Mcrrick County.
ROCKFORD, Ill.,, special: Sheriff
Ostranda of Sycamore was hastily
summoned to the little village Of
Genoa. where All angry mob Of 400
gathered to lynch Charles Stebbins,
confined in the tlimsy town calaboosc,
charged with criminal assault on a IL
year-old girl. The sheriff succeeded
in getting the prisoner away safely to
Sycamore.
ST. PAUL special: 4. building on
Bridge Square. being demolished by
the Pabst Brewing Company for the
erection of q new warehouse. fell in.
bris, six of whom were taken out bad
ly injured, one possibly fatally. The
seventh is still under the pile of
brick.
SAN DIEGO. Cal, special: A very
sharp earthquake shock drove the
people from the largo buildings. No
damage was done beyond the break
ing of windows. a telephone message
from Campo says the shock was very
severe there. The disturbance was
also felt at Los Angeles.
OAKLAND, Cal. special: a burglar
entered the room of Rev. +. L. Wolf
and wife. returned Alaska mission
aries, and when they awoke attacked
them with a Ratchet. Both were
frlghtfully mangled and the burglar
escaped. Wolf will die, but his wife
will live.
M1NoNK. ILL.,. special: In a wreck ON
the Illinois Central Railroad at Ruth
land two unknown Austrians met q
horrible death. being crushed be-
You'd recognition. Another wa SO
badly injured that his death is mo.
mentarily expected.
CHICAGO special: A five-story brick
building on Wells Street in course of
erection collapsed, burying five or six
men in the ruins. All escaped, how.
ever. without serious injury.