Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-28
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CHICAGO special: Chicago freight
yards are Sc badly blocked with load
ed cars that it is almost impossible to
move anything in them. The block
AIDE is as severe us ever existed there.
though the traffic of the roads is very
much below what it has been in some
previous years. The laden cars for
the most part contain grain for which
no storage be found. The clcva-
consignees are, tor the time being,
forcing the roads to transform their
cars into storage warehouses. 1t is
estimated there are 5000 cars loaded
with grain on the tracksin and around
Chicago, delivery of which cannot he
taken ut present. The roads most in
convenicnced are the Wabash, Illinois
Central and the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois.
SUPERIOR, Wis. special: The Nor
thern Pacific and Eastern Minnesota
Railroads are now bringing into Super
ior an average of 800 cars of wheat u
day. The yards of the Eastern Min
ncsota ut South Superior and West SUI
pcrior are completely blocked with
cars. and the tracks OF other roads are
being used. The Northern Pacific,
which has more trackage within the
city limits than all the other roads i'm
Superior combined, is experiencing
great difficulty in making room from
day to day for the ears that are brought
in. The elevators and mills cannot
unload the cars fast enough to keep
pace with the incoming traffic.
FoRT 'ScoTT. Kan, special: Two
sas ranch. where the crops totally
frilnI this SnnSnn tyn1.n 1nlnu1nl an
the streets of this city and sold for
from 30 cents to SD each. The v
age price was ST. Three months ago
they would have sold for S. each. The
scene was 81 rare novelty. The herd
was surrounded by eager butchers
anxious to purchase. The shippers
sell them for only money enough to
pay transportation here. rather than
let them starve where there is no food.
Many loads have passed through this
city going to other cities to be sold in
Il similar way.
ST.. PAUL special: In the conven-
ton of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union the first business was reports of
societies not connected with the
unions. Wonderful growth was re-
ported from many sections. In the az
ternoon Secretary Doyle OF New York
submitted the report of the numerical
strength OF the order, in which he
new societies with IL membership of
1858 to the roll of national unions,
making n total of 763 societies with a
membership of 55,445."
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, special:
Mai. Mahoney, who was sent IL by
Gov. Peck to investigate the losses by
fire in the burned district in this state,
says he found the situation less dis
tressing than he expected and all that
is needed now is stoves for the refu-
gees from B%arronnette and Cumber-
land. From his view there is little
needed beyond temporary relief, as
most of the heads of families have al
ready steady employment to Engage
them through the winter.
EARLvlLLE. Ill.,. special: Henry \.
Chase died of cancer, aged II. He
was highly respected and had u re-
markable history in office. with II 100
years of public service to his credit.
He was justice of the peace thirty
seven years, notary public twcnty-four
years. city clerk nineteen years, tax
collector twenty-three years. super
visor two years. overseer of poor two
years. and town clerk two wears. all in
MARI Iow iisiitl'' La 'ouiie Souluv.
ROCKFORD. Ill.,, special: George
Schweinfurth has for some time been
entertaining Il brother from jackson.
Mich. With the exception of his sis
ter, Marie. who makes her home at
the Weldon farm. and is the chief
angel of the place, the family of the
pseudo christ has refused to believe in
hisdivinity heretofore. but the brother
here at present has become r%econciled
and converted to the faith. and will go
home soon to propagate it.
CHARLESTON, ILL.,, special: The
price OF broom corn in this county has
reached slO5 per ton, and is still going
up. Buyers ere securing the country
and trying to secure the entire crop.
OMAHA special: The first snow of
the season has fallen here, followed
nv n heavv rain from the north.