Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15

From Thursdays Daily.
The next grand lodge meeting viii
be held at Pierre.
Ju6ge Gardner will deliver ths
Fourth Of July grafton at Custer.
The large hangers for the Black
Hills Chautauqu. assembly are now Oh
press and will soon be distributed to
the public for advertising purposes.
Jno. R. Brennan, Of Rapid City, The
popular candidate for railroad COM
missioner is in the city interviewing
his hosts Of friends from tbe eastern
part Of the state.
The ice cream sociable given BY tho
Baptist church at LiebnanTs old stand
last evening was not as we'll patrenized
as it should have been, bat We under.
stand the Ladies society which super.
attended the affair made . nice little
sum.
Brother Bates, OF the Lake Preston
Times, who has gained some notoriety
by suddenly Topping from the republi.
can to the Independent party recently,
has been enjoying the grand lodge
session in the city, and favored tho
STAR with a fraternal call.
The supreme court has sustained
Secretary of State Thorson in bis opin-
ion concerning the letting Of the state
printing, which is against the injupc-
tion proceedings of Carter Bros, in
granting the contract to the Huronite
of Huron, and Brown & Seeger Of
Sioux Falls.
The general land office at Washing.
ton has sent out notice, which is be.
ing generally published throughout
the Hills calling the attention of tho
public to the devastation eansed by the
recent forest fires, originating in many
instances through the carelessness of
prospectors, campers, hunters, herders,
etc., and warning is given that the ori-
gin of ell forest fires will be closely
Investigated and persons implicated
will be prosecuted to the full extent Of
the law.
The committee of investigation Of
the management of the soldiers home
finished their work last night and Gen.
Carpenter leaves for Pierre this even
ing viii his report to present to the
governor. 1t is impossible for the
STAR TO give correct idea Of what the
report contains but from converse
tion had with one of the committee we
would conclude that they are of the
opinion that the matter should be left
in the hands Of the board, but that
they will have some recommendations
to make to the governor.
We are informed that the officers Of
the law have made the declaration
that the hell holes that have lately dis.
graced the fair name Of our city by al
lurlng young girls to their dens, will
hereafter be guarded with the most
watchful care, and that prompt ar.
rests will follow any suspicion Of the
further repetition Of such proceed
ings. II such occurrences as have
lately taken place are to be for a mo-
ment countenanced, no parent can rest
at ease over the possible fate Of his
loved daughters. The officers will be
upheld by the people in summarily
dealing with the virtue despoiling
hounds.
The STAR sincerely laments that it
is necessary to call attention to vio-
lation of decency and an outrage Of
virtue which occurred yesterday and
which is the talk of the town. It Is
neither proper nor necessary to
mention names for most of our readers
are conversant with the facts, which,
however, will be more fully ascertained
at the trial next Saturday. 1t is inn
poftant however that the attention Of
good citizens and parents be called to
this fact, that there are wolves in
sleeps clothing in our midst who
with specious words and allurinr
Establishments entice young girls to
their ruin. An open outrage would be
summarily dealt with in any COM
munity, but those who would seduce
and drag innocent childhood into a sin
which must forever leave them with q
tarnished name, are no better than the
vilest brutes. In the eyes of the law
it is a malicious, low, devil,sh plan,
carefully concocted. and carried ont
successfully and ought to be punished
more severely than open handed ravish-