Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-09
IN II WEST.

WIN ANi>.AirO i-io' Nlluu., Speclal: n
large delegation of citizens of Man
itoba and the Canadian northwest
were in the city returning from u Sc
cret railroad mission to Ottawa. The
object was to secure the approval and
aid of the Dominion Government for
the Hudson Bay Railroad project. 1t
was admitted that the mission was sue
cessful, sufficient English and Cam
adam capital having been Interested
to insure an carly completion of the
line. The route will run from Winni-
peg through the fertile daphin couu-
BOD miles, thence to the mouth of the
Churchill River on Hudson's bay. 400
miles through Il fine timber region
and one rich in minerals.
SAN FRANCISCO special: Advices
from Honolulu say the orchards and
fields OF Hawaii are being devastated
by an insect about the size of a: lady,
bug. The natives believe it to dc an
involuntary importation from .Iapan
and so call it the Japanese bug. The
insect attacks the leaves. eating all
the soft parts and leaving the fiber
untouched. Shrubs and trees quickly
die under the ravages from myriads of
the destructive insects. The bug
mysteriously disappears during the
day. working only at night. The Ha-
waiians have so fan. been unable to
procure an antidote for the pest.
WINFIELD, Kan, special: The
farmers of Cowley County are having
to pasture their wheat in order to
keep it from growing too rank and
jointing. The wheat was never in q
more advanced growth i'll the history
of the county, and unless it is pas
tured heavily or cold weather sets in
it will joint and the crop be ruined.
1t is free from fly or bug, and the
warm weather has made it grow very
rank. The acreage is the largest
sown i'll many years, Notwithstanding
the low price. and there has been ten
bushels fed to stock this year where
one was fed last year.
IAQUINA, Ore. special: The steam
er Homer has arrived from San Fran
cisco. Among her passengers were
the crew of the American brig Il. w.
Lucas, from Hoogsport. Puget Sound,
to San Francisco. with Il load of piles.
The captains log shows Il succession
of heavy winds and tremendous seas
vessel to leak badly. The crew was
unable to keep the pumps going and
the ship was abandoned i'll q water
logged condition, the crew having
only time to save a portion of their
clothing when picked up by the
Homer.
ASTORIA. Ore, special: The United
States revenue cutter, Corwin, has
arrived. She brings no tidings of the
missing ship Ivanhoe, for which she
went in search. Since leaving San
Francisco the Corwin made Il zig gag
curse to the Columbia River, running
out to u distance of POO miles. Out
side of San Francisco several coasting
vessels were boarded, but nothing was
learned. None of them had sighted
any w%reckage. The captain of the
Corwin states that he encountered
none of the piles of the big raft that
went to pieces off Iaquina.
The DALLEs. Ore, special: After
two weeks of careful work, the men
who robbed the Pacific Express Com
pany of $l5, 000, have been a%pprehend-
ed. and all except 5000 of the stolen
money has been recovered. Frank
Klein and Otis Savage, young men of
respectable parentagc. but who have
been known to belong to what is
known locally as the Hawthorne gang
VI uespefdlocS. ute Gile OOUctS SlucS
followed out led to them, and when
they were finally arrested Klein :con-
fessed and showed where tho money
was hidden.
TACOMA, WASH, special: Official
statistics just compiled show that the
low price of wheat has developed the
pork packing interests of the state,
and places the number of pigs being
fattened ON wheatin Whitman County
alone at $4,000. Only IS to 20 cents
per bushel is realized by the wheat
farmers.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, special: r.. H.
Porter, for twenty years auditor of
the Rock Island Railroad. died sud-
denly at Cincinnati recently. Investi-
CATION shows that he suicided to es-
cape disgrace. The expose and inves-
tigation has caused a sensation.
DECATUR, ILL.,, special: L. D. Ca
bande of ST. Louis covered q quarter.
mile. unpaced, flying start, in % Sec
onds fat, lowering Ziegler's worlds
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