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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
RAIN BADLY NEEpep.
FAN Flowing Retarded Owing to Baked
Condition Of the SOIL.

Condition OF tho SOlL
reports az to the condition of crops
throughout the country and the gem
etal innuen-e Of weather on growth.
Gu sivatiOn, and harvest were made by
the directors of the different State
weather services OF the United States
Weather Bureau. Tue reports re.
ceiveA by Telegraph at Chicago are Is
follows:
utlnois-1emperAturo above normal,
sunshine normal; rainfall below and badly
wesx corn and pastures much improved.
Flowing being pushed in central and
southern. but retarded In northern Dor.
tlvn some aeedinx already done
lndisns=No rain Corn maturing slow.
Food yield; plowing retarded, ground too
dry and hard; stock 10 being fed and water
scarce.
Nisconsin-Ths driest week Of the sea-.
ION Late reports indicate general rains
In no.thern portion retaedin9 forest ares.
fast Too dry for fall blowing. Potato.
prospect improved slightly.
Minnesots-Wafm and dry. In east cen-
trail portion crops In many places have
been destroyed By forest nreS Corn har-
Ssssins begun: yield light BOT affecting
III progress Fall plowing retarded by
drought Rain needed.
lowa-Extreme drought conditions miti-
gated by showers. Corn near safety line
from damage by frost Cutting for fodder
Is general In nearly all parts OF the state
eouth Dakota-Exces.tve temperature
With COOL nights. Noprccipttation and high
winds injurious to all crops In eastern
section. ihrashtnx progressing, yield show.
Ing lighter than expected. Everything
suffering for want Of rain.
North DakotaI;Thrashins going on az
rapidly as possiblA Corn maturing fast
and will be . good CROP but only . small
amount was planted
kansas-Good rains from Barber to Don.
iphnn counties. with heavy rains trom
Barber to sedgw wick. counties beneAting
water diminishing, orchards and pastures
failing.
Nebraska-very little change In the crop
conditions. Pastures very short. aud little
plOwinx done Showers general the last
days OF the week
Cotton picking progressing rapidlyi yield
very good Pastures drying up. Boil wormt
slightly damaging cotton In southwest Dor.
tion. Flowing retarded.
ohio-Except local rains in southerr
portion. the conditions IRE practically un.
ready TO cut but q great deal has been al.
ready cut for fodder. Tobacco has i'm.
proved and 10 being cut and housed
early planting yields we'll
Missouri-Good showers In some locali.
ties. but week generally clear and dry
thirds of average crop for State. Fal
blowing progressing slowly; pastures dry
water scarce
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and sunshin,
normal. rainfall below; there has been n,
let vi on drought during past week. an,
VoHmn WAoOamtanA ~ Cnva - mat waAA~ ~
tion. Late potatoes and pastures can 70
bo helped,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
REPUDIATE GROVER.
VOTERS REGISTERING THEIR
OPINION OF DEMOCRACY.
Tho Democr.tic New York Sun Point, Out
tho Rocky Road Which Lies Before Etc
Party-Clevelaud's Cowardlce-Good for
England.
Not In Glover.

NVt ~ NkUVGxs
The second year Of an administration
3 its critical time. AT the elections
Of the second year you get the peoples
verdict of good or bad, says the Demo
cratic New York Sun. In the second
year of Mr.. Cleveland's first term, that
Is to say, in 1856, Rhode. island ed off
on the first Wednesday in April. The
Republican plurality in that Republi-
can State. was 1896. At the cores
ponding election in April, 1884, the
Republican plurality was 1925. The
Democracy went all to pieces. The
signal disaster which it encountered
this year was far greater than appears
by the comparison with 1886; for since
that time the Rhode Island Democrats
have actually carried the State, last
year by q plurality of 1855. Next came
Oregon. In the second year of Mr..
Cleveland's first term the Democrats
carried the State for Governor, on the
first Monday of June, 1886. The DEM
ocratic plurality was 3,702. At the
corresponding election last June. in
the second year of Mr.. Cleveland's Sec
ond term, the Republicans swept Ore.
gon from end to end. They carried
everything. They elected their can
didate for Governor by a plurality of
nearly 1000.
How about Tennessee?: In that State
at the election on the first Thursday of
August in 1886, the Democratic ma
jority over the Republican candidates
was about $4,000. From the corre-
spending election in August of this
year it is known that the Eighth Con-
gressional District, which in November,
1885,, wen Democratic by 80 0 ma.
jority, was carried this year by the
Republicans tor their judicial ticket
with at least LOCO to spare. The indi-
cations for the whole State point to a
greatly reduced Democratic plurality
as compared with eight years ago.
The last basis for comparison up to
date is afforded ty the great Demo-
cratic State of Alabama. After MIR.
months in office during his first term,
the Democrats of Alabama elected o
Governor by the tremendous plurality
of To-, 1921. Nearly eighty per cent. Of
all the voters in that State was solidly
Democratic eight years ago. At the
corresponding election this year the
remnants of this magnificent organiza.
ton managed after an almost desper-
ate campaign to elect a candidate for
Governor, supposed to have the good
wishes OF Mr.. Cleveland, by q majority
probably exceeding $4,000. Arkansas,
Vermont, ard Maine are still to be
heard from. Then come the State
elections in most of the States, and the
general elections for Congress in all
OF the States, on Nov. s. The prospect
is not encouraging. The drift is all
began TO register their opinion Of the
first year Of Mr.. Clcveland's second
term, the results have not been such as
to inspire even in the most sanguine
mind any enthusiastic expectation of q
glorious and general Democratic vic
tory in November.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14

the rescuinR parties that are following
heroically in the black wake Of the
flames come reports of the finding Of
cor Of bodies, the great majority Of
them burned beyond the chance Of
Identification. On the clcarings have
been found the bodies Of fathers and
brothers who met death while striv.
ing to stay the progress of the flames
towards the homes which sheltered
wives and sisters. The story is one Of
horror, lightened as all such stories
are by acts Of heroism. Physicians at
Duluth who have been to the eel Of
the fire In Pine County to attend to the
injured say If the deaths in other sec
tions are In anything like proportion
to those In the section which they Wis.
ited the list of the lost will be in.
creased to more tnan 1000.
The country between Ontonagon and
Charming, Mich, which is full of lum-
Der camps and contains the towns Of
Rockland, Pori and Greenland, has
been cut of from outside communica-
tion, and 1t is feared almost the entire
section has been burned oyer. Rains
fell In the Ashland, Wis, district and
places, notably near Hinckley, where
oAAS 6AC0VOoV AOSo Va A4A0 VONuGHCOS vuO
downfall a not heavy enough to be
of material service.
The inhabitants Of Hermansville,
Mich, were battling with the fire
Monday night and the reports made It
appear that the town was doomed.
Spooner, Wis, lies Just to the east of
q great territory OF burning forests.
A change Of the wind to the west may
mean the destruction of the town. Rib
Lake. Taylor County, Wis, has been
added to the list of towns probably
destroyed. Its $50 inhabitants are be-
lieved to be homeless, and fears are
entertained that many have lost their
lives. Fires are reported on the line
Of the Northwestern between Common
wealth and Menominee. The rain
must be heavy and widely extended to
extinguish thoroughly the fire over
the territory still reported to be burn
The rain cloud that deluged St. Paul
barely touched with its edge the Pine
Count district, and with the increased
velocity of the wind there is great
danger that the scenes of horror will
be repeated.
At fronwood, Mich, the citizens ex,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
NAV orov.r s.,,, On

why 0fOV0r 01IO. WU--
President Cleveland i, reported to
have interrupted a di tingui,hed
United States Senator who questioned
him on the subject Of q tariff me sage
with the violent ejaculation, % q
message; I've written enough al
ready"
Perhaps the r resident had in mind
only the famous letter to Mr.. VIII ON
that ha, come back to plague him, but
the public will go further than that, as
1t heartily subscribes to the sentiment
that Grover has written enough. From
the time when he compo ed that re-
markable speech about the soil remain
ing in it, place ave to this very day
Mr.. Cleveland has continued to give
fresh evidence on the slightest provo
cation that writing too much is q
chronic complaint with him. On cere-
fences, with their dearth of ideas, u g
gests a examining of encyclopedia
knowledge, as his cruel enemy OF the
New York Sun was n slow to point
out, while his state papers have in
variably turned out to be political
blunders. The most noted of them.
the tariff message of 1887, vas th3
despair of all the great leaders
of his party. and it is we'll known that
ne himself began to recede from 1t be-
fore he was nominated for tn. Presi-
dency the second time. He and his
friends opposed the tariff plank of the
platform Of 1892, which was its logical
outcome, and during the last year it
has been declared many times that he
did not sympathize with those enthusi-
astic f~ree-traders who have taken their
from his earlier u%tterances.
His long paper on the Hawaiian
question has been made absolutely
worthless by the course of affairs dur.
ing. the last six months. All the
elaborate reasoning it contained has
come to nothing. for he has finally
recos nized a government whose es.
Enlistment he did his best to prevent
and has abandoned to her fate the
luckless Queen who staked her all UT.
on the glittering and unsubstantial
promises Of the tickle q
AS for the Wilson letter, that was q
most egregious blunder, as many q
bright politician declared the day it
was published. It was simply so much
ammunition for the enemy, since there
was no prospect that it would make
the Senators bulge. 1t fell flat as q
sbluf," but remains the severest criti.
cism yet penned of the Democratic
tariff bill. No wonder that Grover
said "D-."@Chicago Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
LAeoR's OWN A
How I. Wa Observed THU Year In Many
of the Large Cities.

In tho summer Of 1882, Matthew
Mcguire, Secretary Of the Central La
Dor Union, Of Paterson, N. j., intro
duced a motion at one of the meetings
of the union that the various bodies
represented there should hold q joint
demonstration and picnic instead Of
the separate assembly picnics that had
heretofore been this vogue. and sug.
gested that this combined labor outing
occur on the first Monday in Septem-
ber. The resolution met with favor,
and the first Monday in September OF
each year was set aside as labor ho1-
day." The second Observation-Disclosures
was a grand SUCCESS. Thirty thou
sand .people were in line. but the cele-
bratton up TO this time was confined to
New York City. In the following year
the movement had extended to twenty
and 1885 saw the observance of Labor
Day advance with still more rapid
strides. until now 1t reaches ell the
new centers Of industrial development
In the South as we'll as the North, and
every prominent city in the United
States has Its Labor Lay.
This year the day was generally OBJ
served. In Chicago labor marched
through the streets with its trousers
turned up, and with little rills of water
running down the back Of its neck.
Over 7.lOO union workmen splashed
through the md to celebrate Labor
Day, undeterred by the heaviest down
pour in v two months In New York
labor made an imposing demonstra-
tion. Not far from 2O,O0j men, repre-.
senting all the tr. des unions, were in
line.
The holiday was celebrated through
out all New England. Business was
generally suspended. In all the cities
q wealth Of entertainment was offered,
and all day the streets were alive with
bands of music and professions. In
Boston rel $4,000 wee in line. A
Toronto dispatch says that for the first
time in the history of the Dominion
Labor Day was celebrated bya general
suspension of business in different
cities and towns throughout Canada.
At Omaha 10000 people participated
in the celebration. Thirty thousand
representative, of Nebraska labor
unions were in the procession.
There were 1900 men in line in the
Labor Day parade at Milwaukee. and
they marched through q drenching
rainstorm. The celebration of the day
by the organized workingmen of m
dianspolis did not attract 8, much at
tention as 1t had for several q
past.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
Democracy's Trlck-spittle.
What is a tariff for revenue only?
GRnpcr w nOYyAur

BELLrIELD. n. D.
AS conceded by the Democra ic party.
q tariff for only is q mere
bubble, meant to afford wide enough
scope for trickery and treachery in
tariff manipulation. AS the Demo.
cratic party regards it, 1t means moth.
ing, and 1t wa never intended to mean
anything. What tariff for eveuue
only should be, strictly speaking and
with honest intention. is a uniform
tariff of ten, twenty or thirty per cent.
ad va::orem upon every article We i'm.
port from any foreign country, wheth-
or raw material or manufactured goods.
1t should be uniformly and exactly Inn
posed upon every article in precisely
the same proportion, with the sole OBJ.
ject of raising revenue. 1t was inject
ed into the Democratic platform at
Chicago as a political catch-penny. II
was elected from that platform by the
Democrats in Congress because It did
not afford any opportunity for rob.
bling the many at the expense of the
few" for discrimination, favoritism,
treachery and trickery.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
slcKEN1NaREPoKrs ERoMHtNcKLEY
Destruction Wrought by F1ames-Trsin
Overtsken and Destroyed.

Destruction Wrought by E1ames-Train
Overtaken and Destroyed.
OF the many reports received the
most terrible and sickening comes
from Hinckleyx MINI. Saturday after
noon the fire jumped into the little
town with the suddenness of q thun-
derbolt. With big leaps the flames
came like q whirlwind with such force
that trees several inches in thickness
yer twisted in twain as II they had
been toothpicks. Firebrands were
hurled into the air and carried eighty
rods only to fall and start new confla-
g%rations. The fire-fghters gave up
the battle and turned their attention
to PERSONAL safety. An Eastern
Minnesota train had just come in,
and the people f1ocked to it for safety.
Box-cars were coupled on, and in
an instant almost we're filed and cov-
cred all YER with men, women, and
children. The train barely pulled out
in time and succeeded in reaching
Duluth. About the same time an &C.
commodation train on the Hinckley
and ST Cloud branch of the road left
the latter point. Its route lay direct
short time the train vas in a desperate
engineer. The ties were burning and
rails Wrapping. Burning trees were ~
ing across the track and we're teing
dashed aside by the engine. Suddenly
the tracks gave way and the train
toppled over. Fortunately no one was
injured, and all on toard hurried for.
ward to Pokegama station. which wa:
only q short distance ahead.
The condition of the people who did
not get away from. Hinckley on the
train for Duluth was pitiable. Wagons
and buggies were hurriedly filed with
women and children, horses were
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
Prepare for the Future.

The policy recommended by the
American Protective Tariff League
regarding tariff legislation, namely,
for a solid front Of all industries
the early Stages Of the preparation Of
this bill. The results speak for them
selves, but it is to the future. not the
past, that we turn. With united effort on
the part of all Of the protectionists of
the country a protection Congress and
individuals pledged to protection must
be elected IN Nov. Is next. This should
not only apply to Representatives in
Congress but also to United States Sem
ators who will be selected by Legisla-
lures elected on the same date. With
many of our great industries sacrificed,
employment le-sened, wages reduced,
we shall have u :Astc OF what the free
trader desires. and it remains for the
American people to speak American
Ec nOmist.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
GRAVES IN "GOD's ACRE"
Scores of the Victims Buried Without
Being Identified.

Scores of the Victims Buried without
Being Identified.
In the center of a burned and devas-
tated 625 square miles stands a green
spot untouched by flames. Its grass
waves gently in the hot winds that are
sweeping across the stricken land: its
simple, whitewashed fence can be seen
for miles. 1t is Gods acre, .sBirch-
wood" the cemetery in which the peo-
pie of Hinck!ey laid away their dead.
BY some freak of the wind, as the
thoughtless say, the wave of fire
swept around and spared 1t. And there
the survivors buried their dead. They
knew not whose bodies they were
placing beneath the sod, but for each
charred corpse, for each dismembered
body there was a word of prayer. That
was all. There a no time for ex-
tended services. The flames had
played cruel tricks with their victims
and the blazing sun, which shone
fiercely through a haze of smoke, rem
dered expedition necessary.
For those to whom the fire had been
merciful in not utterly wiping
out all resemblance to human beings,
and who were identified by relatives
or friends, q separate resting-place was
provided. There was no time to dig
down six feet-six inches of soil was
enough to cover the pine boxes from
view and oil the wolves were driven
from the country or met the same fate
as man. For those whose identity was
utterly destroyed q last resting place
was provided in four long trenches.
Only n minister IA present. the
Rev. z. Knudson. of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church. From dawn until dark he
was busy. AS fast as a coffin was, low
cred he was notified, and, casting a
handful of earth on the casket, in q
few simple words he spoke of the hope
that is in the lie to come, and prayed
the Almighty that a calamity such as
the present might never again be in-
f1icfed IN the earth
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14

ploded dynamite at the top Of q noun
tain in the hope of bringing rain.
Railroad bridges and viaducts In that
part of Michigan r reported de-
stroyed, and stories Of great loss Of
life and destruction Of property come
from Watersmeet, Hurley and the
whole Gogebic region.
The awfulness of the desolation
which strikes upon the eye of the OBJ
server as he reaches the camp which
was once the town Of Hinckley is still
more strongly impressed on his vision
as he travels northward. The smoke
has lifted, revealing a landscape bare
and black, the few standing trees be-
ing charred to a height Of forty feet,
while the ground is of that peculiar
tint of brown sand mixed with gum
powder, for the grass has been burned
even to the roots. And here and there,
in the bleak and dreary stretches OF
country in what is now a great, lone
land, is seen the body of a deer, whose
fleet feet had not been able to outrun
the flames, or of a human being who
had been absolutely powerless against
the grim destroyer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14

swiftly u In the v0llCl0S
POO people fled the town, with the fire
literally at their heels. Over a hill
they flew to q swamp, hoping that
might prove their salvation. AS the
crowd reached the edge of the morass
they we're overtaken BY the flames and
all was over. With a last desperate
rushed into the lower portion of the
swamp, but the fire pursued its victims
and not q soul was left to tell the tale.
On Sunday morning 130 corpses were
counted on q space of but four or Eve
acres. About 100 remained near
Hinckley and took refuge in a gravel
pit, saving their lives.
Wild Time on a Train.
come from the Hinckley con1agration
Duluth for Hinckley at2 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon. Shortly after leaving
Duluth the smoke along the railroad
track became so thick 1t was impos-
sible to see 100 yards ahead. The
darkness increased and the lamps in
the coaches were lit. Soon it was as
black as midnight and the train was
filed with the s%utfocating smoke until
the passengers were gasping for
breath. The roa of the flames could
be heard off to the right of the train
and the encouragement the trainmen
offered the passengers fell on needless
ears. Children began crying and
shrieking as they chung In terror to
their mothers who fell on their knees
in the aisles praying for deliverance.
The people on the train had no
knowledge OF the destruction of Hinck-
ley which was then in prog ess.
Citizens fleeing from the stricken
town tagged the train and over .I5O
crazed and half burned men and women
boarded the cars and begged the train
men to pull back to Duluth. With the
speed of the wind the fire was coming
from Hinckley, which was only a mile
and a half away. Engineer Root of the
ill-iated train put on all steam and sent
his train spinning back toward Duluth.
1t was too late. The fire was switter
than steam. The roa became louder
and louder. In a moment the red glare
burst on the view of the frantic pas
sengers. The train vas flying under a
full head of steam, but the fire was
pursuing like lightning.
Soon the aames we're dancing at the
side OF the windows. The glass began
to crack Q. The heat came in from
under the seats, through the windows
and ventilators. Men went crazy. One
a ter another they jumped through
the windows into the roaring flames
and were swallowed up. The women
recovered their presence of mind and
soothed the terrified little ones. The
train vas on fire from the tender to
the last coach and as 1t reached Skunk
Lake the order was given to abandon
the cars and flee to a swamp nea. by.
The pas :engers ran to the swamp and
fell half fainting in its muddy waters.
where. after the fire. passed. relief
parties found them blinded and burned
and little more than ha + alive.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14


What precise effects the measure
will have upon the trade OF this coun-
try remains to be seen, but it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that it will give q
much-needed impetus to industries
which have been suffering under the
prohibitive restrictions of the Me-
kinley act. . Though the. new
act will prove beneficial to the con-
sumer in America, and to the manu-
facturers and operatives in this, coun-
try, the Democrats have not been able
to return to the conditions that. existed
prior to the introduction Of the Nc
Mckinley bill in 1888. However, we
are all hoping that the modified duties
will stimulate our industries in the
potteries. and that that hope. may be
abundantly fulfilled is our earnest
wish-Staffordshire Post, July s, 1894.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
That Sugar Tax.

During the year ending juno 80,
1892, the per capita of gold coinage in
the United States was SO cents, and
the per capita of silver coinage was 10
cents, a total coinage of q cents per
capita. The sugar tax of 20 cents per
capita would thus be almost as much
Is the combined gold and silver coin
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14
Sparks from the Wires.

CONSTABLE JOHN CRArsLEY was
fatally shot by burglars at Warren,
Ohio.
The British bark Gleneairn, which
stranded near Portland, Ore, was
lowed of.
MINNEAPOLIS lumbermen met and
discussed q proposal to advance prices
so cents . thousand.
THREE armed men hold up the as
sistant postmaster at University Place,
Neb., and looted the Office Of Its val.
uables. :
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-14

IT is estimated that the yearly pas
senger trips on the ferry boats between
New Jersey and New York number
70, 0OO, 900: that the total for all New
York ferries will exceed ITO, 900, 900;
that the number of boat trips equals
1880, 600, and the number of teams car
ried, 6,O0O,O00.