Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
IN II WEST.

MADISON. Wis. special: Tho Amer
lean Board of commissioners for For
cign Missions has began it's session
here. y. thousand delegates arc in
the city and more will come Ill by
later trains. An address OF wclcoiae
was made by President Adams of the
State University, which was responds
eli to b. Rev. Dr.. Storrs of Brooklyn.
The first business was the usual SUR
year ending August 81, as shown in
the reports of the treasurer and home
and foreign secretaries. Treasurer
Wards report showed the %eNpcndi-
lures To he S11:33.O5l. The increase in
Indebtedness during the year WAS $50
0ls. making Il total of Sll6.223i. lor-
cign Secretary Clark reported marked
progress ut nearly e point. the
only limitation being lack of means.
Home Secretary Daniels also reported
good progress in that field.
TACOMA. WASH. special: The shcr-
i'll OF this county claims 10 he in pos
session of evidence which unearth>, i'll
connection with the capture of Blunck.
the Seattle PuNallup murderer. IL band
of regularly organized sInugwlcrs, coi-
sisting OF nine desperate professional
crooks. Made and Brooks. who es-
capped from McNeil's Island Governs
lnent Pcnitentiary. were with Blanck
members of this gang, which had
headquarters at M~is>oulu. Mont.
United States Marshal Drake thinks
he has both Brooks and Made located
and has sent to l.llensburg for blood
hounds to assist in running them 10
cover.
FRESNO, Cal. special: The board
of Directors of tine California State
Raisin Growers Association has
granted the packers permission 10
meet the price made by the independ-
rnt packers on raisins OF low grade
This action has provoked considerable
that the combine is virtually broken,
while the packers combine insist
that it is only just that the lower
Grades of their product should he all
lowed TO 20 into market at the prices
made by the independent packers.
SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, special: Two.
men. who gave their names lis Will
lam Martin and John Robinson. are i'll
Jail here charged with planning Il
hold-up on the Kansas CITY, Topeka
and Memphis Railway. The officers
got Il hint and all the trains were
guarded. The W. me- arrested were
found near the track heavily armed Il
few miles from the city. They claimed
10 have been hunting. II is thought
there were many Others i'm the gang
who nave o been captured.
CHICAGO special: Judge Jenkins of
the United States Court presided in
the continued hearing of the applica-
tion of the Northern Pacific receivers
for leave to issue Il 1900. 900 OF receiv-
ers' certificates. w. III. Cordozo of
New York. representing the second
issue. claiming that it was unjust to
the second ard third mortgage bond
holders. The attorneys for the re-
ceivers followed the arguments for the
application.
TACOMA. WASH, special: At mid
night as an electric street can. was
crossing North Second Street an axle
broke. The car, which was crowded
with passengers returning from the
Interstate Fair Grounds. left the
track and fell on its side. George L..
Chandler. general agent of the North-
crn Pacific in this city. fell under
meath the car and was instantly killed.
y number of people We're injured.
PEORIA. ILL.,. special: The Atlas dis
tillcry will commence yeast making
and mashing corn. This is the new
s%.ooo-bushel distillery recently erected
by the Woolncrs. 1t is the largest
and most complete distillery in the
world and is ANTITRUST The required
permit WAS obtained from the Govern-
ment and q revenue collector has as.
sumed control.
SAN FRANCISCO special: The
steamer Rio .Iunciro for Yokohama
and Hong Kong. carried POO tons of
pig lead for Japan. to he made into
cartridges. She also carried large
~consignments of flour for Japan and
China and POO tons of wheat for China.
the first of the kind ever being
shipped, flour being heretofore sent.
CHICAGO special: \. heavily loaded
electric ear collided with IL lumber
wagon at Halsted and Forty-third
Streets, killing an unknown boy and
injuring all of the t%wenty-four passen-
palS. The p0ls WAS fOvn tn SO1infors |