Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-01-25
WESTERN.

CHICAGO special: The Executive Com
mittee of the National Farmers Alliance
held an all day session at the Sherman
House. L.. ID. l'erne of Nevada. Iowa. was
chairman and August Post of Moulton.
Iowa, was secretary. Resolutions We're
adopted declaring that as the farmers are
the most numerous class in the country and
have suffered from Legislation unfricndly
to agricultural interests, the farmers should
elect their pro rata share of the Legislators
Of the country. They demand nationa!iZ-
alton of The means of transportation and
communication to the extent that the state
ana interstate commerce law shall lie madc
mutually cooperative and harmonious.
and demand the strict and absolute control
of the same in the interests of the people,
and thai the pooling clause of the inter-
state commerce law shall be retained. \.
progressive course of reading for the farii-
ers was recommended. a declaration
made in favor OF female suffrage and a de-
mand for strict legislation prohibiting the
adu'teration of food products concluded
the resolutions. The following officers
We're elected:
Iresident-Elwood Furnas, Nevada. Iowa.
Vic"-Presidents-E.J j. Bye, West Branch,
low r. L.. Fitch, Bellevue, Ohio: A.. S.
IlSNNSI, ltftlllCO, ILL.,. w III. lOUlc. lDuIi-
boo, Wis: T.J. Mcigllu, Forestvillc. Mimi:
smith. ColfaN. Wash: Theo. llcdurl.
F%rcnchtown, Mont: j. Burrows. Lincoln.
Ncb.
Secretary and Treasurcr-August Post.
Moulton, Iowa.
CHEYENNE, WNO., special: \. bill las
been introduced in the Legislature provid-
ing for acceptance and reclamation of the
l.000.G00 acres of land donated to the State
Government under the provision of the
Carey law. The bill provides that the
land shall he under the control of the State
Land Board. which shall be authorized to
contract with individuals of companies for
the construction of the irrigation works.
The land will then be thrown open to set
Element, the settlers to be required to pur-
chase water rights from tile individuals or
companies constructing the same. Each
actual settler will be permitted to enter but
ITO acres of land which lie will be required
to settle on and irrigate.
DENVER special: Colorado refined silver
bullion is being shipped by the local
shelters direct to China. No exact data
is %obtainable. as smelter men decline to
give any figures, but it is positively known
that several hundred thousand ounces
have been shipped. The Omaha and Grant
and the Globe smelters are engaged in the
trade. 1t is not Il new market for Colorado
silver by any means, but the fact that il j..
being shipped direct from Denver and MOI
through eastern and foreign agencies shows
that the big business men of the west are
e%ndeavOring to secure for themselves all
the profits to be made in the trade.
SAN FRANCISCO special: United States
District Attorney Knight stated that lie
would shortly recommend to the Attorney
General to dismiss the charges against at
least threc-fourths of the a. II. U. men
now undc arrest in this district charged
with conspiracy, growing out of the recent
strike. lie believes that there is no chance
of cOnvicting them. The trials now in pro-
grcss i'll this city have not developed as
strong a case of conspiracy as was expect
ed. The district attorney declares, how
ever, that it is his intention to stubbornly
prosecute the ringleadcrs in the recent dis
turbanceS.
DuLuTI special: The police depart
ment was intensely excited when Louis
klippen. a carpenter, rushed into the po-
lice station with two packages of dynam-
lite. which lie had picked up on the street.
only a few feet from police headquarters
and the city hall. There was much cx-
citement over the matter, and, although it
was probably an accident, a good many
will think that the dynamite was placed
where it was found for the purpose of
blowing upthe city hall.
DENVER special: The United States
Grand Jury returned true bills against
Hamilton Armstrong, Senator and chief of
police; Kate Dwycr, matron of the city
Jail, and Denks Mullens, president of the
fire and police board, OH a charge of IN
bczzling and opening a letter addressed to
Sadie W. Likens, while she:was employed
as police matron. The letter, it is said,
was opened with the expectation that it
would compromise Mrs. Likens.
HARDIN, ILL.,, special: While crossing
the Mississippi River OH the ice Ida Trem-
bling and Mollie Rogers broke through
and were drowned.
BoIEs, Idaho, special: A resolution for
an amendment to the constitution granting
suffrage to women passed the Senate.
SALEM, Ore, special: Ex-Gov. Chad
wick died suddenly at his home here.