Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-01-18
WESTERN.

SAN FRANCISCO special: The collision
in .Altainont Tunnel between the Les An
gcles express and IL work train resulted in
the loss of three lives of three instead of
two. as at first thought. Engineer Hub
bard was pinned under his engine and for
three hours was slowly cooked TO death by
escaping steam. Harry Sclramm. the fire
man, was instantly killed. as was III. j..
Cooper, who was working his way on the
engine. The wreck was caused by Train
Dispatcher Sims, who gave both trains the
right of way. He ordered the overland out
from Brentwood and the work train from
L.ivermore in opposite directions. After
lie had wired the order lie realized his mis-
take. but there is no telegraph Office OH tile
line between these two points and he had
to wait for news of the wreck that lie knew
could not be averted.
OMAHA special: a local paper declares
that there is every reason to believe that
the anti-press rule enacted by the railroad
managers is intendedfOr a blow at railroad
labor organizations more than for any 9TH
er purpose. The belief is strengthened by
information received from Cedar Rapids
and VintOn, Iowa, respectively the homes
of the Order of Railway Conductors and
Railroad Photographers. This information
is that the grand officers are unabletomake
any arrangement for animal passes used
in their work about the country. The
amount of travel performed by the grand
ot'icersof the railroad organizations will
foot up into the hundreds of thousands of
miles annually to each order.
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 thrcc-fourths of the A. II. u. men
now under arrest in this district charged
with conspiracy. growing out of the recent
strike. He 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 ease of conspiracy as was expect
ed. The district attorney declares, how
ever, that it is his intention to s%tubbornly
prosecute the ringlcaders in the recent dis
turbanceS.
CHICAGO special: BY the discovery of !,
'sfence" in L%.a(irangc. a suburb of Chicago,
and the arrest of two men, Peter Kelden
and Rudolph lledberg, the police think
they have unearthed an organized band of
burglars which has branches in all the
principal cities of the west. Since his ar
res; kilden. in Il confession. intimatcd that
such AL organization exists. Frcm his
statement the police believe that headuual.-
tiers OF the gang are located in San Fran
cisco and other arrests are likely to result.
SAN FRANCISCO special: James NJ.
Walker. formerly associated with Mackcy,
Fair, Flood and O'lsrien i'm mining ven
lures, is dead and will be buried soon after
his old partner Senator Fair. Unlike him,
however, he leaves no estate to contest.
Walker accumulated millions and wen to
Philadelphia in 1872. lie lived luXuriously
and entertained lavishly. His millions
were soon lost in unfortunate speculations
III railroad stocks.
WICHITA, Kan, special: The noted for
gerry case in which Banker T. +. Hazard
and a number of other prominent people
were charged with forging deeds and alb
straets on a lot of property here which was
afterwards sold and traded to people in
Illinois and Iowa ended in the ~acauittal of
Hazard. Hazard was formerly president
of the Sedgwick City Bank, but now lives
in Vermont.
LAcoA, Ill, special: Illinois River fish |
are dying by tons. Imprisoned beneath
the ice they are killed by the gases from |
the sewerage from the Illinois and Michi- |
gan Canal. Fish being fried emit a nause-
Gus odor and taste of tar. Fish dealers met
here and decided to enter a protest before
the State Fish Commissioner.
BEIoIT, Wis, speciali j. II. French,
States Treasurer under Lincoln,
died here, aged u.