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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26

delayed until the said litigation shall
be concluded, provided, the said litiga-
tion shall be prosecuted by the said
James Bradley with reasonable dill
gence.
The fifth part of the stipulation pro-
vides that upon payment of the in
debtedness due the county the securi-
ties held by w. L. Judkins, as a trus-
tee for the purpose of protecting such
indebtedness shall be released and
turned over to the bondsmen or such
person as they may designate.
The sixth part to the stipulation pro-
vides that the bondsmen may at any
time negotiate or sell any portion of
the property held as such security by
and with the approval of Harry D.
Clark county commissioner and Wal
ter L. Anderson, states attorney, and
that the proceeds of such sales, less
the taxes against such property, be
applied upon the above mentioned in
debtedness.
It is agreed that this stipulation is
entered into without in any way inn
pairing or releasing the securities now
held on behalf of the county to secure
the above Indebtedness.
Witness the hands of the attorneys
of the said parties respectively, at Hot
Springs, South Dakota this % day of
April, 1895.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS.
Thrifty Fall River Farmers See the Ne
cessity of More Moisture.

Thrifty Fall River Farmers See the Ne
cessity of More Moisture.
Willis Sawyer has been engaged this
week in surveying for an irrigating
ditch on the ID. 7. Jackson place below
town. Mr.. jackson will put in a twenty
foot wheel and expects to have about
fifteen acres under irrigation this
season. Another notable irrigating en-
terprise in this county is that of VIM.
Sauer, who lives of the Cheyenne river,
just below Cheyenne Falls. Mr.. Sauer
has constructed substantial dam
about twelve feet high, across the
Cheyenne river and has put in several
hundred feet of ditch and tlume. He
will soon be ready to turn the water in
and will have over 100 acres of rich
bottom land under irrigation. Mr..
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26

Sauer is not only fortifying himself
against drouth and consequent failure
of crops, but he is demonstrating to his
neighbors who live along the Cheyenne
and other streams that dams and
bitches can be constructed and land
brought under irrigation by individual
effort and at comparatively small ex-
expense. Much of this work has been
done during the winter months when
there was not much else to do, and the
expense has been trivial, considering
the almost inestimable value of copi-
GUS supply of water for irrigating pur-
poses. Mr.. Sauer can now snap his
his fingers at cloudless skies and rest
assured that he will harvest bounti-
full crop.
Much of the rich Fall River county
land is being brought under irrigation.
The Edgemont canal is the principal
irrigating enterprise in the county, but
many others are completed or in
course of construction that will reclaim
o0NOA GA OAOuSuhO dClCSS dAu ~ 40 6t1A0
to say that Fall River county will here
after be at least self supporting in the
way of grain and other farm produce.
Irrigation is a matter Of vast impor-
tance to Hot Springs and an effort
should be made to enlist capital in
enterprises of this character. The
rich farming lands adjacent to Hot
Springs that are susceptible of irri-
CATION are not among the least of our
resources and will ultimately be q
source of great wealth to Hot Springs
and the county. While Hot Springs is
distinctively health resort and
the wonderful medicinal water and
unequaled climate of this locality are
now and will continue to be our chief
attractions and greatest resources, the
other sources of material wealth should
not be neglected.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
Henry Mum Dead.

tits with great regret that we record
the demise of Henry Mum, who died in
this city Wednesday morning at 6
o'clock of pneumonia, after an illness of
three weeks. He was employed for
some time at Keystone, working ut his
trade of carpenter, and contracted the
severe cold, which eliminated in his
death, during the last snow storm of the
season in that locality.
Mr.. Mum was one OF the oldest set
tiers in this section having resided here
for ten years. He was always indus
trious and obliging, man of good habits
and skilled workman.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
Circuit Court.

In the case of Neustadter Bros, VS.
S. G. Fargo 4 Son the jury, after being
out all night, were unable to agree and
were discharged.
In the case of James ID. Butter l. Co
VS.. Arthur ID. Field the jury returned
a verdict for plaintiff.
The trial of the case of Hartman 6
Shatfner VS.. Hart Bros. was completed
this afternoon and is now in the hands
of the jury.
The case of James Anderton VS.. f.
Z. & NJ. v. Ry. is ON trial this afternoon.
The grand jury has reported the
dismissal of four cases which have been
brought before them for consideration.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
To Meet tho Editors.

The Bureau of Publicity at meeting
Monday, named as an executive CON-
mittee to look after the reception and
entertainment of the Southwest Mis-
souri, Editorial Association upon their
arrival mere about May 20: E. s. Ames,
w. H. Stanley, e. j. Moore, X. F. Harris
and w. v. Lucas. It was suggested
that this committee should go to Min
nekahta to meet the excursionists when
they come. It is not yet known how
many there will be of the excursionists
but probably rs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
THE HOLY TERROR SOLD.


For some time past it has been
known that Samuel w. Allerton, OF
Chicago, who has operated quite exten-
sively in the mines of the Black Hills
in the early days and at present one of
the owners of the Golden Reward mine
has been at work to secure the Holy
Terror at Keystone. Mr.. Allerton is
familiar with all the details of mining
and knows a first-class property when
he sees it and for several months past
he has figured on purchasing the Holy
Terror, which he claims is a true fissure
vein. He purchased the mine through
E. w. Speed, of Hill City, who had a
bond on the property which expired on
the eleventh of the present month, but
on which the owners of the mine gave
an extension for fifteen days. The
extension given was in shape of prop
osition from the owners of the mine
that the shaft should be sunk to a
depth of another 100 feet and cross
cut of the ledge made on the 2OO-foot
level. In addition to this the pay
ment of portion of the purchase
price should be made in spot cash and
the balance on the completion of the
work, under these conditions they
would sell to Mr.. Allerton their seven
ninths interest in the mine, the con-
sideration being $4,000, provided that
in the sinking of the shaft and making
the cross-cut all ore taken out is to be
sacked and held until the final pay
ment is made upon the property.
The purchase of this rich property
by Mr.. Allerton and his associates can
but be construed as big thing for the
southern Hills as the gentlemen are all
we'll versed in mining and they will do
much to bring the southern Hills into
prominence as being rice in gold.
They show their unbounded faith in
the future of the Holy Terror by bind
ing themselves to pay $4,000 for the
seven-ninths interests in the property
before being allowed to extract one
dollar from the rich ore existing in
such large quantities in the Holy Ter
ror. This transfer means much to the
southern Hills and the Keystone dis
trict, as it is the intention of the pur-
chasers to at once put force of men
at work on the mine and do the deyel-
opment work as required at as early
date as possible for them to do SO.
This sale will give the old owners of
the Holy Terror ample capital to de-
velop the large number of rich mining
claims they at present own in the Key
stone district and on the whole the
sale will result in much good for the
Black Hills.-Rapid City Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
The Holy Terror Gold Country.

A. B. Noble and Harry Clark returned
last evening from Keystone where the
latter has been looking after his mining
interests in that locality. Mr.. Noble
stated to STAR reporter that opera
tions had been stopped on the Holy
Terror mine by reason of suit having
been brought by P. B. Met Carly of Rapid
Ci',' effecting the title to the property.
he owners" said Mr.. Noble, ''were
just nthe epoint of selling the property
when a notice of suit was served on
them, which, of course, threw cloud
on the title and the sale fell through.
The mine was nailed up, the miners
discharged and the proprietors say that
it is purely blackmailing scheme and
they will do nothing more until the
patent is secured. They say that they
could easily settle and stop the present
suits#,ith little money but if this was
done others would bleed them and the
result would be endless and expensive
litigation. Mrs. Franklin has gone to
Minneapolis on an extended visit and
willvisit cities in the cast before she re-
turns. She etookwith her specimen of
ore from the Holy Terrora as big as your
head and it is estimated that there is
over thousand dollars worth of gold
in it. She will place it ON exhibition in
a library in Minneapolis, and it will no
doubt attract great attention. There
was nothing to equal it at the Worlds
fair. While the closing down of the
Holy Terror has had rather depress-
ing effect OH business in Keystone, it is
only temporary. The custom mill is
pounding out gold at rapid rate and
new finds are continually being made.
Parties were in keystone trying tolease
the Ingram. custom mill for year or
more to run on ore from one of the
mines near there but the proprietors
refused to lease for the reason that it
would retard the development of that
wonderful district. Harry Clark's
mine, the Gold Belt, is showing up ex-
ceedingly well and promises to be one
of the best. Hehassunila shaft twenty
five feet and every foot of it is in ore.
The vein is from three to four feet thick
and there is good sprinkling of free
gold in it. Hill City is very quiet at
present but old residents there say the
tin business is not dead and great hopes
are entertained for resumption of
operations as soon as the quarrel be-
tween the English and American stock
holders is settled. The axle grease
factory at Custer will start up in two
weeks and the product will at once be
placed on the market. This plant will
furnish electric light for Custer; the
poles are already up and wires will be
put up and the light turned OH without
delay" Mr.. Noble exhibited some rich
specimens of ore from the mines in the
neighborhood of Keystone that are in
deed substantial evidence of great
wealth.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
5000 REWARD /!

The Fall River County Stock Grow
ers Association will pay the above re-
ward for the arrest and conviction
constituting grand larceny-of any
person or persons unlawfully:: handling
any stock belonging to any of its mem
bers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26
An Important Tax Decision.

The supreme court has just render
ed decision of much general interest
throughout the state. The case was
one wherein the agent for the Western
Town Lot Co. rendered city general
fund warrant of s11OO in payment for
Huron city taxes but it was refused on
the ground that the warrant was for
1891, while the tax desired to be paid
was 1892 tax. The court holds that q
general warrant is good for taxes of
any year until presented and taken up.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-04-26

N. S. Harding, of Nebraska City,
special agent of the Springfield Insur-
ance company, has been in the city
looking after the interests of his excel
lent company.
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dealers; Moc.e & Coughlen. Wholesale
groeers. PARROT 6 Taggart, cracker manu-
grocer: Berkshire Life Insurance Com
pany. David Newman and Lewis Norris.
A distressing feature of this fire was the
burning of the Cones & Son overall factory.
in which establishment five hundred people
were employed the year round Among
these employees were three hundred girls,
many Of whom had families dependent upon
them for their daily existence. The fact that
the ire was confined to a limited quarter
was source of wonderment TO many peo-
pie who watched the flames lick up the most
substantial houses IN the wholesale district.
For an hour or more after the fire was dis
covered the flames were beyond the con-
troll Of the firemen and threatened to ex-
tend throughout the two squares bounded
by Georgia Louisiana, Illinois and Penn
sylvania streets, with Meridian running be-
tween them Those who witnessed the fire
at its fiercest period experienced thrill
ing movement when the front wall of
Stouts wholesale grocery TOPPED and fell
into the street A dozen barrels of coal
oil stood on the sidewalk in front of the
store, and as the burning walls fell forward
fell frantfcally back into the street and
cried TO the firenlen to run for their lives.
Providentially the oil did not explode and
nre1nen prevented further damage by turn
ing streams of water on to A-ie embers. The
fire of JAM IL, 1888, was the largest the
city mas ever experienced. 1t occurred IN
the wealthiest quarter of the wholesale dis
trict and wiped out stocks of various kinds,
approaching in value nearly s1.0oe,o0o.
george w. stout has been three times q
victim of the fire fend His first fire oc-
Cured in 1881. on the site of the structure
destroyed yesterday, and was attended by
collapse of the building. The disaster hap
pened on a Sunday morning during the Win
ter of 1881 while was in the store.
The joists which held the third floor of the
building in position gave way beneath the
heavy weight of goods stored on that floor
and, with the contents, crashed through the
second floor A few moments after the col
lapse the building took fire, but the depart
ment gained control of the flames, and the
loss from fire alone was not heavy. How
ever, much of the stock was badly DAM
aged by the collapse. The building and con-
tents were fully insured, but the companies
with whom the policies were placed resist
ed payment, and some litigation followed.
Mr.. Stout maintained that the fire was the
primary cause of the joists giving away be-
meath the third floor. while the insurance
companies commended that the flames origi-
mated after the collapse The matter was
finally adjudicated and Mr.. Stout recovered
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THEORIES OF IT'S ORIGIN.
Probably Started from W9rI&men
Who Were ThRMing Water Pipes.

The origin of the conf1agration is, as
with most of the fires recently, a mystery
The most plausible theory is that it was
ployes who We're thawing out some frozen
water pipes with small hand torch. 1t
is thought that this light came into mo-
mentary contact with some of the inflamma-
BILE material on the second floor. One en-
ploye stated that it might possibly have
been started by a workman on the upper
floor dropping q cigarette or cigar stub
into the cotton material. AT any rate. those
who first discovered the flames lost some
valuable time in attempting to extinguish
department was criticised by some, but
praised by others, fer it's work, although
it was greatly hampered by the low water
pressure and bursting hose. There was
practically no extra pressure from the fire
plugs There not SO much difficulty
but two breaks occurred at critical
points, and time was lost in replacing the
broken part with new section OF hose.
Mr.. kiefer was somewhat inclined to crit
icse Chief Webster during the early prog
ress of the fire because water was not
turned to his building sooner but last
night he had recovered from the excite
ment naturally attending the fire. and he
had nothing but the sincerest praise for
the manner in which Chief Webster man
men executed his orders. Chief of Police
Powell was early on the scene and had the
personal oversight of his men, who had
come in from the different beats
Hot coffee and sandwiches were Furnished
the firemen by A. Kiefer and Tom Taggart
were donated to the firemen by nearby dry
goods firms.
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with its contents fell to the floor below.
This only increased the fury of the flames
there, and red tongues of fire Garted out
Between Stout's building and the one to
the south occupied by Pearson & Wetzel
wholesale china and glassya are dealers, is
an open space of some one hundred feet,
which has not been built up since the great
fire Of 1885, The wall of the burning build
ing on that side was seen to be lettering
and in a short time after the top floor fell
in the entire south wall fell into the open
space with a crash, which frightened the
turn and run, thinking the report was from
were to follow. After this wall was gone
the front wall stood alone, and there was
considerable anxiety for fear it would fan
outward. All the fire wagons We're pulled
from the front of the building, and the fire
men backed across the street, where pet
ter chance to run would be obtained II
any danger threatened
For some time the front wall was watched
with a feeling of uneasiness, and frequently
someone would discover what purp0rted
to be crack in it. But these crevices
We're for the greater Part only breaks in
the terra Gotta trimmings which adorn
the front of the building. Great stacks
of canned goods could be seen in the half
burned boxes on the second and third
the opening furnished new position of
attack for the firemen. The streams were
directed into the immense heap OF glow
ing debris which was composed of the
once valuable stock of groceries. After
the floors and walls had fallen the flames
more streams of water to be directed
from the top of the Kiefer building. Again
the iron fire escape was of use to the
frenen. That on the north side of the
Lieber building was utilized by the fire
men on which to carry to the top of the
building several lines of hose. The exten.
sion ladder was also placed to the roof
of the Kiefer building.
After time the fire had sufficiently
abated to permit several companies of
firemen to enter the vacant space on the
south of the burning building and from
there four streams were directed into the
then dying flames. Several streams were
also directed from the roof of the rear
part of the building. which had not been
damaged There were no less than ten
streams directed at the blazing ruins and
in the course of half hour they began
to have the desired effect and by ) o'clock
the most of the companies had rolled
their lines of hose and returned to their
houses. A detail of men with one stream
was left, however, and were still at the
scene at midnight, to prevent any sudden
coming uD of the fire.
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LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
Loss, Except Ikeifer's. Will Reach
xI25.OOO. with S1OO,5oO Insurance.

$I25,OOO. with $1OO,5oO Insurance.
George w. Stout carried a stock valued
at nearly 100000, which will be almost
a total loss. Nothing was saved except
some heavy groceries stored in the rear
room. The loss on the Kiefer Drug Com
panys stock, which is entirely by smoke
and water, could not be estimated yesIer-
day, but may reach $1,000 Over 100000
cigars and large quantity of the more
valuable class of drugs were removed
from the shelves before the water began
coming down. The fire will not interfere
with the firms business.
The following is the insurance placed with
the c. It. Sayles agency on George w.
Stouts stock: Commercial Union, $4,000;
New York Underwriters. 5000; North Brit
ish and Mercantile, 5000; Phoenix of Hart
ford, 5000; Home, 5000; Niagara. 5000;
Lyndon s. AssuTanse $sss
Manchester, 81, SOC; Rochester German, s. 500;
caledonlan $500; spring Garden, $500;
ford, $500. Firemen's Fund, $500; Ameri-
can Central. $3.50: Citizens Of st. Louis.
$500 American Of i. Ne Newark, S2 D so N9rtn-
tine, $500; Illinois Mutual. 5000. Total,
$4,000 Traders of Chicago $500 on furniture
On 4. Keifer Drug company's stock, in
the front room: Globe, 5000 Phenix, 5000;
xepaa and S anf GoD $685. nsur
ance Company of North America, $500;
Hcme of New York, s., 500; American of New
York, $500; Hanover, s., $780, Royal. $1,000;
Franklin of indianapolis, $1,000 German
American, 5000: Franklin of Pennsylvania,
Indiana undsrwritsrs s. &C., praaers
vania, s1.5o0; Connecticut, $1,000; Orient, ST.
500; Continental $500; National, $500;
Westchester. $1,000: German Mutual, S1,50O;
Queen, 81 500; American Central, $500; At
las, $1,000; Milwaukee, $1,500; Detroit, $500;
Michigan, 81 800; Western, $500; United
Firemen's, 81 $50; Allemannia, $1,250; Citizens
of Indianapolis, $1,000; Reading, $1,000; Fort
Wayne, $1,000; Springfield, $1,000; Hamburg
Bremen, $1,000; Pacific, $1,000; Buffalo Ger
man, $1,000: Philadelphia Underwriters, ST.
COO; British America, S1,000 Mutual Fire,
$4,000; Manufacturers Lloyds, $500; Mer-
chants Lloyds, $1,000; Equitable Lloyds. ST.
zoo; total, s10S,250. No damage on stock in
rear room.
The building was owned by Firmen. Stout.
and was worth about So, 900. 1t was insured
by Robert Zener & Co., as follows: Royal of
England, 5000; Springfield of Massachusetts,,
So 0Ce: Northern of England. 5000.
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william Eshenbramer Dead.

William Eshenbranier Dead.
dence on the Isle of Wight Her Majesty
was found dead at his home, 215 North
Pine street, Sunday afternoon. He had
been away from home with his family, and
returned shortly before them. When the
others entered Mr.. Eshenbramer was miss
ing and a search revealed his dead body
on the floor in one room Coroner Castor
made an examination and determined that
death was due to cerebral hemorrha ge.
Eshenbramer was the driver of brewery
wagon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-12
THE FIRE OF SEVEN YEARS AGO.
This One Recalls the Most Disas.
frous Fire i'm the City's History

A little more than seven years ago. or
to be more exact. about IL o'clock on the
night of Jan. IS. 1888, a clear frosty night,
with the thermometer registering about 8
above zero and a moderate breeze blowing
from the east, fire was discovered by q
boy named Siefert Ia d. z. Erwin & Co.'S
dry goods store. which was on the lot just
south of the site of yesterdays fire. That
proved to be the most disastrous fire the
city has ever known. The total loss was
estimated at $7SS,ooo. and there was $685.
600 of insurance.
In this conflagration George w. Stout was
a severe sufferer. His business block of
four stories and his big stock of groceries
were wiped out by the flames. Mr.. Stouts
loss on stock and building. which he owned
himself, aggregated about $4,000. He was
insured for $4,000, $4,000 OF which was on
his stock. The sufferers by the fire of lssS
were Byram. Cornelius & Co., wholesale
dry goods: u. p. Erwin & Co.. wholesale
dry goods: Pearson & Wetxel wholesale
aueensware; Tanner d Sullivan: wholesale
timers. c. B. Cones. Sons & Co.. overall
manufacturers: Mckee s. 3ranham. shoe
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SAM PUGH,s ESCAPE.
Knocked from the Roof. He Caught
the Tin Gutter and Saved Himself.

While the firemen on the rear roof
of the burning building, Sam Pugh driver of
No. as wagon, was struck by line of
hose, which was being shifted, and was
knocked from the roof With rare presence
of mind he seized the edge of the roof and
nervily walked hand-over-hand several feet
to ladder, which was leaning against the
building, and. dropping on to it, descended
to the ground with only a slightly sprained
leg. His comrades tried to persuade him
to retire, but he pluckify mounted the lad
der again and worked until his company
was withdrawn.