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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16
THE PRESIDENTS MAIL BAG.
THE CRANKs HAVE GOT THERE IN
FINE LETTER WRITING.

A Woman Who Had PremOnitiOns
When Garfield Was shot Wants 10
BE Secretary of the InteriOr-Esti-
mated That Hundreds Write Daily
to the President.
Washington, May Alt has been def
nitely settled that President Mckinley is
receiving letters from cranks, just as
Cleveland did before him, and Harrison
previous to Cleveland. Chester A. Ar
thur got more crank letters than any other
President, but the times were against him.
After the shooting of Garfield his mail
bag was filed daily with letters sympa-
thetic, terrorizing and precautionary. He
saved them all, and shortly before his
death presented them to a collector of Gu
rios.
Harrison and Cleveland destroyed their
letters. Mckinley has begun to do the
same. His secretary throws them in the
waste-paper basket where they are pass
ed around, until all, from the secretary's
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16
GOWNS FOR SPRING GAMES.
Girls Who Go to College Commencement
Must Have Gowns to Wear to
Field Sports.
Race in a -
Thnt Wear Very Well.

Paris, May cone hears a great deal
about the early spring races. Hosts Of
stunning turnouts roll through the Bols
on their way out to the Longchamp track
in the early afternoon. The fashionable
world seems more than usually interested
in the races this season.
The owners of the race horses here be-
long to the royalty Of France in most
every case. One is tremendously struck
by this fact in reading over the list Of
owners. So one sees any number Of the
women of the smart set present at the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

that French women are having made for
the races may be OF extra interest because
they are ideal outdoor gowns for summer
sports-leaving the races aside-for college
held games and all the other things one
attends this time Of year.
one OF the gowns that seemed TO me the
very ideal for a tall woman OF good figure
was made Of Scotch plaid face" cloth.
HOW the scotch plaid got to Paris no one
knows. Il was probably imported as AN
English fabric for the Paris modistes do
not copy the Scotch In any way.
The skirt was perfectly plain. with the
piaids standing out IN a very pronounced
way The bodice was a seamless one fas-
tenlng on the shoulders. The sleeves were
OF the plaid. The odd thing about the dress
was It's finish Ia striped leather. - There
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

The other wore a serge The color was
dark green. 1t was made with gored skirt
and little bolero. The skirt was strapped
With white serge. A white serve vest
trimmed with gold braid set off the SOM
breness of the green admirably There
were white serge lapels and a white serge
belt. The hat was in green and white.
Both wore white kid gloves.
These gowns were not expensive at all
yet the wearers looked very trim and
elegant in them. This appearance can
only be obtained by a fine fit and an at
tention to all the details of the toilet
The belt must be spotless, also the neck
trimming and the gloves. The shoes must
shine without a speck of dust upon them,
and such small appointments as glove and
shoe button be beyond reproachl
The hat Of one of these young women
was an extremely pretty one OF green silk,
set around the crown with short green
tips. Two long plumes stood at the back.
In front was a thick white tip, set under
meath the green ones.
l saw some fascinating little conceits In
neld-glasses carried by some of the smart
women at the races.
one woman, who wore a gown OF ecru
poplin' wore a narrow, bright red leather
belt and case. The glasses themselves
were mounted in red leather and gold.
Another woman wore a belt of green
bright grass green-leather with quaint
old silver clasps. Her glasses which were
mounted In silver and green. were hung
IN their green leather case 20 the belt
noticed also the briliancy Of some OF
the gloves. They were bright geranium
color brilliant purple and grass green. The
gloves match the dress exactly and might
have come out of the same dye pot.
Parasols are worth mentioning Those
that go 70 the races have not an inch OF
ruhng upon them, but are small umbrel-
las In bright silk tightly wound round the
sticks and fastened with a silver clasp.
Nina Goodwin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

races. It's interesting to watch how clev-
erly these women do their betting-an
open and above board. A bright young
woman, who sat next to me and seemed
well posted on racing matters. picked her
winners. turned over a handful of gold
to her husband to stake and sent him to
the pool on her errand.
She may have heard a convincing con-
versation from her neighbors on the left
that prompted her to change her mind for
a few minutes later she began making
some changes in her card. Then she DART
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

cept for some great event like the Brook
lyn handicap or the American Derby, and
that, even then, they do not bet openly,
women's books being prohibited at
many of the tracks. But she laughed at
me. Your sporty women said she ARE
those who attend the open-air horse shows
and pick out the points OF a horse uner-
ringly They wager money freely upon the
result of college and professional games,
and, as for the races, they bet at home,
often making very neat stakes over the
breakfast table and cashing them at din
ner, know" said she, because an Amer
lean lady of high position told me So"
And so IL occurred to me that the gowns
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16
THE DUcHEssE D'ALENcoN.
Romance OF the Woman Who Lost
He Life I'm the Paris Fire.
Gable TO the New York Times.

Cable 10 the New York Times.
The Duchesae d'Alencon's fate puts half
the royal families In Europe into crane.
and powerfully affects the general imagi-
nation. Her share in the amazing ro-
nance Of the mad king Louis OF Bava-
ria. Is recalled on all sides. lie reached
his highest note OF rapture IN the daya
when he was looking forward to a mar
rage with her. lie had her marble bust.
enshrined In the Winter Garden palace
surrounded daily by fresh offerings Of
the costiliest exotic flowers. ana Barfus
made an engraving Of her with the title
OF Sophie, Queen OF Bavaria" under
the kings anxious supervision from
which thousands Of impressions were
printed and saved In secrecy, to be dis
trbutod through the kingdom on the dav
VI the wedding. Then suddenly some
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16
Ittend Every

soft felt hats of the highest shades of tan
or gray; often pure white. Patent-leather
shoes and light white. too, seem to be the
thing to wear at the races.
In the feminine world the toilettes for
these spring races claim a great deal of
thought.
They are the gowns that the couturieres
have been at work on for months, and
they are quite the most elaborate toll
cites that one sees.
I mentioned to a French lady that, at
home the women do not think it exceed
ingly well bred to attend the races, ex-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

ed hurriedly IN the direction OF the pools
and returned in a few moments looking
much better satisfied.
When the race was finished and her
husband came to tell her that they had
lost she quietly declared that she had on
set that loss by betting another way later.
and was "in" some hundred francs to
boot.
There j. something very swagger about
tnese horsey men one sees at the track.
Ihey generally wear long light ovorooats.
paaaed tremendously az the shoulders and
h''ing In at the waist IN an oxcruciatlngiy
snug way. They wear either beavers or
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16
PASSING OF THE MUSTANG.
The Great DrOves of Wild Horses
Are No Longer of Value.
I,rnr.. L.. NJ IL rr.-.ta

From the New York Herald.
The wild horse of Texas has become
one of the greatest nuisances within the
borders Of the Lone Sstar state. Not sat-
isfied with its own freedom the wild horse
has adopted the tactics of the Apache
and the Sioux and stampedes 'ts brethren.
Novelists have taught me to believe that
the wild mustang is emblematc Of free
dom pure and noble. The Texas ranch
man regards him as an emissary of the
evil one, for he brings to his ranch de-
spair and loss.
For the last decade the droves Of horses
that run free in Texas have been steadily
increasing In number and strength. Years
ago II was worth while TO catch these am
mails to sell. Nowadays il is hard work 70
sell mustang for use even as co"
pony. Formerly IL was the case that there
was no horse for the stockman, the cattle
grower, like the Texas pony, which ha1
run wild for the first four or five years
OF its life. Lean and sinewy as an ARAB
with the endurance of an Indian and ca
pacity for steady speed that can only 70
llkened TO a locomotive, he was treas
ure. Well seasoned, a COW pony could %
ridden 100 miles IN a single day and CONS
out OF the encounter with fatigue VIA
flying colors.
The wild horse however-that same anl.
mai which the 10-cent novelist describes
as the fiery untamed steed'- believes
the sweets OF freedom are so very swees
that all his brethren IN bondage shoul'
share them. With this In mind, thereto 49,
he swoops down upon the enclosure OF tno
ranchman, Induces the COW ponies 70 braes
the terrors OF jumping barb-wire IenlVs
and take chances on clearing the sides %
the corral. The result Is that the slooh
man, unless one OF his riders stops W
guard. Is likely 20 wake up In the mofiliNs
and find his herd stampeded. 49,.
II Il Is tho roundup the first thing W
wranglers know thunder Of hoots c9n'
from the prairie. shrill neighlng, "n.
the herd answers in equally shrill ~,
The hoof beats sound nearer ana neal ~
the herd grows more excited and uneasl
until finally the wild mustangs dash ln NV
minglc with the COW ponies and ~ ~ y,
ment more all are Off for some place ~
one knows where. The wranglcIs. %
herdors. will be fortunate. indeed, u ,u
can control their own animals ana uf0'
being forced TO join IN the stampede
DIR. Nansen has asked permlsslon
name the Siberian peninsula disco'el,1
by him after King oscar OF Sweden ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

If all the crank and anonymous letters
were poorly written or badly spelled it
would be less pitiful than it is But to
see so many good brains gone to seed is
one of the most wretched parts of the
Presidents daily routine, and one which
his secretaries spare him as much as pos
sible Grant Eldredee
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16

DIR. Nansen has asked permission
name the Siberian peninsula discover.
boy him after King oscar OF Sweden. ~
king and the Russian authorities have ."
ca their consent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-29
ODELL CITY NEWS.

Otto and Bertha Kintup and Herman
Kuyple visited with Mr.. Sauers Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs. James H. Clarke has three mug
gets of gold of the value of about s25
which she claims to have found in this
canyon.
Vic Sauers has about completed his
eagle and commenced on his miner
which will be life size and made from
red sandstone.
That dancing master from Lower
Horsehead had better get monde
plume of his own or we will be blowing
through his whiskers.
We were very glad to see the Misses
Ballou and McLains and Messers Bond
and Barker from the Gap at the mas
querade Friday night.
Dell Gable and Harry Bailey re-
NAMED with us over Saturday until
the weather moderated and high five
was the order of the day.
We are sorry to learn of the serious
! illness of our old friend p. A. Thomp-
son. Lyman Odell went into the Gap
Sunday to learn something definite
about his condition.
There were 81 numbers out at the
mask ball Friday night and 40 dancers
were masked. The county was we'll
represented and Hot Springs sent out
large delegation.
''To brisk notes in cadence beating
Glance their many twinkling feet.''
1t was success in every particular
and every one had q splendid time.
There were several very fine costumes
which are deserving of special mem
tion. Miss Louthan as "Fairy" and
Miss Ballou as "Gipsy Countess" were
elegant Misses Mary and Jessie Mo
Lane and Miss Rauffauf were very nice.
! The aHot Springs Weekly STAR" was
good and SO were the flower girls and
"Queen of Hearts," Miss Jessie and
Mary Wilson as slady clowns" were inn
mense. There were q number of otheT
comic lady costumes, school girls, dar
keys, etc., that we're genuine surprises
to their friends. Albert Peterson a.
the "colored Major" Sam Odell q
*George Washington" aud Mat Nc
Continued ON fifth page.)
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-29
SOLDIERS HOME ITEMS.
Comrade Francis Law, who went to
Rapid to visit his family last week. re-
turned Tuesday evening.

Comrade Francis Law, who went to
Rapid to visit his family last week, re-
turned Tuesday evening.
Photographer Pike took several views
of the Home groups last week, sue
ceeding in making excellent pictures.
Rev. Fawell, of the NJ. z. church gave
the inmates of the Home an exceeding
ly fine discourse in the chapel last
Sunday.
Next Sabbath being fifth Sunday
in the month, the ladies of the w. CT,
U. will conduct services for the benefit
of the veterans.
The boys all felt like presiding elders
at conference last Sunday, when they
found liberal spread of stewed chicken
on the table at dinner.
Comrade Crocker. who has charge OF
the flowers and plants of the Home
has his hands full during the present
cold snap, but has lost none so far.
The number of patients in the hospi.
tai has been reduced to six this week
and some of these are chronic cases OF
disabled men who need constant at.
tendance.
Adjntant Kintner has been detained
in Pennsylvania longer than he ex
pected by the precarious condition OF
his brother and writes that he cannot
tell when he will return.
Interest in the revival meetings dowr
town continues, Notwithstanding the
severe cold weather. A dozen or more
of the men from the Home are faithful
and constant attendants.
This cold weather emphasizes tht
good sense and forethought of the de
signers of the Home. The building
can't be excelled for warmth, while th,
ventilation is perfect.
Only two colored ex-soldiers ar
counted among the inmates Of tn
Home. One of these, John, the bugle
of the institution, served over twent,
years in the u. 8. army.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-29
HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 1897.

abundance of water. The result was
that quite number of men staked out
claims on the ranch. 1t has given rise
to no little dispute regarding the right
of outsiders to go onto patented
ranch and stake out mining claims, but
whether they have that right or not. it
is very evident that it has been done.
The ranch is on the Bear Gulch road,
one and half miles west of Spearfish,
and in plain sight of town. If rock of
that character exists there in any guam
tity, it is also likely to be found at
hundreds of other places within mile
or two of town and will doubtless re-
suit in prospecting almost within the
city limits.-Queen City Mail.
While all this excitement aud BOOM
ing is going onat different parts in the
Hills and fabuously high grade ore is
being taken up, Lead and her surround
ing properties goes quietly on without
any noise and gets out bricks of yellow
metal at a rate that would craze any
place else. For example take the group
of mines which is bonded by John
Pierce but being worked by the owners;
the Golden Crown management are
not getting out very much ore but it
pays handsomely and they don't worry
about old age; the Durango boys are
working regularly in ore that runs way
up and recently made shipment that
will net them Il few thousands; at the
Ready, b. Il. Salmon has two crews of
men taking out ore, one getting ore
that runs from $40 to 300 per ton and
the other ore runs from sl5 to we'll up
into the hundreds. He doesn't rush or
waste any ore that will pay to handle;
the Harrison isaregular source of reve-
nue. to it's owners as is also the Golden
Summit.-Lead Tribune.
Tho discovery of paying ore in the
limestone or near the contact of the
lime and slate at Ragged Top proves,
if it proves anything, that the same
contact in its circle of the states around
the Hills will with careful prospecting
open mp a continuous new field for the
investor; the conditions are the same,
both in the geology and mineralogy of
the formation. Large bodies of ole
similar in appearance though as yet
not of commercial value are known to
exist throughout this extensive belt and
in cases where only limited amount
of work has been done the ore has i'm
proved in value, but it is a fact that in
no case has sufficient work been done
to test the value of the ore beyond the
point where the teaching action of the
elements have exhausted such value as
it originally had. Much of this extern
sive field will probably lie idle until as
in the case at Ragged Top some tender
foot, who is not troubled with tradi
tions and geological precedents, as is
the veteran prospector, stumbles more
or less accidentally on the out crop of
some rich ore chute and causes SINH
lar stampede.-Keystone Miner.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-29

If there are any needy people in this
neighborhood who could make use of
supply of fairly good second hand
clothing, liberal quantity could be
gathered about the Home.
Mrs. Williams, the new matron of
the Home, is giving pre-eminent salts
faction in the discharge of her duties
and is steadily gaining the confidence
and respect OF the veteran family.
Our Chinese laundryman is howl
ing success and gives complete salts
faction all around. Formerly there
was much complaint on account of lost
clothing, but we hear nothing of this
under Joe Chow.
A change was made in the staff of
the surgeon in charge this week and
VIM Il. Miller isnow hospital steward.
He is careful, temperate and consid-
crate man among the sick and is giving
entire satisfaction.
DIR. Whitfield, who has Leen worn
down and debilitated of late, has asked
for leave of absence and will soon go
to California or Texas. During his ab-
sence Mrs. Whitfield, who is entirely
competent in every way, will have
charge of the Home hospital.
Several four horse teams to heavy
wagons are engaged this week in haul
ing ice with which to fill the spacious
ice house of tho Home. Frank Hes
nard has the contract and is putting in
ice at $3.50 per ton, and it is a splendid
article from Cold brook.
Few people in the eastern part of the
state realize the fact that coal and
lumber are cheaper here than in that
section of South Dakota. The Home
authorities pay only $3.50 for soft coal
shipped in from the west while lumber
sawed in the Hills, is nearly hall
cheaper.
There isn't a dog in the west that
has more friends than old Joe, the
shepherd dog of the Home. We have
here three or four COWS, five horses, q
pair of magpies and a cat or two, but
Joe is the supreme favorite pet. He is
soldier, through and through, faith
full, dignified and good humored.
A number of the comrades of the
Home who have saved little money
from their pensions, have formed g
stock company for the purpose of erect
ing lodging house at Lead. A repre-
sentative of the company went up tc
that live mining camp Tuesday, with 6
view to securing ground for the build
ing.
The Home can trot out some of ths
most ingenious and skillful workers to
be found anywhere. Among these
Comrade Zeno Brown takes the lead
and his room contains many interest
ing specimens of his handiwork. They
consistof unique sculptures from stone
canes, made from native pine and fanc,
woodwork.
Capt. Lucas has been trying an OK
pertinent with the noted johnny sCome
lately" during the week. To keep hin
of the streets, he has agreed to supply
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-29

him with limited number of drinks
per day, but the contract seems likely
to wear out the COMMANDMENTS patience
as Johny has little idea of time and his
applications for rations are altogether
too frequent.
Friends of DR.. Lida Booth Green.
formerly physician at the Home, and
who left here to attend the National
Schoolof Osteopathy at Kansas City,
will be pleased to learn that she has re-
Gently graduated with high honors, at
that fine school. She is now a fully
authorized M. d., d. o. and firm ad-
vocate of the new science of drugless
healing. Should she decide to return
to Hot Springs, she will find many old
friends at the Home.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-09
Local Department.

Mrs. Norman Rice is very seriously
ill.
+. H. Lindsey is clerking at Sell
lick's.
Jay Reynolds is i'll again and con-
fined to the house.
Home grown strawberries are plenty
in the local market.
Mrs. f. w. Green of Hillsdale is the
guest of Mrs. A. T. Foote.
Mrs. Edith vIhitlock of Mobile, Ala,
is a guest at Z. Nj. Shows.
G.. IL. Hudson has been appointed
postmaster at Bloomingdale.
The work of setting machinery at the
cannery is progressing finely.
John Beatty lost a valuable pacing
mare last week, from lockjaw.
The big grist mill has been re.
shingled and will be repainted.
The Van Buren County Pioneer asso
citation meets in Gobleville to-day.
Jas. Phillips is out of z. b Longwell':
store. Harry Bryar fills his place.
Regular meeting of the international
Congress, Tuesday evening, June 10.
John IL. Shrine orders the address OF
his paper changed to Red Wing, Minn
Rev g. p. Linderman will preach al
the Disciple church next Sunday morn
ing.
j. b. Showerman left Saturday fol
Boston, where he will remain a few
days.
Lowell Packer closed a successful s.
months school in the Richmond dis
trict last Friday.
The North and South Farmers clul
will meet with Mr.. and Mrs. +. j. Har
rington, June II.
Sunday school canvassers of Paw Paw
township are at work this week, taking
census of the township.
The ladies of the b. V. X. G. will
hold their first annual banquet at thu
Burke cottage, Lake Park, Saturday
June 26.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-09
Gardner d Van Fleet. MiI,,ners.

We desire to cali attention 10 our fine,
new line of seasonable millinery and
fancy goods; and invite the ladies to
call and inspect them. We have
large line of goods and are receiving
more. Artistic Trimmings always striv-
en- for.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-09
Notice to Claimants for Pension.

G.. K. Foote, the well known pension
attorney at Kalamazoo, Mich, is doing
an immense business in his line. All
kinds of applications for pension and
restoration of pension are being sent to
him by the hundreds from all over the
United States. His long experience in
the pension office and as pension at
torney has given him wide reputation.
Those who are in trouble relating to
their claims or have been unfortunate
in employing incompetent attorneys
would do we'll to correspond with him
or call at his office. Consultations with
him are free and he is glad to give in
formation at all times Special atten-
ton given to claims where pension has
been dropped or reduced. S9tf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-09
Last Call.

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to Geo. +. Breck estate will
please call and settle, as | will be oblig
ed to sell at auction to the highest bid
der all accounts and notes, including
the commission notes in my hands the
first day of September next-which
wish to avoid if possible.
2202tf1 GEO. w. LONGwELL.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-09
Paw Paw savings Bank.

FHW FHW SHViHKs bHHh'
Capital $50,O00.00 +. w. SELLIoK, Pres,
j. j. WooDMAN, Vice Pres.
JOHN w. FREE, Cashier.
Board of Directors.
J.J. WooDMAN DAVID FISHER,
JOHN w. FREE, w. X. SELLIoK,
+. w. W.SELLIoK, WILLIAM j. SELLIoK,
JOHN LYLE.
Interest paid on Certificates OF De-
pOsft.
T2044ly
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-06-09
Pump Repairing.

All kilds of well, windmill and pump
repairing done on short notice. A
specially made of putting down drive
and tubular wells. Leave all orders
with II. G.. Waters & Co. 2001tf
G.. w. DAYTON.