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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
DEes ISSUES A Def,
Labor Lender Says the Jackson In.
junction Is Farce.

A1aooH AS"uer SuyS tnc Jackson lus
junction Is Farce.
Eugene v. Dcbs. the social reformer.
says that he will talk when and where he
plcascs. regardless of the injunction is
sued by Judge jackson in West Virginia.
He declares it is the most sweeping doc
Wncnt ever promulgated and one which,
If its principles We're sustained. would eff
fectually strike down all constitutional
rights. Concerning it he says:
The Injunction issued by Judge jackson
Is I.S SSmnsta,illy E the same as that issued by
joined from walking on the public highways
which lead to the mines. and as all the
highways lead to the mines am subject to
arrest the instant enter the State. This is
,l me most sweeping injunction ever issued
ny any court. and If sustained. as it doubt
less Will he. it eficctually strikes down all
constitutional con rights and leaves us bound
power.
The courts of this country have dcgcncr-
ated until they are now the convenienccs of
corporate capital. There are but few cxccp-
lions ana they but serve to prove the rule
SUPPORT them. His fact IS being f espIS grauSlS WS
understood. M and when the eyes of the pe6-
will learn that judicial dcspotism Will not 1t
be tolerated on American soil.
soAs.d, AS FOR Jacksom,s INJUNCTION. hold 1t in
speak in the interest of famishing miners in
his Jurisdiction will do so. or at least make
fo,a fe ATTEMPT, totally regardless Of his IN
the injunction pretenls to be issued by a
judge. If it calne direct from the coal op-
orators some little respect would be due tile
judge sIsh ,c injanrti"ns are issued by the
lied capital, and they obey the orders OF
their masters with the alacrty of spanicls
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Nonsense Poetry.

The "Lifeand Letters of Charles Bull
finch, the architect, contain some evil
dence that children, even in the early
part OF this century. could be as non
sensica! as to-day. One of the four who
made ZIP the younger part of the Bul.
finch household composed these lines,
very evidently q parody cn Draw the
Sword. Scotland" AS Buliinch's bi-
cgranher says, They light UP the scene
Tor us. and sound as ii boys could be
ri;,lnc"ous, even in those iiglilied
days"
Cone in 20 dinner. dinner, dinner.
L /, from the kitchen has pass',l the roast
Heat.
Eta is calling. calling, calling,
Who liee,is not her call will have nothin.:
lie potatoes are pccling, peeling. pee!;ng.
The POTATOES are peeling, and neari, are
done.
Ike cat is a-squealing suuea!ing, slrea!-
ing,
For somebody's trodt!en her long tail
Upon.
Come in to dinner, dinner, dinner.
Eat as ya've eaten in days lang sy,le.
Bring III, the pudding, the pudding. the
Pudding.
The meat we have eat, it was very .;f.e.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Told in a Few Lincs.

The Metropolitan Electric COMPANY of
Chicngo has failed. The liabilities amount
to about $4,000. Poor collections are
said to have caused the assignment.
James Gcrah, wcll-known sport;nc
man from the Pacific coast, was instont.
" Killed at Chickasaw, 1. T., by Willis
Day, stranger, in quarrel over cnrds.
AT Philadelphia, Daniel AIchan. oco,, IN
years. accidentally ran his bicycle nro;ns g,
II low stone fence, plunged headlonr n,.n,
it into Wissahickon creek. nnI . ,,.,.
drowned. ""A
Two Ohio firms, the Canton Roll;po, ,,;,,
Company of Canton. o.. and the p. Har.
den Snddlcry and Hardware Comnan.. y.
Columbus. have signed the Amalrnn,oo+ei vi
Association scale. A'" 'eo
The blow of hammer unon .:,
caused $4,000 fire ut Glenn n V'' "
and eleven men narrowly escape,l ho;,,T =
burned to death. The men wcro ronf;..s :
n 35.OO)-barrcl oil tank when r. was dIs .,;s
covered that the oil had ignitcd fron, .
spark caused as above. q
Representatives, of Eastern hon-huv;,,
firms have been in Chehalis, Wnsh. SOW.
crul days and displayed great earernos,
to make contracts for the 1897 cron. J.n
Gently the best quality sold for cent.
but now S7@ cents and even 10 cents n
pound ia offered. and the latter figure I'm,
been refused by several parties. The pros.
poets for the growing crop are exceed.
ingly good.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

amy. however. II. T.. Lawrence, the
brother-in-law of wife No. 5. caused the
arrest of Bates, and there will be another
prosecution for bigamy. Bates career
has been remarkable. He is IS years old,
nut lie looks younger, though his cXpc-
riencc has been such as would turn any
other mans hair gray. He is II psycholog-
ical puzzle. He is Il dull, unintercsting,
homcly. thin-faccd, angular specimen of
humanity of the commonplace type. In
the slang of the street he would be called
a lobster" Yet he induced at least five
women to marry him and has been in cor
rcspondcnce with Il score of others who
have expressed in their letters the warm
est affection for him. He kept three end
possibly four establishments in Chicago
at the same time. though he was only
getting $50 IL month as night clerk for the
Union Stock Yards and Transit Com
pnny. He fell heavily into debt. This
was the only matter that troubled him.
He had finally determined to get rid of
all his wives by starting for Alaska on
the day he was arrested.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
English Comments ON America,

Some amusing stories illustrating
English ignorance of American affairs
are told by London resident who is
at home in literary and political circles.
At a literary reception Mr.. Lowell
was referred to as one of the masters
oil American poetry. who had never
seemed capable of doing anything else.
II think You are WRONG" said one,
in Il critical tone. "NIr. Lowell wrote
several books which were we'll Worth
reading"
what We're they:' asked the first
commentator on American literature.
1.-The IAutocrat' and the other
'Breakfast-Table books,'" WAS the ser.
enc reply.
AS every one in the group looked
wise and innocent, it was evident that
the rival claims of Doctor Holmes to
the authorship of those breakfast
Table books" We're not suspected.
A graduate Of an English university
was amazed by q reference to the
American Civil War which was casual.
ly made in conversation at club.
house.
when did it take place:" he asked.
II had supposed that there had been
no fighting in America since Georgs
Washington's revolution in the time of
George I'LL"
He had read for degree at an
English university, and had Travelled
extensively on the continent and in the
far East, but had never heard of the
greatest civil conflict of ancient or
modern times!
These stories, told at the expense of
well-educated Englishmen, prove that
there will be room for increased llnowl-
edge of America during the period of
good-feeling which every well-wisher
OF -Anglo-saXon civilization hopes Is
opening between two great countries.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
A,t-uct;yc and Solid.
lie latest novelty i'll l!.a VA,

TIE latest novclly in l!!e way ot A
piano easing is the Invention ot Il
Milwaukee music dealer. After several
years of study and experiment IL, hi,
upon leather as the most attractive as
We'll IS the most durable artic,. for
;.,casing pianos. The Instrument wa,
built in Buffalo. The color of the
leather selected for the first specimei,
Instrument was 81 rich black. hand
scmely embossed, giving the impress
sion of exquisite carving. Not only
does the instrument thus i,case,i
present Il most attractive and digu!ic.l
appearance. but it has the advantage
of being something in finish that can.
not be marred or spotted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
BRAVE FIREMEN DIE,
Observation-Disclosures
FEARFUL LOSS
Explosion of Dust in the Turning
Elevator OF Railway Terminal Com.
pany Hurls Brick Walls and Burn.
ing Timbers Upon the Firefiahter.
Died at po.t. of n,tv


Explosion in the midst of a terrific fire
brought to hero's death four of Chica-
go's tiremen Thursday afternoon and
stretched ON beds of pain more than u
score of officers and pipcmen, who sought
to Keep in check II secthing furnace Of
3OO,OOO bushels of grain in the Chicago
hallway Terminal Elevator Company's
elevator at 1ndiana and Jefferson streets.
Not since the cold storage disaster ut
the Worlds Fair have so many of the
eitys fire fighters been laid low, and only
twice in the history of Chicago has the list
of casualties in the department been more
appalling. One unknown man dcas and
many spectators, railroad employees, elc-
vator hands and others injured further
mark the record of the disaster.
The dead:
John j. Coosan, pipcman of engine COM
pany 3.
William Hanlcy. of engine company s.
Jacob Scllnur, pipcman of engine COM
pany &
Jacob +. S,lamcn pipcm.n of engine
company ).
Unknown Iran. thrown into the river by
the force of the explosion and drowned.
Thomas Monohan. Il driver for Chief
swcnic, is missing. and it is feared lie is
dead; drove the chief to the fire and has
not icen seen since.
OF the score hurt. three will die. and
several will he disfgurcd for life and laid
up for months.
Swenic's Life in Peril.
Chief Swenie's life nearly paid the pen
atty of years of peril. He was close to the
elevator when an avalanche of red hot
bricks. burning timbcrs and sizzling grain
was pitched on the heads of the fire fight
ers and escaped with severe bruises and
burns.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

%ot IL single r,enonition of disaster
warned the i,,rn ~ ti.rir impending doom.
There was 81 sr!.. low of the heavens
fo. an instant. :, thrilling as if the in
terrier of the earth WAS lending its heat
to the flames, and then the cast wall was
preeipitatcd on the heads of the tirc,nen
and few spectators who had escaped the
fire lines hu1ricdly established hy the
police. The noise was different from the
ear-i,icrcing roar of dynamite or gunpow-
der. hut it's effects were as deadly. There
was Il muillad boom, Il crash, and the fire
men we're buried.
Edward Wcstlake, IL newspaper man.
was standing with Chief Swcnie when
the wall collapsed. Both We're covered
with the fallen material and rushed blind
ly to the nearest shelter.
"My God! That was the nearest have
come to it, said the intrepid leader. and
turned back. i'll the face of flying cmbcrs,
to aid in the work of rescue.
Start Work of Rcscue.
After the walls went toppling over,
Chief Swcnic, hurt, blinded and bleeding,
staggered forward and shouted to his men
to follow him. Lying on the ground were
81 score CT injured men. crying for help.
Beneath the mass OF whitehead bricks
ant! iron sheeting were two men, burned
until nothing hut the bones We're left.
In an instant half dozen streams of
water were turned on the blazing mass.
A. the water struck the red hot debris IL
cloud of steam hid the ruins from view.
The injured were first assisted to place
of safety. Three patrol wagons and two
ambulances were coon in service. The
men were put OH strctchcrs, and Lieut..
N.vN .<<1 %1,.,k no In
driven at once to the different hospitals.
AS the last victim was hurried away
frc,n the scene of death and destruction
the work of removing the charred bodies
of the three tile,ncn from the ruins was
taken up. BY this time the flood of water
had cooled off the ruins sufficiently to ui-
low the firemcn and sixty policemen to
start their search for the dead. Sergeant
Decker was the first man to find body.
He used n long pole in lifting the iron
shcctilg to one side. when he discovered
the remains of Coogan. Tho body was
in IL crouching position and showed that
Coogan was running when the mass of
bricks fcllcd him to the earth. He was
identified by his helmet, which lay within
a foot of his head.
1t was impossible to distinguish the
burned bodies of Scllnur and Strumen
apart. They lay side by side. and Il heavy
beam had fallen across the neck of one
OF the bodies. Chief Swenic directed the
men TO continue their work. and not until
the entire pile had been gone over was
the chief satisfied that all the bodies had
been found.
Origin of the Fire.
The origin Of the fire is indefinite. Re-
n 3,.k.
the structure und these mar have been
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
another had bullet in his arm, and
another had q bullet in his hin.


1t is well-known fact that rats and
mice do not infest house at the same
time. Working upon the hint as to the
nature of rodents, n. X. Laureson, of
'icksburg, Miss. has adopted q scheme
10y which he keeps himself rid of both
tests. This he accomplishes by cap
turing young rat and trimming him to
catch mice. This singular mouser,
whose name, by the way, is Car, is
doubtless the most successful one on
record. He has been taught to pounce
upon mouse on short order, without
fear and without favor, and he shows
no mercy. OF course, he can follow the
1oice into close quarters, and never has
Ten known to lose his quarry. Strange
TO relate, large rats have given the
house the go-by also, seeming to un-
derstand that the place belongs to Gar,
and that there must be no encroach-
u,ent upon his prerogative.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

In an overheated condition. High in the
bins are hung big lanterns to guide the
workmen in their labors and the presence
of these has given rise to the theory that
n red hot chimney came in contact with
the dry dust and set the place ON fire. The
age of the building and the amount of
dust which had congrcgated in every
crack and corner supports the latter opin-
ion. Many of the firemen are of the belief
that the blaze and subsequent explosion
were due to spontaneous combustion.
Insurance Inspector Gillian gave the
following statement us his opinion as to
how the fire originuted: "It was surely an
explosion of dry dust. In the majority of
cases in fires of this kind they all start
from the same cause. The dust from the
grain collects and when it il heated to the
right point it is like powder. 1t is just
as dangerous us any explosive. II this
elevator had been constructed Us grain
elevators should be, the chances are the
fire would have been put out with loss
of less than $1,000"
Loss Will Reach 100000.
Before the insurance underwriters com.
plcte the list of buildings wrecked or dam
aged and property destroyed the total
financial loss will reach $5OO,OO0.
The tabulatcd statement of the loss, as
nearly as can be learned, is:
The Chicago Railway Terminal Ele-
vator Company, on building. -. s. 10000
Loss to grain III structure. ........ 100000
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad,
loss to frcighthouse and cars...... 10000
Engine and machinery in elevator. 25.OOO
Loss to Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad freight, including valu-
able teas and spices. .............. 25,OOO
Damage to Hathaway IL Co.'s coal
yard. Indiana and Kingsbury sts.. $500
Damage to building occupied by the
Crorkerand Milwaukee Chair Com
panics, contents, windows and
beams ............. ............. 10000
Damageto Jung Brewing Compuny's
plant. 6 Grand avenue. ........... $4,000
Damage to building occupied by Wis
consin Dairy Company, Austin av-
enue and Jefferson street. ........ 5000
Damage to Indiana street bridge
abutmcnts aud planking scorched 1000
Damage 10 dock warehouse in Indi-
Damage to building occupied by the
Star BOX and Barrel C0mpany. 1000
Damage to tugs and shipping, esti-
mated .....:........ :........... 5000
Minor losses to stores. houses and
other buildings. estimated aggre-
gate .............. .............. 10000
IOtal ............. ........... SJOJ 800
Insurance on the contents of the eleva-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
FIVE WIVES OR MORE.
Davic e. Bates Big Star in the
List of Marital Maraulera.


With five known wives and possibly as
many more not yet discovered, with
sweethearts by the score loving by mail
and telegraph, David Il. Bates, now lock-
ed up ut the stock yards police station in
Chicago, has lived life of consummate
martial deceit and trickery which has
seldom been equaled. Bates has been
married five times surely, though the po-
lice believe they have information con-
cerning another woman who claims to be
his wife. "He has confessed that he had
welded twelve times and should have
married as many more women" was the
startling statement of pretty 19-year-old
Nettic Swain, his last bride.
Bates told the relatives of his first Chi
cago wife that he had had Tn agreement
with wife No. to separate, and this made
his marriage to Miss Mccarthy legal.
They are going to prosecute him for big
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
PREACHER SHOOTS A GIRL
Sleeping Child Suffers i'm r;-b+
with lntlinna RufEa.

Sleeping Child Suffers in a F;rht
with Indiana RufIians.
Rev. john Welstcin, who has been hold.
ing revival services ut Concord Christian
Church. near Washington, Ind, rcceiy-
ed word the other night that he would hc
egged il lie preached again. He went
prepared, and when he opened services
laid pistol on each side OF his Bible. an
nouncins that lie would defend himself
il necessary.
1t was not long before Il disturbance
was raised at one of the windows. In
an instant the minister commenced firm.
toward the window. He scattered tho
rouslls, but one bullet passed through the
abdomen of the 3-year-old daughter of
John Standiford, who was sleeping ON one
of the seats. The little girl is dead. Stan
difOrd refuses to proscclltc Mnlstein
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
DIES TO PAY DEBTS

Charles Knorr Writes Creditors
Where His Body Will He Found
Charles Knorr, an architect of Chic ago.
decided to shoot himself to pay his debts.
Saturday he cashed check for $50 at
.Albsccht 4 Glcmbow's meat market. Sun.
day. filled with rcmorsc. he wrote IL letter
to the butchers, it is said, confessing the
check was IL forgery. when you receive
this note will be dead" he wrote, but
my wife will pay you for the loss 1t of
my insurance money!"
Wednesday morning a. l.. IIraus re-
ccived yet another note telling him lust
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

tor was placed by ID. NJ. Rodgers, while
Fred james had the building in charge.
MIR. Rodgers said lie was not in a posi-
tion to give the exact figures He do
clarcd. however. that the losses were fully
covered by insurance.
The officials of the Chicago Railway
Terminal Elevator Company, that owned
the elevator, arc:
Prcsidcnt-C. n. Weure.
Secretary-Edward w. Thompson.
Trcnsurcr-Charles C. Rubins.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Secret Known to Monkey. Only

The natives OF Gibraltar ana also the
Moors across the strait have a ira
d!tion that somewhere cn the rock
there exists q cavern whence IL sub.
terralean passage leads under TIE
strait to the mcuntuils on the otha.
side. The existence ul this passage.
they say. Is known to the monkeys,
who regularly use It in passing frsu
cue continent to the other.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

where the body would be found. The
writer told him to inform the president of
his lodge of the death ut once, so his wife
would have no delay in securing her insur-
inncc money. Kraus. behind fast horse,
set out ut once, and at top speed began
the mad racc with death. The note had
said the body would be near Niles Cen
|! ter, but when the exhausted animal and
This driver reached the spot indicated il
was too late-life was extinct.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-06
REPORTED BFTTER
STATE RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA.
Problem Successfully Solved There with
Advantage to All Concerned.

Problem Successfully Solved There with
Advantage to All Concerned.
The problem of state railways seems
to have become successfully solved i'll
New South Wales, where the annual re-
port of the railway commissioners
shows that the total traffic earnings
from the colonial railways and tram
ways amounted to 6 3,109, 59s, and the
expenditures to E1.7SS,171, leaving a
balance after paying working expenses
OF 81. 5a1 .427. This, the commissioners
state, makes an accumulated increase
OF E3,S32. 4is paid into the treasury
during the past eight years to meet
the interest on capital. From that sum.
however, there had to be deducted
E5vs.o goo, installments in repayment Of
the vote of 6 1,oco 900 made to the de-
part1aent FOR tho reconstruction and
Improvement of the permanent way,
the balance, sa,ss7419, being the in
creased net earnings since the commits
Eioners took office. The year has been
enc of considerable difficulty, the con-
tinuance of the commercial depression,
the drought (Which has caused the loss
OF $4,000. 900 Sheep and tho Newcastle
coal strike having seriously affected
the traffic, Nevertheless, the revenue
for the railways alone during the past
year was ess,s29.417, and the working
expenses G1,ss1.s Ss, or $500 per cent.
Of the gross rerenue, aud q return of
f3 8 shiilings, 10 pence per cent.
upon tho total cspital cost. Estimat-
ing tho amount upon which the railway
department. has to pay interest at 3.73s
per cent the department. would have
to provide S 1.2o5. $50 to meet its obliga-
lions. and after paying the working ex-
penses it had provided the whole of that
SUM except R27,O61. which had to be
made up ont Of the general revenue. II.
however. to the cost OF a34,659,es3
were added so,1o2.oi1, provided out OF
the consolidated revenue, and the de-
bentures repaid, on which there was
TO interest charge, the deficiency in
interest would be g1o9.OO6. The rev.
enue for the year decreased s57,7sy,
while the WORKING expenses we-c re-
duced ei5,7o1. The actual decrease
was R1sl,oeo. in the carriase Of wool,
grain and -four, hides, skins and tallorv.
but the increase n other branches. aris-
ing out Of thu improved condition of the
colony, !essene1 Il to the amountstated.
At the same Hrne the work OF improv-
ing the various Inns, modifying gradi-
ents and curves, ETC., has been system
etically carried on, the railways now
being equal to any IN the world. show
ing what ekillful management can
achieve under adverse circumstances.
There are, however, numerous indica-
tons Of improvement. and the commits.
sioners look forward to largely in
creased revenue during the present
year.-John Plumner's Australian Let.
terS