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The Chanute times., 1897-01-08

viii help his father, j. n. Taylor, put
in his spring crop. Say boys it will be
sport to see Ed doing farm work. OF
course Ed is not lazy, but Oh how
awkward it will be for him.
A public installation of the officers
OF Wilson Lodge, No. 81 P. of A. will
take place at the G.. A. r. hall, Jan.
Sth. A good program is prepared for
the occasion. Music will be furnished
by the Rest cornet band.
The following officers was elected
by the member of the l. O. V. b.
club atVilas last Fridaynight:S. Coats
G. II. M. NJ, Alf Carlburg q. G. and
B. W., L. Mathews G. b. and G. p,
Swank c. and F. a public instailat-
ion will take place one night this
week.
At the election last Saturday night,
Daddy Chaffin was elected mayor of
this city by majority of one vote, A.
S. Brichler being his strongest oppO-
nent. The mayor elect made the fol-
lowing appointments yesterday, the
same being approved by the concil;
Jap Coats, city marshal, f. d.
Thompson oil Inspector L. Mathews
street commissioner. The council
will meet in regular session, Satur-
day, Jan. 10th, at p. m.
The Chanute times., 1897-01-08
Villas.

Villas, Kan, Jan. 5.-Emil EklanC
has bought the John Carter farm anc
has began some needed improvements
upon the same. Mr.. Ekland is q
single man, but we think from all ap
pearances he will not batch very long
Plenty of winter just at present.
Ground hog day is next on the
string.
Cyrus wilkins returned to Manhat-
tan last monday.
w. 7. Peter and Allie Brown Sun
dayed at Henry Simmons.
Mrs. Odwson, of Chanute, is visit
ing at Alex Pughs this week.
2. Henefients and B. Hengstlers
( visited at j. Bennings' last Sunday.
p Jesse Lease shipped car load Of
hogs to Kansas City from here today.
Miss Laura Mundell is clerking' in
the dry goods department of S. S.
Miles store.
Chas. Carlburg's baby, which has
been very sick for the last week is
getting better.
Jap Coats, our enterprising hard
ware merchant, went to Chanute yes
terday on business.
Alex Blair, who has been visiting
friends and relatives in Ohio returned
from there Saturday.
Orval and Edith Lines, who are en-
gagged in the Neosho schools, spent
holidays at home with their parents.
Mrs. Mary Dutch is very low and is
hardly expected to survive her sick
ness. She is nearing her 10th birth
day.
James Dodge and wife, who have
been residents of Montana for the
past five years have returned to Kan
sas to live. Jim says that Kansas is
more home-like to him.
J.P. Ford, who farmed the Ware
placeslast season, will move to the
Taylor place the 1st Of March. He
will engage in the stock business and
will farm none this year.
Our station agent, Mr.. Mathews, in
forms us that the freight business at
tIt|s station for 1896 amounts to near
N ten thousand dollars, and yet we
are not accommodated with wire.
f. L. Taylor informs us that he
The Chanute times., 1897-01-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
News From the Seats OF
NeoSho and Wilson
Counties.
Items from Other Points of Int
crest Tributary to Chanute.
FREDONIA.

Fredonia. Kas., Jan. CLARK DAVIS,
representative elect of Wilson Co., was
in town this week. He will begin his
duties at Topeka next week as leg
islator.
John II. Gray, county commissioner
from Neodesha, is in town this week
attending meeting of the board.
The butchers are preparing to put
up ice, and should the cold snap con-
tinue, they will lose no time in secur-
ing bountiful supply of the CONCEAL
ed fluid
Robt. A. McGregor and John w.
Gordon, of Coyville, were in the
county seat Monday. The latter has re-
Gently purchased a farm in NerdigrlS
township.
The Fredonia Agricultural Associa-
tion has announced its dates for thls
year, Aug. "a to 27. The Association
is in excellent condition and offers
$1,000 in stakes this year.
The county commissioners are in
regular quarterly session this week,
allowing the usual and necessary ac-
counts and granting such road petl-
tions as seemeth just and equitable.
The school opened Monday morning
after two weeks holiday. The pupils
enjoyed the vacation, but most OF
them seemed glad to take up anew
their work for the remainder of the
year.
H. V. Butcher, one of the best
county superintendent Wilson Co.
ever had, is occasionally seen on our
streets. His eyes are improving but
are not in condition to allow him tol
return to his school work.
The four county officers whose sew
eral terms expire next week are pre-
pairing to turn their offices over to
their successors. The present encum-
bents have all served two terms and
are all republicans, but their success
ors are populists, except the probate
judge.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued the last week:
The Chanute times., 1897-01-08
THAYER.

Thayer, Kan, Ian. 6-The first is.
sue of THE TINES, with the imperfec.
tions of "a new ISSUE" was a very
presentable and readable journal.
The lodge of Workmen here will
commemorate Memorial Day. Jan. IS,
by holding an open or public lodge
at the opera house,
The shipmeet of grain, hay and live
stock from this point this season, ex-
ceeds in quantity such shipments in
any year since 1883.
The preliminary examination of
Noah Franklin, charged with keeping
a gambling house, was continued till
the 18th. This will probably be
County Attorney Cline's first case in
this neighbOrhoOd.
Continued on eighth page)
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
WHOLE ARMY ANN,4lLArED.
Three Thousand Abyssinians Slain
by SOmaljs i'm Africa.

Three Thousand Abyssintans Slain
by SOMalis in Africa.
Bennett Stanford has returned to Lon
don from taking part in an expedition to
Somaliland, bringing news of the annihi-
lation, at the end of June, of an Abyssinian
army of 5000 men under the control of the
famous general, Ras Mackennen, Of which
number only s%iXty-nine men escaped. Mr..
Stanford said, in part:
"While in the interior we came
across a powerful SOmali who had Just
returned from the fight. lie told me
that an Abyssinian force had been
raiding down the Webbe Shebeyli River
nearly as far as the 45th parallel. The
Sonalis then overwhelmed them with
large numbers, allowing sixty men to go
back with the news of the slaughter. Ras
Mackennen was killed during the battle.
1.-THE affair occurred about 100 miles from
where we were. The whole neighborhood
Is still greatly excited and the possession
of so many Italian rifles by the Somalis is
evidence that the story told of the Abyss
sinian defeat is true"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
-6RADsTREET's REVIEW.
Activity i'm Staple Lines of Mcrchan-
disc Less Pronounced.

Activity i'm staple Lines of Mcrchan.
disc less Pronounced.
Bradstreet's Review of Trade says: The
activity in staple lines of merchandise is
less pronounced than a month ago, due TO
anterior merchants having supplied their
demands for the time, n gradual increase
of the territory included by the yellow
fever quarantine, the low price of cotton,
IA tendency in the Mississippi valley and
spring wheat states to hold wheat for
higher prices and to farmers being busy
with fall planting.
The position of the cotton goods indus
try is no more favorable, but wooden goods
manufacturers report demand good and
prices steady and an unwillingness by
makers to accept new orders at prcscn;
quotations.
There are nOmina advances for lard
and mems shoes. but prices for pork, sugar,
copper, lumber, coal, hides and wool are
unchanged.
Quotations are lower for butter, potatoes,
wheat, corn, oats, flour, beef, coffee, cotton,
print cloths and lead.
Wheat exports have again expanded, tho
total for the present week being among
the largest on record. The total exports
of wheat (tlour included as wheat) this
week from both coasts of the United States
aggregated 6,039, 72O bushels, against 4,15G,-
81 bushels in the same week a gear ago.
Corn exports again make a small total.
being 2,29f 900 bushels this week, against
1,11l 900 bushels a year ago.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
To PROPAGATE DEes' SCHEME

Kansas Contingent Said to BE Plan.
ming to Capture the Schools.
The Kansas contingent Of the Social
Democracy, promulgated by Eugene v.
Debs, has laid the plan to capture the
schools and colleges of that state. The
state club organized at Topeka is only the
beginning of a crusade which its promote
ers expect will sweep through all the state
schools and colleges of Kansas. Back of
the scheme are some of the Populist lead
ers of the state, and most active in the
of organization are appointees of
Chief Justice Doster of the Kansas supreme
court. The plan as outlined is to employ
teachers in the various state educational
institutions who are in sympathy with the
Debs idea, and then to organize clubs of
the Social Democracy among the students,
so that when they go out into the world as
teachers or in other callings they will be
fitted to inculcate the new doctrine.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
APPLE CROP is SHORT
PRICES ARE HIGH AND TEND.
ENCY is UPWARD.
Estimated that the Crop Will BE
About Forty Per Cent. Less This
Year than the Yield of 1s00-To
Propagate Debs' Scheme.
Apples Will Be High Priced.

Apples Will Be High Priced.
A st. Louis dispatch says: The world
is looking to Missouri and Illinois for the
main portion of its apple supply. In the
eastern states, in Canada and in Nova
Scotia, the crop has been a failure, while
even at home the yield falls behind that of
last year. Late apples have been injured
by the drought, and commission men gem
orally look for the shortest apple crop in
years. What fruit has already been
gathered and that which remains upon the
trees is not of first-class quality.
Within the last month there has been an
advance Of about 75 cents on the barrel.
and from present indications apples will
be selling at the enormous price Of s. per
barrel in the near future. The rapid and
keen advance in prices is regarded as but
the natural sequence of the general esti-
mate that the crop will be about 40 per
cent less this year than the yield of last.
The most favorite varieties of eating
apples, such as the Geniting, Winecap,
Northern Spy and Russets, are very scarce.
Ben Davis is about the only apple on the
market in any quantity. 1t is probable
that those who are fond of their Geniting
or Winesap will have to pay pretty dearly
for them this winter.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
THEATER COLLAPSED!
DOME OF A CINCINNATI PLAY
HOUSE GIVES WAY.
s.Dangcrs of a Great City" Cut Short
by an Actual Catastrophe-Falling.
Plastcring Warns the Audience OF
Many Would Have Persisted.
Collapse of AZ Thcater.


The Changers of Il Great City, on the.
stage of Robinson's opera house, Cincin-
natl, Friday night. was cut short in its
performance by Il tragic realization of the
actual dangers of a great city. The house:
VA fairly filled, but not crowded. A lit
de before $3.50 O'Clock Il lady in the au-.
0tence says she heard u noise which con-
ttnued for five minutes before the catas-
erophe came. She gave it little attention,
thinking it was a part of the performance.
Presently the plastering began to fall, in.
small particles at first, but enough to.
alarm some of the timid or cautious, who
retired. A little later the plastcring be-.
gan to shower down Ill great chunks. 1t
came from the ceiling above, which sup
ported tho dome. There was a rush from
the gallery, which was not very we'll.
filled. The balcony was soon empticd.
Those in the dress circle retired as promptly.
as possible and, strange to say, with
out an apparent panic. The crowding
of these to the door obstructcd the passage
Of people from the parquet, which accounts,
I'm a measure for the number of casualties.
Suddenly and with a great crash, the
great central truss of the ceiling, eighty
Meet long and thirty feet wide, came plung-
Ing down. The ends of it struck on the
two gallery wings and doubled it up i'm
the center, sending it dow into the par
:quet with a great Settlement of joists and
simbers The truss rested in the parquet
very much in the shape of a capital letter
". The wonder is that so few we're hurt
land of the few hurt that so many escaped
with so slight injuries.
Three were killed and a score injured.
The house has been built more than
twenty-five years and the wood had shrunk
until the bolts and nails afforded the
smallest possible security. One of these
'trnsscs had rotted away from its fasten-
,ings; it has parted and thrown the two
sections down and they in their descent
pulled the dome with them. These wood
trusscs are of pine and they shrink very
perceptibly in the course of years.
A singular coincidence that the play an
nounced for the next week was entitled
'"I!nder the Dome"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
WILL SUE UNCLE SAM.
Dakotan to Bring Action for Killing
of Alleged GIantcrcd Horses.

n. Rousseau of Cheyenne River, who
suffered the loss of a large number of
horses this summer, which stock was
killed on the order of the Indian depart-
ment as glandcred, has taken the prelim-
mary steps toward a damage suit against
the department. lie places his damage at
nearly $21,0OO. and will sue for that
amount.
Mr.. Rousseau reports all that portion of
the country between Moreau and Grand
rivers to have been burned over and
thousands of acres of range destroyed.
lie had not learned if there was any loss
OF stock by fire. He also reports wolves
very numerous between the Cheyenne and
MORGAN rivers, the coyotes being more
numerous than ever, as they have a good
living from the remains of calves and colts
killed by the large Buffalo wolves, which
are doing Il great deal of damage in that
WAY.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
While in a Blind Awaiting the APP
proach of u Deer +. A. Van BlOn-
din of Lead Has am Exciting Ex-
perience with a Bear.
Bear Attacks a Hunter.

While out deer hunting u few days ago
+. A. Van Blondin of Lead was fortunate
enough to have a round with a silver tip
bear. Deer are very plentiful in the Hills
this fall. While waiting, concealed behind
a "blind," for the appearance of a deer,
MI. Van Blondin was aroused to action by
the sound of the footsteps of some animal.
A large bear soon came into view and
made directly for the place of concealment.
The hunter fired once, the ball striking the
breast, only causing a wound. The shell
stuck in the rifle, which prevented a Sec
ond shot. The hunter made u quick run
for a log, managing to extract the shell on
the way. Bruin was in hot pursuit, and
the man had just time enough to turn and
fire as it plunged over the log. The bullet
struck it fairly i'll the head, killing it in
stantly. Mr.. Van Blondin considers it a
very fair deer hunt, and he shows with
considerable pride the large skin and the
head, which have been preserved,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
sIAkKET

Chicaso-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs. shipping grades,
S5.0O to S4.20; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to S4.5O; wheat, No. . red, soc to 9Uc:
corn. No. ., PC to 2Sc; oats. No. ., 1Sc
to DC; rye, No. .. 45c to 46c; butter,
choice creamery. 21c to pc: eggs, fresh,
lie to 15c; new potatoes, 3Sc to Soc per
bushel.
lndianap0lis-Cattle. shipping, $500 to
S''.25; hogs, choice light, $500 I o $4.225:
sheep. common to choice. $500 to $500:
wheat. No. =. 92c to 94c; corn, No. =
white, 2Sc to Doc; oats, No. . white, 92c
to 24c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to 1925: hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep. $500 to $500;
wheat. No. =, 9Gc to Csc; corn. No. .
yellow. bic to 2Sc; oats, No. 9 white, PIC
to 23c; rye. No. 2. APE to 44c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to 1925; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $3.50 to $4.25;
wheat. No. Q. 02c to 94c: corn, No. q
mixed. DE to a0c: oats, No. = mixed, zoe
to 222c: rye. No. .. 46c to 4Sc.
Detroit-Cattlc, $3.50 to $s5.225; hogs
$500 % $500; sheep. $3.50 to $500:
wheat, No. .. Ole to 83c: corn. No. :
yellow, Doe to 3Oc: oats, No. = white, go
to 24c: rye. Ate to 49c.
Tolelo-Whcat, No. . red. &c to 94c
corn, No. . mixed. 2Sc to pc; oats, No
. white. 1sr to Doe: rye. No. 4. 47c to 43s.
clover seed. $50 to $3.50.
Observation-Disclosures. No. = spring, IS.
to soc: corn. No. g. 27c to 2Sc; oats, No
. white, Pie to 233c: rye, No. 1, Ate tc 47c:
barley. No. 9, Ace to 45c; pork, mess.
$50 to $500.
Bufralo-Cattlc. $500 to $3.50: hogs,
$500 to $4.25: sheep, $500. to $4.75;
wheat. No. . winter. 9Gc to &c; corn, No.
9 yellow. Bic to 33c; oats. No. . white,
-. to nc.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$3.50 to $4.75; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 96c; corn, No.
9. 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, pc to
24c: butter. creamery, 15c to 23c; eggs,
Western. Ice to 1Sc.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
MASSIVE PENlTENTIARY WALL
Average of Thirty.Five Feet High
aud Nine Feet Thick Mt Rasc.

anu NlMe Feet thick at Base.
What is said to be the strongest stone
wall surrounding any state prison in the
United States was completed around the
South Dakota State penitentiary one day
last week. The average height of the
wall is thirty-tivc feet. The base of the
wall is nine feet thick and the top four feet
thick, and the wall goes down below the
surface from four to nine feet. The trim
mings of this wall, which is 1882 feet i'm
length, are of KasOta white stone, but the
main structure is of Sioux Falls granite.
In its building the contractors used 1850
cords of Sioux Falls granite, which was
quarried by the cOnvicts, 1850 yards of
sand and 1850 barrels of cement. There
are five guard towers, one over each
entrance and three at the corners. The
wall was commenced a year ago but work
was suspended during the winter months.
The value of the wall to the state is $335, OOu,
but it was constructed at a cost to the state
of only $l2,0 D0.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
REslsTs PERSONAL TAX.
st. Louis Mans Defense Virtually til,

st. Louis Mans Defense Virtually the
Single Tax Theory.
Attorney John McCann has filed in
Judge Talty's court at st. Louis, Mo-, an
answer to the suit brought by the city
against William H. Appleman, McCann's
client, for personal taxes for the years 1894
and 1895. The defense set up by Mccain
is virtually the single tax theory, and this
is the first time it has been pleaded in this
country in such a case. 1t is called the
"bill of rights Defense" and is based on
the bill of rights clause of the Missouri
constitution. A number of suits for per-
sonal taxes are pending, and Mr.. McCann
proposes to resist payment of them all on
this ground. The defense is unique and
the decision is anXiously awaited by free
holders and lawyers, as victory will mean
the overthrow of the present system of
taxation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
No Right to Carry Mail.

Chicago street car companies have no
authority 10 carry Uncle Sans mail, if
Corporation Counsel Thornton is right.
He sent al opinion on the question to the
city council and from his standpoint the
companies are operating under franchises
which specifically prohibit the transporta-
ton of anything but passengers. Mr..
Thornton believes that the authority
granted the car companies by the United
States is not sufficient to prevent the haul
ing of mail cars. He says the carriage of
mail, therefore, is a direct violation of the
provisions under which the roads are
operating.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
Arrested for Robbery.

A telegram was received at Groton one
day last week by Marshal Dctling, direct.
ing him to arrest and hold a man who was
being driven toward Gr0ton by the Candle
livery man. The telegram also stated that
the man was charged with stealing $1,000.
The arrest was made soon after the Candle
rig arrived. Only two or three dollars
were found on his person, and a vigorous
search was started for the money. II. r..
Bartlett found $500 where the man had
showed 1t down between the studding in a
stall Of Basom's livery barn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
EvANeELlNA IN NEW YORK.
Fair Cuban Heroine Will BE Given
Reception in Gotham.

a Reception in Gotham.
E%vangelina Cossio y Cisneros, a relative
of President Cisneros of the Cuban re-
public, who recently escaped from a Span
ish prison in Cuba, arrived in New York
Wednesday,. She suffered seasickness
during the entire voyage and declined,
until she recovered, to say anything about
her Imprisonment and escape.
Later it was learned her escape from
Havana wa cleverly planned. A pass
port for her under an assumed masculine
name was secured in advance by friends.
The Spanish guards at the gangway of the
vessel on which she sailed fell the victims
to these same friends, who piled them
with drugged wine. A few minutes be-
fore the vessel sailed Miss Cisneros APP
pearcd as a fashionably attired young
man, and, showing the passport, was al
lowed to so on board without question.
She had escaped from prison two days he.
fnro.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
GRAND CHAPTER CLOSES.
Meeting of the Royal Arch Masons
a Baltimore Ends.

at Baltimore Ends.
The grand chapter of Royal Arch
MasOns held the final business meeting of
its present session in Baltimore Friday
and elected the following officers:
General Grand High priest-Reuben G..
Lennon of Toledo, Ohio.
Deputy General Grand High Priest
James w. Taylor, Luthersville, Ga.
General Grand King-ArthurG q. Pollard,
Lowell, Mass.
General Grand Scribe-Joseph f. Dyas,
Paris, Ill.
General Grand Treasurer-Daniel
Striker, Hastings, Mich.
General Grand Observation-Disclosures
G. Fox, Buffalo.
General Grand Captain of the Host
VIM. c. Swim, Milwaukee.
General Grand Principal Sojourner-
Nathan Kingsley, Austin, MINI.
General Grand Royal Arch Captain
Bernard G. Witt, Henderson, KY.
General Grand Master Of the Third Veil
George E. Corson, Washington, d. G.
General Grand Master of the Second
Veil-Frank w. Craig, Des Moines, Iowa.
The next triennial meeting Of the grand
chapter will be held at Cincinnati in Sep.
TENDER, 1900.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
Road to Be Built 10 Mystic.

Saturday there were filed in the United
States land office in Rapid City, by the
chief engineer of the Dakota Pacific Rail-
road complete maps of the location of the
line to Mystic. These maps have been
transmitted to Washington for approval.
The company acquired the right-of-way
for five years from the date af location.
The road when completed means great
things for the southern Hills. There are
many rich mining prospects along the
road which have never been developed be-
cause of there not being Il way of trans
portation to the mills.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
Aberdeen Hotel Chanpe.

X. n. Porter of Window, Mimi, late
proprietor of the Park Hotel of that place,
las leased the old Hotel Kennard of Aber-
deem and will enter upon its management
November I. The name will he changed
to the Aberdeen. Steam fixtures are to be
placed in all parts of the building, and
new furnishings and fittings throughout
are now being purchased. With the
Ward, Aberdeen's new European hotel,
the Sherman and Wisconsin, and now the
Aberdeen, the city's hotel facilities will
lave no superior in the west.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-22
Paroled the Wrong Husband.

About two years ago Mrs. Matte Thomp-
son of Alto Pass, read in the newspapers
that a man named Frank Thompson, had
been convicted of crime at Benton, Ill.,,
and sentenced to a term in the Chester
pcnitentiary. This was her husbands
name, who had committed Il crime and
had run away from home. She wrote the
convict at Chester, and, after a year, Sc
cured a parole for him. Thompson az
rived at Alto Pass Saturday, and Was met
at the depot by Mrs. Thompson, who dis
covered that the man was not her hus.
band.