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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
shcrman's Vacation Over.

Secretary Sherman returned to WASH
ington Friday afternoon from brief rest
of two weeks at Amagansctt. l.. /. He
appears refreshed and improved by his
brief respite at the ocean. Secretary Sher-
man denied recent statements from San
Francisco that Minister Sewall had in
structions to establish protcctorate over
Hawaii in the event the senate failed to
ratify the annexation treaty.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Guilty of Manslaughtcr.

The jury in the Wamsley case at Ver-
million brought in verdict of acquittal as
to Anna Wamsley. and manslaughter in
the second degree as to Marion Wamsley.
The court pronounced Judgment of three
years at hard labor in the state peniten-
tiary. The Wamsleys killed Albert Dar-
rah in a fight last April
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
THE NATIONS POPULATION.
Official Estimates of a Treasur,
Oflcial Is 77.OOO.OOS.

omcial Is 77,OOO,Oos.
The latest official estimates of the popt
lation of the United States is 7,0OO,O ,O6S.
This is made by the actuary of the treas
ury, an officer whose dnty it is, at fixed in
tervals, to report on the per capita circula-
tion of money in the United States. He
estimates that the present holdings of
money are $22.53 for every man, woman
and child in the United States. His esti-
mate of the population is made by the use
of the census reports for the preceding de-
cade. Certain fixed rules of increase by
birth and immigration and provisions for
deaths and other losses are made and the
resulting estimate is acccped as official.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Form Detective Association.

Because of the depredations of what ap-
pears to be a regularly organized band of
thieves. who steal cattle and other prop
erty from farmers, the farmers of McCook
County have organized detective associa-
tion for mutual protection. There is only
one other organization of the kind in the
state. The object of the association is to
detect and punish those who steal from
members, and to recover, if possible, stolen
DrODerty.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Filled Fun of Bullets.

Nathaniel Mason, young negro, at
tempted an assault Sunday night upon
Mrs. Powell OF Glenwood. Ga. in her bed
room, and was captured after a fierce
struggle by her husband. In short time
nearly fifty of his neighbors armed with
guns and pistols arrived at the scene OF
the assault. They took the negro from
DIR. Powell and carried him some distance
nown the road and shot him to death.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Could i'm No Mining Deal.

In dispatch received in New York
from George Gould, who is in London, Mr..
should in any manner have been connected
in the public prints with mining de-
veloping company, the prospectus of which
has given rise to such statements.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Lynching of a Negro.

News has been received of the lynching
of Benjamin Mayfield, a negro with a
hitherto good reputation, at Edna, small
village about twelve miles south of Albany.
Ga. Mayfield committed an assault ON the
wife of railroad conductor.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
LYNcH HING IN KENTUCKY.
Mob Hangs One White outraecr
and Menaces Another.

and MenaCeS Another.
a dispatch from Barboursville, KY,
says: Jack Williams was caught in the
mountains near Brush Creek and lynched
Friday night by a mob OF cnraged men.
He and his brother Tom were accused of
raping a deaf mute girl named Whey
Bays. Tom Williams was forced to marry
the girl. He is now in Jail and there are
threats of lynching him. The crime was a
shocking one. The girl was brought into
court. scantily clothed and barefooted.
She is in a serious mental condition and
there is much indignation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Expensive for Rev. Mr.. pv,e.

Rev. Mr.. Pyle, pastor Of the Methodist
Church in Sturgis caused to be arrested
the kid" nine for playing ball on tho
Sabbath. AS a test case one of the bows
was tried last week before jury. He
wa was "a acquitted and costs to the amount Of
$35. 80 were charged to the divine "
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Goes Insane over Rc.;yiop.

Miss Bertha Swartz of Barkston has
been adjudged insane by tile Yankton.
County board of insanity and committed
to the state insane hospital. Miss Swartz
has lately been in hospital in Sioux City..
for medical treatment and while there her
mind succumbed to the strain of years Of
i'll health. She had left Sioux CITY for her
home, but it became necessary to take her.
from the train at Yankton. She is insane:
upon the subject of religion. She is sis.
ter to Miss Mary Swartz, the evangelist.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Murders His Wife.

Mrs. Warren Windring of Springvillc,
n. Y, was shot and killed by her husband
In her home while talking to visitor. He
wounded Miss Ware, the visitor. The
husband and wife have not been on good
terms.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Eight suits Against Texas Road,

EtRuu SuIts HE6tnBt TeXHS ItO0uB
The attorney general Of Texas has
filed eight suits against the Hous-
ton u Texas Central Railroad,
charging discrimination in freight
rates. These cases are the first in several
hundred that are to bc filed against
different roads.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Found Dead in Bed.

A. Bailey of Princeton, Wis. who was
visiting his daughter, Mrs. William Dent
of Chamberlain, was found dead in bed
Friday. The deceased was 81 years old
and veteran of the Black Hawk war.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Quits Uncle SANS Employ.

President N. L. Young of the National
Baseball League, who has been employed
in the treasury department for thirty -one
years, rendered his resignation Saturday.
and at his personal request it was accepted
at once by Secretary Gage.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
oEsPERADoEs SHOT DOWN.
Two Alabama Outlaws Have Fight
1s.ifl lIiuo lNAa1.,.x,

Two Alabama Outlaws Have a Fight
with Five Officers.
I Two negro dcsperadoes. Allen Lightfoot
and son. had pistol fight with FIVE officers
OF the law on the road that runs along Pea
River. in Coffee County. Alabama. Nom
day. The negroes had been wanted for
some time for various felonies and had de-
fed the officer to arrest them. Five deputy
sheriffs encountered them III narrow
road and cross fire was opened at once
and many shots exchanged. The elder
1ightfoot was shot through the heart and
killed and his son was shot in both legs
and in the shoulder He will die. None
of the officers were scarcely wounded.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
G. W. Hin Dies in Florida.

c. w. Hill, an old pioneer and locator of
people upon quarter sections in Jerauld
County, as we'll as former editor of the
Dakota Sieve, died in Florida few days
ago, almost Immediately following the
death of his son Ezra. He went south in
search Of health and was stricken with
sssWamD feyer.n
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
American Tennis Team Wins.

Ina contest full of brilliant plays the
American team, composed of II. ID. Wrenn
and G. 8. Campbell, defeated the English
team, II. S. Mahoney and w. V. Eaves, in
ithe International tennis tournament at
Hoboken, Nj. /,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
WorId,s Cola protluction.

Mr.. Preston, the director of the mint,
estimates the gold production of the world
for 1895 to have been s2O5 100000, of which
the United States contributed over $751;
100000. For 1897, it is believed the worlds
gold product will reach at least $24O,O00,-
OOc, an increase of $50, ,O00, 900 over 1895.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Bicycle Tax KilIed.

Judge Tuley of Chicago has decided the
new city ordinance establishing vehicle
tax to be void. The ordinance permitted
the city to collect 81 year from each
bicycle owner and for other vehicles pro.
pOrtiOnately.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Council Submits to the Mavo,

In the contest at Sioux Falls between
the mayor and the city council, which has
been waged for over two months. the
mayor has scored victory, his appointee
for auditor being finally confirmed. The
saloon element has had control of the
council, but the combination is now
hrnl.on
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

The Butte County Bank of Belle Fourche
has offered reward of s2,5OO for the ar
rest of the four members of the party
which attempted to rob the bank on June
% and are still at large. These men are
George Currie, Harve Ray and two Roberts
brothers. Two sheritfs from South Dakota.
Sheriff Patton of Natrona County and
Sheriff Sproal of johnson County, together
with number of stock detectives, are
looking for the robbers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Charged with Grand u,,o.

Andrew Ranke of Perry township. Lin.
col. County, was arrested for stealing n
note for 5000 of Mrs. Anna Berens. In tho
preliminary hearing he was charged with
grand larceny and was bound over tn the
fall term of the circuit court. He ia in ;ail
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Section Hands Arc H,,,,

Monday morning sectien crew started.
from the Brookings yard to work on a we'll
Az the junction the hand car ON which thew
were riding ran into an open switch.
throwing the car from the track and the,
.len were hurled to the ground. Ed Kicker,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Poisoned by a Niosouito Bite

: A mosquito bite may cost pretty Dorothy
Dodworth of Greater New York her right
ieg. She is lying i'll in the house of Mrs. NJ.
B. Lyon in Elmhurst, LII, her right leg be-
Ing swollen to three times its natural size.
She is delirious, and suffers excruciating
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Zimmerman Wins New Honors.

A cablegram says Gus Zimmerman. a
rifle shot, again distinguished himself in a
shooting match at Frankfort on Main,
taking first prize. Zimmerman has won
first prize in all the important shooting
matches in Europe since he has been there.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
To Do Business I'm nako..

The state insurance department. has
licensed the North American Cas,ai,s, aS
Company of Minneapolis to do business iy ;y
this state. ''"eSs ia
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Ask a Pardon for WalIace.

Application for pardon has been filed in
the governors Office for Mark Wallace.
who was sentenced from Clark County un.
der the old prohibitory law.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Refused to Let R,n, p...

a lew days ago Judge Jones of Stony
Falls suspended Lawyer Joe s K;rh,. "" oiTsxl Ts'
latter appealed to the sunrema ocn,. a!.' ane
Monday appeared in the county court hut h"t
Judge Wilkes refused to let him s.. mrsc,;oa Ius
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13

Moi. Taylor Scott Dead.
Maj. Taylor Scott, attorney general Of
Virginia, died at Warrentown, Va, Satur-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-13
Patent for University lands.

The state has receiveia patent for 24O
acres OF university lands situated in the
Mitchell land district.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
Credulity of Russian Peasantry.

A writer in a French review tells
curious story serving to show the misery
and credulity of the peasantry in some
districts Of Russia, as well as the au-
dacity Of the unscrupulous swindlers by
whom they are sometimes fieeced. An
adventurer was recently tried at Saratof
for having induced number of peasants
to abandon to his keeping all their world
ly possessions, with the view OF emil
grating under his guidance to-Jupiter.
There they were to find land i'll album
dance, easy to work and marvelously fer
tile. When the local authorities inter-
vened, it was found that quite band OF
emigrants were preparing to start for
the blessed planetary colony. We are not
told what defense was made by the pris-
oner, but it was quite apparent that his
dupes were aware that it was to no ter
restrial land of promise that he was to
lead them. He was therefore. indicted
and condemned for spreading false re-
ports about Jupiter. "-Westminster Ga
zatta
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
Walking to Health.

When there is no organic WeaBness
which is aggravated by the exertion' IL
is the easiest and pleasantest th'hg 10
walk right into health. OF course, there
is no virtue in "A dawdllng walk. Inc
slow and languid dragging OF one 100.
after the other, which some people cali
walking. would tire an athlete; IL ut
terlv exhausts a weak person, ana tha'
is the reason why many delicate people
think they cannot walk. To derive any
benefit from the exercise it is necessary
70 walk with light, elastic step, which
swings the weight of the body so easily
from one leg to the other that it's weigh'
is not felt, and which produces healthy
glow. showing that the sluggish oiooo
Is stirred to action in the most remote
veins This sort of walking exhilarate'
the whole body, gives tone to the nerve
and produces just that sort OF hcaitn.u
fatigue which encourages sound res'iu
sleep. Buffalo Express.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
The Congregation.

One fine Sunday morning tourist ar
rived at a kirk in Argyllshire, intend
inc to enter for the English service ., as
soon as the Gaelic was over. is .he
Gaelic service over?" he inquired OF the
"No. but it will not be fiery long.
So the tourist strolled on INTO ,ne
churchyard, where the tomDs'ones lay as
deep in the long grass by anu W he
was recalled by the shouts OF ,no pu .'a'
W. W. stood ot the door waving to him.
"pnt is the Gaelic service overF' nc
asked, once more.
ooh, aye, it will be over ,uo
"prt T have not seen the congrega
ton Which way did it go!
The beadle directed his attention 20
solitary figure slowly vending his way ',
~n the hill. and said, "That's him. =
London Tit-Bits.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
Historic Trees In New York.

On West One Hundred and flfty-
ninth street and st. Nicholas avenue,
Washington Heights, stand NUMBER Oh
remarkable trees They were formerly
the grounds surrounding the old Jume'
mansion, which is now known as harie
Cliff. They are Egyptian cypress ana
have a history, like everything pertain
inc TO this remarkable mansion ana its
grounds They were sent as present 10
Napoleon Bonaparte from the sultan oi
Egypt as a gift OF honor. but arrived ia
Havre France. after the battle or wa
terloo. Stephen Jumel, who was II,
France at the time. and persoii"i
friend of Napoleon. succeeded IN gam :
ing an audience with the emperor 'ie
NIGHT before he was banished to the IS
land of st Helena. Napoleon presented
these trees to Jumel, who brought tneh'
to America OH the clipper ship Eliza
which he had chartered with the nope
of aiding Napoleon to escape 10 'l,'s
country These trees. when brough'
here. had their native earth still cling
ing TO their roots. They were planter
as described above. where they f1ourisn,
ed and grew to large size spreau,ns
out their peculiar branches wide owe, we,
their adopted sofia mute re'i''ho,' "
the decay of empires as well as peop'o
New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
He Would Not BE un.ler.0,A

Colonel James Tamplin a veteran 90
sle Mexican and civil wars, is a veri-
table walking history of the wars in
which he bore himself with much honor
Colonel Tamplin was reading a nanor
recently, when he saw "a mention Of tho
president of one of the great railroads
centering in Chicago. "I'll tell Won
story about that man, he said. "Wben
we were hanging around Vicksburo
looking for trouble with the 'Johnnies
there was more or less foraging. | re.
member this man, then IA private i'm opr
company, while nosing about the ad.
joining farms ran across "a barrel of
prime cider Being good soldier. he
promptly confscated the cider and en-
ployed an aged darky to tote it into
camp.
''Cider was scarce in those days, and
he rugged up temporary bar and was
soon doing IL lively business retailing it
at 10 cents cup. The barrel stood well
back in his tent, and for time he was
so busy filling orders that he paid no at
tention to disturbance in the rear of
the tent. Then the crowd began to
dwindle and he realized that something
was wrong, He importuned passing
soldier to sample his wares, but the fell
low shook his head and said the price
was too high There's fellow around
here selling cider at cents Il glass; he
said.
1.-The owner of the barrel took a turn
around his tent and found great crowd
gathered in the rear. Another member
of the company had driven a spigot into
the other end of the barrel and was do
ing a land Office business Well, he saw
the game was mp, and rather than be
outdone he invited the whole GROVE
around in front and told them to pitcl
in. He was willing to meet competi
ton, and rather than be undersold OF
| his own goods he would ladle out thu
| cider free.
| II reckon, however," added Colone
| Tamplin, "that he had made enough
| before the trick was discovered to Civ
| him a start i'll the railroad business, TO
| l see he has been doing quite well eve
since. Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
A King and His Crown.

The sovereign who makes use u nat
crown most frequently is that nus ,,
simple. unaffected and democratic OF az s
monarchs of Europe, King Oscar ol
Sweden. who dons it each time 'na' y.
opens parliament at Stockholm OF az
Christiania. .,rce
II scarcely adds TO his appearance
for it comes down too far over MS u.s. 80,
and somewhat gives one the impress, lou
of a derby hat worn on the back OF oa sn'
head and pulled down over the eau. .;.
Indeed n is only the kings maJestic
statnre and dignified bearing that pre-
serve him from looking ridiculous when
he has got it upon his head. --Lond0l'
Letter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
WELLINGTON WAS WARNED.
A Design Which Might Have Materially
Affected the Destiny of Europe.

The story goes that Wellington useo
TO ride over daily, with one or two OF
his staff, from his headquarters at st.
Jean de Luz, and take his stand ON the
ton of q wooded sand hillock, calico
Blanc Pignon, on the left bank OF the
Adour, which commands view of both
banks and the town itself two miles ur
stream. This had been noticed by the
French. who had still command OF the
river and the opposite shore, and the
jealous sailor aforesaid, Bourgeois by
name, conceived the plan OF entrapplng
the great English captain by lying IL
ambush for him, with few men,
among the underground on the sane
dune. which happened to be on neutral
ground Just outside the line OF trenct
pickets.
General Thouvenot very honorably de-
clined to sanction this tricky proceeding,
but, seeing through his glasses from the
clock tower of the cathedral in Bayonne
that it was actually being carried out,
notwithstanding his disapproval, he sent
a mounted orderly, as fast rs he could
gallon, down the road on the left banl
of the river (the present site OF the Al
lees Marines) past the French pickets
to warn Wellington of his danger Th'
message was just in time. When within
a short distance of the ambush, awaiting
him on the narrow little track winding
up the sand dune, he turned his horse
and moved quietly off in another direc
ton.
So says the story, which, entirely be
lieved by the French, is placed on recor'
by Morel, declared i'll footnote TO D.
correct, and then (1S46) within tn
, memory of living witnesses. We can en-
tirely agree with the author in his sue
ceeding remark, "Thus, by one of thos
strange chances beyond all human eS
, PLANTATION, there fell through desig
which might have materially change
the course of events Macmillan
, MapaZine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
BOONE AND THE INDIANS.
.ns Old Kentucky Hunter Was Prisoner
In Their Hands For Months.

Boone frequently took TO the field ON
ut expeditions against tine savages.
Once when he and a party OF other men
were making salt at a lick, they were
surprised and carried OFF by the Indians.
The old hunter was prisoner with them
for some months, but finally made his
escape and came home through the track
less woods az straight as the wild pigeon
flies. He was ever OH the watch 20 ware
of the Indian inroads and TO follow tho
war parties and try TO rescue the pris-
oners.
Once his own daughter and two other
girls who were with her were carried
off by band of Indians. Boone collected
some friends and followed them steadily
for two days and night. Then they
came TO where the Indians had killed
buffalo calf and were camped. Firing
from a little distance, they shot two In
dams, and rushing in rescued the girls.
On another occasion, when Boone had
gone TO visit salt lick with his brother,
the Indians ambushed them and shot the
latter. Boone himself escaped, but the
Indians followed him for three miles by
the aid Of tracking dog, until Boone
turned, shot the dog and then eluded his
pursuers. In company with Simon Ken
ton and many of the noted hunters and
wilderness warriors he once and again
took part III perilous expeditions into
the Indian country. Twice bands of In
dams, accompanied by French, Tory
and British partisans from Detroit, bear
ing the flag Of Great Britain, attacked
Boonesboro. In each case Boone and his
fellow settlers beat them off with loss.
At the fatal battle of the Blue Licks,
in which 200 Of the best riflemen OF
Kentucky were beaten with terrible
slaughter by great force of Indians
from the lakes, Boone commanded the
left wing Leading his men, rifle IL
hand, he pushed back and overthrow
the force against him. But meanwhile
the Indians destroyed the right wing
and center and got in the rear, so that
there was nothing for Boone's men ex
J cept to flee with all speed. Theodore
Roosevelt in st. Nicholas.