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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
THE WEEK in TRADE
BUSINESS WORLD AS SEEN BY
BRADSTREET'S.
Two Thousand Pounds of Gold Ore
Belonging to u Wisconsin Conn
pany Went Down with the steamer
City of Mexico-Other Items.
Brndstrcct's Weekly Review.

Bradstrcct's Weekly Review.
BTadstrect's Weekly Review says: The
general trade situation continues to inn
prove, and aside from the unnecessarily
prolonged strike of the soft coal miners,
there is little in sight to cloud the outlook.
The feature of the week is the advance in
the prices of almost all leading staples, be-
ginning with an upward movement all
along the line in iron and steel.
Lead and soft coal are higher, as is
wheat, Notwithstanding n oil two reac-
tions. The statistics position of wheat is
the strongest known since the United
States became a considerable exporter,
and its price, as well as that for bread, is
likely TO exceed that of the present week
advances. Following that for wheat,
prices are higher for wheat flour, corn,
oats, lard, potatoes, butter, eggs, beans,
cheese, leaf tobacco, wool and live stock.
Advances for leather, hides, lumber and
linseed oil are also reported.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
BODY FOUND IN A BOILER.
Remains of an Unknown Man Dis.
covered at Redheld.

COvcrSu III 160uIlClO.
The dead body of an unknown man was
found in an old boiler near the iron
foundry works at Redtield. He is a young
mar of about % years of age, dark hair,
dark eyes, rather stub nosed, clean shaven,
weight about 1870 pounds. His clothes
are dark, the shirt black with white stripes
and Il black SLOUGH hat. There was a
small hole in the back of his head, evil
IDENTIFY a bullet hole. 1t is supposed lie
was murdered by three tramps with whom
he quarreled Monday, August 90. He was
seen with the three same tramps. They
quarreled as they walked in the direction
of the foundry. About thirty minutes
afterward a pistol shot was heard in that
direction, and it is thought that he was
killed then and hidden in the boiler.
Later-Sherif Kcmmerer has captured
two of the three tramps who are believed
10 have murdered the young man whose
body was found in the boiler. They refuse
to give their names. The murdered man
has not been identified.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
South Dakota's Resources.

Land Commissioner Lockhart is at work
on a pamphlet showing the our of
South Dakota. This is a line of work not
included in his official duties, but as there,
is no department of the state which is sup
posed to place anything of that class be-
fore the people he has undertaken to make;
a showing. One of the inducements for,
such work being the large amount of state
land which came under his control in the.
Taylor settlement. and which lie has at his
disposal. Thinking that u compact state-i
ment Of the resources of the state would
be OF more benefit than simply a des,rip~
ton OF the lands alone, he has undertaken.
the work. He Is securing statements from.
various sources for each county.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
MINE owNER SHOWS PITY.
Declares Operators Treat Employees
with Hcartless Cruelty.

with Heartless Cruelty.
Howard $. Paine, IL coal mine owner of
Altoona, Pa, while in Chicago Thursday.
said: S much suffering, grief and abuse
has been showered upon the coal miners
il is a wonder to me God has not put some
curse upon the men who are keeping the
strike from being settled. am Il mine
owner and employ more than 400 men i'll
and about my mines, but nov they are
starving to death, and all because Il few
greedy operators want all the money.
III | could | would sell every mine | own
today for II half their value. ito not
like TO think am a mine owner along
with men who are better fitted for the
mines of Siberia.
"JuSt to think that mankind should be
allowed to suffer i'll this age the va the
miners are suffering at present. Person.
ally ! am powerless 10 assist, except by
giving the miners food. If something is
not done soon ii great civil wal will be the
result. President Mckinley should show
himself Il maj and take an interest in the
strike"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Skjps from Aberdecn.

Charles ID. Buckland of Aberdeen, a
harhess-maller and we'll known citizen.
has fled the country. Ten years ago at
Warner, Brown County, he claimed to be-;
a single man and wooed and won Miss
Sophia Slack. 1t has developed that Buck;
land had a wife and four children ut Hol-,
lard, VT, and that his name is Charles A.
Heath, instead of auckland, lie having
assumed the latter when lie deserted hisi
family and came west. When his perfdyi
became known TO his present wife, and
the fear of prosecution haunted his mind.
he skipped for parts unknown, and may
now be OIL his way to Klondike. Mrs.
Buckland or Heath is the daughter of a
pioneer resident of Randall township, and(
is held in esteem by a~cquaintanccs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
another Jump by Wheat,

In Chicago Thursday morning wheat
shot upward as if a volcano lad burst
under it. September. which closed We'd
nesday at $685. cents, started Thursday
morning at 9Slacmsl. Five minutes later it
fetched sl.o3l9, a new high figure on the
present boom. Ten minutes later it had
fallen to ~ cents, but at 10 O'Clock it was
back to 81, with almost no trading within
a range of M' 2cM$l.OOA. The market
Quietcd down as the session of the board
progressed. September sagging down to
$751; cents, closing Is cents above the bot
tom.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Back from the Frozcn NORTH.

The steamer Windward, which left
England June 10 for Franz Josefland tc
bring back the Jackson Farnsworth party
who spent three winters in the Arctic
regions, passed Aberdeen Sunday OH heI
return trip. She signaled that all were
we'll on board. During the present sum.
mer the expedition was to make an at
tempt to reach the highest point north
through an opening i'll the Queen Victoria
Sea, through the open water discovered by
jackson.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Weeds Cause Loss of Sheen.

The sheepmen in the coded Sioux lands
west of the Missouri River have lost con-
siderable stock during the past few weeks
from tho effects Of a poisonous weed that
has long been a pest in that locality. A
prominent Nowlin County stockman lost
thirty head of sheep in one day. What
complexities the matter is the fact that it is
not known exactly which of two species of
weed docs'the mischief. Some stockmen
say It's the ''loco weed" which often causes
insanity among horses, that proves fatal to
the sheep. Others are equally positive
that 1t is an altogether different plant.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
dAkKEr QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice. $2.OU
to $4.2a; wheat, No. . red. SIC to 9Sc;
corn, No. .. q TO Bic; oats. No. 2, 1Sc
to Doe; rye, No. .. soc to 52c: butter,
choice creamery, lie to 19c: eggs. fresh,
lie to lac; new potatoes, soc to G5c per
bushel.
lndianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
So.25; hogs. choice light, $500 to $4.25;
sheep. common to choice. $500 to $500;
wheat. No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. =
white. to Bic; oats, No. . white, 1Sc
To poe.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50: hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 9Sc to $1.O0; corn, No. z
yellow. &c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2 white, 10c
to 20c; rye, No. .. 40c to Sic.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 TO $4.25; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. =. 95c to 97c: corn, Nc. =
mixed. 29c to Bic: oats, No. . mixed, 1Sc
to Doc: rye. No. 9. 49c to Sic.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. ., 97c to Csc; corn, No. 9
yellow, Bic to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c
to 24c; rye. Sic to 52c.
Toiedo-Whcat. No. 9 red. SIC to 9Sc;
corn. No. . mixed. Csc 10 3Oc: oats, No.
. white. 1Sc to 19c; rye. No. ., 49c to Sic;
clover seed. $4.25 to $4.3O. /.
Milwaukce-Wheat. No. Q spring, &C
to Mc: corn. No. 3. 3Oc to 32c: oats, No.
2 white. 222c to 24c; rye, No. L, sic to 53c;
barley. No. ., Acc to Acc; pork, mess.
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo-Cattlc, $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $3.50: sheep. $500 to S4.75;
wheat. No. 2 red. 99c to $1.O1; corn. No.
. yellow. SS3c to BIC; oats, Nc. = white,
De to 24c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$3.50 to $500: sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, $1.O2 to $1.O4; corn,
No. >. 34c to 35c; oats, No. . white, 23c to
Zoe; butter. creamery, 12c to Zoe; eggs,
Western, 15c to 17c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
TO TRY TO FAST l2o DAYS.
Texan to Demonstrate the Power of
Will Over the Flesh.

u Va IVSTTs
Us. Cannaday, a professional lecturer
of Waco. Texas, is engaged i'll a fasting
experiment which lie says he will protract
for l20 days. lie has not pertalien of
nourishment for ten days. lie chcws to-
bacco and drinks water, but says he will
quit botl, at the end of sixty days, and
thereafter allow nothing to enter his mouth
until the expiration of the full period of
his fast. The purpose, he explains, is to
afford a demonstration of the power of
will over flesh. Mr.. Cannaday came from
Virginia. lie is quite weak, and appears
much emariated, but declares lie has no
craving for n%ourishment. II is predicted
that lie will die of starvation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Humphrey Wants His Prvats.

Isaac 81. Humphrey, a prominent cattle
man, whose range is in tile western part
of the state, has commenced suit in tie
United States court for the district of
South Dakota against j. N. Porter, an
Arizona cattleman, for $1,000 damages. In
his complaint Humphrey alleges that Por-
ter contracted to deliver him 5000 head of
young cattle at SO per head. He delivered
only 1875 head and Humphrey sues for the
amount of profit lie would have made on
the stock.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
AERoMAuTs FATALLY HURT.

Walter Steele and Leroy NorthcOts
Meet With had Accidents.
AT Toledo, Ohio, Saturday afternoon two
aeronauts were So severely injured that
they will die. Walter Steele of Columbus,
Ohio, made mi of the four simultaneous
asccnsions, and when lie had attained an
altitude of about 2,OoO feet he cut loose his
parachute aud began the descent. The
parachute, however, failed to entirely
open and Steele struck the ground with
force enough to break his back and cave in
many of his ribs. Leroy Northcott of st.
Johns, Mich, wa inside one of the bal
looms while it was being inflated. Itcaught
fire and he was unable to get out. Ills
body was burned from the hips up so
seriously that flesh fell from the bones.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03

National Meeting Will BE Held in
Lincoln In Sorta,,y,o.

National Meeting Will Be Held in
Lincoln in September.
The official call of the sixth National Ir-
rigatiom Association has been issued, and
contains the following:
The sixth annua session of the irriga-
ton congress will he held at Lincoln. Ncb.,
September 2S, 90 and 30. The basis of rep
rescntatiOn will be as follows:
I. All members of the national executive
committee.
.. All members of state and territorial
irrigation commissions.
!. Five delegates at large, to be APP
pointed by their respective governors, for
cachOfthe following states and territories:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada. New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
md Wyoming.
4. Three delegates at large for each state
and territory heretofore enumerated, to be
appointed by the governors of said states
and territories.
b. One delegate each from regularly or
gaE.ized irrigation, agricultural and llOrti-
cultural societies and societies of en-
gineers, irrigation companies, agricultural
congresses and commercial bodies, such as
boards of trade, commercial clubs, cllam-
bers of commerce, etc.
6. Duly accredited representatives of any
foreign nation or colony, each member of
the United States senate and house of rep
resentativcs, and each governor of u state
or territory will he admitted as honorary
members.
Problems of both national and state Leg
fslatiOn are to be considered.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03

The FAN Term Will Begin Resu.
larry September a..

The State University at Vermillion will
open September 6 for registration of stu
dents and entrance examinations. Recita-
lions will begin September q. The teach
ing force is not yet complete. The chair
Of botany is yet untitled, although Prof.
,Lemmen, who is in Germany on a leave
OF absence, may be recalled. Prof. James
j.. Todd will perhaps be granted a leave
of absence from the department of geology
and mincralogy. Several minor instruct
ors yet remain to be chosen. The school
of vocal music will be under the e
vision of Mrs. II. C. Stauffer, who last
year held a like position at Yankton Col
lege. President Maucll will take charge
OF the classes in philosophy this year. A
largely increased attendance is expected.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
WORK OF TRAMP STEAMERS
Arc Crowding st. Michaels with
Destitute Gold Seekers.

Several complaints have reached the
treasury department recently that large
numbers of men bound for the klondike
country, but without provisions or money,
are now being landed at st. Michaels.
None of the regular lines of steamers, it is
said, will book parties for the klondike
who are not provided with a sufficient
amount of provisions and money to main
tain themselves for Il reasonable time
without danger of suffering. Some of the
tramp line steamers, however, have agreed
to ship anyone who can pay for his passage
without regard to the future. The result is
said to be that a considerable crowd is
accommodating in the vicinity of ST.
Michaels who already are becoming de-
pendent upon the charity Of others for
their food.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Salvador Goes to- a cola Bnsis.

Salvador Goes to a Gold Basis.
Dispatches from Salvador say that the
slump in silver caused such embarrassment
that congress was called in extraordinary
session. President Gutierrez sent in a
message advising the adoption of a gold
basis as soon as possible, and congress
passed the necessary measures.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
SOUTH oAkorA,s VALUATION
Aggregate Assessment $1,000
Larger Than in 1895.

N06sS4"S0 ASSSeSILiCuL SSVsO1O
Larger Than in 1890.
On account of the failure of the appro-.
priation for the preparation of a tabulated
statement OF assessment returns, as re-
ceived from the counties, for the use of the
state board of assessment, there has been
considerable delay in securing any figures
as to the valuation returned.
The total final returns show an asscss-
ment return of $3.50, lG7, 1866; which is AM
increase of $4,000 over the return of last,
year. Every class of property has BEEN
either increased or left at the same value
as last year. The totals on different classes.
of property are:
Lands. S74, S6S, 1863, an increase of $780,
S32.
Lots, SIS, 1882, 527. an increase of s75,9O8.,
Personal property. $2o,455, 227, al in-i
crease of $2O,S90.
Railroads, S9,ll6, 435, an Increase of!
$22,S52. :
%Telegraplis, the same as last year, $l27,-.
2O2.
Express companies, $4,000, an increase,
of $4,000. :
Telephones, s5s,4o6, an increase of
Sl4, 0SO. i
Sleeping cars, no change, $1,000.
The returns on live stock show an in.
crease on all klnuS except Sheep, Wnlcn
Show a decrease. The total number OF
horses returned is Sl4, 104, an increase of.
2,4a2; cattle are returned to the number Oh
5S7,S4S, an increase of 1899; the sheep
found are given at 3l6, O97, a decrease OF
24,654; hogs are shown to be on the in-i
crease with 235, 1913, which is 23,O26 greater,
than last year.
The total assessment returns from 1875
to this year, show that there was a steady
increase in valuation up to 1890 and a!
steady reduction from that year to 1895,
but this year shows a slight gain again.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
PoPuLIsT CALL POSTPONED
Kansas Manifesto Deferred Till
After the st, L0uis Meeting.

Kansas Manifesto Deferred Till
After the st. Louis Meeting.
The executive committee of the Populist
state central committee of Kansas has de-
cidcd TO delay issuing an address calling
for a national convention of Populists,
Socialists and allied political interests
until after the st. Louis meeting in the
interest of the striking miners, because
there is a movement on foot among some
of those who will go there to call just such
a gathering. The st. Louissmceting will,
it is expected, be composed of people from
every state and a call issued by that
gathering, it is stated, would be more
effective than a call by the Populist party
of one state.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
BAD C. STORM.
Ono Member ofa Picnic Party Killed
and Eleven Injured.

and Eleven Injured.
a hurricane struck the picnic grove at
Laurel Wood Park, Chicago, Saturday
evening and demolished the dancing pa
wilton, in which several hundred persons
had taken refuge from the storm. One
woman was killed and eleven persons
were severely injured. The grounds were
crowded with $500 members of the Cath
Ollie Total Abstinence Union when the
storm arose. A mad rush was made for
the railway train. About 300 of the pic
ulicers gathered on the dancing pavilion.
A gust of wind tore off the roof and threw
the timbers heller SHELTER among the
crowd. Mrs. Brown was instantly killed.
None of the injured will die.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Three Burned to- Death.

The boarding house of the Union Con-
solidated mine at Welland, CAL, was
burned TO the ground, and Mrs. Craigl,ead,
wife of the proprietor, and two of her
grandchildren, aged s and 10, persisted in
the flames. The got out safely but
rushed back into the burning building to
save liar vra udchillro
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
FOUNDERS IN A TYpHooN.

Japanese Steamer Goes Down with
Twenty-Onc of Her Crew.
a dispatch from Shanghai says the
steamer Cheang lily Etong, Capt. Scott,
from Penang, on AREA Island, in the
strait of Malacca, off the west coast of the
Malay Peninsula, for Japan, foundered in
a typioon. OF the thirty-two members of
the ships crew twenty-Onc were
drowned. Capt. Scott, as the vessel sank,
committed suicide by shooting himself with
a revolver. The eleven survivors expert
enced most terrible suffering from en-
posure in open boats for five days, under
the intense rays of a tropical sun, with no
water.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
coUPLE Il o
Mr.. and Mrs.. Storey Wounded by
H. C. bunker.

Arthur Storey and his wife were shot
and probably fatally injured at their
apartments, No. So Forty-third Street,
Chicago, Saturday night. by III. C. bunker,
a barber, who had boarded with the couple
for several years. bunker accompanied
Mrs. Storey to the theater. On returning
home they found Storey awaiting them.
y violent quarrel ensued. bunker drew a
revolver and fired two shots. The first
bullet entered Storey's groin. The second
lodged in Mrs. Storey's spine. The
wounded couple were removed to Il hos
pital, and there is but little hope for their
recovery.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Four Fan Three stories.

H., e. j. w. Schreincr, contractor, w. ii.
Willis and John Lowe, bricklaycrs, and
Joe Crudup, colored, llod carrier, were
precipitatcd from The third story of a new
building to Il stone sidewalk. Willis died
within ten minutes. Schreincr received Il
bad cut about the temple and internal i'll
juries. Lowe and Crudup were fearfully
bruised. IL is believed all will die,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Lawyers Buy. the Marriage Ltcense

lawyers Buy. the Marriage license
Clerk of Courts Morsh of Pierre o few
days ago issued a marriage license for An
drew Lee Bear and Martha Whaling Iron.
The couple came from Bad River, accom-
panied by a large number of their friends.
but all of them together could not produce
the necessary cash to pay for the license.
They were helped out of their predica-
ment by acouple of attorneys, who secured
a promise from the happy couple that their
first born, regardless of sex, should he
named aftertheir benefactors. The promise
was given and the license secured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Ships Start for Alaska.

The steamer Rosalie departed from Sc
attic Wednesday for Skaguay with about
100 passengers and a full load Of horses
and supplies Tor miners. 1t also took a
number of wagons to break the famine at
the pass. The schooner Moonlight had
its deckload of lumber removed and
got away with its sixty passengers
Thursday,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
HOSPITALS FULL OF SICK.
Disease Playing Great Havoc ii
Weyler's Ranks.

There are 1000 Spanish soldiers i'll the
hospitals in Havana and other principal
points. About 1000 men are sent back
monthly to Spain incapacitatcd. Official
reports show that for the week ending
August II the death rate was 10 per 1000.
Business is AT complete standstill. The
army is not being paid. and Il feeling of
hopelessleSs prevails among the Spanish
army and Cubans alike. The situation
throughout tie entire island is one of in
action. The insurgents are not on the
move. except in the case of small bodies
searching for provisions.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Joseph Ponsford Badly Hurt.

Joseph Ponsford, who resides near
Alpena, one of the wealthiest and best
known stock raisers in central South Da-
kota, met with what may result in a fatal
accident. A span of horses ran away with
q moving machine. Mr.. Ponsford fell in
front Of the machine or sickle bar and
several guards pierced his back. The
victim is an old time Republican whose
face is familiar at state conventions.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Not Gnmbline nexiccs

Justice Spitz of Kansas City has held
that slot machines were not gambling de-
vices and discharged the saloon and drug
store proprietors who were arrested OH
July y for permitting machines to ba
operated in their places of business.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Suspected off Murder.

\ man who gives his name as August
Kerket, and says he lives in Owosso, Mich,
is under arrest at Garden City, Kan, sus-
pected of being the murderer of the man
who was found dead on Pixies Peak. He
has been photographed and will he held
subject to the order of the sheriff of Ell
Paso County, Colorado.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
Crete in a State of An.rch,

NFctc III q otUCV Oh anarchy.
A Constantinople dispatch says that at a
council of ministers held Friday it was re-
solved to send a note to the various powers
complaining of the state of anarchy al
legged to exist in Crete, and asking the
powers to withdraw the fleets and troops
and appoint a mixed commission, include
ing Turkish delegates, to legislate for the
island. The sultan, it is said, approves of
the decision.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
sAGAsTA ON CUBA.
Situation Growing Worse Daily ON
the Island.

VnV ISItJUN.
Sagasta, the Spanish liberal leader has
made a fresh declaration OH the political
situation. He say it is daily growing
worse in Cuba and continues serious in the
Philippine Islands. Sagasta is ready Ia
apply autonomy to Cuba and expresses the
belief that the liberals will assume power
earlier than is expected. Referring to the
possibility of Il rising in favor of Don Car
los, pretenler to the Spanish throne,
Sagasta asserts the Carlists are already
prepared for the rising and only await a
false step upon the part of the government
for ii favorable opportunity to take up
ARMS.