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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
NATIONAL CAPITAL TRAGEDY
Daughter OF Ex-secretary Herbert
Cnmmffa Snicida.

Daughter OF E~x.Secretary Herbert
Commits Suicide.
Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of ex-Sec-
rotary of the Navy Herbert of Alabama,
died in Washington as the result of a
plunge from the third story of her home
Tuesday. Her sudden death and the
tragic features surrounding 1t were a great
shock to the large circle of friends she
made in Washington. Miss Herbert at the
time of the occurrence was suffering from
acute melancholla. 1t developed several
weeks ago as a result of the injuries re-
ceived by being thrown from a horse last
spring. No suicidal tendencies developed,
however. till Monday, when Miss Herbert
attempted to get out of q window, but was
restrained by the nurse. This led to adj
ditional caution. Two nurses alternated
in constant watchfulness. The patient
at all times was quiet and it was
supposed the disease would yield to
treatment. Early Tuesday morning
the nurse noticed a small blood spot on
the bed covering and inquired what it
meant, but the invalid tried I o pass it
lightly. Investigation however disclosed
that the under bed cloths were saturated
with blood and that Miss Herbert had sew
cred an artery i'm her wrist with q pair of
scissors. The nurse hastcncd to the door
to give all alarm. In u moment Miss Her.
bert leaped out of bed and sprang from the
window head foremost, alighting on the
top of her head on the asphalt pavement.
The patient died an hour after the leap.
EX-Secretary Herbert reached Washing
ton at 10 O'Clock Tuesday night. Having
been on his way from Alabama to spend
Christmas with his family, the news of his
daughters death met him on the train.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattlc, common to prime.
$3.OO to $40: hogs, shipping grades,
sou to S3.15: sheep, fair to choice. $500
to $4.10; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to Sl.OU:
corn, No. =, 25c to &c; outs. No. 2. PIC
to 23c; rye, No. 2, 45c to 47c: butter.
choice creamery, gle to 23c; eggs. fresh.
l9c to 21c; new potatoes. soc to 6Oc nor
bushel.
lndianapolis-Cattle, shipping. S3.OO IN
1928; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.50:
sheep. common to choice, $500 to $3.50;
wheat. No. 2. Ole to 93c; corn, No. 2
white. &c I o 2Sc; oats. No. 2 white. 2.c
to 25c.
- St; Louis-cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
800 to 1915; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, Doc to $1.O1; corn, No. 2
vellow' zoe to 21c: oats. No. 2 white, PIC
TO &c; rye. No. .. Acc to 46c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to S .25: hogs.
$500 to 1915; sheep. $3.50 to $4.75;
wheat. No. 2, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2
mixed. &c to 2Sc: eats. No. 2 mixed, 24c
to 2oc; rye. No. .. &c to 4Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925; hogs.
$S.UO to 1915; sheep. $3.50 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2. 92c to 03c: corn, No. 2
yellow. 29c to Doc; oats, No. 2 white. 24c
to 26c: rye, 46c to 47c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 red, DC to 90c:
corn. No. 2 mixed. 26c I CSC; oats, No.
= white. 21c to 23c: rye, No. 2, 45c to 47c:
clover seed, $3.15 to 1925.
Mliwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, Soc
to BIC: corn. No. 3. 26c to 27c; oats. No.
white. DC to 25c; rye, No. 2, acc to 47c:
barley. Nc. 2. 3Sc to 41c; pork. mess.
1925 to $7.76.
Bunalo-ca.tle. $500 to 1925; hogs,
300 to 400; sheep, $500 to $500:
wheat, No. 2 red, 96c to CSC; corn. No.
2 yellow. Sic to 32c: oats, No. 2 white.
&c to 28c.
New York-Cathe, $500 to 1925; hogs.
500 to 300; sheep. $500 to Bats;
wheat, No. 2 red, CSC to SOC: corn, No.
=. &c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white. 27c to
&c; butter. creamery. 16c to 24e; eggs,
Western. Zoe to 25c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Cant. Hart Goes to Hail.

Capt. John B. Hart, the principal owner
of the Hart Steamship Company of Phila-
delpliia, was taken to the eastern Penn
sylvania penitcntiary Wednesday. l1ar'
was convicted i'll the United States Distri,
Court several months ago of aiding
Cuban filbustering expedition ON the
steamship Laurada and sentenced To
two years Imprisonment. Pending an APP
peal Mr.. Hart wa allowed his liberty un-
der 5000 bail. Jesse Eldridgc, one of
Harris four bondsmen, notified the court
he desired to lie relieved of his security and
Harris arrest followed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
Judge Smith. in Opposition to Other
Courts of the State, Holds that
the Peddlcr Law is Not Constitu.
tional-Other Items.
cddler Law Unconstitutional.

cddler Law Unconstitutional.
Judge Smith at Sioux Falls, has decided
In opposition to other courts of the state,
and holds that the law passed by the last
legislature known as the peddiers' law is
Unconstitutional because it is in conflict
with the Interstate commerce law. A.
Stand, representing a Minnesota wholesale
house, was arrested for violating the law,
and lie was convicted in a Justice court.
Stand went to Jail and telegraphed his EN-
ployers. They sent an attorney and a
writ of habeas corpus was applied for.
The court ordered his release, holding as
above. BY his decision outside houses
are exempt, but home merchants must pay
license for soliciting.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Fatal Indiana Wreck,

Two men were killed and two more we.
seriously injured Wednesday afternoon
Il rear end collision on the Chicago a,...
Eastern Illinois Railway at Cayuga, Ind.
Passenger train No. 2, in charge of En-
gineer Hodson, ran into an opcn switch
and crashed into the rear end of a freight
train which lay on the side track. Hodson
saw the danger IL moment before the COL
lision. He applied the airbrakes and re-
versed his engine, hut was unable to es-
cape. Horton was q new engineer learn
ing the road. No passengers were injured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
.outh Dnkota Rriecs.

1t is now practically settled that there,
will he W smelters i'll Belle Fourche in
operation in a few months. The Belle
Fdurche Smelling and Milling Company
has already surveyed n site for a large
plant and representatives from the Dead.
wood Golden Reward Company have made.
careful examination of the ground along
the river. 1t is announced that the Bur-
lington will build down to tile city from
Dcadwood If these smelters are built.
Edward Rutledge, an early settler and
Industrious farmer living a few miles.
northeast of Huron, has been advised that
lie is s0On to come into possession Of a snug
little fortune. Some months ago his grand-
mother. whose home was in Pennsylvania,
died, leaving an estate something over
81 ,OOO,OW TO he divided among her six
children and their children, in all forty-t two.
heirs. The amount to come to Mr.. Rut-
lege is something like 100000.
A German farmer by the name of John
Bauer, who resided east of Mound City.
met death in a horrible form. He went to.
town and became intoxicated. When less
than W miles out of the city, Bauer was
found with his head hanging between one
Portions of his skull and face were
pounded to a jelly by the spokes of the
wheel and he was dead.
The final accounting has been made by
Receiver Hoover of the Gettysburg State
Bank, and the receiver discharged. The
settlement showed cash and property Of
over $4,000 on hand after paying tho re-
ceiver and all other expenses.
The Merchants State Bank has sold its.
business to the Hot Springs State Bank
which has moved to the location of the
former. The principal stockholders Of the
new institution are Messrs. Lake aud Hal.
ley Of Rapid City.
The committee having in charge the SEE.
lection Of q place for holding the next:
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor convention will be invited to name.
Hnron as the place. Members Of tile soci-.
city there are already arranging details.
Martin Chapman has commenced q suit.
against 8. Q. Fargo & Son, D. u. Inmsu.
president Of the First National Bank Of
vermillion; William Hickey, a. shenff Of
Yankton.C County, aud d. c. Shull of Sioux
City, Iowa. The suit grows out of the
failure of 8. g. Fargo q Son, merchants Of
Hot Springs. Chapman claims that s. q.
Fargo has fraudulently disposed Of his
real estate n asks o receiver.
Geo. n. Lang. . prominent business
man Of lankat0, Minn., and Miss Rose.
Rowe, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark s.,
Rowe Of Chamberlain, were married. IN,
the latter city recently. They will reside,
IN Nankato.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Cause of Disease a Mystery.

Experts are puzzled over the cause of
what has become known as the cornstock
disease. which has during the past
few weeks attacked many cattle be-
longing to farmers IN the central portions,
of the state, and from which a number of
animals have died. II appears certain that
the deaths do not result from smut, as some
have supposed. In reply to a letter of in
quiry as to the cause and prevention of the
disease, G. Il. Tinan of Brnlle county has
received a communication from Prof.
c. F Cnrtiss of the Amcs. Iowa, Agri-
cultural College, in which he says the corn
stalk disease, like the hog cholera, is one
of the mysterious maladies that neither the
veterinarian nor the scientist have been
able to fatiOm. The chemist and veteri.
marian of the Iowa station have been en-
%leavoring to Investigate by making care
full examination of samples of stalks from
infected fields where such samples can I've
secured as OOH as the outbreak occurs.
This line of investigation is still in prog
ress, but thus far there are no results of
note. A good many theories and methods
have been advanced for preventing the
occurrence of this trouble, nearly all of
which have at times been fund ineffective.
by actual experience.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
CHURCH A o FALLS.
Religious Worker of Brooklyn
Charged with Forgery,

William II. Kent, a well known LAWYER
OF Brooklyn, n. y, a prominent member
OF Plymouth Church, i'll the Sunday school
OF which lie is a teacher, and organizer Of
the Penny Savings Bank connected with
the Bethel Mission Sunday School. a
branch of the Plymouth, is in Jail, having
been arrested on Il warrant charging him
with forgery. Kent is accused by Mrs.
Mary III. McCord of Brooklyn, of falsely
certifying and acknowledging a satisfac-
ton of a mortgage.
Assistant District Attorney Caldwell
stated Kent had taken no less than 5000 0
from his clients.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Jury Commission Law Valid.

The supreme court of Illinois has de-
clared the jury commission law TO be con-
stitutional. The claims of the opponents
of the law was that the original jury COM
mission passed by the legislature in 1887,
which required the matter of appointing
a jury commission to be submitted to a
vote of the people, was never adopted by
any court in the state and consequently
was not in force. The defendants of the
jury commission claimed that the law of
1887 was never repealed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
DAMAGES FOR CANADIANS.

Behring Sea A%rbitrators Allowed
Claims Amounting to SAGA 900.
The Canadian government has received
a communication from the arbitrator APP
pointed 10 deal with the claims of
'irhring Sea sealers against the United
ties government for losses caused by
'''lznrc of vessels, submitting the awards.
The arbitrators were Judge King of
the supreme court of Canada, and Judge
Putnam of the United States. The award
is $464 900, with two reserved cases, that of
the "I'laclk Diamond" for $1,000 and the
s.Ada' for $1,000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Costs Of I,ondo Murder Trial.

State Auditor Mayhem has informed the
clerk of courts Of Fall River County that
the bill of expenses for the Rondo murder
trial, which. was presented to the state for
payment, has not been allowed. The rca-
son given is that the legislature has never
made any specific appropriation for such
matters. The allowing of the bill will de-
pend entirely upon the decision of the
supreme court in a similar case in which
1t is sought to make the state liable for eX-
lcnscs Of criminal cases i'll unorganized
counties.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
MAYOR QUINCY is REELECTED
Democrats Carry Boston by a De.

Democrats Carry Boston by a De.
creased Plurality.
Mayor Josiah Quincy, Democrat, was re-
elected at Boston, Mass, Tuesday by a de-
creased plurality over cx-Mayor Curtis,
his opponent of two years ago, although
the city went Republican at the state cleo
tion last month. The total vote for mayor,
with one precinct missing, is as follows:
Quincy, Democrat, 3a,7O7; Curtis, Re.
publican. 1914; Riley, Bryan Democrat,
2,SS5: Go!dstcin, socialist, 776.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
AMERICANS KILLED IN JAPAN
State Department. Investigating tho
NTnrhmx ~ ,r.... r

State Department. Investigating tho
Murder of Two Seamen.
Details of the killing of two American
sailors attached TO the United States fleet
in Japan have been received in Washing
ION and have been brought to the attention
Of the department of state, which has be-
gun All investigation. Seaman Montgom-
cry of the Yorktown, was killed in Yoko-
hama September 9 last. lie was not in
toxicatett, but was murdered by boatmen.
The other case. that of Seaman Epps of
fhe Olympia. was similar except that lie
was killed at Nagasaki during the present
month. lie had been Oh leave and was re-
turning aboard ship when murdered. The
testimony gathered shows that he was per-
fectly sober.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Retail Nierchants Oruanize.

A membership of the Soutl, Dakota Re-
tail Merchants Association has been Or
ganizcd at ELK Point with q. II. Freeman.
president; A. o. Ringsrud. vice president;
and H. j.. Moore, secretary and and treas
urer. The object Of the association is tn
enforce the state antt-peddler laws and to
join together for better laws and trade
facilities.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Charged VNith Arson.

During September the large butter and
egg establishment of j. Il. Turner Il Co.
at Madison burned to the ground. Mr..
Turner and the insurance company have
had detectives to- work OH the case. and
Frank Mcdonald, a young man formerly
OF Madison, has been arrested for the fire.
The sheriff took his prisoner before
Justice Murray who fixed his bond at $500,
which was furnished.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Double washington Lyncbinp

A dispatch from Spokane, Wash, says:
Several persons who have come from COL
fax declare that, Notwithstanding all de-
mails, a lynching occurred there Sunday
night or Monday morning. 1t is asserted
that Chadwick Marshall and John McDon-
aid, the alleged murderers of Grille Hay
den, Il prominent citizen of Pennington,
were taken from the county Jail by a mob
and hanged TO trees near town.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31

Assistant Treasury Comptroller.
1t is understood that Leander r. Mitchell
Of Indiana. will oon be appointed by the
president assistant comptroller Of the
treasury, In place Of Mr.. Bowers, resigned.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
INITIATES MISS HERBERT.
Chicago Woman Ends Her Life I,
the Same Manner.

the Same Manner.
Mrs. Jane Forrest, 90 years of age, COM
mitted suicide Wednesday by throwing
herself hcadforemost from "a third story
window in Chicago. Mrs. Forrest has
been ill with nervous prOstrati0n for sew
eral years and had made repeated attempts
to take her life. Her relatives kept very
close watch upon her and it was by read
ing an account of the death of Miss Leila
Herbert that she gained a new idea of how
TO take her life. She initiated as closely
as possible the N of Miss Herbert's
death and took the trouble to crawl through,
a very small window in order to throw
herself upon some flagstones in the rear of
the house.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Killed the Patterson Family,

Advices received from Clinton, Van
Buren, County, Arkansas, are to the effect
that the murderers of tho Patterson fam
,on Culpcpper Mountain, have been
rsted and placed in Jail there. The
..,cn charged with the crime are Lee Mills
and William Hardin, two young white
men, and the evidence against them is said
TO be circumstantial. The sheriff, fearing
an attempt at lynching, las placed a strong
guard in the Jail.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Decline to Kcpair the yinduct.

Some time ago the city council of Sioux
Falls ordered the various railroad COM
panies, whose tracks run under the Tenth
Street %viaduct, to make certain repairs on
the viaduct, which had been condemned
as unsafe for travel. The Omaha company
protested Il Willingness to comply, but the
Milwaukee and Great Northern refused,
The city is pOwerless To compel the roads
to comply Us the city does not own the
viaduct,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
BADLY Hurt in n scumc.

John West, All old timer of Sioux Falls.
was thrown ON to a large sausage knife a
few days while engaged in IA friendly
scuttle will, "a butcher at the Hayes meat
market, and had one shoulder nearly
severed from his body. lie struck the
knife with the back of his shoulder, and
the weight of the big butcher, together
with his own, caused the knife to pc,le-
tratc about three inches.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
pav Intcreae m schoo, To,

A few months ago the land department
at Pierre started to secure delinquent in-
terest Ol school lands which amounted tn
over S22,O00. During the present quarter
they have secured over $4,000 back inter-
est, but as part Of that was interest on in.
terest overdue It reduced the DELINQUENCY
at tho present time to about $l4, 600.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Too Much Cotton Beino l,a,sed.

Too Much Cotton Being Raised.
The American Cotton Growers Protective
Association met in annual session at Mem
phis, Tenn. President Lane said that at
the present price cotton growing would
only yield the planter 10 cents a day for
his labor. He urged u restriction of pro.
ductiOn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Gusher Breaks Loos,

The artcsian well at Lower Brule. after
being partially stopped up, broke Loose
again last week and spurted a 6-inch
stream over 20 feet above the pipe. This
ts one Of the strongest pressure wells in
the state and is hard 70 control when it
breaks loose.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
STATE FINANCES.
Report of Treasurer Phillips Shows
the Debt IL Decreasing.

Report Of Treasurer Phillips Shows
the Debt IL Decreasing.
Kirk G. Phillips, state treasurer, has
submitted his report for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1897, to Gov. Lee for ex-
animation. In his letter of transmittal
Mr.. Phillips says:
O"At the commencement OF this fiscal
year, July I, 1895, the state had OUT
standing and unpaid revenue OF fund.-.
ing warrants to the amount of $250,00O,,
which constituted the entire floating
Indebtedness of the state. AT the end
of the year, June 30, 1897, the state has
outstanding unpaid revenue or funding
warrants amounting to $4,000, which con-
stitutes the entire floating indebtedness of
the state, showing a net reduction of $685.
600 since the commencement of the fiscal
year, besides having paid the expenses of
the legislature for 1897. March q, 1897, an
issue of revenue or funding warrants 10
the amount of ST, goo "a made to meet
the current expenses of the state. These
warrants will be due January I, 1898, for
the payment of which ample preparation
has been made"
Should the revenues of the state con-
time to come into the treasury as promptly
as during the past two years the state will
not lie compelled to issue any more war
rants like those referred to, and Mr..
Phillips believes that in q short time the
state will be in such condition that TEN.
pOrary loans will not be necessary.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
The Pennsylvania Wreck.

AS a result of Tuesday nights freight
wreck, caused by a runaway train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, near Altoona, Pa,
three men lost their lives and damage to
the extent of S75,0oo was done to rolling
stock of the company. Three locomotives,
four passenger Coaches and a large number
of loaded freight cars were wrecked.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
GEN. BOOTH COMING OVER.

Head OF Salvation Army to Arrive
in New York in January.
Gen. William Booth, commander in chief
of the Salvation Army, is expected to ar
rive in New York January 8. His coming
will be of especial importance at this time,
owing to the recent developments in the
affairs of the Volunteers of B%allington
Booth and the Salvation Army here. Bal
lington Booth has expressed a willingness
to meet his father as a father, but not to
discuss the present situation or to make
any arrangements to return 10 the Saliva
tiOu Army.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
"Pink" Law Constitutional.

Judge Loclren of st. Paul. has decided
that the Minnesota "pink law" providing
that all olcomargarine or butterine offered
for sale in Minnesota must be colored %
bright pink, is constitutional,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Window Glass to Re Hieher.

Tho American Window Glass Company
of P%ittsburg, Pa, which controls the out.
put of the window glass plants of the
country, will issue a price list January 1
which will advance prices in proportion to
the increase in wages recently granted the
workers. This means an advance of about
Is per cent. over the prices existing when
the lockout began.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Question Concerning Game La,

question Concerning Game Law.
A recent statement in n Black Hills
paper as to the violation of the state game
law, and the fact that a rigid law on this
subject had been passed at the last session
of the legislature, has caused a little in
vestigation of the game law of the state as
1t now stends and the question has been
raised as to whether there is at present
any statute in force governing the killing
OF large game. The statute passed in 1898
was practically the re-enactment of Sec
tions 2,379 to 1854 inclusive of the Com
piled Laws, and all other statutes in con-
flict were repealed. In this r%e-enact-
ment the legislature absolutely prohibited
the killing of large game up to the LIST day
of September, 1896, and after that date
there was nc prohibition upon the killing
OF large game. In the enactment of last
winter one of the provisions was intended
To make every fifth year a closed year and
the first year sO.'set was 1889. The rest of the
provisions of tile law bear directly upon the
name under which large game may be
killed in the open years after 1900, but
only apply to the years preceding to that
time by implication and do not bear di-
rectly on the years before 1aOO. After that
though, the statute is very explicit and
hunters in the western part of tile state
take the position that the law does not atfcct
them at tue present time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Miners Invasion n Ftzz,e.

The expected invasion of Ohio miners
into West Virginia to stop the non-union
miners from working at New Haven was
a failure. The 100 men who did get there
were served with injunctions by United
States marshals restraining them from 60
ing onto the premises of the Consumers
and Coal Mining COMPANY.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-31
Cattle Shipper Wins,

Judge Dale of Wichita, Kan. in his de.
cision against the Santa Fe for refusing a
return pass to ]. p. Campbell, who had
shipped cattle, gave the plaintiff judge.
ment for fare, costs and attorney fees.