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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-12
THE STATE CAPITAL
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS 90.
ING At PIERRE.
An Impartial Record Of the Work
Accomplished by Those Who Make
Our Laws Daily Report Of the
Proceedings.
Friday.

flO0
The ninth ballot for United States sem
ator in the legislature resulted:
Kyle
Si00dykoontz.
i Mdl
LOucks. 2
Taylor 2
kellar.
\ In the senate on the Goth resolution
was introduced favoring an appro.
.priation of $4,000 for the construction
of a sewer from the State Insane Asylum
to the Missouri River. 1t was referred to
q committee to he appointed for that pur-
pose to visit the ground. The bill to pre-
vent appeals to the supreme court where
the amount of the judgment is less than
SIS passed both houses. The bill providing
for the safe keeping of the county funds,
making banks give security and releasing
trcasurer's, passed the house. A bill was
passed by the senate abolishing the Offices
of quartermaster and assistants and in
spectOr and assistants and transferring
their duties to the adjutant general.
Senator King introduced a bill max
ing 1t unlawful for any judge, state Of
ticer or member of the legislature to solicit
railroad passes for himself or family. Rep
resentative Sweet introduced in the house
q bill providing for the assessment of min
Eng property. The mines of the Black
Hills are assessed as lands and the big
stamp mills, reduction works and smelters
are now listed as machinery. 1t has been
estimated that the mile square covering the
great Homestead mine should pay as great
an amount OF taxes as the most populOus
nOriclt1tyro1 nO1,Nf1, in thu ctnto owl <1,o
method of making assessments will be re-
vised. The Milwaukee brewers and the
state brewers are at war. Representatives
from Milwaukee are at Pierre who claim
that the passage of the Kaufman bill will
keep them out of the state and that the pco-
pie will be obliged to drink Sioux Falls
beer. They regard the Kaufman bill as
drawn particularly with a view TO home
protection.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-12
Tuesday,.


The claim that Maj. Picker was elected
senator has been abandoned by the Repub-
licans. The constitution of South Dakota
expressly states that votes cast for a Judge
shall be void, but the federal statutes de-
clare that any person receiving a majority
of all the votes cast shall be declared SEN
atOr. The twelfth ballot for senator re.
suited:
Nyle
BOWMAN
DoWier. 4
Taillier.
II. l.. Loucks, one of the prominent can
didates for United States senator, has is
sued a letter to his friends withdrawing
from the contest. Mr.. Loucks said he
thought his friends would divide their sup
port between GOOdykOOntz and Plowman.
He also declared that it wa his opinion
that Kyle could not be elected and that
there was a possibility that the legislature
would adjourn without electing a senator.
The Douck liquor license bill was re-
ported favorably by the committee in the
senate and was made a special order for
Feb. 3. Senator Morgan made an argu-
ment against the state dispensary bill,
which was made a special order for Friday.
Both houses of the legislature are behind
with their work, and the governor has not
yet signed the Palmer railroad measure.
In the house the bill providing a bounty
on gOphers was favorably reported, as was
also the semi-annual tax payment bill.
The uSury bill a RECONSTRUCTED and
amended so as not t0apply to innoccnt pur-
chasers of negotiable paper. One thousand
copies of the new railroad law were Or
dered printed and may be had by address,
ing members. Five hundred copies of the
Torrens land bill are also for free distribu-
ton. The joint resolution for a committee
to visit penal and charitable institutions,
which was killed Monday, was resurrccted
and will probably pass the house.
Wednesday.
The ballot for senator in the legislature
Wednesday resulted:
hyle
i-iOwInan
RAINIER.
L0ucks' entire strength vent to Goody.
kOOntz.
In the senate both the dispensary ana
the Bouck license bills were laid over until
Friday, when the matter of a liquor law
will probably be settled. Committee favor
ably reported the Palmer game bill, a bill
providing for repositories of county funds
and the claim of Carter Bros. for public
printing. The house cleared its order of
business up to the third reading of bills.
Among the bills introduced were:
Relating to estrays and providing man.
ner of advertisement of same; appropri-
ating $2O,66O for a sewer for the insane hos
pital at Yankton; giving liens for labor
and material furnished priority wei all
other claims; against the theatcr hat, pro-
viding a fine for wearing hats to obstruct
the view at any public meeting. a bill
was introduced %excmpting press represents
ativcs from divulging the source of their
information i'll all courts, and Representa-
tive Summers introduced a bill for the gov
eminent of mutual insurance companies.
The bill for the assessment of live stock
passed the house. 1t provides that taxes
must he paid before title to cattle can DO
conveyed to purchaser.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-12
Saturday.

0SHusSs AAysOooyo tuu Ia plVIOIISluS tIlc
senatorial contest the opposition was
weakened and that his own chances were
corrcspondingly strengthened. kilograms
have been received from pOpulist leaders
all over the state advising an amicablc adj
justment of the senatorial contest by the
election of Kyle.
No new business was transacted in either
branch of the legislature. Many of the
members were absent. A Joint committee
{" visit the penal and charitable institu-
tions was appointed, consisting of Repre-
.sentatives Wright, Williamson, Storlie,
Anderson of kingsbury, and Senators
jackson, Burlingame and King.
The most importcnt act which is likely
to pass this session has been signed by the
governor. 1t is the Wheeler railroad law.
1t passed by the UNANIMOUS vote of both
houses. In the senate the measure was
held up for two weeks and was carefully
considered, but after full debate was passed
without a dissenting vote, after one inn
portant feature was changed. The bill
provided that in case of suit for damages
the complainant should recover three times
the damage sustained, together with at
tOrney's fees and costs, in ease the railroad
should not settle within fifteen days after
the damage was done. The Republicans
and a few POpulists succeeded in amending
this SO that the complainant should recover
not more than twice the actual damage and
that the road should have thirty days to
settle in.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-02-12

The claim that Mai. Picker was elected
senator has been abandoned by the Repub-
licans. The constitution of South Dakota
expressly states that votes cast for a Judge
shall be void, but the federal statutes de-
clare that any person receiving a majority
of all the votes cast shall be declared SEN
ator. The twelfth ballot for senator re.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19

DRESCuTr & PHOENIX DAILY STAGE | val Cufford, Big Sug. Onyx Mines, Rich
 enba,, Squaw Greek Mines, New River. Office at Gregory & Smiths. Gurley St. Hooker Bros
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19

watch their f1ocks in the brushwood, and can cross pools, marshes and pea. without difficulty. They carry with them a. long pole, which serves as a support when resting. The postmen, too, employ this means of getting about. In winter time, when the '..Landes" are covered with SHOW, ge = ting about on stilts is, of course, diff ficult ,and to enable him to get over the ground without loss of time the postman has lately fitted to his stilts kind of thin wooden skate, which enables him to walk on the top of the snow without sinking in. The post man is clad in a white cloak called a"capot," lined with sheepskin and provided with a hood. His legs are also covered with sheepskin. I'm the dunes the postal service is carried on by the shepherds on horseback, for it would be impossible to traverse the sandy tracts on stilts.-New York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19

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Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
SHERMAN IN SAVANNAH.
Frank L. Stanton's Kindly Recollec-
 tions of the Bnave Soldier.

Frank l.. Stanton, the popular Geor- gia poet, always speaks up for Gen. eral Sherman when he hears any se- were criticism of that famous com mander's methods.
 The story told by Stanton has never found it's way into print. but it de- serves a place among the minor in cidents and "reminiscences of the war period.
 When Savannah fell," said Sta ton, q was little chap about years old. The confusion and tumult in the streets frightened me, and I was afraid to go very far from the house,
 Young as I was, understood that something very serious had occurred. Instead of seeing confederate soldiers parading the streets with a few fed eral prisoners, I saw thousa ds of fed erals siwarming through the town, and they had great many confeder- ates under guard
 "Tihe situation had been reversed; that was plain even to child.
 My father was very i'll, in the last stages of consumption, and my moth CT was worn out with anxie.y ard the cares of the household. Our reigh- bors were panic stricken and every body seemed to be expecting some awful calamity.
 "Penned up there as we had been for long time, without supplies and without any money except worthless confederate currency, the outlook was gloomy enough. How was my sick father to get the things he needed That was the problem with my mother.
 Somebody told General Sherman about my father, ard mentioned the fact that he was kinsman of a very distinguished and powerful officer on the Union side,
 'd ne day, when I entered my ia h. CTS room, I found three federal off cers sitting there in pleasant conver-
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
THE CRIME OF MURDER.
The Courts of the Country Buadened
 With Capital Cases.

There is not a single state nor ter Iitory in the Union in which there is not trial for murder pending. In the state of Kentucky there are for ty-seven cases, concerning ninety-one prisoners, for murder awaiting trial In Virginia there are at least 'twen y three chageS of murder. In the first state only seven of the men in jail to be tried for the capital offense of murder are negroes; in Virginia there are eight. North Carolina has twenty cases or more; Georgia twenty-seven, Louisiana twenty -four, Illinois six teen, Indiana seven, Michigan three, Ohio eight, Pennsylvania twenty-six, New York forty-two, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont one. New Hampshire has just settled one of her three by a sentence of thirty years imposed upon a crazed assassin. Gal ifornia has twenty-seven cases on her docket, and altogether there are about two hundred and eighty charges of murder on criminal dockets of the various states and territories
 Some of these have only passed as yet from the hands of the coroner or committing ma gistrates, others are on trial, some are on appeal, and a few have gone through all the judicial procedure and the convicted men are only awaiting the executive action of the law to complete their record.
 In the Sunday Times there was published a dozen or so of the most striking eases. They we're selected from the broad field and it was in tended to show the generality and va riety of the crimes. For that pu posa the exchanges that come into this of- flee for week-about 25O each day were used as the sources of informa- tion, and from them the figures given above were also taken. It can be readily understood that there may be cases of murder in city, say like St. Paul, where a man fully commit ted for and awaiting the action of the grand jury may not be mentioned for several weeks. There is one case in this city, and the man charged with the crime is in Moyamensing, of which no mention has been made in the local press for at least lem days. The figures given above are, there fore, utterly inadequate-the more so as they do not embrace any 0 ime in which some one is not charged with the offence and is at least under ar rest for it.-Philadelphia Times.
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
A POSTMAN ON STILTS.
Getting About Made Easier in tn
 'Uandes' of France.

Between Bordeaux and Bayonne lies that stretch of open country own as the ''Landes." A gre3t part of this tract, which was formerly waste land. has been now partially reclaimed and planted with pine trees, which are cultivated for the sake of the resin that is extracted from them Tie rest of it, however, remains wild and covered with gorse and broom. The villages and groups of dwell'n ngs ill the "Landes' are very scattered an1 in order to traverse the wide eztet Of the plains with ease the inhab, ,tan1s use stilts, according to the London Graphic, which are tied to their legs
 Mounted on these the sh ph9.ds
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
sation with the invalid and I

mother.
 "I was scared and started to run, but one of the strangers, a middle aged man with "a roughly trummed brown beard, called me back. He asked my name, and before l knew it had me on his knee, and he said so many nice things to n,e that I took quite fancy to him.
 "He was General Sherman, and he had called with two of his staff off, cers to see my father When the vfs itors left the general told my mother at the door that he knew all about the inconvenience of a siege, and insist ed upon sending from the army stores something that would suit a sick man.
 Under the circumstances such an offer could not be declined It was a picnic fer the children of the fam fly, I can tell you.
 After that, while the general was in the city something was sent to the house every day. Brandy, wine, loaf sugar, lemons, beef, chickens, coffee, vegetables, and I don't know what else, came in generous qulnti- ties We had a plenty for the family and for our nearest neighbors.
 ''Nor was that all The gene al sent one of tlha best physicians in the hospital service, and the last days of my father were made far more com fortable than we had hoped for un- der the adverse conditions of those dark days.
 General Sherman came to the house once more before he left Sa- vannah. I cannot reme mber what he said, but he was sympathetic, and he said something about the pleasure it gave him to aid relative of his distinguished friend at Washington.
 'At that time I was very fond of a showy uniform, and it vexsd my childish mind to see my friend the general always dressed so shabbily. His staff officers, presented a better appearance, and some of them were really gorgeous in their spectacular rig.
 "The other boys and the neg ces agreed with me that the commander must be in very hard luck or he would certainly dress better Sill, I was then convinced that he was a wonderfully wise man. With my pockets full of his loaf sugar, which I had surreptitiously abstracted from the pantry, I would have been un- grateful if I had formed any other opinion
 Sherman left the city and march ed onward through the Carolinas, and that ended the war.
 ''No, 1 never saw him again My ! father died, and I lived in different places, my work keeping me so busy | that I had no time to think of the general or anybody else not connect ed with my immediate business. wish now that I had seem him before he passed away. AS it is, I can only recall him as he appeared to my boy ish and wondering eyes, under cir cumstances which did not give me an opportunity to study him. No mat | ter what may be said of his conduc. in war, I cannot help liking him. He was a good friend, just when we most needed one "-Chicago T.mes-HeraId
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19

aSTAR LODGING HOuSE-Henry Rixen, Prop = Good beds 25c. Literally furnished with all modern i'm provements. well appointed barber shop in connection. Southwest corner Jackson and First B.. one block east Of Santa Fe de.ot
Arizona republican., 1897-12-19

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Arizona republican., 1897-12-19
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Of the Beard of Control of Arizona ]
 Territory.

 Of the Board of Control of Arizona 1
 Territory. Office of the Board of Control. Phoe nix, Ariz., June 5, 1897:
 The board met in special session l pursuant to the call of tbe cha rmaD aT II a. m.
 Present, B. J. Franklin, chairman; c. P. Leitch, m ember, and T. J. Vol fey, secretary. 1t was moved by Governor E. J Franklin and seconded by T. J. Vol fey that the approval of the claim for S107, allowed in favor of the Valley bank at the meeting of the board Of control held on the ssh day of No vcmbsr, 1896, be rec0nsidered and fur ther action on said claim be deferred. The above motion was carried by the unanimous vote of the board The claim of F. J. Hochderffer for $3O salary as watchman at the reform school building for the month of May. 1897, was allowed on the Tefom m school fund.
 The following claims on the gen2raJ fund were approved:
 LOAN COMMISSION. T E. Parrish, assig ed account
 of J. F. Meador .. ...... SAP. .OO
 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. J. M. Creighton, rent of office for May, 1897 ... ........ $35. % TERRITORIAL LIBRARY. H. H. McNeil, binding and re-
 lettering newspapers <. =. $290. %
 GENERAL FUND. The Phoenix Herald, publish ing proclamations November,
 1894, to November, 1896 .... SiOO. GO Arizona Gazette, publishing
 proclamations May 12, 1897 $10 % On motion the board adjourned. Attest: T. J. WOLFLEY,
 Secretary Approved this 7dh day of July, A. D., 1897. B. J. FRANKLIN, Chairman Of1ca of the Board of Control, Phoe- mix, Arizona, June ', 1897: ! The board met in spsc,al session at 4:3O p. m.
 Present, c. P. Leitch, acting chair man, and T. J. Wolfey, secre ary. Absent, Governor B. J. Franklin, chairman.
 In the absence of Governor B. J. Franklin, c. P. Leitch acted as chair man of the meet ing. | The following claims were approved | by the board:
 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION CLAIMS APPROVED. John w. Norton, mileage from
 Prescott to meeting of board $e4. % | George w. Skinner, mileage l from Graham to meeting of PROCLAMATION FOR REWARD
 APPROVED. l s. s. Preston, reward for cap
 ture of James Parker .... $5c0. % On motion the board adjourned. i Attest. T. J. WOLFLEY, secretary. l Approved this 7th day of July, A. D., 1897. B. J. FRANKLIN,
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Arizona republican., 1897-12-19

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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-21

According to the report of the superln-
tcndent there are 1T pupils at present In
this institution There are few recon-
mendatons made by the superintendent
which viii need your consideration, and
would ask for the inmates of this institu-
ton, which appeals so much TO our human
ity, the same conslderate treatment as Is
accorded those who have brighter futures
and are possessed of faculties that make
life worth living
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-21

"This institution has a'faculty of twenty
four members and an attendance of CAT stu
dents, two-thirds of whom are young men.
The students come from seventy-two
counties in Kansas and most of them are
from farms The average age is a little less
than 81. The incomes last year was $751;
656.37. The agricultural college has an en-
dowment fund OF 100000, which is invested
in bonds bearing interest at from to 10
per cent Three-fifths of this money are
invested in municipal bonds which bear
per cent interest The properties of the in
stitution are valued at $401, OOO of which
1898, 900 is the value of the grounds and
buildings
"The report of the regents of this insti-
tuition makes the statement that the chem
ical laboratory, which has been there for
twenty years, is outgrown and offers no such
facilities as are needed The regents sug-
gest that more room is needed for an ex-
pertinent station and for laboratory work
in physics, and that a building could be
erected for about $40, 900 which would serve
the purpose. The regents also suggest the
weed of greater funds for various purposes,
which are detailed in their report
The State Normal School.
"The State Normal school has a corps of
twenty-seven instructors and attendance of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-06
Important IN True.

A rumor has reached here from New
York to the effect that the Plant system
Is to buy the East Shore Terminal rail-
road. IL has been extensively discussed
here for the last few days. but so far no.
verifcatfon OF the report has been obtain
ed. When a representative OF the News
and Courier spoke OF II to a high official
OF the East Shore Company he admitted
that he had heard the rumor. but he said
he was confident there was no truth in IL.
He thought he would certainly have been
Informed OF the fact were the company
on the verge OF changing hands. Inc
business men Of Charleston are mainly in
terested I'm the report from the fact that.
should IL turn out to be true. II would be
accented as proof conclusive that IN the
near future the Plant people really intend
10 make Charleston the terminus OF their
svstem. The South Carolina and Georgia
road has its own terminals here. and
should the East Shore Terminal Company
fan into the hands OF the Plant system
n wonld be a great thing for the city.
The relations between the Plant and the
Atlantic Coast Line system are so close
mat the two roads would doubtless work
I'm harmony I'm developing the property.
However. as matters now stand the rumor
seems 10 have very little foundation. II
may he true. Of course. but IL IL Is the
eacts arc not fully known at this end OF
The line-Charleston News and Courier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-06
THE COURT OF JUSTICE JOHN.
For Being DIsorderly In a Church Man
Has to Paw $40.

Eliza Vincent a colored woman. is too
fond OF her dram, and that fondness got
her into $3.50 worth OF trouble.
The case OF Paul Bender, who Is charg-
ed with beating Il. A. Jones several days
ago, was continued TO the 18th inst, Tor
witnesses.
Walter Winoourn alias Wingfeld. was
sent down for ten days because he created
a disturbance on the street
John Jenkins. colored. and his wiie
Rosa, don't get along we'll together. and
John beat Rosa, which cost him $40
Robert Jefferson alias Robert BLACK
colored, got dsorderly in the Second
Street colored chuch. He was assessed
SO
Lincoln Johnson. colored, got drunk and
then beat Josephine Fox. For beating the
woman IT cost Lincoln $40. and for being
drunk he was charged $3.50.
Philip Johnson is a negro with his CHAR
acter under suspicion. He will remain In
seclusion sixty days.
Hunter Wright is a white man from
Danyille He came into court 10 see the
sights and was so overcome that he had
TO be placed I'm the ante-room. No charge
was placed against him.