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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
DYNAMITE ON A wlNoows,LL
Attempt to Take the Life of a Wei,
known Chicago Man.

An attempt was made Wednesday night
to take the lives of John Hill, jr., his wife
and two children, by exploding a heavy
charge of dynamite against Mr.. Hills res
idence in Belmont, a suburb of Chicago.
The frame and sash of the window where
the explosive was placed we're blown With
great force into the bedroom where Mr..
Hill was sleeping. The perpetrators
placed the missile by means of a pole of
sufficient length to reach the second story
windows. On the end of the pole was at
tacied n stick of dynamite or a bomb. A
slow fuse was attached and the explosive
SO arranged that it was held against the
frame of the window of the bedroom OH
the east side of the house, the room usually
occupied by MIR. Hill and his wife. MIR.
Hill is a we'll known board of trade
operator. The police are investigating.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
FOUND MURDERED in a HOTEL
Young Woman Beaten to Death I'm
q New York Hostelry..

Young Woman Beaten to Death I'm
q New York Hostelry..
A woman was murdered in the Grand
Hotel in New York Wednesday night.
The head had been beaten in, apparently
with a peace OF lead pipe. The murdered
woman was identified us Miss E. G. Rey-
nolds of that city. In the registry she
wrote "E. Maxwell and wife," and q room
was assigned to her. She was seen walk.
ing through the dining room with a man
apparently about IS years Of age. At 9:l5
Thursday morning a chambermaid found
the woman lying dead on the floor. Tie
man was gone. by the body Of the woman
lay a bloodstained piece Of lead pipe, six.
teen inches long and IL and a half inches
thick. One end Of the pipe had a piece of
cloth wrapped around it as a handle.
After som hours of investigation and
upon statements OF the mother Of tile dead
girl, DIR. Samuel j. Kennedy, a young
dentist, was arrested and is being held
upon suspicion of the murder.
Miss Reynolds mother said her daughter
had drawn not less than $500 from tho
bank the day before the murder. When
she went to the hotel she wore a hand
some pair of diamond earrings supposed
to have been worth $3.50. Those were
missing when the body was found and
evidently had been torn violently from the
ears. In her pocket only % cents was
fn,nI
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
ESCAPES %vN,NJuaeo.
A South Dakota Farmer struck bv,
Great Northern Train.

q GfC0t northern Vc0tNs
John Egge, a young farmer residing two,
miles south Of Sioux Falls, while driving
across the railroad track was run down
and thrown from tho track by the Outgo.
ing Great Northern passenger train. Egge
was driving a team attached To an empty
lumber wagon and was approaching the.
crossing driving parallel to the track.
at u point where a string Of freight.
cars hid his view Of the approach.
ing train. AS lie came to tue end OF
tile string Of cars lie turned abruptly on to.
the track just AZ the passenger camea along
at u slow rate OF speed. He whipped up.
and succeeded in getting the team across.
the track just as the engine crashed into.
the wagon, throwing it and the driver,
Egge, into the air. The farmer and his.
wrecked wagon came dowA alongside the
track more than thirty feet from where
the collision occurred. Egge was unc0n-
scious when picked up by the train hands
who went to his assistance as soon as the
train was brought TO a stop. Upon re-
covering 1t was found that the man vas
.uninjured, although he suffered a few
bruises. The horses we're unhuft.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
coUNreRFelTEe ESCAPES.
Otto Weber Breaks Jail at Sioux
Falls.

Otto Weber, a young German about %
years OF age, escaped from the county Jail
at Sioux Falls August 10. One of the
deputies whose duties includes the feeding
of the prisoner, went into the cells to give
the men their dinner. Weber was there
md received his ratious from the deputy.
IL Is supposed that the prisoner lodged
into an empty cell near the entrance, from
which he made his escape into the cor
ridor, thence into the hall outside
the steel cage. The escape was not
noticed till an hour later, when another
deputy entered the Jail to deliver
mail to the prisoners. Weber was missing
and the alarm was given. Weber is II
United States prisoner WHO was awaiting
trial at the next term of the federal court
on the charge of counterfeiting. lie was
captured in company with another man
near Bookings. The men had in their
possession a complete counterfeiting kit
and IL quantity of bogus coin. The escaped
prisoner is described as follows: Otto
Weber, counterfeiter, German, % years
old, height s feet 8 inches. weight 40
pounds, complexion dark, brown hair,
small brown mustactle, large forehead,
sharp nose and chin, stands and walks
erect, Is poorly dressed and speaks broken
English.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
BACK q o kLoNo,ke.
Black Hills Man Gives Dts~couraetne
Views Of Alaska.

AL Burnliam. who is very we'll known in
the Black Hills, has returned to Deadwood
from the Klondike, where lie went over a
year ago. Ills report Of the country is not
at all encouraging. He succeeded in get
ting two claims on a creek and sold them
at a fair profit, SO that he has not lost
money by his trip there. His return trip
was made in "a small boat down the Yukon
River to ST. Miclael's, where he took a
steamer for Seattle. AT the time Mr..
Burnham left the country warm weather
had set In and the snow was melting off
very rapidly. The weather changed very
suddenly from intense cold to sultry heat
and considerable sickness was caused by
the sudden change. Mr.. Burnham states
that very few of the dozen or more Black
Hills men who went in a year ago are
lloing any better than they would ut home.
Some OF them have secured good prospects
and If their health remains good thew may
make a good stake.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
VOLUNTEERS ON PARADE.
Breckenridge Reviews Over 10000
Soldiers at Camp Thomas.

oostlts-rs .aV camp 1nOilNS.
The review ut Camp Thomas, Clli"ka-
manga Park, Wednesday was one of the
most striking pagcants of years. 1t was
especially interesting on account of the
fact that it was the last review of the last
big army of the war. Over 10000 men,
marching in perfect order, with bands
playing and colors flying, made the occa-
sion truly inspiring. Nearly 5000 people
were enthusiastic witnesses. 1mmedi-
ately after breakfast inspections were
held and the regiments then took their
places in line. AT $3.50 the signal gun was
fired and the long column marched past
the tower on Snodgrass Hill. where Gen.
Breckenridge and his guests were seated
in the reviewing stand. The cavalry came
first, the artillery next, and infantry last.
Although the column only passed the re-
viewing stand once, the review occupied
nearly five hours.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
BLACK HMls Reserxe.

Senator Pettigrew called on Secretary
Bliss in Washington recently regarding
proposed changes in the boundaries of the
Black Hills forest reserve In this state. He
submitted recommendations for inclusion
IN the reserve of some small tracts, partly
IN wyoming, and the exclusion of other
tracts along the southern line of the pres.
ent reserve. The data submitted by Mr..
fettigrew was sent to the land Office at
once. and Acting Commissioner Mondell
said that his office would probably submit
the boundaries to the secretary within a
lew days. The secretary will then present
a proclamation providing for changes in
me boundaries Of the Black Hills reserve
to the president in u very short time,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
THE NEWS OFTHED DAY
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
Tooth of a Mastodon OF Immense
Proportions Found ON the Range
VIII BE Presented to the Smith.
sonian In stttute-o,her Items.
Nfastodon's Tooth Found.

MastOdOnsS Tooth Found.
Carl Massingame of Pierre. who has
gone to Chicago as a representative OF the
stock association, took with him a tooth Of
a mastodon, which lie picked up Oh the
range country, which is a monster. 1t
inches in circumference at the base Of the
tooth, and about five inches mi way and
eight inches the other way across the
crown of the tooth. The roots, which are
nearly all perfect, are about five inches
long. lie has had several tempting offers
for his find, but has refused to accept any
of them, as he intends to present it to tile
Smithsonian institute after he has placed
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Aberdeen Man Robbed.

S. r. HardenbrOok Of Aberdeen wh,le
passing a small frame house in Omaha the
other day was accosted by two colored
women who asked him If lie would like TO,
help them drink a can of beer they had
between them. He was willing and he
took several glasses. In twenty minutes
lie was unconscious. When he recovered
he found himself lying on the floor in one
of the women's rooms. His money, $50.
was missing. He had been administered
drupael beer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Asks for Rcimburscmcnt..

Good Thunder, a Cherry Creek Indian.
called ut the. land Office in Pierre a few
days ago and wanted the assistance of the
officials TO get before the great father a
claim for eighty head of ponies, which he
claims were stolen from him by white
men t%wenty-one years ago, while lie lived
on Bad River. 1t was hard for him to UNI
derstand that if his ponies had been stolen
in a raid of hostile Indians he might re-
cover, but that when they were stolen by
white lei he had no chance to recover
from the government.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26

The water and sewerage systems at the
government Indian school in Chamberlain
have been completed and accepted by the
government. Work is now in progress on
several additional buildings. The regular
term Of the school commences the first
Monday in September, by which time it
is expected the school will be filed to its
full caDacity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
BLACK Hills Fruit supply.

The future supply Of fruit for tue Black
Hills will come from home orchards and
nurseries. This season has been unusually
fine for all kinds of fruit, especially APP
pies. The Wells apple orchard at Spear
fish is one of the largest in the northern
Hill and will equal many in size in the
eastern part of the state. The estimated
crop of apples from it is 800 barrels, he
sides a large amount of small fruit. The
largest orchard and fruit nursery in the
Hills is owned by C.. Thomson of Rapid
City. The estimated apple yield is 800
barrels. Many new orchards were set Out
thiY vnar.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Collision on the Lake Shore.

Collision on the Lake Shore.
The east bound Lake Shore limited train
which left Chicago for New York Thurs
day evening ran into six cars of ice n mile
west of LA Porte, Ind. The passenger
engine was demolished. None of the
coaches left the track and the passengers
were uninjured beyond a few bruises.
The conductor and brakeman were in
furos1-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
FIVE BROTHERS cREMArEo.

Lightning Hits a Barn in which
They Were Sleeping.
The barn of Peter Foy, north of Inde-
pendence, Iowa was struck by lightning.
Five sons, the Oldest aged l6, who were
sleeping in the NOW. were burned to
death.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
TeleRraphic Brevitiea.


Mrs. Ballington Booth Of the American
Salvation army has sailed for England.
England is getting ready to mobilize her
feet and be prepared to fight Russia and
perhaps France.
Scores of hogs are dying neal Belle
fontaine, Ohio, from a disease which
earmers say is typhoid fever.
A swindler, with bogus checks, is buy.
ing horses of farmers in Cumberland
County, Pa, for the Government.
The citizens of Irene, Tex, and resi-.
dents of that vicinity have organized a
torse thief protective association.
The Texas State Horticultural Society
enumerates and names 119 varieties OF
plums raised in the Lone Star State.
California is preparing to establish m
experiment station and school of instruc.
ton in the grating and planting of vines
Gov. Barnes of Oklahoma spent n shor,
time in the guard house at Fort Reno the
other day for failing to give the counter
sign.
Gold has been found between Londol
and Manchester. OH the line between Ola,
and Laurel Counties, Ky. A sample ha,
been forwarded to New York for analy
sis.
Late advices from sitka, Alaska, stat,
that large and extensive coal deposit,
have been discovered at Whale Bay, OF
Buranoff Islands, about forty miles from
Sitka.
On the body Of Candida ID. Perez, on,
Of the victims Of the BOurgogne disaste,
picked up of Sable Island recently, wa,
found a draft for 215.OO0 francs, abou,
$4,000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Roosevelt win Resign.

1t is reported that Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, commanding the Rough Riders,
will resign his military commission in a
few days, but before doing so he will visit
Washington for the purpose of comforting
with the officials of the administration
concerning the situation at Santiago, which
resulted in forwarding the Ground robin''
petition for the transfer of the troops te
the United States.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Sues Estate of millionaire.

Armada p. Austin of San Francisco ha.
sued the estate of Millionaire Jefferson.
Wilcoxson, her uncle, for $4,000. She
claims that Wilcoxson induced her to come
from Missouri and care for him in his old
age, which she did for seventeen years,
remaining single at his request. He prom
Used her $4,000. After his death $1,000
was found in his safe, which she claims
had been set aside for her.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Worthtne Bank Cashier Fined,

E. D. Lewis, cashier of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Worthing, was ar
raigned Ia justice court at Canton on COM
plant Of Public Examiner Taylor, charged
with the failure to make a report of the
condition of his bank under the state
statute. His fine was placed at 800,
which Mr.. Lewis paid.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Floods in Italy.

Heavy rains have flooded a large part of
TRAM, Italy. Many houses have fallen in.
their occupants being obliged to take
refuge in the public building. The author
lilies have ordered the troops 10 construct
canals to drain the town.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
A Big Leasc of Land.

The state land department has made a
lease of eighteen sections of state land in
the northeast portion of Sully County to
Pierre parties, who will at once fence the
whole tract and place a large number of
cattle upon it. The state yet has a number
of locations which could be cheaply Sc
cured on term leases and large lunches of
cattle handled upon them at a slight cost.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Road record Lowered.

The fast record for bicycle riding be.
tween Rapid City and Pierre was broken
last week by Frank Lake, a bicycle en-
thusiast of the former city. lie returned
from a l,SO0-mile trip, and the distance
between Rapid City and Pierre, which is
about l65 miles, was covered in twenty.
nine hours and twenty minutes.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
OFFICIALS IN MADRID ANGRY.
Jaudenes to BE court.Martialed for
Surrenderinu Manila.

A dispatch from Madrid says Govern
ment officials are very angry over the sur
render of Manila. Urgent instructions
were sent through Hong Kong some days
ago not to surrender. 1t was insisted that
Gen. Augusti and Gen. Jaudencs should
have held out in order to give time for
the signing of the protocol. The Govern
ment attaches the highest Importance to
averting the fall of the city before the sus-
pension of hostilities and so strengthening
the position of Spain in negotiating tho
npacp trpnty.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
WILL BE NO EXTRA SESSION

Positive Statement Ia Made to Sen.
ator Cannon of Utah.
Senator Cannon of Utah who has been
in Washington since congress adjourned,
will leave for home soon, having received
positive assurance that there will Ike no
extra session of congress this fall.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
South Dakota short NJ

south U0kOt0 snort Notes.
Gov. Lee has issued his annual Labor
Day proclamation.
Work on the Rapid City Indian school
is now practically completed.
A party of surveyors for the United
States geological survey reached SpearGsb
lust week.
Emma A. Cranmer has dates for adozen
speeches In favor of votes for women in
Yankt0n County.
The natural gas at Pierre will soon be
turned into pipes, where it can be used for
heating purposes.
Joe Hooker Post, Grand Army of the
Republic Of Sioux Falls, wants the next
national encainpment held In that town.
The sheriff Of bay County has offered .
reward OF $SOD for the arrest and convic-
ton OF "a certain murderer named
Shorty"
The first car of new wheat shipped from
Mitchell graded high aud came from land
that averaged fourteen aud a half bushels
10 the acre.
Tile annual conference Of the Methodist
Churches Of the Black Hills will be held
tn i,eadw0od Sept. I, and will continue
until the following Monday.
An Illinois banker last week invested
$22,OO in fam land near Sioux Falls.
A patriotic concert for the benefit Of tho
Red Cross in Rapid City was a great sue
cess.
There rs great rejoicing at Sisseton be-
cause N. III. johnson has been transferred
10 an Arizona Indian agency and H. l..
Spockman appointed In bis stead ut tho
Sisseton agency.
The boy who tried to wreck q Burling.
ton train last week in the Black Hills by
placing . tie across the track and fasten-
ing It, has been caught. lie is about 10
] years old and demented.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
$500 Reward for Murderer.

= Governor Tunnel of Delaware has Of
fere4 a reward of $500 for the apprelcn.
sio,k of the party or parties who sent the
poisoned candy 10 Mrs. Dunning of Dover,
as a result of which Mrs. Dunning and
her sister, Mrs. Deanc, lost their lives.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Gasoline Injuries Three Mem.

The grocery store of Sears & Berry at
Gaiesburg, ILL.,, was wrecked and three
men injured seriously by an explosion Of
gasoline. The tanks were overturned in q
basement flooded with sewage caused by
q big storm. The explosion was caused by
Q lighted match.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
vcsuvtus Gureles Again.

A Naples dispatch says: Vesuvius I:
again in IL state OF active eruption. -Four
streams of lava are flowing down the
mountain side. Tho chestnut trees on
Mount Somma have been burned. Con.
slant explosions are heard in the central
crater, which is emitting smoke and
fumoe
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
hot seveuteen Time..

AT Ell Cuney battle one man with sew.
entcen bullet holes in him was buried by
his comrades, who placed n box board at
his head with this inscription: Corp. No.
Carthy, shot through the body seventeen
times leading a charge at the battle of
Santiago. July 1, 1893. May his soul rest
in peace!'
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Strike in building Trades.

Seven hundred workmen in the allied
building trades of St. Louis are out as
the result of a strike for better
wages, %inaugurated some time ago
and the suspension of work
may spread. There are a large number of
new buildings in the course of cOnstruc.
ton and it is feared that work OH them
may lie stopped.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26

Klondikers Are Discouraged.
The steamer National City has arrived
ut San Francisco from st. Michael's. The
National City brought about seventy-fvc
passengers from thu north. Nearly all of
the gold,eekers, however, gave anything
but encouraging reports Of the country.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Soldier stabs His Comradc.

Soldier Slabs His COmradc.
Private James NJ. Meadores and Jonas
Try Of Company c, Eighth California
regiment of volunteers, engaged in a fight
at Camp Barrett, Oakland, CAL, which
eliminated In a tragedy. Ury's throat
was slashed from ear 10 ear. Tie fight
arose over money matters. Meadores OH
two previous occasions had tried to stab
hiR victim.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Forty Years a soldier.

Col. Thomas McGregor has left Fort
Meade and is on his way to Santiago 10
join his regiment, the Ninth cavalry,
which is stationed there. The colonel has
been in the service forty years, and was
shot three times in the civil war. Hc
leaves a host of friends in all the northern
Hi!lsvowns.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Cortes Meet. in september.

A dispatch from Madrid says it is Off.
cially announced that the Cortes will as.
semble in September for the purpose of
providing the necessary authorization of
the Chambers to the signing of articles of
peace on the part of Spain.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Horsethier Br-aks Jail.

Dave DuchMm', who has leen confined
In the county Jail in StMrgis ON u charge
OF horse stealing In Butte County, brskc
Jail IL few nights since. He Is an ali around
crook aud Jail breaker and las = record
covering the entire northwest.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
NO NEW BOND ISSUE NEEDED
Officials Think Present Law Will
Produce Revenue Enough.

In the opinion Of the officials of tho
treasury department there will be no ne
ccssity for another bond issue growing out
of the war, Notwithstanding the greatly
increased expenditures which will be me-
cessitated OF account of the army and
navy for a long time, bat that the present
revenue law, with possibly slight modif-
cations, should he retained for an indefi-
ute period.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26

A postofice has been established at.
Hayes, Stanley County. with William
Taylor as postmaster.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Bounty for French sugar.

Bounty Tor French sugar..
In conformity withthe law passed April
2, 1897, NJ. Faure, the president of France,
has decreed that after September 1 of the
present year a bounty shall be granted ON
refined French native and colonial sugars,
intended for export as follows, per 100
ki!os: First grade, 2.A2 francs; second
grade, 2.77 francs; third grade, 8.lI francs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Tramps Killed in a wreck.

1rHHIpS ENtttcU III u WrUCR
A special from Fort Worth, Texas, say.
that a Texas and Pacific freight train was
wrecked and thrown from a trestle twenty.
eight miles west Of that city Thursday.
Two tramps were killed and two others
seriously injured. The engineer was
fatally hurt and the fireman seriously.
No names are Obtainable.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
SAYS CITY ONLY Is LOST.

Spain Holds that Surrender Doe. Not
Include the Philippines.
The Madrid Government has resolved
to insist that the equalization of Manila
after the signing of the protocol shall have
no effect in the peace negotiations unfnv.
orable to Spain. In any event, the Gov.
eminent holds that the capitulation, hav.
ing been signed by the commander of the
town, does not entail the surrender of the
whole of the Philippines: All the indica.
lions are that the peace negotiations will
be prolonged.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-08-26
Woodworkers Resume Work.

ltesutne WOfk.
The woodworkers' strike in progress at
Oshkosh, Wis.,, for the past three months,
has practically terminated. Most of the
strikers vent back to work. The cond:-
tions of the settlement are withheld, but
it is believed tile manufacturers have
promised a slight advance in wages.