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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
BIG PENSION RAJ

Gigantic swindle Discovered by U.
s. Agents at Providence, r. 1.
Pension frauds, said by the investigating
agent of the pension department to be the
greatest ever known in the United States
have been discovered in Providence, r. 1
Two arrests have been made and fifteen
other warrants have been sworn out
against claim agents of that city and vicin-
ity and others, charged with perjury and
uttering forgedchecks or pension vouchers
The amount fraudulently secured will
reach in the aggregate many thousands Of
dollars. In one case alone SIS, 1000 had
been traced.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Denies Reaching for Hawaii.

In the house of commons on Thursday
Sir James Ferguson, conservative, ques-
toned the government as to whether there
wa any truth in the accusations brought
by the United States senate committee on
foreign relations in the committees Ha-
waiian report to the effect that Great
Britain was plotting for the absorption of
Hawaii. Mr.. Curzon, parliamentary Sec
rotary for the foreign office, in reply said
if the published statement of the accusa-
tons was authentic there was no truth at
all in the allegations made.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
RloTINe IN CHINA.

Militia Prevents Execution of Muir.
derers of Mission Students.
Further kilograms from Chung King Flu
regarding the sacking of the Methodist
medical mission, IN the Kiang Pehi coun-
try, show that the Chinese militia are now
there in large force and refuse to allow the
execution of the death sentence passed
upon the murderers of the student, who
was killed by the rioters who destroyed
the mission, as announced in these dis
patches last week. The foreign consuls
have demanded that the taoti dispense the
militia, execute the murderers, arrest the
leaders OF the rioters, pay 5000 taels for
the property destroyed, allow the mission
to reoccupy its premises and engage to
protect the members of the mission.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to S4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, S1.04 to $1.O6;
corn. No. 2, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No. 9, 25c
to 26c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to soc; butter,
choice creamery, lie to 19c; eggs, fresh,
DC to Zoe; potatoes, common to choice,
Doc to O per bushel.
lndianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to $4.25;
sheep, common to choice, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, Ole to 95c; corn, No. .
white, Sic to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c
to Bic.
St. Louis-Cattle. $500 to 1915; hogs,
$500 to 1925; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 2
yellow, 26c to Csc; oats, No. 2, 25c to &c;
rye. No. 2, 4Sc to Soc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 2
mixed, Soc to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, Csc
to Doc; rye, No. 2, Sic to 53c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c: corn, No. 2
yellow, 29c to Soc; oats, No. 2 white, 30c
to Bic; rye, 2 to 53c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to Csc;
corn, No. 2 mixed, 29c to Sic; oats, No. 2
white, 2Gc to Csc; rye, No. 9, Acc to Sic;
clover seed, $2.S5 to 1926.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 96c
to 98c; corn, No. 3, 29c to 3Oc; oats, No.
2 white, 2Sc to 3Oc; rye, No. 1, Acc to 5Oc;
barley, No. 2, 42c to 44c; pork, mess,
$3.50 to $1,000.
Buffalo-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.O1; corn, No.
2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white.
Bic to 32c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2 red, $1.O4 to $1.O5; corn, No.
II, 36c to BIC; oats, No. 2 white. 32c to
33c; butter, creamery, Ice to Zoe; eggs,
Western, 10c to 12c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
DYNAMITE THE EXPRESS GAR
Passenger Train Held Up Betwee,

Passenger Train Held Up Between
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
A north bound passenger train from Los
Angeles, CAL, was held up four miles
south of the town Of Traver Wednesday
night by two train robbers. They boarded
the train at Goshen, climbed into the
engine, and compelled the fireman to cease
firing. When the train reached Cross
Creek the steam gave out and the train
stopped. The express car was dynamited.
The mail car was entered and a mail
pouch containing the through San Fran
cisco registered matter was rif1ed. The
robbers escaped in a buggy. A posse
went in pursuit within a few hours. 1t is
not known how much was taken from the
express car.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
IHE NEWS OF THE DAY
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
Charles Mix County Man Arrested
Accused OF Killing an Old Man
Who Mysteriously Disappeared
Last Fall-Other Items of Interest.
"old Henry's" Body Found.

"Old Henry's" Body Found.
Some time last fall Henry Rodman, bet
ter known as "Old Henry" disappeared
from his old haunts near Castalia in Il
mysterious manner. Last week his body
was found in a gulch near the Missouri,
and Bert Jones was arrested by Sherlf1
Hay on suspicion of having killed the Old
man. Some time last summer young
Jones formed a sort of partnership with
Old Henry in the wood traffic and they
lived together in a log hut on the river
bank. About the month of August. 1897,
Old Henry was missed by the %neighbors,
and when inquiries were made about him
of Jones, he said the old man had gone to
st. Louis to visit q son and that he had
taken him to Kimball to board the train.
Not a great while after Old Henry was
missed Jones showed a bill of sale for all
the wood IN the bank signed by Old
Henry and claimed ownership of all his
effects, saying he had advanced him
money for his trip. Later he claimed he
had received a letter or two from Henry
and that he had gone down the Mississippi
River to New Orleans and had concluded
not to return 10 Dakota. The body OF
Henry was accidentally found ON the even-
ing of the 21st by a young son of Hon. NJ.
X. Convey. The boy was herding cattle in
the bluffs of the river and was attracted to
the spot by a rope which he observed
at the bottom of a deep gulch through
which the water from the spring
thaws had been rushing. Think
ing 1t was a lariet or halter rope he went
down to get it and found it buried in the
dirt which had washed down the ravine.
Unable to draw it out he began to dig
down and was Mortified when he un-
earthed the feet and legs of a corpse. He
notified the neighbors, who repaired to
to the spot and eXcavated the body of Old
Henry. The body was wrapped in a
blanket and wound tightly around with a
quarter-inch rope, the flowing end of
which had been washed out by the water
and thus revealed his place of interment.
Jones is an educated man and is reported
to be the black sheep of a respected and
wealthy family living in the east.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
To Raise Tarif on Pork,

During the discussion in the French sem
rte of the bill to increase the customs
duties on pork and hog products, NJ.
Siegefried moved to reduce the general
tariff on lard from 40 to % francs to a min
imum tariff of from 25 to s francs, point
ing out that otherwise other countries,
notably the United States, might retaliate.
Premier Meline replied that the United
States would make a bad mistake in re-
sorting to reprisals, since the Unitei States
was the first to protect herself with high
duties. The bill was adopted,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
TO ~DlsFRANCHlsE NEGROES.
Louisiana Constitutional Conventio,
Pcrfccts n Plan.

by a vote of 5 to IS, with eleven dele
gates absent, the Louisiana constitutional
Friday adopted II suffrage plan. 1t took
forty-tive days to reach a verdict. The
avowed purpose was to eliminate the ne
gro from Louisiana politics. The measure
adopted, by providing for educational and
property qualifications and Il poll tax, is
presumed to answer the purpose effect
lively. AT the same time it was desired to
let in as many white people as possible,
and this is accomplished by eXempting
%naturalized voters as we'll as those who
were voters in 1867, with their sons and
ErHndSOnS.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
CRISP IN DISGRACE.
Grand Old Man of Italy Is Censured
by Parliament.

The italian chamber of deputies
adopted, by a vote of 2O7 to z, the COM
mittee's report recommending "political
censor" against former Premier Crispi,
who has been accused of completely in the
Bank of Naples scandals and of illegal
trafficking in decorations. He will not be
prosecuted. signor Crispi is greatly
incensed at King Humbert and the higher
authorities for not interfering to protect
him. 1t is reported that he resigned his
seat in the chamber of deputies with the
intention of appealing to his constituents
to decide whether lie is still worthy to re-
main in parliament.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Minister Convicted OF Fraud.

Rev. Orson ID. Taylor of The Dallcs,
Ore, who has been in Jail at Saginaw,
Mich, for several months and against
whom proceedings for securing money
under false pretcnses have been dragging
along in the circuit court for a year or
more, was sentenced to ii years in prison.
The complainant, DIR. ID. b. Cornell, al.
legged that Taylor induced him to buy $5,-
600 worth of shares in the Interstate In
vestment Company of The Dalles, a con-
Germ which did not exist.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
MAIL RoeeER HOGAN IS FOOLED
Jail Breaking Plot of the Chtcaeoan
Is Discovered in Ohio.

Timothy Hogan of Chicago, the notori-
Gus mail box robber, who was caught at
Columbus recently and taken to Washing
ton Court House, Ohio, for safe keeping,
was caught in a desperate effort to escape
Jail the other day. He had hired a mar to
secure for him a small saw blade and an
ugly looking knife, which were found con-
cealed in his cell. His plan of escape, as
told by other prisoners, vas to saw off two
iron bars and escape through tho attic.
He had already begun his saving, and
when he learned of his detection, believ-
ing a fellow prisoner named Morrow had
given the plot away, he seized a large
bucket and hurled it against Morrow's
face with such force as to knock out his
front teeth.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Comet Visible to Naked Eve.

The comet that was discomcred last
week by Assistant Astronomer Perrine of
Lick Observatory, is just now visible to
the naked eye by reason of its distinct
cellular nucleus and tail. 1t is an easy
object foc n small telescope. 1t is situated
in the northern constellation of Pegasus
and is moving %northward and eastward,
somewhat more than a degree a day.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
ARRIVAL OF MARK.

Reaches Washington with Report
of the Court of Inquiry.
The report of the naval board of inquiry
into the Maine disaster was received in
Washington at $50 O'Clock Thursday
night. The four naval officers who have
guarded 1t, watch and watch, since its de-
parture from Key West were hustled at
once into a carriage by an attache of the
navy department and driven to the Ebbitt
House.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Fire CrippIes a University.

The power house, electric light plant
and machine shops of the University of
Kansas, at Lawrence, burned Thursday.
The loss was $4,000. Tho department of
electrical engineering will be seriously
disabled for some time, as there is no in
surance. The university is left without
heat or light. Lightning was the cause of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
WALSH Was MURDERED.
Verdict OF the Coroner's Jury After
Two Weeks. DeIiberation.

VCrutOt OF Inc JURY AItcr
Two Weeks Declaration.
Thomas Walsh of Joliet, ILL.,, was
murdered. This is the verdict reached by
the coroncr's Jury. Walsh disappeared
from a barber shop adjoining the whole-
sale grocery store of his brother, Robert
Walsh, Saturday night, March s. Sunday
morning his body was found in plainfeld
in a ditch by the side of the Elgin, Jolies
and Eastern Railroad tracks, ten miles
from Joliet. The Joliet police have in
clined to the theory that it was suicide.
but the jury thought otherwise. after two
weeks elaboration. The verdict vas
generally satisfactory to the members of
the Walsh family and a disappointment to
the police department.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Asks for a RECEIVER.

Deputy Attorney General Reeder of
Pennsylvania at the instance of Insurance
Commissioner Lambert, has made applica-
ton for a receiver for the Guaranteers'
Finance Company of Philadelphia. The
liabilities, including the capital stock,
amount to $1,o47, 500, while the admitted
assets are $5S2. OG7.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Fears for a Dakotan,s Fate.

Much anxiety is manifested at Huron by
the relatives and friends of Loren E.
Bloodgood, who was a passenger on the
schooner NOmad, which is believed to have
been lost at sea. The vessel sailed from
Shanghai. China, on December 8, for Port
Townsend, since which time nothing has
been heard of her. She is now forty days
overdue at that port. Loren Bloodgood
left Huron for Santa Barbara, CAL, some
time since, and because of ill health went
OH a voyage to China, exciting to be alb
sent seven or eight months. The trip to
Shanghai was made without trouble, but
it is thought that the vessel on the return
trip encountered storm and was wrecked,
and all OH board persisted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
WANT A R oAv
Labor Unions in Big Cities May
Strike ON the First of May.

Labor Unions In Big Cities May
Strike ON the First of May.
There is a general belief that May will
see a strike of all organized labor in st.
Louis for an cight-hour day andten hours
pay. The bricklaycrs all over the country
will demand an eight-hour law OH May /,
and it is also said that the pressmen and
machinists will follow. 1t is the general
impression that the strike will spread to
every city in the union. The Chicago
Building Trades Council is said to be
agitating for shorter hours, and the build
ing trades of Chicago will make a similar
demand, to become effective May l. There
is a considerable doubt expressed among
the employers as to whether they will ac-
cede to the demands of the men.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
To Rebuild the smelter.

The insurance adjusters of the d. and d.
smelter at Deadwood have settled the
amount OF insurance, allowing SIS, 1000. A
force OF men have commenced work to re.
build the plant or the old foundation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Not Chilly.

The jury in the robbery case of the state
Of South Dakota VS.. Joe Smith at Canton
returned a verdict of not guilty. The iury
was out nine hours. This case was taken
to Canton on a change Of Venue from
Moody NOrntv S"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
An Inhulnan Mother.

AT New London, Ind, Mrs. r. S. Tucker
poured coal oil on her 1S-year-old daugh-
ter and set her OH fire. She will probably
die. The mother then wrapped herself in
bed clothes, set them on fire and was
burned to a crisp. She had shown signs
of insanity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Robbed a Church

st. Killan's Roman Catholic Church at
New Franken, Wis.,, was robbed Thurs
day night. Among the articles taken was
a gold-plated challice worth sl25. The
thieves got in through a window, after
breaking it with an ak.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
A Hotel for Women,

The movement to build a hotel for
women exclusively in New York is not
popular. The projectors are trying to
raise 100000 by selling 10000 shares of
500 each to women, but are meeting with
little encouragement.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Dies Mt Dcadwood.

Joseph p. Buttcrie!d of Chicago, presi-
dent of the Chicago and Two Bit and
treasurer of the Harding Mining Com
pany, died j n Deadwood Saturday of acute
pneumonia. Buttcrlield was 55 years old
and one of the most prominent stock COM
mission men in the west.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
or for The KIond,ke

Prof. G. K. Snow has resionod Ills ,o.,.
ton as principal of the Whitewood City
schools n will leave for the Klondike.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Lost ON the Klondike steamer.

The thirteen gold seekers who are sup
posed to have been lost with the bark
Helen, in the Pacific Ocean off San Fran
cisco, were from Coal Gate, l. I. John
Smell, j. I. Galby and eleven others were
diggers from the coal mines at Coal Gate.
Most of them worked in the mines several
years, and when they started for the
Klondike they took their savings for years,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
euTTE's T FIRE.

kAII 15uC FOUr Oh tne MISsinR FeFSONs
Accounted For.
The management of the Hale house at
Butte, Mont, claim to have accounted for
all but four of those men supposed to have
been asleep there at the time of the fire.
They are:
Frank Kreigbaum of Pork City, Utah.
Daniel Sullivan of Butte.
Martin Rooney of Butte.
Tom Starr of Leadville.
1t is believed several other bodies will
be found in the ruins, those of strangers
who We're lodging in the house.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Death of an Old Resident.

Mrs. Kate Webster died in Lead the
other day of pneumonia, aged 90 years.
The lady was an old resident of the Black
Hills, being a widow of the late Col.
Thomas J. Webster, who published the
Lead City Enterprise during the years 1879
and 1874
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

Half a Ton of Dynamite Goes on
Shortly after midnight Wednesday half
a ton of dynamite, stored at Hillsville,
Pa, a quarry station, exploded, wrecking
the building and partially demolishing
a number of %quarrymen's cottages. Sew
eral persons were seriously hurt.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

Window Glass Plants shut Down.
The window glass troubles are spread
ing. The Anderson Window Glass Com
pany plants at Anderson, Ind, threaten
to shut down. At Frankton the plants
were shut down by a strike. Indications
are that every plant in the country will
be shut down before the week is over.
President Burns action in withdrawing
from the arbitration session at Orestes
hastencd matters.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Leaves for the KIondike.

WIN. Bradley of Sturgis who repre-
scntcd that district in the senate at the
last session, has left for the Klondike.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Dies from tho Effect of Fright.

While out in the pasture with a baby
carriage, in which her %1-year-old child
was riding, Mrs. S. II. Sweet, residing in
the western part of Beadle County, was
was attacked by a steer. The animal
overturned the carriage, throwing the baby
to the ground. Mrs. Sweet managed to
keep the infatuated beast from harming
the child by vigorously waving her apron
in the animals face. Her husband hear
ing her cries ran from the field near by,
and succeeded in clubbing the animal off,
rescuing his wife and child. Mrs. Sweet
was so exhausted and frightened that she
became unconscious, remaining in that
condition most of the time for four days,
when she died.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

Gladstone Arrives at Hawarden.
Mr.. Gladstone, who bore the journey
well, arrived at Hawarden Wednesday.
were taken to avoid demonstrations when
passing stations. Everywhere 1t was re-
garded as his last journey.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Carolus Duran In New York.

CarOlus Duran in New York.
Carolus Duran, the distinguished French
portrait painter, arrived in New York
Wednesday on the French line steamship
Navarro. 1t is his first visit to the western
continent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Check Fraud Causes a Failure.

The bank of Merriam Park, a suburb OF
st. Paul, failed Thursday morning on ac-
count of the time check fraud. The bank
had a capital of $4,000, and is reported tu
have invested i'll Southal government time
checks to the amount of $4,000. The di.
rectors of the bank deny it was loaded
with Southal time checks, and say it was
closed to prevent a run.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Niichigan LegisIature Meets

The Michigan legislature assembled at
Lansing Tuesday afternoon, having been
called by Gov. Pingree to consider the
governors proposed measures for increas-
ing taxes upon railroad, express. telegraph
and telephone companies.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
The New orleans Goals I'm,

The New Orleans, formerly the ANA
zonas) and the San Francisco completed
coaling in London Wednesday. The lat
ter cruiser will await orders. The former
will go to Halhaven to ship powder and
ammunition previously ordered BY Brazil
and will then await orders.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Sister to Thrown B~essie."

Sam Fields, who rum a dairy farm in
Minnehaha County, recently purchased a
couple Of high bred Jersey COWS from Eli
Elliott of West Liberty, Iowa. The stock
Is rated the very best In the country. This
stock is full sister to "Brown Bessie, who
took first prize at the worlds fair as a milk
giver.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

YanktOn Gets the Tournament.
Yankton business men have subscribed
the necessary 81, 900 to secure the tourna-
ment Of the South Dakota Firemen,s As
ISOLATION and the date will soon be Get.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
Kills His wife and himself.

William Osterhage murdered his wife
at Vincennes, Ind, Thursday, then
then placed the revolver to his head and
blew his brains out. Mrs. Osterhage had
just rsturned from q three weeks' visit at
Petersburg, and in less than half an hour
was murdered. The husband and wife
had been separated for some time, and on
her return he begged her to live with him,
but she refused to do so. Then came the
tragedy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01

To Be Register of the Treasury.
The president has nominated j. w.
Lyons of Georgia to be register of the
treasury.