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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
BLOODsHED IN SAMOA.
FORCE OF AMERICANS AND BRIT
1911 AMeUSAED.
Seven Arc Killed and Their Bodie.
Decapitated by the Savage Mataa.
fans-Forty Natives Meet Death
Causes Anxiety in Washington.

Press dispatches Wednesday from Apia,
ria Auckland, N. T., stated that a party Of
l05 American and British sailors were
forced to retreat to the beach, after hav-
Ing been caught in ambush by 500 Ma
taafans on q German plantation.
The expedition was led by Lieut..
~ b. freeman of the British tlird-class
cruiser T%auranga. Three officers were
killed.. Two British and two American
sailotAks also we're killed. Ensign Mon
aghan remained to assist Lieut.. Lansdale
and wasgshot In retiring. The natives
engaged were some Of Mataafa's war
riors. They pevered the heads of the Brit
ish and American ofncers killed. Priests
of the French Nission afterward brought
the heads into AHA. The manager of the
German plantationNw was arrested and de-
tanned on board theN Tauranga OH affida-
Wits declaring that 6e was seen urgtinIg
the rebels to fight. In h previous enee9ess
ment twenty-seven OF MaNaafa,s warr1sse
were killed. and there wcrA mo casl4tttekk
among the European forces.
The news from Samoa of em6sars
cading and massacre Of American
British sailors stirred the autho&atte ~
Washington as they have not beele snces
the excitement of the Spanish-AmSEtce
war. The most serious phase o fithf AZ
is not the aggression of the 0am(ean
natives, but the suspicion that they w&re-
melted to the deed by the German =
dents of the island. There was a ref661 !
on the part of the higher officials I'd d.
cuss the sad event. The secretary Of H.
German embassy called early upon Seere-s
tary Hay. Neither of the officials would
disclose anything as to the nature of the
exchange that took place. The arrest and
detention by the British naval officials of
a German subject is one of the most dan
gerous features of the controversy.
The chairman of the Foreign Relations
Senator Davis. was one of
the earliest callers ut the White House.
His brother-in-law, Bartlett Trip, has
just been appointed American member of
the Samoan commission. After a call on
the President he visited the State De-
partment. The Senator expressed grave
as to the complications that might en-
sue with Germany on account Of the mas
Sacre.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Both Claim tho Property.

a peculiar case has come up before the
county officials in Sturgis. Stephen Ashton
appeared before the County Commissioners
one day and got the penalty and interest
on his taxes on his farm abatcd. He
worked hard and raised the 5000 taxes and
felt good that he would Il v his farm.
The samc day a ncighbor of his vent to
the treasurer of the county and bought the
farm in for the taxes, paying interest, pen
alties and all, amounting to $3.50. The
question arises who owns the farm? Both
the original owner and the ncighbor have
receipts in full for taxes due, and both
claim the property. The matter will come
up in court for settlement.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
SOUTH DAKOTA EVENTS IN A.
CONDENSED FORM.
BARTLETT Tripp of Yankton Has Been
Chosen by the President to Rep.
resent the United States ON the
Tripartite Samoan Commission.
Mr.. Tripp win Accept.

The news received at Yankton announce
ing that Hon. Bartlett Tripp, one of Da-
kota's most distinguished citizens, had been
named by the President to represent the
United States as peace commissioner to
Samoa gave universal satisfaction.
In speaking of the matter Mr.. Trip said:
s'There has been some correspondence be-
tween Washington and myself concerning
a similar mission to another part of the
world, but l knew nothing of this. l shall
accept, of course. There is too much honor
attached to it for Il man of leisure like my
self to decline it,"
MIR. Trip also received notification from
Secretary of State Hay that he had been
appointed, and asking the new COM
missioner when it will be convenient for
him to sail from the United States.
Mr.. Trip is Il native of the State of
Maine. He graduated from the Waterville
College in 1861, and came to Dakota in 1869.
AS a lawyer he has been very successful.
He was the president of the constitutional
convention of 1883, chief justice OF the ter
ritOrial bench, and United States ambassa-
dor to the court of Austria.
Mr.. Trip has been for many years the
leading Democrat of the commonwealth.
He was opposed to the free silver declara-
lions Of his party, standing with eX-Iresi-
dent Cleveland with reference to this ques-
ton. In 1878 he was the Democratic nomi-
nee for territorial delegate to Congress, and
was defeated by Granville q. Bennett by
less than 1000 votes. His appointment as
chief justice of the Supreme Court of Da-
kota Territory was made during President
Cleveland's first term, and in April, 1893,
he was appointed envoy extraordinary aud
minister plenipotcntiary to Austria-lIun-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
POISON IN
Hasttngs, Neb., Woman Has a Mar.
row Escane from Death.

Hastings, Neb., Woman Has o Mar.
row Escape from Death.
The most mysterious attempt at murder
ever known to that vicinity has occurred
at Hastings, Neb. 1t was patterned after
the celebrated Adams poisoning case in
New York. While c. +. Morey and wife
were dining at a local hotel some unknown
person left u neatly wrapped and addressed
box OF bonb0ns at the door of Mrs. Morey's
studio, together with u visiting card of q
prominent young society woman of the
city, upon the back of which was written
"Homomade sweets" When Mrs. Morey
returned she found the package and card,
and not being at all suspicious she took it
into her studio. During tho afternoon
several women called and the
candy was passed around. Mrs.
Morey ate two pieces. Soon after
the candy had been eaten the supposed
donor called to attend the meeting of tho
art class and Mrs. Morcy Immediately
thanked her for her gift, wheroupon it was
learned that the young woman knew abb
solutely nothing in regard to the Sweet
meats.
While they We're discussing tho matter,
Mrs. Morey became deathly sick and u
physician was summoned. The other
women also became i'll. Mrs. Morey's life
was saved only by the promptness of the
physician. So far there is nO suspicion as
to the guilty person.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
DETECTIVE SHOOTS TO KILL
New York officer Commits Murder
While Intoxicated.

While Intoxicated.
Detective James Doyle of the Central
Office, Brooklyn, N. Y, shot and killed
Martin Carey in Gustav Sphor's saloon at
3 O'Clock on the morning of April ID. lie
also shot August Miller through the left
hand. The detective, in citizens dress,
had been in the saloon two hours drinking
with IL young w can who gaze thcname OF
Maggie Miller. ..phor announced his in
tention to close the saloon but o ylerefuscd
to leave with his companion. An alter
cation cnsued, Sphor, his wife and two
men who were in the place, attempted to
put Doyle out. Doyle drew pistol and
cried: Now. come on here, all of you,
and will kill you all, one at a time"
Carey advanced toward him, Doyle took
deliberate aim and fired. Carey fell, shot
through the heart. Doyle then fired at
Miller, the ball going through his hand.
The police arrested Doyle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
CoOd shot Eound Guilty.

The jury in the Good Shot case at Sioux
Falls after being out one hour and five
minutes, returned a verdict finding the de-
PENDANT guilty of murder and recommend
ing the penalty of life imprisonment at
hard labor in the Penitentiary. Good
Shots attorneys at once entered a motion
for a new trial. The defendant accepted
his fate with apparent resignation, and
walking out OF the court room into the
corridor he shook hands with the relatives
of the murdered. Woman.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
SAYS RAT,oNs WE'RE GOOD.
shafter Sage that Beef on the Hoof
Wac Impracticoble.

Shafter Sage that Beef on the Hoof
Was Impracticablc.
Captain Edward II. Plummer, aide-de-
camp to Gen. Smarter, called before the
court of inquiry In Washington on the
beef question. testified us to the name
of packing provisions to the front from
Siboney. Ho stated that there were 100
wagons and 1000 mules. Half of the lut-
ter were used for the pack trains. The
road was bad and tho provisions were got
to the men with difficulty. The ships were
SO loaded that 1t was impossible to take
off such IN assortment as would give q
complete ration to each soldier. Armour's-
Jacksonville agent, S. Ochsenslager, testi-
fed that the meat issued at Camp Cuba
Libre was good.
Maj. Gen. Shafter, who had charge of
the Cuban expedition, was the next wit
ness. After describing the movement of
the American troops ON Santiago he stated
that the amount of provisions taken 10
Cuba was determined by the capacity of
the vessels. He first heard of the inten-
ton to use canned roast beef from Gen.
Eagan in Washington before the war.
Witness said beef on the hoof was i'm
practicable in such a campaign. He never
heard a complaint of the canned roast
beef as being unfit for food until he re-
turned from Cuba. He ate it himself, and
found no fault with it. The first refrig-
Grated beef was received on the 10Th or.
Goth of July. He only heard one com.
plant. He had no reason at any time to
even think that the beef had been chem
ically treated.
Gen. Shafter said that the supply of ra-
tons "a good and sufficient; that there
was no complaint about the quality of the
meat; no complaint about the halylships
an dcxposure of the campaign. There
were no complaints to him from the rough
riders or their commander, Col. Roose-
welt. Maj. Lee read from a repors of,
Roosevelt to Col. Wood, in which it was,
said that the rough riders had nothing to.
eat but what they captured from the
Spaniards. "If they didn't" said Gen.
Shafter, "it was their own fault, through
their own carelessness in not carrying
three days rations with them"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
INDICTMENT is QUAsHED.
Disbarn,cnt Proceedings Against S
NJ. Howard F'ail at Pierre.

Disbarment proceedings against S. NJ.
Howard of Gettysburg were brought in the
Supreme Court at Pierre, the first case
under the law of last winter requiring such
proceedings to be brought in the Supreme
Court. Howard was charged with pro-
fcssional misconduct, the allegations being
the acceptance of money as States Attor-
ncy for the release of bOndsmcn on a de-
faulted criminal bond, and acceptance of
monthly payments to refrain from pros
ccution of liquor dealers. The Court
granted IL motion to quash on the ground.
that the complaint fails Il state that How
ard is a licensed attorney, and that it has
no jurisdiction of professional misconduct
in any other cases than those of licensed
attorneys.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
JUSTICE FIELD is BURIED.
President Mckinley and Other Not
ables Attend the Services.

President Mckinley and Other Not
ables Attend the Services.
Impressive funeral services were held
over the remains of justice Stephen ].
Field at the Church Of Epiphany in WASH
ington April ID. The church was crowded
with visitors, including Mckinley, the
members of the Cabinet, members of the
diplomatic corps, many senators and rep
%resentatives and other distinguished pco-
pie. Rev. Mr.. Satterlec, bishop of WASH
ington, assisted by Rev. MacKay Smith,
the pastor of the late justice, oficiated.
The simple burial service of the Episcopal
Church was read. Chief Justice Fuller and
his associates acted as honorary pail bear
ers. The remains were temporarily de-
posted in u vault in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Mornhy Nav Go Back.

Santiago Morphy, the alleged embezzler
from a Mexican bank, has retained an at
torney at Kansas City and consulted with
him as to the ACCESSIBILITY of applying for a
writ Of habeas corpus. Morphy, however,
may decide to return to Mexico with Off
GERS nov coming after him. He is tired of
dodging officers, he says, and believes he
would receive fair treatment at home,
where he has influential friends and rela-
tfyeN.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Tubbs Confident Of Acauittal.

Mayor Tubts Of Alcestcr has been con-
sulting with his attorneys and is confident
of an acQuittal ON the charge Of sending
obscene literature through the mails. He
i. charged with mailing obscene letters,
they are n his handwriting, although, of
course, lie denies both charges.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Bonus on Womnn's Wilcs.

There is Il boarding house in Deadwood
which is supported mainly by fifteen young
bachelors. Their case is considered almost
hopeless in a matrimonial way. They
have formed a pool among them
selves. each man putting into the pot a $40
bill. 1t is agreed that the first girl that
succeeds in breaking through the bachelor
ranks shall receive the entire sum as a
wedding present.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
FLOODS IN
Melting Snow in Mountains Causes
the Streams to Overflow.

Melting Snow in Mountains Causes
the Streams to Overflow.
Floods caused by melting snow in the
mountains put a stop TO railway traffic
temporarily and done an immense amount
of damage in Sheridan, Wyo. Five bridges
across Goose Creek in the city were washed
away and the main supply pipe of the
waterworks broken, shutting of the water
supply. No estimate of the damage is
given, but it will be thousands of dollars.
The flood subsidized somewhat in a few
hours and passenger traffic on the Bur-
lington was resumed, though passengers
must be transferred at the Little Big Horn
River, owing to a washout. The report of
a railroad wreck with a loss of lifeis erron-
eous. There has been no wreck of any
kind. Several Indians on the Crow reser-
walton are reported drowned.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Editor Mathews Is Broke.

DIR. w. d. Mathews, present editor of the
State Republican at Little Rock, Ark, has
filed in the United States District Court a
petition in voluntary bankruptcy, with
liabilities at $4,000 and assets of 500.
Matthews was formerly in the banking
business In Nebraska.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Biz Cattle

Among the heavy cattle purchases which
will be delivered on the Sioux range this
summer are $500 head which have been
purchased at Tuscon, Ariz., by stScotty''
Philip, and 1000 head of yearling heifers
which have been purchased by George b.
Mathies0n, in the San Samon Valley, Ariz.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Deadwood Man in Windsor Fire.

A. letter received from a former Dead
wood man cncloses a clipping from a New
York paper telling of the finding of the
body Of a man in the ruins of the Windsor
Hotel fire. The body was u%ninjured and
in the buckets of the mans clothing were
found a handkerchief marked 'IBlake'' and
a receipt made out to ii. w. Lorce. Such
a man at one time was in business in Dead
wood. He went under the names of both
Blake and Lorec and it is believed that the
body found in the ruins of the fire is his.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
WIFE Murdcrcrs Hanged.

Will Tut, colorcd, was hanged at May
field, Ky, April ID for the murder of his
wife because she went to baseball game
with another man.
Hiram Hall was hanged at Crossville,
Tenn, for the murder of his young wife by
pushing her into "a well,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
New Supply iD,. Lake lSyrop,

The County Commissioners of Lincoln
County have ..:cn prtitioncd Inappropriate
S2.MD towarc defrayil,g the expenses of
sinking an cight-inch artesian wcllin Lake
Byron Township, the water from which
will flow into Lake Byron aud thus keep
that lake full and provide II summer resort
for all the people of ihr county. \. similar
sun will lc paid by Lake Byron and Mil
ford Townships and 10y citizens of Huron
in order To insure the success of the c,,tcr-
l,t,isn
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Grist OF New Attorneys.

Certificates have been issued for admis-
sion to the bar on an examination held at
the beginning of the term, to Frank Crane,
Watertown; Thomas Winery, Elk Point;
l.. Frank Van Wagenen, Alexandria;
Franz L%indquist. Milbank; Hans II.
I6orndt and Fred NJ. Wilcox of Huron;
Wallace NJ. France and Lewis III. Bennett,
Sisseton; III. C. Durham, De Smct; Carl
Kibbc and Charles II. BARTLETT, Sioux
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Ton Years for Nancy Guilford.

Ton Years for Nancy Guilford.
DIR. Nancy A. Guilford, who has been
OH trial at Bridgeport, Conn.,, on a charge
Of murder in the second degree, and whose
trial was postponed on account Of the ILL.,
ness Of Judge Gregory, pleaded guilty Of
manslaughter. Judge Wheeler sentenced
Mrs. Guilford to pay a 81 fine and to ten
years. imprisonment.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Order for steel from China.

The Maryland Steel Company at Spar
rows Point. Md, received an order for
10000 tons of siNty-seven-ponnd steel rails
for the Chinese Eastern Railroad. The
mills are working day and night on a large
order of similar rails for the Trans-Siber-
ian Road of which the Chinese will be a
continuation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Grecian Cabinet Crisis.

King George of Greece has summoned
N. Theotokis to form a new cabinet. NJ.
Theotokis was minister of the interior in
the Cabinet presided over by NJ. Ralli,
instituted April 30, 1897, and resigned
September 80 of the same year.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Rprty.hye Lives Lost.

The British steamer Kingswell has ar
rived at Malta and reports being in COL
ision with the CIR eek coaster Maria, in the
Mediterranean, off the coast of Tripoli.
The Maria was sunk, forty-five persons
going down with her.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
MAKES SO KNOTS AN HOUR.

English Destroyer Reaches Highest
Speed Ever Made by War Vessel.
The Albatross, a new English torpedo
boat destroyer, just built at the yards of
Tnornycron 4 Co., at Chiswick, has at
tanned u speed OF thirty-three knots, max
ing this record on her trial trip, with the
admiralty officials on board. This is the
highest speed reached by any war vessel.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21

Lafayette Cleveland. who w.n.. at the
cl.lorinatinn works ut Plu,na. :%::'-,ptch 10
board IL passing freight train III is way
from Dra,iwno;l to his work. He Slipped
and fell under the wheels of the cal,oose
and his RICH! leg w;s cut of below the
knee. hi. left ankle was also broken in
several places and his body and head were
severely cut and bruised.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
New Monument for Lincoln.

The Illinois House has passed a bill pro-
viding for the erection at Springfield of a
new Lincoln monument at q cost of ST.
100000. The bill appropriates 100000 and
provides that 800, 900 be raised by popular
subscription. Congress will be asked to
appropriate the balance,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
REPORT OF LAND OFFICE.
Monthly Business Transacted Shows
aI.argc Increase Over last Year.

d s1HESC H'sCHSttSs' OScT 15abt ezUr.
The report of the Uni. /! States Land
Office at WatertOwn for the month of
March shows the following business:
orty -scvcn homestead entries, represent
lng G.AS7 acres; 81 final homestead proofs.
4,46i acres; 10 final timber culture proofs,
1914 acres. There were IL cash entries
amounting TO SASH. The quarterly report
for tlr quarter ending March 81 is as fol-
lows: Eiglty-ei.ht homestead entries,
1854 acres: ~ iiial homestead proofs,
l4,O24 acres: ~ final timber culture proofs.
900 ;ic,rs, and 80 cash entries. The total
receipts for the quarter from all sources
was Sil9,SsS.St. which shows ii large in
crease in business over the same period
last wear,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21

Tyndall Telephone.

The County Commissioners of Bon
Homme County have granted permission
TO the Bon Homme County Telephone
Company to use the public highways for
its telephone lines. Eighty miles Of wire
will be put in during the early summer,
connecting all the important places in the
comfy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21

Mr.. Borkdale Of Norway announces that.
the sun is burning out more rapidly than
- usually believed, and That IL something
does not interfere . grandchildren. win
zee Its extinction. Mr.. Mohn, also Of
Norway, has examined Mr.. Borkdala'a,
calculations and finds them correct.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Spain Preparcs for Revolt.

Spain ErepArCS Tor teVOIf.
In view Of the Carlist revival the Span-
ish minister Of war, Gen. Polavieja, has
dispatched strong ~detachments of troops to
points in the Basque provinces. The
garrtsons Of the towns in Catalonia and
Valencia have been increased.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21

Hospital Ship Reaches Manila.
Gen. Otis has announced the arrival at
Manila Of the hospital ship, Relief, witlall
well aboard:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Artillery for Honolulu.

-Four batteries of the Sixth Artillery. u.
8. A., sailed from San Francisco on the
steamer Nippon Maru for Honolulu on the
18th inst. where they will relieve the Sec
ond battalion United States Volunteer En-
rineerH.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
TO OPEN FOREST RESERVE.
Two Hundred Thousand Acres Can
Soon Re Settled.

WO IHOuSahU NCF0S CHh
Soon BE Settled.
The President is preparing to throw open
to settlement 100000 acres of the Olympia
forest reserve in Washington. This
reserve consists of a large portion of
the Olympic Peninsula, lying between
Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean, and
will embrace the Olympic Mountains.
General Land Commissioner Hartman has
instructed Superintendent of Forest Reser-
vations Close to make an immediate in
spection OF the southern part of the Olym-
pic Reservation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Domestic Corporattons.

Fifty-one domestic corporations were
filed in the ONCE Of the Secretary Of State
for March, the fees Of which, with other
receipts, brought the total receipts Of that
ofice for the month to over 500.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21

Large Coal Company Launched.
The Montana Coal and Coke Company,
with a capital stock of $4,000 900, was in
corporated at Trenton, N. j., Wednesday.
The company is formed to buy out a COM.
ipany of the same name in Montana.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
To BE Thrown Open May IL.

The Fort Sully Military Reservation will
he thrown open for settlement at 10 O'Clock
May ~. The State has sixty days prefer
cnce to file on this land, and as Commits
siOner Eastman of the State Land De-
partment, has signified his intention to
take it all, there will be no other filings re-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21

S$NFeF W. IN
l. III. Sullivan OF Ilailliintnn las decided
10 accept the land office position at rcavy.
Alaska. towhich liz WAS recently appointed
by President Mckinley, and expects TO
leave some time in June for his new post
of duty. Pcavy is is !, new town, and it
is situated lD miles north OF the Artic
circle and ScNeI;l hundred miles inland.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-04-21
Wants Damages oil E!Iis Company.

Manager Bear OF the New Illca.cr at
Sioux Falls will demand damages of the
Ellis Opera Company for failin. 10 keep
contract in that city. In the event scttlc-
ment is refused legal action will follow.
Bear was put 10 great expense advertising
the attraction and had sold many tickets To
persons in outside towns.