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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

fatigue, regiments like the Gordon High
landcrs and Royal Rifles have been prac-
tical!y without officers since the fights,
and 13s5 additional officers have been or
dered to leave England as speedily as
possible.
Outside of oficialdom, and possibly
even therein. London on Thursday was
absolutely without definite news of i'm
portance from the vicinity of Ladysmi.h.
1t was believed that the forces of Gen.
White and Gen. Yu!. were united. al
though even this was Il matter of spccu-
lation. 1t was known that the Boer
forces were near to Ladysmith.
The suppression OF news has not only
caused great Indignation in Great Brit
min. but has treated grave alarm for the
future. AS Il consequence the British
public is enraged at Lord Wolsclcy. and
demands that all official dispatches be
given out verbatim.
The death of Gen. Sir William Symons,
the British commander at Glencoe. vino
was shot in the stomach i'll the battle
with the Beers there. was officially an
nounced III the House OF Commons
| Thursday.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
LIKE A DIME NOVEL HERO.
Lad Who Flaggcd Northwestern
Train Was hirstins for Fame.

The officials of the Northwestern Rail-
road have been investigating the cause and
trying TO find out the particulars regarding
the attempt to wreck Il train Oh that line,
anil if possible to locate the parties, and
have succeeded in securing the confession
of Bert Mcdowell of Watertown, the lad
who tagged the train and who was the
supposed hero of the occeaion by prevent
ing the train from running into the OBJ
structions.
The boy stated that he placed the OH
structions on the track, and afterwards be-
came frightened over the affair, and secur-
ing a lantern tagged the train. The boy is
Is years old and has lived in W%atcrtown
about thirteen years with his parents. He
claimed to have been a reader of dime
novels for some time past and was dcsirous
of making Il hero of himself. but had no
desire of being rewarded. The lad was
bound over to the circuit court.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Makes 1t

AT a meeting of the Students Associa-
ton of the University of South Dakota,
held i'll Vermillion. the institution with
drew from the South Dakota Intercollegiate
Ora,orical Association. Many believed all
along that the university would not with
draw from the oratorical contests, even
though 81 withdrawal had been made from
the athletic association, owing to mis-
understandings. But the students and
faculty believe that it is best to have the
brain. Drawn, oratory and athletics work
together, and hence they have pulled out
all around.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
FIRST PATENT in AMERlcA
Was Granted in 1a4s by the General
Court OF Massachusetts.

Was Granted In 104s by the General
Court Of Massachusetts.
To the general court Of Massachur
setts belongs the honor of granting the
first American patent; this was in 164S
and wasthen designated as a monopoly.
1t was confined to the region controlled
by Massachusetts and the one issue APP
parently included all the invention of
the inventor connected with engines
thnc depended upon water for their mo
tive power. The limit of the monopoly
was fourteen years and the court not
only retained power to forbid cXporta-
ton. but to prevent c%Sorbitant charges
upon the public for their use.
The patent was issued in this form:
'Jenkcs MoMouolye.-At II general
Ccurte at Boston the 9th of the 9Th Mo
1918. The cor't cOnsid'ingc We neces-
sity of raising such manufactures Of
cngins of mills TO go by water for
speedy dispatch of much worke with
few hands. and being sufficiently in
formed OF We ability of we petition to
p forme such workes grant his petition
(yet no Othr y sen shall set UP or use
any such new invention, or rad fOr
fourteen ycares without ye licence of
him the said Joseph Jenlses) so farr as
concernes any such new invention, Il,
SO it shall he always in ye powr of this
cote To restrain We expectation of such
manufacturers u ye prizes of them to
moderation if occasion SO require"
This inventor. Joseph Jen!ses. or
jerks. as il would now he spelled,
anne from {Iammersmith. England.
settled down in Lyan i'll 1Gl3 and died
in 1GS2-S:3. aged 81. lie was IL black
smith and machinist, made the dies for
the coming for the ''pine-trce' money
and bnilt the first engine in this coun-
try; altogether q man of great inven-
tive genius and the ancestor of n large
number of descendants. One of his
sons removed t o Rhode Island, where
he built several mills.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
REPORT ON PUBLIC LANDS.
Matters of Great Interest to South
Dakota Citizens.


The annual report Of the commissioner
of the general land office in Washington,
which has been made public, shows that
natents wer, issued to the state of South
Dakota for $3.50 acres of land under the
grants to aid the educational institutions of
the state.
The surveyor general of South Dakota,
whose report accompanies that of the COM
missioner, asks for &c. 200 for continuing
surveys during the fiscal year 1901. He
says:
IAN efIor to arrive at Il proper amount
for this item has caused delay in the sub
mission of this estimate beyond the usual
time and l am still only partially informed
as to the extent of the regular surveys
made under the directions of the geological
office during the year just closing. With
the exception of IL few outlying townships,
the portion of the public lands within this
state which are not surveyed at this date
are chiefly contiguous or llear to the Black
Hills forest reserve. While much of these
lands is more valuable for mining than for
agriculture, there are perhaps none of the
townships which do not contain considers
able bodies of land valuable chiefly for the
latter purpose. and used for such purpose
only. Some of these lands are occupied by
settlers. and inquiry shows that a number
ut these desire surveys so that they mag
perfect title to their holdings.
"a recent act March 5, $780, providing.
among other things. for the Protection and
administrator of forest reserves permits
II settler with stated qualifications within
the Black Hills forest reserve to make
entry under the provisions of the homestead
law; and ii the lands are So situated that
the entry of Il legal subdivision, according
TO existing law. will not embrace the i'm
provcmentS of the settler Entry may be
made by metcs and bounds. / am in re-
ceipt of Il number of applications under
this statutory provision, but the wording
of the statute would seem to imply that il
must first be ascertaincd that the improve
Ments cannot be embraced i'm the usual
legal subdivisions: and if this view be cor
rect a township survey will evidently be u
prerequisite To the application of this
| Stntutn.3
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Insane Asylum Affairs.

There are now 40 patients in the in
sane hospital al Yankton, and there is a
large amount of money due the state from
the various counties for the maintenance
of the patients. as each county is COM
PEELED to pay for the maintenance of the
patients sen from that county. The lar
gest number from any IL county is Law
renee with forty and Mimnchaha is next
with tweniy-seven. Butte is the only
county of,the state which has no repre-
sentative in the ASYLUM.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
roo,:ng a spider in His rarsor.

A most amusing and interesting ex-
pertinent is in the reach of everyone
who has n tuning fork. Take it to IL
SPIDERS web. set the fork vibrating
and touch the edge of the web lightly.
Mr.. Spider has the buzzing sound con-
veyed to him by the threads of his
web. He will run to the center Of the
web quickly and feel all around until
he touches the thread against which
the fork is sounding; then, taking am
other thread along. just as Il man
would take IN extra piece of rope, he
will! run out to the fork and spring
upon it. imagining that Il fly has been
cnmcshed. for the sounding of the fork
against tic web exactly Stimulates the
buZZiur of a fly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Adm;t;cd to the Homc.

The soldiers home board decided that
the soldiers of the Spanish and Philippine
wars would be admitted into the home at
Hot Springs upon the same terms as the
veterans of the civil war. This is contrary
to the state law, but the members of the
board felt that the %exigencies of the case
justified them in the matter. and expect
the legislature at its next session to pro-
vide for the admission of the heroes of the
Sos the same as they have for the heroes of
the Cos. There are already two applica-
lions for admission by Philippine soldiers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
N!car.aua,s i.eonIc.

The present population OF Nicaragua
Is; estimated at about l0o.oGO, or only
about eight 10 The square nile. OF each
hundred inhabitants there are fifty
Indians, II negro. forty-iive OF mixed
blood, and four whites. They are sharp
IL divided INTO classes. the Caballeros.
or gentlemen" and ,ile poems. or Ia
lorers, who can b. distinguished by
their costume as far SIS they can be
seen. This class licaticn is punctilious-
~ observed on all occasions. and is la
ticular.y noticeable.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12


lie, and now again the maker and shaker
of French cabinets. He was born in
1871. He fought Il number of duels.
was denounced as an atheist. and was
finally arrested and confined in Jail at the
INSTANCE of tho Emperor for preaching
the doctrine of Rcpublicanism. Then he
came to America and taught French in
New York and ut a school in Greenwich,
Conn.,, where he met the American girl
who afterwards became his wife. In 1869
NJ. Clcmenccau and his family went back
to France and settled at Montmartre.
He got home just in time to see the OUT
break of the E'ranco-Prussian war, and
Immediately developed into an admins
traitor of the first order. During the
siege of Paris he was at once Mayor.
judge, doctor and governor of the inhab-
itants of Montmartre. In 1871 he was
elected to the House of Deputies. He
has since served as president of the mu.
nicipal council of Paris.
Col. Albert ID. Shaw, the new COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army,
elected at the recent encampment at Phil.
adclphia, has been prominently connected
with that organization since 1886. Mr..
Shaw has given his country efficient din.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Womb Or..nizr - H.ttcrv,

Senator lyle has received a letter from
O. NJ. Osbon of Howard, stating that he
would leave for Washington soon and
make application for permission to organ-
liz i battery for service in The Philippines.
He Intends to re. ruit the battery from the
veterans OF Tie First South Dakota Resi-
ment. There is no.doubt about his being
able 10 get all the men he needs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
FATAL AGE OF THiRTY.sevek.
Many of the World. Great Men Have

Many of h Worlds Great Men Have,
.uccAmbel When Only That Age.
Tho age of 81 is a particularly fatal
age. An examination of the records of
the United States government shows
that more people die at that age than
any other after attaining their major
ity. 1t is also ascertaincd that more
misfortuncs Overtake persons at that
age than at any other time in their lives
and that few fortunate events befall
them.
An examination of history develops
the same thing. At the age of 81 IL
great sorrow befell Aristotle, the death
of Plato, his friend and teacher, with
whom lie had studied for nearly twenty
years. This sorrow plainly showed it's
effects upon his future life and to it
ma he attributed the sad tone of his
later writings.
1t vas at the age of 81 that Lord
Byron died of fever at Greece. AS
Lord Beaconsfield says he was greater
as Il man than as a writer and his loss
to the world was Il great blow to it,
Raphael. the glory of Italian art. died
siI OS. nc lell SICK u week DeIOre MS
birthday of cold and fever and died On
that day, Good Tiiiay. In him .Ne
world lost ond'of its greatest artists.
In music, like art and poetry, En-
gland lost her greatest composer at
the age of 81. Purcell. the most dis
tinguished musician Britain produced,
died within a few days after attaining
mis- thirty-seventh year. The regard in
which he was held in England placed
him on Il par with Milton in epic poetry,
with Shakespeare IN the stage, Locke
in metaphysics. and Sir Isaac Newton
in philosophy and mathematics.
1t was at the age of 81. too, that En-
gland lost Il military genius that She
regarded as of the highest rank and
promise. Prince Henry of Battenburg
died of fever in Asliantee in that year
of his life.
PASCAL. too. died ut 81. but why seek
more illustrations? These are sufficient
to illustrate the fatality of the age
among geniuses. Where death failed
misfortune often bcfcll.
So the age of 81 may he regarded as
the fatal age of all those after IL man
passes his majority.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
l.mproyiny ,hc Rau.c,

The building of dams on tic range coun-
try is beng pushed this fail and the rains
OF next spring will fill hundreds of ponds
and allow cattle summer range in sections
where it has been impossible To make the
rance available for lack of water. This
will allow the saving OF the grass on the
rua.gil lands along the streams for winter
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Crunched His Arm.

Charles Petrol, who has been working as
held rooster at the Kildonan chlorination
plant at Lead for several years, got his
right hand caught i'll the wheels of II of
the roastcrs and before he could get it out
his arm had been pulled in above his elbow.
The arm was crushed to Il jelly, and ann
putation was necessary. III was Il mere
chance that he saved his life, for his body
could have been crushed as easily as his
arm.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
An Historic Gaycl.

Columbus Lodge. No. To-. i. O. @. F.,
Worlhing, has been presented will, Il gavel
which is quite an historical gift. 1t is
Ma'ie from IL portionof tlcmastof Admiral
Montolo's flagship which was sunk in Ma
Mia Bay by Dewey. First Scrg.au. ii. Y.
Gerber, Quartermaster Sergeant w. Il.
Greene, Artiticer Elias lIliason and Wag-
oner Herbert l.. Wood, members of Com
pany ID, First South Dakota volunteers,
which went from Wortlling to the Pnilip-
pines. had the savel made under their SUI
pervision by a Filipino in Manila and they
presented the same to the lodge.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Has Some Money left.

Chairman +. \. Brown of the soldiers
homecoming finance committee says it is
the intention to refund the fare paid by
soldiers who returned home before the
regiment was mustered out. 1t is not GER
tain that enough money remains on hand
for this purpose. but it will he divided pro
rata among the soldiers entitled to it. All
soldiers coming under this arrangement
should send their names TO II. \. Brown,
Aberdeen, or T.. j. Miller, secretary,
Huron. IS. d., as soon as possible.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
An Interesting Relic.

JOSEPH Nenzel of Company l. has on cx-
'hibi;ion i'll Lead n Mauser rifle which he
bruu ,.it from tho Philippine Islands. lie
captured it from an insurgent after one of
of the battles in which the South Dakota
regiment took part. On the butt of the
gun ore tfie letters "K. X. H." which are
ala,icms of an order on the islands whose
members have taken a solemn oath to kill
eff the american soldiers and fight for
frosltm.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Threshcrs Attempt a RESCUE.

a few days ago one of a party Of thresh-
ers working in the n%eighborhOod of Sioux
Falls was arrested while creating Il dis
turbance in the town and lodged in Jail.
Some of his friends made an attack on the
Jail for the purpose of liberating their COM
ralc and were compelled to desist only
after Marshal Ferguson and several depu-
ties had drawn rcyolvers and threatened to
shoot the would be rcscuers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Grow Dog Itaces Moro rrnublc.

Grow Dog. the noted Rosebud Indian, was
released one day last week from the
Dawson County Jail, where he has COM
Iietcl Il four months term for larceny. as
tie result of a conviction at. Deadwond.
Da,::i.y Unitel States Marshal Somers at
one, took Crow Dog in charge and has
taken him to Sioux Falls, where he will
liavrlo plead to the Indictment OF cattle
stea.ilig before JUDGE Garland.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
WaHsA,Ps 10 PREPARE.


Orders to Get Ready Issuci by TIE
British Admiralty.
The British admiralty has ordered that
all the cruisers which modified 70! the
Jniy nlaneuvers be prepared for active
service at Il moments notice. AS THE
Transyaa! campaign Itself does not cal!
for warships. this action of the British
admiralty is taken to inti;cate ~appre,irn-
Sion that there is ground for the .u,nor
that France and Russia may interfere
III behalf of the Beers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

a recurrence of his
lung troubles. One
lung is said to he
practically gone,
and his is
doubtful. In addi-
ton. his sight is
Effected. and he is
Il ] IN totally
blind. being abb. to
work only with the
assistance of Il sec
rotary. He cannot
read, and has for
several weeks been
ppul,1n A., u,r;@n
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

ont the world. -four of whom are in Chi
cago. was the confession alleged to have
been made 10y Farnsworth. He also nd
mitted that he was Il man of many
aliases. Some of them are Charles Brad
ford. y. j. IIittis. S. l.. Thomas. Al
kiefcr and Bradshaw. Il cannot tell eN-
ictiy how iiaily m l have married"
said he. u know OF eleven in Europe.
four in China. three in Peru. one in
England and over twenty i'll different
parts of the world, but to save my sba!
| could not tell how MANY"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

Before beginning to hatch a pigeon
lays two g and they Invariably pro-
dUce q male and a female. Expert
merits have demonstrated tllat the q
first laid produces IL male.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
40 Danger of 0us,,rcaS.

Hills us the slndian judge has returned
to Daadwood from Il short trip to the Pine
RIDGE Agency. He states that he met most
of the Indian chiefs of the reservation and
heard them talk of the hide matter, and
the Judge asserts that there is not the
leas; reason to expect an outbreak as u re-
suit of the action of the government.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
MicHeEL DAvlrT QUITS
Great Irish Lender is Opposed To TIL,

t.Uer WIr.
The Ilish protest against the war .;n
the Beers eliminated in Il sensational
manner Wednesday. when MIR. Michael
Davitt, the prominent Irish nationalist
and republican. and member of parlia-
ment for Mayo, announced in the House
of Commons that he would resign from
that body Thursday. "If l were offered
an Irish republic" said MIR. Davitt, lin
exchange for one word in favor of this
war, / would not utter it. 1 shall re-
sign and ask the chancellor to release ii.e
from further attendance"
Before leaving. NJ. Davitt thanked his
opponents for their liberation. but added:
II am convinced the. House OF Commons
was never for right unless backed 'y
fnrcno
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
lscturncd Soldiers lIouorcd,

Springfield gave a reception and banquet
to Tie lately returned soldiers of that vic.n-
lily and Il large and enthusiastic gathering
%: i'eople assembled and listened with
pie;'sure to speeches by Lieut.. Holman of
Inil..lon. Maj. Dollard of Scotland, and
iicv. Mv. Swift of California.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
CRAZY AS a LOON.
Man Who Executed Twcntv Persons Is
"a Mental Wreck.

Amos Lint, hangrnam of San Quentin
(Cui.) prison, who has q record OF twenty
executions in five years, is now Al merta!
wreck from insomnia and ha%..ucinations.
He hasn't Sept for nearly two weeks. be-
cause every time he fails in n doze he
sees the spirit of some Of the murdercrs
whom he has executed. Especially is he
haunted by the spirit of Durrant. War
den Hale will send I4unt to a sanitarium
and attempt to restore his mind.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

loinalic as we'll rs martini service, having
been consul Mt Toronto, Canada, and
Manchester. England. He enlisted at the
time the civil war broke out and served
until the cad of hostilities. He gradu-
atcd from st. Lawrence university in
1867. and was elected to the New York
Legislature the same year. Ia r-..nt
years he has been interested in the devcl-
liiment of electric power Mt Niagara
FAILS. lie lives in WATERFOWL. n. Y.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Given Discretionary Power.

At a recent meeting of the school and
public land board the state land commits
siener was given discretionary power to
dispose OF Taylor lands at appraised prices
or better, and large minor detail business
MAS transacted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
r.;uco,u-Dourius :;c,,,,.s.

Tho famous debate hcrwcen Lincoln
and Douglas at Ga.csiurg, in the ce.e-
lmation of the anniversary Of which Pres
idcnt Mckinley participated. Was the
fifth in n series OF scvca joint debates
between the two men. who in 1888 were
rival candidates for the United States
Senate. The other debates were he'd
at OTTAWA. Freeport, Jenrsboro, Charles
ton. Quincy and Alton. in the order nam
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
NJ. Georges Clemenceau is again a de.
Gliding factor in French politics. No cab.
met Gun remain in power, it is said, So

long as ne is
against it. Few
men have had so
romantic a history.
He is a doctor of
medicine, one of
the most influential
journ t S in
France. n States
man who might
have had almost
any Office in the
gift of the republic,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Of Eirst South pakota.

The first copies of the hoo.s entitled
"Gampaigaing in the Philippines are be-
img distributed throughout The Black Hills
cities. The book is IL history OF the First
South Dakota regiment frc.. Tie time OF
enlistment until The boys were mustered
NM
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Good Season for Sheep Men.

This has been IL remarkably good season
for ,i,c shecInmcn on the Black Hills ranges
The average mount Of wooi to the clip
has lieen seven pounds and the price for
mutton las been about Il third higher than
that OF last YEAR.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
Recu.si.iun f;.r Two.

\ rcquisition was issued last week on
tie governor OF Montana for T.. j. Crockett
and Ed Jennings. WHO were arrested in
tina, state for stealing u bunch of horses in
Butte County.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

started an endless
chain to raise
money for t ii e
purchase OF n low
ing cup 70. tho
rear admiral, lat
the fund is grew
in; So rapidly and
promise 10 reach
such proportions
that the commit
tee in charge of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

NAL pigmy. Wall
ter l.. Fnrnsworth.
Chicago candy
commission man.
was arrested charg-
cd with bigamy OIL
a warrant sworn
out by IL of his
many wives and
was locked up M
der $1,000 bonds.
Forty-two wives
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12
E;ils I,nint 10 finvc C:,y Iiuii.

Tic proposition voted on at Elk Point TO
build Il city building costing $3.50 for jail.
fire AID city purposes, carried by Il vote oil
1S3. or 10 ~ against.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-12

mach. Wilson has never been of robust
heath. and during the preparation of his
famoMs tariff schedule. while he was in
Congress. he wss obliged to take n trip
10 Mexico tn gain strength for the fight
upon which he was about TO enter.