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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
FARMERS GREATEST YEAR.
Figures Which Show that 1893 Beat
All Records.

all 1ACNOIuo.
The farmers of this country made more
money in 1893 than ever before in it's his
tory. The statistical reports from the
Department of Agriculture show unprece-
denied crops and unprecedented prices.
The corn crop in 1896 amounted to 22,2S33
S75, 1G5 bushels, valued ut $%449,27G,O3O;
in 1897 it was 1902, 9677, 1913 bushels, val
ucd Mt $5O1,072 ,052. In 1898, according
to present estimates, the volume was not
only largely increased, but the farm value
of corn throughout the country averages
"a cents a bushel more than in 1897.
The wheat crop in 1896, ut % cents a
hushel, was valued at S427,6S4,346; in
1897. at sos per bushcl, it was valued at
S42S.541,121. The increase in 1893 was
l,4l1,G92 acres, the largest in history, and
the crop was unprecedented in quality,
quantity and price. The barley crop in
1897 was worth $50, 142, 100 at 81 cents a
bushcl. The figures for 1898 are not in
yet, but the price is Ala cents a bushcl
and the preliminary report shows a crop
slightly above the average. The same
may be said Of rye, which is quoted at
46.3 cents a bushel, against 44.7 in 1897.
The farm price for oats in 1898, accord
ing to the official figures of the Agricul-
tural Department, is 25.6 cents q bushel,
against 21.2 for 1897 and 1915 in 1896.
The totals are not in yet, but in 1897 the
crop was valued at $147,974,719. Pota-
toes are now worth Ala cents a bushel on
the farm, which is a large falling off from
1897, when they sold for 54.7 cents, but
it is said that the difference will be more
than made up by the increase in the vol
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
f. N. R IS GUILTY.
Former Ponca, Ncb., Banker Con
victed of Fraudulent Ranking.

vfcted of Fraudulent Banking.
The jury in the case of Frank NJ. Dorsey.
charged with illegal banking at Ponca.
Neb., returned a verdict of guilty at omaha
Thursday morning, convictingii on ,hir.
teen counts, everything charged in the in.
dictmeht. He will probably get ten years.
IN his charge to the jury Wednesday
night Judge Garland thoroughly reviewed
the law involved in the case, and indicated
very clearly what the government was
compelled to show in order to Justify a YER
dict OF guilty. He said that there are two
separate counts charged in the indictments.
One is false entries in the books of the
pank n in the reports to the comptroller
of the currency, and the other is the all
stractiOn of funds.
In regard to the false entries there are
only two questions to he determined. One
is whether the defendant made them and
the other whether hemade them knowingly
with the intent to defraud. To constitute
the crime 1t is necessary to show that the
defendant knew the entry to be false when
he made it. 1t is not the intention of the
law to punish the officer of a bank for IA
mere error. In regard to the alleged alb
straction of funds on worthless notes. the
jury was instructed that sufficient evidence
mas not been introduced to warrant a ver-
dict on the counts which refer to the Bellar
notes of $1,000 and $500 respectively. The
court further held that if Dorsey guaran-
teed these notes, believing himself to be
solvent and intending to pay them when
they matured, lie could be held guilty of
the crime charged.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
FIRE in A HOTEL.
SIXTY Guests Have Sensational Es.
canes at Cincinnati.

caDcs at Cincinnati.
\ hotel fire With sensational escapes took
place between 3 and 4 Friday morning in
Cincinnati, Ohio. The Sherwood House
took fire and in a very brief time the house
was so filled with smoke as to endanger the
lives OF sixty or more sleeping guests.
Many of the guests were members of a
theatrical company. Very soon the upper
corridor was filled with shricking, hyster-
zeal women in night robes. The male guests
had difficulty i'll restraining the women
from jumping from the windows. The
iircmen were active in carrying out the
women and most of them were rescued by
the stairway, but several were taken down
by The ladders and by the fire escapes. +.
III. Munich, a travelling salesman from New
York, was about the last to be rescued. He
was found with a wet towel over his face
in an unconscious condition, but by the
aid of n physician, wa saved. The money
loss will not exceed $4,000; fully insured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
IN Hl1|JlHELL
GE

Parrots recently from South America
are said to have introduced typhoid fever
among visitors to n bird show i'll Berlin.
The revenue cutter McCulloch, which
sailed from Manila recently, will make a
tour of the world before coming home.
Smith Edwards, aged 20 years, who for
several years had lived a hermit's life at
Smithton, Mo-, was found dead in bed.
A report that n plan is being formulat-
ed to control the tobacco leaf industry
at Havana is not credited in New York.
1t is said that army circles in Wash.
ington will be a long time recovering from
the shock of Gen. Eagan's criticisms of
Gen. Miles.
1t is officially stated in Washington that
no railroad company has been given per-
mission to run through the C~hickamauga
National Park.
The Filipino representative at Berlin
declares that the natives could hold out
in a guerrilla war against the United
States for several years.
The utilization Of grain elevator waste
for sheep md cattle food has given rise
to a new industry in the Northwest. The
waste sells for 81 n ton.
Pennsylvania C~ommandcry, Military
Order of Foreign Wars, unanimously yot.
cd to present Admiral Dewey with the
gold insignia of the order.
Tho Alaskan Commercial Company of
San Francisco has presented to the Uni.
versity of California its fine collection of
mounted fossils and chronological speci.
mems.
A New York woman caused the arrest
of her husband in Baltimore for deser.
ton, and in justification he pleaded that
she offered to sell him to a widow for
$3.50.
Several of the smaller army posts in the
West will probably be abandoned after
the withdrawal Of their garrisons for SER
vice in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pieces.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
SUCCESSOR TO GEN. eAoAN.
Col. John F. Weston Reported to Have
Been Selected,


Whatever may be the outcome of the
Eagan court martial, it may be confident
ly said that Eagan's career as commissary
general of the army is ended, says a
Washington dispatch. His successor, Col.
John +. Weston, has already been Sc
lected. He is ultimately to take charge
of the commissary generals department.
He cannot be nominated to the Senate to
succeed Gen. Eagan as commissary gen.
cral until the latter has been dismissed
or rclegatcd to the retired list.
Col. Weston is one of the best known
officers of the subsistence department.. He
was the chief comniissary officer during
the Santiago campaign. He has been in
the subsistence department since 1875,
and previously served in the line of the
army. He entered the volunteer service
as first lieutenant of the Fourth Kentucky
cavalry in 1861 and served throughout
the rebellion. At its close he was appoint.
ed to the regular service.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
CALIFORNIA BRIBERY CASE.
Editor Of San Francisco Can stands;
by Charges He Made.

Editor Of San Francisco Gail Stands;
by Charges He Made.
In the investigation of the charges made
by the San Francisco Call against Howard
NJ. Wright, speakeNof the assembly, w. s.
Leake, manager Of the Call, testified at
Sacramento Wednesday that the statement
and interviews attributed in the Call
to Wright and to Milton j. Green, man
ager of U. S. Grants senatorial ecam-
paign, were true as stated and were made
to him (Leake) personally. He told of
Wright having confessed to him that he
had received $l,65O from Green while a
candidate for the assembly. Being COM
PEELED to answer if Wright had told him of
money given to other members of the legis-
lature for their campaign expenses Leake-
said Eyes" On being questioned closely
as TO his knowledge of any improper
methods used by other candidates for the
United States senatorship, Leake answered
that he positively knew of nonc. When
asked if d. NJ. Burns had used improper
methods to influence Wright OR any one
else to vote for him he said "No."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
WARSHIP TO SAMOA.
CRUISER PHILADELPHIA ORDER.
Ed TO THE ISLANDS.
Hurried Trip to He Made to Protect
American Interests Action of Ger.
many's Consul Resented ut Washing.
ton-Dcmands Explanation.

Advices from .Apia, the seat of the Sa-
moan government, indicate that the Amer.
lean and British representatives there
seized with force and elected the German
consul from the seat of the Samoan gov
erninent and threw him bodily into the
street and then reinstatcd the chief Justice
who had been arbitrarily deposed by the
Germans. Emperor Williams representa-
tive had taken advantage of the reign of
anarchy which existed there, and prcsum-
ably exists yet, to declare himself dictator
of the islands, in defiance of the tripar-
tite agreement made ut Berlin between
Germany, Great Britain and the United
States.
The State Department ut Washington
took immediate steps in the matter. An
inquiry as to the meaning of Gcrmany's
conduct was cablcd to Berlin. Secretary
Long telcgraphed the commander of the
cruiser Philadelphia, which had arrived ut
San Diego, Cal, from Acapulco, to pro-
coed at once to Apia. The Oregon, which
will soon land at one of the Pacific sta
lions, will probably be dispatched to Apia
us soon as q message can reach her COM
mander.
The situation at Apia is said to have as
sumed u serious phase. 1t is feared that
the German and British gunboats station
ed Mt Apia may clash before word can be
sent to the island. Meantime the author
tiles, both at Berlin and at Washington,
view the affair as being one that will ulti-
mately lead to a quarrel and probably
war between the two powers. If the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
WANT TO BE PRESIDENT.
Senators cockrell and German Have
White House Aspirations.

Senators cockrell and German Have
White House Aspirations.
In n leading editorial the Kansas City
Times, heretofore a warm supporter Of
Bryan, urges the candidacy Of United
States Senator Francis NJ. Cockrell for
the Democratic presidential nomination in
1000. Senator Cockrell is put forward
as IAN old-fashioned Democrat, who stood
for what the Chicago platform contains
long before that platform was promulgat-
cd, a Democrat of experience in national
affairs, whose record has stood the test
Of time" The Times asserts that 'the sole
objection which could have been urged
against Cockrell, that he fought with the
South, has been answered by the action of
ex-Confederate soldiers in the war Of
$685."
Senator German of Maryland is a can
didatc for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1900. He will make his
campaign on anti-eNpansion and oppo-
sition to the ratification of the peace
trp0tv-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
KING MArAArA.

,cign of terror should prevail and Ger.
many shows further aggrcssiveness it is
pretty certain that President Mckinley
will order n part of Admiral Dewey's
squadron to proceed to the islands. The
London Times says it would not be sur
prised to see these islands the theater of
hostilities between Germany and the
United States.
Briefly stated, the Government UNDER
stands that Germany has done an act so
hostile as to call for a heroic remedy, even
though it might ultimately be a declara-
lion of war on Germany, in which Amer
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
MARKET QUOTATIONS..

Chicago-Cattle, common to prince
$S.OO to 1925; hogs, shipping grades,
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, Tic to re;
corn, No. 2, BIC to 3Sc; oats, No. 2, &c
to zoe; rye, No. 2, 5oc to 5sc; butter.
choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh,
1Sc to Zoe; potatoes, choice, 3Oc to 40c
per bushel.
MISUNDERSTANDING, shipping, $500 to.
1915; hogs, choice light, 1915 to $500;
sheep. common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25;.
wheat, No. 2 red, Csc to Toe; corn, No. 2
white, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 3Oc
to Bic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to 5000; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25;.
wheat, No. q. 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 31c;.
rye, No. 2, SIC to SIC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep. $3.50 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, Tic to 73c; corn. No. 2
mixed, 35c to Bic; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c
to Doc; rye, No. 2, SIC to Coo.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to 1915; hogs,
$3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to $425;
wheat. No. 2, Tic to 72c; corn, No. 2:
yellow, BIC to 3Sc; oats, No. 2 white, Bic
to 32c; rye, 56c to 5Sc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, tic to
53c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to Bic; oats,
No. 2 white, 28c to Zoe; rye, No. 2, Soc.
to DC; clover seed, old, 1895 to $4.O5.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, &c
to 69c; corn, No. 3. 33c to 35c; oats, No.
= white, 2Sc to Bic; rye. No. 1, Soc to &c.,.
barley, No: 2, 44c to 53c; pork, mess,
Bufalo-Cattle. good shipping steers,
49, to 1910; hogs, common to choice,
$S.25 to 800; sheep. fair to choice weth-
ers. $3.50 to $3.50; lambs, common to
extra, $500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs.
800 to 1925; sheep. $500 to S4.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, Soc to SEC; corn, No.
=, 48c to 45c; oats. No. 2 white, CSC to 38c:
butter. creamery. 15c to Zee; eggs, West
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
ALeER DENIES REPORT.
No Truth in the Assertion that He
Will Quit His Office.

Will Quit His Office.
The Washington correspondent of the
leading administration newspaper i'm the
west sent his paper the following dispatch
Thursday: The Miles controversy
has given rise to rumors that Secretary
Algcr resented the presidents interference
and threatened to resign. The rumor
manufacturers lend a little color to the re-
port by the statement that the secretary
left the White House in anger Thursday
morning, deliberately avoided the cabinet
meeting and remained at home the rest of
the day. One paper went so far as to
assert the president and his secretary had
discussed Gen. Alger's resignation, and it
even had the audacity to pretend to give
the substance of their talk. There is no
truth in the report Of n rupture between
the president and the secretary, and Secre-
tary Alger says he has no intention of re.
signing.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27

III Of the crop, which is believed 10 he
81 per cent greater than in 1897, when
the total was valued at $50, ,O59. The
hay crop of the United States in 1897 was
valued at $4O1. 800, 72S, with hay selling
at $6.62 a ton. In 1893 the crop was the
best on record, and it is selling at nm ayer-
age of $6 a ton throughout the country.
During the calendar year ended Dec.
81 the value of the breadstuffs sold abroad
was $317, 100000, provisions S174,OOO,OOO
and cotton $3.50, ,OO0, making a total
of S124,OOO,OOO worth of farm products
exported and sold at better prices than
were ever known before.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Scandal SAILS NEXT WEEK..

Will Carry the Goth Regiment at
Fort Leavenworth. to Manila.
1t has been decided that the Twentieth
United States regiment now at Fort
Leavenworth, will leave San Francisco on
the transport Scandal on January %. The
Senator and Ohio will be imme-
diatcly put in condition for the return trip
to the Orient. No assignment of troops has
yet been made for these transports, but it
is probable that a regiment of regulars will
be sent on them to relieve the volunteer
organizations.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
ENGLAND 70 RETALiATE.

Will Take Action Against france to
Protect Sugar Growers.
The British cabinet has decided to in
augurate a policy of trade retaliation
against France if the latter continues to
cripple the British sugar growing colonies
by her bounty system.
This will be the first time England APP
preached anything like a protective meas
ure. Germany, Austria and Holland
have consented to reduce their bounties
a certain amount yearly till the system is
wiped out. France alone has held out
against it. England's colonial sugar grow.
ers have been almost ruined by COMPETE
ton with the bounty-fed sugar of Europe.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
RIoTAT CHATTANOOGA
Negro Soldiers Fight with Saloon
Men with Fatal Results.

A bloody riot occurred the other night in
in a negro saloon at Chattanooga, Tenn.
between the barkccpers and walters and
several negro soldiers of the Eighth United
States volunteer infantry. now in camp at
Chickamauga. \ quarrel arose between
one of the soldiers and a waiter over a
matter of change. when the soldier pulled
Il pistol and fired AT the waiter. The bar
keeper and several others in the saloon
opened fire on the soldiers, and as a result
Sergeant j. l.. Williams, company clerk of
Company l, was shot in the abdomen; John
Reed, private, Company +, was shot in the
thigh and through the chest, and Louis
Brown, the barseeper, was shot twice
through the lungs and will die. Sergeant
Williams' wound is regarded rs fatal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
VOLUNTEERS REJOICE AT NEWS

Iowans and Ncbraskans at Havana
Soon to Be Mustered Out.
Private advices from Washington were
received at the camp in Havana Thursday
indicating that the Forty-ninth Iowa.
Fourth Illinois, Fourth Virginia and Third
Nebraska volunteer regiments will soon he
mustered out. The news spread rapidly
through the camp and Remembers of three
regiments cheercd again and again, a great
cheer from II regiment being answerediu
kind by another.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
{ASss:,{y5%
The News

With beer selling at 40 cents a pint in
Havana it must take a lot of money to ac-
cumulate jays enough to raise a riot.
1t begins to look as il the insurgents in
the Philippines were going to settle Aeui-
naldo's career without the help of willing
allies.
Ex-Quecn Lii wants $50, 1000 for the
loss of her crown, and in spite of her COM
plexion she is not keeping dark about it.
either.
In taking home the dust of Columbus
the Dons, impecunious as they are, have
proved that there is more than one way
to raise the dust"
Hall Cainc says he loves America md
wants Americans to entertain a like feel.
ing toward him. And yet lie purposes
writing a book about us.
The eager air with which the Spaniards
are hunting for the man who says they
wrecked the Maine is not indicative Of a
desire to find the man who wrecked the
Maine.
An Omaha judge has decided that poker
is not a gambling game. If that august
official has a system sure to win he can
add to the gayety Of this nation by max
ing 1t public.
Gideon Marsh, the bank wrecking pres.
ident Of the Philadelphia Keystone Bank,
has been sentenced to twelve years in the
~penitentiary. There are others who ought
to Join Gideon's band.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
YOUTHFUL BANDITS.
Daring Attempt to wreck the ore-
gon Short Line Pay Car.

Daring Attempt to Wreck the Ore.
gon Short Line Pay Car.
A most daring attempt was made by
three youths of Boise, Idaho, to wreck the
Oregon Short Line pay car a short distance
west of Mountain Home. A heavy log chain
had been tied around the track, but was for
tunately discovered and removed by some
section men before the pay car passed the
point. A search was instituted in the neigh
borhood, which resulted in finding Emmett
Emmen, II. Brown and George Richards,
boys of Boise, ranging in age from 16 to 10
years, in hiding nearby. They subsc-
quently confessed to the attempt TO wreck
the pay cal for the purpose of getting
money. They are now in Jail.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Paul Selby Nav bic.

Paul Selby of Chicago, one of the last
surviving personal friends of Abraham
Lincoln, is in danger of losing his life
through a fire Thursday that destroyed the
apartment building in which he resided.
Mr.. Selby was sick in bed from a severe
attack of grip when the flames drove him
ont doors.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
ROOSEVELT WON'T RAISE BAN
Refuses to Restore a Ballot Box
Suffer to Citizenship.

Suffer to Citizenship.
Gov. Roosevelt has stated that he has re-
fused to grant an application for restora-
ton to citizenship of a man who has served
out his term in prison for connection with
the Gravesend election frauds of John Y.
McKane. The governor would not state
the name of the applicant, but said that he
did not think that a man convicted of
crimes against the ballot box should be re-
stored to citizenship for some years after
nc had served out his term of imprissn-
ment.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
No Respect for Arm of the Law.

No Respect for Arm of the Law.
Three highwaymen in Chicago chose a
policeman in full uniform for Il victim
Wednesday night and held him up at the
points of revolvcrs. They robbed him of
his own weapon, after making a twain search
for money. and then ordered him to hurry
Oh and notify his police station.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
New Ways and Means Chairman.

.NeW ways n Means Chairman. :.
There is no doubt that the craftsmanship
of the ways and meal committee, made
vacant by the death of Mr.. Dingley, will
be filled by Speaker Reed at the present
session, and the new chairman will be
Representative S. E. Payne of New York.
Mr.. Payne is the ranking member of the
ways and means committee. By virtue Of
the craftsmanship, Mr.. Payne will also be-
come the floor leader of the house.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Shot Down from Ambush.

Joel and Charles Necessary. William
Freeman and Samuel Duncan. all reputable
citizens Of Scott County, Virginia, were the
victims of a terrible assault in the moun-
tains of that county. As a result the Ne
cessary brothers are dead. William Free
maj is fatally shot and Duncan is seriously
shot i'll the leg. They were fired upon from
nm1,sh
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Indiana Volunteers Embark.

The transport Saratoga sailed from
Charleston, S. c., to Matanzas ut noon
Wednesday with a cargo of provisions,
camp cquipage and four companies of the
One Hundred and SiXticth Indiana Volun-
fcerS.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Fire in a Mine.

The Wheeler mine at Newcastle, Colo,
was discovered to be on fire after the night
shift started to work Tuesday night. An
alarm was sounded and the men called out.
Many had difficulty in escaping, on ac-
count of the deadly fumes that filled the.
entrance.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27

Deaths Oh Spanish Transport.
The French steamer Cachemiro arrived
at Barcelona Thursday from the Philip
pines with Ito repatriated Spanish troops.
There were 800 sick and there were forty.
four deaths during the voyage.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
UNITED STATES CRU User PHILADELPHIA.

lea would be backed by England. Ger
many is charged with violating the tri-
partite treaty of Berlin, which makes
any action relating to the Samoan Islands
depending on agreement of the three pow
ers. She is charged with openly encourage
ing Mataafa in his efforts to overturn the
Government constituted by Chief Justice
Chambers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Dry Goods wholesalcrs Eoi,.

Vt1OtODutCHO bF1ttte
On account of financial embarrassments
receivers have been appointed for the firm
of D. Holiday & Co., wholesale dealers in
dry goods at Baltimore. Assets, $4s2 900;
liabilities, $S77, 900.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27
Settle Strike by Arbitration.

Mine owners and strikers at the Leayen.
worth, (Kan.) shaft, where $50 men are
employed, have settled their differences
by arbitration, and the strike is over, as
the officers of the Homo and Riverside
ats announced they would accept the
rms Of the comprise.