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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
EVERY CASE FATAL.
No Rccovcries Among Victims of the
Bubonic Plague in Honolulu.

No Rccovcrics Among Victims of the
Bubonic Plague in Honolulu.
Up to date twenty-five deaths have oc-
Cured in Honolulu from the bubonic
plague. Practically every case so fur has
proved fatal. About 1900 people have
been removed from the infected quarter
and are now hcrded in quarantine camps.
The council of state has appropriated
10000 for a garbage crematory and
e250,O00 with which to put the city in
sanitary condition and guard against the
spread Of the plague.
New cases of the. plague are constantly
appearing at points distant from the orig
tnal center of infection, showing that the
germs of the disease have been widely
scattered. No passengers are allowed
to depart until they have spent ten days
In quarantine, under direction Of the
United States consul general. Incoming
steamers INT put any passengers
ashore, nor can any one board them.
Freight is carried to the steamers in
lighters, and no vessel comes near to the
wharves. A shotgun quarantine has been
established on the island Of KAUAI, and
no vessel or passenger is allowed to land.
The removal of the Quarai Inc restric.
tons on Chinatown just before Christ
mas is thought to have been responsible
for the fresh outbreak Of the disease.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
ALL CALLED 70 ARMS.
Kruger Asks Every Ablc-Bodied Bur
CHER to March to the Front,

Kruger Asks Every Ablc-Bodied Bur.
CHER to March Il the Front.
President Kruger has issued q proc
lamation calling upon burghers to take
up arms and march to the front. He
has also sent out n circullr to the Boer
generals, commandants, and burghers
urging them to trust in the lord and to
show energy in the war against the Brit
ish. He says:
Through the blessing of the Lord our
great cause has been carried to such a
point that with energy we may expect q
successful issue. Read Psalm xxxiii.
The enemy have fixed their faith on
Psalm lxxxiii. Do not forget the enemy.
Create devastation wherever you go In
Cape Colony. They seize, sell, or de-
stroy the goods of the Africanders. In
the Free State they lay waste FARMS"
President Kruger likcns the destruc-
%tiveness of the British to an uu,.-k Of the
devil on Christ's church, and says:
IL IN searching the entire Bible and
can find no other way possible than that
adopted by us. We must continue to
fight in the name of the Lord"
The Volksstem makes n suggestion that
the entire gold-mining industry of the
Transvaal should be destroyed beyond the
possibility of remedy the instant the
British cross the border.
Psalm 80 is the well-kns vn hymn of
praise to the Lord for his y dness, be-
ginning: Rejoice in the III :. U ye
righteous" Psalm SO is the ng Of
Asaph, in which occurs the verse: ''They
have said, Come and let us cut them of
from being q nation"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
resesraphic Drevit,es.


European officers are constantly join
ing the Boer forces.
George Gallagher and Nellie Walsh,
New York, were killed by gas.
A German general will be asked to re-
organize the army Of Greece.
The cost Of the ocean cables SO far
constructed exceeds $3.50, O0O, 900.
Chicago Northwestern University
wants 100000 for new buildings.
Mangie Hooker, %. suffocated at Cow
ington, Ky, from a lamp exploding.
Cars Of American pattern have been,
adopted for Paris underground electric
road.
The brcweries of Milwaukee and Chi
cago made during the past year $4,000
barrels OF beer.
In the sixteen years ended July i,
1899. there landed at New York, 478,14D
Irish persons.
A broker asserts that the Christmas
tips in Wall street amount annually to
nearly 100000.
Optical t~elegraphy," an Italian inven-
ton, has been adopted for testing In the
Mexican arEE
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
ILLINOIS MAKES eEsT SHOWING.
Reports OF the Growth of the United
Mime Workers of America.

O-esSO
Mine Workers of America.
The third days session Of the United
Mine Workers Of America convened at
Indianapolis. with John Mitchell, presi.
dent, in the chair. There were fully 70O
delegates present. Chairman p. j. Keo-
nan Of the credentials committee submit.
ted his report. The showing Of the vari.
Gus States was larger than expected.
The Indiana districts reported many in
creases. Pratt City, Ala, has the larg-
est local, with over 1880 paid-up men,
bers. S%treator, Ill, has a local with over
LOO members. Illinois made the best
showing. Secretary w. D. Ryan Of the
State organization is also treasurer Of
his organization, which now has $112,O D
cash on hand. During 1899 he raised
over 100000. and more than S25O,OOO
was raised by Illinois in 1898. Ryan's
organization has $4,000 members. Presi-
dent Mitchell's report touched many sub
jects, including the refusal of the In
diana block operators to sign the Pitts
hurg agreement. the advance of mining
rates, the eight-hour question, the South
western strike, and Federal injunctions.
At the last annual convention the Sec
retary's report showed Nh average paid
up membership of approximately $4,000,
the largest number being in the month of
December, at which time there were o.
I'll members, in 62S local unions. At the
present time there are 931 local unions,
with a total membership paid up of d.
O1O. During 1899 3S7 new locals were
organized, the membership increasing
more than in any other year in the his
tory of the order. The finances are in
fine shape, a balance of $4,000 being on
hand.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
LAW MUST BE
~taterstate commission Makes Its An.
nual Report to Congress.

Interstate Consultation Makes Its An.
nual Report to Congress.
The thirteenth annual report Of the in
eergtate commerce commission was made
TO Congress at Mondays session. The
report complains that although in its last
report the commission made clear that
the act to regulate commerce had proved
defective, and that it could not be en-
forced, yet not q line of the statutes had
been changed, and none Of the burden
some conditions have been removed OF
modified. The commission therefore re-
news recommendations previously made.
The interstate m law now is
unsatisfactory because railroads can
charge whatever they please for their
services, and no single classification Of
freights can be established. Vast schemes
Of railway control are now in process Of
consummation, and a vast Capitalization
Of railroad properties is under way, yet
there is no public authority which can
efficiently control them. Whatever evils
that may result are without remedy.
Among the noteworthy facts of general
Interest is the remarkable increase during
the year in the volume of railroad bust
ness. Gross and net revenues Of rail-
roads have grown, and the number OF
ratlrond failures has been greatly reduc-
ed. This also diminishes the frequency
OF those practices which are made GRIM
innl m%isdcmeanors by the statutes.
carriers have made substantial In
creases in the scale of their charges.
They made these advances without Civ
ing the shippers an opportunity to be
heard. Many complaints have been made,
but under the existing conditions the rail-
roads are free to make rates as they
choose. Published tariffs have been dis
regarded, although some shippers who
failed to receive unlawful concessions
were driven out of business. The com-
mission cannot punish these criminal Az
fractions of the law. Unlawful prac-
tices have been less general, however,
because Of the promises to observe tariffs
made by presidents Of the railroads to the
commissioners.
The subject Of safety appliances is dis
cussed at some length in the report.
When the train brake comes into gem
eral use, the commissioners say, the num-
Der Of those killed or injured by falling
from trains will be greatly reduced. The
train will then be under the control Of
the engineer, and the men will not be
Obliged to walk on the running boards OF
over the tops of cars for braking.
Reports from COL railroads, covering
1925 miles. show large increase Of
earnings over those of the year before.
The dividends declared are also much
larger.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
asen ehould not deal with them il
greater Kindness.

Happy Timcs for Wage Farmers
On the morning Of Dec. 10 an advance
of 10 per cent. in wages went into eject
in many of the cotton manufacturing
cities and towns of New England. The
increase affects from 10000 to 10000
hands. The places included In these
advances are Lowell, with about 49,
600 operatives; Augusta, Me-, with
HOO; Lawrence, 10000; Chioopee.
5000: Biddeford, Me-, $500; Manches-
ter. N. H., nearly $4,000; Ncwburyport,
500; Waterville, Me-, 1000: Lisbon, Me-,
500; Brunswick, Me-, 200; Hooksett,
n. H., 500; Suncook, n. H., 1900; A@es-
bury, 500, and Nashua, 1900. hi addi-
ton, an advance goes into effect in Q
number Of the cotton mills of Central
and Western Massachusetts. Some OF
the WOODEN mills also increased wages
10 per cent. Dec. 10. These are outside
OF The American Wooden Company,
which made IL general advance ON Jan.
/. affecting 10000 operatives, while in
the Southern cotton mills an advance
is shortly to be made in the wages Of
about 10000 workers. On Jan. 1 the
Elgin National Watch Company put In
force n new scale of wages amounting
to an advance of 5 to 10 per cent, and
affecting over 5000 hands. Thousands
of workmen in other parts Of the Uni
ted States started the year 1900 With
increased wages.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
-williamsport, Pa, Grit.
UNIFORM MARRIAGE LAWS.
Amendment to the Constitution May
Result from Roberts Case


Result from Roberts Case
One result OF the Roberts case is the
determination of certain Congressman to
press the passage Of uniform marriage
and divorce laws in the several States.
Of course. a constitutional amendment is
necessary and about a dozen Congress
men and several Senators have introduce
ed resolutions proposing to submit the
subject to .ht: State Legislatures. In the
House the judiciary committee has charge
of the matter and Its chairman, Ray of
New York, is interesting himself person
ally to obtain a favorable report at this
session.
Zone Of the first bills l introduced
when ! came to Congress some years
ago." said Chairman Ray, twas one pro-
posing mn amendment to the constitution
for uniform marriage and divorce laws.
1t is now. possible for a man to have four
or five lawful wives in as many States.
That is approaching pretty closely to
LOCALIZED polygnmy. Each one would be
his only lawful wife in the State in which
he married her. The police of New York
could not touch the man in Pennsylvania,
etc. and he could run his marriage trust
with impunity.
The Roberts case has had the effect
Of not only attracting attention anew to
the polygamous practices of the Nor
mons in Utah, but Of directing notice to
those anomalies of our marriage and di-
vorce laws. l believe in striking while
the iron is hot and I think the agitation
over Roberts will result in n favorable
report from this committee on ont of the
resolutions and in its adoption by the
House.
1--WE would have had a favorable re-
port on this subject two Congresses ago,
but one of the Southern members de-
manded that the constitutional amend
mcnt include a prohibition of miscegena-
zion, or mixed marriages between black
md whites. His State had a ,aiv on
this point, and he did not want n United
States law that would permit such mar
iages in c~ontravention of the State reg
ulation."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
CUBAN CENSUS
Is Completed and There Ia a Popula,
tion of 100000.

ton of 100000.
G. H. Olmstead, the assistant director
of the Cuban census, with four s~tatisti-
clans and supervisors who had been work
ing for the last several months in Cuba,
are now in New York. They brought
with them twenty-four boxes of records,
all of which were sent to Washington.
Manuel Rasco, who was the supervisor of
Havana province, did not accompany his
colleagues to Washington. He said that
1850 enumerators had been appointed,
all of whom were Cubans. Many women
were allowed to act us enumerators, and
Senior Rasco said that they We're much
better than the men.
The result of the work indicates that
the Spanish census taken in 1887 will
probably have to be reduced by about
100000. Thus the present population of
Cuba will be about 100000. The cost
to the Government of taking the census
will be between 100000 and $4,000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
.z:R EYELlos SAVED AER.
a Supposed Dead wonnan's l:scau nc from
Burial Alive.

Burial Alive.
Mrs. Christina IIirth of East st. Louis
narrowly escaped burial alive. She had
been i'll three months and Monday morn
ing of last week apparently expired, at
the county hospital. The doctor came
and felt her pulse and applied other tests
and pronounced her dead. The county
undertaken was called. the body was tax.
on 10 the dead room and laid out on a
cooling board. Cloths saturated with
blchrh!ng fluid We're placed over the face
and lhr body. The siroul and clothing
i'll which she was to lie buried were pre-
pared.
While busy with his preparations to-
ward embalmins. the undertaken was
startled by Il noise proceeding from the
direction of the corpse. He glanced
hastily. but there was no motion in the
white-sheeted figure. When he came to
remove tine sheet from the face, however,
he noticed that one of the weights had
fallen off an cyelid. In replacing it he
Thought that he detected IL slight culver
in the e.yelids, but. a%ttributing it to his
imagination, went about his preparations.
Again the noise aud the fallen weight.
This time the culver in the eye was moro
pronounced. There WAS 10 heart motion
or breathing that he could detect, and
he was about to inject the fluid when
again he noticed the culver. and then, TIC
be thoroughly satisfied. he applied the
most powerful test of life known TO un.
lertakcrs. There WAS an unmistakable
though faint Indication of life in response.
Assistance was summoned. the partial.
ly cmbalmed woma removed to a bed
and r%estoratives were applied by the doc
tors. She was able, after several hours
to speak in n whisper and move her mus.
'cles, but the weakness caused by her i'll.
ness and the terrible ordeal through
which she had passed told heavily upon
her. and she could make no statement
as to her experiences while in a trance.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
New. of Minor Note.

A hunt in Otero County, Colorado, re-
suited in the killing of $500 jack rab
hits.
An electrically operated whipping de.
vice has been introduced into some Of
the penitentiaries in France.
The New York grape belt contains ~.
600 acres. and the average yield is .7.0OG
cars, 5000 baskets to 81 car.
Statistics show a reduction. by cnrtew
ordinances, Of 50 per cent. of the crimes
committed BY, children under 10 years 0,
Sase.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
This and That,

Ninninger & Craven handle factory a,
Guerl, Ala, burned, Loss. $4,000.
Ed o: Griifey, 1dairviiie, KY, killed
Or. NJ. T. Gay and then committed sui.
eide.
Proctor & CANDLES oar factory,
I1vorydaie. Ohio. was damaged 5000 by
Louis Swartx, 3, Chicago, ran to gree,
his fathet. who was returning home IL
2 wagon. The child fell under the wheel,
and was killed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
SEPARATE

Resolution Which Contemplated Their
Establishment in Chicago.
A resolution looking toward separate
schools for boys and girls from the fourth
grade up through the high schools will be
submitted to the Chicago Board of Edu-
cation soon. Trustee Schwab, who is at
work on the matter, says: 1.-THE Inherited
traits and home training of many of the
boys in IL cosmopolitan schools are not
such as to make them desirable compan-
ions for girls. The language you may
hear on my of our streets from boys
bears this out"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26

The main P ,an d h "a exposition ion .aiing, in which the Republican national
ter eer1 facing AM, and staff a.e ornamen sa ms It M will, at a comparatively small cost, be
connecting buildings are mostly Of wood. with brick walls so that the three
connected buildings make one mammoth exhibition hall Of 1000 feet in length
~ % feet s in width h.: The entire area Of the main building is 10000 square
feet. 1t Is divided into sx sections, which car be readily converted into one
vast auditorium. the length Of which, instead of extending north and south, as
and West. S~""e "'
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
sTAlLoRs Will COMBINE.
They Will Re Backed by a Capital Of
&6,OO0,OOO.

Chicago "tailors to the trade" are in
the held with a trust Of 1900 cut. Nego.
tiations IRE pending for the consolidation
Of the leading establishments Of the city,
with a capitalization of $5,OO0,OOO OF
more. AS the united tailors" they ex-
pect to dominate the wholesale custom
tailoring industry Of the country, Of
which Chicago Is the pioneer and prin-
cipal factorN
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
It Has Always Worked That WAY.

1t Has Always Worked Tint Way,
All parties in this country believe in
tariff taxation for certain purposes.
The Democratic party is for tariff for
revenue and the Republican party for
tariff, for protection. But Mr.. McKin-
ley's imperial policy, if permanently
adopted, will destroy both.-Columbus
Press-Post.
But you have probably noticed that
when Democracy had an opportunity
to show what it could do for a tariff
for revenue" it only succeeded in pro-
ducing a deficit in rcvcnue.-Mansiield
Ohio News.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
Why Timcs Arc Better.

Warner Miller says: "In an my bust
ness career times were never better
than they are now" We have never
had so complete and scientific q system
of protection of American interests In
operation as we have now. That ex-
plains in part why times are better
now than e before. For the Other
part, We have never until now seen the
completed effects of the protective tar.
If. In the past we have been strug-
Cling, by means Of the protection of
American industries. to build up Amer
lean enterprises, to put them on their
feet. To-day, in many instances, this
has been accomplished. and the sole
duty Of the protective tariff in regard
to these enterprises is to preserve to
them what they have already achieved
and to give them a chance to branch
out, now that. at last, they stand on a.
firm basis. Times are better than ever
before. and they are likely to remain, so
because protection is likely to continue
to be the policy of the country.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
Republicans and Trusts.

The Supreme Court has decided In
every cas- in which unlawful cOmbina.
tons are attempted in violation Of In
terstate commerce that Congress has
power to lcgislate. 1t has therefore
sustained the views of Harrison, Sher-
man and leading Republicans which
are embodied in the Sherman law, and
has rejected the doubts of Mr.. Cleve-
land and his associates, which seemed
to prevent the two entirely Democratic
Congresses which followed the Con-
gress enacting the Sherman law from
taking any action hostile to trusts. In
this latest decision (the Addystone
case) the court has declared without
reservation that Congress has power
to legislate against all combinations of
manufacturers which are in restraint
Of commerce between the States. And
President Mckinley urges Congress,
which has the highest assurance Of its
right to legislate against trusts preju-
dicial to interstate commerce, to
enact further antitrust laws.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
Tastes Differ,

Chairman Jones, Bryanocrat, is on
fire to abolish protective duties. For
by cutting w-age-earners' pay % to 30
per cent. and throwing a couple mill
ion wage-carners out of work he imag-
ines they would vote for the free-trade
party. But it appears to many people
that Americans are sick of soup houses
and Wilson tariffs to foster tramps and
manufacture candidates for the poo
house and public charity. But tastes
differ.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
Confidence Cannot BE Shaken.

O11t1J0C u S5ItSIACTo
Free trade is not a safe antidote for
trusts. Free trade has caused enough
loss and misery to last the laboring
men of the United States for n quarter
of a century, and their confidence in
n protective tariff cannot be shaken
by such u cry.-Ciinton {sIo.) Rcpubll-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-26
Two Kinda of NIisrule.

Two Kinda of Misrule.
Land in the little island of Guam, that
was worth only SIS an acre under Span.
ish rule, 10 now selling for 500 an acre.
There is a striking similarity between
Spanish rule and Democratic rule.--
Springfield (io.) Republican.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-08-13
A MURDERER

Governor Otero has pardoned William
VI. Hlghtower, OF Lincoln county. upon
the recommendation OF District Attor-
ney $. f. Matthews. who was h pros
ecutlng attorney for the district ait that
time, the grand jury which indicted
him, the petit Jury which convicted him,
upon the petition OF nearly every man.
woman and child OF that part Of New
Mexico, and the report of Colonel
George w. Pritchard. of White Oaks.
who specially investigated the case.
Hightower in 1887 was sentenced
to eighteen years in the ~penitentiary
for numbering a man In a quarrel re-
sulting from an attempt Of the Victim
TO jump H~ightower's mining claim and
his threats to Kiln Hightower. The con
victed man escaped from the peniten-
tiary. but eight months g voluntarily
returned to the prison. Mrs. Cramer
siCter, spent the past two weeks In
Santa Fe and laid facts before h gov
ernor, which seem to establish High
towers innocence OF the crime charged
against him.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-08-13

,assd o. pvyesv,. iona ~rsrlsgoora a.,
q strepsfs hold on him, aud In the
course Of his wrestling Mr., Knox feat
that the world was against him, and he
proceeded Z carve a pathway for him
self, but was brought up short In a
startling aud sudden name
Several eye witnesses TO that which
occurred in the White House saloon say
that MIR. Knox became involved In a
dispute over the crap game and his
first act was to throw a stool at the
head of the dealer. When r-emonstrasted
with by the proprietor, he Is sai to
have pulled a knife, which caused a
failing away from him on h part of
the bystaigders. AT this stage Deputy
Sheriff George Blair Insisted upon his
giving up h knife. which he refused
- do, and, Accounting to eye witnesses,
virtually went after the deputy sheriff.
Blair was ~unaruned, but In seeking for
a gun bchind the bar he found a base
ball bat, which he used with telling ef-
feet upon Mr.. Knox's head.
The blow had a quieting influence and
here the episode ended.
Mr.. Knox was arraigned before Judge
Newcomb, waived examination and
was bound over to n grand jury In
$500.
INJURY PROVED FATAL.
Recently Teodocio Romero, OF this
city. accidentally scratched one OF his
arms. but he considered the injury too
trivial to demand any medical atten-
tion, says the Las Vegas Republican.
Blood -poisoning resulted, however. and
on Monday the unfortunate mar died
rherefrom.
The deceased gentleman was IS years
OF age. and left a wife and W. children
| to mourn the loss OF a kind husband
and indulgent father. He was a good
citizen and displayed his patriotism by
enlisting in the army after war was de-
Clared against Spain.