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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04

The Burlington may parallel the North
ern Pacific tracks to Ogden.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad agreed
to join other roads in a%bolishing commits
siOnS.
The extension of the c. Il r. L. from
Marion to Thebcs, Ill.,, has been opened
for passenger business.
1t is reported that the Nickel Plate
road will put in service another Chicago
New York passenger train.
The Lake Shore has put into service ~
new train from Chicago to Boston, which
will make the 1.O39 miles in twcnty-six
hours.
Hereafter Sisters OF Charity in uniform
will be sold lialf-rate tickets by Central
Passenger Association lines without the
necessity of their securing clergy %ccrtiti-
Gates.
All the roads from Chicago. st. Louis
and Kansas City to Colorado will follow
the example of the Rock Island and run
excursions at half rates to Denver, pu
eblo and Colorado Springs.
Chicago capitalists have purchased a
controlling interest in the Munising Rail
way. which runs from Munising Bay
to Little Lake, Mich, n distance of sixty
miles. The purchase is incident to the
acquisition of over $4,000 acres of Michi.
gan timber land.
Justice Shiras of the United States Su.
preine Court has handed down a decision
that Ashland and not Duluth is the East
ern terminal of the Northern Pacific road.
By reason of this decision a large area
of valuable timber land comes into pos
session of the road.
Attorneys for six big Western land
grant railroads have decided to sue the
United States Government for nearly
100000 for carrying soldiers from Chi
cage to San Francisco during the Spanish
American war. Immediately after the
close of the war the roads filed claims for
transporting the troops. The claims ask
ed for full tariff rates, less deductions
of so per cent made by the lines which
hold land grants. The Government re-
fused to recognize the claims, alleging
that the railroads were not entitled to
rates higher than are charged parties Of
twenty or more persons travelling on one
ticket, known in railway parlance as
party rates." In addition to this the
Comptroller commended that the land grant
roads must deduct so per cent.
The Rockefellers are reported TO have
obtained control Of the Missouri Pacific
and will consolidate it with the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas.
A train Of twenty-five Fat cars loaded
with thrashing machines from a Racine.
Wis.,, factory was taken west from Chi.
cago by the Burlington. A private car
and q brass band accompanied the train.
The Central Passenger Association has
decided to adopt q composite ticket, with
coupons for both first and second class
passengers In order to do away with any
opportunity for the roads to o6er sleep-
ing car services on second class tickets.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
Of s s}e5%;o
The MewS.G

The chain trust should advertise for
missing links.
The Duke of Marlborough has pene.
trated to Bloemfontein. Still the war
goes on!
Polecat skins are barred from the
mails. This is certainly the decision Of
common scents.
This is the time of year when some men
talk through the hats they expect to
cast away after election.
Let US hope that the announcement Of
Dewey's candidacy will not start off The
friends of Schley and Sampson into q
controversy as to which should be nam
ed for second place.
A horse bit a piece Of flesh out Of the
arm Of q Kansas woman the other day.
It has been decided that the owner Of
the horse shall pay her $4a His only
recourse ID to take 1t out Of the animals
hide.
A Chicago young women has taken q
VOW in which she promises silence TWEEN
ty-three hours out Of the day. In an
kindness, 1t must be said that the ma.
jority Of her sex are astonished at Che
Droposition.
{, A Milwaukee girl Who was married Tor
Sun two years ago now wauts'a divorce.
u WouA b funny if ahe shouldA'G
- HN ALLI aA M L|
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
PHENOMENON OCCURS MAY 90,
AND WILL BE TOTAL.
In the Path of Totally the Orb Of
Day Will BE Obscurcd for Nearly Two
Minutcs-Thc Event Is Attracting
World Wide Attention.


The Forthcoming total eclipse of the
sun, Oh May 2S, is attracting worldwide
attention, and astronomers everywhere
have long been making preparations for
observing and photographing the phcnom-
enon. Besides making the usual time OBJ
scrvations, interest largely centers i'll pho
t%ographing the corona, the coronal
steamers, the spcctra of the chromo-
sphere. and particularly the celebrated
fash spectrum appearing both ut begin
ming and end of totality. Fortunately for
US, it will be possible to witness the phe-
nomenon from many sections of the Unit
ed States. On the occasion of the last
eclipse scientists who desired to study
the sun during the brief period of totality
hurried to western India, and many Of
them were successful in obtaining excel
lent photographs of the great event.
On May 2S the circular shadow of the
moon cast by the sun upon the earth, and
about eighty miles in diameter, will come
sweeping across the American continent
from New Orleans to Cape Henry. Along
the center Of the path travelled by this
swiftly moving shadow the sun will be
completely hidden for a period of about
two minutes. More than forty miles
away, on either side of the track the
eclipse will be partial, not total. To
witness this astronomical marvel it will
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
Fcars Strikers May Lose.

During the early part of one of the
sessions Of the Military Affairs Com
mittee Of the House of Representatives
Messrs. Hay, Jett and Slayden We're
the only Democrats present, and the
direct examination of the witnesses
was proceeding with but few interrupt
lions. The absence of objections rather
alarmed some of these Idaho miners
who appeared to give testimony in de-
Tense of the strikers, and one of them,
rushing up to Mr.. Sovereign, said with
some excitement, "They are playing
hi with case, and neither Sulzer
found. however, and he fastened to at
tend the committee.
Important statements made by DIR.
France, the surgeon, who attended the
miners, were those which rcfuted the
charges of the Democratic resolution.
that the men in the so-called bull pen"
received inhuman and brutal treat
ment, and that those who were dying
in the hospitals were denied the pres
nee of a priest or minister. DR.. France
stated that there was but a solitary in
stance of Father Becker being denied
admission to the hospital. and that was
by Mrs. France. who told him that no
one was permitted to visit William
Lawlor. who was seriously i'll with
pneumonia, during the absence and
without the consent of the physician.
The witness stated, however, that he
me Father Becker as he was leaving
the hospital and took him to see the
sick man.
DIR. France gave some official light
on the case of johnson, who committed
suicide while insane. He said that.
having noted the peculiar actions of
Johnson, lie asked for an examination
by the Probate Court as to his sanity.
Two physicians pronounced that he
was suffering from acute mania, with
a suicidal tendency. While at the depot
buying q ticket to take johnson to a
%neighboring city, where he could be
placed in q proper asylum. DR.. France
left him in charge Of a soldier. The
prisoner broke away and ran toward
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04

since an eclipse has occurred under cir
cumstanccs so favorable to American as
tronomers, it will undoubtedly be wit
messed by thousands of students who
have felt regret that previous exhibitions
have occurred at distances so great us to
prevent them from witnessing the events.
An eclipse of the sun that will be WIS.,
ible to us can occur only when the noon
is new. At that time she passes exactly
between us and the sun. If an eclipse
should happen when she was at her least
distance from us, say 300 600 miles away,
the apex of the shadow would pass over
our heads at a distance of many thou
sands of miles. In the first instance the
eclipse will be total along the path made
by the falling shadow. In the second
instance the eclipse will be annular, as
the moon will be so diminished that at no
time will she be able to completely OBJ
scure the sun.
Prof. Langley, who is an authority
upon sun eclipses, is enthusiastic in anti
cipation Of the exhibition that is to be
given next May. Such eclipses,' he
says, "are impressive and awful to the
last degree AID must be seen to be APP
preciated. a total eclipse of the sun is
worth a journey round the world to be-
hold, and repetition does not dull the in
terest."
According to the calculations OF Prof.
Lumsden, the round black shadow of the
moon, like a great arm, will sweep in out
of space some time after sunrise on the
morning of May 2S. This gigantic arm
will come into contact with the earth
somewhere near the Revilla Gigedo ISL
ands in the Pacific ocean With tremen-
dous velocity the shadow will rush to-
ward the mainland and will enter Mexico,
near Corrientes, at a speed of more than
100 miles a minute. In eight minutes it
will have crossed the Rocky mountains,
and by 1880 central or $50 eastern time
it will have crossed the gulf and entered
Mexico. Then on it will pass, over its
selected path, until it is lost again in
space. Z
The period of totally of the eclipse va.
ries at different points along the track.
AT the Rocky mountains the spectacle
will last but about thirty seconds, and
at New Orleans the period will have been
heightened thirty-seven seconds. At I'm
ion Point, Green County, Georgia, the
center Of the path for the United States,
the time of totally will be ninety-two
seconds, while those who arc ut the At.
lantic coast, just south of the city of
Norfolk, will be able to continue their
observations for 1O5 seconds.
While h occasion will be n most in.
teresting one to all who are able to wit.
ness the phenomenon to astronomers the
event will be of the utmost importance,
as there are several questions that they
hope to be able to answer after they
have made their next observations. One
of the most important problems relates
to the composition and arrangement Of
the various layers of vapor and dust that
envelope the u as with an atmosphere.
Another relates to the existence and posi-.
ton Of what is sometimes called the IRE
versing layer"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
CONDITION OF CROPS.
Improvement Reported in the Appear
ance of Winter Wheat.

Improvement Reported In the Appear
ance of Winter Wheat.
The summary Of the crop conditions
throughout the country, as shown by the
weekly crop report issued by the weather
bureau, is us follows:
1.-THE temperature conditions were gen.
orally highly favorable. but excessive
rains in the Southern States greatly In
terfered with farm work and caused
destructive floods. In portions of Ala
bama. Mississippi and Louisiana much
replanting will be necessary as a result
of the i%nundation. Farm work has also
been retarded as u result Of heavy rains
In the eastern portion of Kansas and Ne
braska and Southern Missouri. Rain is
much needed in Montana, North Dakota
and over the northern portion of Mime
sofa. While freezing temperatures oc-
Cured in the upper Missouri Valley and
middle and northern Rocky Mountain re-
giOns, it appears that no serious injury
has been done.
The week has not been favorable for
the rapid progress of corn planting, but
preparations for this work have been act
i've in the more northerly sections md un-
der favorable weather conditions will
progress rapidly. Planting has been ger-
orally retarded where not completed.
the Southern States, and also from Kan
sas and Oklahoma westward over the
central Mississippi Valley, being later
than for many years in Tennessee.
IAN Improvement in the condition of
winter wheat is generally reported, ex-
cept in Michigan and Wisconsin, where
blowing up for other crops continue.
With ample moisture and favorable tenn
p%crature the crop has made rapid growth
in the central valleys and Southern
States, it's condition in Kentucky and
Tennessee being exceptionally fine.
Wheat is heading in Texas, where n good
yield is indicated. The favorable outlook
on the Pacific coast, except in Southern
California. continues. Early sown spring
wheat is coming up to good stands over
the southern portion of the spring wheat
region. Seeding is now nearly completed,
except in North Dakota and Montana,
where from o%ne-quarter to onc-half of
the crop is yet to he sown. All reports
respecting the pat crop are encouraging.
seeding being well advanced in the north
ern sections"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
BURGHERSSLIPAWAY
ESCAPE ROBERTS. TRAP NEAR
wEPENGR AND FLEE.
Trek for the North After Freeing wcp.
ener-British Net to Entrap Entire
Army Observation-Disclosures In Pretoria
Arsennl-Ten Workmen Killed.

South Africa adviccs say that after
=. heavy fighting, W%cpener has been re-
lieved md the all-day artillery bnttle at
DewetsuOrp "Wednesday resulted IN the
. occupation of that point by the British
troops. Between Dewetsdorp and Thu
banchu Gems. Pule-Carew and French
have Lecn driving the Beers before them.
Gen. Roberts army is now deploycd
along an extended line, with Gen. French
apparently repeating the tactics which re-
suited 90 successfully ut Paardeberg.
There is nothing in the dispatches that
indicates the Beers are thinking of re-
treating northward, even though the field
We're open. Instead they are fighting
along the entire line.
The British hope of conclusive results
eeem slim ut present, the Beers escap-
ing unbeaten and having accomplished
an immense amount Of damage. They
.clung 10 their positions as long MS it was
safe to do SO, and then slipped off to hold
the next commanding ridge through a
broken country admirably suited for q
rear guard defense.
Dispatches from Aliwal North, under
date of Wednesday. say the Beers left
Wepener SO hurriedly that many of the
dead were left in the trenches unburied.
Commandant s. Cronje is reported to
have been killed.
According to adviccs from Bloemfon-
TEN, the attempt of the Beers at Brand
fort to get in touch with the command
at Thaba Nchu was frustrated by a force
dispatched by Gen. Tucked from Glen.
Apparently, however, the tide, after n
momentary delay, is again setting toward
the British Size, though so far as re-
nnrtn1 f1r 1,~ 1@,,@,~ xlo .zI:.H
of Wcpener, are scarcely of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant so sweeping IL gen
eralization. In one respect only can the
as a Boer success. BY making this di-
version and by the renewed activity in
Natal, where the Beers are massing ut
Tintwa pass, thus menacing Buffers ar
my. the invasion of the Transvaal has
again been indefinitely delayed.
=. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Lourenco Marques, dated Wednes-
day, says that a daring attempt was
made Sunday night to destroy the bridge
at Nomatipoort, the terminus Of the
Delagoa Bay Railway in the eastern par.
of Portuguese, East Africa The attempt
failed by the merest accident, kaffirs Civ
ing the alarm. The Beers have consc-
quently increased their force on the from
tier and the hills are lined with rilemen,
the %burshers suspecting that the British
are advancing upon the Transvaal by
some mysterious route. Every approach
to the bridge is guarded by barbed wire.
The correspondent does not indicate who
it was who attempted to destroy the
bridge.
Part of the Besbie shell factory at Pre-
toria blew up the other night. Ten men
were killed and thirty-two wounded. They
were mostly French and Italians. No
cause of the explosion is assigned, but
it is not believed to be due to treachery.
The factory has been working double
time for weeks. Most Of the important
machinery was saved.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
DEATH in cHIcA9o LABOR RIOT.
Union Picket Leads an Attack and Is
Killed.

In an attack upon %non-union men EN-.
ploycd at the Baker-Vawter COMPANY.
photographers in Chicago, where u strike
is in progress, Peter Miller was shot
through the head and instantly killed
by III. G. Baster, superintendent OF the
factory. John Mcclure was also shot
through the right arm and right cheek by
the superintendent, and severely, all
though not fatally, injured. In addition
to this affair, the labor situation was
intensified by the arrest of George T..
Gubbins, president of the Bricklayers'
Union. He was taken on IL charge OF in
citing riot.
The trouble at the Baker-Vawter COM
pany's plant which almost assumed the
proportions of Al riot was the outcome of
a strike which has been in existence at
the factory since last January.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
Municipa1 Matter.

The City of Mexico has AL artesiau
wells.
Philadelphia has appropriated $3.50, NN
for new bridges.
Brooklyn has 31,6s7 apartment house,
and 10000 tenement house dwellers.
It is estimated that gamblers in New
York have been paying over $2,OOO.OOU
. year for protection"
An agent Of the New York State civil
service board has been sent to Syracuse
70 Investigate the municipal civil SERVES
coumissiou.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
Ohio's Bank Depo,it.

IA NlG 4bNNnSNC NtsltS IslS
been advancing by leaps and bounds.
1t is in the mir. People there feel,
breathe and touch it. They cannot
cross the streets or open their farm
house doors without seeing abundant
signs Of 1t. Factory smoke stacks belch
it forth. The well filled dinner pail
savors Of it. The w%age-earner feels it
In his pocket. while his wife and f amily
sec 1t in their homes amid the luxliries
n comforts with which they are now
surrounded. New garments take the
place Of Cleveland badges" Free
soup and free silver have given way to
honest work and honest money. The
job hunts the man. The man isn't
hustling for the job.
These facts are sclf-evidcnt to all
jewellers In Ohio. as we'll as to those
who visit and pass through the Estate
of Presidents" If proof were needed
1T can be found right mt hand in the
last annual report OF the Comptroller
of the Currency. Charles 7. Dawes. of
Illinois. His official returns make the
following remarkable exhibit:
Amount of deposits
~ July is, June 30,
s Sation am, rr; as.s5l'os Oh SO 14S'dat
Loan and NJ rust pansa' 49,. s.5so Q ' a,9as.5o7
Savings ............. 4,9l2.024 11,49o,429
Total ............s44,G2s,C2 4 $50, 800, 5s3
Increase In five years, over so
Number of Average
depositors. deposits.
July June July June
Banks. 1854 lS 1850 50; 1874 81 1871 50;
National ........ 81, $50 122, O54 $352 S4O3
State, private -. 15.9Os S7.GsS .67 2a4
Loan. trust ..... a.. a,4S e LOB I'll l,3l3
Total ........14.,O99 2.6,sD4
average S3l4 500
In July. 1904, total deposits in all the
banks of Ohio amounted to S44. 62S. O24.
Just five years later, on June 80, 1899,
they amounted to $50. 1853, $50. The in
crease was S3~6,341,550-or more than
80 per cent.
In July, 1894. there were 142.O99 per-
sons who had deposits in the banks of
Ohio. At the end of June, 1899, there
were 226,9e4 depositors. Within five
years the number of people who had
money to put away in the banks had
increased by S4,S65-a gain of 60 per
cent.
Notwithstanding this very large nd
dition to the number of money savers
in Ohio, which would alone account for
most of the s3s,ooO.Ooo additional in
deposits. the figures of Comptroller
Dawes show hat the average amount
to tho credit of each depositor in the
State of Ohio had increased by S43-
from S314 in 1894 up to S357 in 1889.
1t is perfectly safe to say that Repub-
lican prosperity under the administra-
ton of the Ohio President, William
\ cKinley, has reached the pockets Of
the people in his own State.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
Hcpua..cau C,;a!,curc.

Republican, Challenge.
The party which is trying to belittle
the administration because a few
Sulus in our Eastern possessions are
the owners of slaves must have a short
memory. On the slavery question the
Republican party is ready to challenge
comparison with the Democrats, and
not make any undue reference to either
Abraham Lincoln or the emancipation
proclamation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04
Tho Cost Of a GROWER.

Mr.. Talbert, of South Carolina. is
making Il specially of growing at pen
sion legislation. AT a recent session
devoted to the consideration of pension
legislation this gentleman objected to
each bill as it vas called and offered
argument in support of his suspicion.
Mr.. Sibley. of Pennsylvania, the gem
tleman who so recently severed his re-
lations with the Democratic party,
called attention to the fact that it cost
the Government 81 an hour for the
House to sit. and that Mi. Talbert had
consumed enough time in his objec-
tions to pay all the claims passed Mt
that session. But Mr.. Talbcrt evident
ly thinks he has Il pcnsion-hating con
s%tituency.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-04

only be necessary
to take up a favor
abl position in the
State of Mississip-
pi, Georgia. South
Carolina, n b
Carolina or Vir-
ginia. AS it has
been many years
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-15
BOARD OF EX TON.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

Augusta, January ls.-Today general
orders Nos. and were issued from the
Adjutsnt Generals office. The first ord
sr instr the Inspe ctor General to
make an inspection of tn" various com
psniss of the National Guard in accord
ance with section 81 of the militia law.
The, second oidsr Is to convene the
board of examination at Augusta. Janu-
AIRY 18th, at 10 O'Clock a. m, to examine
into the qualifications for their resret tive
positions of officers appointed or electe
In the National Guard. This LIST in
ciudss Sergeant Timothy A. Sslt IN, sec
ond Iisptsnant. appointed, OF Co. X,
Portland and Harry ID. Bigelow. lieu
tenant-sl elect; George X. Stevens, Hsuten-
ant Junior eriue. elecS and kverett q.
Scuiiy, ensign-slert OF the Naval Re.
ssrves Of Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-15
FELIX NORRIS DEAD.

New York. January l3.-Felix Morris.
one Of the best character actors on the
American stage, died Of pneumonia ut
his apartments here today. The funeral
will be held at All Souls Unitarian
church. The Rev. Thomas Il. Sliosr and
DIR. Minot ]. Savage will conduct the
services.
Mr.. Morris was born at Birksnhead.
England, iu 1s47. At an early age he
became interested In the stage. He was
a student at Guys hospital In London
and prepared for q career as ply sioian.
In 1870 he removed to the United Stats
and entered the drug business in Bos-
ton. later removing to Albany. His
first public appearance ms an actor was
in Lotta's support 10 Musette. His first
great success was In the role OF the
"Reportsr" In Michael Strogof.
Subseq uently he was a member of A..
NJ. Palmer's stock company. Then he
Joined Rosina Voskes's o ompany where
he remained for ssven sea SONS. His
greatest successes were made In her sup
port In old mems roles. At the time Of
bis death, he was member Of Daniel
Frohman's stock company.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-15
wEsTBRooK SEMINARY.

The "Agora" So,iety held n short bust.
ness meeting last evening, after which
the folio wing we're taken into the sooie-
ty: Misses French, Russell, Dinsmore,
and Pratt, and Messrs. Both, MacVsne,
ODER and pobie.
There is to be a Joint debate between
the Agora and the Tarrankin solieties
sometime In the near future.
Mrs. Augusta NJ. Hunt OF Portland
has presented 10 the library o. the semi
nary q very fine set OF orat'ons.
The gymnasium has been prepared so
that the candidates for the track team
may begin training.