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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-13
Dakota Man Kills himself

Word has been received that John Brown,
an aged citizen of Butler, Day County
committed suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Dependency, caused by i'll
health, 10 thought to ilave prompted the
deed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-13
To Helm ChMdrem's Homo.

The county commissioners of Hughes
County have appropriated $500 TO assist in
the erection of the Children's home build
ing at Sioux Falls. Other counties are as
sisting in the work.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-13
company.

Cronje sails for st. Helena.
Cape Town: Gen. Cronje, Col. Shiel
and 1000 Boer prisoners sailed for st.
Helena "Wednesday nigut.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-13

Registered Letter system.
The registered letter system by carriers
has besn put in operation in Aberdeen.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-13
TO INTRODUCE coRNBRElD.

kcntuckian Who Will Serve This .Nnncr-
lean Product in Paris.
The establishment OF an American, res
taurant ut the Paris exposition, in which
the scrvin, of cnrnhrnnl in all STYLES.
Evening star., 1900-10-01

Empire" effect fly front and blouse jack
cts. trimmed with buttons and braids New
gored-cut skirt. Black. blue, gray and cas-
tor. In Venetian cloth. homespuns and
cheviots.
Evening star., 1900-10-01

destroy the foreigners there. and so on
Until all were driven into the sea % Just
as the empress dowager was about to give
her consent to the writing of such de-
cree the emperor interposed, and, prostrat-
ing himself before her, and in a voice
broken with emotion and despair, besought
her to pause before sending government
troops to attack the legations. thereby for
mally setting her seal of approval on what
had gone on before against the foreign
powers, Dlunglng the whole empire into
war, and putting matters beyond recall.
The Emperor's Last Plea.
If /, alone cried his majesty in de-
spairing accents, were to suffer and Gle
as a consequence of what you have done
and intend by and by to do, gladly would
l die the death in atonement for the ca
tastrophe you design for China: Lut 1 b.
seech your imperial majesty the empress
dowager to pause before you destroy the
hundreds of millions of my poor, ..nof-
Tending subjects, throughout the empire.
What have they, l ask your majesty, done
to merit the calamity that will be in store
for them by the fatal steps you and your
counselors intend to take? l beseech your
majesty to stop before 1T becomes too late.
myriad times do pray you to reconsider
your decision before launching on a policy
which will endanger the very foundations
Of the empire which my forefatheis banded
down to me to nouriSh and to protect from
harm. l would rather die ten thousand
deaths than see all the sufferiHgs that are
In store for my myriadS of unfortunate
subjects Here his majesty broke down
utterly. His despairing words would
have touched a heart of stone. but, Glas!
The empress dowager merely cast look
OF contempt on the emperor, drew back
her robe and looked away, utterly ignoring
the PROSTATE emperor, who, when saying
his last words, had impulsiveiy moved for
ward step and clutched the hem of his
imperial aunts robe, the picture Of helpless
despair and impotence. 1t only required
Prince Tuan who stood near the throne
with his Manchus, to address in loud
tone, and the empress dowager to say, with
What does his majesty the emperor know
about such things anyway? to break
utterly the heart and opposition of the un-
fortunate emperor His majesty at once
and, weeping, left the council cham
ber.
Prince Tuan, King vi, Chi Hsiu and the
other Manchu friends of the Boxers ap-
peared to breathe more freely, for they had
fears, when the emperor was making his
empress dowager might have hesitated to
order into Pekin the government troops of
Yung Lu to attack their enemies in the le-
cations. The fatal decree then speed
lily passed, no one among the Chinese party
present daring after this to open his mouth
in favor of staying proceedings. That
same afternoon Yung LUIS advanced corps
crowded into Pekin, bringing their field and
machine guns with them and every one Of
rifles.
For his reform tendencies and anxiety
to preserve peace with foreign nations the
emperor has been accused by the Manchus
Of being Christian and a traitor to the
traditions Of his race
Evening star., 1900-10-01

TINS attention in the same way he at
tracted mine. and, | suppose, the same con-
versauon was carried on, but the ring mer-
chant did not sell his wares this time
either. | watched him for some time how
ever, and he finally disposed of the ring TO
woman. The sale of the one he showed
me did not seem to exhaust his supply how
ever. and he kept on working the same
game, and l saw him after | had visited
the monument and was on my way TO a
hotel. His stuff cost him about a dollar
q dozen and he sold them for anywhere
from $50 to s. apiece. Quite a handsome
profit, as / found, when | looked into the
matter more carefully"
Norfolk is going to feed the Jrnited
States with oysters this year" Mr. David
Hudgines of that place told Star reporter
at the ST. James last night. The oyster
laws In operation in Maryland will shorten
the crop to an enormous extent and viii
virtually cut off the supply from the eastern
shore this season. The laws are good ones,
too. If they had not been enacted the bl-
valve would have been exterminated by the
dredger captains. You see the law re-
quires that all oysters of a certain size shall
be returned to the bay. The dredgers were
in the habit of taking out young oysters
that had not attained their full growth
and the result was that the crop was get
ting short. In Virginia we cultivate the
DiNdlVe 10 large extent, and few or the
tongers or dredgers will take out young
oysters The oyster beds extend for miles
and miles. and the work is carried on as ex-
tensively as is the cultivation of the peanut
or any other product raised in our part of
the country
1t requires a great deal Of patience to
cultivate the bivalve of the oyster species,
about five years being necessary for them
to reach maturity. The oyster deposits it's
eggs in the open sea. thousands and thous-
ands OF them in season. Only about one
out of 100000 ever reaches maturity, and
these have to be carefully watched during
the first stages or they will be lost. Last
year we shipped about 1.0OOOO0 barrels of
oysters from Norfolk. and We expect to put
out twice as many this year. The oyster
trafhc amounts to great DEAL and the
canneries In operation in Norfolk and the
surrounding towns require the services of
about 5000 shuckers and Gamers"
Evening star., 1900-10-01
Europe Takes American Corn.

FROM tne brooklyn Eagle.
1t looks as though the fight that has been
going on for years TO get Europeans to buy
American corn has been won at last for
the exports Of this cereal are now on such
large scale that it is reasonable to assume
that IT has got firm foothoId abroad For
the past ten years the various Secretaries
of Agriculture have endeavored to show to
foreigners the value of our corn and all
sorts of schemes were adopted to introduce
1t in Europe. During the famous famines
in Ireland a number of ship loads of corn
were sent to the sufferers, but they had
such poor opinion Of it that they refused
to receive 1t. The fight was kept up how
ever, with gratifying results the exports
last year amounting to more than 200 OGD-
600 bushels. The demand for this cereal is
widely distributed and extends to the north
ern half of South America, to Mexico. the
West Indies, Central America the British
possessions in North America and even to
Africa and Australia. AS regards distribu-
ton, however. the most significant fact is
that from eight to nine-tenths of the total
exports are usually consigned to the yari-
Gus countries of Europe, pre-eminent among
these takers being Great Britain, Germany
France. Belgium, Denmark and Holland
In these countries, 1t is interesting TO note
the use OF corn is mostly confined as Is the
case in the United States, to the feeding OF
live stock, though it Is also employed to a
limited extent in brewing distilIing and
other Industries and in the manufacture of
proprietary foods and confectionery
Evening star., 1900-10-01
Her Beloved Parrot.
From Chambers Journal.

Elizabeth Hunter, a wealthy spinster, was
at great pains to provide for the future of a
pet bird, as the following extract from her
will testifies: Il give and bequeath to my
beloved parrot, the faithful companion OF
twenty-five years, an annuity for lis life of
200 guineas year. to be paid half yearly
as long as this beloved parrot lives =
And | do bequeath to Mrs. Mary Dyer
widow, my aforesaid parrot with its an
nuity of 200 guineas a year. And
give to Mrs. Mary Dyer the power to will
and bequeath my parrot and its annuity
to whosoever she pleases. provided that
person Is neither servant a man: it
female. And 1 also will and desire
that 20 guineas may be paid to Mrs. Dyer
directly on my death, to be expended on
very high. long and large cage for the
aforesaid parrot. 1t is also my will and
desire that my parrot shall not be removed
out of England
Evening star., 1900-10-01

Moving To and Fro.
Five large barges loaded with coal and
material used in the manufacture of fer
tiliZers arrived Saturday night last in tow
of Baltimore tug.
The sloop b. III. Lambert has gone to the
lower river to load a cargo OF oysters for
this port
The steamer Northumberland of tho
Weems line sailed yesterday evening with
a large passenger list and a heavy freight
Tor landings between this city and Balti-
more.
has arrived at Baltimore in tow of Taylor
Brothers tug. the James o. Carter
The bugeye Alixena Is at the 11th street
wharf loading brick from the Hydraulic
Brick Company for Reedsville, on the
Great WicomicO river.
The Ada Ballenger and the Petrol sailed
this morning for the lower river to load
oysters back to this port
The schooner +. G. Irwin has arrived
with cargo of 2O0, 900 feet of Virginia pine
lumber from Norfolk for H. l.. Bfscoe.
The schooner Mayfower is in port with
a load of cordwood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Grace Bennett arrived in
port this morning with a cargo Of shingles
and lumber from Newbern, N. c., for
Johnson & Wimsatt.
The tug Edna of Baltimore sailed light
for that port Saturday evening having de-
liyered her tow of mud digging machines.
The steamer Wakefield, from Nomini and
river landings. arrived yesterday evening
with a large cargo of cattle and country
produce for the local dealers
A canal barge with a cargo of fertilizer
from the Alexandria Chemical Co. and an
other from Herbert Bryant with the same
cargo left yesterday for points on the canal
between Georgetown and Cumberland
The pungy r. Fl. Stuart is loading fertiliz-
er at Alexandria for stores on Nomini
creek and Currioman bay.
The schooner Zephyr is at w. W. Riley's
wharf discharging a cargo of white sand
for Frank Evans.
The schooner Lulie 8. Lowe has complet-
ed the discharging of her cargo of lumber
and will sail for Norfolk
The Lily and the Harry and Charley have
both completed unloading and sailed Satur-
day evening for the lower river to reload.
The steamer E. James Tull completed the
loading of a cargo Of coal and miscellaneous
supplies at Alexandria Saturday evening
and sailed for Occoquan.
Personal and Other Notes.
Mr.. Jacob Deemer, with his family, were
out in the sloop Sea Gull on cruise Sat-
urday evening last.
Mr.. VIM. A. Moore has taken charge Of
the engine room on the steamer Estelle
Randall. Mr.. Martin Kaupp, the chief of
the Estelle. having gone home for a yaca-
tion.
Mr.. Edw. Hardwick of this city, who was
III charge of the chute at River View this
summer, is visiting his sister, Mrs. M. y.
Courtney, at kinsale, Va.
The steam dredge Potomac is at the
Alexandria ship yard for an overhauling.
The yacht Seabele is hauled out at Ben
netts boat yard TO have her lead keel put
| In place. She will be ready for service In
about three weeks.
DIR. Rauterberg is having the house of
his handsome launch, the Alert, rebuilt,
| making 1t larger and more conveniently ar
ranged.
| The improvements to the steam yacht
Givota belonging to Mr.. Don Passos, at
Cumberand's boat yard. being pushed.
| She will not be ready to go into commits
sion again until late in the fall.
Evening star., 1900-10-01
Late Hours.
From the Detroit Journal.

From the Detroit Journal.
With bright smile the beautiful Eskimo
girl left us to join the merry throng In the
ball room.
Your daughter IS a gay butterfly / ex-
claimed. desiring to be very complimentary.
For my part. / don't think much of this
social life!" replied the mother. with sudden
vehemence. THE idea of dancing every
night till away along in March, and then
lying In bed next day until August 1, or
such matter.
II was on my tongue to say that these
young people had too much latitude, but
checked myself
Evening star., 1900-10-01
What Worried Her.

~ ~
did she have good time while she was
away this summer"
mo: she was worrying for fear her hus-
band was having a good time at home"
Evening star., 1900-10-01

1t is not generally known that 1t is un-
lawful in Ohio to keep any native song
bird IN confinement. During a month twen-
ty-eight people were arrested in Cincinnati
for this offense, and 1t Is estimated that
over 5000 birds have been given their free
dom within the past year.
Evening star., 1900-10-01
No Alternative.
rom the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
That's terrible noise in the nursery.
Mollie." said the mistress. whats the
matter? Can't you keep the baby quiet ?'s
Shure. ma'am." replied Mollie sI can't,
keep him quiet unless let him make Q
noise"
Evening star., 1900-10-01

1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star Hundreds OF situations are filled
through them.
Evening star., 1900-10-01
Moving To and Fro.

son-one of eighty gallons-was received
this morning by Golden & Co. They sold
for - cents per gallon.
Evening star., 1900-10-01

The variety Of styles at this price as
snres satisfactory selection To the most
critical. Ladies who have not heretofore
deigned to wear a. ready made suit are in
terested
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-25
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LOWE
The Naval officer Arrives In New
York From Brazil.

NEW YORK, June 24.-Lieute nant Gem
mander William F. Lowe. of the navy, was
passenger on the steamer Button. from
Rio de Janeiro, which arrived today. He
was taken from the Button at Quarantine
by the commandants launch from the navy
yard. On the launch were Admiral Philip,
Mrs. Philip. and Mrs. Lowe. who had come
to this city to meet her husband Lieutcn-
ant Commander Lowe and admiral Philip
are old friends. and Mrs. Philip is an init
mate friend OF Mrs. Lowe.
The party went down the bay on the
launch with only the prospect that Mrs.
Lowe wUuid be able to get glimpse OF h
husband on the deck Of the Button while
she was lying in Quarantine. Health Cffi-
Ger Doty, however. learned that Lieutena-t
Commander Lowe had not been ashore for
five months from the Chicago. Of which he
was executive officer, and that he had b. en-
transferred from the deck of the Chicago
to the Button in Rio de Janeiro Hartor
without coming into any communication
with the shore. DR.. Doty made a special
trip with the navy officer to the fumigatiol
boat ahead of the other passengers. After
@ slight fumigation the officer was permit
ted to so to the navy yard with his wife
and the rest. Lieutenant Commander Lowe
is one of the officers who has been selected
for retirement under the Naval Personnel
law. He had to come home to be retired
on June so.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-25
TURRETs OF BATTLEsH1ps.
Report of the Board TO he Received
by Secretary Long Today.

The report OF the special board on con-
struction on the supefposed turret ques-
tion Will be laid before Secretary Long
when he resumes his official duties today.
From what has leaked out about the rro-
ceedings of the board. which consisted for
the occasion of Its FIVE regular members
and eight additional members appointed
as tactical experts" it appears that alb
solute harmony prevailed at its sessions.
There were two propositions presented.
The regular board proposed that six ordi
nary turTets be installed on each of the
battleships Pennsylvania, New Jersey. and
Georgia, and that ordinary turrets be used
for holding the big guns of the two I'M
named battleships recently authorized.
The other proposition was that all FIVE
ships have superposed turrets.
The board, after considering the turret
question at some length. voted on the
question whether superposed or ordinary
turrets should be adopted without refer
ence to their installation on particular
ships. Seven votes were cast in favor
of the superposed type, and five votes for
the ordinary type, the remaining member
Of the board, Rear Admiral Barker. favor
ing a compromise. Three of the members
of the regular board, Rear Admiral o. Neil,
Captain Sigsbee. and Constructor Taylor,
representing Chief Constructor Hichborn,
and two of the additional members, Rear
Admiral Rodgers, and Captain Brownson.
voted for ordinary turrets. Two of the
regular board, Rear Admirals Melville and
Bradford. and FIVE Of the additional mem
bers, Captains Taylor, Clark Chadwick,
Converse. and Walker. voted for the su-
perposed turrets.
The board then considered the matter
of the character of the turrets for par
tierlar ships, and motion that the Penn
sylvania, the New Jersey. and the Geor-
gia have superposed turrets. and the two
unnamed battleships, ordinary turre:s, was
adopted by a vote of IL to l. Naval Con-
structor Taylor casting the dissenting
LII nA
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-25
WHERE AN EXPERT BLUNDERED
The Theory of nm Old Hotel CIerI,
Set Mt SGuSEt.


The lobbies were deserted late last
night and the old hotel clerk leaned over
the desk idly turning the leaves of the
register and conversing in a desutory
sort of way with newspaper man who
was on his way home after his night S
work
They were talking about the character
istic hierogiyphics scrawled on the pages
of the register. and trying to form some
estimate of the various men who had
written them.
Il can size up a man as soon as l see
him write his name on that register as well
as though / had known him all my life -
said the hotel clerk. Handwriting is q
never failing index of character. A man
writes himself down In his true colors in
his signature. A man who is free spen-
der of money will write his name in a bold
slashing hand clear across the page. The
stingy man will cramp his signature down
into an insignificant space. The dominant
note in mans nature never fails TO show
up. l never fail to read a man as easily
az printed page when l have seen him
write his name"
The newspaper man was incredulous.
How about this MANI" he asked. point
ing to fine, flowing signature that adorn-
ed the last line on the page. That's
easy" said the clerk. THAT is what
call typical signature. The character
istics are plainly marked.
THE man who wrote 1t is n generous,
open hearted person. A man who makes
friends easily and big man physically.
The newspaper man knew the writer
Of the signature to be one OF the small
est. stingiest meanest men in the South
eastern states and said much. but the
clerk had important business elsewhere
and did not stay TO hear his theory
completely exploded
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-25
>ear,y Died to Save His Dog.

DANVILLE. Pa. June 2i.-Michael Nc
Dermott. of this place. had thrilling es-
care from a horrible death this afternoon.
He attempted to rescue his dog from
irestle on the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western track, near here, and he was run
down by passenger train running at
nearly twenty miles an hour. BY heroic
effort the engineer brought the train to
stop. but not until it struck the man. A
cry of horror went up from the pedestrians
as he was drawn under the engine. The
wheels came to standstill at the very
moment the engine passed over him and
McDermott was dragged out from under
the pilot uninjured beyond a few bruises.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-25
a NEGLECTED voLUME.
Little Attention Nowadays Given to
the Scriptures.

(Frcm the Christian Advocate.)
1t would be well if something might hap
pen in every town in the country TO make
the Bible a subject OF conversation and
Bible reading general practice. Little
can be done by task work. What are we to
do? The new criticism is coming in among
those who know the history of the Bible
and the nature of its contents. But to
nine-tentts OF the intelligent men and
women in an ordinary congregation, wheth-
er orthodox or not. the language used by
the critic is unirtelligible. What does an
average business man understand by pro-
phetic and priestly redactors, post-exilc
compilations, and tendency writings?
Mr.. Julian Hawthorne once said that, e
spite of Matthew Arnold the Bible could
not be classified as literature. which he
defined as something to be read for pleas
ure He admitted, however. that by Mr.
Arnold the Bible might be regarded as
literature because "he only read it
for the fun OF IT. But it will
be well for the literature of the world when
the principal books of the Bible are re-
garded as literary masterpieces which can.
not be overlooked in the education of young
men and women. AS the matter stands.
the scholars will have to make up their
minds what verdict to render on the evil
dence offered them. and the majority of the
rank and file will have to take the decis
ion OF the experts On trust.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-25
RUNNING DOWN OUTLAWS.
Efforts to Rid n Pennsylvnria Com
munity of Robbers.


wILKESBARRE. Pa. June 24.-There is
every hop, that before the week is out tie
men guilty Of the robbery and torture Ct
aged Edward Moore and his wife at Kitch-
ems Creek will be caught. A suspect is in
Jail here now. charged with another CHE
District Attorney Martin last nigit received
additional evidence, and early in the week
and raise $500 as reward for the arrest
and conviction Of the gang.
The conditions existing are remarkable.
The gang Of four or five desperadoes has for
many months terrorized the farmers living
in the vicinity of North Mountain. The
raids eliminated in the assault and rob-
berry of Edward Moore and his wife week
ago. 1t tgok the farmers few days to
agree that the time had come for the sup
preston of the gang, and last Thursday
they wrote District Attorney Martin. CT
this city appealing for his help.
He despatched County Detective johnson
to the scene. and after two days work
Johnson returned home last night. He
founi several clews, and was able to work
up evidence which is very Satisfactory He
has the names of the men whom h. wants.
He found the farmers reticent about telling
HuaL tuey hEeN SO great LIE icai VI
the gang that they dread giving infoims-
tion, as the men might not be convicted and
then take revenge on those who gave evil
dence against them.
In his investigation during the last few
days the county detective came upon case
OF counterfeiting, and as this Is out OF his
province he has informed Deputy Uni.e1
States Marshal Lowry. 1t is believed the
desperadoes he is after are tie counter
letters. as their leader Is a man who has
been in the penitentiary for making
spurious money. Lowry will go to work on
the case at once. While johnson thus &C
cidentally helped Lowry, the marshal in
quite an accidental manner landed one Of
the men Johnson suspects OF the Moore
outrage in jail last night. THIS man Is
George Pennington. of Kitchens Creek,
and he is charged with the robbery Of
nnstoffice at West NaticoEe.