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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09

supported by great steel Orders. The
general seating arrangement is modelled
somewhat after the plan of the Metro
politan Opera House, New York.
The floor space is divided into arena,
arena balcony, balcony and roo garden,
boxes skirtins the arena and the arena
balcony. The stage is situated in the
center Of the arena. The total seating
capacity is nearly 10000. and. with
standing room, the building is capable of
holding more than $4,000 persons. The
arena alone will seat 1900. To each
side of the arena and under the first
balcony are numerous committee rooms,
which. have their separate street en-
frances. The building has no stairways,
the upper seatings being reached by
means Of inclined planes. Separate exits
are used for the balconies aud roof gar
den. and 1t is estimated the hall can be
enipticd at the rate OF 5000 persons u
minute.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
CONFIDENCE IN ROBERTS.
British Faith in "lsobs" L. Strength
: cuesi by the Recent Victory.

3DV1kHoH1 H41tkk III ASOOo AZ NbA
: cned by the Recent Victory.
4 Now That one OF the most formidable
pf the Eoer generals has been summarily
disposed of, the London war critics are
1ustifying their confidence i'll 'Bobs."
whose good luck is provcrbial, but is in
reality an infinite capacity for taking
pains. They point IL that it took only
ten days to compel the surrender of the
Beers at Paardcburg, while Marketing,
Ladysmith and Kimberley, with very in
terior forces, have held out for four
months. The comparison seems to graft
q the national pride, somewhat humbled
% it has been by recent reverscs and
hostile foreign criticism.
The capture of Gen. Cronje and his
troops cannot fail to have an immediate
effect ON the war. Gen. Cronje's name
was one whcrcwith to coniurc. During
3he war OF 1851 Cronjc besiescd Pot
Ehefstroom. After a long and gallant re-
Alstnncc Che garrison was forced to sur
.xendcr eight days after peace had been
declared. During all that time Cronjc
had concealed the news from the British
commander. His conduct in placing Brit
1sh prisoners in the trenches. where they
were killed by the fire of their country
men, earned for him. the hatred of the
British.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
SIX r

Chicago Police swoop Down on Invest
incnt Com panics.
The hooks. correspondence and papers
of every "gct rich quick concern in Chi
cago-six in all-wcrc coniiscatcd by the
police the other day. The concerns clean
ed out are: Th, Int. Ocean Trust Com
pany the Cooperative Trust Company.
Security Savings Societ! OF Chicago. the
Investors Protective Association. the I'D
win Il. Farley Company. u. w. Moody.
The arrests came as Il result OF a num-
her of complaints against the concerns.
filed by former patrons. Tho concerns
solicited patrons throughout The United
States. promising them from $ to 10 per
rent a week on Investments. The police
estimate that over 100000 has been lost
in the concerns raidcd.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
SAYS BRITAIN IS RIGHT.
John Hays Hammond Condemns Ooin
Paul and His Policy.

According to John Hays Hammond.
the American engineer whose activity nj
Johannesburg while associated with this
Rhodes mining interests at the time OF
the Jameson raid in 1896, came near
costing him his life at the hands of the
Beers, Americas sympathies in the Brit
isl-Bocr conflict should be not with Dom
Paul hut with her majcsty's forces. MIR.
Hammond gave expression to this view
at Il brilliant dinner given him a few
days since in Chicago. He spoke of the
condition of affairs in the Transvaal
prior to the war and took the opportunity
to say that England was carrying on Il
Just war and that the Beers were whohy
TO blame for the present difficulty.
MIR. Hammond made the assertion that
the T%ransvaal mining industry would
never have achieved success were it not
for the fact that English capital and
American ingenuity became interested
and entered the field. The Outlanders,
he said, were invited to the territory by
Dom Paul, who. when they had served
his purpose, denied them the right to ex-
list there by reason of the oppressive laws
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
Odds and Eras.

Odds and Erda
1t is believed that the plague in Eoa-
oiulu has now run it's course.
The survey OF the route for a Pacific
cable has been finished by the tcamcr
Nero.
The pittsburs Plate Glass Company
has announced Il general advance Of 5
per cent.
Gen. ~isravos of Mexico has defeated
the Maya Indians III the southern part of
that country.
4Adviccs from Dawson state that a gem
eral exodus to Cape Noine Was expected
in May and June.
The Millar-Osborne spice works and
the Moline Plow C%ompany's warehouse,
Denver, Colo, were burned. Loss $780,
600.
Ed Berlin was found dead on top of a
Pullman car at Louisville. Death was
caused by his head striking a bridge or
tunnel.
James DERRICK. a Californian. is in Blu
cyrus. Ohio. to purchase great steel wag-
Ons II traction engines for use in the
desert OF northern China in place of cam
els.
A slab to the memory of George Wals-
ington's ancestors is III he removed from
a church in Wiltshire. England. 10 the
Smithsonian Institution. Its date is 164J
and it hears II coat of arms and All in
scription setting forth the virtues of
Washington's grandfatller's srandpar-
ents.
Italian agents who have been in New
| York for a couple OF weeks past have con-
cludcd arrangements for the equipment of
several trolley roads in the leading cities
| Of northern Italy.
What is said to be tho first instance of
4 mothcu performing the marriage cere-
mony for her daughter occurred recently
in San francisco. when Mrs. Kate
Heussman united Miss Mary Violet
Heussman to Felix Drapinski. Mrs,
Heussman is an ordained minister under
q State charter issued I the Independent
Bible Society. Of which she is q mission.
airy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
warships bought from, Spain.

Three more Spanish vessels have been
added to the United States navy. They
are the armed transport Gen. Alava and
the gunboats Quiros and Villalobos, all
modern ships. Maj. Gen. Otis purchased
them from the Spanish Government last
week under his authority as Governor of
the Philippines, using the public funds of
the islands for the purpose.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
FINE CONVENTION HALL.

Kansas City Has Good A%cco,nr:oda-
lions for Dcmoe .nts.
The convention lsall at Kansas City,
wherc the Democratic convention will be
held July 4, is one of the finest in the
country. 1t was opened n year ago. The
building is of bridge construction without
a column to interfere with the view from
any part. of the auditorium. The roof is
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
PLEA OF CARTER IS DENIED,
Federal Supreme cour. Denies the An
pIication for "a Hearing.

The United States Supreme Court de-
MED the application of Capt. Obcrlin NJ.
Carter to have his case considered by
that tribunal. Judge Lncombe of New
York allowed a writ Of error in the case
Of Carter, recently a captain Of engi-
neers In the United States army. The
writ Of error was allowed on the allcga-
tisn that Carter Is being punished txicc
for the same e6enss.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
WANT THE DATE CHANGED.
Railroads Say They Can't Accomn,o
date Democrats July 4.

late Democrats July 4.
The executive committee of the West
ern Passenger Association has decided to
issue instructions to the various passcn-
ger agents at Kansas City TO wait upon
the citizens committee in charge of the
Democratic national convention and urge
that the date he changed. 1t is argued
by the railroad officials that it will be i'm
possible to accommodate the crowds thnt
will head for the convention city in adj
dition to the usual July 4 traffic. The
railroads want the convention a wccF
ea.lier or later.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
Side Lights OF.
the B0er War


The health of the horses in South AZ
RIGA is Il question which is worrying
British officers almost as much as the
health OF the men. On account of the
lack of railroads and the quickness of the
enemy's moves. mounted troops are al
most as essential as guns. With the
change from the dry TO the wet seasons
comes the danger to horses. The average
death rate among the horses now from
sickness alone is about % per cent. In
some localities it has been known to
reach SO and even 30 per cent. The dis
ease works rapidly. 1t often happens
that a trooper is riding along when his
horse begins to stagger. then drops and
dies OIL the spot. Donkcys are immune
to the disease, but mules are not.
The Katirs. Basutos and Zulus are the
native runners But it is not by run
ming that they do the hest of their work.
This they do by shouting their messages
from hill to hill. They are the South At
rican telegraph system. The first news
OF the battle of Glencoe which reached
England and America came to Cape
Town i'll this way. Whatever message is
given by a native negro is never altered
by any one who forwards it, though it
may be passed along by 1000 men. The
| precise words that are uttered by the first
! man are the identical ones which the last
| one hears.
In the pursuit of Gen. Cronje to Paar-
| dcberg some of the British regiments
marched t%wcnty-seven miles in twenty
four hours. They got ahead Of the trans
| port. and the men lived OH quarter ra-
| tions. When the white flag OF surrender
was displayed by the Beers, n regiment
stationed on n hill saw it and set up a
| cheer which ran down the lines and was
taken Up by the men in the trenches. An
| officer dashed to headquarters with the
news.
On Christmas day three Enslishmen.
who had previously received passes to-
remain in the Free State, were
decrcd and ordered to proceed to the
front. They declined to fight against
their countrymcn, and on the game day
were taken to the market square at Har-
rismith and shot.
Well up to the front. among the popu-
lar heroes of the Bocr war. is Bugler
| Dunn. the hoy of IL, first OF the Royal
llupIiH rusieeis y" Iioss the AuSelas
and who, wounded in the right hand
while sounding the advance" immedi-
atcly sounded the advance with his left
hand.
Lord Roberts is not the only British
general to have lost n son in the South
African campaign. Gen. Rrabant, COM
mandcr of Brabant's Horse. and one of
the most popular military men in South
Africa. had a son, Capt. Brabant. killed
In a sortic from Ladysmith.
A private in the Shropshire Light In.
fantry wrote home from Orange river: IF
am as black as a Kafir. with a beard
about Eve inches long. have only one
suit Of khaki. and the trousers are al
Reoaso and in hnlaz ~ ~
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09

ured Lion of Africa" was ready to sur
render. These reports. however, proved
premature. After Friday the British
bombardment slackened, Roberts evident
ly thinking. it poor policy even if good
war. to turn the little Boer camp into Il
shnmhle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
Told I'm a Few Lines.

o In q Few Lines.
Kalamazoo, Mich, raised $1,OOO for the
Beers.
Georgia is experiencing the most pros
porous winter in q score Of years.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
decided to raise the wages of all cngi-
ncers.
DIR. Charles NJ. Sheldon, exnoitcr Of
the "Christian newspaper idea, msy be
called to share the pulpit OF the ChScago
churA formerly occupied BY Dr.. Newell
|DwiSAt Hills.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
Proflts Of Diamond Miue,

At a meeting Of the DE Beers Mining
Company at Kimberley Saturday. MIR.
Cecil Rhodes. who presided, stated that
the profits Of the company for the year
were roughly estimated at s2.OO0,OOO.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09
B0ER Army YIELDS
General cronje Surrenders In.
conditionally.
FIERCE FIGHT ENDS.
Stubborn Ten Days Battle Results in
Victory for British Arms.

mone,c.sly corncred and Subjected to
a Most Terrible Artillery Fire for
Ten Long Days. and Nights, h Bocr
Commander, with His Entire Force,
Is Finally Forced to capitulate to
Lord Roberts.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09

A private in the Shropshire Light In.
fantry wrote home from Orange river: IF
ain rs black as a Kafir, with a beard
about Eve inches long. have only one
suit Of khaki. and the trousers are all
grease and in holes"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-09

Lord Roberts is not the only British
general t o have lost n son in the South
African campaign. Gen. Rrabant, CONF
mandcr of Brabant's Horse. and one of
the most popular military men in South
Africa. had a son, Capt. Brabant, killed
In a sortic from Ladysmith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17
YALE-PRINCETON.
a Desperate Struggle Between Noted
Football Elevens.

Princeton, n. J., Nov. 1.-THE Prince
ton and Yale football elevens met on
University field this afternoon for their
annual contest Notwithstanding the
fact that the sun was hidden behind
one, the weather was almost ideal for
football. Each team was in prime con-
dition and each hoped to win. Yale,
however, by reason of her better per
formance during the season, entered the
contest with the greater degree of con-
fidence.
Princeton was early filed with visi
tors Besides the crowds that came on
the regular trains two specials from
New York and two from Philadelphia
brought several thousand enthusiasts
Everywhere the. black and orange colors
OF Princeton and the blue of Yale could
be seen.
Yale was an odds-on favorite in the
betting, but not a great amount of
money was up.
There We're $1,000 spectators present
when the Yale players, at 2:37 p m,
appeared on the field Two minutes
later the tigers came out Both elevens
We're enthusiastically cheered. Prince
ton won the toss and chose the south
goal. Princeton had a very light wind
ct their back
Yale scores touchdown. Yale kicked
goal. Score: Yale 6; Princeton 0.
The touchdown was made by Chad
wick within one minute from the time
the game began.
Maths kicked a field goal for Prince
ton. Score: Yale 6. Princeton ;.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17
LIEUT.. KOONTz DEAD.
Another Kansan Killed in the
Philippines Fighting.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE following
casualty list was received from Manila
today:
KiIed-October 27, Catbalogan, sa-
mara, D, Twenty-ninth infantry, Cor
pOral H Case; October 80, Bugason,
Panay, First Lieutenant NJ. KOontz,
Forty-fourth infantry; Nov. IA, Lapas,
K, Twelfth infantry, John Lambert.
WOunded-Charles AIecOlister, severe
ly; Nov 2. Point Bano, Luzon, c, Twen-
ty-eighth infantry, Patrick W. Chann,
serious; Cook John Boght, thigh, serious;
Corporal Henry Kunkel, head, slight.
Lieutenant KoOntz served during the
Spanish-American war as first lieuten-
ant in the Twenty-first Kansas and was
appointed a first lieutenant in the Forty
fourth T. S. volunteer infantry, August
p. 1899. His home was at Garden City.
Howard NJ Koontz was a brother of
J. r. Koontz of the Santa Fe general
freight Office in this city. Miss Jean
kOOntz Of the Topeka city schools, is a
sister of the deceased. Lieut.. Koontz
was married. just before leaving Kansas
with the Forty fourth regulars His
wife was Miss Birdie Greer of Chat
tanoOga, whom he met while south with
the Twenty-frst Kansas. Mrs .Koontz
is now in Chattanooga The relatives of
the lieutenant in Topeka today received
a message from the adjutant general at
Washington conveying information of
the young mans death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17

Peter Murphy, John Dorgan and Henry
Ehret Mr.: Bott seems to have been shad-
owed at all tines
why. You know old man Metz. the
why interrupted Colonel Holmes,
''hes been dead 10 years" This caused
a laugh, in which Mrs. Sells Joined. The
shadows" reported to Mr.. Mahoney. No
duplicate was made of Metzs report.
Metz watched Mr.. Bott and Frank watch
ed for BOtt the fOrepart of the evening.
The Operatives" were numbered. No.
was Henry Ehret. No, 1 reported to his
daily report. Ehret went to work shadow
ing Mr.. Lyons on October %.
Mr. Huling drew out the fact that Mr.
Mahoney had been told that the north
east room was Mrs. Sells and also that
ne bea had been given d general plan Of m The
Huling, that with all this information in
your, possession, you can only tell about
the lights in that room except on one
night2" The answer was that the rec
ords would show and that the lights went
out. so often that he made no note Of
This is the first time you have told
but this is the first time you have
asked me" was the reply.
those lights in that room,'F said Mr. HUI
ing, why didn't you put it in your re-
Mr.. Mahoney replied that the occur
renee was over a year old and at the
time he did not consider this material
The detectives reports were given Mr.
sells after the show came back
Mr. Huling was very persistent in his
inquiry as to the lights on the northeast
corner room on the second floor, but Mr.
MahOney said all he had was what the
reports showed. The reports were turned
over to Mr.. Safer in November, 1899.
Continuing Mr.. Mahoney said he had
received several letters from Mr.. Sells
and finally wrote him that his, Mr.. Sells,
place was at home. Then Mr.. Mahoney
met Mr. Sells at Mr.. Sater's office upon
the ShOWman'S return.
After the IL o'clock recess Mr. Huling
took up the cross-examination of Mr.. Ma
honey and the report of October % was
analyzed to find out which part the diff
ferent detectives took that night Mr..
Huling called attention of the witness to
port about the lights in the northeast cor
ner room on the second f1Oor-the room
supposed to be Mrs. Sells bedroom.
Mr.. Huling still kept after the wit
had made any note of the lights in the
house after the 26th of October, 1899 Mr.
Mahoney said all of the reports spoke of
the lights, but he could not say whether
they were his (AGahoney's) observation
or from those of the operatives. Mr.. Ma
honey said that Mr.. Sells had drawn him
case.
Coming down to the bicycle episode Mr..
Huling asked witness why he took the
wheel. The reply was for evidence" ?"
When the shadow was lifted from Mr.
BOtt witness could not exactly tell. but
about a week after the show got home
he thought.
Mrs. Sells was not shadowed. at least
by Mahoney's instructions. he said AZ
ter the shadows had been Withdrawn the
agency still worked for the prosecution
time witnesses were here at Mr.. Hagerty' s
office and that depositions were being
taken Mr.. Mahoney did not know the
names of the witnesses shadowed OF his
men did that work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17
PORTER IN KANSAS.
Negro Lived in Lawrence and Was
Reform School Graduate.

Preston or John Porter, the negro boy
who met a. horrible fate in Colorado af-
ter perpetrating a most horrible crime,
was from Lawrence. He served term
in the state reform school at Topeka and
also spent some time in the state re-
formatory at Hutchinson.
About six years ago, when Porter was
a mere boy he stole horse and buggy
from in front of business house in
Lawrence. About three years ago he
was again sent up for an attempted as
sault on a little girl by the name of Fox,
who was carrying dinner to workmen
employed in a field near town. But for
people being near to prevent Porter
crime similar to that for which he paid
the penalty in Colorado.
Porter was released from the Hutch
inson reformatOry about the first of the
year and joined his father, who was
working on the railroad in Colorado.
PORTER AT THE REFORM SCHOOL.
The following facts concerning Porter
were secured from Superintendent Han
cock of the state reform school:
Preston Porter served a term in the
reform school in this city where he was
sent from Lawrence for an attempted
rape.
Porter's parents lived in Kentucky.
Preston Porter was born in Hamilton
county, Ohio, April 25, 1885 His parents
moved to Lawrence where they lived
together. on GIT Massachusetts street.
Porter was not IA years old when he
attempted the crime for which he was
sent to the reform school. He was SEN
fenced by the judge of the district court
on January 13, 1899, to one year in either
the jail or the reform school.
He was admitted to the reform school
on January 16, 1899, and was released on.
December 16, 1899, having spent eleven
months in the school His conduct
while in the reform school was good
He could read and write and it is said
attended Sunday school before his i'm
prisonment.
Preston Porter had a brother who was
arrested and sent to the sttae reforma-
tory at Hutchinson for the same offense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17
British win Try RecOncentradO
Plan With Beers.
Kitchener Encounters Great
Difficulty in His Work.
ACTIVITY CONTINUES.
BlOemfOntein Railway is Cut in
Twenty Places.
British Are Forced to Evacuate
Position at Yryheid.

Durham, Nov. 1.-THE Natal Mercury
reports that among the measures to be
adopted in order to pacify the Beers Is
the reconcentrado plan Of Lord Roberts.
Lord Kitchener has decided TO take this
step, owing to the difficulty IN dealing
with the armed Beers while hampered by
the civilian population ia the outlying
small towns
BOERS DESTROY RAILWAY.
London, Nov. 1.-THE Beers. according
to the Cape Town correspondent Of the
Daily Mail. have broken the railway in
twenty places between Bloemfontein
and the Orange river. and the line was
cut yesterday between Kimberley and
Belmont.
The Vryheid garrison is practically be-
sieged, says the Pietermaritsburg CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph. wiring
Thursday, and the town is evacuated.
A position has been taken up on the hill
commanding it, and notices have been
posted in the vicinity warning the Beers
that If they attempt to rcoccupy the
town il viii be blown to pieces.
THE northern commandocs are trek
king southwark toward the high vcldt
with their cattle" says the Pretoria cor
respondent Of the Morning Post. wiring
last Tuesday. 1.-TWO commanders have
appeared at Balmoral, and a force is
concentrating to stop them. All the
passages of the Magaliesbcrg TO the west
Of Pretoria are held by the British to
prevent such movements"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-17
DIED BY INCHES.
s'.Oh, NY God, Let Ne Go, .
Shrieked John Porter.
Held to a Stake by Chains He
Fought the-Flames.
BURNED BY A MOB.
Lawrence Negro Boy Pays PEN
atty of His Horrible Crime.
Father of the Murdered Child
Lights the Fire.
FALLS FROM STAKE.
Infuriated Crowd Piles Wood
Upon His Prostrate Form.
Newly Lighted Embers Soon
End His Agony.
Infuriated Crowd Piles Wood
Upon His Prostrate Form.
Porter Released From Topeka
Reform School Last January.

Limon, Col, Nov. 17.-Chained to a
railroad rail, set firmly in the ground,
on the exact spot where his fendish
crime was committed, Preston Porter,
Jr. or as he was Familiarity known, John
Porter, last evening paid a terrible pen
atty for his deed. It was 6:23 o'clock
when the father of the murdered girl
touched the match to the fuel which had
been piled around the negro and 20 min
utes later last convulsive shudder told
that life was extinct.
What agony the doomed boy suffered
while the flames shriveled up his flesh
could only be guessed from the terrible