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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22
Soncom,nitta,.

Mrs. slowpay-A girl formerly in
your employ answered my advertise
ment for q maid. Is she honest?
- Dressmaker-That is more than I can
say.
Mrs. slowpay-why. what do you.
mean?
{ Drcssmaker-well. you sec, I have no
positive proof of her dishonesty, but
every time 1 sent her to you with my
bill she failed to give me the money.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22
p:,ner teeth.

Papey teeth are made by % dentist in
Lubbock, Germany. One of his patrons
has q set which has been in use for
thirteen years, and gives complete sat
isfaction.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn:

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen. hot and Sweat
Feet. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sen FREE. Adj
dress Allen s.. Olmsted, Leroy, n. y.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

To Buffalo, N. ", going via Chicago and
Niagara Falls, returning via the great
lakes, Duluth. and st. Paul. Rates, route,
etc., address III. G. CIIEYNEY, general agent
Northwestern Ry., Sioux City, Iowa.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

India rubber nails are being used in
Germany in places where metal nails
would corrod
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22
willing to Show EN-.

Willing to Show En-.
An honest young man, who had es-
capped a great peril by an act Of hero
ism, was much complimented for his
bravery.
One lady said: II wish I could have
seen your feat"
Whereupon he blushed and stammer-
ed, and finally pointing to his pedal ex-
tremities, said: "Well. here they be.
num-"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

Mrs. w,nlow's SOOTHING srnur for chiinrcu
tcethlng: su.ttns the gums, reoncss
sllays pain. cures wind collie. .5 cents u bottis.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

The fellow who spends much time
over bones of contention will be apt D
go to the dogs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22
wear sanda.s in the Mud.

Al sandal Society has been started in
/. Berlin, and ON a Sunday not long ago
forty aaen and women wearing sandals
marched through. the muddy streets.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

Too many people are contented With
the hire life.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

That the -ufn,osfreAanoe
car, be placed upon this
great nfedaoane Is feskl-
fled 70 by an army Of
grateful women who have
been helped by
Mrs. Pxnklsa1,, yNh0 has
the greatest ana most
successful experience IN
6lbe world 10 qualify nor
will advise you free Of
charge. Her address d
lynn, Mass, Write 70 h0s-.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

Waters-Picrce Oil Company has been
granted q charter in Texas. Says it's not
q trust.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22

lydi. E. piakh.m'. Vegetable Compound
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-06-22
The
y xRxazn
of Life

Tvsss IS q critical pesfoa
in 9ke life of every woman
arsa mo nsfsfakeS should
be mace.
The one recognized and
reliable kelp for women
vviao are approaching and
passing through this
wonderful change IS
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Tempered With a Switch.

Chicago, Oct. 14.-An open switch at
rlghty-fifth street, South Chicago, be-
lieved to have been purposely misplac
ed, caused the death of two men, Sc
riously injured another, and made
wreckage of the engine and the for
ward part of the New York and Boston
express train on the Lake Shore Rail-
road tonight. The engine was demol
ished and two mail and two express
cars were piled up in a heap, but the
five passenger coaches directly behind
the baggage cars did not leave the
track, and their occupants escaped in
jury. The victims of the wreck were:
Dead:
H. ]. JEROCH, fireman of the train.
% years old, caught under the wreck
age of the engine and body cut in half
Unidentified man, tramp, who was
stealing ride on the first mall coach;
body ground to pieces.
injured:
LEWIS REYNOLDS, engineer Of the
express; skull fractured and internally
injured, probably fatal
1t is believed the wreck was caused
by someone who had deliberately
broken the switch. The locks which
are used to hold the switch in place
had been broken and could not be
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Beers are Again Very Active.

Cape Town, Oct. 1.-THE Beers are
very active in the Kroonstadt district,
Gen. Dewet has proclaimed that burgh.
ers who refuse to fight will be made
prisoners of war.
British mounted infantry scouting
from Lindley had Capt. Wiltshire kill
ed through mistaking a party OF forty
Beers in khaki uniform for friends.
Boer commanders continually har
assed the British column while march.
ing from Lindley to Kroonstadt.
TIE Beers captured a detachment OF
the Cheshire Regiment which was es
corting an empty wagon near Frank
fort. They released the driver, but
kept the wagon.
SATISFACTORY AFFAIR.
London Oct. 1.-THE War Office
received the following from Lord Rob
erts, dated Pretoria, Saturday, October
10:
"a satisfactory little affair occurred
near Frankfort Thursday. Col. Grove.
with the West Kents, surprised Boer
lager at dawn; killed seven, wounded
nine and captured eighteen"
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Free Textbooks.

San Francisco, Oct. 13.-The Exec
utive Committee of the State Educa-
tional Committee has drawn up bill
calculated to solve the public school
textbook problem. The bill will be
submitted to the session of the Legis-
lature. AS prepared it calls for a uni
form series of textbooks for use in the
elementary schools of the state, and
such books must be furnished free of
any cost to the schools of the state.
The State Board may cause
such text books, when adopt
ed to be printed and publised
by the superintendent of the
State Printing office, but if so printed
and published said adopted books must
be printed and distributed by him free
of any charge to the schools of the
state. All textbooks so adopted shall
continue in use not less than six years.
An act to enforce the educational
rights of the children was drawn up
and prepared for the Legislature. Chill
dren between the ages of eight and
fourteen years will be compelled to
attend school unless excused for good
reason:
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
RiOtOuS Soldiers,

Havana, Oct 13.-At Mantanzas yes
terday a Cuban policeman interferred
with two members of the Second
United States cavalry. A quarrel fol-
lowed, eliminating in general fight
between the police and soldiers, who
arrived upon the scene simultaneously
After the police had shot Trooepr Tur-
ney of troop D, one other soldier and
civilian, number of members OF
troop D tried to break into the gun
room to get their weapons, but the
quick action of Captain Foltz of troop
D in forming troops L and M in skirm,
ish order, made it impossible for the
excited cavalrymen to pass. Lieuten.
ant Willard is said to have been slight.
ly hurt while endeavoring to quiet the
men. The soldiers declare they will
have revenge, and Colonel Noyes has
ordered them all confined to their bar.
racks. The feeling is strong between
the Cubans and the cavalrymen. The
authorities here look upon the Incl
dent as a pay day fight between ma
tives and no investigation has been or
dered.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Not So Dead As He Seemed.

Waterloo, Iowa, Oct. 14.-William H
Tuthill, mourned as dead since Octob-
er %, 1883, is said to have located at
the Soldiers Home in California Tut
hill formerly lived at New Albin, Iowa,
where he became a member of the A.
0. U. w. of Iowa. He disappeared at
Ottawa, Kan, and several years later
his wife, Harriet A. Tuthill of Dubu-
que, brought suit to recover on a $4,000
policy held in the order. The case was
tried twice in the District Court, and
is now pending in the Supreme Court.
Tuuhill was located, it is alleged, by
an application that his wife made for
a pension. A search of the records, it
is said, revealed that a party of the
same name, company and regiment is
being paid a pension in the Soldiers
Home in California.
[Tuthill is reported to be an inmate
of the Soldiers Home at Santa Monica
During the Civil War, he is said to
have been member of the Signal
Corps.1 I'd - fT -:
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
LOVED and DIED IN LUXURY
Because Her Husband Left Her Alone.
PUT A BULLET THROUGH HER
BROKEN HEART.
Mrs Phillip Hardy Killed Herself Upon
the Receipt of Bogus Telegram.

Chicago, Oct. 12.-Dead, with a tiny
hole oozing a few red drops of blood
just over her heart, the dodgers in a
house at 1920 Wabash avenue found
Mrs. Philip Hardy, today. Beside her
lay silver and goldmOunted dueling
pistol, in keeping with the luxurious
appointments of the apartments. The
doctors SAID the small red hole in the
left breast was the result of a bullet
from the big-bored pistol lying on the
heavy carpet, fired c4ose to the body.
1t was clearly a case of suicide and
the motive was easily ascertained. She
was the wife of Philip Hardy, a part
ner in large mercantile house in Lon
don, whose exporting business calls
him to spend six months of the year in
the United States, most of which time
is passed in Chicago. The couple have
spent several seasons in this city, liv-
ing for long periods at the SWEETEST
apartment houses.
Hardy was a well known figure
around town, having money to burn
and an incediary mood at all times
He was particularly attentive to vaude-
vile artists, on one of whom he Law
ished much affection and more gold
Wednesday night, under the influence
of tarrapin and champagne, he eloped
with his charmer and went to New
York
The news of his liason reached his
wife the night of his elopement and
they had violent quarrel. When he
reached New York he feared that his
wife might have him arrested, so he
caused a telegram to be sent to her
stating that he had committed suicide.
She evidently brooded all night over
the end of her martial happiness and
finally determined to end her own life.
Today a haggard, repentant man with
the champagne dried out of his system
by remorse, stood beside a slab at the
morgue and wept over the cold, white
face of woman lying there. 1t was
Philip Hardy. He has forgotten his
temporary inamorata in his grief over
the loss of the married companion OF
many years. Dejectedly he admitted
that he had drunk heavily and courted
other women, and in a drunken frenzy
after a quarrel with his wife, he had
fled to New York with an actress, in
tending to go to Europe. Fearing his
wife might have him arrested be
caused a telegram to be sent inform
ing her of his suicide. 1t was this
news that prompted her to take her
own life.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Skaters Report.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE report of
Major General Shafter, commanding
the Department of California, has been
received at the war department. 1t
is chiefly interesting on account of the
large number of troops shipped from
San Francisco to the Philippines dur
ing the time he has been in command
General Shafter speaks in the high
est terms of the efficiency of the quar-
termaster's department, which has
handled the transportation at San
Francisco, and commends the commits
sary generals departments. He calls
attention to the lack of artillery troops
to take care of the guns in the various
Notifications. He says that many of
the guns are becoming rusty because
the are not cared for.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Love Proved False.

Sacramento, Oct. 13-Mrs. Martha E.
Browhard, proprietress of an employ
ment agency here, has sworn out a
warrant for the arrest of Geo. OdelI,
who, she alleges today, embezzled 81
300 and two gold watches from her
and left for the east. Odell has been
a clerk for Mrs. Browhard, and she
says they were to have gone to San
Francisco tomorrow to be married.
Last winter She was involved in a
clearinghouse and mining-claim deal
with San Francisco party, which got
into the courts, and she put all her
money and deeds in Odell's name, and
now he has decamped leaving her pen
niless. Chief of Police Sullivan has
wired along the railroad, and Odell will
no doubt be apprehended.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
MURDER AS A VOCATION.
Wife-Slayer Sues for Insurance on the Life
of His Victim.

Philadelphia, Oct. ia suit to
recover insurance on the life of his
wife, whom he killed on December 81
1898, has been commenced in this city
by Prof. S. c. Shortlidge, who is now
residing at Kennett Square, Chester
county. The suit, which is to recover
the sum of S7O22 from the Prudence
Life and Trust Company, is one of the
most remarkable in the history of life
insurance.
The tragedy which ended the life of
Mrs. Shortlidge was enacted in Media
on a New Years Eve and caused a
great sensation. After the death Of
his first wife, Shortlidge, in November,
1898, married Miss Marie Dixon Jones.
Shortly after his marriage the profess
sor began to act strangely. On the
night of the killing, six weeks after the
marriage, Prof. Shortlidge invited his
wife to go with him for a walk. A
short distance from the house he shot
her through the heart and attempted
suicide, but was disarmed by neigh
Dor.
In the trial which followed, Prof
Shortlidge was acquitted on the fround
of insanity, and was confined in an
asylum until year ago.
There is no case of parallel nature
in the insurance annals Of this State.
A life insurance man recalled a case
which occurred at Sedalia. Mo-, sew
eral years ago, but which does not es-
tablish a precedent for the present suit
by reason of its sudden and tragic end
ing. A saloon keeper in that city in
sured the life of his wife for $4,000, and
then in a rage killed her by forcing a
red-hot poker down her throat. He
was put on trial for his life and after
free legal battle as acquitted on
technicality.
After his acquittal he sued the life
insurance company, and, so far as law
was concerned, he had it entirely on
his side. Public feeling had beer
rought to such pitch, however, that
no jury could be found to give the
murderer a verdict, and finally the in
dignant citizens ended the matter by
taking the plaintiff out and hanging
| him to a tree.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Help the Needy.

Washington, Oct. 14.-Postmaster-
General Smith recently received from
Postmaster Griffith of Galveston a let
ter telling of the pecuniary and per
sonal loss which had befallen the EN-
ployes of his office as result of the
storm of September 8, of the fearful
strain under which they had been
working day and night since then, and
of the admirable spirit which animal
ed the men, Notwithstanding their
misfortune. Postmaster Griffith sug-
gested that if the vast army of postal
officials, clerks and carriers could know
the true condition of the men at Gal
weston a small amount from each
might be cheerfully contributed, and
would give the needed relief, other
wise, it was to be hoped beneficient
government ito whom we are loyal
will hear and answer this appeal"
To this communication, Acting Post
master-General Johnson sent the fol-
lowing reply:
1.-The department is in full sympathy
with the appeal of the postmaster at
Galveston, in behalf of the employees OF
that office, who have suffered through
the terrible calamity which has over
taken them, and hopes that response
by those who have not already con-
tributed through some other channel
will be generous and prompt. 1 am
gratified to learn that the action taken
in this direction by the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers is meeting
with hearty response.
Contributions may be addressed tc
John A. Merritt, postmaster, Washing
ton, D. G. w. M. JOHNSON,
acting Postmaster General"
had two wounded. Twenty-Five pris-
oners and twelve rifles and a quantity
of ammunition were captured. The Tag
alloys were from the island of Luzon
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
huntington's will.

New York, Oct 14-Probate Clerk
Washburn of the surrogate's office to-
day examined the subscribing wit
nesses to the will of the late Coils P
Huntington. The witnesses to the will
are Maxwell Evarts, George E. Downs,
and Andrew Vandeventer Each of the
witnesses swore that the will filed for
probate had been signed by the tesla
tor in his presence, and that the tes-
tator was 10 all appearances in good
health and condition of m nd. No OBJ
jections have been fled 20 the probate
of the will, and it probably will be
admitted.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Outraged and Murdered.

DAYTON (O.,) Oct. 14..-The dead
body Of Anna Lantz, the twelve-year-
old daughter of Charles Lantz, car
penter, was found in the rear OF her
fathers residence last night. A sur
prise party had been rendered her
parents, and while the guests were
playing cards the little girl left the
house. Her absence was not discov-
cred for some time, and after a search
of the premises her body was found
Circumstances indicate that an assault
had been committed upon the child,
and this was bourne out today by the
Coroners' investigation. The body was
terribly mutilated.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
found. The train was running forty.
five miles an hour when it struck the
switch.
FUEL FOUND FOR NOME.
Coal in Abundance on Siberian Coast.

TACOMA (Wash.,) Oct. 14.-GExclu
slve DIspatch.l Unless the Russian au-
thau1itles interfere to prevent, the fuel
problem at Nome has been solved by
the discovery on the Siberian coast of
large lodges of bituminouS coal. Two
hundred tons of it were landed at
Nome September 16, just after the last
severe storm there. 1t was quickly
bought up at $50 per ton, and will aid
materially in keeping the miners warm
this winter. The coal discovery was
made by party of Nome prospectors,
headed by Clarence Elliott, who passed
through here yesterday en- route to his
home in Mason City, Iowa.
Finding things overcrowded at Nome
Elliott and six companies went north
to Point Hope, thence crossed over to
Siberia, expecting to find gold. They
had not searched long when coal was
found, and they quickly reached the
conclusion that it would be more prof.
liable than the ordinary placer mine,
Four big veins were located in bluffs
very near tide water.
Seven men set to work to mine all
they could with the few tools they had
hoping that in some manner they
would be able to transport it to Nome.
Soon after the steamer Corwin landed
near their coal claims. and they bar
gained with her captain to carry them
selves and 200 tons to Nome. Elliott
says their coal compares favorably
with that taken to Nome from Puget
Sound. He believes they will have no
difficulty in selling all they can mine
at Nome and other gold camps along
the Boring sea. An effort to secure
Russian concession will be made this
winter. Next summer Elliott and his
partners will return with miners and
a steamer prepared to work the de-
posits on large scale.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Sailor Accuses Captain.

San Francisco, Oct. ia shocking
case of cruelty to sailor on the high
seas was reported today to E. ]. Ban
ming, the Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney. The complainant is
Michael Brown, one of the hunters en-
ployed on the whaler Balaena. The
accused is Capt Bert Williams, master
of the vessel.
The statement of the complainant
was substantiated by other members
of the crew, who told straightforward
stories of how, for a slight infraction
of the rules, Brown was triced up in
the mizzen rigging from 9 o'clock one
night until 2 o'clock the next morning,
while the thermometer was below zero,
besides receiving a terrible beating at
the hands of Capt Williams.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Caught Rope and Assembled 1000 Feet

San Jose, Oct. 12.-There came near
being a fatal accident at the fair
grounds tonight. While Prof. Hoff
was making ready for his balloon as
cension G. H. Machado. a young man
from Eldorado county, had hold of one
of the guy ropes and when the balloon
started the rope got twisted about his
shoulders and neck and he was lifted
up and carried along with the balloon.
He cried out to Hoff to save him and
when up about a thousand feet Ma
chado was pulled safely into the bas-
ket. The descent was maze in safety.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Shipments of Mining Machinery Resum
ed on Big Scale from Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. developments of min
ing machinery to South Africa has been
resumed from this city. Thousands of
dollars worth of machinery which
could not be delivered during the Boer
war, is now going forward. One of the
members of an iron firm, in sepaking
of the present prospects in South Afri
ca, said:
Orders from that country are COM
ing in again and the indications are
that the Transvaal will soon enter up
an era of prosperity such as it has
never known before. We are already
crowded with orders, and the plant is
running to it's full capacity"
HOPES FOR PEACE.
Cape Town, Oct. 13-Parliament was
prorogued today. The Premier, Sir
James Gordon Sprigg, expressed the
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Gift for His DAUGHTER.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Worlds
Paris special says that Simmons, a
millionaire hardware dealer of st.
Louis, has bought the famous Tiffany
pear and emerald brooch for which the
shah of Persia is said to have made
fabulous offer. Tiffany declined to tell
what Simmons paid, saying that it is
absolutely against the regulations OF
the firm to reveal anything about the
purchases of jewelry.
The brooch is unique because of its
extraordinary workmanship, but main
ly because every precious stone has be-
longed to some historical crowned head
of England or France. One pearl once
adorned a ring worn by Marie Antoin-
cite.
Simmons intends the brooch for Q
wedding gift for his daughter.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20
Life Sentence for Brutal Murder.

Sacramento, Oct. 12.-The jury in
the case of Martin Westlake, tried for
the murder of R. R. Watts, last Feb
ruary, tonight returned a verdict of
murder in the first degree, with i'm
prisonment for life. Watts was bru-
tally murdered and thrown into a
swamp, where, two weeks later, some
boys found the body.
Westlake was suspected, but he had
disappeared. He was found at Reno
working in a railroad section crew
under the name of nTown. He had the
murdered mans shoes on MS feet and
his valise and clothes in his possession.
Watts watch and diamond pin were
recovered at pawn shop, where they
had been sold by Westlake.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20

Let no facetious person comment with
levity on the reported organization of
trust for the control of the market in
prunes. The humble prune, however
much it may be reviled, is yet q nu-
tritious and palatable article of food
Its great virtue is high kind of adapt
ability. 1t is equal to all occasions.
either breakfast, luncheon or dinner.
1t can be eaten with steak or with
pickles; 1t can consort on equal terms
with the cake dish or the milk pitcher.
Thousands Of men who have treated it
with jocular contempt have been glad
to get 1t ut times when the dull monot-
ony of roast beef and potatoes was be-
coming oppressive. If grasping mon
opoly of the unpretentIous but useful
prune Is to be formed the public will
have occasion for regret Many even
among those who have ridiculed the
fruit the most would rather be sur
feited with prunes-be filled with them,
SO to speak-than ne forced to go witt.
out them entirely.
Holbrook argus., 1900-10-20

A woman will yank up the guy ropes
Of her corset until she almost squeezes
her immortal soul out Of place and put
a dead bird on her hat and go strutting
around over town, selling tickets for an
entertainment to raise money to help
send missionaries to China for the pur-
pose Of teaching civilization to the poor
heather who have never known what
1t Is to wear corset, and who have
been struggling on in ignorant belief
that birds were created to sing instead
of to be worn on a hat.