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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
TO RAISE THE MAINE.
Men Who Do the Work Will Receive
Only Salvage.

III mas been three years since 25S sail.
ors OF the United States navy went to
the bottom of Havana harbor with the
wreck of the battleship Maine. and on
the thiyi anniversary of that event Il con.
tract was signed for the raising of the
wreck. The N. l.. Chamberlain company
of Chicago will undertake the work.
A little over two years ago. when the
question of raising the wreck was first
seriously broached Mr.. Chamberlain con.
ceiNed Il plan for raising the wreck of the
Maine. as well as that of the grounded
spanish transport Alfonso XII. He i'm
medlately organized company and set
to work to perfect the details of the task.
Alr. Chamberlain then proposed to raise
both the wrecks of the Maine and the
-Allonso for salvage, agreeing at the same
tline to pay the government 3 per cent
OF the net proceeds and guaranteeing the
return of all personal property of the
crew that should be recovered. The GOV.
ernment notified the company that the
proposition was acceptable and with the
approval of the bond and the attachment
OF the official signatures the company is
now ready to begin work.
The plan which MIR. Chamberlain has
adopted for the Maine is the building of
an immense cofferiam around the wreck.
The dam will be eighty feet broad Mt the
base and wide enough at the top for a
safe wagon road. The incline will he on
the inside. Bundles of brush thirty feet
long, weighted with stone, will first be
let down all around the wreck. Upon this
dirt and gravel will be dumped. forming
comparatively water-tight foundation.
Stone, brush. dirt and gravel will then be
alternated until the wreck is completely
surrounded by a dam forty-tive feet high.
Pumping engines will be put to work
as soon as the dam is completed and the
wreck cleared of water. \ we'll will be
dug inside the dam, into which the bige
water can run, and the work of retriev-
ing the wreck will then be fairly begun.
One. hundred tons of brass and bronze.
together with the engines and the protec-
tive armor of the Maine. will be the prop
erty of the Chamberlain company. The
cost of doing the work outlined by Mr..
Chamberlain is estimated at $4,000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

ton in nny way. and it is in connection
with this peculiarity of their belief that
Moser got into trouble with the church,
which led to his expulsion, to persecution,
according TO his statements, and eventu-
ally - crime of IL most horrifying nature.
One Sunday, in church, he dandled his
child on his knee and caressed it, to stop
its restlcssness. He was rebuked for
this ''idolatry' by the preacher and later
told to confess his fault before the con-
gregation. He refused and was expelled.
Then. he claims. persecution began. He
says he was not permitted to eat at the
table with his wife, that his father and
mother would not visit at his home, that
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
DOOM SLAYER OF DAY.
Jurymcn Find Frank II. Hami;to,
GuiJfv NJ Nfo..,n,.,,t.,s

Jurymcn Find Frank II. Hamilton
Guilty Of Ntnnslau:: alter.
The jury In the HalniltonDay murder
case ut Minneapolis returned verdict OF
guilty or manslaughter in the first degree,
after having been out forty hours. The
jury recommended mercy in their verdict.
Leonard A. Day. son of millionaire
lumberman, social leader in Minneapo-
lis, young man with plenty of money
and u lack Of serious purpose, was stab
bed to death in the billiard room of the
West Hotel ut o'clock in the morning,
Nov. %. Frank Hamilton, sporting edi-
tor of the Minneapolis Times, was imme-
diately arrested. afterward indicted for
the murder and was placed on trial
Feb. 4.
The murder, the strange stories of so.
cial desencracy that caused II quarrel,
the prominence of all parties, caused u
tremendous sensation and for months
there has been an exclusion OF all other
topics of discussion in the circles in
which these young men were prominent.
Following the arrest came rulnors that
perhaps Hamilton was not the guilty one
after all. and from circumstances and
events the friends of the accused sought
TO weave n web of mystery for the con.
= fusion of the prosecution.
Hamilton denied that he had killed
Day. although ut the trial policeman
testified that Hamilton had confessed the
murder to him. The cause of the quarrel
was Jealousy. Stories growing out of
the affair connected several society men
and women with unspcakable scandal,
and for time it was feared that the
trial would reveal hideous condition of
social life in Minneapolis. Several young
people hastily left the city. The forecast
of sensational evidence as to Minneapolis
society was not made good ut the trial.
The prisoner was dazed with speech
lessness when the foreman of the jury
announced the finding. and the prisoners
lips moved silently in mute protest as he
looked despairingly at his attorneys. No
one. it is said, expected anything but a
verdict of not guilty, or, at the most.
disagreement The severity of the decis.
Joni tempered somewhat by the recon-
ncndation of court clemency. The penal
ty for manslaughter is imprisonment for
not more than twenty or fewer than five
years.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

ment. The village of Morton is the larg-
esq Amish community in the country. The
marriage customs are more sharply in
contrast with American ideas than any
thing else about the people. Bride and
groom are selected for each other by the
church. with view to equalizing the
future generation. The bright and prom
Using young man must take to wife the
slothful, dull girl, and the most wide
awake. gay, industrious maid gets for
her helpmeet the worst lout in the congre-
CATION. During the ceremony bride and
groom stand on opposite sides of the
church, and after it each goes to his and
her own home, not to see the other for Il
week.
The dress of the people is very plain,
and the women's dress particularly so.
The hair is Worn combed straight back
and wound in n knot, and adorned by a
blue or black sunbonnet on all occasions.
The people associate with none but men,
bers of their community, wear no jewelry,
have no entertainments or parties, allow
no wall paper or ornaments in their
homes, and no musical Instruments. None
of them is poor. and many are wealthy
far beyond their wants.
The troubles and dissensions in 1.-THE
Amish Church and Society are causing
many members of this faith to dispose of
their farms and belongings in central
Illinois and seek new homes in the far
West. The largest party of that society
yet moved left Peoria the other day in
special tourist cars for their new homes
In Utah. Twelve cars of their household
effpcta and FARMING in,n1ouoofs h,r,
been sent on ahead.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
SAYS HE WAS PERsEcuTEp.
Reason Given by Samuel Moser for
Numbering His Family.

A murder trial which is of more than
ordinary interest, not only because Of the
enormity of the crime charged to the de-
fendant, but on account of the revela-
tions it is expected to bring forth con-
cerning the peculiar customs and beliefs
of the Amish community in this country,
has been in progress at Pekin, Ill. The
defendant is Samuel Moser, who last
May murdered his entire family, consist
ing of his wife and three sons. Moscr
is the son of Benedict Moser. a man
worth 100000 and a leader among the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
TUE ,1oslR HOME

his wife and children were away from
him all day long Sundays at the church.
These, with other prosecutions. he says,
made life SO intolerablc for him that there
was only one thing left to do, and that
was to end the lives of all his family and
seek u new home or else death for him
self. NLoser shot himself, but without
fatal result, and was arrested before he
could repeat the attempt upon his own
life.
The Amish people, of whom the Mosers
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

.Amish people. The
elder Moscr refused
to aid in his sons
defense, declaring
that lawsuits are
against the princi-
Piles of the church.
In an .Amish COM
munity the church
expects to regulate
the conduct of it's
members. One of
their characteris-
tics is that they do
not believe in the
~
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
The Amish people, of whom the Mosers

AAS AAkhAASA tOSAS
are a part, are
mainly of German
or Russian descent.
Their invariablc
rule is to settle in
communities and
buy all the land
they can in one un-
Interrupted stretch.
Then they build
their big church in
the village in the
CENTER Of tha catt1o.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
RURAL MAIL ROUTES.
Their Continuance May Depend on
PATRONAGE

their Continuance May Depend on
Patronage.
Localities which have recently had
rural mail routes established in them
VIII be interested in new order Just is
sued by the government, which may indi-
cate that rural service is not to be per-
manent If the delivery routes are not
self-sustaining in point of. revenue.
Though Uncle Sam is always obliging
and ever ready to cater to the wants of
rural residents, yet he expects the rural
mail system to be patronized to such an
extent as not to detract from other de-
partments of the postofiice service,
Contrary to the usual idea, postoffice
business is computed on the basis of the
amount of stamps Cancelled and not ON
the number of letters, postals and pack
ages delivered from the office. Hence 1t
will be seen that if on a certain rural
route 1000 pieces of mail were delivered
in month and the carrier on that route
received no letters and cancelled no
stamps, the route would be considered
from the point of view of the business
end of the postal department, as a COM
plete failure.
The purpose of the new order reauir-
ing report of the amount of business
originating on each rural route is to as
certain which of the routes are paying
and Which are operated at loss. The
carriers are required to report the num-
Der of letters, postal cards, papers, pack
ages and circulars they receive from
farmers along their routes, the number of
registered letters. special delivery letters.
money orders and all the business which
originates along their routes.
News of Minor Note.
Fourteen women received the doctors
degree last year at the University of
Zurich.
Congress has adopted the ''slow-sand
system" of filtration for the water supply
of Washington.
Twenty Rio Janeiro policemen attacked
an unarmed man OH IL recent night, cut
him with sabers, fired thirty revolver
shots at him and finally completed the
cowardly assault by putting a bullet in
his brain as he lay helpless in doorway
where he had taken refuge.
Mrs. Charles Weed of Bound Brook. n.
j., owns the most valuable cat in the
world, a superb French Angora, and So
coo would not buy him. Napoleon /. il
the name of this famous pet, and its silk
en- coat is of the richest golden hue. The
beauty occupies luxurious apartments.
Cattlemen in South Dakota are gener.
ally agreed that it is time to abandon
the present method of branding cattle
as cruel. In New Zealand they have
a composition which is used to make an
easily distinguishable mark. It is applied
with a cold iron, destroying the hair or
hide. but not causing pain to the animal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

Emeralds have been discovered in Ari-
soma. and, it is said, in North Carolina.
They are. however. very small.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

There is Chinese farm in Florida
where the Johns have gone somewhat ex.
tensively into the ''small truck" business.
shipping their product to New York,
They have made q success Of it
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

Cattlemen are considering the advisable.
aty of reseeding the Black Hills and east.
edn Wyoming ranges, where native grass
has been nearly killed by overcrowdins
lof cattle. It has been found that five
grasses and two. alfalfas will grow In
that section without irrigation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

"The United States government.
through the fish commission, has made
possible some fine sport in Western
streams" says +. ]. Cannon of Idaho.
"a number Of streams that were former.
ly almost entirely without finny inhabit.
ants have been stocked with trout, and
amply protected as they are, by the law,
their number is rapidly multiplying"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
Rife Safe ana Purn store.

Burg, ers forced an entrance into a
store at Rocky Hill, n. j.. and wrecked
the safe with dynamite. The men then
set fire to the store and escaped amidst
the excitement. There was several hun
dred dollars in the safe.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

4 Adirondack guides have decided that
IN future they will in every way discour-
hge the use of small-bore rifles in the
woods. They say that the weapon named
sends bullets far beyond necessary hunt
Ing range and should be barred on that
account.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
THOUSANDS OUT OF POCKET.
Stopping of the Jeffries-R Rubin Con.
test Blow to Promoters.

The granting of an injunction against
the Jeffries-Ruhlin match i'll Cincinnati
backed up by the stand taken by Gov
Nash. who threatened to call the militia
to his assistance in case the managers
of the fight made any attempt to pull IL
off. resulted in the stopping of the cham
.pionship contest that was scheduled tc
take place there. There was some hint
that nn effort might be made to hold the
match no matter what action would be
taken by the court, but there was appar.
emily no ground for this, as the support
,ers of the mill took their medicine, bitter
though it was to some.
The most sorely disappointed of those
who We're in favor of holding the contest
were the members of the Saengerfest
Athletic Club. They made hard fight
to have the bout take place and brought
all their powerful influence to bear, but
the opposition was too strong. The match
was planned to raise big debt that rest
ed on the Saengcrfest. but now the soc-
ETY. finds itself plunged thousands of dol
lars deeper in the financial hole. 1t went
to great expense in advertising the con-
test. overhauling the buildings where the
fight was to take place, etc., besides the
money it paid out to fight the injunction
In the courts, and also the forfeit money
that had to be paid the managers of the
fighters in case the match would not be
held. The total Indebtedness of the or
ganization at present amounts to about
.$S5,OOO.
After the Saengerfest the next fieavi.
est losers were Billy Brady and Billy
Madden, the managers of Jeffries and
Rubin respectively. The former figures
up his loss at $4,000 and the latter at
about $4,000. These figures include the
training expenses of the men and the
cancelling of profitable theatrical dates in
order that they might so into training.
That the fight would have been finan.
cial success is shown by the advance sale
of seats, which amounted to $4,000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

There are now more than $4,000 claims
of veterans of the Spanish and Philippine
wars awaiting action at the pension bu-
reau. AT the close of the last fiscal year,
June 30, 1900, there We're only 1855 pen
sioners of these wars ON the rolls. or
this number S73 were widows and So
were invalids. These pensioners We're
receiving 1892, ,9O5. or an average of over
$15 month each. There were then
pending thousands of other applications,
and the increase has lately been SO heavy
that the force employed at the pension
bureau is unable to keep pace with it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

The House committee on printing has
again reported resolution for the pub.
lication at government expense of the re-
ports of the committee on awards of the
worlds Columbian exposition.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01

When Mr.. Roosevelt shall have been
installed as Vice-President there will be
in the Senate tn survivors of three
wars-the Mexican, the Civil and the
Spanish-American. Gen. Bate of Ten
nessee is the only Senator who saw ser
vice during the Mexican war. Though
Senator Pettus of Alabama was in the
army during that period, he never got
to the front. There are twenty or more
venerable Senators who were on one side
or the other during the Civil War, but
Mr.. Roosevelt will be the only veteran of
the Spanish-American conflict.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Sidney EmIth'a Sheer.

II Sydney Smith were alive today he
years of the century just closed con-
siderable progress had been made in
this country-more perhaps than In
any country in the civilized world. II
savage attacks on u people, in the
Edinburgh Review, he sneeringly ask
ed: In the foul quarters Of the
globe, who reads an American book?
Or goes to an American play? Or looks
at an American picture or statue?
What does the world yet owe to Ameri-
can physicians or surgeons? What
new substances have their chemists
discovered or what old ones have they
analysed? What new consultations
have been discovered by the telescopes
Of America? What have they done in
the mathematics? Who drinks u OF
American glasses? Or rats from Am
erican plates? Or wears American
coats or gowns? Or sleeps In Ameri-
can %blankets?" The records of the
nineteenth century show that these
questions have been answered pretty
conclusively to the British mind. IL not
always satisfactorily to the British
pocket, remarks the Washington Star
Perhaps some snarler of the present
period would like to submit another
lot!
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

was ratified on the sixth OF February
1899, and ratihcations were Exchanged
nearly two years ago the congress has IN
Philippine stands. IL has. however, pro-
vided an army to enable the executive. to
suppress insurrection, restore peace, give
the authority of the United states
throughout the archipelago. IL has au-
thorized the organization OF native troops
as auxiliary to tho regular force. 1t
has been advised from time to time Of tho
acts of the military and naval oincers
IN the islands OF my action In appointing
civil commissions. of the instructions with
which they were charged, OF their duties
and powers OF their recommendations ana
OF the several acts under executive com
mission. together with the very complies
general information they have submitted.
These reports fully set forth the con
ditions. past and present. IN the Islands.
and the instructions clearly show the
principles which will guide the executive
until tho congress shall. as II is required
20 do by treaty, determine the .civn
rights and political status OF the natVs
The congress having added the sanction
OF It's authority to the powers already
possessed by the executive under the con-
stitution, thereby leaving viii the execu.
tive the responsibility for the government
OF the Philippines sha,i e9nt'n nsu 'h hs
restored throughout the ISLANDS as
fast Ms conditions permit will establish
, SS,n, E9 S mn IN , tns a o3 the people
W Nv W. w
has been already invited, and when ostap-
lished will encourage the people to ad-
minister them.
The settled purpose. long ago promui-
gated, to afford the Inhabitants OF ths
islands self-government AS fast as tney
were ready for II, will be pursued with
earncstness and fidelity.
Already something has been accomplish
cd IN this direction. The governmenrs
representatives. civil and military, are
! doing faithful and noble work In their
mission OF emancipation and merit the
approval and support OF their. country
men, The most liberal terms OF amnesty
insurgents. and the way Is stiil open for
those who have raised their arms ngalnst
the government for honorable submission
to is authority.
Our countrymen should not be de-
Celved. We are not waglng war against
tho inhabitants OF the Philippines. A
portion of them are making war against
part of the Inhabitants recognize Amerl-
can sovereignty and welcome u as a guar
anty of order and of security for lie,
property, liberty, freedom OF conscience
and the pursuit OF happiness. To them
full protection viii be given. They shall
not bo abandoned.
We will not leave the destiny OF the
loyal millions In the stands to the dis-
loyal thousands who are In rebellion
against the United States. Order In civil
institutions will come az soon AZ those
who now break the peace shall Keep ".
Force will not be needed or used when
those who make war AGAINST us shai
make u no more.
May It end without further bloodshed,
and there be ushered In the reign OF peace
to be made permanent by a government
OF liberty under the law,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Markings ON Mars.

Astronomers now agree that the
markings on the surface OF Mars form
a complete network of narrow, straight
lines crossing the entire face OF the
planet In all directions, and are always
visible. The narrowest are thirty to
forty miles wide. Two hundred OF
these so-called canals have been
charted. Many observers believe them
to be stretches Of land darkened an
nually by vegetation and laid out In
strips to facilitate irrigation. It is
supposed from the unity in the design
of the network that the inhabitants
OF Mars are under one government and
are highly skilled In the engineering
demanded by the fact that the planet
Is entirely without rainfall. Students
in hydraulics expect great things from
the continued study Of Mars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Roosevelt Make. Hts Bow.

Vice President Roosevelt said:
The history OF free government Ia In
large part the history Of those repre-
sentative executive bodies, In which.
from the earliest times, free govern
ment has found its Hottest expression.
They must ever hold a peculiar n
exalted position in the record which
tells how the great nations OF n
world have endeavored to achieve n
preserve orderly freedom.
No man can render to his fellows
greater service than is rendered by
him who, with fearlessness and hon.
esty, with sanity and disinterestedness,
does his lifework as q member OF such
a body.
Especially IL this the case when the
| legislature in which the service Is rem
dered Is a vital part Of the government
tai mhchintr y tf one OF tho Q wor "a
powers to whose hands. In the course
OF ages. IL entrusted a leading part In
shaping the destinies Of mankind. For
veal or ZOE, for good or for evil, this
is true of our w mighty nation. ,
Great privileges and great powers
are ours and heavy are the responsible
tiles that 60 with these privileges and
these powers. Accordingly as we do
we'll or III, so shall mankind In the
future be raised or cast down.
We belong to a young nation, al
ready of giant strength, yet whose
present strength ia but forecast OF the
power that Is to come. We stand su-
preme in a continent, In a hemisphere.
East and west, we look across the
two great toward the larger
world life In which, whether We VIII
or not, we must take an ever-increas-
ing interest.
And as keen-eyed we gaze into the
coming years, dutiea. new and old, rise
thick and fast to confront US from
within and without. There Is every
reason why We should face these duties
with q sober appreciation alike OF their
Importance ana Of their dficulty, Buy
there IL also every reason for facing
them with high-hearted resolutions
and eager and confident faith In our
capacity to do them right.
A great work lies ready to the hand
OF this generatoin; 1t should count It.
self happy indeed that to IL "a given
the privilege of doing such a work. A
leading part therein must lie taken by
this, the august and powerful legis'a-
tive body over which ! have besn
called to preside. Most deeply do ! ap'
preciate the privilege OF my position;
for high indeed is the honor of presid-
ing over tue American senate at the
outset OF the twentieth century,