Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-16
FOREIGN JoTTlNos.

1000 members In Madrid and the mem
bership In the provinces is increasing
despite the united efforts OF the govern
ment and the clericals to check its
growth. The two leading doctrines OF
the sect are the propagation of the
human race and the Punishment of dis
ease. The leader is former workman
named Jemina, who Is called s'the great
pontiff." After prayers and singing at
their meetings the pontiff blesses the
sick and administers doses of holy water
to them. Crowds of sick people flock to
him to be healed. The gatherings take
place at night. The strictest morality
Is enforced as part of the tenets of the
new religion. The doctrine Of the prop
agation OF the race is carried into prac-
tical effect In this wise: Any woman is
entitled to rise in meeting and cry out,
II wish to marry So-and-So,' naming
the favored man. The man upon whom
her choice has fallen is doomed to be-
come husband. 1t is useless for him
to protest prior engagements. The pom
tiff marrieS the couple then and there.
Over 800 such marriages have been con-
summated and the popularity of the
pontitf among women desiring matri-
monial partners is unbOunded. Their
benefactor Is just now under cloud,
having been thrust into prison on
charge of practicing medicine without
legal authority. Scores of women show
their devotion to the prosecuted pontiff
by gathering outside the prison and
uttering lamentations and expressions
Of sympathy for him.
WHEN Mgr. Folchie took the admin
istration of the vatican finances he had
under his control about $4,000, 900 lire,
and after eight years administration
about 81, O00,O lire, of which, however,
5000, 900 was still in danger, as it con-
sisted of loans made to the Roman
princes and of large number of depre-
ciated securities. All the time Folchie
has paid over each year to the pope the
sum of $120, 900 to cover the extraordin-
airy expenses of the vatican. Conse-
quently his adversaries can only re-
proach him with making imprudent in
vestments and with the Catholic banks
affair. The reaction, consequently, has
already begun to be noticed in his favor
and many Roman groups are beginning
to think his rivals acted too violently
In any case the pope has been kept in
ignorance of these Speculations and it is
hAO" AC ulSdppiof0S anu always
diSapproved all kinds Of Catholic banks.
LATE mail advices from London indi-
cate an excessively weak money mar
ket in that city, with corresponding
conditions in other parts of the united
kingdom. They say short time bills
had recently been negotiated at the low
rate OF per cent. per annum, and for
longer times the rates were very low,
with an unusually small volume of de-
mand by borrowers. The abundance of
money is explained to be in great part
due to the prevailing distrust, which
makes capitalists unwilling to fix
funds" Many men prefer to let their
money lie in the bank at per cent. per
annum rather than risk the principal in
any Of the offered forms of investment
Hence business in stocks has sunk to
insignificant proportions.
THE alleged interview between Count
Munster, the German ambassador at
Paris, and M. Blowitz, which the London
Times publishes contains but one point of
Importance. Count Munster is made to
say that the old German emperor.
this boys grandfather, had conceived
the notion of dismissing Prince Bis
marck and replacing him by Gen. Ca
priv. The statement is denied by Ber-
lin; but, true or false, it is meant to
suggest that the present emperor in
cashiering the chancellor was also car
rying out the secret wishes of VIII
liam |.
The socialists of Hamburg and vicin-
ity are building an enormous co-operat-
i've bakery. The enterprise of cooper
alive baking has passed the expert
mental stage and Is decided success,
Warranting the construction of the pro-
jected building. Already the managers
OF the scheme are supplying 1000
marks worth of goods weekly to the
members of the society.
THE German socialists have published
an official programme which is more
like scheme of radical reform than a
socialistic manifesto. In it they de-
mand universal suffrage for both man
and women, capital and succession
tax, the abolition of the standing army,
the abolition Of fees in courts of law and
the granting of free medical assistance.
THE result of the election at Carlow
for successor in parliament to the late
defeat for the Parnellite candidate in
district which Parnell admitted was his
stronghold and where, he said. if he
was defeated he could admit that there
is nothing left in political life for him to
fall back upon.
THE potato crop having failed in east
ern Prussia, the merchants combined to
raise prices. They have been attacked
in consequence in many villages, and
broken heads and frequent arrests are
the consequence. The magnates are
emphatic, and complaints loud and deep
are made of their conduct.
IT has been definitely decided to hold
an Italian-American exposition at Rome,
to open in September, 1892, in commem-
Grafton of the discovery of America.
The aim will be to show the progress
made by the two countries and develop
their commercial relations.
WHILE party of soldiers were prac-
ticing the construction of pontoon
bridge across the Aar river, in Switzer-
land, the structure upon which they
were at work capsiZed, and eighteen of
the party were drowned.
A SENSATION has been caused in Col
ogne by the discovery of a number of
child murders at a baby farm kept by
woman named Scholz. The death of
six babies has been traced to inanition.
SWITZERLAND has adopted by pop lar
vote new law which empowers $4,000
citizens to submit the text OF bills to the
chambers, and to compel the chambers
to discuss such bills.
SPRING wheat In Russia will yield a