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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10

church" is entirely void of rites or
ceremonies. Services are held every
Sunday, when Schweinfurth speaks
from two to four hours, his sermons
being taken in shorthand by his sis
ter, who, by the way, is an exceed
ingly expert stenographer. They are
then sent to the other congregations
at Chicago, Byron and Plum River.
ILL.,; Kansas City, Mo-; Minneapolis
and st. Charles, Mimi; Buena Vista,
CAL; Detroit and Alpena, Mich; and
Richmond, Ky. The services usually
begin with some good singing by the
angels and the opening exercises
are similar to those in the Methodist
Church, where he received his religi-
Gus training. 1t is only when he begins
his discourse that the peculiarities Of
his doctrine become apparent. Al
most invariably his sermons are di-
rectcd to the evidences of divinity
manifested in his life and work. His
chief argument is that God, having
finally decided that the means of re-
demption are inadequate to the needs
of mankind, has determined to make
another effort to rescue a perishing
world. To accomplish this end, he
claims, God has raised him up from
among the people, clothed him with
divinity and power from on high. and
delegated him to this work Of regen-
Grafton. Thus he boldly declares
himself the second person Of the trim
ity, claiming all the divine attributes
that Christ possessed when on earth
and the delegated power and author
ity of God himself.
The Schweinfurth mansion is al
ways filled with a company Of
angels" who come and go from all
sections of the country. Perhaps
the oldest and most faithful female
of the belief on the farm is Mrs.
Tuttle. She has two or three bright,
curly-haired little cherubs who romp
and play about the big house, and
who came in a mysterious way.
Mary Weldon, whose father and
brothers have been hoodwinked out
Of their many valuable acres and
live under the same roof with
Schweinfurth, also has a pretty 3
year-old child. Miss Schweinfurth,
a sister Of the "Christ," has made
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
bad enough, they reassembled in force
only to enter upon . carnival of extrav.
..str.peuuxn xlade Or.phtc.

A short time ago Theodore Roosevelt,
of New York, greatly amused his audi
ence at . meeting of the Republican
Club Of Massachusetts, by exhibiting
the volumes of the Record of the Fifty.
first Congress in r%efutation of the DEM
ocratlc claim that Speaker Reeds ruiz
ings s'strangled debate" AZ Q matter
of fact, said he:
"This Congressional Record shows
that there was more debate in this
strangled Efty-flrst Congress than in
and 10 per cent. more debate than in
Carlisle. Hall of that debate was i'm
dulRedl n by Democrats. These vol
umes contain more matter than the En-
cyclopmdia Americana. They contain
many times as much matter as Bancroft.s
voluminous history of the United States.
They contain many times as much mat
ter as all the reputable books and PAM
phlets published on economic subjects
in the United States during the entire
time that the Fifty-first Congress was
sitting. They contain more matter than
is to be found in all the printed speech-
es and public writings of Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Webster
and Calhoun. They contain more
all tire works of all the real masters of
American literature put together, ora
tors. historians, political economists,
poets, novelists, ~essayists and scientists
combined. The man who can look at
these volumes of the Congressional
Record and solemnly continue to assert
that in the Fifty-first Congress debate
was %strangled, must possess reasoning
fa :ulties which, however interesting
from the scientific. are purely valueless
from the practical, standpoint"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
How Protectou Eoono,mix,.

Some three weeks ago Alfred Dodge,
the noted manufacturer and philan-
thropist, made q speech in New York
in which he gave the following explana-
ton of how he can prosper under pro-
lection, Notwithstanding he has in
creased wages 20 per cent. and reduced
working time half an hour a day, and
Notwithstanding his foreign competitors
have reduced wages and cut their prices
5 per cent:
lie had been mading felt for glass pol
ishers and selling It for s1.30 per pound.
sumption Of polished glass in this country,
that he felt justified in eXpending some
$5O.OO0 in improved machinery for manu-.
featuring sheet felt. and he is now selling
the same quality at 20 cents per pound,
sold It for si.so. -''- ''"A ""sn n0
But these plain business facts are be-
yond the comprehension of the free
because protectionists claim in one
breath that protection benefits the pro-
ducer, and in the next that it benefits
the consumer. GLOW IAN it help the
producer" they triumphantly inquire,
'"unless it raises prices. and how can it
benefit the consumer if itdoes, and how
can it both raise wages and reduce
prices, and if a partial reduction of
prices is q good thing, why not have free
trade and bring them down to the mar
kets of the world?"
A man who gets tangled in such logic
as this can easily get clear by studying
such facts as Mr.. Dodge presented, and
by remembering also that any general
cut in prices at the cost of labor is not an
economic advantage or a national bless.
inv
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10

her home at the "heaven" for four
years. She is quite a stylish-looking
woman, tall and Of the brunette
type Of beauty.
The visitors to Schweinfurth's
heaven (and they are many invari-
ably ask why the Weldons allow such
a valuable piece Of property to be
controlled by such a worthless drone
as the bogus Christ, and why they
consent to toll for his support. There
is no doubt that the senior Weldon is
a devout believer is Schweinfurth's
fantastic theories and accepts all he
utters as gospel truth. Weldon is
nearing threcscore years and ten and
has always been what his neighbors
call a religious crank" His sons
regardSchweinfurth with considerable
awe and have been brought up to re-
gard him as their lord and master.
Branch HEAVIER In Chicago.
The Chicago branch of Schwein-
furth's heaven is a two-story frame
house at 1909 Wolfram street, in
Lake View. Mundane mortals who
lack wings with which to make the
journey take the Sheffield avenue
horse car, and then walk q block west
on Wolfram street to reach the
earthly paradise. The place isn't so
big as the Weldon farm, but it is
just as we'll kept. Critical mechan-
les say ii is the best built house
on the street. 1t is owned, the neigh-
bors say, by Francis 2. Ward. He
and WILDER L. Baldwin are the resi-
dent apostles representing Schwein-
furth. Ward is a carpenter and has
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place are all grayeled, and the gen.
eral appearance of the big farm is
that Of an unusually prosperous, we'll
kept country establishment.
Whatever may be said In condem-
nation of Schweinfurth's peculiar
morals, nobody can truthfully say
that he lacks shrewdncss or ability.
1t may be only ability to hoodwink
weaker mortals, but there is no gain
saying the fact that he uses it in a
TRULY cunning manne He is averse
to talking about his doctrine to out
siders-the heretics. 1t doesn't pay,
and Schweinfurth never engages in
anything that doesn't yield a fair
profit to George Jacob.
Sc%hweinfurth was born in Marion
County. Ohio, in 1853. His early
years were passed in company of mere
mortals, and he acted as one until he
evolved his grand wool-pulling scheme
that has blinded the eyes Of his de-
luded followers. Now he acts worse
than ordinary mortals. In his youth
he gave indication that his life would
be consecratcd to God, and his
avowed aim was to take the life Of
Christ as a model of his own career.
He gradually became conscious, he
says, that neither the ortho-
dox churches o their ministers
could satisfy his aspirations. While
stationed at Alpena, Mich, Schwein-
furth became acquainted with a
woman named Dora Beekman, who
was conducting a mission there. Her
permanent home was Byron, ILL.,,
where she ministered to a congrega-
tion who aimed at a life of actual
holiness, a religion that was not ac-
ceptable to the popular churches Of
ethat town. Schweinfurth attended
the mission services, and his belief in
the practicability Of man becoming
the image and counterpart Of God
was strengthened and developed.
Mrs. Beekman was the first preacher
he had heard that satisfied him,
and ultimately his preaching, FASH
toned after hers, became I'M
acceptable to his orthodox hearers.
Then he went to Byron and
became associated with Mrs.
Beekman in her pastorate. This
connection continued until her death
in 1882. For the last ten years his
place Of abode has been the Weldon
farm, which is only nine miles north
of Byron. Schweinfurth claims that
Mrs. Beekman was made to know by
an inner illumination that she was
the woman clothed n white described
in the Revelations, the spiritual
mother of Christ in his second COM
ing, and when she found that he was
partaking Of her spirit and showing
the characteristics of the Christ, she
was further assured that he was In
deed the messiah" She announced
the fact to her people, and at her
death in 1882 he succeeded to her
pastorate and has since continued to
all the throne.
When an individual recognizes
Schweinfurth as the Christ, and fol-
lows him accordingly, he or she be-
comes a member Of the @Church Tri-
umphant." as they call 1t. The
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10

tanned between the sexes even by
those who were married before they
entered Zion. Tho easy time en-
joyed by Schweinfurth is shared by
none other Of the flock. The sdis-
ciples," as the males are called, work
in the field like hired men, onlya pay
day never comes. The angels" (the
women) bake and sew and look after
the household duties. A dormitory
for the women is located in the rear
portion Of the building, while the
third floor, OF attic, is divided into
apartments for the men. In the rear
Of the house are several large barns.
They are inclosed in the front by a
hedge which always shows the trim
mer's care. The roadways about the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10

Portable porches, and is surrounded
by verdant, sloping lawns with just
enough shrubbery to show them to
the best advantage. An inspection of
the interior was made, Including
Schweinfurth's library and chambers,
the chapel and school-room. The en-
tire house and appointments are sug-
gestive OF taste, refinement and re-
pose.
The men, women and children live
together in one house as q large fam
lily, Of which Schweinfurth is the
head. The disciples claim that the
relation Of brother and sister is main
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
eminent an authority a. the Philadel-
,hia PrAea vill doubtless attract care.

20 eminent an authority asthe Philsdel-
phie Press will doubtless attract care
full attention: The perturbed condition
of political factions in both parties in
New York makes that state Q rather
more than ordinarily interesting feature
of the political situation. 1t ie . matter
of far more interest to the Democrats
than to Republicans, however, since the
Democratic cause is hopeless without
New York, whilo 9 Republican Presi-
dent may be elected in spite of Demo-
cratic success there.
1t is not nninteresting to study the
figures . little; We think il may be
states, in Q presidential year and on ma
tional Issues. will vote as indicated in
the table.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
Our Relations with China.

The Senate voted 43 to IA to substitute
for the Chinese exclusion bill passed by
the House, q provision extending for
ten years the provisions of the present
law. The Chinese minister had stated
that the passage of the House bill would
resultin China's closing her ports against
the United States.
Looking at the matter from q com.
mercial standpoint only, it would seem
ct first that China would suffer more by
non-intercourse than we should.
Our imports from China in 1891 were
SIS. 800, 1000. and our exports to China
were s.. ZOOS. But as only 81, 500, 600
Of the exports were of our own pro-
China's favor vas $l4,5oO,OOO. and tho
were $24,120,OO0.
But China's total trade with the
world was, in 1SSS-the latest full re-
turn at hand-$255, $40, $40. Her trade
with the United States, therefore, was
less than one-tenth of her total trade,
snd she would lose very little in eacri-
6cing it, as We should buy her products
from other countries.
The great bulk of China's foreign
trade is with Great Britain and the
British colonies. With them it has
steadily increased, and with US it has
6uctuated. But they have cultivated
the trade, while We have given it very
little attention.
Recently, however, cottons have
found there q growing. market. They
are preferred to the British cottons be-
cause they are less "loaded" and more
durable.
There is no doubt whatever that with
the advance of railroad building. which
has just been begun in China. the
market for foreign goods will increase
for some years, OF until China produces
her own, a. she assuredly will some
day.
} With this prospect, and with our In
creased commerce or the Pacific, We
cannot sfEord to be rude to China.
Home protection does not require It:
Internal development will tend lat
once to keep her people ct home and Ia
call for more of our goods. Il will pro
tect ~ better than . more rigid exclu-
sion bill could. and IL We cultivate
friendly relations we can largely In
crease our trade.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
A bamboo Matnsprine.

A gentleman travelling in Japan broke
the handspring of his watch, which he
took to . native village jeweler. The
watch was returned apparently in IS
good going order IS ever, and kept
good time until the rainy season set in,
when it stopped. Being in the city Of
Toxic ct that time, the traveller took tho
watch to an EnRlish workman, who wss
astonishedto find that the cunning Jap
had putin spring made out ofbamboo,
which, % long aeN kept dry, remained
elastic, but during vet weather had
gathered dampnesS and lost its power.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10

rious engagements, additions, and
Improvements the old Weldon
form house has BEEN transformed into
. handsome, well-appointed establish
ment, . good likeness Of which is
herewith presented. The members Of
the church triumphant" dignity the
place BY calling 1t Mount Zion. Tho
residence in the summer is complete
" shaded by the spreading oak and
dim trees which surround It. Each
year the building is painted and fire.
Quently changed at the order of the
fastidious Schweinfurth. The house
u capacious, we'll provided with COM
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
d u No Joke,

The joke about pigeons milk hae Q
foundation in fact. After the incubA-
baton Of the young has been complet-
ed the cropssof the parent birds become
thicker and secrete q sort Of cufd with
which the young are fed. This descrip-
ton Of nourishment is necessary for
them, fort IL the young pigeons are de-
prived Of Il during the first week or two
alter Matching they are sure to die.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10

EXtI8 EkV8k HUI uAEOOxS 6hVVUVVU
Total ........ SSl2. S0k6S0
Up to date the Democratic Econ
nearly n%y I sSo.oco.eoo nns . .~p thsn the
sBillfon-dollar" Congress appro-
prlated at its first session. And that
is not all. There is still to be added
SIS, 900 to the pension and sundry
civil appropriations.
The country need not look to Repub-
lican papers Tor adverse criticism Of this
extravagant bill. The better class Of
Democratic journals have done the sub
ject Justice. Two samples will serve q
: fair illustration of honest Democratic
'' The New York Sui. That there
should be Democrats in this majority
who are doing their level best to equal
and surpass the billion record Of the
Billion Congress 10 almost beyond be.
lief. They are fools and traitors."
The World: Are the Democrats ofthe
House Of Representatives madf Or
have they submitted themselves to the
control Of politicalimbeciles? Upon no
theory Of sanity and sense can their 10.
cent course be explained. For Days in
succession. with majority Of $50, they
permitted their quorum to be broken
by . horse race. AZ though the faith.
! nessness OF inAttention TO duty weyo mot
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TIN LAKE VIEW sHEAvzs. "

the reputation Of being a hard work.
ing man. But on Sundays he has
great goings on there" said one Of the
nearby residents. Baldwin is q sign
painter and has a shop ct 3O3 Dear.
born street. Both men live at the
house in Wolfram street, but since
the damage suits were brought which
threaten to expose the evil workings
of their principals shallow scheme
they have not been noticed about the
place so frequently. The neighbors
have become accustomed to the nov
city of living in such holy atmosphere
and have ceased to pay any attention
to the proceedings in Nc. 1909.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
RANKEsT OF FRAUDS.
THE BOGUS CHRIST, GEORGE
JACOB ScHWElNFURTH.

Description OF III. Observation-Disclosures
Quarters on tlAe Weldon Farm-served
by His Dupes-suits that May BE Dis
astrous.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
Comment. and 1llu.tra.,op..

LOUISVILLE COurler.JOurnal Dem.l:
The Michigan Democrats are for
cleveland and victory" But where is
the Democrat outside of New York who
doesn't favor that combination? It is
getting the two to flock together that
makes the difficulty.
Indianapolis Sentinel (Dem.): The
people want a tariff reform campaign,
and they propose to have it. Cleveland
means tariff reform to the exclusion of
all other issues. His nomination means
q square fight on that issue. with no
lodging, no tri 4. ming, no evasion. Ev-
erybody understands that.
In 1891, during the three months end.
ing March 81, the exports of tin plates
from Great Britain to the United States
amounted to $500 tons, valued at
81, So 800.
In 1892, under our Republican pro-
lection. during the corresponding PEI
Rod, the exports of tin plates from
to 64,Gll tons, valued at sSS7,56l.
This decrease of 81. 29S tons, valued
at se734, 242, or $ $1,000, 156. IL, was caused
by our Republican protection, which is
rapidly building up Q great tin plate in
dustrv in the United States.
We had no tin plate industry when
the Mckinley bill became a law on Oc-
tober l, 1880: In the preceding twenty
years we had sent $3O7 ,0OO. 600
across the ocean to buy tin plate. The
tin plate mills already built or projected
under the new tariff have q capacity of
243, 900, 600 pounds q year, which, at the
present average import value, means
about 100000 annually, or in twenty
years $140, 900, 100
which will stay in this country and pay
American wages. develop American
mines, and turn the wheels of Ameri.
can mills.
The price of cotton ties before the
passage Of the Mckinley bill was $l.2O
per bundle, and the duty imposed by the
bill was lob per cent. In the year 1890
foreign manufacturers had q monopoly
on the manufacture of cotton ties. Now
about seven-eighths of the ties we use
arc made in this country, and they sell
for q lower price than those England
used to furnish. An attempt is to be
made to reduce the tariff ON this class
of manufactures and give the foreign
makers . better chance. Anyone can
see that this is anything but good poll.
CIV for home prosperity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10

Hew the National Fisla Lacks.
worth hut litsis. but Tie following from
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
A Rich sample of Democratic Economy

~ klC S8NnOt0 Ot atIC ECOnOmV.
The 81, 900, 900 river and harbor bill,
recently passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives, is the biggest bill of the kind
ever passed or ever reported in Con-
gress. 1t vas passed by a vote of lS6 to
65. This bill is a big bonanza for the
Southern states andthe Southern mem
bers, strong for the old flag and an APP
preparation, really forced the commit
tee into reporting this tremendous and
unprecedented measure. But this is
only a small part of the large total of
appropriations made by this economical
Democratic House, which adopted the
Holman economy resolution.
1t has been affirmed by Democrats
that the Republicans we're extravagant
beyond the power of ordinary speech
to describe. The "Billion-dollar'' Con-
gress was a promising campaign cry for
the Democrats. Yet it is a fact that the
first session of this Democratic House
has provided for larger appropriations
than the first session of the "Billion-
dollar" Congress. The Democratic
House has appropriated 30 far, in this
first session, more than half q billion
dollars. and the same rate for the Sec
ond session will make the total far in
excess of the total appropriated by the
"'Bil!ion-dollar"' Congress. The follow
ing statement shows the totals appro-
priated at the first session of the last
Republican Congress and the totals APP
propriated by the first session of the
present Democratic Congress:
~ THE "B1L11OS DOLLAR" CONGRESS-.
Regular annual appropriations .....S S6l. TOO
Permanent annual appropriations. .. 10l. CPS ass
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NAGSiu ..s..... ..s.s. ...'ssA
II the Democrats lose any one Of
Virginia they cannot win; if they lose
both the small states named they would
fail in the election.
On the other hand the vote of Indi-
n alone would give the Republicans q
majority of Z in the electoral college.
Harrison carried Indiana four years
ago. and nothing has been offered to
show that he cannot carry it again. In
fact, Indiana Democrats practically con-
cede that he will again receive the vote
of that state i! he be renominated.
Connecticut cannot be depended upon
by the Democrats, and West Virginia is
even less reliable, having given Cleve-
land only about 600 majority in 1883. 1t
will be a great surprise if it does not
go Republican this year. Virginia is
fairly entitled to go in the doubtful
column, since on national issues it gave
but 1,500 Democratic majority four years
ago.
1t will thus be seen that the Republic
cans have several chances of electing
their presidential candidate without
New York. while the Democrats have
none. If the Democrats lost New FORK
and carried every other doubtful state,
with Massachusetts and ~Iowa-which
they are absurdly hoping for-thrown
in, they would only %succeedin producing
9 tie in the electoral college. The vote Of
Indiana alone added to the substantial
ly sure Republican states will assure
Republican success.
But with all its complications, much
more threatening IN the Democratic
side than on Republican, New York is
far more likely to give it's electoral vote
IN pnanSInrk 80 HInr 81 ~.,, 49,,
ocrat now in sight. We believe that
state will be contended for in November
by a united Republican party, but it is
not just to the chances of Republican
success, so promising without ii, thatits
importance should be magnified for the
single purpose of influencinga nomina-
ton by the national convention.
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DEMOCRATIC
REpuBL1cAN.
Total .....................olA

IOt8I .............,...,.-I4
Under the Michigan law providing for
the choice of electors by districts il is
very generally conceded that the Re-
publicans will get 10 of the electors
and the Democrats 4. 1t will require
223 electoral votes to elect, and the foot
ings of these tables of practically sure
that the Republicans will have to get at
least 9 electoral votes or the Democrats
will have to get Is out of the following
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46s.s9s.tll.

BY THE ECONOMY" CONGRESS.
annual appropriation ....... 1854. 940. 800
Permanent annual appropriations. see. III, s6S. $50
Extra river and harbOss. &.C0o.000
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BY THE "B1LLLoH poLIAR' coSGaEsa
Regular annual appropriations ..... ...ss S6l, 770.05S
annual appropriations. Sc. l0l.62s.45s