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The advocate., 1896-01-15
Mr.. Spreekels Beaten Again.

The old sugar millionaire, Claus
Spreckels, who has been wagng war
for nearly year with his two younger
and rebellious sons, August and Rudolph,
expected to score heavily against them
on the day after New Years, says a San
Francisco dispatch Of January A. In fact
he confidently expected to have the boys
so deep in hole that they would beg for
terms, and he could once more become
dictator in his own family. But these
calculations have been all upset, and for
three days the old man has been on q
still hunt to discover the capitalists who
helped his SONS to defy him.
Two years ago, when all was at peace
in the Spreckels family, Gus and Rudolph
bought of their father three quarters Of
the capital stock OF the Hawaiian Com
mercial Company. They paid a certain
amount, and 100000 was left as balance,
which was to be paid in two annual In
Btallments. The first payment was made
on January ., 1895. At that time the
sons were in harmony with their father.
Afterward war was declared and the sons
have scored every timein the fight.
The old man fas used every device to
cripple them financially. He found they
were short Of money, so he visited all the
local monied men who might be in
duced to give them aid in paying this
second installment, and received as
surances that no coin would be supplied
to the boys. Then he lay back awaiting
bis revenge. On January he sent
around for the big payment What was
The advocate., 1896-01-15

had inadvertently gotten some fresh
paint on his hands, and, in removing it,
he used plentiful supply of turpentine.
Shortly afterward he went out for walk,
and soon noticed that, despite the intense
cold, his hands were uncomfortably warm,
and actually perspiring. After time he
removed his gloves and allowed the frigid
winds to whistle at will between his
widespread fingers, and even then he
experienced not the slightest cold.
Later in the day he dropped in at his
club, and was relating what he imagined
to be an unusual experience. He was
informed, however, by a well-known
physician that it was the most natural
thing in the world.
"The application of turpentine," re-
marked the man of medicine, "alwsys
has that effect, and il anyone is ever
troubled with cold feet, by bathing those
members in a solution Of turpentine the
most gratifying results may be obtained"
The advocate., 1896-01-15

every kind ofdebt. Slowly, butsteadily,
the breathing space for industry contracts
and the producer is sacrificed to the
money lender. The great fortunes gain
in the process, while the small ones
diminish in bulk and amount. 1t is note
worthy that of the 100 millionaires dis
covered by the Tribune in or near New
York, very few indeed had made their
money by any kind of production. Some
monopoly of natural product, some
successful venture in stocks, or some feat
in trade and exchange, was the basis on
which most Of them rested. And we are
maintaining system which benefits only
the class who have made enormous gains,
without rendering any equivalent service
to society.-AmericGra, J0Duary4.
The advocate., 1896-01-15

Great Fortunes InCrease-Small Ones Don't.
The Christmas holidays were not 80
indicative Of general willingness to lay
out money, as last year. In Philadelphia
this was set down by the storeksepers to
the prevalence Of the strike; bnt We
understand that other cities have had the
same experience as our own. Presents,
indeed, were bought as freely as ever,
but the demand was for cheaper articles
than usual, which is always a proof that
the people are finding it harder to make
both ends meet. Nor could it we'll be
otherwise, while we maintain a monetary
system which cramps our powers to
produce and increases the burden of
The advocate., 1896-01-15

The New York Preacher Takes Gloomy
View of Things.
DIR. Parkhurst preached yesterday at
the Madison Square Presbyterian
church, and incidentally touched on
the prospects for the coming year.
"There is not" he said, "the usual
New Years exhilsrstion In the air.
We are respiring everywhere an atmoS-
phere of distrust. There Is among all
classes Of people sense Of instability.
Nobody knows what is coming There
is hardly an aspect Of life that Is not
marked by some trace Of doubt and
unsettlement. The times are hard;
there is a cloud over the prospects Of
the most prosperous classes, and feel
ing that the times will grow worse.
All of US are aggravated by the echoes
of war projected few weeks ago, and
whose reVerberations hsYe not died
away yet.
"To this is added the coming quad
rennial national election, and as q
wind-up and ConsummatiOn Of our
woes Congress and the State Legisls.
ture are in session, and however true
it Is at all times that we cannot tell
what a day may bring forth, 1t is true
with an acute emphasis when these
two bodies are sitting, and when the
entire gsmut of legislative possibility
is spread out before them, upon which
they can execute their incslculSble ex-
trsVsgsnzss Gd Hbjtum, with only craft
or caprice as their inspiration. In
view of all this 1t Is not so easy mat
ter to face the future with serenity and
confidence"
In conclusion DIR. Parkhurst said
that it was true that the popular cur
rent was setting In the direction Of all
that was superficial, sensual, corrupt,
and vicious, and If not stopped it
would end In putrefaCtion. 1t was
better, however, to meet the issue now
than let the scourge fall on the next
generation. "WhsteVer is before US
this year." said he, nationally or In
ternstiOnslly, the end Of the year will
find the world twelve months nearer
the ful6llment of It's destiny and the
complete coming of the kingdom Of
our Lord. ."-NelO York SWn, Jan. 8.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
Not q popular Loan. "

We think it safe to predict that the
whole country will be disappointed in the
form in which the new issue Of bonds has
been proclaimed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury. Ostensibly the loan Is to be
made a popular one. Banks and indi-
viduals are invited to send in sealed
proposals. To that extent the loan is
offered to the people. But there is moth
ing more than the appearance Of the
popular feature, and the practical effect
will be to give at least 95 per cent. OF the
whole bond issue to the European
syndicate, whose New York agents have
notoriously been collecting most Of the
available gold of the country for some
time past, by subscription to the loan or
otherwise, and who will supplement that
stock by draft upon London to make up
the required amount. 1t is probable that
a few country banks which have been
boarding gold with q view to purchasing
bonds upon which to base a larger issue
of their notes will subscribe to q few mil
lions of the projected loan, and it may be
that individuals here and there will patri-
otically comes forward to aid the treas
sury in an emergency, 1t is possible,
too-though not ikely-that the New
York World will make good its published
promise of few days ago, and come for
ward with that million, which the owner
has accumulated by his laudable and
honest toll. But all the gold derived
from these sources will amount to a very
insignificant proportion Of the loan that
has been announced.
The truth Of the matter is that there
can be no such thing as popular loan"
in this country under existing circum-
stances if gold only is to be accepted by
the etreasury. The whole thing looks like
an attempt to fool the people and to
placate the noisy and cheap demagogue.
Ninety-five per cent. of the yellow metal
in the United States is held by banks,
bankers and capitalists. Practically
none is in the hands of the people If
the government should offer to receive
gold, treasury notes and certificates,
silver and greenbscks, generally, as is
suggested in the bond bill now before
the Senate, the people could and would
take the loan and be glad of the oppor-
tunity. But to stipnlate for gold only
is to turn the whole matter over to the
New York syndicate and the European
money lenders, and that upon virtually
their own terms. A few millions may be
subscribed by banks and individuals at
something like the market rate, but the
syndicate will get nine-tenths of it at
the rate they may see fit to fix, and that
will be the end of it, Washington
Post.
The advocate., 1896-01-15

One copy Of "The Dead Line" Glenn
ems Kansas story, which was published
in the Advocate last year, goes free
with dollar subscription to the Advo-
cate. Paper and book may 90 to sepa-
rate addresses.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
Turpentlne for Cold E1tremlties.

The cold weather of yesterday morning
had most peculiar effect upon a young
man who lives up town; that is, he
thought it was the weather until informed
thatit was due to natural causes. He
The advocate., 1896-01-15

Advocate" List Of Premiums, Books and
Periodicals.
Vnl2le YenrllJ
The advocate., 1896-01-15

Whoever pays cash for one Of the
above articles gets the ADVOCATE one
year free.
We are offering tho following liberal
terms on books and periodicals:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
ITEMS or INTEREST COLLECTED
FROM ALL SOURCES.
Irrigation Canal Breaks and Causes
Much Damage to the Burling.
ton Z Missouri River Railroad
EdRemont's Narrow Escape.
Irrigation Canal Breaks.


The Edgemont irrigation canal EN-.
bankment broke south:0f that place a lew
days since and an immense amount OF
water was let LOOSE. The water poured
down hill into the old bed OF the creek
where the Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad Company had built its tracks.
The water rose until within ten feet OF
the top Of the fill, when the ground broke
through and the water quickly melted the
fill. Before the water could be controlled
it had washed q hole two rails long ana
thirty feet deep, and iii two other places
washed The track cut for some distance.
The embankment had recently been M
spected and found in good share, ana on
the strength Of this an extra amount OF
water had been turned i'll from the sur
plus reservoir. A small pipe had ceen
pushed through the emD0nkment some
months age and the immense pressure OF
water caused it 10 cut o The pipe
and in three minutes water from all tue
lakes and reservoirs was f0aming through
the break.
The damage to the canal will amount
to al most s., 600, while the burlington
roads loss is very great.
Edgemont escaped the food by almost a
miracle, as owing to the pressure Of the
water the embankment above town proved
to he weak ia one place, and but for the
breaking of the eMbankment at the pace
where it occurred the town would nave
been flooded aud an immense amount OF
damage done.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
In sareent's studio.

Sargent's studio il always a sociabla
place. Unlike many artists. the pres
ence Of visitors or companions does moi
disturb him when he Is painting. He
seems to work without obvious exer
ton even in his intensest activity.
when his models are resting, he fills
up the gap by strumming on the piano
or guitar" said one OF his friends; "his
manne while at work is that Of q man
OF consummate address, and does not
show physical or mental EFFORT He
knows thoroughly well what he is
about and what his capabilities are,
SO that while he searches the truth in
his pictorial rendering Of what is before
him, and often repaints q part OF his
picture entirely In the effort to make
It % perfect as possible, he works with
confidence. He has never been allied
with any revolutionary movements in
art, and, while novelty appeals to him
IN things seen, he shuns all passing
crazes or new notwithstanding.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Was Gould's WIFE,.

TUNKHANNoCK, Pa: The supreme
court OF New York, Commissioners John
T.. Kelly and NJ. +. Smith, heard the tes-
timony OF Rev. Nathaniel Leighton and
his daughter here in the Sa rsh Ann An
CELL case, in which she sues for her dover
rights in the Gould millions.
The plaintiff claims Rev. Mr.. Leighton
was the minister who performed the mar.
riage ceremony which made her and Jay
Gould man and wife, whe,. Jay Gould
was a young, struggling surveyor.
MIR. Leighton is now SIS years OF age and
his daughter is in feeble health and blind,
and this Is the cause OF the commissioners
com ing here 10 hear the case. Both sides
refused to he intervi wed and the utmost
precaution was taken to keep the proceed.
ings quiet. 1t is known, however, that
Rev. MIR. Leighton made an affidavit be-
fore a local justice here in which lie tes,i-
fed to the performing Of the ceremony in
which the groom is noted as Jason Gould.
lie also gave a description Of the parties,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
A RELIGIOUS RITE.

Originating Among the PhOeniciuus.
Tattooing Spread to Savage Tribes,
What is the origin OF %tattooing? Re
ligion, which has 70 much power over
people and which proved SO obstinate.
in preserving ancient customs, has Ger.
tainly contributed to maintain it among.
the more barbarous part of u popula.
ton. We see a quasi official proof Of
it at Loreto. Those who cultivate a.
devotion for a saint believe that by
engraving his image on their flesh they
will give him a proof, a clear testimony,
Of their love. We know that the Phoe.
nicians marked a sign of their divinity
On the foreheads (Ewald, Judaischen.
Altherthum, iii.). In the Marshall Isl
ands they have to ask the permission
Of the gods to tattoo themselves, and.
the priests alone in New Zealand per.
form the Office Of tattooing (Scherzerl
Lubbock adds to this that a woman:
who does not wear a tattoo mark can,
not enjoy eternal felicity. The womer.
Of Britain tattooed themselves in obe
dience to religion Pliny 33).
The second cause is the spirit o.
Imitation. A Lombard soldier answer
ed me l%aughingly II day when I raj
lied him on his having spent q small
sum to spoil his arm.
"See, monsieur, we are like sheep
and when n of us does anything we
all initiate him at once, even il we risb
doing ourselves harm"
Love of distinction also has it's infu
ence. A thief Of the most in%corrigiblt
sort who had six brothers tattooed like
himself, implored me, although he WA
half covered with the oldest tattol
marks, to find him a professional tat
tooer to complete what might be styled
the embroidery Of his skin. "When tn,
tattooing Is very curious and spread,
all over the body" he told me, ut is Il
other thieves like the black coat Of
society with decorations-the more ",
are tattooed the more we esteem on.
another; the more a person 10 tattooN
the more influence he has over his com
panions. On the contrary. one who \
not tattooed has no influence. He II
regarded simply al q good fellow ant
Is not esteemed by the company."-Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Great Crowd in Richmond.

RICHMOND, Va: Never before in its
history has Richmond seen such a crowd
as that assembled OH the End to witness
The laying OF the corner stone OF the mon-
ment TO jeff Davis by the United Confed-
crate Veterans. The latter here number
1000, besides thousands of others.
Thirty thousand came in that day. A
small army OF grizzled veterans in gray
slept on the green sward around the old
state hou,e with coats for pillows and the
grassy lawn for beds. The city is gaily
decorated. Here and there tattered con-
federate flags tiutter and attract crowds Of
men in gray. The formation of the par
AIDE began about ! p. IN. Before noon the
streets along the line OF march were
almost completely blocked.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
co wlTH TIE TIDES.
Farmers Drift Buck and Forth on
the Wave OF Circumstances.

s. TIC V0vO "a
Hundreds of families have lately mi.
grated to the Black Hills from the eastern
part of South Dakota, Nebraska and
other sections, as we'll as from foreign
countries, with a view to establishing
homes. Most of them had been farmers
who had worked hard through successive
years of dr0uth aud hot winds 10 raise
crops. The past year vas probably the
hardest for many of them that they ever
experienced. They failed 10 raise feed
emo ish for themselves and their stock,
much less for market, and with starvation
staring them in the face, packed up their
sc ,nty belongings an | left their farms,
hoping TO gain a ! vlihood in the Hills.
Most of them have done well.
Lately a large number Of these families
from Nebraska and other dry sections Of
the northwest, have left for their old
homes again, not because they are dissat-
isfed with the Hills, but because copious
rains have soaked their old localities this
spring and assured good crops. 1t Is re-
ported that the eastern part OF the state
will have the largest yield this season
known for many years, and Nebraska is
equally promising.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Inooashed IN Cleveland.

CLEvELAND,O.: The strike at the Brown
Hosting COmany's works has reached q
point where the authorities as well as the
strikers are in no mool for trifing. When
the n%on-union men left the works ut 8
o'clock the evening Of the 81 there was
rioting. Two hundred and fifty police
men emerged from the. gates guarding
Gfty.three workmen. A huge moving van
made its appearance filled with strikers
and with " "A small wagon laden with
empty beer bottles. The police suspected
that the bottles were intended rs missiles
and compelled the driver OF the wagon to
turn back. An effort was made 10 drive
the van through the guard Of police. The
officers dragged TO the ground tile driver.
Fred w. llearn, and the man on the seat
beside him, w. j. ONeil. These men re-
sisted and the police usel their clubs on
them. ONeils ankle was broken. The
strikers in the van jump out and the
police charged the crowd, using their
clubs on all the heads within reach.
Meanwhile a tragedy had taken place
at the Brown works. Albert G. Saunders.
a young student at the Case School Of
Applied Science, has been working for
the Brown Company during the vacation
for the practical knowledge 1t would give
him. lie did not leave with the non-un-
ion men under police guard, but mounted
his bicycle and sought 10 reach home
alone. A knot Of strikers saw him and
shouted TO him to stop. lie did not obey
and they began to throw stones and
bricks at him. A brick struck him on
the head and knocked him off his wheel.
Rising to his knees he drew his revolver
and fired. The ball missed his assailants
and sped across a vacant lot and buried
itself in the breast Of VIM. Rettger, n OF
the strikers who was walking through an
alley with several companions. Rettger
WAS sent to the hospital where he died in
| Il few minutes.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Brndstreet,s Review,

New York: Bradstreet's says: Gen.
ernl trade In both commercial and indus-
trial lines 10 duller, but the falling OF is
In part the usual midsummer dullness.
Comparatively few changes ara noted,
but most Of them are decreases in either
price or demand. Quotations for wheat,
Indian corn, cotton, oats, iron and steel
are lower. Sugar has reacted after the
decline last week; leather remains con
spicuously Arm, with shoe factories busiy
employed, and petroleum and anthracite
coal are higher.
Exports OF wheat from both coasts Of
the United States and from Montreal
flour included as wheat tone days ship
ments missing from four Atlantic ports
aggregated 2,6Ol 900 bushels against {, $751;
00) bushels last week.
Business failures In the United States
for six months number 1902, the largest
six m0nths' total since records have been
compiled.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Cattle Affected with the Black Lei
Killed Hy a Blast.

Andrew Hanson, the owner Of a num-
Der OF valuable claims on the siliceous ore
bed, while loading a number Of holes in
the face of a unnel in the New Era mine,
was instantly killed by a premature ex-
plosion OF powder. He was alone at the
time, his partner having left to prepare
dinuer. His continued absence caused
his partner to visit the mine, which he
found filled with smoke, and, upon fur
Their investigation, found the mutilated
trunk of Hanson almost torn to pieces and
minus its head. Carelessness in taMping
the holes is thought to have been the
cause OF the accident.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Postmaster Is in Hot Water.

WARRINGTON: The recent summary
removal of Postmaster Samuel A. Laning
at Bridgeton, N. j., for violating the fed
eral civil service laws will he followed
immediately by criminal prosecution.
The removal was the outcome OF a joint
investigation made by the PostOffice De-
partmcnt and the Civil Service Commits
sion. 1t was alleged that Postmaster
Laning gave secret information on q civil
service examination to q competitor for a
place in the postofice and that in response
TO his solicitations, several letter carriers
made contributions in the postoffice build.
ing for political purposes during the cam-
paign Of 189i-95.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Bid Defiance to the strikers.

BAY CITY, Mich: A strike took place
1t the extensive ship Lu.lding plant OF F.
w. Wheeler & Co., in West Bay City,
lately. Eight hundred men walked out 81
the yard because the company had re-
fused to discharge n man who had de-
clined to join the boilermakers' and ship
builders union, OF which the strikers are
members. The company says the me
will never have their request complied
with, and the strikers say they will never
return to work unless the man is removed
There are 500 other hand, who are not in
The strike who will be locked out aud the
industry closed. Wheeler & Co. are pro.
tected in their contracts against loss from
strike.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
Giving Up Their Allotments.

A number Of Indians who took allot.
ment lands on Bad River, and the south
SIDE OF Cheyenne River, before that coun-
try was opened up to the whites, are Civ
ing up their allotments and going north
OF Cheyenne River onto the reservation.
At the rate this movement has been going
on lately, within a very short time
all the Indians in that part OF the state
VIII he back on the reservation and
whites will be occupying the allotments
originally taken by the reds. AS those
were the choice locations those who are
securing them are better located than the
first who filed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09
GREAT DESTRUCTION IN HAIL.
Crops in Butte County Suffer lncal.
culahlN DAMAGE.

One OF the most destl uctive haiistorms
that has ever visited that country oc-
Cured in and around Belle Fourche ON
the Sd. Not a pane OF glass escaped I'M
broken on the north and west sides OF the
town, while crops in the path OF the
storm, which fortunately was narrow,
were beaten into the ground.
Stock Of all kinds suffered severely,
many head being killed by the bombard-
ment from the clouds, while people ex-
posed TO the severity Of the storm are re-
ported to have been seriously injured.
The hailstones were as large as hens
eggs, and the little protection 10 build
ings that was offered by shingles and
Notwithstanding was useless, the hail
cutting through them like SO much card
board.
The damage in the town OF Belle
Fourche alone will aggregate over $4,000,
while that OF the country surrounding is
at present iuestimable.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09

SADonUs. H.; Emry Mills, aged q
and unmarried, was found on the railroad
track . short distance west Of the depot
90 this place. There was 4 terrible cash
lin his right temple and he wal uncon-
Scious. Il % the sptasn q the police that
!!he WAS murdered md laid on the railroad
sfor the parpess Of leaving the impression
sthat be MAS killed by n eaFine He was
= brother Of tho village pEesident and
'acted - special policeman at the Fourth
lof July celebration. Some 81 the men
with When 10 had treabie IN his ofnciai
NapA1ity saA tasey wsuld kIal him, and it
- altogseAsr DrebaeIs tlaE they carried
06k their threat.