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Deals atLengthW with
the Currency.
Plans Suggested to Rem
edy Existing Evils.
No Recognition for the Cuban
Insurgents at Present.
Time Should be Given the New Cab
met to Garry Out Reforms.
Strongly FaVors The Immediate Ratification
of the Hawaiian Treaty-Our Mer-
chant Marine Should be In
proved and Enlarged.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-FolloWing
Is the message to-day delivered to the
Senate and House by President MIC
Kinley:
To the Senate and House OF REPRE-
sentatives: 1t gives me pleasure 10 eA-
tend greeting to the Fffty-hfth ooh-
eress. assembled in regular seSSloh a.
the seat of Government, with nialiy
of whose Senators and Representatives
/ have been associated in the leSisld
tive service Their meeting occurs uh-
der felicitous conditions, jusufylnS SIN
cer,e concentrations, and calllhS loi
our grateful acknowledgment 10 pe-
neficent Providence which has so sig
nalIy blessed and prcspered US as
nation. Peace and good viii with all
the nations of the earth continue uh-
broken.
matter of genuine satisfaction is
the growing feeling OF fraternal regard
and unification of all sections of our
country. the incompleteness of which
has too long delayed realization of the
highest blessings of the Union The
spirit of patriotism is universal, ana
is ever increasing in fervor.
The puDlc questions " iaiSil AAo" iA41N7~
engross US are lifted far above either
partisanehip, prejudice or former sec
tional differences. They affect every
part of our common country alike, ana
permit of no division on ancient lines.
Questions of foreign policy, of revenue
the soundness of the currency, the IN
volatility of national obligations, the
improvement of the public service, ap-
peal TO the individual conscience oil
every earnest citizen, to whatever
party he belongs. or in whatever sec
tion of the country he may reside.
The extra session of this Congress,
which closed during July last, enacted
important legislation, and while its fuli
effects have not yet been realized, what
ii has already accomplished assures Us
of its timeliness and wisdom. To test
its permanent value further time will
be required, and the people, satisfied
with its operation and results thus far,
are in no mind to withhold from it a
fair trial.
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CURRENCY QUESTION.
The President Deals at Length
With the Financial Problem.

Tariff legislation having been set
tied by the extra session of Congress,
the question next pressing for consld-
Grafton is that Of the currency. The
work of putting our finances upon a
sound basis, difficult as it may seem.
will appear easier when we recall the
financial operation Of the Government
since 1SG6.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
on the Both day of June of that year
we had outstanding demand liabilities
IN the sum of S12S. SIS. AT IL. On the
1st of January, 1879, these liabilities
had been reduced TO SAB, $50, 495 SS.
OF our interest bearing obligations, the
figures are even more striking. On
July 1. 1866 the principal of
the interest bearing debt of the
Government was 81 3s}}22 .33331 ,20S. On
the 1st day Of July, 1898, this sum had
been reduced to 1856. tf3T. 100, or an ag-
yregate reduction of 81. 124, Jos. The
interest bearing debt of the United
States on the 1st of December, 1897,
was Ss47. Sc, $40.
The Government money now out
standing. December list, consists of
S346. .6S1 .0l6 of United states notes,
S101. .793. 80 OF treasury notes issued
by authority of the law or 1899; S3S4.-
oG3 ,504 of silver certificates, and SOL
2s0.761 Of standard silver dollars.
CURRENCY REVISION.
With the great resources of the Gov
ernment, and with the time-honored
example OF the past before us, we ought
not hesitate to enter upon a currency
revision which viii make our demand
obligations less onerous TO the Govern
nient and relieve our financial laws
from ambiguity and doubt
The brief review Of what was ac-
complished from the close OF the war
until 1893 makes unreasonable and
groundless any distrist either Of our
financial ability or souudness. while the
situation from 1898 to 1897 must adj
monish Congress OF the immediate ne
cessity OF SO legsslating as TO make the
return of the conditions then prevail
ing impossible.
There are many plans proposed as a
remedy for the evil Before we can
find the true remedy we must appreci-
ate the real evil. 1t is not that our cur
rency OF every kind is not good for
every dollar of ii is good: good be-
cause the Governments pledge is out to
keep IL So and that pledge will not
be broken. However. the guaranty Of
our purpose TO keep the pledge Will be
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duced to one-half of one per cent per
annum. | also join him in recommend
ing that authority be given for the es-
tablishment OF national banks with
minimum capital of $4,000. This
will enable the smaller villages and ag
riculturai regions of the country to be
supplied with currency to meet their
needs.
I recommend that the issue Of ma
tional bank notes be restricted to the
denomination of ten dollars and up
ward.
If the suggestions I have herein made
shall have the approval of Congress,
then 1 would recommend that national
banks be required to redeem their notes
in gold.
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In the Klondike region in midwintsr
the sun rises from 9:3o to 10 a. m,
ard sets from : to o. m.
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England has 1000 union railroad en-
ployes.
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olution of coincidence with the family
of the deceased Senator.
The resolution was adopted. and as
further mark Of respect, the Senate ad-
journed until tomorrow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
YANKTON WILL HAVE
SATURDAY MATIMEES
Program Every Other Week will
Consist Of Trotting, Pacing
and Running Races,
ANOTHER METAL FOUND IN HILLS
Mine OF Uranium Discovered Near
Deadwood---Emergency Ration
Test Satisfactory.--Drowned
In Split Rock River.

Yankton, June IA new scheme has
been introduced here in the way OF rae
ing matinees, which are to take place at
me state fair grounds every Saturday
afternoon. 1t is TO be started by a num-
her Of local lovers of horse racing. h
urygram is 70 consist OF three races, one
p4c!ng, one trotting and one running
race ZACH Saturday. The purses are
I, be small, as only local horses will en-
ter. A small entrance fee Will be
charged and this will &c toward keep
ing the track in shape and other ex-
Lenses. Next Saturdays program will
b. a pacing race, half mile and repeat,
purse $25; trotting race, half mile and
repeat, SIS; running race. half mile and
repeat, 1926. 1T is predicted by all that
il win be a success from the start and
will be very interesting, as Yankton and
vicinity possess some very good horses.
Another industry is 10 be started here
In the shape Of a new bottilng works
The promoters are Charles n Adelbert
Johnson, owners Of a large dairy farm
north OF the city, and Mike ONeil. TheS
VIII manufacture soft drinks or all
kinds. The machinery has been pur-
chased and Is here, and they have sunk
a drive well and are now arranging a
building at the johnson ranch In which
to place the apparatus. These gentle
men have received every possible en-
couragrment and expect to do an i'm
mense business, as they will push the
enterprise TO its utmos and Will make a
high grade of goods.
The state board OF charities and cor
rections Is In session at the state insane
hospital here, a meeting being held yes
terday. This afternoon the bids Tor
heating and lighting the hospital for the
ensuing year VIII be opened.
There Is every probability that Com
pany G, First regiment, $. ID. N. e., Oh
this city will disband and reorganize.
1t is thought that reorganization VIII
give a new and larger membership and
that more enthusiasm will be shown.
Joseph Papik, a prosperous farmer
living west OF here, is to have a new
residence upon his place. The founda-
ton Is already laid. Mr.. Goetz OF TINS
city has the contract for building, which
will be begun at once.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
BANK THEFT MYSTERY IS SOLVED
George IL. jackson Was Teller Zsch-
aus Confederate in the
Robbery.

st. Paul, Mimi, June THE mystic
ry of the theft of $13. 600 from the Ma
tional German-American bank was
solved Thursday by the confession or
George II. Jackson, travelling agent for
A silk company, who was the roommate
,f Charles II. Zschau, one OF the receiV-
ng tellers Of the bank now under arrest
charged with the theft. Zschau gath
cred up the bundle OF money with a lot
If sacks which had been used for the
storing OF silver and carried the sacks
to a stationery room in the basement,
handing the money TO Jackson as he
passed the outer door Of the bank.
Jackson and Zschau had put a check
into the clearing house Saturday for
80, 900 payable at the First National
bank Monday. Shortly before noon on
Monday Jackson appeared at h First
National and paid the check in loose
bills, over 500 Of them being new silver
certificates. 1t was learned that jack
son was Zschau's roommate. From
that point the tracing of the money was
easy. The remainder OF the money,
81, 500, was found in the barn of Zschau's
father on Martin street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
r%oIiforufa Gold Production.

The marked increase OF mining inter
est I'm California which has been noted
during the past year had the practical
result OF adding $1,S4T, 2i5.01 to the
output OF gold. In 1895, according to
the figures Of Charles G.. Yale, the sta
tistician OF the Mint, the auriferous
Weld of this State was $15,334 ,317 CD.
1t has now been increased to SIT, 604,-
O26.3O. In 1894 the output was $12,54O,-
COG; in 1893, $11, 172, 036; in 1891, $l0,-
445. 1883; in 1880, S9,S96,S51. In seven
years. therefore, production has nearly
doubled, bringing the sum total very
close to the point reached in 1870, when
the Mint returns Of California gold
were $1S,6S2,972.
This revival OF prosperity Is in large
degree due to the discovery OF new and
economical methods Of ore reduction,
In 1870 no rock which assayed less thar
SO per ton was believed to be wortl
taking to the mill. Now So rock a
points where power is cheap yields :
| profit. Could some ever moderate dis
coveries of rich ore be made-a thin:
that Is always possible-the use of thu
| electric and cyanide processes would
| once more raise gold reduction here t.
| the bonanza figures.-San Francisco
| Chronicle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
They Have Nerve.

Free-traders may not be so numerous
In the United States rs in England, but
they excel their British brethren in
depth of conviction. Our free-traders
do not permit their serenity TO be ruff
lied by a doubt that protection is n
vicious policy, robbery of the masses
for the enrichment Of the classes, and
that il must inevitably be inimical to
national prosperity. Show them how
grandly the country progressed under
the policy of protection from the close
Of the war until the triumph of tariff
reform" in 1892, and they will tell you
that IL was not through the beneficent
influence, but in spite Of the baneful
effects of protection that the nation
made. such strides in the development
Of the national resources, in the build
ing up of great industries, in the con-
struction of railways, in the settlement
OF the West, in the payment of the war
debt, and in all the incidents and ele-
ments of national greatness.-Wash-
ingtOn Post.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
A BIG TALK FOR SHEEP RAISERS
Mantel Quotes Mckinley and Says
That Protection for the Wool
Raisers Is the Key Stone
IN the Arch.


Washington, June 5.-The senate met
today with a view to expedite the tariff
bill. Two speeches have been an
nounced for the day, one by Mantle on
the wool schedule and another by But
Ter on his joint resolution to amend the
constitution so as to give ongres pow
er to impose al income AK. Mantle
was recognized at the opening and spoke
at length. He said there had been no
opportunity to present the wool grow
ers' sid in the other branch of congress
owing to the brief time allowed for de-
bate. the wool schedule was never
reached in that body He presented full
ly and supported with numerous tables
and statistics the wool growers side of
the controversy and showed the enor-
NOUS losses sustained by the wool
W in the depreciation of the value
of sheep and wool during the past six
years. He concluded with a quotation,
from a speech by Mckinley before the
Ohio wool growers in 1893, who declared
tina no protective tariff can ever again
be endured in this nation which does
not fully guard the interests of the
great mass of producers of what is
known as raw materials, and among
llltsc IlG atStalNN tS
was most important.
1T is the keystone to the great arch
Of protection, and unless well guarded
and preserved the whole structure must
fall to the ground"
Butler in the course of his speech this
afternoon on the income tax referred to
the indecent haste" with which the
pooling bill was being urged immedi-
ately after a recent decision of the SUI
preme court against the antitrust law.
Cullom, chairman of the interstate COM
merce committee, resented the state
ment, asserting hat the pooling bill
was not being pressed with indecent
haste n that such a statement was a
Misrepresentation of the facts. Chill
ton, another member Of the committee,
in turn differed in toto with Chairman
Cullom and said the bill had not been
seriously urged until after the recent
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
On eyenu Tariffs.

"A revenue tariff will do nothing but
raise revenue" said President McKin-
ley In 1891. Since that time we hare
made acquaintance with n revenue
tariff which will not raise even rev
enue-which has not raised anything
but the amount of the national debt.
The large importations from which rev.
nue. was to come, according to the
promises Of the f~ree-traders, have not
been possible when the people have
been in idleness, and therefore without
money TO buy them. We have learned
from the Wilson-Gorman bill what the
Mckinley bill should have taught us,
that even our imports will be greater in
amount under a protective tariff, be-
cause the people will be at work and so
will have money with which to buy
imported as well as domestic products.
The foundation of all prosperity, as Of
all wealth, is labor; and Il protective
tariff secures TO the American people
an opportunity and a demand for labor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
THE MOB HUNG HIM AFTER ALL
Resistance by the Militia Being
Withdrawn, Click MitChelI's
Existence Is Short.

Urbana, o., June 5.-"Click" Mitchell,
The negro convicted of crimina assault
IN Mrs. 7. VI. G.. Gaumer, was hanged
to a tree IN the court house yard at 1920
his morning. The mob was composed
OF citizens who made no attempt at con-
aealment Of the act.
The sensational and unfortunate
events of last night which eliminated
in the militia firing Upon the crowd sur
rounding the Jail, killing two and
wounding six other men, intensified the
feeling against Mitchell until the deter
mination was made general that he
should never leave town alive.
After firing on the crowd Governor
Bushnell ordered Company Il of the
Third infantry from Springfield. They
arrived at TAO and marched To the JAIN,
where they found 1000 people %surrolnl-
ing the structure.
The mayor assured the commander
that their services were not wanted, IS
the people We're law abiding, and asked
them to withdraw to the train, and in
rase their services We're needed he would
rend for them. Without waiting for
further orders, they marched down The
street to the Cepot. The local militia
had previously refused to serve LONGER
49,
ind went to the second story of th>
III erin's residence and tried to sleep.
With no resistance offered the mob
rushed to the side door and soon gained
entrance to the Jail and broke the door
to Mitchell's cell. He offered 10 resist
ance as the rope was placed over his
head. Going down the steps outside the
Jail Mitchell fell. and the rope was
stripped off his neck. The crowd sur
rounded him n jumped on him like
a thousand hungry dogs after one bone.
The wretch was almost kicked to death
before the rope was again secured about
his neck. He vas dragged to the front
Of the court house n the rope thrown
over a limb and the brute pulled up. The
end was tied to the fence, and Mitchell
was left hanging in full Vow of several
thousand people. The body was left
there over an hour before placed in an
gLdertaker's box.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
CONSPIRACY TO WRECK A RAILWAY
Ferdinand Schumacher's Charges
Against the Officials of the
Tennessee Line.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 5.-In the
United States circuit court here a bill
was filed wherein Ferdinand Schumach-
er of Chicago is complainant and the
Hartman and Northeastern Railroad
and others are defendants.
The bill charges Manager Chandler and
other officials with an attempt to wreck
the road, and makes some startling
charges as to mismanagement. The bill
has q direct bearing on the noted East
Tennessee land case, in which several
hundred thousand acres Of land are In
volved. The railroad is only twenty
five miles in length, extending from
Hartman, Tenn, to Petros, Tenn. The
case was set for hearing June IL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
QUICKLY TIRES OF HIS BARGAIN
Illinois Shoemaker Sued by His
Wife and by a Marriage
Broker for Fees.

St. Louis, Mo, June 1.-Two months
ago Anton Pfohl, a shoemaker at
Smithton, ILL.,, employed William Beck
er, a marriage broker, to get him a wife.
Becker fulfilled the commission n
within a week Pfohl and Mrs. Hanora
Michael, a strapping widow, were mar
ried. Today Pfohl was defendant in
two suits, one by Becker for a brokerage
fee OF s25 and the other for divorce by
his wife, whose ample arms with black
and blue marks appeared as exhibit "a"
at the divorce trial A compromise was
arranged. Mrs. Pfohl paid Becker's bill
and the shoemaker agreed not to COM
bat the divorce proceedings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
JEALOUS womAN'S CRUEL REVENGE
Throws Acid in Her overs wires
Face, Permanently SCARF
ing Her,

Cleveland, o., June 7.-Nelie McNaliy
went to tie home of III. X. Johns yes
terday and threw carbolic acid In MS
wife's face. Mrs. Johnson Is perma-
nently Scared, and the sight or her
right eye was barely saved. jealousy
of Johnson was the cause of the trouble
The McNally woman says
who was keeping her company, kept her
in ignorance of his marriage and prom
Used TO wed her later on. She accident
ally heard h was married n wrote
him. His wife got hold of the letter n
wrote her what she considered an inso-
lent epistle. She went to 5
house, taxed his wife with opening her
letters to Johnson and ended by throw
ingt the carboljc acid.
Johnson lives at ST. Clair and John
streets. in Chenille, an eastern suburb
of Cleveland. The McNally woman Is
under arrest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
Policy aud Platform.

The following paragraphs from the
Republican platform Of 1896 are per-
fectly clear and Indicate what may be
expected Of Congress in proposed tariff
legislation:
I'VE renew and emphasize u allie
glance to the policy OF protection as
the bulwark OF American Industrial In
dependence and the foundation of
American development and prosperity.
I'VE favor restoring the American
policy Of discriminating duties for the
upbuilding of our merchant marine and
the protection OF our shipping In the
foreign carrying trade, SO that Ameri-
can ships-the product Of American Ia
Dor, employed in American shlpyards,
sailing under the Stars and Stripes, and
manned, differed and owned by Amer
icans-may regain the carrying of our
foreign commerce"
We recognize the great difficulty In
preparing a tariff bill which may be
applicable to all sections Of the coun-
try and to all industrial interests, but
we believe that the duty Of Congress Is.
First. TO pass such an act as will
restore prosperity,
second. Such IN act as will produce
sufficient revenue for the needs Of the
Government, economically admins.
tered.
The members Of the Senate Finance
Committee and OF the Ways and
Means Committee of the present Con
gress deserve. and will receive, the
thanks OF the nation for their pains
taking efforts and arduous labors in
the preparation of the tariff bill. We
have no desire to criticise any section
Of either the House hill or the Senate
bill, but we feel that, in the consideIa-
ton of schedules and the annoying de-
tails of the same, the principles under
lying a protective tariff and the in
structions OF the platform Endorsed by
the people Of the United States have
not been followed In their entirety.
We believe It to be the duty of Con-
gress to pass n law upon the following
lines:
"First. That import duties shall be
placed upon all competitive articles
| equal to the difference I'm the cost OF
production between this and Compel
ing countries, thus protecting Ameri-
can labor and adequately securing
American Industrial products against
| the competition Of foreign labor.
Second. That discriminating duties
In favor of goods brought here In Amer
lean bottoms-the principles of which
are enunciated In the Elkins bill-shall
be made a portion Of the proposed tar
iff bill.
Third. If q bill framed upon the
lines indicated above will not produce
the revenue needed, n low revenue tar
IN should be placed upon MI goods now
upon the free list or what Is generally
known as the non-competitive INST"
A protective tariff bill upon this basis
would provide adequate protection TO
all American industries and secure am
pie revenue, thus carrying out the
pledge of the Republican party to re-
new prosperity. This bill should be
drawn upon national lines, not local; 1t
should be drawn on lines representing
all industries, not individual industries;
and Il should be drawn upon lines
which will carry out the pledge OF the
party Of protection.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12

merchandise usually taken from this
country. Information comes from Lv-
erpool that the docks OF the city have
during the past three weeks presented
a scene Of unprecedented activity, In
consequence OF the enormous exports
In anticipation Of the tariff. The White
Star cargo steamer Cevic, which sailed
a week ago, carried the largest out
ward cargo ever shipped on a single
vessel. The rush has been especially
heavy In woolens, dyers' goods, cot
tons, laces and noveltles.-The Textile
Mercury, England.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
A FIuctuatinu Standard.

According to n special dispatch from
the City of Mexico to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, the continued fall In
the price of silver Is affecting different
classes in that republic IN different
ways. In the first place, it is causing
CONSERVATION among the commercial
classes that deal in merchandise i'm
ported from abroad, by causing alarm
ing fluctuations in exchange and play
Ing havoc with them in the pricing or
their goods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
WERE MURDERED BY THE INDIANS
Gold Prospectors Go ON the q
satch Reservation anu
Are lain.

Akron, n. Y, June 7.-Dr. S. j. Dor
land of this place, has received notice
from d. E. Mccain Of Los Angeles, Cal,
OF the death OF his two brothers, BenJa-
min H.. and Peter NJ. Dorland, formerly
of Oakville, Canada. In his letter NC
Cam writes that while the party OF
seven were prospecting for gold on MI.
Wahsatch they unknowingly crossed
the line into the Wahsatch Indian reser-
vation, and while panning gold they
were surprised by a band of about htty
Indians. Four of the party were sue
cessful in reaching their horses, but the
other three. being farther down the
stream, were unable to reach theirs ana
were captured, murdered and scalped.
DR.. Dorland has telegraphed the CHER
of police of Los Angeles to investigate
the matter thoroughly.