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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
BISHOP CHARGED WITH HERESy
Ideas Advanced by the Head of the
Episcopal Church in Louis
iaua

New Orleans, May 10.-Rt. Rev. Da-
Wis Sessums OF this city, bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal church Of Louis
lana, a been accused by about fifty
of the leading ministers Of this city Of
heresy.
He preached a sermon recently that
has called forth a de~nunciation Of the
ideas he advanced in It. DR.. H.. II. Wa
ters published a card criticising the
bishops belief as not consistent with
his position. Several other ministers
came out announcing their loyalty to
the bishop, but disappearing of his be-
lief. "a
The latest sensation OF the denuncia-
ton Of the bishop by fifty leading prot
estant preachers, headed by DR.. B. NJ.
Palmer, the most prominent divine of
the south. Some Of the charges they
make against Bishop Sessums' sermon
are:
Its u~ndisguised pantheism.
Explicit denial that Christ has re-
deemed us by his blood.
Denial Of future punishment for the
wicked.
The assertion OF the final restoration
of all men to the face Of zoe in a. state
of probation after death.
The sinking of religion into mere hu-
manitarianism, bounded only by the
second table of the law, and in which
God has no right through the practical
abolition of the first table.
Bishop Sessums so far has made no
reply.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
WEYLER WILL REMAIN
COMMANDER IN CUBA
What He Says viii Go at the Span
ish Court on All Cuban
Questions.
OPPOSITION FOUND At MADRID
Weyler VIII Even Say How tho
Suspects IN Spanish Prisons
Shall BE Treated and
Detained.

New York. May ia World dispatch
rom Madrid says 1T Is officially stat
I'd that the government a see no.
grounds to listen to arguments or the
Madrid press or opposition politicians
md has determined to allow Weyler to
eemain at the head OF the forces In the
field in Cuba and at the same time con-,
,inue there as governor general to car
~ out reforms gradually, as he may
deem the circumstances and conditions
)f the colony permit 1t is expected
that fully two months. IL not more, Will,
5e required to make preparations for
the elections and the first installment
Of reforms.
weyler will also be allowed to deter.
mine in case of complete ~pacifcation of
the island. The conditions are that po-
litical exiles may be permitted to return
To- the colony or how their treatment
shall be modified in the Spanish fort
resses and penal settlements OFF the
toast OF Africa, where about 1000 sepa-
ratists or autonomists are at present
detained by virtue Of the decisions of
the colonial authorities without trial OF
any kind, but simply as suspects. Ev-
cry mail steamer In still bringing over
some "deportadoe," as they are styled.
The Madrid opposition press persists
In advocating some changes In their
conditions, and the liberal republican
and Cuban autonomlst representative
often i~nterposed in their favor. In
Spain, 1t is stated, there Is no idea Of
broclaiming an amnesty as yet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
Political ~Trcachcry.

1t appears that the Reform Club or
New York, a noted repository Of Cleve-
landism. has undertaken n tariff cru
SADIE In the Republican press, designed
to prevent the adoption Of the Dlnsley
bill, or Of any bill based on the rrotec-
tive principle. The Reform Club VIII
circulate arguments against protection
and in favor of free trade, ard request
or advise that the matter IL sends ont
shall appear in the various newspapers
Of the country.
If the newspapers that as Republi-
cans have always preached protection,
and as protectionists in 1896 elected
their President, can be seduced from
their party's tariff principle into adopt
ing the policy which Prof. Wilson and
his mugwump allies deceitfrlly he
traycd when they passed the Wilson
bill, then the Reform Clubs bosom
will swell with pride.
Has the Reform Club become so hab-
ituated TO political treachery OF this
sort that II must have ii every time!-
New York Sun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
DYNAMITE DIDN'T SCARE THIS BOY
John Thomas Saves the Lives of
Miners by Sticking TO
His pnst

Houghton, Mich, May 10.-With a box
containing 200 pounds OF dynamite on
Gre ten feet way from him, John
Thomas, a boy who runs a compressed
air hoisting engine in the Tamarack
mine, stuck to his post and saved the
lives of the men at work in the mine
by his wonderful bravery.
Ten seconds after Thomas had hoist
ed the men to the level the dynamite ex-
ploded. smashing the engine to piecesI
and doing other damage, but the men
and the boy to whom they owe their
lives were in a place Of safety.
1t was powder day, and the miners
working In the twenty-third level had
put seven cases of dynamite in a box
Cor futur use. At noon a miner, accom-
panied by Thomas, went to the box and
found 1t on fire. Thomas went TO his
post, gave the alarm TO the miners in
the level below and ran his engine UNI
til he had hoisted them out. He then
fed. The alarm Of fire caused great ex-
eitement, but no miners were injured in
the rush to reach daylight from a depth
Of from 5000 to 1000 feet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
PENSIONS AND POSTMASTERS.
IL Was South DakOta's Day at Gen
eral Gary's Department For
Making POstmasters

Washington, May 10.-Pensions were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa: Original-George Lewis, Per-
~; James F. Longley dead, Dallas
Center; John Booker, Van Meter;
Chas. f. Knapp, Davenport. Original
Widows-Minor of John Bolmer, Chats
worth; minors of William Rumbaugh.
Buck; Kate Whitlock, Riverside.
Nebraska: Original-Samuel Albin,
Omaha; Walter ii. Burr, Juniatta;
Isaac Depuy, Louisville. Original
Widows-Abigail Ramev, Unadilla.
Postmasters were appointed yester-
day as follows:
Iowa: Amish. Johnson county, c. c.
Yoder, vice A. b.. Long, removed: Bo-
nair. Howard county, l.. p. Sanborn,
vice S. M. Webster, resigned.
South Dakota-Alpena, Jerauld coun-
ty, Richard Dvenport, vice G.. d. Can
on. resigned; Bruce, Bookings county,
J. A. Eaves, vice Beck Erickson, re-
signed; Henry, Coddington county, II.
l.. Hopkins, vice Patrick Walsh, REL
moved; Lennox, Lincoln county, o. p.
Ashley, vice A. A. FRESHMAN, resigned;
Lesterville, Yankton county, Thomas
Stills, vice Frank Bark. removed; Lor-
eta, Bon Homme county, Philip Pfaltz.
graff, vice w. G. Muller, resigned;
Marion. Turner county, w. NJ. Wander
ly, vice Edward Taper, resigned; Mel
lette, Sphinx county, William Dale. vice
John Kyllingstadt. resigned: Wheeler,
Charles Mix county, j. d. Hoar, vice d.
L.. p. Lamb. resigned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
CURIOSITY RESULTS IN DEATH
Experimenter With Chemicals Is
Horribly Mangled In an
EYnlnSinn

New York, May 10.--Death came swift
ly to Charles Stearns of haywood, n. j..
While experimenting with chemicals in
O. small laboratory near his home a ter
rife explosion occurred, which demol-
shed the building and SO mutilated the
amateur chemist hat ~ died In a few
minutes. Just what caused the accident
will never be known.
Stearns was a druggist, 26 years old,
and employed in Hudnut's pharmacy.
He was deeply Interested in chemistry
and devoted all his spare time TO max
ing experiments. For the purpose Of
pursuing his chemical researches
Stearns had a small frame building
erected near the house where he lived.
The unfortunate victim OF science was
still alive when lifted from the wreck.
His body and limbs were terribly LAGER
ated and one hand and foot had been
torn away. He died without giving any
explanation, and there was nothing in
the shape Of chemicals left that would
throw any light on the nature Of the ex-
pertinent the young man had attempted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

mine workers order a strike; general
strike of employees Of Great Northern Rail-
road; 10000 miners cease work In Penn
~sylvania.
May, 1894. Further bloodshed In the
coke region Of Pennsylvania.
June, 1894. Maryland militia ordered
out to suppress striking miners; also state
troops ordered out to the scene of strikes
in Ohio; similar action in Montana; coke
strikes, with killed and wounded In Penn
sylvania; destruction Of railroad property
In Ohio and in Alabama by rioters; strik-
ers arrested for stealing a train In ILL
nois: industrial army captures a train In
Wisconsin; strikes of miners in Michigan
coal mines; Pennsylvania troops ordered
out to suppress riots; strik, of Pullman
employees affecting $4,000 workingmen.
July, 1894. Trains burned by strikers
in Chicago and numbers of lives lost in
the consequent following events; strike
of 1900 members of allied trades in Chi
cago; freight trains wrecked by strikers
at Indianapolis.
August, 1894. Wooden mill employees
strike in Utica, N. Y; employees of forty
mills strike at Fall River.
August %, 1894. The tariff bill be-
comes a law without the Presidents sig
nature. A. Is. CARSON.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
Our Need for Shine.

During the first year under the Nc
Kinley bill our foreign trade, both in
exports and In imports. was greater
than II has ever been in our history be-
fore or since. The fact alone IS evil
dence OF the impetus which Is given
to the shipping interest, MS well as to
all others, by n protective tariff; and
1t is much more emphatic evidence Of
our need Of n great merchant marine.
During the free trade times there was,
of course, no demand for American
shipping. But with a return 10 the
protective system under President Nc
Kinley, and the consequent r%eopening
Of our factories and revival OF our IN
dustries, the need for an increased
merchant marine will be again felt,
and with that returning need measures
must be taken to so encourage ship
ping interests that the need will be sat
isfied.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
STANDARD OIL PAYS
HEALTHY Dividend
Short of What Was Expected But
the Stock Remains Above
the 800 Point.
1T AT LAST FINDS COMPETITION
lnexhaustible Supply Over Which
h Combine Cannot Secure
Control Makes the Mag
mates Anxious.

New York, May 10.-The directors of
the Standard Oil company at a meeting
held yesterday declared a quarterly
dividend Of Z per cent, payable une Is,
to stockholders of record on May 10.
This means a distribution of about
$40, 600, 900 to the shareholders # the
company. During the fiscal year the
company has paid 81 per cent, and, in
Guiding the present dividend, 20 per cent
has been declared SO far this year.
1t was expected that an extra divi-
dend Of 10 per cent or in excess would
be paid at this time. The fact did not
prevent the stool from rising, however,
as 1t sold up on curb to 30l12 a share,
closing at 3001a bid. The usual reports
of sales at fancy figures were again put
In circulation by m%anipulators of the
stock. This was given as 1903 a share,
the mou sold being 300 shares. The
selling Is attributed TO growing compe-
tition In Europe, Russia, Asia and the
East Indies. The most profitable branch
of the business is the export trade At
the present rate Of increasing petroleum
output I'm foreign fields, where labor is
cheaper n hauling distance to points
of consumption shorter, the exports of
American oil, according to the opinion
of experts, must be greatly curtailed.
The latest find is in Borneo, where
the deposits of petroleum are said to be
almost inexhaustible. Dutch and En-
glish syndicates are now working there,
and several "gushers' have been opened
up. In lava and Sumatra large depos-
it's have turned out over 200, 900 barrels
OF oil during the last year, with h pro-
duction increasing rapidly. A Dutch
syndicate has established refining
plants at Palembaug on the Island of
Sumatra, and another large refinery
near Batavia on the Island of Java En-
declare that all of the eastern trade can
be supplied from there, cutting off the
American oil.
The driving Of wells in Borneo Is just
beginning TO open up the rich petroleum
fields which nave been found there. The
production is estimated at 80, 200, 900 gall
Ions OF crude oil for the present year.
This eastern situation has rather dis
concerted the trust, and from reliable
sources 1t is learned that IN offer OK
1850, 600 sterling has been made by the
Standard OIL company for a controlling
interest i'm a syndicate recently formed
In London and Amsterdam which has
purchased a large portion of the known
fields in Borneo, Java and Sumatra.
The offer was not accepted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
THE CROPS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Seeding of Wheat and Oats Com.
pleted In Some Counties.

Huron, May S.-Crop conditions In
South Dakota are referred TO as follows
In a bulletin issued yesterday from the
government weather bureau here:
The temperature during the week av-
eraged about the normal. The nights
We're generally cool, but the afternoons
were mostly warm and there were sew
eral quite warm days. There was much
sunshine and fresh brisk winds. Scat
tered showers occurred on April q and
2S, and We're fairly heavy in some To-
calities. The general weather condi-
tons were very favorable for seeding,
blowing, growth Of vegetation and dry
ing Of flooded low lands Wheat and
oat seeding Is almost completed in the
southern and we'll advanced In other
counties. Barley seeding is quite gener-
al. over the southern, central and
some Of the northern counties, much
grain Is above the ground and growing
finely, several correspondents reporting
It from four to six inches high. Gar
dening is quite general and good pro-
gress is reported. Grass Is coming nice
ly, inc in many localities in southern
and central counties stock is turned out
to pasture and doing well.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
COLONEL JONES WINS HIS CASE
Litigation Which Involves the Con.
troll OF the st. Louis Post
Dispatch.

Jefferoon City. Mo-, May S.-The su-
preme court en- banc has overruled the
motion Of a rehearing in the case Of
Charles H. Jones VS.. Samuel Williams
ct al, which involved the control of the
Post-Dispatch. The decision OF the
supreme court in favor of Colonel Jones
was rendered January G. 1897. The deci-
sion was written by Justice MacFarlane
and was ~concurred in by Justices Bar
clay, Brace and CAN'T. Justices Sher-
wood and Robinson dissented. The de-
PENDANTS filed "A motion was overruled
Thursday. A dissenting opinion was
filed by Justices Sherwood and Robin
son. 1t contains ffty-seven closely
written pages and makes a thorough re-
view of the case in opposition to the
opinion of the court. The overruling
of the motion for a rehearing Is the final
step in a litigation that has lasted one
and one-half years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP LAND
Pathetic Scene In the Mississippi
Flooded District NatcheZ-..
Negroes On n Raft.

Nathez, Miss, May 10.-One OF the
most pathetic cen since the flood took
place yesterday. Thirty negroes drift
Ing on a raft were landed, having been
boating for four days with nothing to
eat. No sooner had they reached land
than they fell down and worshiped 1t.
A colored Baptist preacher being near
offered his services and began at once
to baptize the whole crowd. They re-
fused TO eat or leave the river bank I'M
til baptism was completed. They said
the flood was a visitation of divine
wrath.
At h last issuance of rations to
Hood sufferers in Natchez only thirty
women and children made application
FOR relief, n the restitution occasioned
by the flood can be considered almost as
a thing Of the past, SO far as this city is
concerned.
The backwater in Concordia parish,
Louisiana, from the TenSas has begun
to spread over SO much territory that
the rise was only three inches in the
past tw~enty-four hours. The swift cur
rent prevailing In the overfiowed dis
trict is carrying the water off at a rapid
rate, but continues to creep over fields
Of cotton and corn each day, showing
greater areas under water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

about the "~sel6shness' and greed OF
every one but the writer, and a q
of skillfully woven sophistries In place
of facts or sound arguments. The
basis on which the policy of protectioh
rests is facts, and so President Mchi
ley's message set form racts n ng.
ures. instead of m~eandering around
Robin Hoods barn In a tangle or aopn-
~istries. 1t was sensible, direct, o''si'
ness-like and to the point. The people
may well be thankful that the days OK
Cleveland, free trade and piatitudes
are gone, and that there have come the
days of Mckinley, protection II p.en-
itude.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

Chicago. May s.-Cash quotations were
as follows:
FTour-Quiet and rather easier.
Wheat-No. 2 spring, 79A91}As; No. 8
C0rn-No. 3. 2sNG24Mc; No. 2 yellow, 24h
Oats-No. ., 17@l7Ac; No. 2 white. (. o.
D., I@22%c; No. 8 white, Z. o. b., 18A922c.
Rye-No. 2, ENC.
Barley-No. .. nominal; No. 8 (. o. b.. 2S
@esc; Nc. 4, r. 2, B.. Ses, ,,u
Timothy S~eed-Prime, 800.
Provisions-Mess pork, Ss.509S: SO; lard,
$500; short RIB sides, M.tO44.76; dry sailed
s.. O0d6. 12s.
Whisky--Distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, G.1a.
B~utter-Steady. Fresh, SA@Skc.
Cheese-Weak at 101h@11c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
The Logic OF HIDES,

The hide is to the tanner what wool
Is to the manufacturer. Wool Is aud
should be protected. for it is the finish.
ed product of the wool-grower.
The hide Is to the tanner what iron
ore Is to the smelter. Ore is and should
be protected. for it Is the finished prod.
uct Of the miner.
The hide is to the tanner what clay Is
to the potter. Clay is and should be
protected, for it Is the finished prod.
uct of the miner.
This argument might be followed
throughout the entire list. but at every
point we n met with the conclusion
that hides should have a reasonable
protection from foreign competition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

Japan is distinctly a literary country,
with a history OF writing and literature
since at least A. d. 712. Last year the
number OF books published was 1855
Of which 20, 900 Were translations o.
compilations. Law led with 4,s30
painting and sculpture had 5000, re-
ligion followed with 1,1S3, music 1,022,
japanese poetry 9S2, and works In
bellies %lettres, novels, stories, criticisms,
etc. LIP titles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
FINAL JUDGMENT RENDERED
Opinions Handed Down by TIT SUI
preme Court.

Pierre, May S.-Opinions were handed
down by the supreme court yesterday
in the following cases:
Wilson Sheare VS.. Hutchinson county;
affirmed.
William s.. Elder, administrator, VS..
Horseshoe Mining and Milling COM
pany, Lawrence county; reversed.
Mary F. King VS.. Charles Waite, Law
renee county; reversed.
S. 8. G. Fargo & Son IS. David G.
Cravin, Lawrence county; reversed.
Alzina A. Willy VS.. Melvin Grigsby,
Minnehaha county; reversed.
The case OF Lovett vs. Ferguson test
ing directly the ann of submission
Of the repeal of constitutional PROPOSE
ton was argued before the court.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

A ludicrous state OF affairs obtains ii
Darlington, Ind. Rev. A. n. Cave, 8
young minister of that place, was re-
Gently admitted to the Montgomery
county bar and soon after announced tc
his fellow townsmen that he would ten
der his legal services free to all In need
of them. This aroused the ire Of the
village lawyer, sam S. Martin, who now
advertises that he Will preach free OF
charge to any congregation desiring his
services
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
REDEmPT0RIsT FATHERS HOME
Will Dedicate the Noted Monmouth
Park Hotel as q Mission
HMnae.

New York. May 8.-Tribune special:
The Redemptorist fathers will dedicate
the once famous Monmouth Park hotel
as a mission house within the next
month. Active preparations are now be.
ing made to have everything in readi.
ness by Tune /, at WHOM time a perma-
nent superior will be appointed to take
charge Of the affairs.
Father Litz of Baltimore, has pur-
chased the hotel property c~ontaininR
nineteen and a half acres or land. The
entire building has been overhauled.
The house will be the permanent homo
for the Baltimore province Redemptor.at
fathers. whose territory extends to tho
far west. including a portion of Canada.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

The correctional tribunal at Mar
settles has condemned to two years inn
prisonment and a fine of 1000 francs an
individual named G%ounteau, who had
found means 10 get appointed surgeon
on board the liner Les Andes, although
he had never even studied medicine.
For two years the sham doctor occu-
pied this position, and even amputated
a leg and performed other operations
without serious results to the patients.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

Two valuable paintings, a supposed
Murillo and a Van der Neer, were stoler
recently from their frames in the ma
tiOnal gallery in Buda Pesth. They
were taken in the most daring fashion
during the noon hour, when there were
visitors and copyists about. As the pic
lures may be offered for sale in this
country it is well to know that the Mu.
rilio represents st. Joseph and the boy
Jesus and the Van der Neer n burning
city situated on a river, ships and a
windmill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

Sometimes the expanse of wing Is
fourteen feet, though the average is ten
feet. They live on the submits Of
mountains in air so rarified that mans
vitality is reduced so thai he cannot
stand. The condor sits on its egg sew
en- weeks, and nourishes It's young for
fully a year before allowing them to
lnaNa the nest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

The citizens of Lubec. Me-, are to buy
a ley hearse by voluntary subscription
The proposition made is this: Fac
subscriber agrees to pay 81, with th'
proviso that II he should have use FOL
the same" (the hearse, of ~course) within
two years he shall be entitled to a re
bate equal to the sum subscribed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

To q physician in Youngstown, o., is
due he distinction OF being the first
medical man in the United States t.
make use of a motor carriage for tho
purpose Of working his practice. DR.,
Carlos Booth terms his vehicle Il motor
cab, a used it for several months,
finds ii an excellent substitute for one
drawn by a horse and prefers il in most
respects to that animal as a motive
power. In this carriage DR.. Booth has
attained a speed on the level Of ten
miles per hour and climbed an incline
Of from 10 10 Is per cent grade at the
rate of five miles per hour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

The courts Of Montana WA soon have
to decide a peculiar question. John
w. ConneE of Saltcse. in that state, was
injured by a falling tree at IL a. m, No
vember %, 1896. He was the possessor
of an accident policy issued at Davcn-
port, Ia, n year before. which eX-
pired at noon Of the day on which the
accident occurred. The company con-
tends that the time is measured from
the place where the policy was issued
and, therefore, 1t had already expired
before the accident occurred, the diff
ference in time being two hours. The
amount Involved is 81. 400.