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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
STATE AUDITORS REPORT.

Madison Lead-i-The Daily Leader is
in receipt OF State Auditor Nipple 5
biennial report for the years 1892 and
'93 1t is the largest and most complete
report ever issued from that office. 1t is
II valuable document for the student oi
South Dakota finances. An excellent
feature and improvement on former re-
ports is the little matter of placing at the
head Of the disbursements OF each fund
the amount Of the appropriation for that
fund. This has been much felt want
in former editions of this report. The
statements Of warrants drawn for the two
fiscal years, the abstracts OF assessments
Of the two years, the reports of the in
surance departments and the auditors
personal recommendation for the benefit
of the next legislature are all concise
complete and systematic. The auditor
recommends consolidation Of many
OF the minor funds, which
would simplify and cheaper the cost OF
keeping accounts as we'll as publish
ing, aleo That time should be fixed
after which no warrants should be issued
against any appropriation and that every
law apprOpriating money should provide
how vouchers should 10 approved md
not make il obligatory upon the auditor
to pass upon them. Tie auditor reviews
at consldera de length the subject Of
assessment and equalization, showing its
weakness anu shortcomings Since the
beginning Of statehood the treasury has
fallen behind regularly evo-y 6scal
year in which the leg!s' stature
has met about AZ oven 100000, more as
a result OF shrinkaye ID assessments by
not complying with the provisions OF
law and the habit Of county commits
slonors in remlt'lng taxes. lie calls the
attention Of the coming legislature 10
this bienn,aily recurring deiici ncy and
The necessity Of devising some way and
means to obviate it. lIe says three
methods suggest themselves: first cnt-
ting down appropriations to meet re-
celpts; second. by raising rhe valuation
OF property sufficient TO make the two
mill levy and other sources OF state in
come, meet it's demands; third, by
amending the constitution 80 Us to permit
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
Lower English Wages.

Lower wages have been forced upon
the wage earners Of Great Britain re-
Gently in the case Of between 2, 900 and
5000 employees III an iron and coal
company, whose earnings have been cut
down 10 per cent The reductions made
in our tariff not being SO large rs the
British manufacturers had expected,
they evidently intend to take the differ
ence out Of the pay of their workers,
for we find that the Welsh tin plate
manufacturers 'foreseo probable ne
cessity for cutting wages in order to
meet the competition Of the American
works, and in this case, If thoro is, the
tin plato workers ought to be reasonable
and consent to bear their share of the
burden -
Under the Mckinley tariff many Of
the Welsh tin plate factories were
compelled to close entirely, but the
Gorlnan bill has enabled them to start
up, and "the Welsh workers are having
. little boom after their long spell of
inaction. = They fear, however, that
their little boom" may not last, SO
they are preparing their poorly paid
workers Ito bear their share Of the bur
dcn' by accepting still lower wages,
which, if accepted, must of course mean
lower wages for the workers in our tin
plate factories il we arc to continue to
supply our homo market with American
tin plate.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
THE PRICE or COTTON.
How 1t Has Been Affected by the Major
tiles In the House

How 1t Has Been AHectPd oy tne MAYOR
tiles In the House
InlS72, when Grant w.s elected pres
ident, the house stood 80 Democrats to
2O3 Republicans. The I..ce Of cotton
advanced to q cents in New York.
In 1874 the house changed SS Dem
ocrats to 1S1 Democrats, making a
Democratic house. Cotton declined to
1875 cents.
In 1876 the house stood l56 Demo-
Gratis to l37 Republicans A Democratic
house, and cotton declined to 1875 cents.
In 1878 the house stood 80 Demo
Gratis to 1913 Republicans. A Democratic
house, and cotton declined to IL 3-lG
cents.
In 1880 Garfield was elected The
house stood 152 Republicans to l50
Democrats, changing to a Republican
majority, and cotton advanced to 1914
cents.
In 1882 the house stood 200 Demo-
Gratis to 119 Republicans. Cotton de,
clined to 12 cents.
III 1884 Cleveland was elected. The
house stood 1874 Democrats to l40 Re-
publicans A Democratic house, and
cotton declined to u cents.
In 1886 tho house stood ITO Demo
Gratis to l5l Republicans. A Democratic
house, and cotton went to 8 Ole cents
Cleveland boom prices
In 1883 Harrison was elected. The
house stood 100 Democrats to 173 Re-
publicaEs. A Republican house. and
cotton advanced to ia cents.
In 1890 the house stood 235 Demo.
Gratis to So Republicans. The price went
to Ga cents. These prices are quoted
from Alfred B. Stephenson, Cotton Ex-
change, New York, and are New York
prices.
Cotton sold before the war, under alb
solute Democratic rule, as low as 8 -
cents per pound. Stephen n. Noble in
American Economist.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

OF higher rat OF levy. say three mll's
instead of two ne present limit" he
further recommends the abolition "l
the school poll tax as being an untqually
imposed and collected tax. The p1oVis-
ION of the law for collecting pf'>onai
property taxes are also radically c-lr''-
i've and should br changed Tie low
rate Of interest charged on delinquent
taxes ope.ates against their collection
and the mode Of the assessments ana
collection Of taxes IN the unorganlzed
COUPLES of the state IL m entire failure.
Yet, in view OF ali these dls3ouTaging
features thu following paragraph from
the auditors report shows vivldly tha'
the state is not in very bad financial con
dition after all:
"The amount OF funding warrants out,
standing June 80, 1894, was S220OO0.
If the balance of S46 594 80 in hand IN
the deficiency fund and the balance oi
SlS4, $50. 20 in tn general fund had been
used to pay the outstanding warrants,
there would have been lott balance or
hand with which to began the fiscal YEAR
OF 1894, S1l ,45O. This il is believed
makes very favorable showing for the
fiscal transactions of the stale tor the
las two years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
Result cfa Recount.

HURON. S. D., Dec. 25.-By a re-
count ordered by the court in the Ed
munds county election contests. LIE
Clare, Republican, is elected states
attorney by 4 majority Of 7 votes owe,
Wells. fusionlst. Parmley, Republican.
is also elected county judge over Heales,
Populist, by majority OF ). The court
held that whore a cross (x) was made ut
the top OF the ballot, it indicated that l
the can iidates on such ballot whose
names were not erased are entitled 10
have the vote counted for them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

J. D. Smull of Blooming Valley, has
communication IN a late issue OF the
Summit Signal, advocating united action
of all the settlers on the Sisseton reser-
va,ion looking to reduction in the
price of the land to 81 % per acre. He
presents the facts in a very strong light,
showing that the crop failures will make
it impossible tor many of these settlers
to pay for their farms when the time for
payment comes. The proceeds of these
lands we under stand are to be set apart
for the support Of the Indians, al d just
how the powers ut Washington may look
mt the matter is IL question, but that re-
lief in some form, either in the matter Of
time or IN reduction IN the price OF the
land, should he extended the settlers
would be a simple matter Of justice there
can be no doubt. Much of the land is
not Today worth .he price which the
government, has placed upon it, 10 say
nothing OF the hardshlps and discom-
forts which the settlers have endured
and which are an incident to the open
ing up of new country. A rigid en-
forcement of the contracts Will defeat
one Of the main Purposes of the law
opening the land for settlement, which
vas to secure permanent homesteaders
upon the land
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

4 Redfeld correspondent OF the Sioux
Falls Press, speaking Of the large num-
Der Of contests instituted by candidates
at the late election under the Australian
ballot laws. says:
These contests are based on various
grounds, but the most Important point,
on the whole, al issue, is in regard 10 the
count OF a vote under the new law
Much controversy alises on the coun,
Of vote where The straight ticket has
teen crossed at the top and a cross has
been put opposite name on some other
ticket.
at the last election different boards
decided the point differently, and hence
much confusion and probably dozen
contests will result. The law is specific
and says that to vote outside of he
straight ticket, alter the straight ticket
has been crossed, the voter must cross
the nalAe en- the opposition ticket and
erase the name ON the straight ticket.
The two points are equally required ua-
der the statute, and it 10 cross, the ex-
ception is all essential it is held that the
other proyiso must also lie complied
with. Against this is argued the section
that says the count shall be governed by
the apparent intent Ot the voter. 1t
will hardly do to decide that making a
cross opposite a single candidate but
failure 10 erase other candidate, voter
has voted two fer tho Same office, and
hence the vote should be void and count
e.i for neither, because this would pre-
mise that a cross without an erasure
constituted vote, which, under the
statute, is not true, then only one is
voted for, aud hence should be cDuhted
Tor that one.
While under the old system the gen
erai trend of court decisions have been
!enient and in behalf Of the voter. it
would seem that nnuer a special law,
enacted 10 shut out frauds. the decision
should he very strict application Of the
law, so that errors may be reMedied and
the law made SO perfect as t. accomplish
its purpose of purifying the ballot. Re
pnblicans and fnsioniss are alike con
testing, and hence no politics is affected
by what may be the final Interpretation
Of the law. The state generally will be
benefited II some one Of these cases shall
reach IL supreme court decision.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
Holmes on Domestic Economy.

The laashable and the pathetic are
sometimes strangely mingled in little
exhibitions Of domestic econo,n--a
plate Of apples. fer instance, with the
defective parts cut out for the children:
small basket of homemade ginger
bread, with one or two pieces Of pound
cake carefully disposed on tho surface
SO as to appear to the best advantage. =
"Autocrat Of the Breakfast Table. =
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
Happened In Hatles

The grinning imps We're packing sin.
ners into the oven with thing like a
hay press. And the sinners groaned.
all but one good nltured looking man.
DO you know, said the good natur.
ed man at last, this is rather nice. Re-
minds me Of when / lived in dear old
Brooklyn and crossed thc bridge at rush
hours. New York Recorder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

While digging a well for Warren Nal
town, AMI when thirty five feet down,
Charlie Wetmur dug onto a tree trunk in
good state Of preservation. 1t is evident
ly some scfo wood, but just what is hard
to determine The tree was as large as
a mans body.-Summit Signal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

The new railroad mileage OF this year
is less than that for the past thirty, eX-
cept 1875, 1866 and 1865 The total was
1919 miles. Thirteen states built none
at all--Soulh Dakota among them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
VI. q u

= Call ;,l for the NJ 4 b. cigar at Goo
aa, m,aaieorooks. ..1oks Hand made, long Hay-
dna dn' .1'ler' ouma'ra wrapped, free from
uruGs, anu Will not injnrinusly affect
.nr M bronchial tubs. Don't forget to
eau !or the N 4 B, # you wan, u vooi
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
school n nd Public Lands.

Pierre, s. D., Dec. 2l.--The biennial
report Of the commissioner OF schools
and public lands is ot far greater import
to the resident Of the state than the re-
il deals in facts and figures which will in
the Eear future largely control The ex-
pence OF educational institutions of the
state, the greater part OF which is at
present attached to the public schools.
While the state school fnnd is yet long
way below the mark Of making the
schools self supporting, considering the
short time which has elapsed since any
move could be made toward securing
the benefits of the public lands, re
markable showing has been made.
The total area OF public schoo, lands OF
the state is 2.S2l ,34S acres. OF this i'm
mense acreage none may be disposed Of
the minimum The state has disposed of
l41 900 acres at an average price OF Sl4
per acre. AMI the same average price for
all the school lands will give the state
permanent school fund Of about $4,000
600 Viii h cannot be invested at less
than per cent While the office has
been in existence bu, few years the
amount of permanent school fund now on
hand is in round numbers S201l 900, ana
as the school population is 1O5,l75, the
Interest on the sum now on hand is a
bout 81 80 per capita per annum. The
receipts of the Office for the past year
have been:
From leases of school lands. -. $52,12
From interest on deferred pay
mehts .... ....... loo,39o
From interest on loans of perma-
nent Tund 4o,Il2
From principal payment on school
lands sold Observation-Disclosures. 1917
From lease oil endowment lands. G1O
Total 453, ,162
Besides the school lands the govern
ment granted the ST ate at the time CT ad-
mission 653. 900 acres of endowment lands
for the various educational and charit-
able institutions OF the state, all Of which
have been selected but about 10000 acres
and part of which have been patented.
The amount OF school and endowment
lands already patented to the state is
114,O92 acres, Il greater amount than has
been patented to five other states admit
ted at the same time with South Dakota
and a greater amount than has been pat
ented to Arkansas. In connection with
this the manner Of disbursing the school
fund Will be of interest. The fund is ap-
portioned among the various counties
upon IL basis of the voting population
and the county commissioners are made
loaning agents, the county heinS held
responsible ior any loss. The interest
is returned to the state commissioner
and IS a?portioned among the various
counties upon IA basis of the school popu--
latinn of the county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
Fer Over Fifty Ycn,s

,hf.s. WiSsLow's Soothing Synup hns
peen asrd Tor chiid'en tee;hiny ri
spo'nes 81, The child, softens tho gums, allay $
ali pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
l1naaV Tor Dlarrho4a. Twenty five cents
BOTTLE Sold b1 all druggists throngh
out The world. 'iioush
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
CHERRY CREEK ITEMS.

On Wednesday morning, February
9TH, at 9 o'clock, our quiet town was
alarmed by seeing smoke ascending in
large quantities from Chinatown. A
general rush was made by the inhabi-
tants with buckets, pans and what
ever they could lay hands on to fight
the fire. Knowing the combustible
nature of the Chinese houses, the
writer was early on the ground, when
the fire was yet confined to one shack
or house in the center of the block,
but, Notwithstanding the fact that no
wind was blowing, the fire quickly
passed north and south until eleven
houses were laid in ashes. Every
body, Judges, lawyers, merchants,
mining superintendent, ladies in
their wrappers, in fact the public gen
orally labored faithfully in saving
what household goods and other prop
erty they could, including opium,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
AbbOtt's Coinage Plan.

Washington, D. c., Feb. RE
preventative Abbott of Texas introduce
ed bill for the coinage of the silver
in the Treasury on a new plan. The
Secretary is to coin Standard Silver
dollars, or minor coins, not lees than
1000, 900 ounces per month of sill
yer purchased under the Sherman act.
The coin certificates issued under that
act are to be redeemed in gold or sill
yer, in the order in which the metal
is held in the largest quantity in the
Treasury, and to issue coin notes to
the amount of the seigniorage of the
Sherman act. The plan is apparently
devised to place gold and silver on an
equal footing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
Hatch's Anticipation Bill.

Washinton, Feb. "A new Hatch
anticipation bill was approved by the
Committee on Agriculture to-day and
introduced in the House. This is a
measure designed to yield the Govern
ment revenue from the operations of
brokers in agricultural products. The
taxes imposed by the measure are such
that it is expected to yield large re-
venue from the income of every deal
er. It has been estimated that the
Government would receive $3.50, 900
at the beginning of it's operation.
Hatch intends to provide for consider
alton of the bill as soon as the import
ant bills now before the House are
disposed of.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
Seeking Recognition.

Rome. Feb 8.-The Government
has been approached by agents of the
Brazilian insurgents, who have sug-
gested that it was high time that Italy
recognize the insurgents as belligerents
on the ground that they established
an independent government, controll
ing the greater portion of the eastern
part of Brazil, and have been waging
war against Peixoto since September
last. The reply of the italian Govern
ment was to the effect that Italy was
not disposed to recognize the insur-
gents as belligerents.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
A Bond Amendment.

Washington, D. G., Feb. Sen
ator Call, introduced an amendment
to Stewards bond resolution just be-
fore the Senate adjourned to night,
declaring in favor of legalizing the
bonds issued by Secretary Carlisle to
the extent of $50, OOO,OO prior to the
18th of February, prohibiting all flu
ture issues except by authority of Con-
gress and repeating the existing laws
authorizing bonds.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
The Federal election law which has

The Federal election law which has
been such a constant source of an
noyance to Democrats North and
South is repealed, and Tammany con-
spirators are again at liberty to per-
petrate their nefarious plots in the in
tereststof obsequious politicians, and
those of Ku Klux fame can do the
herding act in the South without
having to answer for their illegiti-
mate, practices to Federal officers.
There is not one Democrat, says the
Salt Lake Tribune, from the Presi-
dent down to the meanest shrieker
that does not know that the law was
passed to secure honesty in elections
and that it has been repealed to make
any dishonesty which Trmmany or
any other organization, in all its cor
ruption can invent, in the interests
of the Democratic party.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
Getting Used to Things.

Western man Cat summer resort)-
''That beats me. [ don't see how you
kin sail a boat right along on edge
without up settin' 'er. 5"
Amateur-"Oh, that's easy enough,
after you get used to it. l can turn
all the way over and come up the other
side"
Western Man" May be, may be,
though it don't look easy. Still I
s'pose it's somethin like cyclones. They
most scare the life out of we at first,
but bimeby you git SO you banker for
'em. Why, only little while ago, [
wanted to get to the Chicago fair the
worst way, but hadn't durn cent to
spare. So | kept an eye on the wealth
er, and when a cyclone came along
headin' that way. l Just jumped aboard
and there [ was.
weren't you scared"
"Scared! No. While travelin'
through the air Ispent my time study
in the catalogue of the exposition. -
New York Weekly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
NOTICE TO
MINERS, MINING MEN
AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL.
THE EBERHARDT co. LIND

DEING DESTROYS OF GOING OUT OF
ID business in White Pine County, am
authorized to offer for sale their entire
property, consisting of MINES, MILLS,
Water Rights and Titles.
The White Pine Water Works, with En-
gines, Boilers and Pumps.
The E. q A. Tunnel Property, consisting
of two Engines and Boilers, one Air Com
pressor one Lathe, one No. Rotary Press
ure Blower, five Air Drills, "Cranston's
patent; nine thousand 10000 feet of Gas
Pipe, and 3 inch; nine thousand feet of
Water Pipe, IA inch, all of which is in
good condition; 1900 feet of Galvanized
Iron Air Pipe, II inch 5000 feet of rails Is,
pounds to the yard; $500 feet T rails, II
pounds to the yard; one Hosting Engine at
the Aurora Mine on Treasure Hill; and all
buildings at Eberhardt, Hamilton and
Treasure Hill; a lot of Herculese Powder,
Caps and Fuse; about 1000 pounds of one
inch Drill Steele, NEW; a lot "a Drill
Steele, NEW; about $500 pounds OF Drills
zone inch steele); together with picks.
shOvels, hammers ETC.; about two doze n
new Ames shoyels; two dozen new pick
eyes; lot of round and square iron of all
sizes; a lot of wheelbarrows, iron cars,
screens, ETC.; two or three sets of black
smiths tools; a lot of new cams, size AZ
inches; a lot of new tapits, size 37a inches;
three sets OF assay tools. scales and fix
lures, and assay material of all kinds;
an assortment of carriage bolts copper riy
cts, nuts, Washers and rivets Gron); a lot
of horse and mule shoes; one good Whim
at the Monitor Mine; one good within
horse and two mules; all buildings at Tay-
lor and the Monitor Mill, together with
5000 articles not mentioned; all of which
l am Offering at sacrifice, as it must be
sold Get our price before purchasing else
where.
Any information respecting the above
can be obtained by calling in person or by
letter addressed to the undersigned, who
is the authorized agent for the Company.
VIM. READ,
fe1O-tf Monitor Mill
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-02-17
NO END IN SIGHT.

The, Democratic House has with
great reluctance acceded to the de-
mands of pure obstinacy on the part
of their " chief, F." and passed the Nc
Creary resolution condemning Minis
ter Stevens, declaring against annexa-
ton and upholding the Hawaiian pol
icy of Cleveland.
After weeks of bitter contention
and stubborn resistance to all patri
. otto opposition to the McCreary reso-
luton, a sufficient number were in
duced to disregard the dictates of pa
triotism, to set aside their country's
veal and conscientious convictions,
and blindly follow the prejudicial
whirns and obey the behest of would
be Despot.
But Notwithstanding the strenuous
efforts and desperate attempts to Gre
ate an impression favorable to Cleve
lands policy by making the vote as
nearly as possible unanimous, there
were those among the Democrats, who,
while they generally swallow their
medicine without serious objections,
could not be induced to SO far aber-
rate from moral rectitude and their
country's interests as to give their
sanction to an act which cannot but
elicit the contempt of foreign powers
and humiliate all true Americans.
This dangerous departure from all
practical and usual methods of dealing
with public questions-namely: sacri-
fcing public interests and opinion, to
accomplish private ends and animos-
tiles, is being condemned by the press,
irrespective of party throught out the
land.
The New York Sun, under the head
of Where is it Going to End? says:
Mr.. Cleveland was obliged to usurp
power for the purpose of his foul con-
spiracy to restore the barbarous Liliu-
okalani. It says in both Houses of
Congress resolutions have been re-
ported by Democratic committees con-
demning that usurpation and repudi-
atingahis interference with domestic
affairs of foreign power. 1t says
further that he "has undertaking to
usurp power to carry out his policy of
burrowing money on the credit of the
United States" 1t also says that he
has sought to use the Supreme Court
of the United States for tn purpose
of personal revenge, and the Sun asks;
where is he going to End.