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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
Lower Enxlish 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 in an iron and coal
company, whose earnings have been cut
down 10 per cent. The reductions made
in our tariff not being SO large as the
British manufacturers had expected,
they evidently intend to take the differ
cnce out Of the pay Of their workers,
for we find that the Welsh tin plate
manufacturers .foresee a probable ne
cessity for cutting wages in order to
meet the competition of the American
works, and in this case. if there is, the
tin plate 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 tho
German 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, SC
they arc preparing their poorly paid
workers Ito bear their share Of the bur.
den' by accepting still lower wages.
which, II accepted. must of course mean
lower wages for the workers in our tin
plate factories If we are to continue to
supply our homo market with American
tin plate,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
STATE AUDuTOn's REPORT.

Madison Leadei-Ihe Daily Leader is
in receipt OF State Auditor Nipples
biennial report for the years 1892 and
'03 It is the largest and most complete
report ever issued from that office. It is
\ valuable document for the student ot
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 Tor 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 rs publish
ing, also 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 be approved and
not make il obllgat ory upon the auditor
TO pass upon them. TIE auditor reviews
at considerable length the subject Of
assessment and equalization, showing its
weakness and shortcomings. Since The
beginning Of statehood the treasury has
fallen behind regularly eve-y fiscal
year in which the Legislature
has met about IN even 100000, more as
4 result OF shrinkage 10 assessments bv
not complying with the provisions OF
law and the hnbit Of county commits
slnners in remit,ing taxes. lie calls the
attention of tho coming legislature 10
this biennla'ly recurring dsfici ncy and
the necessity Of deyising some way and
means to nbviate it He SAYS three
methods suggest themselves; first cut
ting down appropriations to meet re-
celpts; second. by raising the valuation
Of property sufficient to make tile two
mill levy and other sources OF state In
come, meet its demands; third, by
amending the constitution 80 ss to permit
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

OF higher rate OF levy, say three mills
instead Of two, the present limit ne
further recommends the abolition ot
the school poll tax as being an unequal'y
imposed and collected tax. The pfo'is-
ION OF the law for collecting personal
property taxes are also radically defect
i've and should be changed. Tie low
rate of interest charged on delinquent
taxes operates against their collection
and the mode of the assessments ana
collection OF taxes IN the unorganlzed
counties of the state is an entire failure.
Yet, in view Of all these dlscouraglns
features the following paragraph from
the auditors report shows vividly iha'
the state is not in very bad financial CON
dition after all:
THE amount OF funding warrants out
standing June 80, 1894, WAS s220ooo.
II the balance OF s46594 80 in hand IN
the deficiency fund and the balance OF
SlS4, $50. 10 in ,he general fund had been
used 10 pay the outstanding warrants,
there would have been lett a balance on
hand with which to began the fiscal year
OF 1894, S11, ,43O This it is believed
makes very favorable showing for the
fiscal transactions OF the state for the
las two years"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

I'D. Smuil of Blooming Valley, has
a communication IN a late issue OF the
Summit Signal, advocating united action
OF all the settlers on the Sisseton reser-
yation looking to reduction in the
price ct the land to 81. 25 per acre. He
presents the facts in 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, ard just
how the powers at Washington may look
at the matter is \ question, but that re-
lief in some form, either in the matter Of
time or IN reduction IN the price OF the
land, should be extended the settlers
would be simple matter Of justice there
can be no doubt. Much OF the land is
not today worth The price which the
government has placed upon it, to 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 oil the contracts will defeat
one Ut the main purposes of the law
opening the land for settlement, which
was to secure permanent homesteaders
upon the land
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
ReAull 0f u Recon u {.

HURON. S. d., Dec. 25.--By a re-
count ordered by the court ia the Ed
,nunds county election contests, LIE
Claire, Republican, Is elected states
attorney by majority OF I votes owe,
Wells. fnsionist. Parmley, Republican.
is also elected county Judge over Healey,
Populist, hy majority Of 5. The court
held that where cross lx) was made At
che top OF the ballot, It indicated that q |
the can iida,es on such ballot whose
names were not erased are entitled 10
Asve The yote counted Tor them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28
Holmes on Domestic Economv.

The laughable and the pathetic ara
sometimes strangely mingled in little
exhibitions Of domestic economy-a
plate Of apples, for instance, with the
defective parts cut ont for the children:
small basket Of homemade ginger.
bread, with one or two pieces Of pound
cake carefully disposed on the surface
50 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 Hadcs.

The grinning imps were packing sin
ners into the oven with thing like d
hay press. And the sinners Rroaned.
all but one good natured looking man
Do you know, said the good mo-
ed man at last this is rather mic
minds me Of when ! lived in
Brooklyn and crossed tho brio
hours New York ReoorT
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

While digging well for Warren Nal
lcry at the foot OF the hills northeast ct
town, and when thirty five feet down,
Charlie Wetmur dug onto tree trunk IN
good state Of preservation. 1t Is evident
" some scfs wood, but just what is hard
to determine. The tree was US large as
q 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, 1865 and 1865. The total was
1919 miles Thirteen states built none
at all-oouth Dakota among them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-28

Pierre, s. D., Dec. 21.--The biennial
report Of the commissioner OF schools
and public lands is OF far greater import
10 the resident Of the state than the re-
ports OF other officers tor be reason that
ii deals in facts and hgures which will in
the GEAR 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 o, public schoo, lands OF
the state is 1921 34S acres. OF this i'm
lnense acreage none may be disposed OF
Tor loss than 80 per acre. While this is
the minimum the state has disposed OF
141 900 acres at an average price OF sI4
per acre, ana the same average price for
all the school lands will give the state
permanent school fund Of about 0,OOO,-
600 viii h cannot be invested at less
than par cent While the office has
been in existence but few years the
amount Of permanent school fund now on
hand is in round numbers 32,O11 900, and
as the school population is 1O5,l75, the
interest on the sum now on hand is a
bout 81 35 per capita per annum. The
receipts Of the Office for the past year
have been:
From leases OF school lands So. $52,12S
From interest on deferred pay
uouts loo.ooo
From interest on loans of perma-
nent fund. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 43,7l2
From principal payment on school
lands sold l99,717
From lease OF endowment lands. 610
1OtAl. 400, 1OA
Besides the school lands the govern
ment granted the g. ate at the time ct ad-
mission 5000 acres of endowment lands
for the various educational and chart-
able institutions OF the state, all of which
have been selected but about 10000 acres
and part OF which have been patented.
The amount ot school and endowment
lands already patented TO the state ls
114,092 acres, a greater amount than has
been patented to five other states admit
ted a; the same time with South Dakota
and greater amount than has been pat
eEted to Arkansas. In connection with
this the manner Of disbursing the school
fund will be nf interest. The fund is ap-
portioned among the various counties
upon basis OF the voting population
and the county commissioners are made
loaning agents, the county being held
responsible Tor any loss The interest
is returned to the state commissioner
und is apportioned among the various
counties upon basis OF the school popu--
lation Of the county.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
Shortage in Live Stock.

The returns of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture show that in January,
1894, the total number of cattle in this coun-
try amounted to 53,O95, ,56S as against 54,
O67,590 in 1892. The number of swine
WIS reported at 1926, ,49S reduc-
ton of 1000, 900 from that of 1892 And
from the way the pigs and young cattle have
been marketed recently, driven in by the
drought and prospects OF short corn crop,
a market shortage may occur within the next
year or two.
Taking these points into consideration, 1t
will be seen that live stock presents a more
promising future than most other branches
OF agriculture. The consumption of meats
increases from year to year, and this in
crease has to be supplied, as we'll as catching
up the shortages. If prices advance in the
next year on any kind of live stock on ac-
count of light supplies, the indications are
that there will be some stability in the ad-
vance
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
MURDERED THE TEACHER.
Cruel Work of Revcngeful Indians In
California.

California;
Information regarding the murder OF Mrs.
Mary J. Platt, teacher in the Indian school
on the Pichango reservation, near Tome
,mla. Riverside County, Cal, has just been
received.
The murdered woman livct with her
niece. Hattie Leslie, agel ten, in wing ot
the school building. The Indians were Ap-
parently on the most friendly terms with
her, and she taught every little In liam child
on the reservation.
An Indian boy returned TO Plchango from
Perris, where the school is located, and r.
ported that the children there were being
abused and half starved.
Metteo Pa, the chief of tho band, cailei
on Mrs. Platt on the day OF the murder hni
demanded money 10 pay his fare by railroad
to Perris and return for the purpose OF "
vestigating the boys story. This Mrs. Piatt
refused. believing the report 10 be ground-
less. but telling Metteo Pa that She would
Investigate it herself
MetteO Pa went away very angry, threat
eningamong other things to have the sehooi
closed.
This and the chiefs surly manner cauS"i
Mrs Platt some uneasinrss, and she wrote
TO Indian Agent Francisco EstudllIo. ht Coz
ton telling him of the threat ana saying shc
was alarmed. She requested that II no gu
not hear from her again within three or fPuf
days. he should 20 down and settle matt4ra
This letter and IL telegram from Temecnla
announcing the burning Of the Government
building at Pichango and the hndinSs OF
Mrs. Platt's body, arrived at Cotton an hDur
apart. ,,,,,
nlaced on the floor and oak wood had teen
billed around her and fired and the body
cremated.
In the next room the little girl slept peace
fully, to be awakened by the fumes burning
her hand. She ran through the room
where her aunt lay roasting under the
burning wood. and in her night clothes
reached the house Of a friendly Indian.
Only few charred bones and ashes OF inc
victim were found.
The Pichango reservation contains th'
remnants of the tribe OF Temecula Indians.
tmmortalized by Helen Jackson In 'tHa-
mona.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
South and West.

AT Montgomery, Ala, Wilson Woodley,
colOred, was hanged for murder At Fort
Smith. Ark. John Poynter, IA murderer, was
also executed.
PERRY Cook, n notorious thief, captured
near Lincoln, Oklahoma with several stoleD
horses i'll his possession, has been lyncheJ
by a committee of farmers.
AT Lexington, Ky, Desha Breckinridge,
son Of W. c. 2. Breckinridge, after u street
encounter with Judge knkead. his defeated
fathers political opponent, set upon J. D.
Livingston, who had worked for Owens, and
stabbed him with a dirk.
EX-VICE PRESIDENT EzETA, of Salvador,
and his fellow cXiles were not held for eX-
tradition at San Francisco, Cal, it being
decided that their offences. If any, were OF
a political character.
ST. MARY's COLLEGE, Oakland Cal. WAS
partly de stroyed by fire; loss, 5000, 900.
JOHN FARRELL, sixty-lour years of age Of
Chicago, H.. shot and instantly killed his
only son, James. James had made a de-
mand for money AMI. upon being refused,
was abOHt to strike the Old man, who then
fired the fatal shot.
W. G. OWENS was declared officially the
Democratic nominee for Congress in tho
Seventh kentucky District against Col
Onel breckenridge.
WHILE Daniel Stevenson, living near
Clearfield, Iowa, was driving with his wife
and three children, they were run down by
a runaway team. stevenson and two of the
children were killed.
JIM ALLEN, who killed Dixon Hunter, both
Of the Choctaw Nation, was shot to death in
accordance with his sentence by Sheriff
Jackson, of jackson County, Indian Terri
tory.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THE most prolific novelist of the day is T.
Marion Crawford.
JOAQUIN MILLER is raising a mile OF roses
on his California farm.
THE Duke Of Orleans says that exile killed
his father, the COpte of Paris.
QUEEN VICTORIA is frequent sufferer
from sciatica as we'll as lumbago.
STREET in q London suburb has recently
heen named for Rudyard Kipling.
COUNT DIES GARErs, a grand nephew Of
Lafayette, is hunting in the Rockies.
Don Proc, the last Mexican Governor of
California, has Just died at Los Angeles,
Cal, at the age of ninety-four.
". TANG, a member of the sanitary corps
of Hamburg, Germany, has record OF saw
ing 295 persons from death by drowning.
J. NJ BARRIE. the novelist and playwriter,
made the assertion some time ago that a day
in bed rGfre5hed him as much as few days
spent at tho seaside
ALoIs BURasTALLER, tho tenor singer at
Rayreuth, was IA wool chopper in Bavarla,
at twentYthreC cents day, when Frau
Wagner discovered him last spring.
THOMAS G. LAWYER, the newly elected
COmman ier-in-Chief Of the Grand Army, is
the first native Englishman to be placed In
charge of an army in this country since the
days of the Revolution.
PRESIDENT CAsIM1ER-PER1ER. Of France,
lives in the EIYseo, a palace with 1900 doors.
He occupies n bed in which Napoleon III.
the King Of ofSwelen, Ismau Pasha, NJ. Thter5
and other potentates have slept.
JOIN D. ROCKEFELLER, the standard Oil
m2Cnato, it is said, has given his daughters
to understand that they will not be great
heiresses. The bulk Of his vast fortune is to
go to charitable and educational institu-
tons.
ENocH PRATT has just celebrated his
eiShty-sixth birthday. Sixty-four years ago
he landed in Baltimore with $3.50, and he
has since spent moro than 81 ,300,000 in
good works in his adopted city. He has
plenty more to give when he chooses.
PIERRE LOTT describes Ii Hung Chang,
the Viceroy OF China. as he saw him couple
Of years since, as "a tall, slender, bony,
MISUNDERSTANDING man with beard and
4 iOn- mOustache. When on horseback it
would he difficult to imagine a man more
digntte1 IN appearance"
THE late Professor Helmholtz will be best
remembered as the discoverer of the oph-
thalmoscope, to which thousands of people
owe their eyesight. The Emperor of Ger
many has sent his widow a message of con-
dOience. saying that. ''the entire scientific
world, tho Fatherland and the King are
mourning with you.
TIE King Of Korea IS suffering from dis
ease OF the throat. Unhappiy for him, he
is looked upon as divine being, whom no
metal instrument may touch. In consequence
of this, the operation which is necessary to
save his life cannot be performed, and the
monarch will probably die on this account
in 4 comparatively short time.
\ FRIEND of George Gould says that the
millionaire yachtsman Is bitterly disap-
pointed over the result Of the Vigilants con-
tests in English waters. He asserts that Mr..
>foU!I had no social ambitions to crafty by
li- Yachting exploits in foreign waters, but
aD-iNnS
nn stripes in the van and to maintain his
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
THE LABOR WORLD.
TIE Scotch miners strike IS over.

TIE Scotch miners strike is over.
MoNTREAb. Canada, Il to have o cooper
ntivH bakery.
The wooden factories OF this country ON.
poy 220, 900 persons.
THE engines OF tho world can DO tho work
,oi 900, 900 900 men.
IT takes 80, 900 men sni boys anil girls 10
fcarry on the oyster business for New York.
THE British Trat.s rnion Congress call"l
son Parliament TO shut gu, destitute aliens"
! WESTERN NEw YonR farmers state that
Poles beat the world" as workers IN tho
kEcl1.
! THE average weekly wages pail 20
/ fcmqlr lahorvrs az all classes in Gcrmuny il
fs2l7.
HOUSEWARES IN EnGlAnl rrccitc an aver
age OF scvrntY-ilVs cents week and
. found"
THE letter carriers among the knights OF
Labor are RcitntinG for tho formation Of n
Letter Carriers National Trade Assembly.
PRoFEsSoR swINo, OF Chicago, speaking
OF labor unions, saii lahorers must organize
rs Just men. not rs bandits, IN oTtcr 10 win.
THr Union Pacific Railroad has notified its
employees that they must not takn any part
in politics. nor discuss the subject under
pain OF dismissal.
TWELVE HUNDRED miners cmplovcd by tho
Spring Valley Un.N Coal Company quit work
! In sympathy with tho trap boys, who want
an advance OF Ave cents day.
THE growth ~ the Knights Of labor all
over the United States Is estimated 10 ho not
less thnn 1000 during the last ycar. ak hun
drod locals havo bo.n added sincn last Sop
tenbcr.
SEVERAL. OF the Western roads have adopt.
ed the system OF paying prnmiums FOR tho
saving OF coal on loromotiv,r On some oc-
casions rs high as Sc IA week has hecn thus
paid 10 cngtn" crews.
THE English laborlnS men arc suffering
from tho same cause that has made trouble
for tbs American workers. Immigration
from the cheap labor countries has crowded
ont English workmCn TO II degree that has
attracted widespread attention.
! Laws 'or the settlement OF disputes boz
tween employers and their workmcn 10y mr.
hitration and conclliation have reen enacted
IN California, Colorado, IC VI, Kansas,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jors0y, New
! York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The Biennial Convention OF tha Brother
| hood or Locomotive FIremen convened ut
Harrisburg, Penn. Tho report OF Grand
Secretary Arnold shows balance OF .77,-
900 in the Treasury. Grand Master Sargent
and Vice Grand Master Hanrahan woro re-
elected.
HEAVY Williams, leading gentlemen, Irish,
"Dutch," and "YAnkee" comedians song
and-Innco men, musical artists, and other
actors TO the number of nearly 900 havd
Joined the ranks OF federated labor by TAX
lug out charter under tho American Pcd-
eratlon OF Labor, OF which Samuel GQmp"rs
!s President, ne the "Actors' Protective Union
No. l. oftho City Of New York"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
Foreign


THE roof of a school building in Naples
Italy, collapsed, burying twenty children1
Most OF them were taken out dead.
ADDITIONAL details of the naval fight at
Yalu show it to have been a tremendous tri-
umph for the Japs. The Chinese lost five
ships. None Of the conquring fleet was de-
strOYed, though two vessels were slightly
damaged.
IT is officially announced that DR.. Rafael
Nunez, President OF the Republic of Colom-
bia died a few days ago. Rafael Nunez was
born at CartheSena on September %, 1925.
THE Empress of Japan has called on the
ladies Of her court TO assist her in preparing
hospital supplies for the wounded OF both
China and Japan in Korea.
THE recent army manoeuvres in Europe
show that military ballOoning has made such
progress that new cannon and new rifles
new engines of war.
A DESTRUCTIVE storm ragged in the Aktta
and Iwate procedures IN Japan and was fol-
lowed by great floods. Over three hundred
persons We're drowned and more than Il, 900
houses were destroyed.
FRANCE is preparing to begin active opera
tiOns against Madagascar tor the purpose of
maintaining French authority over the isl
and
THE Dutch have nearly destroyed the cap
ital of the island of Lombok, and the be-
eieged Balinese are suffering from famine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-05
WaShinStOn.

SINCE the inauguration of the Democratic
Administration 1,597 ,233 silver dollars have
been coined under the unrepealed provisions
of the Sherman act.
SUPERVISING ARCHIrEcT O'RoURKE's resig-
nation was accepted by the Secretary of the
Treasury III q formal note.
SUIT has been begun by sugar growers In
Washington to compel Secretary Carlisle TO
continue bounty payments.
SECRETARY HERBERT has placed Professor
Hardness, United States Navy, in complete
charge of the Naval Observatory.
CHIEF HAZEN, of the Secret Service. has
received information from the Sub-Treasury
at New Orleans Of Il counterfeit twenty dOi
lar national bank note. 1t is on the Fourth
National Bank Of the city of New York,
check letter A, L. f. Chtttenden. Register !;
F. E. Spinner, Treasurer; dated March l,
1864.
GEORGE 3. ANDERSON, Secretary Of the
American Legation in Brazil, has resigned.
He was appointed to the position year
ago from the District of Columbia.
THE report of the Bureau Of Statistics for
July shows that FOG, ,023, ,995 pounds Of sugar,
were imported free OF duty in July last,
against z79, ,082, GAP pounds in July. 1893.