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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
The Political Scrap Bag.

The ever-increasing deficit brought
about by the Wilson tariff bill is caus-
ing no end Of trouble in every city, viii
lage and hamlet in this country.
AS a practical business man of great
experience, Mr.. Hanna, says the New
York Tribune, is sure to be a most
useful member of the senate, eve
though inexperienced in the rules.
When the tariff question is out OF the
way, with the certainty that for four
years at least there will be no change
in economic policy, business can not
help but grow better, and with the i'm
rovemen will come the dissipation Of
questions which have been so disturb
ing to the public mind.
General Sickles, who has been in
Door health since his exertions during
the late presidential campaign, says:
my bitterest disappointment is that |
must give up my cherished project to
form a legion of Union and Confeder-
ate veterans to escort Major Mckinley
in the inaugural parade from the cap
itol to the white house."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
A Very Narrow EScanc.

Rush City, Mimi. March 2T.-Bennic
HiCkerSOn, aged seventeen and en-
plCyed as night operator at this point,
had a marvellous escape from death
this morning. He was relieved about
Z o'clock and started for his hotel
about the time a freight train came
along. As the airs nassed he careless
~ put his hand out and touched them.
when suddenly his hand was caught
and he was jerked off his feet. lie
fell between the platform and rails at
close quarters. and one of the wheels
passed over his left foot. In the
meantime his head was drawn toward
the rail, but by dint of hard work he
managed to KEEP it out of danger,
suffering only slight bruises. He will
lose his foot.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Silver "Republicans."

The signers Of this call for the or
ganization Of a Silver Republican
party are all conspicuously known as
malcontents and deserters. Senators
Teller, Dubois, Mantle and Cannon
have violently opposed Republican
measures in congress and assisted in
defeating them. They and Senator
Pettigrew formally bolted the Repub-
lican national convention and gave
more or less active support to Bryan
in last autumn's Presidential cam
paign. Congressman Charles A.
Towne of Minnesota, who is put for
ward as the chairman of the new party,
was denied a denomination a year ago
by his Republican constituents be-
cause of his extreme silver views, and,
running as an independent against the
regular candidate in his district, was
defeated at the polls.
For such men as these to claim the
title of Republicans is sheer imperti-
hence. To all intents and purposes.
they are Democrats and Populists, all
of them. They should be honest
enough to show their true colors.-Bos-
ton Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

The election of Major Mckinley was
a popular uprising of the best elements
OF American citizenship. Such a large
percentage of the legal voters OF all the
states was never polled before in the
history of our politics. The election
will also go on record as the c%leanest.
f~airest, most honorably conducted OF
any contest in our political annals.
Mr. Altgeld does not seem to realize,
says the Times-Herald, that the world
do move" n that the population in
creases in several states of the Union.
He also persistently refuses to believe
that the full vote Of both parties was
not cast in 1892. AS long as the ex-
governor prefers to grope around in
such darkness it is useless to attempt
to convince him Of the error of his
ways.
Mr.. C~leveland's zeal in getting his
Democratic appointees under cover is
too obviously partisan to be mistaken.
Assuming that the public service
would be promoted by placing practi-
cally all the governments employees
under civil service rules, there is clear
ly no fairness in permitting a president
to fill the offices with his W partisans
and then declare them sacred from all
political interference.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

commander. The days work over, this
statesman and plain American citizen
donned his hat and overcoat and for
the first time in many years there was
witnessed the spectacle of a President
or the United States walking unattend-
ed through the streets of Washington.
This habit, which was characteristic
or General Grant, has been revived by
that other Ohio soldier, Major McKin-
ley, and strollers on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. now doff their hats to the President
of the United States as he walks by.
and in return receive a pleasant salu-
tation from him.
G.. II. WILLIAMS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Pass the Tariff and Go Home.

President McKinley's first duty is to
insist, not upon the treaty, but upon
a tariff bill that will give adequate rev.
enue for governmental expenses and
also give proper protection to the in
dustrial interests of the country and
the American ~workingman. When he
has made this clear to the special ses-
sion, and the Dingley bill has been
passed and becomes a law, the next
step will be to dissolve congress. There
is no other legislative business for it
to take up or discuss. The tariff is the
only matter of pressing Importance.
But a new tariff bill with congress in
session will hardly bring about pros
perity. Every business interest will
feel safer if senators and congressman
are il their homes instead of in Wash
ington. We need the tariff bill mighty
badly, but we need the rest cure also.
Let Ills have both!-N. Y. Advertiser.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

was made a special order for Tuesday.
Mr.. Jacobson had the West blanket
ballet bill referred back to the COM
mittee Of the whole. He said that the
bill was rather loosely drawn and
needed amendment in certain particu-
lars.
The following bills were passed:
To amend the laws relating to uSery
and trusts: to fix the time for holding
the general terms of the district court
in the Sixth judicial district: providing
that money expended by townships in
draining roads shall be expended I'M
der the supervision of a civil engineer.
who shall establish grades, etc; to al.
low villages TO issue bonds to pay X
listing judgments: providing for liens
for laborers employed upon mining
properties; providing for liens for ma
terial men i'll connection Win mines:
increasing to $1,000 the allowance for
clerk hire in the Office of the insurance
commissioner: providing for liens on
logs and other 1oatableS: allowing the
Incorporation Of companies ia secure
stray logs at the head of Lake Superb
or; increasing to $4,000 the appropria-
ion in aid of county agricultural So
cietics.
Inc DIS were
Providing that village councils may
designate repositories for village
moneys and e~xempting village treasur-
ers from liability for such deposits: rel
alive to building and loan associations;
to compel railroads operating more
than n line or division to run their
trains so as to accommodate the ZEN
eral public; relating TO dams and
bOoms used in driving logs: relating To
the equitable adjustment of state land
grants; relating to judges of probate
acting in adjoining counties; to pro-
vide for a lien upon logs cut upon land
upon which taXcs are delinquent: re-
lating to endowed pr~ofessOrships ut the
university: to allow grain commission
merchants TO file bond with the Secre-
tary of state for the protection of
owners Of property consigned TO them:
to allow cities having n population less
than 1900 to issue bonds for wafer
works, etc: TO regulate fares on sleep
Jag. drawing and parlor cars; prescrib-
ing the form of affidavit of legal pub
licationS made in newspapers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Grain. Meat.

AS it is a truism Of history that no
ill-fed nation has ever been great, it
follows that, in the matter of food
consumption the American people are
well provided with a physical basis for
greatness as a nation, and for intel
lectual superiority among its individual
people. Our per capita consumption
Of meat and grain is considerably more
than twice the average per capita of
all Europe. Each American averages
twice as much grain consumed per
year, and a little more meat, than the
average Englishman; and the latter
stands at the head of all European
consumers Toledo Blade.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
THE ~LgGGISLATURE.
of a Busy Day i'm the
senate and House.

ST. Paul. March Ex-senator Whit
ney succeeded in having the senate
adopt q mOtiOn 10 reconsider the vote
whereby the house bill TO organize tie
unorganiZcd counties of Cass and Bel
trami was lost Thursday. Not feeling
equal. however. TO an attempt ut pass
ing the bill yesterday he had the meas
ure laid Oh the table until such time
as he will be able to mass enough votes
to pass it.. Senator Jones called up
the house resolution memoraliZing
congress TO take up the system or
dykes proposed for Minnesota and urg-
ing their rapid completion. The SEN
ate then concurrcd in the resolution by
unanimous votc.
The following bills were passed:
70 prevent the adulteratiOn of and
deceltion in the sale Of flax seed or
linsecd oil; an act to regulate eiections;
to amend the penal code relating to the
crime of larceny: providing for the
payment of surety bonds of the treas
urers of certain counties and cities.
The following bills were introduced:
To amend the laws relating 10 the
descent of lands: to provide for lien on
grain for threShing; TO create q depart
ment Of labor and defining the duties
of the commissioners of labor; to COM
pel railroad companies operating o
than one line of railroad 10 so operate
their trains as to serve the best inter
ests of the travelling public; to define Il
legal paper and to legalize publications
heretofore made: 20 permit cattle,
horses and mules To VI at large I'm
townships. to provide for the bonding
of commission merchants: TO provide
for tie construction of dams to facil-
itate the running of logs in runs; to
provide fer the revision and annulation
of the corporation laws of Minnesota;
TO amend the laws relating TO the pow
ers of guardians; to provide for the
display Of the United States flag on
public school buildings; to provide for
the collection of delinquent taxes by
clearance sale; to authorize the gov
ernor to institute proceedings against
county officers; relating to corpora
items.
The House.
The governors message was read
yptoing the fourth asylum bin. and the
further consideration Of. the matter
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires In n Com
densed Form.

densPU Form.
The steamer Three Friends has been
seized by the United States authorities
at Jacksonville, Fla.
T.. III. McEenry. chief engineer Of the
Northern Pacific road, has been elect
ed an honorary member of the Mon
tana Society of Engineers.
Most Rev. Conyngham Plunket 0LOrd
Plunket, Protestant archbishop Of
Dublin. is so seriously i'll that his
physicians consider his condition hope
less.
There was a serious landslide on
the Montana Central near Helena,
Mont, and a bad accident would have
occurred had the track walker been
negligent.
The board Of control of Wisconsin
has recommended the commitment OF
Maria Kicks. the window smasher. To
the Northern Hospital for Insane in
that state.
w. III. Dent. receiver of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank of DEBORAH. Iowa, has
entered suit for $4,000 against James
III. EaSton to recover the assessment on
his stock in the bank.
One hundred and fifty veterans OF
Columbia Post 1O6, G.. A. K, Chicago,
VIII 20 SOUTH Ill EISl'bIISe I'D I'LL lHNltd-
ton requesting them to attend the Ten
nessec centennial, which opens in
Nashville May l.
The plant of the SignaI-Recorder mt
Chadron. Neb., has been sold under Il
chattel mortgage. The paper has ap-
pearCd under the old name of the Re-
corder. Its politics have nut yet been
defined. the editor taking Il n%on-parti-
san stand in his salutatory.
United States Consul Buford at
Paso De Norte. has advised the de-
partment of state that the Mormon au-
thorities in Mexico have denied that
the "Colonia Hidalgo" colonization
scheme has any connection with their
church. The colonists have all left.
The central w. G.. II. l.. ut its meet
ing in Willard hail. Chicago, has
adopted a resolution against kinetO-
scope exhibitions of the Corhett-fitZ-
simmons prize fight. A committee was
appointed To work for the passage of Il
city ordinance forbidding the exhibit
ton in Chicago.
In the circuit court mt Chicago Judge
Horton refused to dissolve the tenn
porary injunction against the telegraph
companies and the board of trade. re-
straining them from removing tick
ers'' and supplying market quotations
to a number of firms and individuals.
The decision is a practical victory for
the bucket shops.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Hnlch of CnlOniais.

Bismarck. y. D., March -. - Gov.
Briggs has followed the example set
by Gov. Allin ana appointed his pri-
waite secretary a colonel on his staff.
The staff is now complete and the fol
lowing will act as body guard to the
governor with the rank of colonel:
w. NJ. Cochrane. John ID. Black. \. NJ.
Packard. T.. III. Pierce. w. II. Topping.
George II. Phelps. Robert Bergh. Il. L..
Bogart. II. III. HankinSOn. Albert
White and NJ. III. jewell.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Criminal Cnses Mt Btsmarsk.

Bismarck. n. d.. March 27.-ln the
United States court the cas- of Mrs.
Farrand of Fort Rice, charged with
opening a letter belonging to another,
is on trial. The juries in the cases of
George Losey, charged with blowing a
safe in the Lisbon postoffice, and j. Nj.
Trappey of Mandan. charged with
stealing government cattle, both disa-
greed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Their Acts Were Legal.

Grantsburg. Wis. March -. - The
bitterly contested case of Jerrard w. J..
s. Baker, brought to annul tax certiti-
Gates bought by the defendant from
the county. the latter not giving proper
notice Of sale. was heard and dis
missed in the circuit court here, as the
legislature on the 10Th instant had
passed a law lcgalizing the acts of the
county board in this sale.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
No More Seed Grain Leans.

Fergus Falls. Mimi, Special.-The
county commissioners of Otter Tail
met and decided not to put Ou any
seed grain as provided by the last leg
islature. Those who could secure the
bounty could get it elsewhere. The
county is out $4,000 by the LAST two
seed grain loans and does not want to
lose more.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Amputatfou Necessary.

Shell Lake, Wis, Special.-Albert
and Arthur Rounce of Rusk, aged 81
and II respectively. We're brought In
10 DR.. Sayles' hospital for treatment.
The boys left Orange, i'm Burnett coun-
~. Sunday for home and lost their
way. wandering around until Monday
night. when they wound up at Abe
.Johnson's camp with badly frozen feet,
hands and ears. 1t will be necessary
to amputate one of Albert's feet n
both or part of both of Arthur's.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Americans Are Well Fed.

Herewith is given a table showing
the average annual food consumption
per inhabitant among the leading
tries of Europe, as compared with the
United States:
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Marie Loves Liberty.

West Superior. Wis. March -. -
Marie Sweeney. the window smashcr,
has started for Braincrd, Mimi. on
transportation furnished by county Of
ficials. skipping out when she learned
that the Wisconsin state board of con-
troll had decided to put her in the OSh-
kosh asylum and keep her there.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

Huron, s. d.. March 2I.-Ethcl wills.
formerly of Jancsville. Wis. was
burned to death n her home while the
family was absent. Her mind had
been unbalanced for several months.
She was n music teacher, twenty-five
years old.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
I.athrop.s Narrow Escspc.

Fcssenden, y. d., SpeCal.-While
r. Lathrop was standing on a stool as
sisting In hanging up a beef he fell and
was caught In the back OF the neck by
n hog hook. Although the accident re-
suited in great pain the attending
physician thinks no serious c0Rse.
Quences will ensue,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
II SnDuts a

Madison. S. d., March -. - \ two
mel well on j. McGillivray's farm, this
county. emits gas with such force as 10
throw gravel 100 feet high. 1t roars
like n steam engine. Its force is in
creasing and all attempts to contine it
have failed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Hnd blaze nj Three Lakes

Three Lakes, Wis, March 27.-The
store building and stock. the saloon
and stock. and the warehouse of the
Law Lumber company burned. Total
loss, 5000: fully insured. An over
turned stove caused the blaze.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
"A Plain American Citizen"

President Mckinley has shown him
sell a plain American citizen in the
nrst week of his occupancy of the Pres
idential office.
There were no ~"frills" about his in
augural address, no unnecessary ex-
ciuslVeness in any part of his share of
Inc days doings, and when he became
master of the White House it's doors
were thrown open, and day after day
throngs of people from every section
ana state have been received by him.
me surviving members of his old regi-
ment, the Twenty-third Ohio, called
upon him the day following his inau-
suration, and not for many years have
the walls of the White House echoed
such ringing cheers as those with which
'ney greeted their old comrade and
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

Sank Center. Mimi. March 27.-GeO.
Breene. George and Henry Snyder of
Stiles Station are in Jail here charged
with the robbery of 4. Dahlem's store
in this city ten days ago Many of
the lost articles Were found in their
possession,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Crushed 10 Death.

Canton, $. d.. March 21.-Col. c. Il.
Gleason. a wealthy farmer of Lincoln
county, was fatally injured by the
premature explosion OF n blast which
he was experimenting.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Officers Alter Him.

Park Rapids, Mimi, March 27.-Of-
ficers are In pursuit of Henry Frank
ner, a bachelor. He Is charged with
an assault upon the person of Mrs.
Charles Hall,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
MiuneaDoIis NilIers Bu-

MCiristCwn. Mirn., Mnrch ~. - 49,
sig Diamond roller mill at this place
has gone into the hands of +. II.
Holmes ard Il. w. Stephenson of Min
neapolis, who will operate under the
name of the Atlas Milling company.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
MEN ALARMED
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM
WILL SPOIL THEIR JOBS.
President Mckinley Captures the Peo-
pIe OF the Capital City-WnI Pass
the Tariff Bill and Then Go Home
a Plain American Citizen"
Washington Correspondence

W SO.
Senator Wolcott's return, and the
favorable report which he made in his
talk with President Mckinley regard
ing the prospects for international BIZ
metallism, has alarmed the silver lead
ers. They begin to fear that they are
going to lose their occupation. They
have talked themselves into public
prominence and public positions on the
silver question and they are now scared
lest the proposed international silver
conference will take that subject out
of politics. They recognize the fact
that if the bimetallic conference agrees
upon a plan and it is adopted by the
various nations, the silver question
will go out Of politics in the United
States and they will be out of a job.
They also recognize the fact that il
the nations fail to agree upon a system
for an increased use of silver, it would
be folly for the United States alone to
undertake it, hence, they would be I'M
der those circumstances, out of a job.
So, it is not surprising that such men
as Dubois, Teller, Stewart and other
alleged friends of silver sneer at the
proposed bimetallic conference and are
doing all in their power to prevent its
success, or even it's consideration.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-26
LOUD POSTAL BILL.
Publishers Of Magazines and Weskiies
Enter O Protest

Publishers Of Magazines and Wesklies
Enter . Protest
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The senate
committee on postoffices and postroads
resumed its qearing on the Loud second
class mail bill, Orville j. Victor, chair
man Of a New York committee OF pub
fishers, being the first to be heard. He
said the bill was to the interest OF the
express companies, and opposed to the
interest Of the public, which demands
good and cheap literature. Mr.. Victor
called attention to the large amount OF
government matter which is being car
ried free, which would. he said, go far
towards accounting for the postoffce
department deficit, and created a gen.
eral laugh at the expense of the COM
mittee by reading a newspaper extract
characterizing most of this matter a.
congressional buncombe."
John Elderkin of the New York
Ledger claimed that under the proposed
law, such papers as The Ledger would
be excluded from the privilege of being
entered as second class mail matter.
MI. S.. s. Mcclure addressed himself
especially to Senator Chambers pro.
posed amendments to the Loud bill
He asserted that one Of these, that re
ferring to distribution through thu
news agencies, would have the efec'
Of requiring publishers of magazines tt
organize their own system Of distribu
ton. and thus both increase the cost Al
we'll as decrease the circulation of thei,
publications. Any addition to the cos
would render it impossible to publish
10 cent magazines. To advance tn
price of magazines to Is cents woul'
be to cut circulation half. Senate
Chandler said he did not propose t
press his amendments.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-26

The editor OF the Sioux Falls Press
who has been on the ground since the
opening OF the Legislature ut Pierre
thus sums up the senatorial situation:
complicated aud u hopeless e%ntangle-
ment more appearant SO long AS the
present candidates are alone considered.
There is little difference between the
first votes cast in caucus and the last
votes cast IN Joint session of the legisla-
ture. There is no appearance OF com
promise. Kyle's friends stand by him,
though there Is a queer Discrepancy be.
tween his support in caucuses the vote
de receives in joint sessions OF the legis-
lature. There Is no indication that he
will receive more tEan>\ about one-hali
the votes necessary to elect. LOucks
has about fifteen supporters who stand
by hum ike Grants famous 300 stal
warts. They stand 10y him through thick
and thin. o und"r no circumstances
will they go to Kyle. Nor is much pros
pect OF the vote for Loucks being in.
creased TO any appreciable extent. y
Plowman has the Black Hills vote and
Is holding it straight through, though
If any Of his supporters break away they
will 60 to Kyle, on the other hand 1t IL
claimed that kyie's supporters VIII 90
60 to Plowman.
Goodykoontz has a variable support
ranging from tive to thirteen. Wher
any OF kyle's forces waver they go tt
Goodykoon,z. But there Is no appear
ance of a large break FROM any Of th'
candidates to Goodykoon,z.
What then is the situation?
A deadlock that has no appearance o
being broken.