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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
Sheriff Strut was in Miller Fri.

Ex-Sheriff Strut was in Miller Fri.
day. He reports having sold a
quarter OF landit Ito Martinmaas Bros.
recently in Fairview. The big build,
inG he removed from st. Lawrence
to his farm last year, was sold to
the Woikmen lodge OF Orient. Ii
will he moved to Orient and used for
lodge purposes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Winter set in last Saturday night
March Sd, and by Monday evening
some five or six inches of snow had
had fallen. 1t is thought, however
that most folks were "about ready
for winter. Somewhat like last
year. More sleighing in March than
any other month.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

\ large number OF young folks
gave Fred Sweetland IL surprise par
ty Friday evening, in honor OF his
Goth birthday. The entertainment
consisted OF games, refreshments, -
land a general good time" so the
young folks say.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Deputy treasurer J. 2. Morrill, has
been laid up for two or three weeks,
This is Il very busy time in the treas
urer's office, but Mrs. Morrill, is per
forming jays duties in the Office.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

The people OF Miller and Hand
county are fast learning that it pays
to trade where the very best OF every
thing is kept. Where your none Y
is refunded without squabbling,
should any mistakes occur. tt
ELMER HOLDEN.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

An eclipse OF the SIM isreported by
the astronomers for May 2Sth. II
will not be total in this section.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Fresh Cranberries 3 OTIS 25c at
Campbell's. Fresh figs aud dates at
CampbelIs. The largest stock Of
fresh candies in town at Campbells.
lott
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

A couple of immigrants arrived
Monday from Harlan, Iowa, and
will Sc tile on farms in GreenleaI
township.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Bessie Woodruff, second daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Harlan Woodruff,
OF Midland, was quite badly hurt
one day last week by being thrown
from horse. Fortunately no bones
were broken, and she will soon re-
cover.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Prof. J. H. Snoddy, Supt OF
Schools for Hand county, was in.
town last Saturday. He attended
the teachers meeting at the Stewart
school house on the afternoon OF
that day.-Wessington Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Clint Preston has NOV ed his bar
Der shop to the room just south o
6. ii. Preston harness shop.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
CHEAP COAL /!

Iowa Block Coal at SO per ton
while ii lasts. Also good supply
OF cedar posts, and a car ofred cedar
schingles at McCoy's. tt
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Eluudreau is to have "a tow mill.
Good thing. Miller had one once,
and all its projectors ever did was to
advise the farmers to cut your flax
straw low, "
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Joseph Trythall has secured home
stead in Florence township, and will
proceed to fix it up for "a stock
ranch.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
For Rent

The busisness building now oc-
cupied by n. johnson Il Co.'S drug
store in Miller. Possession given
about March 20. Inquire OF c.
Haibig. ii
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

2Doz. Stamp Photos in 4 posi-
tlons Tor % cts. at Miller Gallery.
Open every day. W. Il. BARKER,
If Artist.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Guy Stout and Willie Tamblyn, OF
the PRESS force, have been sick this
week, hence poor paper and several
items lett out.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Mrs. B. F. Torrey and daughter
Pearl went to Mineral Point, Wis,
Tuesday in answer to a summons
announcing the serious illness OF
Mrs. Torrey's mother
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Leopold koeck, OF Midland was in
town Saturday, and reports motto
ing a large number of small birds
lying dead just under the telephone
wires, How do you account for
their death2
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

S. S. Roberts and family will ecu
ply the Wright place just east of
town for the coming year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Elder A. j. Barnes OF Lincoln Neb.,
viii preach in the Christian church
next Sunday morning and evening.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

b. W. Humphrey, teacher in the
Miller school, has received state
certificate, good for five years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

r. u. Bailey, once a resident near
Burdette, this county, died in Huron
last week.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Chas. Vocht, painter and paper
hanger, will be in Miller about March
Is, prepared to do all kinds OF work
i'm his lin. 11t2
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

A. f. Bills made trip to Buffalo
county last week after horses.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
O a suo II r "A.
Bears tho :, The Kind You Have Always Bought
S's, !; IMAZzzw

Now is your chance toget all kin DIS
OF Photographic work at Miller gal
lery. Open every day. All work
guaranteed to be of the best. tt
W. +. BARKER, Artist.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Jes. Hansen, of Ohio twp, bought
l6O acres of land from X. S. Willett
last week.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
St. Patrict's Day Dance.

A grand dance will be given at the
Opera house in Miller FRIDAY March
1G. a feature will be the grand cake
walk. Price of tickets 75c. Come.
2t By Con-.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

The Monogram shirt, guaranteed
fit, superior workmanship, best ma
terial' correct styles, full sizes, Per-
feet finish at S. H. Belts. If
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Bro. Hicks, prognosticator, says
March will be rough and stormy.
Knowledge is a great thing. We
predict that July will be warm.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
Quick Exit Prices,

Until April 1st all Books, Bibles,
Albums, Fancy Articles, Toys and
Games ut cost. tt
q. C.. BRIGGS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
ACCOMPLISHMENTS For Sale.

Reiin quishments for twelve good
quarters OF Hand County land for
sale. JOHN PUsEY. | t.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Sheriff Wilcox and Ex-Sheriff
Walsh went to Mitchell Tuesday.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

incest line Of good things to eat,
Att ELMER HOLDEN.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
The Monogram shirts, the shirt
that fits, at S. II. Belts. tt

Mrs. Susan Lockett has been quite
sick for some time, butts improving.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
Heavy Horses Wanted.

| want to buy some good heavy
young horses, weight about 400,
b. f. TORREY.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08

Geo. Stoner, OF Highmore, was a
Miller visitor Monday.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-08
NN\NNNNN>N/NN~N~~i
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Have you seen the novelties at
HOlben's? 44tf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24
The German Platform.

The Democratic platform, or policy, for
Tho campaign Of 1900, proposed by cx-Sen.
ator GoRMAN OF Maryland, is, in accordance
with thu statesman's habit, n masterpiece
of nogation and no~ncommitmont. IL Is for
nothing by being for everything, this, in
Mr.. GoRMAN's opinion, being the only way
in which the Democracy can hide from the
antagonisms that were fatal in 1890.
Let no plank Of the Chicago platform,
said Mr.. GoRMAN, bravciy, bc left out.
Let no man rcpudiatc his principles, Pat
In every idea and sentiment entertained
within the borders Of the Democracy, The
more, and the more contradictory, the
better. Bat put them all 50 carefully on
tho same level that no single one will
catch the public eye. Let the Democratic
programme be ms q blank page on which
can be found nothing AZ least ropcllant
to anti.Bryan Democrats. With that in
hand let us so for the Republicans.
This is a Dcmocrat-for-harmonytonly's
idea Of Democratic harmony" 1t may
CRATE somewhat upon Col. BRYAN's more
stalwart method Of declaring his principles;
but what will Col. BRYAN say in complaint
II he gets the nomination?
Mr.. GoEMAN's scheme is fortified by the
prestige of success in the Congress election
In New York city in 1898 and in the Mary
land election for Governor in 1892. 1t is
not probable that in 1900 the country at
large will be- found to have sunk so low.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24
Tea.

The Viccroy of India, Lord CURzoN, Is
about TO visit Assam, the largest Of the tea
| growing regions in the British East Indies,
To study the needs of It's greatest industry.
Tea culture is important only in a few
countries Of Asia, and up to twenty years
ago China produced nearly all the tea the
world consumed. Then Japan began to
compete with her, and, a little later, tea
planting was vigorously developed in
Assam, Bengal and Ceylon.
These British possessions soon out
stripped Japan and steadily gained upon
China, Their acreage has more than doubled
w.thintwcnty years, and the export business
has grown 10y leaps aud bounds, while tat
OF Caina has decreased, chiefly because
Great Britain and her colonies have with
drawn over two-thirds Of their tea trade
from China and given it to the British Elst
Indies. Greater skill and better machinery
for preparing the leaf placed the teas Of
India and Coylon in the front Of the mar
ket; and IN 1896 China. the native home Of
the tea plant, saw her rivals sell PCS, O0O,-
DOG pounds Of tea, while her exports
were $4,000, 900 pounds.
Vast numbers Of tea drinkers prefer
China tea to the East Indies teas. Tho
United States and Russia are still faithful
to the Older grower, China is awakening
to the need Of doing something to recover
at least a part OF what she has lost. and so
in the past two years she has brought a
considerable amount of machinery to Flu.
chow and elscwherc and the adoption Of
new methods OF curing.
The tea standards established under our
law Of 1897 have also had the effect to i'm
prove the quality Of the teas sent to this
country, whore somc millions Of pounds
were rejected soon after tho law became
operative. China needs onlyto keep abreast
Of the times to compete successfully with
India and Ccylon; but the fact that a Vice.
roy Of India, for the first time, will visit
Assam in the interest Of the tea crop is one
among many evidences that competition
in the trade is fierce indeed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24

trusted TO the goody's cleansing broom.
They put up one skyscraper after an-
other, built, not after college plans, but
afterthose OF modern city apartment houses
More than twenty OF these are named
now In the college catalogue, and some
OF tho buildings are fully IA large as any
college hall. They studied tho tastes OF tho
tenants they wished to secure before build
ing. They used business methods In at-
tracing customers, with the result that
sentiment, a weakness distinctly discour-
agcd by the college authorities, has yielded
IN the case ~ the students to the rational
desire for comforts which they have been
brought up to look upon as the common
accessories Of civilized life.
Harvard College, therefore. finds some OF
It's rooms untonnntcd, and is likely to find
still more unoccupicd in the future. Prcsi-
dent Eliot says, philosophically: Just at
present there is an oversupply Of students
rooms In the noighborhool Of the unlvcr-
sity, the building OF private dormitorirs
having been somewhat overdone.' The
difficulty may be temporary, and it is to be
hoped that it is. but the chances seem to be
against tho prrponderance Of the college
dormitorics. The Harvard Corporation
will have to wake up to the exig"ncies OF
modern life in living accommodations.
II must make a vigorous fight to win back
the Undergraduates affections to the Yard.
Harvard without the Yard would be as
salt that hath lost its SAVIOR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24
The New Army Bill.

The bill which Secretary Roof has pre-
pared to increase the efficiency ofthc Army
proposes changes in the Army which inn
partial ana intelligent students of our
military establishment must approve.
In the first place, the President is
empowered to retire any permanent head
OF a staff department, and, by and with the
advice of the Senate, to appoint his success
sOr from the Army at large; any head OF
a staff department retired while holding
that post to have the retired rank and
pay of the grade held when retired.
Vacancies in the Acknowledgements and
the Inspector-General's departments are
to be- filed for terms Of four years
by officers detailed from the line, se-
~lections to be made by boards of three
officers on duty in the department in
which a vacancy exists for reason of
service record. Officers thus detailed are
to nave the rank and pay of the next
higher grade than that actually held by
them. After four years officers detailed
to these departments may be returned to
any branch Of the service, and must serve
one year in the line before they can be
detailed again to a staff department. II
not redetailed after one year, they are to
return TO the arm in which they are com
missiOned.
Officers detailed in the same way to
the other staff departments-the Quar-
termasters, the Subsistence Department,
the Ordnance Department, the Signal
(nrDe oFtar four 10 rat,,, 30
the arm from which they were detailed,
and shall not be eligible to detail to the
staff for year. Tho difference between the
treatment OF officers detailed to the two
| executive departments and that OF officers
detailed to what may be called the supply
departments is due to an intention to
educate the officers Of the Adjutant-
Generals and Inspector-General's depart
monts in all branches Of the service, thus
fitting them for performing the duties Of
Chiefs Of STAFF in war.
Officers now In the staff departments are
to be promoted according to seniority; all
officers OF those departments below the
rank OF Li"utenant-C Colonel holding perma-
nent appointments are to serve one year in
five in the line, without vacating their staff
commissions, When the number of officers
detailed to tn" staff equals the number
authorized for duty in each department,
vacancies caused by details to the staff are
to be filled by officers returning from tours
OF stan DUTY BY these provisions the
stats are made more flexible; and so,
it may be added, is the line. The custom
which exists OF leaving one regiment half
destitute of officers, while another has every
post filled, simply because an officer has
been commissioned in a particular repi.
ment, will go out Of favor, and officers will
be sent whore their services are needed. It
may also be supposed that the Inspector.
Generals Department will be united with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24

sanctioned and reported by the House
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce.
The Senate Canal bill and the House
Canal bin are now substantially the same
measure. Barring u fcw slight verbal diff
fcrcnccs Of no significance, they are idcnti-
cal except In these two particulars:
/. The Senate bill directs the Secretary OF
Wart to construct such Notifications forthc
defence ofthc canal as will be required for me
conreni'ncs and SAFETY Of all %rcsseiS desiring
the use Of The canal" The House bill directs
the Secretary OF War to construct such
Notifications for defence as will be required
for he safety and protection Of said canal
and hdrbors."
2. The Senate bill ap%propriatcs Sllo,-
600, 900, or 50 much thereof as may be
necessary, to be drawn from time to tin"
IA the money shall hc needed. The House
bill directly approprlatcs only sl0,OOO,OoO
at the start, but Il authorizes the War De-
partmcnt to enter into contracts for work
needed for the construction and defence Of
the canal, not to exceed sl40,O0O,000 in
tho aggregate.
These two variations do not imply any
difference Of general purpose as between
the canal promoters in the Senate and those
IN the House. They result simply from the
circumstance that tho Hepburn or House
measure is the later to be revised, Tn
Hepburn version Is by n month moro nearly
NJ TO date than the Morgan version.
Sofaras one possesses any advantage over
the other, the House bill, as our esteemed
contemporary will perceive, emphasiz' rs
Il little more clearly, in its provisions
regarding defence, the American intention
cooperate the canal, In peace and war, under
its exclusive jurisdiction; and We believe
this feature will commend itself to the
Inter- Occon, which periodically maintains
that the canal must bn under American and
not European control.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24

1t was obviouS when the ease against the
Rev. DR.. McGIFFERT was dismissed by the
New York Presbytery, with nothing more
than q gentle admonition to him to discon-
tinue teaching in Presbyterian theological
seminary doctrines contradictory to the
Westminster Confession, that the charges
would go on appeal to the General Assembly,
which meets at st. Louis next May. Such
On appeal has now been entered by the Rev.
DR.. BIRCH.
The Presbytery showed aside the case in
order to escape from the ~disaErecahie
necessity Of a heresy trial, but, Of course,
such an iseu Is that raised by the teach
ings Of DR.. MCGIFFERr cannot be avoided.
Either the Presbyterian Church must try
the hereto or proceed forthwith to trans
form its confession Of faith according to his
teachings. If it is not in sympathy with
him it must repudiate his doctrines by
regulating him.
Logically and practically the General
Assembly must treat him as it treated DR..
BRIGGS, unless meanwhile there has zone
over it a radical change in its doctrinal con-
viction. It would forfeit public respect by
protesting belief in q standard of faith
which it suffered its ministers to deny in
their public teachings.
Perhaps the time has come for Briggsizing
the Westminster Confession. It certainly
has come if the Presbyterian Church now
tolerates the method and views OF DR..
MCGIFFERT, and il that is the case common
honesty requires that the General Assembly
should plainly and frankly announce the
change 80 that all men may know Of It.
The plea that annoyance and distress
would be caused by meeting this issue
squarely is all excuse for cyading it which
can only be made by cowardice. The great
power which has been exercised In this
country by the Presbyterian Church in tho
past has been due to its courageous fidelity
to conviction and bold avowal Of honest
belief. The Westminster Confession has
been one of the most notable influences in
the intellectual education OF the most stall
wart minds Of the American people, and its
overthrow now by teachings like those OF
DR.. BRIGGS and DR.. MCGIFFERT would
constitute all event of the greatest ilupOr-
lance In our religious history; but the
surrender, il made, ought to be made
openly and not by cowardly connivance
with its enemies.
One or the other Is herctical-eithe DR..
McGIFFERr or the Westminster Confession,
and the question a. to which 1t is must he
decided by the brave minds Of the Pres
byterian Church.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24
The Two Canal Bills In the senate and
House,

We observe that in discussing the Hep
ia somewhat misled as to its exact relation
to the similar measure introduced in the
Senate by Senator SULLIVAN Of Mississippi.
Our esteemed contemporary remarks:
Tho Senate bill requests or instructs the Presi.
dent to negotiate with Great Britain for the ab roga.
ton or modification Of the C~lsyton.Bulwer Treaty >,
ss TO enable the Unitel states t. own. construct,
maintain. and operate Under It's exclusive iurisiir-
ton 4 canal across the isthmus. The Senate ON.
cially recognizes that the Clayton Bulwer Treaty is
in force. Why this difference between the Senate
and HEPBuEs of Iowa' simply because the senate
is in earnest in Its efforts to secure the construction
Of a canal under Government control, and HEPBuRS
Of Iowa Ia not.
The course recommended by the Senate contem.
plates the amendment of the Hay. Paunceiote Treaty
and the construction Of an American canal. Tho
course recommended by HEPRURS OF Iowa contem.
plates the rejection of any new treaty. and the de-
feat OF any measure for the construction OF an
American canal"
As originally introduced about the middle
OF December last, the Senate bill did instruct
the President to negotiate with Great Brit
ain for the ~abrogation or modification OF the
Clayton Bulwer Treaty "to such extent as
to enable the United States to own construct,
maintain. and operate under its exclusive
jurisdiction a canal across the isthmus.'
That Is probably what the hter-Oceda has
In mind. The Sullivan bill. however, went
to the Senate Committee OF Interoccanic
Canals, and, on January 10, was reported
back from that Committee by Mr.. MORGAN,
with the provision in question stricken out,
and other important changes made in the
text Of the measure.
This amended sullivan bill, without the
provision for negotiation to ~abrogate or
modify the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Is the
Canal bill now before the Senate. 1t Is the
bill sanctioned and reported by the Senate
Committee on "Interoceanic Canals, just as
the amended Hepburn bill is now the bill
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-24
the Adjutant-G Generals, and the Subsistence

hh' ~ hi' VIZ
with the Qunrtormaster's Department.
Tho second Of the most important pro-
visions nbolishes the present regimcntal
organization In the artillery, and reorgan-
lees that arm rs n Corps Of Artillery, with
a Colonel as Chief Of Artillery, and with the
battery as the tactical unit, the size OF the
battery Of coast artillery depending on the
needs of cnch post garrisoned, and the in
crease in the number Of artillerymen to be
gradual and ut the expense OF the infantry
and cavalry arms.
An important provision directs hat one
out Of every three promotions TO the grades
OF Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel md Major
shall be- 10y selection for merit, thus holding
out to junior officers tho prospect of speedy
reward for mcritorious services.
The bill Is adapted to fit any sized army,
needing little change II Congress should in
crease or even diminish the Army. II Ia
adapted admirably to fulfil the purposes
outlined by Secretary Roof in his annual
report. to secure n reasonable Oppor-
tunity for selection In line promotion,
to make the staff ll"xiblc and break
up its excessive bureaucratic tendencies,
and to give the artillery n modern or
ganizltion. These aims are reached by
the bill with such jealous safeguarding
Of existing rights Of staff officers that it
should excite littl" opposition in Congress,
and should soon become a law.