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New-York tribune., 1908-01-02
THE GOTERNOR,S ROOM.

The distinguished statesmen in whose hands
the destiny of the City Hall has generally been
held for the last few decades probably do not
feel acutely the sting in Mrs Russell Sages gift
of $4,000 for the restoration of the Governor s
Room in our chief municipal edihce. In this
respect AS in many others. the distinguished
statesmen differ conspicuously from citizens or
merely average intelligence We do not lnSln-
nate that they are mentally incapable of CON
STRUNG the liberal and happy benefactlon as
testimonial to their own bad taste in details Of
interior decoration. But however sharp may
have been the grief caused by their discovery of
this cruel Implication it must have been speed
ilv submerged in the far bitterer thought that
Mrs Sage's gift may remove forever from the
sweet sphere of honest graft several thousand
square feet of floor space and walls
For many years the Governors Room has
heen n most convenient thing to intrust to
friendly decorators who wished to be ''remem-
bered" The belief is that it has been decorated
oftener than any living bandmaster At all
events obliging OfficehOlderS have found the
apartment useful and ali their artisticaly in
cIined friends will bemoan Mrs Sage's resolve to
restore the original style Of furnishing and dec
oration Indeed apprehensions may be felt that
other phianthrOpiStS will encrOach elsewhere
on the domain of Tammany, and, by making
rooms. buildings and streets what they ought to
be drive many 4 famous son of Fourteenth
Street to petty larceny. Such fears, however.
NAV prove to he groundless for according TO all
REPORTS Mrs. Sage has not stipulated that the
decorations for which she is TO pay shall be per
manent Naturally the suppositOn is that
gift like this must always be kept in remem-
brance of the giver. matter Of common po-
iteness But why should hard pressed Tam
many chief ten years hence respect this social
custom: To be sure, the Art Commissions ap-
provaI would have to he secured before another
decorator could get busy in the Governors Room.
But who can guarantee the acts of all future
art commissions? While Mrs. Sage's gift is in
the public eve we take occasion to commend it
most warmly And we hope that when her
wish has been fulfilled distinguished local
statesmen will never he put TO the unpleasant
necessity of .'irlproving'' the Governors Room.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02
RECEPTION BY THE VfcE-PRESIOENT.

IFrorn The Tribune Bureau.I
Washington, jan Next in Importance 70 the
reception of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt ar
the White House that at the home OF the Vice
President and Mrs Fairbanks, in the afternoon.
where members Of the Senate and House. almost
without exception, officers of the army and navy
and numerous others IN official society called.
Assisting Mrs. Fairbanks in receiving were her
daughter. Mrs. John Timmons and Mrs Garret A.
Hobart. Mrs Shelby NJ CuIlOnn. Mrs Stephen b
Elkins. Mrs. Joseph B. Foraker. Mrs. NJ a Hanna.
Mrs John ". Foster and Mrs James Robert Nc
kee- From the Indiana delegation in the House
were Mrs Overstreet Mrs. Lincoln Dixon NJ. J.
H Foster. Mrs Charles B. LanGts Mrs j. - II.
Adair and Mrs. W. E Cox Others in Mrs. Fair
banks's receiving party Mrs. Archibald Davis.
Miss Hemenway. Miss Perkins. Miss Foraker. Miss
Lucy kean. Miss Anna CockrelI Miss Mary Lodge
Mckee. Miss Louise Maxwell. Miss FfouIke and
Miss Margaret Wade
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02

whose fayorite Psalm of Life was. Il am the
master of nv fate | am the captain or my
sor,f- Of course whenever Bob and Ott0 met
they couldn't help grnning at each other'
after the fashion of the old Roman aug >.
T,bo dear neonle however didn't see them, but
kept on imagining that the Hon. H. QUO "t,
penn had nothing for BOD bnt the hi'i o'o
ha,rt And so lot of boiling Republicans
who under the lead of Colonel the Hon. oahiue'
D. Dickinson, repudiated the regular parry
ticket, were inveigled into voting Tor the nun
Fl. Otto Wittpenn and electng MN Aaso''
Then. as sort of climax capping epiiosue 10
the screaming farce. Bob went way III ah
auparent huff, telling all the Faithful fhat they
would have to look TO the Hon. IL. QUO WIZ
Denn for their .'divvy of the spoils. as ne the
Hon Robert J. Davis, was mot In IT, But III
the end. when the slate was made up the one
sunremp resplendent name which had heade';
if from the very first was revealed to the pup
lie gaze: For City Collector. BOB!
Which is why we remark that the Hon. hop
ert 7 Davis. of Hudson County. New Jersey, Is
entitled to the compliments and congratuiatiohs
of the season. Not fer merely getting me
choicest and fattest office in the city Oh' no
Concentrations on that were due to nm on the
evening of November 5 last, right after the
closing of the polls. But he is to be feiicita{eu'
rather upon the super-satiny smoothness WIN
which he inveigled q lot of semi-Repubiican
dunes into voting the DeIkocratic ticket under
the sweet delusion that they We're voting TOT
that robust and sterling ring-smasher, the Hon.
II. Otto Wittpenn, for Mayor. when all fhe time
they were voting for Bob-just Bob. GOOD otd
Dohf
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02
Nen7lork daily Gribn,te
THURSDAY. JANUARY .. 1908

THIS newspaper as oioned and published bv
The Tribune Association, NeO York corpora
fion; Office and principal place OF BUSINESS i''o
0ne Building No. Isl Nassau street, Aeo foFK'
Ogden Malls. president; Nathaniel Tattte' sec
refaru and treasurer rhe address of the OH
GERS is fhe Office of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02

From returns thus far received, 1908 appears
to have come in with the usual amount or racket
and with the usual number of resultant heao-
aches; likewise with the conventional assor1-
ment of good resolutions, to be broken or 1or-
gotten in the conventional way. one year
getteth off the perch and another year paradeth
into the spot light, and there is nothing new
in the calendar.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02
RECEPTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE
lFrom The Tribune Eureau-I

From
wssb,nrton Ian 1.-The President wished 5.si'
callers n hapuv new year to-day. and shock hahds
with every one of them From ii a. m uh'iI I'E'
D. M. he stood at the threshold OF the neau'il"
Blue Paror in the White House and recelNed an"
returned Fluctuations until the last person within
the gates of the capital who desired 10 "ahe 'h
visit had paid his or her respects.
The reception while not large as some OF foT-
rner years when the weather was less threatenihs-
was one of the best managed and most enjoyaois
ever given in the historic building. There were no
bitches no mistakes of precedence to cause bit'e'-
ness between social asprants. and TIE best OF goo"
nature prevailed from The moment the four scarief
coated buglers sounded the fanfare which set tne
reception in motion until the last sfragsieT at ths
end of the line of plain citizens had passed oy
the President and the iron gates Oh tiie sl"uH"S
had been closed
The rules laid down for to-days reception fol-
lowed closely those enforced for half a dozen con
secutive years. The guests entered the north door
of the White House in the order OF tneir prece-
dence passed through the spacious entrance hall
between the two sections of the Marine Band seat
ed on the right and left crossed the corridor and
proceeded to the state dining room, where they
formed in line for their march through the state
parors of Red and Blue and Green. the East Room
and thence out of the mansion.
Promptly at II O'Clock the President descended
the state stairway of the White House. accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt. and. preceded by his
aids Colonel Charles s BromwelI and Lieutenant
Commander William S. Sims The President and
Mrs Roosevelt followed downstairs By the
Vfce-President and Mrs. Fairbanks, Secretary and
Mrs Root Secretary Cortelyou. making his first
outing after his recent Illness. with Mrs Cortel-
you Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf. the Postmaster
General and Mrs. Meyer. the Attorney General and
Mrs Bonaparte. Secretary and Mrs Straus, and
Secretary Wilson, escOrting Mrs Loeb All of this
party stood in line with the President and Mrs
Roosevelt, excepting Mrs Loeb. who Joined the
rest OF the assisting party in the Blue Room
interesting visitor in the Blue Room was Mrs
NJ A. Fairbanks mother of the Nice-President-
She handsomely gowned in black satin, with
a point lace fiChu.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02

The National Democratic Club is said to be
arranging number of dinners, at which plans
will be considered for organizing opposition to
Mr.. Bryan ''pror to and at the next Democratic
national convention" The club will thereby
prove it's firm belief in the theory that the right
time to try lock the stable door is after the
stall has been deserted and the steed has gone.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02

A dynamite bomb explosion. or d gas explo-
sion in the Temple of Neptune in the Forum of
Agrippa is an incident fitted to make the anti
quaran sit up and take notice.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02

In Georgia New Years Day was more notabl
for "reminiscences than for resolutions.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-02
INVITED TO THE BLUE ROOM.

Those invited to the Blue Room. most of whom
had already assembled to greet the Presidential
rty
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
SIOUX WILL BE
RICHEST TRIBE
Each Brave and Squaw Allowed
900 Acres of Govt. Land

Wapolka, S. D.. March IA. By a
recent Interpretation of the treaty
of 1889, all married women of the
Sioux tribes west of the Missouri
river, will receive an allotment of
800 acres in addition to the allotment
of GAO acres to each head of family.
Each man and wife will now own $50
acres of land. With the possible ex-
ception of the Osasges, these Indians
will ultimately be the wealthiest
tribe in the world, as this land can
not be disposed of for Is years. ex-
cept under special arrangements.
The Indians of this reservation
are decreasing at the rate of about
per cent a year, and unless condi-
tions change, the full-blood reds, in
| fifty years time will be thing of
the past. tuberculosis in various
forms takes off the majority. 1t is
curious fact that white men who
reside among the Indians never con-
tract the disease.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
CORNER STONE
LAID MAY lST
Progress of New Capital Building
At Pierre-State Lands to
Be Sold

At meeting of the state lands
board held Saturday it was decided
to advertise all the lands left east of
the Missouri river for sale to the
highest bidder or bidders. the offer
ing to be for all or any portion of the
lands left. There are about five
thousand acres yet left in the coun-
ties of Hyde Faulk and Potter, all
the capitol lands in the other coun-
ties east of the river having been
disposed of. These lands will be sold
in the office of the state department,
and will not be offered at auction in
the counties in which they lie. Bids
will be accepted for any specified
tract, or for the whole five thousand
acres and will go to the best bidders.
To Lay Cornerstone
At a meeting of the state capitol
commission SATURDAY. Gov. Crawford
was appointed a committee Of one
to make the necessary arrangements
for the proper observances in the
laying of the corner stone of the cap
itol building, which ceremony will
occur probably some time about the
the first of May.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
PROHIBITIONISTS
AT MILLER
Plans For Reception of State Con-
Vention In this City
April 7

Mayor Thomson called mass
meeting of the citizens at the city
hall Saturday night to make ar
rangements to entertain the state
prohibition convention, which meets
April 7.
There will be many prominent
state workers in attendance, besides
a large number of delegates, and
and Miller citizens should feel honor
ed in entertaining them.
The following committees were
appointed to look after the neces-
sary arrangements:
General Arrangement-W. 7.
Raf'ety, f. j. Miller, w. E. Reeve,
Chas. Thomson, VIM. Healey, Thos.
Stratton.
Music-D. H. Smith, Prof. Reber,
Mrs Briggs, Miss Dollie Bushfield,
p. J. Dunn, A. B. Catalan.
Entertainment and Reception
Rev. Butterfeld, Rev. CRUDE, Rev.
Musssr, +. E. SaItmarsh, W. S. DOty
Rev. Fox, J. w. Heltibridle.
Finance T. McCullen, E. f.
Waite, +. d. Greene.
Decoration of Business Houses
w. +. Reeve.
Hall Decoration, Seating, etc. -
w. 7. Raffety, Thos. Stratton.
Printing and Advertising VIM.
Healey.
The convention will hold its ses-
sions in the temporary tabernacle
on w. Second street.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
READING ROOM
PLANS PROGRESS
Committee Appointed to Either
Rent Building or Buy
Lots

A number of the business men of
the city met at the First National
Bank last Wednesday night to dis
cuss plans for the new reading
room, and the following committee
was appinted; A. w. Dawson, +. ID.
Greene, f. J. Miller, VIM. Lloyd,
and G.. l.. Ostrander.
This committee is at present inves-
tigating the matter to see if suita-
BILE building can be bought or rented
and if not. lot will be purchased
and a building erected for the pur-
pose. The plans call for reading
room, with possibly an auditorium
in connection, also some baths. all
well equipped.
1t will be remembered that 81 ,00O
was subscribed for this enterprise at
the close of the revival, and the men
in charge are anxious to have the
plans materialize as soon as possible.
An organization of men and boys
was formed last Sunday afternoon
at the Presbyterian church for their
mutual benefit. A committee was
appointed to secure a meeting place
up town until the reading room is
ready, and to formulate constitu-
tion and bye. laws. This committee
is G. G. Briggs, Prof. J. Jones, VIM.
Lloyd, A. w. Dawson, and A. Hem
bricks. 1t was suggested that the
new organization be called The
Yoke Fellows Band"
There will be meeting at the
Methodist church next Sunday at 3
p. M, to which all men are invited,
The meeting will be under the
leadership Of w. S. Thomas, and the
subject will be Mans Duty to
God"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
REE HEIGHTS

The entertainment given last week
by the home talent was well attend
ed both evenings, and all we're we'll
pleased. In fact, we have heard
some say that some of the actors
should abandon their present occu-
patton and go on the stage.
Mr. WenrIck was down Sunday to
see the new granddaughters.
Mr. and Mrs Leadbetter arrived
home Monday after several months
stay in Iowa. They came to Miller
nearly three weeks ago and stopped
there to attend the meetings, When
Mr. Leadbetter was taken quite i'll.
All are glad to welcome them home
again.
Miss Minors father visited her re-
Gently.
Miss Crosman's parents visited her
last week.
Mrs Campbell and daughter Ber'
/ tha came last Thursday to visit with
I the Spiers family.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
FIRST POLITICAL
SKIRMISH. FOUGHT
StaIwartS and Insurgents DiSa-
gree As to The Victor

On Tuesday, March 10, the repub-
licans OF South Dakota fought the
first skirmish in the political battle
now on in this state, and as to the
winner, well its the difference of
opinion that makes the "hoss" race.
If you read the Sioux Falls Press or
Aberdeen American you will suppose
that the stalwarts must feel about
like 80 cents, minus the cipher, but
on the other hand, if you peruse the
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader or the Alb
erdeen News, you win be equally
certain that the insurgents are
squirting lemon juice at every
pore. ="
As a matter of fact, the result of
those first primaries was very near a
tie, with the insurgents slightly in
the lead, judging from the later re-
ports. This will give the Crawford
1acLlOn pafClal cOnCfOl OF the April
convention at Huron, but the decis,
i've battle does not come until the
June primaries.
Both sides will continue their hot
campaign until then, knifing each
other at every opportunity.
All claims as to what the people
will do, when the question is submit
ted to them in June, are purely
guess-work, although both factions
assent that it is sure thing"
The reports place Hand county in
the insurgent line, but this is rather
uncertain until after the county con.
Vention next Tuesday.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
THE PASSING
OF EVARTS, S. d.
Her Past Glory-OnCe Largest
Cattle Market in the
World

Evarts, the typical frontier town
and great cattle market, is to be
wiped off the Garth. The Milwaukee
road has made offers to the few citi-
zens who have had the courage to
stick, since the road passed up the
town in building its Pacific extension
and if the offers are accepted, the
town will be entirely abandoned.
Speaking of the matter, the Evarts
Journal says;
Evarts will soon have passed
down in history. While she lasted
she sure was a hummer. But upon
the extension Of the Milwaukee line
to the coast with its terminal at Seat
tie, and their inability to find a suit
able site to bridge the Missouri river
near our little city, caused the citi-
zcns to lose confidence. and one by
one for the past year they have been
leaving and locating in the new
towns along the extension west.
~Evarts in its day was the largest
primary cattle market in the world.
The number of cattle shipped
through Evarts each year numbered
many thousands, and it is with many
heart rending pang we abandon
Evarts and make new homes.
II. f. Hunter, general agent of
the Milwaukee lines of the state,
visisted our little city yesterday, and
called a meeting of the property
holders, which was held in the town
hall at 1880. His proposition to the
citizens was, the railroad will give
us lot for lot as we are situated here
in any of the towns along this line of
the Milwaukee east Of Mobridge and
west of Bowman, N. D., with but
two exceptions Of towns in Montana.
The company further agrees to pay
off the indebtedness to the town also
their pro rata Of the bonded indebt-
edness Of the district, cash in ad-
vance.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
CHURCHES ADD
NEW MEM BERS
Eighty-Three Converts Received
In the Churches Since
Revival

Within the past week three of the
churches of the city have increased
their membership role to consider
able extent.
Thirty-six of the revival converts
expressed their desire to unite with
the Presbyterians, and were taken
into that church on Tuesday and
Thursday nights and on Sunday
morning by the pastor, Rev. c. H,
CRUDE. At the same times, services
were held in the Methodist church
and thlrty-four persons united with
that faith. These services were con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. Butter
field, and by the presiding elder Rev.
Hager, of Mitchell,
Rev Musser, of the Evangelical
church, has added sixteen new names
to the membership of his church.
This makes total of eighty-three
of the revival converts which have
been taken into Miller churches, not
including the Christian church,
which is at present holding meetings
of its own. MANY of these new
workers are boys and girls yet in
their teens, and it is sincerely hoped
that their newly found religion will
prove permanent one.
However much we NAV disapprove
of the cause of a certain condition OF
affairs, or the method by which a re.
result is obtained, if the result
itself, be good one, the broad
minded man or woman will gener.
ously forget the disagreeable part
and applaud the good.
Christianity, itself, was never
raised or lowered one iota by the
actions of mortal man.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
EAST SIDE
CFrom Washington Enterprise

tFfon washington Enterprsel
Theodore Loring of Laurel, Neb-
raska, came with his immigrant car
the latter part of the week and NOV
ed out on the John Nelson farm in
Pearl Creek Township.
DIR. Smith and Mr. Henshaw of
Miller were here to attend the New
ton and Schamber sale Tuesday.
They are interested in horse COM
pany at Miller.
We understand that Mr. McElrath
is planning on trip to Mexico some
time next month. He is interested
in tract of land there that he wish
es to investigate.
Mr.. A. J. Smith and family start
ed Monday morning on their long
journey to Los Angeles, California,
where they expect to make their
future home. Mr. Smith was one of
Hand Countv's substantial and pro-
gressive farmers and his neighbors
very much regret to see him leave.
The Degree of Honor passed So
cial evening at the Hall Tuesday
evening The meeting was held es-
pecially in honor of Mr. Geo. Kirk
patrick, one Of the faithful members
of the order who is about to leave
this country. A lap supper was SER
we'd and everyone reports most en-
joyable time.
Among the arrivals with in the
past week are G. P. and Lucius Smith
from Brodhead, Wisconsin; Ed
Greene and brother fran Movllle.
Iowa. Theodore Loring from Laur-
el, Nebraska; w. N. Horan from
Laurel, Nebraska, A. N. Shaw from
Roslie, Nebraska, Mr. Pinnow of
Broadhead, Wisconsin; and H. j.
Meyers of Norfolk, Nebraska.
These men with their families will
settle in this locality and that much
to the population. What the coun-
try needs is more actual settlers and
1T seems this spring as though we
We're going to get them.
From Washington Tines
The Whist party at the home of
Mr. and Mrs c. A .McElrath last We'd
nesday evening was most enjoyable
event for those present and the even
ing was pleasantly spent at whist.
Supper was served for about
thirty
Miss Lulu Hubert and Mr. Lee
Forey were united in marriage last
Wednesday at Rapid City. Miss
Hubert was popular young lady
of Washington, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs L w. Hubert and went to
Fairburn, S. ID. some time ago for
her health. Mr. toreyis a ranchman
in that section. The Times with the
many friends here extend congrat-
| ulations to the happy couple.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
GLENDALE

r. b. Eastman has gone to Rec
Heights to do some breaking.
Several were out to Sunday School
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Schmidt. are visiting
with their daughter Mary.
The snow is nearly gone from this
section of the country. Several
meadow-larks have been seen, and
flocks of geese are going north.
Mr. Williamson and McKelvey are
boring a well for Mr. Rice in Monda-
min.
Mr. Curtis has gotten fairly set
tied in his new home in Reckdale
Gretchen"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-19
BATES

Frank Shea visited his brother,
Robert, in Washington Saturday.
w. G. Prather lost valuable horse
last week.
Mrs Whitton and Mrs Hanks visit
ed Mrs Peter Johnson Monday.
Clark Linn has returned from
Chamberlain where he has been
working for some time.
Charlie Sutton has been helping
Charlie Lesterman put down well
on his claim.
Harry Brown is back on visit
from his claim west of the river.
Mrs McMillin and Miss Lizzie Wis
tied with Mrs Shea Friday.
Mr. and Mrs O'Garry were passen-
gers on the Miller stage Saturday.
Theo go tc their new home in Neb-
raska soon.