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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03
HOPE FOR NEVADA
On.y state 10 the Uuion that Has Gone
Backward Instead Of Forward.

On.y state 10 the Uuion that HISS Gone
Backward Instead Of Forward.
There i only M State In the United
States, and Il is q pretty big State, too,
uAl has not gone ahead In Tie march
vi progress ana Improvement, but has
uetually fallen behind. That State j.
NCyadn. admitted Into the Union In
1874. with a population at that time Of
! GOO. which Increased In 1870 10 a.
CO. aud In 1880. at the crest u the
tsrnnza boom. 10 62.OO0.
Siace then the population OF Ne
:. "a has steadily declined. II was
$3.50 IN 1890. and Nevada then held
O. position of seth among the States
ari Territories Of the country. It's
~ lat!on In 1900 as 1900, and II
WAS 52nd- aud last among the States
at' Territories or the country follow.
lu after Hawaii, Arizona, Wyoming
ri . even Alaska.
With nm area OF 10000 square
mics. Nevada IN one OF the largest
~ les In area. bu; Is the smallest In
u vulation. The new irrigation law
n said 10 give II hope. Chief Hydro
Craphcr Newell. OF the Geological Sur.
yey. predicts that Nevada will have n
population Of 10000 people within
90 years.
One OF the States most serious draw.
backs has been the selection by the
State OF all the springs and water
courses In the national grant OF 1000.
O00 acres for school purposes, and the
sub letting OF them to cattle companies.
For lack OF water. migrating farmers
hove kept out OF Nevada.
ryada has bee, the scene OF the
first work performed under the irriga-
ton law passed by Congress last year.
Work has been begun Oh what In called
the Tuskee dam, and the frst contract
calls for an expenditure OF 100000.
The question OF irrigation has be-
come the most prominent local question
In Nevada, and the statement 10 fre-
guently made that, with a greater sup
ply and distribution OF water. Nevada
would be all right-an assertion which
reals 10 some persons the familiar
S. tcment that with more water and
better society, a certain othsv locality
would he all right too
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03
%INFALlI6LE SIGNS.

Your house destroyed by Gre signifies
a change OF residence.
Don't break your leg on Friday unless
you wish to regret IL
Being run over by n trolley car sig
nihes withdrawal from business
Throwing stones into the windows Of
strange houses brings misfortune.
Slipping on u banana peel Is bad
luck IL both feet leave the pavement.
A needy person receiving a large in
h~eritance viii experience n change Of
fortune.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03
cowpuncher Wa. Badly scared.

Col. William y. Cody while In New
York recently told the following Story
OF a cowboys nrst Introduction 10 a
railway tnin. I'm my town out west
we've recently put In a new railroad.
which attracts a good deal o. ntteiEion.
One day a young cowpunchcr from one
OF the remote ranodes came into TOWN.
aud there he saw n train for the hst
time In his life. One OF the boys, know
Ing his ignorance. planned u ~ thar
the cowpuncher found himself near The
track Just as the far-On whistle III an
approaching locomotive was heard.
THE cowpunchcr Don BEGAN to show
signs Of distress. His ~resitveness In
creased rapidly as the train approached
until. when the roar and the blanket o.
dust from the sliding wheels developed
him, he rose In his stirrups, scared half
10 death.
''The engineer. taking In the stun
ton, braned back on OF his cab win
dow Just as the train stopped and
shouted ut the top of his lungs: Git
out Of the way. you ornery cowpunch'
er: I'm going 20 turn around
That was hint enough for the COW.
puncher. slapplnr his spurs into the
Il. INKS OF his hron , he was over the
hills In a twinkle. The last ] saw OF
him was a little rrd ball on the furthesi
horizon"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03
Negro superstitions.

The negro race Is nothing IL not su'
perstitious In nearly all parts OF
Africa, In Central America, where the
negro blood prcdomlnates, and In the
West Indies. especially in San Domingo,
the belief In charms. hoodoos and the
power OF i~ncantations prevails almost
universally. At any rate, II would be
almost impossible to find a colored man
or woman without superstitions OF
some sort Even In this country, where
the race possesses superior intelligence
there exists In the negro nind a deep
seated belief In the supernatural that
nothing seems potent TO eradicate.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03
EnsiA.. Hated By spapiards.

There is no resentment against the
United sntes among the Spanish peo-
pie. writes William Il. Curtis In the
Chicago Record Herald At least all
IN Americans I hA,s seen In Spain are
unanimous In that opinion. and testify
that they have received nothing but
the kirdest and most curteous treat
ment. Strange 10 say, however. there
is a bitter feeling towards The British.
because the average Spaniard believes.
or pretepds 10 believe. that II England
had not intervsned Spain might have
whipped tho United States and sup
pressed the revolution IN Cuba. That is
almost incredible. but II Is nevertheless
true. and from the highest 20 the lowest
classes OF the population a relentless
hatred toward England Is manifested
on all occasions and In various ways.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03

What win you charge US for n right
Of way through your placer asked the
trolley line promoter.
WELL" replied the old farmer
thoughtfully. rather than have II 90
through some other place. I'll give you
the right o. way fer nothln an make
my money out o. damages Ter the live
stock you XIII
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03
The Danger.

"Do you think that the automobile
VIII cause the extinction Of the horseT'
mot unless the horse persists In get
ting In the way" answered the chauf'
feur.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03
Those Bostou Girls.

Anxious Mother-why did you turn
your back on Col Mumymint? They
mv he's rich rs Crocsus,
Ayise Daugntcr-Dop't you be
alarmed, mother. You know every
Spdy says ] have q charming back
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03

Any young man knows IL Is more
satisfactory to get u smile from q girl
than to get the laugh.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-11-03

The leap-yenr girl should remember
that faint heart eve wins the easy
mark.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
Copyright. 1908. by Judge Co. OF N.
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Romance of la Salle's Life Woven Into
Story of Unusual Interest-History Of
His Explorations Closely Adhered To
Good Picture OF Growth of "New
Erance.n

( .
He was Man of regular Behaviour, of a
large Soul, we'll enough learned, and understand
ing in the Mathematics, designing, bold, I'M
daunted, dexterous, insinuating, not to be dis
courage at any Thing, ready at extricating him
self out Of any Difficulties, no Way apprehen-
sive of the greatest Fatigues, wonderful steady
in adversely, and what was Of extraordinary
Use, we'll enough versed in several Savage Ian
guages.-Joutels Journal of the Last Voyage
of NJ. de la Salle.''
All that and more, too, was Robert
Cavelier, better known as Robert de la
Sale, the hero of William Dana Orcutts
Robert CaveIIer, and real hero, whose
memory the people of the mighty Mssis-
sippi valley have not sufficiently honored,
zone of the braveat and most sagacious
explorers that ever lived,"* whom 'tthe
evil fates had grown tired of fighting.'*
OF such a man would like to know
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth and we are fearful Of his
torical novels as contributors to what we
would like to know in such cases There
| is evidence that Mr.. circuit has carefully
studied his subject and it is certain that
| he gives an excellent picture of the great
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

It takes lot of gall on the part Of the
democrats to abuse the president and his
attorney general for the latter's remark
that the government was mot going to
run amuck' among the trusts" The anti
trust law Is republican measure; it was
on the statute books during Mr.. Cleve-
lands second administration and con-
tanned as much power then as it does
now, and yet Mr.. Cleveland made no at
tempt to enforce it: a republican president
starts the machinery under that law and
five republican supreme court judges
agree that the law is effective, while
three democratic judges and one republi-
can deny the power Of the government to
dissolve or control the trusts under that
law. There would be no disposition to
call attention to the political division OF
the supreme court on this matter If the
democratic politicians and party leaders
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
SATURDAY EVENING,

full, and stimulated strong opposition
to the Bourbon dynasty, which stood
for medieval absolutfsn1, and it was
not surprising that the strong revolt
OF 1858 overthrow the Bourbon regime
and sent the evil genius of Spain fly
ing over the Pyrenees into France,
whittier her mother had fled, de-
tested and objurgated by the mass of
the Spanish people.
After trying a dictatorship, re-
public, brief monarchy and a sea-
son Of chaos, the army Of Spain set
tied the succession by placing Isa-
belIa's son, Alfonso XII, on the
throne. He had his turn at fighting
the Carlist claimants to the throne
and liberalized somewhat the consti-
tuition Of Spain. Since his death and
the regency, his son, the present king.
has been mainly under the influence
Of the dynastic liberals.
While Spains experience in the war
with this country was very depress-
ing, the reverse has stimulated her tc
real effort to place herself in closer
touch with the twentieth century
world. She still has the old Carlis1
propaganda to adeal with and theil
supporters In the Basque provinces
to keep in order and restless anarchit
and republican agitators to manage
but 1t is probable that this last refuge
of the Bourbon regime will, ere man.
years, come under more wholesome
and progressive influences.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
The Career of Isabella.

There died in Paris to-day a woman !
whose birth and life brought upon
Spain, in the last century, a success
sion of troubles, and added another
chapter to the tragedy-history Of that
unfortunate land.
The eX-Queen Isabella de Bourbon
was the procuring cause-next to the
act of her father, Ferdinand VII,
abolishing the Salic law in Spain
which made her heir to the THRONE
of the frequent Carlist wars waged
against the Spanish government by
the two brothers Of King Ferdinand,
Carlos and Francisco. The king had
changed the succession and declared
his infant daughter to be heiress to
the crown, thru the intrigues Of his
fourth wife, Marie Christina of
Naples, a crafty and unprincipled
woman, who, on the death of Ferdi-
nand, in 1888, had the child pro-
claimed queen and assumed the re-
gency.
During the seventy odd years since
the baby queen was proclaimed, Spain
has been the scene of terrible civil
wars caused by the efforts Of the
p Carli';t claimants to recover the throne
wrested from them by the arbitrary
act Of Ferdinand, and Of the radical
and moderate republicans and liberal
monarchists to deliver Spain from alb
solutjsm Of the Bourbon kind. Isa-
belll's mother was compelled to alb
dictate the regency in 1910 because
of her scandalous conduct, and took
refuge in France, where she received
the friendship Of Louis Philippe. Isa-
bella was declared Of age when thir-
teen years old. and assumed the gov
eminent. Narvaez being premier on
the absolutist basis. ~.
Then came the question Of the
Spanish marriages, Isabella and her
sister, the Infanta Louise, which
stirred all Europe. Isabella had re-
called her intriguing mother from
Paris, and, true to her instincts, the
mother aided Louis Philippe in car
ryng out his purpose, in his own in
terest, of marrying Queen Isabella tc
her cousin, Francis Of Assis, who was
physically weak, and wedding the In.
fanta Louise to his own son, the Duke
de Montpensier.
This arrangement was obnoxious te
England because she feared the &C.
QUESTION by France of undue contro
over Spain.
In spite of the belief in France tina
Isabella would have no children, sht
gave birth to Alfonso XII, the pre-
decessor of the present king; to thu
Infanta Isabel, Princess of the AS
turias. who married the Count d,
Girgenti; the Infanta Marie della Paz
and the Infanta Eulalia, who visited
this country in 1892. There is reason
to believe that the vivacious Isabella
close intimacy with the fascinating
General Serrano was the procurin,
cause of her motherhood. Hersel
mothered by such an unprinciple,
woman as Maria Christina, she large
ly partock of the evil characteristic
of that evil genius.
Her record as ruler of Spain stain
the pages of Spanish history. He
private life was dissolute and shame
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
HIS "sIGNING" TROUSERS.

When Speaker Cannon takes his pen to
sign a few bills everybody moves away
from his immediate vicinity, so as to be
able to be beyond reach of the ink shower
he is sure to distribute. In five minutes
the marble rostrum at which he sits looks
like the back Of a coach dog. Cannon is
always much afraid Of plotting the docu-
ment awaiting his signature, so he shakes
the pen vigorously before putting it tc
work. On days when the speaker has
much Of this work to do, Asher Kinds, the
parliamentary clerk, who sits beside him
wears what he calls his signing trou-
sers," which garments are about as much
soiled as they can be-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
THE MrkADo,s GRANDSON

Prince Micchi, grandson of the emperor
of Japan and heir apparent to the throne,
is a strong, healthy youngster of years
and is the first baby of the royal house
who has been allowed to have his hair
grow like European or American child.
Soon after his birth slight surgical oper-
alton was performed at the outer part OF
his eyelids, the result being that the lit
tie fellows visual organs have not any OF
the almond eye shape peculiar to his
race. Prince Micchfs wedding is already
under consideration, three tiny ladies
being especially regarded as possibilities
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL,
ploiters, and to knowledge that In
many instances public confidence has
been grossly abused.

The council rushed things last night,
but the terms made with the street rail-
way company are perhaps good as
could have been expected-they are GER
tainly better. from the side of the public,
than were promised at the outset.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
THE SIZE OF COLOMBIA

Colombia, exclusive of Panama, is as
large as the two states Of California and
Texas combined. Three high mountain
ranges cross the republic from north to
south, making high table lands between,
where the days the year around arc
scarcely hotter than those of tenn
perate zone
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
BOOKS RECEIVED

ROBERT CAVELIER. The Romance of the Sieur
de Ia Sale and His Discovery of the Missis-
sippi River. BY William Dana Orcutt. Illus
trated by Charlotte Weber. Chicago: A. Z,
McClurg & Co.
Social Happenings at Bird Center, Ill.
Pictures and Text by John T. McCutcheon.
| Chicago: A. c.. NcClurg & Co.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII find The Journal on file as follows;
LoNDON-U. s. Express Co., 80 strand; AmerA-
can Express Co.. Waterloo place.
DENMARK-U. s. Legation.
pARIS-Eagle Bureau SO Rue Cambon. hesl-
dents visiting Paris can have their mall % or
kilograms sent care Of this Buresu and the
same will be forwarded to them or neAo LUZ
their arrival
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

AN INVITATION ia extended to all to visit
the Press Room, which ia the finest In the vest vest
The battery of presses consists OF three Lous ),
deck Goss Presses with a total capacity OF
IA 900 eight-page Journals hour, printed
folded and counted. The best time to cali Is I.o
815 to 4 30 D. M Inquire at the business office
and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

Now let the water commission get busy
the sooner the better. What delay
means Is told in the records of the health
department.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
"HAPPY NEW YEAR"

This is how Welsh paper wished its
readers happy New Year: Dioich w
fawr chi yr un peth I, chwithau. a
nawer houyn nhW. 2
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

The gold production of the Cripple
Crack district in Colorado was $12,-
967,33S in 1903.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
By Victor Gillian, in Judge.

mortals? Wait until 200 and see. We
won't tell But McCutcheon is a genial
chronicler and deserves to be remembered.
The Uneasy Chair
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
MIHNESOTA POLITICS

Davis Influence Working for a Dunn
Delegation From NlcoIlet County, In OPP
position to Blocks lnterests-Some of
the missionaries" Who Have Been on
the Road for Dunn-San Francisco Edit
or on Hearst-clasue Boom for Speaker
Growing.
The air is full of politics down in Nicollet
county, where Congressman Davis is
lending his influence to secure solid
delegation for Dunn, in spite of the can
didacy of Julius Block for another term
as state treasurer. The congressman S
lieutenants are going out with the plea
that for Davis sake, they must carry the
county for Dunn. If that is not done,
Davis name will be Dennis, they say in
the rest of the third district, and he may
lose a denomination. They have a diff
cult undertaking, for the friends OF Julius
Block insist that he ought to have the
delegation, without any tie-up on the gov
ernorship, while Judge Collins has a strone
following in the county who will work fol-
a delegation friendly to their candidate
They say that if the congressman cannot
hold his own in the rest Of the district
without pulling some ones gubernatoria
chestnuts out of the fire, Nicollet count,
ought not to be expected to surrender
everything for him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

"Uncle Joe'' Cannon SHES at the offer
of craftsmanship of the national conven-
for that office for fear that his promi-
nence there might result in a movement
to make him vice president. Uncle Joe''
doesn't want to be vice president and
preside over the senate, about which he
has been saying things, and his friends
think he is too good material for the
presidency in 1908 to waste on the vice
presidency in 1904.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

Secretary Cortelyou made an address
yesterday before the American Academy
of Political and Social Science, which is
going to give public men and the public
generally higher idea Of the new secre-
tary than some people have entertained Of
him. Mr.. Cortelyou is a good deal more
than a private secretary and clerk and
shorthand writer, altho he began his pub
lie service in that capacity. He has dem
onstrated the possession Of statesman
like ability and an intelligent grasp Of the
responsibilities of the position and the
scope of the work entrusted to him. The
opportunity that has come to him as the
first secretary Of commerce and labor is
certainly great one, for, as Mr.. Cortel-
you says, "There never has been time
in the history of the country when SO
much interest is taken in commercial
conditions as at present" and the crea-
ton Of the department Of which Mr. Cor
telyou is the head is an evidence of the
intention on the part Of our government
! to exercise it's functions as far as posi-
| BILE for the promotion Of industrial ant
commercial advancement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
The Journal s War Map.

The Journal has taken pains
to have prepared for itself the best
war map it was possible to make using
all available sources of information.
This is our own product and, in view Of
the great interest taken in the war
between Japan and Russia and the
prospect of desperate and prolonged
struggle, we believe our readers will
find it Of much value in following the
movements Of the contending forces
and locating the principal engage
ments as they occur.
You will find this map in this paper.
Cut it out and save it for reference.
The street car company gets the use Of
Lake street and South Minneapolis has
one cross-town line. What a luxury for
Minneapolitans, who have never known
the convenience before! When they have
had a sample Of it they are very likely to
want more, and call for another line
somewhere between Tenth street anc
Io
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09
We're only fair and decent in the matter.
just think of Mr.. Knox's record toward
the trusts, compared with that of Mr..
3Olney
Looking Backward Is Easy.

A while since everybody said that
nothing could crush Sully, the cotton
king. Now that he has been dead
and gone, financially, three weeks.
everybody says that nothing could
have saved Sully. He was doomed,
they say, from the moment he began
to endeavor to make his corner COM
plete and merciless He was defeated
by the stars even while everything
seemed to be coming his way" He
went on his way proud and confident,
portentous fate in the shape of Sup
ply and Demand.
Our good friends of the I-told-you-
so variety are now telling us all about
how Sully never had a ghost of a
chance to make a final success Of a
corner that, while it lasted, brought
misery and enforced idleness to scores
of thousands of factory operatives in
England and to some extent in Amer
| lea. Sully, we are told, assumed that
the mills must have cotton at any
price. But he put the price so high
| that a deficiency Of $4,000 bales has
been turned into an excess Of 5000
bales. The high prices resulted in a
decrease of cotton exports amounting
to $4,000 bales.
! If Sully's corner had either in its
rise or its fall affected only himself
| it would not be anything to mourn
| over. But aside from it's disastrous
effect on the factories and their en-
4 ployees. it has had effects that viii
/ harasS America for years. It has
stimulated the colonial nations to oper
/ cotton fields in their colonies. with
the intention ofsreducing their depend
harrass America gfor years. 1t has
stimulated the production of cotton il
the United States to such an extern
that next year there will be a large
crop, and, probably, a very low price
/ Finally, 1t has caused a fever O.
speculation to run thru the south, ant
as much has been lost in speculation
perhaps, as has been made from tn
sale of cotton at high prices.