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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
puERTA D1 SANTA MARIA. BuRaos.

time, the beauties Of the Alhambra
unfolded, the cathedral Of Cordoya
raised It's Thousand marble pillars.
Their universities attracted students
from far and wide. both Christian and
pagan. With the original peoples,
Iberians and Celts, the invading Yisi-
goths and then the Moors, there were
gathered here the various races whose
mingling produced a powerful nation;
the Spain of the 18th and 10th en-
turtles.
The reign Of that romantic couple,
Ferdinand and Isabella, was a rsign
in which history was made; among
other great events two stand out CON
spicuously-the conques. Of the Moors.
and the discovery Of America. Though
the conquest Of the Moors added great.
~ to martial glory, though the Span
tards in this war learned that dis.
cipline that vas to make their army
the mighty military force of Europe.
"all the centuries have not restored
to Spain what her own soyereigns lin
Ferdinand's policy Of reducing the
Arab civilization to total d~esolation) /,
in the ten years war against Granada.
destroyed" The second event, the
discovery Of the New World. was the
greatest achievement Of the 18th cen.
fury.
At that time Spain was high in
power, commanded both the Mediter.
ranean and the Atlantic, her provinces
were united. her armies victorious,
The tales Of the riches Of the lands
discovered by Columbus filled the
Spanish adventures with impetuous
zeal, Spanish exploration and coloni-
cation went on with surprising i'm
petuonsity. The West Indies, Mexico
and Peru, were invaded and their fab
ulous wealth seized upon by the avid
seekers OF fortune and glory. We
Americans know the rest of the story.
and should yield due reverence to the
enterprise and ~intrepidity Of those
early Spanish ~path-hnders, If we can.
not give unstinted admiration to their
methods as a whole.
What gallant names Of Spanish
knight and voyager, of patron and ex.
plorer, ring down the centuries, and
ever shall be associated with this
America of ours-Columbus and his
royal aids; the Cabots, Ponce de Leon,
Balboa, Cordoya, Cortez, Pizalro, Ma
gellan, Naryaez, Cartier, De Soto, Cor.
onado. Cabrillo, Melendez, Espejo
Names which closely link the history
Of America and Spain.
KATHERINE POPE.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Embarrassment
ONLY TEMPORARY
sULLY FIRM EXPECTED TO RE-
sUME BUSINESS WITHIN
A FEW DAYS.
NEW YORK COTTON
MARKET OPENS w
Sensational Developments Expected
Fail to Make Their Appearance
Another Small Firm Fails-For-
NAL Assignment Is Made.

New York, March 21.-Following the
failure of the cotton firm of Daniel ].
Sully & Company, announced on the
cotton exchange Friday, there was lit
tie to indicate at the opening of the
morning session Saturday any of the
sensational developments anticipated.
The market opened irregular from five
points lower to "a points higher. The
brokers about the pit were somewhat
cable from Liverpool and the announce
ment that the Sully firm expected to
resume in four days.
Other failures were expected to fol-
low the crash of the Sully house, but
only one, that of j. H. Garrison, was
announced before noon This, while a
small firm, affected. slightly the mar
ket and attracted a volume of selling
in May by brokers. Shortly after
the call a better feeling became appar-
ent and it vas evident that important
trade interests were doing their utmost
to encourage the trade and uphold prices.
Upon his arrival at his office, Mr.. Sully
conferred with his attorneys, and re-
ceived notice of an injunction against
the Corn Exchange bank, restraining
hatinstitutionfrom paying over certain
moneys A little later the formal
assignment was made, naming Joseph
H. Hoadley as assignee. Mr.. Hoadley
Immediately took charge of the affairs
of the Sully firm.
Embarrassment Only Temporary.
No direct statement was obtainable
from Mr.. Sully or any member of the
firm, but the following letter was sent
by D. J.. Sully & Co. to Robert P. Nc
Dougall, president of the New York
cotton exchange:
While I am not prepared to make a
statement of my affairs, l feel that as
q member of this exchange I owe to YOU
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
SITS OF NEWS.

indications point to comparatively lit
tie newaTailroade construction in the
United States this year. 6s !.
Fire horses injured threepersons, fire.
men Were imperiled. and a loss of $751;
600 was caused by flames which de-
stroyed the Dawson building id CHI
cago.
Representatives. of leading advertise
ing agents, publishers and advertisers
met in New York and organized the In
ternational Federation Of Advertising
interests.
A lion cub and two elephant tusks,
gifts of King Menelik to President
Roosevelt, have arrived in New York
and animal keepers have been sent to
get them.
Excessively large orders of ammuni-
ton have been placed by several gov
'ernments with all German powder fac
tories. China, Turkey and Spain are
the most prominent countries in the
list.
Prairie fires, started by a spark from
a locomotive, have burned A $1,000 acres
OF. range land in the vicinity of Hem
ingway, Neb, and are still spreading.
Several ranchmen have been burned
out and many head of stock destroyed.
The house committee on elections re-
ported that A. D. Dantzler, a negro OF
South Carolina, was not elected to con-
gress, but ignored his plea that the
southern election laws are unconstitu-
tional, on the groundth that a ruling would
cause wide complications.
Lake Tahoe, California, is higher
than ever known before, and the water
is still rising rapidly, threatening to
carry away the big dam and destroy
the industries along the Truckee river
besides causing great loss to the farm.
ing lands which depend on the stored
waters for irrigation.
Andrew C%arnegie's gift of $4,000 tc
Kenyon college, at Gambler, o., is said
to be in recognition of Edwin M. Stan
tons kindness to Mr.. Carnegie years
ago, Mr.. Stanton having been an
a1umnus of the college. The money
will be used to establish the Edwin M
Stanton chair of economics.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
GRANDEUR OF SPAIN
SOME oFTHE-0LD RAoIAL-vIaoR.
STILL EXISTS.
The DON Dreams Of the Day When He
Will Again Be q Great World
Power-The Names of
History.

Hope springs eternal in the human
breast, and even weary, century-worn
Spain is looking forward to a re.awak.
entng of her old commercial and polit.
ical Importance. The nation that once
held such proud place In the worlds
history still has alive within her some
of the old racial vigor. In the bitter
feeling e%ngendered by the war between
Spain and the United Stases, Ameri.
cans generally seem to have lost sight.
of the debt the American continent
owes to the former country. many
seem to have forgotten utterly the
glory that was SPANS, the grandeur
that was hers.
Spain. to-day a minor European pow.
er, was once a splendid worldwide en-.
pire. In Mr.. Fernald's THE Spaniard
in History" we have given us in brief
the various periods of SPANS history:
ri9 Of the Spanish monarchy; the To-
QUESTION; the conquest of Granada;
expulsion Of the Jews and Moors: the
Spanish in the West Indies; the
Spaniard in Mexico and Peru; the
Spaniard in the Netherla nds; the
Spaniard on the throne; tie Spaniard
in the Netherlands; the Spaniard on
the sea. Which resume surely sug.
gests wide conquests, great power.
SPANS rich natural were
known and made use of before the
time Of Christ, Phenician traders and
%colonists being especially attracted by
the mineral riches of "Tarshish." The
Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans
later made settlements, and in FOG B.
G. the country, under the name His
panic, became a Roman province. The
fertile land was looked upon as the
granary of Rome, and for 300 years was
Rome's richest province. To-day there
are still standing most interesting
ruins of the bridges. a%aueducts and
am%phitheatres constructed during this
period.
The Visigoths supplanted the Ro-
man culture, but they themselves were
supplanted by Mohammedan Arabs,
under whom the kingdom enjoyed a
high measure of prosperity. The
Arabs made of their new possession a
treasure house; princeiy cities arose,
the land was skilfully cultivated. arts
and manufactures fostered. In their
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Robbers Scared Away,

Lincoln, Neb., March 21.-Robbers
Friday night blew the First national
bank building at Firth, Neb., to pieces
in an attempt o1oot the safe, but failed
to secure the treasure. J. w. Dean.
who runs a restaurant adjoining the
bank, was locked in his place of bust
ness to prevent him from interfering.
The robbers We're scared away by cit
liens before they could blow open the
safe.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Thinks It Was Suicide.

Pierre. s. D., March 21.-State's At
torney Goodner has been to Boone, Ia,
on an investigation Of the Nelson poi
soning case, and has finally come to the
conclusion that the case was one Of sui
eide, with IN attempt on the part OF
Miss Rena Nelson. Of this city, to place
the blame on Mrs. Dye, Of Boone, Ia.
as the person standing in her way to-
ward the realization Of her hopes OF mar
rying with Sherman Dye.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Live Stock.

Chicago, March IA
CATTLE-Choice to fancy beeves, $5.55
ass; good to choice heavy steers, $5.1o@
$50; fair to good export and shipping
steers, $4.60@5.00: medium beef steers, $4.l0
94.60; inferior and plain steers, s.. 90:
good to fancy COWS and heifers, $3.85l4.50;
coed to choice feeders. $S.6oa4.50 poor to
fair stockers and feeders, 81. 3513.5 so; fair to
good COWS and heifers, 50. 20Q3.75; good cut
ting and fair beef cows, s .60G3. f0i common
to good canning cows. $1.65@2, so; bulls, poor
to choice. sl.75g4.0o; calves, good to fancy.
$5.25@6.25; calves. common to fair, $2.75@
500: corn fed western steers, A.1oG5. 40;
Texas bulls n thin steers, 81. 25G3.70; fed
Texas steers, fair to choice. IS. 3oa4. 80.
HOGS1Good to choice heavy shipping,
S S595.47h; fair to good butcher weights.
s52sGs.60;Sfair to good heavy packing. s5.05
@5.35; rough to choice heavy mixed, 5000
5.35; assorted light, $5.10Q6.25: fair to good
light mixed. S5.1oQ5.35; inferior light Mixed
s4.S5@5.05; poor to choice, $4.25a4.so.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25

in. Sutton was the Maurice vlghaux
holder Of the title at the one shot style
Of play. While Sutton was by no
a top notcher when he left
America for France less than three
years ago, he had improved SO much
on the other side that Americans hoped
to see him win at least n Of the
matches with Yignaux. Frenchmen
have long ridiculed the idea that any
other ~billiardist was the equal Of Wig.
naux. Even the Incompatible Ives,
although he played for some time in
Paris, never convinced the foreigners
that he could equal, not to mention de-
feat, the French champion. Any de-
cisiye settlement Of the question by &C.
tual play was prevented by the petty
wrangles and differences that arose, as
they always are arising, among bill
lard players. Americans who know
the history Of billiards will always
hold to the belief that Ives could beat
any player in the world at the game
OF billiards during the brief period
when he was at the zenith Of his skill,
yet this fact was never satisfactorily
determined In tournament play, and
the Napoleon OF the worries went down
to q consumptiye's death with a repu-
tation not as firmly established as his
actual skill deserved. Yignaux is COM
p~arativesy an old man. and 1t would
not be surprising If he should shortly
retire from championship competition.
It is doubtful, therefore, II Schaefer.
who is really the premier American
player, gets the opportunity to wrest
Vignaux's laurels from him. The big
Frenchman, with all his skill and his
prestige at home. is a shrewd match
maker. and it may be set down as a
certainty that he will not arrange a.
meeting with Schaefer unless he be-
lieves he has at least an eyen chance
to win. Ives friends have always in.
sisted that Vfgnaux avoided matches
With Ives after the latter reached hts
greatest skill.
J, irving Bush, of Milwaukee, has
been elected captain Of the University
Of Wisconsin, football team t6ssucceed
EdWin ] vanderboom. of Marinette.
who has left the uniyersitY.
EaL No. -GaaE
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
COURT DELAYS SENTENCE.
Attorneys for Convicted Car Barn
Murderers Given Time to Ar
que for-New Trial.

Chicago, March 21.-The sentencing
OF Gustaye Marx, Harvey Van Dine and
Peter Niedermeier was postponed Sat
urday morning for at least a week.
The bandits were brought into Judge
kersten's court. and their LAWYERS
made statements of reasons why a
continuance should be granted, SO that
arguments for new trials could be
properly made. Judge Kersten set the
hearing, for next Saturday morning,
and it is expected that on that day
sentence of death will be pronounced,
Attorneys for Van Dine and Nieder.
meier allege errors in the record sufi
clent to base a new trial upon. Attor.
ney George M. ,Popham, counsel for
Marx, however, frankly told the cour,
that he could see no material errors.
Il have so advised my client"
said Mr.. Popham. Gin view of my
opinions, I do not think I can con.
scientiously argue a motion for a new
trial, unless on further study of the
case | find l can alter my views. But
l believe that Marx should have the
benefit of a continuance, so that he
may secure other counsel if he so de.
sires."
Mrs. Van Dine and Mrs. Niedermeier
were in court. looking worn and anx.
ious.
The three bandits came into court
smiling, and they left it evidently
pleased at the delay.
Emil Roeski will be placed on trial
within a few days for the murder Of
Otto Bauder. It is not likely that the
other bandits will be tried with him.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
DANIEL j. 5ULIY'

and it's members at least to say that
the same straightforward method with
which my business has always been per-
formed between us in the past will char
acterize my method of dealing with my
creditors in this emergency.
Il am engaged in making a careful
examination of my affairs, and at the
earliest possible moment l will report
the result. Meanwhile / crave the pa
tient forbearance Of you all, feeling as
sured that this embarrassment will be
only a temporary one, and that I will
be able satisfactorily to adjust my af-
fairs very speedily
About $1,000, 900 of margin money due
to cotton. brokers was released by Mr..
Sully signing contracts.
Statement Given Out.
Shortly after oon the following
story was given out at the Office of
D. J.. Sully C Co.:
ID. J.. Sully & Co, have made an
assignment, with Joseph H. Hoadley as
assignee. Mr.. Hoadley, upon advice
from his counsel, George S. Graham,
ex-dfstrict% attorney of Philadelphia, has
taken charge of the Office and is exam
lining the firms accounts. At present
he is unable to make any statement
regarding the assets or liabilities of
the firm, although he hopes to give
out this information within two or
three days. Mr.. Hoadley, the as
signee, is the organizer OF the Amer
lean Locomotive company. He is a
lifelong friend of both Mr.. Sully and
Mr.. Morse"
just before leaving his Office Satur-
day Mr.. Sully made statements in which
he said his troubles had been precipi-
tated by unforeseen circumstances, and
that had he been given another day or
two, in which to arrange his affairs. 1t
would not have. been necessary for him
to have assigned. AS matters stand,
he hopes to liquidate his affairs and
resume. He was unable to give any
estimates of his liabilities.
New Orleans Market Excited.
New Orleans, March H.-The cotton
market opened excited Saturday, prices
ranging from five points down to 90
up compared with Friday S close. There
was a decided advance shortly after the
opening, but conditions were unsettled.
The ring was too Ensy to allow much
discussion of Sully's failure. The be-
lief grows, however, that he will meet
his obligations dollar for dollar. There
are no new Developments locally in this
direction.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Cattle Drowned.

An immense ice gorge in the Belle
Fourche river, near Geor Minturn's
farm at Stnrgis, has caused the food
water to submerge the pasture lands
there to a depth of more than twenty
feet and resulted in the drowning Of
seventy-five head Of cattle and n
horse. When the waters subsidized
slightly, Minturn found many of the
animals in the tree tops.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25

aNE4ta8 2StgGA AAA OSOA 31SSF Olrs
water with equal facility, and capahie
of readily passing from the solid to the
liquid, and vice versa. 1t traverses
a field Of broken ice with ease, mount
Ing the, cakes or dropping into the
intervals of water with scarcely a
noticeable shock. The typical vessel
is about fourteen feet long. four feet
wide, and a couple OF feet deep. 1t has
a cockpit five and a half feet Ions and
two and a quarter feet wide, in which
the or two men who navigate 1t,
sit. 1t carries a mast nine feet high.
and this supports two sails, the bow
spirit extending about two feet beyond
the hull. The runners, placed twenty
inches apart. are ten feet long, one
inch wide, and one and t~hree-quarter
inches high, and are sheathed with
brass. There is no rudder. but the
steering Is deity done with the lib.
or front sail. The scooter originated
some three years ago. 1t was design
ed primarily to enable rescuers to
reach stranded vessels through brok-
en- ice. Afterward 1t was found to be
of great advantage to men fishing
through the ice several miles from
home. Formerly these men had to eat
cold lunches at their lshing-places.
Now they can "scoot" back to their
dwellings in a few minutes and enjoy
warm meals at midday. The scooter
also, OF course, makes travel to and
fro In winter far easier for them
than 1t was under the old method.
Naturally the owners Of these boats
after q while fell into the habit OF
speeding them, and SO informal racing
became quite a fad on the smooth Ice
of the big bay. But 1t was not until
last month that a scooter race was
formally arranged and sailed according
to set rules, with judges. and for a
prize. The race took place near Patch
ogue, on the Great South Bay, off the
Long Island coast. For the race re-
ferred to there were nineteen entries.
Most OF the contestants wers fisher
men but the others. including the pro.
PTTiistt0Tr 0sfts VIM s.:.ss &c: ne.
engaged in other occupations. That
the event is to become an annual one,
with a great increase OF interest in it,
there can hardly be any doubt.
Maurice Vignaux, dean OF the French
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
socialists Name Ticket.

The socialist state and congressional
convention nominated:
Congressman, Fl. W. Smith Of Sioux
Falls and s. A. Cochran of Brookings;
governor, Freeman Knowles of Law
rencec county; lieutenant governor, I.
N. Burnside; secretary of state, f. w.
Webb; auditor, John Clancy; commits
sioner OF schools and public lands, D.
M. Clemmons; delegates to national
convention, 81. w. Smith and Freeman
Knowles.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Car Shops Burned.

Albuquerque, N. M, March 21.-The
car department of the Santa Fe rail-
road shops here has been destroyed by
fire. The loss cannot be estimated at
this time. One hundred men are
thrown out of employment as a onse-
ouence Of the fire.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Immigrants Arriving,

Thirteen carloads of immigrants
with their goods have arrived and
more are expected soon. Many fam
HES are moving upon farms they pur-
chased last year. They come from sew
eral states, but the majority arc from
Iowa.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25

Rev. Father Tracy, a st. Louis priest.
has undertaken the task of smoothing
out the difference between Jack Powell,
star pitcher for the st. Louis browns, and
r. L..Hedges, president of the club. Fa-
Their Tracy is one Of the regular attend
ants at the baseball games there, and
when trouble o between President
Hedges and Powellthey agreed to leave
settlement in the clergyman's hands.
He readily agreed to act as arbitrator
and is now arranging an agreement that
will be agreeable to both sides.
A girls idea Of an industrious young
man IS one Who'll too busy to propose,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Omaha Neb. March 10

Omaha, Neb., March Is.
CATTLE-Natiye steers, $3.50@5.1 10; cows
and heifers, $2.75G4.0o: Gamers, s1.9o@2. so;
stockers and feeders, $2.75G4. 25; calves,
s3.00q5.50; bulls, stays. etc. s2.2503,5o.
HOGS-Market 5Ql0c lower. Heavy, $500
G5.l5; mixed, s4.s0Q5.o Q light. s4.75@5 800;
pigs, A.0o9475; bulk of sales, A.soa5.00.
SHEEP-Market steady. Western year
lings N.6Vq5.0o; wethers, A.0oG4.4o; ewes.
s3.soa4- %; common and stockers. s2.75Q4ssQ:
lambs. $5.0o16.S 80.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25

pion at the 18-inch
balk line, one shot
in, an honor held
for several years
by Jacob Schafer,
of Chicago. Wig
naux won his title
by again defeating
Sutton, the Ameri-
can, in an interest
ing contest In
Paris. Yignaux
has now success s.
lively %vanquished
the American in
matches at 18-inch
balk-Iine, one shot
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
MeMa Natas.

Rev. John T. Henderson Of James
vile, Wis.,, has been rendered a call
TO the pastorate of the First Presby-
terrain church at Huron and he has
accepted.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
Outdoor sports. have taken a wide
range In recent years, but hesSeooterss

is probably the
most peculiar
craft ever invent
ed that has been
used In racing con-
tests. This craft
was invented by
ingenious fisher
men, living along
the Long Island
coast, and was
first solely intend
ed for their own
practical purposes.
The scooter is
simply a small
sail boat on rum
ners, adapted to
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Carnegie Sails.

New York, March 21.-ADdrew Car
negie, with his wife and daughter, sailed
for Cherbourg Saturday on the st. Paul.
Mr., Carnegie expects to be absent until
next fall.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
Will Cooperate.

The question Of cooperative colonies
will receive a test west of the Missouri
river this year. Several such colonies
have been arranged for, some of them
including only members of the same
family, and others including a number
of people from the same general COM
munity. Most of these colonies will
club their financial strength. fence
their tracts, and handle small punches
of live stock, and at the same time
farm enough of their ground to raise
winter fodder for their stock.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
New York, March 10.

New York, March 10.
FLOUR-Steady but quiet. Buckwheat
-four nominal.
WHEAT-Irregular but steady. May,
96k@s6Bc; July. s2A@93cs September. $685.
a84Kkc.
RYE-DuA. No. 2 western, SIC to arrive.
CoRN-Opened steady, later turned ir-
regular. May. 56A@57Nc.
QATS-Nominal.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-03-25
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions. Etc

- chicago, March IS.
WHEAT-Closed higher. May, s1a9
93Bc; July, s6ss@S9c.
CoRN-Ayeraged strong. May, $3.50
52%c.
oATs-Lower. May, ssA@40ssc.
BUTTER = Steady and unchanged.
Creameries. per lb., 14@23kc; dairies, 1917
@21c.
BGGs-Market steady to firm. Fresh
eggs, at mark, new cases, returned, 15c pei
dozen; prime firsts, 15Mc.
LIVE POULTRY-Feeling firm and un
changed. Turkeys, per h., l2c; chickens,
fowls. I1ha@12c; ducks. 12@12hc.
POTATOES-Slow and without change.
Burbanks, good to choice, per bu., SS@9Oc;
Rurals, good to choice. Ssa9oc.