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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11

was n frontier town in every respect.
women were scarce. and the young men
who have grown up there hnd this
sudden rush OF marriageabie women
tn the spot much to their liking. They
know what ~ II to live In n town with
out women. and they dare not run the
risk OF the women's displeasure.
Many OF the women have left behind
them cultured and refined homes. and
the influences they bring In being felt
I'm Bonerteel. Almost Immediately af-
ter their arrival "A society entirely con-
trary tn that OF the saloon and the
gambling house sprang mp. Whist clubs
were formed. dances given. and social
meetings OF all kinds are being given.
Many OF the men who drew claims
are single. but they are practically out
OF the matrimonial market. so far as
these women are concerned. The law
provides that should any OF the women
drawing claims marry any or the men
who also have claims. only one OF the
two can retain n claim. With the pros
pect OF losing their claims before them
those who are 30 much sought after
elsewhere are merely women. the same
as thousands OF others. to these men.
Besides u In hard to ind one OF these
men who has not photograph of the
one and only girl hanging up some
where in the little frame shack.
Some OF the old timers take this sud
den change with a marked degree OF
unfricndiiness. One old fellow who re-
membered the time when Ming on the
land around Boncstecl meant an alb
rupt trip to the next world with no re-
maining lock OF hair TO send relatives
In ,he east. has pronounced views re-
sarding women.
What the country needs II more
hosses and less weemen.' he said.
Look ut this thing" he continued.
pointing TO an animal which In mo-
ments of enthusiasm he called a 'hoss."
look at him. He's spawned an lame
and has tho CHAMBERS. bin iocoed an 10
80 years ole come mex spring. Here
be I. drivin' from the hotel To the day
20. I kin drive him fer two more year
an when he's no more use to me TIL
sell him TO Uncle Sam for To- pull a mail
Vaughn. Kin you do that with wom-
an. No. stree. Uncle Sam don't
want 'em and In sendin' 'cm out west
for tn make the pcrarie bloom like n
dcrH rose. IL Amt natural FOR ono OF
'em ito come out west. Here's evry
snipe OF a Kid putin on hair oil an
warhin' his face. an. by gosh. wearin'
linen collars. Mex thing viii be silk
hats an Mid gloves. wot's the consi-
auense? The purtiest has all the boys
"a hookin' after her an jest plum blind
mad at one another. There will he a
mighy lot OF permiscous shootin' pref
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11

20 devote a paragraph or two OF the
oeculiarities OF the girls In that state
and advises Mr.. Keller not To marry u
girl from Arkansas.
Another man. In n small town In
California. wishing To be as business
like as possible. makes use OF a type
writer. His letter reads as follows:
DerE Sur,
Sum gurlls YOU Want TOO get married so
thoo 4 WOULD rite too You too tell WIN
THAT 1 will HAVE her. I'm - tthurTy-
FIvep years olH AND Hard wurkcr.
Please rite Quick.
The girls themselves seemed To- he
taking all this as a matter OF course.
They seemed To be properly impressed
with the fact that n good farm In their
own right considerably enhances their
charms.
With their coming the old regime In
Boncsteci has been completely elimin-
ated What few months ago was "A
typical, old time frontier town. lawlcss,
fearing neither the Almighty nor the
county marshal. In now changed To "A
law abiding, rather gay community.
And the change has been caused by
the Influx OF these women.
Before their arrival the saloon ele-
ment rcigned predominant and whisky
was considered the harmless panacea
OF all Ills and the natural beverage Of
mankind. Now the young man who Ii
seen entering saloon or gambling
house runs the risk OF forfeiting the
pleasure of the society OF the single
woman. As Bonesteci. up TO the time
che Indian lands were thrown open.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11

~ soon ~ the dern foolIshnesS doan
stop. These wimmen come out here
snyin' they intend TO raise hay, an
corn an pigs. Pears tn me they've
don mikhty little, but raise hell so
far"
OF course the salooumcn snecr at the
new order OF affairs. The swell set. Z"
as the clique OF new arrivals Is termed,
~ ridiculed In every possible way. But
as each woman enters the town the
stronger does the swell set become.
saturday "A dance was given by one
of the proprietors OF the hotels. Dressed
in fincry which was totally new To
Boncstecl the new arrivals took the
floor. Some OF them had passed the
winter in Boncsteel aud had already
spent n few months on their claims.
They could be distinguished from 9TH
crs at a glance. The western sun had
given their cheeks "a healthy tan.
horseback riding and active farm work
had made them supple and In the short
time they had succeeded Ia getting that
breeziness OF manner which " the
characteristic OF western people. Many
OF them coming from towns did not
know the country dances and were
considerably surprised when some
brawny farmer swung them around I'm
the old fashioned chnsscing Being such
cosmopolitan crowd, the waltz and
Two step had tn be introduced In the
program for the benefit OF the new
corners.
The coming OF the daily train is n
matter OF much interest TO the COM
munity. The young men flock to the
station and watch for the new arrivals.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11
A New Niagara.

Philadelphia Ledger: Last week
there returned from South America TO
New orleans a party Of explorers
which included scientists from differ
en-; institutions. with score OF ma
iiycs they visited the Rio Leon terri
tory. near the equator. and penetrated
part never before seen by white men.
Among the discoveries was "a won
derful cascade which rivals that OF the
Yosemite Ia height and Niagara In vol
umc. II In crescent In form and has
eight cataracts divided from each 9TH
or by islands smaller than those at
Niagara. II IN thought To be only "a
question of few years when these
islands viii he swept away and leave
one vast cataract. The leader of the
expedition. Professor caracrlstI. Of
New Orleans. had visited the region
twice before. but did not 20 In 80 far
on his previous Journeys. This time
he Was employed by company to
learn whether the coal lands which he
had discovered were worth working
He reports the coal TO be inferior and
transportation too costly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11
,rrom the sioux city Tribune.

Ponesteei, 4. d, special: Boncstcrl
is now in the throes OF paipitattng,
trembling excitement. The single men
of the community are looking religious
iy clean and neat. Everything points
60 gr st events.
The cause OF this marked change In
this frontier town in that the much adj
vertised young women who were lucky
enough TO draw claims In the Rosebud
land lottery are now arriving TO live
on their claims. Altogether there are
about rs OF them.
Apart from the young men OF Bone
steel, there arc hundreds OF other men
who would like to make a good Inn
PRESTON on some of the women. Every
evening the one and only train which
arrives daily ut Boucsteel brings
large bundle OF mail for United States
Land Commissioner =. ID. Keller. About
10 per cent. OF the letters pertain TO
legitimate business: the rest of the let
tiers are from men. who. having heard
ehnk Sase are n number OF women who
onGoD husbands TO run their farms. are
ofRevfng themselves az candidates I'm
the matrimonial market. This has hap
pencd because he gave an interview to
the newspapers about these young
women.
II has been cynIcally declared that
matrimony II To q large extent n
ever q portion OF the letters would soon
come III the conclusion that the marital
state n indeed TO be considered only
from q financial standpoint.
From the southern borders of New
Mexico to the Canadian line. from New
York 10 San Francisco. In haif dozen
different languages and la q thousand
different styles of spelling these let
tiers are CO: ring. All OF them show very
plainiy that the writer's want to corr
respond with none except those VINO
own farms.
Most Of the letters are misspelled.
written I'm pencil and poorly composed.
Hut now and again there comes one
which shows that the writer has at
least n good education. one or two
send references. and one In particular
names the governor OF Virginia ms hts
sponsor. Some have money-or say
they have: but the greater part OF
them just modestiy declare themselves
60 be poor. Woodworking. honest young
men who have been unable to find n
suitable helpmeet IN their own commu-
nifty. and desire wife and a start In
life at the same time.
One man. resident or Arkansas,
writes that ne wants a wife from the
lucky number. not from any mercenary
motive. hut "becos the Arkinsaw gulls
ain't with shucks." He then goes on
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11
A UNIVERSE ALL ALIVE.
Greed Of Man Who Gives His Life TO
Study Of Plant Creation.

William =. Harvard. In the April
Century: asked Mr.. Burbank this
question:
Has anything developed In your
llfcwork. and I'm your study Of the
great elemental forces OF nature To
imperil true faith or render dead n
belief In God CT the immortality OF the
SOUL
He answered:
My theory OF the laws and underIy-
Ing principles OF plant creation II. In
many respects. Numerically opposed Ia
the theories Of the materialists. ! am
n sincere believer In "a higher power
than that of man. All my investiga-
tons have led me away from the idea
OF n dead. material universe. tossed
about by various forces. TO that OF a
universe which IL absolutely all force.
life. soul. thought or whatever name
we may choose To call 10. Every atom.
moicculc. plant. animal or planet IL
only an aggregation OF organized
unit forces held In place by stronger
forces thus holding them for time
latent. though tecming with incon-
ccivablc power. All life on our planet
Is. 80 To speak. just on the outer fringe
OF this infinite ocean OF force. The
universe is not half dead. but all
alive,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11
A Questionable innovation.

London Lady's Pictorial: The rumsr
that kind OF school of conversation
has been started la the West End sets
one pondering whether. after all. IL IL
such very fine thing to be n good
talkcr. or late years the American girl.
whose chatter is incessant. has been
held UP ~ an example Ia this respect to
her English sister, and one constantly
hears this or that girl described as one
who Is always bright and cheerful.
and always has something to say"
Still, IL In very doubtful whether ~
u so very charming TO be n chattcrbox.
and II conversation IN going To be
taught as n fine art we shall doubtless
have reason To- wish for the good old
days To return. when people did not
run on" quite 50. iiuenuy and have
smart answers and anecdotes on the
tips OF their tongues. or course thers
are times when We want people to talk,
and when lively and inconseaucnt chat
ter acts as "a tonic. but one IL bound to-
say Il Ii with feelings OF misgiving that
one thinks OF a time when we may he
all machine-made smart CONVERSE
tionalists. when epigrams may hang on
every lip. when We shall ali he pre-
pared nj moments notice TO set the
In BILE ION n road" and fund OF funny
stories and an cver-iowinE stream of
breezy nothingncss shall be possessed
by every educated woman IN the land.
III IL IN possible To teach women to bs
smart and CHEEKY" IL IN certainly not
possible To teach those inclined this
way TO keep that silence which In so
very sweet and pleasant at times. The
fact Of the matter Is. one cannot have
people made To "A pattern. 4 bright
manner aud "A fluent tongue are tn
valuable. but SO also are the gift OF
listening and that sympathetic stiffness
which ~ inexplicable. hut 80 often OF
greater worth than the loftisSt elo-
quenCe.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11
YOUNG WOMEN WILL NOT MARRY

On the Rosebud Some zoe Feminine Prize winners in the
Great Land Lottery Of Last SUMNER Are Taking vp Their
Rssdsaec Required Before May l. 20 Some Hundreds Of
Men Have Offered Marry Them. Bot for Answer Said
Psincss Doai Come in Ovsralls S S - -
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11
Worth n Trial,

Kansas city Journal: Probably the
most effective way of inducing men to
go To church would be- To charge admi.-
sion and issue free passes on the quiet.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-11

81. NORTH. IN Switzerland. has the
biggest toboggan slide In the world. 10
is three-quarters OF a mile long. and
has been descended In whiz OF only
seVcnty-one seconds
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01
CHARGED WITH EIGHT HUSBANDS.
Woman, rs Years Old, Accused Of "Bigamy''
and Perjury.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD, = Known to
have four husbands living, and said to
have been married to four other men,
Mrs. Marion Hepler, also known at
various times as Mrs Quinn, Mrs. Cox,
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Pier
son, Mrs. Maloney and Mrs. Neither
colt, living at 4o34 Thompson street, was
sent to Moyamensing prison in default
of $500 bail on charges of FEBRUARY and
bigamy
So far no record has been produced
to show that she was legally separated
from any of the eight hunbands, who
are all alive. In less than three years
this woman, who is about rs years old,
was married three times in churches
within radius of 20 blocks. After
marriage to her last husband she lived
within half a square of two of her
former spouses. AT no time did she
live year with any husband, the ma
jority of whom deserted her.
Elmer Smith, of 1864 Kershaw street,
who was her husband for nine months
after July, 1900, and who caused her
arrest, furnishes the following named
husbands in the order of marriage
George Neithercott, Dennis Quinn, FL
mer Smith, William Cox, Walter Mitch
ell, Frank Pierson, John Maloney and
Harry Hepler.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01
70 PEOPLE DROWNED AT SEA.
Steamer Peeoule Sinks Off Florida Coast
Only Two Lives Saved.

Fetnandina, Fla. Especially Twenty
men, constituting all but two of the Off
GERS and crew of the American steam
ship Peconic, bound from Philadelphia
to New Orleans with coal, were drown
ed by the sinking of that vessel off the
coast of Florida. The disaster was the
result of fierce gale which ragged along
the coast during the night and early
morning.
Lashed by the storm, an immense wave
struck the vessel with terrific force about
1890 o'clock A. NJ The impact COM
ing just as the vessel was making a
turn, caused shift of the cargo, and
the vessel leaned over and sank imme-
diately The accident occurred so quick
ly that only two of those aboard her
an Indian and Spaniard-were able to
save themselves. They succeeded in get
ting into "a lifeboat, reached Amelia
Beach about noon, and on landing told
the story of the disaster.
These men could speak no word of
English. They said they were the only
survivors of the crew of the Peconie,
commanded by Captain Jones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01
SEVERAL CASES AT GULFPORT, MISS.
1t Has Also Reappeared at Provldence-The
Failure to Isolate the Scourge Has Sent
Another Panic Of Quarantine Through
LouIslaua-In New Orleans the Situation
Continues to Improve.

New Orleans, La. Especially The
United States Marine Hospital Service
has agreed to take charge of the fruit
shipments from Port Chalmette, SO as
to meet the objections of Surgeon Cen
eral Wyrnan. The fruit cars will not go
through New Orleans. This arrange
ment will permit of handling the fruit
trade through the Mississippi River, re-
lieve the congestion at Mobile and the
famine in the West.
The State Board of Health, having
made an investigation of the health con-
ditions at Patterson, has concluded that
the vigorous measures are needed there,
and has placed Dr. c. L. Norton in
charge. The civil authorities will re-
port to him and receive orders from
him. So far the efforts to check the
disease in Patterson having produced
no practical results; fortunately the dis
ease is milder there than anywhere else
in the South, the death rate being only
one-half of one per cent. Why this is
so has not been yet learned.
On the other hand, the situation is
bad at Lee, the fishing settlement on
Bayou Lafourche, where there are 223
cases. There are now three doctors
there. The fishing business is COM
pletely suspended, and the people are
short of provisions and medicines. These,
however, are being supplied by the au-
thorities, and ample provision will be
made for the healthy as well as TOR
the sick. They are simple fisher folk,
obey all sanitary instructions, and seem
heartily thankful for what is being done
for them. Unfortunately, through their
ignorance and lack of resident doctor,
they let the disease get firmly seated in
every house in the sediment before no.
tifying the health authorities.
DR.. Krauss has been placed in charge
at Lake Providence, where the recur-
renee of the fever, after having once
been crushed out, has caused much dis
appointment. 1t is restricted to the ne
groes, only one white person being sick,
whereas of old the negroes were believed
to be immune.
The discovery of yellow fever at Gulf
port, Miss, was, it now appears, made
at New Orleans, just as that at Missis-
sippi City was discovered by the Ala
hama health authorities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01
BOTH SIDES REINFORCED.
Front Of the Army 10 Nanchuria Greatly
Extended.

Gunshu Pass, Manchuria (By Ca
ble).-Intelligence of the constitutional
grants by the Government has been re-
ceived by the army, and general infor-
nation relating to Portsmouth affairs
continues to reach here from 8 to 10
days late.
Since the Japanese reconnotered the
Russian center about rs or 80 miles on
August 10 which resulted in retaliatory
slsirmishing, as well as the checkmating
of a wide movement of considerable
bodies of troops throughout three days,
nothing important has occurred Dur
ing the long quiet there have been rein
forcements to both sides, giving the thea
tire of war a much-changed appearance.
The front has been greatly extended,
a departure made possible by the use
of the wireless telegraph, and because
of the unexampled size of the armies
the character of the third stage of the
war, whether it be active hostilities, de-
mobilization or the garrisoning of con-
tested territory, will be complicated.
The relative positions of the two
armies is comparable to that of year
ago, and the country Immediately facing
the Japanese is almost identical with
that which confronted them at Lao
yang.
The acquisition of the railway and
rivers by the japanese at Mukden, to-
gether with their Fengwangcheng COM
munications, and General Kawamura's
new line of communication and defense,
running from the head OF navigation on
the Yafu river across to Kaiyuan. with
the occupation of the Changpaishan
Mountain region, makes control OF the
administration of South Manchuria as
complete as that achieved in the north
by similar organization, and in the rapid
consolidation of these connections the
destiny of Manchuria is clearly fixed
regardless of other influences.
A correspondent recently travelled 200
miles over the old Imperial hunting re-
serve on the east flank. which was
opened to settlement several years ago.
Heavy crops of oil beans, millet. maize,
indigo and hemp are under cultivation
there now. This comprises a region ex-
tensively secuted by the Japanese, who
appear bold and active pending the ne
gotiations. The people complain OF
horse thieves and robbers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01

Portsmouth, N. H. (SpeciaD.-In a
last desperate effort to secure the resto-
ration of friendly relations between
their country and Russia the Japanese
peace plenipotentiaries will Tuesday
make concessions that it is hoped may
lead up to peace.
To President Roosevelt is due the
credit of having produced this concilia-
tory move on the part of Japan, for it
is upon suggestions submitted by him
to the Toxic government that the new
proposals are based.
While the Russians profess emphat-
ically that they do not know what the
Japanese representatives intend to offer
or, indeed, that they will offer anything
at all in the way of modified condi-
tions, they have heard unofficially that
the plan of settlement to be proposed
by Japan will embrace an adjustment
of the embarrassing money question by
a commission of neutrals. This propo-
sition is entirely unacceptable to the
Cars ENJOYS, if their attitude is cor
rectly represented, and they are not in
clined to believe that the situation will
be materially improved by any such ten-
ders. Still the outlook for peace must
be regarded as brighter, particularly
when it is kept in mind that the Presi-
dent has accomplished much and is still
working
1t was officially admitted by the Jap
anese that they received new instruc-
tions, and that they have been informed
of the result of the meeting at Toxic
between the Emperor the cabinet off
GERS and the elder statesmen. They ad-
nit also that they will make concessions,
if such course becomes necessary.
Japans new proposal, based on
suggestion from President Roosevelt,
which the Mikado and his ministers APP
proved, is that the matter of a money
payment by Russia to Japan shall be
confined entirely to price for the re-
cession to Russia of the northern part
of Sakhalin Island, this price to be
fixed by a commission of disinterested
persons of eminent standing in their
respective countries. and 70 h. -o'r,'-
mated, or chosen, by Russia and Japan
in equal numbers.
In asserting to such proposal Japan
valves all claim to remuneration for the
costs of the war and leaves for adjust
ment only the bare question of the
amount Russia shall pay TO get back
part of Sakhalin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01
WANTS TO RACE AIRSHIPs.
Aeronaut Knabenshue Issues Challenge to
Another Flyer.

New York (SpeciaD Roy Kna-
benshue, the Toledo aeronaut, who
aroused all New York by his airship
cruise, practically challenged Leon Ste
vens, of sos West Forty-seventh street,
to an airship race between the Toledo
II. and the California Arrow for $1,000
side.
Il am willing to meet him at any
time" said the man who has twice sailed
over this city. Il will race him in any
airship he can get"
Knabenshue, having twice viewed this
city from aloft while sailing in his air
ship, took look around on the Level
on which ordinary humanity lives, TAX
ing his crew through the financial dis
trict, Chinatown and the East Side, az
then going up to Grants Tomb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01
CLEARING WAY TO PEACE
Japanese To Withdraw War Bill and
Indemnity Claim.
WILL SELL The HALF OF sAKHALIN.
The Price to Be Fixed by an International
Commissions Such as the President Has Sug.
gested-Indications That the Mikado mas
Approved Mo. RooseveIt's Proposition
slams Suspicious OF the Japanese.
Japsn's New Proposal.

Japan, it is understood, would
at the session of the peace con-
ference Tuesday agree to with
draw her demand for indemnity
and propose that an interna-
tional commission determine the
price Russia shall pay for the
northern half of Sakhalin Is
land.
Such proposition would
throw, upon Russia, if she re-
jects it, responsibility for con-
tinuing the war.
An official of the Russian
Foreign Office is reported to
have said that the Gar was
very favorable to peace almost
at any price until after his in
terview with Emperor William.
The Mikado and his leading
statesmen discussed at Toxic.
President Roosevelt's PROPOSE
ton for compromise.
The Japanese are supremacy
confident that should the war /.
continue Marshal Oyama will
defeat General Linevitch and
take Hardin.