The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-20
The MINNEAPOLIS Journal.

curate perspicuous treatment of the subject
and expert condensation of the information
assembled. The author, in fifteen pages,
congresses the facts, physical and political
concerning Minnesota territory, and. in
twenty more pages, describes the process of
acquiring statehood and the remainder of the
volume contains clear and attractive de-
| scription of the organization of the state.
the powers and duties OF the central govern
ment the local governments, election laws.
the judiciary. revenue and expenditure edu-
cational administration and scope, elecmosy-
nary and correctional institutions state
militia and naval reserves. The appendix
contains list of governors, territorial and
state, and members of the first legislature !;
population growth tables; tables of the
growth of cities in the state; text of the ter
ritorial act of the enabling act, of the act
for the admission of Minnesota into the
union; OF the state constitution etc. The
book, so far as it treats of legislation, brings
all notifications Of the statutes I'D to 1900
The book is provided with a good index and
it can be used proftably as a text book In
schools and for private reference 1t is a
most useful desk book for everybody. New
York: The Macmillan Company. Minneapo-
lis: N Mccarthy. Price. rs cents.
Geographic Names-The government
has issued another edition of the report of the
of which Henry Gannett is chairman This
board was organized in accordance with an
order of President Harrison In 1890 for the
purpose OF bringing some order out Of the
CONFUSION and contradictions in geographic
names as used in government publications
The policy of the board is that, in general
the name in common local use at present
should be adopted 1t doesn't change cor
rupted forms back to pure forms after the
former have been established because il
would be useless. They avoid the possessive
form OF names; drop the final "h' in the
termination "burgh"; change borough" to
boro; abandon "centre" and spellrit Cen
ter; discontinue the use of hyphens in con-
Meeting parts of names, and drop the words
city and town" as parts Of names Names
OF Russian origin in Alaska ending in a ter
minal syllable variously rendered "of," ''off, .
"ow'' and "ov," are made to end in ''of. ,"
Several counties, city river and noun
tain range bear the names ''Allegany' and
Allegheny, and the board has adopted
Allegheny" A good many changes OF this
kind have been made. The board bases its
decisions chiefly on local usages. Several
corrections OF Minnesota names are made,
as Clearwater" for "Clear Water; Deer
wood for Deer Wood; 'Delayan' for
"Delevan"; Edna" for Edna Mills:
"Foldal' for 'Foldahl"; Georgetown for
George Town "Gnesen' for .'Guesen :;
"Greenvale' for Green Vale: Howard
Lake" for Howard; "Invergrove" for In
yer Grove; Joe Daviess" for 30 Davies;
"Lauriston" for ''Lorriston"; 'Skandia" for
"seandia''; 'Synnes" for "symes"; wal
colt" for ''Wolcott''; West Minneapolis
for BUSHNELL; ''Wild's Island" for "Wild's,"
and several others. The report contains
list of county names in the United States,
with the proper spelling. Washington: Sec
retary Board of Geographical Names.
Tragedy of Love Miss Imogen
Clark's Gods Puppets" presents a picture
of society in New York city about the mid
die of the eighteenth century, when English
influence was beginning to disintegrate the
Dutch uses. The hero, Captain Bellenden,
an English army officer, came to the city to
meet the most tumultuous experiences of his
life and find a wife. The strong work in
the story lies in the fearful tangle of mis-
understandings and the torrential jealousy Of
one Dutchman. which brought about the sui
eide of Annette Rierrsen, the good Dutch
domine's pretty daughter, and killed the
domino himself. New York: Charles Scrb-
ner's Sons. Minneapolis: Nathaniel McCar-
thy. Price $3.50.