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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-25
NORTH STAR ACROSTICS
Gracefully Singing the Praises of
u. the New M. e. St. r.. Train,

:. {
In his Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year greeting, A. B. Cults, general pas
senger and ticket agent Of the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road, has completed the cycle
of events connected with the new Mime
apolis Chicago train in which the public
has taken a part. 7@. -. : - E~cess y.
The last offer was one Of s25FSto the
makers Of the best two acrostics on
North Star Limited Austen Hancock
and Mrs. A. d. Madeira Of Minneapolis
the second prize. L N>
The acrostics are published on a beauti-
fully decorated cardboard greeting. Mr.
Hancock's acrostic was as follows IT,
Naught SO grand in all the section
OF this great and glorious west; s
Rich in all that makes for pleasure y;
Tried and trusted without measure f-E-.
Hers the acme OF perfection,
Standing nobly every test
This the train for beauty noted
All Its artist builders voted
Rushing onward, nothing fearing, o., - 4.
Like shuttle, to and fro;
In its fight Chicago greeting:
Mid the Worlds Fair chariots feeting-
In st. Louis now appearing,
True as arrow from the bow
Ever by its guardian led. .se-. tas
Drives the North Star Limited,
Mrs. Madeira's offering reads thus:
No route on the map has Flyer so fine;
Our peerless .sNorth starr doth its namesake
outshine.
Running SO swiftly. SO safely, SO sure.
That Its fame in the mem'ry Of all will endure.
Have you friend who on travel is bent?
Send him our. Folder the'll know tits we'll
paeant),
Tell him our Limited train is well planned.
And fhorx hn will h rid ,nY,f
land.
Route is as short-time is as fast;
Landscape most pleasing-pleasure is vast;
II you must travel. travel at ease,
Most trips may weary yon. this one will please,
Il finconelusion, arguments tire)
TO travel with comfort be your desire. 81
Ease and enjoyment and comfort as well,
Delightful your trip on the NJ. & ST, l..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-25

butcher shop caught fire and the build
ing and stock were DESTROYED. The loss
is $1,000 insurance 5000 heavy snow
storm is raging and the weather has
turned very cold.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-25
Want Ads Are Little Agents .Worktnu All

1t don't pay to Keep articles you don't
want. Now is the time to dispose of sucl,
articles. The best and surest way is to
insert a small adlet inEthe CLASSIFIED Col
the work. Others have succeeded, 80 can
you.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-25
Want Ads Are Little Agents workina Ali

the Time.
It don't pay to keep articles you don't
want. Now is the time to dispose Of such
articles. The best and surest way is to
insert a small adlet In the CLASSIFIED Col
umns OF The Journal and allow it to do
the work. Others have Succeeded. so can
you. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-25
Ladies' and
Misses Coats

- Not one Coat reserved. Every Coat included
il, this sale. All Our Monte Carlo, Blouses,
Norfolks, three~quarter and long Coats in
~ LIFELINE, Kersey, Melton, Cheviot, Velour
! and Silk =. 49," r. -.
$3.50, SIC 50, $500 and $3.50 Coats .$s.75
$4,000, $22.5 $4,000 and $3.50 Coats now $1,000
$1,000, $4,000, $22. SO and $1,000 Coats .$1a5o
$32 50, $1,000, $27. SO and $25.oo Coats $500
$500, $32.5o, $1,000 and $27.5o Coats now .$175o
$4,000, $500, $3.50 and $1,000 Coats now $4,000
5000, $500, $500 and $37.5o Coats now. $a5oo
10000, SIS 90, 5000 and $500 Coats now $4,000
$1,000, $1,000, $500 and $1,000 Goats now $500:
All our high class novelty Goats in proportion
Nothing reserved). .< l. 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-25
Dresey Gallon Suits

Including all Our exclusive models, Zibelin.
Broadcloth, Panne Cloth, Cheviot, Home
spun and VeIveteens "...- e -
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

1" he prime pal reason for nv attitude
in the Senate toward retaining the
Philippine Islands was my be ief that
those iSltnls would afford IOme fol
the negroes.
" When first came to Congress in
tTOduCed resolution to recognize the
Congo Free State aS an independent
nation. merely to afford the negroes oi
this country a place to which they
m, ht immigrate when their numbers
increased 10 an extent that they would
make immigration necessary. The
resolution passed the Senate aud
House, and colonization Of the negro
IN tn Congo was well under way when
the United states acquired the Philip
pines.
The acqui ilion of that territory
opens up a new and vast superior coun
try for tlen. The land is richer, the
climate better suited to them, and there
they would still be under the flag.
81 took the matter up with SeCretcry
Roo, and wrote to Gov Gen. Taf: for
infnr nation aud ideas on the plan of col
onlzlng negroes there. Both were favor
abyi pre- -sed, aud am glad TO know
that il has at last been started. All he
m"vem mt needs IS a starter.-Wash
ington "Star."
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

He said that the ballot was a means,
and not an end, with the race. There
are cOloTed men in this Country" he
deCla, ed. who would honor anV race.
Let the great Colored race bsome hCme-
owners and home-bullder The white
man Is apt to consider himself verv i'm
portant, but remember that il took
TWO thousand wears to bring him to his
present condition of civilization. You
have not yet had your Glance. The
coiored race must gs up or down, for
there Is no middle ground"
representative CTumpacker was fol-
lowed ty Capt. hObSOn, who aroused
gre t enthusiasm. q | was brought I'D
with your peODIe," Sa he, " and in
my Southland | was nursed by one OF
you, who was as tender to me as nv
own mother was. DnIing the civil war
the Negro nObIy fulfilled his du 10
those OF the South left defenseless at
hsme. Your race may call upon me as
long ss | live, 10 be the tTuest friend [
know how to be.
" have feeling for you also Of sim
cere esteem, respect. and affection.
The colored race is one OF fighters. At
Santiago, when | was released, the first
American troops | saw were colored
regulars You have right 10 be proud
OF the blood you have spilled for your
country. DO not complain Of your so
Cial position to-day. What was YOUR
brief SerVltude compared 10 the long
ages OF serfdOm in Europe in the Dark
ages. Your condition today has M
comparison TO that of the EuTOp-an
peasan.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
Slavery as a Punishment.

Fisher Million, negro who was in
dicted in 1901 for vagrancy and has
been at large since then, was captured
at Lawrenceburg and tried the other
lay before Judge Davis in the county
court at Shelbyville, KY. The Judge
returned a verdict of guilty and fixed
punishment at being sold into servi-
tude for - months, the highest pen
atty. The negro will be put on the
block and sold into servitude by Sher-
if Briggs if a purchaser can be found
The officials hardly know what to do
in the event of no sale.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

t'onal stores at T3o 7Jh street and 8G8
9TH street northwest, formerly occupied
by-Hudson. Mr.. Schmitz & Co con-
ducts the largest stores in the city where
you can purchase all kinds of house
hold goods, toys for children. school
supplies ahd anything for the pleasure
of children and the household. MIR,
SChmitZ has accommodating clerks
who will treat you we'll when you call.
Say 10 him that you saw this notice in
The Bee Those who are up town 60
to I7I2 I4th street II rthwest, while
those who are down own 60 to 10 md
8I8 9TH street northwest Go cary and
avoid the rush. Mention The Bee.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
PEACE is RESTORED!
Warning Factions in Colombia WIN
{ Fight No Longer.
Termination of Hos stiIities Is OF Par
! ticuIaT Interest to Us on Account
OF Pending Canal Ne
EOtiatiOns.

Colombian's reported conclusion OF
peace is full of interest to the Uni
ted States. 1t is on general princi-
pies pleasing to know that our south
ern neighbOr has reached the end OK
a struggle which was tedious and dis
astrous in the extreme. 1t is a re-
lief to be rid OF the necessity OF
keeping guard over our interests as
Panama and occasionally intervening
in their behalf with force and arms.
There have been complaints mads
against such Intervention, by both
parties to the conflict on the isthmus,
largely, if not entirely, unfounded.
The treaty rights of the United
States to intervene for the protection
OF its property and the maintenance
OF free traffic on the railroads cannot
be disputed. It may well be that
such intervention hampered the bel
hgerent activities of one or both of
the parties. But if so their quarrel
was with the treaty, and not with
our enforcement of its provisions.
Certainly the government, now that
1t has won the day, must realize that
IL is far better to have the railroad
and its terminals in good order and
IN operation than it would have been
but for United States intervention.
The establishment of peace is thus
welcome as a Vindication of Ameri-
can action.
Another highly important consider
alton is that the return of peace viii
expedite a definite settlement of the
canal question. Being rid of the in
surrection, the BOgota goVernmeE
can apply itself to that question
without distraction. 1t is high time
for it to do so to a practical purpose
says the New York Tribune. There
has already been too much delay and
too much backing and filling. FoI
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
A LEADER?
From the Chicago Conservator.

from the chicago COnseTVztOr.
The Washington BEE, with which we
have had q friendly interchange OF
words on NegFe-Leadership," 4" calls
on the COHSeyUatOr for an expression
of las position on the possibility and
pTacticablIity of the Negro having
leaders,
1t is due the BEB to state here that
that paper IS not only one of the oldest
and able6t Nero journals Of the coun-
try, but 1t is intensely interested in the
advancement uf The race, and wears
No manS'S brass collar, and does not
teach the Young Negro that being ap-
pointed to an office makes a chronic
Othce-SeekeT great when there is 'nolh-
ing else to MIN"
The C0RSeTVatOT has never seen the
need OF the Negroes Of this country
having leaders of any sort except as
ulher people IN this ountry have Ihrm; /;
and we canno' see the wisdom of such
ne papers as thr BEE, Southwestern
Chr1Stian AdUOcGke and orher vl.lrndId
Negro Journals conlenaiug that the
>egro should have or need a national
race lea, e.. There Is nothing for such
1 man To do. The present intellectual
dVanCement Of the Negro, with his
growing knowledge of the different
phases of men aid things and his con-
sequent diversity Of OOinion touching
ne things he is most interested in, pre-
,lude lh- ide of national org MIA
on Of ! or any con Iderab number
OF the Negroes Of this country for any
uTpoSe You can no more unite the
Negro into one party or organizati n
low than you can the whites, and the
one IS no more needed or desired than
the other.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
HAS BRIGHT FUTURE
George B. COrtelyou, Private Secre-
tary to the President.
8is Success should Re an InspIratIOH
10 Ambitious Young Americans
May Become "a Cabinet
Member.

The intimatiOn has come from Wash
5ngton that George b. Cortelyou may
become a member of the presidents
cabinet. Those who know the man
best believe that he is worthy of such
al honor, and capable of filling such
day there are few more interesting
men than George B. COrtelyOu, the
secretary to the president. Intellec-
tual, energetic, dignifed, and court
eous, this man seemed endowed by ma
ture and fitted by training to perform
the duties and meet the emergencies
OF his particular work.
The position of secretary to the pres
ident of the United States is an arduous
one. In the rendering of its multi
tudinous services, it calls for the bust
ness qualifications of a methOdical and
systematic clerk, in the performance
Of the daily routine of official work,
and the fnesse of a practical diplomat
IN meeting and satisfactorily adjust
dng situations between the president
and an assorted public, each individual
of which believes himself entitled to
a portion of the time and interest of
she chief executive.
Mr. g0rtelyou worked his way to his
present high position through sheer
ability and determination. He is still
= young man, 40 years of age, and his
success may be regarded as an indica-
tiOn of a still more progressive and
brilliant career in the future. He be-
gan as a stenographer, and, as a court
reporter, was considered one of the
most rapid and accurate in the coun-
try. In 1891 he became private secre-
tary 10 the fourth assistant post
naster general. Toward the close of
the Cleveland administration he was
transferred TO the white house. He
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

Governor Taft, and in other a avs urg
ed his project on the officials.
1t Is the Alabama Senator's purpose
il the future 10 start legislation in Con-
gTeSs for the movement TO colonizc h..
II groeS in the Philippines. He has not
pushed this part of the work, because
he believes tie time is n T ripe vet for
Legislation. The farmers of the south,
he S US, thing they need the negro la
borer now, and until condit onS are
more favorable he Will wi,hold his pro
posed legislation. He believes, hnwev
@r, that the move now under way will
result eventually in millions of negroes
emigrating to the Philippine Islands
and WOr ing out their own salvation
there. This, he says. ls the solution Of
the negro question which now confronts
the American people.
Senator Morgan plan is TO incorpor
ate for he negroes steamship transpor
tatlon companies, to give them home
SteLcS OF aDont twenty acres each in
the Islands, and to give them the best
possible commercial advantages. The
plan, he says. would not deprive them
OF their protection udder the flag of
the u lie States; ii would not deprive
them OF citizenship, of which they are
proud. an It would enable them TO be
come seif-Sustaining and prosperous
race o, people becau the land in the
Philippine Islands is extremely rich
a q eruilr. The climate is exactly suit
ed TO the gro.
Senator iOrgan Talks Of His Plan.
Discussing the subject Monday, Sen
ator Morgan said:
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20


years past the Colombian government
has professed to be eager for the
United States to purchase and COM
plete the unfinished ditch of the
French company. This country has
been given to understand that every
facility will be offered it for the
prompt completion of the canal on
the most liberal terms. But now
that it is ready and eager to begin
the work, Colombia seems inclined
to temporize and to ask impossible
conditions. There does not seem to
be the slightest justification for the
reported attempt to increase the
rental price. 1t is understood that
colombia was willing to accept a GER
tain price a year or two ago, when Is
was not certain that the United
States would want to build at Pana-
ma. Nothing has occurred since then
to make the concession more valua-
bic. As for ColOmbia's reluctance to
grant to this country complete and
permanent control of the strip Of
land containing the canal, her own
conduct and condition demonstrate
its unreasonableness 1t would be
simply intolerable TO have the canal
Exposed to the disturbances which
for months past have beset the Pan
anna railroad.
The terms proposed by the United
q 90 nrlgF hfa thai
are generous to Colombia. 1t is for
COLOMBIA TO accept them or reject
them. Whichever she does she should
do thoughtfully and advisedly, foS
the decision is one fraught with in-
Icalculable Importance to her future
but she should, and indeed must, do
1t promptly. The United States must
not be kept waiting like party to an
ld-fashioned New England horse
trade. For the Panama route, as oUE
Eolombian friends should remember,
lis not the only one. There is an
other at Nicaragua, which has SONS
advantages over that at Panama, and
(which we can have for the asking.
The president Is as fully authorized
to accept and adopt it as he is to
conclude arrangements with Colom-
bia, and if he should do so that would
mean an ending Of the Panama canal
Whichever route this country adopts
will thenceforth be the only one
Colombia cannot af1ord 20 run any
unnecessary risk of being left in the
Eurch forever.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

"Your DESTINY lies in work, hard.
perSis ent work. D,n' let anybody
try to convince you that lhe victory OF
The American naVv oV-T the Sbantsh
fleets in the war of 1898, was due o the
.nfeTiOrIty Of the vessels nf The latter.
u : won our battle Of S ,ntrago, aud
even Manila, before the var began II
the Spanish Crews had been trained by
hard work as ours were. he spanish
fleet at Santiago woul ! have eScaped
from our blockade and would have
then returned TO destroy our ship,
one by one. Work hard yourselves,
as a race, and IN America lrgiS alton
cannot prevent YOU from taking your
proper places according To m-'it"
Admiral SChlry q SO had praise for
the CoIored man, but was net 20 out
spoken as the other speakers ami
RETAINED from discus ing tn Neg 20
from the point Of view Of p liticS. lie
PRAISED the COlOred sailors ani aid
they had always been fai hful 4 d o, al
" In courage the COIored seamen has
proved himself. ani has shed blop {
and faced fire tor his Country" aid
the admiral. and MS Sentim nj was
cheered by the audience FIR some time.
" | shall be the Colored man, friend !"
he concluded. land shtll be glad %
see The day when he shall be in al! re
SpeCIS what his fTend> would ike to
see hin be"
Senator Mason was i the audience.
but did not speak. On The p affirm
with the sp- tkerS were ! ,d,1I "
Lyons. the Recorder OF D-=ds, ! c
Dan 5, and Thomas LaS,her.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU.

EQTLIOil0
OF C0mmeTce)
VAS for several months a stenOgrapher
50 the president, and was then ap-
pointed executive clerk, which posi-
tou he held until the beginning of Mr..
Mchinley's second term, when he was
made private secretary.
While in Washington Mr.. Cortelyou
improved his spare time in the study
OF the law, and, in 1895, was graduated
IRON the Georgetown University Law
school The following year he took
postgraduate course in the Columbian
university.
Mr.. CortelyOu was born in New York
city July 20. 1862. He was educated
IN public and private schools, and is a
graduate of the Hampstead q. L) in
sutute, and of the state normal school
a. Nestheld, Mass. He holds the de-
gree Of Ii. b. from Georgetown uni
Fersity and the degree of LII. NJ. from
columbia university. He was for a
while law reporter in New York, and
Then was principal of preparatory
Sehools in the same city from 1885 to
4oes. In the latter part of 1889 he be-
gan has career as a private secretary,
Aa'Ihg served in this capacity with the
post office inspector at New York, the
surveyor Of the port of New York, and
0e fourth assistant postmaster gem
sfa- In November, 1895, he was ap-
pointed stenographer to the presi-
ueAli in February, 1896, executive
clerk; IN July, 1898, assistant secretary,
tAa IN April, 1900, upon the resigna-
uoh OF John Addison Porter, on ac-
count Of ill-health, Mr.. Cortelyou was
made tul secretary.
I1-s is a modest and thoroughly
american career. Having had not
more than an average preparation for
AIS mes work, Mr.. Cortelyou has in
ss-lld1Ly done the small things that he
-O--a TO do so well that he has been
'a--eu TO do greater things.
~ D-f-ng the four and a half years that
r1oI.l-!ou served the late President
-leAln-eF, first as assistant private
1i7,aFy and later as private secre-
'l'5' DE developed a remarkable trait
OF memory
II -'a assistant secretary it was part of
-. a. 'oFtelyor's duty when the presi-
e., vas travelling to see tie reporters
- t4e various newspapers and 10
49, -I,'-.sh them the particulars of the
u ~ executives plans and movements.
-''-5eus Of reporters throughout the
u~'Ly thus became personally ae-
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
Admiral SChley, Capt. hobsOn, a d
Mr.. CrumpaCker Declare it.
They Speak for The Disfranc iseC
and Show them Friendship.

Rear Admiral Schley, Capt Rich
moud Pearson HOtson. nd RepreSen.
IaIi,e Crumpacker Monday night de-
Ivered addresses TO large audience
# ciuzens al Metropolitan a. NJ +
Church. on NJ street. between FIT
Ieenth and Sixteenth streets northwest.
heir expressions OF friendship for the
coIored man and hopefulness about his
future were received with demonstra
uOns of intense approval. Several
" hite persons were present.
Representative CTumpacker presided
and ,pUke aoUuI tue Negro In polIucS
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

Senator NJ M,rgan, OF Alabama is
sA-king to inte est The a IT rpart
ment, and, incIdenra Is; eSi1ent
Roosevelt in plan t, ut'l z he Phi =
ippine Sind, tor co onizns the ne
groeS OF the u iteI States. Ii is believed
that il is laTgrlv "a A result Of Sena-
tor MOrgan'> agitation OF the subject
that the President has sent a special
envoy. T Thomas Fortune. TO the
Philippin- Islands tOmake an inVe IL
cation and report on the COndItin MS
there In mis- effort u have the PIN
put irto execution Senator Morgan
has he frequent consul alton, with
..ecretary of a ar Root, has consulted
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
lanes L. Pugk, Esq, A Successful
Pr, SeCutOr.

The prosecuting at orney, NJ James
=. Pugn, of the 3 Is riC branch of the
Po ice Court is beyond all doubt one
Of he most successful prosecuting 9TH
GERS thai has ever had cha. &c of that
branch of the ourI. tie IS popular
wi The members of the bar and as a
proseCu ing officer he is conscientious
as well as l,OSi i've IN The COnduC, of his
prosecutions. Tie knows no man, / he
Bee can say, by The co or of his skin.
tie IS IA Ia yer OF aUiI J and IS IhOI-
Ough Informed on he laws of The
is,TiCt. There is no man who has the
respect and confidence OF his superior
officers more than Mr.. rugh. tie Is
an easv prosecutor, that's, he cOnduc,S
ms cases with care and appa.en ly
without trouble He has many friends
auu admlTc. who YOU'D ye pleased 10
>, nIm OH the UenCn. lie - indeed
.eSeTvIng OF promotion. he Com
mi siUueTs could not select a man bel
suited for the poSirI'n OF pToseCut-
ing attorney of the lower branch OF The
Ponce LouTI than Mr.. PuEh.
Admiral SChleV Cam FiObSOn. a d
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
CrlnnIed br a srenn.

The champion sneezer Of PennsylVa-
MIA is John Hamilton, a druggist, Of
New Castle. While at work on a pre-
scription he felt sneeze coming on,
and to steady himself clutched a rail-
ing. The force of the sneeze was
so great that it threw his shoulder out
of Joint.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
Hi. Pension Came Too Late.

Many years ago, Henry Wensler, of
Warsaw, Ind, war "eteran, applied
for a pension. 1t has just been grant
ed, and the government has sent him
a check for S25,OO0. The poor pension
er is not likely to appreciate this for
tune, as he is demented.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
The Fair.

About one year ago Nj E. P Schmitz
& Co.. conducted one store at 1872 I4lh
street norI Invest. While struggling 10
succeed be never forgot the poor and
needy in the hour Of distress. He al
ways had d kind word for hose who
were oppressed and liberal TO tn needy
Kindness and lberality TO the poor
won their confidence which is evid nc
ed by he establishment Of two addi-
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
Sure of a ProtectInK hand.

Before a wedding could proceed
down in Kentucky the groom had to
throw two brothers of the bride OUT
Of the church window. Here is one
woman at least who may be sure of 4
protecting hand.
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

quainted with Mr. Cortelyou, who not
only remembered their faces in con-
nection with the newspapers which
they represented, but in the great ma
jority of cases remembered the per-
sonal names of the interviewers them
selves
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20

A favorite trick of Alsatfan market
woman is TO place six or eight eggs in
a small basket, and to declare that
those are all The absolutely fresh ones
they have. The victim buys them,
thinking that if the woman were dis
honest she would have offered more
Afresh eggs" Afterward the market
woman takes six more out Of a larger
basket which is carefully covered
AVAE-
The Washington bee., 1902-12-20
Berlin Has No FiIthy SIums.

The very poor of Berlin are better
housed than those of any other large
city in the world In fact, there are
no filthy slums in the German capi-
tai and tbs poorest people there are
aiH2Osed to :se tiGy.