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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27


tences. The grammar will open the way
to a knowledge of the literature of the
Tagalos, who, in one of the towns of
Luzon, have what we call in this country
an authors club, composed Of writer's and
authors in the Tagal language which Is
the chief dialect Of the civilized FilipinOs,
and is scientifically classed in the Malayo-
Polynesian group of languages.
Long contact with the Spanish and Chi
nese has affected the language somewhat
by injections of terms, but distinguished
philologists have pronounced 1t the most
perfect Of the Malayo Polynesian tongues.
It's alphabet is Latin and it has three
primitive vowel sounds-a, and us, and
fifteen simple and two compound conso-
nant sounds. It has large number of
roots which by suffixes become various
parts of speech and in numerals it Is COM
plete, units expressed by a single word
and teens" by prefix and multiples by
adding ''poo' after each unit. They have
active, passive, reflective and inpersonal
verbs and moods and lenses are expressed
by pref1xes to the root and by duplicating
one or more syllables Of the root. In the
seventeenth century some volumes of Ia
gal poetry and ,Tagal dictionary were
published at Manila, but most of the lit
erature published in the vernacu1ar has
been produced by the monks in the shape
Of religious works and church school text
books.
[ The Tagal language has been MAIN
tanned through three centuries of Spanish
occupation and is spoken to-day by over
5000, 900 people. There are Tagal histories
and romances yet to be brought to the
knowledge of American scholars and DR..
[Dougherty's grammar will probably prove
of great educational value to many.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

for work, zook took him in. Prune wasn't
particular about awages, he said-just
wanted his board and enough to buy
overalls and tobacco.
For two years he was satisfied with
that. Then, at harvest time, he began to
grow restive and one morning stood be-
fore Zook with his possessions done up in
half newspaper and dressed in his
Grand Army suit. Going away, he said.
Wages didn't suit him. Harvest hands
were getting dollar and a half a day.
Zook became thoughtful. You're a good
man, John" he said, "a powerful good
man, an I hate like smoke to lose you.
Fact is, I'd begun to think-to hope,
might say-that I'd have you as a son-in-
law fore long,
- Johns mouth stood open in SURPRISE
Son -in-law'' he gasped.
Yes,' Zook assented. "There's Milly
Ann a-growin' up, an nobody round here
I'd as Ieve have 'er as you. An men
they's good forty goes with each one of
my gals. Milly Ann is the west forty,
which I sh'd judge about fifteen hun'rd
dollars, countin' in improvements. How
long 'ud 1t take you to save up that much,
John?''
John was lost in calculation. Six bits
month, twelve months in a year, tobacker
out, and
Gee whizz! Give it up he said
Zook looked serious. II said forty to
each gal," he resumed, ''but sh'd "a said
eighty. An sister Zerilda she owns the
hun'rd'n sixty j'inin' on the south, where
we got the wheat and alfalfy She
hain't got no heirs 'cipt my four gals.
That's forty more apiece. Milly Ann she's
young yit. Won't be fit to marry fore
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
MINGLED Joy AND GRIEF

People will smile exultantly If it turns
out to be true that the state board of
control has been able to escape the snare
laid for it by combine Of Minnesota coal
dealers and has let contract for supply
ing some of the state institutions with
coal at some $4,000 less than the combine
tried to hold it up for. Now as it is not
to be supposed that the, Chicago company
which is reported to have received the
contract, intends to sell its coal without
profit this combine would have unblush-
ingly. taken $4,000 out of the Minnesota
treasury.
Here IS a concrete evidence Of the dan
gerous exactions the public will be sub
ject to in this era of combines, combina-
tions and consultations, so long as there
IS no efficient regulating power.
So far as the institutions in the north
ern part of the state are concerned, the
combine is victorious because it has there
an ally which so greatly reinforces 1t that
the board Of control realizes that it is
helpless This ally consists Of another
combine-the merged Northern Pacific and
Great Northern railways. One or the
other Of those lines must be used in haul
ing the coal to the northern institutions.
Time was when it made some difference
which line got the business. Now it
makes no difference. According to the
organ Of the merger both roads ask such
high rates that there Is nothing to be
gained by sending the cheap Chicago coal
to the northern institutions. So the com
bine will take its fat profits and the two
sets Of combines-the railways and the
coal--wiIl smile together.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
IN A NUTSHELL.
Of Colonial Preniers Accomplished

empire empire in strength organization
in extent.
What did the conference accomplish? Negatively
positively, little Positively it resulted in
subsidized line Of communication between Britain,
Canada and Australia. z,4@s ES%F j t."
Negatively, the colonies refused
agreement federal council
British empire refused to participate in imperial defense
For the failure of the imperial defense military
ganzation scheme Sir Wilfrid Canada
blamed credited. Laurier has taken the ground that
the colonies not participate Engands
they please This is dangerously declaration of
independence and probably would
Engands being involved in might
trousy to Canada.
of the conference demonstrate
than that the British empire gov
ernng colonies and the mother country
practically Independent states grouped
gether by sentiment and that the union
giving Of being eventually nothing
a O. O actually independent
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
MR.. JONES mo"

The decision of Mr.. D. P. Jones not to
permit the use Of his name as candidate
for mayor will be sincerely regretted by
all friends Of good government.
Mr.. Jones has been acting mayor. long
enough to show the people of Minneapolis
that he is just the man for the place. At
the same time those who were most anx-
ious to secure his services for another
two years are compelled to admit the
force of his reasoning that he can do bet
ter work from now to January first and
accomplish more for the city with less
danger of rnisconstruction and misjudg-
ment If he Is not candidate for the Of
fee whose duties he now so admirably
discharges.
1t must be very gratifying to Mr. Jones
to know that there is such a strong de-
mand for him as a candidate, and any
less carefully poised man would have
been swept Off his feet and carried away
by the appeal to his pride and ambition.
Mr.. Jones will not be mayor during the
next term of that office, but the people Of
Minneapolis have found out where there
Is some mighty good material for that
position, and under different circum-
stances they may insist with still more
emphasis, and it is to be hoped with bet
ter success, upon securing the use Of it.
In the meantime Mr.. Jones Is going to
set pace for the man who succeeds him
which will make 1T absolutely necessary
for him to come up to a high standard
of efficiency in the administration of that
office; it doesn't make any difference
whether he be republican or democrat
The Jones mark is there and no successor
can afford to do less than his level best
to reach it.
The question before the republicans now
is what is the next best thing? The day
for filing as candidates is supposed to
have expired yesterday. Party nomina-
tions must, of course, be made within
party ranks, but it requires no very keen
observer of existing conditions to dis
cover that independent voting on local
candidates Is likely to be popular at the
coming regular election, and that objec-
tionable candidates, no matter by which
party nominated, will stand poor show
Of polling their party strength.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
BUNCOED JACOB
BY G. w. OGDEN

Copyright, 1902, by McClure's News
paper Syndicate.)
No one knew how it happened that
John Prune lodged on Shem looks place
when he wandered into the neighborhood.
Prune had been there so long people had
ceased talking about his peculiarities and
the strange agreement he had entered
into with his employer. The marriage of
Maggie revived countryside gossip. Some
pitied Prune, holding him to be SIM
pleminded chap, and others said it was
wicked of Shem to lead him on by false
promises as he had done. But when the
whole story came out everybody laughed,
Zook excepted.
In the first place there had been a
sort OF Jacob and Laban understanding
between Prune and Zook in regard to
Milly Ann. When Prune, middle aged,
short stingy visaged, dusty and wearing
uniform Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, tramped up one day and asked
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
AS A WORLD.PoWER

President Roosevelt, during his New
England tour, has been awakening the
national pride and ambition, while CIV
ing the wisest counsel upon the great ma
tional questions He believes SO thor
oughly In the potentiality of the nation to
meet and settle intelligently these ques
tions,' that he inspires the wavering and
doubling with hope, and tempers the
enthusiasm Of those who believe in our
predestined progress with fine conser-
vatism which is the bar to the folly of
excessive presumption. He believes that
our attainment of the status Of world
power requires us to abandon limited and
hesitant notions about the national de-
Tense and to give no occasion to any
power to sneer at us and reflect upon our
military and naval impotence as for
merly.
Disraeli, in one of his speeches in the
British commons on Englands resources,
said that she was not a country (which
at the outbreak of a war, requires to
ask whether it can support a second or
O. third campaign" and it is so with US.
During our whole history, wars undertake
en- have been carried to their proposed
end. If it had taken ten years to bind
together the dislocated states of the
union, the sacrifice would have been
cheerfuly made
Standing in front of the former resi-
dence of James G. Blaine in Augusta, yes
terday, the president strongly reaffirmed
the Monroe doctrine and alluded to the
enthusiasm Of the "plumed knight on
the subject Of our manifest destiny up
on this hemisphere, remarking that "our
interest in the Monroe doctrine is more
concrete than ever BEFORE" and that the
responsibility for it's enforcement de-
, wolves upon ourselves, since we have
promulgated it. Verify, we are respon-
sible and, as the president says: 1--WE
stand firmly on the Monroe doctrine" In
Decd if we do not, and If the people who
shrink from the responsibility entailed by
it have their way, we shall, within the
next fifty years, see a considerable por-
tion Of South America transformed into
German colony and France and Great
| Britain and perhaps old Spain dividing
the northern part Of that continent among
| themselves. .'- r. . g.. -:
l. The president alluded to the isthnaian
canal construction in connections with the
Monroe doctrine. He means that our con
troll of a strip Of Colombian territory and
of the ship canal will bring us more con-
spicuously before the nations as the
champion Of the doctrine which protests
against European colonization as that
which shall not be on this, hemisphere and
that these western nations shall work
out their. own destiny without interfer-
ence from Europe. Painful as the presi.
dents speeches on the necessity for ma.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
NEW BOOKS.

CORRECT SOCIAL USAGE. A Course of In
structiOn in Good Form, Style and Department.
( BY Sixteen Distinguished Authors, Illustrated.
In Three Volumes. New York: The New
York Society of Self-Culture il. s...e<s
AS is the case with other organizations
which undertake to reform the habits and
customs of the human race the New York
Society Of Self Culture lapses occasionally
into something very like intolerance in its
prescriptions for the polishing of the man
ners of men. women and children. Cor
rect Social Usage as defined by the New
York Society Of Self Culture, is not, of
course, the correct social usage Of so
ciety throughout the civilized world. It
is not the correct social, usage, In every
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

L1lc dSellI VI LIE
Filipino | junta at
Hongkong. Leading
anti-imperialists in
Boston are to aid in
the publication Of the
grammar which has
entailed upon DR..
Dougherty much
hard work. The
grammar is con-
structed after the
English method of
grammar and the
Filipino child study
ing it will learn the
Tn Cr1tch m onfhoI of
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

The British Canadian press magazines still
talking about conference
with Joseph Chamberlain, colonies
accomplished Americans themselves with
the affairs Of the British empire profaby
might 1t is probable American
could tell the colonial premiers
session They the premiers of ministries of the
self governing British empire, viz,
Sir Wird Lalrier of Canada
Sir Edmund Barton of Australia.
Sir Gordon Sprigg, of Cape Colony. --S
Richard John Seldom of New Zealand.
Sir Robert Bond, of New Foundland.
Sir Albert Hme,
proposed to have these London during
the coronation festivities
empire In military and trade union and otherwise tighten
the loose bonds between the mother country
dependent sefgoverning colonies
f<Joseph Chamberlain-and He British
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

The present primary election system in
Minnesota was given the voter in order
to enable him to vote for the best candi-
date. If it is not to be utilized for that
purpose, it is not worth what it costs.
And yet, we hear people saying that 'Mr.
So-and-So is the best man for the. place,
but I'm afraid he cannot be nominated.
so I think shall vote for some one else"
If men are nominated in that way by the
present primary system, then it Is con-
elusive evidence that the primary system
Is not accomplishing what 1t was intended
to do. If it does not result in the selec-
ton of the best candidate, what Is it good
for? But it won't result that way unless
the voter. lets his ballot follow his judg-
ment as to qualification. When that Is
done the present primary system will jus
tify its existence. and will accomplish what
It was made for. t...s ... - w.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

Congressman Fletcher assures us that
the relatively unimportant" difference
between himself and President Roosevelt
as to Cuba will be settled at the next ses-.
sion Of congress. That Is what all the
insurgents are. saying. But why didn't
they settle it at the last session, especial
ly as It was relatively unimportant?"
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
THE STATE SONG

= The state song contest closed last
night. The songs submitted, of
which there is a large number, will
be presented to the committee for
their Judgment, and their verdict
will be announced at as early date
as practicable.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
, THE MAGAZINES.

Harper's for September contains some
most pleasing illustrations in colors and
tint, as Edwin Abbey's illustrations OF
1.-THE Quest Of the Holy Grail," repro
duced in color from the mural paintings
in the Boston museum. and Howard
or to illustrate Mrs. Humphry Wards
serial, Lady Roses Daughter" and
Eickmeyer's illustrations of Hartmann's
"a Reverie at the Sea Shore Attrac-
tive, too are the illustrations accom-
panying Professor Sommerville's paper on
'Epochs of Engraving" showing some OF
the rare and beautiful specimens in his
collections. There are eight attractive
short stories, some of the contributors
being Margaret Deland, Guy Carryl,
Thomas Janvier and w. W. Jacobs. VIII.
liam Sharp's 'In Stevenson's Country"
illustrated by Wood, brings the reader in
to the scenes and atmosphere where the
story-teler passed his youth. Mr.. Sharp.
a profound adnIirer Of Stevenson. adj
mits, as other of his friends have, his
defects, saying that ''he had a more or
less distrac citing swarm OF minor fncon-
sistencies and plans habitually in evi-
dence about the honey Of his brilliant
mind and his good and sane heart Mr..
Blakely's paper on, Macauley's English
is fine tribute to the painStaking rhe-
torician, who is declared by Mr. B. to be
'the most popular and successful writer
of the nineteenth century," and the one
who paid most attention to grammar.
and who studied most assiduously the
classical authors" No one, with any po-
etic instinct will skip Edith Wharton's
beautiful poem THE Bread of the An
gels.
McClure's contains a ful-page portrait
of President Roosevelt accompanying
breezy and intelligent paper on Cuban
Reciprocity by William Allen White,
who puts the whole question and how
congress dealt with it in concrete form,
showing that it is more than business
ISSUE even a moral issue wherein the
right and the wrong Of the matter are
easily discernible. Mont Pelee has given
all the magazines much interesting mat
ter, and one of the best descriptions Of
the fiery affair is found in McClure's,
from the pen Of A. F. Jaccaci, an emf.
nent artist, who will be remembered by
many people of the twin cities, for he
was here some years ago. The paper is
Miss Ellen Stone, describing her expert
ence among the brigands In Turkey, ap.
pears, and there are stories by Stewart
Edward White (The River Boss, Herman
Viele (The Guest of HONOR, Mary Stew
art Cutting (The Happiest Time), Geo.
Madden Martin (venus or Minerva?) and
Hamlin Garland (Hippy, the Dare -Devil.)
New York: The S. S. Mcclure company.
141-155 E. Twenty-fifth street.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

A secret political club is of doubtful
value to any party. One organization of
that kind. within the republican party,
owing to dissatisfaction with its opera
tions, has led to the formation OF another
Club Organization is a good thing when
it doesn't take the form and character Of
Tammany club. Endorsements by such
organizations are subject to the suspicion
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

as the girls" She says they are not
girls but maids" and should always
be spoken of as such. That is an Eng
lish custom which has always been in
use in Virginia, before it became ths
"style'' in New York.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
Books and Authors
A FILIPINO GRAMMAR.

A notable coming publication in Boston
will be grammar of the Tagal language,
upon which DR.. Dougherty, Of Chicago
has been engaged for the last three years,
with the assistance Of Senor Sixto Lopez,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

$150,000,000. Instead of rejoicing the pro-
moters are weeping because they didn't
use the hose more freely while making
stock.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

According to the Tribune, General
Miles, who is now 'at America will soon
be "at Europe
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

Just how the Mississippi manages :, to
keep high where it should be low and low
where it should be high, is puzzling
Maybe some trust is to blame. " - :"
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

Lest our readers should forget it, we
wish to remind them that the democrats
Of Minnesota held a convention in Minne-
apolis in June and nominated state
ticket. "
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

The St. Paul Globe is scolding the good
crops. 1t seems they are assistant re-
publicans.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

ranches. And still the settlers are not
satisfied.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

Coach Williams has come back to town.
Acting Mayor Jones and other shining
lights will now be eclipsed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

The .Apaches used to. take. scalps; now
they take melons from neighboring
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

of having been improperly Influenced.
The suspicion may be altogether unjust,
but it will nevertheless exist SO long as
these organizations are secret.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

There are still few silver men left-in
Nevada. $50
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

It would seem that every theater goer
in America had witnessed at least one
performance of the wonderful drama Of
southern, life In Old Kentucky" for the
piece has been constantly before the pub
lie for the past nine seasons, but such is
the remarkable drawing powers of the
play that It appears destined to remain
a standard attraction with American play
goers for another decade. "In Old Ken
lucky" will undoubtedly. attract capacity
audiences when it comes. to the Bijou next
week. a special matinee will be given on
Labor Day.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
AMUSEM ENTS.
Foyer Chat.

The George Fawcett company will give
the last performance Of EAST Lynne at
the Metropolitan tonight. Tomorrow
night and the rest of the week Miss Olive
Oliver will be seen as Fanny LIE Grand
in the Paul Potter version Of Daudet's
famous novel, "Sapho." - .: ',e
The stage of the Metropolitan presents
a scene Of bustling activity these days
from early morn till long past midnight,
as the members Of the Way Down East
company are engaged in constant rehear-
sal preparatory to the opening of their
season next Sunday evening. The large
force Of stage hands and mechanics Is
utilizing every moment for putting in
first-class condition the different mechan-
ical appliances. Joseph r. Grismer came
on from New York yesterday to superin-
tend personally the staging of the. pro-
ductior1. i. .,......-.s -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
ANOTHER HIT

The Minneapolis Journal scores another III
with its .In Nutshell editorial feature
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27
Dems Have Found a Home.

The democratic state committee has Sc
lected it's headquarters, and in a few days
will move to the fifth floor of the Gilfllan
block, corner of Fourth and Jackson
streets, St. Paul. This is a convenient 10
cation just a block from the old camping
ground at the Merchants hotel. Two
years ago the republican state committee
held forth in an office building, the dem
ocrats in a hotel This year the condl-
tiOnS are reversed
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

The ruins of the canpanile at Venice
have just been cleared away. Under
them was found the building inspector
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

The 200-lb lady who was worn to a
shadow by long continued shopping to buy
herself clothes, and who has been rest
1ng' at the seashore this summer will
soon be at home.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

''On the Genial Art of Being Thorough
ly It," by T. Roosevelt, will be published
in the fall. 70.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

1t Is difficult to see why the president
should consider the trust problem a hard
one to settle when there is E. Benz. An
dreWs standing around settling great
problems every few minutes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-27

Admiral Higginson should be ordered
out with the full squadron to keep Ad-
miral Crowninshield from running on
shore when he returns from Europe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1902-01-30
Death of Mike Sweeney.

The startling news came to Lo-
gan friends Sunday that Mike
Sweeney, telegraph operator, rails
ed in Logan, had burned to death
in Gerard, Ohio. The building
had burned in which he was work
ing and his charred remains found
in the debris. 1t Is feared that
foul play was the instance of his
death. His remains were brought
to Logan Tuesday and funeral had
from the St. Johns Catholic
Church.
1t will be remembered that as
II boy, Mike Sweeney lay sick at
home in this town for a year or two
with white swelling in leg, which
finally rendered an operation
necessary and the leg was remov-
ed. He studied telegraphy in Lo-
an and become an efficient train
dispatcher.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1902-01-30
Death of Harry'M. Weldon.

Mr.. Harry Weldon, for fifteen
years the sporting editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, died at his
home IN Circleville, Ohio, on Mon
night. Mr.. Weldon was stricken
with paralysis, on February 25,
1900, and since then he has been
at his home, unable to make his
wants known, except by pencil and
paper. Harry, as he was general
ly known by his friends, was con-
sidered one of the best of fellows,
and his writings gained much
praise in the sporting world. 1t
was only year ago that he was
presented with purse of $40, 800
made up by his friends. His
funeral WAS held in Circleville ON
Wednesday. He leaves behind
him, besides host of friends, his
brothers and sisters, and his Is
year old daughter, Miss Lucille
Weldon.