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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
The Great Game.

Some indication of the intense interest
taken In the great game Of college foot
bail and some evidence Of the loyalty with
which the Minnesota team is backed at
Ann Arbor to-day, is found in the hun
dreds of enthusiastic Minnesotans who
have undertaken journey Of 1900 miles
to this game with Michigan. The spec
tators' stands at Ann Arbor to-day will
be sprinkled with tuttering banners and
ribbons Of maroon and gold; the shrill and
penetrating "Ski-u-mah'' will rise from
the grand stand and the bleachers in gen
erous volume to encourage representatives
Of our university on the grldiron. It Is
estimated that nearly a thousand Mime
sotans will pass through the gates Of
Ferry field to witness to-day's game, and
at home the principal theme of the day,
the absorbing topic of conversation. is the
struggle at Ann Arbor. Arrangements
have been made to distribute bulletins at
the theaters. in brokers' Offices at the ho-
tells and clubs, kilograms coming to
the newspapers from northwestern towns
asking them to wire the result by halves:
and, judging by the advance sale, 1t Is
safe to say at this writing that the Expo
sition building this afternoon will con-
tain a very large and enthusiastic crowd
assembled to witness the display Of the
successive movements Of the game by a
system which. more nearly than anything
else ever attempted, reproduces the con-
test before the eyes Of spectators hun
dreds Of miles from the scene Of the
struggle.
No sport or game Of any kind COM
mands the interest nowadays which at
taches to the game of college football be-
tween two strong and well-trained teams.
Perhaps the principal reason why SO much
interest is taken in the game, is that 1t
is known to be on the square. There is
no hippodroming about football. The
player who would sell out his side in a
contest of this kind, for any money
consideration fail to play with all his
might, would be so thoroughly despised
and so relentlessly pursued by all lovers
of the game, that no one would dare
to yield to temptation of that kind. Such
possibilities are less to be feared, too,
than in some other sporting events, for
the reason that the men who are engaged
in this sport ore of higher grade,
a rule than are to be found in almost
any other sport played for public enter
tainment The management of the sport
is in the hands of college men, students
and members of the faculty, and there Is
little danger that it will ever be conducted
upon any other than an honest basis,
where every man plays to win.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
A Public Bathhouse.

The special committee of the council ap-
pointed to consider the plan to convert the
old city hall into a public bathhouse will
meet tomorrow afternoon. It Is to be
hoped that this committee fully appreci-
ates the Importance Of the matter in hand.
The establishment of public bathhouse
in this city where the use Of the convent
ences of the bath would be free, or ,p1ae-
tically So would make more for municipal
betterment in the city of Minneapolis just
now than the supplying of any other I'M
filled want that we can think of. There.
is crying need of just such an institution
now. The other day number. Of boys
from the Lincoln school, on Washington
avenue N, visited the Y. M. c. A. gymna-
Since that time they have been clamorous
for swimming pool to which they could
have access in winter. Whether they will
have, within a reasonable time, anything
of that kind on the. North Side, to which
the children of the poor can afford to go
a swimming pool in the old city hall would
serve such purpose very well, so far
as location Is concerned. A better 1oca-
ton for a public bathhouse than Bridge
square could not be found. 1t is central
to the people who would use it most and is
readily accessible to all.
The city is peculiarly fortunate in hav-
ing a public-spirited citizen who has Of
fered to furnish the larger part of the
money necessary to convert this old
building into bathhouse. Certainly the
council will not fail to take advantage of
that generous offer and make the most of
it. Not to do 50 would be a most serious
mistake for which the future would be un-
able to find any satisfactory excuses The
old city hall as an asset put upon the mar
ket would be of small value. The proper
ty is not desirably situated for business
purposes. It Is capable, however, of be-
ing converted into a good bathhouse, to
which could be added with great profit q
free reading-room including branch of
the public library and a free dispensary.
The suggestion that any part of it be used
for a police station or jail should be re-
police station in any part Of the building
would utterly destroy it's usefulness for
the other purposes mentioned.
DIR. Hall will come before the committee
Tomorrow fortified with facts as to the
experience of other cities in establishing
public lighthouses, and it is to be hoped
that our council will rise to the obligation
and the opportunity before them and give
this city an institution which it very
much needs, one which will be a credit to
the city and which will be of immense
service in raising the standard of living
in this city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
Historian Watson ON the South.

The Hon. Thomas x. watson, late pOpu-
list leader, later a retired statesman, later
author of history Of the French Revolu-
ton, delivered a lecture on 1.-THE South"
recently, in Savannah, in which he in
and northern people, quite minatory in
it's tone and suggesting that Mr.. Watson
needs some reconstruction. He bitterly
complained that northern historians had
habitually misrepresented the south and
claimed that the principles Of democracy
and of Anglo Saxon liberty were estab-
lished in Virginia before the landing aof the
Pilgrims For the latter element he could
not find strong enough words in his die
tionary to express his detestatfon.
The south, according to Tom Watson, was
the ark of human liberty, the conservor Of
our national liberties. The Boston Tea
Party excites his wrath. There was no
heroism in it he thinks He spoke .con-
temptuously Of the martyrs who fell at
Lexington and claimed that North Caro-
lima martyrs to the cause of independence
had bitten the dust years before the shoot
a -pitifully unheroic proceeding according
to- Watson, who also declared that the
''Liberty Ben'': in Philadelphia rightly be-
longs to the south!
AS to the race question, Watson became
defiant and declared: 1--WE are going to
leave Of the NORTH
The. address rather undertnines Mr..
Watson's trustworthiness as a historian.
When q populist leader, he got into the
habit of making new populist versions Of
United States history as to finance and
the habit sticks to him. He declared, at
one point in his address, that 1.-The trouble
is the old south didn't write books; it left
them for the north to write and those who
did write them saw everything in the color
most favorable to the north.'' There was
before the war, but Kennedy and Simms
and Poe and Augusta Evans and others
had written and published in lighter vein
while De Bows Review was the represent
tative periodical of the south. The south
ern statesmen did more speaking than
writing and that was chiefly in defense Of
negro slavery which they chung to in spite
of the peals of the old Liberty Bell IN
Philadelphia, and plunged this country
into bloody internecine struggle to hold
the institution. Although they were COM
PEELED to lay down their arms. Watson
claims that they fought for liberty and are
ready to settle the race question in de-
fiance Of the north and in their own way
All this vaporing delighted Watson's au-
dience. 1t means nothing more than that
Watson wanted to swell his lecture re-
ceipts and knew he could do so by lectur-
ing in a way to tickle the vanity of his
southern friends.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
Copyright, 1902, by T. G. Mcclure.

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Copyright, 1902, by 7. G. Mcclure.
Jasper Peyton. was stranger in a
strange land. The fact was most un-
pleasantly brought home to him at every
opportunity: by the good people of Ore
Vile.
He was a sweet tempered fellow, and
it disturbed him nightly when his efforts
at sociability were ignored. How can
help it that there was trouble at the
works and that s5 my predecessor was
fired?" he exclaimed Tuefully to Maria.
Il didn' know it when accepted the po-
sition Of superintendent"
Maria shifted. She had her opinion
of people who failed in appreciation of
her young master. Had she not come all
those weary hundred miles for the sake
Of his sunny smile? 81. D. .-s t..-.-rr
But Maria did not know that most of
Jasper's irritation was caused by the
house next door, No. not the house. 1t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

The democrats in congress opposed a
constitutional amendment to enlarge the
power of congress over the trusts be-
cause, they said, a constitutional amend,
ment is unnecessary. The president will
urge amendment Of the Sherman anti
trust law on the theory that a good deal
can be accomplished without waiting for
enlarged constitutional powers. It will
now be up to the democrats in congress to
help frame such a law and support it by
their votes or confess that in their anti
trust talk they are only playing politics
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

serious aspect of the case is not Canadian
tariffs. upon our goods, but our tariffs
upon Canadian products, which produces
that retaliatcry feeling, taking effect now
in the rapid development Of Canadian
manufactures.
A sufficient excuse for the extent to
which this subject is followed in 7 h e
o urna l is afforded in the fact that,
no possibilities for trade not already real
lied, are nearly as important and attrac-
tive to the people of this city, as those
which lie just across our northern border.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

The little log school house has not yet
entirely disappeared. Minnesota has 237
Of them still in use; but better log school
house than none. Indeed, some Of these
log buildings are very comfortable, neat
and cosy structures.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

One important service which the high
schools are rendering to the public is
indicated by the report Of State Super
intendent Olsen. OF the teachers in the
common schools of the state. 2,061 are
graduates OF high schools, 7So of normal
schools. and 1913 of colleges.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
CAN BE DEPENDED ON.
Indianapolis Journal.

y The great republican northwest stands
by the administration of President Roose-
welt as it stood by that of the lamented
Mckinley four years ago when he was as
sailed The people of the large cities III
the east may forget. but the republican
ism of the northwest can always be
ON to sustain republican ideas.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

should not have been very much Of a de-
cline in shares, but the losses 70 specu-
lators in the shares OF, that concern are
figured at $6,000,0o0-six millions of wind
and water on which the. merger would
have undertaken to collect big dividends.
And yet, we are told that combination
are all right and a good thing for the
public. They are certainly not all right
on this kind of basis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
Relief for The South.

J., The story comes from Memphis, Tenn,
that it was all a mistake about Booker
Washington dining with the president
and his family. It seems that the family
were not present, but the president, being
engaged in a conference with Mr.. Wash
ington about the southern negro, and
greatly interested in the matter at hand
ordered cold snack sent into his private
office for himself and something of the
same sort for Mr.. Washington, and while
they continued their talk. they ate their
sandwiches, totally oblivious Of the
menace to our institutions which such a
terrible thing threatened. The people Of
Memphis and Of the south generally must
be greatly relieved to find that the enter
tainment of Washington by the president
did not begin with a cocktail and end with
cognac, but consisted only of cold hand
out In a back office.
g General Marcus r. Wright let out the
real facts, and when asked why the presi-
dent had never seen fit to have this state
ment published before, replied: Because
he was too big a man; he believed it was
beneath him to deny the story This
latter statement may not help out the
people Of the south to an appreciable ex-
tent, but it is no doubt the truth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
THEREFORE, az GRATEFUL
Cleveland Leader

More families will have turkey for
Thanksgiving when the birds are dear and
work Is plenty than will ever get it when
poultry Is cheap and employment hard to
find. Wages count more than market
prices In such things
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

The heavy losses sustained by specu-
latorrs in the. stocks of Swift & Co. and
other institutions which were to be- in
Guided in the beef packers merger. which
Combine has fallen through, suggests the
inflated basis on which these combina-
tions are formed. # the Swift and Conn
.pany property was to be included IN the
combination at its actual value, there
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

John Mitchell will write a book,
this to please the mine ownerse
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

Thanksgiving Day, l. M.
Dear Sir:-I have used one bottle of
your anti-fat. and do not hesitate to say
that the glorious medicine has saved my
life. Yours, gratefully, IT. Urkey.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

- Colonel Ochi1tree was, always a. bon
vivant and he had reputation on two
continents for picturesque and elevated
form of lying. AS no intention to de-
cetve,,s only to&amuse ,sswas apparent, It is
believed that the coloners chances with
st. Peter were fair to middling. =
Canada is going to break hercely into
the wheat game. Under the present
American tariff system and with a British
preferential on Canadian wheat. we may
yet see soc wheat once more before we
die. About that time we intend to put
our Clover 4o'' into gensing. s:
Elsie Viola Larsen is trying to Mary
maelane herself somewhere Particulars
not in yet
President Hill says Noah formed the
first trust. He certainly watered the
stock. 49,: =
There is talk in Austria of establishing
a newspaper especially for nervous per
sons IN which accounts of catastrophes
Will be treated in soothing STYLE In this
paper, the dull, sickening thud with which
a workman drops out of the eighth story
will become the light, flying fall taken by
an operator from a fairly good height
In the trial at Bismarck, N. D., Of the
case against Willard Shibley for violation
OF, the prohibition law Il witness named
Sebry, who had drunk liquor in Shibley's
place, stated he did not know If he drank
beer or some Intoxicating beverage.
Judge Winchester ordered the witness
confined in Jail until his Judgment cleared.
1t took the witness just one hour to recol-
lect the flavor and to blow the foam off his
memory. It was beer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

Free silver may be realized after all if
the present decline is not soon checked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

ONE ,REASON FOR GIVING THANKS.
Pittsburg Dispatch. -
One reason for giving thanks is that no
presents go with the season. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed.

1t looks as though the spring wheat of
1908 was slightly damaged in North Da-
kota. The story is good for a 7sc rise on
the antitrust board of, trade.
An Objectionable word appeared this
week among the announcements in the
University Of Chicago Calendar. The an
nouncement read: r.
1.-THE Women's Union. A. Thanksgiving
spread. Appropriate stunts by members
Of the Women's Union. For members
only $780, ss:'se-A"e---..: - .~" .'
4 When the universities department Of
English read this, it was almost driven to
over stimulation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

General Shafter will not attend the
meeting of the Army. of Santiago in a
hammock. 5E&>+
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27
WHAT WORRIED HER.

u
Dent worry about money. darling
when we are married. We can live on the
proverbial bread and cheese and Kisses
Il know, Archibald, but who is going to
furnish the bread and cheese?''
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"Coon Hollow as presented by the
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-27

Foyer Chat
Beginning with q matinee at ESQ to- day
performances of THE Bonnie Brier Bush
| at the Metropolitan.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09
FORE BILL,
Southern Republicans Heard on Election Cons.
ditious in the South.
(Ey Assoclated l,ress,

WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. S.-The bill
supported by. a number of Southern rep
resentatives, proposing q. strong Federal
election law against intimidation, bal
lot-box frauds, etc. was considered to-
day by the House Committee on Elec-
ton Of President and Vice President.
Messrs Barthold, of Missouri, and Glib
son, Of Tennessee who have assisted in
framing the proposed bill, We're heard on
the extent of election Irregularities in
their States and elsewhere in the South.
They explained the alleged partisanship
of election boards. as made up by the
Governors, and also cited recent decisions
of the courts, which showed they con-
tended that the Judicial branch took a
rather lenient view of ballot-box. irregu-
larities.
Mr.. Gibson said it was bad enough to
deny the franchise to the negro, but when
whites were denied the franchise the sit.
Lation became intolerable. This drew a
spirited rejoinder. from Representative
Solloway, who maintained that black and
white alike were entitled to protection in
exercising the franchise. The hearings
were continued until next Thursday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09

..b,1t suppose Z were killed. he went on,
..I would still be consoled by the Scrip
tures They tell us. Blessed are the
dead that die in the Lord; for they rest
from tf.sar l;tbors, and their works shall
follow them Again he quoted:
Though ] walk through the valley
of the shadow OF death, fear no evil,
etc, while his audience rofndly checred
him. He did not mention Mayor Tay-
Ior. nor did .he say ANYTHING about a
third candidate for Mayor, but kept his
promise to make an entirely new speech.
AS A GENERAL PROPOSITION.
The sueaker eloquently advocated nlunl-
4cipa1 reform as a general proposition, ana
said Richmond needed a its head a whole
! man, his whole time and his whole atten-
tipn.
NIcCarthy said:
II wish to say in conclusion. that in this
campaign I will remember the wise and
L witty advice Of the Irish judge, who sald: ::
L Hitting the nail on the head every time
| is good but beware of the danger OF
splitting the wood. shall endcayor to
l. remember. ii L should become an official
of this city, the remark of Lord Palnler-
|. ston, :Tllo. when speaking Of Brltlsil
Cabinet minister, said: he did some
| things he was not compelled to do, a
/ most unique proceeding IN q statesman.
|; I shall emulate the example OF thst
| unique statement.
EXECUTIVE lNEEHED.
'.Frederick C. Howe, writing about Tom
L. Iohnson, the ma yorSof Cleveland, Ohio.
| said: TT is a fortunate thing for a large
! city to liape an executive who can think
| in large figures IL is the big figures OF
Richmond which interest me. and | want
the biggest figures to be attached to the
| Fire Department and the Water Depart
| mcnt first, and then. perhaps. to the DC
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09
DISASTROUS FIRE
WASHING NC.
A. C. L. Depot Destroyed, One
Man Killed and $4,000
Damage Done.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, y. c., Feb. S.-Onc
man killed, fifty thousand dollars in build
inss. twenty in goods, is tho result OF a
disastrous fire at Washington, n. c., this
afternoon. Tt began at O'Clock III the
ceiling OF the Atlantic Coast Line Depot,
and the iremcn could. not cope with 1t
The freight depot and seven cars We're
destroyed. Kegs of powder EieW up, but
no one was injured.
AT 90 a falling wall of one OF the
stores killed Ed. Peed, q colored fireman.
who was terribly crushed. dying Instantly.
Five stores, two offices, and two bar
rooms were destroyed. Neighbor!ng towns
we're called onsfor help. but the order
was countermanded. One Old Dominion
steamer came up to the dock and aided
the fire department, but moved off at the
explosion.
At 10 O'Clock the fire was dying down
The losses were as follows:
E. Peterson Company, $4,000 on stock,
5000 insurance; Mrs. Margaret hoyle.
owner of Petersons store, $4,000. with
81 900 insurance; W. e. Dudley, bar, s2,op",
rot insured; Taylor's pharmacy. 81 GOO
loss, insurance not known: a. j. Mitchell.
bar, $500; E.. r. Nixon, $3.50: j. 81 Moore
& Son, damage to office. No figures as TO
loss to the Atlantic Coast Line on depot
and cars.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09
MAI, BARCLAYS SUDDEN DEATH
Widely KEcsu Editor and Veteran Dies from
Effects of Fail.
fSnacial Dispatch to The 1imes.l

z
LEXINGTON, VA, Eel: S.-AIajor Etihu
II. Barclay died at his home here at
o'cIoci1 this morning from the effects OF
a fall ten days ago, when he broke the
stub of his left arm. The Immediate
cause of his death was due to a clot OF
blood on the brain, probably resulting
from the shock of the fail. Although his
conditions was considered serious for sev-
eral days. yet the announcement OF his
death was Il surprise to many of his
friends.
Major Barclay was born in Lexington
- years ago. and was a. son of the late
Colonel \. T. Barclay. He was educated
ut Washington and Lee University, and
as a,youth entered the Confederate ser
vice as member of Company &c, First
Virginia Cavalry. Later he was III com
mand of n company of Tennessee Cavalry.
IIe lost an arm at Monocacy, Md.
For the past thirt.- years he had been
editor of 1.-THE Lexington Gazette, and
had always been an ardent Democrat. In
1899 he. was elected u member Gf the Vir-
,inia House of Delegates from Rockl'ridse