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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The District Of Columbia is the only
part Of our territory in which the national
government exercises local or municipal
functions. and where in consequence the
government has a free hand in, reference
to certain types of social and economic
legislation which must be essentially local
or municipal In their character. The GOV
eminent should see to it, for instance,
that the hygenic and sanitary legislation
affecting Washington is of high charac-
ter. The evils Of slum dwellings, whether
IN the. shape OF crowded and con-
gested tenement house districts or
of the back-alley. type, should never
be permitted to grow up in Wash
ington. The city should be model in
every respect for all the cities Of tho
country. The charitable and correction
al systems Of the District should receive
consideration at the hands OF congress to
the end that they may enbody the results
OF the most advanced thought in these
fields. Moreover, while Washington is
not great industrial city, there IS some
lndustrialism here, and our labor 1egisla-
ton. while 1t would not be important in
itself, might be made a model for the
rest OF the nation. We should pass for
instance. a. wise employer lila bility act
for the District Of Columbia, and we need
such an act in our navy-yards Railroad
companies in the District ought to be re-
quired by law to block their frogs. a.'%
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
AGRICULTURE

In no department of governmental work
in recent years has there been greater
success than In that Of giving scientific
aid to the farming populations, thereby
showing them how most efficiently to help
themselves. There Is no need OF insisting
upon its Importance, for the welfare of the
farmer Is fundamentally necessary to the
welfare of the republic as q whole In
addition to such work as quarantine
against animal and vegetable plaques, and
warning against them when here intro
duced, much efficient help has been rem
dered to the farmer by the introduction of
new plants specially fitted for cultivation
under the peculiar conditions existing in
different portions of the country. New
cereals have been established in the semi
arid west. For Instance. the practicable
ity Of producing the best types of macar-
oni wheats in regions of an annual rain
fall OF only ten inches or whereabouts has
been conclusiVely demonstrated. Through
the introduction of new rices in Louisiana
and Texas the production of rice in this
country has been made about equal to
home demand. In the southwest the pos
sibility of regrassing overstocked range
lands has been demonstrated; in the north
many new forage crops have been in
troduced, while in the east it has been
shown that some Of our choicest fruits
can be stored and shipped in such way
as to find a profitable market abroad.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02

culture and to whatever extent they may
be reclaimed under the national irriEa-
ton law, the remaining public lands
should be held rigidly for the home
builder. the settler who lives on his land,
and for no one else. In their actual use
the desert-land law, the timber and stone
law, and the Communication clause OF the
homestead law have been so perverted
from the intention with which they were
enacted as to permit the acquisition Of
large areas of the public domain for other
than actual settlers and the consequent
prevention Of settlement. Moreover, the
approaching exhaustion of sthe public
ranges has OF late led to much discus
sion as to the best manner OF using these
public lands In the west which are suit
able chiefly or only for grazing. The
sound and steady development of the
west depends upon the building up of.
homes therein. Much OF our, prosperity
as nation has been due to the operation
Of the homestead law. &
THE GRAZING REGIONS.
= On the other hand, we should recognize
the fact that In the grazing region the
man who corresponds to the homesteader
may be unable to settle permanently If
only allowed to use the same amount Of
pasture land that his brother, the home
steader. Is allowed to use Of arabic land
One hundred and sixty acres Of fairly
rich and we'll watered soil, or a much
smaller amount of irrigated land. may
keep family In plenty whereas no one
could get a living from one hundred and
sixty acres OF dry pasture land capable
Of supporting at the outside only one
head Of cattle to every ten acres. In the
past great tracts of public domain have
been fenced lin by persons with no title
thereto, in direct defiance Of the law for
bidding the maintenance or construction
of any such unlawful inclosure of public
land. For various reasons there has been
little interference with such Enclosures
in the past, but ample notice has now
been given the trespassers and all the
resources at the command OF the gov
ernment will hereafter be used to put
stop to such trespassing. d.
In view of the capital Importance Of
these matters, I commend them to the
earnest consideration Of the congress, and
If the congress finds difficulty in dealing
with them from lack OF thorough knowl
edge Of the subject, L recommend that
provision be made for a commission of
experts specially. to investigate and re-
port upon the complicated questions in
yolved. -.....--. ..'.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
USELESS PRINTING

There is a growing tendency to provide
Tor the publication Of masses of docu.
ments for which thereN = no public de-
mand and for the printing of which there
is no real necessity. Large numbers Of
volumes are turned out Eby the govern
ment printing presses for which there IS
no Justification Nothing should be
printed by any Of the departments unless
it contains something Of permanent value:
and the congress could with advantage
cut down very materially on all the
printing which it has:.now become GUS
tonaary to provide The excessive cost of
government printing is a strong argument
against the position Of those who are in
clined on abstract grounds to advocate the
governments doing any work which can
with propriety be left in private hands.
Gratifying progress has been made dur
ing the year5in the extension Of the merit
system Of making appointments In the
government service. 1t should be- ex-.
tended by law to the District of Columbia,
It is much to be desired that our consular
system be established by law on basis
providing for appointment and promotion
only In consequence Of proved fitness.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
ALASKA

I especially urge upon the congress the
need Of wise legislation for Alaska. 1t is
not to our credit as a, nation that Alaska,
which has been ours for thirty five years,
should still have as poor a. system Of laws
as is the case. No country has a more
valuable possession-in mineral wealth, in
fisheries, furs.. forests, and also in land
available for certain kinds Of farming and
stock growing. 1t Is a territory of great
size and varied resources, well fitted to
support a large permanent population.
Alaska needs a good land law and such
provisions for honesteads- and pre-emp-
ment. 49,,
HELPFUL LEGISLATION.
We should shape legislation with view
not to the exploiting and abandoning Of
the territory, but to the building up of
homes therein. The land laws should be
liberal in type, SO as to hold out induce
ments to the actual settler whom we most
desire to see take possession of the coun-
try. The forests, OF Alaska should be pro-
tected, and, as a secondary but still i'm
the same time it. is imperative that the
settlers should be allowed to cut timber,
under proper regulations, for their own
use. Laws should be enacted to protect
the Alaskan salmon fisheries against the
greed, which would destroy them. They
should be preserved as g. permanent indus
try and food supply. Their management
and control should be turned over to the
commission Of fish and fisheries. Alaska
should have delegate In the congress.
1t would be. we'll If congressional com
mittee could visit Alaska and Investigate
Its needs on the ground. + ~,t
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
CAREER ENDED.
James r. Faust Shot and Killed
While Forcing an Entrance to
His Brothers House.

Carroll, Iowa, Dec. 2James r. Faust
was shot and killed near here while at
tempting to crawl through a window In
the residence Of his brother, Charles Faust.
Charles Crone, who fred the shot, has
surrendered and asserts that the victim
had designs on the life Of the brother
whom, he says, James had once attempted
Faust.
T Several years ago James Faust ,disap-
peared after, serving term in the Iowa
penitentiary and was mourned, as dead.
A year ago he, appeared at his parents
home at Clarence, Iowa. and said that he
had just escaped from an insane asylum at
Toledo. Ohio. After his disappearance
from the Iowa penitentiary he said. he had
been kidnapped and been kept in various
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
THE TINGLEY SCHOOL
Mr.. Sargent Finds That It Has
Ample Means. Fl

washington, Dec. Commissioner
General Sargent Of the immigration
bureau has returned from California.
where he has made an Investigation into
the character Of the universal Brother
hood school at Point Iona in connection
with the question of whether the eleven
Cuban children now held at New York,
and destined for that school should be adj
mitted. While Mr.. Sargent has not made
his final report it is learned on good au-
thorfty that he finds. the school provided
with ample means to take care of the
children and that he will report in favor Of
their admission. The department un-l
doubtedly will follow his Recommendation
in this matter and the children will be
admitted within a day or two.
The Savings Bank Of Minneapolis has
declared a dividend at the rate of per
cent per annum payable 1st Of January.
1908, on secured certificates of deposit
issued by it. Adam Hannah, treasurer.
107 4th Street South.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02

kept as 1t originally was, for the same rea-
sons that we keep Mount Vernon as it
originally was. The stately simplicity OF
Its architecture is an expression of the
Schara cter OF the period In which it was
built, and Is in accord with the purposes
1t was designed to serve. It is good thing
to preserve such buildings as historic mon
uments which keep alive our sense Of
continuity with the nations past. . @
The reports Of the several executive de-
partments are submitted to the congress
with this communication.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White HOuse Dec. S-. 1902.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
TUESDAY EVENING,

OF colloquial English. and should ordina-
riiy he prepared for vigorous struggle
with the conditions under which their peo-
Pie live, rather than for Immediate alb
sorption into some more highly developed
community.
The officials who represent the govern
ment in dealing with the Indians work
under hard conditions. and also under con-
ditions which .ender 1t easy to do wrong
and very difficult to detect wrong. Con-
sequently they should be amply paid on
the one hand, and on the other hand a
particularly high standard of conduct
should be demanded from them, and
Where misconduct can be proved the pun
ishment should be exemplary.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
RESTORED WHITE HOUSE +

Through a wise provision, of the con-,
gress at its last session the White House,
which had become disfgured by incongru-
Gus additions and changes, has now been
restored to what it was planned to be by
Washington. In making the restorations
the utmost care has been exercised to
come as near as possible to the early plans
and to supplement these plans by a care
ful study Of such buildings as that of the
University of Virginia, which was built by
Jefferson. The White House is the prop
erty Of the nation. and SO far as is com
patible with living therein, it should be-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
AIDING SCIENCE

I again recommended to the favorable
consideration Of the congress the plans Of
the Smithsonian Institution for. making
the museum: under it's charge worthy Of
the nation, and for preserving at the ma
tional capital not only records Of the
vanishing races of men but Of the ami
mails Of this continent which. like the buf-
falo. will soon become extinct unless speci-
mems from which their representa- tives
may be renewed are sought In, their native
regions and maintained there In safety.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
CHURCH FAIRS AND sUPPERs

The annual doll sale for the benefit OF
the free bed in st. Barnabas hospital
was opened yesterday by the woman's
auxiliary at 804 Nicollet avenue. There
are dolls Of all sizes and descriptions and
dolls clothes In an endless variety both
for the baby doll and the fashionable
young lady in her first ball gown. There
are also fancy articles and toys. jellfes,
preserves and pickles. The sale will con-
tinue through the week and light
luncheon Is served from IL until 2 o'clock
each day Mrs. r. M. Peters is president
Of the auxiliary; Mrs. Anne Smith, vice
president; Miss Kate Wells, treasurer;
and Mrs. E. c. Garrigues, secretary, The
auxiliary raises $500 a year to provide a
free bed In the hospital, which may be
used in case the city hospital is over
crowded. The women Of the auxiliary
are divided into groups to preside at the
sale through the week and the young
women of the Episcopal churches will sell
candies. ts4
The Old Maids convention will be given
tomorrow evening by the women Of the
First congregational church in the
church, Eighth avenue and Fifth street
Sc. group of Well-knoWn women will
appear in old ia shioned costume and Mr..
Higgins will take the part Of Professor
Pinkerton. T. r=..-. +.
The women Of Oliver church will have a
sale and oyster supper tomorrow In the
wigwam, Fifteenth avenue and Lake
street. ..;f.&
Appomattox corps will serve it's annual
chicken pie supper Thursday evening In
the hall, 1927 East Franklin avenue. A
fortune teller will be present to foretell
the future. y " E''ts,
The women of Grace Presbyterian
church will have Christmas sale Of use
full and fancy articles Friday and Saturday
and Saturday evening at s14 Nicollet
avenue. \
The Queen Esther circle Of Westmin-
ster church will give a unique entertain
ment tomorrow evening at the church
The young girls will represent magazine
by means of tableaux which they will
serve as the illustrations while the letter
presss will be thrown on a screen by
means Of a stereopticon.
The Ladies Social Circle of the church
OF the Redeemer will hold it's annual ba
zaar Tomorrow afternoon and evening
All kinds of useful and fancy articles will
be for sale and the young ladies Of the
flower mission will have supply Of dolls
and dolls furnishings for the children
Some Of the boys Of the Sunday school,
will have charge of the candy table. A
New England dinner will be served. from
6 to 8 o'clock. 5 :. E>,,.,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
SAFETY APPLIANCE LAW 2

The safety appliance. law, for the bet
ter protection of the lives and limbs OF
railway employees, which was passed in
1893, went into full effect on Aug. 1, 1901.
1t has resulted in averting thousands of
casualties. Experience shows, however,
the necessity of additional Hesitation to
perfect this law. A bill to provide for
this passed, the senate at the laset ses-
sion. 1t Is to be hoped that some such
measure may now be enacted into law.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
THE INDIAN

In dealing with the Indians our aim
should be. their ultimate absorption into
the body Of our people. But In many
cases this absorption must and should be
very slow. In portions of the Indian
at the same time with progress in wealth
at the same time with progress In weilth
and education, SO that there are plenty Of
r1en with varying degrees Of purity Of In
dian blood who are absolutely indisinguish
able In point Of social, political. and eco
nonnic ability from their white associates.
There are other tribes which have as yet
made no perceptible advance toward such
equality. To try to force such tribes too
fast Is to prevent their going forward at
all. Moreover, the tribes live under wide
ly different conditions. Where tribe
has made considerable advance and lives
on fertile farming soil it is possible to allot
the members lands in severalty much as is
the case with white settlers. There are
other tribes where such a course is not
desirable. On the arid prairie lands the
effort should be to induce the Indians to
lead pastoral rather than agricultural lives,
and to permit them to settle in villages
rather than to- force them into isolation.
The large Indtan<schools situated remote
from any Indian reservation do a special
and peculiar work Of great Importance.
But, excellent though these are, an im-
Tnense amount of additional work must be
done on the reserVat ions themselves among
the old. and above all among the young
Indians. - S5-,%,5e 2,z..s- -. -.
THE sELF-suPPoRTINe: INDIAN. -... +.
The first and most important step to-
ward the absorption Of the Indian is to
teach him to earn his living; yet 1t is not.
necessarily to be assumed that in each
community all Indians must become either
tillers OF the soil or stock raisers Their
industries may properly be diversified. and
those who show special desire or adapta-
bility for industrialgsor even commercial
pursuits should be encouraged so far as
bent. ,..s%.a:=S<; ,..s%.a:=S<;. a "a :. ~ 8 -
NATIVE INDUSTRIES sGa:-,z@i+3 4.
Every effort should be made to develop
the Indian along the lnes OF natural apt-
tuds, and to encourage the existing native
industries peculiar to certain tribes, such
as the various kinds Of basket weaving.
canoe building, smith work and blanket
work Above all,l%the Indian bows and
girls should be. given confident comma nd
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
insane hospitals as a madman until he
finally escaped. s5 ss
TheNMaIn Travelled Line.

During the past fiscal year the North
Western Line carried 21,425,357 pas
sengers. This number is equal to $751;
60S,11S carried one mile or over eight and
one half times the total population Of the
entire United States. These figures fur
nish convincing proof of the popularity
OF this great railway among the travelling
public In this connection it may also be
OF interest to know that the Northwest
ern Line carries more passengers in and
out OF Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago
than any other road and that it is also the.
short line between these three great
cities.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02

They make one feel as though life was
worth living. Take one Of Carter's Little
Liver Pills after eating; it will relieve
dyspepsia. aid digestion, give tone and
vigor to the system.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
DOMINION LINE
British M edIterranean Service.

Mammoth, modern, twin screw S. S..
"CommonWealth'' and S. s. New Eng
land" Boston to Gibraltar, Naples; Genoa
and Alexandria, Egypt. Sailings Dec. 6,
JAM. SIT, Feb. 14-2S March %. T. II.
.Larke. general northwestern agent, 127
Guaranty. building, Minneapolis. :.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02

Take "The North Star Limited"
Thesfnest and fastest train to Chicago or
st. Louis. Buffet library cars. compart-
ment sleepers, etc. Minneapolis s. ST..
Louis r. R.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02
OIL TO QUICKEN FIRE
Morrison, a FAINTER, May Die OF Burns He
ceived This Morning al II
MInot. NJ D.

Special to The Journal
h Minot, N. D., Dec. Flames Morrison,
scene and sign painter and well known
citizen OF this place, met with what may
prove a fatal accident this morning while
lighting a fire in his studio After the
fire had been ktndled it failed to burn as
readily as Mr.. Morrison wished, so he pro-
cured large can filed with kerosene and
was pouring some Of the Oil on the fire
when the can exploded. burning him
about the head, chest and hands.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02

The Savings Bank Of Minneapolis has
declared a dividend at the rate Of 5 per
cent per annum payable 1st of January,
1903 on secured certificates of deposit
issued by it. Adam Hannah, treasurer,
107 4th Street South.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-12-02

Cedar Rapids Davenport, Rock Island
Burlingt ton, Quincy and ST. Louis reached
best and quickest over the Rock Island
BY. Ticket office 322 Nicollet avenue.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

Avis, without the aid OF theatrical
music in the orchestra, which spoils all
effect of nature TO me. Again / must
have a narrow lancet window, about
six feet wide. through which moonlit
calcium must stream and shed its rays
over the pulpit. 1t means everythfAy
to the effectiveness OF the act" II
Is said that Mr.. Paulding's ideas, and
he is one of the best stage managers.
have made AT Cozy Corners" a play
that causes people to talk Of il for
days after seeing 1t. The sale of seats
will open Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock. The matinee prices will be:
Adults. so cents; children. admission to
the balcony. Is cents. The usual prices
will prevail at night.
Belasco's 1.-THE Auctioneer." in which
he brings forward David Warfield as
a star, will be seen at an early date.
This is one of the events of the season
and will not be overlooked by those
who enjoy happy laughter and a play
that is full OF absorbing interest from
first to last. David warfield is well
known as an actor of Hebrew charac-
ter. being the creator of certain stage
type that is full of charm and origi-
nality. Warfield is bound TO attract
laughter whatever he says or does, and
his efforts in this line will be salts
factorily reinforced by such capable
actors as Marie Bates, Elizabeth
Berkeley. Nellie Lynch. Maria Davis.
Helena Phillips, Robert Fischer, Eu-
gene Garfield, William Boag, Stokes
Sullivan, Harry Rogers and Horace
James. 1.-THE Auctioneer," by virtue
of warheld's great work. was the big
gest success of the early season in New
York
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19
FLIRTING WITH DEATH.
DIavolo's Great Act Of Looping the
Loop on a BICYCLE

DiavolO's Great Act Of Looping the
Loop on "A Bicycle.
IAN enumeration of the chances that
men take with death in order to enter
tain the amusement loving public,
would be very incomplete without the
addition of that latest and greatest
sensation, the looping of the loop on
bicycle" said Mr.. HI. A. Daniels, one
Of the agents of the Forepaugh-Sens
here next Saturday.
Mr.. Daniels gave some very interest,"
ing statistics concerning this great act,
which he declares is "the greatest sem
sation ever presented anywhere, at any
time" In the course of conversation,
he said: ut is difficult to conceive
how a man of sound mind can be
tempted by money to so ardently fiirt
with death. The cost of this act Is
$1,000 per week, and it consumes just
six seconds of our entertainment pro-
gramme. The act is presented twice
daily, and therefore Diavolo works just
~ seconds per week. But his work is
such that we have as yet been unable
to find another living man who can
perform it. -Four men have made the
attempt to date, and all four failed at
the first trial, and are now cripples.
The basis of the act is the overcoming
of gravitation by velocity. 1t has been
automatically proven that a freely
moving body weighing 225 pounds can
descend 110-foot runway, at an angle
of As degrees and gain sufficient veloc-
ity to rise almost perpendicularly 1914
feet. In other words, Diavolo weighs
100 pounds and his bicycle SIS pounds;
the runway is 40 feet long. placed at
an angle of as degrees, and the loop"
proper is just 231a feet in diameter.
The. speed attained is terrific, and
the slightest swerve from the center
of the narrow, 3-foot runway, means
instant death. 1t is absolutely, with
out qualification, the greatest hair
raising demonstration of dare-deviltry
ever witnessed-but it only last six
seconds Z"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

Theater-goers who are on the look
out for new and pleasing play viii
note that Paul Gilmore will appear
Thursday matinee and night in the
comedy 1.-THE Tyranny Of Tears" This