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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
INLAND WATER TRANSPORT

It is predicted that the approaching
session of the Trans Mississippi congress
in St. Paul will be powerfully instrument
tai in bringing about further improve
ments of the upper Mississippi. We be-
lieve the people of the northwest who
have given some attention to the func-
tions of water transportation and Its ef-
fects on railway rates are strongly IN
favor of such Improvement. Even those
who have been most contemptuously op-
posed have at times made unguarded ad-
missions that have weakened their posi-
ton. Mr.. J. J. Hill has as consistently
opposed waterways as any man, put
at st. Louis q while ago he declared him
self in favor Of the Improvement OF the
river so as to give a twelve-toot chan
mel from New Orleans to st. Louis. II
water transport is good from st. Louis to
the sea it is good from Minneapolis to
St. Louis So much attention has been
concentrated on railways that water
routes have not always, Of late years, had
that part of the inland commerce OF the
country which they can handle more
cheaply and better than the railways
But the attention of the business world
will not always overlook them. Where
its dement's are so obvious as on the
great lakes it has never been neglected
but the tortuous. uncertain river channels
have been largely forgotten.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
A Lesson From DIR. Bell,

To the Editor of The journal:
To some of the visitors to your fair city,
the browning event of that remarkable week
of the National Educational Association con-
yentionf was 1the dinner given at the west
Hotel by DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, presi-
dent of the department OF special education
IN, the National Educational Associ ton: = dt
was the twenty fifth anniversary of the mar
ri:aee of DR.. and Mrs. Bell. and the twenty
ona guests were members of the department
or /persons specially interested in all methods
for the instruction OF the deaf or blind or OF
those who have any handicap In the struggle
for education =; ~ -
One feature OF this event seems to me OF
general interest. and this tact impeis me 10
communicate it to you. Near the close OF the
dinner one of the guests, In behalf OF those
present, asked Or. Bellstf he Woulo elye US
some account of the origin Of the wonderfui
irryen ntion with which his name as connected.
IIe stated that we had all read and heard
many stories, but would be grateful II from
/ hIa Avn lips we might know some
| of. thaEs~ personal Incidents OF those
eariv days. Dr. Bell most generously and
! gracefully responded to the request and dor
| a half hour gave in detail an account OF those
| early struggles. He told us that IN those days
he was poor and that he could .sympa1h1ze
with effort. AS he went on in the fascinating
| narrative his eyes flashed. and beamed, and
that synnpathetic nature, 80 manifest to all
who have! attended the meetings OF his de-
| nartment. oyerhowed. It Is not my place to
repeat the story here, and now. but the
thought wish to communicates to yodr
Youthful readers Is this: It became apparent
tof all OF us who were present that It was zDr
Bells uhllanthropic and scientific spirit. his
Interest In the unfortunate children who were
! deprived by deafness OF the power OF Language
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

ture. Novelists are getting into the habit of
writing their stories with view to their be-
ing dramatiZed, and thus We are in danger OIL
having neither good novels nor good plays"
A, c. McCiurg & Co.. Chicago, make this
announcement touching a valued citizen Of
Minneapolis: "Dr. James K. Hosmer, who has
just been elected president of the American
Library Association, is at the head Of the
Minneapolis public library and one OF the
best-known men in his profession. He has
also achieved distinction outside OF his regular
work, especially with his recent books on the
mississippi valley and the Louisiana purchase.
At present he is actively engaged on the new
edition OF the Lewis and Clark travels which
A.. G. McClurg & Co. are to publish this fall
and for which DIR. Hosmer is to provide
critical and historical introduction and pre-
pare an elaborate analytical index
The Bookmans Chicago correspondent,
writing Of western book trade, says: The
Period during which popular novel enjoys
favor is growing shorter all the time now
adays and can be measured by weeks where
formerly months obtained. This comes nat
-urally from the food of fiction that is being
placed upon the market and vigorously pro-
noted practically every month IN the year.
Time was when book that was enjoying
vogue was considered good for year at
| least. Now no one can tell when the oe-
mand for a popular favorite will stop
The Bowen Merrill company ofIndianapolts
in Its notes referring to Halle Ermipie
Rives' new and successful novel, Hearts
Courageous which was dedicated by tns
author to f. B. Lee, editor OF The History OF
! New Jersey" says: r!
S"Mr. Lee has a three-year-old daughter
whose proclivities are a never failing source
! of delight. Her father the other evening
heard her singing in her baby key and with
| huge enthusiasm, a song strangely familiar,
and yet one that he could not exactly place.
+ a. .Rhoda,' he called, What is that you are
| snging?' z- IL :. q d.
"'Why, papa! she exclaimed. Don't you
know that? That's
| - g Hearts Courageous. cleft for mo-
. = Let me hide my self in thee
The child, of course, had no idea Of trifing
with sacred subject and no doubt had heard
the family talk of nothing else, but Miss
Rives' novel and had the name on her little
| brain. - =
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

1t Is not to be supposed that any alder
man will be so neglectful of the city's in
terests as not to attend the next meeting
Of the city council and thereby insure the
passage, before 1t is too late. Of an ordl-
nance providing for the issuance of $780,
900 Of bonds for the Improvement Of the
waterworks system. The city is growing
rapidly and its consumption Of water is
increasing proportionately. 1t has now
become both question of quality and a
question of quantity. 1t is believed to
be necessary to put 5000, 600 into distrib-
uting mains in order that the Increased
capacity Of the pumps and the reservoir
may be Of full benefit to the city.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
MINOR MENTION

D. Appletonz& Co. have issued in their
twentieth Century Text Books series,
Animal Forms. A Second Book of Zoology"
by President Jordan and Professor Harold
Heath OF Leland Stanford Junior University
(Price Sly. This volume is intended for the
use OF beginners IN the study of zoology and
scientific terms and phraseology are avoided
as much as possible, while the distinctive
features of all animals are clearly set forth
from the simple to the complex forms. Phe
first study in zoology, that relating to the cell
and protoplasm is very sperspteuously pre-
scented and the Illustrations are many ana
directly interpretative of the text Price $1.lO.
Ellen Olney Kinks "A Remedy for Love"
(Houghton,. Miff1in g. Co., Boston. n. Nc
Carthy Minneapolis. Price, S1.25}, is a very
charming story, not of one love. but of three
love affairs Stanweod Fleming, aged 45,
scientist, with two lovely daughters, mar.
riageabIe, found one day that he couldn't
keep them altogether to himself. The girls
must be brought out. BY the aid of his lady
friends and relatives, they were successfully
launched and were Immediately courted and
both girls refused their lovers who went of
unhappy. Agnes, indeed, when wooed in the
woods, threw down her red parasol and scarf
and rushed tunaultuously and frightened to
the house. Their papa, under the influence of
the debut Of his daughters, fell In love with
hts old maid secretary. a very worthy but i'm
pecunfous girl, who refused him. How Flem-
Ing came to be the only one of three VINO
married Is delightfully."- told. Nothing new in
the plot, of course. for men are in the habit
of falling In love with their secretaries, but
X. you want aSgood, sweets old fashioned love
story you have 1t In this book.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
HAWKEYEs BECOME FL1cKERTA1Ls


An Iowa syndicate yesterday purchased
of the Northern Pacific Railway company
100000 acres Of land west of the Missouri
river in North Dakota. Iowa has Of
late years been prolific source Of popu-
lation exodus and land colonization
schemes. ..,.o - 80. '%"..>- ! O..
Minnesota and; the Dakotas have
proflted from this Iowa unrest. The capi-
talists and farmers Of that state-who
come pretty near being identical-have
flocked In and bought our land and have
begun the tilling of the soil and the
raising of cattle.
Iowa has long been famous for It's cattle
raising and fatteniug. The stockmen
of that state see great possibilities in
utilizing the bunch grass lands Of west
ern North Dakota for cattle raising, after
a more thrifty fashion than that of the
big "outflts'' whose day of glory Is past.
North Dakota will benefit greatly by the
presence of these newcomers. They will
improve agricultural methods and the
grade of stock, and they will constitute
the beginnings Of large population in a
country scarcely settled hitherto.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
In a. NUTSHFLL..... ........ ..,....s.
Notable Predecessors the California Earthquake.

The destructive earthquake In Aamos valley Cali
fornia is, likely, another manifestation of the
disturbance that the eruptons Of Mont
Pelee and La Soufiere in May stimulated the
tlyty of volcanoes IA
the earthquake which wrought such and such
loss Of life in Guatemala in April. Es. -~= ~
The California earthquake violent
States has experienced since the Charleston c. earth
quake of 1886, which destroyed number houses
damaged most of the remainder killed outright
and finally caused the deaths Of others The
there continued for though they ceased to be
destructive after four weeks The phenomena much
the those reported from Los Alamos p,
The Inyo valley, California. experienced earth
quake in 1872. All the houses in the village Inyo
thrown the inhabitants killed At this
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
STATISTICAL PEssIMISM

The treasury department reports that
during the last fiscal year our exports
decreased $106, 100000 as compared with
the previous year. while our imports In
creased more than sso.oOo,oo0. Our ex-
ports to European countries during the
year ending June 80 aggregated 1,008,-
1Os,221. or $12s.s96, 1874 less than the ex-
ports of the previous year. Our trade with
South America decreased $4,000 900. The.
New York Herald's Washington corre-
spondent thinks that all this means that
our commercial successes. in Europe are
at an end and heavy trade balance rs
setting against us. ~ ':'''t
1t Is interesting to note that Chief
Austin Of the treasury bureau Of statis-
tics has contributed to the August number
Of popular periodical most opt1m1s-
tic article on our export trade expan-
sion, demonstrating In a very satisfac-
tory manner that, while our aggregate
exports have been pulled down q hundred
millions, there is not the slightest fear,
If we keep cool heads, that, notwithstand-
Ing the clustering talk Of retaliation In
Europe, we shall continue to keep the
trade balance IN our favor. If the exports
are short Of last years record 1t does
not indicate any very distressing condi-
zion OF trade. International trade our
rents vary. A certain article may be
oyerproduced and the demand become re-
stricted for time, when readjustments
OF conditions in similar trade lines stim-
ulate trade on new basis. The trade
balance, which has been for some years
largely in our favor, has been diminished
largely by the fact that American ex-
ploitation o. Industrial and other enter
prises abroad and at home, have neces-
Stated the borrowing of much capital
abroad, which has made inroads upon our
credit balance. Chief Austin shows that
during the past twenty-five years, we
have sold abroad S., 0.OOo. 900 more than
we bought abroad
1t is a favorite charge by the demo-
crats that the treasury bureau Of statis-
tics falsifes it's reports Of trade condt-
tions for political purposes, but there
never has bsen any proof presented. Ac-
tual conditions of our trade and Indus
tries corroborate the treasury bureau sta
tistics. American capital Is operating IN
Japan and China most encouragingly. In
China the American China Development
company has arranged for the completion
of the railway between Hankow and Can
ton, which will be the southern section
of great trunk road from Peking tc
Canton. American capital is building gas
and electrical plants in Japan: The de-
mand for iron is so heavy that Americans
in view of the fact that the home mills
have orders way ahead, have been buying
structural iron abroad. Traffic Is full.
maintained on the railways, and all th'
best indicators Of trade life OF the mos
vigorous kind are visible.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

i YOU, AND@SHOW my sDOLL?"
both. But another glance at those shining
'curls might steal away her courage. Reso-
lutely she closed her eyes and tried to re-
view her past and plan for the future.
1t had all begun the year before, when
Mrs. Armstrong second had decided to take
in summer boarders.
One of the earliest applicants was suave
and oily person whose card read 'Algernon
Staunton-Leads and Heavies," and who
needed no such advertisement to proclaim
him as an actor of the cheapest Sort
But to Alice all actors were on a plane far
above the humdrum Of everyday existence.
When. he assured. her that she was destined
fession, she listened reverently. At the end
OF bis four weeks vacation he: had hurried
off to join a summer stock company. There
he regaled his associates with tales Of the
shrewdness by which he had 'jollied" a girl
into giving him the position Of star boarder.
He neither knew nor cared that he had left
the girl with her head full Of dreams and her
heart sore and chaflng against existing condi-
tions. The old wound on account OF the
hasty remarriage of her father so soon after
her mothers death broke out afresh. She
was 18. Surely she competent to man
age the house without the supervision of this
mothers place.
Her jealousy had. found reflection in bel
stepmothers' resentment of all questioning
( Of g authority. And now she was speeding
/ away to the city. In the shabby purse claspet
tightly in her hot fingers were $50 Of tn
money she had so carefully saved and Staun
toms card, which bore the penciled line
"Per address care OF Clipper"
He would help her, she knew. for had b
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed,

~ g}t 4CUbusAAAy ODSGTVcOs Ir%1e sO>5.+'
I. Fears are expressed in our set that the
CasteAanes will have to pay their bills. Gut
rageous!:s .a s.* a G NJ Sts
If Uncle Loren should lose the nomination
and John Lind should run and get in by
Gliding to home,' Uncle Loren would be-
come a confirmed believer In special provi-
sdences. Il. -
4! 30 :. :cs .sh. -..
81 Superintendent Ames-stories Of my firing
are much exaggerated.
E, Who wouldn't be a Chicago s.short.'' II
you win, you win; and il you lose you call
on the court and win. You cant lose.
Rev. DR.. A.. A. Berle. who has been called
to the pulpit Of the Union Park Congrega-
tional church in Chicago, used to be sport
ing editor on the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The sporting editor Is equal to almost any
| emergency. ~ .'' - j. = -.
When the delegation to see the mayor came
home there was frost on the pane for little
| brother. -. @.trr . :-..t
| With the incoming Of August, summer II
fthe garden is at its deepest and richest, The
streams of life are bankfull. The more deli
cate flowers have passed by and the great
liyellow blossoms, like double and triple stars
Fare just bursting into bloom. There is quie
and peace among the flowers and when tn
rich, tender night settles over them, tn
deep undernote Of the organ of life is onl,
interfered with by the fierce yell of the san
culinary mosquito as he demands his buckle
i of warm, mellow gore. r.,
There Is rest in the deep pu1sing life Q
strikes on the branches OF, the trees an
strikes on tn branches Of the trees an
bushes seems to be significant Of swelling cur
4 rents and flood tides. Nothing is heard abov
I this rich note of praise sung by the noddin
ldowers to the allmothering sun but tn
jstrenuous ~cathght on the next lot and tn
canary.
i There Is sense Of peace and accord at th
heart Of nature. All this gorgeous yet quie
, loneliness is but the expression of the gres
inner calm that continually wells to th
surface, like q deep spring in the heart of
!, quiet woodland. A soft haze hangs over th
| distant hills. There is a sigh from the tree
as the fingers Of the wind sweep across the
branches and in the peace Of all this midda
, glory Of the forest and field nothing is hear
but Adam Bede running for congress and th
rustling Of the silk stockings of the flft
4 Congressional district. :, '.. .~..
+ But there is a minor chord in the diapaso
of the seasons gloriied upper register Will
the trailing garments Of the clouds and tn
fringed scarfs Of the winds are sweeping owe
the 'upturned face of the worshiper at tn
, shrine of nature, harsh dissonance is hear
amidst the melting strain. The long, languol
GUS cries Of the clarionet and the violin d
away in the harsh work of the pom-pom ma
, and Of the genius who presides at the horse
fiddle. Dissonance and discord are eating {
. the heart of the melody. And finally at th
clash OF the cymbals and the halloo of tt
second cornet. Brother Fred. presents h
| ion ha Sfr
Into tender echo of: the time long past:
+ Who says it isn't easy enough to write III
Adam Bede's Budget when Adam is at h
2lsbest? Y,1,,, A. J. r..
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

We can't undertake to say how the SUI
preme court will view the theory that 1t
is the inalienable right of a woman to
drink in saloon, but 1t seems reasonable
that in such state as Colorado, where
women have all the political rights men
have and the difference of sex has no
corresponding difference before the law,
a woman has just as much right as man
to partake OF red Ticker" or any other
kind OF drink, under the same condi-
tions In which tho man exercises that
rational pleasure" The question, has
gone up to tho supreme court from that
state.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

time the series OF shocks continued months and
assure formed for forty miles along the Of the
There some remarkablep permanent
and vertical dispacements the surface Owens
river temporarily swallowed. 4Ia & #ls -
The other most notable earthquake of the
States that Of the Mississippi Delta New
Madrid In entire shocks covered two
years. The phenonena inpressixe THIS auvia
traversed by visible forest
and fro Fissures opened each
successive shock Lakes Others created
An sixty eighty miles long half wide de-
pressed permanently ..:,. ....s.
Some of the earthquakes recorded in history
Sparta, B. G. 464 Antioch A.. 115; the Roman
world A. D. 1861 Antioch A. D. $685. Jamaica, 1892; Lisbon,
1755: Venezuela, 1872. .
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

which, as was said in the conference. Is the
key to all the treasures of earth. it was his
overhowing humanity which led to these won
derful inventions. which have blessed the
world. Sympathy, love rules the world. This
unassuming narrative Of Dr.. Bells early ca
reer Is a remarkable illustration of this fact.
Let the boys and girls know that in trying to
help others unselfshly they may in the end
most serve themselves. 2 T. shall always re-
member this occasion and Or. Bell as glo-
rious inspiration y -: y,,ESs..- ~ -,
Charles 8. HartwelI.
Minneapolis, July 25, 1902. 49,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

OF tho treaty powers to agree to take
payment in silver. ...-...
There should be considered the fact
that China's entire revenue is only 80,
900 900 taels and the sum reserved for the
debt only leaves her net income Of
100000 taels for the. use OF the gov
ernment in the administration of the
provinces and empire. The treaty power:
interested In building up trade in China
will never get much trade by adopting
policies which impoverish the country.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

Some of the ultra protectionists assert
that the fifty eight congress will not In
terfere with the tariff schedules. This is
a gloomy prediction for the republican
party. The protective tariff policy was
made for the nation. not the nation for it.
It was made and has been changed for the
good of the nation and will be so changed
again. The dangerous republican Is the
one who believes that all things should
change but tariffs.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01

.terment Of civic life. The object Of the
league is a stupendous one, but 1t ap-
proaches it step by step. a little at a time.
no task being too small. The object is
defined as being to make America the
most beautiful country in the world, with
its citizens the best educated and the best
governed-a country where life Is truly
wholesome and livaible." a
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
SOME
COMPARISONS
OF
-
FORMER VOTES.

carried the district by 1856. In 1900 Tawney's
plurality was 1882. while Block for state
treasurer carried the district by $751; A COM
parison of the total vote is more favorable
to T@wney. He got 1899 votes in 1885,
against 10. 425 for Koerner. In 1900 he got
g 112, to %, ,2s2 for Block, running practically
the same In both years Tawney suffered
most in his own county of Winona. In. the
other counties he ran close to the state treas
urer, or a little ahead, as the following table
shows;
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
Copyright 1902, by the. S. s. Mcclure Com

Copyright,' 1s02, 1by the S. 5. MCCLURE Com
{. z pany. -.
:. "Alice Armstrong is running away. Alice
Armstrong is running away w TO
To the slender figure in rusty. brown the
whir of the car wheels seemed to repeat it
INCREASINGLY, and every jar Of the Pullman
trucks gave the words cruel emphasis. Surely
every one must know her secret She looked
ABOUT her guiltily, but the car was almost
empty and the few paseengers were absorbed
In themselves or asleep. 4' -
Above the back Of a seat farther up the
aisle she saw the noddpg head OF sleep
den-haired child. Il ri ,.4-s.s
With start she turned to the window
again to hide the tears that sprans to her
yes. Edith had hair like that the littlt
b-year- old sister whom she was leaving per-
haps forever. No, not forever, she corrected
| herself; only till she could earn home foI
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
BOARD OF CONTROL

The board OF controls first fiscal year
yields results that demonstrate that the
board has done all that was claimed for it
when the system was under discussion,
at least so far as concerns financial man
Rgement. ,'*~. ~ -. j..
OF the sixteen state Institutions the
board financially or otherwise directs, not
one reports a deficit In the preceding
year six separate organizations in the field
now controlled by the board reported def
cits.
One feature Of improvement in the busi-
ness management is the taking of invan-
tories. Under the old separate board sys-
tenn inventories were sometimes taken
when new board came into power, but
annual inventories were unknown. As
Commissioner W. E. Lee we'll says, Q
whole drove Of cattle might have been
driven away from one of the institutions,
under the old system, without anyone
being the wiser. =:
The state institutions are now on q
business basis. They are not conducted
for the purpose of pleasing the local di-
rector, the local community or to fatten
some local business interest, but to give
the state the most for the least money
They are conducted In the interests Of
their owner, the state which Is to say
( the taxpayers. d. = :: l.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
HE CAN AND HE WILL.
Boston Herald.

II General Wood can use the pick and.
shovel to as good advantage In digging the
Panama canal as he did the. broom and scrubs
bing brush inscleanipg up Havana, he will
ba the right nan in the right place & 80 Sc