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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
A Voters League formed

A week ago T h Jour- a advn-
Gated the organization Of league to
improve the tone Of municipal politics
and help get and maintain good mu-
nicipal government. To-day it takes
pleasure in announcing that such an
organization has been formed. 1t is
to be known as the Minneapolis Mu-
nicipal Voters League. and it will fol-
low the policy Of the Chicago Voters
League, so far as it is adapted to local
conditions.
The project of forming such an or
ganization has been under considera-
ton for some time, and it is asserted
that the league will have ample tinan-
cial backing. AS we have said before,
it is waste of typewriting and time to
form such an organization unless it
can afford to pay a secretary we'll for
his whole time and be ready to back
stone Of such an organization.
It's chief activities will be in the di-
rection Of improving the personnel
and efficiency Of the council, which is
the main part Of our municipal gov
3 = ~
eminent organization. The league
will be norpartizan. It will in
variably consider personal fitness
rather than political utilization. The
good alderman or aldermanic candi-
date will receive it's support regardless
Of party, and the Objectionable will
incur its opposition. It will closely
follow municipal legislation and ad-
ministration, and will always know
of it's own knowledge what is going on
in the city hall,
The journal cordially vel
comes the advent of the new organiza-
ton. Inasmuch as it's policy is al.
most Identical witha that followed by
The Journ al in municipal poll.
tics, this paper will gladly cooperate
with the new agency for good govern.
ment and political :decency.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

The Minnesota 'horticulturists have held
their 1903 convention: and adjourned, but
still the $1,000 prize fer the perfect Min
nesota apple has mot been taken down.
It is thought that next year, however,
will see the prize won. In the meantime
not few Minnesota horticulturists are
gathering IN other thousand dollar prizes
by sellingapples that fall short of the
ideal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE WAY TO THE WEST, and the Loss of
Three Early AmericaDs--Boone, Crockett and
Carson. By Emerson Hough. Illustrated by
Frederic Remington. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs Merrill Co.
CASTHIANs DAYS. BY John Hay With illus
trations by Joseph Pennell. Boston: Hough-
ton, 4Mfffn & Co. Minneapolis, n Nc
Carthy. Price 49,
CLASSIC MYTHS. By Mary Catherine Judd.
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. Price 81 25.
Illustrated.
SKETCHES IN EBONY AND GOLD. By Mary
Cochran Thurman. New York: Broadway
Publishing company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

The labor organizations Of Minneapolis
are considering a proposition to incorpor
ate several strong socialistic sections in
the constitution of the state federation,
The activity and apparent ascendency of
the socialistic element in local labor circles
Is surprise, we have no doubt, to- the
general public.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

time. the condition where there are no
men for the odd Jobs Is the condition we
all want It means prosperity and that
it is generally distributed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

We won't take San Domingo as a pres
ent. We may be a land -grabbing nation,
but If so we use discrimination in our
grabbing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
The MAGAZINES

How Peary VIII Find the Pole-He tells
in the December number Of The National
Geographic Magazine. He is going to
use powerful steamer this time. instead
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

The Grand Rapids boodlers are now
confessing. A term in prison is just as
hard to bear for boodling as for plain
stealing, even If the latter is more re-
spectacle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
Gas $1.2O a Thousand.

(; An annoying mistake was made in
these columns yesterday in saying that
the price of gas in Minneapolis is $1.3O
a thousand feet. It is, of course, as
every consumer knows, s1.40, with q
discount of 20 cents a thousand if
bills are paid before the 10th Of the
month, thus making the actual price
$1.20 a thousand. f
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
The MAIN CHANCE
A STORY OF WESTERN LIFE
SPLENDIDLY TOLD

SPLEnUiULI lulu
WILL COMMENCE NEXT MONDAY.
THIS Is ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL
AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE YEAR.
1T is A WELL DRAWN PICTURE OF
THINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TO US,
YET the PERSPECTIVE is
CLEAR AND SATISFACTORY.
ONE OF the INCIDENTS is THE
cUDAHY KIDNAPPING
SENSATION
AT OMAHA, WITH
A NEW THEORY OF THE CRIME.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

AN INVITATION Is extended to all to visit
ne bsess Room which ID the hness IN the west:
Goss Presses. with total capacity OF $4,000
eight-page journal an hour, printed foided
to 4:3o p. m. Inquire at the business office and
be directed to the visitors gallery OF the Press
Room. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Governor Van SAINT Not Candidate for
Anythine-Third Term DOGGY Laid to
Observation-Disclosures Favors Collins
GOSSIP on the Collins Succession
Newspaper Comment on the Situation
lis Young Flirting with the Dunn
Forces?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

TRAVELLERS ABROAD
Will find The Journal On file as follows:
LONDON-U. S. Express Co.. 80 Strand.
American Express Co., Waterloo
Place.
DENMARK-U. ). Legation.
PAR4S-Eagle Bureau, 53 rue Cambon.
Residents visiting Paris can have their
mail kilograms sent1care of this
Bureau and the same will lie for
warded to them or held for their
arrival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

There are touching and beautiful stories
in Miss Thurman's Sketches In Ebony and
Gold, which have the southern f1avoring
of the old black nanny of the southern
families Of the ante-bellum days. The
old nanny is still found occasionally.
The author Of this book shows her at her
best in NANNY Liza in the little story,
which is. one Of mingled joy and tears, and
finely pathetic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

The Washington government announces
that 1T wouldn't take San Domingo as a
gift Any one who wants a race issue will
find one ready made there, with punches
of trouble hung all over it. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

Any movement built like that of Dow
les, upon personality, is bound to find an
icy spot in the sidewalk
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

Governor Van SAINT will only discuss
one political proposition at time. In the
IAN ne confined himself to denying the re-
ports that he was a. candidate for the SEN
ate ana declaring himself for Nelson and
Siapp. on his return from the east he
would only say one thing-that he was
uhoer no circumstances candidate for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

Another unmarried English duke Of the
kind that the American heiress cannot be
sure whether he is proposing marriage or
telling a dialect story has showed up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

Eggs have been to roc dozen in New
York. This ought to be a good opening
for our new play.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

G. sG. Rapp of st. Hilaire, member of
the house in 1901, died last Saturday. Mr..
Rapp was ill during nearly all of the
1901 session, and never recovered his
strength. He served during the extra
session Of 1902, and won the respect of
his colleagues.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05

The Wanda Pioneer Press has been
merged with the Sanborn Sentinel This
cuts off strong Bob Dunn paper, which
has been sounding the praises of the
Princeton man ever since Joel Heatwole
took special trip to Redwood county and
interviewed its editor
Charles b. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-05
THE NONPAREJL MAN

3. Moses Of the Progressive Eighth
Ward Speaks Interestingly of His
Great Discovery-A Fuel Saving
Scheme That Gives Ashes Burning
Cards and Spades and Wins Out with
One Hand Tied Behind THO Ex-
pense or Dust Attendant on the New
Fuels Use.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
Plttston Anthracite

Coal. $8.25 per ton. The Ohio Coal Co.,
No. u Lumber Exchange.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
WAR TINE RECORDS.
a Find Of Rare Historical Value
Made Among Capitol
Rubbish. IS,
Scrapbooks Containing Gov. Ram
sey's Correspondence During
Civil and Indian Wars.

Two scrap books bearing dates from
1851 to 1864 have been found by Assistant
Secretary ID. L. Kingsbury Of the State
Historical Society in some rubbish which
was about to be burned in the capitol fur
mace. . as.@ .. &5
These scrap books came originally from
the governors s office and are an almost
complete record of Governor Alexander
Ramseys telegraphic correspondence
with President Lincoln, Secretary Of War
Edwin M. Stanton, Major General Hal
leck and other war officials covering
1912 and g. The first ones refer to the
enlistment and armament Of the men who
composed the first and second regiments
of volunteers from this state while those
of 1852 bear largely upon the critical stu
alton in Minnesota as the result Of the
uprising of the Sioux Indians. The later
books deal with the drafts, the disposition
Of the sharpshooters, the artillery and the
regiments that followed the first volun-
teers to the seat of war. 49,. X
One of the most valuable kilograms Is
one of Governor Ramseys own, sent from
Washington by him to his private secre-
tary, S. P. Jennison, at st. Paul, notifying
him that the governor had rendered a
regiment to President Lincoln to be used
in putting down the rebellion. That regi-
ment, it will be remembered, was not only
the first that was offered, to the president
but was also one of the bravest, the old
First Minnesota.
The telegram is as follows:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
. Word of the Sioux Mar.

Thirteen months later Governor Ram
sey wired to Secretary of War Stanton,
news of the uprising Of the Sioux and the
fact that he had ordered out body of
men under General H. H. Sibley.
On Aug. 27 Congressman Morton S. Will
kinson Indian Commissioner w. P. Dole
and John G., Nicolay sent q dispatch to
the president Of the same tenor and he
on the same date, in answer to one of
Governor Ramsey's sent.the following:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

Washington, D: c., :April.15, 1851. |
S. J. Jennison.: St. Paul: 80
Have rendered. the president 1000 |
men. Will not be wanted at pres |
dent. I write General Acker (adju- |
tant general of the state) by mail |
Is Governor Donnelly with you?
,-RamSey
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

Z Washington, 1880 a. m, July, 8, '62
To Gov. Ramsey,
st. Paul, Minn.,
Private and confidential:
My Dear Sir:-I should not want
half Of three hundred thousand troops
if could have them now. > II I had
fifty thousand additional troops here
now I believe I could substantially
close the war in two weeks; but time
is everything, and II get fifty thou
sand new men in a month shall have
lost twenty thousand old ones during
the same month having gained only
thirty thousand, with the difference !
between :. old and new troops still
against me. The quicker you send,
the fewer you will have to send.
Time is everything. Please act IN |
view Of this. The enemy having CIV
en- up Corinth, it is not wonderful that
he is thereby enabled to check US for
a time at Richmond.
Yours truly, -
1(Signed) A. Lincoln.
1872 paid. r.. 8 = @s #5yTN|
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

Offers Of Aid. s.s. ga.
Offers Of men and horses poured in
upon the governor as SOON as news OF the
uprising became generally known. M. M
Pomeroy (Brick) wired as follows:
La Crosse will send to your aid a company
of mounted rihemen If their expenses will be
paid Will be ready tomorrow night. II,
needed, answer. ~,
Governor David Tod of Ohio, -tele-
graphed Sept. that he would send 500
muskets, all they had of the 58-caliber
Thomas J. Townsend surveyor general
of Iowa, wired Aug. 25, 1862: What about
that Indian war? Do you need help?''
From Minneapolis, Aug. %, 1862, came
the following telegram: -. s:.:~@. u.
Please empower some one to raise cavalry here
to report to Fort Smelling for the Indian war
Shall the officers have power to- press horses?
Answer so we can be at Fort Smelling to-day.
Daniel Bassett.
From st. Anthony, ON the same date, came this
telegram: --. r-zi ~, .s-. - -
Governor Ramsey: We have company Of
horse guards. Where shall report, st. Paul or
Fort Smelling? j. S. Pillsbury
Final Penalties Enforced.
In November after the capture and con-
viction Of the Sioux Indians, Governor
Ramsey wired President Lincoln as fol-
lows: e. : =. - 80. sft szsi
-. .. - 49,. Nov. 9, 1862, St. Paul
To His Excellency the President:
hope the execution of every Sioux Indian
condemned by the military commission. court
will be at once ordered It would be wrong
upon principle and policy to refuse this-private
revenge would on all the border take the PLACE
/ of official Judgment on the Indians. : ~
! -, Alex. Ramsey, Governor.
Nov. 1S, 1862.
To the President of the United States:
f Nothing but the speedy execution Of the tried
and. convicted Sioux Indians will save us from
scenes of outrage. If you prefer It, turn them
| over to me will order them executed.
|. :. Alex. Ramsey.
AS soon as the president, received the
last one he at once ordered the execution
and the Sioux were hanged Dec. 26, 1852.
Those old scrapbooks contain sufficient
interesting material for large number
of newspaper articles. There are letters
from civilians asking for appointments as
| officers, from veterans in the field, hold
| ers of the Minnesota railroad bonds,
mothers asking for the whereabouts Of
i their boys who were at the front, and
/ lists of dead and wounded, together with
/ communications from people who were
bothering the chief executive of the state
Fat a critical time with their own little
worries.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
LfncoIn's Hope tor Peace.

Considerable telegraphic correspondence
passed between the governor and the
president during the next year and their
relations were such both at that time and
up to the time of Lincoln's death as to
prompt him at times to unburden himself
and lay bare to Ramsey the inner work.
ings of his mind. Lincoln was evidently
hopeful in 1862 of an early close of the
war as is indicated by the followiAg tele-
gram, under date of July, 1862.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
War Department, Washington,
~. ~ Aug. q, 1852.

=. -. I,-.-- E73ug. II, l6bz.
Alexander Ramsey: = = ,-z s~tz. <
Yours received. Attend to the In
dians. If the draft cannot proceed, Of
| course it will not proceed, necessity
knows no law. The government can
| not extend the time. - a b., =: I
(Signed) A. Lincoln.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
PLUMs FROM AFRICA
The First Of the Season to Reach
MINNEAPOLIS.

The first plums of the season reached
Minneapolis to-day. They came all the
were forty eight days in transit, they came
through in excellent condi ition. They are
Of the Kelsey variety and were placed
upon the retail market at Is cents each.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

times larger than any whole crusteccu'
the captain had ever encounter,
Thinking 1t was but a lifeless re.
of some species belonging to ages -.
gone, the captain gave the claw a
sharp blow with the hoe.
1t proved to belong to the very ~.
tive present, however, and snappi g.:
its claw on the offending weapon, e.
lobster nearly wrenched it from Gray
hand. The timely appearance of AZ.
other fisherman enabled the captain
to dig up the giant beast from
hole in the sand. Securing the j. 3.
ster with heavy fishline, the II 4
dragged 1t home, where 1t immediate y
became the center Of group of u.s.
tonished natives. The lobster was
fastened to a pile supporting a dock,
but the following morning there was
pile missing; also the lobster, which
had been named Hercules because Of
its immense size A search soon re-
vealed the crustacean's Wherea bouts
from the roily water caused by drl g.
glng the heavy pile, and he was re
captured after another fierce struggle
in which the fishermen's boat was
nearly wrecked by the beasts tremen
dous struggles. The animal died sOoI
after being recaptured, however, no
standing captivity well.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
POPE'S SPLENDID GARMENTS,
Innumerable Slippers, Gloves ant
Rich Neatments.

Innumerable Slippers, Gloves ane
Rich Vestments.
The Pope has the largest and mos
costly wardrobe in the whole civilized
world. Three large rooms at the vatt
can hardly suffice to contain the Pope's
wardrobe, and a special body of SER
wants is told Off to keep 1t in order.
Each day in the year has its appro.
pirate garment, which varies in color,
weight and value, according to the
season.
The slippers alone are innumerable,
all being made of velvet and embroid.
cred, and the Pope has no excuse for
not knowing his left foot from his
right, for the design Is different on
each slipper. The gloves are. if any.
thing, more numerous than the slip.
pers. They are made of the finest
white wool, embroidered with pearls,
The wool for the gloves, and for all
the garments of the Pope into which
wool enters. is the product of a special
flock of sheep dedicated for the pur.
pose by a family who have had the
special privilege of supplying the pom.
titfs with wool since the sixteenth
century. The pallium, which is the
symbol of sacerdotal authority, 10
usually woven from this wool by nuns,
the lambs which supply the wool hav,
ing been specially blessed by the Pope
on Jan. 81 of every year
Many of the most magnificent papal
vestments, thick with gold embroid.
cry, and jewels, have not been worn
for long time, says London Answers
since the loss Of temporal power put
an end to the great public ceremonies
but they remain in the "guarda roba,'
jealousy watched by the guardians.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16

way, and the stones were sprinkled
according to rule.
Custom babe him bring me a cup
OF tea before rose. did rot want it,
and told him so day after day: but
weeks passed before l managed to pre-
vent his bringing It. In accordance
with custom he daily seized my bed,
bedding, and all the underclothlly on
which he could lay his hands and
spread them on the patch Of grass or,
worse still. on the wall surrounding
1t. But custom hardly ever reminded
him that If rain fell they world pos.
sibly get wet; and as rain storms in
Africa are likely to resemble water.
spouts in volume and April showers
in frequency, the chances of my having
dry bed by the evening grew to bs
very small.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
To Him that Hath.

Philanthropy and business" ar
rather curiously related In the minds
of some people, as the Lewiston Jour
nal suggests by an anecdote of Maint
farmer. He lived in Cape Elizabeth
and when he went to Portland he in.
variably favored certain friends with
samples of his produce.
Perhaps it only happened So" but
anyway these friends were always wei
to do, and Mr.. Lufkin never unhitched
the old horse to drive home without
finding, tucked away in the wagon
something in return fully as valuable
as his tribute of vegetables, if moi
more so.
The neighbors noticed that he always
left his little. remembrances with PEG
pie who were well fixed" So one
day, when eggs were away up in price
and he was starting to town with q
lot of fresh ones for certain friend
some one said to hfm curlously:
"Why don't you give those eggs to
some poor family?"
Ohio" said Mr.. Lufkin, easily, "pool
people can't afford to eat eggs at thl,
time of year! Eggs Is highw
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
A Good story.

Frcdorlka. Ia, July 13-Mr. A. s.
Grover of this place tells an interest
ing story showing how sick people may
regain their health If they will only
be guided by the experience Of others.
He says:
IL had very bad case of Kidney
Trouble, which affected my urinary
organs so that l had to get up every
hour Of the night. l could not retain
my urine and my feet and limbs began
to bloat up. My weight was quickly
running down.
After l had tried many things In
vain, l began to use Dodd's Kidney
Pills, a medicine which had cured
some other very bad cases.
This remedy has done wonders for
me. l have gained eight pounds in
two months. The bloat has all gone
from my feet and legs, and l don't
have to get up at night. l took in all
about ten boxes before 1 was all
sound"
Those who suffer as did Mr. Grover
can make no mistake in taking Dodd's
Kidney Pills, for they are a sure, safe
and permanent cure for all Kidney and
urinary disorders.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
IF THEY HAD A MILLION.
Each One Had a Novel Ambition to
Achieve.

Each One Had "A Novel Ambition to
Achieve.
Seated with some congenial croniei
In a cool corner of roof garden the
other night was James Conner Roach
an actor, playwright, wit and racon'
teur. They had been discussing wealth
and what it meant to be Il man of mill
lions, when Roach said:
Now, how many of us here tonight
know what a million dollars really
means? How many people in general
know?
"Some think of a million as a check
for that amount signed by George
Gould and Endorsed by Russell Sage
Others picture great heaps of gold.
when l hear poor chaps like us
speaking of millions l think of the
story of three of my countrymen who
were digging a sewer up in Harlem.
"They had shovels with very short
handles, and the dirt had to be thrown
higher the deeper they dug, so the
longer they worked the more energy
had to be expended.
zone noon hour they We're seated
along the fence, eating dinner, when
Pat said:
"'Byes, do yeZ know what I'd do il
l had a millyun dollars? I'd buy me-
self a job as porther on a Pullman cal
and spind the rlst of me days in lux
ury.'
mike removed his pipe from his
mouth, sighed as he looked at his emp
ty pail, and said:
"'Well, well now, would yez? I'd
buy me one of them big corner saloons
with all the lookin' glasses, and iv'ry
time took a drink I'd see mesilf TWEEN
ty-four times takin' it.
The whistle summoned them t
work when Jim gave his opinion.
Holding his lame old back with one
hand" continued Roach, according "a
the New York Times, land reaching
for his shovel, he declared
III | had millyun dollars I'd ado
two feet to the handles of all thes'
shovels.'"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-07-16
VuICaniZed Timber.

A considerable amount of interest
says Scientific American, has been
aroused by the announcement, as the
result of prolonged series Of expert
ments, of method Of so treating tim.
Der as to secure even from soft wood
largely increased toughness and
hardness. The process is described al
one Of vulcanizing, comparable in some
respects with Bessemer's process OF
converting iron into steel, and Is the
invention of Mr.. Powell, a Liverpool,
merchant. The treatment to which the
timber is subjected is, roughly speak.
ing, that of saturation at boiling point
with solution Of sugar, the water be
ing afterward evaporated at a high
temperature. The result is to leave
the pores and interstices of the wood
filled in with solid matter, and the
timber vulcanlzed, preserved and sea,
soned. The nature of moderately soft
wood, it Is claimed, is in this way
changed to a tough and hard sub
stance, without brittleness. and alsC
without any tendency to split or crack
1t is also rendered remarkably imper
viouS to water. Hard wood similarly
treated derives similar benefits. More
over, it is claimed that the process
may be completed and timber turned
out ready for use in few days.