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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03
,FAVORS THE GULF
Advance In Grain Rates East VIII Divert


Advance In Grain Rates East VIII Divert
Traffic.
Passing strange is the coment on the
proposed advance, Oct. 1, made by eastern
roads from Chicago to New York on grain
products. The advance is cents a hun
dred pounds, where the present rates are
20 cents on domestic shipments and 171s
cents on export, in effect since last spring.
The agreement seems strange in the
face of the reported shortage Of at least
one-half in the grain and grain. product
of last year. The development Of the gull
ports plainly has been at the expense OF
the Atlantic ports reached by way OF
Chicago and st. Louis. The gulf ports
are nearer the southwestern grain cen
tiers than the Atlantic ports. :
All the big western railroads, now have
terminal facilities on the gulf, but they
would prefer to bring grain to Chicago,
because they get longer haul. They
cannot do so, however, because the east
ern lines are unwilling to join in making
rates that would divert the grain traffic
to them from the gulf. ~ 49,
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The Alaskan Boundary.

Zone of the Canadian counsel In the
Alaskan boundary case, after examining
the American brief. said that 1t was strong
But expressed the opinion that CANADA
had fighting chance to win. The subm1s-
sion OF the Canadian boundary question
to arbitration Is a very unpopular move,
dot only in Alaska but In all our western
country. The merits Of the case have been
pretty carefully studied In those sections
by business men as we'll as by public men,
and the conviction IS general that there
is absolutely nothing to arbitrate. The
feeling Is strong on the subject also. as
Indicated by Millard, the old Alaskan
pathfnder and prospector, at a banquet
given Me senatorial committee in Valdez.
%If left to us in Alaska said he, "the'
British would rot obtain from this country
enough land on which to pitch a miners
tent, nor enough water on which to float
an Indians kXak." This sentiment was
Received with thnSAerous applause. ..s
At the same time there Is in some
Quarters feeling of conce>a with regard
to the outcome, due to the exprSsssed ap-
sprehension that the boundary question
may not be settled on its merits taken by
itself but that it may become involved in
other international questions and mixed
UP with diplomatic negotiations and inter-
ests relating to other parts of the world.
:, ! 1t has been intimated that concessions
might be granted to Canadians on the
Canadian border, not because there Is any
defect In our title to all that we claim or
because Canada has any rights in Alaska
tide waters, but in consideration Of some
concessions granted to our country some
where else by Great Britain, as, for in
stance, In the West Indies.
Undoubtedly our representatives and our
state department are able to take care Of
American interests in whatever shape
they may present themselves, and I'M
doubtedly, no concessions will be made on
the Alaskan frontier, which, so far as the
nation at large is concerned, are not
amply repaid by advantages gained by
Our country somewhere else; but such
settlement of the Alaskan controversy
by a judicial tribunal as the Alaskan
Commission Is regarded. would be deplor-
able from the standpoint of its moral eff
Question of absolute right, and even Of
national honor, such as this boundary
Question, become a matter Of trade and
dicker. 1t would be beneath the dignity
Of the court and inconsistent with the
moral aspects Of the general question,
unless such treatment Of the matter is
publicly avowed and it is understood from
the outset that the Alaskan boundary Is
to be determined, not upon the evidence Of
the facts relating to that matter alone, but
In the arena Of trade, where other con-
siderations are publicly recognized as af-
; fecting results
We cannot surrender the hope however,
that expressed fears lest the boundary
question may be involved with other in
terests and considerations are not well
founded and will never be realized.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

The report from Bismarck. N. D.. his
old home, that Colonel w. IT, Perkins, of
Nome, Alaska, stands good chance of
being the first delegate to congress from
that district, ALASKA is district, not
yet having been organized as territory,
is not tall impossible, If the wishes of
the people Of Nome where he is best
known were alone to be considered 1t
is doubtful, however, whether Colonel
Perkins would be willing to sacrifice his
business interests to the extent that
would be necessary if he should become
the delegate from Alaska. He is the rep
resentative in that quarter OF the Alaskan
and Siberian Trading company, which
has valuable concessions from the Russian
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

Those giddy young pioneers, OF. 1S45 to
ST had a gay time yesterday in their old
time tally-ho, on the way to the state
fair. 1t was Oliver Wendell Holmes who
declared on his sixtieth or SEVENTEEN
birthday that he was so many years
young, and the pioneers Of Minnesota
seem to nave demonstrated their exu-
berant youth to the extent of sixty or
seventy. and even ninety, years in such
a way as to compel the admiration Of
the men and women of more recent ar
rival. Health and long, much longer, life
to the hale and hearty and jolly old pio-
neersi
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!. New York Times.


Mark Parrot Of the New York cotton
exchange recently got aboard an Amster-
dam avenue car to go uptown, when he
was greatly surprised to observe an ex-
tremely youthful looking, smooth-faced lad
officiating as conductor. When, in max
ing the tour of the car, he got around to
Parrot he appeared even younger than
before In order to satisfy himself Par
rott asked:
"Are you the regular conductor of this
carr"
IT am, sir, responded the young man.
well, you are the youngest looking
conductor + ever saw. You look like a
mere boy.
That's right fare, please" was the
laconic reply.
When the fare had been paid and rung
up, Parrott said:
IT would like to ask you just one more
question:
well, let her co.
Were YOU born ON this trip"
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government on the siberian coast and the

government on the Siberian coast and the
operations of the company are just begin
Ming. Mr.. Perkins is an Important fac
tor in the essful prosecution OF the
enterprise. 81 He would make "a good dele-
gate. He .isna bright, capable man.. Of
good address and would be- "a credit to
the district and is no doubt well ac-
auainted with it's Interests and needs.
While the committee which recently Wis
tied Alaska has not intimated to any
one and has probably not fully agreed as
yet whether it will recommend the cleo
ton Of a delegate, it is morally certain
there will be one soon either elective or
appso'in lti and quite as likely the former
as the latter.
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The Northwestern Miller devotes tu

The Northwestern Miller devotes two
pages this week to urging conservatism
as to macaroni wheat and to condemning
the agricultural department. for pushing
the new cereal so hard, before it's general
utility has been demonstrated After all,
everybody will have his say and the new
wheat will stay or depart according to it's
merits. AS. long as it brings Is per cent
less per bushel than No. / northern. and
the market is a difficult and uncertain one
at that, there is no danger that farmers,
in large numbers, will rush into it's culti-
walton outside the semi-arid belt.
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Not an Adequate Test.

1t is possible that the supporters of
what is called the chamberlain idea'' in
England have been a tri1e too sanguine
as to the intensity Of the movement they
characterize as the revolt against Cob =
denism," led by Secretary Chamberlain. :
A few days ago there was an election in
the Argyllshire constituency to fill a, va
cancy In the house of commons, at which
the question Of preferential tariffs was
brought conspicuously to the front. At
the general election in 1900, the vote re-
turned in that constituency was, for the
conservative candidate, D.. N :Nicol, 1884,
and for Ainsworth, the liberal candidate,
1924. giving the conservative a majority
OF 500. At the recent election, the liberal
candidate, who stood for free trade and
Cobdenism, won over his conservative op-
ponent, who opposed the dogmas of the
Manchester school, by majority of 1000,
This would seem to be rather decisive
expression of opinion on the question at
issue, so far as Argyllshire is concerned, It
will take the test Of a general election to
give any really strong indication whether
Mr.. Chamberla1n's appeals for tariff re-
form of protective quality are bearing
weight with the people Of the United
Kingdom. The best prospect for success
IS, probably, in the urban constituencies
where the industrial workingmen have a
vote which tells. To them the Chamber
lain idea has been strongly presented.
The British farmers also have been ap-
pealed to on the ground that moderate
| duties on imported wheat would help
them as the shilling duty increased the
| acreage under cultivation by something
like III per cent.
Mr.. Chamberlain tells the people Of the
United Kmdom that they will have to
abandon musty shibboleths if they want
to consolidate the empire, and tax food
| of foreign nations In order to give prefer
| entail treatment to the colonies-in order
TO have something to give as basis for
trade with foreign nations and prevent
further decline in British EXPORTS which
has been an Gominous tendency since 1872
The Argyllshire election, however was
In It's results,not a decision that the United
|
Of the colonial secretary. That gentle
man is one of the brainiest opportunists
in the empire. He has been a radical OF
the radicals as long as he thought radt-
realism would pay. He jumped to the
| conservative side on Gladstone's Irish
parliament proposition and, as colonial
secretary and the promoter Of the billion
dollar Boer war, he has succeeded in
wonderfully Strengthening his :. influence
and has introduced new shibboleths like
imperial federation interim peria
trade and has ihdoctrinated many with
his dogma of community of sacrifices"
For this country, even If the Chamber.
, lain Seeding grows into sturdy life, there
is no probability that our trade with Eng
land will be seriously impaired. We bu,
| articles Of luxury from England. She
buys articles Of necessity from us, and
colonial preferences or not, the Anglo.
American trade will simply glide alone
newly creased grooves and self interest
will lead us to do the greasing.
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": - Not In Northome.
Snacial to The Journal. -

Bemidji, Mimi, Sept. st has been in
correctly reported that a regular passen-
ger service has been established over the
Minnesota & International railway be-
tween Blackjack and Northome. Attic
the road is completed to within a few hun
dred yards of town no regular passenger
trains have as yet been put on, and there
will be none until after the middle Of the
month. One excursion train Of three
coaches ran to the end Of the line, but
that Is ALL. A large sink. hole almost
within the limits of Northome is the cause
of the delay A freight train which car.
ries passengers runs once day each way
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03
FURNITURE ON ICE
Shipment on Refrigerator Car Was Kept
Properly Supplied.

-. Properly Supplied.
The Topeka Capital tells an interesting
story on several railway men who had
charge Of a furniture shipment west from
a Holland, Mich, furniture factory.
Two fruit cars were shipped loaded with
furniture for a Los Angeles house. The
billing clerk tagged the cars "Car Load of
FRI At Texarkana the yardmaster
interpreted the abbreviation to mean fruit.
The cars being fruit cars, there was no
question in his mind but that his inter-
probation was correct, so he ordered them
run onto the ice track, where the refrig-
orators were stocked. At Ell Paso the
yardmaster saw that the cars had been
iced and he promptly replenished the
stock. When the Los Angeles house re-
ceived its bill there was an extra charge
of SIS for ice. The firms CONSERVATION
and subsequent indignation may be easily
imagined. .-e ..'
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phN' = - ~. y $500 80
Usher, says that our railroad depots are
not a credit to either Minneapolis or St.
Paul. We know it, but knowledge fails
to be power to effect any Improvement in
this case. What we need is a big union
station, and such convenience could be
provided If the railroads would come to-
gether on grounds adjacent to both prin-
cipal stations.
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The continued acquisition by the sugs

n = TO 'CoINVIIueu dcQuISIllOn Dy the sugar
trust OF American beet sugar companies
win force the opponents of reciprocity
with Cuba to realign their arguments. If
protection against Cuban sugar was
needed to give our domestic sugar men
assistance. will not the trust get the bene-
fit Of that protection If 1t goes into the
beet sugar business? Do we wish to give
the sugar trust any more protection than
it already has? -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03
THURSDAY EVENING,

extension Of time which is rarely Of any
use to him If innocent, and fruitful Of
schemes to defeat Justice IL guilty. More
over, it Is this paltering, delay, and not
reasonable time for the safeguarding pro-
cesses of the courts that causes a loss
of confidence in the certainty Of Justice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03
SMALLPOX DECREASES
Only Eleven Cases in State for Last
Week of August.

But eleven cases of smallpox were re-
ported to the state board Of health during
the last week of August. They are: White
Bear, 2; st. Cloud, 2; Waseca, i; Rockville
Stearnes county, 1 Beaver Creek, Polk
County, /; Randall, Morrison county, L;
Irving, Kandiyohi county, i; Springdale,
Isanti i; North Branch, !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03
THROWN FROM TRAIN
La Crosse Man Claims to Have Been
Robbed and Injured on
Way Here

Gust Wendtlandt, Of La Crosse, Wis,
came to police headquarters last night
and told a story Of being robbed and
thrown from moving freight train near
Minnesota City Tuesday night. He says
he is a brother in-law Of DR.. Doran and
the police tried to find DR.. Doran, but
could not do so. Wendtlandt was taken
to the city hospital where it was found
that he is suffering. from severe injuries
to his back
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03
Many Seeking Land.

Landseekers going west as we'll as fair
patrons are burdening the railroads this
week. It Is estimated that 800 farmers
have gone thru Minneapolis within two
days. The Pioneer Limited was run in
two sections into Minneapolis yesterday
morning and the Great Western Chicago
Limited was made up Of fifteen sleepers
and coaches. "a. -" ,....'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

Is more true Of the Canadians one meets
around the capital and larger cities than
elsewhere. Once reciprocity negotiations
were started, the now silent classes would
be heard from, and many Of those that
now join the crowd and profess indiffer-
ence or opposition would evince interest. N
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London Paper.

Motor cars, we are assured, have come
to stay; they have created a new frxustry
and a new source of pleasure; but they
have also created q new abuse, and the
condition on which they will continue to
be tolerated is that they conform to the
rules Of roads made for others and not
for them. ESQ
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try. He inquired Of friend where was
the nearest place for him to 60 and get
refltted.
why don't you call upon the girl you
We're flirting with all last night?" his
friend inquired. She has a first-cla So
REPUTATION for making eyes,"
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So KIND: AND SYMPATHETIC
London. Punch

T. A gentleman whose one glass eye has
served him for years had the misfortune to
drop it. It smashed to atoms. This hap
pened when he was far away in the coun-
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The Northome, Mimi, News claims that
when new town draws Chinaman it
is found to be a good town.. Last week
Sing Louiee, Lee Sing, Sam Kee and
Charlie 500 all looked over Northome with
a view of putting in restaurants.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

The Ferris stock company at the Ly-
ceum presented "Trilby'' to the largest
audience of the week last evening. The
play will continue the rest of the week,
the last matinee on Saturday. For the
coming week the company will present the
great racing drama, The Sporting Ouch
ess.' There will be a special matinee
on Monday, Labor Day.
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Somebody cables that Russia will evac-
uate Manchuria Oct. 8. The century is
not stated, but probably the one after the
next is referred to-say Oct. 8, 21O3.
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AT THE THEATERS
Fover cha+

Way Down East is taxing the CO.
pacity Of the Metropolitan this week.
There will be four more performances,
including the Saturday matinee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

Somebody gave it out that Robert j.
Burdette 'wearied Of the strenuous life
of the lecture field and sought ease in the
pastorate." In reply to this, Mr. Bur-
dette says that to "face two fresh sermons
every week, with all manner Of unexpected
addresses coming in to fill up the time,
in this day Of intellectual activity and
alertness, when the congregation demands
that every sermon shall be the best, the
man who seeks the pastorate for vaca-
ton will find far more quiet and ease and
meditative restfulness in falling down
stairs with q kitchen stove" ~ l..
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Chauncey Olcott's popularity is aug
mented by each seasons visit, and every
new play he brings seems better than
his last. Terence" his new play, has
made hit in ST. Paul, and in the title
character Mr.. Olcott Is said to have made
his greatest success. . Mr.. Olcott's en-
gagement here at the Metropolitan next
week will include special matinee on
Labor Day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

These Turkish atrocities are becoming
nearly as deadly as football.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

Uncounted thousands have viewed the
big pumpkin and, the stout pig. The
weather has been made to order. 49,.
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Morgan and Rockefeller have several
100000 COWS. They give milk.
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This Carnegie project of annexing Great
Britain Is not such a bad one. The gen
tleman from Ireland may yet sass. the
gentleman from England in the house OF
representatives. SIS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

A German actor recently got off a joke
on the stage and was given eight months
for it. 1t was on the emperor. There are
jokes not on the emperor that deserve to
do time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-03

Sir A. Conan Doyle has become part
proprietor Of a device for making sculp-
ture, busts, etc., by mechanical means
to the entire exclusion Of the artistic i'm
pulse. At a recent exhibition of the de-
vice a bust Of Homer was fixed in posi-
ton, adjoining two blocks of marble. The
operator guided a wooden pointer over the
lines Of the bust. The action Of the
pointers controlled the action Of two steel
drills which were adjusted so that their
movements correspondent with those of
the pointer. Power was supplied to the
drills by a gas. engine, and as they re-
volved, the blocks of marble were fash
Toned into duplicates Of the bust: By
means of the invention it is possible to
make an exact portrait of a. living sub
ject in marble. This has been done by
securing the head of the model in a
wooden frame and tracing his lineaments
with the pointer, the drill producing them
in facsimile. We are getting in "a pretty
bad way when a man can go on an mar
tistic bust by machinery. ~. %.
The Rockford, Iowa, Register is an au-
thority on BUTTER. It says: ..'
There will never be any, better butter made
than has been made, but the chance for further
missionary work lies in bringing more of the
butter made up from q state of original sin to
standard of oleaginous sanctifcation
There is no objection to the butter lead
ing q better life; but it must not swing
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the opening numbers!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

Mrs Wiliamsons gift fiction approaches the
marvellous Works from her pen be in all the
best and most widely circulated English story
telers Her literary great
and her stories show deterioration
increase in viydness of style and in the
narrative "a Moorand Princess quite
at her best and all readers Of
that She written chapter
the Of her remarkable no
time in descriptions other padding goes straight
for the human interest keeps readers
ABOUT THE STORY.
A number of various nationaities each
marked with Maltese death from some
who seemed to have end, a photo
graph, coil Of golden hair paper
with names OF localities and other unnteligibe
these the strange contents of
Breaspear buys at sale of dereict mystery
attracts him. all the because he finds stranger
whom he designates Eagle is making desperate
to secure possession Of this weird assortment
The photograph Is that OF Breakspear
the most beautiful earth. Miss Oakley,
been carrying halfserous Irritation, acting
the mystery He particularly lady
worshps. and who, tells him. need Of
help To elucdate the mystery
Of battling difficulty.
ssEagle-face' is daring INSCRIPTIONS, the
struggle with Beakspear than the upper
hand. BY cunning trick Eagle the portman-
i teau and all the left is
senderes kind Even Breakspear finds the lady
photograph his oorland Princess the danger for him
for her is by The latter part Of the alehe
whole ndeeds highly exciting the
arranged with Mrs Wnlamson's wel-known Skill
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The sale Of seats for the engagement Of
THE Princess Chic at the Bijou COM
menced this morning. The engagem ent is
for one week, with the usual matinees,
and In. addition special matinee Monday,
Labor day. u
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Casually Observed.

It looks as tho Tom Johnson in Ohio
were sitting on china egg.
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A gentleman recently sent to this office
what might be called the Mean Mans
Poem" 1t reads two ways. On Its sur
face, it is in praise Of woman. But it
has a Donnelly-Bacon cipher concealed
in its pocket that throws woman down
hard. Here are the first two stanzas:
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- In Old Kentucky continues to play to
record breaking business at the Bijou. So
great has been the demand for seats that
it has become necessary to arrange for
an extra performance, which will be given
Friday afternoon. The dancing contest
takes place Friday evening
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SEEKING INFORMATION

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 2.
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AUTOS MUST HEED THE RULES

Were you born ON this trip"