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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
People who have things to say to the pub
lie that ought to be said, are Invited to
use this column. But the space Is I'm
tied, and all communications must be
"boIed down. as much as possible.
Three hundred words Is a safe limit.
Women and Graft.

j Women and Graft.
To the Editor Of The Journal. - t.....
/, What with the embezzIing, Doodle and
graft constantly recorded in the, news
papers Of the day. the readers are fairly
Weary-it really does make body "tred.'
Feeling that a remedy for Doodle and
graft-suchs menace TO public veal and
morals-is easily obtained, would thro
your widely circulated columns, suggest
the same: Just letr the women vote {!
Simple, isn't it? & 60 H@.= 49,. :
And why do I deem this a; scure all''?
woman, with her keen intuitions
can determine the character of men whom
the various parties would place in power;
In the far west, where women have full
franchise, its standing. expression at
political primaries: 1--WE mustn't put that
immoral man, on the ticket. for the women
won't support him II nInothis state. where
women may vote IN 5seHoOIq1 a tfers;.I know
OF one locality .wherSsa Ggrafterie on the
school board was bhdly beaten tby the
women ,' NssFsrtf!elessz heT Concluded later
to run for county, superintendent, and
great was his fall. ,at3sl' ,s7safar%
- We must not allow such an Luf1scrup.
ulous man to- run our schools n'awas their
telling cry. : Therefore, destroy utterly
Doodle, graft and the saloon power. by
giving us the franchise ts.a, !
=" Not an idiot pauper, or criminal but
-. : $50 - 49, -'-@f A Woman
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
Some Sounding Words for ITs

We may not have in the northwest
any artists of the pen to record the
I glor1es Of this land comparable to the
man who related in the Kansas CITY
Journal the excellences of Kansas, but
enere mas come one from the east who
has done fair stunt in this line for
us Mr.. E. vs. Thompson, Ottawa cor
respondent of the Boston transcript
who would be hard put to it to tell
Whether he is Canadian or an Amer
lean, is now in the northwest Writing.
from st. Paul, Mr.. Thompson SAYS:
F 1t is twenty years since 1 was here. sF,rhe
city has meantime grown large, solid
handsome well paved and well lighted
almost beyond recognition. But it's spirit
| IS little changed. It is the same old BAR
[ adise Of boomers, happy necessarily in
their visions of 'illimitahle fields Of
golden grain prairie ribbons running
black an fat from the ploughshare, two
stored farmhouses, with monstrous barns
rising from sod still impressed by the
hoof and the wallow Of extinct buffaloes.
children robustious and multitudinous
being bred almost Adam-like from the
clay-and all the transformation to IA rm-
steads and villages yielding pleasant prof
Its, to the dreamers, nay the realists ar
ulty of dreaming true. Have not all their
visions Of forty, thirty. twenty. ten years
ago been more than justified by the
event? Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana.
Nebrask what are now the plains OF
yester year? Populous. prosperous.
mighty sovereign states! One must write
in. these magniloquential orotundities to
do any sort of justice to the theme. If
! the dream staggered credulity much more
does this reel at the accomplishment. To
q witness of the panorama of the winning
of the west all other mortal shows NAV
Well seem tame. And still the enormous
canvas unrolls It has made naught but
air Of the political boundary line. New
names have cameN into the moving scene
Manitoba, Assiniboia Alberta. 9sas-
lxatchewan, and the rest-but still ST.
Paul. elate, beholds the procession. for
still st, Paul at the gate, perennially takes
toll. # 80 {,
Barring the fact that st. Paul fig-
ures a little too prominently in this
prose poem Of the new lands, and Min
neapolisE not atfall. that is very fine.
1T makes us feel like selling out and:
going west and on. too, with the
throng that is still winning the west.
ME-. Thompson takes up the ques-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
else, Il Auto suggestion in Dentistry Z
"Drugless Doctors" What Water Will

n ~
Lesson Of the Steel Corporation. The
lesson Of the steel corporation is summed
up in the following from the November
Worlds Work 'Now they (holders of
common stock) are told truly that the di-
rectors are conserving their property by
cutting the dividend in two; and they
are reminded at the same time that they
are very simple dupes ever to buy this
stock with the expectation Of any divi-
sdends at all. This greatest corporation
in the world, is set down simply as a
promoters scheme"-for the rakeoff. I'm
der the head of March Of Events there
Is food for thought for the prohibitionists
In statement of facts about the pro-
gress of prohibition In the South, and
some dtata about pensions as follows:
. Pensions paid from 1890 to 1865, sec, 445,-
444.
Pensions paid from 1866 to 1903, ss,os7,-
S62,8SO.
Louise Parker Richards tells what the
Macedonian Trouble Isl M. G. Cunniff
tells us that our postoffice Service is in
adequate and has made no material adj
vance in decade with the single ex-
cept1on OF the rural free delivery system
The other good things in the number
are quite too numerous to mention here.
The coach's Moral lnfIuence-"As great
SAAoeAASA
coach, with reference to his moral effect
on the students, as with regard to his
ability to coach football" This is prop
osition laid down by Everts Wrenn under
the head of Football Morals" in the
November The World To-day. 1t is a
proposition that many an anything town
enthusiast would not accept as true. 1t
Is thoroly sound, nevertheless In "The
Making of Tomorrow the fact that Min
neapolis is to have a new park is men
TONED. The East river bank park is re-
1erred to. j. Laurence I1aughlin dis
cusses the currency situation, and Rich
ard r. Ely public ownership or control
OF public service monopolies.
i a Massachusetts, Number.-Massach u-
setts people and the general public inter
ested IN that great state will find reada-
pie ma terial in this weeks Harper's
weekly. 1t is a Massachusetts, number
! Automobile Lawn Mower.-A picture of
an automobile lawnmower'' is given in
this weeks LesIIe's Weekly. Such NOW
ers would doubtless become very popular
II they could be sold at a low figure. The
weekly gives also some excellent pic
lures of Yale's heavyweight football play
erS. -. - -. cs.,t#@ j. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

q detailed September report, more
favorable than any in It's history
Meanwhile the movement of traffic
out Of New York continues so large
that urgent calls have been sent out
for the return of cars from the west.
Sentiment in jobbing, and in retail
business circles as5Well, is moderately
conservative and middlemen are dis
inclined to take chances. This feel
ing has been growing for several
weeks, but more recently, with colder
weather and better country roads a
at country points, giving stimulus all
around.
Minneapolis makes an excellent
showing in bank sclearings with $780,
6S4,951 for the week, or 1873 per cent
over the corresponding week last
year, a. larger gain than any other
city. except one. AS q
The stock market drags along.
Whenever the bulls talk of rise,
their arguments are lost in the pre-
pOitoSlStLCSg VI UedIlSll IIlaIlcIa" put
forth. Despite the tremendous de-
clines there appears no likelihood of
any general reactionary or permanent
advances soon, the latest determining
influence being the Northern Securi-
ties decision expected some time in De-
cernber. Until this is out OF the way,
hesitation, it is thought, will continue
/. to rule.
Wheat is in narrow range varying
slightly from day to day. Good
weather having now continued for a
time,y receipts should increase, and
while there has been a marked in
crease, yet no such quantity has been
coming forward as was anticipated.
Many 'bearish factors are, seen on the
outside. For time recently wheat
held up principally on the strength of
the northwestern situation and with
good weather here general weakness
appeared likely. Within a day or two
however, country receipts have again
turned disappointingly light. Despite
the bearish considerations in the gem
eral situation, there will have to be
heavier selling of wheat by the farm
ers of the northwest before any heavy
decline can originate here. H.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
Germans "Race Issue"

Senator German, in his speech at
Baltimore last night before demo-
cratic gathering, showed a deficiency
in political sagacity which is likely to
weaken his reputation for possession
of that great virtue, with some more
thoughtful democratic leaders.
His declaration that the president
had raised the race issue"and forced
it to the 'front.'" and his intimation
that the president was spelling for a
fight Oh that issue, excluding all other
issues, is the talk of a partizan who
wishes to work upon the prejudices,
not the calm reasoning powers of his
party. German dwelt upon the impor-
lance of white supremacy and, in
a great state Of excitement, shouted:
1.-THE Anglo-Saxon race has never toll
Grated and will never tolerate the So
cial equality the political dornina-
ton OF the negro race; the south has
passed thru scenes of turbulence and
disorder and rape and riot =
Senator German is not doing ius-
tice to his reputation for political
sagaclty. This attempt to press south
ern bourbon prejudice into service as
q great national issue is ridiculous.
The public knows that Mr.. Roosevelt
has given no more prominence to the
negro, except possibly in the one al
legged instance of inviting Booker
Washington to eat lunch with him
while they talked over together the
interests Of the negro in the south.
than other presidents. And of
the lunch incident there is still some
doubt whether it ever happened.
The president does not make the
social customs and regulations Of the
country, and those afflicted with the
terrible apprehension that their
daughters are about to marry negroes
because the president saw fit to cou-
pie together a business engagement
and lunch with one of the brainiest
men in the country who happens to
have some black blood in his veins,
are probably unnecessarily alarmed.
To assert such an issue as Mr.. Cor
man presents is to place a great
party before the country in a most
absurd and, ridiculous position. No
one Will realize it better than those
who are asked to take that position.
and the strain upon Mr.. Gorman,s
hold upon the leadership Of the party.
If he persists upon presenting such is
sues as these, is certain to be very
severe. -.1. .-....e,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
NEWS or BOOK WORLD
a Cosy Old Maids corner-A New New
Testament translation RECONSTRUCTED
Commercial Geography.

Truly a delightful place is NY Old Maids
Corner as pictured by Lille Hamilton
French in her dainty little book Of that
name Such corners, in print at least.
one takes pleasure in withdrawing into
now and then. In other words, such a
book as Lille Hamilton French has pro-
duced is a good one to have on ones
bookshelVes. SO that If he gets tired Of
himself and his surroundings he may
Journey off to the corner and listen to
the chat of the wise little woman who
presides there. Thus her corner would
become center: tho not such a center
as those her : sisters in the bond reign
in, nevertheless center "as necessary
to the world and its progress as the cen
tiers of the married ones 20
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
Down in Porto Rico.

The climate Of Porto Rico seems to
have been very bad for at least one
American. a few days ago the San
Juan News was closed up on account
of a debt, the holder Of the debt being
an American corporation that refused
any longer to stand for the News an
archistic and disloyal sentiments
This paper published by an American
had actually become the organ OF the
anarchists and American haters Of the
island. The editor was Hobart w.
Bird. a Wisconsin man who went
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
WHY WOMEN ARE BAD Rfsks

notwithstanding the fact that won,en
reach a greater age than men, they have
proved losing venture to life Insurance
companies. Women are not prone to the
excesses, nor exposed to the rough wea tn
er. nor liable to the accidents which
shorten life. but they are more likely
TO suffer from cancer IN middle life than
are men. and, too. women much more
frequently have intuitive prenaoaition of
failing health than have men, and, hay-,
ing that intuitiye fear, take life insur-
ance, NE ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

he Journal would be glad to re-
ceive by mall, or otherwise, the names Of
all persons who were readers and SUBJ
scribers to this paper when It started,
twenty-five years ago this fall, or who
became subscribers during the first year
OF Its existence, and their present ad-
dresses.
he Journ al would also be pleased
to have the names Of men living who
were newsboys In Minneapolis twenty-five
years ago, and their present addresses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
A STRANGE VIEW
youth,s Companio

Curious, is it not, how politicians, r.
speaking of one another. say. He has
worked for the party SO long that he de-
serves the office. as if an opportunity
to work hard In the public Service were
prize to be awarded. Yet it is equally
curious that those who hold this view all
ways remain petty politicians and never
dead.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

The telegraph wires were rendered
useless this morning by an electrical
storm. The net result was that the tel
egraph editor was, saved the disappoint-
ment OF having his "stuff" Stopped in
in favor Of football. 49,. - ..>..> ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Will the late American general who de-
clared that war is hell kindly permit
Canada to suggest that arbitration is
heller. -E>:s :. p r. g.. = -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

It would be hard to say whether the
grand jury is more complimentary to the
grating aldermen or certain public serv-
ice corporations: in its editorial on graft
ing in Minneapolis. n <ga.,S 49, Ill. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

There are sure things and sure things.
For example there is the Haskins &
Sells sure thing, in municipal accounting
and this afternoons football game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

All Minneapolis went to the football
game this afternoon except about 23O, 1000
But at that there wasn't room for any
more on Northrop field. ~ > IL. /; :, :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
Only 2-CENT Daily in Minneapoli.

REMEMBER, all this circulation Is
the o'clock edition, which is deliv-
cred directly to the homes. All the
members of the family have time to
read it. H.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

In this Alaskan boundary arbitratio,
the mere newspaper rumors', did m
doubleday convey the painful but eternal
truth. = 7y ..!@'rI = III d" d. I. - 9>-''1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Four to two III favor of the United
States is the way the fans on the other
side Of the line will describe the award
of the Alaskan boundary arbitration.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Sam Parks looks very much like what
is left of a rocket after it. strikes the
ground. = r. ~, l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

What's the matter with Outram? %
He's all right
( Whose all right?'
"Outram.''
who's Outram?'' 4
He's the weather man. He's lullah.
he's a loolah, he's a Ski-u- MAN,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

.Canada's claims in Alaska were not
strong enough to appeal to four eminent
Jurists like Lord Alverstone Judge Tur-
ner, ltilhu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

These big industrial nlagnates are much
like lesser people; Heinze and Lawson,
the central figures IL. the Butte drama are
calling each other names much after the
manner ma 1te'. of two hoboes in a quarrel over
a tomato can. Heinze is accused Of call
ing Lawson every name vile language pro
vides for, and in the public prints Lawson
calls FIeinze a bully, a. briber, a robber
And the public is likely to take them both
at their words. Is. ,ls.g ~S,s- - . -. ~ II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Uncle. Sam and the sTreadgold syndicate
have now the Yukon gold counting to
themselves, and it Is a, case of dog eat
dog. '- -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
THE MAGAZINES.

@ The Story Of a Cruel Revenge.-A story
of devilishly artfuI revenge, and of the
misery that may be inflicted upoh inno-
cent persons by blind stubbornness. also
OF the fact that new generations do learn
lessons from the mistakes Of those WHO
have preceded them. is told in "a House
Divided. = in the November Lpplncott,s
It is. a story of a faith1ess finance. who
leaves her lover for his best friend and
of that lovers cruel revenge and its cor
sequences, one of which is. an oath be-
tween two persons (1nan and wife, never
to speak to each other again. 1t is kept
for sixteen years and finally broken under
tragic circumstances. Other very read
able stories are found in the number
Suggestion for concentration.-He
A Parkyn, MD, in Suggestion for No
vernber gives an article on Suggestion
for Concentration. Among the other arti-
else, Auto Suggestion in Dentistry"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31
TAKING lT&cHEERFULLY
- : = -. -
Toronto World

-. Toronto World. = = =
We have only this consolation-th it
was a titled nobleman that kicked us out
of Alaska. s.... s...r. ,sa =. -"-. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

ton Of what the Americans who go
into western Canada will do with the
country. Some Of the land men told
him they would surely Americanize the
country, while others assured him the
new settlers would be easily assimi-
lated. One land operator told Mr..
Thompson that Il didn't make much
difference whether he sold land north
or south Of the International line.
1--WE are all in the same business"
he said. All in the one band wagon.
What matters it whether we sell north
of the line or south OF it.??s Do you sup
pose the lines going toslast forever? ~
Il Well, we shall see what we shall
see, and It will all be very interesting,
but there is a hint Of a boundary line
of fading Importance when Mr..
Thompson says that to. nip in the bud
any growth of annexation sentiment,
the government at; Ottawa would. do
Well to lower. the tariff against Ameri-.
can agricultural implements as much
as possible. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

The who's Who in America" book
shows that there are only 1444a Who's
The rest of us are simply why's.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

II mans holiness is in proportion to
the luxuriance of his whiskers, as the
Holy Rollers imply, some of US newspaper
dudes will never get within faaiiing dis.
lance of the gates
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

DR.. Dowie must have frightened Sister
Nation into hatcheless desuetude. She
hasn't been heard of since.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Lieutenant Governor Jette and A, 3.
Aylesworth, K. c., dissenting. -. -
Uncle Sam must studder to think what
,lne result of the Alaskan arbitration
would have been if the three British . rl,i :.
traitors had been made in Canada,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

1t is pretty hard to tell which we enjoy
most, a football game or an attack Of
muscular rheumatism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Franks skull was fractured and sew
eral ribs STAYED in. A large wad OF meat
was gouged out of him. one eye is gone
and he may pull thru, but he said before
he lost consciousness that it was one of
the prettiest tackles 1t had ever been his
pleasure to be mixed up in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Mrs. Dayis-Doll isn't much of d sport.
She wants her money back
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

You may remember that when Mary
MacLane got just dead tired and ennuled
with Butte and life she remarked in that
taking feminine way of hers in her book,
20 damn, damn, damn This is not ex-5
actly what Dr. Dowie says when he Is
stirred, but 1t seems, at distance, to
have something of that favor with dash
more Of excitement in it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Striking press feeders in Chicago are
smuggling women who have taken their
places. Several women have been serious
iy beaten and left unconscious -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

Uncle Fri Hicks is turning out a brand
of real William Morris hand made
weather.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Hazel Dell.

Hazel Dell, March Sat the school
meeting Monday, w. Ray Gift was
elected sub director of District No. l,
Boltious BOSNIAN sub director of dis
trict No. 2 and ]. M. Bailey sub direct
or of district No. 8.
Protracted meetings are still in
progress at the M. E. church conducted
by Rev. R. l.. Patterson. Services also
next Sunday March 8, at 5 p. M, con-
Quoted by Rev. Patterson.
Briscoe Bcamer is visiting relatives
in Hannibal, No.
Miss Della Smith visited last week
at the home of her uncle j. 7. Smith
of South Ottumwa.
C. Harlem and family are moving to
their property 1905 Plum street, OF
tumwa.
O. Albertson, wife and children, o.
South Ottumwa, visited Friday with
Frank Oyerturf and family.
Luther Stewart returned to his home
in Gainesville, Idaho, last week aftel
a short visit with relatives here.
J. o. Eastman is expected home to
day from a visit with relatives in Hi
nois.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
NATlON'L BANK
Receives the Second Renewal of
Its Charter.
ONE OF IOWA'S SUCCESSFUL BANKS
orqanized by ". B. Bonnifield More
Than Forty Years Ago-Was the
First National Bank West of the
mississippi River.

The First National bank of this city
yesterday received a certificate renew
ing its charter to February "a, 1903.
This is the second renewal of the or
iginal charter which was issued to this
bank February "a, 1863, and records
the fact that it has been successfully
transacting business in this city
for more than forty years.
Its charter is No. LOT, showing that
it was the one hundred and seventh ma
tional bank organized in the United
States. 1t was the first national bank
west of the Mississippi to receive a
charter.
The First National bank of Ottumwa
was orgonized at a time when this gov
eminent was experiencing it's most
crucial test, and is today recognized
as one of the foremost financial insti
tutions Of the state.
During the early part of the war OF
the rebellion, w. B. Bonnifield was con
Quoting a private bank in Ottumwa, and
when congress passed the bill Great
ing our national banking system, he
studied the matter very carefully, ant
comprehending the possibilities of sucl