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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
GOOD LITERATURE
The Demand for 1t Is Not on the Decline
as Many People Seem to

INC demand TOR II Ia Not on the Decline
as Many People Seem to
Suppose.
In the Editors Study of Harper's for Novem-
literature is the decline, and that there is no
dem 11Maa1 Tor f f1od books he says:
publishers, editors and those who are employed
Gals are published which have no relation to
anything which may properly be called Htera.
tuss that 1t IS to generally assumed that all
and are Of wholly commercial character. If
upon the great body of Intelligent readers in this
praVt The real situation IS far dieren
from that supposed. There is large and
steadily increasing number of cultivated and APP
prec,ative American readers whose taste has
not been vitiated, and who insist upon the high
est standards and the best ideals How large
this audience is may be inferred from the fact
tas With Of To- as tfa
may have sale of from $4,000 to 100000 copies
larger than it could have had generation
ago. It Is an audience demanding something
than we trust It will get We have no such
constellation of great novel writer's as forty
years ago frightened the English literary heav-
ems The interval has been made radiant by the
tude. We may not soon such another group
as thronged the field, dazzling the view Of the
last generation; but the skies are nebulousy
expectant eyes of the. English speaking people
The demand will surely be met We are not
confessing to the inferiority Of our own present
literature as compared with the past Excluding
was brilliantly On the contrary, in America
literary taste and literary activity are far ad-
vanced since the days Of Irving and Cooper. The
days; appreciation Is quicker and more abundant,
judfcious criticism more exacting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
odd Black Devil,
Old Bald-Headed Fool,

The supplementary notice, equally cor
dial, requested some one to ..tell the fam
lily that move in that we were awful!
We know you'll do it, and to remember
that Pa don't keep us; we work"
So entertaining did these conn liments
prove that the landlord. eJrry Farnham,
was called to admire. He sent for po-
llceman, but learned that only q civil
suit would 'lie." Later in the day Mr.
Farnham. who hadn't yet received the
key from his late tenants, nailed boards
across the windows. It know the old
pull-hair that caused this. trouble said
he, II know her. Her, all right enough. !"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
LARIMoRE SAYS A STRIKE

Vote on Montana Division and Montana
Central Almost Unanimous.
Special to The Journal.
4 Lartmore. N. D., May lit Is stated
gon good authority that 81 per cent of the
Smen on the Dakota division have voted to
stand by their committee, 100 per cent on
the Montana division and all but two on
athe Montana Central. -
Unless the Great Northern recedes~ from
its position there Is great probability of
d strike.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
ANOTHER JAMES JUDGE I
The Smallpox Patient Wasn't thu
Well Known Steamfitter.

The names Of James Judge, a smallpox
patient who escaped from the quarantine
hospital Wednesday night and James
Judge of 2314 Clinton avenue were con-
fused in The Journal yesterday.
The latter. well-known steamftter,
never had smallpox. The James Judge
at the hospital is a transient, which ex-
plains the absence of his name from the
directory. He was greatly Improved to-
day and the attending physicians have
hopes Of his recovery, notwithstanding the
exposure. ~ ssrf zfL5 II s.sr-a .f..e:.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
ADJoINs THE COPPER QUEEN
IIaens Group OF Claims in Arizona TAX
en- by Lake Superior Men.

CALUMET, MICH.-Lake Superior
! pitalists organized the Higgins Develop
! ent company yesterday to develop the
Higgins property, Immediately adjoining
7 Z world famous Copper Queen mine, at
#sbee, Arizona. The deal is one Of the
$gest ever consummated in the copper
8untry. The Higgins property consists
claims next west Of the Copper
#iee11, which is one Of the largest copper
@ducers in the world. It is practically
Mven to be a rich mine by the work
Hg Of the Copper Queen, which come up
Ethe line OF the property in some Of the
BITS.
RThe company will pay upwards OF
A000. 900 for the Higgins group Of claims.
hicago, Duluth and Arizona men arein-
&yested with the copper company people.
4 MS proposed to commence active mining
8,erations just as soon as the necessary
arrangement can be made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

ST. PAUL WREsTLERs DEFEATED.
Special to The Journal.
Sioux City. Iowa, May flames H.
Aldredge of Leon, Iowa, defeated William
Dougherty Of St. Paul in a. wrestling
match here last evening for a purse of
$3.50. Aldredge won three out Of Ave
falls. He claims to be the heavyweight
champion. .,.a=
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

SIOUX FALLS, S. D.---Harry Ghan of
Pierre, who was convicted of selling
liquor to Indians Of the Cheyenne river
reservation, was sentenced to eighteen
months in the penitentiary, in addition to
a 500, fine. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
FAVOR A STRIKE
Great Northern Conductors and
Trainmen Said to Be Voting
5#i That Way.

Special to The Journal. -.-- -. -..-.
Grand Forks, N. D., May 2.-It Is
,flearned from a source that is thoroly
reliable that the conductors and trainmeni
on the Northern and Dakota divisions Of
the Great Northen are voting practically
unanimously in favor of strike. Not
over per cent will vote the other way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

EMERY, S. D.-Preliminary arrange
ments are. being made ferqthe annual pic
mic Of the Old Settlers association of, this
county, to be held here early in June. /.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

AZ BRookiNGS, s. D.-Young people who
are native born South Dakotans have or
ganized themselves into an association
for the purpose Of studying the history
of South Dakota, preserving historical
relics, marking historical spots, etc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
ANOTHER "sHE."

naval officer, now engaged in ordnance
duty on home station, was given to talking In
his sleep. One night recently he awakened his
wife by starting up in bed and exclaiming,' in
accents Of plying distress: ''she must have a
her" The wife, knowing that her husbands
SAUNDERS had never before been disturbed by the
requirements of her wardrobe, became vastly
agitated. and gripped him by the Evil
liam Willian1!" she breathed earnestly into his
ear-hope meanwhile rising high in her breast
who is she? my three-inch gum! sighed the
overtaxed ordnance man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

SPEARFIsH, S. D.-Horace Reed has
sold his ranch on Redwater to the CAL
houn brothers Of Deadwood for 50, 900. The
der cultivation, part of 1t in meadow, and
much Of the cultivated and meadow por-
lions under irrigation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

WEiITEWOOD, S. .D.-John Williams.
an old resident died from the effects of
4 fall down a flight. of stairs. ~ a-5ea;r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
IL Stands to Reason

It Stands to Reason
That j GU TN a l. classified ads are re-
suit bringers, because they go into the
homes where your proposition il read and
carefully considered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

lWApENA, MINN.--Misses Josephine
aillard and Anna Smith. girl evangelists,
III commence series Of meetings at the
Vngregational church on Sunday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
THE EVERLASTING PLEA FOR BETTER
ROADS.
THE National Good Roads Con
vention has been in session this
"A week at st. Louis. Although

| TIE National Good Roads Con-
vention has been in session this
u week at st. Louis Although
the primary object of the meet
| ing was to secure an endorsement Of the
| bill introduced at the last session of Con
greSS, which appropratcS II substantial
sum from the Federal Treasury for the
| construction and improvement of high
ways in the States and Territories. an
object against which serious objections
may he urged. yet many valuable papers
were read on road construction, and the
methods by which good roads may he
secured
While 9TH" Wing is not prepared to
endorse tn" views urged by some of the
advocates of the Brownlow Bill. vet
there seems to be force in the argument
that road building is an internal improve
mcnt, which the National Government
may engage in. for the same reason that
it grants liberal appropriations for the
Improvement of rivers and harbors.
But aside from the question of Gov
eminent construction of public highways
possibly the soundcr view to take If
them as public utilities is. that their con-
struction and maintenance. should be the
concurrent work of the National. State
and Local Governments. largely of course
Of the latter.
Our ncighboring State of PENNSYLVANIA
is ut least acting upon this idea its re-
cent Legislature having passed bill ap-
propriating six and half millions for
road improvement, and which act IS
generally regarded as the greatest ad-
vance vet made in the line of State aid
for public highways.
1t would seem reasonable to suppose,
that the example of Pennsylvania will
be followed by other States, in the pas
sage of laws creating State Road Com
missions, authorizing the employment IF
expert engineers, and the adoption of
some fixed system of Road Construction
which experience has demonstrated the
effectiveness and economy of.
There is on" thing very certain
whether Maryland finally follows in the
footsteps of Pennsylvania or not. that
the monies Of the taxpayers of this State
which for years, have been. and are now
being absolutely wasted, in dumping mud
on her highways one season. and hauling
it off the next. will continue to be
squandercd. until some sensible and bust
ness-like system be adopted by Legisla-
tive Action. which will look TO the con-
Struction and maintenance Of permanent
hard bed highways, and which will work
an entire reformation of the slip shod
expensive and absolete methods of road
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02

untenable position, for prominent Gov
eminent official to assume in view of the
prevalence of smuggling by wholesale,
and the efforts of the Treasury Depart
mer to suppress it.
The law is supposed to be no respector
of persons, and an officer of the Army or
Navy is under the same moral and hon
orable obligation to obey it, as Il private
citizen. The fact, that he is in the en-
ploy of the Government confers no spa"
cial privilege on him to bring dutiable
goods, into an American port, either ON
a Government or other vessel. without
paying the duties on them.
Every plain American citizen, who
goes abroad, upon his tor herr return, has
every piece of his baggage turned inside
goods.
The purSer, or other officer of the in
coming steamer. is required to furnish Il
| returning American tourist blank de-
clarations. on which he enters or declares
with its value. all dutiablc merchandise
his baggage contains. Then. the Gus
toms Inspector armed with this sworn
declaration of the passenger examines
closely the contents of his packages, 10
see whether he has sworn falsely The
oath that the passenger takes. does not
exempt his effects from examinations hut
trap" set for him. to see whether he is
lying or not
The law cXcmpts only $4,000 of his
dutiablc goods, and limits the exemption.
TO such foreign purchases as may be
necessary for the safety and comfort of
his voyage. If any thing is found, duti-
bale and undeclarcd. it is either contiSc-
atcd. if the quantity he large. or must
pay double the duty it would have paid.
had it been declared
Now, the law makes no distinction be-
tween dutiahlc goods in excess of Sl0O. 90
'i'hShb l'l slit. lpI PRESENTS. OF LOT PEI
Sonal use.
Apply tn" same rule of liberal inter
probation of the Customs Laws, to re-
turning tourists. that Postmaster Cen
eral Payne would apply to Naval Officers
on Government vessels. and smuggling
would increase 100 per cent at every
port i'll tn" country.
The "Whig" thinks Naval Officers in
Porto Rico. set a. fcarfully bad example
TO tn" natives. every time they are
caught smuggling rs they have been re-
Gently. and when United States officers
| there, play hide and seek with the san
Juan police. in lodging warrants of ar
rest for bringing in liquors illegally. they
ar" putting their Government and its
laws i'll contempt. and should be punish
ed. rather than applauded and cncour-
aged. as Mr. Payne thinks they should
he
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
Church News.

The Red Men of Colora and lakewood
attended Octoraro Church on Sunday.
Rev. J. :. Giiillnn will preach at
Jackson Hall, on Sunday next. All are
cordially invited
There will be preaching in the NJ. f..
Chapel ut Baldwin. on Sunday, May Bird.
ut $50 p. M, by Rev. o. w. DcNrnish.
The public is cordially invited.
At a meeting of the Wilmington NJ f..
Preachers Association on Monday. the
Rev. DIR. Stevens, of Philadelphia. spoke
in the interests Of the National Reform
Association.
The handsome new NJ. l.. Church It
North East, will be dedicated on Sunday.
June 14th. the sermon being preached by
Chaplain G. e. McCabc now Bishop.
1t is understood all the Grand Army
Posts of the county will be invited to at
tend tn" morning service. Bishop Me
Gable hcng veteran of the war.
There will be preaching service in the
Free Methodist Church at Pleasant Hill.
on Sunday morning and evening. by thu.
pastor. Sabbath School ut $50 Il. m.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening.
The District Quarterly Meeting for the
Philadelphia District will be held on May
Doth to 3lst, by Rev. George Eakins,
District Elder. Several preachers will
be present. All are cordially invited 10
attend. Arthur Santmier, Pastor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
POSTMASTER GENERAL PAYNE ON
SMUGGLING.

TF Postmaster General Payne is cor
rectly reported, as to the views he
- holds on Smuggling by Naval Off
GERS on Government vessels, it is
fortunate for the revenues of the Gov
eminent, that he is not mt the head of
its Treasury Department.
He thinks. the question of intent only,
enters into the transaction when Navy
Officer imports illegally few casks of
choice liquors or few thousand cigars
That he commits no offence against his
Government, as long as the struggled
merchandise is not for sale, but is in
tended for his own use only, or the Use
of his family or friends
The "Whig' regards this, as very
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
Hotel Furniture Sold.

The tnrnitur" and fittings of the Hotel
Elkton Were. sold on Friday, last week
auj Of tn" Howard House on Tuesday
both being well attended and fair prices
We're realized. George Bcrmender, pro.
pri"tor of tn" Hotel Elkton, goes to
L"wrS, Delaware, wh"r" he has leased a
hotel. As stated in another column the
Howard House is now being conducted
by McsSrs. Scotch and Henry. The
FELTON, House, Elkton, will be continued
as usual by It's owner and proprietor
Delphos Price.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
Industrial News.

1t is reported that clay works will be
built ON the Hanna estate. AT Broad
Creek.
Foreign lahorcrS are arriving at Rising
sun, 10 work in the field spar uuarrirS
near that town.
The Hess spar quarrrS near Rock
Springs, have resumed operations. X.
NJ. Riley is manager.
\ double drum hosting engine has
been installed at the works of the Amer
lean Clay Company, near North East.
Architect and Builder L. o. Cameron.
of Elkton, is preparing plans for re-
Sid"nc" to be erected near Cartcr's Mill.
this county. by Charles l.. Carter. He
is completing Il plot for RoSchank Gene
terry, at Calvert.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02

TOTNSEL for Az Adams. the
notorious policy king" of New
~ York City, convicted last week
and sentenced to prison for one
year, made the most desperate efforts TO
keep the arch Swndlcr out of the state
prison at Ossining just the same. he
was sent there on Monday. He is said
to be in possession Of nearly one million
dollars, and only when District Attorney
jerome went into office did Adams dis
cover that his pull" with thespolicc had
been broken. This policy swindlcr-and
the most despicablc sort of gambler is
the policy backcr-had long been i'm
mune from arrest. The police were never
ready or willing to run him down, al
though the whole world knew that
Adams was considered the head and
front of the policy business in New
York. The effort Monday was to show
that Adams was very sick, and for this
reason he ought not to be sent to prison
although he is i'll prison already. JUS
tice gives every man fair show, and
Adams has had his chance to prove his
innocence. Nobody is denying his guilt,
and the efforts eXerted in his behalf were
merely because the lawyers who were in
his pay, wished to make some show Of
doing work for which they will no doubt
be we'll paid.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
Held For COurf.

Cleveland Caldwell. aged II years.
was brought before Magistrate Groves.
in Elkt"n. ON Tuesday morning. on the
charge of forging Il railroad ticket alb
Strartrd from the Philadelphia and Bati-
more Central Railroad office at Liberty
Grove. H." waived II hearing and was
held under S2iul bond for his appearance
at the September term of Court. Bail
was furnished by relatives of the young
man. On January 10Th. Agent Hiram
I. Brown. AT Liberty Grove. discovered
that a.blank ticket had been taken from
his office. III" stub showing tn" number
III" head office was notified and Il dctcc-
tive put un the ease. The ticket was
turned in 10y Il conductor, it having been
filled MP from Liberty Grove TO Whining
ton and return. Til" officials claim II
was traced To- Young Caldwell
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
In Memoriam.
AGNES SkILLAIA\

AGNES SkILLMAN.
Agnes Skillman. aged nine months,
daughter of Mr.. am Mrs. Frank Skill
man, died AT her parents home, on East
Main street. Elkton. on Wednesday,,
April Sth.
| l"av" my mother and father behind
To get through This bad world alone
And much | fear they'll miss me away.
And May" they reach thy glorious
throne.
RI HER MOTHER
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
INSPECTING MILITIA.
Inspection Of ompany "E" AT Elkton

Inspection of ompany "E" At Elkton
In compliance with the provisions OF
the recent Act of Congress relative to
tn" "uuipm, nj, etc, of the militia of the
different States. Lieut.. Colonel w. $.
Schuyler of the Second Cavalry of the
United States Army will inspect Com
pnny p of the Maryland National
Guard Of which Captain John G.. Con
stable is in command. on Tuesday even
ing nest, al $ o'clock. The company
which is in excellent condition. will be
paradcd in fatigue uniform. and its
friends hope 10 Srr il take high rank in
drill AMI equipment.
Tn" following is the roster :
CAPTAIN
John g. Constable.
FIRST LIEUTENANT
John 4. Morgan.
SECOND LIEUTENANT
William +. Constable.
FIRST SERGEANT
Herbert Lewis.
QUAETER-MASTER SERGEANT
Joshua NJ. Ash
DUTY SElt;iEANTS
Clinton Rccdcr. John n. Kelly.
Doric Foster, Allan ID. johnson.
CORPORALS.
j. German IIitchcnsWillinm W Kelly.
tl"tus Finnan. VIM. +. Mahoncy.
Harvey RCcdcr.
MUSICIANS
Edward W. Jones. John A. Morgan. .Tr.
plu YATES
Ayers, ChaS. II. Ir. Mahoncy. J. Thomas
Burns, George II. Moody. Hamilton
Cameron, Andy, .Ir. McNral. Fred Il.
Clark. Robert :. McCaulry, !. HAYES
Clark, Isaac y. Potts, Oscar
Collins, John {. Racine, Harry
C"rrd"An. Joseph Ross. Joseph II.
Daniels. Charles l.. ltuttCr, George w.
Daniels. George W. Shippers, Eilsar f.
For"acrr. G"org" Smith, Stewart
Frunk John G.. Scott. Frank
Grey, Clarence W. Thompson, George
Holmes, Charles +. NcSpcr. John
Mah"ncy. Harry T.. Wright. Grorg"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
l AR. ROOSEVELT comes out of

n AR. ROOSEVELT comes out of
M the woods with Il glorious tan
AVA on him and rccollcctonS of no
end of fun to Swcetcn the rest
of the year. He has been most inno-
Gently and wholGsomcly employed since
he cut loose from civilization as repre-
scented by the newspaper men and went
Off on his fortnight's lark with Mother
Nature and John Burroughs. He could
not have been in better company. We
dare say he hasn't had 50 jolly an out
doors time since he was a boy and made
will be Il happier man and President for
the play-spell.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
Shoes.
A Letter H"me.

Dear Father In reply to yours. |
am getting along we'll. | have given up
my job picking currents off the electric
light plants and am now negotiating for
Il place t" bite holes in porous plastcrs.
| caught cold sitting in that last draft
You sent me. Please find doctor bill in
closed. YOUR FAITHFUL son.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
The Weather.

1t Is said of England that it has no
'lihat" only Specimens of weather. But
IN" hltcd States is not far behind her,
On Wednesday. snow fell in Omaha.
Denver and the Dakotas, while in Balti
more the thermometer rose to 30 degrees
III the shade. and at Elkton to IS de-
Sr""S Suddenly the temperature fell
forty degrees. with bowling north.
WeSt"r' and people shivered on Friday,
Where they painted with the heat On
thursday. At ST. Louis. live Presi-
dent and II lively Ex-Presidcnt of the
hi,'d States shivercd with the chill,
"'iI' P"opl" IN Philadelphia were dying
from >unStrokr.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02

THE Gar of Russia had Il new
experience the other day which
a proved to him that there is such
Il thing as national spirit among
the common people of Russia. As he
drove through the streets of st. Peters
burg. the crowds chccrrd him to the echo
and it is said that the Sad-faced autocrat
positively b"amcd with pleasure over the
evidence of popular approval of him.
The cordial outburSt was undoubtedly
due to the recent ukaSc announcing forth
coming reforms.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
A Runaway Bicycle.

Terminated with an ugly cut ON the
leg Of J. Il. Ornrr. Franklin Grove, III.
1t developed II stubborn ulcer unyicllng
I" doctors and remedies for four wears.
Then Bucklrn'S Arnica Salve cured.
It's just as good for Burns, Scalds. Skin
ErnptionS and Piles - cents mt Robert
Il. Frazcr'S Drug Store.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
SATURDAY, MAY ., 1908.

WYE RECORD in one sentence
wv the deaths of four prominent
Americans this wcck-Dr.
George Dana BoHrdman,
anthor scholar and preacher, for years
o prominent factor in the religious life
OF Philadelphia !; Paul Du Chailu, au-
thor, explorer, traveller and scientist {;
Stuart Robson, a leading light of the
histriOnic world, and Marine Constructor
Scott, builder of the Oregon, IA native of
Maryland, and one of Americas indus
trial kings. .,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
Mems Cheap Suits $500
Boys 75C to 81 90.
~$><<.

Mems, ladies' and children's under
wear from sc to 81 rs. Mems Corduroy
rants SL5o. Boys Waists 25c Mems
Shirts good quality soc. We have
some goods left from our auction, that
we will sell below costs.
GOOD Baking power, Csc grade cts.
per Box.
Straw Hats, just the season for them,
mems fI.oo Hats at soc. Boys soc.
Hats at CSC. Children's25c Hats at Isc.
Children I5c Hats at Ioc. They must
60 Hominy good, SC per at. Good
Broken Rice, sc Id. Good Prunes &c III.
Yours truly,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-05-02
WOOdlawn Camp.

N"odIawn Camp will be held this year
from August 9th to nth. At Il montin,r
., ln' managers on Monday. Rev. w.
f. "f''nhrld was appointed preacher in
charge this year.