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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
Bros, Cor: Weshington G. Hennepin

large, which prompted congress to en-
act the committed homestead law. 81
s. Justice to the fomesteader, as well
as good morals on the part of those
who are SO ready to join in any clanlor
against men charged with fraud, how
ever vague the charge may be, should
at least inspire a disposition toward
cannot wholly discredit our public land
system. In all the affairs of life men
and governments must be trusted. In
this respect the general land office has
some reputation for honest endeavor.
With a large corps of well trained and
we'll equipped inspectors and special
agents this bureau of the government
devotes itself continually to the most
rigid administration of the land laws,
and during a period Of ten years, from
1892 to 1902, inclusive, out of a total
of 1872 committed homesteads entries
investigated by special agents on
grounds of entrymen's fraudulent
speculative intent, there were 81 en-
tries cancelled. During the same
period there were IS contests inau-
gurated against homestead commuters
on charges Of speculative intent, and
Of this number nine cases were sus-
tanned and the entries cancelled. In a
recent communication to me, as chair
man of the committee on public
landS, the commissioner OF, the general
land office, summarizing these figures,
said:
These tables will show that the number
Of committed homestead entries attacked
during that period was less than seven
tenths Of 1 per cent of the number of
entries made during that period; that of
the 210 attacks on entries Of this class.
only 40, or about 10 per cent thereof, re-
suited in the cancellation Of the entries;
while the entries Cancelled were about one
tenth Of 1 per cent Of the number of en-
tries Of that class made during that
period. ~ ...
The Result of Wholesale Repeal.
with all these facts in view," con-
tinued the senator, "let us see what
the effect Of the repeal Of these three
important land statutes would be. The
last congress passed a national irriga-
ton law, by the terms Of which the
proceeds from the sales Of public lands
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY
Tenants on the Bowery Have Not
,. Paid Rent for Two
Years. - 49,.
New York Sun Specia. Service,

NOW 3oTk GUN SPec1da 0eTV1Ce.
New York, Oct. 21.-Who owns $50
81 Bowery, six houses in Brooklyn and
other property, worth in all $1,000,-
900, the rentals for which have been
collected in the name of Herman B.
Duryea? '.*'~ w. {
Some Of the tenants have not paid
rent for two years and no demand
had been made for rentals for, eighteen
months following the. death in Feb
ruary, 1902 of, R.@$H.2 Hatfield, the
former agent In charge of the proper
ties. Then Robert L. McCook ap-
peared with power Of attorney from
H. B. Duryea and demanded the ar
rears of rent. *."fH !
Benjamin Harris, the lessee. of part
of $50. Bowery, refused McCook, de-
manding proof Of his authority, alleg-
Ing as the reason for his contest, that
McCook's power of attorney bore the
date of 1896, the same year as that of
Hatfield the dead agent.
Harris has successfully opposed Nc
Cooks claim and has sublet his lease
hold, collecting his rent, but making
no payment to the owner, while Har-
ris is sustained in his refusal to pay
McCook by the municipal court. Judge
Bolte ruled against another contest
ing tenant, who has since paid NC
Cook.
herman d. Duryea is one Of the
Wealthiest young men in the sporting
set of New York society. His country
place is at Westbury, L. I. He was
there to-day. but went to spend the
day and evening with friends and
could not be reached. He was the
representative Of Lord Dunraven on
the American defender when Valkyrie
contested for the Americans Gun in
1895. He is a racing partner of Harry
Payne Whitney and Irish Lad, their
joint property, is one of the years
most noted racers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

are set aside for the construction of
irrigation works. The public land re-
ceipts come wholly and exclusively
from the sale Of lands under the three
statutes which the Quarles bill would
repeal. The enactment of the bill into
law would therefore put sudden end
to national irrigation. The amend
ment Of the desert land act and the
timber and stone act as proposed by
the bill which I expect, to Introduce
would increase the revenue from this
source and thus further the project Of
national irrigation. +-"' $3.50
again, the repeal of these laws
would greatly retard settlement upon
the public domain of the United States
and turn the stream of homeseekers
native Americans and immigrants
alike-to the Canadian provinces,
where the land laws are much more
liberal. Under the Canadian statutes
no residence is required for the first
two years after entry, except during
the crop season. This allows the set
tier to absent himself at least six
months in the year, giving him an op-
portunity to earn a little money by en-
gaging in other pursuits. The settler
may commute his entry to cash after
eighteen months residence.
LET me call your attention to an
other feature Of the case, and do 50
without the remotest desire Of reflect
ing upon the motives of any one.
Over 100000 acres of land have
been patented by the government to
the land grant railroads. The great
err part of these lands remains I'M
disposed of. The repeal Of our land
laws would undoubtedly double the
value of these railroad lands. Fur
thermore, under the act of June 4,
1897, known as the lieu land forest re-
serve selection act, many millions Of
acres Of script were authorized. This
script may be located on any Of the
public lands Of the United States. APP
plications for more than 100000
acres Of this script have already been
filed in the General land office. Re-
peal of our land laws would naturally
enhance the value of this script, which
is held exclusively by two or three cor
porations. g.. ~H. ~-ss-
I'm brief. do not believe it wise to
reverse our land policy. We should
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
HANGING ON BY HAIR.
Situation Of the Government in Brit
ish Columbia Not an En-
viable One.
Socialist Members Virtually Bal
ance Of Power Capital May
Hold Back.
Special to The Journal

Vancouver, B. c., Oct. 21.-The
political situation in British Columbia
is as difficult and confused as ever.
The final election results show that
in a legislature Of forty-tWo members
the Mcbride government has twenty
two supporters. The liberal OPPOSE
ton has seventeen members and the
remainder of the house is composed
Of socialists and a labor member, all
of whom on some points may be con-
sidered as more liberal than conserva-
tive. The three independents cannot
therefore be reckoned as at all safe in
regard to supporting the government.
When aspeaker is elected, the gov
eminent majority over all other
parties in the house will be reduced to
one and to make matters worse two
ministers were defeated at the general
election. When the vacancies thus
caused are filled the government ma
jority may vanish. a. l.@
On the other hand the liberals have
no majority in the house, nor would
they have a working one in the event
Of bye-election victory. Meanwhile
the government does not know whom
best to appoint as new ministers and
whose seats it Is safest to risk at bye
elections. One thing is certain, that
at the best the present British Column
bia government, a conservative one,
will be largely at the mercy Of two
socialist votes. 1t may, however, re-
main in office a short time by virtue Of
these, as the socialists being short Of
funds, do not wish to precipitate an
other provincial general election and
in fact British Columbians generally
do not welcome the idea of such a.
ess-disturbing contest.
What would be better for the coun-
try would be coalition government
OF the best members of both parties,
but party feeling will prevent the con-
summation Of, this. Hence British
Columbia's political troubles are by
no means at an end and it is feared
that there may be a further discour-
agement Of the investment Of capital
in the country. One thing seems GER
tain, that unless the other parties
| combine in some measure the social
lists will at the next general election
still further add to their voting
strength and hold for a time the ball
ance of power in the legislature.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
MISS SATTERLEE'S PRIZE
The Impecunious Count She Married
Has Financial and Legal
:. Experiences. = -
New, York Sun Special Service.

NOW ,Aolh DUN special service.
Berlin, Oct. 21.-The trial COM
menced here to-day Of ten money
lenders on charges of usury and
fraud, and sensational DEVELOPMENTS
are anticipated. The most prominent
person in the case is Count Franz Jo-
seph Maria Won Larisch Moennich. a.
member Of the Austrian nobility.
whose finances are in a bad way. The
accused, acting, as syndicate, under
took to assist the count in obtainfng
a rich bride. They suggested that he
should attempt to marry one of the
daughters of Baron Won Faber, the
famous Nuremberg pencil manufac-
turer, who is millionaire. The count
signed notes for million marks, paw
able to the usurers if he married, they
meanwhile financing him to enable
him to maintain appearances and un-
dertak1ng to procure an introduction
thru an agent, who, it was alleged.
was employed by Baron Won Faber
to procure titled husbands for his
daughters. Il s.
These arrangements did not work
out as the syndicate planned and the
count went to the United States where
in 1901 he married Miss Satterlee of
Titusville, Pa, who was heiress to
several million dollars. The usurers
thereupon tried to compel the count
to pay his notes, presenting them to
the brides New York bank. The
count, who is now living in Vienna,
appeared as a witness. The case is
not finished.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
Mr.. Harris Says-"Blood Wine" Saved
$751;. ...a" NV life. -

Hearing that Mr.. Gilbert Harris of
Essex junction, VT, a well-known
business man of undoubted integrity
was telling his friends about the won
derful good "Blood Wine has done
him, a reporter for the Daily News Of
Burlington visited his fine home in Es-
sex Junction for an interview.
Mr.. Harris, upon being told the OBJ
ject of his visit, at once grew enthu-
siastic in praise of Blood Wine why,
it saved my life,' he remarked. Il
have no doubt of it, and you would
not had you seen me a year ago. But
let me tell you my experiences; that
will be the most convincing argument
I know Of. y. =
"'I will be SO years old in March, >
began Mr.. Harris, and UP to three
years ago was remarkably healthy
man, being seldom, If ever, sick. About
that time I had a. severe attack of
congestion of the liver, which left my
health shattered. T could eat very lit
tie and gradually wasted away to a
mere shadow Of my former self. My
normal weight before I was i'll was
100 lbs, and I lost flesh so that bare
ly tipped the scales to 1874 lbs. I was
so weak that I could not walk to the
postoffice, a short distance, without
being greatly exhausted. Well, tried
physician and physician, and also med
tcine after medicine, some Of them
making me worse, and many of them
giving me no relief whatever. One
day saw an advertisement in q news
paper Of Blood Wine" AS last re-
sort I went slowly down to the corner
drug store and purchased bottle. AT
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
ROBUST AT IS.
= Blood Wine
Never Fails to
Help Elderly
People.

Blood Wine is Enthusiastically the
very best medicine for elderly people,
because Of it's great strength giving
characteristics as we'll as it's effect in
eliminating disease. Some old, very
old, people, take Blood Wine regu-
larry and have had remarkable results
from 1t; in fact. many owe their very
existence to it, and frankly say that 1t
keeps them alive. For people moder-
ately advanced in years BLOOD Wine"
has an almost supernatural effect. If
you are all tired out, can't eat or
sleep, feel yourself growing old and
stiff and inflrm, Blood Wine will
take the kinks out of you before you
hardly have time to think about 1t.
It will brace you right up, and actu
ally make you look and feel ten years
younger. Then if you have rheuna-
tisn1, kidney disease, dyspeptic ston-
ach, weak heart, or diseased lungs,
it will thoroly cure you. There are
hundreds of thousands of people who
suffer exactly as Mr.. Harris did and
they could be cured precisely as he
was If they only knew it. Blood
Wine" will do the same for any one
that it did for Mr.. Harris. It is very
pleasant to take and contains no wine
or opiates. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

Mrs. Charles Smith Of Jimes Ohio,
writes: I have used every remedy for
sick headache I could hear Of for the
past fifteen years, but Carriers Little
Liver Pills did me more good than all
the rest"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
Acts Like Fountain of Youth for
Woman of Ninety. e.

Mrs. Howard Warren of 143 Main
street. Concord, N. H., says: II have
used Blood Wine for both myself and
my mother, who is now quite old
over 90-and have found it an tnvalu-
able remedy for colds and coughs, as
we'll as phenomenal stimulant for the
blood and nerves. It quickly over
comes any irritation of the throat or
lungs, and seems to be the ideal med
icine for aged people," .. a..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
GILBERT HARRIS.

equal. It built him up and invigorated'
him rapidly. He claims he feels ten
years younger than he did a year ago,
and now he would mot be without it,
for in case of a sudden attack Of in
digestion or biliousness, it is invalu-
able"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
Free Trial Bottle!

If you live at distance and
cannot call at the druggists below,
you can buy Blood Wine direct
from the manufacturers, and you
can have free trial bottle by
cutting out this coupon and send
ing 1t to LOUIS DAUDELIN CO.,
Manufacturers, Worcester, Mass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
Thinks It Wonderful.

City Marshal Odlin, Lewiston, Me-,
who tried other remedies, writes:
t'Some months ago I noticed your
Blood Wine upon the market, and
as it was advertised as being particu-
larly good for elderly people, I took
home bottle to my wife's father, w.
G. Walton, who was suffering from the
general infirmities of old age. He
declared that he had never seen it's
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
"a Years Old and Feels Like 80.

Mrs. H. E. Young, "a Ferry street,
Everett, Mass. enthusiastically said:
now I feel about fifty. have suffered
for years with rheumatism, and have
never taken a medicine that seemed
to do me any good until my son
brought home bottle Of Blood Wine
It helped my lameness and put new
vigor and activity into my system. I
have taken twelve bottles, would not
be without it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
California and Arizona,

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will sell tickets Sept. 18th to Nov. 80, in
elusive, to points in above named states
at a reduction Of $500 from usual rates.
If you contemplate going it will pay you
to inquire Of l.. c. Rains, Gent Agent cor.
Nicollet Ave. and Fifth st, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

that time my stomach was in fearful
condition. I could eat nothing without
the most distressing nausea and life
was actually a burden. Ten minutes
after I took the first dose of Blood
Wine felt better, and from that day
to this have been continuing to i'm
prove. I now weigh 1875 lbs, can eat
heartily and enjoy every mouthful OF
it, and can work like a horse.'"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

Forty degrees below zero and 40 per
cent off the cost-that's the time to
buy blankets. North Star Wooden
Mills company, 228 Second street S,
one block from Milwaukee station.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

rather find the defects in existing laws
and then cure them" l..t-. .-t.-. .s-
~. Hsis-., H. G.. Stevens
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

Do not suffer from sick headache a
moment longer. It is not necessary.
Carriers Little Liver Pills will cure
Small dose. Small pill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15

ported that he left the complete manu-
scripts of at least three more. Henty was
q very rapid worker, more so than even
Jules Verne. yet the Frerchman has effi-
publishers, at the rate Of two books year.
until 1870
There is a confession among the notes In
T. b. Aldrieh's new book that when Adi1ch
writes short story he always begins with
the last paragraph and then works directly
up to that, avoiding all digressions. His
characters always will talk too much, but
when the story is finished he goes over the
dialogue and strikes out four-hfths OF the
long speeches which, he fancies, makes his
characters pretty mad.
James M. Barrie, the novelist, has no pa
thence with reporters who try to pry into
his private affairs. On one occasion he was
asked to pen a short autobiography. AT
first he refused, and then, when the re-
porter began to coax him, he stopped him,
took his pen and wrote as follows: ON
arrival in London Ii was Mr.. Barrie's first
object 20 make collection OF choice cigars
Though the author of My Lady Nicotine
does not himself smoke, his pet grocer
message boy does. Mr.. Barrie's pet animal
is the whale. He feeds 1t on ripe chest
nuts
THE dollar-and-a-half novel of to-day"
writes Mr.. w. d. Howells. in Harper's.
lis the dime novel of yesterday in an
avatar, which left it's essence unchanged.
1t is even worse, for it is less sincerely
and forcibly written, and it cannot be so
quickly worn out and thrown away. It's
beauty or paper, print and binding give IL
o claim TO regard which cannot be ignored,
and establish for ii a sort of right to lie
upon the table, and then stand upon the
shelf, where ii seems to relate itself 10
genuine literature, and to be Of the same
race and lineage. AS for this vast new
reading public, it is the vast old reading
public, with more means in its pocket OF
satisfying. it's crude, childish taste. Its
head is the same emntY head
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
Queer Ways Of Editors.

Elliot Flower, in Literary World.
"You never can tell what an editor Will
do" he says, land the more you know
about him the less capable you are of
judging. When l have a short story ready
to send away 1 go over the list of maya
zines, pick out those that in my judgment
would be most likely to accept it, and then
send it to some other. / find / get the best
results in this way. Formerly l used to act
on my own judgment, and 1 would have
TO make seven or eight trials TO sell
story; now, by coppering' my own judy
ment, 1 often hit it right the very first
time. And the newspaper editor is an un-
certain quantity, just like the magazine
editor. You never can tell what he Will do
either / was in Winnipeg once for Chi
cago paper, and the editor telegraphed me
to come home. | did so, reached the Of
flee, and he said, Go back. L went back
TO Winnipeg OH the next train.
One OF the manuscript experiences
which Mr.. Flower relates is about story
that came back from an editor with the
suggestion that it be revised along GER
tain lines. After this had been done. the
editor sent it back a second time with the
statement that feared the fault lay III
the story rather than in the treatment OF
it (as he had at first supposed, and 1T was
still unacceptable. Mr. Flower promptly
and this came back with the suggestion
that he liked the story but thought it could
be improved. After waiting a short time,
to give the impression that he had rewrit-
ten Ii, Mr.. Flower sent this second editor
the original version, and il was promptly
that the editor. speaking generally, Is d
perpetual puzzle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15

ana the men pushing and swearing and. In
Tn midst Of II all. 81 Hawker as naked as
thn day ne was born and In plain sight OF
eyTy eye.
.You're just In time. Lafe.' yelled Jim
pamm. Isl has got himself all ready for
thu tar and feathers TO save Us the trouble,
arI he'll have his new suit on as soon as
va can get the pitch hot. Come on!
nm an officer OF the law and / can't AL
lok no such goings on said Lafe. but IL
yea fellows will just make room till club
HIN little while. I'll go home and let you
put on the arnieky-'
Nobody paid any attention to the dog
nsht that was going on at the same time
Pior Pepper had become visible at the
same time as 81 and all the other dogs in
town had jumped on him 10 even up old
scbres. When they got through with him
there wasn't enough left OF Pepper TO make
a grease spot. but by that time the town
RS so Interested in making Sis suit Of tar
and feathers fit him well that they wouldn {
Nave noticed II every dog in town had been
cflewed into mincemeat-
Poor ST. He got job with the circus
aid left that might The Monster
H.1nan Bird Captured IN the Wiids OF Van
Dfeman's Land after Terrific Combat. in
watch Fifty-eighth Hardy Soldiers Lost
Their Lives" He got good enough salary
ard easy work. but you, can't say that he
was ever really happy after that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15

or less entertaining companion for vacant
hour. 1t Is the novelist. the third-rate nov
elist, who has pulled himself up with this
insane conceit about his own Importance
Dickens, or the author Of Uncle Tom
Cabin." or Charles Reade could give vogue
to the discussion of the poor laws, or OF
slavery, or jails, but these cases are rare,
and neither author could prove anything
In a novel. The hundred and fifty Thousand
readers of some popular trashy third hand
historical novel do not believe what the
author says'-they do not expect truth
from professional storyteller. IL any are
so credulous as 10 do they are negn-
gible creatures, and 1t does not matter what
they believe. Nobody takes the Duke or
Marlborough at the estimate con1esseoIy
prejudiced and founded on Jesuits gos-
sip, of Col Henry Esmond. III l want 10
know about the Ubiquitous labor system or
the Welsh mines" (miners are so contented
in America) am / coward (as Mr.. Nor
ris declares) because / do not study the
problem in "a novel with purposeY 4
go TO the documents and official statements
of employers and employed; go to the
authentic sources. No man OF sense, al
most no man at all, takes his facts from
"a novel with a purpose. We keep pus-
mess and pleasure in separate compart-
ments, and neither ask nor expect a ro-
mancer to provide us with treatise.