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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01
Grating and Grating.


To the Editor Of The Journal.
(; L notice that the words graft, CRATER
and grated are now being used to denote
fraud, conspiracy and various other kinds
of rascality practiced by public servants
and others. The word graft in its various
forms. prosperity belongs to: the horticul-
5tural world, where it is used to express
q form Of Improvement, propagation and
multiplication of trees. vines shrubs, ETC..
byf means Of which great good, pleasure,
profit and happiness come to the whole
human family. Ours is a profession that
/ doth nature mend We enter eour protest
| against the appropriation of these old and
time honored words used by our profess
siolf and against their application to ex-
Lpress the selfish and venal acts of rogues
and rascais. AS varied as are the re-
hsohrces of newspaper men, it would seem
| that, they might coin or create a new
word to suit sthes needs of the times. We
| hope that YOU will use Your influence
Eanleng men of Your profession to see that
l,oul rights are respected and Unnecessary
a. new word of vile significance created
| to apply to the acts Of those bad men.
4 s.ssss O.tiF. Brand.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Mrs. Abbie Farwell Brown; in her The
Curious Book About Birds, prefers to
abandon the scientific method OF dealing
with birds, and Introduces the folklore
stories about the fea thereof drawn
from the German. French, Greek, Samoan,
Arabic, Russian. Rumanian, sOiibwav.:
Welsh, Malay Congo, Jap and Egyptian
traditions It.sis safe to. say that young
people will appreciate the. authors work.
These tales of birds from the folkl lore Of
the nations are very old, but they are more
than most of the. fairy tales
of the modern. day. MaEe y. it..ez ..t....s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

f The Yukon Territory is still agitating for
q wholly elective council or legislature.
The Yukon territory is a long way ahead
of Alaska in the matter of government,
but it is not satisfied with what it has and
is striving to secure from the Dominion
parliament consent to elect not only q part
OF their legislators, as now, but all of them.
The people on the Alaskan side are wait.
ing impatiently for the privilege. Of man
aging their own affairs. s-5'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Dowie is said to be SLOW pay" The
prophet appears to be hard up. This is
not surprising; the surprising thing is
that he has succeeded in keeping up the
force as long as he has. His career is
forceful commentary on the gullibleness
Of many fairly intelligent people.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

The Brooklyn Eagle. which is st. Clair
A1cKelWay, turns 50 easily from Cleveland
to Parker and iss SO enthusiastic over the
latter that there.is room for suspicion that
the Eagle is rather glad ME-. Cleveland has
had enough, and only. suggested him to
get him definitely and permanently out of
the way. This suspicion may be unfair,
but the grief Of thesEagl is SO soon and
SO completely assuaged that it looks a
little peculiar atsleast. sess,.e-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Every hunting season stories drift down
from the woods about men accidentally
shooting others and then deca;mping with
out giving the wounded man any assist
ance The man that Will do a; thing Of
that sort merely to save himself a little
notoriety is little better than a wi1fu1 muir
derer. II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

(. The anti-imperialists met in Boston yes
terday and decided that all their evil
prophecies have come true. Almost any
prophet. can win alta game in which he
is allowed to make the prophecy and
bring forward the verification.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Captain TIobson wishes: TO have the gov
eminent spend $3.50 100000 on the navy.
The cynic wilFsbegin4 to figure how much
graft there ought to be in such a sum.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

wards, in his current report, urges, in
the strongest way. reduction OF the
Dtngley tariff rates, as sure means Of
trade between the United
States and the archipelago. He states
that the commercial interests of the
philippines are very DESTROYS for tariff
concessions, and there is no doubt that
american commercial interests are
agreed as to the advantage of con-
cessions.
A decidedly strong reason why con-
gress should act In accordance with
the needs and wishes Of the Philippine
commercial interests isl, that congress
has already enacted a law. that the
carrying trade between the United
States and the Philippines and the
coasting trade of the archipelago shall,
after July 1, next, be confined to yes
sells flying the American flag. Aanec-
essarys corollary of. this law is that
trade for American vessels should be
promoted by thes liberal reduction Of
tariff duties on Philippine imports:
The. nierican ships engaged in, the
trade VIII want all the freight they
can set ana they will get more sof II
il tariff reductions are MAJ 81 49,, i
At present pre- only per cent Of the
foreign atradesof the rehipelago is
carried 2on American vessels. Il While
Britishsships get about IS q per cent OF
the whole, but; the new law has, ledsto
the construction of eighteen American
ships to5go into servicain. july tt is
noticsea blesthat.of fhe a. 125 vesse1s en-
gagged In; the Phflippin .coasting trade
only 22:are Annerac ar.s and the law will
therefore for thess5StinaeF being greatly
embarrass the trade, by reason Of the
lack Of ships, for the foreign bottom.
will have to be excluded. There will
certainly be heavy demand fol
American ships in that direction. :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Croker, the great New York reformer
and democrat, told Mr.. Bryan, the great
reformer Of Nebraska, that he ought to be
a candidate for the presidency again and
promised him support. < Mr.. Bryan is said
to have been sensibly affected by the in
tervieW. But the question is how .sensibly.
That may appear later. ,s,,44 .4.es sss IT.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

cisely those which bloom like the rose
when water is turned onto them, as
they are the very lands which national.
irrigation is to improve, itswould seem
that no land law revision bin is salts
factory that does not dead with Them.
A good feature of the bill is the pro-
hibiting of the laying Of scrip on tim
Der lands, but that doesn't stop the
raiding of lands subject to irrigation.
What public land is left; is worth
handling carefully. There is no excuse
for delay in adopting a comprehensive
land law. The public lands are being
taken too rapidly for congress to take
up partial remedy at one session and
leave the rest of the cure till another
session.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

a saloonkeeper has $, been fined for keep
ing his place open Sunday. Well, who is
next? s ag.#.+
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK.

People who have things 20 say to the. pub
lie that ought to be said, are Invited to
use this columns. But the space Is lin
: tied, and all communications must be
"bolIed down. as much as possible.
Il Three hundreds words Is a safe, ilnnit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Ezra Kendall in 1.-The Vinegar Buyer
returns to the Metropolitan for an en-
gagement of four nights and matinee
beginning next Sunday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Now that Chicago's young desperadoes
are in jail we run no danger in stating
that the worst place to keep poison whisky
is inside OF idle young scoundrels who
carry revolvers and read Red Mike the
Avenger." 80. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

AZ Philadelphia jury has reached for J..
Edward Addicks Of senatorial fame and
awarded "a dressmaker damages to the
extent Of $4,000. Addicks confidenced her
into Investing all her savings in some min
ing stock. OF course you know the rest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

A headline in an eastern paper speaks
of eggs at &C each When the biddy's
little roosting palace is kept at a tenn
perature Of s below freezeout it has
natural tendency to chill every generous
impulse in the hen soul.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01
Fover Chat.

Clara Bloodgood in '.The Girl with the
Green Eyes will occupy. the stage of the
Metropolitan for three nights and Sat
gurday Matinee commencing Thursday
evening. In all of the four acts Mrs.
Bloodgood is dominant, yet Mr.. Fitch has
drawn some excellent minor chara
and Mr.. Frohman has engaged actors
worthy Of them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

James Tillman is going to move to
Texas. Some quick Texas man may see
him first some day. We hope for tha
worst - z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

The Toledo Bee wants to know how
old Ann and Mary will be when the street
car comes along. Evidently the Toledo
bee has been busy waiting for his car
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

r., We examined Japan's horoscope to-
day. Mars is in right ascension and wear
ing brass knuckles. Minerva, the goddess
of wisdom, is wearing binders. We pre-
dict trouble.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room, which is the finest In the west
The battery of presses consists of three four
Goss Presses. with total capacity OF 1440o9
and counted. The best time to cali Is from s:15
to 4:30 p. Inquire at the business office and
be directed to the visitors gallery OF the Press
Room.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

The Ferris Stock company will present
Jules verne's spectacular production Of
Around the World in Eighty Days" A
troup of camels has been secured to add
pcituresqueness to the oriental scenes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

If you want to pay visit to the coun-
try and get Whit OF. new mown hay,
visit the Metropolitan the latter part Of
next week and see Quincy Adams Saw
YER the capital dramatization of Charles
FELTON, Pidgin's famous New England
story.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Mr.. Cleveland is about to foreclese on
a sixteen-mile Pennsylvania railroad OF
which he owns all the bonds. Anybody
who wants a good little railroad cheap
should write Princeton. N Js
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

"A Grand Rapids newspaper reporter was
a participator in the? graft in that city. If
he was Of the proverbial kind it is proper
to urge the temptation in extenuation of
his guilt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Next year We intend to get even with
the turkey trust by going to the vege
tartan restaurant and buying vegetables
hen. @--
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01
TRAVELLERS ABE oAD

Will find The journal on Ale as blows:
LoNDON-U. S. Express Co, y Strand.
American Express Co., s Waterloo
Place.
DENMARK-U. S. Legation.
PARIS-Eagle Bureau, SO rue Cambon.
Residents visiting Paris have their
mail or tSlegrs rs sent of this
Bureau and the same will lie for
warded to them held for their
- arrival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

After a day spent In hearing the petition
Of George Horace Lorimer author OF "Let-
tiers from a Self-made Merchant to His
Son." asking for an injunction to prevent
the publication Of Letters from Son to
His Self-made, Father, = Justice Morton of
the supreme court decided against the
plaintiff and refused to issue tho jline-
ton asked for. 80 So ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Opper the cartoonist is a. pretty good
fellow as we'll as good cartoonist. He
has recently written a letter to the editor
of Outdoor Life of Denver in which he
voices a vigorous protest against the
bloody life. His protest is so good that
it is reproduced here. Speaking OF a re"
cent issue of the magazine Outdoor Lifas
he says:
81 glanced at the reading matter. Ono
man relates with satisfaction how .he fol-
lowed an elk that had a broken leg, anu
at last killed it. Later on he fired into
a herd of elk, swounding some that got
away. Still later on he came upon
wounded elk that could not run. and in
order to save a cartridge he jumped on
il and cut its throat with his knife. Then
he found another wounded elk, and. know
ing it could not escape, went back TO
camp. had his luncheon, and then leisure
w returned to it and shot 1t. This story
is called AN Old Time Elk Hunt, and
tbe authors name is given as A. nj.
Strope He is. by his own account,
coWardly bloodthfrsty brute. That there
should be any editor in this country will
ing to approve and publish such story
of revolving cruelty is. think, pity.
Other writer's relate in your pages stories
of what they have killed, with much APP
parent enjoyment.
All sentimentality aside, is not this pic
ture which Mr.. Opper condemns most
brutal and dastardly one2 How any one
can find pleasure in this wanton killing
can be understood in hades only. 1t is
neither divine nor human; it must be
purely deyilish. "a. j. Il.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

A man from Excelsior, Mimi, where
Will Dilman comes from, didn't know
what he was doing to several excited
printers and proofreaders when he sent
in the exciting story of s..Otto's Auto in
deafness verse. The muse then started
in on gallop as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

Some Fine Pllotos. Some exceptionally
fine examples Of artistic photography are
to be found in the November number 81
Photo Era. Along with them Is reading
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-01

DO you read many novels?'"' asked our
lady correspondent Of her visitor, from the
country. n:
ooh! yes, a good many was the reply.
a ,Year?'''
Lord bless us. am. nol,' answered
the astonished visitor. Fl meyer read as
many as that in my whole life.'' =
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-02
ANEMOkE FAVORED.
suit in Legislature Considering
the Matter.

Canton, S. D., Dec. 30.-The PROPOSE
ton to have the state legislature pass
an act adopting a state flower will be
renewed when the legislature meets at
Plerre his winter. Albert G. Hopkins,
or this city, a writer of more or less
celebrity throughout the state, has in
auSurated the movement by issuing q
Gull to county school superintend-
entS, public school officers, teachers and
other educational workers urging them
to and sen petitions to the
legislature and to write personal letters
to the members asking on behalf of the
public schools of the state that action
be taken along this line. Hopkins
suggests that the anemone, or Posque
Hover be dOpted as the one most suit
able for the state floral emblem of
South k and gives as the princi-
pal reason for his suggestion that as the
is the first flower Of spring it
is q leader in the floral kingdom and
its adoption as q state flower therefore
signifies leadership. AS the
is a leader among flowers in spring time
he maintains SO is South Dakota a lead
er among states in the union and hence
Its fitness as a state flower. The Hop
k1ns idea has sufficient merit to obtain
recognition among some Of the promin-
ent men In. the state, among them Pro-
fessor G. w. Nash, state superintend-
ent-elect, and Professor E.. e. Collins,
present incumbent OF that office who
have given it their Endorsement. The
proposition will be brought up for con-
sideration at the next annual meeting
of the State Teachers association to be
held at Mitchell this week.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-02
OFFERS
ANOTHER aeEl
Public Lands, a Burden to West
ern Counties, Support State
Institutions. Y
BIG WASTE LAND TRACTS
Set Aside by Government to BuitE
Capitol and to Support State
Schools - Over 100000
Acres Unsold.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 25.-Pierre has aa-
Vanced another argument favorable tic
the retention Of the capital. This time
the public land question is considereds,
and this subject offers a point which
Is hard to turn.
The national government originally
set aside nearly 700, 900 acres Of land as
an endowment fun forjthe erection OF
q state capitol, and the support OF
state institutions. Only about 5000
and in the meantime, the eastern part
of the state has the greater part OF
state institutions. and the western
counties have hundreds of thousands
of acres of public lands, which is q
burden on them, and which supports
the statq institutions in the eastern
count}es, which themselves are free
frogn the burden Of these lands
/Public lands are exempted from taxa
} ton and the revenue derived there
from reverts to the institution to which
the LAND is endowed.
The southern and eastern parts of
the state, which contain most Of the
state institutions which receive the
benefits, have zone of these lands
within their borders, the list with any
of this land being Aurora Beadle
~Bonholnme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles
Mix, Clay, Cucter, Dawson, Douglas,
Gregory, HamliE, Hutchinson, Lake.
Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman, McCook,
Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Roberts,
Sphinx, Stanley, Turner, Union and
Yankton. To this list might be added
Brown, Deuel., Grant, K~ingsbury and
Sanborn, none of which has but a few
acres IN scattered tracts, practically all
OF these counties being in the southern
n eastern part Of the state, where
the state institutions other thai those
In the Black Hills and the state capital
are located.
The other eighteen counties of the
state thus furnish revenues to the in
situations in the counties in which no
such lands are located.
The total acreage Of unsold state and
endowment lands might be divided into
tnree lists, those west of the Missouri
river, those in the Missouri valley and
those In the rest Of the state. West or
the river are 202,23S acres, in the Mis-
souri, valley 279, 1877 acres, and in other
ount1e of the state 215,079 acres.
ALI Of the educational and endow-
ment lands have been allotted to the
various institutions with the exception
81 2o,OoO acres, and this Commissioner
Eastman, in his last report. recon-
mends to be allotted to the insane asy-
luln at Yankton n clean the list up.
All OF the state capitol lands, 1873
acres, lie in the Missouri valley, or west
OF the river, with the exception Of 1859
acres, which are in MCPHERSON county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-02
OPPOSE OPENING
OF RESERVATION
National Legislators Object to
Paying a Round Million for
Rosebud Land.
BILL HAS CHANCE TO PASS
Practically Assured Enough Money
Will Be Appropriated to Com
plete the Hot Springs Ma
tionaI Sanitarium.'

DeadWood, S. d., Dec. 27.-E. w.
Martin, who has returned from WASH
ington for the holiday recess, asys
there is considerable opposition to
the bill proposing to cede to set
Element a part of the Rosebud
Indian reservation in Gregory coun-
ty, South Dakota. Among the OPP
ponents of the bill is Speaker
Cannon. The opposition is chiefly on
h ground that IL requires an eXpen-
diture of $1,000, 600 to purchase the
lands from the Indians, and under the
national irrigation law the proceeds
of the sales Of these lands go n the
fund for national irrigation purposes.
The senator's and representatives from
South Dakota are working earnestly
and IN concert on the measure, and are
hopeful that it will be passed, but they
are aware that it will meet stern re-
~sistance.
MI. Martin expresses confidence In
the appropriation by the present ses-
sion Of sufficient money to complete
the building of the national sanitarium
at Hot Springs, S. D., the plans for
which, drawn by Architect Kimball
of Omaha, nave. been adopted by the
home board. The plans contemplate a
group of buildings that will cost $780,
600. The last session Of congress APP
~propriated only $170 900, and the board
has asked of congress enough more
money to meet the plans Of MI. KIM
ball.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-02
SEEKS APPROPRIATION.
School of Mines at Rapid City Alone Is
Hard Pressed.

Deadwood, S. D., Dec. 3O.-It is I'M
derstood hat the only state institution
in the Black Hills counties that will
demand anything from the coming SEES
sion of the legislature besides actual
maintenance and necessary repairs is
the state school Of mines at Rapid City.
Two years ago $780, 900 vas appropriate
ed for a new building at the school.
This was put up asst winter, but the
appropriation was not large enough to
finish it properly or to provide the nee
essary furnishings, and the coming
session will probably be asked to make
an additional appropriation, for that
purpose. The state normal school at
Spearfish and the soldiers home at
Hot Springs, it is understood, will not
submit any important demands. !
Efforts are being made to induce w.
A. Raner, candidate for chief clerk tof
the home, and JIG. McLemore, canAi-
date for secretary of the senate, TO
agree to abide by the decision of the
majority of the Black Hills members
The members will caucus on the Eitua-
ton en- route to Pierre and desire tc
present an undivided front on reAchine
the capital.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-02
REVIVE A LOST r
Canton Women Will Conduct Old Fash.
Toned SPELLING Bees

Canton, S. D., Dec. 25.-The local organ
lzation of the W. r.. c. auxiliary to GEN
eral Lyon post, G. A. r., have
q movement to improve the prevailing
knowledge Of spelling among the people
Of the city. 1t is proposed to hold reeu-
lar monthly spelling bees similar to the
contests at the old fashioned spelling
schools. The movement is the outgrowtl,
Of an old fashioned spelling bee held al
The rooms Of the organization last Sat1,r-
day evening, which resulted in an enter
tanning and instructive. affair, and at the
same time revealed the fact that the real
good spoilers In the community are not as
numerous as they used to be. At this con-
test a highly artistic guilt was awarded to
the best speller taking part. About FORTY
OF the best spoilers, in the city, composed
OF college and high school professors.
teachers, printers, editors, lawyers and
others, took part and stood the battle of
words with remarkable vallor, but the s,c-
cessful competitor in the campaign was
N. c. Nash, editor of the Sioux Valley
News. Mr.. Nash presented the prize to
the w. R. c., who sold it to the highesf
bidder. The next spelling bee will prop
ably take place in January.