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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

From some Of the talk about race de-
cline, 1t might be thought that the pop
ulation of the United States was in dan.
ger Of becoming stationary, and that the
native born have about ceased toNmain-
tain their numbers. According TO the call
cuIation of Theodore T. Smith Of Clarke
university. there was gain OF $3.50, 7s2
due to native white children Of native
white percentage between 1890 and 1900,
or 10 per cent of the tptal white popula-
ton of 1880. AT this rate the population
would inirease,t NATURALLY. atsthe srate Of
about 7s,o0o,ooo in, one. Rundrea years
more than doubling the white population,
exclusive Of any foreign aid, New Eng
land, with It's tendency Of the native
whites not to reproduce their kind, is not
typical OF the. nation. The pessimistic
views as to the perpetuation OF the Amer
lean race have been based largely on sta
tistics gathered IN the northeastern states
PERISH THE vERY THOUGHT
Chicas6I News.
Senator Bevefidgs Is Ear too young and
beautiful to pass into the vice presidency.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

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Some of the southern cities and vii.
lagos are undertaking to drive all the dis
orderly negroes out Of that part OF the
country and unload them on the north.
This is right.in line with the police policy
the country over of turning criminals
loose on condition that they get out Of
town. These negro criminals will not be
In the north long before they: will be
rounded up, and where the negro popula-
ton Is sparse they will not have such a.
field for their evil work as in the south.
1t Is reassurtng to- notice, however, that
the enforced exodus does not apply to the
orderly negro population. !. At Cooper,
Delta county, Texas, the whites have
pledged protection to- all orderly negroes,
and the latter. have agreed to do all In
their power torepress the disorderly ele-
ment and to report to the authorities all
yiolators Of law among them. If this
agreement is lived up to on both sides
there win be much more mutual respect
in Delta and a much better condition of
race relations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

Dr. Han in report aerated London hazards the
Water davor with the medical Sir William
seldom to Another doctor admitted that it might be
Of
il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June LIST,
1903, carried 70 cent advertising than the
daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June LIST,
1903, carried II per cent want advertising than
the daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June lst
1908, carried per cent more advertising than the
Sunday and Daily Tribune combined.
The Minneapolis Journal out Of 5815 residences cam
vassed, had 4,752 subscribers the Evening Tribune
1,181-the Morning Tribune 1885,
The MINNEAPOLIS Journal in 81 apartment and flat build
ings canvassed had 1880 subscribers-the Evening
Tribune 1885, and the Morning Tribune ITS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

The figures as to the American flour
trade in China, given by our Washington
correspondent yesterday, are calculated to
renew interest in the development OF the
Chinese trade. The number of barrels
exported to: China and Hengkong increased
from 471,40s lin 1892 to- 1,549,032 in 1902
It Is no wonder that the British consul
general at Canton, should find that there
is a tremendous growth in the demand for
wheat flour in China. He attributes this
growth to the taste for flour among i'm :.
migrants returning from the United
States, IF that is the fact, Chinese emf
grafton to the United States is not with
out its good results. The labor disturb
ances it caused in the past years would
be fully offset if It proves to be an instru-
mentality in opening: up a new market
for American -four. Compared with the
figures of American flour production and
total exports, the 100000 barrels China
takes is not large, yet it is-equal to half
the export flour business of Minneapolis,
and its rate of groWth-more than 800
per cent in ten years-f It. continues,
will very soon, make the Chinese export
market the equal Of the European.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
A JERRY SIMPSON INCIDENT


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under the rule ana snoa
fool snodsas
house on edge
anv Lewis" WHICH
guness Simpson
Wrihed to De ria OF
with
ntered Reed from his seat on the s
LET the gentem the next
Maine
preferred
In gentleman from
full of OF
speaker
tInoton
I cothes I congress
Kentucky i the gentleman please
would fall pleasantly
furnished
caruth had broken
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1.-The gentemans time has expired
amiabe Simpson
himself who would
said Simpson Il unanimous consent that the
house will
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

AN INVITATION 10 extended to all to visit
the Press Room. which II tho finest IN the west.
Gess Presses. With a total capacity Of II QUO
eight-page JoMrnnls an hour, Rrapfsa, .oa r.i
and counted. The best time to cali u from $40
to 4:aO D. m. Inquire at the business otfice and
be directed to the visitors' gallery, OF the Press
Room.
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make
Throw-doWns make
would
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o
o
nwith
with
children could animals
anything for three
each Sabbath
wearing
the service and
TILL hit him first and look
and lying around in Railroad park
sam and about
new
OF pleasn
In 8 habtation
strange divide
the
morning! daysprs
breaking overt the changeless hills
Its Mu-
sions he mighty
become
FRIEND land oundth
birds joyousy from sheltered
1o gazed the desert At the
left of geld GOODNESS the size OF cu
o loaf
And lifted voice and cried aloud:
TO- Io the morning the heart Of
the ice man. .
as among the heavenly his
appeal made the soui OF tne o
the
OF Herman ana o. the oo0''s " - a. " ~ :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
NEW BOOKS
NATICK DICTIONARY. By james Hammond

NATIoK DICTIONARY. By James Hammond
Trumhull. Washington: Government Print
ing Office.
This valuable contribution to North
American ethnology Is issued by the gov
eminent bureau OF American ethnology
Of the Smithsonian institution, 1t en-
bodies the Natick-E English and English
Nattck dictionary prepared by DR.. j. u.
Trumbull. with a valuable Introduction
by DR.. Edward Everett Hale. The
Natick Is the language of the Natick In
dians of Massachusetts which Eliot the
missionary used In his Indian Bible and
which is readily understood by all the
tribes Of Algonquin Indians. including the
Chippewas who were found by Rev. J. A.
Gilhllan Of this state, easily recognizing
own when the system Of spelling and vo
calization was explained to them. DR..
Hale says he placed before q Chippewa
boy in the Hampton. Va, school thirty
words of the Massachusetts Indian Ian
guage and he recognized fifteen OF them
at once and made out nearly all the re-
mainder after a little study. Some Of the
greatest ethnologists in this country con-
slider Eliot one of the great philologists Of
the world, as his study Of the peculiar
grammatic construction Of the Indian Ian
guages has proved to be scientific and
correct. The Trunbull dictionary of the
language of Eliot's Indian Bible furnishes
q key to the proper understanding Of exist
ing Algonquin dialects. There arc now
fourteen or fifteen copies of Eliot's
Bible in the first and second editions.
There exists also q copy of the New Tes-
lament printed in a separate volume in
1861.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

A reduction of 10 per cent in coal rates
and Is per cent in lumber rates in Min
nesota will be welcomed by consumers.
The railroad and warehouse commission
will receive due credit therefor, and the
organization Of Minnesota municipalities
which was instrumental In stirring up the
investigation. If we are not mistaken. will
have a right to stick a feather In its hat.
The reduction is one more demonstration
Of the wisdom of having in every state a
body that has wide powers in regulating
railroad iates. It may be true that. rail-
as rapidly as possible, but that is not
true Of local rates. The state must look
after local rates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

the only musical It. There is a local HoongaiiaM
who CRATES on the nerves Of the gentleman nfdie
and him she .obtaneth accompanist Her
friends and few Of the uninitiated drop soc Zach
to hear the resulting italian riot and music worry
Oh my friends and fellow countrymen, can we Z.
hope for the redemption Of the world while this
kind of thing is going on about unrebuked ev9y
day! a limb!
g @ @ @ @
Casually Observed.
A Kansas City man dropped dead while saving
wood A most sensible rnove-if there was much
more wood in sight.
o o @ @ g
The odor arising from the postoffice depart
ment indicated something wrong in the dead LETT
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
Iowa Studying Primary Elections


voted page to Minnesota opin-
ions of the operation of the primary
election or direct nomination law in this
state. The Register says that there Is
a growing sentiment among the voters Of
the country In favor of the primary cleo
ton plan of nomination OF candidates for
public offices. and 1t desired to lay be-
fore the people OF Iowa the opinions OF
prominent men in Minnesota which has
what is generally recognized as the
model primary election law Among
those contributing to the symposium were
Senator Nelson, Congressman Stevens,
Governor Van SAINT, Mile Bunneil, editor
OF the Duluth News Tribune, Webster
Wheelock, associate editor Of the Pioneer
Press, the editor Of The Journal,
John Morgan Cotton, editor of the Owa-
tonna Daily Journal, M. Halverson, editor
of the Albert Lea Enterprise, P. J.
smalley, editor of the st. Paul Dispatch,
and former Congressman Loren Fletcher,
Of Minneapolis. All except Mr.. Fletcher
recommend the law, tho some Of them
point out defects in operation.
1t Is interesting to examine Mr.. Fletch-
er's objections to the law. He says sthat
in practical operation it arranges for two
party and among friends. the second on.
election day. 1.-THE indirect tendency Of
the operation Is to disrupt party ties and
engender animosities which cannot be re-
moved on election day. II Its enacting
title were "a Manufacturer Of Ammuni-
tion for the Use Of Political Opponents"
it would be correctly named, Mr.. Fletch-
er asserts that all claims made for the
law are utterly fallacious. He. says he
knows of no important or valued improve
ment in interest in public affairs as re-
suit OF the law. and the only change which
he has to suggest as an Improvement of
the law is to repeal it..
Mr.. Fletcher had an unfortunate exper-
ience with the law and may be inclined
to test 1t solely by his conclusions as to
how it worked in his case. A conclusion
thus formed may be interesting, as Mr..
portant contribution to calm consideration
of the merit or demerit of the primary
election system.
The st. Paul Commercial club has ear
nestly taken hold Of the work of purging
the approach to Fort Smelling of the dis
graceful resorts that at present give all
who come or go an unpleasant experience.
The threat that the improvements: pro-
posed for the fort might be prevented by
the presence of these tough resorts had
an immediate effect, The policy OF the
war and navy departments of endeavor.
ing to purify the moral atmosphere in the
Ineighborhood Of government establish
ments Is splendid one. The city thai
will not clean UP malodorous locality
| In order to be assured substantial gov.
eminent improvements or expenditures
is rare, indeed. This may be q sort Of
commercial morality. but 1t is better thar
none and it. will be lasting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
THE NONPAREIL MAN
HAVE YOU sUFFERED7

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

than 100000 and thfrty-rire more with
less than 100, 900 and: over 10000 popula-
ton Birmingham. Ala, which has 5000,
cities arranged according to population.
The Sun says that this shows more clear
~ than any argument how groundless is
the theory that free trade over large
AREA can concentrate manufacturing and
other urban Industries in "a few large
EEcfties. New York. Chicago and PhiIa-
Edslphia could no more drain sway, the
population Of Toronto orr Montreal than
they can now drain away the people
or crowd out the Industries from
the other sixteen American cities
having over 100000 population, The Sun
goes SO far as to say that the present re-
strictions tend more strongly to force
away population from Canadian centers
than would the extension OF free trade by
reciprocity. :,
At Winnipeg the argument is heard that
reciprocity might be detrimental to the
interests of Winnipeg because Minneap-
oils, st. Paul, Duluth and Chicago might
tend to draw away population and restrict
the industrial growth of that city, but
the American cities named woulG have no
more effect in hurting Winnipeg under
reciprocity than New York would Mon
treal or Toronto. Indeed, the prohabili-
ties are that Winnipeg would grow much
more rapidly and develop it's industries
more rapidly also IL trade with the United
States were freer than now. The more
people Winnipeg has back oft the greater
Eit will be. Freer trade will Increase the
population OF it's hinterland even taste,
than It is growing now.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
SATURDAY EVENING,

THE JOURNAL II ppbllshed every evsnanE,
ssSspt s s,sein af 40 5nurta n street SOUTH
Mgr. General Advg. Tribune Building.
Tribune Building.
W " snasas1 ss. e s1ssian.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27

with the spoilsrnen,s cause 10 really nn-
thinkable
It Ii true the civil service commission
has complained OF the admission to sub
ordinate positions Of persons who had not
passed the required civil service examina-
ton, and Of some other irregularities dur
ing the past year, but 1t has been an
nounced that the president. In confer
enoe with the official commission, has
agreed to a large estension OF the civil
service rules and there is no doubt that,
whoever ID marked for slaughter by the
outcome OF the investigation into the post
office service during the last four years,
win receive neither reprieve nor pardon.
Outside the official machinery for main
ruption, the Civil Service Reform league
is potential influence for the cause OF
incorrupt administration Of the public
service. It is a voluntary working body.
always watching closely the enforcement
Of the rules and placardins all official of
tenders its scrutiny may discover. II the
league Ia a "busypody,'' it is a busy
body approved by ever believer In honest
government. As a matter OF fact. II the
civil service reformers could carry out
their program. neither presidential nor
local elections would be money making
affairs for anybody, and would become
sober and rational business meetings Of
patriotic citizens who believe that the
choice OF our rulers ought to be regarded
as a solemnity, instead Of a debauch as
many regard 1t now. Every threshing out
Of corruption increases the respect Of the
public for civil service reform. and also
minimizes the power Of the spoilsmen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
a.: Better !: Celebration.

A citizen writes, to The Journ:a
to protest against t.the dissertation Of
Fourth of July. Fourth of July. he
says, from being a reasonable holiday;
appropriately and decently observed with
regard to the rights Of others, has become
a sodden, ruthless, drunken saturnalia,
looked. upon with dread zby decent clll-
.zens and passed over with relief.
Perhaps Minneapolis is not yet ready to
do away with the pandemonium which
begins several days before the Fourth,
swells into deafening crescendo at dawn
on the nations birthday, and dwindles
down to nothing several days after; but
public opinion is ripe for vigorous repres-
sion Of those excesses which have been
witnessed In the past in fragrant disregard
Of property, life and limb.
Several Of the larger cities OF the co,,n-
try are taking an attitude that indicates
that the excessive frecracker celebration
Of the Fourth has seen it's best days. The
Kansas City police commissioners have,
indeed, abolished this unworthy celebra-
ton of a great day, for they have decreed
that there shall be no firing of cannon,
guns. pistols or fireworks of any kind
It would be good If we could return to
the simple, patriotic celebrations Of ear
Tier days, when, If the fireeracker was
present, there was always formal read
ing of the Declaration of independence
and a patriotic address. The times cali
for the stirring Of the public conscience
by fresh appeals to lofty ideals. and nc
time is filter for them than the day which
recalls the; sacrifices and high aspira-
lions Of our ancestors for nation which
If it has grown materially great beyond
their widest dreams. has so 1ar come
short Of accomplishing what they hoped
of it politically and morally.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
GIRL. By Vera. Translated by H. Briton.
New York: ]. 8. Osilvie Publishing company
pricp H0 cants tar. ~

ONE FOR MANY: CONFESSIONS OF Young
New York: ], 8. Osilvie Publishing company.
Price, 80 cents.
It Is said this book has gone thru twelve
editions in Germany. 1t is a diary, and
the language and mysteries remind one a
little of Marie Bashkirtseff. Vera writes
from the standpoint Of an innocent, guile
less girl who, discovering accidentally that
George, her hance, had not lived a life
as pure as her own, breaks her engage
ment and kills herself, because. as she
says: II love him just as dearly as I
loved him before and cannot live without
him. I choose death" It Is questionable
If Vera's course embodied very high
quality of heroisnn. Had she been SEN
that there were other and nobler things
to be desired in the wide world beside
George" who had lived a iie and de-
ceived her and was utterly unworthy OF
her. vera's demand for a single STANDARD stan a,
| OF morality Is commendable, and, her dis
cussion Of it would be more effective had
she not been In such a turbulent mental
condition, which led her to self-destruc-
ton, certainly not a noble example for
other young girls to follow who make the
| discovery that men generally are not what
they seem. A woman of high ideals sees
path Of uplifting duty to follow and
ennoble her and bless her. II her first
,,affair OF the heart proves disappointing.
TEXAS. A CONTEST OF CIVILIZATIONS.
/ BY George P. Garrison. Boston: Houghton,
/ Miffin 4 Co. Minneapolis: n. Mccarthy.
I Price, $110.
/ The reader Of this interesting book will
find a. presentation of the philosophy Of
the history Of Texas rather than a his
tory pure and simple. There Is. first a
comprehensive sketch Of European ex-
| pansion In America and then the injec-
1 tion OF the Anglo-American element in
1.-THE portion Of Mexico known as Texas,
lis shown to be decisive process which
ultimately thrust out Mexican rule. The
. Anglo American revolt led to the indie
i pendent republic Of Texas, and then Texas
was merged into the union thru the anbi-
4 ton Of American slavocracy to amplify
1.-THE slave territory. The Spanish influence
(which had long lease in the southwest,
(left It's impress upon the state, which
was long a province of Spain. In the
1 closing chapter ON "The Texas of To-day
j there Is q most interesting resume OF the
substantial results of the conflicts OF
i Spanish, French and Anglo-American CIV
Iilizatfons for the possession OF the terri
tory. The author declares that the
i greatness Of Texas lies not so much In
: Its vast extent of territory and its album
dance of natural resources, as in the char
acter of its people. which is a composite
! with the good predoninant-of Qualities
q peculiar to many lands, whence the citi-
zenship of the state has been recruited"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
PERISH THE vEaY THouaHrl

Chicago News.
Senator Beveridgs Is Ear too young and
beautiful to pass into the vice presidency.
The Jersey City news., 1903-12-12
POPE BICYCLE DAILY CALENDAR

The reissue of the PopeSbicycle daily
leaf calendar may be considered the op-
ening gun proclaiming the natural and
healthful return of bicycling. Col. Al
bert A. Pope. the founder of our bicycle
industries and the pioneer in the Good
Roads Movement, is again at the head
of the bicycle industry. Upon the 366
calendar leaves are freshly written lines,
from the pens of our greatest college
presidents, doctors, clergymen, states
men, and other eminent men and women,
all of them enthusiastically supporting
bicycling Half each leaf is blank for
memoranda. This calendar is free at
the Pope Manufacturing Company's
stores, or any of our readers can obtain
it by sending five 2-cent stamps to the
Pope Manufacturing Co., Hartford,
Conn, or 143 Sigel street, Chicago, LII.
The Jersey City news., 1903-12-12
CHAMPIONS In THESE GAMES

Track and field athletics for the year
wifi have the curtain rung down on them
when the monster series of sport in Mad
ison Square Garden is held, during the
week of December %, under the sanction
of the Amateur Athletic Union, and the
auspices of the Physical Culture Exhib-
ition Company.
All the champions at distances from 90
yards 10 FIVE (5) miles will put in an ap-
pearance to do Battle for the valuable
prizes, which will be the bones of conten-
tion, and some stirring indoor competi-
tions promise to be the outcome.
AS the events viii be of handicap ma
ture, they will prove doubly interesting
to competitions and spectators alike. The
events scheduled are 50-yards, 440-yards,
Sso-yards, one mile and fre miles, and
throwing the 5G-pound weight for height
Entries clese with James =. Sullivan.
President Metropolitan Association A. A.
o., 16 Park Place, New York.
The Jersey City news., 1903-12-12
CRIPPLE BITTEN BY A DOG
laurence Craven Attacked by
a MongreI Last Night
Dog to Be Shot.

Laurence Craven, thirty-two years old,
of No. 26 Canal street, a cripple, was
bitten on the right side of the face by a
mongrel dog in front of his home last
night and went to the City Hospital,
where the wound was cauterized.
Craven, who is paralytic, had des-
perate struggle with the dog. 1t jumped
at him and factened its teeth in the col
lar of his coat. He fell on the sidewalk,
and while powerless to use his arms the
dog literally chewed his face. Neighbors
with difficulty drove the dog off.
The dog is owned by Peter Schreiner,
of No. 273 Grand street. An s. P. c. A.
Agent wasi sent after the dog to kill it.
When he reached Schreiner's house he
found the lights out and could get no
trace of the dog. Craven made complaint
in the First Criminal Court this morn
ing, and the dog will bevshot.