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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

The bishop of New Guinea, who is now
back in his cannibal diocese, is a tall,
slight, good-looking, dark bearded man.
Of exceedingly pleasant manners and great
devotion of life. His experiences have
been many and curious, and they lose
nothing in his telling Of them, for he is
an admirable raconteur and conversatio
alist and is possessed of a great sense of
humor. He is fond Of relating how in
July, 1901, he acted as pig-sticker-in- chief
at a great carnival of sasages. The
bishop had objected to the cruel method
in which the New Guineans slaughtered
their swine for great banquets. so he Of
fered to show them a more excellent way
Two thousand sayages had assembled to
eat 159 pigs, so the task was no light one
The native way of killing pig was to
hang him on "a pole and then stick him
with a spear. the unfortunate animal be-
ing in agony for at least ten minutes
after. So the bishop and one Of his clergy
set to work to shoot them painlessly and
rapidly. and I'm short time they had
killed fifty pigs very easily, tho one tough
old tusker required five bullets before he
would consent to die
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Probable ApportIonment In the Next Re-
publican State Convention Newer coun-
ties VIII Gain Slightly, While Republican
stronsholds VIII Gut Much Less Figure
Southern Counties VIII Suffer for
TheIr on Year Apathy.

Representation In the next republican
state convention will give the northern
counties greater influence, as compared
with the southern part Of the state. The
vote In 1902 showed considerable growth
IN the newer counties of the north, while
the off year apathy cut the republican vote
OF the strong southern counties down
about one-third.
The apportionment for the 1902 conven-
ton was on the basis of the Mel inley
vote in 1900, which was high water mark
in the history of the republican party of
Minnesota. The committee gave each
county. FIVE delegates at large, and one for
every 200 votes, or major fraction thereof,
cast for William Mckinley. This made a
convention OF LII delegates.
Assuming that the next convention will
be on the same basis, and reckoning on the
Van SAINT vote in519o2, there will be 1,045
delegates. If the committee perpetuates
the Injustice of five delegates at large, the
smaller counties will ssu fer very little,
while the counties that cast the republican
vote will lose heavily. Fillmore county
will drop from twenty delegates to four
teen, Faribault from seventeen to twelve,
and Goodhue from TWENTY-FIVE. to eighteen.
In these counties there was no contest last
year, and as the voters had turned cut
once for the primary election, 1t was next
to impossible to bring them out to the
polls.
The three large counties will lose heav-
lily. Hennepin's representation viii fall
off from 11s to- S3,a clean loss of 90. Ram
sey will drop from 81 to So, and ST.. Louis
from 40 to 20. s & M ,S
Every congressional district will lose
delegates, except the ninth, and it only
gains by the creation OF a new county
Clearwater is set off from Beltrami, and
will get its five delegates at large be-
sides the. delegates allowed for the votes
cast for Van SAINT by that part Of Bel
trami county. So while Betrami only ha6
ten votes In the convention last year, the
two counties together will have eighteen
next summer.
Wiping out delegates at large. the first
| congressional district would have Is dele.
| gates in the next convention. The sec.
ond would have Cd, the third 90
the, fourth So, the fifth So. the sixth
72, the seventh n, the eighth So and the
ninth 81.
| The following table gives by counties
and districts the delegates in the 100:
convention, and the representation fol
next year, based on the same ratio, ant
taking the Van SAINT vote. with delegate!
| at large:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
WOULD MAXI SAHARA a SEA

French engineers have declared it is per-
fectly feasible to convert the desert of
Sahara into vast lake, thus opening to
commerce great regions Of the interior Of
Africa, which can now only be reached
by long, tedious and dangerous caravan
journeys. They say that a large portion
of the desert lies below the level Of the At
lantic. and that by digging q canal to let
in the waters of the ocean the. great
change could be effected easily and at a
cost which would be small compared to
the benefits which would accrue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
THE NONpARElL MAN /
Full Details Of Carrie Nations Contempt
for Federal Authority When II Has
Case Of Beer In the cellar-iow Car
rie Wrintied Her Nose and Stuck Out
Her Tongue at the chIef Executive Of
10000, 900 Freenaen.

Washington, Nov. 23-The full details
of Carrie Nations attack on the White
House are leaking out despite the efforts
of Secretary Hay to maintain official Sc
recy. 1t seems that the president was
discussing with the Panamites the nom
necessity of the United States erecting
monument to their great national hero
who had delivered Panama from the hand
OF the oppressor (the Panama patriots
were unable to recall his name, but offered
to cable to Panama and obtain it,, when
Carrie Nation came up on the porch and
looked in at the window. The Panama
patriots We're back to her and did not
detect her presence But the president
saw her and smiled. Carrie shook her
fist at the nations chief executive.
The president pointed to the Panama
people, put his finger to his lips and shook
his head, indicating that Carrie should
not make a fuss.
Mrs Nation stuck out her tongue and
wrinllled her nose at the president, thus
expressing her contempt for federal auth
GRITTY.
The president took a pea shooter from
his pocket and aimed missile at the re-
former. 1t whizzed by her ear.
"Drat your inpudence.' said Mrs. Ma
ton loudly. Gentlemen I'll bet any
thing there's case Of beer in his cellar
Here the guards interfered and hustled
Mrs. Nation off the grounds
+ 1t is said that when the new battlesffp
Kentucky is launched Mrs. Nation will
break bottle of whisky with an AK.
Our club the other day developed a
hot box over the question, Should a
Young Lady Leave Her Music Lesson to
Wash the Dishes When Mother Is Per-
fectly Healthy?" We were considerably
divided over the question, which really
presents some most interesting phases.
but the audience was with the negative
and that side won out % to 8.
After this the Misses Graham and Mich
OILS sang the charming duo from Chops
cowski How / Love to Watch My Dear
Old Mother Split the Wood
Frilled chicken was served a lequine
and a most delightful afternoon was
passed at cards.
Subject for the next Thursday, Ger
many.
General Woods eleven is entertaining
the Moro eleven at the exciting national
game of bolo.
Panana'ss seems to have been the only
revolution for some decades that hasn't
been started with kerosene.
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THE COMPROMISES OF LIFE AND OTHER
LECTURES AND ADDRESSES, Including Some
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OF Modern Society. BY Henry Watterson.
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1--WE, THE PEOPLE SERIES OF PAPERS
ON TOPICS OF TO-DAY. BY Edward Everett
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THREE HUNDRED THINGS BRIGHT GIRL
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THE WORLDS SHIPS

Not counting the nayies, the worlds
ships are 29.943 steam vessels and 1872
sailing craft. Boys of 81 can remember
when sails outnun1bered steamers 100 to
forty sail,' will have to walk the plank
pretty soon. 1t may be- "a fleet of forty
screws" or "a fleet of forty propellers. .
England's part in the tonnage is
over 10,D00 900, and ours is 3,6I1,956. Ger
many comes next with 3,2S3,S47. Then
Norway (strange to telD, with 1858, TAO. 1t
seems incredible that Norway,s little Ash
ing boats should show greater tonnage
than Frances mercantile marine, which is
1922. o16.
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NEWS or BOOK WORLD
Readers Of "Rebecca Of sunnybrock
FARM Call for a sequel--Henry Wat
terson's Lectures and Smart set'
Editorials In Book Form-Papers on
Current Topics by Edward Everett
Hale,

4
Already there is a demand for sequel
to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The
author almost would seem to have cut
short her recent story with the deliberate
Intention Of creating such a demand.
Whether any such thing was in her mind
or not she could not have prepared the
way for a sequel better. She has made
US acquainted With-yes, more-she has
made US. friends Of a charming, sweet
spirited, lovable girl. What more natural
now than that, like .Mr. Aladdin" glad
we met the child, proud we knew the girl,
we should long to meet the woman?
his column has received the sugges-
ton that it use it's influence to hurry
the sequel. We must decline the service,
however. We are content to leave Re-
becca's future to our own fancy Kate
Douglas Wiggin could not paint for Re-
becca future that would exceed our
hopes for her. Or if Rebecca was. Or is,
real girl. and the author should attempt
TO give US a story of her womanhood, we
Tear we might have quarrel with the
fates for their treatment of her. Still.
IT we get the sequel, of course we'll
read it. Ts
The volume Of lectures and addresses
q Colonei Henry Watterson, entitled The
compromises OF Life, embodies the best
examples Of his wit and wisdom, his pic
turesque and debonair STYLE The adj
dresses on George D. Prentice and '.The
American Newspaper and Heroes in
iiomespun' reflect his reminiscential and
humorous moods. His portrayal of the
eluer DAY or American Journalism is good.
y was when Joseph Medill pulled press
at cleveland; when M. D. Potter wheel
narrowed the forms of his paper thru the
streets OF Cincinnati; when Greeley, Ray
nond and Bennett were obscure ard the
press glorified itself in the persons Of
nall hundred forgotten worthless, who
wrote herce nonsense, fought duels and
h1ckuped Fourth Of July orations every
Jay IN the year in exceeding bad gram
! mar Journalism in those DAYS was a
Sort of inebrious knight errantry. The
collection includes also Watterson's speech
IN congress on the electoral commission
| Dill In, 1877, his plea for Provincialism
the lectures on Abraham Lincoln, Money
ana Morals, The South in Light and
shade and others Of lesser interest.
| w atterson, as a. RECONSTRUCTED REBEL 2
has been faithful preacher of peace be-
tween the sections, and he has Frequently
quoted John Adams remark to Geo,se
H., Sire, / love no country except NV
own. Watterson has not been success
ful in his political leading He trains
with peculiarly unpromising political
party, rarely free from faction; but he has
certainly wrought much in the way OF
removing the sectional bitterness of the
south :
Inc appendix of this volume contains
tne Courler-Journal's editorials he wrote
| against the smart set of New York
| when stirred upS that element last yea,
to mighty indignation.
The volume of interesting papers en-
1 tilted We the People, by the Venerable ed
ward Everett Hale, is what may be call.t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
a NEW CURE FOR CIGARETTES

The town OF Claye, in the department. OF
Seine Marine, France. reports a new
way to cure the cigarette habit. A man In
that town had been smoking cigarettes for
thirty years One day he began to reckon
up the number he had consumed. He
found that he had smoked enough to
reach. il placed in a continuous line. from
his house to Paris, a distance of twenty
five miles. He computed the total number
at 100000, or an average OF eighty day.
He no longer smokes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
TUESDAY EVENING,

Standard really meant to base its hopes
for success so fully OH the delightful pros
pect for an empty dinner pail? 1t looks
more like an unconscious admission that
democracy thrives on business depres-
sion and general distress and would well
come such a state of things for the sake
OF party success. II there is any other
construction to be placed on these state
ments of the Day brand of democracy,
what is it?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
WOMEN OFFICIALS in THE WEST

Colorado. Utah and Wyoming have many
women officeholders, three recent cleo.
lions giving the office Of city treasurer to
women. two receiving the city clerkship
and one town elected a woman clerk and
recorder Both Idaho and Colorado have
women state superintendent of public in
struction, the one in the latter state now
serving her third term The national SUI
perintendent of Indian schools is. a Wy.
ornfng woman. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
THE MAGAZINES

Consumption Sure to Go--Full OF hope
for the eradication of consumption are the
words of Irving Fisher, man who has
been cured OF the disease in The Outlook
for Nov. 81. Writing on tThe Modern
Crusade Against Consumption he closes
thus: 1t (the erusade) means that tu-
berculosis will soon be dethroned from it's
position as chief Of the diseases and I'LL
timately eradicated altogether It means
that other diseases will follow. 1T means
that human life will be longer. and what
is better, healthier, happier and more use-
full. There is In this number an article
on The New Speaker; also other good
things
CALIFORNIA; Greek Theater--Among the
interesting things In last weeks Harper,s
Weekly is a, full page Illustration of tho
University Of California open air theater,
modelled after the famous theater of Dr.
onysus at Athens. Greece. It is almost ex-
actly like the famous ancient theater. and
will seat 5000 persons. Aristophanes.
The Birds" was recently produced in the
new theater sas
The Nations Football center--colier's
Weekly for last week says Chicago is the
football center of the ion now. In foot =
ball it adds, the west claims pre- emf
hence not only i'm organized devotion to its
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

Calderone confesses enough to show that
he helped to kill Battalia and indica tie
pretty clearly that his confession is not
full and complete. but is made up to suit
a theory of defense and probably to shield
the third person who is believed to have
been engaged in the battle with knives in
which Battalia was killed. In view of the
existing i'll feeling between Calderone and
Battalia and the latter's fear OF Calderone
it seems strange that he would go with
Caiderone on midnight trip to such a
lonesome place as the Franklin avenue
bridge.
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Scandinavia is not entirely the loser thru

Scandinavia is not entirely the loser thr,
the hundreds of thousands of people it has
sent to this country. The money an
nuallys sent and taken back to the old
country by the emigrants is. estimated to
foot up about s12,000,0oo An article in
our local columns yesterday estimated
that the cash Christmas gifts from the
northwest to Scandinavia will be $1,000
600. This is probably not too large The
s1a, 100000 that the sons and daughters OF
the old country send home are equivalent
to the earnings Of $4,000 men at $500 a
year.
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the demands and necessities of the
new day. He leads off with an article on
America" the key note of which is gov
eminent blythe people. and he shows with
much wit and wisdom what government
by the people is and what it. is not. Mr..
Hale thinks that when the sovereign citi-
zen learns what it is to be sovereign, .the
Will make his 3eown business as easy for
himself as he cam and why" says he:
do we tax the Canadian lumber? Every
man of US wants to have lumber cheap
In his paper on .Co-operation and Coal
MI. Hale camly suggests ownership of coal
properties by the states. or by the ma
tional government. Women's clubs receive
his attention and he gives some wholesome
advice, declaring with some emphasis that
the better part of American women
ought to know the difference between a
jersey cow and Holstein.,
Mrs. Kelly in her Three Hundred
Things a Bright Girl Can Do, does not
intend to limit the activities of a bright
girl to 800 forms only Her idea in this
excellent volume is to give bright girls
wholesome suggestions, to have their
bright minds stirred UP to pleasant and
profitable activity and make them all the
happier for the change. She gives ii-
rections in crochet work knitting. sew
ing. basket making, mat making, paper,
tower making, clay modelling drawing.
painting, gardening, flousewifery, bee
keeping, house decoration, rug making,
wood carving and many other things.
which she insists are within the powers
Of every bright girl. She does not neglect
amusements and suggests many forms Of
such activities. The book is needed
Mr.. Boyce. in his The Forerunner, deals
with no little originality with theme
somewhat hackncyed-an irnpetuous mar
5riage; the wife disillusioned; the hus-
band a California plunger, Jealous and low
ing her as much as his mammon- wor-
shipping activities permitted. She, during
his long business absences, wants variety,
and lets other men show her attentions,
and finally, after a struggle between in
clination and wifely duty, puts herself at
the mercy Of an unworthy lover. The
tragedy of the thing comes in the closing
chapters.
1t is a very touching and beautiful story
of the power of religion where it is lived
in it's Very essence in the daily life OF q
Christian woman, told in Mrs Spofford' s
That Betty. A scholarly agnostic, under
the influence of woman s. steadfast life
of faith, admits that ..the human attitude
seems the right one. and begins to study
the science of God, while the true a1truism
is revealed in the faith and deeds of many
good souls
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HIS FATHERS OLD DESK

war department portfolio he will sit at the
same desk which his father. Alphonso
Taft. occupied while holding the same Of
flee under President Grant The elder
Taft occupied the post only a few months
when he became attorney general. being
aftcrward sent to Russia as minister.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

1.-The prospect is for empty dinner
pail in the next campaign" says that
good old democratic newspaper, the Al
bert Lea Standard, and then in the next
Areath, or in subsequent paragraph
in the same column, it declares: Every
thing is working right for the election Of
q democratic populst governor and three
cool. Don't get excited. The year of
jubilee am a-comin'!' Is that so? The
prospect. for an empty dinner pail, which
means hard times, presages democratic
success, and a year of Jubilee for the
democracy, Wonder # the Albert Lea
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ALMOST THE SAME
Philadelphfa Press

Philadelphia Press
Gee Whit explained the reporter,
looking over his report Of the wedding
in the paper. aI'll bet that bridegroom
will be sore
whats the n1atter?" asked the snake
editor.
He owns an old family homestead out
in the suburbs somewhere, believe. and
he told me to say the young couple will
reside at Old Manse. The paper got it
Old Man'a II. = = St;
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- lIlouSIC-o tllAu
lating" book. The
papers therein We're
contributed last year
to the New York
American, at the re-
quest Of Mr.. Hearst.
Mr.. Hale, who has
lived thru the period
o + a w q k e n j n g
thought and con-
structive energy of
the nineteenth CEN
tury, has lived into
the twentieth con-
tury, q sage capable:
Of expressing the
thought Of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24
Basis Of Representation.

Some figures are given in the de-
partment of Minnesota Politics to-day
with regard to representation in the
next republican state convention. This
suggests that the old question of dele
gates-at-large is likely to be raised,
and some of the injustices which result
are pointed out. This rule
of delegates-at-large Is unfair to be-
gin with, and grossly so when carried
to the extent heretofore adopted. AS
a discourager of republicans in repub-
lican strongholds it is we'll calculated.
It is not too much to say of 1t that it
is sufficient notice from the repub-
lican state convention that the locali-
ties which cast the heaviest republican
votes are not expected to maintain
their republican majorities, nor can
they be expected to do SO when they
are treated so unfairly. The republican
party may think 1t can continue to
trife with the rights of republican
voters, but the time will come when
there will not be sufficient margin to
make 1t safe to indulge in such in
justices. 1t may not be very far off.
The proper basis OF representation in
the state convention should be the
number of republican votes cast, and
nothing else.
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Robert A. Smith has announced his cam
didacy for reelection as mayor of ST. Paul.
Somehow that has a familiar sound A
short time ago a ST. Paul paper in it's
Twenty five Years Ago. column had a
note that Robert a. Smith was candi-
date for assessor, but was being strenu-
ously opposed by an element that claimed
he had held office long enough. DE Bob
has never agreed Will, this element.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

Some saloonkeepers have been fined for
selling brandy containing carbolic acid
That was genuine flrewater, even if it was
adulterated
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

Our Ottawa correspondent declares that
the Laurier ministry is confident that
there is more to be gained for Canada
in reciprocity with the United States than
In preferential trade with England. TIe
says further that parliament will be dis
solved in a few days and a call issued
for general elections If Laurier wins,
as he probably will, he will set about an
earnest effort to realize reciprocity with
the United States. This will beaintensely
interesting reading for the friends Of reci-
tprocity with Canada. The demand for
closer commercial relations with the Do
minion has already become so strong in
this country that nothing could keep it
from having its way If the Canadian gov
eminent should once again become a
strong advocate of a reciprocity treaty.
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South American states are afraid the
United States is a land grabber. What
could have put that idea into their heads !?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-24

One Of the hardest chickens to count
before It is Matched is a victory over
Wisconsin on Its own grounds
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AN INVITATION Is extended to all to Visit
The Press Room. which 10 the finest In the West.
Goss Presses. with n total capacity OF l44GD9
eight-page oprna 8 an hour. printed folde9
aud counted. The best time to call Is from a:lo
to 1850 D. Inquire at the business onice ana
he directed to the visitors gallery of the Press
Konm
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The Journal ran 1872 columns OF
advertising In October This is AZ per
cent more advertising than was car
ried by any other daily paper i'm Min
neapolis and per cent more than any
daily and Sunday combined.
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"a Plo.sTIckINe BISHOP

The gridiron at Madison is frozen solid.
More doctors will be needed