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Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
Whore the Danger Lies.

It is notorious that franchises are
frequently taken without proper com
pens alton to the state; that taxes are
evaded; that juries are bribed: that
PUBLIC officials are induced to betray
the interests of the people. Behind
every such act is the board of direct
ors or other officers of the corporation
which profits by the ]awIessness: -
No plea can justify and no condi-
ton can excuse the commission of
these crimes against the people and
against the state. It is possible to
cope with the ordinary infractions of
the law, and property may be pro-
tected from the violer ce of the night
prow]er and the attacks of the angry
mob. The greatest injury to the Cit
izen and the most serious attacks up
on government do not come from the
petty oper ations of crooks who operate
with q "jimmy." The most malig-
nant and insidious attacks upon pro-
perty and citizenship and government
come from the corrupting practices of
the managers of the great corpora
tions, who evade some laws and
trample upon others, repudiate the
obligation of contributing their share
of taxes, bribe juries, and exert cor
rupting influence on legislative bodies.
The right of corpor ations to protect
their interests is admitted. But for
the protection of their rights there
is no necessity for the commission OF
the crimes enumerated. These crimes
are committed in the accumulation OF
greater wealth and not in the protec-
tion of that already accumulated.
It is an evasion or deuial of the
facts to say that corporations are not
guilty of corruption. They and their
managers are practically the only
sources of corruption. It is. they that
profit. The managers of these cor
porations may not themselves descend
to tho baseness of carrying out all the
details of corruption, but they cannot
lay claim to the title of good citizens
so long as they permit their agents to
engage in corrupt practices, 30. K"
the bills and share in the profits of
the dishonesty ty.-Rock Co. Herald,
(Rep.)
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04

slight elevation or some kind of a
mountain, and the point of the divide
where some of the waters run toward
the Mediterranean and some toward
the Atlantic has an altitude of about
1900 feet.
A variety of vegetable life in the
desert is also reported. which, but for
the disorders and depredations of the
country, could and would sustain a
much larger population. Numerous
varieties of herbs and wood is spoken
OF as being not uncommon; goats and
sheep were seen grazing and other
animals were not infrequently report
ed. Water, also, is not as uncommon
as it is supposed; though at times it
is not to be found for great distances,
there are places where it rains and
where the water is permanent and
contains fish.
Another popular idea that is re-
futed isthat the Sahara is uninha bited.
The desert is dotted with numerous
oasesa which are centers of permanent
! population, the total being not far
| from 2,OOO, 900 to 100000. But the
greatest obstacles in the way OF
Saharan progress are the natives OF
| the desert, the Arabs and Berbers, and
chiefly those known under the name
Epf Tuaregs. They naturally antago
nize Europeans, largely upon religion
grounds, and their predatory habits
and plundering proclivities are vel
known.
To put an end, therefore, to the bar
barism of the whole country and de-
velop it, many Frenchmen advocate
the building of the Trans-Saharan rail
road. Such a road, they declare, woulc
put an end to permanent local war
| fare, it would check the Arabian slave
trade, it would abolish the rule of the
fanatical Mahdis and among the most
| important reasons it would bind the
French colonies to the mother country
in most sa satisfactory manner.
JAMES BRISTOL GREENE.
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04

concluded it would not be safe to pun
ish an Official for doing his duty and
making the corporations pay the taxes
required by law.
The sundberg county option bill
was killed In the senate yesterday by
q vote of Is to 80. The committee had
recommended it for indefinite post
ponement. Senator Sundberg moved
to have the bill printed and placed on
general orders so that it could be
given proper consideration. Senator
L. O. Thorpe made q plea for this
motion, but It was defeated by the
above vote. The whiskey ring seems
to have q rigid grip on the senate.
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04

profits. Under the strengthened sys-
TEN they will continue to play their
part, being probably required to come
down little more literally with the
stuff. To keep them from getting rest
less they will next year be given the
task of choosing between a trust can.
didate on an anti trust platform and
a trustbuster backed by the party un-
der whose benifcent regime all the
large trusts have grown up. This
will keep them busy guessing and may
prevent them from seeing the necessi-
ty of uniting under the banner of q
party in whose ranks not a single
trust magnate can be found.
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04

To past generationsth the great Sahara
desert always has been barren waste
of sand, entirely worthless as a place
of residence and unfit for any COM
mercial purposes. This popular belief
has been rudely shaken by the obser-
vation of M. Foureau, French explor-
er, recently published, of an expedition
headed by him, which made the trip
from Algeria to Lake Tchad, covering
between 1900 and 1000 miles on the
journey and occupying almost 16
months.
The information gathered by M.
Foureau is of especial interest to
France, as it is but few years ago
that an agreement was made with Eng
land whereby the colonies of Algeria,
Tunis, Senegal, French Guinea, the
Ivory Coast, Dahomey and the Congo
were united on their hinterland,
through the Sahara, into vast Afri-
can France, territorially some Is times
larger than the mother country.
France, therefore, has now practically
her most important colonies at her
vening-England's statesmen agree
ing in the popular belief at the time
that the Sahara was nothing but a
limitless sea of sand and entirely un-
fit~a as aaconnecting link between these
colonies. The criticism heaped on the
English officials by the press of that
country at the time seems, from a
British standpoint, to be entirely de-
served.
The exploring party endured many
dangers and hardships before accom-
plishing their journey, but the data
they have furnished. substantial ed by
photographs, have dispelled the popu-
lar idea regarding the desert. The rec
ords and illustrati tions show predom-
nance of high ground, many high
ridges and plateaus, large quantities
of quartz and granite rocks and i'm
pressive gorges and canyons. Almost
all of the photographs show some
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
Public $anitariam$ for Gon$umptlve$

the
Board OF Health and Chairman tuberculosis
(~1HERE has recently BEEN manifested by individuals
strong of municipal
I9ISE@NI for consumptves
1t generally admitted that the best curative results
where patients be controlled and induced
the bac have disappeared from the and normal condition
medicinal treatment.
But do those we'll nentioned people who municipal and
all ubecuar realize what obstacles there
Although the idea excellent in theory ow would operate
actual practice? There New York alone estimated
than consumpves and this only approximate es
mate the nature of the disease nnt
looked TO seggae and such large OF
afflicted with Slow lingering disease would difficult under
takngeven all willing leave their homes of their
free WILL
OF antarums for the poor would benefit the
few who would avail themselves of their bounty but they would
reach only small portion of the afflicted In order to establish
state santaums for all consumpves the authorities must
have them which the state of knowledge
of the disease and the attitude of the majority the people would
arbitrary There would have be the of no
fcaton compulsory removal and eenton in smallpox cases.
THE ARBITRARY ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH REGULA-
TIONS WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED. MANY PERSONS
HAVING CONSUMPTION ENGAGE IN THEIR REGULARS
VOCAT1ONS AND ARE USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY,"
To have such people under compulsory surveillance for long period
opinion will not tolerate it! -%* IN
1Hh5zMz.
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
legislative DolnHS.

The house has recommended for pas
sage the Tighe bill, which gives to
minority parties casting less than ten
and more than one per cent of the TO-
tai vote the right to hold nominating
conventions and get q place on the
ticket without petition. II this bill
passes it will restore the legal stand.
ing OF the Peoples party in the state
The Wilson bill to take away from
the public examiner the right to ex-
anime the books of corporations pay
log gross earnings tax was defeated
on Thursday. The friends of the rail-
roads had heard from the people and
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
THE DEMANDS OF MACEDONIA
BY GEN. BASIL STEPhAhOFf
Famous Macedonian Leader,

sMacedon nIeader
ACEDON1A nothing but freedom We, her people,
N1 nothing put end to all the atrocities
E4 barbares of the Turk We nothing but peace and
mony We nothing but the laws to be equal for all and
administered aTuk Christian, Jew heathen We
nothing but what right and honorable any country nation
have. WE DEMAND IT AND ALWAYS WE SHALL DE-
MAND IT. We have it, Even lives the
generation will appreciate and enjoy the liberty that bought with
blood.
The Turk understand that his time has leave Europe
He there He for this beautiful country He
worthy of its civilization and his abomnabe pgamous religion
and religion hatred wanted for for the Turks for
Macedonans.
The Turk is the demon Europe and he the all these
troubles and will keep Europe all the time hot until last
he them blooe and nnumerab troubles
The Chstons of Macedonia
of the sultan but the Turks themselves sick and tired
of the isule of this monarch See the young Turks how they
the dynasty of the sultan See how times they wanted to
assnate him. See how of the Turks fled from their
and how prisons have been hanged and thrown
into the sea!
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
MONEY THE GOD OF THE RICH
BY DIR. ABBOTT E. klTTREDGE,
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. New Cit,

BY DIR. ABBOTT E. KTTREDGE
Pastor Madison Avenue New wYorkCaty
THOUSANDS of prominent business them
PM selves Christians and go regularly being driven
WI -drven rapidly against the rock of destruction
@1 III mendous absorption in money making which
49, greatest peri of the land to-day We business
of daily life They dilgent business fervent in spirit
ano think they the Lord but all the they being
ried away by this lust of money.
lake in social life Do you know of and
women who have good enough Intentions but
which they live and the society in which they day.
lives are lives of absolute deness bent wholly qualification?
hhy animated solely by the 1ow of
10 me there spectacle ptifu women
trusting their souls God and hoping they spend
their efforts and time day after day quest senoymen When
their lives have been closed they empty joy
Let tell and women time
Tor and the children of God full
possibilities OF such ife that ngh The that
the peril of civilization labor and
capital But there question far thrilling tremendous
current OF passion and of love and show which sweeping
Gods people the passion of teachings OF
Jesus Christ
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
The Value Of an Appeal.

In response to woman's cry against
selling her husband strong drink sa-
loon keeper in Oklahoma wrote these
words: "You are the first Christian
woman who has ever addressed me
concerning my business. I have sold
out and will never stand behind sa-
loon bar again." Such appeals can do
no harm, and when made in the right
spirit they may b. infinite in their re-
8uR .~' .' i
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04


Board of Health Chairman tuberculosis c.
1HERE has recently been. manifested by sc
] strong sentiment in favor of state or mum
III for consumptives.
L 1,o,u .reneral1,z ted thatt the hes
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
One way to Cure an Evil.

As the result of a protest by the
United States navy department public
gambling in Bremerton, WASH, has
been completely ended. Games were
running In five saloons, but the mayor
has closed them all and says they will
not open again. Commandant Stirling
notified the mayor that no more bat
tleships would be sent to the Puget
sound navy yard until the town pre-
sented better. moral tone.
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04

Sumboddy akkewsd me the other
day of being kronnick kikker and
kinder intimaited that waz doing it
bek avs I liked the eksersise. l pleed
gilty to the furst Indictment but ab-
solootly deny the sekkend. The feller
what kicks fer the fun of it newer haz
ennything better to propoas. He jest
givs the kick and then looks arownd
fer the nekA objekt to reseev his at
tenshun.
newer kick on the wether, bekaws
no newman being kin better it. I may
ekspress an opinyun thet the wether
isn't kwite what I wood like to hev it,
but jennerelly kwalify the staitment
by adding thet no matter how bad it
may be it IL better then no wether at
aw]. If the krops don't turn owt ez
good ez I mite wish I don't kick, if
hev dun awl in my powr to maik them
good, and if hevnt, I hev. nobody
but myself to kick, and nobody will
throw very mutch ennerjy into kick
of that kind. But If figger oWt that
the ralerodes ar Citing moar than a
fare shair of the krop fer hawling it
to market kick and kick hard, be-
kaws korporayshuns ar maid by the
government and awt to be reggerlaited
in the interests of the peepel.
I hev kickd and kick with all my
powr agin q crate menny things ia
owr sistem of government and I rex
ken I will hey to keap it up awl my
! life. Now, that amt saying that I
think the hull sistem is rong. don't.
I fgger it il abowt ez good ez emmy l
no of, but that aint saying it IL pur-
fekt by long shot. Itiz an improov-
ment on the oald sistems, and we got
that improvement bekaws thar waz a
lot of abelboddied kickers in America
sum 125 yeers ago. But them kickers
wasn't awlwise by no meens and thay
koodnt sea into the fewtewr and pro-
vide fer the new kondishuns that now
konfront US. It took sum nifty powr
full kicking to kick oaver the institoo-
shun of slavery. Lots of toes waz
stubbd badly, but the thing was kickd
eaver at last.
am nifty prowd OF the ieeer of free
skools fer awl, whar the children OF
the ritch and poor meat on kommen
level. I am glad thet sutch good
provishuns hez bin maid fer keaping
up them skools. I am glad that throo
theas provishuns the way il opend to
the children of the poor to git q good
edewkaysbun, and if thay hev gump'
shun enuff thay kin go kleer throo
kolledj without Citing owt of the pub
lick skools. But in spite of the elk.
sellens of this ideer the applikayshun
of it IL not purfekt as yet. We ar
still Experimenting to find the best
way of ewsing the provishuns maid fer
popewler edewkayshun. Iwoodent fer
the wurld hev the fundamental ideer
changed. It IL rite in line with the
ideer of popewler government. But II
I sea emmy details in the sistem that I
don't think ar az good es thay awt to
be don't think ennyboddy hez q rite
Willmar tribune., 1903-04-04
By IlMMINNY CRICKETTS,

to akkews me of HE treezen if I point
owt what think to be ropg in order
to git peepel to tawk abowt it and git
it korrekted if the majorritty at last
maik up THAR minds that it il not ez
it shood be.
A kicker haint got the moast pies
sent job thar il by emmy meens. Thar
is lot of peepel that don't like to
think if thay kin help it, and thay awl-
waze maiks faises at enneboddy that
trys to maik them think. It is so
mutch eesyer to say thet evrything
is awlrite and then leen back agin the
waul, talk chaw and hev sum amews-
ment by splitting at flies on the waul
than it is to bother abowt thinking
abowt affares of stait. Lots of peepel
mistaik lazyness fer kontentment, and
ar reddy to hier owt THAR thinking
jobs to the lowest bidder, and thay
don't kair if the bidder don't pay kash
Gather. Oilers sea in a kick agin
sumthing an effert to hurt THAR party,
land THAR aint nothing that will maik
a feller hoo thinks by proksy emmy
madder than to hev emmy insineway-
shuns throan st his party. Now, I
don't Civ a rap what party duss the
job, jest so it is dun. If the repub-
likken party kin settel the trust kwest-
yum I'll holler jest ez lowd ez emmy
body in praising it. But thar is SO
menny trust big bugs in that party that
I aint going to waist my breth holler-
ing till sea the job dun. I'll jest
keap rite on kicking till the thing is
maid rite or I am konvinsd that l am
rong.
Thar is awlwaze hull lot of fellers
that ar on the lookout fer sum eazy
way of making monney, and one of
THAR favorit waze of doing it il to
ews sum part of the government to git
snap. Them tellers newer go to
sleap when thar is chans to git sum-
thing fer nothing. If it waz not fer
the kickers that kind of fellers wood
be in kontroal awl the time. Thay
halt kicker wurs then pizen, but it
IL kwite an onner to he hated by sech
fellers.
So, taking it awl in awl, amt the
leest bit ashaimd to be klassyfde ez
kicker. The ownly thing 1 am sorry
for il that hevnt the ability to kick
powrfully eDu1f to attrakt mutch at
tenshun to the things think ar rong.
But may stur up sum other smawl
kickers like myself, AMI sumtime thar
may be enuff of US to draw attenshun
to the matter, and then the peepel will
beside wether we ar rite ar rorg.
Thar amt no man hoo kin awlwaze be
rite, and Imay be way off in my way
of seaing things, but beleev in evry-
boldly ewsing hiz own thinker, sand
propoas to ews mine sech ez it IL. I
am awlwaze glad to hev sumboddy
answer my argewments, eaven it I
kant agree with him, but I kant be
shet up by heving ennyboddy kawl
me kicker and leev my argewments
| unansserd.
JIAAINNY CRICKETTS.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
From Across The Sea.

The secord court Of tho season was
Reid at Buckingham Palcc, London.
The anniversary Of Louis KnSsutli's S
death was marked by students riots
in Budapest.
Senators who will vote on the rati
fcation of the canal treaty were elect
ed in Colombia.
The North German Gazette, of Ber-
iin' says the Reichstag elections will
take place June 16.
Joseph Chamberlain, receiving an
address from the city Of London,
spoke Of the Beers in conciliatory
manner.
The Toronto, Ont opera house was
burned Wednesday. Tie loss Is $780,
oo0 The fire Is supposed to have orr.
ginated from electric wires in the box
Office. Sullivan, Harris G. Woods lost
all their scenery and customs. They
place their loss at $4,000 to $4,000.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
DCtpciiyS wnrI,

NovrliStS and the stage have done
much TO represent dctcctivr work as
being alike lucrative. attractive and
deeply interesting: but those who know
the wrctchcd and monotonous drudg-
cry OF the ordinary detectives calling
this Is said quite apart from the great
dangers to life and limb that accrue
have different tale to tell
Fancy the awful mOnotony of wat tch-
Ing one house, without ever taking
your eyes off the door, for twelve hours
dnY for weeks together, and this
sometimes when obliged to he ut full
length In wretchcd garnet or hay
| loft. s..,".
| Yet this Is a frequent episode in the
career Of detective officer. and woe
DC 10 him If the man he wants escapes
his vigilance and is known by the in
Spector to have left the house undc
tcctCd!
There Is no stated hour whom n do
tcctivc'S work ccascs--thnt IS who,
he Is on an important ease. Some
!lm"S Tor nights together he is on
III tho wet and cold. standing in
draughty passage. maybe. waiting 70
the return home Of man who !
wanted.
The writer remembers one cas-
where young detective remained fo
nearly twcnty-four hours in the bo
tom or market cart in stable yart
and this almost without food or drin
but he got his man at last.-Dctroi
Free Press.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
At The National Capital.

Secretary Hay has delivered to Sig
nor Mayor DcsplancZ. the Italian am
baS"ador. an order on the United
States Treasury for $1,000, the sum
appropriately by Congress as indem-
nifty to the heirs of Giovanni and Vim
c"nZo Scrio, Italian subjects who were
Killed at Erwin, Miss. July H. 1901,
and to Salvatore Libcrto, who was in
jurcd at the same time.
The Treasury Department gave no
ticc that on Mondays and THURSDAYS
until further notice offers would be
received at the bureau of the mint for
IN" sale to the government Of silver
bullion to be used in coming pesos
under the philippine coinage act ap-
proved March 2, 1903. No offers Of less
than 5000 ounces will be entertained
Inc department will purchase $4,000
600 worth Of silver bullion for coin
age into pesos.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
ICr tNC ClrnniMr NLntnlinIa

b"N or >,"Ail "Ur',ourU containing
\ supply "G q aim. iluds ANA m,tr.
''f', VIII h' i"Und a source Of comfort
me h"">"anH. Ammonia. ga>olrnr
III" Sn:"Il hot;l" oi rhlorororm. 1n,n
"i''h th"r" IS n"ihiny h~ttcr for clean.
lhS SILK ana delicate materials. will do
'"r leni"%' French chalk and pipe.
'ay should hr included. and this will
s'''l'rr Tor all practical purposes, NJ.
though many people have ,hrl, own f,-
,''''' preparations which they will ~.
ways nav" on hand. |, goes without
saying that the cleaning cupboard
Sh"Nid he placed OF, of reach of chill.
dreh, and away from al danger of fro
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
IMPORTANT GUESTIONS.'

There once was Il creature whose long
bushy tail
Was tied up with pink ribbon bow.
Now. WAS ii Il whale:
Or WAS ii snail?
Or wds it Il crocEcry crow?
There once was tree who was making a
speech
70 lady vino wore Il white sash.
Now. WAS II Il beech?
Dr wiS it Il pcachI
Or was il goldhradcd ash?
There once wa> bird who wrote with a
pen
And ate up a whole lot OF hay.
Now. was il wren!
Or was II Il hen!
Or WAS ii gingerbread jay!
There once was Il irui, who was ignorant.
very.
Because it would not go to school.
Now. was it Il cherry!
Or w.iS IT Il berry?
Or WAS ii Il Gouscbcrry Fool?
Carolyn Wells. in Puck.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
Tho Plural of "OD

VINO Will tell me what is the plural
OF o? Is 1t "os" or "ocs?" Tomatoes
is the plural of tomato; stlllcttos is
said 10 be The plural Of stilctto Here
are some examples Of Inconsistency
Potato. potatoes: negro. negroes: buf-
falo. buiIalocS; hero, heroes; dad0, da.
dos; toe, toes; canto, c3ntos: alto, altos:
volcano, volcanoes; no, noes; pro, pros
tyro. tyros wo, woes; octave, Octavos
palmetto. palmettoes; grotto. grottocs;
dncllo. duellos; cargo, cargoes; libret-
to. librettos, etc. You may have OBJ
served that our high and mighty die
tionaries studiously avoid giving the
plurals to these words, and to others
ending in o. The right Of an educated
author to spell as he pleases should
never be questioned. A foolish scon-
sistency is the hobgoblin Of Detty
minds.-New York Press. "a.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02
Uninsured Treusures

IL Is startling to think that. while al.
most any iradcSman's shop that might
DC burned down IS covered by insur.
;'hcc, the British Museum, if It were
burned down tomorrow, would not
cost the insurance companies one half.
penny. Neither would the Houses Of
l'arliamcnt. They stand for three
millions sterling, but not ono single
sovereign Of this vast sum IS covernd
by insurance. Three thousand pounds
year is spent on q force of policn
ana iiremcn to protect the Houses of
ihrliament by day and night, and thc
BRUSH Museum pays the rent of n
hreman's house in Coram street hut
that Is the full cost of tile precautions
against fire in these places. The Brit.
lsh Museum, believing that preyemion
is better than cure, has no artificial
lght on Its innermost recesses ST
James's Gazette. "g''S I,