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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-06

afternoon. No reason is known. We'll
liver left note addressed to his wife,
but it has not been opened. Mrs. We'll
liver is FRUSTRATED.
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subacr1 & 4bosy vvorld loo.i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-15

This message was shown to me, and
at once told the fellows at the Inter-
Ocean office and we awaited Develop
ments. Some telephoning went on be-
tween Devils Lake and Grand Forks so
the answer of President Lander was
known to the business men of Devils
Lake quite as well as to the sender of the
first message.
Some Big Talk.
Richter threatened to bring suit against
the Western Union Telegraph company
and had the operator up in the air looking
for his job. Then they made the operator
a proposition to write out another tele-
gram and show it to the business men
of Devils Lake, and to tell them that it
was the telegram sent to Grand Forks,
but the neryy operator preferred to lose
his job and refused to go into the plot
to get the Richter boys out of the scrape.
Richter does not know now and will not
until he sees the story in the Minneapolis
Journal how the telegram story got out
He thinks some one tapped the wires or
stole the message, when as matter OF
fact he was the victim of his own foolish%
ness and his lack of tact in the role OF q
newspaper writer. Had he been q news4
paper man. he could have found many
sensible stories such as were sent out by
the local men, but he was very speS
ciaP, and succeeded in giving the otheH
boys some good stuff about the attempted
graft.
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The Militarism Scare.

The army reduction plank Of the
national platform is an example of the
errors into which the democratic
party is led by its opposition to every
thing republican.
"Militarisn" is a mere bugaboo
raised for campaign purposes. The
present size and the present equip
ment of our army is no burden on the
nation, and it is not more than is alb
solutely required to insure the respect
of foreign powers. Uncle Sam is not
counting trouble, but it is necessary
to be prepared. Failure to prepare
has cost millions Of dollars and thou
sands Of lives.
The democratic platform says:
Eve favor the reduction of the army
and of army expenditures to a point
historically demonstrated to be safe
and efficient"
There never has been a historical
demonstration in which the nations
military equipment proved itself safe
and Efficient" The enormous waste
Of life and material at the beginning
Of the Spanish war was a lesson for
all time. and having learned that les
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-15
A MAGNATE's CONFESSION

Down by the livery stable, on sultry summer
81 day, summer
Cy Jones got out the checker board and ch.,
lenged me to play; sfiSet-
I thought stood a chance, for had uo+o,,
the game a BIT; SSte
But he started for my king row
quished when he lit. H1' sAn
And everybody laughed and said r hod :,
to blame 80 insseti
For thinking that cy Jones would let me beat
him at the game. ~ Dea -
That's That my earliest disappointment. It emb,t-
tered my career.
work severe. a 49, ~
beat some other players, and then, as time
went by, - ' -
] thought that maybe was strong enough to
~ tackle Cy 49, y
But my well-laid calculations seemed TO fa1ter
and go lame. '.
Cy let ME take man and then tumned thraa
and won the game.
As years went by had some luck and pros.
pered more or less
And vet there's just one little thing that spoiIs
my whole success.
know that am envied as a most sagacious
Likewise admired or hated for the way that /
can plan
cy hasn't made much money-but know that
Just the same,
If ever We play checkers he will beat me
at the game.
Washington Star.
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Brown, Thomson & Co. began
business in Hartford in 1866, and, by
up-to-date business methods, steadi-
~ enlarged, and now, in 1904, stand
as the largest department store in
New England outside Of Boston, COW
ering an immense ground-hoor space,
with easy access from street to big
bargain basement, and with carpets,
furniture and restaurant on second
floor. Their stock includes every
known thing in seasonable merchan-
disc, and just now a, new automobile
warehouse has been built, fitted
with the best repair department in
Connecticut.
George S. Bailey, advertisement
writer for Brown, Thomson & Co.,
entered their employ in March, 1873,
serving them as salesman in various
departments until about 1882, when
he was given charge Of their mail
order department, which position he
held until about ten years ago, when,
without any previous experience, ne
took up their advertisement writing,
and by telling the daily store news
In a truthful manner, has brought
many bargains to the notice of Con-
necticut's shopping public.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-15
DANIEL RICHTER,
Court Reporter and stenographer,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Plot of the FIGHTERS.

Business was bad and E. L. Richter
was not making much as notary, SO he
and his brother Dan conceived a plan to
get couple of hundred. They told
President Bangs of the Devils Lake Com
mercial club that their papers had called
them in. Unless they could get s400 they
would have to go. The president was
going to raise the money or at least at
tempt it, but Dan made break which
spoiled the deal after he had cut it to
5000. Edgar Richter came to me and told
me they were going to get handful of
money ! told him that the city ought to
pay them well for the sea serpent story
and the pipe about gold. I thought it
was worth lot, say $1,000 or $500, and
also remarked that the boys at BonesteeI
picked up several hundred dollars for
their boosts.
Richter was wild. But the Devils Lake
people couldn't see the value Of the snake
stories. In his disappointment, E. l..
Richter ordered the tent taken down and
wired the following telegram to President
Lander of the Grand Forks Commercial
club:
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Gave the Midsummer Flower Show
1.-THE Souls of Black Folk. I"

While the negro problem was being
SO widely discussed last year, Pro
fessor Burghardt Du Bots of Atlanta
university brought out a book, 1.-THE
Souls of Black Folk that has never
received the serious consideration it
is entitled to. 1t has been treated by
the reviewers generally as merely a
piece of artistic literary pessimism or
as short-sighted attack on Booker
Washington. It Is true that there
sounds thru the whole terribly fasci-
mating book a note Of gloom and
despair, and that Professor Du Bots
emphatically differs from Booker
washington's ideas Of the negro prob
lem and of negro education.
Yet no other book evinces such an
intimate acquaintance of it's author
with the negro problem. Professor
Du Bots has succeeded in giving to
his readers a clear idea of the precise
status of the nine million black folk
in this country. He tells us Of their
material condition, Of their al
most hopeless poverty, Of their
moral condition and Of their miserable
position-in the south, at least-as to
political and civil rights. The book
also gives an excellent account Of the
history Of the negro problem and
points out the great mistake that,
more than anything else, has made
the negro still problem forty years
after the end Of the war that liber-
ated him.
Professor Du Bots convincingly ar
negro right. Technically it made him
free man; really, it did not. It said
that he was no longer the property
of another man, but it did not give
him the means of establishing real
freedom. Without capital, without
land, without learning, without wis
dom, he was left after a few years
of assistance by the freedmen's bu-
reau to shift for himself. AS a re-
suit, great masses Of the negroes OF
the south lapsed into condition OF
debt and dependence that was ii
many respects inferior to their condi-
ton under slavery. 1t would have
been well, Professor Du Bots thinks
If the promise of forty acres and {
mule had been realized. If the negro
had been started out on his independ
ent career as a landowner, freedom
would have been something more thar
the mockery it has been, and largel,
will be until he gets foothold on thu
land or becomes skilled with hi!
hands or mind.
AS we introduce our Indian ward
to citizenship and break up the triba
relation, we exercise the greatest car,
to protect them. AS rule, indians
who receive allotments of land ar,
not permitted to sell them for TWEEN
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-15
TAKING NEGROES TO LIBERIA

James J.. Carmichael and Walter L..
Darden. officers Of the Liberian Emigra-
ton Association Of the United States.
which is thus far composed entirely Of
Newark negroes, have practically decided
upon d trip to Liberia this month to
make the necessary arrangements for a
settlement, and if possible to obtain con
dessions from the government Of Liberia
which will be of advantage to the new
co,orists. They will endeavor to send
1.0CD rnen to Liberia before the enl Of
the present year, most Of them to be
taken from the south It is figured that
they can be sent for about $50 each, and
that the Liberian authorities will aid them
until they can get farmlands in productive
condition. The problem of cheap trans
portation is believed to have been solved
by an offer of the Donald Steamship com
pany to furnish a steamship which will
carry 1000 persons for $4,000.
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Improve the Legislature.

Only two weeks remain for candi-
dates to file in order to get on the
primary election ballot, and the out
of the Hennepin districts is not prom
Using. The same is true in number
Of the country legislative districts.
This is no reflection on the qualifi-
cations Of men already in the field.
Most Of the candidates are men of
character and ability, who are making
the race at some personal sacrifice.
There are not enough such men, how.
ever, and too little attention is being
paid to these important nominations.
Men who would be Of signal service
to the state in such capacity are
prone to avoid the responsibility for
purely selfish reasons.
This selhshness is not hard to un-
derstand. No financial profit accrues
to man who fights for place in the
legislature if he keeps his hands
clean. It takes time and money, and
In return the lawmaker gets distinc-
ton for a few days, unwelcome at
grind, protests from others whose pet
interests are stepped on, and doubt
full honor as the reward for it all.
In short, there is little in it but honor
for an honest man, and men with
grating" inclinations have done
much to rob it Of even that attraction.
This is all wrong, for a seat in the
legislature ought to be priced by the
successful man. Nowhere can he do
better service to the state and his fell
low citizens. There is call of duty
there for men WHO can do active, in
telligent, conservative work in shaping
legislation, and especially in keeping
the statute books clear Of the mean
ingless driftwood that floats thru past
committees and general orders" Let
more Of the right sort seek places in
the legislature, and it will gain diff
| ferent sort Of reputation.
For one thing, members ought to
receive better compensation. Better
results could be obtained by paying
500 to $1,000 for the session, instead
of SIS day for hundred days or
more. This would lead to shorter
sessions, better work, and would at
tract many men who do not feel now
that they can afford an interruption
of business that lasts far into the
spring. This is a reform for the fu-
ture. The problem now is to elect
4 a house Of the highest standard for
| the session Of 1905. Hennepin wants
a strong delegation, and republicans
Of each Of the seven districts should
see to it that the best available mer
are presented for a choice at the pri-
mary election. Good nominations by
| the democrats will enable independent
voters to fall back on something else
if the republican primaries select unfit
men
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son. the present administration is put
ting it into application. The de-
mocracy asks that 1t be disregarded.
AS General Corbin points out, there
could be no reduction in military ex-
penditure, save at the cost of re-
duction in military efficiency. The
constant advances in military science
require new outlay every year, to
keep our comparatively slender army
up to the world standard. No his
torical comparison Is possible. An
equipment Of rifed cannon and Krag-
Jorgensons with smokeless ammuni-
ton. costs immensely more than the
old smooth-bores and muzzle-loaders.
AS for the increased establishment, we
have now fewer soldiers in proportion
to the population than the average
supported by the nation from Wash
ington's time down to the civil war.
The most thoro modern equipment
of the army is truest economy. 9th
erwise, we might as well dispense with
the army entirely. Retrenchment in
army expenditures Is not business and
| 1t is not craftsmanship. AS well ask
| a surgeon to get along with his old
fashioned instruments, while his coll
leagues are saving lives with modern
scientific devices. The agitation
against .'nilitarism'' is pure
buncombe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-15
HAND OF RICHTER
WAS OYERPLAYED
TRUE STORY OF ATTEMPTED
GRAFT AT DEVILS LAKE.
Sensational Correspondent Thought
He Was Every Special in Rus
sian or Japanese Camp-How the
Proposition to Grand Forks Be-
came Public Property.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 15.-News-
paper reporters of Sioux City, who
were in Devils Lake last week when
Edgar Richter to obtain a bonus from
the business men Of that city and
later from the Commercial club of
Grand Forks, in return for boosting
the cities in their papers, arrived
home today and were asked about
the deal.
Will A. Campbell, who was in Devils
Lake on personal business ana INCL
dentally wrote several stories Tor the
Sioux City Tribune, for which paper
he works, said in regard to the black
mailing scheme:
It is too bad that legitimate newspaper
men will be blamed for making propo-
sition to President Lander Of the Grand
Forks Commercial club and for trying to
extort money from the business men of
Devils Lake. in order to keep them In
the city.
Those who did it and who now admit
they made plain businesN proposition to
the business men Of the two cities We're
not regular newspaper men. No reporter
who thinks anything Of his paper or of
his reputation could afford to make such
break 1t was made by Dan and E. L.
Richter because Of their inexperience.
They were boys, who acted on an impulse.
They came to play the role Of newspaper
correspondents, but their every action
was unprofessional.
| Dams "YeIoW'' Row.
A week before the registration opened
Dan Richter pitched a tent on the right
| of way of the Great Northern at Devils
Lake. He put up an American flag and
| yellow banner Of huge dimensions
| bearing the strange intelligence, News
| paper Row. On another yellow rag he
had painted a big skull and crossbones-a
new emblem of metropolitan correspond
ents, conceived by ingenius Dan. The
fun commenced the minute the tent was
| pitched.
Dan Strung" his papers with stories
| Of a sea serpent; then he heard about
some newspaper reporters finding gold on
the Rosebud, and he sent strings" about
the gold on Sulley's HILL but the big
play came when he decided to send a
Minneapolis paper his photograph and a
story about how he held the first place
in line with a gun.
Dan occupied place at the registra-
ton office door, and all night long wrote
copy by the dim light of railroad Ian
tern. Dan was a correspondents real
newspaper writer just like they send tc
war-and, living in tent, sleeping on
straw and subsisting on black coffee got
his brain to working, and he imagined
he was on the outskirts of Russian
camp in the far east.
Writer and Notary Combined.
E. L. Richter, who is connected in 9
small way with the Larimore Pioneer
had opened an office where he was ad.
ministering the 'so-help-me God, % cents
please and making out registrat ton pa.
: pers. He claimed to be a newspap pei
writer just the same, and the card will
, which he strung the public looked some
thing like this:
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WHY HAY STAYED At HOME

i Some comment has been INDUCED IN
because Secretary Hay, SO closely asso-
ciated with Lincoln during the civil war
had no speaking engagement on Memorial
Day. The explanation is that the presi-
dent and the man next in succession to
the chief magistracy seldom If ever leave
Washington at the same time, as 1t IS
not thought advisable that both should
be exposed simultaneously to the dangers
Of travel. This has been the practice for
long time. While Mckinley and Hobart
were serving together they once planned
to make a trip to New York together.
AS soon as this was announced a number
Of senators fastened to the White House
and protested against such action. The
plans were changed, and, altho both went
to New York, they went over different
railroads, that the danger from accident
might be minimized.
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ty-tive years. Even in the Indian
Territory, where the Indians are far
from being infants in the ways Of
business they are not permitted to
sell their lands until five years after
allotment. But except for few years
assistance, terminated so abruptly and
so disappointingly as to undo much Of
the work that had been done, the
helpless negro was left to shift for
himself among his old masters with
out any sort of economic assistance
or protection. No wonder the race is
still poor; no wonder peonage still
exists in the south.
AS for Professor Du Bots criticism
Of Booker Washington, there is force
in it. He thinks that Mr.. Washing
ton has gone too far in his emphasis
on manual training and commercial
ism. Not that all that Mr.. Washing
ton is doing in this way is not highly
praiseworthy, but that he errs in
holding that the time has not come
for higher education for negroes.
Professor Du Bois insists that Tus-
keSee lISell WOulQ nave Deen 1InpOS-.
sible if there had not been negro coll
leges and universities to bring forth
teachers and leaders. 1t was logical
and natural, in his opinion, that they
should come first in point of time and
Tuskegee and like institutions later.
Historically, the university has always
appeared before the common school.
1t Is the center from which emanate
influences that set up ideals and in
still inspiration. The great emphasis
now being laid on Booker Washing
tons work is impairing the efficiency
of these centers of light in the south.
Support is being withdrawn and they
are neglected.
Professor Du Bots book should be
read by every person interested in the
negro problem. 1t gives the outlines
| of the problem from the point of view
of a man who is negro himself and
yet has enjoyed the education and
culture of America and Europe-who
| realizes to the fullest extent the double
personality of the American negro
who is an American and yet is set
apart from all other Americans by
race prejudice.
|
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SPENT SO CENTS "FooLlsHLYr

At a reception given to General Chat
fec by the militiarnen at Poughkeepsie
the general told this story: mot long
ago a soldier in the regular army
stopped me on the street and asked me
to lend him a quarter Why, yesterday
you received your months pay, did you
nct? asked him. Yes, replied the vet
eran. Where's your money now? It's
like this he went on. left the post
and crossed to New York with that
$3.50. I met friend and we had din
ner. was mighty surprised when the
bill was So. Then I bought 81 worth Of
cigars and we went to the theater for
ST. After the theater we went down the
Bowery and I spent 81 there That's
s15,' I replied. What happened to that
other so cents? The old fellow seemed
puzzled. Finally he answered.: 7 must
have spent that foolishIy.' y
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ODD NAMES OF. PLACES

A correspondent Of the Louisvil1e Cour-
Ter Journal gives an interesting explana-
ton Of the origin Of two queo- names Of
places. The mountains of Kentucky af-
ford many queer names of streams, peaks
towns and villages, but perhaps none are
more remarkable than Kingdom Come and
Why Not. The first of these is the name
Of a stream in Leslie county, is taken
from tie Lords Prayer, and is the scene
Of John Fox, Jr.'s recent story, Little
Shepherd OF Kingdom Come The sec
ord is the name of a small postofice in
the county, AID originates from the old
song, why Not Tonight" 1t is said
that an interesting religious revival was
cnce held il; this locality, at which this
song was sung a great deal, and the people
became SO carried away with the music
that the place was ever afterward called
Why Not.
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WANTED 1T RUBBED I'M

In experimenting his household affairs
Herbert Spencer was practical and anus
ing. At one time the poulterer had not
been giving satisfaction, so Spencer called
his housekeeper and gave her directions to
transfer his custom to another tradesman,
whose shop faced the delinquent's. ..And
Miss Smith said the author of ''Synthe-
tic Philosophy be particular that the
first poulterer sees you giving your orders
to the second poulterer."
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A GIFTED YOUNG LORD

In a new volume u oTl the y late Lord
Leighton, Alice corkran tells that when
a young art student at Rome he was gen
orally known to his friends as THE aAd-
mtrable Crichton..'' For" says Miss
Corkran, ito his amazing endowments
Leighton added the genius which consists
Of taking infinite pains. One Of the hand
soonest men Of his generation, learned in
the classics, speaking five languages with
fuency, the best dancer in Rome, the pos
SCISSOR of fine tenor voice, brilliant in
conversation, amtable Of disposition, he
vet cultivated the humber virtues Of
punctualtty, hard work, economy, So
briefly, with unceasing diligence. He was
poor, until his father gave him an allow
ance Of e250; but he never smoked, then
or afterward, except on social occasions
The most perfect character have ever
known, >, was Watts, verdict