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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

It appears to have dawned upon his
fellow members of the public accounts
committee that for brand new men,
Der of the party Representative Bowling
is little too gay. They refuse to per-
NIT him to make anything but a real
polite report Of the Johnson Dunn
investigation. The report is to be st1ip-
ped of all of P. Ellard's adjectlves, with
out even a star or dash to indicate
their loss.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
there IL whole advice ia the follow
inc. from The Nation: 81

mere 1e wholesome AelVlce 5 IN Illt9$ lelio lN
q, from The Nation N
70 stir ups envy, toar ouse preju.
dice, 10 nflanas i. e magnify
evils to charge corrqp tion- these
1 seem Is abe the methods ID favor
with toe many who profess; q desire
to reform society. They will not &C
complish reform in this way. - = =
They are doing their best to STIR
up hatred and exotic bitter feeling.
They propose to educate the people
by uniting them for calm Ijjudg-.
ment> and rational inquiry. We
need reforms badly enough, but W.,
shall not get them until we have an:
electorate able to, control It's pas
sions, to reserve it's condemnation,
to deliberate before it acts. When
that time comes, a railing; accusation
will not be accepted for history" 49,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
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VEL GEI. COUNCIL
Grand Marais, Mimi, March 4, 1905

~, Grand Marais, Mimi, March Z, 1905. q
7 Council met as auditing board. . t,&z. y
Z Present, President Jackson, Trustees
Csrhart, Lundin and Engelson, Recorder
McAlpine. ~ 2 s.! & p; 4
The accounts Of the village recorder
were examined and report On same accep-
ted and and ordered q led. S.$s%s$ sl.s~ 4 Il
The annual statement Of the village
treasurer was checked Overland accepted
and ordered fled. - Y. ...Sf% 7 F5=> n, n :;
It was moved and seconded that the
council Ak the time and place for the vii
lage caucus as follows: March 18th, at
1880 D. m. at the court house andirecorder
instructed to issue notices. Carried. -
1t was moved ana seconded that the
village treasurer be allowed 5000 as COM
pensation for his services as treasurer
and the recorder instructed to issue war;
rant for the same forthwith. Carried.
Upon motion .the board of auditors adj
journed sine die. ...-~ =" : :
Attest: d. B. McALPINE,
Recorder.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

Col. @. 81. Graves of Duluth, who was
recently appointed United States minis
ter to Norway and Sweden, will leave
Duluth April II to sail from New York
on the 81 for his post of duty. Duluth
is proud of the high honor conferred
upon her esteemed citizen, and prepare
tions are being made to give him q fit-
ting farewell reception.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

Mayor Cullum OF Duluth has declared
war on "big mitt" men and gra tiers of
all kinds, and proposes to drive out Ut
the business every saloon proven to be
in cahoots with this class or otherwise
improperly conducted. Good for Mayor
Cullum. In more ways than this he has
during his administration shown that he
is the right man in the right place.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Grand Marais. Mimi, April 3, 1905.

Regular meeting.
Present, President Jackson, Trustees
.Carhart, Lundin, and Engelsen. Recorder
McAlpine.r ...''
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Moved and seconded that the bonds of
B. A. Rude, with Chris Murphy and G. J.
Johnson as sureties and D. B. McAlpine
with VIM. Dolan and Andrew Larson as
sureties be approved and placed on file
subject to approval as to form by the viii
lage attorney, carried.
Moved and seconded that the bond of Geo.
Zimmerman, with Gust Olson and Sam
Zimmerman as sureties be rejected for
want Of sufficient sureties, carried.
The oath O f Office of J. L. Lundin, Louis
Engelson and Fred Bramer were ordered
fled.
Upon motion council adjourned and the
new council took their seats.
Present, President Wakelin, Trustees
Lundin, Engelson and Bramer, Recorder
McAlpine.
Applications from Claus G. Monker, Ed.
Sterling and Chris johnson for appoint
ment,t to the Office of village marshal were
read.
Moved and seconded that Chris Johnson
be appointed village marshal to commence
April 1s. 1895, with a salary of $4,000 per
month, carried.
Moved and seconded that L. q. G. Titus
be appointed village attorney with salary
of $1,000 per month"; carried.
A Board of Health was then elected by
ballot as follows: c. A. Houston. health
officer for three years; R. H.. Douglas, for
two years; Fred Jackson. for one year.
Moved and carried that the salary of the
village recorder be the same as last year,
carried.
Upon motion the Cook County Herald
was designated the official paper.
Upon motion the following bills were
| allowed:
Swamper Ca rriboo, March 81, 1 day OPEN
ing culvert....... ....... .............$ rs
Swamper Carriboo. March q, cutting
| Ice In culvert....... ..... ..... =. l %
Frank LeSage. March Is, burying
dOgs.... .............. .......... l w
NJ: Murphy. March IA, election board. 50
| r. H"wenstine I" so
G. H. Mayhem 6" g. '' l so
Matt johnson, Feb. 20, erecting street
lamp. .............. w
D. B. McAlpine, Dec. /, to April I, rent
council room ...:...."...... w
D. B. McAlpine. April 3, postage for
| recorders Office for year. $3.50. / so
| The president appoin ted the following
commi ttees: i
| Finance: Engelson and Lundin.
Streets and alleys: Lundin and Bramer.
| Health: Bramer and Lundin. =
/ Fire and water: Engelson and McAlpine.
| Gas and light: McAlpine and Lundin.
Building: Lundin and .Bramer.
! License: McAlpine and Engelson.
Printing: Engelson and McAlpine.
| No further business appearing council
! adjourned sine die. ~ ~ . T., ..sS> 81
lr. Attest: 80 -. D. B. MCALPINE, : :
= q, IT.. ~. l.. ~ Il ~ x Recorder,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

WANTED-Quickly, few persons to
represent long established wholesale
house among retail merchants and
agents. Local territory of few counties.
1913 salary and expenses paid weekly
Expense money advanced. Commission
extra. Permanent engagement. Busl-
ness successful. Previous experience
not essential. Enclose self-addressed
envelope. Address, Superintendent
Travellers, 1926 Dearborn ST., Chicago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Japan's Triumph a Solid One.

Those who wonder why Japan, since
she boasts that she could put million
men into the field in a comparatively
short space of time, has not done this
and annihllate Kuropatkin, but has per-
mitted him to escape each time from the
clutches of her generals, forget that the
Japanese COVER nment and her general
staff have been always counting on the
effect of victories upon European Russia,
AS viewed by the Review of Reviews, the
question of beating Kuropatkin's army
and getting him out of the way is a Sec
ondary consideration. The great pur-
pose of Japan has been not to WIN vic
tories SO much as to impress upon the
Russian government the absolute fulfil
ity of Russia maintaining in the far East
such an empire as would menace the
national existence of Japan. With each
successive blow, Japan knows that Rus
sia's danger at home increases. The To-
kio government has aimed to gradually
force the Russian armies out of Man.
churia, and several facts, perhaps not
sufficiently emphasized, will indicate
that winning battles on the field Is only
part of the task of the sons of Japan.
Among the ablest "brains" of Oyama's
army are Generals Nisshi and Hasegawa.
General N1sshi is now at Dalny; he is
military and civil commander of that
part of Manchuria which the Japanese
have conquered, and his headquarters
will hereafter be at Port Arthur. Gen
eral Hasegawa, commander of the FAM
GUS Imperial Guard, is military and civil
governor of Korea, subject, of course, to
fiction of the authority of the Korean
emperor. What the Japanese armies
have marched over japan has made her
own, and the presence of these two of
her ablest executive and vigorous,
brainy men in the occupied territory
back Of the fighting armies is sufficiently
indicative of the fact that the Japanese
government realizes to the full the i'm
portance of all the factors in the prob
lem before it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Timber Land. Act June 3, IS7S-Notlce TO.
Publication. United States Land Office, Du

Timber Land. Act June 3, 7s.--Netlce TO-
Publication. United States Land Office, Du
luth. Mimi, Dec. 6, 1905. < r. :. =.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the g Pc Of TIE act ef Congress Of
timber lands in the States of california, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory : as extended
to all the Public Land States by act Of August;
4. 1892 Anna Hertlein of Superior, county Of
Douglass! state Of Wisconsin. has this day filed
in this office his sworn statement No. 9902. for
the W. Of nwK and w of swA Of
section "a in township 81 north range l west,
and will offer proof to show that
the land sought Is morv valuable for It's timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to
establish his claim 70 said land before the Regis
ter and Receiver Of this ofiice at Duluth. MINI,
on Tuesday. the 9Th day Of May. 1905. z5 S* 4 }}<
Il Shonames az Witnesses $al5 S rs $ E:S3st ri
w. u. Wheeler. Beaver Bay. Mimi, Robert
Howenetine and Fred Jackson ct Grand Marais.
Mimi, Euphemia II. Hanson Of Superior. Wis.
q Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above describ bed lands are requested to fle their
claims " this Office on or before said day
8 81 So Wn. r. CULLEN, Register.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
Grand Marais, MINI, March q, 19(

Grand Marais, MINI, March q, 1905.
Special meeting.
Council met pursuant to call by the
president.
Present, President Jackson, Trustees
Carhart, Engelson and Lundin Recorder
McAlpine.
Moved and seconded that the commi ttee
on jail be instructed to furnish two locks
for the lookup. Carried. g.
Moved and seconded that the committee
on lights be instructed to purchase three
gallon oil can. Carried.
+ The oath Of office of B. A. Rude, D. B. Nc
Alpine and E. w. Wakelin were ordered
fled.
Moved and seconded that the treasurer's
bond for the ensuing year be fixed at
$4,000. Carried.
Upon motion the following bills were
allowed;
March 6, 1905, johnson Mercantile
Co., oil and glass. .........-....... 5 IL 81
March 9, 1906 J. B. Banker, making
report on lookup. ....-......... %
March 4, 1905, w. s. Booth 4 Son,
blanks for Order................ 2 q
The village attorney reported, that the
bill of J. B. Banker, referred to him, was
not legal charge against the village.
Moved and seconded that the bill of j. B.
Banker for nursing the children of Sam
Zimmerman be rejected, carried.
Moved and seconded that upon the re-
fusal of J. B. Banker to qualify as Justice
Of the peace, that said Office be declared
vacant, carried.
Moved and seconded that S. c. Murphy
be appointed Justice of the peace to fill
Vacancy, carried.
Upon motion council adjourned sine die.
Attest: D. B. MCALPINE,
Recorder.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08
SATURDAYS APR 8, 1905
The renegade party man is generally
handicapped by the necessity Of beng,
radical las an evidence of good faith" e.

Gov. Johnson's action in stopping a.
prize fight at Brainerd the other day is
out of harmony with the popularized
idea OF Democratic tendencies.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

The Minnesota legislature passed a
bill to take the control of the new state
capitol out of the hands of the governor
and vesting it IN the cayitol commission.
Gov. johnson vetoed the bill. but by
resorting to the caucus system the sup
porters of the bill succeeded in pushing
1t through over the veto. This action
is departure from custom that has
prevailed ever since the state was organ
lied and is received with outspoken dis
approval by the people Of the state, re-
CARELESS of party. Several Republican
legislators voted to uphold the COVER
nor's veto and, in explaining their votes,
denounced the bill as the smallest kind
of peanut politics, OF which it's project.
ors would in time be heartily ashamed.
Such staunch Republican papers as the
Minneapolis Journal, the Duluth News
Tribune and st. Paul Dispatch condemn
the bill. This free expression of oppo-
site sentiment indicates that the passage
of this bill Is victory that will prove to
have been dearly bought:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-08

Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
8. PIC, II c. G. G. fail. DRUGGISTS refund money
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18
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FOLD PORTAGE RAILROAD LINE $

feet above sea level; being only 200
feet lower than the neighboring hill,
which is the highest point of the Ale
gheny mountains in Pennsylvania.
The road consisted of ten planes, five
of which were on either side of the
mountain, and intervening levels. In
1886 the canalboats were so construct
ed that they could be taken in sections
and hauled over the mountain on flat
cars, without disturbing their cargoes.
The rails were secured to stone sleep
ers twenty inches square, which were
sunk in the ground.
On the Old Portage road the best
time for the forty miles between Hol-
lidaysburg and Johnstown was twelve
hours. Express trains on the Penn
sylvania railroad now run closely
parallel distance over the Allegheny
mountains in a trifle over one hour
The passenger traffic on the road IN
those days was usually limited to one
car each way a day, with a capacity
Of thirty passengers.
In 1854 the Pennsylvania Railroad
company bought the Portage road
from the state of Pennsylvania. Com
mon rumor says that at this time the
state legislature was "greased" and
that not a cent of the $47,OOO,OOO
which was to have been paid for the
road was ever received into the treas
ury of Pennsylvania.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18
Report Real Sea Serpent

the ships side with the powerful fluke
OF it's tail.
This was observed by the boatswain
and some of the men who were watch
ing the affair through the side ports
Immediately over the tail of the fish.
The marks enabled the commander af-
terward to make fairly accurate meas
u1ements. From mark to stem it was
forty-five feet. In girth it was appar-
entity about the volume of one of the
ships lifeboats at the broadcast part,
say eight feet in diameter, very grace
fully tapering away toward the tail.
The body appeared to be of a green
ish-brown color with large dark spots
all over the back and sides, the lower
parts being of dull white.
It was first observed by one of the
seamen, who heard a knocking against
the ships side. When the news was
passed along the decks all the pas
sengers, young and old, performed
mad stampede into the forecastle to
look at the unhappy prisoner. The
engines were stopped as soon as pos
sible and reversed, but fully a quar-
ter: of an hour elapsed between the
first discovery and the final clearance,
by which time the creature was either
dead or completely exhausted, for it
sank slowly, tail first.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18

The subject had turned to occult.
ism, when the student who had been
listening attentively said: 81 was
skeptical for number of years in re.
gard to the stories I heard of occult
manifestations until l came face to
face with a practical demonstration
right here in New Orleans which con-
viIced me that there are many strange
laws of nature Of which we are entire
~ ignorant. One day met "a stran-
ger on st. Charles street who spoke
to me as Familiarity as if he had known
me for years.
"'1 arrived in New Orleans yester-
day from Europe he said, and I had
q strange premonition that I would
meet man of your description. and
that he would aid me-
II laughed, and replied that would
be glad to Go anything in my power.
To make a long story short, we be-
came good friends, and were in the
habit of seeing each other quite fire.
quently. He was greatly interested in
occultism, but l, only laughed at his
many stories and told him I was a
poor subject for convert to his
theories. Finally one day he induced
me to place myself under his "influ-
ence' and become perfectly receptive.
To humor him I did what he suggest
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18
Drawing on Nerve Force

That is a good answer for the ordi'
nary person, because it is easy. But
what is this mysterious inner con-
sciousness"?
It is, roughly, picture or an i'm
preston manufactured by the brain
and. the nerves of the, writer, who
draws, as his artistic sense dictates,
happenings and talks and views which
he creates by means of brain and
nerve cells which have never yet been
fully and satisfactorily described to
the unscientific mind.
A novelist, or poet, or painter,
or a great musician, or, in short, any
body who acts upon inspiration,
gives out his nerves when he prac-
tees his art.
We're he not to go through the ef-
fort, or task, of giving out his very
life-blood in this manner, he would
have much more physical vitality for
ordinary purposes, such as the with
standing of chills and shocks and at
tacks of one sort and another to
which we are all OF us liable.-Chica-
20 American
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18

For some time prior to 1900 travel
across Pennsylvania had been in
canoes and in river barges propelled
~ poles or along the shores of riv-
RS by horse and foot and by inter-
vening portages on Indian trails, con-
1ecting points on the different rivers.
rhe Philadelphia-Pittsb national
like was built upon such substantial
oasis that wherever undisturbed one
till finds the gracefully modelled
arches of solid masonry almost intact,
lfter more than a century has passed.
The completion of the Old Portage
railroad by the state of Pennsylvania
Ii, 1884 put an end to the time-hon-
BRED "coach and Six" with the many
picturesque and commodious inns and
taverns along the line of this broad
racadamized toll road, which with
is substantial construction was, in
point Of endurance, second only to
the Roman military roads of Great
Britain. -
This Old Portage road was con-
structed from material brought from
England The British government
sent over experienced engineers to in
struct the Americans in the running
OF the stationary steam engines used
upon the inclined planes Of the road
in the Allegheny mountains. The rail.
roads highest point was about 1900
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18
Truth and the Free man

Yes, We may fill your gamers, ye that
reap
The loaded soil; and ye may waste much
good
In senseless rot; but yet will not find
In feast, or in the chase, in song or
dance,
A liberty like his. who, unimpea clea
OF usurpation, and to no man s WronS
Appropriates nature as his Fathers
work.
And has a richer use of yours than YOU,
He is indeed a freeman. Free by birth.
OF no mean city, planned or e'er the hills
Were built. the fountains opened. or the
sea
With all his roaring multitude of waves.
His freedom is the same in every state:.
And no condition of this changeful life
So manifold in cares, whose every day
Brings it's own evil with it. makes it less
For he has wings that neither sickness,
pain,
Nor pcnury can cripple or confine:
No nook SO narrow but he spreads them
there
With ease. and is at large. The oppres-
sOr holds
His body bound: but, knows not what q
range
His spirit takes unconscious of chain;
And that to bind him is vain attempt,
Whom GOD delights in, and in whom He
Gwells
William COWper.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18
Queer Sights in Palermo

ing to flight of filthy stairs, and the
glimpses l have had of the interiors
have yielded views no better than the
stairs. The pictures over the entrance
are enthralling, however,. A knight
in golden armor fights twenty or more
men in steel; heroes slaughter drag
ons and fly away from towers upon
cockatrices; a gallant gentleman
chained to a pillar pulls the whole ed
ifice down upon the Saracen who is
about to cut his throat; devils and
hobgoblins rolliek round gibbets-
there must be an immense amount of
variety in it.
In Palermo the curtain at the op-
era house does not rise until nearly
$50, and then not half the audience
is in. its place. The theater is the
after-dinner lounge ,>of everybody;
newspapers are sold at the doors; the
audience knows all the members of
the orchestra and chats to them, and
each singer has his personal friends
in front who applaud him vigorously"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18

Rudyard Kipling has seen his Sec
ond sea serpent, according to a story
which comes with some seriousness
from Cape Town. People who read
Kipling's first sea-serpent story
thought it was merely brilliant piece
OF felton, This second sea serpent
story is not told by Kipling, but by
the skipper of the steamship Arma-
dale Castle. The sea serpent was
seen-in fact, it was struck by the
ship and probably .killed-while the
Armadale Castle was on her last voy-
age to Cape Town, in latitude 3 de-
grees south. Mr.. Kipling was aboard
the ship.
Commander Robinson is not sure
whether the creature struck was
real sea serpent, queer whale or a
greatly overgroWn shark. Whatever
it. was, the thing was hit by the bow
OF the ship where, in all properly
regulated fishes, the pectOral fin ex-
lists. The head was doubled across
the port bow and the tail trailed away
along the starboard side. The vio-
lent struggles of the creature to free
itself from it's painful and embarrass-
ing position led to it's striking the soft
brown paint of the "boot-topping on
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18

Mr.. Brown had very intelligent
dog, of whom he was proud and to
whom he was greatly attached. One
day his son, a rather wild young man,
came to him and told him that there
was a man in Boston who could teach
dogs to talk. :.
The old man, easily deceived where
his net was concerned, told the boy
to take him up and let the profess
sor look at him, and, if he thought it
worth while, to teach him, if it
wouldn't cost more than 5000. !:
The son was in need of money
about this time, so he told the old
man that the first payment would be
500. His father handed it over, and
Charles took the dog of and killed
him. After spending the money, ne
went: home and told Mr.. Brown that
the professor told him it would take
a month to teach the dog, and to
come up in two weeks with sou ana
see how he was getting along.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18

p Sir Harry Johnston, who recently
returned to Englands from visit to
Liberia, during which he traversed the
whole ofthe coast line and made sew
e1al expeditions into the interior, is
very hopeful of the future of that
country, which, he says, has made
great progress since he last saw it
twenty years ago. United States Con-
sui. General Evans at London, who has
reported the matter to the state de-
partment, summarizes Sir Harry
Johnston's observations in regard to
Liberia as follows: The Liberian gov
eminent has so encouraged the use OF
English among the natives that there
is scarcely any important tribe OF
chief that has not several individuals
able to speak Ineligible English, and
therefore act as interpreters. The ma
tives are well disposed toward the
white naan, and consequenfly travellers
have no difficulty in dealing with