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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
WHAT'S THE HURRY?

In another column to-day the county
commissioners are criticized by a taxpay-
er for having put more money in the sink
ing fund than the law requires. The sink
ing fund is created for taking care Of out
standing bonds, and as a general propO-
sition it would be regarded as a fortunate
thing if the sinking fund could be in
creased more rapidly than the law re-
Quired. 1t means the payment OF bonded
Indebtedness earlier than was originally
contemplated. Hennepin county issued
$1,750,OO0 in bonds on account Of the new
courthouse; it has issued $125, 900 worth
of bonds for bridges and other public i'm
prOvements, making a total issue Of ST.
$4,000. OF this amount $685., 200 of the
courthouse bonds become due in 1917,
100000 in 1920 1915, 900 in 1921, 5000, 900
IN 1924 and $4OO, 900 in 1925. This brings
the bonded Indebtedness on the court
house al ldue by 1925.
The tax payer who makes the statement
referred to insists that it is not neces-
sary for the present generation, which
built the courthouse. to pay for it entire.
Much less is it fair that the money neces-
sary for that purpose should be collected
in the sinking fund faster than the law
requires, especially when there is no re-
lief afforded the public in the way of re-
duced interest on the bonds lying in the
sinking fund. The county charges itself
interest on these bonds purchased by sink
Ing fund money and held by the county
just the same as if they had remained in
the hands Of individual purchasers. Now
If our courthouse were a temporary struc-
ture and not likely to outlive the genera
tion by which it is built Of course, that
generation ought to pay for it entirely.
But since the courthouse bids fair to out
live a dozen or a score of generations to
come, there seems to be some propriety
in allowing them to pay for that which is
likely to be of as much use to the coming
generations as it can be to the present
If no more money were placed in the
sinking fund than the law requires the
rate Of taxation might be reduced
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
LABOR AND CAPITAL MEET

The conference between representatives
of labor and capital in New York under
the auspices of the American Civic Fed
Grafton is as a brilliant rainbow of hope
for the future of the industries of Amer
lea. 1t gives promise that this nation is
going to steer by the shoals of disputes
and narrow policies on both sides that
have so hindered the development Of
British industry. 1t makes warm the
heart of every student of the great eco
nomic problems Of the day to see such
an earnest gathering of the big men of
labor, the big men of capital
and representative men of that
great part of the population that be-
longs neither to the ranks of capital nor
scribing the agents and instrumental
ties of production. No particular scheme
has been formulated beyond the appoint
ment of a committee of thirty-six, twelve
from each of the elements mentioned,
to take up the question of preventing dis
astrous disputes between employers and
employees. The very fact that such men
as Schwab who doesn't believe in unions
and such men as Schaffer, who opposes
trusts, are thrown together on this com
mittee; that the captains of labor and the
captains of industry; that the heads Of the
capitalistic trusts and the heads of the
labor trusts, have come together to con-
fer in a spirit of peace and good will, is
potent for the realization of the purpose
What blessing it would be if this sim
pie, straightforward effort to reconcile
labor and capital should accomplish more
than all the complicated schemes of the
theorists and believers in the infallibility
of legislation.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Attention is called to an interview in
this paper with Mr.. E. F. Waite, who
states forcibly the utter helplessness OF
Minneapolis SO far as any possible benefits
deriyable from legislation are concerned
Owing to the fact that Duluth and St.
Paul have adopted the home rule plan,
1t is impossible for Minneapolis to ask
anything in the way of legislation affect
ing our municipal affairs at the hands OF
the state legislature. Nothing can be en-
acted by the legislature which does not
apply alike to all three of these cities. St.
Paul and Duluth naturally oppose any
thing that Minneapolis asks for because
of the effect it would have upon them.
This shuts the door absolutely to any
legislation affecting the government OF
this city. Mr.. Waite's suggestion is not
altogether new. but certainly very forci-
bly, made-that the thing for US to do in
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
PASSING OF THE MILLIONAIRE

Worlds Work.
When our natural resources shal have been
fully developed and the opportunities for ac-
quiring vast wealth diminish, it is more than
probable that the class of great milIionaires
viii disappear. That they themselves fully
recognize the instability of their tenure as
3 social force is proved by the immense sums
bestowed by them upon public institutions.
such as colleges, libraries, art museums, hos
pitfalls, etc, and the comparatively few in
stances il which the attempt is made to
conserve the bulk OF a great fortune in the
hands of single family. Nor is it at all
clear that our attainment to the highest de-
gree of culture or polish is in the least de-
pendent upon the example or patronage Of an
exalted caste. As people, we are exceptional
IN this, also, that we have the most album
dant opportunities for informing ourselves in
matters of taste, of literature, of art; that we
are free to choose from the intellectual and
aesthetic storehouses of the whole world, and
that there is abroad among us a spirit that
will be satisfied with none but the best
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Was He a Dynamiter?

The Journal says a grotesque-looking indi-
vidual, wild-eyed and wearing a black fur
cap, with ealaps, and a linen duster, created
considerable excitement in the Waldorf-Asto-
ria last night by demanding to see Senator
Hanna, who is stopping there The house
detective ushered him to the street; not, how
ever, until the unwelcome stranger had made
a fight. In his hand he carried a green UNI
brella, while under his arm he held a pack
age. When Detective Kennedy attempted to
Put him out, the stranger struck him with
the umbrella repeatedly.
The first seen of the queer individual was
in the Imperial hotel, where he asked to be
shown to the room of Rudolph K. Hynicka,
the republican leader of Cincinnati, who is
stopping there. He presented card to the
clerk which bore the name Giovanni De Car
radini, No S99 Blue Island avenue, Chicago.
He was elected.
At the Waldorf-Astoria he entered through
the Astor court door and made his way to
the cafe before any one objected. When
finally elected. he hurried down Fifth avenue.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
A College Of Commerce.

Abram S. Hewitt, in his letter read at the
laying Of the corner stone of the High School
OF commerce. makes valuable suggestions re-
gard1ng the establishment of a college of com
merce in connection with Columbia univer-
slty and of a school Of mechanical arts in
connection with the university, the Cooper
Union and the Auchmutty Trade school This
school of mechanic arts could be created he
said, without any contributions of money by
the city provided that the Tompkins market,
soon to be abandoned as an armory by the
Sixty-ninth regiment were turned over by the
municipal authorities to a board OF trustees
representing the board Of education, Columbia
university and Cooper Union. Mr.. Hewitt
thinks these schools could be established By
the city providing the sites and buildings
and by private contributions giving the neces-
sary endowments. He refers at length to the
plan of the Chamber of Commerce to aid
in the founding of the college or school OF
commerce as a part OF Columbia university,
and says he has no doubt the fund Will be
promptly subscribed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Minneapolis is to have our charter COM
mission submit the old charter for adop-
tion, simply changing the time of city
elections to the autumn of the oddnum-
bered years. This would give us city elec-
place us on the home rule basis and en-
able us to handle our city affairs inde-
pendently of the state. We could then
modify and improve our municipal sys-
tenn and make any changes in the details
of our form of government that We might
think desirable.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Could Not Be Found.

OUTVsB To OUUIU IVOV DC OUNU
Dec. 1S.-Justice Russell Of the supreme
court has dismissed the complaint in the suit
brought by Herman Linde against the ex-
ecutors of the estate of the late Coils p.
Huntington to recover $6 900 for a painting
alleged to be the famous Angels Head by
Coreggio. Justice Russell said the only evi-
dence that would tend to sustain the plain
tiffs contention was inadmissble under the
law The testimony the court referred TO
was testimony the plaintiff endeavored to
introduce concerning Mr.. Huntington's YER
bal agreement TO buy the picture and the
genuineness of the painting. Justice Russell
held that as Coreggio died 800 years ago, it
could not be legally proved he painted the
picture unless some witness could be pro-
duced who had seen him do it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Carroll D. Wright says, in one of his
admirable papers, that, in Industrial con-
clliation and arbitration, there are really
three parties-the employers, the employees
and the public. In the past this latter
party has been generally disregarded as
having no interest in the battles of the
first two, which invariably disregard the
right of the public to have industrial
peace. The two other parties are really
bound morally to keep the peace Mr..
Wright holds that the less machinery in
volved, the better the results, and the
closer the employers and employees get
IN their relations in dealing with griev-
ances, the better for the public The
meeting in New York under the auspices
OF the Civic Federation is a promising
step in the right direction
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

General Miles, in speaking Of the verdict
in the Schley case, says: Il am willing
to take the judgment Of Admiral Dewey.
He has been a commander of a fleet, and
as such has known the anxieties and re-
sponsibilities which rest on a man under
these circumstances" That's the way a
good many Of us feel.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
PITCHERS, PITCHERS AND PITCH
ERS

A Newark n j., woman has a collection
Of 1900 pitchers, two Of which are alike.
They are of every shape and color under the
sun, and have been picked up in all the odd
hooks and corners Of the world One OF them
was obtained at the little store that Dickens
immortalized as the old curiosity shop :"
The whole 1900 are on exhibition in the
rooms of the New Jersey Historical Society.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Building Up the Plaza.

By the sale Of the unimproved real estate.
100 feet square, on the corner Of Fifth ave
nue. and SiXtieth street, the building up OF
what is known as the Plaza" will be COM
pleted. for the sale Of this property, on which
low wooden building containing q saloon
now stands, means, Of course, the erection
Of another great building. Then on all sides
of the Fifth avenue entrance to Central park
there will be a group of splendid edifces,
among which may be mentioned the Neither
land. Savoy and Plaza Hotels, the palatial
residence Of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and the
Metropolitan club. From Sixtieth street
northward on the avenue there is a long
line of great houses some Of them costing
over million apiece. 1t Is an interesting
fact that among tho first to recognize tht
coming value of this quarter OF the city was
William M Tweed, who, however deficient in
moral qualities, was at least shrewd and far
seeing in all real estate operations. He once
entertained the idea Of building a hotel on the
very site which has now been sold.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
LIGHT AND RIGHT

Light the fading CLEAN of Even? light the
glimmer of the dawn?
Aged eyes may take the glowing glimmer for
the CLEAN withdrawn.
Follow Light and do the Right, for man can
half control his DOOM
Till you find the deathles Angel seated in the
vacant tomb -Tennyson.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

The above IS a true and correct statement
Of the circulation Of The Minneapolis Journal
for dates mentioned.s
KINGSLEY T. BOARDMAN,
Manager Circulation.
Sworn and subscribed TO before me this
18th day Of December 1901.
Z. A. FULLER,
Notary Public, Hennepin County.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

City Treasurer Hulburt has finally
found way to pay the policemen, the
nurses and other city employees who We're
in danger of having an empty stocking
Christmas. But it is no credit TO those
responsible for the management of the
departments that have come to the end Of
the year short of funds that their en-
ployes were not paid in the regular way.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

There is naturally great interest felt in the
coming engagement at the Metropolitan for
three nights, beginning Dec. IS, Of Henry
Irving, Miss Ellen Terry and the London
Lyceum company. These artists visits here
are very rare, and as we are not assured of
any probability of an early return. the op
portunities now to be offered should be eager
ly embraced. They will present, during the
three nights, no fewer than five plays. double
bills being offered on Thursday and Friday
nights These are: Thursday Nance Old
field" and 1.-The Bells; Friday, Waterloo
and Mime. Sans Gene" and on Saturday
night the welcome Merchant of Ven
ice." Both Irving and Miss Terry will be
seen at every performance. There will not
be any matinee. The sale Of seats will open
on Monday, the 23d instant. The perfor-
nance on Friday evening will be begun at 8
O'Clock sharp; other evenings at 8:15.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

like a ninny7 When he is lined up with
several hundred of his fellows and rushed
past some celebrity with a fixed brass
monkey smile, and tries. to tell the celeb
rity how glad he is to see him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
ID ally New York Letter

the money SO very much and handed it over
to Mrs. Learned.
Learned was taken to the hospital. There
II was said that he had apoplexy and was
very weak from lack OF nourishment Next
door to the old Yale club building lives the
1amlly OF Robert O'Brien. On Thanksgiving
Day Miss OBrien sent the Learneds good
dinner. Mrs. Learned said they had not had
very much to eat since and absolutely no
fuel.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
Lawyer Was Too sharp.

Alfred J. Adams and the other men arrested
IN last weeks policy raids have been ar
ralgned before Justice Hinsdale and admitted
to bail, Mr.. Adams being Obliged to frrnieb
bail for $4,000. The first complaint against
Adams was lost" in the courtroom, 1t had
been last seen in the possession Of Adams
counsel Justice HinsdaIe was naturally very
stern in his action following this incident.
and as result Mr.. Adams appeared with a
new lawyer, and new complaint was made
out, which, the justice said, is much stronger
than the one lost. These policy people have
been getting rich very fast the past few years.
but are now face to face with the stern reaIi.
ties Of justice. They have powerful connec-
tions, however, and will fight every inch OF
the the case with all their resources Of in
nuence and wealth.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
EDWARDS FASTIDIOUSNEsS

London reports that King Edward has
decided that Americans are not to be
admitted to his coronation, no matter how
richly they are attired, and that foreign
shoddydom, male and female, will not be
admitted.
Nothing is said about English shoddy-
ism, of which there is a large assortment
in that country, and Of which there will
be many representatives at the corona
tion. Within the last century there has
been copious injection of ordinary blood
in the British aristocracy. Political ex-
igencies have necessitated the creation OF
many new members Of the aristocracy and
not a year passes without the creation
of new peers out Of snobs and nouveaux
riches, who can't go back a generation
or so without tumbling upon some vulgar
connection.
Yet these British shoddyites are dread
fully afraid of getting mixed up with for
eign shoddydom! Every year, snobs and
nouveaux riches are made peers, and most
of them are unable to define the position
of their grandfathers in society. The
LaCL Is, at the COROuAJlOn OF hlng EDWARD,
where it has been decided Americans are
not to be admitted, there will be less real
blood aristocracy than is present at
a great public function in this country,
where no fuss is made about it. In this
British inner circle we lave
the dances,
The filings of hot little rooms,
The glancings of rapturous glances,
The fancyings of fancy costumes;
The pleasures which fashion make duties,
The praisings Of fiddles and flutes
The luxury of looking at beauties,
The tedium of talking to mutes;
The female &splomatists, planners,
OF matches for Laura and Jane;
The ice of her ladyships manners,
The ice Of his lordship's champagne
1t is this exclusive society where
''grown-ups" laugh at imbecilities and are
as readily entertained by puerilities as
children and roar over the most tenuous
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Mrs. Sewell, widow of heroic Dennis
Sewell, appears to be worthy of the gen.
erosity of the public to her in recogni-
tion Of her husbands heroism. The sub
scribers to the fund found a pleasure in
giving that will be greatly increased by
the knowledge that they gave wisely as
well as generously.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Felix Angus, the well-known Baltimore
newspaper man, who has championed
Schley's case with great zeal, says: III
this persecution Of Admiral Schley con-
tinues and the decision Of the majority Of
the court of inquiry is allowed to stand,
it will make Admiral Schley the leading
candidate for the presidency in 1904 :"
This country certainly has not yet reached
the point where it will select its presi-
dents just to crafty personal resentment
of injustice done to an individual. 1t will
continue to select them on qualifications
for the office. Admiral Schley has and
deserves the admiration Of his countrymen
and the gratitude of the people for his
services as a sailor and a a-fghter, but
he has few Of the qualifications of a presi-
dent and we shall be much disappointed
in him if he does not recognize the fact.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

The president has decided to dispense
with the huge task of shaking hands with
everybody that comes to Washington.
What silly thing this handshaking busi-
ness on wholesale scale is, anyway.
When does the average citizen feel most
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

William Allen White must have got
Boss Plat about right. It's the man
who deserves an epithet who gets the
hottest when it is applied to him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

of jokes. This is the aristocracy which
has exclusive privileges in Westminster
Abbey upon the occasion OF the corona
tion of King Edward.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Irving and Terry will be the Christmas
attraction at the Metropolitan, st. Paul. and
the following repertory has been arranged for
the engagement: Monday, Merchant of
Venice; Tuesday, king Charles II; Christ
mas matinee. Waterloo and Mime. Sans
Gene; Christmas night, Louis XI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Mrs. Sarah Cowell LeMoyne, the fame
of whose eastern successes has preceded her,
will be the Christmas attraction at the Met
ropolitan. opening Monday, Dec. 23, in her
new play, The First Duchess of Marlbor-
ough.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

country as they did in France in the last
century. When wolves get so numerous
that they pursue farmers within a few
miles Of Chicago those stories about the
entire standing army of France being or
dered out to capture one wolf do not seem
quite SO ridiculous as they once did.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

ADJUSTMENTS
Enver Chaf.

The last performance of "Florodora' viii
be given at the Metropolitan tonight.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Tomorrow night William S. Gill, supported
by an excellent company, will present "Pud-
d'nhead Wilson at the Metropolitan. The
engagement is for four nights and matinee,
closing Sunday Dec. %.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Little Cold Snaps l Have Met" by the
Weather Man is brochure which Is attract
ing considerable notice in the west.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Germany is going to seize a Venezuelan
port and collect her little bill with an ak.
Nobody in South America pays up without
the friction generated by club with spikes
in the end.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

James w. Nash was elected secretary Of
the Hennepin Republican association last eve
ming at a meeting of the executive committee
He succeeds J. Albert Hagstrom, deceased.
The committee is working hard on arrange
ments for the Lincoln Day banquet, which
will be held at the West hotel Feb. 12. 1t
will be known III few days whether Sena-
tor Fairbanks Of Indiana will be present on
that occasion. &C. B. c.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Marconi is as annoying to the Anglo
American telegraph company as January
thaw is to the coal man.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18

Beware of the lady who is doing things
with the chafing dish a la the advice in Mr..
Bok's justly celebrated periodical. Some day,
some where, some how, an exhausted man
will get Mr.. Box with wagon tongue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-10
THE BEEHIVE.

A good supply OF empty combs is hall
the battle in beekeeping.
Arrange the hives so that all dampness
can be kept away from them
Submitting combs to the fumes of burn
ing sulphur will rid them of moths.
Worker bees IRE dwarfed female bees,
80 small that they never become impreg
mated and lay no eggs.
Good sealed honey and tlat gathered
during the first OF the season is always
best for winter feeding.
Bees do not like to be hastily handled
and will repel all quick motions. There
fore move qnietly in handling them.
While bees Will live with very little at
tention or expense. yet to make them
profitable they must have good care.
Many bees are lost by not being able
to, reach the entrances of hives that are
set up some distance from the ground.
There Is q great difference in stocks OF
bees, so much SO that it is almost i'm
possible to find two stocks exactly alike.
Comb building ceases at the winding mp
of the honey How at any season of the
year. Bees are not known to secrete
wax and build comb at any time other
than when they nre gathering honey OF
heing Ted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-10
BARD OF THE coNeAREE" DEAD.
y. Gordon coosler, Poet and Painter,
Expires at Columbia. s. c..

Columbia, S. c., Sept. l0.-J. Gordon
Coogler. known far and wide as the
bard of the Congaree," the river upon
whose banks Columbia is built, died
suddenly yesterday. Mr.. Coogler was &c
years old. His father died when the
young poet was a boy, and his family
having little of this worlds goods. he
was forced to face the world. This he
did bravely. going to work to support
his mother and sisters. He became a
printer, working for Christian Neigh
Dor Of this city for several years.
Mr.. Coogler establisher job office
and was successful. He there composed
"Set OF" and printed his "Origina
Verses" The sixth edition of his
verses was recently issued from his of
fee. The originality of his poems have
attracted attention that has been I'M
equaled. Great journals and magazines
all over this country have noted them
and invariably in a view of approval
Notices have also been given in Eng
land and copies of the poems ordered by
members OF the nobility.
While hard worker, Mr.. Coogler's
health had always been excellent until
the death of his mother some months
ago. The death of sister last month
had a further depressing effect on the
young man. He lived for his family
and his poetic words had added great,
to his income. He HAD been failing fol
two weeks, but greeted his friends or
the streete but few days ago.
Mr.. Coogler was Of pleasant manners
genial disposition and of the highes
ciaracter