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Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
MINNESOTA NEWS,
] aParoled Prisoners.

76TOAOO 1,TloOucEo
OF the 2l2 prisoners paroled from the
state penitentiary during the past two
years, only 10 broke their paroles, and
OF these, is were returned to prison..
Of the $50 prisoners discharged dur-
ing the same period SO had previously
served sentences, although this fact
was probably not made known to the
courts in more than one-fourth Of the
cases. 81, SIX s ~
These facts are made public through
the reports Of the officials Of the prison.
Consequently State Agent Whittier,
who has visited $40 paloled prisoners
during the past two years, advocates
the indeterminate sentence, or q sys-
tenn of parole of prisoners until such
time as they can prove their worthi-.
ness to be fully discharged. The re-
port says that many men were released
who were unfit to be at large, and yet
under the present system these men
arc released after certain period, as
we'll as those practically free from
criminal tendencies.
Mr.. Merrill complains that insanity
isgreatly on the Increase among the
men employed in the shoe and twine
departments, and he suggests that the
ideal employment would be such as
would afford both physical and mem
tai exercise. But with the majority
of the prisoners, he says, this would
be impossible. He urges the leglsla-
ture to make better provision for the
care of insane convicts. IS"
Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
Meteor Fails.

Geneva, N. y, Jan. One Of the
largest meteors seen in this part Of
New York state in recent years fell
into Seneca lake between Earls and
Angus The meteor burst with a"ter-.
rife explosion as it struck the water.
The conclusion was distinctly feit in
this city. a IN # & e !t5s HS54 n
Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
Won thu Rnce

II Boston, Jan. Ii obby Walthour, Of
Atlanta, the southern champion, and
the 73-hour worlds champion, won
the international $six-day bicycle race
at Park Square Garden. The distance
was 1,O99 miles 2 laps.
Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
A Mink Farm.

lis have been devoling considerable
time of late to the raising of Belgian
hares. they may be surprised to learn
tnat a Wisconsin. man. E. N. Harvey,
Lake Mills. has dropped the hare in
dustry for one he claims will pay him
much better. This is the raising of
minks, and he says he can dispose of
the fur to manufacturer at good
price and have thousands of dollars
while the Belgian hare people have
only dimes. Gye{,.S.@ = :, [-s,@
The. mink farm, which is the first
one known to exist, is "a feet long by
% feet wide; the outdoor yard is 10 by
II. The shed is a spacious building,
with small boxes for the little ami
mails, and the open yard plenty large
enough for them to run around and
enjog themselves. They prefer to
come out during the evening and re-
ceive their daily portions of meat at
that time. ase@t ~
Nothing but meat and all kinds of
game are given to them to feed on.
whenever I have sick chicken"
said Mr.. Harvey, II take him right
over to Mr.. Mink, and he does the
bleeding in the good old-fashioned
mannerO st%E .. ,trr II &qg%' TX
Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
A Good Year.

- y
yards at South st. Paul, which closed
Dsc31. was remarkably successful.
Gains have been made in about every
way possible. %#
The Lumber of hogs received was
about 5OO,465 which is larger by 49,
222 than the previous year. The
money paid to shippers will reach
about $6,0OO,O00. The cattle receipts
were 176,715, an increase of about 6,s27
over 1899. Calf receipts were 44,54s,
against 51,479 for 1899. r,
Brief Notes. s +E
Charles Johnson, q harnessmaker at
Cam bridge. was found dead. He was
q single man and roomed alone over
his shop. He was about 40 years old.
4 The Minnesota legislature is to be
asked for an approximation Of S45, 900
tor additions to the Moorhead normal
school.
Edward brennan, an old and prom
inent resident Of Lakeville, was acci-
dentally killed by falling down astair-
way in q hotel. ~ js3 s.}
Walter w. Campbell, watchman on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad. dropped dead at Blooming
ton avenue and Twenty-ninth street
in Minneapolis. He has been to 9
store and made a purchase and, while
returning home. death overlook him.
The cold storage warehouse of j.
Stlrneman at Winona was entered and
40 pounds of butter belonging to
Floyd Barber removed, together with
q tank Of oysters and two cases Of
eggs. s Vi
# Erick Matson, lumber man was
crushed to death by a falling log near
Foley. III s;s 4 4
Governor Lind will not fix the date
for the hanging Of Christian Wallert,
convicted in Carver. county of killing
his wife and children. The man can
not hang for at least ninety days after
the sentence, and only thirty have
now passed. The duty Of fixing the
date is not pleasing to Governor Lind,
and he will leave the matter to. Gov.
elect Van SAINT. Ri Et5 23
At Sauk Center safe crackers went
through the safe Of a. M. Madsen, who
4 keeps general store and extracted
500 in cash, leaving No trace.
Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
The Plan Changed.

Washington, Jan. I. Secretary Root
says that final arrangements for the
return Of the volunteers from the
Philippines will not be made until
congress has indicated its intention
with regard to their replacement by
fresh troops. One thing settled, how
ever, was, he said, that the volunteers
brought back to the United States
would be mustered out at points as
near their places OF enlistment as
possible, and not at San Francisco,
as was originally intended.
Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
Asks $1,OOO,OOO,

Washington, Jan. 8.-Secretary
Gage has sent to the house an estimate
of appropriations aggregating $1,ooo,-
900 for the continuation of the work on
the United States post Office and court
house building at Chicago, for the fis-
cal wear 1902. e.aa & tfrHf II
The sun., 1901-04-22

The Government is moving not too soon
for the protection Of the salmon industry in
Alaska. The Fish Commission steamer Alba
tross will start for Alaska about May / to
complete the investigation Of the salmon
Industry there and 10 learn how It's ertinc-
ton may be prevented The canneries along
the coast between stka and the Alaskan
pennsu are still turning out ger prod
uct OF canned salmon than any other part
OF the Pacific Coast: but the business is de-
chnlns and will certainly cease 10 exist unless
means are found for enforcing the laws that
are now almost wholly disregarded
About sooooo,Ooo pounds Of salmon have
been taken in Alaska since the industry began
In those waters over third Of all the
salmon canned and packed on tho Pacific
Coast comes from Alaska There are thirty
canneries along these hundreds Of miles
OF coast Some species Of the fish have
been almost eXterminated BY the wasteful
methods employed; and hundreds OF thou
sands OF salmon brought 10 the canneries
have sometimes spoiled before they could
be canned
One Of the most common practices IL to
barricade the streams so that the fish may
lie kept in the lower pnrt OF the rivers for
the convenience Of the fishermen No
quicker method Of exterminatng the FISH
could be devised II Is well known TINT
salmon do not spawn near the sea The
fish that swarm up tho Columbia and Frazer
rivers ascend for many miles. and on the
Frazer millions Of them penetrate inland rs
Tar as tho lakes in the upper part Of the river
when an obstruction is stretched across
the lower part OF a stream so that the fish
cannot ascend. spawning Is prevented TO a
large extent This ruinous practice IS punish
sble by heavy penalties but tho laws have
not been enforced
The two great evils are barricadng and over
fishing The Gamers should be prevented
from catching more FISH than they can pack
The streams should be under all the super
vision necessary to prevent barricading
There are laws enough TO safeguard the in
dustry II they are enforced
The sun., 1901-04-22

with burial entries. Finally balance was
found between the number Of unmarked
graves and the number Of dead previously
unidentified. Chaplain PIERCE then person
ally assumed the task Of identifying the sol
diers In the unmarked graves. a task OF which
he writes: No amount OF remuneration
could tempt me 10 repeat the process, un-
less. as In this case. the grewsome work
would save some hear'broken mother or
wife from mourning over the fact that
the grave OF her dead could never be located
with certainty"
Each body. "a identified, was clad In a
new uniform suit. Of the proper rank, and
placed in a coffin with a sealed bottle In
which was statement Of the soldier 3
name. organization and rank; a label con-
tanning the same information was placed
on the outside. and a flag drsped over
the coffin. religious service was then
held over the body A similar process
IL followed In every case, except that all
soldiers who die now are embalmed by q
system devised by Mr. PIERCE's chief assist
ant, private in the Hospital Corps.
II is due 10 the uneXamplcd generosity
Of the Government that the friends Of our
dead soldiers receive their bodies; and TO
Chaplain PIrRCE's tircess work that the
Governments sympathetic plan has been
carried out. For his task. Chaplain PIERCE
will find reward in the knowledge that his
work has brought comfort 10 hundreds Of
homes from Maine to California.
The sun., 1901-04-22
MIR. Fitzgeraid's Platform and Candi-
date.

On Thursday last the Lowell Democratic
Club and its friends listened to the Hon.
JOHN F. FITZGERALD predicting that the time
of Democratic reascendcncy was near, JEFF
fersoniansm being It's foundation. The
things that will lead 10 this restoration
are "a standing army OF 100000 men.
the conduct of the war in the Philippine
Islands and the amalgamation or con-
solidation Of the great business interests
OF the country into one gigantic trust or
monopoly"
How heartless Ia fate, As MIR. FITz-
GERALD was speaking the war In the Philip
pines was closing. AoUINAIDo was formu-
lating his allegiance to the United states
Government. The wageearning partners
Of the greatest OF all amalgamations. the
United States Steel Corporations. were en-
joying the highest wages ever known and
hoping ;or still higher. And one Of the most
distin guished Of popular champions, Prince
KRoPoTKIN Of Russia, speaking in Chicago,
was putting the stamp OF his approval
on these amalgamations. Trusts" said
Prince KRoporKIN. are not menace TO
the producer who labors with his hands
They do not crush out his hfe, but, on the
contrary, assist him by finding a market
for his product. Some Socialists will tell
you that the tendency ia row toward the
Capitalization of wealth in the hands Of
the few, but assert that exactly the reverse
Is true"
Mr.. FITZGERALD wants 70 fight over
again the campaign OF 1900, but not with the
same leader. According 10 the Boston
Herdlds report Of his address. he believes
that North and South the feeling is grow
ing that RICHARD OLNEY ia the only man
who can lead the Democratic party to
victory at the next election. view in
dicating that Mr. FITZGERALD ia a yonng
man somewhat afraid Of his plat form.
The sun., 1901-04-22

Code. But Mr. WILLARD can undoubtedly
show that he associates with criminals for
much the same purpose and TO the same
degree a. do Capt. TRUSS own men. IL
would be as absurd to arrest the
Italian detective. PErRosNo. for having
| intimate friendly relations with most OF
the sources OF disorder In the Italian quarter
as 10 arrest FLYNT for cultivating the ac-
quaintance OF criminals for the good OF
himself and society. The words Of the
authorities at Police Headquarters are
unpleasantly suggestive OF the treatment
which was given TO young novelist few
years ago when he undertook 10 defend
a woman OF the street from rough treatment
by policeman. The trial OF the policeman
on STEPHEN CRANES charges. II will he
remembered. developed into an inquisition
into the conduct and associates OF the writer
during all his residence in New York. II
was most irrelevantly shown that he had
not led a conventional life and the exhi-
bition that was made Of him tended almost
irresstibly To deter any one else conscious
of any past impropreties OF life from ever
bringing charges against policeman.
MIR. WILLARD has violated no law. There
is no good excuse for his arrest. but there is
such very bad one that We hesitate TO
formulate II. Mr.. WILLARD AZ COM
panion Of tramps was known In his true
person TO many OF the tramps with whom
he was associated; they did not care who
he was or what he did. so long az he did
not interfere with their wanderings-they
never knew Of his services to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad But OF late. since he has
become acquainted with criminals. 1t ia
most important 20 his work and 70 his per-
sona safety that the criminals shall not
know him To take Mr.. WILLARD 10 Police
Headquarters and TO exhibit him like a
common criminal before the whole detective
force will enable them. each and every one.
To recognize him They will be on their
guard against him and will not tell him
secrets Of their trade that are not meant
for the edfCation of the periodical reading
public. Moreover, IL what josiah FLYNT
has said about the improper community
of interest between some detectives with
criminals IA at all true. the guilty detectives
may easily point out the spy to those among
whom he walks disguised.
The sun., 1901-04-22

To THE EpIfuR oF THg SrN sly In his
defence of the present system Of uncommon
school education In Chicago, II Is strange
that Supt Speer the sponsor Of this system.
did not add one celebrated authority TO tho
list he gives
The system IL described IN your editorial
"a follows Teacher points ont on the chart
the word hop" skip" or Jump" Teacher
hops. skips or Jumps Pupils hop. skip or
jump
The system Of the distinguished authority
referred to is given in the following QUOTA
tion.
This Is the first class in English spelln z
and philosophy. Nckleby,' said Squeers.
beckoning Nicholas 20 stand beside him.
well get up a Latin one. and hand that
over 10 you Now then. where's the first
boy|
Please sir, he's cleaning the back parlor
window said the temporary head OF the
So he IS 10 be sure re,oiped squeer.
We 60 upon the practical mode OF teach
ing, Nickleby. the regular education sys-
bright, 10 scour Win, win, der, der. winder.
a easement When the boy knows this out
Of book, he goes and does it It's Just the
VII eres the second boy2
",Please, sir he's wedding the garden.
replied small voice
''To be sure said squeers, by no means
Disconnected 80 he is Bot, bot tim.
tin. bottin. n-ey. ney. bottinney, noun sub
stantive. knowledge OF plants When
he has learned that bottlnney means
knowledge Of plants. he goes and knows
EN- That's our system, Nickleby what
do you think Of it9
1T Ia very useful one, at any rate an
swered Nicholas Spears, SQueers's sys-
TEN? The nomenclature is surely not for
tuitous Blood will tell T.
NEW YORK, April IS.
The sun., 1901-04-22
Josiah Flynt and Captain Titus.

For almost week Police Captain TITUS,
with blood in his eye. has been after Mr..
JOSIAH FLYST WILLARD. Capt. TITUS
ia officially accounted tho shrewdest de-
tective in these parts, as such he is the Chief
Of the Central Office force Mr. WILLARD
il best known as JOSIAH FLYNT;" under
that pseudonym he has spent many years
wandering over tho face of the earth with
tramps and beggars, and. Of late, with
criminals. His success as a student Of the
reasons for tramps and oi the ways Of tramps
has been recognized not only by a profit
able demand for his writings. but by his
employment by large corporations Of
which the Pennsylvania Railroad ia not
ably one, aS an assistant in getting nd ~
the tramps that infested its lines.
Quite recently JOSIAH FLYNr has
written a number Of articles for periodicals
in which he has asserted that thieves and
criminals generally regard some Of the
detectives and policemen in this city as
friendly 10 them and ready 10 save
from legal difficulties criminals who will
share profits with them. Commissioner
MrRPHY and Capt TITUS took violent
exception 10 these statements. Capt.
TITS talked about Mr.. FLYNTs book,
The Powers That Prey" and said omi-
norlsy that If FIyNT could b" brought down
n the Central ONCE he would be qualified to
write things about Powers Thai Pray"
Commissioner MURPHY told Capt TITUS
in the presence Of witnesses. 10 catch
FLYNT and PM him through the third de-
gree" II was announced that all the
energies of tho Police Department were
bent on the capture Of FLYNT.
We have waited in vain for some expla-
nation Of the charge on which Mr.. WILLARD
is To- be taken into custody, II has been
suggested that his own confession that he
il an associate Of vagrants and thieves
may be used against him under the Penal
The sun., 1901-04-22
British View OF Yankee M,chsni ..
From Engineering

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nn ,I1 s,b ,S Sno m',% "n'y s.,Sn' aca sln,-
ahce WIN 'h' Ahenoth lank'e' as seen In
tho mechanical trades he ia often misIudoeI
Whlle no no Doubt has a certain rondposs ,or
-" ~ '''''. ,'""'V'' lot
money n" po"' not S'ahl apart rom men ~
other climes In that ~, eagernes, TO acouire
4, a NJ Io,s, r,r,i,ll,. ofysa, h,. tho, =, .s
s,ia,,,,II. w. ,t,,- Wy pi ro''io
other n'uonll'les IN 'helr retentiVe EFFORTS af-
ter they once gain possession of II
T. seens 10 mo that there +. on. .,r.i,,h 4.
..,,,, a,.,,oo,.,a b.. s'', u
iced. not nlvays recognize ioyen her. NJ home
A ,,,, will corp. md .rc,L -, so,,a ,ro, \.
y, u. va, ,S.o-i' .,,,,,,, WY no
wi he- 70 40 IN" Work OF some elif'le appli1nCe he
woul like to have made. or some change In tho
c,.,i,, that c,rt,ip orer,ti,r. o., ha .hor,
'''','s' Wv, ,,'" ~ '''''" -" oo e'o't-
enc or eliminated
VIII does he do this7
no.s hee,,sc, mora n,v9 yta 4. ,ow .,,,
L'''s - ' s''uns
ms mu'h aS tIi" shnp ever pl'N.
Doe; he cxp,ct 20 get patent c the april
nnC", lie ia SURF. nIe on every hand by them,
ana not q patent IN the Iot
Doe, he eNrect TO shorten his day. He has
hl- uIl hours 70 "ork the same AZ ms fellows,
ana viii have
Does he expect 70 be bio 10 takeit easy by
the Chnnge' Not a btt oi II, as the reason he
give for the change IL increased production or
No snt working iecrwork 70 get the In
crease
To think he would do this without snv reoaon
woul be ab .urd
In some vaVs he il the lazisst man 4, ,h,
world ld. dislike 10 doing gnvthin, ~ b'v
don't accomplish something l. intense '''"'
lie wants every crsrti"n 70 result in useful.
ness in son,e dircction ~ ''''H
10 mn, H. in nnotbar uav n. ,yor,, ,ha
ciercy of bis eyor,s 10 he as near To- .',' III
hle II dollars come from this well sn1 a., 80
H"t it.r aiI ths, ia not H. ri an e""l
put hin, ot work wbcre he bns ~ ~ - .,
,binE anG 10 inses IA. s,ron ,y ~ w. 'nanI's an =
'"h, ' Nm - lS' ", NIX, w! Ilot kerp u ther"
The sun., 1901-04-22
Chaplain Picrcr's Service.

From the very beginning Of the Spanish
war. our Government has followed the rule
Nihat the bodies OF our dead soldiers, those
of ofenlisted men as well as Of officers, should
be brought back 10 the United States.
Transport after transport has returned from
Cuba and the Philippines. bearing the re-
mains Of those who fell In their coIntrys
service and 80 complete Ia The system of
Identification that in each case the rela-
tives Of the dead have known absolutely
that they had the bodies of their friends.
10 the Rev. CHARLES e. PIERCE. EIev-
enth Cavalry. l. ) A., the Identification
Of practically all rhe dead in the Philip
pines i due. Mr.. PIERCE has been in
Manila for more than two years. and from
March. 1899. 10 December, 1900, was in
charge of the arduOus work Of Identifying
our soldier dead there on his return
early this year, no made report to the
War Department upon his work
A list of all the dead was complied by
Chaplain PIERCE, which Is kept mp to date;
70 obtain this list required repeated visits
to the various burial places around Manila.
ard complete checking Of hospital returns
The sun., 1901-04-22
THE TWENTY. DOLLAR QUESTION
From O Man who Has Done II.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sly have
followed the discussion in your columns On
the question Of marrying on $40 per week
with n great deal OF amusement. and have
come TO the conclusion that the difficulty
with most OF your correspondents. espe-
cially e g. is that they never had to do
for themselves There are more married
people living on less than $40 per week
than there are at $50 or more and they
don't have to exist Ike animal, either.
Where the animal has the best Of multitude
u people IL that he doesn't have ~ have
his good cigar and spend SO or more a week
on rum and other lIqud refreshmeuts
have been married for thirty-ive years, have
brought up family and always lived we'll
on an average Of less than 500 per week
ana have to-day property and cash In bank
OF a. least SIS, 900 l. S need not be sorry
Tor Mrs Brasher II Mrs BraSher is worth
being sorry for T. ! )
OsSINlNG, y Y, April is
The sun., 1901-04-22
Christian Scientists Not Practitioners of
Med cine

Christian Scientists Not Practitiontrs OF
Ned cine.
From the Chicago Record Herald
MILWAUKEE. April Is Judge Elliott in
tho Circuit Court to-day discharged the two
Christian Science heaers Mrs Cr~scentia
Aries and Miss Emma Nichols. who were
on trial for practising medicine without A
license judge Elliott took the ground that
healing by prayer was not practising mrdi-
cine The defendants in the case. the Court
said. had not attempted TO deceive any ono
and had not claimed 10 be doctors or to he
qualified 70 act as such Not only had they
not pre-crbed drugs or medicines, but they
we're opposed to such prescriptions Tho
decision will settle the status Of thc Christian
scientsts for the future in thi4 State
The Court said The whole question at
issue in thls case resolves itself To this. Ia
PRAYER medical treatment2 II IL ia, then the
defendants are guilty Of an offence under
the laws ~ this State II II is not, then they
ure not guilty and must be discharged IL
would seem as II this question answered Itself
the act Of prayer il so unlike anything that is
popularly regarded as medical treatment
that II looks lik" an absurdlty seriously 20
argue the question
While II was wise that the prescription Of
for their administration, II could not he be-
leved that II was the Intention Of the law
20 restrict cursttves y an intangible nature
50 as to prevent those not claiming to he
doctors 20 uSe these methods Clergymen
the Court pointed out, prayed for the sick
Was that service medical and. IL So, were
the doctors to mOnopoize it9 Under such
construction every Clergyman would be
brought tp trial
The object II tho law. the Court said. was 70
protect the public from frauds Continuing
Judge Elliott said But the defendants have
deceived no one as to their methods or pre-
tensions They haye not claimed to he doc
tors or to hc qualified to act "a such Not
only have they not prescribed drugs or other
modicamcnts but they dsclaim, denounce and
oppose the use Of such agencies In fine. the
chief bnsis of criticism asninst them Is that
they have not uScd medical treatment, when
in The opinion OF others, medical treatment
was needed The treatment given by them
may have been theological II certainly was
not medical and SO believing ! must md the
defendants not guilty and order their dis
charge
The cnse was first tried IN the police court
when Judge Naelcn held the defendsnts guilty
Of practising medicine without a license
and fined them $50 and costs
The sun., 1901-04-22

To TIRE EDITOR or The Sun Sir | would
lik" 10 say few words 20 the young man
who questions tho advislbility Of marrying
on s?0 week Friend ask not further.
believe one who is speaking from experience.
You can live well. not merely exist. and lay
by n little for a stormy day from $50 a week
My husband earns $50 weekly Ny family
consists Of my husband. daughter years
Of age and myself We i've in a select locality.
dress well, use ice and milk. eat well. go 20
the theatre occasionally. and at times en-
] consider "A pleasure, supported by my
husband's love, think when you read this
you will agree with me in thinking e 5 "
does not know what he Is talking about
Marry. my friend, and allow me 10 he among
tho first 10 wish YOU happiness and sue
cess HAPPY WIFE AND MDruEB
lONRFRs. y Y, April 20