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The Western news., 1902-02-05

outset Of the government. BY the act OF
1893 it cost cents to send single let
ter less than forty miles. To send 1t
any distance not less than 800 nor more
than 500 miles cost % cents. To these
rates there was an addition of 80 per cent
in 1S1i-a war measure-which lasted
only two years. But as early as 1910
there had been drop to l cent for local
letters.
In 1868. when free delivery in large
cities was instituted. the rate on drop
letters was raised to 2 cents. In 1872
the rate on drop letters was lowered to
l cent in cities without the free delivery
system. The great reduction to cents
on all letters not weighing more than
one-half an ounce. to all distances within
5000 miles. was made in 1851, and the
first grand recognition of books and 9TH
er printed matter as a separate class to
be carried at special rates was made in
the following year. though it was not
till long after that the pound rate for
newspapers and periodicals. of which
such shameless advantage has been taken
in recent years, was established.
The reduction of letter postage to =
cents per half ounce was made in 1883,
and in 1885 the unit of weight for letters
was raised to one ounce. 1t was in the
latter year that the rate on newspapers
and periodicals was reduced to l cent
per pound. In 1887 the free-delivery sys-
TEN was extended to places of 10000
population or $4,000 annual postal reve-
nue.. The most far-reaching postal inno-
walton since that has been the establish
ment OF the rural free delivery system,
which is a recent memory, and the limit
of which is not yet discernble.
The Postmaster General was not a
member of the Presidents cabinet until
Jacksons time. When that change oc-
Cured the number Of postoffices was
about 5000, the annual revenue OF the
department $1.5OO.0O0 and the annual
expenditure about $l.3O0.OOO. To-day
there are upward of 76.6SS postoffices IN
the United States. The extent Of post
routes, which was l,1S5 miles in 1880. is
now 100000. The revenue of the de-
partment has risen to Sill ,631, 1913, and
the expenditure to S115.534.92O.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

What the anarchists desire is the
privilege of remaining under a civil
assault its rulers and its Institutions
Illogical as such a demand is. that is
what they insist on and what they
strenuously contend for. But the
American people have tolerated that
condition of things as long as they
are going TO. The disciples of Most and
Goldman have assassinated one presi-
dent too many.
The Western news., 1902-02-05
MIRACLES OF HEALING PERFORMED
BY A RUSSIAN PRIEST.

It's a queer story they tell in Russia
about Father Ivan, or John Of Cron-
stadt, miracle-working priest of the
Greek church, who. 1t Is alleged,
ton, and makes the paralyZed whole.
Father John has just come into new
prominence by reason of gift Of
100000 rubies about $750,OOO). from
some unknown friend.
"Sain Ivan" as the people call him.
is the most Christ-like person one can
imagine walking this earth. When. at
the coronation of the present czar. he
was seen in the procession that con-
Quoted his majesty from the chapel to
The Western news., 1902-02-05
Heat in Australia,

Australia is the hottest country on
record. | have ridden for miles as
tride of the equator, but | have never
found heat to compare with this. Out
in the country in the dry times there
appears to be little more than a sheet
of brown paper between you and the
lower regions, and the people face
tiously say that they have to feed
their hens on cracked ice to keep them
from laying boiled eggs.-San Francis
co Call
The Western news., 1902-02-05
He Knew the Fact

A convict at a French penal settle
ment who was undergoing a life SEN
tence desired to marry female con.
vict, such marriages being of common
occurrence. The governor of the colony
offered no objection, but the priest pro-
ceeded to cross-examine the prisoner.
'Did you not marry in Frances" lie
asked.
Yes"
"And your wife is dead?"
'She is
Have you any document to show
that she is deady'
No"
"Then | must decline to marry Won,
You must produce some proof that your
wife is dead"
There was a pause, and the bride
prospective looked at the would be
groom.
Finally he said: II can prove that m
former wife is dead"
How will you do so?"
81 was sent here for killing her."
The bride acceI ted him, notwith.
standing.-Edinbursh Scotchman.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

Let people oEce be reduced to the
condition where they can see no future
for themselves or their children be-
yond the mental drudgery which bare
ly serves to procure them the neces-
saries of life and they will be ready
TO engage in any desperate venture
which gives the faintest promise of
with future before him under a
government guaranteeing him all the
rights and privileges of free man is
hard to seduce into conspiracies and
rebellion.
The Western news., 1902-02-05
Indian Territory Coal DEPOSITS.

Some idea of the value of the coal
deposits in Indian Territory can be
gained when it is known the average
thickness of the vein is four feet.
which viii produce 1000 tons to the
acre. These lands are leased in lots of
800 acres each, which means that
3,50O,O00 to 100000 tons can be pro-
duced by those leasing the land. On this
output the lessees pay royalty of s
cents ton. The output during the last
year was 1000, 127, as against 1,4OO, AL
tons the previous year.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

Every day things happen that furnish
sufficient excuse for individual. munich
pal. or even national rejoicing. 1t is not
SO often that anything happens to ben
eft the whole world and to make 1T
proper for the two hemispheres to con-
gratulate each other. Just such hap
pening, however, is this Of the trans
mission of the first wireless signals
across the Atlantic In this achievement
| all mankind may take satisfaction. 1t
is triumph for everybody. OF course
it is Marconi in particular who is to be
complimented, and the public will not
be sorry that it is he. Marconi has con-
Quoted his researches and experiments
i'll the most admirable way. His dis
closures TO the public have come after,
and not before, the fact. They have
been accounts of what he has done, not
of what he intends to do. If Marconi
had plans for communicating with the
Pleiades the public would know moth
ing about it till the first message from
that constellation had been received
and translated. So when he says that
he, in Newfoundland, has received sig
mails through the air from England, he
can be believed. No doubt Marconi
like other men. is not made unhappy
by public recognition of his services.
But he relies for that recognition on his
achievements, not on his aspirations
For such man the public has a deep
respect and a cordial admiration. Only
one exception can be taken to the uni
yersal shout of approval that will
doubtless greet the young scientist.
There is some danger that in glorifying
him the public may forget the men
whose steady, patient toll made his
dazzling success possible. In the sos
| James Lindsay sent wireless tele.
gram across narrow sheet of water,
and since that time scores of men have
contributed the small results of their
personal investigations to the great
general problem. These results, inform
ed by the genius Of Marconi, have given
the world the first transatlantic wire
less signaling. 1t is a case Of a great
many men laboring and one greater
and more fortunate man entering into
the fruits of their labors. To say this is
not to deprecate Marconi's abilities. 1t
is only to call attention to the fact that
coming at the end Of a long line Of in
vestigators he has SO summed up in
himself all previous studies and con-
clusions that Marconi and wireless tel
egraphy are as imperishably linked to-
gether as Darwin and evolution, though
in neither case does the linking tell the
whole story. There were evolutionists
before Darwin and wireless telegraph.
ers before Marconi. The outcome of
Marconi's successful experiment re
mains to be seen. There was a lons
space Of time between the first expert
ments in passing an electric current
through copper wire and the first sue
cessful telegraph line. 1t may be a Ions
time before the transmission of mes
sages across the Atlantic otherwise
than by cable will be an economic sue
| cess.
The Western news., 1902-02-05
Because there is lesson in the stor,

Because there is lesson in the story,
take your boy OH your knee and tell
aim about Ernest Armineo, who killed
a schoolmate, Joe Creelman by name.
1t happened in Newport, Ky, and has
saddened the lives of two families and
fastened to the future of lad some
thing that he canfnever forget. Tell the
boy that the foundation of the crime
was found in a taunt, in a species of
bullying that makes rare sport of
weakness. Edward failed in school.
and little Joe threw the failure at him.
It hurt cruelty. The boy was ashamed
because of his lack of success. He was
Inundated because of his temporary
downfall, and the cruel words aroused
all his passion. Talk to your boy about
anger. Tell him that the lad who does
mot learn to master himself can never
master others. The greater the proyoca-
1ion the more need for self-control. Tell
him that the successful employers of
<others are nearly always men who have
Learned the philosopy of self-restraint.
Tell him that force is the weakest of all
weapons, for it seldom convinces. In
the old days great battles were started
by the same means that led to the New
port tragedy A knight in armor would
ride out in front of his troops and hurl
an insult at the enemy. H would call
them dogs thieves, towards, infidels.
From the opposing force another
knight would ride out, and they would
fight till one or both were dead. Then
there would be more taunts, more
rights, and the soil would be drenched
,Kith imam blood. 1t was all very fool
1sh, It made war a matter of personal
bravado. 1t sacrificed lives and proved
nothing, and after centuries Of this
The Western news., 1902-02-05
An Important Question.

This" said the guide, with an i'm
pressive flourish, sis the famous Sistine
Madonna, by Raphael. 1t is valued at
close to $1,OO0,O0O."
'.Ah' remarked the American tour.
ist, land does that include the frame?"
philadelphia Press. g.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

Statistics show that one person out
of each seventy in the United States
Is engaged in working for the rail
roads. And although statistics do not
show it, there are more than seventy
trying to work the railroads.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

The Glasgow exhibition came out
with profit of 100000, while the
Pan-American lost three millions. The
canny Scot takes his pleasure with an
eye to money making still.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

No human society can find fault with
an automobile banquet held even on
the coldest night. There are no horses
20 be left outside to shiver and shake
while their owners warm themselves
within and without with the best
known heat producing commodities.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

1t is a disturbing bit of knowledge
the fact that six men can remain in
submerged boat fifteen hours, with
no other air 10 breath than that in
the boat, and suffer no i'll effects from
the experience There will be no ven-
tilation whatever IN sleeping cars at
ter this,
The Western news., 1902-02-05

Nine. Sarah Grand claims that the
way to approach man and subdue him
is by the dinner route Well. this is GER
tainly better plan than lecturing at
him every night.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

the palace, the ten thousands of for
eigners present remarked the striking
similarity with one accord, while the
Russians, overcome. fell on their
knees and worshipped him. On that
supreme occasion the good priest wore
chasuble of spun gold, but without
the cross and pillar designed to be
emblematical of the Saviour's suffer-
ings. His head was uncovered, and
his long hair fell in graceful curls up
on his shoulders. Ordinarily he wears
the stately robes of the Russian high
er clergy, resembling those of Ro-
man Catholic bishop, while his breast
Is adorned by a massive cross of pure
gold set with precious stones. which
the late Emperor Alexander presented
The Western news., 1902-02-05
Let TS Hone So

Mrs. Wedder has remarked her first
husband after having been divorced
and then buried two Others"
''Well. the first shall be last, you
w."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

BOnnets are now made to match
gowns. but, strange to say. no one
thinks of trying to make them match
purses.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

We have some sympathy for people
who are mean, and don't know it, but
it makes us mad when anyone thinks
up meanness, and takes pride in It
The Western news., 1902-02-05
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Ragtime music is to be banished be-
Gore the neXt worlds fair ST. Louis
will have to invent something new.
The Western news., 1902-02-05

1t is an easy matter to determine the
power of woman's will by comparing
the size of her shoes with the size Of
her feet
The Western news., 1902-02-05

Coal is cheaper in China than any
where in the world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
STRIKE. BASED ON GALLANTRY
Men Employees Would Save Girl,
From Rough Jostling.

Men Employees Would Save Girls
From Rough Jost1inE.
Special to The Journal
Chicago, April 8.-Labors gallantry is the
basis OF a strike in Chicago, and SO far as
known it is the frst time such a cause has
been made the ground for an industrial dis
.turbance. So
Fifty five men and boys declined yesterday
to return ito work for the Eureka Electric
company 14s South Clinton street, unless ten
girls employed there were permitted to leave
the building fifteen minutes earlier than the
rest of the employees. The girls have been
jostled In the marrow halls and shaken up in
the general rush for the street in the evening
when the employees left the building.
The strike Is peculiar, as heretofore the
men and boys employed in the various manu-
featuring plants have insisted that when girls
were put to work in the same department
with them they should not receive any con-
cessions withheld from the men.
The controversy began last Wednesday,
when the employees demanded the discharge
Of Assistant superintendent p. Schwartz Mr..
Schwartz was removed, but on Saturday night
three machinists were discharged, accused,
they said, of having caused the trouble. The
other employees declined to return to work un-
less the men were put back. Instead OF COM
plying with the demand. the company rein
stated the assistant superintendent. Then
the girls and boys walked out, the boys and
men adding the demand of fifteen minutes al
lowance to che girls in the evening to their
other request.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
UNION CLERKS VISIONS
ALLURING PROMISES ARE MADE
Aids to EARLY Marriage and an old
Age Pension Created Enthusi-
asm in Chicago.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
CMcago, March S-Visions of early marriage
ana a pension TN old age were held out as
Inducements for girls and young men to join
the Retail Clerks Union at a mass meeting
held last night
The alluring promises were made by Ma
tional Secretary Treasurer Max Morris of the
Retail Clerks Labor Union, and were greeted
with prolonged clapping of hands and waving
of handkerchiefs by the audience of 200 clerks,
many of them young women.
Endorsement Of the aims of Mr. Morris was
made by Miss Mary Mcdowell. head of the
University Settlement in the stockyards dis
trict, and by Thomas j johnson, business
agent of the Chicago Retail Clerks Associa-
ton tS A
Miss Mcdowell won the hearts of the girls
by saying she was willing to do all in her
power to forward the plan voiced by Mr..
Morris: that she believed heartily lin labor
unions, and that she hoped and believed that
the salesgirls ip retail stores would set a
necessary example to the timorous@ men by
leading the way en- nlasse into the ranks OF
the clerks union during the organizing cru
| sadie that Secretary Treasurer Morris has
come from Denver to inaugurate.
SO aroused were the young men and women
at the meeting that they carried by a rising
vote and amid scenes of great enthusiasm a
| proposition to parade Ashland avenue to-mor-
row night for six miles-from Thirty-irst
street to Sixty-ninth street.
During the demonstration. in which music
and the songs of union labor will cut figure
| they will endea vor to close every store in the
street, establishing in way a precedent fol
| early closing at least one day in the week be-
| sides Sunday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
THE CARE OF GLOVES


There is wrong and a right way to pu,
on Gloves said a dealer recently. ITO learn
the right way, watch an experienced sales
woman while she tries pair on customer.
Invariably she will first shove the glove on
the four fingers before putting on the thumb.
She works slowly meanwhile, and not until
the glove is fully fitted to the hand does she
fasten it at the wrist
When the glove is removed the operation
should begin at the wrist, and the glove be
carefully turned backward as far as the sec
ond joint of the fingers. 1T will then come
off easily with slight pull at the tips of the
fingers. If. however, it be pulled from the
hand by the tips of the fingers, it will be
stretched out of shape.
Zone glove should never be turned into an
other, in the manner in which stockings are
usually done up. They should be laid outs as
fiat as possible, with the thumb folded inside
the palm of the glove
A long glove box is the best receptacle Fol
gloves. Layers of white tissue paper should
be placed between the folds of delicate gloves.
Persons of fastidious taste arrange their
gloves between sackets perfumed with their
faVorite powder.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
Personal ana Social.
Mrs. Sarah Rarr is home from chicaeo

Mrs. Sarah Farr is home from Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Burrage are living a,
17O7 Nicollet avenue
Oscar Bortle has removed from Eighth
street to 1907 Nicollet avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob F. Tourtelotte are home
from the south, where they spent the winter
The Lake and City Club will meet with Mrs
Charles S. Wallace, 1446 w Lake street, to-
morrow afternoon.
Rev. 9: L; Morrill, Of Chicago Avenue
Baptist church, will lecture tonight at Pills
bury academy, Owatonna.
An Easter sale and social will be given BIZ
the ladies Of Gethsemane church, in Knick.
hacker hall, this evening.
Mrs. S. F. Haskell. of St. Louis. is visiting
her mother, Mrs. w. A. Miller. OF 1928 Port.
land avenue for few weeks.
The Nabobs will give a dancing party this
evening, in Masonic Temple. b. r. Coveny
will act as master of ceremonies.
Mrs. H. N. Kendall was called to St Louis
Friday evening by the dangerous illness d
her brother, DR.. George F. Hubert
Mr.. and Mrs. DID, Holcomb and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. r. Hildreth have removed to All
Lake Harriet boulevard for the summer.
The Misses Christian, who were guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Llewellyn Christian, left sun
day evening for. their homo in Des Motnes
Iowa.
Lincoln lodge. No. III, /. o. O.. T., will
give an ice cream social and entertainment
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
Saturday evening. In X. r. hall. Cedar and
Wasaington avenue !. Rev. Stanley Roberts

Saturday evening In X. p. hall, Cedar and
washington avenue !. Rev. Stanley Roberts
win speak. sstf
Mrs +. ?. White OF Brainerd is spending a
lew days with her daughter, Mrs. II. I'll. Bar
per OF TAO e Seventeenth street.
Northwestern people at New York hotels
are as follows: Minneapolis-Manh M.
w. Martin, Miss Semple: Waldorf. j. w. Ray
mona: Marlborough, Mrs. b.. Secombe
Duluth Holland, j. c. Hunter.
Team Drivers local, No. 206 gave dance
Saturday evening The winners of the bean
guessing contest were Miss Petrew Bekke,. G.
McGinn1s and Mr. Hamerland There were
ol0beans in the bottle and Miss Bekke guessed
the exact number
The Lend-a-Hand Society the Mothers
Glnb OF Drummond hall, will hold it's annual
sale and entertainment at the hall tomorrow
afternoon and evening Useful articles fol
personal and household use will be on sale
ana refreshments will be served and a brie1
musical program given in the evening.
A very pleasant surprise was given Mrs
Jafquemln at the home of her sister, Mrs
y. u: Smith, 3514 Thirteenth avenue S, by the
members OF the Enterprise Social Club Friday
afternoon A handsome ring was presented
to ner IN the name OF the club by the presl-
uent, MRS. H. A. Johnson. The affair was
IareWe!l to Mrs. Jaequemin, who will leave
shortly for st. Louis. Those present were
Mines. Jacquemin, Smith, Davis, Johnson
Eckard, jerks, Foster, Bag1ey, Santrizos
Van Meter Townsend, Stuberg, Berray, King
6lDDlns Nolan lie Baron, Maybee and Misses
Smith and Petrea
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EYE

Am entertainment of musical and dramatic
nature to be participated in by all the musical
organizations Of the university and by talent
from the twin cities Is the announcement
made by the faculty music committee of the
university. Preparations for the event, which
is set for Friday evening, April 18th, are be-
Ing made on an elaborate scale and the affair
promises to be the most enjoyable of any of
the years events. The university armory
will be decorated prettily for the occasion N
university and class colors. The first part
OF the evenings program will be of a must
cal nature and will consist of selections by
the University band, the Glee and Mandolin
club, Miss Verna Golden and John Parsons
Beach. Then will follow a short play by the
dramatic club and the remainder Of the
evening will he given up to informal dancing.
The proceeds Of The entertainment will be
devoted to the payment of the balance due
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
TWAS MONEY INSPIRED T
WoMAN's BRYAN CLUB TO DISSOLVE
Matters Financial Still Trouble, ms
There Is $50 on Hand to BE
Disposed OF.

Special to The Journal.
Lhcoln, Neb., April s--The money question
was the primary cause of the organization of
the Woman's Bryan club of Lincoln and
ehlnss financial will be the last theme for dis
eusslon as prelude to its dissolution, for
Inc cluD members have decided to disband.
mere IS but one all important question What
small be done with the $50 which has ae-
cumulated IN the treasury during these eight
years OF championing the cause of Nebraska S
favOrite son.
At the last meeting the attendance was..so
SLIM cnat the question of disbanding could
not be constitutionally considered So a final
enort Will be made ITO gather in enough alb
sentees to expire according to the regulations.
VI course the paramount Question is the dis
position of the money
None OF the members is in favor of meet
ing any longer. The society was organized
IN 1886 to champion the cause of free silver,
the ladies forming it immediately after the
Chicago convention.