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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
A TRIBUTE TO DR.. BURTON

To the Editor of The Journal
Will you kindly oblige us by publishing
the following. A Senior, U. of NJ
DIR. RICHARD BURTON.
. Forth out of darkness into light has he
brought US. He has opened unto us the great
treasures of the past and of the present,
>trihe of an idle hour. He has made them
an august but familiar friend. To those few
who We're wiser than we he has brought the
talisman of a latent power within themselves.
They say that in the west there rests the
future of the land. That from its strong
young yirile life shall come the minds which
those who come after US, we builders of that
future west, need the support and guidance
OF his intellectual strength and broadness,
but more we people of the wild west need
him for, his high ideals and human sympathy.
But the east, fair in her stately cities, rich
in her ancient memories, cultured In all
things, has called her son, and lacking in all
such we must, in our turn mourn a lost
leader. II - -
We take great pleasure in complying
with Seniors" request. In fact, we
would have him become regular con-
tributor. But inasmuch as he neglected
to attach his name to his communication,
notwithstanding the years of instruction
newspapers have given their volunteer
correspondents on this point, we are un-
If the demands of space permitted we
| might descant on several passages in this
tribute to Dr.. Burton. We cannot let it
pass, however, without calling attention
to the modest reference to chose few
who were wiser than we.' We should
| like to make their acquaintance Persons
wiser than seniors are rare birds an6
should be pointed out to the awe-strucl
| multitude.
We also enjoy his reference to the peo-
pie Of the "Wild West" That is an ex.
! quisite touch, too, about the east, fail
| in her stately cities, rich in her ancient
memories, cultured in all things
But. no doubt, an earnest heart bea:
behind the hand that penned those lines
and they probably reflect, somewhat mud
Oily, the feelings of the students, which
being put into current language, are: Or
Burton is good thing. He has put u
| onto several things that we didn't know
and we can't afford to let him go to tn
cultured east or any other old place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
SATURDAY NEV ENING. MARCH I, 1902

makes nation attractive. keeps it's rich
citizens at home and brings the rich Of
other lands to spend their money in that
land.
Mr.. Adams view will certainly appear
as novel one to most of our world
beating money makers who have regarded
nation to dabble in when it might be maxi
ing iron or steel or sending it's ships
into all the seas. Yet If art means more
to France in the contest for supremacy
than iron and steel to the United States
or shipping to England, it is time for
business men to change their views.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

by u TO the state have also steadily in
creased much faster than the population
people paying this tax was 3.649,1s8 and
the total amount Of the tax was 4i,47a,-
5O7. The number of persons coming un-,
der the operations OF the tax has in
the percentages being 49 and 10 respec-
lively. The agares show, leaving out Of
consideration the present depression in
Germany, tendency to more general
distribution Of wealth in that country,
for while the total of the incomes sub
ject to the law has risen the average
tends to be lower
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
THE MINNEAPOLIs JOURNAL..

business relatively larger than other
centers and with an increase in New
York bank clearings OF 11.2 per cent. and
an increase of So per cent for, the coun-
try outside, the local figures for the week
show a: gain of 46.2 ,Qer cent
England and Germany have been sell
ing us steel this past week, the latter
country especially, and, finding that We
have got to come to them, the Germans
business has been booked in foundry iron
by domestic manufacturers, much of it
for delivery in the second half Of this
year. With the rush of buyers to get
their orders filled. the tendency on the
part Of the smaller producers to get all
pronounced determination of i, the large
foundrymen to hold the market within
bounds, prices have take a wider range,
and variations Of 81 ton are seen In
quotations from different sources.
Two hundred and four failures are re-
corded for the entire country which is
twenty-three less than n the preceding
week.
The period of continued bearishness in
wheat eliminated in a sharp decline. On
Tuesday, Minneapolis May wheat sold
down to 721sc on heavy ltquidation:. At
his low point. bearish aggressiveness
ceased. The passing OF the snow covering
from winter wheat gave rise to feeling
| of cautiousness. Traders were inclined
to await further reports of crop conii-
tions before committing themselves to the
short side, and with this pressure re-
coming from widely scattered sections.
the latter tone has been one of4quiet firm
ness. There are many bearish features
| to wheat, especially from the northwest
ern viewpoint. Yet while the present
situation, without the entrance Of some
new factor, points to an ultimately lower
range, the feeling at the moment is enc
of hesitation. 1t may be doubted whether
the indication of a large winter wheat
| crop will be, materially ( :scounted for a
| little While yet, or until there is that
stage reached where it can be called a
promise, prospect, or at least something
more than an indication. Meanwhile any
| change affecting winder wheat adversely
| would put bullish complexion on the
market. Exports Of wheat and flour
equaletl 3,234,54O bushels this week which
compares with 1909, 435 bushels last weel,
and 5,233.S13 bushels in this week last
year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

better salaries and enjoying less confin-
ing working hours might be located lit
tie farther from the business center. Such
a home would be important not only in
helping to solve the financial problems Of
young women obliged to manage their re-
sources carefully, but it would mean. even
more to. many Of them socially. for the
dreariest feature of the boarding house,
even where moderate comfort and decency
may be secured, is it's lack of companion
ship of cheerful and wholesome kind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
HOMES FOR. Young WOMEN

The reports of the boarding homes for
young women, conducted by the Woman
Christian Association, point out clearly
an opportunity. for philanthropic work,
along lines whose value and success have
been fully demonstrated. that should not
pass unheeded. The two homes have &C
commodations for not quite 800 young
women, and at both the number Of appll-
cants has far exceeded the accommoda-
tions. The women of the association, and
particularly of the boards of management
of the homes, on whom the pressure for
admission has come, are looking around
anxiously for some one to build other
similar homes to supply a great need.
Some of the women interested in this
problem Of cheap, decent and attractive
homes for young working women are not
looking for a gift such as that which es-
tablished the Pillsbury Home, but for a
man so interested in the welfare Of his
fellow creatures that he will be willing to
provide the funds for such home for
| small income on his Investment. The
Mills hotels in New York and other sim
liar institutions have demonstrated the
! financial possibilities of such ventures,
and the record of the existing Minneapolis
homes shows the local possibilities.
The two boarding homes are conducted
on quite different plan. The Pillsbury
Home Is made as cheap as possible, con-
sistent with comfort and proper nutrition.
and there the price paid by nearly all OF
| the boarders is 1915 a week. Only girls
on small salaries are admitted to the
benefits Of this home. At the Boarding
Home, where the average cost Of board
| is about 81, the catering is much more
| liberal. The financial statements OF both
homes show them to be self-supporting.
| It is believed that one or more new
homes OF a capacity for 100 or more
apiece could be so managed as to be
paying investment and at the same time
prove the greatest possible boon to a
throng of working girls who are now
forced to live In wretched boarding houses
| that charge them as much or more than
such homes could offer board for at a
profit The financial advantages in favor
of the proposed homes would be in num-
L I. -.E n {
bers, modern equipment, careful manage
Iment. buying at wholesale, and an assured
patronage.
1t has been suggested that one home Of
4 large size and managed on the cheapest
possible basis is needed quite well dow1
town, north Of Hennepin avenue, within
easy reach of the factory districts. It is
almost necessity that the cheapest
homes should be near enough to the worl
of the boarders SO that they can go home
. for the MONDAY meal. Philanthropis
] workers, familiar with conditions in thi.
part of the city, express the positive opin
ion that such a home would Be filled a
once and deeply appreciated. There !!
much demand for lodgings in this quar-
ter that can only be filled miserably, ant
many young working women cannot fnt
any place they can live in near thei.
work.
a higher priced home for those gettinl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

think it is undeniable, says William R.
Merriam in the March Atlantic, that great
wealth in the hands of a few men, and es-
pecialy in the hands of bright and able
men, such as these leaders in Industry have
shown themselves to be, is always more or
less dangerous to the state. Even though
they may be men of high character and
personal integrity, they will probably
hold that efforts to influence by improper
inducements the action of legislators and
assessors and of men in authority who may
under certain circumstances, have the power
to do things adverse to their interests, are
permissible. on the principle that the end
justifes the means. The political influence of
these large aggregations of capital Is the
chief danger and the one which will be the
hardest to eradicate. It may safely be pre-
dicted that there will be some sort of super
vision over them later. This super
vision ought not to be such as to interfere
with the pursuit Of the business for which
they were incorporated: but 1t ought to give
their transactions such publicity as will not
only protect the investors who buy their Sc
curities, but also convey to the great mass OF
consumers some conception Of the profits
which arise from the existence Of Industrial
combinations. There can be no doubt that
many Of the thoughtful men Of the country
look with much suspicion and anxiety upon
the influence being exerted by these vast cor
porations in the United States.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

Ambassador White. OF Berlin. contrib
utes to recent consular report bulletin
some interesting tnforniation regarding
the Prussian income tax. The Prussian
income tax law went into effect on June
"A, 1891. Roughly Speaking all incomes Of
more than 900 marks (s214.20) are subject
to this tax. Incomes from 900 marks up
to 10000 marks (s214.20 I'D to 81, 49s) are
divided into twentysix classes. the tax
rising from 6 marks for the lowest class to
900 marks for the last. Incomes Of more
than 10 500 marks are taxed upon special
and more rapidly progressing scale. I'M
der the application of the law the NUM-
Der Of persons liable to taxation has con-
tinually risen and except during the sec
ond and third years the amounts yielded
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

This would eliminate very large proper.
tion OF the most loudly heralded books
and would be only moderate protection
against literary trash. However, II MT.
Carnegie should make his wish rule, IT
would doubtless deter many places from
accepting his gifts. as the librariesSseem
to find it necessary to accede, at least
partially to the clamor for the ''big sell
ers'' in fiction, wet from the press. A
library that does not supply the latest
fiction, which must be taken largely on
faith, is discredited by the great mass OF
readers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
DAWN IN CUMBERLAND

Our eager train to northward sped
Through shadow till the east was red.
When, 10! the dawn's reviying brand
Kindled the hills of Cumberland.
Our track. along an upward crest,
Shone first; but down the quiet west
Each faint-lined hollow still was full
OF the slow mist's unwindiug WOOL.
Penrith lay wrapped in fairy smoke
TILL winds among the valleys woke,
And stirred within it,-as, it seems,
Reluctant risers move in dreams.
Beyond all this, was that I saw
The lofty brow Of stern Skiddawf
know not, for my heart did hold
An image Of gentler mould;
Wordsworth, whose name these hillsidss own
And waters tender undertone
Makes music of forevermore
In Derwent, Duddon, or Lodore.
From those fresh heights rich store have I
OF upland lovely thoughts laid by
From the soft mist below them hung,
New dreams which still walk among.
Arthur Epson in Christian RsStalnA
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
The NonpareiI Man
Ben Bolt TiiIlnan.

Ben Bolt TilIman.
. don't you remember McLaurin, Ben T.,
- McLaurin who didn't fall down,
But came back quite quick when you gave
him jolt
And forgot to drop dead at your frown
In the restaurant down in the basement.
Ben T.,
In corner obscure and alone
You have gone away back and sat by your
self,
For its plain that you've been badly
thrown
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
Minnesota VfEnetteS.

Martin Myrbo Of kensington, early Monday
morning thought he detected rabbit in
Myers field He crawled on his stomach for
three quarters of mile and shot twice at
it, but it was only piece of newspaper, and
Martins language quick and powerful.
The Alexandria Post-News says that "the
Think Tank Trust of Minnesota held It's an
nual meeting this year in Minneapolis There
was very large attendance and for two days
the West hotel was the brain center of the
northwest Minneapolis was a most cordial
host, and the smoker at the magnificent
hall of the Elks was the elimination Of
thought elevator"
The Roselillian correspondent on the Will
mar Gazette says that ''Ole Erickson's Whis-
kers are no more. He says his neck was
unable to stand the strain and they had to
come off Ole looks now very much like the
late President Mckinley
The German Medicine company, which held
forth at the opera house at St. Peter, worked
the old game OF wrapping money around a
bottle of medicine and inttmating that the
purchaser of the package was to get the five
dollar bill as a premium for his one-dollar
investment The doctor to make this
liberal concession just to advertise his great
"cure-all' medicine, but when forty or nifty
had walked to the front and handed IN their
dollar, he in a very nice and brief speech,
asked those in the audience who had bought
the package as speculation TO raise tnelr
hands None responded and the doctor was
very much pleased that his large sale had
been made upon the merits Of his medicine
and not in the hopes of getting S. for 81.
Some of the get-mch- quick characters pur-
chased several packages Of medicine, sup
posed to be wrapped with fve-dollar bills.
But they were not.
A local smoker, described by the Blue
Earth Post as IN. B., had been the source
of some annoyance to his friends through a
habit of borrowing matches at all times OF
day and night, and they all Clipped in and
bought great gross Of matches, hired
dray and sent them around to his mouse. M
B. now meets his match every day without
strikinp a friend,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

+ Andrea Carnegie has shown his good
5uS.-.fent in his expressed belief that the
y'ofels placed upon the shelves OF the
libraries he SO literally endows should
have weathered at least one year OF life,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

A great many men when they pass a
schoolhouse are merely frightened to death
by the idea of smallpox. But they have no
fear in passing saloon for they rarely do
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
Casually Observed.

British order calling for 5000 horses has
been placed in Texas. While strongly sym
pathizing with the Beers the Texan also
feels for large Bank Of England note.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

All our early ideals are shattered. Mil
waukee papers are discussing what kind of
wine to set before Prince Henry. Yet on
second thought perhaps Milwaukee's wine
has collar on it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

The Japanese claim to have secured five
successive falls of rain by experiments with
electricity. There must be good deal of
electricity about Sunday school picnic
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

dealer in Philadelphia who handles CO.
lonial junk is getting rich providing new
families with family relics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
A.Protest to BE SIGNED.

To the Editor of The Journal
May l, through your columns, ask for
signatures to the accompanying protest? The
protest is to be cut out of the newspaper and
with the signature, with address attached,
sent to me.
William c. Pope
S. Pau,, MINI.
To the Honorable United States Senators
and Members Of the House of Representa-
tves-Gentlemen: Cuba is in our power,
for It's veal or woe. We, the undersigned
citizens of Minnesota, hereby enter our pro.
test against the continuance of the 100 PEI
cent tariff on sugar, which will ruin the
island; We also protest against the proposed
$40, 900 reduction of taxes on beer and to :.
bacco. The country is in more need of
cheap sugar than of cheap beer and tobacco
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

Vaccination of plants is the idea of a
French botanist. He proposes to raise suit
able cultures of parasitic fungi and inoculate
the plants in order to make them proof
against the attacks of those parasites. DR..
Hall has already vaccinated a large number
of beats
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

Several fat brigands, with 100000 in the
bank, are now sitting on the sunny side Of
the building smoking lazily and watching
the spring come in. A rolling Stone gathered
them quite a little moss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
The butter men are opposed to oleo and
there are ROSTERS who object to incubators

The Lawrence, Kan, Debating club dis
cussed the question: Should young man
leave his music lessons to split stove wood
when his mother is at home in perfect
health 2" Strange to say, opinion was divided.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

bitter religious controversy is raging in
England over the matter of amounting the
king at the coronation. The dissenters ans
the rituaists are throwing half bricks an1
the religious atmosphere is clouded and full
Of clubs and back talk fully equal to any
thing in the seventeenth century-and all
over a ceremony that the passage Of time has
rendered a triie ridiculous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

D. T. JeWett, a practicing lawyer at IS
years in st. Louis, gives his recipe for life
thus:
Il may grow old in body, but never in
mind l don't live in the past, but in the
present l let the past grieve for its own
dead. live as though l. expected to last
1000 years longer. Waiting for the end =?
Not much. l am not thinking about that
When people begin Ito wait for the end
nature usually has an end in stock for them.
Keep interested!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01

A sensational pastor has been found in
Brooklyn who wants his salary reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000 on the ground that he isn't
worth much. One would not care to take
the opinion of the minister's wife on this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
TRUSTS Are ALWAYS DANGEROUS

Mt. Pleasant, Tenn, Feb. %, 1902.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-05-16
BATTLE CREEK.

Earnest Hans was in Norfolk Tues.
day.
o. L. Fisher of Oakdale had business
here Saturday.
The Methodist parsonage was neatly
repainted this week.
Peter Boes shipped a carload of fat
steers to Omaha Monday,
Chas. y. Haman has improved his
dwelling with a fine porch,
H. R. Lyman returned Monday from
a weeks visit in South Dakota.
George Berry has shipped six double
decked carloads of sheep this week.
Chas.t Brown Of Omaha is looking
after his investments here this week.
Otto H. Mas has returned from a
weeks visit to his ranch near Inman.
A. P. Pilger and Carl Korth of Nor.
folk transacted business here Saturday
Mrs. G. F. Montross and little daugh.
ter Mildred visited in Norfolk Tuesday
Miss Martha Preuss went to Norfolk
and Miss Pearl Smith to Madison Satur.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Brown OF
Meadow Grove visited friends here
Tuesday.
The creamery is receiving milk -four
days in the week now and will soon be
running every day.
J. H. Allen went to Oakdale Sunday
to work with the railroad carpenters OF
the Scribner branch.
County Clerk Emil Winter and At
torney Fred Davis of Madison wer,
here on business Friday.
Robert Pugh and Lambert Krbe
expect to open meat market one dool
east Of the Palace saloon.
Contractor Herman Werner of thi
town was given the contract for build
ing the new Catholic church.
Joseph Severa will have cemen
walk laid in front of his dwellin,
on the south side of Main street.
Chas. Fenske had very fine monu
ment set over the grave of his mothe
in the Lutheran cemetery this week.
Sunday services at the Lutheran
church will be held at $3.50 during tn,
summer, beginning with next Sunday.
The Wilberger family will leave 70
Butte, Boyd county, Friday, where Mr.
Wlberger has position as elevate
boss.
Next Sunday is Pentcost or Viii
Sunday and special festival services viii
be held in the Luthran and Catholi
churches.
A new pressed brick walk is to b
layed along the length of the blocl
which contains the postoffice, and tn
old walks are being removed and tn
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-05-16
cIarlnda Murder Mystery.

Clarinda, Ia, May 16.-The body OF
Miss Emma Moore, a beautiful young
woman of Clarinda, was found in a
ravine near here yesterday, with a
pistol bullet in her brain. William
Lucas, well known young man OF
Clearmont, Ia, is under arrest pend
ing an investigation. The couple
were sweethearts and left the home
OF Miss Moore Wednesday evening fol
a drive. The next seen of the youne
woman was when her body was found
Lucas will offer no explanation OF his
supposed connection with the crime
He denies all knowledge of the mur
der but refuses to give an account
OF his movements after leaving the
home of the dead girls parents.