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that the demand for iron throughout the
world has led ito plans for the large de-
velopmerat of the Spanish ore lands and
that. the abominable railway system Of
thes kingdom is to he constructed cn
modern lines, and much additional mile
ago laid down where It is sorely needed.
The minister of susricultures recently de-
clafed that there scansbe no internal pros
perity for the country until the present
system of land tenure Is abolished and
the peasants can acquire small holdings
fer their own use. At present, in large
portion Of the country, few unprogres-
sive and selfish land barons hold all the
realty, making situation worse than
that in ireland. -.
Talk of reforming Spain seems idle I'M
der the existing conditions. On the very
eve Of the coronation northeastern Spain
shows no enthusiasm over the event and
there have been no preliminary fetes.
In those four provinces there is dark dis
satisfaction over the oppressive taxation
and their deprivation by the government
OF their ancient fueros or special auto
nomic privileges 1t would require tho
services OF a second Daniel to master tbs
Spanish conditions and bring order and
harmony out of the confusion. There Is
no Daniel in sight at present, but the
case is not altogether hopeless.
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CAPITAL CULLINGS

Artists employed to- make. a: reproduction
OF the seal of North Dakota to replace the
one: which was broken from the ceiling OF the
house. of representatives. have completed
their work and it has been. approved by. North
Dakotans in Washington.
The commission appointed by the postnas-
ter general; composed Of the four assistant
postnasters general and the auditor of the
postofIice department, to report on the adj
Visibility and desirabtlity of the adoption of
the reply postal card and envelop system,
will meet here next Monday.
The commission of postoffice officials: APP
pointed to make an investigations of the post
inquiry, and its report it is stated, will be
adverse. Out of the agitation for con-
venient form of postal currency there prom
isss to come, However, a general revision OF
the money order system, which will meet the
demand; for d mail check currency.
squatters on section 76. at Cass Lake. are
safe for sonie time at least. The supreme
the case of the state against the secretary
Of the interior until thirty days from the
date the decision was announced Until
copies of the opinion are received at the de-
partment, no steps looking to the eviction of
the unlawful settlers will be taken.
When the senate passed the army appro-
priatian bill last Saturday. 1t adopted the
appropriating 100000 for the erection of suit
able buildings at army posts, in which to To-
cate the post exchanges. Senator Hans
byough says there is little doubt that the
item will be kept in the bill in the confer
ence between the representatives OF the two
houses. after which Secretary Root will take
steps to carry the law into effect. He be-
lieves that the aInusement-roons at posts In
the northwest can be erected before the win
ter sets Ia.
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THE Man AND THE OPPORTUNITY

A few mouths since there was nothing
20 indicate that anything would be ac-
complished in Governor Van SAINTS: adj
ministration to distinguish it from a
number of uneventfuls state. administra-
s+ions. Neither was there the slightest
Indication that the governor would do
anything to raise himself above the COM
mon run of governors. It was not that
the governor was lacking in the qualities
demanded of him who does something out
Of the routine, but that there was no indi-
cation that anything would happen that
would give him a chance to show the stuff
he was made Of .fsNg
And when the opportunity came it is
doubtful if the governor hadzany adequate
conception at the time Of the
star-reaching effects of his action.
He concluded that the Northern
Securities company was in violation
Of the state law forbidding railway con-
solidation, and he promptly instructed the
attorney general to proceed against It, In
doing so he precipitated immediate con-
sideration by the press and public of the
question Of enormous railway. combina
tons in particular and dangerous mono
poles in general.
1t would not be in order to say that
President Roesevelt's course with respect
to enforcement of the Sherman antitrust
law was suggested by Governor, Van SAINTS
action, or that President Roosevelt would
| not have done in any event what he has
done. But there is reason to believe that
Governor Van SAINTS. determination to. do
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16
DOWN ON DOCTORS

The following curious manifesto was issued
the other day in Paris, Electors, and bust
ness men! On the eve OF the elections the
friends of the small dealers call your atten-
ton to the present very grave danger-name-
ly, the invasion of the chamber OF deputies
by medical men,. Oppose medical candidates;
replace them by commercial men. And why !
Because the trend Of hygfenists is to exercise
an insuppcrtable dctation concerning the sup
plying Of food. To increase their authority
these hygienists do not hesitate to exaggerats
in an absurd manner the importance of food
frauds, and then they pose as saviors of
human live Thus sometimes these hygienists,
who are nothing but quacks, accuse purvey-
ors of milk, sometimes wholesale provision
dealers or rather grocers. No branch OF
food supplying is free from their accusation
of fraud and Justification. Defend yourselves,
then, against the calumny. Food puryeyors
of Paris and the provinces! Vote against
medical men, Let all parties choose other
men to uphold their flag. Let them, for in
stance, choose food purveyors.'
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days work than this of little Lieutenant
Weisol's. -, ..s:->-.:e 800
&"Papa!" she called with a rather timid
voice.
The colonel ef.er moment spoke en-
couraging well. Jeanne?"
IL she began, ''1-Lieutenant WeisoH-1
never told YOU. He asked Mcdowell. he
asked me: It was just before he left, ana I
was SO. sorry for it all. I told him No.
And now you'd change your mind, you
hero hunter. you!" Her. hand was pressed
over his lips. =, =
Tie colonel sat and smoked Like his girl,
he was a hero worshiper. Suddenly he re-
froWning. spoke:
why, Jeanne. there's little gossip down
in town: A broken down violin player. a
fellow degraded by drink, came two weeks
ago looking for Lieutenant Weisoll When
softer, they say he's a quiet, .gentlemanly
man, sad and thoughtful; but he's seldom
sober. He plays in the saloons and-every-
| where. When drunk he has given out that
| Lieutenant Wesoll is his brother and told a
story that may be true.
s"They were, this story runs, a poverty
stricken family, these Weisolls, when John,
the elder brother, and Harvey were growing
up. From his boyhuod Ohm, skilfu1 with the
| bow, was their chief support. 1t was through
their friendship with a congressman that
Harvey secured his appointment for West
Point, The younger brother was given every
| chance to work his way up John played at
the smaller 'theaters and at summer resorts
and at beer gardens. His. weakness for drink
wass fought and overcome by his hopes and
PRIDE in his brother and the need of untiring
work. Well. Harvey was graduated and came
west But now his brother is hopeless and
disgracefuE drunkard. That the tale. -
what does i. matter what his brother is
/. He is 1eroH'; broke in Miss McDermont.
| :; Eyes, l Know said the celonel:: ''but they
say what broke down this =musician iTothers
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! !: e IN J i CUBA

WITH the lowering OF the American flag
in Havana next Tuesday. and the departure
CT General Wood and the American
troops the page will be turned on one of
the most. honorable and historically i'm
pressive achievements in American his
tory. We have. carried out the promise
made to Cuba four years ago. Cuba libre
is at last realization. With the physical
condition of the island and people better
than ever beforesin their history, with the
example Of a strong, effective and almost
aawless administration for the home rule
government that is to follow. we leave
the islands, taking with us not announce
of loot or cent of plumber.
No young nation ever had more au-
spicious start than cuba now has, thanks
to- us. Economic trouble which friendly
reciprocal legislation may avoid may yet
be laid at our doors, but barring that pos
sibility we have done for Cuba all that
swef could dos. and far more than has ever
been done by any other nation for such. a
small community as Cuba.
The chances are that the government of
PfeSldenC rama, Will Inc way So Well
prepared for it., will at first, at least get
along very we'll The dangers that threat
en- It, we may assume, are unjustifable
revolt and extravaganza in the use of the
public funds OF course there is no omen
of REBELLION now but the Cubans are of a
race that. fights when men of our blood are
content to talk
AS for economy OF administration, Presi-
dent Palma seems to be determined to
attain 1t. He has wisely begun by an
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16
CURI0SITIEs OF GENEROSITIES

Some interesting. comparisons may be
made between the giving Of nations for
the relief Of the West Indian sufferers
from volcanic. action. - Is .'s$s:z
The United States is not governmental
ly interested in either Martinique or st.
Vincent. France is the mother land Of
Martinique; Great Britain rules st. Vim
cent. ~, =, s% Z. o." !: ~a.@ - =. $50 s.
= Up to date the government of the
United tsates has given 100000, and has
already despa tched to the scene Of the
disaster two naval vessels and two supply
ships The people Of the United States
have privately given large sums more,
probably not less than several hundred
thousand dollars. -
France has ssent/already one vessel
loaded with supplies and provided with
moneys the. appropriation, for this pur-
pose being 500, 900 Two more vessels
are about to sail, besides one that sailed
from New Orleans laden, with American
supplies. Private subscriptions do. not
exceed s60. 900. NJ +: :. ..5:
Canada has appropriated $4,000 and the
British islands in the West Indies that
have not suffered from -theSsdisaster are
giving. all that the1r, poverty and meager
resources Will permit, wretched {amaic ca
giving $4,000 alone. But the British gov
eminent has made no appropriation for
relief and-the private subscriptions do
not exceed $4,000.
Perhaps America is SO much nearer TO
the stricken region that the disaster i'm
presses us more profoundly than it does
Europe, with consequently greater inn
pulse to give. Certain it is that the fear7
full destruction OF life and property in one
of the most stupendo us vol anics upheavals
in history has made scarcely any impress
sion on the popular feeling of France, and
very little more on that Of England. The
that the disaster has not altered the
daily. life Of the Parisians in any respect,
though It would be thought that such
patriotie&peo ple as the Frenchs8w ou1d sbe
keenlys affects Ely a sufffferfngs IF the
beautiful island of Martinique. Likewise
England does not seem to mourn much
for scared and bruised St. Vincent.
The generosity or the Americans dnu
the Canadians Is partly due to the fact
that the solidarity of mankind. is more
generally recognized on this, side Of the
Atlantic than thesother. The United e'
States has developed habit of~inter-
national giving, which the Canadians have
been infected with. Americans feel that
they have record as national good sa-
maritans that must be lived UP to- = i
Liberal giving by the nation and the
people in such Titanic catastrophe ap-
peals to the national love Of the dramatic
and colossal Then, too, it must be re-
membered, that we are freer with on. our
| money. for almost all purposes than the
Europeans. We make Il more easily; we
disburse it more rapidly #
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IN A NUTSHELL

Trinidad B. W. People are leaving here
because Of fears Of an eruption.
A1bany-The state of New York has begun
two suits against the alleged meat trust.
Albany, N.tY.-Mrs. Elizabeth Slawson,
aged g. committed suicide through mourning
the loss Of pet dog.
Wantage-Croker declares he did not die
tate to Nixon and says he should not have
lost his temper and quit
silverton, .Col.-The Chinese have been
warned to leave town and Secretary Hay has
protested TO the governor.
Paris-Ihe French government has expressed
its gratitude to America for the prompt effort
to alleviate the suffering in Martinique.
st. Louis-An injunction is out to prevent
the sale of a block Of stock ia the Virgins
Ferry company, at st. Louis, and prices are
soaring.
Wichita Kan.-An army of: travelling farm
hands to follow wheat, rice and corn harvest
ing from New Orleans to North Dakota is
proposed. ENFs5s's-
Chicago-Two thousand wagon drivers and
conductors of the four big express companies
have been granted an increase Of 10 per cent
in wages.
Manila-The ofhcers comprising the court
martial that will try Major Glenn for alleged
crueltes in Samar will sail for that island
| Immediately. The court will convene under
General Grant
s San Francisco-Within nine hours, begin
ming at s:25 o'clock on the evening OF April
tchula, MEXICO. - L Ills 10 the report Drought
to-day by the Kosmos steamer Seraphis.
Detroit, Mich.-Seven oil companies having
their Offices IN Detroit and doing business in
Texas have been consolidated under the laws
OF South Dakota into one big concern, known
as the Michigan Diamond Oil company, with
| a capital OF $6,0o9,00o<
f Rerlin-The weather is unreasonable
Throughout Germany. There was a heavy
snowfall last night In the Rhine provinces.
and great damage was done to vines and
crops. Snow has fallen to the depth of
foot in Mayence Cold winds and showers
fprevaii in Berlin.
Chicago-Joseph N Eisendrath, president of
the Eisendrath Glove company, Elston and
Armtage avenues. used novel method to
prevent waikout sof his employees. He
Hooked the doors and kept his employees in {;
but when the doors were unlocked at noon
| 800 girls went on strike.
Beriin-The theology of Emperor William
Ehas caused grave distrust among the orthodox
kclergy. Professor George Heinrich, OF Lefp-
Esic, with q boidness rarely shown In state or
iehurch deliberately reviewed at the recent
Echurch conference, Emperor iNiiliAm's eoQusGr
ing with heterodox Mriters.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16

The death Of Mrs. John II. Stevens,
widow Of the late Colonel Stevens,
father Of Minneapolis,' is a painful res
hinder that the city is getting we'll along
in years. When Mrs. Stevens came to
Minneapolis as happy young wife in
1850, she was only % years Of age aid
when death came she &was75. The inter-
vening years represent the. age of the
city reckoning. it from the first settle
ment. Fifty years from now these who
can say that they knew Colonel and Mrs.
Stevens will be counted among those per-
scciated with the forefathers. :. 9.
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Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.

. Copyright, 1902, by the S. s. Mcclure Co.
f You'd scarce expect one Of his inches;;''-
was the colonefs comment. But the gallant
sold soldier ashamed OF his words. BY
George! 1t was one Of the bravest deeds ever
seen on the plains he affirmed, "and We'll
greet him properly with band and parade
and ball-the ball of the season. You must
see to that, Jeanne
The colonefs daughter lifted sparkling eyes
from, the newspaper. 1T was glorious she
breathed, glorious She bent over the
paper, her cheeks glowing. Over and over she
had read the account of Lieutenant Weisoll s
gallant charge on the Indian stronghold at
Checauba gulch., All the west rang with
praises for the Lieutenant.
Jeanne McDermont had lived her twenty
years hero worshi0er. She loved the
colonel not much because he was her
father rs because he was her hero:l And
even the colonel could point to no better
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16

The present strike of the journeymen
bakers Of Minneapolis has directed pub
slic attention to a. very important local in
dustry. The census of 1900 gives the
number of establishments, big and little,
at 81; the total capital invested at $780,
$3.50; the number of clerks and salaried
officers at 81, with a salary list of
S63,307 per year; the number of work
men at 4S1 and their annual pay at $780,
o64: The: value of the product in 1900 was
$1,2s7,254. The Minneapolis bakers supply
not. only home consumption but ship i'm
nense quantities Of bread and other goods
daily by express to various points in Min
nesota,j Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
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The seizure. Of 4Gaynor and Greene,
refugees from American justice, at Que
bee, and their removal to Montreal in
defiance of the local authorities, does not
seem to involve any international trouble.
1t Is more likely an inter provincial af-
fair. The Americans were arrested on a
Canadian warrant and were conveyed by
Canadian Officers from Quebec to Mon
treal, thoughathe coup was planned by
American detecti3es and largely carried
out by them. Had there been any attempt
to take the men across the border the
affaiFevous 1 AZ sbeen quite different. It
would bake tIhggn resembled the laughable
Lord Gordon incident.4'in which Loren
FLETCHER and the late, Colonel King won
50 much Advertising. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16
JONES' SUCCESSOR A FIGHTER

1
Ex-Governor James p. Clark of ArkansaA
who defeated James K Jones in the prinar-
les for United States senator is known al
old cotton top" on account OF his SHOW
white hair. He made national reputation
in 1885, when he was governor, by putting
stop to the Cerbett- Fitzsimmons prize fight
which. had been scheduled to take place in
October of that year. But Governor Clark
forbade the fight, declaring It TO be illegal.
and adhered to his decision, although he was
antagonized by influential politicians and told
that his political future depended upon letting
the fight go on The &C: probably KEEP. him
in seclusion for few years, but he has ap-
parently emerged from it stronger than ever.
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SOMETHING. DOING ALL THE TIME

fected in the poses which he assumes while
talking with visitors, writes Joe NJ. Chap
pie in the National Magazine. Now. he sits
sideways in his chair. Later ne draws up
three chairs and places one squarely in front
of two gentlemen. An opened letter in his
hand is folded and crumpled-hs listens as
intensely as he speaks He mas be sitting
across one foot, tapping the floor with the
other, to the tune of "A Hot. Time in the
Old Town Tonight" He stops. and dictates
a note His whole. procedure is distinctively
American and busnesslike, and think if the
president had business motto to hang about
the White House 1T would be '.Do 1t Now.
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THE GREAT STRIKE

The decision OF the .antnraclte miners OIL
Pennsylvania to make the temporary or
der to strike permanent, at the Hazleton
meeting yesterday, by a majority OF 11l1s
votes out of total Of S11, means war.
duration. Coal has been mined in COM
siderably larger quantities than the de-
mand has justified and has been stored
ready for delivery, and thus the operators
have placed themselves on advantageous
ground, for they will profit greatly by the
a prolongation of the strike, provided, they
can prevent the trainmen who handle the
coal delivery from joining the strike of
Ethe miners. There is a possibility OF
Esympathetic strike of the bituminous coal
miners and other industrial forces SO
cite miners may, ere long, be &lit1ed to
half million or more men.
The vote by WHICH the strike was made
permanent shows no unanimity. The prop
osition was carried, however, because Of
conviction that the operators desired to
refused to the last to make any conces-
sion whatever and promptly rejected the
proposition to submit the differences to
arbitration, although the cancellation
committee of the National Civic fedora
ton has earnestly advised them to recon-
slider this determination.
The Miners during the past year, have
saved money, but prolonged strike will
eat it up ana leave them stranded. Their
demand was for recognition of theirsunion,
an eight-hour day without reduction of
days wages, and for the weighing Of the
coal as it comes from the mines, in order
that a scale of wages may be based on a
minimum of 60 cents a ton. The opera
tors having refused arbitration and any
concession, and the miners having decided
| to fight to- the end, both being resolved
to take their chances, they are bound to
keep the peace and not inconmode the
public by their mutual obstinacy.
The eight railway systems which con-
troll the production and transportation OF
coal in the ATS square miles which con sti-
tute the anthracite coal measures, are
heavily responsible for the strike. They
Icompcse a community of Ownership which
gives them great cohesive and CO operating
power. Eleven men hold twenty-nine posi-
tions in seven different boards, and 70 per
cent of the total output: of all the" fields
Is under the control Of the Morgan inter-
ests, while there are mot 100 independent
operators, and most Of these sell their
Focal at the mines to the railway combine.
There are $780, 600 invested in, the
mines and transportat ion, yielding profit
of from ss5 600 to $500, 900 900, with a
freight traffic worth 10000, 600 to the car
riers. The coal trust would seem to be a
. genuine combination in restraint of trade,
subject both to the common law provisions
and those of the Sherman antitrust law.
The miners, on the other hand, are no
;. toubt getting better wages than at any
! period heretofore, and they labor under
the disadvantage of striking at time
when operators have a big supply of coal
sufficient to meet the demands of trade for
| the summer.
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At least one of the English colonies
that has co-operated with the mother
country in the Boer war is paying a part
of the cost of that war Australia has
sent So many cot it's farm laborers to
South Africa, abouts1 $1,000 in all, that the
wheat cultivation in that country has
been so restricted that it has been neces-
sary to- import large amounts of -four
from the United States
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nouncing his intention of combining the
governmental departments and employees
to the smallest possible number. 1t would
be pleasing to the vanity OF the new na 4.
stion to send ministers to all the: great ma
$tions of the world, but President Palma
has decided upon modest program Of
foreign representation which limits the
ministers to Washington, to Madrid; to
Paris for all Europe outside Of Spain, and
Mexico for all Latin America. .- 80. =.
The close relations of Cuba to the
United States will tend Ito. keep Cuba in
the right way, The ever present feeling
that excuses that ondanger peace, health
or business may lead to American inter-
vention, will tend to keep the Cubans cool
and discreet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16
WOMEN WANT CLEAN FRUIT

The Women s. Protective Health Association
in New York has discovered "a new form of
war on the microbes. It's officers are com
pelling those who sell fruit and vegetables
and expose the same on the sidewalk to keep
them covered and so free from the deadly
dangerous dust of the streets. The Grocers.
association has Endorsed this work, but OPP
position comes from company employing
most of the street vendors of small fruits
The women have already regulated the sale
of candy in the street.