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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
GOING TO THE CIRCUS
By CAsPAR DEAN

wouldn't "a believed it," he began as he
entered the house. Its the awfulest
thing ever heard of. and you know I've
bin in Chicago twice and seen some awful
things
The widow had a reply ready. It be-
gan with hyenas and worked up to ele-
plants, taking in lions, tigers, grizzly
bears and sea lions as it rose upward. She
talked so earnestly and we'll that when
Deacon Burton was ready to go he re-
luctantly admitted: y
mo, I don't 'spose it's any more harm
to look at lion then to look at wood
chuck if you don't git mad and rip and
swear over 1t.
There were others besides the deacons.
There was old Mrs. Gaynor, for instance.
She wasn't exactly a zealot, but she never
took a dozen eggs to market without ask
ing Heaven to bless them and make tile
price IA cents a dozen. She wasn't
bigot, but he contended that her own
brand Of religion was the only one to be
saved by. She wasn't narrow minded,
but when she heard of those circus post
ers she went down to see Aunt Sarah
and to say:
1--WE just stepped in mint to say
that if you go to that circus I can't
never let you enter my doors agin."
Aunt Sarah started in to argue. but
old Mrs. Gaynor was on her guard against
the wiles of Satan and wouldn't wait for
further talk.
The day of the circus arrived, and the
widow drove into Medina to attend it,
For some reason not to be explained a
dozen farmers around her had business
in town-some of them before daylight.
Some of them also fingered and drove
home after dark. -..:-.s
1t was all over the neighborhood that
Aunt Sarah defied public opinion, and
it was old Mrs. Gaynor who determined
to bring her to book. She went about it in
malevolence. She got up what she called
a quilting bee and asked the three deacons
and their wives and three or four Others
and at a proper hour Aunt Sarah was sent
for to be crushed. She arrived, and when
asked if she had anything to say she
very calmly replied:
IT didn't intend to see nuthin' but the
animals, but when I got in there Satan
beckoned me into the circus tent, and I
went. The jokes of the clown tickled
me almost to death. That's all I've got
to say"
Deacon Danforth, what do you think
Of such conduct" asked Mrs. Gaynor as
she folded her arms and rolled up her
eyes.
"Nuthin'. 'cept that I sat jest behind
Aunt Sarah and was tickled, tool he re-
piled.
"And you, Deacon Bidwell?"
"Waal. the bosses was wonderfully
MISUNDERSTANDING. can't skarsely
make out how they do it,
"And you, Deacon Burton? You amt
goin to tell me you was there tool"
II got kind of tired lookin' at the two
hump camels, and as one ticket admitted
to all went into the circus. part" ad-
| mitted the deason.
"And where did VOL all oat tioLoteo IL,
manded the accuser as a sudden thought
flashed across her mind
'Aunt Sarah gave us deadheads!" an
swered the three reacons in chorus.
"And left me out. when she knew was
jest dyin' to see the whole thing! Well.
| now; you can all go home without any
supper. and If I ever speak to one of you
agin hope to fall dead on my own door,
STEP"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
UN BARRED.

My tower was grim1y builded,
With many bolt and bar;
"And here" thought I, 81 will keep my
- life .
From the bitter world affair.""
Dark and chill was the stony floor,
Where never sunbeam lay.
And the mold crept up on the dreary wan,
: With it's touch, day by day.
One morn, in my solemn musings,
A f1utter and cry I heard;
And close at the rusty easement
There chung a frightened bird.
Then back l flung the shutter
That was never before undone,
And kept till its wings were rested
The little weary one.
But In through the open window,
Which I had forgot to close,
There had burst gust of sunshine,
And a summer scent of rose.
For all the while had burrowed
There in my dingy tower,
Lo! the birds had sung and the leaves
had danced
From hour to sunny hour.
And such balm and warmth of beauty
Came drifting in since then
That the window still stands open,
And shall never be shut again.
Edward Rowland SIN.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

The decision to put the Minneapolis hour-making in
dustry egthour labor-day prov
be great stimulus to the eghthour through
the United States It will bring the front question
that is bound to receive increasing attention In pape
read before the Employer Empoye convention las
week. Professor F. L. McVey Of the University of Minnesota
summed up the history and motive Of the movement al
folloWs: "..<r ,. 49,.
The eight-hour day IS not new question AS =
early 1912 and still earlier in England, such
working day agitated. but SO far in advance of
the hours then worked the demand, that little
attention paid to the movement. The agitation
for the eight day has been materially affected by
historical and industrial events. The civil war post
whole question of shorter hours for
eral years. and the movement was just gathering
strength when the panic of 1873 again postponed its
consideration. In the next twenty years the railroad
the Industrial depression of 1885, the
IIaymarlxet 1886 and the panic Of 1893 kept
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
"Trust'' Extremists.

Some Kansas congressman is out as
strongly in favor of the trusts as some
Of his fellow citizens have been against
them. This was to be expected Of Kan
sas, the land of extremes. ~ +
This congressman lauds the trusts and
bastes labor unions. The former, he de-
clares, are the hope Of the republic; the
latter its menace.
The trust question will not be settled
by this slice of Kansas oratory, neither
will the organization of labor cease there
at. It's value will consist in the illustra-
ton it gives Of the absurdly extreme views
that are everywhere entertained regard
ing trusts.
Among a certain class of business men
throughout the country the Kansan's lau-
dalton of the trusts will be received with
favor. 1t exactly expresses their views.
There is surprisingly large number of
men who think all trusts are perfect;
that their purposes are benevolent and
their operations benef1cent. ...a. I'LL
Opposed to them are extremists on the
other side, who would have it that there
is no good in trusts, either in principle
or in practice; who would crush them and
resolve them into their component parts
with an ak, if necessary. tt:tts
The trust, in the modern sense, is q
big corporation which either monopolizes
or dominates production in its own field
Mere bigness does not predicate either
goodness or badness. Little corporations
are good and bad, and so are big ones
The little. bad ones poster a few people
the big bad ones Cypress many people
| The good big ones beneficial and per-
form many services that could not 9th.
erwise be done SO well. It is the ba6
trusts that sober minded people are gun.
ming for. They are the kind President
Roosevelt desires to bag.
The president is thus seen to occupy
conservative middle ground. He is not
| SO blind as to assert that there is no men
ace in the corporations which have the
power to interfere with the liberties Of
the citizen. On the other hand he is
not so thoughtless as to assert that law
can reverse an economic tendency. But
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

flour mill employees it ought to result in
putting the entire flour mill industry Of
the country, so far as important milling
centers are concerned, on an eight-hour
basis. In the meantime mtllers at other
points will have some advantage over the
local millers in the margin Of profit. The
new basis necessitates the employment of
about 12O new men at $3.50 q day and a
larger total payroll, though just how much
does not yet appear.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
The. King off, Africa Here,


When the king of Africa landed at New
York correspondent queried as follows:
Five hundred word interview with
King Of Africa. How much?"
The reply was, "Send two hundred Af-
irica.''
- Along. in the afternoon the dispatch
came in as follows:
: New York, Sept. His Sable Majesty
Chummy Mummy the Steenth landed at
the pier this morning directly from Liver
pool. He has recently come from Ijiji
and intends making tour of the United
States. His majesty was much impressed
with New York and said that there was
nothing in his part Of Africa like it.
Africa" said the king, has been en-
joying remarkable prosperity during the
last few years. The melon crop has
been abundant and everybody is salts
fed. The razor factories are working
overtime and the full dinnerpail Is seen
on every hand. Africa has always been
in favor OF the free coinage%of silver but
it has up to the present time been defeat
ed by the monkey vote. The monkey
vote in the interior Is very
heavy, and what is more, the
judges Of election in the Chimpanzee dis
tricts are suspected Of monkeying with
the count. There Is a strong feeling In
Ujiji against Gorilla domination but there
have been no outbreaks yet. We are
hoping for the best"
His majesty expects to travel extensive
ly in this country and to visit the St.
Louis fair before his return.
"A. J. Russell
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
REVISE AND RETAIN WHAT Is
NEEDED.
New York Press.

There IS no question that some of our
steel and iron industries are able to
compete with the foreigners in their home
markets. But there is no more a ques-
ton that some foreign steel and iron in
dustries can and do compete here even
to the extent of supplying iron and steel
to newspaper which breaches mo
tariff And there is no question likewise
that American competition abroad is
possible only because, our own market
being firmly established, surplus prod
uct, as one Of the laws of trade and COM
merce, can be handled to advantage In
foreign competition
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
Average Circulation
of
THE JOURNAL
for month OF August
IS, 4577
Victory for Common Sense.

It is reported that when the local flour
mill employees union adjourned yesterday
evening, after having accepted the eight
hour day offer Of the employers, the men
fairly danced and shouted in their salts
faction and happiness at having agreed
with their employers on. such good
terms; and there were enthusiastic
cheers for the mill owners.
This demonstration Is a good sign.
It shows that the middle ground on
which the dispute was settled is emf
nently satisfactory to the men. It was
not one of those compromises which
fercely screws down the matches on dis
content, but one which is so fair, so es-
sentially just, that it contains the ee-
ments of lasting peace. :
It is said that few hotheads and
radicals urged the men to stand by their
original position Of an eight-hour day with
twelve-hours' pay or strike. But the men
Of sense and Judgment were so numerous
that the decision in favor Of accepting the
offer Of the employers was practically
unanimous. The mill operatives of Min
neapolis have always had a reputation for
being pretty solid, conservative, intelli
gent lot Of men, and their action Of yes
terday will brighten that reputation.
On the other hand every person who is
interested in such a public question as a
threatened strike on big scale certainly
owes it to the mill owners to compliment
them on their broad-gaged, progressive
and generous attitude toward their men.
Though the men did proceed a trifle
bruskly in threatening a strike before ne
gotiations wer fairly under way, the mill
ers made concessions which show them
to be employers Of an utterly different
type from the President Baer kind. To
be sure their letter ended CURLY, but that
was merely an employers tit for the en-
ployes' tat. Coming after such terms it
was not out Of place. The employers
gave further proof Of their fairness by the
gave further proof Of their fairness by
moving up two weeks of the date Of be-
ginning the new system. s.-.:- .. Y ,'r
The new schedule Of hours in the mills
almost means a revolution in the daily
lives Of the men,: 1t gives them four
hours more to themselves each day at a
very small actual day-wage reduction.
That slight loss is more than offset by the
loss Of the employers in granting an
eight-hou schedule with its incidents of
many more men and larger pay roll.
Persons not familiar with the flour mills
must understand that they run on. a
twenty-four- hour basis, and that an eight
hour day means a vastly more radical
change with it than with a nine or ten
hour industry. 1t must also be kept in
mind that business competitors Of local
mille1s have not made similar changes.
We have been confident all along, from
our knowledge Of both millers and men,
that there would be strike. The
prevention Of such a disaster Is equally
creditable to both and fully establishes the
fitness of Minneapolis to originate such a
movement as that expressed by the recent
employer and employe convention.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

The. New York republican convention
did not declare in specific terms in favor
Of deepening and broadening Of the Erie
canl, 50 as to accommodate 1,0O0-ton
4barges, but it did take positive ground in
favor of improving canals and roads. Of
the canals it admitted that it is through
them that New York is able to hold first
rank both .'as the exporting and import
ing center of our country The conven-
ton was in favor Of making needed Inn
provements by means Of bond issues, in
stead Of direct taxation. For that reason
it urged an amendment Of the state con-:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
Casually Observed.

If. the president MSaohuld put d rag around
his leg and go about his business, it
might havesa chance to heal up.
That troublesamel Colon is being dag
nosed by a very daring surgeon, your
Uncle Sam. . .-.
The Kansas City Journal calls ,atten-
ton to people who get real pleasure from
endangering other peoples lives on the
highway. .,Coachmen, gripnen and mo-
tormene act in many cases as if they were
laying for" pedestrians Chuffers are
said after a little to become "speed era
zy,''i equally regardless Of themselves and
Of Others. When some abused pedes-
TRAN drillsza charge of bird shot into a
careless Nchuffer, lots Of us are going to
make up fund for his defense before
the. courts-if any defense is. necessary.
An actress at Lawrence, Kan, was hit
in the eye by a; bean blower and tainted
from the pain. A raid on the gallery
produced sixteen boys all carrying bean
blowers, Get a Single.
, - ''FF @~@ s.E -, '---
Minister Thompson, who has been sent
to Brazil, started life as railway brake
man. Perhaps he can turn the air on
some of those South American revolu-
lions. i. X - $50 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
OF UNCERTAIN TENURE.
New York World,

London journals are discussing the
chances Of Balfour's permanency as prime
minister From Viscount Melbourne who
held the post in 1887, Queen Victoria's ac-
cession year, down to the Marquis of
Salisbury there were nineteen changes Of
administration But there were only five
prime ministers in all that time who were
real rulers of their parties and the coun-
try-John Russell, Palmerston, Disraeli,
Gladstone and Salisbury. All the others
were stop-gaps who simply filled an UNI
certain period while the stage was being
reset for the next great man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

The department Of agriculture has just
discovered that good crops can be grown
without irrigation on the Montana bench
lands The department generally leads
in matters within it's sphere but here it
certainly follows. The people Of eastern
Montana and the Great Northern Railway
company have long appreciated this fact,
and have put out literature making a
distinction between these bench lands and
others requiring irrigation. . ....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

Had the Minneapolis mill owners been
like Mr.. Baer ct al they would have re-
fused to talk with the men and would have
posted a notice like this: 1.-THE present
scale of wages will remain in effect until
Jan. l., 1908, after which it will be sub
ject to change upon thirty days notice. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
THE RIGHT OF CLAMOR.
PHILADELPHIA Times.

1IIIIdUEIpII1d
Archbishop Ireland gives what must bs
recognized as sound advice to those excit-e
able persons who are more Catholic than;
the pope and whose fiery zeal discredits
the judgment of the authorized represent
tatives of their church. Some people he
we'll says, born to clarnor and the
privilege to ,clamor must be allowed to
them, but 1--WE shall insist that thev shall
clamor in their own name and not In tho
name Of the church." - -...-..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

law can prevent that tendency from run
ming riot. 1t. can make it serve the pee-
pie instead of injuring them: TO do this
is to do nothing more than perform the
first function of the state, which is to
protect its people,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

This habit of the southerners of lynch
ing negroes is something that is not I'M
derstandable in the north-except in Ore
gon, Colorado and other places where
they do likewise T. -." 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

Mr.. J. J. Hills panacea for the trust
evil is to punish the evil doer and protect
the righteous man. Applied, this means
prosecute the good trust and protect the
bad trust. To find out which are good
and which are bad, ask Mr.. Hill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

The local democrats are very "select'
Few as they are, they are engaged in
ejecting some Of theirless desirable mem
berS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

stitution that will permit long time bonds.
While this is sound policy, it means that
we must have a year or two of delay, at
least. before New York earnestly gets to
work on the canal problem.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

It will be interesting to observe how the
action Of the Minneapolis flour mill own
ers in introducing an eight-hour day will
affect the flour makers Of other cities.
Such an example ought in itself to be
powerful. Backed by the work Of the
newly organized International union Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

: While our esteemed contemporaries are
rubbing it in" on the board" of educa-
ton with respect to insistence upon iron
clad provisions that the proceeds of the
5000, 900 bond issue must be used for grade
Schools we would remind them that
grade schools; are what the board asked
the bonds for. -a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

Some Minneapolis capitalists are about
to build a linseed oil mill in Winnipeg It
begins to look like the Minneapolization
Of western Canada. --..-.... ....,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
Eoyer Chat,

Foyer Chat.
The presentation at the Metropolitan,
the first half of next week, of sherlock
Holmes" by those sterling artists, Herbert
Kelley and Effe Shannon, is awaited
with interest.
1.-THE Sultan Of SuIu," which is to be
the attraction at the Metropolitan the
latter part of next week, has had a COM
plete overhauling since this merry musical
satire by George AIDE had its first run Of
three months in Chicago last spring. New
and expensive costumes have been pro-
vided for the big chorus of pretty girls,
while AIDE has spent his summer. vaca-
ton injecting witticisms into the already
brilliant dialogue. s..,..
The advance sale for the two concerts
to be given at the Lyceurtl on Thursday
afternoon and evening by Sousa an dhis
band opened at the Lyeeum this morn
ing and the take was unusually large.
If the number of inquiries received at
the Bijou box office concerning the en-
gagement of Mason and Mason in "Ru-
dolph and Adolph' at the Bijou next
week is any criterion, these two clever
opponents Of German comedy, and their
admirable supporting company will be
heartily welcomed. <.5.+.i -
Next week, at the Lyceum, the Ferris
stock company will produce 'The Lost
Paradise a comedy-dr by Ludwig
Fulda.
Tomorrow evening, at the Lyceum, the
Minneapolis Council Of the Royal League
will attend the performance of Carmen"
in body, having secured a large number
of seats IN the parauet and aM the lower
EbOxeS. atsa-zs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
The Nonpareil Man

= Autumn at the Lake.
Goodbye to Minnetonka, -
The air is getting, chill; III r
The fuel man is smiling,
: The iceman shows, his bill.
!, H.. ) VIZ. ;, -
Laid up now are the steamers,
g No more you hear their toot,
= It's time for the fur collar
:. Upon the sbathingwsuit. Z. rsa,<. ,r;s ?.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
ADJUSTMENTS

Last Nights New Bills.
There were new bills at all the theaters
last night. The gorgeous wizard of o."
began busy week at the Metropolitan,
while the attraction at the Bijou was 1.-THE
Night Before Christmans," which repeated
its success of last year. The Ferris stock
company produced the dramatic version
of Carmen" at the Lyceum. Reviews Of
the new bills will appear in this column
tomorrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

It was hardly necessary for Mr.. Mitch
ell to reply to Mr.. Baer..xztThe latter is his
own best answer IL. FSS W, ~ -, A.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

The second operation on the presidents
leg will undoubtedly raise the suspicion
that his malady is more serious than at
first reported.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

If 1t Is really true that the steel trust
favsrs tariff revision, there will soon be
some surprising additions to the ranks Of
the. rev isionists. 49,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

Earth county; Charles silverson, Brown;
T. G. Collins, Cottonwood; DR.. L. G. Bee
be, Faribault; Clark Prescott Bissett,
Jackson; E. c. Stowe, Martin; Burt I.
Weld, Murray; c.. M. Crandall, Mobiles;
William w. Robey, Pipestcne; John KEEL
ley, Rock; George S. 1age, Watonwan.
A Way to Hold Frank Eddy.
The Hancock Record wants to know:
What s the matter with Frank M. Eddy
for governor in 1904? Van SAINT will have
had his endorsement for his stand on the
merger question and a well deserved one
and Frank Eddy Is too valuable man to
lose from the state.'
Some second district papers have sug-
gested w. R. Estes, former editor Of the
Madelia Messenger, for secretary of the
next senate. How does this strike the
Preston Times?
T. The Thief River Falls News announces
that vote for E. j. SWedback for state
senator is vote for Senator Clapp. The
nominee is asking for votes on a Clapp
platform.
Charles 3, Cheney,
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CONTINUED,

All papers are continued until an ex-
plicit order is received for discont1nuance,
and until all arrearages are paid.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29

Opponent for Brewer.
The first Of the crop Of independent
candidates for the legisla ture has APP
peared in st. Cloud. T. s. Mcclure has
announced himself a candidate for the
senate, and asks for democratic support
Mr.. Mcclure was a candidate for the re-
publican nomination four years ago. but
was beaten by Senator Brewer. It looks
like an easy victory for Brewer this time
Second District Committee.
Congressman McCleary has named the
following committee for the second dis
trict: G. Z. Benedict, chairman, Blue
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