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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
LODGES CENTER SHOT

Because one object of the Philippines
legislation proposed by the republicans is
to assist in the commercial development
Of the Philippines the democrats have
charged that it was intended to open the
islands to exploiters, syndicates and car
pet-baggers, in his speech last Monday,
Senator Lodge said that if it We're a crime
to make money it would have to be ad-
mitted that the bill was Objectionable,
since it undoubtedly creates opportuni-
ties for men to- enter the islands and
make money. "I am aware" he ironical-
ly added, 'after many years of expert
ence, of the. hostility Of the democratic
party to any mana5who has made money
or to any man making money, and it was
that one of their principles, the only one,
think, which was carried out with com
pIete success during their last tenure OF
power. Few if any Americans at that
time made. moneya' - ) T.. ..~.s+ Il
If not reasonable the democrats are at
least consistent in opposing legislation
that will make it possible to develop the
commerce and industries of the Philip
pines. i 2-2t- - -t'- -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
IN A NUTSHELL

Chicago-Loud complaint Of the cold wave
is made.
Terre Haute Ind.-May Irwin is suffering
from nervous prostration-
Omaha-Pat Grove the abductor, has
bobbed up in a newspaper interview. r-
New York-Former United States Senator
Roach of North Dakota passed comfortable
Sunday and has slightly improved. Mr.. Roach
is i'll after an operation for tumor.
Cncnnati-In the United States court Mrs.
Tillie NJ Walker of Philadelphia has peti-
toned for a receiver of Oxford college at
Oxford, Ohio. The defendants are directors
Of the institution.
San Francisco-The Alaska Commercial
laska, Aleutian islands, a letter lated April
10, giving information of volcanic disturb
ances in that location.
Chcago-Mrs. Abby Perkins Cheney has
from her husband John Vance Cheney, on
the grounds of desertion. Incompatibility of
temperament is the cause.
Beaumont, Texas-In rows between whites
was killed. several whites and blacks were
wounded and number of others who jumped
from the train were injured.
Chicago-Mysterous tamperng with the gas
jets at the Northwestern university settle
ment, Noble and Augusta streets, almost re-
suited in the asphyxiation of the entire popu
lation Of the settlement building last night.
New York-Preparations are being made
by the sailors and marines of the Brook
lyn navv yard for the dedication Thursday
next of the 100000 Y. NJ. G.. A. building
erected by Miss Helen Gould. Ex-Secretary
Of the Navy John D. Long will make an ad-
dress Miss Gould will also speak.
Unalaska, Aleutian Islands-Unalaska has
been shaken up by earthquakes lately and
on several occasions the ground was covered
with fine ashes from some volcano Reports
from Unamik say that with every westerly
wino their village is covered with some kind
Of ashes indicating that some western vel
cano is in action.
Hackensack, n. J.-Rev. Alex Walters, D.
D., bishop of the African NJ E. church for
New Jersey, Missouri, Virginia, Michigan and
bail on charge of assault. The warrant was
issued on affidavit by Miss Sadie Billings,
aged g. The allegation is that Bishop Wal
tiers made improper advances. He denies it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

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The proposition to extend the limits OF
Yellowstone national park to such an ex-
tent as nearly to double the area OF the
park should be enacted into law without
delay. The area of the park is now 1878
square miles, and the proposed additions
comprise 1924 square miles. With the
exception of "a small piece that is de-
sired on the northwest corner of the park
in Montana: and a still smaller piece to
be taken from Idaho, all of the required
land, both on the south and east, lies in
Wyoming. Fortunately, all except the
Montana piece is within forest reserva-
tions, so that with the exceptions of a few
claims, the government has the title to the
land. Moreover, the organic act of Wy
oming reserved the right of the federal
government to enlarge Yellowstone park.
so that there will be no question of con-
flict of state and national sovereignty.
The strips of land required are those to
which the game protected in the park
drifts, at certain seasons of the year, and
is killed in great numbers by poachers,
who pay no respect to state game laws. 1t
is asserted that unless the limits of the
park are extended to enclose these
feeding grounds it is only question of
few years when the park will no longer
have buffalo, elk or moose.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
THE REBALLoTING IN FRANCE

Yesterday the reballoting in France re-
suited in a considerable addition to the
majority Of the Wa.deck- Rousseau min
istry, and it is likely that the premier
will be able to point to a majority of
about 100 in the chamber of deputies. At
the close of the parliamentary elections
on April 27, there were some 100 districts
where the candidates did not receive an
absolute majority of the votes cast and,
in these, reballoting or ballotage, as the
French call the second ballot, is necessary
two weeks after the regular election, and
in these cases plurality elects.
It appears that the reballoting yester-
day, made absolutely sure the utter wip-
ing out in Algeria of the Drumont anti
Semitic propaganda the Jew batting, COM
bination which ragged in Paris during the
Dreyfus excitement and sought, indeed,
to plunge all France in confusion. The
Drumont agitation was a disgrace to
France, inhuman in conception and meth
ods Not, an anti ministerialist was elec :,
ted in Algeria.
It is noticeable in the returns of yes
terday that M. Millerand. the socialist
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

minister of commerce. who had to stand
second ballot insa reimbursement in the
department of the Seine, was reelected
yesterday. 1t was predicted at the out
set of the career of the Waldeck R0us-
seau ministry that Millerand, being a
socialist (not af the revolutionary So
cialist group, however) ,sthe cabinet would
be. weakened and would be voted out of
office as inimical to safe government in
France. On the contrary, the presence
of a socialist or collectivist minister in
the cabinet gave the latter the support of
that whole element, while the extreme
anarchistic group herded by themselves.
Millerand, indeed, was one of the strong
features of the premier's astute program.
His combination OF advanced republicans
and all the socialist groups, except the
intransigent element, enabled him, with
his mastery directing force, to bring
France through the perilous controversy
over the question of revising the Dreyfus
Judgment without antagonizing and embit-
tering the army and removing the possi-
bility of military coup
The Waldeck-Rousseau ministry has
very closely followed the declaration
which 1t made ON June 26, 1899, when it
announced it's policy, which was approved
in the senate by vote of 1877 to 25 and
in the chamber of deputies by a vote of
263 to 237. That sustaining vote in the
chamber has been trebled. The key note
OF the ministerial declaration was the
pacification Of the country the mainten-
ance intact of the common country, the
effacement of existing delusions, the CO.
operation of all republicans. to end all
agitations against the regime which has
been sanctioned and will be upheld by
universal suffrage. wv ..
Under this declaration the ministry has
triumphed and has come out strongly up
held by the country. The nationalists
looked for great collapse of the republi-
can party like that which was brought
about by the parliamentary elect ions ir
1885, but they have been so worsted thai
it is not likely that there can be agai1
formed such heterogeneous combination
lsof malcontents against the republic a.
campaigneds against the Waldeck- Rous
lseau ministry.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
Brownton, April 8.
A GOOD REPUTATION
Atlanta Journal.


Many states have nicknames, some OF them
complimentary and others rather the reverse.
Minnesota has long been known as 1.-The
bread and butter state,' which is very hon
orabie distinction. Minnesota not only pro-
duces all the wheat her people can consume
and makes it up into flour which is famous
the world over and is exported to all parts Of
the civilized world, but Minnesota furnishes
the butter for her bread and mas a vast
quantity of butter for sale.
Her annual butter production exceeds 50,-
000, 900 pounds. 1t is of exceptionally fine
quality and is valued at nearly $11, ,00e, 600 a
year. ..,.
The Minnesota dairy product increased more
Ave years from 1895 to 1900 it increased no
less than 125 per cent.
Over 81, ,O00,0 900 is invested in the creameries
of Minnesota, and supply products to the
value Of $S, ,Q00, 900, to say nothing OF the small
dairies scattered throughout the state which
send an immense amount of butter TO market.
It lis estimated that the total revenue of the
Minnesota creameries will be increased more
than 100000 this year.
The people of that state remarkably
thrifty and know how to make their labor and
enterprise pay.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
A BIT OF LOCAL BooKMAK1NG

The book entitled Poems" by Arthur Up
son and George Norton Northrop, published
by Edmund D. Brooks and printed by Hahn
& Harmon, both firms Of this city, is now
offered for sale. and a copy has come to hand
for review. The volume is a fine bit of book
making, with a Kelmscotty flavor aboutdits
plain gray boards and handmade paper that
is very pleasant to the eye and touch Of a
book lover. The title page contains vignette
by Alex. Fournier, dated Paris, 1901. A lin
tied edition of $50 copies has been printed
from the types, Of which the larger part have
already been taken by subscribers. The book
is dedicated ''To the Members of the Samo-
var Club .. $3.50. .:.-. .. - g
Arthur Upson, by his former volume of
poems,5 'At the Sign of the Cross has al
ready won praise and some loc,M fame which
Is likely to extend as his work becomes bet
ter known. In these poems Mr.. Northrop,
also of the state university, makes his first
bow to the public. The work Of both writers
is original and in tune with nature From
popular standpoint, the criticism of the
verse would be that it is too .classical-more
of the study lamp than Of the fields. For this
reason it is not likely to have the sturdy
following that the human note brings out
To this rather chilly criticism, perhaps the
best antidote-to show that it is not harshIy
meant-will be few quotations to show the
really excellent qualities of the verse; Thus
Mr.. Upson:
I have haunted halls enchanted
Halls with tapestries resplendent
And high dreams of painting poets
Wrought for kings and sons of kings;
And I've gazed when day-death glory
In historic mountain places
Caught and changed the clouds Of autumn
Into gorgeous curtainings
And again, speaking of Bf swell and his
mighty friend, when the poet invites his
bookshelf to tea, he says:
But, invite thee down,
With thy gossip of the town,
Thy Illustrious Friend with thee
Talking Thunder, guzzling tea,
Ill insure my Samovar r..
& Against lightning
To give a touch of Mr.. Northrop's quality,
one might quote No. VIII, on "Windswept
Music:
Oh, ind-swept music of the boughs,
Thou singest many songs to me;
The sound of waters when the prows
OF stately ships put out to sea;
The rustling Of bird in flight
In magic, sun -bathed Already;
The tinkling of far sheep=bells light
In distant twilight melody,
Thou snsst 20 me.
Or again, writing of Sidney Lanier, Mr..
NorthroD says:
Thou on earth an hour Of heaven =
Mad'st in thoughts deep harmony.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
are we'll established in the public mind,

are we'll established In the public mind,
and some of them have already been sup
ported in other Investigations. There
seems to be no doubt that the evidence
is at hand by which the government may
be able to break sup this most iniquitous
and vicious combination, formed for the
purpose Of robbing the apr oducers on nsathe
one hand and the consumer on the other,
by absorbing profits which could not be
legittmately acquired were freedom of
trade maintained.
In this action against the beef trust, as
we'll as in the actions against railroad
combinations, coal combinations, and
other forms of offensive trusts organized
in the restraint Of trade, President Roose-
welt is rendering a service Of no small
Importance to the business interests OF
the country. He is proceeding by legal
means ito break up that which is rapidly
developing in this country sentiment in
favor of much more radicafmeasures than
those which the president proposes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

The Egyptian government has just pur-
chased $4,000 tons Of American coal. The
purchase has caused sensation among
English coal men and much surprise is
expressed that the government should
have bought American instead of British
coal. In this fact is to be seen one
of the reasons why Americans are not
often much alarmed by the extension of
the British empire. So far there has been
free competition in pretty much every
part of the empire-more in that directly
ruled from London than in the self gov
erning colonies. Even governmental de-
partments have gone on the principle of
buying in the cheapest and best markets,
regardless of the promptings of patriot
tsm.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

1t is not possible for persons here IN
the quiet and peace and plenty Of this
mid-continental region to conceive OF the
awful destruction of life and property
wrought by the irresistible forces OF VOL
canic nature in the stricken island OF
Martinique. The living are even more to
be pitied than those who suffered tiery
deaths. United States Consul Ayme re-
ports that so 900 people are homeless and
hungry Our government ought not to be
backward in sending assistance to these
poor people, who in their prosperity were
liberal purchasers of American food
stuffs. ..'..- : ..@..r.4t
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

maker. 1t Is to be commended for its
earnestness and zeal insits good work!
The conciliation committee of the Fedora
tion is composed of men conspicuous for
their public, spirit and ripe judgment. tAc-
cording to the laws of the Federation. the
committee Is appointed by the chairman
of the executive committee and consists
Of nine members, three of whom shall be
selected from each group and they shall
use their good offices in restoring har-
monious relations between employers and
employed where there is threatened dis
turbance. If their efforts are ineffective
and if the parties to the dispute desire
arbitration, the executive committee or
the Federation may invite them to select
two employers and two wage earners from
the executive committee to serve as an
arbitration board, and, if these want an
umpire, they may select a fifth member
from the division of the executive COM
mittee representing the public. Thus the
machinery for settlement is ready, ana
very excellent machinery it is. The ex-
ecutive committee of the Federation is
composed of an equal number of mem
bers representing employers, employees and
the general public. The workingmen are
given every advantage of just, unpre1u-
diced tribunal, in whose work they share.
The failure of this eminently just body
to prevent a strike in the anthracite
region is not fatal to it's usefulness. 1t
has prevented two or three threatened
strikes and the plan under which it works
is certain to yield much good fruit IN the
future OF course, when employers refuse
point glank to make any concessions ano
stick to it, nothing can be done. They
have to stand their share of the sequen'
suffering. President John Mitchell OF the
u; M. w. u, said, last year, IN a speecI
before the National Civic Federation, tha'
| he had never seen in his experience
strike that could not have been avertec
if the employers and workers had met II
conference before it began. This is true
as a general propositions. There are some
| exceptions of course, but in conclllatlor
and conference there is certainly thf
brightest hope for the removal of wastefu
attrition between labor and capital. 8
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Com
pany.
Ellersley wound up the clock and set it by
his watch. Then, with an impatient move
ment, he put it back in it's place on the
desk. Somehow 1t Jared upon him this eve
ming. 1t was SO big and bright, SO assertive
III It's ticking, that he felt tempted to set it
IN the bedroom. out OF sight and hearing
lIhat 1T was a present from Marie only
served TO increase his dislike tonight
He lit his pipe and sat down to WRITE but,
instead OF words, the incessant tick-tock
sursed through his brain. Finally he leaned
back In his chair and glanced at the offend
ing timepiece.
How like Marie it was, he thought all glit
ter and gold and loud voice, and an inclina-
ton TO be trile fast that get him out OF
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
THE CASE FOR BORAX

There is a wide difference of opinion
among German physicians and scientists
as to the effect of borax when taken into
the human system with, food In Wn1cn II
Is used as a preservative.. The dlHerence
seems to be about as pronounced and TO
take about the same lines as III tne
United States. There is growing con-
viction here that however deleterlous
other preservatives used by meat packers
end.sssellers may be, boraX IS not 10 De
condemned offhand. +a..- -
At the conference of chemists and meat
packers held in Berlin on Saturday Pro-
lessor Liebrech protested against the law
forbidding the use OF borax IN the
preservation of meat and forbiddlng the
,mportation of meat so preserved. He
said that the experts of the imperial
health Office had made the mistake of as
suming that because borax is injurious
when taken in large quantities it is also
Injurious in the small quantities in which
meat eaters receive it into their systems.
Drs Gerlach, Lebbin and Lohmann sup
oorted Professor Liebrech's contention.
NO one ODJeClS W COllIlOH SAT- co q
preservative, yet it is well known, that
an excess of salt is very Injurious to
health. Is it not quite possible that borax,
In the quantities required in the preserva-
tion of meat is an innocuous as small
amount of salt? AS to the effect of the
preservative on the meat it is maintained
that salt units meat for digestion and
that borax does not.
Th o ur n a has in past discussions
Included borax with certain other chem
icals used in the preservation of meat
as being harmful and in effect poisonous.
But it must be admitted that evidence is
accumulating that borax is not objection
able That point will be legally deter
mined for Minnesota by the decision Of
the supreme court in a case now pend
ing. Borax is the only preservative in
volved in this case. The defendants main
tain that it's use is unobjectionable, and
that it is not harmful to health. They
have ,adduced much expert testimony to
that effect. q
If borax is really harmless it is de-
sirable that the fact should be plainly
established as soon as possible. It is a
powerful preservative, and upon the
length Of time which meat can be pre-
served depends in considerable degree it's
price,. ..a.. s.--: ~ .:r., =;
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
Ruffianly Acts and speeches.
Whatcom Reveille.

There are several varieties of rufians to Be
found in the United States senate. Tillman
and McLaurin fought with fists and Money
charged on an adversary with knife. Car
mack distinguished himself by advocating in
language fit only for the mouth Of the bluster-
ing, staggering brawler the hanging OF littie
Funston. The generals crime was that he
obeyed a call to duty, as a soldier should. He
did his duty honorably and we'll. He listened
to the slurs of creatures like Carmack aud
answered them as their kind deserved. He
may have been indiscreet in having done so.
probably had no right to do so, but that fact
will not wipe out the shame certain rufianly
acts and ruff1anly speeches have brought upon
what by tradition is the most dignifed legisla-
tive body in the world. Time will bring ira
ditions that to recall will compel a blush.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

All business houses whose business IS
largely made up of small sales, many CT
them arranged through the mails, should
he strong advocates of the Post check
currency system. There is no DOUBT that
thousands OF persons who are attracted by
advertisements or articles costing small
sums of money are deferred from buying
on account of the Inconvenience of send
ing the required amount by mall. But
when the man who sees the advertisement
Of something that he would have has only
to put his hand in his pocket 10 nnd n
check for the required amount there Will
be no inconvenience and larger total
sales. ......-...
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12

bed ten minutes sooner than he wanted to
waken and made The beiated homecoming
more seandalous by a quarter Of an hour. He
could no more. regulate it than he could
Marie
She had proposed it, he remembered, the
night he had given his chaingdish supper
to some of her associates at the Metropolitan
theater. 1t was when he thought he loved
her and he had joined in her laugh of scorn
for the little china clock that he knew so
well. When she. had announced her inten-
tion of providing better one, he had pressed
her hand and assured her that he would keep
1t always.
And now-well, Marie had told him that she
was going to marry jerks, who was forty,
bald and wealthy. He had never liked jerks,
but he began to feel sorry for him. He was
good hearted, while Marie His eyes were
opened now to the pretty face of the Metro
politan ingenue.
When his first book had brought success
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-12
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed.

Casually Observed.
This is the kind Of weather that makes the
back yard farmer think of moving to Atha-
tasca, about eight miles north and west of
Manitoba.
Mansfield is all right, but give us the kind
OF show where the house falls down on the
low comedian who, gets hit with slat if he
steps out of doors or the painter drops the
paint pot on him. Then the gallery arises to
the occasion and you get your moneys worth.
bright, CHEEKY Optimist at Marshalltown,
Iowa, is going to start prohibition paper.
No one has ever become rich yet starting
prohibition organs, though there may be some
excitement in it.
The president shows some eXcusable curl
osity to find who fixes the price of coal
Probably the barons will deny that it is fixed
and plead that, If it is fixed, it is done in
the interests Of the public.
Fat boys who want to butt in on the curio
collectors game are being severely worked
In London by the bric-a -brac game. This IS
the first cousin Of the old book game. The
dealer drags out an old cuspidor used by
King Henry VIII, with the kings crest on It
and certificate from Cardinal Wolsey that
It was used by the king alone and soaks the
innocent purchaser for $7,225 for it, After
that you own the cuspidor and the dealer
owns the money. It's great
The weather must moderate pretty quick
or we drop the old custom of going in swim
ming on Decoration Day. 4