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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-13
More INSTRUMENTATION Talk.

To the Editor of The Journal,
The letter of Frederick White in Monday
:! o u IN a is right to the point in regard
to vaccination. Is he not just right in say
ing, let those timid ones have vaccination
who want it, but let those who DO not want
it have an equal privilege to refuse to sub
init to system of poisoning which records
show causes as many or more deaths than
the disease it is supposed to prevent? 1t
does not surely prevent the disease, to which
I can testify from family experience.
The experience of one of our largest bust
ness colleges here is enough to awaken any
one not on the staff of the health depart
ment, and cause some righteous anger. The
health department notified them they would
be there and vaccinate them all, so some Of
the careful ones were vaccinated by their
physicians. One young woman was laid up
several days, and was at the point of death
for few hours another lost several days,
and is not well yet while one Of the proprie-
tors is at deaths door.
Our conscientious physicians differ very
much in their opinions regarding vaccination
Why not give the other side fair play? II
the health department is really in earnest To
make our city more healthful, let it de-
vote more time to cleaning up. 1t will
find lots of help and friends along that line
ard success in making ours clean, healthy
city to live in will mean honor and respect
for the gentleman in that office; while the
course now being pursued by the health de-
partment in the line of vaccination is adding
ill-wil to dislike. &C. E. Nutting
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wheat, In the Pioneer Press of the 18th inst,
you VIII find q special from Chicago which
SHOWS that Feb. was record breaker in
the wheat market-only one car Of wheat ar
irving In Chicago on that date. This special
from Chicago also attributes the cause to the
fact CD that the farmers are holding their
wheat. This can be answered correctly in
FOUR words: 1t is not true. The Peavey COM
pany claims that 35 per cent Of the wheat
Is still being held by the farmers. I live
IN the banner wheat county (TrailD Of North
Dakota and l believe I am safe in asserting
that seven farmers out of every ten haven't
a Dushel left to sell and a large number were
even forced to sell their seed wheat to tide
them over. This fact can easily be ascer-
tanned by any person who desires to made a.
thorough and impartial investigation in this
county.
Inc trouble is that the wheat Weld was
greatly overestimated last fall and the grain
ana commission men are still basing their
reports on this false estimate Caledonia
township is perhaps the best wheat township
IN North Dakota and yet the wheat did not
average nine bushels per acre last year This
IS ngurlng the acreage sown-not what was
cut and threshed. The grain men always base
the number of acres on amount sown, and
make no deduction for the number of acres
destroyed by drought or water, hence the
discrepancy. t-P. Herbrandson
Caledonia, N. D.. Feb TO-
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GUNTON'S MISTAKE

Guntons Magazine for February, shows
how news is often distorted by publica-
tions. that have days and weeks in which
to verify hasty press reports. In trying
to make out that there is very strong pop
ular sentiment in the northwest favorable
to the merger it says that resolutions
were adopted at the Fargo convention of
grain and cattle growers 'practically
without dissent, commencing the work of
James j. HILL" AS a Minneapolis con-
temporary would put it Gunton's says too
much or too little here-too much in MAX
ing it appear that it was the sense of the
convention that Mr.. Hill should be COM
mended, and too little in that it does not
tell the whole truth The wrangle over
the resolutions after they had once been
passed, without the farmers knowing
what they were voting for, is too WE'LL
known in the northwest to call for 4
recital of what occurred at the conven-
ton. Out of personal respect to Mr.. Hill
and in consideration of his presence the
debate was closed with the resolutions in
the category of unfinished business, it
having been voted to reconsider the hasty
action in adopting them. But the episode
was far from furnishing an argument in
favor of the. popularity of the merger.
Indeed Minneapolis mergerite paper
took and published a straw vote that
showed that sentiment was strongly
against the merger, though Mr.. Hill was
admittedly popular personally.
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MEXICO INVADED
Mexican Herald.


What they do in the churches is excelled by
what they do in private houses. To walk
into patio, take snapshots of everything
and everybody in sight, is a very small
breach of politeness. In fact. these he and
she tourists seem to think that they are con
ferring favor when they thus print private
citizens face on the cartridge of their picture
making machine. But sometimes they even
go further than that, and a man who lives
in Tacubaya had an experience the other day
with batch of the most troublesome. lie
was sitting in the patio Of his residence with
some friends and the members of his family.
The outer gate was closed, but not locked.
Suddenly it was pushed open and in marched
the tourists. Before the family could realize
what was in store for them they had been
.shot, by half a dozen of the tourists, while
the others were staring around, looking for
something upon which to level their instru-
ments.
The owner of the house rose to his feet in
mingled amazement and indignation. Like
all the members of his family he speaks and
understands English WE'LL But in his sur
prise his knowledge of the language left him
for the moment. Before he could speak, one
, Of the tourists pointed to one of the women
OF the party.
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LESE Majestic
, New York Times

Prince Henry of Prussia, according to a
story told by diplomat who was once at
tached to the British embassy in Berlin, was
one day chatting with an English friend in a
cafe In Bonn, when he became an object Of
suspicion to one Of those meddling minor
officials who flourish in such numbers in Ger
many. The prince is too discreet man to
discuss affairs of state in a public place, but
this occasion some subject arose which,
while not Of general interest related to the
imperial family The conversation was in
English, and the spying official was acquaint-
ed with that language. At length Prince
Henry remarked:
why my dear fellow, don't you see that
the emperor would be even crazier than some
people seem to believe he is if he did any
thing like that?'
The official leaned toward his royal high
ness and said:
.'sir are you aware that there is a lese ma
jeste law in this country? Let me hear an
other remark of that kind and make aeon
plant against you.'
The Englishman took in the situation, AMI
moment afterward remarked:
.sAs l was saying to your royal highness
before we were Interrupted '''s-s
The meddler gasped, rose hastily. interro-
gated the manager of the cafe, and withdrew.
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The Detition of the Philippines federal
party that the Philippines be recognized
as a territory in the same sense in which
American territories have been recognized
in the Dast-that is as potential state
or states-is natural and does them credit.
1t is a good platform for any Philippine
party, and is the logical resting place Of
those Filioinos who believe in the ulti-
mate capacity of the FiliDinos to govern
themselves and are yet convinced that ma
tional independence is not the thing. 1t
is in harmony with the American system
it is the American system We admit the
Indian to legal citizenship when he be-
comes a citizen in fact. And when the
Filipino becomes carablt. OF self-govern-
ment we will not. be able to deny state
hood TO him.
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OLEO AND POLITICS

The oleomargarine bill, Notwithstanding
themselves, passed the house yesterday.
Although in it's effect the bill is class
legislation, since it is for the benefit of
the farmers and opposed to the interests
of the artificial butter makers, it is
just measure. Oleomargarine may be Just
as good or better than butter, but it is
not butter, and it has no right to mas
querade as butter. Large amounts OF
oleomargarine are consumed by persons
who are victims of the fraud OF substl-
tuition. Such substitution is an otrense
against the consumer and producer OF
butter. 1t causes the former to accept
what he believes to be an inferior article,
and it causes the latter to suffer loss
of demand for his product. The amend
ment of the bill so that it provides for
the inspection and branding Of "reno-
waited" butter as such seems to be in
harmony with the general intent of the
bill. Many butter consumers would pre-
fer to take their chances with oleomar-
garine rather than with renovated
butter. ,--
AS a political measure we are unable
to say, at this time. what will be the
effect of the bill. Messrs. Tawney and
>McCleary have been engaged in a ludi-
crous effort to make political capital out
of this question. Whatever they have
got out Of it, their constituents up here
in Minnesota have been getting a number
Of good laughs out of it at their ex-
pense. t-s- .--- a s..#E
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Interested in the Census.

Interested in the Census.
To the Editor 'of The Journal.
=. The lately issued first volume of the census
for 1900 looks strangely dull to the casual
observer, and yet rightly read it is the great
national epc--the record OF the lives and
deaths of those millions of men and women
which taken singly form the ground work of
the stories of love and hate success and fail
ure, by which the novelists play upon our
sympathies.
This first volume is only the beginning Of
the tale and serves but to introduce us TO
the characters whose life stories we shall
learn more fully later. But though it only
deals with the population there is much
matter for thought ccmpacted here.
We find, for instance, what is rather unex-
pected, that though the west has been grow
ing and growing rapidly, the east has almost
, outstripped it, and the center OF population,
instead of striding westward with its Gus
tomary swiftness, is only fourteen miles
further toward the setting sun than it was
ten years ago. This means that the urban
population is increasing more quickly than
the rural and that the already great cities
of the east are steadily absorbing the men
who might be tillirg the western lands. There
! are many reasons for this and it suggests
more and more difficult problems for the so
biologists and an ever increasing demand for
| improvements in city making and city man
| agement. .-'.
! Our negro population, it is interesting to
! learn, has been steadily decreasing proper
| tionally, ever since the slave trade was
abolished, and while it was in 1880 little
more than 13 per cent Of the total popula-
! ton, it is now but H. This seems to imply
that the negro question will in the ordinary
! course of events, settle itself; or at least
become a minor problem.
! Various other betes nor might we'll receive
! quietus from this book of facts, and for
| all who care for men, from the maiden who
! learns that the men are increasing in num-
| Der, to the good citizen who learns that
| America is becoming more and more for the
Americans, all might find something or IN
terest. To study we'll this blue book is to
| discover the tendencies which will make ouI
| history and our ronances. -..s. ..as
| j. r. Jones.
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Copyright, 1902, by the s. s. Mcclure Co

Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
In the pages Of that colossal work of refer
ence, the Universal, Royal and Imperial Art
Dictionary. may be found the following in
teresting paragraph:
Knoophuysen, Johannes C1609-9D, common
1y called Van Dordrecht from the place Of his
birth. pupil of the elder Cuyp and fell
low student of the younger and more famous
member of that family, he excels in the de-
pction of cattle grazing and reposng.
All Of which reads ordinarily enough until
one looks up Johannes Knoophuysen called
Van Dordrecht,,' and find that such an artist
never existed
1t all began in the conference room of the
Philadelphia Daily Dissemination. We were
discussing the features for the coming week
when Frampton strobe in Now, Jack Tramp
ton was an Engishman, something OF on art
critic on The Dissemination. He conducted a
column as intermittent as malaria and nearly
as sweeping. AS regards art, he honestly held
that the only living writer at all worthy OF
attention was John Sedley Frampton.
Jim Chuffey, our Sunday supplement editor,
loved nothing better than to prepare pit
falls for the feet of the self confident Tramp
ton But magnificent trait Of the latter,
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TURNER WAS THE C0NLuRER

Unwittingly T b e ournal gave it's
"anti' friends a pleasant sensation Mon
day. On that day Senator Turner was
roaring in the senate at the Philippines
policy and at the same time Governor
Taft was testifying before the senate
Philippines committee. In the haste of
making up the paper that afternoon a
part Of the report of the Turner fireworks
was added to the Taft testimony report
instead of being put in it's proper place.
There was nothing in the Turner para
graphs construction to warn the reader
of a mistake in "make-up," though, Of
course, it was plain that Governor Taft
had undergone remarkable conversion
between two days or had been grossly
misrepresented in the report. But this
was what the mistake represented him as
saying:
He called upon his republican friends to
think what a tangled skein they have woven
! in the orient. and urged: ....
| conjure you to unravel that skein, while
! there is vet time l coniure YOU to do It,
not alone in the name Of the hopeless Fill
pinos who trusted you and whose lands you
have drenched with blood, but I conjure you
I
! their posterty to stay your hand lest their
| precious liberties be destroyed along with
| that Of the unfortunate people devoted by you
| to conquest and subjugaton and spoliation
Certainly this was important if true.
The editor Of the Times, deceived by this
mistake,-and it was a clever mistake,
which his own paper had copied thought
two days over the surprising news from
Governor Taft and came to this wise COM
| clusion: "Governor Taft of the Philip
pines said too much or too little" and
then it went on to eluciiatc that PROPOSE
ton, editorially. If Governor Taft had
spoken the words that Senator Turner
really mouthed, the comment of the
| Times would have been sage. So the mis-
take that elated the ants Monday and
Tuesday embarrassed the Times yester-
day. And to-day it gives the Tribune q
topic for an EDITORIAL on IAN Amazing
Blunder.' The mistake itself was no,
especially amazing, as the Tribune re.
marks, but the queer combination that re-
suited was extraordinary.
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a national trait indeed. was that he never
knew when he was beaten and often succeeded
in turning the tables on the funmakers.
On this particular afternoon Chuffey had
prepared a more formidable mine than usual,
and the rest of us had been let into the secret.
When Framptor found us in the throes of an
art discussion, he smiled superciiousy. Jim
Chuffey turned toward him with an appealing
air. ....-
ooh, Frampton!' he exclaimed "Heres
Stephenson claiming that the elder Cuyp was
better artist than Knoophuysen."
"Knoophuysen?' repeated the critic.
eyes, Johannes Knoophuysen the cattle
painter. OF course you know all about him. u
The expression of doubt Frampton's
face was only momentary. If he never owned
to defeat, neither did he confess to ignor.
ance. .,.---- 49,.
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"say, she's got fine hair hasn't shee Won

"say. she's got fine hair, hasn't she? won-
der if it's ell real
By this time the owner of the place had
somewhat recovered, and, with what SEM
blance of politeness he could muster, asked
the intruders to leave, explaining that they
were in private grounds.
SIS that so?'' asked he-tourist. 81 thought
this was that big gambling house.
There are few Americans who have lived
in this country more than six months but
can tell many instances of similar gross rude
ness on the part of their visiting countrymen
and women. And some of the more expert
enced Americans so dread the tourist and fear
being approached by specimens of the class
that when they see one they begin the use
OF Spanish, and if approached in converse
tional way will deny all knowledge of Eng
lish.
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The Famous E1xnn.

Flynn, the famous dwarf. better known a
General Mite who went to England with
tTom Thumb died at Cardiff a few days
ago. He was a native of Chenango county,
New York. He stopped growing when a year
and half old. He was twenty-five inches
tall, was perfectly formed and displayed con-
siderable intelligence. General Mite Was
thirty seven yesrs old.
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The Play BEGINS

The imperial German steam yacht
Hohenzollern steamed into New York
bay and dropped anchor in the Hudson
river yesterday. and awakened New York
ers to realization that Prince Heinrich
is coming and that New York must put
on her best bib and tucker. Captain
Mahan and his committee did the honors
to bluff Admiral Won Baudissin, who was
overwhelmed with invitations, none of
which he can accept, of course, until the
prince arrives. If anybody thinks that
Prince Henry's visit is going to be an
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affair Of the American citizens Of German
descent or birth. he will find himself very
greatly mistaken, Judging by many and
various indications. The princes inn
|perial brother, William, has given special
instructions tos.t the effect that special
German demonstrations must notf.be ac-
cepted by the prince and that nothing
must be done or intimated in any way to
suggest that there is any intention to feel
the German pulse and test the sympathy
Eur KONG ind Vaterland." Prince
Henry himself has been sitting upSnights,
for some time, coaching on American in
stitutions, geography, science, literature
and art and has no doubt acquired knowl-
edge of the extraordinary enterprise of
the American newspaper reporter and has
been duly warned by his brother against
him. But who is absolutely proof against
the reporters notebook and camera?
Americans will give the prince most
cordial welcome. Some Americans there
are who object to any civilities to the
representative Of the powerful German
empire. They objected to- the acceptance
by the president of the invitation given
by the German emperor for his daughter
to be the central figure at the christening
of the new imperial yacht. The same peo-
pie would have our government withdraw
its ambassadors from European capitals
and isolate itself. The visit of the prince
is rightly regarded as an indication by
the German emperor of his desire for
continued cordial relations with the
United States. 1t is, of course, for Ger
manys interest that such cordial rela-
tions should be permanent. The debates
in the German reichstag on the agrarian
! tariff bill and the severe talk against oul
superior enterprise, which has interfered
with German trade somewhat, means nc
more than that they want to pay us back
in our own coin, for our duties are very
| much higher than those of Germany on 6
! large number of articles which they eX-
port as we'll as ourselves. The emperor
desires to show the world that his gov.
eminent is not in position of antagon
| ism toward the United States, as has beer
widely believed in Europe. We do no.
want such a view to be taken any more
| than does Germany. So we shall all say
to the prince: "Wohl bekommts."
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The legislatures program is to con-
fine itself to curative and local legisla-
ton, outside of tax measures. 1t
may not be curative legislation to give
Public Examiner Johnson an appropria-
ton that will make it possible for him
to avoid closing his Office, but it will
certainly be preventive legislation, and
tive legislation is permitted There is
need of an active and we'll equipped public
examiners office at all times. Money
spent on that Office is money spent to
save money.
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more entitled to statehood now than any
Of the existing states created out Of ter
ritories was at the time OF its aamis-
sion. But Indian Territory Is not alto
gether prepared for statehood. The union
of the two in one state. II their people
could have agreed on such course, could
probably have been brought about at the
present session of congress.
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1t really begins to look as if England
were more eager to intervene than Ger
many while the Spanish war
was coming on. But we are still await
ing the German emperor's explanation
of the actions of the German fleet in
Manila bay. Won Diedrichs wasn't look
was no fool. He did what he was told
to do.
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Valentines.

Der kaiser's bruder Heinrich would,
N12ht yehr. say to stein
. OF Beerville's famous amber drink,
''Du Dist mein valentine
Also the boneman to the Dime
Museum drops a line.
Calling upon the ossified man
To be his valentine
The moody COW, with anxious eye,
When it is time to dine,
Sees Uncle 'Silas mix the bran
And cries, MY valentine"
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And again we get that hoary old story
about how j. j. Hill and few ancient
friends, IS years old and upwards, stood
on the burning deck that awful day in
Wall street and couldn't hear offers of
profit of $14,OOO,OO Mr.. Hill has the
story by heart. So have some of the
rest of us. 49, ."r
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The Chinese Banquet.

Luxuries from the celestial empire will pre-
dominate at the banquet to be given next
Monday. evening by the merchants of China
town to those who wear yellow jackets and
the peacock feathers Of the city. Mayor Low,
who in China would rank as a mandarin OF
the gold button, and his various colleagues
of the civil service have already accepted the
hospitality OF Chinatown. AL of the prom-
nent city officials will be there The score
tary of the Chinese embassy at Washington
and the Chinese consul general will also at
tend. More than 100000 frecrackers will be
set off in front of the clubhouse at II Mott
street before the more sedate business OF din
ing is begun Dessert will be served at
o'clock, and the reDast will end with soup
at $50 O'clock, after the manner of all Chi
nese banquets. There will be twenty-seven
courses.
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No Wheat In the Country.

To the Editor of The Journal. go,
In a recent report from the Peavey elevator
concern it is claimed that the slow arrival
or rather -arrival-of wheat at. the term.
inal markets, is due to the fact that the
farmers Of the northwest are holding their
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The reople of Oklahoma will be keenly
appointed when statehood is fenied to
t.lem, as it probably will be. they are