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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
Reforming TIE STAR
BY e. B. LEWIS

Copyright, 1902 by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
Jonn sChrystie, president OF the Star mine
at Pine Hill New, knew silver from copper
If he did live in the east. and the general
opinion was that he was level-headed on all
other matters as we'll He not only shared
in this opinion himself, but he knew that he
was a philanthropist in his way and ready to
do anything to make mankind better, except
to increase the scale of wages at the Star,
mine That couldn't be done withoutsinjus-
tice to the stockholders of whom he was
one, but it was the: duty Of his fellow beings
to:sbe good on the wages of 81 a day. The
! laborers at the mine, according to frequent
reports from the resident superintendent were
not bubbing over with goodness They swore
and gambled and fought and went on strikes.
So did the citizens Of Pine Hill; likewise the
cowboys who rode into Pine Hill to paint the
town red.,sS - s5
The Star Superintendent had included these
facts in his reports, and there finally came a
day when President Chrystie took serious
view OF the social situation and mentally re-
solved that something ought to be done. Had
it been a case OF African heather, missionaries
and Bibles would have filled the BILL but the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

proposed government OF the Philippines
formulated by the majority Of the senate
committee and now in the hands OF the
house committee. AS an issue, this propo-
sition to scuttle, just as the last of the
insurrectos are laying down their arms
and submitting and the people are dis
posed to accept with pleasure the adyan-
tages OF American sovereignty with the
local autonomy and participat ton in judi
cial mayoralty and other authoritative
functions, is not likely to stimulate the
enthusiasm Of any large segment of the
democratic party, notably in the south,
where leading democratic journals have
repudiated the scut tie policy.
The other issue prominent in some
democratic circles just now, is the Danish
West Indies sale and-Christmas. The
leader Of the house democrats, Mr.. Rich
ardson. introduced the charges Of fraud
in behal fof his party. Senator Bacon in be-
behalf of his party. Senator Bacon, in be-
half of the democratic party, has brought
up the same subject in the senate. The
house committee investigating the charges
of bribery of congressman and others, is
at work and, judging by yesterdays re-
suits. the democrats are not likely to get
any capital out of the case, which should
properly be Investigated in Denmark. Two
years ago, the attorney for Captain
Christmas made very clear statement
about this matter, which has not been
n n ho ta1 a Ghri ct
Mr.. Hansen stated that the only contract
made by Christ mas was with Richard
Evans to be his legal representative in
this country, his fee to be contingent upon
the successful contamination of the sale
Of the islands. This contract was an-
the only one Christ mas ever made touch
ing the sale. The Danish government re-
pudiates both Christmas and Gron as it's
agents and declares that the negotiations
were carried on through our minister at
Copenhagen and the Danish minister at
Washington. Gron and Christmas got no
commissions, of course, and the latter's
report to Hoerring, the Danish minister
of finance is now stated to have been
repudiated by him. This matter would be
nice campaign issue for the democrats,
wouldn't it? How much money did the
latter pay for Christmas alleged secret
report at Hoerring, the Danish minister
of finance? Verify, the democrats will
have to do better than this in the matter
of issues. They can't capture the fifty
eighth house Oh a purely Danish question.
There is distinct movement among
the democrats Of the south to get away
from Organism and the policies which
have inevitably brought defeat to them.
Senator Clay said the other day that the
south furnishes the strength of the demo-
cratic party, and the sentiment that the
party must meet issues as they arise and
not be bound by single issue for all
time to come was greatly increasing in
volume. If the party really means this,
it will have to occupy itself with other
policies than free silver 16 to IT, Captain
Christmas, and Watt erson's 'Caesarism."
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SAME OLD FALLACY

Mr.. f. d. Underwood, formerly general
manager of the 500 and now president Of
the Erie, departed from his rule against
interviews yesterday long enough to do
a little boosting for the merger idea. His
argument seems to be that consolidation
is another name for progress and that
the resultant railroad monopoly will treat
the people fairly because it is to it's inter-
est to do so. He shows to what pains
railroads have been to bring in immigra
ton and open up new country, looking to
the future for their reward, and getting
it, too. Mr. Underwood assumes that the
interests Of the people and the railroads
are reciprocal and that the latter can
be depended upon not to pursue course
that will injure the former.
It may be that railroad consolidation is
inevitable and is one manifestation of
irresistible economic forces, but Mr.. In
derwoods idea that the railroad mo-
nopolist or despot will be good to the
people because it is good for him to be so,
is fallacious. 1t looks plausible, but it
shas been exploded continuously ever since
men began to make history. 1t is pre-
cisely the idea that the absolute political
monarch will be a good monarch because
the happier his people are the happier he
will be.
That theory has failed to work for about
5000 years Of recorded history, and, even
our transportation captains are not a new
breed Of men capable of doing what has
rarely been done before their time. Now
and then in history there have been rulers
like the Antonines, st. Louis Of France,
Alfred Of England, who have consistently
ruled their subjects for their own good.
But they are the exceptions. Most rulers
have proceeded on the principle that what
was good for them was good for their
people. We have heard of railroads even
In this enlightened age that did the
same.
The fact that railroad charges prac-
ticalS nothing for filling up it's own
country proves nothing. What it costs
to get out Of the country is more to
the point. The railroad view of the
interests of the people is not always the
view of the people, not always the COR
rect view. Railroad monopoly, except as
the law may step in to defend the people,
leaves the railroad manager free to de-
termtne what are the interests of the
people and the roads and to act according
ly. OF late years he acts by watering the
stock and creating fictitious capital upon
which the people pay dividends and inter-
est. Sometimes he reduces the rates. but
there has been nothing startling in that
line since the era Of systemic consoli-
dalton came in.
1t may be that railroad consolidation
Is destiny, and that our laws will I'LL
timately have to be changed to conform
to new conditions, but the process will not
be rendered any more agreeable to the
people by telling them that absolute mo-
nopoly will change its historic spots and
serve them wisely, Justly and we'll. If the
merger has come to stay, the people will
take a hand In directing its policy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

The high water in the northern part of
the Red River valley has already done
great damage and threatens much more.
The SHOWS that. fell in that region within
the past month are disappearing as rapid
ly as they came and the usually quiet Red
river, in Manitoba especially, is beginning
to assume the formidable aspect it had in
the great flood Of 1882. 1t is to be hoped
that the waters will recede before they do
enough damage to set back the rapid ma
terial advancement in western Canada
started by. the bumper crop of 1901.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

Another negro lynched in Georgia. The
victim deserved no sympathy but the out
ragged law does. 1t begins to look as if
southern states afflicted by criminal out
RACERS and lynchers ought to organize
state constabularies, which would at once
afford some protection to women and in
sure that the law shall take it's course.
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STRONG son OF COP

Strong Son Of God. immortal Love,
Whom We, that have not seen Thy face,
BY faith, and faith alone, embrace,
Believing where we can not prove;
Thine are these orbs Of light and shade;
Thou madest Life in man and brute;
Thou madest Death; and 10, Thy foot
Is on the skull which Thou hast made.
Thou wilt not leave us in the dust;
Thou madest man, he knows not why;
He thinks he was not made to die;
And thourhast made him: Thou art just.
Thou seemest human ana divine,
The highest, hottest manhood, Thou
Our wills are ours, we know not how
+ Our wills are ours. to make them Thine.
Alfred Tenpyson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
BIT of STRENUOUS LIFE IN MAINE

The York (Maine) Courant thus describes
the daily life of a young man of that vicin-
fty: .'Ie lives at home on the farm. He is
up before s O. clock in the morning doing
chores. At $50 he starts out and walks to
York corner,>a distance OF four miles, where
he takes car to York beach. He then
walks another mile to Cape Neddick, where
he teaches school all day He returns in
the same way and after he gets home finds
plenty of work to do until late in the eve
ming And tits is not all. The young mar
meantime is studying to keep up with his
classes in Bates college. and is teaching this
winter in order to get money to finish his
education there s sis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
WILLIAM HENRY FROST DEAD

William Henry Frost, of the New York
Tribune staff, died last Friday at the age OF
80, having been reporter of the theatef and
paragraph writer on tina, paper. for dozen
years He had also written four books for
young people, 1.-The Wagner Story Bo6k, =
1.-THE Court Of King Arthur, . THE knights
Of the Roun,1 Table and Fairies and Folk
of Ireland" He was born at Providence, "
T.. was graduate of Brown university, and
his life had been gentle and worthy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
SCHOOL BOYS GATHER GARBAGE

Principal Small, of the Passaic, n ~.
high school has organized the boys of his
school into a brigade. Squads are formed
and after school hours are sent out in
charge of the larger boys, to pick up paper
and other waste, and rake the garbage
where the regular street sweepers are com.
PEELED either to hail it away or stumble
over it. Professor Small does not stand at
the window and cheer the boys on. He
loads couple OF huge ash cans on wheel
barrow and trundles it by his own muscular
power down the middle Of the street. as a
receptacle for the litter the boys pick lp
Some of the par .nts object to this crusade.
and have taken the matter TO the city board
lof education.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
SMALL PAY FOR a GOOD THING

Everyone IS familiar with hook eyelet now
commonly used on boots and shoes. The
man who invented it could dispose of it only
by selling the complete title TO his patent
to a shoe company. Even the shoe company
did not fully appreciate the value Of the
invention which they had acquired, for the
hook and eyelet was regarded as an eccen-
tricity and would require expensive machin-
cry in its manufacture. It is said that the
inventor realized but 5000 for his hook and
Ints
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

Star and Pine Hill were not Africa Mr..
Chrystie didn't care for the town, which was
a mile from the mine. or for the cowboys
who rode up from the plains five miles away,
but he did sigh for some better influence
among the shacks and shanties~ surrounding
the Star. One day a bright thought came
to him, and he rubbed his hands in glee The
remedy was woman. That's what allied those
200 cussing miners-the lack of woman's in
f1uence.
Among his Sunday acquaintance, so to
speak, was a young woman who had passed
her thirtieth birthday without getting married
because she was busy with mission" This
was to lift up and better humanity. She was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

The engagement of Miss Viola ALLEN and
her excellent company will close with to-
nights performance Of "In the Palace of the
King" at the Metropolitan
OF. all the prominent Irishmen of the eight
zenith century, there is no name that stands
out more prominently than that of Tom
Moore, whose life Is used as the theme for
the play in which Andrew Mack will appear
at the metropolitan tomorrow night. 1t is
a love story with happy ending, and during
the action number of Moore's most pleasing
ballads are sung by Mr.. Mack.
At the Metropolitan the first half Of next
week there will be offered Clyde Fitch $ play,
The Climbers" The theme is the social
climbing Of a New York family, whose efforts
are attended with many difficulties The pro.
ducing cast will consist of a carefully Sc
,leeted company.
"The Pride Of. Jennico," the bill at the
Metropolitan the latter part of next week,
was one of the commanding successes of last
season in New York, and is a stirring roman
tic drama In which love and intrigue, and
the resultant complications follow one an
other with bewildering rapidly.
Among the many strong specfalties intro
duced In the burlesque Chop Suey,'' which
40 pol VI ttAS uAihS SuOW DIT the LyCeun
Friday and Saturday nights, are '.My Lady
Hottentot" and Simple. Little Mary Green 7
There will be three hours Of solid fun, and
those who miss the opportunity Of seeing the
,Elks' big show will surely regret it. Seats
at the Metropolitan Music company.
4 Favorable comment is heard from all who
have seen AL H. Wilson, the German dialect
comedian and golden-voiced singer in .sThe
Watch on the Rhine" at the Bijou this week.
In addition to his voice, Mr.. Wilson is pos.
sessed of many Of the attributes OF the sue
cessful romantic player, "a fine physique,
handsome face pleasing stage presence and
decided talent
The sale Of seats for the ligh-class ,,aude-
vile bill which will be presented at the Bijou
next week will open tomorrow morning. The
program includes Girard and Gardner in ."rhe
Souhrette and the Cop; the Rozinos,; eccen-
trio comedians Mr. and Mrs Alfred Kelley
in Uncle Phineas'';; the Harmony Four; La
Favre's dogs, cats and monkeys; Doilie Rath-
bun Chesley, balladist; vermette and sDionne,
kings Of horizontal BARS. George H. Wood,
and the animated pictures Of
Prince Henry,s visit to America.
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The NonpareiI Man
Casually Observed.

Casually Obseryed.
cause there. was SO much. t o do" and solltte
DONE Yet there are several Quite able people
left sand no end of time.
"Bathhouse John, . spring poetry and all,
was elected alderman in Chicago yesterday
and came out to-day in a vest that resembled
the aurora borealis at which somebody had
thrown pot of. mixed paints.
Somebody is estimating" the wheat crop
in North Dakota. He must have been pref
Ety good diver to have FETCHED bottom and
sized up the plant.
The ice in Calhoun that had the oil on it
not only refusedfto melt, but it swept the
people s docks all away Now will the Cal
hountes be good!
Tho allied party national convention is be-
ing held at Louisville to-day. Anybody with
freak ideas and return ticket is entitled to
a seat. f9Fsz&e ~ - ~
April Fools Day is playing out. Not sin
gle drunken man kicked the brick in the hat
all day yesterday, and nobody picked up the
bundle. We are getting to be very willy
people. s
- = . .
At last new popular song that bids fair
to do the annie Rooney act has struck
London. It's character may be guessed from
its title: You Are the Honeysuckle; I Am
the Bee 1t goes on to add: ''You are the
vine; am the tree and various other SINH
les Of the Joyous young silly season.
The real name OF Sir Henry Irving, who has
attacked the Baconians so severely is John
Ri Tpp i,lS n
were with us still, we should get Broadribb
roast right from the oven.
To the Editor OF The Journal.
Will you give me receipt for taking freck-
les from the face? Mrs. E. "
Soak the face over night in a carbolc wash;
then pry the freckles off with a sharp knife.
The other night The LJo urn al printed
nice story about new family hotel to be
erected at Eleventh street and Nicollet ave-
nue. at cost of s100, 900. The funny morning
papers got even and avoided being second in
the race for news by not printing the story
at all-which reminds one of the Irishman
who got even with the railroad company by
buying return ticket and then walking back
to spite the corporation.
The New York Journal is much worried
about the Doctors whiskers. 1t repeats the
story that the medical lambrequin is full of
undesirable germs, and says:
If your child is i'll and you know doctor
with whiskers, don't fall to ask him, before
you call him into your child, whether his
whiskers have been sterilZed since he last
visited a scarlet fever, measles, smallpox or
diphtheria patient.
The doctors should have some sort of re-
tort courteous made in which to sterilize their
facial underbrush
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
THE YOUNGEST GOVERNOR

The youngest governor in the union is the
newly inaugurated governor of the state of
Washington, William McCroskey, aged %,
who recently succeeded Ex-Governor Rogers
Mr.. McCroskey, who is native of Tennessee,
is son of Rev. Scion McCroskey, Meth
odist clergyman. He was graduated at Grant
university at Athens.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

Judging from the various kinds Of
political freaks that are gathering at
Louisville to organize an allied party, it
is pretty safe to predict that there will
be no strength in this union.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

The mayor says that If Alderman Pow
ers Is anti-Ames why, conversely, Ames
Is anti-Pcwers. This is another boom for
Powers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

q A TOAST THAT Is ALWAYS COOP
Here's. to blue eyes. to brown eyes, I'd, hazel
eyes and gray
But what. are the eyes 1Adrink to-day
Ndfmatter the color. o. here's to the eye
Thtt laughs when laugh and cries when
cry What to Eat.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

The patrolmen of the New York police
force have at last asserted their man
hood. They refuse to make false reports
to sustain the captains graft" TO an
outsider it looks as if Police Commits
sioner Partridge could not do better than
discharge all the captains and replace
them with men from the ranks. New York
municipal rule cannot be regenerated with
an unregenerate police force.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

Chicago voted yesterday in favor of
municipal ownership Of street railways.
Minneapolis would be content ed If it
could get it's nickel's worth of car seats.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

J. ( 4 f
Gent organization on the feudal basis.
II the trusts continue to spread the great
majority OF the people of the country will
be attached to some trust or other, and
the heads Of these trusts will bear some
resemblance to feudal lords. ]. It is also
true that our tremendous Industrial or
CARNATIONS equip us superbly for the bat
tie for worldwide industrial and CONNER
clal supremacy. But what does 1t profit
us If the trusts get us the premier place
and the individual is sacrificed? OF what
good is the empire of trade If it converts
us into economic serfs? What do we care
II the rest of the world should grovel at
the feet OF our lords of the rolling mill
and blast furnace, our peers Of the realm
OF industry, If we, too, are their vassals?
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/ dare not hope for happiness;

I trust no future joys to see;
Fate hangs on every moments bliss;
l know there is no Joy for me.
Yet this same creature of blasted hopes
will sit on the front steps on a summer eve
ming with a young man and giggle steadily
from p. IN. to 10:45 p NJ, entirely forgetful
of her blighted youth and her overwhelming
burden of sorrow. Too many of the evils that
we announce for ourselves are merely lite
rary and artistic. The human race is slowly
learning to say, Whats the matter with us?
Why, we're all right!" The, sentimental song
as an expression of fact is something of a
hack number 49, .aln. - =
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"Blishted YOUTH

A writer in a st. Louis paper complains
because of the deep woe of sentimental song.
Many a young girl weighing $50 pounds, who
boasts a cucumber pickle digestion and an
appetite that makes pork and green's a gusta-
tory strain of music unimbers herself at the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
The Granite Falls Tribune says:

The Granite Falls Tribune says
We DO not credit the report that Ex-Goyer-
nor Lind Will be candidate for governor
at the coming election because he has nothing
such candidacy. OF honors he has had ali ha
can get, so what is there left for him to go
after? Rosing is more probable candidate,
for the young man has aspirations galore.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
. ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

The engagement of Miss Viola Allen ant
her excellent company will close with to.
nights performance Of ON the Palace of the
King" at the Metropolitan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
The Preston Times observes:

~ = ASoeoh AiAACo opoSlNSS.
In speaking about the failure of the recent
legislature to do something it should always
lists are tarred with the same stick as are
the republicans. A united stand on the part
of the opposition would have won the day for
tax reform, but as usual it blundered at the
thus lost, not only to do good but to gain
some valuable political thunder. True, the
republicans We're in the majority, but this
does not excuse the demo-pops from doing
their duty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

], Adam Bede surprised and delighted his
friends the other night in Duluth by making
a serious speech. He broke the ice with a few
jests, and then settled down to a strong. logi
cal effort. j. Adam can if he tries
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

The state bar association met in ST. Paul
yesterday, and the supreme court set cases
for the April term. This brought to the cap
ltol great many lawyer statesmen, and the
air was full Of politics. There were Sen
ators Young. Barker, Wilson, Somerville,
Lord, Halyor Stevenson Of Crookston ana
many other well-known attorneys.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

At last new popular song that bids fair
to do the 'Annie Rooney act has struck
London. It's character may be guessed from
its title: You Are the Honeysuckle; 1 Am
the Bee" 1t goes on to add: ''You are the
vine; am the tree and various other SINH
les of the joyous young silly season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

The real name OF Sir Henry Irving, who has
attacked the Baconians SO severely, is John
Henry Broadribb, and IL Ignatius Donnelly
were with us still, we should get Broadribb
roast right from the oven.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

To the Editor OF The Journal.
Will you give me receipt for taking freck
les from the face? Mrs. E.
Soak the face over night in a carbolic wash
then pry the freckless off with a sharp knife.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02

Senator Barker has not made up his mind
whether to ask for another term He already
has an opponent in Frank r. White of Elk
River,