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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
PRESENTS HELD Up ATP.0.
MANY PACKAGES INTENDED FOR
FOREIGN DELIVERY - WON'T
REACH DESTINATION UNLESS
MORE POSTAGE is PAID.

Disappointment for many relatives
and friends In rthe old home" is rep
resented, at the Minneapolis postof-
flee, by a box filled high with Christ
mas gifts mailed within the last few
days to, Europe, especially to Sweden
and Norway. These packages are held
because they do not bear sufficient
postage.
~ In almost every case the sender of
the merchandise constituting the pres
ent has made the mistake of putting
on his package domestic instead of
foreign. postage. He has learned, on
inquiring at the postoffice. that the
postage on merchandise was / cent for
each ounce. But. this is the rate on
packages sent to points. in the United
States or Canada ~Cexcept Newfound-
land), to the Philippines, Hawaii or
Porto Rico. ~ -.
On merchandise sent to foreign
countries the rate is the same as for
letters; that is, cents for every half
ounce. The only countries excepted
are Canada to which domestic rates
apply. and those nations with which
the United States maintains a parcels
post. In Europe that means Germany
only, altno a parcels-post agreement
is recognized by Mexico. several Gem
trail American and South American ma
tons some West Indian colonies, New
foundland and New Zealand. The rate
to Germany on merchandise 1s II
cents for each pound or fraction OF
pound.
Letters for Europe are always for
warded whether postage is prepaid or
not On newspapers, magazines and
photographs the full postage cent
for each two ounces-is usually af-
| fixed.
| Unless called for within two months
the packages held by Postmaster Hale
| will be forwarded to the dead letter
office at Washington, whence some of
them may eventually reach their des-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
TUNNEL UNDER LYNDALE
William Wiethoff Would Dig One to Con.
meet Property on Two Sides
: .s't If AvenIIe

+, William Wiethoff has applied to the city
council for permission to dig a tunnel u,-
der Lyndale avenue, near Forty-nintll
street Wiethoff owns the land on both
sides of: the street, his brick plant being
on one side and he wants to use the other
for storage purposes. A tunnel would
give him short haul and would prevent
Interference with other traffic.
The petition is rather unusual and was
referred to City Attorney Frank Healy.
He holds that there is no objection to the
tunnel 'gifa the roof arch is made strong
enough to support the roadway above
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
AT;THE THEATERS
:rop opolitan-"Qulncy Adams Sawyer"

ropolitan-""0ulncy Adams Sawyer"
Real red ears of corn and realistic kiss
ing; made the husking bee attractive last
night in the: latest rural play; the country
dance. with which the bee ended before it
was fairly started proved jovial and in
spiritfng.z "Down-east'' dialect, down
east types. "downeast' repartee served
their purpose well as reproductions from
the comic newspapers. s:-
But whatever Charles .Pidgin,,s novel
may be- Justin Adams drama tization is
commonplace entertainment. So, weak is
the story that the first act develops
nothing at a l. mereyEa dramatic .malaise.
something going wrong. When the play
is half finished the problem appears faint
ly-an orphan would like to know more
about her parents. The rural characters,
these charm, are the ordinary eccen-
tries There's boy that's always. eating.
that ia ks with his mouth full of food and
laughs hysterically. There's an inqufsitive
and amiabe old fellow named fAbner. OF
ultra ."Rube'' makeup. Horace Greeley
countenance and Observation-Disclosures
Sis Hopkins servant, +Sa!nanthas Green.
iu,nos at the sound of a cane, falls up
the stairs is kicked by q COW. The city
fellers'' including the hero, arc the usual
aricatures-"gentle who demon
stra teS their good breeding by the parvenu
methods of dressing fashionably, spend
ing money S0o"llN. tanning JIG, poohiSil
" ords and knocking down their critics.
Young Sawyer also "discredits himself by
a series of petty prosecutions that would
abase a village politician.
The broad farce that makes the humcr
of the play reaches its triumph when an
unseen COW kicks the luckless Samantha
across the stage. OF the much-heralded
ra thos there is practically none. The pa
thet ic character. Alice. does nothing. says
nothing. that is;4touching: X she's simply
labeled "Blind-Please Sympathize, and
whenever she appears violin plays
mournfulys Tobani's Occurs, ct Fleurs.
Viewing this mechanical sentiment we
wonder if Messrs. Pidgin and Adams have
ever witnessed the genuine poetry, tbs
delicate pathos of Shore Acres. ',s....
Undoubtedly, however. %. A. Sawyer
displays to the eyes Of women that have
read the book certain merits noneXist-
ent il the play. =, --., ....-..- g.. e. --..'.
The company is large and competent
Miss Gertrude AuGarde creates very
droll Samantha and furnishes. as well the
| only really pathetic figure. Admirable dla'
| k.ct and facial expression are utilized b!
! e. H Stephens as old Abner. Much %
! the performance is carried by Charles d
| Clark. the hungry laugher. From the cap
! ital scenery must be excepted the las
| stage setting. which looks what 1t is
! dwelling with one sidewal removed, ant
! that on a winters night.
| H B. Curry.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE STRIFE OF THE SEA. BY T. jenkins
liaines. author Of The Wind .Jammefs''- New
Aork The Eaker & Taylor company. Mime
apolis: \. Mccarthy. , 10y.
SOUL soNNETs OF A sTENoGRAPHER BY
Samuel Ellsworth, Kiser. Boston and Chicago
Forbes & Co. Price 30 cents
OUT OF A FLEUR-D -DE-LIs. rhe History, Ro-
NANCE and Biography of. the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition. Bt Charles II. Wetmore,
with forewcrd by David Il. Francis. presi-
dent of the Louisiana Purchasc Exposition com
pany. Illustrated. Boston: w. A. Wilde &
Co. Price 81. 90
TIE UNDERSTANDING HLART. BY Samuel
NJ. Crothers. Boston: American. Unitarian
association. Iinpea pcs ~ Mccarthy Price
ST. e. d. d. T.. -'s..
CIRCUS DAY By George Ade. Illustrated by
John II. McCutchcon. Akron. Ohio: The, Saal
field IHIliiSninC comnHnX. Price 80 cents.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

By the grace of the supreme court Of
Missouri. Ed Butler, the boss bOodler of st.
Louis. convicted and sentenced to three
years in. the state prison, goes free. The
court holds that the conviction is invalid
for the reason that while Butler did offer
q bribe to a member Of the board Of
health he must be held innocent because
the board OF health had no right under the
charter Of st. Louis to let the contract
which Butler sought to obtain :3y bribery.
On this technicalty the arch boodler OF
ST. Louis goes free The fact tha It the
board OF health did let the contract, and
that Butler profited by it, seems to cut no
figure as against this technicality. The
supreme court of Missouri may know a lot
about law. but it would be a misnomer to
speak of it as a court Of Justice.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

Log two pages in size. Altogether the
number. is one, of the most elaborate. if
not the most elaborate, the Weekly has
issued.
Scooting, a New Sport.-If. you would
like to spend your Christmas beside the
fire and out in the open, just get Country
Life In America for December. Almost
every picture from cover to cover is a
look thru clear air with no intervening
glass. Perhaps the most novel article
in it is that telling of a new sport, the
sailing of the scooter Scooters are
lceboats that will sail on the water. or
Waterboats that will sail on the ice it
doesn't, matter which way you take it.
NO. adjustments are necessary to make
the change If one is sailing a scooter
on the Ice and comes to a big area Of
open water. he just sails right on into the
water, across it and then up onto the
ice again. Scooters are warranted to be
absolutely safe. and will make twenty
FIVE miles an hour on the iee-nore if
pushed. These amphibians ought to be
popular, in the northwest for early winter
sailing, Diagrams and pictures are given,
With@the article -"
a Visit to Jack London.-Ja elk London
is NO. e. in Little Pilgrimages Among
the Men and Woman Who Have. Written
Famous Books" in The Literary World,
December number. The sketch of him is
very interesting
Bright Outlook for cuba-successfuI
!, American for December predicts a bright
1uture Tor Cuba, with prosperity not far
away. 1t also contains a long list of sue
cessful Americans, with halftones and
| sketches.
| Seven Thousand Waits Under Care of
! one Association.-The National Waits
| Magazine, London is interesting to stu
! dents OF social and philan thropic matters.
| IN the November issue Dr.. BaInardo re
| peats his oft-told and yet ever new tale
! OF the needs of the 'sunllen tenth" and
J OF the Infinite Importance of getting hold
! Oh the young people of overcrowded
/ streets. The National Waits association
/ mas under. it's. care a rescued flock of over
! 1000; children DR.. Barnardo reports in
i lhls- issue an overdraft at his bankers OF
/! over G16,000.
i An ArmoriaI Calerd dar.-The New Eng
i and illuminated armorial calendar is
q ready for distribution. 1t is a UNIQUE
: publication. composed OF six sheets, 9x1t
Il inches: Each sheet bears the coat o1
arms of one Of the New England states
The shields. with heraldic, charges fount
IN the borders are correct reproductions o.
! the arms of the families represented
J. There are tWenty-four coats Of arms
J making q rich,~and striking appearance
and so artisticaIy arranged that the eff
!, feet is most pleasing. The seals Of Har
ward, Yale and Brown universities ais,
appear in the borders.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
Gov. Cummins on Reciprocity.

It becomes apparent that Governor
Cun2mins of Iowa is the man who
must become the political leader Of
the reciprocity movement. For more
than two years he has made this sub
ject of reciprocity the favorite topic
of his public speeches., He has pom
dered over the meaning and methods
Of reciprocity more than any other
man in public life, and has adduced
what. may be called a philosophy of
reciprocity that is absolutely impreg-
nable to attack. .-s-
+ In thus taking UP aEgreat political
idea and giving it form and life,
Governor Cun1nins has shown the
qualities Of d statesman. He. has
come to stand for, something definite
in politics.; he is becoming known to
the people as a man who, il he is a
politician, is also a statesman. = = .
Against a background of politicians
without. any idea of politics III the
larger, sense, or. any real grasp on
thinks and believes stands out in bold
relief. #.a.s -. r +" is1~
Iowa and the west may well be
proud of Governor Cummins address
last night before the Merchants and
Bankers Association of Boston. The
governors exposition of reciprocity
therein was the best he has ever made
and probably the best that has ever
been presented by any advocate of
the true method whereby to adjust
our tariffs to changing conditions at
home and abroad.
A large portion of the address was
devoted to a discussion of reciprocity
with Canada, and so ably is this sub
tect treated that it hardly seems pos
sible that anyone can read this part
Of the address without feeling that we
are on the verge of a colossal ma
t1onal mistake thru neglect to meet
Canada halfway on the matter OF
the governor says, I'VE need that
market in our business. 1t is ours
by virtue Of every condition thai
should influence trade, and yet we will
lose it just as surely as the eartI
sweeps around the sun if we 'stant
pat and let we'll enough alone Why
Simply because we persist in adher
ing to a system that imposes upor
the things we buy of Canada an i'm
mensely higher average duty thar
Canada imposes upon the things We
sell to her"
The Gnpc hic fn
vent a great mistake by urging tha
the joint high commission shall b.
reconvened at once. He boldly an,
correctly takes issue with those VIII,
think that reciprocity with Canad
must be put off until a general re
vision of the tariff is undertaken. r.
put off negotiations for a year i
probably to dispose of the whole ques
ton for many long year.
A notable part of Governor Cum
Minis address was his demonstrate
that the absurd idea Of reciprocit
in non-competitive products only j
inconsistent with the doctrine of pro
lection. That doctrine never contem
plated the placing of a protective dut
on products that we do not produe
or do not intend to- produce. Th
protective tariff was never designe
to hinder the free admission into tn
country Of goods we do not make c
produce, but desire to consum
Moreover, as the governor epigran
natically says. Protection begins {
home @but3it ought not to end there
Did you ever think of that?
In otaer. words, our people VIII
produce for the foreign market al
entitled TO consideration as we'll {
those who produce for the doTnest
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
THE MAGAZINES

Love Cosxed Memory E7ck.-The; story
of a man who. as the result OF a wound
received in skirmish. loses ms memo.yy-
even his memory of his wife, as such
when she is with lirn-is sthe<first of much
reading matter of a great excellence 10
be found in Harper's Week!y's Christmas
number de luxe out this week. The story
of how the memory of the forgotten wife
comes .;,ow,y back aided by suggestions
prompted bx her love. is a touching thing
Aside from much interesting reading che
number contains many p1ctures IN coiors-
including one ',fha Lighting of the lu.e
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

The new south is fully awake, to the
benefits that will result to it from the
construction of the isthman canal-and
that is one reason why the Panama treaty
will not be defeated by the votes of south
ern democratic senators. New Orleans is
organizing a steamship company with a
between that port and the orient by way
Of the canal birmingham is agitating for
the construction Of canal that will give
it's coal and iron water transportation to
the gulf, and the whole south seems to
be thoroly awake to the Importance and
significance OF the greatest engineering
work ever undertaken by the government
of the United States
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
EXPO HEADQUARTERS
Minneapolis Section, of Twin City Commit
te, Has Rccr,

HEADQUARTERS have been opened in the
city hail by the Minneapolis section of
the twin city worlds fair commission. At
the request Of the commission the park
board lfs set aside one one oft, OF its smaller nr
has a Separate door to the main corridor
and is well adapted to the purpose. 1t will
be used as a meeting place for the Min
neapoiis members, and for the collection of
maps. school wo.A and other
displays intended for adyertisS,g Mime
apoiis al the Louisiana Purchase cXposi-
tion
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
BAND MAY GO TOO
"U'' Musicians May Accompany Football
.r. 70 ric

U MusIcIah5 .MsY accompany F ootoaII
Team to Frisco.
Plans are maturing slowly, but surely
to send the University band with the foot
ball team on the trip to California
Those engaged in pushing the matter
hope to be able to make arrangements to
give concerts five or six in number on
the way to the coast. in order to pay the
expenses of the organization. 1t is pur-
posed. il arrangements can be made, to
give one concert in this city before start
ing and to make one night stands at
Omaha, Lincoln Neb., Kansas City, Salt
Lake City, and Sacramento playing for
one or two concerts in San Francisco. On
the return trip. should the plans material
ize the same arrangements may be made
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
MORE DRUGS USED
Dean of "U' Medical School Thinks Fast
Life the Cause

Yes. think there is an increase in the
use Of morphine and cocaine said Dean
Parks Ritchie, of the college of Medicine
and Surgery of the university to-day
when asked in regard to a Forthcoming
article in the Northwestern Lancet
'''The tendency to-day" continued Dr.
Ritchie, "is to do everything in hurry
and the esworrE rausedi by fast life that so
many peonle are leading has brought
about, l think, an increase in the use of
the drugs. tho to what degree I do not
know because ! have not made par
ticular study Of the ma atter."S
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
Hamilton, Ont, which enjoys abundant

Hamilton, Ont, which enjoys abundant
water power, has become one Of the favor
ite rallying places of the American in
vasion Of Canada. The Deerins branch
Of the International Harvesting company
is now erecting an establishment there
which will be the largest of it's kind under
the British flag The Westinghouse COM
panyS proposes to- consolidate its various
Canadian branches at Hamilton and en-
ploy a thousand men. The Pittsburg Steel
Company is completing arrangements to
establish a branch in Hamilton. Edward
Ellsworth .SS- Co., IuffalO,, manufacturers
of cereal foods, have established branch
in Hamilton, with daily output of 500
cases. When in full operation all Of these
results Of the American invasion will give
employment to from 5000 to 5000 men.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
SASH AND DOOR COMBINE

Rumors Of Another Attempt in That LIns
Are Heard from
r., Chicago
Rurnors of another sash ana door COM
Ioine By the manufacturers who met re-
Gently in Chicago are about. The inpos-
sibility of controlling the output for the
Iuent. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

We are inclined to think that there is no
fire under all this smoke about Mr. Shev-
lin, republican national committeeman for;
Minnesota, sending his proxy to Senator
Hanna for the meeting of the committee.
Mr.. Shevlin is primarily a business man,
politics. If he were turning million dol
lar deal at Toronto. he would never think
of leaving it half baked to attend com
mittee meeting in Washington, tho, on
tant to attend to, he would hire a special
train and travel half way around the
world to be present. Doa t.. worry about
Shevlin having. lodged the meeting.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune is
still having q daily At over the danger Of
nominating President Roosevelt for an
other term. To read that paper one might
think that the president was really on
the run and that it is doubtful whether
his name will be presented to the con-
vention at ALL But the Commercial 1'ri-
bune is not the only pebble on the beach.
Talk about the danger Of nominating
Roosevelt! What about the danger Of
nominating any one else: The president
is so popular that for his own party to re-
ject him would be tc shake the confidence
of a million voters in the desirabiity OF
keeping the party in power.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

Referring to the reduction of the price
of gas in ST. Paul, the Tribune says that
neapols company will do IS we'll as TINS
or better This is about as good as if
an explicit promise were made by the
company. = 49,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

The attraction at the Lyceum Christi
mas week will ibe the powerful English
5melodrama Lights o London"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

i In "A Desperate Chance. the latest
meIodrana by Theodore Krenler, which
"opens at the Bijou for "a weeks engage
.ment next Sunday. there are. said to- be
many thrilling scenes. interviewer bS.
.much good, clean. comedy, making the
play one of great interest, ending in
pretty love romance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

The effort to make it appear that the
president borrowed that part Of his mes
sa ge relating to bribery and political cor
ruption from Mr.. Folk, the St. Louis at
cessfully is very funny. Theodore Roose
Welt does not need to depend on anybody
else for ideas or the words in which to
express them He had a reputation as a
writer of fine English before Mr.. Folk
was ever heard Of
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

Commencing next Sunday evening and
continuing all the weeksDick Ferris and
his company vii present Broadhurst 5
roaring farce, What Happened to Jones 2"
Dick Ferris will be seen in the role of
Jones. ~ :
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
Foyer Chat.

IF William Fl. Cranes previous COM
nanias have been well balanced, his pres
ont one. which is to be seen here in his
support in the adaptatio Of THE Spend
ers.' at the Metropolitan next Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday,. will he found.
if ANYTHING of q higher standard. There
are fourteen characters in the develop
ment of the plot, and they are all IN
ca pable hands
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

AN INVITATION Is extended to all to Visit
the Press Hoon. which is the finest In the>SVes..
The battery presses consists Of three four-decE
Goss Presses. with total capacity Of l44; 0o9
efght-page s hour, printed, folde1
aud counted. the best time to call ~ from a:lo
to I 80 p. M Inquire at the business office ana
be directed to the visitors gallery OF the iresa
Room.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

Two more nonunion street car drivers
beaten and kicked into insensibility and
nearly killed In Chicago yesterday What
effect do labor leaders think these re-
peated outrages in the name of union labor
are having on public opinion. anyhow =?
How long do they thi.k organized labor
can stand it to be identified day after day
in the public mind with that sort of
tfing?i s'ff fss
Thinking of going into politics. are
you? Well, not iii Hennepin, of course?
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

pected, by denying that he ever said
1T. That arsmakes Coloiisl Jones mad,
and he was already pretty mad to
have his report published. OF course,
Macarthur is sore at Jones, and Gov
gusted with himself for letting the
scat out of the bag. s
This whole cloud Of trouble prob
ably arose from nothing more than
one of those talks at the club when
between whiffs of al good cigar and
pulls at a good but deceptive drink
men become. SO confidential that they
that at other times they would not
even admit to themselves.
General Macarthur may not have
made any. reflections on the loyalty
of German-Ame ericans, ~ but Colonel
Jones. has proba bly, reported correct
lys the generals views as#tos future
trouble with Germany. The views at
tributed to him are those of all the
thinking men in the army and navy.
They do not arise from hatred Of Ger
many. but merely from a conviction
that the evolution of the two nations
is bound. to bring them into conflict.
The action of the United States grand
jury in Nebraska in indcting some of the
leading title owners of that state who
have, fenced government land and treated
it as if they were owners in fee simple. is
another instance of the sautary tendency
to begin the enforcement Of law all ak5na
the line and drive the rascals out every
where. The arrest and conviction Of a
few of these cattle men who have stolen
the use Of government land will have ex-
cellent consequences. One Of them will
probably be the establishment of some pol
icy regarding grazing on government
lands which will mainta in, or restore theil
prOductivcness of grass. IT is generally
agreed that the grazing lands will not be
t economically handled until the exclusive
! right to use certain tracts is vouehsafeG
| to certain users. That. Of course. mean:
some system of leases to persons associa
! tiOnS or corporations
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

The Journal carried in November
1876 columns of advertising, 400 col
umns more than any other Minneapo-
lis or St. Paul paper, daily or daily
and Sunday issues combined.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11
FRIDAY EVENING,

market. The way. to protect the -ex7
porter is to widen his foreign market.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

The local supporters Of Dunn do not
seem to be following Bob's political meth
ods but are working more along the un-
derground railway. long distance telephone
plan favored by Joel Heatwole. " ny all
this nysteryr s4 Charles B. Cheney
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

..The Storlls....9 With Gus Weinberg in
the leading role. assisted by seventy -flFe
other happy birds, will be the offering at
the Metropolitan for the last half OF. next
week The seats for this engag cement
wi i be placed on sale Monday morning.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-11

To-da; was ladies day at the Dewey
and more than four hundred of the fair
sex were patrons Souvenirs We're pre-
scented to each LADY who attended the per-
formance.