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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
Root Scores for Wood.

The senate committee on military
affairs could have saved a lot of time
by calling Secretary Root as witness
at the beginning Of its consideration
of General Woods case. When ne
voluntarily appeared before the COM
mittee Wednesday afternoon. he made
short work of the evidence that had
been accumulated from the testimony
of q cloud of witnesses, mostly sum-
moned for the purpose OF giving IN
formation adverse to General "ood.
In a few words Mr.. Root explained
away q large part Of the most serious
charges against General Wood by say
ing that such and such acts and GER
tain lines of conduct had been per-
formed or adopted by the general,
, when governor of Cuba, upon lnstruc-
tions from Washington.
1t is reported that the committee
has voted in favor of Woods con-
firmation by a vote Of eight to two.
AS there are four democrats on the
committee who would be quite ready
to make trouble for the president re-
eardless Of the merits of the case, this
is a very satisfactory result. 1t will
be a hard blow to Senator Hanna,
who has fathered the campaign
against Wood, that he has been able
to make no Impression on the repub-
lican majority of the committee.
While on the Wood case, it is only
proper to say that T h J o u r n a
has always recognized that it is a fact
that General Wood, who has been
favored by fortune, has probably been
promoted over the heads of a large
number of officers fully as competent
as himself. That, however, is a part
of the game of life. circumstances do
not always discover all the able and
competent men in any walk of life.
Wood was discovered. He has not
been unworthy Of promotion, but this
promotion should not have been at the
cost of injury to good men. The wal
department has proposed a method OF
rewarding exceptional service or abil-
ity without injuring the welfare OF
other soldiers who have done their
duty faithfully if not conspicuously
1t is a method whereby the lifting uE
Of one does not push others down
We hope that some such method OF
reward and promotion will be adopted
at an early day.
A French Canadian paper, LIE Combat
halls the Panama incident with satisfac
ton. It declares that in view of the pre-
. cedent established by that incident al
Quebec has to do, if it should become dis
satisfied with the Canadian connection, i
to secede from the Dominion and invoke
the protection of the United States. Tha
sounds easy, but there is a big 'if'' il
the way, the same being the willingness
of the United States to fight the British
empire. And, furthermore, there are N
great world interests to be promoted b.
the independence Of Quebec, as in the cas-
of Panama.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

The anti-crime~ crusade in Chicago is
meeting with much encouragement. Such
prominent citizens as Michael Cudahy and
w. J. Chalmers have agreed to serve on
the committee Of twenty-five which is to
direct the crusade. Even a carnival of
crime has it's value if it awakens the
usually Indifferent prominent citizen to
a realization of the fact that the greater
his. business interests, the greater his in
terest should be in good government.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
ISLE OF PINES TREATY

Opposition In the Senate Seems Sufficient
to Kill 1t.
New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-The senate in ex-
ecutive session yesterday considered the
Isle Of Pines treaty and opposition to the
convention developed to such an extents as
to make it improbable that it will be rati-
fed.
Protests We're presented by senators
from a number Of states against ceding
the island to Cuba. One objection urged
was that the war department, thru Cen
.eral Wood had taken matters out of the
hands of the department Of state and had
in effect attempted to trade the isle OF
Pines to Cuba in exchange for coaling sta
tions.
1t was stated that citizens of twenty
states were interested in the Isle of Pines
many of them living there and facing
ruin in case Cuba becomes owner of the
island.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

1t can for the support of Collins without
openly supporting him, declares that Hen
'nep1n county is for Collins if Eustis gets
out OF the way. Maybe, but it is notice
able that whenever it comes to a test Of
forces number about, two tos combined
opposition of one ''3sas
The only thing resembling a test of
strength IN this county was the vote in
meeting called for the purpose Of in
those called in We're supposed to be friend
ly TO the Princeton man. The governor
ship has never been made a test on any
other occasion.
The Crookston Journal which n. s. Cor
don lost on a chattel mortgage, has been
taken hold Of by3gV. w. Lothrop, who
promises, to continue it as republican
paper, with no string attached"
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Colonel Castles place as one Of the
auditors Of the postoffice department has
not yet been filled, and the delay seems
to be largely due to the remarkable fact
that nobody wants it; at least nobody on
whom the Hennepin delegation seems to
be able to agree. The office pays $4,000
and it is understood that it can be had
for the Minnesota delegation when the
man is put forward who is the unanimous
choice Of the delegation. Apparently ii
is not lack Of harmony among the deIega-
ton which has resulted in this failure tc
Of any suitable candidate.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
SHOT BY OFFICERS
TWO Men Resist Arrest and Now Both Ar

Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 1S,-Traied to
their lodging place and brought to bay
within the walls of a small room,s Joseph
Choisser, aged 5o and Louis -Choisser,
aged 25, father and son, were shot to
death In battle with Detectives Hawley,
Murphy and Cowan late last night. The
three officers escaped without injury.
Both of the Choissers We're killed in
stantly.
Two kilograms We're received by Chief
of Police Ekton yesterday from Equality,
ILL.,. requesting the arrest of j. O. Choisser
on the charge of obtaining money under
false spretenses. There was no; charge
against young Choisser, SO far as known.
He lost his life trying to help his father.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
FRIDAY EVENING,

detriment. The governor comes in for
his share of the uncomplimentary re-
marks, altho he is unable, of course, to
shut off the agony by making any appoint
ment until the vacancy exists. Judge Col
Inns may have good advisors as to the wis
dom of this delay, but their Judgment does
not seem to accord with that Of nine men
out of ten who take an interest in such
matters.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Max Mcconn, Harry v. Fuller, Avery 5.
Crounse, Malcom A. MaeLean and Sam
uel A. Hatch.
The mechanical work is that of the H.
w. Wilson company of, Minneapolis, and
has been done in way creditable to the
company. It would not be surprising
should there be a demand for an edition
IN more durable binding than that of
cloth used in the edition. just out.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
WONG LEE A PUZZLE
Federal Authorities Don't Know What to
Do with Him.

Wong Lee, a Chinese immigrant now
confined in the county jail, is giving the
United States officials no amount of
trouble.
He was picked up at Baudette, Mimi,
about Nov. 10, having crossed the Cana
dian border from Rainy Lake, where he
was supposed to have paid his head tax
of $780, An official took him to Fargo
and tried to induce the authorities. there
to send him back to Canada. but they
refused on the ground that he was ar
rested in Minnesota and the case did not
come within their jurisdiction Lee was
then confined for a week in the Henne-
pin county Jail. and afterward taken to
Rainy river by Deputy United States Mar
shall William Grimshaw. When Grimshaw
arrived there with his charge the Cana
dian authorities refused to allow the celes-
tial to stay because he could not show the
receipt for his head tax, which Wong Lee
claims he paid when he entered the Do
minion.
There was nothing for Grimshaw to do
but to bring him back, and he will stay
in fail until some provision can be made
for, getting rid of him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
FOUGHT DUEL FOR LOVE
And Now Ore Swain Is Dying, the Other
In Jail.

IN JAN.
New York Sun Special Service.
= Charlottesville, Ind, Dec. 1S.-The town
of Wallace, eighteen miles west of this
city, was the scene of a bloody combat
last night between William Woodrow and
Harry Lowe, reputable young men of that
community AS a result Of the affray
Woodrow is in jail awaiting a charge OF
assault and battery with intent to kill.
and Lowe is dying at the home of his
mother.
For several months the men have We'd
with each other for the favor of Miss
Daisy Brunner, one of the pretty young
women of that vicinity. Last night they
met in the village barber shop and quar-
relied about the. girl. Woodrow drew a
large knife and in the fight Lowe was
terribly slashed about the body and head.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
A Canadian Monroe Doctrine.

Our Canadian friends continue to-
French islands of st. Pierre and
Miquelon and the Danish island Of
Greenland, They fear that France
will sell to the United States the two
little sentinel rocks of the Gulf Of st.
Lawrence and that one of these days
we shall buy Greenland from Den
mark, thus getting control of the en-
trance to Hudson's Bay. So, they say,
the Canadians must establish a sort
of little Monroe doctrine Of their own
or the big one ever change hands it
must be to come into Canadas pos
session.
The chief defect of this doctrine
will be that it will conflict with the
original Monroe doctrine, which has
now been maintained intact for some
eighty years. However much Cana
dians may refer to themselves as a
nation with a big N, the fact remains
that they are only a part of the Brit
opposes the transfer Of any American
territory from one European power to
the other-not in so many words, but
in effect and interpretation. Thus, so
long as we~stand for the Monroe doc
trine, the French and Danish possess
sions will have to fly the flags they fly
now, unless they be replaced by the
stars and stripes. To acquire st.
Pierre and Miquelon. would do us little
good and would deeply offend the
Canadians, who would consider that
we took them only to menace Canada
But Greenland is different. Outside
of the Ice cap of that great island
there are said to be about $4,000
square miles Of good country, and the
mineral resources may be great An
expanding nation of more than SO,-
100000 people may very properly re-
quire such a source Of raw material
in it's business.
Judge Collins has succeeded in placing
Governor Van SAINT in a very embarrass-
2 ing. position and in creating a great deal
of criticism of himself in permitting il
to be understood that he was about tc
resign from the supreme bench and yet
Withholding that resignation. Until hs
resigns, of course, the governor can make
no appointment to fill the vacancy or
the bench. Meanwhile, knowing thai
there is to be at least one vacancy te
be filed, ambitious men are at work thru
their friends seeking to secure preferment
and the air is full of rumors of selections
and political deals and trades, all Of which
is unfortunate. 1t is not doing Judge Col
I Inns candidacy any good, and is affordi1tl
/ his rivals the opportunity which they are
!. not SLOW to take advantage Of to hi
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
However much Senator Bailey may t;

However, much Senator. Bailey may talk
about democratic unity in the senate.
hereafter it will be interesting to see just
how much unity there is that side
of the senate when it comes to vote
on the Panama treaty. Just imagine the
senators from the gulf states taking a
part in defeating a treaty and thus in
postponing indefinitely the construction
of the canal. S5-s
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

ST I.ouis-Fire to-day partially destroyed a
tenement house III which Mrs. Esther ST. Clair
was burned to death ard Miss Ray Belmont
was seriously injured by jumping from q third
floor window. 49,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
EoYef.Chat.

De Wolf Hopper in "Mr. Pickwick'' will
be the offering at the METROPOLITAN for
the nell week opening Sunday evening"
Ihe company to be seen here in his sup
port IS the Same as it has been during the
lie OF the musical production Of Dickens
mas sterWork. s
Ihe latter part ofIneXt week Tim Muir
phy Will be here again to delight and in
terest theater-geers with his quaint char
acterizations and humorous conceits at
the Metropolitan. This time he is to enact
the part of westerner, Jim Broncho, in
a new play entitled THE Man from Mis-
souri,"
performances Tonight, tomorrow after
noon and evening will terminate the Min
neapolis engagement of "a Desperate
EChance,' at the Bijou=
'Why Women Sin with it's big scenie
equipment and sensational dramatic eli
makes, opens its iengag agement at the Biiou
Sunday afternoons and continues thruout
Christmas week with a, special Christmas
matinee.
Dick Ferris in--the role of Jones and
George j. Ellmore as William Bigbee, keen
laughter att riles Afghest doitch during the
funny faFc@, what Happened to Jones !
at the byceum. |:-,
f. Commencing Sunday evening the Ferris
Stock company at the Lyceum, will pre-
sent the great English success, Lights
O London" There will be special mat
inee Christmas day ~"
IAN Innocent Sinner" a powerful COM
edy drama with Grace Hayward in the
leading role, will be presented at the Ly-
ceum for one week commencing Sunday
evening, Dec. '27. :t7,'' ,.,'5. ....- o.. :
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

J.J. Thomson, professor of experi-I
ment physics at. Cambridge, England,
said the other day at Columbia uni-I
versity, after having received his de-.
gree of doctor of science. that teach.
ers of science in the United States.
receive smaller salaries than in any
other country.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
SANTA CLAUS DAY
In THE SCHOOLS
EXERCISES HELD PREPARATORY
TO THE HOLIDAY RECESS.

In the Lower Grades the Premonitions
Of Christmas Were Especially Prom
I inent with Evergreen Trees and
Christmas Proyokes Usual Giggles
and Bushes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
THE NONPAREJL MAN

Stories of "vocalists" Who Can Render
''Home, Sweet Home So That You
Do Not Recognize 1t Without Looking
on the Proeram-An Unfortunate In
cldent Connected with the Choir in
the Old Church at Stony Lonesome
PeeWee Jackson's Vicious Deed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
!, MINNESOTA POLITICS

trained Relations Between State Admin
istration Contingent and Messrs Block
and Hanson, Which May Become an
Important Factor In the Campaign
L. P. Hunt Suggested for Board of
controI-'Tests of Strength" in Hen
nepin County. a
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Performances tonight tomorrow after
noon and evening will terminate the Min
neapolls engagement of "a Desperat
Chance 1T the Bijou.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Large sections Of Colombia are said to
have but one people to the square mile.
We consider that as far inland as this
we are quite safe; but poor Florida!
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

1t would not be surprising to see Gov
ernor Van SAINTS following condemning
third terms for state officials by the time
the state conventions is held. Their atti-
tude toward julius Block and Peter F.
Hanson is far from friendly, and the feel
ing seems to be reciprocated This is
especially true In the case Of Hanson, and
the administration supporters are encour-
aging Widell to enter the race for secre-
tary Of state. The rupture with Block is
not complete, and very little is being said.
So far as any one can see the administra :
tion is not backing Peter J. Schwarg for
treasurer, OF doing anything to embarrass
Block, but the feeling is evidently un-
friendly, and unless it is fixed up it NAV
lead to open warfare. Mr.. Hanson is an
avowed partisan of Bob Dunn and. Block
is under suspicion
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Octopus Hicks has raised the price of
his almanac to 80 cents. That settles
1t. We shall take our weather out of the
Farmers Almanac for 1879. The weather
that was good enough for our fathers
ought to be good enough for us.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

The oriental war cloud has been pushed
away so often that even old man Mars
himself has lost faith in the nimbus.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Friends Of L. P. Hunt of Mankato are
urging him for appointment as successor
to James A. Martin on the board of con l..
troll. The appointment would be a strong
one, politically, and could not be criti-.
cized from the standpoint. of efficiency.
Cosgrove, jacobson and Hunt make a
strong field to choose FROM when the time
comes. &
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Senator Allison of Iowa is said to have
expressed an opinion on the presidential
question.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

The Bemidji Pioneer says:
1.-THE Minneapolis Journal which like
most other twin city dailies is doing what
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18
ELKINS LAW
WORKS WELL
Continued from First Page.)

as coal, grain, lumber, live stock,
dressed meats, and packing-house
products from Missouri river points to
Chicago is noted.
Many advances have been worked
by changes in classifications. The
class rates have generally remained
the. same, but numerous commodities
have been advanced from lower to a
higher class. There has also been a
constant disposition to remove special
privileges which had previously been
accorded and to charge for services
for which before no charge had been
made.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

The Rev. Minot J. Savage says that
Adam never fell. Then they cleared off
their sidewalks better in Eden than they
do here, or else the races father was very
sure footed. r.'"'s-.. :.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

There will be some minute cars on
the Kenwood line, between $50 and G:30
p. m. This is an outrage! ,:7
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

Good old Robert Collyer, the robust
octogenarian pastor in New York city,
when asked to give the secret of his
longevity and of his boyish spirits wrote
out these rules: -
First-Lead ma tural life.
Second--Eat what you want.
Thrd-Always walk on the sunny side Of the
street.
Not such a bad set of rules, tho the last
one might be modified a little to read.
walk on any old side of the street you
want to and take the sunshine with you
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

King Edward recently had his naval sec
retary write to a naval officer as follows
"His majesty will be glad If you will
have it circulated privately that he con
siders his health as much honored by those
who drink it, in water as by those who
drink it in Wine.'' - Ls
The king, as we'll as the railroad mag
nate, is wise enough to know that q mar
full Of aniline dye is no more effective
than a man whose loyalty is diluted with
water. --. . ~~--' ..''"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-18

S'Farmer Benz Of the Austin Transcript
is not dead as rumored. Instead of that,
he is full of sausage meat and hard cider
and is wearing stout hickory chip on his
lame shoulder. He says this week in his
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14
A SECOND SOLDIER CANDIDATE

The !REvlEW this week presents a
sketch of the sturdy independent Ger
man American citizen, Mr. Jacob Bills
OF Washington township, who is the re-
publican nominee for supervisor.
Like DR.. Darling, Mr.. Bills is also a
soldier; one of the many who responded
to the call Of their adopted country and
who showed that one did not need to be
native born to fight and work and die,
if needs be, for America
Mr.. Bills was born in the county of
Bern, Switzerland, in 1912. Switzer-
land, the land of the free, the only
country in Europe where equal free
dom with that of America exists today
When but eleven years of age Mr. Bills,
with his parents came to this country.
where he grew up as a lad on the farm
until he reached his majority At that
time the country was in the midst of
of civil war and our young man enlist
ed in the Union army, serving bravely
and honorably until the close of.the
war.
| When his military service was ended
by the downfall of rebellion. he sought
employment in Chicago, and for year
worked as a clerk in hardware store
in that incipient metropolis. Ten years
he worked in Chicago in various en-
Payments. and then he felt the call to
the west and moved to this County
where he has resided as one of our best
known, most upright and respected
4 farmers, for more than quarter of a
! century. Starting with homestead
OF 40 acres, he now owns 800 acres of
fine Crawford county land, all earned
by his own efforts and ability.
The confidence and esteem in which
he is held by his neighbors is shown by
the many times they have honored him,
as road supervisor, justice of the peace,
/ township trustee and school director
/ No man could have beel through a
better schooling for the important office
of county supervisor
The roads, legal matters, the town
ship affairs, the schools have all receiv.
ed his careful study and attention If
elected, he would give to the board
the benefit of years of experience, OF
good Judgment, economy and SOUND
common sense. I he REVIEW hope!
the people will elect him In the in.
terest of good county government, we
need such q man Oh the board.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

Denison should take advantage of
the dipsomaniac law to get rid of a
half dozen professional drunks who
disgrace our streets. neglect and abuse
their families and otherwise miscon-
duct themselves. If no one man wishes
to take the responsibility, citizens
league should be formed to rid the
community of these public nuisances,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

There were but twenty-five candi-
dates for admission to the bar as
against fifty applicants for admission
as registered pharmacists at Des
Moines last week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

Organized capital is now taking tn
held against organized labor, and en-
powers unions are becoming as common
as labor unions. The one is the natur-
al outcome of the other but the average
citizen is apt to DE ground between the
upper and the neither mill-stones.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

John Rohwer for county treasurer
appeals to the conservative people of
the county as safe man, of excellen
business judgment and ability. There
would be no mix up of tax RECEIPTS snd
no foolish transactions such as the
bond sale deal under his administrator
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

Last week Rev. Father M. j. Farrellv
celebrated his sixteenth year in Deui-
son. His has been a most successful
passionate and he stands high in the re-
gard and esteem of his people. He is
now the dean of the Denison clergy,
there being no other clergyman in the
city with a residence of more than two
years.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

A prominent democrat is on record
as saying that Prof Won Coelln has
made the best superintendent the
county ever had and that he deserved
and should receive reelection.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

1t is estimated that there are only
50, 600 really handsome men in the
ULited States 1t seems that there
must be many more from the number
found here, but then yol cannot Judge
the rest of the country byDenjsoD.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

successful crusade against imported
adulterated foods, and when Iowa goes
after thing even consolidated Europe
better look out.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

Why should Crawford county pay for
the care of insane patients who are
amply able to pay their own way or
who have relatives rich enough to dc
so? Ask the board
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

The blackmailer has entered new
field, that of dynamiting trains unless
tribute Is paid. The railroads will UNI
doubtedly remember thatgreat Ameri-
canism Millions for defense, but not
one cent for tribute. {"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-10-14

Elk Congressman struble has prac-
tical!y announced his candidacy for
Congress in the 18th District against
MIR. Thomas With Mr.. Strube and a
sensational son on his hands Mr..
Thomas ''lot" is not a pleasant one