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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13

London, Oct. / 3.-The trend of to-
days early information regarding the
far eastern situation is less alarming.
The Frankfurter .Zeitung, whose sem
satonal announcement of the occupa-
tlon OF Ma-San-Pho by Japan yester-
day occasioned disquiet here. to-day
publishes a telegram from Shanghai
saying there is no confirmation of the
reported occupation of that place,
adding that the Russo-Japanese nego-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13
SITUATION IS
LESS ALARMING
Report That Japan Had Occupied
Ma-San-Pho Seems to Have
Been a Canard.
Both the London and Berlin Foreign
Offices Now Expect Peaceful
Solution Of Trouble.
London Papers Say Japan Is Better
Prepared for War Than
Russia. !,

Yokohama, Oct. 13.-All re-
ports emanating from Shanghai
of the opening of hostilities be-
tween Japan and Russia may be
dismissed as absurd. Russo
Japanese affairs are marking
time.
The second secretary of the
Russian legation left Toxic Oct.
II with secret dispatches for the
russian viceroy of the far east,
Admiral Alexieff.
An important conference Of
veteran Japanese statesmen, in
Guiding the Marquis Ito, was held
at the premier's office to-day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13
NEW NORTHWESTERN PosTMAsT.

Washington, Oct. 13.-Post masters APP
pointed to-day: ADMINISTRATIVE und, Rice
county, Anthem Nordahl;. Lawndale, VIII
kin county, Gilbert Elken. North Dakota
Marshall, Mercer county, Charles KY
seth. South Dakota ID oland, Sphinx coun-
ty, Joshua r. Wood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13
COLLEGIANS RESCUED
They Had Marrow Escape From Drowning
But Were Saved

Ogdensburg. N. Y, Oct. 13-News has
reached here of the rescue from drowning
of four college students by George H.
Gooderham, near Humber Bay, Ont
Gooderham accompanied by w. R. Craw-
ford Of Chicago, and two other men. were
calling in Gooderhams yacht When near
Humber Bay they came upon the students
who were lying upon an upturned sail
boat, almost helpless from exposure. They
had been clinging to the boat Is hours.
Their names are not known. ....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13
BOUNDARY COMMISSION
Secret Sessions continue-Lord AIver.
stone Asks Queer Questions

London, Oct. 13-The Alaska boundary
tribunal held another secret session this
morning and adjourned for lunch at 1870
p. M. Nothing of public nature de-
veloped except that when Lord Chief Jus
tice Alverstone came out of the confer
ence room he asked Secretary Tower to
ascertain whether the original treaty was
signed both in French and English No
explanation was given Of this question.
The commission adjourned until to-
morrow without reaching a decision.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13

His performance in Washington last
week when he attempted to force his
way into the White House and was
made a prisoner after fierce strug-
gle, was heralded over the country,
making Elliott a figure of national
DrOminence
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13
HARPER HOME AGAIN.

Chicago, Oct. 13-President William r.
Harper Of the University of Chicago re-
turned yesterday from his quick trip to
New York where he went to confer with
psychologists in regard to the proposed
expedition to Babylonia. #
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13
AND WASHING

vNNDEHbILT@ AND WASHINGTON.
New York Oct. l3.-Mr. and Mrs. w.
n Vanderbilt =; Marion Crawford, the
novelist, Booker 4. washington and III.
K Porter, OF Pittsburg arrived to-day on
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm IL from Bre.
men, Southampton and Cherbourg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-13
SCHOOL GIRLS ARE HrRoINEs.

Chicago, Oct. 13.--In a fire that DESTROYED two
residences in Irving Park to-day three children
We're rescued from death by girl students of
Jefferson high school Raymond Saunders, s.
flames s5 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04

One Of the college boys who went to the
western Kansas harvest fields writes to a
friend an account Of his experiences, say
ing:
well, this isn't what it IS cracked up
to be, and Harold would have confessed
himself all in and come home to mama in
side Of two days after starting If he
hadn't been worse afraid of the toshing
of you devils than of blistered paws.
Speaking of blistered paws, it's no joke.
Before the night of the first day ! had
puffs all over my hands, and that night
the fat dame of this household stuck
needles into 'em and tapped me until I
ran water like hydrant. But the old
boy was good to me, and for two days
he kept me at choring around, hauling
water, helping the fat dame cook, and
playing the baby generally. Then I tackled
the header boxes again for ten straight
days and really got to liking 1t. But
say, Willie, don't you believe that story
about a shortage in the worlds bread
crop. I know better, for I pitched enough
Of the blamed stuff to make two crops Of
the worlds breadstuff.
.'And, Willie, there is another thing you
can disabuse your fostering intellect Of.
You can't spoon with these country girls
with the joyous freedom that you read
about. We have a rolypoly girl here who
doesn't wear corsets and who don't care
how much sock she displays when she
kicks at the cat I kissed her the other
night I won't do it any more. If want
exercise Of rapid kind will go out and
ground an electric light wire thru my
handsome person. She whacked me on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04
Labor Leader Grafters.

Lawrence Murphy, the treasurer Of the
New York Stonecutters' union, who has
begun prison term Of five years and six
months for stealing $4,000 Of the unions
money, asserts that the general public has
no idea Of the. extent Of the ,blackmail
that has been levied in New York by
walking delegates. He. declares that dur
ing eight years the various delegates have
backmailed employers out of more than
81, 900, 900, and athat~veve cent Of this
money went into the pockets Of the lead
lers, the union treasures never getting any
part Of it. ~ E.
- Strikes are frequently threatened, he
says, just to give some Of the leaders a
chance to collect blackmail. The en-
ployer must either pay the leaders not to
order the strike or else suffer the great
loss a strike entails Contractors having
a fixed time in which to complete their
work under penalty, have been the es-
,pecial marks Of the walking delegates, as
force of circumstances made them ready
to negotiate the minute the COMMITTEE
appeared.
r.. OF course some allowance must be
made, in weighing Murphy's words, for
the fact that he Is now a convict, sore and
angry; yet his anger seems to be due more
to his opinion that he is the only one of
many offenders to suffer than to the fact
that he has sinned and been found out
If postoface officials will graft If
trusted bank officials will wreck their in
situations, If pillars Of the church and
mon of lifelong rectitude sometimes err
it is not strange that labor leaders should
use their great powers to line their, own
nests. -
TO an outsider the lesson for the unions
from this story of New York grating
! is to make such serious matters as strike
| propositions business that must be passed
on at every stage by the whole union anC
to surround the negotiations with sucI
checks that no single man or any small
| committee shall have an opportunity t.
graft without running great risk of ex.
| posure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04
Grand Trunk Pacific.

The Ottawa correspondent of the Boston
Transcript expresses some doubt as to
whether the Grand Trunk Pacific will be
built in the near future, even tho the com
pany and the government of Canada have
come to an agreement
BY the terms Of this agreement the gov
eminent is to build 1880 miles of line from
Moncton, N. B.. to Winnipeg and the
company is to build 1900 miles of line
from Winnipeg to FIT. Simpson on the Pa
cifc. The Grand Trunk Pacific is to lease
the government-built portion for fifty
years; the first seven years the lease will
be free, during the next three the railway
is to give the net earnings to the govern
ment, for the remaining forty years the
railway company will have to pay the
government 8 per cent on the cost of con-
struction. The probability is that the
railway company will build this section
for the government. West of Winnipeg
the government will guarantee bonds to
as per cent of the cost Of construction up
to maximum of $4,000 a mile on the
prairies and $4,000 in the mountains.
The company is required to deposit
with the government within sixty days
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04
The New Pope.

Giuseppe Sarto, who became To-Day
Pope Plus x, is said to belong to the
liberal party in the italian church. II ne
lis a liberal, his choice as Pope will prove
to be a wise one, provided he has the
abilities and qualities demanded by one
of the most, If not the most, difficult OF
fees: In the world to fill. reactionary
nope, coming after Leo XIII, could DO
both. the Roman church and the world
great injury in this era Of universal pro-
gress and advance. The choice OF one OF
the less prominent of those talked or as
successors Of Leo XIII. was rather to De
expected, since In the nature Of the method
of election the successful candidate must
be a compromise choice. AS the patr1-
arch Of Venice Is said to be rather tim1d
about expressing his opinions, the opposing
elements in the college Of cardinals may
have concluded that one had as much to
expect from him as another. -.
The fact that he was not one Of the
leading. candidates augurs nothing as to
the success Of his papacy. Not all men
of great parts and the qualities Of leader
ship are aggressive, and by no means are
! all aggressive men able and capable lead
ers. az man who has led a quiet life, with
no aspiration to power and dominance,
may. when endowed with eminence and
great power turn out to be most sue
cessful executive.
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It's "Incoe', at the sLyceunc.

.'Incog''' is the bill at the Lyceum theater
this week, tho the familiar old play is pre-
scented under new title and appears upon
the program as tom, Dick and Harry This
seems to Indicate that the Ferris management
has again succumbed- to it's besetting sin of
play piracy, sin that has become so fire.
quent that It demands attention.
The writer overheard street car con-
versation the other day. which indicates that
the Ferris habit in this regard is not I'M
known. 1~E,@ 7~c.-s *. s-
i Whats, at the Lyceum, this weel?' asked
number one.
%, another .troo!ey rural drammer, p re-
piled his friend. " on the ohio,' believe
they call it. it, .scsfi
Seen it,"
Nope --@.sr;s- o. ~...
got hold of it, 80 :"
Now argue he may, and Mr.. Ferris is an
expert argufier, the fact remains that play
company u.s. making money at the Lyceum 1t
has had, at the most, only one or two losing
weeks since the season opened, almost a year
ago; and the management can we'll afford to
pay for the plays presented. What the man
agement does is just this. It appropriates
another's property and then asks the public
to pay 1t for something which it. has no legal
nor moral right to give them. ),
however, incog Is a good comedy and
probably will please the Lyceum clientele.
sions, first by Charles Dickson, at the head
of road company q tbgequently by var
ilous- stock rganisatiOas saaxf~sits@ has never
failed to amuse Minneapolis audiences
Carl !, Smith seerle is the choleric General
Ben johnson isscast as pr. Wagner, Laurette
;Allen sg the young women of Niobe ike char
tsagteristics, Beatrice Lteb plays Daisy and
t3Dfck and Harry areSpdrtraye sby Bert@ Nc
Cam and Joseph Totem $z u n
/ 7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04

1t is said that Cardinal Gibbons Is great
Iy impressed with the scant representation
Of English speaking cardinals In the COL
lege. At the present moment there are
only three English speaking cardinals and
but two Of them attended the conclave.
One Of the German cardinals is said to
agree with Cardinal Gibbons that the pro-
portion of Italians in the college is far too
great. The leading Catholic country of the
world is France, which contributes two
thirds Of Peters pence, and has 41,O00O0o
Catholics, and yet that country has only
seven cardinals to Italy's thirty-nine. This
one-sided composition Of the college of
cardinals is hardly in harmony with the
ideal character of universal church, es-
pecially as Italy is no longer country that
is a world center The Catholic church
must look for it's future greatness to the
growing and leading nations. Can it pros
per among them as it might If its rulers
are to continue to be in a large majority
the natives Of a second-rate nation?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04

Washington Of all cities is overcrowded
with cranks and freaks of all degrees, and
as result of these frequently harmless
but annoying people, many funny things,
in the way of charges and complaints,
happen at headquarters every day that
never reach the public. But the funniest
experience I've ever had, said the down
town policeman, twas when 1 was detailed
in answer to charges made by the sections
Of several Of the local churches, to watch
a church where a number of funeral serv-
ices were held during the past week, in
order to land a man who Systematically
attends every funeral at which he can
steal ride.
I'm the many complaints that have
come in about him, all agree that he is
quiet and respectful, and, if the occasion
demands, deeply grieved, but it is none
the less annoying, so the complainant. in
yariably states, to have wan-looking
stranger face you at every turn.
well, I'd no sooner reach one church
than I'd learn that the ill-looking stranger
had Just left there, but that would find
him in another church in an entirely diff
ferent direction of the city, where a GER
tain funeral would be held some time la
ter in the day. This sort Of thing kept
up for some time, but one day last week
Just happened to strike it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04
HOW THE COLLEGE BOY JARED IN THE FIELDS

the side of the head with fist like ham,
and don't you doubt it, Willie, she she meant ielli
every word Of It. -
st get 50 a day and found Found
means that the old man comes to your
downy couch at 8 in the morning, and,
finding you asleep, whoops you out to feed
the horses. By the time the horses are
fed we are called to breakfast. Did you
ever eat pie at breakfast? Well, we have
pie for breakfast every other morning.
It seems to be the Idea out here that II
you have pie, you can't complain at any
other indignity And every pie we nave
had so far Is made out Of raisins. NOW,
don't get it into your head that ralslns
won't make good pie. They do.
"After breakfast we HE us away to the
field and cut wheat until the fat dame
waves a tablecloth out Of the window to
tell us that dinner is ready. Then we eat
and go out and cut more wheat, and the
old boy keeps us at it until 1t gets too
dark to see. But Willie, the way you can
sleep after you have had day like that!
You go dead-that's all about it
'I figure that will get home with about
$40 to the clear. The old boy says he
will give me SIS a month to stay and
plow and a thresher man offers S1.5O a
day and found if I will work for him.
But $50 is capital enough for Harold.
am not grasping or sordid.
"P 81 had a heart to heart talk
with the roly-poly girl last evening. She
said I ought to, be ashamed of myself for
| kissing her in the house where the fat
dame might see. If it wasn't for school
taking up I believe I'd tackle that job
| of blowing" ..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04

3 - = Pei" :
In view Of the great things that are ex-
pected from, the trade Of China when that
country is opened up, it is strange that
Americans have made SO little Of the
trade Of India, which has been fully and
freely thrown open to the commerce of
the world under British rule. India i'm
ports $3.50, 100000 worth Of goods year,
but less than 100000 Of this sum comes
from the United States, and there is no
steamship line that gives direct. connec-
ton between the United States and that
country. By the way, if the Chinese trade
Is to develop greatly, the Chinese must
be a people of a different type from the
Indians. Here is a country: penetrated by
railroads and under western rule and in:
f1uenoe for two centuries, that imports
only 81 worth %. Of goods per capita q year,
Canada, with 100000 people, imports
about as much AS India with. $50, 900. 900. :
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The Monetary Commission.

The state department yesterday - re-
ceived report from the United States
monetary commission which left last
European powers, having oriental trade
and trade with silver using countries gem
orally, a plan for an international gold.
standard system Of exchange. The COM
mission consists of Professor jeremiah
jerks Of Cornell university, Charles A.
Conant of the Morton Trust company, and
H. H. Hanna Of indianapolis. These gen
tlemen. were appointed by the president.
upon the request of Mexico and China
for the cooperation Of our government
in an effort to give stability and uniform
ity to the silver currencies, by establish
ing a fixed standard of exchange, con-
tinuing the large use of silver coins, kept
at par with gold by government control
Of the quantity and a gold exchange fund
in. the leading financial centers. 49, :.
The: fundamental idea Of this = reform
was presented by the philippine COM
mission two years ago, when attention
was called to the unsatisfactory condition
III Cle 1SLdtluS "llSle Was IlSlIl1SI d. StdO1S
monetary standard, nor a sufficient sup
ply Of currency, the existing currency
depending on the coinage of Mexico, made
from a metal fuctuating in value con-
stantly In relation to gold, following the
fluctuations of the silver bullion market
and handicapping business grievously. In
Mexico the same difficulty has been ex-
perienced from the continuously declining
rate of exchange, resulting in the neces-
sity of parting with; an ever increasing
proportion of Mexican products in ex-
change for the products o.. gold countries.
The. railways; have felt the difficult ssert-
ously because they collect their freights
In deprecated silver and have to pay
many Of their employes and remit inter-
est and dividends on a gold basis. Our
congress has taken steps tosinfuse stabil-
itys into our Philippine currency by the
| coinage Of a distinctive insular peso main
tanned at a fixed gold parity There is no
doubt that the principle can Be introduced
and maintained in Mexico and, China. The
latter has never had, any real monetary
system and nobody seems able to evolve
relief from copper cash and mongre1
Mexican dollars, which have proved g
torment to business
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04
Russia's Flirting Partner.

: > one result Of King Edwards visit to
Paris at the friendly conference with
President Loubet and members Of the gov
eminent which had been doubtless pre-.
arranged, is the visit of seventy members
Of the French chamber. of deputies to Lon
don on the invitation of a committee Of
the English house Of commons, the de-
clared object being the conclusion of y.
treaty of arbitration between the two
governments, to act Independently of the
international arbitration tribunal at The
Hague.
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, head
of, the visiting French delegation, is the
statesman who SO heartily congratulated
our government upon it's interest in in
ternational arbitration and upon having
given the tribunal at The Hague its first
case
J. A .Franco-British arbitration agreement
has an interesting look at a time when
members Of the Russian bureaucracy are
without hesitation saying all kinds of
mean things about England, declaring that
England is doing all she can to prejudice
Japan and America against Russia.
France and Russia being allies, the pres
ent gravitation of France to England
looks as if France believes that it will be
much more to her interest to have friendly
relations with England than with Russia
Certainly, in case of war, Russia and
France could not cooperate very con-
ventently for geographical, as we'll as
other reasons.
The statement Of Director Hartwig Of
the Russian foreign office, that Russia's
foreign policy is perfectly straightfor-
| ward, is the most absurd of Russian
statements. Ever since Russia and west
ern Europe, with the United States, have
had any relations with each other Rus
| STA has been characterized by abominable
| duplicity, persistent evasion of direct
answers to important. questions, and UNI
derhand work generally. What the out
side civilized nations want to know of
Russia is whether she is going to evacuate
Manchuria as she swore she would and
whether she proposes to open Manchurian
| ports to trade or not She continues to
! hold Manchuria and organize her govern
ment and dispose her troops there. She
means to stay there and Director Hart
wig asserts that Russia does not fear war
| even with five powers. Now we are told
i that Russia's purposes will be definitely
indicated when the minister of war gets
| back to st. Petersburg from Port Arthur.
BY that time Russia's grip on Manchuria
| will be with hooks of steel. It is once
more reported that Russia has permitted
i China to agree to open the ports desired
by our government in Manchuria # such
agreement has been made it should be
lirrevocably clinched by our government