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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
A Blow for Technicalities.

Justice Brown of the state supreme
court makes statements in his opinion
in the Nelson murder case that will
be we'll received by the laity, even
if the bar should not approve Of them.
The learned judge substantially lays
down the rule that technicality
ought not to stand between any man
and Justice. He says that the respect
of the people for courts and law is
to be gained by speedy trials in Grim.
inal cases ''unaccompanied by refined
and subtle .technicalities.''
AS to the granting of new trials,
which SO often result in q delay of
justice and sometimes in it's defeat,
Judge Brown lays down the reliable
rule that the only question for the
court to determine is whether or not
fair trial has been held-whether the
accused has probably been justly con-
victed or not. ..a -
It is notorious that in most cases
wherein appeals are taken there is
no real doubt that the accused is
6oClAIJ, 11ol 10 IiSLS uSuc111y ehi'y ,SO1i-
Germ lest an innocent man be pun
ished. Appeals are notoriously, in
most criminal cases, merely an ef-
fort to defeat justice by some hocus-
pocus of technicalities.
The excessive attention which is
given to these niceties of procedure
is, according to Judge Brown, a use
less survival of what was useful in
long since past age, when the dam
ger to be guarded against was the
conviction of an innocent person rath-
er than the acquittal of a guilty per-
son. The latter is the danger courts
are exposed to in this age. 49, =
The right of appeal should not be
abolished, as has been suggested, but
it should be the rule that no appeals
will be entertained that do not di-
rectly affect the central question of
the guilt or innocence Of the accused.
Then, too, appeals should always be
disposed of by the courts with the
greatest possible dispatch consistent
with justice. .."...
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
HEREDITY

That swollen paunch you are doomed tc
bear
Your gluttonous grandsire used to wear;
That tongue. at once so light and dull,
Wagged in your grandmas empty skull
That 1eering of the sensual eye
Your father. when he came to die.
Left you alone: and that cheap f1irt.
Your mother, gave YOU from the dirt
The simper which she used upon
So many men ere he was won.
Your vanity and greed and lust
Are: each your portion from the dust
Of those that died, and from the tomb
Made you what you must needs become.
do not hold you aught to blame
For sin at second hand. and shame;
Evil could but from evil spring:
And yet, away, you charnel thing!
w. ID. Howells.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

SO that st. Paul is by no means bound
to pay as much as a dollar a thousand
for gas for twenty-five years.
Gas bills may be paid without pen
atty during the first fifteen days OF
each month.
The company to pay 5 per cent in
terest on meter deposits.
There are other provisions, usually
found in such ordinances, which, tho
important in themselves, are not
worth mentioning in this connection.
1t is estimated that the gas gross
earnings tax will amount to $780,
600 In twenty-five years, and that of
electricity to $1,10O, 900. The interest
on meter deposits is figured at $780,
900. In twenty-five years, the differ
ence between gas at $1.30 and at 81
will save st. Paul consumers $9,90O,-
000. The saving on electricity is es-
timated at about $2,O00,000.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
UTAH'S ANTIQUITIES

An archaeological society has just been
organized in Utah to investigate the an
tiqulties in which the state is so rich. Utah
abounds in relics of a bygone people who
We're not akin to the modern Indians They
were an industrial folk who used irriga-
ton to raise crops, and had domestic arts
and utilities which are very curious Utah
was the home of cliff dwellers, but the
agricultural people referred to came later
than they. Of the cliff dwellers there are
the remains of one very interesting city.
In Carbon county, in SiX-Mil and Nine
Mile canyons there are some very inter-
esting carvings the rocks, which some
day may be deciphered. Archaeological
Utah is practically an unknown country.
and is regarded as one Of the richest fields
in the United States
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

uation, on the whole, appears a little
stronger now than last week. The
holiday season is not the most favor
often marked by declines, but it looks
now as If prices will hold fairly well
over the annual dullness, and the
question Of d further rise from present
levels, now 5 to cents higher than
at this time last year, will then be to
the front. Argentine will be sending
out new wheat before long, but against
this the winter wheat prospects in our
own country are decidedly less favor
able than last year as to both acreage
and condition.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
ST. Paul's New Light Franchise.

The st. Paul gas and electric fran
chise ordinance now awaits the an
proval of Mayor Smith. The company
claimed an indefinite electricity fran
chise, but has agreed to surrender that
claim and consent to accept, as for
gas, also, a twenty-five year franchise
dating from Jan. 1, 1907. The other
principal features Of the franchise
ordinance are:
No provision for municipal owner
ship thru revision or purchase.
Dollar gas in 1907. to- be preceded
by reductions from s1.3O to s1.15 in
1904, and 5 cents less each of the fol-
lowing years until 1907. (This will
give ST. Paul cheaper gas next year
apolis company should meet the ST
Paul reduction.)
A gross income tax Of not less than
per cent Of the company's income
both from the sale Of light and resi-
dual products and also from the sale
of electricity.
The city council has the right to
order three miles of gas main extern
sions in each year, regardless Of Pc
titions.
Extensions are to be made immedi-
ately to St. Anthony and Manchester
Parks.
Compulsory extension of electric
wires on petition of prospective con-
sumers.
Compulsory extension of gas mains
on petition of prospective consumers.
The council has the right to regu-
late charges for electricity after Jan.
4, 1907.
The same right with respect to gas,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
He CORRECTED JEFFERSON DAVIS

The death of J. R. Gilmore known bet-
ter perhaps by his nom de plume of Ed
mund 1<irke," calls up story about him
and the president of the confederacy. Mr.
Lincoln sent him and Colonel Jauuess to
the headquarters of the confederate gov
ernment on a mission of peace in 1864
While in conversation with various off
Gals, including Mr. Davis he overheard
the latter quote Incorrectly a verse of
which he himself was the author, He i'm
medlately corrected the president. who.
quite naturally, was dumbfounded at the
apparent effrontery of the ENJOY. And
how do you know that L am incorrect? %
sternly asked Davis. Il am the author of
the verse said Gilmore Davis was much
impressed with the incident and declared
himself as pleased to meet the author,
even tho he was an enemy of the south.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Some Hints for Photographers-Percy G..
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE ART OF THE PITTI PALACE. By Julia
De Wolf Addison. Illustrated. Boston: L. G..
Page & Co. Minneapolis: n. Mccarthy. Price
So net
THE CATHEDRALs OF NORTHERN FRANCE.
BY Francis Miltoun, with eighty illustra tions.
plans and diagrams. BY Blanche McManus.
Boston: l.. c. Page & Co. Minneapolis: n.
Mccarthy. Price SLIGO.
THE KINsHIP OF NATURE. By Bliss Carman,
author OF Pines of Pam etc Boston: L. c..
Page & Go. Minneapolis: n. Mccarthy. Price
$15O.
PHYLLIS FIELD FRIENDS By Lenore E.
Nlulets. Insect Stories. Price soc. Bird Sto-
ries. Price so cents. Flower Stories Price
so cents. Three volumes. Illustrated by Sophie
Schneider, Boston: L. C. Page & Co. Mime
apOlis: n. Mccarthy.
LES ADVENTURES DU DERNIER ABENIER.
AGE. By Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
Edited with notes and vocabulary by ]. D.
Bruner, PHI. D.. associate professor in the
University Of North Carolina. Chicago: The
American Book company. Price 30 cents.
FIFTY FABLES BY LA FoNTA1NE. With in
PRODUCTION, notes and vocabulary by Kenneth
Mckenzie instructor in Romance languages in
1ale university. Chicago: American Book
company. Price 40 cents. ~.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
The Art of the Pitti Palace Brought to
America-chance to See the cathe-
drals OF Northern France While You
SIT BY Your Own FIresIde-Bliss Car
mans Profuse Inconsistencies.

A liberal education in art could be had
from careful study of the treasures of
the Pitt Palace in Florence. The diff
Guilty is to get to Florence and remain
there long enough to get the education
without being arrested by the Florentine
OFFICIALS on charge Of vagrancy. Julia
de Wolf Addison has solved the problem
IN measure in her book The Art of the
Pittt Palace. The book is not a large one,
but 1t is packed with comment altogether
{lntelllglble to the layman and free from
ttechnicalities, and when one has read it
the mas gained at least portion Of the
Education in art that could be had by Wis
fiting the palace in person.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

The Owatonna library board has made
an important move in it's arrangement
with the county commissioners Of Steele
county to provide library facilities for all
Of the residents of the county, and the
example Is one likely to be followed If
its success comes up to the expectations.
The residents Of the county will be put
on the same footing as the townspeople
in the use Of the library. They will be
able to secure books from a well l-stocked,
well-equipped and well-managed central
library, and. thru the cooperation of the
Minnesota state library commission, trav-
cling libraries, directed by the town
library, will be placed at other central
points in the county, bringing the books
as nearly as possible to the doors of the
farmers. This Is but another forward
step in sharing with people in the country
the real advantages of city life.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
CARNEGIE GoTHAM's BIGGEST TAX.
PAYER.

Andrew Carnegie. the largest fridividua
taxpayer in New York city. has just sent
his check for SAL S66 to the receiver of
taxes, being full payment for his assess
ment on real estate and personal property
amounting all told to $10,O00,0 900. OF this
amount $4,000 900 was on personal prop
erty and a like sum on real estate Mr.
Carnegie this year has paid his assess
ments without any protest or evasion. for
warding the check almost as soon as he
returned to this country from his sojourn
on his estate in Scotland and England.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Second District Has a Candidate for State
oHice--county Auditor VoeeI of New
Otnn to DispIace Julius Block Bob
Dunn Tacks Some More PIanks to His
Platform


At last the second district has an
aVoWed candidate for state office. AS an
nounced in II he j ournal yesterday.
Louis G. Vogel of New Ulm is in the field
for the nomination for state treasurer.
Mr. Vogel has been county auditor of
Brown county for several terms. and bears
a fine official record. He is verv popular
With the voters having always run well
ahead of his ticket He possesses one
requisite that is indispensable of the posi-
ton to which he aspires-he is of German
descent.
This makes three candidates for state
treasurer, Block of Nicollet, the present
incumbent, Schwarg of Dodge, and Vogel
OF Brown. All three of the southern con-
gressional districts are represented, If
inc second gets in behind Vogel and sup
ports him as unit, he will be dangerous
factor IN the convention. Block has had a.
good hold on the situation for some time,
but the campaign is young yet Those
who figure on displacing Block must re-
member that he has a wonderful "dis-
placement
Editor Verify of the Wadena Tribune
denies that he or Dr. Babcock has anv in
terest in the new Detroit paper being es-
tabllshed by Paul F. Dehnel. The story as
puolshed was not particularly discredit-
able to the genial doctor or the spitfire
burning question.
e Bob Dunn is adding plank after plank
to his personal platform. In this weeks s
issue of the, Union he says:
..Here are two other guarantees we
Will give If Bob Dunn is ever governor of
Minnesota: If he is afforded an oppor-
tunlty to appoint supreme or district
court judge, ability and integrity will be
the essential qualifica tions of the an
polntee. The state board of control will
be absolutely divorced from politics.
Herhaps next week Bob will get around
to that anti-merger plank
The author of 'Minnie's Thinks in the
Princeton Union denounces the story of
trouble between Heatwole and Davis as
an infamous falsehood." Pretty good,
considering that the original tip on the
story came to me from Minnie himself
Charles r Cheney
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
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METHODS UNCHANGED
Worlds Work.

Worlds Work.
Mr.. Landis representative from In
diana, once went to the gallery of the
house with constituent to listen to the
debate
Who is that?' he asked pointing sud-
denly to the excited orator
Landis.
I knew it--I knew it, he said 81 used
to go to debating society with him He
acted and talked in the same way then
/ have not seen him since .,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

The philosophy of Governor Aycock Of
North Carolina for the negro is that the
black man is ''up against it, and that
to work. Many a mans salvation has
dated from the time that he realized that
nobody could help him but himself.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
SATURDAY EVENING,

raltar. indeed stronghold far
stronger than England's Gibraltar, at
Port Arthur, the Gulf Of Pechili on
the one side and the Bay Of Korea on
the other. Russia is prepared for fur
ther aggression in the far east, and
Japan will never accomplish a modus
vivendi without a war, a struggle for
existence by Japan. The question our
government is to decide. now that the
Chinese treaty is ratified, is whether
it Will permit mendacious and preda-
tory Adam Zad, "the bear that walks
like a man. to shut us out Of our
trade In Manchuria altogether and to
nullify our treaty with China.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

It's good thing for the Missouri
boodlers that the attitude Of the SUI
preme court Of that state is not the
same as that of the supreme court Of
Minnesota,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

Miss Lucy Page CASTOR wants every
clubman in Chicago to take the respon-
sibility for bringing UP some gamin in
the way he should go. That would be
imposing a pretty big contract on some
clubmen. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

Two university football players have. it
is alleged, been caught "cribbing.'' 1t is
announced that the fact that they play
football will not affect the severity, of
the punishment. Football is going into
decline.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
THE MAGAZINES

Why Do Men Love us?-Dorothy Dix at
tempts to answer the question in AinsIee's S
for January. OF course, it is vastly i'm
to be as plain as the nose on Dorothy S
face, or palmer, if that be a "snub' But
it furnishes Dorothy an opportunity to air
iler t'cleverness" thus:
When he the foolhardy rcckiessness with
which, she defies death and disease in her dress:
when she observes that her mind is set the
bargain counter instead of the higher life; when
he listens to her conversation and notes thai
her ideas are mostly cut the bias and frilled
in. the midde when he learns how generally
unreasonable and il.cnnscquentia she is the
fountains of his compassion stirred and he
could weep over the spectacle of human being
SO weak and SO faulty
In short. that men admire MS for our virtues
but love for faults, is too apparent to need
insisting On.A
Is Dorothy smarting under the sue
cess of a ri-but the suggestion is ungal-
liant. The magazine shows a long table
of fiction. Perhaps Dorothys paper was
only fiction after all.
Whittier PoItician-"It is as q poet
that the present generation ,conceives
Whittier, and one reads with surprise the
statement of his recent biographer, Prof.
George r. Carpenter of Columbia univer-
sity, that the main interest of Whittier's S
life was politics rather than literature,
and that this interest was perpetuated
even after the anti-slaNery cause, to which
he was early devoted, had triurnphed, =
says the Literary Digest of Dec. IL. Says
his biographer:
He Still watched the affairs of the state and
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
THE NONPAREJL MAN

How the Terrible Boy Outlaws Tad and
Little Billy Were FoiIed in Their At
tempt to Hold Up Santa Claus and
Take Away His Toys and Candy by
Force of Arms-How Santa's Brother
Morpheus Came to His Aid at Very
Critical Time.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19


And what man of middle life cannot
say. the same? Flippant stories are often
told of the smartness and wonderful
achievements of many intemperate men.
but their subsequent failures and sad
finishes are not SO often mentioned.
Old Man Booze is a cheerful old buck
at first. and he helps things go off with
ten he hangs around quietly until he gets
you going; then he is merciless He
pounds your face into the earth before
you can get a line on him.
Old Man Booze can't get any of our
Christmas money.
A Miss Estella Forbes, who has been
living in Zion City tells how the Dowia
guards deal with burglars. The guards
patrol the town nights, but they carry no
arms. Attached to each guards waist is
Bible. If he captures a burglar he talks
with him and prays for him. Even il
caught redhanded before an exploded safe
the guard would kneel there in the still
watch of the night and pray with that
burglar for his souls salvation.
Suppose she was asked, 1.-The burglar
attack him."
Then the guard would fight back with
all the power God gave him, and some
of our guards are fairly strong If he
conquered the burglar he would strive
with him and never cease trying to get
him to repent.
This is not the way the police of civ
5ilization work but perhaps it may prove
fully as effective in the long. run. You
may laugh atsit, but did you ever try
the effect of prayer on burglars? If he
is a very big burglar and has the drop
on you, it certainly has the merit of being
safer. The procedure merits thought
"a. ]. b.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

the nation snd gave counsel freely as beftted
one grown old In political service. He exerted
himself to counteract the bitter feeling against
Sumner, which arose after his attack on Grants
administration in 1872, and he foremost i'll
the persistent effort that resulted in annullng
the Massachusetts resolutions of censure against
In the civil war should not be borne on the
flags of national regiments. He urged the educa-
ton of the negro and the Indian; he praised Cor
don, soldier tho he was: he interested himself
in several minor causes; he wrote in commenda-
tion or in suggestion to prominent government Of
hcials and to great politicians; he was consulted
in district and state affairs.
New Magazine Devoted to Pantng-It
is got UP in the style of the Philistine and
bears the name The Black Mirror. Its
excuse for existence is that other art mag
azines have failed in most essential re-
spects. The editors say; 'Our thought
was that a booklet filled with matters of
more vital interest to art. which would
neither pander to organizations nor deal
ers and which, above ALL would tell the
truth in such a manner as to be under
stood by the average buyer. would per-
haps do service" They add that they
are painters, not writer's.
Some Bad English Corrected-If one
wishes to be warned now and then
against common errors in the use of
English, he should take Correct English.
Here is a correction of very common
mistake. 1t is taken from the January
number. Don't say it is quite cold to-
day; say it is very cold to-day"
Some Hints for Photographers G..
r. Wright gives some suggestions to pic
turemakers in the December Photo Era.
They suggest the study of 'the why and
the wherefore of a satisfa actory picture.
There is also an article on .Telephotog-
raphy,' and numerous fine reproductions
of good work,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

1t is a dark and difficult problem, but
one thing ] see clearly, namely. that
drink is the greatest and most banefuI
hTpnotist on the earth at present, and
that its influence is more awful than
any plague. more devastating than any
war. Looking back from more than
middle life. i can hardly remember a
case of wreck and ruin that has not
been directly or indirectly. the result
of drink. 1t is terrible roll-call my
memory goes thru of men of good and
even brilliant opportunities who are
dead, or worse than dead. at the hands
cf the great hypnotist
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

On the whole, it might be better to let
Colombia and Panama fight it out than
be a party to the combat ourselves.
Whatever happens now, we dig the canal
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

AN INVITATION is extended to all to vls.
the Press Room. which is the finest In the "eoi.
The battery of presses consists Of three rouroecK
Goss Presses. with total capacity or 144;oo9
etght-page ] 8 an hour, printed. AoIos1
and counted. The best time TO call is from ':Ao
to ( 80 D. N. Inquire at the business Office ano
be directed to the visitors gallery OF the Fress
Room.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

When little daughter began taking mu-
SIC lessons last spring she couldn't even
run the scale. Now she runs father
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
The Limit.

.r-r
The livery drivers of Chicago are
now essaying the of late much worked
role of demonstrating to the: American
public how obnoxious the strike leader
can sometimes make himself when he
tries right hard. Yesterday funerals
that had already. begun were stopped
because the drivers went on a strike
and people were reduced to the humil-
iation of seeing their dead indecor-
Ously carried to the last resting place
in express wagons and the like. Even
persons having private carriages did
not dare to use them to attend funerals
for fear of violence from the strikers
Only a strong display of police force
kept one funeral from being violently
assailed by bowling mob. ""-s-
When union labor gets to this point
Of arrogant disregard Of public COM
fort, rights and feelings it is treading
on dangerous ground. 1t is adding a
little more to the rapidly growing fire
that will zone day consume labor
unions unless they change their ways.
President Woodrow Wilson of Prince
ton is out with a new method of college
| instruction, which is no method at all.
His idea is to treat a student just as YOU
would hungry man. You would tell
the latter where the food was and tell
him to eat it. The college, DR.. Wilson
says, should tell the student where knoWl-
edge is to be acquired, show him the
lectures, the libraries and the laboratories.
and then come around with an examina-
ton after awhile to see whether he has
eaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge
There would be a lot of 'plucking'' at
| those examinations
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

Victor Smith in the New York Press
has been figuring up on the awful weight
of adverse thought that is turned on Mr..
rockefeller. He shows how the magnate
sells to New York, annually besides his
oil, gas and electric light to the value of
S23, ,OOO,O Thus he is competing with
himsef-oil against gas and electricity.
Every householder and fiat dweller swears
at his gas bill once month therefore
Mr. Rockefeller is sworn at 556,063 times
month or 6,672,756 times year. Max
ing allowance for some exaggeration. il
is still evident that the oil king is get
ting a whole lot of very malicious absent
treatment.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

The joyous Christmas season is with,
us once again, and everybody is supposed
to be feeling full of good will to men. to
be laying aside the hammer of the knocker
and to be greeting his brother man as a
real brother. There is only one party
that this column is feeling much malice
toward at this joyous season. and that
party is the Old Man Booze For this
reason we reprint what Hall Caine. the
povelist, says about him:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

The janitor that refused to fix the door
or to start UP the heat on that cold morn
ing might be able to use a few Christ
mas cigars without making himself sick