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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
Glee Club Plans.

The university Slee and nland olin clubs
gave their first. public concert last even 3
ing at Saltwater. They were greeted by
a large audience and their program was
highly satisfactory. The clubs will start
on their ann ua1 tours-of: the northwest in
about. three weeks to give concerts at the
principal towns of northern Minnesota
and also at Fargo, Grand Forks and VIM
mir .S7ff5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
NETHERLANDS PROTOCOL
It Is Signed To-day-Roo t.
Name Umnire.

Washington, Feb 2s.-Baron .Geiers.
the minister of The Netherlands, and
Minister Bowen have signed the Neither
lands protocol providing for the settle
sment of the claims of that country against
Venezuela 1t is provided that President
Roosevelt shall name the umpire in the
event of a. disagreement The protocol
I following the lines of that of the United
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
Twn cIexer Stories

Ian Maclaren, Of Bonnie Brier Bush
fame. contributes story I'm this weeks
SSaaueday Evening Post entitled sUn-3
solved Jesse Lynch Williams has one
of his exciting fco1leSe stories. Fspr more
of the contents sec the advertisement on
page 8, of to-night's Journal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

Total Feb. %, 1903 $50, AZ. 20
OF the contributions from the state, $500
was RENTED from the Winona county
committee.
Secretary Harry Swenson of the local
committee received this morning $3675
from Pastor Lidman Of the Swedish TEN.
pie as the result of meeting held in the
church. Chairman Lydiard, of the Orono
committee, reports an encouraging out
look there and an entertainment is being
planned to increase the fund. Manager
Dick Ferris of the Lyceum theater has; an
nounced that a, matinee will be Civ soon
all the proceeds Of which will go to the
fund. Sal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
"a. Inn1g VICE 1NvEsrIe Ar1oN :

st. Louis, Feb 2S.-SeYen 1wtmen have been
arrested on bench warrants ISSUED at The In
stance Of the grand jury, (which has been inyesti-
eating the imprisonment of young girls in dens
Of vice ided in the fourth police district sew
eraf days ago. The grand jury w III nake a par
tls1 report next Monday, when il IS expected
more indictme MS will be handed down.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
LAST BODY IDENTIFIED
A. p. Johnson, a Merchant Of, Orion, ILL.,,
s..; Among the Lost In Cedar
& &5 Rapfe1s.s Iowa. ST

Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Feb. 2s..---The only
remaining body in the morgue in this city,
taken. from the Clifton hotel ruins last
Saturday. was positively identified to-day
by relatives as that of A. p. Johnson, a
merchant Of Orion, Ill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

Minneapolis
agents? agent persistent he does not urge THEM
them have been good
yet without sufficient insurance. Why is it?
They did decide take for with occasional
excepon today has conception his natural
sbiity They simply off
YOU have not the kind of you need would
attend to the matter now You have odayno
s of /
would submit you proposition The State Mutual has
other Massachusetts
conceded that the Massachusetts law
United States Your and address of the
will bring specimen policy with full particulars
w. VEN TUYI.5sss.@s
General Agent, 504 8 Lumber Exchange.
GEO a. AINbN ORTIZ AS ROBERT IS THOMSON.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
FUND GROWING STEADILY
Nearly $4,000 Contributed for Re
lief of Famine in Sweden
j. and Finland. 81.

The famine relief fund is growing stead
lily as is shown byb the statement of the
treasurer, N. O. Werner, which follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
CITY NEWS
WEATHER NOW AND THEN
Minimum Temperature To-day,
Degrees; a Year Ago, 81 Degrees.

"A Fifteenth Minnesota ReunIon.--Veter-
ans of the Fifteenth Minnesota volunteers
will meet at 5 p. m. to-morrowy at the
assembly room of Temple Court to arrange
for their annual reunion. tS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

Fund at the close of Feb.
4 ~. 1908 .............. $i9,6sS.os
Received Feb. 2S 1909. -. ,4I3.13
"..s g ,HENNEP1N COUNTY, a.
Fund at the close of Feb.
p, 1903 $13, 2O2. DDS i.>4
Feb %, additional from the
nillers and grain men, a
through F. B. We]ls.... 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
4 "CHUTE THE CHUTES.'

John and Austin were getting pretty tired of farm life. that Is, milking the cows and bedding horses or digging pota- toes and cutting corn. They wanted more fun.
 One day they were sitting in the barn trying to think how they might liven things up little; they hit upon the plan of building chute the chutes, and ask ing other boys to use It for cent n ride. "0f course, we can't have the water for the car to run In, but that need not make any difference" said John. When we were at Coney Island last year I exam ined the thing pretty closely. and I think l know how to make one. Anyhow, we'll try, but don't say word about it to the boys They'll steal our Ideas and get ahead of us."
 The next day the boys started in to work They chose the open Held back of the barn, because they could get full sweep. There was plenty of boards about that were good aga strong. and which their father said they might use. First they built a platform about fifteen feet high. At the back they put the long hay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
THE GAME OF MAGIC MUSIC.

Any number of persons may play this amusing game. and no preparation is neces- sary. One player having been sent from the room, the others arrange something for him to do when he returns
 When everything is ready he Is summoned to the room by the magic music which Is made by tapping poker with large key. The player must perform the appointed task as he is guided by the musician, who so regulates the music that the sounds are loud ana noisy when the player does what he ought not to do, and soft when he begins to do anything like the task.
 Suppose. for example, that he Is to take sofa pillow and put it behind a certain girls back. When he enters the room he is some what confused by the loud chatter O the music. chatter made for the purpose. If he walks toward the sofa the music grows soft, which tells him that he is going in the right direction.
 But he touches chair and pauses, per haps, when the music becomes loud again. Then he touches the sofa, and the music be- comes soft, and when he touches the pillow It ceases altogether. This tells him that he has to do something with that pillow, and he tries various things, all of which are greeted by loud music, showing that he has not dis covered the right thing.
 Finally, he puts the pillow behind one of the girls. but not the right one The music
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

that you have already sewed In 1t. A little practice will enable you to do this in way to escape detection.
 You must do the wrapping that the spectators, to whom you offer the handker- chief for examination may feel the penny and be sure that It Is there. Then lay the handkerchief on the table and on 1t place the book, which should be large enough to conceal It entirely.
 All this time you have been holding In your right hand, tucked away between two of the fingers, the penny that you borrowed. Now take the basin, or cup, In that hand and pass it under the table. holding 1t right un- der the book. Take care to hold It so that your fingers may readily release the penny; make two or three passes over the book with your left hand, say .'Presto:" and at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
~1 THE MAGIC PENNY. bo

There Is not a boy who would not like to know how to make penny go through the top of a wooden table and drop Into basin or cup held underneath. trick, of course, like the thousand and one tricks that you see the magicians perform.
 Before you go to party sew penny neat ly in one corner of a Handkerchief, then fold the handkerchief and put 1t in your pocket.
 When you are ready to perform the trick have small table placed in the middle of the room and on 1t a medium sized book and a tin basin or cup.
 Now say to the company that you are going to borrow penny from some one and after wrapping 1t in your handkerchief you will cause 1t to pass down through the top of the table and drop Into the basin.
 Having obtained the penny, you ask the lender of 1t to put some little mark on It by means of which he may know 1t again; then you pretend to wrap 1t in the handkerchief that you take from your pocket. but you really conceal 1t in your right hand, wrap ping the handkerchief around the penny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

Under the heading of Society" are found such paragraphs as John Warrington stayed up till one o'clock Monday enjoying his sis- ters party" The town talk columns con- tain such articles as: Roller skates are the things to have just now" Watch the girls; they are getting ready to dazzle you with their spring hats" Henry Schange is about ready to openhis circus. We trust the dogs won't run the eats up a tree this time.'
 The boys had at first a hard time to secure a suitable place in which to establish their offices" The principal of the grammar school was appealed to, and when the matter . was put before the board 1t was unanimous ly voted to give over an unused room in the school house to the Gratz Park News, for 1t was decided that this paper would be almost as important an educational organ as the school house itself Of course, the boys ac- cepted, and now Business and Editorial Rooms of the Gratz Park News is the sign which swings from the front door of the school house.
 Here 1t was that Editor in Chief Bergman was interviewed recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
THE YOUNGEST EDITOR IN THE COUNTRY

The Gratz Park News. the smallest paper in the world, is published In Lexington, Ky. the editor in chief being Brownsell Berry man, nine years of age. The ages of the ns- sociate editors-Irving Mcclure, Lucien Fish back and Eddie Bruce Morgan-range from nine to eleven years.
 There is no age restriction for the would be reporter on the paper q good nose for news being the only qualification necessary, and many of the items are gathered by young sters scarcely out of dresses
 The Gratz Park News Is weekly publca- tion and has about three hundred subscrlb- CTS. While most of these reside in Lexing- ton, there are on the list subscriptions from the New England States. The exchange desk is each week piled high with other juvenile papers, and letters find their way to the ed itor in chief of the News telling how much the paper is enjoyed and offering suggestions for Improvements These are carefully con sldered and acted upon if decided good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

to get another press and enlarge the staff. We have q bank account of $50, and our weekly earnings amount to $2 or $3 over our expenses.
 Our ads. bring us in q good sum. Five cents line Is our rate, and sometimes we have had to run an additional sheet of ad- Yertisements.
 We don't get any help from our parents. Each boy has his place on the paper and he has to work hard 10 hold 1t down. Craig writes the poetry, Mcclure does the society stunts, Mcdowell does the Town Topics, Fred Leonard runs the printing press, I %. K the articles and write the editorials, md our reporters all have their particular districts.
 See those rules over my desk? They must be followed to the letter"
 In front of Master Bergman hangs the in- scrlption-
 Rule I.-When the editor speaks, jump and follow instructions
 "II.-Hats or in the Ofice.
 '1IL-No Swearing in the Presence of Ladies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

'It's mighty hard work, you know he re- marked. We have to have men right on the spot when anything big occurs, and sometimes it's little hard to get the fellows to stick at it, especially when there's swim ming or d picnic. Our best man is out sick now-got the mumps-and had to go inter- view Ben scholl myself this morning He gave party and we had to secure list of the guests l wasn't there myself: there were too many editorials to be got off. The News goes to press tomorrow.
 "A friend of mine, who is a newspaper man, gave me a printing press year ago last Christmas. and we started the News.
 "Our first copy was a success There were only thirtys six sheets run off that issue; now we turn out over three hundred, and could dispose of nearly as many more if we had time to print them We only work after school hours, and three hundred copies are about as many as we can manage. As soon as we can see our way clear we are going
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
Glow Worms For Light

Here is a curious discovery in regard to glow worms which has been made by Frenchman He caught several of them and fed them for a few days, after which he let them loose in his garden.
 When night came he invited some of his friends, and vastly surprised they were when they saw bis garden Illuminated in various colors They could not account for It until he caught a few glow worms and showed them that from one came a red light, from another a blue light, ffom third yellow light, and so on.
 How he produced such wonderful result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
THE SWEET MISS PEAS.

We're q rainbow band
 With sun bonnets gay: We're nodding and smil'ng The whole summer day. We are white with terror, Cause naughty boys steal Away our sweet sisters Just think how you feel! Some are purple with rage, When rude people dare To say we are common,
 Or not at all fairl
 Then others turn yellow
 At hearing men cry; Miss Rose Is the beauty, For her we would de!'' And all pink with blushes Are those when tis said, These are the sweetest,
 These we would wed. But how mixed we appear When folks want to know How so many youngsters In one bed can grow? We're often quite rakish, And sometimes in weeds; But we never SOW more Than few little seeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

loft ladder. Then they began putting posts in the ground about ten feet apart
 These were In pairs about three feet apart. each pair growing less to make the incline After 1t reached. the ground they put in another set of posts the same size as the last and the same distance from where the track was to touch the ground as the others. These were put in to send
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

the car up little after It's race down the incline, and bring It to a standstill
 When the posts were in the boys started to build the track. They examined pretty closely the railroad tracks and copied them carefully. The ties of the track they formed by mailing the posts together by stout boards The tracks they made by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

the same time let the penny drop from your right hand Into the basin.
 Of course the company will hear 1t fall. then you bring the basin into view and place It on the table, and as the company is look Ing at It, you take the handkerchief from under the book and, holding It by the cor ner in which the penny Is sewed, you shake It and show that the penny is no longer In It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

mailing pieces of board together little wider than the car wheels were to be.
 Now, the track was made; next came the car. They measured their track, then hunted for box to fit 1t. The one they found being too high, they cut 1t down 10 the right height, about a foot, and strengthened 1t by putting narrow board band around It. The wheels they got the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

carpenter to make for them. These had to be good and strong to bear the weight of q person, and be broader than most wheels. Then they painted It red and put bells on it. Inside of two weeks the whole thing was finished, and as John said when he took his first trip down. Not such a bad job, after all.' HELEN BARRY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
WHY CATS WASH AFTER EATING

"A cat caught sparrow and was about tleman eats until he washes his face.' The cat struck by the remark, set the sparrow down and began to wash his face with his paw, bat the sparrow flew away. This vexed puss extremely and he said, As long as 1 live will eat first and wash my face afterward. Which all cats do even to this day''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

now grows so faint that he knows he has discovered what he has to do with the pill low, and he puts 1t behind one girl after another, until he fnds the right one.
 other players go out of the room in turn, but the musician keeps his place during the whole game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

no one knows, for, while he admits that the various lights are the direct result of the food which be supplied to the worms, he will not tell what he gave them to eat.
 He considers hls discovery of great inn portance, and claims that It can be used to advantage In optical telegraphy and for fishing at night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-01
HIGHSC)HOoLDEBA1E
The Subject Discussed Before the
MINI. Educational Assn by
Prof. E. E. McDermott.
The Charge Of Unhealthy Rivalry
Answered D Tor Die Spirit
Not Desired.

yesterdays. late proceedings of Min
nesota Educa tional association on page
seven.) N.l#I,
The meeting Of the high SCHOOL council
Of the Minnesota Educa tional associa ton
this morning opened with an address by
Professor E. e. McDermott of the Uni :
yersity Of Minnesota on. high School De-
bate, of which the following is tie syl-
labus: I 3: Mst..Zs2.
4 First-Debate is Desirable under proper
conditions because: It develops fll1ency in
the use of English; it develops ability to
think before an audience; it develops skill
to sift material for argument; it develops
skill to condense material for argument;
1t develops skill in original research; it
develops self-reliance and courage Of con-
viction; 1t develops courtesy to opponents:
It develops the habit Of studying both
sides of a question:; it acts as a check to
cribbing in composition; it develops
capacity to accept victory or defeat in the
right spirit: it is the best, because the
most practical form Of vocal rhetorical.
second-The high schools offer proper
conditions for the successful study Of
debate because: The students are old
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-01
CANADIAN WHEAT RULES.
A Report That Government ,Regula.
tions on Grinding in Bond
Will Be Modified. =:

In the past week there have been ru-
mors In circulation that the treasury de-
partment was about to modify regulations
as to the requirements applying to the
grinding of Manitoba wheat on this side
of the line. says the Northwestern Miller.
They appear to have arisen from a visit
made by Charles G. Bovey Of the Wash
burn Crosby company and Herbert Brad
ley, traffic manager for the Millers'' Fed
GRAFTON, to treasury officials Of New York
city. The treasury regulations as to mill
ing Canadian wheat are no different than
they have been. One condition applying
to this imported wheat not generally I'M
derstood, however, is that it can be
blended with home wheat, and by proper
accounting and certification, be ground in
bond as though it were milled alone. For
instance. half Manitoba and half Mime
sofa wheat could be mixed and ground to-
gether, and the expectation of one-half
the products from the mixture would per-
init the miller getting back the duty he
has paid in importing the foreign grain.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-01
A COLLEAGUES TRIBUTE
"A. T. Ankeny Speaks in Praise o
the Late J. G. Norby.

A. +. Ankeny. president of the state
normal school board, pays a fine tribute to
J. c. Norby, a colleague on the normal
board. whose death was announced this
morning.. Mr.. Ankeny says: .:
The sudden death Of J. G.. Norby, mem
Der of the state normal board, of Ada,
Mimi. fills me with grief. During our
connection with the, board for the past
four years found Mr.. Norby to be man
of high intelligence, clear judgment and
devoted to the interests committed to his
charge. The state never had a more con-
sc1entious or painstaking official. He was
a sturdy farmer Of the northwest. and at
the same time an editor of a weekly paper,
and he both worked and wrote under
standingly and with discretion. Not one
Of the members Of our board gave promise
of longer life. for he was physically ro-
bust and In his prime. Such man is a
, loss not only to his immediate friends and
community, but to the entire state"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-01
RESISTED VACCINATION
Colored Man Cuts an Officer. and Is
... Knocked Down,

Lewis Nealy. colored. is locked up at
the central police station charged with
dtsorderly conduct. Officer Peter Nc
! Laughln is nursing a sore hand, the re-
suit Of scrimmage which occurred when
Nealy was arrested. The officer was
stabbed in the wrist with a knife, but his
injuries are not serious.
Nealy was at a colored club near Second
street and Hennepin avenue last night:
when health officer called and ordered
the boarders to get ready to be vaccinated
I Nealy refused and drew knife Officer
Mclaughlin and Lieutenant Neatly were
thereupon called to the club When they
arrived Nealy again drew his knife. OFF,
{ Ger Mclaughlin seized him and was cut
| Lieutenant Neatly dealt Nealy a blow
which sent him to the floor and took all
the fight out. Of him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-01
Women During the Freshman and Sophie

Women During the Freshman and Sophie
more Years - =, e..
This was opened with a paper by Pro-
fessor Katherine 7. Hutchinson, Of Albert
Lea. college. Miss Hutchinson found CO.
education based chiefly on a desire to
dem enstrate the intellectual equality OF
men and women. which was only possible
by having both work under identical con-
ditions. This point is now generally con-
coded and schools are in a position to de-
termipe curricula and methods solely on
their merits: TO Identical courses and
the resultant sex rivalry, the speaker at
-trfbuted the undue cultivation of the
faculty Of imitation in women. In separ-
ate education up to, the junior year dur
believed a:remedy would sfourd. as such
girls instruction aims to create an inter
est in things distinctly womanly. r. =
Professor Maria L.. Sanford, in the dis
.cussion. stood squarely for CO. education.
Her experiences: had convinced her tina
cp-education is especially good for girls,
strenBt hening them in character and indi-
Yidnality.s i co1Tects tendency to think
ing SO much Of: the opposite sex and its
opinions. It makes girls think Of their
work, and their. own true development, SO
it cultiYates in them healthy self IRE
spect. 3E,t>s',i.. =. 49, -. 90.
AS a closing and clinching argumsn,
Miss Sanford put forward the conspicuous
opportunities OF eo-edueation as an aid
to intelligent mat rimeny. the most impor-
tant business In life. :. ''.Eewhere else
she said. ARE young peolpe able to discern
SO successfully the false and true as in
the intercourse afforded in college,
Miss MargaretsJ. Evans of Northfeld,
argued ably against segregat ton as ex-
pensive, unnatural and abnormal.
Other papers were given by DE- Fred
~ So pAa rnfS
Adolphus college; 5. Professor. Jabe,
Brooks. University Of Minnesota
The graded school section opened It's
first meeting this morning In Central
PRESBYTERIAN church with the election Of
officers. az follows: President George E.
Keenan,. Grand Meadow; vice president.
Bert Cooley secretary, Miss Genevieve
Washburn,. Minneapolis. -. -