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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-30

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THE WEATHER

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-30
A RECIPROCITY MEETING
Minnesota Branch Of National League WI
Meet In St. Paul Next

The Minnesota branch of the National
Reciprocity League will meet Tuesday af-
ternoon in the rooms of the Jobbers'
Union, Endicott building, ST. Paul, to hear
reports and to formulate plans. The chief
report will be made by D. r.. Noyes,9 r. A.
Kirk and j. B. Johnson
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

Ida M. Tarbell, in July McClures.
PROFESSIONALLY the great strength of the
Standard trust in 1882 was the men who
formed it, However sweeping Mr.. Rookie
fellers commercial vision. however steady
his purpose. he would have never gone far
had he not drawn men into his concern who
understood what he was after and knew
how to work for 1t. His principle concern
ing men was laid down early. 1--WE want
only the big ones-thOse who have already
proved they can do big business. AS for
the Overwhelmingly they will have to
die The scheme had no provision for
mediocrity. nor for those who could not
stomach his methods. The men who, In
1882, formed the Standard alliance were all
from the foremost rank in the petroleum
trade-men who, without question, would
be among those at the top to-day II there
had never been a Standard Oil Company.
1t was not only that first-rate ability was
demanded at the top-it was required
throughout the organization. The very day
laborers were picked men. 1t was the GUS
tom to offer a little better day wages for
laborers than was current, and then to
choose from these the most promising spec
linens; those men were advanced as they
showed ability. To-day the very errand
boys at 20 Broadway are chosen for the
promise OF development they show. and if
they do not develop they are discharged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
The Song of the Cardinal.

This book, whose character has previ-
ously been outlined in another department
of the Journal, is very handsome publica-
ton, both as to illustration and Typography.
AS the title indicates, 1t belongs to the
category of bird books" becoming so nu-
merous since the public has begun to take
an interest in birds for reasons other than
those connected with their merits as game
or for millinery uses. 1t is the story of the
life and courtship of an individual bird.
a cardinal of unusual size and beauty, and
of his home on a Wabash river farm. 1t is
told by Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, an In
diana woman, and the Illustrations, which
are remarkable for their artistic quality.
camera studies from life, are also her
work. She has, in fact wide reputation
for out-ef-door photography and wild-life
studies, gained before she had attempted
literary work. The story shows her en-
thusiasm for her subject, as well as her
intimate acquaintance with the ways and
icism may be made on a work which Is SO
obviously labor of love, and whose pur-
pose is so good. it is that 1T is in danger of
defeating the purpose-that of creating an
interest in birds that will lead to their pro-
tection-by overdrawing the situation.
Especially is this true where the human
element is brought in. There its senr-
mentalism is excessive and puts 1t in the
Whitney, in the current issue of Outing.
raises protest. 1t is time to cry halt, he
says, to the sentimentalism of animal fic-
ton. However, the story Is one to please
young readers, and 1t will no doubt help to
cultivate in their minds a love for birds.
They will at least recognize the cardinal
when they see him, after a study of these
remarkable illustrations. The volume is
cieties. The Bobbs-Merril Company. In
dianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
The Hero.

In summer short novels are as welcome IS
short sermons. Mr.. Hornung has done well
in writing a story Of this length. as we'll as
in keeping up a lively interest to the end.
The scene of the tale is the Alps of Switz-
erland. A pale-eyed Elton youth of blonde
cast generates Vesuvian emotions under
the influence of a woman who is believed
to be an adventures A fond mother who
has lost control of her offspring has a
natural horror of her sons leading the
purple life" middle-aged gentleman at
tempts to interfere in the youths behalf,
and himself succumbs to the charms of the
willy woman. The story is told by the
friend of the boys mother who tried to
disillusion the boy. and one gets. therefore.
an all-round view of the escapade-the
spicy hotel gossip and the language and at
titude of all the principals. The theme of
mo Hero is not new. but Mr.. Hornung
has invested il with new interest. The
aenemic young man who begins to feel his
blood and to grow red corpuscles through
close association with a woman OF high
vitality has long been a favorite subject
with both poets and novelists. The result
i'm this case Is as unconventional as II is
unexpected. This is one of the better sum-
mer novels. Charles Scribner's Sons. New
York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

The submarine cable plays a great part
in the worlds affairs nowadays and is Of
inestimable value in bringing nations and
peoples closer together, but If 1t had been
in existence when President Lincoln was
assassinated we should not have the most
remarkable of all the tributes to his char
acter. Mr.. Lincoln spoke favorably of the
Atlantic cable enterprise in two three
of his messages, but it was not completed
until more tnan a year after his death. If
it had been in operation at that time other
governments would have wired their con-
dolences. and their messages would have
been comparatively brief Instead of that,
all messages were sent by mail, and they
came from national. provincial and munic-
ipal bodies all over the globe. and from
civic societies of all kinds. They were
afterwards published by the State Depart
ment in a quarto volume of nearly a thou
sand pages called 1.-The Tribute of the Ma
tons for Abraham Lincoln" The volume
is only found now in few public libraries
and 1t is of great value. The cabled trib-
utes to our other Presidents were much
less elaborate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
SOME OF THE new BOOKS


Thomson Jay Hudson's Law Of Psychic
Phenomena" has had many readers among
those who have desire to solve some of
the mysteries of existence. His latest,
rather, his last book-his death having &C.
CURED since the publication of the volume
will be welcomed not only by this class
but by the many who are interested IN the
science of healing physical ills by other
means than drugs. Part Of this volume
deals with the psychological principles of
mental medicine and is TO some extent
repetition of the earlier book. He points
out that there is nothing supernatural or
supermundane in the methods or agencies
employed in healing the sick by mental
processes, and declares that no power or
agency, mundane or supermundane, ex-
traneous to the patient himself has any part
or lot in the process of mental healing
Mentaf suggestion he considers the agency
through which cures are effected, and says
selves positively injurious, are good ana
legitimate forms of suggestion He does not
speak disparagingly of any forms or mentai
healing, even those practiced by persons
holding imbecile theories. The system
used or advocated by such persons Is. he
says. Significantly exactly adapted to their
mental capacity and they are entitled to the
undisturbed enjoyment of it. 1T is worse
than useless, he says, from therapeutic
point of view. to attempt to educate one OF
the classes referred to in the true science
of mental therapeutics. AS rule they
have never been trained in scientific meth
DDS of investigation or in habits of clean
thinking; and a palpable fact Is considered
by them as utterly valueless when II con-
fiicts with some fantastical theory that
ministers to their emotions" That the law
of suggestion may work i'll as well as good
the writer shows by the effect that state
ments concerning the indigestibility of GER
tain foods often have on the health or per-
sons who had hitherto felt no bad results
from such diet. By way of illustration ne
takes pie. which. owing to the crusade
against It, many persons now AVOID or SUI
fer from indigestion after indulging In 1t.
II undertake to say" declares Mr.. Hudson
boldly, that the American pie is as well
adapted to the purpose as any food known
to mankind!'
In the second part of the volume he sets
forth his theory of the action cells and cell
filaments through which suggestion pro-
duces its results. 1t is all interesting and
plausible IL not convincing. One result OF
a study of the book will probably be an
increase in the number of persons attempt
ing cures by the laying on of hands, Mr..
HudsOn's ide4 being that the desired men,
tai suggestion and consequent action of the
physical cells is brought about most easily
and merely by direct physical contact, the
subjective mind" carrying the thought to
the affected part A. G. McClurg & Co.,
Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
M'COOK'S LAST FIGHT.
He Brought Order Out Of Chaos When
Waite Ruled Colorado.


Waite Ruled Colorado.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The last of the lighting McCooks'' of the
civil war period has just died. His father
and seven brothers were commissioned Of
ficers in the Union army, except one, who
was killed at Bull Run before he had time
to get a commission. His fathers brother,
DR.. McCook, had five sons in the American
army. General McCook had brilliant war
record and the newspapers are publishing
long and laudatory obituary notices Of It.
None of these says too much; indeed, none
of them says enough of his energetic and
untirng service to his country.
In all the columns of review of General
McCook's career. we find only one vague
and inadequate notice of his last battle to
uphold the law of his country and the
sovereignty of the Nation. Just before his
promotion and retirement. General McCook
Colorado at Denver. AT this time the An
archist, Waite, was Governor of the State,
and together they had to deal with the
strike riots of 1894. Everybody remembers
how Governor Waite met that crisis-by
encouraging and fraternizing with the riot
ers and helping to tear down the Constitu-
Why should obituary writer's forget how
General McCook met the same crisis? Is
feebleness to outlive strength, cowardice to
outlive courage, treason to outlive loyalty
in the public memory of our public men?
General McCook maintained order, up
held the law and enforced the authority Of
the Nation in Colorado when the whole
State government was paralyzed by SYM
pathy with anarchy. With a regiment or
so of regulars, he policed the State from
end to end, protecting public property,
making human life safe, keeping federal
mail routes open. and holding the frame
work of civil society together. The Presi-
dent had no prompter lieutenant. and he
enforced Mr.. Olneys famous principle that
the national authority runs through all the
States before it was announced.
General McCook combined with his Wig
or of action fine frankness of speech. His
dispatches to Washington described the
rioters as insurgents" and he sent Gov
ernor Waite about his business as brusque-
ly as General Miles sent the lesser An
archist who was then Governor of Illinois.
If Justice is to be done to American soldiers
this last high service of General McCook
must not GO unchrOnicied
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

er. may not the lack of the faculty be due
to lack of early training? If this Is so,
pupils in the public schools should be tested
for blindness. and IL found defective
should be put through a course of training.
A defect that is serious enough to exclude
a young man from the army or navy and
from railroad employment should be pre-
vented Il possible. A young man who comes
out of the public schools and high school
with smattering of several sciences but
half educated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
Fort Birkett.

This book, a story of adventure in the
wild and woolly West, is different from any
thing else Edward w. Townsend has ever
done-with qualifications. AS usual, Mr..
Townsend has arranged to bring about
several happy matrimonial unions which
leave the reader with that kind Of salts
faction he feels when skyrocket does
it's duty and bursts into many brilliant and
vari-colored stars. No one can wind up
a plot with better grace and with more
qualification to the reader than the author
of "Chimmie Fadden." Fort Birkett" is
different in locality from "A Daughter of
the Tenements," Days Like These" etc,
but it contains people of as good and bad
people whom We are called on to- admire
and respect as much. De Witt Pelham is
a high grade New York lawyer and Van
derlyn Lennox is an Eastern college man
fresh from school of mines. They are
making trip to inspect borax deposit
for an English company that bonded the
mine. Both make themselves popular with
the people of the ranches and are heroes in
encounters with train robbers, horse
thieves and the like. They also locate gold
mines and incorporate the Birkett Consol-
Uses them greater fortunes. Ubiquitous wom-
an crosses their path and more trials and
and greater happiness lie in store for them
The story is characteristic of Mr.. Town
send. Nothing is more free from morbidity,
nothing more optimistic, nothing to put the
idle reader in better frame of mind Love,
wealth, strong intellect, chivalrous char
acter and happy humor are SO blended in
Mr.. Townsend's work that he seems ever
to be setting before his readers one phase
or another of an Americans ideal of life.
Fort Birkitt is dedicated to his brother,
George Townsend, of Indianapolis. ''who
knows and loves the somber mystery Of
the mountains; the joy Of danger; the rug
ged hospitality of miners cabins the hard
earned rest of hunters camps" w. j.
Richie, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

A gentleman whose business interests
have caused him to spend nearly fifteen
years in the City of Mexico says he has
witnessed great progress in the country
during that period. When he went there
Mexisan national bonds were worth only 80
CENTS while now Mexican per cent bonds
are worth 20 cents and per cents. are at a
premium. The gentleman says:
The great and interesting struggle now
going on Is to give Mexico a stable dollar;
that Is TO say, a silver dollar which shall
be OF the permanent value of 50 cents as
compsreo with gold III her financiers
succeed In this as am absolutely confident
they will, " will be worth millions To the
government and the people. II will enhance
existing values and give a stability to bus
mess which Is now lacking. and which
causes an uncertainty and fear on the part
OF business men as exasperating as il is dis
astrous. IL will bring new capital into the
country and infiise men with that confidence
which Is at the basis of all prosperity.
This is the movement which an American
commission is now bringing to the attention
Of leading European powers. Its success
would be immensely valuable to Mexico
and advantageous TO Americans doing bus
mess IN that country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
THE EMPEROR's EFFORTS.

1t is not the effect upon the American
people, but upon his own subjects, that the
German Emperor is seeking in his conspicu-
ously friendly attitude toward America and
Americans. as shown in the recent visit of
his brother, the proposed visit Of the crown
prince and the present amenities at Kiel.
He understands better than anybody the
limitations of his power. and knows that If
the anti-American feeling in Germany were
to grow much more tense it would require
but an unimportant incident to throw the
two nations into war. There is nothing in our
own system of government that can check
the popular war spirit when aroused. as
was demonstrated by the failure of McKin-
ley and all the more conservative leaders Of
both parties to prevent the late Spanish
war. While the German Emperor's author
ity is stronger, it would be impossible for
him to hold back in the face Of very gen.
eral popular demand for war.
In their new-found strength Of empire the
German people, or. at least, that very in
fiuential part of them included in the army
and navy. have been for a good many years
spelling for fight" and In this state Of
mind the growth of the United States and
the limitations it has put upon their dreams
of South American empire with the Monroe
doctrine have been very irritating. This ir-
ritation was shown with the utmost frank
ness by the German press during the Span
ish and again during the Venezuelan
trouble. Indeed there were sundry Incl
dents in both these affairs that required
open clash. The attitude of the American
people has all along been one of readiness
for anything that might develop. Our people
have not felt any yearning for a fight, but
have felt that If the Germans were hunt
ing for trouble they could find it without
going much farther.
All this is very dangerous state of
popular feeling between two powerful
nations. nations that must, in the
very nature of things, be strong
commercial rivals. War between the
United States and the German Empire
than war between the United States and
Great Britain. II it were fought to a finish
it would matter little which might be the
victor, for both would be fatally hurt in
their prosperity and in their very blood of
life, their strength Of numbers The German
Emperor does not want to see such a con-
fict any more than any other sane man
wants to see it. He is going to great lengths
to bring about a cordial feeling between the
two peoples, and it is the part of every in
telligent and patriotic American to second
his efforts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
with the Trees.

Miss Maud Going Is one Of the most in
dustrious and interesting contributors TO
the school of outdoor and nature literature
which has come into vogue in recent years
and which. happily. finds many apprecia-
tive readers. The growing popularity Of
such books shows an increasing love OF
nature and desire for knowledge concern
ing her works which Is commendable. Miss
Going's with the Wild Flowers and her
Field. Forest and Wayside Flowers" are
now followed by third book in which she
enters a somewhat different field. with
the Trees" Is one OF those books which
nation without technicaIities and I'm a style
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

The recent correspondence by submarine
telegraph between the German Emperor
and President Roosevelt has doubtless been
read with pleasure by millions of persons
in both countries. There was friendiness
and. cordiality of expression on both sides,
and a distinctly personal note in addition
to official assurances that is unusual be-
tween heads Of governments. The corre-
spondepce has served to give international
Importance to the naval reunion and will
tend to promote friendly relations between
the two countries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29
Word Jfngles.

When our vessel arrived at the quay.
And my friends once again 1 could suay,
/ remarked to my beau,
I'm so happy. you kneau,
I can hardly believe that it's muay."
IT'S said Of the jackdaw Of Rheims
(Absurd as the narrative sheims).
So perplexed was his soul
For the jewels he stout,
That he used to cry out in his dhreims.
I've lost in the waters of Thames
A couple Of beautiful ghames,
And my cause for despair
Was my own want of cair,
Which a man Of sense always condhames.
I've hunted the dictionary through
But 1 can't find a rhyme that will dough;
Wherever I cearch,
1 am left in the learch,
And I'm feeling exceedingly blough.
st Nicholas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

This book Is intended for the benefit Of
women who ind 1t necessary TO earn money.
and. having no special equipment. are at a
loss how to proceed. Many suggestions OF
a more or less practical nature are offered
here: some of them have been tried. some
are only mentioned as possibilities. No spe-
cial training is called for by any Of them,
and some of the work meutioned is suited
TO women who must remain I'm their own
homes The plans and suggestions come
from many sources. the volume being made
up from contributions on the subject which
have appeared I'm Everybodys Magazine.
Over eighty detailed plans are offered and
the book Is likely 10 prove helpful. Double
day, Page & Co, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

Readers familiar with Mr.. W. ID. How
ellss work know that I'm his novels. his
essays and his occasional verse there Is an
undercurrent OF thought showing that his
mind often concerns itself with the deeper
problems of existence. His is the attitude
OF a questioner rather than a diviner; he
states problems, but does not attempt 10
solve them. offers no opinions. The three
stories in his latest volume, Questionable
Shapes" have to do with the occult mani
festation, ghosts. Not In one OF the three
stories does ghost actually become VS.
ible, so TO speak, TO the reader; there Is
no description by the persons who did see
them, or thought they saw them, or what
these appearances were like. The wraiths
are treated rather In a subjective than an
objective way-the results OF their appear
ance, their effect on the minds OF those
who saw or thought they saw them, the
condition of these minds before the event.
the significance OF the manifestations, as
suming that they were actually such-au
these elements are discussed by the author
and the personages of the tale, just as thcy
are discussed by people OF intelligence ana
normal mentality in actual life. No con-
clusion is reached, just as no conclusion
can ever be reached, I'm all likelihood. oy
the limited mortal sense. Nevertheless.
always such matters will be talked OF ana
speculations concerning them INDUCED In.
There Is an irresistible fascination about
the subject, though not every one viii con-
fess TO feeling IL. The tales are not ghost
stories in the ordinary sense; they sre.
rather, psychological dissertations As
such they have their charms. Harper 4
Brothers, New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-29

The striking freight handlers in Chicago
have issued circular giving the names of
q number OF nonunionists who have contin-
ued at work, and calling on trades-people
not to sell food to their families. I'VE
would ask that groceries. meat or any
of>the necessities Of life be given or sold to
these mems families until they wake up and
become men," says the circular. Attempting
to coerce men by starving their families is
almost as bad as government by injunc-
ton