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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
ONCE BELONGED TOiT
Stockmen's Association After the Presl-
dent for Its Annual Meetina.

MILES CITY, MONT.-An effort Is be-
Ing made by the officers of the Montana
Stockgrowers' association to secure the
presence Of President Roosevelt at the
spring meeting of the association at Miles
City. April 81. The first replies received
from Secretary Loeb indicated the i'm
practicablity Of this change in the presi-
dents western itinerary, but 1t is now
hoped that the plan may succeed by the
possible change Of a few days in, the
date of the Stnckgrowers' meeting.
President Joseph Il. Brown and Secre-
tary Prenitt are making every effort to
secure the attendance Of the PRESIDENT
While he was in the cattle business near
Medora in 1SS4-5-6, he was an active
member of this association and a regular
attendant at it's annual meetings. which
have always been held in this city.
It Is believed he would enjoy meeting
his old comrades and that he is willing to
make some sacrifices to be able to attend
the convention this year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
A sENs1pLE ,coLoREp LApY.

New Orleans, March 23.-The local council of
women here has decided to give over all plans
to entertain the national council Of women If
there are to be negro delegates admitted. One
Of the affiliated societies is made up OF colored
women, and it's president is Mrs. Josephine s..
proxy to Mrs. Sylyanfa F. Williams. highly ed
ucatSa coiored woman of this city. Mrs Will
Jams says abe knows the sentiment here and does
not intAnd 70 1nt,11dA
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
FARMERS FOUGHT
One Shot to Death in a Quarrel Over
Some Hogs.

Special to The Journal
Shelton, Neb., March 23.-Tim Turley
and Norman Bliss, farmers living two
miles north Of this place, fought over
hogs and the latter was shot and instantly
killed. Turley came to town Immediately
and gave himself UP and was placed in
Jail at Kearney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
A DAUGHTER or THE mAcxAYs,

New York, March pa daughter was born
to Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay at her home near
RoElin, L. T., shortly after Mrs Mackay had
returned there from the bedside of her mother,
Mrs. William A. Duer, who died here yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
rr4p,s SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.

Amonr fine well authenticated scientific
achievements of tho last twelve months most
people would probably give the first place 10
fransoceanjc wireless telegraphy. Like LORD
Kelvin and Sir William Preece Marconi' be-
ffercs that the system with which he is SO nom
orablv identified will not replace the submarine
cable hut simply supplement it STILL it is TOO
soon 10 say Just how large field OF practical
usefulness II will occupy, nor how greatly II
will inspire theoretical research into the phe-
rornena of vibration Another event whose
genuineness and promise are beyond question is
the establishment Of an industry at Niagara for
making nitric acid and fertilizing salts out of
atmospheric nitrogen by means of electricity.
If would not be surprising if quarter of
century hence the world ranked this perforu9-
aoee beside or above the opening of communica-
tion between Glace Bay and Poldhu week or
two ago.
The most superficial glance at the record of
the last year reveals a number Of movements
which. while by no means new, have developed
significant and growing popularity One Is the
Use of alternating currents for traction pur-
noses Another is the endeavor to control ex-
r,osive rapors so that an almost continuous
pressure NAV be derived therefrom IL this at
1ernpr fully succeeds. and satisfactory gas
engine of the turbine type is once evolved, the
steam engine will have g more formidable rival
thsr ever before. In aerial navigation no con-
Snic,1ous advances have been announced The
men who have given public demonstrations OF
their ideas have stuck too closely TO the Santos
punont model There signs though, that
,be aeronlane which Langley. Bell, Maxim and
THienthal have sought to develop, is now receiv-
sne, fresh attention. A law relative TO cross
,,raadinr originally discovered by Mendel
wears ago but recently revived can hardly fall
20 proye useful 10 the agriculturist. The prin-
cinle itself now seems TO be fairly well estab-
lIsbed. though little has yet been done to apply
!, The Darticuiar operation to the perfection
Of which Lorenz has given so much effort dates
hack several wears. Bloodless surgery is still
older But both have been commended TO his
professional brethren ia this country in re-
msrlable manner by his visit during the last
fzvo or three months Special attention has been
di,.ected of late too, by the anthracite coal
s,,i,,e to the virtues of crude oil and briquettes
as fuel. neither Of them novelty, but both
likely 10 gain greatly in favor in The near
future.
concerning Or. Loeb's intensely interesting
but obscurely defined work, ii is yet TOO soon
"a sneak. Some of the sanguine expectations
crested by il are probably doomed 10 disap-
continent. Other investigators think that they
have found fallacies and oversights In at least
,,,o o< his most sensational experiments. The
ipouirv must be pushed much further there
80 before substantial results are secured.
c,,,iJ.rlV Edison is not ready TO utter the last
word in regard TO his storage battery. The
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
A COOD REGTSHING.

1t is far too soon to say positively Wnat sort
of Police Commissioner General Greene is 60
ing TO make but there is no doubt that he pro-
duced an impression yesterday on the important
subordinates to whom he delivered his saluta-
tory address. and that n good beginning.
Superior officers of the force are so well ac-
customed to regarding themselves with COM
pIacency that it is no small thing TO disturb
their lf-possession with a convincing assur-
ance that they will be held strictly responsible
for what goes on under them, and with the vision
of drastic penalties for every offence whether
of omission or commission. 1t is probably safe
to say that when the new Commissioner had
closed his brief session with the inspectors, and
the first acts of his administration were made
known. the men in uniform from top to bottom
of the force were conscious of an atmosphere in
breathe comfortably.
If General Greene possesses the qual1teS
necessary to make this first impression perma-
nent the public may reasonably look for an i'm
proved condition of affairs In the Police Depart
ment. AS said when he was appointed, the
thing which the force most needs to feel is
that it is commanded by grim and resolute
upholder of discpine-of discipline in the broad
est sense. It is impossible that the prevailing
conception among the police of what is due
from them TO the public should be remoulded
all at once. Conditions being what a long
course of decentralization made them, the only
basis on which satisfactory service can now
be built up is the sense of subordnation to a
power directed by the keenest intelligence and
an answering purpose to exact neither less nor
more than his whole duty from every man.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02

hunt for the yellow fever ncrobe has been re-
newed with zeal during the last year put WIN
sinsularly contradictory and inconciuslve cohse-
quences. The supposed discovery or the germ
OF cancer and Koch's notion that tuoerculosis
is not transmissible from beast TO man sun lack
confirmation. 1t is too soon to judge, moreover
the value of curative serums devised Tor treat
ing scarlet fever and rheumatism; while FRO
fessor Chamberlin. of Chicago. has impaired
the validity of the Lansing mans claim to great
antiquity.
Something has probably been accomplished 10y
the three Antarctic expeditions which went
from England. Germany and Sweden III the
summer of 1901. but important tidings have
been received from them. Bruce's party. haV-
ing started on Il like errand more than year
later. has not yet had an opportunity TO do
more than reach an eligible post of observation.
Baldwin's failure TO make a record in the re-
gion north of Franz Josef Land though not al
together surprising. is matter of regret Far
greater disappointment felt over Pearys
inability to realize his ambition. because his
greater experience justified greater expecta-
tons. Indeed, so tantalizingly narrow does the
margin between his best achievement and the
success on which many of his countrymen had
set their hearts seem to be that the absence of
any notable sign that he is to be sent back an
other year is nothing less than lamentable.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
ONLY SIX LAWYERS.

In the Great and General Court of the old
Bay State there will be merely a scant half
dozen lawyers in the upper house next year.
What blight can have fallen upon the legal fra
ternity in the territory between Boston and the
Berkshires? Only six solicitors, barristers and
attorneys in State Senate in this great and
glorious republic!
We hear strange talk Of abandoned farms to
the eastward Of the rich domain Of the Knicker
bockers. Is the bar of the Old Colony also
abandoned just at the time when New-England
dinners, with Boston baked beans and Boston
brown bread as the most tempting dishes on
the bill of fare, are served piping hot from Cape
Cod westward toward the setting sun?
In any case the disappearance Of the men
who make living out of the State statutes
from the preponderant influence in making
them is not a thing to be regretted. The men
who control and direct the material educa-
tional, benevolent and reformatory interests of
Massachusetts may not legislate for them with
unaIloyed wisdom, but they surely know better
what is wanted than the lawyers. Room for
the business man and the practical man In the
work of legislation in this practical and busi-
ness age!
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
CANAL NEGOTIATIONS.

It is not easy to explain on rational and
creditable grounds the hesitation of Colombia TO
accept the terms proposed by the United States
for the construction of the Panama Canal We
may assume without doubt that Colombia wants
the canal Indeed it is not easy to name any
thing she wants more. We may also assume
that she realizes that il she ever gets the canal
it must be constructed and controlled by the
United States. That should be made plain by
the diplomatic. financial and industrial history
of the last score Of years. Again, Colombia
must perceive that the United States is far
more Independent of her than she is of the
United States; for she cannot get canal with
out the United States. while the United States
can get canal without Colombia. The logical
conclusion from these premises is that Colon
bia should in her own interest make haste to
agree with the United States, even though the
latter's offer were not as generous or even as
fair as she had hoped.
The offer of the United States however, is not
only fair. but particularly generous. That has
been made clear in The Tribunes special Wash
ington correspondence, in which the terms of
the proposed treaty were first and exclusively
published. 1t is actually more liberal than the
terms suggested in the preliminary protocol
Let us compare them. Under the protocol
Colombia was TO get bonus of S70o0.0OO and
an annuity of S250,000 beginning fourteen years
hence Under the treaty she is offered a bonus
of $4,000, 900 and An annuity of 100000 begin
ming ten years hence. Now, If she invested the
bonus as capital, at say per cent, she would
under the protocol have an income of S35O,0O0
year for fourteen years. and after that 100000
year Under the treaty, on the other hand,
she would have 100000 year for ten years
and 100000 year thereafter. Under the pro-
tocol she would receive in income in fourteen
wears s4.9o0O00 while under the treaty she
would get In the same time S7.4oo,o00-a differ
ence of s2,5O0,OO0 in her favor under the pres
ent as against the former offer.
Nor is that the only advantage that would
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02

accrue 70 Colombia through the acceptance OF
tho treaty She would in addition gain the
benefit of large increase In her Immediate
funds whether income capital. If she spenos
all the bonus at once she will have so,ooo'ooo
more under the treaty than under the protocol
IF she uses only the income of 1T she VIII nave
S15OOOO year more under the treaty thah
under the protocol The choice is between
81 600 OOO or $3.50 900 year. on the one hand'
and s1o.o0O,OO0, or 100000 year. on the other
In any case the latter would obviously be pref
erable In the case of Colombia. so VIGOROUSLY
in need of ready cash at the present moment
it is simply incomprehensble that there shonia
be any hesitation In choosing the latter In tue
far future no doubt, the latter will be the less
expensive arrangement for the United States
and thus it is to be approved from our point OF
view. But Colombia's urgent needs are in the
present and in the near future. Further on her
advantages. arising from the benefits OF the
canal and its commerce. will amply repay her
for the diminution of her annuity. Her part or
wisdom therefore. for both present and future
is to accept the offer of the United States and
to do so without delay.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
5norr TO Advertisements.
ANN scmcilfS.

fACApEMY OF MrsIC-s:Io-The Ninety Nine
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Silver King.
StSsA-co ThEATRE-s-The Darling Of the Gods
Bl@OI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mockins Bird,
BROADWAY TEEATRE-s-The Silver Slipper.
t-ASfNO-s:io--A Chinese Honeymoon.
CRITERION THEATRE-a:I5-The Cavalier
lAtsN'S THfATRfc-s:I5-The Billionsire.
E5lfSN MCSEE-2-s-The World in Wax
fNPIff1 THEA TRES s:15-lmprudence.
tIAk1sfN TBEATRE-7-45-fismief
sARssIsk TfsEATRE-s:25-The CTosswayR
HARLEM OPERA HOt-SE-s:i5-All for Her
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s-Juius Caesar.
itSAlNSs PLACE THEATRES Hamlet.
kElTIfS-ContinUous performance
kNtCkERBOCkER THEATRE-S:i5 - The Altar OF
Friendship.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-s-Footbsll
MADISON SQUARE TfsEATRFo-s:l5-Audrey
MANHATTAN TTIEATRES-s-Mary Of MaEdais.
MfETlSoPOlITAN OPERA BnISE-s-Ies HUguenots-
MURRAY HIfL-2-S-a Midnight Bell
NV SAkoN--s:15-The Girl With the Green Eyes
\ NEN-NORk-e:i5-Nhen Johnny Comes Marching Home
PASTOR S-Continuous Performance.
FhiNCfsSS THEATRES S:30-He6elberg.
fH9C TORS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
NfCfORlA-s:lS-The Eternal city
WALLACKs TFIEATRE-s-The sultan OF srlu-
WEST END THE<ATRE-Tom Moore.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
OTHER OFFICIAL RECEPTIONS.

BT TELEGRAPH TO TRIBUNE
Washington. Jan. 1.-The Secretary of State and
buffet breakfast at Each New Years morn
ing the head of the State Department extends this
courtesy TO the foreign representatives gathered
the national capital It is a breakfast that
signifies international peace and goodwill. and ia
intended by the most a personal appreciation
of each individual dignitary whose jealous loyalty
to the interests Of his own government does not
prevent his yielding justice to The expense
of this feature OF the days official programme Is
not betrayed by the government as supposed by
the people unacquainted with the facts. but Is
ways an act Of gracious hospitality the part Of
the Secretary of State, whoever he may be- Secre-
tary and Mrs. Hay. with their daughter. Mrs.
wadsworth left the White House Immediately
after the reception to the diplomats and reached
their own house before the arrival of the foreign
body. The breakfast served in the state din
ing room, where the decorations American
Beauty roses and deIicately tinted lights. Mrs.
Hay received in the drawing room. which was
fragrant with flowers. When breakfast was an
nouuced the German Ambassador escorted Mrs.
Hay to the dining room, while Sonora Azpiroz wife
of the Mexican Ambassador. was taken in by Sec
retary Hay
Another receotion Of an official character was
held at the home of the adjutant general Of the
army. Mrs Corbin began TO receive at 5 o'clock
and had the assistance Of Mrs. Bates Mrs Giles
pie. Mrs. Bingham. Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. OImsted.
Mrs. Randolph. the Misses Greely. Miss Elizabeth
Young Miss Proctor. Miss Ward. Miss Sheridan.
Miss Glover and Miss Weston
The reception held by Mrs. Dewey and the Sec
retary Of the Navy. Mr.. Moody. at the home OF the
former. in Rhode Island-ave.. among the hap
piest OF the day The occasion only needed the
presence of the absent Admiral himself to make il
perfect. Mrs. Dewey is a charming hostess, and
the opportunities to her the compliments Of the
season have been so rare that the chance to-day
was not neglected. The hours from TO gave
ample time to all who desired TO visit the house
which is the gift of the nation to the victor Of
Manila. Few houses are arranged with daintier
taste. and naturally fewer still can possess many
and tokens of popular favor.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An Indian Territory editor has this to say of his
work
Editing newspaper is pleasant business-if
you stand it.
IF it contains many advertisements a subscriber
complains that they take up too much space. If
there is lack of advertising is unpopular and the
people won't have it.
'If we attend church regular they say we go for
effect. If stay away from church they say we
monstrously heathenish.
''If accept invitation to wedding they
say only invited to write it up
IF go to the opera housekhey say we go on
free tickets. If upon the streets too
often they say neglect business. II we
avoid going the street they say we don't hustle
around after the news.
''If we publish a man who has brought disgrace
upon his family the friends of the family never
forgive If we, out of goodness of heart, decline
to say anything the subject. the mans enemies
are disappointed and branded white
livered cowards
What is your name2',, inquired the justice.
Pete Smith, responded the vagrant-
What occupation?' continued the court.
oh. nothing much at present; just crcuiatin'
Retired from circulation for thirty days" pro-
nounced the court, dryly.-(Green Bag.
The business methods Of insurance companies
not at all to the liking of shrewd old German
farmer with whom certain agent had some deal
ings The house OF the farmer. insured for $1,000.
had burned down. The privilege OF replacing
burned house is reserved by insurance companies,
and the agent having this in mind. said to the
farmer:
Wen put you up better house than the
you had for $500
'rNen.' said the farmer, emphaticay. II will
haf my one tousand dollar notngs! Oct house
could not be built again for even tousand.
oh yes. it could said the insurance man. 'It
was an old house. 1t doesn't cost so much to build
houses nowadays A $500 house would be lot
bigger and better than the old one
Some months later. when the insurance man was
out for a days shooting, he rode up again to the
farmers place.
Just thought I'd stop while was up here, he
said "to see If you wanted TO take out little in
surance"
at got notings to insure" said the farmer-"not-
ings but my wife"
"Wel1, then said the insurance man. cheerfuly,
ENSURE her
"Neinr" said the farmer. with determination.
eff she die you CONT out here and say, not gif
YOU one tousand dollar. I get you a bigger und
better wife for six hunded.' No. sir. I dakes
more insurance oud.'
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
NOTES oF SOCIETY.

IBY TELESRAPd To THE rkIBSNE1
Washington Jan. THE German Ambassador
entertained his stan and few personal friends
at dinner at the embassy tonight
Miss Edes. Of K-st.. gave her annual New Years
tea this afternoon from 20 O'Clock AS usual.
il was brilliantly attended by official and resident
society. together with conspicuous representa-
ticn OF the diplomatic corps. The Baroness Mon
cheur wife OF the Belgian Minister. and Miss
Patten poured tea. Among the thirty mors
young women who assisted in the general enter
tainment OF the guests were Miss Mckenna, Miss
Ward. Miss Glover. Miss Ashton. Miss Woodruff.
Miss Morgan. the Misses Edes. Miss Casseu and
Miss Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. John r. Mclean entertained se
dinner this evening
Senator and Mrs. Depew returned to Washington
yesterday and received their frieads this afternoon
at the Corcoran House from 20 O'clock
General and Mrs. Draper went to PHILADELPHIA
yesterday TO attend the reception given this after
noon by Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
UNITED STATES STEEL PROFIT SHARING.

UNITED STATES STEEL PRUFIT SHAEihH.
Undoubtedly the largest and probably the
most liberal scheme of profit sharing ever de-
vised by the management of corporation in
its own interest and for the presumptive benefit
of it's employees is that just announced by the
United States Steel Company. It is designed to
enable every employe of the controlling COM
pany any of its subsidiaries to purchase the
preferred stock of the corporation by successive
payments, those employees receiving the lowest
salaries being allowed to subscribe most largely
in proportion TO the salaries which they receive.
The stock being offered to them at about the
present market price, their direct dividends
upon the amounts which they acquire will be
equivalent TO nearly S5 per cent; but provision
is made also for what may be called bonus diVi-
dends to be paid to employees who remain in
the company's service and retain their stock for
not less than five years. SO that the investment
may pay much as 10 per cent The scheme
is primarily one of enlightened selfinterest but
it should also be regarded containing large
moral infusion, inasmuch it denotes a strong
sentiment of good will on the part of those who
control the business toward those on the quail
ity of whose labor its prosperity depends, and
is intended to promote reciprocal feeling alike
pleasant and remunerative to all concerned.
1t is obvious that the extra advantages thus
offered to stockholding employees must be pro-
vided out of the profits of the business-that is
to say, at the original expense of the whole
body of stockholders But the calculation is
that~fhose who are not directly benefited will
be more than recompensed through having their
interests served with a higher degree of eff
cheney That of course, must be the basis of
every judicious and lasting scheme Of profit
sharing Perhaps the necessary amount of ex-
perience for determining the permanent utility
of such arrangements has not yet been
quired in the industrial world, but all expert
ments of the kind are valuable, inasmuch as
they add something TO the common fund of
knowledge out of which the economic adjust
ments of the future must be tentatively fash
ioned. In this instance the abilities employed
to devise and carry out the operation justify an
expectation that it will he successful while the
number of those affected would make its sue
cess especially significant.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02

Baptizing invalid female convert through
eight inch ice and keeping her standing barefoot
afterward through a long prayer till her baptis-
NAL robe froze to her and her feet froze TO the
ice seem TO the pastor. deacons and Church of
God and Saints of Christ. In Philadelphia, the
appointed road to salvation It is frigid one
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02

The proclamation OF the English King as EN-
peror of India at the ancient capital of the Great
Mogul was an impressive incident. and not the
least impressive feature Of it was the presence
of an American Vicereine as one ofithe central
figures of the august ceremony.