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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
Chinese Indemnity and Silver.

According to Picking cable, the powers
who signed the Chinese peace protocol
except our own government, have noti-
fled China that she may expect grave
consequences if she defaults in paying
the January installment of the $50, 900, 900
taels war indemnity in gold Our govern
n1ent,, to whom an installment of $780,
09S was due on Jan. t. has heretofore
shown to China its willingness to take it's
installments at the exchange rates cur
At that time the hail1wan tael, in which
the indemnity was to be paid, was fixed
at 74.2 cents of our money, but silver has;
declined about IS per cent since the sig
natures were attached to the protocol SO
that the indemnity, originally $50, ooe, 900
taels, has expanded to over $50, 00o, 900
ta@ls. The July installnent was paid in
silver by China and accepted by the pow
ers, who reserved the right to reclaim the
difference between the gold and silver ba,-
sis. The Chinese government argues that
it ought not to be required to indemnify
the powers for the heavy decline of silver.
Our government alone has admitted the
Justice Of this claim and Great Britain
has been considering the policy of accept
ling payment until 1910 iii silver, but she
has not yet decided to do so.S
Meantime the exaction Of payments on
the gold basis, compelling China to be a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
The Decline in Silver. =

During the year just closed the: price
of silver fell in New York from SIS 1sn cents
on Jan. 1. to 47% cents per ounce on Dec.
81. On Jan: 1, 1901. the price was 81
cents an ounce. Naturally the, silver coun-
tries, which have to settle their foreign
bills on the gold basis, suffer from this
slump and there is small prospect Of relief,
China being among the worst sufferers
because of the big war indemnity. In the
Philippines the rate Of exchange with gold
has been Il serious embarra ssIrent to bust
ness on account of the fluctuations wi thin
very wide limits, making trade uncertain
and the marking of prices on goods Ven
ture. 80 = 4
Governor Taft. In his current annual re-
port upon the conditions in the Islands,
emphasizes the necessity of securing a
stable currency for the people there who
ought to have as good and sound cur
rency as we have in the states. Congress
can give relief by passing the bill al
ready introduced to keep silver at fixed
relation with gold, providing that the gold
dollar shall be the standard monetary
unit, supporting limited coinage of sill
yer pesos of 416 grains each, Woaaf " hich
shall be equal to a gold dollar The Mex
lean dollar, which is practically the unit
Of value in the islands ductuates in value
every day and the insular government it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
GROIN EVERYWHERE.

midas coal fields cover an area OF 10000
square miles. Il
Chinatown. in San Francisco has four
papers published in Chinese. For setting
each Of these over 900 different types
are necessary. Setting 1000 characteristics
a good days work.
Iowa authorities have decided that any
one can open a savings bank in that state
SO long as he does not use the words SAY
ings bank ors savings Institution in de-
scribing the business OF the concern.
Ten and half hours is the limit allowed
by law for a days work in factories,
women and children. as we'll as man, In
France. Twelve hours is the maximum
day in factories employing men exclus-
lively.
At the present day many cotton mills
are working in Bombay, and more will
soon be started. Already the entire yarn
supply OF India, and to some extent OF
China and Japan, is furnished by the Bonn
bay mills.
The English delegates to the interna-
tional tuberculosis congress at Berlin re-
ported that the death rate in the United
Kingdom In 1885 from consumption was 50
per 1000. This has been reduced to 10, or
more than so per cent.
The people Of the United States are aid
Ing largely to the development Of Canada.
Within the past year millions of dollars
have been invested there in agriculture
and timber lands, mining and manufactur-
ing industries.
Professor Hall. in a recent number sof
the Astronomical Journal, has determined
the mass Of the rings of Saturn to that
Of the planet as i to 1902 The mass OF
Titan, its largest satellite, is to that of
Saturn as to $500.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
A Critical Hour.

+ The speakership contest will be settled
sin caucus tonight. That is the place to
settle it, This is a republican party matt
ter The party Is just now. ON trial be-
fore the people of this state. There has
been very sharp line of cleavage drawn
between members Of the legislature who
support the administration and those who
support Dr. Babcock and what he stands
for.
1t is true that some effort has been
made. to wipe out this distinction and
make it appear there is no opposition to
the administration in support of Bah
cock. but the governor settled that point,
If it needed any settling. He has indi
Gated very clearly that he would view
the elevation of DR.. Babcock to the
speakership by those influences which
have made his candidacy formidable, as
an act of hostility toward his administra
ton. That it would lay serious If not
insurmountable obstacles in the way OF
legislation favored by the administrat tor
there can be little doubt.
The governor has had the courage t.
do mis- part toward preventing this out:
come. Whatever the results of the eau.
Gus may be tonight he cannot be &C.
cused of having, through cowardice or OF
any other account, failed to give d1,
warning of the danger which threatens
It is a critical hour for the republican
party in Minnesota. Hitherto rail
way influence in Minnesota politics Ia
not been dominant To-day it is strug
Cling for the mastery. 1t remains to- h.
seen by what votes in the republica,
house this effort will be supported. l
is to be hoped that no member Of Iii,
legislature will think lightly Of the SIG
nificance Of his vote at this time H
has serious business ON hand-serious TO
him, serious for his party and serious TO
the state. -~~,. --. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
DAILY DIVERSION

SLIGHTLY Tangled-J. Edward Weld. the
artist. and member of the Harvard Club
OF New York. loves good story even If il
happens to be at his own expense, as the
following that he tells certainly is:
49, lille off on my vacation last summer
I was asked by q young lady at the note]
# would mind doing a small favor for
her. !
I. Certainly not said eagerly: wha,
is it o sa - s.. :
:" Thank YOU. so n,uch!' she exclaimed
gratefully wish you would stop at Mrs
Gannon,s little shop and get three larss
bone buttons the kind with two small
holes inthem. They're for my new bath.
Ing suit. you know, You needn't pay fol
thenn---just tell her who I am and it will
be all right
Now, I'm batclielor,. and had sneye,
bought anything but collar buttons before
So on my way to the store kept repeat t.
ing the instructions had received. Gage,
to relieve my mind. I rushed up to Mrs
Cannon and reeled off this surprising
speech:
II want three bone buttons for a. small
bathing suit with two large holes in it
Just tell me who am and it will be al
right
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05

was paid to look after his business. There
was no one he would trust with the selec
ton of >Virginia's present.
10 his bewildered brain it seemed as
If there was nothing which she did not
have; then he remembered the dinner she
was to give when, a certain art connois-
seur should arrive from Paris, and he de-
cidcd that some unique decoration for her
table. should form his gift. Further
| it should >, be orchids in some
shape of form, for orchids of a
peculiar pinkish-lavender. with great
purple hearts, were Virginia's hobby, This
idea he carried to Mrs. Donnelly a sympa-
thetc friend whose, fad was charity ba-
zaars and from her he obtained the ad-
dress, Of a young woman who made silk
candle shades of. exceeding daintiness.
But, my dear Paul" added Mrs. Don
nelly, as she wrote the address on her
card, Miss Carr's prices will probable
stagger YOU. She charges fearfuliy fol
those flinsy little things. but she gets hel
price and you must stand for it.. You see
Mrs. Van Allen and her set have taken hel
up and she has all the orders she car
FILL" ->-... ..@.
/ Paul smiled as he slipepd the card III
his pocket. Compared to the pearls he
had given Virginia last year, a couple OF
silk candle shades would be a mere baga.
4 telle, but what pleased him and he knew
! would please Virginia was - the persona
thought the gift would carry. Virginia
was absurdly sentimental for a woman five
feet ten who effected tailor made clothes
And that is how Paul Harvey stood be
fore the small, private entrance OF the
Carr fiat one crisp January morning, will
a bit Of pasteboard in the irreproachabl!
gloved fingers, the popular air of a new
musical comedy on his lips. and Ignorance
of impending danger in his heart. Thel
she opend the door, and he found himself
|:clutching after a bit of pasteboard tina
was slipping from his fingers. The sof
whistle died OH his lips, and peculial
something in the place where he had here
|:tofore supposed his heart rested, clicked
out 81 danger signal -. 49,. =.
IT, He introduced himself, presented hi
friends card and stated his errand. but al
!. kquite mechanically. His real self wa
asking itself the most absurd questions
such as whether copper colored hair Xix
hers wasn't much more effective than Nir
tginia's blonde locks, and why a girl with
. Ecarriage like that was working for a 10
; of inconsiderate, snobbish women. instea
Eof making some good, appreciative cha
. ridculously happy. * - - Fl.
He was so busy thinking this out tina
, The was quite annoyed when. seated in tn
diminutive drawing room, he found him
:; self face to face with a mass Of "sil
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
Racial Elements in CanadaThe British Element Is Slowly D.

The New York Sun thinks that whether American imni
grafton into any effect
loyalty to the British will at distant
be in British sentiment in
Canada, which famboyan Of the newspapers
is largely confined to Scotch emigrants
their descendants and descendants OF the loyalist
refugees from the thirteen
revolution The of 1901 shows that it is precisely
this element of the population that is increasing slowly
immigration into Canada from the United Kingdom
not sufficient to offset the death loss previous immigrants
Between 1871 and 1901 the number Canadians English
Irish Scotch nativity decreased from 4S5524 3S96
the other hand the number Of immigrants from
tries residing in Canada increased from 1908 1871
2ISS0 In 1901 The present immigration
third British. United than a
third the from Europe
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Copyright, 1908. by T. C. McClure.) 3
The fates selected Paul Harvey's devo-
ton for his sister as their tool, and with
it drove him straight to his DOOM
His idolatrous affection for his tall,
stately Virginia, who had "nothered' him
ever since the death Of their parents, made
superstitious women shake their heads,
and his club fSiends smile. When Virginia
married rich, easy going James Drew
people said things would change, and
Paul would certainly marry and settle
down, just as such an eligible person as
he owed it to society to do.
But things did not change. Paul ex-
planned that Virginia's heart was reomy
enough for them both, and while he dwell
nomfnally at his university club, the rea
hearth fire continued to burn fer him ir
Virginia's beautiful home.
And so it happened that when Vir;
ginia's second birthday after her marriage
drew near, the question of selecting 4
suitable gift for her exercised Paul's mind
| considerably more than the fate Of certain
stocks he had on the market. His broker
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05

large disburser of silver, has minimized
her power to buy merchandise abroad and
that is an important fact, for China buys
5000, 900, 900 worth of foreign goods a. year.
The threat by the powers of tgrave con-
sequences" to China If she refuses to
pay in gold the indemnity, smacks Of the
old predatory spirit which was the cause
of the Boxer uprising and the tragedies of
1900 in Picking. Our government has con-
sistently demanded just treatment for
China and the Chinese public men and
government recognize the fact.
It would seem that If the powers wish
to encourage Chinese trade, they will re-
linquish their avowed purpose of bully
ing China into gold payment of the wal
indemnity. The claims presented by the
powers for losses during the Boxer trouble
were greatly exaggerated. This is DEM
onstrated by the action of our government
in scaling down the claims Of missionaries
and others for damages rated too high.
The. Russian and German claims were
enormously exaggerated and should be
scaled down to a reasonable figure. Our
government is setting them a good ex-
ample in more ways than one. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05

8
gized to Chivers. who, in some remins-
cences of Poe after the latter's death
now" published for the first time. de-
scribes Poe as 1.-The inearnat ton of the
Greek Prometheus chained to the Mount
Caucasus of demi-civlized humanity.
with the black vulture of envy feeding on
his self-replenished heart, while upon
his trembling lips sat enthroned the .most
eloquent persuasion alternating with the
bitterest, triumphant and God like
scorn." sChivers. himself was Shelley
mad, intoxicated with the tumultuary
imaginings of that eccentric genius
The two men, so intimate were widely
apart in their views OH most every sub
ject. Poe's true character is revealed in
the letters to Chivers and in his CONVEX
stations with the latter. but one must
make allowance for the fact that Chivers
did mot really fully understand Poe, al
though he seems to have been awed by
his genius.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05

much these immigrants become attached Canada,
they will never acquire much British sentiment.
The French Canadians Increasing faster than
the Canadians of English double their
numbers twenty-five In Quebec the birth
Is 1886 thousand If the French could be
kept eaigrattng States
dominate Canada leaving out OF consideration what mmi
grafton offset that tendency rate they
will greatly ounumber Canadians of British Irish
cent by the middle of this century With this French
hand large European and American
the other that will be absolutely without attachment
the British throne it is that independence
with the United States will be live issue in Canada before
elapsed 1t is useless talk about the
loyalty of the the British They
not loyal and they be counted
bond between the Canada the future and the
British empire. +.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
NEW BOOKS

THE KINDRED OF TILE WILD. a Book of An
imal Life. BY Charles G. D. Roberts, author of
..rhe Heart of the Ancient Wood etc Illus
trated. Boston: L. c. Page & Co. Minneap-
oils: The New Store. Price 81.
Mr. Roberts, in this attractive volume.
brings his readers into intimate relations
with wild animals of all kinds. so that
they follow them in their daily lives of
peril. rapine or peace, making the study
most informing and interesting. Mr.. Rob
erts sees a personality envisaged in the
expression of the eyes and faces of ami
mails, and believes that, with some vary
ing limitations. they can and do reason.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
A Farmers Investment.

The Rockford. ILL.,, Register tells of
farmer of Scandinavian birth who counted
among his possessions $50 acres of land
and a promising son. The boy had al
ways worked on the farm, and his edu
ca ton had been limited to what he could
learn in the country school during the
winter term. The father was aware that
he had not learned by rough experience
all there is to know about farming, and
so he decided to give his son two thir-
teen-week terms in a state agricultural
college, the boy agreeing to work ON the
farm between terms. After the course
was completed. The father was asked what
it had done for the boy. -.zaer3a5
He said that sit had done wonders; that
the boy was taking up the farm work III
a different and better way; that he could
repair any of the farm machinery, adjust
the farm separator. test the milk and
the cows; had learned how to judge stock;
could pick out good cow on sight; knew
how to properly balance the rations fed;
could treat the sick animals on the farm,
and wanted me to take five or six OF the
best agricultural papers. He did all his
work with more method and Intelligence,
and so accomplished more with less. Ia
want to become a professor and teacher,
and has settled down to his old farm work
(as" steady as an old clock. 1t cost me, 1873
to give him this course of study. and 1t
was the best Investment that ever made.
The fact is, the boy. knows more than
do, but he is kind enough. never to rub
it in," ~.
There are ma1.y Minnesota farmers who
can duplicate this experience. Fathers
on the farm can make no better invest
ment than to send their boys to, the agri-
cultural SCHOOL, Some of the graduates
of the Minnesota school, whose careers
after graduation have been followed, have
been able to increase the revenue of the
old farm so per cent and more by the
introduction of the methods and the ap-
plication Of the knowledge they acquired
! at school To educate a farmers boy al
the farm school is to educate the farmer
| lift him out of ruts, teach him the pos
sibilities and nobility of his calling ant
impress him that there is as much room
lfor brains on the farm as in commerce
or industry. One such modernized farmer
lifts up a whole farming community tt
better things.
BY the time there are several Thousand
Of these educated farmers scattered owe
the state, farming in Minnesota will ID
something vastly different from what Il
was a few years ago, and what it's now
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
the Nonpareil Man
CASUALLY Observed.

Venezuela is said to be the place the
asphalt pavements come from. No Won
der they are shot full Of holes.
The pawnbrokers must have put in
swimming tanks. Over $4,000 watches
were soaked last year. o.
Nav Yohe's momnier says ''the chill
dren,'' meaning May and General strong,
are just as happy as turtle doves. That
is because mommer is with them.
A Washington official says that retail
meat prides are 'extortionate.' And
they sent that out for news!!
A New England Primer recently brought
$4,000 in New York. In the Primer it
will be remembered. sy-gu w..
t<Zachess, he -
Did climbSa tree
but he never got as high as this price. i
Nicaragua's volcanoes were SO pleased
at the Panama canal situati that they
all let go. at once.
The professors <nins&the Chicago uni
versity who are cheerfully drawing their
monthly oil, claim to have discovered
why Dr. John Bascom, formerly president
severe attack on the tainted" Rockefel-
Ter millions. 1t seems that Dr., Bascom
writ book" as our friend DR. Rich
ard Burton would SAY, and sent it for re-
view to the American Journal of Sociology
and to the Journal of Political Economy.
Now it also seems that both Of these
journals Of public Opinion are run by
gasolene motors, that is, they are pub
lished by the University Of Chicago. The
aStute editors detected g. flagrant anti
Rockefeller tone in Dr. Bascorn' S book
and they fell upon it heartily, or as one
professor says, they. Criticised it with
some severity This. they claim, made
DR.. Bascom mad and he slipped into
Chicago, and proceeded to bat his
friends with an AK and to call the money
by which the Chicago university existed
Corrupt -. :: - 49,
We do not at this time care to enter a
dispute precipitated over the matter CT
business morality. shaving a few minor
troubles of our own to look out for, but
we notice with interest if not with undis.
guised pleasure that the Rev. W.. B. Riley
of this city cannot forbear taking wal.
lop at the brethren. and expressing his
regret not. only at some of the financial
features cot athee rgreat university but in,
cidentallyS ,s1appiiItgs sFae alhands off, its
theology. Frospythis we look for serious
trouble. A man may have his financia
| integrity impugned and remain calm
even cheerful. But when you intima t.
that his theology has birdsnests in it
then he istgoing to fight. ..... ..-
T. If We may be pardoned the suggestion
offered in all friendliness, would it no.
be we'll for US brethren to lay aside oul
stern and forceful axes of controvers,
and every, man clear his own thought O.
malice and uncharitableness? You abegir
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05

These limitations are. of course. formid-
a BILE, for the animal has never reasoned
himself into progressive life. These
stories are all we'll told and are attrac-
tive for both young and old. There is
fine inspiration, too. in such stories as
that of the eagle--"The Lord Of the. Air"
THE BEST OF STEVENSON. Edited by Alex
an9cr Jessup. The Best of Balzac. Edited by
the same. Boston: L. c. Page & Co. Min
neapolis: Evans, Munzcr, Pickering & Co.
Price .25 per volume - ...-s
Mr. sJessup has been judicious in his
selections from these voluminous authors.
In the Stevenson book he gives such sto.
ries and ESSAYS as '.Wil o. the Mill and
.sVirginilus Puerisque,'' the former being
one of the finest of Stevensons short sto-
ries. Mr.. Jessup gives an interesting an
alysis of Stevenson's peculiar style in his
introduction. In the Balzac. best We
Meeting in the Convent" Master Cor
nelius'' THE Duel la Grande Bre-
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Chasm'' These give a fair idea of the
attractions of the French realist, but. as
Mr. Jessup admits. not all the best OF
Balzac'' who left 140 volumes of stories
and plays. Both these best books will
serve the purpose of introducing Steven
son and the Frenchman> to those not very
familiar with either. Each volume con-
tains photography OF the authors con-
sidered.
ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR
USE, By.Arthur Nelson, author of "a Criti-
cal History of Opera Illustrated. Boston:
H. Page & Co. Price SLIGO net.
The author does not include among his
savage instruments the piano. which, in
these latter days, has become in the hands
Of a vast multitude of ipcompetents, an
instrument of torture. He gives. a very
interesting history of orchestral instru-
ments and sketches of the great masters.
dwelling necessarily on the violin, which
is such an important feature OF orchestral
music. The chapter on the orchestra is
very interesting. Haydn and Mozart Were
the first great composers to write out
their orchestral works in full Beethoven
was poor conductor. Spohr and Weber
were better, but the art of conducting did
not reach it's present standard until Men
delssohn welded the baton. The author
discusses the leading orchestral conduct
ors of the present time, including Theo-
dore Thomas, whom he compliments for
his gifts as a leader and his great fidelity
to true art and his successful work in
educating public taste in music.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05

was a poet ana d
contributor to the
Southern Literary
Messenger: when Poe
edited that maya
zine at Richmond.
When Poe edited
Graham's Magazine
he deferred editori-
ally to Chivers as
zone of the best and
one Of the worst
poets in America,
his figures Of speech
are metaphor run
mad. and his gram
mar none at ALL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05

The man who doesn't know how to vote
on the speakership and yet who wants to
support the state administration and help
secure the enactment of legislation for
which the administration stands will need
a guardian before the session is over. -.