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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
The Standard Train.

Whether the Great Northern conductors
and trainmen decide to strike or not will
be settled within few days. And even
point at this time, the probabilities are
that the victory would be only temporary.
What they are trying to do Is to establish
what may be called standard train. This
may not be the direct issue in this con-
troversy, but 1t is believed to be the end
aimed at ultimately. This standard train
means that all roads must haul the same
number OF cars with the same number of
locomotives. no matter what the grades or
the condition of the track or the power of
the locomotives.
Railroads have been increasing the pow
err of their motive stock. Heavier and
more powerful engines have been added
er economy in handling freight. The rail-
roads have also been reducing their grades
for the same purpose. The effect of a
standard train would be to deprive the
roads equipped with large engines and
roads built with low grades Of the advan-
i
of the superiority Of their equipment and
construction.
Just now railroad men are scarce and
the trainmen may be able to compel the
acceptance of their demands. But lei
work become slack and the labor supply
a little more abundant, and the standard
train will probably be ignored 1t is a
good deal like resisting the introduction
of labor saving machinery to deprive the
railroads. of the power to use their ma
chinery to the best and the most economic
purpose. Resistance to improved machin-
cry and improved methods has often beer
made, but has never prevailed in the long
run. 1t may have had temporary success
but not permanent.
The demand made by the Great North.
hope that in operation it will ere.
ate employment for more men. And
yet they rely upon the scarcit.
of labor at i this time for success
in their demands. The facts are tina
there are more jobs nowadays than there
are men to do them, and the Requirement
of the trainmen is the imposition of al
extra and unnecessary expense upon thu
railroads which, even if granted now, the,
will be pretty sure to get rid Of agar
when conditions make it possible.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
Race Pre- JUDGE and the Civil Service

SAsetC0 AI4VJ NA1GC duu Iut OlVll OtIvlCt
Race prejudice has now collided with
the civil service laws There were five
applicants for the position Of rural mail
carrier on Route No. 1 at Gallatin, Tenn.
The three highest standings in the civil
service examination were those of ne
groes. The postmaster general had no OPP
highest standing. He soon resigned with
out giving reasons. What they were may
be inferred from the fact that the next
highest man, who succeeded him, has been
held up on his route by ma sked men and
warned that he would continue the service
at the risk of his<life Soldiers might be
sent to the route to protect the carrier,
but, instead, it will probably be abolished.
It will be interesting to see whether the
southern press will become as angry over
such dlscontinuance of service as it
was over the suspension of service at the
Indianola, Miss, office after the negro
postn1istress had been forced to resign.
This time it cannot rage at the president
law. But the law has only operated to
give the place to the best qualified appli-
cant, who happens to be a colored man.
Will we now be met with a demand that
service examinations the place must be
given to a white man of inferior capa city.
if mob or some outlaws SO demand?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
Alderman VAN .,slyke notwithstandin

Alderman Van ,Slylze notwithstanding,
there will be no saloon at S75 Concord
street, st. Paul. The brewing company
that was backing the applicant for the
license was more considerate than the al
.derman of the feelings Of the people OF
the neighborhood. When the company
found out that the property owners OPP
posed the opening of a saloon, it with
drew the application. This brewing com
pany is good offset for Van slyke and
his ideas about building up business by
building saloons. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

The conviction Of A. A. Ames is the
final answer of Minneapolis to the slur-
ring and humiliating criticism which has
been handed out so freely from some other
cities during the past year, and the an
swer Is complete.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
This is good news. that we are to ha,

This is good news, that we are to have
a sweeping investigation of the postoffice
department from top to bottom; from the
$4,000 automobile Of the postmaster of
New York to the affairs Of Machen and
Wynne. It will hardly be possible now to
keep this investigation family affair. 1t
should be in the open. Open investiga-
tions are the only kind that ever amount
to anything. The administration must
clean up every speck on the nations great
business department 1t cannot afford to
stand for any hushedeup scandal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Andrew Carnegie does not think that the
great corporations have yet succeeded in
closing the door of hope in the face Of
the small manufacturer. 'I am con-
vinced. he said yesterday, that the huge
combination and even the moderate cor
poration, has no chance In competition
with the partnership which embraces the
principal officials ana has adopted the sys-
tenn Of payment by bonus or reward thru
out Its works. This Is a good theory,
and it is to be hoped that it will prove
equally good in practice. In fair competi-
ton there is no doubt that such a bust
ness enterprise would have advantages
that would offset those Of large corpora
tons. But no advantage of the small
business will protect 1t against unfair
competition by huge corporation. OF
what avail is management by owners OF
the cordial cooperation Of employees WREN
a struggling partnership or company is
continuously undersold at a loss by far
reaching trust?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Circuit Attorney Folk of ST. Louis had
a very hard time of it when he began
his Doodle Investigations in st. Louis
If Lincoln Steffens is to be believed, the
better element of the city had either been
SO accustomed to bood1ing, or was so
cowed by the power of the boodlers, that
for long time there seemed to be no
public opinion to support and encourage
Mr.. Folk. That deplorable condition in
st. Louis seems to have been overcome.
for here are the business men of the CITY
presenting Mr.. Folk a SIS, 900 residence in
appreciation of his magnificent work for
the city. If every Doodle cursed CITY
had such public attorney as Folk there
would be a mighty improvement in the
political tone of American municipalities.
Mr. Folk seems to be invincible in dealing
with corruption. His success. in securing
confessions is remarkable. The latest in
stance is the clean breast Lieutenant
Governor Lee has made to Mr. Folk of
what he knows about bribery in the Mis-
souri, legislature.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Actual canvass of residence
district totals shows out of
1915 residences: 1904 Journ-
ais, 883 Eve. Tribunes, Cor
Morn. Tribunes, and out of
90 flats, 1128 Journals, I53
Eve. Tribunes, 10Y Morn.
Tribunes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
FRIDAY EVENING,

pean powers were inclined to let the tribu-
nal die of dry rot and, wilful neglect. The
United States. indeed, proved itself the
influential peacenaker of the civilized
world.
+ Doubtless his advanced years and i'm
paired health will mitigate the penalty
in the Ames case. and doubtless the public
will be satisfied with moderate sentence
now that conviction has been secured.
The verdict of guilty in accordance with
the evidence was theNmain thing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

years Of strenuous effort. she has sue
ceeded in reaching the unfrozen sea at
Port Arthur and Newchwang, and, al
tho checked in her designs upon the Per-
sian gulf. she will await more favor
able opportunity to carry out her program.
The Balkan tangle only ernbodies one
phase of the persistent eastern question
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08


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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Amid the rattle and roar of the down
fall of the citadels of corruption in Min
neapolis and st. Louis, rotten old Philadel-
phia stands unabashed. When will her
turn come?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

There seems to have been some mistake
about the winning Of that one game by
the Minneapolis baseeall players. It
spoiled an otherwise clean score-of de-
feats and perhaps was not intended
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

A special correspondent of the London
Mail reports thatfth United States has
made no progress in the Philippines. May
be we have just been getting ready for
progress
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
ANOTHER REMINDER.

Lives of Congressman remind us
Up flames pathway we might sprint
II the fates had but assigned us,
In the Record, leave to print.
ashington Post.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Canadians who desire to have the Brit
ish attachment kept strong are pleased
with the showing made by the British ele-
ment in the immigration figures for the
first four months of this year For the
first time since the present population
movement began. the British are more
numerous than either other Europeans or
Americans. During these months there
came 16,4s7 British, 1910 Americans and
10,445 continental Europeans. Last year
there were $3.50 American immigrants in
the first four months, 7.476 continental
Europeans and 5.186 British In the first
third of 1901 there were 5000 arrivals each
from the United States and Europe, and
S,347 from Britain. This immigration
seems large to the Canadians, but they are
getting in four months about half what we
are getting in one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
! AT THE. THEATERs
Observation-Disclosures knIghthood Was In
49, ElnAMarN ~: 81 -.

Metropoiltan-.When knlghthood Was In
Flower"
The local multitude that found delight
in Maj or's romance must renew their
dreams at the Metropolitan. The beauty
Of tieF book is there in the fascinating
Mary Tudor of Miss Effie Ellsler, in the
court. II
How closely the drama accords with the
novel will be sdetermi4ed sps each specta-
tor according to. lfis7-eT, rather, to her
individual judgment of the very lowell
est thing: But a play with much less
merit could be enjoyed so long as it en-
circled a heroine. equally delectab1e. The
acted charm is crescent turnout the
first three acts-the love of the Tudor
princess, like that of her queenly ancestor,
for an obscure gentleman; her sweetly
ferocious determination to marry no king
Of France, no pOtentate of Christendom,
no man but her own Charles; her attempt
to flee in manly guise and take shipping
with her sweetheart. for that, marvellous
New Spain beyond the seas. All this is
tender and delicate, a history wrought in
violets and roses.
But the sweet bells jangle dismally at
the climax of the fourth act, the very
moment that should focus the enchant-
ment in the tale. Here an INSCRIPTIONS
\
English princess that contemns his pas
sion; and once again it is demonstra ted
that attempted assault has no true place
upon the stage. The maidenly dream of
love and chivalry is; scattered by an ex-
halation from THE Gay Lord Quex,''
without the poor excuse of an uncom-
mon dramatic finesse. How the play
ends, after that, scarcely interests the
disconnected spectator, forced and feeble
as the ending happens to be. The moral
is obvious without capitalist you wish
an exquisite memory of Miss Ellsler and
her play, go homef at the close of the
third act.
Of less influence Is the somewhat sur
| prising lack of sixteenth century atmo-
sphere-a void. due to the comparative
absence of historic illusions and need
less modernity of diction
I That Miss Ellsler' has caught the very
tones of Miss Julia Marlowe in the lat
tiers successful role argues merely fol
the good taste of both ladies. Miss Ellslel
I endows her Mary Tudor with all the
changing lights of winsome womanhood
| Even the brutal temper of the Tudors is
refined into a girlishs wilfulness that
gains no coarseness from traditional
swear words" It is a stage present
ment of high rank. SDexterity of contrast
subtle emotion, whatever graces and en-
mobiles the less somber side of acting, may
be iauded in Miss Ellsler, whose intellec-
tual and sentimental skill obscures de.
tails of gesture and physique.
/ The value of the support provided fol
ithis well known artist. might. perhaps be
greater, If Walter Seymour (the Charles
Brandon), We're less enamored of atti.
tude. But his unchanging features arr
| handsome, he hath a gallant Leg anG
| his sword becomes most lfelike. The
stage pictures are stately and informing
I H B. Curry
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

comes the Post ana says the reporter was
not discharged because the Post does not
believe that he perjured himself when he
made oath to the truth Of his interview
with the general" s-h-h. the Post ought
to keep still; doesn't It know that the
approved method for an army officer to
follow when he has talked too much is to
repudiate his statements and call the
reporter a liar? It is easier to do that
than formally to retract
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed.


tgaton
as ss the revolution va s n wsy ts s opinions m
pro they deserve at the next annual meeting sn she does
or twenty ladies "denouncng" something
the
. . . .
Dr. Moore in the Lancet There doubt but that we shall
during the absence Of the proprietor
Correspondence
ne mayor AZ OUT OF the mint \ = \ \ q
stood ;s s some ss sss s as but was found that the '"
.
bits shine"
gney There accounting for the latter It just happens
the mummy QUEEN %oersae Egypt
Of honor Ar w weeks there
n eT with n @ es no h ae n0s @ 1ns 4bs
We hT toto bt but G K ba do M Romans do but we fol-
have been found
MISSING
sy % sa
night the antique This the wealthy tourist of
deceived the
@ aes sa mot @ the @ @ ssrs %
ply p ss tn s 5 a o s ts @ @ st s etns sa' old
There being antiques and that make them
D''. : D's esS ~ - p''' . . o q . ssAN
to
"a a md
Do mink wanoph him? mo no!"
the kindness to insure free ocooon The thing is true the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
HANDICAPPED.

Have you the inspira ton of the muses.
to day. asked the caller of the poet.
mo. : replied the long haired party,
TIN sorry to say the bottle is empty
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
Books and Authors
THE SMALLEST BOOK.

Here Is a photograph, actual size, Of
what is probably the smallest printed and
bound book in the world. It measures
5-16x7-16 Of an inch It is
E8&8g$8M.a Fitzgerald's "Rubaiyat,''
E8As$s4#i and has 48 pages. 1t is
z#M bound in green cloth The
Eaaaas#@#3 edition is limited to fifty
seven copies, and is pub
lished by Charles Hardy
Meigs Of Cleveland. The price asked for
these toys is $65 each. Photography has
made the making of miniature books east
er than in the days when expert engrav-
ers, with powerful glasses laboriously
worked over plates the print from which
could be read only by good eyes in the
best of light or with the aid of magnify
ing glasses. To produce this tiny .Rubi-
ayat" Mr.. Meigs first made book about
,7Ax6k inches in size, printed from special
type peculiarly adapted for a great reduc-
ton. From this the tiny plates were
made by the usual Photographic process,
and destroyed after the fifty seven copies
We're printed. 1t is unnecessary to say
that the type lines are so small that the
eye merely sees them as lines. Yet they
can be read with a. strong enough glass.
The book is dedicated to John Hay, .lov-
er OF Omar and beloved of Omarians.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Part of the vindication of General Bald
win. charged with rejecting on negroes
and Filipinos as soldiers, was the re-
port of the colonel sent to Investigate,
that the reporter who interviewed Bald
win for the Denver Post had been dis
charged by that paper as a fakir. Nav
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

The sale Of seats for the Ferris COM
pany's production Of the religious drama,
Quo Vadis. will open on Sunday morn
ing, one week in advance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

with condensed chu chus, loaded up the
whistle with a superior and expensive variety
of toots patted the machine the
neck and went in to breakfast. During this
simple meal eighteen kids gathered i'll the
yard and Cooked her over Some of them
pulled the whistle once or twice and others
wiped their feet on the enamel.
After breakfast and a smoke William I.
jumped into the machine and pulled the
trigger. It unhitched something inside and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
Americas Magnificent Example

Americas Magnificent Example.
"a Paris cable details an interview with
Baron de Constant. member of the
French chamber of deputies who repre-
scented France as a member of the French
delegation to the peace conference at The
ardent advecateaof arbitration as a sub
stitute for the horrors of war.
The baron pays a fine tribute to our
government for its strong stand at the
peace conference, which largely influenced
the action of the conference in the estab-
s lishment Of the International arbitration
tribunal at The Hague, and for it's mag
niicent example inl bringing the first
business before the court, when the Euro
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
April Advert Using

Coils.
The Journal (,ssssss. So. 17Io
Daily Tribune (,ss IS s., .o73
Trih,1no + Daily and sunday, rA6o
1IlDuHe ( % daily and sundays J I4o1
The Journal carried more
advertising in April than any
other TwinC City paper (dailyor
daily and Sunday combined }
ever carried in any one month.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
HAD HOPES
JND TIOT 10
Yonkers Statesman

IUIIACIS 0Cdtt5iIItIII.
He facetiously)-A society bell should
have the right ring.
She (demurely) DWELL, have hopes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
HE NEVER SMILED AGAIN

Detroit Free Press.
Borun-I say, Miss Sharp, what's the
difference between a woman and a mon
key?
Miss Sharp What is the distance from
your chair to mine?
Borunn-O. about six feet.
Miss Sharp---Well that's the difference.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
Foyer Chat.

=
a large advance sale at the Metropoli-
in the appearance next week of the dis
tinguished English actress, Mrs. Patrick
Campbell. She is to be seen in three of
On Monday evening, and at the matinee
Wednesday, Suderman's great Drama
THE Joy Of Living will be presented
Tuesday evening she will be seen in The
Second Mrs Tanqueray,' and on Wednes-
day night as Aunt JEANNE in E. r. Ben
sons comedy of that name.
A succession of large audiences has
greeted N: c.. Goodwin wherever he has
presented his popular play, The Altar of
friendship which will be his offering at
the Metropolitan for Thursday Friday
and Saturday ofsnext week.
Not Guilty, = theSmelo- drama now hold
ing the boards at the Bijou, is duplicating
its success of last season.
But three more performances remain of
the Ferris Stock company's clever produc-
stion of Tennessee's Partner" at the
Lyceum. Assz
Attic Janice Meredith soon after its
first presentation by Mary Mannering, was
quickly christened aThe5 Sandow OF draw
ing room melodies,n the novel, according
to thessoriginal notes Of it's author. Paul
Leicester. Ford. Isl founded upon actual
happenings. Thes play contains several
scenes essentially dramatic, altho since
the death of the author they have been
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08
= CRITICAL EXPRESSION.
Philadelphia Press.

Philade1phla Press.
Miss Gushington-Mr. D'Auber was
showing us some Of his sketches in oil.
I think his style is just cute, don't you?
Mr.. Knox-Oh, wouldn't say cute"
exactly.
Miss Gushington-No?
Mr. Knox-No; should say "sartless."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

The jury will no doubt be gratifed to
find that the general public took no more
stock in the insanity plea advanced by
DR. An1es' attorneys than they did.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

automobile When it refuses to go, the
tendency is to get an AK But it is not the
proper thing to do.
Last Sunday two bad Bills. who shall be
known as William I. and William IL, de-
cideds to take the office machine out for
little twirl. William I. had the Filler in his
barn, and William II. was to sit on his
porch in the early morning until William
I. came around and took him in. William
II. was on his perch at 7:45, but nothing
came
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

machine from the
food filled the lid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Opening Sunday for a week the Ferris
company will be seen in Arthur Jones'
great melodrama, 1.-THE Silver King
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

found to have been based upon incidents
that actually occurred In the Revolution.
Janice Meredith" will be presented at the
Bijou the coming week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-08

Here is photograph, actual size, {
what is probably the smallest printed an
bound book in the world. It measure
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-19
NEWS FROM SUBURBAN TOWNS
WATERTOWN J0TTINGS
Funeral of Mary Gilchrist Took Place
 This Afternoon.

Funeral of Mary Gilchrist Took Place
 This Afternoon.
 Rev Father Loftus delivered an in- teresting lecture to large audience at New Haven last evening.
 The regular meeting of Columbia lodge, No 12, K. of F., will take place this. evening. Nr.0..
 Arthur Maine has taken a position with R. N. Blakeslee in Waterbury.
 Norton & Buwell, the painters, are doing some decorating at the Episcopal church.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Gilchrist took place from her late residence this afternoon at ? o'clock. The floral tri- butes were numerous and very beauti- full.
 There will be regular meeting of the grange society this evening.
 A large number from here intend to take in the grand K. of c. ball at Thomaston on the Monday evening fol- lowing Easter Sunday.
 Several machines have arrived for c. E. Brewster, who will open steam laundry here in the near future.
 Andrew Barton had one of his horses clipped yesterday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-19

water and stubbornly held it there until he had drowned.
 Old Jack was undoubtedly insane. For a dozen years he had lived with his wife, "Queenie Choctaw," and sev- eral filters of cubs were born to them. Two years ago the last litter of cubs-four in number-was born. Jack suddenly changed his nature, and when the four little ones were two days old he ate them.
 About a year ago, in what was re- garded as g fit of anger, Jack att tackled Queenie in the night and beat and Iacerated her until she was help less. The keeper arrived just in time to see Jack push Queenie into the wa ter tank and hold her head under the water until he hSd drowned her.
 Jack had been sullen, snarly and generally unpleasant ever since,