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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
Hoping for Better Things.

The following from the Pioneer Press
Of this date may not be very pleasant
aud agreeable reading for the people
Of Minneapolis, but it is just the sort
Of thing we have right to expect IN
der the circumstances, altho so grossly
overstated: ,,, -..~
The epidemic Of burglaries. street-rop-
berries and minor crimes which aftlicts
4 MINNEAPOLIS Is just what might be eA-
pected In a city where the popular sentl-
ment fayors the lawbreaker to the extern
indicated by the inability Of a population
Of 100000 to furnish jury in any one OF
four trials which would convict Or
Ames. When he was elected mayor.
Vice, the parent Of crime, was put on
pedestal, and her progeny have since oeen
vested. in the popular mind, With the at
tributes Of heroes. Just as Boston mas
recently elected to office man Aylng ~
prison under a federal sentence Tor 1raud'
10 would Minneapolis, evidently, bestoW
a considerable vote on any one or It's
shold-up'' men who should seek noml-
nation. The cultivation Of a habit OF dis
obedience to law Is nowhere more IN evil
dence, perhaps, than in the total faliure
of the present authorities to enforce Fhe
closing Of saloons at the legal hour. In
these law breaking saloons are bred, PROB
ab1y the major part Of the crimes the
recitals Of which burden the columns or
HE local press The lawless saloon is
as was forcibly said in an article from the
. Detroit Tribune, reproduced on thls pase
yesterday-'the pasture Of the mug.
POSSIBLY the advent of Mayor, Jones-lf he
isn't counted out-may afford the respect
able people Of Minneapolis a leadership
Under which they can rally for g general
enforcement of the laws II So, peyono
doubt the saloons which defy the state
regulations will be among >the first lnstl-
buttons attacked.
A. great deal is hoped for from the
administration Of Mayor Jones. The
situation certainly would be discourage
ing enough if we were not permitted to
look forward to the Inauguration OF a
municipal policy materially different
from that which we have enjoyed dur
ing most Of the past four years. Some
radical lines of discrimination are to be
drawn between the present admlnlstra'
ton and the Ames administration, out
unfortunately not as many as were ex:
pected or as there should have been
if Mayor Jones shall succeed in Great.
ing in this community that respect on
the part of the naturally lawless fol
the law, which a reasonable and dill
gent exercise of executive authority
can produce, Minneapolis will not be
spoken of by our neighbors, or by those
farther away, with such evident lack
of respect and consideration as are
manifest daily at the present time, II
the press, on the lips of visitors, and il
other ways. Mr.. Jones has great re
sponsibility, likewise a magnificent op
portunity, not simply to fail at the i'm
possible, but to succeed at the practi
cable and desirable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

and university faculties. IL the teach
ing standard has not likewise been
lowered. it is because of the loyalty felt
by educators for their profession. There
are many instances, however, where
strong men in college work have been
tempted to other fields by better
chances for making money.
All this calls attention once more
to the unending multiplication Of col
leges. New UNCONVENTIONAL schools are
springing up in every corner of the
country, destined to beg for their sub
sistence from the churches in their ter
ritory. Misguided benefactors are
founding new colleges on. small endow-
ments, instead of helping existing in
stitutions to their feet. There are
enough colleges already--too many to
be candid. Many Of them have not
elbow room, while the economic waste
of these poorly, endowed, poorly at
tended schools, giving the same courses
and paying their teaching staff on an
average less than the yearly income of
a city mechanic, is sad object lesson
in misdirected energy. It is poor les
son for the classes in economics.
The small college has its field. Many
such institutions are doing excellent
work and turning out splendidly trained
young men and women. All of them,
however, need more funds, and need to
do better work rather than more of it.
The need of higher education in this
day is better equipped universities for
special and professional courses, and
better endowed colleges for strictly
academic work. One of the greatest
evils is the tendency of small schools
to stretch their capacity and fritter
away their incomes by trying to pose
as universities. The country would be
better off with fewer would-be univer.
stiles and stronger colleges. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
AT THE THEATERS
Metropolitan--"Y ork State Folks"

york State Folks" have again come to
the Metropolitan with their oddities and
quaintness and their chickens. For two
hours and a halfthe enthusiastic audience
was carried away from the dusty and
dirty city into quiet lanes and pastoral
scenes. -..
The drama proves again that the virtue
Of the simple life is as absorbing a
theme as melodran1atic realism. There
is enough Of the country local color to
give background and the rest of the
play is an appreciative enjoyment Of the
humor. 49, s+2 81 .
The old favorites, Ray l.. Royce, Myron
Cooper and James Lackaye, have not lost
their power to charm In fact, familiar
ity with their parts has given them In.
creased grace. >
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
FAIRVIEW FLATS AFIRE
Apartments of F. L. Washburn Ar
Scorched-Damag About 5000.

A blaze in the apartments of r: NJ.
Washburn in the Fairview fiat building,
1857 First avenue S, at $3.50 pm.
yesterday did a damage of about $500.
The fire started from unknown causes
in the kitchen, and was well under way
when discovered. The fire department
fought the blaze with hand chemicals,
and kept it confined to the Washburn
apartments, except in one place where
a hole was burned thru the ceiling into
the vacant apartments above. The
building is owned by W. P. Mealey. 1t
is thought boy Hplaying Christmas
tree' caused the blaze.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
cAssIE.HA-HA.

In the golden autumn came a
Stranger sauaw from Ger the meadows
Via freight car and the trolley.
Met the Man-with-lots-of- wampum.
Tightwad Of the Muck -amuck- mucks,
Who had scads in gobs TO freeze you.
In his wigwam there She tarried
Long enough to touch him gently
For a bundle of his wampum.
Long enough to make him loosen
Since she told him she had bodies
OF the stuff that carries on the
Converse tion-yery long talk.
Oh, you bet that he was easy
Easy as the redman trading
With a paleface from the blockhouse,
For a jug of high proof spirits.
Detroit Tribune
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
BILL FOR GOOD ROADS
State Commission and Home Rule Ideas
to Be Harmonized.

A good roads bill to be presented to
the next legislature with the approval
of the Minnesota Good Roads associa-
tion will be prepared by committee
consisting Of Senator O.. A. Eberhardt
of Mankato; Representative Ole Peter
son, Nicollet county; and Ole I. Opdahl,
Freeborn county; W. G. Frazer, Roches-
ter, and J. T. Elwell, Minneapolis. The
aim Of this committee is to
prepare bill which will har-
monte the association s plan for
highway commission with the
home rule idea which prevails in the
country districts and which will demand
an apportionment of the road and
bridge fund among the counties and
smaller subdivisions.
An active campaign in favor of the
passage. of a good roads bill will be
carried on by the association. A press
committee consisting of Webster Vince
lock Of st. Paul; g. A. Will, Minneapo,
lis, and G. II. Farnsworth, Austin, was
named at yesterdays conference to look
after this matter.
A convention Of the county and local
good roads associations will be held in
Minneapolis on Jan. 20, when arrange
ments will be made for presenting the
whole matter to the legislature.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Since the cold weather and snow struck
New York, subway travel has become
very popular. When the schedules of the
trolley and elevated lines were democrat
lied on account of snow, the subway
trains ran like clockwork. The cars OF
the underground are comfortably warm
even in the coolest weather. More men
travel on the subway and more women on
the elevated, probably because there is
something to see from the latter, and
there is a report that New York women
still show some curiosity as to what il
going on.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
EXPLAINED

John Jones on his stenographer
With best of reason dotes;
She's the only living person who
Will take. from him his notes.
The others demand cash.
And for another reason, too.
He swears that she is great,
She's the only woman in the world
To whom he dare dictate!
He's married
Golfers Weekly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
VETERAN FIREMEN ELECT
Matt Walsh Chosen President Of the
Old Red Shirt Brigade.

License Inspector Matt Walsh was
elected president of the Veteran Volun-
teer Firemen's association at a meeting
held in the courthouse last evening.
Other members elected We're: First vice
president, J; B. Glifillan; second vice
f. NJ. Snyder; treasurer, J. C. Scallen
trustees, J. L. Kmchli, o. M. Batchelder,
Emil Ferrant, John Feuer. and G. T. Bax
ter. A committee was appointed t.
arrange for the associations annual
banone+
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

The ST.. Cloud Times declines to see
where Buchanan wins in the state suit.
The state started suit for $4,000 or some
such sum, and the first day in court
showed that they had no ground for claim
ing more than $12,oo0.-Little Falls Tran
script.
Yes, indeed. If the other laws Of the
state had been as carefully observed as
the statute of limitations was in the
Buchanan case, it would be money in the
state school fund today. .s.. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

MRS. DoNAHoUR's FORTUNE FOUND.
Coroner A. w. Miller Of Ramsey county
stated yesterday that he had found all
the jewelry and personal property belong
ing to Miss Tillie Donahonr. who was
found dead in her rooms at $50 E Eighth
street last week. A. r. Lundgren, alias
Green, who was rooming at the house was
arrested and held until search was
made, as the money and jewelry could not
be found. Lundgren confessed to using
$27 Of the money and the other valuables
were found tn the dead woman's trunk
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR
Story Of the Love Of a Japanese Nader
for an American Missionary, Told by Z;

Q n o t o Watanna,
displayed in her
dainty story, The
Love Of Azalea,
with a; good deal OF
pleasure. S u c b
nicely is none too
common, tho one
would expect it in
the work of a jap
anese writer, for the
Japanese, are given
to skill in the hand
ling Of delicate
work.
Azalea has a step
m nf ho1, u,11o n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

There is one thing which Hennepln
county is entitled to at the feet of the
republican party of Minnesota-a swift
kick. There are signs that it will get
what is coming to it early in January
Bemidji Pioneer. 49,, .-s> -
That is exactly the sort Of. treatment
that was responsible for the s,282 plu-
rality in Hennepin. The kick admins.
tered to the Hennepin delegates July ]
produced the direct and natural result
Nov. &
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

The Tribune seems to have it in for the
superior serson,' whoever he may be.
It's q cold day when the unsubstantial
shade Of the S. p. is not corjured up for
q little fatherly advice by one whose con-
seriousness Of his own superiority shines
out like an arc lamp in dark night. IL.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Defective Flue Is taking back seat
for Defective Wiring. If the electricians
who put in the job had to stand half the
loss there would be fewer fires from this
cause. Why not fix it that way?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

One trouble with the managers of the
public service corporations has sometimes
been that they regarded public service
franchise as q private snap. It isn't.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
THE EMBATTLED LAWSON

Boston Globe.
It was Mr.. Lawson who fired the adj
vertisement that is being heard around
the world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

The state senators had only as"sociaI"
meeting yesterday afternoon. However.
when the caucus Is held for organization
Jan. e. it will be found that the whole
proceeding is cut and dried. These little
social gatherings are great things for
harmony. .."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Real estate has it's periods Of depres-
sion, but it cannot be dropped down a
third in value over night by some ex-
citable man in Boston waving both arms
and "hollering."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

A Union City, Ind, thief dropped a
pocketbook containing $50 while engaged
in stealing chickens. Somehow this re-
calls some recent Wall street affairs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
BEHOLD

Tell me not in ragtime rhyming
Life Is but an empty show,
For behold how Cassie Chadwick
Got togther all that dough.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL

s Detroit Free Press.
4. The new subway having furnished {
collision, New York is now prepared tt
declare it a success
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
WHY HER FRIENDS ARE THANKFUL
> Sl--.-'- ---f I l..
Cedar Valley Flow

Cedar Valley (Iowa) Times. 4
Miss leila Rock is gaining strength
slowly, for which her friends feel very
thankful.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Now comes the holiday vacation, when
the senator comes home to look after his
fences, and the congressman to figure up
his stumpage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Dr. Dowie stated that Santa Claus was
"a shameful lie, sapping the veracity Of
the infant minds of the nation If your
child's mind is being "sapped," search
Santa 80.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
DIVA WEATHER FORECAST

Bloomfield Qowa) Farmer
Charley Curl was around yesterday try
Ing to trade linen coat for a load Of
wood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Miss Daisy Letter announces her en-
gagement to the Earl of Suffolk. An earl
is pretty good, but Dais always was high
Hier +. Z. Of.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
WHAT CONSCIENCE is

Kansas City World. .....
A good many people regard conscience
as that thing which worries them SO ire
mendously when they get found out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
A DECIDED SUCCESS

Chicago Inter Ocean. =
The fact that the st. Louis Exposition
company Is able to pay it's debts els not
among the least remarkable things con-
nected with the worlds fair. - =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

aSi GREEN'S been telling folks that you've
owed him 500 for thirty years. =
ssYou tell 81 Green that liars should have
better memories. / borrowed that $25 in 1877.
How can ypp make thirty years out of that?''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
THE DOCTORS DUE

Galveston News.
Give the doctor his due. It might have
been an undertaken who invented the
quick lunch.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

1t is difficult to say which is the more
interesting-the Hungarian parliament or
a good dogf1ght. ..-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
sLANDER!

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
"A girl seldom talks In her sleep because
she has told everything she knows before
she goes to bed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
SECRETS SHARED WITH "A PIPE

- New York Press.
If mans pipe could tell all the medi-
tations Is has shared with him they would
make his wife's hair stand on end
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

The Times this morning plays up an old
friend. "rhe Fire Fiend." Have you ever
heard Of him7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
AND DIDN'T COVER IT AL, EITHER

~ - y.33151t, w aSIllllgIOn F'OSI.
This is pretty big country. The presi.
dent has travelled 1000 miles without go
ing thru democratic state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
WHO SAID GASP
CLEVELAND ,pl.in sDaa1er.
PAVING THE SANE OLD WAGE

CieVefand Plain Dealer.
No doubt the title of Meter hill fully
explains those fierce charges.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
Foyer Chat.

Eva Tanguay and her company will re-
turn to the Metropolitan Sunday night
and present the musical comedy, "The
Sambo Girl" for the entire week for the
benefit of the firemens relief fund. Man
ager Scott has prevailed upon the Tan
quay management to make the prices pop
ular for this engagement. -
Nine. Avery strakosch, former star OF
Strakoschy grand opera company, and
now appearing with great SUCCESS at the
Orpheum theater, is a fine equestrienne,
and when not nIthe stage is generally in
the saddle galloping- about the country.
She is an expert in judging horses, and
horseback riding Usher only recreation. '~>
/. AZ Social HighWayman'' Is giving fine
entertainment to Lyceum audiences this
week. The characters Of Courtice Jaf-
freys, the New York society man, and OF
Handy his valet are original and inter-
! esting. Both are thieves, and each is
aware of the others dishonesty. Their
compact Of silence, Hanby's devotion tc
his master, and Jaffreys' love for the
beautiful New England girl. Eleanor
Durham, are the themes. Next week
Dick Ferris will appear in a revival Of
/ "Graustark.' %:tt
The continuous vaudeville bill at the
o1iApS lllSdlef Will CLOSE LnlS evening
| with the now famous amateur hour ,
| which never fails to delight patrons Crit
tcal they are, too and woe to the anna
teur who shows symptoms Of stage fright
for the audience urges on the symptoms
until not infrequently the victim has K
be led from the stage. But not always
Often neophyte "makes good" and ther
| in delight the auditors cheer the perform.
err to the echo. Next week, Frauleln Marie
Lorens, celebrated prima DONNA will be q
leading attraction. "
Howard Halls melodramatic success
'The Waits Paradise" is meeting will
much success at the Bijou this week Two
large lions are carried and play an i'm
portant part in the last act.
| At the Bijou next week will be pre-.
J sented Blaney's absorbing play, "Tht
! Curse of Drink" with it's intensely ex.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Howard Halls melodramatic success,
1.-THE Waits Paradise is meeting with
much success at the Bijou this week. Two
large lions are carried and play an i'm
portant part in the last act.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

The wages of sin seem to have suffer
no reduction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

At the Bijou next week will be pre-
sented Blaney's absorbing play, "The
Curse of Drink with it's intensely ex-
citing railroad scene. D
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

iloNDoN-Journal on file at American Express
office, Waterloo PLACE, and y. p HApAs''
Office, 90 Strand.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

All papers are continued until an explicit oroer
ID received for discontinuance, and un'l az ar
eearages are paid. .sF .r{a 4E@ H#ga 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
NEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune Building:
d. A. CARROLL Manager

CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune Building,
-rN ". Y PERRY, Manager.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-20
FLOURISHINC ORCHARD
AT ALAM0G0RD0
Peaches and Grapes on the Dunn
Ranch Are Doing Well-Careful
Cultivation the Cause.

A good showing in the way of fruit
is being made this year upon the ranch
of j. C. Dunn, northwest of Alamogor-
do Mr. Dunn has a large number OF
two-year-old peach trees which are
very heavily laden with fruit, and
he will also have good supply OF sew
eral varieties of grapes. Although a
very small amount of water has been
used in irrigation on Mr.. Dunn's ranch
owing to the scarcity of water, the
trees are in a very flourishing condi-
ton. One reason why less water is re-
uuired by the trees, is their perfect
state of cultivation. Regularly every
two or three weeks a disc harrow Is
run over the ground, in consequence
of which there is always a fine dust
mulch which conserves the moisture
Mr.. Dunn has a good well of water at
the depth of 1870 feet, and has ordered
a wind mill which he will erect to FUR
nish water for his fruit trees. He vii
have a 12 foot wheel and thinks that II
will furnish all he needs.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-20
A uEaT CRP7uRE.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector A.
J. Loomis Locates Peddler OF
Mesca in AIamosordo.

Reyes Grada of Alamogordo, who has
been suspected for some time OF ped
ding mescal, was captured recently by
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector A.
J. Looms of Santa Fe. Knowing that
a quantity of mescal was being sold
to railroad hands and other wOrllmen
at Aamogordo. Mr.. Loomis adopted a
plan for locating the violator OF the
law. He went to work on the railroad
as a common section hand and culti-
waited Grada's acquaintance. and in a
few days had learned enough to war
rant the arrest of the man. His house
was then searched and large chest
full of mescal, or 81 bottles was dis
covered. Grada was taken before Com
missioner Shepherd where he pleaded
guilty to the offense and was bound
over to the federal grand jury which
convenes in September. He confessed
to having a confederate, but the latter
made good his escape. Chinese In
spector Mansfield assisted in the cap
tUrp
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-20
MADE MANY ENEMIES.
Was Recently Murdered, Was Vio-
lent in Temper.

The reason for the murder of G. w.
McComber. the old ranchman, who
was recently killed by desperadoes in
the Mazano Mountains, was given by
an American ranchman who recently
visited Albuquerque as his violent
temper and the fact that he suspected
all the men whom he met of being
horse thieves. Whenever he saw any
one looking at his cattle he would go
out and without prOvocation, call them
horse thieves and accuse them OF de-
signing to steal his cattle. He had no
fear of anyone, and quarrelled with all
his neghbors Unfortunately. He
was warned on several occasions that
several desperate characters resented
| his accusations and meant to take
their revenge, but he paid no attention
McComber was attacked from behind
and beaten over the head with heavy
pinon stick until he was dead. His
murderer has not yet been apprehend