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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

During the bitter and acrimonious state
campaign just closed The MINNEAPOLIS
Journal appeared to be self-appointed
guardian Of Senator Moses E. Clapp's
political welfare. 1t was sure that BOZ
Dunn and Joel P. Heatwole were con.
nlv1ng to bring about the defeat of ou1
nonored junior senator.-Blue Earth Post
Well so they were. In making that
statement h Journal was not actu.
ated by solicitude for the Junior senator
1t was simply putting the people If
touch with the real political situation ann
d1scharging its function of telling the
news. The facts stated were at frs,
denied, but finally admitted by one Of
the parties in interest
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

W. w. Denslow, high counsellor to
Kriss Kringle and illustrator extraor.
binary to the court of the Kingdom Of
Juvenility, is out with a more am
bilious book than he has handled since
he created the Tin Woodman, the Scare
CROW and all the odd characters in
sense an imitation, the text of Tho
Pearl and the Pumpkin is one Of the
really up-to-date fairy stories which
has steady, prosaic olo Vermont for it's
first scenario, instead of some POLITICALLY
named kingdom whose identity is OBJ
scured by the romantic 7'once upon a
time.'
Paul West, the narrator, spins yarn
of the most plausibly told impossibili
ties. Joe Miller, tho small boy, had
learned the secret Of making pun pkins
grow anywhere and to enormous size
He develops his skill upon the Vermont
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Boston social circles are astir. It is ru-
mored that Governor-elect Douglas is
about to take up his residence in the
classic precincts Of Back Bay. Now Mr..
Douglas is all very we'll in his way, but
don't you know, he is in trade It would
be hard for the blue-blooded denizens of
Back Bay to take him up, and they would
hate most awfully to snub a governor. In
the interests Of the social entente cor
dale, 1t is to be hoped that the manufac-
turer Of shoes will not force his society
on people whose money was all made by
their grandparents. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

Mrs. MaybrIck's Book; a Record OF
Fifteen Lost Years and a Proof of Inno-
cence.-So much has been said Of the
case of Florence Elizabeth Maybrick thai
1t is becoming IAN old story to those
who read only for news and sensations.
But her book, Mrs. MaybrIck's Own Story,
Is something more than a recital of mis-
directed Justice and consequent suffer-
1ngs. 1t seems to us convincing as to
Mrs Maybrick's innocence It carries con-
V1ct1on In that direction, not because of
what Mrs. Maybrick says so much as be-
cause OF how she says what she has to
say, and again 1t convinces because of
the legal and medical analysis Of the
case, which makes up nearly half of the
book.
1t IS, of course, impossible to convey
IN brief notice any clear notion Of that
IN the way Mrs. Maybrick tells her story
Whlch carries persuasion of innocence.
one can do little more than say simply:
She does not speak like one trying to hide
awning, but like one who Is what she
CLAIMS 10 be-a woman who has suffered
a monstrous wrong which nothing in this
Ire can wipe out and little can palliate.
But IL any single statement of the au-
thor's can convey to the reader the spirit
IN winch Mrs. Maybrick confronted her
years II imprisonment and the air, born
C0s r {er
this: 80
was put to work in the kitchen. Ny duties
we're as follows: To wash ten cans each holding
-FOUR quarts; to scrub one table, twenty feet in
length; two dressers twelve feet in length: to
WASH Guy dinner tins. to clean knives to wash
sack OF potatoes, to assist in serving the din
nef' ana 70 scrub piece Of door 20 BY 10 feet
During the four years I worked in the kitchen
l saw many people. The Duke Of Connaurht
Sir Evelyn Wood and his staff, Lord Aversion,
pr reward du Cane. the late Lord Rothschild
magistrates, authors philanthropists and Others
preferred the kitchen work, altho often he.
yona my strength, to any other that fell I'd a
outside world 1T occasionally afforded But never
permitted myself to dwell upon. the fact that at
one tlme mad been the social equal Of at least
!ne majority OF those with whom I thus came
IN passing contact, since to do would have
made my position by contrast so unbearable that
1t would have united me to do work in a spirit
OF submission, not to speak of the mental suffer-
ing which awakened memories would have occa.
stoned. ..% 49, =. =. - -
II soon found that both my spiritual and NV
mental salvation under the repressive rules in
Iorce depended upon unresisting acquiescence-the
Keeping OF my sensibilities dulled as nearly as
which the penal code, whether Intentionally or
Otherwise inevitably brings about.
-
While thus suppressed all emotions belonging
ever came accidentally in contact with visitors
from the outside world, that my inner nature was
attuned, like the strings Of a harp, to the least
vibrations Of others emotions.
There surely Is the courageous spirit,
which. while recognizing it's unjustly In
f1cted burden, finds a way to carry it and
resolutely sets about the task; concerned
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

farm Of his uncle, Farmer Pringle,
whose little daughter Pearl is the hero
inc of the story. Joe IS fame penetrates
the suboceanic realm, where Davy Jones
is, running a sailors clearinghouse
whose boarders are clamoring loud
ly for pumpkin pie. Inasmuch as such
fierce characters as Captain Kidd,
Blackboard, Long John Silver and other
lesser pirates lead the demand, Davy
sends the Ancient Mariner up to the
Pringle farm to learn Joe IS secret The
" Ancient appears from a tub of
water in which Joe and his Halloween
playmates are bobbing for apples, and,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

have solved the problem Of getting ad-
vertising without violation Of profess
sional ethics. for his little damage suit
has brought him ten times as much noto-
riety as the original newspaper mention.
II such publicity is damage, then the
doctor has good ground for action against
himself 5r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Saturday Evening,
railways, mining, and other insular

railways, mining, and other insular
fields.
Against such progressive movement
the democratic party rebels. The op-
position is based upon the plea that, if
American capital makes permanent in
vestment in the islands, there will be
trouble in abandoning them when the
democracy gets into power, because Of
vested interests, which naturally, ought
to receive the protection of the govern
ment. The position of the democrat1c
leaders is puerile. They are endeavor-
ing to arrest all insular DEVELOPMENT
and prosperity and put blight upon
the civilizing work. our government has
successfully taken in hand. ..-."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

enough of the draughtsm to make
every picture illuminative as we'll as IL
lustratlve, Denslow is certainly the iu-
Venlle illustrator par excellence. His
characters in the book are fairly phono-
graphic. At every turn of the road
thru the book there is fresh conceit
from the illustrator s nimble pencil and
the whole work. is loaded to the guards
with juvenile interest, which will at
Tho the Pearl and the Pumpkin is
just out, Klaw & Erlanger already have
the contract for producing the drama
tiZed version, and Mr. West is now at
work on the "book'' for the extrava-
ganza. John W. Bratton is writing the
music.
G. W. Dillingham; Co.. New York 81. 25.
In the ScarecroW and the Tin Man
Mr.. Denslow reintroduces the characters
he helped make famous four years ago.
These well-known gentlemen escape
from theater where they are playing,
and have series of thrilling adventures
which give abundant material for Dem
slow s characteristic illustrations. The
"Other Stories'' in this book include
uThe Barnyard Circus = Mother
Goose A B G series and extended ver-
sions of Simple Simon, the Animal Fair
and the Three Little Kittens. The text
in all cases is of the simpler sort, while
the work is Respondent in highly col
ored, but thoroly artistic pictures, which
will particularly delight the Younger
members of the literary tribunal. All
six stories are included in the one vol
ume. which is substantially bound in
cloth.
CIV. Dillingham; Co., New York. s1.25.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

The New Orleans Picayune told recent
ly Of a remarkable cure accomplished by
a local physician, and incidentally men
toned the name of the successful prac-
titioner The doctor has sued the Plea
yune for damages, declaring that the pub
licity given his name was contrary to
medical ethics, that 1t has hurt his stand
ing in the profession, and has injured
his business. The canny doctor seems to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
Subsistence of Socialism.

Socialists in New England lost ground
in the municipal elections last Tuesday.
Haverhill, which elected socialist
mayor two years ago, and last year de-
feated him by small plurality, this
year trebled the plurality Of the repub-
hcan candidate. The margin against
the socialist in Brockton, another
stronghold, was also increased.
This falling off in the older centers of
socialism, coming when the movement is
rising to Importance in the west, gives
ground for some speculation. The
weakness of the socialist propaganda,
as it is now preached, is it's narrow
appeal to class prejudice. This line of
argument will win share of the wage
earning voters, but in the past it has
always worn itself out in time. There
is latent resentment against this sort
Of appeal, which finally becomes mani,
fest. Glass prejudice is subverter of
society, and the sober sense of the
ma ority steers clear of infammatory
talk and it's consequences.
There are some attractive features in
the socialistic theory. From an AGA.
demic point of view it is favorably re-
garded by many thinking men, who are
yet unwilling to join the political party
travelling under that name. This is
because too many socialist leaders spend
their time infaming their hearers
against men Of wealth, instead of edu
eating them in the principles of com
mon ownership. The socialist principle
if it ever triumphs, must win by evolu
ton, and not by revolution.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

later in the evening, thru the mistaken
efforts Of the Corn Dodger sprite, the
boy is transformed into a genuine
pumpkin head, with pumpkin body to
boot. Then the Ancient - carries
Pearl and the hapless Joe down thru
q magic spring to Davy Jones locker,
where they have all sorts of thrilling
adventures with the famous characters.
who, after careers at sea, have joined
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

A Cassie Chadwick story says that
when Banker Fri Reynolds saw that the
1ady's bunch of securities he had been
holding contained a 100000 note signed
by Carnegie, he tainted. Every banker
doing business with Cassie ought to have
a bottle of smelling salts handy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Since the University Of Chicago has de-
cided to lay aside the doxology for
something fresher and snapper. the De-
troit Tribune suggests that George AIDE
be commissioned to write it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

can see where the
Pearl and the
Pumpkin gives him
splendid opportuni-
ties. With enough
of the caricaturist
to know just how
far to exaggerate,
enough of the art
list to know how to
handle the bold col
OrS he affects and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

The Japanese having} accomplished
their principal object in the assault on
Port Arthur viz, the destruction of the
Russian fleet, can now afford to sit tight
and let the Russians do the assaulttng or
starve to Death. Port Arthur is now no
place for the Baltic fleet to aim for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
The Great Wave of immigration.

Altho the volume of immigration
into the United States in the last fis-
cal year decreased $4,000 as compared
with the number of the preceding year,
1t was still enormous, being S12s870.
10 give an adequate impression of this
number some comparisons need u be
made. It is about equal to the total
population of North and South Da-
kota or to that of the whole Of Canada
from the Great Lakes to the Pacific.
1t st. Louis were to be depopulated
this wave Of humanity could fill it up
again and leave about 100000 people
for the suburbs.
But we have long since passed the
point in the United States when the
size Of the annual human influx is a
matter Of rejoicing. We are now far
more concerned about the quality.
With the increase in recent years of
the number of persons coming from
eastern and southern Europe, there has
been a tendency to conclude that the
human stock we are receiving is much
inferior to that we were getting thirty
years ago, when the northern coun-
tries Of Europe were almost the only
source. Opinion on this point is not
unanimous, some observers holding that
after all the bulk of the people we are
getting from southern Europe are very
good human stock, certain to improve
and flourish wonderfully in the free
life of America.
At any rate, the quality Of the emil
grants coming from northern Europe
has never been questioned. Hence,
whatever be the opinion regarding
those who come from the south, there
can be no dissatisfaction with figures
that show a great decline in the past
year in the number Of immigrants from
the doubtful countries and a large in
crease in those from the countries of
northern Europe. One of the most
notable gains is that Of the immigra-
ton coming from the British islands,
the increase being over $4,000. This is
remarkable in view Of the extraordi-
nary efforts being put forth to divert
this population movement to Canana
and other colonies. AS the British emf
grants who come to the United States
receive no governmental assistance or
encouragement Of any kind, it is likely
that In respect to energy, initiative,
resourcefulness and independence they
are the cream of the annual efflux from
the old country.
It is notable that the northwestern
states, tho without any immigration
bureaus, received $4,000 of the total
immigration, and their share is Of
most excellent quality. The excellence
of these newcomers consists not only in
their physique and character, but also
in their destination and choice of &C.
equations. The bulk Of them go to the
small towns and the country and be-
come farmers or farm laborers.,
Pennypacker, the libel law governor
Of Pennsylvania, is one Of the dangerous
sort Of optimists. He refuses to give con-
sideration to complaints of glaring cleo
ton frauds in Philadelphia, insisting that
they are hearsay and much magnifed.
Now If Pennsylvania had a Folk-but
what's the use of Wishing?
The New Orleans Picayune told recent
ly Of remarkable cure accomplished by
a local physician, and incidentally men
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

c. M Loring has offered 500 for a new
plum. 1t should be explained that he does
not refer to the sort Of plum that John A.
Johnson is passing around
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

That growing treasury deficit seems
likely to exert the proper tightening
effect on the congressional purse strings.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
wo-story Brick Building Transported
by Water.-The December number Of
The Four-Traok News tells the fo1lo1vinu.
STATE POLITICAL COMMENT

Luverne Herald (rep.)-The necessity
that confronts the party is we'll defined.
That necessity ia simply the nomination
OF candidates for state officers whose fit
ness and character are above question.
Such a ticket with such a man as SEN
ator Samuel Lord as the nominee for
governor, would be invincib1e. And such
a ticket would be nominated by any re-
publican convention that fairly repre-
sented the dominant sentiment of the
party. It is the duty of republicans to see
to it that such convention is held in
1906 . -.-''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
IS THIS A "FUNcrIoN?"

Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
The members Of the dirty-face crowd
will give dance tonight at the Wigwan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Wonder If Mr.. Lawson will find anv-
thing In his Christmas stocking from
his old friend, H. H. Rogers"?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

The Russian never rises to his full
stature as fighter until he gets his back
to the wall.
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The Hobart Co., New York.

Riley Poem with christy Illustrations
One OF the holiday books that will attract
attention Is Out to Old Aunt Mary's
ny James Whitcomb Riley, illustrated by
Howard Chandler Christy and DECORATED
by Margaret Armstrong. Those who have
felt the humor and the pathos of the
poem as heretofore printed only in part
will be sure to be interested in It with
it's fourteen additional stanzas now pub
l1shed for the first time. It Is 9. poem
that goes straight to the heart if one has
anything Of the spirit Of youth still in
him, and in its new and ornate holiday
dress it will make prompt appeal to low
ers Of Riley, lovers of sweet songs and
lovers of Christy at his best.
The Bobbs-Merrill Co., indianapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
THE MAGAZINES

"Eet Us Do Without Business."-Bliss
Carnan closes "a Christmas Reyerie'' In
The Literary Worlds Christmas numbe,
as follows:
The more welcome, then, is this greatest of all
festivals, when we commemorate the birth Of the
Master whose life still stands as the most anoi
nent repropf to our timidity and self-seekino
once year, at least, we are put in mind Of The
better way, the way of the glad heart. the omen
hand, the unsuspicious mind. You saw that M
business could be successfully conducted on
christian principles, under modern conditions
Then let us do without business.
TWO Story Brick Building Transported
by Water.-The December number of
the Four-Traok News tells the following
Poor Aladdin and his wonderful 1amn are
again outdone by the skill, perseverance, and IN
genu1ty. or twentieth century mortal This
time 1t Is the placing of large two-storv hrick
building, Weighing 200 tons, upon barges and
moving 1t to another location many miles away
Ih1s wonderful feat has recently been ner-
FORMED In P1ttsburg. The building was in Sharps.
parg, Pa, a suburb of Pittsburg about half n
mile Dack from the river. In order to move II
10 It's present position four miles down the
river, 1t had to be raised and conveyed across a
soIr' marshy piece of ground to the river where
1T. was placed upon two large coal barges yhfcb
were swiftly vet cautiously towed down tho
river. -Four bridges had to be passed under each
one requiring the barges to be scuttled and low.
cred, and then the wa ter pumped out. lock
had also to be passed thru and even at the end
OF the water trip, four tracks of railroad had +o
be crossed within thirty minutes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

Ada Index (rep)-The Wadena Tri-
bune, Perham Bulletin and Detroit Rec
ord believe Elmer Adams Of Fergus Falls
to be the man the northern part of the
state should unite on for governor two
years from now. We second the SUCCESS
ton
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

| Fergus Falls Journal (rep. )-Consider-
ing the very limited material which a.
democratic governor has to pick from,
Governor Johnson is making some very
excellent appointments. He is certainly
| entitled to the credit of doing the best
he can.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10

This latest portrait Of Mrs. Alice Hogan
Rice was made only few weeks ago in
Louisville. KY, her home. The first
chapters Of Mrs. Rice's new story, Sandy,
appear in the December Century. The
publishers of the writer's earlier sue
cesses, Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch and "Lovey Mary" report that
the combined sales of these two books
are now close to the six hundred thous-
and mark.
An Army Tale.-''Mr. VIM. Pitt Berkely-
Langham. -th Regiment of Infantry, u.
>. Army engraved on a visiting card
saVored too much of the effete east to
please the small western garrison town
where Mr.. Langham joined his regiment
Common sense would never have allowed
such display at such an unfavorable
place, but his mother who lived under
the shadows of the foreign embassies at
Washington plunged him into polyno-
malls. as the reader will learn by a Pc
rusal of Comrades In Arms.
With such an unfavorable start in army
lie Langham's career was naturally q
checkered one. The author, General
Charles King, tells US:
He Langham) from command long
stationed in the east to one that had never seen
anything but the west-much of the time wild
west indeed. He played fair hand at whist
and no hand at poker. He seemed to like Bor-
deaux, but could not bear bourbon. 1t was never
on tap at his quarters. He cared little for bill
lizards and less for pool He joined the officers
mess the day after his coming, and was absent
from dinner almost every evening of the fort
night that followed.
Such Is the Foundation for an unusual
army story. The author, however, does
not stop to work out the possibilities of
the situation. Adventures and counter
adventures of a sinister aspect enter the
Held of the story and mystery succeeds
mystery. The skies are cleared at last
and in the bright light the villain finds
| confusion and the victims justice.
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CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune Building.
W. Y. PERRY, Manager
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Pennypacker, the libel law governor
Of Pennsylvania, is one Of the dangerous
sort Of optimists. He refuses to give con-
sideration to complaints Of glaring cleo
ton frauds in Philadelphia, insisting that
they are hearsay and much magnif1ed.
what's the use Of wishing?
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What the Chicago News calls 1.-THE
Btern necessities of Christmas are upon
Ns
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NEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune Building.
D. A. CARROLL Manager
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All papers are continued until an explicit order
is received for dscontinuance, and until all ar
rearages paid.
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GoNDoN-Journal on file at American Express
office, 8 Waterloo Place, and U. B. Express
office 80 Strand.
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iPARIsIJournaI on file at Eagle Bureau. So Rue
Cannon.
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1900 ACRES TIMBER LANDS
near Oliver, Ga; estimated to cut 5000
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