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Cruelty to. Live Stock.

number Of sheep, caught at Little
Falls in open cars, We're: frozen to
death in the bitter cold of last satur-
day.
Whether. warned by. this occurrence
or merely as the natural result 5of the
extreme cold weather, of! the last few
days, the railways have announced
that no shipments Of live stock will
be aeeeptsI nntil the weather mod
But#eo1dL waves Of great severity
may be sexpe cteds at any time during
a northern winter. The fact that the
weather is mild when stock train
starts does not insure that it will be
mild all the time the train is en- route,
Railroads accepting. stock shipments
in the winter ought to have some
means of caring for--the poor beasts
when the weather becomes so severe
as to freeze them to DEATH With the
mercury 20 or more degrees below
zero, and the wind blowing a gale,
an open cattle car. crowded full of
animals SO tightly wedged together
that they can hardly change their. po-
;sition, becomes an efficient agency for
refrigeration on the hoof. -.
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Owatonna, Mimi, Jan. is, IL
Arraigns the Saloons.

10 the Editor of The Journal.
It is to be regretted that in the com
munication in your issue of yesterday over
the signature &C. " H." there should have
been a slight Typographical error that al
most destroys the force of the statement
intended to be given. The facts as pre-
scented In. the newspaper item are as fol-
lows: Five thousand two hundred and
eighty=nine persons. locked up on various
charges. OF these native born lead by a
total OF 1904; Of the whole number of ar
rests the vast majority were for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct Then
comes the statement that but five persons
out Of the great number-5, 2S9-confessed
to being unable to read or write, and that
the greatest number were between 20 and
30 years of age. Now is not this ter
rible array of facts for your rich, beautiful
cultured city Of. Minneapolis? All this.
too, In the one year of our Lord 1903 Is
there not a most imperative demand that
citizens become aroused to the unright-
eousness that opens doors that lead to
such degradation Of so many of our ma
tive born sons not to mention the crowds
Of foreign born. who also help to fill the
way to gdestruct ton. Think seriously for
awhile OF what a loss to themselves and
to their families. all this degradation
means, and to the commonwealth what
might be In place Of filth and loss and deg
We shudder over the inhumanity of the
old type Of slave drivers, but If all were
exposed and presented. to the public eye
it would be found that the inhumanity of
the person who makes his living BY de-
grading his fellow man by taking his
money for that which makes him drunken.
is a match for any diabolical fend who
dashed his helpless victims. And what
shalt we say Of any Incorporated CITY
which allows him to do it?
-. julia Sherman linton
Z Minneapolis, Jan. 81, 1904.
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THE MAGAZINE faster

What Doctor Does and What He Get:
for It-An article, which will show the
physician that he is appreciated, in q
measure at least, and which ought to show
an exacting public that it is not appre-
ciating as 1t should a profession which is
full of self-sacrificing men, leads the list
in Frank Leslle's Popular Monthly fol
February. It is docs It Pay to Be a Doc
tor?'' 1t shows how the professional doc
tors as distinguish from the merchant
doctors and the quacks purposeIy limit
their business for the sake of the people
This will show the point the writer
makes:
The medical profession. as a body and nv
individuals, Is striving constantly to improve
the general health OF every community in which
1t works. The many-side 1abors of boardg Of
health are all in the hands Of physicians rvork.
ing at ridiculously small salaries; the nrivata
practitioner aids them whenever he can And
every added help to public health means DO.
crease in the income Of the profession. Doc-
tors may be said to thus literally tat. fha
bread from their own mouths. s -.
If machinist invents tool ha natnn+e a.
and draws royalties. No doctor who inyents
q new surgical implement or apparatus thinks OF
patenting 1t or Of getting any money for it, .
The number abounds in tiction and
feature articles of interesting chara cter
among the latter being .The Fight for
Copper" !.
Lorc
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A Common Blunder.

The World S Progress, a publication
| which undertakes to summarize the
news of the world for the week, and
to make it particularly ineligible to
young readers, in a recent issue has
this statement:
In Minneapolis, DOC" Ames, after the
:boldest footing Of public properties that
has been seen in America since Tweed S
day, has been overthrown, and in spite of
the clamor for the overthrow of the law
by a horde Of lawyers who have the cfty's
stolen money in their pockets as retain
ing fees he has been sentenced and NAV
even be punished.
A good deal has been said about
the unreliability and the apparent
carelessness of daily " newspaper
writing and editing, but we have
not seen anything quite as strong
ly marked by these character
,istics in any daily newspaper for a,
long while as in this publication
which makes special pretensions to ac-
curacy, and which has, from the
standpoint of time for preparation, no
excuse whatever for inaccuracy. Any
one who knows anything about the
facts, which seems to exclude the edit
or of the Worlds Progress, knows that
Doc Ames did not steal any public
money; that what he got was taken
from the criminaS classes in the wav
of brides for protection of criminals
in their vocations. To make a COM
parison between the operations of
Doc" Ames and his gang with the
Tweed ring is peculiarly unfortunate
exhibition of ignorance on the subject,
AS for the "horde of lawyers" DR..
Ames had no sympathy or support
from any lawyer. He was entitled to
a trial and he had legal advice, but we.
have not learned that any lawyer TAX
ing his case, sacrificed his standing
professionally in seeking to secure for
his client all the chances for acuuittal
which the law and the facts afforded
Unfortunately this is not the first
time that Minneapolis has suffered in
this way from the exposure and pun
ishment of the nasty outfit who con-
trolled the police department Of this
city two years ago. Minneapolis has
been the victim Of that careless habit
of thought and speech which fails to
and Jumps all kinds of
politicalscorruption together under one
general clas fiGastion of robbery Of the
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III AT THE THEATERS
Observation-Disclosures Of sulu y

| While George AIDES satire on American
benevolent assimilation in the Jolo
archipelago has lost some Of its pungency
with the passing from public thought of
the problem on which his 1ibretto is
based, 1.-THE Sultan Of Sulu'' still charms
by the originality of it's humor the oddly
of its situations, the oriental Tilt Of it's
music and the well-directed endeavors of
Henry w. Savage's excellent company.
The music was furnished by young Chi
cagoan, Alfred G. Walthall, whose prom
Using performance was at first overshad-
owed by the fame of AIDE, but whose mer-
its as a composer were finally recognized
when the production enjoyed it's New York
run.
Frank Moulan remains the chief fun
maker in his capacity as HIRAM, sultan
of Sulu, and his thoroly original brand
OF comic opera humor seems to have lost
nothing of it's zest. His matrimonial
troubles. complicated as they are with
constitutional questions, are sufficiently
bothersome to justify his devotion to the
American cocktail and it's lethean delights
1t needs no prophet to predict a future
Of popularity for Mr.. Moulan. The per-
torrance suffers considerably from the
absence Of the dashing Cheridah Simpson,
VINO has been overtaken by serious indis-
position. Her understudy, Mabel Wilbur,
proves rather interesting beauty but un-
fortunately has not the voice necessary for
the role. George O'Donnell, as the ora
torical colonel, Fred Frear as the patient
and long suffering secretary Of the sultan,
Melville Collins as the irresistible CONNER
cial American and Walter Lawrence, who
does good execution with his tuneful barry
tone in the role of the romantic lieuten-
ant are all factors in the spirit with which
the piece moves along.
Gertrude Quinlan who leads the wives of
the sultan in their innocent gambols. ia
very light of foot and her dancing is a de-
light, while her voice is not so bad either.
l1elen .Toml1nson is faithfully funny as the
original wife, while Blanche Chapman as
judge advocate is a Portia Of comic opera,
Then there are the four pretty school
ma ans from Boston, whom the sultan
would like to add to his harem because
their blonde beauty would help out the col
or scheme, and there are more wives who
dance and sing and look pretty. The stage
pictures are full of color and life and, de-
spite It's long run, ''Tfle Sultan Of Sulu''
seems as fresh and attractive as ever
w. B.; Chamberlain,
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The Nelson's.

To the Editor Of The Journal. .:..... 49,.
AS my attention has been called to sew
eral communications in your worthy COL
umns expressive Of some difference of
opinion regarding the death sentence of
the Nelsons-murderers of our esteemed
citizen, Harry Krier-I beg space to voice
the sentiments of unprejudiced surround
ings.; %s4;:@.e-z go ri -. f,.,s....
7 II is. common knowledge that at the
I trial of the Nelson's the judge presiding
declared that, there was too much crirae
rampant, particularly in certain places,
under his jurisdiction. 1t is also known
that several criminals have managed to
escape with very light sentences, much
to the dissatisfaction Of right thinking
citizens. This section of The state has
to certain extent been lettering place
for many well-known criminals. There
fore, IT crime is rampant it is time to
put stop to it: and the only way to
do it Is to do justice to the laws created
for that purpose. Light sentences, com
mutations and pardOns encourage crime,
because in such examples criminals see
too much chance of escape either way:
because the opinion is in their favor that,
even If caught, a. light sentence will be
imposed, with eventual pardon to follow,
At the trial of the Nelson's there was
no evidence that they were intoxicated.
The murder was deliberate and cold
Dlogoeu' anu. 81 A1ucl SO tnaI rWnen Harry
Kr1er begged the murderers to ''take all
my money, but spare my life for my
wife s-my family's sake!'' fearing that
they would be exposed, they murdered a
good and worthy citizen and for a pal
try sum of SIS.
Does it seem logical to commute SEN
tence of death in a case like that; en-
courage crime and furnish another ex-
ample OF how easy it is to escape the full
penalty Of the law? War; terrible as it
IS, is necessary sometimes to preserve a
lasting peace;, because SO repulsive are
its horrors, that humanity seeks to pre-.
serve peace. Hanging is not a pleasing
spectacle, but It is necessary, and when
such cold-blooded and well-planned muir
ders as that Of Mr.. Krier's are committed
object lessons are the only preventive.
'fssf>> ,-Dalmaca de st. Ange.
Owatonna, Mimi, Jan. 18, 1904.
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The Ethics of Office.

Thru the medium Of the courts,
senator's and Representatives are get
ting some valuable instruction these
days in the niceties of conduct ex-
pected OF them as lawmakers Of the
republic. &C. The instruction is timely,
for many Of them seem, to have very
blunt perception as to the difference
between right and wrong in their rela-
tons with private persons or corpora
lions.
Of course it must be conceded that
there Will arise some questions con-
corning the conduct of an official over
which there is room for dispute, even
by the most scrupulous, as to just
where the dividing line lies between
right and wrong. A congressman can
not be expected to give up all his
rights as a private citizen. On a
salary of $4,000 a year in Washington
he can hardly be expected to aban-
don all the business relations he en-
joyed at the time Of his election and
strictly refuse to receive money from
any other source than his salary dur
ing his term of office. Lawyers who
are elected to congress frequently re-
tain an interest in a law firm, and a
business man who is sent to legislate
at Washington is not required to aban-
don profitable business associations be-
cause he has assumed public duties and
entered into special relations with the
people. Yet, just because the situa-
ton is one in which it is difficult to
keep'on the right side, every wise and
conscientious man will take special
precautions to see. that even Innocent
ly he shall make. no mistake. T.
A nice sense Of honor would have
kept Senator Dietrich from getting
into a trouble from which he escaped
only by virtue Of the technicality that
at the time he committed his offense
he had not yet been sworn in as
senator, tho elected. The fact that
the senator was not aware Of the ex-
istence Of the law under which he was
indicted is no defense, even morally,
because a man Of scruples in such
matters would have known that the
transaction was a. dangerous one, no
matter how stainless the motive may
have been.
SO, with Senator Burton of Kansas,
who has been indicted for accepting
a fee Of $4,000 for services rendered
a st. Louis get-rich-quick concern,
which naturally became amenable to
discipline at the hands Of the post
office department. ~sa.-,s,...aZ.. -
In the first place, high-minded
United States senator. would not &C
cept such a company as a client
In the second place., he would at
once have recognized the impropriety
of having any connection, involving
pay for services, with the troubles of
any sort of a client with the postoffice
department.
1t would have been somewhat diff
ferent matter if the senator had acted
without remuneration in the interest
Of a constituent who might have been
wrongfully treated by the .postoffce
department, but to accept fees under
the circumstances alleged was mex
cusable. The senator. says he didn't ]
know the SlawiSbut aTman doesn't need
to know that there is a law against
murder to know what he should do
with respect to human life The path
of honor was almost as plain before
Senator Burton.
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wHArTHE GOVERNMENT is FOR
Grand Forks HeroYd

Senator Dietrich says that he was not
United States senator at the time he is
alleged to have paid a man for voting for
him. The government on the other hand
says he was, as he began to draw nav "a
a senator Immediately after his election,
Drawing pay is different. II the govern
ment is not to draw pay from, what's the
use of having government? The raising
Of this point by the government looks re-.
Invariably like an Invasion of senatorial
prerogatives by the executive, and as such
is strictly unconstitutional, and what fs
worse, is In very bad taste.
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THE NONPAREJL MAN

~ s. /. = 11s
In Which We Receive Serious Shock
from Our Backbone When We Take
1t from the Local Postoffice This
Week-Edltor, Wells Says He Takes a
Drink AS Often as He Thinks He
Needs It-But This Thought OF Need.
Ing II Is, However, Far from Him.
We took our Backbone out of the post
office this week and tore off the wrapper
with some anxiety as to what Editor
George F.. Wells would say regarding DR.,
Parkhurst's statement that he took a
drink of brandy or wine whenever he
needed 1t. We have before made the
statement openly and we violate no con-
fidence in stating again that Brother
Wells Is for prohibition and that Back
bone is his organ. Brother Wells cir
culates $4,000. Baclbones, these Spinal
Columns being read most extensively in
the northwest. There is no excuse for
any home being without it's Backbone.
Editor Wells says: "sset
We begin our eighth year with hope and pur-
pose. Help us to celebrate the event by get
ting eight new subscriptions. We will accept
them at cents each, provided they all pay their
own subscription.
The sacrifice of simple glass of beer,
postage stamp and one penny will pro-
vide any man with this very necessary
set OF Vertebrae for one whole year.
Twelve times will his Backbone come to
him thru the local postoffice for the
nominal sum Of eight cents.
But all this is merely subsidiary to an
account Of the terrible shock we received
on perusing our Backbone this week: We
tore it open with trembling fingers. Yes,
Dr. Wells had quoted the comment on DR..
Parkhurst and he had added-what was
this? The room reeled around us and the
various newspaper exchanges seemed to
be topping from the desk, tables and
radiator. DR.. Wells had added these
words: !.
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The Iroouois Case.

| Z +
| The Iroquois Case.
There will no doubt be general COM
|mendation of the verdict returned. by
Sthe coroner.s fury in Chicago, as t.
the cause Of the Iroquois theater trag-
edy and the individuals who, under the
evidence which has been given during
the past few weeks, appear to merit
the charge Of responsibility for the
| disaster.
Mayor Harrison comes first in the
list of those held for action by the
grand jury. Then follow the building
commissioner, the building Inspector
the fireman Of the theater, the stage
carpenter, the man who had charge
of the light which caused the fire, and
the fire marshal. The city officials
among those held are responsible un-
der the city ordinances. There was
| nothing attended to on their part
which, under the laws, they ought to
have closely attended to. The theater
had been opened for performance
some days before the fatal afternoon,
and when the structure was yet in an
incomplete condition. The fire escapes
had not been completed. Every ordi-
nance seems to have been disregarded
which made provision for the safety
Of the audience, the players and the
building.
At the time Of the matinee the con-
6itioy, oh F,I,1
chief manager admitted that he had
never read the municipal ordinances,
and: had no personal knowledge that
the regular stage and other employees
were faithfully doing their duty and
were accurately~in instructed as to their
duties IN the event of fire. The lack
Of fire apparatus on the stage, the
Indifference to the fact, inculpated the
fire marshal and the fireman of the
theater. The mayor is held responsi-
sponsible offices, and showing dis
position to evade responsibility.
The mayor of "a city is surely re-
sponsible for. the duality of his APP
II,
appointed for, political reasons orenot,
the mayor cannot escape his share Of
blame. He is. the executive, the war
den of municipal laws, and, il he. does
not see that they are enforced, he is
liable for Indictment for nlalfeasance
in office. ''The definition of negli-
gence,', says the English Judge, AL
derson, els the emitting, to do some
thing that a. reasona BILE man would do,
or doing something that reasona BILE
man would not do, and an action may
be brought if mischief. thereby is
caused to q third party, not intention
ally --.~.
In the case of the Iroquois theater,
city officials and management and en-
ploNes of the theater omitted to, do.
that which reasonable men, and those
conscientiously intent upon their duty,
would do. This by their own admis-
sions.
Over 500 dead bodies, half charred,
asphyxiated, torn, half crushed, were
the fruits Of this amazing negligence
not intentional negligence, indeed, but
in results, appalling in every detail, it
is hard to draw any distinction Of Gull
pability. Public sentiment declares:
Let no guilty man escaped! Nothing
will put a stop to human indifference
and carelessness except the holding of
those who are responsible for such aw-
full tragedies as that, to the very
strictest accountability up to the full
measure of the evidence against them.
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love a book, if there but run ~
1 From title page to coophon * i$s23eag2%
something sincere that sings or CLOVIS.
Whate er the>t text be- rhyme or prose-
AND hlgh-perched on some window-seat
Or in some ingleside retreat, e 70
Or In an alcoye consecrate
10 lore and to the letterer great
: For happiness need not look ~
Beyond the pages Of my book.
Yea, believe that, like an elf
I'd be contented with shelf, -
If thereupon with me might sit l,t44
: Some work Of wisdom or of wit
Whereto atxpleasure I might turn
And the fair face of joy discern ,-.sa
II love a boek-its ,throbbing heart!
And while may not hold the art
y; That dresses It, in honor scaIlt-
E The tree5calf ttooed'' or 'crushed": Leyant-
Rather a rare soul, verify, i..ss 800
Than "a bediZened husk for me- -
So tho no Midas magic hands
To gold transmute my barren sands
Tho friendly Fame deign not to lay ii 80
Abou I'M, my bro broWs the vine and bay.
Nor! lip to lip give sacred sign, ss
The core Of all content know, h ;. q / + Z.
A blessing that Is balm for woe; 4, ...s
On life with level gaze L. look r. =. /
And all because I love--a book. Il
The sampler likes Mr.. sco11ard' 5 EN-
phasis on the "rare soul,'' and at the
same time his confession of. Interest In
the art that dresses, 1t. Your true book
lover delights as much in seeing his favor
lite Or faYorites in rich garb as does your
youth the maiden who holds the highest
place in. his affections. A more general
passion for better books and bindings will
help to make it more difficult for the
worthless to force themselves upon the
reading public. 5~.- -+
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TUESDAY EVENING,

the meantime the editor had sold the lot
containing the well. That's the kind Of
luck that pursues men who are unselfishly
giving up their lives for the public well
fare. SO "
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The death sentence Of the Nelson boys
has been committed to life Imprisonment.
Now some one ought to start a movement
to pardon them on the same theory as that
of the communication viz, that society is
partly to blame for their depravity. On
that theory it is possible to extenuate al
most every crime
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q Minneapolis
LOVE.

True worth Is. in being, not seeming
In doing each day that goes by
Some little good-not In the dreaming
OF great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say in their blindness,
And spite of the fancies of youth,
There's nothing so kingly as kindness.
And nothing SO royal as truth
4s=. Alice Carey
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public. The public was robbed or at
least a part Of it. but not thru pilfer-
ing of the city's treasury or footing Of
public property, or traffic in fraa-
.chises and privileges, except such
privileges as were granted by cor
rupt police force.
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A large association is being organized In
st. Paul to induce immigrants to settle in
western Canada. And yet some Canadians
imagine that the development in western
Canada is not viewed with favor in this
country.
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The II coroner's jury In Chicago has come
to the conclusion that Mayor Harrison
lacks force. Lincoln Steffens said a few
months ago that Mr.. Harrison was a
mayor who refused to lead city that
wanted to be led
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GAVE MY HEART TO A WOMAN

I gave my heart to a woman
I gave it her, branch and root,
She bruised. she wrung, she tortured,
She cast It under foot.
Under her feet she cast 1t,
She trampled 1t where it fell
She broke 1t all to pieces,
!. And. each was asclot OF he'll.
There In the rain and sunshine
They lay and smoldered long:
And each, when again she viewed them,
Had turned toHa living song.
William Ernest Henle1s