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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
The Siege Of Port Arthur.

The earlier reports of the battle Of
Kin-chau and the storming of the de-
lenses of Port Arthur were to the eff
feet that the Japanese had sustained
the appalling loss of $4,000 men killed.
The Russian loss was not known, but
was supposed to be nearly as heavy.
The totals are still large, but it APP
pears that the Japanese loss is only
about one-fourth that originally re-
ported. 5000 killed and wounded
while the Russians left 400 dead on
the field. The, Russian losses are
doubtless not SO heavy as those Of the
Japanese because they were fighting,
behind trenches, while the Japanese
were the assaulting party. s..
The loss is heavy enough, however,
to suggest the desperate nature OF the
contest and establish the reputationsof
the Japanese soldier for co olness and
courage under FIRE. Tn feet. the ssupe@
riority of the Japanese over the Rus
sian soldier appears to be well DEM
onstrated. He not only overmatches
the Russian in courage, but he fights
s
with greater intelligence, greater en-
thusiasm, and with a reckless dfsre-
gard Of the value Of his own life which
makes him most dangerous enemy.
His leaders display wonderful skill and
strategy in handling their troops and
In making them accomplish the
largest possible results. Men are
economical because that is prudent
and makes for success rather than
because human life is sacred and to be
protected wherever possible. When
the emergency ARISES, however, and
| human life has to be sacrificed to ac-
complish an end, there is no hesitancy
on the part of either the commanders
or the soldiers.
The Japanese appear to be paying
a tremendous price for Port Arthur
and yet it is undoubtedly of the high.
est Importance that they shall occupy
it, not so much perhaps because OF
any purpose the Notifications of the
port themselves might serve as on &C.
count of the navy lying in the harbor
Not until these ships have been cap.
tured or destroyed will Japan be
entirely at liberty to continue her cam
paign northward, or be protected from
the danger Of the ultimate combina
ton of the Baltic fleet with the rem
nants which lie in Port Arthur ant
| Vladivostock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28


The American Biscuit and Manufac-
turing Company was organized in 1890
and the United States Baking Com
pany little later. Upon Adolphus
Williamson Green devolved much Of
the work of forming these two COM
pan1eS. na
Largely owing to his efforts the Ma
tional Biscuit Company was formed in
February, 1898. AS a natural out
come, Mr.. Green became one of the
directors, a member of the executive
committee and also its general counsel.
Here his business management became
increasingly valuable, until at last the
pressure brought upon him by his as
sociates to give his whole attention to
the National Biscuit Company and re-
linquiSh his law business was so strong
that he yielded, and since that time
has devoted himself exclusively to the
interests of the National Biscuit COM
pany.
In order to get the largest benefit
from his services = the e. position , Of
chairman of the board of directors was
formed, and when he was elected to it
company in fact as well as in name.
Early in his connection. with the Ma
tional Biscuit Company, Mr.. Green
discovered that the Biscuit business
consisted almost entirely of selling
biscuit in bulk. - It was apparent to
him that this method was not only
crude but unstable, and he thereupon
conceived the idea of making only
the best biscuit and packing them in
an air-tight package which should re-
tain the goodness of the biscuit until
used by the consumer; and by giving
to the consumer better goods that
would retain their excellency, secure
for his company the advantages OF a
! good will which would increase in
value as the sales of these goods in
creased.
The outcome of the idea thus orig
| mated by Mr.. Green resulted in the
production of .'Uneeda Biscuit which
to-day are probably more widely used
| than any other food product ever has
| been The successful completion or
his original idea necessitated practi-
cally the entire reorganization Of the
| business, revolutionizing methods or
| manufacture as we'll as of sale.
It is one of Mr. Green's traits never
| to be satisfied with less than 100 per
cent Of perfection, and this high ideal
| is a constant spur to better attain
| ment. The success of "Uneeda Bis
cult" was so great and proved so con-
clusively the correctness of his
| theories that he pushed with re-
doubled vigor the entire package bust
ness of the company, resulting in the
production of the "In-er-seaI' pack
age goods which are now so well
known to the intelligent housekeepers
| package goods Of any other make.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

who tries to revive 1t is demagogue."
Frank Eddy aptly replies to this in the
Sank Center Herald as follows:
a man introduced resolution to that same
effect in the republican convention held in Min
neapois this spring, and thousand republican
delegates stood up and contemptuously howled
him off the platform.
Formal announcement is made OF the
candidacy of John T. Frater of Brainerd
for the republican senatorial nomination
in the forty-eighth district Mr.. Frater
is the veteran county treasurer of Crow
Wing county, and since the death of A. F.
Ferris he has been considered the prob
able choice to fill the uneSpired term
Judge S. Alderman of Brainerd who
has been thinking of filing for the nomi-
nation, has decided to stick to his law
practice, and this seems to leave Mr..
Frater clear field.
=-Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

before the time Of Columbus; the discoverer ad-
Vocating his project; journal of the first voyage,
the voyage to the west; journal Of the first yoy-
age, exploration; Journal of the first voyage,
the triumphant return; other voyages and explor-
atoms of Columbus; Amerigo Yespucci and the
discovery of the continent; discoveries Of the
Cabots and Cortereas in North America; Spanish
explorations in Florida and Mexico; Spanish eX-
plorations of the interior; the voyage of Yer
razano for the French; French exploration of the
north; French exploration of the interior; the
English kings; English exploration in Vir-
ginia and New England; Henry Hudson and
Dutch exploration; the search for the northwest
passage.
The whole makeup of volume one tes-
titles to the ability Of the author and to
the fact that the plan of the editor and
publishers to make definitive history Of
North America has been successfully car
ried out. The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
The Paving Contract.

The action of the mayor in refusing
to sign the paving contract with the
Republic company will probably have
the effect of reducing the amount of
paving done in this city very mate
rally the present year. The mayors
reasons may have been sufficient to
justify his action. The contract is
not above suspicion, and has not es-
capped criticism. Indeed, it is wlais-
pered about the city hall that 1T was
not made on it's merits, and possibly
a careful investigation should be
made. We do not want any more
paving scandals or paving frauds. Our
experience in the past ought to be
sufficient.
The bid by the Chemical Manufac-
turing company, if made in good
faith, would seem to indicate that the
work might be done much cheaper
than the contract price. A much
more important consideration, how
ever, than the difference in price is
the question Of quality. It would seem
as if the council ought to be able to
obtain reliable information as to the
quality and cost Of such work done
elsewhere.
1t is noticeable, however, that in
the explanatory note accompanying
the bid Of the Chemical Manufacture
ing company, the same error was
made as in the copy furnished to
the press. The difference between
STAT 6-1O proposed by the Chemical
company and Sill proposed by the
Republic company for creodone is not
274-1o, as the Chemical company
represents, but 20 40; and the diff
ference in the contract is not s16,440,
but $14,040. A difference Of over
$4,000 in figuring on this proposition
is doubtless an accident, but it is not
| calculated to create confidence in the
general reliability of the bid.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room which Is the finest in the west.
The battery Of presses consists of three four.
deck Goss Presses, with a total capacity OF
FOLDED and counted The best time to call II
from 8:15 to 48O p. m. Inquire at the bust
ness office and be directed to the visitors gal
lery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.'

3lage habit which ought to have been dis
carded in Minneapolis years ago. Perhaps
the health department has been q little
cross in enforcing this rule under an old
and forgotten ordinance without giving
notice, but now that definite notice has
violation of the ordinance in the future.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
.EDiNBuRGH,s FREEDOM TO AMERI.
ANS

Rather an inexplicable error was made
by Amba Choate in Edinburgh the
other day in his address on receiving the
freedom of the city. Mr.. Choate said that
only one of his countrymen, General
Grant had ever been so honored AS a
matter of fact William Lloyd Garrison
had the distinction conferred upon him In
1867. on the occasion of his fourth visit
to Great Britain, and it was rendered to
him sin respect to his long and meritori-
Gus exertions to abolish slavery in the
United States. of America sssssS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
The TELEeRApH,s COSTLY TRICK.

A New York millionaire's wife is wear
ing a diamond tiara about which she tells
an amusing anecdote. Last summer the
wife was abroad and her husband told
her she could buy tiara If the price was
not exorbitant The woman selected
beauty in Paris and cabled description:
Tiara with pearl tip. Price, SouoO
francs" The husband replied: No. Price
too high, But the woman misread the
obiecting cable message. She thought her
husbands stocks were on the advance and
that he signifed his generosity by cabling
mo price too high" Instead OF buying
the tiara for $4,000 francs, she selected
handsomer set, of gems for $4,000 francs,
or $25, 000
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

The state Of Utah has established a
holiday, in honor of germs It is called
General Health Day, and is, the first
Monday in October. On this day all
theaters, churches, public halls, ho-
.tels,i boarding houses, etc.. must be
thoroly disinfected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

porcupine, as he saw Sonny Bunny Rab.
bit was ready to drop.
He gave one last awful jump and one
last awful squirm and they do say he cut
the finest pigeonwing that ever was cut
in the big woods.
Since that time Sonny Bunny Rabbit
has known how to dance; but he only
dances in the snow, or in the spring. And
he dances without any patting, tho the
other rabbits generally whistle for him to
take his steps by.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

west. where tariff revision sentiment
is the strongest, this arrogant refusal
to consider the wishes Of the tariff
revisionists Of the west would not be
safe and would not be INDUCED In;
1t may not be persisted in so often
sively by the time the convention
meets. g
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

An unusually large number of the fail
ures reported so far this year have. been
of fire insurance companies and stock
brokers' Three or four big fires did the
bad work for the insurance companies and
some of the brokers and their customers
were also scorched a little, probably by
getting TOO many, hot@:stips from wan
street. Stas
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

If Mr.. Dunn did not mean to stand for a
5 or per cent gross earnings tax why
did he repeat that figure in different
speeches and allow it, to stand in the
morning papers until II was analysed by
T e j ourna Il? a5a-.4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

The democrats. some Of them, are TALK
ing Of Marshal Fields barrel as about the
vice presidential size. Marshal's Dbl. is
a hogshead.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
Feeding the World.

To find out how much of country
we are one has only to glance over
the report Of George H. Holmes, chief
of the division of foreign markets Of
the department Of agriculture. Mr..
Holmes shows that within a year, be-
sides feeding ourselves, we sold the
other fellows 100000, pounds Of
meats and kindred products, about
3,5O0,O00,000 pounds of cotton, and
enough other agricultural stuff to
make UP a bill for $878.479,451. In
this total was 36S,000,0O0 pounds. Of
tobacco. We fell off In wheat COM
pared with the year. previous, but we
needed more wheat ourselves and had
somewhat less of it. England is still
our best customer, altho Germany and
France are buying more, and we are
steadily getting into China and other
countries where we have done little
heretofore.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
THE NONPAREJL MAN
Story Of Lars M. Rand's 4-F amous Show
Called "a Minneapolis Night" by Means
of Which the Curious Male Population
of the Town In the Later '80's Was Sep
arated from Its Wealth.

Lars M Rand's objections to Hearst as
a candidate and his REASONS therefor re-
cal1stha time When nv Rand ron his 70 :
nous mo-, s show ea,1ad "a MN aanoiis Nsht
r. was At tho did Turna,,,s han on North
or other, Odd Fellows. turner's or some
thing Vas having Fair and among the
attractions DESIGNED for the extraction of
money from the 1houghtless visitor was
1 at d i n ~ lrnarn Of which al, the
windons were boarG Ge IN " and cracks
sti1ffed with cotton. Not a raw Of light
was ous s1,oWe We'd to inter # large SIGN on
tha door, said i"No gIat5fes 81 omitted. = and
thew the We're Inot5lsof rcourse geEery man in
the gathering was crazy Ito get. In and
see what Lars, game was Lars had
dronned q few hints here and there that
r. 10 > J"nrettvi ivarnis2 7sh6w. SE1S..Glr :,
| 8 When the fair swasowels under way. and
masculine curiosity. lat 4aI fever pitch. the
management announced that but three
or four men would Sc admitted at a time.
IF would cost themsiD cents each"
NV R.nd.s e es p es1rss az aanaittad ana
carne OFT Laughing and shernefa ced They
all refused to saw ANYTHING but got out of
sieh+ &C o,,iclxIv &c nossibieN
"a H. ho,,t oil tbn az, tf6rS rni1es orornd
bad haeY, f,islad ~ thet,t 31;,nes ana ba Il
been run thru the show it all came out.
"a MINNEAPOLIS Night twas nothing but a
dark room, the exhibit being a, display of
night merely.
And vet they say that men haven't any
curiosity, IT
~ = Ao'
nolitician nm in - county who
Lis ont iollving his constituents. met HOY
IN the road not long since who looked as
tho he might be of Voting age or near
! It, The statesman stopped his horse and
shook him cordially by the handle. f.
| ..Well. NV how. how. are you?n
can rieht
| "Coinp to stand Nv the old marty this
faII?"
"lrbat,s rieht, How,s. The old man this
spring."
Dead. ..Pes, ~. =, = ,a,,,4 49,, !
! LOU uoll Ten zen me q, : na az hearo
~9 Tpe candidates y u,u s sajr1v leaked with
.IIo dtod o,gh+oon vaors oao lost -,
| tunon hack in MOO I5snnsbirs fs;ddan,,
-. M 1>z
| Gnnoe fron, I1ncla Ellorv Morsh.
IT wo,,1dn,t want to 600 ,ano clan +h.,
s,,,,,,,orehira,. =, ia;, ,oa,,sa a. do',t saa,.
senl ~ % Je.I' - uo see
,st n,G ~ H.; IN ~ ~, osI e 1
,nolicen,anE delegated Nv his honor Ia hand
=, 49,. -. s.ss1 "a la.s It'll ,,,;+l
.me eu.s u - spou sso - VIII
" go oii - -, so1, sosh'
! - : us na.oi SOY ~ III -,
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ae1ar reaIIW os g9 theTa o.
| I,,l -; oes SOP 80 80 '1Aeh ,i
s.ri.a oa,,o, 40, -, ao.ona /, :.
,o,,,, - 1885, Soy - ~ 5ota re1is,ias O.
Little moss on It cont hurt no renglon
make me sick g.
aThe. naner saws that one Of them gal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

So Mr.. Cotton Is ito make the speech
after all. It will no. doubt be a good
speech, but we can see, right now who is
going to derive most benefit from it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

ward on the table, walked out of the
rooM.s This was intended and under
stood to be an dntimation that Mr..
Mcclure was to be turned to the wall.
At any rate, his application has been
held UP for such a length Of time
that 1t has become clear that some
influence is at work, inspired by the
Rockefeller interest no doubt, to ex-
:clude him from membership.
Mr.. Mcclure is man whose social
standing, business success and self
respect do not depend In the least
upon the approval Of the Standard Oil
trust or any other trust. He is an
independent, courageous, nervy little
"cuss,' who has carved out success
for himself without the help Of any
one else, and if the Rockefellers or
their friends should have influence
enough to bar him out of q social
club because he has rendered the
public the service Of exposing the
vicious methods Of the Oil trust, Mr..
Mcclure will suffer no mental an
guish or social eclipse. 81 i.
& The merger IS a;dead issue. What is the
use of stirring up some thing that smells
S---R. g. Dunn. in his fourth ward speech.
The most. offensive thing about It that
we know Of was the ttitude of hostility
of some Of our citizens toward the state
nistration in It's @msrt#t q emf orce the
law. No wonder those guilty of that Of
Tense should wish Ri, SY,,1ry tie whole bust.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
WASHINGTON BUREAU.
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

Will find The Journal on file as follows:
LONDON-U. S. Express Co., 80 Strand; Amerl'
can Express Co.. Waterloo place.
DENMARK-U. S. Legation. ~
PARIS-Eag gle Bureau, SO Rue Cambon. hesl-
dents Visiting Paris can have their mail or
kilograms OF this Bureau and the
same will be forwarded to them or held ZOE
gt their arrival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

# The canal commission has decided to
make use of Chinese coolies and Jamaica
negroes in digging the Panama ditch. A
delegation Of urban lawn mowers and
amateur gardeners would have put it thru
in half the time. .ssss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

I propose to sell coal at as high price
as the people will pay for it.-President
Baer on the witness stand.
Seems if that divine right was being
worked a little too hard
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

The general public will rejoice in the ac-
ton of the board of public health In
putting stop to the sweeping Of the
refuse of stores, shops and saloons into
the streets. This may do in town Of
1000 inhabitants or less, but 1t is viz
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

Nothing is so much fun as to have the
crowd around telling you all about it, but
when q man Is getting corns on his brow
from deep thought, the jovia1 friend some
times interferes with the cerebral output.
a n u Al
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

Mr. Dunn's recent speeches, and those
of his friends, reiterate the statement that
the merger Issue is dead, and any one
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Another HeatWoIe Paper Gets After Sen
ator cIapp-A. II. Hall Is Thinking of
Running for Congress-Herrlnger An
nounced for Railroad Commissioner
Judge Caldwell Out for Democratic
Nomination.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

A Minnesota paper has this CORES
pondence from Money Creek: #
Mrs Emma Wood has had a we'll drilled.
j.. e. Bosworth is having his we'll put down
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28

Here, then, is what this volume Of 500 pages
tells Of.
Pre-columbian discoveries; Europe and Asia
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-28
GOOD TIMES.

We are asked what the business pros
poets are for this country for the next
four years. VIII the times be good?
Good times is very general term, and
peoples ideas differ as to what const-
tutes such good times. With some 1t Is
q wave Of intoxicated and riotous spec
ulation, when values Of all commodi-
ties are infated-a sort Of financial
drunk which Is inwardly followed by a
national headache. We do not look for
and do not wish to see any good times
Of this sort, for the American people
have learned some lessons well and to-
day possess more financial horse sense
than they ever did before. But we do
look to see a continuance Of conserv-
alive and healthful prosperity, such
demand for labor, such prices for agri-
cultural and manufactured commodi-
ties as will bring profit to the laborer
and producer. We look for abundant
and cheap money, the enlargement Of
markets for our surplus products and
increasingly profitable relations with
the world at large. American finances
are now on a sound basis, there are no
vexing and distracting issues for the
people to scrap over, while the Oppor-
tunities for individual and national de-
velopment and progress have never
been better. 1t is a grand time in
which to live, and the United States is
also the best country in which to live.
All the same, it is going to be just as
hard for the lazy and shiftless man,
the dishonest man and the man who
has neither the sense nor the ability to
improve his opportunities as it ever
was. The best policy for the average
man is to work as hard and as intelli-
gently as he can, to keep out of debt,
to be content with small profits and
safe investments. If this course is pur-
sued we shall have four years Of first
rate good times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-28


FOR SALE-A Portland cutter, in
good condition. Inquire of DR.. +. W.
Conover.
FOR RENT-Five room cottage, CEN
trally located, ". +. Baker, at
National Bank.
FOR SALE-Complete wood saving
outfit. engine, saw, etc. T. A. Dun
ton, DEBORAH. 5l-2
WANTED-Any one having an old
and useless horse please let me know.
Tom O'Brien, Jr. 52-1pd
FOR SALE-The best restaurant pro-
perty in the city. A big bargain If
taken soon. H. j. Hedges. SStf
FOR RENT-A seven room honse on
Ohio street INVEST DEBORAH. App
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FOR RENT-The building on Winnie
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the u. S. Express Go. A fine office
building with vault. Inquire of DR..
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some improved. Good opportunity
luz uJdu AloO sOOu
man to work in woods wanted. E,
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WANTED-Agents for onr New State
Map and Booklet Iowa" Write for
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'05. Address, Iowa Publ Co..
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FOR SALE-All9 the olds shelving,
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fixtures. Inquire at the9 Comfy
Auditors Office, court house. 90.
FOR SALE-Household goods, lamps,
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Must be sold by Jan. 5, 1905. Mrs.
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WANTED-10 men in each state to
travel, tack signs and distribute
samples and circulars of our goods.
Salary $40 per month. 50 per day
for expenses. Kuhlman Co.. Dept.
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