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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

The Belmont convention which put Judge
Parker in the field had numerous subways but
1t was by no means a rapid transit affair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13


A Kansas editor who stopped at the Inside Inn
Mt St Louis, writes: There more heIIboys than
guests in the inn. They use 'em for change When
you give the clerk IS he hands YOU back 81 and a
helboy. My room is little far back for meals but
make 1t nicely. start for supper at 8 a m. and
stay for luncheon on the way with a friend know
In Room No. 2501. But friend of mine who lives
in Room No. 76.6i9 is up against it, He got two
days behind in his meals. living out In the country
ut the rear end of the hotel Finally lie found
that he was nearer Moberly. Mo. than he was 10
the dining room. he walks over to MoberIy
every morning
sster-You have told me her name. yet I know no
Brother Beautiful? Why She could make even
Weekly, ''0''''0 '''N '''S''''--'N e"-i 0Fk
The literary press agents say that a certain
American story writer once made joke about the
Pyramids that guides of Egypt still tell TO II trav
ellers. The writer studying the Pyramids
when guide approached and said to him: 1T took
hundreds Of years TO build them monuments SIR
"A government job. ch?'' said the novelist
Maglstrate-The evidence clearly shows that YOU
threw stone at this
Prisoner-An the looks OF the man shows moro
SCRAPS. 'A-' MI n'fn'-
Here is story which THE Argonaut' tells and
which illustrates the estimate tho German citizen
places on sauerkraut food staple A German
was speaking last fall about the high price OF cab
page. Il tell you. desc kabbages Is awful high
dis year., he said; me und me wife puts up six
seven. eight barrels OF sauerkraut every year-but
We can't dis year. Dem kabbages dey cost too
much You put up some sauerkraut didn't Won
Chris?" he was asked. "Oh. yes-two or tree bar
rels-just to hat in de house in case OF sickness
sh she De you really enjoy whist Mr.. Finesser
all play distinctly scientific game-(Boston an
TRANSCRIPT ''0A'
Years ago there was a member of an Es,t.r,
legislature. named Murphy. a good politician. but
hardly a statesman. Indeed. his notions of
parliamentary order and debate were crude ac
cording TO 1.-THE Youths Companion" He was So
frequently out of order that the Speaker got into
the habit of crying as as Mr.. Murphy rose
THE gentleman is out OF order!'
Once, in the midst OF important and exciting
debate, he leaned to his feet. The House muir
INJURED. and the Speaker brushed him aside with tho
usual remark, The gentleman is out of order"
Murphy sat down. but presently he was ON his
feet again.
Mr.. President I rise to d point of order In
justice l must explain that the thing I ntnded
to say just now when you called me to order had
nothing TO do with what I did not say"
Natural Cause-"I have been told" remarked the
up. What seems TO be the causer'
i guess mister, said the native, IF YOU had as
much salt In you that there lakes got yond
De sittin purity dry. too."-tChicago Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

Even Russia is making progress in the path
of reform. and it is announced that political
suspects hereafter will be tried In court and
not banished to Siberia mere administra-
tive orders. without hearing the evidence against
them and without opportunities of presenting
sworn testimony IN favor Of the prisoners. Rus
STA has been deplora bly, backward, but it cannot
always adhere to medieval. Gespotic methods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
KAISER MRS. eoELET's GUEST.

Bergen Norway, July 12-Emperor William wss
the guest of Mrs Robert GOelet on board tho
Nahma here. this afternoon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

An immense petriied man. known as the
Giant of Abo Pass. has been discovered in New
Mexico His ability to keep silence would have
made him a formidable candidate for Presiden-
tial honors in the Stone Age
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
LADY MARJORIE eoRooWs WEDDING.

Mr. and Mrs. William H Falconer ars at Narr
sensett Pier for the rest OF the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

When Tammany pulls itself together after tn
national convention of its party it may wonde
who struck Billy Patterson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. William Rhineland-r az ths
Oriental Hotel. Manhattan Beach.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

Scotland next month for round OF visits to var,cr
country houses and shooting lodges In the High
lands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

Eugene Higgins sails from Southampton - ~
York on board his yacht the varuna on July &
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

don, YOU d1nk you can vote for me Tor
some Stearns county offs vich ay hat
hold for only forty short years gomez and
ay dells him ay dink not, for ay live In
Smoker Grove, Pope county, tyve mile
vestover from Greenland.
Den he yump in hims buggy and go off
right away gWick.'' III
Speaking Of problems, a mathematical
scoundrel was saying the other day that
he never could arouse any enthusiasm In
himself about the study, Until he reached
the higher mathematics, as represented
by that light and frivolous branch of re-
search known as coliie SECTIONS. Now, If
you don't know the first thing about comic
sections, 1t is explained by him for your
benefit, that if YOU cut a cone straight
across, you get a, circle. If you cut the
called parabola. If you cut the cone on
a broader slant, you get a hyperbola,
without any bottom to it. Now, there are
certain remarkable laws governing these
curves that are calculated to tie your
| understanding up into a hard knot, unless
you keep every step clearly III view
which the present writer can not pretend
to do without lying. But never mind
Lets go on bit to illustrate the point
the mathematical gentleman, was trying
4 to make clear. - @:''
\ Now, taking the hyperbola, the common
chord OF this curve is straight line
4 whose distance from the curve is less thar
any assignable quantity, but which does
not meet the curve at any finite distance
| from the origin. This Is perfectly clea
SO far. Now, let US follow the chore
! to infinity. When you get to chasing Thu
line to infinity, you find yourself sudden
l ~ chasing yourself back on the othe
leg of the asymptote!! Do we make our
selves clear? s@' .....,g-a.e s,
Well, whether you see it or not, TIN
conclusion seems to be that space is al
knocked galley west. the tendency of tn
student who goes automobiling out on tn
asymptote being, when he finds himsel
Z chasing back on the other leg when he i
/ going In the other direction by rights, hi
tendency being to deny that there is an
space It is only an idea in the mind.
And there you are! You may search US
This gentleman intimated that a probler
e, like this gave him an interest In mathe
matics! Well, there's no accounting fo
tastes: Personally, If we are going t
have a tangent, we prefer one that
tangible this side Of infinity. We may b
|, wrong. t~s1.te >|:''~' 30 %. "A. J. f.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
DUNN A FRIEND
OF MOREY'S BILL
INTERESTING RUMoR ANENT
BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT.
Journals Interview With Winona Man
Confirms in Part the Editorial Utter
ances Of a Member Of the Normal
School Board-New Deal for State
Institutions
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
st. Cloud, Mimi, Sept. 9.-The inter.
view with G. A. Morey of Winona, ad-
vocating the, state board Of education
which was published in 7 b Journal
yesterday, confirms inSpart statement
made in the Journal-Press of this city
by it's editor, Alvah Eastman, who is
a member Of the normal school board
The Journal-Press editorial said:
Mr.. Morey prepared bill of this nature
two years ago, but the matter was held
over until more favorable time. He
presented d resolution before the normal
school board asking for an Endorsement
of the plan. No action was taken on the
resolution, but the secretary was instruc-
ted to investigate the workings Of SINH
lar boards in other states.
The proposition is, we believe, to put
the educational institutions under one
board, the members of which shall be
paid g. salary of $4,000 each a Year, The
present boards, which serve without sal
airy, will be legislated out Of office: and
the present board of control law will be
| amended to the extent that it will have
nothing to do with the university and nor.
NAL schools
There is rumor going the rounds Of
| the state, which may or may not be well
founded, that Mr.. Morey secured the
promise of Mr.. Dunn to Support such a
measure, and this is said to be the rea-
son why the Winona man. who has been
Van SAINTS political general thru four
| campaigns, switched so suddenly to the
| Dunn camp.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
ACID-THROWING MYSTERY
A Chicago Belle Seriously Injured by
Carbolic Acid.

Chicago, Sept. 9.-Evanston is in the
throes Of an Throwing mystery that
came as the sensational climax of
fashionable dinner party at the home
of BENJAMIN F. Crawford, 1918 Sheri-
dan road. Mr.. Crawford sister-in-
law, Miss ebeI Mcpherson, % years
old, and one of the bellies Of North
Shore society, is the victim. She now
lies at the Evanston hospital with her
face, left shoulder and arm painfully
burned.
The police were informed that Miss
Mcpherson had been awakened by, a
noise, and saw two shadowy forms. She
thought the intruders members of the
household, and called out, "Is that YOU
BertpD referring to son Of Mr.. Craw-
| ford by his first wife, concerning whose
presence in the room at that time there
is considerable mystery. She screamed
and the acid was thrown on her.
The police say that it was not bur
olary case. but that there is more to it
| than appears on the surface.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
The sleepy Tribune said yesterday:

1--WE have been a little surprised to see
so many newspapers and educators giving
grave attention to the story that there Is
a serious and definite plan to abolish the
boards of university and normal school
regents and substitute a single salaried
state educational board organized on a
political basis. We cannot get the least
confirmation Of the story from any cred
ible source" = g. t-;a%3 :. 'Is"4>f ,E.:e@,'E.
Does the Tribune regard Mr., ,Morey
great Dunn supporter and chairman Of the
normal school board, who advocates this
plan, and Mr.. Eastman, a member Of the
same board. who discusses the plan ii
his paper "credible source?' Perhaps
these gentlemen are only engaged in "s
dirty little campaign of malice and men
dacity to divide and weaken the republi
cans of the state and embarrass the mex
administration in carrying on the govern
ment." The Tribune will certainly no
object to an impartial distribution Of it
gentlemanly compliments.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
The Tax Problem.

State Auditor Iverson told the state
board of equalization that he had been
urged by several county auditors to
give their valuations a substantial
boost, as flowing to local political con-
ditions' they were unable to return the
proper valuations. 81
This statement betrays one OF the
chief weaknesses in our Anticipated sys-
tenn of taxation. Each locality Is strlv-
ING to keep it's own valuation down, SO
that the burden of the county and state
tax will not fall so heavily. The mem
bers of the county board of equallza-
tion. all holding political office, and
anxious to serve tho wishes of their con-
stituents, spend most of their energies
in keeping down valuations in their re-
spective sections. The member with the
most influence and aggresslveness is
most successful, and the locality that is
not looked after suffers.
Then the county returns come to the
state board Of equalization for review.
They are generally too low, and the
board IS policy has to be one of 'revl-
sion upward.' This revision is done
bv counties, and the unfortunate local.
ties that are already assessed enough
must bear the same increase as the rest
Likewise the individuals who have
given in all their property suffer vlcarl
ouslv for those who have "held out,
and when the raise is made the honest
taxpayer is assessed on more than ne
has.
The whole system is crude, at the
verv best that can be said of it. Values
are made according to precedent, ant
political pull enters too. often into thu
calculations. The members Of the stat
board are making a conscientious etfor
to adjust the burdens fairly, but thei
hands are tied by the inadequate AM
unscientific system. They are workir|
with dull tools, and must not be blame'
for results.
Some day, let us fondly hope, thi
state will have law to reach the re
luctant, one that will no longer place
premium on dishonesty and manipula
ton. When the local assessing officer
are responsible to a higher authority TO
results, there will be no temptation t
play ldNoIltcS., w HcH q opooS o"|A Hohi
mission composed Of experts, givin
their entire time to the work, review
the acts of county and local officer
with full power to correct them, W
may hope for at least approximate ju
tice.
That day may be long way off. "
seem to be no nearer tax reform than {
any time in the last ten years. The ia
commission Of 1901 and the extra sc
sion of 1902 are almost forgotten. TT
taxation amendment to the constitute
failed at the 1902 election, and this we;
we haven't even an amendment to vo
on. The legislature next winter W
have nothing more to work with thu
its predecessors.
Taxation is ticklish subject, for
touches every man $ pocket, some esq
cially hard, and there is always the fe
that new scheme will mean mo
taxes. However, it is time that Mi
nesota was taking a step forward. T
taxation question is one Of our live
sues, and men are needed in the ne
legislature who understand it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
Spelling Geographic Names.

The September number of Gunton g
Magazine contains a plea for uniformity
in the spelling of geographic names
which is particularly. opportune.. News
paper editors and readers and all others
who have encountered the difficulties
presented by the war reports from Man
churia and Korea are in. state of mind
to appreciate reform of that charac-
ter. No two correspondents seem to
have the same system of spelling, and
no two papers entirely agree wi tn each
other, altho each may aim to have
system Of it's own. Korea appears
with "C,' and, as the writer says,
what is ,Gen-san in the morning is Won
san in the afternoon. .Chemulpho may
lose it's - - in5fhe next paper you pick
up, and other changes often more mys-
tifying and confusing, are likely to
occur. 49,.
If this were the case only with
respect to these names in China and
Japan, where each writer has taken the
liberty to spell 81 word as it sounds to
him when he hears it pronounced, there
would be less occasion for criticism, but
these Irregularities in spelling apply to
geographical designations in all parts
of the world. It is related of a plain
American that on his landing in Italy
he was confused by finding it called
Italia, and Roma did not suggest to him
at first the city of Rome, while Napoli
was place never heard of before. He
had heard Of Turin, but Tori1o did not
suggest it. AS he pursued his travels
farther, Wien did not suggest to hin
Vienna, nor did Muenchen , NEAR
Munich. The Danube he knew about
but Danuau was new one on him.
These variations suggest the havoc
which has been wrought in geographical
nomenclature by the liberty taken t.
spell a name as it sounds or by thu
adoption of the French = spelling
Hybrid rench-English forms have beer
adopted in a great many instances be
cause of the wide use of French as a.
international language. But this ha
seldom improved the situation. =
The writer in Gunton's suggests
conference Of geegrapherss for the pun
pose OF adopting general rules OF spell
ing which will most. literally reproduc
the form of the name in the original.
The same confusion exists in tn
names Of individuals, in the spelling Q
official titles, and the same reason fo
= uniformity is felt. For instance, Mari
Christina is the more common spelin
, Of the name of the Queen Of Spain, br
l "h' is not Spanish. The same III
Y fortunate intrusion Of this unnecessar
letter is found in the name Of the pre-
ent king, which is sometimes write
. Alphonso instead Of Alfonso, an
= Philippine instead Of Filipino is anotht
- corruption occasionally met with. -
The proposed reform may not be alt
:. gether practicable in securing uniforn1it
B.. of spelling of Chinese and Japane
=, names, but it is quite practicable to a
- complish that result with respect
:, European and other names, and partic
- larly personal names and. titles. 1872
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09

Many have read Hawthorne's story of
"The Great Stone Face but few have
seen the original and perhaps not a great
many have seen pictures of the original.
The accompanying cut is from picture
issued by Houghton,' Mifflin &, Co. A
part of the description by Hawthorne
follows:
There was broad arch of the forehead,
hundred feet In height; the nose with its long
bridge; and the vast lips, which, If they could
have spoken, would have rolled their thunder
accents from one end Of the valley to the
Eance with the clouds and glorihed vapor of the
mountains clustering about it, the Great Stone
Face seemed positively to be alive. H.. /
misrepresentation Men, by Harry Ora
ham Colonel D. Streamer)-
Unworthy little rhymes are these
Tread tenderfly upon them please!
What more need be said? Yet just be-
cause they have been so pronounced the
| curious reader wishes to see for him
I self. Well, the only way is to let him. We
| have quoted the authors own estimate
| of his verses, and If the reader is unwiH-
| ing to take his word, he won't ours, ara
the only thing that remains Is to give
him sample Here is stanza from
rhymes on Theodore Roosevelt" whose
mention in book Of misrepresentation
|
kerite, or possibly a swalowite. But
here are the verses. -
+ In summer time he can't resist.
country gallop on his cob, ~.
! So, like thoro altruist,
| - He let's another do his job; s.:
In winter he will work all day,
! But when the sun shines he makes Hay.
| With regard to the illustrations by F.
Strothmann we may quote the author
once more:
| I really never such pictures.
| {At times, in my unthinking way,
almost hope I never may.)
i We have not the space to reproduce E
picture to prove 1t. "
President Roosevelt's views on purpose
in office, present problems anarchy, I'M
: migration laws, citizenship, trusts, cap
} ital, labor, corporations, antitrust &C
tions, the Panama canal, Cuba, the Ph1l
i ippines lynching, tariff, the navy, thu
5 army and militia, and numerous. othe
things Of like Importance, as set forth IL
extracts from his own addresses AM
writings, are to be found in very handy
form In Robert e. E. Garrison's compila
ton, The Roosevelt Doctrine. The com
t piler in his foreword says: "The viril
f philosophy, of which this little book is
> com pressed expression, has been cale'
Doctrine" because rising above tn
plane of mere political or partizan utter
} ance, 1t presents a remarkable exposition
. of the duties and rights Of man and gov
n eminent and particularly of our citizen
9 and our government, from the viewpoin
u Of the highest and broadcast thought an
, feeling 1t is needless to go into a stud
of the extracts, The idea suggests Itself
v however, that here is a handy campsig
r volume. D. "=el. The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
T0WNE IN A NEW DEAL
FIGURES AS AN INCORPORATED
OF ROGERS TELEPHONE COM
PANY IN IOWA.

-Des Moines. Iowa, Sept. 9.-Charles
figures as one of the incorporates Of a
new telephone company in Iowa, and
James S. Clarkson, formerly national
republican committeeman from Iowa,
and now surveyor of the port of New
York, is an associate in the enterprise.
This is the Rogers Telephone company
tai, organized by Oscar Wentworth
Rogers, inventor Of a system of tele-
phoning and telegraphing over one and
the same wire at the same time, with
out interference
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
Friday Evening,

by next spring the Russians must face the
gloomy necessity Of driving the Japanese
out of positions selected and intrenched
with great care and defended by an army
perfect in appointment, Injured Ito hard
ship, and as brave and determined as the
world has ever seen. IF it appears tosthe
Russians as clearly as it does to the rest
of the world that this can never be done.
the war should come to an end this
,t,1to * . . o.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
Somewhat ,Overpraised.

The Brooklyn Eagle devotes three
columns to what it calls ga positive
and authoritative statement of the
facts with regard to Parker's gold tele-
gram. The: nub Of that explanation is
that Judge Parker sent this telegram
without consulting anybody.
That may be true, and granting that
it is true, the fact remains that it was
not sent until after the New York
papers-the Post, the World and Times
had notified him editorially that if he
did not say something similar to what
was said in the telegram he could not
hope to be elected. It is not hatterine
to Judge Parker's remarkable political
acumen to assume that he was able tc
see the. situation as his party organs il
} New York presented it to him. II
brief, he had no4ehoice. He had tt
send the telegram or face sure defeat
1T was tho proper thing for him to d.
and, the honorable thing. AS to wheth
or it called for any particular exhibition
Of courage there doubtless may be SOM
difference of opinion, but courage in tn
face Of situation which admits Of NJ
alternative is not of such high orde
as to call forth the laudation which tn
Eagle and other democratic newspaper
have been showering upon the Judge 70
his unavoidable act
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
MABEL HAS FUN"
Story of Miss Kent's Dangling Trip
into the Blue Sky.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Shelton, Conn, Sept. 9.-Miss Mabel
Kent stepped out Of the crowd at the
Orange fair as professional aeronaut
was preparing to sail: II would like
to 60 up with ,you,' declared Miss
Kent. The professor was willing and
Miss Kent was strapped to a para
chute belt and her wrists strapped to
the trapeze in which she sat. AS the
her. rio seat in in + the trapeze and dangled lied
by her wrists, which were tightly
strapped: She was unable to regain
her%@place. The aeronaut bade her be
calm, but saw that it would be impos-
sible to allow her to drop in the para
chute, as he had intended to do, as the
rope leading to the balloon valve dan
gled beyond the aeronaut s reach. The
balloon rose to an alarming height, but
the aeronaut finally reached the valve
rope and he and Miss Kent descended
together, the young woman landing in
a tree, from where she was obliged to
climb to the ground.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-09
A September Coaching Tour-Yellow-
stone National Park.

the grandest trip in the. world, and it
is an especially grand trip at this time
mountain peaks enhances the grandeur
Of the scenery, but in no way inter-
feres with the comfort of the travel
ing in the big covered coaches. The
park will be open for visitors during
the entire month Of September, Get
the Yellowstone Park folder at the
Northern Pacific city ticket office.