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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
EDITORS EYE FOR BUSINESS

L A wisconsin editor is credited with the
following unique wedding notice. in which
free advertising is a conspicuous feature:
Miss ennie Jones and, Rob Henry were
married at the Jones mansion last night
The bride is a daughter of our constable
Jones, who has made a good officer and
will undoubtedly be reelected next spring.
He offers a fine horse for sale in another
column. The groom runs a grocery store
on Main street and is a good patron of
our ad columns and has got in a new line
of bargains this week. All summer he has
paid Q cents more for butter than any
other store In town. The happy couple
left on the 10 o'clock train for Milwaukee
to visit the brides uncle, who is reported
to have lots Of money and Bright's dis
ease. Rob certainly has an eye for bust
ness"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
AT THE THEATERS
MctropolItan--DanIeI suIIy In "The Chief
Justlce,H

T.
Daniel Sully is an odd figure in the dra-
matte world. He plods along year after
year around the perimeter of a narrow
circle, within which is included small
but steadfast company Of admirers, who
like the flavor Of his Celtic wit and are
moved by the triumph Of the Irishman
which he always achieves. no matter what
the play. These admirers are, for the
most part, not steady theater-goers. They
are not at all critical and they like Sully.
The fact that he has no talent whatever
for impersonation does not weigh with
then-they much prefer him in his own
proper person of Sully. His Hibernian
gift for repartee and his solemn way Of
uttering platitudes as if they were new
nuggets of wisdom which he had just
mined, please his friends mightily-and
no one else pays any attention.
The play he brings this time, called
'''The Chief Justice has - fitted to his
| measure by Fitzgerald N by. 1t is bad
! job of dramatic tailorin The garment is
! literally trimmed with rams and plati-
| tudeS, which weary the )ehOlder without
concealing it's defects. he fact, that Mr..
| Sully and his company new to the play
and have not yet learne their lines, adds
/ to the embarrassment. 1T even after the
i newness has worn off, The Chief JUS
! tice" will still be a faf re. Here is the
climax Of the second act:
I The judge has an irnpo. ant case to de-
eide. A just decision will cause f1nancia
ruin to the woman he 10 IS and to his
brother who would other>'. e be able tt
repay the judge large sum pent in saw.
ing the brother from disgrace. From thi:
dilemma the juoge with many high-sound
Ing phrases about duty and honor ant
J the immaculacy Of his judicial ermine
escapes by unloading the stock, owned b!
the woman he loves, on an innocent pur
chaser, before he renders the decision
! that makes the stock worthless! Thi
highly absurd eXpedient is seriously pu
forward and justified by the playwright
About it revolves the whole action Of tn,
play. Comment seems superf1uous.
The comedy Of the piece is trivial AM
commonplace, but Mr.. Sully saves the sit
uation many times by the easy assuranc
with which he carries things off. Once O
: twice he reaches heights Of real feelin
and then relieves the strain in his char
acteristic fashion by giving chance TO
a laugh. The company is on the sam
plane as star and play. There is one hon
orable exception, that of William F. Koh
man, who plays the old Irish servitor cap
italy well. His brogue is delicious, hi
wit is unconscious and naive and his i'm
personation is faithful The four youn
people in the cast are merely mediocre
but the work Of William D. Reed in tn
role of the colonel has quality of bad
ness that is belligerently positive.
w. B. Chamberlain.
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A two-volune glimpse of interesting
character Of the private lives of the En-
press Augusta Victoria, wife Of Kaiser
William II. of Germany, and Of the kaiser
himself, is to be found in Court Memoirs:
Private Lives Of William II. and His Con-
sort, by a lady calling herself Ursula.
Countess Won Eppinghoven, who very
probably wrote and published her observa-
lions without asking the permission of
either the kaiser or the Empress Augusta.
She became maitresse du maison and maid
Of honor, closely attendant upon the en-
press. after William II. was enthroned,
in June, 1888, and held her position until
1898. The position was not paradisiacal.
She declares that in the "gilded cage
Of the palace, she was used as a beast
Of burden by the great personages my
masters, whom Providence sent into the
world ready booted and spurred to ride
no better. no worse She says that her
book cannot offend the exalted ones Of
whom she writes unless they object to
truth" She must know, however, that it
is not wise or prudent to tell what goes
on behind the scenes. The lady certainly
talks freely about what she heard and saw
In the 'gilded cage at Potsdam and
in Berlin, as hofdame to the empress
She tells us how the kaiser bathes and
| shaves: how the empress makes her tot
let's; how they both eat sleep and drink;
| tells us all about the imperial Clothes and
" l1lS s1AlAluIeQS OI Uniforms the kaiser
owns and uses, and many other details. An
amusing tale is related, how w. K. Van
derloilt prevented from driving into
the grounds Of the Neues Palais, by a
sentinel who prepared to shoot w. K. and
| coachman
Ursula says the Hotenzollerns are furi-
I ously fond of risque stories and that Will
liam is very fond of such naughty narra-
| tives. The sovereigns from way back of
! this line had this coarse grain in their ma
lures. Ursula calls it 'lascivious tattle. !"
! Such little affairs as the empress making
J her own crate fire in the morning are re-
lated with infinite gusto. The kaiser is
the object OF serious charges Ursula in
dulges in much disparagement Of the en-
press, who she says has developed into a
large, numbering frau, but having beauti-
full arms. She goes infinitely into the
physical features Of the empress and she
says the whole world has been duped into
believing that the kaiserin is the ideal
hausfrau, which is absurd, as she pays no
attention to the house management only
once detgning even to look into the linen
i. closet While Ursula was hofdame. There
is a deal OF gossip touching the court peo-
ple jealousies of the high danes, and
about the kaiser's furious temper and con-
ceit and many foibles. There are Incl
dents relating to the fall OF Bismarck and
the kaiser's trouble with the succeeding
imperial chancellors. and a lot Of interest
|. Ing talk about the late Empress Frederick
{ Ursulas tale strips the kaiser and the
kaiserin of the illusory divinity which
hedges them about. 1t is extremely prob
able that the book will be suppressed in
Germany, as 1t Is too full of somewhat
outrageous attacks upon the virtue Of the
{ imperial household
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the woman bent on shopping could

the woman bent on shopping could
be assured clean, comfortable street
car, with plenty Of room and no
jostling and crowding by a mob Of
men rude with the rush Of business.
the friction Of shopping would be
greatly reduced.
It is conceded that such cars would
occasionally have unused straps and
perhaps empty seats. That is why,
says the New York Press. the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit company will not
grant the request of the league.
Still. it might be worth while to
experiment with shopping cars.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
What Of the Future?


To the Editor of The Journal.
The action Of the supreme court of this
state in connection with the Anles case
compels us to apologize to the Missouri
supreme court for our criticisms upon it's
ruling In the matter Of the st. Louis bood-
lers and forces one to ask the question
with which this article is headed.
Without entering into a discussion of
the correctness of the courts rulings in
those cases, which would be presumption,
in one unacquainted with the intricacies
Of law. is it not well to look to the future
in an attempt to find some way of safe
guarding the nation against the continued
miscarriage of justice thru the laws tech
nicalittes. What a travesty on justice to
see man Of Ames' stamp go free; what
an encouragement to public officers is it
to have the st. Louis boodlers set free
after the magnificent and efficient work
done by Attorney Folk
IN this age we hear SO much criticism
of prosecuting attorneys for their indiffer-
ence and half-hearted efforts to bring to
justice those who prey on the public. May
it not be that their apathy and indiffer-
ence is traceable directly to the supreme
court? No wonder Mr.. Boardman sees no
chance Of putting the genial doctor behind
the bars; small wonder If Attorney Folk
expresses himself as discouraged. Are
there not others who are discouraged?
I Take the case of the Nelson brothers of
Owatonna. The citizens Of this state
would no doubt feel well satisfied with the
action Of the board Of pardons in com
muting their sentence to imprisonment for
life were it not the fear that this Is only
one step toward their early liberation.
The thought comes to us that it were
we'll to do away with the prison at Still
water; to dispense with our expensive trial
courts and grand juries. Simply retain
the supreme court and our board of par
dons, since they seem to be all powerful
and all wise.and II we would be still more
economical let us dismiss the supreme
court and retain only the board Of pardons
We foresee the glad hand extended tc
Brother red, and while we are at 1t why
not have a housekeeping at the state in
stitution located in saltwater and liberate
hcient magnitude they will escape?
Is the country going to be run by graft
] ers, prostitutes and the low and vicious
Of all classes? Is justice dethroned anc
are bur sons and daughters to become the
prey Of thugs and rascals? Are they to be
taught that If they commit a crime Of sui
fcient magnitude they will escape.
Perhaps the bulldog tenacity Of thu
English courts, in refusing to liberate Mrs
Maybrick, is not such bad trait after all
and may it not have taught the promote,
4 Wright, who recently was convicted ii
an English court. the hopelessness of get
!. ting any board Of pardons to set him free
|so that he took his miserable life? Wer,
the laws administered here as they ar.
across the water 1t would certainly maxi
for the security Of the public, even II /
did prove little disagreeable for the In
4 dividual occasionally.
&c. A. Sutherland,
I hay En1Yps M 5
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Development of northwestern
~ Minnesota.

Northwestern Minnesota seems to be
getting it's deserts at last. Look at
the map Of that part Of the state and
you will see that between the Great
Northern's line to st. Vincent and the
timbered swamps north Of Red Lake
there is a strip Of country from so to
100 miles east and west and about 60
miles north and south that is without
a single railway line. Indeed, except
for the fifty or sixty miles Of the Ca
madam Northern in eastern Roseau
and northern Beltrami counties, the
northwestern part Of the state is with
out railways for $50 miles east and
west, measuring from the Great North
erns line on the west to the building
Minnesota &c International on the
east.
A large part of this region, that in
Kittson, Roseau and Marshall coun-
ties especially and in northern Bel
trami and Itasca counties, is excellent
agricultural land. Some Of the good
land has heavy timber on it, and some
of the land that is not agriculturally
valuable is valuable for its timber.
Land is cheap in this part Of the state
because of lack Of railways. Many
farmers have gone in and bought or
"homesteaded' good agricultural land
foreseeing that they must sooner or
later have railways.
The 500 started the ball rolling in
the development of this forgotten part
Of Minnesota by beginning last year to
t1,,.,
Pope, Douglas, Becker, Norman, Red
Lake, Marshall and Kittson counties
looking to an ultimate Winnipeg con-
nection by the Canadian Pacific. This
line, besides tapping the region above
described, opens up to the south o.
Marshall county an extensive regior
which is without north and south
railway lines for sixty miles. In the
White Earth reservation it penetrate!
one Of the fairest and most delightful
regions in all Minnesota.
Now the Great Northern purposes t,
extend it's Thief River Falls branch
north from that village thru Marshal
and Roseau counties to the interna
tional line, distance Of about sixt.
miles. Not content with this, tn
Great Northern intends to extend tn
branch that now ends at Pelican Rap
ids in Otter Tail county in such a wa,
as to strike thru the same country
4 north of Otter Tail, that the Soo's ex
tension will penetrate.
Care will doubtless be taken to kee
these several lines at a fair distanc
from each other. The result will b
that, all told, northwestern Minesot
will get 800 miles OF new railway i
1 comparatively new country. Tha
means an agricultural population i
that region several times multiplied /
the next few years and the springin
into life of scores Of towns and VII
lagos. That. again. means growt
for Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth
the great market towns Of the NORTH
west.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
Cheaper Gas.

In 1877, $3.50; in 1904. $1.10. These
figures represent the reduction in the
price of gas In this city since the gas
company was organized. The price
has dropped at various times. the first
reduction amounting to 81. the second
to 81, the third to 70 cents; next time
it was reduced 90 cents. then 80 cents,
then 10 cents, and on the first Of June
the price will drop 10 cents more.
This voluntary reduction on the part
OF the gas company will certainly be
appreciated by consumers and is very
much to the credit OF the company
in view of the fact that It is volun-
tary and brings the price down lower
than that arranged for in st. Paul
under the pressure brought to bear by
the city government in connection with
the granting Of d new charter. The
mately be less than $40, but that
does not come for some time yet, and
when 1t does come doubtless the Min
neapolis company will have led again
in the reduction to consumers.
The company expects and claims
that it must have, in order to Justify
this reduction, a large increase in con-
sumption. That there will be such
increase there can be no reasonable
doubt. The city is growing rapidly;
a great many apartment houses are
being built. and these will swell the
consumption of gas very materially
not only for light but for fuel, as
the gas stove and the fiat go together
It is to be hoped that the company
will have no occasion to regret this
| voluntary reduction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
Cuba Stands Alone.

Yesterday the last American troops
left Cuba. There is not in that re-
public to-day, outside Of the limits of
the naval coaling stations leased by
the United States a single vestlge or
American power on the whole island.
We have done our work in Cuba and
we have kept our promise.
The Cubans seemed to be but slight
ly interested in the departure Of the
last American troops. They have SO
long been assured Of our good inten-
tons that the actual embarkation of
the last soldier did not appeal to them
as an important event.
Yet it was great event.
It was the final demonstration OF
the fidelity with which the American
republic observes it's obligations. IT
was, therefore, a great day for the
| United States.
For Cuba yesterday was great day
because the United States did then by
| it's actions proclaim to the whole
| world that there has in it's opinion
been established in Cuba a govern
ment, independent and republican
that is amply able to look after its
own affairs.
Thus is terminated a most gloriou:
chapter in American history. The
cl1ivalrous aspirations which plunged
this nation into war with Spain si1
years ago have been fully rewarded
| Cuba, has been Wrested from an intol
cradle despotism, filled with new hf'
and hope, created into a nation, laugh
how to govern itself and fairly started
on the road to prosperity and content
ment. Meyer has one nation dom
| more for another than we for Cuba.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
4 LITTLE soDHousE IN NEBRASKA

I dine upon dishes of silver and gold
In a glitter of china and glass;
walk upon carpets so thick and so soft
They muffle all sound as pass.
sleep In chamber azure and white
Under satin and down, but alack!
In the dead of the night, when I'm lying
awake
Ny thoughts will go wandering back
To little sodhouse in Nebraska.
The floor. it was bare, and the smokes
blackened logs
Were covered with pictures-old prints
From a very few papers that drifted our
And the window was curtained with
chintz.
But OH what an army Of beautiful dreams
Came out in the freight to play
And tell me of all the grand things
would do
| When, grown up, could journey away
From the little sodhouse in Nebras ska.
would buy for my mother gown OF
black silk
! And bonnet Of roses and lace;
But alas! ere tasted the fruits of suc-
cess
The grave mould was over her face.
And sitting alone Ger a bottle of port
bark to the wind in the night,
AS it means and it groans, and I think
with pang
How it walls far away DER the site
/ OF the little sodhouse in Nebraska.
| I am tired of the languorous lilies Of life,
| long for the wind and the rain,
i The glory of morn on the dewy green
/ corn
And the smell of the wheat fields again.
Where the silver creek flows, and the gold
en-rod grows.
Oh, tits there am signing to roam,
1 In the state of my birth, on the one spot
4 of earth
4 That call by the dear name of home
The little sodhouse in Nebraska,
Nina Irving, in Leslie's Weekly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
Great Record for
January

The Minneapolis Journal has
again demonstrated right to it's
title of 1.-THE Great Daily Of the
Great Northwest" having car
ried in 26 issues in January 1,311
columns of PAID advertising,
while it's nearest competitor car
ried 1872 columns, or nearly 30
per cent less. -
By eliminating Objectionable
medical advertising, which The
Journal would not carry, from
the amount of it's nearest COM
ipetitor. The Journal carried as
much advertising in its 26 issues
as it's competitor carried in it's
&c daily and five big Sunday
issues.
AS TO CIRCULATION.
During January The Journals
circulation showed the gratifying
daily average of
61,463 Copies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05

The people who lived in Minneapolis
along in so to 10 are probably known
as "old timers They have had a good
deal Z to say about the cold winters we
used to have but the figures given by
The Journal yesterday from the rec
ords are calculated to jar the cherished
notions that the winters used to be colder
than they are now. The coolest winter
since IT, was the winter Of s74-'75. when
the average mean temperature for De-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
THE JOURNALS LEAD AT WEBSTER

Webster Is. d. Reporter and Farmer
The Minneapolis Journal, with its usual
enterprise, is the first OF the twin city
papers to contain a cut and description
of the new courthouse Of this county.
The Journal has more subscribers than
any other daily that comes to this city,
and it is just this kind of enterprise that
begets its popularity. On behalf Of the
people Of Day county, we thank The
journal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05

The gamblers at Nome, Alaska, have es-
tablished themselves on the ice outside
the three-mile limit of territorial waters.
and the question is raised as to whether
the United States marshal has the right
to arrest them. It is a safe guess. how
ever, that no other nation would interfere
were the marshal to arrest the open-sea
gamblers. ....-a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05

Chicago's outgo is twice her income and
the city Is threatened with bankruptcy.
We wouldn't suggest it as general rem
edy for bad municipal government in
America, but Chicago might prof tably en-
trust her government for number of
years to some powerful business corpora
ton that would be content with a net
profit Of per cent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
BOOKS RECEIVED

COURT MEMOIRS. Private Lives of William
II. and His Consort, and Secret History of the
Court Of Berlin, from the Papers and Diaries
Extending over a Period Beginning June. 1888,
to the Spring Of 1898, of Ursula, Countess Won
Eppinghoven, Dame du Palais to Her Majesty
the Empress-Queen. By Henry w. Fischer In
two volumes. New York: Fischer's Foreign
Letters Vanderbilt building,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
FRIDAY EVENING,

cember, January and February was 8 de-
the winters Of 'ss'S7. when the mean was
s. and 's7-'ss, when it was 4. The present
winter seems likely to rank among the
cold ones, altho the three months winter
period Is not yet complete.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
PICKED FROM THE MAGAZINES

The History Of a Trust-In very in
teresting article which appears in the
February number Of The North American
Review, Cerdio Saxon offers the History
Of a. Trust" as a contribution to the dis
cussion Of the trust problem The trust
In question endeavored to control the pro-
sduction Of an article Of general consuInp-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
DIDN'T KNOW THE AIR WAS DRY
sioux CITY Io,,rnaI

80 SIOUX CITY JOuruaI.+
Up in Minneapolis where the air is so
dry that you don't feel the cold however
far the mercury may be the wrong way
from zero, seal born in the Arctic region
was put out Of commission by the freez-
Ing Of one OF his fippers. Possibly the
seal didn't know the air was dry.