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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
ON THE NELSON DECISION

Albert Lea Tribune-Judge Browns de-
cision Is one of the soundest dictums that
has issued from the supreme court in
many years and 1t will command wide
reading and direct attention to conditions
that have been rapidly becoming intoler-
able to the public. Every person charged
with crime or misdemeanor should at
all times have the benefit of every reason
able doubt, but when technicalities in the
law are permitted to keep a red-handed
murderer from a just punishment, the
words Of Justice Brown will be looked
upon as timely and will be studied with
care and interest by ALL
Red Wing NeWs-The Minnesota SUI
preme court has ruled that technical err
rors are not enough to upset a verdict,
providing the accused has not been de-
priVed OF any substantial right. The case
was the Nelson murderers. There was no
doubt they were fairly convicted. In that
case what difference does it make. if some
irrevelant question was admitted that
should have been ruled out, or some sec
ondary matter was excluded that properly
should have been admitted? They had
a fair trial and there was no doubt Of the
justice Of the verdict.
That's a good rule. In St. Louis Butler
has been set free on technical grounds
when nobody doubts his guilt or that it
was! established. Seeking for, microscopic
flaws in the record to the perversion Of
justice is not the business OF the courts.
The, Minnesota decision is a wholesome
precedent
s Wells Forum-There are so many quib-
bles about the law, that many criminals
escape their just.punishment. In the dis
-trict court a man may be proven guilty
beyond shadow of doubt, but his law
yers will appeal for a new trial upon some
technical grounds and say nothing about
the guilt or innocence of their client Be
cor nf {,.ro ,.i&,
trial court, the supreme court may grant
a new trial. The longer the trial of per-
son can be delayed, the more liable he is
to. escape punishment. And upon this the
another trial, in the hope that the second
one may give them some, loophole to clear
their client, or make his punishment less.
Judge Browns position Is righteous one.
and II the supreme courts were to have
more Of this spirit in giving their decis-
ions, people would have more respect for
the law, and lynchings would be fewer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
A DEED AND A WORD

little stream had lost it's way
Amid the grass and fern;
"A passing stranger scooped a we'll
.Where weary men might turn
He walled it in. and hung with care
A ladle al the brink:
He thought not of the deed he did.
But judged that all might drink
He passed again. and To-! the well,
BY summer never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues
And saved life beside.
A nameless man, amid crowd
That thronged the daily mart,
Let fall a word of hope and love, l
Unstudied, from the heart;
A whisper on the tumult thrown, 1,
1 A transitory breG thu
1t raised brother from the dust,
( It saved a soul from death.
Q germ! o fount! Qsword Of love!
% thought at random cast!
Ye We're but little at the first,
But mighty at the last. IS
Charles Mackay.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
New Years Gifts for Alaska.

Alaska gets no territorial form of
government. Il h e urn hardly
expected it would.
A forecast of the report Of the sub
committee of the senate committee
on territories which visited Alaska
last summer, indicates that the COM
mtttee will favor the appointment, by
the president, of representative of
Alaska in congress, but will not favor
the organization of territorial gov
eminent ION account of the difficulty
OF communication between the differ
ent parts Of the district and the
sparseness Of the population" There
are people enough in Alaska to Justify
and entitle them to a territorial gov
eminent, and they are experienced
American citizens who know how to
conduct a government of their own.
The difficulties are physical and not
political or social. They are solely
on account of the lack of means of
transportation between the different
sections of that vast district
The committee, however, proposes
steps toward overcoming this difficulty
In some measure by recommending
the construction Of wagon roads, one
to be in the nature of a trunk line
running from. Valdez $50 miles north
to Eagle on the Yukon. Such a road
will do more than anything else the
government can do just now to pro-
mote the welfare of Alaska and the
development of the interior.
1t is also said that the committee
will recommend the revision of the
mining laws and the creation of an
additional judicial district in north
western Alaska. An additional judge,
even without the establishment of a
new district, is certainly needed, and
is probably what the committee in
tends
1t is to be hoped and expected that
the committee in their report will also
favor action by the government for the
better care of the Indians of Alaska.
The native population is entitled to
consideration and is sadly in need
of it.
Alaska has been neglected by our
SoNSiiillC4II eiIl1A ~ IS 81 dlllylIlS " see
that it is about to receive intelligent
treatment by congress as the result Of
the visit of the four senators (Dilling-
ham of Vermont, Nelson of Minnesota,
Burnham Of New Hampshire, and Pat
terson of Colorado) to that district
during the past summer. These gen.
tlemen made very painstaking and
careful study of conditions, are fully
prepared to act intelligently and wise
ly and will undoubtedly shape the
legislation of congress to the great
benefit of the district.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
WHEN TAFT WHIPPED AN EDITOR

Very few are aware that William II.
Ia1t' prospective secretary of war and
now governor of the Philippines, got his
start IN life thru the dangerous feat of
Whipping an editor. His father, after a
alstlngu1shed public career, had Just
loItneo a law partnership in Cincinnati,
when weekly paper attacked his priva 10
lie IN a scandalous way. The young man.
1resh from Yale, at once called at the
newspaper office and in a few minutes
had polished off his man in fine style. The
EXPLOIT called public attention to the victor
ana no ne was shortly appointed to public
once. he has steadily advanced in prom
Ilence ever since and now; is to be secre-
tary of war, a position which his father
once held. N'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
RoosEvELT's TASTE in COFFEE

Until recently the demand for Porto Rico
coffee here has not been great, owing to
the fact that the extract from the Porto
Rican berry had a bitter taste DISTRESSING
to the American palate. It has been dis
covered that If the coffee be Drowned dark
instead Of light this taste is eliminated,
and the result is drink quite above critf-
cism. President Roosevelt uses the Porto
Rfcan coffee exclusively at the White
House, and states that 1t gives better rat
isfaction than any other brand "a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Among the magazine notices a few days
ago in this column an Atlantic Monthly
critic was quoted in praise Of Josephine
Preston Peabody and her little volume
Singing Leaves, published by Hough-
ton, Miffln & Co. Herewith is given 1.-THE
Coming from that volume:
Low in the west, the early star s4A
Is haZed with fires of spring,
Low in the east the golden moon
Comes slowly westering. r.
The last-year leaves, they breathe and stir
With hope beyond their ken.
golden fear, that men must hear
All hearts wake up again. =.
Mr.. John Morley is said to have re-
ceived $4,000 for his Life Of Gladstone. -
When one takes Mr.. Morleys name into
consideration, and the amount of work
he has put into this Life the pay is not
large.
DR.. M. J. Savage, in his Out Of Nazar-
eth, deals with the ministry and teach
ings of Christ from the Unitarian stand
point, and, while to some extent unjust in
his criticisms Of evangelistic and so-called
orthodox schools of theological thought.
he says, as he always does, many things
worth remembering. DR.. Savage always
takes an optimistic view of life, as he
ought to. r
When Christ says "the Kingdom of God
is at hand" DR.. Savage is right, when
commenting, he declares that "the King
dom of God is something which is ito be
here on this poor old curse-ridden tear
stained EARTH" and it will come, as he
says, when the kingdom Is first in man,
and, If, 1t is there, and he carries heaven
in. his soul, there can be no hell for him,
and, if he carries hell in his own Soul,
there is no heaven for him possible. h On
this basis DR.. Savage discusses the prob
lem of evil and it's solution: the necessity
for those who have the new spirit and
new life of the Kingdom of God, to come
together in church organiza ton, which is
as natural as the grass growing in the
spring, as it brings men in right relations
to God and right relations to each other
Altho Dr. Savage eliminates the superna-
tural in his comments on the New Tesla
ment biographies of Christ and his teach
ings. he takes the view that Jesus was
really seen by his disciples after his cru
cifixion, and BURIAL but in his spiritual
body. and that it. was the empty tomb
and the spiritual body of Jesus seen by the
disciples, which gave them the solid faith
which braced them for the conquest of
the world for Christ. He contends that
death is not an evil, for it is taking on
of the spiritual body and new and
brighter life This subject he discusses at
tractively in the chapter entitled ..,The
Empty Tomb =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
Rural Police.

Philadelphia is talking of expand
ing into a greater Philadelphia The
Quaker City has not been stricken
with megalomania, but the suburbs
are calling for the expansion Of the
city so that they may have the benefit
of municipal police protection. There
has been great increase in crimes in
these neighborhOods, and the ordinary
rural agencies of maintaining peace
and enforcing the law are not equal to
the task imposed upon them. So har-
RAISING have become the crimes of me-
gro tramps and some whites that the
Philadelphia suburbanites prefer to
submit themselves to the grating pro-
pensities of the Philadelphia gang for
the sake Of securing the protection
of the Phils delphia police.
This unusual reason for proposing
the extension of city, limits, raises
again the question Of whether the
means of preserving peace and order
in the rural districts must not be
changed to meet modern conditions.
In former times when our rural popu-
lation, in the settled regions, was al
most entirely God-fearing, church-go-
Ing and law-obeying and not easily
reached by the vicious floating popu-
lation, the town or village constable
and the county sheriff were quite equal
to the task of making the few arrests
that were necessary, and easily qdelled
such rare breaches of the peace as oc-
Cured.
But now we have a rural population
that is often more disorderly In ten
dency than the old, and the improve
ments of means of communication and
the m1grations Of rolling-stone farm
hands, are apt to turn loose on the
most orderly communities gangs of
miscreants and criminals with whom
the constable and the sheriff are not
able to cope. These conditions sug-
gest the establishment Of permanent
rural police force or constabulary.
which should derive it's authority from
the state and would thus be independ-
ent of local influences likely to be in
furious to it's efficiency.
A permanent criminal class In the
cities demands a permanent police
force. If the country is to be afflicted
with permanent criminal class it.
too, requires a permanent police force.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
Case of Shrinkage.

The quarterly dividend on the COM
mon stock of the United States Steel
corporation was passed by the direct
ors at their annual meeting in New
York yesterday. This was not unex-
pected as, at the last quarterly meet
ing, the dividend was reduced on the
common stock from a to a 2 per
cent basis. The directors declared
the usual dividend on the preferred
stock.
The great consolidation found it up-
hill work to pay dividends on SO much
water-soaked stock, which, under the
influence Of irrational conclusions as
to what the market would stand, thew
had recklessly issued. The slump in
the net earnings is noticeable. For
the year recently closed they were
10S,979,012, as against $133,3OS,763
in 1902, and s105,s47,160 in 1901 dur
! ing the first nine months Of the ex-
istence of the corporation, the most
important consolidation Of the indus
trial order in the country. The big
corporation had to take its chances
in floating it's securities with other
ambitious concerns, and when it is
reflected that, during the past five
years, there have been issued the for
midable sum Of $7,962,196, 200-near-
~ eight billions of stocks and bonds
to be disposed of to the public-it is
no wonder that there resulted very
large amount Of undigested and indi-
gestible securities. The year 1903
witnessed a very much reduced CAPT.
talization. the aggregate being only
$425,976,000 as compared with ST.
122,205,200 in 1902 and $2,S05,457,-
600 in 1901; ss45.1 SO. 900 in 1900 and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK

People VINO have things to say to the pub
lie that ought to be said. are invited to
use this column. But the space IS linn
tied, and all communications must be
"bolied down" as much as possible,
Three hundred words Is safe limit;
''WaI<ing." $500. !.
To the Editor Of The Journal.
The editorial in The journal OF
Saturday headed Walking was a :time-
ly' production, and should be given atten-
tive consideration by all dyspeptic and
headachy people who think they. can't
walk back and forth between home and
work, If they live as much as a half a
mile away. Time was when I thought
a mile was altogether too far to walk be-
tween work and home, and so I would
stand on street corner and SILVER and
walt long enough for a car to take me
several blocks on my way afoot, and after
| got into the car would find myself packed
sardine fashion and inhaling an atmos-
phere that was unfit to breathe, to begin
With, and got worse every minute until
reached my getting-off place., then 1
would spend the day in room none too
well ventilated, and then go thru the
experience Of the morning in getting home
Those were the days of dyspepsia, head
ache, no appetite, little sound sleep and a.
continual sense of that 'tired feeling In
some way I walked up to the foolishness
of that way of doing. and adopted the
habit of walking when could not ride my
Wheel That vas several years ago, and
during the years since then have never
lived less than two miles from my work
and sometimes four Now all the bodily
ills I formerly suffered from are I'M
known, and in consequence life is that
much brighter and more enjoyable. I as
sert, without fear of contradiction" that
every working man and woman who works
indoors and lives within two miles of his
or her work ought to walk back and forth
The resultant saving of $50 year or so
would be worth considering by most of
them, but the physical and mental bene-
fits derived from half hours walk and
deep breat thing of outdoor air morning
and evening could not be computed in dol
ars and cents. So far as loss of time Is
concerned. it need not amount to more
tina ten minutes each way. If you don't
believe 1t. try it and see.
Every morning when gee half way or
more down town, see full grown people
standing on street corners shivering and
waiting for a car. The sight awakens a
feeling of pity, tinged with disgust; but
when recall that there was a time When
l didn't have any better sense myself.
the disgust evaporates and only the pity
remains for people who have not vet
learned the value OF, pure air and a brisk
walk. A Walker.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

that their SONS loss can he attributed to
them. They forget apparently that this
talk about injury from rough play in the
Minnesota game Is completely disposed Of
by the fact that young Cooling was well
enough to play with his team afterwards
in the Chicago and Wisconsin games.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Representative Dixon of Montana takes
the prize for fool bills. He has just intro
duced a bill calling for the building Of a
wire fence along the Canadian boundary
from Lake Of the Woods to Puget sound.
His object is to keep out smuggled China
men, the idea being. to have the fence
electrically charged in such a manner that
If any one attempted to cross it, an alarm
would be turned in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
APOLOGIES TO wos Y GIL

Editor Abbott of the Annapolis md. )
Capital seems to be in deep water over
an unfortunate typographical error which
may bring him into international compli-
cations. Here is his explanation: "Our
apologies. are due to Wos GIL, whose
name appeared In this column yesterday
as Wosey iGl. We are doing the best we
can by the gentleman"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

1t takes long time for lie to die,
and Its effects are never wholly exterm:
mated The assertion was so often made
that Minnesota played a disreputablv
rough football game with Michigan on
Oct. 81 that it came to be generally be-
lteved. The result is that, now that Cecil
Gooding, guard of the Michigan team.
is dead Of typhoid fever his untimely end
Is attributed to the fact that "his con-
stitution was impaired by the hard usage
he sustained in that game It is quite
possible that Mr. Gooding's health was
impaired by the hard training and ex-
hausting strain OF season of champion
ship football, but it is unfair to ATTEMPT to
attribute his death to a game which was
no rougher than such games must nee
essarily be. Yet, no doubt, because thew
heard so much malicious talk about the
roughness of the Minnesota PLAYERS, Mr..
Gooding's parents are ready to believe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

The Wisconsin library commission com
piles at frequent intervals for the use Of
the public Libraries Of Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin. Nebraska, Ohio and Delaware,
whose Is, library commissions work cooper
ing list of recent books 1T has SEPARATE
lists for small libraries, and larger ones,
and each has certain starred books for
first purchase. In the last list the books
especially recommended to small libraries
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Only thirty persons were killed in the
Rock Island wreck yesterday. It was a
head-end collision, and of course, head end
collisions are inevitable in the opera ton
of RAILWAYS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

1.-THE people of Kentucky" says Gov
ernor Beckhau,~. ''are as law-abiding as
any on earth This may be compliment
airy to Kentucky, but it is a slap in the
face for the rest Of the world .t.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

England expects that every foreigner
shall pay his duty is the English pro-
tectionists' paraphrase of Lord Nelson's
battle signal at Trafalgar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

r. G.. Dunn has announced his candi-
dacy for the office Of governor. This is
SO sudden, Bob! o.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Instead Of fghting the Japs the Rus
slams are taking it out on the Jews.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

While ''The Lighthouse by the Sea" at
the Bijou this week is a sensational melo-
drama the story is presented with such
telling effect that it never fails to impress
the audience deeply.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
BOOKS RECEIVED

OUT OF NAZARETH. By Minot J. Savage,
| Boston: American Unitarian association.
Price 81 20 net.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat.

The matinee Of Ben Hur'' at the Met
ropolitan this afternoon attracted a large
attendance. The interest manifested in
this great religious drama by the gen
eral public does not appear to be in any
way abated.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

The engagement of Mason and Mason at
the Bijou next week In Rudolph and
Adolph'' should prove drawing card.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

SOD Dunn Makes His Formal Announce
ment' at Public Reception In Prince
ton-cltzens Of the Town Subscribe
$4,000 for Ills Campaign Fund-sen-
ator somervllle Fayors Ray. Jones' Re-
nominatlon-Press Comment on Re-
cent DEVELOPMENTS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Friday will be ladies' day atsthe Dewey.
A new series of souvenirs Will be pre-
sented to each lady attending. 1.-THE
Brigadiers." the attractions this week,
should appeal to- the fair sex, as the show
is brim full Of comedy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

1.-THE Lighthouse by the Sea-" the melo-
drama holding forth at the Bijou this
week, depicts an eventful story Of life
around government lighthouse, and is
replete, with stirring, situations
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

''Graustark,' presented at the Lyceum
this week by Dick Ferris and Grace Hay
ward and their company, was witnessed
by two large audiences yesterday, the
members of the Ben Hur company attend
ing the matinee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

Marie Cahill, the originality of whose
methods has brought her into prominence,
will play three nights and matinee at
the Metropolitan, starting Jan. ii, present
ing Nancy Brown"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

What gets us is how that three-cor-
nered revolution can go on In San Do
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

The Wadena Pioneer Journal, in an
nouncing Judge Collins resignation, says:
The fight is now, on. Heretofore the
Dunn crowd have been doing all of the
lighting, but from now Judge Collins and
that element in the republican party
which believes in sustaining the principles
laid down by Roosevelt and Van SAINT will
be found to be actively organizing the
state" =" =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

A Kansas paper came out for Judge
Alton, for president. After mature con-
sideration other Kansas papers came to
the conclusion that, their contemporary
was skating very close to Judge Alton B.
Parker's great BOOM
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

A careful examination Of late Christmas
literature shows that the Christmas
ghost has gone out of fashion. Since
Dickens, christmas Carol',.it has been
pretty difficult to break away from the
ghost or the plum pudding.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

The attraction at the Lyceum next week
will be the Roman drama, "Fabio
Romani."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

F. c. Whitney's gorgeous production Of
1.-THE Isle OF Spice will be the offering
Of the Metropolitan for the half week be-
ginning next Sunday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06

London has a fad of hand pa inted stock
lngs. We had a hole handpainted on the
heel OF one of our socks last week so de-
ceptiye IN It's rare naturalness that grand
ma tried to darn it. -, r.,