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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
WAR TO SEND UP
SEALSKIN PRICES
Cannonading Turns Course of
Seal Migration Fewer Sealers
Out Next Season. 49,.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 15.-War in the
far east has turned the course Of the
seal herd migrations to such an extent
that many of the most famous Of the
Siberian coast rookeries have been
abandoned. Noise Of the cannonading
other causes, the catch Of the coming
season will probably be smaller and
prices CORRESPONDENCE higher.
1t has been claimed that the hunting
on this side was the primary cause Of
the driving of the seal in countless
millions to the Japanese, and Russian
islands. # this be so, it is confidently
CT returning them to the American
coast.
During the past year no schooners
were sent to the Japanese coast, and
but few to the Copper islands, for fear
of collision with the Russian or the
Japanese fleet. "
Wait on Fur Sale.
Until after the annual fall fur sales
have taken place in London, on Dec. l6,
nothing will be done towards outftting
the Victoria sealing feet for next sea-
son s. operations, and then. it is alto
gether probable that hunting will be
as far north as the Aleutian islands, and
to Boring sea. Upon the prices realized
at the coming sales will depend the
number of the fleet to go out.
At the annual meeting of the sealing
combine the scene of hunting opera
tions during 1905 will be finally de-
cided upon. Allowing 1000 as repre-
senting the aggregate of the catches
of the Indians along the coast, the TO-
tai return for the season is placed at
1905 skins. This is the smallest catch
in many years, the reason being in
great measure the smallness of the
fleet operating.
/ Twenty six schooners sent out in 1908
secured, with Hshore' and Cape Horn
catches added, 2O,470 pelts. In 1902
the number Of skins taken was l6,30l
in 1901 the total was 24,160 skins; in
1900, 35,548 and in 1899, 35,47l.
Higher Prices Expected.
There will be fewer skins on the mar
): ket this fall than usual, in view of the
partial abandonment of the Cape Hort
and Falkland Island grounds by sealers
!: and Of the interference which the wal
: has been to the japanese industry
; but prices are expected to rule highe
than in other years, so that if eXpeC
!: tations are realized those in the bust
: ness will have little cause for com
plant. The Copper Island catches, i
$ will be noticed, have been very small
and the most valuable fur anywher
: found is that which has been the mos
= PLENTIFUL Among the catches small
-. er number of branded skins are see1
this year than for many seasons, show
e ing that those animals that were tor
v tured a few, years ago for identified
n tion are rapidly dying Off.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
Secretary Morton's Plan Of Rail.
road Rate Regulation.

Paul Morton, secretary Of the navy,
quit his job of drawing plans for new
fighting ships long enough yesterday to
outline plan for settling this matter
of regulating railroad rates. Morton
is a practical railroad man himself.
That was his business before the presi-
dent invited him into the cabinet. He
was one of the vice presidents Of the
Santa Fe and in charge Of it's traffic in
terests. He knows lot about the rail
road business and at the request of the
president has undertaken to suggest a
plan of rate adjustment that will fit
the crime His plan provides for, five
things: ~ =. tx
/ 1. Government supervision thru the
interstate commerce commission on com
lplaint of unreasonable rates.. "a
| 2. Legalized pooling.
| 3. A central interstate commerce
court with final jurisdiction except Oh
constitutional questions.
4. Let the commission fix a new rate
where it has found the old one unrea
sonable, but if the railroad will not &C
cept it, let it charge the old rate ant
give a bond to refund the difference il
the court sustains the new rate.
5. Prohibition by law Of all private
freight cars and private terminals, AM
enforcement of equal privileges to all
There are some new ideas here which
coming from practical railroad man
are valuable. The permission to charg
the old rate after giving satisfactor:
bond removes the objection Of the rail
road men Of confscation of their prop
erty thru the imposition Of unfair rates
LOCALIZED pooling is not new idea
but it has had no place in the Cooper
Quarles plan.
The prohibition of all private freigh
, cars is not in the Cooper-Quarles bill
but it is one Of the most importan
, means of relief proposed. The privat
freight car line business, in the hand
; of large shippers, is one Of the most Ell
, fective means by which the big shippe
:. may obtain special concessions an
t crush his competitor and no one know
, this better than practical railroad ma
: like Mr.. Morton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
Amendments Easy to Pass.

The separate ballot for constitutional
amendments certainly seems to have
filed the bill. All the amendments
submitted at the recent election were
carried, even the doubtful one enabling
the legislature to abolish the grand
jury, system. Beyond question a large
share Of the affirmative votes on this
proposition were cast without knowl.
edge Of what it meant. AS it stood on
the voter what the effect of the change
would be. The separate ballot put
something in the voters hands which
had to be attended to. AS rule he
settled the question by voting Eyes
on everything.
1t is an irony Of fate that deferred
the passage Of a tax amendment this
time. The stormy extra session Of 1902
adopted one which was lost at the en-
suing election, along with the gross
earnings bill, because of general apathy
This failure was due to the old system
whereby the amendments went on the
regular state ballot, and were over
looked by the voter in his mad anxiety
| to vote on the state ticket. The las
legislature adopted the separate ballot
and then got into a iangle in the clos
ing hours, and failed to submit any ia:
amendment. Had one been submitte'
at the recent election, it could hav
been passed easily, and the new legisla
ture would have had power to draft a:
improved tax law.
One of the first and most importan
duties Of the coming season is tn
adoption Of a clear, simple form of COZ
stitutional provision fixing the state
power Of taxation. Now that it
possible to amend the constitution,
should be done without further delay.
| Mrs. Chadwick Is back in that dea
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
FIRE HORSE DIES
ANSWERING GONG
Old Pet of the Firemen, Mortally
Hurt, Vainly Strives to
- Rise,

Philadelphia. Dec. ,15.-Fire Engine
No. II, drawn by it's famous old horses,
Bill and Jim, was speeding down South
street to fire in the uncertain light OF
dawn yesterday, when suddenly, Just as
girders on one side and a stack of lum-
Der on the other prevented its driver
from turning out Of the track, a trolley
car, also going at full speed, shot out
from behind the corner of Sixth.
There was no stopping the big two
try to t''s stop, 70" for he was endeavoring to
race across to safety, so the engine
ploughed full tilt into the cars center.
Both horses were killed-for which
there is much mourning today in No. IL
house-the car and engine both were
wrecked, and the fire crew of two men
and one passenger were badly injured.
Tried to Warn Them.
In the last desperate two seconds
then, Patrolman Hanly tried to warn
the engine driver, but it was right be
inside half a block. "Dutch'' Simpson
saw his danger and knew what was sure
to happen, but he stuck to his post.
The impact was terrific. The en-
then the other Of the car body, literally
yards off its rails; Poor Bill and jim
smashed against the cars side. and
then the tremendous weight of their en-
CINE damned forward against them.
A pitiful sight was that of the two
big horses, lying in pool of blood,
jim the bay, was killed outright. Bill,
the beloved black Of the team, when the
engine was backed from his body, APP
peared to be gasping his last. But he
wasn't quite dead, and didn't die for
a long while, and when an hour later
the hose cart, returning from the fire,
passed the spot where he lay, he figured
in an incident that wet the eyes Of
many men in the crowd about the cor
ner. 1879
Bill's Last Call.
Old Bill had been motionless for more
than half an hour. No one believed a
spark Of life was left in him. But when
the bell of the hosecart sounded, he
moved, gave a mighty struggle to get
his feet, as tho for a final call of duty,
half succeeded, and then with final
: weak Whitney, fell back dead
Tears streamed down the faces of the
: hosecart crew. Bill had been twelve
: years with them. He would follow
, tricks, had let him have the run of the
, house, never burdened him with a
halter, and they loved him like a
: brother. Driver Simpson, in the hos
l pital, when he heard the news, wept as
: tho relative had died. He had driven
: Bill from his first fire call to his last.
: Jim was a splendid horse, too, and his
passing was mourned deeply, but there
was no horse in the world like Bill, the
II crew Thought.
Neither Sim son, Robinson or Yer
bloom,- the three injured ones, was hurt
=. dangerously. Their bodies and legs anc
" " arms were cut, and Robinson s face was
- torn; but they will all be out Of the
hospital soon. Simpson has been in the
service thirty-two years a:r...
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The Main Question.

To the Editor Of the Journal.
Permit me to thank you for your timely
editorial on the filter bond issue. The
introduction at this time of discussion
favoring any particular system is perni-
cious and tends to divert attention from
the main question. One hears the most
preposterous reasons assigned for tha
premature campaign, from private owner
ship in the event of failure to secure the
bonds to dark predictions of a filter trust
that plans to creep from city to city, cor.
ner the water supply and dole it out al
so much per. You are to be commended
for the very rational suggestion that the
main point is to secure the bonds.
-OhServer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
A Rural Parcels Post.

The proposed system of parcels de-
livery for the rural free delivery routes
is worth looking into. There are OBJ
stacles to it's application, which natur-
ally present themselves, but on closer
investigation the benefits Of such a
system increase in Importance.
The Postal Progress league, which is
leading in the movement, points out
the waste in the rural delivery system
under it's present limitations. The av-
erage load Of the rural carrier, as he
starts out, weighs less than twenty
pounds, and could be carried in a bushel
basket. His average collections on
each trip will weigh about two pounds.
For this bushel-basket service the gov
eminent pays for the use Of an outfit
that could just as well carry a thousand
pounds. Now that rural telephone sys-
TENS are being widely extended, farm
ers can easily order their supplies from
town without making special trip.
They have no means of getting them
delivered, however. If the government
would establish a special merchandise
rate for the rural routes, it could sup
ply this demand and at the same time
make up much of the $9,500,000 deficit
which resulted from the rural service
last year.
The report Of the fourth assistant
postmaster general favors such an i'm
provement of the system and names a
rate of 8 cents pound as reasonable.
The Postal Progress league wants a
sliding scale, which will admit Of send
ing produce by the bushel or barrel at
small expense. The schedule proposed
by James L. Cowles, secretary of the
league, calls for rate of cents a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
AT THE THEATERS
MetropoIItan-.Tim Murphy in "When q
Man Marriesv


There is much truth in old sayings and
Tim Murphy elaborated that portion
which lies in the Mother Goose doggerel
when he presented A. G. Bishops play,
when Man Marries," last evening.
Given a gOod-natured man, MOTHER in
law, whose every thought is suspicious;
an easily Influenced wife, a wifes friend,
who recommends variety as a basis of
married happiness; a brother-in-law, who
is in love with a chorus girl, and a false
friend and a playwright can weave q
tangled net: for the good-natured man.
The combination is nothing new and Mr..
Bishop treats it in rather a common
place manner. The lines are rather clever,
bit slangy perhaps, but that may give
just another touch of realism to the scrap
of modern life presented. -
Mr.. Murphy has little opportunity in
the role Of Dick Lighter, the good-na-
tured husband, and it was only OCCASION
ally that a CLEAN Of his real strength in
comedy brightens the play. He was self
contained as always, and his lines lost
nothing by being quietly uttered. Wal
ter Pennington aided the plot to the ex-
tent of being false in his friendship to
both husband and wife. Dorothy sherrod
was attractive as the wife who would
rather believe her husband than her
mother. but whose nature is not strong
| enough to be above suspicion. Her be-
W1ldered obedience to the commands OF
| mother and friend to force her husband
to tell the truth was very amusing
| Aubrey Powell depicted the motheri in law
whose desire to place the happiness Of hel
daughter on a firm foundation caused
trouble, but her honest confession Of
wrong doing at the end was as frank as
it was satisfactory. Louise Whitfield was
the vivacous Kathryn, who favored vari.
ETY. and believed that a wife should ''be
violet today, rose tomorrow and a cab
bage next day.''d Robert Ober added hi!
share to the tangle iEby his endeavors tt
satisfy the Trapacious demands of the
dancer, but Miss Dalton showed a decided
trace Of the amateur in her representation
Of Violet Vessing.
! Olney Griffith was delightful as tn
valet, friend as well as servant, and hi
endeavors to help his master had as mucl
pathos as humor.' He never forgot hi
negro dialect, but Macy Harlem occasion
ally failed to remember that he was Brito1
for the nonce. Christine Miller Antoine
the waiter, and Wilbur H. Roe, as tn
politician, filled in the remainder of tn
cast.
It was difficult to understand why Their
, should have been such long waits whe
, the scene Of the first and second acts wa
the same The whole performance wa
r more like a dress rehearsal than fnishe
, production.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15

San francisco, Dec. 15.-A magnif-
cent monument to President Mckinley
was unveiled in this city on Thanks,
giving Day. The monument stands to
the left Of the entrance to the pan
figure in bronze, towering fifteen feet
from the PEDESTAL of granite, the top of
which is twenty feet above ground.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
CG>c RR0EZE FIGURE ofNckUMEY NQVUTENTc1SR
AHN FRANCISCO

Dense cedar trees form a background
against which the monument shows In
classic outline.
Simplicity marks the creation of the
sculptor, Robert I. Aitkin, of this city.
Simplicity marked the life of McKin-
ley, and the monument was intended
to give expression to this phase of the
president s character.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
Thursday Evening,

by American mills was an advance to-
day of over cent in the price Of May
wheat in the Minneapolis market. Here
is a pound of fact worth a ton Of
theory to the effect that the admission
of Canadian wheat under the bonding
privilege would reduce the price of our
own product ON this side Of the line.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15

a thigh Russian OFFICIAL says that
''the Japanese have been stopped; that
the present is their highwater mark. It
is suspected in Toxic that Generals Nod
zu and Kurolki have several highwater
! marks yet in reserve. *
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The railroad men who had big din
tell what they talked about. Financial
gossip has it that their conference was
to devise ways and means of prevent
ing congressional action on that part of
the message of the president dealing with
railroad rates. They may stave off action
for awhile, but some further measures
of railroad regulation are bound to come.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
Foyer Chat.

FOySF SItdl.
The magnificent gowns worn by Eloise
Willard, appearing with J. A. Murphy in
conversational Oddities" at the Orphe-
UNI this week. are the most stunning crea-
lions Orpheum audiences have yet seen.
The 'amateur hour" scheduled at the
Unique theater for the second performance
every Thursday evening will not be given
tonight, because Of the fact that the Mac
cabees are to be entertained this evening,
and they want the regular bill, which is
specially attractive this week. Conse-
quently the amateurs will be given their
opportunity tomorrow night, and the as
morning. Princess :Trixie, the world-fa-
nous horse, and Radcliffe and Belmont,
the startling experts with the rifle, will be
seen in the same program. Among the
best amateur acts promised is a duo from
the Journal Newsboys' band, who are
said to have trained to turn in true pro-
fessional form.
york State Felix's" the pastoral play
that opens at the Metropolitan tonight, is
an exquisite rural portraiture, elaborated
with a hundred deft touches of natural
ness. -. 49, - r So i $780,
In "The WAITS Paradise" at the Bijou
this week, there is clever mingling OF
romantic, incidents, comic and. humorous
pathetic situations. j
Charles E. Blaney's production, ""The
!, Curse of Drink with its locomotive and
other startling scenes, will be the attrac-
ton at the Bijou the coming week. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15

Since the last Of the Letter girls has
been provided for, it is in order for some
Chicago society editor to interview Mrs.
Potter Palmer about-well, about any
thing.
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Whether Mr.. Lawson is honest or mer-
cenary in his Wall street upheavals, there
Is no doubt that few men with mil
lions of dollars at their disposal have
In the market a wonderfully effective
machine for long-distance pocket-picking
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
APPREclArlVE GUESTS

Montgomery Advertiser.
Next time Harry Lehr and his asso-
ciates get up a dog show they should by
all means invite the Igorrotes.
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TOAD" ENJOYED. A HOE

Hilton (Wis.) Messenger.
Toad Gray, our smiling justice, at.
tended a hop at Laurel last week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15

Give Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
his due: He has ordered a crusade
against ''Whitecappers and over four
hundred indictments have been returned
This is definite and fair protection for
honest negroes whose only offense is a
| too great prosperity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
HYPNOTISM

Austin (Tex.) Statesman.
Motor cars in the west are reported to
"hvpnotiZe" birds to such extent that
they fly directly against the cars and are
killed. A number of people seem to get
hypnotized the same way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
MIsslssIPPl's TWIN TROUBLES

'--1@-- P1ttsburg Dispatch.
With the Mississippi treasury empty
and the governors chair full Of Varda-
man that state is in a position to recog
nize that misfortunes are not in the habit
of coming singly. ~ '
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Appeal Is made in the east for q sane
Christmas. Buy and buy.
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TlME.To STOP
Kansas City Times.

- kansas CITY Times.
At last accounts that Roosevelt plurality
in Pennsylvania was up to $4,000. Some
body ought to whisper in the ear of the
Pennsylvania returning boards that it is
time to stop. ~
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YET THEY ARE FOR SALE
Atchison Globe

AtchtsOn Globe.
We have observed that nearly all of the
suburban tracts Of land offered for sale
are within "a mile Of town. and 'choice."
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the failure of the beet sugar Industry
in Norfolk, Neb., has come about be-
cause the farmers are able to make all
the money they need without going thru
the back breaking labor of thinning and
wedding a field of beets. The Nebraska
| farmer does his work with the aid OF
machinery and without many hired hands.
The land will produce the beets, but the
farmer will not The Omaha Bee has a
simpler explanation. 1t says the sugar
| trust has gobbled the industry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15

Ca1ifornia's outdoor art league is max
ing a mighty effort to induce congress to
buy the last Of the big redwood trees and
so save them from the lumbermen who
now own them. There are but 1900 trees
left, standing on 1890 acres Of land.
What vandalism it would be to reduce
these great forest monarchs to shingles
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
NOT USED TO THE BIRD

-; Baltimore Sun.
Secretary Taft has assured the Pana-
mans that what they suspected was 6
vulture is really the dove Of peace
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
STAND CLEAR!
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
It Is about time for the Baltic fleet to
have another fit The admiral must know
that the Japanese are looking forward
with keen interest to meeting him.
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AND WHERE rs w. HI
Wacn l1,inooa Horald

Waco Times Herald.
And, by the way, we don't hear much
/ from the Williams boys-John Sharp and
George Fred. s.#
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Chicago News.
Santa Claus is after your money.
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pound, and a lower rate for heavier
loads, up to 25 cents for 200 pounds.
Beyond question such rates would
build up large freight business for
the rural carrier. The danger is that,
on bad roads, he would be overloaded,
and in any case the imposition OF 1000
pound loads would mean slow trips and
less territory covered. The service
would be convenient enough for farm
ers living directly on the route, but
those who are off the carriers line and
get their mail service from a box at
the roadside, would not be able to take
advantage Of the service to the same
extent. These are apparent obstacles
which would not apply to many routes
in the eastern states, but might cripple
the service on many western routes
The improved plan might first be tried
in limited area.
The further development OF the rura
system will undoubtedly produce prac
tical parcels post. When the farmers
wife can send her eggs and butter tt
market by mail, and order her groceries
sent the same way, by calling up he1
merchant on the telephone, the farm
will come another step nearer the con
veniences Of city life.
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AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM
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Mrs Chadwick is back in that dear
Cleveland, o.
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NEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune Building,
= D. A. CARROLL. Manager
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CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune Building
W. Y. PERRY, Manager.
LoNDoN-Journal on file at American Express
office 8 Waterloo Place, and U. >. EAp'eS'
Office, 90 Strand.
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PARIs-Journal on file at Eagle Bureau % hu'
= Csmbon.
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,nENMARK-Journa1 on file at U. s. Legation
ST, PAUL oFFIoE-42o Endicott building. Tele'
phone, N. W., Main 23O