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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
Russia's Hard School,

AS in Napoleon IS time and as in the
Crlmea, the Russians are living up to
their reputation for being sredoubt-
able alb'le > fighters on the defensive. AT Port
Arthur they have made the Japanese
boast of taking the fortress in July
look supremely silly. At Liao-yang
they. fought tremendous action on the
defensive. Repulsed in the present con-
hict south Of Mukden when they took
the initiative, they no sooner fight de-
fensively than they amaze the Japan
ese by their ability to rally and repel
the enemy. 1t speaks volumes for the
courage and tenacity of the Russians
that after ten days Of fighting, in
which they had slowly been driven back
with terrible losses, they were able to
capture Lone Tree hill at the point of
the bayonet and seize fourteen Japan
ese guns. Driven back as they have
been during the recent fighting, the
fact remains that for the first time
during the war the Russians have been
able to capture Japanese artillery, some
thirty-fve cannon having fallen into
their hands.
Doubtless the Russians possess mag
nifcent raw material for soldiers All
they lack is education and the habits
Of thought and action that are always
characteristic of free men. A Russian
| general exclaimed in st. Petersburg the
other day that the Russians had delib-
erately deprived themselves of the most
valuable soldierly quality-initiative.
There was in this simple remark pro-
found criticism of the entire Russian
system, of all autocracy, indeed. It is
only in democracies that men may de-
velop according to what is in them
Russia is being beaten in the east for
all her fine religious fervor, the superb
physical strength and answering 10y.
atty and bravery of her simple soldiers
simply because she is what she is The
defeats: Of this war were made inevi
table hundred years ago, when Rus:
sia remained aloof from the liberaliz
ing influences Of the French Revolu
tion. s.sE. as...-... ...... .aa.
Overwhelming defeat for Russia il
the present war would probably be q
great blessing to- the Russian masses
Like France, after the war with Ger
many, Russia would have to begin the
work of correcting those national de
Il fects to which defeat is primarily due
Crushing defeat would mean a liberia
Russia. Even if Russia should in thu
end prove victorious over a foe de
spised at the beginning Of the war, tn.
d fearful cost will doubtless remind tn,
!. leaders of Russia that there is bette
u way to govern a nation than to kee,
! it in darkness and ignorance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Wilbur .. NesbIt as Guide Back to Boy
land for Old Boys Who Have EmIgrated
His Poems Gathered Under the Title
1.-THE Trail to Boyland''-Rook for Anna
teur Astronomers.

Last night beguiled by the whispered
symphonies of the wind and rain among
the ripened autumn leaves, The Uneasy
Chair fell to dreaming, and in semi
somnolent state came upon path that
led to Boyland One needs no guide, hav-
ing once come upon such path. Still,
companionship Is no bar to the delights
of the old familiar way, and knowing that
one of the best Of companions on jour-
ney boyhoodward is Wilbur D. Nesbit,
The Chair readily consented to travel in
his company; indeed, to follow him as
guide in The Trail to BoyIand. 5
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
FISH HAVE A SIXTH SENSE.

There are some indications that fishes
possess a sixth sense, the organs Of
which are the pores of the head and Of
the lateral band. This band is row Of
little canals connected with the external
world by holes thru the scales. In these
cavities, under which runs large nerve,
are found nerve heads or terminations
like those Of other sense organs. The
use Of this apparatus Is unknown.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
IT Pays to Advertise-Even 9
~. Bank,

One Of the interesting addresses at
the recent convention of the Pennsyl-
vania Bankers association was deliv
cred by Mr.. William D. Power of Pitts
burg, who took for his subject "The
Advertising of a Financial Institu-
tion.' Mr.. Power had been quietly in
vestigating this subject for some time,
and when he appeared before the as
sembled representatives Of all that is
conservative in business, he told them
some things that startled them. He
had been keeping tab on affairs in his
home city, and watching the progress
of the various banks and trust COM
panies, noting carefully which adver
tised most and which advertised not
at all.
The substance Of his conclusions is,
that over a period Of five years, the
banks that have persistently advertised
have made gains, in every respect
greater than the non advertising banks;
that in capital the advertising banks
have gained 81 per cent and the nom
advertisers per cent. In surplus the
advertisers show gains of 16 per cent
A against 10 per cent on the part of the
non-advertisers. Most important Of all
is the item Of increase in deposits, and
here there was a gain of 20 per cent
on the part Of the banks that adver-
tised, and loss of per cent on the
part of the banks that did not adver-
+ tise. This latter showing was the most
surprising, the difference being so great.
Many business men will remember
Z when it was thought beneath the dig
nifty of a bank or financial institution
to advertise. A bank stood back from
the ranks Of enterprises whose manage.
meut sought to acquaint people with
their merits thru the liberal use of
printers ink. A sort of old-fashioned
conservatism hedged around "a bank
and it was thought not only unneees
sary but even undignifed, for such ar
institution to solicit patronage, as die
the dry goods merchant or other mar
in the mercantile trade.
Of recent years this feeling has beer
passing but it is not entirely dissipatec
yet. But experience would seem to show
that this os progressive age, that ole
n ideas cannot be followed too religiously
that competition is keen in the bank
ing business as in any other, and that
4 the banker who gets in line with tht
change and advertises consistently ant
II judiciously, reaps the same benefits thai
4 accrue to other business men who ad
Il vertise, and that the banker who hide,
his light under a bushel is in danger 0.
being passed none the less surely thai
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

John Lind Is to be used effectively in
the closing weeks of the democratic state
campaign. The speech delivered at ST..
Paul Monday night. which is one Of the
sensations of the campaign, is to be sent
out in pamphlet form broadcast. Mr.. Lind
himself will speak Friday night at Red
wood Falls, and next week will make a
tour in southern Minnesota.
Senator Clapp made an argument in his
ST. Cloud speech Saturday night to show
that Dunn had a clear majority of the
state convention without Eennepin. In
reply to this the ST.. Cloud Journal Press
says: -' -,.- = +. s-=5nrt. - 1~."sH<-
The figures given by Senator Clapp are cor
rect, but they tell only part of the story.
AS test vote, it was not necessarily conciu-
sive for several reasons. In the first place,
there were many candidates for other positions
on the state ticket, and these candidates con-
trolled delegates who were not committed 60
| either candidate for governor, and were working
wholly and exclusively for themselves. When
it became clear that Hennepn county to be
disfranchised, every delegate knew that this
defeated Judge Collins, and naturally the cand1-
dates for minor positions threw their votes to
| the man who would control the convention. 1t
was climb for the bandwagon. Joel Heatwole,
who managed Dunn's campaign, very frankly
stated that the Dunn bolting delegates in Hen
nepin were seated 'because we needed the
| votes. AnOCQer LNlQg, laQ lQere Deen no con-
| tests in Ramsey and Hennepin counties. and with
| the prestige these counties gave him before the
1 convention Judge Collins would have undoubted-
| ly been nominated. The bolts in these two
| counties cast doubt upon the outcome, and gave
i the Dunn people, backed they were with cor
| porate interests, opportunity to gather in by
one delegates who were sent to st. Paul to vote
| for Collins-and who would not have dared to
| vote against him had his name been before the
| convention. Therefore, the vote to unseat the
| Collins delegates in Hennepin county the
| desperate move of desperate gang. 1t was
| the most damnable outrage ever perpetrated in
| the politics Of Minnesota, and If Dunn had had
/ enough votes to nominate him without it, he anG
his managers have not even the excuse of neces
| sity. Senator Clapp did not honorable
man, attempt to defend this outrage. 1t is
1 question for each republican to determine fol
! himself whether the election of Mr.. Dunn is o.
I enough Importance to the party and the stat,
/ to sanction great political crime.
l The extra effort being made to explai'
the course in that convention shows plain
i ly that Mr.. Dunn and his supporters re
! alize the strong feeling of = disapproya
4 that exists. 7'f'' " ~ - ~ ~ =
Former Senator HalvTson of Dawson
who presided at the Johnson and Winston
meeting In that city, denies having sal
that he would support the entire demo
cratic ticket, as reported in one or tw
papers. He urged the voters Of Lac gu
i Parle county to vote for Roosevelt TO
president and Johnson and Winston TO
governor and lieutenant governor.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Spain has been making rapid CONNER
cial advancement since her late disas-
trous war, and many American CONNER
cial ideas are gaining ascendency. The
newest Spanish project is a combination
Of native coal mines into one big COM
pany with s4O,000,OoO capitalization About
the time this trust gets things going NICE
.ly and begins to put on the screws, the
spaniards will be sorry Uncle Sam ever
licked them.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
MAGAZINE SAMPLER.

Literature and LlbeI.-Oscar L. Triggs
has won a suit for libel against the New
York Sun, says Golfers Weekly. The
New York court of appeals has over
ruled the appellate division, which de-
cided that the newspapers jesting with
the distinguished Chicago educator was
not a ground for damages The court Of
appeals limits the scope Of its opinion
The case going UP on demurrer the de-
cision only means that the newspaper can
not be excused as mere matter Of law,
altho, had 1t chosen to go before a jury,
it might have won on the question Of
whether the particular allegations were
libelous in fact. The court merely decides
that they might be- Again, the court
lays stress on the fact that Triggs'
private life was involved, the Sun
having charged him not only with abb
surd ideas in literature, but with such
personal incompetence that his baby re-
manned without a name for over a year.
AS that fate happened to the writer Of
these lines, we are not able to take the
point SO tragically as the eminent jurists
took it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

of the natives who must furnish it at
such low price, together with the
terrible cruelty exercised by the Off
cials and native soldiery in collecting
the tribute, have all contributed to give
prominence. 1t is greatly to be de-
plored that state, primarily founded
in the interests of an enlightened civ
ilization, should have been SO debased
by greed and blackened by a cruelty
which sends shudder Of horror over
the Christian world.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
CONVERSATION oulckENs PULSE

Most people overestimate their pulse,
as they often count its beats when talk
ing about the matter, and it is a fact,
well known to physicians that the ex-
citement OF conversation wills quicken the
pulse from five to twenty BEATS The
best time to arrive at the true normal is
shortly after waking in the morning
when the nerves are unexcited.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
'RAH FOR OLD HARVARD
Annual Banquet In Memory OF Days at
Cambridge. r

Fifty graduates of "Old Harvard" gath
cred about the banquet hoard at the Min
neapolis club last evening at the annual
banquet Of Harvard club of Minnesota.
President Arthur Keith of Minneapolis
acted as postmaster, various gentlemen
present being Informally called upon to
respond to toasts. "reminiscences were
freely exchanged, and old-time college
songs indulged in. ..-4
At the conclusion Of the banquet all the
old officers were reelected follows:
President Arthur Keith, Minneapolis;
vice president, Rev. Theodore Sedgwick,
st. Paul; treasurer, e. B. Young, st. Paul;
secretary. H. 3. Wenzel, St. Paul; re-
cording secretary, r. e. Olds. st. Paul.
Rome G. Brown was made a member Of
the council for Minnesota in the Harvard
Associated clubs. ~.~- ..t.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
Illinois Central Railroad

World IS fair service. to ST.. Louis
tween Chicago and st. Louis, leaving
Chicago at. $3.50 am, 1904 pm, 1927
pm. and 11:36 pm. Dining, Buffet
Chair cars. Tickets to the fair at
greatly reduced rates. Ask for time-
table and literature. A. III. Hanson,
G. P. A., Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

The friends of Dunn will never forgive
the public examiner for finding him out.
The Tribune has an attack Of anger about
It this morning. The more the facts soak
into the public the worse the supporters
,of the ex-auditor feel about the examiner
ever being allowed in the auditors Office,
and the more they show it. Just that 1T
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
PAINTERS AFFILIATE
Decide to Send Delegates to Trades and
Labor Council.

Decide to Send Delegates to Trades and
Labor Council.
The Painters and Decorators union, No
1856, decided to affiliate with the Trades
and Labor council last night, after a
protracted meeting and long arguments.
A. J. Bainbridge, G. B. Hawley, 8. J.
Spencer, J. w. Stokes and F. A. Reynolds
were elected to serve in the council.
1t has been over a year since the paint
ers and decorators have been indepen-
dent. It is understood that past dis
agreements will be forgotten.
It is extremely unlikely that the local
union Of stonemasons will withdraw from
the Building Trades council altho there
have been .rumors for some time that
they were to do so. The matter was
brought up at their meeting last night,
but no steps were taken. They still have
representatives in the council and 1t is
not thought that they will be withdrawn.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
The Remedy at Hand.

One reason for vice in our city is that
the present municipal administration is
to blame for permitting such iniquity to
flourish in our midst unchecked. The
other reason is that parents of our
young girls have been negligent in their
duty toward their. daughters
James NJ. Cleary, in sermon at st.
Charles church.
Father Cleary's is downtown par
ish. It lies largely within the patrol
limits. He lives among his people. He
knows from personal observation. He
has long been a strong factor in the
struggle between virtue and vice, be-
tween the influences that degrade and
ruin and those which seek to protect
and save the young and the susceptible
and the inexperienced. His statement
quoted above from sermon dealing
with the prevalence of social vice in va
rious forms, is no doubt fair and right.
The second reason which he assigns is
one wiz which the general public can
not deal. The first is an arraignme
not only of loose and fabby and lazy
administration, to apply no severer
terms, but of the people of Minneapolis
for consenting to such an administra-
tion. s.:
1t is often said, and it is true, that
the people of this country get the kind
OF government. they deserve. If they
want better than they get it is because
they do not want it bad enough: to take
the necessary steps to secure it. In
view of existing conditions in this CITY
as bad probably in respect to the
license granted to vice and immortality
as the city has ever known-it is in
order to remind the people of this city
that if they are not satisfied to have
things as they are, with the prospect
that, 1t the present administration is
continued, they will grow worse instead
OF better after election, they have the
remedy in their own hands. r... y,ra,
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE TRAIL TO BoYLAND, and Other Poems.
By Wilbur D.. Nesbit. With illustrations by
Will Vawter. Indianapolis. The Bobbs- Mer-
riIl company. ..-r.
ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS. By Camille
Flammarion. Authorized translation by Francis
A. Welby. Illustrated. New York: D. Ap-
pleton & Co. Price $1.5O net. - &. .s,.. -
PUsS IN THE CORNER. BY Edith Francis
Foster Illustrated by the author Boston:
Dana Estes & Co., publishers. Price rs
cents t'f .+ .I. -..t.. -+. Z =
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
NUMBER OF HOTELS

There are 44,ooo hotels in the United
States. representing an invested capital
of over $6,000.00O, 900. These establish
,ments employ $780, 900 persons.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

An interesting political situation has
developed in New Jersey, where the re-
publicans of Hoboken have nominated
Denis Sullivan. the newsboy orator." for
the legislature in opposition to Archibald
Alexander. a democratic millionaire. Here
is a place where the Journal Newsboys'
Band might make decided hit.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Senator Bate Of Tennessee, aged IS, has
a railroad pass, franked telegram or
asked for a job for a relative. There are
some of the old Romans left yet.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Mr.. Nesbit's observations along fre-
quently Travelled way, gathered into a
book, of verses bearing the above title
fits in admirably with a reminiscent mood;
for the trail - ~
1t stretches and it glistens
Far away-and he who listens
Hears the echo Of the hailings and the murmur
of q song a
That comes thru the silence throbbing- =.
Half with laughter, half with sobbng-
TILL 1t clutches at the heartstrings and would
hold them Overlong. =.
The book would not be much of trail
to Boyhood if 1t did not fit such a mood,
but it shows the sunshine as we'll as tho
shadow, the laughter as well as the Sob
bing, SO that one catches the aptness Of
1.-THE Good Example" =
''Do like Homer Campbell does!' (:
Pa an ma an ever one =,
.4 Says SO much, it seems to buzz Il
ALL aroun an spoil my fun Fl
Sometimes just sneak away,
Men they think at I'm ashamed.
But 80 way off an say:
'Homer Campbell be dadblamed!''
Or Of: .
You take the finest woman with the roses in
her cheeks,
An all tn birds a-sngin' in her voice each time
Her hair all black an gleamin', or glowin
mass O. gold
An still tn tale O. beauty isn't more than half
way told. T.
There amt word that tells it; all description
Tn mother-look that fingers in happy woman's
eyes.
But all of 4the book. is not made up Of
the reminiscentia1. There are things more
serious sometimes more graceful, as "The
Loom Of Life: h. a.
Swift weaver's shuttle :
Day hastens to day
Always the fabric changes, "
| Always the colors play;
Now with gloomy shadow,
Now with glow sublime :
So go the deathless records
Into the loom Of time.
Mr.. Nesbit has been called the successor
Of Eugene Field but he falls short o1
Mr.. Field as a phrase-maker and generally
in his diction. His sentiment and the cur
rent of his thought, however, are not
the authors own; there is no attempt a,
| imitation.
The world ought to be full Of amateu,
astronomers, but it isn't. However, the
number is growing, which is good thing
and is being helped along by the profes.
sionals, who are bringing the subjec,
within reach Of those not gifted will
mathematical minds or stores of mathe
matical knowledge. Camille FIammarion
the leading French astronomer has writ
ten a book which has been translated init
English under the title Astronomy fo
Amateurs. It is as interesting book al
a young person with ordinary curiosit.
about the wonders of the heavens coult
ask. It tells of many Of those wonders ii
a most entertaining way, it contains mar
rattves of episodes related to astron
omical events, for example, how wa
about to begin with battle between tw,
armies already drawn up for the attacl
was averted by an eclipse of the sun, and
indeed, reads more like story than
book relating to a great science by
great scientist.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Practice trains are now running on the
first section Of the New York underground
road. All the cars are made of steel and
the system is equipped with block sig
nails that will render collisions practically
impossible. 1t is very short-sighted policy
to kill or main your passengers and it
Is a pity that the surface roads are not
more alive to the fact. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Harry Conor, featured in support Of
Blanche Ring in ''Vivian's Papa's,' which
comes to the Metropolitan the latter part
of next week, says he has the best part
that has come his way since he played
Welland Strong for ten years in Charles
H. Hoyts "a Trip to Chinatown"
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
SYSTEMATIC WORK
Health Commissioner Halls Camp align In
Behalf Of Filtration.

DR.. p. NJ Hall, health commissioner, IL
preparing to wage active campaign in
the interests of the bond issue for the
prospective Columbia Heights filtration
plant. He has divided the entire city into
districts and nearly every night has a
speaker in each district at some political
meeting, telling the voters of the plans
for the filtration plant and it's great need.
He hopes to have every voter well In
formed on the subject by next election
day
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

When the Minnesota football team
scored it's first victory in years over the
Wisconsin team on Northrop field four
years ago, the enthusiastic rooters held
high reveI that night at the Metropolitan.
The attraction was Arthur Dunn in 1.-THE
Runaway Girl Tomorrow night Mr..
Dunn returns to Minneapolis in another
big musical success, "The Runaways,"
and the fourth anniversary Of the first
football night will be celebrated on Sat
urday evening, when the football squad
will occupy boxes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

The advance sale for the engageme ent
Of William Morris and company in who's
Brown" will open at the Metropolitan
tomorrow morning. ...
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
"A DAY TO REMEMBER
rh;oa 90 Tr;h,,r,e I

That Massachusetts, Justice will always
be able to remember that he had one sad
but glorious day.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Illumination of the Mendenhall green
houses every evening after o, clock.
Plants at half price and less; Every
thing must be sold. Corner Eighteenth
street and First avenue s.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
MINNESOTA POLITICS.

-ind's St. Paul Speech to Be Made a
Camp align Document-st. Cloud Editor
Replies to Senator cIapp's Assertions in
That City About the State Convention.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

tie matter Of those mineral leases, casual
~ referred to, will raise the temperature
of our contemporary several degrees.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Fun that makes no pretense to high
art runs riot in the performance Of Nat
M. Wills and his merry cohorts at the
Bijou in "A Son Of Rest -.- .-.-
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

the merchant who fails to keep his
name before the public.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

When Harry Clay B1aney and his mill
tary comedy drama Across the Pacific
march into camp for a weeks stay at the
Bijou next Sunday afternoon, to strains
of martial music, the rattle Of musketry
and the rapid tattoo Of fierce gatling
gun will be seen and heard. But there is
also a beautiful heart story of love and
patriotism, and good, clean comedy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

Queer Religion OF Japan.-The emperor
and the empire, the empire that is the
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19

The London Bellies company, with Rose
Sydell as the leading feature, is pro-
nounced one of the best all around COM
panies appearing at the Dewey so far
this season. Relyea, the wonder, is one
act that surprises the audience. The reg
ular ladies' matinee will take place on
FRIDAY E s.a-5 IT,.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
AT THE THEATERS
Eoyer Chat.

DeWolf Hopper and his company will
close a highly successful half weeks en-
gagement in Wang" with tonight at the
Metropolitan. ~',-