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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

with the men. By allowing their
daughters to do so, the parents them
selves get Wotka-hence their permis-
sion to the indignities heaped upon
their own flesh and blood by drunken
brawlers.
:It is the boast of many rich men,
old and young, that they keep a chill
dren's harem. Some of their youthful!
concubines are less than 10 years of
age. They are kept for a while in
good styles and then are thrown ON
the streets. IL, -.4--.l-.-..
ION account of these conditions, dis
ease is spreading to- a fearful extent,
and the number Of recruits in the af-
fected districts is constantly decreas-
ing"
The commissions sent to Odessa,
Rostoff and other south Russian towns
report similar state Of affairs. They
say that the police do nothing to stop
the disgrace, and even wink at the
sale of little girls carried on in these
cities quite openly.
It should be added that the Russian
police is kept SO busy ferreting out
revolutionaries that it has no time for
it's more important duties. Besides,
interfering with the sale Of Wotka. un-
der any pretense, is regarded as a
crime against the state, for one of the
chief government sources Of income is
derived from the sale Of this poisonous
fusel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

in a small house, surrounded by a
garden and high walls, has been ar
rested charged with the most fendish
cruelties committed against children.
This man used to obtain the charge
of orphans on the plea of friendship
and install them In his house, where
no servants are kept. First the little
ones were treated we'll. When they
had put on flesh Guerins awful cruel
ties commenced. The police allowed
your correspondent to look over the
charges and medical reports, but
begged him not to publish details for
fear that other scoundrels of the
Guerin type might be induced to
copy them.
Three children, orphans, so far as
ascertained, died under Guerin' S
hands, a fourth one was rescued,
bruised all over, and burned on many
parts Of the body. It seems that dur
ing the last act of torture the gag
dropped from the victims mouth, and
his terrified outcries were heard by
passers-by. They burst in the doors
and rescued the child, just as Guerin
was about to blind the boy by drop
ping sealing wax into his eyes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
LENTEN TALK ON "ART'
Mrs. Seymour Will Give a Course at
the Home of Mrs. PART
- ridge

Mrs. Robert Morris Seymour, whose
lectures on art were such a delight
full feature of last year, has planned a
second course of informal talks on
Modern ART which will be given at
the home of Mrs. George H. Partridge
during Lent. The course has been ar
ranged with special reference to the
art exhibition at st. Louis and will be
exceedingly helpful to those who are
planning to visit the exposition.
:. The lectures will be given every
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock and
the topic for next week will be Eng
land, the Pioneer in Modern Art" The
other subjects will be "F'rance; What
the Revolution Did for Art" France,
Landscape and Peasant Painters; the
Discovery Of Air and Light "Hol-
land Modern Dutch Painters;" Eng
land; Rossetti and the New Pre-
Raphaelites;" France; Revolt From
ists.' ......
The class has not been limited and
it is hoped that a large number of
women will avail themselves of the
opportunity of hearing Mrs. Seym our.
Her wide knowledge and thoro study
of her subject has given her an in
sight and a sense of criticism which
makes her lectures of great value.
Mrs. Seymour is a Duluth woman
and in addition to her talks in Mime
st. Paul women to be given Thursday
afternoons during Lent on American
art, beginning with the colonial period
and continuing down thru the pres.
! ent age and the revival Of mural deco.
! tin1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Brussels Budget
Journal Special Service.
Another Union Planned Between
Belgium and Netherla.

Brussels, Feb. 13.-There may be
another union between the Neither
lands and Belgium, if not a political,
then one of commerce as strong as
any political tie. The question is VEN
tilated cautiously in government cir
cles but merchants and newspapers In
both countries talk freely on the de-
STABILITY Of a change. Time was when
the Dutch looked with contempt upon
'.the frog-eating Belgians," but the
latter's commercial success taught
them that they could do more than
eat frogs and pancakes.
Your correspondent had a talk with
DR.. Kuyper, the Netherlands prime
minister at The Hague, the other day,
about the desired union between the
two countries. The doctor said:
THE Netherlands and Belgium to-
gether have 100000 Of Inhabitants,
and both countries are, for their size,
among the richest, If not the very
richest in Europe. And what is even
more important, the Dutch and Bel
CLANS are the most Industrious peoples
in Europe.
1.-THE Netherlands feel hurt by Great
Britain's attitude against Belgium in
the matter of the Congo. Alone Bel
GUM can do nothing, but with Hol-
land for an ally, she can exercise
moral pressure that cannot be ignored.
The time has come when the smaller
states must unite. Portugal has placed
herself under the protection of Eng
land. Neither Belgium nor the Meth
erlands are looking for a big brother
to take their part. If these two coun-
tries unite, they will be big enough to
have the respect Of the big fellows. l
believe a closer union between the
Netherlands and Belgium most ad-
vantageous to both countries, and
sooner or later it will be established.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Teacher Who Knocked Out Chill
dren's Eyes Can't Be Prosecuted

At Magdeburg, the states attorney
refused to prosecute a brutal teacher
named Bruggemann, who blinded one
of his pupils, a little boy named
Lucke, on one eye, and knocked out
the glass eye Of another boy named
Kruger, in the exercise of his fright
to inf1ict corporal punishment" The
states attorney held that the teacher
could not be blamed, as he had no in
tention to blind the children, but
"just went ahead and licked them,
and if they had not wriggled to escape
the blows, their eyes would not have
been hurt" said the official.
The parents of the unhappy chill
dren have appealed their case, but it
will probably do them no good.
In Metz, a lieutenant was sentenced
to three days arrest for trying to make
soldier eat a hot tobacco pipe. He
forced the burning pipe head into the
poor DEVILS mouth, injuring him for
life. These are only some of the con-
sequences of the fright Of punish
ment" entrusted to brutes in Germany.
Caroline Przygodda was beheaded at
Roeblau, the kaiser having refused to
grant the Women's appeal for pardon.
When the state attorney read Will
liam's decision to the doomed woman
on the scaffold, she cursed him, crying
aloud that she was innocent and re-
calling the fact that the kaiser never
shows mercy to convicted persons, un-
less they belong to his army or navy.
The executioner had to gag the
woman, as she would not keep quiet
AS her head lay on the block the gag
| fell from her mouth and she again
| shouted: Curses upon that brute
William"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

when the republican party in Min
neapolis can get together, form an
organization with two or three practi-
cal men to advise the party what to
do, quit putting two or three senate
rial candidates on the same track, Or
two or three men for the supreme
bench or for governor, the republican
party Of Minnesota will ook at Min
neapOlis without smiling behind its
trunk.
There is a good deal said against
Plat. Quay and Mark Hanna and I
presume their policy is open to criti-
cis1n. But when elections come
around you find that the localities
where they are sitting around, quiet
like, is where the republican party is
making some noise.''
Are you to be understood as say
ing, Mr.. Washburn, that you do not
believe in political reform?"
well, not exactly; but as Mr.. Doc
ley says: In the first place, it is a
great moistake to think that amy one
really wants to raform. You never
heard of a man reforming himself, he
will raform other people gladly-he
loi5es to do it; but a healthy mar
niver raforns While he has the
| stringth.
tits the old story Of the mote an6
| the beam and the house of glass;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Vienna Budget
Journal Special Service.
Baron Refused to Pay for
Write-ups to Spread His Fame !

Vienna, Feb. 13.-The latest Baron
created by royalty at the usual rates,
Baron Herzog, had the satisfaction to
read highly-colored articles on his USE
full and benevolent life in the daily
papers on the day following his eleva-
ton. Everybody was satisfied, and
the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy
seemed better off for so distinguished
a citizen. But now comes one paper
after the other and sues the baron for
advertising his merits at Especial
rates. It seems that Herzog's Sec
rotary was responsible for the articles
published. He handed them in at the
newspaper contingencies with the
understanding that they would be paid
for. Later, when the Baron thought
his fame was secure, he baked at the
bills, and now the whole transa ction
has become public. \
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Executioner DeibIer Is Opposed
To Extreme Penalty.

All Paris Is smiling at the following
open letter published by Monsieur de
Paris, that is, Executioner Deibler, in
which he declares against the death
penalty:
M. Gustave Terry has been black
guarding me and my co-workers in his
paper, called Action. Says Terry: I
marvel that in the twentieth century,
men can be found beastly enough to
accept such a job as the beheading Of
fellow citizens.'
IT will not waste words on this
professor Of philosophy by way OF
pointing out to him that he should use
his invectives against the institution,
not against the executioner, but If he
had not called me names, l would be
glad to prove to him that 1 am not
an advocate Of the extreme penalty.
AS matter Of fact I am opposed to
lt-but one must live. I live by cut
ting off peoples heads, Terry by cut
ting off peoples reputations-whe
Is the difference?
However, there is another aspect
to the case. Terry forgot that he
owes me the same respect as to any
other official Of the state. He has
attacked my honor, and a suit for
libel must follow"
Your correspondent asked Mr..
suit. "Debler will not cut off my
head. not this trip" replied the phil
osopher.
Guerin, Torturer of Little
Children, Is Discovered.
Guerin. a well-to-do man, who lives
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Paris Budget
Journal Special Service.
"Sa-h a-rah BoOm-de- ah"-The Ma
tional Hymn of Emperor Ja4ues

Paris, Feb. 1S.-When Jaques the
First. emperor Of All Saharas, had
brand newnational hymn composed
for himself, he was badly taken in by
fakir. The imperial composer foisted
off on his majesty a. transcript Of the
old famous "Ta-ra-rah Boom-de-ah,"
that ten years ago. took all America
by storm. He changed only the first
two syallables: Sa-ha-rah instead Of
Ta-ra-rah.
To your correspondent q represent
alive Of emperor Jaques said yester-
day: His majesty is tired and sick
Of Paris Journalism, and like your own
distinguished fellow citizen, w. w.
Astor, he will move his residence away
from home. A palace has been secured
in Brussels where other exiled royalty
dwells, notably Prince Victor Ma
pOleOn."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

republicans Who preferred a foreign
congressman to a business man.
''NOW the citizens reform unions,
while made up of some of the best and
cleanest men in the city, are also con-
structed largely. Of a material which
has democratic proclivities, and these
reform organizations in a republican
party are like. packing the polls for
the democrats
What would you advise, Mr.. Wash
burn % was the query propounded.
well, I don't set myself UP to be
success, must have organization and
be handled by mem who understand
politics. Partizan politics means or
ganization and. without partizan poll
tics your candidate will not get GER
tifcate Of election. The machine car
grind out many a pleasant tune to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Berlin Budget
Journal Special Service.
Germans Treated as ''Foreigners''
By kaiser's Court Marshal

Berlin, Feb. 13.-The kaiser, being
on the outs with most princes of the
federation, the courtiers and high
functionaries Of Baden, Saxony and
other Duchies are now treated as
Foreigners by Williams court mar
shall, who allows them no more privi-
leges than if they were mere repub-
lican representatives.
Funny, isn't it," says cartoon
paper. I'm Washington the ministers
Of European powers secure prece-
dence over the highest judiciary of
the land. while with us the represent
tatives Of allied sovereigns are classed
with republicans
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
SEA cow, "FLOR1DA," DIES IN AQUARIUM

pneumonia. DR.. Blair of the zoo adj
minstered scientific treatment and
performed two operations on her
throat, but they were Of no avail.
She tipped the scales at $50 pounds
and was a star attraction at the
aquarium. The longest record of
manatee or sea COW in captivity is
eighteen months. Florida was the
only sea COW that ever had the water
specially warmed for her. She ate
about a bushel Of seaWeed day.
Florida will be stuffed and presented
to the museum of natural history
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
St. Petersburg Budget
Journal Special Service.
The Anti Foreign Party Is p
Numbering Empress by Inches.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 12.-As already
pointed out in these dispatches, the
young empress, wife of Gar Nicholas,
has been sentenced to death by the
party opposed to "the foreigner" They
hate her principally because she has
not given the throne an heir and
again because she is reported to have
remained true to the Protestant faith,
despite her outward change of reli-
gion.
The imperial lady is continuously
i'll, one sickness following the other,
wasting away her body. The official
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Trieste Budget.
More Foreign Steamship Lines

Select This Port.
Trieste, Feb. 13.-After the Cunard
line connecting this port with New
York, another foreign line has &C
puired docks here, namely, the Ger
man East Africa line, and Australian
shipping interests are seriously
threatened. The Cunard line was
welcomed because it meant less power
to the American ship trust, but the
German line will damage Austrian in
terests. 1t is to give express service
from Trieste to Bombay and Cape
Town. The Austrian Lloyd used to
have a monopoly heretofore, now it
will have to look after it's laurels. The
city of Trieste profits considerably by
the increase of her shipping facilities.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
I'm Art Circles

Warren Manning, the landscape
architect, who is the advisor of the
Minneapolis park board, contributes
the leading article of the February
lage Improvement in the United
States.' This is a most admirable
brief summary, radiating enthusiasm
las we'll as supplying compact mass
Of valuable information. Mr.. Man
ming finds the precursor for the move
ment in the provision universally made
in New England villages for a common
and in the New Englanders'
appreciation of trees around then
houses. The organized efforts
began more than century
ago in the early agricultural so
cieties seconded by number Of horti-
ment fthe town as a WHOLE
of trees around. their houses. The Or
ganized efforts began more than CEN
| fury ago in the early agricultural So
/ ieties, seconded by a number of horti-
cultural magazines. The group of
writer's in close sympathy with nature,
represented by Bryant, Emerson and
I Thoreau transmitted to many readers
their interest in natural beauty. Soon
after 1850 the formal village improve
ment began and at the same time the
development Of the park system.
The various persons, agencies and
writings that contributed to the pres
enC 1dCnoT dOVduC0u SldSS VI CllS AloVS-
ment are outlined.
| Mr.. Manning looks for the unifying
Of the work of identifying and util1Z-
ing of lands of little value for agri-
cultural purposes by means Of a COM
plete system Of local. state and ma
tional commissions. He says: 'The
work Of the village improvement So
cieties should be directed towards this
movement to make our whole country
a park. They should stop the en-
croachments of individuals upon pub
lie holdings, urge individuals to add to
such holdings by gifts of land> or
groups of old trees, in prominent po-
sitions, in town or city landscapes
Every association should secure and
adopt a plan for the future develop
ment fthe town as a whole"
The series of articles on "The Sill
: versmiths' Art' is concerned in this
number with contemporary French
work and is lavishly illustrated 1.-THE
Influence of the Mission Style upon the
Modern California" by George Whar
; ton James shows that the vitality ani
permanency of this original style i:
largely due to it's conformity to it:
environment. The modern use of the
, modified style is securely donliciled il
: California, to whose climate and physi
cal conditions it belongs. '"Tht
Adaptation of Ornament to Space b,
Mr.. Verneuil is one of the valuable
f articles, and c. Valentine Kirby has az
2 appreciation of clay modelling as {
. means of developing skill in crafts
7 manship. The Craftsman house is TO
= roomy country house special.
l planned for Martha's Vineyard.
: Masters in Art affords in it's artist
r monographs the best popular materia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

During the recent political campaign in Ohio
Hildebrant and other leaders ar
ranged a big, republican meeting at his home
town. Wilmington. Senator Hanna down for
a speech. One morning the congressman met an
old Irish friend, a strong democrat and asked
vote the democratic ticket, john said he, sbut
I'd like to have you come to the meeting to-
morrow NIGHT and hear Senator Hanna. " "Av
course I'll come. Mr.. Hildebrant, said John. ''if
Hannas goin' to be there. Ye don't think I'd
miss such q chance TO see the whole government,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Ideas of Reform.

IT have taken an interest in politics
from the time I carried a banner in
the James G.. Blaine Republican club,
back in Maine, twenty-five years ago.
said John Washburn as he knocked
the ashes off his cigar into a pan Of
No. 1 hard. But my enthusiasm is
waning"
"Now Minneapolis is naturally a re-
publican city; Minneapolis is one of
the greatest republican cities in the
country. But it seems to me that the
republicans need organization and dis
cipline. Instead of scattering all over
the barnyard they should get on the
same roost.
1.-The party has no representative
from this city in congress, no govern
or, no United States senator, no
mayor; and last year when your Uncle
Loren got left at the post, the party
got it's last bad dent He was de-
feated, not by the foreign vote, but by
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Queer Sea Mammal Weighed 75(
Pounds and Was a Great
Attraction to Visitors.
New York Sun Special Service

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Feb. 13.-Florida, the
sea COW, which lived in the aquarium
nearly eight months, is dead. She was
apparently in perfect health until two
days before she passed away. Then
she was attacked by acute bronchial
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Many Poor Children in kieff Suf-
fer from Alcoholism and Worse

The Dowager Empress Marie, being
a great friend Of children, sent COM
mission to all the large cities of the
empire to investigate the condition Of
small children, particularly girls.
The report returned by the Kief
commission has aroused all Russia to
expressions of regret and indignation.
1t states that Is per cent of the poor
children are suffering from alcoholism
and worse diseases, and that thou
sands Of young girls are leading aban-
doned lives with the connivance of
their parents.
The report says: 1T is not an unu-
sual sight to find children between the
ages of 10 and a in ginmills carOusins
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST


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shifting
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o north
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to-
.
South Dakota the Mississippi valley southwest and
20 cities
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accompanied cold will
ton Director.
Observations seventyffth meridian time Minimum
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
Relief Expedition Cannot Find
Explorer Baron To

A dispatch from Jakutski says that
the natives Whereabouts think Baron
Toll dead. The expedition sent out
to find traces of him in Bennett Land
has returned without him.
This is the second expedition that
has failed. The leader says he is
sending to st. Petersburg various doc
uments belonging to Baron Toll,
which the explorer deposited before
he left Bennett Land. In these letters
Toll says that he is going south. The
last letter is dated Nov. 8, 1892.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

bulletins explain her absence from
court Festivities and outings by all
sorts of minor maladies, but your cor
respondent learns from most reliable
sources that the announcements are
made to hide a much graver condition
of affairs.
The car, who dearly loves his wife,
is nearly crazed by his helplessness
to protect her. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

Masters in Art affords in its artistic
monographs the best popular material
for the study of individual artists. It
is especially appreciated by students
of history and criticism to whom ex-
tensive libraries are not available, as
each number supplies a considerable
amount of carefully selected biograph-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

John Wahbun, Tho Not Politician confesse Interest in
Politics and Rises Remark That Republicans Should Get To-
geher-He Inimaes That Mr. Dooey About Right Els
Ideas of Reform (
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-24
How the Piano was Used.

Pointing to a piano that was standa
ing in the locomotive roundhouse OF
the Missouri Pacific railroad near
Kansas City, an English visitor re-
marked. "Ah, 1 see your road supplies
you with musical entertainment"
THAT piano is for testing the en-
gines.'
The Englishman thought it a joke,
but when a uniformed pianist struck
note which harmonized with the
noise of vibration in each part of the
locomotive as it was tested, he under
stood that there could be 40 flaws or
cracks in the engine. He was inform
ed that If the noise of the locomotive
made a discord with the musical note
the locomotive would be thus proved
defective. The method has been dis
covered to be more accurate than the
old way of hammering each part.-The
Worlds Work.