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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
Foyer Chat.

The Kilties, who are to appear in con-
cert at the Metropolitan Sunday evening,
are playing to tremendous audiences all
over the country.
"Robin Hood will be the bill of the
Bostonians at the Metropolitan Monday
night, Wednesday matinee and Wednes-
day night. 1.-THE serenade," Herbert and
Smiths tuneful comic opera, will be the
offering on Tuesday evening.
James A. Herne's "Sag Harbor'' will be
given at the Metropolitan the last half
of next week. Sag Harbor," like "Shorc
Acres" tells of the trials and tribula-
lions of seashore folk.
Mason and Mason, the clever German
comedians, are presenting Rudolph and
Adolph'' at the Bijou this week to good
sized audiences.
George Sidney, who plays busy Icy in
the musical farce comedy of that name.
scored his first triumph with Ward and
Vokes. Last season Busy Izzy'' took its
place as vehicle for the exploitation OF
Mr. Sidney's talents.
The last three performances of the Fer
ris Stock company's production Of "Fabio
Romani'' will be given at the Lyceum
this evening and tomorrow afternoon
and evening.
Starting next Sunday evening. Dick
Ferris and his company will present the
society drama, Jim the Penman.'
There was a large ladies' matinee au-
dience at the Dewey this afternoon Man
chester's Crackerjacks close their engage
n1ent tomorrow evening and next week
come the Vanity Fair Burlesquers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
An Important Omission.

In his reiterated complaint that
while he is making every effort to open
up new markets and develop condi-
tons for the benefit Of the public, he
is treated by the government as a
criminal, Mr.. Hill is not altogether in
genuous. His complaint is we'll cal
culated to arouse sympathy and pro-
woke antagonism to the government
for insisting upon obedience to it's
laws.
But it doubtless must have occurred
to a good many people who heard him
at the meeting Of the state agricul-
tural society that Mr. Hill did not
then, nor, SO far as we can recall, has
he ever shown why it is necessary to
destroy railroad competition in north
western Minnesota and the Dakotas
! in order to develop the oriental trade.
! He has not shown why it Is necessary
! to consolidate the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific railroads in or
der to establish a steamship line be-
tween the sound and the orient; or,
in order to maintain the Great North
ern as q freight line between the in
terror and the coast; or, in order to
control the Burlington, with it's lines
reaching further into the interior and
the south
On the other hand, it would seem
from the very nature Of things that
the independence of the Northern Pa
cifc would be more than likely to
create competition in the oriental
trade and multiply the facilities in
that direction. We do not say that it
was to prevent such competition and
control the oriental traffic from the
sound as far as possible that Mr.. Hill
devised the best plan he could for
permanently tying up the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific to-
gether, but the possibility that he was
so Influenced is not unthinkable.
So far as we can see, it is still ur
to Mr.. Hill to show why in order tc
develop oriental trade, competition ir
domestic traffic must be throttled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
The Great Daily
Ofthe
Great Northwest
A Record for 1908
that Counts.

THE JOURNAL in 1903 carried
1893, 756 inches of advertising or
1854 inches more than in 1902,
an increase of about 20 per cent.
THE JOURNAL in 1908 carried
over 10000 inches more in it's
daily issues than any other Min
neapolis or ST. Paul paper carried
in it's daily or daily and Sunday
issues combined.
The Journals Circulation
for December averaged 81, OO6
copies, which goes directly to the
homes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

Some Of the machine politicians in con-
gress are going thru the usual form Of ex-
pressing their contempt for the restraints
of civil service reform by voting to cut
off the appropriation for salaries and ex-
penses Of the commissioners But they
know they are safe enough, that 1t won't
be done and that their party could not
afford to do it, If it had the votes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
JUSTICE SHINES HIS OWN SHOES

Justice Brown of the supreme court Of
the United States, is in at least one re-
spect an imitator of Lincoln: ne blackens
his own shoes. After rising In the mornins
he gets into his underwear and socks, Their
puts on his shoes and plies the brush. His
shoes always look better than those OF
any other member of the court, greai
minds being careless as a rule. about
pedal appearances. The justice is enor-
mously stout. and at times finds 1t diff
cult to Sc his shoes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

The Globe says that the administration
policy toward Panama means that the
outcome is to be the subjugation of the
South American republics one by one by
the United States. The Globes bitter hos
tility toward President Roosevelt, ac-
counted for by the resentment of it's pro-
prietor on account of the merger prosecu-
ton, is what leads it to say such crazy
things.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
eRlsTow,s LONG REPORT

The original report on the postal investi-
cation was of enormous volume-several
hundred thousand words. Mr.. Bristow
made $4,000 word abstract, later cutting
it down to 1880 after several trials The
president wanted this cut in half hut
Bristow protested that it could not be
done. "Why not?' asked the president
'fYou were an editor out in Kansas before
you became fourth assistant postmaster
general, were you not?'' Yes said Mr..
Bristow, 'but even a Kansas editor has to
have some language with which to express
his thoughts
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
LOVE

I say to thee, do thou repeat
To the first man thou 1nayst meet
In lane, highway or open street
That he, and we, and all men move
Under a canopy of love,
AS broad as the blue sky above;
That doubt and trouble, fear and pain,
And anguish-all arc shadows vain,
That death itself shall not remain;
That weary deserts we may tread,
A dreary labyrinth may thread,
Thru dark ways underground be led;
Yet, if we will one guide obey,
The dreariest path, the darkest way,
Shall issue out in heavenly day;
And we, on divers shores now cast,
Shall meet, our perilous voyage past,
All in our Fathers house at last.
Richard Cheneyix Trench.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
eELAsco CONFIRMED TEA DR,NkER

Ever since David Belasco left the Madi-
son Square theater, where he was asso-
ciated with A. M. Palmer, he has been a
confirmed tea drinker. His capacity for
the beverage is unlimited. When calling
quart pot Of tea, and he wants 1t drawn
as black as possible. It must be strong
enough to wrinkle the sole OF shoe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
WHAT 0THER PEOPLE THINK
People who 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
Lack OF Incentive in Schools.

Lack of Incentive in Schools. y
To the Editor Of The Journal.
have just read with appreciation your
editorial on "Steal and Learn a Trade"
with a hope that not only this sore spot
but others related may be corrected-a
correction which will never take place I'M
til the press shames and scares the poll
ticians in charge of our small schools. I
desire to ask, not as you do, is it possible
for a bad boy to learn a trade and not
for a good one, but, does it pay a small
boy to be good and studious. under exist
ing rules and conditions, at our public
schools?
OF course, do not, ask in moral sense.
but try to put myself in the child's place.
What benefit does he see in a conduct
meriting SIS? None whatever. He is not
advanced he is not given opportunities
to reap a direct, immediate preferment in
the shape of passing outside the regular
routine. There is nothing to give him
incentive to hard and persistent effort.
Duluth, Jan. 13. Father.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

The French government has informed
certain episcopal appointments made by
the government they will be announced
without the papal approval. Times have
changed, indeed, since the pope was
temporal power.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
BOOKS RECEIVED
ON THE

ON THE WE-A TRAIL, Story of the Great
Wilderness. BY Caroline Brown. With illus
trations by Max Klepper. New York: The
Macmillan company.
FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME. By
Mary Shaw Baker. Boston: Richard &.
Badger. The Gorham Press. Price 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
Gifts from Uncle Sam.

Men fought for a place in line at
the Duluth landoffice yesterday. It
was worth fighting for, too. They were
contending for small fortunes. The
school teacher who led the procession
estimates that the homestead and
stone and timbmer claims he got by
reason Of his earliness are worth at
least $4,000. Ten thousand. for the
taking!
This school teacher may have got
the plumpest and juiciest plum in the
basket. But there are others. Not
all the land in this newly opened
township has been taken. Not all the
land in townships that have long been
opened has been taken.
There are men loaf1ng around Min
neapolis and every town and village
in the state and earning nothing by it.
Let them go up in the woods and loaf
around on claim, and they will soon
have some valuable property. Every
thing that may be classed as a tree
is becoming valuable. Between the
lumber mills and the pulp mills and
the uelldllu lOI poelS, lies anu pOleS,
not much that grows in the north
woods these days is without it's value.
Professor w. w. Folwell addressed the
agricultural society yesterday on the adj
vantages of cooperation. 1t is more than
probable that within a few years co-opera
ton will be very common in agriculture
communities. With distribution and con.
sumption so well organized, the farme,
will find that to get his full share Of the
wealth he is the active agent in producing
he must unite with his fellows and secure
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room, which is the finest In the west.
The battery of presses consists OF three -FOUR.
deck Goss Presses with total capacity OF
900 eghtpage Journals an hour 70 p RIM a.
folded and counted. The best time 10 car .a ~
from 3:15 to 80 D. m. Inquire at the business
office and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII find The Journal file as follows:
ca. Express Co.. s Waterloo Place.
DENMARK-U. s. Legation. -,
PARIS-Eagle Bureau. rs rue CANNON. Mes 81
dents visiting Paris can have their mail or
kilograms sent care of this Bureau and the
same Will be forwarded to them or held Ior
their arrival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

Book reviewing is an art in which not
all who essay the task achieve success or
convey satisfaction to- the reader An
Of how well it can be done
and how interest in the book may be
stimulated, while at the same time the
reader of the review is made to feel
sense of obligation to the reviewer for
having given him a clear and intelligent
idea Of the authors work. is furnished by
a. timely review in thu Chicago Dial for
Nov. 1, by Judge James Oscar Pierce Of
the "Reminiscences Of the Civil War"
by the late General John B. Gordon.
Judge Pierce writes, of course, from the
standpoint Of the student intimately ac-
quainted with the history of the great
struggle Of the causes which led up to it
and Of the motives and principles and
ideas Of the leading actors on both sides
of the conflict, both in civil and military
life. The result is a clear and informing
exposition, not only of Gordon's views and
his viewpoint, but Of the character and
impulses of the man himself. The per-
sonal portrait of the soldier the writer
and the citizen of the union preserved is
lighted and shaded by judiciously selected
extracts and by discriminating and just
analysis that compels respect both for it's
fairness and for it's generosity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

What a fine advertisement for Montana
is Judge Harvey!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
WASHINGTON BUREAU.

WASHINGTON BUREAU.
w. W. Jermane, Chief of Washington
Bureau, 90l-902 Colorado Building. North
western visitors to Washington invited to
make use of reception room, library, sta
tioncry, telephone and telegraph facilities.
Central location, Fourteenth and streets
NV.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

The New York Produce Exchange de-
sires to have the customs regulations
changed so that it will be possible to
deliver Canadian bonded grain on con
tracts. If such changes would have the
effect of causing large volume of Cana
dian grain to be handled by American
agencies, they certainly ought to be made.
The most Jealous farmer can hardly fig
ure out that Canadian grain in bond, in
capable of use in this country, will be
able to injure him in any way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

Mrs. Eliza A. Sanderson, a wealthy bib
liophile of Newark, n. j., believes she
has been defrauded in the purchase Of a
set of the authors edition. of Roose-
velt's works in twenty-five volumes.
signed by the author The price paid was
$3.50 volume, or 50. 500 for the set. The
edition was to be limited to twenty-six
sets, printed from type. Mrs. Sanderson
called in an expert who says the books
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

were printed from plates and that the
edition is limited in name only. Gebbie
& Co. are the publishers. A $4,000 set Of
Jean Jacques Rousseau is also said to fall
short Of the specifications Of the con-
tract.
Professor Edward Dowden has just
completed his biography Of Robert
Browning" which will be published by
Messrs. J. M Dent & Co., in the Temple
series.-New York Times Saturday Re-
view.
It is depressing to think what a con-
spicuous part publishers play in encour-
aging the makers of mere rhymes to be-
lieve they are poets. They and the friends
of the rhynsters are sad demoralizer
The volume entitled Footprints on the
Sands Of Time, by Mrs. M. F. Baker, is
one of these productions But they will
continue to be published.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
The College Debate.

The Michigan and Minnesota foot
ball elevens make a deal more stir
than the Michigan and Minnesota de-
batting teams, but the chances are
that twenty years from now these de-
baters will be making much more of
an impression upon their surround
ings than the football men.
A debate is a. demonstration of the
results of what colleges and univer-
stiles primarily stand for-mental Gull
ture. A football game is a demonstra-
ton of the results Of an incident OF
college life-athletics.
Football is right and proper in it's
place, but it is not measure of edu-
cational success. A very Indifferent
educational institution may con-
ceivably have a very superior, foot
ball eleven. A very good educational
fortunate in it's raw material if it
could not produce a good debating
team. &: lfsE - d sag& 5@
The debater has need of about
everything a college course processes
to offer. He must use his reasoning
powers; he must utilize his store OF
knowledge; he can use to the
utmost his knowledge of how to
collect facts; he can hardly Eek
pect to win if he does not
know how to use language effec-
lively; and his prospects of victory
depend to a considerable extent upor
his oratorical ability. Good manners
and pleasant address also have their
part in the contest.
It takes good all-around man tc
make a good debater.
Debates are to be encouraged be.
cause they are such excellent tests
| of culture, such valuable demonstra'
lions of the results of education.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

Rotation of crops may be all right, but
what our. upper forty needs about the
time it Is Towering out is a rotation Of
dog; say about 200 dogs per day being
rotated over the stump fence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

We have a terrible fear-one that is
corroding our young life; it is that Pres
ident Hearst will never live to take his
seat. He smokes willy-killers!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

Some antiadministration republican pa
pers are so greedy for material to use
against Van SAINT and Collins that they
swallow without question every "pipe''
story put in circulation by the st. Paul
Globe, the organ of the state democracy,
and of the merger railroad interests. They
never seem to get enough.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

The 18th of January. That means that
winter Is just dragging along on bottom
Our coal bin is beginning to look like a
fried egg. And as to burning ashes, we
have always been opposed to that.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

+ New York Office,
+ Tribune Building.
Chicago Office,
Tribune Building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

The British National Association for the
Suppression of Bad Language, In its an
nual report, announces the preparation of
a dictionary 'of harmless words which
may be used to take the place Of profane
language when the exigencies Of the Sit
uatiOn demand it, This will be a valu-
able wade mecum, but it will be rather
hard on father when he pounds his thumb
to have to rush into the library and con-
suit the dictionary to see what he may
say without giving offense to the British
National association.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

The Kilties, who are to appear in con-
cert at the Metropolitan Sunday evening,
are playing to tremendous audiences all
over the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

Why Man Has Reason on His Side in
''HoIIering Good and Loud" When He
Has a Pain and In Demanding the
Center of the Family stage-Experi.
ments That Show That Woman Is
Only About one-haIf az Sensitive TO
old Ideas Exploded Again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

One of the counsel for the Northern Sc
curities company, who has been connect
ed with the merger litigation all thru, has
received 100000 as a retainer, and has
100000 more coming when the litigation
is finished. How he must chuckle to read
the complaints Of anti administration pa
pers, over the expenditure of $35, 900 for
the states counsel and their contingent
expenses. The state has probably fought
the case ON less than one-tenth Of the
money spent by the merger interests.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-15

Mason and Mason, the clever German
comedians, are presenting Rudolph and
Adolph'' at the Bijou this week to good
sized audiences.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-09
Liberty Endangered

They have an antispitting law in
New York, too. and they enforce it
with both hands. The Globe de-
scribes how it is done:
The next prisoner arraigned was Jacob
Seine Of 127 Madison street He was
charged with splitting on the platform at
the South Ferry house, where, it was
shown there were many cuspidors. Mag
istrate Pool was about to fine the man
81, when the prisoner said:
Excuse me, your honor, but have a
sore throat
THAT means more microbes replied
the magistrate. I'll make your fine S.
Persons who have colds and lung troubles
should be careful not to spit on the floors
of buildings >
charged with splitting three times in the
Third avenue elevated, Jacob Salzman OF
o17 Brook avenue was arrested this morn
Ing by Officer Joype of the health squad.
lie was taken before Magistrate Flammer,
at the Harlem police court, who fined him
81. On hearing the sentence Salzman threw
up his hands and begged:
Please let me go, judge. I have wife
and six children"
Il can't help that the judge replied.
You had no right to spit no matter how
many wives and children you have,'' =
In default of payment the prisoner was
committed
1t appears, however, that cenyeni-
ences for spitters are supposed to be
provided in some public places. One
man charged with splitting on the plat
form of an elevated railroad station
was excused because there were no
sand boxes there. The great Ameri-
can right Of free expectoration APP
pears, however, in danger Of being
overthrown. There is an antispitting
crusade on in many places and the
movement seems to be gaining
volume. It ought to. 4.E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-09
The Limit.

The eighteenth century diplomacy
of Russia has at last got what it de-
serves. The diplomacy Of deceit, OF
lies, of broken promises, Of the smil-
ing face and treacherous heart, OF
empty words and false deeds has been
struck a stinging blow in the face.
What the rest Of the world, with the
exception of the United States, has
calmly endured, little Japan has re-
fused longer to tolerate. After seven
months spent In sounding the treach-
erous depths of Russian diplomacy for
some. solid ground and finding none,
the little Japs have resorted to force,
and have struck. the first blow with en-
ergy and precision. The Goliath that
has filled all the world with fear has
been assailed and Inundated stimuli
taneously. Contemporary breaking
off negotiations that were rotten to the
core, the Japanese have smitten
the Russians, hip and thigh The little
empire has treated the big empire
just as the well-meaning individual,
minding his own business, treats a
boor, who insults, annoys, lies and gets
in the way. There is a time for the
fist, and there is a time for the army
and the navy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-09
A Valuable Feature.

The management of the Commercial
club is entitled to high praise for the
quality Of the entertainment and in
struction furnished to the members in
the noon-day talks. Two half-hour
addresses in the assembly room of
the Commercial club during the past
two weeks have of themselves been
worth to the members more than a
quarters dues.
John Goodnow, consul general at
Shanghai, opened UP the Chinese
question in very instructive and sug-
gestive way, speaking from the stand
point of a participant in our diplo-
matte relations with China, as one of
the makers of the new treaty, and one
who has had in his official position Pc
culiar opportunities for knowing what
is going on in the Orient
He was followed a few days ago by
Professor Fenollosa, who has been a
resident of Japan for nineteen years,
and identified with the educational
work which has had SO much to do
with the development Of that empire.
Professor Fenollosa gave the members
Of the Commercial club a view of the
situation In the Orient to-day which
could have been acquired only after
much reading and study, and then
probably not as clearly as presented
by him.
The gentlemen who were fortunate
enough to hear that address will read
the war news with a much more intel
ligent understanding of the signifi-
canoe Of this great impending conflict
and deeper interest in its outcome.
Both Of these addresses have com
mercial bearing, too. inasmuch as the
trend Of events in the Orient Is des-
tined to influence our commerce III
that quarter. But aside from the COM
mercial interest which the situation
possesses it has a political interest
which the. well-informed man,
whether he be engaged in commerce