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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
The Merciless Stage.

Lieutenant Prince Radzivil, of Gen
eral Stoessel 8 staff, Port Arthur, re-
Gently delivered some dispatches at
Chi-fu, and took occasion to expatiate
on the horrors Of war, as seen by him
at very short range, at the modern Gil
braltar. In his opinion, the temper of
the belligerentst at Port Arthur has
reached an absolutely merciless
stage,' and he admits that he had emo
idea that war could be so horrible.''
He affirms that not even flags Of
truce or surrender are respected by
either side and both armies are "abso-
lutely venomous in their antagonism. -
Not even truce for the burial Of the
dead is permitted, and, as a conse-
quence, there is no burial of the dead
fallen in battle. They lie in rotting,
putrefying masses on the slopes of the
hills, where they fell. The white flag
works no protection for a beleaguered
fragment Of corps DESTROYS of surren-
der. Neither Jap nor Muscovite gives
any recognition to the laws of war.
Ferocious close range fighting with the
deadly bayonet, the odor of blood and
to wipe out the refnements and decen-
cies Of peace. The human corpus, i'm
pressed with the image Of God, becomes
I but an unsightly portion Of carrion
I. which any vulture may fancy or not.
Here, by the statement Of a Russian
officer, both belligerents at Port Arthur
have been demonized by, the hideous
| daily contact of war. They have ami
hilated the affairs Of pity. They see in
the human countenance only something
hateful to strike at and destroy. The
living lie down with the dead ones
breathing their corruption, poisoned by
the awful effluvia. Every corpse
I breathes a pestilence and Judgment
A The humanities are obliterated. Visions
of the night and visions Of the day
concur. H. #"-...g r'.s..
And who is responsible for this deer
4 wrong, this havoc to human nature
Even the amenities Of the Red Gross
l have been ignored and set aside. The
/ beniso4s of that flag have beer
despisSl. More IS the pity! War, in
4 deed, makes men fends incarnate. The
4 siege Of Port Arthur will be memorable
because of it's notably demoralizins
influence. 1t is the close range fight
ing that begets the eternal enmities
The bayonet gives man an opportunity
i to test all the exquisite fortunes o.
4 cruelty, to push his blade where i
touches the tenderest points Of tn.
4 auivering flesh.
But, it is not decent for belligerent
assuming to be civilized to leave thei
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20


ter-A. L. Cole Seeks Reform In Ad-
mInIstratIon of Swamp Lands-cincin-
natus Handicapped by Primary Law.
" The contest for Senator Clapp's seat is
being fought out today in haphazard
sort Of way at the legislative primaries.
In most Of the districts where there Is a
contest, there is some sort Of an issue
between Clapp and the opposition. How
ever, the Clapp men have been industrious
in getting after candidates, and have Sc
cured pledges in some districts from every
candidate who IS running. They, claim to
have enough votes assured to control the
situation, no matter how the primaries
result If all the votes that are pledged
stick, they no doubt have enough, but
past experience has shown that there is
many a slip between a pre- denomination
pledge and the senatorial caucus. The
Clapp opposition is banking on this fact
A. L. Cole Of Walker, member of the
last house and a prospective member OF
the next one, declares he will make ar
effort to divert the rnorey derived from
sale of swamp lands to the drainage ant
improvement of such lands. Mr.. Cole
makes the point that the state has multi.
fled the act of congress which made the
grant, by the constitutional amendment
granting these lands to the state sehoo
and institution funds. The act of congress
which gave the swamp lands to the state:
provided that at least a, part Of the pro.
ceeds should be used to drain the lands
In 1881 the state adopted constitutions
amendment dividing the proceeds of these
sales equally between the state school anC
institution funds. In this way, says Mr.
Cole, ''the state has tried to make in.
operative congressional law. He ha:
&,iI
some doubt as to whether this can b.
done.
Mr.. Cole announces that he will inves
tigate the question carefully, and if h,
sees any prospect that the congressional
act will be held operative in contradc
ton Of the constitutional amendment, h
will Introduce a bill providing that par
of the proceeds of swamp land sales shall
be used to improve the land, and so will
get the question tested in court
! The Red Wing News comes to the con
clusion that Cincinnatus is handicappe
| by the primary election law, which pro
vides no way for the office to seek tn
man. Says the News: | zi.8
Under the primary system, Bill Graft an
! Tom Skeezicks will be first to file, while men
| the Cincinnatus sort stick to their blowing. 1
We have party system of government in thi
country that grew of itself and will be main
tanned because 1t IS q natural institution. EleC
/ ton laws must be devised to accommodate it,
Now it is possible to make party nomination
without change of law. Conventions can fin
! their men Of the Cincinnatus stripe and submit
4 their names in the primaries. After that lie
Mr.. Graft and Mr.. Skeezicks have free deI
against them, as the law now permits, an
rival Cincinnatus. too, If he pleases.
Better STILL provide In the primary law fo
regularly named party candidates. subject t
confirmation or rejection at the primaries.
Charles 3. Cheney.
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There is no legal or. moral reason, Mr..
Dunn holds, why employees in his office,
who have no knowledge not possessed by
the whole public, should not go into this
lottery.-The Tribune. s.
Passing up the question as to whether
they have such knowledge or not, we are
aware that Mr.. Dunn holds this view; but
what does the Tribune think? Is it pre-
pared TO- support Mr.. Dunn's position?
Has it decided that the republican party
should stand for that sort Of thing during
this campaign? s~-[.s ....[.r !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

The first experiment with hemp in the
Red River valley has proved a failure. It
was thought that the soil and climate Of
northwestern Minnesota would prove well
fitted for the Kentucky crop, and large
tract was planted near Crookston, to fur
nish the first supply of raw material for q
rope factory. For some unknown reason
most Of the field has failed to grow higher
than a foot or so, and while in some
places the plant has attained fine height,
only $50 Of the $40 acres will be cut, and
the projected mill will not be established,
for the present. It is to be regretted that
this important industry is not to be added
to the activities of Minnesota, but posi-
bly, the experiment is not final. A second
or third trial Of a new crop sometimes
changes the unfavorable verdict Of the
first attempt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
Race Suicide in England.

At the time of the Boer war it was
discovered in England that large pro-
portion, about so per cent, OF the pop
ulation, were physically unfit. The
showing attracted much attention and
parliament appointed committee to
Investigate it. This committee s. report,
made recently, goes into causes and
remedies. 7@.SS7&s 81
Among the causes Of physical deterio-
ration which it enumerates are over
crowding, pollution of the atmosphere,
unhealthful conditions of employment,
alcoholism, depletion of rural districts
by the exodus Of the best types, dimin-
ished rate Of reproduction among the
better classes, bad and insufficient food
and bad conditions attending the life
OF children, such as hereditary faint,
employment Of mothers too long before
and too soon after childbirth, decrease
in breast feeding, defective milk sup
ply, parental ignorance and neglect
The remedies proposed are a better
school system, medical inspection of
school children, more adequate nourish
ment of children, prevention of risks
of contamination during childhood and
youth, less juvenile smoking and better
care Of the children s eyes, ears an6
teeth. .. =. -
Judging by the very prevalent drunk
enness in England on holidays or dur
ing national celebrations, it would seen
that insufficient weight had been laic
on this feature of English life. Wher
| animal fanciers wish to stunt tht
growth Of puppies they feed them di
| luted alcohol.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
CHICAGO sNUBs PEACE
Fails to Notice Visit Of Interparlia-
Z. s . 1nentary Union.
ew. York, Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service 4
Chicago, Sept. 20.-Their arrival and
presence unmarked by either recep-
tion or welcome by city officials or rep
resentative Chicago clubs, 210 members
of the Interparliamentary Union for the
Promotion Of International Peace, in
Guiding leading legislators Of the
world $ nations, were in town yester-
day. Left to provide their own enter
tainment, the party started from the
Auditorium hotel for a drive at 10
o CLOCK, and this lasted until l. From
left for Detroit, where it's members will
be received in lavish style, they were
allowed to pass their time as best they
could.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
A Rrehfstorical Romance, or Love Affair
ss sof S1o, ooo, Doc Years Aeo-rhe Dawn Of
Hope in Future Life In the Mind OF
+ Prehistoric Man.

We have had historical rornances by
the-shall we say score, hundred or thou
sand? Now comes Gouverneur Morris
with prehistorieal romance. It
goes away back 10,0O0,00O years, or
some such time, to the days when it
required close discernment to distinguish
between man and ape. OF course, to tell
story of the men Of that time Mr.. Nor
ris has had to take advantage Of literary
license largely. For example, he has had
to allow, for his characters, logical pro-
eesses beyond those the human beings Of
| the times probably had. But, allow
ing for that, he has made a story of
genuine interest and one not without a
serious side, as will be seen from the
following extracts from the three-p part
preface of the book, which is called The
| Pagans Progress:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
ROCKEFELLER WANTS
! BIBLE GLASS OF 1000
-.,....s 49, New York, Sept. 20.
Jesus invites his saints
To meet around His board;.
Here pardoned rebels sit and hold

t. here, pardOned rebels SIT and hold
Communion with their Lord.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., son of the
Standard Oil magnate, is trying to boom
the membership of his Sunday Bible
class in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, from 400 to 1000.
The above quotation heads circular
letter which J. NJ. Troxell, president of
the class, has addressed to each one of
the 400 members. In this letter Trox-
ell announces that the class will resume
its sessions Sunday, Oct. q. with Mr..
Rockefeller in the leader s chair.
An earnest appeal is made to each one
Of the members to get out and hustle
for ioiners and rush the membership
along until the 1000 mark is reached
and passed.
Accompanying Mr.. Troxell 8 circular
letter is a personal note from Rockefel-
Ter to each Of the members. He simply
asks the members to be present at the
opening session for the winter; but he
believes it will do much good toward
swelling. the membership. as well as
stimulating the interest Of the present
members. ..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
Foyer Chat.

"Glitterfng Gloria, with Miss Isadore
Rush as the star, will be the offering at
the Metropolitan for the half week COM
mencing next Sunday evening. Seats will
be placed on sale Thursday morning.
The scenes of cousin Kate the COM
edy In which Charles Frohman will pre-
sent Ethel Barrymore at the Metropolitan
the last half Of next week, are simple
English country home scenes. The story
is a simple one, and the final solution is
arrived at in natural manner.
At the Bijou operahouse next week will
be presented Charles E. Blaney's t".For His
Brothers Crime introducing the roman
tic actor, Montgomery Irving. It is said
to be the most novel melodramatic SEN
sation Of the season.
The matinee this afternoon at the Ly-
ceum was largely attended by the ladies,
who saw Grace Hayward and the Ferris
Stock company present 1.-THE Runaway
Wife. Election returns will be read from
the stage this evening Huge prepare
tons are being made for the revival OF
Monte Cristo" the coming week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

Two Of the best crop experts have dis
covered that the corn crop is little short,
too. 1t is a. splendid crop in Iowa and
Nebraska, however, so that this section
Of the country will benefit by the higher
prices later. = 1t is the: southwest that is
hit and as the southwest has had several
fat years, it will hardly know that it Ia
hurt -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

The New York democracy seems infat-
uated with the idea of taking judges from
the bench as candidates for high Office.
Having nominated Judge Parker for PRES
ident, they now talk of drafting Justice
Gaynor OF the state supreme court as a
candidate for governor. There is this In
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

Walter. Wellman sees no chance what
ever for the election of Judge Parker. For
weeks the democratic leaders have been
predicting a revolution in public sentiment
to come before. election day. MIR. Well
man says he has been looking for it dill
gently but has not been. able to find it,
altho it is within seven weeks Of election
day. He thinks New York is going to be
very close, that the democrats have only
a fighting chance in New Jersey, and the
republicans pretty much Of a. sure thing
in Connecticut, while West Virginia, ac-
cording to his information, IS moving rap
idly over to the republican, side. A pub
lished interview with Charley ETowne con-
cedes Indiana at the present time to the
republicans. 1t will take revolution In
public sentiment to prevent Roosevelt be-
ing elected by larger electoral vote than
that cast for Mr. Mckinley in 1900, and
it will have to come pretty quick.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
An Enterprising Firm.

Finn and Patterson, land clerk and
assistant land clerk to the state auditor
1902. Finn & Patterson, land agents
and proprietors Of valuable leases or
state mineral land, 1908. Finn ane
Patterson, managers of the denial BIZ
reau for the former state auditor, now
candidate for governor, 1904. The
transition is easy and natural, under the
circumstances.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

H. H. Rogers, the Standard OIL mag
nate, or one Of them, on arriving from
Europe declared that he could not under
stand Thomas Lawson. The reporter does
not say SO. but we suspect that at this
point Mr.. Rogers Winked. 2
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

Mr.. Dunn promises that If elected gov
ernor. he will emf orce ali the laws. Ten
years ago he took oath as state auditor
to do the same thing, but we cannot re-
call just now which ones he enforced.
The public examiner, in the performance
Of his duty, has called attention to the
ones he did not enforce
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

If Robert G. Dunn had not been a can
didate for governor his administration of
the office Of state auditor would have
stood unchallenged-s Paul Pioneer
Press. ..... ,..} &.5~
If Robert G. Dunn were not candidate
for governor it would not be necessary for
the Pioneer Press % abandon it's function
as a newspaper and assume that Of a
mere organ, giving but one side Of a
proposition. 80. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20


! Travelling hypnotists are devastating the
country, one of them having pulled off a
| show in Breckenridge, Mimi, the other
day. Here is his advance advertisement:
Tt Is doubtful If any one else now
before the public has half of his astonish-
1 ing powers He is natural hypnotist,
| and he has developed his wonderful force
| by careful observation and profound study.
In his own peculiar domain he is not
Lequaled"
The professor" is assisted in this case
by lady The ad goes on to say: -
"They are the worlds favorites and
kings of hypnotism The people who pos
sess the highest occult powers, who carry
their suggestions out in the most forms,
and who manage to extract out Of every
situation more fun than will last an aver
age man a week Of steady laughter. They
have a novelty this year in using very
elaborate costumes for different scenes
never attempted by any other hypnotists. u
Anybody who will give up SO cents OF
25 cents after statements like this, de.
serves to lose the money. Probably the
cheapest fakes going and the most dan.
gerous are travelling hypnotists.
A man who investigates insanity usu.
ally finds a very large number Of people
! who are insane. For instance, DR.. v. H
/ Podstata, superintendent Of the big Dun
ming, ILL.,, insane asylum, says that one
person in every $50 in Chicago is insane
and that one person in every five is pre-
! disposed to insanity. This Is asserted ii
the report of DR.. Podstata, and may wei
be true, else why do they stay in Chicago
DR.. James P. Lynch, DR.. Oscar A. King
Judge Orrin Carter and many more promi
nent authorities upon the subject. mel
1 who have studied the subject for years
state that insanity has increased rapid!
in the last ten years. 1t has Increased al
. over the world, but more rapidly In Chi
!; cago The percentage Of insanity t
:. 100000 Inhabitants has quadrupled i
/ fifty years. :
cat the present rate of the development
Of insanity, according to the worlds sta
tistics," says DR.. James P. Lynch. 'an
! with present conditions Of work and livin
unaltered, half Of the civilized world wi
. be more or less insane 500 years fror
now. And in another, 200 years from tina
time, under the same conditions, most q
the Caucasian race will be mentally de
ranged and civilization wiped off the fac
of the earth by the multitudes Of Goth
, and Vandals Of ASIA
Whoop! Do you feel it coming on? W
claim to be king of Africa. A. J. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

A Colorado woman has a new reason
for divorce. She has applied for a separa-
ton on the ground that life with a hus-
band who gratified her every wish
was too tedious to. be borne. Is the ordi-
nary American: husband too good to his
wife? Foreigners say he is. ~. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

: Philologists will be interested in the
discovery Of a new language. It had its
origin in the state auditors office, and is
interesting chiefly for the fact that when
it says one thing it means another. It is
sometimes very convenient
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
SOUTH DAKOTA FOR ROOSEVELT
Tron,,o;s fs n, Herald

IF0Iu0ls Is. Do Herald.
The democratic candidate for governor
Of South Dakota says. There are a great
many of the people in South Dakota who
do not consider Roosevelt safe and con
servative." Mr.. Grill forgets to mention
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

English at higher fees. Chinese with.
very imperfect equipment are found
teaching English in out-of-the-way cor-
ners, and while as a result there will
probably be acquired a very imperfect
knowledge Of the language, it points
clearly to the change which has taken
place, and suggests forcibly the adyan-
tages which America is to enjoy in the
opening up of that country to trade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

A well-known astronomers, Professor
Nichols, has found that the star Arcturus
sends the earth as much heat as man
could get from a candle burning six miles
away from him. This is certainly a bit
chillier than the typical Boston girl.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

THE PAGAN's PROGRESS. By Geuverneur
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LONG BRIDGE BOYS By W. o. Stoddard, au-
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etc. Boston,: Lothrop Publishing company.
Price S125.
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THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

Tobacco and Hearlng.-A paper read
at the recent congress Of Otalgy held at
Bordeaux France. by Mr.. Dele dealt
with the effect of tobacco on the audi
tory sense, and in it was described the
injurious effect on the patients hearing,
says Harper's Weekly. There is direct
action, due to- tobacco, on the auditory
nerve and the stimulating effect of the
nicotine on other nerves is likely to add
further complications so that tobacco
should always be used Sin moderation and
especially where trouble with hearing is
being experienced and patients should be
warned at an early date. In fact. there
are certain conditions Of the tissue when
all smoking should be forbidden, and espe-
scialIy where the patient is comparatively
young.
The Modern -ocomotlve.-one can get
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20

Mr.. Dunn says 1tbhsg9 asyeFo was !a any my tim
Der on "a lot Of those atrsets for which he
issued cutting perrnitslnnd we are strong
ly inclined to suspect that Bob used to
slip over there to the statehouse st night
and issue a lot of permits just for the
fun Of It, ,:.-}.. Z. ,....... ...?v1 :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
POSSIBLY.

Homer, YOU know represented some
of the gods as fighting for the Greeks and
some for the Trojans.' 2 8 III
Yes. guess that must have been the
first allusion to the mills Of the gods. -
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rur rorRNAr,s PRESS ROOM,

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 IA, 00o
eighth page Journals hour, printed, folded and
counted. The best time to call is from 3:15 to
54:3O pm. Inquire at the business office and be
directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-20
TIE NOFPAREJL MAN
Valuable Rules for the Culinary Use of
Ripe Tomatoes-cut This out and Paste
1t in Your Cookbook for Reference.

Following are some valuable rules for
the use Of ripe tomatoes which are now
flooding the market:
Wholesale Tomato Catsup-Take one
peck overripe tomatoes. do not wash.
Squeeze thru caneseat chair and add one
pint red paint, two ounces red pepper and
any old factory sweepings that happen to
be handy. Bottle and sell to the public
at fancy price
Tomato Souffle-Take one large white
house, recently painted. Throw against
the side of it one peck fully ripe toma-
toes. Catch detritus in a tin pail and
add scrapings. Flavor to suit the taste,
boil and skim, bottling the skimmings for
use as a sauce.
Tomato Punk-Slice ten large tomato
and fry in batter. Then throw carefully
out Of the kitchen window and leave them
there. Serve breakfast when ready, still
leaving the tomatoes where they fell
Fricasseed Tomato a Ia iGarcon Petite
Take one ripe tomato after dark. Watch
for your neighbours father to pass the
house. When he is nearly by, throw
tomato at neighbours father and run rap
idly. ...a.
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