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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
FREAK ELECTION BETS
"a Particular Brand Of ldiocy' tina
= ,.e.. s.. Is Passing. ~-
New York Evening Post.


After watching with profound cynicism the
propulsion of a well-dressed man In wheel
barrow, motive power being furnished by q
weird looking citizen with one side OF ms hean
clipped and clean shaven the other half still
endowed with a luxuriant hirsute adjournment, one
theater goer remarked to his companion:
.'This particular brand of idiocy wears on the
nerves Freak election bets today are simply
"reminiscences Of the sporadic outbreaks or insan,
ity of years ago. Think of the sens1b1lltles or
the looser, or, for that matter, OF the winner:
that is if the fact of the bet being made at all
didn't preclude the possibility of their having
either sense or sensbility.'
81 remember freak bet made In the summer
of 1888 the consequences of which seemed 10 the
loser to be so appalling that he made every ap.
neal for remission that reason could suggest. II
was owing to the rivalry between two summer
mines that the bet made. The son OF
promipent western republican United States SEN
ator and another player on the same niue were
ton By the terms of the wager. the repubIcan
senator's son agreed. If a loser to cast his nrs1
vote for Cleveland in the fall election. and tc
address at least one democratic meeting in his
home town. The other man, who was caro-
lima democrat was to do the same for Harrison
pictured himself addressing crowd OF negro
republicans (all Carolina republicans were blacf
in those days. was intense. The idea OF
..welching'' never entered his mind, but there
was no phase of the negro question that didn
nresent itself to him. The matter was finally
COMPROMISED by the consent of all hands, ant
the result in the nation was unaffected by 1t a:
far as 7 know. but one young southerner nearly
Rad the door of hope closed in his face
: "All doors save the that never opens out
ward ought to be closed to the freak election pct
tor - said No. 2 as they passed on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
NOR WEGLAN EGG BOLT
CROSSES THE ATLANTIC.
odd Craft Ingented BY Capt. ole Byde Aryiyes Safely
at ST. Johns, ". F.-Ingentov and Navigator
HAS Once Minneapolis Lad
Description of Boat. s~~

Special to The Journal.
st. Johns, N. F., Dec. 14.-Lying at
the tug company s wharf in this port
is the lifeboat Uraed (Unafraid), Cap
tain Ole Martin Brude. The .Uraed is
a maritime curiosity and before long
will be on exhibition in New York, for
which port she will sail in a short time.
She has just been sailed across the
Atlantic in the hope that she would be
able to reach the Mississippi and the
st. Louis exposition: 1t is now too late
to reach the goal. -
Captain Brude built his boat to win
the prize of a million francs offered by
the French government for lifeboat
which would reduce to minimum the
loss of life in marine accidents. :,
1t was to prove his boat g seaworthi-
ness that Captain Brud de made the voy-
age across the %Atlantic. In construc-
ton the Uraed is egg-sshaped, eighteen
feet long, eight feet wide and eight feet
deep. She carries a single mast near
the pointed nose, to which little lateen
sail is hoisted.
In the center Of her oval deck is a
small tower for observation purposes,
while near the stem and stern are two
hatchways just large enough for a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
DEVELOPMENT OF NAVY
Increase Of Strength of United States
on Sea,
World Today

world Today.
Paul Norton the new secretary of the navy,
speaks thus of the present condition of the
United States navy:
1.-THE most notable fact in connection with
the work of the navy for 1904 is the approach to
completion of a considerable number of most
important additions to the strength of the Unit
nent fact has been the improvement in marks
manship of the vessels of the navy and the prog
ress made in the development of explosives and
of devices for increasing the accuracy of gum
fire. In addition a material advance has been
made in the development Of appliances increa sing
the safety with which the high powers devel-
oped in modern ordnance be utilized.
con the point of progress in construction of
vessels for the new navy, gratifying progress Is
shown as between the January report and that of
October. In the latter report. beside the fact
| Of the completion OF the Missouri the Ohio ap-
pears as practically completed and the armored
cruisers Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Colorado
| and Maryland have reached state of over 80 per
cent of completion 80 per cent of their con-
struction having been done during the. year.
Four protected cruisers have been added to the
strength of the United States in this class.
and the fifth OF the type Is approaching service
able condition. The year has witnessed large
war vessel tonnage such has never been put
In the water during corresponding period in the
history of the United States. and Including two
vessels, the Connecticut and the Louisiana, which
on completion will be the largest and most power
full vessels of war constructed by the Unit
ed States and which in type, size and probable
strength and efficiency compare most fayoraby
with the best naval construction or the entire
| world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Can a Horse Reason?
Editor of the Journal

70 the Editor of tie Journal.
In T urna of Dec. 9 I notice
an article entitled, "A Hard Question"
virtually meaning, Can a Horse Rea-
son"' I, for one, agree with the Dr.
Stadt Of Germany, that such is not only
possible but quite probable Last July l
had the pleasure to attend an exhibition
of the Intelligence Of Princess Trixie at
Omaha.
The first things she did were in the
open air, such as calling the people with
bell which she held in her teeth Upon
being asked if the people were still COM
ing she would answer. When. apparent
~, they were all in the tent she was
asked to look very closely to see if there
might not be others coming. With look
and attitude of real discernment and
Judgment, she gazed into the distance,
and, on being asked if she saw any one
coming, she answered in the affirmative
and rang the bell with renewed energy
1t was the writer's fortune to secure
a front seat, and therefore able to de-
tect any trick Or farce, but nothing had
even a hint of deception; all was open
and aboveboard. I shall recite only a
couple of her feats which will suffice to
show the ability Of Trixie.
There were a dozen or fifteen peonfe
standing. Mr.. Barnes, the owner, asked
many were men and how many women,
and she answered correctly. This she
did by walking to the figure rack and
taking the right numbers in her teeth
and showing them to- the audience She
was also asked to tell how many of the
women were pretty, and after close
scrutiny. held up the number two CAS-
to the verdict Of the ladies' in question
l cannot say.) Then Mr.. Barnes, point
ing at my lady friend, asked Trixie to
tell the color of her dress. Trixie walked
| to the rope, looked closely at the Iady
| and went to the hooks where hung q
| dozen different colors of cloth and held
| up the correct color to the crowd. On
| being asked the time, she looked at the
watch, but missed it by twenty minutes
Mr.. Barnes then had any one in; the audi
ence to call any number, *whereupor
Trixie picked out the correct ones. Then
he asked another to have Trixie divide
the number by another, which she did
| figured out the remainder and held the
correct answer to the audience This she
did with several large numbers, unde,
100, showing that she could add, sub.
tract, multiply and divide.
She made change for several pieces o.
money, going to the cash register anc
/! bringing back the correct amount. An,
one who has seen Princess Trixie dem.
onstrate her intelligence must admit thai
she can think and reason.
DIR. E. D. Jones.
] ST. Cloud. MINI. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
The Fire.

The Minneapolis fire department
esem to have been unusually and I'M
necessarily slow in getting started last
might, but are certainly entitled to
credit for combining the fire to the
group Of buildings on the south side
of First avenue. Several times it
seemed as If they would be defeated in
chat plan, but they made stubborn
;end persistent fight, and won.
IF the fire had been allowed to gain
Roadway in the building of the Pow
iers' Mercantile Company it might have
been burning yet, down along the
aiver. The danger which threatened
ct ono time was appalling, and many
were asking. "Are we to have in
Minneapolis repetition Of the Balti-
@ore disasters'
This is probably the most destruct-
Ave fire we have ever had in the retail
district, but Of course the most serious
aspect Of the matter is the loss of hui
man life in connection with it. Two
men, martyrs to their sense Of duty
and impelled by the necessity which
Pests upon every fire fighter to take
great risks in the service Of the pub
NE, have lost their lives. For the rela.
elves there will be universal sympa.
shy, and for the men themselves uni
eersal praise for their devotion to duty
Measured by the loss Of human life
swo other fires have exceeded this one
in it's horror-the great mill disaster
in 1878 and the burning Of the Tribune
building-now the Phoenix block-ir
1850.
- We are still too close to this great
disaster to know what all it's lessons
are, but every serious fire Of this kline
impresses the property owner with the
necessity Of building more carefully
with respect to fire, and of taking
every possible precaution to prevent
che spread of fire and protect himselI
against the carelessness or the misfor
tunes Of his neighbors. There will b.
boom in iron shutters and stand
pipes and sprinklers and all the various
means of protection for little while
at least.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
Two Legislative Propositions

Representative Cole of Walker has set
a good example for his fellow members
Of the Minnesota Legislature. He has
issued an open letter to his constituents,
outlining two subjects to which he in
tends to give attention this winter. He
invites the opinion Of all interested per-
sons. .
Mr.. Coles attitude is certainly the
correct one. Because he has been in
trusted with office, he does not set him
self above other citizens, or regard his
Judgment as infallible. His open letter
IS a practical -application of the referen-
dun princi pie.
!, The two subjects to which Mr.. Cole
Invites attention are of special interest
TO the northern counties, but also con-
Germ the state at large. One is the Gre
alton Of a state immigration bureau.
This is line Of action in which Mime
sofa is clearly behind other states.
Wisconsin, to the east, and the province
Of Manitoba to the north, have both
done effective work thru such bureaus.
81 Mr.. Coles second proposition has the
merit of novelty, at least He favors
q change in the method Of disposing Of
the state lands. He would prevent their
requirement by spectators, and require
the purchasers to improve them for
farming purposes or else lose title.
s This suggestion seems Of doubtful
value, to say the least. Mr.. Coles
complaint is that lands bought by large
dealers are withdrawn from settlement.
I'm a sense it is true, but the land com
panies do not buy them for the purpose
Of letting them lie idle. They
buy them to sell, and to sell them
they must hustle and advertise. They
must join in the campaign for settlers,
which is the very object Of the immi-
grafton bureau. If the state sold only
to settlers, much of the land would 90
begging, unless the state did some
hustling and advertising on it's own &C.
count. New settlers do not grow on
The pine trees of northern Minnesota
they must be induced to come from
-.sa5her states. They must see the land
before they buy, and if they had to
wait for annual auction sales con.
Quoted by the state, most of them would
get tired waiting and go elsewhere
The big land companies are not working
against the interests of northern Mime.
sofa. They are working primarily for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

sailed from Aa1esund on Aug. Z and
crossed the North sea to the Shetlands
in four days. Here the boat was the
object of the greatest curiosity on the
part Of the seafaring folk, as it is in
Newfoundland. Much was made of the
members of the crew and Captain Brude
was highly complimented. The little
boat was seen only once between Aug.
Is and Nov. 16, and naturally fears were
entertained in Aalesund that it had
gone to the bottom.
On account Of her novel construction
the boat rides the waves like a duck,
and in the toughest seas the four oc-
cupants were not Inconvenience. At
pinch the boat, in spite of it's small
size, can accommodate from forty to
fifty persons, but naturally only for
few days. Still. it is stated that the
crew entertained four tables Of whist
within the boat while visiting the Shet-
lands.
Captain Brude is only IS years old
and has sailed the sea since the age Of
16, mostly in American waters. His
companions are Ivar Thorsen, also from
Aalesund, Lars Madsen, from Vestnaes,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
THE FIRST KNIFE

ia like to 60 back to where lived some sixty
years ago. =
I'D like ter hunt up all the kids-the kids used
to know 49,. e..
I'd like ter find the swimmin' holes and climb
the trees 1 clumb
In far away vacation times, and hear the wild
bees hum;
I'd like to look around and you can bet that
I'd be glad S~
If could find the knife lost, the first ever
PAD Aad:f e.: ~.
If could just. go back today two thousand miles
or more
I'd sneak away all by myself, to where played
OF yOre,
Behind Pat Hayes wagon shed, and I would
look agin,
To if 1 could find a crack 1 might have
dropped it In
I search my pockets every time I think Of it,
egad
I'd give lot to find that knife, the first !
ever had!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Of a young couple who believe they are
about to come into a fortune. The man
ner in which they assume control Of their
imaginary inheritance 100000 at the
start) and by series Of splendid invest
ments quickly develop 1t into an amaz-
ingly large fortune. until the bubble final
ly bursts just when they are about to
become rivals of the worlds greatest
financiers, is told in Mark Twain's best
humorous style. The story is illustrated
with pictures In color and tint by Peter
Newell & E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
MIR. Carnegie Is Satisfied.

RI Andrew Carnegie is so little troubled
by his obligations to Mrs. Chadwick
that he has found time to write COM
munication to the New York Tribune,
which carries more than ordinary inter
est. AS representative anti-imperial-
list, the laird Of Skibo announces his en-
tire satisfaction with President Roose-
welt IS attitude toward the Philippines,
expressed in his message.
CAN we have stood for;' says Mr..
Carnegie, "is just such a declaration
as the president has now made. Upon
the president 8 declared policy of Cuba
as the model for the Philippines all par
ties can cordially unite. If it had been
proclaimed at first, no difference could
have arisen. Whether Cuba g position
he granted the Philippines sooner or
later, is not essential, the vital point is
that we declare this to be the end to
which we shall steadily steer.'
Spoken like a man and an American
If the other insurgents will only dis.
close the same sentiments, we shall soon
see an end of this cruel civil war, which
has spilled such quantities of ink and
taxed the resources Of Webster, the
Standard and the Century.
Then we shall find, probably, that il
was only a war Of phrases after all
The ants wanted just what Roosevelt
and the administration want, but they
didn't like the way the president sale
1t. Now, without any change in senti
ment or intention, the president ha:
stumbled on the phrase that just salts
fes them. This is the expression from
the president g message which ha:
warmed the hearts and opened the arms
Of the American Filipinos: 60,
The Philippine people contain man,
elements of good and some element
which We have right to hope stand TO
progress. At present they are utterly in
capable of existing in independence at al
or OF building up a civilization of thei
| own.
! firmly believe that we can help then
to rise higher and higher in the scale Q
civilization and of capacity for self-gov
eminent, and I most earnestly hope tina
in the end they will be able to stand, if no
entirely alone, yet in some such relatio
to the United States as Cuba now stands
l. This end is not yet in sight, and it ma
be indefinitely postponed if our peopl
are foolish enough to turn the attention {
the F1lipinos away from the problems {
achieving moral and material prosperity
of working for a stable, orderly and jus
government, and toward foolish and dan
gerous intrigues for a complete indeper
dence for which they are as yet total
unfit.
That is just what everybody thinks
including Mr.. Carnegie and, we hope, hi
fellow antis.O Among all the presj
dent g triumphs this is one Of the great
est, that he has been able finally to stat
his Philippine policy in such a form a
4 to suit the rhetorical niceties Of hi
quondam. critics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
No More Ames Trials.

There will be no more Ames trials.
All the pending indictments against
DR.. Ames have been nolled.
There have been five trials. The
first resulted in a conviction, but the
attorneys for the defense pressed upon
the attention of the supreme court the
fact that the Indictment and the evil
dence did not fit exactly, and while
the supreme court substantially de-
clared the verdict to be supported by
the evidence, it granted a new trial on
the technicality- that the conviction
was not secured in accordance with the
terms of the Indictment.
The next trial resulted in a disagree
ment, the jury dividing six and six
On the third trial, ten voted for con
viction and two for acquittal. The
division of the jury on the fourth and
fifth trials is not so positively known
but it. is safe to say that at least hall
Of the jurors in each case voted fol
conviction. '~:.<..= SIR. ~ ,,-: .
Thus it. appears that of sixty men
composing five iuries, who heard the
evidence and declared their Judgment
forty pronounced the accused guilty
while twenty, and this estimate is lib
eral, have expressed themselves as not
convinced beyond shadow of a doubt
The courts have made suffcien
effort to reach unanimous verdict-a1
acquittal or conviction. There wa.
nothing to be gained by persistins
| further.
We shall not be able to excuse our
selves here in Minneapolis for this re
suit. We have not made public senti
ment here sufficiently strong agains
the offense charged to secure convic
ton, even: tho the evidence be ample.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
PANAMA RICH NOW
Profitable Investment of Money he
:. ceived from Canal.
San Francisco Examiner.

: -" San Francfsco Examiner. -
..The little republic Of Panama got $1O-
COO 600 as its share of the Panama canal deal
BY the United States With the French III holders
wisely Investing much Of that money in good
New real estate said L. Of
than half Of the $40 100000 has been loaned
out in mortgages at ~ per cent on .Ma mat.
81 900 o0o is being used by the officials of the
little republic for needed Improvements on the
Another So 500, 900 is on deposit with sew
eral New York trust companies and per cent
is being paid by them for the money.
''The republic has need for about $4,000
900 of the total sum. and it Is good manage age
commissioners were sent from Panama to invest
the money and they had good advice 1 in placing
missioners Manuel Ariat thinks with the inter-
est on the se:ooo.9oo together with customs re.
the water
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

4 Professor Stevenson, in the Popular
Science Monthly, shows that the profess
sor's life is not happy one. Owing to
the growth of the colleges, he no longer
has time for original work. His salary is
not so large as. it once was, even tho he
may receive more dollars. His social
and intellectual status does not retain it's
old prestige. Professor Stevenson sees
little hope for the college teachers unless
the mimic universities can be wiped
out, the larger ones consolidated, and the
money saved devoted to paying good men
the salaries they ought to receive. And
this, Of course, is not likely to occur.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

son but by passion. To the south a
measure like this would seem a eprac-.
tical admission that their whole system;
was wrong. Ofcourse, they would not
consider it. If you look at it COM
mercially, reason is much less expen-
sive way of settling things than pas
sion. And how much less sorrow, suffer-
ing and heartache it entails!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

When girl, Mrs. Chadwick, accord,
ing to the California woman who claims
to be her sister, was given to periods Of
deep meditati ton. It is a pity that some
Of !. these Ohio bankers were not taken
the same way
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
A RETROSPECT

When + was one-and-twenty
How bright the whole world shoneI
The phrase, "Festina lente,"
Graced not my lexicon.
Twas then the muse I'd lasso-
My captive could not stray,
And with the soul OF Tasso
Send forth my roundelay.
Alas! those visions rosy
No longer glad my view,
For now I'm dull and prosy
And bald at forty-two.
A wife, six kids---acuter
The pangs grow every day;
For I'm poor commuter
From Hackensack, N. J..
- ~ IL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
SOCIETY DoINGS IN UTAH
COalYille (Utahl Times

Coalville (Utah) Times. 4
]. A. Marchant gave a free dance at his
hall on Monday afternoon for the chill
dren. There was also one at night for
adults. The music put in its best ticks,
and both dances were among the best
ever held in Peoa Some horse and foot
races were pulled off between the two
dances. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

The st. Paul council promises to re-
consider a second time and restore that
$4,000 appropriation for the capitol park.
1t may not be necessary for Minneapolis
to buy the wood lot after all, but past
experience has taught us not to bank too
heavily on the, generosity of the capital
city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
Wednesday Evening,

themselves, but their work all counts for
the development of the land.
7, AS the question now looks to T h g
Journal, it does not seem good policy
to. hamper the state in its disposal Of
land, by such restrictions as Mr.. Cole
proposes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
WASTE OF HORSEPOWER

Montgomery Advertiser.
A fool at figures has ciphered out that
if girl chews gum all the time her under
jaw travels over 100 miles in a year. Now
if the fellow will let us know just how
many horsepower a young man expends
each year sucking cigarette we shall
conclude that there is something in sta.
tistics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
NO CUT in PRICES
Kansas CITY Times

.. 58t.5s.: 4 fAdHSdS CITY Times.
ST.. Louis has arranged to have 8 kind
or second edition OF the fair. The exhib-
its will be greatly reduced in number. bnt
no extra charge will be made on that ac-
count. The admission fee will remain the
same.