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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
CHRISTMAS ON THE N. P.
Handsome Menu Cards Are Issued TO,
the Dining Cars.

Altho deprived of the surroundings OF
home. travellers on the Northern Pacific
road Christmas Day will have the same
table good cheer that characterizes t, the
day for the American citizen. The
dainty menu card, which will be placed
beside the plates in the dining cars, mas
prospect that will make the mouth wa
ter ter The front page representation, is
Of a gaily decked n,inion Of the old Dc
time, bearing aloft on q. trencher the
typical boar's head garnished with holly
leaves and berries. On the back IS a
handsome half tone view OF the GROUNDS
of the Lewis and Clark EXPOSITION at
Portland. -.
From figs in cognac to. coffee, the
menu is a wonder Of delicacies and good
substantials. Baked sucking pig, santa
Claus punch and Christmas plum pud-
DING are the pieces de resistance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
JUDGE TORRANCE ELECTED
Minneapolis Man Governor Of the So
81. ciety of Colonial Wars.

Judge Ell Torrance was elected gov
ernor of the Society Of Colonial Wars
at meeting of the general court yester-
day afternoon in the office of the Sec
rotary, William Gardner White, in st.
The other officers elected were:
Deputy governor, Kenneth Clark: lieu
tenant governor, George Myron Phillips;
secretary, William Gardner White;
treasurer, Walter Fredericks Myers;
register, Emerson Hadley; historian,
George Henry Laggett; genealogist, Ed
ward Ames Jaggard; chaplain, Ri: Rev.
Samuel Cook Edsall; surgeon, Charles
Eastwick Smith, N. D., gentlemen Of the
council, term expiring 1907, Everett
Hoskins Bailey, George Brooks Young,
Jeremiah Clark Stewart, M: D.; mem
bership committee, Charles Phelps
Young (secretary), Jacob Stone, Henry
Lyman Little, Frederick Delos Monfort;
committee on historical documents,
Henry Pratt Upham (ehairman),
Stephen yewett (secretary) George Ny
ron Phillips, Edward Junius Edwards,
Henry Rogers Wells.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
NEW MASONIC HALL
Arcana Lodge to Build in No1theasb
Minneapolis in the Spring.

The Arcana lodge Of Masons has COM
pleted plans for it's new building, which
is to. be erected at the corner Of Cen
trail and Twenty-ffth avenues NE: The
building will, cost about $50, 900 and will
be three. stories high. Architecturally
the building will be one, of the hand,
soonest on the East Side. Ground will
be broken in the early spring. ,.s.-s
At its meeting last evening, Arcara
lodge installed the following officers:
". NJ. John Suggitt; s. W., L. W; Mix
er; J. w, W. II. Ronald; S. D., W. A.
Gulick; j. D., Ed Morrison; secretary,
J. D. Tolman; treasurer, George L.
Dingman; S. S., Louis LARSON; j., s.,
John Hutton; marshal, F.. 3. Hobbs;
chaplain, F. L. Palmer; tiler, F. =.
Ring. W. P. Roberts officiated as in
Sailing officer. After the ceremonies
a banquet was enjoyed by the large
followed enthusiasm for the new lodge
lhome was pronounced.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
Corporation Regulation.

Mr., Garfield, federal commissioner
of corporations, does not report IN
favor Of any hitherto unproposed meth
cd Of dealing with corporations en-
gagged In interstate commerce, but ne
does unqualifedly recommend. that
method which has most strongly ap-
pealed to all who have looked into the
question. The requirement Of federal
permission for q state corporation to
engage in Interstate business is the cas-
lest and most effective manner OF
bringing under firm federal control
those phases Of corporation manage
ment which now succeed in escaping all
control because they are beyond the
powers Of the individual states.
Mr.. Garfield is quite right in main-
tanning that the federal government has
the power to create corporations, and
congress should make provision for such
corporations. But as all our corpora
lions, except the national banks, are
now organized under state laws, 1t
would raise host Of difficult prob
lens and lead to endless confusion 1t
/ they were to be required to reorganlze
under federal laws. The requirement
Of federal license Of state corpora
ton before it can do an interstate bust
ness will necessitate the elimination OF
Objectionable features of it's organi=a
ton and bring it directly under the
supervision of the federal government
Under such an arrangement no state
as New Jersey is today-could be the
paradise Of corporations except sucf
as should confne their operations to thu
territory of the state. AS there i
scarcely business corporation any
where that does strictly intra-stat
business, the adoption of fedora
license law would bring practically al
of the corporations of the United State
under federal supervision to the extern
that is necessary to keep them from
escaping punishment for wrongdoin!
by playing off the states against eac]
other.
The discussion Of the whole questio,
of corporation regulation seems to b
coming to a head. For years we hav
sat around and talked about nationa
II regulation Of railway rates as some
thing desirable but essentially utopiar
and now all at once we are right i
the midst of the problem Of workin
out some method Of regulation. TIL
nation proposes to be the master o
its corporations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
The Dominant Question.

Ex-senator Washburn gave T h e
journal an interesting interview
yesterday with regard to the regulation
of railroad rates by the government.
The senator usually takes a broad view
Of things, and his views in this connec-
tion are in line with the business SEN
timent of the country.
In general, he does not believe in null
tiplying machinery unnecessarily, and
sees no very good reason why the in.
crease Of the power Of the interstate
commerce commission might not reach
the situation and apply the remedy.
He is not disturbed by the vigorous
protest against such increase in power
from railroad men who talk about the
danger of placing such authority in the
hands Of five men. Such power is like
" to be lodged somewhere, and it seems
to him quite as safe to commit it to
the five members of the interstate COM
merce commission as to five great CAPT.
talists and railroad magnates in the city
Of New York. All .4.r. .:,.. f.
He gets close to the heart Of the mat
ter when he points out the fact that
it is not so much the making Of rates
that are too high, which is complained
1 of, as the abuse Of the rate-making
power by railroad managers in granting
determinations in favor of certain
shippers and against certain others
This Is accomplished in most instances
thru system Of rebates. And this
: rebate system is responsible as much
as anything else for the building up OF
7 the great trusts which threaten the
prosperity Of the country. Deprived OF
the special privileges which they have
enjoyed at the hands of the railroads
they would become much less source 81
danger.
Mr.. Washburn is not much impressed
with Secretary Morton g suggestion
that pooling be legalized. He thinks i
would assist in maintaining rates bu
would not reduce them. But more i'm
portant still, it would destroy health.
competition. It certainly would hav
tendency in that direction, and i
uniform stable rates could be main
tanned, competition as to facilities, &C
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

One of the shrewdest moves made on
Minnesota's political ohessboard of late
was Governor Van SAINTS speech at Hast
tngs last night. The governor does not
announce himself as "a candidate for the
senate, but he places himself ID in i line
with popular sentiment on the most i'm
portant public question of the day, rail-
road supervision and rate regulation by
the government. and virtually says II II
that Is the kind Of a man the people
want for senator they know right where
to find him. At the same time, no.
body, as a candidate for the senate
would be fought harder by certain i'm
portant business interests. in this state
than s. r. Van SAINT.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
SENSE FROM MISSISSIPPI

Frank Johnson, ex-Attorney General Of
Mississippi, In Atlanta Constitution.
have thought a great deal about the
representation clause of the fourteenth
amendment as the possible cause Of q
new sectional quarrel between the north
and the south, and am strongly inclined
to think that we should avoid this If pos
sible. The republican party is going to
do as it pleases in this matter and the
south is absolutely powerless. The wiser
course will be for the southern men to
make q fair statement Of their views and
appeal to the conservative and Just senti-
ment OF the north. We have always had
the worst OF sectionalism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

The street railway company seems to be
able to get anything it wants out of the
council, but when the public wants the
council to require the street railway to
improve its service there is very little
doing. The Fifth street loop seems to be
public necessity, and the council seems
to be about to grant it without imposing
a single condition. These extra street
privileges might just as well have been
made the price Of better service in sew
eral important particulars, if the council
had been so disposed. We are an easy
lot here in Minneapolis,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
Thursday Evening,

commodation and quality Of service,
would be very much in the public in.
terest.
At3least this much can be said Of the
railroad rate question:: It has been
brought so prominently into public
notice, has been pressed SO far to the
front, and is receiving the attention of
so many men Of experience and wisdom,
that we shall certainly out of this agi-
tation secure something of substantial
and permanent public benefit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
IS cents net.

Florence as Seen by the Brownings.--
Anna Benneson McMahan has gathered
into small volume those poems of Eliz-
abeth and Robert Browning which relate
to the history, the scenery and the art
of Florence. She gives it the title Flor
-ence In the Poetry OF the BrownInss.
With the poems are sixty full -page illus
trations from photographs. With poems
and pictures the aim Of the compiler to
let each reader see Florence for himself
as nearly as possible as the two poets saw
it, it seems to us is about as nearly real
lied as an aim of the kind could be. TIC
a lover Of Browning this book, which is
issued in two editions, one popular and
one in hand -nade paper, will make q
strong appeal.
A.. G. McClurg & Co., Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

The well-known strengthening prop
critics Of iron, combined with other ton,
les an and a most perfect nervine, are found
in Carter's Iron Pills, which strengthen
the nerves and body and improve the
blood and complexion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
THE HERo's LIMIT.

A man may stop q foaning horse that's
tearing down the street.
May stop an enemy's advance amid the
battles heat; 5a
In fact, stop almost anything in situations
trying;
But not a single man alive can stop 4
baby crying.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
THE MAGAZINES

Life Insurance Companies and the Pre-
ventjon of Observation-Disclosures that
the great warfare against tuberculosis
calls for more money than can be derived
from governmental and philanthroplc
sources, says American Medicine for Dec.
II, the leaders are asking each other
whether the probable results of the cam
paign might not present to certain BUSH
ness interests the features OF an invest
ment. Some are convinced that the pros
pect of lessened mortality from tubercu-
losis and Increased facilities for the treat
ment Of tuberculosis would bring very sub
stantial profits to the life Insurance com
panies.< In the opinion Of several writer's
on the subject, these great institutions,
controlling more funds than all the ma
tional banks, should support the campaign
by large contributions, made in the ex-
pectation of much larger returns Ii the
business of exterminating tuberculosis
promised to increase the profits OF life
insurance to such an extent as the more
roseate enthusiasts believe It would pay
the companies to finance the Whole prof.
ect. But these gorgeous estimates OF fu-
ture profits are based on altogether erro-
neous views concerning insurance con.
tracts
The most favorable result which the
companies could reasonably expect from
the elimination Of tuberculosis would bt
Increased sales of life insurance at lowel
rates, and this prospect has no strong al
| lurements as a financial adventure
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

The coroner will hold an inquest on
the Croker hotel victims We believe
this decision will be received with favor
by the general public. Minneapolis can
not afford to have a matter of that
kind pass without a full and thoro in
quiry concerning 1t, and the blame, If
there be any, located where it belongs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
THE VIRGINS BOWER.

THE VIRGINS BOWER. f.,
As still as cathedral close, 49,
And guarded by avail of green,
A garden full of lilies grows : ":s.is- Il
Which no mans eye hath ever seen.
Only the fragrance, like a prayer,
Escapes to bless the. outer air. ~ =.
Sometime the hidden must be known,
A strangers step will scale the wall,
And claim the blossoms for his own,
And CLEAN the petals as they fall.
All! let him come with careful tread.
With reverent hands, uncovered head! ~
But should a reckless soul find room
Within this kingdom of delight,
And trample down. the lilies bloom.
And put the singing birds to fight,
Before such havoc meet my eye,
Be kind, @ Cod! and let me die.
Houghton, Miffin & Co., Boston.
TX cents net
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

ida or California this year are wasting
their money.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

Four Hundred and Seventy six Juvenile
Suicides In One Year.-The suppression Of
moral and religious instruction in tho
schools of France since 1870 is offered by
Mrs. John Van Worst, in Harper's for
January, as the only explanation for the
startling increase In the numbers Of youth
full delinquents, criminals and suicides
since that year. Mrs. Van Worst points
out, in a very Interesting article, that
in 1901 there were 476 Juvenile suicides in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

They were bred in old Kentucky, the
men whose obituaries were given in the
dispatches this week. but they drank wood
alcohol just the same High breeding does
not always indicate a correct taste.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

Coach Yost of the University Of Michi-
gan has been hired for five years and
will receive a salary of So, 500 year. This
makes a mere professor appear like a
pretty small affair, financially.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
Congressman B. p. Birdsall vof Iowa,
successor of Speaker Henderson, gives

Congressman B. p. Birdsall OF Iowa,
successor of Speaker Henderson, gives
III o u n l, in an interview today
on the matter Of rate regulation, three
points that will attract the readers at
tention. The first is that railroad men,
who are so sure that the matter Of rate
making ought not to be committed to
anybody else, have made a failure Of the
business themselves from the standpoint
Of public interest, a standpoint, however,
which they are bound to take into 40
count Another Is that while we were
talking about the unconstitutionality of
comforting such a power upon the inter-
state commerce commission we must bear
been exercised by state commissions for
some time; and the third, which is quite
as important as either Of the others, Is
that this is not now political issue.
| The question of railroad supervision is
not In politics, but it can soon get there,
and doubtless will If railroad managers
do nothing but resist the popular demand
for reforms In railroad service That the
railroad managers of the country can
not afford to have rate regulation made q
square political issue is so self-eviden1
as not to require discussion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

Some one has referred to the steel com
bine as an Atlas. # our mythology IS
correct Atlas held up the earth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

Chicago society is wrought up over the
brutal trimming of the 400 down to 40.
Mrs. Potter Palmer declares she did not
do it-but the moon over the stockyards
shows an ensanguined appearance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

A new flower. the black lily, has been
found in the Philippines. This flower can
not be recognized socially in tins south.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

It IS jovial and meaning wink that tho
owner Of express company stock tips to
the coal man these days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
Telephone on shipboard.

The largest telephone system on any
vessel has been placed on the steamer
Minnesota. 2 It is both an intercom
municating and regular exchange. The
system in any city at whose docks they
may touch. Again the name Minnesota
stands for progress, just as it has in
connection with golden grain belt beer,
and so many other improved products.
This beer is destined to attract the eyes
Of tho world to Minnesota, as the home
Of the purest. most healthful and most
refreshing beverage ever produced for
the home.
See Stockwell soon-That life insur-
ance-The Penn Mutual, Andrus Bldg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

The W. G. T. U. is given no rest. A
bill to reinstate the army canteen has
been introduced.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

France, whereas In 1910 there were only
144. The admirable methods by which
the city Of Paris deals with its childish
criminals are described by Mrs. Van
Worst
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

A friend of r lie ournal calls at
tention to an unconscious error in a para
graph yesterday about the ,Ames case It
was stated that at least twenty out of the
sixty Ajurors who tried A. A. Ames had
declared him guilty. The Intention was
to say two-thirds or at least forty had
declared him guilty. Possibly the context
may have conveyed the correct idea and
explained the error, but it seems to call
for this correction. The reader who noted
the error, but who does not wish to be
named, says that forty-seven Of the sixty
Jurors in the DR.. A1nes cases voted for
his conviction. We have never been able
to conclude to our entire satisfaction just
how two of the disagreeing juries were
divided, but have felt that forty for con-
viction was a safe statement; possibly
forty-seven is correct.
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POEMS. BY William M. Byran. Boston: Rich
ard G. Badger. The Gorham Press. $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

If you do not enjoy the jam, what do
vou think the saleslady's opinion Is?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
SENATORIAL OPINIONS

=. Rochester Post and Record-The repre-
sentatives from Olnsted county have an
nounced their intention Of voting for Sen
ator Clapp to succeed himself. This will
be satisfactory to the county,, provided |
the senator will make an explicit state !
ment as to whether he will vote for or
against the passage Of the Cooper bill.
If he will pledge himself to vote for the
measure the Post and Record hopes to
see him succeed himself; if not, there
are other men in the state who will make
good senators, who will, and from the
number. one should be selected as Mr..
Clapp's successor. Our representatives
will be derelict in their duty II they do
not vote for such a man.
Fairmont News-We do not suppose for
one moment that Governor Van SAINT has
any idea of being a candidate for sem
ator to- succeed Senator Clapp, neither do
we suppose he could be elected If he
should become a candidate, but the fact
that his name Is persiste11tly mentioned
for the place and that he Is being impor-
tuned by members Of the legislature to
become candidate serves to show what
a hold his position on the transportation
problem will give him with the people He
has taken the right side Of that question
and boldly proclaimed his position and
| the people are looking for q champion
whom they can trust. But for his stand
on that matter his name would never
have been mentioned for Senator Clapps
place. He Is right In the estimation of the
people and for that reason is being talked
| of for q place he has no thought Of seek
| ing. s.-
Anoka Union-For years past the Union
l has seen the necessity Of the largest and
greatest city in the northwest having a
senator, and has advised Hennepin coun-
/ ty to unite upon some man and then
turn heaven and earth to elect him. It
hopes and wants to see Mr.. Gilfillan
| elected and will use what little influence
1t has to accomplish that end, believing
that Minneapolis is entitled to the se1k
atorship, ever since the plum was Wrested
!. from it in the defeat Of w. D. Wash
burn It has known Mr.. Gilfllan for
many years, and 1t knows him to be a
man in every way well qualified for the
4 position. zEti - sss
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Foyer chat.

= TOyST5NH
William Collier. to be seen at the Met
ropolitan next week, has lately signed a
contract for a long term of years with
Charles Frohman, who has started him
off with huge success. Richard Hard
ing Davis, the well known author, has
supplied the star with a farce In 1.-THE
Dictator that Is original, bright and en-
PERTAINING.
Altho the f1remen have been unable to
give much attention to the sale of tick
cts from which they are to derive per-
centage during the engagement of Eva
Tanguay this week at the Metropolitan
the increase in attendance shows that
their friends are remembering them.
Yesterdays audiences about tested the
capacity of the theater and the reserva-
tons for the four remaining performances
indicate this liberal patronage will con-
tinue. The relief fund will receive a
substantial boost, despite the fact that the
firemen have been unable to give per-
sonal attention to pushing the sale, their
duties having been SO exacting in the
past two weeks by reason of the big fires
and Tuesdays catastrophe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22
WAIT A BTU

WAIT A RlTl
# your anger rises high,
Wait a bit;
You can curb it If you try,
Wait q bit;
Never hit a man at all
If he happens to be tall
Or on you perhaps he'd fall,
Wait a bit.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

Do YOU like good coffee9 Ask for
McI,anghlin' Coffee. It is the best
and sold at reasonable prices:
Mclaughlin & Co.. Chicago Importer1k
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-22

Charles e. Blaney's melodrama, 1.-The
Curse Of Drink now holding the boards
at the Bijou,' is a novel treatment of the
temperance theme, filled with thrilling
features and incidents. =
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