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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
UNCLE JOE'SWAGES

II Uncle Sam was private employ.
er, and could hear what his men in
the house of representatives are say
Ing about their inadequate compensa-
ton, he would expect to see them out
on strike before long. The trouble
here is that neither union" wants
to take the responsibility of ordering
one.
Il should like to congratulate the
member of congress quoted in your
columns recently as having a hotel
bill less than his salary" remarked a
New York representative to a Boston
Transcript correspondent. II pay at
the hotel for my family" continued
the New Yorker, $500 a month under
contract. draw from the government
SALT. You see where the profit comes
In. Nobody wants to make election
to congress a financial prize, but many
of us do think the salary should be
sufficient to support a man in Wash
ington according to his station. No
senator or representative should be
xpects2 to 60 to an alley boarding
| house" gill;. .-s. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
PHILIPPINE FR|ARS
Some Inside Facts Regarding a Most
Perplexing Problem.
WHY THE NATIVES HATE THEM
Purchase OF Lands Held by Roman
Catholic Orders and Departure
OF Friars from Island VIII
II Prove Beneficial.

~1~ HE report that Plus K. has
.NA decided the property of
Il y, the friars in the Philip
&YkE pines belongs neither to the
s9 vatican nor to the church at
large, but to the Philippine
church alone, has caused excitement far
and wide.
The idea, it seems, is that whatever
money the United States shall pay in the
purchase of the property of the friars
shall remain as permanent fund for the
support of the Catholic church in the
islands; for the maintenance OF its
churches, schools and charitable works.
AS the sum is estimated at from So ,OOO,-
900 to $10,000,000, it is no wonder the
subject is a matter of wide interest.
AS class the Philippine friars are
men that have been trained from boy
hood up in the seclusion of the church
seminary; not men that have sought
monastic life in mature years, after an
experience of the outside world, as is the
case with many members of the Jesuit
order. The Philippine islands have held
a unique position in that the administra-
ton of the church has been wholly in
the hands of monastic orders, and that
What is called the secular priesthood
has had only small, subordinate posi-
TORS.
The friars have been at work in the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

sionary, and the Spanish conquest of the
Philippines was due to the religious or
ders; to the missionary rather than to
Spanish arms. In the beginning, the
labor was altogether in the line of mis-
sionary endeavor, but gradually the
friar began to have put on his back civil
burdens, and gradually he took unto
himself such burdens. The indolent
Spanish officials found it easier to rule
through these men that spoke the dia-
lect of the native, knew him and his
mode of life so much better than did they
themselves. In the course of time, espe-
:ially in the provinces, the friars came
into absolute control. Finally their
power reached such height that if de-
crees were made in Spain not agreeable
to them they would either have the de-
crees repealed or else ignore them; if
officials were sent out that proved dis
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

clesiastical control. AS one writer has
so we'll put it, at the root of all things
political in the islands has lain that most
delicate of all matters, a religious ques-
ton. The feeling has grown and grown.
and to-day, whether unjustly or not, there
is considerable demand amongst the
natives for the expulsion of the frfars.
The constitution of the Philippine Re-
public, adopted January, 1899, confis-
Gated their lands; and the reyolutionists
not only drove out many monks, but i'm
prisoned and put to death others. Some
sought safety in fight, and their numbers
decreased from the 1924 who were in
the islands in 1896 to only the 472 OF
1900. But the treaty of Paris. which de-
fined our relations with Filipino affairs,
allowed the expelled monks to return
and provided protection for the property
of the religious orders.
Since our assumption of authority.
petitions find their way to newly-arrived
American dignitaries, military and &C.
cles1astical. asking that the signers.
loyal Roman Catholics, no longer be re-
qu1red to submit to the administrations
of the distasteful friars, but that the Sc
cular clergy serve in their stead Such re-
quests, as can readily be understood.
have proved difficult matters to settle at
all satisfactorily, and the question OF
what to do with the friars has been one
of the very grayest that has confronted
us since We took to expansion. Latest
reports say, however, that the friars
themselves now wish to leave the Philip
pines, would go as body into voluntary
exile from the land where their kind
have labored for so long.
There are many evidences that tho
friars not only took but also bestowed
in their centuries Of work in the Philip
pines. They proved of greatest aid in
protecting their people from invading
Moor and from Chinese pirate. All the
Filipino received in the way of education
and religious instruction was through
the friar: and however narrow that may
have been, he gave the savage whatever
of enlightenment he attained to. In
1901 the parish registers showed $685.
1913 church members out Of a population
estimated at from 5000, 900 to IL ,OOO, 900.
AS missionary, teacher, confessor, physi-
clan, the friar has played very impor-
tant part in the life of a Filipino COM
nunity; and If he has arrogated to him.
self much power, he has also borne the
white mans burden of the tropics.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

heart is the bronze that comes only of
much warmth within and without.
Such and of such are the flowers which
dwell in soil: but there are others,
and they are neither fewer nor less fair,
which cling and creep and sprout in
places where the eye can scarce see
place to dwell in. Here among the
parched grass and loose stones nestles
Globularia nudicaulis, little balls of pale
blue, or yonder, where the ground is
still rougher, Polygala chamoebuxus,
impudently putting up his yellow and
orange heads among the lichens and
saxifrage and a thousand creeping
forms whose heads scarce rise two
inches above the bed wherein they
dwell. They toll not, neither do they
spin. yet the gardens Of kings have no
such flowers q thsss-the Eleurs des
Alpes. : D.: "a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

up through it, and that on its retreat
ing edges where the pressure is most
ruthless. For every Gay the edges grow
more thin, and every night the frost
makes a despairing effort, so that half
the days growth and all the nightly
growth of these flowers is through a
layer of something little less inhos-
pitable than ice. The crocus works his
head clear, cased in tightly-rolled
elastic sheath. 1t is little to the tend
der petals within that the sheath may
be bruised or Scared; they are safe at
rest, and not till the spikes head is
clear of the enemy do they swell and
burst. and discard their mother sheath.
The soldanella, for all it's modest droop-
ing head, is little less careful True, he
bursts out while his petals are still
touching the snow, but then he bursts
downwards instead of upwards like the
crocus. His head faces the snow, and
when the little glohular case, which
contains the flower, opens, and the
petals shake themselves free, their ad-
venture aids rather than opposes the
flowers contamination.
The flowers crowd upon every vacan.
place. Rock or scarp, pasture or rubble,
deep soil or thin, each has it's compile
ment, pressing in where others fear to
tread. The tiny white and mauve-
veined anemones cling about the fringes
of almost no soil, and wanton on the
less lean slopes. Their bigger sui
phur brethren prefer richer diet, and
cluster anywhere from the moderate to
the rich soils. But narcissifofu- which
loves to wander upon the face OF the
ground, casting its whorls and c:rclets
of little rose-hearted flowers over stone
and scrubby grass banks, chooses mar
row lodges between rocks, and the
steep face Of shallow-soiled slopes. with
an dnevring instinct. It's own first
cousin, In seeming, though not an ane-
none but ranunculus aconitif0lia. bears
flowers that are Almost % th0s6 of nN
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
SWISS BLOSSOMS
Little Mountain Country Bedecked
in Nay and June by Nature.
PR0FUSE AND DAINTY BLOOMS
Impression Which One Receives On
Beho1dlng Acres of Flowers IL
More Lasting Than Other
Scenes.

:: s: !; !: !: j
o see Switzerland in her
AA flower months is to lay up
&WEK In May, June, or even July
leaves an impression even
more lasting than the peaks and valleys.
Anyone who had not been in the
land of Switzerland in the early
summer might think the acres of white
st. Bruno lilies or glowing alpenrose to
be the outcome of a strong imagina-
ton. But it is not So There is a val
ley properly called the Blumenthal-
the vale of fOwers-in the Berner OBJ
erland, where every Sunday while the
lilies last, men come from the Inter-
taken hotels with huge baskets to gath
er them as, earlier still, they gathered
yellow and white anemones. They come
up the slopes and fling themselves down
by their baskets, and so close are the
flowers that l remember seeing one
filled within half an hour, though the
gatherer did but Shift his position
twice, and then only by q couple of
yards at time.
The flowers do not all grow in great
patches or beds, but are scattered over
the beautiful Alpine pastures Up to
the very edges of the snow the soldan-
ella shows its little purple bell side by
side with the orange and white cro-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
agreeable, they were usually retired
sooner or later.

agreeable, they were usually retired
sooner or later.
In the meantime the friars sccumu-
lated great wealth. The Spanish govern
ment had bestowed large tracts OF
sparsely settled land upon the church
with the idea that the lands would be
cultivated and the country improved.
And that the friars, or their parish
toner's, improved these lands, is undehja-
BILE; the revenues therefrom have
climbed to high figures: the friars have
been able to build great cathedrals, con-
struct monasteries and converts almost
palatial.
By various other means much other
real estate than that granted by the gov
eminent was added to their possessions,
and sometimes half of province would
become church property. At the close OF
our war with Spain, in the immediate
vicinity Of Manila the Dominicans held
100000 acres. Within the walled city
in Cavite and in Pace, the Dominicans,
Augustinians, Franciscans, Recoletanos,
Sisters of st. Vincent de Paul and Jesuits,
all had large churches, converts, schools
and other property; the finest buildings
IN the islands were the church buildings.
In 1902 the valuation of the real estate
OF the friars in Manila alone was $780,
97S Mexican dollars. In addition to their
parish" property-convent, rectory.
cemetery, glebe and farm lands the Or
ders have owned sugar estates, blocks
OF real estate, shares in business COM
pan1es, and have themselves entered into
business enterprises. For awhile they
had the monopoly of the important rice
trade.
At various periods the people rebelIed
against their power. In 1922 the island
of Bohol made Instruction. and again
in 1144; in 1872, in Cavite, there was an
uprising; and in 1896 the Tagalog PROV
inces evirced their dissatisfaction with
the priestly power. The object was the
expulsion of the friars and the confsca-
ton of their property. From time to
time secret societies were formed and
much agitation was kept up against ec-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

Philippines for almost four centuries;
the Augustinians came to the archipela-
60 in 1889; the Franciscans in 1877; the
Dominicans in 1887, and the Recollets in
1906. When the various orders took up
the Catholic work in the islands, the
work that has grown to such great di-
mansions, the country was portioned out
to them individually and each followed
the task assigned. The friars did not
settle in communities of their own, but
were scattered widely, the priest, or
dained to live apart from his fellows,
cheerfully accepting hardship and isola-
ton with the native.
From the first the native of the Philip
pines took kindly to the Catholic mis-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
State Treasury.

The December receipts at the state
treasury aggregated s66o,745 o.. The
principal items were: State taxes, $685.
7ll.S'; state institutions, S156, ITO. 61;
telephone taxas, s33, 200 81; redemption
OF funding banks, S25, 5000; interest on
bonds, s32,7s7.5o grain inspection,
S4s,234.73; stumpage, s29, 1868 SO; school
lands, 32,S1l.92; interest on school
lands, SIT, $50. "a; hunters licenses, SILL
1885,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

The story IS told of Mr. Cannon's
purpose to 60 to better hotel on
his election to the speakership than
he has formerly lived in. He accord
ingly was conducted by the clerk of
one of the more fashionable establish
ments to such a small suite of rooms al
his actual needs required. Glow much is
it," asked the speaker.
I'VE would let you have it for $500
a month"
AS the speaker hesitated, lingering
his cigar in nervous way, the So
licitous clerk inquired: THAT Is not
too much, is it, Mr.. Speaker"
"Oh, no; not at all.' responded Mr..
Cannon, graveIy. Il was merely puz-
cling my brain to think what I could
do with my other ST."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
GOSSIP FROM:
SCANDINAVIA:
FINLAND.

Many Finlanders are returning
from America to their native land
this winter. A single steamer landed
247 of them at Helsingfors Dec. IA,
and steamer plying between Stock
holm and Finland carries from 80 to
so on every east-going trip.
Assessor Segerstrale and Mr.. Mel
nander, both of whom were promi-
nent officials in East Nyland, have
been deported to Russia.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Bad Man TIUrt.

Con Davis, giant lumberjack, with
an alleged record as bar room fighter,
lost an eye in w. G. Carlin's saloon at
tloorwood few weeks ago, and later
he returned to that village with 49,
caliber revolver to get satisfaction. He
now lies mortality wounded in the Jail
at Floorwood.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
The Real ThinR.

The Real Thing.
II met young lady the other day."
said the bachelor. who claims to be q
mind reader"
"Huh! That's. nothing" rejoined tho
married man. my wife is y Eaind
speaker" -Cincinnau Enquirer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Cost Of Corn.

Inc results for 1902 bf the statistical
Investigations at North field, Marshall
ana halstad, which are being carried
on ny the state experiment station and
oy the statistical bureau of the United
states department of agriculture, are
being summarized. These investiga-
lions were undertaken to secure facts
Tor the use of all the farmers of the
state as to the cost, returns and pro-
hts OF each line of business on the farm.
1t was found that the cost of grow
ing an acre of field corn, including cut
ting: shocking and shredding, was
$14.S3. The cost each acre when husk-
ing on the hill was Sll.sl.
Some OF the factors used. as Is cents
an hour for man labor and ~ cents an
hour Tor horse labor, have not been
mail settled upon, hence the footings
may be changed before the facts are
finally published.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Board Of REGENTS.

Judge Greenleaf Clark of St. Paul
was reappointed member Of the board
OF regents of the state university by
GOV. 5. r. Van SAINT and E. w. Randall
OF Hamline, secretary of the Minnesota
Agricultural society, was named to
succeed Theodore l.. Schumacher of St
Paul The term of Office is six years,
beginning Jan. l, 1904.
A delegate of citizens from Hamline
appeared before the governor to urge
the appointment of Mr.. Randall. They
emphasized his business ability and
sound judgment as evidenced by his
work in connection with the manage
ment of the state fair.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Long Service.

Judge F. M. Crosby of Hastings has
been in judicial service longer than any
judge in Minnesota. This year he en-
tered upon his thirty-third year on the
district bench, record not only re-
markable but unequaled. His present
term will not expire until Janu-
airy, 1909. Judge Crosby is regarded
as one of the best judges of the state,
and has unblemished record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
DENMARK

The remains of the late Ritzan
the proprietor of Ritzan's telegraph
bureau, were cremated at the Copen.
hagan crematorv.
\ man that appeared as witness in
a case before a court in Horsens de-
clined to be sworn on religious
grounds, though his testimony ap-
peared to be absolutely correct Tin
Denmark a witness is not compelled
to be sworn before testifying), and
he was fined $500 He was notified
that at his next refusal to be sworn
he will have to pay another fine OF
the same amount.
4 French-German stock company,
'The Peat Alcohol Company has
been organized at Rendsborg for the
purpose of producing alcohol from
peat. The capital stock is $4,000.
The factory is to be built at an ex-
tensive bog in the vicinity of Aal-
borg, Upland.
The Copenhagen briclllayer that
could not compel Rev. Ijversen, the
pastor OF his parish, to marry him,
has forwarded a complaint to the
king.
In Copenhagen has quite recently
sprung up the custom of decorating
the graves in the cemeteries for the
Christmas holidays. In \estre kirke-
gard were many large Christmas
trees that were gayly decorated,
which in Fredricksberg Kirkegaard
the trees were unadorned.
The combined length Of the rail-
ways of Denmark is 3,105 kilometers
or 1925 English miles. For every
10000 inhabitants Denmark has 1877
kilometers of railways; Germany,
9.5; Austria Hungary, ST.; Belgium,
90; Spain, ~; England, Sc; Greece,
4.3: Italy, 40; Norway, 1915: Sweden,
$50; Russia. As; Holland, SIS; Por-
tugal, a.; and Turkey, 81.
r.. n. Ritzan, the originator and
proprietor of Ritzan's telegraph bu-
reau, VINO died few days ago, was
fine sample of a selt-made man
that scored great success. He started
his news agency in the middle of the
sixties, without any preparation for
the work. But by his energy and
adroitness he gained ground until
finally most of the Scandinavians pa
pers depended upon him for their
Geographic news.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
News In Brief.

News In Brief.
A panic was narrowly averted al
Hokah when the floor of the opera
house gave way under the weight OF
an audience of about 400. When the
floor sank the cooler heads urged the
people to walk out quietly and in sc
doing no one was injured, although
several women became excited and a
few tainted.
The past year was busy one fol-
the fire department of Minneapolis
There were seven fires where there
was loss of more than $4,000, and
fifteen persons were killed, including
the ten victims of the Northwestern
Star Oil company plant, April %.
Despairing of securing a genuine
case of delirium tremens upon an ex.
penditure of S., Andrew Hollison de.
cided to add realism to his jag and
stole rattlesnake from the Palace
museum in Minneapolis.
A purse of $500 was given to w
G. Calderwood, state secretary of the
prohibition party, as present col.
lected from members of the party in
Minnesota to apply upon the purchase
price of Mr.. Calderwood's new home.
Governor Van SAINT reappointed the
three members of the state board OF
health whose terms expire. They are
DR.. H. NJ. Bracken of Minneapolis
secretary; DR.. Henry Hutchinson OF
St. Paul; and DR.. w. Fl. Rowe of St.
James.
Col. Allen of the I'd cavalry, and
chief of the Philippine constabulary
has requested recommendations OF
men from the cadet corps of the 'U'
for lieutenants in the Philippine ser,
vice.
Captain Wellman of Frazee has on
view in a show window large stalk
of corn with six perfect ears. The
corn is all good for seed, the ears be-
ing perfect and maturcd. It is to be
sent to St. Louis, also collection o1
grasses.
The coal sheds of the Northwestern
railroad at Tracy were destroyed by
fire.
The Arlington hotel at Brainerd
was damaged by fire to the amount
of $4,000.
Steele county land owners are agi
tating drainage ditch propositions Of
much Importance.
Ancient Landmark lodge, A. F. and
A. NJ. will celebrate it's iftieth ami
versary at St. Paul.
An organization is formed at Crooks
ton, to include local real estate dealers
bankers and loan agents.
The Mankato theater has been in
spected and found in fairly good con
dition, so far as fire escapes are con
cerned.
Logging operations have commenced
on some of the sections recently pur
chased by the Weyerhaueser Interests
in the Cass lake country:
Six men were arrested and fined il
Minneapolis for splitting on sidewalk
The Russian Orphan society of st
Paul IS the name of an organization
which filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state.
Pratt's express barn in Minneapolis
together with Is horses, burned.
The total taxes levied in Hennepi1
county for 1908 will be 81, 1856, 31S. 70, al
against So, TAI. 634. " for 1902.
Governor Van SAINT has appointed
E. w. Randall secretary of the STATE
fair association as member of thu
board of regents of the state univer
sity.
The FraDklyn avenue church in Min
neapolis was burned.
g. b. Weiser of New Ulm is appoint
ed a member Of the board to locate .
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-02-11
Overcoming Worry.

r believe a.. little true philosophy and
reasoning great way 1aaH in sns mTs
.teT;ous philosophy, but: q simple appliea-
ton tS3 r0 Of common. facts which appeal TO IN n
These ss sss do sqss gaod as Yoa 3os
following; motby tbySnrs csn bv W. being bel anxious.
,Wo.ry WOW units YOU for hard work. and hard
work is phe surest power to make wrong 1;n,s
4 e i aoes essh hat @sis zss5s tRs sRs
ana e. ssae a,,e sess time and less strength -
'sIsss Isus there the is also sweeter philosophy
balance. m it shows how things 20 ,asS srookea Sa
sometimes, that the final result n, may so,ue We
mSaoP m1fs neauelu! ereater than wrongs Or aP
parent wrongs, are finally rlghtea. II II
brings history and personal espersnss sw on o
life. and proves how in the large and '4hhs }hs
man Who suoceeds.-F1oyd Tompklns'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-02-11

T A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. It
JL spares no class or nationality. The cul.
tured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and
the pauper, the masses and the classes are
alike subject to Ia grippe. None are ex.
empt-all are liable. ~
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has the
grip got you? Grip is well Unnamed. The
original French term, Ia grippe, has been
grip" Without intending to do so a new
word has been coined that exactly describes
the case. As if some hideous giant with