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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
Altho The Ark of 1908 is a story of BOYS
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Strange Mortuary customs-The NOR
tuary customs Of the Tibetans are Curl
GUS and barbarous, says the July Books
lovers Magazine When a chief or an
influential member of a village dies, his
remains, placed in box or yakskin Bag
are for several weeks sunk in a. swiftly
flowing stream, in order to wash away,
the evil spirits supposed to possess the
body. Then the badly-decomposed corpse.
Is brought to one of the temples. and
large payment is made to the lamas to
complete the burial CEREMONY most
gruesome task, better imagined than de-
scribed. Various parts of the body are
sprinkled with potent liquids. The rela-
Mutations, and decorating themselves with
knives and thorn-sticks. The body is then
cut up by the lamas, and each piece is.
buried in different spot. The head; sup
posed to contain the original spirit, will
thus be surrounded by as many retainerS
in the next world as there are disjointed
portions of the body. The number of
pieces is determined by the rank of the
individual; the body of chief, perhaps,
may be severed in g. dozen places.
1.-THE Philippines at st. Louis" is the
subject of the leading article in the num-
Der. It is by William Powell Wilson and
gives an account Of the island exhibit
at the exposition which is said by those
who have seen it to be Of extraordinary
interest. Another feature is a story by
Joseph Blethen, 1.-THE Man Who Held the
Curtain"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
Cheap Immigrant Rates and the
consequences.

Rumor has it that the steamship
companies have tired Of the business
of carrying immigrants across to
America for $3.50 head and that
representatives Of the rival lines will
shortly get together In London and
put an end to the rate war.
While the restoration of old rates
will be very beneficial. much mischief
has already been done. The worst
lot Of low-grade Immigrants ever
landed at New York was put ashore
from the first Of the cut-rate steam
ers, and others followed shortly.
Ever since the tide Of immigration
began to sweep in from southern
Europe, the percentages Of illitera-
CIV and of freedom from disease have
been on decline. The country has
seen the landing of great numbers of
densely ignorant foreigners. The fact
that in many instances the percentage
Of i1literates was above 40, and In
few especially bad instances ran as
high as go, was startling; yet all that
had previously shown up on the bad
size lOOhGu CS1l1PdA oIArSAy SoAeScAS
beside the more recent showings. Fiji
teen hundred degraded foreigners, ig-
norant almost beyond belief, many of
them diseased and few with any
money, were recently detained over
night on Ellis island pending final
examination. SO noisome was the
| place rendered by their presence that
the oldest employees on the tnspec-
ton force found their duties exceed
ingly disagreeable and declared that
no like conditions had been witnessed
| in years Of experience. The immi-
grants were, in fact, In large part,
| the offscourings Of the great cities of
| Europe, the dregs of civilization
dumped upon the American shore.
| It would be pleasure to be able
| to record that the steamship compa-
MES have at last seen the injustice Of
| it all towards a government that
treats them 50 literally as ours in re-
gard to this; but, in truth, that is
hardly the case.
If the rates are restored, it will
be because the business does not pay.
/ There is not much profit, to begin
with, in carrying an immigrant across
| the Atlantic for $40, and, additional
to this, there is a sort Of self-regu-
lating, automatic-like factor at work
| thru it all. A low rate means a great
| increase In the number carried, but
| it means also a less desirable class
a greater proportion who fail to get
by the inspectors, and a much larger
| number to be carried back. And
there is no money in taking back the
rejected ones.
, The whole matter is likely to come
up in congress at the next session, and
it may be that the rate war will have
served a good purpose after all, fol-
it will probably result in more strin-
gent laws, or such modification OF
present laws as VIII permit OF the e1-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
THE MOST "ELlelRLEy BACHELOR

James Henry smith-'Silent" Smith
is regarded as the most eligible bachelor
in New York He is worth about $4,000
900, and, altho he is just SO years old, he
looks to be about 4o-the right age. Mr..
Smith has recently bought the Whitney
mansion, and his social activities have
been noticeably increased. This gives rise
to the old report that he is about to
marry. Society and the newspapers have
had him engaged about twenty times in
the last ten years, but the silent man Of
millions-the richest bachelor in the
world-has always emerged unscathed and
.unm arried.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Some Wisconsin republicans are sug-
costing that the thing for La Toilette TO
do is to pull out in the interest OF party
harmony and thus make q sacrifice that
would inportalize him. Evidently they do
not appreciate the character OF the man.
La Toilette is q fighter by instinct. For
him to pull out or to give up until he Is
crushed would be very surprising to those
who have watched his career and his adj
ministration of the Wisconsin governship.
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clusion Of many who now get thru
but are far from being of the material
OF which good American citizens are
M q de- i5s f{ss sfgstasSS III y 4tl3 1ias

The republican platform makers were
guilty Of one serious omission yester-
day when they recounted the great
things accomplished under this admins
tration. AS a result OF the presidents
protest against race suicide 1t appears
that the average weight of babies born
in 1904 has gone up two pounds above the
average for 1901
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
A Human Trap.

During the inquest held on the dis
aster to the excursion steamer General
Slocum in New York yesterday. Will
liam Trembley, a deck hand. testified
that no water was turned on the fire.
He and the assistant engineer tried to
adjust the nozzle on the hose, but were
unable to do so. No water came thru
the hose, Trembley testified, so per-
haps it Is just as well that the nozzle
was not adjusted. The witness also
said that many Of the life preservers
had holes in them.
The chief engineer of the Slocum,
B. F. Conklin, says he went to the
donkey engine, as soon as the fire was
announced to work the water pres
sure. He stayed by the pump until
driven off by the smoke. He received
no word from the deck that the hose
was not working. No one seems to
know exactly where the water went
to that he was pumping. Mr.. Conk-
lin said there were no fire drills on the
Slocum this year. He had never
tested the fire hose. and SO far as he
knew no test was made by the United
States inspectors.
The testimony also showed that the
life preservers were either useless or
worse than useless, one witness claim
ing that his child, who might other
wise have been saved. was borne down
by one.
The whole trend of the inquest, SO
far, shows that the General Slocum,
SO large and white and fair to look
upon as she sat on the water. was
most excellently designed for human
trap. and that she carried out this
mission most efectively-and with
little interference by the crew.
The facts brought out by this IN
vestigation and the appalling loss OF
human life show what tremendous
price we pay In this country for that
careless. neglectful, Indifferent habit
we have Of failing to enact and rigidly
enforce laws calculated to protect the
public against the greed and careless
ness and inefficiency of persons en-
gagged in rendering public service. The
regulations which would be enforced
in such a country as Germany, Tor IN
stance, with respect to an excursion
steamer like the Slocum, would have
made such a disaster practically i'm
| possible. These regulations would, OF
| course, be resisted by an American
owner and shipmaster as annoying
| and irlSsome and expensive, but they
would render human life safer. and
we will have to come to a more rigid
and effective administration of laws
and regulations Of this kind, altho
they may be disagreeable and possibly
may cut off some Of the profits of the
| business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
Mr.. JOHN LEE MAHIN,
One of the Most Thoughtful and Aggnes-
sve Young Advertising Men.

Thorough acquaintance with all the
details of one business, intense love of
the work, tremendous earnestness in
its execution, unfailing devotion to the
best and most progressive ideas in the
profession-these are some Of the
reasons for John Lee Mahin's notable
success in the advertising field and his
present prominence.
Born in Iowa, thirty-five years ago,
Mr.. Mahin served a valuable and
varied apprenticeship on his fathers
paper, the Muscatine Journal. After
seven years as a newspaper and
agency solicitor in Chicago, he estab-
lished the Mahin Advertising COM
pany In 1898. it's force consisting of
three people, its equipment of two
desks and several chairs. In 1908,
five years later, the agency did over
s1,20o,000 Of business.
In 1902 Mahin's Magazine was es-
tablished, which was at once recog-
nized as leader thru its discussion
Of the psychological principles of ad.
vertising and the vital problems of
craftsmanship. Although it gained a
large circulation and proved a finan-
cial success, Mr.. Mahin disposed Of the
magazine in April Of the present year,
in order that he might devote his en-
tire time and energy to his advertising
business.
Mahin's ideas have been of the most
progressive character. Advertising has
always been something more to him
than the mere buying and selling OF
space, the mere preparation of copy
based on a vague idea Of market COM
ditions. The Mahin Method, which he
originated, is one Of intelligent service,
rendered by trained specialists, pre-
coded by careful, intelligent consider
alton Of every element that enters into
each advertising campaign. Few men,
IL any, have SO systematized advertise
Ing and opened up new fields and new
avenues for business success thru Its
agency.
Not only as business builder has
Mr.. Mahin made his influence felt for
more advanced and intelligent adver-#
Using methods. A forceful and sug-
gesttve speaker, he is much In de-
mand. He was one Of the lecturers in
the Commerce course at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, and during the past
year addressed the students of the
Universities Of Wisconsin and Michi-
gan.
Productive, aggressive, tireless. in
spring, John Lee Mahin is a force In
advertising that will each year be felt
and appreciated more widely.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23


Oxford university yesterday conferred
the honorary degree Of doctor Of civil
laws on Lord Curzon Of Kedleston, the
viceroy of India; M. Cambon, the French
ambassador, and w. D. Howells, and the
degree Of doctor Of science on William
Marconi.
The correspondent of a New York news
paper makes the interesting statement
that it was not John Hay, as popularity
supposed, who wrote "The Bread Win
ners,'' but Charles Frederick Adams, a
lawyer Of New York Mr.. Adams said
yesterday: "I make 70 claims. I want it
distinctly understood I make no claims,
either one way or other, with reference
to the authorship Of the book
The Bread Winners appeared first as
serial in old Scribners, now the Century
Magazine, in the fall of 1888. Soon after
wards it was published in book form by
Harpers and had great vogue.
The Uneasy Chair.
A civil war story with the war interest
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Il In Oklahoma, where winter wheat Is be-
ing cut. some oft is found to carry three
grains to the mesh instead of two. This
Is not a,sland boomers stbrys either. Yields
Of forty bushels to the acre are indicated
in few exceptional instances. and while
the average Is far below this an actual
yield of thirty -eight bushels is reported.
A large part Of Oklahoma will have little
or nothing to show, but these favored
spots will help out the total very material
". That is the common trouble with those
southwestern lands-they are badly
spotted and good luck attends those who
strike the good spots. The others are sel-
dom heard Of.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

The credentials committee listened to
strong arguments. yesterday against the
present unjust basis Of representation in
the republican national convention, but
was afraid to do anything about 1t. The
fear seemed to be that to reduce the rep
''solid south" might offend the negroes
north and south and be source Of dam
ger in the close states. It Is not very easy
to see why the northern negroes should
take offense. while refusal to do the right
thing on that account is by no means
creditable to the northern negro repub-
licans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
STATUE OF kosclusko

The secretary of war and congressional
committee appointed for the purpose ex-
oect soon to take up the matter of erect
ng the statue Of Kosciusko, which is to
adorn one Of the corners of Lafayette
square, opposite the White House. Just
before its close congress passed a; resolu-
ton authorizing the acceptance ola statue
to be erected at the expense Of the POLISH
American citizens Of the. United States.
Theodore NJ Helinski is president Of the
central committee Of Polish organizations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

The Journ a ] is advised that Mr..
Dunn's supporters are trying to make
votes for him in towns where public insti-
tutions are located by laying the response
bility for the board Of control upon the
governor and seeking to make the oppo-
sition to that policy operative against
Judge Collins. The board Of control is
hardly an issue in this campaign but if
it were it would be in order to call atten-
ton to the fact that in his little pamph-
let entitled Hon. r. G. Dunn's Record as
State Auditor pages 25 and 20, Mr.. Dunn
claims the credit for the board Of control
for himself. OF course everybody knows
that Dunn was an advocate Of the board
Of control and he is entitled to credit for
what he did to secure it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
BOOKS RECEIVED

A KNIGHT OF COLUMBIA. A Story of the
War. BY General Charles King. ulustra-
lions by George Gibbs. New York: The
Hobart company.
THE ARK OF 1903. A Story of Louisiana Pur-
chase Times. By c. a. Stephens. Illustrated
by Fl. Burgess. New York: A. S. Barnes &
Co. Price S1.25.
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AN INVITATION Is extended to all to visit
the Press Room, which is the finest in the west
Tne battery Of presses consists Of three four.
deck Gloss Presses, with total capacity OF
IL, 600 eight-page Journals hour, printed,
folded and counted. The best time to call 10
/ from 3:15 to 4:S0 p. m. Inquire at the bus-
mess office. and BIO directed to the visitors gal
Faery.
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Spirit Of Independence in Canada.

The growing disposition of Canada
to reduce the tie that binds that coli
ony to the mother country to one Of
pure sentiment is shown again in the
heroic treatment administered to Lord
Dundonald, the general officer COM
manding the Canadian militia. The
noble lord, who won some distinction
in the Boer war. evidently thought
that he derived his authority from the
imperial government rather than from
that of the Dominion.
At any rate he made a speech at
Montreal severely criticising the gov
eminent for It's conduct in regard to
military affairs, and charged one of
the ministers with mixing politics with
military appointments in a most
scandalous manner. To add to the
mess he thus got himself into Lord
Dundonald in explaining his indis-
Greet speech addressed himself to an
opposition member of parliament and
sent a copy Of the letter to the min
lister whom he had particularly ar
raigned. In the end, THE Rt. Hon.
the Earl Of Dundonald'' was dislocated
from his official position so suddenly
that we can find no better name for
the disposition that was made of him
than to say that he was fired"
The British war office is said to be
so indignant over the treatment ac-
corded Dundonald that hereafter Brit
ish officers will decline to serve as
commanders Of Canadian militia. Re
ferring to this report the Manitoba
Free Press says:
They will not we hope, get the chance
Of declining. The time has arrived whel
a Canadian, born and bred, who is ac
quainted with the principles upon which
our country is governed, should becom
the head Of our militia. If Canada will
population of some six millions, cal
| not properly officer her own army she la,
better quit the business.
This is a fair sample Of the com.
ment Of the Canadian press on the
Dundonald incident, and some Of it j.
very hot. There was a time, while thu
Canadians were yet provincials ant
did not mind being called "colownials'
by the British-born, in patronizins
sort Of manner, but now they dom
like to think Of themselves a.
colonials and they distinctly protes
against being called such. They ar,
| beginning to think that the averag,
Canadian is as good a man as the bet
ter class Of Englishmen and vastl,
better than the average Englishman
| Canada is on the way to indie
pendence. It may never be a formal
lily claimed and recognized indie
pendence, but at the present rate O.
drift away from British control, tn,
time is mot far distant when Canada
will Insist upon treatment as ma
ton rather than colony both from
the mother country and from the res
| Of the world.
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HIS VAST WAeER

One Herr Schweigerhousen is earning g
certain notoriety in Europe by vast wa
ger of his own invention. He is to cycle
10000 miles in five years; he is to come
in contact with three kings, to kill a wild
animal in each country to write 100 arti-
cles, take 1000 photographs and deliver
100 lectures.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Thomas F. Woodlock, editor Of the Wall
Street Journal, told the bankers at the Min
netonka meeting that a panic has got to
come about once every so often and there
is no way to help 1t. What we can do
however, is to prepare for it when the
signs Of the times Indicate a recurrence
From all appearances the present business
depression has about shown its worst side
and nothing very serious need be expected.
About 1910 to 1918 we ought to be in line
for another all-around commercial smash,
according to the cycle theory. It would
seem as If the financial wisdom Of the
country ought to be able to discover way
to avoid the periodical wreck.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

DETECTIVES UNIQUE sPEcTAcLEs
Gustave Mace, the famous Paris de-
tective who died recently, invented for
his own use a pair Of spectacles, the
glasses of which werefsdivided, one part
enabling him to see the ground on which
he trod, and the other to observe peo-
ple who were behind him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Mr.. Lind intimates that he will not be
candidate for congress. This will afford
the opportunity for the democrats to try
to induce him to run for governor again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Just how the Vladivostok squadron got
fouling the Japanese fleet is still puzzling
everybody. No satisfactory explanations
have vet been made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Thomas w. Lawson's state Of mind on
Amalgamated Copper seems to indicate
that the other boys got the marbles.
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largely subordinate, love. story with the
heroine scarcely appearing, a false friend
who Is practically unmasked in the first
chapter and yet continues his course
serenely until the end, such are the para
doxes in General Charles Kings latest
book. A Knight of Columbia. 1t is the
story Of hero who, at first a plaything
of fate but too strong to be humbleda at
length conquers circumstances and wins
both love and honor.
The historical background is interest
ing. It deals largely with a period Of the
war little exploited in literature, the time
of the inaction and i'll success of the
Army Of the Potomac. Rex Ingraharn,
fresh from the illusions of college life, en-
lists as a private in order that he may
learn the soldering business from the
bottom up. His zeal proves too strong for
red tape methods and a court-martial and
trial follow. Before sentence Is given
the young man is captured by the rebels.
True to a love that he believes to be hope
less. he is nursed by beautiful southern
girl and confesses a love for her that he
almost persuades himself exists. However,
as success comes to the union arms sos
also does success come to the hero andsi
when the dark cloud Of war finally lifts.
we find him in a situation ito live hap
PLY ever afterward.'
Il. SIX $
Attic The Ark of 1908 is story of boys
adventures a hundred years ago, it is
nevertheless book which will be con-
sidered most timely by young America. tt
tells of the stirring times Of the Louisiana
purchase and is an exciting boys tale.
The ark is trading boat sent from MARI
eta, Ohio, to New Orleans and is manned
by sturdy crew Of boys who have all
sorts of adventures with Indians and.
treacherous Wlites-L. S. K.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

II present indications hold, Europe's
crops Of wheat will be rather short and
ours will not be over long. This is a con-
dition Of things the farmer can easily put
up with. as it keeps prices right up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Nebraska rejoices over the reported
tender of the naval portfolipto Paul Nor,
ton,. son Of the, late Sterling Morton.
Mr.. Morton is said to know the difference
between a capstan.sbar and a pinnacle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

The Elder Statesmen Of Japan,
who are advisers without authority,
number four-the Marquis Ito, Mar
quis Yamagata, Count Inouye and
Count Matsugata.
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TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII find The Journal on file as follows:
fLoNDON-U. s. Express Co., go Strand; Ameri.
can Express Co., Waterloo place.
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9ARIS-Eagle Bureau, So Rue Cambon. Resi-
dents visiting Paris can have their mail or
Z, kilograms sent OF this Bureau and the
same will be forwarded to them or held for
their arrival.
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There will be four more performances Of
ssThe Mikado' @ at 4hs Garden fheater, In
Guiding the Saturday matinee FOR which
special prices are aeade.g N9twiths standing
the cool evenings this week, the atten-
dance at the taeater has been very good,
and patrons now know that they are as
sured Of hearing the opera in comfort, no
matter what the atmospheric conditions.
The large canopy tent. which entirely
covers sthe auditorium, has close fitting
side curtains, which may be lowered when-
ever there is the least danger Of wind or
rain, and this renders the audience quite
immune from any draught or dampness.
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Thursday EVENING,

of an advantage, but so sl<ilfully and
carefully has the work been done that
it is difficult to see where any advan-
tage will accrue to the democratic
party in having the last say.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23

Bart" describes what John Lind did
at Duluth yesterday better than cold type
can do it. Man had a picture language
before he had an alphabet and sometimes
1t is necessary to get back to it to do
justice to the subject.