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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
DAILY ANIMAL STORY. FOR CHILDREN
HOW MOTHER 'PossuM cor HER
POCKET

am going to tell you how it comes
that Mother 'Possum has a pocket to carry
her young ones in, while all the other ami
mails have none.
It was this way: Mother Postum went
shopping, and she took Jimmie and John
and Joe 'Possum with her. She had an
old shopping bag hung around her neck,
and she gave one front paw to Jimmie and
one front paw to John to lead them along.
Then Joe whined and cried that he had
nothing to hold on to.
Hold on to Johnny's hand said Mother
Postum
His old hand is SO scratchy,'' whined
Joe. So then Mother 'Possum thought
she'd put little Joe in her shopping bag
and she put him in the shopping bag, and
she lost him--that's what she did-she lost
/ little Joe 'Possum, and ran around
screaming and crying and begging all the
other animals to look for him. Where
did you leave hin?'' said the porcupine
policeman.
WHERE DID YOU LEAVE H1Mf,
ooh! I had him in my shopping bag,
/ and the string broke, and / lost the bag,
land now my dear little Josie's tied up in
that bag somewhere and lost forever
1 Well, then, the porcupine policeman
brought out that very identical shopping
l bag, which he had found. and Joe 'Possum
was curled up, fast asleep inside it-or
playing 'possum, I don't know which,
| Madam said the porcupine policeman,
/ IF We're in your place I'd have a pocket
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Perfectly Clear.

While the st. Paul papers are quar-
reling over the conduct of the states
case against the merger, accusing each
other of all kinds of subserviency to
one corporate interest or another, and
the Hill papers are seeking to
minimize the Importance of the state
administration part in securing the
dissolution of the merger, it may be
well to call attention to the following
extract from a speech delivered at
Milwaukee April 8, 1908, by President
Roosevelt:
The proposition that these independent
systems of railroads should be merged
under a single control alarmed the people
Of the states concerned, lest they be
subjected to what they deemed a monop-
oily of interstate transportation and the
suppression of competition. The govern
ors of the states most deeply affected
held a meeting to consider how to pre-
vent the merger becoming effective and
passed resolutions calling upon the ma
tional government to enforce the antitrust
laws against the alleged combination
When these resolutions We're referred tC
the attorney general for consideration anC
advice he reported that in his opinion the
Northern Securities company and it's con-
troll of the railroads mentioned was com.
bination in restraint of trade and was at.
tempting a monopoly in violation Of the
national antitrust law. Thereupon sui
in equity, which is now pending. was be.
gun by the government to test the validity
of this transaction under the Sherman
law.
The conference of governors tc
which the president refers was called
by Governor Van SAINT, and was held
at Helena. The incident is SO recent
that it has not been forgotten by on,
Hill contemporaries. The presiden
says that it was the action of tina,
meeting which led to the prosecution
of the merger. Whether there woule
have been any prosecution by thu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
Williams Sharp Thrusts.

John Sharp Williams, the demo-
cratic leader in the house, lets no OPP
portunity pass to discuss reciprocity
with Canada. The more the repub-
licans neglect this vital subject the
more Mr.. Williams and his followers
turn their attention to it. There is
a good deal of truth in the statement
made by Mr.. Williams in the house,
that, tho the manifest destiny OF the
North American continent sis first
commercial and then afterwards, per-
haps long afterwards, political, unity,
vet the present trade relations be-
tween the countries are such that
Canada regards as enemies hundreds
of thousands of Canadians who have
settled in New England and other
parts Of the United States, and the
United States treats as enemies tens
of thousands of our sons and daugh-
tiers who are now occupying and Gull
tivating Canadian SOIL
( That is a pretty good statement Of
the situation; the people Of these two
countries, which lie side by side for
$4,000 miles, are largely Of the same
stock and enjoy similar institutions.
For one hundred years their people
have moved back and forth across the
q boundary line as suited their individ-
ual tastes, interest and convenience;
no other boundary line in the world
p has been so little considered by the
people living on either side. Yet Mr..
williams is right when he says that
the respective governments treat their
former citizens as if they were enc
mics.
-. All Of the people of this continent
diving in the English-speaking coun-
tries are essentially Americans. The
true interest Of the masses Of these
people demands free commercial in
tercourse as much between the south
ern boundary Of the United States and
the northern reaches Of Canada as be.
tween the forty-fve states and the
territories of the United States.
Any policy which opposes the nat
ural and proper tendency toward free
dom Of intercourse on this continent
is economically and politically harm
full and is bound to have unpleasant
and even disastrous results. The true
policy Of the United States demand:
that it should cultivate the best of re
lations commercial as we'll as polit
ical. with it's neighbors on the con
tinent. OF these, Canada is by al
odds the most important now, anC
will be even more important in the
future, as the immense habitablt
areas Of it's western country fill III
with population largely American il
it's origin. -
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The Glove of Peace.

A pretty story comes over the cable
from Paris, to the effect that it is
delightfully."- possible that, thru the
initiative of two American women.
Mrs. Griscom, wife of our minister to
Japan, and her mother, Mrs. Bronson
Of New York, who are credited with
diplomatic gifts Of a high order, the
peace Of the world, or, at least that
part Of the world known as farther
ASIA may be soon restored and the
doors of the Janus temple be closed
with a bang.
The ladies referred to have enlisted
the tender heart of the Empress Ha-
ruko of Japan, who has easy access to
the ear of the mikado, in their cam
paign for peace, and Mrs. Griscom,
who is personally acquainted with the
Czarina AliX Of Russia, whose gentle
nature sympathizes with any real eff
fort to stay the red hand of war, is
assured Of her cooperation. These
| peacemakers from the cheirs Of heroic
women of action in this country have
wrought SO we'll that an announce
| ment has been made that the United
| States government is to be requested
| to mediate for peace between Japan
and Russia. .a
Thus far, such request does not APP
pear to have been made. King Ed
ward Of Great Britain went to his
father-in-laW's court at Copenhagen
recently to exert his influence to get
old King Christian to induce his
grandson, the czar, to abandon the
war with Japan, but he accomplished
nothing, and it remains to be seen
whether two American women, on
peace intent, can prevail upon the
two belligerents to shelve the sword
and play the pipes of peace.
| Women who have figured on the
pages of history have usually ap-
peared as the promoters Of wars and
carnage. In a small minority Of cases
they have appeared as intercessors for
peace. Most women will be inclined
to dispute this observation, but can
did scrutiny of history sustains it
The present dowager Of China is g
living proof of the remarkable incli-
nation Of women to turn the world
, upside down. 1t was Catherine de
Medici who made France a field OF
blood In the sixteenth century. Let
|, us rejoice that, in these latter days
the women of America can boast OF
two of their number who are exer-
cising their potential gifts Of diplo-
macy in the endeavor to call halt
on one Of the most terrible ebullitions
Of the war spirit Of modern times.
No doubt our government would be
glad to accept the responsible position
of mediator in this case. The out
: look however, is not cheering. In the
first round, a naval contest, Russia
has been deeply Inundated and en-.
/ ragged so that the Russians are shout.
ing: Remember Makaroff and the
Petropavlovsk!" and boiling over with
| desire for vengeance upon the Japs
| The land fighting. hitherto consisting
t of a few indecisive skirmishes, viii
|, shortly begin in reality, as the bel
t ligerents in vast bodies approach eac1
81 other with destructive zeal in thei
/ eyes. Russia has to gain her first ad
l vantage, and on the verge of blood.
8 vengeance, with, the atmosphere tine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

The Cuban budget having failed to in
clude an appropriation for maintaining the
sanitary condition of Cuban cities, the
pcople of those cities are declining to tax
themselves for the purpose. When re-
minded that they have promised Uncle
Sam to keep clean, they reply that they
are clean enough to suit themselves, and
If Uncle Sam is not satisfied he can
furnish the money for further sanitary
measures. If the cities of Cuba become
breeders Of disease again to an extent
dangerous to the health Of America and
the world, as was the case under Spanish
rule, Uncle Sam may find it necessary
to take charge Of things once more in
Cuba.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
THE, MAGAZINE SAMPLER.

"smugglng" and "Evading the Gus
toms.'-The difference is merely in the
people who do it, "it' standing for the one
act under the two names. That at least,
is the way O. K. Davis puts the thing in
The Century for May. His article sug-
gests similarity in character between
the old smuggler in knee-breeches, long
cloak. broad sash, earrings, fierce mus
tache. cutlass and all the rest, who
brought in his dutiable goods in shiploads
in the dark Of the moon, and the daintily
clad woman of to-day who brings in
choice bits of lace or costly gems con-
cealed about her person. The article
opens thus:
AS of the big ocean liners was warping into
her dock rot long ago, lady stepped up to
friend on deck and said
do you see anything queer about me?''
''No,' replied her friend. ':Why:'
ION, nothing. only l have silver tea set
hanging under my skirts.''
In the same magazine is GA Belated
Recognition by Francis e. Leupp in
Guiding an incident in the life Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and two articles on
Korea as involved in the present war.
Mobile Morality of the misunderstanding
the Japanese mind stands for poetry, color
and refined philosophy. there is all ele-
ment Of adroit evasiveness in the charac-
ter Of the people that would make a Jap
|
rier to the civilized advance of the rest
! of the world, even if such domination did
not prepare for future Monaghan in
vasion Of Europe" says Harold Bolce in
the May BookIovers' Magazine.
Japanese standards of business are
| not favorable to the development Of
/ American trade. An American consul has
| called to the attention of the United
| States government the wholesale appro-
priation on the part of citizens in Japan
Of American trade marks
| The number is one Of special interest in
| relation to Japan. But there is much
| other interesting matter including an ar
| ticle by Dr. George M. Gould to show that
"brain-fag'', is myth. Eye-fag is the
cause Of the trouble called brain-fag.
Arena in New Hands.-The April Arena
was practically made up when Albert
Brandt. the well-known publisher of the
Brandt Books purchased the maya
zine from the Alliance Publishing COM
pany Consequently this issue is somewhat
Of a transition number Under Mr..
Brandt's management 2. O.. Flower, the
! founder of the Arena again returns to
the entire editorial control. Many impor-
tant improvements are promised which
will be made from month to month, among
| the first Of which will be the rejntroduc-
| ton Of finely executed portrait frontis-
| pieces. A ful-page cartoon, drawn ex-
pressly for the Arena by Dan Beard will
| be another monthly feature. A depart
ment devoted to a survey Of the world g
notable achievements in political, socia!
and economic affairs. and in religion, sci
ence. educa ton, literature and art, will be
another popular innovation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
ROBERTSON IN "HAMLET"

Since Forbes Robertson began playing
Hamlet the New York public has had an
other opportunity Of making comparisons
between English and American actors.
Robertson himself is a great Hamlet. and
many say that he is much better than
Sothern. Indeed, some Of the critics in
sist that he is the best Hamlet since
Booth. BY universal consent his support
ing company is pronounced very bad. AS
a production the Robertson Hamlet" falls
short in comparison to that made by Mr..
Sothern. The scenery Is d Job-Iot collec-
ton picked up in New York, and the act
ors are the same as those employed II
"The Light That Failed They were good
in the Kipling piece, but they are simply
impossible in the great tragedy. Most Of
them talk with a cockney accent, and
some Of the serious scenes excite laugh
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

AS indicating the trend Of the demo-
Gratis to concede that the protective prin-
ciple has come to stay in American poll
tics, it is interesting to note that the New
York platform, adopted at Albany, adj
vocates reasonable revision Of the
tariff adding that needless duties upon
imported raw materials weigh heavily
upon the manufacturer, are menace to
the American wage Garner, and by in
creasing the cost Of production shut out
our products from the foreign markets
This doesn't sound at all like the old-time
tariff-for revenue -only policy so siren
uously advocated by Cleveland and his
school of craftsmanship. The New York
democrats, apparently, want a moderate
revision of the Dingley schedules, aimed
in the main at the protection given the
trusts, and would, in addition, put certain
raw materials on the free list, perhaps the
lumber and wheat of Canada. This is very
nearly the position of John Sharp Viii
liarns, the far-sighted leader of the min
ority in congress, and will satisfy the
south, which is now committed to tho
Williams idea.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

David Dudley Foulke disposes of the
charge that Roosevelt is. not abiding by
the civil service rules Of which he has
always been an advocate. Mr.. Foulke was
until recently civil service commissioner
and he says there has been less d1sre-
gard of the rules by President Roosevelt
than by any administration since the
commission was created. The only effect
of the criticism has been to give this fact
prominence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
HIS LIFE-SAVING GLOBE

The Norwegian government has. just
tested and decided to use life-saving
globe invented by Captain j. NJ. Donvig,
who has been experimenting for years on
his invention. This globe is new sort
of wreck raft intended to be used when a
ship goes down. It will hold fifteen per-
sons, and with this number safely slowed
away in it's interior Captain Donvig has
several times steered his life-saving globe
thru rough seas to safe harbor. The globe
is made of three-sixteenths inch
steel plates is perfectly water-tight and
provided with anchor, rudder and tiller,
and may be provisioned for months oc-
cupancy if necessary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
No Revolution in Russia.

People who think Russia is near
dissolution as an autocracy and that
the existing order of things is threat
ened by the reverses suffered at the
hands Of the Japs overlook the fact
that unless the army can be detached
from loyalty to the car, 1t is vain to
expect a second edition of the French
revolution, at st. Petersburg or Mos
cow. The element of constitutional
monarchists is, as yet, small and hest
tant; the various groups of nihilists
still quote -Turguenieff's: Il feel sur
rounded in Russia by a smell Of putre-
faction-by the tendency toward
nothing and they continue to plot
for cold -blooded ciphers; the socialists
seek a change with more substantial
outcome, on the basis of their peculiar
creed; the democrats want a national
assembly and universal suffrage. The
overwhelming majority Of the popula-
ton, the moujiks or peasantry, know
little Of constitutions and political
freedom, and they will not revolt I'M
less they lose their generally child
like faith in the "White Gar" .-
So, there you area vast population
of European Russia with only a small
minority favoring a constitutional
| monarchy; a majority element who
| cannot be moved to a career of vio-
lence unless they see a Jew, and a
| handful of nihilistic assassins who
work underground to make an end of
all existing government, with no con-
ception of what they will put in its
place. Local disturbances and trouble
there may be, from the nihilists chiefly,
but the conditions are not favorable
for any general movement looking
toward important changes in the Rus
sian government. The inertia Of the
mass is too great. ..
There are some peculiar features about
that steel bridge matter, features tina
will no doubt attract the attention of such
close students of municipal affairs as the
Voters league. t... y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
FENCING A LONDON FAD

London women of high rank have taken
to fencing. and leading physicians are
doing all In their power to make the fad
last as long as possible. A grand assault
at arms was held recently, the Duke of
Connaught and number of other distin-
guished members of the aristocracy being
present. The neatness and grace of the
girl competitors won hearty applause from
the spectators. most Of whom were
women.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

tured with sulphur, it is not improb-
able that, If the dove Of peace fiut-
tiers too near the firing lines, the poor
little thing will be remorselessly shot.
If Kuropatkin, with his silver altar to
st. Serge at the head of his troops, can
annihilate Japan's military outfit in a
couple Of battles, perhaps Russia
might be inclined to a truce to talk
terms of peace. At present it looks
as if this war cannot be ended with
out the enrichment Of Manchurian soil
with rivers of blood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

general government if there had been
no meeting of governors nobody can
say, and whether the conduct of the
state case has been as brilliant as 1t
ought to have been is a matter OF
much less Importance than the fact
that the state government of Mime
sofa commenced 1t. It was the
Helena meeting which started the
federal government and that meeting
was started by the governor Of Mime
sofa. There is no occasion to be be-
logged about this phase of the matter;
the facts make it perfectly clear.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
BOOKS RECEIVED

KWAIDAN-sToRIEs AND STUDIES OF
STRANGE THINGS. BY Lafcado Hearn, lee
turcr English Literature in the Imperial
University of Toxic Japan (1S96-1903). and
Honorary Member Of the Japan Society, London.
Boston: Houghton, Miffin & Co. Mnneap-
oils: n. Mccarthy. Price $1.50.
FRIENDS. a Political Drama. BY Arthur w.
Sanborn. Boston: James II. West Co.
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ARnoLD,s HOUSE BEING DESTROYED

The Benedict Arnold house, a revolu-
tionary war landmark at New Haven, is
being torn down. The front doors and
some of the colonial windows have been
given to the New Haven Colony Histori-
cal society for preservation. For many
years the old house where General Arr
mold lived when an apothecary before
the war has been the center of several
store yards. Its interior has been a.
warehouse.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
JESUITS In GERMANY.

After an exclusion Of thirty two years
the repeal Of the Falk law in Germany
permits the Jesuts to settle again in
that country. This is thought to be the
governments recognition of the Catholic
party. which is needed for the coming
struggle with the socialists.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

There isn't much reason to hope for it,
proba bly,, but we would like to see that
plan of a separate state judicial con-
venton tried. 1t would be good party
policy in the long run.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

catalog the reputed ills Of imperialism, the
author puts into his mouth this sepulchral
warning:
Oh pause and mediate these many ills
Before you fill up your allotted page
And blot your future with calamity.
Turn back turn back into the Cancelled leaves
And read the record that is written there.
Look how the empires of the world have passed
Under the lightning in the wrathfu1 Hand,
A nation built like them must fall like them,
And fallen, never ris. again.
! The Uneasy Chair.
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sewed fast into my dress to carry my
children in-I wonder all the ladies don't
have them
So that's how it happened that Mother
'Possum went to her dressmaker and had
her put pocket in every single gray
frock that she had-and so all mother
'possums have been doing from that day
to this.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

Just who is the man who was mean
enough to steal from the poor the jury
will determine, but the revelations con-
corning the poor department of the city
indicate very clearly that the most con-
temptible system of graft practiced under
the Ames regime centered in that office.
The Japs seem to have done it again
this time on land. It's another case OF
the man behind the gun. The Jap is
more Intelligent and alert than his over
drilled enemy. ..-\ .-
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three more times, tonight, tomorrow
afternoon and tomorrow evening For
the coming week, the company viii! be
seen in fine production of Faust =
Ladies' matinee at the Dewey theater
this afternoon turned out to be the big
gest of the season in point of attendance.
The advance sale of seats has been very
heavy for Clark's Runaway Girls, next
weeks attraction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

One Of the boys went down to the bust
ness office yesterday to get dollar on his
next weeks salary, but the business Of
flee being run on business principles, the
gentlemanly clerk handed him out a
coarse, brazen nit The il1-used worker
returned to his desk snorting with indig-
nation.
II know how I'll get even with em,
ding 'em. I won't draw my next week S
salary at ALL "A. J. r.