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The daily tribune., 1904-10-11

st. Petersburg. Oct. IL. Bulletin.
Gen. Kuropatkin reports that the
Russian vanguard are now in contact
with the japanese and are within
guushot. Scouts continae skirmish-
ing along the line.
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Fighting in Masses.

From the rather meager reports so
far received of the battle on the Yalu
between the Russians and Japanese,
it does not appear that either side
profited much by the lessons OF open
order fighting the Spanish-American
and British-Boer wars are supposed to
have taught. The Japanese appear to
have attacked in close formation, and
they paid the penalty Of heavy losses.
The Russians, too, seem to have
fought in the old style. The Eleventh
Russian regiment advanced to the
charge with its chaplain leading on,
about as they used to charge in the
tNapoleonic. wars. The fighting was
close enough for the bayonet. 5F
In the Boer war British soldiers
went thru the whole war without even
seeing the enemy, but on the Yalu,
both sides used the bayonet, and there
was plenty Of hand-to-hand fighting.
AS both sides were well supplied with
machine and quick firing guns. there
is room for the belief that neither
handled the guns as effectively as
they might have done. But practice
firing in, time of peace and handling
the guns In the face Of an enemy who
is at the same time making a target
Of you are quite different things
Perhaps both the Japanese and the
Russians think that it is more effective
to get immediate results at great cost
Of soldiers, than to save them in more
tedious operations. It may be cheap
err for the Russians to try to win at d
great cost OF life than to maintain a
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THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER


Doubles Arny,s Capacity editor
OF The National Review in reviewing the
developments in the far east, in the May
number .of his magazine. says: 1t would
be no exaggeration to say that Admiral
Togo's brilliant handling Of japanese sea
power has doubled the fighting capacity Of
the japanese army. which, now the Rus
sian naval menace has been removed. can
be dumped down at the dictates Of mill
tary strategy" The same editor goes on
to point out. the lesson OF the war, and
then closes with this: Having destroyed
the Russian fleet, she tJapanl is now
ready TO attack the Russian army. She is
in fact g. tiger as well as shark. Great
Britain is only a shark, tho powerful
one. Be. It remembered that Our, future
adversary. Germany :; : is,. like Ja-
pan, tiger as well as shark We may dis
pose Of the German shark. but how shall
we deal with the German tiger?'' Rather
plain speculation, that The Review also
has an article on "rhe Menace, Of the
German NAVY. by IT. w. Wilson. Other
timely articles make up the contents
"A Spring Poem. c'lintonss Scotland has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

Hon. Milton M. Fenner, M. D., is
not merely prominent and influential
leader Of the republican party in
Western New York, but he is an
eminent physician and surgeon: a
manufacturer Of his celebrated pro-
prietory medicines on large scale.
railroad fnancier and a general
business man interested in many inn
portant enterprises. His career is re-
markable for the energy and executive
abilities Of which it demonstrates DR..
Fenner to be possessed.
DR.. Fenner came by descent from a
stock noted for philanthropic work.
It has been the dream of his life that
his line Of effective remedies-all
practically specifics in his hands
for the cure of the respective diseases
named in connection with them,
should be placed before the people at
large. The great masses of mankind
are industrious, temperate, honest
and without guile. Hence they are
generally of only moderate means. It
was a necessity, therefore, to place
these remedies before them at small
cost, so that all needing the solace Of
their benign influences in the trying
season of sickness could have them
within easy reach. e2sS
. "A man Of wealth gets the stomach
ache, sends for a doctor, gets several
visits at $3.50 to, IS each and is sick
and laid up a week.
A laboring man gets the stomach
ache, sends to the drug store for
bottle of DR.. -Fenner,s Golden Relief,
takes one or two doses, and is at work
again in an hour. That is the differ
ence. 4<a .ys
In sickness confidence is every
thing. The patient should know and
feel fully acquainted with his physi-
clan. He should have "a full under
standing of his doetor-of his private
character and professional ability
and standing, both as a man and as a
physician-of the doctor behind the
remedies he is asked to take-of the
man and the physician he thus takes
into his confidence at so trying an
epoch of his life. -.
In the trying hours Of sickness DR..
Fenner desires the patients giving him
their confidence to know and realize
that they are not taking the medicie
of a medical pretender or dealing
with an adventurer.
I But on the contrary, they are having
the best and conscientious efforts Of
an educated and skilfuI physician and
a man who stands favorably trusted in
high official stations.
DR.. Fenner has built up a wonderful
business by advertising in daily news
papers in a worthy way his worthy
remedies.
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The Wheat Crop.

The surprisingly bad feature of the
government winter wheat report just
issued, is the heavy decline in acre
age, which brings the total area now
standing down to 27.O83,5OO acres.
Since last fall no less than 4,932,70O
acres of the original total have been
abandoned, farmers having plowed it
UP very largely, while yet there was
time to sow other crops, the wheat not
promising well enough to warrant let
ting it stand. This is greater aban-
donment than the grain trade has ex-
pected the report to show, and it
makes it a very bullish statement.
AS partial offset to this the condition
ds found to have been maintained
thru April, which was another sur
prise. The trade had figured upon a
drop to 70 or "a, but the figure stands
unchanged from that of April /
at 1866.
We are then along into May, having
started the month with a winter wheat
acreage 1877 per cent less than har-
vested last year, and a condition 1871
points lower. Last year we raised
401, 6S6,000 bushels Of winter wheat.
The present promise is for $4,000, 900
to 100000, 900 bushels.
Our total wheat production last year
was 637,S22,OOO bushels, of which
236,136,0 900 bushels were spring wheat.
If we are to equal it this year we must
raise 277,000,0O0 to $4,000, 900 bush
els of spring wheat. This is possible,
but from present reports seems not at
all probable. That we are in for a
total wheat crop considerably under
last year in any case is now the ind1-
cation.
AS to the effect upon prices, it is
hard to say. 1t is probable that while
there will be the continued changes
of the day and the usual week to week
variations Of a few cents, the decided
T trend of the market will not be clear
until the spring situation is little
more definite. Bullish as the winter
wheat report is in itself, it is not to
be overlooked that 1t has been dis.
counted, in some part, at least. July
wheat in Minneapolis closed yesterday
at 93s4c, and a year ago to-day it was
76A@76Ac, while the September COM
parison shows prices Of 81s@81Ae
and 6sA@68%c.
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THE FIGHTING RACE.

I've been sreadin' the papers S.
And Watchin' the capers
a OF Russian and Jap on the land and fhe ca.
And it's got me to guessin' 4 80, go
Why some names is missin'
That should be conspickus where hphtin,a m
free. -. Il5Tslsi - -
Shnre, where are the Reillys,
The Caseys and Kileys,
And all of the rest Of the Macs ana the O,s
There was never real fghtin, -. Is. !.
Or wrongs to be rightin' f. II
blows. IS " y
Now the longer 1 ponder
The struggle out yonder,
Where The Jap and the Russian are firth
wild Fame, ~
The more I'm decidin'
The Irishman.s shfdin' a7
Behind the onare front q haythenish name.
IL We read OF "Patriskf, 4 S5t9s9
Or sshn fichelkomiski :, ~. ss i ST.
Ye viii know they e not Russian at all, ii
ye're wise; Is4 s 81 s ~ ss
And the Jap .Ton1ohara.' p
Or ddimagara,' = 5ss ssS ~ sssssss
Are simply good connaught men there N dis.
eAas guise 10 sssa;s Us ~.
N a. b. IN Catholic Standard and Tinsis
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Public School Training for citizenship.
70 the Editor of The Journal


Edwin G. Cooley, superintendent OF the
public schools in Chicago, proposes to or
ganize the pupils into miniature re-
public and teach them by actual expe-
rience their duties as citizens. The ma
ttonal representatives will be elected
from the grammar schools, and the, ma
tional senators from the high schools.
State and city governments will be
formed in the same way. The Australian
ballot system will be used In elections
and the machinery Of the national gov
eminent copied in every detail.
Young women not only will be allowed
to vote but will be eligible to election as
senators, congressman and aldermen. In
fact, the little government will be
founded upon the principles Of coeduca-
ton and equal suffrage.
If this plan is carried out, 1t will
supply the missing element in our pub
state should fit the child to take his
place in the state as citizen and to
perform the duties Of citizenship. The
growing corruption Of politics shows that
SO far our public schools have failed In
these all important particulars.
Think what it would be to have Pro
fessor Cooley's idea carried out in all oul
public schools. Think of the uplift poll
tics would receive If every graduate from
the grammar school and the high schoo
understood the sacredness of the ballot
and the necessity of using it for the pub
lie good. The boys accustomed to see.
Ing girls voting and holding office In the
mimic state, would not be likely to de.
Velop into men opposed to equal rights
The girl, accustomed to think Of herseH
as citizen, would never develop into 9
remonstrant, nor would she placidly ac-
cept the legal cnditions that class hel
with idiots, lunatics criminals and mi.
nors. One can hardly overestimate the
good that would result from such train
ing In citizenship and Professor Cooley's
experiment will be watched with inter
est, especially by those who believe thai
women are citizens and that they should
have the same political rights that mer
citizens have.
s..a.1as -. Il Ida Calvert Ohencfain..E
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The New Music Hall.

THE J ourna al presents to the
people of Minneapolis to-day a picture
Of the proposed new music hail to be
erected at the corner of NicoIlet and
Eleventh street. So many attempts
have been made and so many plans
have been proposed without result,
and the need Of such hall Is so great
and SO generally recognized, that the
excellent prospect that this building,
modelled largely after the best known
plans. Is to be erected during the COM
Ing summer will be received by the
public with great satisfaction. What
1t means to Minneapolis to have hail
like this need not be enlarged upon
here. ALI that has been. thoroly con-
sidered. ,4
The Commercial Club has rendered
an important public service in per-
fecting the arrangement by which
this much-needed public building has
been made possible. How great is
that service will be more thoroly ap-
preciated when the structure Is fin
ished, the doors are thrown open to
the public and accommodations am
pie and safe and convenient are pro-
vtded for many important public
gatherings which cannot now be taken
care Of lin this city. Minneapolis is
going to reap large benefits from the
erection Of this splendid hall. E}
1t is understood that the terms of
the agreement between the North
western National Life Insurance COM
pany and the Commercial Club have
been SO nearly complied with as to
TO leave little doubt that they will be
fully met. At the same time the
amount Of insurance pledged is not
yet fully secured, and there is still an
opportunity for the public-spirited cit
izen to exercise his privilege of hav-
Ing a share in the credit of having
made this fortunate plan a success.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

The umbrella tree Is found in Geylon
in greater profusion than anywhere else
In the world. ] AS matter Of scientific
fact, these trees grow to their greatest
height and attain to their greatest size
IN very wet. rainy countries This growth
frequently is due toathe fact that the tree
requires q great deal Of moisture, and
not because It Is needed to keep off the
rain. The tree forms SO complete an UNI
bre1M that q number OF persons might
take shelter under its spreading branches.
The foliage is, as q rule, SO thick that It
server to keep or the rain almost per-
fectly even IN = heavy downpour.
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cause they are provoked In the future by
the same ring that has so bitterly and SO
ruthlessly a.ssailed him In the past.-st.
Paul Pioneer Press.
It is difficult to see how any exception
can be taken to. the equality claimed for
these two propositions. tits just about as
much to Mr.. Dunn's credit that he should
refuse topanswer Judge Collins letter ask
ing for an authoritative statement with
regard to conflicting newspaper reports
of what Mr.. Dunn said as it was for Mr..
Dunn to make the statements attributed
to him In the first place. They are about
ION q par"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11
CAUSING IRON TO SWIM

Elisha required a stick to make the ak
OF iron swim We have never learned the
properties Of that stick. But there is a
pretty trick Of causing a piece Of iron to
swim of it's own accord. Let it be a half
inch thick, say. and two inches square, or
have it round. and perfectly smooth on one
side at least. Place the smooth side
against the perfectly smooth, square end
Of an open glass tube. say. an inch and a
half in diameter, and hold 1t there until it
and the tube are lowered into a vessel of
water to, a depth greater than about
eight times the thickness Of the iron
Remove the hand and the iron will semain
In it's place, the upward pressure of the
water preventing It's sinking. This Is the
principle OF the iron ship. s. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11
Increased Land Values.

Current prices paid for Minnesota
farm lands are higher than ever in the
history Of the state, according to the
best information. This shows plainly
that the ''land boom" Of the past
three years rests on a solid founda-
ton. and that the people who are buy
ing farms to get their living from do
not have any serious misgivings about
the business future.
The Crookston Journal gives some
interesting statistics on the land trans
fers in Polk county. Minnesota, dur
ing. the month Of April for the last
four years. In April, 1901, there
was the heaviest amount Of sales,
1896 acres. bringing an average OF
$11.55 an acre. The next year, dur
ing April, S0,712 acres were sold for
an average consideration Of $16.19.
In April. 1908, there were only IA, 463
acres transferred, but the price aver
aged $18.37 an acre.
During the April just past the
transactions were not as heavy as in
1901 and 1902, but more money
changed hands than either Of those
years. There were 22,400 acres sold
at an average price Of $26.77 an acre.
This is a showing that interests
some one besides the land spectators.
It means that the productive lands OF
northern Minnesota have come to
command their real value. Their
prices are beginning to approach those
that rule in the older settled states.
It is evident that the Gland craze
deplored by many conservative bust
| ness men had method in its madness
It was a natural migration Of farmers
from high-priced land beginning to
show wear, to new and fertile fields
where they could get a larger acre
age for the same money. This move
ment was directed by wide-awake
business men, many Of whom made
fortunes. They were in the business
for themselves, but incidentally they
have been doing a great public serv.
Ice. The first rush is over, and the"ex.
odus to the northwest Is no longer g
sensation. but the movement has not
stopped. The Polk county figures
| SHOW IlldI SOlSS dlC St11f 11SdVyS e11AO
prices trending even higher than be-
fore. - tx
Il The lands of northern Minnesota
did not command their. true value, OF
anywhere near. 1t, till this last immi,,
grafton movement. The arrival q
many new farmers, with money IS
buy farms, has brought the northern
land up to somewhere near its true
market value. s,--,5'..~s $3.50 I:
tt is a little late to make fortunes
! by land speculation, but there Is. ne
reason to think that the limit Of
] values has been reached. There will
.bel a great deal of legitimate tradinl
! igon1 the basis of the new values, or ever
| higher ones, during the years to come
Settlers can buy land at present price:
and . get large returns from theil
\ farms, and the Increased values NEAR
much for the permanent: prosperit!
! Of the northwest. 80 %ss:.t' ="
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

1t was natural that Mr. Dunn, goaded
by the constant attacks for months past
upon his personal and official records by
the ring of officeholders, should blurt out
as he did last Friday night some rem
iniscences unpleasant to his tormentors.
1t is equally to his credit that he has dis
missed any further discussion Of the mat
ter SO that If there are any more disclos-
ures from Mr.. Dunn, 1T will be only -be-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

The Kansas supreme court has knocked
out q state law making it misdemeanor
to discharge an employee because he be-
longs to- a union. This reminds one Of
the rule Of the unions that a, man must
be discharged because he doesn't belong
to the union. # a man may be discharged
because he belongs to a union and a man
must not be employed because he doesn't
belong to a union, who's going to do the
work? The two propositions need but to
be put together to show how unfair they
both are.
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GOLFERS, after reflecting ON the Hearst

4 Golfers, after rejecting on the Hearst
campaign, suggests Rockefeller for presi-
dent on the ground that Rockefeller has
more money than Hearst and makes more
pretensions to piety, altho it, is claimed
by one Of Mr.. Hearst's followers that mo
man in the Christian era" is to be comu-
pared with William Randolph for good
works. The suggestion is not without in
terest and by no means illogical. There is
certainly more than one Brisbane, and, If
there is, the Standard Oil man could afford
to hire him, if necessary. ,54a
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the following verses entitled 'tThe Violet
in The Criterion for Nav:

the following verses entitled "The Violet
in The Criterion for May:
Pluck me the violet, for It's her flower!
1t mates her sweetness and her modesty:
1t mirrors. in q clear epitome,
The grace and tenderness that are her dover.
Wheneer look on it, in shine or shower.
vision OF her eyes I seem to see
Wherein dwell truth and trust, and what may
he
On one day love--O dear-desired houri
Pluck me the violet! It is the springs
Divinest essence. the compacted mirth -
And melody and loveliness OF earth
Whercwith her heart is kin for evermore,
One of those sensitive and subtle things
To dwell upon, to dream Of, to adore!
The feature of the number Is ''Renni-
niscences of Mongolia and Siberia" by
Countess Marguerite Cassini, q very en-
PERTAINING narrative.
Waits Magazine.-The National Waits
Magazine for April is deeply interesting
In it, the Headmaster of Harrow con-
tributes very important testimony to the
national value of the homes founded by
DR.. Barnardo, and still directed by him,
in which over 1900 orphan and waif chill
dren Of the destitute class are now main-
tanned. A strong plea is made in the
magazine for the waif Saturday fund and
also for a sanatorium for consumpt1ve
girls about to be erected at Ihord. The
National Waits Magazine. 1S to rs, Step
ney Causeway, London, E.
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Ought man to be supported at public
expense simply because he has grown old7
IF SO. there is some merit in the propo-
sition to pension the superannuated civil
employees Of the government.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

It isn't the disturbance at Chicago In
1894 that. worries the democracy SO much
las the disturbance by Tammany in 1905
Mr. Cleveland should select some live
topic for his discourse.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

The city Of Prague bohemia, not Min
nesota,) has forbidden women to wear
trailing skirts on the streets. OF course
the women Of Prague are Indignant The
authorities of Prague were not sharp;
what they should have done was to forbid
women appearing on streets without
trains $50
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HoLlDAy lN HoNoR OF GERMS.

The state Of Utah has established q holt
day in honor Of germs. 1t IS called Gem
eral; Health Day and Is the first Monday In
October On this day all theaters, church
es. publ e halls, hotels; boarding houses,
etc, must be thoroly disinfected.