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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
ST. ANTHONY PARK

Professor LANCE and family have re-
turned from California. f..
Mrs. Vail of Chicago is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G. Genge.
Mr., and Mrs. John Frisbie enter
tanned the Tomahawk club Tuesday
evening.
Mrs: Walter Chase gave a thimble
bee Wednesday afternoon.
q, The st: Anthony Park Magazine club
met at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
c. Martin Thursday evening.
The Mankato club gave a picnic din
ner at Minnehaha Thursday
Miss Emma Cooper is home after
spending year in Cleveland, Ohio.
:, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Young enter
tanned Thursday evening in honor of
Rev. and Mrs. j. w. Fryckberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Boss and son
are visiting at Mile Laos.
Mrs. wye and children have gone to
Spokane to visit relatives.
:. Rev. and Mrs. Edwin Pressy and
children will return this week from a
summer at Haverhill, Mass.
Professor and Mrs. W: Hays are en-
pertaining Mrs. Hays father, DR..
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt, who have been
guests of Professor and Mrs. Hays,
have gone to Anoka county.
+ Mrs. G. S. MacIntire is spending two
weeks at Hayward, Wis.
Miss Virgie Greenwall is. the guest
of Miss Mary MacIntire.
Miss J. Sheppard of the Minnesota
agricultural school is at St. Louis.
Mrs. Harry Snyder has returned
from Defiance, Ohio, where she visited
her sister, Mrs. Helfenstein.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Raymond of Chi
Stewart.
Professor and Mrs. Archie Haecker
have been recent guests Of Professor
and Mrs. T. L. Hacker on their way
from Lincoln, Neb, to Bayfield,, Wis.
Mrs: Harry Vaughn is spending the
week in Chicago.
The Misses Maud Martin and Leah
McDermott gave cornroast. Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. G.. Martin. ..'".'
Miss Matte tombstone Of Los An
geles, Cal, is guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. R. Mason.
Mrs. Burghardt entertained infor-
mally Tuesday in honor Of Mrs. Whit.
ney of Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glasford Of Osseo have
been recent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs M
j. Costello.
Miss Viola Hymendinger of New
Paynesville is a guest of Miss May En-.
win.
Mrs. William Wingate of Superior
is visiting MI. and Mrs. H. B. Tisdale
Mrs. p. M. Clark Of Seattle is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hunter.
:, The ee '1g Of St; Anthony
ming, and, after appropriate exercises,
burned the mortgage that has been
upon their church property since 1889
and has been satisfied. Within the past
few years the membership has increased
from 70 to 40. The people have twice
increased their pastor $ salary, have
paid the $4,000 mortgage and have pro
to the church property: Mrs: Wellman,
president of the Ladies' Aid society,
which gave $3.50 of the last $1,000 of
the debt, touched the match to the
mortgage, which was burned while the
congregation applauded and sang.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
Wonderful but True.

The isthmian canal commission has
beeh, buying lumber on rush order.
There was no time to spare in adver-
Using bids, so the purchasing agent
went personally to New Orleans and
other southern ports and filed the or
der. 1t called for 100000 feet of
lumber, 10000 piles and 10000 railroad
ties. The agent secured the materials
in New Orleans, Mobile and other
southern lumber headquarters at very
satisfactory prices, and they were
shipped out of New Orleans It is the
intention hereafter to ask for bids on
material, but the rush order shows that
things are. being done at last, and that
is the main thing. The. isthmian canal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

declining is progressing. That is there
is not more Of it, but what there is is
fof a higher quality. Her conclusion is
this, which gives one something to think
iof:
In short, we have come to regard humor not
merely as the most laughable; but as the most
sympathetic Of human PHILOSOPHERS. It has been
elevated to a fine art-the finest art-that which
brings not merely pleasure, but comfort and
refreshment. And all this great development
has taken place, and is still going on in the
OF the very people who yet assure that humor
is declining. =
= Looking back we see that it has been a
steady progress, and looking forward we can see
no NJ, reason why that progress should not con-
tinue. .
The Review for September is conspicu-
Gus among other things as war num-
Der, containing an article by Captain A.
T. Mahan and supplement by Lieuten-
ant Colonel c. Court Repington, c. NJ.
g., on the present war in the east.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
The Examiners Reports.

The further reports of Public Exam
liner S. T. Johnson with reference to the
auditors office, about which there has
been considerable inquiry of late, have
come to light. One relates to the issu-
ance of permits to cut timber ON state
land and the other to leases Of mineral
lands. The one relating to timber-cut-
ting is in the nature of a continuance
of revelations with regard to the meth
DDS employed in the auditors office
during the administration of Mr.. Dunn,
which will certainly be read by the
business men Of this state with great
deal of interest. It will show them
something new in business methods.
The Journal has undertaken at
no time to analyze the motives which
may have actuated the peculiar policy
adopted by the auditors office during
the period covered by these reports. 1T
has seemed as if every intelligent read
er of the reports, with the facts before
him from the official records, was in
a position to form his own Judgment as
to why this business was done in this
way.
We have, however, thought it proper
to question the propriety of indorsing
business methods Of this kind by party
nomination and a party vote, and we
are not surprised to learn that a great
many republicans are hesitating as to
the wisdom of that party Endorsement,
forming their judgment from the facts
heretofore presented.
In view of the additional evidence
get forth in the current reports, we shall
not be surprised to discover a more
general sentiment to the effect that the
republican party of Minnesota cannot
approve or stand for such admins
tration , of the affairs of the state
as has manifestly been so wasteful
of it's valuable property. It seems to
us that the matter is one of a suffi-
GENTLY serious interest to the repub-
lican party of Minnesota to command
the very careful consideration of it's
members, to the extent, at least, that
7 if they see fit to identify the party
permanently with such administration
of public affairs they may do so with
intelligent comprehension of the prob
able results. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
MR.. DOOLEY
EASES HIS MIND
ON THE CAMPAIGN"

''Visitors who call on Tiddy Ro-
genfelt find him readin' The Lives
~ tn Saints His fav rite saint is
wan iv tn arly martyrs who
thanked a lion FIR bitin' him. He
III Ghry1n' to live GOWN mis- past. Not
30 with tn Sage iv Esoopus. He
has no past to live down. He is
thryin' to live up to his future.
''Sicrity Cortillyoo authorizes me
! 20 deny tn infamycus rapport that
!. tn prisidint was liver at San Joon
hill. At tn time iv this gloryous
an lanintable performance, tn
good man was down with TIL
measles contracted at tn Inter-
naytional Peace Convintion. :: ): =:
He is not well at prisint, tn smell
iv gunpowdher. on tn Foorth iv
July havin' disagreeably affected
him.
IT will not sthoop to contradict
tn story that iv'ry night August
Bilmont calls on Sage Parker an
tn two iv thin discuss how much
iv tn goold standard shud be ir-
revocably fixed in irrevocably fxin
Indyanny.''
Don t miss this famous philoso-
piers rich remarks in Saturdays
Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

That this guarantee is genuine and not
merely a dead letter in the organic law
is seen in the fact that the late Mr. Ka-a
taoka, altho a Protestant Christian, was
one of the leaders Of the largest politi-
cal party in the empire.
Another evidence of the genuineness
and depth. Of the changes is seen in the
restraint that has characterized the peo-
ple IN making t hem. They have not
gone to extremes. On the contrary,
they have avoided errors that a nation,
.superfcially adopting the improvements
of more advanced state might natur-
ally have fallen into. This shows eau
tion such as belongs to mature minds
capable of deep impressions.
The compromising Of the Japanese
racial character, begun many centuries
ago, has. been the work of d vast num-
Der OF influences upon diverse elements
influences and elements too numerous
by Tar to name. But the very avidity
with which that race character has alb
sorbed western traits, the new COM
pound making the, Japanese in every
great essential and effect new people,
should be sufficient evidence that the
change that has taken place is as pro-
found as that which takes place in ma
terlal elements under the play Of chemi-
cal affinities. The ancient oriental civ
lllzatlon In Just the right state has been
touched at just the right moment by
the new civilization of the west. sur
charged with a force capable of produc-
ing profound psychic change, and a;
change is wrought at whic the world
stands agare,. too astonished for the
most part to see the elemental alteration
underlying the merely surface indica-
tiOns
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
Secretary Of saks e. Co., One ofzthe High
est-Grade Stores, in the East. ~

est-Grade Stores In the East.
Philip A. Come was born in Hun
gary in 1868, and came to America
in 1884. He worked at various things,
making a precarious living for three
years while acquiring the English lam
guage. Then he was bookkeeper in
a wholesale clothing house one year.
From there he went to a similar posi-
ton with The Hub Of Chicago, start
ing as a bookkeeper at $40 per week.
At the end Of the, ninth year he was
manager of the establishment at
$4,000 per year, and an interest in
the business. Left Chicago to accept
similar position with siegel Cooper
& Co., New Y ork. Was there five
years, and resigned to build and open
the store Of Saks & Co., of which. he
Is a partner.
Saks & Co. are incorporated for
a capital Of 100000, handling cloth
ing for men, women, dry goods, ETC.,
at Broadway, Thirty-third to Thirty
fourth streets, New Y ork. Floor space,
100000 square feet. Value of land
of building, s1,000,000; annual sales,
$4,000, 000,O00. Started Sept. 20, 1902.
When Mr.. Comes opinion was
asked as to the relative value Of the
morning and evening paper, he said:
IF the advertiser desires to secure
the trade Of the workers, the me-
cllanic, the clerk, etc, who seldom
find time to do any reading until he
returns home in the evening" should
most emphatically declare the even
ing paper to be the best advertising
medium. In the evening the me-
chanic or clerk has ample time, as
rule, to read his evening paper, and to
discuss with his wife any interesting
news, attractive offers, or advertise
ments he may find In its columns, and
to come to definite conclusion as to
just where to buy. The experience of
great many years confirms this be-
lief, and in our own business we are
now combining ourselves to the use of
the evening papers, with most crafty
ing results"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

1t is regretable that the contest for
congress in the second district should
develop any mudslinging. Two such
gentlemen, as Mr.. Miller and Mr. Nc,
Cleary should be able to conduct, their.
contest on high plane, and, SO far as
we know, Mr.. Miller has done so. 1t is
tobe hoped he will continue along that
line: Whether Mr.. McCleary is to blame:
for the assault on Mr.. Miller's characte
or not it is likely to cost McCleary more;
become known.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

People who are looking into the matter
OF the. prevalence of crime on the 81 eets
Of New York find, that New York has
4,5OO policemen, and not more than 5000
OF them perform patrol duty. Nearly
1000 have comfortable indoor positions.
In Manhattan there are 1925 police
posts, and last week only 800 men were
patrolling them. Favoritism is, of course,
the trouble. Too many people want
soft snaps We are told by our chief
of police that we haven't enough police
men to go around but we had eight de-
tectives laughing and joshing one an
other at the morning session of the DO
lice court one day this week, not one of
whom had a case in court. We have
policemen enough to do a great deal
more work if they would all work at the
business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
The Ames Gases.

Most people who are built with back
bones will rejoice todayato read Of the
action of Judge Harrison in denying
the motion of the county attorney to
dismiss the pending indictments against
A. A. Ames. There have been two
failures to convict, it is true, but in one
case 1T was due to a technicality dis
covered to the supreme court by the at
torneys of the defendant and in the
other it was case of jury disagree
ment.
In the first instance the Jury said
"Guilty'' and the supreme court sub
stantially approved that verdict, taking
exception only as to the form of the
charge in the Indictment as to how the
offense was committed. A new indict-
ment was framed on the advice of the
court and the second trial resulted in
what is understood to have been an
even division Of the jury.
When that unfortunate result was an
nounced, the accused being neither con-
victed nor acquitted by the jury, r e
j ournal took the position that the
case was of such Importance and of such
wide notoriety that the issue should be
pressed in the'courts till there had been
a definite and final determination of
the matter; that this was due to the
defendant and to this community
which has been the scene Of so much
scandal. We. think so now and are
glad that the court has. sustained that
view. - .:r"-<,:
There is no room now for .maudlin
sympathy for aapoor old man The
poor old man is neither so old nor so
poor in. health or any other respect
that he cannot make an aggressive po-
litical campaign.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
Skin-Deep Civilization.

Japanese civilization, which has held
the attention of the world so largely in
recent years, has been said by some, who
anese at close range, to be superficial.
These same critics affirm that there are
marke ed signs Of a reaction toward the
civilization of, fifty or more years ago.
One does not need to study the Jap
anese closely, nor does he need to doubt
the statement that there are signs Of
reaction, to see that the civilization
is more than, s1in-deep, but, on the
other hand, that it is the signs of re-
action that are only superficial and
evanescent. The very extent of the
new civilization specifically, covering
as it does not only the material life but
the science, the art, the laws, the reli-
gion, the moral aspirations and indeed
practically every phase of life, is the
best evidence of that civilization g
depth. Indeed, it is question whether
these things named as having been af-
fected by the change in Japan s life do
not measure up and down instead of SUI
perfcially. Are theYsnotSSa gage Of the
depth of a nation's civilizations
An external gloss Of civilization
would be shown perhaps by the use of
the products of modern invention. Per-
haps an interest in modern science
would not show much deeper affection.
But when it. comes to religious toler-
sance, for. example, the case is different.
That nation which has had it's own reli-
gion for many centuries, which has
built its civilization around that reli-
gion, and then under a new impetus can
guarantee III new constitution perfect
freedom Of Conscience, has been pro-
.foundly and not perfcially affected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

The report Of the Voters league seems
to leave nothing to be said. We Go not
believe that any considerable number of
voters are going to question the compe-
tency of that report, and with the valu-
able advice before them which the league
has furnished, there is no excuse for Sc
rious mistakes at the primaries, so far as
the vote on candidates for the council is
concerned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
Hampered by Carelessness.

By methodical kind of madness the
assessing officers of most Minnesota
counties succeed: in confusing the mem
befs OF the2state board Of equalization
every year. Instead of listing the diff
ferent items Of personal property under
the schedules provided they are shifted
about from one column to the other, till
comparison is impossible, and a lust
equalization is out of the question. The
members of the state board must inves-
tigate and account for the strange dis
hands altogether.
/ For instance, Hennepin county re-
turned street cars last year under the
head of "wagons, carriages and other
vehicles. ~ This year they were listed
separately. j. Ramsey county returned
| them PROPERLY last year, and Jumped
them this time under wagons. .Henne-
pin county returns elevators as money,
not in banks.'' Office furniture is
listed under household furniture, and in
one way and another important classes
of personal property are covered up and
confused 49, ~ !.
The state board can -scold, but that
is all. Under the present law it: is at
the mercy Of careless county officials.
The law is weak enough in it's structure,
and to get anything like just results it
needs to be administered with care and
exactness. 1t is also very important in
the preparation of statistics, and the
study Of the taxation question, that. the
assessors, return accurate information.
Of what account would vital statistics
be that deaths from Group are put
under the head Of smallpox or tuber-
culosis?
The assessor. is an Independent sort
Of functionary, and he can snap his
fingers at the state board. It is home
rule with a vengeance, but not the kind
of home rule that produces results. AS
long as there is direct tax for state
purposes, the counties should be under
the direct control Of state authorities,
and the assessors anlenable to correc:
ticn by the state auditor or the board
of equalization.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
A. kAlNTuck lDYL

5 A hut deep hid among the pines,.
"A dog that for the hearthstone whines,
A little bird to sing a hymn at morn;
4 A still within the deep caves dark
That -weeps. responsive to the spark, /.
The tears that Quickly wash away f-s
The sorrows of another day #
10 all forgot, by all forgot rs
~ king might envy me my lot. n 81
St. 1t, G. Collins in New York Sur
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

; If the democratic radicals and all the
other radicals get together on a social
istic or even sem1socialistic platform in
1908, then we will get "a clearly defined
issue with vengeance. It will be an Is
sue anyhow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
BOOKS RECEIVED
EVERYDAY ESSE

EVERYDAY ESSAYS. By Marion Foster Wash.
burne. illustrated by Ruth Mary Hallock.
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co.
THE AMERICAN BOYS LIFE OF THEODORE
= ROOSEVELT. BY Edward Stratemeyer. Illus
trated by photographs and with frontispiece
by Charles Copeland Boston: Lee & Shep-
ard
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

Herbert B. Turner & Co. Of Boston an
nounce for early publication Lyrics Of
LIE, and Love, a volume OF poems by
William Stanley Braithwaite, a young ne
gro poet for whom they prophesy a large
audience: This young colored poet has
been hailed, not only as the most gifted
poet the negro race has vet produced, but
also as being one of the most promising
of. the younger genera ton of American
singers. Many prominent literary people
OF Boston have spoken enthusiastically of
Mr.. Braithwaite's poetry. Among these
are Frederick Lawrence Knowles, Louise
Chandler Moulton, Richard Burton and
Sam Walter Foss.~ In uttering the follow
ing praises they claim. for this volume a
wide and serious hearing: His poetry is
musical clear and forceful. He has a
message for all earnest men and all lovers
of beauty" HAS quality thruout and
that magical lyric touch SO wholly com
pell1ng.' There is real poetry in them
and many of them have pure lyric quail
ity,'' etc.
ha
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
1IINNES0TA POLITICS.. 80. :.

Minneapolis, informally - Democrats
PerfectIng Local OrganizatIons-GrIm
shaw Denies Harsh Language.
R. c., Dunn, republican candidate, and
John A. johnson, democratic candidate
for governor, both appeared to Minneapo-
lis audiences last evening. Neither was
on dress parade. Mr.. Dunn talked to
the veterans again and referred to the
charges made against his official record
Mr.. johnson spoke briefly at the dedica-
ton Of the" democratic: wigwam in the
seventh ward. ~,*t u =
The state democratic committee is en-
deaVoring to perfect an effective organi-
cation in every county Of the state so as
to get out the whole party vote. This
is being done by correspondence with the
committeeman, conducted by Secretary
Kahn with force of. stenographers.
Marshal Grimshaw says he was mis-
quoted by the st. Paul paper which re-
ported his speech, and that he did not use
the words ignorance and insanity in the
speech. Most of the men on the demo-
cratic state ticket are personal friends of
mine" says Mr.. Grirnshaw, land I have
many warm friends among democrats I
object to having words placed in my
mouth that I never said.'
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
Thursday Evening,

commission, which is expected to re-
turn this week from it's third trip to
Panama, has been largely occupied in
preliminary work of organization and
in formu lations of laws for. the proper
government of the canal strip. 1t seems.
wonderful, but works. really going on
thanks to the president.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

"a bas la mob exclaims the Atlantic
Journal. The mob cannot be a~bas-ed
any too soon. 1t is teaching all classes
a contempt for law that is bound sooner
or later to react on the entire commun-
ity The choice is between law and an
archY: a. - $3.50 .sEAhfiatEi B
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15

Attendance at the fair in ST. Louis
last week was S74, 954. This Is a "big
bunch" Of people. At this rate the fair
should come somewhere, near winning
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
The Uneasy Chair.
The American Bows Life Of Theodo,

The American Boys Life of Theodore
Roosevelt differs, very little from the
usual lives Of the presidents written in
election years. There is no criticism at
tempted and there is not sufficient per-
spective to give the reader much chance
to interpret for himself. Nevertheless the
book is timely and certainly offers moth
ing to the young idea which cannot be
easily assimilated. The man Roosevelt
is an ideal in the life in hand, as it was in
the study of Jacob Riis, but there is of
necessity no account of personal relations
between the author and the president, as
there was between. Mr.. Riis and Mr.
Roosevelt. 1t is life" pure and SIM
pie, and tells the story Of the president
thru his boyhood and schooldays, and as
a hunter, warrior and statesman:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-15
TWAS EASY FOR
PERMIT HOLDERS
Continued From First Page.

tracts or enforce their terms have cost the stat
very heavily. The records show the estimates
upon which the permits were based to have been
very unreliable, often estimating but few hun
dred thousand feet of logs on section, when
in fact, there as many millions This
makes it impossible to estimate the loss that the
state has sustained in the hundreds of cases
forth il schedules - and. "2' hereto at
tached. These cases, like a great many Others
We're open accounts Jan. /, 1895, and allowed
to run indefinitely, without cancellation Or ap-
parent effort to enforce or protect the states
rights. 49, -. r - = -