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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23
Opposition to the Parcels Post.

Addressing the Hardware ~ >fer-t
chants association Of South Dakota
at Sioux Falls on Wednesday of this,
week, r. A. Kirk, the well-known' st.
Paul jobber. outlined the. opposition of
the jobbers to the proposed parcels
post law, which is making so much
Roadway in congress as to excite the
apprehension of those interests that
think they will be injured by it's adop-
ton. .s.. so -
i The bill consolidates the third and
fourth classes of mail matter, making
a rate of cents for one pound; and,
on a. pound package weighing more
than that a rate Of 2 cents a pound,
up to eleven pounds. The eleven
pound package would be the maxi
mum that would be received, and the
rate for it,would be 25 cents. Eleven
pounds is made the maximum be-.
cause it is the one already adopted by
the parcels posts Of other countries.
Mr.. Kirk confined his argument
largely to the subject OF the effect Of
such a cheap postage rate on the cata-
logues of mail order houses. Under
present rates some of these mail order
houses have to pay as high as 80
cents postage on their catalogues.
Under the proposed law, the same
catalogues could be sent.for II cents.
Mr.. Kirk said that postoffice figures
showed that it cost Z cents a pound to.
handle these catalogues. On pack
age Of IL pounds the. cost would be ~
cents, and the payment therefor only
20 cents. Such a discrepancy, Mr..
Kirk thinks, would result in a. great
increase of the postal deficiency, with
the result that the people Of the
country would be taxed. to facilitate
the business Of the mail order
houses.
However results may be figured out
on the basis of Mr.. Kinks premises.
we believe that it would be quite posi-
BILE for the postoffice department to
make the parcels post business pay
for itself. The rates should be SO adj
justed that they would pay. It
would be absolutely impossible to JUS
tify the transportation of merchandise
at public charge, tho 1t is possible to
justify the carrying of printed matter
at less than cost.
The parcels post is bound to come in
this country just as sure. as there is
progress, unless the handling Of ex-
press by private companies shall be
revolutionized. Say what you will
about the postoffce, but the fact re-
mains that as a transportation agency
it is Immensely superior to any and all
of the express companies. The rates
of the latter, especially for small pack
ages and the occasional patron, are ex-
orbitant. For the most part, express
now has to pay two transportation
charges; one to the express company
and one to the railway company. It
| is curious that the tendency to
economical organization has not led to
the elimination of the express COM
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23
The American aProtectiye Tarifr league,

The American Protective Tariff league,
in it's address to the public, asks. why
Abandon Protection?" Who wants to
abandon protection? Even the democrats
under the leadership. Of Williams declare
for protection in a moderate form. It isn't
a question of abandoning protection; it is
only a question OF tariff reform by demo-
Gratis or by republicans. The Protective
Tariff League people are contributing to
democratic revision by holding the repub-
licans back from doing that which is sure
to be done before very long.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

PetroniIIa Heroven is a strange, eerie
tale Of the quality Miss Silberrad knows
so well how to write. A tale Of rural Eng
land, and yet tales of rural England some-
times contain thrilling tragedies. Petron-
lila, a child Of love, with a nameless
father, and given a home by her grand
father, who was always reminding her of
her birth, grew to girlhood and woman
hood with strange mingling of supersti-
ton and sound Judgment. With few com
panions she finds friend in a woodman
who was to her a ,Caliban to a Miranda
physically. She rose to a splendid woman
hood and was unexpectedly, by bequest,
made wealthy. Disclosures as to her par
entage and the death Of her greatest
enemy, "by the act of God" as she ex-
pressed it, precede her strange marriage
with the Scared woodnan, but the reader
will find that it was not an irrational
union.
Admiral Dewey has written the introduction
for Commander Albert Gleaves' life of Captain
James Lawrence which G. P. Putnams Sons
have in preparation.
Victor Rydbergs masterpiece, Sing
oaIla, has been very effectively trans
lated into English by Axel Josephsson
who has made our vernacuar interpret
adequately, the medieval atmosphere and
quicken the apprehension Of the pic
turesque beauty Of the region embraced
within the Sn1aland province Of Sweden
Mr.. Rydberg has given us such an inter.
esting glimpse Of life, religious and secu-
lar. Of human love, jealousy, disappoint-
ment, temptation, tragedy, in the story
Of the gypsy girl Singoalla, whom the
young Lord Erhard found in the depths o!
the forest, that one is inclined to accept
it as a realistic presentment. Between
the two lovers. comes the interdict of the
girls jealous lover. and the family anc
spiritual guide of Erhard separated them
Years afterward the son of Erland ane
Singoalla com es into his life after ErlanC
has married the girl to whom he was be.
trothed whens he encountered Singoalla
and thru the boy he finds his early love
and they renew their intimacy. the ulti
mate scene including the penitence of En-.
land and his self conservation tc the reli
gious life. The story concludes with ar
account OF the plague known as the Black
Death. The romance is deeply iniaid with
tragedy.
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The Great Daily:
Offhe
-.
Great Northwest
A Record. for 1905
=. that Counts.


THE JOURNAL in 1903 carried
1887 inches Of advertising or
62, 1854 inches more than in 1902.
an increase of about 20 per cent.
| > 't'r
THE JOURNAL in 1908 carried
over 20, 900 inches more in it's
daily issues than any other Min
neapo1is or St: Paul paper carried
in it's daily or. daily and Sunday
issues combined. go - 1872.
The Journals Circulation
for December averaged 81, OO5
copies, which goes directly to the
homes. ~ 49, ~ .>.,,
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The President.

President Roosevelt is the salvation
Of the republican party from domino
ton by illegal trusts and from repu-
diation by the masses. - ~. fa:
He will be nominated and elected
by the largest popular vote ever cast
for any president Of the United States.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

! In Minneapolis, under the Haynes ad
ministration, a country boy may not spit
on the sidewalk without being run in, but
one may run a public gambling house in
which the rustic is fleeced Of his last cent
and suffer no penalty. History will say
things about US as a city, but it will not
condemn us for stopping the splitting null
Sance ..... al,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

A boodling alderman from Minneapolis
has been elected mayor Of a municipality
in the Isle of Pines. Possibly the people
who elected him thought his experience
would be useful to him in his new office,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

The American office boy has got himself
across the path of the American invasion
According to our consul at Bristol, Eng,
the progress Of the invasion is greatly i'm
peded by the fact that the office boy
neglects to stamp his employers foreign
letters at foreign postage rates. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

There is talk Of an early convention in
Minnesota. Why not? Minnesota IS a
strong Roosevelt state and might as well
let the fact be known. early. It will have
it's moral effect. ~ .s-.s... -, -.
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Machen didn't do any grating; he only
saved $4,000 g, year out Of his salary of
$4,000. The idea of condemning a man
for such economy and thrift as that!
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BOOKS RECEIVED

PETRoNILLA HERovEN By NJ. l.. siIber-
rad. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
Minneapolis: n. Mccarthy. Price $1.5O.
sINGoALLA SWEDISH ROMANCE. By
Victor Rydberg Translated by A. II. Josephs-
Illustrated by Carl Larson. New
York: The Grafton Press. Price $1.25.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

"A dairy trust Is going to try to raise
the standard Of milk in Chicago. OF
course, it has no interest in raising prices.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

AN INVITATION is extended to all to, visit
Che Press Room. which is the finest In the west.
The battery of presses consists Of three four
deck Goss Presses, with total capacity Of
I44,o eight-page Journals an hour, printed.
Folded and counted. The best time to call Is
office and be- directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

WASHINGTON BUREAU.
W. W. Jermane, Chief Of Washington
Bureau, eo1-9o2 Colorado Building. North
western visitors to Washington invited to
make use Of reception room, library sta
tionory, telephone and telegraph facilities.
Central location, Fourteenth and, strests
NV. .-.a '" -s'
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TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII ind The Journal file as follows:
LoNDoN--U. S. Express Co., 80 Strand; Amerl-
cal Express Co.. 8 Waterloo Place.
DENMARK-U. 8. Legation.
PARIs-Eagle Bureau. ss rue Cambon: Hes y.
kilograms sent care Of this Bureau and the
same Will be forwarded to them Or held for
their arrival, ...-. ... ~ = .t.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23
Newspaper defenders of Bob Dunn sa

Newspaper defenders of Bob Dunn say
that his loyalty to Senator Clapp should
not be questioned, after the work he did
for Clapp's nomination. The Sank Cen
ter Herald points out that many of Dunn S
supporters, such as Oar Reese, Eli War
ner and Fred Schiffman, supported Clapp
at that time, but are against him now.
Just because a man has supported can
didate once is no sign he will do it again.
It is runored that newspaper bureau
in the interests of Dunn will be started
in a short time. in charge Of q former
Minneapolis newspaper man now sup
country Charles B. Cheney.
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The Morris Sun saws:

The Morris Sun says:
"There is a demand being made by
some of the more interested newspaper
men for the resignation of James Martin
as chairman Of the republican state cen
trail committee, it being feared that he
may use this advantage, If it be, to
aid Judge Collins candidacy. AS it would
be hard to find a man with sufficient abil-
ity to discharge the duties of the chair
manship who has no preference as to a
gubernatorial candidate, we fail to see
why any other man is more to be trusted
in that position than Martini
Martin is only chairman Of the execu-
tive committee. which has active charge
of the campaign. The chairman of the
state committee is Judge Robert Jami-
son. That fact does not alter the force Of
the Suns argument, however.
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MINNESOTA POLITICS .
Interesting Times Ahead In the First Dis
trict, Where Collins and Dunn Both
Have Strong Supporters-LoyaIty to
Clapp Is Not Perennial. .... .....

Fillmore county promises to be an in
teresting battle ground when it comes to
select delegates to the state convention.
The newspaper support Of the county.
which is a kind of indication, is about
evenly divided between Collins and Dunn.
Sam Langum is heading the Dunn forces,
while his townsmen, A. D. Gray and Sen
ator Thompson, are out for Collins. The
situation in the first district generally is
mixed. If Eustis comes out, it is be-
lieved that Tawneys influence will be for
the Minneapolis man. At present it looks
like hard fight In nearly every county
between Dunn and Collins, but the Collins
men say that the rank and file of the re-
publicans are with them; and that there is
little doubt Of the result, except in Wi
mona and Wabasha counties.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

The Detroit, MIMI, Standard Brings to
View Warm Bunch of Eliglbles for.
Leap Year consumption-Now is the
Time for Girls In the Vicinity to Get
Something Fine, Natty and Up to
Date In the Line of Life Partner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

1t is said that the book by George B. Nc
Clellan on ''The Oligarchy of Venice will con-
tain surprise for those who have regarded the
new mayor of New York politician pure and
simple. This book, announced for early publica-
ton by Houghton, Miffin & Co.. will show Mr..
Mcclellan also in the character Of scholar and
man of letters. =. 90
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

Admiral Dewey has written the introduction
for Commander Albert Gleaves' 'tLife of Captain
James Lawrence" which G. P. Putnam's Sons
have in preparation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

The health commissioner, of St. Louis
announces that he is going to suppress
the Christian Scientists. He has not be-
gun a moment too soon, for they are al
ready putting up a s250,0O0 church in
that city which will make the task of
suppression all the more arduous.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-08

Eress of 1899. Prof. Wowda and Prof
Clapparede extended invitations on be-
half of their governments to meet in
1908 at Budapest and Geneva. respec-
lively. The invitations We're referred to
the executive committee.
The address of the day was that of
Commander Peary, who said. in part:
Much has been done in the geOgraph-
zeal world since the last congress, both
IN the field and in the study, and the
number Of possible great discoveries is
rapidly narrowing every year.
"Only two great prizes now wait the
present-day expiorer-the North Pole
and the South Pole.
1T is interesting to note how. from
congress TO congress. the scene of geo.
graphical interest shifts from one re-
gion TO another.
africa. Arctica, Anarctica, have fol-
lowed In succession. What will be
cor will of the old loves continue to
claim our advances until full surrender
1.-THE most prominent feature of geo.
graphical work since the last congress
ration The international program, for
mulated at the last two congresses, has
been carried out, and a large ard val
liable amount of work done, and ma
terial secured
England. Germany, Sweden, Scot
ships to this region, and the result has
been to wonderfully increase our knowl-
edge of that interesting portion of the
globe.
discussion These we have first hand
lions and been intimately identified
u" In the Arctic field there has been
continued activity"
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ARMY OFFICERS WATCH
MAJOR EGAN'S SUIT
Surgeon Asks Court to Direct Change
in the Department Records Of
Court Martial.

Proceedings instituted in the District
Supreme Court by Mai Peter R. Egan,
surgeon in the United States Army, to
compel the Secretary Of War to change
department records are attracting
much attention among army officers
other officers who have brought similar
action have usually failed 70 carry their
point, and the outcome Of Major Egan 3
case will be watched with great inter-
est.
In his petition Major Egan states he
was arraigned before a cOurt-martial
on December L. 1901. while serving as
medical officer at Fort Douglas. Utah,
for alleged failure to give soldiers un-
der his care proper treatment. After
a five-day session. the cOurt-martial ac-
quilted Major Egan.
Col James NJ. J. SannO. Eighteenth
Infantry. who was then in command
of the Department Of the Colorado, and
who convened the court-martiai ap-
proved the findings of the court under
three of the six specifications and dis
approved under the other three. Colonel
Sanno's action was published in orders
and became a matter of record.
Major Egan declares this record does
him an injustice and Is endeavortng to
have II wiped out. He alleges that
Colonel Sanno's Endorsement was with
out authority OF law and should not
have gone on record
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hear from a message travelling thou
sands of miles
In fact, the message will have beer
sent and the reply received all In less
than minute, provided. OF course. that
the wires are not interrupted The re-
turn message viii consist OF two letters
Rear Admiral Chester has been
planning the affair for some time. and
ne believes he has IL so arranged that
there VIII be no great delay
General Manager George c Ward Of
the Postal Telegraph Company, has ar
ranged for the transmission. al the ad-
nlrai request. over the new cable to
| Honolulu, Guam. and Manila. on one
7 ork' the Azores, Lisbon, Gibraltar.
Suez, Alden. Bombay, Madras, Singa-
pore, HOngkong. and also to Manila,
Wnere II ts expected that the message
wa..
President Clowry. Of the Western I'm
Ion and Anglo-American Gable Com
pany, has arranged to send the message
20 Romance and thence to the ROYAL
Observatory at Greenwich England
ana the other Obseryatories o. Europe,
MnlIe President George u. Scrymser, Of
the Central and South American TeIe-
graph and Cable Company will diatrfb-
ule the message over the southern con-
lnent Of the Western Hemisphere. The
message Will go TO Galveston, and from
there 10 the City Of Mexico, Panama,
Iquique and Lima, Peru; Valparaiso and
santiago, Chill, and Buenos Ayres, Ar
gentina-
Will Go to Alaska.
The message viii be sent TO the far
North by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road lines. and the new Government
cable to Dawson and Alaska. BY the
Canadian cables the message will be
sent to Australia and New Zealand.
All Of this, however, depends largely
upon the condition Of the wires. and
many of the points contemplated may
not be reached IN the United States
however, the message IS sure TO 20 TO
every point Of prominence.
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Scientists Send Greeting
to the President at
Oyster Bay.
OPENING SESSION HELD
Afternoon Spent in Sight
STANDARDIZATION at OBJ
Servatory Tonight.

This is Biographies Day in Wash
ington.
Gathered from all parts of the earth,
scientists and explorers of renown con-
Vened the eighth international Geog-
graphic congress at the George Wash
lngton Columbian University.
AdJourning at noon, the scientists i'm
mediately after luncheon began an ex-
ploration of the city. conducted on a
thoroughly business-like plan Parties
OF them. under guides. visited all the
Sclentinc departments of the Govern
ment. They saw everything that was
TO be seen. and the foreigners particu-
larry made note Of the many branches
front
Presidency Committee Meeting.
AT 1 O'Clock there was a meeting OF
the Presidency committee in the head
B quarters Of the congress at the Ebbltt
House. At this meeting details for read
ing important scientific papers sub
united In the order Of their presence
were considered. Reading or these pa
pers will commence tomorrow.
ms evening the scientists are 70 be
me guests Of a nation in a reception TO
, De held at the Naval Observatory at
which the Secretary of the Navy and
ADMIRAL Chester, superintendent OF the
Observatory, viii be the hosts A time
slgnal viii be flashed around the world
from the observatory.
The congress will be in session here
four more days, after which il will go
TO Philadelphia, New York, Chicago
and St Louis to hold other meetings.
Message to President.
One OF the first things done by the
Congress was to send a message to
President Roosevelt This followed the
address of Dr. Charles d. Walcott Of
the Geological Survey, who in the alb
sence Of the President represented him
lows:
President Roosevelt:
The Eighth International Geographic
congress met in Washington. Return
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-08
Will Flash Around World
in Two Directions.
FROM NAVAL OBSERVATORY
Geographers Will Be Guests of Admiral
Chester-Demonstration Will Be
Made for Them.
SENDING THE TIME SIGNAL.

Midnight Thine Message" to be
sent out from the Naval Observa-
tory tonight will be flashed around
the world in two directions.
1t will go westward over tele-
graph lines to San Francisco and
thence by cable to Honolulu,
Guam, and Manila.
1t will go eastward to New York,
the Azores, Lisbon, Suez, Bombay,
Singapore, Hongkong. and Manila.
1t will be sent by another route
to the various observatories of
Europe.
1t will be sent southwark to Cal
weston, to Panama, and thence to
the principal cities of South Amer
lea.
1t will be sent northward over
the Canadian telegraph lines to
Alaska.
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With the touch Of his finger on the
key Of a telegraph instrument at the
Naval Observatory here in Washington
at midnight. a lieutenant commander Of
the United States Navy will send a
message to three-quarters of the peo-
pie Of the civilized world, and will put
in use, IL is expected, for a few brief
seconds no less than 10000 miles Of
over land and under sea cables
The message will consist Of a correct
statement of time as it is at the OBJ
servatory at that hour and a greeting
from the delegates to the meeting Of
the National Geographic Society, which
IS holding its sessions in Washington
The whole affair has been planned by
the superintendent Of the observatory,
Rear Admiral Colby NJ Chester, in
honor Of the visitors. This is the sec
ond time In the history Of the new OBJ
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servatory that such feat has been at
tempted.
The last took place January l and it
proved success, except in the Far
East. where the war preparations and
big business attendant thereupon crowd
ed the wires to such an extent that the
message could not be forwarded in time
to keep up with the progress Of the ex-
pertinent in the other parts of the
world
The experiment tonight will begin with
a reception at the home OF the Admiral
in the observatory grounds At the ter
minatiOn Of the social part of The func-
ton, every officer and attache OF the OBJ
servatory will be ordered to his post. 10
demonstrate the working of the various
instruments, Of which the United States
has some Of the best in the world
Rear Admiral Chester IS, Of course to
be in charge. His assistants Captain
Robinson, Lieutenant Commander E. f.
Hayden. who has immediate charge or
the time rooms Prof. A. Skinner.
Prof. w. S. EicheIberger. Prof +. b.
Iittell the mathematicians: Assistant
Astronomers J. A Hin, II. z. Rice. and
J. 9. Hammond, COmputerS William
Brown, E l. YOwel, H. r. Morgan, {.
NJ. Moore, Miss Z. ]. Lamson, Miss E
Eatoj. and A o. Turner Will do the
The demonstration will be made from
the time room. on the first floor Of
the observatory. where hundreds Of deli
cate clocks and instruments are con-
tinually providing the correct time on
which the business Of the United States.
and in fact the Western Hemisphere,
is transacted
The Transmitting Clock
On the south wall Of the time room"
is a huge clCc1, resembling one Of the
grandfather variety, which is known
technically as tte transmitting" clock
This is set BY the mean time obtained
by the average q four standard clocks
Tonight as the hand of the transmit
ting clock points to twelve, Lieutenant
Commander Hayden viii touch the key
sending out t10 message
This done the party viii wait for a
return message. which will acknowledge
the receipt OF the time and greeting.
The scientists will not have to wait as
long as the layman would expect TO