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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-23

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-23
GHOULS
CHASTITY
CRIMES
Anti Semetic Rioters In Prus-
Sia Destroy Grave
Yards

Berlin, July 2s.--Anti.semiuc riots
occurred today at Bracht, Prussia,
where they excayated a Jewish Gene
terry and dislnterred many corpses,
pitching them into the street. The
toters attacked the synagogue de
ztroying the fittings.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-23

"a"'ed-one or two children to care
Ior For particulars enquire at the
Misses Goodies store, 800 Conner
~" S"0V' 7-2s-3ts
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-23
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AES RARGAENlHOUSE-1


We owan o. "suHS the following price list and see h Inducements
the Jn~[ =" va next two days, The goods are the hest and the nrices
the Chtoa1 we quoted in any house in the willamette varev Come to
vac chicago Store and do your trading. ""'e 'S"eS' 0o~ y"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
It Is to Laugh.

The latest war cry to rally repub-
Hcans for Dunn is: eve must elect
Dunn or we are likely to lose the legis-
lature, and then what would become of
Clapp9'
It is to laugh.
{, If every democratic candidate for
the legislature was to be elected Nov.
8, the democracy would have Just 81
out Of the 1872 members Of the two
houses. ... ..
The senate holds over. Out of sixty
three senators, the democrats have Just
eleven. The republicans had fifty two
at the last session, but the death Of
democrats should happen to capture
that, they would have twelve in the
upper house. ,,-
There are 1l9 house members to be
elected. To get a majority of the two
houses in joint session, added to the
twelve senators, the democrats would
have to elect eighty house members to
thirty-nine republicans.
The difficulty with this is that sew
enty republican ,snominees. sare running
without any democratic. opposition
There are only forty-nine democratic
candidates running, and if, by some
miracle, every one Of them should be
elected, the democracy would have just
sixtyone members on joint ballot
against 1T republicans-almost two
to=one vote.
Not much show to elect a democratic
senator on that basis. They would be
thirtyone votes short. \
| The indications are that there will
be about twenty-six democrats out Of
1872 in the next legislature. In 1902
| an off year, there were fifteen demo
Gratis elected to the house. In this pres
idential campaign it is not likely thai
they will gain in membership. They
are more likely to lose two or three
Granting that they hold their own, they
will have eleven senators and fftee1
epresentatives-a grand, total of TWEEN
ty-six with which to defeat Moses E
Clapp for reelection
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
The Present Cabinet.
THE ISSUE OF THueeERY
Commercial West.

Chicago has made move for the pres
ervation Of life within her limits. The
police officials of the western metropolis
have stood by and permitted vice to or
ganize until it has the upper hand. Life
has been unsafe after nightfall on bust
ness streets and murder has been done in
daylight.
Minneapolis is suffering from highway
robbery, murder and bogus resorts An
effort will be made at the coming cleo
tior to install a law and order admins
tration--not puritanical enforcement OF
law-and the hope is that Minneapolis
may be rescued before her name shall be-
come stencil among cities.
When mayor confesses his unfitness
for administration by record of thug
depredations every citizen should rally al
the polls and stand for redemption Tam
many rule has always maintained out
ward order in New York Highway rob
berry, and street murders are exceptions
in that city. Life is safe on its streets
as a rule. This cannot be said of Chi
cago, and the record Minneapolis is maxi
ing suggests what her reputation will be
If halt Is not called, The Haynes adj
ministration In Minneapolis is farce
from the standpoint of law and order
There Is no order.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
Don't Write Letters.

If James A. Martin had been wise he
would have taken his job and said moth
ing. He made the mistake of writing
letter, evidently feeling that some eX.-
PLANTATION of his action was necessary.
There are three propositions in that
letter. He says first: cit is hardly
necessary for me to say that | believe
that the interests of our United States
senator's are involved in the. present
gubernatorial contest. - Mr.. Martin
may believe so, but that the proposition
is ridiculous is shown. by the figures
given elsewhere on this page.
In the second place, he says: 81 be-
lieve that our present state ticket is If
revocably committed to those party
policies which my friends have at al
times strenuously and vigorously sup
ported - There is no controversy about
any part of the ticket except the head
Everybody knows what has been the
attitude Of the head toward the anti
merger policy Ill., r.. - ....-." q Z
His third proposition is: II am salts
fed that the head Of our state ticket
when elected, will deal fairly with every
good republican in the state.' Is tha
assurance based upon the manner II
which good republicans were dealt will
in the conventions
Poor jim! ~ ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01

other end will be used at all busy times for
charging books from the main stackroom. and is
called the Information desk The registration
window has been doubled In size and the receiv-
ing windows have been moved down directly III
front Of the entrance.
Many on first entering miss the corner where
they were accustomed to find the NV hooks,
but they are soon directed to the open-shel
room, containing about 5000 books, which is as
ilght and cosy and comfortable as any private
home library.
over the receiving window is sign which
ought not TO be necessary. .On returning books
please give notice of mutilation observed"
when the city of Minneapolis has been so liberal
IN Its policy toward the library. and the library
board has been so generous and open in all Its
rules and regulations. 1t seems strange that the
citizens cannot deal honorably and In their turn
take as good care of the books as If they were
their owp Are we in these days of abundant
| literature losing our reverence for books? It
seems unfair that the public library, and in turn
the majority of people who use It, should suffer
, 20 much from q few careless or Indifferent
people, who have not yet developed consci ance
enough to treat public property as carefully az
they would their own The time should speed
i lily come when that sign may safely be taken
! down, but in the meantime all people who .aIa
AL interest in the protection of our library should
scrupulously report mutilation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
The Man Who Thinks It is Unnecessary
to Own Books Answered In w. n.
Boynton's Book Of Essays, Journalism
and LIterature''-Ti1e Fourth Author
of "The Affair OF this Inn" "AlIan Nc

There are those who see no use In
owning books when one can so easily
get more than he can read at the public
library. have heard the affirmation sol
emily made by one who practices what
he breaches. have tried to answer him
giving him my point of view, so that he
may understand, for example, why / am
now contemplating the purchase of sci
of Stevenson in accordance with lone
cherished plan. think he still remains
unconvinced, except as to the fact thai
am needlessly, not to say foolishly, be-
ing parted from money that was not
made SO easily as profits on wheat bough,
and sold on a rapidly rising market. H
w. Boynton in little book entitled
Journalism and Literature and othel
Essays, has an essay on Owning Books,
which answers the question. 1t may b.
that those who preach the public librar!
as against the private may grasp thu
opposite point of view from the following
paragraph by Mr.. Boynton:
For it Is only In the delicate privacy Of hom
ana under the slow ripening of acquantanceshil
into Intimacy that books become most iovablc
Nobody who has really had this experience o
naturally acquired companionshp think Of hi
library as an assortment of tools a bazaa
genial society, the best In the world societ
in which he has the right to move with free
dom bounded only by those simple courtesie
which friends require of themselves and o
each other.
| 1t Is only of books that talk to us in
| timately, when we come to know them
| that this is true. Of course, the books o
facts and fancies will have their place
in ones library. But it will ever be tn
books that have opinions to offer, some
times dogmatically expressed and full Q
| faith Cor pessimism), relating to tn
things we value most in life, that wi
| have the handiest place on the shelve
and be called to sit with one by the fire
side oftenest. How would you like it
every time you wanted to talk to sue
a friend you had to put on topcoat an
hat and go to the library to fetch hi1
home with you?
| But this is a depression from M
Boynton's book, which we set out to sa.
or intended to say in setting out, cor
| tanned many excellent things excellent
said. The quotation above is a sampl
More need hardly be said, except in ger
eral to state that for the most part tn
essays deal very happily and instruct
lively with tendencies in modern liters
| ture.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01

Sam Johnson's abuse of Dunn did not
save him in his candidacy. for city treas
urer of Minneapolis. After Jan. 1 he can
return to the obscurity from which Van
SAINT, in a moment Of more than ordinary
weakness, plucked him. He served his
master faithfuIy-that and nothing more.
Preston Times. rz.a, a::# =. %.5..z =.
That last sentence is praise enough for
any man, and, the present public examiner
merits it. AS result of his labors, the
treasury Of his master, the state Of Min
nesota, is richer by $1a0,000 in railroad
taxes wrongfu!ly withheld by the com
panies. The results Of his investiga ton
Of the state auditors office, in improved
administration Of the state lands cannot
yet be estimated in dollars and cents, but
the laws are being obeyed now as they
never were before. For these signal ser
vices Mr.. johnson is certainly entitled to
the thanks Of his master. the state Of
Minnesota.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
Unjust Taxation.

The attitude of the state board Of
equalization toward Hennepin county,
particularly in the matter of assess
ment of goods and merchandise, is diff
ficult to understand on the assumption
that members of that board desire to
do justice to all concerned.
It appears from figures presented
elsewhere that a gross injustice has
been done the merchants of Minneapo-
lis by raising the valuation over that
Of 1908 by at least 42 per cent. Not
withstanding Hennepin county in
creased the merchandise returns by
over $1,500,000, the board has added
more than $1,5OO,o0O more, making the
total increase on this class of property
over $3,00O,OOO. ~
The injustice is apparent when no.
county increased the valuation of this
class of property by only $205,8O9, so
that, while the state board has raised
the valuation 25per cent, the assessment
for that county shows increase of
| only 80 per cent as against Hennepin s
AZ per cent. Of the eighty odd counties
of the state, ifty-three show smaller
returns from the assessing officer in
1904 than in 1908, And yet in none
of them is the increase anything like
that ordered in Hennepin county.
It is one thing for the board of equal
ization, however, to levy taxes and an
other to collect them, and it seems to
| us that the representatives of the mer.
| chants of Minneapolis would be fully
justified in resorting to the courts to
prevent the collection Of unjust taxes
| That these inequalities can be enforced
under just laws is not thinkable, ane
demonstration of the fact by lega
process may have wholesome effect
upon future boards of equalization.
The Brooklyn Eagle is; finding grea
heaps Of trouble for the republican party
Perhaps that is what the Eagle Is for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
Machines Good and Bad.

Now that " Golden Rule Jones, the
honest and original mayor of Toledo
for SO many years, has been called from
earth, the people of that city are be-
ginning to realize what a blessing he
was Without any organization or any
party, simply by his own strength and
personality, Mr.. Jones was able to give
Toledo fairly good government for
number of years, tho the local "ma-
chine usually controlled most of the
city Offices. Il With Jones gone, the
citizens who believe in clean govern
zment suddenly find themselves at
the mercy Of the ringsters: So, they
have organized local good govern
ment party, and are seeking to crush
the Objectionable ring, all along the
line: r.: ~ 80. - --
;, It, is to be regretted that Mayor
Jones did not form machine Of his
own which could have held all that his
personality gained and taken more, be-
sides. No permanent reform Of any
large Importance will ever De accom-
plished in American politics until the
people who believe in good govern
ment have machines or strong perman-
ent organizations of their own. lso'
lated spasms of reform feeling, which
sweep the rascals out only to let them
creep in again, are scarcely better than
useless. Organization is the thing. The
corrupt politicians must be met on their
own ground by honest politicians. =.
Tt is the understanding Of this fact
conscious or unconscious, that has LED
to the formation Of such organizations
as the voters leagues which are spring
| ing up in many cities. These organi
cations have on their executive com
mittees men who never lose interest il
the publication of politics and employ
permanent salaried secretary or as
sistant secretary, who is always al
work, whether the election be Just al
hand or just, past. Such an organiza
ton is really good government ma
chine. ~ Ably handled, it eventually
gets to. such point that it is as mucl
as candidates. political life is worth
to come out for an office unless h
knows that the good government ma
chine will not oppose him. So far nom
of these machines have abused thei
power. It is not likely that they will
because they seek the reward not il
public salaries or graft but in goot
government ~ s.~ ...g... 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
The Reception to President
.Northrop.

President Northrop of the University
of Minnesota may feel tolerably sure
now that he has not labored in vain
during his twenty years in Minnesota.
The crush at the reception to him last
night, in commemoration Of the COM
plction of his second decade at the uni
versity, would have made an impression
on the hardest nature; to the kindly
president it must have come as one Of
the most pleasant events of life that
has not been lacking in expressions of
gratitude. E.
The worthy president of Minnesota s
great educational institution is not the
only beneficiary of such a demonstration
as that of last evening. Every person
present shared in the benefit. The. re
ception was open to the general public,
and the result was such a meeting,
greeting and commingling Of old friends
and acquaintance as Minneapolis has
not known for long time. Such an
event tends to bring people out of their
little cliques and neighborhood social
groups, and put them in touch with di-
verse interests and the larger life
around them. It would be a good
thing if such gatherings were more fire.
quent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01

IF you belong to Gideon's band -.
Why, here's my heart and here's my
hand p
- Looking for hone''
The city is giving a heart and hand
welcome to the modern Gideon's band,
not exactly, however, the one in the
mind Of the jubilee singer. This is
only the fifth annual convention Of the
Christian Commercial Travelling Men IS
Association Of America, but during that
period the wearers of the pitcher and
torch button have become positive re-
ligious force in the country. These men,
whose success in their line Of business
depends upon aggressiveness and tact,
have made these qualities tell in the
sphere of religion. Scarcely a church
but has been visited by the Gideons, ac-
quainted with their aims and enlisted in
sympathetic cooperation. Tomorrow
they will go by twos, like the seventy
of old, to tell of their work in nearly
all of our churches.
These men represent peculiarly stall
wart type of Christianity. Religion
grows most readily under the nurturing
influences of the home, it's hardihood is
tested when constraints are. removed. "A
good many men not only keep their re
igion in their wife's name, but leave
the deed with her when they go away
The commercial traveller is met by
peculiar temptations which long absence
from home, fierce competition in trade
andsstotal immersion in commercialism
make it hard for him to resist. To main
tain positive Christian department
under these conditions is to offer the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
Where the Wheat Comes From.

Oct. l may be said to mark the be-
ginning of the season thru which the
grain trade, influenced less by American
crop reports and crop estimates than
earlier in the year, gives attention
more to the world supply, situation
and statistics appertaining thereto. The
time has come, when, having heard the
best and the worst about the crops, the
trade has passed away from such price
affecting factors, and is concerned with
the movement Of the grain to market,
and the question Of whether or not we
are to have an exportable surplus. This
year, more than ever, will every state
ment bearing upon the worlds situa-
ton be scanned with interest. Beyond
question there is shortage Of wheat,
but just how serious this is time alone
can tell.
Very interesting, therefore, is the re-
port Of the Bulletin DIES Halles Of Paris.
just to hand, which, comprehensive in
the extreme, covers in detail the thirty
five wheat-producing countries Of, the
world, giving estimates of the yields for
1904. Nearly all. the large producing
countries can be closely estimated now.
India has more wheat than last year.
Argentine must be indefinite for some
as much as last season. . a
1t is shown that of twentv-one Euro
pean countries, seven, including Russia,
Hungary and Roumania, have 73,7O0,O0O
hectoliters for export, and that fourteen
countries, including France, must i'm
port wheat, England having as ever the
largest requirements, 7S,O00,000 hectic
and Italy 100000. Europe has 49,
100000 hectoliters to spare, in the west
and southwest, but needs in all 70,3O0,-
600, leaving import requirements of &c.
100000 hectolitcrs or 273,600,000 bush
els. America, which includes the United
States, Canada, Argentine, Chile, Bra
I'll and minor countries-has SO, 100000
hectoliters, less 100000 required for
Brazil or 1850 ,000 Asia has IL $780,.
900 for export, Africa 100000 and
Australia probably 100OO,OOO. This to-
tai Of II 100000 hectoliters or 2O9,055,
900 bushels, leaves European deficiency
of 64,545, 900 bushels.
Figured as to yields only, the entire
world s production of 800, 100000 hectic
hters against 1,O7s,OOO,OOO last year
shows that there is deficiency Of $4,000,
600 hectoliters or 225,25O,o0O bushels ii
produc Sion.
Such tabulation does not, of course
pretent to be final. It takes no &C
count { old stocks in the. visible ant
invisit . supplies, but serves only tt
show lat in the matter Of production
the W. I'D has fallen behind require
mentg this year. Moreover it show.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
Better Treatment Of Core
snOndents.

A dispatch from the seat Of the war
in the far east says that the treatment
of war. correspondents by the Japanese
has been radically changed. Hereto
fore the Japanese have treated the for
eign war correspondents more as a
species Of prisoners than as Journalists:
They have been watched and hedged
about by rules and kept far from the
scene of actual hostilities.
It will be recalled that prior to the
battle of Liao-yang the correspondents
complained to General Kuroki that they
had not hitherto been allowed to APP
proach within eight miles Of the fighting.
line. Thereupon General -Kuroki gra
ciously consented to allow them to ap-
proach within four miles, The answer
Of many correspondents to this an
nouncement was in the form of re-
tirement in disgust from the scene of
the war. H.. -.-,.
It is not altogether plain just why the
Japanese should have been so unkind to
the correspondents, especially the Eng
lish and Americans, who were pre-
sumably Japanese sympathizers. Fred
eric Palmer attributes the neglect Of
the correspondents to the inability Of
the Japanese to distinguish between the
western races. They feared that if the
correspondents got near the fighting line
they were likely to be taken for Rus
slams and killed. But as the cor
respondents were quite willing to take
this risk, we shall have to look for a
better reason. --> -. . -. 4
In some respects the Japanese are not
SO closely in sympathy with the western
world as they were twenty years ago.
Then, going to school to the western ma
tions, they had the pupil respect for
and confidence in the teacher. Now
that their national schooldays are over
they have come to. feel a sort of racial
suspicion for all westerners. Coupled
with this, in the first part of the war
was a disdain for what other nations
might think Of Japanese military opera,
tions, and certain satisfaction in ex
pressing this Indifference by extending
scant courtesy to the correspondents.
Since the battle of Liao-yang, how:
ever, a change has come over the atti
tude of the Japanese. Whether the
handicapped correspondents were not il
position to give the Japanese full
credit for their work in that battle, OF
whether, being human, they decided .te
do little Knocking we do not
know, but it is certain that the Japanese
were not satisfied with, the view ar
influential part of the press, of the
Engish-speaking world took of the bat
tie. General sKuropatkin got alto
gether too much praise for saving his
army from the japanese trap to please
the mikado's generals, while very little
was made Of the. Japanese victory
Possibly the journalistic handling Of the
battle of Liao-yang has convinced the
Japanese generals that continued sup
; preston of the war correspondent:
might lead to an ultimate estimate Of
; their military ability that would be fa1
short Of the high opinion the world en-
tertained Of them before the battle Of
Liao-yang. SIC
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-01
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
The St. John MeetInq.

To thu Editor of The Journal,
wish to call your attention to what +
believe is a missta tement of facts in re-
porting the meeting and address of J. P
st. john I was in attendance and gave
close attention, and l am free, to say that
instead Of f1aying the old parties. he
gave a very kind presentation of the
truth. Mr.. st. John went out Of his way
to compliment President Roosevelt and
Mr.. Bryan. He, of course. points out
that the old parties on certain issues
that are Of vital interest to the welfare
of the people, are subservient to the
trusts and to a comparatively small ring
Of corrupt politicians. There were close
to 1000 people in attendance.
.za l w A. Stronone III