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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

Captain Tapper, the old ferryman who
used to convey people across the river
above the falls more than fifty years ago,
is an interesting man, and not little has
been written about his part in the early
life Of this community. His fund of rem
iniscence Is rich and valuable and it
would be a fine thing if it could be pre-
served in printed form. But no less in
teresting is the fact that the frontier set
tlement in which he was so prominent
along about the middle Of the last CEN
tury should be able now to furnish the
artist who should preserve in clay life
size statue of the old pioneer, which has
the merit of being piece of high art and
a remarkable portrait Of an exceedingly
interesting and satisfactory pose. Just
go back in imagination to the days OF
Tapper's ferry and see how impossible it
would have been then to anticipate this
result.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
Minnesota's Normal Majority.

The official returns from the recent
state election give what may be con-
sidered the true republican vote of the
state, in the number Of ballots cast
for the minor state officers. Personal
considerations had little weight in this
vote, as the vast majority Of the voters
did not know one candidate from an
other, but mechanically voted their
party preference.
The average vote cast for the repub-
lican candidates for secretary of state,
state treasurer, attorney general and
railroad and warehouse commissioners,
was 174,5S2. The democratic candi-
dates for the same offices received an
average Of 83,145 votes. On this basis
the republican plurality in Minnesota
can be safely placed at 91,437. This is
by far the largest in the history of the
state. Two years ago the average plu-
rality Oh the same offices was $780,
and four years ago it was only trife
over $4,000. The drift toward the re.
publican ranks is unmistakable. The
enormous Roosevelt plurality indicates
weakness Of his opponent in this state
but it is not safe standard Of com,
parison for the two parties.
The Roosevelt plurality Of 10000 is
really another instance Of the independ
ent attitude of Minnesota voters, which
was also marked in the vote for gov
ernor. Taking the average vote al
ready given as the measure Of party
strength, it is found that the republican
candidate for governor received 34,45:
less than his party vote, while the demo
cratic candidate received 64,S47 more
| than the normal democratic strength.
The significant fact running thru al
these figures IS that the voting popula
tion Of Minnesota is thinking for itself
Party lines are respected just so Ions
as they do not run counter to individua
opinion and sentiment.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
RUSHING CAPITOL WORK
Final Touches Are Being Given to the
... New Building.

The state capitol commission has q
small army of men at work on the in
terror of the new capitol rushing to
completion such apartments as will be
needed for the coming session of the
legislature. Seventeen women and four
men are devoting all their time to
scrubbing and making final cleaning.
These employees are working seven days
q week.
The capitol commission will meet to-
morrow to make final arrangements for
opening the capitol for the Legislature;
In the evening the commission Will
have an illumination Of the building to
make sure that the lighting system u
satisfactOry
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Extraordinary SolIcitude for Property.

Extraordinary SolIcitude for Property.
To the Editor Of The Journal.
How long are We to have our grade
crossing massacres go on? Valuable ad-
vertising for our town! Real estate deal
ers can boom their property somewhat
like this: Good Building Lots in North
east Minneapolis for Sale Very Cheap.
Only Twelve Tracks to Cross at Grade,
and Only Twenty People Killed and In
jured on Them the Past Week. Very
attractive locations on the interurban
line. Only one grade crossing and one
person killed in the past few months.
Choice lots on University avenue Sc.
Only one professor of the state univer-
! sity killed in the past few years on the
Oak street crossing Of the Northern Pa
cific railroad tracks,
Such advertising is very effective. 1t
is certain to start a boom in such prop
/ erty. They might also add that bridge
has just been put in over the tracks at
Harvard street where at least thirty peo-
pie cross every day, while at University
and Oak street crossing (the street rail-
way crossing where the University pro-
fessor was killed) not less than one thou
| sand people cross every day, We still
have the old, approved grade crossing,
| warranted to kill somebody every once
! in a while.
Might it not be possible, with all these
facts before us, to secure the passage
! of an ordinance abolishng all other cross
ings but grade crossings, except in such
out of -the-way places as Harvard street.
where we couldn't kill anybody if we
| tried? -. - Ill. s
| Now, on these sanguinary crossings we
have killed and injured more people ir
our modern, up-to-date city Of Minneapo-
lis than in some Of the battles of the
revolution that have taken their place
! in history as important engag gements. But
then, they were not up to-date and didn't
have any grade crossings, and couldn',
be expected to kill very many people
anyway. Oh, Progress! How many crimes
are committed in thy name!
But, then, we ought to give credi
where it is due, for we do take admir-.
able care of property! Shortly after the
massacre Of the university professor, Z
meeting of citizens was held at whicl
the matter of the Washington avenue Sc
crossing of the Minneapolis and St. Pau
: streetcar line was discussed. One o
the citizens, who had a very old-fash
ioned notion that human life Is of som'
value, advocated having a viaduct put il
; there, but could not secure support 70
the motion, as so many said 1t woult
damage the adjacent property. The via
duct was not put in, and short tim
since the inevitable result came, and :
:, victim was sacrificed on the altar 0
protection of property" but not of life
How many more victims are we going t
sacrifice to this Unsuitable Moloch tha
we have set up, protection of property,
who can tell? &
1t sometimes looks as tho the on1.
crime known to our modern civilization
was damage to property. If one-fourtl
of the brain. and shrewdness and energ.
) that is put into the protection of prop
erty were put into the protection Of lif
;. we should not have to read the painful
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

T he ourna a ! had an experience last
Saturday which demonstrates again the
insecurity Of depending upon ones con-
temporaries in the matter of news. A
contemporary claimed to have informatio
that the decision granting the mixing
privilege had been rendered in favor of
the millers. The contemporary published
a statement to that effect, and 1nasmuch
as such a decision was expected, the in
formation was assumed to be reliable, and
comment edtorially was made on this as
sumption. Late in tho day, however.
when too late to correct the editorial
statement, our own reliable Washington
correspondent furnished the information
which is still correct, that no such de-
cision has been rendered up to date, altho,
arguing from precedent it Is likely to come.
This statement is necessary to explain the
apparent inconsistency of the editorial
comment with the news dispatches Of the
last issue. T.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
HE'S NO MURDERER
st. Paul Suspect Not Identified py aas
S1nnosed Convict Pal.

Frank Wiplinger Of st. Paul was ar
rested Saturday by the st. Paul police
on suspicion of completely in the mnr- !,
der Of John McGrath, near Little Falls,
Aug. 25, 1901. e.:,,
Wiplinger was later taken en- to M sun
water for Identification by wafer an. ~.
dersnn who has made clean breast
If the murder of McGrath, and released.
Anderson said he had never seen Wip--
linger before and that the, police had
made a mistake.
The arrest was made upon the request
of Sheriff E. G. Tanner of Little Falls.
Now Wiplinger threatens to make it
warm for the men who caused his ar
rest. 7-------->
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
The New Mayor.

The selection of James G.. Doyle for
chief of police iustifes the expectation
that in the full sense of the words
Mayor Jones will make the policy and
Mr. Doyle will execute it. The relation
of the mayor to the police force in this
city practically makes him the chief of
the department, but there is an office
of superintendent, the occupant OF which
is the executive officer Of the admins
tration. In selecting Mr.. Doyle for this
confidential and responsible position,
Mr.. Jones has given an earnest OF the
kind of administration he proposes to
have. 1t is going to be Jones admin
istration and is not going to be fail
ure from lack of some one to carry out
the Jones idea. Mr.. Doyle has been a
member of the police force for the
greater part of the last twenty years.
He knows the force thoroly and there
should be no occasion for mistakes in
the reorganization of the department
and in the selection of subordinate Off
GERS.
At the same time, more certainly than
If man less intimately acquainted with
the situation had been chosen for super
intendent, will the full responsibility
for results accomplished rest upon the
mayor. But this, no doubt, suits Mr.
Jones entirely. He will not shrink from
it in the slightest degree. You won u
hear the excuse from the next mayor
that he didn t know anything about it
or, if he has been kept in ignorance
of anything his police officers could
reasonably be expected to know, affect
ing the police service, the probability OF
an immediate vacancy in that quarter
may be regarded as very strong.
Mayor Jones has an opportunity sucl
as comes to comparatively. few men
and this is a fair statement withou
indulgi ing in any expectations OF th'
impossible or the extreme. 1t is be
cause TIL e Journal has such full
confidence in his clear discrimination
between the practicable and the i'm
practicable, and so much faith il
his fidelity to the best that i
obtainable in police administrator
that it measures the opportunity befor
him 50 large and full. For man o
very different conceptions Of a health
full state of municipal life the oppor
tunity might be unimportant.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
Significant.

In circuit court in Mississippi last
week Dane Posey was convicted of
killing a negro and sentenced to twenty
years. imprisonment. At the same
court Oscar Franklin was sentenced to
life Imprisonment for killing a negro
William Franklin, D. w. Smith, Elias
Smith, R. L. Smith and Elbert Gill
were given each fifty years for killing
negro. These are whitecap cases
and they tend to show that even in
Mississippi it will not do for mar
when he gets mad to go out and xii
negro. These convictions are cheer
ing signs tending to show that in the
long run the negro may count on the
fairness and justice Of the southern
white man.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
AT THE THEATERS
J.. corbett In "PaIs,'

BIJou-James J. Corbett In "PaIs."
If James J. Corbett. ex-champion prize
fighter of the world, had as much
trouble screwing up his courage to meet
his adversary in the ring as James J.
Corbett, the star in the melodrama,
"Pals,' at the Bijou theater, does in get
ting up sufficient courage to ask Miss
Grace Winston, the leading lady, to be-
come his bride, he would never have been
heard of beyond THE confines Of his own
athletic club. But while he is ''blate and
faithful in the love scenes, the courage
he shows in meeting his erstwhile COL
lege chum in hstic combat in the last act,
when there is fighting to be done.
While Corbett, gained his fame thru his
prowess in the prize ring, it is not unlike
ly that he would have been successful had
he devoted himself to dramatic work
from the outset. With "a personality that
takes well and shoKs pog traces Of the ex.
pleasing actor. In the part Of Jim Ora
ham, one of the pals, he IS a. true gen
tleman, chivalrous to the extreme and
ready to fight for what he believes to be
right. ~ D.. E., ~ T.
The.]ast act of "Pals" introduces most
realistic stage fight. J. Frank Burke,
COrbetts sparring partner, and the eX-
champion have a fistic encounter which
goes far beyond anything Of the kind ever
| attempted before on the stage SO far as
| realistic qualities go. 1t is not a fake
fight. but a real fstic encounter, in which
some blows are, dealt that would mean a
knockout for less hardened men. An ut
| ter disregard for property is shown, and
electric lights, mirrors ,waterbottles and
other furniture are smashed in the battle
| Of the two giants.
Taken as a whole, the play Is a success
The situations are natural and striking
It is simple story Of college life and g
violation Of the duty one friend owes tc
another.
Mr.. Corbett is ably assisted. J. Frank
Burke, his college chum. is good. Ha
Davis does good comedian work and sc
does William A. Quirk, as George Wall
a college chappie. Miss Inez Macauley
the leading woman, is a pleasing actres:
and takes we'll the part of Grace Winstan
who is loved by the two pals.
Those who go to the play expecting tt
see production that depends for popu
larity upon the fame Of the leading mar
won as a prize fighter, will be agreeably
| surprised. Harry G. Davis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
Dangers that Threaten t.
#. Schools.

DR.. Jordan puts it up hard and strong
to the parents in his annual report
when he talks about certain things
which not only threaten, but as mat
ter Of fact, already mar the efficiency
of the city high schools.
Speaking first of athletics, he admits
that sports have come to stay in the
school, college and university life, and
does not altogether deprecate the fact.
1t is the tendency in these circles, in
Guiding the high schools, to magnify
football out Of all proportion to its
value that he seriously deplores. Foot
ball is a form of athletics in which, as
now conducted, only very few COM
paratively, can engage, while it prac-
tically monopolizes the attention and
DESTROYS interest in other sports more
valuable for physical training and in
which many, if not all, might engage
He says that steps are being taken tc
correct this unfortunate tendency, as
far as lies within the, power of the
school authorities to do so. Without
the cooperation Of the parents, how
ever, they cannot accomplish much
and it is for this cooperation that he
appeals.
But some other matters of quite a!
serious import are referred to in thu
remarks of the superintendent, the cor
rection of which devolves almost en-
tirely upon parents and guardians, an(
to which they must give attention i
the work of the schools is not to b'
seriously ipterfered with. The pace, h
SAYS, is becoming altogether too swift
and this is due chiefly, in his view, t.
the fact that children Of Is to Is as
pire to and are permitted to indulg
in quite too elaborate a program, wit
social requirements, secret society func
tions, class parties, and pressure o
social engagements surrounding thei
class-day and graduation exercises, t.
say nothing of the round Of gaiety an
4 excitement filing up the vacation pc
riod and exhausting the energy an
nerve force during time supposed t
be set apart for rest and recuperatiol
for the demands Of the next term. Dl
Jordan says Of this matter that it i
g in a large degree in the hands of tn
parents, and something with Whic
4 neither the board Of education nor tn
Achool authorities in general can inter
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
Fun,i in a Book About AnimaIs,-Yt
THE MAGAZINES

A Devout Indan.-North and south
east and west, the Bible society sows; and
that no ground is too barren for its seed,
surely the following true incident proves:
A Cree Indian and his son, fishing in the
northwest some years ago during the win
ter season, travelled on snowshoes across
the plains, thinking they carried what they
called the Book Of Heaven in their pack.
When they reached a hunting ground,
however, one hundred and forty miles dis
tant from the fishery they found the book
had been left behind. It is fact that
one Of them went back on his tracks,
walking in four days two hundred and
eighty miles thru the wild, bear infested
forests to regain that Bible" Sowing the
Bible," Everybodys Magazine for Jam
uary.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
NORMINGTON REMEMBERED
st. Marks Congregation Pleased Over
Recovery Of Their Choirmaster.

Christmas joy and pleasure over the
ness, Of George r.. Normington, choir
director and organist, gave zest to a
gift-making at St. Mark s procathe-
dral yesterday, after the close of the
morning Christmas service. The choir
boys and their parents gave token in
remembrance of the OCCASION.
Services were unusually beautiful
yesterday, following the renewing Of
the church decorations. Bishop S. c..
Edsall was present and had part. At
the hour of morning prayer solo parts
were taken by George Meader, tenor;
Walter Wilmoy, basso; Martin Luther
and Selwyn Taylor, sopranos. The
Edgar Haupt, a vicar.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
Lyceum-'tLIttle Lord Fauntleroy."

Frances Hodgscn Burnett's study in love
Little Lord Fauntleroy"-as presented
by the Ferris stock company this week,
has lost none Of its power to charm. 1t
is the same pretty story and it is well
told.
1t matters not that in. real life one rarely
meets Lord Fauntleroy, for Mrs. Bur-
netts creation possesses feminine Sweet
ness, grace and virtue combined with all
the embryo strength, honesty and daring
of the ideal man. D.
-. The precocity and the unreality Of the
hero are unconsciously lost sight Of and
we gladly join with the inhabitants of
Cedric Errors world in paying homage
to the little fellow who against his will
has "just turned into a lord" and who by
an expert use of loves, alchemy turns all
it's. dross into pure gold. By little touch
Of love he makes the whole world kin, and
the audience must needs enter into the
relationship and love along with the rest
The name part this week is played by q
clever little lad of 6 summers. Clark Mar
shall of st. Paul essays the role and his
first appearance gives more than ordinary
promise. The lad looks the part to per-
fection and despite his failure to speak his
lines distinctly at times, he makes an ap-
pellant little hero and goes thru the long
and trying dialogue with surprisingly goot
effect He was enthusiastically received
Florence Stone as the little lords moth
er, is up to her usual high standard. Hel
emotional work in the first act when she
learns that she must live apart from hel
| little son, who is all in all to her, is ex.
! ceptionally effective and leaves nothing
| to be desired. #
| One other part only is of Importance
that of the Earl of Dorincourt, Cedric.
| grandfather. Lewis S. Stone assumes thi!
role efficiently AS the gouty old noble
man Mr.. Stone appears in a role differen
from his usual line, and altho he fails K
realize some of the possibilities of {
crotchety old man he presents careful
/ and withal an artistic character study.
4 Charles Burnham as Mr.. Hobbs, th'
grocer, and William II. Murdoch as Mr.
Haversham, the solicitor, do clever worl
/ and receive their share of applause.
4 Merton =. Harrison.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
Old-Fashioned. but Still Good.

TO the Editor OF The Journal.
Referring to your editorial on isaiah
or Abbott" published in your issue of
Dec. 21, feel that such expressions in
your columns are worthy of more than
a passing notice. = The press is often
criticized for not taking a higher posi-
tion on religious and moral questions,
hence when a prominent newspaper de-
clares in such positive terms for right
eousness it is surely entitled to full COM
mendation. When men like DR.. Lyma n
Abbott, prominent in the religious world,
and looked up to as authority on things
theological, depart from the sound prin-
ciples taught in the old book, they are
apt to wander in by and uncertain paths.
Men may seek in communism, socialistic
theories. etc., panaceas, for all the ills
Of national and private life, but after all
Gods textbook gives the only remedy
for existing and future evils, and your
editorial very truthfully points to the
right way. when the wicked forsakes
his way and the unrighteous man his
thoughts, and returns to the Lord,' the
Utopian period will be pretty nearly real
lied, and God speed the day when men
will accept the truth.
John W. Thomas.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

Chicago women are going to try the ex-
pertinent of woman's daily, printed on
fine book paper and to cost cents a
copy. If it succeeds-it will be a success.
That prediction appears to be safe and We
do not care to venture any other.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

A professor somewhere has been meas
uring the kick of giraffe and comes to
the conclusion that in comparison with
the giraffe's push the mules kick is the
merest f1utter Of my lady's fan. If this
is the case no well-informed African will
linger around the north end Of a giraffe a
moment longer than necessary.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

able penalty for pointing a gun even II It
isn't loaded-say six months. It is fool
ish practice and so dangerous as to be
criminal. Make it in law what it is in
practice serious matter-and possibly
some of the fun may be extracted from the
performance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

Have you a. bit Of a headache today?
Do you shudder at the mention Of tur-
key or mince pie, and call often at the
watertank? Don't lay it to Christmas;
put the blame where it belongs.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

One of the marvels of human nature is
the self-restraint with which China stands
supinely by and watches Japan fighting
her battles.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

The proposal made by Commissioner
Garfield for a national corporation law
seems to be g. step out of confusion to-
wards simplicity of treatment of a com
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

Togo's fleet is said to have sailed away
But people who try to run contraband OF
war into Port Arthur are likely to FIND
something doing outside yet.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

It is so clear. that Lawson of Boston
would welcome libel suit in the interests
of publicity that nobody feels like ebay
ing the law on him." q, -
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

Perhaps the driver of the express wagon
may be excused for wishing to "hand out
one" to his ole friend Santa Claus.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

John L. Sullivan is going to lecture.
There may not be another fight in him.
but there is another talk.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

Charles Sumner, looking up the expense
Of war, found that from 1889 to 1S4s our
government had spent s246,620, 055 for all
civil purposes and s1.335, 100000 in prep
arations for war, plus s40o,ooo,0oo for
militia. The expense since that time has
grown tremendously. The worlds per-
manent war debt, says the Boston Globe
is now $1,000 for every family. This takes
no account of wars hidden suffering an6
lifelong griefs.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

Japan is now preparing to send forward
half a million men. It's very handsome
"scrap'--but expensive.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

What shall be done to the man who
didn't know it was loaded? Of course,
we are all sorry for him, but that won't
do any good. Why not have some reason
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26

The Unique will offer treat this week
in the bill that opens today. The Japan
ese- Russian war has furnished a splendid
field for the moving picture, but it has
taken much time and perseverance and
many failures before anything could be
secured. Now, for the first time, Mime
apolis will have a chance TO see war
scenes as they actually occurred. The
pictures are from Port Arthur, including
the explosion of a contact mine, the sink
ing of a Russian battleship and many
others. .sg55- --sss. ..a...- g..
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-26
JUST AS REASONABLE
New York Mail

The whippingpost has lately been sug-
gested as cure for about everything ex-
cept frenzied finance. Why not try It on
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