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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
DlscoNTENT

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The mail is full Of letters
And the soup is full Of peas,
There's sugar in the coffee
And the yard is full Of trees;
The fields are full of stubble
And there's grass upon the ground
But the world is full OF trouble
II we only look around.
The corn is full Of kernels,
There are lilies in the brooks;
The towns are full OF people,
There are stories in the books;
The orchards full Of apples
And the meadows full Of hay
But what troubles we discover
II we're only built that way.
The lilac's full of blossoms
And the trees are full Of leaves,
The meadows full Of clover
And the fields are full Of sheaves;
The bread is full Of -four
And the rain is damp and wet
But how much there Is to fret US
II we really want to fret.
The bees are full Of honey
And the apples full OF juice.
The banks are full OF money
But--be happy? What's the use?
The beach is full Of pebbles,
There Is water In the creek
But nothing really suits us
II we really want to kick.
New York Times
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
THE RAILROAD TROUBLE
Kansas CITY Times.

2 Z - Kansas City Times.
It is pleasure to assure Mr.. Hill that
most Of the Investigators Of the subject
have been complaining, not that rates in
general were too high, but that there
were numerous instances Of unjustl !,
discriminatory charges. The endeavol
now is directed, not toward securing a
general lowering of rates, but toward
correcting inequities that are inherent in
the transportation business when left
without regulation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
Centralized Charities.

The value to a community Of a mayor
who is the real head Of the municipality
involves the whole question Of central
lied or decentralized city government.
The proportion of mayors who have fall
len under the influence Of bosses is fire.
quently pointed to as an argument why
centralized administration is dangerous
to the community. The case Of Sam
Francisco is frequently cited. g There
the laboripg people succeeded in elect
ing to the office of mayor dis
tinguished unknown called Schmidt.
Schmidt had not been mayor very long
when it became certain that he was not
mayor at all, but the creature Of one
rReuff, boss of the commonplace Amer
lean type. .G
It happened that San Francisco had
shortly before the election Of Schmidt
adopted centralized charter and with
it as a basis of operations Ruef was
I able to do land office business. Phil
adelphia with a centralized charter had
as its mayor John Weaver, who for a
time was the servant of the gang, and
the gang looted the city. But one day
| it went too far and the mayor turned
| upon it, using the immense power which
the charter gave to ren'd the organiza-
tion which had made him. The case of
| Philadelphia can therefore be made to
both point moral and adorn tale.
New York, the chief city Of the coun.
try, has had the almost unvarying mis-
/ fortune Of being tied to Tammany
With considerably centralized charter
she has obtained few of the benefits and
undergone all of the trials Of consoli
dated administration. Unquestionably
a strong, independent mayor could dc
much for New York, but her chances
Of getting such man are about one il
FIVE. -.- e.. .s,'-, ..,s
4 The one-man power therefore seems
to hinge SO largely on the man that i
becomes matter Of much anxiety t.
the people, whether there is any maj
who can be trusted with maximum o:
power. 53zssr5 III
The opposite view of city govern
merit is that the powers Of administra
ton should be distributed among man,
persons and boards, and no one board o
person having controlling interest il
the government, business-like admin
; stration cannot fall down all at once a
, it can where an incompetent or corrup
mayor has large appointing power.
The Philadelphia situation has alread
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
THE OBJECTION

Washington Evening Star.
Z teWhy do you object to writing music
that is easily remembered?" 80. ..
Because" answered the composer,
that kind Of time tempts so many peo-
pie who can't sing to join in the chorus
and spoil it, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

An Omaha newspaper sent out a spe-
cial representative to meet Pat Grove and
get his opinions on the tariff, tainted
money, insurance scandals and inciden-
tally on the kidnapping in which he had
been engaged. Mr.. Grove talked freely,
just like an ordinary man, and showed
no signs of exclusiveness or haughtiness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

The people who let their policies lapse
and lose their Insurance because Of the
scandals now coming to the surface are
like landsmen who jump overheard in
mid-ocean because the ship is pitching
pretty heavily. g LIZ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Joplin, Mo-. Is in the throes Of a re-
.vival which is set down by the local press
as a great and good thing. Many men
who have not worked for years and
whose wives pay the bills, are coming to
the altar Pretty soon it will be impos-
sible to sing the song about dads infirm-
tiles in Joplin, Mo. - Vi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

A Detroit citizen insists that he was
knocked down and robbed the other
night near the local branch Of the Stand
ard Oil company That's the advantage
the Standard has. Its work is on quieter
lines. You don't feel it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

= The president wrote a bear story for
one Of the magazines, and the very dign1-
fed New York Times objects. It feels
that the president of the United States
in the role Of author Of an account of a
bear hunt involves a sacrifice Of official
dignity, which cannot be excused. Nom
is true enough and whose nerve is good
enough to kill man eating bear, why
not let him tell about it, especially whep
he can do it so well? At any rate there
is no use trying to put Teddy on ped
estal Of dignity and exclusiveness, high
above other men,. and denied the priv
ilege Of being himself; he won't stay
there q = IS. ..l.-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
A PROBABILITY
Life.

Mrs Ham Packe-Geraldine wants an
English earl or dock, but if I can't git
one for her, I wonder, how a German
count, would answer?
Ham Packe Extraordinarily - Oh,
probably in Dutch or broken English.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Poor old New York. She is holding an
election to determine which crowd Of po-
litical touts shall loot her. Philadelphia
has run herself into dry dock and is
scraping off barnacles, seaweed and 9TH
er impedimenta preparatory to a cruise
on the high seas Of representative gov
eminent. Poor old New York! Z :, s,f>s4aS..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

4 The French physician who claims to
have found cure for consumption calls
his remedy Tx. x. always indicates the
unknown quantity and may show that
the physician doesn't know just what the
remedy will do. ,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

keep up the practice and that he will be
enabled to see the CINCINNATI boss as
he has been able to see Durham and
company in Philadelphia, as men with
whom he should have no dealingss This
ise a great deal to expect from ]. B..
Foraker, but it. is an age Of political
miracles, "a $780,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Three women have been admitted to the
Hall of Fame. This ought to prevent the
gentlemen now in the hall from sitting
around with hats on and feet on the win
dowsills. a.fea
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
M. Witte on American Sympathy

The New York Sun recently said that
M. Witte was the greatest liar that
ever came out of the east, and the fol
lowing sentence from his speech on his
return to St. Petersburg seems to bear
out the assertion: & L have performed
my duty well because I have strictly
obeyed his majesty instructions, be-
cause circumstances favored me, be-
cause all the world is weary Of the war,
because all classes of American society
from President Roosevelt down were in
sympathy with your cause.
IF by this M. Witte means that all
classes of society in this country were
in sympathy with an honorable ending
of the war, he is correct, but if he
would have his countrymen believe
that America was in sympathy with the
cause for which Russia undertook the
war, he states what is not true, and
what he knows is not true. To say
that America sympathized with Russia
in the war is to say that America was
insincere in her protests against Rus.
sian operations in Manchuria, in he1
stand for the open door in China, in he,
insistence upon Russia evacuating Man
churia according to contract. If M
White now speaks the truth then Will
lam Mckinley, John Hay and Theodore
Roosevelt were arrant liars. j
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
Frid day Evening,

and higher wages. but it will give q
minimum of service for a maximum
wage. This has been proved over and
over again, even in Minneapolis, where
we have little municipal ownership. but
considerable politics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
HE KNOWS BRUTALITY
indianapolis News

Indianapolis News.
Governor johnson of Minnesota, de-
nounces the college cane rush as brutal
izing; and the governor has been in poll
ties long enough not to be o'er-squeam-
isl, too.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
PEOPLE BECOMING UNREASONABLE
kansas City Star.

It is painful to note that popular preju
dice is so bitter that some people actual
}y think indicted members Of the beef
trust should attend their own trials.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Pueblo has woman who could not be
satisfied with belonging to numerous
women's clubs, so she became police-
man and has club of her own.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
BEAUTY THRU SUFFERING
Aristotle.

Ar1StOtle.
Suffering becomes beautiful when any
one bears great calamities with cheerful
ness, not thru insensibility, but thru
greatness of mind. 60.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
GOLF AND sHINNEY AS SINS
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Pittsburg Gazette. Is
Pastors Of some Of the fashionable
churches seem to be gradually coming
around to the liberal view that golf on
Sunday Is all right but Sunday Shiny
BY small boys is a cardinal sin,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Do YOU realize that if the president had
not changed his mind congress "oulo De
almost upon us?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

You can hang a very big story on q
pretty small fish.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
CIVIC ACTIVITIES

e. - r. E
Detroit, Mich, has very vigorous
municipal ownership league whose motto
is mo renewals of franchises under any
circumstances The league is, how
ever, not a unit upon municipal operation:
Spokane is excited on the subject OF
preserving the native pine trees in the
streets and gardens of the town. Many
property owners are removing the trees
from their lots to the disgust OF the mu-
nicipa1 beautifiers. ss 5.
Montreals municipal asphalt plant re-
pairs the breaks in the paving at a. cost
of $1.22 a square yard. The plant In
winter is kept busy grinding broken as
phalt with coal tar to produce a compost
ton sidewalk material. The city has half
a million square yards of asphalt pave
'ment to care for. and its plant Is. en-
.ployed all the time.
aa The Boston municipal ownership league
is pluming itself over the insertion II
the democratic state platform of an own.
sership plank. &
Mayor Mcclellan In his speech Of &C.
ceptance Of the democratic nomination
avowed that he favored municipal own,
sership only where It had been proved thai
the corporation Gould not or would mo-
give adequate service. He favored short
time grants of franchises rather thai
wholesale public ownership.
5s -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

In their practice gamesslast Friday pre-
paratory to the struggle against SYRIA
cuse, Jim Quill Of the Yale team fractured
two ribs and Freshman Root suffered a
broken arm. Lydig Hoyt, Dutch Lee
vine and one other back were badly hurt
earlier in the season and all are in the
hospital. The athletic association does
notsmind this, however, as Yale has a
large number Of athletes to pick from.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Chairman Shonts of the canal commits
sion swore like pirate when a bidder
intimated that he. had permitted favorit-
ism in, awarding the, contract for housing
and feeding the workmen on the ditch.
But the. last thing the commission did
befofe leaving Colon Swas to annul that
contract and decide to do the work it.
/ self -'.E --.-zrse -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
Wilson will be at the Metropolitan for
three nights beginning Thursday evening.


The wire running Of the Millman trio at
the Orpheum is pleasing both matinee
and evening audiences, with whom Miss
Bird Millman is an especial favorite be-
cause OF the grace. ease and daring that
characterize her performance.
The beautiful song, Goodbye, My Sol
dier Boy, sung to a fine set Of motion
pictures by Harold Beckrow, Is a clever
feature OF the bill at the Unique this
week. Other big acts are Ed Chrissie in
representations; the .Allyns, musical art
lists; Kalcratus, the famous juggler, and
the great De Armos. aerial artists, whose
act is a decided novelty. Tonight is
amateur night with big bill in prospect.
The Lyceum will play host to the Min
nesota football warriors on Saturday
night, an event which will be appropri-
ately proclaimed by the varsity band. A
fine bill will be presented.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

The Philadelphia situation has already
thrown three United States senators into
a state bordering on the jimjams. Three
cheers for the Philadelphia situation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Two members Of the last house are re-
ported to have their eyes on the NOM
ination for lieutenant governor. They are
w. A. Nolan of Grand Meadow and P. e.
bowling Of Eveleth. The latter would
need st. Louis county for a starter, and
it is more likely that st. Louis will take
up Odin Halden, the veteran county au-
ditor, as candidate for either state audi
tor or state treasurer
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
Foyer Chat.

Fortunate beyond the lot of most stage
children are the happy youngsters who
accompany Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch on her travels. A governess and
private tutor travel with the little ones,
and six days in the week they have
morning lessons and, on four days, after
noon lessons. A little travelling semi
nary is maintained for the lads and las
sizes, who are taught music, department,
French, singing, elocution, geography and
arithmetic. In this way the children are
enabled to earn goodly salaries and at the
same time get a tloro schooling. Three
of the girls are the sole support Of wild
owed mothers.
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Francis Wilson has been playing to
crowded houses at Powers theater, Chi
cago and has achieved instant success in
his two new comedies, Cousin Billy, by
Clyde Fitch, and 1.-THE Little Father Of
the wilderness by Austin Strong and
Lloyd Osborne The former has been
pronounced one Of the most laughable
pieces presented in years, and gives Mr..
Wilson great opportunities for the ex-
ploitation of his well-known comedy
methods. The one-act play which fol.
lows the comedy, gives the comedian a
role in strong contrast and which has
been claimed by the entire Chicago press
as one Of his best characterizations. Mr..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13

Next week the Bijou will present Joe
Welch, the popular Hebrew delineator, in
Hal Reds successful play. "The Ped
der
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AZ Local theatergoers are enjoying rare
treat this week In the presentment at the
lBiiou Of 1.-THE Belle of the West .
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-29
CIRARD SUSPECT FREED.
Man Arrested at SomerviIIe Proves
to be Michael SmithWiCk.

SOMERVILLE, Sept. 29:-The man
who has been held in the Somerset
county Jail for five days under suspi-
cion of being Joseph Girard suspected
of the murder of Gussie Pfeilfer, in
New York, was released yesterday
after he had been identified as Mich
ael S%mithwick, as being formerly en-
ployed by Richards & CASTOR, coutrac-
tors, atPhillipsburg. S%mithwicS, who
the description of Girard in
every particular and has n scar on his
thumb. was found unconscious in the
woods at Vanderveer's Cut, two miles
north of here, Saturday.
After he was restored to conscious
ness he admitted that he had lived
e a the Gene of the Pfeiffer murder.
He was in a dazed condition and I'M
able to give a clear account of himself.
He was identified by an employe of
Richards & CASTOR, who said Smith
wick had worked for the firm at Phil
lipsburg at the time OF the Pleiffer
murder.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-29
PERSONAL.

Miss Martina christensen spent
yesterday with friends in town. Miss
Christensen is living in New York
where she is employed as a cashier.
Edwar | Switzer returned last night
from a forty two days tour OF the
principal cities of the middle east, in
Guiding Chicago, New Orleans and
Niagara Falls:
Miss Lizzie Seel and Miss Dora
Nelson have returned to Mrs. Apple
gates dressmaking parlors after
few weeks vacation.
Mrs. lessen. of Gordon street. i:
now able to be out again after a Sigh
illness.
Miss Bessie Gilman spent Thursday
n New York.
Mrs. Robert Kip, of Water street
is confined to her home with neural
gia.
Mrs. Arthur Quinn and Mrs. Kim
ball, of Brighton avenue, are v%isitin!
relatives in Trenton and Philadelphia
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-29
TO CLEAN
THE GAMBLERS OUT.
Monmouth Democratic Shrievalty
Candidate Asks Votes on
That Pledge.

FREEHOLD, Sept. 29.-Charles
e. Close, democratic candidate for
sheriff, has issued the following let
ter ITO the Voters of Monmouth
county," which defines, without
equivocation or evasion, what his po-
sition will be, if elected, toward
gamblers and all other l~awbreakers.
Having received the nomination
for sheriff of Monmouth county at
the hands of the democratic conven-
ton, and since then carefully read
the platform adopted by that con-
v~ention, | now pledge the people of
Monmouth county, if elected sheriff,
to carry out the principles of said
platform, in letter and spirit, in the
administration of this high and re-
sponsible Office.
Furthermore, l pledge the law
abiding people of Monmouth county
to draw grand juries who will indict
and petit juries who, with proper
evidence, will convict gamblers and
all other criminal classes. With this
pledge made over my own signature,
there can be no doubt as to the char
acter of the administration of the
sheriff's office, if elected, and | earn
estly appeal TO the law-abiding peo-
pie of Monmouth, without regard to
past party lines, to give me their
votes and active support.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-29
Local Items

D. J. Currie is recovering from in
juries sustained to his head and
hand by falling from Guigues dock
Wednesday.
The Washington Cadets, n newly
formed organization, will meet at
the home of Albert Krogh tonight.
The fifth ward democrats will get
together tonight for the purpose OF
forming a permanent organization.
c. Cooley, of De Kalb avenue. has
complained to the police that a
watch was stolen by a nan from his
young son. An investigation is be-
ing made.
A special meeting of Mcclellan En-
CINE Company will be held tonight.
The local police were asked today to
be on the lookout for a t~welve-year-
old Italian boy missing from New
Brunswick. His name is Robert
Lewis. He was barefoot. His hail
is cut close, and he wore a cap:
A little commotion was caused
about 8 o'clock last night when a boy
who persisted in smoking, was ELECTED
IRON Wilder hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-29
USE MIGRANT FOR
CLEANING STREET.
New Scheme for This City Was
Used on New Brunswick
Avenue Today.

Anew scheme has been devised for
cleaning smooth pavements and was
put into operation today by the street
department on New Brunswick ave-
me. 1t consists of sweeping the
street by means of a stream of water
from a hose attached to a hydrant. 1t
sweeps the dirt into the gutter, where
it can be easily collected. This method
has been used to a considerable extent
in New York for some time.
A good means of cleaning the New
Brunswick venue brick pavement
has been the cause of much hard
worry and planning ever since the
laying of that pavement.
In New York this sweeping" is
usually done at night, so as not TO in
%terfere with or hinder traffic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-29
NOT UP
, TO STANDARD.
inspectors of State Health Board
Report Many Cases of
AdulteratiOn.

TRENTON, Sept. 29:-During the
month ending August 81 last, the
number of specimens OF milk collected
by the inspectors of the State Board
of Health and examined in the state
laboratory OF hygiene in this city, vas
437, and of this number l2l specimens,
or 25.6 per cent, were found TO be
adulterated. These figures do not in
dictate that so large a proportion of all
of the milk sold in the state is adul-
terated, for in the collection of
samples The districts, in many in
stances, are selected because the sale
of milk which falls below the lawful
standard is suspected in these locali-
ties. Thirty-two samples of cream
were examined, eight of which were
found to be adulterated The adulter-
alton consisted in the addition of
water or removal of the cream in log
of the samples of milk which were
analyzed, and sixteen samples were
found to contain preservatives, some
of this latter group have also been
skinned or watered.
The localities in which specime $
of milk and cream which were found
to be adulterated were purchased are
as follows. Sussex, Newton, Norris
town, Summit, Paterson, Belvidere,
Madison, Jersey City, Millville,
Laurel Springs, M~erchantville. Mag
nolia, Camden, Wildwood, Holly
/ Beach, Salem. Theron, Neptune
To wnship, Rumson, Davis. Asbury
Park, Bradley Beach, Clinton. Red
Bank, Elizabeth, Ocean Grove, Toms
River, Seaside Park, Allenhurst,
Long Branch, Tuckerton, New Bruins
wick, South Orange, Montclair and
Railway.
During the month Of July the num-
Der of specimens of milk and cream
examined was 2S5, and seventy-one
samples we're found to be adulterated,
or 24.9 per cent. These samples were
collected lin the following places
Boonton, Troy Hills, Caldwell, Pater-
son, Phillipsburg, Hackettstown,
Jersey City, Absecon, H~addonfield,
Atlantic City, Millville, Bridgeton,
Egg Harbor, Atlantic Highlands,
Belmar, Spring Lake, Allentown,
Neptune Township. Asbury Park,
Ocean Grove, Sea Grit, Rumsor
Road, Oceanic, Neshanic, Pennsgrove
and Vineland.