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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

The Albert Lea Times Endorses the
Laybourn-P Peterson plan for combining the
convention and the primary in nominal
ing state officers. In an editorial the
Times says
There is no objection to giving the vot-
erS this right Of ratification On the con-
trary, it broadens the scope of popular
suffrage and individual rights, which Is a
correct principle OF our republican form
Of government. The primary election
would be a most useful and important
check upon the action of the convention
as the people can always be depended or
to vote honestly and periodically, where.
as the action. Of conventions is often in.
duenced and sometimes determined by
powerful corporate and money interests.
The main thing is that the conven-
ton system, as demonstrated last sum.
mer, is glorious failure in making state
nominations. No plan that has been pro.
posed is ideal, and an ideal system is ar
impossibility. What the people want l.
an Improvement, which seems to be prom.
ised by this combination Of the convention
and the primary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
Monday Evening,

plagued Europe under the name sgarro-
till6 sS'' IN the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, still breaks out viciously
thruout the civilized world, altho it's
antitoxin has put its ravages under
strong restraint in latter years. ,tF
Shall the optimists who. predict the
prolongation Of human life, thru the
progress of sanitary and medical sci
ence, to something .,of antediluvian ex-
tension, have their predictions verified?
Condorcet, who declared that the in
creased product Of illustrious physicians
and chemists and anatomists would in
time cause disease to disappear, so that
death would only be caused by accident,
and otherwise by the evaporation of
the essential vital principle, after a
tremendous prolongation of years, was
hardly fit to. congratulate his fellow men
upon the coming longevity, for, before
he was at middle age, he committed sui
eide by poison to avoid being guillo-
tined by the Jacobins as Girondist.
Condorcet predicted that women, after
rearing their children, would live some
hundreds of years, advancing to the
highest intellectual, moral and political
growth possible. ~ ,S..e.. H.
Men are yet a long way from annihi-
lating disease. The doctors say that,
besides the recorded plaques which as
sail men, they induce disease themselves
by giving way to anger, hatred and
grief, while political excitement draws
out forces which are never regained.
self-control is a great saving virtue,
and a valuable sanitary agency. AS
for the disease man encounters from the
outside, proper conditions Of living com
bat them most successfully. l. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
Is There a Chance for Peace?

The world will actively debate, until
something is definitely stated by Rus
STA, the question Of peace. The defeat
expected. Over three hundred thousand
Russians have been put to full flight
after battle raging for nearly three
weeks. The casualties are fully so per
cent of Kuropatkin 8 original force
with no place for the remains of the
Russian army to 20 except Hardin
which is so remote it would seem as
tho peace would come by the absence
of: the Russians from the disputed ter.
ritory.
But peace, in modern wars, does not
come simply by the combatants find
ing themselves no longer in juxtaposi
ton. Its restoration is matter Of ne.
gotiation, Of legal arrangement and of
treaty in which the future is guaran
teed. ...
Russia has shown no sign of asking
for peace. Perhaps it is too early One
great defeat does not end the resist
ance of q nation. The south held out
for year after Gettysburg, tho Get
tysburg clearly indicated the downfall
of the confederacy. Russia has re
sources of men and money that were
denied the southern states, and there
is no physical reason why she should
giveain because of one disastrous beat
ing. There are many who believe thai
Russia will hold out for better terms
by making the war one Of financial re
sources. This, however, may be>a de
lusive hope. Nations always find none,
for war. Japan will prove no excep
Z ton Besides, by her, command Of tn
sea, she has been able to maintain he
trade and to actually fight this wa
partly at the expense of the enemy. I:
Japan finally wins the war, it will b.
due quite as much to Togo as to Oya
ma. The latter's victories would b,
barren without the naval exploits whic]
drove Russia from the. sea.
And the ancestor of, the Manchu prince
slept thru it all. ' o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
The War Against Disease.

A Calcutta dispatch announces that
week in India there were $4,000 deaths
from the bubonic plague. Such NOR
tally, If continued for year, would
aggregate 1,768,0O0, which would be
double the mortality from the same
cause in India in 1908, while the sta
tistics show that about three millions Of
persons have died Of the same plague
since 1899.
The heavy mortality last week was,
doubtless, somewhat extraordinary, but
it is evident that the government of
British India is yet far from introduce
ing all the sanitary measures which, in
the light of modern sanitary science,
ought to make the >bubonic plague a.
peril Of the past. Eminent British san
/ itarians say that it is really beyond the
power of man to guarantee India
against drought, foods or plaques Of
rats and locusts. The rats are the
chief propagators Of the bubonic plague,
and the droughts breed famines, which
have a deadly effect upon people, the
majority of whom depend upon agricul-
tural pursuits for their subsistence, and
when drought comes, have to wait for
the next planting season, depending
meantime, on government aid for sup
port. The efforts of the government to
turn the attention Of the people to man
ufacturing industries have only been
partly successful, while greater progress
has been made in the construction of
costly dams, inlpounding the waters for
irrigation purposes, and in reforestina
denuded tracts, processes which are the
zeal defenses against famine.
The struggle Of humanity against
disease has been appreciably successful
in the countries of the higher civiliza
ton. England's sanitary fight in In.
dia has been, not only against droughts
famlnes, floods and plaques, but against
the prejudices of the subject peoples
thru the continued prevalence of caste
among them, and, to leaven the masses
with the spirit Of her higher civiliza
ton is a work devolving upon her fol
"a long time yet. But wherever scien
tifc sanitation has dominated there has
been a diminution of the death rate
which perhaps has led some scientists tt
indulge in too much optimism as to the
possibility Of prolonging the average
y term of human life, and even bringing
back the antediluvian longevity, will
increasing intellectual power. Yet
il while the great medieval plaques Xix,
q the sweating sickness have been adj
Judged extinct by many, others discove
& IN Asiatic cholera and other modern
diseases resuscitations of similar type
3 The sanitary sins of commission an,
omission of men are responsible for tn
worst forms of disease which now afflic
4 the world. Thus typhoid fever cling
IS to humanity. and diphtheria. whicl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

The Minneapolis Journal cannot see
what benefit Elmer Adams lumber bill
would be? now, as practically all Of the
lumber in Minnesota has been cut. OF
course the Minneapolis papers can see nc
good in the, bill, as 1t would prevent one
Of their chief home industries, the north
western lumber trust, from having three
quarter-inch lumber sawed in the fa1
west or south and shipping it to Mime.
sofa toA.sell consumers for inch stuff
Fairn1ont Sentinel. a.f..z
That is just the trouble. Such law
would shut out lumber from competitive
territory, which by the way is not con.
trolled by the white pine lumbermen blu,
is fighting with them for every, inch OF
territory, and is the only influence thai
prevents white pine lumber prices from
sailing skyward.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
Bond and License, Too.
the Editor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal.
noticed in your Tuesday evenings
issue that Building Inspector Houghton
favored putting the manufacturers of
cement concrete blocks under bonds. This
is an excellent idea. but 1t should not
stop there The manufacturers of cement
blocks should be required to take out
licenses. Furthermore, the work should
be done under city inspection, first as to
the quality of cement used, and second,
as to the method of mixing. What would
it avail, If an imperfect block is put in
building and the building falls down,
destroying life and property, even tho the
manufacturer is under bonds?
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
THE FIRST WHITE MENT IN MINNIE.

THE FIRST. WHITE MEN IN MINNIE
SoTA.-Warren Upham, secretary of the
Minnesota Historical society has contrib
uted to volume x Of the society's histori-
cal collection GroseiIIiers and RadIsson,
the First White Men in Minnesota. The
account is also issued in pamphlet form
and will be welcomed by those who have
followed Mr.. Upham's previous writings
relating to historical matters. 1t gives
brief biographies Of the explorers, dis
cussion Of the Radisson manuscripts, and
narratives Of the expeditions Of Radisson
and Groseilliers into Minnesota. The pam
phlet also includes some observations on
the Indian tribes, and sketches the prog
ress of discovery Of the Mississippi.
Minnesota Historical Society, st. Paul,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
BUou-"The Factory GIrI.".

1.-THE Factory Girl which began an
engagement at the Bijou theater yes
terday afternoon, had been widely her
aided as the great labor play" and "the
play for the man in overalls.' The press
notices and the title Indicated that Mr..
Blaney, the author. would present a, pro-
duct1on that would be, at least, an illus
trat1on of the labor problem-certainly an
interesting theme of the moment -,
g. But what did the audience see? Not
the slightest reference to the labor prob
lem, but a lot Of foolish factory girls, an
insult to their class, gallivanting about In
impossible situations; two sons Of a fac
tory owner, one Of them a downright viii
lain and the other a hard working honest
lad, desperately in love with one of his
fathers factory girls; g. whole-souled,
good-natured life insurance agent, always
on hand at the proper moment, yet incon-
s1stent at all times 49,. =
Then there was also a court scene, II
one may say court scene without dan
ger of being fined for contempt of court
The scene is supposed to be one of the
most tragic in the whole productions
time when the heroine is about to be
found guilty Of robbery-and vet the Judge
himself so far forgets the seriousness OF
the situation as to make an appointment,
with prisoner who has just paid his
fine to meet him in a saloon after court
adjourns.
But the strangest thing of all was the
reception given the play by the audience
flt is probable that one fourth Of those
present were factory girls. They were de.
lighted with the silly girls who were rush.
Ing about pretending to impersonate the
average factory girl. But the Minneapo.
| lis factory girls did not resent the pro.
duction. They would have been JUSTIFIED
IN hooting the actors from the stage, bu-
instead they applauded with much fer.
vor and appeared to enjoy the caricature
| Perhaps the time will come when con
scienceless playwriters and producer.
will cease bidding for popularity thru 6
misleading title. Then there, will be NJ
/ more such productions as "The Factory
1 Glrl. H. G.. Davis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

There is a new country growing up
in southern Nevada that promises to
make quite a noise. The newly elected
Senator Nixon Of that state says:
Without exaggeration, consider the
gold districts of southern Nevada thu
greatest yet discovered by man; ahead OF
California in its palmiest days, ahead Of
South Africa or Of ALASKA. There is a
rush now to Tonopah and Goldfield, but
it is yet in its infancy. Before the end
of the coming summer there will be 200,-
600 people in there and somewhere in thai
region a new Denver will be built in the
near future.
And the Rocky mountains have hardly
been scratched yet. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
The Unmarried Woman's Attitude To.
ward Men.-A writerNin The Cosmopolitan
IN THE SAME OLD WAY

Once, more along the River Hun
The hostile cannon roar,
And charging legions rush and clang
Upon the icy shore!
The same old story Russia troops
Made all the Jappies yield
But somehow when the fight was done,
The brown men held the field,
The Russians drove their enemies,
In frantic retrogression,
But when the cannon ceased to shoot
The Japs had full possession!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

The Tribune complains that Minneapo-
lis has no system Of street cleaning. Ad-
mitted Perhaps If at any time the Tri-
bune- had assisted the people Of Mime
:apolis to adopt a new charter we should
have had such a system. One Of the pro-
posed charters abolished .he ware, plan
of caring for the streets :nd placed the
whole matter under the city engineer. We
might still have street-cleaning system
if a charter were adopted, any kind We
wanted, by way Of amendments to the
charter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
ATTHE THEATERS
Orpheum-Mode Vaudeville.

The biggest hit Of the Orpheum show
this week is the nonsense and side-play Of
Cooper and johnson. It is the only ''spon-
taneous effort" of the bill, and the col
ored lads get their audience going early
and keep it UP. The pair can sing and
dance well, and their fun is Of the clean
kind. that appeals to every one. - il
a. Following the Orpheum "Road Show
the players this week have hard task
before them in pleasing the public. They
do not rise to the occasion at every
call. Katheryn Osterman is presenting
"Emma's Dilemma" and might just as
well call it "Katheryn's, as she was suf-
fering with a. severe 81 cold, and had
trouble in making herself heard. The
crowd was sympathetic, Ehowever, and
gave her every opportunity to win their
favor She succeeded, but under adverse
circumstances. - -. 49,
The De Muths introduce dancing turn
with a bit of contortion, in which De
Muth does some surprising spine-twist-
ing. Wynne Winslow, a soprano gave
four. numbers. She, has a pleasing tho
not Strong voice. 80
'The Troubles of Bill Blithers, Bache-
lor,' I, was evidently written to display
the abilities of Robert H. Hodge as a
character man. The surrounding humol
IS broad, .verging on the suggestive, but
the fine work Of Hodge saves the day. 1t
shines all the more brightly on account
OF the: poor support The told BACH OF
Hodge is one Of the best bits; of the kind
seen on vaudeville boards. $50. p,
Qufgley brothers create an uproar with
their rapid fire talk and 1.-The show closes
with an interesting and mystifying dem.
onstration Of the freak side of liquid air
Professor Rugg has arranged a E'scientifc
act" with. an eyesto entertaining every
one, and succeeds in bis purpose: The
show closes with the kinedrome the most
notable pictures being those Of the inau.
gural parade and, ceremonies at Washing
ton. ,=.<i~ -. III. H. Ritchie.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
Colonists' Rates to Points in the South
.z7st'. - waSf -

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will, on Jan. 18th, Feb. 21st and March
21st, sell one-way colonists.' tickets to
points in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas and
Colorado at greatly reduced rates; For
Heard, General Agent, corner Nicollet
avenue and Fifth street, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

It is true Tolstoy has written other
things, with much force and influence. But,
in denying himself the novel as a vehicle
in which to convey his views to the world,
he has not only limited his audience, but
he has diminished the force of the impress
sion he has sought to make on his au-
dience. 1 In that way Tolstoy seems to
have wasted measure Of his genius. =,
ers in regard to the management of boys clubs
appears in the little book by Charles Stelze,
formerly of this city, entitled >"Boys of the
Street, (RevelI, so cents) That the writer
has had experience is very evident, and also
success, which is much more important, is read
between the lines Of all its pages 1t is full Of
good suggestion and common sense, and is writ
ten with directness and precision, says the In
dependent. e
THE AWAKENING OF A kINe.-The
awakening Of a man from slothful weak
ness and superstition is truly a theme
king who seizes the prerogatives Of power
after he has allowed them to lie idle, the
artist has his inspiration. In FaIaise OF
the Blessed Voice, a tale Of the youth OF
st. Louis, king of France, William
Stearns Davis has woven a tale Of chtv-
airy, fair women, troubadors, false
knights and true, and the sanity Louis
| 1lcIIlS, (llSll hlIl5 III 1dcC anu CQaT-
acter. >- ..
| Falaise, the blind singer, moves with
sweet grace among the throng of cour-
I tiers, but she is in the world, not of it.
In reality her purity is but background
against which the wordliness of the
court stands out in bold relief. Her beau
tiful character and songs, chosen by tbs
author from the rondeaus Of old France
are remembered after the other charac-
tiers are forgotten.
The talents CT the king have been hid
! den by the overshadowing influence Of his
mother, Blanche Of CASTLE. He allows
her to stand between himself and his be.
| loved wife, Margaret In his inaction he
| Is Hkened unto a mole by the knights thai
throng the court. D.. -. So r
| 'Oh, to-be-a-kng!'' he cries out st know
am no king MOTTO I am the heir Of great
name, Of Charlemagne, of strong Hugh Capet
of sanity Robert, of Philip Augustus, the bull
wark Of France. What profit? I am gentle
mild, piteous. I love the ordinances Of the Holy
Church. love peace and laughter -
But when his mobiles, scornful of hi
weakness, conspire against him, wher
his queen mother Is thrown into prison BY
Enguerraud de Coucy, and Alithe, the In
famous daughter of de Coucy, seeks tt
poison his mind against his wife, hopine
herself to seize the queens crown-whe1
all seems dark, then the kings Iaten
spirit bursts forth and with the strength
of a Charlemagne he strikes down hi
foes and declares himself to be q king i,
| fact as we'll as in name. L. S. K,
The Macmillan company, New York.
| -. $3.50. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
get out on us. Even Texas or Kansas
would appreciate a joke like that.

Speaking Of municipal ownership agita-
ton. New York's electric light trust has
offered a reduction Of $50 on street lamps
If the city will abandon its municipal
plant scheme. This shows how exorbitant
present prices are.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

Twenty years ago Gladstone said that
a Vanderbilt with s1oo,ooo,ooo constituted
a menace to the republic. Now we are
trying to prove that man with this pal
try sum is a member of the great mid
Z die class" - E..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

1 Count Cassini from the vantage ground
of Washington menu is in favor Of
continuing the war. All Russians who
favor continuing the war should be made
to enlist first and talk afterwards. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

Is If the president removes Admiral Walk
er from the canal. commission, he will
have another enemy in the senate. Ad-
1niral Walker is a. near relative of sena-
tor Allison - - 49, 1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

Digging on the Panama canal may go
on for five years beforesit is necessary to
make the choice between a sea-level and
a lock construction. By this time If the
senate keeps right at it, 1t may be possi-
BILE to get vote 23s s "a 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

The announcement is made that Mr..
Rockefeller now weighs 200 pounds. Not
withstanding Mr.. Garfield's activity, the
Big One does not consider it necessary to
train down to fighting weight .te,sss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
BOOK NEWS
AND GOSSIP

is ToLsToY WASTING HIS GENIUs7
is given a picture Of Tolstoy
IN the peasant garb Of Russia. The pic
ture, which is taken, from The Critic, is
typical. Tolstoy has become an ascetic-
has been one for a long time-and has
abstained from writing fiction during that
time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

r We imagine that the dropping of solid
geometry would have been good thing,
if it had been poised so as to fall on the
university circus and other kindred in
terruptions Of the march of civillza ton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

The board Of control says that books
for the university library must be bought
on competitive bids. You may think this
is only a jest. It is perfectly natural that
you should; it is 50 ridiculous: but .unfor-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
THE MAGAZINES

Loeb's New Discovery Not "Revolutlon.
ary."-Professor I.oeb's discovery that sea-
urchin's eggs can be fertilized by certain
chemical applications does not mean that
living things can be created out Of dead
matter. The Independent says Of the re-
cent discoveries:
These sea urchin eggs he develops are not dead
but alive; as truly alive the full grown crea-
ture. Professor Loeb has never vet
made sea urchin egg, a single living cell.
Professor Loeb's method does arti-
fcially what nature herself does in certain lower
forms Of life.
The Unmarried Woman's Attitude To-
ward Men.-A writerNin The Cosmopolitan
for March says:
No unmarried woman ever meets man of
her own station without thinking what sort of
a husband he would make for her
There is something to set the bashfuI
mans heart to beating with apprehension
and to make mere man" in general pale
a bit. 1t is highly important if true. The
same wise writer says, Marrying men
are easily recognized. The inexperienced
girl of II can be trusted to pick
them out with unerring sagacity.'' This
is more important, if true, and raises the
question why women with SO much knoWl-
edge and SO many charms should care If
she does, for the right to propose in wears
other than leapyears. It should be said
that the expositor of the above wisdom is
Lyndon Orr, whose name does not an
pear in = Who's Who in America. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
socIALIsM's HIGH PRIEST
New York world

New York World
Corporate greed is becoming the most
eloquent Of all the priestsso of socialism It
makes more converts in a day than all the
curbstone agitators together can make in
a year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13
S27.75-To the Southwest S27. rs.

The Rock Island System. viii, sell
round trip tickets to principal points
in Texas and Louisiana March Fth and
21st at less than half rates. Send for
literature and full information A. L.
Steece, City Passenger Agent, 322 Mo
elet avenne, Minneapolis, MINI ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

The end of the Missouri legislature is
al hand and Niedringhaus has not with
drawn. Like Rojestvensky, he probably
feels that he is licked, whichever way he
goes. ~.. = -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

Buy Minneapolis Real Estate
Either for a home or an investment.
There will be some choice offerings on
The Journals real estate pages Satur-
day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-13

If he were a real Sherlock Holme!
Mr.. Garfield might be able to find a sus
picious oil smear in the senate chamber.