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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS

New York, Jan. 1.-THE cotton market
opened steady at unchanged prices to an advance
Of points, which was quite as good as due
on cables reporting a decline Of 500 points on
futures and Of points spot cotton, which.
however, was increasingly active. leading
spot house was said to be selling a little early
while some Of yesterdays early sellers were
buying, and smaller traders seemed to be wait
cent market leaders. The market was quiet
during the middle of the morning, with prices
within or points Of the opening figures.
Cotton futures opened steady: January, 66oc
bid; February, e.7Oc; March, 67sc; April 6.s4c;
May, 6s9c; June, 6.96c; July, &c; August,
7.o3c; September, lose bid; October T. lie
At midday the market quiet and steady,
following a furry Of snort covering which car
ried May to e97c and July to lose.
Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 7.2oci
middling gulf, 7.45c.
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BITS OF WISDOM

If we encountered man of rare intel
lect we should ask him what books he
read.-EmerSon.
Repentance without amendment is like
continually pumping without mending the
leak.-Dilwyn.
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CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS, Tan,
y u1.@o 3tt May, 79@s0c; Flax, cash. northwest
~ Timothy. January, $2.75; February $3.50;
March, aa $2S7. Clover, cash, $12.75. Barley
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LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Jan. 11-Closing-
Wheat spot nominal; utures quiet; March, Is
ID; May. IS 1ad; July, Is I'D. Corn spot
American mixed, new, easy. As 1hd; American
mixed old, quiet. As lid; futures, steady; March
As lOd May, As I'D.
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DOES HE KNOW THEM ALL?
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
Professor Norton's statement that of all
the peoples Of the world none needs cul;
ture so much as ours, is blunt and frank
anyway. ffat,r
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A "HlGH" TIME ALL AROUND

Washington Post.
The children-bless .'em-hung up their
stockings on Christmas and papa will now
have his turn and hang up his watch.
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SMILES ALSO, LIKE THOMAS I.

Chicago Record Herald
Thomas Collier Plat has just risen up
once more and tossed his tombstone over
into the next lot.
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THE FLOUR MARKET
MILLS GRINDING CLOSE TO CAPACITY
PRICES STFAnY

IVBAI1lAo U1I1NO1NO CIOSE 10 CAEACII =
PRICES STEADY.
More mills are in operation. now that the
Consolidated is running heavier, and the -four
output is larger. Prices not changed and
unless wheat settles level &c or &c lower
no serious declines expected. Inquiry for
dour Is fair, and for the season better than the
average.
Outside reports are favorable, better trade
shan last week being noted.
Shipments, 4S.255 brlS.
First patents quotable at S6.50@6. go; sec
end patents. sc: so@6.4O; first clears, $5.14@ So
second clears, $2@2.7O.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, Jan. 11.-Wheat lost &c
on the days trading after several sharp fuctu-
atoms. May opened at SLIT, sold up half Off
re- ana !. t then , up again lc closing TRACTION
Gears, fax, s; oats, 8. Shipments, barley, 1871
bu; Cars for tomorrow. p.
Close: Wheat, cash No. / northern. $1.15; No.
z northern, $1:OS; May. SLIT; July, $1.15h
September: 951c; durum, Gle to 92c. Flax,
S Sa, 81 arrive $1.23; May, $1.24A. Oats,
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MILWAUKEE GRAIN, Jan. 11.-Flour quiet
Wheat; lower; No: northern, $l.16@l. 1e1a; No.
2 northern, S11o@1. IL, May, $1.17@1.17b bid.
., 52@53c:, sample, s7@51c: Oats. Steady;
standard. 81 @32c. Corn, Nc up; No 8,
42A a. 3c; May, -44Ac asked:
WheatI,Puts, $1.16@ asked; calls, s1.1sh q
Corn-Puts, AM @44%c asked; calls, 44% @
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tle-Receipts, 5000; market steady to 10c
lower; native steers, $3.5O@5.75; native COWS
and heifers, $1.75@4.5O; calves, $S.00@3.50.
Hogs-Receipts, IL, 900; market Sc lower; bulk
Of sales, $4.4O@4.70; pigs and lights, 1886
4.35 =.
sheep-Receipts, $500; market steady; NUT
tons, $4.25 @5.75; lambs, $6.O0@7 Is.
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BOSTON MINING STOCKS, Jan. n.mClosine
prices yesterdays market: Allouez. 201a @21;
Arcadan, 1h@2; Arnold, asked; Atlantic
d7H@as; Bingham, sa@$sA Calumet g. =, H * Ia
Ranse CON-
DAILY, West, 141s @14h: Dominion Coal 60@s2
Dominion Steel. 1sA @19; Elm River, 21aQ2A
5G51s; Greene Consolidated, ISL @25s4; Isle
Royale, 25A @26h; Mass, 9K@10; Michigan
CID Dominion, 27A @27A; Osceola, 90 asked
P 611s 2SE@2sA; Ph9enS Ia 2h @S; Quincy Quincy
Co., s9sMsN; Swift & Co., 1l2@113; Tamarack
12o asked; Tecumseh. 2@2k; Trinity, 9@y1a
United Shoe Machine Co., 6S@6Sh; United Shoe
Machine Co., pfd, 32@32A United Copper Co.
749; United States Mining, 23M @25A; United
States OIL 10as @10A; Utah, 42942A; Victoria
askedi Winona, liz @12; Wolverine los bid
Santa Fe. 2A 0D2A. -
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money. So 7,16; Consols for account, SO 9,16;
Anaconda. 59s; Atchison, sos; Atchison, pfd.,
11o3A; Baltimore s Ohio, 1888; Canadian Paci.
ae, 1864 Chesapeake l. Ohio, 4sls; Chicago
Great Great Western, %; Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
50; Denver & Rio Grande pfd., 1914; Erie 4oa
Erie. LIST pfd: 79h; Erie, End Pfd:, es; Iii
Missouri. Kansas & Texas, 32A New York Cen:
trail, 14s1a; Norfolk & Western, s11a; Norfolk
Pennsylvania, 1875; Rand Mines, 11ss; Reading
AN; Reading 1st ,pfd., ~; Reading ID pfd
pfd., 9sA; Southern Pacific, 67A Union Pacific
l17b; Union Pacific, pfd., 99335; United States
Steel, 30M; United States. Steel pfd., 94A; Wa
Bar Silver. steady, IL 9-led per ounce. Money
1902 per cent. Rate of discount in the oper
discount In the open market for three months
bills, is FL OPS per cent.
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THE REAL THING is ALL RIGHT
Kansas City Star

. Kansas CITY SCar.
Communities desiring libraries should
remember that Andrew Carnegies checks
are still good, If he really signs them.
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NNSSS
s4o IS; B. hu = !. Ight logs quotss
Weghts f hsav R..ss s5d to
~ S lbs 20 3 4b 5os Ss; 2so dbs
1873; Is. iss lbs, 90; ss. i7s lbs. $3.50; IS
SIS o' Is s4 iss IS IS 1ss 5Rs IT'S lbs
Uderweights and roughs-s1, 14s lbs. $4.1o
ss4 80 g. l1i 10 ST is; sj Is .ss lbs
| CATTLE moderate. Best beet and
and veal calves steady: stoeFers and feeder;
Others unchanged Sales:
sat $685. 7s Is: $685. 49, His Fl IL
80 Butcher Cows and Heifers-5 cows, 1850 ID.
$2 sss i lbs lS Sc: lbs Ss21
Sis: j. ibs $3.50; u.s. e; Il lbs s0s iSs
s. $50 lbs. $3.50; 100 lbs, s2.SS; i. 1855 lbs
go lbs. SIS: T. g' go 50i iis II ;145; Y
a.: ''i 81 rs: III rs: p;
IS e: 1870 ,s s' u.s. s. $50 d. 4:
Stock and Feeding steers-1o, SEE SIS lbs lbs, $3.50
7ss ls ss U.s. g. Sos 4s 99i bs 81 20 lbs
STOCK s and FEEDING o B sDi i1so lbs
8, i,1ee lbs, $40; i, I,1oo lbs, s2.sS; /. IS
lbs, 81.
Mich Cows and Springers-1 COW, $3.50;
cow, calf, $25.
SHEEP-Receipts Largely westerns direct t
local feeders. Sheep quoted makes lambs steady
western ewes contracted last week at s4.5
were weighed.
Among the shippers on the market were: 10
Sims Billings, Mont; NJ. Condor, Clara City
A. B. Bray. Paget, N. D.; J. Hegerly, 81
Bonifacius;- ]. Kierly, Princeton; e. E. Byelo1
C.. 8. Graw, Princeton; J. N. Brown, Boyd
L. R. Jones, Morton; r. n. kempton, Morta
g: Bates, Elmwood, Wis.,; t. Harborn, s
Cloud.
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Jan. 11.-Close: Wheat
Lower; No. red cash elevator, $1.1Sss track
SS 81 May, $L1sA @1;1sA July, e6A@
July, 43hc. Oats-Firm; No. cash, Bic; track,
32c; May, 313sc; No. 2 white 32hc
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CHICAGO PRODUCE, Jan. 11.--Butter, firm;
creameries, 1e629c; dairies, 1s@24c: Eggs, firm;
at mark, cases included, 2192ec., CT Cheese 1a
Young Americas, 1A@12c. Poultry, alive
firm; turkeys, &c., chickens, iohs; a,s springs R
1Ohc. Potatoes, easy Burbanks, Sa@5oc; hu
rails 32633c Veal, firm; so to 6O-lbwe1ghts
~ @5c; IS to 75-lb weights, 5@6c; so to 125-lf
weights, 6h @7ac.
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sorrTu OMAHA LIVESTOCK

SOUTH OMAHA LIVESTOCK, Jan. 11.-Cattle
Receipts, 1000; market slow, 10c lower; native
steers, $3;5o@56o; COWS and heifers, S2bo@4;
Hogs-Receipts. 5000; market 5@1oc lower;
light, S459@4. e5; pigs, $S.75@4.4o; bulk OF
sheeP~Receipts. d,ooo; market active, strong;
ewes, $4@5; lambs 617.
ST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK, Jan. 11.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 1000; market lower slow; beef steers
$4@6; cows and heifeIs, s2.25@4.75:
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market 5@1Oc lower;
pigs and lights, $S.75@4.50; butchers and best
heavy, 81. 6O@4SO.
sheep-Receipts, $500; market steady; ma.
tives, 81. 60@5.4O; lambs, $5@7.35.
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Flour receipts, % ,O49 brIs; sales, 200: firm.
with light trade. Wheat, receipts, 1890 bu;
sales, l,2O0, 600; opened steady on covering and
hight offerings; eased off shade on general
SHOWS west then rallied and ruled firm the bal.
anee OF the forenoon on light northwest receipts
and bull support at Chicago; May, Sligo
III 11:16; July, 81. 03ss al. Osh. Rye, nomi.
nal. Cirn receipts, 2O9, 625 bu; sales, 5000;
STEADY with wheat; May, 5O7ac. Oats, receipts
81 800 bu; nominal.
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WINNIPEG GRAIN, JAN 11.-Opening Jan.
81: May s1.05A; July, $1.O6ai. Close-Jan. ST;
Nay; sl;o5; July. s1;66A; Cast No. northern,
extra. soc; No. 4, Tee: No. s. Sekc; feed &c.
Puts, s1.o4A; Calls, $4.o5h. Receipts, 81. Year
ago Sunday.
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NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, Jan: IL
cal Sc test, Sc; molasses sugar. 4Ac. Refined
rm, crushed, S. g. powdered $6o5 graMnu1ated
$685. Coffee quiet; NJ NJ IL, k1o' s1sc' Molasses
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nailroads entering the yarus reporLed receipts
for the day by loads as follows: Chicago, Great
Western, 4; Chicago, Milwaukee ST. Paul, 25;
Minneapolis 4 st. Louis, Is; Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis Y Omaha, ID; Great Northern, 2O;
Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy, 2; 500 Line, l3;
Northern Pacitlc, "A; total. l39
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6rm Unchanged: receipts, 4756 Cheese, firm,
unchanged; receipts, 800. Eggs, strong, IN
changed: receipts 6,341. ...-.
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PRESSURE OF HOGS
AT SO. St. PAUL
PRICES RECEDE ABOUT &c ON ALI,
GRADES.
Cattle Receipts Not SO Heavy and Beef
Prices Well Maintained, Only the
Poor Stuff Showing Any Weakness
Sheep Shipments from the West, to
Local Feeders, Bun Heavy Mutton
Grades and Lambs Steady in Price.

South st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 11.-Estimated re-
celpts at the Union stockyards today: Cattle,
10y; calves. 100; hogs, 5000; sheep, 7.SOO cars,
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DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT,

The following are the receipts and shipments
at the principal primary wheat markets.
oSDfa
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Jan. 11.-Close:
961a @96%c; cash No. 2 hard $1.O8@1.1o; No.
3, $1.06@1.os1s; No. t. 9ec@$1.05; No. red,
$1.12@1.13; 10. 8, $1.09@1.11; No. 4, e9c@
SLOT.
Corn-Firm: May, 42A @42ssc; July, 42%c;
cash No. mixed, 42c; No. 8, 41M @42c; No. 2
white. 42M42A; No. g. 41M@42c.
Oats, steady: No. white, 31ta @32c; No. 2
mixed, 30Ac.
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES

TracNo hard s11s?; No northern 1875 No nhern 1Ss@
yellow 3s1ac; 754@76Ac barley 34c to 4c
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LONDON METALS, Jan. 11.-Bar silver, firm.
27Hd per ounce.
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BOSTON MINING STOCKS, Jan. 11.-Oloslng

Total sales, 511. 100. !
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Sales. Stocks High Low Bid. Bid.
est. est. Jan. IL Jan 10
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16

Advice or repro0f does more harm
than good when it is SO rudely or
roughly given that it brings humilia-
ton or indignation
II from your real afectionate re-
gard for relative you wish to point
out 10 him OF her an error or correct
a fault DO SO as gently ard as eau
tiously as ycu know how. and do not
try to correct mistakes or roint ONT
shortcomings too often, says the
Washington star
Give your advice in private. and
always give less advice than sweet.
complimentary speeches. A commit
ment is not less hut more relishcG
when it comes from member of ones
family than when il is a tribute won
from a stranger, and these signs Of
appreciation that you give of some
dear ones wit. wisdom or beauty are
little home truths that are ever affec.
tionately remembered and come ever
like gentle dews 10 refresh the seeds
of affection and loving kindness that
are planted In our hearts.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16
Both Had Forethcuglft.

Returning from his first European
trip. which he called tower tae
late unique Texas congressman,
known in Washington as "Howdy
Martin" told of a French butcher who
was apparently on his deaihbed He
gave his wife minute directions about
conducting The business and coaclud-
ed his farewell address with the earn
est warning:
AS soon as department will allow.
and society will approve. after | am
dead and buried. you must marry
Gene. my shop boy lie is an honest
fellow. ard IN the butcher business sue
cess cannct be continued without q
man 10 constantly leo, after rs de-
tails. So you must marry Gene aat
he viii make a good husband for you
Elolse."
YES, nay love. and he f. also hard
some we have already been t-iH.nf
1t over; so you need not worry abUu'
us. Les Angeles Times.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16
rERse TRUTHS.

We should praise because we can
prai 9.
Prayer preceded by praise is like
lest TO prevail
Gifts are expressions Of the giycrs
personality.
In heaven there will be no suppl
cations. only songs.
II takes small grace to be thankful
for full garner
1t Is nobler to give thanks for faith
than for fatness
God gives luXuriance Of life; every
man has more than his necessities.
Our deserving Il not the measure
Of Gods giyrg, else we should all
he naked
The discerning soul il more thank
fnl fer he love that prompts the gifr
than for The Gift itself.
Who compare his wealth with his
wants will weep; bat who compares
his wealth with his worth viii give
thanks
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16
The Fat Mans Tale.

Il abominate canvas back duck and
terrapin, said a fat man but cat
Virginia ham every day in the week.
Nobody here in the north knows
how to cook Virginia nam LII ten
Eou how it's dore
You buy ~ your ham paying IS
cents a round FOR II. ard IT II isn't ae
hard and solid as a rock. ii isn't The
genuine article
You boil it in pure apple cider
10 vater-just tho cider alone-and
after It is boiled You let It soak for a
day and a nigh in fresh lot Of pure
cider.
Finally Won bake it in sherry. hast.
ing Il with the vine every aftecn mir
utes.
Then you eat it,
What a treat Virginia ham. pre-
pared in my way, is. confirmed dys-
peptic could eat such ham. | used to
he dyspeptic, and yet | have eaten it
once day for seventeen years. 1t
cured my dyspepsia for all know -
Boston Post
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16

/ mind are the desire Of good and the
| fear OF evil johnson.
No man ever became great or good
except through many and great mis-
takes Gladstone.
lie who is lord OF himself an exists
upon his own resources is noble but
rare being. -Brydges
Our bravest and best lessons are not
learned through success, but through
misadyenture--A H. Alcott.
Steady patient perscvcring think
ing will generally surmount every OBJ
stacle in the search after truth.--Em
mons.
Whoever il mean in his youth runs
a great risk of becoming a scoundrcl
in ripper years, meanness leads to vii.
Ia ny with fatal attraction. CHEERFUL
lpy
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

-r,,,,,, IL an evnart haautv sIarhter-
-
partars and carnantors are both
-. 49,. talent rn,nrova
W. ~
r..,,,n. !. az krfdea that cnnnocfs
~. ha.a 80 taaa, hos nei fitIe dead
~ '''
M, ,n,ar - chin Il digarnnt from,
naintaes oo,tistr,. ie merely tho arr
-
t,ss 10 noonliebt i one Of loves
STRONGEST arguments.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16
GOOD AND HUMOROUS EXCUSE.
Debtor Really Deserves Grant OF Ex-
tension of Time.

tension or Time,
A prominent business house in Bal
timore placed a bin in the hands Of q
collector who. in response 60 q ~.
quest for settlement, received the fol
lowing in reply
my Dear Sir: Absence from the
city prevented my writing in answer
10 yours al recent date
IT will be utterly impossible for me
to settle the claim son mention a.
present for the very simple but COCO
reason haven't got IT,
4 lost every penny | had IN ths
world, and considerable | hal II the
future, IN a theatrical venture last
September Up to the present tire I
have not recovered from the shock
4 think If you lay this fact before
your cliants they will not advise YOU
TO proceed harshly against rae. From
their past experience with my modes
OF procedure in days gone BY do not
thiak they can recall any suspicious
mannerisms which could lead them q
suppose ! am a debt dodgar,
have simply been initiated into
the lodge Of sorrow, Hard Luck Chap
ter Fool Division No. 90
My picture. hanging crape-laden on
the walls Of the Hall Of Fame. bears
The legeE Z, Sucker No. 33S76493.
My motto is briefly J would II
could but haven't, SO / can't
Fortune may smile, however; up 70
the present writing il has given me the
laugh ! have hopes.
Directly am in a position even re-
motely suggesting opulence. | assure
you your balance viii receive my very
prompt attention Montreal Herald
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16
TOO UNCONVENTIONAL.

While that breezy youth. the presi.
Jents eldest on, may with proprieiy
BE- called Teddy" this name applied
to he first citizen of our republic.
and the man who by the suffrages Of a
free people has been given The high
est off &c in the world, Is sadly out OF
place
People are saying that if Mr. Roose-
welt Is not given the respectful APP
pellations due TO his great position.
but is addressed and spoken of In the
free and easy manner applicable 70
The Toms. Dicks and Harrys, it is his
own fault. since he has habit Of ap-
plying endearing n cknames to his in
innate friends and associates.
Amid the general chorus Of praise
that Is going up North and South,
East and West, for our highly es-
teemed chief magistrate. we hear a
dseordant note--a complaint thar al
though he knows how to assume dig
nifty of manner suited to great occa-
sions, in the Ord nary intercourse of
life and in the companionship Of his
cronies. even Of high officers, he
shows an excess Of good fellow hip
and bluff heartiness all right in
plain American citizen, but hardly
proper for a man who in he worlds
eye S the peer of kings and emperors.
Il is said that when soon after Mr..
McKinley's death, the man SO uneX-
pectedly elevated to his place asked
the support and cooperation of the
lat presidents bosom friend Mark
Hanna. Mr. Hanna replied that if Mr.
Roosevelt would stop calling him "old
man" he would do every hing In his
power TO assist him.
The New York Evening Mail fears
tina, OF presidents jov al familiarity
in salutation may become an issue in
Germany, where the enemies Of Am
bassador Speck Won Sternberg are
throwing AT him the railing accusation
that he allowed our president to adj
lress him as ~Specky serious af-
front to his dignity and also to that
Of the German government
The Mail mentions a rumor that
Mr. Roosevelt calls Baron Takah ia
'Tacky" and Baron Rosen "ROsey,
and 5 gnor Edmonds Mayor des
planc1ss MIR Mayor" AMI al=o has q
humorous way of referring 20 Sir
Henry Mortimer Durand a Morte
i'Arthur." and suggests that possibly
Cassini was recalled he
cause The president of the United
States may nave been in the habit Of
lccos ing him a. Classy" an appella-
ion too suggestive of cur Mrs. Chad
wick.
Although our presidents unconven-
ional way of addre= sing these Ugh
and m ghty ambassadors is in re-
Ireshing contrast 10 old world court
manner. if these complaints are true
hey SHOW a familiarity unhea-d Of
IN the days of Washington and his I'M
successors and guile az va
rance with the accepted canons of
b 90 official etiquette.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16
Dist. Atty. French and the finn.

Dist Atty. French of the southeast
ern district of Massachusetts has p
sense OF humor which he is not always
able to suppress. Some time ago il
became his duty 10 try man in Nor
folk county for murder in the second
degree The defendant was a Finn.
who knew no English. and testified in
his own behalf through an interpreter.
He was convicted.
Shortly after the verdict Mr. French
was met by member Of the haI rhC
Congratulated him. ard added that be-
supposed he was gratihcI al the To-
s-'t
Yes. replied the district attorney.
because whereas I have heretofore
only heard the prisoners Finnish. /
now see g..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-16

theS reciprocity treaties nor tar .
lagis iation.
Paid attorneys OF the biggest trusts
and corporations hold seats in u
bought for them by their employers
Their stupid obstruction to every
kind Of safe and sane regulation and
| wholesome publicity for huge aggre-
cations Of capital more han anyth ng
else drives public opinion in direction
of wild and reckless attack upon
nlaney and wealth, The United States
senate breeds nihilism. When reform
can r2ach and change that the work
| Is Wen nigh done.
The senate can be reached next year
ii the friends of reform will & We Their
minds to it. The elections OF last week
were mere affair Of outposts They
are preliminary to state and congress
iona elections next year, and all lead
up to the presidential contest of 1908
by when we hope both parties will
be under full d1min on Of the reform
spirit.
Extensive and far-feaching as the
wave of Independent voting was this
year. il win not wash one United
STATES senator on of his place APP
parently the only chance was in trust /
ridden New Jersey. where the presi |
dent OF one of the big life insurance /
companies has secured his reelection /
% the senate the usual way. The
conquest of the Ohio
legislature comes tco early to catch
Foraker, who will not rstire until
1909.
Next year most OF the northern
states will elect new legislatures and
many OF these will elec5 United States
senator's, Terms Of onethird Of the
enato will expire March 4, 1907 in
Guiding a number Of hose who stand
ip NEST tiffly against every effort Of
economic, moral or CONNER
,ial reform.
That win be The time for combina-
ion Of the forces Of all these upon
IN effcrG TO change It's moral if not
rs political complexion. In the temper
he people now exhibits. ii will be
ather ind f1erent whether the sena
ols it gets rd Of are succeeded by
men Of their own party or another %
1ng 4. they are satisfactory on the
main question.
II Il slow work 10 change the senate |
ii cannot be done next year.
Int a beginning can be made and a
laid for a complete change
wo years la err. in time to give the
ew reform administrag on. whether
9puhlican or democrat c, sympathetic 7
import and cooperation.