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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-19
PIANOS.

PIANOS. ~ ~
The finest secondhand and shop-worn pianos
IN the city, must be sold this week, at sacrifice
prices. "s'l - ....' - ....
knabe. beautiful. upright. in excellent con-
dition, $2S5 will buy it.
Henry +. Miller. small grand case, damaged.
1hese are ARTISTS pianos, and II you are
looking for an instrument in this class at
bargain call or write at once. Also small
upright. used six months, for $135. E
Minneapolis Music Co.. e.
6U6 Nicollet ay
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HIDES, PELTs, FURs, WOOL
REVIEW OF THE MARKET BY THE NORTH
WESTERN HIDE & FUR COMPANY


WESTERN HIDE & FUR COMPANY.
The hide market is Unchanged. We would
not be at all surprised to see a decline soon
as the increased harvest kill will make more
send their hides in as often as they get enough
1 to ship, 50 as not e have loss by having
Wool is still quiet. II
TalloW seems unsettled. .
6. s. cured steer hides, over 60 lbs. liz 1oN
G. s. light hides, under 60 lbs. liz 1oH
G. 5. heavy COW hides, over 60 lbs. liz 1914
G: $. long haired kips, s to rs lbs. az g.
&. S. bulls stays, oxen and work
G. S. heavy cow hides, over 50 lbs: 1oa sy
Veal calves, 5 to Is lbs, each. ....:.:1sh liz
Green or frozen, 1c less than G: S. cured.
Horse and mule hides, large, each. . SO 35 So. 35
Horse and mule hides, medium, each. $50 1.I5
Dry horse and mule hides, each 1.5O LOO
Montana butcher hides, long trim,
nont9na butcher hides, long trim. l07a
Montana agna butcher hides short trim l0'S
Indian stretched 800. .............1s
Montana calf, under 5 lbs........".1s
Montana kip, to ~ lbs. ....,.....1O
Iowa, Minnesota. Dakota and Wiscon-
SIN hides s,;cs 11h
Dakota and Wisconsin under lbs. III is
E Sy'' salted hides. rs, all weights: ioH
Wool
Unwashed, fine .....................21 @23
Unwashed, fine, medium. .22 M26
Unwashed, medium, II to A-blood. 20 @2s
Unwashed, coarse 49,. ........26 @2S
Unwashed, bury, seedy, chaffy, me-
dunn and coarse ..................23 OPS
Unwashed broken lots, medium and
coarse 10 QgZO
Tallow in cakes ................... AZ 81
Tallow, solid ..................... E. 8
Beeswax, yellow, No. 1, clean. .......20
| Beeswax, dark ..................... 20 @23
Ginseng, dry. good to choice, all :.
sections, spring. ............. $6.OUg6.oo
seneca SENECA r root' d nry moor goUu 4S@ Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-19

NEW YORK PROVISIONS, Aug. 1o.-Beef
steady; family, $11.5O@12; mess, S95O11O;
packet, $1O.5O@11. Pork, firm; mess, S15. 25 a
1925; family, $17.50@1S; short clear, $4,000
1925. Lard, firm; prime western steam $7.SI
@S2O.
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RnfIrOads entering the yards reported
cepts for the day by loads as follows: Chicago
Great Western, L CHICAGO milwaukee, St.
Paul Minneapolis & 0moha, is; Great Northern,
sc: 500 Line, IS: Northern Pacific, Z; total,
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D Observation-Disclosures

WILL TRADE STOCK IN MINNESOTA COR
poration paying quarterly dividends of IL per
cent last year earned besides extra divi-
dend of per cent. for clear title to improved
or wild land. Address 5391, Journal.
TO EXCHANGE FOR CANADIAN LAND
stock general merchandise; land in central or
northern Assiniboa preferred. 5093. Journal
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MEDICAL

TILE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE
a guaranteed cure for Brights disease of the
kidneys; trial bottle will convince the most
skeptical. Call and investigate or send 81
for trial treatment DR.. W. D. Myers, Spe-
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CHICAGO PRODUCE, Aug 19.-Butter, firm;
creameries. 17@20c dairies 16M1Sc. Eggs,
firm; at mark, cases included, 1919 @15c. Cheese,
easy; daisies liz 111hc; twins, lie: Young
keys, 15c; chickens, lie; springs 1870. Pota-
toes firm; carlots on track, bu. 43@53c. Veal,
steady 80 to 6O-lb weights. 6@61ac: so to 12-lb
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E2E.T AL BUILDING
GEE
8 Z 49,, ! E!a:l,M!s!!M!:,
FOR REM T

I offer for rent the build
ing on the northwest cor
ner of East Sixth and
Minnesota Streets, st.
Paul, Mimi, now occu-
pied by the Smith & Far
well Company. This is an
attractive, modern, we'll
built retail building; five
stories high, with
frontage Of IS feet on.
East Sixth and Of 100
#. on Minnesota Street;
contains a total floor
space, including base
ment, of 1000 square
feet. The best location in
the city for a large, high
grade retail business.
LUTHER S. CUSHING
Care and Management of Real Estate
ENDICoTT BUILDING,
J.. ST. PAUL, MINI.
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BILLIARD AND POOL TABLEs-NEw AND
slightly used: buy none except fitted with
incompatible electric cushions; most ac-
curate and fastest in the world. For tables,
bar fixtures, bowling alleys, supplies, prices,
terms and catalogue write Koehler & Hinrichs,
257 % Sd st, st. faul. No. 247 I'd ay S. Min
neaDois. - - : -
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29

revising the city charter the next time
no account should be taken OF the royal
ties on gas and electric light eonsump-
ton. The levy for public lighting
should be specific and cover the entire
cost of lighting. and the levy for fire
and police should be large enough to
enable the city to maintain both depart
ments without periodic shortages, The
royalties should be turned into the gen
eral fund.
As a matter Of fact, the dumping Of
the royalties from the gas and electric
light companies into the public lighting
fund has resulted in an increase In the
number Of lamps, not because they were
needed, but because the public lighting
companies insist upon transferring their
contribution to the city out of one
pocket and into the other pocket. For
example, when the electric light con-
tract was extended for Ave years last
winter, the reduction in the cost of arc
lights was Immediately followed by an
increase in the number of lamps to
swallow all the savings besides the ex-
pected royalties for the year, and the
taxpayers held the sack.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29

| ton it is not such a serious problem. be.
cause clean money can be obtained any
day by those who have old money to ex.
change. But in points far distant the
dirty, germ-bearing paper money is really
a disgrace to the nation.
The annual report Of the Secretary OF
Agriculture, or the Year Book" as It is
called, is rapidly nearing completion. The
number of copies called for is 10000, a
mammoth undertaking-in fact the largest
job turned out by the government printing
office. The number of copies and the
length of time required for its production
makes the work monotonous to the en-
ployes. Sixty-five carloads of paper were
required for its production, neoessitating
155o0,OOO impressions. probably the largest
single Job Of any press room in the world
There are not many wealthy young off,
GERS serving in Uncle Sans army" says
the Washington Times. consequently
when few days ago announcement was
made Of the resignation from the service
OF Lieutenant Robert 8. Clark, Ninth in
fantry, old officers shook their heads wisely
and remarked that It didn't seem as If
any Of those millionaire fellows could stand
the racket TOT long,
Still the majority of officers in the army
do not blame Lieutenant Clark for his ac-
tion. In his particular case they say he
made an unusually good record and while
there was really active work In the
Boxer" campaign and the operations in
the Philippines young Clark, though a
millionaire, was more than willing for
hard work Recently when Clark. who is
stepson OF Bishop Potter OF New York.
found that he was to be returned to the
Philippines he sent in his resignation and
it was accepted.
1T Is said by army officers here that
Clark was probably the richest officer who
has served recently under the colors of
the United States. His mother. a Mrs.
Clark OF New Jersey, was one OF the
wealthy Clark family whose fortune was
made in the well known Clark thread mills
OF New Jersey. Clark has had a handsome
income ever since he became OF age.
Army officers hero recall the lavishness
with which he spent some of his wealth
when he first came to enter the service.
On one OCCASION he entertained his friends
at the New Willard with a party which
is said to have cost $4,000 He kent fine
horses and instead OF leaving them in care
OF the depot quartermaster. to which
privilege he was entitled, he kept them at
a livery stable"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29

hopes to increase the record to 25Oo,OoO. at
the close, October 10. Portland is welcome
to her laurels. but 1t must show earnings
of at least 30 cents on the dollar to equal
the pre-eminent record Of Omaha as an ex-
position financier.
Emperor William has again posed for
set OF official portraits of himself. this time
in full regimentals. Something like two
dozen attitudes were assumed by the ruler
OF the Germans when he graciously loaned
his presence the other day for the delec-
tation OF posterity and the purse of the
imperial kodaker
Unlike most of the members of the diplo-
matte and consular service of the celestial
empire who came to this country, Sir Chem
tung LANG Cheng, the Chinese minister in
Washington, clings to the dress of his
native land. This is unusual for generally
the Chinese and Japanese of the better class
quickly adopt American dress when they
come to live in this country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
PHILIPPINE CONDITIONS.

The interview with Secretary Taft af.
fords no new information of special in.
terest in regard to conditions In the
Philippines. He said that the political
situation is in some respects not as good
as 1t ought to be, there icing among
portion of the people malcontents
who continue to make trouble. The
secretary did not venture an opinion as
to how long this state of affairs is likely
to continue, but there is some reason
to apprehend that it may go on for a
considerable period, though possibly not
developing into anything very serious.
In regard to Industrial and commercial
conditions what little Secretary Taft
had to say was not encouraging and it
is reasonable to suppose that could he
have told anything encouraging he
would have done So
The obvious fact is that our govern
ment must speedily do something to
promote better business conditions in
the Philippines or run the risk of hAv-
ing more serious trouble there. This
was pretty plainly implied in one of
the remarks of the secretary of war,
where he said that this alien govern
ment Is much more likely to be criti-
cised for existing conditions, however
free from blame in respect to them,
than native government The inves-
tigation OF conditions made by the sena-
tors and Representatives who accom-
panied Secretary Taft, will, It is reason
ably to be expected, be productive OF
legislation that will aid in relieving
agricultural depression in the islands
and improving the industrial and COM
mercial situation. There needs to be
some very practical work done for the
Philippines
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
= CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Phase of the Question Ignored by
Democratic Critics.

Chicago Chronicle.
| Corporation contributions to political
campaigns are to be criticised from three
widely different points OF view. according
as the compliments emanate from the peo-
pie, from stockholders and policy holders
or from some political party.
At the present time there is a popular
prejudice against corporations and great
alarm is expressed at their alleged contri-
buttons TO campaign funds. Concerning
this feeling 1t is SUFFICIENT to say that we
live in corporation age, in which every
thing is done through corporations, and Il
is inevitable that political expenditures
shall be provided for like everything else.
All things considered, no more money is
raised for ordinary campaign funds than
has always been raised and campaign
funds are not one whit more apt TO be per-
verified to dishonest uses than they were a
generation ago.
The most groundless and ridiculous com
plant that could be made against these
contributions emanates from the demo-
cratic party and this complaint Is not so
much that the corporations contribute to
political objects as that they now confine
their contributions to the republican party.
Up to the campaign of 1896 the demo-
cratic party received as many corporation
taken all 1t could get ever since, but with
out the former publicity.
Admitting for the sake OF argument that
the corporations for the last ten years have
not contributed one dollar to the demo-
cratic treasury, who is to blame for IT.?
Most assuredly the party has no one to
blame for It but itself
Ever since the national democratic con-
vention Of 1896 the party has advocated,
though with waning enthusiasm, a national
financial policy which would not only dis
turb financial, commercial and Industrial
Interests, but ruin them. Wealth, whether
private or corporate, was openly menaced
as long as William J. Bryan was the party
leader, and its fears have not been allayed
by anything that the party has done since
II Bryan had been elected In 1895 the
result would have been the greatest fnan-
cial convulsion in the history Of the world
and its effects would have been felt around
the globe. The greatest sufferers OF all
would have been widows and orphans and
wage earners. but the mightiest financial
structures also would have toppled from
their base.
1t would have been strange, Indeed, II
every great corporation in the country had
contributed funds to assist in bringing this
about. 1t Is not at all strange IL these in
stitutions from that moment avoided the
democratic managers as wreckers, con-
spirators and revolutionIsts and contrib
uted their funds TO aid In the overthrow
OF a colossal infamy.
The democrats are now making an effort
to night this battle over again and 10 sad
die the guilt on the republicans. They are
oenouncing the corporation ofncers as
scoundrels for not Contributing to the dem
oeratic campaign funds, but the real sooun-
drels are the men who planned ruin for
rich and poor alike and made 1t suicidal
for any wealthy person or corporation TO
Contribute dollar TO democrats success.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
Brave Fight Of New orleans.

- lRPf IIIbIIVFN 1tSluDIICaII'
New Orleans fight against yellow fever
shows beyond doubt that another cpl
demic ought never to occur. During the
ten weeks of the struggle there have been
but 1856 deaths from the disease, which Is a
remarkably low record, compared with the
epidemic in 1878. when, during the same
season of the year, the deaths numbered
2,176 in a much smaller population. The
immense reduction in mortality this year
has unquestionably been due TO the ad-
vance of medical science in the handling
OF yellow fever; and hereafter, with the
city always on the alert and protected
against the stegomyia mosquito, the cpl
demc Of 1905 should be known as the last
of the plaques.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
WELCOMING AMERICANS.

The emigration from the United
States to Canada has not been regarded
with entire favor by some people in
the latter country. They have expressed
apprehension that the effect would be to
ultimately Americanize the Dominion
and draw it away from its British low
atty. The Canadian premier Sir VIII
frid Laurier, has no such fear. On the
contrary he would extend to Americans
the heartiest possible welcome. Some
two weeks ago he turned the first sod
Of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway
and In speech on that occasion said
that II there is a class to which he would
give special greeting it is the Ameri-
cans. He said his reason for this was
that for sixty years or more the tide
of immigration on this continent has
been flowing from the north to the
south. Now the tide has changed and is
flowing. from the south to the north.
Canadians are no longer going to the
Amerieans-the Americans are coming
to the Canadians" He expressed graft
fication at the existing friendship be-
tween the countries and added: at is
true that there are some people who
are afraid of American immigrants
coming into Canada. For my part l
have no such fear. Let our American
neighbors come in. There is n field for
their labor, a vast field for their arms,
vast field for their capital. Let them
come with their brains, Drawn and
money"
Energetic efforts are still being made
to attract people from this country to
western Canada and they appear to be
meeting with considerable success. Land
there can be had for less price an acre
than Is asked in our northwestern states
and perhaps so long as this continues
to be the case people will go to western
Canada In doing so, however, they
must expect to encounter more Of pri-
walton and hardship than they would
experience ir this country and it is
doubtful II the ultimate benefits will
compensate them. The enterprise, how
ever, which the Canadian government
is showing in encouraging American
immigration is certainly to be COM
mended and must result most advan-
tageously to that country
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
Personal NOTES.

"oh, the pains Of being wealthy ex,
claims Mr.. Caine. Still, the millionaire
manages to endure, and reaches out foI
more pangs
General William r. Shafter, United
States army, retired. is now deeply inter.
ested in stock raising at Bakersfield, Cal.
and devotes almost his entire time 10 his
herd OF Jerseys.
Frank Rockefeller, the youngest and
least known OF the OIL Kings brothers, is
reserved and unpretentious, his hobby be-
ing the tanning OF wild animals at his home
near Cleveland. WicllifIe-on-the lake. On
his Kansas ranch he has raised 5000 horses
and 10000 cattle.
II. w. Denison, an American attorney,
who has been for the past twenty-five
years legal adviser in the japanese Foreign
ONCE, will retire and return 10 the United
States within year. He is the only Amer
ican who has ever held such a high position
in foreign government.
The oregonian boldly declares that the
attendance at the Portland exposition will
equal and probably surpass the Omaha
record. The attendance passed the 1000, 900
mark, September p. With three weeks
to run from that date the management
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
ANOTHER FALSE alarm

Another false alarm has been sounded
from the city hall. There, is no danger
that Omaha will be left in Egyptian
darkness and without police protection
for the next three months. even II the
brakes are put on to prevent overIaps
In the police and gas lighting funds.
Some way will doubtless be found to
bridge the chasm. But even II the gas
and electric light companies are com
PEELED to snuff out some of the street
lamps and policemen to discount their
pay for three months, there is no dan.
ger of strike on the part of the Eas
and electric companies or the police.
One thing Is patent, however, that In
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
TINE 70 STOP TIE HrMBUG.

As originally organized the various
Improvement clubs of this city were de-
signed in good faith to create popular
interest in needed local improvements
and concentrate the influence of the resi-
dents of the various sections of the
town upon the mayor and council, the
park board and the various public utility
companies for the betterment Of condi-
tons and abatement of abuses. Within
the last year, however, the Improvement
clubs have been utilized by political
mountebanks and corporation cappers to
disseminate misinformation and create
false public opinion on municipal
issues.
Meetings of this and that improve
ment club are called on snort notice, and
resolutions are passed and promulgated
as expressing the sentiment of the men,
bership of the club when, in fact, the
meetings are attended by only handful
or people, most of whom are trained
stool pigeons, paid to make capital for
or against any particular proposition.
That was the character of the public
Improvement meetings last fall when
the municipal electric lighting PROPOSE
ton was before the people OF Omaha.
The same tactics are being pursued now
in the improvement meetings called to
debate telephone competition. Instead
Of a free and full discussion of the ad-
vantages and drawbacks of two tele-
phone systems the public Improvement
club meetings have degenerated into
wordy encounters between paid and um-
paid emissaries of both sides, and the
resolutions adopted for or against sim
ply show whether the one party or the
other party had succeeded in packing
the meeting.
1t seems to us high time that the ofti-
GERS and members of the improvement
clubs put their foot down firmly against
this abuse; otherwise the public improve
ment clubs will be impotent to mold
public sentiment when their respective
localities are vitality concerned in secur-
ing action by public officials.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
Competition in Telephones.

In 1898 an agitation was begun in Kansas
City for the erection OF a dual telephone
system. The Star opposed II. 1t told the
people that a dual system would not only
be an additional expense but a nuisance.
Now we have the two systems, and that
is the exact condition we have today.
Business men are paying as much as ever
for the old phone with the additional ex-
pense OF the new one. A banker said to
me recently: II believe sometimes these
two phones on my desk will run me crazy"
when he answered the wrong one about
the fifth time. The telephone business is
about the only competition that does not
compete. sfr
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.

Minor Scenes and Incidents sketched
on the spot.
There are few spots on the globe worth
living in that does not feel the gentle touch
OF Uncle Sans generous hand. United
states pensioners are TO be found wherever
civilized people congregate. They are in
such remote places as Samoa, Algeria
south and East Africa, China and Egypt.
colony of a dozen pensioners lives in
Liberia and one lonesome exile lives in
st. Helena and draws $144 year. A little
more than 5000 pensioners live abroad and
draw annually from the federal treasury
about $4,000. The following official list
shows the location, number and amounts
drawn during the last fiscal year,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29

Kansas City bought its water works
ten years ago for $3,1OOOOO, Il is fig
ured out that the plant in ten years
has earned 100000 over and above
expenses. But suppose Kansas City
lad teen compelled to pay $1,000. 600
Or 100000 for its plant instead OF
tS,loo,OOo by reason OF the rise in price
OF material and labor and the enlarge
meat q its boundarissf
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29
Nscessary DistInctions.

A certain shopman kept a ARsk
Right up in front. No need 10 ask;
For friend and stranger knew the spot
And tapped at times the willing bot"
Another shopman kept the same
Right up In front; but when there came
A friend around he took him back
And gave him secretly a Whack
Out OF another bottle fair
He kept ensconced for friendship there.
The shopman mentioned first did lose
His friends through the inferior booze,
While he last mentioned kept his friends
Whose treats friends and strange alike
VIII see the former quickly hike!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29

west and north and south. That should
be sufficient to cover his travels for at
least the balance Of the present fiscal
year. This may be intended as an OBJ
ject lesson to the next legislature that
the taxpayers Of Nebraska will be con
tent to pay all the railroad fare for
which there is any Justification.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-29

The discovery" made by the Japa-
nese that sailors should put on clean
clothing before a fight is really no i'm
provement on the method in the "old"
navy Of the United States which pro.
vided that the men should strip to the
waist before the firing began.