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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
MERCY SHOWN TO
COL0RED VETERAN
ALEX LoNDoN's DISCLOSURE Re.
DUCEs SENTENCE.
Judge Morris Had Said "Thirty Days"
but When He Learned of the Prison
er's War Record He Reduced the PEN
atty to $10-Donald Anderson's Pa
thetic Case. Tf ,s&

Judge Page Morris tempered justice
with mercy ON the United States dis
trict bench yesterday afternoon. In
the midst Of suits involving thousands
of dollars, two prisoners were arralgned
for petty offenses against the United
charged with sending defamatory pos
tai card thru the mails, and the other
was an ancient negro, who pleaded
guilty to sending an obscene letter:
Alexander James LoHdon, the colored
men, appeared, before the judge with
huge buck saw under one arm and
dinner pail hanging on the other. On
his back was bundle Of rags which
might once have been coat. He
seemed to be afflicted with chronic de-
sire to talk, and consumed 5000 words
in pleading guilty. - -,
stI shuh done it, Jedge," he said,
g but I wan It guilty when I wrote dat
letter, cause didn It know dat 1 was
dom nuthir' wrong. Oh yes; oh, yes;
/ IN guilty now dat I know it. -
Judge Morris then explained that he
did not think, that the man could pay
fine, and London burst forth with an
effusion of rhetoric, explaining that he
could not.
:!Thirty days" said Judge Morris.
my pension Them
Judge Morris Strengthened up in his
chair. Are you an old soldier? A
union !, soldiers Did you fight thru the
ct shuh did,
"Fifteen dollars then-No; III make
it ten.' .--
49, Anderson's Pathetic Case.
The story of Donald Anderson, the
boy who sent the postal card, was pa
thetic rather than humorous. It seems
that he was married in Canada, and
that his wife died leaving little girl
To secure work, Anderson came to Min
neapolis, leaving his daughter in the
care of friend. The friend annexed
$500 belonging to Anderson, anc
charged SIS a week for the care of the
child. Anderson accused him of steal
ing the money, but said that he woul(
forgive that if he sent his child to him
Judge Morris said that he would like
to dismiss the case, but the law mus
be upheld. A slight fine was imposed
Edward H. Blackburn, accused of us
ing old cigar boxes for new goods
asked time to secure counsel.
Hathorn Up Again.
Arthur R. Hathorn of the Hathorl
Mutual Commission company, was al
raigned for having sent letter thr'
the mails Dec. %, 1903, containing tn
announc ement of lottery scheme. San
ford Devore, of the defunct Devore Dia
. mond company, out of which the IA T.
, thorn company grew, was charged witt
having sent similar letters on Jan. 2
and Feb. IA, 1908. In the absence O.
. their attorney, M. H. Boutelle, Arthu
. M. Higgins entered demurrer. HI
| stated that all the evidence in the cas-
7 had been taken, and would be presented
to Judge Lochren in an equity case, an
if he determined that the business wa
lottery plea of guilty would be en-
| tered. District Attorney Charles
, Houpt asked for an immediate tria
! stating that the business was now be
ing conducted. This was denied b.
MI. Higgins and Judge Morris ordere
, a continuance until the next term o
court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
The Good Roads Train.

Secretary Wilson of the department
Of agriculture has promised to be one
of the party TO- make the run from Chi.
cago to Portland, Ore, on the good
roads train. Therein is illustration of
the unparalleled growth of an idea re-
Gently taken up for the benefit of the
agriculturist and the improvement Of
conditions in the country.
Last year there were the good seed
trains that carried the gospel of good
corn to the farmers of Iowa with such
splendid results. Then came the same
movement in other corn and winter
wheat states, the Iowa movement being
again taken up this year. More res
Gently the feature has been the good
|seed trains carrying lecturers and itera-
ture and aiming at improvement Of con-
ditions in spring wheat. Four Of these
trains ran thru the states Of Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota, and did
work of inestimable value, spreading
everywhere the doctrine Of selection Of
seed as fundamental to success, and &C
companying this with, directions for
seel selection and treatment of seed af-
fected by disease.
! Wisconsin is now being traversed by
! a good crops train, giving attention to
general Improvement of farm work, and
taking up variety Of crops for con-
sideration, as is necessary in that state
where diyersifcation is much greater,
and where specialization would not be
Of such benefit as in Minnesota and the
Dakotas.
Today it is the good roads train that
is attracting principal attention. The
same methods are followed. Stops are
made at the /. more important points
/ farmers come in by prearrangement, lee.
lures are delivered and good roads
4 literature distributed. aT.S=s
/ This whole movement Of running
special trains across country in the in
terest of. some plan Of Improvement thai
Twill work for the general good is .
! forcible illustration Of the progress Of
4 the day. Yetathe surprise that follow.
each ANNOUNCEMENT of another train j.
scarcely warranted. 1t is already {
long time since first bishop of ths
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06

Mr.. Lythgoe did not get his treasures
merely for the going after them, however.
He had mo end" Of adventures before he
succeeded in carrying off the beautiful
Polyxene, with her hair of gold, and the
monks treasure, bags supposed to be
filled with dead mems bones, but, in re-
ality. filled with coin of the same color
as PolyXene's hair.
Mr.. Horton is not so convincing as a
spinner Of tales of adventure as he is in
dealing with life in Chicago, for example,
in 1.-The Long, Straight Road His hero
Is amateurish, bit awkward at the bust
ness, and the awkwardness reflects upon
the author. The reader refers the hero S
clumsiness back to the author, and read
ers of adventure like both their heroes
and their authors to be clever-like 1.-The
creations of Anthony Hope Hawkins, and
himself, you know. But in 1.-THE Monks
Treasure,"o things are moving all the
time, and there is the glamor of the isles
of Greece, of romance and of adventure
which ought to be senough to satisfy &
very exacting taste.
The BobbsMerrill Co.. indianapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Another View Of .RockefeIIer's Gift.

To the Editor of The journal.
It was clearly the duty Of the Ameri-
can Board to accept the Rockefeller gift
and use the same for the purpose inten-
ded. The board is not a tribunal to sit in
judgment upon the motive or methods Of
it's donors. The board from time imme-
mortal has received and administered the
gifts of 'Mohamrnedans, Hindus. Budd-
hists and heathen," bat has not thereby
Endorsed the religion or the pra cticeS Of
the givers. ~
Our mission schools in India are aided
by the English government, and the Eng
fish government>is sustained in part by
the Chinese opium trade, as Rockefeller
is enriched in part by Standard OIL but
the board does not feel compelled on that
account to decline government aid. No
partnership is involved.
It seems impairment to impugn the mo-
tive of an act, in itself Christian; and
hardly magnanimous to refuse to transmit
100000 in order that we may punctuate
our disapproval Of Mr.. Rockefeller's bust
ness methods at the expense of the heath
en-. Ministers have their pulpits, the pub
lie press and daily speech, all Of which can
be vigorously used for uttering their pro
tests, while the board administers prof
fered funds. rot as q judge, but as a
steward, and sends all on it's mission OF
grace. =.
We are bound to believe a good deed is
prompted by a good motive until the con-
trary is proven; but the motive of giving
and the method of acquisition are both
| beyond our Jurisdiction. I would make
it easy for any man, good or bad. to dc
good deed; and we should be very care.
full how We shut the door Of opportunity
against any man who is moved to hell
his fellowmen toward righteousness
whether or not he is travelling exactly
| our road.
Mr.. Rockefeller's business methods ma!
we'll be left with God, who will do RICH
by him, in this world and the next. L
is easy, even for ministers, to raise a dus
by cold, academic criticism, but the ex
plotting. Of their: opinions IN the public
print emphasizes their zeal rather NOR
| than their good judgment concerning ;
| matter on which able and conscientiou
men had already rendered a unanimou
decision. I believe this act of the boar'
| will stand the. test Of history. ST.. fl. :
! e@ -Leavitt II. Hallock.
|
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
WATCHMEN AT WAR
Rival Special Patrolmen Mix 1t Up on
Stevens Avenue

Fierce. war is raging between the
special watchmen VINO patrol the resi-
dence districts, and as result Thomas
Morrow appeared at the city hospital
early this Forenoon to have an ugly
cash in his head sewed up. Morrow for
time worked for John Hannah, whose
men patrol large part of the fourth
and fifth wards. When he was dis
charged by Harmon. Morrow organized
service of his own, and was accused
of collecting for his personal benefit
for work done while in Harmon s serv-
ice. Recently several of Harmon s men
reported, that Morrow had tried to
drive them from their beats. Last night
the affair reached a climax at Nine
teenth street and Stevens avenue Nor
row is reported to have tried to intimi-
date Harmon 8 man with such miser-
able success that he had to seek surgi-
cal aid.
Morrow has an unsavory police rec
ord and the mayor may be appealed to
if the disturbances do not cease.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
Echoes of the Charters.

The popular elections bill for Mime
apolis city officials in it's present form
seems to have good chance of passing
the house, but it's fate in the senate is
problcmatical. While there is consid'
cradle politics behind the bill, and an
effort to .~'get back at certain officials
shines thru it in spots, the members OF
the. Hennepin delegation in the house
are Influenced largely by growing ideas
of city government"
The appearance of such bill at this
time marks pretty clearly a swinging
away from the idea of council govern
ment. There has been for some years
in Minneapolis sentiment favorable to
Ia new charter, and two charters have
been submitted which developed a
strong tendency toward the federal or
centralized theory of city government.
The council fought the adoption of these
charters from interested motives. A
third draft which was mild and inoffen-
sive submitted at the last election, re-
ceive cold comfort from the council. In
the case of any of these charters, had
the council taken broad view of the
matter and permitted special election,
the real views of the people might have
been ascertained. But the dog in-the:
manger policy prevailed to that extent
that the charters were suffocated at the
polls. The ideas of these charters
however, survived ard some of them
have reappeared in this bill which seeks
to remove certain important officials
from subserviency to the council.
The city council Of Minneapolis has
not always shown the most exalted pa
triotism, the finest sense of probity, mol
the most dependable business Judgment
1t has in it's disposition of the offices
under the charter made fewer mistakes
than might have been expected But
the selection of city officials, such az
city attorney, is directly the peoples
business, and the council cannot com
: plain if the people commend the effor
to put them in command of the CHIEF
:. law office of the city. Nor is it likely
to have bad influence upon the city
government to put the appointment O.
the city. engineer in the hands of tn,
mayor. The city engineer gets his ap
preparation from the council, and, it. i
as well that he should not have to q
to the council for instructions how t.
spend it. He should have a good dea
OF leeway for the exercise of bushes
judgment in the selection of assistants
the employment of labor and the hand
ling of his office generally.
=, The changes proposed by the legisls
ture need not be taken as slap at tn
present council, which is perhaps a
7 good council as the city has had, bu
rather as the cropping out Of the sent
7 ment in favor of reducing the prepor
3 deratang influence of the council in a.
8 things fiscal connected with the cit
. government. It is in the direction 0
. reducing the council to it's proper funt
|tion of legislatlng and establishing tn
theory of independent administration q
a their trust by elective or appointive o,
j. ficers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
The Gates Corner. !.

-, The sensational jump in Chicago May
wheat, which sent that option up 4
cents in q few minutes, scared every
one in the local grain trade and made
the men who had sold wheat short as
. speculation buy back in hurry. The
redoubtable Gates is under it, and no
one cares to take a chance against a
daring Speculation. backed by millions
= A vast amount Of wrong information
has been disseminated from Chicago re-
garding this corner. Nobody absolutely
knows the position Of the clique, which
shifts in some degree from day to day..
but it is generally known that crowd
of spectators, headed by Gates, hold
. great quantity of May wheat. In
short, they have Chicago May cor
nered.
(. Now Gates and his associates, most
Of whom are professional spectators
and Wall street men, have no possible
use for this wheat. They cannot mill
It,, or export it, or handle it in any way
commercially. They are not grain mon,
but spectators pure and simple, who
have bought great quantity Of wheat
for May delivery because there is little
wheat Of contract grade. available for
such delivery, and opportunity to con-
troll 1t all and demand fancy price
looked too good as a speculation to let
pass. Consequently Gates and, his
crowd stand with probably more wheat
OF contract grade coming to them in
May than can conveniently be gotten
together and delivered to them at that
time. 80 -
Hence the situation, specifically
viewed, is simple All Gates has to do
10 to stand pat, and the shorts, being
unable to get the wheat to deliver to
him in May, will have to come in and
settle at the Gates figure, which may
be $1.17, or $1.30, or So, or any othe,
figure. ~ 80: : -
There is another side to it. Gates
does not want the wheat. He does
not want to take over, and pay for, an6
put into store, very many millions Of
bushels of wheat at % cents a bushe
higher than the same wheat may nov
be bought for, for July delivery, anG
3s cents higher than the ruling quo
tation for September delivery. Their,
is not much old wheat. No one neet
doubt that 4$lO,O00,OOo or $4,000 90,
put into the deal could gobble thi
wheat and control the. supply and die
tate prices, But the new crop is com
ing on and is promising well. The gov
eminent report, due next Monday, viii
probably show. a. condition as high a
90 for winter wheat. Hence whea
buyers and -four buyers, and ever
one; in the, trade can: see that, Will
there is a scarcity of wheat for Ma.
delivery, there is plenty promised 70
later delivery, so they are not stock
ing up more than is necessary wit
| high-priced old stuff. Gates will wan
to sell out some time. Crop damag,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
Ones Religion.

( A writer in the Outlook warns you
that you are not losing your religion be-
cause your views Of things theological
change with your age and the amount of
money you have in the bank. =
= This will prove a disappointment to
those Of us who believe that with a
certain variation Of view we have COM
pletely absolved ourselves from the
"superstitions Of belief. The fact
seems to be that one cannot lose his
religion and continue to exist any more
than he can hold his breath and con,
tinue to live. Religions is not some.
thing that we put off or on like a coat
but something which goes with our very
being and whether we recognize it. OF
not it persists. with the tenacity of
identity itself.
Religion is at most an ideal of life
as related to others, and to our idea OF
God. Obviously these are things that
we cannot lose. We may live more OF
less up to the ideal, but it is impossible
that it should disappear. If it could
sence Of interest in the subject matter
But no man from Spencer down, has
been able to disassociate himself from
his sense Of responsibility for his OWL
attitude toward the present and the flu
ture. l~t"-..< 80:
I Some men live on friendly, compan
ionable terms with their religion; Others
make mystery Yof it; others take il
put only occasionally to dust, it: Al
men have it,$1or rather it has all men
and they cannot get away from it.. Som'
men try to live up to their religion
others try to live their religion down
Neither class succeeds in ignoring i
any more than they succeed in ignoring
breathing or thinking.
: Hinky Dink had 5000 plurality il
'Darkest Chicago
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
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.BOOK CHAT'N
4 IHl 5EzEE|
THE UNEASY CHAIR

SEARCH FOR ARGOLS THAT LED
TO THE DISCOVERY OF A DUCHESS
AND A FORTUNE.-Walter Lythgoe of
chicago, as the representative Of big
baking powder house, went to the Medi-
terranean to buy argols to be used in the
manufacture of 1.-THE only strictly pure
baking powder in the world. We forget
whether he. got the argols, but we know
he got a fortune and wife, the fortune
In gold and the wife a classic beauty
such as is found only in out of the way
Mediterranean islands, where dwell the
descendants Of the ancient nobility Of
Greece and Italy. That is to say we
know all this, if George Horizons The
Monks Treasure is a true story-and
why doubt it?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06

The Washington Star has commenced
the publication of a Sunday morning edi-
offers to its readers clean, heightened
paper, such as the Star might be ex-
pected to publish. 1t would be quite inn
possible for a paper Of such high stand
dards to commit anything .freakish or
atrocious, or even sensational, in the way
Of a. newspaper. The general character
of the Sunday issue follows very closely
that of the regular daily publication. +.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06

E. Atkinson may have some uses in this
world, but we sometimes feel as tho his
mandate had expired. OF course, it will
be left to MIR. Atkinson's own sense Of
propriety whether he shall withdraw by
the chloroform route, or just go away and
lose himself in the wilderness of his own
inventions. Mr.. E. Atkinson's latest out
break only accentuates the desire to grab
him and throw him over a bridge. There
son is perhaps the most aged donkey we
have with u.s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
THE STRENGTH OF THE SAMSON
Nebraska. State Journal.

Nebraska State JOURNAL.
4. Independent oil retircries are starting
up in Kansas in a way tc make it appear
that the people Relieve. the strength OF
the Standard Oil lay in it's RAILROAD rebate.
even as the strength ,,f Samson lay in his
hair. Standard Oil has been shorn Of its
rebate, and the public snaps its fingers at
the big trust. The only danger to Kansas
lies in the fact tlAt. even as so1nson's
hair grew again, SO the rebate may slip
back into service while the. people sleep.
The rebate grabbers never sleep.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06

A dispatch from Panama shows terri
BILE condition of affairs: .yi
{ Panama. April 5.-The unusually long
dry summer has caused a scarcity of wa
ter, which is now being sold here at 4
cents a gallon. The government, in order
to relieve the situation, Is endeavoring to
arrange with the authorities Of the canal
zone to bring water to the city in tank
cars. sla& %.s-a3s aI&
In Minneapolis, the water we drink costs
us only cents gallon. Something wrong
at Panama.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
NIGHT SCHOOL TO CLOSE
Exercises Will Be Held at the Y M. G.
A. Saturday Evening.

After year of successful work, the
Y. M. C. A. night schools will be closed
Saturday evening. The program of the
closing exercises is as follows: Solo,
Gilbert Joyce; address, w. l.. Harris;
musical numbers by the mandolin and
guitar club; stereopticon lecture on
" Niagara Falls n. R. Fuller, official
agara Falls.
An exhibition of the work done by
the students of the various technical
courses has been arranged on the main
floor of the. building and will be open
to. the public for several days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
soNnETs OF AN ENGAGED GIRL

Last night-how long ago it seems-he brought
me this;
It makes my finger fairly seem to blaze
wonder what stone like this one weighs!
IT'S larger than May Thornes is or miss
Ny guess by half mile. What blissful bliss
It was that filed me when he stopped to raise
My hand and slipped this on. I seemed to
gaze
Thru heavens portals. as we cinched to kiss.
How early he departed tho! There may
y Have been some cause OF which he was aware.
And he alone. for have found today
y Two brass suspender buttons lying where
He PRESSED me to his heart and failed to say
What 1 had longed to hear him murmur there.
s. e. Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
RESCUE TWO CHILDREN
Detectives Garry Them from Burning
House in st. Paul.

Detective O'Brien and Patrolman
Pesek of the st. Paul force last night
rescued the two children of L. S. Latin
from their burning home, PA East Sew
enteenth street.
The children were asleep on the see
ond floor when the fire broke out and
the upper rooms soon filed with smoke.
The police officers, after search,
found them asleep and brought them
down. The fire was put out before
much damage was done.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06

More than half of the voters Of Chicago
voted, for immediate municipal ownership.
The others voted for slower municipal
ownership, and 10000 voted socialist,
which means that they would rather have
municipal ownership than pie three times
day. This would seem to indicate that
every mothers son in Chicago is for mu-
nicipal ownership. Even the 1000 un-
tn mmeled prohibition voters are prob
ap;' for municipal ownership, as a side
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
THE READERS QUESTION BOX

Book-lover-The publishers of doors Out
ward" say that 10 sequel to the book has been
published In reply to your request for : the ne
names of some good books for girl of 16 to
read we must refer you to someone more IA
miliar with the reading you have already done
and with your tastes, with the added advice:
Don't resd many books. particularly OF hction'
Books must be something more than interest
ing to be worth WHILE The question is always:
Is this book worth while, Or at least Is 1t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06

The records of the day-deaths,
births, marriages, hotel arrivals, rail
road time tables, real estate transfers.
building permits, and other Information
of interest-will be found, together
with want advertisements, on page IA
of this issue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06

That minority report on the auditors
of men not influenced by, political or
personal motives. If The 10 urn is
correctly informed, at least two Of the
three men signing this report were sup
porters of the republican candidate for
governor, and were prejudiced against
the reports Of the public examiner until
they inquired into the matter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-06
FOUR ARE ARRAIGNED
Two Doctors and Two Women Accused
of Performing Abortion.

Mrs. Hanna Lund, 1882 Fifth street
NE: Mrs. Cordelia Lindstaed+, 90
Twelfth street S; DR.. n. l.. Hadse!l. of
st. Paul and DR.. VIM. c. Van Damme
of Minneapolis were arraigned before
Judge Simpson this morning charged
with performing abortion. They plead
ed not guilty and will be tried in the
These are the first victims of the
campaign upon the alleged baby
farmsb of Minneapolis.