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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
A Critical Moment.

Senator Clapp, it is announced from
somewhere, is about to let it be known
what he thinks about the railroad sques-
ton: Considering everything, this ut.
terance, if the senator really consents
to utter it, ought to be in the nature
Of final decree on the whole subject
It should be final, first, because it will
be deliberate. The senator has never
yet been trapped into saying anything
on the railroad question which coulo
possibly compromise him with either
side. Being in the position of the mar
who had friends in both places it ha!
behooved him to be careful and he hal
been careful. Nobody can point to al
unguarded utterance Of his on the rail
road question. : - Y ;.
Second, it ought to be decisive be
cause Senator Clapp has chosen t,
speak after all the world has Spoken
several times. Having all the opinions
and all the evidence. before him hi
should be able to formulate something
which will include the strength. and ex
SAo@o tno WGdAue6S Oi dill .preV1Ou
statements.
When athletes are matched for con
test they train vigorously at first, bu
afterward with more caution. Just be
fore the event they stop training en-
tirely for fear of going stale. This i
the station at which the training To-
the railroad fight has arrived. TIL
president has gone off into the woods
the senate has gone. to the seashore
the railroad presidents have gone bac]
to Wall street, There. ,is pause in tn
preparation, there is a lull in the, pres
work, there is the quiet of expectancy
The world is waiting for something
Can 1t be for Moses E. Clapp's fna
word9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
Ignoring Neutrality Laws.

The patience of. Japan seems to. have
become exhausted over. the frequent
>violations74by FRANCE of the interna-
tionally recognized neutrality obliga-
tions.> She is the ally of Russia Of sew
eral years. standing, but nobody has
ever seen any particular utility Of the
combination, since, in. case France
grappled with her old enemy Of 1901,
it would be a desperately inconvenient
matter for. the Russian ally to get near
enough to help her, as the kaiser would
effectively. halt her on his frontier.
There is no accounting for tastes,
but certainly since Russia undertook
to conquer Japan, France has been one
Of the most obsequious coadjutors of
the Russian cause. Great Britain is the
ally Of Japan, bat she does not 90 be.
yond the risk taking which every com
mercial nation undertakes for the sake
of profit. Germany and the United
States and other nations have exer
cised their risk-taking privileges, theil
merchants selling all the goods they
can get to the belligerents, mindful Of
the risk Of capture. France, however
has laid herself out to remove obstacles
from Russia Is naval: campaigning. Sh.
opened her ports in Madagascar, from
Diego Suarez bay to Cape St. Mary, tt
the Pacific squadron of Admiral Roiest
vensky, enabling him to make thos
shores a base for ultimate operations il
the Indian ocean, and when the Russian
fleet passed thru the Strait Of Malacc,
! into the China sea, the French govern
ment freely yielded the obvious advan
/ tages ofsthe harbors Of the French Indo
China coast, as Saigon and Kamran]
bay, for a. base for operations agains
the Japs in those waters. Here re
victualing, repairs. outftting, coalin
I and other necessary naval operation
have been going on and the convenient
Of the process is SO great that. it
cabled, apparently on Roiestvensky
authority, that the ships will not leav
until May Z. It is also noted that RI
jestvensky has ordered three of hi
, auxiliary cruisers, formerly swift
steamers of the German American trans
!. atlantic line of steamers, to prey upo
Japanese commerce and lead Togo t
divert his strength in that direction
France has laid herself open to th
{ grave. charge of providing, with whs
Iseems to be a spirit of the utmost d
/ liberation, the Russian belligerent wit
most convenient base for the prosec,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
]. U71at the Market Affords.

M lK lamb, hind quarter, So; forequarter, ST.
lfl Fall lamb, hind quarter, Is cents pound fore
quarter, 1917 cents pound
Spring chickens broilers, Is cents apiece.
Squads, 30 cents apiece
Mint 5 cents bunch.
Peas, 8 cents quart.
Asparagus IL to Is cents bunch
String and beans, Is cents pound.
Spinach 40 to 60 cents peck.
Peppers three for 10 cents.
Blood oranges 20 to Is cents.
Strawberries pins 10 cents; quarts 18 cents =
Fresh lines, 80 cents dozen.
In spite Of the late date of Easter milk lamb is very
and high the quarters only weigh about
pounds At $3.50 for the BEST this makes lamb decided
luxury Fall lamb is also HIGH but there marked differ
quite good eating milk lamb Either with mint
and new peas will furnish dinner that should satisfy
epcure ....--'.-..
The other choice tidbit Of the Easter market broil
ers These incubator chicks weigh about two pounds.
Squads rather high but they in prime condition.
In vegetables all the salad materials gradually beco
ing cheaper cucumbers tomatoes and peppers having taken
a noticeable drop this week
still the storm center for housekeepers and deal
ers With creamery ranging from 80 to IS CENTS there
no profit for the Dealers but they dislike much to
above this Of the year, for the outcy would be
overwhelming There is practically dairy butter in the
market the farmers find it profitable to sell their
cream to the creameres The small supply Of dairy butter
and butter bringing 80 cents There
is no promise of material relief for least two weeks
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
Relief is sight We infer that the company work
ing FOR the public good.

Relief sight We infer that the new company work.
ing for the public good.
At Mexico No. pair Of rongray mules fetched 500.
The buyer, remembering Maud stood in front and COM
pleted his bargain il bo boz B,
Mrs John "A. Logan writes entertainngly to the New
York American thus:
So much has been written on the subject Of the
Mothers congress that it has occurred to that
much good might be accomplished by the organization
Of Fathers congress-
WE'LL we like that! The first Mothers congress had
hardly been suggested when outlined in this column
years ago, Fathers congressl But that's the way of
genius It throws off mighty idea and years. perhaps
decades, later inventor along and makes million
dollars off Of it. SO the Fathers congress has occurred
to Mrs Logan and she will probably carry
all the fathers So apiece for the idea.
Mrs. Logan tells what father might discuss at his
gress The idea is feminine than fecous but we
quote it here:
Fathers might, by comparing notes., learn that
they had been anything but kind to the wives they
had to love and cherish sickness and in health
by keeping them waiting hour after hour for their
companionship, while they tarried at their clubs
other resorts engaged in diversions and designations.
Where have we heard this idea expressed beforeq
On the extreme Importance Of father in the family fe
point which have always insisted, Mrs Logan not
mealy mouthed. She says 'tdam' We submit that
this not the language for lady to If talked in
this way should expect to get fired off the paper, and
rightly. We quote Mrs. Logan S exact words
Stock-raisers, in the propagation Of the animal
species, pay far attention to the than the
dam, and there is ground for argument that
there is why the same rule should not be
observed in the propagation Of the human species,
who only animals Of the higher order. $" #'-.
You will notice that Mrs Logan refers to the gener
the dam and faher' not worthy Of her. This
roundabout way Of saying that father not worth
a dam. We may be wrong. p. /t .-.,-.
But right wrong, do not like the assumed by
Mrs Logan in the discussion Of father Man has been
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
CEMENT FACTORY STARTED
New Enterprise for Grafton-Baptist
Engage Pastor.

GRAFTON, N. D.-Work was begun this week
on the construction of a large building near the
Northern Pacific tracks. which will contain the
plant of cement factory. The new firm is
ture cement blocks for sidewalks and building
purposes.
The Baptist church has secured the services
of Rev Mr. Vincent, of Winnipeg who will
hold regular services beginning next Sunday
morning.
Miss r. G. Bennett, of Farbault. Mimi. has
been elected by the school board to serve az
supervisor of music aad drawing. Miss Stella
u. Miles of Buffalo n. D.. has been engaged
to fill the vacancy in the second grade.
A tri-county teachers association meeting viii
be held at Grafton Friday and Saturday, May
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20


possible hope of saving the childs life.
There was no physician to be had. The
father took the only instrument he had
an ax-and cut off the little sufferer s
feet An extreme case? Yes and no; ex-
IRENE from the point oftview of the com
Portable life Of prosperous people in the
states, but not extreme along the bitterly
inhospitab1e'' coast of the Labrador, where
perils are as thick as the rocks OF the
coast and the fogs that conspire with them
against those who have the hardihood tc
survive the barren regions hardship anc
poverty, and where one mans record 10.
sixty years Of fishing was this:
Put out to sea in his punt at least 10000
times.
Frozen to the seat of his punt many times.
Swept to sea with ice packs six times.
Weathered 800 gales.
Wrecked more times than he could Just
mind, at the moment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
Student Intolerance.

B One hundred and sixty students in
Eastman college, Ponghkeepsie, N. Y,
most of them from the south, signed
petition TO the president of the college
for the immediate dismissal from the
school, of student alleged to be a
negro The president, himself south
ern man, at first refused to act on the
petition, but when threatened with the
wholesale secession Of the southern
students, is said to have succumbed and
sent the coloredayouth away.
There could hardly be more striking
illustration Of the fatuous intolerance
of southern people on the negro question
than this. Nothing was alleged against
the offender except that he was a
negro. He was good student, well be-
haved, and the superior in department
of most Of his prosecutors. No others
in the college were compelled to receive
him in their, rooms, nor associate any
closer with him than would be necessary
in the !sclassrooms. But his very pres
ence on;the campus and in the halls was
so offensive to these sprigs of; southern
gentilitysthat they threatened to wreck
the college to secure his removal.
When the south PIRATES Of the north
having seen new light On the negro
problem it ovarlooks theffact that such
incidents as this tend ito weaken sym
pathy in the north with the southern
side of the problem. If the southern
people have any reserve or sense they
will teach their children who come to
the north for education to take it in the
northern way, which. guarantees free
dom to all, regardless of race or color.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
COFFIN LEAVES SOUTH DAKOTA
veteran Soldier and Settler Says Good
By to Huron.

HURON, 8. D. Major Fred B. Coffin. resi-
dent Of this city almost since its founding has
Of his life with his daughter. He is the author
Of a scientific work entitled THE Unknown Made
Known nubIished q year or two since, and also
enioys the distinction Of being the last man shot
at the war OF the rebellion.
Twenty or more members of the Knights OF
Pythias lodge Of this city went to Woonsocket
Tuesday evening and assisted In reorganiz,ng
Tiles. At Woonsocket the Huron company was
Joined by representatives OF the order from
Mrs. David Uttley died at the home of her
daughter in this city, after long illness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
FARGO CITY CENSUS
Council Must Reinforce the Compensa-
ton Of Enumerators. f.

FARGO, n. D.-The question of taking the
census of Fargo is up to the finance committee
of the city council. City Assessor Hall an
nounced that he could not take the census in
connection with his other work, and as the
remuneration provided under the state law is
only cents name. the enumerators will not
undertake the work without additional compen-
sation. It is probable the council will employ
someone and pay the difference.
An intoxicated teamster. named S. thinner
man, brutelly beat a horse over the head with
a sledge hammer and arrested and sent to
Jail for ten days. The animal knocked jug
of whisky from Zimmerman's hand and this In
furiated him. His intoxicated condition prevent
ed linn from striking the animal hard enough
to kill it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20

coasts and among these folk the work Of
DR.. w. 7. Grenfell Of the Royal National
Mission to Deep-sea Fishermen. The
life of the fishermen and their families
is lowly in station but high in hardihood
and heroism, and the work Of DR.. Gren-
fell is Of sort to merit for him lasting
honor as one given to CHEEKY and daring
self -sacrifice in q cause Of highest worth.
| Only a few years ago the 1000 miles
Of coast in DR.. Grenfell's parish was al
most wholly without medical service.
Critical and extreme cases among the fish
err folk went unattended. A. little girl,
for example, froze her feet while her
father was off on journey. When the
father returned the child's feet mad
turned black. Amputation was the only
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
FRIGHTENED BY FAKE STORY
Nelson, Murderer and Suicide, Believed
He Was to Be Accused.

DIES MONIES, IOWA.-When Mike Nelson
killed his two daughters and committed suicide
at Audubon last week it was because he had
been terrified by a fake newspaper story into
believing that the body of a murdered man
had been found and he was about to be ace
cused of the crime. Investigation by the coronel
has established this.
An alleged female, spiritualst medium Of
revealed the hiding place of the murdered man 9
body, and that she would tell the name of the
murderer in week The story was published
tragedy followed.
The mai of whose murder he was suspected
disappeared six years ago, after having last
| been seen with Nelson with a large sum of
money on his person.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
The Only Live One in St. Pau!
Quits. :. .*~,s s

Read the Globe, the only live news
paper in St. Paul.-St. Paul GLOBE
this am. =. 80 b. !
On the first day Of May the publicca-
ton of the st. Paul Globe will be dis
continued. The single and sufficient
explanation Of this decisive step is to
be found in the fact that the business
interests Of St. Paul have not been able
to give the Globe that business sup
port without which no newspaper can
thrive.-St. Paul Globe. this am.
It is true that these two apparently
Contradictory announcements appeared
in the st. Paul Globe this morning.
Whether either of them is to be taken
in Pickwickian sense we cannot tell.
We only know that, standing side by
side in the same newspaper, they at
tract more than passing interest.
If the Globe has really decided to
quit, the causes are quite fully and
painfully laid out in the announce
ment. There was not enough advertis-
ing business, and while the circula-
tion increased, it increased at the ex-
pense Of the publishers. Why was
there not advertising for the Globe
in st. Paul7 In one part of the an.
nouncement we are told that it is be-
cause the business is not in st. Paul
to produce the advertising. In another
part, where the story is told Of the
success Of a newspaper in smaller
city, in contrast with the business fail,
ure Of the Globe in the larger city
we are told that the difference is that
'the (other) town advertises. This
may be an intimation that St.. Pau
advertisers might have done more fol
st. Paul if they had wished>, -
The demise of a newspaper is some
thing like the death Of an individual
who has held conspicuous place ii
community. Many people have seer
It every day and become familiar with
its features. They have had their little
quarrels with it, they have had thei1
times when they would not believe i
on oath, and their other times whe1
they rushed out before breakfast tt
get their opinions from it. To hav'
such q individuality as newspape
suddenly accept pneumonia and qui
community is shock. This is, O.
course, st. Paul's local shock; but W.
are neighbors. We have heard of st
Paul; we have heard of the Globe
and we have, naturally, an interest il
the subject. The ante-mortem state
ment Of the deceased is far from, sat
, isfactory. 1t does not make any. pre-
vision. for, disposing Of the remains
Nothing is said about where they ar
to be sent. No indication is give
whether cremation or interment woul
be preferred. Nor is there any intima
tion of a will. The Globe must hav
some property to leave. There is tn
Associated Press franchise, and Their
are number of newspaper ,trinket
which might have been .willed to az
miring friends. It. seems rather chill
Of the Globe to ~quit&in this way with
out making any requests, but perhal
the will will be found after. the frs
of May, when the decease is to tax
effect. 49, y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20

ton Of her naval operations against
Japan. @#
According to the terms Of interna-
tional law, neutral government is
bound to use due diligence to prevent
the fitting out, arming or equipping
within it's jurisdiction of any vessel
which it has reasonable ground to be-
lieve. is intended to cruise or carry on
war against a power with which it is at
peace; nor. can it allow it's waters or
ports to be used as bases Of naval
operations. France permits a whole
Russian feet to make war preparations
In it's ports to wage war against a
power with which it is at peace. Japan
files protest and she has the best Of
ground for ultimately bringing a claim
of damages against the car, who is
so infatuated with the hypothetical
naval virtues OF Rojestvensky that he
has given him a free hand to violate
every known provision for the main
tenance Of neutrality and insist upon
France taking big risk. ri
= It is not difficult to recall 1.-The fury
of a large portion of the British press
when the Geneva tribunal made the
award of $16,000,oOO to our government
to pay for injuries done to American
shipowners and merchants by cruisers
built in British ports, but which
escaped and were equipped without the
knowledge of the British government
as alleged. Our case was properly
made out in accordance with our rights
under a treaty solicited by Great
Britain, and so John Bull could not get
out Of it and had to settle and blast his
countenance for not using more dill
gence to watch the movements Of the
willy confederates.
The case against France, as at pres
ent visible, seems pretty clearly made
out, and it is very likely she will have
to pay very dearly Efor her Russian
whistle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
H||l2BooxSl]
TX CHATk-Ez
1F 8I1
THE UNEASY CHAIR

A PHYSICIANS EXTENSIVE "PAR-
lSH"; 1000 MILES OF BLEAK, STORM
BREWING AND STORM-REATEN SEA.
coAST.-For depths of wholesome hui
man interest in high and lowly life one
will search far and long before finding q
book that will surpass DR.. GrenfeIPs Par.
ish, by Norman Duncan. The book is g
series Of classically simple and convinc.
ing stories, showing the life Of the fisher
folk Of the Newfoundland and Labrador
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20

Rider Haggard, now on Canadian soil.
sbreathes easier The American railroads
kept Ibis hair bristling. He escaped by
two hours from going down a broken
bridge In Arizona and he lodged freight
train wreck rear Buffalo by being in the
next train that reached the spot. Our
great life insurance companies would have
protected Mr.. Haggard il he had only
known
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20

Levi Letter estate at Cheyenne recently II
being the largest cattle purchase for many -yeart
in the west. The herd contains Is, 900 head, and
is to be delivered to Mr.. Franklin In June. This
cattle will be sold for the most part on ths
range where they feed. Mr.. Franklin says thers
Wilt be the usual number of cattle brought
north from Texas this year.
While at Cheyenne buying the Letter cattle,
Mr.. Franklin was stricken with paralysis Of the
eyelids ard for time feared the loss of his
sight. He has returned from Chicago where he
was completely cured Of his trouble.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
ALMOST KILLED IN KOREA
Missionary from Iowa Set Upon by a
Robber Band.

DIES MONIES, IoWA.-Wylie Forsythe, who
went from Osceola iowa. to Korea last Sep
TENDER as medical missionary. of the Pres
byterian church, was set upon BIZ band OF
robbers, wounded severely about the head, al
gerouss wounds. After The assault he was car
ried over fifty miles by. companions before he
received by his aged mother telling of the at
tack upon him.
The executive committee Of the grand lodge,
Knights of Pythias met in Des Moines to-day
and decided to hold the grand lodge in Daven-
port Aug. 10 and II. 8
B.. E. Garnsey, the artist who has been re.
painting the dome of the state house, has just
received $4,000 as the second payment on his
work. This makes $4,000 he has received to
date for the decoration OF the capital on ap
prevail by the commission. -Four thousand dol
lars more remain to be paid upon the compile
ton of the work.
eft is the worst botched-up job 4 ever saw
says John Cowfe of the state board Of control
It is no work Of art at all. Why. We have
prisoners In the penitentiary who can at least
do as we'll The dome looked better before Nj
Garnsey commenced work. s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
WANT NELSON Law REPEALED
Meeting of Group No. 10 of State
Bankers at Marshalltown.

MARSHALLTOWN. IOWA-At the meeting
here Of Group No: 10 of the State Bankers as
sociation resolution rassed favoring the
repeal of the national bankruptcy act. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President. Edgar
John, Of Newton; secretary, j.. F. Hardin: FL
dora. An executive committee composed Of one
member from each county also elected.
H.. w. Parker, of ST. Panl, spoke at the BAN
Duet given the visiting bankers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
wOMAN'S ARM DUG UP
Murder Case May Be Developed
Oshkosh.

eost4KosH wIs.-The discovery of the hand
and forearm Of a woman. in a shipyard on the
bank Of the Fox river the arm being ciS See
near by all buried in clay has led many to
case Of mSsF will VIA, be not nGe
taken to discredit the theory. that 1t is the ne
surgeons nsas the nose
,,hara tho discovery was made, and soor
as 1e that has been launched further explorations
will he made, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
BETTER YEAR FOB sTocKMEN
Franklin Of the Hills Looks for an On
usually Prosperous Season.

DDADWOOD. 8. D.-The cattle interests of
the Black Hills, according to Harris Franklin,
Will be unusually prosperous this season. Already
the price of range stock has advanced 81. Is to
81 so. which means change in the general con-
dition i'm the Black Hills. This raise Mr.. Frank
lin says is due entirely TO the general demand
Mr.. franklin purchased the entire herd Of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20

Radium has been found within ten miles
Of the business center Of Kansas City.
Kansas City has been beaten out Of her
new charter, has lost its old grating po-
lice commissioners, been turned down by
the beef trust and cold shouldered by the
Standard. This discovery Of radium is
only fake to get K. G. back again on
The a n.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20

A Chicago university professor says it
would be better for the country if the
Rocky mountains ran east and west in
stead of north and south. 1t IS pity
there was no professor around to edit
our mountains before they were put in
type. ..-... .-.