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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

Charge Of Piracy Hurried in the Teeth
Of the Creator OF Sherlock HoImes.-Un.
der the heading, 1.-THE Unmasking O,
Sherlock Holmes" in The Critic for Feb
ruary, Arthur Chapman records a stirring
dialog between Sherlock Holmes and C.
Auguste Dupin, made famous by Poe in
1.-THE PurlOined Letter. and ."The Murder
in the Rue Morgue." In this appears the
following, which, we think, equivalent tc
a charge of piracy: ~ ..-.s
But, great Scott mani" cried Sherlock
Holmes, you don't mean to say that nc
one else but Poe has right to utilize the
theory of analysis in detective story
do you?" ..g
NO put see how closely you follow me
IN all other particulars I am out OF
sorts with fortune, and so are you. I am
always smoking when thinking out my
plans or attack, and so are you. I have
an admlring friend to set down everything
say and do, and so have you. am al
ways dazzling the chief of police will
much better theories than he can ever
work out, and so are YOU"
i know, I know said Sherlock
Holmes, beginning to mop his forehead
again. 1T looks like a bad case against
me. I've drawn pretty freely upon you, M
Dupln, and the quotation marks haven't
-"N'S ooeh useu DIS tIley SnOuld nave
been Where credit was due. But after
all l am not the most slavish imitation
my author has produced. Have you ever
read his book, The White Company and
compared it with The Cloister and the
Hearth? No? Well, do so, if you wan,
to get what might be termed trans.
planted atmosphere
wen, it seems to be great age 70,
the plratical appropriating of other mems
IDEAS said M. Dupin, resignedly.
It looks very much as tho Sherlock
would better have stayed dead
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
ASKS SHORTER
SCHOOL HOURS
UPT. JORDAN WANTS MORE
STUDYING AT HOME.
He Recommends Change to the Board of
Education - Board Authorizes Volun-
tary supplementary Reading in All
Schools - $4,000 Loan Accepted -
Several Changes Made in Teaching
Corps. --

Dr.. Z. M. Jordan, superintendent of
schools, yesterday recommended to the
board of education that the school hours
be shortened. He submitted statistics
showing that the hours were shorter in
other cities and said that the general
feeling was that fewer hours should be
spent in the schoolroom and that much
His report was submitted to the COM
mittee on textbooks and courses Of
study.
A petition was presented to the board
asking permission to use the alley be-
tween Third street and Washington ave-
nue. from the Great Northern tracks to
Tenth avenue N for sidetrack purposes.
The board owns piece of property that
will be affected by the change. The
matter will be considered by special
committee.
The board authorized supplementary
reading in all the schools The cost
of the books must be borne by the
pupils and the reading will be volun-
tary with them.
Stedman & Redfeld of Hartford.
Conn.,, made the best bid for the $75,-
600 loan to the board and their bid was
accepted
The board elected L. H. Beeler, H. w.
Odland and J. M. Matheney as instruct
ors in Central high school, Other ap-
pointments and changes were as fol-
lows:
!; Appeintments-,-E. M: Goldsworthy. Washing,
ton; Nancy Wells; Calhoun kindergarten: Eliza
beth Hewitt. Calhoun kindergarten assistant;
Elizabeth Smith, Franklin kindergarten; Edna
F. Hunter, Douglas; sada Dougherty. Bremen
son; Helen shankland. Jefferson; Rose D. Thurs
ton, Sheridan; Martha Beeson. Irving: Nina
Collins, Mckinley; Stella G. House. Holland
Elizabeth A. Rau. Seward; Marie Christian, Mon
Harriet Mcpherson. Monroe.
bert. Irving: Eleanor Donaldson. Fast high
Louise H. Watson, Bremen; J. w. wilkins, East
high: Lavina Sterrett, East high; Elizabeth Foss
North high; Adelaide Davis, Emerson; Harriet
Transfers-Blanche Hensel, Holland to Blaine
Uelen Coffin. Monroe to Bremen; Margaret
to Pierce Rose Bemer
Clay; Minnie Perkins, Douglas to Bryant: Olive
Hawkins; Clay to Peabody; Matilda Holtz, Elmer
son to Clinton: Mira Jones', Longfellow to Cor
las; fhyrza Mcclure .A Holland i''' to Everett f
Amy s. Thatcher, Franklin to Irving; Pear
| Everett to Franklin; Rose A. Headsten, Frank
| lin to Sumner; Estelle Farquhar. Franklin tt
| Mckinley; Una Gretenberg, Hamilton to Holmes
Julia Moore: Holland to Van Cleye; Lulu Klein
| to Minnehaha: Jennie Chase. Sheridan to Sum
| ner Alice Leonard. Whittier to futile: Sadie
| Gee; washington to Whittier: Elma Rood. Ho
land. ~ 1'0'
Leave of Absence-Christine Lambic, Irving
remainder of year: Ada L. White. Central high
Ella smea sy W Motley rIi Indemnity iW'
Clio N. Kahler Schiller, until Easter.
ME Funk, Blaine: Elizabeth Currier. Seward
| Charlotte Coffin, Sidney Pratt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01

Stanley Washburn carries out that the
DRY Of the late Joseph B. McCullagh OF
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat, who held
that Journalism was the art OF knowing
where hell would break loose next and
of having reporters there Stanley
couldn't stay away from the scenes Of
the Russo-Japanese war. and as the cor
respondent of a Chicago paper, has done
some of the best work done by any cor
respondent in the east. Indeed, he
seemed to have the faculty of securing
privileges, the denial Of which sent some
Of the older and hitherto more famous
correspondents home in disgust. But
they couldn't discourage the Minneapolis
boy. He was perseverance and tact and
courage and enterprise personif1ed, and
now that things have quieted down in
Manchuria, he turns up in St. Peters,
burg, where he'll has broken loose last,
and is helping to write the history Of
these eventful days in the Russian cap
ital He'll have an interview with the
car yet, and it won't be fake, either.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
Two More Lids" Down.

Brother Eischman will be panied to
learn that New York and st. Louis
have Joined Minneapolis in the list of
cities which stare dangerous places for
the man who wants to have a good
time The "lid' is on in those cities,
owing to the pernicious activity of Dis
trict Attorney jerome and Governor
Folk. Gambling is shut off in the me-
tropolis for one year at least, and the
pot is closed in st. Louis so long as
Folk is governor and has his health.
Missouri has the metropolitan sys-
tenn Of police by commissioners appoint
ed by the governor. AS the recent dis
trict attorney of st. Louis, Mr.. Folk
had gained some information about that
old town. When he became governor
he issued an order that the laws against
gambling should be vigorously enforced,
and that winerooms, handbooks and
tough saloons should be put down with
an iron hand.
Then he sent for report Of a week s
doing In st. Louis, and there had been
something doing worth reporting. One
hundred handbook makers had left the
city and twenty-five of the toughest
Winerooms had been suppressed. The
St. Louis police had never had buster
or q better week s business.
State Senator Nelson, who had bought
s3The Palms, s a conspicuous wineroom.
was closed up and lost his purchase
money. Just think, = said Nelson;
5ssI ain in politics and i state senator.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
A Small Graft Exposed.

Eternal vigilance is the price Of free
dom from graft. The truth is rein
forced by the disclosures at the garbage
crematory. It is little case, but it is
illustrative. Two of the drivers have
been in the practice of selling their
loads to farmers and of making
return that they hauled to the crema-
tory. They thus were enabled to col
lect little graft money both ways and
were happy until found out, whereupon,
according to the Tribune, "they came
forward voluntarily and made restitu-
tion.' The voluntary character of such
acts may be questioned, but the wisdom
of them is undoubted, for Minneapolis
is is no mood to tolerate even petty
grating.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
wHAT o. Nm PEOPLE THINK
Tawney's AIaska Wood pulp Bill.

TO the Editor, Of The Journal
dispatch from your Washington cor
respondent in TIL 4JournaI Of Fri
Gay. calls attention to bill introduced
by Mr.. Tawney which was reported in
the newspapers as providing for the free
aamission OF wood pulp from Alaska. Mr..
IaWney is credited with the statement
that he Is not financially concerned in
any company interested in Alaskan tim
per. as has been stated by the Mortified
news and other papers. My knowledge
OF Inc company in which Mr.. Tawney is
rumored to be interested, is limited to
conversations had with him and Others
When an invitation was extended to in
vest IN an Alaskan company. At that
Tune understood that this company con-
.,oned or could secure tracts of spruce
timber in Alaska, and I remarked tha
Ills could be used in the manufacture of
paper, as there. was an abundant supply
OF water and power near at hand. It was
suggested that 1T would be impossible tc
utliize the timber profitably in that man
iisr until some legislation was had
Alaska Is a possession which is not con
tlguous to the United States and nigh,
De made subject to the tariff laws as
well as Hawaii, Porto Rico or the Phil
ippines. ~
II there is nothing of Importance in the
uuSIlon u tnls Dill by Mr.. TaWney,
why mas there been so much interest dis
prayed IN the news articles Of the papers
shruout the country? And why does Mr..
Iawney exhibit so much concern about
it? ""oN'
l wish to say that If any misstatements
nave peen made in the columns Of the
Northheld News with reference to Mr.,
Iawneys interest in Alaskan enter
prises, those statements were made upon
Information learned largely thru Mr..
Ia"hey himself. j. p. HeatWole.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
A Wise Policy.

Our diligent and intelligent Washing
ton correspondent throws a strong light
today upon the probable course Of the
administration toward the beef trust in
the immediate future. AS he under
stands it, there is to be no prosecution
for old offenses. On the contrary, old
scores are to be wiped off, and the pack
ers are to have an opportunity to COM
ply honestly and decently with the law
as recently announced by the supreme
court. The president is in no vindic-
tive, mood, but rather in an attitude Of
Cancellation. If the packers have the
good sense to accept the orders of the
court and obey them in good faith, the
result will be highly beneficial to all
concerned.
No doubt the government has evil
dence enough to begin immediate prose
cution with the probable result of heavy
penalties, and, of course, the packers
would resist to the utmost. The presi-
dent prefers to assume that they will
obey the law. At the same time the
administration will exercise extreme
vigilance with view to swift and Wig
orous action upon the first attempt to
evsde the law. In other words the
president is disposed just now to speak
softly, but he is not averse to having
it known that he carries a big stick.
No one need fear that there is any
thing unsophisticated about this policy
of the president toward the beef trust.
On. the contrary those who analyze it
carefully will appreciate it's wisdom and
cleverness. In adopting this policy the
president shuts the mouths of those hos
tile and captious critics, who accuse
him Of radical and extreme measures.
He has developed clearly what is the
law; he refrains from harsh treat
ment Of it's violators; he assumes their
disposition to obey and puts them in a
hole if they don't. This may be trust
busting. Indeed, it seems to be, and
Of tho most effective kind; but who has
any kick coming9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
sTERILIZE SEWAGE
Recommendation Of State Board of
." Health to Purify Rivers.

The state board of health considered
the subject of sewage at its annual
meeting yesterday afternoon. The
board 8 rule adopted year ago, prohib-
iting the further use of streams for
drainage purposes by municipalities
was decided to be an impracticable reg
ulation, and that the proper method is
to have all sewage sterilized before it
is discharged into any streams. This,
it was asserted, would dispose Of the
sewage, and also keep the water of the
stream pure for drinking purposes.
The board received an opinion from
the attorney. general relative to the &C,
tion Of the city Of O!watonna in building
a drain to the Straight river, after the
board had adopted it's rule of year
ago. The opinion asserted that the
board could not interfere, in that the
state school at Owatonna drains it's
sewage into the same stream, and also
in that the board failed to prove the
waters of the Straight river are used for
drinking purposes at any point below
Owatonna.
Last evening the board of health met
several members Of the legislature in
an informal reception at the St. Paul
Commercial club.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
BRUEMMER WANTS TRIAL,
Man Who Shot His Wife at St. Loui,
... Park Pleads Not Guilty.

John Bruemmer,. who shot his wife
at st. Louis Park last week, and con-
fessed to the local officers to whom he
voluntarily surrendered himself. was
arraigned before Judge H. D. Dickin-
the surprise of the officials, pleaded not
guilty: Trial was set for next Monday.
Others who entered pleas of not gull
ty were: John v. Kelly, accused of
stealing lights from the Minneapolis
General Electric company; William
colored, grand larceny, second degree: :
Steve Lewis, keeping an opium
joint; Peter Fostad, grand larceny,
and Churchill Cannon, robbery in the
second degree
Henry Hanson pleaded guilty to steal
ing 1886 from l4l6 Linden avenue. and
William Merdo admitted having stolen
$40 from 713 Hennepin avenue. Both
men were remanded for sentence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
CHURCH HAD
VOTES TO BARTER
Senator Bard Charges Catholics
with Offering Votes for In
dian School Contracts.

washington, Feb. l. Sensational dis
closures in relation to the alleged use
OF Indian trust funds for the support
OF sectarlan schools were made vester
day by Senator Bard in a statement to
the senate committee on Indian affairs,
In addition to the charge that Roman
Catholic schools have received IS Der
cent OF the money expended under COZ
tracts made by the Indian commits
sioner, Senator Bard said that he had
been approached by representative of
Catholic association with a promise
OF carrying certain stated number of
districts in California for him in re-
turn for his influence in bringing about
continuance Of favorable school CON
tracts
The statement of Senator Bard ere
ated a stir in the committee. and he
was asked to give detailed account
of the transaction, as well as of anv
other matters relating to the use OF
trust funds for sectarian school pur-
poses.
The senator said that he had been
visited by Dr.. F. Il. Scharf. an agent
for Roman Catholic mission society.
and asked to use his influence with
republican members of congress to for
ward the interest of Catholics in get
ting a diversion of Indian trust funds
,
the reservations.
He quoted DR.. Scharf as saving that
IT the republicans would agree to bring
about the desired legislation the Cath
olies would see that twenty congress
sional districts in which the republicans
were weak were carried for the party.
DIR. Scharf was said to have given the
names of the districts, together with
the number of Catholic voters in each.
and names of the priests who would
look after the agreement and deliver
the necessary votes to carry the dis
tricts.
Senator Teller said that if it was
proved that the statement of DR.. Scharf
was made in earnest, then there was
more cause to complain of the interfer-
ence of the Catholic church than of the
Mormon church in the political affairs
of the country.
tracted attention to letters that had
been put in the record by Mr.. Brosius
of the Indian Rights association. Among
these were number from priests. Two
of them alleged that the president was
favorable to the diversion of the funds
for the promotion of the Catholic
schools on the reservations.
The views of Mr.. Leupp were that
the contracts with the sectarian schools
Were made pursuant to an order of the
president based on an opinion from
the attorney general. lie said that the
president doubtless would welcome
judicial definition of the status of In
dian rights in such matters. He advo-
Gated legislation for the individualizing
of the funds of the several tribes, still
keeping their control in the hands of
the government, but opening separate
account with each Indian who now is
entitled to. an undivided interest in any
tribal fund.
The committee took the statement
seriously, and it was the sentiment that
at the next meeting an amendment
would be offered to the Indian appros
pritaion bill prohibiting in the future
the5u of the Indian trust funds in the
manner charged
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
BETHLEHEM


There's song in the air!
There's star in the sky!
There's mothers deep PRAYER
And baby's low cry!
ana the star rains Its fire while the Beautiful
sing, - ~ '''>
For the manger Of Bethlehem cradles King.
There's tumult CT joy
Der the wonderful birth,
For the virgins sweet boy
Is the Lord Of tile earth Ne
Ay! the star rains its fire and the Beautiful
sing, ''->'
For the manager of Bethlehem cradles King.
IN the light Of that star
Lie the ages impearled:
And that song from afar
Has swept over the world
Every hearth is aiame and the Beautiful sine
In the homes of the nations that Jesus IL Ktno
We rejoice i'll the light
And we echo the song
That comes down thru the night
From the heavenly throng
Az! We shout to the lovely eyangel thev hrin,
And we greet in his cradle our Savior and. KIM
-. q. HUiiani.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
FIREMEN SWITCHED
Chief J. r. Canterbury Makes His RIen.
Nal Readiustment,

Mai REIMBURSEMENT.
Fire Chief Canterbury announced today
the following twenty-seyen changes in
the department.:
Transfers-Wiliam Hart, assistant en-
gineeer at Engine com pany 16, goes to
Engine company 4; B. B. Stewart, assis-
tant engineer, Engine company 10 to En-
CINE company Is; P. w. Mixer, assistant
engineer, Engine company l to Engine
company 5; Nick Jaax, assistant engineer,
Engine company 4 to Engine company 8:
M. Q. Hoaglund, ladderman, truck TO
truck s; George Cheney, ladderman, truck
to truck 1; A. w. Porsch, captain. truck
6 to truck 3; James Pierson, captain.
truck to truck 6; Pat Hickey, Iadderman,
truck / to truck a. J. F. Kennedy, pipe
man, Engine company to truck as
! ladderman; Frank Kenesky, pipeman, En-
CINE company to Engine company 2. and
William Kelley, lieutenant, truck to
chemical 2
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES White, pipeman
| Engine company to be assistant engi-
| neer Engine company II; Frank Pearson.
| ladderHan truck 1 to be lieutenant truck
s.; Nick Loye, ladderman truck to be
| lieutenant same company; John Lund-
strom, lieutenant truck 3 to be captain
| truck 5; John Henry, pipeman Engine
| company 10 to be lieutenant Engine COM
pany 2; John Barrett lieutenant Engine
| company 90 to be captain same COMPANY
and Ack Foster, ladderman truck l to be
| lieutenant truck 8; Frank Grant. assist
ant engineer. Engine company - to be
engineer Of same company.
| Dismissals-Alex Shepherd truck 5:
Ralph Shamp, Engine company %; Hugh
Mckay, Engine company II, and Fred
| Morrell, Engine company 5.
Candidates were assigned as follows:
John Bangart, pipeman Engine company
Is; William Welch, pipeman, Engine COM
pany %; Charles Custer, pipeman, Engine
company 3; Julius Edgren, pipeman, En-
| CINE company /; Fred Kerchoff, pipeman.
Engine company IS; Dan Mcnamara
pipeman Engine company 8; Andrew
| Bohnenstingel. pipeman, Engine company
| 10: Thomas Whelan, ladderman truck 4
Mike Hickey. ladderman, truck l; john
Hanley, ladderman. truck 6: c. E. Mitby,
ladderman, truck 3; II. H. Oulmonn, lad
derman, truck 5, and Joseph Hall, lad
derman, truck 8.
| F. G. Mitchell, of truck ?, resigned
while Nick Jurgens, captain of Engine
company 90, becomes pipeman at Engine
| company 16.
| E. !. Kingsley, formerly on the depart
ment was reinstated and becomes assist
ant engineer at Engine company 10. and
| Victor Swanberg. who left the depart
tment a year ago, is refnstated and be-
| comes ladderman at truck l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
Seems to Have Earned His Salary.

The state of Minnesota has in it's
strong box $190,039.62 which it
would not have if it had not had for
Public Examiner s. T. johnson, or some
man equally as good. No doubt some
other man might have been found who
would have discovered that the railroad
and sleeping-car and express and tele-
phone companies were failing to re-
port all their earnings to the state for
taxation purposes, but we know that no
other examiner did before Mr.. johnson
came into that office. AS result Of his
inspection of the books of these COM
panies and his refusal to accept their
reports as they turned them in, without
checking up, as had been the rule here
tofore, he found $6,504 ,4S6.30 in earn
ings which they had forgot to mention.
He found good deal more, too, some of
which cannot be reached now, and some
Of which may be reached thru legal
process, but he found that much about
which there has been no dispute and on
account Of which the state is richer by
nearly 100000. Mr.. johnson also
found out some other things of quite as
much value to the state, because the
finding of them, whether they ever re-
suit in the recovery Of any money for
the state or not, has resulted in such
changes in the business methods Of the
state that the same costly mistakes will
never be repeated. Doubtless some
other man might have done this for the
state, too, but doubtless no other man
did.
So it seems that on this day when the
office of public examiner passes out OF
his hands, at least this much recognition
of some of the things particularly we'll
done is due man who has been so much
abused and villifed for political reasons
as Mr.. johnson has been. The record
is there and it will keep and it will
look better to more people as time
passes and the bitterness Of the late
campaign is dissolved by time. Mr..
Kerst, Mr.. johnson s successor, has been
associated with Mr.. johnson and has
rendered exceedingly valuable service
to the state. He will no doubt pursue
substantially the same policy adopted
by his former chief, with whose methods
and purposes he was in full sympathy.