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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Japan 5 Prosperity.

Recent reports of conditions in the
far east have made the outlook SO ia
vorable for the success of the japanese
arms, as almost to favor the conclusion,
already held by many good people, that
Providence is on the side. of little Nip
pom. What the Japanese have done in
the field every one knows. How val.
iantly they have fought and how skill
fully their campaigns have been planned
and executed are matters of very re.
cent report. Few are familiar, however,
with internal conditions in the islands,
and as it is the staying quality of a
country that tells in the long run, the
recent figures just issued by the state
department, from communication re-
ceived from Lloyd Griscom, our minister
to Toxic, are timely and interesting. :
While Japan has been lining up
against her big adversary, her people
have been active in agriculture, com
MERGE and industry, and as a result of
faithful work and favorable conditions
she has produced unusually large yields
of all agricultural products. The item
which shows an unprecedented yield of
248 ,145,O00 bushels. This is 17,494, 223
bushels more than the production of
1903, and as the Japanese live largely
on rice, and a bushcl Of the product
means much in food value measurement
there is little danger that the people
will find themselves in want. Mr.. Girls
com figures, as rough approximation
that at the present market value OF
rice, this increased yield means $22,
100000 more than last year, and it is al
important item to put against the >ex
penses incurred upon Japan by the wal
with Russia.
So far, war taxes have been Levied
against land, incomes, business transac
tions, sugar, mines, saki, the bourses
| customs, consumption Of wooden textiles
kerosene and stamps. The principal re
naming sources of revenue are tobacco
monopoly and the government rail
roads, which represent about S95, 100000
and bring an annual revenue Of $4,75C,
| 600.
On the whole, Japan makes splen
did economic showing. Not only ha!
she important sources of revenue al
yet uIrledged for loans, but the alacrity
with which her people, poor individual
ly, have responded to former calls, ant
the cheerfulness with which the sacri
fees have been made, are important con
siderations. The people are like a uni
for the country, and if past showing
are any guide, will cheerfully endur,
any hardships for the success of thei
arms. The contrast between the con
ditions in Japan and those in Russi;
are exceedingly interesting. ns.,.. RI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Mr.. Smoot says he cannot see why
as prophets who have been dead a long
time. The prophets of old never tackled
the weather.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

While congress Is likely to provide for
the free importation of seed wheat, some
of the real farmers are quite sure that
rusted wheat will grow just as we'll as
any. The Jewell Nursery company al
Lake City tells T e J Journal today
about an interesting experiment. This is
doubtless a safe rule. that no wheat is Of
too high quality for seed purposes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Mr.. Burrows (dem.) of Texas asked
the house the other day, "Are you with
Roosevelt or. are you with the railroads? %
The house, Of course, would like to be
friends at times
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Another unpleasant Japanese war exer
else is called ken jitsu. It is two handed
sword play, and man who doesn't know
the game lasts in front Of it about as
long as a SNOWFALL In certain warm
climate we do not care to mention here
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Alderman Peterson in taking one of his
constituents by the collar into court es-
tablished a precedent. Why should not
an alderman know what is good for his
people and give it to them? When it Is
an office he is expected to do it, and
why not if it is sixty days?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Named on Advisory Committee.

Representative w. D. Washburn. Jr.,
received word today of his selection as
committee to the committee on taxa
ton Of the National Municipal league.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
COURT NEWS

Several nihilists approached the car
in humble fashion: I'VE realize that you
hunger for sympathy" they said. Here
is our bill Of fare" The car took it
and read: "Soup la nitroglycerene, sword
fish, Vesuvius steak, Siberian crabs, giant
crackers and limburger cheese" II don't
seem to care to dynamite" said the car,
and turned YEARLY away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
CASE AGAINST THE MEAT Trust
New York Herald

Attorney General Moody says: '"That
there is conspiracy to control the mar
kets of the nation for fresh meats and
that its control Is merciless and oppres-.
sive are facts known TO all men, The
case for the people is I'M
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
subcommittee Named.

The subcommittee of the house COM
mittee on public buildings, which will
draw up substitute for the Horton bill,
has been selected. It consists of Rep
,resentatives Putnam, Smith, Hetiand,
&. r. Lewis and Johnson .-------1-.--
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

The car has been tried by the "Boy-
evaya' and condemned to death. There
was no appearance on the part of the car
and the verdict seems to have been, like
a Dakota divorce, by default
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Members Am Invited.

Every republican member of tho
legislature received complimentary
invitation today to attend the Washing
ton Birthday banquet in Minneapolis
Feb. %. The invitations were sent by
the members of the Hennepin delega-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

A strong sentiment has grown in New
The flame has been famed by the extor-
tons Of the lighting and telephone COM
panies. ..Killing the goose as usual
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
THE INCREASE OF SUICIDE
Minnetonka Record.

Life being so short, what unusual de-.
spondency can cause man to strike
himself down and thus at one blow
shatter both natural and divine law
Surely this must be distorted world.
that SO many men should find it untenablc.
Have we done all that we can to render
conditions toleraple = IF not. it may be
found that we are to seme extent respon
5sible. for the incsease Of these deplorabl.
tra1edis ~ -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
THE MAGAZINES

What Did Washington Look Like?-
"Napoleon's cynical definition of history
as a lie agreed upon has a direct appli-
cation to the general acceptance of most
inaccurate portrait of Washington. What
ever the Father Of his Country may have
looked like, he certainly did not resemble
the popular Stuart "
This rather startling assertion. is made
by William Curtis Taylor the text of an
interesting study in the February num-
Der Of The Rooksovers Magazine. His
method Of proof is ITO secure a scientific
confirmation of the agreements and
comparative effacement Of the disagree
ments Of the original artists for whom
Washington actually sat. After a careful
study Of over 1000 engravings and a
number of original paintings and various
coins at the mint, final reference was
made to composite photography. The re-
sulting Washington is remarkable in it's
definiteness of outline and lfelike ap-
pearance.
Word Picture of General oku-John
Fox, Jr., in the February Scribner's gives
the following description Of the general
in command of the Japanese left army on
the Shak-he river, fronting +Kuropatlxin:
I watched Oku keenly. Though ! had seen
him coming for twenty yards I recalled sud
! denly that saw nothing but his face until
LIE sot quite Iiear IL was sad WITH something
| Of Lincoln's sadness. In profile 1t kindly.
especially when he smiled; fullfaced there
| were proofs that he could be iron and relent-
| less. But his eyes. Big, black, gitterng. IA
| natical er-moving they were. and you caught
! them never but for moment. but when you
did they made you think OF lightning and
thunderstorIns. He was dressed simply in olive
green serge, with star his cap and three
stars and three stripes on his sleeve. His
! boots were good. His sword hung in his left
! hand--unclenched. His other hand looked nerve
less. Not once did he shift his weight from
his right foot-only the sole of his left ever
| touching the stone Tagging. He is the most
| remarkable looking man I've thus far
| among the japanese, and think we shall hear
| from him. .. ...~@.,-~ .a.: - il
| A National PerlI.--Within the last five
years the San Jose scale has spread all
over the country. This insect is consid-
cred by some to be Q worse pest than
all the others put together, says Country
Life In America. Certainly 1t has resulted
in more legislation than all the other in
sects combined. We now have quaran-
tine system that protects us fairly well
from the importation of insects and dis
eases. and also provides for the investiga-
ton and fumigation of nursery stock but
& the general situation Is far more serious
now than ever before. After spending
more than a million dollars to fight the
/ San Jose scale, the state of massachusetts,
has given up the struggle, and at the pres
1 emit moment the outlook for saving the
| century old elms which are the glory Of
| New England is rather gloomy, at least
SO far as state aid Is concerned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

London, Jan. 27.-Edward is practic-
ing with a new outmobile. It is as near
as he can come to the dangers of reign
ing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Indianapolis is working on the grade
crossing question, too. Let us see to it
here that she does not solve it more
promptly or more wisely than we do.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Friday Evening,

ing that naturally arises, that, if the
writer has anything startling to say,
he would cut it down to say it and
have done with it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

King Peter Karageorgevitch read the
news from St. Petersburg with disgust in
his manner. 'What bum shooting was
all he would say for publication.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

The New York World figures out that
the socalled fads take up about one third
Of the school time every day. The OBJ
jectors say "back to first principles and
the progressives say forward to more ad-
vanced ground. Meanwhile the children
are learning a little arithmetic and very
little spelling and a whole lot of Tam
many
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Kuropatkin says his European Russians
are reluctant to fight. 1t looks as tho
Kuropatkin were g. European Russian.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Our Berlin correspondent wires that
Wilhelm has ordered six pounds Of
moustache wax and stands pat.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

The mayor Of Bridgeport, Conn.,, is ask
ing to have the mayors salary cut 81 900
a year. He must be nearing the end of
his term.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

BY Mail from Constantinople-Th sui
tan is not specially depressed by news
from ST. Petersburg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Make it Senator Neidringhaus. That is
the square thing.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. .r- .is@.2 =, .t.@
Why, yes; he paid for it, didn't he?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

This is amateur night at the Unique.d A
rehearsal was held this afternoon. This
weekly feature has proved very popular at
the Unique and the second performance
tonight will be given practically by voun-
teer entertainers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
AN AFFLlcTED SHERIFF..
Winfield (Kan.) Couriel

Sheriff Day left Wednesday morning
with Henry Holzbeirlein for Osawatomie
He was adjudged Insane in nroIaate court
about ten days ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Richard Harding ohavis' best story,
Soldiers Of Fortune will be presented at
the Lyceum next week. with Dick Ferris,
Florence Stone and greatly augmented
cast
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Secretary Hay might give the car ad.
vice that would be simply Invaluable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

If Gorky and Gopon can keep their
heads in this crisis they are in luck!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

LoNDON--Journal on fle at American Express
Office, Waterloo place and L. S. Express
office % Strand,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune building
IT,. ~, W.. Y. PERRY, Manager.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

ST. PAUL oFFICE-42O Endlcott building. Tele-
phone, n. W.. Main 23O
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

One of the most conspicuous successes
now upon the stage is David Bellsco's
1.-The Heart of Maryland which is to
be presented at the Bijou next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Six-year- old Clark Marshall, who is
playing Rip in "a Poor Relation at the
Lyceum this week., greatly enjoys play
ing a poor boy. His objection to Little
Lord Fauntleroy" was that his costumes
were too handsome and his circumstances
too Iuxuriant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

TELEPHONE-Journal has private switchboard
for both lines. Call No. 9 on either line and
call for department you wish to speak to.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

YARIs-Journal file at Eagle bureau, SO Rue
Cambon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

EAST SIDE OFFICE-Central avenue and Sec-
ond street. Telephone, Main No. 8.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
POSTAGE RATES OF SINGLE COPIES.

NEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune building.
D. A. CARROLL, Manager.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Mrs. Malaprop never did violence to the
English language SC. effectively as Kate
Gilmore in her unique representation OF
Mrs. Delaney of Newport" at the Bijou
this week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Foyer Chat.

"a Chinese Honeymoon will be seer
at the Metropolitan for four nights ant
matinee, opening Sunday evening. Thi:
extremely successful musical play will be
interpreted by an excellent; cast Of sew.
enty-five. * " $t95@ e->f 4 - ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

Next week should be a great one for the
children in the Orpheum audiences, as
Captain Webbs trained seals are a source
Of unending delight to the youngsters.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27

The unusual spectacle of an Orpheum
audience in tears is not infrequent this
week at the finale of Williams and Tuck
er's artistic slang classic, "Skinny's Fin
ish." Miss Williams seems able to move
her audiences at will
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-13
DRIFT OF PRESS OPINION.

The beef barons are depending
upon that Chicago grand jury to say
when they can take their vacation, but
those who fled to Canada do not seem
inclined to return to business.
--If Secretary Shaw could hide that
treasury deficit he would feel a good
deal more comfortable. He IS man
fully trying to decrease it by ordering
no bills paid that are not absolutely
necessary until the new fiscal year be-
gins, on July /. He thus hopes to pass
along part Of the problem to his sue
cessor.
The presidents glowing COM
mendations Of Paul Morton and his e.
marks about the other traffic mana
gers somehow will recall the story Of
the two boys who had raided an appIs
orchard. Ono Of them got whipped for
1t. The other admitted that his con.
science had pricked him, until he con.
fessed. sBut you did not get whipped
said the boy who had. mo" replied
the youthful Paul Morton, ''you see, |
eased my conscience by confesslng q,
you.'--Albany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-13
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

The income of Oxford university is
slightly under 10000 a year.
Swedish school children under the
guidance of their teachers annually
plant about 600, 900 trees.
Prof. Molisch, of Prague, says that
photographs can be taken by the light
emitted by raw potatoes and hard
boiled eggs.
DR.. William Royal Stokes and DR..
John S. Fulton. OF the Maryland
board of health, insist that they have
discovered a curative serum for ty.
phoid fever, after a four,years' search.
Prof. Giuseppe Levi, Of Milan, will
soon visit Paris to demonstrate before
the Academy of Medicine his new cure
for tuberculosis by means of iodine in
jections, the composition of which is a
secret. He claims that 40 to 50 injec-
tons will bring about a complete cure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-13
TOLD OF THOSE WHO WRITE.

Ernest Treeton, a writer of serial
stories, has lately told Of the young
woman amateur who CHANGED to get
an unfinished story accepted by a
weekly paper for immediate publica.
ton. Months passed and the thing
went IN. A desperate editor wrote let
ter after letter imploring her to wind
up. The unhappy. girl wrote despair
ingly that she couldn't stop It: the
elongating thing had wound round her
as the sea serpent wound about Lao
coon. Finally the editor himself
ended 1t.
Miss Betham Edwards in her Home
Life in France" writes: 1.-The best
contemporary French writer's often use
English words not as yet n~aturalized,
without italics or quotation marks.
Thus Cherbuliez wrote of the hall in
stead of lie vestibule' in one of his
novels; Brizeux makes a lady conju-
gate the verb luncher' in one of his
plays. F1irt, croquet, garden party,
five o'clock, and a variety Of similar
expressions are employed as If be-
longing to the French tongue. Eng
fish names and pet names have an
especial attraction for French ears"
There is a pitiful story of Philip
Bourke Marston. the blind English
writer. One day a particularly good
idea came to him and he sat down to
his typewriter with enthusiasm. He
wrote rapidly for hours and had near
ly finished the story when a friend
came in. Read that" said Marston
proudly, ''and tell me what you think
of It," The friend stared at the hap
py author aud then at the blank sheets
Of paper in his hand before he was
able to understand the. little tragedy.
The ribbon had been taken from the
typewriter and Marston's toll was for
nothing. He never had the heart to
write that story again.
Hall Caine thinks that the novel of
the future will become more and more
the religious novel and that it will
only be accepted, whether by the plow-
man or the philosopher, in the degree
in which it unites with the simplest
pictures of human life the deepest
problems Of humanity. Il think it
will be realized he says. that the
capacity of the novel for any work
whatsoever, whether of simple enter
tainment OF of deep teaching, is en-
tirely without limit; that there is no
vehicle SO capable Of reaching a wide
area, no medium SO adaptable to the
needs Of man in all his stages of in
tellectual development; in a word,
that there is no pulpit with a sounding
board that will send the human voice
90 far"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-13
AN EPIDEMIC or SCANDALS
The Administration Is Involved u
Some Unsavory Perform
ances.

AS fast as the republican party triea
to dispose OF one scandal another APP
pears upon the surface. The post Of
fee scandal is still on deck and only a
few of the minor accomplices have yet
been tried and punished. The land
fraud cases are in court ard all the re-
publican delegation in congress from
Oregon, except Senator Fulton, have
been indicted. and Senator Mitchell is
now being tried. Land frauds in Cali
fornia are said to be of greater extent
than in Oregon, and nearly every west
ern state has more or less trouble of
the same kind.
The asphalt scandal in Venezuela has
been settled on the surface, but the real
merits of the case have never been
investigated. The main question is,
was the administration backing the
trust, which is charged by Venezuela
with furnishing arms and aid to a rev.
dictionary faction to overthrow our
sister republic?
The Santa Fe. rebate scandal has Ia
ken a more serious turn since Attorney
General Moody has refused to carry
out the recommendations of Judges
Harmon and F. N. Judson, who were
appointed by the administration to in
vestigate. They seem to have Struck a
warm trail that led in the direction of
Secretary OF the Navy Morton, whose
forced retirement from the cabinet in
wolves the administration in the scan
dial.
The Santo Domingo scandal has been
confined to the scandal box, and a spe-
cial government agent is sitting on the
lid. The cotton report scandal is still
under investigation and the scope Of
the investigation is widening.
The scandal in the treasury Depart
ment in selection of post Office sites
has already led to the Indictment Of
Special Agent Blanton, and the facts
will be more fully exposed when his
case comes on for trial. Hardly a week
passes but some new scandal develops
that involves some republican official.
These facts show that however much
President Roosevelt may wish to clean
up the Augean stables the task is be-
yoqd his power, unless he will make a
clean sweep of some of the bureaus and
departments. That, of course, he can
not do for party reasons as, if the truth
were known of all the grafters great
and small, the voters would demand a
new deal.
The most necessary reform is to elect
next year a democratic majority of the
house of representatives, who would
then have power to investigate The
scandals. The party in power never
can do much to get rid of its parasites.
for they all hang on together, and
many of the partisan leaders protect
them, fearing exposure will hurt the re-
publican party.