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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
THE MAGAZINES

1.-THE Immortality of the Soul-An evil
dence of the wider and wider interest that
the people are taking in the possibility OF
a scientific proof Of human immortality
is found in the frequent: magazine articles
on the subject, and that too in magazines
Of the most serious and weighty sort. Tho
March number Of the North American
Review contains an article on the sub
ject by James H. Hyslop, former profess
sor Of logic and ethics. at Columbia uni
versity. in which is this:
The most significant fact right within the field
of scientific materialism ITSELF and pointing
definitely to the possibility or at least to the
nationality of supposing the possibility of
future life. is the extent to which physical
science admits the existence of supersenstble
world of reality which has not been suspected
or proved until within recent years. We may
instance Roentgen rays. the. various forms of
radioactive energy whose whole gamut Is not
vet known, and the speculations about ions and
electrons that take us far beyond the world
Of Lucretian atoms into the measureless uni
possible to apply the term matter to it with
out removing the antagonism of matter to the
spiritual All these discoveries represent reali-
ties quite as supersensible as the Christian con-
ception of the immaterial, and we escape calling
them spiritual only because the development of
human thought has come to confine the como
tations Of Esprit" to implications of conscious
ness as its necessary and only function. 1t
is this and this alone that prevents us from
claiming that the outcome of physical science
is the proof of spiritual world. We have so
defined the nature and problem of spirit as
can be no proof of its reality apart from the
animal organism and its functions until we
show that consciousness and personal identity
can survive death.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
Impregnable Public Rights.

Impregnable property rights can
not be altered" gloats the Tribune.
But impregnable property may be made
to be decent. Witness what has oc-,
Cured in Kansas. The president Of the
only independent oil refinery in Kan.
sas wires the governor: "Shipped first
car of oil under new maximum freight
law; old rate 1884, new rate $27.6O,
saving on one car $50.74.' The maxi
mum freight law is merely legal de-
vice to compel the railroads to give the
independent refinery as good rates as
anybody else. If the Northern Securl-
ties company had been upheld by the
courts it's impregnable position as the
owner Of the Northern Pacific, Great
Northern and Burlington railroads
would have made it impossible to 90
anything with it in legal way. The
government declined to hang a mill
stone around it's own neck. There are
some things besides impregnable prop
erty rights in this country. There are
reserved public rights. The railroads,
by their reactionary policy, are rapidly
bringing the forces which conserve those
rights into action.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
A Successful Fire Drill.

The escape of the children from the
burning Sumner school illustrates in a
timely manner the value of the fredrill.
Eight hundred pupils ranging in age
from to Is years marched out of the
building without confusion and with
out single child receiving a scratch
or bruise. To have tried to save these
children without the organization of the
fredrill would have resulted in great
confusion and undoubtedly many chill
dren, even if they were not in the
range Of fire, would have been hurt and
some of them manned or killed in the
rush to get away from danger. The
larger bodies would have overwhelmed
the smaller. But the fredrill had been
practiced faithfully at the Sumner
school and when actual danger came it
stood the test. The principal had per-
feet control Of her teachers and the
teachers had absolute command over
their pupils, who obeyed orders like
Japanese soldiers.
It is to be hoped that conditions in
all the schools are as favorable as they
were in the Sumner, and that the drill
is being kept up as faithfully.
Mrs. Florence Firmin, the principal
Of the school, is entitled to special men
ton for her share in the successful de-
livery of her charges from a burning
building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
The Japanese relief fund, organized in

The Japanese relief fund, organized in
New York, with Seth Low as chairman Of
the executive committee, is making an
appeal to this country to help in carrying
the great burden Of aiding the sick and
wounded as we'll as the multitude Of desti-
tute women and children whose husbands
and fathers have been slain. Japan is do
ing all that a nation can do. It is strain
ing every nerve. But every charitable
agency is overtaxed. In the town OF
Sendai alone the committee has trust
worthy advices that more than 1000 FAM
lilies are absolutely destitute. It was an
appeal from Christian workers in Japan
that led to the formation Of this relief
work. The funds that shall be collected
will be distributed under the care Of
Bishop Harris, now in Japan, and neither
here nor there will anything be wasted on
machinery. Every dollar given will go di-
rectly to the relief Of suffering. The Sec
rotary of the fund is B. F. Buck, Franklin
Trust company, New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
ELDERS sun FAILED
TO RAKE THE YARD

Elder Stewart Is sun, who, regularly
as the happy springtime comes around,
clears the snow and ice from the elder s
sidewalk and lawn, has made his annual
visit but has, as usual, refused to rake
the. yard. The result is that the lawn
and terrace surrounding the homestead
on Hennepin avenue and Fourth street,
look like the south side of a barn
facing north. A running inventory Of
the debris collected during the winter
reveals the cruel fact that an unappre-
ciative public is inclined to use the
Stewart yard for garbage dump.
There are enough cigar butts along
the Hennepin avenue side to make four
million cigarets. In addition there is
a fine collection of empty bottles, an
occasional glove or mitten, 100000
burnt matches, and fine assortment of
miscellaneous junk. :
The elder, in times past, when re-
quested by the city authorities to clean
the snow from his walks, has replied:
My sun will do it in the spring, so l
will not touch it, It has been sug-
gested that Mr.. Stewart would do we'll
to secure the services of the wind in
raking his yard. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
OVER A MILLION
Minneapolis Has a General Desire to
Spend Money for Paving.

Surprise was evident at the meeting
of the council paving committee yes
terday, when it was learned that paving,
the cost of which would amount to more
than 81 100000, had been asked for by
residents in different parts of the city.
Members of the committee had not
looked over the petitions but thought
that little paving had been requested.
At the meeting, however, the wards
asked that $50 blocks be paved. The
paving fund this year is $4,000.
The committee accepted the bill of
the Guarantee Cement and Stone COM
pany to furnish Portland cement at
$40 barrel and the bill of the Land
ers- Morrison Christianson company for
natural cement at 70 cents barrel.
The streets to be paved will be desig-
mated at another meeting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
NO BRYAN DINNER
Nebraskan's Itinerary and Managers of
His Lecture Prevent It.

There T s be no Bryan s1eD dinner win
liam Jennings Bryan will be in the city
as planned and will speak in the First
Congregational church on the East Side.
Local admirers wanted to hold a demo-
cratic demonstration and dollar ban
quet Immediately after the lecture, but
they can't do it.
In the first place, Mr.. Bryan will be
obliged to leave the city~on a midnight
train. which will not allow. sufficient
take place. Secondly, the management
thinks that more dollars will be secured
at the door Of the church if there is to
be no sideshow later, and has therefore
vetoed the proposit ion. If possible, a
small informal affair for the local lead
ers of the democracy will be held during
the day,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
Northwestern Travel.

Unusually heavy passenger travel
over the northern lines to the Pacific
coast is expected during the coming
summer. The Lewis and Clark exposi-
tion, with the large number Of conven-
tons and conferences appointed to be
held at Portland during that exposition,
will help to swell the volume of travel
in that direction. Excursion managers
are making special plans for tours to the
shores of Puget Sound during the sum-
mer vacation period and the attractions
of the voyage thru the" inside passage'
to Alaska are expected to influence
many to take their outings in the ex-
IRENE northwest.
Now practically all the people who
make this trip must pass thru Mime
sofa and North Dakota. They will go
at the time when the great grain fields
of the northwest are in their prime, and
when visit to this section would be
attended with the most profit and salts
faction. 1t is no wonder, therefore,
the people of these states should insist
that stop-over privileges be made lib
eral and that this multitude of people
passing thru should have reasonable op-
portunities to stop, both on the west
bound and the eastbound journeys, and
see the country which produces the most
valuable part of the world s bread sup
ply.
The people of North Dakota are par
tieularly anxious and active in seeking
secure these stop-over privileges and
here's hoping from Minnesota that they
may be granted as to both states.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
READ 1.-THE CITY"
Mrs. Ida S. Dearborn Entertained Lit
erary Audience Last Night.

Mrs. Ida s. Dearborn gave reading
Of "The City, a poem-drama by Ar
thur Epson, last night at the Unitarian
church, under the auspices of the Y.
W. c. A. of the university. An au-
dience of marked literary tastes was
present. Mrs. Dearborn invested the
her appreciation Of it's poetic ana qualities sGe
reading the lyrics in musical tones and
with fine sense of rhythm. The lyrics
were accompanied by music by Carlyle
Scott, and Miss Grace Golden played a
violin solo between two of the acts.
The splendid poetry of the play made
a deep impression on the audience, most
of whom were familiar with the lines.
The patrons and patronesses were Presi-
dent and Mrs. Northrop, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmund D. Brooks, Mrs. J. B. Gilfllan,
Mrs. G. j. Martin. Mrs. Frances B. Pot
ter, Mrs. T. L. Blood, Mrs. J. G. Pyle.
Miss Comstock, John Bradstreet, W.
Scott Woodwork, DR.. Richard Burton.
Miss Long.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09


The stress OF the Welsh revival move
ment is shown by an incident told by a
writer in the New York Evening Post: In
one Of the Welsh meetings a: skeptic arose
and asked for tangible proofs Of the being
of God. The story then goes on in this
way: - -
This challenge greatly. agitated the
meeting, and especially Mr.. Evan Roberts.
who cast himself on is1:knees with the
most terrible anguish of soul that can
conceive Of. y His outcries were
heartrending to listen to, and a friend OF
mine started a chorus to drown them.
They told me afterwards that: they were
obliged to use a handkerchief to dry uI
the pool Of tears upon the chair over
which the revivalist bent.
When men are SO thoroly in earnest that
they take fire like this, results are pretty
sure to follow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
FINISHING THE DROP
Artist Burridge Leaves the Work tx
Minneapolis Scene Painters.

The great drop curtain at the Audi
forum bearing a painting of the ruined
ten Of Minerva. is SO near completed
left last night for New York, putting
the completion of the work in charge Of
W. P. Davis of the Twin City Scenic
studio. The border is still to be worked
out, and is to be Grecian in design. The
size of the curtain, 44x5S feet, makes
the work one of the greatest in the
country, aside from the fact that the
most renowned scenic painter has been
the artist.
The temple is shown on an eminence.
Its outlines are hazy, and the Grecian
columns are depicted in the various
passing of the ages. The colors are
neutral, sienna grays and other pale
tints. The Twin City Scenic studio en-
gagged Mr.. Burridge for the work, but as
he is in charge of the Savage scenic pro-
auctions he was forced to hasten back
to New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
WOULD HOLD PROPERTY
Old City Hall Sale Meeting With Stiff
Opposition.

The old city hall will not be sold to
the Salvation Army if the council
adopts the recommendation of the COM
mittee on public grounds and buildings.
The matter came before the committee
Yesterday Several business men urged
that the city retain control of the prop
erty and the members voted unanimous
ly to keep it.
Wallace G.. Nye of the Commercial
club said that the government might
purchase the property across Washing
ton avenue from the Nicollet hotel and
unless the city retained control of
Bridge square this deal might not go
thru.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
Beef Trust Charity.

The report of Commissioner Garfield
on the beef trust has led great many
people to review mentally that we'll
known saying that figures won't lie in
connection with the Yankee appendix
thereto, which says "but some great
liars will igure.' 1t would seem as
tho Mr.. Garfield, in going down to Jeri
cho, had fallen among expert bookkeep-
ers. They made it appear to him that
the beef trust magnates were doing bus
mess on such small percentage Of
profit that there was really no cause for
the public to cavil at their prices. Nine
ty-nine cents head is all they make on
the animals killed for the delectation
of the American appetite. When one
thinks Of these poor men toiling to pro-
vide him with meat for such "a dull
profit. he is tempted to foreswear flesh
and become a vegetarian. If it were
not for the fear of becoming too strong
and too good for this world many of us
would Immediately forswear, as afore-
said.
Meanwhile the country is not i'm
pressed with the fear that the beef
trust has fooled anybody. Commits
about the beef trust before he started
in on his examination than is revealed
in this report. He knew for example
that the beet trust does not sell it's
product direct to the retailer, but to
agencies and that the agency, which
is,merely the trust under another name,
takes down an extra profit which does
not appear on the books of the packers,
but which finds it's way directly in their
pockets.
He knew that the beef trust is also a
transportation trust and he knew. that
this is where it principally gouges the
consumer. The beef trust owns over
10000 refrigerator cars, and on each
and every one of these it exacts mile
age from the railroads Of three fourths
Of cent a mile both in and out. 1t
also exacts an icing charge, which has
more than quadrupled in the past four
years, since the trust was perfected, al.
tho the cost Of ice has not gone up a
cent. It compels the railroads to col
lect these sums and pay them over OF
{ 1t diverts its freight. Who pays these
fancy prices for hauling empty cars out
and bringing them back full9 Not the
railroad, it is only the collector. It is
the consuming public. The whole bus
mess is loaded onto the retail price OF
meats, fruits and other commodities
which are carried in refrigerated cars.
Whatever was the motive Of Mr.. Gar
4 field in putting out a report which
/ seems to exonerate the beef trust, We
may be sure it was not ignorance. The
argument Of Attorney General Moody
in the supreme court, leaves no room
for doubt that the government is vel
aware that the trust is not merely {
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
Reagan of Texas.

John H. Reagan, former senator from
the state of Texas, who died recently,
was a member of the Confederate cab
met, in which he, held the office of post
master general He was the only mem
Der of the Davis cabinet who was cap
ttred with his chief. He was confined
for several months at Fort Warren and
had many conferences during recon
struction days with President Johnson,
William 81. Seward and Henry Wilson Of
Massachusetts,, afterwards vice presi-
dent with Grant.
He alienated the affections Of the
south at this time by writing an open
letter to the people of Texas advocating
laws guaranteeing the rights Of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
FOR THIRD WEEK
Union Meetings Will Go to First Bap
tist Church Beginning Tuesday.

Rev. DR.. J. R. Pratt of Albany, n.
Y, the evangelist conducting union
services this week at the Park Avenue
Congregational church, will begin a
series Of meetings at the First Baptist
church next week. Meetings will be
Thursday, and IF Friday, and at 7:45 pm.
every day except Saturday. Cottage
prayer meetings will be held next Fri
day evening as follows: First Baptist
church; A. W. McDade, 1882 Madison
street NE; Mrs. F. M. Wheeler, us
Fourteenth avenue Sc; Mrs. W. W.
Ayers, 2707 Portland avenue;' w. NJ.
Lawrence, 1922 Clinton avenue; F. c.
Squyer, 3046 Third avenue S; j. W.
Campbell, 1928 Humboldt avenue S.;
Mrs. E. A. Mears, 27O3 Aldrich avenue
S; G.. A. Gruman, 1912 Irving avenue S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

Colorado can produce something besides
election frauds if it tries. A remarkable
dinner was served recently by farmer
near Ault, Col. The table was set for
twelve, and the menu consisted of one
81 pound potato, one 15-pound cabbage,
one 1o-pound chicken, one 6-pound turnip,
one 2-pound onion, and three pies made
from a 11@ pound apple. Why kill or de-
fraud your neighbor when ones energies
might be turned to producing such prod
ucts as these? " -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

Panama canal commissionershirs pay
$4,000 annual salary besides SIS a day
extra allowance and expenses in making
trips to Panama, fees for acting directors
of the Panama railroad and dividends on
the stock held by commissioners. Do you
wonder that there, was "opposition' to
cutting down the commission? How
would you like to be cut down $4,000 and
, perks?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
MANY INDICTMENTS
Grand Jury Rises Without Making a
"Final Report

The January term grand jury re-
turned large batch of indictments last
evening and were discharged by Judge
H. D. Dickinson.
awe made no final report because
there was nothing to tell about said
one of the jurors last night. "We in
spected the jails and other public in
stitutions and they were in good condi-
ton. We had no suggestions to make. -
against Raymond G. Stretch and Rush
F. Clapp, charged with selling mort
gagged property; Frank H. Manning,
charged with forgery, and Walter
Drinkhouse, charged with receiving stol-
en- property.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Apparently an oversight.

10 ING EuIC0r OF Th6 J0urnaI
1t is said the opening Of the Auditorium
marks an epoch in the musical history OF
Minneapolis. The Thursday Musical has
been SO closely identified with the musi-
cal growth Of the city that it would
have been a fitting tribute if It's work
had been referred to in the exercises of
the opening evening, since it Is one OF
the oldest organizations in the state.
am only an associate member of the
Thursday Musical during my sojourn in
Minneapolis, but am familiar with SINH
lar musical work in eastern cities, and
it is only justice to say that Minneapolis
has every reason to be proud of an or
ganization which is accorded more than
local reputation by prominent musicians
who have visited the city. ,,-. ..s..
An Associate. Member.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
Colonists' Rates to Points in the South
west.

I The Chicago Great Western Railway
will, on Jan. 18th, Feb. 2lst and March
21st, sell one-way coio1lsts tickets to
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas and
Colorado at greatly reduced rates. For
further information, apply to R. II,
Heard, General Agent, corner Nicollet
avenue and Fifth street. Minneapolis,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
How They Voted,

To the Editor of The Journal.
Did any of our hold over representatives
in congress in this state, vote for the
mileage grab?" If so would you please
give the names.
Minneapolis, March 6.
According to the Congressional Record
Messrs. Davis, McCleary and Tawney
voted for it: Mr. Stevenson simplv an
swered present." Messrs. Bede, Buck
man, Stevens and Volstead were paired
and there is no indication as to how they
would have voted; Mr. Lind voted "no."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

negroes and their admission to the
franchise with an educational qutlifca-
ton. Neither the north nor the south
took his advice, but the subsequent race
question might have been less tense if
he had been listened to then.
On his return to congress Mr.. Reagan
interested himself greatly in the trans
portation problem and he was really the
author Of the Interstate commerce law.
The long and short haul clause was his
device. The setting up of commits
sion was the feature which Mr.. Cullom
injected into the bill and they were
known as the joint authors of the law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
BOOK 1NEWS
AND GOSSIP
THE UNEASY CHAIR {: Z

BOOTH TARkiNGToN's NARROW
ESCAPE AS A. BALLooNIsT.-In the
course Of his recent stay in Paris Booth
Harrington had balloon adventure Of
thrilling sort. The thrills were felt by
some one else, nevertheless Mr. Tarking
ton has had cause for congratulation over
his escape. In other words, his escape
was one of the kind in which man is
saved from catastrophe by not doing
something which he has intended to do.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

A halfback at West Point threw the
Japanese jiu-jitsu artist. Anything short
of a pile driver that tackles q halfback
deserves to lose it's reputation as a strong
arm artist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
DEEDS OF MEN PAST 40

U. S. Grant was failure at 40 and
president at Al.
Washington became president at 81.
Columbus discovered us at 46.
Jenner discovered vaccination at As.
Michelangelo at go built the dome Of
st. Peters in Rome.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

Senator Clark Of Montana and, Senator
Stone Of Missouri are gum chewers, but
We do not say: this by way Of reproach.
The habit is among the few remaining
virtues of these particular senators.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09
STEAMER LINE INCORPORATES.

The Lake Transit company Of Duluth,
capital stick 100000, has filed articles of
incorporation. The company will oper-
ate line of steamers on the Great Lakes.
C. A. Tomlinson, e. H. Eddy and NJ H.
Stanford are the incorporators.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

Mildred Holland, popular star on the
eastern circuit. is billed for the Metropol-
itan the last half Of next week in a new
Theodore Kremer play, "The Triumph of
an Empress.''~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

Yesterday in Minneapolis was well nigh
a perfect day. 1t had but one defect,
which was more human than a weat her
fault, it was short.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

"The Factory Girl" Charles E. Blaney's
great labor play, will be the attraction at
the Bijou next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-09

"The Isle of Spice. will be the attrac-
ton at the Metropolitan for half a week
commencing next Sunday night. The
lines are said to be extremely witty, and
the situations mirth provoking. However,
it is the music for which strong claims
are made.