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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-12-15
Canadian Holiday Excursion via Grand
Trunk Railway Svstem.

Single fare for the round trip to GER
tain Canadian points on all trains De-
cember 18th, 18th, 10th and 18th, 1905,
valid returning to leave destination to
and including January 9th, 1906. For
fares and further information, call on
your local agent or write to Geo. w.
Vaux, A. G.. p. q t. A, Chicago, Ill.
WANTED-By Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant manager
oman or woman) for this county and
adjoining territory. Salary $50 and ex-
penses paid weekly; expense money adj
vanced. Work pleasant; position per-
manent. No investment or experience
required. Write at once for full par
ticulars and enclose self addressed
envelope. COOPER 81 Co.,
1906 : 1879 Lake St., Chicago III.
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Bears the The Kind You Have Always BOught
signature &H2zAZu


Beginning Dec. 9Th will receive and
receipt for taxes, at Garland, Tuesday
Friday at home and Saturday at the
Elsie bank, until the 10th of January.
j. p. SCOFIELD,
1906 Treas. of Fairfield twp.
BENNINGTON TOWNSHIP.
To the taxpayers Bloomington Town
ship:-I will be at Pittsburg Dec, 18th,
28th and JAN 4th; at Bennington, Dec.
10th and Jan. end; at Owosso, Jennings,
Foster Co.'S store, Dec. % and Jan. 9Th,
to receive taxes,
J. G. THOMAS,
3W Treasurer.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
A Strong Statement.

The combined wealth of the Norwe-
gians in the United States amounts to
three times as much as that of the
whole people Of Norway, was the re-
markable statement made at the Nor
wegian synod yesterday by Rev. L.
Foss, president Of the Pacific district.
This is a striking statement and sig
nifcant comment upon the prosperity
of the country. Norway has sent a
large number Of her most enterprising
and capable sons and daughters to the
United States, and they and their de-
scendants now number about a million
and quarter; but the bulk Of Norwe-
gian population still remains in Nor
way Population in 1900, 2,240,OOO),
and it is remarkable that those Of that
nationality who have come to this coun-
try should have been able, within the
comparatively short time that they have
resided here, to amass three times as
much wealth as is to be found in their
native country. It is doubtful if any
more impressive statement Of the gen.
eral prosperity Of this country and of
the strength of the attractions it has
to offer to European peoples could be
predicated upon the facts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

a certain day would give percentage OF
a particular figure, and came so close
that it looked ALMOST as if ahe must have
had an ink1ing from the inside, yet
Snow again tried it with the report OF
June 10 and figured that the govern
ment would show somewhere around
90, while the figures when received
were well away from it or $50. This
was different. - rs-=. - II - s,. : -. !
It is easy to suspect the departmental
staff of COLLISION, but it is doubtful II
anything wrong will be found. Some
time ago T he@J Journal printed an
article giving the methods of compiling
the reports in the office Of the chief sta
tistician that showed how thoroly the
work is divided up, how one clerk does
not know the work of another, the chief
statistician and the secretary of agrl-
culture work together at the finish,
many reports are not unsealed until the
hour Of final calculation, and SO not
even the departmental head knows the
figure until he finishes his work, where
upon it is instantly given to the Asso-
ciated Press for widespread dissem1na-
ton. = -, ..,f.s s-"# -.s.., "
Probably not one grain man IN twenty
believes that there is anything wrong
yet the thing has. gone so far now that
an absolute clearing UP Of the charges is
necessary, for the department must be
above suspicion or it's reports will soon
lose all value ~ H.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
Public Opinion at Work.

Washington GLADDEN. in an article, in
a Chicago paper says the honest people
of any community can purify their gov
eminent if they will, and by a simple
method. The method, according to DR..
GLADDEN., is the awakening Of public
opinion.
He cites the case Of a little girl,
daughter of Philadelphia councilman
who went home from school one night
crying because the children had called
her a gas thief S daughter. Her father
could sit in the council-chainber where
the Hobbies were full Of indignant, pro
testing citizens and where nooses dan
gled from the galleries suggesting the
fate Of the men who would dare to vote
for ''Boss Durham 50 gas ordinance,
but he couldn It stand the tears OF his
little child. Her grief touched his
heart. He began to realize what dis
grace his family had come to suffer,
that they were in danger Of being So
cially ostracized, and he went promptly
to Mayor Weaver and pledged. his sup
port for overthrowing the gas ring.
Public opinion reached that alderman
thru his family, but before it had
reached him, it had reached another
man more important and had afforded
more striking illustration Of its power
than that cited by DR.. GLADDEN.. When
Mayor Weaver left Philadelphia, on the
eve of the adoption Of the Infamous gas
ordinance, he did so in order to escape
responsibility in that connection, and
apparently was willing to allow the
crooked deal to go thru if only he
might not be held responsible in any
particular. ARB .~.ss. g.
But Mayor Weaver couldn't escape.
A Philadelphia paper followed: him
every step Of the way to Chicago.
Wherever the train stopped there was
a reporter forcing himself into Mr..
Weaver's presence, unwelcome but per-
sistent, to ask him about the gas deal,
to report what he said, to describe how
he looked and how he acted. These
reports were telegraphed back to the
newspaper and printed in Philadelphia.
Mayor Weaver saw that he was sure
to be held up to the public gaze in his
true light, and as the result Of this per-
sistent exposure he was compelled to
return to Philadelphia and take the
leadership which devolved upon him in
an offensive campaign against the gas
ring. Mayor Weaver sudden change
of policy and sudden assumption Of a
fighting attitude was the direct result
Of the pressure of public opinion. Pub.
lie opinion can reach almost any man
in the public service who wants to be
crooked, or is trying to shirk responsi
bility, if it will only 60 after him in
the right way. -. t........ --- - ....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

work writes Mr.. Ford. When ne was APP
pointed minister by President Mckinley
he was known as an experienced and re-
sourceful political leader in Minnesota;
and 1t may have been rashly assumed that
he would be the proverbial square peg In
a round hole at a diplomatic center. He
carried with him to his post an excellent
knowledge Of French and characteristic:
American habit of adapting himself to
new conditions and interesting himself in
what was going on around him. Diplo
macy was a new game for the veteran
politician from the west, but he gave close
attention to it, speedily mastered all the
details of etiquette and ended by being
the best expert at The Hague. During his
term of office Queen Wilhelmina came of
age and was married, the peace congress
was held and the permanent court of ar
bitration was established, and in conse-
quence Of these events The Hague became
one OF the most influential diplomatic cap
itals in Europe. In what was a whisper,
ing gallery of jealousies ard suspicious
the American minister was trusted by
everybody, and whenever anything was to
be done the diplomatic corps turned to
him to lead the way. His ascendency and
efficiency were due in large measure to
his savoir faire and geniality, and also to
his talent for leading men without seem
ing to do it. Quiet, unpretentious and In
different to publicity, he had an American
way Of considering practical results and
being quite content if these were secured,
whoever might have the credit for them.
Mr. Newell has been working for eight
years without letting people in his own
country know how much he was doing to
promote the great principle of interna-
tio1lal arbitration. His influence has also
been strongly exerted in all matters re-
lating to the permanent court Of arbitra-
| ton, and the Dutch ministers, trained III
the oldtine school of non-intervention and
neutrality, have appreciated the value OF
his advice and taken broader views Of the
new policies which have been associated
with The Hague since the peace congress.
/ q The change of public opinion has been
lgradual, but 1t has surely come, and per-
haps nobody has been more influential In
bringing it about than the American min
| lister, with his quaint hunor, his homely
1sense and his wise counsel. The Dutch
people will lose one of their most useful
friends, and the American diplomatic
service one. of its best men when Mr..
iNewel returns in July to Minnesota to find
| out whether state politics are as interest
| ing as they were. ~ '.~"~ 81: ''
| ~ Mae Harris Arson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
Government Crop Reports.

When Richard Cheatham, secretary OF
the Southern Cotton association, made
the charge early in the month that the
departmental reports giving the cond1-.
ton of the cotton crop are obtained, or
at least have been obtained, surrept1-
:tiously by traders in the speculative
markets, the matter, altho OF prime
Importance, appeared to have no direct.
bearing locally. Since then, however,
an investigation has started, the scope
Of which has widened until It covers
ground over which the interest OF Min
neapolis extends. It is proposed to
make an exhaustive inquiry with ref
erence not only to the cotton reports,
but as to the possibility as we'll OF.
grain reports leaking out prematurely.
q Secretary Wilson and E. S. Holmes,
DR., the latter the first assistant to John
Hyde, chief statistician. Of the depart
sment, are at work. Mr. Hyde, who is
abroad, has been summoned back to.
Washington. The details Of the investi-
cation will be handled, in part, at least,
by w. M. Hays, assistant secretary Of
agriculture, formerly Of the University
Of Minnesota. If there is, anything
in the charges Of Mr.. Cheatham, this
investigation should show it., but evil
IDENTIFY Secretary Wilson feels that mere
investigation Of the Cheatham charges
is not sufficient. Suspicion has been
directed towards the department, and
this must be cleared up at any cost.
{ Secretary Wilson is particular to say
shat there is, no. breath Of suspicion
against Mr.. Hyde, and while Mr..
EHolmes is mentioned incidentally in
the charges Of Mr.. Cheathan, his stand
Ting is very high and has in no wise been
!. affected thereby.
b On the whole this investigation is one
/ of the best things that could come about.
Ton the tenth day Of every month during
/ the crop season the government report
I7giving the condition Of wheat is always
.Eawaited with. great interest and the
markets often. turn on it. Traders wait
latter regular; market hours: to get it;
jNo one ever knows what it will be, but
there is no law to prevent private in
vestigators from giving out estimates in
advance Of what they think it will be
Thus B. w. Snow, a private estimator
recently gave out an estimate stating
! that the government report to.come on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
MIR. O'Leary's Plea.

Mr.. John O'Leary of l49 Broadway,
New York, is troubled because this
country has not violated neutrality IN
behalf Of Russia and he is sending out
a letter about it to all the newspapers.
He refers pathetically to the friend
ship of. Russia for. this country, when
Russia Hwith one hand soothed Lint
coins troubled forehead (Mr. O'Leary
declares this is no metaphor), and with
the other menaced all Europe, and
England in particular. = For this
reason he believes all the veterans Of
'61 should be for Russia.
The trouble with many gentlemen
whose names begin with o. is that
they think America should love every
body who hates England. In the
strife between Russia and Japan, this
country has not taken the ground Mr..
o 'Leary Wishes for reasons very
clearly stated in the presidents appeal
for peace. This country is attached to
both Russia and Japan by many ties
Of friendship and common interest. We
did not want them to fight, believing
that their differences could be adjust
ed without war, but they did fight and
I the United States maintained neutrali
ty squarely and fairly. The opinions
Of newspapers and individuals are not
necessarily government opinions. Il
Mr.. o Leary is dissatisfied with the
opinions Of any persons he should Sc,
right to work to convert them, as he
apparently, is doing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
Saturda Evening,

in to sell, in case the harvest is, very
abountiful and the price sinks too
much at the beginning Of the move
ment.
The holding back of wheat by any
considerable number Of farmers would
make great difference.
So long as the farmers can get good
prices for their wheat the. northwest
is going to be prosperous provided
the farmers have the wheat. Despite
the present bad conditions there, is
yet reason to hope for big crop, and
reasonable certainty of a fair crop in
any case, and as to the good price,
that seems more certain than any
thing else. 3 +. IL grE s n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
WHAT CITIES ARE DOING

The New York Municipal Ownership
league has petitioned Governor Higgins to
request the legislature at it's special ses-
sion to give the people the right to vote
upon the municipal ownership of future
subways and gas and electric lighting
plants Attention is called to the fact
that the contracts for subways will soon
be let Under the law they viii go to the
highest bidder which, the league observes.
will place the city at the mercy of trac-
ton interests.
The annual convention of the American
Civic association will be held at Cleve-
land, Ohio, Oct. to 6.
On June Is the gaslight companies OF
Boston, numbering eight concerns, were
merged as the Boston Consolidated Gas
company. The new company announces
that on July the price of gas will be re-
duced to 50 cents a thousand, and on
Jan. 1. 1906, to 80 cents a thousape
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

and his firecracker and cannot be kept up
until the 9TH or 9Th. The explosion of
fireworks and firearms for the purpose of
making a Fourth Of July racket must be
confined to the time between o'clock in
the morning of July and the following
midnight. The boys will have to observe
this order, too, or they are likely to meet
with the same fate which overlook a lad
who was anticipating his Fourth of July
privileges last evening, and presently
found himself under arrest It was hard
on the boy, but he has served as a good
example for thousands of others who need
some such object lesson. ...-. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

It Is hard to tell which is meaner-the em-
ployer who will bride the strike leader to
stir up trouble in the establishment Of a
rival or the labor leader who takes the
money, instigates the strike and causes
his fellow workmen loss Of wages and
often loss Of their positions. It is to be
hoped that this inquiry In Chicago will
go to the bottom ofathe whole nasty bust
ness and expose the rascality OF both en-
ployers and labor leaders
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
UitA the Long Boap.
-"Eye NATURES walks. shoof fony as msa"

Eve natures flies"
Americans who live in China said for rat when
that table ecaey and disguised Why people udde
quietly what gets But confess
for the latter
in valley practice
speaks Of
who tried interview Equitable Life Ryan, who bought
scow and a snort"
The the thmus Of Panama reported have broken
the canal commission stores and eaten all the insect powder
elderly try
climb the fences You time the automobiles yourself and
have daughters years.
ggle! Who gggle the provocation Who gge when they
in the morning Who gggl when they retire their elegantly
pointed boudwahs ggge when others Who
because Who boys Give the
girls
you say gets places
IN the blades refuse to recognize the grass when passes and your neigh
bo come out and che remark Amt cutting very WELL she
you from
to the garbage?
After the receipt of circular offering deliver house Some
body Whisky lost faith in all letters that looked tho they might
year salary somebody
handsome GetRich Quick office window But yesterday gentle
manipulating letter arrived We fevesh]y and read
p The n5 Rss n s. 5 the s beer Beer your n %
% g eae Gfet e v W.T. s i used You owe
gy leted with
Of the Heretofore have had
the back Of the house
have had to sneak it into the cellar after dark. '
remarkable advertisements has literary
from paper in India. It reads
AS SNAKE oHARnER IN RESPECTABLE FAM
lily. objection to looking after the camel
There humors ball Paris the other night gotten by
carcatu There and and
tribe of fabulous and terrifying horde Of witches
did have enough
and watched the ball from gallery.
NOe-It that the the
Of the block north side the Jones farm has
hundred Lndale
Parade purchased for fine loud livery stabThe dog
block south the ichouse ocatnn attempt
yesterday Slaughter Co., hams and the
the Parade abattor The park board has the offer under
considerations probably refuse the overparcuar
filed
railroad facilities along the north end
pointed that the section needed by the road
will missed The railroad asks the
the section the present
Tmbereg andgabber Lumber will pile lumber on
This merely empoarTh Smeerno Soap factory people
option the block north and west of the
and Erie street They will probably
up one wooden manufacturing plant the spring The
-,<~ "A j. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
MINNESOTA DIPLOMA

American diplomacy" has become
phrase to conjure with in the capitals of
the world. and when set in motion at
critical junctures seems to have pretty
much the same effect upon twisted inter-
national affairs that Dayy Crockett's
name and fame had upon the coon. Dur
Ing the past eight years, we have heard
g great deal about Choate, ambassador to
England; Porter, the American represen-
tattVe at Paris; Mccormick, at st. Peters
burg. and Leishman, at Constantinople,
but almost nothing Of Stanford Newell of
Minnesota at The Hague. And yet Mr..
Newell has not only met with signal recog-
milton among his colleagues at The
Hague. but he has won the high regard Of
the Dutch ministers and has been looked
upon as sincere and trusted friend by
the queen mother and Queen Wilhelmina.
Is In the New York Tribune of June IT
~. N. Ford, the London correspondent of
that paper, pays high tributes to Mr.
Newell whom he calls the most success
5ful and influential member Of the diplo-I
matte corps at The Hague, altho his
methods have been quiet and unpreten-
tious and with very un-American in
difference to publicity.
This success it all the more striking to
one who has visited the American lega-
ton at The Hague, and has also seen the
state IN which the representatives Of otis
er powers live, Two years ago, I arrived
at The Hague, bound for the American.
legation. By slip of the tongue, said
United States embassy to the cabman.
Now 1t happens that, while America" is
spelled practically the same in all con-
tinental langua ges, United States" be-
comes rose that could not be recognized
easily under its various names. The
cabby understood the word embassy"
he knew was talking English and he
thought he knew exactly where wanted
to go.
Presently we entered a narrow street,
along which stretched a succession of
windows, surrounded by the British coat
Of arms, and after dozens. of them had
been passed. We swept into a gateway
opening out into a courtyard that could
be nothing but English The door opened
and down the steps came a turnkey, "a
Haunting turnkey, gorgeous in crimson and
gold lace. It was not necessary to ask
If he spoke English, for his Englishness
was perfectly apparent from the topmost
Of the sleek hairs upon his smuglys set
head to the glittering buckles of his shoes.
do you speak Dutch?" I asked.
Yes, madam he replied.
| ..Then. please tell the cabnan I want
to go to the American legation, instead Of
the British embassy" 8
I've whrled about with a c1atter, dashed
out Of the baronial gateway and In a few
| minutes rolled down a shaded avenue and
stopped at the door of the kind of house
that would meet with enthusiastic APP
| prevail by the lover Of 'Jeffersonian SIM
/ pltcity." Its door opened directly upon
Ithe street, without even the privacy Of
fered by a piazza. It was not a whit bet
ter than dozens OF its neighbors and its
only distinguishing feature was a small
of 1oo hearing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24
The Song Of the Lobster.

The New York Sun predicates upon
the report Of a large lobster crop a
brilliant season in Gotham. In honor
Of the lobster, it says, architects toll
day and night building new lobster
palaces with scientifically carved lob
ster ceilings and lavishly frescoed lob:
ster walls. Every time a new lobster
refractory is opened, New York comes
out of it's shell as it were, and disports
itself on Broad way in good clothes and
smiles. When the lobster is deficient
in iuicyness or numbers New York puts
on mourning s-
The people of New York who rise at
2 pm. and retire at 2 am, live on lob
sters. They know no other !" chuck. y :,
They are Indifferent to breakfast foods:
and scorn to be associated with bread,
butter and potatoes. Such is the ut.
ter dependence Of New York on the
lobster that were there to be a lobster
union formed, and the output regulated
by a back-sprinting delegate, New
York, from Wall street to Harlem,
would grovel. 81
It is suspected foreign governments
know this, and, that if we should be in:
volved in a war, the enemy would not
try to take New York directly, but
would proceed to, the lobster. beds, cal 3.
ture those, and wait for New York tor
surrender. Common report is that,
New York would not, under, these cir
cumstances, hold out week. Indeed,
it would probably capituiate. in two
nights, since thes maximum surplus Of
| Holsters that can be accumulated at
| the metropolis is good for not. to ex-
| coed forty eight hours.
| Many efforts have been made by
economists to arouse New York to the
danger of a lobster famine. It has
been urged time and again that what
! New York wants is not billions in SUBJ
ways, but trillions in Holsters A
false policy has been pursued by. the
government. 1t has spent millions on
fresh water when the real need Of the
city is a lobster bed of sufficient cap
acity to. supply the demand for the
next forty years. This should be To-
Gated in Central Park. Tammany. has
controlled the city for generations, but
| has never done anything FOR the lob
ster. This neglect of the vital inter,
ests Of the people must bear its legiti-
mate fruit. One day Mr. Murphy will
I be confronted with a lobster party
4 pledged to the imne diate. mlnieipa1i
cation" of the lobster beds, and his
| days Of power and loot viii be over. I.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-24

Who can blame Japan for persisting In
her aggressive movement against the Rus q
sian army in Manchuria? Russia Is so
VIGOROUSLY tricky, dishonest and treach-
erous in all matters Of international re-
lations and negotiations that Japan can
not be expected to refrain from ma king
the most Of her advantage against the
Russian army. Oyama has undoubtedly
so stationed his forces as to be able to
crush .Linevitoh at any time, and II ne
proceeds to do it while Russia is hes1tat-
ing and lodging and trying to- evade
coming to a straight settlement OF
the quarrel by peaceable means, the civil
lied world will acquit the, Japanese of
having done anything: inconsistent with
proper regard for their own interests and
a proper suspicion of Russian duplic1ty.