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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
The Right to Liberty.

Mr.. Gompers, in his Minneapolis ad-
dress, said: "The guarantees Of the
declaration of independence Of life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness are
valueless unless guarded by laws. - The
right to life, he went On to explain,
involves also the right to a chance
to live, to living wage. We are not
sure that the declaration had anything
to do with the wage question. Possibly
it had. But if Mr.. Eugene Debs were
called upon to define the right to life
he would probably say it. meant the
right to get away from the supremely
ubiquitous wage system.
/. But assuming that Mr.. Gompers gives
the correct answer, it would be inter.
: esting to have his explanation of the
next clause of the declaration What
does the right to liberty mean9 Does
it mean the union or the open shops
Does it mean compulsory adherence tc
= scale or the application Of the law
of supply and demand9 Does it NEAR
that man may quit his job and hole
it, too, as the transfers are trying tx
do in Chicago, or does it mean thai
when a man quits he is out and has nj
. further interest in his former employe,
and no concern as to who succeeds him
1t would be exceedingly interesting tt
have Mr. Gompers', views on the RICH
to liberty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
CHANCE FOR KIosKs
Promoter, However, Must Satisfy AL
dernlen and Art Committee,

Alderman G. B. Holmes waged a
fight yesterday on the proposed kiosk -
ordinance before the council committee
on ordinances, to which the special
" kiosk - committee entrusted the task
of preparing an ordinance that would
meet all objections An ordinance was
prepared with such amendments that
will be entirely satisfactory.
The ordinance grants to Olaf Huseby
the right to maintain fifty kiosks at
such places as he may designate, but
on several important conditions. He
must first secure the written consent OF
the aldermen Of the ward in which he
purposes to place the booth. Then he
must secure the approval of the mum
cipal art commission to the plan fo1
the kiosk, and finally the council must
sanction the location designated.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
nese are capable of most deep-seated

neSe are capable OF most uotp-SedIou
resentment.
The situation was called to. the at
tention of the government by Consul
General Goodnow on his visit home
preceding the one at which he re-
signed. Goodnow had learned the feel
ing of the Chinese while serving with
this same Mr.. Wu on the commission
which drew up the commercial treaty.
There has apparently been no improve
ment in conditions. Mr.. WI, who
learned good deal about American
methods during his residence here, dis
covered, among other things, that when
the. Americans wanted to pass or de-
feat bill in congress they got up me-
MORALS from merchants, sent in petit
tions, and let it be known that they
would not buy goods from those who
were wrong' on the question at IS
sue. He is working an American job
against us. He has gotten up remon-
strances from the merchants Of Shang-
hal and made coalition of merchants
of the interior, and altogether stirred
up such boycott against American
goods that the president and cabinet
are bothered about it. The president
is said to have cabled to our CONNER
cial agent at Shanghai to ask the Chi
nese to let up on the boycott until he
can get at the American congress witt
a proposal to modify the law. China
is really getting to be quite factor
in world politics. IT. is all because
China is becoming buyer. Buyers
must have consideration.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
ENTERPRISE REWARDED
The Only Concern Of It's Kind in the
Northwest.

Few people realize that there is a
growing or wholesale firm in Mime
apolis that is fast cutting in on Chlca-
90 8 Tailor-to-the- trade business in the
northwest. The firm Of j. A. Rush &
Co. is the concern The energy Of the
management is admirable, and the pro-
gress;ve methods used to get. a foothold
IN the large city business but empha-
size the decisive measures adopted to
secure such wholesale trade.
The number Of agents of this concern
was doubled this spring. All were
taken from the large Chicago custom
tailors. It is gratifying that Mime
apolis merchants can compete and over
come competition Of the windy city in
tailoring as well as in other lines. Mr..
Rush gives it upon his own personal
authority that his campaign this spring
to secure the large city business has
caused him in profits between $1,700 and
$1,000 This week he was compelled
to virtually close his city retail depart
ment to enable him to catch up with his
orders. However, he is doing big
business this week on the present sea
son 8 unclaimed suits at half price.
Sales Of this nature are watched for by
many shrewd men. They have found by
experience that it pays.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
S. A. STERN DEAD
Liquor Dealer Succumbs After Opera
ton for Carbuncle.

Samuel A. Stern, for twenty-thres
years identified with the liquor bust
ness of Minneapolis, died at his home,
2417 First avenue S, last night from an
operation for malignant carbuncle. He
had been confined to his bed for seven
weeks and was so weakened that he was
unable to rally from the shock of the
operation.
Mr. Stern was born in Kentucky in
1857, and came to Minneapolis in 1882
with his brother, Max. He had estab-
lished a prosperous business and
amassed considerable property. In ad-
dition to his liquor business he had
made profitable Investments in real es-
tate, especially in downtown property.
Altho not an active politician, he took
keen interest in local politics, but was
not closely allied to either party. He
was member of the Modern Woodmen
of America and the Free Sons of Israel.
He leaves a wife and five children and
his brother Max, with whom he has
been associated in business.
The funeral will be held from the
residence Friday at pm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

Kansas is amused as well as exasper-
company to convince the people that it
has reduced the price of crude oil be-
cause of overproduction in this country.
To make plausible this bluff the Standard
has in some places reduced the price of
the price Of crude has come down 73
per cent that of refined has been put
down about 16 per cent, a comforta BILE
net gain to the Standard. Besides, the
Kansas City Star prints shipping news OF
undoubted reliability, which proves the
Standard to be a large purchaser of the
European oil at the present time of over
production in this country. ..s-i. @
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
THE UNEASY CHAIR

POCKET BOOKS FULL OF THE
SHINY FOR THE PRICE OF THE BOOK.
When one can buy pocket book well
filled with life's lubricator for the price
of the pocket book, why need he quarrel
with life The chance to do just such buy
ing has been offered the reading public by
the Bobbs- Merrill company in series Of
pocket books full Of bright reading, the
kind one generally wants to devote him
self to in a book that he pulls from his
pocket on the streetcar or else revels in
while off on vacation or a trip almost
anywhere. To men these books will make
a strong appeal as pocket books. TO wo-
men they would make a stronger appeal
II the publishers would furnish the pock-
cts with the books.
The series, which already includes five
pocket books, is devoted to American ro-
nance adventure, mystery, humor Two
of the five thus far issued are by Anna
Katharine Green. The first, The Ame-
| thyst Box, is the story of Newport
wedding, tale to keep one guessing, but
cleverly unraveled. The House In the
Mist, by the same author, Is "a tale of
unexpected fortunes" This book contains
also THE Ruby and the "Caldron."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
THE MAGAZINES

The Profession Of Getting Hurt.-Many
do not know that there are men and wo-
men in the world who devote their lives
to getting hurt in order that they may
collect damages from those whom they
make out to be responsible for the hurt.
Theodore Waters in Pearson's Magazine
for June tells of the profession of getting
hurt. For example, he tells of Phila-
delphia woman who has just completed a
sentence in Jail for teaching her children
to injure themselves in trolley cars SO
that she might obtain damages. If the
woman had been given another habitat,
the story might have been harder to be-
lieve.
A New Magazlne.-The first (June) Is
sue Of Tales" which has just appeared
offers remarkable array Of fiction by
famous authors. It contains seventeen
stories, of which sixteen are translated
from various European languages. The
authors that appear in this number are:
"Gyp,'' Anatole France Maurice Donnay. Al
fred Capus, Georges Maurevert. Jean Reibrach
Max Fischer French). Arthur Schnitzler. RUDOLF
Strait, Ernst Won Wolzogen, Baroness won Hey
king Germany. Maxim Gorky (Russian), Ma
thilde Serao (Ita1ian), Daniel Fallstrom (Swed
ish), Emilia Pardo Bazan (Spanish), Stephan
Tomorkeny (Hungarianl and James Hunekel
(American3.
With stories from eight languages and
q dozen names of international reputation
In its table Of contents, the first issue Of
Tales" goes far to justify its rather am
bilious subtitle, "A magazine Of the
worlds best fiction
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

A cheap device for pumping water for
irrigation now being manufactured in Bos-
ton is called a solar motor It consists
of great concave mirror Or series Of
mirrors, so arranged that the suns rays
are always focused on a boiler. The
trial motor erected last October is still
pumping away and furnishing water fol-
ten acres of land. Once installed it costs
nothing for fuel. Fuel, naturally, is most
scarce where it is most needed for pump
ing. But sunshine is most abundant
there. Not much is required to make q
desert or to operate "a solar motor but
perpetual sunshine. In kissed Ari'
zona'' they average $50 days Of sunshine
q year. To set the sunshine watering
the desert is to hoist the desert with it,
own petard. And the hotter the sun
shine the faster it pumps. Fortunately
no one has yet claimed a monopoly O.
the sunshine, but you don't want to bt
too sure. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
JUDGE SMITH SELECTED
Will Be First to Take UP Work of the
Juvenile Court.

After June / all dependent, ne
elected or delinquent" minors in Hen
nepin county will be disposed of by a
judge of the district court, to be known
as Juvenile court Judge For the
present the judge in chambers will take
charge of this work and will hold SEES
sions of the juvenile court in the HUI
name society courtroom. Judge John
Day Smith will be the first judge to try
the new system Later there will be
one judge designated as the juvenile
court Judge for one year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
A Disguised Partizan.

The party lash has cracked once too
often for NJ. P. Satterlee, editor of
the Annandale Advocate. He has stood
staunchly by the republican party for
many years, but now he says there is
no issue left but the tariff. '"Parti-
zanship is a delusion, farce played
to the ignorant, a bolster for political
schemes and stencil in the nostrils Of
decency.' He says q. few choice souls
get together and fix UP the candidates
for each party, and that both sides
play "good Lord, good devil' to- get
tho votes.
The Annandale editor is one Of many
voters who have rebelled against the
rule of a coterie and have become dis
gusted with the party cry in local cleo
lions. He goes too far in decrying all
party spirit, for there are national is,
sues always, and, as a rule, state can
didates stand for more or less def
mite program. Local issues should be
distinct, and candidates for county and
city office should stand for something
beside the tariff. The people are not
SO much interested in county audit.
or's views on the Philippines as on his
ideas for administering the county
finances. Blind partizanship in loca
affairs is too often an aid to machine
rule, and it is no wonder that such mer
as the Annandale editor have become
| disguised with the whole scheme. a
political party, as a mere spoils organ
ization, has no excuse for existence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
Commercial Ethics.

While ever men worship the dollar,
social conditions are unchanged and
wealth remains the ambition of the
great majority, so long will discussion
of business ethics continue. For a year
the subject of business honesty has been
live one in our country. Today the
front and center of the analytic stage
is occupied by the oil trust, and the
Standard Oil company and the man who
chiefly stands for it have been the OBJ
jects of sharp attack. The Standard,
in a sense the father of trusts, is the
father Of more than one business in
iquity.
The things that have brought sever
est criticism upon the Standard are
also found in some degree elsewhere
upon the body commercial. Given a
new country with resources vast and
undeveloped, young people quick and
sharp in commerce and finance, ambi-
tious in the highest degree and wor-
Shipping wealth; given an era Of COM
bination and consolidation, and, in the
process of constructing the big things
of our modern business world, the crea-
ton Of some element of evil was almost
inevitable. But the many observers
who read the signs of the times but
specifically are likely to fall into error
if they assume that the general stan
dard of morality in the business world
!. has been lowered. We do not believe
that the poison has permeated the
commercial whole Rather it has col
1ected here and there in great spots.
While it is difficult to say to Just
what extent sentiment in business has
changed in the past decade, it is a too
pessimistic view to suppose that it has
changed materially for the worse. On
the contrary, there are many things to
show that over the broad field of COM
merce, ideals are no less firm, and in
this field, embracing multitudinous in
terests, many of them competing and
conflicting, there is maintained on the
whole as high level of commercial
honor as was the case in the days of
the generation of business men past.
The above is suggested by the inquiry
of a subscriber to an eastern financial
& paper VINO COuuleHtS upon tue SIOWGL
of the expression that "business is
war; General Sherman, he says, de
clared that war is hell, and if business
is war it follows logically that business
3 is hell.
It is not surprising that an honest
man, seeing the mass of bad-odorec
stuff turned up from day to day, shoule
grow pessimistic, especially when it i:
accompanied by the supposedly smart
and up-to-date but utterly false aphor
ism that business is war It may
be doubted if any important proportion
of business men go ahead on this basis
The average business man is no less
honest than was his father, no less cour
teous no less considerate of the weak
The investigation of Standard Oh
crimes has shown up some pretty bat
4 things, but they must not be taken al
representative Of business morals gen
orally. They represent rather great
sores upon the body commercial thai
must either be healed or cut out.
Mr. Slason Thompson. transportation
expert, has been compiling statistics t.
3 show where the money goes ST OF the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
MONEY CAME TOO LATE
Marion Ivel's Letter Arrived After
Uncle Had Killed Himself.

Had Marion Ivel's letter reached
Minneapolis few hours sooner, it is
believed that her uncle, William Ivel,
would never have committed suicide.
emit over money matters, and as last
resort he wrote to his niece, Marion
Ivel, the opera singer, to aid him.. She
answered the letter hastily and inclosed
the money that might have saved his
life. It arrived at the Nile hotel, 20
University avenue NE, four hours af-
ter Ivel 8 dead body was found in his
room. At the time of his death he
had but 10 cents and he owed several
debts about the city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
SUES FOR REWARD
Walter Gerenz Declares His Tip Led the
Police to Murderer.

Walter Gcrenz Of st. Paul has brought
suit against the city to obtain the $1,000
offered for the arrest or information
leading to the arrest of the man who
murdered Christian Schindeldecker. Ger
enz was driver for the murdered
butcher and claims that he gave the
information that led to the arrest Of
Gottschalk, who confessed. Mayor
Smith refused to pay the money be-
cause he says that Gerenz ibid not COM
ply with the terms of the proclamation.
! Mrs. Anna M. Poppler, who declares
she saw Gottschalk in front of the shop,
also claims the reward. 1t is asserted
in some quarters that Mayor Smith had
no right to offer the reward and that
none will be paid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
WILL ENLARGE BUSINESS
Levin Bros. close Lease for the MehIln
Building.

Levin Bros, 41s-42s First avenue Sc.
who have been manufacturing upholstered
furniture for eight years. will expand
their business. expecting to make it the
largest In its line in the northwest. They
have secured the Mehlin building on Main
street Sc, belonging to the Chutes, and
will take possession in August. The sub
stantial five-story brick structure and
boiler house is now leased by l.. Paulle.
This has always been considered one Of
the best-equfpped wood working factories
in the city. Following the vacation by
the Mehlin company 1t was occupied sew
eraI years by the Minneapolis Chair
Manufacturing company, until that con-
Germ went out of business Across the
street are large lumber yards and part
of the plant is steam dry house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
STARTED FIRES
Law-Breaking Fishermen Accused Of
Setting Fire to Forests.

Careless fishermen are charged with
starting forest fires in northern Mime
sofa this spring. Complaints to such
effect have been fled with the state fire
in Cass county. He saws fishermen have
been catching bass and wall-eyed- pike
ever since the ice went out, in disre-
gard of the laws, and they have built
numerous camp fires, leaving them to
spread into the brush and sometimes
to do considerable damage. The COM
plants will be investigated. Setting
forest fires thru negligence is punish
able by fine not exceeding 800 or i'm
prisonment for three months.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
The Chinese Angered at America

The strained situation between this
country and China, which is said to
have been precipitated by the activity
Of Mr.. WI, former Chinese minister at
Washington, grows out Of the treat
ment of Chinese who are permitted to
enter this country under the treaty.
China has all along felt the humilia-
ton Of the treatment accorded by the
American immigration bureau. The
Chinese claim they are bullied, mauled
and treated as coolies trying to break
in contrary to law. The young men
who are thus treated are for the most
part representatives of aristocratic
families. While very quiet, the Chi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
NOW LOSES HIS WIFE
Troubles Increase for Father of Muir
Ss&1 dered Freddie King.

Louise King, wife of John King,
Columbia Heights last November, has
left her home, taking her two young
est children, 4 and 7, with her.
Mrs. King hired an expressman to
take her belongings away from Co.
lumbia Heights and refused to tell any
one where she was going. Mr.. King
says that he gave her $40 yesterday
morning to pay the grocer's bill and
that when; he returned home from work
she was gone.
The matter was reported to the po-
lice last night and Mr.. King said that
some time ago his wife attempted to
commit suicide by taking carbolic acid
King thinks his wife returned to her
home in Canada.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
$500 Line,

Special Memorial Day Rates; Dates of
Sale May 26th to 30th, inclusive. Tick
cts good returning until June 1st. Spe-
cial train leaves Minneapolis every Sat
urday at 300 pm. for Glenwood and
intermediate points, returning Monday
from Glenwood at 3:15 am, arriving
at Minneapolis 7:45 am. Get new time
card and Primer 8 at Ticket Office,
119 s.. 3rd ST
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

Somebody has hunted up the figures
and found that the average salary of a
Harvard professor is $3.50, while the
average minister in the vicinity of Bos-
ton draws 5000. This may partially ex-
plain why the theological schools are
not turning away applicants. III
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
KILLED BY A FALL
J. O. Pattee, Formerly Was Master
Mechanic of the Milwaukee Road.

J. o. -Pattee, 81, died last evening
at his residence, ST. Paul, as the result
of fall into the cellar, which caused
conclusion of the brain. He came to
Minnesota in 1871 and for several years
road in Minneapolis. Until recently he
was with the Missouri Pacific and lived
in ST. Louis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

At Salisbury, Mo-. last week the Metho-
dists beat the Baptists in a spelling
match, and now the Baptists have chal-
lenged the Methodists for swimming
contest. In naval events the Baptists
seem to have their neighbors handi-
capped. IN
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
Decoration Day
Excursion Rates.

The Northern Pacific will sell the
weekend Excursion tickets on May
9th, 2Sth, Goth and Both, good for the
return until May 31st. Call at City
Block, for Information on new trains to
Duluth Short Line Points.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

Professor Starr Of Chicago university,
who has won some little renown for
various reasons, fell from his back porch
the other day, twinkled a few times and
alighted on the earth. He was not badly
hurt neither was the earth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

The Spanish senate has intimated to
King Alfonso that he get married, and
the king has sent in a reply promising
to bring off the match as soon as pos
sible We are glad to see senate doing
something useful
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25
MUSIC AND MILKING TIME

AUIIehB lAal.J ReneCtCT.
We hope the 'Parsifap company which
Is coming will realize that this is the ban
ner dairying district Of the west and give
long intermissions between the afternoon
and evening performances. Most OF us
have to 60 home to milk.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

A French scholar notes the phrase
''harnessing Niagara as a fine example
of American concrete expression. What's
the matter with the presidents advice to
the steel trust to keep it's feet out of the
trough?" What could be concreter than
that?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-25

CHARLES HENRY WEBB Dies
Charles Henry Webb, author and inven-
tor, is dead at his home in New York. He
was II years old. Webb went to Illinois
in his youth and worked for time on
newspapers, became trader along the
Mississippi for some years and then a
wheat speculator in Chicago. In 1860 he
took up humorous writing. Many Of his
books became well known. One Of his
latest pieces Of work Is "a Mariner y
published in scrlbner's Magazine for
June, s..