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Strong on Rebuttal.
EAST HIGH WON
South High "Debaters Lose Honor 2,
~, :, Representing This District: T. !.

The East high school debatinng" team
won last night over the South high
team. This gives the district cham
pionship to the East Side team, which
will represent Minneapolis. in the state
contest, for the coveted Journal cup
with the winning teams Of other con
gressional districts. >. ....,.:...-
II. B. Hudson, Arthur J. Dean and
J. W. Molyneux were the judges. They
stood to 1: ~. -.
The question was: Resolved, That
the policy of reducing further immi.
grationeto the United States to mini.
mum is practicable and should be
adopted. Granted that this shall not
apply to our insular possessions. Grant.
ed that minimum shall embrace
such relatives and friends Of our ,citi.
zens and such other persons as are en-.
titled to enter out Of considerations fol-
humanity. 4 .s -, ~, |=:.4 = ~, .,+
Zenas Potter Of the East high opened
the debate for the affirmative In "a
decisive and forceful manner he ar
gued that immigration is deterioratine
morals in the United States. He put
slums in the large cities on the low
class Of immigrants ="
| Oscar Wilson Of the South high con
| tended that statistics showed every pos
sible safeguard was used by the steam
ship companies and by the government
to eliminate undesirable elements in
immigration.
Victor Wetherby took pronounced
stand for total exclusion. He said thai
In the past year $4,000 Russian Jews
had arrived in New York city; that
Of these, 95 per cent had preferred to re
main in New York to work In the sweat
shops instead of-as the opposing side
claimed out into /. the western
and northwestern states stor make. uss
Of the opportunities in the farming dis
tricts. -. =
Miss Title Will, the only girl orator
returned some splendidly framed argu
ments, basing her contention principal
| " on figures and statistics and using
a large statistical map to show thai
| immigration was not detrimental ant
in no way affected existing wages
ssWhat right; have we of the SECOND
and third generation of immigrants *
say, You cannot come into our land, =
was Miss WHIPS closing shot.
William Merrill of the East Sid,
urged that immigration had decided
! effect on American Labor and tended
to depress wages. He also pointed Out
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nanrarous wafer used.

The danger Of using water not en-
tirely free from pollution for washing
or rinsing vegetables is practically as
great as drinking the water outright.
This has been proven in Stockholm,
where an epidemic has been traced to
the use in hotel kitchensof water from
a stream known to be contaminated.
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Apaingt Bird SLAUGHTER.

Ungdomsblad. a young peoples pub
location in Norway, has begun a Cruz
SADIE against the use of. mounted birds
as millinery ornaments; Thousands Of
and the magazine thinks that If women
will not voluntarily stop the massacre
of song birds they should be punished
by heavy fines. s6
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Accustomed to Shocks.

Reykiavik, Iceland, was shaken by an
earthquake on Dec, 81, and altho such
disturbances are quite common, the peo-
pie were much alarmed, for the island Is
few years ago, when much damage was
done.
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piu--Probate Court.
In the matter OF the estate of Emerentia Albln-
son, deceased
On reading and filing the petition of Gust Al
bnson representing that Emereutia Atkinson has
lately died intestate, a resident and inhabta nt
of the county of Hennepin and state of Mime
sofa, leaving goods. chattels and estate within
this county, and praying that administration of
1t is ordered That said petition be heard at a
special term Of this court to be held at the
courthouse In the city of Minneapolis, In said
county, Monday, the 18th day of February,
1906. at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon; and that no
tice Of such ring be given to all persons inter
ested by publishing this order at least once In
each week for three successive weeks prior tc
said day Of hearing in The Minneapolis Journal
a newspaper printed and published in said
comfy. - ''-'''
Dated at Minneapolis this 21st day Of Janu
AIRY, 1905. -:-:--'. ..~-..G .
BY the Court,
b. G. HARVEY. Judge of Probate.
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DEMOCRATS DELAY
THE HEPBURN BILL
They Obstruct It in Committee
Republicans Will Push a
Caucus Bill Thru. T.. ,.
BY w, w. Jermane.

Washington, Jan. 2s.-Hearings be-
fore the house interstate and foreign
commerce committee on the Hepburn
railway rate bill have brought to light
a disposition on the part Of certain
democratic members Of tho committee
to obstruct the progress of the bill to-
ward report The leader and spokes-
Richardson of Alabama.
The bill was introduced in the house
and referred to the committee 81 week
ago today and the committee has met
every day since then to consider the bill
and work toward a report. Mr.. Rich
ardson at all these meetings has taken
the floor to find fault with the pro-
visions of the bill and in a general way
has manifested by his tactics an inten-
Yesterday he was driven from one point
to another by the republicans Of the
committee until the insincerity Of his
opposition was brought out sufficiently
to verify the suspicious Of the bill 8
friends -
1t. is now said to be the purpose Of
the republican members Of the commit
tee to hold committee caucus, at
which bill will be agreed on. " The
agreement will then be reported to the
entire committee and acquiesced in by
will then be promptly reported to the
house. This action I am: Informed,
will be taken next week. 80 -: -
Amended Hepburn Bill Promised :.
Just. what sort Of a bill. will .. he
agreed on is not yet known It will
be based on the present Hepburn bill
and will carry that name, but that is
all that can be said. : y>:2:7 zG:x. :
Criticisms which have: been made
against the present bill, both by ship
pers and railway managers, have sug-
gested various amendments. These
| amendments the new bill will incorpo
rate, but I am informed that they will
not weaken the proposed legislation at
any essential. point. This disposition OF
the republicans of the house committee
to secure committee action is in keep
ing with the general house policy Of
putting a bill thru that body prior tt
the March adjournment. In the senate
however, nothing will be done and tht
whole question will be taken up anew
at the special session which the presi
dent will call in the early fall.
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F1tu for the Audience at the. Unique Wyten Fresh
- r. Asbirutts for Stage I7o't0rs z1ead
i ~" the Boards r.:

cited next by little Rose Jackson about
poor man who had trouble that drove
him to drink - ''waysdown in the Lee
high, valley,' is almost lost owing to
a chorus Of suppressed :giggles. - -
Charles Dawson comes on with de-
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We invite you to. call and look over
our fine line of exclusive spring novel
ties in suitings and overcoats.. Thomas
& Wiberg, 2O3 Andrus building.
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Diplomat Is Promoted.

Count A. NJ. r.. Wrangel has been
promoted from his office Of envoy to
Belgium and Holland to the post Of
years old and in his diplomatic career
has served in Washington, Algiers and
Paris in, various, important capacities.
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BANKER HELD AS EMsEzzLEF

New York, Jan. 28.--W. H. Hunt, who
was connected with the n-American
bank Of Chicago, which closed its doors
several days ago, has been arrested here
charged with the embezzlement of $780,
900 in Chicago. .v o..
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Z
MOVING

EHE BOYD TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. HAz
uneaualed facilities for moving, storing. pack
ing and shipping household goods, and quotes
REDUCED FREIGHT RATES thereon to Chi.
cago, Denver, Spokane and Pacific Coast points.
Others advertise such rates and may succeed
occasionally in making up car, but we alone
are able to ship with sufficient frequency and
regularity to Insure reasonably prompt and re.
liable service. For the best Of service at the
lowest. rates. write call at I6 Sd st s..
MINNEAPOLIS TRANSFER AND STORAGE
Co. have best facilities for handling and stor.
Ing household goods; expert furniture pack.
ers; satisfaction assured; car rates to Pacific
coast and other points, Can save you money.
Write or call. 49,. Safes and heavy machinery
moved by: experts. 207 9th st s. Both phones,
EAMERoN'S TRANSFER AND STORAGE; EX.
pert packers for storage or shipment; large and
commodious vans for moving. Office. 200 Nicol.
let both phones 1908. Residence r c. 1924
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STORAGE


THE BOYD TRANSFER & STORAGE 90. HAS
uneuualed facilities for moving, storing pack;
ing and shipping household goods, and quotes
REDUCED FREIGHT RATES thereon to Chi
cago, Denver, Spokane and Pacific Coast points.
Others advertise such rates, and may succeed
occasionally in making up a car, but we alone
are able to ship with sufficient frequency and
regularity to- insure reasonably prompt and re-
liable service For the best Of service at the
lowest rates, write or call at IS Sd st 8. =
EAMERoN's TRANsFER . AND STORAGE
Best facilities for moving and storing house
hold goods; expert packers; 200 Nicollct. Both
phones, 1902. Res. phone. T.. G. 1924.
NEW WAREHOUSE - FURNITURE STORED;
moderate rates. Inquire bakery, 18th st-3d
S.
FIREpROOF STORAGE WAREHOUSE; CLEAN,
separate rooms. 1OO-112 LIST av N. Both phones.
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About two-thirds of all cotton tex
tiles imported by Persia are of British
manufacture. American cotton goods
should find a good market there
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{, Opens for Willn1ar


bate for Willmar, commended that the
policy Of the United States in the past,
has been to afford iberty-loving peo-
pie and homeseekers a home,' but that
at present the conditions within the
United States have become changed,
there being fewer places: for laborers
and less land for them to settle upon:
migrants has changed, the majority sof
them being below tfff stahdardTo the
earlier classes.ss Marion Hayes, fors APP
pleton, based his arguments Ona5the as
sertion that total xcllisionT> Of alt, .ex.
tcept those having relatives was prohib-
tied by international law and that the
point was not to exclude, but to distrib-
ute, assimilate- and protect them.
Our. duty was to distribute the immi-
grants by establishing more ports Of
entry, giving them information and di-
recting them where to: go.
Deterioration Shown.
Maurice Jenness asserted that up to
1891 the northern part of Europe con-
tributed the majority OF, the immi-
f gTrs4ntg who desirable class but
greater number, and that the majority
of these: were anaundesirable1class The
present immigration was mot natural,
but forced BY the active competition
between the steamship companies. The
southern Europe immigrants were q
trolling the votes in larger cities, and
| economically, because their standard Of
living was lower. - . D.. -.
Ben Kepner; declared that immigra-
tion was and should be, encouraged, ex-
cept. as to criminals, paupers who
| were not admitted but excluded by the
new Immigration laws which, il prop
- &C. H. IL l.
on the. undesirable. Under the law,
steamship companies were responsible
and subject, to fines 70 every immi-
grant who had to- be deported. Since
F.; 1891, the immigrants, who came here
were in the prime Of life, skilled labor
ers and each one had nearly as much
j money as the, average American; 49,. =
most the entire food Of. immigration at
present came from southern: Europe.
! They. were, lazy shiftless class, not
home: builders, but slum- builders, and in
fected with: disease, silliteracy and Grim
| inality.1 IT was Impossible for this
| county to assimilate, the southern Eu-
lrope immig grants who were coming here
! Ray. Eckenbeck presented his :argl-
ment in an able manner, and held that
the foreigners were not responsible for
1 the misdeeds of the immigrant. but that
| the fault lay with the native citizens.
J. The fault was with the naturalization
Exclusion meant every man, woman OF
child, who had no relatives and this. was
unconstitutional, as it, was a principle
of international law that man could
change: his .domicile at,will:c Exclusion
would bring war AM zinjure us CONNER
cially. 'S'= -.
|, =. r.. Strong on Rebuttal. ...'.~.
+ On rebuttal the Willmar team showed
its greatest strength. "A. D.. Country
man Of this city presided and Superin:
PENDANTS P. c.. Towning Of Willmar and
G. L. Keenan, of Appleton were time
| keepers
! The Judges were Superintendent J. L
silvernale Of Olivia, Principal. H. 8
Montevideo and Rev. Mr.. Kennedy so1
Granite Falls. - "a. rs-s.@ -"
\ A reception was rendered the visitors
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That is about all that can be made
out, for the audience has got to laugh
ing again, and wild horses: Couldn't stop
it. With true Celtic GRIT Mr.. Dawson.
keeps on, his shoulders Thrown back and
his head up while he Occasionally GEES
lures to add force to the, words that
cannot be heard: He gets repaid for
makes his retreat in good order. e-.
Next on the = amateur program y
come the Rowland Brothers, George and
Joe, a couple of husky North Minneap-
t difficult feats, and only lack the grace
and ease Of professionally They s, get
rounds. of applause, not only from the
audience but from the actors and stage
hands in the, wings, who declare the
boys have the stuff in them.'' T.:
~. L. Winter, q modest young fellow
whistles and trills pretty schottische,
"The Bird and the Brook, g" very tune.
fully. The accompaniment lis too fast
for him. but he manages to keep up the
pace, which is very much allegro, and
wins round1sof applause, that. sounds
like an explosian. Sherman Engelbert
comes on with the appearance Of calm.
ne @sn that he does not feet, and his
back Of the. first six rows. - = r,
Charlotte Paulson closes the, bill, and
t is, very much: soubrette. 4 She sings
t." Gould You Be True to- Eyes Of Blue?''
4 and puts the question plump at a. man
! in box, making him the target of al
kinds Of eyes. Charlotte; isn't much
5abashed by the uproar she creates and
other victim. She wins an encore. like
wise a big bunch Of flowers. The rest
Of the program, is furnished by profes
| SiOnal actors -f-t>S.r sE..5fs ~. -.ts-
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more fairly J. treated This wins ap.
proval, which is reiterated when he
extends a cordial Invitation. to the co.
medians scattered about the house who
are in the habit Of talking out loud to
themselves, to come on the stage and
give their monologs.
The audience behaves better after
this, but, nevertheless, the poem re
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Today over 1876, oeo,18 spsak English.
It has displaced FreneHA the language
Of diplomacy and is now making great
headway as tha universal Language Of
trade. II : = IS
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NOTICE.

SoBBING IN STONE, BRICK AND CEMENT
work and chimneys repaired Do any kind Of
mason work. Phone 7. c. 2451 John Il. Layne
contractor. 121n 4th st n. .....
J. P. BOWMAN OF THE FIRM OF BOWMAN
& Dyregroy, Tailors. formerly located at lis
9th st s, Is now at SOB I'd av 8.
r. MCMILLAN CO. rs NOW DOING JoBBING
and remodeling Of all kinds; give a call.
l13 4th st y.
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Special to The Journal.
Appleton, MINI, Jan. 2s.-The in
terscholastic debate for The Jour
n rs cup on the question:: "Resolved,
That the Policy Of Reducing Further
immigration to the United States to q
Minimum Is Practicable, and Should
Be Adopted" took place last evening
at the city hall before large crowd.
The Willmar high school team, sustain
ing the affirmative, won from the
strong team representing the Appleton
high school by the majority vote Of the
Judges, and thereby became champions
of the seventh congressional district.
The two teams were evenly matched
handled the question in a mastery man:
ner and up to it's announcement, the
decision Of the Judges was in doubt.
The strong points made by the visitors
were. the deterioration in the charac.
ter of the Immigrants, changed eonH
tons in the United States and the i'm.
possibility Of assifnilating the for
eigners. - S~s -, $50" ., -.
/ The home team argued that exclusion
is prohibited by law and the point was
| to distribute liberty flowing people, anc
give them an opportunity to become
assimilated: 49,. *r'.,..s.- II
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PROFESSIONAL

nsntly removed by electricity Miss Hollistee
I7-7S Syndicate Block. Pioneer stand Of the
northwest. Exclusive specialist
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DYEING AND CLEANING

TWIN CITY DYE WORKS, THE LEADING
French dry cleaners for ladies' and gents
clothing and oil household goods. SIS Nicollet
). P. LowMAN OF THE FIRM OF LowMAN
& Dyregroy. Tailors, formerly located at lis
9TH st S., Is at SOB I'd ay S.
NORTH STAR DYEING AND FRENCH DRY
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PRINTING

PRINTING-ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE
with ink and paper: work Is equal to that
of high priced print shops and prices
much lower: try EWald. 230 Sd av N.
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PATENT ATTORNEYS

WILLIAMSON 6 MERCHANT. Patent Lawyers
building Minneapolis, Mimi So AcGtll build
ing. Washington. d. G.
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DETECTIVE AGENCIES

McNULTY DETEoTIvE AGENCY. 40 KAsoTA
bldg. S. J. AcNuity. Mgr. Detective work
in all its branches. References. police head.
quarters. ,Minnesnolis. N W. phone.
BAXTER's DETECTIVE AGENCY-WHEN IN
need of efficient detective service, call at 665
Temple Court. Secrecy guaranteed.
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LAWYERS

E. B. CRANE,
Lawyer.
Collections and foreclosures a speciality.
rs Temple Court, Minneapolis.
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MACHINERY

wANTED-scREw.c CUTTING LATHE, ABOUT
11-inch swing, 6-foot bed; will pay
cash part cash and smaller cutting
lathe. Address Guy Willets 1701 James av S.
YRoN WORKING AND WOOD WORKING MA.
chipery; large stock secondhand and
Northern Machinery Co.. 217 Sd st S. Mpls.
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termination to- do or d die plainly de:
:picted: upon his sternIy set features.
His song is "1rish as #. Is Spoken
and 1T begins something E. ike this:
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF HENNE

FIREpROOF STORAGE WAREHOUSE; CLEAN
separate rooms 1OO-112 1st av n: Both phones
Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-08-08

Three of the largest fairs in the Pa
the Spokane Interstate Fair opens.
This means there will be all manner Of
good attractions at the Spokane fair
this year. 1t opens October 9--the
week following the Montana State fair
at Helena. the Washington State fair
at North Yakima and the big Provin-
cial fair at New Westminster, B. c..
The appropriations for this latter
amount to $4,000 this year. The
Lewis and Clark exposition will also
be drawing to a close at this time and
many attractions will go from there to
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Spokane. This means the racing pro-
gram should be filled with many en-
tries and that the tried and best norses
will be on the Spokane track. where
final scores for the season win be set
tied. These other fairs. including thA
Portland fair will be q help 10 $40
kane, rather than otherwise. The mid-
way at Spokane should be CROWDED
W tn more attractions and better ana
more novel sights than ever before.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-04
Faiths Of The Presidents.

Although the Baptist denomina-
tion is one OF the most numerous in
the United States, there has never
been a Baptist President.
There have been two Congrega-
tional Presidents-John Adams, the
second President, and John Quincy
Adams, his son.
President Roosevelt is the second
President of the Reformed Dutch
chnreh. Martin Van Buron havipr
been the first.
Millard Fillmore was a Unitarian.
the only Unitarian President.
Washington, William Henry Har-
rison. John Tyler and Zachary Tay.
lor were Episcopalians. as was
Chester A. Arthur.
There have been five Presbyterian
Observation-Disclosures Jackson, James
K. Polk, James Buchanan, BENJAMIN
Harrison and Grover Cleveland.
President Garfield was a member
OF the Church of the Disciples.
Prior to the Civil War there had
been no Methodist President of the
United States. Since 1861 the fol-
lowing Presidents have been Metho-
dists: Abraham Lincoln, Johnson,
Gen. Grant. r. B. Hayes and Will
liam Mckinley.
There has never been a Lutheran
nor Roman Catholic President.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-04

Push-The force by which ones
ideals are converted into realities.
Punctuality-A saver of time and
temper. A creator OF confidence.
Politeness-The golden key that
unlocks the door TO many opportuni-
ties.
Principle-A self imposed rule OF
right conduct which governs every
action.
Penetration-The ability to FORE
see events and consequently TO pro-
vide for them.
Poise- The power OF self control
which often makes one master OF the
situation.
Precision-The habit OF being ac-
curate and thus of averting annoy
ances arising from error.
Prudence-The practice of acting
with discretion and Of wisely hus-
banding ones resources.
Perception-The happy faculty
which enables one intuitively to say
and do the right thing at the right
time.
Perseverance-The characteristic
which impels one steadfastly TO pur-
sue the object in view with an in
yincible determination to triumph
over all opposition.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-04

Our readers willsremember low
Dick Martin, Of Galway, ireland.
secured from the British Parliament
the first law in the world for the pre.
vention OF cruelty 10 animals. live
remember rightly, In the first case
ne prosecuted under the law he
brought an abused donkey into the
courtroom 70 testify In his own be-
half. Wehaye never had In America.
10 our knowledge, just such O case,
but We did have one the other day
somewhat similar. Our agents.
Clark and Phillips, prosecuted a man
Tor abuse OF his horse, in the the DO
lice court at Lawrence, and the
Judge (Stone) after listening to the
testimony OF the defendants 5 yeteri-
marian. and the argument OF the de-
fendant's lawyer. said be wanted 10
see the horse; so he adjoursed the
court, went TO the stable, personally
examined the horse, and then re-
turned to the courtroom and fined
the defendant $l5. This sum, added
TO witness fees, costs of court, and
what the defendant had TO pay his
lawyer and his veterinarian to testi-
fy in his behalf. amounted TO a sum
which We hope may protect the horse
from all future cruelty. And this
reminds us of what many of our
readers will remember how we
brought the great prize fighter, John
L. Sullivan, into court and proved
that he twice struck and twice kick
ed horse. The court fined him
twenty-five dollars for each blow and
twenty-five dollars for each kick,
and Mr.. Sullivan paid into our treas.
ury one hundred dollars TO aid In
the prevention of cruelty toanimals.
Geo. Angel, in Our Dumb Animals.