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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
FIGHT WILL BE LONG
Thomas B. Clement Litigation VIII oc-
cupy at Least Two Years. a.

Government officers believe it will
be two years at least before Thomas
B. Clement, the convicted Faribault
banker, will see the inside of prison.
The case cannot be heard by. the cir
cult court Of appeals till the May term
next year, and it will probably, be June
before the argument takes place. 1t
will probably be six months later be-
fore decision is rendered on the sew
eral points urged in the, bill of excep-
tions. If that decision is adverse, un-
doubtedly an appeal will be made on a
constitutional question which has been
injected into the record by the defense.
It is urged on behalf of the defendant
that the grand jury which indicted him
and the petit jury which tried him were
improperly selected, having been drawn
from the body Of the state''' instead
of the body of the division in which
the trial took place. It is estimate ed
that it will take an additional year to
perfect the appeal to the supreme
court, argue the case and get deci
sion. This will bring the time to the
spring or summer of 1907.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
The New, York Contest.

Hearst has gained a great point IN
his projected contest in securing an
order for the production Of the tally
sheets of the recent contest for mayor.
This tal1v sheets showed the humber OF
votes reported FOR the respective can
didates. Whether they correspond with
the actual votes cast is another ques-
ton. Having secured publicity for the
tally sheets, it will become lnlcumoent
upon Mr.. Hearst to make prlma7taelle
case that in certain districts more VOTES
were cast for him than. the tally sheets
show. If, on an examination OF :sa,t the !
ballots in a few districts, 1T appears
that the tally sheets are wrong either the
thru accident or manipulation, At Will
90 a great way to support his conten-
tion that all the votes for mayor should
be recounted. .
Usually in an honest, straight elec-
+ion even where the vote is close, a
recount does not make any mateflal
alteration in, the returns. Errors one
way are Offset by errors the other, ana
the final result is about as reported IN
the official count. This was the case
in the contest between Haynes and
Jones in Minneapolis: -, a. .~s4 .., -. -.
But. unfortunately, there is no pre-
sumption of honesty on the part OF
Tammany.
But even if Tammany has not stuHed
the hallot on this occasion, there IS no
doubt whntever that McClellan's ma:
ioritv is tainted with violence at the
nolls. Hearst workers and voters were
heaten and driven from the polling
places by Tammany toughs while the
Tammany police turned their backs
The circumstantial stories which have
come in make it only too plain thai
the organization was fighting for it'
life and knew by whom its life Wa! Was
threatened. No time was lost in drlv
ing republicans from the pol1s. M
Wins watchers were assaulted Of
MANNED. It was democrat against dem
ocrat in the fierce battle in lower New
York.
Perhaps the country might afford tt
take a philosophical view of, and ever
applaud, the efforts Of Tammany an(
anti-Tammany democrats to exterminat
one another if it were not for the fac
that the election in New York cit,
sometimes controls the election Of tn
president. A pivotal city in a piyota
state cannot be allowed to work it
own unsavory will with the franchise
We all want to be assured that Nev
York elections are on the square.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
PUPILS ATTEND LONGER
STATE SCHOOL ENROLMENT FOR
LAST YEAR SHOWS TENDENCY
TO STAY IN SCHOOL.

Pupils enrolled in the. public schools
Of Minnesota during the last school year
numbered 430,005, an increase of 6,342
over the previous year. Of these 179,-
07S were enrolled in the Independent
and special districts, and 250, 1927 in the
common school districts. The previous
year the numbers were 174,7OO and 24S,-
963 respectively.
The number Of pupils attending forty
days, and therefore entitled to share in
the apportionment Of school funds, was
166,323 in the Independent and special
districts, and POS, ,639 in the common dis
tricts, compared with 162, 143 and 202,-
o9l the previous year. There was a
small increase in the number attend
ing less than forty days in Independent
and special districts, but in common dis
tricts this number decreased from 46,
S72 to 1926, indicating tendency to
more continuous school attendance in
the country districts.
Hennepin county's total enrolment
was S,4O6, compared with 47,324 the
previous year. The number in inde-
Of which 4O,976 attended forty days or
more. The previous year the enroll
ment was 42,224, of which 4O,219 at.
tended forty days. 4RamseY's total en-,
rollment was 90 1851, compared with 90
3365the. previous year, amidst. Louis
county had an enrolment of 19,70S,
compared with $3.50 the year before.
The tabulation for the state shows an
increase in school terms, m length Of at
tendance, and in number Of pupils over
eight years of age. The number under
eight years decreased. The compare
| tive statement for last year and the
year before follows:
Average number of days each
pupil las attended ........ S75e s25J
| Average length Of school In
months :....:: ::.:.............. 7s4 7os
Number Of pupils between 8 and
years Of age ............. &C, ,4S6 G. 3g7
16 years Of age ~ ....:...:.... .174;e54 l72, ,se2
Number of pupils between 10
and q years of age.......... 14,75O El2,S19
Nur of pupils between and
| 16 years Of age attending IL
weeks or more. .13o, Sse 121, ,374
| Total enrolment in all pub s {
lie schools ............. 4so, COS 4es, ,eo3
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
BERNHARDT ARRIVES
"The Divine Sarah Will Appear Here
in All-Star Course.

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt, who has been
engaged. for an appearance in the . ALI
Star Courseo to be given at the Audi
torium this winter, will arrive in New
York this week for her American tour.
Without t'the divine Sarah this
Dec. IS. still would be notable one,
but with the worlds greatest actress
included, it becomes an exceptionally
brilliant series Of entertainments. No
course approaching it has ever been
offered in Minneapolis before. 1t took
an enormous guarantee to secure Bern
hardt, and it is said that ON her com
ing tour she will have the strongest
Bernhardt knows no limit, when neces-
sary to present any Of her plays with
fidelity to time and locale, and her stage
mountings are sumptuous, magnlhcent
and scrupulously correct.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
A Roosevelt Republican,

Some Minnesota exchanges, are call
ing for a Roosevelt republican as
the party $ candidatesfo for governor next
year. The term needs d little ,deflni-
tion. Who is a sRoosevelt republican,
If vote for Roosevelt makes man a
Roosevelt republican, then there are
216,651 Of them in the state, and most
anybody will fill the bill.
The Journal takes it for granted
that something more is meant by a
"Roosevelt republican,. President
Roosevelt stands for some things,
and for a type of public man
which has become suddenly popu-
lar. By Roosevelt republican.
we mean a man"~o Of the same type,
who stands for the same things. He
must stand afpsr tie square deal''' be-
tween the spublic; and the great corpora
tions which they have created to serve
them; for high ideals of political and
business honesty, with no stain on his
own life, either public or private. He
must sympathize with the president in
the war against graft, and in the ef-
forts being. made to curb unlawful
trusts. He will move in no devious
ways, but take the public into his con-
fdence and transact his business: in the
light of publicity.
That is what we mean, or ought to
mean, by Roosevelt republican: The
president s example has - been in.fec.
tious, and people the country over are
demanding that men who aspire to Of
fee shall have some Of the same charac
teristics. That is the type Of man
| Minnesota republicans will want next
| year, to be their candidate for gov.
| ernOr.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
DEDICATES LODGE ROOMS
Northern Light Lodge. 10. O.. F., In
itiates Class of Seventv-tive. .

Northern Light lodge, No. 121, I. o.
Central and Twenty second avenues,
last night and at the same time initia-
ted a class Of seventy-fve. Following
the services a. delightful banquet was
held in the banquet room of the new
lodge quarters. Visiting members of
the order from all parts of the state
were present., among them Grand Mas
ter Hugo, Duluth; Deputy Grand Mas
Bolton, St. Paul; Grand Scribe Wilkin-
son, st. Paul, and Grand Patriarch Nc
Farlane Of Duluth, as we'll as a num-
ber of past officers of the grand lodge.
A party of Excelsior Odd Fellows
came in over the new trolley line in a
chartered car. The lodge is one Of the
oldest in the city, and is, in, point Of
membership, the largest in the state.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
The Duty on Hides.

The call of the Massachusetts shoe
nianufacturers on the president was
evidently timed to give him an oppor-
tunity to discuss the tariff in his forth
coming message if he wishes. The
president did not say much except to
intimate that he was handicapped in
discussing things freely by the fact
that he talked with Massachusetts
man on the tariff and reci procity last
year and was misquoted. This shot
from the president has aroused Mr..
Henry M. Whitney of Boston, against
whom is was aimed, in his own defense.
but it has not added materially to the
tariff; debate. What the president per-
haps resented. was Mr.. Whitney's ac-
tivity in using an alleged expression of
the president on the tariff to confound
the president g own party in Massa.
chusetts and elect Mr.. Whitney lieu.
tenant governor. ? @~r
In his argument, Governor Douglas
complained that the duty on hides was
excessive and bore heavily upon the
laboring classes, who pay nearly as
much for shoes as the rich. Governor
Douglas announced that the shoe manu-
facturers would like to see a reduction
of the duty upon hides even if a reduc
tion of the duty upon shoes went with
it. He claimed the manufacturers
would take care of themselves. both al
home and abroad, without the duty OF
shoes, and would not only make cheaper
shoes but increase their business anc
employ more labor if they could gel
hides as cheaply as their competitors
Here seems to be chance for con
gress, with the advice and consent 0.
the national association of shoe manu-
facturers, to make an experiment il
the reduction Of duties upon both tn,
raw material and the manufactured
article. IF Governor Douglas is right
| If American trade can be expanded AM
the people Of this country at the SAM
time get cheaper shoes without en-
dangering the wages of labor, what ar
gument can there be for the l5 pc
cent duty on hides7 The protection O
the farmer9 But the farmer sells hi
4 cattle on the 'hoof and the value O
the hide cuts very little figure in hi
J bargain with the beef trust, A reduc
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
F0URNIER CANVASES HERE
MANY STRIKING PICTURES IN
5 EXHIBITION OF ARTISTS WORK
+ WHICH OPENED TODAY.

Aszs bed petU9es FUqeas5 at hs has exhbten sn0s Of
his paintings which opened at j. A.
Glow & CO.'S store, 9O6 Nicollet ave,
nue. today. The collection of ~
pictures, all the work Of Mr.. Fourniier,
makes a splendid showing and one that
has an unusual diversity OF subJects,
for the artist has rambled from sunny
France to picturesque Italy and then TO
n. Y, for his. subjects. They are all
landscapes, stretches of sunit country,
bits of forest and water; insthe after
glow,s or moonlight, quiet country scenes
Or glimpses of Venice afame with light
and color. There is only an occasional
figure to be found in any OF the pre-
lures or a flock of sheep browsing IN
the meadow or wandering along
stretch Of country road.
There is one odd canvass new one
showing Venice by moonlight. 1t is all
in blues and blue grays, with Just a
suggestion Of the twinkling city lights
and their reflection in the quiet waters.
In vivid contrast to this are the can
vases showing Venice at evening with
all the glory of sunset in sky and
The large canvas, I'll 'Orage,' has
already attracted much attention., and
there is strong prospect that 1t Will 9e
sold for ss'an eastern art gallery: In
Corot 'ssH ome,' is an odd but pleasing
composition "The Old Swimmin
Hole lis: a study Of bit Of East Au
rora landscape. Moonlight has been
exhibited in Minneapolis before, but it
is such an exquisite thing that it is
worth more than one study. In addi'
tion to the large pictures there are
twenty-th three smaller studies that are
charming for their color and treatment
Mr.. Fournier will have his pictures on
exhibition until the first Of December
and reception will be arranged for
some time next week.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
SAVES WOMAN FROM FIRE
PATRoLMAN EINAR JoNAssEN
CARRIES INVALID FROM DEATH
IN BURNING HOTEL.

Ill and helpless in bed, and penned
in by threatening flames, Mrs. Edward
Robinson, 212 Fourth street s., gave
herself. up for lost early this morning,
when Patrolman Einar Jonassen broke
into her room and carried her to the
street.
The fire started on the ground floor
Of the building in some mysterious
manner and spread rapidly to the hotel
above, conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
inson: Mrs. Robinson has been i'll in
band were the only persons in the ho-
tel at the time. The rooms soon filed
with smoke. Patrolman Jonassen mo-
ticed the fire and ran up the stairs to
rouse the occupants. At the top of the
stairs he met Robinson coming down.
He begged the officer to save his wife.
Jonassen rushed upstairs to the wom-
aE's room and wrapping the quilts
about her to shield her from the flames
carried her to safety and turned In an
alarm. The department responded
promptly and soon had the fire out. !
Mrs. Robinson told her rescuer that
she thought her time had come, and
thinking it would be useless to cry out,
had had made Up her mind to meet death
names, but was nearly overcome by
smoke.
The fire department officials. think
the fire was Of incendiary origin and
have asked the police to make an inves-
tigation. The loss was slight and fully
| covered by insurance.
| Since last Monday case Of disor-
! derly conduct has been pending against
| Robinson in police court, but today
Judge G. L. Smith continued the case
until Nov. 20 until the defendant has
chance to straighten out his affairs.
The police say that Robinson had
trouble with his wife that night and
that a special policeman interfered. At
this intrusion Robinson is accused of
firing a revolver in his rooms to fright
en- the watchman, and was later ar
rested by two regular officers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
AURORA PLAYED
J! HAVOC WITH WIRE
ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY CUTS
INTO TELEGRAPH BUSINESS.
Two Great Electric Waves Evidently
Passed Over the Northwest, Each Dis
tinctly Marked, and Rendering the
Ordinary Telegraphic Current Inef-
fective While They Were Passing
No Trouble Today. :.'t....

Aurora borealis, the great northern
illuminator, stole mans artificial thun-
der from the telegraph wires last night
and delayed messages between Mime.
apolis and eastern. points from one to
two hours. = =
It was the. opening night of the win.
ter season for the mysterious lighting
plant of the north pole. ClOuded skies
hid, the beauties Of its electrical dis
rolled southwark and cut off telegraphic
communication at various points.
Manager James P. Cassiday Of the
local Western Union office said today
that the aurora began to manifest itself
during the day. when wave appar-
emily moved south, interrupting con-
nections with Chicago: and points be.
was slightly delayed, but it was not
necessary to refuse any messages.
At night another wave passed to the
northwest, cutting Of Minneapolis from
Chicago and apparently heading fot
Omaha.
9Th, aurora waves seem to fill the
atmosphere with natural electricity In
such Quantities as to make our artiticlal
current Ineffective" said Mr.. Cassiday,
atmosphere becomes a conductor and
the current passes off the wire. i have
seen galvanometer. registering cur
rents of Is degrees on our wires, grad
ually sink to, zero under the influence
I'VE can do nothing but wait for the
waves to- spass when; the. boreaiis gett
busy. as, It generally does, about thi'
season @ Of the year. Such disturbanntce'
are II It unusual and do not occur otter
enough or last long. enough to be an!
real hindrance to the TRANSMISSION o:
| MESA ges. - ..<<S. ~,
P. G.. Reiter. night operator ; IT,. at IN; IN;
cago wires were not down last night
hnf our own wires were affected NOR
or less ali day yesterday and last nigh
| bv boreal currents =.-@ .--t. e.--.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
The Voting Machines.

The Chicago Chronicle has new
objection to voting machines. 1t de-
clares their use will tend to perpetuate
the other "machines' by inducing
straight ticket voting. This would
depend on the kind of machine There
should be no straight ticket machine,
as there is no straight ticket ballot in
this state. The Minnesota election law
is little better. in this respect than
those of many neighbors. In New York
man may vote straight ticket by
putting cross in the ring under the
party emblem. Each party picks out its
emblem and by liberal advertising
makes it's unlettered voters familiar
with it. On election day the ignorant
elector looks for the emblem and makes
his mark in the ring under it. This is
the device which makes Tammany IS
hold on New York possible. The aver.
age Tammany voter does not know SO
much about reading and writing as
would carry him thru civil service
examination, but he knows the emblem
while yet afar off. 49,.
It is the party emblem vote which is
1 causing the demand for a recount in
New York today. Thousands of people
of all parties wanted to vote for Mr.
Jerome, who was the candidate Of nc
party. But they did not know how te
do it. Some of them voted under one
party emblem and then wandered ovel
and voted for Jerome in another place
The legality of many Of these vote.
has been questioned and a good many
were rejected. It is these votes Mr.
Hearst wants to see. He believes tina
enough Hearst votes were thus thrown
out to have elected him.
But to return to the election machine
IS Id make no provision for straigh
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
Minnesota Politics

Democrats Ct Minnesota Have. Only one
1ondsto Hold Them Together, and That
'Issthe Governor r actions Fully Expect
to BE Under Different Party, Banners
by 1soe-Dunn WiIlsFight Blocks Nom.
\ 'nat'on-DraInage Interests VIII Take
an Active Hand Next Year. .;.z
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
CONSIDER WATER MAIN
Fire Protection for Workhouse Com
1nands Attention of Council.

Supervisor J. b. Mcdonnell OF the
water department and several members
of the Waterworks committee of the
council visited the workhouse. yester-
daV to consider the question of laying
a matermain to that institution. The
a system is not only inadequate, but
troublesome. In the event of fire, the
management would be helpless. Had
the institution been connected with the
city system last na Tham be tnG & eoad
have been saved.
There is no controversy as to the
need of a proper supply, but the que:s,-
tion Of expense demands attention. 1t
will be necessary to lay more than a
half mile of pipe. To assess the cost
against the abutting property would
place heavy burden on the owners,
for much of it is vacant. Some land
owners are willing to stand their, share,
but opposition is expected from some
Of the largest holders.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
tickets. Straight tickets are no longer

tickets. Straight tickets are no longer
nowadays not because they are of this
of that party solely, but because being
of one IS own party they are also better
men than the opposing candidates. To
split a ticket in a paper, ballot requires
no greater skill than is implied in the
ability to read. To split it on a voting
machine will require nothing more. The
man who cannot mark a printed ballot
without help very likely could not cast
a machine vote without help. But
these are a minority of the community,
at least in the northern states, and
wherever a well-constructed voting ma
chine has been tried it has proved itself
adaptable. The people had no great
fculty in mastering it and when
mastered voting became a pleasure
instead of bore as it is now when one
is inserted into dark closet with three
or four long strips Of paper in one hand
and piece of pencil in the other. There
is no room on the tiny shelf before you
to lay the ballot down and if you try
to push the end out: of the way you
very likely shove it into !. the dismal
little candle which sputters and protests
in the corner. 4 y. x !. :. r.
The voting machine would at least
act out in the daylight. It would act
promptly and would give: notice that i
was acting The dreadful fear that it
might get out of order at the critical
moment is about the. only objection te
voting machines which has any tangible
basis. It would be awkward to have
the machine quit just when business
was briskest. But doubtless inventors
can get around that. g. ',.,3
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
WILL HOLD BANQUET
Sons Of Veterans VIII Hereafter Meet
Only Once In Three Months.

Only Once In Three Months. !.
Minneapolis camp No. 8, Sons Of Vet
Grams, will henceforth meet only once in
three months, and that meeting will con-
sist of banquet combined with a busi-
ness meeting. Heretofore meetings have
been held every two weeks, but it was
decided at the last meeting that more pre-
tentious functions at longer intervals
would be better for the organization.
The first banquet under the new order
Of things will be held at the Commercial
Club, Dec 6, at 8 pm. The business Of
the meeting will consist principally in
mapping out plans to assist the G. A. R.
and the Commercial Club in taking care
of the national G. A. R. encampment, to
be held in Minneapolis next year. The
Sons Of Veterans, will take an active
part in the entertainment Of the city's
visitors at that time and it is earnestly
desired that all of the members and ELI
gibles attend the banquet and cooper
ate in making the encampment grand
success.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
: The New Hen.

Sloane Of Zion City. has made:
discovery about hens. He know long,
ago that hens, if treated nicely and pro-
vided with food and roosts, would lay
eggs, but never until recently did he
know that hens can be made to lay eggs
of any flavor desired. It is all in the
feeding. Hens fed with mush, favored
with, lemon, will lay-we were almost
inclined to say lemonade, but that is a
development. of the: future-they will
lay lemon-favored eggs. Likewise, by
varying the flavor you can have orange
eggs, eggs that are sweet, eggs that are
bitter; or eggs that have the potential
energy Of champagne. .r>- r..
.}s3S A secondary result of Deacon Sloan s
great discovery may be that the favored
eggs, when hatched,' will develop char
acteristic chicks. The orange-havored
egg will bring forth a fluffy yellow
chicken which will grow up perfectly
round and covered with thick mottled
skin. The vinegar, egg will develop a
chicken which will be of very uncer-
tain temper and one not safe to shoe off
the stoop. ... .-..
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16

! Elmer Dover says, says he, that Taft's
Akron, Ohio, speech didn't do Governor
said nothing against Herrick. Is it pos
sible that people Of Ohio II found they
could not beat Cox without beating Her
rick also? t. ,.a- p. = ....- 90. &. = -
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
"a KIND APPRECIATION.

City Editor, The Minneapolis Journal, City: Isl
My Dear SPlease sincere thanks for kindly
The al since have been your
The reports al have been exceptionally fine and always
the best possible spirit Your reporters have had keen Of
fitness things always do not know of city that have
visited where the and have dealt fairly with
With kndest regards am very truly yours,
.~>.- = .~...+&. ass-". j. Wilbur Chapman.
Minneapolis Nov. Is, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16

tion Of the duty on hides would prob
ably never reach his pocket in the shape
Of decline in the value of the live
steer. The real sufferer would be the
beef trust. The farmer would get a
direct benefit in cheaper shoes himself
and an indirect benefit in the increased
employment Of labor in the manufac-
ture Of shoes. That is, if Governor
Douglas knows what he is talking
about.