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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
Strengthening Niagara.

The raid on Niagara falls continues
Notwithstanding the fact that the falls
are already, menaced with extinction.
In the current, issue of the Popular
Science Monthly DR.. John M. Clarke,
state geologist of New York, states the
matter clearly in figures that will
prove startling. On the Canadian side
lied and are in a state of activity
which have a statutory limit Of con-
sumption Of water of $4,000 cubic feet
per second. On the American side,
franchises have been given to compa-
MES with a limit of 10000 cubic feet per
second. The grand total of legal abstrac-
ton of water above the falls is there
fore $4,000 cubic feet per second. What
is the total flow over the falls for each
second Of time? The most careful cal
culations extended owe a period of
forty years show that it is about
1884, 900 feet a second. 1t is therefore
evident that one-ifth Of the volume of
water has already been "impounded to
be carried away in fumes no longer to
contribute to the grandeur of the spec
tacle. .
This is serious, and it is alarming
when one considers that this is only q
beginning. There is before the legisla
ture Of the state Of New York, a bill
for a franchise company to develop
400, 900 horsepower at the falls which
will be just about enough to dry up the
American falls.
The use of the waterpower Of Niaga
ra has been a dream of the centuries
but now, when we are about to realize
it we begin to discover that, utilitariar
as we are, the American people have &
strain of sentiment mixed with the de
termination to be rich sooner than any
body else in the world.
The work Of the engineers there hal
enlisted the grandest conceptions o:
science. From the engineers view
point, the engineering triumph realize
the anthem which Kipling addresses t.
the steam in McAndrew's hymn.
But we are not all engineers, Will
nearly everybody is a tourlst. AL III
world does not, of course, see Niagara
but all the world sees nature some
where, and there is not a real home o
farm in the civilized world that has no
it's sacred spot where nature must no
be touched by the improving hand o
man. Niagara is the whole civilize
worlds playground.
If Niagara falls can and shall be de
stroyed by draining, off the water, it
not so sure that the commercial gal
will balance the loss. The falls toda
attract 100000 visitors annually, and
. isla question whether the state of Ne
York will ever realize from the use. {
! the falls as much as it gains today frol
' merely showing them to visitors.
!, Another thing to be considered in tt
raid on Niagara is that the America
" side is about ten feet higher than tt
Canadian side, so that if we allow tt
draining process to go on, Canada wi
have a Niagara long after America h;
none. Of the entire flow of water ov'
9 the CREST. only about one-third pass
= thru the American channel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
Fover Chat.

There was no performance at the Met
ropolitan last night, as Henrietta Cros-
does not give her production OF Mis-
tress Nell' until tonight. However, there
was a Scenic and dress rehearsal IN prep
aration for the opening Of Miss Crosman's
spring tour tonight. For a week, the
scenery and equipment has been In st.
Paul, and the mechanical staff were busy
putting the finishing touches to every
thing. This opening tonight will be a de-
cided event.
Florence Roberts, an actress from the
far west, will make her first stellar ap-
pearance at the Metropolitan on Sunday
night in an interesting production OF
"Tess of the D'Urbervilles," which will
be continued until Wednesday night, and
followed on Thursday and the rest or the
week with "Zaza.", Miss Roberts will be
supported by Melbourne MacDowell and
a strong company.
Miss Eva Taylor, the Lyceum's new
leading woman, made her Minneapolis de-
but last night in the charming romance,
When Knighthood Was in Flower and
was well received by the audience. The
bill will be reviewed in this column to-
| morrow.
The program 1Or the week dt tIle LINUS
| theater. presented today, seems to be well
| calculated to entertain. 1t includes the
great Richards, a female i~mpersOnator,
who wears elaborate costumes, sings high
soprano and does toe dancing: Mexeas, q
comedy juggler, who introduces a trained
dog in his act; Miskell and her piccanin.
MES, and Joseph McCau1ey, in illustrated
songs. There are to be two comedy
sketches by Joseph ]. n Myra Davis
Bowling, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Lee.
Tn For Fame and Fortune" Terry Nc.
Governs new play, there will be given ar
opportunity of seeing the romano o
"Terrible Terry's" life. Not only doe
Terry play his love scenes over, but will
him is the very girl to whom he told tn
"old, old story and won her heart. Rose
McGovern, Terry's wife, is his leading
lady, nc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
ANNA ROBINSON FACES
PROUD SISIER'PROBLEM

The Countess of Rosslyn, better
known in Minneapolis as Anna Robin
son, has made her peace with the Dow;
ager Countess of R~osslyn, the earl
mother, but the Duchess of Sutherland
and Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox
can't see their new sister at all, and
London society is evidently planning to
ignore the new candidate for the no.
bility. She has gone abroad with the
earl and the West End theater project
is in allegiance.
The earl's first wife has caused adj
d~itional gossip by making preparations
for proceedings to obtain the custody
of her children. She is now the wife
Of a professional motorist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
OUTING MAY BE CUT
~Encampment Dates Are Tenta-
lively Determined,

The militiamen's outing at Lake City
may be shortened this year TO cut down
expenses. The cost of organizing nlne
more companies in this state will be q
drain on militia finances and the short
ened encampment will be a material saw
ing. The matter is now being considered
by the officers. .
Adiutant General Wood has announced
that the First regiment, located at the
twin cities, will go INTO camp first this
year, on June S or IL. The Second VIII
follow about June 81, n the Third about
July 10. These dates will be changed II
the time is cut down to eight days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
Monday Evening,

the negro as a political factor. With
an appreciably large Italian vote which
will come in the future, the combina-
tion known as e'the solid SOUTH will,
doubtless, be broken up and the old
shibboleths of a narrow ~sectionalism
will give way to an intelligent interest
in national questions. Old muttering
Bourbons like Governor Vardaman Of
Mississippi will not like a change Of
this kind. but the introduction Of a mil
lion or so Italian voters within the next
ten or fifteen years is likely to work the
change.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
H DEVILS DOLLAR
G. L. Morrill, Says 1t viii Do More Good
Than Stingy Saints Nickel.

DR.. Gladden's advice to the Congrega-
tional board of missions to let John d.
Rockefeller's millions perish with him
was likened unto talk that is cheap by
Rev. G. L. Morrill, at the Peoples church
yesterday.
THAT is all some city, home or foreign
mission work gets from some critics. The
DEVILS dollar will go further and do more
good than the stingy saints Nickel" said
the speaker.
The acceptance of the money did not
mean an Endorsement of the methods by
which it was obtained, continued Mr..
Morrill,. Churches, hospitals. colleges and
charitable Christian institutions could not
be built or maintained on gold or silver
virgin pure ever since it left the mine.
| Rev. Mr.. Morrill, finished the sermon by
implying that If any millionaire, brewer.
gambler, or whatsoever wished to give
500, 900 to the Peoples church, the gift
would not be turned down.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

John Oliver Hobbies, whose maiden name
is Mrs. Craigie, says the element of JUS
tice is absent from wcman's nature. Mrs.
Craigie is about half right. If she had
said that the element Of justice is q slow
and painful growth in human nature, she
would have been all right. The trouble
with such a half truth is that it gives
men an Idea that they are different from
and superior to women in this respect,
which is not true.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
THE GOVERNORS Flzz
so,,th Bend dnd.) Tribune.

Governor johnson Of Minnesota has a
claim on the prohibition party nominal
ton for president. He is the only gov
ernor, or Individual ever associated with
the christening of b~attleships, who has
had the courage to say that champagne
or any fluid OF an intoxicating nature shall
not be used in such a ceremony. He has
decided to bottle III a quart of water
from the famous Minnehaha falls, carbon
ized so that it will fizz and foam, and
then break it on the Prov Of the battle
ship Minnesota when the war vessel is
launched
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
BOOK NEWS
AND. GOSSIP
THE UNEASY CHAIR

SHOULD MINISTER'S SPECIALIZE IN
THEIR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. William
r. Harper Of Chicago university, in his
Of addresses called The Trend Of
Higher Education, advances the PROPOSE
ton that the time has come for ministers
to specialize, just as doctors and lawyers
n scientists are doing. He puts his
proposition broadly, thus:
The day has come for a broadening of the
~tivation Of specialism in the ministry, as well
as in medicine, in law and in teaching. In
the village and small town q single man can
do all the work in the Christian ministry, as
IDENTIFY no room here for the specialist in any
field. But in the small cities, as well as in the
large cities, the time has come when special
ism in the ministry Is as necessary as special
ism in any other profession. The ministry stands
today in this respect where law and medicine
stood twenty-five years ago. The conservatism
OF the churches explains this holding back, and
the fact that the profession Of the ministry
has not developed. as other professions have
developed, under the influence OF the democratic
sentiment. explains why the stronger and bright
ministry and choose some other profession.
The first year of a theological course DR.
Harper would make general. Then would
come specialization along several lines tt
which various groups would naturally
drift. One group would be Of those plan.
ming to preach or teach, another would be
of those desiring to become pastors, ad
illustrators or general workers, a thir(
group would include. musical workers,
fourth, medical workers. This, it is seen
would mean q broadening of the scope O
the seminary very considerably, but tina
is the thing DR.. Harper pleads for.
Other lectures in the book advance othe
| educational views OF. DR.. Harper's, view
which have taken concrete form In Chi
cage university. There are chapters O
the "Civic Relation Of the Theological
Seminary ''The Theological Curriculum,
university Training for a Business Ca
reer,'' "The Situation Of the Small Col
lege.'' All are chapters of interest to thos
bent on solving the, important problem
in higher education;
The University OF Chicago Press, Chicago.
81. 80. % "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
MY OWN GROSS

I made the cross myself whose weight
Was later laid on me.
This thought is torture as l toll
Up life's steep calvary.
no think mine own hands drove the nails!
/ ST ng a merry song,
And chose the heaviest wood I had
To build it firm and strong.
II I had guessed-if I had dreamed
Its weight was meant for me,
7 should have made a lighter cross
To bear up Calvary!
Anne Reeve A1drich.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
The wi

In the spirits perfect air, .
In the passions tame and kind,
Innocence from selfish care.
The real Eden we shall find.
When the soul to sin hath died,
True and beautiful and sound,
Then all earth is sanctifed.
Upsprings paradise around.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Alonzo y. 'Whiteman, former state sena,
tor from Minnesota, former mayor of Du,
luth, former, chairman Of the democratic
state committee" ETC., etc, is out agar
on bail. The former senator, mayor ant
chairman leads anything u a sedentar,
life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

The joint appropriations committee has
begun to whistle for brake If til the re-
quests for money were granted by the leg
i%slature, the state tax levy would have
to be raised. No matter how deserving
all the requests may be, that Is one thing
the lawmakers will not dare to. do. The
knife will have to be applied freely. T.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
WHATS THE MATTER WITH
kANSAS2"

We quote the question that was put by William
Allen White
And Echo, clear across the plains, declares that
s'She's all right"
The blood Of bleeding Kansas. has. meseems,
begun to boil,
And all the state is up in arms about the Stan.
dard Oil.
and fume and fret,
There's something missing, Kansas, there Ii
something coming vet.
For tho we can't exactly say that we exactly
care,
We haven't had Z poem vet
By
Gene
f..
A84#3 Ware. ~
New York Mail,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

H. H. Rogers defense Of Rockefeller is
took rebates and ruined competitors so
long as there was no law against it. Johns
idea of lawful money is stuff that is
not nailed down by statute and guarded
by a United States marshal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

George Bernard Shaw, who can. be
trusted to take the opposite side, does
not like little children. Mr.. Shaw says
1.-THE child is a savage, cruel, dirty, intol-
erably inquisitive and indiscreet.' etc. Mr.
Shaw's opinion Of children seems to throw
a bright light on himself:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

There is a row on in Washington: as to
whether the senators, justices of the su-
preme court, or foreign ambassadors shall
take precedence at the funeral of the
Mexican ambassador. Why not settle it
by burying the whole bunch?-Sauk Cen
ter Herald. -T- 4
That wouldn't settle the difficulty; each
set would insist on being buried first. But,
personally, we would vote in favor of the
senate, when it comes to that. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Napoleon was giving a garden party on
the banks of the Styx, when a tardy guest
was
ALLOW me- said Napoleon, with an
elaborate sheer, ito present the late Gen
eral Grouchy," and all the shades that
were at Waterloo laughed in their sleeves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Separate schools for defective children
from the public schools Of New York as a
Ounce is now q master constructor in the
Brooklyn navy yard.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Rev. Mr.. Morrill, states that 'the DEVILS
saints nickel" You can almost always
find an aphorism for anything you really
want to do. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

General Oyama is still %attributing his
successes to the glorious virtues Of the
mikado. In case Of a Jap reverse we
do not know who it would be loaded upon,
but as the Japs are never reversed, there
is no use specializing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Linden Hills trouble with a concession
aire points to the conclusion that the park
board ought to run it's own stands and
not be continually putting the public up
against q tenant with a grievance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

The Minnesota solons hav but thirteen
days left in which to square themselves
with their constituents. Time to relieve
the peanut division.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

"Why," asks Russia, SHOULD we pay an
indemnity?" Because Japan has the bill
against you and the deputy sheriff is at
the door. That is why other people
nav up. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Henry James ~nounc that he does
not like the presidents literary output.
That's all right. The president doesn't
like. Henry's,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

The street at the corner of Emerson and
Douglas avenues continues to be blocked
illegally. The streets used to belong to
the ublic - s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

The crush in London to buy some of the
Japanese bonds was so great that the
police a to interfere. People who dc
things can usually get the money.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

If some one strong man must sooner or
later weld all the railroad systems into
one, what's the matter with Uncle Sam!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Mother may not wear-them; but she
has laid violent hands on the ~suspenders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

The Holy Rollers at Benton Harbor have
fixed the end of the world for August.
Every one will be glad to know that II
has been put off beyond strawberry time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Washington GLADDEN. says Rockefeller's
money was 'tfa-jish-us-li" acquired.
Standard Oil stock broke 2 points on this
renOrt.s ..rs '.. "a rs 80. l.,tE N t.a3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
THE MAYORS SPEECH

st. Louis GlobeeDcmocrat.
Mayor Wells manuscript speech had the
general appearance of an attempt to
Ichloroform the entire audience, regardless
! OF the age limit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

If the car concludes to abdicate, he
may still keep in business for several
years suing American magazines for libel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
TRANSFERS.
POP $3.50, 2ss 14e 5000,
BUILDING N

Totals .......l55 s277,ss5 81 se4o.2
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
GOOD GROWTH SHOWN
Building and Realty Figures Indicate
q Lively Season. :

A comparative statement of real
estate transfers and building permits
for the week ending March 81, with the
same week of 1904, prepared by the
Daily Legal News, is as follows:
REAT, ESTATE TRANSFERS..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

While the Russians run to pour parl-
ers the Japs seem inclined to pour shot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
THE QUESTION

This Is the cry @
That echoes thru the wilderness Of earth,
Thru song and sorrow, day and death and birth;
Why?
It is the high
Wall OF the child with all his life to face,
Mans last dumb question as he reaches space:
Japan Weekly, Mail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Somebody has discovered that Oyarna is
Presbyterian. That's pagan in Russia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Settlers Rates via 500 Line
To points in Manitoba, Ontario and As
siniboia via Winnipeg. Tickets on
sale every Tuesday in April. Ticket
office, 119 Third street S, Minneapolis,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

dEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune building.
NJ. D.. A. CARROLL, Manager
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LoNDoN--Journal on nle at American Express
office, 8 Waterloo place, and u. s. Express
office, 90 Strand.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
SUES FORMER PARTNER
Duluth Man Begins TWO Actions Against
C. A. Smith.

M. w Mcdonald of Duluth has begun
two important lawsuits against c. A.
Smith of this city. In one the plalntln
seeks an accounting of interests in the
Iroquois iron mine at Iron Mountain. In
the other. he seeks to recover what ne
claims is his share of the profits from
pine land deals made while he and MIR.
Smith were partners.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03
AGE RATES OF SINGLE COPIES.

~ papers are continued until an explicit orde:
b received Cor discontinuance and until all ar
sessages are paid. F.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

~ Fts ~.
/. DO PEOPLE BUN BOOKS FOR MUCH
THE SAME PURPOSE THAT THEY BUY
JAM?-There seems to be a disposition
just now on the part Of many readers to
deplore the present popular taste for books
that are without enduring literary quail
ties. Commenting upon the subject, a
writer in the current Harper's Weekly
says it is no new thing for works that are
not classics to find buyers; it has been go
ing on for many years.. The output Of
books is. much larger today than ever be-
fore, he says, but so is the output Of jam;
and people buy story-books and books Of
entertainment for much the same purpose
tina they buy jam. The writer goes on to
| show that the best authors of today, Mrs.
Ward, .Kipling and Mark Twain among
| others, are not lacking, in. audiences; and
that the inferior books do not crowd out
the better ones, but merely supplement
them, .- "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune building.
w.. Y. PERRY. Manager.
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4AA1scJournal on ne at Eagle bureau. 50 Rue
Cannon .,
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DENkARK-Journal on file at o.. 8. Legation.
It. PAUL oFFICEA2o Endicott building. Tels.
phone. N. W. Main 23O.
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WARRINGTON uFFICE.-w. W. Jermane. Chief
of Washington Bureau. 9O1-9o2 Colorado build
Ing. Northwestern visitors to Washington IN
vited to make use OF reception-room, library
sts tionery, telephone and telegraph f~aciities.
Central location, Fourteenth and G streets NV.
Copies Of The journal and northwestern news
papers on file.
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., As the kaiser remarked to France: tits
half Morocco"
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TE1EPHoNE--Journal has private switchboard
Tor both lines. Call No.. 8 on either line and
call for department you wish to speak to. -
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PUBLICATION OFFICE-Minneapolis. MINI.
Journal building, 4749 Fourth street 8.
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EAST SIDE oFFICE-Central avenue and Sec
ond street. Telephone. Main No. 8.
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- $780, $1,000 Nls+ "NNEN"T FftTE+""
.City hall close
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Miss Mary and Miss Jane Findlater, who were
the Joint authors with Kate Douglas Wiggin
of 1.-THE Affair at the Inn" are now visiting
in Boston, and are. said to be very enthusiastic
over their impressions Of America. The large
sale Of "The Affair at the Inn has been some
what of a surprise to its authors, as 1t was
written more for their own diversion than with
any idea Of its great success.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

Ware. !.
New York Mail.