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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Punch Gets a Reputation.

A curious libel suit has recently been
tried in the English courts in which
Punch was defendant and an author
whose work had been severely handled
by Toby M. p" was plaintiff.
The lawyers on either side had good
deal Of fun out of it and the presiding
justice added to the frivolity in a
charge to the jury which brimmed with
witticisms. In the course Of the testi-
mony allusion was made to other public
men who had no sense Of humor, and
Gladstone was named as a man who
could never see the humorous side Of
things, whereupon the Justice remarked
that if he could he would never have
left the tory for the liberal party.
In summing up, Justice Darling ex-
planned that Punch had a dog whose
name was Toby. Mr.. Lucy (the de-
PENDANT and writer Of Toby chose to
represent Toby as having been elected
to parliamenta far from impossible
thing and from this privileged posi-
ton he gave his views Of everybody
there or who ever was there. Toby
wrote various articles. Every week he
wrote a comic. accountable justice
was not sure whether he should use the
adjectiv perhaps he should say an ac-
count Of what parliament was doing.
Whether It was more comical than the
proceedings the Justice could not say,
as he was no longer a member.
Considering that the author and the
defendant editor Of Punch had been
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
The Chicago Strike Off.

The joint referendum council of the
striking teamsters in Chicago has voted
to call the strike off, and has thereby
ended one Of the bitterest and most dis
graceful strikes that ever disgraced the
name of organized labor.
In violence, lawlessness and absolute
folly, this strike, considering the num-
bers engaged and the interest involved,
stands almost alone. Beginning with
the violation Of contract and ending
with complete surrender, the strike
passed SUCCESSFULLY thru the stages Of
riot, violence and murder. About thirty
persons lost their lives as the result
Of this struggle. The loss in wages has
not been computed, but it must have
been considerable, while the losses of
merchants in trade never can be com
puted, but they mount into the hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars.
The moral loss to organized labor is
another thing which cannot be rendered
in figures, but it represents the most
serious consequences Of this piece OF
folly, aside from the deliberate taking
Of human life. 5s5.f
Some indirect benefits may be traced
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

firm friends and always dined together
until this libel was published, the jus
tice thought the case had been exactly
anticipated by Goldsmith when he
wrote:
THE man and dog at first were friends,
But when the pique began.
The dog, to serve some private ends,
Went mad and bit the man."
Comment, the learned Justice pursued,
must be fair, honest and relevant.
Ridicule was legitimate weapon, tho
it is right cause for pain. It was not
the test. Fulsome fattery might cause
pain tho it seldom eventuated in libel
suits. People could bear more Of some
kinds Of pain than others.
Punch, he believed, should not be
judged by the same standard as more
serious publication like the Spectator.
If it were it could not live.
The jury brought in verdict Of
$1,000 for the plaintiff, thus establish
ing Punch 8 title to be classed as seri-
Gus journal Of public affairs, something
it has long deserved and now legally
achieved.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Promoting Happiness.

Sidney Smith often called the following
clipping the best advice he could give to
one seeking happiness: when you rise
in the morning from the resolution, to
make the day happy one to fellow
creature. 1t is easily done; a left-off
garment to the man who needs it, a kind
word to the sorrowful, an encouraging
expression to the striving,,trifles in them
selves light as air-will do it all for at
least the twenty -four hours. And If you
are young, depend upon it, it will tell
when you are old; and If you are old,
rest assured it will send you gently and
happily down the stream of time to eter-
nifty. BY the most simple arithmetical
sum, look at the result. If you send
one person, only one, happily thru each
day, that is 365 in the course Of the year.
And supposing you live forty years after
you commence that course Of medicine.
you have made $4,000 beings happy, at
all events for a time" -@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
A Gas Phenomenon in Boston.

Boston is rejoicing in a gasman who
betrays human traits. He has begun
to run the business Just as tho he be-
lieved his customers were friends with
whom he might do more business if he
treated them handsomely instead of as
natural enemies who burned gas only
because the law did not permit them
to burn the gasman.
A recent law Of Massachusetts, re-
duced the price Of gas in Boston to 80
cents a thousand, July l, 1906. This
gasman voluntarily reduced the price
to 95 cents July l, 1905, and announced
that the other S cents would be taken
off Jan. l, 1906. He also abolished the
charge for making connections. He like
wise entered into communication with
his customers and invited their coop
Grafton in improving the service.
The man who has done these revolu-
tionary things in Boston gas is Mr..
James L. Richards, who has recently
become president Of the Consolidated
Gas company. He is merchant; he
knows nothing, comparatively, about
gas, but great deal about selling mer-
chandise, and is trying the methods Of
an p-to-date merchant in disposing of
the product he now handles. The peo-
pie Of Boston are astonished, dazed.
They do not know what to make of
Richards, the gasman. r.. .... :
1t should be said, however, that the
things Mr.. Richards is doing testify
more loudly to the terrible conditions
which existed in Boston before his as
cendancy than they do to his liberality
Many Of his reforms are familiar to
people in other cities. Minneapolis, fo1
example, has had free connections for a
long time. Minneapolis has seen the
price Of gas reduced voluntarily. Min.
neapolis people can get complaints in.
| vestigated. The fact that Mr.. Richards
is considered radical because he is
doing these things in Boston goes tc
| show that Boston has been pretty shah
| billy treated heretofore in the matter OF
lighting service.
Of course, nobody wants the Mime
apolis Gas Light company to begin t.
feel badly over it's liberality. It is MOI
wasted. The people Of this city appre
ciate good treatment. It is proper, how
ever, when comparisons are to be made
to. make the good ones as freely as tt
make those which are odious. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
"A Te1nporizing Plan.

Mr.. George Westinghouse, one Of the
Ryan Equitable. trustees, has published
plan for the sale of the stock Of the
company to the, policyholders. His idea
is that the shares should be increased
in number to 5000 and reduced in value
to 500 each, giving the same total value
as at present, and then offered for sale
to the 5000 largest policyholders, no
policyholder to own more than one
share. He believes this would tend to
make the 5000 largest policyholders
influential candidates for the position
Of trustee. .a-.
Mr.. Westinghouse plan, while no
doubt honestly and sincerely put forth,
only goes to show that he has not
grasped the problem of the Equitable.
1t is the existence Of the stock which
is a menace to the safety of the society.
To spread it over larger territory and
distribute it among more men might
minimize, but would not remove the
danger. So long as the stock exists it
will be nuisance and source Of dan
ger. .s@ -. 9...
TIE deliver the Equitable society from
the danger of the stock it is necessary
to wipe out the stock. g Carthage must
be destroyed"
The viciousness Of the stock is sc
startlingly illustrated by Mr.. Thomas
F.. Ryan IS purchase Of half of it fol-
So, 100000 more than all of it is worth
that no further evidence is required
why the safety Of the society demands
it's extinction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

however. It was demonstrated that vio-
lence and lawlessness cannot win in
this country, even where q feeble local
administration. does it's little best to
make crime look like virtue. 1t also
shows labor men that when they go into
a strike they must have clean, reputable
and dependable leaders. The man Shea
was unworthy to have command Of a
body of American citizens.
It should be said, too, that some
classes of employers showed themselves
heady" and there were unpleasant
stories of strikes stirred up to fcripple
rivals. Altogether, the teamsters strike
was model Of what not to do another
time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

happy, one can assume a cheerfulness
that will not only tighten your own bur-
dens, but bring hope and courage to
som cone else, for no one can come in
contact with the joyous, sunshiny spirit
without feeling it's influence and being
Drawer and stronger for it,
The effort to look on the brighter side Of
things will produce the habit and this
habit is the surest safeguard against the
misfortunes and reverses that come into
every life. Hume, the historian, said that
this habit Of looking at the better side
of things was better than an income Of
a thousand a year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Quotes the Documents.

To tho Editor of The Journal. ~,
To settle the Carl Sundbeck- Sven
Hedin dispute, will refer you to the cir
cular sent by the Swedish minister of
foreign affairs; Lars Won Engestrom, to
each Of the Swedish representatives at
foreign courts Immediately after the
union had been accomplished. In this
circular the minister says: THE Nor
wegian storthing having, of its own &C
cord and by a free election, chosen his
Swedish majesty as king of Norway, it
is plain that it is not to the treaty OF
Kiel, but to the confidence Of the Nor
wegian people, that we owe the union of
Norway and Sweden" presume that
the authority quoted Is satisfactory and
the language plain enough to stop all
further discussion among all fair minded
people. DR. Thor Moelier.
Devils Lake. N. D., July 16. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

T. Lawson's western progress was not
breaks and incurred some enmities In
Kansas he jumped on the state for going
into the oil business and in Illinois he
threw bombs at the sacred treasure
house of Immediate municipalization. I"
Hence the GOODNESS Of the governor OF
Kansas and Of the mayor Of Chicago. In
Minnesota he made funny break. In
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

religion, which is only another name
for tl.z chief coincidence of feeling
of the study Of nature, because, it was
to, discern universal order
without emotion. Specialization has
separated the forces of instinct aud
reason; but they will unite. again IN
the evolution of knowledge"
The great difficulties of the book
are three, viz: the want Of clear
thought, the want of clear knowledge
of the meaning of words, and the want
Of accuracy in their use.
w. R. z.
The Baker & Taylor Co., New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

M T. Hitchcock the millionaire plow
manufacturer is dead at Los Angeles as
the result Of an automobile accident
16-year-old boy at the Wheel Mr..
Hitchcock was known as reckless driver
and had already paid fine for driving
thru the streets of Los Angeles at sixty
miles an hour. The fatal craze for speed
when it gets hold of the automobiles
cannot be stopped either by the fear of
law or the fear Of death.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Population of MINNEAPOLIS.

The final and official total Of the state
census gives Minneapolis population
Of 261 1914, something over 1000 names
having been added since the official
figures were given by The Journal
exclusively, as they existed on the
LIST Of July, at the conclusion Of the
count. They have been added by sys-
tematic checking up and an industrious
hunt for all names previously omitted.
This total fully meets expectations.
No population count can ever be relied
upon as exactly accurate. No doubt
great many omissions have occurred in
this instance. Some notable ones have
already been discovered, but doubtless
there have been some Implications, un-
avoidable but perhaps fairly balancing
the omissions.
The census of 1890 gave Minneapolis
population of $4,000; that Of 1900,
100000, showing a growth Of $4,000
during that decennium. The state cen
sus in 1895 gave us a population of
10000, so that during the last ten
year period we have made gain Of
$4,000. The latter ten-year period
however, has been one of general pros
perity, of great population movement
and remarkable growth in the CONNER
cial activities of this city, so that the
increase for this latter period is not
ont Of proportion with what might be
reasonably expected. On the othel
hand, the period from 1890 to 1906
included time Of great business de
preston, when commercial operations
were restricted and, by reason of tht
necessity of great economies every
where thruout the country, the popula
tion movement westward was lnateri
ally reduced. .
Another thing which contributes te
the reasonableness Of the large increase
in population during the past ten-yea1
period is the showing made by the fed
eral census in 1900 Of the movement
of population toward the cities; move
ment which has been still further &C
centuated during the past FIVE years
IT is noticeable in most of the town!
thruout the state and is noticeable il
other large cities thruout the country.
Reference to our school enrolment
4 develops the interesting fact, too, tina
during the past fifteen years we hav,
more than doubled in the number O.
children in the public schools. In 1885,
we had 20,592 enrolled; this year w
have 42,185. In other words, while GU
school population has increased over 10t
per cent in fifteen years, our total pop
ulation has increased SO per cent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Some Legitimate Results.

Another big American trust has taken
a financial backstep. The International
Mercantile Marine company did not
earn enough money last year to pay in
terest on its bonds, there being def
cit of $2,O39,150 in the ANIMAL report,
Just out. This is the company that
started out with a glowing prospectus,
to revolutionize, or at least monopolize,
the Atlantic carrying trade, Great
things were to be done. The sea had,
at last been Morganized, and it only
remained for the American combination
to do all the business and get the money.
The first year was a poor one. This
was explained in the first annual state
ment: It was stated to be the result
Of depression in freights and the en-
barge placed upon cattle shipments from
New England points. These were fair
enough reasons, for the unfavorable fea-,
lures complained Of really existed.
h This@year the showing is worse, and
the annual reasons are again forthcom-
ing. The "extreme" depression in
freight rates is now found to have been
"profound depression during the
twelvemonth period passed. A great
| loss in tonnage was felt, owing to the
| falling off of wheat exports, a reason
the northwest can readily understand,
| for last year there was not a very large
spring wheat crop, and after providing
for home requirements little could be
spared for sale abroad. Other reasons
for loss Of business also appear-all
good reasons. There is little question,
then, as to why the company lost bust
ness. :.
This, however, does not bring out the
basic reason for the bad financial show
ing. DISQUALIFICATION is the trouble.
The company stands for $193,000,00O
and affords as good an illustration of
stock-watering as anything of recent
years. The scandals following the
great decline in the company secur'
tiles about year ago will be remem
bered. d IT. ..s-~ -s
The company really does a big bust
ness, and gross earnings in it's first veal
wore $31,O37 900; last year, even with
adverse conditions, it earned $2S,S46,
600. But expenses must be met, and il
the net it must save out enough to pay
interest on a bond issue Of $72,000,000
and there is $60,OO0,000 preferred stock
and $6o,Oo0,ooo common waiting TO-
anything left over. The ratio Of ne
/, earnings to capital account must b.
changed or there never will be any
t thing left over. ... 80 .,
It is the old story of American
3 finance, of the stretching Of capitaliza
t ton to cover earnings computed at
e time of great activity and prosperity
r The principle has had some hard knocks
0 but it found great exploitation in tn
j. last great boom in our country, an
8 still survives that period Of trust forme
e ton and consolidation. But there are
2 few homely principles that run counte
J. to it and put it to the bad in the fne
l. count. One is that a thing is wort
Just as much as it is worth, and no more
Equitable scandals are becoming dru
= | on the market Let's rip up another,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

the little town Of Albert Lea he knocked
the cities which have accepted Carnegie
libraries with characteristic vigor. After
the meeting, local humorist took him
around and showed him the building
Andy had given to Albert Lea. r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
TIE CONTINENTAL SUMMER RESORT
Nebraska State Journal.

Nebraska State Journal.
When Governor Johnson Of Minnesota
telegraphed to President Roosevelt ask
ing that the peace conference be held In
the west wing Of the new state capitol at
St Paul, he little dreamed that his invt-
tation would be so loudly and generally
heralded as to prove distinct CONNER
cial advantage to the state whether &C.
cepted or not But such Is the case, and
hundreds Of people are Investigating the
claims Of Minnesota as a summer resort.
It pays to advertise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
The Divine MESSAGE.

Oh! when we turn away from some
duty or some fellow creature, saying that
our hearts are too sick and sore with
some great yearning Of our own, we
may often sever the line on which a di-
vine message was coming to us. We
shut out the man. and we shut out the
angel who had sent him on to open the
door. Annie Keary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Oh for a can Of GOODNESS
And also a knife to spread.
It over the next hot spell
Like butter on the bread.

A Marconigram from Chauncey says,
" For the first time in my maritime ex-
perience I feel seasick. This morning
I thought I should throw up my whole
connection with the Equitable. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Good Deeds,

A good deed is never lost; he who sows
courtesy reaps friendship, and he who
plants kindness gathers love. He who
diffuses the most happiness and mitigates
the most distress within his own circle
Is undoubtedly the best friend to his own
country and the world, since nothing
more is necessary than for all men to
initiate his conduct, to make the greater
part Of the misery of the world cease in
a. moment r II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
THE MAGAZINES

A Religious Horse Race.-Many peo-
pie will be surprised to learn that there
is such thing still in existence as
horserace run as a religious ceremony,
in which the horses receive the bless
ing of the. priests at their parish
churches before taking part in the race:
while the jockeys not only ride to win.
fercely with their heavy riding whips
during the race. Such. in fact, are some
of the conditions of the curious survival
of medieval customs known as the PABLO
Of Siena. This extraordinary horserace
takes place twice every year, on July
2 and Aug. 16, and is the occasion of a
gorgeous revival of ancient pageantry.
The PABLO is described with quaint and
curious illustration in the August mag
azine number of The Outlook.
Japan's Rising credit.-In the
World IS Work for July is an illuminat-
ing analysis of the effects of the war on
the finances of Japan and Russia. We
quote:
Five days after Togo's victory the
japanese 4 per cent bonds and Russian
per cent bonds sold at the same price
on the London market, closing the day
at quotation of S7A. These QUOTA
tions tell the whole story Of the financial
standing Of the warning nations. Three
weeks, before the outbreak of the war
the Russian bonds were worth $215 per
bond more than the .Japanese. When the
war broke out the difference was $240.
The great victory at Port Arthur cut
down the difference to 1928. and Roiest-
vensky's defeat wiped out the differ
ence.
Leslie's Magazine Changes It's Name.
Beginning with the September num-
her Leslie IS Mapazine will he known "a
American Illustrated Magazine. The
publishers give as their reason for the
change: HBecause there s a name
which means something that we are, and
the word Leslie, means something
that we are not.
The magazine will continue to be pub
lished by Mr.. Colver (whose connection
with the publication dates from May,
1881 and his associates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Keep Sweet and Keep MovIn'.

Hard to be sweet when the throng is dense, :
When elbows jostle and shoulders crowd; :
Easy to give and to take offense
When the touch is rough and the voice Is loud.
Keep to the right in the city's throng;
"Divide the road' on the broad highway;
There's one way right when eyerything's wrongi
s"Easy and fair goes far in day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Leslie's Magazine Changes It's Name,
NO JOKE
Kansas City Star

Kansas City Star.
To be humorist. even in good and
regular standing, is precarious distinc-
ton. To be a back number as a humor-
list is really pitiful, even when there are
no troubles of the sort which have over
taken Chauncey NJ. Depew to add to the
embarras sment OF the situation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

Mr.. Buchanan Is said to be anxious to
settle that timber trespass with the state.
Thought he settled that with the late au-
ditor and didn't owe the state "a d-n
cent" .'.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
DYING LIKE GENTLEMEN
Empire of the East

Empire Of the East.
The Japanese made preparations for an
other great attack. They tubbed and put
on clean clothes, furnished up their arms
and accoutrements so that. as they said,
1--WE japanese who fight like gentlemen.
II we die, we desire to be found like gen.
tlemen upon the field
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Cultivate CheerfuIness.

Be cheerful, no matter what reverses
obstruct your pathway; consider that
these impediments are only thrown in
your way to enduce you to more patient
endurance on your part and to greater
efforts.
Even If at heart you cannot be really
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

FoRM.-The Ridgway-Thayer company
announces that about Sept. 1, it will
lied Finance: the Crime of Amalga-
mated' in book form. Mr.. Lawson g
idea, shared by the Ridgway-Thayc-
company, is that the book should be
offered to the public at very moderate
price. Accordingly it will be published
at $3.50 a copy. There will be a more
expensive edition for those who de-
sire it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22
Swallowed a Sunbeam.

William Dean Howells says that when bis
daughter Mildred was child she looked up sud
denly from her breakfast bright morning
and said:
'Father I am full Of glory
"What do you mean?" said Mr.. Howel1s.
'Why," said the little girl, "a sunbeam just
got on my spoon and have swallowed it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

Boston is complaining that it cannot
make collar last. To Boston collars
are made on lasts. Must be conces-
sion to the Brockton governor.