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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
The New Council.

The new council, which organized
today, contains but six new men out Of
a possible thirteen, not counting the
vacancy in the fifth ward, which will
make room for the seventh new man. Z
The council is strongly republican
and contains large reform element,
with which the new mayor should be
able, to work in harmony. The evolu-
ton OF the city council from an organ
ization wholly given over to boodling
has been hopeful, tho not rapid move
ment. Beginning with the election Of
John Crosby to the presidency in 1899,
to tho present, progress has been steady.
This is not to say that no jobs were
pushed thru in the last six years, for
the public is painfully aware that the
council failed in it's duty on two or
three occasions. But the majority of
the. council has shown a greater sensi.
tiveness to, public opinion and a more
sincere desire for good government.
! The council has improved and the
people have given credit where it was
due. They have for the first time pro
noted an alderman to the mayor 7
chair, significant fact in local poll
tical history, and they have returned
the useful aldermen to the council with
careful discrimination. -
The new council begins, it's career
with public opinion inclined it's way
1t needs only to exercise ordinary pru
dence in the transaction of bushes.
to solidify itself with the business in
terests. The personnel of the council
indicates satisfactory amount of bust
ness Judgment to insure good govern
ment. No doubt temptations will b,
presented even to this council and tn,
victory for honest politics and clean ad
ministration is still to be won only b,
vigilance in the organization of tn
tbetter element.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
BANDED TO BEQUEATH
BRAINS TO SCIENCE

New York, Jan. Brain anatomists
have begun a movement which they
hope will bring about a condition Of
affairs more favorable to the study Of
the human body. 1t is for the forma-
ton of society modelled on the plan
of the Mutual Autopsy society of Paris,
the members of which after their death
contribute their bones and other organs
to science. A committee of three we'll
known brain experts and anatomists
practicing here has been appointed for
the purpose of preparing general form
|of brain requests which will hold in
law and not be rendered null by any
action that may be taken by relatives
lof the person making the bequest
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

alton Of the permanent lines Of the Indian
territory that had been temporarily broken
up by the granting of territorial form
Of government to a portion of the terri
tory under the name Of Oklahoma. To
the area thus restored the name of Okla
homa is to be given. The bill also unites
the territories Of Arizona and New Mex
leo, and admits them as one state under
the name Of Arizona. These territories,
it is true, are not ripe for admission to the
union, whether separately or jointly; but
there are some reasons why the matter
may as well be settled once for all.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

= The city of Hull, in England, has just
established a municipal telephone system,
which gives unlimited private service for
s24.33 year. The National Telephone
company private system in the same
town, has been charging ,$48s6 for the
same service, but has now had to meet
the city rates. The price of city. gas
made by the Hull municipal gas works is
48 cents a thousand feet. These are mu-
nicipal scandals we like to hear about.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
THE PAPER TRUST
Nebraska State Journal.

= Nebraska State Journal.
A Wisconsin paper manufacturer de-
clares that he finds competition enough
in his business, and therefore the action
of the federal government in proceed
ing against the General Paper company
as a trust is waste of ammunition. If
there is any genuine competition in the
print paper business the publishers of the
west have been unable to find it for sew
eral years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
THE swEETs OF LOVE

1.-THE rise in the price of beet sugar has caused
advance in the price of sweets.)
Phyllis, I regret to say
Sugar lately has been rising
Almost daily in way
Most annoying and surprising.
Therefore, dear, the sweets bring
VIII no more your table cumber.
Owing to his sugar ring
They are limited In number.
Look not coldly on my suit
II, despite my true devotion,
no more in candied fruit
Can interpret my emotion.
Let me whisper in your ear
Ere you say that we must sever;
THO some sweets are dear, my dear,
Kisses are - cheap as ever.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
GOVERNMENT FOR CLERICAL FORCE
! PittShllre Disnatch.

Pittsburg Dispatch
The somewhat pitiful plea is made that
If there is no public building bill at this
session the supervising architect will be
compelled either to curtail his force or re-
tain a considerable part of it in idleness
The theory that government appropria-
tons are to keep the clerical force en-
ployed is novel. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
An Ill Considered Move.

The managers of Senator Clapp Is
campaign for reelection seem to have
made serious mistake in tactics by
their manner of forcing the caucus.
Whether they win or lose the fight, they
have stirred up unnecessary resentment
by ignoring the claims and wishes of
the other candidates. .."...
It has always been the custom to ar
range for caucus by agreement be-
tween the candidates, and to hold it a
week or more after the legislature con-
venes, when the houses are organized
and the members settled for the session.
The ex parte action taken by the SEN
|ator's friends was entirely unnecessary,
but is justified by them on the ground
that they do not recognize any other
candidate.
That is just the sort Of talk that tore
the republican. party of the state wide
open in the late campaign. Bluffing
tactics, riding rough-shod over oppon,
ents, may gain temporary advantage
but will only pile up the score to be set
tied at a future day of reckoning. II
would seem that the republican party OF
the state had seen enough of this per
emptory and arbitrary style of cam
paign. n,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Minnesota is beginning to use home
talent on the bench to some extent. Judge
Giddings of the neighboring judicial dis
trict is a university man. and Judge
Dickinson, who doHs the ermine of the
district court in minneapolis today, is a
member, of the first class Of the univer-
sity law school. Heretofore Wisconsin
our judges. and some of them pretty
good ones, too, but they cannot expect
q monopoly all the time. g..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
TOO MUCH ORA GOOD THING
LORD Rosebery,s Recent Address

Lord Rosebery's Recent Address.
Books are excellent things; it would be
high treason to deny that, coming here to
open free library; but a gluttony of
books is just as bad as surfeit OF any
thing else, and there are a great many
excellent people in this world who spend
all their days in reading and who are OF
use to themselves or anybody else
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHNSON

Adams (Tenn.) Enterprise.
On the same night Edwin Johnson had
a narrow escape from serious injury.
While opening the gate 1t broke and fell
on him and Miss AGREE, not knowing it,
drove over him, the gate, and all. He
escaped unhurt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

England announces that "the native
chiefs Of the Tonga islands have con-
scented to Britain taking charge Of their
legal and financial affairs If they
hadn't consented they would have lost
their blooming heads. .-e-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Religions of the World.


Will you settle a dispute among your
subscribers here. A contends that there
are more people in the world who do not
believe in Christ than there are who do;
that is, that there are not as many Chris
tians in the world as there are heather.
B contends that the Christians are in thu
ma jority. Who is correct: ~
II & Haryev
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Senatorial elections have their. uses, as
The Journal has remarked before.
Unfortunately they come only twice in
six years. It might be a good idea to
put our senators on probation for a while,
till they find out just where they stand
on public questions. H.'.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Ex-Attorney General Griggs objects to
the proposed federal license of corpora
lions on the ground of constitutionality
Yet, If we recall that that fine, old docu-
ments provisions, the power to regulate
commerce between the states is expressly
reserved to the federal government.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

The fact has come out that Haiti de-
votes about one-sixth of it's revenue to
free schools. Free schools are fine, but
character and civilization are in the race,
and are taught in the free home.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

An Atchison, Kan, preacher said that
a certain woman ought to 60 to hell.
AT the church trial he explained that the
lady was such a sweet character that he
assumed that if she went to hell she would
reform the place.. That preachers tai
ents are too fine for the pulpit. He ought
to be in the Oriental diplomatic service.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
MAKING a STRONG FINISH

Weston (Miss.) Enterprise.
It surely is a good thing that leap year
doesn't come oftener, for last Sunday
evening there were six weddings right
close around here. That's right, girls!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Complaint is made in Michigan that the
"faddists'' are working into the country
schools. The Detroit Journal expresses
regret and still favors the Simple, elas-
tic organization of the country school,
which isn't much as an exemplificatio of
educational systems and theories, but
which is great in it's adaptability to indi-
vidual needs and ambitions The coun-
try schools have turned out some fine men
who knew how to spell and could do arith-
metical stunts in their heads It would
be well to go slow on changes. ES
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Monday Evening s..

taken to the front the swords Of their
reat-grandf fathers. -
The world is beginning to understand
the spirit Of the Japanese. 1t is one
that cannot be broken or CONQUERED
much short Of humiliation. The fall
Of Port Arthur will tend to increase the
spirit and strength Of the nation.
The impregnable Gibraltar OF the orr
cent has fallen, has fallen!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Leap year is now memory. Well,
never mind, girls, you were hardly In q
position to Support a husband yet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
The Surveyor Generalship<

The Mississippi Valley Lumberman
makes an interesting suggestion with
reference to the office Of surveyor gen
eral the sole remaining sinecure in our
state government. ..-s@ 80 I
Since this office is a partizan foot
ball, and it's incumbent is never sup
posed to do any work, the Lumberman
suggests that it's fees be turned into a
fund for state forestry work, and the
surveyor general given nominal
salary. - ~ - 8. ~ - Is y u.
This would be an excellent ildisposi
ton of the moneys received for official
sealing of logs, but there is a serious
obstacle in the way Of the plan. The
state has no right to collect fees for
scaling in excess of the cost of the ser.
vice. If the fees are diverted to any
other purpose, they will amount to a
tax on the owners Of the logs, who are
already paying personal property tax
| on the same thing. a. w .se>.s. ~
The state struck this obstacle when
the office of oil inspector was placed
on a salary basis. The fees from, thai
office now 20 into a separate fund
which the state cannot use except tt
| defray the cost Of inspection. j.
IF the state cannot make use of these
scale fees, it can at least remedy the
existing conditions, which are bitterly
complained of, by the owners of logs
The surveyor general in the past ha'
regarded the office as means of build
ing up a bank account, and it has beer
customary to "skimp" the service il
order to increase the profits. By plac
ing the office on salary basis, the in
centive to make profit would be re
moved, and, the scaling would hereafte
be thoro and reliable. ,',-, ,.>.'G
Senator Mitchell Of Oregon says a con
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Harvey, N. D.

A is correct. According to religious
statistics of the world, compiled by NJ.
Fourier de Flax in 1892. there are in
the world ATT 100000 Christians and $751;
100000 of all other religions, including
Mohammedans, Hindoos, Confucians and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

A local lumber company is distributing
burnt wood calendars. Sorry to hear of
their fire. i.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
MORE FRENZY
kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal. -
Orthodox church people will be inclined
to regard Dr. Lyman Abbott's latest pro
mitigation as frenzied theology.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
ONLY ONE LEFT

Washington Star.
Mr.. Bryan is sure there will be q DEM
ocratic party until he decides to retire
from politics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Turkeys cost SIS apiece in Port Arthur
on Christmas day. It was about time Il
fall 49, g.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02


Senator Smith OF Kansas is going to in
troduape a bill providing for limited mar
riages. He says a law limiting some mar
riages to ten years would be a
good thing. Undoubtedly he is right
and he would still be right ii
he said ten minutes instead Of ten years
But how is he going to fix his law
When man asks the girl does he have
to tell her it is for ten years or for life:
Does the girl have the right to say: ''This
life proposal of yours is sudden but am
willing to chance you on ten-year basis
with annual dividends and a fair division
of the profits at the end of the period
How will Kansas fellow feel when he
goes to the clerks office and the wills.
kered deputy asks: What shall 1t be
life or limited?" III And think of the
preacher standing up in an awful chokel
and saying: For better or worse, richer
or poorer, until noon Jan. 3, 1916" Guess
Smith won't do. ..2s ~ .-...-i. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

A Brooklyn court has decided that ,
man who dyes his hair is light minded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Ply NEW YEAR TO EVERYRODY

CITIZENS OF Cincinnati have asked tho
district attorney to look into the coal
combine. Lese majestic!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

TWO New States In Prospect.-The next
important business on the senate's calen-
dar after the Philippine Improvement
measure was the bill providing for the adj
mission of two new states into the union,
says '"The Progress of the World" in the
Review Of Reviews for January. Few peo-
pie, either in congress or outside of it,
seem to understand how much more i'm
portant the admission Of new state to
the union is than almost any other pos
sible business that can come before con-
gress. Tariffs can be made and unmade.
and most other matters OF legislation are
subject to amendment or repea. from time
to time. But hasty or ill-advised action
in admitting state to the union is ire
yocable. At this very moment the whole
moral sense of the community is aroused
by questions arising out Of the mistake
that was made in admitting Utah at z
time when it would have been far better
Is keep Utah in the territorial condition,
The present bill provides for tho restor-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Senator Mitchell Of Oregon says con-
spiracy has been formed against, him.
Sure, wasn't there one against Burton
of Kansas and another against Dietrich
of Nebraska? There may be more OF
them Matching, too. ISL @ e.. 7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Northrop Can t Help It.

We wonder if President Northrop Of
the university is aware Of the fact that
he has the undivided support of Sherm
Smith for the senatorship: We must
believe, that Cyrus Northrop does not
know that this honor has befallen him,
for he has taken no steps either to
resist or succumb to it. He has issued
no card Of thanks, he has made no
statement of his views (and we believe
no man can achieve the Smith support
without such statement), nor has
there been any account Of the president
nor Of Sherm having jointly or severally
opened the Northrop headquarters. The
belief is a fixed one in Minneapolis
that President Northrop does not know
what has happened to him. He is away
from the city and Sherm has taken ad-
vantage Of his absence to do this thing.
It seems like mean trick, but can
Shermsmith be blamed9 No. 1t had
come to time where his support must
fall somewhere, and in looking about
for a preliminary candidate who was
certain not to run, Northrop was an
eligible selection. Archbishop IRELAND
would have done as well. The laws
Of libel are becoming more settled. A
woman can now prevent her picture
from being used for advertising pur
poses. Perhaps some time q man may
be able to prohibit legislator from
using his name in connection with :
senatorship that he does not want ant
which he is not to get.
/ For some reason 1t (the merger suit
was brought under the federal law in
stead of under the plain state law agains
i consolid ation OF parallel and competing
/ lines.-The Tribune
Thus does our cock sure contemporar.
chide the counsel for the state and shov
them their mistake AS usual, the Trib
une is In error as to the facts, and speak
without thinking. The suit was brough
Ilnnder the state law. and was arst Ale,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
THE MAGAZINES

The Sounds Of Battle.-In the January
Worlds Work is a. curious description OF
the sounds Of battle, written by a CORE
spondent in the far east
Only those who lie in the firing line and hear
the constant screech Of the shells as they cleave
their terrible way thru the air above know the
true sounds Of modern war. The whiplike smack
Of the bursting shell, the swish Of the scatter
ing bullets, are nothing to the knocking screech
Of these damned messengers of death they
pursue each other, as If in competition to COM
plete the awful object Of their hideous mission.
The whole welkin is discordant with their tumult;
you feel the rush Of misplaced air, splnters sing
in your ears, the earth is in constant tremble
with the violence of the discharge; you feel it
pnlsate against your cheek pressed to the moist
mud Of the parapet, and then bullet saps the
lifeblood Of the comrade whose elbow has touched
yours day and night for forty hours. There Is q
limit to human endurance in these straits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Ten comedians, twenty vocalists and a
large orchestra constitute the essential
elements of Nankeville's Consolidated
Minstrels, booked for half a week at the
Metropolitan, opening Sunday evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
Foyer Chat.

Robert Edeson began weeks engage
ment at the Metropolitan last night, pre-
senting Richard Harding Davis comedy
of army life, "Ranson's Folly" Begin
ming Thursday night Mr.. Edeson will APP
pear in w. G. de Miles new play,
t'Strongheart." -. .., 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02
POSTAGE RATES OF SINGLE COPIES,

All papers are continued until an explicit ORDER
Il received for discontinuance ana until al al
rearages are paid. u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

IN the state courts, which denied sjuris-
diction. The final disposition Of the case
In the federal court was another refusal
OF jurisd iction. which opened the eyes
Of the nation to the fact that there is a
class Of issues which cannot be. joined In
any any court All this is matter Of COM
mon knowledge to newspaper readers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

In celebration Of the New Years ar
rival there were two unusually large Sun
day audiences at the Orpheum yesterday
and a heavy advance sale for today. A
review of the new bill will appear in this
column tomorrow
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

NEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune building.
5#5I y s b. A. CARROLL, Manager
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

Mark Twain as Religious. Writer
The librarian of the United Service club
Of Calcutta is a native Indian. His cata-
log of the library contains some remark
able classifcations, among which is an
amusing one in connection with book OF
Mark Twain's-h Extracts from
Adams Diary" The native librarian evil
IDENTIFY didn't quite know whether Adam
Diary came under religion or philosophy.
so to make it sure he put 1t under both
headings, gravely adding Mark Twain s
own words, '"Translated from the original
MS" y. -.a- ..,1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT on file at American EApre
office, S Waterloo place, and q. S. EXPIRE
office, 80 Strand.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-02

A Detective Story.-Louis Tracy has
written some further adventures of Regi-
maid Brett, barrister detective, in The
Albert Gate Mystery. These adventures
make a detective story, dealing with the
disappearance of some fifty diamonds be-
longing to the sultan, which had been
taken to an Albert Gate mansion by Turk
ish gentlemen to be cut. Notwithstand-
ing the protection offered these men and
Jewels by the English government, four Of
the party were found dead one morning
and the diamonds gone. The rest Of the
book is the unraveling of the mystery.
r. B.. Fenno & Co., New York. $1.5O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-01
IN THE SUBURBS.
CABLE.

Gable, H., March 31.-Miss Sadie
Lewis was a tri-city visitor Thursday.
William Tompkins returned to Rock
Island Monday where he is attending
Browns Business college.
Miss Mabel Haigh returned to her
home at Jacksonville after a three
weeks visit with relatives and friends
here
J. L. Vernon of Aledo was a caller
intown Wednesday evening.
NJ. d. Tomlinson and Thomas Con-
vile who were at East Moline on bus
mess the past week returned home
Wednesday evening.
George Lawson, Jr., went to Rock
Island on business Wednesday.
E. Muerling has been in Viola the
past week doing work on the local tele-
phone exchange there.
Hill brothers shipped car of hogs
to Chicago Monday.
The P. NJ. church gave an ice cream
social at the opera house Saturday
evening which was quite well attend