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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-08

to an inferior mind command over y
OuperiOr.-Wirt.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-08

granting Of something in the nature
Of the zemokyzabor Qand parliament, i,
the grand duke, who is three times re
moved from the throne of the Roman
offs, ended the interview.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-08

The Argus has all the news all tn
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-08

ed the case later In the day and con.
firmed DR.. Stokes diagnosis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

the European portion Of the czar's do
minions, 91but apparently there have
been anti-Jewish, .eexcesses 4. in various
cities, and mutinies are reported from
Hardin, Vladivostolkt and elsewhere :.
Fact day brings word Of some new
development of thegWaHea ef~Esvolt4 in
Russia, with it's attendant letting loose
Of The passions of people whom civil
izatiou has never & covered with any
thing but the thinnest Of veneers. The
Russian. peasant is q .docile, creature OF
! dinarilly, .blindly reVering the Little
Father, as contented with his wretched
Tot as a. dog. But whenf aroused he is
like: an animal also-7a wild beast mad
for blood. Competent authorities on
Russia declare that the nassaeres III
the towns, appalling as they. were, were
as nothing compared to what will hap
pen if the peasant rising is not avery
soon checked The map shows P, how
large is The territory already affected,
and already, we, are reading of fendish
murders and outrages perpetuated by
the nfuiiks. Q.
The latest outbreak is in the Baltic
provinces, where, in addition to the ha-
treds engendered by the harsh treat
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
Christmas in the Schiff Family.

Stories of the eccentricities Of Santa
Claus are coming in with every mail.
In New York it is charged that John
D. Rockefeller gave SIS each to his en-.
ployees at Tarrytown. Hoboken comes
forward with marvellous tale to the
effect that Hetty Green gave a boy in
that town two candy canes, woolly
COW and. a penny bank.
Another story that comes out Of
Gotham is more in. line with the ex-
pected. It relates to the treatment ac-
corded Lena, member of the Schiff
household. The relation is that Mr..
Schiff gave Lena a check for $4,000 for
a Christmas present and that Mrs.
Schiff followed this up with gift to
Lena of aacluster diamond ring. Other
members of the schiff family gave Lena
a gold watch and neckchain, an ormulu
clock. a sealskin sack, an automobile
and gold-framed portrait of MI. Schiff
testifying before the Armstrong com
mittee. A -. ~
Lena is the cook at the schiff man
sion. +::> y, : ~ ~ ,*s.+r ~ r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
The White Man 8 Transvaal.

=. The first act of the new liberal cabi-
net came in the form. of an announce:
ment from: the premier that the impo3r-
tation Of coolie labor into the Trans.
vaal is prohibited. Kaffirs stocks went
down several points temporarily on the
declaration: Of Sir Henry Campbell.
'Bannerman and q direct issue was in
.ieeted intosthe next electoral campaign
in ENGLAND.
The labor question has been acute
in the Transvaal mines since the Boer
war. Indeed, it was one Of the causes
Of the war. The mines, largely owned
and operated by English syndicates,
were being worked with mixed @Kaf fir
and white labor, and hampered, as the
syndicate thought, by sBoer Legislation,
which did not take into account that
the chief end Of man is to. dig gold for
the enrichment Of syndicates. After
the war, when the Transveal became
the. territory, of England; and the Beers
the subjects of King Edward, the con-
dition Of the whole country was fear
fill: The farms of.sthe Beers had, been
overrun, burned apd destroyed. :: The
Beers themselves had been killed. or
had fed the country. There was no
Labor, either FOR field @orr mine, and
bankruptcy and general ! abandonment
Of: enterprises was threatened. The
conservative government sanctioned the
importation of coolie labor for the
mines, and madelarge money advances
to. induce farm: settlements :. q.
The Chinese have been source OF
trouble: and vexation. Instead Of indus
trial Chinese, the companies succeeded
in. gathering together some thousands
Of. the choicest cutthroats .of the 5:ori
emit. Gradually these have been weed
cd, largely by the rope, route, and con
ditions have improved. The mines be-
gan. to show results, but asthe larger
1Souestion of whether the 5Transvaal was
tos:be white man 's'::c1ountrY began: tx
DOOM up. The liberal party in Eng
land has stuck doggedly to the propo
sition that the white: man ~n1ust have
the country, whether he would take i
Immediately or not The premier san
nouncement is inslihe with that policy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
A Dubious Recruit.

The Kansas City Journal, commend
ing Senator Longs speech on the rails
road rate question, speaks particularly
Of that statesman s caution as showing
that he had full appreciation Of the
intricacies Of the job now before con
gress. How best to do it, it says, is
the question which demands high or
der Of craftsmanship.
The point of this comment is that
the Journal has heretofore been
counted among those high orders Of
statesmen who. were studying night and
day on how. best not. to do it, and up
to- within a short time the senator from
Kansas was counted among the most
devoted Of these students. He put in
months of silence that could not be cut
with corn knife, and took on status
of evasiveness which could not be las
seed by, the most expert broncho man
west Of the beloved Missouri. Now
that the senator has said something on
the subject the Journal finds his eau
tior still worthy Of praise and his ap-
probation of the difficulties Of the
problem -, almost worshipful.a Unless
something shall happen to cut the COR
dian knot Of his doubts it may he ques-
toned ! whether The. Kansas senator will
ever be able to bind his soaring and
philosophic doubts within the confines
of a few words of law.
The senator from Kansas is now
counted among those who are with the
president, but unfortunately the court
ing is done by those who have always
been against the president. -;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
ONE CHRISTMAS ISL: =.
!. ..>.= STILL REMEMBERED

= = These gladstone Christmas. bells re
mind me Of: 9 Christmas when things
were not, SO: gladstone and the only gift
coming, to-, me was unadulterated all
.versity,o' says Edwin Latoll, the mu-
steal monologist zat the Orpheum this
week. "Iimes are good with me now,
but I've eaten the husks along with
many a. playing prodigal, and each sue
eeeding Christmas makes me bark back
to 1885 and what happened to me in
"The Oaks Brothers Swiss Bell
Ringers of which I was an tumble
member were touring the south, and
four days out, Of New Orleans. went
broke at Vicksburg. The town was SO
bad that the river afterward left it
and found new place seven miles
2. ..iSome of the brethren in distress
ETY. theater called sSfhe Comioue. y,
which promptly closed it's doorss, and
three of us-Ham Atchison, the proper
ty man, Kelly and decided to try for
Memphis. SO onssthe evening of Dec. %
we boarded an unsuspecting freight
train, went to sleep in an empty box
car and were sidetracked at wee sta
:unfeeling station agent bundled us out
and locked the door OF the car sG
Naturally there was no money in
the party, but a big appetite Ny cuff
buttonss and pair of scissors I had
with me, an. empty pocketbook belong
ing to Kelly and knife owned by At
Gibson, together with some fine talk to
an old negro nanny, got us the finest
coffee and steak | ever had or ever
will have. &
Night found us still in Cleveland
with no place to sleep but in cotton
seed shed. [ well remember GOVERNS,
myself up to my eyes with cotton seed
and shivering away my Christmas eve.
We didn It dare smoke, even, because of
the danger of fire. At 6 O'Clock
Christmas morning we saw one Of those
eold,s southern winter rains. zAll the
loose property we had was a silk hand.
Ekerchief. That got us pot of black
coffee and some skill and daring got us
on to the rear Of passing passenger
train; from which we were elected
tttwelYe miles from Memphis. We fin
ished- the day footing it into the city
where money from home awaited me
and the trio parted ways. I think At
Iehison. is serving time somewhere, and
I know Kelly went to tending bar.
| That was a long time ago, but il
| made me very thankful for every merry
! Christmas I've had since them
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
: The I,ayYl1nan in the Church.

's't. According ito the reports sent out
from, the synod Of Chicago arch diocese,
important Legislation planned by Arch
bishop Quigley will be passed upon: The
.legisfation Bsinsthe direction of sgiving<
the .laymen greater share of power
:andsrespo psi bihty.i in their parishes. The
new: laws, if adopted, will make. it OBJ
ligatory.. upon parishes to elect trus-
tees and these will have; legal status
instead of one dependent upon the will.
Of the priest. = /. *-tf;. - !. &:
The sliberalizing Of the Romans Cath
ollie church; in this direction is in line
with the, democratic tendencies of all
the. churches in: the present day. =. The
Congregational church gives the most
latitude" TITS a corporation in which
every contributor has sort ;aof stock:
holders right to be heard and to give
a vote on any Important proposal. IS B.
The Methodist church, four years
|sago, recognized the laymen by giving
them equal representation with the min
listers. in:,s the, general. conference, the
highest law-making body of the church.
!. The Presbyterian general assembly has
been for years made up Of ministers
and laymen, and the 1aymen have served
ont,the most important committees, even
such one as recently took up the task
Of revising the statement of the. Pres
byterian creed.
The democratic tendency is present in
all the churches. It is a recognition Of
|. the fact that the church is not all for
providing. hereafter for men. The
priests could. do that unaided. But 1t
has come to be RECOGNIZED that the
church has a mission to make life bet
ter while it is being lived. To achieve
this object, it is necessary that all
branches Of the visible church should
be in harmonious accord. Harmonious
accord is not obtained by denial of
the right. Of representation. Hence we
find this attitude of denial being grad.
ually abandoned by the priesthood.
The one defect In Castro's diplomacy is
! that he is apt to hit an opponent welt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
Beet Sugar.

The Pioneer Press advocates the ad-:
mission of sugar from the Philippines
free of duty. or on basis of <25 per
cent of the Dingley rate, on the ground
that the beet-sugar industry. in; this
country is. not Important. The ,Filipi:
nos ought to have free trade with the
United States, but not because the
beet-sugar industry is not Important.
The beet-sugar~ industry has been of
rather slow. growth, and yet it seems
destined some day to become a very i'm
portant business in this country. 1t
does not appear, however. that the adj
mission of sugar from the Philippines
at reduced rate or free of duty would
materially increase importation. The
market for sugar from the Philippines
is in thes orient, on the 4Asiatie coast
and in Japan. 1t will command bet
ter price there when the producers are
able to show to the consumers in China
and Japan. that. they can Ship their
sugar to the United States, if neces-
sary to get good price. That's why
the Filipinos want us to take off the
duty on their sugar; not because they
expect to sell any. considerable amount
sF. ~:
| here.
One reason why sbeet sugar fails to
{ command much support for it's claim to
| protection, even against the products
of our island possessions, is the large
[ control of the industry by 1.-The sugar
trust. The consumer is slow; to re,
+ spond to a demand for protection for
an industry so thorely dominated by
/ the trust as the beet-sugar business is
] coming to be: At the, same time, it is
not safe to. say that it is not an i'm
/ portant industry, at least prospective
| ly. It has not been seriously damaged
! by the concessions granted to Cubar
! and Porto ;Rican producers, and Me:&de
not believe that the reduction ofr The
\ duty on sugar from the Philippines
i or even admission free, would affect i
/ materially.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

ment of the peasants by the landlords,
there is hatred of race. The landown-
ers are Germans and the peasants are
Let's. Frightful stories of the ven.
geance the workers are taking are be-
ginning to come out, and apparently
the greater part of Courtland and Livp-
MIA is being devasted by bands of in
furiated peasants.
: Even the government Of st. Peters
burg is the scene. of agrarian disturb
ances: The Russian government has
many terrible problems facing it, but
it is said that it regards none Of them
with the same alarm as the outbreak
of the muiiks. It knows and it real
ICES the meaning of the number of
these people. It knows that they can
be mown down by machine guns, but
it also knows. that even the immense
army of the car would not be large
enough to cope with them.
Already events like those one reads
of with shudder as having occurred
in the French revolution are occurring
in Russia. What the outcome will be
no one, not a correspondent, not a
statesman, not diplomat, has ven-
tured to predict.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

Tn the above map the shaded portions
indicate the governments in which
peasant disorders have recently been
Ireported;ss the cities marked with circles
show: where mutinies of coldiers OF
sailors have occurred; places married
with crosses have been the scenes of
massacres of Jews, and towns marked
with Maltese crosses have been the
scenes Of rioting between the .populaee
and troops. 49,. .,.- nye.sa p
The map is necessarily incomplete.
Anything like definite story.tof. what
has occurred in Russia in the last, six
weeks will perhaps never be written,
and certainly it will be months before
the extent of the outbreaks is, Known
to the outside world. The Commission
ers sent from ,rDondon to investigate
the situation Of the Jews have already
found that there were massaeres in
about 100 places, and the commission
ers have been in Russia only a.. short
time. . '.E:t4>is r.
{ kAsiatie Russia is not included I'M the
map. News from that region has been
even more incomplete than news from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
Electricity: VS., Steam.

The announcement is made that. the
Pennsylvania, system is preparing to do
away with steam engines and TO use.
electric motors turnout it's extensive
system. This maybe Regarded as pre-
mature, but" there lis 5no doubt railroad
companies are experimenting with, cleo
tricity as a substitute for steam. It's
adoption is merRlysa question of econ
omy and practicability over long dis
tances. The rural trplleys have partial
ly solved both problems. Electric, trrac-
tion is already in use over considerable
distances, but: 1T. has never been. applied
to the immense sloa DIS carried by the
great ght-handling lines. It's first
application would be confined to the pas
senger traffic, w h ere itt@.off ers, many adj
vantages particularly those. Of, speed and
cleanliness, Electric cars. >. haze been
driven in Germany at a speed Of l20
miles an hour >1IE =.
1t is evident, however, that before
the advent Of electricity with it's burst
Of speed becomes practical on American
railroads a great deal of preliminary
work will need to be DONE. The cutting
away of grades and the Strengthening of
curves at immense expense is a neces-
sary forerunner of the motor.
The discovery of the application of
steam power 70 :locomotion and to man
ufacturing is clearly related to the
emergence Of man from a state of. semi.
civilization. The extensive use Of the
gifts Of nature was first made possible
by the application of this power. But
the substitution Of something else for ii
is accompanied by no sentimental
mourning over its departure, Steam was
a means to an. end. Science does not
wear Grape for. methods which have
found more serviceable successors. III
electricity can do the work of steam ane
can do it better, electricity will be
hailed as king and the dethronement
of steam will not be accompanied by any
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
TO AN ACTRESS

You pass across painted scene,s
With painted shadows by Your. side, ss4E
A conscious beauty, SO serene, 10 s;3s.
You seem to some great past allied:
You would have stirred the Strand d bit, :,
When David Garrick was alive !,
You would have measured wit for {wit, e Z
Peg Wellington or Kitty Give. ,4,.>;
IT'S In some old famboyant day & a.. :
Our fancy loves to picture yol,.. y
At Doctor Burney's drinking 'staE, = " " S !.
At Horace Walpo1e's playing loo.s 55-s
We see you when the play is DER,
Swing slowly thru the foggy, air.. X !,
. Your link boy running on before 4
The handles following your chair.
The chair is gone the link-boy sped
:, Beyond the light Of sun and star, Z
And in their place we find instead
"A chauffeur and a motor car.
4 As for the dandies-well today 81 4. 2
They wear no ruffs Of dainty lace,
4 But beauty still maintains her sway
Men still pursue a lovely face. * 4.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

have no faith in fatalism, in des-
tiny. in blind force. I believe in God,
the living God. u I believe: in the
American people, a brave and free
|. people. who do. not bow. the, neck ..or j,
bend the knee to any other, and who
desire no other to bow the neck or
bend the knee to them. I believe that
a republic is greater than an empire.
I believe finally, whatever clouds may
darken the horizon, that the world Is
growing better, that today is better
than yesterday, and that tomorrow
will be better than today. ~-s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

The author of my Old Kentucky
Home" is to have a statue, and rightly
and it IS to: be paid for by the Kentucky
school children. The statue is to be the
.handiwork Of Miss Enid YandelL and viii
cost se,ooo.zs1t will be unveiled in Louis
vile the: second day Of the homecoming
week.: and will later be- cast in; bronze and
placed in g.! g. prominent position in the
new: state. capitol = ,>. - -p-:.,, r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
WATER TO BURN
ST. I,o,,is .GlobeIDarooor.

ST. Louis obe-Democrat. ,zo...ss;;.
e The experts are now 3 agreeing that
there will be no insuperable difficulty in
building the Panama canal When the
water is squeezed into the ditch out Of
the transcontinental railroad shares, it
will float the largest ocean vessels. Z !,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

Query: What will Tawney the insur-
gent DO to .Tawney the speaker, when
Uncle Joe is thru? VIII he sit upon the
throne and look complacentiy down upon
Tawney the insurrectionist getting in his
work, or will the old. Adam begin boil
ing around inside Of him until he. feels 81.
inapelled to hurl himself from the dais
into the midst of the trouble? -: :: 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
ASKING TOO MUCH

4 y
After they get through dismissing in
surance company presidents who are
responsible for much Of the scandal, 1t
might help to get an insurance superin-
tendent in New York who would be ac-
tive enough to detect some Of the frauds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
THE CHICAGO LID

Nebraska State Journal.
Fs Mayer DunneEof Chicago admits that
he pledged himself before election not to
enforce the ordinance relating to Sunday
closing. In other words, he pledged him-s
self in advance to disregard his oath Of
office, and he is standing manfully by the,
pledge. ~ &C., *
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
THE CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES

There are four towns In the Philippines
with population exceeding 10000 each,
and thirty-fe whit a population ,ex-
ceeding 5000. Manila is the only incor-
porated city in the islands, and its inhabi-
tants number 219, 928. = 8 s1 =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
TIE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
CAPS THE CLIMAX

vermilion IS. d. Republican,. a
The Minneapolis" Journal management
was rather dllatory In starting Sunday.
edition Of Its most excellent and enter
prIsIne daily, but when the mood once
developed into method, the climax was
capped without the slightest friction. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

St..Gaudens has finished plaster model
,ofsa statue of Mark Hanna for the citv ~
Cleveland. Mr.. Hanna was a. fine man,
but it is question whether his figure
will lend itself to the heroic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

In the eye when only sparring for points.
But he is always ready to make amends.
He has just sent, the French agent. M.
Taigny, a large piece Of raw beefsteak
in the shape of an apology. IS Isl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

Congressman Lands, who Jumped into
fame by calling Morgan "the international
kleptomaniac," has a bill to prevent the
lootfng of insurance companies It reads
very very much like the law against grand lar
ceny under different title.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
TO RELIEVE THE FERoclTY

- indianapolis News. :. $3.50, > y.5a
i. The action Of the University Of Mime
sofa in prohibiting all betting and ticket
specializing In connection with football
games may be more effective than would
appear at first glance. The general
elimination of such interests might do
a good deal to relieve the ferocity Of the
contests. M = E.s ~, q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

: The Philadelphia. Item declares that the
new city party has filled 1.-The offices in a
secret >conclave just as the old bosses used
to 90. The 9! old q bosses thereby feel them.
selves: Endorsed, but wish the ,indorse-
>ment had: come from the, people at the
election. II.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

. DR.. Dowie and his friends are sailing
the ~tropic seas in yacht. Certainly the
prophets are better fixed now than they
were in the old days. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

Admiral Rojestvensky has just arrived
at st. Petersburg, but 1s35being overlooked
in the excitement, This = is doubtless
pleasing to the admiral. +,*s -. -. .-..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

1T has been decided +toz postpone The
Hague peace conference The czar was
unable to get away at this time. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
q WONDERFUL MEMORY
Kansas City Journal.

40. AAe1fISeo OIly JUUIIIdI. NJ n
A.l On learning that somebody had secured
a, divorce from her it took only a few
minutes Of rejecting for Nine. xRejane
to figure out that It must have been her
husband. She had forgotten the man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

resolutions Of sympathy. Indeed the
faddists on diseases will begin immedi-s
ately to say that steam and his partners.
noise and dirt, should have gone long
ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

Senator Clark's granddaughter starts
off with $1,00o,000 in the bank There is
something about that girl that we lilel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26

AS to the ballotboxes the New York
court Of appeals says substantially that
the lid once lowered cam never be. lifted
again, -