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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

The following contest at the school
of agriculture, which was to have been
held on the Monday following the field
day exercises came off yesterday af-
fered: First, a suiky plow, donated by
the Moline Plow company, worth $35;
second, seeds donated by the depart
ment of agriculture, Washington, D. G.,
worth $40; third, nursery stock, do
mated by. the horticultural division of
the experiment station, worth SIS.
A feature of the occasion was the
presence Of a number Of ."B' girls,
which proved an incentive to the mem
bers of that class in the contest. :,
Three students from each Of the three
classes were allowed to- enter the con-
test. In the two upper classes the men
were selected by straw votes, while
only in the 1Cy class we're they: Sc
lected. by competitive trials. The final
score shows the result of the methods
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
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Dummy figures have been used with
more or less success on the stage for
years uncountable, but Minneapolis has
never been treated to such finished
dummy act; as Walter Deaves & Co.'S
marionettes, the headliner at the sLyceun,
this week. On a miniature stage, per-
feet in it's appointments. lay figures are
made to do horizontal bar and dancing
acts as gracefully as flesh and blood per-.
formers. A comedy act is not forgotten.
and a prima donna and full ballet are
introduced, to the extreme delight of
the dummy occupants Of boxes adjoining
the pretty little stage. A man and a.
woman supply the speech and songs OF
these pseudo actors and give the act fine
polish. .. ~. - E
/: Zuano, a midget, appears as magi-'
clan and has some neE tricks. :; Brown
and Wright have a commendably clean
singing and dancing act that will show
even better when they get things ..fixed'',
with the orchestra. Comedy introduced
between difficult feats on the horizontal
bal, gives the Aldeans a good share of the
compliments. Reouble Sims. who draws
colored cartoons with lightning like rap
idity, timing his crayon with catchy
songs, commands the attention Of the
audience and draws the unanimous
praise Of the children. He places a pic
ture of one subject on his mat and turns
it upside to show another and entirely
different cartoon. Wise & Milton and
company, an aggregation of silver-voiced
colored folk, have a singing act that
pleases.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
OVERWHELMING ODDS
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Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Governor Folk of Missouri tells an
amusing story about a colored man who
was brought before a court for a trivial
offense.
1'5sThe state Of Missouri against John
JONES' was read in loud voice, and the
eolored mans eyes bulged nearly out Of
their sockets and he seemed overcome
with terror and establishment.
When he was asked if he had anything
to say, or pleaded guilty or not guilty,
he gasped out:
$ ssWeil,t yo' honah, ef de whole state o
Missourah is ag'in dis one pore niggah,
Pze gwine to give up right now!' f
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Consul General Guenther at Frankfort
Germany, has. forwarded to the state de- fr
.partment new, German cure cur d for appen-
dicitis. The new remedy is called col
langol," and is a silver solution .to ~ Whlcn IS IS
a powerful internal antisepties II g: sWitnh IS
the last few years chemical means sa1 for
rendering silver, quicksilver and Zseveral
other metals soluble IN water have been
discovered. 1t is a water solution OF sh-
yer that is given the appendicitis patient
and according to the Munich Medlcal
weekly remarkable results have followed
the new treatment. Within two or three
days after treatment a. decided improve
ment was noticeable in incipient cases.
Except sin two very severe ea:sss,ssout s e e
ssegventyztwo sew eases treated slf were cured
without surgical operation. This Is vel
worth looking into, for to many people
the operation is more terrible than the
disease. IN
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Laughlin CO., 65.
There is thus a tie for third prize
between an "A' and &C" boy.
In a certain part of Indiana these
contests have been held every. autumn
for the last fifteen or twenty years.
They have had decided influence in
producing a better quality of plowing,
as well as being inspiration for better
work and better methods. AS a recent
writer has said: "There is joy ia
these simple pleasures that come dl-
rectly from the earth and from man 9
struggle with her that one cannot tell
very well in words. It is a healthful
Joy; it makes men and women better
and it makes them feel, too, brother:
hood. It takes away the shams and
appearances and puts them where they
belong, standing squarely on the ground,
distinguished by naught save their own
power and skill and righteousness of
mind and, muscle.'' ,.-.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
Foyer Chat.

Out of Miriam Michelson's novel, ''In
the Bishops Carriage" which will appear
at the. Metropolitan the coming week.
Charming Pollock has evolved a drama, of
much power The play is a study in
crfminology and the excitement and T1nys-5
terry surrounding the artistic spilferingsi
Of Nance Olden, the young girl thief, is.
calculated to produce many thrills. In
its original form Miss Michelson's story
was one Of absorbing interest-as the
many readers Of the book can testify
and in it's dramatization for stage pur-
poses the story has lost none of its
charm. A splendid company will inter
pret the different characters. Mabel Tai
iaferro will be seen as Nance Olden, Au-
thur Byron as Latimer, E. J.. Ratcliffe as
Tom Dorgan,. Grant Stewart as Ramsay
and Mary: Hampton as, Nance Olden's
chum Mag Monahan. >. -. 5.....-..
'The Show Girl" the big musical pro-
duction on at the Bijou, delighted a
capacity audience last night. The local
lodge of Elks and their friends were in
attendance to do honor to Grace Cum
rnings, q prominent member Of the com
pany, and the wife of DR.. Nelson of this
city. The theater was tastefully deco
rated in the Elk colors, and a pleasant
feature was the presentation to Miss
Cummings of large basket Of flowers.
Next week the Bijou will present Hap
Ward, late Of Ward & Vokes,. in 1.-The
CRATER his new musical offering, by
Guy F. Steeley. Hap Ward has always
been the producer Of the Ward & Vokes
entertainments, and now that he has es-
sayed to be a single star in the same line
of amusement, curiosity naturally steps
in to watch his career. H.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
As, VIEWED FROM NEBRASKA
doc, Bixby in Lincoln Journal.

Doc Bixby in Lincoln Journal.
righteousness shall cover the earth
as the waters cover the sea-" Missouri
has her Folk, Wisconsin her La Toilette,
Illinois her Deneen, Massachusetts her
Lawson, Nebraska her Worrall, and Min
neapolis has David P. Jones, mayor, who
has at last taken the bull by the horns
and made declaration of intention to close
every public bar on Saturday, Nov. 4, at
midnight, and keep the same in that
condition until the roosters crow on Mon
day morning. And this, he says, means
the front, side and back doors, windows,
basement entrance, and the coal hole if
necessary.
Minneapolis has been wide-open and
wicked town since the time when the
recollection of the oldest inhabitant run
meth not to the contrary, and much worse
if anything, since the spring of 1881,
when st. Paul experienced it's tidal wave
of reformation and sent all it's doubtful
characters over there in a body.
It is time for a change Even in Min
nesota, where a man has some excuse
for getting drunk in the winter and stay-
ing so until the February thaw, it isn't
a bad idea to give him a chance to sober
up once week. In extreme cases the
prudent inebriate can take home enough
in a jug to last him over Sunday.
When chilling north winds pierce
And snow Is falling fierce
Above your shoeses
o Minneapolis,
know that you win miss
Your Sunday boozes.
Down thru the drifting snow
Methinks I see you go
On Sunday morning.
You seem to have forgot
To give simple thought
To Davids warning.
| The old familiar place
". You reach, your ruddy face
With smiles a-rtpple.
There stands the flask Of gin,
But you cannot get In,
To get tipple.
Just then you meet cop,
Who, noting where YOU stop
| Without a Jag on,
Remarks 'tNow Is the time
When everyone must climb,
1 The water wagon.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
WILL SENTENCE CLEMENT
Judge Page Morris Will Determine Fats
of Aged Banker.

Judge Page Morris of Duluth will
preside at special session of the
bnited States district court in st. Paul
on Friday, to pass sentence on Thomas
B. Clement, president of the defunct
First National bank of Faribault, con
funds. The defense will move for a
new trial, which, if gra1ted, will be
carried at once to the United States
circuit court of appeals.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
"VaIkyrIe" In English.
Special to. The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Boston, Mass, Nov. Henry W. Saw
age gave the first American production
Of Wagner's 'sValkyrie" in English last
night on the fremont theater stage.
where just one year ago was launched
his. superb production of "Parsifal." )"
The audience was one Of the largest Of
the season, music lovers being present
from all principal New England cities.
Both vocally and in its stupendous
scenic features. the production was the
most notable Of the engagement. The
cast comprised the best English spea king
artists Mr.. Savage has ever brought to-
gether, while the orchestra under the
Wagnerian conductor, Schenck, inter-
preted the difficult score with great feel
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

A section hand on the Tanana Mines
railroad in Alaska was standing under
the: station caves when huge iclcle
dropped on his head, killing him almost
Instantly The, same dangers are met
with in Minnesota, but fatalities are few
because the. inhabitants have learned
how to dodge.;-Nebraska State Journal.
This incident might well happen in Me-
braska: also, were it not for the fact that
sandstorms on the Great American des-
ert usually bury the railroad stations
before winter sets in. -..s ....
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Y Mr. Shaw has been stung to a defense
of his play and incidentally to throw "a
.iavelin into the New York police. Ne1th-
er the defense nor offense was conclusive
but both were welcome as a relief from
the dreary f1atness of~1the play. Mrs
Warren's Profession" had nothing in II II
to commend it except the fact that II
pointed a moral. The moral was that
people of her profession: should keep te
their own neighborhood, and not move
into localities where the police do not ex--
pect them. s ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
Our Trade with Germany.


Since Germany is to put new tariffs
into effect Oh March 1 next, in which
an item appears that will make it i'm
possible to sell her any American -four,
the new import rate being 81 a bar
rel, there is naturally local interest;
in the subject of trade relationship be-
tween the two countries. German econ
omists are not agreed upon the prin-
cipal points Of the controversy, and
while the popular feeling in Germany
is that the weight of power is on the
European side, and that Germany, by
America. is in position to dictate, some
German experts of reputation see it in
quite different light. .
Mr.. Guenther, our counsel general at
Frankfort. has transmitted the synopsis
of arguments between Julius Wolf and
George Svendson, experts Of high stand
ing in economics, Mr.. Wolf, who holds
the professorship Of national economy
at the University Of Breslau, has taken
statistics to show that America buys
from Germany $109 9,1S8,554 in value per
annum while Germany buys from Amer
lea $214,790,992 worth, and that in
changes Of recent periods, imports into
Germany from the United States have
increased 12S,52O,OOO, while exports
from Germany to our country increased
only $18,088,00 in the same time. This
would seem to be convincing that in a
tariff war it would be our country that
would suffer most severely.
Mr.. Svendson shows the lack of
strength in the argument, and III reply
| to Professor Wolf points out the unre-
liability of statements based on gross
figures not subject to close analysis
He contends that in the event of dis
crlminatory tariffs Germany would be
the greater sufferer. His reasons are
very clear.
1t is true the preponderance is on ou1
itside, in the mere consideration Of the
! gross business to be lost by both :coun
tries if we imagine state Of tota
suspension, but this does not necessarily
prove that we would suffer most. w,
send into Germany elementary articles
including everything from wheat t,
Hard. to the 9value. Of f$42, ,874, 900, bu
a in the e.list of@articles necessary to Ger
many, articles in the raw or PARTIAL,
raw state, that that country uses in he
q industries, the figures run to the bi,
total Of $151,359 900. Reversing tn
picture, we may find that while ou
4 importations Of raw or partially ra1
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Statistics Of $50 Yale freshmen show
that 33 per cent use glasses; only 1S per
cent can swim and A per cent use to-
bacco. These points were doubtless eluci-
dated In an endeavor to learn how many
could probably make the team
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
Unioue-VaudeviIte.

A vaudeville novelty in the way of a
minstrel first part is the headliner at the
Unique theater this week. and it seems
to satisfy the craving for a change
The leading parts are in the hands of
the regular attaches of the Unique. .sLit.
tie Jimmie" Latourelle and Louis Hanvey
appearing as the particular stars. For
genuine fun-making the act is far better
than many others Of a more pretentious
nature. The jokes are mostly new and
the soloists are especially well received
IN the new song hits. 6
Brent Hayes played several grand
opera selections on the mandolin and was
compelled to respond to several encores.
Wills and Barron have not lost their
knack of entertaining and their return
engagement was even more successful
than their first. They appear in the
same slxit, .Hooligan, the Insurance
Agent" Potter and Harris have little
that is new or thrilling in their aerial
performance on the flying rings. Her
man La Fleur sings the Illustrated songs
and new and amusing series of moving
pictures closes the bill.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Bishop Doane-"William Of Albany
protests against Halloween license. There
is no doubt that the boys would take
away the very gates Of heaven itself if
they could get near enough. !.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
THE OLD RL!:Ac y. cksMITH
"a ts,o. ,,orhaa iu6+ ,on.i,,s

Nigh to, "a car hes had just repaired i
Stood the roadside smith His arms were barred
His work was done. He'd mended a spring
He had patched a tire, and fixed the thing
That broke the jigger that caused the crash
And he stood there waiting for, his cash.
And he said to the chauffeur with a grin:
..I gather 'em In; gather 'em in
Chicago Tribune.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Doc Bixby, the Long Bow man of the
Lincoln, Neb.,> Journal, locates tidal
wave Of reform in st. Paul about the
spring of 1881. He is wise to put it 80
ia r ba ok :.el. .t5:lsHs .s.a lit.*iS
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

left the law in such shape that majori-
ties might be piled up ad libitum. A
personal registration law was the last
thing the machine wanted. 1t would
have made the discovery and punish punish
ment Of fraud comparatively easy.
Out Of the present conflict Philadael- lei
,phia viii very likely get some modern %
election machinery. The city owes 1t
to itself and even to the machine to
demand the protection of the ballot.
The city has no right to put such juicy
temptation in the path Of Messrs, Pen
rose. and Pennypacker.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Messrs. Yell, Brag and Blow, inmortal-l
lied by Hoyt, have unanimously joined
the Hearst movement in New York.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Initiating student by tying him
across the rails in front Of the express
train is being discouraged by Ohio au-
thorities. Il:
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Ex-Chief~ Devery of New York has
coined a new phrase. He says:
'"rhis feller Hearst is gettin' the zephyr
voter What's the zephyr vote? Why, 1
had 25, 900 Of them voters two years ago.
"A zephyr voter is a feller that comes up
to you, gives you the glad hand, and tells
you he's goin' to vote for you. Then he
blows away into thin air on election
day," --..-: -..--- ,5.-- -t .Es
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

more. There must be another concession:
in it. II !s
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
SANE OLD STUNT
/. Atchison Globe

This is the season Of the year when
custom demands that every one go out
to the woods, watch a leaf in its fight
to. the ground from a tree and return
home, Looking Sad.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
HOW TO LEARN THE CELLO
Victor Herbert.

Simplest thing in the world. All you
have to do lis to buy your ,'cello, secure a.
competent instructor and then practice
about eight hours a day for three years.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
CITY Expenses.

The annual budget OF the city OF New
York recently published is an interest
ing exhibit of the immense ramihcations
Of municipal taxation. New York
city and county will pay next year
$116,OO0,OOO in taxes. The population
of New York is in round number"
4,OOO,O0O. That of Minneapolis 100000
On the basis of population New York
should pay sixteen times the tax OF this
city. AS matter Of fact it pays
twenty.nine times as much. The New
York police force cost $12,000,OOO, ours
costs 100000 in. round figures. In
stead Of costing sixteen times as much
the New York police force costs sixty
four times as much as ours. Other
comparisons might be made which
would tend to show that population has
little to do with determining munich
pal expenditures. The rule seems to be
that cities cut their expenses according
to what they. can get. It becomes a
question of assessed valuation rather
than Of numbers to be protected and
governed. .......~. #s... .s
The people of New York are rich and
they have to pay the penalty OF wealth
in taxation. 1t contains besides its
abnormally rich the sabnormally poor,
and these become more or less a charge
upon the community. = The department
of charities expends immense sums on
direct helps but Its work is: but a drop
in the bucket compared with what the
city Indirectly spends to keep its poor
employed The latter work is done thru
! politics. The poor man s vote is
worth something to Tammany. i 1t
! sometimes is worth a steady job and
membership in the organization. 1t is
! always worth an occasional lift toward
employment. This is not to say that
the poor man sells his vote, but in the
roundup of politics the city hires more
men and pays more money for less
service than private money making
concern would. This all comes back
on the taxes. "a
This is the tendency of all cities. Min
neapolis is not free from it. 1t grows
with the age and the advancement Of
the city in valuation. This is the con-
sideration, which. more than anything
telse, makes scientific municipal govern:
ment difficult. The city is not allowed
to do things as a private employer
would. 1t must pay more and get less
than he would. The taxes which are
s; paid by everybody are Everybody :
i oysters Men who would not think so1
taking money out Of citizens house
will create new city job which. indi
reetly takes value our of the citizen
property by increasing his taxes.
l. The whole tendency Of political city
! government is to- create new places
, swell salaries and decrease hours. L
| is nearly all done in spirit of the ut
most good nature, and it is only whe1
: the joke gets too strong that the peopl
rise up and kick. When they kick ou
l.. one crowds of taxeaters another is stand
ing ready to step in. Business is no
l. + business in city governments.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

1t has been noted that hunters VINO
mistake human beings for deer are. un-
usually accurate in their shooting. Ine
reason for this is that you do not read
the misses in the paper.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
THE LID DOWN

Stella IN. .C.) News.
we. are having quite a dry time for the
past week
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07
Not Driving at Roosevelt. of
Course. ,2+

One argument against the ,enlarge7
ment Of the powers Of the interstate
commerce commission is that while the
exercise Of this power might be very.
prudently and moderately employed by
the present wise administration, there
is no telling what might happen in the
event of a political npheaval and the
installation into the office Of president
Of a man less reasonable and moderate
in his views and inclined to make polit-
ical capital at the expense of the rail
roads.
The man who advances this argument
should have credit for having furnished
something really amusing in connec-
ton with the ratesregulation discussion.
Everybody knows that the railroads III
don It mean. this. !. /. Everybody knows wv
that they expect and hope to have some
body in the White House next time who
will be much less likely to- favor the use
of an enlarged power of the interstate
commerce commission omebody. {, who
is .tsafe.,' It is really Theodore Roose-
welt that they are afraid Of. sThey
know that If he sees occasion to exer-
else the enlarged power he will favor its
exercise. They also know that s: If he he
does not see the occasion for 1T. ne VIII
not urge it, and that they cannot In
auence his action one way or the other,
The assumed apprehension with regard
to the possible abuse Of this. power by
a q dangerous man. to be chosen to the
presidential office some time in the fu'
ture. is one Of the humors of the cam
paign for government rate regulation 4
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

eARrs--Journa1 on file at American Express
M Rue Scribe. and Eagle bureau eS Hst
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

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material from Germany runs to 50 1890 (
600, we buy in a year, manufactured
articles, including many fancy things, to
the extent of SIG ,666;OoO: Let a tariff
war come on that would shut out our
raw materials from Germany, and We
would sell it8somewhere else, and, rich
and prosperous as we are. it would do
us no material harm; but let Germany
lose our business in her manufactured
articles, and it would hurt her severely.
In the recent tentative overtures Of
Germany looking to reciprocal arrange
ments there is indication Of an appre-
citation on. her part OF the true situa-
tion. Her hostility Is very marked, yet
there is little doubt sthatsthere is aslit-
tie of the American game of bluff bt f be
hind it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

we are ali thankful except perhaps;
regarding turkey prices. @
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

Odessa rioters seemed to have no pride
whatever in large census figures. ''S =
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

a father has appealed to the faculty of
Columbia college to prevent his son play
ing football. Why not put him on the
well, don't mention the team
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

All papers are continued until an explicit order
ia received for discontinuance and untl "a AZ
rearageY are pald,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

LoNDoN-jcurnal on Lie at American Express
office. Waterloo place, and, u. .. express
Office: 80 Strand = .,,a.e' - - -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

CHICAGO oFFICE-Tribune building. - =
- -, 81. ~ Wy. PERRY, Manager.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

President Roosevelt is said to have
fixed Thanksgiving for the fifth instead
of the fourth Thursday in November, but
did he? Had not the football schedule
already fixed it,? %.l s.s
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

HEWA5YoRK HoFFICE-Trihune building. -
r" - -. - - d. A. CARROLL, Manager
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

WAsHINGToNf oFFICE--W. ". Jermans, enier
OF Washington Bureau, s01 -902 Colorado ouiio'
= Ing Northwestern visitors to Washington IN
Il gited to- make use of receptton-room, nnrary'
sta tionery,: telephone and, telegraph faclnues'
n Central location; Fourteenth and 6 streets NV
Copies OF The journal and northwestern news
papers file. i =, .~:ae. -4;r
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

NORWAY Journal ON file at American consul
ate, Christiania
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-07

0ENMARK-Iournal on file at American Lesa
tton. Feopenhagen. a. - - '-~|2