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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
SESSION NEARLY
HALF FINISHED
BULK OF THE WORK IS STILL BE;
-....} FORE THE LEGISLATORS.
Code Will Be Taken Up as Special Or
der in Both Houses Next Week and
Threshed Out-Board of Control Bill
to Be Settled in Senate Friday-Ju-
dietary Committees Have No Holiday.

The session of the 1905 legislature
is practically half finished, as far as
elapsed time is, concerned. The two
houses have already consumed forty
three of the ninety working days al
lowed them by law. Actual results. so
far are almost nil, and the remaining
forty-seven days will be extremely busy.
. Both houses will resume business TO-
morrow at 10 am, after a recess over
Washington s birthday. It was hoped
that the Judiciary committees could get
the revised code in shape for final
report to both houses tomorrow, but
that will not be possible before Saturday
at the earliest, and neither house will
get down to serious detailed consldera-
ton. Of the code before the first OF next
week. Both houses have other business
on hand, and it will take two or three
days to clear the decks for action on the
The senate has fixed Friday at II am
for final consideration Of the board of
control bill, and at that time will vote
the proposition to separate the unlver-
sity and the normal schools either up OF
down. The friends of the original bill
will stand pat. It is expected that the
Peachey amendment, removing the Fari:
bault and Owatonna schools from the
board of control, will be reconsidered
and voted down, as it is believed that
the bill thus amended cannot be passed
The members Of the. Judiciary com
mittees are working diligently on their
were about the capitol today, taking
advantage of the recess to get some; OF
the chapters in shape. After the sub
committees have done their work they
| submit their amendments to meetings OF
! the entire committee, where they are
passed on. No conference between the
been held, but some of the, chapters have
been rewritten by, united effort Of the
subcommittee from each house, so there
will not be much to get together on
and the attorneys in both houses art
sanguine that The code will be put il
good shape and passed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
Would Be a Dead Letter.

The discussion in the house yester-
day over the Adams lumber bill was
somewhat enlightening, but it did not
bring out all the facts bearing on the
question. If Mr.. Adams bill would
really bring any benefit to the con-
sumner, it would be, different matter,
but study Of conditions makes it plain
that a. law such as he proposes would
either have no effect at all, or else it
would be restraint of trade which
would operate against the consumer.
The bill requires all lumber manu-
featured and sold to measure fully up
to the dimensions it purports to have.
| If lumber is thin or narrow, it must
be labeled ";short measure. = It is well
known that the common inch lumber
thinner, and the surfacing on both sides
brings it down to about three quarters
Of an inch. This is well understood
by the trade, and, in fact, it was the
retail trade which first asked for this
thin saving. AS long as the scant
| measurement SuluC0S5 4OE LILO uses u
! which lumber is put, it is a distinct
saving in money. Logs go farther, ane
the freight for each thousand feet
which is large share Of the cost, il
much reduced by the lower weights.
! AS Representative De Laittre re
4 marked, the bill probably would hav'
no effect, except to cause all lumbe
j dealers to label their price lists AM
invoices ttshort measure. !" If the bill
is made more radical, and strikes on
the 1short-measure0 section, then j
will amount to tariff on lumber. Som
Minnesota mills will saw full measur
for consumption within the state, an
Z, the rest will saw according to the pres
ent standard for the trade outside
J. Lumber from Wisconsin, from the vel
low-pine mills, from the western white
/. pine districts, and from the fir an
cedar mills .of the Pacific coast. wi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
University Bills Considered.

Several bills affecting the state uni
versity were discussed by. the house
committee on university and university
lands yesterday. Some attention was
given to the Rachie bill, prohibiting. a
member Of the faculty from holding the
office Of regent of the university. The
measure is aimed directly at Dean w.
NJ. Liggett of the agricultural school,
and it hobs up periodically. IT was
opposed by j. T. Wyman, A. r.. McGill
and M. j. o Iaughlin, but action was
deferred until the author had been
given an opportunity to defend it. Sew
eral Representatives, spoke favorably of
the movement for an appropriation of
500 900 for. q Women's building at the
university. 80 Z; -. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
CHURCH FRATERNITY !
Presbyterians and Congregationalists
Unite for Revival Work.

The spirit of Christianity will be ex-
hibited in the united effort of the First
Presbyterian and Park Avenue Congre-
gational churches. These churches, sit
uated on the same block, the former at
and the latter at Park and Franklin
avenues, will begin a two weeks series
Of special services Sunday evening, I'M
der the leadership Of Rev. J. R. Pratt
Of Albany, N. Y.
Mr.. Pratt recently conducted success
full meetings at the Bethlehem Presby-
terrain church, greatly strengthening
that organization. The choirs of the
churches will unite in a large chorus.
The first weeks meetings, Feb. 26 to
March 4, afternoon and evening, will be
held in the First Presbyterian church
the second week, March Sill, in the
The public is invited to all these ser.
vices
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
THE PADEREWsKI PROGRAM
An Attractive List of Selections fol-
Tonight's Recital.

Paderewski, the Incompatible mas
ter Of the piano, will give a recital to-
night in Plymouth church. The pro-
gram arranged is an attractive one, Civ
ing sufficient opportunity for the. dis
satisfy students and ample scope for the
play Of his marvellous personality and
poetic imagination. Music lovers will
be especially pleased with the Schu-
mann and Chopin groups. The full
program follows:
Prelude ard fugue minor Bach List
Sonata Or 5 T. Observation-Disclosures. Beethoven
Variations on theme by Paganini -. Brahms
Nachsstuck .......... ........... Schumann
Toccata ................ Schumann
Nocturne On. 81, major .......... Chopin
Etude No. IL, F3, Op. 49,. Chopin
Valse Or AZ ............... Chopin
Nocturne Observation-Disclosures. PaderewSki
Rhapsodie .................... List
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
ChatteI Mortqaoe Laws.

To the Editor of The Journal.
I believe that a very grave defect ex-
lists in our laws regarding the official filing
place for chattel mortgages taken in the
ordinary course Of business. Under our
present system all chattel mortgages are
filed for record in the office of the town
clerk or of the village or city recorder in
which the mortgaged property is located.
This being the case, Yellow Medicine
county, for instance, has at least thirty
places for filing chattel mortgages, and
therein lies the dissatisfaction. In a very
considerable majority Of cases the town
clerk is necessarily a person who is not,
and cannot be expected to be, fully and
properly equipped for taking business-liko
care of papers, records, ETC., placed in his
custody as town clerk. Nearly every ele-
ment Of unsafety, such as fire, mice, mis-
chievous children or what not, surrounds
these records, which should be safeguard
ed with the utmost care and accuracy.
The taking and giving Of chattel mort
cages. is not an unimportant transaction;
our state should provide proper and safe
facilities for the carrying on Of such BUSH
ness. The present fee of 10 cents fox
filing Is very cheap, with a resultant and
CORRESPONDENCE cheap service. We all be-
lieVe lin !. the old axiom: whatever is
worth doing at all, is worth doing well, ="
and would suggest as a remedy the fol-
lowing: - j.
| Make the office of the county register
Of deeds the sole and only legal place of
record for chattel mortgages and their
satisfactions, with filing fee Of IS cents
Tor so cents. This, ! believe. would insure
quick. efficient and satisfactory service,
4 and, as would be the case in Yellow Medi-
cine county, make twenty mine fewer
places of record, with proportionate de-
crease in the liability to miscarriage or
destruction AS country banker, con-
slider the matter of sufficient Importance
to be brought for, serious consideration to
the notice of our respective members in
the legislature now assembled and would
respectfully suggest the cooperation o1
the bankers and newspapers of the state
to that end. n H. M, Hanson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
CITY We US
STRONG PLEA FOR
JUVENILE COURT
REV. HASTINGS H. HART FOUND
FAVOR WITH HIS HEARERS.

Long Experience in the Management of
Penal Institutions and Careful
Study of Their Effect upon the Young
Has Given the Speaker a Fund of
Valuable information.
Rev. Hastings H. Hart of Chicago
made g. convincing plea for juvenile
courts before large audience at the
Plymouth q Congregational church last
evening. The speaker s long and varied
experience in the management and
study Of the effect Of penal institutions
upon the young has given him a fund Of
valuable.
Mr.. Hart has been associated with
Judge T. B: Hurley in the Chicago iu-
venile court and urges the establish
ment Of similar courts in Minnesota.
He prefaced his remarks upon, the value
of juvenile courts by paying a high
compliment to the efficiency Of the Min
n na?S Humane society, which, he
properly belongs to a juvenile court.
@~"Potentially, the Juvenile court law,
as. adopted by the legislature of Hi
nois, providese for the solution Of the
entire economic problen-the problem
OF Ignorance, poverty and crime'' as
serted the speaker, and he proceeded to
e ct the great advancement made in
venile courts, thru which there pass in
a year upward of $500 children.
"The great beauty of the Juvenile
court law; said Mr.. Hart. s'is that
under. it's operation the child is not
treated as a criminal, he is not arrested
and brought up for trial, convicted Of q
crime, and committed even for a day
ho nd
criminals. If anyone is on trial it il
the parent. 4n'
"Parent and child are merely sum
served by the probation officer, VIII
himself appears as the. representative
OF the child The inquiry is conduct
ed in an informal way, without refer
ence to the ordinary laws Of EVIDENCE
{: since no CONVICTION is to result; Tn
1 the condition Of the child, and thel
make provision for him, according tt
the demands Of the case.
: cit is considered as always best, i
the conditions render it possible, t.
eaye the fhi i1 in th the custody Of tn
| is committed possibly to the state train
ing school, or if it be a girl, perhaps t.
the girls home;< or the child is turne,
over to the probation officer, to b
placed in some family home. In thi
home he still remains under the super
vision Of the officer for certain lengt]
Of time.
'The authority given by the law t
remove the child under certain condi
tions from the custody of the parents
has been found to have a remarkabl
effect in bracing up the parents to tax
proper care of their offspring.'
H. P. Roberts, president Of the locs
. Humane society, made a few. remark
and introduced Mr.. Hart. Rev. 7. F
: Thurston also spoke briefly Of the wor
being done along this line in Mime
apolis. - 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
READY FOR BANQUET
Large Attendance in Prospect for Hen.
nepin County Committee Function.

Arrangements are complete for the
banquet, this evening, of the Hennepin
county republican committee, at the
Nicollet hotel General c. E. Carr of
Galesburg, ILL.,, prominent in national
politics for a half century, will be the
speaker Of the evening. Other speak
ers will include Lieutenant Governor
the house; Mayor d. P. Jones; T. II.
Girling; former Senator W. D. Wash
burn, and j. G. Eliel. About four hun
bred and fifty plates will be served.
Some two hundred members Of the state
legislature will be present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
TURN IT OVER TO STATE
Humane Society Favors Bill to Gre
ate a State Humane Agent.

The Minnesota Humane society has
soon be introduced, giving the state
charge Of the work of the society. 1t
provides an annual appropriation of
$4,000, and puts the work Of the soci-
ETY. in the hands of a general ageE,
who will be an officer of the state gov
eminent.
The bill was drafted by committee
consisting Of President Abbott of the
st. Paul society, President Roberts of
the Minneapolis society and Secretary
Fugate of the state society. 1t was
discussed and approved yesterday at a
meeting Of the state society.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
rake Up Educational Bills

The house committee on education
met yesterday to consider the. johnson
bill, providing for farm schools on tn
Menomonie plan, thruout the state, ant
the Mannix bill giving bonuses O
$1,000 to the first ten rural school
which make arrangements for teaehln,
agriculture and kindred branches.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
Wisconsin quitable Case.

The case which the insurance COM
missioner of Wisconsin has just lost to-
the Equitable Insurance company con-:
tanned the gist of the controversy be-
tween the insurance companies and the
public. The Wisconsin =, law provides
that companies doing business in that
state may make distributions Of surplus
at the end Of two, three or five years.
The commissioner construed this to-
mean that the company must make
distribution at the end Of the longest
period, and when it failed to do so, at
tempted to revoke it's license to do
business in Wisconsin,. On this point
he has been beaten in the supreme
court. ",
Nearly all the trading in the people IS
insurance money in Wall street has
been done thru the manipulation Of
this undistributed surplus. The ton
tine policy does not assure man any
return of profit until the end Of ten
or twenty years, and if he dies day
before his tontine period expires, his
estate loses the surplus and obtains
only the face of the policy. The theory
of these tontined contracts is that the
companies will be earning interest on
the surplus for the policy holder and
that he will participate in the accre.
tions from the lapses Of policies in his
own class. Meanwhile the officers o1
the company have sport with his money
AS they do not owe him anything until
the tontine period expires, and as, he
has bound himself in advance to ac
| cept any settlement they may offer
they are perfectly secure in their high
handed work. That the tontine bust
ness does not result in liberal settle
ments is made perfectly apparent by
Mr.. Beards1ey's showing, in the Era
Of the dividends of the big three New
York companies. In 1873, before thu
deferred distri button business was 81
rampant, one of them, on a. premium
income Of $l7,00o,000 in round figures
returned to it's policy holders $S,000,00(
in dividends. In 1908 the same compa
ny, on a premium income of over $50,
100000, returned in dividends $4,000,
900, showing that either expenses hat
run up at furious rate, or that tn
money of the company had not beef
earning enough to make a dot on tn
financial sky.
! In 1903 the "big three" on pre-
MUM income of $239,ooo,ooo, paid poll
cy holders $12,2oo,o00, while min
smaller companies, on a premium in
como of half. this amount, returned t
their policy holders about $4,000
more than the New York companies.
What is the cause of this deplorabl
failure Of these large concerns to max
reasonable showing9 Mr.. Beardsle
finds it in their extravaganza, in tn
shipbuilding trust and some other fai
ing ventures which should never hav
been touched by insurance trust fund
What is the remedy? An assau
upon these companies9 No. There
too much already at stake. The stat
law Of Wisconsin seems to be too sho1
to reach. Perhaps we shall never hav
J. satisfactory inspection of 'insuran<
companies from states. Federal supe
vision seems to be the remedy. 1t hs
< been alluded to by the president in h
annual message, but the present CO.
: gress will not take up the subject. Y
L it is a fruitful field for legislation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
After the Perouisites.

The judiciary committee of the sen
ate has acted favorably upon the M. D
Flower house. bill, making it stat
The bill will be recon
mended for passage at the meeting o.
the senate tomorrow morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

Fs One Of the most alarming things about
the situation in the senate is that the
word has been passed along the line that
senators must prepare to discuss measures
In "clear, concise speeches Splendid
idea. but will it work in the senate? II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

The Chicago Journal tells Of a South
Dakota man who IS the father Of nine
sets Of triplets. One instance Of this
kind in the life of the ordinary man
would not be so much q .'trip-let'' as a
throw downlet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

Reports from Delaware say that tho
senatorial deadlock will continue to the
end Of the session and that Addicks will
disappear as force in state politics. Adj
dicks is DID, broken in fortune, bankrupt
in good name and his political estate
would not pay the necessary expenses Of a
receivership.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

All phases Of the antipass proposition
are now before the legislature. The bill
introduced bySRepresentative Ware. yes
terday only prohibits public officials from
accepting favors and privileges withheld
from the general public. Members who
look at the question only from it's moral
side, and do not believe in the abolition 81
all passes. can pin their allegiance tc
the Ware bill. There is also a. moral side
to the Peterson bill, however. In the words
of r. M. La Toilette, "a free pass is q
discrimination, and no public service cor
vice" The pass and the secret rebate
are equally vicious forms Of discrimina.
ton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
little Delaware" has done the countr,

( Little Delaware has done the country
real service. For ten years an uncor-
ruptible faction of the republican party
has fought Addicks away from the senate
until it begins to look as tho the gas man
was thoroly tired out. It would have paid
Connecticut to put up the same kind Of
a war against the unspeakable Senator
the nutmeg state in t'the. club s.s :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

L, A campaign Is being made in a quiet
way.against yellow pulpitism." Some of
the cheaper brand of expounders certainly
skate very close to the variety theater IN
their choice Of subjects. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

| Here's IIoke Smith severely arraign-
| ing Secretary Hitchcock for making "a
baseless charge Will Mr.. Hokesmith
please step up to the desk and be iden-
tilted? .as 4. - r 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

Lincoln Steffens has roasted Rhode
Island politics to a crisp brown. That
there is something in his cutlery is shown
not only by the fact Of Senator Aldrich.
but by the association of forty clergymen
of the Protestant Episcopal church, who
met in secret conference at Providence
recently and formed themselves into q
band determined to do what IS in their
power to reform the politics Of the state.
They have asked the bishop of the do
cese to appoint a committee Of seven to
make Investigations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
Investigators win Hear Complaints.

The Legislative committee investioat
ing Insurance rates will meet Friday.
At ths time Insurance Commissions
o 'Brien will appear before the commit
tee, ard complaints will be heard from
the RefsWing board of trade relative tx
alleged ,exorbitant rats for fire insuy
ances tEres -.--.--- s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

: There is Canadian woodsmens
theory that "spring rises out of the
ground" due in some degree to the nat
ural warmth Of the earth. They are
claiming in Canada now that this earth
warmth is noticeable and that we are
certain to have an early spring, this
year. The optimism Of the Canadians in
the face of February is something amaz-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

TO Southern Texas, $27.75 Round Trip.
Galveston, Fort Worth, Houston and
Beaumont. To New Orleans and return,
$25.6O. Tickets on sale February 81 and
March z and 21. Limited twenty-one
days. Stopovers permitted. Call on
J. G.. Rickel, city ticket agent, 424
Nicollet aY. n.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

Pearl H. Smith has brought his suit to
set aside the Mabel Evans lease on the
Virginia "sliver," and now perhaps we
will learn some Of the facts about that
peculiar transaction. The claimant al
leges that the lease is not really owned
by Mabel Evans. but by George Finn and
I. c. Patterson, the former land clerks,
and by Messrs.. Wilson and Baker. attor-
lar impression to that effect, and If Mr..
Smith can produce evidence to substan-
tiate his claim, it will be read with consid-
cradle interest. 49, -, >..- d.. ;s.,.-s =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

There is no one article in the line Of
medicines that gives so large a return
for the money as a good porous
strengthening plaster, such as Carter s
Smart Weed and Belladonna Backache
sPlaStarS ssss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

y A local club interested in municipal at
fairs has decided that the trouble with
the gas is thatsthe financial pressure is
too high and gas pressure too low.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

Premier Balfour, groggy and hanging
over the ropes, declines to throw up the
sponge He is waiting for somebody to
walk UP and knock him out. It is too
brutal job for Chamberlain and the lib
erals don't seem to have enough steam in
their blows.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

The size and abundance Of the ice
blocks going into the icehouses this
winter would indicate to the thoughtless
some cheap ice next summer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22
Big ATTENDANCE EXPECTED.

I Acker and Garfield posts, G. A. R., will
hold their annual campfire in the Peo-
pies church, st. Paul. March and 9.
The out of town guests are expected to
number more. than a thousand. Among
the speakers will be J. Adam Bede, con-
gresham from the. eighth district, and
DR.. Cyrus Northrop, president Of the
state university.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

4 William Henry MoodJAs work in vivi-
secting the beef trust is by. all odds the
nearest to football we can get in the dead
Of winter. <"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

If Mr.. Finlayson had written that let
ter to the governor under his own sigma
sture, it might have held some valuable
advice for the states chief executive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

Standard OH stock was forced under
600 yesterday, but it is still some distance
from the record Of Steel stock, which still
looks like 80 cents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

IT would look as tho D. Donohoe hat
stolen a. march upon Lawson by gettin,
himself arrested for criminal libel first
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-22

1t would be almost 9 calamity to have
the war close now, before the submarine
boats have shown how they can slaughter
q bunch Of men,. ~1s,a@