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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
BOOKS ON AMERICA
Two Works Published in Christiania
Recently. II

While Danish literature is fairly well
provided with books dealing with
America and American life-notabIe
among which is Cavling's ERA Amer
ika ''-Norwegian literature has been
comparatively poorly off. Only the last
year or two has produced any at all
readable works in this line, says the
New York Post. We refer to som Chi
cago,' by Peter Daae, and "Det
Norske Amerika,'' by Thoralf Klave-
ness. both published by Cammermeyer
in Christiania. The author of the for
mer work has for a good many years
the staff of a Norwegian paper pub
lished there, and is accordingly familiar
enough with the several phases of life
in the western metropolis, which he de-
scribes as HAmerica s most American
city, and the third largest Norwegian
city in the world.
The other book mentioned is more
ambitious in its character. Mr.. Klave-
ness is the editor of provincial paper,
States at the expense of the Norwegian
government, with a so-called journal
ist s scholarship. His 26O richly illus
trated pages with no apparent connec-
tion between illustrations and text,
however) purpose to give an account
Of the life Of Norwegian emigrants to
the United States. with casual refer
ence to American life in general. The
book naturally contains a good many
enlightening remarks, but also abounds
in errors and misstatements, and the
author evidently takes himself rather
more seriously than most of his reaaers
will feel inclined to do. An introduce
tory autograph letter from Biornson
praises the work highly, particularly
son s own. :"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
~ - WORSE OFF THAN EVER =
No Possibility of Reorganizing Build
ing Trades on Present Plan,

Failure seems to have met the efforts
to reorganize the Building Trades coun-
Gil. Altho several weeks have passed
since the move was begun, the project
is no nearer realization than at first.
Some say the chances are not nearly
SO bright now, as it is said some Of
the organizations which participated in
the preliminary meetings Of the dele
gates have withdrawn.
r One Of the officers of the council said
last night that the plan would fail, and
that only seven organizations were left
in the ranks Of those which favored re-
organization, while ten remained with
the present council. This man says
that the matter will have to be gone
about in an entirely different way than
that proposed if success is to crown
the efforts of those who really desire
to see. a council which will include
within its membership all the unions
of the building trades.
x All hope has not been abandoned by
the promoters Of a reorganization, and
meetings will be held until develop
ments. show that there is really no
chance to get all together. +.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
ST. PAUL PAINTERS
Expected that They Will Get the Same
Scale as Minneapolis.

A special meeting Of the Painters
District Council was held at Alexan.
der's hall last Sunday morning. The
business considered was the conditions
in ST. Paul, and the meeting was at,
tended by very large number Of dele,
gates.
. A conference has been arranged be-
tween the master painters Of st. Paul
and a committee Of the union, which
will be held at st. Paul next Monday
evening, at which time occurs the reg:
ular meeting of the bosses. There now
seems to be every likelihood that a set.
Element will be reached. The men
have agreed to. waive several things
which were Objectionable to the EN-
ployers, and the only thing about which
there is any dispute is the question Of
wages. In this the union will be salts.
fed if a raise Of 21ac is given, which
would make the St. Paul scale the same
as that prevailing in Minneapolis
which is desired by some of the employ:
ers. With a raise of q ac the scale will
be 371bc an hour.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
MINISTER MEMBER
MAY Be CHAIRMAN
REV. w. O. WALLACE MAY PRE-
SIDE AT. GoMPERs MEETING.
Twin City Committees Planning for
Reception Of the Head Of the Ameri-
can Federation-H Will Appear
First in Minneapolis, Spending Three
Evenings in the Two Cities.

The special reception committee of
the Trades and Labor assembly which
has in hand the making of arrange
ments for the reception and entertain
ment OF Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation Of Labor, who
comes to Minneapolis on May %, "a
and 25, met with committee from the
St. Paul assembly at Alexander 8 hall
last Monday evening. It has been de-
cided that Mr.. Gompers shall be here
the night Of the 23d and the day of the
Oath. He will go to St. Paul the latter
evening, where he will be the guest of
the ST., Paul unions. On the night of
the 25th he will be entertained by the
St. Paul and Minneapolis Elks at ST.
Paul. - ..;..
All the local unions are taking an
active interest in the visit of Mr.. Com
pers, and a large audience room is be-
ing sought in order to accommodate
the expected crowds.
Because of the fact that the presi
dent of the Trades assembly is directly
concerned in the business responsible
for Mr.. Gompers' contemplated trip
1T is thought that an outsider will be
chosen by the committee to preside al
the mass meeting. Among those who
are mentioned for this honor is Rev
W. O.. Wallace, the representative il
the assembly Of the Presbyterian Min
listers association, who would undoubt
eddy be acceptable to all.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
WANT TIE FREE BUREAU
Local Labor Interests Will Welcome
State Agency.

If quarters can be secured free there
will be a state free employment bureau
established in Minneapolis. On &C.
count Of the smallness of the .appro-
priation made by the legislature for
the work, it is necessary, if there is to
be branch in this city. that it be had
without cost to the state labor depart.
ment. Negotiations will be entered
into shortly to get room in the cityhall
building, and if these are successful
it, is said Labor Commissioner Williams
will establish agencies in both cities
the st. Paul branch to be maintained
at the capitol. t.: =
Minneapolis unionists are quite anx
ious to see the experiment of. a free
employment bureau tried here, and the
matter will soon be taken up and ar
effort made to induce the city or county
authorities to grant the use Of suitable
rooms for the purpose. The work will
be performed by the employees of the
state bureau in both cities, and tho
appropriation will be used to meet ex
penses in connection with the main
tenance of the bureaus.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
DENMARK's NEW MINISTERS
Were Promoted from Bureau Chiefs to
High Places.

Commander Joachim Moltke Kfoed-
Hansen, the new minister for the Danish
navy, is 81 years old, being born at
Haderslev, March 20, 1854. He be;
came an officer in the navy in 1871, and
reached the grade of commander IN
1900. A year later he entered the
marine department as director, succeed.
ing Admiral Zachariae.
Alfred Theophilus Seedorff, the new
minister of war, has the rank of lieu
tenant colonel in the army. He was
born in 1853 and received his commits
sion in the army in 1874. Two years
ago he was placed in charge of the first
department of the war ministry, an
office which is now united with the war
portfolio.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
Law Enforcement.

The transfers strike in Chicago has
teamsters who have been hired by
Montgomery Ward & Co. to take the
place of the strikers are daily mobbeG,
beaten and manned, the drivers of the
United States mail wagons calling at
the same store are never molested. The
difference in treatment is due not to
a different estimate by the strikers Of
the attitude Of the government wagon
drivers toward their cause, but whole
some fear Of the law enforced by the
federal government. It has become an
axiom that Uncle Sam, being some
what removed from local influence, en-.
forces his laws with severe penalties,
while the local police force very seldom
sits down heavily on riotous individ-
uals. .@ ..-:. ~.
The contrast is not very creditable
to the local administration Of law. Chi
cago has large police force and Wash
ington only handful Of deputy mar,
shals. But behind the marshals is a
great and mysterious entity, namely,
the national government, which has
never been known to err on the side
of sympathy with lawlessness.
Why is municipal administration SO
slack in its regard for laws It is in
some measure because municipal off
GERS are elected for short terms, and
they. do not like to take the chance of
defeat at the polls by enforcing law
which a few, people want enforced and
9 large number of people would like to
see set aside. There. is very little popu.
larity to be gained from rigid law en-
foreement, while there may be consid
cradle political gain in showing sym
pathy with the struggling mass.
The sentiment of sympathy is al
4 wrong, of course, when it goes ito the
extent of winking at infractions of law
Butsa political career. is based like .
successful speculate study Of
conditions and shrewd guess at wher
& to take hold and when to let go.
There may come time when munic
ipal administration will be less Of {
scandal than it il. at present, but it vii
be when the polite force has been re
IA = n i <
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
NATIVE SONS TO DINE
Governor and Mayor Join in Gathering
of Society Tonight.

Sons and daughters of the pioneers of
the state will meet this evening at
Donaldson's tea room for the annual
supper and reunion Of the Native Sons
of Minnesota. The supper will be fol-
lowed by a program of music
and addresses. Among the speak
|ers will be Governor John A. johnson,
Mayor David P. Jones and E. w. Ran
dali, all of whom are natives of the
state, DR.. w. e. Leonard, president of
the association, will make short talk
on the purpose and scope of the associa-
ton and urge the desirability of extend
ing it to cover the entire state. Ed
ward A. Bromley will show pioneer
scenes with his stereopticOn.
The supper tomorrow evening is open
not only to members and their wives,
but to all gentlemen who were born in
the state not less than thirty-five years
ago. The tickets cost one dollar.
The present officers are: DR.. Will
liam E. Leonard. president; George An
drews, vice president; Frank Gowen,
secretary; w. G. johnson, treasurer.
The arrangements for the supper are
in charge of a committee consisting of
DIR. P. NJ. Holl, Frank w. Cook. Harlow
Gale. Hugh r. Scott, Burt B. Townsend
and H. H. s. Rowell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
SCARE UNFOUNDED
Gun Cotton Imports Are for Norwegian
Mines.

tion early in April with story of un-
usual importations of gun cotton by
Norway. According to a telegram
from Malmo there had been shipped
from a powder mill in Skaane, Sweden,
about three thousand Kilograms of gun
cotton to Christiania,. which quantity
was said to be excessive and caused
much speculation as to what Norway
was up to when the home powder mills
could not supply the demand.
Aftenposten of Christiania, in reply,
stated that there was nothing wrong
with Norway or her powder mills. The
latter do not manufacture gun cotton,
altho Norway uses considerable quaint
ties in mining operations. One mining
company alone used upwards of 200
kilos annually and the importations
were not unusual.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
From st. Paul Unions.

A letter has been received by the st.
Paul assembly asking that labor unions
wake no further m Mus to the
ing that the United Garment Workers
Of America be given financial aid.
st. Paul ice-Wagon drivers have Sc.
City, People s, St. Paul and North
western Ice companies to a scale of
wages which is in many respects the
same as last year. 1t provides for the
payment Of $75 month six. months
Of the year and $50 for the remainder.
Helpers and icehouse men who have
been in service for long time will
receive $40 month in summer and $50
in winter, while new men are to re-
ceive $50 in summer and $50 in winter.
Thomas German Of Pressmen' IS union,
No. 80, has been elected delegate to
the San Francisco convention. The
union elected R.. M. Roller president;
R. Schoeneman, vice president, and
Henry G.. Rollins, financial secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
Superannuated Professors.

Andrew .Carnegie's offer to set aside
$1O,OOO,OOO for the assistance of super
animated college professors has a ring
Of true goodness in it. Ten million
dollars in 5 per cent bonds would pro-
duce 100000 annually, which would
give 1000 men $500 year each. The
sum is not enough to keep man in
luxury, but, it is sufficient to place him
beyond the dread Of becoming help
less burden. ,....
There are thousands of college pro-
fessors in this country and Canada
working for salaries which prohibit
their laying up anything for. old age.
These men, who spend their lives in
preparing others for usefulness and pos
sibly for fame and fortune, are often
forgotten. Requests to colleges nearly
always take the form of some valuable
token to the college itself or of cash
for buildings in which to carry on it's
work for the future. Seldom are the
men who serve on the faculties men
toned. Some institutions, it is true,
make provisions for the old age of their
teachers, but these are few. The main
body of the faculties of the American
colleges may be said to be without any
assurance for their declining years.
It may be asked why the old age
of a college professor should be taken
care of any more than that of lawyer
or doctor. Because the lawyer or the
doctor works for himself. He has the
opportunity of doing two things which
the professor cannot do: He may make
q large income, IF he has the ability,
while the professor, no matter how
able is tied to the limit of the prevail
ing wage for the average teacher. The
practitioner may 7also run his expenses
to suit himself, while the professor is
obliged to keep up a certain appear
ance, one seldom justified by his salary.
Taking these two advantages of him.
the state owes some compensation. The
state seldom gives it. Mr.. Carnegie
does well by his donation to call at
tention to the subject, which is one
well worth public attention.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
LABOR NOTES.

O. NJ. Wassing OF the Retail Clerks associa-
ton has been installed as secretary of the
United Union Label Council. - 1s-.s -
The Minneapolis local of the International As
scciat ton of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
has voted unanimously in favor of continued
affiliation with the Structural Building Trades
alliance. Returns of the vote being taken thru
out the country must be in the hands of the
convention which meets on May Is, at Buffalo,
N.
Edwin Mfllwurd. we'll known member of the
Paperhangers' union. died Wednesday morning at
his home at 1909 Longfellow avenue: ~
E.. Strand has been elected temporary bust
ness agent Of the Stonemasons' union. 1t is
thought the office will soon be made permanent.
Officers Of the Billposters' union We're elected
Sunday, follows: Recording secretary. 2. A:
Luckensmeyer; business agent, w. Mcdonald;
delegate to Trades Assembly. J. J. Whitehead. a
e. B. Loberg of the Metal Polishers has been
elected a delegate to the Metal Trades council.
tainment at AleXander's hall Wednesday even
ing. miscellaneous progr I'm was enjoyed by a
large audi ance
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
Capitol Walls Peeli1lg.

The new capitol is not coming to
pieces. The public must not take I'M
necessary alarm from the reports of
disintegration. The foundations Of
the building are still solid, SO far as
known, and the most serious results OF
the ravages of time are to the ginger
bread and gilt decorations in the gov
ernor's apartments. They were only
put on last January, but already, some
of the veneered panels on the walls
and doors have warped themselves
loose and have disclosed some ugly bare
spots.
It is no use to accuse the governor
and his democratic henchmen OF trying
their jackknives on the walls in retalla-
ton for the Horton bill. Hardwood
veneer is poor whiting material, and
tho the frills that surround him must
offend The governors Jeffersonian
ideas, he would hardly want to see his
own apartments disfgured. No doubt
tho capitol commission has ordered the
contractor to make good and replace
the spoiled work with seasoned wood
that will stand the test of more than
three months exposure. If the com
mission has not some hold on the con-
tractor, then it has been 'stuck.'
It seems to be plain case of botched
work. Some Of the interior wall fill
ing disclosed by the fallen panels does
not look like work built to last hun
dred years. Neither does the wax
which fills some Of the great cracks in
the. stone columns.
The capitol commission has sincere
pride in the building, of course, and
wants to see it remain a creditable
monument for future generations. In
that case it will compel contractors tc
complete every detail up to the high
est standard. These little makeshifts
and shoddy pieces Of work must be
replaced by genuine workmanship. The
little frills, garish tho some Of then
may be, are essential to the scheme Of
the apartments, and they should be as
permanent as the foundation stones
The new capitol is no place for shoddy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
THE UNEAsY cHAIR

sEs STORY OF AN ELoPEMENT BY AN
ELoP one sWho has y Hoped ought,
from experience, Ito .be Nables to tell al,
selopement story we'll if, Of course, he
could tell any story we'll Therefore
Princess EIopes, by Harold MacGrath,
who recently eloped (and successfully,
too II certain New York paper may
be sbelievedo, should be realistic and
stirring tale. 1t is both, despite the fact
that the scene is laid in an imaginary
grand duchy after the manner Of 'The
Prisoner Of Zenda.'' But the strange part
of the thing Is, chat Mr.. MacGrath wrote
the book first and eoped afterward with
the young woman to whom he had dedi-
Gated his book. sE5ts2tsav
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
One hardly knows what to think about
the matter. Was Mr.. rMacGrath SO taken
with the joys of clipping from the expe-
riences of esrhero and heroine of his
story that he could not withstand the
temptation to try himself? Did he
write the book and dedicate it as he did
as a plea to- THE @young woman, who he
hoped would become Mrs. MacGrath, to
elope with him EtOr was his elopement
planned just following the publication OF
the book as q clever means of advertising
All three theories seem plausible enough
s However, 1.-THE book, as one Of "The
Pocket Books Of the BoPbs- Merrill com
pany, is a bright and sprightly yarn OF
a princess whose father was determined
to we'd her to prince old enough to be
her grandfather, In order to put an end
to her ''escapades." The princess said
she wouldn't and she didn't. How. she
foiled her papa, is Mr.. MacGrath's story,
and it IS full Of the dash and go that
married. dis former book, 1.-The Man on the
Box" s.Ts - r-.~s -. - -.
The Bobbs Merrill company, indianapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
seems that. Mr.. ouist Is, not lit

ssI It seems that MI: Quist iss not altos
gether satisfied with some Of the light and
airy persiflage INDUCED In with respect
to his verdict, by some Of the newspapers.
C. A must be hard to please. He cer-
tainly got the best of the bargain, even
If he didn't get very much of Kiichli's
money. Presumably 1t wasn't the money
he was after, and if he were going to
measure the value of his reputation in dol
lars he should have demandeds7a great
many more than he did. A verdict for
$4,000 would have been a much more se-
rious thing for Kiichli, but it wouldn't
have proved anything more of advantage
to Quist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
MUCH MONEY HANDLED
Cigarmakers' Reports for 1904 Make
Fine Showing.

In the current number of the Cigar.
makers Official Journal appears the an.
tional Cigarmakers Union. It is a
most fattering one, and the figures pre-.
sented give comprehensive resume OF
the financial transactions Of the organi
zation. The total amount handled by
local officers in 1904 reached the enor.
nous total Of $2.583,8 SCALA.
The largest item Of expense was
$163, 226.18 for sick benefits, az against
$147, 054.56 in 1903, or an increase OF
E$16.171.62.
The second largest item of expense
$15l, 1928, was for death benefits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
A Roast for Nansen.

T, Post och Inrikes Tidning, the official
paper Of Sweden, -criticises DR.. Fridtjof
Nansen very sharply for his articles in
sular question. 1t says:
Professor Nansen from Christiania,
on his foreign tour, has served various
foreign papers with highly distorted
presentation of the causes and the
status of the Swedish Norwegian con-
fict. His motive is fully as clear as it
is discreditable, for it cannot be as
sumed that he is as grossly ignorant as
his conduct might indicate.'
One familiar with the conditions in
Scandinavia can imagine what the news
papers Of Norway said to their Swedish
contemporary. ~, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
WOMEN STRIKE
Forty Employees of Royal Porcelain
Works Are Out.

Forty of the female decorators at the
royal porcelain works at Copenhagen
laid down their work on April 9 and are
on strike. The strike was caused by
a clash between one of the women and
the director over an order, which the
woman refused to obey. She was dis
the works. It is understood that they
demand higher wages as one of the com
dition for their return. The maximum
wages is Is kroner per month, after
having had six years experience.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28

Just as the world has adapted itself to
the doctors injunction to drink copiously
of water, now comes the latest Medical
Record with the alarming statement that
water increases the supply of nitrogen,
and this, in turn, causes too much stimu-
lation of 'proteid catholicism Without
being in a position to feel cocksure about
this, it might be we'll to have your pro-
YOU trouble. r,,.l
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
Union Label Entertainment.

A. O. u. W. hall, corner Third and
Central avenues NE, has been selected
as the place for holding the third of
the series of entertainments being given
by the United Union Label council.
The date is Tuesday evening, May g..
exceptionally meritorious program,
upon the conclusion there will be two
hours of dancing. The full program
will appear next week. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
Lithographers' Ball.

Twin City Lithographers' union, No:
10, will hold it's seventh annual ball
at East Side Turner hall, this city,
tomorrow evening. The advertising
matter and programs are very artistic.
The arrangement committee is made up
of Messrs. P. F. Gerber, R. Dahlstrom,
sci and E. Niedenfuer, who will be
assisted by the following: Messrs. J.
Ref, R. Brown, A. Fisher, F. Luecke,
C. Merger, E. Gruetzman. J. Cough
lin, J. Tucker, P. Fabel and P. Mach.
Albert label will be master Of cere-
monies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
; Captain Edlund Returns,

Captain EdMnd of the Swedish army,
who has been with the Russian army in
Manchuria for year, has returned from
the far east and is the lion Of the
day. He wore the new campaign uni
form of the Swedish army and brought
the gratifying intelligence that it was
generally commended by the foreign at
taches and the Russian officers as neat
and serviceable. @ -.. ..-.-.-