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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
The MAYORS Ideas.

Mayor D. P. Jones is firmly convinced
that parents and school teachers should
high schools. "A1tho I am a member
Of a college fraternity, and was very
pleasantly associated with it when in
college and since. I would not advocate
it's introduction in the high schools, -
said he. "The influence cannot but be
harmful as the tendency, is to distract
the attention Of the pupils from their
studies and necessary recreation. In
the university the students are mature
enough to know what they want to do,
especially if they want to join any or
CARNATIONS, but it is hardly a question
for high school boys. The practice of
rushing has been carried too far, and
soon they will be going into the grades
for pledgelings,, if they have not al
John A. Schlener, member of the
board Of education and formerly it's
president. says that while the board
has not been called upon to act, the
members, as far as he knows, deplore
the system as there have been numer-
Gus complaints from the principals of
the harmful influence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20

eARIs-Journal on file at Eagle bureau, IS Rue
Cannon
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20
THE FRAIERNIIY,SYSIElN
nv OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
Generally agreed That 1t Should Be Rooted Ont I'm.
democratic and CyeatiOe of False Social Ideals I'M
Children Not Capable of Afbreciating the
True Basis Of Social Distinctioms-A
Consensus of Opinion.

The opposition of the high school
principals, the superintendent Of schools
and the board of education to high
school fraternities has been made un-
mistakable this year. They are deter
mined that secret societies shall be ban
preservation Of a healthy inspiring
school spirit, and in the interests Of
scholarship and good discipline.
The authorities preferring to try per-
suasion first, have brought pressure to
bear upon the pupils and the parents to
induce them to cooperate in securing
the peaceful dissolution of all the fra
,drawal Of Tau Kappa Psi from the Cen
trail high school. This was the first of
the girls organizations formed, and it
will initiate no new members after this
year, and will thus pass out Of the
school by the graduation of its present
members.
Many parents and grade teachers
have been interviewed and out of long
list selected wholly without knowledge
their, intelligence, progressiveness and
genuine interest in the public school
system, not a. single out-and-out defend
er of the system could be found. Nine
out of ten favored emphatically- the sup.
preston of the fraternities. Many of
. Iu0Se pdT6uGS QdQ cQ1lOTeQ WHO were
fraternity members; they had no per-
/ sonal grievance, but felt that it was for
the interest Of the schools that such a
potent cause Of clique and caste feeling
should be removed. Many had given
reluctant permission to their children to
join because to refuse meant social os-
tracism, which they felt it cruel to i'm
pose on the children needlessly.
|" This year on account Of the attention
called to the matter effort has been
made by parents to keep children out of
fraternities. C. T. Thompson, taking
the view that the chief objection to the
fraternities was to those inside, the ones
supposed to be benefited kept his child
rem out as did his partner, A. M. Keith
for identical reasons.
| Mr.. Thompson is emphatic In his con
demnation, and he has given the matter
careful thought. He said: "The
fraternities are a positive evil. Such
organizations demand more experience
than children Of high school age have
The relations formed are the closest
except those Of marriage, and they are
not fitted to form any. such permanent
and binding ties. I object to segrega
tion along the lines Of fraternities al
such an early age. In addition, the
fraternities take all interest out Of elias:
organizations, take time from schoo
work and encourage late hours.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-20

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office, 80 Strand.
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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28
JAPANESE POLICEMEN.

A Japanese policeman seldom has
much trouble in making an arrest. He
is invested with all the majesty of the
law! and to the Japanese law is SUI
preme. 1t seems very peculiar to see
him holding a solemn court in the
street to settle some dispute between
the inhabitants. The surrounding
crowd shows no disposition to ridicule
and banter. With the utmost gravity
he examines the parties interested
notes down the information given, and
finally pronounces his decision, which
is generally obeyed without question
This absolutism strikes the foreigner
all the more because the policemen
are usually youthful in appearance
and small in figure. Five feet two
inches is the standard height. and
twenty-one is the minimum age for en-
trance into the force. Every police
man receives minute instructions as
to his department, the position of his
hands when standing, sitting, ETC., ano
the length of his hair, which must not
be more than two inches in front, nor
seven-tenths of an inch on the neck"
The police are for the most part re-
cruited from the old Samaurai. the
feudal class of past ages, and for the
most part they appear to carry out the
code of honor handed down to them
from generation to generation. They
are an intelligent, determined and
courageous set of men, well disci-
plined, and said to be above corrup-
ton
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28
is FICTION DOOMED?

A broad-minded student of litera-
ture, who follows closely the trend Of
modern thought, remarked to the
writer that he had been much inter-
ested in the discussion of Twill Our
Books Liver" in these columns last
week. The student then added that
in his opinion the habit of novel read
ing was now assuming the proportions
of craze which had almost reached
it's climax and which would in two or
three generations at most be almost
unknown.
This is a striking as well as a broad
statement, but there are not wanting
signs which give considerable support
to this view.
The habit of fiction reading, as
compared with other forms of literary
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28
THE UINTAH OPENING.

It now begins to look like the ianaS
of the Uintah reservation will pe
drawn by lottery, and the opehlls
postponed until sometime along III
the summer. While we are all tl,ea
of these delays, it must be conceue ~
that May is a much better montn co., ~
point of convenience, than March, ~,
the opening. The argument is nia "S
that if the original intention was O Az
hered to of opening it on March lV' ~
the settlers would be able to geI oiu
crops this year, but this would ra ssst
be the case, as it will take the n.o'
year to construct canals, ditches, e..|
and generally prepare for the P Pla nre
ing and irrigation of crops; ln ioar
will be very little done the hrst yuail
in the way of raising crops'-'e'H"'
Express.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

indulgence, is comparatively rAw :,
began only about $50 years ago II
has grown until now it has beron,
most necessity, particularly with al az
general public, supplying a need t tne
seems to be half physical. half MA unaV
tai. A large proportion of novel roo os'
ers are like whiskey drinkers tSt
habit grows and becomes moro o .ne
firmed with indulgence until fnalIu u
results in neglect of important dntio.
And so it seems that there is Soaso
thing of the abnormal abort M
craze" which may with changina o .ne
ditions be eradicated. It is TODAY tr,o
that the habit Of novel reading is Si
minishing among the cultivated ora
this may be taken as an indication ~
change, sooner or later, in the Who'll
reading public. Most persons or M,
ture now read only those works of so
ton which are commended nv somo
especial feature, such as the fame NJ
the writer, the purpose of the story
or its particular attractiveness from
| literary standpoint. Novels that fulfn
any of these requirements are limted
in number, hence the taste for litera
ture is diminishing among those who
insist upon these standards. While
the work of the few really gifted writ.
ers will continue to attract attention
the time is near at hand when tbe
greatest book of year will not he
work of fiction, no matter how strong
or how high it may rank as literature
Another point to be noted in this
connection is that less attention is
now paid to what may be termed "in.
structive novels" than ever before
Fiction of this class is still chosen
medium for conveying information on
all sorts of subjects, religion, sociol.
| ogy, the various sciences, etc, but not
much Importance is attached to work
of this sort as literature.
Public taste is a tickle thing, there
| is sometimes no accounting for its
vagaries, but in genral way it may
be said that the cultivated have usual
ly set the standards and the multitude
has followed slowly but unquestion
ingly.
1t is also true that the popular novel
of today is the one which pictures
thouhg often crudely and incomplete
ly, life as we know it, in this age Of
greedy commercialism, overstrained
nerves and competition without con-
science. Stories that deal with these
phase of life seldom last, they are too
much the product of ever-changing
conditions to have the qualities that
give permanency of value, they must
always be served fresh to be paat'
able.
But what will take the place Of the
modern novel? That's hard ques-
ton. Perhaps the newspaper will in
another generation almost entirely
supplant it. The modern newspaper
has become little more than a great
mirror of life, an hourly history OF the
drama of the world to be SKINNED
only before the next edition comes Oh
the press and it may, in time, suppant
all other forms of light reading.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

The blood of the Russian laborers
shed by the Cars soldiers may cause
an overwhelming multitude of aveng-
ers to arise.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

In twelve days work the record of
the legislature shows only one bill
passed At this rate the session will
end with no great damage done.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

Some of the Utah senators might
be willing to vote for bounty on de-
capitated house bills.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

When the Smoot investigation ends
what will the Special to the Tribune"
man do for copy.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

If the witnesses in the judgship con-
test case in the Second Judicial dis
trict sustain the strength of the
charges and counter charges made by
both sides, the trial will certainly be
warm" enough to satisfy the most
exacting yellow journalist.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

If those who reaped the benefit of
the bounty frauds did not waste their
money they can afford to put up a
cash bail for the men charged with
the offenses.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

The published statement that chill
dren in the southwest part of the city
have been compelled to miss school
because the roads were in such a con-
dition that they could not reach the
nearest building within the municipal
limits ought to set the citizens to
thinking seriously. Salt Lakes side
walks, or rather the almost complete
lack of such modern conveniences,
have for years served to give the town
a black eye in the opinion Of visitors.
Eastern dispatches announce that
the New York Women's Society for
Political Study has declared in favor
of race suicide" in cases where there
are large families and small means of
support. Almost any sort of BANKED
fool can say that the propagation of
the species should be restricted by
law, but no one has yet explained the
method of carrying out the plan.
The legislature, a waste of money
and time so far as many of it's accom-
plishments are concerned, will receive
the thanks of all with the spirit of
charity if it will change the existing
law so that unfortunate persons do
not perish for lack of attention while
the city and county officials argue
whose duty it is to assume the obi
cation.
Representative ]. A. Anderson is on
the right track in seeking to place pri-
vate banks under control of the State.
With such a provision as this care
fully and honestly carried out, the
pitiful suffering of those who trust
their savings of years to a private
banker who is either dishonest or
criminally careless could not take
place.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

A Salt Lake citizen who a few days
ago, passed through a trying and
nerve-rocking business experience, at
the end shrugged his shoulders and
said: tits fate and l can't get away
from it," If he was right, why should
we get red in the face trying to over
come some force against which we
are powerless? It's pretty hard for
most of us to say whether Providence
acts Historically or automatically. Is
the whole sweep of events above and
outside the power of puny human
lives? 1t is hard to think so, but the
points that way.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

there are men whose standard OF lie
is such that they prefer to court
Chance rather than toll, so long Will
gambling prevail in enc form or an
other. The attempt to suppress gamb-
ling, always leads to putting it be-
hind closed doors with lookouts and
secret passages-and often leads TO
more serious offenses than could be
committed in the open.
After all that can be said we are
nation of gamblers. We crave the ex-
element of the risk, the thrill that
follows the securing of gold without
effort. Nine-tenths of the stock mar
ket buying and selling is a gamble,
pure and simple. Americans will have
to adopt new ideals before the evil
can be appareciably lessened.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

One of the new representatives re-
marked yesterday that the legislature
had hardly been in session long enough
to get down to work. How many
thousand dollars in expense is it nee
essary to incur before the working
stage is reached?
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

That was a good and strong SER
man by the Rev. DR.. Young of this
city in which he pointed out the wide
openness with which gambling is car
ried on in Salt Lake. Yet so long as
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

The Real Estate association is to
be commended for appointing COM
mittee that is charged with looking
after the interests of needed legisla
ton. Taken as a body the Real Es-
tate men are both public spirited and
broadminded. They usually work in
the interests of progress.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

Let the revolutionary strife betwee
the people and the government of
Russia continue a few weeks or
months and the fearful horror of it al
may produce a leader with power
enough to accomplish something
even against the heartless autocracy
of the Bear That Walks Like a
Man"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

From st. Petersburg comes word
that the lack of money and food is
seriously interfering with the carry
ing on of the worllingmen's strike 1t
takes only two weeks of starvation to
make either slaves or beasts out of
the most of us.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

The hotel men of Salt Lake de-
serve all kinds of credit for their
plans to advertise Salt Lake. OF
course the bonifaces will not lose by
adding to our visitors but every citi-
zen will in some way be benefited
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-28

Try Shepard Co. on collections
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-12-21
HOCH TO BE EXECUTED FEBRARY %
Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Lower
Courts Verdict-Last Hope Gone
Unless Governor Interferes.

Chicago, Dec. 16.-The supreme
court of the state yesterday affirmed
the verdict of the lower court, which
condemned Johann Hoch to death for
the murder of his wife, Mrs. Marie
Welcker HOch, and the date of his
execution has been set for February
%.
The first news of the action of the
court was received here by a tele-
phone message from Assistant States
Attorney Barnett, who is in Spring
field. He communicated the informa-
ton to States Attorney Healy A mes
senger was sent to Hoch with the
news and found him in the visitors
cage, talking with the last of his many
wives, Mrs. Fischer HOch, the sister
of the woman for whose murder he
was sentenced to death. When he re-
ceived the news Hoch became greatly
excited, and pressing his face against
the wire netting he shouted: You are
a liar, liar. 1t is not true. | do not
believe it,
He quickly became more composed
and asked for verification of the re-
port. When the messenger came back
a second time Hoch took it very
quietly. The action of the court yes
terday destroys his last hope unless
Gov. Dineen interferes
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-12-21
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Body Which Insures Support to the
President in Carrying Out
Policies.

The assembling of the Fifty-ninth
congress in regular session is an event
of more than usual interest The body
is representative of the issues which en-
tered into the memorable campaign Of
last year, and a large proportion of the
membership may be truly said to have
been elected as a result of the Roosevelt
tidal wave. That fact undoubtedly will
go far to strengthen the support which
the president will receive in his efforts
to carry into effect policies to which
he is committed and that have been ap-
proved so overwhelmingly by the peo-
pie of the United States. The republic
an party has the largest majority it has
ever had in the legislative branch of the
government, and that should be fresh
assurance of wise and effective legisla-
ton. The responsibilities resting upon
that majority are great, says the Troy
Times, and there is every reason to be-
lieve they will be fully and satisfactorily
met.
The organization of the house of rep.
resentatives was quickly accomplished,
and was in accordance with conditions
which had long been manifest. Speaker
Cannon, a veteran statesman of most
honorable and acceptable record who
served with distinguished ability as pre-
siding officer of the house in the last
congress, was reelected without the
slightest opposition and with such en-
thusiastic and unanimous loyalty by the
tn h., n
foregone conclusion long before the
vote for him was actually cast Such is
his popularity among all his congress
sional associates that but for political
considerations there is hardly a doubt
that he would have been favored for the
place by many democrats as well as by
those of his own party. The exigencies
of the situation compelled the democrats
to retain as leader on the floor the bril-
liant but somewhat effervescent Will
liams of Mississippi, who received the
empty honor of a nomination for the
speakership.
The prompt manner in which congress
has ''got down to business" gives ground
for the hope and expectation that much
excellent work will be accomplished, to
the benefit of the country and with the
approval of the people. Some momen-
tous questions will come before the
body, and the members, fresh from the
ranks of American citizenship, should
bring to the discussion well defined COM
prehension of the public interests and
wishes. With the legislative branch in
political accord with the executive. and
with the administration as well as the
leaders in congress pledged to economy
and efficiency, the sum total of the acts
of the present session of congress should
be most gratifying and praiseWOrthy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-12-21
COMMENT AND OPINION.

DFree traders howl for tariff reyi.
sion, because they are ashamed to ac-
knowledge that they are free traders
and opposed to any protection in a
tarin.-St. Louis Glone-Democrat.
IPresident Roosevelt pushes the
country up to congress with a di-
minlshed public debt and a comfort
able balance on the right side of the
cash book. This is certainly healthy
financial condition. albeit congress
may proceed 10 hit the surplus with
a sandbag.-SL Louis Globc-Democrat
E[The president has laid out work
enough 10 keep congress busy for
many months. unless the unanimity re-
sultiug from abnormal democratic
support Of the admlnistra proves
to be destructive oi due dalibc.ation.
G. rhc exports of manufactured
goods under the Dingley law, which
free traders claim would injure our cx-
port trade. are just double what they
were under "a democratic tariH de
signed for Jhe express purpose OF en-.
courlGng a development of our expo #
trade according 70 the accepted logic
OF fhe free trade ferln reform school.
Seattle POstlatelligencrr
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-12-21
MANY MEN WILL BE BENEFITED
Independent WooIen Manufacturers
Will Raise Wages.

Boston, Dec. 15.-Independent wool
en- manufacturers in this state, Rhode
Island and Connecticut, employing
about 5000 operatives, announce that
they will follow the action of the
American Woolen Co, which recently
decided to advance the wages of the
10000 hands in it's 80 mills, 10 per
cent. on January 1.
Yesterday notices announcing the
advance were posted in the mills of
the Farr Alapaca Co., of Holyoke. en-
ploying LOO persons; Coronet
worsted mills. of Mapleville, r. l.;
Wexford, X. l., worsted mills; Plain
field woolen mills and Central yarn
mills, of Centrayille, Conn. all en-
ploying about 1000 hands.
The LcOminster Worsted Co., of
Leominster, this state, has also given
notice Of the increase to its 200 oper-
atives.
The Centerdale Worsted Co., which
owns mills in Centetdale, Saltwater
and Manton, r. l., will post notices to-
lay granting the 10 per cent. advance.
The company employs $50 hands. The
SaXonville Mills Co, of South Fran
ingham, employing GOO hands and sew
eral other Independent concern, an
nounce that they will follow the ac-
ton of the American WOolen Co.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-12-21
R. G. DUN & CO.'S TRADE REVIEW.
Retail Sales in Holiday Trade Sur
passes All Records.

New York, Dec. 1G.-R. G. Dun's
Weekly Review of Trade says;
Holiday trade has become the prin-
cipal commercial feature, retail sales
surprising all records, while it has
been found necessary to place liberal
supplementary orders. Yet this activ-
ity in specialties detracts little from
the steady movement of staples, and
in jobbing and manufacturing depart
ments there is unprecedented prepara-
tion for the spring season. Little ma
chinery is idle and the outlook for the
future is frightened by several an
nOuncements of higher wage scales to
become effective January L. Building
activities are scarcely retarded by the
advancing season.
Failures this week numbered 239 in
the United States, against 276 last
year, and 81 in Canada, compared with
20 a year ago