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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
Great Deliberators.

The railroad committee of the senate
took up the Peterson antipass bill
again yesterday, and laid it over until
Friday. ii - -,
Haven t we heard something like that
before9 The committee seems de-:
termined to lay that bill over until
it is entirely worn out. It is certainly
giving the bill elaboration enough, or
else endeavoring to smother it by a sue
cession of delays. Here is the record
Of the bill:
S. F. No. 6, introduced Jan. 10. S. F..
No. 81, a substitute by the same author,
introduced Jan. "a, and referred to rail
road committee. Committee gave a
hearing on the bill Feb. 16 and "Iaid it
over' awaiting information from the
railroads.. Committee considered the
bill again March Is, and laid it over to
March IT,, awaiting the same informa-
ton from the railroads.
The railroad companies have had since
Feb. 16 to furnish the information, and
only one construction can be placed on
the delay. Either the companies do
not intend to furnish it, or else there
is a well-considered plan Of delay, which
will throw the bill into the press Of bust
ness Of the concluding days. Senator
Peterson was prompt in introducing the
measure, and the delay by the COM
mittee is unprecedented. People with
good memories, however, will recall that
two years ago, the Stone rate bill, after
passing the house, went to this same
committee and was never reported out
at ALL. 81 A><. 80
| The committee has had plenty of
time to consider a bill which is offered
as sort Of substitute to the Peterson
bill. This is the bill by Senator Stone
requiring all mileage books to be trans
ferable. This bill, S. F. No. 225, was
not introduced till Feb. 25, more than
a month later than the Peterson bill
Yet it has been swiftly pushed along
and yesterday passed the senate. This
bill is one that will put all ticket sell
ing into the hands Of ticket brokers, but
will keep the burden of full fare right
where it is now, ON the occasional trav
With this record already made, the
committee cannot object if it is referred
to as the "railroad committee an6
not the committee on railroads.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
FEDERAL LIGHT
ON COCKTAILS
ALL DRINKS MUST BE MIXED IN
PLAIN SIGHT.
Internal Revenue Decision Which
Went Into Effect Today Is Intended
to Protect the Bibulous and Is Re-
garded as a Victory for Temperance
Folk-How It Will Operate.

What is declared to be the most i'm
portant revenue decision in two years
was sprung upon the Minneapolis sa-
loon keepers today in the shape of cir
culars received by Fred Won Baumbach,
collector Of internal revenue, st. Paul.
These circulars state that the authority
Of the government is to be extended
over packages Of liquor of less than five
gallons. The circulars were sent out by
the Minneapolis deputy this afternoon.
Hitherto the government has controlled
packages of five gallons or more The
present decision means that there will
be no more mixing in the cask or bottle
by the barkeepers. All mixed drinks
must be made before the eyes of the
customer or the saloon keeper will be
| declared a rectifer, which means
penalty of from 800 to 5000. The
revenue collectors and inspectors are
armed with authority to visit any Saloon
and to make a thoro investigation.
Temperance agitators and representa-
| tlyes of the W. c. T. U. have been
| striving for years to secure this deci-
sion. While it is not a victory for pro-
hibition, it is a strong move toward
protecting consumers from spurious and
harmful authorizations. Low dives and
semirespectable' places will be pre-.
vented from doing their own rectifying,
which is always harmful, as the mixers
have no knowledge of compromising.
The decision is also welcomed by the
big wholesale rectifers. It means that
when a saloon keeper wishes to mix his
goods in advance that he must buv
from the experienced wholesaler who
does his work under federal officer.
The decision will even extend to such
drinks as cocktails and whisky reduced
by water and all fluids and compounds.
By the decision of Aug. "a, 1901, the
saloon keeper was allowed to mix in
advance of orders provided the guam
tity was less than five gallons and the
liquor was not sold except over the bar.
This decision was modified Feb. 6, 1905.
stating that when a retail liquor dealer
compounds any quantity of liquor what
soever and keeps it in stock in advance
Of orders, he shall be reported as a
rectifier and shall be assessed accord
ingly. On Feb. % this decision was
forwarded to the collectors and notice
was sent that circulars would be sup
piled to distribute among the saloon
men.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
CITY We VS.
FEW ABSENTEES
+. FROM THE SCHOOLS
sUPT. OLsEN'S REPORT GIVES IN.
TERESTING STATISTICS. -.
Large Attendance at School Taken as an
Evidence Of Prosperity Turnout the
! State, as Attendance Always Falls OFF
in Hard Times-President Northrop's
Views. ..rl. -.

J..W. Olsen, state superintendent of
public instruction, has given out his
biennial report. containing some inter
esting school statistics. One significant
set Of figures shows that of 423,663
pupils enrolled in the public schools last
year, only SO, 500 attended less than
forty days. This good showing is taken
to mean prosperity in the state, as the
percentage of attendance always falls
off in hard times. -
The report shows total enrolment
in the schools of 423, 663 for 1904 and
415,498 for 1908. The total number of
teachers employed during 1904 was 49,
Os3, and during 1903, 1869. An aver
age wage Of $45.7l month was paid
to male teachers and $36.25 to women in
1904, and in 1908 male teachers re-
ceived $45.l6 and women $35.25, which
shows ST. a month increase for the
women and little increase for the men.
There We're 294 schoolhouses built IN
1908 and 296 in 1904, at total cost
Of $1,7s2,9o1, making the total number
valued at $18,567 1902. The value of
school libraries in the state, Of which
there are 4,269, was $411,750 in 1904.
The libraries contained at the begin
ming Of this year 5S7 ,299 volumes. =
The value of all public school prop
erty in the state at the end of the
year was $20,76l, 499, having an aggre'
gate indebtedness of $4,778,911. During
the years 1903 and 1904 the state eX-
pended SO, 7OS,078 for various education
al. purposes, including all the, state
schools and farmers Institutes.
During the last two years i've consoll:
dated districts. have been formed out OF
twelve smaller ones, and $6,S46.72 was
expended for transporting pupils to and
from schools, as authorized by the legls
lature of 1908. 49,
The report Of President Northrop OF
the state university contained in the SUI
perintendent IS report shows total at:
tendance at the university, exclusive OF
duplicates, for the four years lending
July 81, 1904, Of 1886 students, OF which
2.7i5 were male and ! ,131 female; The
report speaks disparagingly OF the
smallness of salaries paid to. professors
pointing out that social duties demand
a considerable expenditure for which nc
provision is made. The cutting down
Of the annual library appropriation from
$500 to $4,000 has, SO the: report de
clares; endangered The. welfare of the
university at a vital point; A large ap
preparation is recommended. Inc en-
| iargement of the curriculum so as to EN-
brace the subject of economic ge
ography and Institutes of commerce ant
statistics is recommended. An appro
priation of $4,000 for woman's build
ing at the university is also recon
lmended.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
THE UNIVERSITY
CAUSES LITTLE WORRY
GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS
NOT DISTURBED BY THE PRO-
POSED ANTAGONISTIC LEGIsLA.
TON.

Fraternity members are not worried
over the bill pending in the legislature
which if passed would abolish the chap
ters of the Greek letter organizations.
There. is tendency to look on the bill
as a freak measure and unless a senti-
ment develops in favor of it's passage,
the fraternity men will not take action
in the matter. Should such q sentiment
develop the fraternity men in the legis-
lature, of whom there are a great num-
Der, will be appealed to in an effort to
defeat the measure.
The abolition of fraternities at the
"U' would not be an easy task, accord
ing to university underclassmen. Sew
eral Of the fraternities have been estab-
lished for more than twenty years, and
valuable property in the vicinity Of the
university is owned by many Of the local
chapters.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
Tuesday Evening,

heavy that no onewins dare to incur the
liability. 1t does not make much differ T..
ence how fastsan zautomobi bile rsdnss on 81 o.
country road when there are$no other
vehicles in sight and mono are likely TO-
encountered, but it makesa good deal
of difference to the driver if he is to pay
a heavy fine or serves term in the
penitentiary for inficting damage upon
person or upon the property OF other
people; and that, after all, seems to us
is the best guarantee of safety from
damage to persons or property from the
driving of automobiles on thes public
roads. AN automobile driver can do
just as much damage sometimes, insthe
case of "a nervous team, when he goes
only Ave miles an hour ash he was
going thirty-five miles an hour, and q
law which would compel him to take all
proper precautions under all circumstan-
ces or suffer heavy consequences will
probably serve the public interest best.
Kuropatkin has asked the car to re-
lieve him. The car might refer him to
Oyama
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ghost Of Hamlet's father, as played by
Otto Kawakami in full dress Uniform,
and Desdemona as played by Nine. saba
Yacco clad in an American costume Of
today.
John W. Luce and company of Boston will
very soon have ready ''Epigrams and Aphorsms''
by Oscar Wilde. 1t is promised as a complete
collection of the gems of thought and brilliant
witticisms of this author, together with some
Of his whimsical opinions on art
AN ENGLISH GIRL IN THE COURT
OF IVAN THE TERRIRLE.-Fred Whfs-
haW has again turned for literary material
to the t'boyars'' Of Ivan the Terrible. and
his book, The Tiger of Muscovy, is re-
plete with the cruel deeds of those I'M
tanned followers Of the court of Ivan, car
of all the Russias, among whom the mad
car ruled with his famous iron pointed
staff. Into this barbaric throng Of Tar
tars went Mistress Amy Romalyn, a rela-
tive of Queen Elizabeth of England. She
volunteered to become the wife of the car
after the other ladies' of waiting to the
queen has turned with horror from the
| thought. Accompanying her was the am
bassador, Sir Jerome BoWles, and Master
Herbert ShadWell, her kinsman. o. -
Now 1t happened that she was deeply
beloved by her kinsman. who was brave
in war but too tinid in love to please the
feadstrong, daredevil Amy. True, he
had occasionally rebelled against her man
dates and thus won her passing regard,
but too often he repented, only to. re-
ceive her scorn. In fact, his accompany
ing her to the court Of Muscovy earned for
him many rebuffs. But even Amy shud-
dered at the barbarity of the Russian car,
and altho she never showed a sign of
her fear, she welcomed the strong. earm
Of her young soldier.
The car, rebuffed in having a substi-
tute sent in place Of the hand that he
had sought in marriage. declared in wrath
that he would never marry the girl. But
lit was far from .Arny's intention that he
should do so. How the beautiful girl de-
cided to win. his love and then scott at his
|. offers is told much. in the same style
that the lfght-hearted Amy herself might
have. used it. she had been addicted to
personal "reminiscences, Her airy persi-
fage in the presence Of the mad Ivan
charms the reader and he wonders not
that Shadwell was. her slave. Whether
the car succumbed to her charms and
whether she eventually escaped from the
| snares- he had planned is best left to the
pen ofSthe author. IL S. K,
f.. Longmans, Green & Co., New York. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
DIR. FAUNCE BELOVED
As LONE OF THE BOYS

stPresident W::P. F.-Faunee Of Brown
hearts 7of the Undergraduates - said a
Yale man today. N1His visit to Mime
apolis yesterday revives my recollection
Of the college baseball season OF l9ol.
I believe it was when Brown had an
other of her star teams. The previous
the colleges played and that year every
thing looked just as bright.
HWell, the team took a trip to New
Haven and tackled the Ellis. Leech,
the crack Brown pitcher, was in the e
box, and he didn't allow a hit until
the ninth inning. The score was Brown
II and Yale 0. The Yale team sent a
freshman up to bat. He decided that
the game wasn't lost, evidently, for
two, men threw their anchor on the I'M
tial sack and the next man landed one
rover the race track. It was merry
go-round, and when the dust cleared
away, Yale had won, II to II.
"The Brown players had put up a
good fight and they knew that it was
only a streak Of bad luck, but they
felt it.
,HWhen the news reached Brown, the
Undergraduates were stunned, and, in.
stead Of getting ready to go down to
the station to meet the players, they
began to look for some place to dis
appear: Just then President Faunce
came along. - ;,
WHAT'S the matter. boys he
asked.
"When he heard the truth he waxed
strong with righteous Indignation and
started around the buildings and picked
up all the boys he could find. He then
marched down to the station and gave
the team royal welcome. He later
spoke to them in the chapel and never
mentioned that they had lost the game
but told them how they had fought for
Brown.
~ "sWhat happened2 Brown turned in
and never lost another game that sea,
son.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
WANT ALBINO TROUT
New York Fish Warden Writes for Sup
ply of Eggs.

S. F. Fullerton of the state game and
fish commission, has received letter
from G. R. Pettes, state fish warden or
corning the propagation of albino trout
and requesting that eggs of the famous
fish might be shipped. The New York
commission has tried in vain to raise
albino trout, but without success. This
time more determined effort will be
made. -..-.- -
The trout were first discovered in the
Willow Brook hatchery, st. Paul. There
are about 10000 Of the trout now in the
fishery. AS other states have been I'M
successful in propagating the species, it
is thought that the waters of Willow
Brook nav have something to do with
it. The fish are white, notified with yell
low and covered with red and yellow
spots
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
I UnIque-VaudeyIIIe,.

q Bright and catchy features are many. at
the Undue theater this week and the bill
is an unusually strong one.
= The most entertaining number is the
herd of trained Belgian goats la comedy
acrobatie acts : Those. who have ever
doubted the stories of the agility Of these
little fellows will convinced that they
are natural born jugglers. Tight-rope
walking, ball-rolling and difficult climbs
ing are items Of their excellent act :
The great Kfppy Is an accomplished
juggler and most of his stunts are new
and some Of them even startling. His
rapid-fire monolog is also full of bright
things. Downey and Willard have a
highly amusing sketch entitled IA Ger
mans Troubles, = in which there is some
clever dancing. Their act is devoid Of the
horseplay SO oftensa feature Of. German
dialect work. sg n
The Ray family, in little of every
thing, includes a clever roller skating ex1
hibitton by little Connie Ray, who was 50
popular on her last visit to the Unique.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
SIX CONTESTANTS
ALI in Readiness for the Pillsbury Prize
Contest Tonight,

Six contestants for the Pillsbury ora
torical prizes, amounting to $175, will
contend tonight at the University
chapel: A girl will compete, for the
first time in the history of the uni
versity, and this has added interest to
the event and the young orators will be
DR.. Shutter, Judge Dickinson and Judge
Bennett will act as judges and the win
ner of the contest will represent Mime
sofa in the Northwestern Oratorical
contest in Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
Some Figures on the Water Bonds

A million dollars in bonds for pure
water looks like large proposition and
1t is. But after all it is no larger than
it is big individually. A million dol
lars In bonds sold at 4 per cent means
$4,000 annually in y interest, Thirty
thousand dollars put into the sinking
fund annually for thirty years would
pay the principal. Seventy thousand
dollars year means a half-mill tax on
a. total valuation Of $140,00o,000. Our
valuation now is pretty nearly that
much. It will average more than that
during the next thirty years. A half
mill tax means 50 cents on the thousand
dollars of valuation. For illustration,
let us say that the average assessed
valuation Of a home in Minneapolis is
$4,000. That means that on the average
every man owning his own home, or pay
ing the: taxes in his rent, can supply
himself and family pure water fforsa dbl
lar a year. The present average cost
per family for spring water Or other
pure water not obtained from the public
supply would probably average So a
month.
E If these figures are correct, the build
ing of a filter plant even at the ex-
pense of 100000 bond issue looks like
a, fair business proposition: But, of
course, this is latter all mot the most
important, aspect of the question. The
thing of prime Importance is public
health and good reputation founded
upon the fact Of the possessionsssof pure
water supply. A we'll found reputa-
tion Of that kind is a mlnfA asset
which has not been Overcast inieted to
say the least.&*lEs :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
HAWKEYES COMING
Second Debate Of the Season Scheduled
I 2 for Saturday Night.

Iowa and Minnesota will meet in
Joint debate Saturday evening for the
second time this year. The circum-
stances surrounding the tie which ne
cessitated a second debate have never
been satisfactorily cleared up, as no
explanations have been made by S. D.
Thompson Of Geneseo, Ill, the Judge
who failed to appear at the debate,
IL was agreed by both teams that a
tie debate was unsatisfactory and ar
rangements have been completed for the
second contest on Saturday evening.
There have been twelve debates be-
tween the two universities. Iowa has
won six, Minnesota five and one has
resulted in tie.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
WHITES TO BLAME
Alaskan Indians Corrupted by the In
vaders, Says Lecturer.

eff it were not for the visiting
whites all the vices, great and small,
would be banished from Metlahktia, the
home Of the Tsimpsecan Indians in
Alaska,' said John w. Arctander, last
night, in a lecture at the Bethlehem
Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr.. Arc
.tander's lecture. was devoted to a
sketch Of the life of William Duncan,
can Indians, and the founder of their
the pioneer missionary to the Tsimpse-
model settlement. Thru Christianity
the Indians have accepted the spirit Of
brotherly love and all Of their actions
are ruled by the laws of christianity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
GOOD AID FOR STANDARD
Wall Street Journal

The Rev. R. P. Johnson. pastor of John
y. Roekefeller's church, the Fifth Avenue
Baptist, spoke Sunday to John D. Rookie
Teller, Jr.'s, Bible class, taking as his
text the parable of the foolish virgins.
In this class" said the minister, I'VE
try to teach spiritual truths by business
and commercial examples: and, taking
this parable as a lesson for everyday
business life, you must bear in mind that
the man who has the oil is ready. Every
body should have some oil in his lamp.
The man who, has no oil is not ready.
You may have your own views about what
the oil means in this parable"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14

New York city is having. a glorious time
in the matter of it's paving material. The
price for asphalt paving has dropped to
a record figure. Bids received for large
amount of paving in Brooklyn mean in
many cases that the city will pay only
s1.Ss a SQUARE yard for asphalt laid upon
concrete fourid ation, This is the lowest
price known for asphalt upon concrete.
II The = average price for 1903, after the as,
phaIt trust had been dispersed, was $Ss051
q square Xard. .rhe lowestssprice hereto-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14

. ae-- -- = ..th
On the streets Of Ann Arbor four stout
sophomores stopped an unknown student
and demanded to know his class. He told
them, with pardonable warmth, tho little
tact, that it was none of their business.
They, closed in on him. He warned them
that he was armed. The four threw him
to the ground and piled upon him. He
drew a. knife and wounded three of his
assailants, two seriously. Any citizen has
right to object to being seized and
thrown to the ground, and to object feret-
bly,. Ann, ,Arbor has been, cursed Of late
by series of haircuttings. .sophomores
have been selling other. students sand
forctbly cutting their hair. This Incident
is likely to put a stop to these amateu,
outrages. a-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
A Preacher in Business,

70 the Editor Of The Journal. Be-. .
The item In TIL e Journal of March
TO- stating that the presbytery had given
me an ultimatum to either leave the
furniture business or the pulpit on or be-
for April 4, is erroneous and does me Il
great injustice. am not occupying any
pulpit, and am in business only tempo
rarlly. Presbytery simply asks that
pending its inquiry into the trouble in the
Presbyterian church Of Preston, + re-
frain from exercising any ministerial
functions, to which cheerfully accede.
ii IF. G. Bailey.
Preston, Mimi, March IL.
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THE READERS QUESTION BOX.

u (Readers sending serious questions about books
of technical or purely literary sort. or about
matters pertaining to the book world, to The
Uneasy Chair in care Of The Minneapolis Journal.
will be answered here to the best Of The Chairs
ability and resources.)
Il. T.. r., Cottonwood, Ninn.--We are able to
find only two TRANSACTIONS of Villon poems in En-
glish. One covers the poems. done into English
in the original forms with biography and criti-
cal introduction by John Payne ($3. SOY, and the
other contains Villons ballads only, translated
by, A. g. Swinburne, D. g.. Rossetti and John
Payne 600 cents and ST.. Both are published
by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Me.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14
WORK INCREASING
Humane Society Will Hold Annual
!. :. !. Meeting Next Monday.

The annual meeting of the Mime
apolis Humane society will be held in
the society's rooms on the second floor
of the courthouse, Monday, March 20, at
3 pm. A board of directors will be
elected, and it is proposed to increase
the number Of directors from nine to
twenty-three.
one for the society and it's field Of labor
has been greatly enlarged. A year ago
two agents were doing the work, but at
present four agents are in the field most
of the time. while two secretaries are
kept busy with the records.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14

Governor Johnson cannot attend the
launching of the Minnesota because the
legislature will be in session at the time.
so now it is proposed to send a committee
from the legislature to do the honors.
Why not adjourn. the legislature and let
everybody go? The last ten days of the
session every member should be on hand,
tust as much as the governor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-14

The house committee on public accounts
seems to be preparing a thick coat Of
whitewash for the state auditors office.
Nothing else could be expected from a
committee which only heard the expana-
tons of one side. 1t is a. mighty poor ex-
pert witness that cannot convince the
jury-till the other side gets chance.