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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
Reception to Tourists

A reception to the tourists in Los
Angeles will be given tomorrow after
noon by the w. c. t. u. federation
at Blanchard hall. An interesting pro-
gram is promised and all temporary
sojourners in this city are invited to
attend. There are to be addresses by
Mrs. II. T. Griffith. Miss G. T. Stick
ney Mrs. Emma Cash and Mrs. A. S.
Benjamin of Michigan.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20

ceptions. He is discomfited in the way
he always is.
Slow poison Is used by the double
dyed wretches they are always double
dyed; it probably doesn't take the first
time to murder the woman who Is
in the way. Before the first act Is
over. one wishes they would use quick
poison, very quick.
Stealings, murders and rumors of
murders, furnish a certain variety of
excitement. The cast is mediocre,
painfully so, and the play is worse.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20

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ON each box. 2bc.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20

Spring street house. Miss Kendall's
singing of II Want It." that pretty
little song in the first act, is going even
better than last week, and Robert
Pitkin and William Herman West are
responsible for many hearty laughs
each evening.
The musical comedy, "a Runaway
Girl" which will begin Sunday matinee.
should prove an equally attractive bill.
The seats are ready this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
HotchkIss Theater

sopdrs arc me'InSlST msrSiv tneatSr dn tSer hs
into the second successful week. Man
ager Seamans is giving big value for
the popular prices that prevail at the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
DEVOTION OF ACCURACY

English guidebooks sometimes simply JoeoseI
thew are so serious Unlike Americans, the English
are so honest in editing advertising matter which de-
scribes unaccustomed regions that they 1ncluae an
the narrowing facts An American guidebook would
put the best foot foremost for the country emitting
details which the average traveller is unlikely to meet
with W. B. Chandler has just received an Engnsn
gudebook to Africa which includes the Following l"
teresting but discomfting paragraph:
sOstrch camps usually inclosed by wire, when
need not be high, as the ostrich cannot jump The
cock bird is always dangerous animal put can ps
bush Those surprised in the open must ie when the
bird cannot do them much harm and will content him
self by sitting on his enemy until he is driven OH:
The length of time during which the ostrich will Sit
mon man has not yet been scientifically deter
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
An UnOrganiZed Force.

THE Sunday school is the nursery OF the church
4 From it is recruited the membership OF the
church In these days Of by means uncommon
neglect of religious instruction in the family, even
among members Of the churches, the Sunday school
affords much the larger part Of the instruction in
religious truth given to the children; the business
of making the child acquainted with the Bible, with
his own religious nature and with his religious
duties and obligations has been committed more
and more to the Sunday school teacher.
i Unfortunately, however, there has not been in
Sunday school work corresponding increase in the
efficiency of the teacher Of the system Of which
he is part. Sunday school work very rarely takes
on the system which isSregarded as necessary In
The secular are teachers often chosen with
anything like as much care or knowledge with re-
spect to their fitness They are always difficult to
obtain in sufficient numbers, and are seldom sub
jected to any kind of examination OF SUPERVISION
There are teachers meetings and teachers helps
and specific instruction sometimes given by pastors
or others peculiarly qualified, but in the nature of
the case no regularity Of attendance can be re-
CURED, no standard Of Sscholarship set up.
This is a condition Of things, however, to which
the leaders in the churches not Indifferent and
there are signs Of a very decided advance in Sun
day school methods. Perhaps the time will never
come when the Sunday school teachers will be
saared as are the teachers in the secular schools
Perhaps they ought not to be, but unquestionaby
there ought to be closer form of organization
a degree Of system and Of efficiency which is not
now attained. ....g~* - .... y. ~.
Some movement along that line has been taken
in the Episcopal church, where a joint commission
Of bishops seven fpresbyters and seven aymen
have undertaken to organize the Sunday school
work Of that denomination. They have provided
for several subcommittee, among others one on
teachers and teacher training one on courses OF
study, on organization, administration and
equipment and another the Sunday school IN rela-
ton to the spiritual life Of the child. This joint
commission will report at the next general conven-
ton on all these lines They have discovered that
only about per cent Of the schools responding make
any provision for the training Of their teachers thru
the occasional provision Of lectures or nominal in
struction, and only 40 per cent maintain teachers
meetings for mutual instruction. These facts
which could probably be duplicated in other
churches emphasize the necessity Of the work
undertaken. .# :.= ..s@t: 4.<~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
Meantime China is rapidly learning how
Americans in Mexico.

THE Yankee invasion Of Mexico is Of the
= significant commercial movements Of the day.
1t is not the sort Of an invasion to suit Zachary
Taylor or Winfield Scott but it is more popular
kind with the native Mexicans. In FACT the Latin
Indian natives Of our neighboring republic to
welcome the American promoter, the American
merchant and the American engineer. The Amer
leans making money themselves, but they are
developing the great resources OF Mexico, making
have share. : r~.,'~.l ~~.. t."E'' ~
So far there has not been note of discord
jealousy struck. ... -.a-... ....@
!" The Mexicans are not mechanics by nature. They
gladly leave Americans to run the railroads, de-
velop mining properties and promote industrial en-
terprises. The railroad which spans the
isthmus Of Tehauntepec and will be commercial
rival Of the Panama calan, will be government
railway, but the contractors are Pearson & Co. OF
London, and the engineers In charge are nearly all
Americans. Mexico has many wealthy families, but
their money has either come from the ownership Of
mines or from vast estates Agriculture is in native
hands, and the American companies which oper-
ating plantations have native Mexicans to super
intend farming operations, while an American buys
supplies and markets the crop.
Mexico is full Of golden opportunities for Amer
leans and the present invasion is only prelude
to what will come American capital and American
push will win its way farther, and the danger is
that Americans will corral the productive enter
prses Of the country and provoke the natives to an
anti-Y ankee revolution. Mexicans volatile
people, easily moved to passion. They are held to-
gether In peaceful union by the strong hand Of
Porfrio Diaz, but after Diaz changes may come.
American capitalists will need to deal fairly with
such people to avoid provoking fury Of jealousy
and race hatred
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
DANGERS OF SPRING IN DAWSON

The Dawson News for Jan. &c reports all records
for cold in the Klondike broken this winter On the
NIGHT of JAN 25 all the highest thermometers Went
lower than they had ever before registered Inc In
stnments kept at the headquarters of the mounted
police registered 50 below, which is half degree
colder than any previous record The police station
at Tantalus on the upper Yukon reported 81 below
Other points along the river ran from 81 up to 56.
These figures seem to Justify the remarks of a. Dav-
son hotekeeper who when inquired of concerning the
weather by tenderfoot, admitted that the thermome
ter went pretty low sometimes, but no one really SUI
fered ON account of the cold It was only when the
thermometer rose to 80 below and it became SO spring
like that the Dawsontes ventured out without being
properly clothed and caught cold
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
Beginning at the Right End.

XXTHAT to do with the bad boy was the problem
w before meeting Of people interested in
charitable work and social reform called yesterday
by the Juvenile court committee of the Teachers
Club This conference is Of the numerous
instances Of recent happening showing that society
is beginning to get hold Of the right end of the
crime problem. The bad boy OF the bad girl is not
necessarily criminal, but the bad boy or the bad
girl left to drift-as many Of them are-by incapa-
BILE indifferent parents the things out of which
criminals are always made. (. ~ .s
The bad boy problem is matter of increasing
Importance and interest and attention in every large
city in this country. During the past two years
have had visits here in Minneapolis from number
of men and women conspicuous in the work Of
juvenile reformation; we have secured the passage
of juvenile court law and have established
juvenile court. A considerable number of boys and
perhaps few girls are already under the guardian
ship Of the probation officer. s !. .S=3= s B
=. But the machinery is still incomplete There is
recognized need Of Institution which shall sup
ply the benefits Of the public school, but which shall
employ more effective regulations for the restraint
and controlof the yiciously This is im-
portant not*only in order totake Of delln7
quents themselves, but to constitute relief for the
public schools from pupils whose presence in few
cases at least is positive detrment to all the other
pupils associated with them In this respect the
matter is of live interest to the parents Of all chill
dren in the public schools
=. The "bad boy'' problem has not been solved
yet, but certainly valuable progress is being made
and society of the future will see the benefits Of
present intelligent and philanthropic effort along
this line. The strange thing is that work Of this
kind has not been diligently and ntelligently pur-
sued in the past that there has been much neglect
Of the conditions, which produce criminals while
submitting to large expenditure Of the common
funds for the detention and punishment of. the
criminal, while at the time suffering the injury
which he does to society in manifold ways Every
effort which seeks to begin at the beginning of
things and to prevent what may be averted in the
way Of criminal acts and consequences should re-
ceive the hearty support Of the wholes community
for it must be apparent that, viewing the matter
purely from the financial standpoint, it is cheaper
to prevent crime than it is to restrain and punish it
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
The STAGE.

a RcHB1sHoP JOHN }: GLENN0N :: OF 81:
a Louis arragned the theater habit IN a SER !
mon recently, saying: ''To go night after night TO
the theater is a mark of 5decadenee. You avoid
the cancer hospital and the pesthouse while nlght
by night you rush mady to enjoy the sad pro-
cession of moral lepers exposed amid the paudlts
of the multitude. You say there is genius back OF
it ALL Yes perhaps. But it is the genius that g1lds
the tomb = +. =. j /.
The learned preate's invective appears to con-
tain two branches not necessarily related. In one
part of his discourse he seems to lnve1gh against
the OVERRIDING Of the theater habit, IN another to
denounce the stage itself immoral and to re-
nounce sympathy with it even where it employs
genius: There is wide difference between obJectlng
to the stage institution and obJectlng to the
overweight anxiety of some of the people to see
all the plays and visit all the theaters These are
the victims Of their hunger for sensation They
have worn themselves down till they can no longer
sustain the burden Of amusing themselves. IN a
condition Of moral and mental lassitude they rush
to the theater to- be toned up The more vap1d and
senseless the production the more they enjoy It
because the less they have to think. .3.>.~.
But it is not necessary to view these poor
creatures as representatives Of the stage patronage
They are the idle class who have the leisure to go
and go and CO. The other is composed of the tagged
hrain workers and the jaded men and women whose
life is hard manual labor, who resort to the theater
occasionally for diversion. To them the theater
with it's illusions it's condensation OF life into a
brief space is relief from wearying monotony.
It responds in a measure to their own dream ana
people cannot be stopped from dreaming .~ t."
If the archbishop can invent world in which
men and women will never be tired disappointed
he will take away the most important use of the
stage which is to lift people out Of themselves, to
hypnotic them into belief in the triumph Of the
good and the true.
It is a. constant source of regret that the stage
with all it's marvellous opportunities to teach, does
not teach wisely. Some day it will be made
use Of wisely one of the most effective mora
forces at work in the world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
Editorial Section.
The Nemesis Of Timber Fraud.

attorneys who go after states
= men and Nmillionaires are one Of the latest
and most popular types Of American hero. Jerome
in New York. Deneen in illinois and Folk IN Mis-
souri, have many things in common, and one OF
them is the sincere admiration Of the public. 1t
took nerve for each one Of the three to make his
stand for decency and law. Other men had faced
the duty and weakened "a prosecutor In a political
position might well hesitate to fight an all POWERFUL
machine backed by millions. They made the fight,
not knowing the outcome, and the gratitude and
approval Of an aroused people has swept them all
on toward success.
They have a man of the Jerome-Folk type out
on the Pacific coast. Francis J. Heney Is the spe-
cal government attorney who has convicted seven
teen out of eighteen Oregon people indicted for land
frauds His score includes a United States senator,
two congressman, three state senator's land office
receiver two land commissioners and a surveyor
general, and he is looking for more. He has even
had the regular United States district attorney who
up to face an Indictment.
! Heney may not be hero; he has only done his
duty. He was sent by the attorney general Of the
United States to clean out the land thieves and he
is working at it diligently. He could have tenn
pered the official blizzard to senators and con-
gressmen, but he made them shining marks in
stead, and for that he is honored. Such men had
made fraud and thievery respectable in Oregon.
Heney has laid bare the meanness and sordldness
of it all, and has punished the men who above all
others were guilty. In doing his duty as govern
ment prosecutor he has won a victory for decency
and honest public service, and has earned the
thanks at least of all honest men.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
Comparative Cost Of Canals.

~T>HE Engineering News editorially approves the
a report Of the minority of the advisory board
in favor of d lock canal at Panama. The News be-
lieyes that President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
showed craftsmanship in approaching the force OF
the argument Of the American hydraulic engineers
and the comparative weakness OF the argument Tor
a sea level canal. The latter is IN the estimate OF
the News based upon sentiment. a stralghtaWay
ditch, without distinctions hada fascination Tor
certain engineers who overlooked the additional
cost and DELAY in the construction of the sea level
canal One member Of the majority went SO far
as to say that the additional cost Of sea-evel
canal is of no consequence to the government pro
yided the expenditures are made honestly and
there is return for the money expended Certainly
If the money was honestly expended there could pc
a return, but whether it would be an adequate re-
turn would depend not altogether on the honesty OF
the expenditure It would involve also the Wisdom
of it. Whether the sea-level canal is worth the
difference is the main question. In making their
estimate of the cost the majority of the board
seemed to have assumed that governments do not
nav ANYTHING for the use of money. But inasmuch
as the canal will be built with bonds the interest
is a matter which must be taken into consideration
Assuming that sea-evel canal would take eighteen
wears to build and cost 1912 100000 while the lock
canal can be built in nine years at cost OF $l4V
900 900 the difference in the interest charge would
be $75,oOOOO0. This is little sum which It would
take the canal dues some years to make up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
Political Chickens Come Home Too.

( K Vi IA II
THAT politicians sometimes exaggerate on the
stump, that they often make promises not
intended to be kept and not infrequently imagine
situations OF great peril to their country from
which they alone can extricate it, has been known
since popular government began. American politics
IS full OF the history Of faxed up campaign cries
One OF the most successful was the famous demand
Of Thomas A. Hendricksin 1876 for just look at
the books Another was the "nan on horse
back scare when General Grant, one, Of the most
peaceful OF men, a candidate for third term.
Another which is in full vogue today IS the In
sistence that the tariff must be s3sreyised by its
friends, = based on an interior determination not
to revise it,
Great Britain has just passed thru exciting
electoral struggle in which the liberals prevailed
by a large majority. In the campaign one of their
war cries was that the Tories had established
Chinese slavery in South Africa. They pledged
themselves to wipe the 'stain of slavery from the
British flag Since they were installed in office
they have been backing away from the slavery
charge closely pressed by the Infatuated unionlsts
who claim to have lost dozens of seats on account
Of this cry. Questioned in the house Of commons,
the prime minister denied that he ever said slavery
existed but that it was form Of slavery. Mr.
Asquith, the chancellor Of the exchequer, hotly
sented the statement that his majesty's ministers
had charged slavery. It was only the candidates
for election who did it. This made the house groan
at Mr. Asquith, preternaturally solemn man who
likes to have people take him as seriously as he
takes himself. a@ H.
Finally the bright young Winston Churchill ex-
planned the whole business by saying that slavery
not meant to be charged. The use Of the term
only archaeological inexactitude. + This
phrase has become as famous as the "innocuous
desuetude" Of Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Chamber
lain Immediately retorted that he could describe it
with much shorter phrase; in fact, with Saxon
word of three letters. %4 II. .<ss -,
Meantime the liberals feel that bad start has
been made and sexasperated at their loose
tongued stumpers who brought about the muddle. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
THuDs FROM THE PADDED CELL

How much did Philadelphia Paa
Whose grass did K. G. MOI
How many eggs could New Orleans Laf
How much does Cleveland or
We call Minneapolis MINI,
Why not Annapolis Annf
If you It tell the reason why,
I'll bet Topeka Kan.
But now you speak of ladies, what
Butte Montana isl
If I could borrow Memphis Tenn
I'd treat that Jackson Miss. "
Would Denver Colo Cop because
Ottumwa la dore,
And tho my Portland Me doth love,
I threw my Portland Ores
-Lippineott' g.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
"A Medieval Monarch.

gTHE modern notion of king as sort Of attach
n ment of a democracy, whose sole function is
to give the government stability, RECEIVES much ell
/ couragement from the subdued attitude of such
monarchs as the late King of Denmark, King Oscar
Of Sweden and King Edward Of Great Britain. The
most enlightened monarchs have practically given
IN the theory Of government in which the king is
the state and the people are dependent members OF
his family over whom he has the power OF life and
death.
There are possibly despotic monarchs IN Asia,
and deep in the recesses of Africa there may be
Prester Johns still Sitting thrones built upon the
bones Of slain enemies, but the benevolent despot
has been banished from Europe. In but one coun-
try has there been any attempt to revive him, and
curiously enough this happens in the most philo-
sophie country of central Europe. William Of Ger
many considers himself divinely appointed ruler Of
the empire. In his most recent utterance the
casion Of the wedding of his second son he gave a
hint of what he conceives to be his role. His first
and last care, he said, is for the fighting forces OF
the empire, land and sea, while that of his wife
was to relieve the suffering Of the poor and lowly.
This is benevolent despotism The king is the fight
ing of the empire, the queen repairs the rayages
Of fate or fortune The equality Of opportunity and
the equal right Of the citizen to voice in the af-
fairs Of the empire is not recognized Logically the
reichstae becomes a committee for registering the
imperial DEGREES, and the courts to distribute
the imperial will over the territory Of his majesty
IF the emperor were consistent he would be an
anachronism which Germany would throw Off but
fortunately for his continuance IN the reignng bust
ness he is shrewd business man. an excellent dipo-
mat and a splendid personality.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

Perry Belmont describes President Roosevelt
an stactive and bitter republican" It is Roosevelt
who is sactive, all right, but the Aldrich wing Of
the party is the ttbitter'' end Of it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

jules Altheus and Jack Mitchell threw dice for
the hand Of Lula at Omaha. Mitchell threw four
skies in playing off tie and Jules showed up with
a poor pair Of deuces. jules may think he has the
girl, but there is knowing She may marry Bill
after all. IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

The annual statement of the Mutual Life shows
the yellow dog fund hidden in the supply depart
ment. Over $21so00 was spent for postage and
over half million for stationery and printing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

General Funston is now running serial interviews
( on How T. Will Invade China If Funnie does
not ungear his sparker the Big Stick is liable to
fall on his neck again.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

The New York Central has asked New York city
for 900 for it's franchise rights Eleventh
avenue and other streets This franchise was as
sessed last year for ST. 000 and the company OBJ
iected to the assessment as excessve'' This shows
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

II A Delaware woman serving life sentence has
appealed to the government for pardon on the
ground that prison life does not agree with her
She misses the Thursday shopping and the Saturday
matnees. . 8z<s.= .S%=<s4525. :<E.~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

Not long before we reading HMuldoon
swatted the leather for two bags, Kilian famed and
James popped
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

New York asylums providing music as
cure for mental ills. Perhaps this is what the baby
has Mn mind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

It costs 81 900 year license now to saloon
in Chicago, but it be in any part of the city
How would you like to see nice, busy rum hole
near the corner of Park avenue and Lake street?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

The bill to charge New York consumers of gas
go cents passed the assembly unanimously and the
people are now looking suspiciously at the state
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