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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
THE CAR SHORTAGE
Preston Times.


i: The Minneapolis Journal has been do
ingsfsome valiant service for the farmers
and shippers Of North Dakota, especially
where, thousands upon thousands of BUSH
els of threshed wheat is literally rotting
on the ground because the railroad COM
panies either cannot or will not furnish
transportation facilities. For days r h e
j. o urn al has by Illustrations letters
and special articles. called attention to
this car famine until the whole country
has been aroused and the authorities,
state and national have been persuaded
to- Investigate. Even the railroad COM
panies have been compelled to sit up and
take notice and are said to be getting
.smove on themselves" to raise the block
ade. AS everybody must know, the pri-
mary trouble lies with the companies
In their greed to declare, large dividends
on watered stock they persistently neg
lect' and refuse to provide themselves
with, the necessary number of cars to
expedite business in the fail when the
traffic is especially heavy. With them it
is. not, how can we best serve our pat
rens? but how can I'VE scrimp and save
to increase our net earnings for the year?
If they can take six months to move the
grain which should move in less than
half that time, it will mean large saw
serious loss to the producer. 1t is but
reasonable to- expect that there should
be some delay in seasons of heavy traf-
nc, but there is. no excuse for the block
AIDES which occur nearly every fall
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CHEAPER POWER
FOR A BIG VALLEY
Cedar Rapids Waterloo Financiers
Plan Tremendous Develop
I ments at GAINESVILLE.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Waterloo, Iowa, Dec lS.-The pur-
chase of the GAINESVILLE Water Power
company, by Cedar Rapids and Water
loo fnanciers, is looked upon as the
first step in the contamination of pro-
ject which is intended to revolutionizs
the motive power now in use in thS
Cedar valley.
It is planned by the new owners Of
the GAINESVILLE plant to improve. the
river bed at that point so that an inn
mense waterpower MAJ be developed.
This. power is to be used for the gener-
alton Of electricity, which it is intend
ed to transmit to the cities of the val
ley, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Ninton, Ce-
dar Rapids, and other places within a
radius of seventy-five miles; and, it is
believed that under the impetus of this
cheap motive power the valley will be-
come one Of the busiest manufacturing
centers in the west.
All power at present is derived from
steam and as the valley is remote from
the coal mines of the state, it is an ex.
pensive proposition to pay freight.
The promoters of the project believe
that an immense waterpower can be de-
sveloped in the Cedar rivers at tri-
fling cost. The Waterloo. Cedar Falls
&%Northern electric railway will get its
power from the new plant and all of
the cities IN the valley viii use the
electricity generated at the GAINESVILLE
plant for lighting purposes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
THREE IN FAMILY DIE
- OF GASOLINE BURNS

Ellsworth, Mimi, Dec. ls.-Threa
members Of J. G. Rudloff's family at
the village Of George, Iowa, twelve
miles south of here, are dead as re-
suit of d gasolene explosion, and the
fourth member is DIVING. s..>
Miss Louise Rudolph was cleaning a
coat in gasolene in a room where her
mother was baking bread, and flames
caught from the bet stove and exploded
a two gallon can Of the gasolene that
had been. placed on the floor near by.
The noise Of the explosion was heard
for blocks, and blew the windows out
Of the room. 49,.
Two younger children were in the
room and the mother and older sister
could have escaped with slight injuries
had they not stopped to rescue the
others.
Miss Louise Rudolf lived four hours
II in awful agony, her 3-year-old sister
lived several hours longer, and the
other child died last evening. The
mother is not expected to live.
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A Public Lobby Proposed.

Kansas shows disposition to muck
rake the legislature this winter. The
progressive elements in the republican
party have already organized "square
deal" lobby which is to- remain at
Topeka thru the winter and watch the
course Of legislation. .-', e. 15'-=..@s IF
The square-deal lobby is expecting
to promote four important matters.
First-The election Of United
States senator who will be Of and for
the people.
Second-A direct primary law which
will give the people a voice in the
selection Of senators hereafter.
Third-An anti-pass law which will
compel everybody to pay fare and put
the railroad lobbyist and the citizen
on an equality in that respect.
Fourth-A tax law which will make
the railroads pay taxes on. the property
they compel the people to pay fixed
charges upon when they are making
rates. 81,
There does not seem any legitimate
reason why the people Of Kansas should
be obliged to raise a lobby to insure
these objects. In principle at least
they are elementary. They refer only
to the rights Of the people in the Offices
which have been created, not to fatten
the interests but to serve the peo-
pie. s
But perhaps it is necessary because
the railroads in Kansas are in politics.
They have two detectives this winter,
one to force the selection of. a, railroad
senator to take the place Of Benson,
who was appointed to fill out iBurton's
term; the other, to prevent recrud-
escence Sof populism in the. passage Of
bills for the regulation of railroads.
The anti-pass bill the railroads are
quite inclined to agree to, but the
accompa nyinasg,4 law tosss tax railroads on
their real valuation looks too much
like taxing their arning capaeitgs The
railroads of Kansas have enjoyed an
immunity from taxation which makes
justice appear 10 them much like con
fiscation. IS lssss$
In spite OF all the railroad claims,
there is said to be a square deal ma
$iority in both houses. The object OF
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is wrong, of course, and if there is a
practical remedy it should be applied.
Three suggestions are made in the
report. One, is that one year of profess
sional training be required as a condi-
ton for a license to teach. In view Of
the: shortage of teachers for country
districts, this does not seem wise to
adopt, unless modified so as to apply
only to independent districts. The sec
ond suggestion, that eighteen be made
the minimum age for teachers, is GER
tainly good. The last proposition is
the best Of all. It is for a minimum
salary law. 1t could be made to hit the
pockets of the penurious districts, by
withholding state aid in cases where
lower salaries are paid than those spec
flied. State aid is now given bounti-
fully, and with little discrimination.
There is no reason why the state should
extend help to districts that arc not
willing to pay their instructors fair
living wages.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
The Speakership.

3 Lawrence H. johnson of Minneapolis
has been agreed upon by the republican
members Of the next house for their
& speaker After rather protractedt
Z test he distanced the field and demon
Z strated that he was the first or second
L choice Of majority of the members,
6 and his rivals have extended their con-
d gratulations. .~--2-s .~r~.. -. - ~,
The ournal follows suit The
new speaker is a man of good ability.
He ought to make satisfactory presid-
s ing officer of the house. The contest
Just closed has not involved any issue,
and has been free from scandal. 1t has
been question of personality and
geography, and Mr.. Johnson's personal
strength with members from the rural
counties overcame the heinous crime of
his residence in a large city. The con-
test was not conducted with as much
decorum and elaboration as some would
like to- see, but in that respect the lead
ing candidates were on par, and the
members themselves are responsible for
allowing the speakership to be settled
in that way.
The atmosphere has cleared nicely af-
ter the battle. The defeated candidates
have pledged their support, and the
people of the state are glad the furry
is over. The senatorial election is set
tied except for the forms. of law and
now the members can get down to
study and work on questions of legis-
lation. 80 '~ ,'~~
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B o o K S
BY w. p X.

TWENTY YEARS or NATIONAL
sEVoLUTIoN.-Harry Thurston Peck, in
his Twenty Years Of the Republic, cover
ing the period 1885 1906, sees in these
years the attainment OF genuine ma
tional unity asschangef thru which the
civilization Of the United States has be-
come rapidly assimilated to the civiliz-
alton OF Europe, and "a thousand evil
dences that the heart of the nation at
Its core is sound
However much others may question
the desirability Of Americas becoming
assim1lated to the civilization Of Europe,
Mr.. Peck sees ground for optimism in
the fact, and lin which others will agree
with him) in the realization of national
unity and in the soundness Of the core
or the nations heart, and the tone Of
his book is. wholly optimistic
His history covers a period replete
with dramatic events and he has writ
ten Of these in lively and reada BILE
style thruout. He has. however, been
TOO much part Of the events, or, per-.
maps 1t would be better to say too close
TO them, to escape a strong. personal
olas, which crops out here and there,
ana winch only serves to accentuate the
iact That writing near history impair
Tally Is no easy task Nevertheless, he
has done very material service to. the
nation in putting into such reada BILE
form the record Of the period of which
ne writes. Time will cast new light
upon the events, he narrates, and new
conclusions will be formed, as a truer
perspective is obtained. But the work
WI. Peck has done needed to be done,
and is the beginning Of necessary sift-
ing process which viii be of material
assistance to future sffters.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18

TRIBUTE TO A MAGAZINE Ep,.

A TRIBUTE TO A MAGAZINE EpI-
iOR.-The most interesting feature
ABOUT the holiday number of Harper's
weekly, tho there is a great deal else
IN the number, is a souvenir of the re-
cent dinner given in the home of the
magazine in honor of Henry M. Alden,
the veteran editor. This supplement
contains Mr.. Aldens felicitous response
to words of welcome by Colonel George
Harvey, who presided at the banquet,
and many of the fine tributes to Mr..
Alden's endearing qualities Of mind and
heart, together with numerous full-page
halftones, showing groups of writer's of
distinction who were present One of the
most graceful bits Of verse submitted
was that by w. D. Howells, which is a $
follows: .'( sd. ~ W.
TO A GREAT EDITOR. 50 3.
IN every human life. however filled, IF
- With obvious proofs of wisdom and of pood
Ine Vaster part is void to minds unskiiled
in sense OF things less seen than understood
An 1. yet they who know YOU only by the things
= mat you mage done, or suffered to be done
hlSW you not, Alden, in the Utmost springs
" soul mat rather shun than seek the sun:
Foet, more poet for beauty than for fame
sage Tor the, sake of being not seeming Wise
Preacher of truth, and not Of praise or blame
Critic whose law inspires as we'll as tries
You VINO have deepened and enlarged your day
You shall remain when it has passed away. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
The New Chief of Police.

F The announcement !: that 4 Colonel
Frank T, Cerriston will be chief of po-
lice in the next administration will
doubtless strike many people as
strange. The appointment is neither
political nor professional, that is to
say Colonel Corriston is neither a police
man nor does he belong to the ranks of
working politicians who usually apply
for such positions. j. ~ :
The appointment is not; for that rea-
son bad. It is not bad at all. Col
onel Corriston, while he does not know
police work, has a good working knowl
edge of the city, and he has ans oppor-
tunity to pick up the technical part
Of the business.
The thing that is required Of the
chief Of police under our charter, is to
carry out the orders Of the mayor. So
far as the enforcement of the laws is
concerned it is the mayor who lays
down the policy to the chief. Wheth-
er the lid is to be kept upon the Sun
day saloon during the next tive years is
matter which is up to. Mayor Haynes.
The occupation of the office of$.chief
by military man, may prove an adj
vantage. AS military man Colonel
Corriston would carry. out his orders
and if%he did not carry out certain or
ders there would be presumption
raised that. such orders had, not been
giyen. = +, r u ''..' '' Sf,% - %-.t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
ADJUSTMENTS

Lyceum-"The LittIest Girl" and MLost
1 ia ~, ~ twenty Hours"
s With a, double bill on the boards at the
Lyceum, the Frawleys are scoring a,
double success this week Both the cur
tainraiser and the farce comedy.5 q. took
with the audience at the opening; per-
Torrance last night.
I. Daniel sFrawleys achieves his accus-
toned success in tie. srole of Van: Bib
Der in sThe Littlest Girl The piece is
merely a..5ftscissors and paste'' adaptation
of Richard Harding Davis well -krown
story, Her First Appearance.'': It's
chief: attraction lis fhat Mr.. Frawley is
allowed to appear sinu the cong email role
of Van Bibber. Little Ruth Monroe, who
added the one pretty scene to blue
Jeans a while back, appears as 1.-THE
Littlest Girl" Charles Macdonald takes
the part Of Carruthers with commend
able restraint. ~
! i. Lost Twenty four Hours is a roar
ing farce compounded from the 4nnex ]
pected return of an absent wife, aslarge
and stately g hangover," a scheming ad-
venturess,s "a: treacherpus friend and a
ptous brother. 10 The d ingredients are all
staples, but they are mixed in a man
ner entirely satisfactory. Everyone will
laugh at lost Twenty -four Hours.a and
few will be ashamed Of it afterRards.
It lis a farce comedy which is actually
funny, in spots, and the spots are so
thickly set as to almost obscure the
original fabric. MI
Big George Hassell wanders awaE with
the honors Of this piece and the laughs
as. well. His athletic physique adds tie
final touch Of delicious humor to his in
depreciation Of David Swift the meek.
and lowly student of theology. AZ 8
Assists, and many of them, sholId be
credited to Charles Bates, who does Ia
fair bit Of Jew character work asssGold-
stein, and Miss Virginia Murray who
bustles about theastage In the role pf.
susan she b ho,ssefnaid. Miss Ethgl
Clayton sasstsa Mere look pleasant,
please gpart asgsMrs. Swift, thess very
young and decidedly pretty, wife.
Miss Lillian Ethel Norris as Mrsa Ber-##
tha Dacre, adventures, is admirable,
while Henry G. Mortimer as Mr.. Swift
is a Disappointment.
UniquePo Vaudeville. az
ii Wi thaut exception It lesssa ctsrt en-. this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
MADISON FRoWNs ON IT
Doesn't Want PisttevlIIe to Have
College of Mines.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis, Dec. 1S.-At the com.
ing session of the legislature Duncan
McGregor of Platteville will ask for AZ
appropriation Of 100000 for the estab-
lishment of, a college of mining at
Platteville, the biggest lead mining Sec
:tlon Of the northwest. The move will bs
opposed On the ground that the precedent
would be bad and might result in splt-
ting up the university, the proposed
college to be part Of the state univer-
Sity under the plan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
DR.. PATTON DID NOT. MEAN II

4, Dr. Patton, former president of Prince
Ton university, recently delivered "a SER
mon. IN New York city, his subject being
+. -. att Z He spoke of the blind faith Of
the client who puts himself at the mercy
of "a lawyer in preparing an action for
trial, and Of the confidence of the sick
IN trusting themselves to the physician.
Here Is a case Of blind faith" said the
clergyman. The doctor writes out pre-
scription. Oftener than not you cannot
read it. you don't know what it is. He
tells you to take it. Yours is. not to
reason why, yours but to do and die Z"
s more or less audible smile rippled over
the l.e congregation and the orator flushed
Tor Tor g moment on realizing the double
Import of his quotation.
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The Sussr,aall Verdict.

The jury has saved the, precious neck
Of Henry M, Sussman and as cruel and
cold-blooded q murder as ever was COM
mitted is now to be expiated by the i'm
prisonment for life Of the murderer. If
one could be sure that some future par
don board would not restore his liberty,
the punishment would seem more nearly
adequate. But the great difficulty with
life imprisonment as punishment forsthe
crime Of murder is that it 80 frequently
degenerates by grace Of the pardoning
authority into term imprisonment. Min
nesota has hedged the pardoning au-
thority about with such restrictions as
to reduce this evil to minimum and as
long as pardons must be granted by a
state board constituted as the present
one, is. Henry M. Sussman will probably
have to stay in the living tomb to
which he is now to be consigned. 4;
1t is a fair guess that the scruples
against hanging of some members Of
the jury that heard the evidence and
arguments have resulted in the verdict
of murder in the, second degree. Those
Jurors who favored swift and condign
punishment for the man who shot down
his defenseless wife were, no doubt,
forced to compromise with the scruples
Of their less stern colleagues. Certainly
it is difficult to escape the conclusion
from all the evidence that Sussman
meditated and prepared for the death
Of his wife. But it is becoming in
creasingly difficult to secure iuries that
will impose the death. penalty, what.
ever the evidence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
THIS DATE In HISTORY

3 =. /. n Il b
1z45 Prince Charles Edward, son
Of James Ill OF England. won battle
at Penrithas s 40 e IS ~ u
1so7-Napoleon published Milan
decree.
1sss--Rev. Lyman Abbott born.
1s54-steanner WestmoreIand sunk
4 In Lake MlchIgan; seventeen lost.
1s61-Stone fleet sunk In Charles.
ton harbor.
- s6s-- mas e erwin, oEsfo sltstes-
man, died. Born sJulys2S, 17s4.# +.
fs71ss-rF ourth National ba6kE Of
PhItadeiptifa fataed. afs sss,s
1s72-second trial began Of Edward
s; Stokes ss for murder Of James
1891 eDsn stesmshlps Abys- I,
ssinla burned al Sea, ~
1924 Irst parish councils elected
! In London.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
Another Postoffice Problem.

Denver is in the throes Of choosing
site for a postoffce., Architect Taylor
has visited Denver and interviewed the
citizens there and dispatch from
Washington to the Denver News says
that the decision on location will be
made soon and a site purchased, pro-
vided the protests against it are not too
many and too convincing. From which
it appears that the choice of the archi-
tect is not that of the people of the
city any more than it appears to be
here. p IT,
The News says that the senators and
congressman and other Coloradans in
Washington have let it be known at
the treasury department. that under no
circumstances will Denver be salts
fed with a postoffce building which is
not creditable to the city. They want
to combine postoffce and federal build
ing, and it is claimed by the News that
1t is practically the unanimous wish
of the community that the government
building be something more than mere
office block for the handling of mails.
Denver is not disposed to take lust
anything the secretary Of the treasury
may decide to give her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
ToUTLoFF's VICTIM DEAD
Quarrel Over Dice Game Ended in
Fatal Shooting,

Special to The Journal.
,Washburn, Wis, Dec 1s.-Dell Reele,
who was shot by J.. II. Toutloff last
week in the ST. James hotel at Bay-
field, died today at the hospital in Ash
land from the effects of the wound.
The shooting, according to witnesses,
occurred over game Of dice. Reeia
was young man who came from Mil
waukee few days before the shooting.
Toutloff s hearing has been set for
Dec 90 - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
SEASONS LAST BOATS
Four Pass Eagle Harbor Light Bound
j: = for Duluth.

Special to The Journal. -'. - g. .--s
Houghton, Mich. Dec. 1S.-At mid
night four steamers passed Eagle Har-
DOT light, upbound towards Duluth. Two
were the Northwind and Merida, which
passed the 500 few days ago. The
names of the others are not known
here. The light is still burning, but
these boats are thought to be the last
on the lakes this year. A fishing tug is
in the harbor waiting for the big sea
and storm to go down before proceeding
to her destination at Marquette.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
CRITIC CRIED FOR JOY
Bullfrog (Ney.l search,isht

=. VINeV.J SearchI1ght.
! Harry II. Cay Americas foremost
traged1an, was all the tabasco 3 at the
opera ,L house last evening as Oyster in
fle ia Pass Me the Lemon we had
taken TAX e. q few roots Of horseradish to the
performance for the purpose Of present.
me them ato the star, but his acting filled
our eyes with tears so that we could NOT
see to hit the stage. 4 ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
DERIVATION OF WORDS
New York Tribune.

a New a ork Tribline. -
utoneer will be correct when s.law-
neer takes the place of LAWYER. and
J, .'teachne t Of teacher. The proper end
Ing for such words is ter. often changed
for euphony to yer. Or ..ier. Much
confusion l'3rl Is due to fnisunde
the derivation OF ...enginesr.,s Al engi-
neer IS an ngine' er not an engine.
-neer. =, .sls.sa s.s, 6 5 80 s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
LABOR WANTS A LID

Great Fails Unions Demand that coun.
cImen Put Stop to Gambling.
Special to The journal.
Great Falls, Mont, Dec. 1S-A cons
mlttee from the Cascade County Tradea
and Labor assembly, representing the
various labor unions Of the city, waited
upon the city council last night and de-
manded that it take immediate steps to
stop all gambling in the city.