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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
SEEK NORTHERN OUTLET
Officials of Oklahoma Line Interview
Twin City Railroad Men. z

WALL 04oy ISeaIA odu NAOAs
W. s. McCaull of barrow, Okla,
president Of the Guthrie, Fairview &
Western railway, accompanied by J. G.
Timber, chairman of the same COM
pany, are in the city and st. Paul, in
conference with railroad officials con
corning extension Of their line, which is
being built from Guthrie to Colorado,
and still further northwest to connect
with the Burlington at Sterling, Neb.
It is rumored that the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas road, with which the
Guthrie, Fairview & Western connects
at Guthrie, is to buy the Guthrie, Fair.
view & Western, and make it the short
link between the Hill roads in the north
and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas IN
the south. Both Mr.. McCaun and Mr.
Trimbler are former employees OF the
Burlington. =. ~
Mr.. McCauIl has returned from Wash
ington, where he was interesting him
self in the statehood prospects Of Ok
pects the bill to be passed. eff Speak.
er Cannon won't allow the conference
committee to report,' said Mr.. Nc
Caull "the senate will put it in as a
rider of the appropriation bill, when 1t
will 90 thru. It looks much as if Can
non were waiting for an opportunity to
4sSThey have all quit talking. of two
states out of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory, except grafters who, want office
It will make the best state in the union
Already it is on par with Missouri
Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa and Nebraska
states which, have been. in the union
long time and which have been settlec
half century,
MI. McCaull is brother of ]. L. anc
8 r McCaull Of Minneapolis.
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Buying City Bonds.

In a, recent statement regarding the
issue Of school bonds at per cent,
the controller said that of $9,000,o0O
bonds issued by the city Of Minneapo-
lis, few are held by residents, and
added: "There is no reason why the
people should not, come in and. invest
except that they might be afraid of
the tax on bonds.'' %>
The controller probably hit it the
first time. The per cent bond nets
something less than per cent. The
average rate Of taxation for the past
few years has been around Pa pei
cent. If the bonds are taxed, it must
be at par, and if this is done the in
weston who has shown his pride in the
city has return of less than 1 pei
cent on his money and his patriotism.
AS matter Of fact, city bonds have
never been taxed in the city, because
those which have been acquired by
residents have generally been purchased
at private sale, and while the sassesso.
could find the owners, he has not con
sidered it good business Judgment to d,
SO. In this respect the assessor is NOR,
modern than the tax laws, for they d,
| not Discriminate. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
THIS COLUMN =
FOR Jim KEY
MERCY BANDS
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST
y AND JIM KEY

Jim Key Bands of Mercy are now
forming In the public schools. Any
child In the city may Join and the or
ganization will number thousands.
To maintain the enthusiasm and
give It direction. The Journ ii,
In cooperation with Mr.. Rogers,
owner of the wonderful horse, Jim
Key, has arranged a prize essay con-
test for pupils In the fourth to eighth
grades, Inclusive. In the Minneapolis
write brief essays, based on their
own observations. showing how anil.
mails respond to kindness and pa
thence. This Is the last week OF the
contest.
Papers should be plainly written on
one side of the paper only, and should
not exceed 300 words.
Each paper should bear the name,
address, school and grade OF the
writer, and. of course, all must be
original and neat. Spelling Will also
be a factor In the consideration.
II you have done or seen any act
of kindness to any animal, Just write
the story simply and send It to "uneIe
Bert" care of The Minneapolis Jour-.
nal.
Prizes are awarded each week for
the papers from each. grade, each
class receiving three prizes, 81, rs
cents and so cents, respectively. The
best Of these papers will be published
In T h u,r ma |, and the Jim Key
Band of Mercy column will be q reg.
uIar feature of The Journa |.
SEND IN YOUR ESSAYS At ONCE.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
COMIC.OPERA WRITER
SCORES NEW SUCCESS

Acting on the theory that on the
locale Of a comic opera hangs the sue
cess or the failure Of that opera, Will
lard Spencer, the author of Princes
Bonnie, - which will be produced at
the Orpheum theater Monday evening
May IA, placed the scenes of his operas
in such communities as he believed
would best suit the fancy of the thea
tergoing public.
In Philadelphia last week. Mr.. Spen
GERS operetta, Rosalie,' was pro
duced under the most favorable condi
lions. Nixon and Zimmerman present
ing the piece. From overture to fina
curtain, like his princess Bonnie,
the piece went with go and dash which
are taken to insure its lasting success
In this latest, as in his previous operas
among which may be named 1.-THE Lit
tie Tycoon and 'Miss Bob White
Mr.. Spencer has handled his book il
Gilbertian style, the work being al
near a Gilbert and Sullivan opera al
has been seen in years.
To suit the times and the thought Of
the day. Princess Bonnieo was writ
ten with the scenes laid in Maine il
the, first act, and then transferred tx
Spain in the second act
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BY w. p. x.

Is a be i5t.t si..% ny w. r. M ,+-,4ss-- -E Ill
Among the publications which have
been added during April to the shelves
at the public library are the books listed
below. IN addition to these the atten-
ton OF readers is called to the very fine
collection OF books on. gardening, land
scape gardening, trees, flowers and birds.
The demand for this class Of books has
BEEN unusually great this spring and an
especial effort has been made to COM
plete the catalogs in this line. .trs,rS
The new April books are:
+. s.YIs q FICTION - H.,
| Grey, 1.-THE Great Refusal.n ~ T. #
Lynde, The Quickening." e go
Beach. 1.-THE Spoilers" y "a
Bedford, 1.-The Snare Of Strength" .,.-
Burgess, Little Sister Of Destiny" ~
seawell, "Chateau Of Mount Plaisir.'
MISCELLANEOUS.
Brookheld, MRS. Charles Brookfeld and Hel
Circle" -.
Browne. "The st. Lawrence River"
| Burton, THE Founding Of the Christian
Church., 1.-THE Life of the Christi "a
Charming, "The Jeffersonian System, 1901
1911" .. b. ..sS,. -.
Churchill. Lord Randolph Churchill
Crawford, "salys venetta, ,Gleanings from
Crothers, 'The Endless Life" -;
Of Ny Life" s10.aIE sa1C,.--
|
| Cutler, LYNCH law"
Dawson. 1.-THE St.: lawrence" 1.-THE Maker
! Of English Felton, +" ~
Ditchheld, Picturesque English Cottages"
Duncan, "Schubert''t. = 80 Egg
! Gardner, Life of Stephen A. Douglass,
George, 1.-THE Menace of Privilege
| Haggard IA Gardeners Year"
Hall, Christian Belief Interpreted by Chris
tan Experience" * -
Harper, '"The Foreshadowings Of the Christ,
i 1.-The Prophetic Element in the Old Tesla
! ment.' ---~-r----~~- ..-~
Harrison, "Evergreens, How to Grow Them.
Hooper, ''The Country House."
[ Hunt, "Pre- Raphaelitism.''
Little. "Round About Ny Picking Garden"
| Loomis, "I've Been Thinking"
| Mason, 1.-THE Public Life. and Correspond
ence." $500 = --n r"E~ -.
Mifhin, COLLECTED Sonnets.''
| hansen, NORWAY and the Union wit
lSweden.''
Outram, ''In the Heart Of the Canada
Rockies" r ?. =. -
Pumpelly, Explorations in Turkestan.'
Rec, Nuremberg and It's Art to the On
Of the Eighteenth Century,
Rogers, 1.-THE Tree Book
Rose, 1.-THE Development Of the Europea
Nations" 8 vols. .%"s%
Rowe, "Hints on Wood-carving.''
Thomas Thought Transference."
Townsend, Handbook OF the United States.
vilmorin- Andrieux company, 1.-THE Vegetab
Garden - --: :.;7 -r>..
Whitney, Jungle Trails and Jungle People,
''Our Philippine Problem"
zueblin, "a Decade of Civic Development"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
Minnesota Politics
Direct Vote on, Governor at the eau
cuses Finds Favor-Eddy Has Pessi-
mIstIc View Of the AVERAGE Conven-
tlon-A jacobson View OF Stephens and
Cole. r-.--.>-

An eighth district republican, writing
to T h Q u n a. /, approves the edito-
rial favor1ng direct vote on governor at
the caucuses, and says: why not have
the names Of all avowed candidates for
governor printed On the backs Of all the
primary ballots, with a blank square fol-
lowing the name of each, as on a regular
Australian ballot SO the. voters could ex-
press a preference? The ballot could be
50 folded as to conceal the portion
marked, so as to make it practically a Sc
cret vote. Every county committee ought
to be willing to furnish the slips with this
backing printed on them"
Frank Eddy sounds warning in his
Sank Center Herald to the voters whose
habit it is to stay away from the caucuses
and let the professional politicians run
them. Nine times out Of ten, he says,
men are selected as delegates because
they have passes or have pull enough tc
get their fare and expenses paid ~.
IF the convention at Duluth is but a
repetition Of past conventions" says the
Herald, 1--WE. would rather have a pocket
full of railroad passes than headful OF
brains if we wanted to secure a nomina'
ton for state office. We would rather
have q thousand meal tickets on the
Spa1ding hotel than good record If WE
desired recognition. Yet the voters have
no right to kick because such a, deplorablt
condition exists. In every county there
are clean-handed, unpurchasable men
men who love the right, men who believe
that rectitude, righteousness and justice
should rule and reign. It IS up to thu
voters, will you attend the caucuses ane
conventions and see that these kind O
men go as delegates, or will you stay a
home and let commercial politics rule?'
The st. Cloud Journal-Press, which Il
| heading the Jacobson phalanx, says tina
the Stephens delegates from the nintl
district will have Jacobson for their sec
ond choice and that he will get then
when the breakup comes. The Journal
Press also disputes Coles claim to a ma
jority Of the sixth district and says h
will get nothing outside Of Cass, Hubbar
and Crow Wing. Coles only prospect i
as a compromise candidate, according t.
the Eastman view. The Virginian o
Virginia, however, thinks the contest i
going to be between Cole and Jacobson
and favors Cole as the northern Mime
sofa man. Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
The Code Falls Down AGAIN,

The supreme court after examining
the Revised Code let Holland, the man
who was sentenced by Judge Kelly Of
st. Paul to six months Imprisonment
for contempt, go with fine of $50. The
supreme court was forced to this de-
cision by the wording of the code,
which distinguishes "direct' and
. constructive contempts. The latter
refer to contempts not done in the pres
'ence Of the court.
The case before Judge Kelley was an
aggravating effort to bride a jury and
thus bring on a miscarriage Of justice.
If there is any class of offenses over
which judges should have discretion to
infict summary and severe punishment
it is attempts upon the integrity OF
juries. It is, as Judge Kelly points out,
ludicrous to give judge power to in
fict severe penalty upon man who
merely. makes a disturbance in the
courtroom and let off the miscreant who
outside the courtroom tries to tamper
with jury with nominal fine. In the
cities the construction put upon the
code puts premium on jury bribery.
, It is unlikely that thes code
makers realized the extreme costli-
ness Of their attempt to consolidate the
provisions regarding contempts. The
error is a serious one which the legis-
lature will have to correct at it's next
session.
Meanwhile we. are rapidly realizing
that code,revising does not mean merely
putting all the laws into one book. II
involves a good deal Of lawmaking@ and
what is still more unfortunate, as i1
this instance, considerable law unmak
ing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
The Cleaning Movement.

There is a disposition among few
men, some of them of Importance in
the country, to look upon cleaning up
as a woman 81 scheme which is to be
evaded by the men. It is considered
good form to be politely deferential to.
the women, to ward off their zeal with
indefinite promises, but to go not much
farther. There are a good many men
who believe dirt to be a sign of prog
ress and prosperity. AS shavings and
broken lath are an evidence that a.
house is building. so dirt and a certain
amount of confusion are to them sig
nifcant of much business.
The creation of debris is an evidence
of something constructive going on.
But it's removal is equally an evidence
of constructive work. The present
movement to clean up Minneapolis is
not a woman s notion. It has the back
ing of the: best,informed and most
progressive men,. /. g y *
Minneapolis is not, a dirty city in
the sense of having uncomfortable slums
to battle against But it is true that
in city covering so large an area there
are many places along the drives and
principal residence streets where care
lessness has developed. The recrudes-
cence of the neighborhood improve
ment associations is an evidence that
these conditions have become so marked
that the best taste is offended and has
determined to correct them. The clean
ing-up movement is an extension to the
whole city of this idea.
The business side Of the matter is
this: Minneapolis real estate is active
and with an ACTIVITY in real estate
there always comes an interest not
merely in the purchase and sale of lots
but also in the condition of the lots
and the streets So long as the rea,
estate market was dead there were nc
Improvement associations. Now that
there is a good demand for lots, the
spirit of improvement is reaWakened
This is proof enough that the move
ment is not merely woman's notion
It is based on substantial business con
siderations which appeal to the broad
est spirited men. There should, there
fore, be no hesitation in backing VI
the committees in their efforts. Thei
work is for the whole city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02

]. E. Henry. a millionaire lumberman,
not, satisfied with the way towns were
run, built one for himself. He has been
public opinion, judge, jury, chief of police
and house Of lords Of Henryville, N Y,
for years: One Of his sons is selectman
another is postmaster and a. third is now
police court judge. Mr.. Henry pays 81
per cent of the village taxes. Durina
the fourteen years he has been boss Of
the place he has not allowed liquor to be
sold, and any man who INDUCES in in.
to&lcants Is ordered to leave. The village
has 1000 population, and all the voters
, except four are in A MI. .Henry's. employ
What Mr. Henry has done for Henryyville
Senator Aldrich aspires to do for thu
United States.
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The Gas Light company has finished
the work of erecting the boulevard are
lights for the illumination of the drill
grounds for the journal cadet regi-
ments opposite the new armory on Ken
wood boulevard, and unless weather
interferes the company competition
drills will be also held there, announce
ment for which will be made in 7 b Q
Journal Saturday and Sunday.
The handsome silk flag to be offered
as a prize in Tuesdays competition is
on exhibition at Donaldson's Glass
Block store.
Cadets who decide to join the new
companies to be organized for the tenth
ward, New Boston, and the district
about Grant street and Nicollet ave-
nues, should leave word at recruiting
headquarters, 81 Fourth street 8, or
write Colonel W. II. Sprague, care Of
The Journal, giving their names,
ages and addresses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
81 JMDSES At NEW NNRk,S ENIu

GLIMPSES AT NEW Works. FOUR
MILLION.-There are more than four
hundred in New York worth reading
about o. Henry, author of "Cabbages
and Kings" in his later book, The Four
Million, is witness to the above state
ment, not by simple affirmation, but by
cases In point. There are twenty-five of
these cases, and If all are like those we
have found time: to read they prove the
statement beyond dispute. 1.-THE Fur
nished Room" fors examples tragedy
in miniature. Itahas a flavor Of Dickens
in it, both in the life it portrays and in
it's humor. There is at once a, sordid-
ness in the life and a flash Of fineness in
the spirit seen there such as one finds in
Dickens. The humor is not so deliberately
woven; it is :more~epigrammatic. but it has
a like element of occasional forcedness,
which mars, in measure, it's effect. and
it is almost too persistent. can Unfin-
ished Story Is a thrust at men who
hire working girls and pay 'em Sc "a
week to live on" It has something to
say of a type Of young man who invite
such girls out to dine One Of these 1t
describes: HE was fat; he had the soul
Of. a rat the habits Of a bat; and the mag
nanimity Of a cat
Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
The Bands Of Mercy.

AS fast as the names of the presi<
dents and secretaries can be copied
they are being forwarded to Boston, sd
the literature and badges can be sent
them, and the meetings begin as soon
as possible. More than $1,000 children
Mercy, and "Uncle Bert decided il
would take too long to wait until all
the names were published before Begin
ming work. Il
The names published today are from
sixth, seventh and eighth grades, Ham
ilton school, Miss Claribel Smith, prin.
cipal.
o Room, A Sixth Grade.
lisa Coffin, teacher. 4
Edwin Anderson. president; Maree Taylor, sec.
rotary; Mabel Edberg May Donaldson, Ellen
son, Agnes Rousseau, Clara Nolen, Esther An
derson, Margaret Williams. Mary Wramsted,
Jenny Alderman. Milton Lindberg. Alfred Tom.
ter, Alice Jensen, Katie Mitchell, Hilda John
| son. Mabel Baumann. George seagren, Milton
Carlson. Helmer Swenson. Annie LindQuist,
| Helen Pettengill. Effe Nelson. Edith Anderson.
| berg. David Reidhead. Louis Rousseau. Elmer
| stromberg, Henry Lun. Hiding Lindouist, Cora
| Hansen Hannah Larson, Meta schuppel.
B Room, Seventh Grade.
Asenath Barber, teacher.
Gail Utter, president; Fay Perkins; secretary;
|
| tel, Agnes Newgren, Sidney 0usdahl, William
Meyer, Esther Lindquist, Lille Ekberg, Grace
j Forestal Selma Sandberg, Jessie Lovely, Maria
| Lundgfen, Murell Parmeter Rosa Wikberg,
| Laura Krefting Normal Erickson. Willard Mel.
| son, Henry Lindholm, Harriet Farrells hugo Ny.
lander. John Wilcox. Alice FERN, Frank Hans
/ ack, Mamie Nelson, Edna Peterson, Ruth Sui.
| Ivan, Minnie Daigle. Dagmar Anderson, Ansel
Erickson. Maryey Swanson, Elmer Benson, Anna
West, Alma Baumann, Christine Lee, Chester
Hoar, yandy Lindberg.
| A Room, A and B Eighth Grade.
| Clara E. Whitman, teacher.
| E. L. Gadbois. president; Grace Mattson, secre-
| tary: G. l.. Woehler, r. E. Liden, J. NJ. Lang-
ley, Arthur Anderson. Sefred Stromberg, Eman-
| uel Anderson. Pointers Winslow sergeant; Her
man W. Eek. sergeant; Edwin P Campbell.
sergeant: Harry Blomquist, Thomas q. Donald-
! son. Fabian Bonnevier, Rosa Weber. Irene Me-
/ Leod Jessie Carlson, Seena Wedin, 0my
| Mitchell. Merte Chapman Dollie Andre. Elyira
! Frizeen. Gladys Broberg, Helen Boyson. Ray
| Pettengill. A1bin Peterson. Irene Bohanon,
Mayme o. Donnell, Carl Hanson, Theodore o'Kan,
1 Edwin f. Abrams. Abbie Mooney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-02
THE MAGAZINES

New Stories by Rudyard kipllng.-The
leading feature Of Mcclure's for May is
the first of a series of stories by Rudyard
Kipling, illustrated by Andre Castaigne.
They bear the title ROBIN Goodfellow-
HIS Friends Robin Is better known to
/ us as Puck. His friends are Dan and
Una, an English boy and girl, and the
way Mr.. Kipling gets at his historical
ta1es-for such they are-is disclosed in
the following:
! But when he met Dan and Una, he did moi
[bother them with any conjurers magic. He
| simply said that the people of the hills hat
| gone, he would have to show them something
else, and so he gave them each a clod OF earth
4 said words over 1t. and made them free of al
Old England, and all the people who had lfvet
| on their farm for three thousand years.
/ Burton J. Hendrick in the same maya.
zine begins THE Story Of Life Insur.
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Just AS Good AS Meetin'. >

! The interpresidential Campaign this
fall IS likely to, bring out a food Of
rallroad-rate, constitutional, socialis-
tic and anti-socialistic argument that
will keep the country on edge until it
IS settled who is, to control the next
national house. The arguments are
likely TO- take a technical turn and
many Of us will be affected by them as
was the e'colored pusson'' reported by
the Washington Star. He says:
I listen to de arguments
Dat happen day by day.
I doesn' understand 'em,
But / likes EN- anyway.
It's just as good as meetin',
= An it makes me want to shout
10 hyuh dem big an ,soundin' words
|, Jes' come a. pourin' out - : -
I don't care what the subject Is,
De man, dat hab de gift = d
Kin talk about it in way
Dat gives yoh soul lift, e
MY feelin's keeps a-shiftin', T.
It's kind O. curious how
My sympathies is allus with
DE man OATS talkin' now
Yet remembering the happy result of
| the campaign of education'' in the
Tree silver year, we may still trust the
ultimate commonsense Of the great
ass OF common people. ..,
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st. Paul's New MavOr.

The reelection of Robert A. Smith
to the mayoralty Of st. Paul for the
fifth consecutive term shows that there
are exceptions to the rule that young
men rule the world Mayor Smith,
tho not an aged mamie is only 78--
is not what you would call a spring
chicken in politics. More than half a
century ago he held a. county office in
Indiana and resigned tito come west
to accept another office ii. Minnesota.
In 1866, before some Of the men who
now figure as veterans in politics swere
born, protest went up in ST. Paul
against the continual holding Of office
by. this man Smith. :" 1T was urged
that the time had come when he should
step aside and give, some new man a.
chance. s.' - = + = Il.
But stepping aside has not been
SO conspicuous part Of the Smith
creed as side-stepping. The mayor has
always had the wit to be absent from
the combat when the cause was lost;
to shy his caster when the race ap-
peared feasible. This is part Of the
/ fine art Of politics.
1t is not claimed that Mayor Smith
has ever accomplished anything great,
tho he has served six years in the legis.
lature, unnumbered years in the coun-
Gil and six or seven terms as mayor of
st. Paul. He has exhibited the traits
of an apt politician rather than the
constructive genius of statesman
Character he does not lack, as. he
showed when he gave up all his prop
erty to the creditors Of failed bank
GWith which he was connected. In pub
lie affairs his record is largely mega
tive AS an administrator he satisfies
the moderate element in the communi
ty, which breads new policies.
His reelection is an evidence that
st. Paul is satisfied to let well enough
alone; that the city electorate IS MOI
excited to the, pitch of exacting muc1
beyond attention to routine duties from
its public officials. There is no reform
wave in st. Paul As far as that il
concerned, there was no very affirma
tive candidacy on either side.6e Mr.
] Hoffman represented can element Whicl
Knight have been warmed into GLOW
Eof enthusiasm for a new order Of things
but he seemed to lack the power t,
evoke the vital spark
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ance" with discussion Of surplus as the
basis Of corruption.

The World Today.-Topics Of wide pub
lie interest and Importance are treated in
an able manner in The World Today for
May, and the illustrations in this yalu-
able 15-cent magazine are, as usual, very
fine. This is especially true Of the Ave
full-page portraits. Particularly timely
is the editorial on New Fashioned Hon
esty." and the article by G. Arthur VIII
liams on The Truth About the Senate. .
An article Of special interest to Mime
sofa people is 1.-THE Completing Of the
Mississippi" by Aubrey Fullerton, with
pictures of the lock and dam between
Minneapolis and st. Paul