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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
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Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. L II :2 4 S;
London, May i The name Of An:
drew Carnegie is SO prominently iden-3
tifed with free Libraries: and : the en-,
doWment Of universities that other I'M
stances of his generosity are almost en-
stirely, overlooked BY Bnglishmen. A
story has just. some to- light which, more
than any Of his munificent. gifts, illus,
great millionaire S character. Some
time ago .hesWas discussing his boyhood
with a brother Scot, and in the course
of the conVersatio he, remarked: . D
go II wonder. what has become Of all
the companions ) of my school ]. days;
surely they cannot all have gone to the
|wall7 81. .t.;.s 4. s :s1,
Suddenly he recalled one of. the COM
panions in particular whose name was
David Brand. David, it appears, was
one of the last Of Carnegie Is zchums; to
leave his native Fifeshire to seek his
fortune elsewhere. But the fortune
never came, and after repeated efforts
to recover himself, poor Brand had to
seek the shelter Of d London work.
house, where he remained up to a day
native Fifeshire thru the generosity Of
Mr.. Carnegie. who devised means OF
discovering him when,ehe heard that be
had fallen on evil times.
1 David was few years Carnegie :,
senior, and on cold, wet mornings used
to carry, the future millionaire on hi.
back as they trudged along the mudd,
roads on his way to the village school
Brand frequently related the story OF
his early acquaintance with Carnegie
to his fellow inmates Of the workhouse
but he is man of proud and independ
ent nature, who would never think OF
communicating his troubles to anyone
with the view Of obtaining assistance.
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called upon to act as one of the pail
bearers.
The story is that Lincoln frequently
pokes fun at Wallace in regard to the
territory with such remarks as: ~
"Well, old Idaho, how is your new
territory getting along9' -
When his congressional term expired
Colonel Wallace returned to Pierce
county, Wash, Of which Tacoma is the
county seat, and at the time Of. his
death, Feb. Z, 1879, was judge of pro.
bate: During the Indian troubles Colonel
Wallace was captain of volunteer
company. Mrs. Wallace was Miss Su
zana Brazelton of Guilford county
North Carolina: She was a daughter
Of General Brazelton. Their only son
William W. Wallace, is at present clerk
in the third auditors office, Washing
ton, d. c., and where he has been a
number Of years. . - - :. ~;
/ In the same old cemetery lie buried
+ lieutenant Slaughter and nine Of his
men, who were killed by the: Indians
in 1866 at what is, now Auburn, mid
way between Tacoma and Seattle
|, None of their graves is marked. -
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universally condemned practice of the
Dutch says, ~ - i - ~
stWhen the Dutch established their
Influence in these seas and, relieved
the native princes from their Portu-
-guese oppressors,, they saw that the
easiest way TO- to repay themselves hens would
TO b gss s pce hg ads nte thT
adopted the wise principle of concen-
trating the culture Of these valuable
products in those spots of which they
could have complete control. To do
this effectually it was: necessary to
abolish the culture and trade in all 9TH
er places, which they succeeded in
doing by treaty with the native rulers.
These agreed to have all the spice
trees in their. possession destroyed.
They gave up large tho fuctuating
revenues, but they gained in return a
fixed subsidy, freedom from the con-
slant attacks and harsh oppression of
the Portuguese. and a continuance of
their regal power and exclusive au-
thority over their own subjects, which
is maintained in all the islands Except
Ternate to this day. 1t is no doubt
supposed by most Englishmen, who
have been accustomed to look upon
this act Of the Dutch with vague :, hor-
ror: as something utterly unprincipled
lation suffered fgrievopslF by this de-
g asgs: it is certain + that IBIS is not the
He then proceeds to, charge that the
native sultans had a ".rigid monopoly
Of the spice trade before. the Dutch ar
| rived and that the latter by prohibit
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ing the cultivation of spices, left the
natives more time for the production Of
food and other salable things and con-
Guided: II believe, therefore, that this
abolition Of the spice trade in the Mo-
luccas was. actually beneficial to the in
habitants, and that it was an act both
wise in itself and morally and political
ly justifable.
49,. i. - + III.
It will be noticed that in very brief
space he employs the arguments mainly
relied upon to- support monopoly wher-
colonialism in its worst form. In the
first place, the Dutch had to "repay
themselves for having relieved the
native princes from their Portuguese
oppressors that is, they had to col
lect pay for their philanthropy; second,
as the sultans were doing the Same
thing, the Dutch might as we'll do, it
that is, the very familiar argument,
elf we don't do it, somebody else
will"; and third, it was a good thing
for the natives-it is never difficult to
prove this to the man who profits by
the system. But, nothing is said as to
the effect of the monopoly upon consum.
ers of spices turnout the world. It does
not seem tooccur to the writer above
quoted (Wa1lace) that they are to be
considered. The viewpoint from which
he looks at the whole matter can be
Judged from his admonition to the
British that they must not be too much
"afraid Of the cry Of despotism and
slavery if they are to improve theil
Crude subjects and raise them up to-
| ward their own level ~. .a >. ...r-... ..
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BY William Jennings Bryan.

E-
Copyright, 1906 by Joseph B. Bowes-copyright
& INGAPORE-As the Dutch have
administered in what they call
Netherlands-India a colonial sys.
tenn quite different in it's methods from
the systems adopted by other nations,
have thought it worth while to make
some inquiries concerning. it. :.
The Malay archipelago, which might
also be described as a continent cut
up into islands, has furnished a farm
on which several nations have expert
mented in colonialism, but the Dutch.
both in length Of occupancy and ia
the number Of people subjected to
their rule. are easily first. The archi-
pelago is more than, 1900 miles long
from east to west, and if the Philip.
! wide. Some of the islands are larger
than European states; Borneo and
New Guinea each have an area great,
er than the British isles. On the map
! the islands of the archipelago look
like stepping stones connecting" Asia
with Australia, but some writers, ar
guing from the fauna and flora as well
= as from the depths of surrounding wat
ers, contend that the western islands
| ern ones an extension of Australia
Alfred Russell Wallace, for instance,
points out that the animals, birds and
natural products Of the two sec tions
differ so much as to suggest that one
group Is much older than the other. r., !,
. This archipelago Is the home Of one
of the branches into which the human
family Is divided, viz, the Malay or
brown race. These people are distinct
in appearance and in many of their
characteristics from the yellow and
b5se n as fr on tbh the
remnants of aboriginal tribes, but the
Malays from time immemorial have
furnished the prevailing type. They.
have shown themselves capable of
continuous and systematic labor where
they. have been subjected to coercion;
or where q sufficient inducements, has
been presented as q stimulus, but the
summer, added to the bounty of the
tropics, has naturally made them less
industrious than those who live in the
temperate zone. The. clothing, re-
CURED by the Malay is insignificant in
amount and value. The little children
are bare and seem to enjoy shower
as much as ducks do. In Sourabaya,
group Of them naked sliding on their
stomachs on the marble floor Of an
open porch during q heavy rain. This
seemed fairly satisfactory substitute
for the ice ponds of the north. - ="
The adults, both men and women
wear a sarong Except when the men
content themselves with a breech
clout). The sarong, simple strip of
cloth. is draped about the figure with
all the fullness in front, and fastened
in some mysterious way without the
aid Of buttons, hooks or pins. This
garment, if garment it may be called
gives opportunity for the exercise of
taste, and the range in price is suff
cient to permit Of some extravaganza
in dress. The best native sarongs are
more expensive than silk, the cloth
being overlaid with wax, upon which
the pattern is traced, and the dyes ap
piled by hand. The masses use cheaI
cotton print manufactured in Europe
One Of the striking peculiarities Of
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Special Correspondence of The Journal.
~ACOMA. WASH, May Sin a
small and nearly forgot
ten cemetery. on the old
Fort Steilacoom grounds, twelve
miles from Tacoma, lie buried Colonel
and Mrs. William II. Wallace. Colonel
Wallace was a cousin of the late Gen,
eral Lew Wallace, was territorial gov,
ernor of Washington, the first terrific
rial governor of Idaho, and previous to
/ his western career, had been member
iand speaker Of the first Iowa legisla-
ture.. He was a close friend of Abra-
! ham Lincoln, and acted as pallbearer at
his funeral.
That the grave of a man with his
{ tory SO interesting should be forgotten
and desecrated, is startling. The old
fort grounds are now devoted to the
purposes Of the state hospital for in
sane, and many people pass the little
plot every day. The cemetery was
established by the first company of sol
diers that came to Puget Sound in 1S4S.
This was Company M, First artillery,
and which left New York city, 10S
strong, on the same day that Taylor
was elected president. Frederick Myer,
the only survivor of this company, still
resides near the old fort grounds
The Dissertation of the old cemetery
has been called to the attention of Gov
arnor A. D. Mead by Paul Gyllstrom,
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SAFE STICKS IN DOOR
. AND THIEVES LEAVE It
Los Angeles Robbers Cart Strong
box to Exit Only to
- Be Fooled.

Los Angeles, May 12-An attempt
was made to steal large safe from
the warehouse Of the Spreckles Brothers
Commission company, GAL E Third
street:
When employees of the company ar
rived at the warehouse in the morning
they found that the safe had been
front part of the warehouse, to close
to a door in the rear. The floor of the
warehouse was Uttered with boxes and
there were numerous bits of candles
which had been lighted and permitted
to burn out by the would-be safe loot
ers. Chisel marks on the door of the
safe showed that tools had been used
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN CRITICISES THE UNIQUE
COLONIAL SYSTEM or THE DUTCH IN TIE EAST INDIES
RdUM M G .

Javanese life is the adoption of the
sarong by the European women for
morning wear. Ladies who appear at
dinner in full evening dress may be
seen on the balconies and streets III
the morning hours clad in loose-hang-
ing sarongs and thin dressing sacques.
beat Which left
tavia we saw posted notices designat-
ing the hours during which the sarong'
could be worn, and giving permission to
men to wear a paiama-like outfit during
the same hours.
The natives of the Malay islands APP
pear to be a 'mildmannered and peace
full people, altho fighting tribes have
been encountered in the mountain re-
gions; the suppression of which has
cost, the Dutch many lives and aSlarge
outlay of forms In Sumatra there are
sections that have never been subdued.
the archipelago; in fact, he far OUT
strips all other foreigen elements. The
population of Java is: given as 20, 747,i
600 in the. government statistics, and
Of this total, PIT 900 are Chinese. The
number Of Europeans is given as 62,477,
and the number Of Arabs at $4,000.
AAOllA OpAOA 6Ao1dGIC SOuA4t11Oo' i was IL
formed that the $4,000 described as
number more than 10000 the number
of real Europeans being about 10000.
In the ether islands controlled by Hol-
land, the population is given at "a little
more than 100000, and the number of
Chinese at 100000, while the European
population is estimated at 3,000, the
Arabs at 5000 and other Asiatics at
10000. twill be seen from these fig
ures that the Chinese form the chief
foreign ingredient I'M Netherlands India,
as they doAin Borneo and the Straits
Settlements. In Java, where we had a
chance to. observe them, we found that
the Chinese smonopolized the mercan-
tile business, except where they were
compelled to- share it. with Arabs and
Indians. We also. heard Of them as
money -loaners, the rate Of interest be-
ing generally ;usurious. It may be said
to their credit, however, that as Shy
superiority of the Arab in this respect
has given rise to the saying among the
natives that the Chinaman leaves ma
tive with nothing but sarong, while
an Arab strips him bare. Many China
men have grown rich and have perma-
nently identified themselves with the
country, and Of these some have dis
carded the queue entirely, While others
have retained it in diminutiveSform,
little wisp of hair growing from a
spot not much larger than a dollar and
heightened out with silk thread.
&c., t. + i.
Apropos Of the Chinese agitation
against our exclusion act, it is inter
esting to know that the Chinese born
in Java presented a petition to the
governor general a few years ago ask
ing for the restriction Of the further
immigration Of Chinese coolies. The
petition was not granted, but the lead
er Of the movement SO aroused the
wrath of the coolies that they called
upon him in a body and pelted his
house with mud.
49,. !. !. !.
In all Of the Malay states the opium
vice is turned to account,by the rulers.
In some places the sale of opium is q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
KlNG's bed T! !. IS |. \ I :.
i. MADE MADE more |.|l SIMPLY
Awe Inspiring Ceremony, Used
Since Tudor Times, at Last =
!. Abandoned.
Special Correspondence Of The journal.

t.sr -f- 4.
Special Correspondence Of The journal.
: London, April 3O.-Those who are re.
sponsible for making King Edward s
bic are no longer confronted with the
quaint rules and regulations with re-
gard to the making Of his bed, which
have been handed down from Tudor
times. Everyone, knows how steadfast-
ly Queen Victoria respected tradition in
matters of court etiquette and state OBJ
servances. While she lived she insisted
that the deliberately mounted rules to
be observed in the making Of the SOW
:ereign s bed should occupy a conspicu-,
GUS position in that portion, of the pal.
ace set apart for ladies' of the bed
chamber. They have now been removed
what has become of them.
i A few extracts from this awe-inspir.
ing document will sgiYe some idea Of
the time that must have been occupied
an lFt. ma king the king Bed ls
81 A yoeman or grooInes OF sye wardrobe
will .hoide .sye} syde, curtens and I'VE foote
Fcurt tens. "A yoelnan Of. We ;erowne to leape
upon, We 3bedde and ron az hymn up and
Eassaye We litter. Then laye, upon it We
fether Sbedde. and bette tt well and make
1T even and :sno othe. Then shall yoeman
of We stuffe take .ye sfllst ian and cast it
On 5se-S bedde- Then shall sa,lyers of We
I bodye laWeS handles thereon and slaye it
Estre.ght upon we /. bead without 4 any
WRINKLES and We sheetess in samewise.
tEfsEhen take bottle sheetes4 and fustian by
I've bordures and put them IN IN under ye
fether beddes att both sydes and. at we
lfeete also. Then layei on yemoYer sheetes
and go to 5:ye ebedde,s head and shake
| down va, bedde. 1. Then. laye $on tother
|Estuffes Then. role down. -ye bedde sye
space Of an ellie. Then Let We yoemar
take We pillows and bette them well and
cast them up to We sauyers and lette then
laye them on We sbedde as IT pleaseth the
king grace Al 3 81 Il \ (.
1 "a fters a consid erabIe amount of addi
EEtional labor is to be expended on plac
ling more sheets and f king curtains { Z
1 .sqiiYer is to caste holye water son ..ye
! bed de- and then as, a grand finale
"alle that were at We making Of u
bedde music have bred and ale anc
sWyn the most pleasant part of the
performance, one would imagine. Who
would dare to maintain after this thai
Uneasy lies the head that wears
CROWN
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MCKINLEY MEMORIAL PLANS.

New York, May 12-At meeting Of
the trustees of the National Mckinley
Memorial association held at the Man
haitian hotel today, Sculptor. Charles
Henry Niehaus presented for inspec.
ton his design for the portrait statue
of Mckinley, which is to- stand at the
entrance of the tomb in the Canton Gem.
etery. The special committee appoint
ed for the. purpose reported satisfactory
progress in the work. Of raising the
$4,000 endowment fund. ...-s.Ezs :
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advises you to take loose grocery store
coffee, instead of Arbuckles ARIOSA,
he doubtless believes he is doing you a
favor, whereas he is really depriving you
Of the most wholesome and delicious
beverage that you can buy, something
better than anything else he can sell you
for the price. The sales of Arbuckles'
ARIOSA Coffee exceed the sales of all
other package coffees inthe United States
combined, and the business of Arbuckle
Bros. exceeds that of the four next largest
concerns in the world, simply because
the public actually receives better coffee
for their money in Arbuckles' ARIOSA
than they can buy In any other way.
Arbuckles ,ARIOSA Coffee is good to
drink-it quenches the thirst and tastes
good. Most people need it. It aids
digestion, increases the power and am.
bition to work and it makes one feel like
doing things-no after depression.
| United States soldiers drink more cot
] fee than the soldiers of any other nation.
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IT he will not sell Arbuckies' AR1osA

e IF he will not sell Arbuckies' ARIOSA
twriteStous. We will supply you direct.
You will get greater value for your
money! better pound of cofee-full
weight than he can sell you under any
other name. He cannot sell Arbuckles'
.ARIosA loose, by the pound out of a
bin or bag, because we supply it only In
sealed packages that you can identify
every time, which protect the coffee from
the dust and impurities that loose coffee
absorbs and Insure full weight. Coffee
exposed to the air loses its flavor.
strength and purity. You cannot tell
where it came from neither can the
grocer--he may think he knows but he
doesn't and ali you can ever know is the
price ticket. It is worth remembering
that outward appearances no indication
of cup" quality.
Grocers as a rule are honest, trust.
worthy men who would not consciously
mislead you. Whenever one of them
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government monopoly, while in others
it is farmed out to the highest bidder.
In North Borneo there is a district
called Sarawak owned and ruled by
an Englishman who. is known as
Raiah Brooke. When we were pass
ing thru Singapore, I noticed in a
wherein the sarawak government
asked for bids for three years lease
Of the "opium FARM gambling
farm and "arrack- farm (arrack is
the native name for an Intoxicating
iquor). In all of the archipelago the
vices Of the people seem to be as re-
munerative to the government as their
virtues, and I was reminded of the
Chinese official at Picking who jok-
ingly Informed me that he had a. self
ish reason for opposing the boycott Of
American goods because it. would de-
prive him Of American cigarets, Of
+. The Dutch traders followed the
Portuguese into the East Indies and in
time supplanted them. Holland then
chartered the East India, Trading com
pany and Amsterdam became the
spice center from which all Europe
company was manned by a thrifty
conceived nce of Manipulating a the world s
spice market, and they accomplished
this by. destroying groves and, pro-
hibiting competition by treaty with
the natives. They are also charged
with destroying spice by the ton in
Amsterdam in order to- maintain the
price. One apologist for this almost
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13

in an effort to open 1t when 1t was
found to be too large to permit of its
exit thru the door.
j. R. Burrows. manager Of the COM
pany, is Of the belief that the visitors
expected to find pay roll money in the
safe. GAS a matter of fact" Mr.. Bur-
rows said, "there' was about $25 in
the money drawer and papers of some
value in other compartments
No person in the vicinity of the
warehouse heard the thieves at work,
altho considerable noise must have
been made by them in moving the safe.
men were amateurs and Ji that tb s
were frightened away before they had
time to test the efficiency of nitro
glycerin in opening the safe. The ware
house was entered by means of a pass
kew, .--.E-
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Family Box.

On receipt of $3.50, express or postal
money order, we will send 10 pounds of
ARIOSA In a wooden box, Transports
ton paid to your nearest freight station.
The $3.50 pays for the transportation
and the coffee, which will be in the
original packages bearing the signature
of Arbuckle Bros. that entities you to
free presents. Ten pounds-ten pack
ages-ten signatures. If you write for
it we win send free book containing
full particulars and colored pictures Of
nearly 100 presents for users of .Arbuc-
kles' ARIOSA Coffee.
The price of coffee fuctuates-ws
cannot guarantee it for any period.
Address our nearest Office, Box Dept.
ARBUCKLE BROTHERS, j
Il Water Street, New York City.
100 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Liberty Avenue and Wood Street, Pittsburgh Pa
42l South Seventh Street, st. Louis, No
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STATE RIFLE MATCH
Iowa Competition ito start at Des
Moines, Aug. Il. y, ~.

Special to The Journal. s'1..*- -~
7 Webster, Iowa, May 12.-Rife teams
from all the militia companies of the
state will compete in four days shoot
in Des Moines.. beginning Aug. IA. Over
$50 men will participate. s.....r :
Heretofore the regimental shoots
Adiutant General Thrift now plans to
have teams from the four Iowa regi-
ments compete at the same time. Three
days will be devoted to company, team
and individual shooting and the fourth
day will be for regimental team compe-
tition.> E-a
From the winners of the shoot the
team will be picked to represent Iowa
at the national contest of the army and
Several of the Iowa regiments will
take long cross country marches this
summer. -: ,.s@-e --~- IT,. p