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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

known in London and New York, found him
self once upon time, in the presence of the
king of the Maoris. Turn to map of the
creat South Seas put finger on New Zea-
land, and you will have indicated the coun-
try of the Maoris. Well, after some pariey-
;nr. it was decided that his dusky highness
himself should conceal an article which the
maeician should discover. The mind-reader
left the room, and after while was brought
back blindfoldcd. He cogitated for moment,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

NATURALIST says:
Men and animals are born with
a propensity to fight. Is there in
the whole range of the animal crea-
ton one animal that does not fight,
if ~ has cenaa anorob and Do,Uarc
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

UGGLERS, sword-swallowers AID
magicians travel all the way around
the world, stopping at the big cities
and usually paying their respects
to the rulers of the regions visited.
Thus it was that magician, well
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
Copyright by James ElversOn.

Ccpyright by James EIVersOu'
REENSi Dand-lion green's!
g-r-e-e-n.s!" shouts'a child's voice. j..
And l heard the quick steps OF
small bare feet pattering up the
lane.
PRESENTLY a face appeared at the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-05
The Congo.

A correspondent from Chaska writes
to controvert the statements OF MI.
Van Westrum Of Chicago, who says he
was engaged in business in the Congo
Free State and saw no cruelties to the
natives by the government agents, and
claims that the missionaries do not rep
resent the facts. We do not know what
Mr.. Van Westrum' opportunities for
obtaining information. may have been,
but we are certainly mot going to &C.
cept his statement in contravention OF
all the evidence furnished not alone by
missionaries, but by agents Of the Brit
ish government, by travellers in that
land, and even by the kings own com
mission. In view Of the fact that the
Congo land has been practically closed
to the trade of the world except as il
is carried on thru Leopold 3 agents, the
impressions gained while engaged II
business in that country will have tt
be entirely cleared Of suspicion Of bial
before they are likely to have much
weight. The presumption of bial
against them is reasonably mucl
stronger than against the missionaries
| who are not there for their persona
| profit.
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Sinclair rather small, smooth-faced,
girlish looking young man. In keeping
with these characteristics of appearance,
were the soft-voiced conversation and
gentle manner of the man. One would
hardly think Of him as attempting even
to write such a terrible story as he has
put into 1.-THE Jungle"
Mr. Sinclair has been socialist for
about two years, and he set out to put
into a book a story which would illus
trate the logical results Of extreme COM
mercialism. Naturally, he chose Chicago
as the scene of such a story. That Is the
way he puts it, at least And just as nat
urally he chose the packing industry as
the extreme of commercialism in Chicago.
AS socialist he easily secured entrance
to the homes Of the people Of Packing
town" and, DOMINIC laborer's clothing,
he went among the packing houses and
was able to see them at their worst; was
able, he says. to get at the facts of the
business that no visitor is ever allowed to
learn IL it can be helped. Then he set
to work to write and wrote with fever
ish intensity, that almost killed him be-
fore the book was done at the end Of the
year. He says he will never again write
book under the same conditions Of pres
sure.
Mr. Sinclair defends Jack London, fol
whose lecture now being delivered in diff.
ferent Cities Mr.. Sinclair is partly, al
least, responsible. He says Mr.. Londor
has been grossly misquoted and made tt
say things that he never said or intended
to say.
While Mr. Sinclair has received a goot
deal OF attention from the newspapers O
New York, he takes his leap to fame
quietly and with becoming modesty.
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all-streeting the Mutual.

Evidently Thomas w. Lawson struck
"pay dirt when he began the collec-
ton of proxies for the election OF truss
tees of the New York Life and the Mu-
tual. Not that Lawson or his anal
gamated governors association will
ever get a chance to use their proxies,
for the companies will never brook the
interference Of Lawson in their affairs,
but because he has set the pace Tor
others in the same industry.
When the Peabody administration
succeeded that of McCurdy in the Mu,
tual it was understood that it would be
temporary. But no sooner was the
investigating committee composed OF
Auchinclos, Truesdale and Fish appoint
ed than it transpired that a portion of
the committee was seeking proxies
which would make the Peabody admin
istration permanent, whereupon Mr..
Fish left the committee and resigned
from the board
Now lord Northcliffe (Sir Alfred
Harmsworth) representing the Brit
ish and continental .policyholders, Is
backing Mr.. Fish in an effort to GUST
the Peabody crowd and inaugurate IAN
entirely new deal. The New York legis-
lature will annul the Lawson proxies by
moving the election from April to No
vember, 1906, but will improve the sit
uation by providing for the selection Of
an entire new board. It is understood
that Lawson and his governor commit
tee stand ready to throw their influence
to the Fish enterprise, believing that his
effort promises more in the way Of gen
uine reform than any other.
r All of this goes to show that Mr.
Lawson was not quite so wild as people
thought him when he put thousands OF
dollars into the collection Of proxies
Even if they are not used, the policy
holders have been educated, and will
not give proxies to any one represent
ing Wall street if they know it.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Biiou-Eight Bells.

Generalities are necessary in passing
Judgment on the !. New Eight Bells, =
as it is called, the vehicle by which
the Brothers Byrne are introducing ac-
robatic stunts this season. Like the
holy Roman empire, which was neither
holy, Roman, nor an empire, Eight
Bells is neither comedy, pantomime
nor vaudeville. By separating the good
that is in the piece from the super
abundance Of chaff in the way Of al
legged comedy lines, a better perform
ance would result.
bats and have with them others who
are capable Of clever work in the same
line. A straight pantomime with some
snap and go to it would be better. The
Hoover Sisters do some creditable dane
ing and Schrock and Rice have a clever
acrobatic bicycle stunt. An elaborate
set up that is novel and might be made
thoroly funny is used in the sh1pWrecB
scene. This huge piece of property rep
| resents a ship rolling in mid-ocean ane
| introduces the best pantomime OF the
present production. The wreck of thu
horse and carriage is familiar ant
makes hit with the house.
The company is large and works mos
| of the time, the balance Of the respon
| sibility being borne by the ancien
and honorable slapstick, which is de
| pended on for the comedy. The absurd
| ties seem to please, and the acrobati
stunts are wen worth watching, and al
most audiences are easy-going and in
dulgent, there are many laughs thruou
| the performance. M. q. b.
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ROOSEVELT VISIT
TO KAISER URGED
Germans Say President Might Fol
low Example of Daughter
and Son-in-law.

Berlin, March professor A1brecht
Worth Of Munich contributes signed
article to Der Tag, on the possibility
of President Roosevelt and Emperor
William exchanging visits. Professor
Wirth has connections with the foreign
office and his suggestion therefore
has a certain interest.
and Mrs. Longworth are expected in
Berlin in May, he says, and he contin-
ues:
"This is not the first time that tho
president IS daughter will have repre-
scented the United States diplomat
cally. Her journey to east Asia had
official character, expressed by her ac-
companying member of the cabinet.
"President Roosevelt himself is not
permitted to leave American territory
but as an American warship is also
American territory, as President Roose
welt has already proved in practice,
why cannot the president give another
example by visiting Kiel. Emperor
William could then choose a return
visit of the same form, going on war
ship to waters near Washington. These
visits would add much to the mutual
friendship Of two Countries
The Longworth's Return.
Washington, March 5-Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth returned to Wash
ington yesterday from their honeymoon
trip to Cuba. Mr.. Stone, chief usher
at the White House, and Frederick, the
| Longworth footman, were the only per-
sons on hand to meet the bridal couple.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth's arrival
was not expected by the large crowd Of
travellers waiting in the station for out
going trains. Nearly everybody had
| left the Southern special before MIR.
and Mrs. Longworth and the latter g
maid alighted. They were escorted thru
the station by the Pullman agent and
Mr.. Stone. Mrs. Longworth wore a
trained tan cloth gown and tan hat,
trimmed in mouse-gray feathers, with
| Just touch of magenta. They were
driven at once to the Longworth home
in Eighteenth street.
/ In the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth went to the White House for
luncheon and later took an automobile
drive. Last night they dined alone at
home.
Mrs. Longworth s position as the
wife of a representative now places her
in position unlike that usually shared
by women Of the congressional set
When a representative wife comes tic
Washington, it is her duty to make first
calls. Mr.. Longworth has now been es
tablished in the official set, and the
fact that Mrs. Longworth is returning
bride to city where she has been a
leader will reverse the regular order
and other Washington hostesses vii
now make first calls upon her. -
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
The Congo crueItIes Proven.
To the Editor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal.
In Wednesdays Journual I read certain
statements which L. S. Van Westrum
of Chicago was reported to have made
denying Congo cruelty. AS Mr.. Van
Westrrim claims TO know conditions in
the. Congo Free State from personal OBJ
seryation, some of your readers may con-
clude that his word is perhaps as good
as that of the missionaries and that there
is much ado about nothing" Let us
see.
These charges Of inhuman cruelty
against King Leopold's rule in Africa are
already several years old and have long
since been thoroly' investigated and dis
cussed, pro and con-. To arise at this late
day and say that: ''To generalize spe-
cif1c acts of cruelty by whites to natives.
and to say that King Leopold is a.
monster, is malicious and false" shows
that a man either does not know the
proven facts of the case or else is inten-
tiona1ly misrepresenting them.
In review of Edmund D. MorelPs
| book king Leopold's Rule in Africa"
the New York Evening Post says: 1.-THE
| mass of evidence the author has ac-
cumulated is simply appalling in its i'm
| plications. Only part of it, when
| brought out in a debate in the house
| of commons, was enough to cause the
adoption of resolution that the abuses
in the Congo Free State ought to be in
quired into by civilized nations"
The British government, accordingly,
sent H. NJ consul, Roger Easement,
an official of wide African experience and
knowledge of African peoples and con-
ditions extending over twenty years, a
man whose personal character stands eX-
ceedingly high, to make a six months tour
| thru the state and ascertain from personal
observation the condition of the natives
on the upper Congo. A two months tour
rendered further investigation unneces-
sary, as it supplied conclusive evidence OF
the most horrible outrages, and the main
tenance of slavery in its most revolving
forms under the present regime. The
record of established facts is, as Lord
Edmund Fitzmaurice rightly declared in
the house of commons on May 20, 1903,
one which made civilization ashamed OF
its name"
Anyone wishing to satisfy himself as
to the facts in detail will find mass of
incontrovertible evidence extending over
l a decade in such books as H. P. Fox
/ Bourne's Civilization in Congo Land;
Z. D. Morell's Affairs in West Africa" ;
DIR. Harry Guinness Congo Slavery
the files of the West African Mail, etc.
Moreover, is it very likely that such a
man. as fTeSlQ6lIs 1STuS 4NoItulop "ooic
be serving as vicepresident of Congo
Reform association if there Were in reality
nothing to reform? Does not the report
of Mr. Van Westrums statement show
signs of bias in such phrases as stories
disseminate ted by missionaries; mission
1 aries are at the bottom of it; the mis-
sionaries are making mistake?
Robert H. Brennecke, Jr.
. Chaska, MINI.
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Now for a. Square Deal.

John R. Walsh will be known to fame
as the manipulation Of the 'Hmemoran-~
dunn note,'' The memorandum note is
a device which he used to deceive the
bank examiners, altho in view of the
facts in this particular case it seems
strange that they should have been
fooled by such device.
The memorandum note may be made
a convenience in a perfectly legitimate
transaction. It seems that it may also
be made great convenience in thoro-
ly illegitimate transaction, and that's
the use Mr.. Walsh made of it.. When
he could no longer borrow money over
his own name from his own bank to-
finance his Southern Indiana railroad, a
private enterprise of his own, he took
stocks and bonds of this road, made out
memorandum notes, had them signed
with some fictitious name by a clerk,
put these with the railroad securities
into his bank to fool the bank examiner
and in the aggregate extracted in this
way depositors' money to the amount
Of $2,668,000, -.
The singular thing is that the bank
examiner should have been willing to
pass so many memorandum notes which,
it is said, were all signed by one man
and appear to be one man 8 handwrit-
ing.
Of course, Mr.. Walsh knew that he
! had no right to take this money. Like
a. good many other embezzlers he, no
doubt, expected to return it; but the
time came when he couldn 't-as it
usually does ome--and he appears be-
| fore the public as having used his posi-
ton as president of the Chicago Nation.
al bank to get possession Of other PEG
pie IS money surreptitiously which he
cannot now return. If Mr.. Walsh is
convicted of this crime for which he
has been. arrested, and as to which the
evidence appears to be conclusive, it
does not appear how he can avoid suf
fering the heavy penalty which the law
provides for stealing.
| Mr.. Walsh has been a rich man; may
be yet. He has powerful friends. He
viii undoubtedly have fair trial. No
body wants anything more than ever
justice but it's important that mar
who has occupied the position which he
held, has had the experience which has
fallen to him.. and who has achieved
the prominence in business circles at
tanned by Mr.. Walsh should not OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-05
BY w. p. kIrkwood.

JouRNEYINGs AMONG THE MAGA-
ZINES. JOURNEY NO. New York,
Feb. 2S.-The motive Of a magazine edi
tor is not always readily apparent to his
readers mind It's presence even is not
always recognized. The reader sees usu-
ally only an ATTEMPT on the part of the
editor to provide good reading In order tc
sell more magazines in order to get more
money. In order to provide more reading
and so on endlessly around the circle, the
editor, Of course being able in the process
to obtain the necessities of life and lux
ury now and then to keep him in an Opt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-05
California Notes.

T. "Very interesting items are dropped
by returning visitors from California,
who have sampled the new Salt Lake
Route between Los Angeles and the
Mormon City. The road is 779 miles
long, and the distance has already been
covered in twenty-five hours in a test
or as possibility. That the new trans
continental link was built for extraor-
binary speed and comfort appears in the
fact that the entire roadbed IS grav-
eled eighteen inches deep and oiled to
the extent that it is absolutely dust
less. The rails are eighty pounds to
the yard and the Los Angeles Limited
glides along with scarcely any pereep-
tible notion
Leaving Minneapolis at $50 pm. and
st. Paul 9:05 pm. via the Northwest
ern Line, connection is made at Oma-
ha with the Los Angeles Limited and
the City of the Angels is reached IN
seventy hours, saving of many hours
and miles of travel over other routes.
For further particulars about this
New Route, call at 600 Nicollet avenue,
Minneapolis.
Hoodwinks the oculist. Madden Eye
Medicin cures eyes. (Don It smart.) 25c.
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Minnesota Politics
Serious Strain to Hold the "ReceptIve"
Pose-Farmers Of Redwood County Pick
Representative. L. :

Coyness is a common characteristic Of
the candidates for governor. Each one
insists that he will not force himself on
the attention of the party but like Gin
cinnatus Of old, each one is ready to
drop the pillow handles, or whatever he
may have hold of at the time. and seize
the standard Of the republican party at
the unsolicited invitation Of the conven-
ton. r ..,.. .. pin
This attitude is the ideal one, if all
stuck to it, but like some poses in tab
leaux, candidates will find it hard to hold
for very long. AS the convention APP
proaches somebody will make straight
out bid for votes, and then look out for a
panic. We will see just how far a re-
ceptive candidate can go without becom-
ing kidnapper Of delegates.
There are ways, however, for the can
didateN himself to retain his dignity while
the kidnapping process Is in full swing
Some friends Of receptive candidates are
beginning to ride herd" already, with
their lariats ready for stragglers. a. =
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AN INTERVIEW WITH q REAL LIN

AN INTERVIEW WITH A REAL LIVE
chance to interview an
author who has just pulled off a hot"
book does not eomessto literary editor
every day. It came to me the other day,
however, at the office of Doubleday,
Page, & Co., who have just published
.sThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair Mr..
Sinclair was in the office when called,
and could not resist the temptation to
task for an introduction. I knew before
hand that Mr.. Sinclair was socialist
and was prepared to find a nnansof the
bury type, such sas oriesoften sees pictured
as representative Of the socialist class.
The force and bluntness and vigpra Of his
/ style, as shown in 1.-The Jungle. " made
such an expectation perfectly natural.
Judge of my surprise, then. to find in Mr..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-05
soo Line Change Of Time March 4th

500 Line Change of Time March 4th
On the above date the following
changes in schedules go into effect and
new trains 90 into service:
Train 1O7, uThe Pacific Coast Elk
press will leave at 1905 am. in
stead of 9:45 am.
The Canada Express will leave at
$40 pm. instead of 6:30 pm, from
the Milwaukee station.
The new train to Bismarck, N. D.
The Dakota Express, - will leave at
$40 am. from local station. The .'Can.
ada Express will run daily, begin
ming March 5th.
Passengers should note that trains
1918 will make no local stops between
the twin cities and Hankinson, except
South Haven, Glenwood and Fairmont
Trains 103-104-105 and LOG will dt
the local work. No changes are SEIZED
nled east bound ON Nos. and 8, nor fol
the Manitoba Express.
For further particulars call at ticket
office, l19 Third street S.
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STUDYING THE sENATE's REASON
Kansas City Times.

For several years newspapers have
been commenting on the slaughter Of pure
food bills by the upper house. OF late
the magazines have taken the matter up.
In the Worlds Work, for instance, H.
5. Nedham has discussed in detail the
senatorial opposition to the bill and has
pointed out by name the senator's who
have had powerful constituents engaged
in the manufacture Of adulterated goods.
This sort Of thing cant be pleasant even
to a man like Aldrtch, and-well the bill
was passed Wednesday by a big vote.
Other hypothesis may be thought Of Only
nobody will be so foolhardy as to suggest
that the measure was adopted just be-
cause it was for the good Of the country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-05

There are twelve more or less serious
contenders for nomination to the office Of
secretary Of state. There is no question
about the seriousness Of E. A. Nelson, the
Hallock editor, who was state librarian
under the Van SAINT administration. He
was early in the field and has been devot-
ing his time to canvass Of the state,
with the results of which he declares him.
self well satisfied.
E. A. Nelson is a native of, Minnesota.
He was born in 1870 at Vasa, Goodhue
county, of Swedish parents. When he
was 6 years old they moved to Goodhue.
He attended public schools and began
teaching in 1885, when only 16 years old.
In 1890 he was made superintendent of
the schools at Hallock, Kittson county.
After two years in that capacity he at
tended Augustana college at Rock Island,
where he graduated. He has since been
prominent in church circles, He took an
interest in the Hallock News in 1889, and
has since been in control of the paper
assuming active charge most Of the time
He was county superintendent of Kittsor
county schools for three terms, In 1901
he was appointed state librarian by Gov
ernor Van SAINT, and held the position
four years, being succeeded by John E
King. For the last year he has been look
farm.
! Senator Somerville's home paper, thu
Sleepy Eye Dispatch, says that mention
Of his name as a. candidate for governor
"has ELECTED much so favorable common
and brought SO many proffers of sup
port that he must be considered factor
of considerable Importance in the coming
campaign" His position, as stated by tn,
Dispatch, sounds familiar. It says:
! Senator Somerville has not announced himsel
as candidate, and he holds, with other repub
I.licans who desire the partys success, that n
| candidate should attempt to force himself int
the place at the head Of the ticket.
i The Redwood county farmers mas
meeting, which was a unique politica
gathering, resulted in the selection of
M Bendixen, farmer of Three Lake
I township, as the farmers candidate TO
the republican nomination for represen
Etative. About 300 farmers met at Wa
/ basso and made the nomination unani
mously. J. NJ Thompson Of Belview,
i banker is already announced for the sam
position, but the farmers are bound to b
i represented by one of themselves.
4 Charles B. Cheney.