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Homestead Contests.
Homesteaders in northern Minnesota
complain that there are land men who
are making a living by contesting
homestead claims. They have them
selves no valid claim on the land, but
file contests by the wholesale and put
poor settlers to the expense of defend
ing their claims before the land office
authorities.
Beyond a doubt hundreds of snch con
tests are filed for the sole purpose of
exacting a sum of money from the
homesteader in settlement. Others are
prosecuted to oust a bona-fide settler
whose proof may be insufficient, and
secure the claim for some roving ad
venturer who will prove up and sell out
to the speculator. A petition is to be
circulated, asking congress or the land
department to provide some regulation
which will stop indiscriminate contests.
I is likely that the proposed measure
will be one requiring a contestant to
put up a bond, and to reimburse the
contestee for his expenses in case the
contest fails. This seems reasonable,
as the presumption ought to be that
the man first filing is a genuine settler,
and if the contestant does not have a
clear case he has no right to bring the
contest.
Men of independent means do not
settle on homesteads to secure farms.
The item of traveling expenses, law
yers' fees and witness fees required in
a contest proceeding is a burden heavier
than some of them can bear, and one
which it ought not to be so easy to im
pose. It is to the public interest that
remaining homesteads be taken up and
improved, but the danger of having to
fight a contest is enough to deter many
a poor man from the venture. Contests
ought not to be made impossible, for
there is found in many entries that
should be exposed, but the contestant
ought to be willing to assume some re
sponsibility.
The twin screw steamer Minnesota
brossed the Pacific In record-breaking
time. Missouri and Minnesota are feeling
as if they would have to be shown on
the water.
Unfortunate.
In their staement issued last Satur
day the committee of the faculty on
students' publication^ say "that they
have not in their report charged or in
tended to charge Byron & Willard wi th
graft in any of its forms that inas
much as a part of their report seems to
Lave been misunderstood and a larger
meaning given to it than the committee
intended, they hereby withdraw entire
the expression which gave offense.
jThat expression the original recom
mendations was "that owing to the ir
regular methods employed by Byron &
IWillard to secure the business
of the Gopher," etc. For this state
ment the committee now wish to sub
stitute "that by reason of carelessness
in the matter of the contract Byron &
Willard contributed somewhat to the
combination of circumstances which
made it possible for O'Brien and Sains
ibury to deceive the Gopher board.''
W are quite sure from what we have
heard said about the matter that we are
not alone in a feeling of regret that
the committee should have expressed
itself in its second statement as it did.
People who understand the English
language have difficulty in reconciling
the two statements. There can hardly
have been any misunderstanding or
any other meaning given to the original
statement than that the committee
meant what they saidnamely, that ir
regular methods had been' employed by
Byron & Willard to secure the business
of the Gopher. If the committee found
afterward that they had been misin
formed and misled by the statements of
the students involved, it would have
been quite the proper thing for them to
say so, and that would have been a
very different thing from undertaking
to make it appear that when they said
Byron & Willard "employed irregular
methods to secure the business of the
Gopher," they simply meant that they
were guilty of "carelessness so as tov
contribute to a combination of circum
stances that made it possible for
O'Brien and Sainsbury to deceive the
Gopher board.''
W are not interested in the contro
versy between Messrs. Byron & Willard
on the one hand and the committee of
the faculty on the other. W have no
knowledge of the facts as to whether
the original statement made by the fac
ulty committee was true or not. But
we are a good deal interested in having
members of our university faculty en
tirely free from any criticism for shuf
4 fling and evasion when the issue iss
Monday Evening,
raised as to whether they have or have
not made certain statements and it
seems as if it were all the more import
ant that members of the faculty should
be entirely free from criticism on that
score when they are dealing wi th stu
dents who are punished, and deserve
punishment, for dishonorable business
methods. v,
The man who was getting pretty sick
of this climate "is gradually coming to."
Who Are Republicans?
It is waste of breath to say that re
publicans who scratched the head of
the state ticket last fall are not repub
licans. They were republicans then
and are republicans now, and they
voted as. they did with the best inter
ests of the republican party at heart.
It would be unfair and unwise to dis
franchise them in the next state con
vention, as some of the partizans of the
late republican nominee threaten to do.
As shown in the news columns today, it
would make a vast difference in the
makeup of the next convention if the
delegates were apportioned on the vote
for governor. Not only Hennepin, but
a score of other large counties, would
lose heavily by such a departure from
precedent, and the convention would be
the smallest the republican party has
held in a number of years.
The time haB gone by when it is
necessary for a republican to swallow
all convention mistakes and "vote 'er
straight" in order to retain party
standing. The man who has never
scratched his ticket is a curiosity and a
relic of former days. The state pri
mary law recognizes a man's right to
participate in party nominations when
he has "generally supporte d" its can
didates, and the attorney general has
ruled that this applies more forcibly to
candidates for president and for con
gress, as representing the national prin
ciples of the party.
Delegates have been apportioned for
years past on the presidential vote.
There is no good reason why this should
be changed. It is true that many dem
ocrats voted for Eoosevelt last fall, but
they were to be found in every county
of the state, and no iniustice would be
done by counting their votes. I the
Roosevelt vote would make the conven
tion too large, then the committee can
take a different ratio. In 1900 many
democrats voted for McKmley. The
Van Sant plurality fell 75,000 below
that scored by the president, and the
Van Sant vote has never been taken
as the basis. The McKinley vote rep
resented .the full party strength, and it
has been used in three state conven
tions as the basis of apportionment. Is
Roosevelt less of a republican than nis
lamented predecessor? Must the Dunn
shibboleth be revived to divide the par
in 1906? If the Dunn vote is to be
the test, then republicans are a minor
ity party in Minnesota.
The broadest minds in Minnesota re
publicanism, whether they did or did
not accept the nominee for governor
last year, are now anxious for concerted
effort and harmony. It will be hard
enough to bring about, with the tenden
cy to a local fight in each town and
county on the lines drawn last yeaT. If
the state central committee wishes to
perpetuate the old factions, it will car
ry out the program of punishment for
counties where the scratching was most
emphatic. Counties like Nicollet an I
Otter Tail, which voted with the win
ning faction in the state convention,
will be hit just as hard as Hennepin.
The state committee will do wisely to
let bygones be bygones.
The people have won another notable
victory. The circus trust has yielded and
there will be a parade.
Prize FightingAiding, 32rtc.
A person who within this state engages
in, instigates, aids, encourages or does
any act to further a contention or fight
without weapons between two or more
persons or a fight commonly called a ring
or prize fight, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This is a part of the language of the
section 6652 of the Revised Statutes of
Minnesota, 1894. It was passed by the
legislature to prohibit and punish so
called boxing matches and prize fights,
and has succeeded in practically
squelching this industry in the state.
All classes of decent citizens have ac
cepted this law as a wise and necessary
one, and it is, therefore, with amaze
ment that we read in the Tribune of
last Sunday a detailed plan to break
and nullify this law. The scheme laid
down by the* Tribune is to organize a
Sunday excursion down the Mississippi
river to some unknown island and there
enjoy life to the limit for a few hours
of one day."
The Tribune does not leave it to be
inferred what is the character of this
pure and undefiled joy. It tells how the
ring can be laid out either on the boat
or on some obscure shore, and gives
the names of a lot of bruisers whose
services can be had for the function.
There is, the Tribune complains, a
dearth of river boats available for the
purpose, nearly all the vessels having
been chartered away in advance by
people who are planning, stupid picnics
without any fight attachment. But hay
ing made an active and, no doubt, sym
pathetic canvass, the Tribune is able to
report that there is one an who is in
accord with this law-breaking venture
and it calls upon some man with money
to come forward and put up enough to
overcome his scruples that is, his fears
that he will be arrested and the reputa
tion- of his boat made known to the pub
lic. If this an can be fixed and the
first excursion put on "nicely,' the
Tribune feels sure there will be others,
and the summer will be one of delirious
Doy. 4f A ftj^
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I other words, we should feel hap
pier about it if the members of the fac
ulty had either stood by their original
proposition, if they were right, or, if
they were wrong, had frankly con
fessed error and not tried to make it
appear that a construction had been
placed upon their language which it
would not bearlanguage which is ca
pable of interpretation by the public
and cannot in our judgment be con
strued as they have undertaken in their
second statement to construe it.
rrf
W do not know who else is reaaing
the Tribune's misdemeanor department,
ijbut hppe that thejhe|&ffs,and constables
rh -ssi. *J$
are~having a look-in. When the Tribune
gets ready to pull off its prize fight
in this state we trust they will be there
and see that the oy does not beoome too
fulsome.
While their resolutions do not say so, it
Is understood that the petition for Sun
day closing, emanating from the meeting
at the Swedish Tabelnacle last night, re
lates particularly to that little extension
of the patrol limits -which runs out toward
the Milwaukee railroad shops and inVades
a highly respectable residence dlstriot.
The sentiment of the residents of the lo
cality is practically unanimous In favor
of Sunday closing In this district and
they hope to induce the mayor to find a
way to close up these saloons, In this resi
dence section on Sunday, without commit
ting himself on the general policy of
Sunday closing.
Mr. Rockefeller's Euclid avenue Baptist
church In Cleveland has been making
plans for a sacred skyscraper for a church
edifice that will be twelve stories high.
On the first floor will be reading and rest
rooms. There will be sleep'ing apartments
and a dining-room on some of the upper
floors and the auditorium proper will be
on the second and third floors. At pres^
ent the project is not out of the talk
stage.
William E. Curtis, the omniscient news
paper writer, has come to the defense of
James Hazen Hyde and finds that, while
he is not an intellectual giant, he is su
perior both intellectually and mentally to
the average young man of his age and
condition In life. He sums up the case
with the opinion that Hyde has turned
out remarkably well for a rich man's
son.
Mrs. Dodge of the Federation of Day
Nurseries in New Tork has decided, after
due deliberation, that while a woman of
good physical condition and equable tem
perament may properly take care of eight
babies, she should never have more than
six. Why not let mother edit her own
familynumber and all?
Camllle Plammarlon, the romancer-as
tronomist, declares lightning has intelli
gence, knows what it is doing and does
not act by chance. This may explain why
lightning does not strike twice In the
same place. It knows from its previous
visit there is nothing left to hit.
The New York state census, beginning
June 1, Is expected to show a population
for New York city of about 4,000,000.
This places New York second in popula
tion. London is still ahead and Paris and
Berlin are next with a population some
where around 3,000,000 each.
Shakspere is having a hard time in Lon
don these days. There are so many men
out of employment there who could have
written his plays so much better that It
must make him tired to think how much
time he took from his legitimate business
to construct them.
A sudden Increase in sobriety among
Russian workmen is embarrassing the
-Russian government because it is mate
rially reducing the income derived from
the tax on alcohol. That Is also why
the workmen are going sober.
It is 400 years since John Knox was
born and in the interval It has been dis
covered that John was something more
than a knocker on royalty. He was one
of the earliest advocates of good citizen
ship and Sunday closing.
Admiral Rojestvensky's "nervous break
down" is excusable. A man who is slow
ly nearlng the north end of a mule may
be expected to suffer from some appre
nension when he knows how the mule
feels about it.
On the last rollcall the Philadelphia gas
trust reduced its demands $30,000,000.
With two more rollcalls, the people of
Quakerville might get even. Tho next
one should be had in the corridor of the
penitentiary.
According to inside Washington rumors
Minister Bowen will be among the also
rans when the Loom is business is wound
up. The president thinks he wrote too
many communications to the papers.
The country is now enjoying another
race Issue. The Pacific coast is "agin"
the Japanese. The little scoundrels mind
their own business and lay up money in
a most disgraceful way
Three of Hiram Cronk's "children" at
tended his funeral last Week. The two
boys were 78 and 80 respectively. They
are old enough to appreciate the loss of
a father's guidance.
Old man Oyama has bandaged his right
knee and is advancing again. Brother
Linevitch Is said to be feeling tip top and
ready to go either way, as the call comes.
A Hawthorn vahse brought $29,500 at
a London sale. It is ten inches high and
cost $2,950 an inch, which is somewhat
high, even for improved real estate.
The faculty committee on students'
publications seems to be suffering on ac
count of Its Inability to express Itself ac
curately In the English language.
The fact that vlvandieres are to be
mustered out of the French army will
not inteifere with their activity in comic
opera, N
SURPRISED AT MEN'S "TAMENESS"
Boston Herald.
Some of the Vassar graduates have
ben relating to their classmates their ex
perinces since graduation, and one of
them makes this unexpected remark: "I
am so unaccustomed to men their tame
ness is shocking to me." Walt till this
girl marries and misplaces her husband's
collarbutton, and then she may conclude
that man is a wild animal.
THE IDLE RICH
New York Tribune.
In Boston "the other day a voung
lawyer who spends most of his time try
ing to seem, busy and prosperous went
out for a while, leaving on his door a
card neatly marked, "Will be back in an
hour." On his return he found that some
envious rival had inscribed underneath
"What for?"
GOOD PLACE TO REST ^gjt
s.Zl New York HOraloVi^^lM
If you are looking for a real resting
place for John Paul Jones, Philadelphia
should have no rivals.
tV
THE MINNEAPOLIS^JOURNAL. A SHARP DRIVE AT HE "SMART
8ET" AND ITS IMITATORS.
."The only unpardonable social sin in
this'country is to lose one's money. Noth
ing else really counts."
That is the pith of the ruminations nf
one of the characters ^n Robert Grant's
The Orchid, and, indeed, it may be taken
as the lesson of the bookat least so
far as "this country" is represented by the
"smart set" and Its numerous imitators.
The story is that of a girl of quick per
ceptions and unusual independence of
thought. This independence is shown Iv
her attitude toward motherhood, as re
vealed in her remark on being introduced
to the first-born of a friend:
"Well, dear, I suppose you think it's
worth while?"
This girl marries for millions, and
some time after herself becoming a
mother, becomes Infatuated with another
man, who Is too poor to leave her hus
band for. She has no means of her own,
so the problem of being divorced from her
present husband and marrying the other
man presents unusual difficulties for one
of the "smart set" However, "Where's
there's a will, there's a way," and the
young woman, playing upon her husband's
love of his child, secures promise from
him of $2,000,000 if, whan she leaver him,
she will not take ther-ild. In. other words,
she sells^her child to the husband she is
about to leave for $2,000,000, in* order
that she and her future husband may live
up to the social standards of her set
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AN AUTHOR UNCOVERED.Brigham
Johnson, state librarian of Iowa, has been
disclosed as the author of "An Old Man's
Idyl," just published by A. MeClurg &
Co. of Chicago. The fact' has additional
interest because the story is understood
to be the romance of Mr. Johnson's own
life.
Mr Johnson, in 1896, was a member of
an excursion party to Yellowstone park,
and it was while on this trip that he
met the present Mrs Johnson, whose woo
ing he so charmingly relates in his book.
HE MAGAZINES
Thomas Lawson Replies to Norman
Hapgood.Collier's for May 20 contains
Thomas W. Lawson's reply to Norman
Hapgood's previous article on "How
Much of a Liar Is Lawson?" Mr. Law
son's reply is characterized by that pic
turesqueness of style for which the foe
of "frenzied finance" has become fa
mous. Concerning the motives which led
Mr. Hapgood to write his article, Mr.
Lawson says:
We are all prone to seek for some motive of
self-interest or revenge as the animus, of a
personal attack It has been suggested to me
by men who have followed Mr Hapgood's in
dustrious career that his attempt at my assas
sination was inspired by( a desire to further a
perverted but well known and jather ludicrous
ambition which obsesses him for social recogni
tion among the notorious flubstocracy of New
York In fact, these observers dub him "the
fiercest climber on record and declare that
his attack on myself has been the most suc
cessful bid he has yet made for Fifth avenue's
approval, and that the vested interests are
now vying with one another in Inviting iiim
to dinner. I decline to ciedlt this explann
tlon, but prefer to believe that a man to whom
I am devoting so much of my time Is rather
a conscienceless liar than a vulgar panderer to
the passions of the tribe of Croesus
This is much as tho Mr Hapgood had
said, "You're a liar," and Mr Lawson had
replied, "You're another." Mr. Hapgood,
by the way, is given space in the same
number of Collier's for a reply to Mr.
Lawson.
DARK IN SOUTH AFRICA
Englishman Says Industrial Situation Is
Bad.
South Africa is on the verge of a pe
riod of "frenzied finance," according to
the opinion of G. Stallmann of Kidder
master, Eng., who has just returned from
South Africa, and who is now spending a
few days in Minneapolis.
"The industrial situation is in a fearful
muddle as a result of conditions growing
out of the Boer war," he said. "The war
compelled small mine operators to sell out,
so today the great mines are all owned
and operated by a few owners who work
them on the compound system. Their em
ployees are Isolated, and compelled to "buy
all supplies and provisions from mine
company stores. The
cost of living *s
vastly beyond the income of the average
person. The rent of an Ordinary house is
26 a month There*#rea discontent,
and a financial revolution seems at
hand." -J
Bijou"The James Boys in Missouri."
The flavor of gunpowder, jackboots,
flannel shirts, bloodshed and burlesque
hangs thick and heavy about "The James
Boys In Missouri" at the Bijou this week.
When compared with the common belief
and generally acknowledged reputation
of the James boys, the melodrama has
the report of a legislative committee on
a timber" steal beat a mile for whitewash
liberally applied.
Yet the play is Interesting and excit
ing as a whole, and occasionally extreme
ly funny on account of the blackface
work of W. E. Betts and Blanche Holt.
The James boys are pictured as the vic
tims of spite work and not bloody ruf
fians, indifferent of the lives and covet
ous of the property of others. Jack Bent
ley and Bob Ford are painted as the real
bandits, and the James boys are honest,
impulsive lads who have incurred the
enmity of the Bentley gang. Thru it all
there Is a little strain of homely and gen-*
ulne love, which sustains the heart in
terest.
As a whole the cast is above the avef
age Gay Errol as Jennie Summers, the
sweetheart and wife of Jesse, is capable.
Her transition from the gay, rollicking
sweetheart lass, who sings and dances
and plays poker, to the mother and wife,
is well indicated. W. E. Betts as Lige
Pumpkin, faithful and true, tho sometimes
badly scared, and Blanche Holt as Liz
Jane from Boston, his lady love and boss
stOTy
ROBERT GRANT,
Author of "Tho Orchid*" I
i
f'tVt 'V
One Is not surprised that the suburban
community in which all this takes place
is a bit shocked It tads it a little bit
difficult to swallow its feelings toward
'the girl and her second husband, but 't
does swallow them, and philosophically
accepts the fact that "the only unpar
donable sin in this country is to lose
one's money."
Judge Grant has drawn a picture that
well sustains the title, The Orchid." The
act of the young mother in the storj Is
surely that of a parasite, and the whole
atmosphere of the story Is that of the hot
house. It is well enough to hold a mir
ror up to the class portrayed in this
book. It may do sonje good as a warning
to possible im'tators^ It is likely to do
little good to the class pictured Whether
it does good or -not, trfe'seuthor is a ca
pable mirror manufacturer and manipu
lator. *T*
Charles Scrlbner's ISdnsl ffew York, $1 25.
WHAT CITIES ARE DOING
It has been abundantly shown that prices for
both kinds of lighting ga and electricity),
are exorbitant and the best way to give perma
nent relief from existing conditions is by throw-
lng open the subways to competition in accord
ance with the terms under which these were
builtWall Street Journal.
The announcement of the doctrine of
competition in the domain of public ser
vice is novel, coming from a journal of
such standing. Competition by multiply
ing plants and dividing the profits, does
not seem destined to give the people re
lief from exorbitant charges. Besides,
there is no way to compel private capital
to compete foi a share of the lighting duty
in a city Monopolv under supervision
and regulation has the recommendation of
experience.
The Great Falls Tribune estimates that
six years of public ownership of the
waterworks^ has saved the people $142,000.
Westfleld, Mass claims municipal own
ership of the gas plant has been suc
cessful in reducing the price from $2 to
$1 65 gross, or $1 47 net. The plant has
been kept up and the gas is of the high
est quality.
The New York Post attacks the mu
nicipal ownership experiment of Elgin,
HI, claiming that it has now abandoned
it and irade a contract with a private
concern for street lighting at $58 per arc
lamp. Municipal ownership could not
have been an entire failure if it forced
the price down to this figure
Judge Grosscup's decision that the
rights of the Chicago Passenger Railway
company In Adams, Desplaines and Har
rison streets have expired seems to give
Mayor Dunne an opening to try munici
palization Its rights having expired, the
council can order
May 22, 1905.
do a really funny blackface specialty and I men andI women are brought
carry their amusing work all thru the
Will Sanctchi and Howard Tremalne as
Jesse and Frank James are acceptable
and adequate. Josephine Fox as Mrs.
Samuels, their mother, and William Mar
ble, Jr, as Dr. Samuels, are both na
tural and genuine. Charles Ogle as Jack
Bentley and Monte Howard as Bob Ford
do the double villain parts with some
skill.
The piece is effectively staged The trair
robbery the third act is realistic and
gives the only opportunity for promiscu
ous "gun plays," so dear to the gallery.
The lynching bee, the scene in the cave
of the Bentley gang, the attempted arrest
of the boys while rescuing their father
and mother, and the death of Jesse in
the last act, are all effective.
UnlcueNew Bill Today.
The headliner for this week at the
Unique theater is Frank E McNish, the
minstrel who originated the acrobatic
eccentric act known as "silence and
fu n" McNish was last here with
"Across the Pacific" three years ago,
but he is best remembered as the
founder of McNish, Johnson & Slavin
minstrels, one of the gieatest organiza
tions of the kind ever gotten together.
Other entertainers beginning engagements
today are: Lane and Suzinetta, cannon
ball tossers, the latter being the only
woman performer of this kind, Frank B.
Murtha, story-telling and singing come
dian, Joe Davy and Bertha Phillipe, char
acter sketch artists Hecklow and
Wheeler, noted as high-class dancers and
singers, and Irene Mason in illustrated
ballads.
WonderlandMany Sunday Visitors.
If the street railway makes good its
assurance of adequate facilities for mov
ing large crowds, and the city finishes the
laying of a sidewalk front of Wonder
land park on East Lake street, there
would seem to be no unsurmountable ob
stacle to prevent the park from opening
its season next Saturday in almost com
plete readiness.
While there Is much work to be done in
the way of preparation this week, the
force of 300 men at work will accomplish
wonders All material and amusement
apparatus has arrived, except the cables
and cars for the airship swing, and these
are on the way.
There was a steady stream of visitors
yesterday from 2 to 5 and something
like 25,000 made the rounds of "the Bow-
ery," in response to the announcement
that the grounds would be open for public,
inspection.
As there were also big crowds at the"
ball game andjMinnehaha Falls, the Mln
nehaha avenue cars were much over-"
crowded. As the street railway company
has promised, however, to have the cais
reaching Lake street on Hennepin, First,
Fourth, Eighth and Cedar avenues, run
direct to the park, this overcrowding will
be obviated in future.
the company to take
off its cars, take up its ra'ls *and restore
the paving It will not be apt to do this
until the city is ready to furnish service
and the city w^ll not be ready to do this
until it has sold some Mueller certificates
This cannot be done until the people au
thorize the sale at the November elec
tion, so that "immediate" ownership in
Chicago means not In a jiffy, but as soon
as Chicago gets good and ready.
The Chicago Tribune calls to mind that
when Josiah Quincy was mayor of Bos
ton he set up a municipal ice plant which
did well in giving the people cooling
drinks at the public fountains, but which
finally made ice cost Boston $60 a ton.
whereas the ordinary rate was from $2
to $3. He also instituted a municipal
printing plant, which printed so much
useless stuff on fine stock that Boston
finally paid 50 per cent more for Its print
ing than it was worth.
TO TEACH FORESTRY
Lumbermen Want to Establish a Chair
at Yale.
Lumbermen, thru the National Lumber
Manufacturers' association, are planning
to establish and endow in the forestry 6e-
partment of Yale university, which will
furnish instructions in the relations of
practical forestry to the lumber industry.
Courses in forestry are offered now at
various colleges, but they deal mainly with
the" relationship of forests to climate,
rainfall, winds and soil, rather than from
the standpoint of the actual production of
lumber.
President Roosevelt, whose attention
was called to the matter by Glfford Pin
chot, chief forester of the TBnited -States
department of agriculture, is interested
in the venture and heartily indorses it
CJTY NEWS
2,000 DEMAND
SDNDAY CLOSING
PROTEST AGAINST SALOON EVIL
MADE TO MAYOR.,,
Prominent Citizens Attend Mass Meet-
ing at TabernacleDeclared That if
Saloons Obeyed the Law Half of
Them Would Have to Quit the Busi-
ness. More than 2,000 people attended the
meeting at the Swedish Tabernacle last
evening to remonstrate against the Sun
day saloon evil. The violation of the
Sunday closing law was vigorously at
tacked. Rev. August E. Skogsbergh,
pastor of the Tabernacle, presided, and
in his opening remarks gave a brief,
fiery arraignment of the lawbreakers.
C. M. Stocking called attention to the
fact that two or three times asP many
f.01
CI
umsh
Cour
mentf each Monday morning as on
any other day of the week." He also
spoke of the great pressure being
brought against the city administra
tion to permit a continuance of this
form of law breaking.
Carey Emerson commended the past
work of Mayor Jones and said, "This
meeting has been called not to initiate
any new legislation, but to help in the
enforcement of laws already on the
statute books. Minneapolis is an amal
gamation of a New England town and
the second largest Scandinavian town
in the world, the one representing jus
tice and sobriety and the other tem
perance. With such a combination. Min
neapolis should win in her struggle
against the open Sunday nuisance. S,
M. Nichols and X). L. Bruce also spoke.
A the conclusion of the meeting,
Eev. Mr. Skogsbergh appointed Rev.
Father J. M. Cleary, Rev. C. J. Petri
and O. L. Bruce to present the follow
ing petition, which was unanimously
adopted by the assembly, to Mayor
Jones:
Resolved, by the people of South Min
neapolis, in mass meeting assembled, that
the closing of the saloons in this city on
Sundays is an altogether practicable,
proper and reasonable measure and,
therefore, we urge It upon the mayor
of this city as a matter demanding his
immediate attention, for the following
among other reasons'
Because it is the law, and the wanton
disregard of law, as law, 13 beyond ques
tion today the most serious peril to our
continued safety and prosperity as a na
tion. Witness the present disgraceful
state of affairs prevailing In Chicago as
the direct result of that spirit.
Because the law expresses the wish of
a great majority of the community in this
matter, otherwise it would not stand un
repealed upon the statute books of this
and every other state.
Because this law expresses -the wish of
day would remove at once the most seri
ous temptation to wage-earners, and the
most fruitful source of hardship to their
families by taking away the opportunity
to drink to excess ofi the one day when
they have at the same time the spare
time and the week's wages to pay for
their indulgence.
Because the closing of saloons on Sun
day would close at least half of them all
the time, and that half would include
practically all of those that give the most
trouble to the authorities in preserving
good order, and occasion the greatest ex
pense to the community as crime-breed
ers.
Because in many cities of the east,
Wftere jthe conditions are such as to make
Sunday closing a much more difficult
matter than it would be here, notably in
Boston and Pittsburg, Sunday closing has
been in vogue for many years to the
evident satisfaction of a large majority
of the comm/unity and in Kansas City and
St. Louis, where the argument that it
could not be successfully done in a
"western" town would apply with greater
force than here, experience so far has
proved that It can be done without any
difficulty.
For these and other reasons, recognizing
the improvements which the present
mayor has inaugurated, we urge this as
the next logical step.
SPOKE TO HUNDREDS
Edward A. Kimball Lectures on Christian
Science at the Metropolitan.
Edward A. Kimball, C.S D., of Chicago,
addressed a large audience at the Met
ropolitan operahouse yesterday afternoon
on Christian Science. His address was
under the auspices of the Third Minne
apolis Church of Christ, Scientist.
For centuries, Mr. Kimball told his au
dience, theologians believed that God
found it a necessity to visit man with ill
ness and torture, and for this reason, in
sueh cases of suffering, appeal to him was
believed to be of no avail.
"An invalid, bedridden, but not guilty
of sins and crimes that would make one
shudder, according to this old theory,
must patiently wait for his affliction to
take its course," said the speaker. "Theo
logians say to him that when our Savior
said, 'Come to me, all ye who are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.' he meant
the sinner and no one else. For the
condemned criminal there Is succor, but
for the invalid there is none
"For six centuries theologians have
preached this doctrine but the world pro
gresses, and at last the sufferings of
our Savior are being taken at their true
value, and are no longer being minimized.
Humanity is commencing to learn the fol
ly of thinking only of drugs when afflict
ed with so-called chronic diseases, and
is commencing to respond to the broad
invitation of Christ to the heavy laden."
GOOD NINTH STREET SALE
A. B. Latham Buys a Third Avenue Cor
ner of Flets.
Elmer Kelly, manager for Crowell &
Crocker, has sold to A. B. Latham, the
builder, the Ninth street property known
as the old Smith homestead. The con
sideration was $10,000. The ground di
mensions are 98 feet on Ninth street by
75 on Third avenue S, being the north
east corner. This is one of the most de
sirable sites in the city for an apartment
building, being only one block removed
from Hampshire Arms and In a district
that is rapidly being covered by flat and
apartment buildings.
Mr. Kelly's sale follows those of other
real estate men recorded last week, and
Is the third important transfer of prop
erty In this vicinity within a fortnight.
Mr. Latham will eventually erect an
apartment building, but the old house will
be allowed to stand, possibly until next
year.
FORT SNELUNG "DRY"
Liquor, to Be Taken Onto the
Beservation.
There will be no more intoxicating
liquor at Fort Snelling* Colonel Owen
Sweet, ranking offieer at the post, yes
terday issued an order that, in accord
ance wi th the war department iregula
tions, there must be absolutely no traf
fic or sale of beet or any ofher intoxi
cant on government grounds. This or
der means that intoxicating liquors may
not even be delivered on the reserva
tion, and the colonel says that every
effort will be made to see that the order
is strictly enforced.
LiW-*0N CREDIT SAIES
THE SUPREME COURT MAKES A?$
DECISION OF INTEREST TO IN-
STALLMENT DEALERS.
The case of Fannie G. Lane, plain4*
tiff against J. W. Dreger, defendant,
and the Metropolitan Music company,
intervenor, recently decided by the su
preme court is of more than passing in*4
terest, for it establishes the fact thafc
a,vendor can not be deprived of the
title to property sold, by mere iregh
gence in the manner of dealing, and
that the title will not pass to a vendee
unless the vendor intends it to.
The music company sold Fannie G.
Lane, prior to her marriage, a piano
upon a conditional sale contract, by the
terms of whieh the title remained in the
company^ until the contract, which was
payable installments, should be fully
paid. Later she married C. M. Lane,
and he gave his contract in substitution
and renewal of a balance due upon the
contract previously given by his wife to
the company. Mrs. Lane's contract
was thereupon canceled and returned to
her.
Upon failure of her husband to pay
the new contract according to its terms,
the company eought to recover the
piano by a replevin suit, and in the
municipal court, before Judge Holt, a
judgment was rendered in favor
of Mrs. Lane, upon the contention
that the acceptance by the company
of her husband's contract was a pay
ment of her debt, and that the title to
the instrument passed to her by such
cancellation.
A motion was then made by Stevens
& Stevens, attorneys for the music com
pany, for judgment, notwithstanding
the verdict, and the motion being de
nied, an appeal was taken to the su
preme court where the trial court judg
ment was reversed.
A MUSICAL GREETING
Christiania Students to Met by Min
neapolis Harmony.
It is the intention of the Norwegian
singers of Minneapolis to greet the
students of University of Christiania
wi th song on their arrival here next
Thursday morning. The students will
come in at the union* station, from Eau
Claire, at 10:20 a.m., and will be met
the reception committee, consisting of
former students of University of Chris
tiania and the singers. The latter will
sing Sangerhilsen," composed by Ed
"vard Greig, an ardent friend of the
students' chorus, to which his favorite
song was dedicated
A invitation is extended to Dovre
Singing society, the Kjerulf club, the
male members of Our Savior's church
choir, the Varden Singing society, and
the recently organized Viking society,
to meet tomorrow at 3 p.m at the
Northwestern Music house, 320 Nicollet
avenue, to run thru Sangerhilsen,''
which is familiar to all, and to indicate
how many voices can be counted upon
for the exercises at the railway sta
tion. The management would be par
ticularly grateful to the Orpheus and
Apollo societies if they would ioin in
the chorus.
TO TALK PAPER
f\
L. McClellan Leaves to Attend the
Conference at Niagara.
F. L. McClellan, of the McClellan
Paper company, has gone to the
Niagara conference of paper manufact
urers and dealers, May 22, at Niagara
Falls. It has been arranged to have a
committee representing the National
Paper Trade association and one repre
senting the American Paper and Pulp
association meet at the Prospect house.
Mr. McClellan is one of the five repre
senting the former association. The
trade looks upon the meeting as one of
considerable importance. It is to be
the first practical recognition by the
manufacturers of the paper dealer or
ganizations. The dealers feel that they
are to meet with responsible men, who
are able to back any agreement that
may be made. Certain abuses have
been complained of by them and their
correction urged.
DR. MONTGOMERY n*L
Overcome in Pulpit in Denver Church
Will Take Best.
Information came -from Denver last
evening that Dr. J. S. Montgomery,
formerly pastor of Wesley M. E. church
in this city, was taken ill at the morn
ing service at Trinity church, Denver,
yesterday. He was overcome at the
conclusion of his sermon an was taken
to his home in an ambulance.
Some time ago it was announced thafc
the high altitude of Denver did not
agree wi th Dr. Montgomery and that
he might be obliged to give up his pas
torate at Trinity. It is thought that
hf will seek a short rest at a lower
altitude before attempting to continue
his work. A dispatch from Denver to
day reports the patient as much im
proved.
JAMES L. BUTE DEAD
I
for
Was Employee of Phoenix Mill Co.
Twenty-four Years.
James L. Buie, for twenty-four years
an employee of the Phoenix Mill com
pany, died at the family residence. 727
Washington street NE, yesterday after
noon. Mr. Buie came to Minneapolis in
1870 and was married to Miss Ester Cook
four years later For twenty years he
acted as city salesman for the company
and had a large acquaintance In business
circles. He was a member of Arcanna
lodge, A F. and A. and of Nicolle
lodge, A. O U. W. He also belonged to
the Minneapolis council. and
was a member of the City Salesmen's as
sociation. The funeral will take place
from the residence Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
MR. SCRLBNER FOUND
Lawy er Whose Mind Is Affected Was
at Chaska.
'David McC. Scribner, a lawyer liv
ing at 734 E Fifteenth street, was
picked up yesterday by the sheriff at
Chaska, Minn. He will be brought
back to Minneapolis and examined as
to his sanity. Mr. Scribner's mind has
been affected for some time and he
has been under the doctor's care at
hospitals and other places. disap-
Iirdd
eare a few days ago and was not
from until the message came
from Chaska yesterday.
ABSORBS ANOTHER BANK
People's Bank Takes Business of Hill,
SOPS & Co.
The People's bank has taken over the
deposits and cash of the banking firm of
Hill. Sons Co After fourteen years of
existence, the latter firm has gone out
of the banking business. T. F. Wads
worth, vice president, has taken a position
in the absorbing bank. Charles W. Hill,
the president, and John P. Hill, the cash
ier, have not determined their business
future.
STILLWATER MAN BUYS
Acquires Lot Near Lake of the Islet
i and Will Build.
fine residence is to crown tht high bluff
on Franklin avenne at the end of the Lake
of tbe Isles Tbe property baa been sold to
a. Stillwater man, who will make his horn*
there. The lots tare been known as the F. A.
Chamberlain property and are valuable, as lyins'
so close to Green's additions. Mount Carre.
Kenwood and Lowry Hill, whie hare becoming
very popular as fine home districts.
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