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THE JOURNAL JLUCIAN SWIFT. MANAGER. -II J. S. McLAIN, BCITOR. DELIVERED BY OAHHIEK. One week 8 cento One mouth 85 cents SUBSCRIPTION RAXES BY MAIL. On* month $0.35 three uiunths 100 Blx months 2 00 One year 4.00 Saturday Eve. edition, 28 36 paxes 1.60 POSTAGE RATES OF 8INGLE COPIES. Dp to 18 pages 1 cent Up to 30 pages 2 cents .Up to 54 pages 8 cents All papers are continsed until'an explicit order Is received for discontinuance aiyl until all ar rearages tre paid. JPttBUOATION OFFICEMinneapolis. Minn.. Journal building, 47-49 Fourth street S. WASHINGTON OFFICE W. W. Jermane. chief of Washington Bureau. 001-902 Colorado build. Inc. Noithwestern visitors to Washington in viied to make use of reception-room. Hhrary. stationery, telephone and telegraph facilities. Central location. Fourteenth aud X5 streets N W. & Copies of Tne Journal and northwestern news papers on file. imw YORK OFFICE, Tribune bonding. D. A. CARROLL, Manager. CHICAGO OFFICE. Tribune building, W. Y. PERRY. Manager. C0KD0NJournal on file at American Express office. 3 Waterloo place, and U. S. Express office. 88 Strand. *ARISJournal on flle at Eagle bureau, 53 Rue Cambon. CENJ4ARKJournal on file at U. S. Legation, ST. PAUL OFFICE420 Bndlcott building. Tela phone. N. W., Main 230. SAST SIDE OFFICECentral avenue and Sec ond street. Telephone. Main No. 9. TELEPHONEJournal "has private switchboard for both lines Call No 9 on either line and call for department you wish to soeak to. The President's Two Points. In President Koosevelt's Chautauqua address today, he covers two important points. One is the Monroe doctrine and the other governmental supervision and control of interstate commerce. ^The president takes advantage of the opportunity to present to an audience of educated people the administration's theory of its policy in the San Domingo case. The action of the administration has been criticized a good deal and the senate, jealous of its power, has failed to move as promptly and as sympatheti cally accord with the policy of the administration as was expected. In view of this fact, the statement of the president is important and significant. proposes that the country shall un derstand clearly what the executive de partment undertook to do and is now trying to do, and the importance of that "action and that the responsibility for failure to accomplish satisfactory re sults shall be located in the right place. I is evident from the president's state ment that he believes that only such prompt action as was taken thru the etate department could have prevented serious international complications and while the senate may coddle its con ception of its importance and dignity by compelling the state department to modify the order of things, the object aimed at and the end sought by the ad ministration will undoubtedly be ac complished in the end, because it is right. The significant utterance of the presi dent in his discussion of the other point in his address is' the announcement of his conviction that all corporations en gaged in interstate commerce should be tinder governmental supervision and control. The president uses some very plain language expressing his rea sons for this view and makes it quite clear that the neglect of proper regard for public interest as well as private rights by men clothed with the power which some of the great corporations possess is leading directly to drastic legislation and developing a feeling of hostility which threatens danger to men of large propertythose who have the most reason to deprecate the develop ment of such hostile sentiment. In this connection, however, he warns the public against undue excitement and ill-considered action. The very difficul ties of the problem suggest caution and conservatism. A the same time the president points out the cases of some particularly offensive violators of the law and indicates his strong determina tion to punish them if the law provides a penalty. ThiB excellent speech is in the nature of a message to the country, warning those who have shown a disposition to abuse powers they possess and seeking to guide public sentiment wisely and safely in its attitude toward this great question of the maintenance of public and private liberty against the en croachments of corporate power. It should be a matter of great public satis faction that we have for president a man who is not only able and fearless, but able and prudent and who, recognizing the responsibilities of his position, takes, advantage of a public occasion such as this one to shape public sentiment on this highly important question. Did you mention the Weather? Money in the Churches. The situation in one of the local Methodist churches is so similar to the conditions prevailing in many Method ist churches that it raises the question whether the episcopal system is not losing its grip and being succeeded by that of individual church selection1. The Methodist church was founded by Wesley with the purpose that system should be followed in all things. Among other provisions made by him was one for the moving of the pastors from one place to another. had two objects in view, the education of the people and the education of the preachers. The pastor's term was originally six months, but it was gradually extended until it became five years. Then the church took a leap in the dark. I re moved the time limit entirely. From that hour the distinction between the status of a Congregational and Meth odist pastor began to disappear. Today it is found that in both churches the congregation's rule, in one openly and legally, in the other by political.pressure on the bishops. The general superintendents in the Methodist church are no longer supreme. The large chuiches dictate to them, the smaller churches compromise with them, only the smallest obey them without a protest. In transferring the real power over appointments from the bishops to the people something has been lost as well as gained. The loss is most distinctly felt in the remanding of the purely gospel preachers to the rear and the ad vancement of the "popular" speakers. High-pressure expense account and low pressure collections compel trustees to seek some owe who can "fill the church" whether he can fill those in the, church or not. When the cry of "tainted money" was raised against Rockefeller's gift to the American Board, the opponents of the acceptance did n'ot all feel the force of k/he tainted-money argumeliit, but they did all feel the humiliation of the mendicancy of the board. I was no longer to be dependent on the free will offerings of the people, but upon the patronage of a grand mon-ey lord. Many of the churches are in the same boat. They are salting money and de pressing men. They withhold their hon ors from individuals who are merely good and reserve them for those who have the goods.. The mendicancy of the church today is to be deplored. But it need not dis courage a single Christian. The fact is that the church is still a spiritual in stitution and flourishes only where this fact is recognized. Costly buildings and fine organ's do not make a church, but churches of great power exist wher ever spiritual men' come together, whether it is in the log hut or the cathedral. The waters of Calhoun will not take a single drop. Some Encouraging Figures. The attention of Minneapolitans gen erally is called to a few figures com piled by The Journal from the records of the Minneapolis clearing house and brought right down to date. The banking week always closes on Thursday, and the figures are up to yesterday's close of business. I will be noted that in these thirty-two weeks Minneapolis rolled up a volume of busi ness reaching the great total of $473,- 302,962.66, and with two-fifths of the year yet to run, there is every indica tion that the final showing for 1905 will be such as to make us all proud. So far in the year there is a gain of $62,221,167.32. The largest Minneapolis figures ever recorded were made last year, when the roll shower! $843,230,773, compared with $741,049,342 in 1903. This an chored Minneapolis firmly in the posi tion of twelfth place, her population at that time putting her in eighteenth place. This year she is likely to jog up another notch if other cities do not watch out. This gain of $62,221,167.32, in a little over half 'the year, should convince anyone that the city has grown very materially and that the census figures recently issued cannot be far out of line. I must be remembered that while there was a short crop of wheat last year, the high prices made a differ ence bank clearings, but this was felt during the heavy grain movement of the fall of 1904, as well as in the early months of 1905, so that the gain cannot be attributed to that. It is due to general expansion of business in lines other than the flour and grain trades. 4 This year there is everything to indicate a very satisfactory wheat crop that will enable the flour mills to run at greater capacity, and there are abun dant crops of other grains, so that the movement of grain of all kinds, that last year ran to 134,000,000 in Minne apolis, should go far above that total this cor ing crop year. Taking it all around, the thirty-two weeks figured up make a comparison that ought to inspire confidence in the mind of every business man. There can be no doubt that the predominant financial position of Minneapolis in the northwest is fixed for all time, SpSRWSSSSSWfflW t:#l??8Pjg*g **W8$BX!GL Friday-Evening, fHE MINfNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. K- The cable operator handed the czar a fierce one last evening. Then and Now. Professor Shepardson of Chicago uni versity maintains that ours is not the age of graft. says we are inferior in this respect to the fathers of the re public, the contemporaries of Washing ton. cives that Peter Faneuil, who built Faneuil hall, the "cradle of lib- erty," was an illicit liquor merchant, and the hall was built with tainted money. He* thinks one of the signers of the declaration of independence was indicted OT smuggling. These assertions, even if established by evidence, would fall very far short of proving Washington's to have been an age of graft. The fact of the mat ter is that money could not have been the great power in those days, because what M. Witte calls "mobile capital" was very little known. Property, both in land, buildings and persons, was rec ognized and was powerful. There is a difference between an aristocracy of property and an autocracy of money. Both are indeed objectionable, but as between the predatory rich without cul ture, conscience or patriotism, who run riot today, and the aristocracy of family and property who ruled in_ Washington's day, there can be no comparison which is not distinctly favorable to the earlier time. Baron Komura doubtless has a well memorized list of things he is to forget. Eesults in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia North American, Summing up the results of the anti graft crusade in that city, claims that they are the most substantial ever achieved in the history of such move ments. The itemized account of the vic tories of the people certainly tends to carry out the claims made by the North American. They include: The rescue of the gasworks from a private company which was to have had a seventy-five-year lease amounting to a virtual confiscation of the property. The rescinding of ordinances under which the traction company would have received in perpetuity 110 miles of streets, without compensation to the people. The stopping of a corrupt job on the will play in the regular game. filtration plant and the killing of a rious contract jobs allied with this onef The ferreting out of the corrupt elec tion methods ^hereby the gang former-14ernoc ly maintained its power and the purging of the city election rolls of over 31,000 fraudulent registrations. Yet the wok in Philadelphia is not finished. It is scarcely fairly begun. The serpef is scotched, not killed. The 'organization knows when4 Richard Barry, a newspaper corre spondent, speaking of his experiences at Port Arthur, says that the most effect ive agent used by the Japanese was the, shell filled with shimose powder. He/ says: "The mere effacement of a whole batJ talion of men by one shell from a fleldi piece is not so surprising but to see a bastion that has required months to con struct and upon which the ablest engi neering skill has been expended, reduced to dust and pebbles by one large, well directed shell filled with shimose, and the men in supposed safety behind it buried in the debris, is terrifying to a degree that cannot be conveyed to the civilian mind." The shimose powder must be a marvel, for all the correspondents agree that the Russians soon found that a powerful brand of canned mule-kick was being thrown by their enemies. The retirement1 from the navy recalls the famous voy age of the Oregon at the time of the Spanish-American war. Clark was not intended for commander of the Oregjon, but it happened that about the time the war began the Oregon's commander was relieved because of ill health. Clark -was the only officer on the Pacific coast of the proper rank to take her over and so the command of the Oregon devolved upon him at the right moment to connect his name with a naval achievement which will live permanently. "Captain" Clark as he was then never had but one rfegret about the voyage of the Oregon, amid that was that he did not fall in with some of Cervera's squadron. The city council yesterday not only re solved to maintain the present higjh level of the lakes, but it raised the level of the oratory upon the floor at least nline feet and five inches. Nothing like such a flood of eloquence was ever pouifed out. The aldermen did well, but the invited orators from the improvement associa tions showed what the unimpeded art of expression, as practiced on the prairies of the eighth and thirteenth warcfs, really means. It was a glorious occasllon. J. Ham Lewis has charged the. Chicago chief of police that he has no right to chase out into the lake after (the pool room boat. In the opinion of J. Ham, "Man marks the earth with iruin, His control stops with the slwre." If Lord Byron *and J'am Lewis have jointly been able to stop the spread of Chicago even in one direction (they have done a good thing. The latest one on Chauncey Depew shows up in a letter written Ijast fall by the convicted Senator Mitchell of Ore gon. "I take pleasure," said the senator, "in saying that I regard Senator Depew as one of the most valuable men in the senate today. He has a very strong per sonality." The humorlBt wno received the letter has just given it out. In the seventh inning the other day be tween New York and Pittsburg, at the latter city, the Pittsburg team not only tied the score but got in an extra run. The excitement was so great that a local "fan" had a stroke of apoplexy and died on the grand stand. If tbfis was ,not a happy death, where will you. find it? James A. Tawney has made an eloquent address to the council of Wflnona against trusts which come into his little city and try to grab off his Bttle business. The same speech enlarged -would do very nicely on the floor of congress next win ter. Will James deliver it once more? The British army is going back to the scarlet uniform, discarding the khaki. The officers say that with the brigftter uniform they can get many more recruits. The soldier with a crimson coat is more attractive to Mary in the park than the dull fellow in a clay-colored blouse. The Taggart who is now so much in the public prints is not the Taggart who man aged the campaign of Judge Parker for president. This is said in justice to Mr. Taggart. Which Mr. Taggart? Oh, well, now, what's the use of being so par ticular? An appeal has been made to Rocke feller by Mrs. Charlotte Smith, president of the Rescue League, who asks for "tainted money to deal with tainted so ciety." Mrs. Smith's sense of humor is far in advance of her feminine tactful ness. There is a report going about that John W. Gates either won or lost $25,000 at poker at Saratoga. John wants it understood that he is no tin-horn and if he plays at Saratoga or anywhere else he Victor Murdock, a red-headed Kansas congressman, has made an appeal to Gov Folk to put a stop to the reunions. Pw^^^^^^RfW^P^^^^^^W^^P^^^i^^^^^^PiP ^tH^ft*'l$f|^,IJ*|^ of the a to lie quiet and when to come out to fight. N one doubts that with a favorable aspect of things politically it will again fight for control. It can be kept out of power only by keeping true servants of the people in power. The correspondent of. The journal writes from Hudson to say that Governor La Follette was misrepresented in the reports of all the papers in his remarks about the United States senators. It seems that what he said was not his own description of the senators but that he held in his hand at the time a copy of a magazine containing portraits of sev eral senators and that he called attention tp the fact that In this magazine "over nearly every one was written In large letters the name of the corporation he represents." This Mr. La Follette said describing the printed picture, but not expressing his own personal opinion. It is easy to see how this governor has been misunderstood and misquoted and, assuming that our correspondent Is cor rect, the governor is entitled to some modification of judgment as to the im politic character of the politics which he displayed In that address and which was made the subject of editorial comment in this paper. It must be admitted, how ever, that the governor displayed a lot of interest in that picture when he intro duced it Into his address. fliuantrell raiders in Missouri. Nonsense 1 Let these old reformed pirates have their fun! A The Kpectation that it would be an off year is shattered by the announcement that Hfcfnry Watterson will re-enter the pollticafl! arena next fall. jH will be ac compabted by the "Star'-Byed Goddess of Reform.1" Mr. "pfiBter wants an immediate trial in order that it may be judicially de termined what he did with" that $14,000. This would really be interesting and it is towbte hoped an Immediate trial may be had. But, some do s*y that Mr. Rockefeller goes about his business and make! no anpprtar to attacks on him. A man with half/ a billion dollars roped and baled and morel on the way Is not so easily annoyed. Doesn't It make your blood boil to read abotujt receptions given by Governor Gen eral Wright "at the palace" at Manila? "A* the palace!" Did we throw over that Boetton harbor tea in vain? Jbhn Wanamaker's Sunday school ad vkae is, "Shake hands with the man next to* jyou." If the man happens to be an at tractive woman, shake twice once with bjgr, once with yourself. If the peace negotiations should happen to slip a trolley it would be well to keep the fact from that man Oyama until it has been fixed. He Is very impetuous. One theory of the Bennington disaster is that the boilers were examined by the same man who has been examining the Equitable for lo these many years. Mr. Witte Is convinced that For ways that are dark and tricks that are Tain, iThe of Rear Admiral Clark heathen pecn is Chlnellar. If Russia thinks Komura's present terms are hard, she ought to have a peep at the set which he will present atfter the battle of Harbin. A machine has been invented which will manufacture forty pies a minute. But can it stamp them "just like mother used to make?" The anatomical congress will meet in Boston in 1907. The little wits began at once to mention the Boston girl in this connection. Chauncey Depew is lucky after all. He had to wait until he was past 70 before he got a touch of life which was not funny. A slight pain at Topeka, ,Kan., is.almost good enough for a yellow fever scare. I Just the same, it is well to be in the frost belt. The first gun in the Folk boom ap pears to have been fired when it was announced that he does not use a chaser. Paul Morton's automobile ran into a house and damaged it, but wait till it collides with G. Cleveland, trustee. AMUSEMENTS Fanclulll to Give Wagner. to tn reunions a, skyscraper. Lake Harriet proved the Mecca for a host of Minneapolitans this afternoon. The cool lake brezs were so tempting that it didn't require much effort to board the Lake Harriet cars and spend the afternoon listening to the excellent concert rendered by Fanclulll's band. The program for the afternoon was happily chosen. The "Army of the Poto- mac," one of Fanciulli's most popular compositions, was the initial number on the program and the enthusiastic recep tion it received was well merited. Fan ciulli has become firmly established in the hearts of Lake Harriet audiences with his original compositions. The intermezzo "Nenamoosha," a char acteristic Indian piece, and the sketch, "Little Japs," both compositions by Fan clulll, were well received. "Nenamoo- sha," meaning 'love," was composed by Fanciulli when the rage for composing Indian pieces was at its height. Fan ciulli's idea in the composition is original and unique, and the piece as interpreted by the great bandmaster is a decided hit. During the rendition of the composition one can see the Indian war dance, the love feast of the chiefs and all the ex citement and life of the Indian village. Mr. Piccirillo's barytone solo was 'well received and he was forced to respond to an encore Excerpts from "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" proved popular, and was repeatedly encored. Tonight is Wagner night, and Minneap olis musio lovers will have a chance to hear the most famous compositions of the great master interpreted by one who has been declared by critics to be one of the most perfect interpreters of Wagner the world has ever seen. The program will include the Grand March from "Tannhauser," the "Vor speil" from "Parsifal," and "The Evening' Star," played by Slg. Piccirillo, excerpts from "The Flying Dutchman" and the overture to "Tannhauser." Sensation at Wonderland. The amusement devices that carry peo ple thru the air with a rush are appre ciated at Wonderland these hot days and nights. The scenic railway, the airship swing and the chutes are especially popu lar. There was a large attendance at the park last night. Tonight a display of Pain's fireworks will be added to the pro gram of free attractions, which includes cannonball juggling by Land and Susen ette, the triple trapeze act of the Zamora family, and Professor Thompson's ride down the chutes incline on a bicycle. After riding a hundred feet down the Incline his wheel strikes anpther incline that carries him over the bridge crossing the chutes. The impetus sends him thru the ai^ nearly the entire length of the lagoon.* It Is a "stunt" quite as sensa tional as that performed by Schryer at the state fair two years ago, concerning which there was so much ado. Foyer Chat. "The Sorceress," the latest tragedy drama of Sardou, the famous author or "Cleopatra," "Fedora" and other master pieces of dramatic art, will be given its first presentation on any western stage 'by Florence Stone and the Ferris stock company at the Lyceum next week. "Christopher, Jr.," the current play, is full of bright humor and original situa tions. The vaudeville act of the Sisters De Van, is creating interest on account of its wonderful feats of balancing, and the musical specialties are excellent. WHY SKYSCRAPERS ARE LIGHTNING PROOF When lightning hits there are said to be two occurrences, the A and the flashes, one up and one down, the flash being an "interchange." For protection against A flashes the old system of ver tical rods was quite effective, but to be safe against flashes one should be in side a metal birdcage structure. That, it is argued, is what a modern steel frame building is like, and the consequence is that no one is ever hurt by lightning in THE UNEASY CHAIR THE COMING THING IN FICTION. Relentless thinking is reappearing in the world of the new noel That fact is the most hopeful sign of the times, says Nathaniel Stephefison In The World To day for August. It shows that the "strenuous life," of which we have heard so much, is not wholly physical. Thfe key to the pronouncement upon strenur ousness is an emphasis pn personal in dependence. To be strenuous in the meaning of its most conspicuous expo nent is to keep your "will independent of circumstances. You are not to sit down and let fate judge. You are to take the bit in your teethwith apologies for the imageand go, not fate's way, but your way. In our recent fiction the subject mat ter is in accord with this idea. What' people will read, today, is the literature not of dissection but of movement. Not the analysis of our minds in repose, but the display of character in action. Hence we have that wide range of conflict man resisting, enduring, overcoming his difficultieswhich fills the fiction of the moment. We have the story of adven ture we have Mr. Kipling's splendiA tales we have the business novel'that takes over the scene of warfare into the market-place. But everywhere it is war. And one should also notice that what we crave is successful War. He who fights and winsin some way or'otheris the man we want to hear about. Jor the novelist of the strenuous age, love Is the expression of an Interior standard not de pendent on external stimulus. His hero must deal by woman, not in the spirit of give and take, of balanced bookkeep ing, of paying for what he gets in its own coin, but in accord with his inner standard irrespective of how she acts toward him. In this respect the love sto ries of the new fiction are of similar de sign with the war stories, the business stories. All ot them are the glorification of the man whose standards are within himself, whose actions are controlled by his will, who is not at the mercy of his sensibilities acted on from without. r 'ws3'i*$x,x$%e'4 i: rxjurxa, iS NEW BUST OF MRS. BROWNING. The bust of Mrs. Browning, a reproduc tion of which is given herewith, was sculptured by Henry Pegram and pre sented to Camberwell Art Gallery, Lon don, by Passmore Edwards and unveiled by the poet laureate. The picture front which this reproduction was made was from Current Literature. AIDS FOR THE SERIOUS TRAV ELER.He who sets out on travels for culture's sake will accomplish more, of course, if he goes prepared. Prepared ness counts. We always knew It, but never so well as since the Japanese be gan their several hundred million dollar object lesson in the war with Russia. A very valuable aid to the preparations of the foreign traveler on serious purposes bent are "Grant Aljen's Historical Guides,"" the latest of which is Paris. Mr. Allen's guides are intended to sup plement other guide books, not to take their place. His aim, as he says, is to supply the traveler with such historical and antiquarian information as wtyl -en- able him to understand and therefore to enjoy the architecture, sculpture, paint ing and minor aVs of the towns he vis its. The author in his preface says: "In one word, it is my object to give the reader in a very compendious form the result of all those Inquiries which have naturally suggested themselves to my own mind during twenty-five years of for eign travel, the solution of which has cost me a great deal of research, thought and labor, far beyond the facts which I could find in the ordinary handbooks." Six volumes are now refidy in the se ries, which will eventually include all the principal European cities. The six are "Paris," "Florence," "Cities of Belgium," "Venice," "The Cities of Northern Italy" and "The Umbrian Towns." The books are pocket size and light. A. Wegsels Company, New York. $1.25 net. BRANDER MATTHEWS' REQUEST. Mr. Brander Matthews is evidently not as longsuffering as many playwrights, and will not put up with actors and man agers who keep his manuscripts indefi nitely, says The Reader Magazine. With a play he submitted to Mr. Otis Skinner was this httle note: "If you have not the good taste to ap preciate my play, I trust you will show the good manners to return it." ANOTHER MURDERER RUN TO EARTH.Another murderer ha been found out. Fortunately he is the crea ture of a story-writer's brain. Otherwise the above headline would not be large enough nor black enough. The murderer August ii, 1905. NORWEGIANS TURN TO TARIFF LAWS Continued from First Page. the industrial interests, which have grown rapidly in the last few decides, have demanded a share of the benefits of protection. And so gradually the protective policy has by force of cir cumstances won its way, and while the tariff is protective in principle it is still moderate in amount. The question of revenue has become one of increasing importance, too, and the necessity of providing larger finan cial resources is recognized. The di rect taxes are already large and burden some, particularly in years of crop fail ure and poor fishery catches, such as have made times very hard in Norway of late years. Norwegian statesmen have concluded that the indirect tax of the tariff will be more easily borne than one levied on incomes and they have hoped to adjust the burden so that it would fall more heavily on the well-to do than on the middle and lower classes/ It is, no doubt, fortunate that so far* the tariff question has not been injected? into the politics of the country. The parties have not taken any decisive stand op the question and men of all shades of tariff opinion are to be found ill all parties. The tariff in Norway is thus strictly a "local issue," each member of the storthing being inclined to look at it from Ehe standpoint of his own constituents. The farmers, desir ing protection for their products from competition with fhe products of Amer ica and other countries, have been obliged to concede that the industries were also entitled to some of the bene fits of the tariff wall they wanted erected. Norway's Tariff Law. The present protective tariff law in Norway dates from 1897. Before that there had been a tariff agreement be tween Sweden and Norway under which the products of each were ad mitted to the other country free or at nominal rates. This arrangement did not suit the Swedes, who figured that they lost more than they gained by it. And so the zollverein was given up. Norway thereupon enacted a general tariff law applicable to all countries and that law is still in force. It was hastily passed, however, and is marked by many inequalities and inconsistencies. The principle of maximum and mini mum rates, the latter to be accorded to countries with which commercial trea ties are negotiated, is incorporated and this will, of course, be retained in the revision now being made. The maxi mum rates are from 50 to 100 per cent higher than the minimum rates. The United States, of course, pays the maxi mum rates, because of the inability or unwillingness of our senate to ratify any reciprocity treaties negotiated by the, state department. Eesults of Tariff. 1 I asked Mr. Knudsen if he did not fear harmful results to Norway's great merchant marine interests under a high protective tariff. replied that, in any event, the tarifiE was to be a moderate one, much more moderate than that of Sweden, for example. Di lectly, he thought, there would be no effect of any kind on the shipping in terests. But indirectly, of course, they would be affected like any other indus-1 try, for the reason that living would) be somewhat higher in Norway, and that the families supported at home by the seamen would thus need more money. The result would be that high er wages would have to be paid to Naiwegian sailors. asked Mr. Knudsen how the sail ors would secure higher wages, since they had no organized union to demand an advance. replied that if the shipowners did not' recognize the changed conditions and meet them by new wage scales, the Norwegian sailors eould force such action by taking ser vice under other flags. The Norwe gian seamen are very popular with ^11 captains, as they are among the best sailors afloat, and if their oWn captains could not pay living wages, captains of other nations could. It is well known that the great merchant marine of Norway, which carries so astonishingly large a share of the world's commerce, when the size and population of the country is considered, has been built up thru the low wages consequent upon th low cost of living in Norway. Nor- j*?B5fegian" ships have "been able to carry "tonnage at lower rates* than those of other nations because they have been so economically worked. And while the new Norwegian tariff is to be very moderate, there are not wanting those who fear greatly its effect on the im portant shipping interests. The fishing interests, too, are appre hensive. The tariff will be of little or no benefit to them, because theirs is almost entirely an export business. But the cost of living for the poor, fisher men seems likely to be increased, at least to a small extent. The woodpulp industry is similarly situated, since its product is sold almost entirely in the foreign market, Thus is happens that there is more or less apprehensiveness over the new departure. American Products. So far as American products, are con certed, the new rates will not perhaps be important. For example, pork, which now pays about 1% cents a pound, will probably receive a rate of a cents. So far as yet appears there is to be little change in the rates on grains and flour. Oddly enough, the present rates are highly discriminatory against wheat and this matter was one of the first taken' up by Henry Borde wich, the American consul general here, when he took up the duties of his new position in 1898. Mr. BoTdewich is a well-known Mmnesotan, by the way, whose home is at Granite Falls. Com ing from the wheat country he was nat urally interested in the subject, and he t-oek it up with the authorities here in in this case slew in cold blood Theodore $tn udeavoj to, learn why the rate on Wing, a distinguished citizen of Millbank, wheat was so much heavier than on Me., on account of which the prime is other grains* Here -are the figures: spoken of by those who have read the Cwt tale as The Millbank Case. The recdrd Minimum. Maximum of the case is by George Dyre Eldridge. It lacks much in dramatic strength but is an ingenious story In spite of that fact. The characters talk too much and act too little to suit one accustomed to the detective classics, but the trail is changed often enough to keep one guess ing "some." In the end a detective fer rets out the criminal and several other things which cause Millbank people to "sit up." We feel bound to say that the story contains no romance, in the re stricted sense^no love talebut it does contain much that made rich material for gossip among Millbankians. Henry Holt & Co., New York,"$1.50.,. NO FLAVOR IN IT/"!'J V' Brooklyn Eagle. A Brooklyn pastor tells of a Scotch critic in his native country who showed him where his trouble was. "Tammas," said he, "can you tell me what is wrong with my preaching? 1 have tried to do right since I have been called here, but I do not think that I am pleasing the congregation. Now, what is wrong?" "You're a bonnie minister and a fine man," said Tammas. "But ye dlnnie preach the right sort o' doctrine. Ye speak aboot reesponsibeelity an' slch things. But ye dinna preach aboot the deeveL Noo, reeleegion wlthoutl deevel is no worth a damn." vJthe Wheat 08 .13 Buckwheat free .11' Oats free .11 Barley 03 .11 Corn free .11 Rye free .11 The discrimination is still greater when the grains are" gro,und. The rates for flours are as follows: Per Cwt. Minimum. Maximum. Wheat flour 54 .67 Buckwheat flour 04 .15 Oatmeal 08 .16 Rye flour 08 .16 When Mr. Bordewich inquired why this was done, he was told that rye and barley were the foods of the poor peo ple, while wheaten bread was a luxury for the well-to-do. So a high tariff is put On wheat and a tremendous one on flour. This, of course, is intended to aid the local miller, too. I may be that this inequality will be leveled up to some extent, as it is beginning to be recognized that wheat is not a luxury, but a necessity even to the poorest. It is very interesting and significant to find the Norwegian statesmen, while waiting for Sweden to act, are busying themselves with matters of internal economy. I is recognized that Nor way's financial condition is her weak pdint and that good statesmanship is necessary to bring about greater pros perity. "Happily, .the crop pr^spgbts are now of the best and it seems likely the farmers will have the best yields they have had in years. The fisheries! too, WHftiay-Ai yi"Jl' ^33 *J^ have yielded better than for me years, altho the catch is still below the aver age. Altogether, it looks as if brighter times were in sight for Norway, espe cially if the difficulty with Sweden can be peacefully settled. G00DN0W IS NOT BACKING BOYCOTT His Interests, as Agent in China for American Houses, Li% the Other Way. By W. W. Jermane. Washington, Aug. 11.Stories have been published in this city, in St. Paul and on the Pacific coast to the effect that John Goodnow of Minneapolis, former consul general at Shanghai, ia back of the Chinese boycott or Amer ican /foods. The stories are not cred ited in official circles here. Inquiries at the state department to day reveal the fact that no advice* have been received from American of ficials in China connecting Goodnow with the boycott in any way. It ia Eiointed out here that Goodnow. since resignation, has become the Chinese agent for several large American ex porting firms, and that in encouraging the boycott he would be acting directly against the interests of his employers, and thus imperil his own livelihood. Hence the state department does not believe the stories. Furthermore, if Goodnow were helping the boycott, they say that their cable advices would state that fact. OTHER POWERS AFRAID Diplomats Fear China Will Extend Use of Boycott. XTew York Sun Special Servioe. Washington, Aug. 11.The state de partment has received a dispatch from Consul General Eogers at Shanghai saying that the students are in control of the boycott situation that the Chamber of Commerce is powerless, the government inactive, and representa tives of the other nations in China ap prehensive over the present situation and what it may lead to. While Mr. Rogers' dispatch is not entirely clear, government officers here infer that he means that the diplomats of other countries in China fear that the Chinese may adopt the boycott against the nations which they repre sent, to secure some concession or other. The Chinese have found the boycott apparently a powerful weap on, and the possibility of its spread against other nations is regarded as great. There is not much doubt in the minds of government officials here concern ing the attitude of the Chinese govern ment, which is believed to be opposed to the boycott. The inactivity of the government officers, as reported by Mr. Bogers, is thought to be due more to mere helplessness than tb a desire that the boycott should be effective. Mr. Eogers says also, in his dispatch, that all the American interests seem to be affected by the boycott. The students are apparently in complete control. The Chamber of Commerce, which several days ago passed reso lutions deploring the boycott, has lost its hokl on the movement which start ed in May. REDSKIN KILLS TWO WHITE MEN Deputy and Companion of Sisse ton, S. D., Murdered While At tempting to Take Horses. Sisseton, S. D., Aug. 11.Sisseton wat shocked and horrified last night by the report of the murder cold blood of two citizens by an Indian*. Deputy, Sheriff M. E. Colby and Edward Peter son had gone to the house of an Ittdian named Zach Flute, who lives about two miles from the village of Peever, to get possession of a team of mortgaged horses. An altercation took place, and the In dian, according to his own story, went into the house for a shotgun and killed Colby, shooting him at such short range that his lungs \tfere nearly blown away. Peterson started to run thru a wheat field, and the Indian reloaded the gun, chased him about a quarter of a mile and shot him three times. Flute then' went to Peever and gav himself up. The sheriff was sent for and now has him in custody. As soon as the news became generally known crowds of excited men gathered on street corners. Talk of lynching was freely indulged in. The citizen* are terribly wrought up, and it is doubtful if the sheriff will be able to hold hi* prisoner. The Indians have been drinking neaT* ily of late and making ugly threats. It is feared that a lynching would bring about an outbreak. The bodies of Colby and Petersott are on the way here. The Indian is about 50, Bpeaks Eng lish and is fairlv intelligent. Tt 18 said that he was at one time a preacher at Flandreau and Granite Falls. Peterson resided near Wilmot and had recently been employed as a clerk in a clothing store at Sisseton, and had been collecting from the Indians since the recent Indian payment. Colby was married and had been liv ing near Sisseton for two years. came from Iowa. COTTON MEN AT WAR Head of Southern Association Suspends Vice President Peters. New York Sun Special Service. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 11.President Jor dan of the Southern Cotton association has wired Vice President Peters de manding his resignation and without waiting for reply, has susnended Peters as an officer of the association. Presi dent Jordan said that Peters' recent in terviews in defense of Secretary Wilson indicate Peters is not in sympathy with the efforts of the association to force a thoro probing of the bureau of cotton statistics and other divisions of the de partment of agriculture. LAMAS SLAY MISSIONARIES Priests in China Killed by Native No taries of Another Religion. New York Sun Special Service. Tokio, Aug. 11.A dispatch from Pe king stated that a thousand Lama priests .have killed or wounded many French missionaries and other Catholics in the province of Honan. M. Dubail, French minister, made a strong com* plaint to the Chinese government. ROCKELELLER A STENOGRAPHER Kansas City Journal. If the Standard Oil company shcdd fall and John D. Rockefeller should suddenly see his stupendous fortune dwindle, the richest man in the world would probably take up stenography as a means of liveli- hood.' Mr. ^Rockefeller is as expert writer of shorthand as any of the army i typewriters he employs