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MANIFEST GREAT INTEREST
To the Editor of The Journal:
For the last three months or more
I have traveled very extensively in
Minnesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota. Waerevex I have toeen, great
interest has been manifested in the
articles written by your able corre
spondent in Scandinavia, Mr. W. B.
Chamberlain. I have seen Journals
passing from hand to hand until actu
ally worn out. Have often heard this
remark: I must have The Jour-
nal."
These articles have proven to he an
educational medium to a great many,
the writer included. Personally I am
gtiteful fys
to you for all the valuable
formation relative to the Swedish
Norwegian "crisis," as well as upon
other matters depicted by Mr. and Mrs.
Chamberlain. I has been so interest
ing to read these articles from day to
day that it has almost overshadowed
other leading topics.
The visit at Bjornstjerne Bjornson's
wa greete d, witli joy the Norwe
ians, and the reception, as depicted
Mrs. Chamberlain, at the court of
Stockholm, as well as the trip on Goeta
canal, by Mr. Chamberlain, will, or
did, certainly please everybody, espe
cially our Swedish brethren and sisters.
The Journal surely deserves its
title"The Great Daily of the North-
west." Yours sincerely,
P. M. Reese,
Tyler, Minn., Aug. 29.
The Portsmouth Peace.
All the world loves a winner, and if
M. Witte has really won a victory for
his country there are no people more
ready than the Americans to give him
full credit for his achievement. Yet
"we "Cannot avoid a note o regret that
M. Witte should have so far lost his
diplomatic poise as to boast. \t was
so much out of character that his atti
tude of exultation took the world more
by surprise than the dramatic events
which called it out. It may be said
that M. Witte was more surprised than
anybody else at the turn* of events, and
that therefore he is not entitled to the
credit of having calmly and inscrutably
brought them about. Some are com
pelled to say that M. Witte is not great
in victory, or that he did not win a vic
tory, and therefore is not entitled to
the laurel. It is too bad to be obliged
to reach either conclusion, for the Amer
ican people want to, and do, admire M.
Witte.
Did the Russian envoy win a sub
stantial victory over the antagonists?
Undoubtedly he saved his master a bag
of money by standing firmly against an
indemnity, and perhaps he may have
vindicated also the dignity of his coun
try people by his attitude. To admit
the propriety of an indemnity, M.
Witte was required to admit that his
country was conquered. This was not
true. A country is conquered only when
its powers of resistance are exhausted,
when it has lost its army, its navy and
when its territory has been so overran
that effective resistance is impossible.
This was the case of France in 1871.
She had lost her capital, her strategic
frontier was in the hands of the enemy,
her army, while still numerous, was ab
solutely unable to drive the Germans
away from Paris. Under the circum
stances she had to make peace on the
enemy's terms, and those terms in
cluded an indemnity. Russia's situa
tion was materially different. She had
lost no territory which was rightfully
hers, her navy had been destroyed, but
her harbors and towns were so far from
Japan, that they were almost as safe
from bombardment as tho they had
been grouped about Moscow. Her army,
while uniformly defeated in battle, still
presented a solid front. Some day it
will be acknowledged that Kuropatkin's
skill in extricating his army from hope
less positions, redressing the #anks and
presenting a front, after every disas
trous defeat, helped Russia in the end
to make a peace which saves her dig
nity and leaves her among the great
powers. Russia was therefore not a
conquered nation', and M. Witte's in
sistence that he would not pay an in
demnity was well within reason'.
Did Japan, in withdrawing the de
mand for an indemnity, surrender the
fruits of her struggles in the field?
One has but to look at the new map
of the east made at Portsmouth yester
day to answer that question in the
negative. Japan has gained the con
trol of Korea, the possession of Port
?Arthur,
p?
Dalny and the Elliot islands,
which were Togo's base in the early
stages of the war. She has obtaind
control, thru the Chinese, of the rail
way from Port Arthur up to Harbin.
She gets half of Saghalien island, which
is a clear cession of Russian territory,
and which fields to her naval suprema
cy as well as affording her commer
cial and fishing advantages. Tha whole
g'ypiff^
J. S. McLAIN.
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*Wt%Wednesday
of the coast of Asia from Formosa
northward to the arctic regions is hers,
To a maritime country this is an im
mense advantage. She could have af
forded to fight the war she has fought
for this alone. But it is only a small
part of what she has gained. The war
has made Japan a} continental power.
She is in Korea to stay. She is in Man
churia temporarily, but her influence
will i3e felt there so long as she re
mains a strong nation. Her next task
will be to mold the inert mass of China
to her own will. Russia never succeed
ed with China except by bullying and
threatening her. The Japanese method
will be smoother, more insidious -and
more successful.
Over against what Japan has gained
must, of course, be set what Russia
has lost. She has lost practically all
her stealthy approach in China had
gained. Her hold on Manchuria is
gone, her influence in China is ruined,
her immense investments are either de
stroyed by her own"hand or delivered
humbly to the enemy, her prestige in
the European concert is shattered. She
is farther from the open sea today than
she has been for fifty years. She may
sit upon her ice-bound shores of Vladi
vostok and cackle that she did not pay
a kopeck, but she must see that her
folly has put in the hands of Japan
commercial chances which will compen
sate the Japanese for the surrender of
indemnity many times over, while Rus
sia is shut out from the world's inter
course to a greater extent than she has
been since she became a world power.
The world was so taken by surprise
that it was natural at first to concede
a weakness of negotiations in Japan.
But while the noisy crowd is hurrah
ing for M. Witte and his excellent opin
ion of his achievement, the thinking
world will hear the Japanese envoy
who says quietly but solemnly: "For
the sake of humanity we have made
peace." This is worth more than any
strident note of glee over successful
diplomacy. By a stroke the Japanese
have forced the Russians back into the
position of being: the ones who would
continue the war rather than pay their
bills. The court has adjudged Japan
in the right. She has taken her ver
dict and agreed to pay her own costs
rather than renew the litigation in
blood. That was far-sighted work.
One hundred thousand men would have
been the price of the collection of the
indemnity, and one hundred thousand
men are worth more to Japan than
money. On the other hand, they are
worth less to Russia than money. This
is the truth, and no amount of sand
throwing by the Russian envoys can
conceal it.
It will be a long time before all the
facts about the Portsmouth conference
will be known. We do not even know
who will be the M. de Blowitz of the
occasion. Only two men stand out as
having individual part in the negotia
tions. Komura came to America her
alded as the mikado's bright young
man, but he made a false start when
he turned the trick of forgetting his
credentials and the American people
have not cared much about him since.
Takahira and Rosen appear to have
cut no figure unless it was in the pri
vate consultations which the world may
never know about. But there are some
men in and .out of the conference who
have made world-wide reputations out
of this encounter of minds. We are
inclined to think that the man who, in
the Tokio cabinet session, got up and
told the mikado that he ought to with
draw the indemnity demand entirely
was the real hero of the peace. Per
haps the mikado did it himself. If so,
his credit is greatest. Of the men who
are known in the negotiations, M.
Witte certainly carried away the hon
ors for his country. He has made such
a peace as Russia could scarcely have
hoped for, and he has deserved well
of the czar. M. Witte must feel im
mensely relieved, for had he not made
peace at all, his position would have
been very uncomfortable at home, and
had he made peace on hard terms his
position would have been almost intol
erable. To have pulled a beaten nation
thru as handsomely as he has is some
thing which might crown a career. But
M. Witte is a young man. He should,
be iust beginning a campaign for the
regeneration of Russia. Every Amer
ican who has come to know him hopes
fee* Witte this opportunity.
The other notable figure in the con
ference is that of President Roosevelt.
Americans, while heartily proud of
their president, will hesitate in this in
stance to boost with their customary
frankness. We shall all be inclined
thru motives of good taste as well as of
generosity to under, rather than over
rate the president's share. Let the
world say whether the American presi
dent is entitled to a large or a small
portion of credit. The indications are
that it will not be* slow to acknowledge
that the man who called the conference
was also the man who held it together
until it acted and that thruout he main
tained a poise of neutrality, which was
undisturbed by the appeals of either
side. The American people share with
the president whatever emotions he ex
perienced when the news of peace came.
They are sincerely glad that peace was
made, and they are sincerely hopeful
that it is such a peace as will remain
undisturbed for generations to come.
Anyway
tainted.
Evening,
the peace terms are not
England in the Orient.
King Edward is one of the cleverest
politicians in Europe. In the line of
politics which he plays they call it
diplomacy. But by whatever name it
may be called, the formation of an
alliance between England and Japan
and the present close relations which
exist between those two countries are
attributable, no doubt, in a large meas
ure to the king's farsightedness and is
of special advantage to England at this
time.. England, with the opening of a
new regime in the orient, finds herself
in a closer alliance with Japan, the
dominant oriental power, than is any
other European nation. Russia is driven
out of the orient Prance and Germany
have done nothing to win the favor of
Japan while England, with a close
alliance -with Japan, is in a position "to
strengthen if not to greatly enlarge her
holdings and her sphere of influence in
that part of the world. Japan has done
all the fighting and will reap large re
wards, but England is not without a
large share in the advantages gained.
Congressman William Alden Smith has
been asked to lunch with the kaiser.
Wonder If he has that Cuban umbrella
with him?
A Good Thing for the Schools.
The new rule adopted by the school
board and intended to eradicate secret
fraternities and sororities from the
public schools will no doubt meet with
very general and hearty approval and
support on the part of parents of the
public-school children. At any rate, it
ought to. Some of the young people
themselves will be antagonistic, and
perhaps in a few cases Iheir parents
may sympathize with them. Member
ship in these organizations is supposed
to give a certain social prestige which
is sought for in some instances not only
by young people themselves, but by
their parents but the existence of
these societies has been proven to be
detrimental1
to the best interests of the
public schools, so out of harmony wiflh
the purpose of the public schools, that
we are convinced that right-minded
people generally will be gratified to
learn that the board has found a way
to eliminate them entirely.
Heretofore it has been assumed that
the matter of membership in these so
cial organizations was something which
could be controlled by the parents
alone, altho such membership was seri
ously deprecated by the superintend
ent, and by the principals and teachers
thruout the city. We see no reason,
however, why the school board may not
properly take the position which'lt has
assumed and adopt rules and regula
tions with regard to participation in
the exercises of the schools of the na
ture of this resolution. The board has
done a good thing for the shools.
The most distressing thing about the
president's achievement is that It wins
the unstinted praise of Acting Assistant
Secretary Loomis.
Peace from the Business Stand
point.
The financial feature of the day is
the strength of Japanese bonds. Yes
terday all four issues moved up quick
ly, recovering in short order the losses
sustained thru a period of uncertainty
respecting the outcome of the Ports
mouth conference. The announcement
of the peace agreement had been anti
cipated in themarkets, rumor running
before. Confirmation lent additional
stren'gth, Russian issues also looking up
a bit, while the general stock exchange
list strengthened. The financial cen
ters were quick to reflect the optimism
naturally resultant from the reaching
of a settlement. The war is over, and
the destruction of life ari% property,
with the piling up of %ebt, will go on
Wo longer. The rehabilitation of the
country fought over will next become
paramount, altho it will" probably be
some little time yet before all prelimi
naries are arranged, and constructive
work inaugurated where Heretofore de
struction has reigned.
General expectation is that both
countries will now want to borrow
money and that no difficulty will be
found by either. Japan has shown the
world that she is capable of great
thjngs and has commanded the respect
of bankeis the world over. Had the
war continued she must ere long have
reached the point where her credit,
however high on' the ground of military
achievement and managerial ability,
must have suffered somewhat from
straining of resources, altho to date
Japan, by internal economy, has been
able to make a wonderfully favorable
showing. As for Russia she has re
sources that in themselves would af
ford a basis for loans of millions, but
her recent application's met with small
favor, her crushing defeats and internal
troubles woikmg against her.
Today either country may borrow
freely. The bankers had about be
come tired of lending money for war,
but they will willingly lend it for peace
and resumption of commerce an*d indus
try. Our country has already played
an important part in floating Japanese
loans, "but naturally we have.. had no
part in the Russian loans. Today we
are in the field for business with either
country, and if the conference between
Mr. Witte and the New York bankers
means anything, it means that when
next Russia wants to borrow, she will
not confine herself to the Paris or Ber
lin money markets, but will enter the
New York market as well.
It is clear that one important result
of the part played by President Roose
velt in the peace conference will be the
increasing of the financial prestige of
our country, and the moving forward of
New York into greater prominence
among the international money markets
of the worid.
The postponement ol the timber sale
on the White Earth reservation to Nov.
15 is a second concession on the part of
the Indian department to the protest
which has been made against the orig
inal order. "Whether members of the
Minnesota delegation will think it worth
while to stand for a still later date may
be doubted, but it cannot be doubted that
the time is still too short to produce the
best results. Those who understand the
matter best maintain that four months
Is little enongh time to allow for adver
tising the timber and making an exam
ination upon which a bid may be made
intelligently and safely. Nov. 15 ex
tends the time about two months and a
half.
King Edward's message to the president
seems to settle it. When one wizard rec
ognizes another there can be no mistake.
One of the most serious results of peace
is that the war correspondents will come
home and be mustered out.
There are more men than women in the
state of Minnesota, but the women^are
more than the men.* T\~
There is knocking in St. Petersburg to
dayknocking the necks off cold bottles.
J3B
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
THE UNEASY CHAIR
A LIFE OF DICKENS BY CHESTER
TON AMONG THE NEW BOOKS BY
DODD, MEAD &#CO,Among the books
to come from the house of Dodd, Mead
& Co. this fall, itds safe to say few will
be read with more general interest than
"A Life of Charles Dickens," by Gilbert
K. Chesterton. The dispute as to Dick
ens' place in English letters and Mr.
Chesterton's controversial powers give
assurance of a book of rare interest.
V. A.A AAA*
A AIJK^B SUSSBL WALLACE,
s well-Kaown Scientist Whose Auto.
biography WiU Appear This Fall.
ct,. tf,t
Another book of exceptional value will
be "An Autobiography," by Alfred Rus
set Wallace. To Alfred Russel "Wallace
belongs the distinction of having separ
ately, and a few years earlier than Dar
win, formulated a theory of evolution
-which is substantially the same as Dar
vin's. The autobiography of a man who
was prominent in the movement which
brought to the front Darwin, Huxley and
Spencer, who preceded them and has out
lived them, will be a notable addition to
the biographical boofts of the season
Among other books of a seriftus nature
to come from the same publishers this
fall are "Twenty Years of the Republic,"
by Harry Thurston Peck, "A History of
English Literature," by W Robertson
Nicoll a bibliographical account of the
first printing press establish ed in English
America, together with a list of the is*
sues of the press by Robert F. Roden, a
memoir of Jacques Cartier, "The Great
Word," by Hamilton Wright Mabie, a
series of studies of the phases and as
pects of love: "A New Volume of Es-
says," by Maurice Maeterlinck. The firm
will do well also by the lover of fiction.
"Nedra," by George Barr McCutcheon,
author of "Graustark," is'given a promi
nent place on the list. Next comes "The
Resurrection of Mfes Cynthia," by Flor
ence Morse Kingsley, author of "The
Singular Miss Smith After that there
is "The Man from Red Keg," by Eugene
Thwing, author of "The Red-Keggers'
"The Edge of Circumstances," a sea tale,
by Edward Noble, author of "Waves of
Fate" "A Motor Car Divorce," by Louise
Closser Hale "Cecelia's Lovers," by
Amelia E. Barr, a tale of New York. This
includes by no means all of the firm's
offerings for the fall, it only shows that
the reader who tries I to keep up with
the prodession of books will bave to make
his plans for plenty of time in which to
read.
THE GIFT OF THE MORNING STAR,
by Armistead C. Gordon, is a novel
whose scene is among the'mountains of
the eastern side of the continent, in a
Dunkard settlement. The lines of life
as drawn among the people are clear and
hard. A people toiling, moiling, early
and late saving and hoarding to gather
more money in order to buy more land,
in order to have more feed to fatten more
stock to sell, to get more money to buy
more land,' etc yet, while so doing, being
scrupulously honest in paying and taking
the last cent, worshiping God- on Sunday
in the sanctuary after their own lorm,
according to their own conscience living
their simple, busy, toilsome "life in right
eousness to its close looking to and
trusting the Master of Life for what lies
beyondsuch is the background Inlo
this life comes a young bride, beautiful
and winsome, of alien" blood and alien
ways of living. She finds it hard, un
lovely, lonely beyond measure. Her first
two children follow the type of the father
and of the people to whom he belongs.
The third follows the maternal type and
grows up to manhood beloved only --by
his mother and his brother and sister
The plot carries him away from home,
under the impression that he has com
mitted the crime of murder. He is never
accused, settles in a "boom" town, de
pendent on a railway and mines, and
grows immensely rich. Then the boom
collapses and everything -is lost lie goes
back home and finds his brother dead,
his sister living, and he at last takes up
the old labor on the farm, which he once
so hated, and finds peacealso a wife.
The plot is good, the story fairly well
told, the characters interesting The lit
erary finish is not high W. R. K.
Funk & Wajjnalls company. New York.
MR. HOWELLS* EVASIVE REPLY.
Women are reading William Dean How
ells' novels with increased avidity
Since the publication of his latest novel,
Miss Bellard's Inspiration (Harper &
Brothers), they are beginning to suspect
that this gifted analyst of the feminine
heart has sometimes a bit of a laugh at
their expense. When questioned about
his theories and beliefs regarding wo
mankind, the other day at Kittery, Mr
Howells skilfully evaded his feminine in
quisitor.
"-A.t least he said smilins. "women
are not boasters. They do not go about
telling tie world how clever they are
and the great things they propose to do.
What a certain lady said to her hus
band could never have been truthfully
said by her husband to her. This young
couple had an only childla baby 4
months Old
"Oae evening, when the young man re
turned home from work, his wife said to
him:
'Oh, Elmer the baby is beginning to
take after vou,'
'After me?' said the young man, much
pleased. 'In what way?'
"He's beginning to crow,'
"THE MAKING~0F A MAN.-Under
that title Orison Swett Marden, editor of
Success, has written a book containing
abundant good advice, happily put, for the
youth of the land Mr Marden stands
for the gospel of gentlemanliness, alert
ness, hard work, persistence and fair
play. These ought to bring success to"
any young man. If they do not, there
is something, that saves e\en them from
defeat Mr 'Marden puts it thus:
He who can be beaten, but not broken be
victorious, but not vainglorious, strive and con
tend for th6 prize, and win it honestly or lose
it cheerfully, use everj power In the race, and
yet never wrest an undue advantage or win an
unlawful masteryhe it is who "by a life
heroic conguers fate
Lothrop Publishing Co Boston. $1.25.
THE MAGAZINES .JyfeA
Hungry Children Handicapped in Strtlf
gie for Education.Robert Hunter, in The
4 &
Reader lor -September, haB the following
to say of the relation of food supply to
education in an article on the "Heritage
of the Hungry":
"The public school Is the one great so
cial agency we have, which, especially in
the days of its early idealism, gave prom
ise of supplying to all children, whether
rich or poor, an equality of opportunity.
Of all social undertakings in this repub
lic none more justly deserves our feeling
of pride. That education should be ac
cessible to ail classes ot ennoren. seemed
at one time to be the maximum of demo
cratic attainment, but our fathers went
even further. School attendance was
made compulsory The desire underly
ing this superb social program was the
making of good citizens and the develop
ing of a type of manhood which would
be able to exercise the suffrage with
judgment and discretion. But there was
an aspect of the situation not sufficiently
considered which today is being forcibly
impressed upon us in many ways. Testi
mony is coming from all quarters indi
cating the failure of our school system
among those very persons who most re
quire the opportunities it affords. Where
poverty is greatest and the underfeeding
of children most common the children
are, physically and mentally, unfitted to
profit by the school training. The great
est statesman of the French revolution
said: 'After bread, education is the first
need of a people There can /be no equal
ity of opportunity, educationally or other
wise, for those children who are impov
erished in body and mind."
A Strange Farm.Tho not included in
the reports on that subject, undoubtedly
the most remarkable agricultural enter
prise in the country Is the farm in south
ern Florida on which the one crop culti
vated is alligators, says Four-Track News
for September. This unique farm is lo
cated on the east coast of Florlda some
distance below Palm Beach, on the bank
of the Indian river.
AMUSEMENTS
Banda Rossa Sale.
The seat sale for the Banda Rossa en
gagement at the Auditorium will open to
morrow morning at the Metropolitan
Music company.'s store on Sixth street, at
9 o'clock This sale will include seats
for the entire engagement, beginning
Monday evening, Sept 4, and continuing
thru fair week, both afternoon tLnd even
ing engagements Arrangements are be
ing made whereby out-of-town visitors
will have an opportunity to hear the
great Auditorium organ, the fourth
largest in the United. States, in auCitlon
to the big band. This will give an op
portunity for visitors to the city to hear
what is acknowledged to be the best band
in existence today and to hear the big
organ, either of which will be an event
long to be remembered
Foyer Chat.
The advance sale of seats for "Ben
Hur" opens at the Metropolitan tomorrow
morning, and judging from the demand
the sale will equal, if not exceed, that of
two years ago, when the record of the
theater was fcroKen. So great has been
the demand that Manager Scott has ar
ranged for a special Monday (Labor Day)
matinee.
Florence Stone is seen In no part to
greater advantage than in "Fedora."
Sardou's remarkable Russian tragedy,
which is being presented by the Ferris
stock company at the Lyceum this week.
This is the nal week of the Ferris en
gagement, and three plays are on the
program. "Camille" will be given Fri
day afternoon, evening and Saturday af
ternoon. Saturday evening "A Gilded
Fool" will be revived, and will be the oc
casion of a testimonial to Mr. Ferris from
the citizens of Minneapolis The same
bill will be repeated Sunday afternoon
and evening.
Perhaps the leading feature of the
TJniaue bill this week is the Roman ri ng
performance by the Juliens, two in num
ber. They are young men with wonder
ful physical development and they exe
cute gymnastic feats requiring unusual
strength with a great deal of ease and
grace.
The display of Pain's fireworks, post
poned from last night, occurs this even
ing at Wonderland park in addition to
the following free attractions The three
Nambas, Japanese acrobats and equilib
rists De 'Aerfene, aerial contortionist,
and Lane, the sensational high diver.
Rain and threatening weather kept peo
ple away from the park yesterday rather
unnecessarily. It should be remembered
that the board walks and buildings afford
protection in case of rain.
The startling finale of Dlda, "the, crea
tion of a woman out of nothing," the
headline feature at the Orpheum this
week, results in the production of a sec
ond woman from the tank of water out
of which the first woman "created" has
stepped. Mysters is thus added to mys
tery.
The sale of seats for the opening of the
fall season at the Bijou will open at the
box office tomorrow at 9 am. The offer
ing is "In Old Kentucky."
In Weber & Field's "Hoity Toity,"
which follows "In Old Kentucky" at the
Bijou, there will be seen one of the most
swagger choruses in the country.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THIHK
That Sunday Night Suicide.
To the Editor of The Journal.
It was a very sad case and we hold our
breath when we realize that it might
have been a thousand times worse The
man phoned the sheriff at midnight the
night before that enemies were after him
and asking for protection. This shows at
no to any ama^ur that- tha
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Augustf^o,, 19051**
man was
not only crazy, but possessed of the
most dangerous of all types of insanity
in all probability armed and liable at any
moment to begin shooting his Imagnary
pursuers. That the clerk or guests at the
hotel, or Dr. Riley, or his parishioners
escaped his loaded revolver is explained
only by the fact that this man reversed
all precedentssomething not liable to
happen one time in a thousandand shot
himse lf instead of some one else, or a.
naif dozen others.
Surely, surely, when the sheriff or any
one else in authority knows that such a
man is running loose, it is his sacred
duty to see that he is immediately looked
after and the community and the poor
man himse lf is protected Who's to
blame? William J. Palm.
Minneapolis, Aug. 28.
A Farmer'* Yell.
To the Editor of The Journal,
Your editorial advocating a harvest-field
yell as an inspiration to the hands
brought to my mind a farmer's yell orig
inated, and. sriven thoro neldl test a few
years ago, by John A. Holmes, now pas
tor of the Second Congregational church
in Los Angeles. It had unfailing power
in reviving the flagging spirits of col
lege boys working in the harvest field
on the farm of the senior Holmes.
This yell is full of the spirit of the
farm:
Whee' Wheel Whee!
Wha' Wha' Wha!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Farmer b'gosh!
I ha--e tried it and I know that it is
an excellent tonic to spirits drooping un
der a sweltering sun. F. B. Finch.
Fountain, Minn., Aug. 26.
DISGUISE FOR MR. DIPP ADVISED
Enid (Ore.) Echo.
Sim Dipp is again in our midst. Sim
would cut more Ice among the ladies if
he would disguise himself in a clean
shirt
EDITORS LOSING '.T-
THEIR SEA LEGS
MINNESOTA SCEIBES BACK FBQJ*
OUTING ON LAKES.
Were Boyally Entertained at Every
Point Visited, Including Duluth, Hib
bing, Eveleth, Sarnia, Port Huron,
the Soo, Port Arthur and Fort Wil-
liamGovernor Went Along.
After one of the most pleasant and
enjoyable outings in the history of the
organization, the members of the Min
nesota 'Editorial association have re
turned to their respective homes.
Leaving Sunday morning, Aug. 20,
the party arrived in Duluth about 2:30
and were assigned to quarters at the
Lenox and St. Louis hotels. About 4
o'clock all were taken aboard the train
ing ship Fern as guests of Commodore
Guy Eaton for a trip around the horn.
The party dined at the hotels in the
evening, and in the morning a special
train provided by the officials of the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway
company, was taken for Hibbing,
Minn., where a committee of citizens
met the train and showed the guests
the great Mahoning iron mine and
other points of interest.- At noon all
were entertained at luncheon at the
leading hotels, and afterward the tram
was again boarded for Eveleth, where
the Fayal, Spruce and Adams mines
were inspected.
Returning to Duluth in the evening,
the editors were taken in charge by
the Duluth Commercial club, taken to
the clubrooms and treated to a sump
tuous dinner. Ex-Mayor Hugo, presi
dent of the club, presided. At the
conclusion of the feast all boarded the
palatial steamer Huronic of the North
ern Navigation company^ fleet for the
trap down the lakes.
Governor and Mrs. A. Johnson
wenp among the editors. Port Arthur,
Ont., was reached Tuesday morning,
and after a short stay, the boat set
out for Sault Ste. Marie. At the Soo.
on the way down, the party scattered
and visited many of the sights there on
both sides of the river, taking the tooat
for Sarnia, after a three hour stop.
Excursions from Sarnia.
At Sarnia the real fun of the trip
began. The party was quartered at
Hotel Vendome, and a committee of
business men, including Captain C. H.
Nicholson, traffic manager of the
Northern Navigation company, looked
after everyone in a way that was most
pleasing. .On a special train furnished
by the Grand Trunk Railway com
pany an excursion was taken to the
mouth of the tunn'el, where a tram of
flat cars awaited the party for a trip
thru the great international tunnel to
Port Huron. On the return the oil
works of the Imperial Oil company
were inspected, much ta the delight of
all, where the process of manufacturing
oil was shown from the crude to the
finished products
In the -evening special streetcars
were provided by Manager Mills of the
street railway company, and all went to
Lake Huron park, where supper was
served at the Weesbeach hotel. Thom
as H. Cook of Sarnia was chairman of
the "evening^ and was ably assisted by
Messrs. F. F. Pardee and Captain Nich
olson. Toasts were proposed to the
president of the United States and
King Edward, and were responded to in
a happy vein by Governor Johnson of
Minnesota an"d F. F. Pardee of Sarnia.
I his speech the governor referred to
the advantages which might accrue to
both nations thru a more liberal tariff
policy. His remarks were listened to
with much attention, and the applause
which followed indicated that he had
touched a popular chord with the Can
adians.
W. C. Whiteman, president of the as
sociation, thanked the citizens of Sar
nia for their courtesies, and after a
talk by Captain Nicholson the banquet
was brought to a close by the singing
of "America" and "God Save the
King." The remainder of the evening
was spent in dancing and listening to
a band concert by the Twenty-seventh
regiment band.
They "Did" Port Huron.
Port Huron has no presa organiza
tion, but it has a progressive publisher
in the person of Loren A. Sherman, who
took charge of the editors on Friday
morning and showed them the sights of
his city. Streetcars were awaiting
when the ferryboat landed from Sar
nia and took the pencil pushers around
Port Huron. Returning, the cars went
directly to the residence of Mr. Sher
man, where refreshments were served
on the beautiful lawn under the direc
tion of Mrs. Sherman and daughters.
In the afternoon the return was made
to the Huronic at Sarnia, where the
trip home began.
Upon arrival at the Soo, the boat
was met by a delegation of newspaper
and business men and a trolley ride was
enjoyed tlfru the American city. After
seeing everything on this side of the
line, a visit was made to the Canadian
side, where special cars were wait
ing to take the editors to the plant of
the Lako Superior corporation, once
the Clergue steelworks. Here they were
taken in tow by John A. Wilde, chief
engineer of the corporation, who went
to great pains to sec that all present
saw the plant to advantage. From here
the boat was taken at the American
locks and the trip back to Port Arthur
begun.
Port Arthur Loosened.
When the boat landed at the Cana
dian town of Port Arthur, almost every
body on board had made up their minds
that the day would of necessity be
spent in a quiet way, all knowing the
rigid manner in which Sunday observ
ance laws are enforced in most parts
of Canada. But a pleasant surprise
was in store for the travelers, and they
were met at the docks by a committee
from the board of trade and informed
that special streetcars were in waiting
and the whole party disembarked and
was taken to Current River park, where
the big dam and power house was in
spected. Port Arthur and Fort Wil
liam own their street railway, water
works, telephone and electric light fran
chises, and it is said they are operated
in such a way as'to give the cheapest
and best service. After dinner on the
boat, a special trajn placed at the dis
posal of the editors by the officials
of the Canadian Northern Railway com
pany, was taken for a visit to the fa
mous Kakabeka falls, on the Kamin
istkia. rver, abnt twentyive mils
froimw Torti Arthur.o Returnin-gf from thee
falls, the train stopped at West Forte,
where the party was taken on board a
river steamer for a trip to Fort William
down the Kaministikwia river, which
proved a most enjoyable feature of the
day, and the landing was made at the
Huronic dock in time for supper.
Among the Port Arthur and Fort Wil
liam gentlemen who were prominent in
looking after the entertainment of the
visitors were: Mayor Vickers, S. Marks,
J. J. O'Connor, secretary of the Board
of Trade Superintendent Brown of the
Canadian Northern, all of Port Arthur
Mayor Rutledge, Dr. Hamilton, chair
man of the board of commissioners T.
Lumby, vice president of the Board of
Trade Superintendent O. O. Winter of
the Canadian Pacific railway, and Mrs.
Winter.
$j^ Good Times oa Boat.
Evenings upon the boat were made
more pleasant by the fact that a num-
ber, of the party were musicians*1
%f
high order, and several fine programs
were given. On the return trip these
w,ere augmented by an excursion party
from Winnipeg, returning from the
"Old Boys' reunion at London, Ont.f
whose members did much to add to the
enjoyment of all thru the rendition of
musical and literary numbers.
W. C. Whiteman, president of the
editorial association, was the recipient
of a handsome diamond ring, the gift
of. the members of the association, the
presentation speech being made by
Clement S. Edwards of the Albert Lea
Enterprise, the presentation being a
part of one of the evening programs
on the boat.
Captain Charles C. Whitney of Mar
shall, Frank J. Meyst of Minneapolis
and David Ramaley of St. Paul are tht
members of the executive committee
who made all the arrangements for the
outing, and one of the last things done
by the association was to call a meet
ing on board the Huronic, where a vote
of thanks, including everyone who had
done anything to add to the enjoyment
of the outing was passed.
ASSIGNED TO PEP1TS
CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS TO
BE HEBE SEPT. 10 PORTIONED
OUT TO LOCAL CHURCHES.
The committee appointed by the Con
gregational churches of Minneapolis
and St. Paul to arrange for the enter
tainment of the members of the Ameri
can Board of Foreign Missions, who
will stop off here Sept. 10, on their re
turn from the an*nual meeting of the
board Seattle, met twice yesterday
to assign the visiting ministers to local
pulpits, which have been opened to
them. At the first meeting, held in
Dayton's tea rooms at 12:30, it was
found impossible to make any head
way with do large a body as the com
mittee, and a subcommittee, consisting
of Rev. G. S. Rollins, Rev. C. E. Burton?'
and T. H. Colwell was appointed to
make th assignments.
This committee met in the evening
and made the following assignments:
Minneapolis: Bethany, Rev. W. W.
Jordan Como Avenue, Dr. A. W. Ha
zen Excelsior, Dr. C. C. Crelgan Fifth
Avenue, Rev. H. W. Hicks First
Church, Rev. H. A. Stimpson Forest
Heighths, Miss Emily Wheeler, Fre
mont Avenue, Rev. S. A. Bartlett Lyn
dale Avenue, Eev. Judson Smith Lin
den Hills, Dr. Cappen and Dr. Sidney
Strong Lowry Hill, Rev. H. G. Bis
sel Lvnnhurst, F. B. Doap Min'nehaha,
Eev E "Whitney Oak Park, TJr
Qumcy Dowd Open Door, J. J. Walker
Park Avenue, Dr. J. L. Barton Pilgrim,
Dr. C. H. Patton Plymouth, Dr. W. J.
Dawson Thirty-eighth Street, Rev. J.
R. Nichols Union, Rev. J. R. Thurston
and Vine, Rev. J. B. Sewall.
St. Paul: Atlantic, Rev. E. N. Pack
ard Bethany, Rev. Austin Hazen Peo
ples, Dr. Phillip Moxon', and Dr. Daw
son Park, Rev. Geoige W. Phillips
Pacific, Rev. E. E. Strong Plymouth,
Rev. C. F. Weeden St. Anthony, Rev.
^A. E. Dunning and University Avenue,
Rev. John Allender.
The question of assigning the visitors
for entertainment while in the city was
deferred until the pastors should have
a chance to consult their people at the
Thursday-night prayermeeting.
The question of a Minneapolis union
meeting or church services in the even
ing was vigorously mooted at the noon
session' of the committee and was finally
decided in favor of the union meeting
advocates.
THE LABOR DAY CROWDS
Take Great Northern Preparing to
Ttaem to Spring Pars.
Preparations are being made to take
care of 10J300 picnickers, who will go
to Spring Park for the Labor Day pic
nic next Monday. V. D. Jones, agent
for the Great Northern, has arranged a
schedule of twenty-eight trains each
way.
The time card is announced today as
follows: Leavin'g Union station, Min
neapolis: 6.30 a.m, 8:05, 8.30, 9:05,
9:15, 9:20, 10:30, 11, 11:40, 12 m., 1:15
p.m., 1:40, 1:55, 2, 2:30, 3:35, 5:07,*5.42,
6:10, 6:20, 6:25, 6:40, 7:20, 8:25, 9.05,
9:10, 9:15, 9:20.
Returning, leave Spring Park 7:05
a.m., 7.30, 7:59, 9:10, 10:10, 10:20,
11:40 12:40 p.m., 12:50, 1:05, 1:15,
3:30, 4:40, 4:45, 4:50, 4:55, 5, 7:15,
8, 8 10 8 20, 8 30, 9, 10.02, XO.12, 10 22-
10-32.
As some doubt exists as to whether
everyone will be able to get to the lake
on these trains, some may be run in two
sections. The company promises to
make good on the big proposition, what
ever the exigenfey.
Lake travel for next season is al
ready being considered by the Great
Northern road. Another crew will be
added, making three. With the addi
tional set of trainmen, the company
will be able to make the best arranged
schedule for north shore people that
has ever been offered. Altho the road
does not come in direct competition?
with the street railway company, it ex
pects to give just as good transporta
tion facilities as if it were.
GOOD COT/TPARISON
Inspector Says Chicago Has a Real
Smoke Nuisance.
Minneapolis doesn't know what the
smoke nuisance is," says Smoke In
spector J. W. Allen, who returned this
week from a short visit to Chicago.
The persons who are kicking on smoke
Minneapolis should have been with
me in Chicago and made a tour of the
manufacturing districts. I don't think
they would have anything to say in
Minneapolis after seeing what people
have to endure elsewhere.
There are five smoke inspectors and
they have much more than they can at
tend to. One might not think that any
thing has been accomplished, but it is
a slow work there, as here, to abolish
smoke and still keep the steam engines
running.
I the residence districts the -0x013-
lem has been solved by an ordinance
prohibiting the UBe of soft coal in fur
naces. It has been found impossible
to handle the problem in any other
way, as it is manifestly impossible for
the engineers of flats to be at the fur
naces all the time to see that they aie
properly stoked. A similar ordinance
here would be of great benefit, but
am not sure that I would advocate sach
a law just now.
THE FERRIS TESTIMONIAL
Seats .Axe- Going Like the Proverhial
Hot Cakes.
The idea of a testimonial to Dick
Ferris at the Lyceum Saturday even
ing is proving popular among the busi
ness men, .who are responding liberally
to the letters sent by the committee
asking, for subscriptions for seats.
Thomas Lowry yesterday ordered a
box, W. L. Harris of the New England
has subscribed for a loge, Manager L.
N. Scott of the Metropolitan will have
a box, and hundreds of downstairs
seats are being sold.
The evening should certainly be a
memorable one, with so many of Min
neapolis' leading citizens gathered for
the purpose of showing their apprecia
tion of Mr. Ferris, and with Mr. Ferris
himself appearing in a special revival
of his great success A Gilded FooL"
The' theater will be gayly decorated
for the occasion, and there will be
special music by an augmented orches
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