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!l 1 1 i 19 7 82* 1 THE JOURNAL VOUJME XXVUI-NO. 1M. XiTJOIAN SWIFT, oome. The dorana decreed it as far as it was able when it demanded a. arepre tentative ministry. The logical answe to tWs demand from the aristocracy I the dissolution parliament and the dispersing of its members. They have violated their jObartcr in making illegal and impossible "iejnattds^Tipon their sovereign, therefore let them begone. This is the logic of the Trepoffs and the Vladimirs. The eaar does not want to take this course. 'Aside from any questions of personal safety, he is sincerely desirous of see ling the country pacified. I there is lny middle ground upon which peace ixnay be attained he would be glad to rtfind it. The great danger of his situa tion is that he may lose, may already liiave lost, the confidence of both sides. 'In this event he is in a double danger. The anarchists may take his life or the aristocrats may take his throne. Barflloa tgain. THE- Sunday Journal is out killing Guatemalans The Pennsylvania Situation, Since the civil war, the Philadelphia *North American maintains, the repub licans of Pennsylvania have not been in. so critical a position as they are to day. The party is at the present mo ment split into two parties, the regu lars and the Lincoln republicans. The regulars last year were defeated on the head of the state ticket by a coali tion between the Lincolns, the demo crats and the prohibitionists. This year the prohibitionists have named for governor the democrat whom last year they helped to elect state treas urer. They have named with him a ticket which, the North American says, is made of "men of character, untaint ed by association with crooked politicians, and all solemnly dedicated to the promotion of the cause of good government." The importance of this ticket being thu in the field i understood whens iearlyknown is that ths regular republicans meet second, the Xincoln republicans next to them, and the democrats last of all. If the regu lar and Lincoln republicans do not get together and nominate a ticket which will represent reform, a great many of the Lincolns will go to the Serry ticket, and the democrats, coming last of all, will ratify it, and then the regular republicans stand the chance of getting another beating. Besides losing some LAST SUNDAY CARRIED DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS J. S. McLAIN, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY DAY StfSSCatlPTION RATES BT MAIL. Etoydtonlyr From Local Advertisers MORE IN THE JOURNAL Than in any Other Minneapolis Sunday Newspaper The Sunday Journal Carried More Local- Display, More. Classified, More Real Estate, More Land Advertising, More Total Advertising: Than Any Other Sun day Newspaper in the Twin Cities. 40c an Sunday, per month-....~. QDly pi nnttn"n(** P*1 -SOc 15c mpnth.....-.-.+*'* ST OABBIEB OUTSIDE THE CITY. Deny and snadajr, one month.. 50c BT GASSIER ZM MINMBAPOMS AND SUBURBS. Sdtr n4 6anday, one month 45c *OS1ACffl RATES Off STHOXB COPIES. ttj to 18 page*....-. 1 cent Tjp to S6 pages........-.-...^.... 2 cent* C(toMpag*M^ffi 8 cents i The Czar's Predicament. What is it the douma demands of the ezar and is that demand justified by anything: the ozar has promised the peo ple? The vote of the douma is one of lack of confidence in the Goremykin ^ministry and a demand for its replace ment with a ministry from the ranks of the majority of the doiima. Thus at one blow the douma would set up a responsi ble ministry and put itself on the plane with the deputies in Paris and the com mons in London. Undoubtedly this is what is coming, but the question is how it shall come. The douma at the present time is go ing outside its charter in demanding such powers. The czar did not prom ise a parliamentary ministry. He did not promise full parliamentary govern ment. What he did promise is some what vague and uncertain, but it is cer tain that he did not promise to turn the whole government over to the douma, as would be the case if he admitted the principle that the cabinet was responsi ble to the parliament instead of to him self. Russia appears to have entered upon an irrepressible conflict between repre sentative and despotic government. The czar stands between the people and the bureaucrats. He attempts to stem the rising tide of revolution with paper promises, which he partly takes back at the solicitation of the bureaucrats. The ad of this haggling over words must state offices, the republicans would stand to lose several members of the dent is considered as only a cog in the 8&Mt*&61 s^i jUS%C &.' life' Tuesday Evening, |^g$^^ lower house of congress in such a melee, and thus contribute to the increasing demand for tariff revision, which is the one thing the Pennsylvania republican machine does not want. The douma declares that it is from Mis sounsky. The Trooible with Denver. Denver is very evidently an unhappy town. Its newspapers are at swords' points, its politicians make no bones of their conviction that everything in the town is orooked. It business men can not agree whether to boom the town or scuttle it. I fan election is held, it gives rise only to rumors and reports of fraud, lawsuits and recriminations. Everything that Denver does is criti cized by some one in the city, and thev can agree on only one thing. Denver has a glorious climate, which, fortunately for Denver, cannot be marred by the hand of the cranky sort* of men who occupy the town. The difficulty w^ith Denver is not that it is not ambitious enough. I seems to be suffering trom, a superabundance of ambition and am* bitious men. I wants to be a manufac turing city, a jobbing center, health resort and state capital all at once. The people who talk Denver as a manufac turing center are confronted with the statement that Denver has neither fuel to permit cheap manufacturing nor a surrounding population readv to take its manufactures. The mayor of the city is aecused of having said some thing like this the other day, and he is being cursed roundly by one-half of the press and mildly indorsed by the other half. The News accuses the rail roads of exploiting Denver as a health resort, rather than encouraging manu facturing, because there is raoie money for them in carrying manufactured goods than in bringing in the raw ma terial. The difficulty with Denver appears to be that it has no settled and controlling public spirit. I is lively enough in debate, but it does not seem to know when the debate is over and the time for united action has begun. This is an unfortunate condition in a family or a city. General Kogl li&s made a. lieaxty and generous defense of General Stoeseel, and General Nogi knows. A Non-Political President. The "Woodrow Wilson boom for the presidential nomination has puzzled people, so it may be worthy of record that Professor Wilson has come for ward with an explanation of it. says: "This boom for president is entirely without any thought of myself. The matter is entirely impersonal. I am simply interested in Ending out whether a man wfco is wholly outside the field of politics would be seriously consid ered by a political party as a presiden tial candidate.'' Professor Wilson's boom aB a test of the question he raises will not be without interest. These United States have sometimes elected to the presi dency men who were wholly outside the field of politics, if such a thing may be predicated of any citizen of this large and fine country, but they have always been military heroes. Pres idents Taylor and Grant had never held a civil office (President Taylor had never cast a vote) previous to their se lection as president. The presidency is a political office. It has to do with the running of a very large machine. The men who have occupied it have been, as a rule, poli ticians who had worked their way up thru the ranks of offlceholding. Lin coln, who was, all things considered, our typical president, was also a typ ical American politician. He had held office, legged for other candidates, writ ten platforms, studied political ques tions, perfected himself in debate, learned the temper of the people and the trend of his age. He had, above all, acquired convictions which were not the result wholly of book study, but of nearer wisdom which comes from putting an ear to the ground. There is scarcely any opportunity for theo rists to come to the presidency, be cause theorists are distrusted by the people and cannot get the confidence of the politicians. So long as the gov ernment is conducted unofficially by parties, the candidate for president must answer three requirements: must be well known, he must be thor oly grounded in the principles of his party and he must be available. The third consideration very often becomes the first for the reason that the presi-' wheel. The first necessity of tne party is to capture the office. The jnan who is able to do that may not be the wisest or the strongest man in his party, but the party will surround him, with the strongest and wisest, if not the most unselfish counsels. Hence availability often, perhaps too often, stands for all the ether qualifications. From this viewpoint Professor Wil son's boom is interesting, but quite unlikely to become of practical moment in politics. Ivan Pulichoff, a revolutionist, was hanged at Minsk, in Russia, the other day. A few hours before the event he made this declaration to his compan ions in prison: "In a burning house you do not count the window panes. I am such a broken window pane tin the great many-storied edifice that is now going to destruction. So let it be! But I am happy that as long as I lived a ray of light, if only a feeble one, could en ter the house. The house is burning! My life will be cut off today. Bu thru the broken window pane, 1 believe, the storm wind will enter and fan the flames to still fiercer heat and at last, at last the whole structure will fall in ruins.'' The spirit of liberty may be delayed but it will arrive. Senator Thomas Piatt of New York voted for a sea level canal. Mr. Piatt did not attend one committee meeting at which the type of waterway or the mat ter of engineering problems was dis cussed. Mr. Piatt made up his mind on the matter without regard to the opinion of experts. This seems to indicate that thtose who desire to block the canal or to handicap the president put thru the sea level project In committee. If there Is an Aldrich-Hepburn agree ment to drop out the express company feature of the railroad rate bill the coun try would be interested knowing it The scene in the house yesterday re cails Josh Billings' aphorism, "When mothers-in-law fall out, then we get at family facts While the girls at a fashionable, board ing school were planting a tree on the campus on Arbor day a Mr. Raffles en tered the building and stole about thirty of those fussy little watches that hang on by acute pin. The* head of Lake Superior being now the third largest shipping port in the world, citizens of Duluth cannot pass one another on the street without gifting their Quids and remarking, "Hea\e ho, my hearties." Congress is willing to agree, if the country will let it off this time, to do great things with the tariff, Porto Rico, Philippines, pure food and other things next winter. The Duluth-Superior port may have the third largest registered tonnage in the world, now, but wait a few years There are things doing at Excelsior, Minn. Lives of railroad men remind us We are fools to work for pay, When from the air and all around us Stocks and bonds may come our Way. One of Boston's ball teams has lost twenty games in succession. That is the ball team's idea of calling attention to Boston. It has the merit of success. The stork, the turkey and, incidentally, the eagle, are not the only national birds The. Kansas City Journal is rooting for the phoenix And there's the hen. This anarchist variety of marriage seems to settle the divorce question. There being no marriage, there, cannot, of course, any divorce, See? It is now said that Bob Taylor is only an imitation fiddler after all Some one evidently is trying to stop him from play ing for the presidency. Man, says Eugene V. Debs, is a tool using animal. Glad to hear that had be gun to suspect he was an animal that was used as a tool. Rockefeller's physician now says John was never sick a day in his life. They never succeeded in getting him on the witness stand. Ten years ago Nicholas II. was being crowned. Subsequent events must make the emperor wish ha had been born a grand duke. If It was not larceny Mr. Perkins is probably convinced that it was very fool ish, and he will not do It again. As the president worked at his desk he whistled cheerfully, "There'll Be a Hot Talk from Young Towne Today." The pure* food bill still sleeps In the house pigeonhole. To awaken it, it ma be necessary to flre Cannon. Guatemala is going to have a little spring war. This spring has been Enough to make anybody go to war. Several days have elapsed and still the president does not know he has been crushed by Mr. Towne. IT C08TS TO BE A GENTLEMAN Columbia (Mo.) Herald. It is difficult to be a gentleman in Columbia for less than $3 a week. THIS DATE, IN HISTORY I MAY 29 1843Union of the New England colonies. 1790Rhode Island adopted the fed*-, I eral constitution. 1813 Battle of Sacketts Harbor, New York. 1848Wisconsin admitted as a state. ^1862Beauregard evacuated Cor Inth, Miss, 1864Maximilian arrived at Vera Cruz, Mexico. 1865Proclamation of President Johnson stating conditions of am I nesty. I 1875Paul Boyton floated acrbss the British channel. 1890General Robert E. Lee's statue unveiled In Richmond, Va. 1893Trial of Dr. Briggs for heresy by Presbyterian general assembly. Minnesota PWiticf Many Counties Will Divide Their Vote an Qo-vernor Barber Than Have a Contest in tne County Convention The Treasurership Situation. There will not be many contests in the county conventions next week. The general disposition is to avoid trouble and reach a working basis peacefully. The result will be a good many split delegations. In counties where two or more of the candidates appear to have a strong following, they are showing a willingness to get together and divide the delegation according to the apparent strength of each one. So in Goodhue ?ounty it is reported that the delega tion will be cut up between Block, Ja cobson and Lord, with possibly dele gates for Cole and for Sonierville. A Similar division will be made in other counties, especially in the second and third districts. In the northern coun ties there seems more of a desire to fight it out. The counties that are going to present candidates! for other state offices will generally divide their votes on govern or. Tney will not give everyone a share, but will divide according to loca tion and local sentiment somewhat. There are a good many of these coun ties to be figured in. Stearns county has Sprague for lieutenant governor, and Blue Earth may present Eberhart. In the Secretary of state contest, Eice county has Captain Hunter, Redwood 'has Schmahl. Norman will present Lo men, and Kittson county will be in the hands of E. A. Nelson. Dinehart will have Murray to do with as he likes in the treasurership race, and will also have a strong hold on some of the other southwestern delegations. Pidgeon will have Wright county to divide up or trade with. Young's county, Swift, will be for Jacobson, but may divide on the first ballot. If Walter Lemon gets Ramsey county to use for. trading, it will probably go solid for some one, otherwise it will be divided. The candidates^ for governor and for secretary of state are all looking pretty closely after Dinehart. has a strength all his own, which -would be worth any mane's while,tQ get. There will be something like: Jortv delegates #rom the weg$em en Qf the second, who will care more about landing Dine hart than they will for any candidate for governor. So far Dinehart has held aloof from any combination, and has been making a vigorous canvass in his own interests alone. His only rival for the nomination will be C. Koerner, as Louis G. Vogel of New TJlm has not made much of a campaign, and is not expected to show up^ very strong. Somerville 's candidacy in the same county has hurt Vogel. Dinehart has rounded up the second pretty well with the exception of Brown. C. H. Warner of Aitkin, secretary of the republyan state committee, who re signed his position with the state im migration bureau yesterday, is an en thusiastic supporter o A. L. Cole for governor, and will be actively associate in the conduct of the Cole campaign from now on. Samuel G. Ivcrson's name will be Presented to the Duluth convention by Fillmore county, as it was four vears aero. The Preston Republican comes to the front with a strong eulogy of thef Rushford man, saying in part: Fillmore countv will take a good deal of pride and satisfaction in seeing State Auditor S I\erson, one of her fa\onle sons unanimously renominated by the re publican state convention. Mr. Iverson has earned the compliment by the able* efficient and impartial manner In which he has discharged the duties 6t his office and by his zeal and $evoflon to Ihe in terests of w^^jisg^rai8 &. The Detroit Recorf savs that Becker county is well satisfied with Senator F. H. Peterson, but if Clav countv brings out another candidate, as it threatens to do in the rase of S. Mir den, then Becker is likelv to take the opening and bring out C. M. Johnston of Detroit. Another legislative candidate is an nounced in tne Martin-Watonwan dis trict in Carl J. Swendson of St. James, who is going to file for the houRe. Charles B. Cheney. AMUSEMENTS Metropolitan^'Iffexlclnganiei"* NerkingarneJ'' one of the most charming of Swedish folk plays, was satisfactorily presented at the Metro politan opera house last evening by the Swedish Dramatic club of this city. The play is pastoral in its character, dealing with the every-day life of the peasants in one of Sweden's fairest provinces. It is clean and wholesome, devoid of complicated plots and mod ern psychological problems, "just a story of the simple life among the innocent people living by themselves amid rural scenes far from 'the contaminating in fluences of complex city life. Three delightful love stories are in terwoven in the drama and the interest ia the -performance is further enhanced by the picturesque and gaily colored costumes of the peasantry. The fes tivities about the maypole and the folk dances make a true picture of scenes which are to be seen to this day on many a village green in the interior provinces of the country. The play centers on the love of Sven, the son of a wealthy peasant, for Inge borg, a shepherd girl, of whose birth little is known. The match is opposed by Sven's father, Sven Jonsson, who demands that his son shall enter the ministry, forsake his sweetheart and marry a girl of wealth and position. The role of Ingeborg is taken by Ida Ostergren, a capable actress, who made her first appearance in this city. She has a winning personality and made many friends by her sympathetic por trayal of the patient and loyal maiden. Oscar Anderson, as the student lover, was entirely acceptable. H.iabnar-Nilsson had the comedy role of Lasse. the big, easy-going and jovial son of Mother Katrina, and made a hit in the character of an overgrown peas ant boy. Constance Osborn was dainty and pleasing in her role of Selma, the daughter of Brukspatron Stal. The part of Mamsell Bom, governess to Sel ma, was particularly well played by Ingeborg Ericsson, and her work could hardly have been improved upon. An other bit of character work which at tracted attention was that of Edward Vernon as Oesting, the veteran and vil lage favorite. Augusta Linde also won much praise for her faithful portrayal of an elderly peasant woman. The other roles were generally in satisfac tory hands. Tonight the same company will pre sent Vermlendinfrarne," with Ida Ostengren in t^e TOle of Anna, the poor peasant girl. Lyceum*' Confusion. Confusion reigns at the Lyceum this week. I is foolish confusion, but its laugh-producing possibilities are excep tionally good and these are appreciated and made the most of by Ralph Stuart and his company. After three acts filled with Btrenuous endeavor, in which all the characters and their motives are confused, the players succeed in" reduc ing order out of chaos and the confu sion ends in the mo6t approved of live hatoil ever afterward" endings. The plot of the farcical comedy is slender enough to eliminate any possi bility of brainjfa&^on_Jhe part of the ^'^fi^^SMf. MSP ^s^ssi THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. fj^j^fr^^ May 29, i9o6.|-^Tf4*f^ -7ff*j^^^^| audience, I is robust enough to fur nish an excuse for all sorts of impossi ble, but nevertheless laughable situa tions, expressions and actions. I is the kind of a farce that makes the au ditor laugh, and occasionally shriek, wtixle he murmurs to his friend, whom he wishes to impress with his strong mentality: I never saw such utter foolishness." The story depends upon several pairs of lovers in varying stages of heart disease, and revolves around the mix ing-up of a servant's baby with a mis tress' pug dog, which by the way does some of the best work in the perform ance. The company led by Mr. Stuart and Miss Vaughn all enter into the spirit of the frolic and create as many laughs as the play is entitled to. The play begins late and ends early, but it is a good summer entertainment while it lasts. UniquePolite Vaudeville. Vulgar vaudeville is the proper term with which to describe two of the of ferings at the Unique this week. Jo seph Sullivan, in his act, "The Coal Man," is coarse up to the limit, and then raises the limit. This is unfor tunate, as Mr. Sullivan is a comedian of considerable ability. Downright in decency can be charged against the words of the songs used by Ben Mul yey, monologist. Both acts would be in poor taste in a house frequented only by men, and in a theater patron ized largely by women and school chil dren they are inexcusable. Eliminating these two exhibitions of coarseness, the wepk's bill v.ould be classed as above the average. Laurelle and Southern present a playlet entitled A Drummer's Samples," which they handle with skill and good taste. The little Fisher girl, who appears in a contortionist act with her father, is uncanny in her apparent defiance of all the laws of anatomy. An unusual stunt is that of Robert Eldridge, who produces striking impressionistic pic tures with colored sands scattered with seeming carelessness upon rough paper. The lady appearing with Sulli van has a pleasing soprano voice, and Ben Mulvey, barring his one inexcusa ble lapse into vulgarity, is decidedly humorous. "Gettysburg Herman La Fleur's new song, is a stirring and patriotic ballswl, and. the pictures which a.ccom pany it are thrilling. The motion pic tures, showing the flags and faces of all nations and a kidnapping, are good. Fireworks at Wonderland. Wonderland tomorrow night will have a fine program of fireworks in honor of Memorial day and several fea tures in addition to the usual program of free out-door attractions. Arcadia, the palace of illusions, which occupies the building known last year as the Myth City, opened last night with four stage performances. One is levitation, in which the body of a young woman is suspended in midair apparently without support another is the disappearing lady, a third is the act known as sub stitution, and the fourth is a perform ance legerdemain. The Mystic World is to open tonight with fire and serpen tine dances and plastic poses There was a very fair attendance at Wonder land last night, cool weather considered. Foyer Chat. The indications are that a large and fashionable audience will greet Ameri ca's most popular comedian, Nai C. Goodwin, on his forthcoming engage ment in this city opening Thursday evening. He will present his new farci cal comedv, "The Genius," written by William C. and Cecil De Mille, and which has scored an instantaneous suc cess everywhere. The play will be sump tuously mounted, with special scenery and accessories and will be presented by a company of unusual high Goodwin excellence. "The Genius" will be pre ceded by a one-act character studv from life, called "In a Blaze of Glorv," written for Mr. Goodwin by Paul Arm strong, author of "The Heir to the Hoorah," in which the star plays the role of Michael O'Brien, a bum, who dies from injuries received while rescu ing a millionaire's child from being killed in a runaway in Central park, New York. The Ralph Stuart players at the Lyceum have an even dozen more high class comedies in readiness for the summer engagement. This form of amusement has met with the enthusi astic approbation of patrons of this theater, and is the most popular theatri cal venture of the season. Large audi ences attend the Lyceum for the sole purpose- of having a. good laugli. The best bookings of the Interna tional Theatrical company are now available for the summer season at the Unique theater. Refined vaude ville, the best European specialties, musical, dancing acts and clever turns of all kinds intended to amuse or in terest a miscellaneous audience are to be seen at this theater. In Joseph Shipman's excellent pro duction of "When Knighthood Was in Flower," the Bijou is presenting this week one of the very best attractions of its season. Nothing but praise is due Miss Virginia Drew Trescott for her portrayal of the role of the madcap princess, Mary Tudor. The play af fords many theatrical opportunities, and these Miss Trescott adroitly uses. A matinee will be given on Wednes day, Memorial Day. "My Wife's Family" is the title of a merry musical mixup written by Stephens and Linton, which will ap pear at the Bijou next week. The cast is a capable one and includes Anpleton and Perry, Charles Mitchell, William Hearty, James Parke, Arthur B. Nice, Helen McGowan, Ruby Raymond, Edna Ward, Mabel Hawthorne, Lorraine Keene, Marie del Vecchio and others. WHAT 0THE1 PEOPLE THINK Salvation Army Expenses. To the Editor of The Journal. Mr. Cousins of the Salvation Army made a mistake in his reply to the criti cism of the Rev. Irving Johnson, printed in The Journal of last even ing, when he incorporated into his state ment the phrase, "If Mr. Johnson be grudges the aged and needy a square meal on Christmas day, the friends of the Salvation Army and the public of Minneapolis do not" This is very far away from the point. It is an aspersion or insinuation that can have no effect, for as applicable to any clergyman of any denomination or to any whole-hearted American it does not stick. It is absurd to think that anyone, much less a clergy man, should begrudge the aged and poor a square meal on Christmas day, or on any other day. To a. layman more familiar, perhaps. with commerce than with charitable work, it looks as tho the main criticism of the Salvation Army is one with refer ence to what might be termed operating expense. There are minor criticisms, but they might apply to any organization, for perfection can scarcely be hoped for anywhere. As to the good the Salvation Army does, it is not open to question. I is a splendid organization, deserving of support. But there seems to be an idea, right or wrong, that the proportion of operating expense in the .army is very high. In the railroad World people who are Interested in the problem of efficient and economical operation know that figures differ. It costs the Great Northern, for instance, about 49 per cent of gross re ceipts to operate the road, and it costs other companies varying percentages, running as high as almost 80 per cent in some cases. Differences of location, of tonnage, of country served and of man agement, account tor the aifterence In figures. There are no available statis tics covering the operations of the. dif ferent charitable bodies, but there is no reason *why, with some allowances, the same thing is not applicable there. Of all the money given by the people to any charity, some portion goes to maintain the working force itself. There seems to exist an idea that in the Salvation Army this proportion, owing to the manage ment, is larger than it might be. This would seem to be the nub of it. If it is untrue that it costs the Salva tion Army the major portion of all the money it receives to maintain its work ers, then a simple statement to that ef fect backed by a fe.w figures showing the iatio of relief rendered, to moneys and means received, v*ould be a most effective answer, but it seams impossible for the Army men, for the once, to lay aside the romantic part of the work, cease talking about the needy poor and those who "be- grudge" them a dinner on Christmas day, and coma out with a straight business statement of what they do with the money they collect in Minneapolis. N E J. AN IRRESPONSIBLE POWER Nebraska State Journal Every day the greatest of the muck rakers is outdone in the literal reports of bworn testimony at Cleveland, Phila delphia, Chicago and Kansas City. Ray Stannard Baker never made so strong a statement of the extent of th& rebate evil as did B. W. Freyschlag, a Kansas City merchant and rebate getter, who said Wednesday on the wltrtess stand "In- stead of four years this thing has beon going on for twenty-five yearsnot at J5 per cent rebates, but at 40 per cent" Governor Dawson of West Virginia is proven by the Pennsylvania disclosures to have, stated the case too conservatively when he wrote to a United States senator that his state was being mangled between the railroads and the coal mines Com missioner Garfield was mild in compari son with Senator Emery of Pennsylvania who swore on Thursday at Cleveland that a pipe line to the seaboard -was the only thing that enabled the United States Pipe Line company to do business. "We are today," he said, "the only competitor of the Standard to the seaboard, and that is the only way we can transport our oil, for the raUroads are controlled com pletely by the Standard." Intelligent men have long known that the commercial interests of this countiy were at the mercy of a power as irre sponsible as Russian autocracy all men nov. see that this power has been exer cised as harmfully as that of a Turkish despot. It is not to be. assumed that all railroads are of a color in this matter, but the name of only one railroad mag nate comes to mind who has not within the year protested as false the charges now proved true. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IS INEVITABLE, SMS DEBS Labor conditions have steadily im proved since the dawn of the Christian era and are better today than ever be fore, but they will not reach their final perfection until society, instead of indi viduals, owns the great industrial ma chinery of the world. This was the sub stance of the address delivered by Eu gene V. Debs, leader of the socialistic movement, at the Auditorium last night. "Child labor and underpaid female labor, which are the shame of our coun try today, are natural fruits of an out grown industrial system,' said Mr. Debs. "They will pass with the great change from capitalization to public ownership, which is as inevitable as the passing of time. The hour of a great economic change is now at hand and the day when, instead of fighting each other like cannibals, men will work together for the common good is not far dis- tant." Sensationalism was not a feature of the address. Mr. Debs views the great question from a point where he can see both sides and judges the result from the outcome of kindred conflicts in past ages. He traced the industrial history of the race, pointing out that the ability to devise and use tools is the feature which distinguishes man from the other animals, and. asserted, that the modern mill is but a highly organ ized tool which should belong to society at large. The centralization of .capital, accord ing to Mr. Debs, is a necessary step in economic progress and must precede the further step of public ownership. He as serted that the time has come for this amassed wealth to become the property of the people. He did not deny that there is a great battle in progress be tween the forces of capital and labor and said that strikes and outrages like the forcible suppression of the Idaho strike aro necessarv to open the eyes of labor to the true state of affairs. "Instead of an example, John D. Rockefeller is a warning to the vouth of the land," said Mr. Debs in reference to the head of Standard Oil. "He is hunted like a dog by the government detectives and might well be glad to change places with the poorest beggar on the street." A fairly large audience heard Mr. Debs and its applause was enthusiastic and frequent. The lecture was given under the auspices of the auxiliary to the local locomotive firemen's unions. New Transcontinental Service. On and after June 10, 1906, the Northern Pacific railway will operate three through trains daily in each direction between St. Paul, Minneap- olis," Duluth and Superior and the Pa cific Northwest. The North Coast Lim ited, with new equipment throughout, will leave St. Paul daily at 10:15 a.m., Minneapolis at 10:45 a.m. "Train Number Three" will leave St. Paul daily at 10:15 p.m. 10:45 p.m. "Train Number Five" (new) will leave St. Paul daily at 10:35 p.m., running through to Seattle and Tacoma, with through connections for Portland. "Train Number Seve n" will leave St. Paul daily at 8:20 a.m., Minneapolis at 8:50 a.m., running through to Jamestown, N. D., and car rying a dining car. These important improvements guar antee the best of service between the Twin Cities and the Pacific Coast, and all intermediate points. For full information call or write G. McNeill, C. A., 19 Nicollet block, Minneapolis. Minneapolis ft St. Louis Bailroad. Special Excursions. Boston, Mass,, on sale May 31 to June 9 .$28.00 Limit June 18 or July 15 on payment of 1.00 New Haven Conn., on sale June 1 to 4 $28.60 Limit June 9 or June 30 on payment of LOO Louisville, Ky., on sale June 11 to 13 $19.75 Limit June 23 to July 13 on payment of -50 Springfield, 111., on sale June 1 to 4 $14.20 Limit June 15 to June 30 on payment of 50 For full particulars call on G Eickel, City Ticket*,^*%ii^'^s'Kfcrf&s avenue, -&s Agent, 424 Nicollet THIS COLUMN FOR JIM KEY MERCY BANDS THE PLEDGE of the Jim Key Band of Mercy. I will try to be kind to aU harmless living creatures, and try to protect them from cruel usage." Following tne Minneapolis visit of Jim Key, the wonderful trained horse, his owner, A. R. Sogers, en couraged the formation ol Jim Key Bands of Mercy in the public schools. The organization is a sim ple one and all children can join at no expense. The Journal is the official paper of the Band of Mercy and all officers and members are asked to send in brief accounts of their meetings or of acts of kind ness done to animals. The best of these will be published, and all will be sent to Mr. Rogers, who takes a personal interest in the work. Address all communications to Uncle Bert, Care of The Journal, Minneapolis, Minn. Local Superintendent, Mrs. Lock wood D. Welsh, Jr., 3240 Park av enue. S- Band of Mercy Essays. During the weeks of the Jim Key contest, The Journal received sev eral hundred letters, from the members of the bands of mercy. It was impossible to give prizes to all, excellent as they all were, but Uncle Bert intends to publish some of the best ones, believing they will greatly interest the other children. After The Journal has used all the stories thev are to be sent to New York, where Uncle Bert will keep them to pass on to show other children what the Minneapolis children have done in showing kindness to animals. Th story todav is bv Mary MacDonough, of Emerson school. The Puppy Saved $he Boy. One evening as we sat around the sitting room fire telling stories, we heard a strange sound at the door. Curious to know what the sound was I went and opened the door and found the cunning est little puppy, shivering out in the cold. After getting the puppy warm and giving her some supper, found a box and fixed it for her to sleep in, leaving it near the fire. Several hours afteT I had gone to bed I was awakened by something tugging at my hair it was the puppy. I arose just in time to hear the front door slam. I ran down stairs and found my brother, who occasionally walked his sleep, going around the house to ward the barn, right in front of the barn was a deep hole in which, if mv brother should happen to fall, he would be badlv inpired. Seeing the danger. I ran to hnn quickly and got him away before any accident could happen. Altho it was just caring for a strange puppy, yet it saved my brother from obtaining any injury. A Eighth Grade. Mary MacDonough. Emerson school. 1428 Vine Place. The Lyndale School Bands of Mercy. Several hundred of the pupils of Lvn dale school have joined the Jim Kev Bands of Mercv, and the members are all interested in becoming one of the strongest bands in the city. Miss Kate J. Bartholf is principal "of the school, and the names published todav include the pupils of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade. A Fifth Grade. Jennie L. Shook, teachei. Grant HneeUine. president France" Irwin, secretary, tlleu Goodrich Thomas Berrr, Elrcood Burkkacdt Mario Burtt Eddie Xel^on I Harrv Larson, Ruth Gilbert Arnold Peter son Marparet Roche, Arthur McGill Alice Ru'ta. Talbott, Lincoln I renp Gl idi Kuight^. Georpe Relter 1'earl llnrtlev Clareice Cook Ste"a Hillsren YCanrice Baker Florence Sward Bruce SteelTn- Liurt Emma Poinii Art'inr McCann I.auin Jnnie Ham VW Visell. Irma Petit. Rudie Winner Blanche Meadow* Francis Lund Stewart Craig Lonie Fenstcr niacher Willie Shoemaker Esther AlCrick O'le Keedliam Clement Jacobson Eugene BergT Er nest E Bardlev Dorotln Potter Bvron Dag gett Floriene Mueller Wilter De Mill. Law rence Berr Clare Hnn^on Reuben Pair. A and Sixth Grade. Marv Fairchild, teacher. Richard Wessling president Susie McBeath, secretary, Mildred Zoller, Alma White, Alice Johnon. Marie Schaller. Ruth Rauen. Henry Boline. Maud Hexum Marguerite Saston Brrce McCullough, Ethel Engquist Mabel Rnbrsr, Agnes Hewett. Florence Wood* Ruth Aldrick, George Frostad, El-ie Per^thmann. Rnth Jon-is, John Jennison Vlmida Mathiason. Hulda Tohn son. Gladys Wyman, George Pucharme Marie Hill, Clifford Do^ns, Raymond Scharf Rnth Putton, Milan Carroll Florence Peteroj Ethl McMath, Margaret Helback, George Smith. Gladys Hill. Genevieve Ellingen Walte- Bug- bee Thelma Giles, Floy Chase, Clifford Currier, Bertha Thels Seventh Grade. Caroline M. Neill, teacher Hazel Forbes, president Dunbar Millar, sec retary Edna Nelson Gerhart Wessling Jennie Frostad, Roy Mickel^oa Edna Benson Mvroa Kinne. Effle Nelson Hazel Christ). Anna Wise, Inez Pottsmith Marion Counfrvman. Willie Val lentvne, Mildred Bardwell. Delia Langford Wil lie Provencher, Alice Walker. Edith Andersou. Ross Wrav Louis Pedor Ruth Brace. Rebecea Mason. Goldie Sutton Florence Carlson Mabel Meadows Lester Lonnberg Berrl Archer, I.au'* Peterson, Alice Mnlford. Ruth E Wheeler, Floyd Garduer, Clarence Lund, Will Border A Seventh and Eighth Grade. Carrie E. Frost, teacher. Harry De Mill, president, Signa Hansen, secre tary, Jlenry Fergestad, Adeline Vallentyne Flor ence Nightingale, Ruth Palmer, Daniel McLeugb lln. Bessie Curie. Vera Smollett, Hilda Peter son. Albin Nelson, Florence Daly, Raymond Thayer, Laura Sawyer. Walter Peterson. Flor- -M- n.~~i:.. -4- I ence McCullough. Lillian Wlnnes, Rov Dutton, Minneapolis at cn arle Davis, Ethel McGfll, Elsfe Core, Mar garet Putnam Leslie Nelson Jotep Husbands, Harvey A. BiUgren, Remrick McCullough, LBUi Etken. Rhea Asselin. Agnes Mathiason, Lillian Sells. Mabel Johnson Florence Hartley. Ruf& Bengtson, Robert Roehr, Amy Palmqtrlst, WiM fred Velander, Earl Brackett, Emma Nan*. Annie Rlcrdan, Lillian Isenberg, Julius Gustaf son. Russell Williams. George Carlson Henry Bebmann, Audrey Love, Lawrence Kreidler. Corporations in Jail. No adequate way to punish a cor poration has ever been found. A fine of a few thousand dollars for the break ing of some law is a small matter, and as the officers are immune, the corpora tion pays the fine out of the treasury and laughs up its sleeve. The Saturday Evening Post has found a Chicago la^f ver who has a solution for the prob lem. says to imprison the corpo-^ ration just as any individual who has broken the law. The court could send the corporation to solitary confinement, that is, stop all its operations entirely, or it could make the corporation work while in custody, the proceeds to go to the state. One or two sentences o? the latter kind would net the state a tidy sum, especially if the steel trust or Stand ard Oil was the offender. This would do away with all desire to break the law. Few men*desire to break the law who have health, strength and happi ness. These things come to every man who drinks golden grain belt beer. I is pure and wholesome -and yon should have it oh your table daily. .*$-$* 1 Si I 3