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?$- THE MtTOEAPCTlig a^XJRNAL^ -^vvW^^'' r~ "ry^T THURSDAY ^ EVENING/MAY 29, 1902. THE JOURNAL LUCIAN SWIFT, MANAGER. J. S. M e L A l N . ,-sV EUITOK. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS P a y a b l e t o T h e J o u r n a l P r i n t i n g Co. Delivered by Mail. One copy, one month .$0.35 One copy, three months...- 1-00 One copy, six months. 2.00 One copy, one year.... . *-0 u Saturday Eve. edition, 20 to 26 pages.. 1.&0 Delivered by cajr'sr One copy, one week 8 cents One copy, one month.. ^ 35 cents Single copy 2 cents JOURNAL TELEPHONEAll d e - p a r t m e n t s m a y n o w b e r e a c h e d o n t h e N o r t h w e s t e r n s y s t e m b y c a l l i n g for Main 9. Central w i l l c o n n e c t y o u w i t h T h e J o u r n a l s w i t c h b o a r d , t h e o p e r a t o r o n w h i c h w i l l c o n n e c t y o u w i t h a n y d e p a r t m e n t o r p e r s o n y o u d e s i r e , o r w i l l t e l l y o u w h o m t o c a l l fo r if y o u . s t a t e y o u r b u s i n e s s . 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T h e J o u r n a 1 is on sale at the.news stands of the following hotels: Pittsburg, Pa.Du Quesne. Salt Lake City, UtahThe Knutsford. Omaha, Neb.Paxton Hotel. Los Angeles, Cal.Hotel Van Nuys. Denver, Col.Brown's Palace Hotel. St. Louis, Mo.Planters' Hotel, Southern Hotel. Kansas City, Mo.Coates House. Boston, Mass.Young's Hotel, United States, Touraine. Cleveland, OhioHollenden House, Weddell House. Cincinnati, OhioGrand Hotel. Detroit, Mich.Russell House, Cadillac. Washington, D. C.Arlington Hotel, Ra leigh. Chicago, 111.Auditorium Annex, Great Northern. New York CityImperial, Holland, Murray Hill, Waldorf. Spokane, Wash.Spokane Hotel, j ' Tacoma, Wash.Tacoma Hotel. Seattle, Wash.Butler Hotel. Portland, OregonPortland Hotel, Petfkins Hotel. -i. - * necessity laid upon modern business, under the .changed conditions, to combine like interests .to meet co'Tup'etition and. se cure the largest measure of economy, but subjeot tp the rigors of .tne, law upon every deviation .from a fi^hteous conduct: of business to the Injury of the public. The platform emphatically dieraandsthe continual recognition by the government and the nation of its obligations and re sponsibilities and the faithful perform ance of the same in the insular depend encies, notably the Philippines, where the work of uplifting some 10,000,000 of Ma layan ?nd half caste natives and Chinese and negrites to the higher civilization is naturally accompanied by peculiar difficul ties. Cuba is exhibiting symptoms that show it to be. worthy of. progressive statehood. There, for instance, is the enterprise shown by a Havana paper in getting and publishing President Palma's message be fore it was delivered- INVASION OF THE FLAT One thing to which the real estate board of Minneapolis might possibly give profit able attention is the invasion of the best residence districts by undesirable build ingsundesirable from the standpoint of the home builder. A resident of Minneapolis, who has the money to build with, and who would be glad t o enect a fine home, in this city, costing -anywhere from $25,000 to S35.000 or $40,000, has been for months studying the future of different localities in the hope of finding some quarter in which to build which would be not too far out and reasonably safe from invasion by the builder of flats. Thus far he has not yet invested. * Minneapolis is running to flats. Quar ters of that kind are no doubt very at tractive for a certain part of the year in this climate, and homes of this character, confined to a reasonable height in resi dent districts would net be as seriously objectionable as the high flat buildings which are being erected in various parts of the city. It is easy to understand, however, why any man who plans to build a house for himself would not wish to have a fcur or five-story flat building put up beside him or standing with its any thing but ornamental rear elevation ex posed to view across the landscape. There appears to be, however, no locality in the best resident quarters of the city that is safe from the invasion of just that kind of building. The matter is really a serious one. It has no doubt a tendency to de press the price of residenre"~property and to deter builders and investors, as in the case cited, through fear that first-class residences may 'be damaged by the erec tion of such buildings in their immediate vicinity. After what those congressmen who in vestigated the southern negro at home say about his ideal life, we begin to feel sorry for ourselves. with a short cord and ware not excessive ly fed hip liver wouldn't be so fat. Since. It must be conceded that a tethered gopse is an abnormality, aB is also a goose with an abundance of food, it must be ad mitted that the aforesaid abnormal 'goose's excessively portly liver must also be abnormalbut diseased, never! With this sort of strategic Introduction Albion takes up the charge that beef and pork have been substitued for the fat liver. He avers that the facts are these: In packing the pates de foie gras the packer cuts out a hunk that approximate ly fits the can. But there remain lnster stlces. that safe transit requires to be filled. These are filled with hashed liver or pork. Over the whole is thAi poured melted fat of the liver or of beef suet. Ex perience has developed the fact that the pates keep better when~ suet is use,d, and also that the American taste prefers liver thus prepared to thos'e bathed i n "the greenish fat of the goose," which, is repulsive to persons with weak stomachs and Americans in general, who have a na tional dislike of "messy dishes." Instead of being an adulteration 6r sub stitution this method of preparation and packing, is a special adaptation to the American taste. The sublime pates de foie gras d'oic of old France have been comlpetely vindi cated. As soon as our salary is raised we shall begin to eat them. Judge Tour gee has restored French confidence in American fair play and has rescued from undeserved obloquy French commercial honor. In days to come France will raise a monument to Judge Tourgee, even as America has but recently honored the memory of Rochambeau. We still, have a few brilliant orators leftSenator Hoar, for instancebut the trouble is that oratory doesn't make votes in congress any more. 5 ^ 0 | C O N V | l p f t ) N S | *- President Roosevelt was the recipient of two votes of confidence yesterday, one by the Ohio republican convention and the other by that of Kansas. These indorse ments were robust and unqualified, and, as indorsements go two years before the nominating convention, may be regarded) as good starters for the strenuous presi dent in the contest for the republican presidential nomination in 1904. The Ohio republicans on the subjects of tariff and reciprocity might have sounded a clearer note, might indlaed have adopted the interpretation of the party princi ples as set forth in the admirable speech of General Grosvenor at the opening of the convention. They properly extol the prosperity of the country and pay a strong tribute to the value of the protect ive system and heartily commend the proposition for reciprocal trade with Cuba "so as to benefit the trade of both coun tries." They lay stress, too. upon the fact that our exportations of manu factures "now constantly exceed their im portations." General Grosvenor, in his Speech, affirmed the importance of main taining the policy of protection as the great stimulus of home industrial effort, but he took McKinley's position that we cannot perpetually add to our productive capacity and concurrently fail to gain new and wider markets for the surplus the necessity is laid upon us to increase our foreign markets "through the medium of just reciprocity." General Grosvenor very plainly admitted the need of tariff revision when duties in the schedules en able producers to extort extravagant prices,for the necessaries of life or have, by the evolution of business, become the bulwark of unjust discrimination and ex tortionate prices. He stated the meaning of genuine protection with great per spicuity as the making good! by tariff taxes and tariff schedules the difference In cost between the foreign article and ' th.e articles of b.ome manufacture. 'The republican party," said he, "does not worship the tariff schedules like a fetich that is above consideration or criticism and which must not be inter fered with, under any conditions whatever. The conditions of trade and production necessarily change, and a tariff schedule jvhich to-day is adequate for the .purposes indicated, may be inadequate at a future time, and an item in a schedule that was proper at the time of its enactment may become oppressive or at least unneces sary, as evolution goes forward." This statement coincides with the prophetic language of the late President McKinley, whose vision penetrated the future to some purpose. It defines the practice ^ a s to protection and reciprocity by the United States in the future. The obscurer utterances of the Ohio republicans point the same- way. It is noticeable that In their platform - . they do not qualify their deliverance on reciprocity by limiting products of foreign countries, importedl under reciprocity, to articles not prqduced in the United States The labor plank is'Sufficiently liberal to L meet the most/^ehcllng'' platform critics and the trust question is most judiciously handled, as the Wpliblican patty has the,judge '.- Inside track, .through its initiative, as far - back as 1890.Mn a n t i t r u st legislation, and the current'warfare against trust abuses, recognizing, a s tb.e party, of progress, the NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE IN KINGS- TOWN Nothing will stir the average English colonial papeC out of its routine and de liberate methods." A copy of the Times of Kingstown, r island, date of May ?, has been received by T h e J o u r n a l but to the Casual glance there is nothing in the paper to indicate that it was pub lished the day after the destructive erup tions of. Da Souffriere on its own island and Mount Pelee in nearby Martinique. Nevertheless, the paper contains the most important news that has appeared in the island for ninety yearssince the last eruption of La Souffriere in 1812. It did not know the full extent of the damage In St. "Vincent, but it did know that at least 200 people had lost their lives, and it gives' a good account of the eruption. Wjth an uninforming single line head it begins its account with: "Our readers will remember that as far back as last February we called attention to the fact that," etc. Then follow three columns of description which concludes with the sub head, "Latest From Georgetown, 3 p. m." Under this Insignificant line it is stated that over 200 deaths have been reported. ""She report of the destruction of St. Pierre is not even given the distinction of any sort of a -headline. The paper might have fallen into the hands of a hasty though interested read er without giving him any idea of the volcanic disasters. Not .a single headline indicates death or destruction, and it is only by carefully reading each separate article and item that one may find ou t whether there is in the paper any news of interest to him. Our American papers often overdo their headline writing, making them offensive to their readers arid depriving them of their value through abuse, but if our papers were t o give up headlines of ah in forming and news-value reflecting nature, the present critics would be the first to complain. A person naturally wishes to read important news first. Good head lines, prepared with due regard to rela tive importance of matter, are the measure of importance for the mass of readiers. If matter that appears to the minority to be unimportant is "played up," the "playing up" at least serves to w&Tn them what not t o Tea&. 1 MEMORIAL DAY - Forty years ago this month over 600,000 men had been called out and were in ac tive service in the patriotic duty of put ting down the rebellion of the southern slaveholders. In 1861 the proposition to call out 300,- 000 men at once to meet the emergency was treated as the product of a disor dered mind. Before that great conflict ended more than 2,600,000 enlistments were found necessary. On May 1, 1861, there were 156,150 men mobilized to pre serve the national union and to suppress insurrectionary combinations. In 1862 Americans knew what war really meant. It was the greatest war of the nineteenth century and it was the means of dispos ing of some of the most serious questions pertaining, not only to this country, but to the whole civilized world. It removed all doubts as to the unity of the Ameri can people Into a cohesive national whole. It destroyed all the ardent hopes enter tained by Europe that the great republic of the western hemisphere would be wrecked and with it the aspirations of the lovers of liberty would die. The tri umph of Ain^tcan unity'stimulated na tional development and led up to the.great triumphs witnessed to-day in our indus trial domination of the world, our recog nized financial . power and influence, our development as . a naval , anil . military p^wer.: '''' '."'":' ' ' r ' ? :'. Memorial Day comes again and it is natural to turn from the imposing re sults of our indivisible unity to the voices of the dead who speak: to the living on the morrow. One recalls the magnificent speech of Colonel Ihgersoll at Cincinnati, in which he so eloquently portrayed the uprising patriotism of the men and women of 1861, who in the spirit of self-sacri fice took ..up the burdens of the civil war. These recognized the highest claim upon" all the .best they had of talent arid en ergy and endurance to be that put forth by their country in her tour of peril. They served their country to the extent of death and wounds and maiming for life, many of them, and they tell usjthat the same claim is laid upon us v by our coun- try to-day as it wa s in the civil war and In the Spanish war, to freely lay the best service- w e can give to our country and flag, and to the utmost that is sym bolized by that flag of peace, prosperity, safety, honor and blessing. This is the duty of good citizenship. It is no less a claim therefore upon the living to main tain our country's, integrity and to do so the maintenance of the community's Integrity and honor and well-being is just as necessary. Memorial Day has its peculiar inspiration to civic duty. Wreaths and rhythmic strains and eloquence char acterize the outward homage to the sol dier dead. All these should make an ap peal to the individual to recognize the individual duty to make the best use* the noblest use of the liberties purchased for the living by the blood *nd wounds and valor of the dead and of the survivors of the bloody struggles of war. fancy prices for plants acquired, and was carrying a capitalization largely in ex cess of what the duplication of the plants would cost? Was the good will worth nothing? ' And what mattered the particular figure at which the capitalization was fixed? If the company earned enough to pay divi dends to the stockholders, were not the stocks worth full value?! And why should the company not .-earn . a n d distribute large dividends, since it had a cinch on the rubber goods production? And so business began.. The company made money and as'late. as 1900 there was a surplus of $832,0^0. Meantime, how ever, more competitors ver bought up, and the company had to bid for the plants, which were necessary to th e maintenance of its position. To earn' dividends on the increasing capital Ufetibn prices tiaX tp. b'e pretty stiff, and :soon the? business was on a basis where .there was mone^. in i t for' other people. Then the trust was up to It. It had to continue buying up competing plants as fast as built, or cut profits down to. a point where new capital would not be attracted. A campaign along the lat ter line was planned, and the company did a-business one year of $21,000,000, sell ing the product at.cost. Smaller competi tors were put into the hole, but the trust fell into the hole with them. Now President Colt frankly says the problem is how to manufacture and. mar-: ket a large product at ia fair margin of profit, and yet keep prices down to a level where outsiders will not find it profitable to invest capital in competition with the company. .,, The whole shows the difficulty of:xunnin.gaj.trust successfully wlaere th e 'supply of raw material cagnot be con trolled, and the company i s overcapital ized, a s nearly all Individual' companies are. Yet even the control of the raw material does not' insure security for ever. - The Standard-Oil company is probably the most important illustration* in the world of a successful trust, yet even this powerful trust must now fight the de velopment In the new oil fields being opened up, or buy control. And so Mother Earth by laying bare new treasures from time to time helps to prevent total mo nopolization of any product. There are many things that fav6r the trusts, but nature Is on the sfde of the people. Mr. Kenastoh's prediction that western Canada will soon have a population of 40,000,000 or 50,000,000 is too strong, but when a man of Mr. Kehastpn'g conserva tism becomes so enthusiastic as to make such a statement it is reasonable to ex pect that Ithat country will have a popu lation of 5,000,000 to 10,600,000 within, say, thirty years. -," '"- After weeks of discussion the senate will vote Tuesday oh the Philippines bill. Not a vote has been .changed by all the talk. Just the same, .the senate knows what kind of a bill it is about to pass. The house rarely knows anything about the bills it passes. '-'*'' MINNESOTA POLITICS HENNEPIN'S The selection of Hen nepin's 113 delegate* DELEGATION. to the state conven tion is a subject that is giving considerable worry to |ocal politicians. No one questions that the delegation should be so named as to be In the hands of the local candidate, but there is opposition to having the whole contin gent selected by one man. Many favor allow ing each ward delegation to select Its quota. It la understood to toe the desire of Mr. Jones that he be allowed to name twenty delegates at large from among the leading 'business men or the city, men whose names will lend dignity to the delegation, though they will, not be men of much political ex perience. .The rest of the delegation is to be apportioned to the wards and the country. This would divide the ninety-three delegates something like this: First ward, 4 second, 6 third, 9 fourth, IS .fifth, 13 sixth, 4 seventh, 4 eigibth, 10 ninth, 5 tenth, ', eleventh, 5 twelfth, 3 thirteenth, 3 country -towns, 12. . T R O U P E IS ' BREfWIN'CJ IN "J8AM#EY ' 7 * V ^ m i i , n u u 4 i i i i i i i i , n m i i i i i t i m H i n B The Nonpareil Man OXWXXXXXXXZTIT LirrTTmmitirMi:nmincg JUSTICE TO PATES DE FOIE GRAS Albion W. Tourgee, author of "The Fools' Errand" is on no fool's errand this time. From his consulate in Bordeaux, France, he comes to the defense of slan dered and maligned French pates de foie gras d'oie with the same vigor and grace of style we have learned to admire in Bis novels. It appears that an alleged American food expert has (been circulating in- the"been American press the following statement: It 1$ something of a surprise to find that even in such a high-priced article as pates de foit gras,' the traditional diseased goose livers have been replaced^ by beef and pork. "The names of certain packers," says Judge Tourgee, "are then given who are charged with substltuing beef suet and pork for 'diseased goose livers' '* One of these packers ships his goods through Albion's consulate and is a heavy buyer of American products, and Albion doesn't 'propose to see him get the worst of if.. ! In the first place be says, in $Jecefi consular reporjt: '1&4* iHffit.: c o ^ f l ^ i o . gjfe fer to "foie J%MeW^%?8% gras is fat ltvr'-+oo^%^lajJd |^ ^ ' argu&s. *1^' n j i f l ^ ^ a ^ i l y i ^s^jse ! If it be so to^what/jkasJfroaUdn."oelfeglgJ the American porker? "Abnormal/' says the cpnful, i s t&e word The council can hardly spend $1,000 to better advantage than in giving that sum to help pay for free band music in the parks. THE TROUBLES OP TRUSTS " .The directors of the United States Rub ber company, which Is a "trust," got to gether recently at Brunswick, N. J., to hear the reading of the annual report. The president was able to show them that the company has a deficit of $1,110,- 344. Not a very cheerful report surely, yet not a very great surprise. - For a long time the affairs of th e rubber- ttuat 4?ave not been such a s to cau8e *mtieli-Joy^ among the"stockholders, as may be judged irpm the fact that the preferred stock, at one time salable above par, b a s l o n g quoted in the 50s, while the .com mon sells around 16. Probably no trust ever started with bet ter prospects. Ten years ago the com* pany began as th e result of consolidation of a number.of smaller companies. The process of absorption continued. By 198 the company controlled nearly the entire output 6f rubber boots and shoes. Of course, it was overcapitalized. And as more companies were bought in to stifle -competition the capital stock grew. Pre ferred and common it carried the burden ^{'$46,000,000 of capital stock, the total l o n g i n g with every new purchase for iSfjnjiJol. - ['**!$ the outset the question arose as to A e t h e r "tfie stock was worth its face, feight here the promoters brought 6ut the gAnd old argument, still doing duty in 41ke cases, that earning capacity makes values. What if the company was D&ylaJt C a s u a l l y O b s e r v e d . In the Iowa-South kakot league the Le.who Mars leather^ mellower^ .tried-to do something harsh to the Rock Rapids fire breather* but were tossed Into the 3tone crusher by a score of 12 -to. 2. The yelling was heard" lit Omaha. It is assumed that thu above description Is vivid-the phrases are borrowed from the average baseball report and should be-correct. They have been washing some of the build ings in London In preparation for the corona tion, and the, reduction in size of some of them was quite startling. The stage locomotive in Chicago ran into May Hosmer, but was "derailed" and slunk off baffled, as May held- up one hand7and ex claimed In tragic (tones, "back, villain, me and heaven is here!" At Monday's-eruption the dispatches state that the people at Morne Rouge did not stop to look. Anybody who would, live, in Morne Rouge, after what has happened, would at tempt to block one of Mr.V.Mprgjjn'g stock games in the open-street. *."','.''.'"/,'"'.'j Cable messages from the czar have been received at Fort-de-France hoping for the worst in the case of George Kennan. When the nine wins a game it is prudent tb "holler" right off quick and not wait for a repetition. v T7he language of the Ohio republican con vention is a foretaste of ,1904. The congressional committee that went into Alabama t6 see how much prosperity the colored brother was absorbing decided that the negro was considerably in advance of the procession. Mr. Pullman's employe is cer tainly not taking anyone's dustor. come to think about it, there is another possible meaning to that phrase.^ \-'' Mr- Hanha and the-former party opposition to him in Ohio wept on each others" necks yesterday and there tyas a'g^nera^love feast. Not only suspicious " republicans Jwt demo crats as well, seem to hiy e found out that Urfcle Mark Isr not: the Raw-Mead-and-Bloody- bones that he has been,pictured th the past. The coal strike seems to"-'be one of the most peaceful deeds of violence that ever failed to'devastate Pennsylvania. When a horse ran away on Fourth street to day about forty men cried /'Whoa,..Bill," thus showing the prevalence of Elks on the streets. Ajados CutllmiTiKS, -will Was probat&d yes terday and it was found that the ex-news paper man and congressman nad accumulated the goodly sum of $1,500. No real estate of any kind was left. It seems likely that Mr. Cummings got his hands on this $1,500 since he has been in congress. Otherwise how can you account for It? There a.re a number of good stories about Cummings. going the rounds. r Ai tbe.-titne when. President Ben ^arrisoht.wa* anuch out of 4avikr for what .^s^:4hen^call*duhJst, .yoliMlnacsr,''i Cumminga" called at the White House to see him. He was greatly disgusted when the interview was denied and^xpostulated vigorously wlb 'Lige Hatfbrd, the presidents seorefary. "I am sorry, Mr. Cummings, but the presi dent cannot be seen to-day," sajd Haiford. "6reat heavens," sputtered the congress man, as he turned his. back, "has he got as small as that?" * . 'v . , TtVO JOURNAL F E A T U R E S ' St." Paul ^Review. There are two features in The Minneapolis Journal that the' Review particularly ap rroves-^one The Journal Junior, which ap pears to the little folks at home, the other the cartoons that distinguish its columns. The quality of the humor in the man who controls the brush differs^ from that of any other artist oii the twin c&ty dallies, and It is no disparagement to them to say that we like his work toest. All are not of this opin ion. Yet his cuts aregrea favorites with the country press. At.any rate,, they are more often found in the columns of the country press than are cartoons*of-other papers. This fact Indicates that more newspaper readers appreciate and approve hie work. /And the editor of this paper has always been careful to preserve the-Saturday Journal Junior. It is, sought for- as* ofte fca /the time arrives "Mtt Its appearance. "*" " Ramsey county repub licans who are dissat isfied with "gang" rule are anxious to make a fight on Dar Reese. Things have come to the point where a contest between the two elements is inevitable, and the only question Is when to force It. If this element can bring out a strong candidate for clerk of the supreme court and secure encouraging pledges of support from other counties of the state, the fight will be made at the prima ries.in June. R-aimsey feels entitled to that place on the ticket, and will not support an outside man but if a fight is made on Reese, it will Ibe -with a St. Paul republican as a candidate. RAWSONYILLE'S SENSATION BY WILLIAM RANDALL Copyright, 1902, by the ,S. S. McClure Co. On a certain Tuesday night the village of Raiwsonville, containing about 1,000 inhabit ants, went to bed. Before 8 o'clock Wednes* day morning there .was a buzz of excitement up and down its length. Two events had hap pened while 998 of the Inhabitants slept the sleep of the just. One of the general stores was owned by George Carter. He was a bachelor of 40, who bearded with the Widow Brown, and the widow had reported his mysterious disap pearance. As Deacon Spooner put the case to the crowd -while standing on the horse blork in front of the store: "George Carter has vanished off the face of Uhe earth, and it devolves u?on this com munity to unearth the mystery." The community first declared its 'belief that the missing merchant was bankrupt, and had run away to avoid his creditors. When the clerk hr.d shown by the books that the belief could not hold water, the IVBRSON NOT IN A COMBINATION. Sam } Iverson is on another tour in the northern part o f the state. He denies ab solutely the. rumor of a combination between himself and Ray Jones. He says: "There is no understanding or deal between Mr. Jones,and myself, nor any one else nor will .there be.one, for I shall under no cir cumstances enter a combination.'.' Governor Van Sant delivers the memorial address a Northfleld to-morrcw. He will leave fer the east the last of the week, stop ping first at Buffalo, then going to Washing ton for a day or two. FIVE WOULD- Not at all afraid of overcrowding, t w o BE SENATORS, more aspirants are preparing to enter the senatorial contest in the fourth ward. A. H. Hall and Max Robb have expressed an inten tion to be candidates, in addition to W. P. Roberts, Sherman Smith and J. F. Calhoun. The house candidates are W. S. Dwinnell, Charles E Bond and C. B. Shove. Fred L. Simlth may be a candidate for one of the house nominations in the thirty-ninth. George 'GiUette has had the senate in view, but may conclude to run for the house in stead, and leave the second ward support to John C. weet for senator. Charles B. Cheney. NOT T H E YOUNGEST GOVERNOR A clipping from an exchange recently ap peared on this page under a unlnor heading stating that "William MoCroskey of Washing ton, aged 28," was "the youngest governor in the Union." This simple paragraph was so far from the fact that It cause* much heavt burning among Washington readers of T h e J o u r n a l , One of them writes that the" governor of Washington Is Henry G. MoBrlde "u fearless official" and that he has a married daughter. Governor McBride is about 45 years old and he is "a most remarkable man" in that "he is a republican and will not travel on a pass." The writer of the letter of correction then goes on to tell some awful facts. It says: This is a most peculiar state, immeas'ure ably inferior to dear old Minnesota, both in climate and resources. The . weather never varies. Four years spent in this state have convinced mae of that fact. .The.weather Is always bad, except!nig when It"IS worse. Tou are In Minnesota are fortunate, indeed. Tfate Is right. ' If there is'anything we are tolerably sure of in Minnesota it is weather that differs much from the canned weather put up for use in Washingtonand Nebraska. A T E A R ON T H E IRON Translated from the Yiddish by Katherine Lee Bates. The shop is cold and comfortless I hold the iron, stand and press My heart is weak, I cough and groan My sick breast scarely heavesMts moan. I cough'and groan, and press and brood There drops a tear, in vain withstood On the glowing iron seethes my tear It seethes and will not disappear. My hand grows numb, my strength is gone The iron falls, but still upon Its/cruel surface, as before, The silent tear seethes more and more. While whirls my head and breaks my heart, t ask with woe, with etlnging smart: "Why Is it, friend, In grleveous lot, Thy seething still consumes thee not? Art thou a herald, sent to say More tears and more are on the way? 0. but I fain would hear theefain Would learn the limit of my Pain." I would have questioned close and clear That strange Unrest, that maddened tear, But, lo! a river gushed and spread Of tears, tears, tears, unlimited. - 1, who had wept where millions weep, . Saw that the Flood of Tears is deep. Morris Rosenfeld, "S6ngs from the Ghetto." INSANITY E X P E R T S INSANE "Out in Seattle," said a 'Philadelphia phy sician iwho returned from there recently, "they are wrought up over the fact that an alienist, Or student of insanity, has himself become insane.' They regard that as a singu lar'coincidence. But it is not, as a 'matter "of fact, singular a t all. It is an occurrence only tdo eohimon. The father of GustaVe Flanubert, the French novelist, was an alienist and died- insane.- There are a hundred'oth^r such cases, and I know In this city three or four alienists rwho are queer, and who will undoubtedly, some day, go quite out of their minds. These 'facts, you might think, prove that insanity, like diphtheria or the small pox, is contagious.' It is not quite so bad a.& that, however. The truth of the mater is that tbe physician who has a strong inclination toward the study of insanity touet possess a peculiar minda certain sensitive, delicate, Slightly" morbid mind. His taind. receiving dally lor years impressions that are strangre and horrible, becomes, In the end, some times', itself diseased. I don't know what is the percentage of alienists who have gone mad, (but I fancy that it must be large." THAT DEVOTED BAND OF PILGRIMS LEFT THE SHORES OF OLD ENGLAND. community looked for other reasons and found them. It was known to all that he accompa nied the Widow S:ice to Sunday evening church, and the inference was that he had asked her to marry him and then disappeared to avoid a: breach of 'promise suit. The widow iwafe called upon to give convicting evidence. She either couldn't or wouldn't. "Gentlemen," said the deacon as he mount ed the horse-block again, "we are on the trail, but we haven't found.the body yet." A search was made of the abandoned red sawmill, of the creek north of the village and of the arret of the store, but no one was found drowned or hanging by the neck. Nev- ertheless the public proposed an inquest, and Deacon Spooner was brought to the front. After duly mopping his heated brow witll his well-known yellow silk handkerchief, he said : "I don't know much about incuests. but I alius smpposed thai you had to have somethin* to inquest on. But if the freemen of this glo rious community wish me to go ahead I'll do so with the greatest of pleasure." It was not enly apparent to the freemea that there was no dead tody before them to cali for a verdict, but that the squire was aching to deliver a Fourth of July oration, and the proposed inquest was therefore choked off. Something was needed to replace it, and that something was forthcoming befor the sun had reached high noon. Joseph Taylor, the village carpenter, had , wife named Polly. He had gone over to Snow Hill to work for a. week, leaving Polly alone. It was now suddenly discovered that her house was shut up, and that she hadn't been seen since the afternoon before. Here was mystery No. 2. Deacon Spooner was still itching to deliver that Fourth of Joily address, so he remounted the horse-block, called for order in a loud voice and said: "Feller freemen, this 'ere case is as plain a* a knot on a logthat Is, it's plain to me. George Carter and Polly Taylor have elopel together and scandalized the fair name of a town which never even had a dog fight before. When that deoted band of pilgrims left the shores of old England to" But he was choked off right there. Every man and woman in the village was sure that the key to the mystery had been found, and what the pilgrim fathers did was of no COH sequence. How blind they were not to hav guessed the -truth at the start! Polly Tay lor was good looking, smart and inclined t* be frivolous, while her husband was so seri ous-minded that he did not ibelieve in husk ing bees. Before nightfall twenty different people had remembered her saying that George Carter was a good looking man and of George Carter saying that he wished he had met her years before. Things had been talked over so many times before supper that it seemed as if there was nothing more to 6ay. But it was hardly ever bsfore the Methodist church bell rand out a fire alarm. There was no fire. Deacon Spooner had simply got a new idea and wanted to submit it ito the freemen of Rw sonville. Once more he mounted the horse block to indulge In a fervid address. This time he meant to land the pilgrim fathers in good shape, but he planned to blind his audience by first stating his "belief that the husband of the heartless wife ought to be communicated with at once. His declaration was received with enthu siasm, and a boy iwas hired to ride over to Snow Hill and tell Joe Taylor that he was wifeless. Bonfires were lighted on the streets, -women igossiped at their gates and men moved about with determined faces. It had come 9 o'clock when a thunderclap shook the villagethat is, Joe TayloT and his wife appeared. She had gone over to Snow Hill to see him about the contents of a let ter that had arrived at the house, and he had returned with her. Men and women were still gasping for breath and-wondering what next, when George Carter came driving into town. He had been over to Grafton to see his 'brother, who had been accidentally hurt. The news had come after the Widow Brown had gone -to bed. There was no failure, no suicide, no elope ment. Honest George Carter hadn't thought of beating his creditors, and pretty Polly Taylor hadn't thought of stealing away from her husband. For the last time the deacon mounted the horse block and began: "Citizens of this great and glorious repub lic, we have assembled here this evenin' for the purpose of" But they hadn't. The crowd dissolved like a fog, for iRawsonville's sensation was over. OTHER PEOPLE'S NOTIONS M i n n e a p o l i s a s a M a n u f a c t u r i n g , Center. To the Editor of The Journal: As a manufacturing location Minneapolis U as well provided as any city in the union in point of railroad trackage and locations for manufacturing industries. Amongst the many lines of manufacture most needed at the present time is. that of agricultural implements, now fields for which are the great American northwest, and on the other side of the line lies the great Cana dian northwest. The one is already settled to such an extent as to absorb annually many. millions of dollars' worth of this product, and the other settling up so rapidly as to create a demand equal to the days of the settling up of Minnesota and the Dakotas, when the breaking' plow and other goods were in the greatest possible demand Now is the time for the citizens of Minne apolis to give this matter "their earnest at tention. We note a' few days ago that T. B. Walker of this7 city "addressed the members of the Commercial Club pu'blic affairs commit tee, urging 'upon them the necessity of giving this matter of manufacture their special at tention. The American northwest, as well as the Canadian northwest, belongs to Minneapolis from point of location, being so much nearer than any other manufacturing center on either side of the line, to supply these two great farming peoples. Between supplying their wants by the job 'tng houses or direct from the factory, there is no comparison. The one is represented by goods made in other states, passing through tfiis c i t a t o their destination the paj^ments passing Through tftis city to the manufactu rer, less jobber's profits and wages for help in handling. On the other hand, the manu facturer located hero (makes his goods, ships to consumer, and the money returned for his goods stays here, less the amount for raw material, which forms about S3 to 40 per cent of the wholesale selling price. This finds its way to Pittsburg and other cities-of supply. Tho remaining 60 to 67 per cent is distributed here and goes into the various channels of trade for the benefit of every citizen. Industries of this nature, if started right and not too large to begin with, controlled by men of experience in their respective lines, are sure to prove to be money--making institu tions for tho capitalist and -of inestimable benefit to tho city. .- John Clayton. Minneapolis. SAW T H E JO B H E W A N T E D The immigrant agent, with Clancy in tow, proceeded to Harlem In search of work for Hm. - The prospective employer was a build ing contractor. They found him on an emi nence overlooking a wide vacant lot, newly become ft scene of bustling activity. The immigrant gazed at the unwonted spectacle with curious eyes. ."What can the man do?" demanded the contractor. "Anything In the line of unskilled labor," replied the agent, "and he is quick to learn." The contractor turned to the applicant and, half jokingly, Inquired, "Which one of these Jobs would yon like to have?" The Immigrant swept the field with a con templative eye. "What's that man doing?" he demanded, pointing (With one hand. "I mean the wan sitting downnot the other wid the sledge " "He is holding the drill.". , 'Is that all he does?" / " "Yes " , ^ / , "Is he on the payroll?" , % "Yes." ' ' Clancy drew a long breath of satisfaction. "Give me the Job." T h e Snirie Ord G a n g . ' ' - *, N e w York Press. , If it were Grant instead of Chaffee, ax Sherman instead of Otis, and Sheridan in stead of MacArthur, w e should have the same sort of abuse for them from tbe "Aunties" a s we alwAys" haxa had it, doubtless always hall leave it-SHeaven forgive them for it! - C r u e l t y i n M i n n e a p o l i s . To the Editor of The Journal. In the name of common decency can noth Va Xw A.oxx to stop tlxe terrible torturing of dogs that Is being,carried on every day by the dog catchers of this city. Opposite my window this afternoon I saw the most out rageous-and revolting act of cruelty it was ever my misfortune to witness. If there Is a way will not some one (or many) whose power is greater than mine, step forward and end It? A Friend of All Dumb Creatures. IN A NUTSHELL Defective Pag* r **- J FOREIGN FLASHES HavanaThe house voted to fix the presi dent's salarv at $25,000 and members or con gress at $3)600 RomeBishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, S D. received Governor Taft on his arrival The commission will meet Cardinal Rampolla Saturday QueenstownCharles Bellew and ^vjfe of Philadelphia, on their way to Dublin to take-possession of an inheritance, died en route and were buried at sea LondonJ P. Morgan will add. some $15.00& -to his former gift, for lighting St Paul's cathedral with electricity, although the pres ent effect Is pronounced very fine. ViennaCorpus Christ! Day was celebrated to-day with the customary magnificent eccle siastical ceremony. Emperor Francis Joseph, the archdukes, the principal officers of state and the municipal authorities were present at high mass W the cathedral Subsequently, the whole body paraded the principal streets The emperor walked bareheaded, parrying a lighted candle behlhd the host. P^rhftpe Sh e I*. . - Richmond Dispatch, From her manner of treating our special envoy, Dr Curry, one might suppose Spain was actually grateful to us for taking those colonies off. her bands, and who will undel' I'take to say positively she \% not? spaaM N Orleans-^Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, Pres byterian, is dead. Canandaigua, N. Y.Snow covered the ground yesterday, and the mercury fell to 30 above. Dayton, OhioPaul J. Sorg, former con gressman and multimillionaire tobacco manu facturer, is dead, aged 62. Heidelberg, GermanyProfessor Adolf Huss- inul,' who introduced the stomach pump, is dead. He was born in 1822. New YorkArrangements have been made for the introduction of vaudeville entertain ments on some of the ocean liners. Orange, N. J.Thomas A. Edison announces that with his new storage battery, automo biles may be run 100 miles without recharg ing. New YorkThe tobacco trust has acquired control of leading Cuban concerns. They will be handled as the Havana Tobacco com pany. San FranciscoA trial trip demonstrated that the torpedo boat destroyer Preble is one of the best vessels of her class. She averaged 28 knots. Little Rock, Ark.Governor Davis has been expelled from the Second Baptist Church by an almost unanimous vote, on charges of un becoming conduct. WashingtonWalter Bolger, absent from home over six months, was found by his father aboard a United States training ship in Hampton Roads. Meriden, Conn.Adam Kaufmann, whila intoxicated, placed a dynamite cartridge be between his teeth and lighted i t But littls of the remains were found. Detroit, Mich.A member of the Florodora chorus, supposed to be Marie Stevens, daugh ter of a Chicago attorney, is dying in a hospi tal here of consumption. Chattanooga, Tenn.A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Chattanooga, accompanied by a low, rumbling sound. Houses were shaken and windows rattled. Fort Wayne, Ind.Joseph Bossell, a well known business man, is in a critical condition as the result of being struck on the head by a golf ball driven by his daughter. BaltimoreBeatrice Helling of this city was taken from a steamship at Vancouver, B. C , by friends, who claimed she was being in veigled abroad for immoral purposes. Rochester, N. Y.The refusal of a boot black to polish the shoes of a negro has caused the latter and his friends to threaten to carry the matter to the supreme court. ChicagoR. H. Gamble, a capitalist of Ce dar Rapids, Iowa, was found dead last night in his room at the Brevoort House. His death is supposed to be due to heart failure. New YorkMargaret Perkins, daughter of the president of the Importers and Traders* bank, and James Pearce, a horse trainer, are said to be on their way to Europe on a wed ding trip. New -Vork.Twenty-five thousand iitumi ^rants are on the way to the port of "New Yorir this week. The total number of arriv als for May will be 90,000, the highest ltt twenty years. ChicagoMrs. Alexander Belford was a prisoner under arrest in her magnificent home facing Lincoln park yesterday because her husband refused to pay for his neckties. Mrs. Belford is the daughter of Andrew MeNuUy, the millionaire president of Rand, McNally & Co. Mixed In H i s G e n d e r s . At the commencement exercises of the Yale Divinity school In Battel chapel Is. New Haven, President Hadley told this story as his contribution: "A Frenchman called on the mayor of Chi cago, and as the visitor started to go he felt he must apologize for taking so mveh of the mayor's time. " *I fear I have cockroachM on your time, Mr Mayor, and I extremely regret It/ fes said, t " 'Oh. nofat all, my dear sir. That we*4, though, my dear fellow, Is '(h)encroached.' " 'Pardon me, sir, rejoined the Frenchman, as he shook hands with his honor, 'I was mixed up in the genders.' "' A GUEST O F T H E BOOTBLACK Professor Zueblin of Chicago tells the fot lowing story to Illustrate the "worshipful admiration" with which Boston people are looked on in the west. In San Francisco a gentleman gave a boy a nickel for a shine. "I beg your pardon, sir," said the bootblack, handing back the coin,. "The price is tea cents." "What1." exclaimed the gentleman. "We pay only five cents in Boston." "O, be jou frcm Boston?"' came the quick reply* "Then consider yourself my'guwb"