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.||'yy^jp^^ W~ iV- 4' THE JOURNAL LUCIAN SWIFT, MANAGER. J. S. McLAIN, EDITOR. SXTBBOBWTIOW BATES BY KAIL. OM month XbiM months Saturday BTO. edition, S to 88 pagea ,0 Dallwnd *y Carrier. Ona week .2 2Sl! O month All paper* are continued rptll an **DMcl*,f*^ to received for dlscostlnoanee, and uatu all arrearages are paid. THE JOURNAL la published every evening ex cept Sunday, at 47-49 Fourth Street South. Jour nal Bnildlng. Minneapolis, Minn. New York Office, Tribune building. Chicago Office, Tribune building. A LETTER Minneapolis, Feb. 19, 1904. Mr. L/uclan Swift, Manager "The Journal." Dear SirIt Is a pleasure to find that the newspapers of Minneapolis compare favorably with the daily papers of other cities, which I have had occasion to notice in my travels thruout the country. There is, however, one point in which an improvement is greatly to be de siredthat is the elimination of objectionable medic al advertising. I have been of the opinion that, notwithstandi ng the heavy imme diate loss of revenue, any Minne apolis newspaper that had the courage to make a careful selec tion of their advertising, would have a great advantage with a large number of readers who strongly object to this feature, a nd It is a gre at pleasure to me to no tice that The Minneapolis Journal has taken this step. A a newspaper which is so popular in the homes of Minne apolis, I feel certain that when the change is generally understood by yo ur readers, the loss which you temporarily sustain will be more than made up In the greater ap preciation of yo ur excellent paper. I therefore heartily congratulate you on your new policy a nd trust that both your circulation and ad vertising department reports will joon show the appreciation of the ^Minneapolis public. Very truly, JOHN. LESLIE, president John Leslie Paper Com pany. (President Commerci al Club, Mi n neapolis. apprecia te what this means, ftcomparo The Journal's advertising columns with those of the other I Minneapolis daily papers. "It Is to Laugh." The public ia being treated to some thing new in what might be called heavy comedy. The scen es are set in the room of the United States' court in St. Paul. The actors enter in turn upon the stage a nd do their stunts ac cording to the bill. It is the part of each actor advocate to assume for himself and his side a high a nd hon orable disposition toward the law. Compliance with the verdict of the court is the central theme around which the plot is woven. It suits the purpose of the play that the actors upon either side who appear as attor neys for the principals shall impute to the opposition motives a nd methods wholly reprehensible, while claiming for themselves that they are actuated solely by considerations of public in terest a nd devout reverence for the law. Each side comes bravely to the front of the stage, and with solemn visage a nd impressive oratory makes its play. It is an expensive performance. The stage setting is costly and the talent engaged is that of that class which commands the highest salary. With all this the public is supposed to be deeply Impressed. But it isn't, for it knows that public interest is the last thing thought of by either side in this controversy. It isn't sure that the whole thing is not a bluff, and the government Itself apparent ly shar es in the suspicion that there may be collu sion between the principals for the purpose of evading the verdict of the court. A any rate, everybody knows that these gentlemen who are so free ly accusing each other of seeking to thwart the orders of the court a nd the provisions of the law would get o gether on either side of the proposi tion in a holy minute if the personal and private interests of both would be served thereby. It is all very funny, this solemn pretense of deep concern that the law be complied with and the public* interest protected, and the actors themselves must be sensible of the humor of the situation. Playing to the galleries in politics is bad politics in the long run and doesn't pay. Minneapolis has an alderman who has done so much of that that now when he fathers a good thing its chances for success are very much impaired by his relation to it. War and Trade. fcThe Japanese government is re ported to have placed credits with Pacific coast mercantile houses amounting in one instance to $250,000, to be used in the purcha se of supplies. Th is is evidence of the beginning of a more active demand upon our coun try, likely to be felt whi le the war continues. A the moment there appears to be a keen demand for Washington state barley, much of which is going across to Kobe, a nd considerable flour, some of it the Minneapolis product, is load ing for Japan at Puget sound ports. There are numerous commodities and no small number of manufactured articles that will be in urgent demand from time to time. War is a great consumer a nd a fear ful destroyer. Japan will have to purchase heavily. Our country is in position to supply her, as a people we have the good will of the Japanese, our merchants have their confidence, and it looks as ho we are to reap material benefit from the war. Emerson says tne law of compensa tion is universal. There is no loss without some gain. Dreadful as is &&w h. i the destruction incident to warfare, and-deplorable as war is in itself, it is, nevertheless, a fact that for every army equipp ed and every battle fought, there Is at best a temporary stimulus to industry the world over. The Boer war left the ground fought over a barren wast e. The work of recuperation, of the reupbuilding of South Africa, gave employment to mil lions of capital and raised the hum of industry in places far removed. Already there Is the feeli ng that the war is leading up to a period of growth and increased activity in the steel shipbuilding line, in which America will share. Not only will the Petro pavlovsk and the othe rs gone before, be replaced, ut the war Is expected to bring into actual demonstrati on much that has heretofore been theo retical, and many warships in the na vi es of the world may find their way to the rear, to be replaced by others more up to date. Uncle Sam deplores war, and would like to see the world at peace. Yet, If nations must fight and will fight, he is not the one to refuse to sell them the goods, and with a count ry so vast and resourceful as ours, he is equal to almost any demand, be it for ma terial to inflict or balm to heal, for a Red Cross outfit or a battleship, for a Missouri mule for South Afri ca or a barrel of Minneapolis flour for Japan. Mr. Bryan discusses candidates and leaders of the democracy just as if he were still a factor in the management of that party. There is none so dead as those who don't know It. Nominating Supreme Judges. Following an editorial in a recent issue of The Journal with regard to nominations for the supreme bench and the proposition that the Judges be nominated first, the attorney of the Hennepin county board of commis sioners sugges ts that two conventions be held. would have the repub lican state central committee in its call provide for two conventions, and sug gests that inasmuch as St. Paul and Duluth want the republican state con vention, one of them be called at the latter place, say the judicial conven tion, to be held a week or ten da ys after the regular state convention, and constituted of a separate set of dele gat es so as to remove the judiciary as far as possible from political in fluences. Possibly the first objection to this will be the expense. The expense of hall a nd all other costs of that nature accruing in connection with the con venti on would doubtless be borne by either Minneapolis or Duluth for the purpose of having the judicial con venti on called at either one of those cities, whi le with a different basis of representation it would not be nece s sary to bring a thousand men together to select the Judges. Membership could be made up- very largely of members of the legal profession, and the responsibility for wise selections would be placed largely upon those best qualified to discharge the trust. W are not very hopeful, tho, that the state committee will make any such provision in its call, but that it would result in wiser selections than is likely to be made at the nd of a convention, where political considera tions a nd personal rivalries have been fought out, can hardly be doubted. It would be a fine thing for the party and for the state to try it. In his memorial tribute to Senator Han na occurs the following definition of con servatism as conceived by Senator Bev erldge: Much that is accepted as conservatism is spurious, mere make-believe. Conser vatism does not mean doubt or inde cision. It does not mean wise looks, masking vacuity, nor pompous phrase, as meaningless as it is solemn. Conserva tism means clear common sense, which equally rejects the fanaticism of precedent and the fanaticism of change. It would not have midnight last just because it exists, and yet it knows that dawn comes not in a flash, but graduallycomes with a grand and beautiful moderation. So the conservative is the real statesman. He brings things to pass in a way that lasts and does good. Senator Hanna was a conservative. Overplayed Their Hand. The managers of Mr. Dunn 's cam pai gn were guilty of "coarse work" when they accused C. A. Smith of as piring to defeat Senator Clapp. It was a blunder that resulted in the ex posure of a political cabal that has only been hinted at before. When the matt er first came to Mr. Smith's attention, he made a dignified denial, but when the charge was repeated by the Dunn campaign bureau," Mr. Smith "spoke out in meetings" a nd told a story that throws some new light on the situation. This incident makes it very plain that some of Mr. Dunn's friends are trying to throw dust in the eyes of republican voters. They have en gaged in some deep political schem ing, a nd to divert attention from their work have accus ed the "other 'fel lows" of the same thing. Their cam paign in the interests of Mr. Dunn seems to be tied up with a plan to elect Mr. Heatwole to the Unit ed States senate next winter. The inter ests behind them also want to retire Senator Nelson when his turn comes in 1907, and the attempt was made to draw Mr. Smith into the deal as a candidate against the senior senator. Because he refused, a nd declared in fav or of Judge Collins for governor, he has come under the ban of their displeasure. Their batteries of mis representation have been turned on him, and regardless of his denials, they have charg ed him with the inte n tion of succeeding Senator Clapp. Purely in self-defense, Mr. Smith has givfin them away. W had a similar occurrence a few weeks ago, when Frank M. Eddy was accused of combinati on with Judge Collins. Mr. Eddy replied that of fers of combination had been made to him, ut they were not from Judge Collins or his friends. fe If Mr. Dunn's zealous managers are not careful, they will make themselves ridiculous. I both these cases, they have unmistakably been "caught with the goods." "Such methods cannot win support, or the confidence of vot- in. command. THURSDA EVENING, THE MINNEAPbLIS JOURNAL: ers, and the public will learn to dis count every statement 4rom sih a discredited source. Moreover, the voters will not be a pt to -think- hig-hly- of a cau se that has to be bolstered up In that way. "The Steffenized towns" is, the way the St. Louis Globe Democrat describes the cities whose various phases of municipal rottenness have been the subject of dis cussion by Lincoln Steffens in MeClur-e's Magazine. St. Louis and Minneapolis are "on his little list." A Naval Tragedy.7 The navy of the United States wears the badge of ^mourning to-day, be cau se of the disastrous explosion of a 12-inch gun In the'after turret of the 12,500-ton battleship Missouri of the squadr on engaged in target prac tice off the Pensacola station, where our navy has beaten the world's rec ord of expe rt gunnery in target prac tice. One of the most not ed cas es of naval gun explosion is that of the bursting of the thirty-eight-ton gun on the British warship Thunderer some years ago. This disaster, after a long investigation by some experts, was a t tributed to the probability that the gun squad had, in their enthusiasm and desire to make a record, loaded the big guri with two charges, which was more than the gun was intend ed to stand. I the case of the Missouri there was no such blunder made, evi dently, ut there was too great pre cipitancy in loading before the gases from the former discharge, immediate ly preceding, had escaped a nd igni tion followed. The naval experts at Washington deplore the precipitancy which does not leave enough time between the charges, the breech being opened al most as soon as the gun is fired. W can, as a nation, dispense with beating the naval gunnery record of the world, if such triumph requires such exposure to peril as wrought such disaster to the brand new Missouri yesterday off Pensacol a. The costly battleship came very near being wrecked. Had the magazine near by exploded (and its escape was a nar row one), the warship would have been a total wreck, and it is difficult to see how a single man could have escaped death. Such catastrophe was prevented by the heroic activity of Captain Cowles a nd the survivors. The Hearsed boom is about ready for burial. ffiffiNESOTA POLITICS Northfield Paper Accuses Joel Heatwole of Being the Political Representative of the Great Northern President Two Judges to Elect In the Fourteenth Dis trict. Both the judges of the Fourteenth ju dicial district come up for re-election this year. Judge William Watts of Crookston closes his six-year term, and Judge An rew Grindeland of Warren, who was ap pointed last year when the district was given an adldtional judge, only holds office until his successor can be elected and qualified. Sentiment in the district seems practically unanimous in favor of the re election of both judges. George E. Perley of Moorhead, a^prom inent member of the last house, has an nounced himself a candidate for re-elec tion. His constituency is confined to Clay county. Charles B. Cheney. AT THE THEATERS Foyer Chat. Next to "Parsifal," probably no opera sung this season has attracted more at tention that Puccini's masterpiece, "Tos- ca," for which Manager Savage has pro vided an elaborate production in English and which will be sung by one of his finest casts when it opens the return en gagement of the English grand opera company at the Metropolitan to-night. SEWS OF THE BOOK WOULD James Whltcomb Riley Repents Having Written "Leonalnie," at Least Under the Circumstances Under Which He Was Led to Send it Forth Into the WorldA Detective Story That Keeps One GuessingLife of William Green leaf Eliot With Introduction by Dr. James K. Hosmer. "It was a mistake due to the folly of my youth that I ever wrote that poem, and God knows I have suffered for It," says James Whltcomb Riley in a, Sun spe cial dispatch from Indianapolis as to the authorship of "Leonalnie," the poem which Alfred Russell Wallace caused to be published in the Fortnightly Review, crediting it to Poe. "It was about eighteen years ago," Mr. Riley said, "and at that time I was work ing on the Anderson Democrat. A lot of us got to talking one day about crjtics, and I said that some of my poems were Just as good as some of those of other poets, but I could not sell them because no one knew who I was." Riley then told the story of writing the poem and of having it published in a Ko fcomo paper with a note to the effect that it had been found in an old book. The poem was copied and widely discussed. When proof was demanded a young man named Richards was employed to write it in the fly leaf of an old dictionary. He wrote with a quill pen and with diluted ink to make it look old, and it was almost a perfect imitation of Poe's handwriting. The old dictionary is now owned by Paul Lemperly of Cleveland, Ohio. "When the truth came out," continued Mr. Riley, "I lost my position on the And erson Democrat. No paper would even print my explanation of the affair. The memory of that time still stands out as one of the saddest experiences in my life and one that I can never outlive. There is nothing for me to do but to acknowl edge that I wrote it, as I do, but that does not stand, as I once denied being the author. I wrote it, but I did not I did not write it, but I did, and am a liar any way you put it." Since the recent reverses of republicans & VJ in Faribault and Northfield, which are \n^ ?Z traced directly to opposition on tlje part Sffi^^fg of republicans to Joel P. Heatwole and his organization in Rice county, the anti Heatwole men have been accused of party disloyalty and alliance with democrats. The Northfield Independent makes a hot rejoinder, saying: If Rice county republicans are supposed to stay at the idea of a little interest on the part of democratic newspapers in the politics of the state, what will they do when they lehol the spectacle of their quondam leader cheek by jowl with the boss democrat of the state, Jim Hill? Not a political move has been made by this self appointed jfulde in some time past but the shadow of Jim Hill has shown upon the curtain back of it. When the merger was being planned did he not hie himself from New York for Washington and there hold secret discourse with Mr. Hill? DAnd has he not ever since fought Governor Vun Sant with a venom and a vindictireness wholly unexpluinablc upon any ordinary grounds? If Rice county republicans are likely to be frightened at the thought of a democrat show ing interest in the" politics of the state they must have been scared clean out of their boots long ago by this political mesalliance in high places. Two large audiences were in attendance at the Bijou yesterday afternoon and eve ning to witness the performances of "The Stain of Guilt." The dramatization of "David Harum," which will be seen at the Bijou next week, is very cleverly arranged. Of course, Harum is the central figure, and around him are grouped all the characters of the book. A large audience saw the* Ferris Stock company in "The Merchant of Venice" at the Lyceum this afternoon. The last matinee will be given Saturday. For the coming week the Ferris Stock company will open Sunday evening in "Way Out West," and continue on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. The Elks will give their musical comedy, "A Night in Bo hemia," Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day. Phil Sheridan's company present this Week at the Dewey "The Maids of Siam," a musical comedy in two acts. There will be a ladies' matinee Friday. Next week the Knickerbockers, said to be the lead ers of burlesque aggregations, will hold the boards for a week. KOUROPATKIN All the writers who have the appear ance of really knowing something about General Kouropatkin are agreed on the one point. Skobeleff's ways, are not Kou ropatkin's ways, they tell us. Skobeleff was a Russian Phil Sheridan, with a dash of Custer in him Kouropatkin is a com^ pound of McClellan and "Pop" Thomas. He has a rooted objection to fighting be fore he has completed his preparations and-has everything just to his mind. He thinks it much better to be safe than to be sorry. He's quite capable of falling back before the Japanese advance again and again. But when he once gets ready to fight, things will immediately become very interesting for the Japanese general iS^8^^^S4kj^y*a&A.4 MJ^^iMh i^Jfc The Darrow Enigma is a book to keep the reader guessing. Therein it'deserves its name. It is a detective story which lets the reader think he is "onto its curves" Just long enough to begin to feel that the author has hot been very clever, in spite of the ingenuity of the "hero," and then shows him that he is all wrong. The Uneasy Chair -was reading along and wondering why the author had let his readers into the secret of the criminal so early in the game, witholding only the method of his capture, when it suddenly discovered that it was following the ama teur detective, a detective not only for iove of detecting but for love of a. charm ing woman, upon a wrong scent, clear to India. That whetted the chair's appetite and.it was soon keen on another scent, andwell, the chair Is.not going to tell the author's secret. The crime is committed under most unusual circumstances. Six persons are in a large room together. All are seated, the heroine at a piano singing and her father near the center of the room. All others are men. The arrangement is such that no one-could enter the room without discovery. Suddenly the father rises, ex claims that he has been murdered and falls dead. Despite his exclamation, it is decided by the local detectives that he has committed suicide by poisoning in or f^^^L^^^f.^^L^^^J! El insurance. The girl and her friends do not accept this theory, and one of them, who is the girl's undeclared lover, sets out to unravel the mystery. There is a lack of adventure in the pur- TnuSStl^'rr.lSr* WMC 1 __*, *_.-!..n gree of blindness sensationa, trial i court which is a feraure of. the story Is based upon most' unusual Rules' of pro cedure. These admit leading questions, speeches by defendant's counsel to the jury whenever he takes the notion and orders by same counsel to arrest, persons pretty much at counsel's will. But then those are minor points and do not seri ously affect the e.fect of the denouement. THE CBY OF THE W0BKEKS. The babblers in the temple made with hands Sat talking, talking, talking, all the day, Of rectitudo and justice, and the way The world should walk, obeying their commands. And while the glass recorded golden sands. And shadows lengthened in the busy street.. There came a Sound of swift, determined feet, And blows upon the portal's brazen bands, And then a voice, releiitless and ejate: "We care not for yottr arguments and creeds, We care not for your pity or your hate, We clamor not for theories, but deods: Then give us of the heart, and not the head: Then give us for our toil, not.stones, but bread." Herbert Mnller Hopkins in the Reader Maga zine for April. "Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot was for thirty-nine years pastor of the Church of the Messiah in St. Louis, a pastorate remarkably successful. Aside from his ministrations to his flock, he made his influence felt in the community In many ways. Few projects of moment, having in view the elevation of society, could in that time be named of which" he was not the originator or an effective helper from the start." The man of whomTr James K. Hos mer, so well known in Minneapolis, could write that was surely worthy of being perpetuated in the memory of men by at least a brief biography. The biography is by Charlotte C. EJiot, whose dedication of her book is this: "Written for my children, 'lest they forget.' Dr. Hos mer writes the introduction. Dr. Eliot was theJTIrst Unitarian pastor west of the Mississippi. His work and influence were felt in educational lines in the public schools and In the creation of Washington university. Dr. Hosmer says: "What John Harvard did for Cambridge bears no comparison with what William G. Eliot did for Washington university. But Eliot's work extended into other fields. It was a large influence in the creation of the western sanitary commis sion, it was felt in the reconstruction fol lowing the war, in social reform, and in many other directions." The book is very naturally a sym pathetic portrayal of Dr. Eliot's life, and it has been worthily put into book form by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., who make only good books. The Uneasy Chair. THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER Religious Crisis In France.Count Al bert de Mun, member of the French academy and member the chamber of deputies,- in The National Review for April tells of the religious crisis in Franee. He believes that the church will triumph its Influence on the life of the nation. He say*: "Banished from its place in the laws and Institutions Of our country, the church is dally whining an unexpected place in the life of the nation as the result of the very fact that it has been persecuted and Of the natural Spir itual needs af mankind. Now more than ever it appears in the light of a moral force, immense and indispensable, whose influence no prudent government can pos sibly misapprehend/' Dr. Emil Reich, in the same magazine, gives his observations of American af fairs. sees in the abandonment of the Monroe doctrine the only real hope of America's becoming a first-class power. Another very interesting and useful arti* cle ia "The Open-Air Cure" by a pa tient BOOKS RECEIVED THE DAHmOW SXIOHA. By Melvia L. Bftvery, With fllatr*tion by C. D. William*. Ne* York: odd. Mead i Co. Minneapolis: Wil liam Donaldson & Co!?: Price $1.60. "WTTXTAK GHEEHl^EAT ELIOT, Minister, Edu cator, PnllflDthrbpttt. By Clrtriotte C. Eliot, with an introduction Jfameft ft. Hodttter, Ph. D LL. D. ^Ma&smi Hotighton, Mifflin ft Co. Mlmaet^JflV. N. McCarthy.' price $2 net. ^r '__ --MS THE NONPAREIL BUN Natural History of the "Little Johnnie" Poem, One of the Early pits Of Amer ican Humor That Came About the Time the Old Federalist .Party Went Out?Modern Attempts to Bring i Into Vogue Again, ^v A delver into the forgotten humor-of the past says that one of the first at tempts at American humor "came in" about the time the old federalist party went out. It was the "Little Johnnie" poem so common to-day. The first and original "Johnnie" rhyme, it is believed, ran as follows: Little Johnnie drowned his sister. She Was gone before we missed her.' Johnnie's, always up to trioks. Aic't he cute? He'B only six. "I'm all right,r'and sols th'world In which I live." As to what they would dp "if given an-: other chance, at life," opinions differ widely. And the. joke of it "is that every mother's son is given another chance at life every time -he gets out of bed and starts a new day. The trouble with most of us is that we are hypnotized by the idea that everything is fixed and stable for us now and can't be changed. All nonsense.' Let's wake up. A man watches with pleasure the uni versal robin put her head down and run on his lawn, but when the neighboring cow tries the same tactics, he feels aggrieved. Why be so particular? John F. McGovern of Wabasha, is not only senior editor of the Wabashgf'-flerald and an attorney at law, but he ^is* "also mayor of Wabasha. Anything ls to day? J. The New Hampshire Methodist con ference has just strained, at another gnat by voting to continue the prohibition on all card playing. Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews says that the president's race suicide theory is a good one but that it can be overworked. Dr Andrews says that ten children is too many. A few more bits of wise advise and the American people may yet learn how to regulate their family affairs. Some way when a woman speaks of her hug. baud as "papa" it sounds as tho be is treated right at home.Atchison Globe. Yes, all the large, red, .ripe strawberries get into papa's dish. A woman who does her own shopping "for the house" went into a local drtfg store to buy' sbap. It was 8c per cake. She looked it over carefully and asked the surprised clerk: "Do you give three cakes for a quar- ter?" After he had recovered from his daze, he replied: "We do hot as a rule, madam, but we will let you have them for that price." She bore them away in triumph arid not until the shouts of joy from the rest of the house arose as she told, of her bar gain did the awful fact dawn upon her consciousness. A. J. R. WHAT 0THEB PEOPLE THJNK Nomination of Supreme Judges. To the Editor of The Journal. I read with interest your editorial in last night's Journal on a non-political judiciary. And I assure you that I fully coincide with the objects and purposes of the article. It may be that as far as the district bench is" concerned, "that no substantial progress ^can be made until our laws are mod Wed.' However, as to the supreme bench, believe immediate re sults can be obtained. St. Paul and Duluth both want the state republican convention. Why not have two convention^, one to nominate all state off leers, except Judges ot the Supreme beach? L.et this convention be held first. Then, a week later, have a second state convention to nominate judges for the supreme bench. By this method you will eliminate all the elements of trading in the nomination of the judges. Moreover, you will have a convention of men who are especially interested in the supreme court. I can see no objection to this-method by any one whose highest aim is to secure a bench of able men. Nor can I see how any candidate can object to the plan, un less he fears his. qualifications will not stand a critical examination. 1. This .can be readily brought about by the state central committee calling two conventions as above outlined. The foregoing is not written with the purpose of casting any reflections On the supreme bench as it now is, but with the desire that we may nominate the strong est men possible, whether -they^ be the present judges or,new men. ?~C. Lt. Smith. i April 14, 190* 7 iPRIL 14, 1904 4 This Johnnie has doubtless groWn gray by this time, but there are others always coming forward. The latest attempt in the "Little Johnnie" line is from a Kanr sas paper: Johnnie's'age Only six, Bnt he plays such Funny tricks. Saw two hatpins," Picks up one. Stuck his father, Just for fun. Father yelled and Swore to boot Don't you think our Johnnie's cute? W have always felt a strong desire to try a "Little Johnnie" poem, but have felt a little diffident. As it is rather difficult to turn out copy to-day, the fol lowing Is tentatively offered to an indul gent public: Little Johnnie, Aged six, Of dynamite Discovered sticks. Picked up one 'And with a clang Struck the schoolhouie Door. BANG!!! When they searched For little John, Coroner said simply, "Gone!" If the Russian battleship was really blown up by a Russian mine, you will know how Russia feels when you remem ber the time you were out splitting up a little wood and had lifted your ax to bang a knotty stick real hard and the weapon hit the clothesline on its way down. There is talk of working the vice pres idency off on Speaker Cannon when he isn't noticing. The Detroit News tells how the board ing-houses of that gay town have learned to put currants in the hash and to servo it as mince pie. Say, do you remember that glad, free time of youth when you were accustomed to eat the mince pie" or' the boarding-house without even aV' picion?'''*- 'i-.'-n:.^ sus- The Rev. Camden M. Cobern, pastor of: the St. James Methodist church of Chit cago, sent out over two thousand letters to men in Chicago and vicinity to dis cover what they thought of themselves and what they would do "if given another chance in life." He discovered that a great many men were as vain as pea cocks. He was told in more than 1,000 letters written by as many men that more than 900 of that number were very well satisfied with themselves. Some were bet ter satisfied with themselves' than with other people. Some were cynics. Some were going to reform. Some were busy trying to reform others. Some said the whole world was spinning' in the wrong direction. But most of.Jthe writers said, iH effect CITY NEWS. SUMMER SCHOOL FOR LIBRARIANS i Mi 1.1 .i TRAINING COURSE ARRANGED FROM JUNK 20 O JUIiY 29. Special Attention Will Given to Requirements for the Successful Operations of Sma ll libraries- Growth of Public School Libraries Makes Course Especially Valuable. Changes In to-day's program, which was opened by a splendid' Tchaikowsky number on two pianos by Mmes. E W. Runyan, W. N. Porteous, M. P. Vander Horck and Harry Jones. Miss Inez Davis and Miss Frances "Vin cent contributed charming vocal solos :Mrs. George Odium made her appearance for the first time in four years in a vocal number, and Mrs., Mabel Lovering Wal dron also sang. .Miss Jrene Wood gave a Schumann selection-and Miss Mabel Au gustine played a violin solo in place of Miss Verge. Miss Flora Boyd took the violin obllgato for a solo by Mrs. Cather wood. Mrs. T. A. Whltworth, a former member of the musical but now of Still water, gave a group of piano numbers. CLASS PRESIDENT OUT Professor Ozlas of South High School Ousts Junior Officer. Professor Ozias of-the South high school yesterday constituted himself a board of review of high school elections. He ruled that there was a vacancy in the Office of president of the junior class, and refused to allow former president Swift to ad dress the class so that he could not pre sent his resignation. Raymond McDonald, Leslie Stover, Irving COndit, Reuben Har lan and Thomas Swift, the committee in charge ot the entertainment, were also discharged. The principal rules that un der no circumstanced can the play be given as a junior class affair. A meet irtg of the junior class has been announced for to-day. One of the committee said yesterday that all rehearsals had been held outside the school that an outside hall had been engaged, and that the tiekets and pla cards read that the play is given by mem bers of the junior class. Ask your friends if they ever stop to consider the fact that The Journal contains More Minneso ta newa than any other Minnesota paper. More North Dakota news than any North Dakota or any other northweste rn paper. More South Dakota news than any South Dakota or any other northwestern paper. More news from Iowa, Wiscon sin a nd northern Michigan than any other northwestern paper. It is a fact Well. worth remem bering that The Journal em plo ys more a nd better correspond ents iir all the. territory thruout the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Mon tana a nd Washington, as well as Minnesota, South Dakota a nd North Dakota than any other newspaper. Another fact is that The Journal can always be depend- -I. Nam*.... Street and No. City CHARITY WORK "V OF SIX MONTHS SEMI-ANNUAJL REPORT O ASSO- CIATED CHARITIES MANAGER. Applicants for A id for the Period TheV/Minnesota State Library commis sionjhas-issued announcements of- the fifth annual session of the summer school for li brary training at the state university, June 20 to July 29, as a department of the university summer school. This short training course is one of the most import ant undertakings of the library commis sion, as libraries are springing up every where and it is Improtant that they should be placed on a modern and scientific basis. At the same time it is practically impos sible for the majority of them to obtain librarians who have had a complete train ing in library schools. The summer school is planned primarily to meet the needs of small libraries. Only those holding library positions or under definite appointment to such positions will be admitted. It is especially, desired that librarians of school libraries should take the course, as these libraries are growing rapidly and are in need of better organiza tion, which would make the material in them, more accessible to both teachers and pupils. The course of instruction includes cata loging, classification, bibliography, book Selection, periodicals, reference work, children's work, public documents, order, accession, shelf lists, library economy and sold at Bethel settlement, Washburn home" administration. The instructors will be Hope chapel and Professor Painter's Boys' Miss Clara F. Baldwin, librarian of. the commission, who wil direct the school, and Miss Maude van-Buren, librarian of the Owatonna library and a graduate of. Pratt Institute library school. A course of special lectures on public documents Will be given by J. I. Wyer, Jr., librarian of the University of Nebraska, and secre tary of the American Library association. Other lectures will be given by visiting librarians. There will be opportunities for practice work in the Minneapolis public library and of age. There were exceptional reasons visits will, be made to other libraries in the vicinity. There will be exhibits of pic tures for use in libraries, supplies, bulle tins and a select library of books for chil dren. MUSICAL WILL INSURE I/AMES' ORGANIZATION WILL TAKE OUT POLICIES TO HELP THE NEW AUDITORIUM FUND. The Thursday Musical, following the example of. the Teachers' club, will take out insurance for the benefit of some of its members to aid the auditorium fund. At a business meeting after the regular program this morning it was decided to spend $100 a year for two years in pre miums for three members, and at the end of that time the policies may be carried on by the beneficiaries if they so please. The next program meeting will be the last gathering of the year, and will be followed by the yearly frolic, which is in the nature of an indoor basket picnic witlx all,'sorts, of amusing specialties. There' wefe'"'several1 Were 1,311, as Compared with 696 a Year Ago Report I Manager J. Jackson's Last in Minneapo- lis. Associated Charities work* for the past six months is summarized bejow in the semi-annual report of the manager, James F. Jackson, made to the association this afternoon. The report is the last Mr. Jacks on will make.to the Minneapolis organization, as he leaves soon to take up his work in a similar position in Cleveland. is report In part follows: In the six months there were 1,311 ap plicants, of whom 472 were new, as com pared with 6S6 applicants one year ago. of whom 213 were new. There were 3,078 days' work or women as against 3,288 last year, and only 1,123 jobs for men as against 1,616 last year, a reduction of one-seventh the amount of work as compared with last year. This season the nurse made 946 calls on 182 families. Last year she made 704 calls on 149 families. For the two and a half months the antituberculosis depart ment made 137 calls on twenty-three fam ilies. The establishment of this depart ment has far-reaching possibilities for good to the unfortunate. The Provident Fund's first semiannual statement is as follows: Total number of new depositors, 525 number cf withdraw als, 60 total number of recurrent deposi tors, 38 number at close of March 503 amount of stamps sold $426.65 amount withdrawn $59.40 deposits at close of March $367.25. Savings stamps are being club, Unity settlement, Riverside mission, Drummond hall, and Ruskin hall. The agent, is soon to be allowed more time to sell stamps in tho homes. In the seven months since school opened we have made 121 investigations requested by school principals to enable them to de termine whether or not the earnings of a child under 16 years of age were neces sary to the family's support. Of the thirty-three whom we recommended for certificates thirteen were nearly 16 years for each of the other twenty. We took the position that it was better for so ciety to provide aid rather than have a child prematurely enter a store or a fac tory. But it was necessary to secure aid in only eight of the eighty-eight instances where we declined to recommend a cer tificate. In the past six months a second confer ence of friendly' visitors has' been formed and parlor conferences have been revived. DR. ALLEN'S SUDDEN DEATH Weil-Known Physician Expires Heart Disease the Cause. Dr. L. B. Allen, well-known in Minneap olis medical circles, died suddenly of heart disease, at his home early yester day morning. He had attended to his regular practice altho he had been ailing for nearly a year. He retired Tuesday evening feeling as well as usual but arose at 1 o'clock in the morning to take some medicine. Before he could return to bed he died of heart failure. Dr. Allen was 76 years old and had been practicing medicine since 1855. He came to Minneapolis about twenty years ago. He is survived by his wife, one son, W. E. Allen of Chicago, and two daughters, Mrs. D. E., Russell of Chicago, and Mrs. George Carwogie, Portage^ Wlf. The body will be cremated arid the pre ceding services will be held at the resi dence, 2645 Garfield avenue, Friday at 10:34 p. m. FIRST DRIVE STARTS Booms Here Being Prepared to Receive the New Logs. The first log drive of the season of the Mississippi and Rum River Boom company, was started from the storage boom at Rol lins' Island yesterday. The work of hang ing the booms at the local works has been under way for several days. The- ice is now out of the river as far north as Brain erd, but it will be several weeks before logs of the past winter's cutting begin to come down. The storage booms at Little Falls and Brainerd will be emptied of logs before the mills can handle the new lot. BODY THAT OP MRS. HOLM Corpse Found In the River at St. Paul Is Identified. The body found in the river in St. Paul yesterday has been identified by Andrew Holm, 2719 Penn avenue N, as that of his wife, Martholda Holm. The identifi cation was made by the clothing that Mrs. Holm wore at the time of her disappear ance. She was thought to be demented when she went away, as she had at one time been an inmate of an asylum. TOOK CARBOLIC ACID St. Paul Woman Attempts Suicide After a Quarrel. Mrs. Helen Snyder, 463 Robert street, St. Paul, attempted to commit suicide yes terday by taking carbolic acid. She had quarreled with her husband. She is not in a'serious condition. How to "Talk Journal" SOME POINTERS TO ST. LOUIS" WORLD'S FAIR CONTESTANTS ed upon to furnish the news at no matter what expense when there Is any news and also that its news can be depended upon as being re liable news. 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