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Cambon.
i In New Zealand a landholder may be
compelled by law to sell his property to
the government at the. valuation he places
on It for taxation purposes. In this coun
try that would supply the government
some remarkably cheap property
The Monetary Situation.
It would appear that the treasury de
partment might now come to the relief
of the money market without exciting
so much adverse comment as usually
follows, when call-loan rates rise in
3pVall street and government cash is sent
|ve to help out. When rates were up
jlo abnormal figures a few months ago,
jthere was presented a typical specula
tive situation. Whatever changes have
einCe occurred- have been towards the
side of legitimacy, and while the 30
jper cent call money of last week had
-fihe smack of the money lender's man
ipulation about it, it cannot be denied
|hat more outside influences of1
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The Philippine Bill.
Some more grief is said to be store
for the "standpat" element in the sen
ate when the attempt shall be made to
take the Philippine tariff bill out of the
hands of the committee which has re
fused to report it.
The bill passed the house by a great
majority, but that is not of much signi
ficance since majorities in the house are
made great or small by the speaker, but
what is significant is that the majority
in the house corresponds with the ma
jority in the country for this measure
of justice to the islands.
The secretary of war, Who formerly
was governor general of the Philippines,
Strongly favored this bill. The presi
dent recommended it his message.
The "standpat" members of congress
who went to the islands with the Taft
partv were converted and voted for it
in the house. But the "standpat"
element in the senate took the unusual
course of smothering it in committee.
This was an almost unprecedented
course to take on a measure which had
been before congress for several years,
and which had the indorsement of the
Countrv substantially without rega,rd to
politics.
The present effort is one to teach the,
leaders of the senate that they cannot
absolve themselves from responsibility
bv ordering the measuie killed com
mittee as if it were a bill for a bridge
Over Wallow creek. They must take it
up, discuss and vote on it. Nothing
short of this will satisfy the people.
If the senators can convince the coun
try in open debate that the bill should
not pass that is their privilege. But
they can convince no one by pocketing
the measure.
purely
commercial eharacter have recently en
tered into the question of the currency
jsipply. if It would be an error, for instance,
fcb attribute last week's high rate solely
'fp Wall street. There is no great specu
lation going on at present in the stock
market, Yet the Saturday statement
Iff the New York banks showed reserves
pulled down and loans again increased.^
[these loans did not go to Wall street
ppeculative houses in any great degree.
jSommerce made its call for greater
kecommodation. i San Francisco drew upon New York
j$3r gold. This represents the remit-
(|uice to Japan of funds of that govern
ment lying in New York.
Since the first of the year there have
jn great quantities of investment
scurities put upon the market. In
|e*bruary new bonds and other secur
ities offered reached the big total of
*H77,000,000. These did not sell like
cakes. Their reliability and desir
sility were not questioned. But the
ltne in the country is not seeking
Investment at this time. Bather, it is
eking employment in active enter
ise. The result is that some of the
sbruary offerings are yet unsold and,
consequence, the offerings in March
ere cut down to $96,000,000. Eail
ad that ordinarily would issue bonds
new extensions and improvements,
id/would find them readily taken at
or 4% per cent, fcce now borrowing
.oney on long-time notes, awaiting
ft improvement in the bond market,
with so many opportunities for
#geir returns upon capital, and even
binary short-time commercial loans
ringing in much higher rates* bonds,
jpenl tho safer by far, do not now it proposed that the taxpayerVho ab
mil. Miwuim.
appeal so forcibly $Q, those with money
to employ."
t,'
In addition to this there are heavy
investments in new manufacturing and
industrial enterprises, new jobbing com
panies are being formed, new building
employs much money and there is much
real estate speculation the country over.
Talk about your Vesuvluses! There is
something" going? 'to ppen up In Zion C?ity
Tuesday that -will make the volcano sing
small.
A Daze of Contemplation.
The Northfield News cannot under
stand The Journal indorsing any
position it takes, and wonders why the
recent editorial on state railroad laws
seemod to corroborate some of the
News' statements. The criticism ex
pressed by al was not
general, but only related to the sweep
ing statement that under our present
laws the railroads have a free hand''
in Minnesota. That must be admitted
to be a gross exaggeration. There are
improvements which should be made, as
The Journal pointed out, and in fa
voring them the News is doing right.
In -its lucid intervals the News is an
excellent newspaper.
The News says our state commission
has failed to exercise its power under
the existing laws. No one disputes that
fact. The proposed reduction in mer
chandise rates is the first movement of
consequence taken by the commission
since the order reducing lumber and
coal rates. The commissioners seem
most of the time to have been a daze
of contemplation.
The Lincoln, Neb., city council has
passed an ordinance against the cannon
cracker There is too much noise packed
in one can
Leopold Still at the Helm.
Rev. H. S. Johnson, who visited Min
neapolis, in the interest of the Congo
investigation recently, vigorously ar
raigned Secretary Root at Tremont
Temple in'Boston. The secretary's in
action, he declared, was inexcusable in
view of the fact that Mr. Root had in
timated that if American commerce had
been obstructed there might be cause
for interference. Mr. Johnson inter
preted this to mean that if it had been
a cargo of .sardines, the United States
might have risen in its wrath and sent
Dewey to the scene but, it being but
men and women who are suffering, our
thoughts are quiescently neutral.
Resolutions were adopted begging
that the president and Secretary Root
take such steps as a nation powerful
and resourceful may take the name
of humanity to prevent the further op
pression of the defenseless and enslaved
people of the Congo and establish bet
ter conditions in the Free State.
''Such steps as a nation powerful
and resourceful may take" appears to
be the key to the opportunity of the
United States. No European nation is
going to stand on its dignity of neu
trality when a nation like this begs ii
to do something in the name of humani
ty. And after all, what is it the peo
ple of this country are asking their
officials to do? Nothing but to make
representations. Nothing but to ask
the European governments which estab
lished the Free State to inquire whether
their purposes are being carried out.
Is there anything so sacred about the
sovereign dignity of a state that it
should be outraged by the simple re
quest to examine and report whether
evils are not to be found in its admin
istration?
It should be remembered that the
Congro Free State is not a growth ot
centuries. It was an invention of the
European powers. Its sovereignty is
The powers of Europe organized the
Congo Free State for the accomplish
ment of a purpose. The sovereignty of
that state was purely incidental. The
accomplishment of the purpose was the
mam consideration. The purpose is not
being accomplished it is being defeated
bv maladministration. Shall the na
tions which created the Free State lie
down and say they can do nothing, ad
mit that defeat of their purpose is un
fortunate, but that, having created the
Free State, thev cannot go back of the
record and inquire how that sovereignty
is being administered?
This is a day of anxiety at Zion
Personal Property Taxation.
2STo system of taxation is ideajlv en
forced. The principles ,of uniformity
and equity are only approximately ap
plied in the best system. In the worst
system they are not applied at all. This
occurs in the so-called taxation of per
sonal property.
fThe recently unearthed big Jobbery
in this city points a moral. It is no
part of the purpose of this article to
comment upon the startling discrepancy
between the returns made to the as
sessor and the loot carried off by the
thief. Perhaps as startling inconsist
encies exist in the personal tax state
ments of nine people out of ten. They
do not all become known. It would help
toward a more general observance of
the spirit of the laws if they were.
Peorle do not like to be made publicly
ridiculous. They will part with a lit
tle money to the state rather than en
dure laughter at their own expense.
The point in this case seems to be, as
it very likely is in nearly all tax dodg
ing, that personal property is now not
listed. It is not listed because there is
widespread feeling that the law is un
just in attempting to tax certain
classes of personal property. It is quite
likely to put a real value upon a lot of
stuff which has only a sentimental
value. So people conceal their eurios
and make a return to the assessor which
ought to be added to the eurio depart
ment of the home.
based expressly upon certain stipula- it to be inferred that if he had not been
tions which, it is unofficially known,
are being violated every day. The only
thing America asks is that official in
quiry be made.
Tr
The tax commission of 1902 recom
mended that the listing of personal
property be insisted upon as the first
requisite toward anything like a com
plete assessment of personal property.
sented himself should not escape, but
$bat the assessor should keep after him
until he roceiyed a list^ Neither sick
ness nor absence' of the ^owners^it pro
posed, should defeat'the ultimate, list
ing of the property. -*v
But the commission was4
mistic pn the subject
not ^Opti-
nand concluded its
discussion by saying that if the pro
posed law did not work better than its
predecessors the taxation of many
classes of personal property ought to be
abandoned.
This is just waat the people think,
So far as many classes of personal prop
erty are concerned their taxation has
been abandoned by the people by means
of concealment, failure to list and, re
moval from one .place to another.
When Senator Burtdn was convicted of
having committed the offense in 9t. Louis
his attorneys) proved that It happened in
Washington. Now that he is oonvlcted
of turning the trick In Washington, they
are trying to shift the scene back to St
Louis. The government is contending
that In either case Mr Burton ought to
go to jail at Leavenworth.
What Cannon said to Shackelford was
probably this. "Say, ydung feller, if you
hit me and I find it out, I'll take after
ye." This is what Si, the village humor
ist, used to say to the pugnacious small
boy whom he had badgered to the fight
ing point.
The new men in the south have just
turned down a "gallant old confederate"
for senator. But unfortunately they
turned up a pestiferous gnat whose chief
asset is his possession of the
namk
Davis
of
Mr. P. G. Sjoblom's candidacy for sec
retary of state cannot make much prog
ress until he submits his name to the
ameliorating labors of the reform spelling
league
There Is the greatest indignation in In
diana over Mr Riley's attempt to corral
all the state poets in a house of twenty
seven rooms.
The low, crunching sound will be heard
in Zion Tuesday and the world will wait
with more or less interest to see who was
underneath.
The attention of the Insurance compa
nies is called to the fact that it cost only
$6 000 to elect Fallieres president of
France.
An old man of 80, a veteran of three
wars, lias recently married in Boston. He,
said he. thought there was another fight
in him.
An Iowa univeisity student was killed
by overexertion in athletics Some* day
a student will be caught studying too
hard
Santo Domingo is varying the interna
tional monotony by throwing a small,
dark revolution
As far as acquiring lines was concerned
Chicago said M. O As to operating them,
she said n-o
If Naples had a Mayor Jonsini, Vesu
vius would be obliged to put a lid on.
TH OTHER DEMOCRATIC WING
Chicago Journal
Municipal ownership is a passing fad
Like greenbackism, populism and free
silver, it will have its little, hour and then
pass away and be no more heard of. But
the fundamental principles of democracy
to which municipal ownership is diamet
rically opposed, will remain, and those
who are faithful to them will be supreme
in the party councils.
HE DRANK SQUIRREL WHISK
Buffalo Express
A dispatch from Petersburg, Ind tells
of an Insane man who climbed a tree. Is
insane he would have waited for an ele
vator to take him up?
EMINENTLY FAIR
Elk Point (S. Courier.
That series of articles by Edwin
Torrey now running In The Minneapolis
Journal on the South Dakota political
situation, has so far been eminently fair
and well informed
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
Boston Globe.
Cornelius N. Bliss says that he does not
know Andrew Hamiltonanother case
where ignorance is bliss
"INNOCENT BYSTANDER" HIT
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The anthracite trust raises the prioe
when there is a strike, when there isn't
a strike, when the strike is settled and
when it Isn't settled.
HE NEW BABY
Hungry little beggar, knockln' at the door,
Hungry little sinner,
Cryin' for bis dinner,
Enter, little feller, you needn't beg no more.
Bashful little beggar, blusbin' rosy red,
1 Timid like and shrinkin',
Little ejes a-blinkin*.
Here, little feller, is a place to hide your head.
Lonely little beggar, all the world so new,
World so fall of danger,
Everyone a stranger,
Welcome, little feller, here's a home for you.
L. H. Bobbins.
1483Edward IV. Of England died.
1682La Salle took possession of
Louisiana.
1691Belgium surrendered to. the
French.
1738Rufus Putnam, revolutionary
war general and founder of Ohio, born.
Died at Marietta, Ohio, May 4, 1824.
1758Fisher Ames, president of
Harvard college, born. Died July 4,
1808.
1780Charleston, S. invaded, by
the British.
1816 First African Methodist Kpls
copal church formed.
1836King Leopold II. of Belgium
born.
1843Adellna Pattl, famous singer,
born In Madrid.
1862Great Britam and Spain with
drew from Mexican expedition.
1865General Lee surrendered to
General Grant at Appomattox.
1895United States supreme court
declared Income tax null and void In
so far as It affected state, county and
municipal bonds.
1903United States court of appeals
enjoins Northern Securities company
from voting stock of Northern Pacific
or Great Northern railroads.
1903Rear Admiral W. S. Schley
Visits Minneapolis.,
^^mWlMSX^!^^8^mSE
By W. -p. Klrkwoodv
"IN MEMORIAM" ANNOTATED BY
THE AUTHOR^Tennyson's magnificent
song of faith "in Memoriam." has been
issued in new form with notes and com
ments made from time to time by the"
author No one who has learned to ap
preciate this poem should be without this
edition. The notes that have been added
under the editorship of the poet's son
shed a flood of light upon the poem aty!
give much of it new force and meaning.
Here is one thing that should give the
materialist scientist pause and the man
assailed by doubts courage. The words
are. those of Tennyson
This is a terrible,age of unfaitli. I bate litter
unfaitb I cannot Endure that -men should sacri
fice everything at the cold altar of what with
their imperfect knowledge they chooBe to call'*
v&wjuktx *'v i ryawevvfry
IRVING BACHELLER,
Author of "Silas Strong, Emperor of the
Woods."
rf ftj (t i 4 ui"*'* **i
IRVING BACHELLER RETURNS TO
THE WOODS.The author of "Eben
Holden," in his latest book, Silas Strong,
Emperor of the Woods, returns to the
field in which hfe "won his spurs." Silas
Strong is a wdodsman of the Adiron
dacks, and is unUke any other woodsman
we have met in fiction Certainly he is
no imitation He is one of the philoso
phizing kind,, a man of good "sense, and a
lover of his 'dojnain The story in which'
he plays a part Reaches its climax in a
forest fire, vividly described. /The man
as drawn jjEs onoMOf the kmd^for which
there is r#?m M6oKmore. Thea^ottance of
the tale is thatAf a, yoifhi man of
wealth, akrtencljof th^-empe^lr's, and a
trom -even the villagVllfe of the country.
The author's style Is le?s forced than in
somaj his other works, indeed., it has a
very pleasing naturalness about it that
fit*- tHe character of the story well The
humorous comments of Silas, however,
ao not always strike one as worth whfle.
Harper & Bros, New York. $1 50.
issas
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. announce two addi
tions to their Riverside Press editions for this
spring One is Beinardin de Saint Pieue
Paul et Virgiuie" in, the French text of the
original first edition The other is "Songs and
Sonnets by Thomas Bailey Aldrlch lor the
latter Mr Aldrich has made a wBolly new
selection and arrangement of his poetry. The
same company la enlarging its facilities for
printing special editions for private distribu
tion and for issuing family histories, manu
scripts and other material of like nature
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR'S BEST
BOOKThe late Paul Laurence Dunbar
made, himself best known by his negro
poems, and it is probably by them that
he will be remembered longest Never
theless, these are not in reality Mr. Dun
bar's truest claim to consideration, says
The Bookman. Some years ago he pub
lished a novel under the title of "The
Sport of the Gods It received compara
tively little notice and is now, perhaps*
almost forgotten, save by a very few.
Here, however, Mr Dunbar, out
of the abundance of intimate knowledge,
has told us things of which one can find
no mention elsewhere in our literature.
He has shown us the life of those negroes
who are not day laborers, who possess
Various degrees of education, and who
may eve.n be comparatively wealthy Do
we ever think how such people live? They
certainly do not llye In the city slums
They are barred from those places which
even the poorer whites frequent What
is their mode of life and what are their
amusements, distractions surroundings
and dissipations? Mr.' Dunbar throws a
whole, flood of ijghi on .this really large
section of our population
Publication of Dr. S, Weir Mitchells story,
**A Diplomatic Advenfj|re" Is announced by the
Centuiy company fojf .$prll T^*8
told in the first per&qu of
ventures in Parts at? ffte3
-$
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
APRIL 9. THE BRIGHTERJDAY
Zui
a tale
certainour excitinlg
ad-
time of civi war
adventures whieh.r despite their Importance,
have never crept Into Historical recotds Tie
book will have a frontispiece-by Kelyea.
HE MAGAZINES
Is the name of
a little paper issued by the prisoner's aid
department of the Salvation Army, the
first number of whjch is just out. The
front page contains an interesting half
tone of Evangeline Booth, commander of
the Salvation Army In America
"THE CLOSED TOWN."Ralph W.
Wheelock under that title tells of exists
Ing conditions in Minneapolis with the
"lid" on, in The Iron Trail for April. The
article Is the leader for the number
The Craftsman for April.The .features
of The Craftsman for April are an emi
nent architect's discussion of a tendency
toward a distinctly American style of
architecture, an acopunt of the making
Of stained-glass wiridows, comment on
mural painting as an art for the people
and a record of the. rfation's growth, and
descriptions of Daniel C. French's four
large symbolic groups for the New York
custom house. f\ i
Chicago's Art Exhibition An art event
that is close enough* to Minneapolis to
be of considerable local interest is that
of the Art Institute and the Municipal
Art League of Chicago. Interesting men
tion of this recent exhibition is made in
the American section of The Internation
al Studio for April. Frank H. Wads-
1
co
iedlan
truth and reason One can easily lose all belief ftructed so many inexplicable situations
thru giving up the continual thought and caie
for spiritual things.
The atheistic scientist of today seems
to forget too often how imperfect is his
knowledge, and the wavering believer
places too much confidence In the unwar
rantably positive assertions of the scien
tist
The new "In Memoriam" is inexpen
sively made. It is worthy of being is
sued in better form
The Macmlllan company, New York.
$1.00.
pi flu
{distinction of feeing purchased *fo# itye
permanent munioipal colleotlon.
The Reading of Sealed Writings.An
interesting disclosure, of the tricks, of
those who profess to, read messages in
sealed envelopes by the aid of spirits is
one of the features of The -Open Court
for April.
Letters from Lafcadlo Hearn.The*
leading article in Trie Critic for April Is
a series of letters from Lafcadlo Hearn
to Henry E. Krehblel, the musical critic
of the New York Tribune.
A feature of Four-Track News for April
is a description of Minnehaha falls with
Illustrations.
AMUSEMENTS
-i _____
Bijou"Queen of the Highbinders." 'J
"The Queen of the Highbinders," which,
to place the blame accurately, was written
by Theodore Kremer and is presented by
A. Woods, is a problem play. The au
thor evidently intended it for a melo
drama, as it has all the conventional fix
tures, including the adventurous temp
tress, "me che-lld," real water in a tank,
imbecile
police,buat
that his production must be classed as a
problem.
There are some situations which at
first glance look thrilling and draw pro
longed cheers from the gallery, Paul
Burns as Ikey Isaacs does some fair com
edy work, Captain Kelly's Zouaves do a
rapid-fire formation drill and some "wall*-
scaling which is good and there is a de
cidedly pleasing smell of gunpowder about
thei last two acts.
It would be hard to say just why the
sole friend of a wealthy clubman should
be a Jew peddler and why he should be
sent to Sing Sing for murder on the mere
say-so of a Chinaman and a notorious wo
man It is equally hard to see any rea
son why the villain should be willing to
wade thru "blud" to obtain possession of
the unprepossessing heroine. A "human
staircase" to rescue the heroine from a
"perilous height" from which anyone
over 10 years old could safely "hang and
drop," supplies one of the thrills of the
drama
The gun-play and the scene in which
the victim of the highbinders attempts
to write the nama? of his murderers on
the wall with his own "blud" are the only
real touches of melodrama In the pleGe
A rainy Sunday and the fact that Min
neapolis has not been visited by a melo
drama of the "blud and gore" type for
some time drew a full house for the
opening night and the play will probably
be well patronized thru the week, tho even
the complacent gallery gods were able
to see some of the numerous flaws In the
production. c L.
OrpheumModern Vaudeville.
Wide variety of entertainment and
merit mark the Orpheum offering this
week. In point of thrill, Havemann's ex
hibition of wild animal training heads the
bill The animals do not perform any
wonderful stunts, but the familiarity with
which the trainer enters the eage and
boxes, wrestles, dances and generally de
ports himself with lions, tigers and bears
id disconcerting
Next in point of interest is the work of
Probst, the whistler, in imitating the
songs of birds and their calls Probst's
whistling and pcrwers of Imitation are
wonderfully developed. The act is embel
lished with a series of stereoscopic pic
tures of the familiar birds of the meadows
and marshes
Valerie Bergere & Co hold over for
another week, presenting "His Japanese
Wife," a vehicle better adapted to the
star's talents than the tabloid production
of "Carmen" of last week The "wife"
was Miss Bergere's introductory work in
Minneapolis atof^its^sparkle the Orpheu last year
ha
girl whosej^^^Tyiai^Cj^^ajC ''the docej)- *""e
ions and'fl^fiprM^M^t^L'to&k her to
the woods rn^inilCOM^oV,
0St
non
"kept awajy
Foyer Chat.
"Princess Trixie," queen of educated
horses, will be the. stellar attraction at
the Unique all of this week. Princess
Trixie is a pure white beauty of rare
intelligence, and one of the greatest pets
in the world In addition to this splendid
feature, a big bill of entertaining novel
ties will be presented.
Two enormous audiences that over
flowed the seating capacity of the Ly
ceum theater yesterday witnessed the in
itial presentations of "Thelma" by Ralph
Stuart and his excellentland companye Th scenery
of.
sub
nigH* ,_su
the of th mide
featured in the production,
as Thelma" is a Norwegian maiden who
gives her heart to a noble yourtg English
man among her native fjords. A deep
ly Imaginative touch is realized in the
crazed companion of "Thelma" and in the
romantic associations of her sturdy sire,
the old Norwegian bonde. The play will
be critically considered in this column
in Tuesday's Journal.
The advance sale of seats for the pro
duction of "The Taming of the Shrew,"
"Twelfth Night," "The Merchant of Ven
ice" and "Romeo and Juliet," by the
E. H. SOthern-Julia Marlowe combina
tion, opened this morning at the Metro
politan. Charles Frohman is now pre
senting Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe
for their second tour under his direction.
The plays in which they will be seen here
are unanimously Regarded as among the
most striking examples of Bhakspere's
comedy and tragedy, and they will be
presented In an elaborate manner befit
ting their worth, with the aid of an ex
cellent support for the stars, an unpar
allelpd scenic investiture and rich cos
tuming.
A good assortment of souvenirs in the
shape of china and glassware and delight
ful confections will be presented to the
ladies attending the Wednesday matinee
performance of the "Queen of the High
binders" company at the Bijou.
EAST LOOKS TO WEST
Carl Eaugland Brings Back Good Be
port from Boston.
Carl Raugland, manager of the North- J?,8
western Music company, has returheU'
from an extended visit to the east, in- y.oun#
eluding Boston and New York. He P^* 8**e
savs that eastern business men are
i*-
$20,000 for a Cafe Car!
This looks like a bigv price, but vou
should see the car. It runs on the day
trains to Omaha over the Minneapolis
& St. Louis R. R. making the trip in
just eleven hours. Seat fare only 75
cents^For full information, call at
W
'AerfFSF 1906
Minnesota Politics
Governorship Situation Begins to As
sume the Shape of a Dilemma
Block's PlatformLund as a Favor
ite SonA. D. Gray SuggestedLeg
islative Issues.
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helpless hero a
he, inadvertentlyand con
Tho Buffalo Journal says:
There appears to be no candidate for
governor who will suit all the politicians.
Thp three big cities are strongly opposed
td Jacobson, while the country is for him.
Block is getting quite a following, but it
is a question if some of Dunn's friends
do^not look on htm as dead certain to be
beaten by Johnson, and, this result would
be better for Dunn than to have the re
publican candidate succeed. The situa
tion is very much in the air.
The situation is beginning to worry
those republican leaders who really care
about republican success. They feel
that the party is between the devil and
the deep blue sea on the governorship
question. If Jacobson is nominated he
will command enthusiastic support from
most sections of the state, but he will
be bitterly opposed by many republi
cans, especially in the twin cities. If
Jacobson is not nominated, the cry will
be raised that the corporations beat him
and dictated the nominee. This will be
used the Johnson campaign for all
it is worth. If all republicans were
sincere in their efforts to bring about
harmony, the situation might be man
aged without much difficulty, but there
are evidently disturbing influences at
work with anything but harmony In
view.
Julius Block covered state issues
pretty fully a general way, in his
announcement published Saturday. That
statement, it is understood, is a mere
skeleton, on which he will build his
platform, and the ideas contained in it
especially the novel ones, will be elabo
rated later on.
John G. Lund, the newest candidate
for governor, has covered Minnesota
pretty well in his thirty-seven years.
If his efforts prosper,**we will see the
delegations coming like this
iL
Fi
or interestand
Alic Lyndon Dol is a -very substantial
bit of ware billed as ttfe "bit of Dresdeh
china Her beaUty is^'ln excess hi her
ability as an entertainer, althO she gained
a fair amount of applause by her work.
Frank Rae and Gussie Brosche gave a
Very talkative act Rae tells a hunch of
the. stories that will always get a laugh,
no matter how often they may ha\e been
told and as the "woman of a few words"
Miss Brosche is a chattering success.
The Argenanti trio, Italian singers, did
not create a favorable Impression at first
with bits from grand opera, but perse
vered When they reached the more fa
miliar part of their programs the audience
grew enthusiastic and was loth to let
them go Bailey, Austin & Co, In a
knockabout turn, furnish one of the
screams of the night Treading a hack
neyed path, these, chaps have introduced
a new line of clever burlesque and low
comedy which set the house going for
nearly half an hour The kinodrom closes
the. show with Illusion films of French
origin. ~j. H. R.
DistrictFoin Johnnie: Lund,
the Fillmore county bov.
Ninth DistrictFor J. G. Lund, the
former mayor of Kennedy.
Seventh DistrictFor Lund, the
Canby land man.
Fifth DistrictFor John G. Lund of
Minneapolis.
There is only one corner of the state
L,u hasn't put a nail in, and he will
probably be opening an office in Du
luth before long.
The Lanesboro Leader nominates A.
D. Gray of Preston for governor, as a
man who could "unite all the warring
factions." It says Gray is mentioned
without his knowledge, but would ac
cept if a strong demand was made on
him.
Gray is a strong man, and a clean*
man, but the first district has two can
didates for governor already, and how
does the Leader know that Gray would
prove any more satisfactory to James
A. Tawney than Samuel Lord is?
Ole O. Canestorp of Elbow Lake, has
been put on the witness stand by the
Hancock Record, and has made a state
ment of his position as a candidate for
the state senate. He declares for an
implement factory at the state prison,
for an antipass and a 2-cent fare law
a reciprocal demurrage law, for a law
requiring stock in transit not to be
held more than twenty-four hours
without food and water, for changing
the primary election date to the latter
part of June, and for the re-election of
Senator Nelson. Mr. Canestorp balks,
however, at thejextensfcm of the direct
primary to state officers, as well he
might, but says he is willling to help
pass it in order to see it tried. This
cross examination of legislative can
didates is growing popular, and ought
to be more generally practiced.
William Sartell of St. Cloud is a can
didate for the state senate, to succeed
Ripley B. Brower in the forty-seventh
district. The district is .close politi
cally, and tho Brower carried it twice
for the senate, the house member has
been democratic about half the time.
The republicans are" trying te unite on
Sartell, who is believed to be a good
vote getter.
The Eveleth Star objects to having
the state convention indorse a candi
date for United States senator, and
'says the convention will be "arrogat
ing to itself a responsibility and duty
that law nor former precedent ever
established." Well, it was a foregone
conclusion that the convention would
follow the old precedent and indorse
Nelson, and it was certainly more fair
to give due notice in the call. As to
the right and duty of a state conven
tion to voice the wishes of the peopie
on this question, prevailing opinion does
not indorse the Star.
Another county division scheme is
being agitated in St. Louis county. The
residents in the southwestern corner,
who have hard work getting into Du
luth, want to form a eounty of their
own with Floodwood as its Beat of gov
ernment.
The Mora Times has absorbed the
Mora Enterprise, which, under the able
editorship of W. A. Howard, has been
a strong factor in forming public opin
ion in Kanabec county, but has not
been profitable financially. Mr. How
ard will devote himself to his law prac
tice. Charles B. Cheney.
REVIEWS "PATH TO POWER1
Dr. aunsanlus' Book Is Discussed by
Congregational Preachers.
Dr. F. A. Summer of Pilgrim church
spoke at the meeting of the Congrega
tional ministers in Plymouth church
this morning. Mr. Summer gave a well
Drepared and interesting review of the
recently published book by Dr. Gun
saulus, "Path to Power."' The book
was published last spring and caused
much discussion. Following the review
by Mr. Summer, the ministers discussed
different sections of the book.
"Witchcraft in Early New Eng
land was the text of an address which
Rev. Dr. L. A. Crandall gave before the
ministers' meeting of the Methodist
church in Hennepin Avenue church this
morning. In his talk, Mr. Crandall
described how superstition was one of
the strong obstacles against which the
followers of the Lord had to rjattle. A
discussion of the subject followed at
the close of the. -address.
Harold Grozier of
Prospect^VJ.a^f been appointed by the centra, proo-wh
hibitionpeople
Park
outlined
committee to
a
greatly interested in the west,'as theyj
freely admit that the great west is their Suspension of Train Service Account
chief support and that prosperity in
the west makes abundance and good
times in the east. All were pleased to
learn that everything beyond the Mis
sissippi is looking promising.
Workdamonfg
the
of the the
short. **}churches
an
Reneral^way his plan of campaign.
of Coal Strike,
The Minneapolis & St. Louis Rail
road will, on and after Sunday, April
8, discontinue train No. 16, leaving St.
Paul at 5:40, Minneapolis 6:15 p.m.,
for Madison and Jtetherville and ar
riving at Minneapolis 11:30, Minneap
olis 12:05 noon.
Pain from indigestion, dyspepsia and
too hearty eating is relieved at once
by taking one of Carter's Little Liver
Pills immediately after dinner. Don't
WHEAT CROPS
:THRU
SOUTHWEST
Zrvz
Reports from Producing Stattf
Indicate a Bumper Harvest
This Year..
Special to Tho Journal,
Chicago, April 9.A bumper wbHI
crop for this year is indicated in A
summary of conditions compiled from
reports from all the wheat states, pub
lished In today's Chicago Record-Her**
aid. The outlook in the southwest is
especially bright, according to the a*-
tide, which says in part:
Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Nebraska. Oklahoma,
and Pennsylvania are enthusiastic ovej
the outlook. Of these, Ohio, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Nebraska in particular,
send information of a marked improve
ment in general conditions since the
last government report in December.
Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin see signs
of retrogression during that period, but
they are willing to admit that appear
ances may be deceptive.
In the great surplus-producing states,
there are fields here and there where
water and ice did irreparable damage,
but compared with the whole area, the
acreage to be abandoned is inconsider
able. Indiana, Kentucky and Nebraska
make positive report that there will be
"practically no giving up of the crop.
In others of the western states, notably
Kansas and Missouri, a few days more
are necessary to determine whether it
will be advisable to plow up fields
whose appearance is dubious.
Nebraska Prospects Good.
Notwithstanding the reported de
crease in area in Nebraska, estimates
are made that the crop will be 50,-
000,0,00 bushels, altho the government
allowed only 42,000,000 in its Decem
ber report. Conditions and prospects
in Oklahoma are reported by C. V. Top
ping, recently of the Oklahoma Millers"
& Grain Dealers' association, whs
says the acreage is normal and that
the damage is not more than 1 per cent.
In a small area in Longan and King
fisher counties, cutworms caused a loss
ranging from 5 to 40 per cent, accord
ing to the experiment station reports,
but notwithstanding this, wheat grow
ers predict there will be a record yield.
Gram men saj- there is not more thn*
5 per cent of the 1905 crop still in
hands of farmers.
The Kansas state board of agricul
ture is not in possession of facts re
garding losses of area by winter kill
ing, but most of the reports coming
in are that these losses are not large.
General conditions are said to be mate
rially better than they were in Decem
ber. Indiana wheat emerges from the
winter period with better prospects,
than for the corresponding period for
many years, the improvement over De
cember's outlook being one of the in
teresting phenomena of the crop year.
The state bureau of statistics, estimat
ing the acreage on incomplete reports,
makes the figures 1,972,942 acres, or
nearly 600,000 acres smaller than the
government report had it.
SEEDING IS NOT BEHIND
Work in North Dakota Will Start
About as Usual.
Special to The Journal.
Grand Forks, N. D., April 9.Pres-
ent indications are that seeding will
dbeir-in'Nofth" Dakota this year ~a*
abobf the usual time, the -middle of
April. In the southern counties, on the
rolling lands of the James river val
ley, and west of the Missouri in
spots there has been a little work done,
but it will be well into the week before
seeding is genera, and this presumes
there will be good weather in the
meantime.
The owners of low lands are feeling
particularly well pleased, as thousands
of acres that could not be reached at
all last spring are how dry, and will,
with good weather, in a few days bs
fit for seeding. This is the case in the
Argusville country, which was probably
the wettest in the state last year, in
the section at the base of Pembina
mountains, and in the several low
stretches on the Minnesota side where
there was great loss last year by ex
cessive moisture.
In the aggregate the amount of
plowing done last fall was immense
proportionately it was probably up to
the average. Ward county figured mors
than any other in the crop estimates of
the northwest last year, and the same
course will doubtless be followed this
year, as much of the land that was
broken last year will be cropped this
spring and that section will furnish a
constantly-increasing proportion of the
crop of the northwest.
Durum wheat will be an important
feature in the crop of this year. Seed
grain men report immense demand for
it, and the acreage will be very large,
RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD
Seeding Checked by It in the Bed Rivss
Valley.
Specials to The Jvntml.
Fargo. N. D., April 9.Seeding ope*,
ations in this section of the state wers
brought to a stop by a steady rainfall
for twenty-four hours. The fall was.
not excessive, but sufficiently to wet
thorolj' the soil. Those farmers who
have seed in the ground are pleased
over the soaking, but the others'are not
feeling so well,
Fergus Falls, Minn., April 9.AI
a steady, soaking ran began falling Sun.
day morning, and continued without in
terruption the entire day. Seeding,
which was just beginning, will be de
la-yed several days.
Aberdeen, S. D.. April 9.This see
tion was visited by a gentle rain on
Sunday, which will put the ground in
excellent shape for farming operations.
Seeding has been in progress about ten
days and the outlook for an early sea
son is excellent.
Colds relieved without a jar witl
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Ta^
Best for Coughs. Moves the bowels,
A liquid cold cure.
Go to New York on the Lehigh.
Double Track Scenic Highway. Con
nects at Buffalo or Niagara Falls with
all lines from the West.
Write Passenger Department, Lehigh
Valley R. R., 218 South Clark St., Chi
cago, 111.
It's character in men and quality in
commodities that wins nowadays. The
peerless quality of Pickwick Rye has
earned for it first place in the ranks o
whiskies.
Hoodwinks the Oculist. Madden Bye
Medicin cures eyes. (Don't smart.) 25s,
Electric-Lighted Sleeping Oar.
In their new Pullman sleepers, fresh
from the greatest carshops in the world,
the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
is confident that it has reached the
acme of perfection in the equipment of
its Chicago service.
These cars being new, represent in
their construction every detail of com
fort, elegance and sanitary excellence
which the best inventive brains of the
country have been able to devise.