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LONDONJournal on file at American Express office. 3 Waterloo place, and U. S. Express office. 99 Strand. PARISJournal on file at Eagle bureau, 63 Rue Cambon. DENMARKJournal on file at T7. S. Legation. ST. PAUL OFFICE420 Endlcott building. Tele phone. N. W., Main 230. EAST SIDE OFFICECentral avenue and Sec ond street. Telephone, Main No. 0. TELEPHONEJournal has private switchboard for both lines Call No 9 on either line and call for department you wish to speak to. NO. 4. I went to a city to investigate the claims of two competing papers. One was a penny paper with a cir culation of about 40,000, and the other was a 10-cent-a-week paper, with a circulation of about 30,000. For a week I followed the carrier hoy of the 2^cent home paper block after block thru the city. You can imagine my surprise when I found that this paper was delivered to over 80 per cent of the homes, and often not a single house an en tire block would be missed. What is still more remarkable, almost in variably, either on the stoop or at the window, some member of the family would be watching for the favorite paper. In talking with these people, I found that they re ferred to it as their paper. This paper, I noticed, was not pasted, and 1 was informed that this was omitted at the request of the sub scribers, so that the paper could be divided and read by more than one member of the family. Extract from address delivered botoie the national convention of Newspaper Circulation managers at Toronto, June 7, by M. Lee Stark, publisher xVmerican Advertiser and pait owner of the Paul E. Derrick Advertising Agency. S Strikes for Revenue. The grand juiy of Cook county is learning how strikes are marie and how called off Chicago. It would appear that there is a price upon peace and that by paying it employers can enjoy repose and the confidence of their em ployees until the walking delegates get "'hungiy, when there will be another stuke. The Journal hesitates to accept "this theory as the basis of strikes and their settlement generally, but it is pre pared to believe almost anything of Shea and his gang in Chicago. The revelations about Shea which are gradu ally coming out, the disreputable places in which he is found and where he transacts the business of the union, his personal character and all will, when perfectlv understood, make the work ing men of Chicago pretty sore on self constituted leaders. Shea might be an accident. But is there a system of starting and stopping strikes for revenue? This is the more important question. The testimony of the man Driscoll is that he has for years been employed as a go-between When the leaders wanted money they threatened a strike, and when the em ployers settled, there was no strike. "if they did not settle, there was a strike, and then the leaders began again to get terms of compromise. Meanwhile, a lot of pawns who did not know what the whole ruction was about, were out of their jobs and their fami nes were in danger of starvation. It would seem as tho the labor move scnent was deeply concerned to purge itself of this grave stain. The law can not do it all. It can expose the facts, but it will remain with the labor men to clean corrupt carrion out o"f their i own ranks. ?i i Peace took the first hurdle handsome I ly, but the course is not run yet. 8 I Value of a Name. I Some time ago the card of the old New York bunking house of Vermilye, that used to appear inThe Journal, dropped out of sight, and many people i is because he has the reputation of be ing en honest man.^ ^^|y||^ Many thousands of American citizens have differed in view on many a Cleve land position, but no one has ever de nied the former president the posses sion of certain sterling qualities, that, it must be said, are all too uncommon in our time. These qualities are not un like those possessed by Boosevelt, and fundamentally "the two men are much the same, and such qualities stand out especially prominent at a time lik,e the present, when graft appears to be spreading and impregnating all society. These two instances are pf the kind that work for the salvation of the country. They show, to young men, too prone to take their ideals from tho money-grubbers of the day, that over and above all success and all promi nence, there is the, necessity for hon esty and integrity, for the achieve ment of any success that is worth the having. The June wedding campaign reminds papa that he is the man behind the dot. An Instance and Its Sequel. have'wondered, probably, what became cept on business principles. All the of it. The last of the Vermilyes died, -e-j and the firm name disappeared from the financial calendar. For seventv-five years the house had carried on business. I It stood among the great conservative I firms of the United States. Wars and panics had tried it sorely, but thru the times that sent other firms to ruin it stood like a rock, and always the name was a synonym for honesty and relia bility. In time the partners who car ried on the business after the passing out of the last Vermilye, split up into two firms and the question arose as to which should have the old name. So valuable an asset was the Vermilye name considered that the matter went I into the courts, and the result was that both divisions were obliged \o forego"its use, and organize firms under different titles. This was the best illustration in finance in a quarter century of the value of a good name. It appears timely to bring this up in connection with another illustration along the same linethe appointment of Grover Cleveland to trusteeship in the reorganized Equitable society. This nasty mixup has been settled in a way, and much reassurance has been given out, high financiers have thrown their influence upon the side of stability, and a world of matter has appeared favor able to restoration of confidence but the simple, fact that Grover Cleveland is to be "t the new control has more weight than all else put together. This Captain Norton Goddard, the man who enforced the antipolicy law in New York and sent the notorious Al Adams to Sing Sing, is dead, and in sixteen days after his demise, it is reported, policy is flourishing again. We sometimes become very tired of crusaders, of committees and of indi viduals who make it their special busi ness to enforce this or that law, but an illustration of this kind tends to reconcile us to their activity. Policy is probably the meanest kind of gam bling extant. In cities policy tickets are peddled about to the offices, in res taurants and barber shops. They are carried-abput by agents who get a per centage on their sales, and the business is as systematically worked as the so liciting of trade in any line, you might name. In this way the infernal temp tation is kept constantly before clerks, both men and women, boprs and girls. The investment is not large, it appeals to the gambling instinct, and the al most certain loss of the principal is not a deterrent. Mr. Goddard took "up the cudgels against this fqxm of gambling, and in five years of hard, unthanked and un popular work cleaned it out of the city of New York. In the course of his prosecutions the whole plan and scope of ''policy" was laid bare to the police. The informa tion was put within their reach where by they might forever bar the business from New York city. But they have not done it. The policy sharps and their miserable agents swooped down like harpies again the minute he was gone. Why did not the police of New York keep up the campaign against policy? Why? If the peace commissioners are to meet in Washington and adjourn im mediately to a convenient summer re sort, we put in a word for Lake Min netonka. In addition to being the best kind of a summer resort, it is neutral country. The people of Excelsior being on one side, those of Wayzata must be on -the other, and this makes Minne tonka neutral. Then Minnetonka is about as far from Japan as from Eus sia. It is fair ground on which to hold the peace talk. Besides, if the com missioners should get into a wrangle, there is always Will Dillman, the poet, to soothe them. Let's see what the Com mercial club can do on this proposition. Gayner and Greene, who robbed the United States government, by a new twist in the Canadian courts, secured another stay of extradition for six months. They are likely to die of old age before they exhaust the Canadian legal possibilities, but Uncle Sam is a "stayer." The uncivilized world was shocked this week by the announcement of the death of Tippoo Tib, late of Africa. Mr. Tib was quite a celebrated savage in his day and was prominent in a num ber of successful slaughters marked down against that continent. Fears are expressed in Chicago that the government may finish the Panama canal with the same celerity with which it has rushed thru the Chicago post office. Babies who saw the Chicago postoffice started are now growing whiskers. A remarkable case, says the Atlanta Constitution, is that of Ramon Eivera, who eloped in succession with four sis ters, deserted each and is now living happily with his mother-in-law. What is Mr. Eivera's lay, lecture or vaude ville? Mr. Dalrymple has let it out. Yo,u cannot run a business successfully ex- municipa* grafters are filled alternately with joy and grief over this biack eye for municipal control! Those Scotch are a canny folk. Dal rymple has learned enough by his trip to this country to enable him to reor ganize the whole Glasgow system of cars, and all at the expense of the mayor of Chicago. President James of the University of Illinois says college athletes never amount to much in after life. But no tice how much more space than the college presidents they get in tb^e be ginning of things. The overworked linguists are hoping there will be no serious difficulty be tween Norway and Sweden until they have indexed what they know about the Japanese, Eussian and Korean languages. The bullfight at Corriell college turns out not to have been made Spain. The bull was made in' Ithaca, out of the wardrobe of a deceased Guernsey, mounted upon basswood sticks. After the charivari had lasted for three nights, Hans Olson of Sands, Mich., shot into the crowd and the doc tors have picked eighty-seven bird shot out of William Moody. Good! 16 Friday Evening,/ THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. june 16, 1905. She rushed to the piano and pounded^ out "Hail to the Chef." King Menelik of Abyssinia'is claim-v ing that he is a descendant of Solomon and the queen of Sheba./ This may be so. As an ancestor, Solomon was a great success. ,r Nicholas is cutting off the heads of departments just likfc Weaver. There is nothing quite so effective with a weak man as the influence of a good example. The czar has fired his old Uncle Alexis, the high admiral. There wasn't much left to be admiral of, but the salary was running right on. It has been discovered that Boss Dur ham of the P/hiladelphia machine helped loot the city. The discovery caused no surprise at all. Autoists in Chicago ran over Mrs. Eliza Woods, breaking her back. Mrs. Woods very foolishly tried to cross the public streets. We understand that Admiral Nebo gatoff is not going home until the wire edge of his exploits in the sea of Japan has worn off. When James Dalrymple comes' to America again he will visit Denver. By that time Denver may be a safe place to visit. We have it. Let Morgan buy Norway and present the crown to the Metro politan museum. MINNESOTA POLITICS Brower Desires to Go to CongressA. L. Cole also Considering a Try for Buckman's-SeatHennepin Not Af ter GovernorshipBede's Patronage Troubles. There are going to be lively times in the sixth district again next year. From a source of information very close to the St. Cloud senator, it is learned that Eipley B. Brower is de sirous of going to congress, and that, in all probability, he will go after the nomination next year. While he has been considered frequently as a possi ble candidate for goVernor, his tastes do not run that way? and he prefers to continue his legislative career with an upward step. This means trouble for Congressman Buckman, for Brower is in every way a foeman worthy his steel. Last year an effort was made to bring Brower out, but Foster was already an announced candidate, and he did not care to chance a three-cornered fight, in which the man in office always holds the edge. Colonel Foster is eliminated now and Brower and his friends think the time has come. Anothei candidate may yet have to be reckoned with. A. L. Cole of Walker, the aggressive member of the last two legislatures, "has been boomed hard, and the latest advjees are that he is seri ously considering a try for congress. A certain nomination for the state sen ate from the fifty-second district awaits him, but the congressional plum is tempting, and unless Brower gets into the open soon, he may find the field partly pre-empted. Cole is a hard fighter and very popular in the north ern part of the district, where his ef forts on behalf of drainage* immigra tion and reform in state land sales have attracted much favorable attention. He is^not much known in the southern and mjjre populous part of the district^juut it is there that the strongest opposi tion to Buckman is found, and with a lively campaigner in the field the coun ties of Meeker, Stearns and Douglas are pretty sure to go against Buckman. If Brower declines to encourage gubernatorial boomers, it is conjectured that the genial Peter E. Hanson of Meeker, now seiving his third term as secretary of state, will put in a bid himself for the first place-on the ticket. The two are related by marriage, and would not allow their ambitions to con flict, but with Brower confining his at tentions to the sixth district, the Litch field man is quite likely to make a cast for the main prize in the state political game. The fact that several Hennepin coun ty men have been mentioned as possible candidates for governor has created an impression that this county is intend ing to ask for the nomination. There is no such intention or disposition mani fested in Minneapolis, and the self-ap pointed dictators who are declaring that "Hennepin need not apply," are wast ing their breath. Because a man is mentioned for governor, it does not fol low that he intends to be a candidate, and the local mentionees are all fighting shy. Alreadv sentiment for one or two outside men is being manifested in Min neapolis, and the generally expressed wish is that the next convention nomi nate some one, no matter where from, who will give the party a clean, able and tactful candidate, on whom republicans can unite. Speaking of the grain board of ap peals, a quotation was made in this column last week from the Winthrop News, saying that A. L. Evenson, the St. Peter member of the board, was a hardware dealer. This was evidently a mistake in names, as the man appointed on the grain board is a veteran eleva tor man. He has been with the Van Dusen interests, now the Van Dusen Harrington company, from 1886 until his appointment on the board last winter. Congressman Bede is having trouble over the appointment of the receiver of the Duluth land office to succeed J. M. Smith. Aitkin people claim that the place has been promised to A. L- Ham- ilton, editor of the Eepublican, while Duluth politicians are clamoring for the appointment, which will soon be due. Charles B. Cheney. WHAT CITIES ARE DOING Mayor Johnson of Cleveland admits that the first Step municipal owner ship in Ohio must be to elect a majority of the legislature fa\orable to giving the city the power to proceed. The demo cratic state platform will call for "en- larged powers of home rule for cities." The democratic ticket in Cleveland will stand on an ownership platform for the purpose of strengthening the propaganda. Red Wing, Minn., ha^ the first muni cipal theater in America. It is tne B. Sheldon Memorial auditorium, which cost $80,000, and which came to the city as a bequest from the late T. B. Sheldon, a Merchant of Red Wing. The will proyided that the auditorium should be managed for five years by a board of trustees and then turned over to the city council. It Is never to be managed for a profit, but al ways for the public good, and its proper entertainment and enlightenment. Mayor McClellan has appointed J. Ed ward Simmons, president of the Fourth National bank Charles A. Shaw, presi dent of the Hanover Insurance company, and Charles N. Chadwick of Brooklyn, members of the commission to look out for the pure-water supply for the city in -the future. Politicians are marveling at the courage of the mayor in appoint ing to these offices, which are worth $12,000 annually each, besides consider- (is 't"Jl^ AMUSEMENTS^ iskr^i Metropolitan"Mufctf Ado About Noth Ing." Great things are demanded by the the ater-going public of the-Marlowe-Sothern combination. The high standing of the co-stars, and their previous reputation for conscientious productions have led us to form a very high standard for their summer appearance in Minneapolis. In this expectation no one was disappointed last night. The delicious and sparkling old comedy in which Shakspere subdued the warring wits of Benedick and Beat rice was the first offering of the engage ment, and the stellar pair gave it a most satisfying production The play proved lodestone enough to draw hundreds from their cool lake cottages, and to All the theater with, an audience enthusiastic in spite of the heat and rather wearing waits between acts. It is a gratifying interpretation that Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe give of the two principal characters. The play is too often given with little regard to the meaning of the first passages between them, and it is treated as tho each is an noyed and repelled by the other's wit, un til the strategem of their friends makes each think the other madly in love, pro duces pity, and thus leads them at last to the tender passion. This reading makes Beatrice an impertinent minx, a malicious wit with barbed tongue, whose nature tinctlo by Rowlann Buckstone and with due senile petulance by Malcolm Bradley. Dogberry's clown ishness and malapropisms were highly amusing in Mr Buckstone's hands. The mounting and costuming of the play was pleasingly adequate last even ing*, the church scene being particularly elaborate. Mr. Sothern and Miss Mar lowe have done a public service by this notable alliance of theirs, giving the best of Shakspere in its best possible setting. "Romeo and Juliet" will be presented tonight and at the Saturday matinee, the engagement closing Saturday night with "Hamlet," in which Miss Marlowe will be seen here for the first time as Ophelia. More Wonderland Fireworks. A fireworks display will be added to night to the program of outdoor attrac tions at Wonderland. The attendance at the park is growing steadily as the weather becomes warmer. Additional shipments were recei\ed yesterday of ap paratus for the airship swing, and that device will be in operation within a few days. Strahl continues to make his sen sational dive from the top of the electric tower, and Duval his slide for life. Request Nights at Harriet. The Minneapolis Park band, whose sea son at the Lake Harriet roof garden opens Monday night, is to have a weekly request night, following the opening week, which will afford the local public the best opportunity it has yet had to express its preferences in band selections A letter box at the side of the bandstand will be placed at the disposal of those wishing to make requests and from these ex pressed favorites a weekly request pro gram will be arranged, which should be as popular as it is possible for anyone to make them. Foyer Chat. The opening week of the summer sea son at the Lyceum has been a notable one in many respects. The beautiful pro duction of "Francesca da Rimini," which the management promise will be a standard for the summer, is one of un usual excellence, and the personnel of the company is the strongest it has ever been. Three more performances of the great tragedy will be given, and next week Bronson Howard's "The Banker's Daugh ter" will be the offering. The Unique theater haS secured for next week Robert Eldredge, who makes beau tiful landscape and marine effects by scattering and rubbing colored sands on cloth. His specialty is realistic fire scenes, and he has selected for his Min neapolis engagement the burning of the Boutell block last winter as his subject. The regular weekly feature of an ama teur program is scheduled for tonight. Among the volunteers will be a mando lin club of twenty-two pieces. But three more opportunities are left lotaal theater-goers to witness the many thrilling scenes and sensational cli maxes introduced in "Nettie the News- girl," at the Bijou. The performances Saturday afternoon and evening will not only close the engagement of this play at the Bijou, but will also close the season at this playhouse for the remainder of the summer. Ji A NEW RIVER CHEAPER ^M^%r **t~ i When father came up the path lug ging the satchel of the new girl, Mrs. able appointing"powen men who are not]hapschannel it woulof be to a new est prices when the lowest prices are Jones did not lose her presence of mind, connected with Tammany. "riS&k r*ver. 'available. $4-*stfi Kansas Jgity Star. St. Louis wants $100,000,000 to deepen the thecheaper Mississippibuild river. Per- THE UNEASY CHAIR THE BRITISH SOLDIER, THE IN- DIAN AND THE SETTLER AT THE FOOT OF THE ROCKIES.Some strange tales are to be found in Carter Goodloe's At the Foot of the Rockies. In brief they are stories of the mounted police of Can ada, the ubiquitous Indian and the set tler, the three factors of life in the new country of western Canada. The author writes of what she has seen and learned on the ground. She has stories to tell and she tells them'in a way to hold the interest chained thruout. S changed only by pity for her victim. The Marlowe characterization, one, by the way, to which she has always held, shows Beatrice a saucy, madcap, sparkling miss, who enjoys the sword play of words like any game, and is secretly drawn to Benedick because he matches her folly and gives her good return. It is plain in the early scenes that they have been much in each other's minds during his absence. She queries the mes senger of him before he appears, and after .the first meeting Benedick praises her beauty to Claudio while rueing her sharp tongue. Out of all the company the*y seek each other out for wordy pas sages. The train is laid, and- the spark only is wanting. The soliloquy of each after the eavesdropping in the garden shows that tht new sensation is only a dormant passion fanned to flames. It then only wants the stress of the plot against Hero to break thru their masked reserve. Miss Marlowe, tho more mature in her charms, has lost none of her vivacity and expressive power in voice and face. Sharp speeches that would smack of vinegar if poorly read, have all the quality of piquant wine coming from her lips. She rises commandingly to the defense of Hero, and her appeal to Benedick makes a delightful scene, in which gusty out breaks of indignation alternate quickly with_half-surrenders and confessions of love. Beatrice is one of her fa\ orite characters, and it certainly displays tha Marlowe charms and abilities to the best advantage. Mr. Sothern's Benedick was delicious comedy. It was a delightful revelation to those who have seen him only in the tragic or romantic, and the impersonation was so perfect that thru most of the evening it was hard to detect Sothern. In the early scenes he was the sturdy soldier, piqued by the wit of Beatrice, but .carrying off his scorn of the weaker sex and the captured swain Claudio with cavalier disdain. His by-play in the ar bor scene was roaring comedy of the pan tomime sort, intensely funny, and in that its own justification, perhaps, tho from an artistic standpoint he doubtless would confess it a bit o\erdone. His reading of the lines was a perpetual delight, and he utilized every word and bit of business with characteristic attention and intel ligence. The serious business of the plot against Hero has only incidental interest, but re quires careful handling. Norman Hackett was successful as the weak, impulsive Claudio, ajid G. Harrison Hunter pleasing as the debonair lW\Pedro. Sydney C. Mather wa^caiher-^Orless as the vil lain, Don J^.%WilUgm Harris made a convincing &eohatp, pd_W. Crompton as AntofUo" gave a jioble portrayal of an old man's righteous wrath in his denun ciation of Claudio. Eleanor Sanford, petite and modest as Hero must be. won sympathy with her well-conceived hand ling of the church scene. The low comedy of the ignorant vil lage officers, Shakspere's burlesques on English justices, who blunder on the plot thru no fault of their own, was give with traditional *r fv VVYVYVVWV VXVVK Q. i MISS CARTER GOODLOE, 2 Author of "At the Foot of the Rockies." W i VV"'- One among the eight stories which make up the book deserves the attention of the Society of Psychical Research. It is "A Doubting Thomas," an account of an at tempt to capture an Indian murderer, whose evil genius seemed to warn him of the approach of the minions of the law, by telepathic influence, until the aid of an Indian prophet was invoked, and dis closed the hiding place of the criminal. We may have overlooked reports of the kind heretofore, but in this story The Uneasy Chair for the first time comes upon telepathy as an explanation of the keen scent for danger exhibited by the Indian. The theory as applied to the case of White Crow makes a good yarn, at any rate. There is not an unreadable line in the book. Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York, $1 50. THE WORLD'S GREATEST PAS- TORAL MOVEMENT.In 1884 nearly eight hundred thousand cattle (800,000, take a good look at the figures and ponder their meaning in horned beasts spread over a plain) were driven out of Texas northwestward into the feeding ground" of the new northwest. Andy Adams, au thor of "The Log of a Cowboy," In his new book, The Outlet, says it was the greatest pastoral movement in the world's history. S '"""'TVVTTTVf'fTVTTVV'O TVVf'4 ANDY ADAMS, Author of "The Outlet." Those were busy and picturesque days on 'the trails running northward thru western Kansas and on into the Dakotas and Montana. It is well that they have been made the subject of such books as those of Mr. Adams, faithful descriptions as they are of the great drives following the close of the civil war, when Texas cattle raisers sought an outlet for their multiplying herds. In the book in hand that interesting cowpuncher, Tom Quirk, in the employ of Don Lovell, has charge of-an exciting drive from Texas to Fort Buford, on a government beef contract, the account of which reads more like a novel than an account of daily work. There is more action and less minute de scription of detail, so that it is even more entertaining than "The Log of a Cow- boy," while just as circumstantial and veracious in its picture of the drive. Any one who loves men with tne bark on will enjoy reading Mr. Adams' descriptions of the tricks of the trade, the loyalty of man to man, and the good fighting qualities which are pitted against treachery and sharp practices in this life on the plains The spirited illustrations by Mr. E. Boyd Smith are as successful as those in the two previous books by Mr. Adams. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, $1.50. THE JOYOUS LIFE OF THOMAS DIX ON, JR.If one could pick the class of experiences he has found delightful after several years experimenting, and then go on living them, he would doubtless say that lifethat particular lifewas worth the living. He could even have a few hardships and reverses thrown in, and still not complain of his fate. As a proof, see The Life Worth Living, a Personal Experience, by Thomas Dixon, Jr. The book is a sketch, finely illustrated from photographs by the author, of his quest for a beautiful home and Its re alization in Elmlngton Manor, an ex pansive paradise on Chesapeake bay, after \ain efforts to find a home worthy the name in New York city. It is a call to the open life of the country. We may not all have the price of an Elmlngton Manor, hut so large an estate is not abso lutely essential to a life amid the joys of field and woodland. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, $1.20 net. DEMANDS OF THE OCTOPUS Kansas City Star. If the "standpatters" should demand of congress an act reauiring the Panama canal commission to purchase materials for the construction of the canal in Ameri can markets and carry them on American bottoms, what would congress do? Ac cession to such a demand would be a plain, bald delivery of the Panama com mission into the hands of the trust. It would be an unequivocal appropriation of public^ money for the payment of the hlgh- & U& *!&&{ l^^Mt- ^-S^SiU^^xfilMS^^^Bp^HH^ m^m m^^m &m!mm^mm^imimmm.m^m^^^aH^mmmm^m^mism^^ CITY NEWS. -V?* THINK DALRYMPLE HAS WRONG IDEA ALDEEMEN LAUD MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP SCHEME. Say the Scotman Wasn't in America Long Enough to Learn How Much the People Can Do When They Want ToCity Fathers' Opinions on the Situation Here. Minneapolis aldermen do not unani mously indorse James Dalrymple, the Scotch municipal ownership expert, in lis belief that municipal ownership is not possible or practicable in America. Several aldermen believe that the Scotch expert arrived at -his conclu sions rather hastily. Again, it is con tended that he does not know the prac tical omnipotence of the American peo ple, and, therefore, is in no position to say what they can or cannot do. His idea that the municipal ownership and operation of public utilities would tend to build up an impregnable political machine in every large city does not meet wit hthe approval of some of the aldermen. There is also a difference of opinion among the aldermen regarding the sit uation in Minneapolis. Most of them will admit that public ownership is an ideal which may be realized some time. Nearly all who were interviewed, ven tured the statement that the publically controlled water system of Minneapolis is as satisfactory as any in the country, and at less cost to the consumer. There is also a general sentiment to the effect that the gas and electric lighting utili ties will be the next to come under municipal control in the logical devel opment of the ideal locally. Few would advise any immediate at tempt at municipal control of the street railway system, even tho it could be made to pay from the start. The out side extensions now under wav would be practically impossible with strict municipal control. The municipality could not go outside of its own terri tory in the conduct of the business. Public control of the private manage ment of utilities is advised as the first step. What Aldermen Say. President A. E. Merrill of the council said: "While Mr. Dalrymple may be right in a general way, I will not admit defeat and complete surrender to pri vate control. This must be worked out by degrees and logically, beginning with public control of the water system and taking the lighting privilege next. It can be done." Alderman Duryea believes that Mr. Dalrvmple, in the length of time he spent here, could not possibly have cov ered the situation completely. think," said he "that Minneapolis could own and control its own streetcar system and that it could be done with out creating any political machine which would dominate everything. Alderman Nels Nelson, however, be lieved that the Scotchman was right. "We had better go slow on any such proposition," said he. I believe with Mr. Dalrymple that it would help build up a machine. Public employees ex pect a snap and the city could not hope to run the business as economical ly as a private concern." Alderman Chatfield also believed that in a gen'eral way Mr. Dalrymple was right. "No corporation or busi ness association." said he. "could or would conduct its affairs in the man ner necessary to conduct public busi ness. While the plan may be ideal, its practicability is another matter. Minneapolis has so far been most for tunate in its city departments especial ly those in charge of improvements and construction, but so faT it has never attempted anything that ap proaches total municipal ownership." A Machine Would Wear Out. Alderman Westphal has an abiding faith in the American people. "The foreigner is wrong," said he. "He cannot appreciate the fact that the American people sooner or later will have their own way and that the for mation of an impregnable and ever lasting machine is impossible if against the will of the people. I am a democrat, but believe that this should be done by degrees. It can be done, tho. Minneapolis could own and control and manage all the public util ities successfully. I am in favor of a gradual working to this end." Alderman C. B. Holmes also believes that Minneapolis can, if necessary, as sume con'trol of all public utilities, but would not by any means advise so radical a step at present. "The city can do much that it would be better to wait for," said he. A change of this sort is on the wav, and when it is demanded by the people, it will come. I do not take any stock in the machine bugaboo in this country for this reason: every time an alder ma'n gives one job he disappoints any where from ten to fifty others, who were after the same job You can't suit everybody. I also take exception to the visitor's statement that cities should give short leases. It would be better to make a longer term, but re tain for the city the right to buy and take over the property^ at certain per iods during the life of the franchise. Better equipment and service will be given when the companv or corpora tion knows that they will be treated fairly. Chicago is demanding a change to municipal control because of the poor equipment of the streetcar system. The trouble is in the short term. The company does not know that it -can renew its lease, and there fore, will not put good money into im provements of equipment." FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC University Summer School Provides Lecture Course of Wide Interest. Besides the full academic courses provided for teachers and students, .the management of the university summer school has made equally gejnerous pro vision in lines of general culture and entertainment which will be attractive to the general public. A course of six teen lectures will begin June 23 and continue, three each week. Two on vocal expression and four lec tures on art"Natu re of Art," "Ro- manticism," "Realism and Impres sionism" and "American Art"with stereopticon illustrations, will be given by Dr. S. S. Curry, president of the Boston School of Expression three on the practical application of art to the home and schoolroom, by Dr. J. Q. Adams, Evanston, 111. three by Dr. E. E. Sparks, University of Chicago, on "Limitations of Learning," "The Westward Expansion" and A Possi ble Interpretation of Abraham Lin- coln," and a series of three lectures recitals on Beethovenwill be given by Mrs. Ada Clark Merrell of Ripon, Wis. The course will be introduced by the lecture of Mrs. Frances E. Potter of the university, on "Queen Elizabeth," Fri day, June 23, at 2 p.m. Single admis lions are 25 cents course tickets, $1.25. The production on thescampus of two Shaksperian plays by Ben Greet and his London woodland players, the last week in June, promises to.be the most elabor ate and the richest program of instruc tion and entertainment that the univer aity summer school has -ever offered. WHAT BECOMES OF INSANE ALIENS? INSPECTORS OP IMMIGRATION HAVE LITTLE INFORMATION. Their Dujby Ends When the Unfortuiv?! 'nates Are Turned Over to the Steam' ship Companies*Law Works a Hardr ship Especially in the Case of Wo- menSeveral Recent Cases. "What becomes of the insane alien* deported?" is a question frequently asked of the United States immigration inspectors. When an insane immigrant is reported to the inspectors the tacts are sent to headquarters at Washington and the order oi deportation issued* The inspectors then take the patients to the port where the alien landed and a receipt is obtained. The insane are returned to their home land at the cost of the steamship company and* the gov ernment ceases to be responsible. Thru investigation by the State Charities Aid association of New York and the Associated Charities thruout the country it is brought to light that the deported aliens are often given a short shrift and that too many of the eases end tragically. In the case of young girls and women the situation is particularly unfortu nate. There have been sixteen aliens deported by the Minneapolis inspectors this year, several being women. The in spectors have made every effort to see that they are safely taken care of as far as their power allows. In the case of Bose Sylvester, known as Sister Aloysia, it was understood that a moth er superior from Chicago would accom pany her to France and the deportation was delayed a month. At the end of that time word was sent that the mother could not go, and a matron was secured to accompany her to New York. After she was placed on the steamer she was given a berth the same as any passen ger, altho she was weak and had' been deelared irresponsible. What her fate was when she was landed no one knows. A picture is easily conjured up of the unfortunate girl wandering, demented, in some seaport city of France. Another case was that of Peter Nel son, a paralytic, who was taken to Canada and left at the nearest point. The Canadian government could not be held responsible by the inspectors, nor could a receipt be secured. The in spector notified the charitable organi zations. W. D. Morse, the head of the immi-j gration service for Minnesota, Wiscon sin and North Dakota, received a letter today from the Swedish vice-consul in St. Paul, asking if information could be given concerning a Swedish alien who had been deported, and if anyone accompanied him across the ocean." The answer neeessarilj- was that there was no record of the case after the patient had been placed on the steamer. "It does seem to be pretty harsh treatment," said Mr. Morse today, "but the law exists and must be en forced. If there was no such law, all the insane in Europe would be sent to our shores. If there are abuses, the steamship companies should be criti cized. What they do with the insane we have no means of knowing. I sup pose that some of the aliens who live in the inland cities are dropped at the seaports. If friends are not notified, it is a matter for the government or the alien to take up. I should think in the case of insane girls, that they would be cared for in the hospital on the vessels, but I do not know whether thev are in all cases." I believe that in the investigations made by the inspectors, the names of friends in *.the home country -are taken," said 13.- D.,Solenberger, man ager of the Associated Charities, todav. "If that is so, the inspectors might be instructed to notify the friends by let ter. Als6, it might be said that many of the aliens would not become insane if they could be admitted to state in stitutions before they entirely lose their mental balance. They might be cured quickly, and if not^could be de ported before they become violent. In sanity is a disease of the mind and the patients should not be treated as crim inals. I understand that the Minne sota inspectors are particularly care- ful." V" MUSICIANS LIYE HERE FAMOUS PLAYERS FROM ABROAD ARE LOCATING IN MINNEAPO- LIS PERMANENTLY. Ample enlistments to the corps of high-class local musicians have Deen made in the past two vears. largely be cause of the organization of the Minne apolis Symphony orchestra and the Minneapolis Park band, according to reports turned in by some of the cen sus enumerators the past few days. In some instances their special re ports show that these musicians, most of them of foreign schoolingt have been so impressed by the possibilities of the city as a musical center that they have foregone engagements in other cities and have invested .their savings in Min neapolis homes. Among the cases on record are those of AchiUe Heynen and Robert Minsel. Heynen is a bassoon player whose ex- Eighest-classs erience ha been with many of the bands and orchestras of Europe and who played an extended en gagement last summer with the hun dred-piece Tyrolean Alps orchestra at the St. Louis exposition. Conductor Oberhoffer brought him here for the symphony orchestra season last winter and he liked the city so well that he has bought a house and lot here. Robert Minsel is a French horn so loist, whose engagements have been un der such famous European conductors as Nikisch, Reinecke, Weingaertner and Hans Winderstein. He has been in the "United States three years and came to Minneapolis about a year ago. He is also listed as a houseowner. Among others are Edward Erck, French horn player, and Cretienne Erck, fluegelhorn soloist, both Hollanders. VOTING MACHINE RULES Commission Announces Terms on Which Examinations Will Be Held. Professor John J. Flather, secretary of the state voting machine commission, has sent a letter to persons desiring to have their machines examined and passed on, setting forth the mode of procedure. Applications must be made in writing, after which a date for the examination will be fixed. With the application must come a duplicate set of photographs fully illustrating the machine, a description of its construc tion, of the method of operation, a state ment of the advantages attending the use of the machine, the voting speed claimed and the number of votes the machine will register, a list of places where and dates when the machine was officially used, a list of patent? under which the machine is built, and copies of the patents, and a list of state com missions which have examined the ma chine, with a report of their examina tion. The commission requires that the ma chine exhibited shall be complete, and must conform to the election laws or the state. Models and incomplete ma chines will not be examined. Each ex hibitor must send with his application the $150 fee required. 4,. mmmmmmmm u&^aAAuiLluM&ia. L3S jft .i.jiimma,Lmmi&fz*tvuejMmvMtt!gMs&x?maam.-