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ft 1 1 ft & THE JOURNAL VOLUME XXVIIINO. 831. -LUCIAN SWIFT, I S. MeLAIN, MANAGHB. I EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY DAY 1 STTBSOBIPTIOW RATES BY MAIL. Dally and Sunday, per month 40c Dally only, per month 25c fiQnday only, per month 15c 87 GABBXEB OUTSIDE THE CITY. i Daily-end Sunday, one month 00c BT OAEHIEE IJT MINNEAPOLIS AND SUBURBS. i Dally and Sunday, one month 45c Betraking Law Enforcement. The tracing of these alleged crimes lias resulted in a curious number of ad missions of put-up stories, or of sud den panic in which an imagined high wayman became terribly real. The i stampede which had all but gotten un der way was started too early. The reaction has come already. The scare cannot be Started over again. Meanwhile the people have not lost sight of the real issue which is the en forcement of the laws. They have i not been blinded to the fact that Mayor Jones has done for them what no mayor ever did beforesuccessful ly demonstrated that the laws can be enforced and that nothing is lost there by in real value to the city, while money, character, order and morality greatly gain. Bidgway's declares that it will eventually present a comparison of the police records of Haynes and Jones. The Journal hopes it will do so and do it before the election. A car load of paper devoted to that subject would be a good thing. Bryan ha? given his Indorsement ""Tb^ Roosevelt, Hearst, ^Folk, Cummins, La Follett.e and ^oml. Johnson. This marks. TheSundayJournal Yesterday Carried More Local Display More Classified More Real Estate Display and More Total Advertising: Than any other Sunday Newspaper in Minneapolis. Merchants Use The Journal Most Because It Gives Them Most Results. Ridgway's devotes this week one of those potent fourteen carloads of pa per to local matters. It was, of course, to be expected that such an amount of paper dumped in one spot would have a crushing effect. Minneapolis is crushed. Not merely by the paper, but by the weight of the thoughts in delibly inscribed thereon. From Eidgway's one learns that the issue in Minneapolis is not the lid, but police piotection. Having learned this from Mr. Haynes, Bidgway's immedi ately proceeds to inform Mr. Haynes that learned it from Eidgway 's. No matter so long as these two immortal luminaries of public thought have agreed upon tho issue let all others stand aside. If they do not they are liable to a double crushing, from a car load of paper and from a Haynes' speech. Either is sufficiently fatal, but together they must be annihilating. We did not know that there was any controversy between Mayor Jones and would-be Mayor Haynes as to the necessity of police protection. Mayor Jones has not denied his responsibility for the police. On the contrary he has proclaimed his intention to beconsolation judged by his police administration, and he is prepared to compare records with the last administration in that re gard. Mayor Jones, however, takes a broader view of police administration than his critics. He takes the ground that it is the business of the police to enforce the laws which the state and city declare to be within the scope of the police. He has enforced the laws. He has stopped the raid of the Sunday saloon on the pockets of the laboring and wage-earning classes to the tune of $1,000,000 a year. He has stopped the raid of the public gambler upon the pocket and the honor of the wage earning and business classes to nobody knows what extent, but qertainly to as much as his raid on the Sunday saloon restored to legitimate trade. Mean while he has organized the police force to take care of other sorts of crime. The total testimony of business men is that the city has never had a better police force. They saw its work dur ing the Grand Army week when the immense crowds present in the city were handled adequately, and when petty and major crimes were almost entirely absent. They saw it in state fair week when the same excellent con dition prevailed. A attempt has been made since the political cam paign waxed warm to show that the police were inefficient, that criminals stalked unmolested thru the city. Some of these crimes were real. Many of them were faked up for the occasion. ^M^MmmMi^ 'V B^sy4Va~ VfckM tti 'Vi'ifili'ri'i'iinri iiTTT got their Inspiration from the democratic platforms trussed up by Mr. Bryan, sub mitted to the people and rejected by hilarious majorities. Burton Off for Jail The spectacle of a man going from the senate of the United States to jail is an impressive commentary on the mutability of fortune on this little earth. Balph Burton, tho not a leader, was a factor in the government of 80,000,000 of Americans, and the rule of a dozen millions more scattered thru the islands of the sea. He was one of those bounceable flag-raising senators who never tired of the sound of his own voice nor wearied of the superior bombast of his own patriotism. But he was one of ninety who had the whip hand as the representative of a sovereign state which must be satisfied before legislation can proceed. Such a position in the world should have been sufficient to keep Mr. Bur ton's best foot forward. But it was otherwise with him. He fell into crooked ways. He says in his answer to the complaint against him that he had no intention of doing wrong, and did nothing more wrong than dozens of others. The same plea would empty the penitentiaries of forty-five states, if it was entertained. If we cannot en tertain it in the case of men of the middle and lower class, how can we ac cept it from a United States senator, an authority on the constitution and a maker of laws? It is shocking-, to see a man tumbled from so high a position* I is almost like the horror of seeing a man fall from a high building to certain death. But Burton has fallen, not because he was tempted adequately, nor because he had no light, but because of per verseness and proud egotism. He meant to be a law to himself. There is some in contemplating his falh He has become subject to the law he outraged. He has been ground by the system he helped to make. As he was greater than a clerk Who forges or a laborer who steals, the example of the superiority of the law which his case illustrates is the more vital. The JPittsburg Bre^ss says it is the born fool who does the accidental shooting on the hunting trip. While there may be some truth in this, it does not help much in the case of the party who is unable to stop the bullet with his person. A V'Man of Mystery.1* The American Magazine for Novem ber has an extraordinarily interesting study of Hearst, made by Lincoln Stef fens. To this writer, Mr. Hearst stat ed that his mission, as he himself saw it, was "to restore democracy to the United States." "Then you are not a socialist at all? "Socialism is unnecessary," he said quietly. "Its remedies are entirely un necessary. Take away privileges and. opportunities will be equal." "You mean governmental priv leges?" I mean the favors granted by gov ernment. Mr. Hearst outlined what he had tried to do with his papers and added: "Journalism is the .modern power, and it should express and guide the movement but I'm not so sure as I once was that it'will. If the political leaders, those who are elected to office, would do things, the press might be decisive. But public officials fail. I've helped elect men to office, helped in good faith and with fair hopes. Bu they didn't do much." He named some examples. "Why do you want office yourself? Was that an early ambition?" "No my early ambition was to do my part in newspapers, and I still pro pose to do a newspaper part. But when I saw mayors and governors and presi dents fail, I felt that I 'd like to see if I couldn't do better. I'd like to go into office, any office almost, to see if I can't do the things I want to see done." But after a careful study of the man, his methods, the men he gets around him and his newspapers, Mr. Steffens decides that "Mr. Hearst does not per sonify the new American spirit.'' In any event, Mr. Hearst is a very difficult man to understand. Even Stef fens, who thinks he gets at the bottom of about everything, refers to him as "the man of mystery." Perhaps if he got office once we might know more about himpossibly to our sorrow. The Croakers* Hill Improvement asso- Mr. Bryan a^ conservative, but it^a^^ Ration of St.-Paul will no dflttbjtltpasej |ag football under thft r^|fl^ ^Mfe^Look be understood "thai all these' greaC"m|p3^soratiohs ~a$P?ovine the fflertjrer,"d?^tft meat-packing' interests, as ^understands this means the removal of the awful offal business to England, Croakers' Hill is to go forward now with a 'ervgt. Paul. *\t$ i Shaw's Double Standard. Secretary Shaw is an accommodating statesman, "in New York, where the republican candidate for governor is lining up independent democrats to his support, he is, like Henrv George, for men, but'when he gets oven to Pitts burg, which is in Pennsylvania, ho is different. There the machine is fighting the fight of its life against an inde pendent republican, backed by the dem ocrats. I Pittsburg Secretary Shaw says: "In a republic like this, government must of necessity be by parties, rather than by individuals. Let me empha size the fact that it is of vastly more importance to know along what lines and. in haxinojiy with what, principles the applicants for public honors will proceed than to know the physical or mental makeup of the men themselves. We must place a political party in power as distinguished from putting politicians in office.'' "*v Surely Secretary Shaw Is- not going to have the nerve to .aay 'that all we have to do is to place a political party in powr? Are we to accept its nomi nations without question and pass on to the party the responsibility of get ting good results out of bad men? Penn sylvania has tried that with indiffer ent or bad results. I got Quay and Penrose by supporting a party rather than an individual. Mr. Shaw evidently overlooks the fact that the essential thing in a party is the men in it and the men leading it. The party is merely an association of men. Men are the active agents of parties. The mental makeup of the men who represent a party become of first importance. Mr. Shaw is away behind the tiipes in trying to shunt to the background the critical examination of the makeup of the men who offer themselves as applicants for public of fice. At least the chauffeurs ought to be able to run down, some of the burglars. Censorship in Libraries. There is a practice in some public libraries in England that is being sug gested for adoption on this side the water. Librarians are "blacking out" from the newspapers left on file in the library certain portions which are not considered best for young people to read. The "poison-" is carefully ex cised so youthful readers will get only what is good for them, and will read even newspapers with untainted mind. This censorship might serve Some purpose- if there were no other copies of the newspapers accessible, but when the papers are in common circulation it can only have the effect Of drawing at tention to the great black marks and setting the young readers out to dis cover what they missed. They will read the blacked-out sections with the greater zest because they are foibid den, and therefore, must be interesting. The English librarians "black out bet ting and racing news, in order that 'a taste for gambling shall not' be culti vated in the library precincts. -No doubt their well-meant efforts serve only to direct the attention of British boys to the subject of racing and bet ting on races. The way to turn the attention of boys and girls away from reading that does hot Improve' 4s not to/Thake^it forbidden, but to show them hdw interesting the gopd things are, and give them a bent toward good reading that will of itself exclude vitiating mentalidissipatjtfns. Would-be Mayor Haynes' position fdr and against the lid, for and against the gambler, for and against the police re mind one of the Irishman's dog, which would go "a little way down the road with every one that came along." J. Buttin Moran frankly avows that if he is elected governor of Massachusetts he will be after the presidency .next. The "if" in this case is at least suffi cient to keep "Wall street's head on straight. Mr Thugs beat Up' even pqpcom v2nde in St. Paul and took his casTi. An armor plaied popcorn wagon for use on the pUbhc streets is badly needed Ex-President Cleveland calls Hearst's nomination "an absurdity, not a calam- ity." It is to be hoped the vqters of New York are not humorists, .j^ ^v If there is anybody who did not regis ter at the primaries, let him remember that tomorrow is the day. If-you-don't- rcgister-you-can't-vote. Rear Admiral Bob Evans declines to indorse Triniti, the language without swear words He could* not fight a- battle in that tongue. The London paper which has been sued by Croker will soon learn the difference between knowing something and prov ing it. So beautiful an old paper as the Bos ton Transcript takes comfort for Hughes from the betting odds against Hearst. Fie! Miss Krupp thought it more blessed to give than to receive. She let loose of half a million dollars on her wedding day. ^A foot or so of snow in Colorado, iNew Mexico, artd doubtless a blizzard in Ner braska. Those murderous climates!. Walter Camp's son has been h^tjplay- Next to tfcftjLagfc WA pf/state Cm palgnthe Stgn'ai Wwdeublecf AetlVtty oit'sBtotti ^des*tl^titoittrict*prtinla5- StloiA HuWlrffa^TnJuble /ft-'qtf w,? Hearst franklv avows that he Kets 2 Hears frankly avows tna gets firm should he wish to change. .No. thanks, Mr. Hughes has no w^ish^to wear a Murphy collar. The claim is now made that the West Virginia leper who was shot at once or twice was poisoned It is not unpleasant to be sick but it seems to be absolutely dangerous in some sections. ti2tim^^'^t^^^^ ^^M^x^ 1 4British Ta False 'Campaign' Canard *tllt* Going the Rounds. Speakers todafcRepublican:, A- L. Cole and Moses E. Clapirat Bemldjl Knute Nelson at New Ulm J. F. Jacob son, morning at Bronson, afternoon at Hallock, evening at^ Kennedy Frank M. Eddy at Flalnview A. J. Volstead at Cottonwood 'Halvor Steehersoh at Ev ansville James A. Tawney at Janesville A. O. Eberhart in Washington county D. 'F. Reese at Mantorville. Democratic- John A. Johnson at El bow Lake, Glenwood and Morris P. M. Magnusson and D. M. Evans at Isanti Anton Schaefer ahd Fred E. Wheaton at Chatfteld Edward Peterson at Tyler Dr. A. J. Stone at Houston E. J. Winje at Mcintosh. Prohibitionist- The Tallyho, C. W. Dorsett and Oliver W. Stewart of Chi cago, at Carlisle, Erhard and Pelican Rapids, James Woertendyke at Whitefield W. J. Arnold and Pathfinder quartet at Freeborn county points. Only ono week of campaign activity remains when this one has been used up. Both sides are going into the fight this week with added energies. An extra force has been set to work in the head quarters. Republican headquarters put a dozen girls at work last week folding and mailing letters, whiqh will reach re publicans and urge them to get busy in every corner of the state. Today a new relay was set to work in democratic headquarters, and the state will be flooded with Johnson literature and let ters "this week. The republican commit tee is handling the press bureau wdrk and the personal letter business with more system and better effect this year than ever before. A larger corps of speakersW is on the road. Wnt i **M?? 5a?p !MKS l*h, to the aid McClear INelson the second. F. Jacobson starts out the Red River valley, and joins Gole in Crooks ton Wednesday. Frank M. Eddy, A. O Eber hart and all of the Minnesota delegation in congress are active this week on the stump, also C. A. Lindbergh and Frank Nye, the two congressmen to be. Governor Johnson strikes four different congressional districts this week. Today he appears at Elbow Lakei Glenwood and Morris Tuesday he is billed for Will mar and Litchfield Wednesday at Ben son and Montevideos Thursday at Sa cred Heart and QrtonviHe. Friday he speaks at Hastings in the afternoon and Winona at night -Saturday he will speak at Blooming Prairie and Faribault. Oth ers on the stump for^ the democratic ticket this week will be O'Brien, P. M. Magnusson, M. Evans, Dr. A. Pete and E. J. Winje. Bemidji this evening, tomorrow night in nated with n. rrn+P*mim. all\utt, tx'\, Grand Rapidfs The sixth district conference at St. Cloud Saturday afternoon was a rouser, and it wllL result }m a great republican Buckman men were, gerierallv for Cole pleased'^ith ^Lih^bergh's nomination, and will follow the advice of both Ja cobson and Lindbergh when it comes to voting on the state ticket. Friction has develosed in Otter Tail county bejtwfeen/the-county option wing, or the poijujists. j^W? supporting'Ole O Sageng jfor(othe state senate, and the' license (fpi ees or straight,y. democrats, headed/by John L. Townle Fergus Falls Townley6 wasn leading John- tW rof a 3 The democratic press bureau is still playing up strong thetor accusationn thast A Cole urged senators to vote against the reciprocal demurrage bill. It makes Sen nc denJe( th his -ccaiara_r,eady ma\de in New York and Cole neveer spoke to hismMon thee subject.' can give Mr. Hughes the address of the n F. Jacobson and C.-A. Lindbergh are going to wake things up ,at Sauk Center next Thursday night. Both men are popular in that town and vicinity, and they will have a great meeting. Charles B. Cheney. SYMPTOMS ARE^FAVOftABLE Alliance (Ohf6) Review. Harry Thaw's insanity Is said to be progressing favorably and isn't likely to be any better until hjs trial closes. DOES NOT SCARE .WORTH A CENT Chicago News. That preconcerted whoop for the an nexation of Cuba did not even jar Presi dent RoOsevelt S- THIS DATE IN HISTORY AMUSEMENTS MetropolitanJoseph Oawthorn in "The Free^. Lance." The impecunious -monarch is i^jfnar acter beloved of alV'Writers of *temrV opera from that &me fa which the*mem of mail goefo aot back. "His troubles, illustrated in song and jffanee and ]est, have made countless thou sands laugh. His efforts, to rehabilitate his frenzied finances, or lack of them, have formed the pivot of "laomie opera plots without number. The theme of the dead-broke king would thus, seem to have been quite exhausted. But there is the versatile Harrv B. Smith, veter an librettist, to be reckoned with. has now come to the front in "The tree Lance,"/with a decidedly original variant on the ancient theme. Not con tent with ono hard-up ruler, he has evolved twoeach with craftv designs on the other's supposedly well-filled ex chequer. The monarchs, in order to further these designs upon each other, arrange a marriage of their heirs. But the two, never having seen each other and preferring to wed for love alone, disappear. Whereupon the librettist, far from disdaining that other time honored device, the-substitute at the wedding, produces two substitutes for the proxy marriage. Working thus along old lines but in highly original ways. Mr. Smith has produced a cleverly involved and suf ficiently absurd plot. 'So rapidlv is it developed, however, that its logical end is reached in the middle of the second act, when the various subterfuges of the principals are exposed. The re sourceful Mr. Smith thereupon declares war between the monarchs and thus strings the fun along until the clock de crees the fall of the curtain. Were it not for Joseph Cawthorn, he of the pa latial trill and the mingled English, this plot prolongation might prove dis astrous. But Oawthorn is a whole show in himself and rescues the librettist from impending difficulties by concen tering the audience's attention on his own inimitable fun. His patter, com- pounded**.equally of jest and blunder, a an a 1{ tthe nJZl th but jtaS mayor of Fergus Falls he has identified himself with the liquor inter ests The democrats have no legislative candidates and are supposed to^Jbe sup-r porting Sageng, but Sageng is running on a county option platform, and Town lev and his adherents will not stand for him. Both elements are Johnson, and the trouble came to a head Thursday night when the governor spoke in Fergus Falls. The populists wanted Sageng to have fifteen minutes, but Townley objected, and there was a lively row behind the scenes. As Tawnley would not yield, Sageng had to and he was not heard from. Thru Sageng every effort is being made to round up the temperance forces in Otter Tail for Johnson On the othei hand it is reported that word has been passed down the line to the saloon in terests that If Johnson is elected and a county option bill is passed, he will veto it. Of course such a promise is unau thorized. Gjertse ha tha statement declaring that il the undeniably comic to0 Situation provided for him are illumi A rv ~a a flows as merrily and as spontaneously a "L Senator has gone ^TppifyfjflofSJ^oftffTtaS cially embarrassed rulers, but thejproxy bridegroom who was once a Samfeonian bandit, but who has been redueed by the loss of his hair to goat-tending. This furnishes the occasion for his best topical song, "It Was the Hair." For the score none other than John Philip Sousa is responsible, and', while it is not enriched by any great and striking march chorus, such as those that have made Sousa famous, its melo dies are charming and its harmonies ear-satisfying. While two or three of the musical numbers give promise of attaining popularity, there is'none that seems to have the distinctive Sousa ring, the lilt and dash that sometimes make a tune almost maddening in fts pertinacious recurrence tofreshness There is little of the5 awakening all over the district The companv andhabiliments. the chromatic gorgeous- primary campaign wa$ so vigorous that nes it was followed by a reaction, and it has [lieutenants in the fun campaign are been hard to get up much interest in the Albert Hall, who is agile, lithe and state fight. Things are in good shape, reminiscent Wolf Hopper, and however, and hard work will be done Georgeem Schilling,hewho plays the indi- from now on ,to get put & full vote. The #S 1 driginally, and while tYe Lindbergh men three indulge among other antics in a wefc generally far Jacobson, they are 17i. uriesquuigutterlymale nict dramatic art, Mrf 5 that George Sf Loftus, chief lobbyist blll pronounce Col one t.h ite sincere friends and a Strong force in favor of its passage. Many will see the original story who will not see the refu tation, and so the canard will accom phs=h its purpose. -8 OCT. 22 1685Revocation of the edict of Narftes. 1740--Slr Philip Francis, reputed author of the "Letters of Junius," born. Died Dec. 22. 1818. 1769-Thomas Cooper, South Caro Una statesman, born. Died May 11, 1 1840. 1777Battle of Red Bank. N. J. 1811Franz Liszt, musician, born. Died July 31, 1886. 1832Leopold Damrosch, musical conductor, born. Died Feb. 15. 1885. 1848 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, borh. 186eEmpress Augusta Victoria of Germany born. 1872Steamship Missouri burned at sea eighty-seven lives lost 1883^-Captaln- Mayne Refd* Writer, died. vWi 1902*T-Dnmark declined toV- sell West Indian -Islands' to the United]j States. 1904Russian tfalfi* fleet fifed,, gn Wishing fleet |n North sea,,- I the memory. and vigor with which he illuminated "El Capitan," for instance. Bu Sousa could not do anything badly, and, banal tho his themes may often be, they are handled in his own matchless style. The production is notable for the singing and acting strength of tho its Cawthorn' Pero*of wit a pained expression countenance quite appropriate. The the quartet ih- on that is foolish and su premely funny. Then'there is the cher ubic Jeannette Lowrie as the masquer ading goosegirl, who last nigh t' was sadly handicapped by hparseness, but who save evidence that in better vocal condition she would prove piquantly entertaining. Nella Bergen as the prin 'cesk is personable and ih the tw num' bers allotted to her exhibits a clear, sweet and flexible soprano. The oppo site role of the princ is sang charm* ingly by George Tallnian, in spite of of much vocal -opportunityo W. B., Qhamberlain. OrpheumModern Vaudeville. An interesting -story la unfolded to the-patronage of the rpheum theater this week. I is all about an adven supportjng turess who seeks to force her way into society by threatening a, one-time ad mirer and who is foiled in her at tempts by the reappearance of the one man she fearB and whom she had long believed to be dead. T^he pronounced interest in "The Ace of Trump s" does not, however, lie either in its plot or lines, so much as in the strangely quiet methods pur sued bj Bose Coghlan and Edwar Emery in presenting it. Practically devoid of action, "The Ace of Tiumps" is purely a dialogueand yet such is the power of personality and dramatic art that Miss Coghlan and her support held their audience yesterday from the moment of her first entrance to the dramatic finale. As an evidence that modern vaudeville is reaching towared higherTrumps'' things in Th Ace of is well worth seeing. That week-day audiences will more than approve of the playlet seems a certainty. Edward Clark has a "winner" in his impersonation of the race track toutreally an artistic bit-and he has other winners in his Winning Widows, who with their stunning costumes an graceful dances easily,won outkyesterd day. "The Piker as Clark styles the act, is a sort or boiled-down comic operaand a pretty one. Evidently of German birth and train ing, the three sisters Camar^s are probably the most physically powerful women ever seen on the Orpheum stage. The muscles stand out on their bare arms like knots on a tree, and they ac complish feats in hand-to-hand, head to-head and "three-high" balancing' heretofore reserved for the "stronger sex.' Trovollo is back at the Orpheum with his new ventriloquial act, in which he appears as the hotel clerk, and the dum mies prove to be very active guests^ elevator boys, bellboys and chance vis itors. The act is better and bigger than the one he showed here two years ago. "Terley" is an impersonator of so novel and artistic a method as to de serve the most careful attention, altho he is first on the program. Possibly because be followed the somewhat som ber Coghlan sketch, Charles Sharp with his "Doodles" )nakeup and his saxa phone and trombone -playing, was in enthusiastic demand, but Arthur Dem ing was sadly off form. The last kinodrome film, "The In dian's Bevenge," is a wonderful piece of out-door camera work and rounds out a most worthy and entertaining an niversary bill. Bijou"Young Buffalo King of the Wild West." There is something doing at the Bi.jou this week. High-hair melodrama, with all the trimmings, reigns supreme, the audience goes wild with excitement and torrid interest, and the "wild and wool ly west,'' as depicted in the lurid dreadfuls of Captain Kline,'WildBill'' Hickok and others, is faithfully por trayed. Tho the, scenes and actions might not be particularly familiar or homelike to "a real westerner,, the eater of melodrama the^worjd-over,-and the r|,PLEA *Ss**^l*J^ rto By W. W. Jermane. Lands for 10,000,000. provincial New Yorker^ including eafcfeh.. Prominent In the ^ast are Wtt- CharleS E. Blaney, the WOTOV mechanic buniHigby, jate of ,ihe Otis Skinner com- who pfut the pieces together, accept it' IP& artd Miss Margaret Brpwer, an as the Teal dope."- Jactegss of exceptional talent, ,f "Young Buffalo, K.-O.- JW* W" is really worth seeing, -tho, and affoeds ThA,Fraw^ey^iPja^ed jthetr owning ,MI- and produce abundantly. But parts of the reclamation problem are too large RECOtfM^THE^ SWAMP S Washington, Oct. 22.Legislation looking to the reclamation of the 60,- 000 000 acres of swamp lands in the United States is being agitated in and out of Washington during this recess of congress. Following the example of the people of Minnesota and North Da kota, the southern states are demand ing that the government do something to reclaim their swamp lands, as it has reclaimed the arid and semi-arid lands of the west. The greatest demand in the south comes from Louisiana. It is also echoed farther north, where there are immense tracts of swamp lands along the At lantic seaboard. The southerners take the ground that the federal govern ment is spending many njillious .in the reclamation of arid lands in the west by means of what they term "expen sive" irrigation, and is neglecting the vast areas of swamp lands their sec tion, that can be reclaimed at com paratively small expense by drainage. "It is said that Louisiana alone has a reclaimable area sufficient to sup port easily a population of 10,000,000/' says an editorial in the Baltimore Sun. "All along the coast from Virginia to Texas," it continues, "is an extreme ly fertile and productive strip of vast aggregate extent under shallow water. Here and there small portions of i$committee. have been brought under cultivation for local resources, and the Washing-'- ton government has a duty in the mat ter. Now that it co-operates in the west, where there is too little water, it is bound to co-operate in the south, where the cultivatable area is restrict ed by the presence of too much water. Begard for impartial justice makes this imperative." Seek Minnesota Data. Data as to the probable cost of draining swamp lands the ceded por tion of the Red Lake Indian reserva tion in Minnesota is now being gath ered by the drainage division ot the geological survey. Herbert M. Wilson, ehief of that division, has just re turned from Minnesota, where an in vestigation into the feasibility and cost of draining these lands is being made in accordance with the provision oft the Indian appropriation bill of last session, in which $15,000 was Bet aside to pay the expense of this in vestigation. While the field work is not yet fin ished, Mr. Wilson indicates that the cost of reclaiming these lands by drain age will be between $1.25 and $1.50 an acre. The full report will be ready for the consideration of congress soon Foy?r Chat. Miss Alberta Gallatin, starring in "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," the "The Wizard cf Oz." With its lealistic cyclone scene, the Scarecrow, the. Tin Woodman, and many other interesting features, returns to gladden thev INfSOUTH !*8?" Success in Minnesota and North Dakota Prompts Ask Government Reclamation for Millions of Acres of Land by DrainageMay Ask General Law as More Forcible Than Local Bills. there wasn't sufficient time to bring it up before adjournment. Bills Lost to Sight. Besides the Steenerson bill, one put thru the senate by Mr. Hansbrough North Dakota, providing for the diver sion of $1,000,000 from the reclama tion fiind for the drainage of lands in the Bed Biver valley was also reported, but it was opposed by Speaker Cannon and remained on the calendar at the close of the session. Another bill that was introduced, but which never saw the light of day after that, provided for a further diversion of $3,000,000 of the reclamation fund for the drainage of the Dismal swamp of Virginiai Nobody took this bill very seriously except the Virginia and North Caro lina delegations and it is probable that its present status will not be changed before congress dies by limitation on March 4, next. Southern members of congress, how ever, will not depend upon merely local bills for drainage, but will probably work for the passage of a general law, covering all the states in which there are large or small areas of swamp lands. A bill along this line was introduced by Bepresentative Steener son of Minnesota in the last session, but the members interested in it couldn't agree on all its provisions, so it was not acted on by the public lands Bepresentative Lacey Iowa, chairman of the committee, was also opposed to it, althon his state woultd 2PP? se a t0 18 0 benefl after it convenes in December, and it erected iB mentioned in the bulletin will be used in connection with the effort the Minnesota delegation will make to secure the passage of the bill introduced by Bepresentative Steener Bon for 'the creation of a drainage fund from the proceeds of sales of land in that state. Mr. Steenerson's bill was favorably reported to the house toward the close of last session, but swamp lands. an evening of exciting amusements I is the old rough and ready wild-west: show, with long hair, big guns and little guns, sombreros, "chaps." spurs, Indians, cowpunchers and nicknames, regalvanized and presented at consider able expense. It stands head and shoul-, ders above the worthless and degrading productions that exploit the terrible un derside of life in all its sickening de tails. I is at least alive and hearty, and exerts a healthier influence. The story centers about the romance and adventures of Young Buffalo, whose status in the society of Angek' Gulch is unknown beyond the fact that he is sheriff and beloved by all except the villains. Young Buffalo is exploited as a find of Mr. Blaney's and, while he would attract equal attention on Broadway or in Arizona, is still a hear ty, whole-souled sort of a grand-stand player and captivates his audience by his monstrous deeds of daring. He is certainly all to the picturesque with his long curls, frontier finery, his smile and his drawl that is evidently part of the acting. Tho there are loose joints in the story they are forgotten in the interest that follows the main action. The scenic ef fects, are pretentious and the company for the most part capable, tho it should be said that some of thetbinor charac ters outshine the principals. Em Bosalie as Wild Nell, sister and deputy sheriff to Young Buffalo, is a bouncing lass who makes a hit much larger than herself. The rough and ready cowboys and miners seem some of them real actors. Charles Drake, as Judge Grit, is a hardy, staple char acter and glistens with all the bril liancy of a gem of the first water be side his partner, Maggie Meredith, who does a lot of work as Mrs. Miles Mc Carthy, widow. Eugene Lii Rue is a satisfactory heavy, and hated by the gallery. A raid on any amateur schqbl of acting should produce a more satis factory Kate Morton. Miss Brewer is new in the part, it is said, but above that is personally entirely unadapted to it. A realistic piece of work is done by Antoine Provost as the renegade Apache assistant of the villain. doubles behind the scenes as interpreter foV the real Indians, who add color to the show and afford some novel and in teresting variety. Wednesdav afternoon the Indians will receive on ther stage following the per formance, a custom that was intro duced in Minneapolis by another band of Indians since departed. play built from Charles Majors roman- Houston, San Antonio, Beaumont and tic story, comes to the* Metropolitan for I hearts of young and old at the Metropolitan the first half of nsxt week. The SJ'U sale for the engagement begins Thursday morning. ''Behind the Mask," a romance of Col orado, by Edmund Day. will be presented at the Bijou next week under the direc tion of Stair and Nicolai T.he play tells a strong story of a young secret service officer who falls in, love with the daugh teS^qf a wealthy resident of Denver, and later dtsc6vers her father to be the nom inal head of a syndicate of crime which he^feas been specially detailed to run to Last Monday's ladies' special night at the Lyceum proved to be such a popular success that Mr Frawley has decided to continue them every Monday. There will be acts that are funny and acts that will take one's breath at the Unique this week. The management has secured a line of star attractions which make up an exceptionally strong bill. The acts are different enough to prevent sameness, and yet blend harmoniously together. The change in program was made with this afternoon's performance, and will continue thruout the week. EMMA NEVADA IS WARNED Famous Singer in Sunday Magazine Re lates Some Startling Adventures. Emma Nevada, the sweet singer who carried the name of her birth state into the world of music in both Europe and America, contributes a delightful chap ter of her reminiscences. It was Mme. Nevada's good luck to have had a num ber of adventures which all resulted happily, altho they were planned as tragedies Her first 'appearance in Spain was to have taken plage at Siene, but a few days prior to the perform ance she received a scrawl, warning her not to go for "the night the theater is opened it will be blown up with dyna- mite." Perhaps it was her good friend who warned the authorities, for it is a fact, that immediately before the opening performance five men with a quantity of dynamite were found uii der the stage plotting the theater's ruin. But Mme. Nevada had many" pleasant experiences in Spain, wher* she was the frequent guest of Queen Christine both at Madrid and elsewhere| She came in close contact with royalty* and has many amusing and interesting episodes to relate. Her meetings wita stage professions everywhere"eveningethnol continent, and delightfu spent with great composers, are filled with memories that every reader will delight in having retold. Texas and Louisiana S27.50. Tickets on sale via the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad to Galveston, or the half week commencing Thursday Lake Charles, La. Dates of sale, first evening. Miss Gallatin has the assist ance of a strong company, altd the pldy is costumed and mounted 3n superb fashion. Arthur, Tex., New Orleans and *rid third Tuesdays of each month, lim ited to thirty days. Liberal stop-over privileges. Bates equally low td points in the west and southwest. For full particulars call on J. O. Bickel, G. and T. A., 424 Nicollet avenue. California Tou'.lst Oars and Cheap Tickets. Save $15 by going via the Minneap olis & St. Louis railroad before Oct. 31. Rate applies via all direct routes. Tourist cars are Pullman's latest models, offering all possible comforts. Bate for double berth only $6.75. Before purchasing your tickets csll on G. Bickel, G. P. and T. A., 424 Nicollet avenue. Winter Tourist Bate. The, B.ig Four Boute announces a low tourist rate from \3hieago to Florida and Cuba and many other souther poii^tJ^fastest tifee^^^Jahlcseivm^ "i.m. Wain arrives early, secox Inquire of %&erge W.^Ale Mnger AganiLjfew. Ydrk^e iss office'Sift IKe^lletrJsr, M' ,qr P. Spinjngf Gerierll Nor rtif aitho his state woulof uderst ood tha by suchs legislation to a larg als wa Speaker -Cannon wasn't exactly friend ly to the proposition, which helped to delay action, as it was known that there wouldn 't be any chance to pass the bill even if it had been reported to the house. Suggests State Co-operation. In a recently issued bulletin, the geological survey suggests that the co operation of the state and national governments can easily be brought about in this matter, and points out that the topographical surveys already made afford a basis for drainage re clamation projects. I is said that differences of elevation on the topo graphic maps would indicate to an engineer the probable results of con structing drainage ditches in. certain places, and that but little further in vestigation would be necessary to en able experienced men to prepare com plete plans for most of the projects. As an argument in favor of federal aid for reclamation in places where private capital is not available, or where the projects would be too large for the in dividual or corporation, the great en-' hancement of values in reclaimed lands in California and other places where drainage works have been The advocates of drainage legislation say they may not get what they want during the short session, but they won't be discouraged. They point out that the western members worked for years before the irrigation act was passed, and they are prepared to make a long fight for the reclamation of tho gagement of ""The Crista" yesterday to crowded houses. At the matinee and the evening performances standing room was at a premium, and hundreds of people were turned away. The play is delight fully staged and artistically presented. Miss Lillian Ethel Norris as Virginia Carvel makes a bewitching heroine, while Henry C. Mortimer as Stephen Brice, and George Hassel as Judge Whip ple, also do acceptable work. I m~