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A Great Theme.
The suggestion of Senator Washburn
that the charge of the First Minne
sota at the battle of Gettysburg be
made the subject of one of the chief
decorations of the new state capitol
is to be realized. Mr. Rufus H. Zog
baum of New York, a military and
naval artist, is to paint the picture of
that charge for the governor's recep
tion-room.
No artist could ask for a more in
spiring theme. No incident in the his
tory of the state is entitled to a more
prominent place in the decorations of
our new state capitol. Indeed, there is
no fact or event in the history of our
country more deserving of noble treat
ment by the hand of the artist.
Much will be expected of Mr. Zog
baum. His work will be studied with
more interest and perhaps more criti
cally than that of any other artist
whose canvases appear in the new
statehouse. He is here to gather ma
terial for his work, and should be fur
nished every possible facility to that
end.
i Joseph Leiter and John W. Gates can
not pass each other on the street without
smiling sadly.
Unsanitary Fruit and Meat Shops.
The passage by Chicago of an ordi
nance to prohibit the exposure of meats
on the streets in front of butcher shops
is but a reminder that New York has
had such an ordinance for some years,
and that it goes farther than the Chi
cago law. Not only is the exposure of
meats to the dust and dirt of the city
prohibited, but the exposure of fruits
and fresh vegetables and candies.
If there is anything in the germ
theorv of disease, it should be apparent
to those who have the city's health
on their conscience, that the absorp
tion of germs by articles which in a
raw state are io find their way into
the human stomach \s peculiarly dan
gerous. The unsanitary condition of
school buildings does not begin to com
pare with the disease-spreading oppor
tunities of dirty, dusty and disorderly
candy and fruit shops.
A United States dollar of 1794 brought
$140 at auction In New York. A dollar of
1904 looks pretty good, too.
The British Parliament.
The British parliament is quite likely
to be dissolved within the year and un
der the unwritten constitution of the
empire it would be dissolved today if
a new element of influence had not come
into the government. That element is
the personality of the king. Under the
unvarying practice of the British par
liamentary system a parliament is dis
solved in the last year before it would
expire by limitation. The present house
of commons is its sixth year and
seven years is the limit of its existence.
Another recognized principle of par
liamentary government is that the ma
jority in the house of commons shall
rule only so long as it represents
the sentiment of the country. This sen
timent is usually ascertained in the
bye-elections, which are held from time
to time to fill vacancies in the house.
In all the bye-elections for the past two
years the conservative party has
been defeated. It has lost twenty-five
members and the opposition has gained
twenty-five, making a difference of fifty
in the government majority. This of
itself would be enough to render an
appeal to the country imperative.
But recently the government has suf
fered a most striking reverse that
makes the case for dissolution clear. A
prominent conservative, already a mem
ber of the house, was appointed junior
lord of the treasury, an appointment
which necessitated his going back to his
constituents for the indorsement of a
re-election. The place he represented
was Brighton, tbry for twenty years.
In this chosen constituency the govern
ment was beaten by a majority of" 800,
showing a turning over of above 5*000
votes. The liberals have since demand
ed with renewed vehemence that the
government take the opinion of the
country, but Balfour refuses to resign.
i^f Some critics in this country have said
s&^it was because he wanted to hold office
fJ as long as he could, but this does the
1^! proud and disdainful Balfour an in
justice. It is more probable that he is
holding on at the personal request of
tg|the king, who does not want a change
Igij of ministry or of foreign secretaries
while the eastern war is in such a criti
cal stage.
The king, thereforetlcis the new powet
Wednesday!?Evening,
but Edward is giving a very fair imita
tion of a monarch who not only reigns
but rules. It is against the time-worn
precedents of the English system, but it
goes for the present because of the un
exampled popularity of the monarch
and because he is so much more capable
than any statesman in either party.
Up to date the umpire has escaped
"violence, but the aristocracy of the
bleachers rarely seats Itself Without a few
half bricks handy.
Government Rebates Lawful.
The decision of the attorney general
of the IMted States sustaining the sec
retary of the interior in his rebate
agreement with the railroads in connec
tion with the transportation of mater
ial for government work emphasizes
the peculiar relation of the railroad to
the public. While rebates granted to
individuals and constituting discrimina
tions between individuals are declared
unlawful because the railroad company
is in an essential sense a public servant,
for the same reason it becomes proper
for the government to receive conces
sions on regular rates. Whatever serv
ice is rendered for the government is
rendered for the public. Whatever
service is rendered for any particular,
branch of the government by the rail
roads, is service rendered by one part of
our system of public service to another
part, and there can be no question of
the propriety of concessions from regu
lar rates made to the government, be
cause it is in the public interest and
becauso the concession is made by a
public servant.
For this very reason, that the service
is rendered by a public servant, it is
manifestly improper that that public
servant should discriminate between in
dividuals or citizens. As a result of
the agitation f the railroad rate ques
tion we are sure to have a clearer ap
preciation' of the real relation of the
railroad company to the public, a clear
er appreciation of that relation not only
on the part of the public, but on the
part of the railroad official as well. Un
fortunately, in the mind of the latter
there has been a serious misapprehen4
sion of the facts.
Thls fine outburst of building activity
and brisk business seems to have occurred
with the saloon front doors closed on
Sunday. Strange!
Save the Cycle Paths.
The city council should go slow in
tearing up cycle paths. It is a mis
take to say that the bicycle has fallen
into disuse merely because it has
ceased to be a fashionable vehicle. The
fad days have passed, and compara
tively few people now go wheeling for
pleasure, but the bicycle is more than
ever the workingman's horse. Many
thousands of the dinner-pail brigade
go to and from their work every day
on bicycles.
The cycle paths were built from the
proceeds of selling tags, which were,
effect, an annual license on all wheels
using the paths. When the tags were
bought it was on the understanding
that the paths were to be a permanent
thing. At that time wheelmen were
banded in enthusiastic organizations,
which promoted the path building and
commanded attention from the council.
Since the bicycle has ceased to be the
rage and the clubs have died out, some
of our aldermen have made the mis
take of supposing that there are no
more wheelmen and that paths are not
needed. The thousands of individual
men who use paths today have no or
ganization, and no way of expressing
themselves in unison, but that does not
alter the fact that they are entitled
to consideration. The paths were built
for a purpose, and that was to provide
a passable road for wheels where the
streets were either worn-out pavement
or rough roads. The need for these
paths still exists in nearly every case.
They should not be wiped out with im
punity. Before vacating a path, due
notice should be given and full oppor
tunity for a protest from those who
make daily use of it. A little census
of the number of wheels traversing such
a path in the course of a day might
have an enlightening effect. These
paths were not built in a day and ought
not to be torn out unless their useful
ness has entirely passed.
A result of the lighting investigation,
which has just come to an end, will prob
ably be the passage of an 80-cent gas bill
for the boroughs of Manhattan and Brook
lyn, and a proportionate reduction in the
price of gas for the outlying boroughs.
The investigation seemed to show that 80
cents was a big price
For Economy's Sake.
President Eoosevelt, in his last an
nual message, uttered a wholesome
warning against the tendency to dis
regard strictly business principles in
the matter of governmental expendi
tures, suggesting that "the cost of
doing government business should be
regulated with the same rigid scrutiny
as the cost of doing a private busi
ness.
Altho congress did not see fit to carry
out this suggestion in its full integrity,
it did take steps to stop a method of
doing business which is not legitimate
and which, by reason of years of prac
tice and use, has come to be regarded
as sound in principle. This is the prac
tice of the government departments of
spending the appropriations for a given
fiscal year before the year is ended
and then depending upon congress to
pass a bill to make up the deficiency.
This kind of business has received a
severe check thru a provision in the
deficiency- act signed by the president
last March, which positively forbids
the government departments to spend
in any one fiscal year any sum in ex
cess of the appropriations made by
congress for that fiscal year, or to in
volve the government in any contract
for the future payment of money in
excess of such appropriations/ unless
the contract is authorized by law. All
appropriations made for contingent ex
penses or other general purposes must,
at the first of each fiscal year, be ap
portioned by allotments stretching over
the entire year. Violation of -these pro
visions, under the new arrangement, en
in English politics. ^Victoria reigned, tails upon the offender removal from' is a cheerful and remunerative sport. A
office and also punishment by fine and
imprisonment for not less than a month.
There is not a department of the
government which has not been in the
habit of ordering work to be done be
yond the limits of the appropriation,
and those who have been following
their own estimates, knowing that th ey
must bring in deficiency appropriation
measures, contemplate the strictly busi
ness law enacted by the last congress
with well-grounded dismay, for the rea
son that it is in force now fJftd ha,s been
since March 3. v^i
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If the punishment for reckless busi
ness methods is severe, it is deserved
it will no doubt be effective.
Miss Nancy Carnegie, who married her
coachman, is known in the family as
"Nancy the Silent." This coachman has
certainly drawn a prize.
Philadelphia Awaking.
Philadelphia life is not all humdrum.
The local Virgil of the baseball game
sings the adventures of the "giants"
the place of brotherly love. I was
a case of eggs an*d the men. When the
giants (ie., the New York baseball
team) reached the grounds, the popu
lace yelled "Where is McGann?". Mc
Gann having been warned, did no ap
pear. The people were sorry, as they
had something with them for McGann.
The game went off happily, and the
giants won it. All seemed well, but as
the visiting brethren' were leaving the
grounds, a boy heaved a quantity of soil
in the face of Brasnahan, who jumped
from the carriage and took after him.
The boy retreated in the direction of his
reserves, who were massed in front of a
grocery store with an eggcase for their
combined breastwork and ammunition
wagon. On came the enemy, Brasna
han in the front, closely followed by
Hanrahan, Minnahan, ami Hoolihan.
The orders were to wait till the ee
emy with their own eyes could see the
whites of the eggs. Soon all the Hans
were plastered with henfruit labeled
1904. Brasnahan, having a stand-ito
with the police, was arrested and taken
to the station whence, after fumigation,
he was sent home. The others at last
accounts were wandering about the
suburbs of Philadelphia trying to es
tablish a speaking acquaintance with a
few polecats. The New York baseball
players had always understood that
Philadelphia was a slow place, but they
are convinced that eggs will go to the
bad there as fast as anywhere.
The attempt to save Niagara is a diffi
cult undertaking. Too many Americans
think that the scenery has loafed long
enough and should be put to work.
An Efficient Police Service.
Judge Day, assistant to the attorney
general of the United States, who made
an investigation of political conditions
in Alaska last summer, urges strongly
the adoption of a system of police some
what similar to that of the northwest
mounted police of Canada. Outside the
limits of incorporated towns there is
in Alaska practically no police service.
There are occasional United States dep-,
uty marshals, but they are so few*and
far between, and their facilities for
an effective police administration so
limited, that the present condition of
things is, as Judge Day says, a stand
ing invitation to lawlessness."
While it is doubtful whether the peo
ple of Alaska would submit to the ar
bitrary and imperialistic rule of the
northwest mounted police, that organi
zation has certainly done wonders in
administration of the law in the Cana
dian northwest. No town of its size
is more orderly than Dawson, a far
frontier mining town.
One of the secrets of the efficiency
of the northwest mounted police service
is that the same organization extends
thruout all the territories. There are
subdivisions, of course, but the system
is substantially one, and a co-opera
tion of the various departments as close
and effective as between the different
police districts of a city.
A serious fault of our localized mu
nicipal police system is that criminals
are frequently passed on from one com
munity to another and receive immunity
from punishment on condition that they
take themselves out of the jurisdiction
of the police department of any par
ticular city. It not infrequently hap%
pens that criminals are harbored in one
community to prey upon anotherare
allowed to remain in one city with the
understanding that they commit no vio
lation of the law within that city but
confine their operations to localities out
side. To be even more explicit, it is
a long-established complaint against the
police system of St. Paul that persons
known to be criminals have been al
lowed to live there unmolested so long
as they have confined their criminal
depredations to Minneapolis, or at least
have not committed any offenses in St.
Paul and it must be admitted for our
own administration that criminals are
hustled out of town with little or no re
gard for the communities into which
they may be driven.
Under the northwest mounted police
system of the Dominion territories a
criminal is never driven from one place
to another. There is no object in doing
so. The same general police service is re
sponsible for preventing his operations
wherever he may be, and the organiza
tion is so thoro and efficient, that he is
as likely to be apprehended in a crimi
nal act in one place as in another,
while the closest co-operation in all
parts of the service is exhibited in the
pursuit of offenders.
If the state of Minnesota, for in
stance, could have such a system of
police organization, adjacent centers of
population could not harbor criminals
to prey upon each other. The organiza
tion of the northwest mounted police
is essentially military in character. The
standards are high and very strictly
maintained. There is probably no finer
body of military or semimilitary men in
existence anywhere in the world than
the northwest, mounted police^ which
contributed to the British* army during
the Boer war a number of the most ef
ficient and skilful officers engaged on
the British side.
The Denver News now concedes that,
with a steady market for silver at 65
cents an ounce, silver mining in Colorado
THEf talNNEAPoIIs JOURNAL
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few years ago it was contended by the
press ot Colorado that anything less than
$1.29 an ounce for the mining and smelt
ing of the white metal was a blow at the
constitution of the United States and a
crime against civilization, all of which
shows that people are always glad to get
twice as much for their stuff as it is
worthif they can. *f
The executive committee of tins state
federation of labor is up against the un
satisfactory results of a compromise ver
dict. It found Mr. Rogan innocent of the
Kelllngton charges and asked him to re
sign. Mr. Rogan will not resign, Having
been acquitted by the council he does not
believe it would be decent or grateful in
him to resign and leave his colleagues.
He will stand by {he men who stood by
him, and if there is any resigning to do
he will let the beaten minority of the
board do it.
A charivari party called on Sam Van
denbroeck of Lowell, Mich., by night and
kept it up so long and so fiercely that
Sam finally flred a charge of shot into the
crowd, wounding Frank Condon, Archie
Condon, Will Converse, Gottlieb Oesch
and another member of the party. Frank
Condon Js thought to be seriously wound
ed. The charivari is so offensive a form of
humor that homicide comes very close to
being justifiable.
Quist says he wouldn't take a million
dollars for that cent. It means to him a
verdict of twelve men ,Jn favor of his
reputation as against that of his assail
ant. Still he probably would not have
refused the other 499,999 cents if the jury
had been disposed to give them to him.
It appears from the reports that Banker
Bigelow had a son \h was a "high
roller." High roller la a somewhat am
biguous term, but it seems to refer in
some ways to jouths who are fond of
clgarets, chorus girls, wine suppers and
money they have hot earned.
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Have you noticed the Minneapolis ball
team? Snuggling right under the arm of
Milwaukee and with its feet on the neck
of Columbus. Let Old Brom take the
group picture this minute.
QueryIs one cent the measure of dam
age that can be done to the character of
Mr. Quist or is It the measure of dam
age that can be done by a statement from
Mr. Kiichli?
If you hear firing It may be Togo and
then again it may be a few railroad di
rectors falling off competing boards.
AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat.
Lawrance D'Orsay, whose performance
of "The Earl of Pawtucket" at the Met
ropolitan has been liberally patronized,
will end his brief engagement tonight.
Nat C. Goodwin's new comedy drama,
"The Usurper," is to be presented at
the Metropolitan tomorrow night and at
the matinee on Saturday. Friday night
Mr. Goodwin will appear in "An American
Citizen" and the closing performance.
Saturday evening will be devoted to a re
vival of "A Gilded Fool."
Creston Clarke in "Monsieur Beau
calre" will be the Metropolitan offering
for the half week /commencing Sunday
evening.
"Everyman," as interpreted by the Ben
Greet company at the Auditorium, is
proving a most interesting dramatic event.
Tonight "Twelfth Night" will be the bill,
with Mr. Greet as Malvolio. Thursday and
Friday nights, as well as Saturday after
noon, will be given over to "Everyman"
and Saturday night's bill will be '"The
Merchant of Venice."
Henri French, whose popularity in
European music halls is so great that he
played a continuous engagement of
eighteen months at the Empire in London,
is showing Orpheum audiences what a,
typical European music hall novelty act
is like.
"Me, Him and I," at the Bijou, has
scored a pronounced hit, and from be
ginning to end It is one round of mirth
and laughter.
Specialties in melodrama are generally
lugged in. Not so with the specialties in
"The Way of the Transgressor," the of
fering at the Bijou next week. They are
introduced in a logical and plausible man
ner.
Last evening at the Lyceum, Hennepin
council, Roval League, enjoyed "A Duel
of Hearts," given by the Ferris Stock
company. The theater was filled with
members of the order and their friends,
Miss Josephine Coles, the clever singer
at the Unique this week, has made a
very favorable impression. The pictures
ar6 far above the ordinary ones.
A FORCIBLE REMINDER
Nebraska State Journal.
Many years ago a woman at Crookston,
Minn., showed kindness to a young man
who wanted something to eat and had no
money to settle the bill. The incident
was long since forgotten by her, but she
was forcibly reminded of it the other day
when she received notice from the execu
tor of the will of this same young man
that she had been remembered to the
tune of $100,000.
STRANGE LOGIC FOR MINNESOTA
New York Tribune.
The St. Paul Globe, the only democratic
morning newspaper In that city, has an
nounced that it will suspend publication.
Judging from last November's election re
turns there isn't much of a field left in
Minnesota for an organ of Jeffersonian
ism.
NO "ANXIOUS SEAT" CASE
Indianapolis News.
The quarrel with Rockefeller is not that
he is rich, not that he has done wrong,
not that he is a sinner, as all other men
are sinners, but that he has given no sign
of penitence.
NOT A SPORT
Detro.t Journal.
The fact that James J. Hill, who can
control a half dozen American railroads
cannot afford to ran a newspaper may
mean something to our less charitable
readers.
STIR
A stir on the brink of evening,
A tint in the warm gray sky,
The sound of loosened rivers
And ^spring fcdes by.
"3A
stir at the rim of winter,'
A wing on the crisp midnight
A herald from dusk to gloaming
I la northward flight.
&,- A stir In the dawn re-arousing tl ^1*?^
-j The wild nndeparted unrest,
"Sf-To forth In the springtime and follow
l?S The Infinite quest. 3j&^ Jv?7 *HK%
A stir of thex
golden April. JMf
By Indian wllldw and Stream, *Fwm
The sap goes upward with morning
.And death Is a dream. #&*
,'m** Miss Carman^
THE UNEASY CHAIR
RECONSTRUCTION IN VIRGINIA
AND THE NEGRO'S FUTURE, AS SEEN
6Y A VIRGINIAN.Captain John S.
Wise, whose father was a governor of
Virginia, which place he left in order to
command a division of the confederate
army, who himself fought for the south,
and afterward became governor of Vir
ginia, ^ind who therefore knows Virginia's
story of the reconstruction period, has
told that story in a new novel, The Lion's
Skin.
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CAPTAIN JOHN S. WISE,
Author of "The Lion's Skin."
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"The Lion's Skin" Is more history than
novel. The romance is a slender thread
which is quite lost sight of at times, yet
which is of sufficient interest to keep one
who is not greatly interested in Virginia's
reconstruction woes at the business of
reading. The prominence given to his
tory in the story gives a general Impres
sion of discursiveness, but if one reads the
story for its light on the negro problem
he will find that the author sticks closely
to his main purpose.
On the race problem Captain "Wise says
some very striking things, which coming
from him should have very considerable
weight. For example, as to the outcome
of the race problem, he makes his chief
character say this:
Outcome! The outcome has come. The south
erners have disfranchised the negroes and the
northern people have not the slightest purpose
to interfere. They have already acquiesced In
it. Republican talk to the contrary is mere false
pretense. They dare not try to undo it. They
know that sentiment In the north is against
them.
In time the negro will probably get fair pro
tection for his life and" fair protection for his
property. He never will get an equal voice in
the government of any state in this country north
or south. That is as certain as fate. And the
negro Is so constituted that he will be content.
God made him so. That's all there is of it. A
thousand years of argument will not change the
result. It is as plain now as it ever "will be.
Rather strong language is that, but the
reader of the story and of recent litera
ture dealing with the same problem can
easily see how such conclusions might be
reached and how they may prove to be
true. At any rate, they are worth con
sidering when we are weighing the prob
lem of the fclack as a^whole.
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York.
$1.50.
A NORTH DAKOTA POET OF BOY.
HOODFloyd D. Raze, principal of the
Buffalo, N. D., public school, sends The
Journal the following verses describ
ing graphically an experience common to
boyhood. Barring the "duckin' 'twixt the
blocks o' ice." we have been there and
know the experience of an early April
plunge:
'TWUZ APRIL.
'Twuz April, thirty years ago,
The tenth, if I remember,
But Jest ez cold ez ever wuz
The tenth day of December,
When spite o* caps an' spite o' felta
An' overcoats to kiver.
Us kids at school broke camp an' all
Went rlkin' to the river
We bolted down to Bally's bend,
All goln' in fer beatin',
Off with our caps an' coats an' socks
An' other things fer heatin'.
An' piled 'em all up on the bank,
An.' spite o' twist an' shiver,
"Ker-choog, ker-choog, ker-choog!" we up
An' dlv into thet river.
Whew! Want thet fun! You bet your boots
The liver a brimmin'.
An' duckin* 'twixt the blocks o' ice,
We all begun a-swimmln'.
Fer sev'ral minutes, more or less,
W-e kept right on a-goln',
Till someone yelled frnm off the bank,
"What a-i-r y-e-ew fellahs doln?"
With fear an' tremblin' out we bounced
Some thirty seconds later.
Each lookin' jest e'zackly like
His ma's horseradish grater
Gee, crackey! but 'twuz beastly coldj
Our symptoms grew alarmln',
But teacher stood thar on the bank
An' guv us all a warmln'.
FABLES OF WOODS AND PLAIN
Ernest Thompson Seton has written and
illustrated an attractive little book which
is called Woodmyth & Fable. The ani
malsof course, there are animals in it
talk like human beings, little less wisely,
and from their conversation and lives are
drawn the morals without which fables
would not be fables. Besides fables, the
book contains wisdom versified for easy
remembrance and ready future use. Of
such verses here Is a sample1
Sheet-lightning Is for summer heat,
It never strikes the ground
Crain-llghtning comes with danger fleet
And thunder's awful sound.
But prithee be not tioubledy
It need not cause you fear
The thunderbolt that kills you
You will neither see nor hear.
Quite right, no doubt, tho we've never
experimented. But what about the thun
derbolt that falls near enough to tear
your nerves Into tatters, to say nothing
of the house over your head, by some
freak, leaving you untouched in the midst
of a pile of ruins?
But that aside, the "Woodmyth & Fa
ble" Is a book that holds much to please
the lover of forest and field
The Century Co., New York. $1.25 net.
HE MAGAZINES
A Question for Lawyers.Caleb Powers,
convicted in Kentucky for the murder of
William Goebel, writing in The Reader
Magazine for May, submits an Interesting
question to lawyers. He says:
In March, 1901, the court of appeals granted
me a new trial, but divided along political lines
the four republican judges concurred in a ma
jority opinion In favor of the reversal, while
the democratic judges voted to sustain the lower
court and handed down" a dissenting opinion, in
which the position was taken that I was guilty
of the crime charged against me and that my
substantial rignts had not been violated. The
dissenting opinion, stripped of legal verbiage,
said that whatever errors the lower court had
made in the trial of my case were not of seri
ous moment, as I was a guilty criminal and had
received no more than my just deserts.
I do not state It as a fact, but I am told by
lawyers of unquestioned ability that mine is the
first case In the history of the state of Kentucky
where any appellate judge handing down a dis
senting opinion ever took the position that the
appellant (defendant) was guilty of the crime
charged against him and that his punishment was
deserved. Did it ever occur in any other state
in the union?
I submit to the legal fraternity of this and
April 26, 1905.
^S^^KJCS 1 fiSgr
other states the question here discussed for a fair
aud candid judgment.
Every Garden Should Have a Toad.If
you want to keep destructive insects out
of your garden, get a toad. The Garden
Magazine for May says:
"Get a toad. He is the best insect killer
of them all. A single toad is worth $20
to a garden."
THE MADEIRA CONCERT
Addison Madeira, who, altho he has
been a resident of this city and promi
nently identified with its musical inter
ests for several years, has never ap
peared here in recital, was heard last
night at the First Unitarian church,
in a program that thoroly demonstrated
his ability as a singer and versatility
as an artist. The program was as varied
as it could well be, and yet in every
phase Mr. Madeira was wholly satisfac
tory and adequate. His voice is a
resonant vibrant barytone, perhaps less
lyric in qaulity than might have been
desired in the "Evening Star," from
Tannhauser," but for this very rea
son more satisfactory in the recitative
and arie from the '"'Messiah.'5
The artist's first song was an old
Scotch Bong, "Sir Patrick Spence,"
seldom, if ever, heard here. It was ad
mirably adapted to the singer, effect
ively calling into action his dramatic
abilities. Two ballads by Hawley.
Mv Little Love"~ and "Daisies,''
were exquisitely sung, bringing out
their delicacy and sprightliness. The
last half of the program was devoted
to a reading of "Enoch Arden," with
the Strauss musical setting. In this,
too, Mr. Madeira was wonderfully fine.
His voice is rich and sympathetic, and
he avoids the tendency, sometimes ap
parent in the reading of this work, to
be melodramatic. His interpretation
was the best, undoubtedly, ever heard
here, and his enunciation both in the
reading and the music numbers, was
without flaw.
Olaude Madden assisted the artist of
the evening, by playing the Grieg
"Sonata in F,'' and it was exquisitely
done, the second movement especially,
being eiven with a delicacy and sure
ness of touch that were almost mar
velous. His shading was beautiful and
his technique flawless. The "Prize
Song," from Wagner's "Meister
singer," was also beautifully played.
Mme. Alexandra Hollaender-Fahne
stock played for both Mr. Madeira and
Mr. Madden, and proved one of the
most successful accompanists ever
heardhere. This was especially true of
the Enoch Arden, where so much de-
Sime.s
end upon the musical interpretation,
Fahnestock will prove a great
acquisition to musical circles here.
There was a large and appreciative
audience present.
Howard Boardman.
THE UPHAM RECITAL
A large number of friends of Mrs.
Frederick W. Upham of Chicago, for
merly Miss Helen Hall of this citv,
gathered at Plymouth church last eve
ning to greet ner and to hear her in
a song recital in conjunction with Ver
non d'Arnalle, the barytone. The oc
casion was a delightful one, and the
recital one of the most interesting ever
given here.
Mra. Upham's art has broadened meas
urably since she was one of Minneapo
lis' favorite singers, and she has grown
more artistic and more satisfying. Her
voice still contains that pathetic note
which formerly characterized it and
makes ^t so appealing. It is essentially
a ballad voice and has not to do with
the tragic and dramatic in music. Three
Brahms songs formed her first group,
while Strauss, Tschaikowskv and El-
fIrs.
ar contributed to the second group.
Upham was most delightful in
the Strauss "Dream in the Gloam
ing and sang the Elgar "Sea Pic
tures, with a keen conception and an
adequate interpretation of thi beauty,
Mr. d'Arnalle was somewhat of a
surprise. He has a fine stage presence
and is thoroly musicianly. His voice
is a lyric barytone of wide range and
a warm, rich timbre that is delightful.
The "Pagliacci" prolog was the open
ing number and was sung smoothly and
without effort. Indeed, his conception
was marred by lack of life and feel
ing. The remainder of his numbers
Mr. d'Arnalle sang to his own accom
paniment. In some instances this was
an improvement and in others a de
cided oetriment. An accompanist who
is thoroly en rapport with the singer
is almost invariaoly a great assistance
in tho interpretation of music one who
is uot, isj ust as truly a detriment.
The "Erl King," by Schubert, as
sung bv Mr. d'Arnalle to his own ac
companiment, was an example of the
dct rimer resulting from self-assist
ance. Too much care was expended
on the accompaniment, and his judg
ment as to the tonal balance between
voice and instrument was not correct.
The group of folk songs from Lower
Biittuny, on the contrary, needed the
accompaniment by the singer to com
plete their weird beauty.
Hamlin Hunt accompanied Mrs. Up
ham, and the "Pagliacci" number for
Mr. d'Arnalle, delightfully. Mrs. Up
ham was literally showered with roses,
and responded gracefully to a number
of encores.
Howard Boardman.
HE LESSON OF THE WAR
Chicago Inter-Ocean
It is admitted in the United States and
in Europe that at the crisis of a titanic
struggle battleships are to turn the scale
one way or the otherthat the determin
ing factor in this war, as It has been in
other wars, Is sea power. This was the
lesson for us in the war of 1898. There
is the same lesson for us In the Intense
interest of the whole world in the coming
naval battle In the far east. Will we
heed it and keep strong in warships?
TOOTHLESS BRITISH LION
British Medical Journal.
We regret to learn that the army coun
cil has decided to abandon the experiment
of providing recruits with artificial teeth,
*hich was begun a few months ago. The
experiment has confessedly been a fail
ure. It looks as tho the British lion may
within a measurable time be no longer
able to show his teeth to any aggressor,
for the good reason that he will have no
teeth, natural or artificial, to show.
SOME GOOD "PLANKS"
Boston Globe.
The New York Sun has many corres
pondents who devote their time to mak
ing palindromes, or phrases that read
alike backward and forward, like "No, it
is opposition." These men ought to get
together a great job a platform com
mittee for a certain political party awaits
them.
RUSSIAN WAR OPINIONS
Russkiya Yaseta.
A year ago many of our officers said the
Japanese were not men but monkeys.
Today these monkeys have not only beat
en the Russian army in a series of bat
tles, but are also the cause of the slow re
generation of Russia and of her emanci
pation from the yoke of officialdom.
HEARTSTIR
Oh, to throw off the incuhns!
Oh, to laugh long and free as tho I *iad blonde,
curly hair!
Not to care a damn for men or fate,
To feel myself an elemental force, cne with
rain, sunshine and wind.
kt\ Philip Green Wright.
4 "PLAY BALL!" &%%*-
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iCITY NEWS
ACTED AS ROUSTABOIIT^
A MINNEAPOLIS MAN SHOWED
SAILORS HOW TO CONDUCT AX
OCEAN UNEB.
Stoking in the furnace holes of ocean
steamships and working off apologetic
Marconigrams at a rapid rate to be
lated
passengertsi
left on
tirely new
SHE WENT TO MOSCOW
ON THAT BORIS TRAIN
"Boris is a good fellow,*' said
Heloise Titcomb, the South American
beauty now singing at the Orpheum,
when questioned concerning her experi
ences in the party of actresses that
accompanied Grand Duke Boris part
of the way on his trip to Port Arthur.
"Reports of that trip have been ex
aggerated. We only went a little wav
pust to Moscow. Boris is a close
friend of a friend of mine, and that
is how I happened to join the party.
We had no intention of going to Port
Arthur. "We all liked Boris, and when
it was suggested, at a little party the
night before his departure, that we
should accompany him, the proposal met
with general approval.^
"It was a short trip, but a menry
one. The train went very fast, and the
companywell, they were not at all
slow, themselves.
"The Buss is a splendid fellow, and
I am awfully sorry that the war is
going the way it is. I like the Rus
sians and enjoyed myself every moment
I was in St. Petersburg. I did not like
Moscow so well.
The theatrical business is bad in
Russia just now. The Russians are
very religious, and while the Buss
drinks himself to sleep at night, he
gets up in a prayerful mood in tho
morning. The nobility is staying awav
from the theaters at present, giving as
a reason the loss of life and spilling of
Russian blood at the front. They do
not think it a time for the lighter
pleasures, and as a result the theaters
are not doing a .heavy business.
"Now, ay that we didn't intend to
Sut
all the way to Port Arthur at all,
that we just went out to sav
what is it?bye-bye^to Boris. We had
a good time, but not such a good time
as the English newspapers said wo
did."
AGED WOMAN DRIVEN
TO CELL FOR SHELTER
Deserted by her nearest relatives
and brought to a strange city to shift
for herself, Mrs. EmeTine Smith, 83
years old, was compelled to seek shelter
at the central police station last night.
The police are trying to find the per
sons who are responsible for her care.
She was brought to Minneapolis pre
sumably from Breckenridge, by a young
woman" who placed her in a cab at the
Union station^ and asked that she be
sent to the residence of R. A. Smith, 816
Beacon street SE. The young woman
after giving the cabman a note to be
delivered at that address disappeared
and has not been seen since.
The cabman took the aged 'woman to
the Beacon street residence, but accord
ing to his storv, the people there re
fused to admit her, tellrog him to take
her back where she came from. He
then took her to the central station.
Twice before Mrs. Smith has asked
shelter at tne Central station, but on
those occasions it was supposed that she
was merely visiting relatives in the
city, and had lost ner way. She is
childish in her actions, and the police
suspect that her relatives are shifting
the responsibility of her care. The
Breckenridge police officers have been
asked to get her history.
1
IN JUDGE THAYER'S MEMORY.
The United States circuit court of ap
peals, which convened yesterday In St.
Paul, was adjourned Immediately by
Judge Walter H. Sanborn until after the
funeral of Judge Amos M. Thayer at St.
Louis, Thursday. Judge Sanborn, Judge
W. H. Van Devanter and Judge W. C.
Hook, who have been associated on the
bench with Judge Thayer, left for St
Louis last night, where they will attend
the funeral.
AN ARM GROUND OFF.
Henry Melsner. employed by Swift & Co.
at South St. Paul, lost his right arm yes
terday while feeding one of the grinding
machines. The cogs caught his hand and
his arm was mangled to the elbow before
his associates could release him. He was
taken to the St. Paul city hospital, where
his arm was amputated.
STATESMEN'S MILEAGE
Boston Herald.
The Oklahoma legislature will not per
mit its members to accept passes for
transportation and at the same time col
lect money from the territory in payment
mileage. That is an example that
might well
states.
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places, S3fcr
Outfieldyour and base*
Season's first call:
"Play balir*
Chicago
i
shorereportor 7
are en-
stnts" in the
of W. B. Chandler, city ticket agent
of the 800 line at Minneapolis.
Mr. Chandler, with G. H. Warren, has
just returned from a three weeks' trip,
taken to get a ride on the first two
turbine steamers ever put in the trans
atlantic service. Chandler descended
into the avernus and shoveled coal for
a time. Tempted by the rattling of the
Marconi apparatus, he brushed up his
old knowledge of Morse gained in the
Milwaukee road's service years ago at
Portage.
The Minneapolitans rode from St.
John, N. B., to Halifax on the Vic
torian, and from Halifax to St. John
on the Virginian. In each case the
steamer was making its maiden trip.
The next trips will be made up the
St. Lawrence river in the Montreal
service.
"The Victorian and the Virginian
are the finest and most elegant steam
era of their class afloat," said Mr.
Chandler today. "They are the first
turbine engine steamers to go into the
Atlantic service, and they are a per
fect success. There is no vibration
from their engines. To be certain the
steamer is moving, one must look over
the rail. I also inspected ten other
ocean steamers on my trip/besides the
St. Lawrence river steamers Toronto
and Kingston, and the Eastern States
and the Western States, running be
tween Detroit and Buffalo."
be followed in some
TIME LIMIT ON ORATORS
Baltimore Sun.
A man who has anything interesttng
and edtfylng to say ought to be able to de
liver his message to the public in twenty
minutes.
GRAND JURY SURGERY
Boston Globe.
rK
NeSftB*** comes from Chicago that the
prices of beef are now to be probed in the
grand jry investigation, sir* Consumers
would rather see them cuL
Philadelphia Record. 3
President Roosevelt is having a say
time. He plays as hard as he works,