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In January,
1906,
The Journal made a gain
over January, 1935,
as follows:
23%
in Local Display
38% In Foreign Display
37%
in Classified
71%
in Real Estate and Land
30%
In Total
THE JOURNAL
VOLUME XXVIIINO. 78.
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Lincoln, the Preserver.
There is this difference between the.
birthday anniversary of Abraham Lin
coln and that of any other great man
whose natal day has been hallowed,
that the churches seem to have taken
a special interest in the Lincoln cele
bration, while the other days have
been mainly left in the hands of th
politicians. Jefferson and Jackson
days serve to keep the edge of politi
cal debate, while Washington serves tr
burnish the surface of our patriotism
But Lincoln enters into the realm
broader humanity which draws the fire
of the pulpit orator. Part of this may
be duo to Lincoln's martyrdom, but
in larger measure it is a tribute to
Lincoln's universal sympathv. N
other man has so appealed to the
great heart of America as Lincoln.
Prom the very bottom of the social
scale, he rose to the dizziest heights
of power without losing one iota of hi
homelv humanity. From the obscure
rural lawyer he emerged into the lime
light of the mightiest armed conflict
of modern times, became the arbiter of.
the destinv of a race and stood be
tween the republic and foes within
and without, yet never became any
thi ng more or less than Lincoln, the
man. I is this unchangable and es
sential manhood which sets Lincoln
in a softer and more roseate light than
any other national hero. He does not
dazzle so much as he warms, encour
ages and inspires.
I is not a hundred vears since Lin
coln as born and et the great change
which the world has undergone in that
time would, if foretold, have seemed
like a tortured dream. His part in
bringing about these changes was vast
and individual, for it as Lincoln who
conceived and who steadfastly clung
to the idea that it was his part to pre
serve the union, and in preserving the
union he laid the foundation for all
the other changes which have been
wrought.
Since the bull fight the Algeciras con
ference has settled down to the man
fight for which it assembled.
Not All Land Skinners.
The Duluth News-Tribune is a good
newspaper, but as the champion of the
lumber barons in the forest-reserve
movement it is gaining but few friends
and fewer converts.Pine City Pioneer.
Not all northern Minnesota is blind
to the real situation, apparently. The
zeal to strip and skin the land of its
timber that inspires the Duluth organ
does not enlist much sympathy from
tHose who realize what it means to
lay a great timber-producing area bare.
The people of Walker gave expression
to their sentiment a few days ago. The
neighboring village of Cass Lake has
been bitterly opposing the forest re
serve established near it by the gov
ernment. The Commercial club of
Walker passed resolutions asking that
the forest reserve area abput Cass Lake the general public has more to gain by
be thrown open, and that a similar, .^'"-elimination of the pass abuse than
Monday Evening,
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The
Sunday Journal
Circulation for the
month was as
follows:
January 7
63,155
January 14
63,750
January 21
64,182
January 28
67,501
Watch It Grow.
area be set aside near Walker for for
estry purposes. The Walker people are
anxious to secure the benefits that they
know will come in time from the re
serve. Not all inhabitants of the north
country are short-sighted land-skinners.
N news from Peoria is good news.
A Pair Illustration.
Mr. James W Davidson of Austin,
Minn., furnishes an argument in favor
of a substantial increase in the appro
priation for the consular and diplomatic
service. Mr. Davidson has been in the
consular service for a dozen years or
more, occupying important positions,
his last assignment being that of con
sul to Antung, Manchuria.
Like Mr. Hill, another Minnesota
member of the consular service sta
tioned at Amsterdam, Mr. Davidson has
worked at his job faithfully and has
made himself very valuable to the state
department and to the business inter
ests of the country. enjoys it and
would be glad to continue the service,
but the pay is so inadequate that he
can't afford to. After gaining valuable
experience, and becoming particularly
well qualified to serve the public, he is
forced to come home and go into some
more profitable business.
Doubtless there are a great many
men in the service of the government
in diplomatic and consular positions
who are paid all they earn. Until re
cent years our consular service has
afforded a place where men who are out
of jobs, but who had some political
pull, could be taken care of. But con
ditions of appointment have been
changed in some degree, and for the
betterment of the service. The pres
ent administration has let it be known
.that no one would be considered for a
position of this kind who' could not
show evidence of peculiar qualification.
It is apparent, however, from the action,
of Mr. Davidson that it will not be
sufficient to improve the quality of the
material with which the consular offices
are filled. I will be necessary to raise
the standard of compensation, if men
of the right kind are to be secured and
retained.
The matter, also, is not wholly one
of pay satisfactory to the consul. Men
of limited capacity might be satisfied
with meager salaries, knowing that they
could not better themselves, but even
they would be obliged to exhibit to the
countries to which they are accredited
that humiliating condition of which Mr.
Davidson complainsinability to main
tain a style of living and an official
establishment creditable to the great re
public. This also is an important con
sideration and justifies the contention
that if we are going to send representa
tives abroad to promote the interests
of trade and serve the needs of Amer
icans traveling abroad, and to dis
charge duties in the name of the gov
ernment creditably and satisfactorily,
we have got to pay what the service is
worth. The opportunities in business
at home are too favorable and inviting
in these prosperous times to make it
practicable to induce men of the proper
qualification to sacrifice themselves and
their prospects on consular positions as
they are now compensated.
The senate does not want pure food.
Perhaps it would let the rest of us
have it.
The Passing of the Pass.
While there may be no antipass legis
lation at this session of congress, as
indicated by our Washington dispatches,
the antipass idea is popular and will
some day prevail. It is said that the
Pennsylvania railroad has cut off the
pass business so effectually that only
thirty-seven passes were issued by that
company during the month of January,
the thirty-seventh going to an official
of the Canadian Pacific railway for use
between New York and Washington.
Of course, the issue of passes might
be covered up to some extent by the
use of tickets of a special kind, but
the inability of congressmen to obtain
free transportation indicates that, so
far as the Pennsylvania road is con
cerned, at least, the pass business has
been reduced to ve ry narrow limits by
comparison with what it used to be.
Our correspondent reports the alleged
announcement of Mr. Hill in New York
that there will be no free passes over
his lines after this year. This, it is
expected, will result in the transfer of
North Dakota political headquarters
from the Merchants hotel in St. Paul
to some place within the state.
The general public will view the abo
lition of the pass abuse with satisfac
tion. The railroads do not carry any
body for nothing. When one man rides
free, somebody else pays for it. But
whether the railroads adopt that policy
themselves or not, the Elkins law, pre
venting discrimination, is well calcu
lated to stop-the issue of passes if it
were enforced. A a matter of fact,
the railroads themselves. The railroads
have been able, by the free use of
passes, to pay for a good many things
which they could not buy in any other
way.
These are times when "ultra vires"
and "obiter dicta" cannot keep up
with their engagements.
popularity of the "Lid."
The "lid" is growing in popularity
as an adornment for Minnesota towns.
As already noted in The Journal,
there is a wave of sentiment in favor of
law enforcement passing over the state,
and even spreading thru the newer com
munities of northern Minnesota, which
have hardly passed the frontier stage.
Reform is the word in even the smallest
towns.
The village of Backus furnishes an
instance. Backus is a small trading
town on the Minnesota & International
in Cass county, and was credited with
ninety-nine people by the 1905 census.
It is the center of a small farming pop
ulation, which has moved in to occupy
land denuded of big timber. The Back
us chronicler in the Pine River Sentinel
says there is a rumor that Backus is
soon to have a bank. A lath mill and
box factory are being built, so Backus
is thriving, and its citizens have decid
ed to get in line. Hereafter the sa
loons of Backus will close at 11 every
night, and all day Sunday. The vil
lage council has so decreed, and has
orders are carried out. The saloons of
Backus must hereafter observe the
state law.
Count Boni in the act of soaking his
watch should be made a rush order at
the Gobelin tapestry works.
Organized dualities.
The association of charities is op
posed by some on the ground that char
ity is a personal function whose high
est exercise cannot be had by con
tributing money to an organization
which will undertake the business oi
relieving the needs of the poor. While
this is in a measure true, it is not a
truth which militates against the or
ganization of charity. The associa
tion does not wish to deprive the indi
vidual of the exercise of his good feel
ings toward those in need of his assis
tance. It only aims to help him direct
his charities in such a way that he
will not be imposed upon. There are
two kinds of charity cases with which
relief agencies have to dealfraudu
lent applicants for charity who make
a liberal income by working the gen
erous hearted, and deserving cases
which are never reported, and hence
never receive the attention which they
should have.
I is the object of association to cure
both of these defects in the system of
charity. With plenty of financial
backing it will employ competent vis
itors who will look up all deserving
cases and put them in the way of re
lief. It will investigate also all
frauds and warn the public against
them. Moreover, it will be able, thru
its organization, to give the deserving
poor the kind of aid they need. It
is so seldom that a case is covered
by a gift of money that the need of
organization is felt most severely to
correct the evils growing out of un
scientific charity. The city poor de
partment, the Humane society and the
Associated Charities in this city are
today in close accord in their work.
This is a fortunate thing, because it
brings together three agencies which,
working at cross purposes, would be
capable of infinite harm, where today
they are doing much good.
The court of record of New York state
has given a definition of what consti
tutes the practice of medicine. A defini
tion of this kind has long been sought by
the New York County Medical society in
its efforts to weed out some of the
charlatanry that goes under the guise of
the healing art. The
1 definition was
framed by Judge Joseph I. Green.
"The practice of medicine," says Judge
Green, "is the exercise or performance
of any act by or thru the use of any
thing or matter, or by things done, given
or applied, whether with or without the
use of drugs or medicine, and whether
with or without fee therefor, by a person
holding himself or herself out as able to
cure disease, with a view to relieve, heal
or cure, and having for its object the
prevention, healing, remedying, cure or
alleviation of disease."
If this decision Is not water tight as
regards the practice of material medicine,
it will be difficult to frame a decision in
words.
While Secretary Metcalf has been
conciliating the Chinese, it is reported
that one of Mr. Bryan's speeches has
enraged them again. Mr. Bryan said
he did not believe the Chinese would
ever be let into this country. This
statement of Mr. Bryan 's is profoundly
correct, whatever Mr. Metcalf may have
said.
Considerable may be forgiven to the
exaggerated poetic thought, but the
commercial muse carries it pretty far
in a Missouri paper when it bursts
into this lyric strain:
Methuselah was all right, you bet.
For a good old soul as he
They say he would be living et
Had lie taken Blank's Herb Tea.
"Many persons walk about this
world without knowing they are
dead," are words of C. Jinaradasa,
B.A., who came all the way from Co
lombo, Oeylon, to tell Now York about
"Heaven and Hell." Mr. Jinaradasa
has been visiting the United States
senate.
Effington, Kan., had a girl band that
made a big hit in all the county fairs
but the girls tooting the less-noisy in
struments were married off so rapidly
that the band could not hold together.
The Chicago saloonkeepers declare
they will permit an increase in the
license of $100 a year, but no more.
Have the saloonkeepers been asked to
name the figure?
The peach crop this winter is surviving
the sudden changfcf in a wonderful man-
Some Galesburg, 111., W. C. T. TJ. la
dies want the railroads to abolish the
smoking car. It might he Jfppd de
to olean it, anyhow. 'x,*^****
Senator La Follette's antipass bill
makes the railroad senators smile. If
they want to go anywhere they send
out a clerk and have him buy the iail-N
road to that point.
1
Coal tar and red paint are not good
for the stomach, but there is hope, as
the pure food bill has reached the sen
ate committee on the administration of
anesthetics.
appointed a constable to see that its i surance business, at least until the
fishing is better than it is now.
The seven sons who voted against
the "railway bill in the house are not
descended from the Sutherland sisters.
They have no prophetic gift.
Colonel Watterson says that there is
no great Kentuckian today. Dear
Henry, your modesty was ever your
most serious fault.
Democrats, as a rule, take little stock
in the movement to read Senator Pat
terson out of the party. The party has
no surplus.
Paris police cleared the people out
of a church bv flooding it. They'
should have taken ftp a collection.
Mr. Cleveland will stav' with the in-
Mr. Cleveland wants the doctors tc
tell the patient more. Sometimes the
doctor is an agnostic.
Kubelik received that delayed eable
It is a girlnot the cable, but what
the cable told about.
A man in Omaha stole a church bell
It is a mean man that would take toll
of the churches.
Russell Sage says that a man cannot
have too much money. Most of us have
noticed that.
Young John D., Jr., ought to take
up his father's lost condition with hia
Bible class.
Indianapolis is now getting cheaper
gas. Everybody gets cheaper gas but
father.
The count's name '^Bon-i" means
"little good." That fits.
What an auction Alice and Nicholas
might havel
THE LOBBY MUST COME INTO THE
LIGHT
Nebraska State Journal.
The present winter will probably set
a new record for antilobby legislation.
New Jersey's reform senator, Colby, nas
proposed a stringent law for the. regula
tion of lobbyists, and Ohio, New York,
Mississippi and probably other legisla
tures will consider measures of various
kinds looking to this end. New York pro*
poses to copy the Massachusetts la^*,
which requires corporations or other
groups of individuals desiring to appear
before legislative committees to register
the names of thete, agents, their purpose^
and the amount 'or mondy 'they spend, at
the office of the secreta/ry of state. The
Gradys and othersiOf hfer ttk In the legis
lature have announced tfhelr opposition to
the measure, from which we are fairly
entitled to infer that it is a pretty good
sort of law.
ANOTHER ANARCHIST LOOSE
President A. B, Stickney.
They have distributed to the public
billions of nominal dollars engraved on
bits of paper and thus have become the
possessors of wealth. A few men have be
come enormously rich and conspicuous
They have speculated and boomed stock.
They have built houses with the. most ex
pensive luxurious furnishings. Nothing
seemed of value which is not expensive.
So some have divorced their old wives
and bought younger and more expensive,
wives. Those are the contributions which
trade monopolies have made to present
prosperity. Contributions of vulgarity, de
bauchery and shame!
THE NAME "BOSTON'
Household Companion.
In the seventeenth century a Roman
Catholic monk of the name of Botolph, or
Botholph (boathelp), founded a church in
what is now called Lincolnshire, England.
Gradually a town grew up around the
church and was called BotolpRs
town, which was afterwards contracted
to Botolphston, and then shortened to
Botoston, and finally to Boston. From
that town of Boston in Lincoln came to
America the Rev. John Cotton, who gave
the name to the New England capital.
CURFEW SHALL NOT
Chicago Tribune.
It was the first time Bessie ever had
seen a talented elocutionist in action.
"Mama," she whispered, "why does she
make those queer faces?"
"Sh, child!" admonished mama, "Those
are not faces. Those are interpretations.
We couldn't understand the meaning of
the author without them."
HOW THE EDITORS .WERE WORKED.
Nebraska State Journal.
By mailing with their papers the sup
plement which is offered Nebraska week
lies fre*9 at the expense of some unan
nounced interest, a dozen or so Nebraska
editors assumed the paternity last week
of an argument against government rate
regulation under the pleasing title of
"Judge' Grosscup's Solution."
THIS WILL COME LATER
Chicago Journal.
When Nick Longworth said that Alice
Roosevelt as "the sun of his existence"
he doubtless did not mean to hint a belief
that she will make It hot for him, as mar
ried men of experience would naturally
suppose.
SAILING "CLOSE TO THE WIND"
Boston Globe.
Oh, yes, Mr. Prank Rockefeller re
spects the law. All the Rockefellers do.
They even bave high-priced attorneys
that they pay to tell them just what the
law is, and how close to it they can
safely go.
AD E, INDIANA
Strike up the fiddles, raise a shout
And wave the old bandanna,
A brand new to^Bi has just been named
For Ade of Indiana.
For tyrants who have made us weep
Our cities oft we ehristen,
Tis time the sad world honored those
Who cheer ns as we listen.
Thus Humor comes Into its own,
Fame crowns the witty codgers
We yet may see the thriving towns
Of Harriman and Rogers.
From 'Frisco to Manhattan Join
And raise a loud hosanna,
Tour sister cities welcome you.
Your, health, Ade, Indiana!
New York Sun.
THE i MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAt. February* ia^ 1906,
a
i
Pastor Morrill says if the crowd that
attended his church last night had been
called upon to finance the army it would
have been reduced to,one corporal and
a potato-washer.
By W. P. Klrkwood.
ROMANCE OF TYRE IN THE DAYS
OF KING HIRAM.The time of E. An
son More's A Captain of Men, is 1058
B.C., and the scene Tyre. The hero is
Merodach, a general of the Assyrian
usurper, Asshur-ab-aram. He quarrels
with his king in the course of a visit to
Tyre and afterward enters the service of
the merchant prince of Tyre. He has an
infatuation for his employer's daughter,
but loves the daughter's maid-servant,
Miriam, a Jewess. The merchant's daugh
ter is a woman of the Cleopatra type,
who, loving Merodach, conceives an In
tense jealousy for Miriam. The relations
of the two women to the man, and to
other characters furnish material for a
story of intense dramatic interest, a
!*^^^'/K *TT*.o::#:*^f//*:c**)WCTy4t-
2 E. ANSON MORE,
Author of "A Captain of Ken."
XXXVV.XVXXJ&W* Ajft"ffjexuf'f tv'jr%V.V.'JtVV'*
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romance of strictly oriental type. It is
full of action with accompanying shud
ders and thrills, especially in that por
tion in which human sacrifices are offered
to Baal-Moloch. The. local coloring fits
the history of the time and place, and the
historic incidents ar made use of to good
effect. Merodach Is made the discoverer
of the sea route from the Mediterranean
to Britain, whither he is sent for tin. The
studio of Hiram, an artist of Tyre, who
plays an Important part in the story, is
skid to have been the birthplace of the
order of Free Masons. Altogether the
story is of unusual Interest, which is em
phasized by the historic setting
L. C. Page & Co, Boston. $1.60.
TWO SOULS WITH DIVERGENT
THOUGHTS.Agnes and Edgerton Cas
tle have written a story of more than
usual exoitement,- dealing with the. dif
ferences of a newly-married couple. They
had more than a single thought and their
thoughts were widely divergent. Lady,
Anne Day, a young woman of French
education and training, had married a
British country squire, and finding coun
try life a bit lonesome, besought her hus
band to take a house in London The
squire, knowing the life in London, in
that day (for it was "once up8i a time")
and preferring to have his bride, all to
himself at his country place, objected to
Lady Anne's plan. Lady Anne Insisted
and, of course, the squire yielded, but not
as most men. He yielded only to the ex
tent of giving his consent that his wife
should visit her family in London. This
was followed by a visit to a friend. Lady
Anne was foolish, very foolish, and nar
rowly escaped trouble several times, only
because her ever-watchful husband ap
peared most opportunely with protection.
The result? Who need ask what it was?
It is a very interesting story, however,
to know how it was reached. One is in
dignant often at the blindness of both the
squire and his wife, but, being in love,
of course they were, blind. The story
bears the title The Heart of Lady Anne,
and the heart was true if the mind was a
bit wavering. The illustrations are In
colors by Ethel Franklin -Belts.
Frederick A. Stokes company. New York
$150.
pnrr
LITERARY NOTES
Few short stories have created a deeper im
pression than Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The
Dawn of a Tomorrow," which appeared in the
December and January numbers of Scribner's
Magazine. It is peculiarly expressive of many
ideas which are coming more and more to the
front at this present time in the minds of
thoughtful people The story is to be published
very shortly in book form with eight colored
illustrations. Nothing Mrs Burnett has written
deserves to be more widely read and thought
about.
TKC
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One of the shorter novels of this season villi
be "The Day-Dreamer." by Jesse Lynch Wil
liams. It is the romance ill the life of a mod
ern genius, but it is decidedly a story of action.
It is to be issued by Charles Scribner's Sons
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED'
The Portreeve. By Eden Phillpotts, author of
"The Secret Woman," "The American Prison-
er," etc. New York. The Macmillan company
$1 50.
The Building of the City
Joaquin Miller. Trenton, N. J.
$1.50 net.
wsm
Beautiful. By
Albert Brandt,
AMTJSEMENTS
Bijou"In New York Town
Those who enjoy the foam and frivol
ity of high-class burlesque will find "In
New York Town," appearing at the Bijou
this week, to their liking. There is noth
ing startlingly clever or original, but the
piece moves easily and laughingly along,
following the adventures of a counterfeit
German baron, created for matrimonial
purposes, and one Skinalskl, a Hebrew
with political aspirations.
The cast contains some old-time, bur
lesque favorites, whose work brings
shouts-of laughter from the audience.
Cliff Gordon, the bogus baron, is one of
the best burlesque Teuton impersonations
seen for some times and has a strong
partner in Charles Howard, who plays
Skinalski. Teddy Burns, the 300-pound
wonder with the ladylike voice, and Tell
Taylor, a regular Ward McAllister, are
"fall guys" for the principals, but dfo
some clever work. The four carry the
heavy load of the piece and make a clean
get-away with it and the audience.
Flo Kimball, another burlesque favor
ite, is Miss Vanderclip, a wealthy heir
ess, whose riches are sought by the bogus
Baron von Essigs, backed by a matri
monial syndicate, which raises him from
a waiter's job in the Cafe. Hungaria to
the German peerage. Vinnie Henshaw,
who has received the plaudits of a gener
ation of burlesque audiences. 1B a real
Bowery belle, with a star running mate
in Georgia Fronsloll, who poses as "the
queen of Chinatown," and looks the part.
Clara and Jennie Austin belong to a
younger generation of favorites and are
clever and good to look upon.
The piece is elaborately staged and the
company is gqod. The chorus is able,
but has comparatively little to do. The
costumes are good and there are several
striking changes. The scenio effects aret
good, the finale of the second aot,
the wedding in Chinatown^ being parties
ularly effective and pleasing. The .jKtet
itm
act, on the Astor roof, is also well set.
"Rosa Rosettar," a chorus number with
Jennie Austin, Is olever. "The Moon Has
His Eye on You," by Flo Kimball and Mr.
Taylor, is very good. There are several
topical songs and parody stunts that are
well rendered and make decided hits with
the. -bouse:
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M. E. B.
OrpheumModern Vaudeville.
An' evenly balanced show, with All
Grant and Ethel Hoag winning'the un
assigned fteadliner position thru clever
work, tparks the week's entertainment
at the'Orpheum. There are only two
men in the. east tnis week, grown men
that if1,
but ihe show goes thru without
a hitch and leans strongly to the laugh
making- side.1
The humor ranges from the
passive to the rapid Are, but all of It is
entertaining.
Perto ad Diamant, Spanish dancers,
opep the show with a daneing and sing
lng turn. The first song is evidently "one
of those descriptive ballads opening with
sunrise* In Barcelona mother awakes and
calls down the back stairs for the hired
girl to fry the eggs on both sides little
sister hops out of bed and sings a morn
ing glory, the theme of which is "jig,
jig, jig," then both girls do a Calias cake
walk. The daughters of the land of the
don are fair to look upon, somewhat
swarthy, but pleasing nevertheless. Man
ager Raymond should prescribe a spoonful
of Jamaica ginger for each to break up
a bit of the sleepiness and the act will
be a hit. The young women are graceful
dancers.
Flo Adler is still singing "Mrs. O'Hanra-
han," with the assistance of her little
brother (I get $2 for saying this) and
making the gallery whistle the refrain.
Plo has greatly improved her act since
Ki
her last visit. She has a new gown and
a year's more experience than she po
sessed when she last appeared at the
Orpheum. The gown is tighter fitting
than the one she wore here last year,
consequently Florence does not dare to
become quite so athletic in the singing
of the Irish com-all-ye. She won a right
to breakfast from the audience of last
night.
Alf Grant and Ethel Hoag carried off
the high hand of the evening with "A
Little of Everything." Grant's jokes, al
most all of them new, go off like the
Shanghai Low-Moy Jim string of fire
crackers on the Chink new year. His
imitations of a vaudeville ^fo^ance The Minneapolis Journal's poiitleai colmnn, fs
on amateur night makes the biggest sort referring to the candidacy of N Huso for
of a hit. Ethel Hoag was an able as- the speakership, says- '-The objection to him
sistant. The blackface minstrel girls, is the locality and enrironment which always
Lilian Mills and Elida Morris, aroused a Pot* a Duluth man nnder suspicion of friendship
2 mild mannered bit of applause, althojhe ranrosd taterests. It is that feeling
i acThariiTueTo recommend "it." mL^mT^n 'KT^.W
the audience in a roar most of the timt
Agnes Mahr, toe dancer, with as many
changes of costume as Henry Lee, hardly
received the appreciation which was ner
due. She has eliminated the "musfcular
marvel" part from the usual turn of the
toe dancer and has introduced a num
ber of touches which go far to refine and
assist the act. She is chic and clever, and
her audiences should grow more appre
ciative thru the week.
The piccalo midgets take the house by
storm by their comedy and athletics. The
Salvation Army procession is well done
and at the athletic part of the work the
little chaps do some really commendable
work. The act ends with a burlesque
boxing bout, In which everybody is
knocked out, even the referee. Two
humorous films are the klnodrome offer
ing. J. H. Ritchie.
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freak makeup and mannerisms, coupled northern.atpart of the state and its strong men.
with a genuine ability at funmaklng, kept J*.
Foyer Chat
"Little Johnny Jones" opened to one
of the largest Sunday night gatherings of
the season at the Metropolitan last night,
and judging from the manner in which
the crowd enjoyed and applauded the per
formance, it will do a record-breaking
business here. A full review of the pro
duction will be given In this column to
morrow.
In the opinion of many critics, "The
Marriage of William Ashe," in which
Grace George, comes to the Metropolitan
Thursday evening, is by far the best
thing she has ever done. The play is, of
course, a dramatization of Mrs. Humph
rey Ward's famous novel, made especial
ly for Miss George by Margar&t Mayo.
Miss George brings with her a company
of remarkable strength. It includes H.
Reeves Smith, Ben Webster, W. J. Con
stantine, Fred Sidney, Mortimer Woldon,
Katherine Stewart, Maud Williamson,
Davenport Seymour and other equally'
well-known players. Seats for this event
can be reserved today.
The book that Harry B. Smith turned
out for "Miss Dolly Dollars" fairly scin
tillates with jokes that are positively new,
and good-natured satire. The book was
written especially for Miss Lulu Glaser,
who enacts the title role, and fits her with
glove-like nic&ty. Miss Glaser brings to
Minneapolis the same cast and production
she used at the Knickerbocker and New
Amsterdam theaters, and will play an en
gagement of one week at the Metropoli
tan, beginning next Monday evening. The
box and seat sale for this engagement
opens Thursday morning.
There is abundant promise of hearty
and wholesome amusement at the Bijou
next week, when the musical comedy cre
ation, "Buster Brown" will be presented.
Buster 'will be enacted by Master Rice,
a clever little comedian, and his funny
dog, "Tige," by a well-known animal im
personator. The setting Is spectacular,
and some fifty persons are engaged in
the performance. Matinees will be given
every day during this engagement.
"A Rough Rider's Romance," a new
melodrama, founded on the famous
charge of Uncle Sam's soldier boys at
San Juan hill, was responsible for two
capacity audiences at the. Lyceum theater
yesterday. The play, which will be pre
sented thruout the week, with the usual
matinees, has a most picturesque setting
and resounds with the. "marshaling of
arms The story deals with the thrilling
adventures of Lieutenant Ford of the
Rough Riders, who has captured a fiery
don and his equally peppery sweetheart
outside the Spanish lines. The "treachery
of a Cuban patriot enables the don to es
cape, who, in turn, captures Ford. But
the handsome young American has won
favor In the eyes of the Spanish girl, who
assists him to escape. The play possesses
real educational value and is magnificent
ly staged. The performance will be fully
reviewed In these columns Tuesday
evening.
The Unique has one of the beat comedy
bills of the season in the offering for this
week. All of the acts comprised in ft are
presented by new people. The three
Armstrongs, trick bicyclists, have a won
derfully Interesting turn which is sure to
evoke enthusiasm. Another headliner at
traction is the acrobatic novelty of the
four comedy Hills.
"POPULAR CLAMOR" IGNORED
Chicago News.
In fighting the pure food bill the poison
squad in the senate will not allow itself
to be deterred by the people's efforts to
butt In and say what legislation should
be enacted.
COUNSEL
Seek not the same steps wit the crowd stick
thou,-*
To thy mire trot a constant, humble mind
Is both his own joy and his Maker's too
Let folly dust It on, or lag behind.
A sweet self-privacy In-a right soul
Outruns the earth, and lines the utmost pole.
Henry Vaughan.
Hoodwinks the Oculist. Madden Eye
Medi'cin cures eyes. (Don't smart.) 25e*
Many Republicans Gathered Today for
Lincoln Day Dinner In Minneapolis
Governor Johnson and the Hearst Dem- J3
ocratsEddy Wants Popular Subscript *^L
tlon Campaign FundLegislative Gos- &f
sip. XI
Minneapolis Is the Mecca for state poli
ticians today, and the outside attendance
at the Lincoln Day dinner this evening
promises to be large. It Is to be a har
mony dinner, but before and after the
dinner there will be considerable airing
of booms and talking of slates and com
binations. Among the early arrivals are
Frank Clague of Lamberton, W. B. An
derson of Winona, George W. Somer
ville ef Sleepy Eye, N. F. Hugo of Duluth,
and Julius Schmahl of Redwood Falls.
The Hearst faction of Minnesota de
mocracy has always been suspicious of
Governor Johnson, regarding him as a
conservative and out of sympathy with
their radical views. There has been a
change of" sentiment lately, however, and
one prominent Hearst man is authority
for the. statement that they are satisfied
with Johnson now, and consider him a
good enough democrat for anjoody. His
declaration for municipal ownership, his
railroad rate speech, and his alliance with
Thomas W. Lawson, each in turn, has
helped the governor's standing with the
radicals.
There is a wide difference of opinion as
to the wisdom of the Lawson move. As
suminhg that Lawson's motive is sincere
and
Thorne and Carleton are still using the g ^TSaJSU^of the" tSn^t,'*"!
same act, but with enough new business been doing their leyel beet to foster at all rimes.
to keep it very much alive. Thome's in all connections, tot the disadTantagenorther
he holds winning cards, there
could be no criticism. Some of the gov
ernor's close advisers, however, like T.
D. O'Brien, are known to have no use
for Lawson. They believe he has an ax
to grind and that his efforts will end in a
fizzle, which will reflect on the men who
have, lent him support. Frank A. Day
is a strong believer in Lawson, and has
done all he could to prevent a break.
Governor Johnson had lost faith In Law
son when he returned from Chicago, but
the author of Frenzied Finance convinced
him In their personal Interview that "he
held trumps, and their alliance was
cemented.
bT*ttha
of the
.feeling tha honest, potent
th
Minnesota has started out to eliminate.
News-Tribune.
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-Duluth
A good way to eliminate it would be for
some of those strong men from Duluth.
which is not all of "the northern part of
the state," to get right on questions that
affect the interests of the people. The
feeling referred to is due only to the fact
that when corporation interests have been
at stake, members of the legislature rrom
Duluth have generally rushed to protect
the special privileges and immunities In
danger.
Frank M. Eddy favors the raising of a
popular subscription for the state cam
paign fund. He would collect $500 each
from the candidates on the state ticket.
and take up the rest by contributions of
$2 to $20, from 16,000 republicans, mak
ing $70,000 in all. That is a small fund
for running a boodle campaign, but it is
larger than needed for legitimate ex
penses. A state campaign run in a bus
iness-like way should be conducted for
not over $25,000. The democratic com
mittee claims that It spent only $10,000 In
the Johnson campaign. That was ex
ceptional, as the campaign to a large
extent ran Itself, but If the party
has a candidate and Issues, it ought not
to be necessary to spend much money
manufacturing sentiment.
The senator from Brown county is in
town, and the Tribune spells his uami
"Summervllle." Such is fame.
It is reported from Mankato that Sena
tor A. O Eberhart has dropped out of
politics to devote bis time to business,
being associated with General Gustaf
Wldell. Widell's contracting business is
so extensive that neither one will have
any time this season for politics.
Emmet Mark of Princeton will not be
a candidate for the house this time, re
tiring after three terms Mllle Lacs coun
ty, it is understood, will present Charles
W. Dickey of Princeton for the house,
and will not have a candidate for the
senate.
Ole O. Canestorp of Elbow Lake, who
was mentioned some time ago as a pos
sible candidate for the state senate in the
fifty-seventh district, has decided to run,
and his formal announcement will appear
in the Grant County Herald this week.
Mr. Canestorp was in the senate back
in 1891. Louis O. Foss of Elbow Lake,
former house member, had thought of
running for the senate, but has with
drawn, and will give Mr. Canestorp his
hearty support. L. C. Spooner of Morris
has not announced himself, but may run,
and Senator John T. Schain of Brown*
Valley may run for renomination.
With Senator Cols a probable candl*
date for lieutenant governor, Elmer E.
Adams is regarded as a probable nomine*
for the senate in Otter Tail county. H.
T. Hille, who had some idea of running
for the senate, will return to the house,
it is said. Knud W. Bondy will be a can
didate, and also M. Walz of Perham, who
was a member in 1903, but lost out In the
1904 primaries. Several new men are
likely to be candidates for the house. The
populists used to have a stronghold In
Otter Tail, but they are disintegrated,
and those who have not returned to the
republican ranks have, for the most part
become socialists. If there Is an opposi
tion legislative ticket this year it wfH
likely be a temperance ticket nominate*!
by petition, with county option am an
issue.
The movement to nominate C. EL Tfea*'
aly of Little Falls as the democratic can
didate for congress in the sixth does not
meet with a responsive subject. Mn
Vasaly declares that ha has no idea of
accepting the offered honor. It Is undef
stood that he will be a candidate for reg*
ister of deeds in Morrison county, whlcH
is not as high an ambition, bnt mors
easily realized.
James Johnson, a farmer and Steele*
man of Bertha, Todd county, has an
nounced himself for the state senate in
opposition to Senator E. B. Wood of
Long Prairie, who is also in the open af
a candidate for re-election.
The St. Paul letter in the Northfteld
News missed a good story last week when
It failed to report the little reunion be
tween R. C. Dunn and Joel P. Heatwole.
Or did the editor use his blue pencil?
Charles B. Cheney.
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