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THE JOURNAL
VOMJtfE XXVIIINO. 1*9.
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Presidential Speculation.
Speculation is already active in
Washington as to the probable selec
tions for the presidency by the two
leading parties in 1908. Consideration
of the matter is precipitated in a meas
ure by the fact that one candidate is al
ready engaged in/ an active campaign.
Mr. Hearst is trying to be nominated
for governor of New York on the demo
cratic ticket as a stepping stone to the
democratic nomination for the presiden
cy. Our "Washington dispatches today
outline the situation in an interesting
way.
William Ran'l'-'lph Hearst by reason
of his remarkable success at the polls
of New York city last fall is second to
none in his prominence in his party. The
democracy have acted upon the princi
ple more than once that the man who
could carry New York was the man for
them to nominate. There is nothing
else which will explain the selection of
Judge Parker in 1904.,
Mr. Hearst has displayed great vote
getting power in his almost successful
campaign against Tammany in New
York city, and is now extending his
lines thruout the state. The democrats
want a winner and while doubtless
many of the up-state democrats of New
York would be slow to indorse Mr.
Hearst's radical views, they will follow
him if they see a chance of party suc
cess.
Mr. Bryan must not be lost sight of
in canvassing presidential possibilities,
for altho he labors under the heavy
handicap of two successive defeats at
the polls, he is still a man of great in
fluence in his party and by no means a
negligible quantity in connection with
the nomination.
That is one side of the case. In any
event the democracy will be the radi
cal partyradical on -the tariff, radi
cal on municipal ownership and radical
on anything else that may present it
self. The conservatism of the country
will be again forced, as, in, 189, tp look
to the republican party for safety and
protection, and the conservative party,
seeking to unite in itself all conserva
tive elements, will have to have a con
servative candidate. Fairbanks, Shaw,
Taft and Root are the men most talked
of, but the probabilities are much less
clearly defined on the republican side
than they are on the democratic, where
it seems to be altogether probable that
it must be either Hearst or Bryan. I
may be that the special interests now
o firmly intrenched in the senate will
continue to be s6 impervious to facts,
so blind to the tendencies of things, so
arrogant and offensive to the public
that a William' Randolph He'arst, as a
result of the popular reaction, may be
come president of the United States.
Nothing else could elevate to that po
sition a man so unfitted by character,
attainments and experience.
New York is considering a plan on
which there will be a public hearing
next week, to wipe out Chinatown and
establish a park within the district
now given over to the celestials. Mayor
McClellan is on record as in favor of
the plan, and many of the property
owners interested have signed the peti
tion for the park. The assessed value
of the land to be taken if the project
be adopted is less than $2,000,000, and
the "improvements" are practically of
no value. Why couldn't Minneapolis
consider a plan to "wipe out" the
Union station?
Ulumination far the Encampment.
The plan which Mr. Chamberlain,
chairman of the Commercial club com
mittee, proposes for street decoration
for the Grand Army encampment, will
produce excellent results if the business
men and property owners in the busi
ness center get together on a uniform
-style of illumination. If street lamps
aire to be erected for gas or electrical
display and illumination, there ought
to be uniformity of design and size.
The effect cannot be satisfactory if the
teffort is not universal thruout the
illuminated district and if the style
Of lamD is not uniform. If these con
ditions are complied with, the fixtures
ought to be permanent. A stvle of
,lanrp has been suggested which con
tains a little socket on the top to hold
a small pennant. The insertion of pen
'nants, each to bear the name and num
ifeer of the Grand Army posts, will be
(%,_ very graceful compliment and^verjr
Wednesday Evening,
pleasing to Grand Army-svisitors, and
ihe sat^e fcind of a, device may be em
ployed on other occasions with good
effect. No city in the country has a
compact business center better adapted
to illumination and decoration, and we
can make a' very pleasing impression
upon our visitors if this scheme is prop
erly carried out.
The Cincinnati Enquirer wants to
have the general staff invade China all
by itself. On to Peking!
Excelsior went "dry." The owners
of real estate would be justified in
marking up their lots a few points to
day.
A Disappearing Tree.
White pine is not the only valuable
forest product that is disappearing
from Minnesota. The white cedar that
is universally used in the northwest
for telegraph and telephone poles is
going fast, and operators estimate that
it will be cleaned up in four or five
years more, at the present rate. The
demand for poles has increased at a
tremendous rate in the last few years,
owing to the extension of long-distance
and rural telephone lines.
No satisfactory substitute for the
white cedar is known in this part of the
country. I withstands rot when placed
in the ground, and for that reason the
smaller trees are worked up into fence
posts and used by the million in all
parts of the northwest. Railroad ties
and piling also call for it, but for tele
phone poles it is almost indispensable.
Tt is light and strong, and the trees,
which grow so closely together in
swamps that the sun cannot break thru,
are tall, straight and without branches
for a long distance from the ground.
White cedar has disappeared from
Michigan, and is practically gone in
Wisconsin. Minnesota is furnishing
the supply now for the whole middle
West. Idaho has a white cedar of great
er size, but less desirable in some ways.
When Minnesota has cut the last white
cedar, everything will have to come
from Idaho.
After Idaho, what? Nothing is be
ing grown to take the place of the for
ests we are losing. By the time white
cedar is gone we may have wireless
telephones as well as wireless teleg
raphy. Nothing, however, can make up
for the ruthless waste and extinction
of a noble forest species, doomed be
cause of its great usefulness to- man.
The Indianapolis News is stumped.''
"It is pretty hard," the News says,
'''for some of us to understand how the
western colleges are going to eliminate
all brutality and unnecessary- danger
from football next season, after we all
have been assured on such unquestion
able authority that there are no brutal
ity and unnecessary danger in the
game." The brutality and unnecessary
violence are not for publication, but as
a guarantee of good football.
Integrity of the Crop Report.
The favorable action of tho senate
yesterday, upon a bill providing for
adequate punishment for men in the
government employ who use their in
formation with reference to crops for
personal advantage, or give out infor
mation surreptitiously, will meet with
general approval. The pity of it is that
there was not some law under which
Holmes and the others who figured in
the recent great scandal could get what
was their due.
The most unfortunate part of the
connivance of Holmes with the cotton
market manipulators, and their oper
ations in the speculative market, was
not that it was wrong in itself, but
that, having come to light, it brought
general discredit upon the department,
and gave rise to much suspicion prob
ably not warranted. The wheat farm
ers very naturally inferred that if there
was a leak in the cotton reports for the
advantage of a certain clique, there
might as readily be a leak in the wheat
reports. Thus the whole work- of the
department came under suspicion, and
it was even alleged that in the mak
ing up of all the government reports
false figures were substituted for ef
fect upon the markets.
The thing is over now and there'is
not likely to be a repetition of it. How
much of the suspicion that followed the
Holmes' disclosures was justified no
one can say. Today the department is
pretty well cleaned up and is likely ,to
do better and more reliable wOrJi. as
result1
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A Strange Oversight.
The state is about to sue the Great
Western for back taxes, as far back as
the statute of limitations will allow.
The suit is to recover the difference be
tween a 2 per cent gross earnings tax,
which the system has always paid, and
the 3 per cent assessed by general law
up to i 1905.
Why didn't the state sue before?
There wa3 just as much ground for ac
tion of this kind ten years ago as there
is today. The whole question of the
state's right to increase the tax on
roads with territorial charters could
have been settled when the agitation
for a 4 per cent tax began. The state
allowed the Great Western to go ahead
paying 2 per cent during all the con
troversy. If the Great Northern and
the Great Western can be made now to
pay 4 per cent, then the Great Western
should have been paying 3 per cent all
these years. The same question of
"perpetual contract" is involved, and
it could and should have been taken
into court a dozen years, ago. When
the senate lawyers were pleading that a
4 per cent law waa unconstitutional, the
means for settling the point were right
at hand. If the state has a right to
change the rate of taxation, we should
have known it long ago. The state
treasury would be richei by $100,000 or
more, in taxes from the 6rat "Western,
and the long litigation about to be com
menced to collect 4 per cent from the
Great Northern and the Great Western
would be unnecessary.
It is passing strange that successive
state administrations have overlooked
such an obvious duty to be performed.
The only comfort is that the courts may
take a broader view of the proposition
now than they would have done ten or a
dozen years ago.
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THE??
of the severe criticisms thai hv
been directed toward i& $M fa$Vftu
the conspirators ejscaped penal service,
is not likely to induce others to take
the risk of trying to doctor the reports
or giye out advance information, now
that provision has been made tor se
vere punishment in any such case.
That man Hoffman, who is running
against Mayor Smith In St. Paul, seems
to have secured the opposition of th^
Pioneer Press, which throws cold dish
water on the republican candidate every
morning. Today It finds that the light
vote at the primaries indicated "the. want
of a sharply-defined Issue," or else "com
parative contentment with present condi
tions"the P. P. doesn't care a continen
tal which. Its blind zeal for party nom
inees Is strangely transformed, a.nd it
n6w looks as tho the O'Connor regime
would not miss the Globe a great deal In
the campaign that is on. "The city by
this time knows 'Bob* Smith," says the
P. P. "It has in the past been inclined
to judge that his personal merits out
weigh any official defects." "Official de
fects" seem still to be a trivial matter
in the regard of the Pioneer Press.
Mr. Remp, the Wisconsin football star,
told the legislative committee yesterday
that football has great educational value
for getting the students together. It
certainly works fine as a getter-together.
No other influence we know of could pile
twenty-two young fellows in such a com
pact and artistic heap.
Remp of Wisconsin scorned to pay his
board bill when playing football, and now
says he would favor a "full-paid profes
sional team" for universities. He pre
fers it, apparently, to one that is only
half paid.
The New York Herald asks whether
the continuation of the earthquake
shocks in the Antilles is ominous. Peo
ple who live next door to the shocks
may so consider them.
Alderman "Bathhouse John" of Chi
cago says, "gents' clothes is too plain
this season." This is no excuse for
the coal, oil, meat and gas trusts going
thru them.
His brow was sad, his eye beneath
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
But still his voice in accents rung
From off his parched and dusty tongue,
Excelsior, Minn.
No robin has yet stood around and
made a noise like spring.
WHAT OTHE PEOPLE TEIM
A Picture $not to Pieced.
To the Editor of The Journal.
Last night, with orchestra fully ade
quate, stage settings elaborate, and a
company of artists whose performances
have more than made good their great
reputations, Verdi's wonderfully entran
cing opera, "Rogoletto." was produced at
the Metropolitan theater. Enraptured by
the story and drawn into the land of
poesy and song, the -audience sat spell
bound. There came, in one act, a scene
of intense interest, a time when every
nerve hung on the song, and the soul was
stirred deeply. Then beholdupon the
scene, not indeed upon the stage, but
well out in the flies where half the audi
ence on the right side of the house could
see him, there came a man, of medium
height, dressed in street attire, wearing
a black derby hat, who glanced easily
around the stage and meanwhile chewed
gum vigorously. Then appeared an
other man, shorter, wearing conventional
street clothes of today and a. soft hat.
The two conversed quietly.
Possibly an important part of the ma
chinery. But, alas, for the work of tb,e
artists. Gone was the illusion and shot
to pieces the picture. The music was as
sweet and the voices blended as per
fectly. But at the edge of the picture
were the two men. who lifted the audi
tor out of the atmosphere of romantic
old Ialy into the present-day common
place Minneapolis, and the one chewed
gum entirely out of time with the or
chestra.
Pe.rhaps it is wrong to let oneself go
to the point*where the picture becomes^
reality, but how can It be helped when
e\erything that enters into the perform
ance is so near perfection. One wonders,
therefore, why, in a production so good,
under management whose reputation for
ability and honesty covers the country,
more attention is not given to these
minor details. It is true there is a false
and silly conception that has gained
ground among- some people of fashion,
whose artistic appreciation has not grpwn
with their wealth, that it is common and
provincial-like thus to immerse oneself
that the real fashionable person has sup
posedly seen so much that it is no long
er possible for him to become entranced,
like the country bumpkin ,at a first per
formance. But there are enough of^the
other .kind, who lose themselves in the.
beauties of the unfolding story, to make
it worth the while of the management
to see that their illusions are not dis
pelled by the. intrusion within the pic
ture of something entirely foreign to the
scene. Some artists appreciate this.
Henry* Irving would annihilate a man
who would mar one of his performances
as that one was spoiled last night for a
large part of the audience. N.
SUGGESTIONS
HE.
If I were yon, and you were I,
I'll tell you what I'd do.
I'd smile upon you pleasantly
Whene'er you came to woo,
And some day, when you told me that
Your lifelong happiness
Depended on my shy consent, i
I'd softly whisper, "Yes."
SHE.
If you were I, and I were you,
Instead of standing there
And beatlmr all around the bush.
As if I didn't dare,
I'd make my mind up, once for all, _.
From doubting to be free,
And plump and straight I'd ask of you:
"Dear, will you marry me?"
Somervllle Journal.
bridge.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
'1
MARCH 14
1471Edward !V. of England.re
turned from exile.
1519Fernando Cortex and his
band of explorers attacked by In
dlans.
1644Roger Williams obtained
charter for Incorporation of, Pro^i
dence, R.
fl *A
1676Narragansett Indians /^at-*!
tacked Northampton, Mass.
1813Delaware river blocked by
British ships.
1855First
t,caln-
.across, Niagara
N ?J
1861Kingdom of Italy established,
1865Confederate arsenal r.t Fay
etteyllle, N. destroyed by Sher
man.
1890Boomers Invaded tho Chero
kee strip. I
1894Walter Weflnran, arctic ex
plorer, satled'from Maw York. ff
1, 4%&>tit^K,' -sr^^J* *&?%*-,
MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
By W. P. Klrkwood,
JOURNEYINGS AMONG THE MAGA-
ZINES. JOURNEY NO. 13.New York,
March 11.A man on the streetcar the
other evening was talking of New York.
He said If he wanted to find any lady
friend from out ot town in- New York
city, he was almost certain to be able to
do so by going down to the Flatiron
building, taking a position at the apex
of the. triangle, and simply waiting. His
friend would be pretty sure to pass the
corner either on Broadway or Fifth ave
nue. Fifth avenue in this neighborhood
Is a great avenue for the parade of fash
ion. People from out of town like to see
the show.
It is interesting to readers of Scrlbner's
Magazine to know* 'thkv. their favorite
monthly comes from office within a
stone's throw of this famous corner. In
a handsome tfuilding facing on Fifth ave
nue, E. L. Burlingame,*-the editor, and
his associates prepare the- material that
goes into Scrlbner's. Their purpose Is
that which has ruled the magazine for
eighteen and a half years. It is that the
magazine, shall be one, pt-good literature
in the widest sensed, that it shall depend
upon its intrinsic va\u4 arid interest of
its articles rather "than" upon names of
transient notoriety, anof'that its contents
shaircome from wrl|o who have really
something of value.,to. say in addition to
the ability to say it. Even a cursory
glance at the magazine's history shows
how admirably this purpose has been
lived up to. Autobiography and condi
tions of modern life, government, travel,
serial stories, short story, essays, sports
and athletics, history* the drama, nature,
and kindred subjects have all been rep
resented again and again by writers of the
highest rank.
In these days of colored illustrations it
is interesting to note, that Scrlbner's was
the pioneer in this direction. In the
early nineties they offered the first color
illustrations The innovation was at that
time a sensational one and attracted much
attention and criticism, but the. critics
have long since been silenced. Colored
illustrations have come to stay.
The magazine is planning to give its
readers some very good reading this year.
Stories by Kate, Douglas Wiggin. Rich
ard Harding: Davia, John Fox, Jr., and
others of like note have been arranged
for. Another novel by Edith Wharton
will be forthcoming next year. This Is
enough to show that there is to be no let
down in the magazine's high standard
of reading.
Interest in the magazine at the present
time is increasing owing to the approach^
ing climax of F. Hopkinson Smith's "The
Tides of Barnegat,"^ which completes Mr.
Smith's trilogy of s,torJes with some as
pect of the sea as a dominating motive.
Those who have read "Tom Grogan" and
"Caleb West" will not care to miss this
latest story of Mr. Smith.
THE DIFFICULT FEAT OF PUTTING
A NEW MAGAZINE^ ON ITS FEET.
Appleton's Booklovers Magazine is prac
tically a new enterprise. Tho the Book
lovers Magazine undor Its old manage
ment had a fairly good start, when it
changed hands it had to bo repromoted.
But the repromotion has been successful.
The purpose of the present publishers
is to give a magazlhe-, of the highest lit
erary quality, but one that at the same
time comes very close to the heart of the
people. It is to 'be strongly American
rather than cosmopolitan. ^As between a
story of deep general interest and a story
of deep American interest the American
story gets the preference. As one of the
editors said to me, other things being
equal, a story from the, west? typically
American, will get the preference over a
story from the east dealing with the tea
table society life of New York or some of
of it3 environs.
It is not the. purpose of Appleton's
Booklovers to go Into the exposure busi
ness- nevertheless, when a story of vital
interest contains an exposure of human
frailty or corruption based upon fact, it
will not be rejected on that account
purely. An example of thte is to be seen
in Rex E. Beach's story of rottenness in
Alaska.
The editors believe that this policy has
enabled them to secure for the Booklov
ers the substantial start which is already
theirs.
DR. RICHARD BURTON TO LEC-
TURE IN SOUTH.Dr. Richard Burton,
who has been lecturing in the east for
several months, is shortly to take an
extended tour thru the south, on which
he will lecture, and also will read from
his new biblical play, "Rahab." for -which
he has already had a request for the priv
ilege of stage production. Messrs. Henry
Holt & Co. will issue this now play in
a few days. "Rahab" is shown as an
impetuous oriental beauty in whom, not
withstanding her Tiraywardness. the bonds
of patriotism and filial devotion are
strong, while she, 1s further Influenced by
a growing belief in the Jehovah of Israel.
The climax centering around the fall of
Jericho Is said to be highly dramatic.
TBC
LANGUAGE LESSONS BY MINNE-
APOLIS TEACHERS.Old methods of
instruction in grammar and composition
have given way to new and better ones,.
We have very clear recollection of. learn
ing rules that sometimes violated them
selves and were couched in terms that
no average child could understand, and
then of being expected to be. able to ex
press ourselves correctly when we tried
to speak or write. Of course, the learn
ing of such rules waa a joyless process.
Today we. have dipped Into Language
Lessons from Literature and Language,
Grammar end Composition, by, Mrs. Alice
Woodworth Cooley, formerly of the Min
neapolis schools, 'and Professor W. F.
"Webster, principal of the Minneapolis
East high school, in collaboration. The
dip has shown us how far present meth
ods are superior to the old. In these two
books one can see how fascinating the
study of what were once considered the
dryest of subjects may become. We do
not know how far such methods are in
vogue. Certainly they ought to be quite
general. Space wiU not permit us to out
line the methods. Pertraps it is suffi
cient to say that the aim is to induce in
delightful ways ,the art,of self-expression.
The child is taught.to tell orally and with
the pen what things TOea|i to bhn, things
seen, heard or felt, and the teaching is
largely by means, .of' examples from the
masters of the arts. The books are at
tractive, from a mechanical standpoint.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston-. 45 and
-60 cents.
~Ms
THE MAGAZINES
An End of Seasickness.An electric
chair that cures seasickness has been in
vented, and it is not one of^the kin3 that
kills, either, according to an extract from
Illustrirte Zeitung in Public Opinion for
March 10. The chair seat, by means of
a small electric motor, is given a vibra
tory motion such as one experiences in
an automobile, and this Js said to coun
teract the movement of the ship, ^n not
only^ to prevent seasickness whila" one is
In the chair, but to remove predisposi
tion to seasickness during the rest'of the/
voyage whether one is in the chair or not.
The. chair, it is said, has been tried on
an Atlantic Jiner with great success.
Wallace FavorsContract
Canal
^^Mw^^/^^w&?^Wi^
System for
Wlap*Jne,for March presents** significant
conJriDutidn fc the setpernf nt of tha isth
mian atfaifs, in jhV\F. Wallace's
article on "Plain Facts About the-Pana
ma Canal." He tells frankly the difficul
ties he found in attempting to carry out
the work as chief engineer, and defines
his belief that redtape and politics will
always prevent efficient or economi
cal construction under direct gov
ernment control. He. believes In the
entire applicability and desirability
'of the contract system, and in
dicates just how he believes it should be
employed. Incidentally, he suggests a
plan for the operation of the Panama
railroad. The article will extend and
amplify the valued sorvlce rendered by
Mr. Wallace's recent testimony before the
senate investigating committee.
m"hul
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Minnesota Politics
Governor Johnson Soon to Fill Two Va
cancies on the Capitol Commission
Eddy Still Possible as a Legatee of the
Jacobson Strength.
The five "surviving members of the
capitol commission," as they styled them
selves in their recent letter of defense to
Governor Johnson, will soon have their
number augmented by the appointment
of two more members, to succeed H. W.
Lamberton, deceased, and Colonel C. H.
Graves, now minister to Sweden. As the
board seems in no hurry to turn the
building over, the governor is about to
fill the vacancies. The law created a
board of seven members, one from each
of the congressional districts, which
then numbered seven, and the governor
was given the power to fill vacancies
arising in any manner. The two new
members will come from the first district
and from the old sixth, including the
present eighth and most of the sixth.
The Mankato Free Press says that
"sentiment among republicans for an
early state convention is increasing." It
certainly is, but increasing will not do
much good unless some one gets action
pretty quick.
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E. B. HAWKINS.
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March 14 1906.
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St. Louis county's offering for a place
jOn the state ticket is a successful busi
ness man. who is heavily interested in
contracting enterprises on the iron range
He is a quiet sort of man, with excellent
personal qualities that have won him
many friends, altho, strange to say, he is
still a bachelor. Senator Hawkins wants
to be lieutenant governor, and made for
mal announcement of his candidacy re
cently before leaving for a vacation in
the south. He has opposition at home,
since N. F. Hugo of Duluth wants to be
speaker of the house, but St. Louis coun
ty's delegation will probably present
Hawkins' name. Outside of St. Louis
there has been a chorus of opposition to
his candidacy, since. Senator Hawkins
has been an open opponent of some of
the important railroad bills, and as chair
man of the railroad committee officiated
as their chief executioner. On that ac
count his nomination is not' considered
likely, tho he has many friends working
for him, and is bound to make, a strong
showing In the convention.
Senator Hawkins is not much of an ad
vertiserr and the legislative manual,
which must be relied on in his absence,
is almost -silent as to the facts of his
career'. He 4s 41 years old, and was born
at Ogdensburg. N. Y. Receiving a com
mon school education, he qualified as a
civil engineer, and came west looking for
opportunities. He found them on the
iron range, where he has been successful.
His interests are in the Drake & Strat
ton company, stripping contractors, and
his residence is generally given as Biwa
bik, but he spends more time in Duluth.
He was elected state senator from the
forty-ninth district in 1898r and re-elected
in 1902.
"McCleary is^a^mast fortunate* man in
his enemies." remarked a second district
jpan the other day. "There are about a
dogen men in the district who Want to
go to congress the. worst way, and of
course they donlt like McCleary. But
none of the dozen will allow anyone else
,to,defeat McCleary. If Mac Is to be beat-
#n. each of them fs determined to be the
man who will do It. That accounts for
the rather easy sailing McCleary has had
during these- years., tho the great major
ity of the voters of the district, are out of
sympathy with his tariff views."
H7
M. HansoW*'of HaftlejF Falls, who
has announced 1iis candidacy for a house
nomination in the seventeenth district,
was in the twin cities yesterday on busi
ness. Mr. Hanson Is a young man, and
never has sked for political preferment
before, bu.t he vfe one of the solid business
men of Yello-s^ Medicine county. He is
cashier Of the First National bank at
Hanley Fallal and has been an active fac
tor in the business life of that section of
the state for six years past.-coming to
Hanley Falls from Forest City, Iowa-
Construction. The Engineering -Frank M. Eddy's declaration forJTacob-
"Checkers" will begin its second en
gagement at the Metropolitan next Sun
day night, and with one important ex
ception it will bring the entire original
company. The newcomer In the cast Is
Hans Roberts, who since the beginning of
the present season has played the title
role. He has made an unquestionable hit
In the part, and both in acting and ap
pearance bears a resemblance to his
predecessor.
In these days of frenzied finance, when
leaders of American industries are daily
asked the embarrassing question. "Where
did you get It?" "The Lion and the
Mouse," an up-to-date American play,
which deals with a corrupting influence
exerted by the great moneyed interests
upon politics of this country, is a thing
of more than ordinary interest. The
company to present this widely-discussed
play hare will include Arthur Byron. Mar
garet mington, George Parsons. Joseph
Kilgour. Grace Thome. Flora Juliet Bow
ley, Ada Curry, A. S. Lipman. Edith
Shayne, W. H. Burton, Edward See. Lil
lian Dix and Florence Gerald. The sale
of seats and boxes will open at the Met
ropolitan Monday next for its engage
ment, which commences Thursday, March
22.
Those who enjoy high-class vocal and
instrumental music will find plenty to
please them in the numbers by Miss
Wynne Winslow on tho current bill at
the Orpheum theater. Ferry Corwey, the
musical clown from the London Hippo
drome, plays almost anything on almost
any kind of an instrument. The bill is
also rich in comedy.
E. Frederick Hawley. a well-known
legitimate, actor, will appear at the Or
pheum next week, with his company, in
a new one-act melodramatic success,
"The Bandit."
Yorke and Adams, the inimitable dia
lect comedians, have caught on at the
Bijou with their merry musical farce.
"Bankers and Brokers." and are playing
to large and delighted audiences. The
two stars present a type of Hebrew dif
ferent in almost every respect from that
with which theatergoers are familiar,
free from the too common exaggeration
of the character, and in many ways true
to life.
Nat M. Wills, the popular tramp come
dian, supported by a company of fifty
persons, will be seen at the Bijou next
week in "The Duke of Duluth." a straight
musical farce* with some capital songs
and some original music.
Handsome piano copies of "Kathleen
Mavourneen" were presented as souve
nirs of this week's play at the Lyceum
theater last night by Ralph Stuart and his
excellent company. Tonight will also be
Rouvenir night at the Lyceum, and every
lady attending the performance will be
presented with a copy of the famous Irish
song, words and music.
The Unique has an excellent bill this
week in which a half dozen headliners
take part. Dawson and Whitfield, the
premier top-notchers. are scoring a great
hit in their comedy act. The singing and
dancing black-face stunt of the famous
Gillette sisters is also a high-class turn
which is catching the crowds.
John Philip Sousa. composer of "El
Capitan" and "The Bride Elect," once
perpetrated a bitter jest at the expense
of a brother composer of comic ope.-a,
who was known to be a Jealous admirer
of the Sousa music. The jealous one was
standing in the lobby of the theater
where "The Bride Elect" *was being
played, and thru the. open door there
floated from the auditorium the strains
of the beautiful waltz song of the prima
donna in the second act. At that mo
ment Sousa came into the lobby and
passed his colleague, who gave him a
Judas-like smile. "I wish that I had
written that melody. Sousa." he- re-
marked hypocritically. "Never mind,
you will," answered Sousa, and passed
into the theater. Sousa comes to the
Auditorium next Monday with his band
of fifty musicians and company of solo
ists. Two concerts will be given, each
embracing a different program.
Rigokm" is Well Sung
By Most Artistw-Cas\
ri
One does not realize how far the
world of music has traveled in fifty
years until he listens to two such
operas as Rigoletto,'' given at the
Metropolitan opera house last evening
by the English Grand Opera company,
and "The Valkyrie," given the night
before. Indeed, there is scarcely a
quarter of a century between the dates
of two operas, and yet greater
strides in musical composition could
scarcely be imagined than is apparent
between these two, and the same thin
is true if "La Boheme,
rsr'-'yv"
is substituteg
for the Wagner opera, in making the
comparison.
Bigoletto belongs to the old Ital
ian school, and is in direct contrast to
Verdi's later works. It abounds in the
florid coloratura so dearly loved by the
bel canto school of singers. Melody
runs riot thru it, and melody is dearly
loved by all, from the humblest to the
greatest lover of music. Yet there is
the difference between "Bigoletto"
and "Othello," for instance, both Ver
di operas, that there is between a novel
of the Mary J. Holmes type and one of
Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
The presentation of the opera last
evening was excellent. The mixed and
male choruses all were well done. The
opera was handsomely mounted, with
due regard for chronology and color
combinations, and moved smoothly from
the beginning. The opening) ball scene
is especially pretty and the stately
dance that proceeds as the opera is be
ing sung is a charming interlude.
The cast in most respects was a hap
py one. The title role was taken by
Winfred Goff and was a most consistent
piece of work and artistic, whether
considered from the vocal or the dra
matic standpoint. The role requires
exceptional gifts and was splendidly
filled. Mr. Goff's voice was more than
ample for all demands made upon it
and he was well received. Joseph Shee
han took the role of the Duke of Man-
son may nave the effect of giving nim
more prominence in the state convention
than if he permitted the use of his own
name as a candidate. The Jacobson fol
lowers are very determined to nominate
their man, and if they find Jacobson im
possible, they are more apt to switch
their votes to a Jacobson man, like Eddy,
for instance, than to some man who has
fought Jacobson. Eddy as possible leg
atee of the. Jacobson boom, is to be con
sidered in any resume of the situation.
Charles B. Cheney.
AMUSEMENTS
Foyer Chat.
A very large company is required to
present "Babes in Toyland." the attrac
tion at the Metropolitan, commencing to
morrow night, there being over 100 per
sons connected with the organization.
The chorus is said to be one of the hand
somest that Julian Mitchell has ever or
ganized, and it is well known that he Is
an adept in selecting beautiful young
women for minor parts in his companies.
A feature of the performance will be an
enlarged orchestra.
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prompt pill is Early Risers. No grip
ing. All druggists. 25 cents.
i Leading dealers handle Foot-Schulze
Glove rubberst-, 6f years in the lead.
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tua and sang it with his usual success
altho with less apparent interest thai
usual. The two famous love arias were
well sung, altho not con amore, anc
were each encored.
Miss Florence Easton, the soprano
made her premiere appearance here ai
a soloist in the role of Gilda, the chile
of Bigoletto, and, so far as personality
goes, eould not have been more hap
pily cast. She looked the young an
innocent maiden, with her lovely fac
and slender form, and her voice wa
exquisite in its purity and sweetness
She sang the coloratura work requirei
of the role with splendid effect, am
heartily deserved the success sh
achieved. Her voice, however, is toi
light for the work required in the fa
mous quartet. Miss Claude Albright
who is almost an ideal Carmen, repea^
ed her success in "La Boheme." sint
ing the role of Maddalena, the bandit
sister, with spirit and winning heartj
applause for her efforts.
The Bigoletto quartet is one of tht
most famous numbers in opera, and wal
given last evening with fine success"
save that the three other voices over
balanced the soprano. This might have
been avoided with a little care, sine*
in the duet between Bigoletto and hit
daughter, Mr. Goff effectively temperet
his own voice so that the results so
cured were exceptionally good.
Mr. Bennett's Sparafucile, the too1
who is to accomplish the death of the
duke and who kills the daughter in
stead, was well sung, but he made
somewhat unconvincing villain. Mist
Helen Petre was an acceptable Giovan
na, the nurse, and Miss Amy Bobertt
a handsome countess.
The performance was conducted
Chevalier Emanuel with his usual suc^
cess, but the subordination of the ori
chestra, which is a characteristic cm
the earlier opera, prevented any work
calling for especial comment.
Howard Boardman.
HOFFMANNYS. SMITH NOW
ST. PAUL'S PKIMAEY ELECTION
PRESAGES FIERCE CAMPAIG^
FOR CITY'S FIRST OFFICE. I
Little excitement marked the primary
election in St. Paul yesterday when
both republicans aud democrats selected
full city tickets. Robert A. Smith, pres
ent mayor and winner of many a battle
at the polls, will again head the demo-i
cratic ticket as the mayoralty nominee.
Smith made way with John Wagener,
his opponent for the nomination, fours
to one. Luis G. Hoffmann, the candi
date of the organized business element
of the city, won the republican nomi
nation, defeating Dr. Karl Wirth, tho
opposing candidate, two to one.
The nomination of Mr. Hoffmann, it
is believed, will mean an interesting
local campaign. The republicans appear
to be harmonious and the .business in-^
terests are anxious to upset the rule of
the "Cardinal" O'Connor machine.
Hoffmann is believed to be a strong
fighting candidate.
The other nominees on the ticket,
with few exceptions, won out with wide
margins.
The're were no figths or disturbances I
at the polling places or elsewhere. Forf
a time it looked as if the republicans!
wculd allow the contest to go by de-1
fault, but they took a brace after 6 p.m. I
The returns are not complete, but re
ports already in indicate that "the two
tickets will be as follows: S
RepublicanMayor. Luis G. Hoffn!ann
controller. M. A. Beckman treasurer
Conrad Miller judges of municipal court,
John W. Finehout. Robert C. Hine as
semblymen, H. C. Schurmeier. J. S Kim
ball, L. F. Fairchild, George S. Innes.
Herbert P. Keller, H. W. Phillips, E. C.
Mahle, Lloyd Peabody, W. T. Francis
aldermen. Carl Anderson. first ward
William J. Menz. second F. W. Babcock!
third Charles B. DeWltt, fourth John P.
Johnston, fifth G. A. Volkmeir, sixth F.
B. Tiffany, seventh N. C. Bettenburg,
eighth John Larsen, ninth Fred Joerns,
tenth Kay Todd, eleventh justices of
the peace, James I. Johnson. Joseph R.
Blackwell: constables. Walter B. Boj-d.
Peter J. Quint, S. Rom.
DemocraticMayor, Robert A. Smith
controller, Louis Bentz treasurer. Otto
Bremer judges of municipal court.
Michael Doran. Jr., Hugo O. Hanft as
semblymen. Frank Yoerg, R. D. O'Brien,
Charles Kartak. Winn Powers, Patrick
Cobley, Henry G. Haas, Dr. E. Whit
comb. Mathlas Bantz. James J. Regan
aldermen. Charles E. Nyberg, first ward
William E. Buschmann, second Frank J.
Hebl, third: Frank J. Huber. fourth Otto
WRohland fifth J. D. Hyland. sixth
William J. Preston, seventh Charles H. 'i
Gerber. eighth William J. Troy, ninth I
L. J. Dobner, tenth F. Lynch. riev-T
enth justices of the peace. L. W Mc- ,i
Kernan. H. C. Peterson. Joseph Smith
constables. Ed C. Poucher, P. O'Reagen.
R. C. Nagle. -jf
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North-Western Officials Hold a Council 1-
at Winona. 1
Special to The Journal. 4^
Winona, Minn., March 14.The chief
officials i" the operating department of
the Chicago & North-western road on
the Minnesota and Madison divisions .7:
were entertained by general officials of f
the operating department at a banquet
at the Winona last evening. Following .7
an elaborate menu, toasts were respond
ed to and a general discussion was held I
regarding the betterment of the service, "gl-
The officials from Chicago included R. ,g
H. Aishton, general manager, W. D. 3t
(antillon, assistant general manager
and H. T. Bentley, superintendent of [}s
motive power. J.
William Husscy. the bov who has
been missing since last Friday, returned
home Tuesday afternoon.
A farmer named Hennessy reports
that he was held up at the lower end
of Lake Winona by two young men and fju
asked to hand over his cash. He had
less than a dollar and complied with
the demand.
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