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THE JOURNAL
VOLUME XXVIIINO. 861.
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Ugoto Shorn! Is Shown.
The totals of the Minneapolis and
St. Paul city directories afford a pUZ
zling problem for a. Japanese statisti
cian, Ugoto Shomi, from St. Louis,
writing in the local columns of
the Pioneer Press. The Minne
apolis directory contains 132,000
Barnes and the claim as to population is
278,000, while the St. Paul directory
contains 113,000 names and the claim
as to total population is 206,000. You
got-to Show-me takes these totals and
figures out 1.82 people in St. Paul to
each directory name and 2.11 in Min
neapolis, and his Japanese mind is puz
ried to discover why there should be
such a difference in the ratio. He cal
eulates and finds that 1.82 persons to
aach directory name would give Min
neapolis 240,000 and 2.11 would give
3t. Paul 238,000.
The trouble with Mr. Showme is that
le isn't looking for the error in the
ight place. It's where he seems never
have suspectedin the directory to
als. The St. Paul directory totals are
00 big. If not, how does he account
lor 50 per cent more school children
mrolled in the schools of Minneapolis
han in St. Paul? How does it happen
hat at the last election St. Paul cast
8,133 votes while Minneapolis cast 40,-
91f If we take the same multiplier,
usual ratio of votes to population,
75, and apply it to the official voto
both cases, we find that it gives
inneapolis 276,034 and St. Paul 189,-
J89, which is about the correct relative
of the two cities, and probably as
ccurate a method of estimate as could
i devised. What does the Japanese
fcatistician think of that? If he is
ie expert he claims to be, he will not
verlook this interesting comparison.
For will he overlook the fact that in
ae table of bank clearings Minneap
lis averages more than twice as much
3 St. Paul, and that in the postoffice
asiness nearly the same ratio is main
lined in favor of Minneapolis.
In view of these facts TTgoto Shomi
ust have been shown, if he is open
1 conviction, that two things are true
-one is that the St. Paul directory is
idly padded and the other is that St.
aul can never afford to invite a com
trison of figures of population or busi
by statistical Japs or indiscreet
wspaper men.
The New Tork democrats' real fear Is
at if they should nominate Hearst for
vernor they might elect him.
V. L. Cole and the Lumbermen.
It is al)OUt time to nail one false
fue that haa been overworked already
the state campaign. The opposition
[ess is fond of referring to A. L. Cole
"the lumbermen's candidate," with
apparent ground except that he hails
the timbered section of the state.
is a well-known fact that the lum
interests, so far as they took a
aad in the pre-convention campaign,
fee not for Mr. Cole, but exerted their
jluenco in another direction.
'o say that the lumber interests have
string on the republican nominee
ot only gratuitous, but it is directly
trary to the record. No man in re-
.t years has done more in the legisla
te to enact laws undesirable to cer
large lumber interests than has A.
Cole.
Cole was first elected to the legis
re in 1902. He was a new member
the 1903 session, but an active one,
his supreme effort that winter was
the passage of a law requiring that
|s be listed for taxation in the county
iieie they are cut, instead of where
iy happen to bo found May 1. He
Hoovered that it was not possible to
ate all the logs, and that at least
jf were escaping taxation, while the
i was only to list half the logs found,
fanse the lumber companies could re
late against a high assessment by
ring the logmarks recorded in the
roe of the surveyor general of logs in
name of some person living else
are. The bill was fought hatd, and
Mr. Cole succeeded in getting it
a the house, it was beaten in the
ate. His fight had the result, how-
r, of causing all logs found to be
ed thereafter, and it won him the
tUity of some large lumber inter
i This was manifested in the pri
y election of 1904, when Mr. Cole
running for renomination to the
se. He and Sievern Swanson of
Lake were the old members, and
opposed by H. R. King of Grand
ids and F. F. Seaman of Deer River,
and Swanson were renominated,
the lumber towns Cole got very
jvotes. Cloquet, where three large
are located, is a sample. In the
precinct the vote stood: Swanson
(301e 14, King 38, Seaman XO. In the
nd It was: Swanson 62, Cole 14,
46, Seaman 15. The total was
for Swanson, 28 for Cole, 84 for
and 25 for Seaman. Mr. Cole
a bad third in the village, showing
ily the attitude of the lumber
anies there, which dominate the
In Scanlon, another lumber
ij Mr. Cole received 21 votes to 39
iwanson and 43 for King.
Cole was not a lumbermen's can
tfe at that time, or a lumbermen's
tber of the legislature, and his sub
Ont record is entirely consistent. Be
th 1905 session convened Mr. Cole
A letter to the press, urging bet-
Monday^ jvvening
Minneapolis has flung open wide her
gates and admitted with joyful welcom
ing arms the hosts of the Grand Army
of the Eepublic. Nothing that can be
added in words will make that welcome
more emphatic than the flag of our
country flung from every housetop and
draped over every doorway. The flag
says "Welcome," "Welcome," "Wel-
come," and the spoken word is but the
echo of that greeting.
For the second time in her history
Minneapolis welcomes the Grand Army.
Twenty-two years ago, when the Grand
Army met here, both the Army and
the city were younger. The city was
then but growing into its adolescence.
The Grand Army was then in the full
vigor of physical manhood. Then the
close of the war was scarcely twenty
years distant today the grand muster
out is forty years away. The men of
the Grand Army have been going down
the hill of life rapidly. While their
numbers are still considerable, bowed
heads and feeble steps are the rule as
they were then the exception.
This city takes a pardonable pride
in being twice selected to welcome this
great patriotic organization and in the
fact that it has given two commanders
in-chief to the society.
Minneapolis was but a straggling vil
lage when President Lincoln issued his
first call for troops to suppress the re
bellion, but men from this village were
among the first to go, and Minnesota
made the first official response to his
call. Minneapolis has been a good
place for G. A. R. men ever since. They
have been respected, honored and ad
vanced in the life of the city. When
ter legislation for appraisal of state
lands. He showed that valuable tim
ber land had been sold at $5 an acre
because of the failure of appraisers to
do their duty. Mr. Cole -was put on
the public lands committee, and was
a member of the subcommittee which
drew a new act. It requires that one
appraiser, named by the state auditor,
shall be one of the state cruisers, and
not a resident of the county where the
land lies. One appraiser is naaued by
the governor, and the third by the
county commissioners. When timber is
found on the land, it may be sold with
the land, but the full value of the tim
ber must be paid at the time of sale.
The state cruiser is obliged to visit the
land and to make a true report, protect
ing the state from loss.
As a member of the same committee,
Mr. Cole took part in drafting t#e new
timber trespass law of 1905. He shared
in the credit for two new features sug
gested by past disclosures. Une pro
vided that trespass claims should never
outlaw hereafter. The other granted a
reward for information leading to de
tection of trespass, thus making every
resident of the northern woods an inter
ested party to stop depredations here
after. These are not the sort of meas
ures that would be fathered by a lum
bermen 's candidate."
In fact, the democratic press cannot
point out another member of the legis
lature in the last twenty years who has
done as much to protect the state
from, loss dishonest practices the
lumbering regions.
If we have to go to war with Japan let
it be over something different from seal
skin sacks.
Crossed Political Wires.
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The democrats of Maine this year
have taken the bull by the horns and
made a platform which demands the re
submission of the prohibition amend
ment to the constitution. With this at
tractive declaration they have coupled
the name of Cyrus W. Davis, a popular
business man, as their candidate for
governor. They are making the cam
paign on the cry, "Let Maine Be Hon-
est." If the people want to continue
prohibition, the democrats argue, they
will say so when the referendum is
taken and both parties will have to drop
the matter out of parti zan politics for
at least a generation. If they do not
want to continue prohibition thev will
say so and the legislature will be free
to establish a license system suitable to
the state.
Yet the invitation of the democrats
seems unlikely to be accepted. Eepubli
cans will vote their own ticket while
feeling shaky on the subject of prohi
bition and many democrats will vote for
prohibition notwithstanding the issue
offers the only chance of their party
being entrusted with the state govern
ment. Governor Cobb, who has been
renominated by the republicans, is the
most ardent "enforcer" the state has
seen in many years. He has put all the
power of his administration back
of the Sturgis law, which is practically
an act to take enforcement out the
hands of the local authorities and place
it in the hands of a commission. The
commission has made Portland with its
hotels and many visitors from other
states dry and it has made the liquor
issue acute.
The situation is somewhat similar to
the political fight in South Carolina
this year, where every other issue has
given way to the battle for and against
the state dispensary Bystem. Senator
Tillman has thrown himself into the
struggle for the dispensary and is being
knocked about with a freedom which
must prove exhilarating to his oppon
ents. The republican party is there for
a more liberal construction of the liquor
laws as the democrats stand for license
in Maine.
The female crank is rather numerous
about Oyster Bay this summer, but as she
goes armed, -with nothing mora deswaiy
than a hatpin, the secret service may be
able to handle her.
The Proctor marble quarries regulate
the tariff on works of art. The owner of
jfifefeAfciigl
r*m &i%k
Minneapolis to the Grand Army.
the state proposed a soldiers' home it
was Minneapolis which went to the
front with an appropriation of $10,000
and the offer of a site unsurpassed in
beauty and adaptability in the country.
Mention is made of these things that
our visitors may know that Minneap
olis' interest is not occasional when
commercialism may be benefited by the
gathering of an immense concourse of
people. It is a living sentiment of love
of country and love of the country's
defenders which causes Minneapolis to
extend her welcome to the Grand Army
of the Eepublic today.
And the veteran of '61, as he looks
about him and compares the city of to
day with the village which welcomed him
twenty-two years ago, may lay the flat
tering unction to his soul that captains
of industry have not done all this that
"weighers of money nave not alo ne Held
the balance of prosperity. He, as he
lay in trenches in damp southern
swamps, or answered the charge under
the hot southern sun, was building Min
neapolis as well as every other northern
city.
A divided union meant setting the
clock of time back a generation. He
prevented that. He made America one
and indivisible, and he then laid the
foundation of all the material pros
perity of America.
He has, therefore, the highest title
to the freedom of any ciity which he
may enter. The broadest invitation to
enjoy what there is, freely and fully,
should be his wherever tiie American
flag floats and the Americam heart beats
time to sentiments of gratitude for the
history of the past.
the marble quarries personally sees to it
from a seat in the United States senate.
Now a son of the owner of the marble
quarries is to be made governor of Ver
mont in order that there may not be even
a suspicion of anything getting away
from the family.
A Painful Suggestion.
The erection of a monument to Cap
tain Wirz should not stir up the Grand
Army unduly. It could do nothing but
emphasize the infamy of Wirz' life and
hardly detract from the judgment that
history has passed upon him. Like the
monument to Major Andre i1 might be
the cause of petty local squabbles, but
it is not worth even a passing mention
in a great national body.
The Grand Army has reached a period
now when its influence is all for the
cementing of a common sentiment of
loyalty north and south. Its relations
with the veterans of the confederacy
are cordial. There is no bitterness be
tween the men who tested each others'
mettle on many .a well-fought field. But
Wirz was a different character from
those who fought in the open, he mur
dered on the quiet. He was tried and
hanged for his crimes. He has been so
completely dropped that it is well nigh
impossible to find a reference to him in
a reputable biographical dictionary. He
has fared well in history in being
omitted from its pages. His well
earned obscurity is due much to the de
sire of the north to spare the south the
remembrance of a painful episode of the
rebellion. If a monument to the man
should be erected it must be done by
incurable partizans with an individual
animus. It could not be charged
against the south generally and public
recognition of the threat of such an act
would probably not stop the act, but
be misconstrued by many southern peo
ple who have now no interest in the
matter and no disposition to share in
the erection of such a memento.
It looks well to see Minneapolis men
and Minneapolis young ladies girving up
their seats in the streetcars to -visitors
wearing the G. A. B, button. It is a
courtesy which will not be forgotten by
the old soldiers or their friends.
Steve Elkins' business partner is going
to be nominated for congress by the re
publicans against Henry Gassaway Davis,
his father-in-law. But that won't bother
such a side-stepper as Stephen B.
"Tenting tonight, boys, tenting to
night" Uncle Hiram and Aunt Sue have
the spare room, while seven cousins have
shakedowns in the parlor. It's tenting
for the boys tonight, or sit up.
Speaking of Senator La Follette, some
body has Just mentioned Governor Cum
mins for the presidency. These little per
sonals do not annoy the governor.
William Patterson is in town, but as
he is seven feet in height, well propor
tioned and sinewy, he is unlikely to be
struck.
When it gets around to favorite sons,
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, the land saver,
ought to have honorable mention.
Minneapolis' hospitality will be taxed
this time more than ever before, but it
has never failed yet.
Iowa democrats anticipated events
slightly by holding their state convention
at Waterloo.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
mffTBR MINNEAPOLIS' "JOURNAL.
Minnesota Politics
Large Majority of Candidates for Legis
lature Already on Record Publicly for
Senator NelsonCole's Opening Qun at
Cass LakeSpeakersnip Candidates
Have Trouble at Home.
4
AUG. 13.
1775unsuccessful naval attack by
British on Gloucester, Mass.
1831Mohawk & Hudson railroad,
first In America, was opened.
1838Banks of the United States
resumed specie payment.
1879Captain Webb swam from
Sandy Hook to Manhattan Beach.
1883City of Galveston, Texas,
celebrated the centenary of its In
corporation.
1891George Jones, editor of the
New YorK Times, died.
1893Great lumber ttre In Minne
apolis $2,000,000 damage.
1898Spaniards surrendered Manila.
1905Practically unanimous vote in
Norway for separation from Sweden.
Plenty of hard work is being done In a
quiet way to stack the legislature against
Knute Nelson, but the senator's friends
are not taking anything for granted. In
every legislative district they are seeing
to it that candidates are put on record.
In consequence, a large majority of the
candidates for nominations are publicly
pledged to vote for Nelson. If the non
committal candidates should all be nom
inated and elected. Nelson would still
have a clean majority in both the house
and senate.
Present Indications are tnat the effort
to beat Nelson will never reach the im
portance of the warfare against Clapp
two years ago.
A. L. Cole's opening speech of the
campaign will be delivered in Cass Lake,
at a date not yet determined. It will
probably be some time during next week.
The Cass Lake people sent a deputation
over two weeKs ago, asiung that Mr.
Cole should open the campaign In that
place, and he promptly acceded to the
request. Walker has had a Jubilee al
ready, and Cass Lake is the other im
portant town in Cass county, the candi
date's home.
The address will cover all live state
Issues, and wilt be the keynote for the
state campaign, so its coming is awaited
with a great deal of interest.
Cole headquarters for the G. A. R. en
campment are open, and Mr. Cole will be
on hand at the rooms in the Hyser hotel
from now on to welcome all comers.
The Brainerd Tribune says:
"The danger to the republican party
in the re-election Of Governor Johnson
is by no means imaginary. Every day he
is In office he devotes to strengthening
the democracy in the state. He is one
of the cleverest politicians in the north
west and has already created in this
state a sentiment in his own favor, and
in favor of at least one of his appointees,
which greatly strengthens their hold on
the administrative offices they fill. Not
only this a political machine has been
organized which extends to the remotest
parts of the state, and which two years
hence, unless It is smashed in November,
will be used to aid, If possible, in turn
ing the state over to Williams Jennings
Bryan, certain to be the democratic nom
inee, and whose nomination, unless all
signs fall, is going to make the result
doubtful. Before making up their minds
to support our amiable and accomplished
governor the republican voters of Min
nesota Should pause Ion* enough to con
template the consequences of such a
course."
It is evidently a little early for a
speakership campaign, for most of the
prospective candidates for the throne in
the house chamber are not yet able to
read their titles clear fo the republican
nomination in their districts N. F. Hugo
has opposition In the person of Clarence
B. Miller, a young Duluth attorney who
has filed. The third candidate is A. J.
McGee of Two Harbors, who may get
left by the heavy Duluth vote for the
other two candidates.
George H. Sullivan of Stillwater, a
member of the last state committee and
an active politician, has filed for the
state senate in Washington county
against E. W. Durant. and is giving
the veteran a hard race.
Senator Dale of Madison has filed for
renomihation, and will have a contest
with the Chlapgsta courrt|candidate. J.
O. Haugland.^
Senator C. A. Benson of Winthrop has
filed for another term, and is being
opposed by J. W. Stark of the same place.
Senators L. O. Cooke of Wabasha
county and A. S. Campbell of Mower
have no opposition so far in their desire
to be returned.
E. H. Canfield of Luverne has filed
for the senate in the sixteenth district,
against vrffltem Iiocfcwood o* IHpestone
Bock county has two house candidates
also, and now it is likely that one will
be brought out in Pipestone.
Representative W. C. Fraser Is the only
one who has filed so far for the seha
rf nom i na tlon in OlmstedBcounty. Charle Cheney
AMUSEMENTS
Metropolitan"Shenandoah."
Bronson Howard's "Shenandoah,'' as
played at the Metropolitan opera-house
this week by the Ferris Stock company,
vividly recalls the days of the civil war
to those who knew them, and especially
to those who donned the blue or the gray
to fight lor what they believed to toe the
right It is a beautiful story of love and
war and its artistic telling was enthu
siastically received by two packed houses
yesterday.
the story Is of a beautiful southern
girl in love with a northern soldier whose
duty to his flag opens-a chasm between
the two that is only crossed after many
vicissitudes, suffering and death. It is
the old story of war gramas, out when
well told, as it is in "Shenandoah, it is
irresistible in its appeal. Bronson How
ard's telling of this story is an acknowl
edged masterpiece.
Manager Ferris has staged this stirring
war play sumptuously In a fashion that
adds greatly to its realism and to its
effective portrayal ot the days when
brother fought brother and even love was
drowned in "war's tumult rude. The
production shows a careful study of his
tory and the spirit of the times, while
the hardships and life of the men who
fought and bled and died for their coun
try are truthfully portrayed. The scene
of the great retreat and the appearance
of General Sheridan on his famous ride
from Winchester is especially well done.
Florence Stone plays the part of Ger
trude Elllngham with effective spirit.
Her art is seen to greater advantage in
some other roles, but she is sweetly com
pelling as the southern girt.
A Byron Beasley plays the juvenue
lead with finish and is given a gratify
ing reception. Harrington Reynolds is at
home as General Haverill. Miss Jane
Elton makes one of the hits of the play
as Jenney *Buckthorne. David Marlowe
went on yesterday afternoon with only
fifteen minutes' notice and played Lieu
tenant Frank Bedloe, General Haverill
disinherited son, acquitting himself with
unusual credit. Peter Raymond, an old
local favorite, is seen to advantage as
General Buckthorne. The other members
of the large company are suitably cast.
"Shenandoah" will be the bill all of
this weefc. with daily toatlneeB.
i ''I i i
Bijou"The QArt i Lift Behind Me."
Old friends and a tiled and true play
combine to form a delightful offering at
the Bijou this week. Th play
isespeciall
Will appeal to all, and1,e
^Sa
one that
more
this week when everything centers about
the Grand Army encampment Visitors,
both the veterans and the younger gener
ation, will enjoy It. Many of the excel
lent company" that George Fawcett pre
sents are favorites in Minneapolis*
The pla,y is strong and full of interest
The scenes, except the last, are at Post
Kennion, In the Blackfoot country. The
Indians are restless and finally the
dreaded outbreak comes. Thru the cow
ardice ot a young lieutenant a part of a
commaad out 'on duty is killed by the
Defective Page I
redskins. The lieutenant and a brother
officer are In love with the charming
daughter of the commandant, and to save
his own neck and strengthen his case, the
lieutenant charges the deed to his broth
er officer, Lieutenant Hawkesworth.
Hawkesworth, however, volunteers for a
dangerous service, brings aid just as
everything seems lost, and the day is won
with the girl.
Ben Johnson, a Minneapolis favorite, is
welcomed back in the role of General
Kennion. Miss Sibyl Kline wins friends
for herself as his daughter Kate. The
trying dramatic scenes between the two
are carefully handled. George Schraeder
as Lieutenant Hawkesworth wins the au
dience by his manly and artistic work.
De Witt C. Jennings as Major Burleigh,
is a gruff, lovable fighter, thoroly in love
with his son, Dick, who is a bright char
acter of the play. Miss Rose Swain, an
other favorite, is a charming ingenue with
many friends in Minneapolis. Miss Made
line Liggett, who also has many friends
in the twin cities, and has been seen in
university productions, Is a genuine, im
pulsive girl as Lucy Hawkesworth, sister
of Lieutenant Hawkesworth. The cast is
exceptionally strong thruout. Charles
Lindholm, well known in Minneapolis, ap
pears to advantage as John Ladru, leader
of the Indians. W. E. Kibloe as Lieuten
ant Parlow, the coward Charles Gay as
Orderly McGlynn Thomas Swift as the
lisping Penwlok from Quebec and
Miss Josephine Gerard as Fawn Afraid,
an Indian girl, are all pleasing and will
win friends in Minneapolis during the
three weeks the company is to be here.
"The Girl I Left Behind Me" is well
staged and will run the week, with the
usual matinees. The Bijou is bright and
fresh after a summer's thoro overhauling
and cleaning.
Orpheum.
Dave Lewis shines as the bright star of
the opening bill of the Orpheum this
week. The program varies all the way
from trained dogs to highly trained
zouaves, with rifle shooting, gymnasts,
vocalists and comedians for filler The
bill is picked up with the idea of appeal
ing to the varied tastes of transient vis
itors of the week rather than the regu
lars, who will take up the work of at
tendance later, and with this fact in mind
it goes well.
Lewis is the hit of the show, and would
shine in any company on the Orpheum
circle. His dialect Stories are clever, well
given, and he bids fair to make the kill
ing on vaudeville boards that marked his
work in the heavier work of comedy.
The show opens with the two Vivians,
who do all of the regulation stunts and
some new ones with the rifle and revol
ver Lorimer Johnstone and Caroline
Cook follow with a lame skit, "A Shave
for a Wife," in which the action is great
er than the humor, and the ambition
more vaunting than the result Eleanor
Dorrell, soprano, gave three numbers and
succeeded in arousing a warm apprecia
tion of her efforts.
Meehan's trained dogs worked well for
early season exhibitions, and went thru
all of the regulation stunts. De Mora and
Graceta, gymnasts, gave fifteen minutes
of the fastest work of the kind ever seen
on the Orpheum stage. This is one of
the first importations for the circuit this
winter, and they have brought a large
bundle of new twists and turns with them.
The Peking zouaves, brought back to
Minneapolis for the purpose of pleasing
the visiting veterans, gave the same drill
which has made them famous the world
over for a number of years. Pursuit pic
tures in motion on the kinodrome, close
the evening. J. H. R.
Lyceum"Held By the Enemy."
Patriotic thrills abound in William Gil
lette's civil war drama, "Held by the
Enemy," and none of them is slurred over
In its presentation by the Lewis Stone
stock company at the Lyceum this week.
While the plot centers about the love
story of a northern officer and a
southern girl, the audience is never per
mitted to forget that a great war is in
progress, just behind the scenes.
Lewis Stone as Colonel Charles Pres
cott of the northern army, does an excel
lent piece of work. His acting, while
spirited, is at all times natural. As
Thomas Henry Bean, the irrepressible
"special correspondent," Ernest Fisher
scores a comedy success. The character
work of Arthur Paftlson as Uncle Rufus,
the faithful negro servant, is notably
good. Louis Conaughy, who impersonates
Lieutenant Gerdon Hayne of the confed
erate cavalry, carries thru his one in
tense scene with great success.
Rose Curry, who takes the role of the
heroine, Rachel McCreery, acts well and
looks charming. Jane Wallace Davis, as
her younger sister, Susan, is delightfully
ingenuous. The part of Euphemia Mc
Creery, the domineering maiden aunt, af
fords Louise Lewis Farnum an excellent
opportunity to display her abilities as a
character actress, and she makes the most
of it.
Well written, well staged and well
acted, the play is calculated to please any
one at all affected by the spirit of the
present week.
Crowds at Wonderland.
Wonderland had unusually large crowds
yesterday, even tor a pleasant Sunday.
G. A. R. visitors to the city were promi
nent. Every attraction on the grounds
got its slice of patronage. The special
features at the park for this week are of
unusual merit. Hamilton, the aeronaut,
is to give daily flights in the Knabenshue
airship, and last evening gave an exhi
bition of aerial navigation that lasted for
tMrty minutes, demonstrating the entire
dirigibility of the balloon. The "Globe of
Death," performed bj Lemon and Rose,
the centrifugal cyclers, is fully as sensa
tional as promised. No motor is used to
make the globe revolve, as in a similar
act given at a theater in this city last
season, and they make their rides to
gether, one above the other, instead of
singly. Mexieas and Mexieas, a funny
clown and a dog trained to do difficult
balancing feats, give an act that is very
entertaining. Arnaldo's remarkable
trained leopards and panthers, another
strong feature, also attracted much at
tention.
Features at Phalen Park.
Favorita's educated dogs are the chief
attraction for the ladles and children at
Phalen park this week, but Manager Bar
net does not rely on any one feature to
maintain the popularity of his amuse
ment park. Tody in his great diving act,
Is well worth seeing, and Cupid, the three
pound trapese performer, creates no end
of comment. Trilby, in her great waltz
ing movements, gives a pleasing perform
ance, while Trlxle, walking the pegs,
holds everyone's attention, and Browney,
the clown, produces abundant laughter.
The performances take place daily at 4:30
and 9:80 p.m. The park is reached by
means of the Phalen Park cars, after a
transfer at Seventh and Wabasha, St.
Paul.
Foyer Chat.
On WetaesOay alternoon ot this weeK
a bargain matinee will be given at the
Bijou, introducing the George Fawcett
players In "The Girl I Left Behind Me."
This will be the first matinee, according
to the new departure in prices.
Two overflow audiences witnessed the
first production of the Unique's -fine bill
for the current week this afternoon. The
superb little one-act play, "The Counsel
for the Defense," by Mr. and Mrs.
Robyns the fancy clubsWlnging and jug
glins tricks of Allaire and X^lndL, Harry L.
Webb's blackface "monkey business," and
a big Vaudeville bill will entertain Q. A.
R. visitors. A great feature will be made
of patriotic songs this week, in which
Herman La Fleux and Irene Little will be
heard.
August 13, 1906.
BRYAN'S CHARGE:
AGAINST SULLIVAN
Nebraskan Says the Illinois Man
Pilfered the Democratic
Party's Rights.
Paris, Aug. 13.William J. Bryan to
day gave out a statement concerning
the controversy respecting the Illinois
democratic national committeeman. The
controversy has grown out of Mr.
Bryan's letter demanding the resigna
tion of National Committeeman Roger
Sullivan, to which demand Mr. Sulli
van returned a prompt refusal and
stated that Mr. Bryan had been misin
formed respecting the situation by M.
F. Dunlap.
Mr. Bryan's rejoinder says that no
one but himself is responsible for the
information contained in his letter, and
that he had intended to ask Mr. Sulli
van to resign before he should see Mr.
Dunlap. Mr. Bryan added:
Bryan's Statement.
I entered into this contest because
I believed that Roger Sullivan and
John Hopkins had deliberately robbed
the democrats of Illinois of their polit
ical right, and I still believe so. To
secure political power by force or by
fraud ought to be as disgraceful in the
eyes of the public as to secure money
by force or fraud. I cannot conceive
or any plausible defense which Mr. Sul
livan can make for remaining on the
national committee. If the body is un
able to rid itself of the leadrship of
men like Sullivan, who seek to control
the party organization in order to ad
vance their corporate interests, it might
as well dissolve. While I was anxious
to give Sullivan a chance to retire with
out the fight, it is probably just as
well that he refused, for if we must
fight to purify the party organization,
the sooner it begins the better."
REGIPROGITY ISSUE
LOOMS DP IN CANADA
Journal Special Service,
Washington, Aug. 13.The Canadian
parliament, which recently adiourned,
will reassemble in November and take
up the tariff question, according to ad
vices received at the bureau of manu
factures.
Finance Minister Fielding and his
colleages have been working on a pro
posed bill, which is said to be in an
exceptionally forward state. The ma
jority for the government in parlia
ment is so large that the passage of
a cabinet measure is a foregone conclu
sion.
An opening will be made for a reci-
Etatesy
rocit agreement with the United
Wnat Canada will propose is
not known. The 33 V^ p.er cent prefer
ential in favor of British goods will
be changed, so goods to be admitted at
preferential rates will be specifically
mentioned. UNDERCURRENT FATAL
TO FIYE OB THE GOAST
Davenport, Wash., Aug. 13.Five
fng
erson who had been enjoying an out
on the banks of the Spokane river
about twelve miles northeast of here,
were drowned today.
The dead are Miss Winnie Jones, A.
L. Bergett, Mrs. A. L. Bergett, Roy
Howard and A. L. Inman.
Four of the drowned heroically sac
rificed their lives in an attempt to save
others. One after another they plunged
into the river only to be seized by the
undercurrent and drawn down either
by the whirlpool or the undercurrent.
3 KILLED, SCORE HURT IN
TROLLEY AGGIDEHTS
Chicago. Aug. 18.One woman was
instantly killed and another was prob
ably fatally hurt when an auto in
which they were riding was struck by
a Chicago & Milwaukee electric car at
Noyes street and the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul tracks in Evanston last
night. Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter, 1114
Himam avenue, was killed, and Mrs. H.
Slaughter, 45 years old, 1314 Ridge
avenue, probably will die. G. H. Slaugh
ter, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Slaugh
ter, and a cousin, Mrs. Myers, were
slightly bruised.
The automobile, which was moving
slowly, was crossing the track when the
heavy electric car, traveling at a high
speed, darted out behind some freight
cars standing on a sidetrack, hurling
the automobile about forty feet against
a telegraph pole.
Score Are Injured.
Ookland, Cal., Aug. 13.A Telegraph
avenue car, packed with pleasure
crowds from Berkeley and Cotteradge
Park crashed into a Key route elec
tric train bound from Piedmont to the
Ferry Mole at the Fortieth street cross
ing yesterday afternoon and a score of
persons were badly injured, at least two
of whom are so severely hurt that they
inav die.
Among the injured are: James St.
Johns. Oakland L. Bloom, Oakland
E. F. Dillon, Los Angeles, ball player
George Hodson, baseball umpire G. L.
Wheeler, San Francisco baseball team
Alber Sauberg, Alameda Mrs. Mar-
Saret
Welch, Oakland: Edith Parker,
akland Mrs. Henry Dismall, Oakland.
Bankers Killed.
Tamaqua, Pa., Aug. lS.Milton
Whetstone, cashier of the Citizens' Na
tional bank of Lansford, was killed and
Daniel McGeehan, aged' 27 years, as
sistant cashier of the Bame institution,
was fatally injured here Jast evening,
when their carriage was struck by a
trolley car.
19,000 Men Wanted in the Harvest
Fields of Minnesota and North
Dakota.
There is immediate need of thou
sands of harvest hands along the lines
of the Great Northern railway. Good
wages are assured. Work will last all
fall. Spend your vacation In the har
vest fields. Make your expenses and
lay aside a fund of good health and
money. Apply to V. D. Jones, City
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Great
Northern Railway, Third and Nicollet,
Minneapolis.
Steamship ITorth Wert"
Sails every Tuesday at 11:30 p.m. from
Duluth for her trip through the great
lakes. The Northern Pacific "Lake
Superior Limited." leaving Minneap
olis at 2:00 p.m., is the best connection
for this sailing. Get tickets and state
room berth reservations at the city
ticket office, Ho. 18, Nicollet House
block.
One Fare for the Round Trip to Can
noil Valley Points via Great
Western SLaUway,
Every Saturday Sunday during
May, June, July,and August, September
and October. For further information
apply to R. H. Heard, Gen'1 Agent, cor.
Nicollet avenue and Fifth street, Min
neapolis.
ALASKA CENTRAL
RAILROAD RUSHED
-4f"
By Winter of 1907 It Is Expected
Long Line Will Be Com
pleted.
Special to The Journal.
Seattle, Aug. 13.Recent advices
from Seward, Alaska, are to the effect
that the contract has been let for the
construction of 140 miles of the Alaska
Central railroad from its present ter
minus at Turnagain Arm, and that be
fore the winter of 1907 sets in it is
expected that 225 miles of that road
will have been completed. The latest
reports from the north state that about
nine hundred men are at work, while
the force is being increased as fast as
possible. There was Some loss by deser
tions to gold stampedes, but the ranks
are being filled up by new recruits.
New men are being sent out north
with each steamer, and it is expected
by Sept. 1st at leas, 1,500 men will be
at -work, on this line.
The contractors must reach the Chi
caloon coal fields within eighteen
months, according to their agreement.
This coal is described as semi-anthra
cite, and government analysis shows it
to be the best found on the Pacific
coast.
The prospective point is Fairbanks,
on the Tanana, and when that point is
reached and connection is made there
with the river system of transportation,
access to all parts of Alaska will have
been made much more easy and much
cheaper than now, when the only means
of transportation into the interior is
by way of the mouth of the Yukon or
by way of Dawson.
It is southern Alaska, however, the
Tanana and Copper river valleys and
the countrv west of the Copper river,
thru which the Seward road will run,
that is attracting most attention, and
this road, which is to penetrate central
southern Alaska, is beginning to attract
capital as a promising investment. At
the last annual election in June im
portant eastern financial interests be
came identified with the Alaska Cen
tral, and F. Augustus Heinze, the Mon
tana mining operator, became a mem
ber of the board of directors.
The Alaska Central has not been re
garded as a serious enterprise in some
quarters until recently, but in spite
of the suspicion which has followed
this project almost from the beginning,
it seems to be pushing forward on a
solid financial basis and to offer more
substantial evidences of prospective
success than any other railroad venture
now developing in Alaska.
Railroads
FLORENCE IS IN SIGHT
MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS EXTEN-
SION CEEWS ABE LAYING STEE&
TOWAED RIVER.
Special to The Journal.
Watertown, S. D., Aug. 13.Worn
has been delayed on the Minneapolis &
St. Louis extension between Watertown
and Condc, where a large steel-laying
gang began operations last week. The
heavy rains compelled the men to sus
pend operations. They were resumed
Saturday, however, and it is expected
that the track will be completed as far
as Florence today, and that tTains from
Watertown to that place will be run
ning by the last of this week.
At Stratford and Randolph, two of
the largest towns between here and
Conde, elevator sites have been taken
by several companies and work on the
construction of the elevators has begun.
At Stratford the Farmers', Hawkeye,
Mclntyre and Great Western com
panies are building elevators and tha
Eagle Milling company is constructing
a plant. A.t Randolph elevators axe
being built by the Verdon, Farmers',
Security, Great Western and Hawkeye
companies.
The railroad has many applications
for sites at all of the new towns and
building operations will be carried on
as fast as trains can be run on the new
extension.
The first spike in the laying of steel
on the new Minneapolis & St. Louis
Watertown-Missouri river extension was
driven here with elaborate ceremony.
It was driven by S. B. Sheldon, who
handled the sledge hammer in the pres
ence of a large portion of the popula
tion of Watertown.
General M. W. Sheafe made a speech
congratulating the people of Water
town and the road, and calling atten
tion to the magnificent country thrn
which the road is to run. He predicted
a population of 25,000 people for Wa
tertown within a short time.
The track laying is going on rapidly
and the steel will soon be laid into
Florence, the flourishing little city
which is growing up on the new line in
northwestern Codington county. The
Florentines are planning to celebrate
the arrival of the steel-laying gang. A
brass band will be imported. Thru
trains will not be put on into Florence
immediately, but the road will be pre
pared at once to handle carload lots.
DIRT IS STILL FLYING
I
Al-
Contractor Is Pushing Grade of
phabet'' Line.
Special to The Journal.
Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 13.H. G.
Hubner, the contractor, is pushing the
work on the four miles of grade or the
D., St. C, G. & M. road as it leaves
this city, and has nearly a hundred
teams employed. This is the road usual
ly alluded to as the "Alphabet."
The engineering corps is located here
and a large force is at work figurine
out the grades and cuts. It is expected
this four miles will be completed in
the next six or eight weeks, and when
this is completed it will connect with
the grade of last fall and the line will
thm be continuous for about thirty
miles.
It is expected the steel will be de
livered here about Sept. 15 and the
work of laying will begin at once, i
YEAR'S WORE AHEAD
Northern Pacific Road Straightens 1^1
Line.
Special to The Journal.
Valley City, N. D., Aug. 13.Two
steam showels and crews are now at
work on. the "Valley City eutofl of the
Northern Pacific and about 4,000 cubic
yards of earth are being removed daily*
This is about 100,000 yards a month,
and as there are about 1,250,000 yards
to be moved it will take more than a
year's steady work to finish the grade.
Don't Miss This Opportunity.
Take advantage of the cheap rate*
offered by the Northern Pacific to sum
mer tourists points in Minnesota and all
points in Dakota or, better still, visit
the Yellowstone national parkthen if
you have more time, go on to Montana,
Idaho and the Pacific coast. Call at
the city ticket office No. 19 Nicollet
House block, corner of Washington and
Nicollet avenues, ask for tourist publi
cation*.
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