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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
A WELCOME MOVEMENT

One of the most gratifying features Of
the Chinese situation is the announcement
that General Count Won Waldersee. who
has commanded the allied troops at Pc
king, has been ordered to withdraw his
troops from Peking and come home. Wal
dersee has been the principal obstacle in
the way OF effecting a composition with
the imperial government. He went to
China with Germany's contingent and in
spired by the Emperor Williams ferocious
speech made upon the embarkation Of the
German soldiers, who were told that they
were sent on mission of bloody ven
geance. On this principle Won Waldersee
has acted eyer since he arrived in China.
Not content with pillage, arson and mur-
der and rape, all the way from Taku to
Peking, and in that city revelling in plum
der. he has sent his men on punitive ex-
der, the lawless policy doing more to keep
up the native anti-foreign feeling than
anything else. Our government has pro-
tested against these expeditions in which
France joined, and the powers have all
come to the conclusion that it will at least
look better if they follow the American
example and eyacuate the Chinese capital,
leaving only legation guards.
The condition upon which the imperial
court will return to Peking is the with
drawal of the foreign troops. They are
apparently going. They could stay there
indefinitely, but that would mean the pur-
pose of depriving China of her indepen-
dence, which has been badly impaired al
ready. The destruction of the Taku forts
is going on and will be completed in
couple of months Walls and valuable guns
have been blown up and the seaward de-
fenses of Peking will all be destroyed and
the powers will occupy certain points be-
tween Peking and Taku to insure safe pas
sage to the capital. China is to be kept
under surveillance, paying $S15,OO0,OOO in
annual installments as war indemnity, the
payment Of which will necessitate the
raising of customs duties by per cent.
This will not suit either Great Britain or
our government, the latter taking the
ground that If such increase OF the tariff
is effected there should be compensatory
diminution or abolition OF the onerous
likin tax. levied in the interior upon
goods passing from one province toanother
Our government also desires the opening
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
F or annie S a Ike.

If you obey me implicitly. I am your nurse.
know you will be obedient, because you
are soldier and accustomed to obey"
l nodded feebly and closed my eyes again.
Can you understand how sweet is the sight
of fair, tender American face, after nearly
two years in the swamps and wilds of the
Philippines? The note of compassion in her
voice, the pure grace of her face, bound me
a slave to my nurse, and her gentle presence
was restful to my overtaxed nerves.
In few days I began to improve rapidly.
took an interest in my surroundings. and,
having discovered that l was actually in Som
ersville, I asked many questions, trying to
find out through my nurse many things that
desired to know concerning the man whose
infamy had caused me this journey to Som
ersville
My nurse was native Of the town and was
one of those generous volunteers who had
given their services to the victims of the
wreck. All who knew her called her Mamie.
and when I asked how to address her she told
me to call her Mamie, as the others did
One day I asked her, in as unconcerned a
voice as 1 could muster. whether she knew
any Bradleys living in the town.
Indeed 1 de- she replied. 81 know them
very well. But why do you ask? Do you
know any of them?"
In reckless burst of confidence. having
first bound her to secrecy, told my story
1t was relief to me, lying there on my back,
with my eyes staring at the white ceiling, to
pour out my wrongs to this girl in whose
presence and touch had always felt wealth
of sympathy. I did not note her face during
my recital so engrossed was 1 upon the pic
ture my brain was painting.
When 1 had finished she said in curiously
dry, hard voice:
''You were terribly wronged, you have suf
fered cruelty, but cannot speak Of this now
1 will come to you again.
For nearly two weeks an intermittent fever
kept me in bed My gentle little nurse was
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
By ]. p. Cough1an.

even more solicitous than before, but she did
not allude to the story 1 had told her
trace of sadness seemed to have crept into
her manner which / could not ascribe to any
particular cause.
On the second day I was able to dress my
self and sit on the edge of my cot, Mamie
! seated herself on chair near me.
Il want you to promise me something to-
day. she said, in a low quiet voice, keeping
her eyes fixed the floor in front of her.
''Ill promise you anything in reason Miss
Mamie, I answered with more fervor in my
voice than in my words, for this tender girl
had grown inexpressibly dear to me.
This is within reason. You must forgive
Jim Bradley" "
Mamie, I have sworn to kill him. I shall
keep my VOW
mo, no! You must mott 1t would be ter
rible You must forgive him; for my sake.
promise me that you will forgive him
l could only stare at the floor and try to
frame words of strength, of determination.
Come" she whispered and, taking my
hand she led me to the end OF the ward.
where a screen hid cot from view. We all
knew the meaning of that ominous screen.
Noiselessly she pushed it to one side. There
lay the man whom, for months, 1 had been
pursuing. The CHASTITY pallor of death was
on his features. The life was Pickering in
the eyes that met mine. The mute, despair
ing appeal on his face killed the last of my
resentment Mamie had taken his hand. and,
unconscious of what was doing, let her
put it in mine. Bradley was the only one to
speak.
THAT snhash-up finished me. I am not
worth revenge now, but-I'm sorry- AS
he spoke he brought his hands together and
placed Nannie's in mine. Poor little sis!
I've been bad lot"
He fell back Oh his pillow. few days
later he was beyond ali vengeance Of this life
and as Mamie and left his grave, we faced
the future together.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
Elements of the Population.
Copyright, 1901, by ]. P. cOughlan.

The flyer which left San Francisco that
night carried me with it, although its first
stopping place was ten miles beyond Somers-
vile, the village of my destination. Such
was the impatience Of my rage that l pre-
ferred the prospect Of ten-mile tramp to
the delay and slowness of later train.
How my hate burned on that November
night. My thoughts ran on to the accom-
paniment of the deep, mellow murmur Of the
train as it flew over its bed of steel. Through
and through my brain like molten ball Of
lead ran the remembrance of the wrong done
me by my treacherous friend, and time and
time again dwelt longingly on the revenge
that should be mine.
l was still In my soldiers uniform. But
first let me tell you the story. Let me ex-
plain my fierce hate. Jim Bradley and had
been chums-a fine, lovable fellow / thought
him. We were side by side in Cuba, and l
believed that we knew one another as two
men who braved hardship and danger to-
gether should.
We went to the Philippines, our friendship
remained fast and seemed to be impervious
to any assault. But that forlorn devil s
country must have made sad change IN the
character of my chum. Lured on by some
dark-eyed native woman, he turned traitor
to his country and sacrificed his honor. He
procured arms for the rebels and actually
contemplated joining them. 1t was I who dis
covered his perfdy. He confessed, and tried
to draw me into his traitorous schemes My
duty was to denounce him, but could not.
Our old friendship was too strongy and 1
had foolish hopes of dissuading him from his
madness.
! cannot rake over the details now-I do
not want to-nor can 1 explain clearly the
events that followed. He was suspected, ar
rested and brought to trial. BY some devilish
trick he reversed our true positions and made
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

me appear the guilty one. Dazed and stag
gered by his turn in affairs, I admitted the
knowledge l had possessed of Bradley's in
trigues with the rebels. For six months
was held, waiting for trial.
When that trial came I was freed but it
left me almost wreck, with nothing but the
vitality, fostered by vengeance, to support
me. In the meantime Bradley had bee min
valided home and knowing that he had been
born in Somersville, thither I raced to crafty
the burning desire for revenge that l had
nursed for six monthse
There, in brief, is the reason why was on
board this express. It was the end Of the
chase and 1 was hot on the trail Of the false
friend who betrayed country and comrade
with equal readiness, the one at the behest
of a dark-eyed rebel witch, the other to save
his own worthless neck.
The motion Of the express exhilarated me
beyond measure The hundred and one plans
for vengeance that had plotted across the
Pacific I reviewed again and again, yet de-
cided upon none. l would let the circum-
stances of our meeting be the arbiter of what
ignomy I inflicted upon him before killing
him. .
Suddenly the air was filled with monster
groan roar and shock confused my
senses, and the car in which l rode seemed to
rise with bound into the air, and then /
knew no more. ~
I awakened in the white bed of a hospital.
There had been a dreadful wreck; an entire
train derailed and almost crushed to atoms,
within a few hundred yards Of Somersville.
The local hospital, generally an almost empty
institution, was now filled with the injured,
and ambulance trains had carried scores of
others to Dalton. the next station on the
line
= =
ing tenderly over me, and soft voice bade
me be quiet, as 1 opened my lips to ask a
question.
NOW you must lie perfectly still. You are
not badly hurt: broken arm and a little
sbonL You will be IN and about very soon
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

the western province, in which Colombo is,
and always has been, the chief locale of the
Europeans on the island. In addition TO be-
ing the seat OF government, Colombo is also
the largest town-having population of over
100, 900, the principal trade center, and since
the construction of the breakwater works the
chief port of the island. When the new
harber is finished three years hence Colombo
will possess one Of the largest and best pro-
tected harbors in the world, having an in
closed area of 600 acres fully equipped with
numerous shipping conveniences. In the Pet
tab, or native settlement, are found congre-
gated together in what has been described
as ''an Notwithstanding Kaleidoscope, Cinga-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

OF all the Chinese ports to outside trade.
Our trade with China is largest in the
northern provinces and in Manchuria,
where Russia is now supreme and likely
to close the ports to foreigners when it
suits the interests OF her own trade
Meantime it will be interesting to see
what the emperor and his constant at
tendant the Jezebel dowager empress will
do If they return to Peking. Jezebel is
not to be trusted anywhere.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

Papers by Experts Specialists National Reputation

merical strength is no measure of their great
Importance as class. OF European colon
lists there are barely $500.
The executive and administrative power
is in the hands Of the governor and six
official members, all British; while the leg
slative council consists of the governor,
with ten official and eight unofficial mem
bers, the latter being nominated by the gov
ernor after consulting the various public
bodies and opinions; three OF them are Euro
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

E'Knobs o. Tennessee" at the B1jOu.
s.Knobs O. Tennessee" a melodrama reek-
ing with mawkish sentiment and double dis
titled Villainy in a country where distilling IS
carried on under difficulties, is the bill at
the Bijou this week Hal Reid the actor
author of Human Hearts and other plays
designed to draw salt tears from an audi
ence is responsible for this melodrama,
which bears unnistakable evidences Of haste
in it's preparation. Like all great dramatists,
Mr.. Reid is compelled to write under pres
sure, and his work is therefore Inarred by
crudities for which he should be arrested
were it not that the worlds stage is gaping
and he must needs supply its wants.
There are passages In ''Knobs O. Tennes-
see,' persons, pictures, performances which
properly disposed would make "a fright
smart" melodrama, as they would say in
sunny Tennessee" but the disposition, the
arrangement is bad. AS Macauley said of the
words in Robert Montgomery's poems, they
are all right, and placed in proper order
would make good poetry
The play is loosely constructed and while
abounding in stirring scenes is defeated by
an ocean of drivel and words, words, words"
which any man who had ever heard human
beings talk ought not to have employed.
In other words, it sounds like a novel and
uIl6Ily ldChS luS uiACCluSSS dAiN SOlhpdOlLSSS
essential to successful play Of any kind
To do Mr.. Reid full justice, he has in
troduced some clever characters and cast his
play in scenic environment of much beauty,
but the merry little mountain maid is sur
feited with sentiment, and mother and son.
especially mother" indulge in sentimental
debauches that would make mad the guilty
and appal the free"
There are the moonshiner's still, the gov
ernment detectives, the old blue grass colonel
and his bud of a daughter, in love with Mr..
Fright" Of course, and a villain as is
villain.
The company fits the crime. although it is
impossible to say what the players might do
under more favorable conditions. The handi-
cap of KNOBS o. Tennessee is terrible
one to overcome W. A D.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

ment of the great planting enterprise. chiefly
in the hands of the colonists, of cocoa and
cardamons, but above all. Of tea, there has
been a marked advance in the trade ana
revenue Of the island. In the case OF tea,
the export trade, which began in 1873 with
twenty three pounds, has grown in less than
thirty years TO the gigantic dimensions OF
125, 900, 900 pounds In the early days OF Brit
ish rule the ~annual imports amounted to
about 81, $50. COO; they are now about s22,6OO,-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
A Boycott on Girls.
Austin Transcript.

Minneapolis man proposes new plan
for solving the vexed servant girl problem.
His plan is to boycott every restaurant that
has girl waitress, pass by every store that
has girl clerks and do away with the female
typewriter. Then he thinks there might be
girls enough to go around This problem IS
really serious one, as the man who now has
to get up to build the fire and start his break
fast has discovered.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
A Revolutionary visitor.


General Braehi of San Domingo, by occu-
patton an unsuccessful leader Of revolution,
is the latest arrival. General Brachi is not
here of his own volition He came by the
earnest request of President Jiminez and
members of his cabinet, who have been kept
In cold sweat by the persistence of General
Brachi in stirring up opposition in the Vicin-
ity of the palace. The swarthy general owes
his life and first-class passage from Santo
Domingo to the fact that his brother is min
lister of finance. Several weeks ago the gen
eral stepped into the public square at Santo
Domingo, fred pistol, shouted "CaramDa,
and revolution was on Braehi made so
much trouble that he was finally captured
Arrangements were being made to perforate
him in the public square, for the ediheation
OF the people, when his brothers influence
prevailed and Brachi was deported. a.
IN. N. A.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

Politics cannot be said to have deter
mined the opinions of the supreme court
on the question whether the constitution
follows the flag. There are democrats
and republicans on both sides Of the
Downes case-the case involving the
power of congress to make special tariff
laws for possessions"
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

The administration of the law is vested in
a supreme court, consisting of chief justice
and two puisne judges, and by district judges
and police magistrates, many of the natives
holding lesser judicial offices.
Sources of the Revenue.
The revenue is derived mainly from the
railways, which are the property Of the gov
ernment, customs, licenses. and stamps, as
we'll as from the duty on imported rice and
the salt monopoly, both of which directly
touch the natives. In the last decade, con-
sequent upon the rapid extension in the
cultivation by natives and Europeans of the
cocoanut and other palms, additional activity
in plumbago, ETC., and the striking develop
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
Promoted.
Atchison Globe.

man who was appointed superintendent
of the Missouri Pacific to-day, was section
foreman eight years ago. Is this not evi-
denee that there are plenty of good places
for good men? If you are not promoted, you
have too high an estimate of the value Of
your services and are careless as result.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

really back OF that remedy 1t ought to be
prosecuted or converted into a monarchy.
The only safe way to avoid hog cholera is
to get a brand of pig that does not believe in
cholera.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

Alice Stone Blackwell says the American
woman is no longer a hen. but an eagle.
Well, she's bird, anyhow.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

Mr.. Briggs now has nine more indictments.
Anybody wanting a stock of econd-hand jim
dictments, hardly shopworn, will do well to
see him before purchasing elsewhere.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

The King OF the Belgians is having an au-
tomobile built with sleeping-room in 1t. A
good many scorchers' act as If they were TAX
ing a nap and letting the wheel do the rest.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

II iron is found at Coon Greek, there will
be a jubilant outcry from the Anoka Union,
which has stood by the Coon Creek d-n
from the outset
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
d ally New York Letter.

this summer. For the millionaires there are
finely woven straw hats worth Sl2o apiece.
One show window near the Gilsey House con-
tains two of these costly specimens OF head
gear side by side with new pattern $lsS
affair. oficially the straw hat season does
not open until May 81.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

some surprise she opened a letter on Friday
evening in her dressing room and read:
Dear. Miss Hopper-Will you please send
US your certified check for $6SO00, as we wish
to close the Gravesend race track tomorrow
afternoon in order to witness the matinee
performance of 'Florodora.' The Push.''
Owing to the pressure of many other de-
mands on the bank account Miss Hopper has
to decline to accommodate the persons MAX
ing the modest request
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
Foyer Chat.

One OF the most beautiful plays of the sea-
son, Nathan Hale will be seen at the Met
ropolitan for four nights and Saturday matt
nee starting Thursday. Howard Kyle will be
seen in the role Of the patriot spy, surround
ed by a company of unusual ability The
original scenic effects will be used here
E. H. Sothern's production of Hamlet" is
the costliest venture he has ever been asso-
ciated with. 1t has aroused more newspaper
controversy than all the parts he has hitherto
played, and is an event one cannot well af-
ford to miss. The engagement is for three
nights only beginning next Monday evening.
The last helf Of next week at the Metro
politan another big vaudeville bill, headed by
'The Girl With the Auburn Hair will be
presented. Among the other star features are
Dorothy Studebaker, Eddie Girard and Jessie
Gardner, and Junie McCree and company
"At Valley Forge William Roberts pic
turesque colonial drama which will be seen
next week at the Bijou. is said to be a dig
nifed forceful and logical drama of the
Revolutionary period The love story is Vivid
ly told and punctuated with many stirring
episodes. The comedy is wholesome and re-
freshing.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

farm has been discovered in Texas on
which there is no OIL A stock company has
been formed to promote it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

Colonel Olcott says DR.. Dowie is "a fake -
DR.. Dowie's opinion of the colonel would not
be nearly so complimentary.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

A Great Northern freight train collided
with two cars of dynamite yesterday. Unlike
the cat, the train did not come back.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

]. Ham Lewis says the tariff will be the
issue in 1904. Tarif, tarlff-seems as though
we had heard of that issue before.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

Chicago theatrical gentleman consumed
twenty-three bottles OF champagne. not on
wager, but because he liked it. Incidentally,
he died.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
ADJUSTMENTS
Vaudeville at the Metropolital


The craze for high class vaudeville which
has been raging in all the important cities
of the country for year or more has appar
emily struck Minneapolis sQuarely amidships.
Packed houses have been the rule at the
Metropolitan this week since the manage
ment announced Jessie Bartlett Davis and
her talented vaudeville company. Mrs. Davis
Is still the Jessie Bartlett Davis of the old
Bostonians, with the same wonderful con-
tralto voice, the same roguish eye, the same
magnetic presence and the same musicianly
methods which have delighted tens OF thou
sands. Mrs. Davis sings four songs, two Of
which, Beyond the Gates,r and The Way
TO Win a Woman's Heart were written ex-
pressly for her. Another, Just Because
Love You SO,'' is her own composition. And
of course she sings 20 Promise Me-" with
all the sweetness and mellow richness Of
tone that made the song and the songstress
famous.
Gus williams, who had national reputa-
tions as a singer and fun-maker when most
of the men now living were boys, is one of
the top cards in this vaudeville combination
Mr.. Williams Is an artist and with an artists
gifts he sings songs with scarcely any voice
at all but the audience listens as if really
great artist was singing in voice attuned
to the truest harmony His talk, his stories
and above all his eccentric piano playing are
highly entertaining
Smart and Williams, 'jUst two coons" are
a clever pair of colored boys who contribute
a very funny turn. Marsh and Sartella, in
refined singing and dancing specially were
well received. Morrissey and Rich, Irish
comedy boomers, were agreeably entertain
ing In songs and persifage.
The De Havens, two young misses and boy
In
coon songs and dances. One Of the young
ladies astounded the audience by playing the
''Stars and Stripes" on the piano in rag time,
an then executing 1.-The Palms. with her
back to the instrument.
The orchestra, which was as unreliable as
April weather on Sunday evening, had quite
recovered from its embarrassment last night,
and the performance was highly enjoyable in
all respects. w. A D.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

The Scotch universities are said to fear
that it will cost them too much to accept Mr..
Carnegie's 900 gift. Hoot, mon
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28
Looks That way.
sd. Louis GIohe-pemoc1

St. Louis Globe-Democrat
In the course OF time it will probably occur
to the Car of Russia that some of his con-
stituents have personal grievance against
him
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

The missing man probably fell into one Of
the holes in the asphalt on Second avenue S.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-28

A dog had several teeth broken off trying
to bite a book agent