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are filled. thes-few that remain being the
cheaper ones. This Is significant as showing
the class and the emotions to which Mr..
Mansfield appeals. The audience last night
was made UP largely of people aready widely
acquainted with the actors art and in sym
pathy with it; it was distinctly an audience
OF friends and the atmosphere was genial
one. MI ilgs
However, even their great admiration for
so great and winning an actor did not bring
out the tribute of. smart dressing which Min
neapolis audiences always seem to feel is due
notable singers. The line of denarcation be-
tween the Observation-Disclosures of musical and
dramatic art is always sharply drawn in Min
neapolis, but theareason is beyond fathoming
for most of the social observers. and they
seldom even vouchsafe a theory to account
for thesfact that the people best able to dress
elegantly never seem to think it necessary or
dsirable to do so for the theater. no matter
what the attraction. while an ordinary, con-
cert is-a brilliant dre-s parade.
fhe audience last night was distinctly a
well-diessed one. but while the prominent So
cial leaders were present in force, they could
not have been singled out by their, sartorial
display OF pretty waists, fetching hats and
bright, attractive couture ornaments there
were plenty, and these gave attractive color
touches, but of notable toilets the number
was very small. ~
Among tne people present were MeSsrS. and
Mines. j., A.. Modisette, R. H. Newton. G. J.
Backus.z3W. A. Hall, F. D. Larratee. j. S.
Bell, d. +. Simpson, G. T. Jaffray, w. c.
Tiffany, Luther harrington, II. Mel. Morton,
Douglass McKay,&A. B. Cults, H. w. Bennett,
A. w. Bronson, Willis Jones, Louis K. Hull,
Theodore Wetmore. S. c. Tooker. w. D.
Gregory, w. X. Sawyer, George Henry, Frank
Crowell, Denman Johnson, G. W. Johnson A.
L. jerks, Horace Gray, w. M. Kenyon, Louis
Watson, Philip Is. Hunt. F. H. Wendell. NJ.
D.. Purdy, E. F. Osborne, E. r. Barber, Geo.
sewall, w. L. o'Rricn. E. j. Carpenter,
Wyatt Stone, Houghton Thomas, c. E. Lewis,
j. F. Calhoun, E. ]. Edwards, Rodney Chad
bourn; Mines. H. C.. Truesdale, T. F. Wallace,
Misses Maud Edwards. Katherine Modisette,
Elizabeth Gilmore, Edna Ripley, Adelaide
Robbins, Hannah Ahrendt, Mynn Stoddard,
Louise Heffelfnger, Bessie Brundage, Marga-
ret Daniels. Martha Rogers, Ethel Simmons,
Alice Gilmore; Messrs G. W. Wheeler, D. M.
Chute, Charles Heffelfnger, James Bell, T. F.
Wallace, Horace Lowry. A. T. Rand, E. v.
Cotton, Omar Goodridge, Claude Madden H.
N. Gausta, Arthur Collins, A. O. Eliason, L.
B. Newell, Dave Tenney, Winston John Pills
bury, w. S. Laton, w. Y. Chute and Fred
Dean.
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patriotic tendencies are greatly pleased
with the ship combine. The promoters of,
the ship subsidy bill are certainly not al
together pleased with the transaction.
They perceive that the prospects of the
bill are dimmed by the portentous fact
that one of the lines which has been alb
sorbed in the combine Is American, and
the vessels have been registered under our
navigation laws and will come under the
subsidy provisions Of the Frye bill If 1t
is enacted. thus presenting the spectacle
of payments from the government treas
ury - the owners of a fleet of merchant
ships identified with combination which
proposes to control ocean freight rates.
The question is asked, why, in this per-
iod of opposition to the subsdizing of
great corporations, deliberate attempt
should be made to push through con-
gress measure designed to aid rich cor
porations to do their business, discrimi-
mating against the smaller and weaker
ship owners. paying the most favored
ones as much for steaming empty as
steamtng with full cargoes.
Mr.. Carnegies statement that Ameri-
cans will "soon be able to build ships as
cheaply as Great Britain is true. Mr.
Cramp, the great Philadelphia shipbuilder,
declared last year that ships can be built
in this country as cheaply as in England
although they cannot be operated as
cheaply. 1t is absurd to say that this can
not be done, when we have beaten the
world in manufacturing industries in
every other direction. 1t is very cer-
tain that the purchase of the foreign
bottoms by the Morgan syndicate fore
shadows new and prosperous era of
American shipbuilding. Let it be noted
that in the shipping combine agreement
ca!bled yesterday, it is specially declared
that nothing herein contained however.
shall prevent the purchasers from placing
orders for new steamers and repairs at
the shipyards in the United States" There
IS potent suggestion here that our ship
yards will have no shrinkage in their
business because of the North Atlantic
steamship combine.
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AN EARLY CONVENTION

The republicans will have an early and
not late state convention. 1t will be
held on the first of July and not in Sep
TENDER, as the opposition to Governor
Van SAINT had been planning and plotting
for several days.
The purpose Of the opposition to Van
SAINT was plain enough. A late conveh-
nents in the hope that further delay
might afford some opportunity to defeat
his denomination. 1t became apparent
yesterday, however, before the committee
met, that the effort to secure delay be-
You'd the usual date would fail, that the
friends of the governor would yield his
enemies no such advantage as a late con-
vention would signify. The opposition sur
rendered gracefully.
This means that Governor Van SAINT
will be renominated by reclamation, and
that he will be re- elected by very much
larger majority than that which he re-
ceived two years ago. 1t means, too,
that the people are disposed to show their
appreciation Of fidelity and courage in
official life.
h e j ourna is glad to note that
the committee acted favorably upon the
suggestion made by this paper few days
ago to the effect that some one be chosen
whose name should be presented to the
convention for temporary chairman, the
object of a choice at this time being to
enable the person selected to have an
opportunity to prepare such an address
as will be fitting to the occasion. T h e
Journ made no suggetion other than
that 1t would be appropriate to take some
one from our congressional delegation
Senator Nelson was in mind at the time
but we refrained from seeking to infu-
ence the choice of the committee. The
selection we regard as very fortunate
Senator Nelson is the most prominent
figure in public life in this state to-day
He is in sympathy with the state admin
istration and the national administration
and from him may be expected on that
occasion a clarion note which shall sound
the advance of the republican forces for
the coming campaign. r.. . .-..-
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GOOD LAWS

That was fine compliment paid to the
effect of the Minnesota pure food laws by
that packing house salesman who said
that 1t was only within the limits of this
state that he dared to eat Hamburger
steak. Because of its better laws the peo-
pie of Minnesota are getting better food
stuffs than the people of adjoining states,
Provision houses have to manufacture a
fine class of goods especially for sale
in Minnesota.
There is no doubt that our stringent
laws have saved our people from consum-
Ing vast quantities of deleterious goods.
If pure food law is good for one state
and its people, why is not pure food
law regulating interstate commerce a.
good thing for all the peop1e? 1t is use
less to say that it is no proper function
OF government to protect the food of the
people. In this age the Individual is
almost powerless to protect himself, so
cunning and general are food frauds. The
people are entitled to get what they buy
and pay for. Substitution and adultera-
,tton are merely forms OF getting money
under false pretenses., They are swindles.
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CARNEGIE'S OPTIMISM

Andrew Carnegie's talk to interviewers
upon landing In London vest erday was re-
freshingly optimistic-a little too much
so, doubtless, for the endurance of the
subjects of King Edward VII. 1t seemed
like rubbing it in with a vengeance to
inform them that Great Britain was no
longer to be European power, but would
ultimately be state in the American
federation. In one Of his magazine arti
Giles published few years ago and in
cluded in his recent book, Mr.. Carnegie
was willing to let England enjoy her indie
pendence. but with reduced trading i'm
portance.
His observations on the Morgan ship
combine were not calculated to make Brit
ons content with the prospect. He re-
garded the combine as triumph of Amer
lean patriotism, and, while he saw no
immediate prospect of congressional legts-
lation permitting British ships to get
American registry, yet the Americans
would have a great merchant marine, all
the same. for they have bought big
feet as starter and would soon be able
TO distance Great Britain and the CONT
nent of Europe in the business of cheap
shipbuilding. The present deal, he said,
is matter of business and money making
which excluded flag sentiment and con-
templated dividends only.
Mr.. Carnegie states the situation with
precision, but he is not altogether right
when he says that all Americans with
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These are times Of trouble for the boss
BARRIERS, Rents and the cost of living
have gone up. but they dare not raise
the prices of shaves and hair cuts,
though they have about decided to charge
more for whisker trimming They wish
to abolish the tipping habit, but the jour-
neymen object. On the other hand, the
latter are demanding shorter hours an in
crease of pay from s12 to $14 a week, and
are enforcing the law against unlicensed
BARRIERS. They are insisting, too, that the
Decent shops raise the shaving price to
Is cents. If such change is made the
shops affected fear; that they will lose all
their business. The bosses scarcely know
which way to turn. If they don't grant
the demands of the journeymen they will
strike. If they do the customers will
strike. ..Hr rgE#
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The COST OF REPRESENTATION

The Canadians have drifted so far away
from their former desire for reciprocal
trade relations with the United States
that there is now in eastern Canada 2
very strong agitation for tariff revision
with the purpose Of raising the tariff on
manufactured articles. Gustave BeuteI-
spacher, United tates commercial agent
reports from Moncton, N. B., that manu-
facturers and merchants throughout
these provinces are becoming greatly
dissatisfied with the present condition of
the Canadian tariff, although factories are
running in full blast, and it seems that
anyone who wishes to work can get en-
ployment. But the cost of living is so
nigh that the wages are hardly sufficient
to meet the daily requirements Mer-
chants are compelled to give long credits,
which call for a large capital and involve
losses. They say that it was a protective
tariff that built up the industries of the
United States, and that if Canada were
given equally high rates that country
would make similar strides.
1t is suggested that if duty of so
per cent were placed on AGRICULTURAL
implements the 100000 worth of those
goods brought from the United States
last year would be replaced by Canadian
made goods, with s2,O00O0O for Canadian
Workmen and manufacturers.
A similar complaint against American
competition comes from the boot and shoe
manufacturers, who dwell upon the fact
he inn fafi
have increased from s32O,OO0 in 1897 to
about 100000 for the current year. The
manufacturers of woolens and Portland
cement are also clamoring for more tariff.
IN the case of the former the competition
IS largely from Great Britain, and the
preferential tariff given the mother coun-
try has greatly stimulated their importa-
ton. Deputations representing these in
terests have waited upon the government
and urged their views
In concluding his report Mr.. Beute1-
spacher says:
canada is very good customer of the
United States. The people like our goods
better than those of any other country, Forty
per cent Of the goods handled by one of the
largest hardware dealers in New Brunswick
VIII headquarters at bloncton, are OF AIneri-
can manufacture Every reasonable effort
should, think, be made to foster and ex-
pand this trade.
And no effort is being made We are
planning commercial expansion in South
America, in Europe and in Asia, but we
are neglecting to foster and preserve the
splendid trade we have with Canada. rela-
lively our best customer. While the Ca
nadians are agttating along lines that will
take them farther and farther from us
we continue to do nothing to win the good
will of that large portion of the Canadian
population whichsas producers of raw ma
terial and foodstuffs is naturally opposed
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IN A NUTSHELL

Pontiac, Ill.-A s175,ooo fire burned the state
reformatory except one wing.
New York-The executive committee Of the
United Irish League of America held a meet
ing at the Hoffman House to oppose the re-
newal of the coercion in Ireland.
Chicago-J. l.. Stack, advertising agent,
when shown the report in morning paper
There is absolutely no basis for the story"
Toledo, Objective captains and two engi-
neers have refused to- obey the orders of the
Licensed Tugmen's Association to quit work.
The company is now trying to hire men to
take the places of strikers.
Omaha-They 14-year-od son of Attorney ].
W. Eller, ex-county Judge and one OF the
most promising lawyers of the city. died yes
terday, after Christian Science attendance and
fuss is being made about 1t.
Chicago-The failure of Hunt & Hutchings,
Of Louisville KY, yesterday explained to a
the Chicago Board of Trade wednesday. News
Of the failure was not received until yester-
day. ~"
Chicago-While the nurses of the Mary
Thompson hospital training school were at
tending the annual graduation exercises last
night thieves looted their home. Jewelry,
watches and several hundred dollars in money
were stolen. ..sssst
Chicago-Documents which seem to prove
that an agreement to control the market price
of beef exists among. the packers in the big
SIX combination were placed in the hands OF
District Attorney Bethea. The packers say
-.
Chicago-Mrs. Mae Kelsey shot and serious
ly wounded her husband, Jesse D. Kelsey q
conductor on the Lincoln. avenue cable line,
at noon yesterday, while he vas on his car.
Kelsey had applied for a divorce aud the
couple had separated.
La Porte, Indulge Tuthill has sentenced
William Henke to thirty days, fine of $1G0
and dsfranchisement for three years be-
cause Of drinking habits. This Is the first
time in the history of the state that citizen
has been DISTINGUISHED for this cause.
Vincennes, Ind.-Dr. James H. Mccoy, q
prominent young physician, republican politi-
clan and adjutant of the third battalion, In
diana national guard, was arrested on the
charge of breaking the quarantine law by TAX
ing three negroes afflicted with smallpox to
the polls at Tuesdays election.
Pittsburg-The United States Steel Corpo-
ration will .experd S60,000,00 in making i'm
provements to their present holdings and in
stead of building one large tube mill in the
vicinity of Pittsburg, three will be erected.
The plant of the National Tube company at
McKeesport will not be moved but will be re-
paired and operated.
{ Chicago-H. e. H. King, WHO was attacked
the other night in military uniform, says that
the charge of signing false vouchers was
brought against him at the military academy
by NJ. A. E1kins King at the point OF re-
vover made Elkins retract the charges in
writing This retraction, he says, was stolen
from his when he was assaulted and left En-
conscious.
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BASCOM'S AUTO
Copyright, 1909, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
BY EpEs w. SARGENT.

4. L = -s7 .
Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co..
Roger Bascom's automobile had become
local issue i'll Marion. Deacon Perry de-
clared that it was flying in the face of provi-
dence to dispense with the horse and use this
neWfangled vehicle. Horses had been good
enough for mis- grandfathers and they would
still be good enough for him and his
4 This was hard on Bascom because Grace
Perry and he had grown naturally from play
mates into lovers, yet now the deacon had
said that sooner than see child of his trust
herself to man who trafficked in the devices
of the evil one he would send her out to his
sister in Minnesota.
Roger, being a young man of spirit, had
reminded the deacon that Elijah's chariot of
fire was probably very like steam auto
mobile, in consequence of which fippant
speech he had received his ring back from the
girl he loved
For her fathers sake Grace .ried to keep to
the letter of his law, but she could not keep
her thoughts from wandering to her lover
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Il think the gasolene has given OUT he
observed calmly. 'We will have to stay here
Or" He glanced at the country road that
had become sea of mud. Clearly walking
was out of the question.
He took off his coat. "Put this about you,''
he said tenderly. '.It will help to keep you
dry. and there must be carriage aIona
soon."
II really cannot allow it, she was saying.
but she did. She was astonished at herself,
astonished, too, at the force of the old feel
ing of contentment in once more being taken
care of by him. Surely, she told herself
fiercely, she had too much spirit to love
man who solaced himself for her absence by
the society of other girls. And yet she still
loved him. In spite of all her arguments
she knew 1t.
Bascom did not know it, and at her con-
tinued silence his face grew as downcast as
the sky. A .shiver of the girl by his side
reused him You are taking your death Of
cold he cried remorsefully, land it's all
my fault. When 1 saw you 1 couldn't help
asking you in, but I never ought to have
done it,
There was no trace Of masterfulness in
his voice now and the girl melted.
IL wanted you to ask me- she said.
softly. la
Bascom gave one look at her face, and then
there were two figures under the umbrella
that earlier had been barely enough for one.
They never even heard an approaching car
riage till reused by Deacon Perry's excited
well, WE'LL" as he refined up beside them.
Bascom mentally braced himself for a shock,
but it turned out to be little different from
what he expected.
Got in trouble, eh?' chuckled the dea-
con. Guess that you'll admit that a horse
is best after ALL
"I'll admit anything if you'll only get
Grace out of this said Bascom manfully.
"She does seem to be in pretty close quar-
tiers, . the deacon said grimly, but his daugh-
ter's imploring eyes and the joy of victory
softened him again. I've been kinder
sorry was SO set, SO l guess we'll have to
let bygones be bygones, and I'll just tow you
| home. - ~ ss-sE
And so it happened that late that after
noon, when the skies had cleared, Deacon
Perry made a sensational entry into Marion.
Behind him towed the auto, like royal
captive chained to a chariot. But the two
prisoners of war, seated within it. were
strangely jublant.
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Perhaps his tone was a little bit too mas
terfu. and the girl resented 1T. She did not
speak until few stray drops of rain splashed
upon her face Neither had noticed how over
cast the sky had grown.
At her cry Bascom stopped the machine
and looked around ruefully. During the last
half-hour Of moody silence he had not cared
how fast and far they went, and here they
were eight miles from home.
His tone was very meek as he looked down
at the proud little figure at his side "I'm
no end sorry, for there is no hood. but here's
an umbrella -
She accepted it with chill politeness, and
they headed for home.
The rain came down in torrents, and the
water oozed and splashed under the rubber
tires. Grace's face was beginning to soften
as she stole surreptitious chances at her
dripping escort. yet even in her embarrass-
ment she was conscious that the auto was
going slower and slower. Bascom said Moth
ing till it came to an abrupt stop.
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any more than she could withdraw her heart
from his keeping: also she was too much he.
fathers daughter to take anything on hear
say, So she wanted to try for herself just
how dreadful the new machine was
Possibly it was combination of these rea-
sons that led her to the river road where
Roger was speeding up and down. She tried
hard to look unconscious the auto came
into view, but the effort was unsuccessful,
particularly as IT'S solitary occupant stopped
short at sight of her. The look of gladness
that overspread his face was obviously re-
hected in her own.
Bascom's heart gave joyful leap at the
sight. Jump in, Grace!'' he cried boldly
TRY 1t and see how you like it," And he
threw open the door invitingly.
But Grace backed off in disappearing
fashion. Il don't like It," she declared
neither does father Yet the telltale color
still famed in her cheeks
Bascom laughed. He could brave the world
now that he knew that Grace still cared Il
know he doesn't" he admitted, but you will
if you only once try it, =
< Now, Deacon Perry had driven over to
Chester that morning and would not be back
till late. The road was deserted, and-Well.
it would be nice to be with Roger again, to
have him tuck the robe tenderly around her
and feel his strong, reliant presence at her
SIDE Grace yielded to the tempter and tasted
of the forbidden fruit. -
The first mile she was too busy enjoying the
novelty and the rapid motion to speak. She
had forgotten her fathers commands when
she at last turned radiant face
ITS perfectly lovely" she cried enthus-
iastically "And I'm not a bit scared. Are
girls usually scared?" s.: ~ -
Not bit Of Why, Nell Demorest and
Alive Evans went way over to Chester and
back" 49,
She drew away from him. = =
II did not know that you were taking every
girl in the village to ride. I suppose you
wanted me to come so as to make up the
number" she said etif1y. sl& -.
He wheeled around in his seat
/ See here, Grace: he said 4emphatically
you know that there is just one girl whom
have been wishing 10 see in that seat, ant
that's you; but when you would not come ]
took the others. A fellow has to talk to I
girl once in awhile
u You do not appear to have lacked TO,
practice she retorted ironically. ~:
WELL" he answered cheerfully, ..there's
safety in numbers. I should think it would
please you unless you want to be Mormon.
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The whole country is shocked by the
tragedy in New York yesterday, whereby
the we'll known writer, Paul Leicester
Ford and his athletic brother lost their
lives by revolver in the hands of the
latter. The statement issued by the
family says that Malcolm Ford had given
some signs of being mentally deranged.
This is probably a pardonable fiction de-
signed to snare the family the disgrace
of Al fratricide. But if it is true yester
days tragedy will be a warning that in
cases of mental arrangement the unfor-
tunate victim should be so guarded that
he would haze no opportunity to commit
such crime. In the death of the novel;
list the country has lost literary man
of considerable ability who has made
much Of his talents Notwithstanding "a
weak body.