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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

so THEY STOOD BEFORE HER. SHE
Cooked HER HEAD AND sALUTED
THEM WITH, "NoW I LAY Me DOWN
TO SLEEP"
warmed toward her He figured it out that
she realized the situation and was doing
proper amount of mourning, The deacon S
WIFE welcomed Polly as relic of the dear
departed and was solicitous that she should
feel perfectly at home, when something hap
pened. The bird suddenly found her tongue
and cried cut
What in blank ails this blank crowd any
how?'
The deacon was hoeing potatoes in his
back yard, and when Aunt Mary staggered out
to him and told him the awful news he
couldn't believe his senses.
You are a little deaf in your right ear
you know he finally replied, land must have
got things mixed up. I know that my dear
sister Ellen never taught that bird anything
but words out of the good book. Let US
go in and see.''
They entered the kitchen, where Polly was
roosting on the back of a chair. AS they
stood before her she cooked her head and
saluted them with:
Now, I lay me down to Sleep
Didn't tell. you so?' said the deacon
as his troubled look was replaced by smile
of relief.
Il thought it was swearing, but must have
been Mistaken reluctantly admitted Aunt
Mary ''Weli, I'm glad ont. 1t would be
jest awful to have a swearing parrot around ~
Three days later, as Polly sat on perch
near the gate, Mrs. Simpkins came along on
her way to the store and. stopped to look at
her. She had scarcely come to a halt when
she was saluted with:
WHO in blank are your"
1t was a stunning blow, and Mrs. simpkins
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
IN A NUTSHELL

Chcago-Because he was homesick. Louis
Franz, II years old, committed suicide Sun
day night by eating three boxes of matches.
New Haven, Cenn.-Wiliam Thomson, first
Lord Kelvin, has received from Yale unver-
sity the honorary degree Of doctor of lows.
Topeka, Kan,-Nearly every part of Kansas
was visited by heavy rain yesterday, and
great benefit to crops and grass has resu.ted.
r Danbury, Conn.-Fire of unknown origin
destroyed the business portion of New Mil
ford and did damage to the. amount Of at least
S100, 600
New York-Johann Most, William Mcqueen
and Solomon Miller, who we're arrested at a
meeting of anarchists Sunday night were
arraigned yesterday aud held in $1,000 each
for examination Wednesday.
New York-Edward Reeves Merritt cousin
of President Roosevelt and friend of Com
missioner Partridge, went to the West Thir-
tieth street station last night and reported
that he had been robbed of his gold watch
New York-President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers. has been notified that Pres-
dent Baer of the Philadelphia &, Reading
railroad, has made some concessions and that
strike in the. anthracite regions may not
take place.
New Haven, Conn.-Senator James P Bree.
national secreta ryS of the Ancient Order OF
Hibernians, takes firm ground in advocating
the suppression of Irish caricatures, claim
ing that only the worst features of that ma
tionality are thus exploited.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

The decision of the supreme court that
the state of Minnesota is not .entit1ed to
the usual school land sections, 16 and SO, in
the tracts ceded by the Chippewa Indians
OF Minnesota in 1889, will deprive the
schools of lands estimated to be worth
several millions: Yet, it would appear,
that IT the lands were held to belong to-
the state the general government would
have been compelled to pay the Indians
for them, since under the terms of the
cession all of the lands, without excep-
ton, were to be disposed of for the benefit
OF the Indians AS their sale to private
parties is likely to bring far more than
the Indians could have obtained directly
from the government the decision is good
TOR them. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
HANsBRoUGH's Coon W0RK

: senator Hansbrough Of North Dakota
mas performed great service for +b..
army and has done much to settle the
oan'een question in satisfactory manner
~ securing the incorporation in the mill
tary appropriation bill of a provision for
the expenditure of 100000 for post ex-
changes. Mr.. Hansbrough desired 81 ooo
,ooo Tor this purpose, but $500 900 is all he
acould get as starter. At~each estah
Ashed post an exchange or club building
is to be erected. It will have quarters for
the exchange store, a library, reading
room, lunch and amusement rooms.
gymnasium, etc. In some way or other
most OF the posts have some sort Of an
institution that provides some of these
things, but what is required is an official
" recognized and cared for building. where
the soldiers may spend their leisure time
IN amusements Of various kinds if, they do
not care to read or study. The term
club really designates the functions Of
buildings Mr.. Hansbrough proposes.
AS a negative proposition Mr.. Hans
brough regards the abolition of the can
teen as a good thing. He says that it
keeps the government from assisting to
create an appetite for liquor. But some
thing positive is needed as an accompant
ment. If the government refuses to fur
nish the soldier with liquor it must pro-
vide him with the amusements, diver
sions and comfortable lounging quarters
that so often take him to the saloon
when he leaves the military reservation.
This is sound reasoning. If life in bar
racks is made less monotonous and less
irksome there will be less disposition to
commit excesses in moments OF leave from
duty The common soldier gets small
enough pay without being under the me-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
ADJUSTMENTS
Fields MinstreIs at the MetropoIita

Fields Minstrels at the MetropoJifau
Lovers of minstrelsy who become discour
aged after: looking over the billboards adver-
Using the advent of Al G. Fields minstrels
and stay away from the Metropolitan in con-
sequence, will make mistake. The show is
much better than it's paper 1t is BY no
means a ten twenty-thirty entertainment.
Notwithstanding that the bills might natural
ly give rise to that suspicion. On the other
hand, the setting and costumes for the first
part are much more elaborate than anything
of the kind shown here in several seasons
The company is large and the vaudeville olio
contains several good acts
Muscally Fields Ministries might easily he
improved upon. The chorus is powerful hut
not particularly tuneful, and the soloists are
not remarkable, although Reese Prosser and
Aubrey G. Pringle would make good any
where Jimmy Wall and Tommy Donnelly,
the leading comedians outside of Field him
self, are really funny Donnelly's CIV
Hearts Desiah is Miss Mariah'' makes
spalpable hit; and Wallis medley, 'sStrollins
on the Esplanade,' is good enough for any,
body. Field has an excellent monologue and
tells his yarns inin1itably. Although the
mother-in-law and policeman Jokes are still
in evidence, they are introduced under new
guise; and, for the most part, the witticisms
are new.
In the ohio Mullen and Cornell present an
excellent acrotatc act; the Blackford broth
ers have a musical act that is very well done,
the blackface Blackford being particularly.
good in his imitation of country fiddler; the
Walton brothers, a half dozen in number, do
some excellent acrobatic work; and Jimmy
Wall and Frank Fogarty gag each other
to the obvious delight of the audience Field
ing. the juggler who was with the company
last season, repeats the success he scored at
that time, although he has gained nothing in
dexterity.
Following the olio comes a nonsensical and
unfunny sketch entitled ION the Midway, .,
which could well be dispensed with, and the
performance ends with dancing contest il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
DEACON HARDY'S PARROT
BY CYRUS sLocuM.

Copyright. 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
Deacon Hardy had no more thought of keep
ing pet parrot than of installing pig in
the parlor, buc he wasn't proof against cir
cumstance. His sister out in Ohio went
ana got on her dying bed, as he explained
IT, and he was sent for to bid her last
FAREWELL There was only one thing on her
mind. and she proceeded to state it. She had
owned a parrot for many years, and she
wanted to be assured Of it's future before she
closed her eyes. The cat, which would also
De left behind, could get along some way, nor
cid she care what became of her quilt frames
and natlrons, but that parrot must find a
home with Christian family
me brother cheerfully offered his refuge
and promised to bring Polly up in the way
she should go: When the funeral was over,
he started for his home in the east with the
mig tin cage in tow. The parrot had been
silent for week, and the deacons heart had
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

H.: 6. souires, who has been appointed
minister to. Cuba, certainly earned the
place by his brilliant part in the defense
of the foreign legations at PeKings he be-
ing secretary of the American legation at
the time. General Bragg, "A years old, and
the place of consul general at Havana
ION: general principles'' rather than be-
cause of any likelihood of his being very
efficient. 1t may be that: the fiery, old
general still has the vigor necessary to
make a pronounced success of his ADMIN
istration of the Office. We are getting SO
that we do not regard the number of a
mans years as the index of his ability and
activity SO much as formerly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
"The White Slave" at the Bijou,

lnterlocutor. j. S. Lawrence.
"The White Slave" at the Biiou,
rags are royal rament when worn for
virtues sake!' The good, old speech which
so excited the admiration of the late Billy
Baxter has lost none Of its potency as dis
turber Of the peace, as any one who goes to
the Bijou this week must admit. BARLEY
Campbells melodramatic success of former
days, THE White Slave is the attraction.
and the line still suffices to set parquet and
gallery in an uoroar.
THE White Slave is narrowing melo-
drama, in which vilainy is consistently tri-
umphant until the very tag of the sixth act.
Its heroine, like Niobe, is all tears, and the
impressionable portion of the audience is in
much the same case. A lacrymose affair,
this Old-time melodrama it yet pleases' the
many who know the luxury of "a good cry
It has been successful for many seasons, and
will probably continue for many more For
tunately, Mr.. Campbell in writing the play,
showed a nice respect for the English Ian
guage. The dialogue is clean-cut and in
marked superiority to that of current melo-
drama.
Judged by present standards, 1.-The White
Slave" is talky, and it's sensationalisnl has
been SO far outdone by subsequent play
builders that it's climaxes no longer thrill as
they used to do. However, the talk is good
talk, and one act out OF the six, the fourth,
is certainly exciting enough for anybody.
The company is good David NJ. Hartford
plays Clay Britton, the hero, and plays the
role we'll. Miss Ruth Macauley is effective
in the more tense scenes which Lisa is called
upon to go through, but lacks sprightliness
in the lighter passages. She overdoes the
unshed tears business. j. Hay Cossar is
good as William Lacy, and an effective char
acter bit is contributed by Frank N. Drew
as Mr.. Stitch. Constance Hamblin is, an ex-
cellent character old woman. w.. 50
The singing of the negroes is atrocious.
One cannot but think that Judge Hardin was
fortunate to die before they arrived upon the
scene, even though the fact gives excuse
for Nearer, My God, to Thee much too
touching a melody to be butchered.
So. ~. .s-< f.rc'..--. j. S. Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

The proportion of serious wounds re-
ceived. in the fight with the Moros the
other day indicates that the lighting must
have been of a desperate nature If
there We're any correspondents with good
descriptive talents present, we may look
forward to some good reading when the
mails bring full accounts of the battle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
CABLE FLASHES

Christiania-Thirty thousand immierants
are booked to sail for the United States DUR
ing the season of 1902.
st. Petersburg-As result of the peasant
disorders, martial Jaw has been proclaimed
in five districts of the Province of PoItava-
Colon, Colombia-The government loss in
the battle of Puntepena, last Sunday was
over 300 men. and the insurgents have in
trenched themselves in a favorable position
which they have retained. Fifteen hundred
insurgents have landed this week at Choir
rera and an attack is expected on Colon and
Panama in few days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
TILE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

cessity Of spending a portion Of it to get
such simple diversions and amusements as
would satisfy him, if freely provided by
the government.
AS the New York Christian Advocate
puts 1t, those who oppose the canteen-
and 1t might be added, the people gener-
ally-"believe that the government is
prosperous and should be generous enough
to supply necessaries and comforts to en-
listed men, s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

: We fear that the Associated Press has
been suppressing the news. 1t gives us
nothing about the fascinating speech on
"Chillicothe, Ohio, and the Omnibus Bill
which the Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor de-
livered in the house of representatives on
April 20. The speech took two wide col
umns in the Record and was greeted with
applause at it's termination. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

by studying the answer of the Northern
Securities company in the suit brought nv
Inc 1eoerai government We learn that the
possession of two parallel railroads bv
the same person cannot have the effect q,
lessenlng competition between. the roads. :.
we are always learning something.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

) 1t was mistake: for, the republican
senators to sit still and let the democratic
senators pile up orations against the ad-
ministration1's Philippines policy without
saying a word in reply. Senator Lodge
was responsible for this policy. but he
has recognized his error; and has begun to
make up for it by leading Off on the re-.
publican side. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

Hamilton, Bern,uda-Frederick Hendrick
Bosch, Boer prisoner of war in the prison
camp on fuckers island, a fine looking youth
of about 10, was killed by the sentry in the
act of breaking through wire ENGAGEMENT
London-A dispatch from Geneva switzer-
land, says that the first consignment OF
American coal will arrive there about the
middle of May.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

As theory, the, proposition for the
park board to acquire the whole Of the
Lake Calhoun frontage is a good one..
The question is whether the board can
afford it. It is to be hoped that it can.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

A clean, wholesome play, well written, by
Joseph LIE Brandt, sunptuously mounted
with scenic environment, the work of the
most prominent artists in the country. pre-
sented by cast of great merit, is what is
promised for Not Guilty. which opens
weeks engagement at the Bijou next Sun
day afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

A boom has been started for A. G. Broker
of. Wadena, prominent lawyer and a Ger
man. for the democratic congressional nom-
nation in the sixth. He is believed to be
good material, and in case Judge Bruener
refuses to run he is probable selection. i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

Look out for the cars! The Valentine cam
paign has started north from Breckenridge.
Howard Dykman has fired up with special
editions Of the Telegram and Gazette and
footed the engine for clear track
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
A LONE ADAM. Once more J. Adam
Bede is the lone can
is 1T EDEN?. didate for the republi-

can nomination for
congress . in the eighth district Senator
McCarthy's announcement in yesterdays
Journal puts him out Of the running. Be-
yond a. doubt the Grand Rapids senator is
correct in his surmise that Duluth republ-
cans will drum up a candidate before long.
There is an element in the zenith city which
needs congressman of it's own, and wants
him badly, and will groom up a strong man
to make the race if it is possible to do so.
With the big lead Bede has secured it will
take a speedy announcement and, man of
more than usual popularity. to beat him out
under the primary system. Even Duluth
candidate cannot keep him from getting a
good many votes in st. Louis county, and he
has the other counties pretty we'll fixed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

The Gary Graphic tips the following gen
tie hint to one of the congressional candi-.
dates in the ninth:
Andrew Grindeland was the first congress
sional candidate in the ninth to file his inten-
ton of becoming candidate with the state
auditor. All Andy has to do now is to demon =
strate this to the press in way that cannot
be misunderstood.
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it is to be hoDed that the right kind will
present themselves. '>':
-. q. -
There will be some good men to fill the
gaps in the house next winter. W. S. OWN
nell filed his declaration yesterday as a can
didate for. the republican nomination from
the fortieth district, comprising the fourth
ward of Minneapolis. Mr. Dwinnell was one
Of; the leading members of the house in 1899,
and was defeated' for denomination by pc
cular freak of the primary law. He will be
an exceptionally valuable man to the state
and to his constituents. There is said to be
a possibility, too, that he may tie a candidate
for speaker. an office which he would fill
with distin ction, but 1he has not authorized
a statement of his intentions in this respect.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
MINNESOTA POLITICS
IVERSON RESTS

IVERSON RESTS Samuel G. Iverson.
deputy state auditor,
FROM returned yesterday
.-. from an extended tour
HIS LABORS. of the southern coun-
-. - ties in the interests of
his candidacy for state auditor. He visited
every county in the first district, and Blue
Earth, Faribault and Jackson in the second.
He said he had received much ENCOURAGEMENT
while on the trip, but refused to make any
claims. He will leave again the last of the
week~for a northern trip; taking in most of
the new sixth and the ninth districts He will
leave the seventh and eighth, districts alone
One is the territory of j. F. jacobson. and
the other of Odin Halden,. Mr.. Iverson,s com
petitors. - ~
There is plenty of room for me to work, -
said Mr.. Iverson without getting on the
ground that belongs to the other candidates.
They are entitled to the support of their local
tiles" /ss>
GOOD CHANCE FOR Who will do things in
the next house of rep
NEW MEN. resenta tives? A
glance over the old
roll call shows that practically all the leading
members on the republican side of the house
are going after something better, or going to
stay at home.
Speaker M. J. Bowling is a candidate for
congress. -
J. F. jacobson is a candidate for state audi
tor. -.<.e s..-
James a: Peterson is "a candidate for con-
gress. 49, I
w. 3. Anderson is candidate for district
judge. ~.
George R. Laybourn, A. F. Ferris Thomas
Torson, W. P. Roberts. Carl L. Wallace,
Sherman Smith, W. W. Dunn. Colonel G. B.
Ward, John G. Schultz. c. W. Sites, J. G..
Sweet and E. A. Whitford are more; or less
openly candidates for the state senate JAMES
A. Larson will net be a candidate for re-
election Judge Alley of Buffalo may not
return.
There are some good men left, as J. H,
Burns, D. L. Riley, j. T. Lommen. Joseph
jackson Of st. Paul. and George Armstrong,
Lawrence Johnson, L. c.. Stevenson, F. G..
Deming and w D. Washburn, Jr., of Henne-
pin. None of them are veterans, however.
1t is a great opportunity for new men, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06
FOyer Chat.

Although the sale for the Mansfield engage
ment at the Metropolitan yesterday sur
passed that of any attraction at this house
for the season, good seats can still be pro-
cured for any one of the four performances.
The vaudeville bill at the Metropolitan all
of next week will include in addition to Peter
F. Daley and company, Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie
Barry in a farcical sketch. Lew Hawkins in
black face nonologue, Mallory Brothers and
Brooks in a musical act, Three Faust Sis
tiers in acrobatic novelties, Phyllis Allen, a
phenomenal contralto, who sings the old
time ballads, Esmaraida, xylophone soloist,
and Aronson and Ashton, high-wire per-
formers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

The women's clubs have adopted the
New York instead of the Missouri COM
promise on the color question. s-'e
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

The Jackson Republic observes: -...-. !.
1t is time Jackson county people were think
ing about their delegates to the state con-
vention. These delegates should not be al
lowed to go uninstructed and the people
should give the instructions in plain terms
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

The Midway News says:-- 5'--... .- ,---.> =
If delegates to the state convention could be
selected by popular vote under the new pri-
mary law, it is a pretty certain thing that
Oar Reese would never carry Ramsey county.
What's this treason? =: 50 III.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

which Doc Quigley easily carries off the
honors.
Dan Quinlan deserves credit for his work as
lnterlocutor. j. S. Lawrence i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

Colonel G. B: Ward will doubtless be tho
republican candidate for the state senate
in the Pope Douglas district, A practical an
nouncen1ent of his candidacy is made by the
Alexandria Post News, which heartily eulo-
glzes; his record in the house. The populist
forces are figuring on Cleve Van Dyke, also of
Alexandria, and the popular superintendent OF
schools of Douglas county -- ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-06

WILL "sTARTLE" Once more the "start-
: ':.. ling news is sent
CAPT: VAN SAINT. from Washington that
Governor Van SAINT
may not ask for a denomination. It is evil
IDENTIFY. a case of the wish being father to the
thought. Or, perhaps, certain gentlemen at
Washington know more about the governors
Intentions than he does himself "
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; -
DIR. HEMSTEAD 1t is reported that Dr.
Werner Hemstead of
FOR THE SENATE. Brainerd may take the
democratic senatorial
nomination in the Morrson-Crow Wing dis
trict, and go after A. F. Ferris at the polls.
LIESCH HAS Philip Liesch of New
Ulm, member of the
CALLER. republican state COM
mittee and editor of
the Brown County Journal, makes the follow
ing editorial mention in his paper:
J. S. Vandver,a the talented St. Peter ed
itor was in town Thursday. Van absolutely
refused to discuss politics. but stated that
Bob Dunn was the logical candidate for gov.
ernor, explained wherein Van SAINT s:weak
in certain localities, told of the stand which
has been taken by Heatwole and asserted
that Lind would undoubtedly be nominated
by the democrats.
Is there any connection between this and
another paragraph in the same column in
which Mr.. Liesch says:
There is distinctly metallic ring about
the arguments being used by the 'insurgent'
republican newspapers in their opposition to
Van SAINT
coMsTocK IS Better not figure on
that district without
WORKING. S. G. Comstock of
Moorhead. He has
kept so quiet that some have predicted he
would stay out, but when in Bemidji the
other day he told his friends that he would