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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
TO PUNISH LADRoNIsm.

New Ruling Makes Robbery Commit
ted by Three Persons Capital Crime.
Manila, Nov. 13.-The United States
commission has passed an act to as
sist in the suppression of Ladronism.
1t makes highway robbery committed
by three or more persons capital Of
fense.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
CAPITAL RE-EsTABLlsHEp.
Head of Government is Re-estabIishec
at Caracas,

Caracas, Nov. 13.-The official ga
zette yesterday published the presi-
dental decree re-establishing Caracas
as the capital and seat of the execu-
tive power The disbanding of the rev.
,olutionists continues.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
MAscAGNps TROUBLES.
Have Not Been Brought to Attention
of State Department.

Washington, Nov. 13.-Mascagni's
troubles have not yet been brought to
the attention of the state department
officials and they see no reason why
they should be. Secretary Hay has no
power to interfere with the course of
justice in the Massachusetts courts.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
JOHN BossLER DIES.

Former Master Mechanic of Burina.
ton Passes Away.
Galesburg, Nov. 13.-John Bossler,
who for years was master mechanic OF
the Chicago, Burlington G Quincy
railroad, is dead at his home in this
city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
GET RAISE IN WAGES.
Eastern Railroad Men Get Increase in
Pay.

Baltimore. Nov. 13.-The Northern,
Central & Philadelphia, the Baltimore
& Washington railroad companies an
nounce that an increase of ten per
cent on the salaries of their 10000 en-
ployes receiving less than 5000 per
month has been granted to date from
November !.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
DEPUTIES EXCITED.
CONSERVATION Among French LeeisIa
tors Caused by Discharge of Pistol.

Paris, Nov. 13.-Intense excitement
was caused in the chamber of deputies
today by the firing of pistol in the
lobby by an officer of the Colonial reg
iment, while shouting Viva La Pat
rie." He is believed to be crazy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13

The officers were installed and the
convention adjourned sine die.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
Why Mott

Speaking Of the interest, aroused among
I'll the transcontinental roads by the Great
Northern's Did for Philippine traffic. a
morning contemporary says: Here is an
Illustration of the fact that, merger only
enlarges the field and increases the energy
of competition" But suppose the merger
idea was carried to Its legitimate and
logical conclusiul-where then would be
the competition? So long as the Hill lines
Oh the north and the Hartman lines south
of them are not merged there is competi-
tion with great energy, but suppose these
two systems were merged-and if the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific may
e be merged, there is no reason why the
G.. N. and the N. p. merger may not be
merged with it's present comprehension
we should have the same condition OF
things that we have now in the territory
of the northern merger-no competition al
: all, neither on through business nor on
local. If competition between one merger
and another is a good thing, as ou1
, contemporary seems to think, as affecting
the traffic common to both, why isn't 1,
a good thing for the traffic common tc
both lines in the northern merger?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
"Mr. Jolly. Of yolletD at the Rllou..

Mr.. jolly, of the vaudeville firm of
jolly and Jolly. jolliers from Joliet, is at
the Bijou this week; and his jocularity is
we'll founded for has he not succeeded
In getting out of Joliet, task which has
given pause to thousands? The ~prodl1c-
ton is farce comedy Of the type popu-
lar before sOscalled t'musical comedy
came into vogue. It is not remarkable
I for Its originality, but it is funny; and
Its many clever. satiresx of theatrical
people and their, work will delight those
theatergoers who are familiar with the
"perfesh." -l@: ..5::e ~
This is at once the slzit's strength
and its weakness. Charles Newman, who
Is responsible for the production, has
taken for granted a knowledge of stage
business and slang on the part Of his
audiences. Without this knowledge many
| or his best lines and most humorous sit
uations must fall flat. The piece is de-
signed to amuse habitual theatergoers,
but the man who goes to "a playhouse
only occasionally will find little merit
in it. 49, 90 - -. ~ :. - i = .
The interpolated specialties-and, I'm
such production the :speciaIties are the
thlng-are Very good. The sextet "When
60 on the Stage" is fowlingly funny;
| Sammy, hackneyed as the song is,
merits the noisy approval bestowed upon
IL. Eddie CARVE and Molly Thompson
| nave an excellent turn which. cannot we'll
be described; and the choruses are ef
| fective. -. el...~ . .--A -, =
Garvie heads the cast: Always funny,
ne mas been admirably fitted in his latest
role which, evidently has been huiIt
around his own personality He is ably
seconded in his making by Ada
Deaves, a Characterization of a semi
Americanized Swede girl; and Mollie
Thompson, as the better and lesser half
| or the jolly & Jolly firm
| To1I1
good lines, many Of them, however.
borrowed from other sources. The chorus
is comely and lively, but it's singing abil-
lty is somewhat below par.
IN brief, Mr.. Jolly of Joliet" is an up
| roarlously funny entertainment-alwa
provided that the subject of it's hummer
is familiar to the auditor.
| or,ro,,oo
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09

sold at half the usual price for bad liquors,
but they coupled with it the rule that
there must be no .'treating.'' The result
appears to have been that while liquor
is still consumed in reduced quantities,
drunkenness has been practically elimin-
mated. g. ..- ,....
=. Many Of these people from these various
countries were more or less addicted to
gambling. The attempt was not made to
prohibit gambling altogether, but rule
was established and enforced, limiting
the stakes to a merely nominal sum.
But Of course the elimination of
drunkenness and the curtailment of the
evils of gambling are not the only bene-
f1ts to be secured. The reports show that
night schools, gymnasiums, travelling IL
praries, reading rooms, lectures, circu-
latlng art collections, improved public
schools kindergartens and free school
DOCKS are among the things accomplished,
The moral Of this tale is not only that
great corporations owe something to their
employees besides daily wages and that it
IS profitable where practicable to do such
things as have been done at Pueblo and at
other places where the business of the
fuel and Iron company is carried on, but
tnat the success of such work is greatly
enhanced when it is fampered nv No fool
1sn 'sentlmentalism or narrow fanaticism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09

Won't you please tell me story now be-
fore mother says it's bedtime; just a little
one-just Weenty' teeny one, about a
bear?''s 49,
The man paused and glanced at th.;
corner of tn? room. The music had
changed to Bonnie Sweet Bessie
"All right" he said. II will see if I
can make up a, little story that you will
like
The child pulled his head down close
to hers and kissed him. He began:
Once upon a time there lived two small
bears who were playmates. They were
very happy and used to dwell in sort of
fairyland all Of their own. But by and
by the boy bear, who was called Cubic,
was told by his father. Big Bruin, that
he was old enough to go away to school.
When Cubic heard this. he went to little
Fluffie, his playmate, and told her the
Woeful news, and she tried to comfort him
" It's only be for a little while, Cubbie
she said, and then when YOU come back
I'll be here in the woods j''st the same.
and you'll come to see me-
Yes he answered savagely, and
you'll be grown up and stuck up, like all
big lady bears. and you'll think yourself
too good to talk to mel And Cubic be-
gan to growl like a real bad bear
:: .'Fluffie's big eyes We're filled with tears
for Cubbie had never SPOKEN to her sc
Il n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09

octopus that would .frighten a statue into
commissions. =. -. -
When we hear the archaeological
branch reporting we carry our fingers
crossed. = stae, -. 1'.~' r.
The Young Fa Their walked down to bust
ness the other morning, because the car
Gid not come along and the company was
paying dividends anyhow. = During the
course of the conversation he told US all
about the Wonderful Child. It seems that
TINS young party actually. brings papa s
slippers to him when he arrives at home
at night and exhibits other signs Of an
almost preternatural intelligence that
causes some fear that she may not arrive
at maturity. -. -. - ,ys,s
The morning after this Child was born,
rather came down to the office and was
given the surprise of his life. AS he
walked on air along the streets, there
Were no: signs of public excitement, traffic
seemed to be going on as usual. There
was no crowd waiting to grasp his hand.
There was no suppressed excitement at
time. that this stupendous event in his
life was: not of great interest to the
thoughtless and 4heartless public. 1t had
In fact happened before. The edge had
been taken off Of it by public familiarity.
1t was a shock, but Father went on as
usual with his work. :. ~,
At the arrival = Of. the :. second child,
Father was prepared for this public in
difference and it did not wound him as
IT did in the first event. =
All! how soon we become hardened and
indifferent and walk, our several paths
alone! = e. - ~, ~ =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
IN a. NUTSHELL.


The announcement that through tickets
to Pekin via the Russian Siberian railway
be placed sale directs attention Russia's
railway, the longest continuous line the
connection is complete Port Arthur except
the five hours trip Lake Baikal in the
The Port Arthur line IS of the old
Siberian line which called after entering
the Chinese Eastern railway main strikes
Manchura to Vadvostock Hardin proceeds
to Port Arthur through rich valley Sungaria
Between rkutsk Port Arthur the daily train
nine days, but be changed ordinary
at Manchura and IIarbin. There is weekly train
restaurant which, however only
Between Irkutsk a week.
Starting Berlin Professor c. M. Lacey
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
ADJUSTMENTS
. Otis Skinner at the metropolitan In
al azarre y


It is the poetic rather than the dramatic
quality that is predominant in "Lazarre'
The exiled dauphin of France: struggling
through the murk that enveloped his mind
when the brutal jaiIer Of the Revolution
dealt the child a cruel blow, winning his
way back to complete memory of his his
tory. and his family by the aid of a wo-
mans love and a woman teaching, forms
an epic figure Of noble beauty. His wan
behring's and struggles are comparable to
those Of Ulysses-but they are not such
stuff as real plays are made of. The
troublesome limitations which have COM
PEELED the adapterss Otis Skinner and Au-
brey Boucicault, to keep reasonably close
to the Catherwood novel, are fatal to the
building of a really dramatic play
= Dramatic einterest,~4se:Y vital to any last
ing stage success, is replaced for
those who have read the book with the in
terest of seeing the characters they have
read of brought to life and the scenes
they. have imagined actually. reproduced.
Some disappointment for such readers is
inevitable. The cutting and fitting; and
altering that go Oh IN the -tailors'
shops Wher Fa&EhoveI is nadesever,3are
bound to disappoiht ttenEs S5 Il -sf
= IF or those wlsa. aaseSnot<Tsead the ovel,
the plays. greatest fault isss1ts' lack of
action. This seems to have occurred to
the co-authors, for after two talky acts
the. scene is dragged in where the young
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
"Hazel kirke" at the veeu,,

,"Hazel kirke,'' that drama which
brought both fame and failure to Erie
Ellsler has been revived at the Lvceun
theater this week by the Ferris Stock
company. The play is a melodrama of the
old school, tremendously popular twenty
years ago, and has not outlived it's power
TO please certain class of treater -goers
Hazel Kirke"' did for Effie Ellsler lust
what THE Two Orphans did for Kate
Claxton. It curbed her ambition, broke
down her health and made of her one
part actress: No: player upon the Ameri-
can stage mad brighter prospects than this
chlld OF theatrical family, yet the mill
ers daughter proved at once her triumph
and her undoing.
originally produced in this country with
Miss Ellsler in the name part and that fine
old actor, Couldock. as Dunstan Kirke
this melodramatic pastoral achieved pop
ularlty In night. Effie Ellsler. like her
mother before her, became the idol of the
hour and the tinkling bell which rang
down the final curtain on that triumphant
first night, also sounded the requiem Of
her opportunity. Hazel Kirke Is an ex-
acting part and it oyertaxed the Young
girls strength; yet the plays abnormal sue
| cess impelled her to continue in the role
against the advice of her physician. and
when the end came it. left her a broken
and=a disappointed& woman. - :
1.
k1rke" must seem strained and unrla tural:
yet, at the same time, it's power cannot
be gainsaid nor the opportunities it af-
|>fords skilled players denied. SThe char
.acters ,of Hazel herself, and her stern.
unyielding father still excite sympa thetic
approval; while the role of Pittacus Green
serves to relieve the gloom which would
else enshroud the drama.
All things considered, the production
at the Lyceum last night. was probably
the most even performance the Ferris
company. has yet given in MINNEAPOLIS,
Miss HayWard's Hazel is not an achieve
ment, but it is a consistent interpretatio
pleasingly presented and undeniably eff
fective while the Dunstan Kirke of Miron
Leffingwell is a praiseworthy effort. SYM
pathetic despite the coldness of the part.
W. Fl: Murdoch again illustrates his YER
satil1ty by presenting decidedly humor-
GUS portrayal of Pittacus Green; and w.
D. Corbett merits approval for his playing
of Lord Travers. Mrs. Murdoch is cast as
Lady Carringford and, though the part is
a small one, she handles it better than any
role in which she has appeared in Mime
apois heretofore. Herbert Brenon is also
deserving Of praise for his acting as Met.
The Squire Rodney Of Ben johnson.
though a trife phlegmatic is yet we'll
handled. Miss Maude. Gilbert has little
to do, but plays a maid charmingly.
j. S. Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
DAILY DIVERSION

The Feet Famiy.-An ex-senator seated
in the lobby of the Fifth Avenue Hotel in
New York; the other afternoon said:
5 my wife and daughter had been train
ing a negro butler in Washington for a
month or more before their first reception,
and as the fellow was bright he learned
rapidly. But they were little fearful of
some faux pas on his part before the at
ternoon would be over, and they were not
disa appointed. ~.,.. Z
ION account OF our: short residence in
Washington we were comparative stran-
gers to most OF the people calling, so
Charles was told to be very particular to
get the. names correctly and call them out
distinctly. He had been getting along
beautifully, announcing the names Of the
visitors as they came in, until Mrs. Foote,
the wife of the congressman from Yer
mont and her daughters arrived. Then
he announced in loud, distinct tones:
Mrs. Foot and the Misses Feet'''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
The Detroit Convention.

Minneapolis will have a good delegation
in the national reciprocity convention,
which meets at Detroit Tomorrow. This
the city, appointed by the mayor: and
from the Commercial Club. It Is much, to
be regretted that the Chamber Of Com
merce has not seen fit tc send delegates
and it Is hoped 1t may yet appreciate the
Importance Of such action and secure rep
resentation at Detroit. Millers and grain
men are supposed to be directly interested
in freer trade relations with Canada, and
in view of the importance Of the milling
and grain trade in this city it will seem
strange to the people Of that convention,
and particularly Canadians there, that nc
delegates have come to signify the inter-
est Of the grain men and n1illers In Ca
madam reciprocity. -. r..
It is understood that the chamber did
not select delegates because of lack OF
league under whose auspices the conven-
ton is called. Apprehension as to the
ability Of those in charge to successfully
direct an important movement OF this kind
may have been justified in some measure
but there is no community in the United
States so deeply interested in Canadian
reciprocity as Minneapolis, and it would
seem to be time for this city to take a
hand in national move Of that character
and help to shape it's councils, direct its
I1 hot 0oto he GnY1n fr
secure practical results This in itself is
ample justiffca ton for a strong delegation
to that convention where representatives
from this city will meet prominent public
men and business men not only from our
own country but from Canada. It seems
to us that the chamber has made mis-
take: The failure to select delegates and
TO: join the other commercial interests Of
the city in tt1isanatter is another instance
of a. far too common : practice of the
Chamber of Commerce people to flock b.
themselves, and withhold their support
and participation from, efforts calculated
to promote the general interests Of the
city. This remark would not be justified
II the apparent indifference Of the Cham
Der of Commerce section of our bust
ness life to the general public concern hat
not been exhibited on more than one pre-
vious occasion. Minneapolis as a cit.
needs the participation Of this very large
and important element Of her bushes:
strength in every matter which is cal
culated to promote the general welfare O
the community.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
Doing the Practical Thing First.

When the contest was on between j. w.
Gates and the management of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company for the pos
session Of that property 1t was reported
that there was great apprehension among
the employees of the, company lest. Mr..
Gates should prove a less desirable em-
ployer. The relations existing between
the management and the employees were
very cordial and it was believed: that
omy of management the people employed
would not fare as we'll as formerly.
Some reasons for this apprehension are
set out in the editorial columns of Amer
lean Medicine for Dec. 6. It. appears that
the employees comprise people of thirty
distinct languages, working III thirty
eight mining. and coke /, camps, rolling
mills, reduction works, ETC., scattered
over a wide area of country from Wyom-
ing to New Mexico. r. o. ~
Race jealousies, we'll as individual
disagreem ents and conflicts were natural
" to. be expected among people Of such
/
company, and the president, J.. A: sKebler,
undertook a. serious and practical scheme
to !, Improve the moral, intellectual and
physical condition Of their employees
They organized what they called their
"sociologic department. and while the
difficulties at the outset seemed enorm-
Gus, the results have proved to be wonder
fully encouraging. Possibly this is to be
attributed in part to the fact that the
Fuel and Iron. company did not UNDER
take to change the character of their peo-
pie radically and suddenly. Where they
found habits and ideas firmly Implanted
which however, it was desirable to mod
ify or eradicate, they recognized time as
an element of success and gradual prog
ress as5'the only kind likely. to be perma
| nent
For instance, in dealing with the drink
habit. they did not attempt to suppress en-.
tirely the. salesof liauor. On, the contrary
they established what they called ..The
Ecoaibasin Club, where pure liquors w were
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Books and Authors
INFLUENCE OF A POEM

The Harpers tell this about the influence
of a poem Twill Carleton. whose new
volume Of poems. Songs of Two Centu-
ries,' has just issued from the Harper
press, tells the following incident which
occurred in Il hotel some years ago Mr..
Carleton asked for his bill. ''There is no
charge to you, Mr.. Carleton said the pro-
prietor. The author naturally inquired
the reason for such unusual trea tment
and asked again for his bill. but was again
refused. But" protested Mr.. Carleton
II don't know YOU Mr.. Carleton said
the landlord, "some years ago my wife and
/ had serious differences and we finally
decided to separate. We had been mar
ried a good many years. I sent for a law
yer and he drew up an agreement about
our property and how it would be divid-
ed. Just about that time I read your
poems Betsy and I Are Out and How
Betsy and Made Up / was struck hard
by the poems, and l took them to my wife
and read them to her. She cried, and
we'll, we've been together ever since, and
there'H never be a bill for you in this
house.: Mr.. Carleton