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The president is said to be watching the
coal strike with great deal of interest
and toIbe revolving in his mind whether
the attorney general might not with pro-
prietys proceed against the combination
Of railroads handling anthracite coal as
an illegal alliance in violation Of the
antitrust law. A few steps in that direc-
ton would doubtless lead the railroads,
who are precipitating danger Of conflict s
between labor and capital all over the
country, to realize that there are virtues
in arbitration which they have not here
tofore fully Appreciated. This matter
could have been prevented by arbitration
and could be settled by arbitration to-day.
The Lexow investigation of the trust
question in 1897, is said to have developed
the existence Of a combination between
the coal carrying roads engaged in this
strike for the purpose of controlling the
output of anthracite and fixing the price.
Apparently the same condition of things
exists to- day.
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NJ. ROSTAND CONFEssEs

. Edmond Rostand has been perpetrating
a few witticlsms in Paris at the expense
Of Edmund Gross and the United States
district court that decided that "Cyrano
Bergerac" is plagiarism from Gross
''The Merchant Prince of Corneville.'' M
Rostand says that to avoid further liti-
cation and to save the American courts
useless toll, he confesses that he took
all his seventeenth century French his
tory from Mr.. Cross, Lies Ronnantinques"
from smithson of Jefferson City, Mo-,
"L'Aiglon' from Tom Sambo of Spring
field. ILL.,, and LA samaritaine" from the
Rev. Augustus Wonnacott Of Hartford,
Conn.,
NJ. Rostand's familiarity with obscure
American cities convinces us more than
ever that he is a plagiarist. Gross is an
American, and the fact that Rostand
knows the names OF American cities is
highly supicious. Add this to the cause
Of the original suspicious circumstance.
which was that both dramas were in writ
ten language, and the case against the
Frenchnaan is strong: '..'' ".
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BRANCH BANKS WITHOUT A TRUNK

American financial genius is likely TO
solve In one way or another the present
banking problem. Attention was given in
these columns few days ago to the evo
luton of groups Of friendly banks con-
trolled by the same stockholders. 1t was
then pointed out that the proprietary
company idea was not involved in that
plan. But the proprietary idea has now
been put before the bankers OF the coun-
try. The plan is for central corpora
ton, which does no banking business it.
self. to control majority Of the stock Of
large number of nominally Independent
banks in this way the policy Of many
scattered" banks can be directed along
the same general lines, and their re-
sources can be combined and directed en-
bloc. o.. ~. ~
In order to retain local interest and en-
list local support the proprietary COM
majority of the stock Of each bank, leav-
ing the rest to be held by local men.
The scheme may, Of course, be held to
be a virtual violation of the law for
bidding branch banks. The decision in
the railway merger case would throw
some light on the question, for the point
there involved is whether what is for
hidden by law can be accomplished by
an indirect means not specifically forbid
den. Certainly such union Of banks as
that suggested would be in effect branch
bank system, even though the parent
company is not banking corporation
itself. go ,.-.'~
But it IS to1erably certain that In this
age Of consolidation, combination and the
conducting of business on a. gigantic
scale the banks will not permit them
selves to be confined in their operations
to certain localities when other forms of
business are spreading themselves over
the country and the world.
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BOOKER WAsHlNGT0N's GREAT WORK

. Booker Washington's Tuskegee institute
completed its twenty first year with the
commencement exercises held May 20.
The account of the exercises and the re-
view Of the schools work given by the
Montgomery Advertiser contains so many
facts and describes so many different de-
partn1ents Of educational activity at Tus-
kegee that it both bewilders and, anna les
the reader. Twenty one years ago the in
stitute had but one teacher and thirty
pupils. It's graduates now number 461,
while the total number of those who have
received some instruction is 5000. The
present enrolment is $780, The school,
pupils come from all over the United
States and the West Indies. It's influence
extends throughout the United States and
affects the British and German empires.
An English committee is at present ut
Tuskegee with a view to initiating 1t in
the English colonies and Professor ]. N.
Galloway, graduate, was present on a
visit, having returned from a German COL
ony in Africa, where he and three other
Tuskegee graduates are instructing the
natives under the auspices Of the German
government. With each years progress
of Tuskegee it becomes more and more
evident that Booker Washington is set
thing the negro problem. George wash
ington was the father OF his country;
Booker Washington bids fair to be the
father Of his race. ~
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FOREIGN, FLASHES

Yalta. crimea--The health Of Count Tolstoy
is much improved.
Halifax, N. s.-A shower Of sulphur is re-
ported from Cape Wolf, P. e. I.
Vienna-A schoolboy of 13, grieving over
the Boer surrender, killed himself.
London-The price o! seats to view the cor
onation procession has fallen over one-half
I,ondon-A rehearsal of the coronation cere-
monies was held yesterday in Westminster
Abbey.
London-Three dead and fifteen injured is
the result of inadequacy of means to fight a
fire yesterday.
Toulon, France--A balloon manned by Lieu
tenant Baudic collapsed and the aeronaut dis
appeared In the ocean.
Havana-The bill granting amnesty to all
American criminals III Cuban prisons has been
signed by President Palma.
Paris-The king Of Italy is reported as in
tending to issue a proposal for disarmament
in conjunction with the GEAR.
Havana-The position of general in-chief OF
the rural guard has been rendered to General
Gomez, and it is believed he will accept.
Plymouth, Eng.-The Kron Pince Wilhelm
broke the record from New York here, In five
days, eleven hours and 30 minutes, an aver
age Of 1888 knots per hour.
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A NOTABLE REUNION

The veteran officers Of many wars are
gathered at West Point this week to
celebrate the centennial Of the establish
ment of the military academy which
opened its doors in June, 1902, the act
Of organization having been passed on
March 1s, 1902. 49, So.
The academy, which was proposed in
the continental congress in the year of
the Declaration Of Independence, was
dear to the heart of Washington, who,
up to his death, urged upon con-
gress the necessary action to insti-
tute it, and that body sanctioned before
he died the principle upon which the mil
itary academy rests, and had created the
grade Of cadet.
was that it was essential to the pro-
lection and safety of the country to fur
nish the army with officers educated in
military science, who, if they entered
civil life, could serve their country equal
ly we'll by aiding in the organization of
the militia. Washington, indeed, looked
for more extensive utilization of the
graduates Of the academy in the building
up of a more powerful, ever ready militia
than has as yet been attained. The mill
tia is not organized as it ought to be,
and it is singular that congress, year
after year, declines to adopt measures
presented to accomplish that purpose,
the reason alleged being largely that it
is dangerous for regular army officers
to have control of the militia and to iden-
tify that force in any way with the
regular army. This view is taken in face
OF the fact that the most strenuous ad-
vocates Of the present bill for the reor-
ganization of the militia are the mem
bers of the national guard association.
Colonel McClernand was right in his
speech yesterday, touching the folly OF
allowing the country to be in state of
unpreparedness for war as it was when
the Spanish war came.
The war department could not buy or
contract for any material outside of that
for national defense" and there was
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

no accumulation OF material for emer-
gencies. The militia responded quickly
enough, but the war department was
not able to, equip them properly. owing
to the fact that it it is not considered
necessary to be prepared for war at all
times, the idea being that, IL the country
was we'll prepared for war, it would rush
into war just for the fun Of the thing.
The DOGGY of militarism ought to be
laid by this time. This country has
witnessed. during the past sixty years,
three great wars and the assembling OF
great volunteer forces. the latter quietly
going home and eengaging in their ac-
customed civil pursuits after being mus
tered out; no Caesar has arisen to
tempt them to military coup,
and If he had he would have met with
no response. At the close OF the Span
ish war there were $50, 900 troops in the
field. Within short time 100000 were
mustered out, and last year the enlisted
strength Of the regular army was reduced
to maximum Of $4,000; this was re-
duced shortly after to little over n, 900,
and within the last week the number Of
enlisted men was reduced to 66, 497s AT
ter our civil war, on May /, 1855, the
United States military force aggregated
l,OOO,516 men, On Oct. 20, same year, 1t
had been reduced to 100000 men, and on
Nov 1, 1855. there were left only 11,O43
volunteers, colored and white.
This unparalleled mastering cut was
ACCOMPLISHED without the a1iphtast d}sor
der. If there had been any Caesaric
instinct in Grant or any other general
or any desire to support Casearism
in this country, it would have developed
then. The cry of militarism. in the sense
IN which 1T Is used by certain brood
OF politicians, is an insult to the Ameri-
can people, and notably an insult to the
patriotic graduates of the military school
at West Point 7 *
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"IMPERIAL DEFENSE"

T If imperial British federation Of some
kind is not ultimately brought about it
will be no fault Of the Canadian business
men. The boards of trade convention in
Toronto last week adopted a.resolution
stating it to be the duty of the dominion
government to contribute TO the cost of
the general defense of the empire and
that an annual appropriation should be
provided for that purpose, ssto be expended
as the dominion government may direct"
In other words these Canadian business
men propose to back England up with
Canada in any kind Of a war. They wish
to have themselves considered an inte-
grail and active part Of the empire. -
In the convention which adopted this
resolution there was a strong feeling that
Canadians should be citizens Of the en-
pire as we'll as subjects. At present they
are citizens Of the dominion but only sub
jects Of the empire, the policy of which is
cont rolled by the government of Great
Britain. The Canadians will not long
spend their money for imperial defense
without having something to say about
the nature Of that defense. -
It is worthy Of notice, however, that
the vote of the imperial defense resolu-
tion was very close, being forty to- thirty
two, and that many members Of the con-
vention thought that Canada had done
quite enough for imperial defense in
building the Intercolonial and Canadian
Pacific railways This is the view Of the
present Canadian ministry. ~rt
In view Of the fact that the vote was
50 close it is not likely that Sir Wilfrid
Laurier will be at all swerved by it from
his previously announced int ention of
being willing to take up nothing but COM
mercial matters at the approaching con-
ference Of colonial preniers in London.
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ADJUSTMENTS
The Fraw1eys Incline. Sans Gene
at the Metropolitan.

at the Metropolitan.
When, Daniel Frawley announced his inten-
ton to produce Mime. Sans Gene" as tn
third play of the summer season theatrica
wise-ac shook their head and predicted
disaster. They called attention to the exact
ing requirements Of the drama and asserte'
that an adequate production could not be
managed within the brief space Of tim,
allotted to stock company. But Mr.. FrawleH
persisted; and. if he were woman, be would
now have the pleasure of saying, II tol6
you So"
For ''Sans Gene" is a success. 1t is more
than that. It is triumph Nothing that the
company has done here has created the i'm
preston left by this work. Fascinating as is
this sardou play, 1t would be irretrievably
ruined by poos acting; and in the present pro-
duction it Is scarcely@even married.
Conceptions Of tie character of "Sans Gene
herself differ largely, and while Won may not
at all times, agree with Miss Van Buren,;
ideas, you must still admit their consistency
and force. If Miss Van Buren, is to bescriti-
cised it must be for, an almost intangible all
Of refinement with which she clothes the
character. Perhaps she has been unable to
throw this off. Perhaps she has not desired
to do so. 'ssans Gene was..a woman whom
Napoleon, a connoisseur in the sex, found
admirable. She was not q trump; and it il
probable that even her gaucheries lent her
dddltlODal charm. AT any rate II is SUCH
woman that Miss Van Buren, shows us. Much
may. be forgiven to brilliant woman who
is also beautiful She may do outre things
and her knowledge Of grammatical rules may
be superficial, but she will succeed, ant
Sans Gene succeeded.
Apart from all this, however, Miss Var
Buren, displays marked ability id the diff.
cult scene with MI. Holt as Lefebvre, in the
prologue; and later, with Mr.. Frawley in the
role Of Napoleon. That first scene Of all is
excellently handled Here Miss Van Burer
passes from an air of coquettish badinage
to condition closely approaching the frenzy
Of terror. The transition is accomplished
with skill and is wonderfully effective.
Mr.. Frawley's Napoleon is likewise a strong
piece of work, although marred occasionally
by indistinct articulation. During his bes
scenes Mr.. Frawley PAGES to and fro, as We
are told Napoleon did, his hands clasped be-
hind his back. His makeup for the part is
wholly deceptive. He seems to have lost il
height. to assume the stature OF the Little
Corporal and his facial portrait of the Cor.
sican leaves little to the Imagination
Edwin Hollis Lefebvre, and h Rays the
part excellently Frank Matthew as De Neip:
perg, Wallace Shaw as Fouche aud Marie
Howe and Christine Hill In the roles Of The
rival sisters Of Napoleon, are all good in theil
respective parts.
j. S. Lawrence.
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IN A NUTSHELL

Nashville, Tenn.-Fifteen picnickers In q
tallyho were injured BY collision with troll
ley car.
New York-c. E. Mackey, promoter, had
J. j. O'Toole arrested, charged with s5,Uoo
swindle in Paris.
New York-Alice Lewis, daughter Of
wealthy St. Louis merchant, committed sui
eide. due to i'll health. --'. 49,
Chicago-The third attempt on the safe Of
the Model bakery netted the burglars over
s22. 900, mostly in notes.
Chicago-Martha Bodmer. 20 years old. 10
missing from Appleton. Wis. and her parents
believe she has eloped with professional
ball player.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-During the evening
performance of circus Mile. Naoma Ethar-
do. a contortionist, fell Her injuries may
prove fatal.
Toledo, ohio-Mrs Rose E. Guggenheir,
was married to him by Rabbi Freund. They
are from Chicago. ~. {
Carbonate, Ill.--Negro teachers and pupils
have fed, fearing mob violence. and their In
dustrial school building and growing crops
have been destroyed.
San Francisco-Dr. George ". Woods. =
retired medical director of the United States
navy. we'll known in army and navy circles.
is dead in this city. -.
Tucson, Arizona-General Torres nearly an
initiated band of 800 Yaqui Indians in tho
San Manhattan mountains. He will show no
quarter to any found armed.
Galva, Ill.-Seventy homes are quarantned
on account Of smallpox, social gatherings
have been prohibited and even visiting IL
prevented as much as possible.
New York-six hundred employees OF the
Empire Bridge company, Williamsburg, have
struck for recognition Of their union. Their
action will delay work on many bridges In
the west. --..t ... .-s.r
New York--In connection with the COM
mencement exercises at Princeton. formal
announcement has been made Of gift Of
$50, 900 by the classes OF 1900 and 1901, to b
used for special purposes
New Workouts Freeman, the Oldest prac-
ticng physician in America. is dead at Free
hold, n. ]. Dr.. Freeman was born IN New
Hampshire, Dec: 50, 1909. He continued prac-
ticng to within five days OF his death.
New York-The Normal School Association,
masters Of dancing, of the United States and
Canada, has opened its ninth annual con ven.
ton. There were 900 dancing teachers pres
ent, one-third of whom were women.
Chicago-Otto Jaehkel, correspondence clerk
for Engelbert, Hardt & Co., German drn.
is fugitive, having so manipulated letters
and cabegrams as to bring 10000 marks into
his possession, with which he absconded.
Most Of it was recovered from safety deposit
vaults here, through shadowing his wife.
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Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
The Italian counts didn't wait for Colonel
Sam Taylor and his daughter Edith to strike
Italian soil before seeking to win the young
girls love and the colonel's money. Edith
was worth winning, and the colonel had
fat bank account from Texas cattle and the
dividends Of two oil gushers. He wasn't
man to brag Of his wealth. He simply
said to the landlord Of the Partisan hotel
where he .put up for few days:
1--WE want the best this shanty and this
town afford, and there won't be any kicking
when, the bill comes in. I'm not worth as
much as the Rothschilds-not at this min
ute-but they are expecting to strike at least
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three new oil wells on my land at any hour,
and may buy out your Bots before l get
ready to leave
1t wasn't two days before Italian count
called. He was count with four castles and
could trace his family back $50 years without
the aid Of detective.
Look here, Count Dizzio," said Colonel
Sam, after looking the nobleman over, I'm
a plain, blunt man and say what think.
Did you ever run brick yard?"
''Sir!" exclaimed the count as he drew him
self up. 81
''Oh, no offense, you know. I'm willing
to take on a son law, but I want to start
big brick yard over In Texas, and he must
know enough to manage it. 1t will be all
in the family, you see. Texas has the best
clay In the world for brickmaking, and the
boom towns are fairly crying for material
to Build with" .' '.'+'' go 49,. =
The count looked over the colonels head
while he lighted one Of his cheap cigars,
and then with the aid of it he made exit
becoming the descendant Of king: ~
His tracks had not grown cold, however,
when a second one arrived" His wardrobe
and his ancestry went hand in hand. He
had seen Edith az she entered the doorway
Of the hotel, and his heart beats had jumped
from normal to 146 per minute. Before Of
fering the maiden his hand and the tonbs
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their experiment In milling Canadian
wheat In bond as means Of supplying
Minneapolis mills with an abundant sup
ply OF wheat In the future when. the de-
creasing acreage Of wheat on the Ameri-
can side cannot be expected to supply the
milling demand. OF course, other goods
will be handled through Portal. but the
chief purpose to be served by it at pres
emit is to provide for the bringing over Of
Canadian wheat. The Washburn- Crosby
company will commence the milling of
Canadian wheat as soon as they have Sc
cured the flow Of a sufficient supply to
make fair test Of the undertaking.
Nineteen cars we're released at Portal
yesterday and other shipments have ar
rived or are on the way The experiment
is an important one to the milling inter-
ests Of Minneapolis and the outcome will
be watched with deep5interest. There ap-
pears to be no reason to fear that it
will not be successful.
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when 50 many strangers are in town. has
permitted tho stage of that theater to be oc-
cupied this week by piece that has no place
outside of the water-tank towns. Aunt
Jerusha" Is billed as the greatest Of all New
England plays. That is sarcasm. The scene
Of the first act is a country Kitchen, and Lne
act. itself is about as dramatic as the. or
binary happenings, in an ordinary kitchen on
an ordinary baking day. 1t is realism of the
kind that does not amuse. In the second act
Aunt Jerusha" goes to New York, just as
Uncle Josh" went before her What hap
pens in the third act majority OF the audi
ence never discovers, for they don't wait to
see. j s. Lawrence
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IN making army promotions President
Roosevelt is keeping in mind the inter
ests OF the old as we'll as of the younger
men. Quite number of colonels about
to retire have been made brigadier gem
erals, which is a very substantial way of
recognizing faithful service, since it
means increased retired list pay, to say
nothing OF the title. But yesterday four
younger men were made brigadier gen
erals. These men have done good serv-
Ice and the interests of the army require
that numbers Of young men be given high
rank. -. :. =. -, ,.@0..