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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30
NEWS OF BOOK WORLD
New History OF sociailsm--TA5 Ghostly Pic
ture OF Mary MacLane-MarI< Twain
Goes to italy to*Eive-TWo Striking Ar
ticles in Harper's Magazine.

Mr.. Hillqut, in his History OF Socialism
in the United States, has succeeded IN
producing. a Very complete account of its
development from European socialism
from the. early. tendencies back in t;the
thirties ard forties. The social communi
ties of that time passed away, as they
were held together by ropes Of sand. Of
the sectaran communities, the Shakers
remain, in moribund condition. The
Amana Community still exists in Iowa in
an apparently vigorous condition. The
Oneida community abandoned it's com
munistic form twenty years ago and be-
came a 7joint-stock company, and the
Complex marriage system is extinct
The OWenite experiments as social re
constructors were all failures, but when
Albert Brisbane, who had imbibed the
views of the Frenchman, Charles, Fourier,
became the American apostle of the
sphalanX. system, he secured quite fol-
lowing and. even Horace %Greeley, nearly
became convert and gave. Brisbane the
use of the New York Tribunes coll
umns. rhe Brook Farm experiment
was put in operation under this in.
". c.: Charming, w M Charming,
Margaret Fuller, Emerson, Thoreau, HaW
| thorne, taking part in the movement and
working in the fields. Forty-one 'spha-
lanxes" were founded in this country dur
ing the evanescent enthusiasm VI,
| HS tullOI gives oil lLlciSSCIS dCCOulll
! of Jean CADETS Icarian experiments. Ca
! bet was an easy victim of -colOred
1 idealism and his book, Voyage en- Icarie,' -
| is decidedly entertaining reading. but Ca
bet never carried out the Wonderfu l de-
| tails of his scheme to relieve humanity of
! toll, and make human life one long festal
4 day The last Icarian community. which
was in Iowa, was dissolved in 1895. Dur
| ing this whole period it is noticeable that
the communities which had a religious
bond of some kind to hold them together,
existed. longest. T.. > - sI&j".>
| These and other experiments were
the prelude to the modern socialistic
movement with its economic dogma
Eof the equal right of all to the
good things; . of !" life. and the equal
lduty of all to labor in equal proportion as
far as, may be fheedful to maintain the
equal enjoyment of all. -: ..'&
+ The socialistic creeds of Karl Marx and
Frederick Fngels were disseminated by
German immigrants in this country and
Of United Trades" in New York in 1850
was the beginning of the modern socialist
movement in this country The author in
Eterestingly describes the period of or
Eganizatien; the career of the socialist labor
Eparty and its. alliances with groups of dis
.Ncontented Americans, and, in his closing
observations deals with present-dayr. So
cialism, its increasing numerical strength
and the growing power Of its press; !. (
The author thinks tina t the big quarter
Ehilion socialist VOTE, the increase Of its
press influence and it's growth among
Notwithstanding men, insRnestits' risein
4 few years to the position of. a potent
factor in American politics.
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Tammany's Graft Methods.

There is well-based anxiety among
the republican leaders. in Washington
over the approaching municipal cleo
ton in Greater New York. If the
subtly devised plans of Tammany are
successfully carried out and Tammany
secures complete control Of the big
CITY, it will require extremely siren
uous work on the part of the reform
element and the republican party
turnout the state Of New York to
carry it in the national election Of
next year. .,,~ii .-. =,
Tammany Hall is not merely a local
political factor in New York city poll
tics. 1t has set the pace for the de-
velopment of graft, facilitated by COM
pact organization turnout the country
effected by lesser Tammany elements.
A big Tammany victory in the city of
New York not infrequently casts doubt
upon the result in the state election.
A New York dispatch gives an out
line Of the ways of Tammany when in
full swing as set forth in a book to be
published in New York to-day, written
by Mr.. A. H. Lewis, who is known
thru his life of Dick Croker in which
he tries to. whitewash that eminent
practitioner in graft, but who is now
revealing his knowledge Of Tammany
methods as he has been acquainted
with them in the recent past. The
telegraph brings only a few of his
examples of Tammany's activities, such
as the big cut made in the official
valuation Of personal property, al
ready small, thru the perjury of tax
payers who paid for the reduction
officially made by contributing to the
machine a specified sum. The sala-
ries of the faithful were regularly as
sessed for the benefit Of Tammany's
general Golfer, while peculation,- I'M
der the head of supplies and con-
tracts was enormous. The haunts of
vice were assessed heavily to keep the
machine going, and the traffic in po-
lice and other appointments was made
to pay handsomely. -.,,..,. ....
These practices reappear on T. q
smaller scale in all the other cities
which have organizations based upon
the astute Tammany idea. That. or
ganization is the most effective for
the purpose which can be devised
There are features Of it which can be
used to fight Tammany with some ef-
feet, and, by the use Of these, the re-
formers have been able to elect reform
administrations in recent years.
"A cardinal principle with Tammany
Is that it does not permit it's constitu.
ency to select candidates for city Of
fees. It's power is in its adroit organ
ization Of it's general committee and
local committees in each election dis
trict Of every assembly district the
district committees aggregating a, per
sistent and loyal working force OF
thousands Of members. These forces
are held together by the cohesive
power of public plumber" and the
workers know that they will all bt
+ taken care Of in some desirable way
by ode boss" the head center an6
leader Of Tammany Hall and the Tam.
many democracy. Tanornany acquired
the sovereignty of New York city be
tween 1884 and 1865, altho it was dis
turbed meanwhile by some awkward
fractional disputes; but, in 1866, all The
city offices and departments were agar
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st. Paul Is to have some new cross town
street car lines. :. st. Paul has a city +coun'
ell which gets from the street car COM
pany what the people want and Minneap-
oils has a. street car company which de-
feats in the council what the people want.
That's where st. Paul and Minneapolis are
just alike. a.. -.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Tn e. } ourn al would be glad to re-
ceive by mall, or otherwise, the names Of
all persons who We're readers and SUBJ
scrlbers to this paper when 1t started,
Twenty-Five years ago this fall, or who
became subscribers during the first year
OF Its existence, and their present ad-
dresses.
The ourna would also be pleased
to have the names of men living who
were newsboys In Minneapolis Twenty-Five
years ago, and their present addresses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

Mark Twain (Mr. Clemens) sailed Satur
day for Italy, with his wife, who has long
been an INVALID. On the eve of his de-
parture Mr. Clemens signed a. contract
with the publishing house of Harper &
Brothers which, according to George F1ar-
vey the president of that corpora ton, as
sures to Mr.. Clemens and his children
com etence for all their lives. These i'm
portant and cheering facts were made
known to a few Of Mr.. Clemens many
friends at a dinner party given in honor, of
the great humorist by Mr.. Harvey at the
metropolitan club in New York last Thurs
day evening. Present were Messrs.~ J.
Pierpont Morgan. w. D. Howells, H. H.
Rogers, II. M. Alden, j. Henry Harper.
w. NJ Laffan. Melville e. Stone, Edward
Lauterbach, John Kendrick Bangs. Ham
lin Garland Will N. Harden, Frederick A.
Duneka, James H. Hyde, George G. Ward,
James Macarthur. F. T. Leigh. John I.
Waterbury, ST. Clair McF<elway, L. j..
Coolidge, Jr., and A. D. Chandler. -, q
TThere is abundance of thrilling incident
in Francis Parker's Marble Of the Lower:
Ranch. Marie. the heroine ais the cen
trail, restless, adventurous figWfe. A pref
ty girl introduced on George Ifowell.s
sheep ranch from California, she is loved
by a handsome young ranchman Cy How
ell, and thru her kindly ministrations to
Ike, reported to be a hunted outlaw, living
| in a hidden retreat in the mountains sire
is loved by him. Her marriage to the
beastly Howell is inexplicable, but, as he
was killed justsat the proper time. nobody
will bother over that marriage, for Mar
jie's Ike turned out to be innocent and
rich The author has made a good story
out Of manifold complications.
| The life of an actress is not a long and
! glorious gala day. Even the stars have
! their days dimmed by. ominous clouds
| and storms rage about them sometimes.
| So in Mr.. Barry's A Daughter OF Thespis,
| we find Evelyn Johnson, the heroine, Lead
! ing woman Of the ELAINE Of Life" COM
pany, a fairly good actress, after few
years apprenticeship at, the Boston Mus
eum.s A love affair brings trouble, but a
| playwright named Thayer offers kindly
counsel and assists her5.to renewed his
| trionic inspiration. and the day dawned for
! the discouraged actress and the atnos-
| phere yibrated with the sound waves from
wedding bells. The author very inter-
! estingly portrays the life and thought of
| players and there are many good epigrams
scattered thru the pages. .
| The annual report of the &egents of
| the Smithsonian Institution Is always of
! deep interest TO those who want to fol-
low the progresssof the scientific investi-
cations Of the Institution. In the present
volume there is an account Of Prof. Lang
i1ey's attempts to solve the problem of me-
! chanica1 fight, and important experiments
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:: Western Canadian lumber. nanufac-
turers are complaining because the. Cam
adian <consumerris getting cheap lumber
from the American Pacific coast mills
Yet our lumbermen have told us that they
couldn't compete with Canadian lumber
men without a high tariff! q - ~ t. -.
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The great power railroads and railroad
presidents have is happily illustrated by
Mr.. Stickney's effort to build up Omaha as
a grain center. But the power that makes
can often ,unrnal<e. - - = -
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THE MAGAZINES

j IWk%SSFAZINE0 Pa
The Problem Of the 2ott, century.--The
great work before science for the twenti-
eth century is the unraveling Of the
mystery now surrounding radium the sun
and the vast nebulous masses, in giving
out heat and light apparently without
loss and in violation of previously ac-
cepted theories. This is the, substance Of
astatement by Simon Newcomb, Ii. D.,
the astronomer, in Harper's Magazine for
November. The problem is one that: faces
both the physicist with his microscope
and the aastronon1er with his telescope.
IA. solution bytone will probably mean a
solution for the other. w. NJ Flinders
Petrie, p. e. =, F. r. S., in the same
ma gaziIles has an article on 1.-THE Ten
Temples of Abydos,," which contains rev.
Citations which. upset former established
sbelfefs.s He gives what appears to be
indisputable evidence in support of the
assertion that "a complete art had arisen
seven thousand years ago and that 1t has
seldom Been equaled and hardly everssur
passed in the five fresh births of art which
have occupied the course of human
HISTORY A wonderful portrait in ivory
recently discovered is one of the strongest
items in support of the above proposition.
Mary Johnston begins a new serial, 'SiT
Mortimer It. promises to be full of
thrills There are drawn swords in the
first chapter and love making in: the Sec
ond. The illustrations are in rich ,colors
Skirrsh Line of Science.-Speaking of
Prof. William James Of Harvard, Talcott
Williams in the November Booklovers
Magazine says: ''I.ilte the late Frederic
w: H. Myers an England, he has suddenly
! quickened the larger hope in the future
for many thinking men, not by the use
of scientific. proof, but by the use Of. scien-
| tific imagination This is one Of the
things that has been done on '::the sRir-
mish line Of SCIENCE" A good idea of
other things going on there may be had
by reading Mr.. Talcott's article. Fine por-
traits Of the skirmishers are printed with
! 1T. Lovers of Dickens, in the same mum :
Der, will see some fine colored. Illustrations
showing the London coach with E"Tom
( Pinch on the, 'box: seat /: With: ..Pictures
| and Art sTalk' some excellent work in
colored reproductions is shown. "The New
Pennsylvania Railroad is an; extremely in
terestingz article or series of articles.
=: q. -. ! BOOKS RECEIVED 5>@-,%
HISTORY OF SOCIALISM IN THE UNITED
STATES. BY Norris Hillquit:, New: York
Funk s. Wagnalls company. Price $3.50 net.
MARIE OF THE LOWER RANCH. BY Frances
1 Parker. Boston: c. NJ. Clark Publishing com
* DAUGHTER OF FHEsp1s. By John D.
/, Barry. anthor, of ..Mademoiselle Blanche, z
.|,ff:' The Intriguers," ETC.. Boston: L., G. Page
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RE.
TON showing the Operations. Expenditures
:: and Condition of the Institution for the Year
4 = Ending June 80. 1902. Washington: Govern
ment Printing Office.
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REMEMBER, all this circulation is
the o'clock edition, which is deliv-
cred directly to the homes. All the
read it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

The chances are that the state of Min
nesota will still be on the map. even II
Michigan win tomorrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-30

The wolf killed in Minneapolis the other
day was a real Wolf and had nothing to
do with football wolf stories. e
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OUGHT 70 BE FlNAL.

philadelphia North American.
The Judgment Of Mrs. Fish on social
matters really ought to be final. She's in
the swim. a IS .s353-.3 #
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The Blair Tragedy.s

/ =
: The downfaM OF Blair, OF 81, 5Aonls,,
is another one Of those real life
tragedies that with the proper group
ing Of facts and the placing of
the emphasis equal anything fiction
can show. In fact, they have the ad-
vantage of fiction in that they are
played before us on the great world
stage by living men and women. - -
Mr.. Blair but yesterday was rich,
respected and"happy. To-day. he is
poor, scorned and miserable. He had
much-vastly more than the great ma
,jority Of. mankind, but: he wanted
more: strove for more, and lost all
even honor. ga 80 RI < = 60 .
Why. should a man occupying such
an. enviable position as Mr.. Blair be
tempted to the misrepresentation of
funds and other acts that spelled
ruin. -" - ~: az :.
!, 1t is the old story of the woman
she did it. It is reported that Mr..
Blatr's: ambition in life was; to make
his wife. a Queen among other women
and in. society, She must have every
thing that other women had and lit
tie more. To Mrs: *Blair's credit it
must be said that she. did not know
what sacrifices her husband was maxi
ing or to what desperate straits he was
reduced by his ambition for her. - =. -.
There are: many: similar tragedies
in every city in the 3land--not all OF
them ending in crime, but, always. in
misery and, the wreck of happy lives,
Sometimes the. wife is the unwilling
cause of the sacrifice, >sometimesas she
is the: responsible cause: of insisting
upon a standard Of living beyond the
resources of her husband. 5.,:.. ~ >:@l
atBut. whatever the cause, what
baublesE are these for which to risk
honor ton and :happiness-a larger house
than the neighbor, finer stable, "
better carriage, costher plate, more
servants,> more. expensive entertain.
ments, more extravaganza apparel <.
Life may be rich and we'll worth liv-
ing without these 'baubles, but mer
who would not turn. hand to Obtain
| the real goods of life will risk all fol
them: j .;@'.' .' = ~; =. = - -. : :
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AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat,


Performances tonight and tomorrow
afternoon and evening will finish the en-
gagement of ''The TenderfoOt'' at the
metropolitan. Tomorrow night the Min
nesota football team will occupy the boxes
: "rhe Burgomaster," with a new pro-
duction, new costumes and many of the
original company, will be the offering at
the Metropolitan for Sunday evening only.
. One of the most important dramatic
events of the season will be the appear
ance at the Metropolitan next week, be-
ginning Monday night, of Hall Gaines ia
nous play "The Eternal City, with Ed
ward Morgan playing his original role Of
David Rossi Sarah Truax impersonates
the fascinating Donna Roma Frederic
de Belleville a subtle delineator Of. char
acter, has the role Of Baron Boneli, and
the veteran Frank G. Bangs brings his
gentle dignity to bear upon the role of
the pope. sa4#,a
s'Wages Of Sin," will be produced by the
Ferris Stock company but three more
times, this evening, tomorrow afternoon
and tomorrow night. Opening Sunday
evening. the company will present Dion
,Boucicault's play. ''Calleen BaWn." Miss
Gilbert will again take up her work.
Ward &c Vokes will close a successful
engagement at the Bijou with perform
ances tonight, tomorrow afternoon and
evening. For the matinee tom orrow re-
turns from the Minnesota-Michigan foot-
ball contest will be- read from the. stage.
An invitation has been extended ito the
members Of the Michigan football team
tosattend the performance Saturday night.
Eugene, Blair will commence her ems
gagement of one week at the Bijou Sun
day afternoon, opening in "zaza," which
she will also present Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights and Sat-
urday matinee and night, Magda" will
be the bill wednesday matinee and Thurs
day and Friday nights. Pa
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In the astro- physical observatory are re-
corded, The valuable work of the Marine
university at Woods Hole is detailed, and
a most interesting account of the rein
deer In Alaska is given by Mr. Grosvenor.
editor Of the National Geographic Maya
zine. Recent progress In zoology; ) the
problems Of heredity; the Panama ship
canal route; the great Nile reservoir at
Assouan, which irnpounds water worth
800, 900, 900 to Egypt Guam
and it's people; the Congo forest pygmies,
and the Martinique and st. Vincent vol
'canic erupfions are among the interesting
subjects discussed. 7:
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portunity to take a peep into the internal
mechanism Of the labor unionism, a chance
to perceive what the often inarticulate
unionist really means. TO the workment
the book Is OF the highest value, because
IL will remind him that labor unions have
other purposes and other functions than
those&of forcing up wages and causing
Industrial turmoil, for Mr.. Mitchell preach:
es that they are really a great steadying
and beneficent force,in industry. not only
for their members, but for employers and
the public.
i. 1T Is a good book at the right time
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ment in the way Of organization and
assistants to enable him to carry out
his ideas. It has been said that the
Haskins & Sells company Is the only
onetin the country that has the equip
ment, but 1t is hardly likely that the
firm that got the contract would risk
its reputation by Undertaking such a
work unless itrhad the equipment, to
support Mr.. Chase. ;sz
We sincerely hope that the con-
tractors Willebe successful with their
work. for their success will denon-
strate that it is rarely necessary to
assume that there is only one person
or firm capable Of d DING the best work
in any line int his big country. That
was the well meant assumption Of
many of our business men with regard
to Haskins & Sells, an assumption
which not unnaturally aroused public
suspicion as to the metho DDS by which
it was planned TO give the contract
to them. h .5 ,s q SIP g * 9
The structural %iron workers are going
on a big strike all2over the country to
force recognitiony of a union in New York.
These are dangerous times for strikers.
With the tendency to scurtail business,
especially in the iron ana build ing trades,
strikers. are very: much In danger of find
ing themselves outSof work justsa at the sbe-
ginning of winter. tswitlasa good chance Of
staying out for some time. IN this case
it was the, Buchanan element, the cons
servative portion. OF. !. the membership,
which opposed a strike, but the Sam Parks
crowd forced it thru. Sam Parksism is the
greatest menace in this: country to-day to
labor unionism: IT can't. stand much more
of it; there are too. many level-headed,
honest, conscientious. men In the unions to
follow such leadership indefinitely. 59
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Is a good book at the right time.

Organized Labor: Its Problems, Pur-
poses and ideals, and the Present. and
Future of American Wage Farmers. John
Mitchell. Philadelphia, American Book .ls
Bible House. Price, SITE net.
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Only 2-CENT Daily in Minneapolis
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Casually Observed.

The Red Cross society thoughtfuily hes
itates between Macedonia and the foot
ball season at home.
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:. GAINESVILLE, Wis, complains of,"couples''
who sit on. the steps of the schoolhouse
and kiss one another so loudly as to be a
nuisance. ii Persons living near school
buildings: complain that the noisy .oscula-
ton prevents their sleeping at night. An
officer who investigated says that he
found onc or two couples&on every STEP,
The. school board ought to see to it that
the steps, are warmed during the winter
months. e.; n n
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!. When I went to school the boys used
to have an idea that cent, if buried in
some particularly favored locality, would
grow When Shorty Hitchcock saw Spot
Maloney at recess he took him over. to q
corner of the schoolhouse yard and the
following conversation took place: ~, -.
"Say, Spot, let's go up in the woods
after school an. bury a cent in the corner
of the pasture lot - ", SURGE.
: "Whaffor?" 100 $50 @-:.,s a-- - IA.
Gosh, didn't you know that cert
buried in the corder of a field d grow"
mo, will it?''
Sure, Boney Nason's got one buried
across the river. He says he's sure to
get dollar by fail. His fathers hired
man told him about it,
Gee, amt that great! Where'll We get
the cent %
A problem as complex as this usually
broke up the enterprise. But there were
boys who managed to get hold of a
cent now and then and the experiment
was often tried. That it always failed
never seemed to weaken faith in it. There
was some lind of hoodoo explanation
found and another spot was tried once
when Shorty had an Indian tomahawk
(made out of clapboard) buried. for no
particular reason except to have some
thing to Keep secret about, PeeWee JACK
son. excaVating corner of the pasture
ION suspicion found it with mighty JOY,
and inferred a defunct cat in its place.
The shock to Shorty when he discovered
the feline substitution was 50 great that
he almost neglected his meals. Notice.
say almost No boy ever neglects eat
b ing unless he is pretty far gone. That
sense of awful secrecy and Importance in
having something buried somewhere is
probably an ancestral trait due to our
progenitors' having to conceal their treas
ure instead of putting it in a bank or in
the safety deposit vaults as we do today.
when we have anything. Possibly this
same evolutionary basis may be found for.
Sthe great JOY we feel in getting something
concealed from the assessor. A. J. +.