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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-09-10

A telegram from Berlin says the
ministry of the interior has directed
the police here to organize special po-
lice in plain clothes to protect the
American girls from attentions of men
on the streets. These daylight in
suits are probably practiced more in
Berlin than in any other continental
city, and tho press for q month past
has been urging the authorities to
adopt measures to enable women to do
their shopping at midday without be-
ing exposed to insult.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-09-10

The first instance of the govern.
ment's refusal to admit to this country
adulterated wines under the Pure Food
Act took place today, when entry was
refused of a shipment of white wine
from Bordeaux. France. Upon aualy-
sis, this wine was found to contain
salicylic acid.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02

and corruption who enjoy Immunity
from police interference when Tam
many reigns. Ill
It is stated by the New York Herald
that the street and elevated railway
companies and franchise corporations
have been feeding Tammany literally
to secure relief from municipal re-
strictions which have been Imposed
by the reform administration. so. 81
It IS certainly a matter OF the deep
est interest to all well-wishers Of hon
est municipal administration every
where that Tammany be overwhelm-
ingly defeated, for the popular indorse-
ment of good and honest government
In Greater New York will be a pow
erful announcement to municipal re-
formers thruout the country. If the
tremendous power Of the Tammany
organization can be successfully de-
fed by a compact consolidation Of the
reform elements. the same work may
be accomplished wherever the Tam
many methods have been adopted and
thru the same agency Of hearty COM
bination and aggressive work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02

Notwithstanding the fact that 20, 900
people gave up the afternoon to attend
the football game Saturday 10000 more
packed Fourth street as closely as they
could stand from the alley between Nicol-
let and Hennepin to First avenue south to
watch h 9 ournal's unrivaled bull
letin service. The most complete arrange
n1ents were made for playing the game on
the great white field suspended across the.
street in front Of The Journal office and,
with direct telephone service the results
were displayed on the bulletin on Fourth
street as soon as they happened, and were
frequently known here before they were
fully understood by the people on the
grounds. The same superior service will
be furnished in connection with the games
yet to be played by the Minnesota eleven
Large blackboards were also erected at
four populous and convenient centers IN
the north, south, east and west sections
Tof the city on which the progress Of the
game was traced TO interested crowds, and
the large number gathered around these
bulletins, in addition to the downtown
crowd and those on the athletic field, show
what an intense and general interest is
taken in football in this city. The players
at the Minnesota university can no longer
complain Of the lack Of home enthusiasm
and support. But this is because they
have deserved it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
"A Great Reform Contest.

I I'd 1 q ? .r B.
The municipal election in Greater
New York has an interest to the public
outside of that city. which no other
contest this year possesses.
Mayor Low has not succeeded in
wiping out all the foot-tracks Of the
Tammany administration, but he has,
thru General Greene, weeded out
much Of the fearful corruption in the
police department and has secured an
effective health department and Inn
proved the situation so much i that
Tammany can't introduce its fist into
the public Golfer and assess officehold-
ers and pocket the cream of the funds
for contracts and supplies.
Mayor Low. has had some severe
criticism for not doing more than he
has done, but it is very likely that,
having gotten his hand IN, so to speak,
he will cut some broader reform
swaths If he is elected to another term.
Taminany has been raising a big
campaign fund, supposed to be the
result of pledges to it's adherents who
have been fired by the reform admin
istration, that they shall have many
sefat takes" if Tammany is restored to
power, and pledges to the gamblers,
pimps, PROGRESSES, liquor dealers and
other agents and promoters Of vice
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
.knMnAy EVEMr1z.

schools, but the other three orders
own valuable business property In
Manila and have much money to loan
in a business way: but their property
Is chiefly in agricultural lands which
are partly embodied in their haciendas
and are largely rented to the people.
The Philippine commission, In its
report on the friar question, expresses
the belief that there are very few
cases. where the ownership Of property
by the friars can be successfully at
tackled in law, as prescription has sup
piled any defect which may have ex-
listed in the original title. The friars
will go If the superior ecclesiastical
authority orders them to go, but 1t
abandon their claim to ownership Of
the lands thru the strong argument Of
prescription. 1t should be remem-
bered that the friars were the real
makers of policies and the foundation
of Spanish sovereignty in the islands,
during the whole term Of Spanish oc-
cupation. The crimes charged
against them are fragrant, but there
has been exaggeration. 1t is high time
that this irritating question were set
tied once for all. The policy outlined
by the vatican is excellent, but it is
first necessary to settle the land ques-
ton. With our government that is q
matter of the amount OF money to be
paid to the orders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
Who Are the Criminals?

The report of the receiver Of the
United States Shipbuilding company is
sensational in the extreme. The re-
ceiver says that the organization Of
the company was IAN artistic swindle,"
and speaks Of the purchase of the
Bethlehem steel works as wholesale
plumber" He is impelled to believe
that the organization Of the company
was promoted by wilful nisstatements
of financial condition, and it Is even
limited that well-known accountants
never made the reports with which
they are accredited on the records.
The prospectus issued by the pro-
meters is found to be full Of lies and
m1sstatements.,
Where there is a crime there is a
criminal. If the receiver Of the ship
building trust is to be believed, crimes
galore have been committed in the
formation and management Of that
concern.
Who. are the, criminals?
The fact that they must necessarily
be men prominent In the American
financial and Industrial world ought
not to stay criminal prosecutions We
cannot hope for solidity and confidence
in the business world If the clerk who
embezzles thousand must go to prison
while the millionaire who swindles in
the millions thru deceptive statements
and lying prospectuses goes on his way
disturbed by nothing but civil suit
for damages.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
Ta,ll I,g. ls ot narrowly prevented collision,
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THE CARDINALS SNUFF BOX BY Henry
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New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head.
THE sPoRTsMEN. BY Elliott Flower, author
of Policeman Flynn" Boston: L. G.. Page
& co. Price $3.50.
JOS BOYS AND HOW THEY TURNED OUT.
. A sequel to Little Men," BY Louisa M. AL
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Illustrated by Ellen w. Ahrens. Boston: Lit
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JoE's SIGNAL CODE. By W. Reiff Hesser.
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RANDY AND PRUE. BY Amy Brooks, author
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story for children
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
[ NEWS OF BOOK WORLD
story Of Rapid Transit Brought Down to
,Date.-Resoue OF an AIderman.-A
Book About Famous chlidren.-vihere
Is the Solar System7

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When Americans wish to go anywhere.
as a general rule they wish to go quickly.
They are impatient Of all delay--more SO
than other peoples. So it should have
fallen to an American to write Of rapid
transit as 1t is to-day, for Americans
know most about the subject, unless it
be about the matter Of flying. But a
man who takes the British view Of the
subject has undertaken to tell the story
and has done it very successfully. Beckles
Wilson in his Story of Rapid Transit
tells what was done In the nineteenth CEN
fury and has something to say about what
may be expected in the twentieth before
it is done.
From the stage coach to the limited
trains, flying palaces OF delight, was a
long jump. What will be the jump Of the
twentieth century? Persistent efforts can
hardly fall to solve the problem of sue
cessful aerial navigation, and further
strides seem likely-indeed, are certain
in land and water transit.
The old stage coach is getting lost in
misty memories and histories, and it is
Well to have something very definite said
about 1t and Its accommodations in q, rec
ord of progress In rapid transit. The
| fastest English mail coach was regarded
as a flyer, and made the distance of 400
miles in forty hours. Its end came into
| view when to Robson in 1859 occurred
the possibility of steam power for use in
moving trains. 1t remained for George
Stevenson in 1916 to make practical
demonstration that steam could be Sc
used. It was given to the American Fitch
to work a paddle steamer on the Delaware
| in 1888, but it, remained for Fulton tc
| build a steamboat that was a success.
The telegraph, wire and wireless, the
i flying machine, the bicycle, the automo.
bile and the street railway all receive at
tention at Mr. Wilson'S hands. and while
4 the book is largely devoted to Englisf
features Of rapid transit, it will prove
4 Of interest to students of rapid transit
and general readers on this side Of the
water.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
] Lyceulm-"coIIeen Rawn.,

Boucicault's sterling comedy, following
long, distressing line of raucous melo-
drama, surprisingly improves entertain
ment at the Lyceum. Since the play has
it is comparatively new to the present
generation. Smoothed by few more per-
formances it will rival any Of this weeks
attractions in the eyes of those that love
artistic drama.
AT time when botch-work plays, ham
mered out "by main force occupy pre-
'tentious stage with the aid of tunes and
colorsf and curves. the tender poetry lof
the old Irish comedy reminds one that
genuine playwrights do not rely upon or
chestra, canvas or hosiery. In rearrang-
ing Gerald Griffin's "Collegians," Rouci-
cault managed melodramatic material
with such deft technique that even cruelty
and attempted murder appear in "The
Colleen as inevitable as nature: the Of
tenders secure our sympathy. All the
more pity that so many spectators were
manifestly disappointed last night at the
absence of their usual blood and thun-
der" But in addition to the plaintive
beauty Of the play, there's q special merit
in its illustration of Irish dialect, Irish
wit and Irish character. Altho certain
lfervid Celts should not perhaps, criticize
with eggs the so-called Irishmen of stage
land, neither should a country whose mer
and women have gilded history be repre-.
Iisented always by red-whiskered policemen
and "cook ladies' out Of temper.
| The most obvious defects Of the Lyceun
production are ghostly servants whose
makeup should be amended. Miss Maud
| Gilbert--welcomed back with cheers ant
supplies very pretty and pathetic
Colleen, but she scarcely reaches the true
emotional height Of the murder scene. Al
Danny Mann, w. H. Murdoch manage!
his trying delirium with force and re-
fcoo N1n fvs oo&e -
music is in itself charming concert.
! IF. r. Curry
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02

The German emperor is talking Of wag-
ing ruthless war the socialists, who
now constitute the largest political party
in Germany. It is said that he Is trying
to get permission Of the lczar to send so
cialists to Siberia. When the kaiser be-
gins to prosecute he will be on dangerous
ground Long ago Heine said that when
the political revolution came in Germany
it would be much more terrible than the
French revolution. Persecution Of a
numerous class who are for the most part
seeking to realize their plans by regular
political methods may be the means OF
bringing on the revolution.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
LITERARY NOTES

. :. Henry Harland's The Cardinals Snuff Boy ,s
IN IT'S elghty-fifth thousand 1t is in demand vet
as the new edition testifes. The book has hse,
noticed III these columns some time since p h,,t
It's fascinating qualities may be commended
again You who have not read It NAV asI
what an ecclesfastic snuff box has to do with y
very attractive romance of fair Italy. Read the
play OF love from the hour Marchdale NET the
beautiful Duchessa di SantangioIo his landlaly
on the Arco at Ventriose, to the day the .cardi,
mails snuff box was found by him under his hool,
on the rustic table in his garden 1t is decicions
Louisa Aicotts charming stories for the Young
are always in demand and they are surely among
the books which will have large reading for q
century vet. The new illustrated edition of
Miss Alcott's works commends itself JOS Bows
and How They Turned Out has appeared in the
new issue and former readers of that fine story
will enjoy rereading as much as the new gen.
Grafton will enjoy a first reading in the new
form.
Any one who reads Mr.. Kerr's Young Heroes
of Wire and Rail Will more deeply appreciate the
tremendous responsibilities Of the train dispatch
erse at ailways stations in performing their
duties of holding and forwarding freight and pas
senger trains. The Reversed Signal" Is a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
ToWNE AND TAMMANY
New York Sim


In the course Of that speech against
SURPRISING 5;ph rebellion in the Philippines,
berate with lofty sentiments, Mr.. Toyvne
said, among other things: st is nobler
70 get right than to remain wrong, and
Cod speed the day when the American
people shall have the moral courage to do
their their civic duty" No longer senator, Mr..
Towne packed up his traps in Duluth and
sped to New York At the first iopportun-
ity he tries to 'get right with Tannmanv
and his conception Of "civio duty'' is r.
wear its livery and use his voice forsStt, .
restoration to office Of a combination Of
rascals who worked for; their pockets ali
the time. Mr.. Townerha intellect enough
to know that he is living under a rnuniei-
pal government that is a credit to Aner;-
can citizenship: Yetghe employs his tai.
ents to have it turned out and to NIT IN
Its place an organized stencil. mfr. .Towne
Is not q Tammany man for his health.
What is the consideration for his services
present and prospective? And what do
his old friends in Duluth think of Charles
a. Towne's utilization with TamnlanV Hail
in the city Of his adoption? 81 :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
AT THE THEATERs
RIJou-EueenIe Blair In "zaza.'

BIJou-Eugenle Blair In "Zaza."
David Belasco's "Zaza," confessedly of
Emile Zola's Mama still unrecorded
in the managerial announcements, has re-
turned to the Bijou this week with Eu
genie Blair in the name role; and it's re-
turn only serves to emphasize the fact
that the play is not for every market and
certainly is not suitable for presentation
in the popular-priced houses.
To be sure it is rather late in the
day to decry the morals Of this piece,
but the fact remains, nevertheless that
our theaters would be better worthy Of
respect were such plays absent from the
stage. .'Zaza" serves no good purpose.
It is without moral precept It presents
a portrait Of an immoral woman in the
enjoyment and subsequent suffering of
an illicit love. It's characters are "men
of the world and their consorts Of the
half world" 1t shows us but one pure
woman and then destroys all possible
sympathy for the role by introducing the
woman In a scene in which she does moth
ing but bully-rag her servants. Its les
son, so far as it has any, is meretricious
Its influence, to be stunned as unclear
and debasing.
There are players who might depict this
character with such intensity, such bril-
liance,t that they would be able to com
mand admiration notwithstanding all this
but unfortunately Eugene Blair is no
one of them. If we are to have sucf
types upon the stage they should, at least
be artistically played and Miss Blair
Zaza falls far short. She is an uncon
vincing siren, ill-suited to the role, blu
at her best in the fourth act, when sh
breaks with her lover and drives him from
lher-to his wife.
The supporting company does little t
distract attention from the star. G. Alan
4 son Lessey is a remarkably cool and I'm
A inpassioned Bernard Dufrene, and Kath
j crime de Barry is only indifferently sue
cessful as the bibulous aunt The Cas-
cart of Harry G. Browne Is an origina
Interpretation which, let us hope, will nc
be copied. j. s. Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
The Philippine Friar Question.

While the Philippine currency
question has been settled for the pres
ent in a satisfactory way, the friar
question has not yet been settled, but
1t is announced from Rome that the
vatican looks for a solution at an
early date.
The vatican has delayed action out
Of consideration for the friars of the
Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustine
fans and Recolletos, whom it did not
wish to antagonize, altho these friars
had incurred the hatred and con-
tinual antagonism of the Philippine
churchmen, who, during the revolu-
lions Of 1896 and 1898, drove all the
members of these orders, acting as
parish priests, out Of their parishes,
killing a large number and imprison-
ing several hundred, the remainder
taking refuge in Manila after our.
troops occupied the city. OF about
1900 OF the friars in the islands in
1896 only about five hundred remain.
The removal Of the friars of the
four great orders was the demand
of the people who did not oppose the
native secular clergy, nor the few
Jesuits, Capuchfns, Benedictines and
PauHsts engaged in mission work on
the islands. Our government found
that a land question was involved, as
the friars were willing to go if their
leg1s were paid for. A large sum
#Ras demanded, but the friars now re-
f8uce the price to $4,000, 900 and the
5resent proposition cohtemplates the
payment of s10,O00,o0O by our gov
ernment for the lands. Meantime, the
efforts Of the vatican are directed to-
ward convincing the friars that the
co1ey derived from the sale of the
ads does not belong to them, but
~ must be set apart as part Of the
church's funds for the essential reli-
gious work of the church in the Phil.
ippines. The friars do not readily
fall in with this idea, as they have sc
long occupied the property for theil
own benefit, deriving a considerable
income from rents paid by Philippine
tenants, that they are inclined tc
claim proprietary rights.
1t seems likely from the dispatche
that the bishops and archbishops o
the American branch Of the, Roman
church, in the event of the refusal b.
the friars to leave the islands, will
use their episcopal authority to com
bel them to withdraw, without in
dorsing any of the stigmas fastened
upon them by the Filipino church
men whose bitterness toward them il
unabated. The Roman authorities ar
about to supply the needs of tn
archipelago for the ministrations o
their church with American priests
who will be assisted by the Fllipln'
priests who are found quallfied 70
such service.
IT may be added that the Francis
cans were never permitted TO owl
property except in converts ant
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
RICH MANS SMALL HOUSE

How many men who have acquired a
fortune by practicing the most rigid econ
omy in their younger days would abandon
their palatial residence in old age to live
in a woodshed? That is what Abraham
Simmer, known thruout Iowa as the
's'Waverly philanthropist," intends to do.
The woodshed which Simmer will move
into will be made into two rooms-a bed
room and dining-room. He will live alone
cook his own meals. He declares that
and he will have reached the true state of
happiness in tn is northumberland
and simplicity. During the past few years
Simmer has given more money to charit-
able institutions than any other man in
Iowa. He is said to be worth more than
81, 600, 900, and it Is his purpose to give
this fortune in various sums to the needy
institutions of the state before he dies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
BRET. HARTE,s TRUE STORY

Bret Harte was once asked in London If
he did not exaggerate some of his west
ern character creations. He declared that
he did not and told this as a true story;
which he had always feared to put. into
print: A well known. desperate came into
a saloon and, Of course those who knew
him had business elsewhere at once. An
English tenderfoot remained and the bad
man invited him to drink The Britisher
innocently said he did not care to do so,
dangerous remark to make lin those
days, whereupon the desperate YEARLY
reached for his gun and said in a tired sort
Of way: Good Lord. cant ever take a
drink without killing a man?,,