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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
AT THE THEATERS
MetropoIItan-"under southern skIes.'

Metropolitan Under Southern Skies"
4 I.ottie Blair Parker is one Of our latter
day geographical playwrights. Like %
butterfly, she strays all over the map In
search of the honeyH so dear to- those, Of
her Tx, and generally. known as "local
color 20 No maker Of plays cam hope to
invest his production With that hide finable
and intangible but likewise Invaluable ut
tribute known as "a atmosphere unless he
pays strict attention. to this tier OF
geography. Way Down East reeks of
New England, and now, Under Southern
Skies, we are supposed to smell the
magnolia and all that sort. of thing. OF
course, the color line is drawn, just as
1t always must be in southern plays, and
equally, Of course, 1t transpires before the
end that mistake has been made and
or negro blood was not justified in the
present case because there was no such
faint. The theme of the play is rather
Well worn, but Miss Parker contrives to
handle 1t with some originality.
Ponce de Leon certainly had the right
#"hunch' when he sought the spring OF
eternal youth In the south, for if we are
to believe what Miss Parker shows us
every one is young down south Hel
characters in their old age are still as
young in looks and manners as our de.
outantes. 60 south. We maid of increas.
ing years and decreasing hopes of matri.
mony! There it is ever spring and. there
the youth awaits your fervent appeals tt
go to Cupidss bower, where we can b.
alone!" - g.
1t Is much to be feared that if tn,
present production We're deprived of som,
of the zest lent to it, by such factitiou
aids as pickaninnies and cakewalks, tn
residuum would prove rather insipid Blu
it now serves to please tolerant audienc,
with it's new-old story it's obvious hume
and its standard southland features
| The company boasts of no striking his
ltrions, but is rather we'll balanced. TIL
| soft drawl of the southern woman, SUM-
by poets innumerable, is quite lackin
in Minnie Victorson's voice, whose hars
tones jar rudely on the listener He
speaking voice has good qualities If i
could be toned down. Similarly her act
ing is good, but exhibits a tendency t
exuberance,s resulting in anticlinaxes tina
partially destroy the force fof her other
wise strong emotional work Ida Mule
Lizer Ann frightened the entire perform
ance. Her mixture of Mother Goose wit
Bible texts evoked the only real laug
of the evening: Suffer little children t
come unto me-bringing their tails be
hind 'em!"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
Self-Confession.

The other day we discussed the de-.
plorable attempt Of the Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle to put a bright side on the
verdict in the Tillman case. Lest 1t
may appear that we do not intend to
do justice to the southern press, we
wish to say that the Chronicle is in a
conspicuous minority.
The Charleston News and Courier
SAYS: "In the mind Of the jury it was
more important to deliver the defend
ant from the consequences of his act
than it was to maintain the suprema-
CIV of the law in South Carolina. Ex-
cept in rare cases, the killing of one
white man by another is the safest
crime that can be committed in South
Carolina" - 3D. = %" - - 49,"
The Columbia IS. c. State says
that it was q foregone conclusion that
| the jury would not convict under any
circumstances, that it would not have
found the defendant guilty had no ar
gument, or testimony been offered ir
his behalf. The Savannah Press says
that an ugly tragedy has been un.
avenged. The Columbia Is. CO. Rec.
ord says that tho acquitted by the
jury, Tillman is convicted by public
sentiment. The Charlotte IN. c.,
Chronicle says that tho the verde
! was expected that fact does not keeI
down a feeling of contempt for a sys
tenn that makes possible acquittal il
such cases. The Spartanburg Jour
nal says the verdict is no credit t
South Carolina, but is one Of the feat
ures Of society as organized in tn
south. The Augusta Herald accept
the verdict as another proof Of tn
cheapness with which human life i
I held in the south. The Aiken rs. c..
Record says the trial is a sad resul
for South Carolina and that it will
mean increased b1oodshed thruou
that state. Other commentators as
sert that Notwithstanding the Tillmal
!, verdict such crimes as his are becom
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Thomas Frank Gailor, the Protestant
Episcopal bishop of Tennessee, urged be-
fore the house of bishops yesterday the
encouragement Of contact and sympathy
between Episcopal and other Protestant
churches, The aloofness' Of the Episco-
palians from other Protestant denomina-
tons Is at once source Of strength AND
weakness. 1t gives them striking
distinction from the other churches that
is attractive to many, but, on the other
hand, it arouses prejudice among the
democratic masses. 7'->-EH ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

The sample canvass of the residence portion
Of Minneapolis 1.-TWO bic cks Of which The Journal
published daily for the past Year, shows 7,076
residences canrassed-
Journal subscribers .......... 5,642
Tribune (evening) subscribers. 1914
Tribune (morning) subscribers. S32
The canvass Of NINETY-THREE apartment
and fat buildings showed:
Journal subscribers .......... 1892
Tribune (evening) subscribers. 206
Tribune (morning) subscribers 1873
The canvass of NINETEEN leading office build
ines showed regular subscribers to the daily
papers receiving their paper either at the office
or their home:
Journals 2,l53
Tr1bunes (evening) ..........I 1913
Tribunes (morning) ....... %4oO
The canvass of the two afternoon trains to
Lake Mnnetonka on the Minneapolis & st.
Louis and Great Northern railroads showed:
JOurndlS 1CA
Tribunes (eventng) ........ 4e
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
NEWS OF BOOK WORLD.
MltcheII's Latest Literary Attempt-A
Rare Old Book Reaches the City; an
Early Folio Of Ben Jonson's Complete
Works. =,

F
An announcement that Washington
GLADDEN.. the author Of Social Salvation, !"
'Who Wrote the Bible?" and other books,
was to deliver course of six lectures here
lectures which, had been delivered in "a
course at Harvard-would cause Mime
apolis people, who think, to sit UP. The
announcement, therefore, that a course
Of six lectures, delivered by DR.. GLADDEN.
in the William Belden Noble lectureship
at Harvard, has just been published in
book form, should be of considerable in
terest. These lectures bear the general
title Witnesses of the Light, and the wit:
nesses are Dante, Michelangelo, Fichte,:
Victor Hugo, Richard Wagner and Rus
kim e.i3s,.s7= esrssg 81 49, :
The book is small one. containing. in
all less, than 800 pages; yet it is a book:
full of meat and tremendously stimulat-
ing. The lives and works of the men
whom DR.. GLADDEN. has chosen as his wit
| nesses of that which all thoughtful men
are seeking are necessarily briefly recited
| They would not, therefore, be of absorbing
| interest to the special student, perhaps.
But to those, seeking light thru.a knowl-
! edge of the great men Of all times, this
Fbook will prove a valuable aid. DR.. Glad
denis lectures are not like some in be-
| ing good to listen to, but very dry to
read. On the contrary, they are very
| good reading. For example, his lecture on
the philosopher Fichte stirs the. blood al
most like tale of adventure. This man to
whom God was the most certain fact of
knowledge still a mere youth, absolutely
! poverty-stricken, on a long journey a-foot
. in search Of something to do, turns aside
from his course to go thru Konigsberg in
1 order that he may meet Emmanuel Kant
/ whom he regards his scientific master
! But how to approach the great man Is the
+ question before this poor, unknown stu
/ dent wanderer. This extract from DIR
1 Gladdens lecture tells the story--to many
4 new, tho Old '" '
I Fichte greatly wishes to between himself
I and his great master what he calls 'free scien
tifc confidence SD he sits down in KOnigsbere
and writes his first considerable treatise, 1.-THE
Il Critique Of All Revelation With this key he
will unlock the heart of Kant. ut is perhaps
one of the most touching and instructive passages
i of literary history, says William Smith, 5''tt
find young at distance from his owl
country, without FRIEND without even tht
means Of personal subsistence, and sustained onl,
by ardent and indomiable love of truth, de
i voting himself with intense application to til,
\ production OF systematic work on one of til,
deepest subjects of philosophic thought that h,
might thereby attain the friendship and conf
dence of whom he regarded as the creates
:. Of living men, -. =.
This throws light upon the character o
t. Fichte, and it is by" such illun1ina
: ton Of life and work in the case Q
each of his witnesses that DR.. Giaddel
shows that his six men were and sti
are witnesses Of the light. : ..~'' " ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
The Vests Speculation.

In his address before the American
Bankers Association at San Francisco
yesterday Mr.. ,Ridgely, controller OF
the currency, touched on, form OF
speculation which has greatly con-
cerned the west, even If it bee ompar-
atively Indifferent to Wall street
stocks. ..-.
While the east has been blowing its
money In stock speculation, the west
has been diverting itself with specula-
ton in lands. Enormous sums of
money have been borrowed from
banks turnout the west to be invested
in farm lands. It has also caused the
withdrawal of large Accommodations
of savings. In this way the loaning
power Of many western banks has
been absorbed Had western banks
not begun to check their land invest
rment loans a year ago, the situation
might now be serious. The brakes
were applied in time to avoid serious
trouble. In the same way, the east
ern banks appear to have slowed
down in time, with a few exceptions
which are now going to the wall.
The fact is that conservatism is nov
so firmly in the saddle that it is {
question:, whether the genuine pros
perity of the country may not be af
fected by undue contraction Of loans
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
BOOKS RECEIVED

WITNESSES OF THE LIGHT. By Washington
GLADDEN.. 1llustrated; 12mo, SIPS net. Bos-
ton: Houghton Miffin & Co. Minneapolis: IN
Mccarthy. e. - (
HONOR D'EVEREI.. BY Barbach Yechton. au.
thor of "A Young Savage etc. New York:
Dodd, Mead IL Co., 372 Fifth avenue. Min
neapolis: William Donaldson. Price $1.5o.
THE MAGIC FOREST Modern Fairy Story.
BY Stewart Edward White, author of The
Claim Jumpers, etc. New York: The Mac
milan company. Price $1.50. -
MORE FIvE-MINUTE STORIES BY Laura E.
Richards, author of Captain Janua ~, Mar
cissa.'' Nautilus etc. Illustrated by W.
Goldsmith. Boston l.. c. Page & Co. 1.50
THE PINE GROVE HOUSE. BY Ruth Hall
Boston: Houghton Mifhin & Co. Minneapolis
Nathaniel Mccarthy. Price $3.50.
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Controller Ridgeley's Optimism.

Controller Ridgeley delivered an adj
dress yesterday before the American
Bankers association at San Francisco
Currency in which he took a whole
sornely optimistic view Of existing con-
ditions.
Altho the administration has de-
clared itself unfavorable to the push
ing Of currency reform previous to the
presidential election Of 1904, Mr..
Ridgeley, an important officer of the
government declared himself a "thoro
believer in currency reform" and set
forth the method by which he would
accomplish such reform.
1t is evident that Lord Rosebery was
right when he declared in a recent
speech on the fiscal question that you
can't prevent a storm by sitting upon
the barometer" 1t is very probable
that during the ensuing year there
will be a decidedly vigorous discussion
of currency reform, while legislative
action may be prevented. The discus
sion Of the subject will be educative
and lead to convictions and CONVEX
sions enough as to some rational and
wholesome and practical plan to- sup
port it successfully, either in the last
session of the present congress or the
first session Of the congress to be
elected in November, 1904.
With reference to the big slumps
in stock prices since the formidable
collapse in the spring of 1901, Mr.
Ridgeley said: - ,-.,-....&
The course of business to-day very
largely depends upon the bankers. il
banks continue to act wisely and conser.
atively as they have, they can avert. any.
thing like serious troubles and keep the
country in shape for continuance OF the
very prosperous time. The speculation
promotions and combina tionsa which have
run their wild course were caused by anc
were not the cause of prosperity. n
III Which is altogether true, but, as Mr.
RidgeIey says, altho the country ha
stood all these speculative Wall stree
cataclysms without having prett.
general smash-up, as in 1878 and il
1893, it does not follow that, becaus'
4 we are buttressed financially far NOR
effectively than in the past, 1t is SAT
to play the silly moth and court NOR,
desoIating disaster by approaching
nearer to the eager flames. The evi
results of apitalization, copiou
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
SPANISH GIVING.

There are occasions when a Spanish
host, warmed :, to the cookies or his
heart by the congeniality and person
al magnetism. of a guest. will give 10
him whatever he parucuiariy adniIes
among the household gods. In Span
ish-speaking, Spanlsn-conQuereu.
spanish-lost countries this giving Is
understood to be a sort ofacompliment
with a string tied to it. The guest
i"Ah! what a lovely precelain!
have never seen it's equal Some rare
work of the middle ages? Do you
like it," says the pleased most. IS
yours" They shake hands, slap each
other on the shoulder and renew old
friendship. But the host knows that
the present will never leave his house;
and the guest understands that the
gift is not his except in the meaning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

About the most unpopular move ever
made by public officials in this county is
the employment of a tax ferret. Nobody
seems to have anything to say in favor of
a system which,. no matter, what may be
said, about the good reputation of the
ferret employed, unquestionably opens the
door Of opportunity to an. unlimited
amount of fraud and Matchmaking. The
ferret with whom the county commission
ers have been negotiating may be, and
doubtless is an honorable man, but the
system admits of any amount Of grating
and Matchmaking il the special agent en-
gagged were disposed to take advantage OF
it. For this reason the public will have
no confidence in the system and cannot
be expected to submit to it very long.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

r h e Journa would be glad to re-
ceive by mall or otherwise, the names OF
all persons who were readers and SUBJ
scribers 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.
Til e urn 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, 1903-10-23
THE DEMAND FOR "CHANGE"

There is over s100,000,000 in halt
dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels an ao
cents in circulation. about sS0,0e0,00o
in silver dollars, SIS, 100000 in one
dollar bills and $4,000 900 in two dol
lar bills. And still the cry is TOT
change, change. In New York the
street car companies instruct the CON
ductors to refuse'anything larger IMAM
a 81 bill for fare, owing to the I'M
practicability of carrying enough
that would be forced upon them: A
majority Of fares are paid in nickels,
then come, in the order named
dimes, quarters, halves and pennies.
There is an occasional dollar and now
and then a 50 bill. Women are re-
sponsible for most of the paper money
that goes into the pockets or con-
ductOrS. -s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

This IL not a question Of physiological or
physical possibilities, but one of morals,
as Mr.. Hawthorne discusses it. is It., IN
the abstract. proper for ladies'. to smoke.
or are the eternal -decencieS and illnesses
outraged by their so doing?" After about
six pages of augmentation on this abb
sorbing problem, Mr.. Hawthorne gives IN
substance this conclusion: 1t makes all
the difference how one does IT. There
are persons who do nothing aceeptably
or without offense; there are others whose
manner gives a charm to l care not what
heresy or solecism" That is somewhat
oracular but as Mr.. Hawthorne is writ
ing for the Smart, y it will doubtless be
satisfactory. There are better things than
this in this number, which contains a
long story by Cyrus Townsend Brady.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

In an explanation Of his decision on, the
Alaska boundary Lord Alverstone correct
ly says that the main question was wheth-
er the United States was entitled under
the treaty of 1926 to continuous strip of
territory on the main land: He says that
he has no doubt that was the intention of
the treaty. All other questions were sec
ondary to this-such as the mountain
range referred to in the treaty and the
width of the strip. AS to the line at the
mouth Of Portland canal. Lord Alverstone
! says that it was the duty Of the commits
| sion simply to determine what was the
cided to be between Wales and sitklan
| islands,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
why SOME ARE DISAPPOINTED
Fargo Forum,

II.
President Roosevelt has been in the
.White House more than two years and his
policy thus far must be a DISAPPOINTMENT
to those politicians who freely predicted
that his independent way of doing things
would weaken him in the estimation of
the conservative American public. The
president has had to deal with a number
of difficult problems and has gained in
prestige until it is generally conceded that
he will, barring extraordinary unfayorable
developments. be unanimously nomfna ted
to succeed himself next year, and there
seems to be little likelihood of his defeat
at the polls.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
4 ST. PAU Baptist minister has declared

A st. Paul Baptist minister has declared
that our neighbor down the river is
doomed It does not take a prophet to
discover such a plain fact as that. OF
course st. Paul is doomed ST. Paul is
doomed to be a very nice sort of a moder-
ate sized town, growing along comfortably
and conservatively at an increasing dis
lance. behind Minnea polls. This may not
bear amy resemb lance to NineveIs doom,
but 1t is what is laid up for st. Paul.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Despite the attempt to make out that
the contest for the control of Greater
New York is. beween the democratic and
republican parties it is. really. as Hugh
Mclaughlin, the. democratic 70 boss OF
Brooklyn, put it*when he said yesterday
I see in the present campaign that deeper than
any political issue lies the great moral issue
of decency against crime, purity of life against
'redlightism''; honesty in public office against
graft. 1t would be impossible for me to give
any countenance to what Tammany is, and is
doing, without being false to the people oil
rrookyn, false to my own convictions and
doubly false to the whole ause of good govern
ment. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
THE MAGAZINES

& Can Ladies' Smoke Tobacco - Julian
Hawthorne, with a. tennerity such as be-
longs to extreme youth rather than to
vember number of Smart Set to answer
for the self-constituted smart set the
question. Can ladies smoke tobacco7"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
LITERARY NOTES

Ruth Hall has done better than usual in her
the arena of action Chilling, cooling. etc. being
in rather ordinary country boarding house, where
during the summer shop girls and floor walkers
spend their vacations. and, during the remainder
Of the year broken-down ~clergymen and fourth
rate actors sojGurn to quiet their nerves. Occa-
sionally different kind of people dropped In and
The human types presented are true to life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

A dispatch from Dawson to the Seattle
Times, dated Oct. II, says that the ice
is running heavily in the upper Yukon and
that navigation is closed. The thermom-
eter had already been below zero. A great
deal of freight intended for Dawson will
not go down the Yukon from White Horse
Rapids this season. For this reason prices
arc advancing in Dawson and eggs are
| now 10 cents apiece, Wholesale. Oats and
hay are selling at 6 cents pound, which
means s120 ton for hay and s192 for a
bushel Of oats, counting 80 pounds to the
bushel. These, however, are. moderate
prices compared with what these comm O.
dities will command In that market before
spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Dowie had full attendance at his
meeting in New York, last night, until
he suggested collection. Then the
crowd went out. New York is the place
that shears the lambs, not where they are
raised =
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ing much less frequent in the south

ing much less frequent In the south
than formerly.
The emphatic manner In which the
better part OF the southern press re-
Dukes the jury in the Tillman case Is
the one bright feature of the VIII ole
miserable affair. South Carolina re-
proaches herself as bitterly as any
northern paper does. Self confession
usually precedes genuine reform.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Senator McMullen, a liberal member of
the Canadian parliament, says that Eng
lands troubles in the Transvaal and in
Ireland are unimportant compared with
the troubles she is likely to have on ac-
count of the dissatisfaction in Canada over
the result Of the Alaskan boundary. arbi-
tration. There is a good deal of secession
talk across the. Canadian border these
days and the probabilities are that it
will increase. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Real Admiral Evans Is going to take our
Asiatlc fleet up to the two Manchurian
ports opened. to us by special treaty. We
trustsno one will try to stop Mr.. Evans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

REMEMBER, all this circulation is
the 5 o'clock edition, which is deliv-
cred directly to the homes. All the
members Of the family have time to
read it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Some people act as If the noxious stencil
arising. from the cigarette gives them
peace Of mind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Some time ago it was announced tha ! 5oo hoo,
elors OF Rugby, N. d., were seeking wives
Thru q friendly intermediary over 100 women
opened up correspondence Forty eight of III csc
are Just about to leave Kokomo and Howard
county: Indiana, to share their lives with as
many bachelors. Is 8fa "a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

If there is a Russo-Japanese war on.
the Boring strait.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

: Central doesn't like the man who hol-t
lers into the telephone as if it had a tin
ear. Talk gently or if you must boiler
send around willie doux.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Sir Mackenzie Bowel has discovered
that Isle Royale commands the entrance
to Port Arthur on Lake Superior. He told
the Canadian senate yesterday that I'M
less the British people seized this island
in the. event Of war the United States
could destroy "Our whole connection be-
tween east and vest What folly for a
Canadian to talk Of the eventuality OF
war If it should ever come, one or two
points of advantage here and there will
be Of no consequence.