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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
a SUGGESTION to Morgan.

At the Lotos club Charles w. Price told
this story about J. Pierpont Morgan: q
young reporter was sent to MI Morgan
residence to ask an important question
,.Mr. Morgan is OUT said the butler. The
reporter, noticing a carriage in waiting,
fingered near the entrance to the Madison
avenue residence. and in a few moments
was not exactly astonished to see MT
Morgan come out and start for the car
riage. He dared approach and ask the
question as he had been instructed
.sYoung man." said Mr.. Moran, "d1dn',
nv butler tell you was out? Yes, but
YOU should change your butler for one Whe
can speak the truth Mr.. Morgan turned
his penetrating eyes on the questioner fol-
a moment and the. said, as he entered
his carriage: "Call at my office in the
morning and suggest any other changes
in my establishment you deem advisable
The reporte did CALL and has pos.
sessed fairly pleasant relations with the
eminent fnancier ever since.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

Montreal manufacturers used to boast
of their cheap and docile labor. From
the accounts of the recent strikes In that
city they won't be able to make the boast
good any more The French Canadians
are Joining the International trades UNI
ions, which control organized labor in the
United9S States and Canada, and will soon
insist on as much pay and as short hours
as anybody. There is some resentment
expressed in Canada at the fact that
Canadian labor unions are part of the
same organizations as American unions,
and even the absurd charge has been
made that the Americans who are the chief
officers of these international organiza-
tons are being used by American manu-
facturers to incite strikes and cripple
industry in Canada. This is too silly tc
call for a reply. The simple fact is that
the labor organizations recognize the fact
that for their purposes the two coun-
tries are one Thus labor organizations
like many other forces, make for the OBJ
liberation of ali differences between
Canadians and Americans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
A Strange Popular Subscription"

The city controller advertises that
''sealed proposals and popular subscrip-
tons will be received for $4,000 of Min
neapolis bonds. and that "the actual resi-
dents of Minneapolis will be preferred to
all other persons upon such SALE Coupled
with these announcements, is another that
the bonds will be sold to the highest re-
sponsible bidder. ISL
Such a call for bids gives the impress
sion that every inducement is held out to
local capital to invest in the citys bonds.
AS a matter of fact, the inducement is
not great, and it is not likely that there
will be any local bonds or subscriptions"
Bonds at 31a per cent are not attractive
to the holders of large sums of money
that are looking for profitable investment.
Bonds almost as safe can be obtained at
5 and 6 per cent. The people Of small
savings accounts might take them by sub
scription at par. but they can't hope to
bid for them. Imagine a man bidding
for one $50 81 per cent bond and offer
| ing a premium of lO1.
| The savings banks might act for
|
| money about as fast as it comes in, and
would not be prepared to handle a large
| amount Moreover, they are looking fol
something better than a Minneapolis bono
at par with interest at 3h per cent. They
are fond of southern municipal and county
securities at better rate Of interest anc
| less than par. Then there is the grea
difficulty Of parceling out the bonds among
different bids for different portions, ever
if they appeared. This difficulty would
disappear if there were a genuine popular
| subscription at fixed rates. Under present
| conditions the bonds can only be handled
thru some large bond house which will
bid for the securities en- bloc and the1
parcel them out among it's patrons at al
advance that will give it something TO
| itself.
We are not so sanguine as to conclude
that $3.50 of bonds could be devouret
by the local investors, even with a genu
inc popular subscription on a fixed basis
but some would be taken. BY the pres
ent method, which is fixed by legislativ
enactment, it is not likely that any bond
will get to Minneapolis investors
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
AT THE THEATERs
eIiou--t'over Nlauara Ea,ls.,,

~ yooN- S1VoT5 INia9dra r ais.
An imperious rushing, roaring resist
less torrent Of sights, scenes and sensa-
lions Is the glad promise with which the
Bllou comes out this week ahead of Mr..
Jabour's circus. The three RS and the
triple SIS We're to begin yesterday after
noon moor, at the matinee performance Of "Over
Niagara Fails
The theater did roar without doubt.
The hollow voice Of cataract did echo
from the stage in tones surprisingly gem
u1ne. The air of the auditorium vibrated
with. sound. Even the tumbling river, its
green-white flood, it's wintery breath of
spray, was reproduced impressively. And
no floating barrel could wobble more
cork-like than did the Original barrel in
which Mrs Annie Edison Taylor went over
Niagara Falls Oct. "a, 1901, at 1920 p. M,
and survived.
Scenically the production was excellent.
Sir Henry Irving. Mr. Mansfield, Nine.
Duse are seldom fattered with more cur
tain calls that were enjoyed yesterday by
the perforated canvas and the noise ma
chine.
But the play itself The, villain is pres
ident of the Chautauqua association, Lake
Chautauqua, N. Y. Before gaining the
confidence of culture and religion, he has
lived somewhere in wood with a French
girl, and has thrown the blame upon Star
light, New York Indian, clad in buck
skim feathers, bears teeth and porcu-
pine quilts. The Indian has gone to the
penitentiary for twenty years. After
wards the future president has married
second wife and has stolen the fortune
OF female ward. His first wife turns up
alive as a circusrider determined to go
over Niagara in a barrel. The president
has quarreled with the lady's child-hs
own son-without knowing the young
mans Identity. The son Is the favorite
sutton of the defrauded ward. He is also
superintendent of the Chautauqua grounds,
but admits he cannot SPELL After the
president and an ilegitimate son have
| tried to kill the French mama once more,
they place her supposed remains in the
barrel and insert the barrel carefully with
| in Niagara river. The old Indian chief
meets the villain on the Midway Of the
Buffalo exposition and-but DeQuincey
had he dreamed it all, would never have
confessed.
| If the story is notable for harmonious
and sustained imbecility, several of the
actors wear the nantes of the Cherry
Sisters. The young woman who would
| like to resemble the French unfortunate
stands by herself among the Thespians o.
/ the local season for rigid adherence to the
worst possible standards village elocu-
zionist turned loose before city. Anna
teurs might profitably study her perform
ance. They will find it a compendium Of
all that actors should avoid.
I III. B. Curry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
Tested by the Negro Problem.

T h e M n n e a POLLS Journal as
serts that the republican party wouldn't
dare do anything else" than nominate
Roosevelt in 1904, and 7 h Ournal is
probably correct. There are many repub
licans who would like to see another man
nominated, and there are a great many
who will not support him, if the demo-
Gratis act sensibly, but as the republican
party, with all it's Jobs and offices, now
belongs to Roosevelt, it is hardly possible
that they will have the nerve to turn
him Observation-Disclosures Advertiser.
The Advertiser goes on to argue that
Roosevelt is not such popular man with
his party after all. And in this the Ad-
vertiser is no exception to- most of the
southern papers. 1t is a fact that the
southern dislike of the president because
Of the Booker Washington dinner at the
White House, the Indianola. postoffice af-
fair and the appointment Of DR.. Cr,im to
the collectorship of the port at Charles
ton, S. c., have so colored the southern
view of the president that it is impossible
for the people of that section to under
stand how popular the president is with
the northern masses, in or out of his
party. This is one more illustration OF
the sad fact that the race problem dom
mates all other questions in the south
and keeps that section from approaching
national political issues or topics with ar
open mind The fact that President
Roosevelt has appeared to the south te
be inclined to an unusual degree to show
favor to deserving negroes has made min
forever condemned of the south. Nothing
he can do or say will ever restore hin
to favor in that section or gain it's appro:
val of his administration, even if he be {
Solomon of wisdom and all his policies
those the south secretly knows to be it.
own. In the south all political issues
whether local, state or national, lead tt
the negro problem.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
THE STORY OF "HusNE"

Work and worry. work and worry,
Everybody in hurry;
Sinners lost, or saved and sainted,
No time here to get acquainted.
In some business way or other
Every man must skin" his brother,
Or with keen dissatisfaction
Get the worst of the transaction.
Early morn until the chickens
Go to roost and raise the dickens.
Wear their systems to q fragile,
Get the mental razzle-dazzle
In their efforts to get money.
AS the wild bees gather honey.
After profits. so insistent. b
Erstwhile friends grow cold and distant;
At the noisy railway station.
Greet with formal salutation
All the old time love forgotten
In the price OF corn and cotton
Things. when cornered, there are steals in
Which the board of trade now deals In
So in. order to be wealthy,
Men wear out who might he healthy,
Soul and body wrecked and broken,
All their kindly words unspoken-
Body underneath the daisies.
!, Soul snuffed out and gone to blazes.
doc Bixby, In Nebraska State Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
Books and Authors
CHARLES kINesLEYs STYLE.

Charles Kingsley, whose 'tIypatia" and
I. Two Years Ago" will probably long sur
vive his Yeast" and other writings of a
reformatory and sociological character,
was one Of those writer's who never scru-
tiniZe their work, and sendsit to the press
just as the thoughts flowed warm from
the brain thru pen to paper Mrs. Kings
ley,in herlife of her distinguished husband,
cites his rapidity Of composition as proof
OF his great genius. But that conclusion is
hardly correct, for some very sloppy wri-
ters make copy with extraordinary rapid
ity. Kingsley was SO warm in his sym
pathy with his subjects that his sentences
came rather from the heart than from the
head, and his impulsiveness and incau-
ton were taken up by the types and
printed without censorship and conse-
quently the cody man drew upon himself
much adverse criticism, for he called a
spade spade whenever he pleased; but
his holiness in good cause made for him
many warm friends. He used to reel off
work as If writing for wager and much
of it would not stand careful critical re-
view. Perhaps this careless way Of writ
ing had some effect upon his popularity.
1t is not just to say mostaof his writing
was ephemeral. Much that he wrote is
printed no more, but there Is no doubt
that the influence of his work for the bet
terment of social conditions, which placed
him as a pioneer in sociological activity,
is yet felt IN the present larger develop
| ment of his reform ideas.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

The vacation time of year has come.
Some persons will spend their vacations
so that they return to work with renewed
fatigue, while others will so use it as to
insure good health for another year.
Vacations should be planned as work is
planned, with the object of getting the
maximum amount of personal benefit in
the allotted time. That method Of spend
ing the vacation is best, as a rule, which
is the simplest. What the city man needs
is a taste of simple life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
MONDAY EVENING,

to establish themselves in particular To-
calities makes it possible that whilst
assimiating all other elements Of popu-
lation sent us by Europe. we may be I'M
able to digest the Jews as a whole. I'M
less this clannish tendency can be over
come and the immigrants distributed
widely, these later Jewish immigrants may
become as distinct an element in the popu-
lation here as they are In Russia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

The New Orleans States declares that
the report that General Joe Wheeler was
cent reunion in New Orleans, because he
wore his blue army uniform, is a lie out of
whole cloth. To begin with, General
Wheeler didn't wear any uniform. and
even if he had, no resentment would have
been felt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Auto Speed Limit.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
Can you tell me whether our city fathers
are going to wait until several people have
been killed in our city before they take
any action governing the speed of automo-
biles? My wife and I had very narrow
escape last night from couple Of young
men running one of those machines. It
was only a miracle that we were not killed.
and all the satisfaction we got was that
the fellows luaughed at u.s. and it was
thru no fault of the horse being fright
ened. AS we were going down Thirty
fourth street. the men were coming up
Park avenue at a terrific speed, and when
they arrived at Thirty fourth street they
shot around the corner going at least
twenty five miles an hour, and we had no
chance whatever of getting away, and
they ran plump into us.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

1t is a great relief to learn from the
later dispatches that the earlier accounts
of the loss of life from the floods of the
Kansas river at Topeka were scarcely a
tenth what it was feared they would be.
Nevertheless the disaster is of appalling
life at Topeka and other flooded cities and
towns. the property loss in Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas and Missouri will be stu
pendous. These formidable floods serve
to remind men that with all it's cunning
and resources civilization is still as a
babe when confronted by the aroused
forces of nature.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
sCHIMMEL HAD sHAKsPERE FADED"
PHILADELPHIA Record.


little umang the books that he had at his
the drift Of the Now shakp
said
Schmmes
me- bocks'
Schmne
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
. The last legislature limited the snee

The last legislature limited the speed
of automobiles in cities and villages to
eight miles an hour. 1t is not necessary
for the council to pass an ordinance on
the same subject, and possibly it has not
the right to adopt an ordinance that would
be at variance with,-the state law, tho
there seems to be a question whether it
was not intended that the law is to oper-
ate only in the absence Of local ordi-
CHARACTERIZATION Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
Bonds for the Peonle.

To the Editor of The Journal.
Will you kindly explain to your tax
paying readers of whom I am one, why
Minneapolis bonds are never offered for
sale to the people of our city in small
amounts, with a fixed rate Of interest at
par value? The millions of deposits in
Minneapolis and St. Paul will always take
care Of the public needs if only rational
system in the interest Of the plain peo-
pie is adopted. Joshua, Rogers is right.
It is nothing short of steal to sell high
class securities like Minneapolis bonds for
less than par value. Paul Fontaine.
| 1921 Lumber Exchange.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

The president went. to church in Chey-,
enne yesterday, and the preacher tortured
him with a sermon on ."'Strenuousness."
Would that there were some way to elirni-
nate that word. The president would ia
vor it's elimination
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed.

There things The editor Of the Eaon Times
avoid witnessing ball between the teams Of that town and pavan
sparrng matches - |
n k @ sn hs es hs
a n a an ts M a
the often out and little as to sit the for
damp garments and 4i think s'e's -
the it.
thrown laid the toad side
I've =
evidently He
asep ann %h t s tns s pa m a a
garden for bugs When go O'Clock find
.IIov are you toad have you huntng
b @ hd Of fs bat his an ACTIONS spea for Bugs
. hate sss sen . w. sn @ ] insects
Nothing An English Hss quotes Lord
err Of -was great zksa for va regard his
unusually late for breakfast met the door his father Tn hand
na the watch 1n and end
THE s @ f as xhs " write an essay on
s'zssss =
g. When he becomes anxious about his turns to
And this from child years
following child story taken from Town and Country:
tsweet-Do another of cake Cousin
John w two;bu
tsxcedly>-na'sa
which
piece Of ginger said cake his su n the p " one has taken big
s1ant think s was. you
1T ain't-an' replied Johnny Part OF It's Eise'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
IT WAS CON- THE LANDLORD

whom the gin ry named used to tell
in
when man he would begin Il went on apng tour
witha
gratifying thirst
in
outskirts of quaint village
delightful to sit smoke and talk to the
and w.
moneys
a
piece flannel tori m m
Can ell line
'Sure,h he
no. Isaid a
the Of
al
TT looks like a frog'I adnit
nbet anyt landlord exclaimed
l.
ito
the case
m
he said slowly It's got the
Landlord
andw
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

On national holidays it Is quite common
to read that somewhere in the United
States a mob pulled down an English flag
and tore it to pieces. Such an act does
not show any special bitterness for the
English people, or any desire to insult
England's flag. The Englishmen who dis
play British flags on American holidays
are usually of the stiff -necked class that
always want everybody to know that they
are Englishmen, first, last and all the time
They hang out the British flag as a pro-
test against the Americanism of their sur
roundings. They always go about parad-
ing their Anglicism and looking for
trouble. Most of the time they search in
vain, for Americans are good -natured,
tolerant and cosmopolitan, but on holidays
this aggressive British loyalty becomes q
little too much for the crowds to stand
tho, of course, their violence is mex
cusable and should be severely punished
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

tiles that are maintained by the patron
age Of dubious wealth are likely to teach
views of economic subjects that are agree
able to the patron. Further than this
there is a feeling that even II there be
perfect academic freedom in such insti-
tutions they are not the places for the
sons and daughters Of men and women
who believe that the wealth that made
them is ill-gotten.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

The above query was answered by T h g
Journal in an editorial last Saturday. The
has put it beyond the power
of the council to dispose of bonds at par
by subscription. They must be sold to the
highest bidders. We think there should
be a general law giving the local public a
chance to subscribe for bonds at par be-
fore bids are invited.-Editor Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

The Ferris stock company at the Ly-
ce,,rn opened its second week Of "Quo Va
dis',Tlast night to another packed house.
The play is much better done than 1t was
last week. Miss Beatrice Lieb, the lead
ing woman this week, is excellent In the
roIe of Poppaea The first matinee Will
he given tomorrow. Next week the COM
pany will be seen in the funny farce, AL
the Comforts of Home"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
Foyer Chat.

Beginning tonight, at o'clock, Mrs.
Carter will give eight presentations of her
latest success 'Du Barry" at the Metro
politan. Local theater-goers will view
the same production in every detail that
has been given by Mrs Carter in the i'm
portant cities of the country in the past
two seasons, and there will be nothing
lacking when the curtain is raised for the
first time tonight. Mrs. Carriers com
pany consists of 14s players and the scenic
equipment is SO heavy that eight cars are
required for it's transportation. The me-
chanical force of the Metropolitan and OF
Mrs Carriers company have been busily
employed since the arrival of the com
pany early yesterday morning in getting
the production in shape for the opening
performance tonight. The sale OF seats
has been very large and society VIII be
out in force. sess
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
The Carnival.

Minneapolis June Fair and Carnival be-
gins to-day and will continue for two
weeks. It will give the people of the city
a good opportunity for diversion, and the
people of the country a good pretext for
paying a visit to Minneapolis at this time.
1t is good to loosen up the rigid business
countenance once in while and indulge
in a little nonsense and gaiety and devote
a few hours now and then to having a
good time. The realization that the
American people are prone to be alto
gether too serious, or at least too closely
devoted to their business interests is
largely responsible for the spread Of the
carnival idea in recent years from New
Orleans, where it has so long held sway,
to the entire country. The conflux of
many people bent on having good time
is good for hosts and guests alike. The
carnival last year was a highly satisfac-
tory and well-conducted amusement en-
terprise. It was free from indecencies and
/ was a bright, clean SHOW" This years
carnival will undoubtedly be better thar
last years, as a fun-maker and diverter
and ON the same high plane.
The persecution. of Jews in Russia will
greater cruelty than ever is of great in
terest to this country, not only because i
arouses our sympathies, but also because
Z 1t is one of a number of causes of an in
creased Jewish immigration to this coun
Il try, which may one day give us Semitic
problem of our own. Attic there is yer,
little prejudice against the Jews as sucl
/. In this country, the fact that they tent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

.ttFor Her Sake" will be presented at
the Biiou this coming week. This play is
described as a powerful melodrama with
the scenes laid in Russia. The company
includes Miss Milicent Evans, a former
Minneapolis girl. and Mr. and Mrs Mar
ble players who were seen here some
wears ago at the Pence opera house. For
Her Sake will be the final offering at the
Bijou this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-25
GENERAL BLACK ILL.
Commander of the Grand Army Suf-
fers from His Old Wounds.

Boston, Nov. 25.-COmmander-in
Chief John c. Black of the Grand
Army of the Republic came to Boston
to begin the arrangements for the next
annual encampment. He was met by
General w. w. Blackmar and delega-
ton of the local executive committee.
General Black was suffering so from his
old wounds that it was necessary to car
ry him from the car in a chair, in which
he was taken to a carriage which bore
him to the Hotel Vendome. After a
short rest he presided al a joint meet
ing of the national council of admins
tration and the executive committee OF
the Massachusetts, department.
After they adjourned it was said that
General Black desired to have confer
ence with the chairmen of the various
committees and with the railroad pas
senger agents before he would ratlty
the vote of the San Francisco encamp-
ment to hold the session in Boston next
June.