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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

and go before the country in general
election, making the proposition to tax
food from foreign countries and let
colonial food products In. duty free the
basis Of the struggle. with the additional
proposition to raise an old-age pension
fund by taxation, the present temper Of
the constituencies would lead to an adj
verse result very probably, because it
would take long and strenuous educa-
tional process to get the people of the
United Kingdom to see startling
advantage thru the revolutionizing Of the
fiscal system Of the country. for the
benefit Of the colonies who are evidently
unwilling to pull down their high tariffs,
established largely for the purpose of
keeping out British goods. to any even
moderate extent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
In Behalf Of the Jews.

The president has determined to send
to our diplomatic representative at st.
Petersburg the petition Of the Jews IN
behalf of the amelioration Of the civil
and political condition of their brethren
in Russia, recently presented by dele
CATION Of leading American Jews at the
White House. Our ambassador Is to pre-
sent the document to the car or his min
lister of foreign affairs. To 1t will be at
tached the names of representative
American Jews as soon as they can be
obtained by Mr.. Simon Wolf OF New York.
The sending Of this document to the
czar is important, as the Russian govern
ment, which is the aggregation Of bureau
Gratis who are supposed, thru the council
of the empire, to carry out the will Of the
absolute, hereditary monarch, has already
very emphatically declared that it resents,
and will resent in this case Of the Jews,
fere in Russia's domestic affairs. The
various nlassacres Of Jews in Russia are
regarded as essentially domestic affairs.
On two or three occasions when our gov
eminent. in former years. has addressed
notes to the Russian government remon-
strating against such acts, the action was
treated with cool indifference and, to-day,
that government has restated It's position
in unmistakeable terms Altho 1t is a
purely Jewish document which is to be
sent to the car, the sending thru our
ambassador indicates our governments
approval, and approval in face Of accurate
knowledge Of Russia's position on the sub
ject. It Is step characteristic Of the
American spirit of independence, which
is inclined to act without regard to all
the rules of International comfy. It is
very likely that the answer of Russia will
be equivalent to a blunt mind your own
business!' --.. &.2
1t is possible that the Jewish petition
incident may further delay the settlement
with Russia as to full recognition of our
rights in Manchuria. That territory is so
practically in the possession of Russia that
all the subterfuges of that tricky power
to conceal the fact are utterly useless
We have secured a very advantageous
commercial treaty with China, which lacks
only the assent Of China to the opening
of Mukden, Tahushan and other ports in
Manchuria to our trade. The Chinese
government admits that 1t cannot open
these ports because Russia will not per-
NIT. Our trade with Manchuria; is chiefly
in cotton goods, kerosene and -four, and
the latest statistics show that we export
thither goods amounting to over S6,0O0,0 0(
a. wear, thru the port Of Niu- chuane
mainly. The upshot of the matter is tina,
Russia. thru the secret treaty with China
made by Count Cassini, has China under
her thumb so completely that she is shap.
ing Manchuria's destiny entirely in the
Russian direction. If Russia chooses tt
resent extensively our Intervention in be.
half Of the Russian Jews, she has it in hel
power to obstruct our trading rights ii
Manchuria
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.

Long Prairie Argus
The efforts to get the business men Of
the village to back a good baseball team
would probably meet with better success
if the club would arrange for its match
games on some other day than Sunday.
1t is not a good and sufficient excuse to
say that Sunday is the only day a crowd
can be secured. That kind Of argument
would let down the bars for almost any
thing. This village used to have good
ball teams and good games without
being compelled to outrage the church
sentiment by Sunday games with their
attendant noise and disturbance.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
THE GIRL WAS AWFUL WET
Kansas City Journal.


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MY brother Dick went into the
buildings
girl and the other holding the old lady So old
while IN the and seemed just as tho
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
"THE FATAL CARD

There remain but three more perform
ances of the Ferris Stock companys clever
production Of McFarlane's comedy drama
The Fatal Card tonight, tomorrow
afternoon and to- morrow evening Next
week, opening Sunday evening, the COM
pany will be seen in the famous romantic
comedy, Heart and Sword Dick Ferris
appearing In the role of Prince Victor
At the Tuesday matinee souvenirs Of Dick
Ferris will be presented to the ladies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
The colored National Emigration ant

The Colored National Emigration and
Commercial association wants congress to
appropriate s1oo,oooooo to transport the
negroes to Liberia. If the race problem
could be settled for that figure It would be
cheap. But, after ALL the negroes wouldn't
go, except at the point OF the bayonet,
and many of them would fight for their
lives rather than go back to Africa In fact
the great mass of the negroes In this
country are happy and content. The edu-
Gated people among them do, indeed. have
la hard time of it, but they are paying
the penalty Of being in advance Of their
race.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

the entire state" They are more than
that-they are great humiliation to the
entire nation. Our local police authorities
eyerywhere must be awakened to q new
sense Of duty. and some Of them must
teach nobs bloody lesson of subsection
to law. If such conditions are not to be-
come general.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

The minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June 1s
1903, carried 70 per cent advertising than the
daily Tribune.
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June 1st
1908 carried "a per cent want advertising than
the daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June 1st
1908, carried per cent more advertising than the
Sunday and Daily Tribune combined.
The minneapolis Journal out of 5798 residences
vassed, had 4,739 subscribers the Evening Tribune
1,178-the Morning Tribune 1885,
The minneapolis Journal in 81 apartment and flat build
ngs canvassed, had 1,250 subscribers the Evening
Tribune 1885, and the Morning Tribune ITS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
The Capture Of Water,

I The secretary OF the National Irrigation
association thinks there will be water
enough to go round for irrigation pur-
by the enormous waste Of water during the
past two months, which went whirling
down the Missouri, the Mississippi, the
Ohio and their tributaries, the secretary
conjecture is certainly correct The Mis-
sissippi river commissioners swear by the
levee system which fails to protect ade-
quately q large extent Of country along
the lower Mississippi when the flood tide
comes along with the persistence 1T has
shown this year, and In a good many
previous years also. Then the levee sys-
tenn reveals its weakness. The secretary
Of the National Irrigation association be-
lieves that 35,000,000 acres Of land In the
so-called desert lands can be reclaimed
for profitable agriculture by constructing
storage reservoirs far up on the MISSOURI
and its tributaries. Why construct such
reservoirs star up on the Missouri? r. The
reservoirs should be lower down IN order
to impound the flood water so that 1t
may conveniently effect the largest agri-
cultural good. More than thirty or forty
years ago DR.. Christopher Graham OF
Kentucky published a theory he had
thought out as to disposing OF the sur
plus water below st. Louis and Cairo.
He did not believe levees furnished the
solution for the overflow problem and
took the ground that depressions could be
found in the conf1guration of the earth
convenient for diverting the flood tide
away from the rivers by canals into the
depressions. He only had reference to the
security of life and property along the
lower river to the gulf The same pro-
cess can furnish the necessary water for
irrigation Canal and ditch digging from
the storage reservoirs which can prevent
vast quantities Of water from uselessly
rushing down the Missouri and Mississippi.
are the economical processes to meet the
demand for irrigation water to be utilized
when the period Of the greatest pinch
comes on agricultural operations.
The lessons of the foods OF this year
as to the vast acreage of arid and semi
arid land between the Mississippi and the
Pacific coast is: 'There Is plenty OF
water available If you will capture and
impound it and keep it from running to
enormous waste
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
LITERARY NOTES

H. L. Wilson's story. '.The Spenders.' :,
is in its 1ifty-fourth thousand. Tt has
been dranatized for William Crane by
Edward Ross and will be producedsin New
York In September
3 A reat-grandniece of the first American
novelist, Charles Brockden Brown, has
entered the field of fiction literature. She
is Anna Robson Brown (Mrs. C. II.
Burr. Jr.. Of Philadelphia), and her book
il Truth and Woman = 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
a DANGEROUS WEAPON
Prison Mirror.

Two men in South Dakota became in
yo1ved in a dispute about religion and
one hit the other with a Bible and nearly
killed him. The Bible in the hands OF a
bigot is a dangerous weapon. 4, s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
WHY GROVER MAY TAKE HOPE

Aberdeen, s. D., News.
q Grover Cleveland's chances are getting
brighter Chairman Jones says his can
didacy Is Impossible. And everybody
knows what happens when Jones makes
political prophecy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
WORDS OF APPRECIATION

Redwood Reveille.
The Minneapolis journal takes first
rank as an up to-date newspaper, as its
widespread popularity and immense cir
culation testifies. It is one Of The
Reveille's most highly valued exchanges
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

The coming celebration Of independence
Day will give the orators Of the state an
opportunity to try their wings, and may
result in some spellbinding that will beget
booms. Many Of the smaller towns of
the state have secured well-known men
to arouse the patriotism of the celebra-
tors. Congressman STEVENSON speaks at
Fosston and Lamberton has engaged j. F.
jacobson. a.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
MAD AND BAD
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
Kind-Hearted Cftizen-Tut! tut! tut!
Don't worry over 1t, little boy. You didn't
break your pitcher, and there's no use,
you know, in crying over split milk
Little Boy-Do talk as II was cryin',
mister? (Resumes his violent language. )
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
Brush Up.

Z: Mr.: e. j. Conroy, superintendent Of po-
lice, intends to make members of the po-
lice force more careful about their per-
sonal appearance We suppose that most
every chief-of police gets an idea of this
sort at some time, but few Of them stay
by it. While Mr.. Doyle was chief of police
the Minneapolis policemen appeared to
better advantage than before or since. I'm
der the Ames regime there was notice
able decline in the personal appearance Of
members coincident with the general de-
moralization of the force. 1t may be lit
tie difficult for a policeman not to be so
free and easy In manners and address as
the private citizen may be II he chooses,
but the people like to see their peace Off
GERS clean, well-groomed and well-uni-
formed. Attention to such details is really
a large, part of discipline. The officer
who is bound to keep himself in good or
der will be continuously reminded Of his
important public office and its duties. AS
the representative Of law and order he
should be opponents OF them in his ap-
pearance and conduct
We hope that Mr.. Conroy will not soon
forget his good resolution and that the
officers will cooperate with him In giving
the city a police force it may be proud of.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
Horrible.

e~~eSSSASs :
AS the eastern papers come in they
bring facts about the Wilmington lynch
ing that must add to the feeling Of horror
of all orderly citizens at the revolving
crime. The Wilmington mob, tho largely
made up Of the so-called best people, was
one Of the worst kind Of mobs. 1t was
thoroly lawless mob which joyed in It's
atrocity and regarded it as all extraordi-
nary amusement. 1t was mob in which
the spirits Of the revolutionary Paris
mobs and the ancient Roman crowds Of
the arena were mingled: The mob was
out for a man hunt
I'm poor man. said one young fell
low who saw the awful spectacle, ''but
wouldn't have missed that for 800. Lord
but have had a good time"
The members of the crowd were jeal-
Gus Of every groan and contortion of the
writing wretch at the stake. Short men
complained Of tall men in front of Them
Down in front" was a common cry, and
one young man got his iance position Of
Bishops sister Miss Bishop being the
poor girl whom the negro killed
Attic many negroes assisted in the
lynching of the rapist and murderer. the
mob spirit has been stirred up to such a
height in Wilmington that it is reported
that it would take but little to. bring on
a massacre OF the negroes, and last night
there was a race riot.
Full reports Of the tragedy show that
the police did next to nothing to protect
the prisoner. They fired zone volley over
the heads Of the mob. Those who were
injured were accidentally shot by their
fellows who were discharging revolvers
and rifles indiscriminateIy This fact again
shows that the Wilmington mob was of
I the worst kind. It had nothing in com
mon with those vigilante lynchings of the
| west which, in the. absence of all SEM
blance OF law, really became the formal
fexecutions Of the unwritten law OF the
community. The vigilantes laid the foun-
datiuns of order. This Wilmington mob
and that other gathering Of criminals at
Belleville, ILL.,, were genuine anarchistic
rnobs, enemies and destroyers of law and
order
Conditions at Wilmington says Gov
'ernor Hum, are. g great humiliation to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
roo LONG

Seattle Post elligencer.
The German reichstag has just ad-
journed after five4year session. And yet
Ninded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

The German agriculturists are gentle
men Of discriminating judgment. They
think Minnesota farms were the best they
saw during their tour. @ -!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
NOT DUMB ANIMALS
Battle Lake Rariau,,

Those editors who insist on writing OF
their fine trip to Washington should be
arrested for cruelty to animals. The
animals in this case are the editors who
stayed at home
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

In Richmond. the militia have been in
structed to shoot to kill in protecting life
and property during violent strike.
Good Z. .5.Ih3s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
ONE TRUTH
China 90 Tribune

+ In the midst OF Missouri fluctuations
one great truth shines out like a beacon
light. The profit on baking powder Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

Mr.. e. A. Merrill, president Of the Min
nesota Loan and Trust company, warns
credit to raise the rate of interest on Its
bonds to per cent. There is no little
truth in that and everybody is aware that
Mr.. Merrill Is right when he says that we
have been offering our b ands at just the
wrong time. Yet the city is in desperate
need Of public improvements. The choice
between lowering the municipalities credit
and permitting the present deplorable con-
ditions of some streets to continue is a
hard one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26

The virginans are sure you can't get
too much Of a good thing. They have de-
clared for Roosevelt for president In 1908.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

send direct to Sage, tried to prove that
the interview could not be genuine. but
the others got the strongest sort of con-
firmation from Sage himself. For a
long time thereafter the star of Nc
Leod seemed in the ascendant and. as
a matter of fact, he very nearly sue
ceeded in his plans. If he had done
so there is little likelihood that the
Nanderbilts and the Pennsylvania
would now have control of Reading. 1t
is far more probable that George Gould
would now have a trunk line to tide
water, in the shape of the Reading in
stead of being in the position of an en-
envy to both the Pennsylvania and the
Vanderbilts.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

You certainly wouldn't marry
girl for her money, would your"
He: OF course not. Neither would
I have the heart TO let her become an
old maid merely because she had
money.--Chicago Daily News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05

bunting, trophies of the water course, ana
numerous oars and paddles, all OF whcn
were arranged in artistic style. one OF
the lower boxes was occupied during part
of the evening by the District Commission
ers and the officers of the District Naval
Reserve held another. Members Of the
Analostan Boat Club, rival nautical Or
ganization, occupied six boxes on the mez-
canine.
Miss Hobbs"is wholesome comedy, with
plenty of bright lines. laughable situations
and clever plot. The audience had come
with the expectation Of being pleased, and
it was not disappointed. The actors who
were intrusted with the several roles, per-
formed their parts most creditably and were
rewarded with enthusiastic applause
throughout the evening. Interpolated be-
tween the last acts were comic songs by
Mr.. George O'Connor and baritone solos by
Mr.. Philip Scantling as especial benefit fea-
lures. Both gentlemen were received with
hearty applause and were obliged to re-
spond to several encores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05
New National Theater

Mr.. William Faversham stands unchal-
lenged as leader in a certain field of the
atric representation. He has made def
mite line of characters distinctly his own,
and when he appears in one of them the
public forgets any deficiencies the work of
the author may display and assemblies to
accord an enthusiastic welcome to the star
on his own individual merits. When how
ever. he chooses to turn aside from the
task for which he is so admirably eouipped
by nature, and that is the portrayal of
the modern type of genuine and refined
manhood, the public waivers in it's LOYALTY.
PerhapS there is a Discrimination to see so
warm faVorite this gentleman placed
in position where there is the slightest
suspicion of his being personally i'll at
ease.
'lmprudence." 1t is by II. V. Esmond au-
thor of the Wilderness" when We Were
Twenty-Five" and other plays of similar
purport lmprudence" resembles the pre-
vious work of Mr. Esmond without sur
passing it in any one point. Indeed 1t must
be confessed that it equals his other COM
edles In few respects, although it has the
merit of providing Mr.. Faversham with a
congen1al role. and of affording fine op-
portunities for the splendidly balanced com
pany which appears In his support 1t Is a
society comedy and has to do with the
buzz and tittle-tattle of idle, well-dressed
ioih "iioSo tiiiio dppcdlS 10 DC given up
mainly to tearing one anothers regulations
to tatters and struggling for epigrams
In this instance the struggle for terSe and
picturesque expression is not always a sue
cessful one. The dialogue has too much
tendency to substitute abrupt slang albeit
the slang of the upper tendon, for genuine
briiliancy of repartee. Mr.. Faversham as
Jack Frere, is represented as engaged to a
young woman whose character falls under
suspicion The new leading lady, Fay Da-
Wis. Is cast as the young woman in ques-
ton. Miss Davis has a Sprightly personal
lty and thorough dramatic intelligence al
though she is of somewhat vixenish type,
small featured and slender. A great deal
of the interest in the story conferred in that
stanch and reliable actress, Jeffreys
Lewis. as the woman who has married a
man younger than herself and so faced the
doom of perpetual jealousy. Some of the
best work of the evening was done by
Richard Bennett as her husband He an
pears only in the first and last acts and vet
the quarrel and reconciliation of this couple
form two of the most striking and amusing
incidents of the play. Hilda Spong is the
villaness. her opportunities being rather
more restricted in this role than in. those
for which she has previously been cast.
She has little to do beyond dropping the
corners of her mouth and glaring with a
refined but pungent do your worst" ex-
preston. The role Is rather an improba BILE
one and in fact the entire play is built to-
gether with the obvious purpose of forming
vehicle for company rather than be-
cause the author had any especial story to
tell. The audience last night was large and
enthusiastic. the orchestra chairs, as Is
usually the case with Faversham engage
ment, being in especial demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05
Chase's Theater.

Comic opera at Chase's gave way yester-
day to a production of Gounod's ever-popular
Faust" The opera was witnessed by large
audiences at both matinee and evening
performances. There are many lovers Of
music in Washington who are attracted by
the magic Of the name of Faust" for they
have long been acquainted with its rarely
beautiful melodies, its stirring concerted
numbers and dramatic recitative The or
chestration given the composition by Its
master has always been a delight where
the orchestra has been of sufficient size to
give 1t full power and effect. Chase's Thea
ter has a wonderfully loyal clientele, and
its appreciation was in evidence yester
day. During the week the role Of
Faust will be alternated between Geo.
l.. Tallman and Merriam Bruce; Mephis-
topheles will be given over alternately
to John Dunsmore and Bowman Rawlston;
j. K. Murray sings Valentine; Eleanor
Kent. Marguerite; Hattie Belle Ladd, Sci
bel; Lena Winters, Martha, and William B.
Thompson, Wagner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05
Academy.

Lovers of excitement in the amuse
ment line, of the kind which keeps the
hair standing on end and the heart in
close proximity to the mouth, may have
their every wish gratified by witnessing the
production served up to the Academy pa
irons this week. The attraction is five
act melodrama, entitled ION the Stroke of
Twelve the name being suggested because
of the fact that several prisoners confined
within the walls of prison put into execu-
ton plan to blow up their forced habita-
ton on that hour. The explosion scene
presents an exciting and sensational climax
a finale to the third act Two violent
deaths occur, one before and the other
after the stroke of twelve. and things are
otherwise enlivened by fire scene in the
fourth act with heroic rescue of perse
cuted girl.