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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
1 WAS a GREAT WEDDING.

i The country editor often has to earn
his potatoes and cabbages. but never more
than when there is a marriage in the
household Of one of his subscribers. The
editor OF the West Point (Iiss.) Times
dipped his pen in ordinary ink. to write
what follows (What might have happened
had his pious wish been fulfilled Is hard
to imagfne):
Would that my pen had been plucked
from some beautiful bird OF paradise and
dipped in the eyes Of a rainbow. that /
might attingly describe the beautiful mar
rage scene enacted at the residence Of
Mrs. p. v. BrasweH, No. 401 st. Anthony
street, Mobile, Ala, on the evening Of
February %. just as the day god, clothed
in majesty sublime. had withdrawn his
galaxy OF quivering, golden beams from
all the earth and waited good might kiss
to the young evening who was fast APP
preaching with her cloudless brow mount
ed by a crown of jeweled starsit was
then that the cords OF confidence. hope
and love. binding the hearts Of Hiram j.
Bruister. and Mary Elizabeth Braswcll
were indelibly traced upon the scroll of
life and the sacred seal OF holy matri-
mony placed thereon. Z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29

The Minnesota Sugar company has just
concluded a successful year, notwith-
standing the low price Of sugar. 1t has
expended $150,0OO for sugar beets the past
year, and Is prepared to take care of a
larger supply during the coming year. 1t
is expected that at least $500 acres will
be planted to supply this factory for it's
next winter run: This crop has been
found by the farmers to be a profitable
one, showing an income per acre of from
$65 to 1925. This includes, Of course, the
cost Of labor, which is somewhat heavier
than for other crops, but even with labor
taken into account the returns are salts
factory and encourage an increased acre
age. Cuban reciprocity does not seem to
have cut any figure in the business of
this company. The low price Of sugar
was a difficulty contended with long be-
fore Cuban reciprocity was put into ef-
feet, and was brought about thru the
ability Of the sugar trust to control the
sugar market independent of any favors
shown to Cuban sugar producers. e.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
TUESDAY EVENING,

ranks. Pomeroy, of course, was de-
feated; Ingalls, was elected, and York
was dead politically. 81 ssi
Yesterday Senator Burton was con-
voted in the United States court at
st. Louis OF an offense against the
federal laws which lays him liable to
a fine OF $4,000 and imprisonment
for two years upon each Of several
counts.
Burton is still a young man. He
has been active in the politics OF his
state for twenty years. and. is now
serving his first term in the senate.
He is what is known as a clever fell
low, popular, successful and capable
of rendering valuable services to his
state and to the nation. The trouble
has been with his ideals. He has not
set before him those standards Of off,
cial conduct and political action which
have commanded for him the full con-
hdence of the people at home or Of
his associates in the upper house. For
lack of a high conception Of his Off
cial responsibilities, for want Of that
RICHNESS of character and devotion
to principle, he has fallen prey to
A concern engaged in an illegitimate
business needed help and the favor
of some one influential with the post
office. Burton. for a consideration,
undertook to render this service.
Proper appreciation Of his official re-
oS1 full oh ~ cal
respect and clearly defined distinc-
tions between right and wrong would
have prevented him from undertake
ing to render the service for which
he was paid. s4asa E $50,
It is now said in extenuation that
doubtless otherSme bersa Of congress
have been guilty of like offenses. He
is convicted under an old law passed
in 1854. and is understood to be the
first victim of its prohibitions. It is
intimated that substantially the same
crime Of which he has been convicted
has been committed by other members
at different times, and that the rem
.dering of a, service Of this kind has
not been regarded as inconsistent with
public duty.
If this be true, more is the pity.
And while Mr.. Burton's friends may
sympathize with him as the first to
suffer the penalty Of this old and neg
lected statute, the example made of
him can hardly fail to be of sub
stantial value to the whole public serv-
ice IF the ideas Of members of con-
gress with regard to their proper re-
lations to persons desiring to have
undue influence exerted in their favor
among the different departments has
become shady and indistinct, it is well
enough, even at the sacrifice of a
United States senator, to have them
clearly and sharply defined.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
The Grand opera season.

The Metropolitan management is pre-
pairing for one of it's busiest days in
months when opera festival seats are
placed on sale Thursday morning. Ad-
vance orders from both city and outside
points have been coming in for the past
ten days, indicating that the English grand
opera festival is to be even more largely
attended than last season. The first week
in Minneapolis opens Monday night with
Mr.. Savage's new production Of "Lohen-
grim under the musical direction of Ell
lott Schenck, the Wagnerian conductor.
This opera is to be repeated at the
Wednesday matinee and on Friday night
and will introduce number of new ar
lists. Verdi's celebrated "Othello' will be
sung Tuesday and Thursday evenings and
at the Saturday matinee, with several Of
the old favorites in the cast. An un-
usually attractive Offering is that Of
Balfe.s tuneful opera, Bohemian Girl, =
announced for wednesday and Saturday
nights Il 81 ~ 4
IS Many music lovers from this city are at
tending the operas in st. Paul this week,
where the first week of the opera festival
closes Sunday night, with a grand sacred
concert in which Wagner's .eParsifal' will
be sung in English in concert form. The
first sacred concert in this city will be
given week from Sunday night and seats
will also be placed on sale Thursday
morning. -s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
AT THE THEATERS
Observation-Disclosures Wilson In "Er.
minIe." -

"e.'oPo''tan-Francts Wilson In nEr.
minIe." -
II IS now something like eighteen vears
since droll young comedian. Struggling
~. ~ from the ranks of vaudeville, "arriyed''
n1 ~ ene very FOCUS of popularitys limelieht.
lN VI OF loot and quite as nirnbIe OF
wit, it was his good fortune he 10 ,e -
as the smaller of the two advent,,r5no
nasaoonds In the comic opera, ..Erminie >
Ildsplng the possibilities of his role he
q n ais them 50 cleverly that by force
- his genius az, he became speedily and un-
tne star Of the most successful
Coe11llc.s opera of that day. Francis Wilson
Drought new methods into .operatics com 8
euy--methods inspired by intelligence and
dppeai1ns 70 the sense OF humor thru q
co CON qual1ty far removed from buffoon1.- :.
cry Ihls success, despite his vocal. short
co ialgs liked his meter and defnitelv
ee eIn MS status as an operate comedian.
NOV, a1ter the lapse of years that are
studded with many other Ss,iccasses a,h - :
none OF them SO brilliant, Francis Wilson
comes Dack to us in the honorable "a os ~
~ nus wonderful "Caddy." And this Il GOOD
py 70 comic opera for him, the interest :
lllsa ann ouncement having been made that
80. ns.s season ne Will essay legitimate com
euyssunder Frohman auspices Whatever
may be the outcome Of that exnerin, any, NJ
II - good to see Mr.. Wilson once ) paan
In the familiar role OF this classic Of cGnn;c
operas 1sl II IS an tmpersonation lacking. no
do ol IN some Of the youthful spirit with
Wn1c e ne nrst informed it, and thus disap-
po1ntlng IN q way to those Of us who Yea m
TO see the memories Of youthful tidaaIs
wholly reincalnat But its4s FUR ~ fhat
gus drollery 1ich stirs the fourt aims of
laughter to action. There is 81 ref1nennaY,4
about. Mr. Wilson'S comedy that makes
even such "a vulgar thing as gluttonv II
eating and drinking seem merely and
purely funny. s- -
Il the Wilson representation falls short
In anything. it is in serious Intention. Il
may sound like q paradox to urge serious
intention upon an operatic comedian. sRnt
there are times when one fears that Mr.
Wilson. In his Industrious search for
laughs. forgets the tirnorous kind Of =
thief he Is playing. The frolicsornA side Sc
the q character is developed at the expense
OF Its iearsome side. Some Of US rernem-
Der little fellow--7one Frank Deshon-wh
IN the old Peoples theater days used to
come here In summer time with his stock
opera company. His "Caddy'' was surely
more realistic criminal than Mr.. wilson
gives US. We can never forget the comic
pathoss OF sDeshon's fright in the last act
OF frmtnie, " when the plot of the pre-
|cious pair went wrong, and the despairine
thief called out III sepulchral whispers
thru the semi gloom OF the chateau COR
rtdor. for his missing pal {.
They dom t write such, operas az s.FIr-
mimic noWadays--more's the pity. 1t IS
true that Paulton stole the plot. But II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29

| But to come to the part Cupid plays In
the tale: ~
Israel has been since childhood fond of
Katia, but Katia Is not a Jew. Hence the
! law forbids their marrying. But to the
/ girl the problem is simple enough. TO
| Israels statement that the law forbids
their marriage, she answers: "Why no
| it doesn't. You only have to be baptized
that's all::'' ~
Israel has grown to young manhood a
thoro liberal. He even thinks he has
abandoned the faith Of his father But
at this suggestion his innate Jewish senti-
ment rises in revolt Still for his beloved
Katia he will yield. : sf sx.s,
! It Is the ievening Of che same day. Sit
ting by his fireside his vision paints for
him two pictures, both Of the prosecutions
of his own people by devotees of the re-
ligion he. purposes to embrace The pic
lures for the time are not pictures: they
are terrible realities, scenes OF Jews
burned and Jews butchered by Christians,
as he has known them. But the dream
passes, and his purpose remains mistaken
The day arrives for the baptismal cere-
mony, and he is on the way to the priests
''to wash off his Judaism with little
Christian water: But his complete apos-
tasy is not to be carried out. He comes
upon mob Of Christian rioters and is
swept along with the throng. It is such
a riot as that of Kishinef. The rioters are
plundering the Jewish homes.
"Catch it! Catch it!'' a roaring voice came
from a. third story window, screaming babe
was swung in the air by its feet
..Ho! no! no! ho' cheered hundreds from the
crowd below. s'Throw down the Jewish brat
With the texultation Of conquest the screech-
ing babe was flung high In the air, like ball,
and 1t came down upon the pavement with a
splash lof blood that despatched the bystanders.
/ cit% u u. AE5isLx. - .ag5g = EE =
i And e avas on my way o accept
these twolegged beasts. shuddered
Horrible? Surely &
But that is only an episode in the tale.
What the result is upon Israel and the
romance Of his life-well, it is not easy
to guess, otherwise it would not have
been fair to tell so much.
All in all the story may be expected
to awaken a widespread interest and pos
sibly some sense Of shame at the ira
ditional race prejudice, which, while not
often finding vent in riots as in Russia,
has manifested itself in ways almost as
hard to bear If other incidents in "The
Fugitive may be taken as accurate por-t
trayals of conditions on this side Of the,
Atlantic.
The author is the son of a former rabbi
and is a successful lawyer in Cleveland.
l'e..4b g4saagz45 The TIneaSvE Cha ir =s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
An Opposition Party Needed.

Champ Clarks speech in the house
of representatives yesterday shows a
desire and an intention on the part
Of the democrats to steal republican
thunder in this campaign. They have
a good chance, If they only knew how
to use it. The republicans are CIV
Ing them every opportunity, and there
is no reason why the democrats should
not carry off the issues Of moderate
protection and what republicans have
been accustomed to call its handmade.
reciprocity. Champ Clark, of course,
does not signify very much, but he
is rafting good speaker and was
probably put forward to say in his
effective and clever way what some of
the democratic leaders have thought
out. John Sharp Williams undoubted-
ly inspired that speech. It follows
the line of:policy laid down by him
as democratic policy several weeks
ago. ssg :td
The interesting phase Of the Incl
dent Is the new aspect in. which the
two old parties are made to appear
just at this time. We have been ac-
customed to speak of the Bourbon
democracy. II John Sharp Williams
should succeed In raising his party to
his plane of moderate protection and
genuine reciprocity the term Bourbon
would no longer apply, at least so
far as relates to the tariff. On the
other hand, it may be said to have
very correct application to that re-
publican leadership just now in con-
trol-the republican .tstandpatters.''
Here is Bourbonism OF the genuine
variety. The unrelenting obstinacy OF
the high tariff representatives Of spe-
cial protected interests, who have
smothered the sentiment Of reason
able protection and reciprocity that
reciprocates, even in the Iowa con-
ventions, is Bourbonism Of the most
offensive character.
It will not do to denounce demo-
cratic professions Of favor for reci-
procity as a sham. Where can a
better illustration Of sham professions
Of favor toward reciprocity be found
than in the treatment Of that great
principle by the Bourbon leadership
OF the republican party to-day? Years
Of profession and not an hour Of
performance, and now not even decent
respectful treatment in the conven-
ton platforms.
AS has been remarked before. that
which gives the "standpatter'' the
nerve to defy the sentiment of the
country in favor Of tariff revision and
real reciprocity along the lines laid
down by Mckinley in his last public
address IS the assurance that the re-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
Burton as an Example.

The conviction of Senator Burton
Of Kansas Of having used his official
position to advance the interests of a
private concern undertaking to do
illegal business thru the postoffce
departments, recalls the fact that this
\ is not the first time Kansas has af-
forded the country sensation thru
the action of her senators. .-..-.
ii IN 1873 S. G. Pomeroy was can
dfdate before the legislature of Kan
sas for reelection to the senate.
fs GPomeroy was a unique character.
f He affected the unconventional; was
\ what is known in these days as "a
4 good mixer; took good care Of his
! political friends, and was regarded by
them with genuine affection, which
n manifested itself in the familiarity with
which they referred to him as "Old
Pom He was seldom spoken of as
& Senator Pomeroy,," but almost invari-
ably as "Old POM The same quail
h ties which gave him a strong hold
upon the people OF his state, particu-
larry the politicians, made him 1nflu-
7 entail in the senate. He knew how to
be good fellow"
Kansas, however, has always been
a state Of ambitious politicians, and
4 men who aspired to some independ-
J ence Of political action and some
recognition Of personal claims not al
together consistent with Pomeroy's
j ideas Of what belonged to him as the
! political dictator Of the state, made
~ i~
full. The facuonal fight at Topeka
grew warm and exciting. 1t was
& evident to Pomeroy that he needed
some votes which he could not COM
j 1nand thru personal influence and he
resorted to the use of money, Of which
he had considerable. c.5 Fl
sAmong those opposed to him was
4 John j. ingalls,, then young, rising
4 attorney of Atchison, brilliant man
whose skill in platform controversy
had given Pomeroy several severe
! Jolts.
1.-THE day Of election arrived and the
roll call was progressing in joint ses-
sion OF the two houses Of the legisla-
ture. Pomeroy seemed to be certain
OF success. and his followers were
3ubilant. The name Of Senator York
was called. He rose to his place as II
I he would explain his vote, but without
stopping to do so walked dramatically
4 down the aisle to the speakers desk,
waving aloft a package Of money.
AS he reached the speakers desk he
laad the money thereon and shouted at
q HE top Of his voice: Here is $1,000
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
Water for the Schools.

The movement Of pure water for
the children of the public schools
seems likely to produce reasonably
satisfactory results and to have I'M
mediate effect.
It is understood that the PROPOSE
ton made by Mr.. Donaldson to supply
the water from his artesian well has
been made the subject of careful cal
culations and that it can be taken
advantage of and water supplied to
the schools for the remainder Of the
school year at an expense Of not over
$1,000 or $1,000, and that the same
source Of supply can be utilized for
a full school year for an expenditure
Of $4,000 or $1,000.
IS IF these figures are correct, or ii
they are approximately 50, 1t is to be
hoped that the board will not hest
tate to accept this offer and adopt the
means suggested for supplying the
schools with water. There has been
no public demonstration Of feeling
with regard to the matter, but we can
assure the members of the board that
this is due largely to the fact that
they are expected to take favorable
action upon this proposition or to
adopt some other plan equally satis-
factory. II it were necessary to get
up any demonstration Of public sem
timent on the question, there Will be
no difficulty in doing so. and in dem
frustrating to the board hevond n11as-
ton the great interest which the pub
lie takes In this matter. That more
attention has not been given to it in
the way Of expression Of public SEN
timent may be taken as compliment
to the board and as an indication OF
the confidence the people have that
the members Of that body will appre-
ciate the Importance Of supplying the
schools with pure water and will And
q way to do it without unnecessary
delay
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
Russian Assurance.

1t is cabled from Niu-chuang that
V1ceroy Alexieff yesterday proclaimed
martial law over that port and classed
all exports, to whatever point billed,
as contraband of war, requiring the
full value Of any cargo shipped to be
deposited as a guarantee against
shipments to Japan, The viceroy, at
the same time, had the American and
British flags hauled down wherever
they foated above American and
British property.
General Dix's historical utterance:
II any man hauls down the Ameri-
can flag, shoot him on the spot" will
recur to the American mind. Our
consul has protested, as Niu-chuang
| IS by our government regarded as a
Chinese port, by treaty opened to the
trade of the treaty nations. Interna-
tional agreement lays down the
method of dealing with neutral yes
sells by a belligerent. A ship may be
boarded and it's papers be examined
to see if it has papers showing it to
be such, after which, the boarding
official must retire, except when the
destination is found to be toward the
enemy's port, when the boarding Off
Ger may examine the cargo to see If
there is anything contraband of war
| on board. If the ship is found to be
neutral, by reason Of it's nationality
and of it's cargo, the belligerent's Off
clal must at once leave the vessel to
pursue her iOlfrney
This when the vessel is at sea.
In this case, neutraPs port. de-
clared by the neutral (China) to be
an open port, is occupied by a bel
ligerent, who takes the liberty Of de-
claring martial law in the neutral
port. Such a course might be JUS
tifable if China were the ally of ia
pan and was an actual belligerent
with Japan against Russia. This is
not demonstrably the case.
The neutral nations will doubtless
protest against the course Of Russia,
who will say that the exigencies Of the
situation in Manchuria demand such
suppression of trade as is contem-
plated in the order of the Russian
viceroy. That order, indeed, upon
the protest Of the foreign consuls was
modified by the Russian authorities
until the consuls could get instructions
| from their respective government
Such an order foreshadows the trend
of Russian action as to the treaty
ports, Mukden and Antung, even if
she had not become involved in war
with Japan.
Our governments position was
clearly stated by Mr.. Bayard, in 1885,
in a dispatch relating to the affairs Of
the United States of Colombia, where
in he said THE government of the
United States must regard as utter
ly nugatory, proclamations closing
ports which the United States of Co.
lombia do not possess, under cover OF
a naval force which is not even 5qpre-
tended to be competent to constitute
blockade Practically, Russia
closes a port which she does not pos
sess, but which by International con-
sent appertains to the Chinese en-
Dire 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Persecution Of the Russian Jews and
Spread Of Liberal Religious Views.
Among Them Pictured In 1.-THE FusI-
tive" : Story Of Unusual interest, by
Ezra S. 8rudno.

Vivid is the picture which Ezra s..
Brudno's The Fugitive leaves upon the
mind. Narratives always resolve them
selves into pictures, and the vividness Of
the picture may be taken as some indica-
ton of the power of the writer. Mr..
Brudno may, therefore, be set down as a
writer Of very considerable force.
Il The story is at once one Of Jewish life
IN Russia and America and one Of the
spread Of liberal views among the Jews.
Love enters into the story, but 1t would be
Intensely interesting without the love ele-
ment. The glimpses of life in Russia are
sketched with evident fidelity. One feels
no surprise upon learning that the author
himself came from the districts Of which
he writes. II proof Of this is needed, take
this description OF peasants hut:
1t was of the same style as those OF most
muzh1ks-one square, earth-foored room, the I'M
plastered walls and low ceiling Of which we're
black with smoke: one fourth OF it occupied by
large brick oven; another fourth taken up by
family bed,'' and the remaining space filed by
a long, implanted table with rough bench
along each side Of it, pail of water, a manger
for the pigs, and wooden dish for the rabbits
which were crowded together in corner An
oil lamp burned before small image of Christ
placed beside the window or, rather, the small
square hole which served as one.
. The characteristics of style of that
piece of paragraph prevail turnout the
story. It is that of extreme simplicity.
There is refreshing freedom from that
bizarre use of words much affectedsin cur
srent fiction and elsewhere. +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-29

The various and not altogether har-
monious interests which the Northern Sc
curities company held together afford evil
dence of the value of that organization
these days by their repeated assurances
that all is sweet and lovely within their
little circle and that they are pulling to-
gether just as cordially and just as surely
as if there had been no merger decision.
They do protest too much #S