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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
AT THE THEATERS
BiJou-"From Rags to Riches.

There is simon pure melodrama at the
Bijou this week, "F'rom Rags to Riches"
The story is most involved. Of course,
villain is at the bottom of it all and 2
boy hero brings about his final downfall.
This villain wrongs everyone in sight
More particularly, he sends the father of
two children to a convict's cell for a for
gerry committed by himself. He persuades
the wife her husband is dead and weds her
only to abandon her in a hospital. In the
meantime, his rich uncle has placed the
two children with an Irshwoman The
boy, Ned, becomes a neWSboy, and the
girl, FlOssie, develops into Il beauty. This
all happens before the curtain rises. It
takes four acts to reGnite this family; in
each of which Ned is kept busy check
mating the Villains attempts to abduct
F'lossie. There are seven scenes altogether
and in each of them Ned makes at least
one brilliant, coup to the discontinue of
the villain; F1ossie coaXes one more de-
gree Of sympathy from the audience, or
the old 1rishwofan raises a laugh , In
the final scene Ned is shown as the rich
uncle's heir, and the audience is assured
that the villain will receive his punish
ment. ~
Joseph Santley, as Ned Nimble the
newsboy, makes good from his first ap-
pea1ance. He plays with the assurance of
a. veteran. Genevieve Cliff as F1ossie has
the necessary physical attributes for the
part. She divides the honors with Master
Santley. Herbert X. Sears as Charles
Montgomery, the villain, brings upon him
self a complimentary storm of Kisses The
rest of the cast, with one or two excep-
tlons is satisfactory. F. Fl. Manning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
NEWS OF TIE BOOK WORLD
Stumbling Block for the Bacon Wrote
SF1akspere Theory--The Picture Of a
Man Who Went Hunting for Gold in
slberia-VauabIe Information In Latest
Report from Bureaus of 'EthnoIogy-
Books About the Orient.

The somebody else-wrote Shakspere
people will not find support for their
theories in the recently announced redis-
covery of a book in English, which, the
New York Times Saturday Review says,
must have been a perfect mine Of in
formation for playwrights" of the F,liz-
abethan era. The book is "Civile CONVEX
sation of M. Stephen Guazzo, written first
in italian and move translated out Of
French by George Petite, divided into
foure bookes." Sir Edward Sullivan
Bart, writes Of this book in the current
number of the Nineteenth Century and
After. 1t was published in two editions,
1880 and 1856 and was undoubtedly, with
North's Plutarch, from which Shakespeare
derived the material for his three Roman
plays, an important book in Shakspere's
library It contains "a picture Of italian
manners, ceremonies, customs, occupa-
lions, foibles, dress and thought Of the
day." Sir Edward Sullivan finds and
notes many parallelisms between Shak-
spere's plays and this George Pettie's
translation of Guazzo's "Civie Converse
ton The book has not been unknown,
but is so rare that many Shaksperean STU
dents have not known much about it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
Admiral Alexief.

Reports that Admiral Alexieff is to
be superseded virtually, if not in name,
as Russian viceroy in the east must
be taken with a grain Of salt. Long
before he was raised to his present
high position Alexieff was considered
a capable man. Writ Gerrare in his
book on Greater Russia says:
Admiral Alexieff has the reputation of
being too ardent worker to be popular
with the majority of his officers; he is
and always has been of an active tenn
permanent, and he possesses the rare quail
ity Of being able to go to sleep whenever
he has been badly worsted or thwarted.
Trouble seems to weigh lightly upon him;
he tires slowly and recuperates rapidly.
His knowledge Of the far east is thoro
and extensive, and, altho it is limited that
upon the Pacific station he was somewhat
susceptible to American influence, there
is little doubt that he remains a Russian
Of the Russians, and in him the car has
not only capable councillor, but one who
has at his fingers ends all the threads of
eastern diplomacy and intrigue besides
possessing an intimate acquaintance with
the officials, foreign and native. interested
in the direction of affairs in the far east
These are the qualities that largely
go to make UP a great leader. Just at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
The World War.
To the Editor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal.
Being much interested in your editorial
concerning the possibilities of world
war, would offer the following as worthy
of careful consideration. 1t is a foregone
conclusions that such war will come
must come-sooner or later. But such a
war was foreseen and foretold hundreds Of
years ago. remarkable instance may
be read in Book of Books, Joel 3:9-16
General Miles has been reported as say
ing, in substance, that there never was
time when so much money was spent
nor so many men taken from the peace
full pursuits of life in preparation for war
as at the present time.
AS to the future movements Of Russia,
the prophet Ezekiel had something to say.
See chapters SO and SO. OF course it is
not considered as the province of a news
paper to enter into an extended COM
mentary, but few suggestions will not
be out OF place, that all may see what
nation is under consideration, and that
that nation is Russia. Mesheck was one
Of the grandsons Of Noah. He passed up
into the north country and became the
origin of the Muscovites who built Mos
cow, "and who" according to Rawlinson.
''still give name to Russia thruout the
east" Magog was another grandson Of
Noah, whose descendants peopled the
north of Asia, Or Siberia. Tubal is an
other grandson, who settled in a port that
still from him bears the name of Tobolsk.
The revised version has also 1.-The prince of
Rosh,'' which "Rosh' is the redwood
from which comes Russia and the Rus
slams. By reading the chapters Indicated
the reader may see that the army Of
''the prince Of Rosh'' comes from 'the
north quarters and Sin the latter years.
And SO it is that these chapters are the
word of God to all people to-day concern
ing the place occupied by Russia, it's po-
even up to the very last day.
Verses 1913 Indicate a clash with some
''land of unwalled villages that dwell
safely Cor confidently and upon the peo-
pie that are gathered out of the nations y
This last expression would locate this
part Of the prophecy as applying to the
the United States Of America.
H. F. Phelps.
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Authors and Postage.

To the Editor of The Journal.
In view Of the fact that large per-
centage of standard periodicals use vol
untary manuscripts from which editors
claim that they often discover what they
eagerly search for-genius, is not your
editorial in Tuesday evenings issue, some-
what fippant?
Has not Uncle Sans exchequer been
much enriched by all writer's before
achieving recognition? Apropos of this
Louisa Alcott wrote: TT gives me a
pleasant sense, Of victory to ransack old
trunks and fish out, and sell stories that
have been rejected over and over again,
when had not been heard of. lately
took malicious delight in replying to a re-
quest for a story from a magazine, by
sending a story which its editor had re-
jected once, and I'm not sure but twice.
He took it tho, paying me well.
Harriet Hodgeson Burnett, as other
strugglers, was in great straits to secure
her postage (Which was then far more
than to-day. She would pick wild ber-
ries all day to earn her postage and sta
tionery.
One Of your city's successful writer's
formerly kept about fifty manuscripts IN
the mails until they found acceptance.
Persistence. patience, and postage, are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
! Nom Smokers Protest.
To the Editor Of The journal,

To the Editor of The Journal,
On the editorial page of the Saturday
evenings Journal you speak about bad
Manners on Street Cars" and '"The EVIL
of Cigarettes You say ut is not the
cigarette that hurts, but the habit of i'm
haling." According to that it is all right
for a young man to smoke cigarettes if
ne refrains from ejecting the smoke thru
his nostrils. You then quote from the
article by Charles Buckley Hubbell Show
ing the danger of inhalation of tobacco
smoke on account Of the poisonous carbon
monoXide which it contains. Now, wheth-
er smoker in using pipe, cigar Or cigar
cite, elects the smoke thru his mouth or
nostrils. he is filling the air with the poi
onous FUMES Of tobacco, and he and others
who do not smoke are obliged to take the
Vlt1ated air into their lungs and it must
be more or less an injury to health.
In the first editorial mentioned you speak
Of the street car hog that person who
seems to have, lost the respect that was
formerly due to ladies. We would like to
inquire what kind of an animal it is that
will stand in the rear vestibule of street
car, and oblige ladies and nom smokers to
pass thru their clouds Of smoke It is
certainly worse to smoke in ladys face
than not to offer her seat in a crowded
car. Has the prevalent use Of tobacco
marked the passing Of the gentleman? A
man to-day makes no apologies for smok-
ing IN the presence of ladies' and the non
smokers are never considered when the to-
bacco user wishes to indulge in his vicious
habit.
There is great deal said about 'the
smoke nuisance" and ordinances are
passed against a, chimney smoking fifty
or seventy-tive feet above the ground, but
tobacco smokers can fill the air of our
streets, public and business places with
their noxious fumes and no word of COM
plant is heard We certainly need all the
pure air we can get, as well as
pure water and pure food, and it is time
that smokers had some regard for the
rights of those to whom tobacco smoke is
offensive. w. C. Thompson.
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ton as to what influences might at
any time control their action.
1t certainly is not without signifi-
canoe that these two gentlemen. both
SO peculiarly related to the largest
corporate interests in the country,
should be active candidates for dele
gateships in the national convention
at the same time, and the coincidence
loses none of its interest in view of
the national committeeman from this
state. There are also some other con-
siderations affecting the candidacy of
these gentlemen, but they may re-
ceive attention at another time. 1t
seems, however as if it would be quite
sufficient now to call the attention of
the republicans of the state to the
facts set forth to induce them to give
the matter the consideration it de-
serves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22

The cheerful Henry Loomis Nelson, who
daily tinges with gloom two columns of
the Boston Herald, thus begins his tribute
to Senator Hanna: "ro use the career
Of one who is recently dead for the pur-
pose Of illustrating the degeneracy Of
which the dead man was at once a pro-
moter and beneficiary is not pleasing
task, but it's performance is nevertheless
the duty Of the critic of public men and
Of public affairs" The introduction is
enough. You can imagine the rest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
PRUSsIAN NOBILITY @DIsLIkEs THE
KAISER

: 1t is an open secret in Germany that the
Prussian nobility is not particularly
pleased with the present kaiser. They
have been used to receiving attention at
court simply because of their rank, but
Wilhelm II. does not care a straw what q
mans rank is, and judges him solely on
his personal merits: He invites artists.
men Of letters and science, explorers, and
other eminent men to his receptions, and
has nothing to say to the counts. and ba-
rons and officers, and rittergutsbesitzer
unless they have distinguished themselves
In some way. He seems to be- embarrassed
in the presence Of ordinary mortals, and
not to know what to say to them. His
father used to say to the aristocrats:
.tGood evening, how do you do?' And
they would go home happy, and report
that the kaiser had addressed them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
SInqTe Tax Defended.

To the Editor of The Journal.
Will you permit me to reply briefly to
a communication by John J. Janney, pub
lished in Saturdays Journal? Mr.
Janney heard a single tax advocate assert
that the Henry George system would
mean confscation of the rent of farms.
If Mr.. Janney will read the writings Of
Henry George or of any intelligent friend
of single tax reform, he will see that land
itself would not be taxed under the single
tax system, but land values or rent
in an economic sense, which Simply means
the power of land owners to absorb a
part of the earnings of other men without
rendering any equivalent. Farming land
has very little of that power except such
as is given to it by extraordinary near
ness to markets, consequently the average
farm would be taxed less heavily under
the single tax system than under the pres
ent system, while the burden of taxation
would fall upon city lots, rendered valu-
able by the common industry Of great
numbers Of people, and upon franchises
representing the right of way and good
" i'll of the whole people, which have been
granted to corporations largely without
compensation, and which are seldom taxed
at more than fraction of the rates which
are imposed upon the farms and homes
of the common people.
New York city has just completed an
dSSCSS1lCllI Ill WillCI AOlS ctllu
provements are assessed separately, by
which it is shown that the total real
estate valuation is 5s4.79s, 344, 7S9; the val
uation Of lots, 1897, 6s6,935, and the val
-ulation Of buildings and other improve
ments only s1,1O2, 1854.
In other words, the land itself in New
York is more than three times as valu-
able as the improvements, and the owners
of the land are able to appropriate to
themselves from the earnings Of the work.
ers a considerable part Of the income de-
rived from that immense valuation. What
is true of New York city is true Of every
other city, only in less degree in most
cases. If Mr.. Janney or any other honest
inquirer will take his pencil and figure
out the probable amount Of taxes it would
be necessary to levy on personal property
in New Y ork city il real estate values
were first taxed, not to the point OF
coniscation, but to the extent Of absorb
ing the annual increase of value, or in
other words the ''unearned increment .
which results from the common industry
and in justice belongs to the public, he
will get some valuable light on the sub
ject Of the "single tax
Edward ]. Brown.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
Washington.

We know George Washington better
than any preceding generation Of
Americans. He was not understood
ton, and until our time there has been
less and less understanding Of him, ac-
companied by greater and greater ap-
probation as he grew into a sort OF
legendary hero. We now see him as
the man, great man, a very human
man, but worthy of the respect, honor
and emulation Of all Americans.
The most to be gained in these days
by studying the life of Washington and
rejecting on his qualities and achieve
ments is the inspiration to unselfish
public service. There is just as great
need of men of the Washington kind
to-day as there was in the revolution
airy days. We are inclined to underes-
innate the Importance and potency of
a single man. We say that if such a
man had not done a certain great deed
some one else would. In many in
stances such statement is true. But
there are some great events. some
will Of a single man. There was
probably no other man than Washing
ton who could have carried the revolu-
ton to a successful issue. There is
to-day a demand in our public life for
strong men, indispensable men, Wash
ington men. They are numerous in
business, but scarce in public life.
In the present unrest of society, in
the conflict Of industrial classes, in
the slow evolution of new order of
things, there is a great need of great
men. The course of the change and
it's manner will largely depend on the
leaders who come forward to
handle it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
Great Record for
January

The Minneapolis Journal has
again demonstrated right to it's
title of 1.-THE Great Daily of the
Great Northwest, " having car
ried in 26 issues in January 81
columns of PAID advertising,
while it's nearest competitor car
ried 1872 columns, or nearly SO
per cent less. ~
By eliminating Objectionable
medical advertising, which The
Journal would not carry, from
the amount of it's nearest COM
petitor, The Journal carried as
much advertising in it's rs issues
as it's competitor carried in it's
26 daily and five big Sunday
issues.
F AS TO CIRCULATION.
During January The Journals
circulation showed the gratifying
daily average of
F 6l,463 Copies.
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really the most important P,s for would

really the most important Ps for would
be writer.
q Nearly a score Of years since an editor
of well-known Philadelphia periodical,
advised the writer not to destroy rejected
manuscript, as she had obtained good
prices for stories after many reflections
Having faith in a poem of five stanzas,
after three or four reflections, the writer
sent to a well-known publication. The
editor (Who was a poet) took 1t and in
serted very soon. In less than month
thereafter said poem was reproduced in
the patent insides, and even yet, after
ten years, is found In the newspapers
This experience proved that all readers or
editors, have not equal discrimination.
Manuscripts are not always rejected be-
cause they lack in merit. Other reasons
as: Untimeliness, similar matter on
hand, too long for the space etc. There
fore two or three reflections as your edit
orial suggests is not enough for a fair
trial.
\ AS to the loss on manuscript sold for
less than postage paid, there Is loss as well
as profit in all business and If money is
all that would-be writer seeks, he has
not the divine afflatus and he does not de
serve success. "A Scribbler.
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NOT APPRECIATED

Joseph Jefferson not long ago took part
in a benefit in aid of a New York hos
pital. He opened the entertainment with a
short talk, other noted players crowding
at the wings to hear his remarks Just
then two highly rouged girls OF the song
and dance persuasion came down the
winding staircase from their dressing
room. One of them came over to the
wings, listened a moment and went back
to her companion. The latter said: who s
on now?" Some old guy dom mono
logue,' was the reply, and, say, he's dom
fierce. Been on ten minutes and amt
had a laugh yet"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
Kuropatkin to the Front.

Nothing need be expected Of the re-
ported offer of King Edward Of Eng
land to mediate between Russia and
Japan with the hope of preventing fur
Their bloodshed. 1t is quite possible
that the king has offered his good
services to the car, but he can have
no hope that. they will be accepted.
Russia is not the nation to acknowl-
edge defeat two weeks after war has
begun. The appointment of General
Kuropatkin to the command of the
Russian land forces indicates that
Russia is preparing for a long and des-
perate war which shall result either in
the unquestioned triumph Of the Jap
anese or else in the expulsion Of the
little brown men from the whole of
the Asian mainland and the annexa-
ton of Korea as we'll as Manchuria.
Kuropatkin resigns the war port
folio at st. Petersburg in order sto go
to the front. He is undoubtedly the
ablest of living Russian generals
known to the world. Somewhere in
the vast armies of Russia there may
be a still inglorious Napoleon, but of
those who have proved their worth by
long careers none equals Kuropatkin.
If the Russian transport and commits
sariat does not utterly break down
under the enormous strain of moving
two or three hundred thousand men
five thousand miles, the Japanese will
have to fight to defeat troops led by
Kuropatkin. He is bold, energetic
perservering and tenacious. The Jap
anese have no general who has any
thing like his experience in fighting
on a big scale.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22

Having suffered very much from
the excitement of yesterday, and find
ing that party of horsemen and a
number of other gentlemen were In
tending to attend me part of the way
out, gave to their Inquiries respect
ing the time Of my setting out the re-
ply that I should not endeavor to do
it before o'clock, but did start
little after O'Clock. BY which means
l avoided the inconvenience men
ton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
BOOKS RECEIVED

TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BU-
REAU OF AMERICAN ETfINOLOGY to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1898
1899. By J. w. Powell, Director. Washing
ton: Government Printing Office.
SUN CLEANS, AND GOSsAMERs. By Hilton
h. Greer. Boston: Richard g. Badger. The
Gorham Press.
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE and the ExpIora-
tion Early History and Building of the West.
s BY Ripley Hitchcock. With Illustrations and
Maps. Boston: CHM & Co.
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Sir Wilfrid I,aurier on the Tariff

The believers in a policy of high
protection for Canada got cold COM
fort from Sir Wilfrid Laurier's recent
speech at Montreal. He referred to
the conservatives as desiring the Cam
adams to be vile copyists of the fiscal
policy of the United States, and said
later in his speech:
A day will come when the government
will perhaps be obliged to make some
changes in the present tariff, but then I
think We will accomplish our task, DIS we
did in 1897, for the general welfare of all
classes.
The speech is hailed by the low
tariff liberals, who still dominate their
party, as sure sign that there will
be no general upward revision Of the
Canadian tariff, and no policy of retail
iation on the United States. Com
menting on the speech, the Toronto
Sun says:
After this assurance the tariff reformer
will have more hope Of cutting down Of
| duties on the day after never than fear
of a rise in the duties on cottons and
Woolens. At all events, this timely and
| clear statement will remove the apprehen-
| sion of many that in the matter of the
tariff, as IN some others, parties were
| going to outbid each other There will
| hereafter be a clear issue. 1t remains to
| be seen whether the manufacturers will
| live up to their assurances that they are
non- political. They have raised and spent
their missionary fund, and the heather Is
| unconverted. VIII they now abstain from
vengeance?
| While it is true that the Canadians
are talking little of reciprocity-be-
cause they rightly think that it is now
our turn to talk--they are beginning
| to understand that it will be hard to
reconcile a policy of high tariff on
American goods with the policy of i'm
porting American settlers. They
! clearly see that a high tariff on Amer
lean goods will operate to keep out
! American settlers as we'll. o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
.JAPAN,s CHEAP POSTAL SERVICE

Z The cheapest postal service in the world
is that of Japan, where letters are con-
veyed all over the empire for Q sen-about
seven tenths Of a penny This is the more
wonderful considering the difficulties Of
transport over mountainous and irregular
country, which has less than 100 miles of
railway, while wagons can only pass over
a few Of the chief roads and the steam
ers connect but a small number Of coast
stations.