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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

offerings will be that made by Charles
Leonard Fletcher, called can Evening
with Dickens Mr.. Fletcher assumes
several of the characters made famous
by the novelist, to the smallest detail of
costume and makeup, within full view
of the audience.
A decided novelty is presented by
Mile. de Montmorency, slender young
woman, who has trained two big stall
lions until they box with all the enthu-
siasm of Britt and Nelson, standing
on their hind legs and paving for each
other in deadly earnest. Mile. Mont
morency's troupe of horses and dogs are
most accomplished. -.E 81
Students of physical culture will find
in the appearance of La Tina an attrac-
tion such as the Orpheum has not Of
fered before. A beautifully formed
young woman, La Tina, gives graceful
and practical illustrations of the posi-
bilities of properly practiced exercises.
Clifford and Burke are duo of
comedians, one appearing in "white
face' and the other in 'sblack'' with
the avowed intention of making every
body laugh. The principal musical
number on the bill is furnished by the
Musical Avolos. The kinodrome will
tell in animated picture form the tragic
story of Napoleon Bonaparte from Elba
to st. Helena.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

William Collier in 1.-THE Dictator
William Collier has entered into an
arrangement which is to extend for
several years with Charles Frohman. He
will star in comedies written especially
for this clever comedian by the best
authors. Mr.. Frohman has already ar
ranged for several comedies. the first
being "The Dictator.' This will be
presented at the Metropolitan tomor-
row evening. The comedy, or more
properl~ speaking, the farce had a
prosperous engagement at the Criterion
theater, New York. 1t ran into July
and again opened that house this sea-
son. There seems to be no doubt that
Mr.. Collier has in "'The Dictator q
play in every way suited to him and in
1t he has scored decided success.
The story centers about Brooke
Travers and his valet, who leave New
York under mysterious circumstances.
They leave their house to drive to the
New York Yacht club. at the foot Of
Twenty-third street, East river. At
the pier they have an argument with
Fthe cabman about the fare. Travers
refuses to pay and the cabman strikes
him. He strikes back and the cabman
falls, striking his head on the pave
ment. Travers is at once accused of
trying to murder the cabman and is
advised to leave the country as soon as
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful It Is In
Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature, but
few realize its value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose. -, ,.,,
you take of it the better; it is not
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present IN
the stomach and intestines, and carries
them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
onions and other odorous vegetables:
Charcoal effectually clears and I'M
proves the complexion, it whltens the
teeth and further acts as natural and
eminently safe cathartic.
It absorbs the injurious gases Which
collect in the stomach and bowels; II
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh
All druggists sell 'sharcoal IN ,one
form or another, but probably the best
charcoal and the most for the money
is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they
are composed of the finest powdered
Willow charcoal, and other harmless
in the form Of large. pleasant-tast
lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with
honey. =. ..,zs1, -, - @sr, -. -.
soon tell in a much improved condition
of the general health, better complex
ion, sweeter breath and purer blood,
and the beauty Of it is, that no possi-
Bile. harm can result from their cons
tinued use, but on. the contrary, great
benefit.
A Buffalo physician in speaking Of
the benefits of charcoal, says: 81 ad,
patients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels, and to clear the complexion
and purify the breath, mouth i, and
throat; I also believe the liver is great
" benefited by the daily use Of them,
they cost but twenty-five cents box
at drugstores, and although in some
sense a patent preparation, yet I be.
lieve I get more and better charcoal
| in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than in
any Of the ordinary charcoal tablets. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

~ We are all. eager TO hear Mrs. His
make her first appearance in Mime
apolis in ttThe Messiah" Wednesday
evening in the Swedish Tabernacle.
Altho this is the first time Mrs. De
Moss has ever been west, we have heard
Of her success in the east, and that
Krehbiel, the great Krehbiel, the critic
whose commendation means SO much ito
its as follows: Purity Of style, a sym
pathetic presence, voice lovely IN
quality, flexible and penetrating, and
musicianly instincts. He might also
have said that. she is the highest paid
church singer in the country, for that
The other soloists win be. Mr.. With
erspoon, basso, singer Of authority
and breadth; Mrs. Weltmann. Brandt,
who has achieved success in the ora
torio field, and Theodore Van YORK,
who is we'll known in Minneapolis.
This Christmas rendition of "The
Messiah is one of the most popular
year 4,5O0 people attended the per-
formance. The announcement of its
production has aroused a correspond
ing interest this year and seats are
rapidly being sold at the Metropolitan
music store.
Apropos of ssThe Messiah,:'',s T.h .
J-o-u-r-n-a-l- has received a .communi-
cation which is herewith referred to
the Philharmonic club. IL
"In the east it is often the custom
to terminate 'The Messiah with the
singing of the 'Hallelujah Chorus
and in this way the annoyance of hav-
ing people straggle out during the en-
tire latter part Of the concert is done
away with. Last year people didn t
straggle, they went in body. OF
course many Of us would miss especial
ly the last choruses, but it seems ap-
| parent that in Minneapolis the people
are content to 90 to their homes with
the grand old 'Hallelujah Chorus 8
ringing in their ears. Would it not be
we'll to make the suggestion that the
Philharmonics try the shorter concert
this year and see if it would not be
more satisfactory to all concerned9"
The new organ in the Augustana
church is almost ready and the date
for the dedication has been set for
| Wednesday evening, Jan. IS. The or
gan is a three-manual instrument, with
all the latest improvement, and will
be one Of the finest instruments in the
city. Wilhelm Middleschulte of Chi
cago will inaugurate the organ and will
be assisted in the program by sMisa
Clara Williams, soprano. J., 80
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

BUou-Tri-s Star Company in "Pals.''
Commencing with a matinee per-
formance tomorrow and including
special Christmas matinee Monday,
those clever artists, James j. Corbett,
Hal Davis and Inez Macauley, who have
stood the test as topliners in all the
leading vaudeville houses Of the country
for the last five years, come this season
in a new dramatic comedy from the
pen of Edmund Day, entitled "Pals -
The piece is said to be different from
Lyceum-"L Little Lord Fauntleroy.'
Little Clark Marshall of st. Paul will
be the Pleading man, Of the Ferris
Stock company next week in well-cast
production of Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnett's beautiful play, "Little Lord
Fauntleroy.'
Clark Marshall is the youngest actor
that ever essayed this long and exacting.
child role. He is not yet seven years
old, while Elsie Leslie, Tommy Russell,
and the other famous Fauntleroys, were
three or four years older. He is a
child of exceptional beauty and intel
ligence, who has not only born genius
for acting, but that better and more
practical sort of genius defined as the
"infnite capacity for taking pains.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
NEW YEARS WEEK ATTRACTIONS

Metropolitan.-Something that should
prove Of much local interest is the pre-
mier production of Robert Edeson' s
new play, "Strongheart," " to be given
for the first time in St. Paul on Thurs
day, Dec. 20. The new play is by Will.
liam c. DeMille, son Of the author Of
Diplomacy" 1.-The Wife, and other
important plays. 1t is said to be ultra
American, being the story Of an edu-
Gated Indian the son of chief, sent
to Columbia university. He is made
the hero by the boys of all their games
and fraternities and falls in love with
his chum 8 sister. The complications
are said to be interesting in the ex-
treme. Mr.. Edeson is keeping his
promise Of three years ago, when he
said he would produce nothing but
American plays as long as he was a
star After Mr.. Blossoms s engagement
in st. Paul he will come to Minneap-
oils for New Years week, during
which Richard Harding Davis "Ran-
sons Folly,'' will be given for the
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Dewey Merry Maidens.'' T.
One of the best extravaganza COM
panies on tour this season is the now
famous "Merry Maidens' company
which comes to the Dewey for the week
commencing tomorrow matinee. The
organization is all, new and bright and
delightfully."- different from any such
company. Two handsomely mounted
musical satires, "At the French Ball''
and ."In South Dakota, - are presented
in an elaboratef manner, both being
enhanced by costly costumes and seen
cry of great brilliancy. A decidedly
attractive tone is given to each skit
by chorus Of twenty pretty and at
tractive showgirls. The lines Of each
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

play are thoroly humorous, and the
music is all original and tuneful and
catchy. Miss Nellie Hanley heads the
company and has many clever hits to
offer. Others in the cast are Sam Rice,
who is a whole. show in himself. He is
ably ass assisted BY Billy Spencer one of of
that is entirely new to this house and
one that is without an equal is "The
Flying Rathbons,' the greatest gym
nasts living. The olio also includes the
Hiatts in a refined and amusing musical
act; the Vans in comedy sketch that
is sure to please; Patti Carney, the little
soubrette, in a new repertory. of coon
songs; Sheppard Camp and others.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
Something to Think Of,

When you are travelling you feel more
comfortable if you know that every
precaution is taken for your protection.
The famous = North-W estern Limited
from Minneapolis and St. Paul to. Chi
cago is operated by the block signal
safe handling Of trains. &
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

pany Of twenty make up the personnel
of this excellent attraction. The heroic
lead. especially written to fit Mr.. Cor
bett s personality, is the success of his
theatrical career. =, Mr., Davis, under
whose direction this attraction is, ap-
pears in the leading comedy part which
is particularly adapted to his peculiar
ipgenue lead, is as sweet and pretty as
Of vcre, and adds to her laurels as one
Of our leading comedians Of the Ameri--
can stage.
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first half and "Strongheart Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday.

day, Friday and Saturday.
Bijou - The attraction for New
Years week is Forester & Mittenthal g
production of "The Street Singer
with dainty Florence Bindley as the
star. Miss Bindley, by her ,conscien,,
tious work, pleasing personality and
magnetism, has won a secure place in
the affections of the public: Miss Bind
{s2 Girl w With HpNt the % DIAMOND non Dress Dress in
vaudeville being recalled. but never
anything that equals her imRHersonnation
Of La Belle Violetta in "The Street
Singer.' :,
Lyceum.-New Years week the Fer.
ris Stock company will present '1Under
Two Flags;'l' the, play evolved from
Ouida S immortal novel. The atmos-
phere of the intense story is retained in
the vivid incidents Of the dramatic pro.
duction, which will be presented with a
wealth of scenic effects never before at
tempted in this city. Florence Stone
will appear as "Cigarette,' the VIVIAN
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

all others, and built on up-to-date lines.
The plot is strong, logical and original,
the situations develop rapidly and the
climaxes are harmonious and dramatic
The comedy element is plentiful, the
dialogue is brilliant and the intricacies
Of the plot are handled in such a way
as to leave the auditors amazed at the
of scenery is carried. The electrical
and mechanical effects are said to be
marvels of ingenuity. 49,.
A carefully selected supporting COM
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

diere, whose hopeless love is one Of the
saddest things in all literature. The role
calls for emotional powers of the high
est order. The brave little soldier is
the embodiment Of daring, passionate
and tears, sunshine ana tempest. Her
courage is. high, but her love attains a
sloftier attitude. III
( Miss Stone has played the part many
times, and her conception is refined and
womanly, while thoroly appreciative Of
the tragic intensity Of the vivandiere Is
passion. $ go
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
Unioue-Continuous Vaudeville,

Unique-Continuou Vaudeville.
One of the secrets of the success Of
the management Of the Unique theater
is that since it's opening every, week has
shown some absolute novelty. Next
week it will be a monologue dog. Now
trick dogs are common, and dog cir
cuses are no longer novelty acts, be-
cause so often shown. But dog that
addresses the audience, and talks with
the accompanying gestures, is a real
novelty, and will no doubt be decidedly
entertaining. Senor Maceo is the own
er of the dog, which is named "Chi-
cago,' and which does several other
things that ordinary trained dogs have
never accomplished. He is hand
some blue-blooded pointer, and as in
tellectual in looks as in action.
Arthur Hahn and Nellie Revell make
high-class sketch team, appearing in
operatic singing and comedy work of q
high order. George Stewart comes rec
ommended as one of the best Of mimics
and impersonators. Dacey and Chase
present the ever-popular Celtic charac-
| ter sketch, which is hilariously funny
to those who admire the Irish wit.
| Miner and Galbreth, who made such
hit at this theater a few weeks ago.
will play return engagement. Theirs
is a fine act, with high-class songs,
black-face comedy and musical offer
ings of an instrumental order. Rosco
and Simms have a new musical act.
The moving picture next week will be
big, funny one with laugh in every
flash.
The new bill goes on Monday after
3poon. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Little Clark s mature conscientious
ness and the seriousness with which he
applies himself to study and rehearsal,
have made him the pet of the company,
aud a constant joy to Lawrence Bar
bour, the stage manager.
"Clark' memory and intelligence
are remarkable, said Mr.. Barbour,
after a rehearsal. 'The little fellow
was perfect in his lines early in the
week, and succeeds in slowing away
somewhere in his small head all my sug
In giving him directions about stage
positions or business | have never had
to tell him the same thing twice, which
is record very few adult actors can
show. And he seems, too, to appreci-
ate the meaning and sub-meaning Of all
his lines, and to have obtained from
somewhere a comprehension of the
subtleties of humor, pathos and dra-
matte values. far beyond his years
/ Florence Stone will appear as Mrs.
Enrol, the mother, or "Dearest' as she
is called by her little son. Lewis s.
Stone will play the Earl of Dorincourt,
Lord Fauntleroy's grandfather. The
scenes between the little lord and these
two estranged ones whom he finally
unites, thru the sheer force of his
childish frankness and innocence, form
the dominant interest, while much comedy,
tinged with the innocence and quaint
earnestness of childhood, fills the situa
tions in which appear the little lords
old familiar friends, Hobbs the grocer
and Dick the bootblack.
Two extra matinees will be given;
one on Christmas afternoon Sunday
and one on Monday, making twelve per
formances for the week.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

The reception of silver model from
the Louisiana Purchase exposition jury
has stirred F. A. Bridgeman to follow
Whistler s example and he has refused
"the second-class honor" saying in
his letter intjregard to it that he had
more silver medals than he%knew what
to dofwith, and having moreover re-
ceived many gold medals and high
honors in Europe he felt that under the
hag of his country he deserved less
shallow recognition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-30
PHONE is POPULAR.
New Directory of the Central
Union Company Contains
$500 Names.
CHANGE IN THE RUMBERIk G
Calling System is Further Simplified
East Moline an Addi-
ton.

II. H. Unverforth, manager for the
Central Union company, today began
distributing the new telephone direc-
tory for the tri-cities. II is the most
complete one gotten out by this COM
pany, contains 176 pages. with $500
names. Rock Island has about 1900
instruments.
The names are arranged alphabet
cally. After Rock Island comes Moline.
East Moline and Davenport. Business
houses. public places, etc. are arrang-
ed in a classified form so as to make
the directory simple. and easily I'M
derstood.
\ change has been made in the num-
bering. All independent line tele-
phones in Rock Island have in the
past been numbered 1000 to 1000. The
fact is that the figure q" has been
somewhat of a misnomer. that is to
say, it has been placed before the
numbers to indicate to central that
the telephone is in Rock Island. Now
this figure is dropped, the rest of the
numbers remaining the same. although
it will be necessary to say TO central
West" before she knows what city
you
For instance, if the number of your
telephone was formerly 400, it will
now be West 100" but in case the
telephone was formerly 1910" it will
now be "West TO-
New PreHxeS for Party Lines.
The numbers on the four-party lines
have not been disturbed, but a change
has been made to the prefiXes *,
a." ''X'', and " The numbers on
the ten-party lines have been changed.
The management claims that the
changes made WILL after getting ac-
customed to them. give much more
satisfaction to both the subscribers
and the operators. Something like 100
subscribers in each of the tri-cities
have been added each month for the
past six months. From the beginning
of the compilation of the directory six
weeks ago there have been about three
hundred subscribers added.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-30
FOUR OF THE FIVE
Rock Island Wins Another, Hav
ing Lost But One Game
Since Leaving Home.
TWO FROM THE BLooMERs
KohIey Miller Hurt in q Collision Al
Secondhand Up for
Few Days.

Bloomington, June 3O.-Rock Island
yesterday afternoon won the second
game in the series with Bloomington,
batting Barker hard. Fourteen hits
were made on him. while Hagerman
scattered his favors effectively enough
to hold the home aggregation down
to two TALES. Kohley Miller, Rock
Islands second baseman, was injured
in a collision with Sammon while at
tempting to execute double play. and
was unconscious for about 90 minutes.
His neck was severely wrenched, and
he will not be able to return to the
game before Saturday. Robertson re
lieved him at second. McKuhn, the
new player appearing at short, comes
from St. Louis. He had eight chances
without an error One of the features
of the day was the hitting of Van
dine, who connected four times, hav-
ing two singles, triple and double.
The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-30
Trlumphs of Modern Surgery.

Wonderful things are done for the
human body by surgery. Organs are
taken ont and scraped and polished
and put back, or they may be removed
entirely; bones are spliced; pipes
take the place of diseased sections of
veins; antiseptic dressings are applied
To wounds, bruises. burns and like in
iuries befor- Inflammation sets in.
which causes them to heal without
maturatiOn and in one-third the time
required by the old treatment. Cham
berlain's Pain Balm acts on this same
principle. 1t is an antisept:c, and when
applied 10 such injuries. causes them
to heal very quickly. 1t also alIays
the pain and soreness. Keep a bottle
of Pain Balm in your home and il viii
save you time and money. not to men,
tion the inconvenience and suffering
which such injuries entail. For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-30


on Sundays. Manager William Con
.ners of Bloomington is growing des-
perate, the twirlers who gave such
satisfactory results last season hay
ing gone completely back on the team
this year. II is beginning to look as
If King McGreevy might have his sus-
penders amputated with others CO the
twirling department.
Bloomington Paragraph: The
Rock Island ball team had scare yes
terday afternoon while in a bus on
the way to the South Side park. AS
they were crossing the Lake Erie
tracks On Main street some one yelled,
Look out for the train" and on
looking OUT of the bus windows they
saw an engine bearing down upon
them from the west, but almost half
a block away. They were carried
across the track before danger became
even imminent, but that did not pre-
vent several of them trying to get out
of the windows.
Manager Donnelly of Springfield has
released Pitchers Conover and Dad"
Clark. Clark was temporarily sus-
pended some time ago. Later he was
suspended for the season and now he
has been given his release. 1t is said
that the water wagon" figured in
Clark's release. Conover has not been
pitching in form for some time. He
says he has an offer with the Louis
vile, Ky, American Association team
and also has an offer with Davenport.
He has not decided whether he will
accept either of them.
Manager Connors of the Blooming
ton team would like to add "Jeems''
Hackett to his staff of twirlers. Hack
EFT was formerly with Terre Haute
and after playing with amateur teams.
played with Terre Haute when that
team was in the Three-Eye four or
five years ago. Then he went to Terre
Haute and a year ago to st. Louis
Trouble with his eyes compelled his
retirement for a time and this year he
has been with Marion and its Sue
cessor. Peoria, in the Central league.
Now Peoria has dropped him and he
may join Bloomington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-30
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
st. Louis 7, Chicago G.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 8. st. Louis l.
New York 4, Boston /.
Brooklyn s, Philadelphia C.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.
Springfield !, Decatur l..
Davenport IL. Dubuque 5.
Cedar Rapids 10. Rockford 0.
Rock Island s, Bloomington =.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Fort Wayne >. Wheeling =.
Peoria 3. Dayton ?.
Terre Haute 3. South Bend 2.
Evansville As, Grand Rapids SO.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus 6. Louisville >.
St. Paul 5, Milwaukee l.
Indianapolis s, Toledo 0.
Minneapolis 3, Kansas City l.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Colorado Springs 3. Omaha /.
Des Moines Z, Sioux City !.
St. Joseph 3, Denver 2.
IOWA LEAGUE.
Burlington 2, Boone 4.
Waterloo Z, Keokuk 4.
Oskaloosa o, Marshalltown Is.