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Tim Murphys acting is always a de-
light, no matter how ineffective the play
or how poor his support, Its quaint hu-
NOR, it's unaffectedly human quality, it's
lights and shadows make his every char
acter lovable one. It is true there is a
strong family resemblance between the
various representations with which Mr..
Murphy has enriched the stage, but it is a
family Of whose gentle humor and likable
traits we cannot have too much.
Mr.. Murphy, however, is not fortunate
this year in his comedy. a rather cruds
effort supplied by Frederick Paulding,
himself an actor Of some reputation. 1t
is a simple little romance of the Adiron-
dacks, in which the unities of time, place
and action are rather more closely OBJ
served than usual nowadays Its chief
fault is it's lack of action. There is much
talk, much straining after comedy effects
and some partially successful attempts at
character delineation. ..'.,.-.
Mr.. Murphy himself is well fitted with
the role OF a middle aged lover who wins
at last ahe heart that should go with the
hand Of the maid he Worships. The no
bllity OF his character, which is revealed
with almost too apparent intention, con-
trasts unhappily with that of the girl, an
unfavorable impression of whom, in tho
light of her silly Deeds Is inevitable. This
impression is deepened by the failure OF
Gertrude Dalton to invest the character
with a semblance of naturalness. Miss
Dalton shares with several other members
Of the company the fault of amateurish-
ness. Macy Harlem, who plays the 9TH
er man, adds to this fault that Of being
unfamiliar with his lines. Walter Pen
nington, the friend in need and with a
love affair of his own, is acceptable in the
more serious passages, but both he and
Louise Whitfield sadly overdo the mock
lovemaking.
Miss Dorothy Sherrod finds in this play
a character more nearly within her grasp
than the ingenious maid she has hither-
to played, and her comedy, tho rather
vague at times, is enjoyable. The best
bit of characterization in the play, aside
from that of Mr.. Murphy, is the fussy, but
soft hearted old valet of Olney J. Grit
fin. This, with the character Of his vale
tudinarian master, whom he rules so die
! tatorially and yet SO lovingly, played by
Wilbur M. Roe, forms a rather original
and wholly enjoyable feature Of the pro-
duction. Christie Miller as an elderly and
inpressionable widower. and Robert
Ober as young prig from college com
plete the cast. w. b. Chamberlain.
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Once Again the Tax Problem.

The nightmare of the next legislature,
and of future sessions for long years TO
come, will be the problem OF taxation.
The first definite intimation of trouble
ahead comes in the announcement that
Senator Collier Of Scott will again intro
duce his bill providing for county as
SCISSORS.
The Collier idea, which is already APP
piled in several other states, has evident
merits. It's purpose is to remove the
assessing power from local Influences,
giving one man the assessment OF an en-
tire county, and making him RESPONSE
BILE to commission Of state officers.
Senator Collier figures that his plan will
result in uncovering much hidden prop
erty, and will greatly increase the as
sessed valuation of the state.
That is all very well, if Minnesota is
going to rest under the present system
of taxing real and personal property.
The state has made no progress since
the framing of the rejected tax code,
and the fruitless extra session of 1902.
The faults Of the working plan are just
as glaring as ever, and they are no
nearer remedy. Under the existing
system, the best results can be OBJ
tanned from strong central authority in
taxation. The modern scientific principle
of taxation is exactly opposite, and calls
for local option. When the state reve-
nue. from corporation taxes and state
lands has increased as it promises, and
the direct levy for state purposes is
wiped out, Minnesota will want to try
the local option principle. First the re-
strictive provisions of the constitution
must be changed to the "wide open'
plan, leaving the legislature a free
hand in framing the new system.
Minnesota is certainly behind the
times in handling the taxation problem.
If the constitution is to stand un-
changed, then the legislature might as
well 60 ahead and do the best that can
be done on the old basis. If there is
to be a move forward, it is about time
that a start was made.
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Sir Wilfred ILaurier condenses the faith
Of the Canadian people in their future in
this sentences:
The nineteenth century was the United
States century, the twentieth will be
Canada's.
Slightly amended, the sentence is more
likely to convey the truth:
The nineteenth century was the United
States century, the twentieth will be the
United States and Canada's.
Nothing can stop either Of us, and we
ought to go along together in an easy and
comfortable manner like two shopkeep.
ers on the same street-who belong to the
same church.
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NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

: T. i. e 'r
Cruising With Pirates in the Golden
Days OF Piracy and Later; Where Preach
ers, sons Got. Their sUndeservediy Bad
Name.-lf you want to clarity your
IDEAS about pirates-ideas gathered from
reading fiction in the days Of your youth
and 10 add to your information about
pirates and the profession of piracy in the
III one got high enough up the ladder
read SeaWoIves Of Seven Shores.
You Will find in this book by Jessie Pea
pody rockingham that truth, or half
truth, which fits any, business: Ca
pac1ty finds it's level-even among pirates
II you do not think, this lis true, or half
true even, read with special care chapter
story OF "Ochiali, the Renegade" a pirate
beside whom Captain Kidd was as a. pea
nut vender to a merchant prince.
-Och1al1 was an Italian, one of the poor
est and meanest, and as a boy was a
christian Catholic. He was captured and
made a galleyslave. He seemed to fit
the business and "self-made'' himself into
and monarch Of the Barbary states. SO
great became his power that the Holy
League of Europe, organized to crush
the power OF the sultan Of Turkey MUS
tered some $50 ships and $4,000 men to
fight him. The pirates were beaten, but
Ochlali got away, went to Constantinople
and there resided in splendor the rest Of
his days.
One also finds in this thrilling book of
pirates and piracy something about Ger
Vantes. author Of Don Quixote, but be-
lore that pirate slave. He comes upon
literary pirates, pirates who wrote auto
biographies and treatises on sociology and
socialism.
Because Captain Kidd did not conduct
his piracy business on corporation proper
lions, one must not think his story is a
tame one. 1t is quite the reverse, according
to the author Of the book in hand. Surely
that is an exciting life in which it is Civ
en- to man to be hanged twice. Or per-
haps we should say an exciting death.
Well, however that may be, the rope
broke when the captain was swung off for
the first time and he had to be hanged a
second time.
We will not charge Captain Kidd with
having brought upon preachers sons all
the unkind things that have been SAID
and thought about them, but certainly he
helped to make the position hard for them
and to hasten upon the position any re-
proach that may have been heretofore
attached to it thru the errors Of former
preachers sons. William Kidd was q
preachers son. His father was a Noncon-
| formlst clergyman of the strictest type
1t should be said that William resisted tho
temptation to become a pirate, but fell
The book does not tell where Kidd's
| treasure is to be found
All in all, however, the book is an ex.
ceedingly interesting tale or series Of
tales of the seawolves of various shores
Charles scribner's Sons, New York. $1.2O
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To his credit be it said that Dr. Dowie
has paid up 60 per cent Of his debts
Rioting in Russia.

Riots instigated by the university
students are not uncommon in Russia.
The student rioters are usually youths
who have real sympathy with the
nihilist movement. Sometimes they
have entcped actively into the methods
of nihilism, as in the case of Vera Sas-
sulitch, student who fred a pistol
shot at Trepoff, police official.
The rioting of Sunday in St. Peters
burg was largely led by students, who
made infammatory addresses and slim
tulated demonstration Of the social
democracy, aided, doubtless, by nihil-
lists, the red flag being conspicuously
displayed.
!, The government, when the commo-
ton was at flood tide, turned the po-
lice and gendarmes upon the proceed
ings and maintained order after many
heads had been smashed. The procla-
nation issued by the social democracy
calls for the speedy conclusion of the
war to prevent further sacrifice Of
workmen's lives under incompetent
generals, and for ga government by
representatives Of the people, for
which they avow their willingness to
fight. Heretofore in Russia, when such
a demonstration as this takes place,
the reactionary party have put in OPP
GRAFTON the most severe measures of
repression. Every such popular dem
onstration, for this was something more
than a students riot, is generally cred
tied to the nihilists, and every sympa-
thizer with even a rational measure Of
reform has been catalogued with the
extreme opponents of oppression, who
do not scruple as to the means of de-
Tense and aggression they employ. The
minister Of the interior, Sviatapolk-
Mirsky, in dealing with the mob, held
back the punitive hands of the Cos
sacks, and used only the gensdarmerie
and the police, but the friends of the
revolutionary movement initiated by
the zemstvo leaders, fear that the dem
onstration will stir up the reactionary
members of the imperial and minis
terial councils, which are considering
the zemstvo memorial for reforms, to
shelve it indefinitely, if they can. They
hope to convince Nicholas that his
true policy is to get back to the re-
pressive, system Of Nicholas T., and
Alexander III, and to, profit by the
fate Of Alexander IL.
Nicholas the Second has already gone
too far to retreat with honor. He may
pose as a reformer Of the patchwork
kind, while welding Asiatic repressive
measures against his people, but the
cry: f"Down with the war! Down with
the autocracy!' which reverberated
thru st. Petersburg Sunday. was some.
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Orpf1eum-Telepathlc Marvel,

Mystifying phenomena Of the human in
tellect divide interest at the Orpheum this
week with the extreme type Of slap-stick
comedy. For the first, there are the
mysterious Znncigs, who present the most
convincing telepathic work ever intro
duced before a Minneapolis audience
There is apparently no opportunity for
collision between the two, and their very
physique bears out the simple statement
of Mr.. Zancig that, by close study, he
and Nine. Zancig have placed their minds
in such exact accord that thought trans
ference has become easy. Passing thru
the audience Mr.. Zancig takes any ar
ticle and as he Identifies it to his own
satisfaction madam upon the stage names
it or reads it without the slightest hest
| tation. 1t is a simple process, but the
articles submitted cover so wide a. range
and are identified with such lightning
like rapidity that the audience is thoroly
convinced. No telltale pads Of paper are
used for asking questions, and if the
feats are not accomplished by genuine
telepathy, they are done by some method
Of communication equally wonderful. The
Zancigs court the severest tests, however,
and submitted to some extraordinary or
deals in a private seance today without
wavering.
Musical features Of the, bill are sup
piled by the Misses Tobin and Nine.
Avery Strakosch. The former are two
plump and charming sisters, who wear
swagger party gowns and do surprising
musical stunts on Chinese banjos xylo-
phones and chimes. The civilian. Tell''
overture on SO unpromising an instrument
as the banjo was a strong feature OF
| their turn. Nine. Strakosch, who is a
prima donna Of operate achievement, by
the way, was annoyed by a cold last
| evening but even at that showed herself
| the possessor of a carefully trained voice
| Of good range and quality. Her taste ir
selections is excellent.
The comedy element in the bill is
headed, in point of refinement, by Julius
Tannen, who gives clever limitations Of
curtain speeches by well-known stage
folk. De Wolfe Hopper and Nat Good.
win were among the best. Other comedy
features are rather too much alike to give
the program the zest of the usual bill
J. A. Murphy and Eloise Willard put or
some conversational Oddities that dis.
| played Miss Willard as the possessor OF
sweet voice and wonderful looking.
glass costume that is fairly dazzling. Can.
field and Carleton have a sketch, "The
TIoodoo" which is best for it's extreme
burlesque on italian opera, while the EN-.
pire comedy quartet divides it's time be.
tween singing and knock-about work.
The kinodrome closes with side-split.
ting series showing the joys of suburban
life. w. A. Frisbie.
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Tuesday Evening,

thing more than the mischievous cry
Of fedgling university students. It
found an echo in the minds of many
Russians Of the middle and higher
classes, who believe with Prince Dol
gorukoff, and it is as true today as
when the prince wrote it, that Russian
administration is based, not on the
equality of all before the law, as in
Europe, but on their "equality before
the caprice of governmental authority
and the venality Of the administration,
as in Asia, while in order to escape
from its power, one must be a member
Of the Court Camarilla, or be pro-
tected by 1t, as in Asia.''
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Another Arnes jury has disagreed. One
jury declared him guilty, from which YER
dict he escaped on a technicality, while
these other juries have not been able
to agree as to whether he is guilty or in
nocent. That is the record up to date.
1t is a situation which would afford some
men very little satisfaction, but it is prob
able that, unless he is wiser than he has
been in the past, the accused will think
he is entitled to go out on the street and
blow about the outcome.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

Some Of the anti Clapp papers made a
howl the first Of the week because Sena-
tor Clapp had not Endorsed the Cooper
bill, charging the powers Of the inter-
state commerce commission; and one of
them even went so far as to nisrepre-
sent matters and claim that Clapp was
a member Of a committee which is at
the present time holding it back AS a
matter of fact, Clapp is a member of
the senate committee on interstate COM
merce, while the bill is at the present
time in the hands of the house commit
tee, and has not yet been reported out
Morris Tribune.
The Quarles- Cooper bill, as it is prop
erly called, was introduced into the SEN
ate and house at the same time, and is
still in the hands Of the senate an6
house committees
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Social Conditions and the Monroe
Doctrine.

Speaking of the Monroe doctrine in
his late message, President Roosevelt
discussed the relation of this country to
the other countries on the American
continent in a manner which has Gre
ated some criticism, and, among those
peculiarly sensitive, little apprehen-
sion as to the full significance of this
sentence:
If nation shows that it knows how to
act with responsible efficiency and de-
cency in social and political matters, if it
keeps order and pays it's obligations, it
need fear no interference from the United
States. Chronic wrong-doing, or an i'm
potence which results in a general loos-
ening Of the ties Of civilized society, may
in America, as well as elsewhere, ulti-
mately require intervention by some CIV
ilized nation.
The commonly accepted interpreter
ton of the Monroe doctrine is that it is
political. The application Of the word
"social'' to it's bearing upon the rela-
ton of our country to other countries
on this continent, is little broader and
has led to some discussion as to just
what the president meant. Particular
ly has there been some concern lest his
statement Of the case might provoke
nervousness and even resentment among
the South American republics. Posi-
bly, it may in some quarters where con-
ditions are somewhat unsettled, but the
first public official declaration with re-
spect to this matter comes today in the
dispatches from the president of Peru,
who declares that "the nations of our
continent which do not aspire to live by
robbing their neighbors, and to settle
political problems with cannons, have
no reason to trouble themselves about
the new phase Of the Monroe doctrine
expounded by President Roosevelt. The
recent international history of America
does not warrant the fear that the
United States dreams of CONQUEST.
The president of Peru might natur-
ally be expected to find comfort in the
president g statement because that poor
country has been held up and plundered
and Inundated by her stronger neigh
Dor, Chile, for many years. Powerless
to retaliate effectively, Peru has been
obliged to accept humiliations, and in
dignities, and outrage which she GER
tainly would not haveS submitted to if
able to protect herself. r
It is to the use Of the word 'tsocial, -
however, rather than to the word "po-
litical,' to which critics Of the presi-
dent call attention. Are we, as the po-
| licemen of the American continent, to
| attempt to regulate the social affairs,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

The appointment Of Willet M. Hays to
be assistant secretary Of agriculture is
distinctly national. Minnesota people are
gratified, of course, at the recognition
Of merit and ability in servant of this
state, but the selection Of Professor Hays
cannot be termed political in any sense.
His acquisition is a distinct gain to the
department. He is like the man Pier
pont Morgan wanted to promote, he
"can't be spared" and that is the sort
of men President Roosevelt is gathering
about him in responsible positions. The
regents Of the university will have trouble
in filling the vacant place. Professor
Hays skill in breeding new varieties of
seed wheat has been Of especial value to
the farmers of Minnesota.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

conditions, customs and conduct Of our:
neighbors9 Social relations are not nee
essarily domestic and internal in their
bearing. For instance, social conditions
in Cuba maintained an unsettled eondi-
tion in Havana which threatened the
health Of this country. A malignant
disease bred there and frequently in
vaded our country with terrible conse-
quences. That is probably such So
cial condition as the president would
think it proper for the United States, as
the dominant power in the western
hemisphere, to seek to control and cor
rect in the interest Of all. Indeed, in
this message, as in other public utter
ances, the president has only set out
more distinctly and frankly the views
entertained by his predecessors, going
further perhaps in the statement, but no
further in intent or in actual accom-
plishment. It was a social as we'll as
political condition in Cuba which led
to the war Of 1898. That was only one
of number Of social conditions that
might call for action. The "big stick''
menaces no liberties which are exercised
intelligently and for the benefit Of hui
manity anywhere.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

The citizens Of America-beg pawdon,
Usona-were fairly lawabiding during the
month Of November Not a single case
Of lynching was reported during the
month, the first calendar month to show
a clear record since 1885. It may have
been an accident, but maybe we are
growing better.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

Count Oyama thinks that Russia will
be beaten because she is out of line with
progress. But a nation that is out OF
line with progress can put up a horrible
fight. Look at the south, Japan's strong
est ally at this juncture would be inter-
nal troubles in Russia.
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INCONSOLABLE
licago Record Herald.

Chicago Record Herald.
Representative Grosvenor Of Ohio is re-
ported to be in a state of depression that
Is almost pitiable. He didn't predict that
the republicans had any show in Missouri,
and his confidence in himself as a prophet
has been rudely shaken. ..:. '-s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

The Tribune is in favor Of issuing the
pure water bonds eff such a sale should
be found necessary" Pure water is con-
sidered a necessity in some circles. Any
one chiefly interested in getting the city
to adopt a patent mechanical filter sys-
tenn would probably handle the water
bond question just about the way the
Tribune does.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

Since the war on the stage Irishman has
waxed bitter, the Springfield Mass, Union
suggests that it is time for the "b'gosh'
Yankee to be retired. What, retire JOSH
uay Whitcomb? Never!
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GROWTH OF INDEPENDENT VOTING
Washington Post.

~-. Washington Post.
A manly man knows that the new times
have developed new policies and that it is
his duty to determine for himself how he
ought to vote. Fairly considered it is
more Of a compliment to ones father or
forefathers to show that one is capable of
meeting the responsibilities of suffrage
than it is to follow blindly in ancestral
tracks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

1t is surprising how much difficulty the
Hennepin delegation has in indorsing Mr..
Gilfllan, and the Ramsey crowd in in
dorsing Senator Clapp. If you are for
man, why not say so?-Fergus Falls
AS Hennepin has Endorsed Judge Gill
fllan. the foregoing is referred to RAM
sey county for an answer.
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Thomas G. Dawson of Iowa has been
appointed minister to San Domingo. If a
man enjoys perpetual dog fight San Do
mingo is the place for him.
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A carefully staged production of "A
Social Highwayman'' is interesting low
ers Of good drama at the Lyceum this
week. Lewis Stone is seen in the fas-
cinating role Of Jaffreys, the highway
man; Ben Johnson plays Handy, the de-
voted valet, and Florence Stone is charm
ing as Elinor Burnham.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

Notice to Poets-Owing to the absence
of the article itself, no Beautiful Snow"
poems will be printed this year except at
the regular rates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-13

Charles E. Blaney, in "The Curse of
Drink" the offering at the Bijou next
week, is said to have eclipsed all previ-
Gus efforts in railroad melodramas.
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"The Waits Paradise which Howard
Hall is presenting at the Bijou this week,
tells a sweet and pathetic story. ~,
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A JOYLESS SLAUGHTER
Chicago Post.

Emperor William and his party shot
10,042 birds last week What joy this
ruthless slaughter can bring to the heart
Of any full-grown man Is a mystery past
finding out.
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Mr.. Yerkes owns a 100000 rug. Think
Of the, thousands of Chicago people he
made stand up in the street cars so he
could get it.
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1t appears by the ''sport page" that
enthusiasm for iceboating is warming I'D.