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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-07
MetropoIltan-otis Skinner In "The Har-
VeSter."

vester."
The offering at the Metropolitan for
three nights and Wednesday matinee. be-
ginning Monday, May 8, will be Otis Skin
ner IN his new play, 1.-THE Harvester"
The character, of LIE Chemineau Che
roamer, the wayfarer), which Otis Skinner
IS to create for the first time on the stage
of this country. Is an adaptation from
Jean Richepin's powerful play Of few
seasons ago in Paris. From Richepin's
point of view, 1.-The Harvester" (as Mr.
Skinner has decided to title his play and
its chief character Is a creature of the
landscape itself-a companion of the birds
and the animals in the field. He possesses
the gipsy's skill and the Romany NEGRO :
NANCY. The superstitions Of the peas
antry are disclosed in his arts to control
Horses and cattle and to bring about
strange happenings in the peaceful vii
lage and farm lives that he touches.
He Is familiar with all the harvest lore
and bucolic tradition. No one knows the
secrets of nature and natures dumb ami
mails better than he, but the vagabond
spirit-the restless desire to journey for
ever from place to place, untrammeled
and free as nature itself-ever asserts
itself. r.. -
When Elizabeth Marbury cabled to
Richepin that she had sold the play to
Otis Skinner, the distinguished author
oabled her in return:
II know Mr.. Skinner. He should be
ideal as LIE Chemineau."
And to Mr.. Skinner he cabled: II
congratulate myself that 1t Is you who
shall create my gypsy hero on the Amer
ican stage" ..-..-
The cast selected by Mr.. Skinner for
his support in this new production will
include such artists as ]. M. Colville,
George Clarke, Ben Ringgold, Russell
Crawford, Walter Lewis Marion Abbott,
Maude Durbin and Lizzie Hudson Collier.
Metropoiltan.-E. n. Sothern, In "The
Proud Prince"
The attraction at the Metropolitan 70,
three nights and Saturday matinee, com
mencing Thursday evening, May II, will
be e. II. Sothern in the role of "The
Proud Prince" taken from Robert O.
Sicily" 1t is a dual creation, for Mr.
6othern Is seen first as proud. arrogar
king who Is then transformed into tht
body Of his own court Jester.
The story of the play, based upon the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-07

''Acts While You Take
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-07
BILLS OF THE WEEK
eIJou-"why Girls Leave Home"

performance commences at s o'clock
sharp, and the matinee at o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

T never trouble myself about the fu- ture," he said.
 NO wonder" she replied. Tt must keep you pretty busy thinking about your past" Chicago Record Herald.
 What do you understand by the term civilized people? ?'''
 Civilized people, answered the blunt barbarian, are those who have been lucky enough to survive after being beaten by a superior power. Wash ington Star.
 Father-What are you crying about, Bobby?
 Bobby (between sobs)-I don't want to go to school to-day.
 Father-Why not?
 Bobby-Sis tilted the teacher last night.-Puck
 My idea of a wise man. said the youth who thought he knew things, lis one who knows when to stop talking.
 "A man who possesses the genuine brand of wisdom rejoined the vener- able philosopher, Knows when not to begin. 'Leslie's Weekly.
 Do you always give in to your wife when you and she disagree?"
 No, not always
 How do you manage it?'
 Well, sometimes the neighbors come in and we have to drop the natter ''- Chicago Record Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
oooD POLICE YORK.

We'll, villain has been caught, and caught too by one of the poor despised policemen. Pretty good work" every body is saying. and so it was. When you come to think of it, it would be hard for a very intelligent man, even for a Civil Service Reformer, to guess where villain would make his appear lance and then be on the spot at the proper time to catch him. It is also to be remembered that the highest intelli- gence cannot be employed in police work except in books. This reminds us that when the shrewd and sensible E. K. Foster was the States Attorney in this region young lawyer rose up on his hind legs in court one day and ob- |jected to some of the men and methods used by MT. Foster in detecting a crim- final. MT. Foster gently yet firmly told his young but learned brother that the
 State could not afford to hire the Pres- ident of Yale college to act as detec- |tive. and that it was necessary to rely on such skill and intelligence as could be hired. This shut up the young but |learned brother and the case proceeded. This story hasn't any application to the good work done last night by Officer
 Coonan. Perhaps the President of Yale couldn't have done better than he did. But it has some application to the pres lent situation, and to the violent and in- discriminate criticism of the police in general.
 If there are any more villains at large, and the present indications are that there are, it is to be hoped that they will soon be ''comprehended' by the police. Meanwhile it will be well lenough to keep the sacred fire of Re- form burning. If we need an L part added to our charter, or even whole new one, let's have it. Nothing in the governmental line is too good or too
 ample for us. and we do not agree with Pope in his saying:
 For forms of government let fools
 contest, ;,
 Whate'er is best administered is best"
 We want the best forms.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
. NOBLER. BUT HARDER.

There was time when to be United States consul might not have been the |noblest thing to be, but it was about the softest snap there was. Now it, is
 more noble than it was then to be a
 United States consul, because the coun- |try is nobler, but it is harder, be- |cause there is much more work lin it. Consuls now are kept pret- Ity busy. The Department of Commerce calls on them for informa-
 tion on a variety of subjects. For the
 Bureau of Navigation they must get up statistics relating to local shipping, tonnage and other matters, as we'll as keep faithful record of all wrecks, new ship construction, etc. The consu- lar officers look out for fugitive law breakers for the Department of Jus tice. and keep track of pensioners for the Department of the Interior. The Agricultural Department imposes lot  of work on them, chief of which is that of seeing that the food inspection law is observed. This requires the consuls to obtain copies of all invoices of food stuffs bound for the United States. The new immigration law imposes on the consuls the duty of seeing that no dis eased or pauper aliens are shipped to this country. All coal bills for the war ships of the navy and the transports of the War department are now paid through United States consuls. In ad- dition to looking after these matters the consuls are constantly called on to make inquiries and ascertain what kind of market there is in their locality for American made goods.
 Still, the increase of work in the job isn't making it hard to get men who will take it. Which shows that men will work for a living when they have to, even if the work is government work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Mor GAINING.

The negro problem continues to be lconspicuous, and will continue to be for a long time yet, but it is interesting to notice that the ratio of colored to white population in the United States lis a constantly diminishing factor.
 There are relatively fewer negroes in this country now than at any time since the foundation of our government. When the first census was taken, in I179o, nearly a fifth of the population of the United States consisted of negroes. In 1880 the percentage of negroes to the total population was 191; in 1890 it was Ills; in 1900 it was 11.6. While it is pos sible that the number of negroes in the United States was over-estimated in the census of 1880, the results of the last two censuses are quite in keeping with the presumably accurate returns |of the decades earlier in the century. During the last decade, while the white population increased 21.4 per cent, the negro population increased but 1S.1 per |cent.
 So there is no immediate danger that
 the negroes will become more numerous than the whites. And some observers think that the negroes are degenerating |so rapidly that they will not long be great danger to any race.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

lisfy the examiners. The post, says
 Professor Browne. is likely to remain vacant unless the system of filling it is changed. He goes on to tell how early in 1900 the Museum had the chance of securing the services of one of the most
 brilliant of the younger English Orien- Italists-one whose reputation as an Arabic, Persian and Turkish scholar
 was already established in England and on the Continent, who had an ex- lcellent knowledge of French. German and Russian, and fair knowledge of Spanish and Italian, and who now holds
 an important and responsible educa- i itional post under the Indian govern
 ment. He was informed, however, that
 he could not be accepted without ex-
 animation; and, to the amazement of all who knew his attainments, he was rejected by the examiners of the Civil Service Commissioners in Latin com position. Next a Cambridge graduate in classical honors, who was selected flor special training, was rejected on Persian examination paper which Pro- lessor Browne describes as amazingly
 unsuitable.'' and, although he passed later on, died, as the professor believes, of overwork and chagrin. A third vic l tim was sacrificed-a diligent student,
 who had taken honors in Oriental lan-
 guages in Oxford, but was rejected in Herman and Latin, though he satisfied
 the examiners in Persian. The profess sor sums up by saying: If at the sal lary given and the hours of work pre- iscribed the Museum expects to get men Iwho are first-rate Orientalists, good classics and well versed in German. and 1 to hold them for months in such un- lcertainty and anxiety as these men
 have been held, it is likely to wait a long time.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
NGocKs < x Gilt Regulators, < GnamsIsd Regulators, crauelins CLOCKS, onpx Bronze Gilt and Porcelain, Clock Sets ball and Eleantsl * blni es. < x cbe FORD eoEI1pHpy

be got together to talk things over free ly and frankly before committee of citizens there then might be reason for making some changes not now appar- ent. However, if the police force is to be reorsanized and our efficient and venerable Chief Wrinn is to be retired, would suggest that some Yale profess sor who is young and physically strong, and has every instinct of born Sherlock Holmes, be appointed to that office. when the city will undoubtedly become as quiet as the beautiful town of Woodbridge.
 In all seriousness would ask the question whether this agitation by the newsraDers and citizens is not holding the police department up to ridicule and interfering with rather than aid ing the Police department in the appre- hension of the criminal or criminals and causing would-be criminals to think that they can commit crime without being apprehended themselves?
 A CITIZEN AND A TAXPAYER.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
The KuropatISln Plan.

Undaunted by the yellow tide The Japs crossed OCT the Yalu wide, And then and there the foe defied. Bold Kuropatkin shook his head When he was told his men had fled, Well lure 'em on, he smiling said. The Japs advanced on every hand, They overran the mighty land, And Russia failed to make them stand. Bold Kuropatkin watched the foe. He watched his legions turn and go; We'll lure 'em on,'' he chuckled low. Then Moscow's ramparts loomed il
 sight
 And still the Russians held their flight And still the Japs marched day ana
 night.
 Bold Kuropatkin winked his eye; He saw his famous Cossacks fly; We'll lure 'em on,' was still his cry. St. Petersburg came next in view, And round its walls the Jappies drew A living cordon, strong and true. Bold Kuropatkin didn't stay, But northward still he held his way; well lure em on" was all he'd say
 Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
roo MUCH OF 4 GOOD THING

It appears that Civil Service Reform
 can be overdone. An illustration is given by Professor Edward G. Browne, the distinguished Orientalist of Cam bridge University. It appears that the post of Persian librarian at the British Museum has long been vacant, because of the failure of the applicants to sat-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
THE SWALLOWS.

wonder if it would be possible to imagine more perfect flying machine than swallow. Even though we may rot be specially interested in birds, we can scarcely watch the flight of a barn swallow for five minutes without Q feeling of intense admiration. Mark him as he swings high overhead. bend ing his easy flight to the right or left.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

When I die," said the candidate. reaching his grand climax. let them put but three words upon my tomb. I ask no more. shall rest in peace If above me are carved the simple words, He was honest D
 Yah said little man at the back end of the hall, I've always claimed you'd take your nerve right down with you to the grave. Chicago Record Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

The other day the postmaster at Par sons. Kansas, received a letter address ed to ''Mr. Smith, with a note attach ed saying that the writer did not know the initials of MT. Smith, but that he had only one leg. And then the curious fact was revealed that Parsons has no less than four Smiths who have but one leg.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

A Berlin bridegroom reported that he had swallowed his wedding ring. He suffered intense agonies, and vowed he was dying, until his pockets were searched for money to pay for tele- gram, when the ring was found in the lining of his waistcoat. He became well in a few minutes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

You say Crimson Gulch has settled down into quieter and more peace ful community?'
 Yep" answered Bronco Bill, confi- dently. "The boys is learnin'A repose. You can shoot horse thief now with out its creatin' a ripple of excitement" Washington Evening Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
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 Display advertisements. per inch, one in1 Io serfion. S1 20; each subsequent insertion. 40 cents; one week, S320; one month, SlO; one year. $40
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

A prominent member of the new so- ciety which has been formed in New York to stop cruelties to animals, be- cause of disgust at the apparent apa- thy of the old Bergh society. says that he has discovered a harness for the use of society people equipped with wires connecting with an electric battery in the carriage, enabling the coachman to shock the horses and make them prance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

A school for dogs is the latest devel- opment of the educational movement. It has been established in Paris with the objects of teaching, not letters, but politeness. The schoolroom is furnish- ed with chairs, tables and rugs, to give the necessary local color' to the sur- roundings. The dog pupils are trained to welcome visitors by jumping up, wagging the tail and giving low bark. When the visitor leaves the dog ac- companies him to the door and bows his farewell by bending his head to the floor. He is trained likewise to pick up handkerchief, glove or fan that has been dropped and return it to the owner. He is taught further to walk with proud and prancing steps, when out with his mistress.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

One portrait Of a distinguished sub ject which the late Professor Lenbach began he never finished. The sitter in this case was the Queen of Holland. who, taking umbrage at a suggested change in her costume, sharply rebuked the artist, and ordered him to paint her as she was. Whereupon the spirited artist replied: "Your majesty can com nand your own subjects, but am a German and took his departure.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat won ders where the newspaper writers who are accusing the St. Louis hotel keepers of extortionate greed expect to go to. Advances have been made in some cases by the hotels, as compared with the rates of month or two ago." it says. ''In all cases the advances have been slight. There has been no extor- ton in the St. Louis hotels thus far. There will be none during the fair per- iod. Room enough is here for the en- tertainment of all who may come. and consequently the rates will remain moderate"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

Attempts to plate on aluminium have been mostly unsatisfactory. The diffi- culty Is attributed to an invisible film of oxide forming on that metal, and in new process c. F. Burgess and Carl Hambuchen seek to dissolve this film by adding to the bath a little sodium or ammonium f1uoride, or free hydroflu- oric acid. As they find zinc most adhe- sive to aluminium they first deposit a thin zinc coating. On this other met aIs, such as copper and silver, may be deposited by the usual electrolytic methods but if gold plate is required film of copper must first be deposited, as the gold sinks into the zinc and dis appears in few weeks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

Rider Haggard, who is writing letters from Egypt for the London Mail, notes that on the face of one of the temples at Abon Simbel, just above the solitary grave of British officer, is a white marble tablet recording General Gren- fells victory over the forces of the Mahdi at Toski in 1ss9 So poor and shallow is the cutting of this mable that already it is difficult to read. With in a few yards of it, setting out the victories of Egyptian kings, are many 1iieroglyphics almost as fresh, after 5000 years, as the day the sculptor left them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
YiYdLS.

(Continued on Fifth Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-07
RUSSIANS AGAIN
RETREAT NORTH
Abandon Seng-Cheng, Which Is
Then Occupied By japanese.
RAlKAL RAILWAY BEING REMOVED

Port Arthur Getting Ready to Give
Japs a Warm Reception In Event of
Another Attempt to Block the Har-
Dor - Port Arthur Newspaper De-
seribes last Bombsrdment.
Toxic. April 1.-THE advance guard
Of the japanese army in northwestern
Korea occupied the town OF Seng-
Cheng without opposition. Seng'
Cheng is on the Picking road. Is miles
west OF Chengju and about 40 miles
south OF Win.
When the Japanese drove the Rus
slams out Of Chengiu last Monday the
Russians withdrew in two columns,
one going over the Koak San road and
the other over the Picking road. The
japanese advance from ChengJu was
made very rapidly. 1t was anticipated
that the Russians would resist this
advance. but they failed to do so. and
now its is not probable that there will
be- any further opposition south OF the
lam river
Chengiu. because of its superior nat
ural surroundings. is the strongest
place between Ping Yang and Wiju.
Besides these natural advantages there
is an old Korean fort there. which.
had il been defended with spirit. would
have been hard to take. The Japa-
nese are gratihed at the comparative
ease with which they drove the Rus
SLAMS from the fort
Russian patrols are reported to be
In the country east Of the Picking road,
but il is not probable that there is any
considerable force OF Russians in that
section. The patrols are Withdrawing
gradually to the northward toward the
Yalu.
II is reported that the ice on the
Yalu Is we'll broken up. and in the IN.
ture the river must be crossed in
junks or over pOntOOn bridges.
"a dispatch from Toxic. dated April
/. said information had been received
there from a private source that the
Japanese. after dislodging the enemy
AT Chengju. had advanced to Yong
Chun (about IS miles west OF Cheng-
jul. from which place also they drove
the Russians after brief engagement
1t is possible that the many different
spellings given to Korean names in
gazeteers and on maps has led to con
fusion. and that the Seng-Cheng men
toned in the above message, and Yong
Chun referred 10 In the dispatch OF
April I. should be the same place.
The two towns, however. are quite dis
tlnct. being about . miles apart
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-07
The Port Arthur eombardment.


ST. Petersburg. April 4.-The Nov
Krai at Port Arthur thus describes
the scene on board the cruiser Bayan
during the recent bombardment In
which she distinguished herself
bursting shells bowled over mar
after man until the decks were slip.
perry with blood.
Amidst this hell the captain stood
unmoved in the coming tower, calmly
telephoning his orders to the gun cap
tains. His wonderful calmness had a
marvellous influence upon all the Off
GERS.
"The cockpit was soon crowded, 80
men being there before the fight end
ed: but amidst the crash of the guns.
the hiss of flying projectiles. the thun-
der OF explosions. the racket Of splin-
tiers and the din of the working en-
gines the surgeons labored over the
SID, ct the hospital operating table.
ALTHOUGH some of the men suffered
frightlul agony, there were few groans
In spite of the fact that anaesthetics
were administered in only one case.
when the battle ended and the
enemy began to draw off the officers
on the bridge cheered, and the cheer
ing extended down into the hold. the
stokers and even the wounded join
ing in It.
THE captain signalled for full speed
ahead after the retreating Japanese,
but the Bayan had not gone far before
the flagship signalled to return.
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