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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
5. MODERN SAMSON
Had a Strong Chest, but Sledge Ham.
mer Knocked Him Out. -
Portland, Ore, Journal.

t Portland, Ore, Journal.
A five-pound hammer in the hands
of a .strong-armed logger smashing
the jaw of modern Sampson was the
stunt witnessed in the Majestic cafe in
the North End last Sunday night.
Professor Glover, who calls himself
Hercules" is giving exhibitions in
saloons. One Of his sensational feats
is to place a large stone on his chest
and let some one break it with a
sledge hammer. On this occasion the
arm of the striker was in the pink
of condition from long welding of an
ak and maui in logging camp at
Scappoose.
His reputation as a hard hitter was
at stake, and that; to wallop the stone
with all his might was the intention,
no one could dispute. The hammer
buzzed thru the air and landed with
the force of a piledriver.I Instead of
connecting. with the original target,
it settled on the mouth of Glover: with
a jar that shook the. glasses on the
bar. .st-44 . -.-. ~.
Glover was knocked, senseless, and
lit took the doctors two hours to re-
vive him.. He is minus several teeth
and a. few chips from his jawbone.
He is back at work again.. and says
that hereafter when there is any
doubt of the striker not being able to
hit the bullseye, he will wear a shield
over his face.
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compare favorably with that of any
of the big, opera companies. Miss
Olive Kerr, whose meritorius work In
the opening and closing .burlesques,
cannot fail to please, has appeared In
many of the leading opera companies
Of England and Australia. This IS ner
first appearance in America. Among
others whose voices lend enchantment
to the performance are Flossie Coy, a
phenomenal barytone, Emily Nice,
dainty soubrette, and Ruth Jordan,
who assumes the leading boy part. OF
the funmakers with the show may be
mentioned John Jess, "a clever Irish
years ago in "A Hot Old Time scored
a hit. He was starred in that piece for
four seasons The act, Madden and
Jess, is said to be the only Irish act
that makes good" without telling
Joke or singing song: McRae ana a1
fayorites. Miss Wyatt is an author as
well as a performer, and several Of
her travesties are now being produced
by different burlesque shows. En-
monds. Emmerson and EmmOnds the
tourists, have an act. that has been
seen in every large city in the world.
They twice made a circuit of the globe
and were very successful. They are
now preparing for their third trip ana
are booked to appear in Sidney, Aus
tralia, in September. George H. Dia-
mond is one. of the few vocalists in
vaudeville singing to moving pictures.
These pictures were made expressly
for him by Wizard Edison at his lab
oratory, Orange, N. J. One of the
many spectacular features offered by
the Utopians is grand dramatic re-
view in three scenes. This review Is
| interpreted by the entire company,
headed by George B. Alexander, an
actor Of note. The first scene, a con-
cert hall near the famous Five Points,
New York city, shows lige among the
slums. Drifter, an outcast, is about
to commit suicide, when prevented by
United States army captain, who in
! duces him to enlist. The second scene
year later, shows the Moro country
of the Philippines, where the captain
4 and Drifter are on duty. A fierce en-
gagement between the Americans anc
Moros takes place in which the life OF
/ the captain is saved by Drifter, who i:
himself MORALLY wounded. The thirC
scene shows the death of the soldid
and a magnificent spectacle Of vision
| of his early home. The travestie!
which open and close the show are re
plete with wit, humor and catchy mus
| ical numbers. 'e.-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
EARL zPEhcER
FROM THE SKEECHA

Should the liberals, as is expected,
be returned to power at the general
election which, it is stated, will take
place at Easter, Earl Spencer, the lib
eral leader in the House of Lords. will
be called upon by King Edward to
form a cabinet. Earl Spencer is the
proudest of the mobiles of England, and
unquestionably the strongest man in
the liberal party. :
Physically the earl is a splendid
type of man-tall,s broad shouldered,
and carrying himself like king. To
his flowing red beard he owes the
sobriquet Of Red Earl. In Ireland,
where, as viceroy, he ruled with an
iron hand when coercion was fashion
able, he was called Foxy Jack The
bayonet, buckshot, and the galloWs
were applied unsparinglybyh him to the
Irish until he demonstrated to Eng
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BijOu-JOseph Murphy.

Joseph Murphy the Irish romantic
actor, will commence q weeks en-
gagement at the Bijou tomorrow af-
ternoon, to include the regular
Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
The appearance of this player is al
ways looked forward to with much in
terest, as he has come to be recog-
nized as one of the great opponents of
the Irish drama. For the past decade
Mr.. Murphy has been presenting but
two plays, kerry Cow" and "Shaun
Rhue," and the public is SO we'll sat-
isfied with these plays, that it is not
likely the actor will ever present any
others. Naturally, after familiarity
covering a period of more than twenty
years, Mr.. Murphy has ceased to act
his plays in the literal sense of the
word, but simply lives on the stage
his characters, and it is these natural
impersonations that so please the pub
lie that the theaters are always crowd
ed at his every performance.
Kerry Cow" was first produced as
far back as 1875, at the Grand Opera
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he exposes the wretched plots Of the
two Calligans and restores his sister
Kate to her rights. A particularly
pathetic moment is when the Irish lad
is driven from home by his irate
father, but before leaving his country
visits the grave of his mother in a
nearby churchyard, and kneeling
down, sings in most appealing way,
the pathetic song, "a Handful of
Earth In this play Mr.. Murphy
presents two widely different types of
the Irishman with wonderful skill.
This season the star is supported by
an excellent company Of players,
some of whom have been associ-
ated with him for many years. Both
plays will be given with a picturesque
and handsome scenic setting. "Ker-
ry Cow will be presented Sunday
and Wednesday matinees, and Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday nights,
while shaun Rhue' will hold the
! boards Wednesday Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights and Saturday
matinee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

Correspondence of The, Journal ,i
Christiania Norway, Feb 12.-There are
two days in the year when Christiania
people devote themselves mainly to the
program of the day and to the pleasure
they get out of it.
These days are the national indepen-
dence day MAY 10 and the Holmenkol
day.
The first part Of February is the time
to witness the several Norwegian sport
ing contests. Then the great trotting
skating and ski races take place. We have
had something in this line going on al
most every day lately $3.50 Z Z, ,5,fs
The skating races for the championship
of the world resulted in Mr.. Gundersen,
the European champion, being defeated
by Mr.: Sinnerud who now is the world $
champion. In al flour races, over 500,
$500, 5000 and 10000 metres, he came in
first. His time: As Is seconds; 3 min
utes. 81 As seconds; minutes, 26 2-6 sec
onds; 10 minutes. Is Is seconds, respec-
lively.
The combined Holmenkol ski races
started last Sunday with a Is klometer
lcross-country run. But the main attrac-
ton to the great public is and always will
be the leaping contest which took place
last Monday under the most favorable
1 circumstances. The snowfall had been
plentiful lately and the track was in A
| hrSt-class condition. The thermometer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

land that repression would not settle
the Irish question, and then he became
a pronounced home ruler. AS a home
ruler he was boycotted in upper-ten-
dom, but he bore it in silence, and,
while Lord Rosebery was only home
ruler on his tongue while Gladstone
lived, Spencer remained as firmly at
tached as John Morley to the prin-
ciple. go
| He was twice viceroy of Ireland. His
call to the premiership will be hailed
with delight by the Irish people and
will be taken as another indication of
the kings friendliness. He was, when
young man, groom Of the stole to
| the prince consort, and later to King
| Edward when he was Prince of Wales,
1 so that they are. old friends. The earl's
name is John Yoyntz Spencer. He is
| 50 years of age. B.
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Observation-Disclosures Rice.

ri
Something entirely out of the beaten
track in theatrical entertainments will
be offered at the Metropolitan to-mor-
row night and all next week in the en-
gagement of the Coincidence Fannie
Rice and her company of speciality
artists. Fannie Rice is unique and un-
doubtedly could furnish, unaided, an
entertainment that would suffice for
the amusement of theater-goers for
several hours. Everything that she
does conveys a rollicking spirit of good
nature that puts an audience en- rap
port with her immediately So infec-
tious is her jollity that she has become
one of the favorite headliners in the
vaudeville world. Bobby Gaylor. the
clever impersonator of Irish character,
is Miss Rice's chief assistant in the
comedy line. He has a speciality in
which he sings some pleasing songs
and develops the humorous character
istics of the highest type of the irish
American citizen. Others who will
add materially to the diversity of the
program are May and Edna Elliott in
new and novel dances; Clara Hess in
operate selections; the three Fortune
brothers, European marvels, in start
ling act; Mile. Esmeralda the Xylo-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
A REsoURCEFUL BRIDEGROOM
His Quick Wit Helped Him Out of a d.
Iemn1a.
BROOKLYN Eagle


Brooklyn Eagle.
., .Itsis generally held that the bridegroom
at a wedding is a considerably ratified
person. but little incident that occurred
at fashionable church wedding here this
week proves that there is at least one
bridegroom who had his presence of mind
we'll under control, even under trying cir,
tcumStances.
! 1t was an evening wedding and, Of
course the principals were in evening
dress. The groom was bothered about get
ting a pair Of white kid gloves, but finally,
as those he had ordered did not arrive. one
of the ushers kindly procured pair at the
eleventh hour.
When the groom tried to put them on,
for some reason only one would fit. Here
was a nice state of affairs to say the
least The ushers We're already in the
church seating the friends as they arrived.
The glove still refused to go on, and it
was evident that something must be done,
and socn, too.
The next chapter of the story developed
in the church
why. doesn't it look odd" whispered
one woman to another, Ito see all the
men with one glove on and the other in
their hand?'
Ssh. Keep still!'' commanded her
friend. Il suppose that is new wrinkle.
This is a very stylish wedding, You know"
The fact was that a happy thought
struck the groom while he was fussing
with the obstinate glove. and he sent word
to his ushers for each one. to take off one
glove and carry. it in his hand when the
wedding party marched up the aisle. Most
. of the people who witnessed tie wedding,
which. was a very tasteful one turnout,
do not know yet why all the men wore
one white glove and carried the other. The
secret licked out recently.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
DeWey-The Utopians.

T. w. Dinkins', Utopian company, a
matchless organization Of beauty and
fun, will be the Dewey's offering for
the coming week. Perhaps no bur-
lesque organization of recent years
presents SO many novel features and
brilliant effects as the Utopians. Par
ticUlar attention has been paid to the
vocal qualities Of the up-to-date cho-
rus, comprising twenty-five young
and pretty girls. This chorus would
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
ELECTRIC CARS
WITHOUT WIRES
"A NEW SURFACE CONTACT SYS-
.. TEN is TRIED.
The Contacts Are "Alive" Only
While the Trolley Car Is Passing
Over Them-A Speed of Eighty
Miles an Hour Is Promised by the
Inyentor-Trials at Atlantic City.

Atlantic City, N. IA new surface
contact transportation system was
tested at Atlantic City recently on a
mile track on the Pennsylvania rail-
road in the presence of large num-
Der of electricians and railroad men.
This system of car propulsion does
away with the third rail, overhead
wires, poles, open conduits, cables and
storage batteries, and is called a wire
less system. It is declared that under
it the cost Of maintenance is one
fourth that of any other system. An
especially. large open trolley car was
used for the experiment, and over 100
persons were crowded in it. Beneath
the car is a series of magnets, which
make the contact as the car passes
over the boxes which are in the CEN
ter of the track, sixteen feet apart. In
verified saucers. They are on the sur
face of the street, but do not in the
least impede travel. The contacts are
alive only at the time Of the passage
of the car over them. When the mag
nets pass over the contacts they fly up
ward. making the contact in a flash.
The test was declared to be successful
by the electricians who witnessed it.
The car ran smoothly and at practi-
cally any rate of speed required. 1t
is declared that by running full sized
passenger coaches, sleepers, freight
and street railway cars, all on one
system, each box will furnish 800
horse power, and with two boxes to
a car and three cars to a train, that
1900 horse power will be generated,
and a speed of eighty miles an hour
attained with no. loss of current. The
equipment can be placed on either a
steam or electric road at moderate
cost. Another virtue claimed by the
inventor is that electrolysis is impos-
lsible under. this system, and that in-
jury to horses #or pedestrians is equal
ly so. is also asserted that the sys-
tenn can be operated under all condi-
tons of weather and thru snow, water
or ice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
BIGGEST SCREW DRIVER
Enormous Device to Be Used in wDriy.
ing Tunnel.
Philadelphia Record.

The largest and most powerful
Screwdrivers ever devised have Just
been delivered in the vicinity Of New
York. The Pennsylvania railroad; in
planning for it's double tube under the
North river, has decided that it need
ed them, and the engineering depart
ment, working with the construction
department. has provided them.
b The carpenter, in using the ordina-
about thirty pounds. The new screw
driver will have a power of zoo, 900
pounds, equal to that exerted by 1855
carpenters. They will drive the great
piles which must be sunk under the
will, in fact, be the piles
themselves. Inasmuch as about ,OOO,-
900 pounds of metal will be used in
the tubes, faint idea of; what the
piles will have over them can be
formed. X
The screwdriver piles are cylinders
2A feet in diameter, made Of cast
iron IN inches thick. They will be
located every fifteen feet centrally, so
that, both tubes will be reinforced
They will be made in length short
enough to be handled in the tunnel,
the successive lengths being belted on
as the pile sinks. The screwdriver
or screw point, so-called, is at the end
it will have one turn of 81 inches and
diameter Of ~ feet.
Examples of the power Of the screw
were given yesterday, when it was
said that its force would be equaled
only by weight of 100000 pounds
placed on the pile or it could be
equaled by the power Of a lever one
half mile long, at the end. of which
would be man weighing $50 pounds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

phone soloist; the Rozinos, comedy &C
robats, in their popular act on the
bounding billiard table, and the great
Leon, the prince of illusionists. who
executes a number of original tricks
and illusions in a manner that COM
pletely mystifies the audience. The
usual matinees are held on Wednesday
and Saturday.
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Viola Allen Is Coming.

Opera-hOuSe on April rs as Viola In
Twelfth Night" Miss Allen, thanks.
to fine constitution and a skilfully
performed operation, is now able to
take short walks daily. That Miss
Allen was compelled to close her New
York engagement almost Immediately
after achieving a great personal tri-
umph must have been most disap-
pointing. Her Viola is spoken of as
being her best hit, and her rendering
of the comedy situations delightful in
the extreme.
FoorL1GHr FLASHES.
The Roosevelt Marching club, in Il. A: Bar:
Occupy he stage of the
nights and Wednesday matinee, commencing
Charles Frohmans Empire theater stock COM
pany will present Henry Arthur Jones' enter
tanning comedy: embarrassing Julia at the
Metropolitan. for three nights and Saturday
matinee.
Paul Gilmore. in Isaac Henderson $, four-act
comedy drama, The Mummy and the Humming-
Bird. - will be the attraction at the Metropoli-
Louis James and Frederick Warde; in a SUI
booked for the Metropolitan for the half-week
starting Thursday. March "a
- Francis Wilson and star company. in Nixon =
Zmmerman's elaborate revival of 'Erminie, y
which is underlined for presentation ut the Met
rropolitan during the entire week commencing
crowded houses at the Garrck theater in Chi
cugo and the production is meeting with the
enthusiastic thu approval of both press and public.
Castle Square Garden opera company present
ing grand opera in English. will begin at the
April 3.
"Yon Yonson.', the Swedish comedy drama
now In its twelfth year of success will be
presented at the Bijou Cpera-house following the
engagement of Joseph. Murphy. The title part
this year is played b? Nels Erickson. who is j
alive Swcdc. with experience both on American
and Swedish stages.
The Sign of the Four new romanti.
drama and presented by probably one of the bes
Wooded and Parted,'' the big melodra dram;
written by Theodore Kremer. who has writer
| and produced more plays this season than all the
other authors combined
| brilliant and successful melodramas ever writ
ten which is from the pen of Theodore Kremer
announced for appearance at the Bijou opera
THE stain of Guilt will be presented at tn,
unique creation In the heroine who is at frs
supposed to be an Italian street singer, and il
s'g The PRESENTATION SEN 81 David Harum which
this season. will be the most successful drama
tization of popular book that the stage ha
na BY thy that he % naR I ndw m
! third year having outlived many works which
were given to the. public at the time it wa
staged.
David Higgins and Georgia Waldron are star
ring this season in Mr. Higgins latest and sue
| cessful play, THE Last Dollar
AL H. Wilson, the golden voiced singer who
such favori!e here, will made his annual visi
Among the attractions to appear at the Bio
later in the season AL Martins "Uncle Tom
Cabin" Ben Hendricks, the northland singer il
Little outcast.' in which Annie Biancke mad
such a hit last season., and "A Ruined Life
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
HIS CHIEF ASSET.

at.fs2 Boston. Transcript.
Barnes-Holden always was lucky fellow I /
believe he was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth
Howcs-That probably accounts for his persis-
tency in keeping his mouth shut. He doesn't l
mean to lose that spoon. you know.
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rHE EASY PASSAGE OF THE ALPs
q, New crk sun.

Napoleon was inspiring his soldiers !
eft will be no trouble to cross the Alps, he
assured them. We will simply so bellywhack-
ing down likcwe did when we were boys. :, s
with Wild cheer they prepared to invade
Italy. Iss 81 s4l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
THE POULTRY SHOW.
4 Fine Display To Be Made at
Madison Square Garden.

The coming of the poultry, pigeons and pet
stock with a cat show also. to Madison Square
Garden will occur this week The New-Hor
Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association has
had SO many years OF experience and popularity
that its fifteenth annual exhibition. which opens
Tuesday morning, under the superintendent
Of Secretary Crawford, is proof that the poultry
show mas become more than an enterprise with
a big business end to it in behalf OF the breed
ers and sellers of poultry.
The New-York show leads all others in i'm
rortance. and the list of special and regular
prizes, with the competition open to the world
brings to it the finest birds in this country ana
many noted ones from England.
The entries this year have been limited to four
thousand, as the space In the Garden, even
with the platform the boxes will be filled
to its capacity. The pigeons claim this place
and get it, and their admirers can see thein
Without trouble. They favorites with the
women and children. just the rabbits and
CAVES are, the other side of the building.
and the handsome breeding yards and exhibition
cages will hold the centre.
The showing of bantams will be especially
strong The little fellows are no longer merely
the nets and playthings Of the little ones OF the
..ousehold. They finely bred the best strains
being represented, and the reproduction in
smaller pattern of the noted varieties of poultry
has placed the American bantam in the front
rank in the fea.hered parade.
The show has its way to fashionable
patronage. The owners of many large estates
,.e enthusiastic breeders of poultry and they
spend money for the best stock, for they find it
ulys them to do
The cat show. in the concert hall. Is under
tie auspices and direction Of the Atlantic Cat
cub Of which Mrs. W S. Hofstra is president.
CATS which competing for the cup given by
.i~.. Iiofstra the handsome silver trophies and
t.. money prizes come from the homes Of fash
i.a-ble people and aid in the fashionable at
jD-!au,e at the show, sharing with the pigeons
AL tie rabbits and the CAVES in the attention
tLe- receive.
The cat show VIII be open Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday. and the secretary OF the
club reports more entries than last year and
greater value in the exhibits.