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F0TTNn TN A HALLWAY,

Policeman O'Brien arrested Charles Hotchkiss last night on a charge Of drunkenness and trespass. He was found intoxicated in hallway on Gen. . fer street..
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Kansas CITY Charter Defeat.

After warm campaign the people Of
Kansas City, by a decisive vote, have
rejected their home rule charter. An
ticipating that the Minneapolis Tribune
will find in this incident vindication
Of it's assaults upon all "home rule va
garies,'' it may be as we'll to tell the
truth about the Kansas City charter.
It seems to have been meritorious
measure, but one calculated to excite
most strenuous opposition, while it did
not rally the friends of reform because
the issues in the charter were numerous
and all tended to confuse and disorgan-
.ize it's friends, while the enemy pre-.
scented compact front, having no ex,
planning to do.
The debated provision in the charter
was the setting up of an excise com
mission independent Of the police
board. The excise provision was dras
tic, making it possible for two owners
Of real property to throw a saloon out
of the block by protesting against it.
The brewers and the saloon men rallied
their forces, and had with them the 20.
lice commission in an effort to defeat
the charter on this issue, and they won.
The charter had the support of the
whole press Of the city, and it was the
excise provision that they especially
wanted, it being well known that. the
politics Of Kansas City has been domi,
mated by the most vicious saloon ele-
ment. The success Of this element in
defeating the charter has stung the PEG.
pie Of Kansas City. They are now
moving on the legislature to give them
local option law that will enable them
to do some Of the things that the char.
ter would have done for them and done
it better. ..s-'.. , u ri.
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papers, but the loss last year in the
postoffice department was over $8,000,-
900. The price of carrying the mails on
railroads was $43,926,0O0, and Mr.. Post
feels certain that $l0,OOO,O0O was the
cost Of the work. Here he finds an op.
portunity to cut off great graft.
To effect this or any other reform, he
believes it necessary first to clear out Of
public office the representatives of the
great corporations. He has begun his
share of the work by petitioning the
senate to expel T. G. Platt. Plat is a
representative Of the express companies,
and openly opposes the post-check bill,
simply because it would deprive the ex-
press companies Of large revenue from
the transportation Of money.
1t is incidents like this that make the
people sit up and take notice Of the or
ganization of the senate. It is plain
that it is the citadel of corporate in
fuence in the government. It is plain,
too, that the reform of the senate will
not come about by the entrance now and
then of such a man as La Toilette. In
teresting and able as Mr.. La Toilette
may be, he cannot stand alone in the
senate. He must have colleagues and,
a good many of them, devoted to the
interest Of the people, before they can
jointly accomplish anything. The mi
tial step in reform is the election of
senators by the people. . ." ...-
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The Senatorial Citadel.

Mr.. G. w. Post, the man who is try
ing to have Boss Platt ousted from the
senate, recites in. letter to the New
York Press how the railroads make mill
ions out Of the treasury on the carrying
Of the mails.
The common carrying rate on grain
from Chicago to New York is Is cents,
it often falls to 6 cents hundred. Ad
hitting that mail matter takes more
room and is hauled on faster trains, Mr.
Post advances the argument that at
double the grain rate, there would be
money in the business for the railroads
He finds, however, that the average car
rying charge for all classes Of mail mat
ter is 500 a hundred,
The government receives $32 postage
a hundred on letters, $16 on merchan
disc, So on books, and dollar on news
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.Orn0mnnkeimeu
NICHOLSON WILL
TAKE HIS TIME
FORMATION OF NEW MINISTRY IS
BIG TASK.
Is Strong Man, but Has Not Been
Prominent in Politics or Statecraft
Of Norway-Press Taking Up the
Question with Vigor-Criticism of
Bostrom

f. q; Nicholson, who has been re-
quested to form a new Norwegian min
lstry, will be expected to take a few
days for thought. It is not probable
that he anticipated that he would be in
vlted to organize ministry. He is I'M
questlonably a strong man, but has not
been especially prominent in politics
or statecraft. He is resolute, indepen-
dent and energetic. If he accepts the
understanding that the regent will ap-
prove any act Of the storthing in estab-
fishing Norwegian consulate. On no
other condition can he accept, as the
only reason for his resignation from
the -Hagerup ministry was because it
would not demand the immediate or
ganlzatlon Of Norwegian consular
service.
Now that the general committee of
reported in favor Of immediate action,
it is plain to be seen what this body
will do. Thus far everything has been
peaceful. and there has not been a rip.
pie to disturb the placid life of Scandi-
navia on either side of Kjoelen.
Many Swedes are not overpleased
with what is Transporting in Norway, but
it begins to look as if Sweden would
accept the situation philosophically and
let Norway have her way without say
ing any more about abolishing the
union. The criticism against Premier
Bostrom for his part in terminating
the negotiations so abruptly and
strangely is growing stronger.
Beginning with Dagens Nyheter
Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet,
the tone of the press has been growing
distinctly inimical, the Gothenbure
and provincial papers being particularly
severe over what they characterize as
dishonorable tactics. Gothenburg
H. and S. Tidende dilates somewhat
over Bostrom's acts in starting the
movement which resulted in the ap.
pointment of joint high commission
to arbitrate the consular question, and
then deliberately refusing to accept a
unanimous report. Norway had right
to feel that it's confidence had been
abused and to refuse to enter upon new
negotiations. Sweden should feel
ashamed Of it's ministry. It is not I'M
likely that. Bostrom may be made a
scapegoat to be sent the same way in
which he sent Lagerheim.
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BOOK NEWS !.
AND GOSSIP

1 Z q p
THE FABLE OF THE. KNIFE
AND THE FOUNTAIN PEN, OR a
SLAM" AT THE MODERN NOVEL,
I'm going to compose novel some day
myself" I heard my fountain pen say to
my book-knife few evenings since, while
! was sitting in meditation, apparently
forgotten by the other occupants Of my
study. K. Is s8fS NJ
'You don't say 500 replied the book
knife with sarcastic infection.
but do tho" insisted the pen, with
point. I'm sharp enough to compose a
tale that will match the best Of them, u
and he flashed his bediamonded nibs with
pride in the light Of the student lamp.
Il don't like the way you use the word
compose in relation to novels. But that
aside, 1t isn't the word you want. The
word you want is. 'decompose' -
The fountain pen sweat a drop of ink.
but remained silent 49,. - ~
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIC.
LOGICAL EFFECT OF THE ROMANTIC
NOVEL OF ADVENTURE; THOUGHTS
SUGGESTED BY STANLEY J. WEY-
MANS NEW NOVEL.--Would the excite
ment Of too many thrills affect the heart
OF the habitual reader of such stirring
novels as Stanley ]. Weyman's The Alb.
hess OF VIaye?
: Atc 0'lLASolIy Ill answering SUCH u
question lies in the inability to get a suf-
ficient supply of Weymanesque thrills in
fresh fiction. In other words such tales
come so infrequently that the excitement
does not last long enough at any one
time to produce a measurable physiolog-
lcal effect. Furthermore, with the read
ing of such tales there is always more
or less reading of an antidotal sort.
Here then is a chance for some college
f11rn to 0,,io
his students sort of poison squad" fo1
the purpose OF noting the effects Of va
r1ous forms OF literature on the human
constitution.
If the Psychologist considered such tests
nonsense, perhaps the psychologist would
not. Indeed the physical effects would
depend in the first place upon the an
sWer to psychological question: Would
much reading Of exciting novels tend tc
blunt the Irritable sense and deaden the
effect upon the palpitant organ? If yes
then of course there could be no serious
harm done to that organ.
The matter is one for scientists; we
have done our duty in calling attention
to it. ~
OF course it is easily inferred from the
! above what is the nature of "The Abbess
or Vlaye'; it is story, in spots, to sci
ones heart humping. See this as the
climax Of a scene in which one mans
blood has already been split:
And, with sterner sound, another sound.
For as the man collapsed and fell in on him
self figure hitherto hidden in the doorway
sprang over his falling body, long blade
flashed in the candlelight, and the Captain of
Vlaye staggered back, hand pressed to his
| breast He made a futile attempt to ward
with his poniard, but it fell from his grasp.
Silent, grim, with unquenchable hate in his
eyes, he reeled against the table, And then
from the table, dragging with him all--silver
and glass and frut-in one common crash, he
| dead.
Longmans. Green s Co. New York 81 10
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A BRIDGE TRoLLEYED TO DEATH

Electr1clty says the Brooklyn bridge
is now reaching a period in it's histoTv
when the paramount question of danger
overrides all other considera lions. and
the structure must be rebuilt to insure
public confidence and safety. Its rate of
deterioration has been $1,000 wear.
which the engineering experts have attrib
uted to overstrain and electrolysis Over
strain perhaps was to have been expected
OF the only direct connecting link be-
tween TWO great cities, but electrolysis
as a cause of destruction of so noble a
structure represents a certain knowing
heedlessness on the part of trolley comma
MES, whose experiences should have called
for some provision on their part against
such disastrous consequences. The iour-
nal thinks that better means ought to be
taken to prevent similar destruction of
the new bridge further up the river.
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The Santo Domingo Treaty.

The senate foreign affairs committee,
having freely amended the treaty ne
gotiated by the state department. with
the. santo Domingo government, on
Wednesday,, agreed yesterday, by a
strictly party vote, to report it favor
ably. ~ ..4.,,. .5.N
The amendments remove some of the
chief objections which have been urged
against the treaty, such as the binding
of the United States to give the Do
minican government assistance, besides
adjustment Of the debt, to restore it's
credit, increase the efficiency of the
administration of the civil government,
preserve order, and advance the mate
rial interests of the republic. Under
the amendment, the United States may
give such additional assistance, if it
so desires The committee wisely in
serted in the treaty clause providing
against reputation of the terms by
Morales successors and laying the speci-
fed obligations upon them. Another
amendment specifies the claim Of the
Santo Domingo Improvement company
(American) as, under the application
of the treaty, having been agreed upon
and in process of collection in several
custom houses by United States Off
cials, and nothing is left in the treaty
which may be construed as against the
application of the Monroe doctrine to
the Santo Domingo case.
The president, in his second message
to the senate, urges that it will remove
any apprehension of foreign interfer-
ence and will insure the prosperity Of
the republic and prevent the collection
Of grossly unjust claims by foreign
extortionists. The limitation of the
term Of the American debt-collecting
operations to ten years, as proposed,
does not seem to be included in the
amendments; but, no doubt, when the
treaty comes before the senate, such
arrangement will be duly considered.
| Morales hold on the presidency is
rather slippery, and there is even now
a revolutionary junta plotting on Grand
| Turk island, about seventy miles away,
for his overthrow. Instability turnout
| it's entire history as an independent
state, and the financial needs Of sue
cessive revolutionary administrations,
embodying forced loans and reckless
borrowing at enormous rates Of interest,
have bankrupted the republic. Every
revolution interferes more or less with
| business and minimizes the customs re-
ceipts, from which it is proposed our
government will pay off the 100000
Indebtedness to foreign claimants, OF
whatever the claims will amount to af-
ter razing the extortionate ones tc
legitimate dimensions. The American
claim, which has been taken in hand
by our government, amounts to over
$4,00O,000, based upon the shutting OF
a capital of few hundred thousands
Of dollars.
/ The facts that the democratic mem
bers Of the senate foreign relations
committee voted solidly against the
treaty, and that number Of demo
cratic senators outside the committee
have expressed their hostility to it fol
various reasons, suggest that the doeu
ment will have tempestuous time il
the open senate and may be defeated
altogether.
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AT THE THEATERs
observation-disclosures con,stock In "The
Crisls.D

5.ss5s II
1t Is difficult to say how the dramatixa-
ton of Winston Churchills civil war
story, The Crisis would impress ono
VINO had never read the book. Probably
1t would seem an intense but rather inco-
herent story, or rather a series Of scenes.
the relatively of which was not clearly
dehned. The salvation of the book made
pay, hoWeyer-if there is any saliva ton
for titles in the fact that most of thoss
VINO see 1t have read the book and UNI
consciously supply from memory, the facts
and the relations OF things that must be
omitted from the stage version The psy-
Geological progress of such a love story
as forms the main theme of 1.-THE Crisis
cannot, In the nature OF things, be traced
IN a four-act play At most the adapter
Is reduced to the expedient of showing a
series OF snapshots, as it We're made at
critical moments in the story. The mag
lnatlon OF the audience must be depended
upon to fill out the pictures.
Thus it happens that the success Of
isucH 9 characterization as '"The Crisis" de.
ponds very largely on how we'll the princi-
pal actors match the previously formed
mental. pictures Of the characters of the
story. Judged by this criterion, Miss
Nannette Comstock and her company fig
ure In successful production. Miss Com
stock herself realizes the Virginia Carvel
OF the book admirably. She is girlish
hearted, impulsive. The progress Of
the battle between love and patriotism
Which RACES in her heart is denoted with
convincing and unaffected sincerity. She
neither storms, the heights of passion nor
reveals the depths of emotion. Rather Is
she charming, pure minded girl ethere-
ally FEMININE and transparent as crystal
In such ingenious roles Miss Comstock will
fairly demonstrate her title to starhood.
Crosby Leonard fills the ideal of Stephen
Br1ce admirably. He shows the steady
self-control, the dominating conscience Of
the Puritan character. His mistaken poise
and manly bearing, his strong yet we'll
restrained voice are items in the picture.
MelV1ne Hunt In the contrasting role Of
the hot-headed southron, whose cavalier
blood tells, has a tendency toward stagi-
ness, but redeems himself in the fine
scene of remuneration in the last act, when
he has been chastened by war and wounds
and softened by the kindness Of his ene-
my. Albert Perry contributes a capital
lmpersonation Of that stern and crusty
old abol1tionist, Colonel Whipple, whose
good deeds belle his rough words. The
kindly Colonel Carvel of Frederick May
nard furnishes the needful contrast. John
Dugan impersonates the calculating and
INSCRIPTIONS Eliphalet Hopper with picto-
rial fidelity.
The odd costumes Of the ante-bellum
PERIOD, the 1ever-to-b e-forgotten uni
forms of blue and gray, the glimpses of
j troublous times in st. Louis, the reverber-
atoms OF war that figure in the back
ground give 'The Crisis an interest for
this day and generation quite apart from
its dramatic values.
w. B. Chamberlain
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Needing a Muzzle.

The Minnesota house, busy as it is,
/ wasted its morning session yesterday
wrangling over the question whether an
investigating committee should hire a
new clerk, or have one of the present
, employees assigned to help in it's work.
, The keynote Of the discussion seemed
; to be feeling against the so-called die
tation of the committee on rules. -
! This gay and thoughtless waste of
time by the members goes to show. the
/ need of that same committee on rules,
: and the need Of giving it larger powers
than it has today. The committee used
Z to have nothing to do but to draw up
the permanent rules Of the house at the
: beginning of the session. This year a
: new rule was added, giving it a sort of
Z veto power over all propositions to in
crease the number of house employees
( 1t takes a three-fourths vote of the
house to overturn such vote from the
rules committee, and the wrangle yes
terday was all because the committee
had exercised it's power in the interests
! of economy.
Over this insignificant question of de-
tail, which never ought to have been
J considered by the house as whole, a
{ debate rose which occupied a half day 5
I session. AS the legislature costs $4,000
"a day, this undignifed pothering con
ssumed $500 worth of time.
: The house is struggling with the re
vised code, and has still on it's table
nearly all the important legislation OF
the session. Much of it will not be
Sacted on for lack Of time, at the present
rate of proceeding. The value to the
state of legislative day is not to be
{ measured in money.
; If the common sense Of the members
cannot be trusted to keep the decks
clear for really important business, ther
the Minnesota house ought to adop1
some rules like those Of the lower house
at Washington. There the rules com
mittee yields a power that is often re
sented, but without it the business O.
the house could not be disposed of. Thu
committee makes rule for the consid
Grafton Of each question, allowing tn
time to be used in debate. It woult
expedite business at st. Paul if the tim
for consideration of each bill wer
limited, and trivial matters kept off tn
floor entirely.
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Home Rule Redivivus.

Home rule for Ireland will not down.
1t was only scotched by the failure Of
the Gladstone bill in the house Of lords
and the subsequent collapse of the lib
i eral party. Recent events in the house
'sof commons indicate that the question
is still very much alive and that the
Irish national party under the leader
ship of John Redmond is as integral a
part of English politics as ever it was
under Parnell.
The present contentious over Ireland
appear to be due to the suggestions Of
the Irish Reform association, which was
organized last August under the
auspices of LordNDunraven and other
Irish landlords who have hitherto been
identified with the conservative party.
The proposals of this association en-
bodied what is known as the "devolu;
ton of legislative and administrative
authority to those more Immediately
representing the Irish people. The pro-
posal of the association was that under
parliamentary auspices there should be
formed an Irish financial council COM
posed Of twelve members elected by the
borough and county constituencies and
twelve nominated by the government.
This council, under the presidency of
the lord lieutenant, is to have largely
the control of Irish finances and its
decisions are to be final unless reversed
by the house Of commons. There was
also to be set up statutory body"
to be composed Of the Irish peers, Irish
members of the house Of commons and
past members Of the council. This body
should have the initiation of laws re.
lating to purely Irish matters.
This sort Of home rule, emanatine
from landlord body threw. the con.
sentative party into confusion, espe.
eially when it was discovered that the
Irish under secretary, with the comm.
vance of Mr.. Wyndham, the chief sec
rotary, was flirting with the proposals
of the association. The Protestant
members from Ulster made great out
cry and the chief secretary was forced
4 to resign from the cabinet
8=T The Irish party in parliament natur.
ally feels its position greatly strength.
+ ened by the fact that large number
Of Irish landlords have, by their own in.
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GELETT BURGESS SENSITIVE LIT
ERARY coNScIENcE.-An uncommon
case of literary conscience somewhat rare
in these days of the scramble for publi-
cation, comes to light in the withdra wal
of Gelett Burgess MaxIms of MethuseIah
from his publishers announcement, says
THE Lounger" in The Critic for March.
The ''Maxirns - which have been appear
ing seriallyv in a monthly magazine, pur-
port to present the precepts of the patri-
arch for the benefit ..of his great grandson
shem, at the latter,s$ coming of age, and
are chiefly concerning women, embodying
the old mans supposititious experiences
with the women Of the Land Of Nod. The
whole is an up-to-date guide for the
young man In love-" The contracts for
the book had been signed and the copy
was half set up by the printer when Mr..
Burgess. fearing the, possible accusation
misogynist, cancelled his agreements, paid
the printer for the composition, and sup
pressed the publication.
HOW NOAH GOT THE ANIMALS
INTO THE ARk.-How did Noah get the
animals into the ark? Whether this
question has worried theologians or not,
it is settled, together with other puzzles
of the flood, by ERNEST U. Smith in Ra-
,
the daughter Of Noah. was inspired with
the idea that if it were not for mans
cruelty to the beasts of the forest they
would not be cruel and dangerous. In
consequence she went into the great
jungles and deserts and made friends of
the dumb brutes and led them to a great
enclosure and thence they entered the
ark In contradiction Of Marys theory,
however, the animals became savage
again Immediately after they left the ark.
The story is clever fabrication. The
introduction is an attempt to prove, by
quotations from scientists, that the gar
den Of Eden was in western South Amer
lea. The story itself tells of the wars
between the inhabitants Of Eden and Nod
before the food. Rachel. the daughter of
the king of Eden. was beloved by many
men. but her heart was given to Japheth.
the son Of Noah. He was the kings gen.
eral. but was taken prisoner by the Nod
domites after having been wounded by
his own men. The king likewise was
slain and the nation fell under the sway
of Hag, a treacherous and dissolute gen
eral He ordered Rachel to prepare her
self to become his bride. In the height
Of a Saturnalian banquet she escaped
thru secret .passageway and altho pur-
sued by Hag's soldiers reached the ark
and was united with Japheth. who had
eluded the Noddomites. L. s. K.
New York: The Grafton Press Price $3.50.
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SUPPORT FOR NORWAY
Swedish Socialists Take Sides With
Norsk Neighbors.

The Swedish socialists have taken the
over the Norwegian plan to organize a
separate consular service. At con-
vention of the social democratic party
in Stockholm, DIR. Alfred Eriksen of
Norway asked for an expression of opin
ion, hoping that it would be favorable
to Norway, which simply maintained
it's right as a sovereign state.
Branting declared that the party was
not only convinced that Norway was
justified in her position, but Sweden had
broken faith in the most shameless man.
ner. The convention adopted resolu-
ton of warm greetings for Norway.