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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
GRANGEVILLE'S FIRE LOSS
Damage In the Idaho Town Is a Quar-
ter of Million.

Spokane Wash Vas h Sept: ia saetao large
sGrangeville, Idaho, was destroyed by
fire today, causing loss estimated at
$25O,O0O Over forty buildings, mostly
frame structures, were destroyed The
heaviest loss was on the department
store of Alexander & Freigesy, whose
loss is placed at $150,000. 81. E. Sash
erson Is general merchandise store also
well insured
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

Addicks says J. Frank Alice was not
fitted intellectually for the United States
senate, but that he gave him the place
Just as filler. This goes toward prov
ing that Addiclss is not a fit man to Sc
lect United States senator's, fact which
Il the people have for some time been, as
lit were, Delaware Of. f.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
ADJUSTMENTS

Metro polltan--Ro hert ManteiI In "OtfSello.' =
Robert Mantell and his players gave the
third play In their Minneapolis repertory
last evening, When they presented 'Othel-
lo.t' Mr. Mantells conception Of "Othel-
10. was frank, generous, Inagnanimous.
but MS ioftiness Of spirit had too much
OF arrogance to harmonic entirely with
the parparlc simplicity Of Shakspere's
drawing: He was too much the prince,
until, blinded by the dark, fierce flood
Of jealousy let loose by lagos poisonous
Whispers, ne gave glimpse of the real
man thal grew stronger and stronger until
relentless justice had been satisfied and
ms eyes We're opened to an agonized re-
allzat1on that he had committed crime,
not saved his honor. 1t is pity that Mr..
Mantell marred his reading Of the lines
Win an lncoherency that, at times, was
almost irritating "a
those who had seen him as de Mauprat
or as Henry VI. His understanding of
the cunning malignant power that over
came the Moor's nobleness of soul was
consistent and convincing. Marie Bootl,
Russell also did her best work of the
week IN Desdemona, presenting pa
lhetlc picture Of the meek, submissive
woman VINO was too gentle to resist or to
resent. The Emilia of Emily Dodd was
full Of spirit. Alfred Hollingsworth had
the part Of Cassie and Arthur H. Ebbets
that of Roderigo
Inc play was splendidly staged and the
scenes In Venice and in Cyprus were OF
unusual beauty.
Minneapolis audiences are seldom salts
ned until they have separated an actor
from MS role and in response to an in
slstent demand Mr.. Mantell resumed his
own personality and made a short speech
| . y a - V,,,. r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

It Is a strange anomaly in modern life
that q man Of M. Whites brain character
and patriotism should have to answer to
a small, gnarled, vacuous and pestiferous
imbecile like Nicholas IL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

Pat Grove must have solved the prob
lem Of aerial navigation. He has been
seen in three cities a thousand miles
apart within twenty-four hours.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

p. Benjamin Andrews sees another
great European war just ahead. 3. Ben
'jamin has seen things before.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

Former Senator Stewart OF Nevada has
lost bis fortune in a minute. Evidently
he was Just the opposite Of the get-rich-
quick brand Of senator.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

A penny saved is penny earned.
You not only save pennies, but nickels
and dimes if you trade with those
who advertise their bargain lists in the
Market Basket Column on the Want
Page today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
An Editors Judgment.

Mr.. Chamberlain correspondence
from Scandinavia was published by spe-
cial arrangement in the Chicago Amer
lean. Emery Foster, managing editor
of the American. saws.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

1t Is all very we'll for Professor Heron
to talk about free love, but he took care
to fall freely and fully in love with a
lady who had s11, 900, 900 to boot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
CASTRO AS A HuMoRlsT
philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
In preparing for his war against the
United States President Castro of Ven
ezuela is having gunboat built in this
country There is not wanting some hui
NOR in the fellow, tho 1t be involuntary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

The appointment Of Frederick ", Brown
to the district bench pleases lot of peo-
pie. Governor Johnson had several good
men under consideration and might have
chosen from that number good
judge, but their claims had been
pressed warmly and the governor
seems to have turned to man
Of his own selection as better way to
dispose of the matter than to try to choose
among several acceptable candidates. 1t
was the best way out for the governor,
and it brings to the bench man exceed
ingly well fitted for the office. Mr.. Brown
Is fine lawyer. an honest man and of a
| judicial temperament. We expect to see
him make good record on the bench.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
Wadena. Sept. 8.
The French Indemnity.

TO the Editor Of The journal. -
III you kindly state thru the columns
Of 7 he ] ournal the amount of war
indemnity France paid Germany after
the war Of 1912, five milliards I believe
expressed in American money, and
greatly oblige an old and admiring reader.
-. Fl. Cawley.
Little Falls, Mimi, Sept. 8.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

there would Immediately be combinat-
ton upon bids. There would be but
few firms capable of handling the gov
eminent work and those few would
certainly get together and make Uncle
Sam pay well.
The suggestion to give the public
printer autocratic power would be all
right if the country could always be
sure Of benefcent autocrat in the
office. Tho trouble with Mr.. Palmer
seems to have been that his subor-
dinates made life burden to him. He
was only one Of many public printers,
all working at cross purposes and
knocking one another furiously.
This condition bred waste and scandal
inevitably. The president has sum
marily removed Mr.. Palmer, but it is
claimed that the removal of one man
and the appointment Of another cannot
work much good unless the new public
printer has given him power to make
a clean sweep in the office and has in
addition an iron constitution to with
stand the pressure Of congressman for
favors.
Politics and printing have not mixed
well.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
NO PLACE FOR DIPLOMACY
uToehipcton POST

= washington POST.
The real test of President Roosevelt $
diplomatic ability will come when he tries
to arrange peace terms between the
standpatters and the tariff revisionists.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

In fiction Appleton & Co.. offer an I'M
usual number of promising items. One
of these that will attract special attention
because of the authors previous work is
1.-The, Yellow Journalist by Miriam
Nicholson, author Of 'In the Bishops
Carriage" The author has been in news
paper work, and with her powers as a
writer has doubtless given the story al
of the office atmosphere" needed.
y Other fiction on the list is described
briefly as follows: s--~- .@~. .;
''Time, the Comedian" by Kate Jordan, a
show the far-reaching results Of an unhappy
marriage; 1.-THE Gtants,'' a story of the fight
against the oil trust, with the scene in Cali
fornia; "He and Hecuba," by the Baroness voI
Hutton, author of ''our Lady Of the Beeches, .
ETC., story Of English life optimistic and CHEEKY
in tone, in spite of the tragic elements; "Out
side the Law James Barnes, illustrated by
Frederick Don Steele, detective story writer
from a novel point of view; Reptiles" by H
W. McVickar, the tale of a cynical young bach
elor and woman-hater, who marries and loses 6
wager thereby; 1.-THE Staircase of Surprise" by
Frances A. Mathews, author Of 'When Peggy
Comes to Town. ETC., story of the Russo
japanese war; 1.-THE Emperor's Wish,'' by Oscar
King Davis, Japanese story of the Russo
Japanese war; 1.-THE Hundred Days." by Ma,
Pemberton, author Of doctor Xavier" an old
time historical novel with dashng Englsf
heros Bernard st. Armand, and dainty in
triguer of heroine, Yvonne de Feyroles; eth,
Game and the Candle" by Frances Davidge, au
thor of 1.-The Misft Crown story Of modern
New York society life; "vivien,' by W. B
Maxwell, a typical story of the well-born youn,
girl who rises from the position of governes
to her rightful station; "Baby Bullet" by Lloyt
Osborne, humorous tale of an automobile
Duke Of Devil-May Care by Harris Dickson
the story of southern planter 1.-THE Carlyles,
by Mrs. Burton Harrison; 1.-THE Reckoning b.
Robert W. Chambers, author of Cardigan. ant
''The Maid at Arms; purple and Fine Linen,
Flute of Pam" by John Oliver Hobbies.
| Gift books, treatises on business, an,
| juveniles complete the list of promise
Appleton & Co. make for the months be
tween now and Christmas.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
so HARD HE DIDN'T OFTEN GO

Baltimore Sun.
With $4,000 fraudulent names on the
voters lists in Philadelphia, 1T must have
been hard for an honest man to get to
the polls to vote.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

General Booth, head of the Salvation
Army, has Just returned to London
after a 30,000-mile trip.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
kAwvILLE AS A coUNTERIRRITANT
Kansas City Journal.

If Baron Komura will stop at Kansas
City OH his way home the reception ne
will meet with here will go long way
toward taking that dark-brown taste out
of his mouth. ..#-s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

/ T cannot speak too highly of MIR.
| Chamberlain series Of articles
from Sweden and Norway. They
have obtained for us a large circle
of readers among the Scandi-
| navians.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

France paid Germany an indemnity Of
five rnilliards Of francs, equivalent tc
81, 0O0, O0O. 900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

w. ]. Bryan now knows that where
there Is a sealed letter there is often no
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

"MRs. JIM" TELLS HER TOWN Ex-
there is anything in the belief that some
possibly all-Christian Scientists hold
that consensus of evil opinion Is a dead
weight against the moral efforts of any
Individual then the preachers son, the
mother-in-law and the stepmother Of
today are not to be blamed If they fail of
very high attainment. For a generation
our memory runneth not beyond such
a stretch-persons in these three relation
ships have been the objects of very
oblique obloquy If one has dared to point
to exceptions to disprove the rule, he has
been jerked up with the assertion that
such exceptions prove, and do not dis
prove, rules. It would be futile to at
tempt here to change the course Of SO
strong a current of public opinion, how
ever unjust. We can only express our
pleasure that there are exceptions, bright
and shining exceptions. One such ex-
ception is Mrs. JIM who was intro-
duced to the world by Stephen Conrad in
his .The Second Mrs. Jim a country
stepmother She won q place In the
hearts Of readers despite her handicap,
and has come back in Mrs. Jim and Mrs.
Jimmie, In which she tells the wife of
her stepson her experiences in town.
| whittier she had moved with Mr.. Jim.
Mrs. Jim Is a good stepmother and
stepmothe law, tho talkative. She
has a disposition that keeps her interested
| in the affairs of all the townspeople and
| often leads her totmeddle, but with hap
py results, especially when affairs of the
! heart need the guidance of. an expert
enced mind. There are women who babble
| on brook-like, joyously, yet who
never fail to met a demand upon
! their sympathies, and who thru the SAN
! ity Of their optimism often help materi-
| ally in solving the knotty problems of
| their neighbors.. What community could
| do without them? Mrs. Jim is such a
woman, and In the stories she tells her
| stepdaughter-in-law of her experiences
| in town are revealed with a charming
righteousness her own admirable quail
| ties. One, besides. soon becomes much
| interested in the village affairs, which
| If he has ever known village life, he will
| recognize as genuinely true to that life
The fault one must find with the author
is that he has not varied Mrs. Jim's
! pleasant babblings; put in some Of his
own musings or let Mrs. Jimmie have an
/ experience or two to relate. Mrs Jim
ME is good listener evidently, and
while she listens, is RECALLED often, we
doubt not. tho the book doesn't tell, with
] pie, cookies, doughnuts, ct cetera, Of Mrs
Jim's own cooking, and we'll wager they
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

We trenble for the outcome when the
Toxic mob learns that Jerome and odell
have made peace without an indemnity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
on file at U. s. Legation.

pAR1s-Journal on file at Eagle bureau. 50 Rue
annhn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

'The Forbidden Land" last seasons
marked comic opera success, which win
be seen here at the Metropolitan next
week, is said to be the best work of it's
kind written In many years. 1t is ra
tional, consistent, well written, both. as
to book and musical score, and is deserv-
ing of the wide attention it has received
throughout the country. ..~- s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

LoNDoN-Journal on file at American Express
office. 8 Waterloo place, and U. 5. express
office, 80 Strand.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15
Foyer Chat.

everything about '.Hoity Toity," at the
B1]ou this week, seems to appeal to low
ers OF high class musical comedy, and the
large audiences in attendance are de-
monstrative in their approval.
Next week the Bijou will present ''Her
First False Step" melodrama of many
excellent parts. s5..s., ..r .~.- =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

combination, OF the lightest and the
heaviest in modern vaudeville is being
offered to Orpheum audiences this week,
the bill ranging from the serious work
of the De Serbs models to the farcical
efforts of Kherns and Cole. RI ltd. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

Little Falls, MINI, Sept. 8.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

ST. PAUL OFFICE-420 Endicott building. Tele
phone n. W.. Main go.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

A refined vaudeville bill is being pre-,
sented at the Lyceum this week. Allie
Leslie, the droll little story-teller, Baby
Lund, the pert soubrette, George Lewis
the whistling girl and coon shouter," the
all.star jugglers. and Charles Brennan
and company in a rich comedy sketch
are meritorious acts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

has private switchboard
call Tor department you wish to speak to.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-15

CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune building
W. Y. PERRY, Manager
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NEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune building,
D. A. CARROLL, Manager.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-21
Deadly Kentucky Eeud.

Lexington, KY. July 16.-In a des-
perate feud battle, near Lee City, on
Hully creek, in Wolfe county, yester-
day afternoon. Frank Smith and his
two sons, William and Manfred Smith,
aged respectively twenty-five and
twenty years old, were shot and killed,
it is alleged, by Scott McQuinn, leader
of the McQuinn faction in the Nc
Quinn-Smith feud, which has existed in
that county since the killing Of Mere
dith McQuinn by William Smith sew
eral days ago.
Frank Smith, one of the dead, is q
brother Of JEFF Smith, who was wit
ness for the commonwealth in the re-
cent trial Of James Hargis, county
Judge of Breathitt county, at Lexing-
ton, for the murder of James Cockrell
While that trial was in progress, "Jeh"
Smith received several warnings that
he had better not take the stand
against Judge Hargis. for fear that he
or members of his family might pay
the penalty.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-21

Smre,imgs s0ere Protraeted and .Severe
Tried Every RnozOn Remedy Without
Rehef-Serions Stomach Trouble Cured
BY Three Bottles of Peynnai
Capt. W. w. Jackson, 7O5 G St., NV,
Washington, d. c., writes:
IL am eighty-three years old, a vet
eran of the Black Hawk, Mexican and
the Civil Wars. am by profession a
physician, but abandoned the same.
"S0me years s9O was seriously af.
fecfed with cafarrh Of the stomach.
My sufferi1gs were pr0fracted and
severe. tried every known remedy
without obtaining relief.
''Ln desperation began the use OF
your Peruna. began to realize i'm.
mediate though gradual Improvement.
''After the use of three bottles every
appearance of my complaint was re-
moved, and have no hesitation in
recommending it as an infallible rem
edy for that disorder. w. jackson.
Address DIR. s. B. Hartman, President
Of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum-
bus, Ohio.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-21
UIMTlH LAND OPENING.
ReoIsrRv At GRAND JUNCTION
Indian Reservation In Utah Will es
Opened August 2eth-ovsr . Mil
lion Acres to BE Entored.

1 uU0U0U bNUUUUV0SS0W Se0U VIII .
Opened August 2eth-ovsr . Mil
! lion Acres to BE Entered.
Washington, July 1G.-The President
yesterday signed the proclamation pro
viding for the opening. August 2S, 1905
of the unallotted lands In the Uintah
Indian reservation in Utah. Such lands
as are or may be reserved prior to
August goth for military, forestry and
other purposes, and such mineral
lands as may have been disposed of
under existing laws. will not be sub
tect to entry.
Registration for these lands will
commence at o'clock a. M, Tuesday,
August 1st, at Vernal. Price and Provo,
Utah, and at Grand Junction, Colorado.
and will close at 6 O'Clock p. m, Satur.
day, August 18th.
To obtain registration each appli-
cant must appear AZ one OF the regis
tration places in person, as registra-
tion by mail will not be permitted.
Honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors of the Civil War, the Spanishs
American War and the Philippine in
surrection, who are entitled to the
benefits Of section 2304 Of the revised
statutes. as amended by the act Of
Congress OF March ]. 1901, may regis
ter through an agent OF their own Sc
lection, to which agent the soldier or
sailor must give duly executed power
of attorney on blank form provided
by the commissioner of the General
Land Office. but no person can act as
agent for more than one soldier or
sailor.
The order in which during the first
sixty days following the opening, the
registered applicants will be permitted
ito make homestead entry OF the lands
will be determined by a drawing for
the district publicly held at Provo.
Utah, commencing at 8 o'clock Thurs
day, August II, 1905, and continuing
for such period as may be necessary
to complete the same.
Following the drawing the making of
entries will begin August 2Sth In Yer.
nal, Utah.
Persons who make homestead entry
for any of these lands opened will be
required to pay therefor at the rate OF
SIPS per acre upon making final proof,
but no payment other than the usual
fees and commissions will be required
at the time the entry Is made.
The total area of the Uintah In.
dian reservation is 2.445,000 acres, Of
which 100000 acres has been placed
in a permanent forest reserve, 250.000
acres have been reserved for Indian
grazing lands, 3,S40 acres for. the Fort
Duchesne military reservation, and ap-
proximately 10000 acres have been
allotted to the Indians, which leaves
only 1,069,0 900 acres available for en-
try.
Only non-mineral land can be en-
tered during the first sixty days and 1t
Is considered that not more than one
half of the land subject to agricultural
entry will be desirable for homestead
entries. upon all Of which irrigation
will be necessary.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-21
COLORADO .AovAR HUNT.
Escaping Wild Beast Creates Terror
on q Train


Colorado Springs. Colo. July IL
More than 1000 people and four pas
senger trains were held at tunnel No.
4 two miles west Of Manitou, last night
by fierce South American jaguar. Be-
fore he was captured the animal
clawed Joseph Bennett OF this city,
cutting severe cash across the right
leg. Miss Delmore, a passenger on one
Of the trains, became frightened and in
endeavOring to scale a high cliff fell
a distance Of twenty feet, breaking her
left leg.
I The jaguar and a polar bear occu-
:pied two compartments in a large
icage that was loaded upon fiat car
of the train belonging to the Gaskilf
shows. This particular cage was too
high to enter the mouth Of the tunnel
and as the cage struck the roof Of the
pletely around, and the roof torn OF.
John Blakely, the keeper, threw on
the air brakes. stopping the train.
Then, to keep the jaguar and bear from
escaping from the cage, he threw rocks
at the bear and fired blank cartridges
at the jaguar. AS soon as Blakely
ceased firing the jaguar made a jump
for liberty. He crawled under the fat
car and, during the efforts of the circus
men to drive the animal into another
cage, Bennett received his injuries.
The animal was finally driven into a
small cage, but before the door could
be closed the train started and the
jaguar again leaped for liberty. He
dashed through the tunnel, but upon
emerging at the east end found him
self in narrow cut. After some effort
the animal was again captured and
placed in his cage.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-21
G.A.R.C0MMANDER DIES
WORK OF GEN. sLAckMAR ENDED
sueeumbs to Fatal Diseass At 0olss,
Idaho, While Engaged In Visit
Ing q. A. r. Departments.


Idaho, While Engaged In Visit
Ing q. A. r. Departments.
Boise, Idaho, July 17.-Gen. w. W.
Blackmar, commander-in-chief Of the
G.. A. R.. died at o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon Of interstitial nephritis. His
wife was with him during his illness.
The body will be embalmed and taken
70 the home of the family in Boston.
The general arrived here on the 10th
on tour. during which he intended to-
visit Grand Army posts throughout the
Northwest. He was i'll when he ar
rived and gradually failed. The ser
iousness Of his condition was kept
from the public at the request of his
wife.
General Blackmar was born July IS,
1S41, at Bristol. Pennsyi yania. He en-
listed in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania
cavalry and subsequently Joined the
First West Virginia. He served with
distinction throughout the war and at
Five Forks was promoted on the field
by General Custer to the rank OF cap
tain. Throughout three administra-
tions. those Of Governors Long, Talbot
and Rice. he was Judge advocate gen.
eral Of Massachusetts,. At the last ma
tional encampment Of the G.. A. r. he
Boston, July 17.-Except to two or
three of9cials Of the Grand Army the
news Of the death of Chief Blackmar
was received with great surprise in this
city. The home Of General Blackmar
was in this city and since his elevation
to the position Of chief commander the
headquarters OF the organization have
been here.
General Blacknar is succeeded by
John r. King Of Washington, senior
vice commander.
Two weeks ago the commander-in-
chief broke down and was ordered to
his bed In his summer home at Hing
ham by his physicians. At the time his
indisposition, however. was regarded
as slight.
On July 9th General Blackmar's con-
dition apparently improved and 1t was
decided to permit him to continue his
visits to western departments, which
had begun early in the year.
Assistant Adjt. Gen. E. B. Stillings,
commander Of Kinsley Post No. 113. of
this city, of which General Blackmar
was a member, will leave Boston to-
day for the West. He win assist Mrs.
Blackma- in arranging for the funeral,
which probably will be held in this city.