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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
MUSICALLY CONSIDERED
Reflections on the Performance from a
Musical Standpoint.

After the close of last evenings per-
Torrance the first thought was the inev-
table comparison, unsteady speaking,
between the Savage and the Conried pro-
duction. and that comparison certainly
was not entirely to the detriment of the
former. Speaking broadly. the musical
effects and the general result are better
as achieved by the Conried forces. While
this is due in large measure to the gal
axy of fine soloists, another great source
of Conried's success lies in his orchestra
It is marvellous what Il power the orches-
ira is in the Wagnerian opera. This may
be less true of "Parsifal" perhaps. than
of Die Walkure" or "Siegfried,'' but it
is none the less true Of the great fest
SPIEL" The orchestra last evening was
superb. playing as one instrument ODE
dent to the slightest wish of the leader.
Some of the crescendos were exceedingly
dramatic and f1awlessly executed, while,
wonderful to relate. the kettle drums
were in tune. Conductor Alfred Heb tz
was power.
Miss Olive F'remstad, as Kundry rude
her first bow to an audience of her Ems
people as great opera singer, and right
royalty did she sustain the position Miss
Fremstads voice is Of. exceptional range
and Of ringing and vibrant dramatic
yet luscious timbre that makes it a posi-
tive joy. Notwithstanding her gifts and
abilities, it was not until the closing part
OF the second act that she thoroly proved
her right to the laurels Here in the duo
with Parsifal, she is most convincing.
now singing with a seductive tenderness
that almost cloyed the senses, and now
with a heartless brazenness that shocked
and startled. To express such contrast
ing moods so successfully is triumph
indeed.
Mr.. Burgstaller, as Parsifal, is a singer
long to be remembered. His cry to Am
fortas after the recoil from the embrace
of Kundry was intensely dramatic and
thrilling. Burgstaller has fine, yirile
tenore robusto register developed upon a
good mezza voce, that is almost ideal for
Wagner $ last great creation, and all thru
the opera he was most satisfactory. His
dramatic instinct is keen and his voice
is admirably qualified to give it express
sion.
The Amfortas of Mr.. Van Rooy and the
K1fngsor of Mr. Goritz completed the
quartet OF the principals. who deserve to
stand together. Mr.. Van Root's musical
ceneeption of the Amfortas role Is yervs
satisfying. He does not make the. strick-I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
Japan's Peace Terms.

Gallant as they have proved the11hr
selves in victorious war. the real test
of Japanese efficiency is yet to come
When she makes peace Japan will be
mt upon her mettle to bend the Musco-
vite to terms that will really guarantee
her future. Russia, Of course, only asks
breathing time and then to 1t again.
Neither Japan nor England can expect
to shut Russia from the open sea With
ont paving the cost. 1t is unnatural that
q first class power should be exclusive
ly land power. England shut Russia
out of European waters by her coalition
with Turkey and France in the Crimean
war; with her new coalition with Japan
she is seeking to shut Russia out Of the
Pacific.
IF successfully shut off east and west,
Russia will have no recourse except to
trv by way of the Persian gulf and
there she would meet as great difficult
tics as at Port Arthur or Constantinople.
Japan must have effective guarantees,
however, and the European powers will
find it more difficult this time to pre-
vent her from taking them. The Eng
fish alliance assures her from sea4 bs-
sault, and on land she can take care
of herself. -,a.sz
| The difficult problem in the peace ne
gotiations will be to assure Japan Of her
continued ascendancy in the eastern
ocean. The Japanese navy is small,
tho in the war with Russia it proved
marvelously effective. Japan has only
three frst-class battleships ready for
sea and but eight armored cruisers OH
the effective list. In her naval fights
she has had to save her battleships and
sacrifice her torpedo craft and their
crews. The minute peace is made both
Russia and Japan will begin a campaign
of navy building which will be fast and
furious. It is perhaps to assure herself
Of a fair start in naval construction that
Japan. is now reported to be asking a
large indemnity.
There is probably nothing in the re-
ports that Japan will demand that Rus
sia build no more. ships for ten years.
Japan is too wise to make demands that
could not be- conceded and which would
be ineffective anyway. Russia might re
frain from building ships and have them
built for her as she is doing today in
Germany. She has eight large war YES
sells under construction in German yards
to be delivered to her at the conclusion
of this war. But ships are useless with.
out ports and coaling stations, and it
will be Japan's safety to cripple Rus
STA in these respects in the far east
rather than in the building of ships.
The Countess Warwick has made great
stir in England by coming out on semi
soeialistic platform and making a com
paign for it This is her program: u
First-Abolition of land monopoly. Sec
end--T axation of land values Third- =
Decentralization of governmental nlaci1in-
cry. Fourth BOLTON of the house OF
49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
Significance of Evans Case.

- Attorney General Young evidently
ton in his statement about the Mabel
Evans mineral contract, which he has
brought suit to set aside. The state s
legal representative is convinced that
the "sliver' contract was issued fraud
uIently, and that the lease should have
been put up at auction. He is also con-
WINGED that the former land clerks IN
the auditors office were regularly traf-
ticking in state mineral rights in the
name of Miss Evans.
In fact, the attorney general is SO
well convinced of this fact that he
undertakes to prove it in court, and to
restore in the state clear title to the
million dollar ore tract.
It is we'll to remember that this trans
action was first called to public atten'
ton in one of the reports of the public
examiner, which are now being consid-
cred by the committee on public ac-
counts. The findings of the attorney
general which go even farther than
the statements made by the public ex
aminer, will be enlightening to that
committee. They come OPPORTUNITY tc
assist the gentlemen Of that committee
in forming their conclusions, provided
they care for any further light on the
subject
= If the public examiner 8 reports were
campaign documents, what shall we sa,
of the attorney general S action, takel
deliberately after the smoke of the re
cent conflict has disappeared?
There is still chance for you to d
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

but the Minneapolis and Commercial
clubs. Schraps. Dayton's Dorners, We're
all crowded with tables that had been re-
served for weeks
After dinner there was the walk up the
avenue with time for a promenade in the
foyer and an exchange of adjectives be-
fore the trumpets called people to their
places. We rather forgot our "Parsifal
manners at the close Of the flower scene
in our eagerness to show our admiration
and appreciation of Miss Fremstad, but
the former Minneapolis girl could not but
be flattered by the ignoring Of the fact
that applause is usually taboo.
Be- Frances R. Sterrett.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
Battle Casualties.

A recent revised statement of the
Russian and japanese losses at the bat
tie of Mukden, derived from alleged au
thentic sources. gives the total of killed
and wounded at 225,0OO, Of which the
Japs are credited with 10000 and the
Russians with $4,000. These figures
relate to casualties up to the occupa-
ton of Mukdcn by the Japs and may.
be approximately correct. They do not
touch those incident to the retreat of
,Kuropatkin northward from Mukden.
The battle Of Mukden practically lasted
until the Russians reached their pres
Eent position, thirty-four miles south of
Gun-shu pass, at the village of Si-ping-
hal, seventy miles north of Tie pass,
where it is reported the Japs have let
them take q rest, and may ere long
treat them to another thanking move
ment or turn their attention to the
investment of Vladivostok.
The outside world has been given
nothing but doubtful estimates Of the
killed and wounded, and no accurate
figures can be given Of these except
by inspecting the roster Of each regi-
ment Large numbers of bodies were
burned up to clear the ground. The
& Russian government has sent to the
front in Manchuria, since the beginning
of the war. 1887 officers, 761, 467 SOL
diers, 146,4OS horses and 1921 guns
Kuropatkin had about 100000 men en-
gagged at Mukden, and the Japs appear
to have had about the same number,
making 700,0 900 combatants on the field,
the estimate Of casualties killed, wound
cd and missing (225,0O0) being little
over 80 Is per cent Of the whole.
Lacombe, in his statistical tables of
losses, in battle, contends that, with
each successive improvement of fire
arms the casualties have diminished.
as in the period of the pikemen and
musketeers, with their crude equipment.
the average percentage Of casualties
was 26, altho at Lutzen in 1852, where
the aggregate of combatant imperial
lists and Swedes was 1000, the number
of casualties (killed and woundedD was
35 per cent of the whole, and at Senef
4 in 1914, where Turenne and Condo
saved Alsace for Louis XIV, as against
the Dutch and Spaniards, the average
loss was 81 per cent out of 100000 en-
gagged. At Lutzen and Rocroy the
killed greatly outnumbered the wound
ed During the period Of the smooth
bore fintlock musket and bayonet
from Hohenfriedberg in 1745 to Baut-
zen in 1913, the average Of casualties
was 2013 per cent, such fighting as Ma
poleon bred being included, as at Boro-
dine, where out of 100000 men engaged
the loss was SO per cent; at Leipsic,
where there were three days fighting
and $4,000 men engaged, 81 per cent
was the loss; at Marengo, % per cent
out of 1880 engaged; Austerlitz. 10
per- cent out of $4,000 engaged, which
was the percentage Of loss at Lundy s
Lane where our own troops and the
British numbered 5000 men. Then
came the period of rifed barrels and
percussion caps which included the Cri-
mean war and our civil war, when the
ayerags loss was reduced to Is per cent.
{ the battle. Of l'hickamauga showing the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
CHURCH FOR HAMLINE
Epiphany Episcopal Congregation win
Build q New E6ifice

Epiphany Episcopal church, Hamline,
which holds its services in Masonic
hall, has plans for a new edifce which
it will erect at Smelling avenue and
Minnehaha street. The building COM
mittee already has $4,000 on hand.
The plans provide for frame build
ing wsn SEATING fo e n!pd r OF 200 h and
room. Rev. E. c. johnson, rector of
the church at Merriam Park, has had
charge Of the congregation since last
November, and under his care the
church has been prospecting. The COM
mittee will make an effort to have the
church ready by the time the new shops
Smelling and University avenues, as
many Of the men who will be employed
at the shops will reside in Hamline.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

P R ? oo6s la So gh w sa
den knowledge. Seldom has a more
dramatic effect been more simply at
tanned than in this metempsychosis, this
sou. change. AS the weary knight of
the last act, returning to fulfil his fate
and release Amfortas from the thrall
Of pain, Mr.. Burgstaller is happily able
to denote with perfect sincerity the
"guiIeless fool.''
Mr.. Van Rooy as Amfortas never
forgets his wound and the ceaseless
pain it gives. He is the very incarna-
ton of suffering. Mr.. Blass plays with
distinction the venerable Gurnemanz,
with his interminable narratives It
is not a grateful part at best and Mr.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
Senator Warner.

The new Senator Warner OF Missouri
has announced exactly where he stands.
Tn 4 ratification meeting last night nc
said:
"The burning issue Of the day IS
that of seeking proper metes and bounds
to corporate power and the suppression
of the unlawful cncroachment upon the
rights Of the people by organized cap
ital.
"'Thcse issues must be met and solved
in q spirit Of fair play and with the
high resolve to give to every interest
square deal
If the other United States senators
entertained similar views, the problem
would be half settled already.
Mrs Chadwick drew ten-Eear sell
,...+ .I,,+ will pot mt IT ha elk
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
OLIVE FREMsTAD AS kUNDRY,

Blass handles it well. The Klingsor
of Mr.. Gorlitz was also we'll played.
The. chorus of flower maidens sang
their bewitching strains and besought
the hero to yield his favors with weird
effect. The male chorus is of person
and it's members seemed at times to
have but vague ideas of what was de-
manded of them. -.
The Conried "Parsifal' will always
be remembered as the most impressive
and memorable production of the kind
in local history. Certainly it's success
is such as to Justify the Metropolitan
opera company in making Minneapolis
an annual visit hereafter.
w B. Chamber]ain
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
IN THE AUDIENCE
4 Representative Throng-How It
Dressed, Dined and Enjoyed Itself.

People began to gather early and long
before the trumpeters took ur their shin
ing instruments to sound the Grail motive
a throng had passed thru the foyer into
the auditorium. There was a large repre-
sentation from surrounding towns. music
lovers had come from Duluth, Winona,
North Dakota and even from far-away
Winnipeg. to have a. share in this first
presenta ton of Conried's "Parsifal' in
the northwest, and rs they found old
friends in the audience, the air Of awed
expectation was lost in cordial greetings
and rare feeling Of ood-fellowship per
vaded the house. There was much sub
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

A New York legislator has proposed a
$1tlI 90 monument to the victims of the
Sic g UNI disaster which leads the Press to
rcn u trk that a more appropriate remcm-
bra Z &c would be a list of convictions Of
pub C officials who let the Slocum loose
With 'ut boilers, life preservers or fire ap-
para1l is. This list, however, is with the
tablet. to the memory Of those who were
convi: ted of nanslaughtcr in the Iroquois
theatea disaster
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
JUST A BEGINNING
Congressman Davis Thinks Drawback
May Lead to Canadian Reciprocity.

Congressman c. R. Davis of st. Peter
says the -four drawback question may
in mas ~ as it is an opening wedge and
may lead to other privileges.
/" The farmers Of this state said he,
were not in favor Of this drawback
ruling of the secretary of the treasury.
It was reversal of Secretary Olney,
who was asked for the same privilege.
The opposition, moreover, extended
thruout the northwest.
uThe farmers Of the northwest are,
however, in favor of reciprocity. If
the drawback ruling hastens the adj
vent of reciprocity it will not have
been without merit I understand that
the millers, who worked hard to secure
the ruling are dissatisfied with its work
ings and may not try to take advanr
tage Of it to any extent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

A SCI )undrel in the Maine legisla ture in
troduce q bill tV prevent nit mbcrs of
the leg islature travelling Gu passes from
collectir S the travelling expenses author
lied by law. The bill was energetically
kicked k'ut. 1t would not have been sur
prising i lad it's author been similarly dealt
with. "a was an honest attempt to do
away WI h an irnpudent and cold -blooded
little Ion s'u The people are slowly get
ting mad
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

Feeling that Castro has not trouble
enough the Venezuelans are preparing for
him a little revolution. It is time for
Castro to issue a proclamation stating
that his army needs exercise and inviting
the revolutionists: to come onr' .--
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

- DO not hug delusions-s' says Ella
Wheeler Wilcox That Mrs. Wilcox should
apply the word "delusions' to her sex in
this way is likely to bring outSsome caus.
tic comment from the Daughters of Some
thing or Other.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
THE MILEAGE STEAL
Richmond Times-D;sna tch.


Fact is. this mileage business is all
wrong. and should be abolished. It is a
relic of the days Of stage coaches, and has
no, place in modern life Congressman
Should have. an allowance for actual ex-
penses in. travelling to and from washing
ton to attend the session-llo more and no
less. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

Cassie Chadwick has been sentenced, but
that is not the last of her. There is
still the more sinned against than sin
ming stage, the petitions fors a pardon
and her impressions of prison life. writ
ten exclusively for the Everyday maya
zine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

Under the head of canned corn fritters
the Times advises as follows: "Put one
can of corn in a chopping bowl and chop
as fine as possible Right. Large Sec
tons of corn can with serratt.d edges are
unpleasant to the taste.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

One year ago last Sunday General Ku-.
ropatkin arrived at Mukden on his way,
so he stated, to Toxic. The way has been
blocked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

The Midway News says that Frank NJ.
Eddy. w. II. Eustis, Judge Collins and
r ooel9. c. Dunn should be allowed to with
draw from the gubernatorial race by
unanii nous consent. The editor of the
Midw " News conducts his own fighting
depar tment and he is hereby appointed
to 60 among the gentlemen mentioned
and secure the said unanimous consent.
If h. comes back we shall take it as q
sign that he got the consent. If he does
I .ot return, it will be token that he got
it 81 )meWhere else.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

When Russian revo1utionist takes a
potshot at a chief of police and succeeds
only in pegging him like a Sunday roast,
IT is not serious business. No, he is
only finding the range. 49, ~-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

A medical expert declares that the flea
spreads leprosy and cerebro-spinal men
nights. We are ready to believe anything
against the flea.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28
HUNG FIRST PICTURE
Father Hennepin Discovering the Falls
of st. Anthony" In Place.

The picture by Douglas Volk Of New
York. g Father Hennepin Discovering,
the Falls of st. Anthony was placed
in the east panel of the governors
~ upaey am,,err;.;nn - tbe p ns;n+s az
This Il the first Of six paintings TO be
hung ii this apartment. Nj. volk was
formerly resident of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

Strange that the dirtiest money should
be that wrung out of the sweat of the
people. Rockefeller just can't under
stand it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

+ Strenuous work for prohibition for the
Woolley's health and, he has decided. to
take the complete rest a long ocean avoy-
age offers. On April s MI. .Woolley sails
from San Francisco for Auckland, New
Zealand,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

A Chicago philanthropist proposes to
pension old men instead of chloroforming
them. This plan is certainly less oppres-
sive to the finer instincts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

Rockefeller is talking of giving $50, 0oo,-
600. to Chicago university. This institu-
ton will not sweat itself in making in
auiry into the source of the wealth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

: Cole Yt tlnger says he has been forced
to abando the stage. His efforts to ele-
vates it, t no weI-meant and strenuous
have been tiefes ted at all points by the
dishonesty o. his agents. Robbed by box
office shark S and plundered by managers
he has at la st been compelled to abandon
the stage as a profession. He is almost
at his wits end and may be forced back
into bank-rol b1ng to earn an honest living
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

At last Taylor's Falls are to be put to
work. They have stood around just be-
ing scenery long enough
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

Standard ime is used by Japan. by
European res ddents in China and by the
telegraphs an railways of that country.
Toxic is, therefore, about fifteen hours
ahead Of Min neapelis. This is also about
the distance t he Russians have been ahead
of the Japant .se in the last three weeks
cl1Ne
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

"HE LAST notes of. the Grail mo-
tive, expressing by their up.
ward sweep lofty aspiration.
= had died away III the CORR.
doris, where the buglers gave
their warning. The hush Of expectancy
had fallen upon the brilliant throng that
hlled every seat in the spacious audi
forum, The lights had sunk to mere
glow OF mystic. blush tinge. Conductor
Hertz raised his baton, held it poised u
notes OF the Vorspiel stole out thru the
ample spaces. "Parsifal'' had begun,
and the spell had fallen. -, ~,.,..
1t was an audience worthy of the i'm,
pressive occasion. Trooping in from the
garlsh daylight witho ut; clad noverthe-
less IN the bright raiment OF evening:
representative of all classes-.the smart
set, the nusic-mad, the merely curious;
coming from every section Of the city.
from St. Paul, from the state and even
from ne1ghboring states--it was an au-
dIence reverent and appreciative i'll it's
attitude. The applause of the thought
less was quickly and even indignantly
suppressed by the Kisses Of those who
Knew better, except at the end of the
SgeDna ACT, Ivy, w;here, It anywhere, APP
evidently expected by the stage man
agemcat. 1t was prompt audience,
too, and when the performance began
ten minutes after the 5 clock hour set,
practlcally every one of those $500 per-
sons sons, was seated and ready.
The occasion afforded, too. the first
test of the. new Auditorium for grand
opera, and it must be said that the test
was trlumphantly met There were no
hltches, such as might have been ex.
pected, and every appointment Of the
complete and comprehensive plant was
successfully tried out. Thanks to the
it's way out after the first act With s,,r.
prlslng rapidity, and set about the I'M
portant affair of dinner. 1t was nearly
y, clock when the curtain went M for
the second act, and almost three hours
elapsed before the close of the Der.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

The cyclone insurance mani is lining up
with the, iceman.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

Castro is still sitting on the powder MAR
rel and towing with the match.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-28

oNDoN-Journal On file at American Express
Office, Waterloo place. and U. ). GAp'e''
office, 81 Strand.
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,ENMARK-Jcnrnal or file at Z. s. Legation.
T. PAUL oFFICE-42o Endicott building. Tele'
phone, y. w. Main 23O.