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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
75c Wells at 3Sc
It's an Unusual Happening.

Chiffon wells, u yards long, some
dotted, some plain, with wide bor-
ders.
In blue and tan, green and red and
plain white and black and variety
of other combinations most wanted
now. 75c wells at $50.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
Ribbon Opportunity
To-Day at l5c Yard

Fancy ribbons. that we have sold
for 25c to 35c yard. but lines have
dwindled to few pieces of kind
and to-day for quick sale we mark
them all I5c yard.
soft, in every pretty color. with
stripes: Roman stripe ribbons, for
hair or neck wear. 25c to 35c
ribbons at 15c yard to-day.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09

MINNON

- -. : - MIGNON.
Knowest thou of the land where the citron
.. - doth bloom, !: f. .e-''
Where the gold-orange peers from its foliage
gloon, .." -. .s d., b
Where the soft breezes blow .p from the clear
summer sky, T. +
Where the. myrtle peeps out and the laurel
climbs high? ~.
sKnowest thou Of this land? 1t Is there would
It is there would 80, my beloved, with thee.
Knowest. thou Of the house with its pillars Of
T. - stone, - SfEfs +&S| : =
With it's bright, spa eious hall and apartments
well known, "a g-
Where Ssthe stone statues sta1d& as IL speaking
..s1y- ehtid. G 's sdeasea child, what has happened
- ito theefa5
Knowest. thog, Of that house? 1t is there
Would fee.
It is there = would dwell, O protector, with
= IL thee. = - = Il 4 u ,'.~ s..>,
Knewest thou of the mountains where clouds
ever stay, %a,&E
Where sthe naountain-ass gropes thru the mists
on his way,
Where in the dark cave dwens the dragons fel
/ - brood, ~,. g.. .-.,g'
And the rocks thund'ring down swell the roa
Of the flood? - =: - - +
Knowest thou of this region? Thru this mus
+ ~"''eserwe stray - -
o, let away, father, let us away.
-FrOm the German of Goethe BY Floyd D
Raze.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
TAKE ANY MONEY,
/. DECLARES BISHOP
DR.. Fallows Says faint on Cash
Is No Reason for De-
clining It.
Journal Special Service,

Milwaukee, Oct. 9.-Bishop Fa1lows
declared last night, when in Milwaukee
to attend the dedication of new Meth
odist church, that the church should
take anybody IS, any kind Of money. He
added that there may be tainted money,
but that is no reason why it should be
declined without thanks. ,.
, "Money is a great thing" said the
bishop, "and can do great good. If
anyone offers to give you million dol
lars, take it, regardless of who gives
it, and do good with it. Why should
we talk tainted money when it comes
in gifts Of a million or so, and not in
spect the 10-cent pieces which drop into
the contribution box. Mr.. Rockefeller
can easily become the Saint John of
the century, if he was not in fact the
Saint John of the ninteenth century.
All he has to do is come. out plainly,
tell DR.. GLADDEN. that he admits that he
has acquired money by improper means
and announce that he is going to give
it all back for education. We would
all acclaim him saint, if he were to do
this. I have followed Governor La
Toilette on several of his lecture tours
and think he has been little too rabid
on the subject of Rockefeller's money.
We need money to do good nowadays.
There is no need to worry about how it
was secured by the giver.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
The Way to Do It.

One Of the maddening things
brought out in the insurance inves.
tigation is the fact that when the
insurance companies went into syndi-
Gates and won the officers took the
profits; when they went into syndi-
Gates and lost the policy holders
footed the bill. In one Equitable deal
it is shown that Hyde, Depew and
others put, themselves down for a
block of bonds EACH, the Equitable
put up the money to carry the whole
deal. When it was washed up and
the profits declared the syndicate took
them down and paid the Equitable
four per cent for the use Of it's money
while the deal was on In several cases
the same thing was done with New
York Life money and the syndicates
did not even pay interest. -: -. =
This is an easy and cheap way to
make money. . You find at the race
track the owner Of starter who Is
sure his horse will win. You borrow
all his money and bet it on his horse
Then he knows that if his horse wins
he may get back what you borrowed
but that if it loses he will never SEE
cent Of it. He will make strenuous
exertions to bring his horse in first
The only difference is that he coulc
defend himself from the borrowing
Of his money and the Equitable policy
holders could not.
Somehow Investigations seem slow
and unsatisfactory in the face Of tht
revelations already made. The though
that the men who have done thes,
things have done them with funds O:
widows and orphans makes one wisl
there was a way to Jail these fellow
first and investigate later.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
Lawson's Plans.

Thomas W. Lawson S. plan to take
possession of the New York Life and
Mutual Life of New York is as bold and
broad a scheme and also as uncertain Of
execution as any you might expect from
Lawson. He proposes, thru the policy
holders voting rights, to get at the di-
rectors in some way and make them step
down and out so that his committee may
name new directors. There is no other
way that Mr.. Lawson can "take possess
sion' of these companies and there are
grave difficulties in the way of his do
Ing it by this process. In the first place
> the boards of directors are chosen for
fer charges against them in order to
oust them. In the case of the officers
Of the New York Life who are also di-
rectors he would have no. difficulty. in
making case, but against the trustees
who have performed their duties, he
would have to make specific charges to
secure their discharge.
But Mr.. Lawson's suggestion Of a
plan is worth. considering. There is no
doubt he is appealing to the people who
really own these insurance companies
and who ought to run them, namely the
spolicyholders. Legally they are the
voters. Actually they never have exer'
.Scised their rights because of the diff
Guilty Of organization. What Mr.. Law
son proposes is to supply that lack by
appointing a committee in each state
In which the policyholders will have
confidence and to whom they will be
willing to send their proxies. Then some
man representing this committee viii
appear upon the scene Of the next an
nual meeting of these companies and be
prepared to cast an overwhelming ma
jority Of the stock for a new deal.
It would be very satisfying if thu
Mccall and McCurdy. families could b<
thrown out the window by this process
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
Tax Rates and Valuations.

How to reduce the tax, rate is the
cry Of the business man ibnd of the
politician as we1l---of the business man
tighten his burden, of the politician
because he believes the reduction will
improve his standing before the people.
No politician wants to be intimately
connected with high tax rate. -
Neither yearning is. worth a great
deal. The general public, in large cit
les especially, does not know very
much about whether an officeholder
was in power during the time of q
high tax rate or low one. He is
not judged on that record very much.
Unless it is a very, fragrant case no at
tention is called to it. What affects
the politician s. chances is his relations
with persons, sometimes a very few
persons, rather than his relations with
facts and conditions. The big busi-
ness or corporation which is hard hit
by high tax rate has very little in
luence in politics except in the way
of putting money into the campaign
funds.
On the other hand a low tax rate
does not do the business man much
good. The expenses Of the government
must be met and if he gets low rate
| it must be based on a. high valuation.
AS rule business men are opposed to
high valuations because of their inc.
| n,1a1itv as hetwaan classes of nrOpertv
A valuation is merely a guess such as
Mr.. Stickney says the experts make on
freight rates. The. assessors guess that
if certain piece Of property is worth
so much for business purposes, another
piece must be worth SO much more OF
so much less. This being true it must
appear that the highnr the valuation
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
AMUsEMENTS
orpheun.

OrPheun1.
Good show" was the universal verr
dict Of seatholders at the Orpheum yes
terday. The bill brings novelty and va
riety. and is well selected. There are
no sledge-hammer comedians. The bill
opens with high-grade act, that Of the
Czibulas. It is risky proceeding to
start the show with a musical act of any
great refinement. but the experiment
goes thru without a hitch. The Czibulas
are artists and made splendid impress
sion upon the audience. The work is fin
ished. and the pair were compelled to re-
spond to several hearty encores.
Lizzie Wilson followed with char
acter sketch and kept the audience in a
scream for twenty minutes with her in
termingled explosives Of shocking Ger
man and shattered English. Lizzie proved
one of the hits Of the show. Emil Hoch.
Jane Elton & Co., gave mile Rtcci' In
what they regard as their best effort a,
Frenchiness, and the skit went thru with
modicum Of shrugs, kicks, cigarets and
situations. The act Is not one, how
ever, to cause bounder stampede tc
Paris.
The Misses Melville and Stetson have
added new millinery and avoirdupois tc
their act, and it still goes with the same
old swing. The best thing In the act was
Stetsons imitation of Maggie Cline and
the frantic demand upon the spotlight
man "f'r tn green loight, ye lobster"
The Millman trio give startling expo
sition Of dancing; cake walking and run
ming on the bounding wire, the junior OF
the trio carrying off the major share o.
the honors. Mr.. and Mrs. Allison, for.
merly Of the Broadhurst farces, give
| Minnie from Minnesota" in which the
| demure maiden admits that she neve
1Y-or, r,1r ety. a httlt
| alcohol" The sketch brought how
| from upstairs and hysterical giggles al
| over the lower floor. The mirth seemed
| to be unbounded in the spots occupied
by the Scandinavian-Americ parties.
! Prelle's dogs, naasquerading as poi.::s1
elephants and midgets, were anothe
cause Of uproar. It is a clever conceit
and as the animals are well trained tn
impression given is a lovel and interest
| ing one. The show closes with "Raffles'
| in a series Of kinodrome exploits.
| II Fl r
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
Ministers as Gossips.

Bishop Cranston at the Pittsburg con-
ference Of the Methodist church, had
occasion to call down the brethren for
tattling. In announcing a meeting Of
the bishop and the presiding elders to
consider appointments for the com
ing year, he said:
"Please let the appointments alone,
as they will be made by US. We do
not want any curbstone appointments.
You ministers start rumor that GER
tain mar. should be sent to some charge.
Some one else says he will be sent there
and the next thing we hear is that the
appointment has been made. I do not
want gossip
Presumably the ministers . lowered
their voices after that, but thereois no
reason to suppose that the bishop s
warning stopped the talk. It is nat
ural that men should surmise about
things going on behind closed doors
especially when the men behind the
doors have vital interests in their keep
ing. ~ .'<g# 1.
The fact seems to be that the bish
ops Of the Methodist church have lost
o greet deal Of their former arbitrary
power over appointments. John Wes
ley's plan: was to send the minister to 9
new charge every six months. In 6
country geographically small he could
do it, but in America it was found i'm
practicable, and the term of minister:
was gradually extendedSuntil it became
five years. Practice showed this wa,
about the average Of pastorates in othe,
churches. But even this did not worl
and the general conference some year
ago took the time limit off entirely. Th'
supposition was that pastors would nov
continue to serve their people SO long a
it was mutually agreeable, and in I
minority Of cases it works out that way
But in the majority Of cases it work
out an annual pastorate, with commit
tees coming up and bombarding tn
bishop for another man. 1t has vastl
increased the responsibilities Of tn
bishops, while decreasing their authori
ty. The large churches now choos
their own pastors and the bishops mere
,ly ratify the choice.
Bishop Cranston Is remark was al
appeal for return to the old system
in which the preachers sat dumb an
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
BlIou-"The Belle of the West"

1.-THE Belle Of the Vest Is an un-
usually pleasing musical comedy and one
that will prove popular with Bijou pa
irons this week. It Is full Of pretty
scenes, clever speeches., catchy songs and
airs, and fairly bubbles with the snap
and zing of far western life. The scenes
are all In the west and costumes, songs
and lines are thoroly appropriate.
Florence Bindley, one of the clever lit
tie women Of the stage, is the star and
is in evidence practically all the time.
Her work is good, she is sweet and at
tractive and she sings we'll. She is well
supported by a clever company. Jack
Henderson as Bob Randolph, a graduate
Of the Columbia School of Mines, is
capable of better things. He has the
ability both to. sing and act and has q
pleasing, manly presence:
The chorus Is we'll trained, well
groomed and does lot Of good things
before the curtain finally falls. A good
ly number Of male voices are used tt
advantage in the chorus work, Harry B
Smith, who writes the book: and Kar
L. .Hoschna, the, composer have pre-
pared any number Of catchy, cleve,
songs that are bound to prove popular
The staging, particularly in the third act
! is exceptionally beautiful and effective
All in all, 1.-THE Belle of the Vest" i
! a thing to see and not to miss.
| - M d
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
A. R. THE BEAUTEoUS BARD

Greetings to thee on thy return, A..
J. R., joyousest of embodied spirits. !"
No longer do the myriad readers of The
Minneapolis Journal soliloquize thusly:
- Whittier at length hast, thou flown
To what genial cline are we permitted
to coniure that thou hast fitted, oh,
beauteous bard Of the long bow7' No
more will the great family Journal
be laid aside with feeling Of disap-
pcintment; for just as Well-served
dinner needs the added flavor Of dain-
ty dessert, so that great publication
needs the column written by A. J. Rus
sell, which ever delights its readers
with it's piquancy and new charm, it's
squibs Of the follies and foibles Of the
passing hour-o or fishing up some won.
derful article from the pond Of child
hood, puts pleasing and original dress
upon it.. Again we greet you. May
your bow never break nor your arrows
ever grow 1ess.- Bismarck Palladium.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09

EFFECTS OF THE sTRu uGGLE FOR
sExlsTENcE ON THE SPIRITUAL, Ma
that Is too broad
designation of the theme of Mrs. Fran
tces Squire Potterss novel The BaiIng-
tons, mentioned IN Che news columns Of
this paper Saturday sand quoted literally
in the magazine supplement- yesterday.
TO narrow the designation somewhat, the
theme might be described as the effect
OF family finances upon the spiritual ma
ture an apparently commonplace
theme. but one worked into novel OF
exceptional power, a novel to set the
reader, whether man or woman, think
ing, and a novel likely to set people gem
orally talking before another quarter year
goes by ~
Two situations are prominent in the
story. Foremost is that of Agnes Sid
| ney, girl Of Puritan descent but meager
means, who marnies Ferdinand Balling-
| ton, young man Of large fortune but
| selfish nature. Ballington insists that his
| wife shall account for every cent she
| spends, and gives her no money to spend
| on herself or to use in aiding her poor,
! but deeply loved relatives. Next there
/ is a situation the direct antithesis OF
| this, in which the wife has fortune
which she is more than willing her hus-
band shall assist her in spending, but
| WHICH IlS Will sIlOC4 IOuCH4OuI VI O. AiAOAoAu
sense Of self-respect. The two families
originate In love marriages and end In
tragedies, tho of different sorts. ~ r.. -,
The author has, built these two situa-
tions into a story that leads the reader
on with a Tightening. hold upon his feel
ings to a climax of profound ethica
| and practical significance She has
drawn her characters with skill and dar-
ing for the most part, tho Ferdinand
Ballington borders on the monstrous; sne
has marshaled Illuminating incidents into
a. plot that is consistent and impressive
/ She has failed, however, to relieve the
| somber picture with, enough Of tina
| wholesome sunshine which we know life
| holds. Some of it is: there, but it is O.
| cloudy sort and does not warm tht
reader back into his faith that such fail
ures as those portrayed are not the rule
but the exception However, the lessor
| Is wholesome, and the philosophy of tn
& story true, even fssthe study is depress
ing. We need to See. the darker side o
4 life now and then, in order that 1t ma!
be avoided andEJtHat the brighter sid
may be appreciated. The author write
with directness and naturalness. Their
usual word effects. The words are use'
simply as a medium thru which the read
er looks" on the picture as the author say
it, and it is enough that the medium
Iaclear. To give that is the height Q
I WORD effectiveness r.. ~~.Ia
Altogether 1.-THE Ballingtons' Is easil
one Of the leading novels Of the season.
i r. Little, Brown & Co.. Boston. $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09

: -.FREE-EANcE=WR WHO MADE
$50 IN THREE YEARS, MAKES a BIG
hit WITH A NoVEL.-Eugene P. Lyle,
author Of 1.-THE Missourian,'' one of the
fiction successes Of the year, has been
telling his friends in Kansas City..of his
disheartening efforts to get start as a
writer. He says that for three. years he
wrote all manner ofSfiction, and that the
net result was one short story accepted.
The return was $50. Mr.. Lyle doesn't
say so, but he probably felt like 80 cents,
But he didn't give sup; and this fall he
is a literary lion, the author Of novel
that sold up to 10000 copies before the
day of publications. q This column has
already told it's readers that the book is
well worth reading :.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09

It's hard to realize that all the railway
now existing in China shas been con-
structed since 1900, but such is the fact
The Boston Globe points out that the
commerce OF India is four times as great
as when its railway system was begun,
that Of japan is six times as great, and
that the completion of the great railway
systems now projected in the east will
enormously increase the commerce of the
world. We will all have to work harder
than, ever now
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
FRENZlED LIFE INSURANCE

Philadelphia Press-The yellow dog
fund Of the big life insurance companies
win have to be muzzled hereafter
:; Detroit Journal-Exposures in the life
insurance business at least serve to make
death appear daily more undesirable. -
New York Herald-It begins to look as
If Syndicate Miller would have made a.
great hit in the life Insurance business.
Philadelphia Record-How easy it would
be to get campaign contributions out Of
the insurance companies after they were
brought under the jurisdiction Of the de-
partment Of commerce and labor.
Richmond -Dispatch-Th people
rule if they will and they must adopt
some sure means of preventing partner
| ships and bargains between the rich cor
porations and the government, by which
in return for favors granted, favors will
be received. ...... ~,
Philadelphia Public Ledger-In the
words Of David Harum, ''Them that has
gifts" and the others can rush around
and cross the path of the financier at
every step, as Mr. Mccall complains,
without ever inducing him to "give
down" He knows what is 'the best
thing for his company.
| Il New York Tribune-It might be we'll for
| the New York Life Insurance company
| to call Andrew Hamilton home from
1 AAAAAAASoAe~SSAJ
| terious Albany items. 4 An employee who
transacts such important business for the
company as he evidently does can hardly
| be spared for so long vacation as he
seems to contemplate.
st. Louis Republic-The life insurance
officers receive in consideration for Their
| raids on the peoples funds an unfettere6
| license in the management of their con.
/ Germs; their reward consists in unembar-
rassed license to rob the public thry
trusts; in the party's neglect and even re:
fusal to punish criminally the officers o.
corporations violating the laws of thu
land and in statutory permission, by way
j Of tariff schedules made to order, ane
other provisions containing hidden bene
| fits, to levy tribute on the people.
S Boston Herald-It would have beer
] quite competent for Mr.. Mccall to hav,
sent circular to each of his policyhold
/ ers, calling their attention to the need O
/ safeguarding their financial interests ii
the company by, voting for the republican
i presidential electors, and, If need be- con
tributing money to aid in securing tn,
/ success of republican principles. But thi
l is altogether different matter from as
Stunning to judge and act for these policy
| holders by making political contribution.
] in what was practically secret manner
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
WASHINGTON NOTES

Rural carriers have been appointed as fol-
tiste J. Role carrier. Fritz AIartenson substi.
tute North Decentralization, routes Nos 1 and
2 Ole Otterson carrier, Oscar Hollegard SUBJ
stitute South Dakota-Colman, route No. 1,
Elmer L. Meeker carFic., Merrill L. Granger
shane carrier, John n. Oppendahl substitute.
Wisconsin--Clear Lake, route No. L. j. Edward
Bennett carrier. Herbert E. Goodwin substitute.
Judge Walter II. Sanborn and wife of st.
Paul are in Washington for a short visit
Members of the American Bankers associa-
tion are gathering in Washington for the conven-
ton which begins its sessions Wednesday.
Among those who arrived today Warner J..
Davis and wife and Harry j. Brown of Mar
inette. and w. x. Coffin and wife OF Eau
Claire.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-09
San Francisco Waking Up.

San Francisco has an association for
the adornment of the city called for
short the Adornment association. 1t
has four hundred members who pay 81
a year dues. James M. Phelan, the
young millionaire, who was twice elect
ed mayor of San Francisco, is its presi-
dent. This association has stirred up q
great enthusiasm for public improve
ments in San Francisco. It has secured
the services of Daniel Burnham; who
has gone to San Francisco, erected an
office and living building on Twin
peak, one Of the highest points in the
city, and from this point has mapped
out plans for the beautifYing Of the
city. The only stipulation that Mr..
Burnham made was that the city should
allow him to name his assistants and
agree to pay them, and that it should
accept his services without compensa-
tion. - &C. - g. ~s@.@
Until last spring San Francisco had
no bonded debt. BY vote Of the
people, however, the city had been
authorized to issue $1S,O0O,0O0 Of 3a
per cent bonds for public improve.
ments. The bankers Of the city did
not take kindly to the low rate of
interest. and the bonds were not sold
The officers of the Adornment asso'
citation called the bankers together
made personal appeal and got them
to take about five million dollars OF
these bonds, and the proceeds are now
being used in the erection of a library
the laying out Of boulevard, the con
struction of modern schoolhouses ,an6
the. opening Of a great public play
ground. Private generosity has also
been stimulated, and several large
gifts have been made to the city fo1
special purposes.
A crusade has been. started against
ugly buildings on the prominen+
streets. The gas and electric ligh1
company has asked the Adornment as
sociation to suggest an artist to design
its lampposts and an artistic patterl
for the poles that support" its wires
The people are being urged to fill thei
front yards with flowers and to maxi
use of window boxes. =. -:
This is San Francisco s., second tim
on earth, as it were, since, forty year
ago, Frederick Law Olmstead at tn
invitation of the city made plans fo
boulevards and drives, which unfortu
nately were never adopted.