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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
BIG REVIVAL OPENS
First Gun Of Monster Revival Will Be
I. Fired Tomorrow.

DR.. Clarence B. Strouse, once a
wealthy social leader in Virginia city,
who deserted that life for the pulpit,
will fire the first gun of the Chapman
evangelistic campaign at Plymouth
church tomorrow. A monster mass
meeting for men, under the auspices
of the Y. M. C. A, will be held at 8
pm, and DIR. Strouse's address, "The
Crime of the Ages" will follow several
concert numbers to be rendered by the
Kenny orchestra. Ralph Kenny will
give cello solo and Harry Maxwell,
called the "silver-tongued sopgster,"
once Moody's soloist, will sing "The
Holy City,"
On each succeeding Sunday big meet
ings for men, under the auspices of the
Y. M. G. A., will be held at the Audi.
torium. On Oct. % DR.. Chapman will
address the men, DR.. Henry Ostrom
will speak Oct. 20.
Church meetings that. will be strong.
er than any ever held in the city will
begin Oct. 80. The city has been di-
vided into thirteen districts and at
selected church in each district an
evangelist Of national reputation, ae.
companied by special singer, will hold
forth. The extent of the campaign Will
eclipse that of any exangelistic endeav-
or ever made here, according to the
statements of the pastors who have the
arrangements In charge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14

But it served to express the man and
to individualize his work. He was Ca
pable Of conceiving the picture, Of re-
ducing 1t to material form and Of TAX
ing his proper place in it when made.
Irving's last public words were an
appeal for the municipality endowed
theater by means Of which the standard
of the true drama might be distin-
guished from that Of miscellaneous en-
tertainment. To this standard he kept
his rudder true. However, richly he
might endow a play, the play was still
the thing. To him the drama was a
potent instrument for good or evil. In
his work he endeavored to make it an
educator.
Sir Henry Irving had made nine tours
Of the American theaters. He was,
therefore, intimately known in this
country. where his professional work
was highly appreciated and where his
character as man gave him re-
markable standing with the classes who
do not, as rule, patronize the theater.
There was a prizehght on Admiral Bot
Evans warship the other day, and the
navy department is curious about it
The Chicago Journal thinks that Fight
ing Bob was not in the affair, but was
probably in the coming tower.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
DEATH BY FIRE {"
FOR SIX MINERS

Fredericktown, Pa, Oct. 14.-Half a
mile back from the entry to the mine Of
the Clyde Coal company six miners are
imprisoned -perhaps dead. The mine is
son fire, and the belief is general that
the. entombed men cannot be reached in
! time to save their lives, even if they are
not already dead. s
r. Two others were seriously burned in
an explosion in the fan house, following
the breaking out Of the fire in the mine,
one Of them SO fearfully that he will
not live. " IS:
The imprisoned men are: George Kel-
~, Homer Harvey, Richard Marsh,
Richard Motley, Bonsi Lorenzo, Cesto
Bernardini.
The burned men are: L. D. Wood,
burned about face and back, may recov-
er; Robert Virgin, frightfully burned
about the body, cannot live.
Nearly 200 men were in the mine
when the fire started. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by a wire be-
coming short circuited.
It is believed that the only hope Of
extinguishing the fire is by flooding the
mine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
Civil Service and a Judge.

The civil service commission, whose
pernicious activity has frequently been
noted Of late, has made report against
Judge Francis Baker Of the United
States circuit court, charging him with
soliciting campaign contributions.
Judge Baker is accused Of having -ad-
vised postoffice employees that they
would better pay up, that he always
paid, and he didn't think much. of a
man who would not 60 without a suit
Of clothes to help out the party that
feeds him.
There is nothing in the evidence that
Judge Baker ever deprived himself of a
suit of clothes or box Of cigars that
his party might win and hold up the
ascendency Of our great country. It
is altogether Improbable that he gave
per cent of his salary to the committee.
The United States Judges who will
whack up the $500 to the boys do not
grow on every bush. Nor is there a
plethoric crop of Judges who will go
around bulldozing government en-.
ployees into violating the civil-service
law.
We are inclined to think that the de-
partment Of justice, to which it has beer
referred, can afford to make something
more than perfunctory Investigation
into the Baker case. Perhaps it would
be possible to rum the United States
court at Goshen, Ind, with another
man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Judge Helms, at Eau Claire, Is hearing
the protest OF the water company against
being bought in by the city under the
arbitration clause in its charter. 81 g
Paterson, N. J., republicans. in their
city platform, demand municipal water
plant. They do not seem to realize that
in making this demand they are invading
Mr.. Bryan's territory. ~
: The Gouverneur' IN. W Tribune claims
to have been worked to print an adver-
'tisement denouncing public ownership OF
telephones as editorial matter. It ex-
plains to it's readers that it is in favor OF
public telephones. " .-gE
A royal commission has recommended
that two new avenues thru the city OF
London be opened one running from
north to south and the other from east
to west, each street 40 feet wide
equipped with four lines of surface rail.
way and four tracks of subway, pro.
viding for local and express service. The
estimated cost of opening these streets
and, the construction of these roads is
$3.50, 600, 000.y 9
The select councils Of PHILADELPHIA
have passed over the mayors veto a
bill to raise a loan Of 1000, 900 to abolish
grade crossings The mayor vetoed the
| ordinance because he was at the time
negotiating with. the Reading railroad
and the Philadelphia Transit compan,
as to the proportion Of the cost of thu
| Improvement they would bear. He con
sidered the Interference Of the councils
premature, as the railroads would hardl,
| let the city off for less than it had raised
for the purpose, while their anxiety t.
be rid of the grade crossings is sucl
that the mayors plans were rapidly bear
| ing fruit in the conferences. The passag
over the veto was brought about by tn
power Of the machine, which Is still
potent in the. councils. -. 4....s
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meaning Of the constitution and Of the
territory Of, the republic. III

meaning Of the constitution and OF the
territory Of the republic.
DR.. Rogers objections to the acts Of
the present executive are not quite
fair. Mr.. Roosevelt did not settle the
coal strike as president Of the United
States, but as an individual interested
in great industrial problem. Mr..
Hanna or Bishop Potter or Cardinal
Gibbons might have done it just as well
as the president, except for the fact
that Mr.. Roosevelt's individual initia-
tive was greater than theirs. The peo-
pie Of this country wanted that strike
settled, and they flew to the support
of the first man who proposed fea-
sible plan. It was not the act Of the
president; nobody was compelled to ac-
cept Mr.. Roosevelt's invitation to at
tend a conference and nobody was
bound by any suggestions he might
offer.
DR.. Rogers conclusion seems to be
that the people are forcing duties upon
the president which they should not
do, in view of the fact that they might
some time have a president who would
make bad use Of the presidents. BIT
when the people want things done, is
it not natural they should turn to the
presidency, "the peoples office,
rather than the senate, since they car
learn Immediately from the president
whether the thing can be done, while
the senate is apt to bury the question
in the tomb of courtesy9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
Sill. Henry Irving.

\ Sir Henry Irving died as he had
lived for many years, the leading actor
Of the English stage. He had attained
his position by no burst Of genius nor
by the more insidious advertising meth
ods. His advent as star actor happily
antedated the press agent, and he rose
to eminence by degrees and by the dis
cipline Of hard endeavor.
While lacking some Of the intuition
Of Booth and the torrential power Of
Mccullough in tragic roles, Irving ex-
celled either in his wide range Of
impersonations and in the intellectual
command Of the drama exceeded any
man Of his times. He had his favorite
roles, that Is, parts in which the public
had accepted his supremacy. Among
these were some gruesome characters,
like that Of Matthias in the ftBells, -
but his Shylock was scarcely second
in power to this ,impersonation. It was
not second to that Of any modern actor
who has essayed the difficult role of the
Jew. Shylock in his hands was not
merely grasping money changer, but
representative Of his race fighting the
battle Of his race against the over
Ewhelming odds Of misund erstanding and
prejudice. His Hamlet was the role
in which his. peculiarities as an actor
came out most distinctly, and it was
the role which gave the greatest op
portunity for the mimics Of the stage
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
The New Drainage Campaign.

The state drainage league appears
to have come down to a business basis
in formulating the request that will be
made of congress. The national gov
eminent will not be asked to sink any
money in northern Minnesota. It will
be asked to drain lands acquired from
the Indians by treaty, to be thrown
open to settlers under the homestead
law. A great tract of this land in the
Red Lake reservation is unfit for any
purpose until it is drained, and will
main in it's wild state until something
is done. J.. .
It is estimated that this land can be
drained at cost not to exceed $1.25
an acre It will then become valuable
farm: property, and if put on the mar.
ket would bring probably $40 an acre,
Under the homestead, system, without
benefits, reservation lands are turned
over to the public for entry at the nom
inal price Of $1.25 an acre. Pursuing
that policy, the government would only
add the cost Of drainage to the price
of the land, recovering In a few years
the entire amount paid out for the
work. It is not proposed that the gov
eminent shall make any money off the
land, or lose any. The land is merely
to be reclaimed from It's present i'm
possible condition : by temporary use
Of government funds, and in pursuance
Of the same policy which puts millions
into the irrigation Of arid acres in thu
west. ,s~-.>s ls-&ss h.. =. ~, d
u The state - interest In the movemen
is twofold, and not confined to the i'm
mediate locality where the work is Il
be done. A survey Is now being prose
cuted, to determine the topography O.
the great swamp section Of northern
Minnesota. The purpose is to establish
a comprehensive system, and to drai7
all state lands in time, with the leas
possible amount of ditching, and on tn
most perfect. scientific principles. TIL
Red Lake reservation lands form par
Of the great swamp, and if left covere
with water they will interfere wit
the entire state system.
That is one good reason, but tn
other is more important. The reclams
ton of the reservation lands now fooc
ed would mean their speedy settlement
It would bring into Minnesota sthou'
ands Of sturdy farmers seeking perms
nent homes. It would mean new cite
new railroads, new markets for me
chandise, and greater wealth and pro
perity for the entire state. It woul
also give an impetus to state drainag
and lead to the time when the gres
swamps of northern Minnesota will a
be fertile farms, part Of the world
granary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
Presidential Powers.

DR.. Henry Wade Rogers, dean Of the
Yale law school, In an address at Fan
euil hall few nights ago, deplored the
growing power Of the president Of the
United States, instancing the recogni.
ton of Panama, the age pension order
and the settlement Of the coal strike by
the present executive as illustrations Of
usurpation. ~~- -.. 49,.
Ever since the civil war, he said,
there has been steady Capitalization
Of government and transformation in
the political thinking Of our people.
The treatment Of our new possessions is
one evidence Of what has been taking
place in the American mind. Dr. Rog-
ers went on to say that the people had
practically given up the doctrines Of
the declaration Of independence in their
attitude toward the Philippines. They
had, thru congress, turned over to the
president autocratic power to rule these
people according to his will. s2
DR.. Rogers alluded to President Cleve-
lands appointment Of Mr.. Blount, the
HAzamount commissioner to the Ha.
waiian islands, and said it was without
precedent. The San Domingo protocol
was also alluded to and DR.. Rogers
averred that the first intention seemed
. to have been to put it in operation
without reference to the senate, and
that the plan was abandoned in the
face Of severe criticism Of the proposal.
The whole argument Of DR.. Rogers is
that there has been a change in the
political thinking Of the people, and
perhaps he is right. The people, who
are certainly the source Of all political
[ acts in this country, aside from. those
merely routine in their character, have
], approved the steps taken by congress
to acquire and govern the Philippine
islands. They never would have been
held if the people had not approved the
act. Congress has temporarily placed
their government in the hands Of the
president, but congress on any day Of
any session could take the power back
and could dispose Of the Philippines by
granting the natives complete indepen
dence. The president is not responsible
for the Philippine act. He IS the serv
ant Of congress in the matter ana il
proves, if anything, the expansion Of
the powers Of congress, not Of the presi
dent. u
The country has been marching, i
is true, and the powers Of the variou
officials have kept up with the process
sion. The constitution has. expande,
from time to- time without 81 chang
in its letter. Our generation was no
the first to expand it, nor have We ha,
the honor Of making the most startlin,
changes. Thomas Jefferson, when h
bought Louisinana and ruled it abou
as we are ruling Porto Rico. was tn
first and greatest expansionist of th
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
District Attorney Jerome.

District Attorney Jerome Of New
York holds local office correspond
ing to that Of county attorney in Min
nesota. Yet the whole country is, In
a lively manner, Interested in the fight
he is making for reelection This is
not SO much because Of jerome Is rela-
ton to the expected prosecution of in
surance thieves, but because Of Jerome
himself. He is the first man in gen
GRAFTON who has had the temerity to
defy the bosses on either side. he was
elected four years ago as a Tammany
candidate and has spent the most Of
his time in prosecuting the thieves with
whom Murphy consorts. He might have
had the republican nomination, but he
preferred his liberty, and by express
ing his opinion of both Murphy and
Odell, has made his nomination. by
either machine impossible. Then Je-
rome performed what, in the minds Of
New Workers, appears a quixotic act.
He nominated himself by petition and
has declared that he will run as the
SSaAoAo1Io VI ~ PoACy AoA 90 VIZ A0P
resentative of any machine. The ques-
tion that interests the country is
whether New York will rise to the oc-
casiona and elect Jerome for another
term with no organization back Of him
but the organization Of the peoples
love for a man who does his whole duty
and does it fearlessly. IT.. *~ =, Fl
New York has an opportunity such
as she has not had in years, to express
her disgust with machine politics. In
western community under like con.
ditions Jerome would get an overwhelm
ing Endorsement. IF he does not get il
in New York it will be because New
York is sodden in her politics and con
tented in the mire. 800 -.
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=
Slaves of Success is made up Of a
series of political battles-battles for Of
flee, battles for power battles for filthy
lncre. The principal characters are John
Wade, strategist,'2 politically unscru-
pulous but personally honest, and Ben
Carroll, who IS In the political game for
graft pure and simple but is something
of bungler. Wade and Carroll make .
team, Wade. seeking to construct road
that WIN lead from Chicago to the United
States senate The power Of the story Is
In It's revelation Of the means by which
such men get under their power men who
The traps Wade lays for such men are
worthy Of a Richelieu. They lead to the
discontinue Of reforTners, who, finding
their bread and butter endangered thru
the devices of men In office, abandon
their reforms; they result in the posi-
biltty Of placing honest party men In the
light Of grafters,. SO that for fear the
club Of the boss Will fail they do things
against which conscience revo1ts: they
are the means Of driving men to sophis-
try and deceit to protect hitherto honor
able names. But the story shows that
there is a saving salt Of honesty, shrewd-
ness. and >fearlessness,. which now and
then results in the undoing of the boss
AFRO Craig is the galt Of the BOOK. al
first he was fooled by Wade but. his
sssz Europe S s Ma1 1Gsz
his race; for the Senate Iwhenss he had
| thought it Won. The story shows also
that the public conscience and public
sentiment can be touched and fired. Sc
\ that, while the book Is one to make the
| pesstrnist gloat, 1t Is also one to give the
,optirnist hope and courage to keep UP the
fight. 800 ~
! The credu1ous public is learning the
game, and it is becoming harder for the
trickfters to trick 1t, and to such book:
as Mr.. Flowers must be given part Of
| the credit Of educating the public.
L. G: Page & Co., Boston. $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
.<...f - e.. -, ia.
WIDOW IS 50 PRETTY.
s SHE CAN'T PAY FARE
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service . = =. =
:: st. Louis, Oct. 14.-Mrs. r. s.. Fox
of Chicago, a young widow, who is so
beautiful that she attracts attention
wherever she goes, has spent eight
weeks in st. Louis and has ridden on
street cars six or eight times day,
but has never paid one nickel of car
fare since she has been here. She says
she always gets a coin out Of her purse
when she gets on a car and is always
ready and willing to pay, but the con
sductors never come for her fare. She
says they are very kind and courteous
to her and assist her in getting on and
off the car, and sometimes smile pleas
antly as she departs, but if they pass
her after she, has taken her seat they
seem to forget that she has not paid and
while they often look into her eyes they
never seem to see her outsertched palm
I.uIn Chicago" she says, lit is very
There 6a the CON at s. hold fha
car - =,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
WILL CONFER DEGREES
Star Of East Commandery, No. 226,
Knights of Malta, the Host.

On Tuesday evening, Oct. "a, at G. A.
R. hall, Franklin and Fifteenth avenues
S, Star of the East Commandery, No.
226 will confer the Malta and Black
degrees on a large class Of candidates.
The commander desires a full attend
ance of all members and a cordial IN
vitation is extended to all Sir Knights
in the city to attend, as Past Grand
Recorder 81. Young, with other grand
commandery officers, will be pr present aa.a TO
COMPANION Young desires to meet all
the charter members as well as all other
members of the following Communicates
on this occasion: Ivanhoe, No. l93,
Minneapolis. No. 212, Northern Light,
No. 215, Emmanuel, No. 226 and Mount
Sinai, No. 156.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14

ABSORBING STORY OF POLITICS
WITH HE LID oFF.-If one wants to
see. thru the medium Of fiction which is
perhaps not all fiction, the inner work !
7i1gs OF politics. we know Of no better
pace TO send him than to Slaves Of
Success, by Elliott Flower. author Of
The Spokesman" and Delightful Dodd J,
This book not only teens with lessons
that patriotic Americans need much to
learn, by showing how spoilsmen work
and stay In power thru the control of
influences that acquired political position
gives them. but it is as interesting as a
Prisoner OF zenda'' romance. The clos
Ing portion OF the story, .The Cupidity
fof Carroll, y at places holds one in sus-
pense with grip stronger than that OF
sword fight on which the fate Of a hero
hangs. ~ - 81, ri: ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
BOARDS in MILWAUKEE
AND CHICAGO AT WAR
Journal Special Service.

Journal special service,
s7s Milwaukee, Oct. 14.-War has broken
out between the Milwaukee and Chicago
Boards Of Trade. A special meeting Of
the board Of directors Of the Milwaukee
Chamber Of Commerce was held yester-
day afternoon to consider some action
toward q modification Of the commission
rule which at present discriminates in
favor Of Chicago. Ever since, Chicago
transferred its put and call business
here, the Milwaukee Exchange has IA.
svored Chicago in every way possible.
Now that Milwaukee is threatened with
"a loss Of its speculative grain business
and members Of the Chicago board are
attacking Milwaukee business at every
weak point, the Milwaukee members are
thinking Of retaliation.
giving all other Boards Of Trade the
right hitherto enjoyed exclusively by
Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
TERMINUS

It ID time to be old, Il :s@
TO take in salt:
The god Of bounds,
Who sets to seas q shore
Came to me In his fatal rounds,
And said: .tNo moreI 35i ;,f
No farther shoot
Thy broad ambitious branches, aud thy root
Fancy departs; no more invent,
Contract thy armament 5s
To compass Of tent.
There's not enough for this and that,
Make thy option which OF two;
Economic the falling river,
Not the less revere the giver;
Leave the many and hold the few, $E
Timely wise, accept the terms,
Soften the fall with wary foot; e
a little while Is x
Still plan and smile, -
And-fau1t Of novel germs 55ss 81
Mature the unfallen fruit - ss524f )
AS the bird trims her to the gale I.
trim myself to the storm Of time;
man the rudder, reef the SAIL,
Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime;
Z Lowly, faithful, banish fear.
Right onward drive unframed:
IS The port well worth the cruise,5 Is near
And every wave Is charmed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14

TABLoIDS OF CHEER FOR EVERY
DAY IN THE YEAR.-Sara A. Hubbard
has prepared new series Of Catch
Words Of Cheer. These. catchw ords are
not appropriately called tabloids.
Taken Alright. they are to the struggling
spirit what the physicians tabloid Is to
the weary body. The compiler says truly;
There are few of us who can cheerly
make our daily round without help from
fellow souls. We need the friendly
thought, the encouraging word to keep
us at our best. strong and willing to; en-
counter the trials that beset every path. :
In that is sufficient excuse for the attrae-
tive little volume just issued by Il
A. @. McC1urg & Co., Chicagos
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14
BANKERS AFTER SILL
Young NAL Is Said to Have cashed
Raised Check.

The protective committee of the Min
nesota Bankers association is looking
for one George Sill, said to be- from
New Albany, Ind. The notice sent out
by the committee says that he received
a SIS check from George E.. Baker
raised it to $50 and cashed it.. Sill
was last seen at Montevideo, Mimi, and
is described as being five feet and one
half tall, partly blind in one eve, wrist
crooked. He is light complexioned,
weighing probably 140 pounus.