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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-27
THE MAGAZINES

Zionist Movement Doomed to FalIure.-
Rabbi Edward N. Calisch, in the April
number Of the BookIovers' Magazine, says:
Zonisn has helped to stimulate Jewish sense
among many Jews themselves. It has awakened
interest among many who were growing utterly
Indifferent to things Jewish and were drifting
into agnosticism and skepticism with the tide Of
the age 1t has cleared the mental and spirit
ual atmosphere for many, and intensified q newly
aroused Jewish consciousness. In these things
It has been Of great help to the larger Jewish
cause. But the iridescent bubble of its imprac-
ticable hope will soon burst, and it will wither
as have done many similar movements In Jewish
history-tho, let us pray; without the tragedies
that accompanied them. It's idealism is re-
freshing oasis in this materialistic age Of steel,
but 1t is not the end Of the journey.
Caleb Powers TrIaT.-Caleb Powers
town story as it is being told in that
always readable periodical, The Reader
Magazine, is increasing in interest. Ac-
cepting it as true, and the man in his
present situation would hardly dare to
misrepresent the. facts, there has been a
gross trifling with justice in the Ken
lucky courts. For example, in the April
number Of the magazine, Mr.. Powers tells
that, tho Of 179 witnesses summoned for
the defense, only five were present the day
the case was called, showing something
radically wrong, he was forced to go to
trial. Furthermore, despite the fact that
the venire Of jurymen was not nearly ex-
hausted, the court, over the protest of the
defense, ordered the sheriff to summon
100 bystanders for jury service. After
this had been done, the court made prac-
tica1ly private investigation among the
men, excusing those who seemed to him
not to come up to the requirements Of the
case. 1.-THE bitterly partizan were re-
tanned" Powers also tells of the intimida-
ton Of one of the Jurors. The story is
| an amazing one turnout and sad COM
| mentary on the influence of Kentucky pol
| itics in Kentucky justice.
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Orpheum-VaudevlIIe.

Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne fur
nish the headline attraction at the Or.
pheum this week. '"Town Hall Tonight
is close to the ground and leads to the
belief that Cressy, the playwright actor
knows more of the hard-cider life Of New
Hampshire than he admits. There is not
a dull moment in the sketch, and as g
cure for the blues Cressy has the flowing
bowl lost in the distance. The act Is {
scream from start to finish. The work
of Miss Dayne as the world-weary star OF
the one-night stand circuit is above re.
proach. =
The show opens with a clever turn by
the Columbians: There are five Of them
and they can sing and dance, from the
father Of the flock to the tot who goe'
thru all the poses Of premiere dams
euse. The work Of the family Is ia
above the average Of ''family AFFAIRS
Herbert Brooks in his trunk Illusion ha.
the audience gasping in wonder when, at
ter being locked, tied and laced in
trunk, he reappears in about twenty sec
onds with the trunk trappings intact. HI
is also a card manipulation of more thai
average ability and gives several nev
tricks. One or two of them puzzle thos
who handle the pasteboards themselves
The comedy -hypnotism of the Therese
gives an opportunity for the pair to d.
some clever athletic work. Happy
Jack Gardner was radiantly happy him
self and the audience mildly so, over hi
old and new gags.
Greene and Werner caught on in rous
ing style with BABES of the Jungle I
IS given in Zanzibar costume and thi
feature left a great gnawing doubt in tn
minds Of many. The act is clever
staged and the idea entirely new. Bot
are clever singers. Louis A. Simon an
Grace Gardner have a bowling farce il
'''The New Coachman." It goes skim
mingly over thin ice at times-and Grac
G. is not a lightweight at that-and wind
up with the usual explanations of all diff
ficulties. For knock about, smash-u
| turn, 1t is the most complete since Hs
DAVIS put on PALS" j. H. Ritchie.
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DR.. Montgomery's Farewell.

The two services in which Rev.
James S. Montgomery yesterday closed
his ministry at Wesley church were
wholesome signs Of an abiding interest
in things spiritual. The church was
crowded beyond it's capacity on both
occasions, hundreds standing in aisles.
It has been jibe for years that men
would stand up at theater or a
woman alta bargain counter, but that
neither would do so at church. But
both sexes did it at Wesley church yes
terday, and thereby testified their re-
spect not only for DR.. Montgomery, but
for the gospel he has been preaching
in Minneapolis for. six years.
DR.. Montgomery goes from this city
to an important charge in the city OF
Denver. He doubtless carries with him
pleasant recollections of Minneapolis,
for here he has been a favorite preach
err and one who has added great num-
bers to- the membership Of the church
he served. Yet his popularity has not
been earned by new and captivating
doctrines, nor sensational appeals. 1t
has been gained rather by hard appllca
ton and by throwing all the force OF
an engaging personality into his work
Minneapolis will miss DR.. Mont
pomerv. for he was while here one OF
the pillars of religion and solid prop
of good citizenship.
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BOOK NEWS
AND GOSSIP.
THE UNEASY CHAIR

CUPID PLAYS A NEW TRICK. AND
THE STORY THEREOF is ENTERTAiN-
ING READlNG.-It is no trouble at all to
sit up to the wee sma' hours with The
Princess Passes, by c. N. and A. M.
Williamson, authors of "The Lightning
Conductor" 1.-THE Princess Passes" like
THE Lightning Conductor is a romance
Of motor-car, this time in the Alps. 1t
is a story Of the way in which Cupid
brought together two Tilted lovers and
prepared the way for them to live hap
PLY ever afterward. It Is almost sufficient
to say that Cupid in this case used ex-
traordinary means, and succeeded of
course.
Collaboration has contributed to the in
terest of the story. We may be mis-
taken, but it. seems quite clear that the
woman Of the collaborators wrote the wo-
mems parts and the man the mems. In
view of that fact, the eternal feminine OF
one Of the characters Is so plainly seen
turnout that it is Impossible to see how
the hero missed being suspicious, in
fact, convinced. However, as the book
is written solely for amusement, one car
overlook the hero's monostupidity, espe.
cially as he was quick-witted otherwise
Henry Holt & Co., New York.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT A"PHo.
ToGRAPHIC" READER.-Thes president
reads like lightning" as boys say. Ir
hours he will read thru a book, that II
takes another man days to read, says the
April Century. The writer adds: ! I
GLOW does he manage>to do. it?' All know
| about this is that in the first place he has by
nature or practice the faculty Of extremely rapid
reading. There are some men of letters and
| general readers who never have been able tc
acquire this art. Others can take in paragraphs
| or pages well-nigh at glance. The president
must be one of these Photographic readers, who
| take almost instantly the impression of a whole
paragraph or nearly whole page, the eye run
ming along with lightning-like rapidly, ani
1eaping to the more important phrases as by in
stlnct. l have known the following to occur
| A congressman makes a statement to him anG
hands him typewritten paper. Almost imme
| diately the president hands it back to him
whereupon the congressman says deprecatingly
Mr.. President, may I not leave this paper with
you? Il am anxious that you should read it.
But answered the president, Il have read it,
Sou4 can examine me in it If you wish.' :
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APOSTLE OF IBSEN CULT
OLE BANG HAS COME FROM NOR
WAY TO ILLUSTRATE "PEER
DATE. -- "a - .-.--z--~-

Ole Bang, a Norwegian author and
playwright, has been ''creating
furore' at Harvard university, to en-
ploy the expression used by the Boston
Journal. Mr.. Bang is an Ibsen devotee
and his zeal for the cult has brought
him much distinction, so much so that
in New Y ork Minnie Madden Fiske took
him out at the Manhattan theater. He
appeared before the faculty of Harvard
university by invitation. He also made
a public appearance in Boston and the
novelty of his entertainment won the
favor of all.
He reads or rather impersonates in
the famous drama Of "Peer Gyant.' 1t
has become famous in America only
thru Grieg's music and in particular
play itself is comparatively unknown
to Americans. Ole Bang gives "Peer
Gynt' in Norwegian, but in such a
dramatic and artistic manner that he
never fails to impress his hearers with
the mood of the poem,' as the Boston
Globe says.
The recitation is preceded by rather
SO that the plot and the action are made
clear. At the proper places Grieg's
music, specially composed for the drama,
| is given. The instrumental passages
are given by high class local talent and
the vocal portions by Olivia Dahl,
daughter Of the famous iurist of Chris
tiania, who is commended by Edward
Grieg as "a very good singer with a
beautiful sympathetic Soprano and
knowing how to give expression to the
different moods both Of romance and
folksong'
Having studied Ibsen for more than
| fifteen years and been a pupil and
friend Of that great dramatist for the
past three years, Mr.. Bang thinks that
he understands him and can portray the
characters as the author would have
them portrayed. He sticks to the Nor
wegian text for it was in that language
that Ibsen uttered his thoughts. =
Mr.. Bang and Miss Dahl will appear
at the johnson Music hall in Minneapo-
lis on Tuesday evening, April IL. ..-
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Rockefeller's Church Brides.

The people who are protesting against
the acceptance of Rockefeller IS money
for foreign missions have certainly alb
stract, right on their side, and it is
question whether abstract right does
not here coincide with the highest ex-
pediency. The acceptance Of this
money will do two things, neither Of
which the church is prepared to do de-
liberately. It will condone the offenses
against morals involved in the Rookie
Teller plan of making money, and it
will weaken the hold Of the church on
the smaller givers by letting it be
known that the great millionaires are
the mainstay Of the church work. .ss,
We do not know of anything which
would have a sharper tendency to EN-.
phasize the moral mission Of the church
at this time than the peremptory re.
fusal of the Congregational society to
take John D. Rockefeller into partner.
ship There is too much Of a tendency
in the church today to gather money
and not inquire where it came from
Some one has asked in connection with
this Rockefeller episode, whether the
church would take money from Canfeld
the gambler, thinking that he had
stated such an extreme case as to make
the duty Of the church plain. But un
fortunately this inquirer. has merely
twitted the church on a fact. He has
not stated an indispensable case
Thousands Of churches are taking
money from gamblers. It has been done
in Minneapolis. Moreover some
churches habitually resort to gambling
devices and methods to raise money. A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-27
WILMA ANDERSON RETURNS
Had Successful Concert Tour with Ruth
Anderson Reohr and Gherardi.

Miss Wilma Anderson, the Min
neapolis pianist, returned Saturday
from concert tour which began Dec. l:
The winter has been a most successful
and satisfactory one to Miss Anderson
and to her sister, Mrs. Ruth Anderson
Reohr of New York, with whom she
travelled. Mr.. Reohr, who is usually
the third member of the trio, was OBJ
liged to remain in New York. to look
after the suit for false imprisonment
which he is prosecuting against the
city and one Of its police force. His
place was taken for most of the season
by Gherardi, formerly one of the most
popular members of the Castle Square
Opera company. Mr.. Reohr has been
studying this winter with one of Con-
ried's operate coaches, Nine. Won
Doehnhoff.
The work of Miss Anderson and Mrs.
Reohr is gaining wider appreciation
steadily, and their long tours are
booked by some of the best lyceum bu-
reaus Of the country. Their plans for
next year are completed and both will
spend the summer resting, and studying
new repertories, filling but few summer
engagements On her way home, Miss
Anderson visited in Chicago Mrs. Franz
Dietric, formerly of Minneapolis.
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decision on this Rockefeller gift which
will bring the church sharply up against
the whole question Of it's duties and re-
possibilities will in these regards do a
great deal to clear the atmosphere.
It will not do to say that money is a
commodity, that 1T represents just SO
much power tosdo good whether it
comes from q clean or an unclean
source. The church cannot afford to
take q lower stand on such a question
than society, and@ society makes in
curry as to. the source Of the income Of
its members before admitting them.
Saloonkeepers are practically banished
from society, their wives and children
are ostracized because the business
from which their clothes and food
come is tainted. Yet saloonkeep-
ers are licensed by law to do the
things by which they make their money,
and Rockefeller is strictly prohibited by
law from doing the things by (which he
makes his money. illegally, the case is
therefore much better for the saloon
keeper. kills.. 80. .. 49,.
NOR Will IL 40 to shunt OF the trouble
some question by saying that the church
cannot trace all the money that comes
to it in the contribution box. This is
not one Of those cases. Rockefeller
does not drop 100000 into the contri.
button box. He holds it high in the
air until some church. practically makes
a bid for it, and then when the audi
ence is assembled, and the band is ready
to play an inspiring tune, he drops it in
All Of Rockefeller's large contributions
have been made publicly, and for the
purpose Of making the public think wei
Of him. If he had anything to give tc
the conscience fund he would give it as
others have done, anonymously and &C
companied by an unsigned letter, show
ing that some one was in repentant
state Of mind.
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CITY NEWS
CROWDED CHURCH
TO SAY. FAREWELL
DIR. J. s. MONTGOMERY ENDS PAS
ToRATE AT WESLEY CHURCH.
Preached His Final Sermon and Told Of
His Sorrow at the Closing Of Six
Years Work in Minneapolis Goes to
Denver to Take Up Work at Trinity
Church. > -

DR.. James s; Montgomery, for six
years pastor of Wesley Methodist Epis-
copal church, preached his farewell SER
mon yesterday morning. The church
was crowded. es I'M many coming from other
Many persons, unable to obtain stand
ingroom went away disappointed.
'e eIoqugenty on aafvifs ope
and Charity" and closed with review
of the, work of Wesley church for the
past SIX years.
in the lives Of all men that are filed
with sorrow and regret, and this is one
of the times that has comes into nv
life. If [ were simply seeking my own
! personal pleasure, my own joy and con-
tentment, [ would say that I would
the remaining days of my life here and
spot:' ~ ''A''H Afo" 'nis particular
you have given me credit for some
things have done and for some things
| have not done, but the greatest hope
l have is that it may be said of me
that am good man. have tried to
live consistently and to walk before you
as clergyman should.''
| Dr. montgomery expressed apprecia-
tion of the help given him by members
| OF his congregation and spoke lovingly
OF Bishop L. w. Joyce, who, he said,
had been as a father to him.
Continuing he said he was thankful
to the citizens of Minneapolis, members
of other churches and others who had
demonstrated their friendship for him
and said he was always glad to welcome
them to Wesley church which is an in
stitution greater than any man. He
thanked the newspapers which, he said,
had done much to aid him in his work
here.
II ;; am not going to any snap from
field Of wider opportunities and [ want
you all to stand by this church after I
leave.' During the minister's fare
well speech, there was much weeping,
and when the choir sang, "God Be
With You Till We Meet Again. the
audience arose and waved farewell to
their pastor.
At the close of the service DR.. Mont.
gomery, standing in front of the pulpit,
shook hands with those members of the
congregation who could stay. Fully
as large an audience attended the even
ing service which was largely a musical
one, and DR.. Montgomery gave brief
address at the close. >
/ DR.. Montgomery and his family will
leave for Denver this evening, at s
O. CLOCK, from the union station. At
Denver, he will take up the work as
pastor of Trinity Methodist church.
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The Horton Bill. y

The Horton bill, bill which ought
to be entitled "a Bill to Make the
Republican Party in Minnesota Look
Like Thirty Cents,' has been vetoed
by the governor. The governor sends
it back with the brief message that
while he does not care anything about
the political patronage involved, the
passage Of the bill looks to him like
a reflection upon the dignity Of the
office which he occupies and an init
nation that the governor of the state
who has always heretofore acted as
the custodian Of the capitol, is not
qualified for that office.
Of course, the advocates of the bill
will not so far condemn themselves as
to contend that the bill was passed
particularly for the purpose of throw
ing down the present occupant. Of the
office and offering him a. mark of dis
respect-that would BIZ an act too
utterly infnitesimal for the ad
vocates Of the bill to confess
themselves guilty Of. They car
therefore defend their action only
upon the theory. that experience hal
shown the control of the building by
past governors to have been a failure
and upon the assumption that it is no
wise to continue the exercise Of suc]
authority in the hands of future gov
ernors.
It it against this disparagement O.
the office Of governor and its occu
pants, past and future, that the pres
emit governor directs his veto. It i
not necessary for him to consider hi
personal relation to the matter, no
can he be held to that narrow viev
of the matter on any theory creditabl
to the advocates Of the bill. It is
therefore, up to the legislature to sa.
if it can, by a majority sufficient t.
override a veto, that the governor
office, regardless of its occupant, is n
place for the exercise of this author
ity.
This is the only view the governor
bound to take. But Of course the ger
Ieral public understands we'll enoug
that the bill was conceived in sma]
politics and carried thru solely for tn
purpose Of depriving the present COY
ernor of a little patronage. It j
worthy of the ward politician frol
whom it emanated, but can never b
any credit to the republican party Q
the state. The senate may pass tn
bill over the governors veto; tn
house may not.
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autocracy, sand he paused and tight
ened the reins Of his authority and was
slain by the nihilists. Militant nihil-
ism is a terrible weapon, which, while
abhorred by the Russian enemies Of the
autocratic system, is yet but an express
sion Of the deeply seated discomfort
with the system found increasingly in
the three estates, the rural communes,
the landed proprietors and the munich.
pal corporations.
The Gar Nicholas has followed the
example Of Alexander II in imagining
that he can still be autocrat and make
concessions Of liberty to his people.
His proposal Of popular assembly Of
selected representatives Of the three
estates to be consulted as to national
measures Of legislation is most impor-
tant, because it is morally certain that
the people will sooner or later demand
elected delegates to represent them
Patchwork reform only breeds mischief
for the autocratic systems; and the car
will ultimately discover the fact. There
is no middle course Of safety. He will
have to reimpose the rigid absolutism
of Nicholas !, with it's peace Of death
or continue the process of reform mi
tiated by the decree Of Dec. 26 and
that Of March 3, and ultimately divorce
himself from his autocracy.
Russia is becoming more and more
hell of disorder, with her grand army
reduced in a foreign land to an appar
emily impotent fragment, bleeding and
discouraged, while the European roy
alties of the first class are doing <theil
best to pull the winded and bruised
czar out of the ring and convince hin
that Russia could have no worse enemy
than he if he insists upon another
years fighting. It may be that, a
the meeting of the royal families o:
| Great Britain, Russia and Denmark al
Copenhagen next week, to celebrate thu
birthday anniversary of the venerable
King Christian, there may be something
more than family gathering and gos
sip. It may develop into a peace con
| ference which may have some influence
| upon the harried car. -" 90
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-27
THE REVISED CODE

Warroad Plaindealer-The legislature
made great mistake in not rejecting the
code as soon as it was discovered that
it was not what it purported to be, viz,
a codification of the laws Of the state. It
will, however, be a far greater mistake to
attempt to patch it up at this late day,
and pass it. It never pays to endeavor
to correct one mistake by making another.
Kill the woodchuck. Do it now.
LIE Sueur Sentine1-When the 1egis1a-
ture adopts the new code, with its $50 or
more amendments and changes, the people
will find that they have engrafted upon
our statute books laws that could never
pass q. legislative body in any other guise.
In fact, the members are asked to take
the whole thing virtually on trust. The
judiciary committee has pretended to look
into the whole thing, but in point of fact,
their examination has necessarily been
superficial and casual. The time neces-
sary ito reviewsthe : code has not been
theirs and they have; slid over it as best
they could. If it has taken the commits
sion two years or more to reach their
conclusions, what sort of an Investigate ton
could the committee give it in forty days
It is absurd upon the face Of it to ex-
pect that they could give it a proper ex-
animation. If the state has not gotten
itself into a snarl that will be expensive
and dangerous, then the ordinary laws
Of cause and effect will have to be sus-
pended. =. KIT S. -. > a.s =. D..
Heron Lake Times-At the rate that the
state legislators are :digesting the revised
statutes they will be done with it in abou,
a week, and 1t will then be IN order for the
attorneys and Judges of the several dis.
tricts Of the state to have a. little fur
trying to find out just where they are
at, with the result that the supreme court
will be called upon to decide more cases
In the next two years than it has done II
the last ten.