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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
AT THE THEATERS
orpheum-The Road Show.

Picking q headliner for the Orpheum
road show is about as difficult as taking
a headlong plunge into thicket and then
singing out the briar that scratched you.
1t goes with a snap and dash from the
first sight Of Mcintyre until the last
fash of Sthe silken hosiery of the Mad
caps.
The show opens with ''The Bell Boy
and the Maid" a plotless sketch Matched
UP to permit of an exhibition Of sensa-
tional athletic work Of Harry Smirl and
the dancing of Rose Kessner. Buckner
follows with a series Of breakneck leaps
and dashes down stairways on a bicycle,
winding up with jump on a dismantled
wheel from a high platform.
The Satonas have clever musical
sketch In which they combine pleasing
harmony with running fire of horseplay.
Frank Satona's chief pride seems to rest
In the playing Of viol OF one string,
while the singing of "Jen" made q favor
able impression on the large audience
last night
Mcintyre and Heath gave "The Geor-
gia Minstrels" with all of the old time
care which has made the sketch the most
notable in vaudeville. Last night they
caught the attention of the audience
from the start and held it until they An
ished, leaving the crowd convulsed with
merriment. The Madcaps In their nov
city acrobatic dancing made the hit Of
the evening. Their work is new and the
Madcaps bad q hard time in bringing the
act to a close. The seatholders wanted
more-and got it, until the dancers were
unable to go further for lack Of breath.
Clarice Vance gives coon songs and
was forced to give many of them before
she broke away from her hearers. A:
the leading illustrator of the coon sons
Clarice stands at the head Of the cult II
America. Spessardy's bears and ponie,
are perfectly trained and the antics O.
the bruins resulted in the best animal &C
of the season. The kinodrome closed tn,
show. The road show Is the best of
fering, as a whole, since the opening O
the Orpheum. Every act Is worthy o
headline privileges. j. H. Richie.
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CITY NEWS
GOVERNOR WILL ATTEND
PLANS COMPLETE FOR THE
SPRING aAN1BoL OF THE PRESS
CLUB.

Governor John A. johnson will be
the guest of the Press club Of Mime
apolis tomorrow night. The governor
will come from st. Paul in a private car
and will join the newspaper men at
dinner at Schrapp's restaurant at $3.50
O'Clock. He will be accompanied by a
number of state officers.
The "spring gambolo Of the scribes
is q progressive affair. The dinner will
be an informal affair attended by the
members Of the club and few invited
guests. At $3.50 the party will move
from Schrapp's to the clubrooms Of the
Unique theater, where smoker will be
given. A large number of invitations
are out for the smoker, and lively
time is expected. There will be speech
making and storytelling until II
clock, when the theater will be turned
over to the club. Then will come the
big vaudeville show Of the night. The
acts will come from the Metropolitan,
Orpheum, Lyceum, Bijou, Dewey and
Unique, members Of the club having
attended these theaters last night to
select the performers. This promises to
be one of the great shows Of the year
The theatrical performers now in the
city, numbering some $50, have been
invited to the big show, and the even
ing is expected to wind up with a blaze
of glory. The official badges for the
function were printed today. They
consist Of large shipping tags bearing
the inscription, "Spring Gambol Of the
Press Club of Minneapolis-Adm Omit
This Buck to the Green Pastures
There may be a delay in mailing
these to the guests who have been late
in responding to the invitations to thu
smoker and vaudeville show. The com
mittee of arrangements requests th'
announcement that in the absence o,
badges those attending present the caro-
Of Invitation at the door of the Unique
or make themselves known. The gov
ernor is himself newspaper man, ant
st. Paul reports say he is looking for
ward to the entertainment with no I'm
certain degree Of pleasure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06

utilities its former action in ratifying
The Hague convention. From the view
point of the president this is another
backward step. We would better
never have gone into The Hague con-
vention than to have gone in with
string to our adhesion on practical lines
to the principle of arbitration in the in
terest of universal peace. 1t cannot
but prove discouraging to the other
signatory powers to find that the gov
eminent of the United States means
nothing by its action.
The senate is on the horns of a di
lemma, Either it slept at its post and
permitted the ratification of illegal
treaties and has failed to protest
against them since, or else it has sud
denly awakened to new and acute
sense of its constitutional obligations.
Was the senate s action on the trea-
ties intended to be rebuke to the
presidents Viewed in connection with
Senator Hale vicious assault upon the
president in discussing the naval bill,
an assault which came soon after the
treaty discussion, and in which the
president was coarsely accused of using
the navy for bullying other nations,
it would seem plausible. The senate
may have deliberately set out to up
hold its technical rights in treaty max
| ing even at the expense of its own
precedents.
If the senate has thus opened war
upon Mr.. Roosevelt, we may be sure
that there is another motive back of
the warfare. The alleged scare over
the executive encroachments upon the
prerogatives of the senate can be moth
ing but a blind. The senate is accused
of being very much under the influ'
ence of certain great Industrial inter
ests which the president has vigor
ously attacked under the law, and
against which the president has asked
for additional law that he might make
his attack count more for the people
ANY encroaching that the president has
done has been in the direction of en-
forcing the laws against these combi
nations, whose defiance of existing
statutes is fragrant, unblushing and fe
lonious.
The people may be afraid of an en-
croaching president, but the chances
are that they are more afraid of ar
encroaching beef trust, an encroaehins
oil trust and an encroaching railroad
trust. If the senate were as active as
the president in reducing these bloated
monopolies to state of decency-nay
if it were known to be at all in sym
pathy with the presidents efforts t.
curb them-the people would listen will
more patience to its plea for its specia
construction of the constitution in tn,
matter of treaties.
Probably senator's elected directly by
the people would not have SO mucl
jealousy of the president abroad mol
show such indifference to his appeals
for help at home.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
eIIou.-"The Fatal weddlna."

With a stronger cast than ever, "The
Fatal Wedding" returned to the Bijou
yesterday for another weeks engage
ment. Always a popular production with
Bijou audiences, it promises, with its i'm
proved cast to be one Of the most popu-
lar billings Of the season.
Vessia Farrell, the leading woman, Is
an actress of ability and of just the type
needed to make the production seem real.
AS Mrs. Howard Wilson, the victim Of
the two arch villains, she touches the
hearts OF her hearers. Tall and stately,
with a pleasing face and considerable
ability as an emotional actress, she leaves
little to be desired in her Interpretation.
Nestor Lennon, as Howard Wilson,
makes an ideal jealous husband, who Is
more ready to listen to the whispers Of
suspicion than to the truth from the lips
OF his wife. With high sense of honor,
himself 1t is impossible for him to coun-
tenance anything dishonorable in the con-
duct Of others.
Cora Quentin, who took the part of Jes-
sic, the little mother, Is a pleasing child
actress. Zena Kiefe, who alternates the
part with her, and introduces some clev.
er songs and dances In the third act is
evidently just as good.
Berton Churchill, as Robert Curtis, the
villain, and Julia Ralph. as Cora William,
his accomplice, are both good actors.
The Celestial choir and Gertrude
Haynes, the organist, come in for their
share OF the applause. Especially Is this
true of the boy soprano, who does two
specialties In the last act. His voice Is
as clear as that of a woman and as sweet
as the melodeon's note. H. G. Davis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
The Presidents Busy Day.

President Roosevelt 5 muscles are said
to be lame after the Inauguration. 1t
was a strenuous day. The president
opened with three rounds with Donovan
followed by jiu jitsu on the mat and
fifteen minutes on the parallel bars.
After light breakfast of ham and eggs
and coffee, the president proceeded to
the capitol, where he signed bills for an
hour. At noon he put on the crown,
pulling it well forward over his brow,
and went home to lunch. After that he
reviewed the parade and shook hands
with six thousand cow lads who didn't
know how, strong they were. In the
cleaning the president kicked a foot
ball all over the White House lot while
waiting for Mrs. Roosevelt to get her
things on. Then they went down to the
pension building and took in the dance.
The president strolled home at midnight
and remarked to eighty-six secretaries
who were laying for him with mail, that
it was all off until Monday am.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
N CHILDREN'S NIGHT
PUBLIC SCHOOL CHORUS SINGING
FEATURE OF CLOSING PROGRAM
OF MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

The Auditorium as a temple of music
is deeply impressed upon the minds of
the school children of Minneapolis thru
the agency Of the closing concert of
the festival season, in which the chill
Idren's chorus was the principal attrac-
ton. Not only were the 1000 children
Of the chorus reached by the influence
of the, idea Of the Importance of this
musical event, but practically all of the
children Of the city, for it has been tho
absorbing subject Of school considera-
ton for several weeks. The impress of
this idea will bear fruit in a greatly
increased appreciation Of the benefits
and influence Of music and other arts
tic refnements of life.
The attendance at the concert was
very large and the effect of the chill
dren g chorus was imposing, in spite of
the difficulties encountered in proyld
stage. was given to the children and
held just about half Of the chorus, the
other section being placed in the Sec
ond balcony. This greatly increased the
difficulties of direction for Miss Trask,
but the result was surprisingly good.
and reverently Beethoven hymn,
''The Glory Of God in Nature" and
the slow-moving, majestic "Largo,' of
Handel: For the close they sang with
the Philharmonic and Orpheus Singing
society choruses and the orchestra un-
der Mr.. Oberhoffer direction "The
Star Spangled Banner,' each child wav-
ing tiny flag. The wave Of swelling
patriotic enthusiasm found expression
in the heartfelt singing of "America,'
in which all the audience Joined.
The Symphony orchestra furnished
numbers calculated to inspire the chill
dren of the audience in the ringing
civilian Tell" overture, Grieg's first
I"Peer Gynt' suite and the "Bluc
DANUBE waltz of Strauss. The Phil
harmonic club repeated the Gounod
.tUnfold Ye Portals,' and added his
Sanctus. d" The chorus was seated in
the first four rows of orchestra seats,
and was obliged to stand between the
audience and the orchestra, and yet
managed to sing with good effect. The
Orpheus Singing society, under the di-
rection of Mr.. Nilsson, sang very ac-
eeptably 1.-THE Tear,'' by Witt, and
Grieg's "The Heavenly Hosts.''
The soloists were Miss Adele Ma
loney,. whose Meyerbeer "Shadow
Song' aria showed her the possessor
of soprano voice of unusual coloratura
qualities; Mrs. Maude Adams Water
man., whose rich voice was well suited
to the Saint.Saen aria, "The Spring
with Her Dower,' and Miss Margaret
Gilmore, who gave Weber's piano con-
certo with much skill and feeling. D.
Alvin Davies sang with the Philhar-
monte club in the "Sanctus.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
Kuropatkin s Chance.

1t would seem as tho, If Kuropatkin
has it in him, his hour to demonstrate
his generalship has come. The jap
anese have apparently exhausted them
selves with the fury of their attacks,
which have all been repulsed so far as
the center is concerned, while their
fianking movements have not been suf-
iciently successful to enable them to
bring their long-extended lines to-
gether. The japanese are spread over
sixty miles of territory, while the Rus
sian lines have been shortened to less
than half that. Oyama's superiority
in men is about 10000, which is not
enough to justify the recklessness with
which he has been fiinging his soldiers
to certain death.
The next twentyfour hours may de-
termine whether Kuropatkin is to give
Russia that long-delayed taste of vic
tory or whether he will make another
mastery retreat. The latter course is
more probable, judging from the past
1t would not be bad military tactics,
but it would be severe disappointment
to the autocracy, which is now hanging
on the telegraph awaiting the news OF
victory which will quiet the country
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
WOULD FIGHT THE TOWN
Gunder Benson's Losses in Speculation
Derange His Mind.

Gunder Benson, whose mind has be-
come dsranged because of
was taken to the Cobb hospital, ST..
Paul, today. Benson, who has lived at
the Beaufort hotel for three years, was
arrested yesterday afternoon at Sixth
street and Nicollet avenue, where, hat
less and coatless and with his shirt
sleeves rolled up to his elbows, he chal-
lenged the whole town to come forth
to Battle. His friends said that he had
lost much money in "bucketshops" and
had been reading some rather torrid
literature on the subject of hypnotism.
Together they wrecked his mind and led
to the demonstration.
Benson is about 81 years old. He
is unmarried, and, so far as known, has
no home other than the hotel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
PLEASED WITH SERVICE
New Local on Great Northern Helps
Fergus Falls and Vicinity.
Special to The Journal

Special to The Journal.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, March 6.-The
new local passenger train placed in
commission on the Great Northern will
be heartily welcomed by the villages in
this locality, Brandon, Ashby, Melby,
Dalton, Carlisle, Rothsay and other
points being benefited. When the new
500 line was completed, the Great
Winnipeg business, changed its night
train to limited, and vigorous com
plants regarding both passenger and
mail service have been coming from
these villages. The new train is night
local, and restores the former service.
Incidentally it means five regular pas
senger trains daily each way between
Fergus Falls and the twin cities.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
MUST DO SOMETHING
Hand and Heart Must Work Together
Says Eminent Divine

Rev. Herbert 8. Bigelow of Cincinnati
preached yesterday morning at First
Unitarian church. In an address,
which was an appeal for religion of
the head. hand and heart, he said: ga
religion is not worth the name, if it
does not find expression in acts of low
ing kindness to all our fellowmen. It
may be orthodox, but if it does not
make the heart tender for all who suf-
fer, if it does not make the mind rebel
against injustice to the humblest, it is
Of no value.
ave cannot relieve all the wholesale
suffering of the world, but we can
search fol, the cause Of it and do our
best to nelp remove that cause.''
In speaking Of wholesale charity, Mr..
Bigelow said, cit robs us of our man.
hood. What men need and want is not
charity but Justice" He dwelt partic.
ularly upon the injustice that is directly
traceable to legalized wrong-bad laws.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
BOOK NEWS
AND GOSSIP,
THE UNEASY CHAIR

ATRoclous eLuNDERs MADE Bv
PEOPLE IN GIVING TITLES OF
6OokS.--At dinner of three, of which
The Uneasy Chair was one and two book
men were the others, recently, talk drift
ed to book titles and the mistakes people
make In calling for best sellers even.
For example. one of the party mentioned
a not infreauent call his house had for
when Knighthood Was in Bloom for
when knighthood Was in Flower" Here
are few other positively atrocious cases:
''In the Buggy with the Priest" for 'In
the Bishops Carriage; Orchestra Out
of Sight" for '.The Choir Invisible
Hearts Outrageous" for Hearts Coura-
geous"; "Thrown Away" for 1.-THE Cast
away"
These mistakes seem too absurd to be
believed, but the bookmen in the case SOL
EMMY asseverated that they We're telling
the truth, tho not the whole truth, fol-
they had many other like tales to tell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
Early Seeding.

4 Altho temperatures over the north
west were somewhat lower last night,
the new week begins with the long
continued period of remarkably fine
weather still unbroken. That spring
has really opened is rather hard thing
TO realize. Past records show early
. March days as warm and pleasant as
now being experienced, but there is lit
tie to compare with the long succession
Of lamb-like days just passed. Big
storms have swept the northwest in
former years at dates much later than
this, so it will hardly do to jump at the
conclusion that spring is here, and that
winter is gone for good. Nevertheless
ethe reports Of wild fowl coming north
are harbingers of spring, and farm ac
tivity is increasing, narrowing being
now in operation over a considerable
extent of country, and seeding of spring
tions.
!; < It is with reference to this seeding of
wheat that the weather is of greatest
Importance Indications now are that
the work will start early and under con-
ditions highly favorable to final results.
1t would, of course, be absurd to begin
to talk about a big wheat crop at this
early date, when it is considered how
great are the vicissitudes Of an ordin-
: ary crop year and how uncertain the
outlook at all times. 1t cannot be
denied, however, that for the date the
promise has never been better. 1t is
true that early seeding does not in it
self insure good crops, but it is splen-
did indication. One great trouble last
year and the year before was the delay
to farm work by wet weather in that
: important part of the wheat-producing
area, the Red river valley. 1t is sug-
-:.gested that good weather and early
March seeding foreshadows dry weather
later in the season, but this is to borrow
trouble.
II It is interesting to note in this con-
nection that in the year 1895 there was
"a spring very like the one now coming
on. and in some localities wheat seed
ID ing was in full swing by March 10.
Land seeded by mid-March that year
Welded bountifully. If the present
weather holds seeding will be under
way in many sections by March 10 and
there is every reason to expect results
as good as followed the early work OF
1885.
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Thanks for the Children.

Since it is impossible to bring to-
gether again the members of her fes-
tlval chorus, Miss Trask desires to
thank them most sincerely for the ad-
mirable way in which they conducted
themselves at rehearsals; for the touch
ing loyalty expressed at trying times,
and for the excellent singing they did
on the night Of the concert. Especially
does she wish to thank those who were
seated in the second balcony. Their
close attention and eager desire to keep
with the other parts of the chorus made
a greater measure of success possible
than could have been expected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
A STUBBORN BLAZE
Lack Of Room Hampered Firemen at
Elks' Hall Last Night.

Fire, starting at $3.50 O'Clock last
night from crossed electric wires in
the basement of the Elks' hall, Oil
Sixth street 8, caused damage amount
ing to $4,000: The loss is covered by
tbs, owner Of the building; Roger Charl-
ton, haberdasher, and Henry Westin,
tailor.
The fire was stubborn one and lack
Of room hampered the department. 1t
was more than an hour before the blaze
was extinguished. It was confined to
the basement beneath the tailor shop,
but it was necessary for the fremen to
tear up the floor to reach the fire. The
losses Of Charlton and Westin were
caused by smoke.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
Revolt Of the Committee Clerks.

fn Soma Of the committee clerks who are
drawing per diem from the legislature
x are said to be getting on their dignity.
4 They are on the point Of resigning as a
q rebuke to the powers that be for requlr-
tsing such constant attendance on their
Aduties.
-. 1t is to be hoped that they will do
nothing rash. They must consider the
: duty they owe the state as citizens, If
9 not as officeholders, and refrain from
ssincontinently blocking the wheels Of
government. There is no telling what
fimight happen to the legislature if sud
s44denly deprived Of the services Of the
Fsclerk Of the committee on geological
and natural history survey.
The lieutenant governor and the
may have given just cause of
offense in requiring clerks to report at
10 in the morning and 5 in the after
asnoon, whether there was work to do or
! mot. They are cruel taskmasters, and
,SSare on the point of revolt, but if the
4 driven menials will only bear their in
dignities d little while, more lenient
counsels may prevail. Possibly it can
be arranged SO they need only report in
- the morning. every other day.
The committee clerks glory has de-
parted. At previous sessions all the
q work was done by two or three weak
81 but amiable employees, while the rest
Isl gave their committees only Incidental
n attention. It is no wonder the clerk.
4 at this session are resentful. They
know full well that there are twice q:
many employees as the Legislature
8needs. The places have been created
$40 make patronage for members. ant
not because the clerks were needed
The clerks have been appointed becaus,
Of political services rendered. and they
consider that the state owes them ,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06

- One of DR.. Osler's previous EXPLOITS was
the publication of statistics on co-educa-
tion in medicine, in which he showed that
"A Ia per cent Of the women students
in medicine in Johns Hopkins university
had married into the faculty. After
number of excited editors had swallowed
.,ns hook. bob and sinker, he unsmilingly
a came forward with the further informa-
stion that there were three of these stu
dents in the university and one of them
: had married a professor! Doubtless the
! doctor was only joking on the chloroform
atory. It was q cheerful subject and q
merry Jest to be sure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
Monday Evening,

salary without the formality of labor
during the session. IF the present poll
cy is followed out, the post of commit
tee clerk will fall into disfavor. The
politician will demand his recompense
in some other way, and no one will
serve the legislature, but those who are
expecting to work.
If that day ever comes, the legisla-
tive payroll may be reduced to decent
limits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-06
Two Auditorium Names.

To the Editor Of The Journal. .r .
I wish to suggest two names for the new
Auditorium. One Is Mne-mo syne hall.
Mnemoysne was the name of the mother
of the nine muses.. No doubt there will be
many a Liszt and many Chopin started
into being from this our grand new build
ing. Does this name not strike you as
very appropriate one?
The other name is Bechtel hall, in honor
of him to whom the success OF the under
taking is due, first and foremost. I be-
lieve In honoring people while they live,
when something so great as this has been
achieved, and not waiting until they are
dead to offer them flowers and do them
honor.
Bechtel hall sounds well and would also
be most appropriate name. e. L. ID.