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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
CHURCH GYM OPENED
PARK AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL
Il Provides CLASSES FOR MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

The opening Of the new gymnasium at
Park Avenue Congregational church on
Saturday evening was attended by
more than five hundred people. Rev.
G. s. Rollins welcomed the neighbors
in and made them feel that they were
expected to be part of the gymnasium
work.
Miss Douglas, the director of athletics
of the Y. w. G.. A., with fifteen mem
bers Of her advanced class, presented
drill. ~
The young ladies appeared in uni
form suits and their drill in running,
marching and fancy steps to music,
as well as the body exercise and Indian
club swinging, made very pleasing
performance.
The boys from the Y. M. c. A. amused
the audience immensely with their
games, races and tumling. They ap-
,peared under the direction of Mr.. Chat
| telon of the Junior department. :
Walter C.:Thornhill appeared in bal
ancing and tumbling feats and did some
excellent work on the horizontal and
parallel bars. Mr.. Thornhill's comic
work was also good. Two games Of
handball were played between represen-
tatives from the Y. NJ. G. A. and sthe
Minneapolis Athletic association, the
! former winning by a good score on the
open dho tuO adGGCi OA Gd0 IVA
court. '-,.s $500 ~ ..,.-.
The church chorus and Sidney Morse,
tenor, presented the musical numbers.
Mr.. Morse is;musical as well as athletic
director. ,..-.-...
The gymnasium work begins at once.
The first meeting Of the men will be this
evening at 1870, when Mr.. Morse will
organize the men of the neighborhood
who desire to take up systematic ex-
ercise for class work. He will meet the
BOYS OH Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Laura>Robb will have charge OF
the work for the girls and the ladies
of the church have obtained the services
! of Miss Butner for two MORNINGS of the
week, and she will also help Miss Rob
on Tuesday evenings in the class for
teachers and business women. who are
engaged during the day. Miss But
ner and Miss Robb will meet the ladies
of the church on Tuesday morning in
the church parlors to arrange for class
work Miss Robb meets with: the
school girls this afternoon to begin the
organization of their classes.
It is hoped during the week to have
all apparatus in place and on Saturday
Miss Robb will have two classes for
girls in the morning and Mr.. Morse two
for bows in the afternoon. Saturday
evening will be another social reception
to the church people and residents OF
the neighborhood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
AT THE THEATERS
1lJou-"Mrs. Delaney Of Newport

6tJou-"Mrs. Delaney Of Newport"
Mrs. Delaney OF Newport is the title
OF a musical melange with a satire on
Newport society as the keynote, being
presented at the Bijou this week. The
title role is played by Kate Gilmore, while
that Of Rose Delaney, her daughter, is by
her sister, May Gilmore. They are sup
ported by fairly good comedian work and
an excellent chorus. While there is nothing
in the story of original merit and while
the music is pretty without being strik-
ing, the whole mixture set off by some
clever chorus work, is at least equal in
merit to the average musical comedy.
Kate Gilmore has a voice that Is very
funny In itself, while her eccentric per-
sonality calls forth much laughter. But
she goes too far. When she slides back
wards down the banisters to break up a
love scene between her daughter and the
society reporter of New York paper, ex-
planning that she always takes an "ele-
viator' when In hurry-weIl, it is lit
tie too much for the modest theater- goer.
May Gilmore as the daughter is pleas
ing bit of feninintty.r She has a charm
ing personality, a petite form and weak
voice. There is nothing difficult in what
she undertakes, but she pleases the audi
ence.
Ross Snow. who takes the part of M
T. Walker, an anarchist nearly, is a clev-
er comedian and makes a good tramp. In
fact three-fourths of the entertainment
Is due to his efforts. He is ably assisted
by Walter Chester, as +. M. Hardupp, an
inventor, and many a laugh is produced
by the eccentricities of these two come
dams who shamelessly work off old jokes,
without even gesture of apology.
A criticism on MRS. Delaney of New
port" would not be complete without a
paragraph of commentator for the clo-
rus. Seldom have Minneapolis theater-go-
ers been privileged to see more comedy
lot Of girls than the dozen who make up
this chorus. The drill OF the Uncle Sam
girls is one Of the prettiest things seen on
local stage this season.
H G. Davis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
TWO OFFICERS FIGHT
Trouble of Lieutenant and Captain
Before Military Board.

The military board of inquiry to in
vestigate the charges of Lieutenant A.
F. Pray of Battery B, First artillery,
of abusive language used aaginst him
by Captain C. c. Bennett, met at the
capitol this afternoon: The board con,
sists of Colonel A. w. Wright, Second
infantry; Colonel c. E. johnson, Third
infantry, and Major T. B. Rowley, First
infantry.
Pray charges the language was rela-
tive to a petition signed by all but two
members of the battery calling for Ben
nett's resignation, and which Bennett
charged that he, Pray, instigated. Pray
denies any connection with the petit
ton. 49,
Bennett, in turn, denes Pray's story
of the petition, and counter charge
may be made that the petition which
was signed asked Captain Bennett to
make certain improvements in the, bat
terry, and that this was substituted for
one asking for Bennett 8 resignation,
ing attached to the second.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

not think the American people would
stand for that very long.
The American people will not stand
any longer for the idea that the rail-
road is private business. Mr.. Have
meyer makes q mistake, which great
many railroad men make, when he for
gets that the railroads are public insti.
buttons bound to serve the public in the
public interest and bound to do that or
surrender their charters. He is either
ignorant or arrogant and in either event
such sentiments as he advances coming
from such source only stimulate the
demand for governmental regulation as
an alternative for governmental control,
every time they are uttered. Mr.. Have
meyer cannot, by talking extravaganza
ly, advance in any particular the inter
ests Of those opposed to the increase of
the powers Of the interstate commerce
commission.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
A Strange Priest, This.

Minneapolis seems to have one true
son Of the "Little Father' in her
midst in. the person of Greek priest,
one Popof. He is reported in the
morning papers as saying that the men
and women who have been slaughtered
in the streets Of ST.. Petersburg are per-
sons who can be spared. "They were
only working men striking for bigger
pay and shorter hours.''
Such sentiments are, no doubt, COM
mon enough and all too popular in Rus
STA, but they sound little strange in
America. This priest, if he has been
correctly quoted, would find himself
more at home in Moscow than in Mime
apolis.
The people who lead a revolutionary
movement are always persons that the
ruling classes believe "can be spared. -
Arnold Winkelreid and John Brown
were not needed on earth, and Robert
Emmett was useless to tyranny. Will
the priest Gopon be able to enroll his
name with theirs9 How much more
glorious his attitude than that of this
cold, Indifferent Minneapolis cleric who
is "not interested' in the struggles of
workingmen for more and better bread
for their children. Only lot of work,
ingmen! Only protest against
oppression! The Nazarene' 8 heart bled
for such people. Maybe the Minneapo.
lis priest would find it interesting to
read the "Sermon on the Mount be
fore he sees another reporter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
A Mistake.

There is man down in Baltimore,
who has been authorized by somebody
to send out printed matter to the news
papers in opposition to the proposition
to increase the powers Of the in
terstate commerce commission. Anything
which savors Of more stringent railroad
regulation is thing for this man to
knock.
But he needs editing. Some of the
stuff he sends out is good, but he slipped
a cog when he sent out a long article the
other day purporting to be an interview
with H. o. Havemeyer, the head Of
the sugar trust. In that interview Mr..
Havemeyer said Of the, proposition to
give the Interstate commerce commits
sion power to fix rates: ttHIt is more
than absurd even to suggest such a
thing. The. popular clamor for it, or
what is said to be the popular clamor, is
nothing more than an unintelligent
shout. I do not mean in this to i'm
pugn the intelligence Of the American
people, but simply that somebody is
making a great noise and the people,
without having found out the reason for
this noise, are following in his wake. -
It is quite like the gorged and glut-
tonous head Of a great. trust to speak
with contempt Of American public opin-
ion. This public opinion, however, hap.
pens in this instance to be the senti-
ment Of business men thruout the coun.
try. The leading business organiza,
tions Of the United States have asked
congress for relief from abuses in mat.
ters of transportation and the transpor.
tation managers or some one for them
throw in their faces this insult from a
man who has already proited largely
by the abuses complained Of. The
opinion moulder for the railroads has
made mistake.
Mr.. Havemeyer says further that the
establishment of commission having
power to fix rates would lead to greater
dishonesty and give greater opportuni
ties for 'rakeoffs' Of large size than
the country has ever known. It would
| make the chances Of walking delegate
look sick.'' Mr.. Havemeyer is proba
bly, good authority on the fine points Of
how to control railroads and procure
"rakeoffs - of large size.
In another place he tells us that the
making Of rates is a personal matter
| with the railroads.
It is not the business Of the govern
ment to interfere in this way with pri
| vate interests, and railroad is a pri
vate business, just the same as mine
is. If such power as this is conferred
upon the Interstate commerce commits
| sion, that will be the first step toward,
placing all the business interests Of thu
country under similar restrictions Il
roads what they shall charge for theil
commod transportation can die
| tate to me the price Of my comm dityy
| That q the LOGICAL conclusion. and I di
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
The Hepburn Bill.

+ The Hepburn bill Incorporates the
that the interstate commerce commits
sion shall have power on complaint to
fix rate, renewable by the court
of commerce, which is established in the
bill. Nothing is specifically set out in
the reports of the bill regarding private
car lines, but undoubtedly measures will
be adopted to bring them under con-
troll as common carriers, probably thru
the Stevens bill. The bill also wipes
out and recreates the interstate COM
merce commission, increasing the mem
bership to seven and raising the COM
pensation to $4,000 year. The
theory Of this is that the commission
having enlarged powers will demand
the services Of the best men and the in
creased compensation will assist in get
ting them.
The president appears to have won his
fight for railroad Legislation and Sec
rotary Morton may be said to have se-
cured partial recognition of his bond
ing scheme. The bill provides that
when in the opinion Of the court Of
commerce the rate fixed by the inter-
state commission is unreasonable or it's
action unlawful, 1t may suspend. the
order pending further action of the
court, and in this case the railroad is
required to put up bond to reimburse
shippers.
The Hepburn bill may meet with hard
opposition in congress yet, but it comes
into the house from the hand Of the
chairman Of the interstate COM
merce committee, and 1t ought to
pass that body. So far, the senate
has not shown disposition to block rea-
sonable railroad regulation. It was the
senate which originated and passed the
Elkins rebate bill and which, in fact,
originally passed the interstate COM
Nmerce act.
It is a curious fact that the Cullom
report on which the interstate commerce
act was based and which came before
congress nineteen years ago makes pre-
cisely the complaints against the rail-
roads that the Hepburn bill is calculated
to meet. In summing up the testimony
it had taken, the Cullom committee
charged the railroads among other
things with discriminating rates, with
secret rebating, with sudden and arbl'
trary changes of classification, with over;
capitalization, and the attendant evils
of paying dividends on watered stocks
The interstate commerce act was
passed in response to the public demand
and in it's first years it did good work
in regulating votes, taking testimony OF
determinations and enforcing the LONG
and short haul clause. The supreme
court in 1897, however, in rate case
held that the fixing of rates was legis
lative function, which had not beer
specifically transferred by congress tx
the commission. This was blow al
the commission from which it could not
recover without help from congress
That help it has been seeking ever since
Agitation all over the country followed
the decision. Congress was kept fully
advised Of the wishes Of the shippers b.
petitions, memorials and resolutions o:
conventions, but managed to evade &C
ton on the general question until now
when it is confronted with a messag'
from the president in which he demand
that the power to fix rates, on complain
being filed, be restored to the commits
sion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
Returning Railroad Passes.

A member OF the Minnesota mousse
writes The Journal as follows:
T wish to say, briefly, that, after
reading the remarks or articles IN your
paper and others in this state, l. de-
cided to send all my passes back, and
have done 50 today. do not care to
advertise it, but wish you to know my
position on this important question, as
to whether, we are to be the servants
of the people or the agents Of the cor
poratlons.
The Journals correspondent
has returned seven annual passes to
the general counsel of as many rail
road companies. No doubt other mem
bers have debated with themselves
whether to do similar act, but have
kept their pasteboards for: fear that
returning them would imply hostility
to corporations and an excessively ten
der conscience.
The railroad pass sent to a member
Of the Legislature carries with it an
obligation, or is supposed to. Most
membtGs who use passes quiet the prick
ings of conscience with the thought
that every one else has them, and that
the custom has existed so long that it
is sort Of vested right, putting the
member under no obligation to the cor
poration.
Why were the passes sent9 Railroad
corporations do not give away trans
portation without some reason. There
may be no pressing occasion for the
company to win favor with the legisla-
ture, but the pass is always sent with
the idea that the session is sure to de-
velop' something concerning the rail-
roads interests, and it is better to be
on the good side Of the members.
Whether the member feels the obliga-
ton or not, the giver, Of the pass does,
and expects the holder of the pass to
assume more lenient attitude because
he has the pass.
The present session is full of inter
est to the railroad companies doing
business in Minnesota. Freight rates
are being investigated. Bills are . in
preparation to reduce passenger fares
and to give increased rate-making
power to the state railroad commits.
sion. All these movements are opposed
by the railroad managers. The legal de.
partments Of the railroad companieswil]
do their best to defeat them. They do
not want to use corrupt MEANS and
quite likely do not intend to. They are
not exactly binding the action Of mem.
bers with passes, but they know very
we'll that if the passes had not been
sent, their chances Of heading off legis
lation would have been slim indeed.
| The member who has returned his
passes may be out Of pocket, but be
will feel easy in his mind when these
measures come up, whether he votes
for them or against them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
BRUNSWICK HOTEL SOLD
New Owners Thinking Of Erecting a
New Building.

Edward L. McGrory and James c..
Andrews of the Pillsbury- Washburn
Flour Mills company have bought the
lease for 100000. The building was
owned by A. B. and A. w. Smith and
the land belongs to the Levi Cook
estate. A1tho the new owners have the
opportunity to close at once for a new
hotel building covering the site of the
Brunswick, they will look over the
ground carefully before deciding on
such Improvement.
The historic Clark house stood on
this old hotel corner, which is consid-
cred one of the best in the city for
the purpose. Mr.. McGrory will take
charge Feb. l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
Minneapolis, Jan. 10.
Regrets Discard Of Minnesota Stone.

Regrets Discard Of Minnesota Stone.
TO the Editor Of The Journal
Good only to look att as you said
in your Saturday evening Journal about
the new Minnesota state capitol. If 1t
only was nice to look at It may be as
far as style is concerned but I hardly
ever had such a displeasing sight before
as when I first had a look at the dirty
looking marble on the walls Of the build
ing, as well as in the vast piles lying
around to no use. It made me vexed to
think that we might as well have had a
solid building from Minnesota stone
which would have defied the elements FOR
ages, and benefited the state by keeping
the money at home. "A. B.
Rothsay, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

Mr.. Dooley sapiently. remarks that when
a man has nothing to say and plenty OF
words to say it in he delivers an grafton.
Some day we shall arrive at the conclu-
sion that oratory is interstate commerce
and subject to reasonable regulation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
Lyceum-"A Poor Relation"

After lapse Of twenty-five years,
Pete Raymond again crosses the path
of the critic. The first appearance was
when he played the royal Numidian lion
In ''Jinks,' Agard's "f1ve-pin circus, in
the Widow SCOTS barn. The critic was
r1ngmaster and found Raymond too docile
for lion. This docile trait Of char
acter has remained with Raymond and
enables him to make success of the gem
tie character. of Noah Vale in the Fer
ris Stock company's revival of "A Poor
Relation at the Lyceum.
In essaying the role Raymond frankly
admits that it would be impossible to
| improve upon the Interpretation Of the
late Sol Smith Russell: Herein lies Ray
mond's strength and ability. So closely
does he follow the, gentleness of the
well-beloved actor that at times it seems
as tho Sol Smith mas come back for an
evening, to warm the hearts of those
who had rejoiced and sorrowed with him
| thru the adversely and good fortunes Of
Noah Vale. = - III ,...
Raymond handles the part of the i'm
pecunious inventor with a care that
proves rich in results Last night he
and his audience were completely en- rap
port and he scored signal triumph on
the Lyceum boards. Next to- Raymond
honors fell to Charles Burnham, as
cception of the sHaffmc hSarted janitor.
| with the brusQue manners, was we'll
| nigh letter perfect. The shining villainy
| of Will H. Murdoch, as Jasper fSterret
was only equaled by the sheen of his
silk hat. Florence Stone, as Dolly, won
her usual need Of appreciation, and the
work Of Clark Marshall and Baby Rhea,
as the children, was above criticism.
Leila Shaw, as ''Scollops," was the tene-
| ",
sprig of carrot-colored hair to the rat
tlesnake patterned stocking which
adorned her right. The production is
well staged, and the play has lost none
Of its heart interest. 1t is one Of those
bits of playwriting so close to the hearts
Of the masses as always to prove accept
| able. It is a distinct triumph for Pete
Raymond and the Ferris Stock company.
| -OLoughlin.
| Foyer Chat.
! Clifford Leigh Of "a Girl from Dixie
the southern musical comedy, which re-
turns to the Metropolitan Thursday night
contributes one of a real legitimate char
acter part in bankrupt English peer ir
search Of an American heiress. Sixty
lyric players. headed by D. J.. Don and
Gertrude Wilmington and including bevy
:. of handsome show girls, are employed in
the presentment.
! The comic scheme in "a Chinese Hon.
eymoon" is worked out in bright and
sparkling manner that is largely respon.
sible for the favor which the piece en-.
joys. It will be seen at the metropolitan
next Sunday night.
The program at the UNIQUE theate,
changes with this afternoons performance
and includes the temperance Of the won.
derful trained horse, Trixie; the Brothers
Bunts, acrobats; Delmore and Darrell
singing and talking comedians; signorits
Ell Salto, Mexican contortionist: the Erie.
children in songs and dances, and JOSEPH
McCauley in illustrated songs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
A Word to the Wise.
To the Editor of The Journal,

TO the Editor Of The Journal. -
Last Sunday Mr. Morrills church was
damned to the door, the aisles were
packed, and the stage crowded.: In fact,
Mr.. Morrill, said from the platform that
there were over a thousand present It
seemed to me that there were many more
present.
After the service, on going out, I tried
one Of the side exits, the last one on the
West hotel side. I found it shut and
bolted. think this ought not to be per-
mitted and wish to call attention to it.
Kenneth Smith.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
OUR PETTY ExcLuslvEhEss.

IT Japan holds worlds fair" says 4
contemporary, ut VIII not insist on COM
pelling all the American girls to leave the
country after It ends" More than nifty
years ago, thru cur sailors, we rescued
Japan from her exclusiveness. 1t now
seems about time for Japan on some
other nation to rescue us from our ex-
.clnsiveness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

How much simpler and easier to listen
to delegation of people with grievances
than to shoot them down. Most Of us will
still prefer the United States.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
HE FOUND THE GAS LEAK
Waterman, Looking for it With Lighted
Match, Gets Burned.

, John Harris, night Waterman at 200
East Fourth street, st. Paul, early yes
terday morning, detected the odor Of
escaping gas, and, lighting a match,
entered the cellar to investigate. When
he went near the meter there was an ex-
plosion and he was burned. The build
ing caught fire and Harris, who was un-
conscious, was rescued by the fremen.
The damage to the building is slight.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

England has been reviving the ancient
custom Of eating oast swan. AS q fair
sized bird costs $40, it is not likely to be
a popular dish. Still. there would be a
large amount of neck for father
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

Ss The Nebraska State Journal praises ex-
I Governor Hoard and insists that every
agricultural scientist should be required
TO prove his right to teach agriculture by
running farm at a. profit, before being
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23
Monday Evening,


given position at public pay. Book
larnin'" is all right, but only when
backed up by farm larnin' !" Is it a real
winner. nm
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

The park board may have done the
right thing in re-electing Mr.. Berry SUI
perintendent, but 1t ought to recognize the
fact that Mr.. Berry is not immortal, and
it should make some provision for a sue.
cessor who shall be a real park man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-23

II the Russian revolutionists should
take it Into their heads to tamper with
the railway, where would General Kuro-
patkin be?