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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

These characters are all vital, palpi-
tat1ng, and the story in which they move
Is full Of the color of real life. It creates
In the mind a picture to lure by Its gilt
ter and yet repel and fwarn-a picture
with the moral that life, holds for all
who will see. It was a dangerous thing
that Sylvia did in marrying Siward to
aid In a reform from a love Of the cup
Such a marriage is always dangerous
The plan Is preached against, and it
should be. But Siward needed outside
aid, and, like other men in dire extrem-
ity, he appealed to his divinity, Sylvia.
He took his only fighting chance, and his
divinity did not fail him, tho she knew
what dreadful consequences might fol-
low. With a man making less of a fight
than Siward was making, her step would
have been futile. With Siward, how
ever, there was a change. 1"'An he knew
for her, whatever in him Of the spiritual
remained, or had been generated, was
now awake, alive, strong, vital, indie
structible-an 'impalpable current" flow
ing from a sane Intelligence, thru medium
| OF her, back to the eternal truth, return
ing always, always, to the deathless
source from whence it came.''
The reader Of 1.-THE Fighting Chance
is inevitably reminded Of THE House OF
| Mirth,' The latter was a study In en-
vironment-gilded environment-an its
morals. "The Fighting Chance" is a
study in heredity plus giIded- environ
ment. "The House: of Mirth" showed
only the losing side Of the struggle of
those swept to destruction by the current
of the frivolous. 1.-THE Fighting Chance
shows the side Of those" who win as well
as that of those who lose, and in that
The Fighting Chance" is truer to life
and the better art. AS compared with
The Fighting Chance 'The House OF
Mirth' is as black and white drawing
! me IN ITS own way, to rich and elabor-
ate painting, full of life and color.
| Mr.. Chambers has taken his story from
life, as did the author of 1.-THE House OF
M1rth.' 1t is not an unnatural or g
strained situation about which the story
turns In either case: There is no attempt
TO create something novel and intricate
as plot. The Incidents by which Mr.
Chambers develops his story are such a.
one may read of In almost any daily pa.
per. The characters are of the kind one
knows OF, If he does not know them per.
sohally. Inc author seems never to have
hesltated as to his course or his method
Inc reader follows on breathlessly, and
tho often treated to SURPRISE is neve,
shocked by a Earring note, tho he doe:
eaten glimpse of the "god from the ma
chlne''-an auto in this case-in the deatl
OF Mortimer Altogether Mr. Chamber.
mas produced a really great piece of worl
Tor any season, and easily the best n
this season thus far. -
| u. Appleton & Co., New York. $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
ocT.2o.

172s-cIty Of Copenhagen, Den.
mark, nearly destroyed by fire.
1315-IsIand of Jamaica devastated
by hurricane.
1s25-MarshalT Jewell, postmaster
general under President Grant, born.
Died Feb. 10, 1883.
1s3s-United States Senator A. O.
Bacon Of Georgia born.
1e42-Grace Darling died.
1s6s-Departments Of the cumber-
land and Mississippi consolidated and
placed under command Of General
Grant. u
1s74-Marriage Of General Freder-
lex .. Grant and Miss Ida NJ. Ho-
more.
1se4-James Anthony Froude, hiss
torlan, died. Born April %. 1918.
1s9s-Boers defeated by the British
at battle Of Dundee Hill. $Ga
1e01-Bicentennial OF Vale univer-
sity celebrated.
4 1903-Alaskan boundary fixed.
19o4-President Roosevelt invited
powers to second peace conference at
The Hague. 4 Ess. #! s. Il ss rs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
The Supreme Court and the Code.

The supreme court g decision in the
Stroschein case certified from Lyon
county goes toward clarifying the re-
!vised code. The supreme court in that
case holds that where an apparent am
biguity in the code exists the courts
will go back to the original statute for
the purpose Of ascertaining the intent
of the legislature. In this case, which
was one selling liquor to minors, the
revised code left out some words which
technically construed might change the
law, but the supreme court holds that
it has always been the intention Of the
legislature to protect the youth Of the
state from the communicating, i'm
moral and vicious influences connected
with the saloon traffic, and there was
no intention in the statutory revision
to depart from that policy.' Conse-
quently the several sections of the re-
vised code regulating the sale Of intox-
icating liquors are held to prohibit the
sales to minors precisely as such sales
were prohibited prior to the recent re-
vision of the statutes.
There is common sense on the side of
the supreme court decision. It was not
the intention Of the legislature in au-
thorizing revision Of the statutes to
make any new laws or change any old
laws. 1t was merely to get the laws
into more convenient form.
! The commission when they found two
laws which overlapped or two or more
which meant the same thing, tried to
combine them into one wording. II
they had not done this the revised stat
utes would have been as long and as
puzzling to litigantso as before. But
when in doing this work the commits
sion has apparently changed the law
it is competent to 60 back to the orig
inal and learn if possible whether the
I legislature intended that the law. should
be changed. The presumption is thai
/ it did not. "er Q:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
is THE FIVE-CENT FARE
FIXED BY A CHARTER?
Under the Only Legal Decision the Question the
Council Has Authority 10 Reduce
Minneapolis Fares.

operating under q contract or charter
with the city, which contract could not
be modified, changed or abrogated by
the city without the consent of the
street railway company. It was con-
ceded as rule Of law that if this posi-
ton was correct the ordinance was in
valid.
But the city contended that the ordi.
nances and resolutions under which the
street railway company constructed and
operated its lines were not contract,
that the city had no power to make
such contract and that such meas
ures constituted only permit or license
to use the streets for railway purposes
under. such reasonable regulations as
the city might from time to time i'm
pose.
The charter Of the city of Minneap-
oils, Judge Smith said, restricted the
power of, the city to contract to an
unusual degree. In reference to the
streets. and highways of the city it
author1zes the city council to contract
Tor all work or constructions of any
X KIND by the city,. for cleaning
foe t 1hSpee ers,,+ for sPrinkng the
lighting the streets. These provisions,
with those relating to the expenditure
OF moneys, are the only provisions ex-
pressly authorizing the city to make
contracts. It has an implied power to
make contracts for governmental pur-
poses only, subject to the restrictions
in the charter referred to and "as an
essential to the declared objects and
purposes of the corporation. It would
not be claimed that the contractual
powers expressly delegated the city
council would authorize it to make a
contract with the company, for the use
by it Of the public streets Of the city
Tor street railway purposes. It cannot
be said that such a contract is author
lied under the head of governmental
powers. 1t has nothing to do with the
and does not come within the range Of
| implied powers to contract.''
Reasonable Conditions Enforcible.
"We are clearly of the opinion from
| what we have heretofore stated,' said
Judge Smith further, "that the reso-
luton and ordinance under which the
company is now operating its road is
not a contract between it and the city,
without the company's consent; that
1t Is nothing more than a license or
permit on the part Of the city to use
certain streets Of the city for street
railway purposes upon the condition
named and provided for In the ordi-
nance and on such other reasonable
conditions as the city in the future may
see fit to impose, and if the ordinance
in question does not impose unreason-
able conditions on the company it is
valid and may be enforced. The license
to use the streets for railway purposes
is not granted for the special benefit
of the company, but for the convent
ence Of the public. The city has no
authority as the guardian and trustee
of the people to surrender anv rights
to the use of the streets which are def
rimental to the public interests.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Silver Enjoying a Boom.

Colorado is deeply interested in the
wonderful boom in silver which sent
the price up to 70 cents an ounce. The
explanation Of this squirt in silver APP
pears to be that while the demand has
steadily tho gradually grown since 1896,
there has been no appreciable increase
in the production in the last ten years.
While there has been a large amount
Of money invested in mining in that
period, it has gone into gold and cop
per ventures rather than into the search
for the white metal. The gold hunt
has been stimulated by the adoption Of
gold as the money standard Of the great
commercial countries, while copper has
been a favorite object Of search be-
cause the new uses to which the metal
is put daily have found an apparently
inexhaustible market for it. :. a..
The price Of silver has also been
stimulated by the largely increased de-
mand for it as subsidiary coinage in
this country and by the prospects ahead
| Of it in the countries whose circulating
medium Is silver and copper. The great
| est Of these is the report that China
is about to adopt a money system which
will be imperial, in strong contrast with
the old system, which has been for
provinces only. The new Chinese coin
age may be based on silver or on gold,
but in either event the circulating me-
dunn will be silver. The increase in
the commerce Of the world demanding
metallic money for international ex-
changes has also something to do with
the buoyant price of the white metal.
While it has been assumed that the in
creased production Of gold was taking
care of this, Director of the Mint Rob
erts has recently compiled an estimate
Of the world IS supply Of gold money,
which is $l5o,ooo,ooo less than the
usually accepted estimate. He believes
the amount Of gold which has been di-
verified to the arts has been understated
to something like this amount.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
COMPENSATION

Yes, dear, you're married hard and fast,
While am fancy free.
Just think Of all the things you miss
That yet may come to me.
You have your husband and your home,
Alack, and none have I; !c
But still fair castles I may build g.,
That almost reach the sky. -.
My husband may be dark or fair
He changes every day;
Sometimes his hair is golden brown,
The next tits iron gray.
His eyes are black, as dark as night,
Or else are azure blue;
And for his Hving-let me think.
What shall I have him dor
At times he is a business man,
With but q month for play; , g..
And then again, with gold galore,
49, All life holiday.
Ny house, you know, is not like yours,
But can be moved at will,
And oft Is on a mountain top, r.,
Oft by shady rill, -. -.
Or else perched up on rugged clitf,
Where waves dash high and break, :.
Or yet upon smiling plain, .l..--.~
Or by q sunny lake. -. - :,
And how we travel, he and I;
We visit many lands, ia. :
While you to your real dreside
Are chained by iron bands. .l
Then ask me not to change my lot,
Contentedly I roam, ~ ~--
Imagination's fairy realm, r...
The universe-my home. IS ~
Bessie Andrews Dana, in Designer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
A BUSY 0RPHEUM NIGHT
VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS TO MAKE
" QUICK JUMPS BETWEEN TWIN
CITY HOUSES, zrsr~~- "s~<~s- =

''Strenuous Vaudeville,' will be the
subject to which the officials and en-
Ployees of the Orpheum Circuit company
In the twin cities will address them
selves this afternoon and evening-and
the answer is not yet.
The business Of the Orpheum officials
and employees this evening will be to
solve the problem Of having one body
occupy the two different spaces at
what is practically one and the same
time.
AS was the case almost two years
ago, with the opening of the Mime
aPolis. Orpheum, the st. Paul Orpheum
will inaugurate its first season this
evening with ans extra Saturday night
performance. ALL vaudeville talent is
engaged by the week and, as three of
the features of the current bill here are
booked for st. Paul next week and are
due to appear at the opening perform
ance there this evening, the bill at the
local house will have several changes
The three acts which are appearing
at the Minneapolis Orpheum this week,
and which will also appeaer at the st.
Paul Orpheum this evening are: Gus
Edwards School Boys and Girls, Bell
man and Moore and Mayme Remington
and her Picks. Bellman and Moore will
move over to st. Paud bag and bag
gage, after the matinee today. In place
Of their act tonight Charles Sharp,
% mus 1. maTho o formerly Doo:
pear.
Gus Edwards School Boys and Girls
and Mayme Remington and her pick
inninies will play both houses The
school boys and girls will "open the
show in Minneapolis, hike for a spe.
cial car, slide for st. Paul and appear
later in the evening there. Miss Rem.
ington and her dark proteges viii ap-
pear " second' on the bill at St. Paul,
jump for a special car, and appear late
in the evening at the Minneapolis
house. Arrangements made for car
| riages and for chartered cars make GER
tain the carrying out of this plan with
out hitch-in fact the scheme is quite
metropolitan and is worked in London
and New York, where vaudeville artists
| play two or more housese nightly, with
great regularity.
| But there is still another change in
store for the Minneapolis bill as Edith
| Helena, the marvellous soprano who
heads the Minneapolis bill, has to leave
at o clock tonight because of change
in train schedules, and will not be on
the bill here this evening. But in herthh
place Edward Clark and the Winning
Widows will make their first local appear
ance. So there will be plenty of things
doing in the local vaudeville world this
| evening ' . ..,...-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
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raxas and Lou1siana So. $50.

Tickets on sale via the Minneapolis
& st. Louis railroad to Galveston,
Port Arthur, Tex, New Orleans and
Lake Charles, La. Dates of sale, first
and third Tuesdays of each month, linn
tied to thirty days. Liberal stop-over
privileges. Rates equally low to points
in the west and southwest. For full
particulars call on J. G. Rickel, G. p.
and T. A., 424 Nicoliet avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
California Tourist Cars and Cheap
Tickets

s Save SIS by going via the Minneap-
oils & ST. Louis railroad before Oct. 81.
Rate applies via all direct routes. .
Tourist ears are Pullman's latest
models, offering all possible comforts.
Rate for double berth only 1915.
Before purchasing your. tickets call
on J. G.. Rickel, G. P. and T. A., 424
Nicollet avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

than large one. A greater majority
in the sixtieth congress than the pres
emit might take 1t into its head that it
had been elected to do business on the
tariff, presidential election or no presi-
Dental election. What then is the in
terest Of the peoplei is it a large OF a
small republican majority In the next
house Of representatives7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in his Bible
class Sunday, stated that the. cry Of the
people was for a man. What Is the mat
ter with the president?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

In mining stock and is said to be divinely
sure crop. See the number Of people who
have grown wealthy making them into
cigars.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

If there is laughter in heaven, and why
not, some of Sam Jones' stories are likely
to shake up the, less advanced angels
Httle
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

Memphis claims a certainty on a new
union station. Minneapolis often thinks
Of a new station but we are yet several
blocks distant from a certainty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

Illinois has asked the railroads for
ss,ooo.ooo back taxes. This sum is not
large enough to make the roads turn
themselves over to the government.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

Madison, Wis, is jubilant over the al
legged discovery Of an odorless limburger
cheese. Avaunt! It would be like the
play of Hamlet with the ham left out,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

A carload Of Texas cattle are to be
used in the stockyards scene In 1.-THE
Jungle" 1t is certainly elsvating the
stage when the COW appears in a star
part
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

Another boost In coal is threatened for
Monday. Coal is good purchase at al
most any old time. .. . -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

ELK POINT, MINN.-Captain Elmer J. Wal.
lace of the regular army is taking a two
months furlough and arrived here this week
with his wife and child for visit with his
toned at Fort Warren in Boston harbo-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

A boy in Fort Dodge, Iowa, had a
vision Of heaven and the iron works. He
claimed to have seen in the latter hun
dreds of great furnaces where people
were being tortured. The expense for
coal must be enormous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

Mrs. Fannie Emerson, who is suing for
divorce. testides that her husband had
the playful habit Of pelting her with 500
purpose. Throwing money at your wife
is a habit which may be overdone, tho
there are few instances of it on record.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

MRS, Alice Hogan Rice has invested the
money she got out Of her cabbage patch
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
More Candidates.

Since going to press with other pages
We have heard that several other gen.
tlemen have been announced by their
friends as being eligible and worthy of
the position of secretary to School Dis
trict No. /. Among them are S. B.
Fairlamb, W. G. Cook and A. H. Stock
ham. 1t is also understood that the
present encumbent, A. r. King, has
been requested to run again by many
of his friends. although Mr.. King has
not yet said what his intentions were
in.regard to the matter. At any rate
it is seen that number of good men
are up to make a selection from and
that the school district will not go beg
ging for competent material to aid in
managing its affairs.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
Fire Destructive.

About twelve o'clock on Wednesday
noon an alarm of fire was sounded but
as the building burning was across the
river and outside of the town limits too,
the local department did not respond.
1t was house belonging to John Cald-
we'll and before any water could be got
to it it burned to the ground. The
household effects were nearly all saved
but otherwise the home is complete
wreck. Mr.. Caldwell is well along in
years and not able to stand the loss
which misfortune has thrust upon him,
having worked hard to pay for the little
home. Under the solicition of John
Davis a subscription list was passed a.
round yesterday and many Delta citizens
put their names down for sums ranging
from fifty cents to FIVE dollars. The
amount will be presented to Mr.. Cald-
well as token of sympathy felt by his
townspeople in his recent loss.
The Delta independent., 1906-04-13
AFTER THE TRADE.
Bowden, the Baker, Engages Com.
petent Help and will Serve his
Customers Personally.

One of the livest, most up-to-date and
alert young business men of this city is
Charles Bowden, who is the proprietor
of Bowden's Candy store and bake
shop. A good advertiser and always
attentive to his trade has won a place
among his customers that is always
greatly to be desired by men in busi-
ness.
Recently an engagement was closed
with man of accepted ability in the
baking line and the few days that he
has been working in that capacity have
demonstrated that his reputation is de-
served. As producer of goodies that
please the tooth and tongue and work
man of taste and artistic bent in his
line the town probably has no equal.
Mr.. Bowden hereafter will spend the
greater part of his time behind the
counter attending to the trade which
he is enjoying and serving them in the
way which Delta people know is pleas
ing and courteous. The coming of the
soda water season and the hot days that
demand an occasional cooler in the way
of ices and cream will also remind one
of the store which this gentleman keeps
and it is safe prediction that the ad-
ditional expense of the expert baker
and the fact that Mr.. Bowden will at
tend to customers himself, will result
in doubly warranted move by the peo-
pie to assure this young business man
Of his energy and push.