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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
WHEN THE SULTAN PRAYS 1

9 land Of mystery. The name Of its
,despotic ruler, Abdul Hanid Khan, is
reminiscent Of the Arabian Nights, and
the stories about him are similarly
weird and incredible. The twentieth
century promises to lay bare many
secrets Of his peculiar life and habits,
the secrets he has guarded SO childishly
for three score years. Interesting in
an unusual degree are the revelations
of recent years, but it has remained
for a correspondent Of The Journ a |
to gain admission to the most sacred
ceremony Of the sultan,s life and to
write the complete story Of the pic
turesque service.
written by William Jennings Bryan,
our -the-world correspondent,
about the gorgeous spectacle in the
mosque when Abdul Hamid prays 1t
was an unusual privilege for an Amer
lean to obtain-to be a witness in the
sacred precincts Of the sultan 8 place
of worship. Bands, companies of in
fantry, troops Of cavalry and. bodies of
police precede. the ruler on his way to
Of scarlet upon their spears guard the
custodians Of the sacred banner; all
are drawn up in brilliant array. Then
the gates swing open, and the ladies of
the court, closely yelled, and accom-
panied by their children. proceed to
the mosque in closed carriages drawn
by beautiful Arabian horses, And
then-then comes the little old man
for whom this splendid. display has been
arranged. :Bryan's description Of it
| is indeed worth reading. 'r.~:*
Who has not seen, at circus or. a
| fair, the "whirling dervishes?'
| They make s head swim, and their
feats battle the understanding. But
the "howling dervishes" are less famil
lar to the American. - They and their
they'd drive their auditors mad
Bryan saw them in their native haunts
saw them act like maniacs, not fol
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Described by a Journal Cor
respondent Who Was
Admitted s,

show, but for the sake of their strange
religion. And he saw a priest walk
over the bodies of several children to
heal them! "
These are not half of the interesting
things told by Bryan about the land
Of the Turk in the letter which will APP
pear in next Sunday IS Journal. He ex-
plains lucidly the odd features of the
view with Ahbas Effendi, an old, old
man who, altho a political prisoner, is
guiding the reform movement; declares
that "the government of the sultan is
the worst on earth-more despotic than
the Russian government ever was, with
corruption added" and explains his
declaration in way that will be inter
esting to all, and particularly to stu
dents. of. foreign affairs; and tells, Of
the ruler Of that strange land to fight
against Innovations as ruling out
dynamos because their name sounds
like, dynamite, and excluding chem
istries because the formula for water.
II t2) O, is suspected of meaning
HHamid II is cipher'' ~,,
Every person who reads cannot but
find Mr.. Bryan IS story in next Sun
days Journal of uncommon interest;
and it will give better understanding
of the cabled stories from cities in the
near-east that tell of the mysterious
| actions and DEGREES Of the mysterious
old man who rules. the trouble-making
strip of land where Europe and Asia
meet.
If you have not ordered the Sunday
| Journal, you should do so now; if you
have, you should not miss the Bryan
! letter next Sunday. - '-.''e
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ADJUSTMENTS
Observation-Disclosures"

Florence Stone and the Ferris stock
company faced a packed house yesterday
in their presentation Of Alexander Du-
mas great stage story, Camille For
more than three hours the great audience
laughed and cried and lived with the
French woman whose love; and sufferings
have been made immortal thru the inter-
probation given them by score of
illustrious actresses. IL SEA. - t.
Florence Stones conception of Camille
is consistent, scholarly and artistic. Her
presentation was one Of the most ef-
fective seen in Minneapolis in recent
years. It added fresh laurels = to the
many she has won and helped to make
this, herr last week in Minneapolis for at
least a. year, a fitting finale Of a pros
porous season. Sit. g. po.e5
Interest in Camille" naturally centers
in the title role and the auditor never
tires Of watching and sympathizing with
the Kaleidoscope changes in the emo
tons of this French woman. Armand
Duval, Canille's' lover, is necessary to
the story, and this part was played
painstakingly by Dick Ferris. The other
members of the company were well cast.
Camille will be the bill at the Met
ropolitan tonight, and tomorrow the Fer
ris stock company will close the summer
season and its present stay In Minneap-
oils with two performances of the pop
ular sardou play, "Gismonda."
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WHO is PRoTEcTED7
Kansas Citv Star.


A country Missourian who has made
blackberry wine from his own berries has
written to the United States authorities
to know whether he can sell his own prod
ucte without danger of federal indictments.
Officialdom answers he can, but the man
he sells to must not, IN turn, sell what he
buys without the payment Of a revenue
tax. I'VE protect only the manufactur-
err" say officials. of the United States.
In government founded on the theory
that all men are equal, It strikes the
mind Of the finite citizen that the theory
is theory only, as everyday business
dealings show. The average citizen feels
that protecting wardship of manufactur-
ers exclusively is a species Of favoritism
that should not have governmental sane
ton. Hence the demand for tarin revi-
sion. 1t is not that Others demand such
protection as is given the manufacturers,
but that they demand fair field and no
faVors. .."- ---... ~.
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When Sleeper Turned Over.

Jacob Sleeper, hitherto a mute, in"
glorious piece Of mechanism in Uncle
Sam IS diplomatic service. woke up yes
terday to find himself famous. The
six words. which he cabled from Havana
to the state department. have made the
name of Sleeper joyous jest in every
newspaper office the country over.
Sleeper is American charge d 'affaires
at Havana, which means that he uses
the rubber stamp while the boss is
away. The state department. has been
anxious to hear about the Cuban revolu-
tion, but with a Sleeper at Havana,
there seemed poor prospect of getting
any information. Mr.. Adee and his
aides waited in vain till Wednesday,
when Sleeper woke up and made a re-
port. He said: "Revolution increas-
ing. Everything quiet. No news.'
If Sleeper had been newspaper cor
respondent he would have had a reply
hot enough to burn the wires. Being
merely a diplomat, Washington is wait
ing till Sleeper finds something about
the revolution which he will admit is
news. Meanwhile, the country is laugh
ing at Sleeper and his noble efforts to
live up to an honored name. Among
newspaper men Sleeper's Judgment Of
| newsis compared with the story of the
cub reporter sent to do school board
meeting. He returned disconsolate and
sat idly at his desk. "Why don't you
write your storyq'' the city editor de-
manded. "Nothing to write,'' re-
sponded. the long-faced cub. ''There
wasn't any meeting. They got into a
4 row, and when I left the chairman was
: under the table and the other mem,
bers were pounding the face off of
him. 90" 20
This suggests the story Of the: country
correspondent who wired in one night:
"Intense excitement in town. Man
lynched. Can send no more tonight
Probably Mr.. Sleeper. does not con
slider that a revolution is news, so hi
refrains from burdening the wire will
unimportant details of battles and gen
erals shot to pieces. He is a poor cor
respondent, but evidently has fitness
for something. His talents are wasted
in Havana. >"' -
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Stock advanced generally while the
spcculators bought and kept one eye
on. the money market. Their Qne fear
has been that the legitimate demand
for money for commercial purposes
would beyso great that loans would be
called in and rates advanced. The
action of the treasury gives them assur-
ance of no Immediate trouble.
It is probably simple Justice to view
the act Of Secretary Shaw as q wise
piece Of finance designed to anticipate
money market disturbance and ward it
off. Nevertheless it is a fact that the
bulls in Wall street who are interested
in keeping alive speculation could
scarcely have asked for q move more in
their favor \. In
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
Enlarged Deposits of Public
= { Money. ~ ,

The announcement comes from Wash
ington that Secretary Shaw will take
steps to increase the deposits Of public
money in the national banks thruout
the country, to $4,000 in cash. This
would affect about $50 banks and would
take So, 100000 or more out . of the
treasury where it is doing no particular
good and put it into circulation. The:
country will need all the money 1T can.
get from this time on The big north
west crops are Just beginning to move.
The country banks are feeling the de-
mand for money and they are drawing
upon the larger banks where they may
have balances. This demand finally
touches New York in any case. By
distributing the comparatively small
sum Of $3,OOO,OO0 to best advantage,
the demand upon New York can be
checked and ightened and thus the
money market, for the present at least,
may be. kept from running into those
high. rates often seen in the fall that
are SO disturbing. z-.
The secretary is no doubt governed
by his best Judgment and probably
uses. the great discretionary power at
taching to his office as conditions ap-
pear to demand, regardless Of external
influences. Credit must be given Mr..
Shaw for some new expedients in recent
times Of money. stringency, measures
that proved successful. It is also quite
in order for the treasury to anticipate.
IF q money scarcity appears imminent
prudence will indorse a policy that
gets in ahead Of the pinch rather than
the extreme caution that waits for the
cry for relief. s Sf>ss sss53.s =. ~ ;s>5s-
= It is little unfortunate for the see
rotary, however, that his voluntary
move for relief should come at time
when there is no particular complaint
heard and when speculation is running
riot in Wall street, for this is sure tx
draw criticism upon him. The most
essential thing for the maintenance Of
a bull market in stocks is a liberia
supply Of money. Let money remain
easy and stocks will rise, for there il
an active, powerful and aggressive bull
clique, at work. Let money tighter
and interest rates rise, and the bull
. market must feel a check.
The Hartman coup which came il
for such severe criticism was followed
by furious trading that in four days ex
cesded the total of I. 000.000 shares
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
Uniform Insurance Laws.

The problem Of more uniform insur-
ance laws is legacy which came to
the country from the Armstrong. COM
mittee. That committee could legislate
only for New York, but it has made it
Incumbent upon other states to emu
late the example set for them by the
empire state New York does not do
all the insurance business, nor are all
the abuses of insurance methods CON
fined to that state. New Jersey, Penn
syavania, Wisconsin, Massachusetts,
Donnecticut, Ohio are che homes Of in
surahce companies, which are strong,
and which have good records, but these
records are the result rather of con-
sdientious labors of. officers than Of
proper insurance. codes.
The Massachusetts, and Connecticut
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
BY w. p. K.

LOVE THE SOCIAL SOLVENT.-The
late Henry Demarest Lloyd left volumin-
Gus notes for a book, which has been put
into form by Jane Adams and Anne
Wilmington as editors, and has been CIV
en- the name, Man the Social Creator.
Mr.. Lloyd's starting point, which gives
his thesis, Is the following:
Nan Is a creator, and in his province is the
creator and redeemer Of himself and society.
He has now reached a point in his experience
in which certain methods and forces used BY
him with progressive success in the work OF
social creation have attained definite recognition.
OF the enduring social institutions which man
has created after the other-the family,
the tribe, friendship, the church. the brother
hood, the state-love is the motive power, and
reciprocity the law. The progressive discovery
Of new applications of this force and it's law,
| and the creation Of new social organs for its
use is civilization.
Such a. thesis is in itself optimistic,
and one Is not, therefore, surprised to
find this near the end Of the book:
The sore consciousness of our world today
of its evils of greed and selfshness is the sure
sign that We are travelling into new con
science, and thru 1t into a new and finally
unconscious happiness of brotheranees in labor.
This is. comforting after SO much
undertaking, and invites a perusal of the
book, which is written with clearness
and force.
| Doubleday, Page 4 Co., New York.
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COLE OPENS UP MONDAY
WILL MAKE THE FIRST SPEECH
OF0THE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH
ERIN MINNESOTA,

Albert L. Cole, republican candidate
for governor, will open his speaking
campaign Monday evening. The place
is not determined, but will probably be
Kenyon. It. will be somewhere near
Dodge Center, where Mr.. Cole is billed
to speak Tuesday. It is a farmers
market day, and the candidate will
have a fine chance to reach the rural
voters. B,
Wednesday Mr.. Cole will make, an
address at Rushford, on the occasion
of the dedication of a high school
building. This will not be a political
speech.
Other dates that have been deter
mined are as follows:
Rever, Redwood county, Labor day,
Sept. 8, with j.. L. Jacobson; Garden
City, Blue Earth county fair, Sept. II;
Candy, Yellow Medicine county fair,
Sept. 10; Blue Earth, Faribault county
fair Sept. IA; Montevideo, Chippewa
county fair, Sept. 26; Preston, Fill
street carnival, Sept. 20; Albert Lea,
Freeborn county fair, Oct. 2; Cokato
street fair, Oct. ID.
. The dates in between will be filed
according. to the itinerary being
mapped eut9by John -Beobar, mana
ger Of the speakers bureau. es
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
No Other Religious Service
in the World So
Spectacular.

One Friday, 50 runs the story re-.
lated by former instructor in the.
Protestant college at Beirut, an old
Moslem preacher went up into the pull
pit and asked his congregation whether
they knew what the subject of his
sermon was to be. Of course they all
disclai IN any such kno9W,Ilsedge, where.
stupid that you cannot guess what I
am going to preach about, there is no
use Of my trying to explain it to you. !"
And he sent them all home. T.:
Next Friday he stood up in his pulpit
and put the same question again; but
they all cried: HYes,% indeed, we
know quite " well the text Of your ser;
my telling it to you,o,, responded the
willy preacher, as he left the pulpit.
rived the congregation had put their
heads together, and when the question
was again asked, half the people an
swered, eyes. indeed!' and the other
half said, emo, indeed!" = ',-o4
Then those Of you who know can tell
those who don't know!" And be
swept his long robes down the pulpit
stairs of the mosque. ...:N
This is one of many Incidents that
have risen out of oriental sophistry
and evasiveness. It is somewhat like
have marked the diplomatic inter!
course between the Turkish and other
governments, including our own. Re.
States minister at Constantinople. -
The land of the Turk has ever been
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
=T.-ssys>..sz
~A-Ab>A-

PARTY LEADERS OF THE TIME,
by Charles Willis Thompson, is a book
Of pen portraits and character studies,
not of dull biographies. It Is an endeavor
to make clear to readers the personalities
Of men they have read about. It is a
series Of vivid and Illuminating pictures
which make the reader feel as if he had
known the various characters all mis- nfe..
The writer, as washington correspond
ent of the New York Times and the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, has enjoyed
exceptional opportunities to observe
closely the men he describes. ~
G. W. Dillingham; company, New York. e.
- $1.75 net.
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Foyer Chat,


The Unique family theater is winning,
popularity by catering to people Of re-.
fined tastes. The coming engagement aof
the famous illustrator, Bert Levy, of the
New York Telegram, Is case in point.
This week a good vaudeville show, in
eluding bright singing and $ dancing
stunts, is being presented. Many old fa-
vorites are In the BILL
1.-THE Little Minister the beautiful
play evolved from J. M. Barrie,ss success.
full novel,, is attracting large audiences
to the Lyceun. The Lewis Stone stock
company, which has won golden opinions
during its brief engagement, will close
with a performance Of 'The Little MINI
lister" Saturday night.
For those Of every age who love to BE
amused without having their intellect
severely taxed, the current bill at the
Orpheum itheater is just the thing, and
was apparently assembled out of respect
for the warm days Of August. The
Dixon brothers are droll comedians with
many strange and amusing musical In
jstruments; Ben WEIGH Is funny all the
time; the Kaufmanns' cycle feats arouse
enthusiasm: the three i Roses have ga
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24
49,


HOW TO BUY LIFE INSURANCE.
That is something that the average man
does not know and ought to learn. The
problems involved are such as cannot be
learned in g. half hours talk with the
representative Of q company. More than
that is required, and the problem
personally applied is worthy of more
pains. A valuable aid is to be
found in a book bearing the above
as title-How to Buy Life lnsur-
ance. It is by 20. p" and is made up
of articles which appeared in World
Work. The author does not attempt to
specify companies, but merely sets forth,
with illuminating comment, the facts
about the various companies and sys-
TENS Of insurance. With these an intel
ligent man should know where to go.
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York.
~ $1.2O net. -
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pretty musical number; Fiske and Mo-
Donough sketch devoted wholly to
comedy; Adimint and Taylor sing splen-
didly, and the Rosaires have q wire act
with both skill and artistic costuming
ana scenic setting to commend 1t.
Theodore Burt sayre in the new play,
rEileen ashore" (Ellen my streasure)
which he has written for Chauncey Oh
colt, has provided the popular comedian
with most happy role, combining ro-
nance Of a d'Artagnan sort, with tender
love. scenes and moving dramatic situa-
lions and afording the sweet singer OPP
portunities for presenting the ballads
which his admirers demand Mr.. Olcott
has written and composed four new songs
especially for this production, which will
be heard during his engagement here at
the Metropolitan next week.
The remarkable play Of dr. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde is being given a fine pre-
sentation at the Bijou by the George
FaWcett company. with Mr.. Fawcett
himself In the dual role. It may be said
that Mr. Fawcett's successful portrayal
OF the mild-mannered DR.. Jekyll and the
vlndlct1ve and repulsive Mr.. Hyde Is due
IN great measure to his great knowl-
edge Of character creation and vigor-
Gus constitution, which enables him to
assume, to an artistic realization, these
most difficult characters. The engage
ment Of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" will
close with the performances Of tonight,
tomorrow afternoon and evening. Sou
Yen1rs will be given to the ladies at the
Saturday matinee
| In the fourth act Of 'Woman Against
Woman which Is announced as next
weeks attraction at the eBijou, Bessie
Barton, the heroine, has a speech which
consumes about eleven minutes in its
delivery. It is the more difficult to rem.
der, because Of her having to engage ir
hand-to-hand struggle with the ad
ventures of the play whom she finally
throws to the floor. The advance SALE
Of seats indicates that considerable in
terest Is being manifested in the presen
tation of this old-time favorite. 49,.
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New York doubts the report that John
D. Rockefeller has given 100000 towards
a. chorus girls home. An institution like
that would act as an arc light to Presi-
dent Corey Of the steel trust, the Pitts
burg moth T.; n ~ -, i'd g ...t
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Fleeing the Lambs.

TO. the Editor of Tho journal.
In your remarks concerning Harri-
mans raid in your issue of 22d inst, you
speak of the power Of that gentleman
to maltreat the public.
AS a matter of fact it is not likely
that l per cent of the shares agreed to
be bought or sold during this furry were
actual, longtime investment. 1t was an
out-and-out gamble In which Hartman
and his friends had the deal and took
advantage of the fact; and our sympa-
thles need not go out to the losers any
more than they would to the present win
ners had the tables been turned.
F. There are two sections of the public
who are entitled to consideration and
protection, one is the honest owners of
stocks who held them for their income;
the other, the patrons of the roads who
must pay the charges that make this in
come possible. ~ - .'-:.
But a wilful man must have his way
even If bound to go down into Wall
street, where his fleece will sooner OF
later be clipped by Hartman & Co. " D.,
49,. s.. Charles J. Wright.
Fergus Falls Aug o. 1906
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The season has come to turn from the
happy contemplation Of the ice combine
in it's legal tangles to the enormities of
the still untrammeled coal trust.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
AuG..e24

,te 1572-st. Bartholomew massacre.
IT,. t7ss--Liberty Of the French press
decreed. 4
III, 1a14-clty of Washington burned
by the British. 0
1s54-clty Of Milwaukee almost
destroyed by fire.
1ss4--Foochow, China, bomharded
4 by the French.
1904 Opening OF great battle OF
Llao-yang between Russians and
Japanese.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24

- So far as harmony is concerned the re-
publicans Of Illinois and Iowa and the
democrats of Iowa and Illinois strike a
fair average. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-24

Now that the packing houses are To-
Gated, it is about time for some enterpris-
ing party to take time either by the fore
lock or by the tail holt and slap up a
million dollar hotel.
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lions new plan Is for Dowie to do the
first apostling and for Voliva to care
for the financial end. DR.. Dowie will
extract the contributions and Voliva will
Esee that the money is not thrown to the
sparrews.l... 3 -,
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SIS Reduction in Rates to California.

SIS Reduction Ia Rates to California
Commencing Aug. 9th the Omaha
road will place on sale Colonist Tick
cts to California points at $15 reduc-
ton from second-class rates. The rate
from st. Paul and Minneapolis will
same ee f privileges as to ' use Of Tourist
Sleepers as do any other tickets.
Thru Tourist Sleeper to Los An
,geles over the shortest and quickest
route every Thursday.
For tickets and berth: reservations
call at 800 Robert street. st. Paul; 600
Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis, or adj
dress T. w. Teasdale, Gent Passen-
ger Agent, st. Paul.
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Meanwhile: St. Paul extracts satisfac-
ton out Of a prospect for an $500, 900
bridge across the Mississippi, but be-
fore the co lncil issues bonds for bridge
wouldn't it be we'll to see to the plaster
ing of the Auditorium?