The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-04
Special Correspondence Of the Long Bow.

Special Correspondence OF the Long Bow tSN
ADRID-The charivari given Alfonso and Enas
INN disgraceful affair and resulted in the
Il town marshal arresting Don Jorge johnson for
carrying concealed weapons After the royal pair had
retired to the palace after the reception, which
attended by the leading society people Of Madrid,
gang of hoodlum friends of the bridegroom gathered
in front Of the stately pile about midnight and began
to blow tin horns and beat washboilers with iron
pokers. The din was deafening.
q. The town marshal of Madrid soon appeared on the
and warned the offenders that they were break
ing the law Of illegal assemblage BE given the
laugh and the noise redoubled The marshal went
away to call out the constabulary. 'HSi.
At this juncture Alfonso appeared at the window
and made short speech thanking the serenaders
behalf Of himself and his wife for their attentions
and stating that keg Of the royal nails was then
being tapped in the barn behind the palace ,.&.
~ A mighty cheer went up and the crowd vanished
around the corners Of the palace ~ y~~.
.ss Having drunk up Afonso's beer the good-natured
gang proceeded to tip the royal stables Ali the
vines the palace were pulled up, the plank walks
tipped and cord Of frewood passed from
hand to hand and lodged the top Of the palace
At this point the Madrid Guards marched escort
ing the fire department, which tried to scatter the
rioters by playing them. A free fight followed.
Don Jorge johnson arrested and capped into the
Alhambra. Shortly after this the crowd dispersed.
Alfonso stated this morning that the damage to
the palace could not be repaired short Of 25o pesos
In police court this morning Don johnson was pub
hcly rebuked by the cadt and fined ave pesos.
'sDverythng is made use Of but the saueaa = used
now finding use for this discarded feature. :.
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- Reports from Russia state that when the grand
dukes baseball club practicing the Nevsky
Prpspekt the other day anarchist substituted for
The substitution not discovered until the royal
striker "found' the second ball pitched and would
have lined out three-base hit had not the ball
exploded, killing two dukes, markee, count
and the umpire The troops at once fred the
grandstand killing twenty,ssyen people,
baseball club swollen with terrapin and baked beans,
has won a decided victory. There is always at
the top, but sometimes the other fellow it frst
The conservatives and radicals Of block 8, Lake
View addition, at it again hammer and .tongs.
The argument started last night by leading
conservative stating with heat that genera
tion could not overturn In fifteen minutes the
lated wisdom of the ages. There is too much -
insisted the conservative, go this New Thought
abroad. The way fathers have found best is not
one that should be discarded because nghared
reformer has found old shoe in his canned meat -
<: ''Well, don It know" replied the radical. eff
women have ridden horseback sde-saddles for 1900
years, is that any why they should not adopt
the other method now9'' ::H
eyes, it is. The fact that that method Of riding
has been in vogue for long gives good ground for
suspecting that the people who want to change it
have some ulterior motive.' 80
fact that this habit Of riding comes from
suspicious" replied the radical, and Is in itself
why it should be examined carefully before 1t
is assumed to be Interchangeable and Of divine decree
"Wel, if you nihilists ever get control, this gov
ernment will go to the dogs in fifteen minutes, that
is easy to see'' ....
II think it will take than fifteen minutes. -
''Whats the of overturning the foundations
of society to keep shoestrings out Of the hashe''
"But if you do not allow any advance the ideas
held by your grandfather, how is the world to make
any progress.' ... -
"Progress hades. It isn't progress you want II
is degeneration.' ;'+1 ~..@4' ,r:> 2>%2-'&
go As the conservative walked away at this point
swollen with indignation, the argument to close
the radical stating this aphorism his final shot: L.
''The true conservative is who considers al
attempts at progress insults to his grandfather
memory.'' "A. j. R,