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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
The Wirz Incident.

The Confederate Veteran, published
at Nashville, Tenn, as the organ Of
Confederate associations turnout the
south, discusses the Wirz monument is
sue raised at the recent Grand Army
encampment. It deplores the raising
of what it calls the "prison feature,'
and says it was "like shaking the red
fag.'' It thinks cit may have been
impolitic for our noble women Of Geor-
gia to undertake to erect tablet in
memory Of Captain Wirz," but "those
who abhor a record in bronze to poor
Wirz should sympathize with southern
people who are expected to read the
multitude Of tablets at Andersonville
as wicked as could be conceived. "
The Veteran promises to FFpresent the
vivid TRUTH in its next issue $50 that
fair minded northerners may look with
pity at least upon man at the gal
lows praying that his family may be
vindicated at the bar Of Justice as in
his last breath he declared his limo.
cence. - + The Veteran expresses the
opinion that the Georgia Daughters
will make no response tosethe protests
to be submitted to General 8. D. Lee
commander of the Confederate Veter
ans, by the G.. A. r. commander.
If the Veteran expresses southern
soldier sentiment with reference to this
Wirz matter-and it seems to be a
representative publication-the Wirz
incident is likely to do just what con
servative members Of the Grand Army
expected it to accomplish up bit
ter feeling without producing any other
result. It was the Judgment Of a large
number Of the delegates that no atten-
ton should be paid to the proposed &C.
tion Of southern women in erecting a
monument to wretch like sfWirz; that
probably nothing could be done to pre-.
vent it, and that the matter should be
left to the Judgment Of history, which
would prove a stronger vindication Of
the condemnation Of Wirz than any
thing else that could be done now. u
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THE SPECIAL MESSAGE
Davy Reads the Latest One from the
President
Cincinnati ENQUIRER,

cincinnati Enquirer.
fDavy,'' said the old man Hynes to
his young nephew the other morning,
they say the president has sent spe-
papers this morning. I've lost my.
glasses and wish you d read it to your
poor old uncle.'' e-N
Davy was just ready to go out and
play ball with the boys, but being a
dutiful lad he turned back and picked
up the papers and began:
s'During the past year 1882 new ap-
plications for army and navy pensions
have been filed, and it has been dis
covered that kerosene will answer for
piano polish if rubbed on with red
WOODEN rag. It also cleanses and pre-
serves from the ravages Of insects.
"Lord save me, but I never heard
president Is message start out that way
beforei' gasped the old man.
'But they can start most any old
way, can't they7' replied Davy, and
he went on to read:
"During the year 3,264,657 acres Of
the public domain have been given over
to the railroads, and you will save
money by patronizing Browns shoe
store. Great bargains in shop-worn
goods. Come to the red front store. -
You car read for yourself and see. -
81 never heard OF president puff
fng shoestore before, but mebbe m
getting behind the age. Go on
"There are II ,456 survivors of the
Mexican war, all Of whom are on the
pension rolls, and Parker & Taylor have
| lust received another lot of those col
ored shirts at rs cents. They are the
equal Of any 81 shirt bought else
where
UBy gum, Davy, but does the mes
sage read that way7" exclaimed the
old man.
"Hold on, Davy-stop right there!
You needn It read another word of that
special message. I've had enough. -
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Have you voted yet?
Congressional Results.

Apparently there will be but two
changes in the Minnesota representa-
tion in the house. Buchanan is prob
ably defeated in the sixth district by
Lindbergh. and from the Minneapolis
district new man will 20 as the re-
suit Of Mr.. Fletcher's retirement
Tawney, Davis, Volstead and Stee-
nerson have been renominated with no
republican opposition. Bede in the
eighth district is renominated over E.
L. Millar, who gave him quite run.
McCleary is not yet nominated, but it
is more than likely he will be when
the returns are all in. Gilbert Gutter
son is, however, giving the schoolmas-
ter the greatest chase he has had since
he went to congress.
The retirement of Buchanan will give
pretty general satisfaction It removes
from congress a representative whose
record at home was never such as to
justify his promotion. The successful
fight made by Mr.. Lindbergh is a .justi-
fcation of the primary system, since
it is doubtful whether a. convention
could have been gotten together in the
sixth district which Buchanan and his
cohorts would not have dominated.
The fight made on, Fred Stevens in
the fourth district has collapsed, and
the sitting member is assured of a
round majority. His election in No
vember is equally well assured, and
thus the services of one of the most
reliable and solid members of the lower
house are preserved and very impu-
dent candidacy against him is rebuked.
Whether Mr.. Nye or Mr. Eustis is
the winner in the final roundup in the
Minneapolis district, the people will be
satisfied that the result is strength
ening Of this city at Washington. The
congressional results, therefore, can be
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
WHAr OTHER PEOPLE THINK
SlmpIIfied SPELLING.
. the Editor of The journal.

To the Editor of The Journal. sr..; sss So
Last weekI read your interesting ar
ticle on sImplified spelling, with reference
to the Carnegie spelling reform club and
the Presidents indorsementsof the same
Does it not occur to you that, IL our
classic language, so dear to the eye, in
the spelling of its words is to be Edisman-
tied for the sake of saving some metal
and resting up the linotype machine,
that we might as well go "the whole hog
or none'? Why not use the vowels and
work in the great possibilities of the let
ter j. For instance, o g u R workin
for Bryan: j'askim if xtracted the sill
yer plank?
J'order u'r new suit? ~ ~
lancer Sans Letter? z n -
J'eat u'r diner? Il
J'ave u'h toto takn? ~
lever Sc an eklips? -
We might continue this ad lib. ad nau-
seam and successfully murder our Ian
guage phonetically and destroy much of
its philology in order to save little
time and material but unless the innova-
ton should become an international one,
| it would make our written language an
extra source Of trouble to the learner
indeed, there Is different meaning now
to many Of our words, and those in use
| in the mother tongue, as one readily dis
covers when making a visit to England
and her colonies.
| y .~s'- =. William A. HOLIDAY, MD,
/ Marshall Mimi, Sept. 10.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Anderson Reohrg Concert.

4 The Anderson Reohr concert last even
Ing IN the Auditorium Annex attracted
q large audience of music lovers and
TRENDS Who are interested in the devel-
opment Of the two Minneapolis musicians,
who have met with deserved success in
New York
1t was the first time that Minneapolis
friends had heard either Miss Anderson
or Mrs. Reohr in public for several years.
and an excellent opportunity was offered
to show the advance both have made in
their art. >55
1 Miss Anderson, the pianist, is excep-
tionally talented, and her playing last
evening justified all her friends have
predicted for her. She has broadened
greatly, gained poise and assurance, re-
vealing the mentality, the heart and that
Understandable quality without which there
can be no real attachments, and which
takes her playing. out of the ordinary,
promising great things for the future
Her touch Is exceedingly musical, and
she has delightful sense Of accent,
rhythm and the singing quality so essen
tial to the pianist. She has gained UNI
expected physical strength and can now
interpret the broad, dramatic style with
fine effect, yet in no sense has she lost
her delicacy and daintiness of touch
Ride Of the Valkyries'' revealed most
strikingly this new power and Won for
her such an enthusiastic encore that she
gave the beautiful fire music from the
same composition. o.,
Mrs. Roehr has also gained much and
plays with both artistic repression and
expression. She has developed a larger
technical equipment and has gained g
broader tone. and is In every sense more
of the artist. She played the beautiful
| romance from Wieniawski's second con
certo expressively and showed her com.
mand of the brilliant and dashing in the
Sarasate selection. -s' ~s5- 70 Z
The singing of Francis Rosenthal wai
a pleasing feature of the concert. Mr.
Rosenthal has a fine bass voice, and hi
singing showed dramatic insight and al
intelligent understanding of the demands
of his music. His thoro knowledge Of hi
songs had been so evident that his fail
ure to bring out with proper emphasi
and breadth the closing phrase of Schu
mans 1.-TWO Grenadiers" must have beel
due to another cause than a lack of I'm
Outstanding. Mrs. Whitworth gave MI
Rosenthal excellent accomplishments, an
Miss Anderson's accomplishments for. he
sister were well worthy of emulation b.
students who are striving to perfec
themselves in this most difficult branc
of the art E B.
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About Keeping Sober.

An article entitled Can We Keep
Sober in a recent magazine, discusses
a new medical theory that alcoholism
cures itself by killing off the alcoholic
families; in other words alcoholic Sc
lection does the work. The history of
the Jewish race is adduced, 1t has
for centuries been involved in drinking,
but is today one of the most sober of
races The theory is that when alco-
hol gets possession Of race II becomes
at first very drunken and finally by the
process of alcoholic selection the drink.
ing families die out and sober race is
left.
This theory, however, appears to fail
to take into consideration the difference
between wines and liquors. It is
pointed out that France drank wines
for centuries, and was one Of the most
sober Of races. But the vines failed
| liquors were introduced and in two gen:
erations France became one of the most
drunken of nations. 49,: ...g
| : The theory of alcoholic selection de
MES the possibility Of direct transmits
sion of an appetite for liquor from par
ent to child, admitting only that the
nervousness and instability of the
drinking parent may be inherited by
the child. This is scarcely admitted BY
medical authority yet, and its denial il
a denial Of an integral part of the Sc
lection theory. --2 90 T.
Practically the selection theory is Of
no use since it's processes are too SLOW
even if they were assured to give thu
world any comfort. Its contradiction il
the case of France is also too palpabl'
to insure it's acceptance as a workin.
basis of future freedom from the ours,
| of drunkenness,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
Free Music in the Parks.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
In the report Of the proceedings OF the
park board, published in yesterday S
issue, you state that the writer appeared
before the board and argued for more
music in the parks. : did not argue for
more music, but argued for free music IN
the parks, believing, as do, that the
parks are for the people, not for any
special class that may be able to pay for
special privileges. Neither can l agree
with what was said by some member OF
the park board at the meeting. that in
ferior music should be given free and the
higher grade charged for, knowing, as
do, that people of limited means are just
as competent to enjoy good music as
some of the more wealthy.
The cost, or expense, which is, under
stand, the principal reason for charging
for music in our parks could be used
against other attractions in our park
system just as well. j. E. Meyers.
Minneapolis, Sept. 10.
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viewed without tlisheartenmentR In any.
quarter. Bede and McCleary have been
taught to look more closelYssto their
constituency. Stevens has won the re-.
ward Of faithful and efficient service,
The new men have won out on heamerf-S3
it's of their campaign, and the etention'
of the rest without opposition is an
evidence of the growing disposition OF
the people to keep their congressman
in office SO long as they appear to be
growing factors in legislation. -, sgs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
A Serious Defect.

" At this writing the result with regard
to nomination Of a republican candi-
date for mayor is in doubt, altho the
indications favor Mr.. Jones. Whatever
the result may be, the margin is likely
to be very small. The fact which
stands out most clearly is the defect in
the primary law, which enables min
GRITTY party to make the nominations of
the majority by abandoning it's own
candidates in large numbers and voting
the ticket of the opposition party. That
this was done in this city yesterday is
very evident from the almost total ex-
tinction of the democratic vote in some
of the strong democratic precincts:
1t does not yet appear what can be
done to remedy this defect, but that it
is serious one and one which is bound
to create popular dissatisfaction with
the primary law is apparent.
It is just as improper for a democrat
to vote the republican ticket, or for a
republican to vote democratic ticket
In the primary, as it would be for re,
publican to sit in democratic conven
ton, or vice versa. The law attempts
to prevent such action by prescribing
the qualification Of voters in specify
Ing that the voter must have voted the
republican ticket in the previous cleo
ton, or to intend honestly to vote il
at the coming election, in order to bt
qualified to vote the republican ticke1
at the primary. Voting at the regula!
election, however, is secret, and Their.
is no way to determine how the vote!
voted at the last regular election an(
no way, of course, to determine how h,
intends to vote at tho coming election
so that challenges are impracticabl
and rarely resorted to, while men with
=. out conscience vote freely as the,
choose, and as they evidently did yes
terday, breaking over party lines an,
perhaps making the party nomination
a farce.
This defect is not to be taken as
sufficient fault to condemn the law ut
terly. In principle it is good. This
one of the defects in operation While
should be corrected, and the matte
should be the subject Of consideration
and action at the next session of tn
legislature. If it is not corrected,
Is difficult to see how the law is goin
to stand and command the confdenc
and support of an intelligent publ,
We have had the same experience twic
in Minneapolis in six years, and it
important that the possibility of recu,
renee be prevented.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
A. MYSTERY TALE THAT BATTLES

A MYSTERY TALE THAT. BATTLES
THE MISUNDERSTANDING stories usual
ly give a clue to their mystery too "early
in the game" Itgisj hot the intention of
their authors that they do so, but in
spite of them Reginald w. Kaufman,
author Of. Jarvis of Harvard" in his
later story, Miss Francis Baird, Detec'
to the last half 81 the last chapter. and
yet keeps up the suspense all the way
thru. The story turns on u a double
crime, a theft of very valuable diamonds
and murder. One gets hint as to the
thief very early in the story, tho he is
likely to forget 1T in the excitement OF
subsequent developments, but as to the
murder he is left in utter darkness, sc
| that the outcome is a complete surprise
In the telling the story lacks the finish
of the masters at such literature, but il
is strongly and smoothly told for al
that, and one that the lover of mystery
tales will not regret having read.
L. G. Page 4 Co, Boston. $1.25. !.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
SEPT. 10

7-Gottlngen university opened.
1so3-Rcbert Emmett put on trial.
1e35-Ethan Allan Hitchcock, sec
rotary CT the interior, born.
Patterson. Canadian
nff-ister of customs, born.
ta54-Many lives lost In the wreck
of tha Queen Charlotte.
1s62-GeneraI Rosecrans began the
attaek on the, confederate forces at
iuka. Miss.
fa71-D Disastrous fire In Virginia
City. New. IS
1s31-President Garfield died at
Lcna BrEneh. N. j. ..s
1921 President Mckinley buried at
]. Canton, Ohio 30 q 81 II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
WHAT WAS ANCIENT HoRsEq
Eyerybody,s Magazine

The horse is supposed to have been
developed and improved from small
animal, preserved in the fossil beds of
Wyoming. Those beds have been in
yestiigated this summer as thoroly as
where in the Big Sweet water divide,
and some time in July. was found the
skeleton Of a horse, tail Of many hands
and thirty feet long.
Mighty grinders. still mostly unde-
cayed, ornament his stern iawbone. he
was a grasseater and must have cut a
wide swath in his day. The theory of
an original little primeyal ancestor Of
paleontologists are raking over the Big
Sweet Water divide.
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3 @ o 0 K ! S
! Ry5W. PIX,

a. 4 -
q REVENGE Asa FINE. ART.-Death
is a poor revesige For one who would
see his Victim writhes 1t does not last
long enough, One who seekssto inflict
such a. revenge 8can only surmise what
lies beyond the writhing. It must have
peen some such line ofareasoning that led
the central figure of Owen Johnson's
latest story, Max Fargus, to the course
ne pursued-What a kindergartener would
eau q logical revenge, a revenge in line
with the otfense to be revenged. 49,
The story is, in brief, study in vii
la1ny There are no heroes in the tale
at all. Fargus is the miser owner of a
line OF profitable restaurants in New
York In youth he had suffered three
great establishments Sin the loyalty of
TREND IN the virtue Of his mother, and
IN the love Of d woman" AS a result
ne mad become, a nisanthrope. But his
sour old heart as years advanced, yearned
for companfonship. In seeking; to crafty
this yearlling he married Sheila Vaughn,
only to learn that she was an adventur
ess; that she had entered intoa conspir-
acy with a SINISTER lawyer to obtain pos
session OF his fortune. Murder was the
first impulse. Escaping that more by
chance than intent, he plannedsa revenge
with climax seven years ahead. How
ne executed this, with the assistance OF
villain of even deeper dye than Sheilas
lawyer, is the story s t.---.
The story is a strong one,2 especially
for its character drawing. Not often
does one come upon such a creation as
Sheila's lawyer, Bofinger, in modern fic-
ton, and his partner, 1Fargus' accomplice
is even more terrible, while Fargus him
| self is a demon: Sheila, be it said, is ar
adventures by, force ~ of circumstance
and Bofinger. The author has given he,
some really woman1ys traits, which touch
and hold the readers sympathy. The
story as a whole Strikes out into some.
what new fields, gaining, of course, ii
interest thereby. It is not surprising
that the book is selling we'll. 4
The Baker & Taylor Co.. New York. $3.50.
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED

From William Donaldson & Coz .s: :
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The, Face Of Clay. An interpretation By
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Patty's Summer Days. BY Carolyn Wells, au.
thor of ''Patty in the City," etc. Illustrated.
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"THE BELLS" AS FIRST SUBMIT
TED FOR PUBLlCATIoN.-The New
England Magazine \ for September con-
tains most interesting Foot Note on
Foe" by Eugene G. Dolson. 1t gives
Poe's THE Bells in the form in which
it was originally submitted to Sartain's
Magazine, it's form being vouched for by
the editors of the magazine as follows:
THE. BELLS-A SONG. =
The bells!-hear the bells!
The merry wedding bells!
The little silver. bells!
How fairy-like melody there swells
From the silver tinkling cells
OF the bells, bells, bels
Of the bells!. " e"-
The bells!--ah, the }bels
.a The heavy iron bells! s.
Hear the tolling Of the bells!
49, Hear the knells! :. -
How horrible a monody there floats
+ From their ,throats-..
From their deep-toned throats!
How l shudder at the notes
From the melancholy throats
OF the bells,4 bells, bells <
OF the bells! 10. !:
The September New England is an in
viting number both as to fiction anc
more serious reading.
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lie newsboy wins any way It goes.
The Battle in New York.

The New York republican state con-
vention will be held next Tuesday. 1t
will be contest of bosses for the con-
troll of the party unless the nomination.
Of Hughes or another man of the same
grade should lift it from the mire. The
New York city primaries held yester-
day are the first Indication Of de-
cided revolt from Odell, the state chair
man, who has patched up truce with
Platt and is. fighting hard to retain
his position as the master of the ma
chine. Odell opposes the nomination
Of Governor Higgins, altho curiously
enough Higgins timid friendship for
Odell is the only reason why he was not
deposed from the Craftsmanship months
ago. The New York city primaries are
dead against Odell and favorable to
Higgins. 1t is known now that Hig-
gins and his friends will control the
convention, but whether they will have
the courage to renominate Higgins is
one of the unsolved problems of New
York politics. Odell believes they will
not and that Hughes will be nomi-
mated; in which ease he will claim the
prestige. of having brought out the
successful aspirant.
The democrats are in as deep a
| tangle. On the one hand is Murphy
flirting with the Hearst movement and
on the other Mcclellan fighting Murphy
and taking up Jerome, as Hobson s
choice, with which to beat Murphy. On
the face of the returns the boss appears
to have kept his hold on Tammany by a
narrow margin. He is hardly strong
enough to deliver the New York Tam
many delegation to Hearst, who is al
ready at the head of an independent
state ticket.
The probabilities point to three
cornered fight for the governorship
Hearst, independent, Jerome, democrat
and Hughes, republican. It will recall
the day when Boss Kelly ran agains
Lucius Robinson and helped to cleo
Governor Cornell. out of whose admin
istration came the Folger incident
the election of Grover Cleveland to tn
governorship and the loss Of the presi
dency to the republicans for the frs
i time since the war:
In telling a large tree in Gloucester
shire, England workmen came upon {
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19

Cuban trains are not molested, other
than being fired on by small bands of
rebels. The Cuban government hopes
that no one will be hit, but if they are,
the trunksmasher is in the line of pro-
motion to better life than he is leading
now : u.s. ~. 81 .-l -. -
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WAS felt that time would show the
south the impropriety of honoring such
name and placing it in effect along
sides5of honorable and gallant soldiers
IFofs the tConfederacy. eSf {ssSIsSa
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Rabelais tells of a judge who had the
reputation Of Solomon till he incau-
judgment. When you hear some men S
reasons for voting for certain candi-
date, their regulations for wisdom are
somewhat furnished. 81.
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No. trouble to dress boys If you know a
good store, but it is an everlasting job
to dress girls.-Confessions Of mother
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19

In the opinion of Mr.. Rockefeller the
average American struggles too much.
Well, we don't all get It as easy as
John D. .--- 50. @aa