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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
UNIQUE TRICKS ARE SLOW
Magician Albina Does Clever Stunts ir
- Unlnteresting WAY. ,-

Near-good acts, which might be high
Y entertaining if the performers had
them better in hand, lar this week .
bill at the Unique. The two offending
features are Madam 'I.azette and her
trained boobies and cockatoos and Al
pima q Co., magicians.s Potentially, both
s aets are high-class but anaeijttber has that
vile stunt effective
Albina, the 49," is not in evidence,
performs many feats which are almost
completely mistifying. His ievitation
act is mechanically correct, onIv tha
question which troubles the mind Of
the spectator is not the apparent. def.
ance OF the law of gravitation, bit
what sort Of mechanism causes the con.
cealed platform in the couch to rise,
Ibis same criticism might be passed on
every feat, save the telephatic readino
OF sealed questions, which is remark,
able - Albina might improve his act
either by leaving out an attempt to
mystlfy and explaining the clever way
IN which he gets his results, or by more
carefully concealing his trickerv and
making them completely mysterious
:Madam Eazette 8 wocly@ poodles and
stately ,cockatoos perform well. but the
talk which accompanies the act is try
ing; =, ~ ...etr~ 80
: Emily Waite hasSassweet and power.
tul voice and her rendition Of medley
of the. old-time songs is altogether
charming. Irene Little sang her way
into the favor of the Unique patrons
long ago, and her song this week, while
not her best, calls forth hearty and de:
served applause. George Hillman with
his German dialect, sengs and stories
Is good laugh provoker. The motion
pictures: depict Imaginable series of
comic mishaps. ~ :
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!. The Rate Law in Force.

The new rate law has now been the
law of the land for a week, and the in
"terstate$ commerce commission is work
ing hard to get it into operation. The
positive power to make rates given the
commission is dependent upon a COM
plant being made against an existing
rate. So far as ratemaking is con-
cerned, if everybody is satisfied with
the rates, the commission will have
nothing to do. But with some other
matters it must be busy anyway. It
must adopt scheme of railroad book
keeping. This is ordered in the law.
It is one Of the minor provisions which
may in time come to be recognized as
one of the greatest safeguards of the
act.
This provision was inserted primarily
to assist the commission in tracing and
Furnishing the crime Of rebating.. I'm
der the major provisions of the law the
railroads must file their schedules with
the commission and post them in their
own depots. They must give these
published rates to all without discrimi-
nation. The criticism was made upon
the bill when it was under discussion
that it did not touch the evil of re-
bates, but as it finally passed it is evil
dent that it did touch the subject quite
vitality in the provision for a uniform
and government system of accounting.
The railroads might quite, easily com
ply with the provisions of law with re-
gard to making fair rates, but unless
| they gave these rates to all their ship
pers, a great part Of the object Of the
law would be defeated. Heretofore the
difficulty in preventing rebates was to
trace them. The system of bookkeep-
ing of many Of the roads was cunningly
designed to conceal this very offense.
The new law makes it incumbent upon
the commission to devise system of
bookkeeping which shall be- open, fair
and candid. And it makes it obliga-
tory upon the railroads TO adopt this
system and to use no other.
Necessarily it will be. "a. matter. of
some considerable labor to 8 make up
such a system. But it will be done,
and when it is eo1npl ted and senfo forced,
the commission may find that this little
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welcome the guests of the afternoon.
He 'lands'' many, too, for there is an
appealing feature about that Eonly
show this afternoon'' and many file
ir at 10 cents head, while the assist
ant bawls out the pleasing intelligence:
" Why, it will make your hair stand on
end to see it!'' 10 -:
A Volcano at Every Performance.
Some there are who seek not such hir-
suite elevation and rush to the next
platform, where still another young
young man addresses them thru the
medium e of the omnipresent megaphone:
Come and see Vesuvius belching fire,
smoke and lava at every performance !!
Also the burning of San Francisco!
The performance lasting about twenty
four minutes! No tireseme waits. Not
going to have any of those! Going to
start whether there are three or 30O.'
This is a telling argument, and the
bally ho'' man might get. all the
crowd, did not his next-door neighbor
lnopportunely start megaphone quar-
tet into motion. Mothers grab children
by the hand, neighbors step on each
others feet, and those having no neigh
own, all trying to reach the same spot
and occupy the same space at the same
time. Its-is worth while, too, to hear
this particular suave young man tell
you that 'eThis., is something entirely
out of the ordinary and completely diff
ferent from, any other carnival per,
formancea on the grounds. /"
There is no concealed mustache to
deceive you here. The show lasts thirty
minutes: No more; no less. There is
no other show going on at this time
We will be thru il plenty Of time for
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you to see all other performances and
you can occupy our fine opera chairs
without extra charge. This IS the
place. - rs
Many Are Convinced. !,
Many seem to think tSsis. and dis
appear within the curtained home OF
loy and mystery. Others keep on the
rounds, forever being Joined by re-
crults fresh for the fray, who head
the. colored Ministries, many of. them
adding to nature's coloring with dabs
anu patches Of burnt cork and pig
ment that have an uncanny look in
the. hot afternoon sun. These have
been recruited from the fields of the
Southland, SO the gentlemanly infor-
mant tells an expectant public, and are
the very best the management has been
able to secure, regardless of expense.
VI course there is Zinia. the palm
reader. who is undoubtedly fond of
watermelon, as witness her, free, open
fore she looks into the future of
young man from Korkhoven. The PEN
-the-slot picture machine is an
almost, resistless allurement While
there is Happy Hooligan, and :" Dad.''.
the. fancy rifle shot, to have converse
castle. the merry go-round and the Fer
rls wheel, not forgetting the young
man who does the bicycle somersault
from high elevation into ridicu-
lousy shallow tank Of water, and Miss
Spray. who runs up ladder. facetious-
~ calls to the open-mouthed below to
Wait for me, III be down in min
ute, then shoots into the same water
and scatters her namesake over the
adjacent landscape. q. g.,
Confusion of Noises.
T Noise there is in plenty. Gongs,
handorgans, organs that run by steam
power and are heard accordingly: meg
aphones carrying the. good news in
voices Of every kind and caliber; bands,
vocalists without megaphones and vo-
calists with, and the calliope! Some
times they are all going at once and
! your choice.
There is plenty to see and plenty to
hear on the "Pike,' and while the ex-
cess of riches offered by the obliging
young men who superintend the "bally
ho,' generally confuses the newcomer
and gets him clear around the ring
without spending a cent, the careful
| observer will note that this escaped
one makes the rounds the second time,
taking in all the shows and leaving
the "Pike' with the countenance Of
one who had seen a work we'll done.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
CIIILDREN'S EXHIBIT
Pupils of City Schools Show Arts and
Crafts Work.

- The educational exhibit adds much
to the attractive appearance Of the
women's building. The MINNEAPOLIS
public schools are splendidly represent
ed, and everything that is shown was
made last year. At the close of school
the teachers found what pupils were
willing to have their work sent to the
FAINTER, IN big wagon, went around
and collected it.
The handsome Morris chairs, the
library table and the writing desk
were all made by the pupils Of the
manual training department, boys and
girls, and no carpenter could have
made them better. On the walls hang
the small articles made by the grade
children. Every grade is represented
IN this handwork, for the primary in
fants have their woven rugs, the third
grade youngsters made hammocks, the
fourth baskets and pottery, the fifth
and sixth pottery. and the seventh and
eighth pottery and leather work.
The high-school crafts proved how
nimble fingers guided by brains can
be, and the leather, metal and
the stenciled patterns are the the STAMPS mIsa
showing how the pupil cut them for
the pattern. The free-hand work Of the
schools, from primary thru the high
school, fills all the corner walls.
! Experimenting and rounding out this
! Minneapolis exhibit arc two cases hold
ing the handsome pottery and leather
work Of the Minneapolis Handicraft
! guild. The pottery shows some unusual
effects in glazing and the shapes are
exceedingly good
MISS Emma Roberts, supervisor of
drawing in the Minneapolis schools,
was in charge Of the exhibit today,
and the rest of the week Miss Rietell
will explain to the public. in answer
| to the oft-repeated inquiry, that every
thing was made by the school children
of Minneapolis.
At the other end of the room is the
work of the St. Paul public schools.
Part of the exhibit was shown at St.
| Louis, and some of the handsome fur
niture was made by the pupils of the
Mechanic Arts school Tor the armory.
An interesting feature of this Mechanic
Arts exhibition is the motor built by
! the pupils. 1t has been in practical
use in the school for more than year.
There is also a twelve horsepower en-
| CINE and lathe, one of twenty-five
in the school, which were made by the
boys. Above the engines hang the
tools which were used in their manu-
| facture.
The work of the pupils of the Cen
school and the St. Paul grade schools
shows free hand and craft work, while
the sewing classes present the COM
pleted mode! made from design drawn
| to scale. W. Powells. j. Zueber and
Miss Cochran of st. Paul are in charge
of the St. Paul exhibit. fl. ---
The Faribault high school and the
I school for the feeble minded at Fari-
bault have also splendid representative
exhibits
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enterprlsing band, while the crowd,
seeming the end of the free perform
ance, moves on to the next platform
This 'bally ho'' man is young and
tllled with enthusiasm and conviction
Beside him stand a bear and man and
"a woman, the latter in red. The bear,
1t seems, is only one Of many, trained to
the point of perfection. But there are
other things in the big tent back of the
platform.
The. surging~ crowd catches the tail
end of his Grafton. "This lady fights
with that wild, untamable king Of
beasts, .Spitfre! And we have three
young lions, born but a few days ago.
for one price of admission. The first
act is going to start. right away Come
up closet Right away, everybody!'
Some of the impromptu audience
reach into pockets with the evident in
tention of parting with. some Of their
coin In order to see the lady quarrel
with the fierce, untamable king of
beasts: when from the adjoining plat
form comes the welkin:.
Fright this way for the next free
And the tickle public is away to wor
ship before new gods. The public is
glad, too. For it appears that this is
the place to get your moneys worth.
"We give one solid hours enter
| tainment,' declares the "bally ho'
man. "Now, ladies and gentlemen, We
present here what is undoubtedly one
of the most thrilling entertainments or
the ground-'The Trainwreckers, ant
this is the only show. we give this after
noon. The price is but ten cents. There
is the box office! The doors are open
! The show is about to begin 6.
/ > The main barker passes the mega
i phone to his assistant and prepares t,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

10 one not versed in the science Of
allurement the first visit to "The
Merry Pike at the state fair must be
a perpetual revelations For there the
bally ho' f1ourishes in it's pristine
purity, and with, vigor like unto
nothing else in the world except the
LATTER taking' pictures in the medl-
The "bally no" is the vernacular for
What you see for nothing on the
trd1na and a. d is the highest type Of the
pining for amusement and suffering
from indecision of mind In the good
Ola days OF the one-ring circus, before
the amusement magnates entered into
conspiracy with the opticians and as
teopaths and instituted the three-ring
affair, the sideshow "spieler'' held
forth upon the marvels and mysteries
of the exhibitions Behind the painted
banners, and great was his reputation
for eloquence. His puny voice would
never be. heard in The din of modern
ba9IilXholng', as exemplifed on the
Time for Pike.
The proper time to hit the "Pike,''
If the novice would get the full benefit
of his first to thirty third degrees, is
either right after the afternoon races
or at the close Of the evenings per
Torrance in front Of the grand stand
:. No sooner has Bert Gregory .burned
the last stick in: poor old =" Moscow y
and Nick Peirong g busted' the. last
bomb in the Good, Night' fireworks
display, than the gates Of the tEPike, y
swing wide, and out along the crowded
streets sallies the brass-lunged calliope
first and last essential with a show
whose manager scents the shekels Of
shr and Somewhat ao I IT m M5sa is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
sCHLATTER is COMING
Divine Healer Will Attend State
Spiritualists' Convention This Week.

,"1tDivine Healer Schlatter, the man
VINO a few. years ago created so much
excitement in Denver and elsewhere
thru his healing powers and the notori-
ETY. attending his work, will be in Min
convention Of the. spiritualist societies.
which y will be held in .sthe First Uni
tartan n, CHURCH beginning with a recep-
tlo N Thursday evening. '&
President John s. Maxwell of the
state association has received a, letter
from the healer, dated Muncie, Ind, in
which he said he would attend the con-
vention. The offer came unsolicited.
Schlatter is still a healer, but he
works more quietly, but just as effec-
lively, according to@newspaper reports.
Crowds generally surround him wher-
ever he goes, and he bestows his bless
ing. of health indiscriminately. He
makes no charge for his cures, but ac-
to give '.. ..-s.-. 49, ~. = =
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Observation-Disclosures Devices.

Wonderland caught quite an overflow
from the state fair last night, and had
good-s1zed crowd, composed mostly OF
out -of-town visitors. Its Sunday nigh
attendance was the largest Of the. sos !.
son. The park was never seen to bet
ter. advantage, with all it's attractions in
continuous operation, and good progra ms
OF open-air acts both afternoon and even
ing. For the special accommodation OF
visitors to the city Wonderland win open
it's gates this week two hours earle,
than usual-at II o'clock in the morning
and every feature of the park will be
kept going continuously for the ensuing
twelve hours IT, - 3s< 4. ~ y 3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
BABY SEEKS NURSERY
Mothers and Children Find One Spo,
Where Both Can Rest.

Almost before the day nursery was
opened there was mite of girl clam
the fair with her proud parents, but
little goes a long way with young
lady less than year old and she was
glad to escape the crowded buildings
and the noisy streets for the cool, quiet
nursery, where the trinity CARRIED
nurse knew just exactly what to do
for tired baby
The nursery is one of the institu-
tions of the fair and is in charge Of
DR.. Henrietta Miller of Minneapolis,
Just as it was last year. Miss Margaret
Ntzhugh,. a graduate of Northwestern
is assisted by two other nurses. {
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
SEPT. q,

17so-Benedict Arnod's treason
discovered
1s3E-congress convened In extra
session to devise measures to relieve
the financial ADVERTISEMENTS of the
country. ssSs 81 s. ST. =
1s63-Genera Burnalde occupied
iknoxvile.4 81 81 IS 81
fseEThe confederate General
Morgan's forces routed at GreenvilIe,
Tenn. 4!
fse6-First National bank Of Hell,
era, Mont. closed
1sss-BritIsh troops entered khar-s
touyn. .5i; ssss;j
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provision has made it's labors as an en-
forcer OF law considerably lighter,

The way the state fair management
handled the food of people who de-
scended upon them yesterday reflects
as much glory on the fair as the fair
itself We opine that the correct di-
VISION of Colonel Hudson 8 ,whiskers
mad great deal to do with establish
ing conditions of success, Whenever
a crowd comes in. view of those whis-
kers it parts right and left and in
perfect order II. . ~ n i%
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
WHOLE TRAIN ,DERAILED

Nothing More than Shaking-up in Ac.
90 cident at Iowa City. 81
Special to The journal.
Iowa City, Iowa, Sept 4.-The Rock
Island Is express, bound from Denver to
Chicago, was derailed here early today,
The train was packed but nobody was
burt, tho $50 received shocks. A fange
OF q wheel struck the bent headrod of a
switch and caused the accident. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Mf. Bryan calls the senate the bull
wark of the predatory trust just as the
senate calls Mr.. Bryan the bulwark Of
the migratory issues. They cannot get
together.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

According to Professor Goodwin
Smith, the president of the United
States is subject to sudden. impulses.
The trusts have discovered, too, that
he is liable to suddenly act on them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

s.. portsmouth has been celebrating
the anniversary of the peace between
Japan and Russia, but the real celebra-
ton in New Hampshire will be pulled
on when Mr.. Tuttle asks for terms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

The capture of Stensland in Moroc-
co rather puts it on those gentlemen
who positively identified him in Fort
Worth Texas; Abilene Kan, and Peo-
ria, Ill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Inc Chicago health department is 90
Ing to investigate the office towel, o., II
Will take an X-ray machine to look
into that dense material.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

New York has reached the 2O-cent
shave IN the march of prosperity. The
safety razor man is smiling as tho he
knew what would happen.
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ferhaps it may occur to the cowboy
mayor OF Omaha after a while that he
allowed himself too much rome.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

William Allen White has lust won
recognition in Kansas as a humorist.
by making some serious remarks
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

The church which had nice food
oooth on the state fair grounds yes
terday took a long step toward new
carpets for the parsonage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Inc Cuban revolution is So annoying
to Spain that the foreign department. Of
that country smiles grimly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
Minnesota Politics
Frank Eddy Has a Theory of Ripley
Brewers Conversion to Buchanan.
Millar Candidacy Alarms Bede. Il

Frank N. Eddy prints "a rather in
teresting explanation of R. B. Brewer s
conversion to Buchanan, in last week IS
Sank Center Herald. It involves a
rivalry over a dam site between two
interests. G. A. Lindbergh was coun-
gel for one and Brewer for the other.
L,lndbergh g client, HIP. Bell, owned
shore rights ! at Pike Rapids, near Lit
tie Falls, and last January Mr.. Lind
bergh prepared a bill giving him the
right to construct adam. It was in
treduced By Congressman Buchanan.
Afterward Mr.. Buckman returned home
and shortly after Senator Brewer with
drew from the congressional race. Then
congress, at the say of the member
from the district, refused the Bell
charter and granted one to Brewer $
clients, who had site just above.
j.. Adam Bede and E. L. Millar are
very busy making speeches, and reports
from the eighth district indicate that
the congressman is thoroly alarmed
over the magnitude of the opposition.
He went after Millar and some of his
supporters publicly the other evening
at Duluth. Millar is touring the coun-
try districts. Charles B. Cheney.
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MI. Millar, who is running for con-
gress against Bede, is somethin e of a
humorist himself, but he is no Joke
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Inanks to the new stockyards, "the
I'D what did, seems to be likely to o.
down in history with "the ham what
am -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

= If there is an English word that
particularly needs to be run thru the
coffee mill, it is "colonel.', - ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Mayor Mcclellan is due to return
nome IN day or two, but anticipates
no general cessation of labor on that
account.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Inc intellectual inferiority of the col.
ored race can no longer be maintained
as dogma after the event Of vester-
day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Walter Wellman s decision not to On
to the pole in balloon this year is
considered on the whole conservatives
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Low One-Way Rates,

Every day to October 31st, 1906, one
way tickets will be sold from Minne-
apolis routed over the Union Pacific via
Council Bluffs as follows:
$2250 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$22.50 to Helena and Butte, Montana.
$22.5O to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Washington. "
$22.50 to Huntington and Nampa,
Idaho. T@
$500 to Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle.
$25.O0 to Vancouver and Victoria.
$500 to Ashland and Astoria, Ore
.gon, voa Portland.
$34.9o to San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to many
other California, Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Utah, and Idaho points.
For full information call on or ad.
dress H. F. Carter, T. P. A., 376 Rob.
ert street, st. Paul, MINI.
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If Palma had it to do over again he
would give the offices to the old SOL
diers
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" Mr.. Bryan has fallen from a first to
q market page feature with startling
suddenness.. ..-n..l =. .'f-.'- 9
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Foyer Chat. Il

+ The headline act at the Orpheum this
week is as entertaining as it is original
1t is McMahon's Minstrel Maids and
watermelon Maids" darkly brilliant
example of oldtime minstrelsy in new at
IRE Nine young girls in blackface &c
thru all the stunts of the orthodox min
strel first part" The act is concluded
by a TRANSITIONAL ton into a Watermelon
festival, and at the conclusion of a soul.
full song, "Oh! Watermelon Fine, Babel!
the nine disappear in the depths Of q
huge practical watermelon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04

Told in the Hills the remarkably
successful dramatization of Marah Ellis
Ryan's famous novel of the same name,
will be the attraction at the Metropolitan
for four nights and matinee, starting on
Thursday evening, Sept.s 49,. .s4s@ ss.4,