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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
Seven Districts Qualify.

Carter was uniformly good. The Kaseo
of Charles A. Millward. the Arkissus OF
Charles A. Stevenson and the Minus of
Francis Powers were above reproach.
The cast is large and appears thoroly
capable thruout. Beasoo, as a stage man
ager, leaves no loopholes for criticism.
"Adrea'' Is not pleasant play humor
is lacking. and scarce a line can be re-
called as intended to bring smile to the
audience. It is play upon the emotions.
and If the seatholders permit the spell of
the actress and the author to steal over
them, it is powerful, but not pleasant as
whole, relieved happily, tho, in the cpl
lOgue. j. H. R.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
Success Is Gratifying.

COuHGy bO"ns
Success Is Gratifying.
The High School Debating league has
succeeded beyond the expectations of
it's founders and promoters. 1t has
stimulated scores of students, both in
and out of the league, to endeavor to
express their ideas simply and clearly.
It has surprised it's friends by prOdu-
cling a higher grade of work in the
seminal and final contests than any
one supposed the high schools were
capable ola grade of work which
Professor McDermott says is equal to
the best the university could do not
many years ago.
go From the beginning the league has
discussed only practical and timely
questions, and that is one reason for its
success. Business and professional men
have been much interested in the argu-
ments presented on both sides, and
there are few indeed who have not
added something to their stock of in
formation. Incidentally many persons
have learned to think more highly of
the work of the high schools. The
| thought and ambition of entire COM
munities have been stimulated by this
well-organized system of debates. All
in all, the league has more than JUS
titled it's organization.
High schools of Iowa are leagued in
movement for development of what
NAV be said to be in large part the
mechanical graces of the orator. They
have an organization for the training
of young disclaimers, and hold every
winter home, district and state con-
tests. This organization has set many
! influences for good at work and has
accomplished some excellent results;
but its promoters will not contend that
it has approached the dignity and use
fulness of the debating organization in
Minnesota. The benefit here cannot be
calculated.
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tence which he puts in the mouth OF
the president. But there are two no
ticeable falsehoods in it which go to
show that Mr.. Lewis either did not
read the presidents speech, or that,
having read it, he is willing to mis-
represent fellow citizen for partizan
reasons. The president did not call q
halt upon Investigations, nor was there
one trace Of partizan anxiety in his
speech. The president, being much
broader and ADLER man than Mr.. Lewis,
recognizes that the graft question is
not one Of parties. Neither has he
in speech or action shown disposition
to make it partizan question. He
has pursued thieves in his own party
unsparingly. He has denounced rob-
berry in either party impartially. What
the president said, and what the coun-
try-except J. Ham-understood him to
mean, was that indiscriminate denun.
citation did not help reform. In fact,
it retarded the process, since true re-
form must rebuild as fast as it tears
down. a.. Idol r.; Ea.. H
The president merely led in the pro-
test against that class of agitation
which, not being based upon truth,
tends only to confuse and not to en-
tighten. ...'.
No man is perfect. Theodore Roose
welt has some faults. He has weak
ness for standing by his friends. The
president should have no friends ex-
cept those who are friends of the re-
public. Paul Morton was not such a
character and the president made a
mistake in protecting and defending
him so strenuously. But nobody has
accused the president of lukewarmness
in the cause of the people because he
made that error. He has given too
many instances Of devotion to duty to
permit that to count seriously against
him. In the matter of the rate bill
| the president has withstood more pres
sure than was ever exerted on a presi
dent since Lincoln was implored tc
| stop the war and let the south 60
Yet he has not wavered and it is be-
| cause he has stood firm that the rate
bill is in a fair way Of getting thru
the senate in working shape. In the
pursuit Of the Chicago packers the
president showed himself sincere and
loyal to his platform. In his prosecu
,tions of the postoffice thieves he went
farther than any other president ever
did to "knock the organization by
insisting that republican thieves should
be cast out of office and into prison
The presidents record is unsatisfac
tory to some republicans, curiouEly
enough it is unsatisfactory to some
democrats. The latter are said to be
in favor Of the referendum and the re
call system. Let us ask the recall
democrats whether they would be will
ing today to put Theodore Roosevelt
out of the White House and put Judge
Parker in.
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the affirmative side of the question on
Friday evening. 1t has already pub
licly debated the question four times
three times supporting the affirmative
and once the negative. It met and de-
feated teams from the North Side high,
the South Side high, Lake Crystal and
Winona. 1t is the champion of eight
high schools of the state and of the
first, second and fifth congressional dis
tficts.
Humboldt of St. Paul has always
had the negative. 1t is the champion
of the third, fourth, seventh and ninth
districts. It won the honors from Cen
trail high of st. Paul, Pennington and
Willmar.
Country Holds It's Own.
When the league was organized five
years ago, many Of the country schools
serted that the superior advantages Of
the city schools and the larger numbers
from which to choose debaters would
always give them the victory. The re-
suits are interesting and 60 to prove,
first, that prophet is often in error,
and, second, that there is no royal road
or short cut to success in debate; brains
and a willingness to work must tell.
The record shows that the country has
more than held it's own with the city.
In the first year of the league the
survival of the ittest left two country
teams, LIE Sueur and Glenwood. The
second year Fergus Falls defeated st.
Paul Central and became the cham
pion of the state. The country was
too strong for the city. The third year,
ST. Paul Central won from Fergus Falls
the same teams with the results re-
versed. The final debate of the fourth
year found both teams from the coun-
try again, three young ladies of Brock
enridge winning from Albert Lea. The
end Of the fifth year sees two big city
schools in the final battle.
Pennington, in the third district, had
S'To s gre sea of vc f as snd be
| school did the handsome thing by its
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

century while John Paul Jones lived
and loved in the eighteenth. The amen
tiles and decencies of life have made
some progress since then, even among
the great. Gorky was not obliged to
come here with g. mistress. He could
have come alone. Then he would have
had no trouble of the kind he has met.
Muckraker Phillips is trying to make
good by. raking up the former past Of
our late esteemed fellow citizen, Cor
man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

The final debate of the Minneapolis
High School Debating leagues fifth
year will be held next Friday evening
in the chapel of the state university.
The trophy is the handsome silver cup
offered by T h e Journal. Trios rep
resenting Minneapolis Central high
school and st. Paul Humboldt high
school will be pitted against each other.
The question for debate thru all the
district and interdistrict series and for
the. contest on Friday night reads as
follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

On April last the people of San
Jose, under the auspices of the Won
ans club, turned out en- masse with
rake, hoe, etc., and cleaned all the
weeds and rubbish from vacant lots,
rear yards and everywhere else, besides
setting out thousands of trees. People
with as much public spirit as that will
not be- staggered by little thing like
an earthquake. ..,.a-. :.'.~- .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
AuditorIum-"Adrea,"


The stagecraft Of Belasco, with the I'M
questioned ability Of Mrs. Leslie Carter
combine to bring success to 'Adrea," al
tho in hands less capable and in settings
less ornately barbaric, the production
would fall far below that quality de-
manded from playwright and actress.
'Adrea," like THE Darling of the Gods,'
presents series Of pictures of wonder
full strength, with an accompanying
wealth Of effects, lightings and attention
to details. 1t is almost too much of a
picture in the early acts, in that the at
tention Of the audience is drawn away
from the progress Of the story to study
the details Of the picture. .
Thru four acts Of 'tAdrea'' Mrs. Carter
and her players give, the story Of the
blind princess wronged by her lover and
Jealous sister-a story not pleasant, a
story not softened by omissions by the
playmaker. The master, stroke. of Bel
asco comes in the epiogue when the in
trigue, tragedy and sensualism Of the pa
gan court are forgotten. The curtain
drops upon the scene Of the queen re-
nouncing her throne at the feet of the
child. the son of the man whose death
she decreed and at whose hands she suf-
feTed her greatest wrongs. The picture
of the child seated upon the throne
hlChiHS lis LEGS III gee over the tdWQry
grandeur of his newly found scepter and
throne blot out the tragedy Of that which
has gone before and furnishes a welcome
relief to the audience -..
Mrs. Carter, as Adrea, the blind prin-
cess, whose sight is restored thru the me-
dunn Of a pagan miracle, brings to hel
audience the full measure of her powers
Her portrayal of the emotional range, the
woman torn by perplexity struggling with
the impulses of love and revenge, both
directed against the same object, is mas
terly. Her gentler scene of the epilogue
brought to her more appreciation than the
|tempestuous work of the earlier acts. She
was thoroly dominant in control of situa.
ton and climax, and the work demon.
strates that she Is now In the full ZENITH
OF her powers as an actress The vast hal
of the Auditorium proved an emotiona
barometer last night. At times there wa.
the subdued hum of every large audience
but as the play reached the points o.
greater tension the great hail. filled from
door to door, became as silent as tomb
This best explains the power Mrs. Car
ter exerted over her auditors.
The various phases of Adrea as pla,
could be made to occupy columns. II
the play thousand critics could FIND
ground for differing but well based opin
ion, and the same rule holds good will
| the seatholders. The support Of Mrs
~ 20
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The Tribune has decided that Henne-f
pin county has no claim to any state
office; besides, it wouldn't be good for
her to have one anyway. Well, but
suppose the balance Of the state Just
rises up in it's might and compels us
to take one whether we want it or not,
what would our bossing contemporary
do about that's
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

The original Spanish name Of San
Francisco was Emission de los Dolores
de Nuestro .Padra San Francisco de
Asis,'' or Emission of the Sorrows Of
Our Father st. Francis of ASSIST The
sorrows Of st. Francis are now COM
memorated by even greater sorrows.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
ADJUSTMENTS
Metropolitan The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast

... and the Beast
p That old favorite, 'The Sleeping
Beauty and the Beast carries one
bodily into fairyland with it's illusions
and wonderful pictures. The company
now playing the. magnificent spectacle
at the Metropolitan is one of extremes,
with the bright spots so we'll illunlined
that one forgives the rest. Isabella
Underwood as Prince Charming is in
beauty and acharming personality, she
has still more I'M her rich, beautiful
voice which is mosteffeetively 4displayed
in her two numbers of the second act,
F" 1t g a Dream That Never Comes
True' and GA Son of the Desert:''
Her voice is truly remarkable in range
and quality. Her lower notes are full
and. rich and the clear, sweet tones
of her upper register are equally pleas
ing. She sings with an ease and dash
that imparts life and brilliancy to her
work r.
Barney Bernard as Lena the nurse is
another bright spot, and tho he does
not for moment fill theS place of Joe
Cawthorn, who created the part in the
original production, he is acceptable and
successful in that he keeps the audi
| ence in an uproar with his broad bur-
| lesque and serves to distract their at
tention from the sands of the desert. 1t
Is unfortunate that Edith Arnold makes
so little Of the part of the witch, Male
volentia, which is full of possibilities.
"Years Ago. and "The Clock on the
| Mantel' have been most effectively
done, and tho Miss Arnold sang them
we'll, she hardly has the full conception
| of their possibilities. Rose Sartella is
acceptable as Princess Beauty. Ralph
Edwards and Charles Saunders as King
! Bardout and Queen Spadia are misfts
on the Metropolitan stage.
The chorus is large and experienced
In the changing tableaux of the four
| seasons, the production introduces some
dazzling scenes that have made the
| piece famous. A part of the chorus
| "doubles in brass'' and does fail
vaudeville stunt in the third act as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

Mr.. La Toilette concluded his mas
terly address to the galleries yesterday.
and within a day or two Mr.. Spooner
may be expected to throw tons Of elo-
quence upon the desks Of the railroad
presidents. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

Ambrose Bierce says "the United
States senate is a den Of Depews.' It
is such exaggerated statement that has
provoked the protest from the presi-
dent. .--~ 70 ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
Minnesota Politics
z. J. Cation About to Enter Contest
for Republican Nomination for Con-
gress Such Division Of the Field
Favorable to Fletcher's Re-entry-
Buchanan Won't Be Pulled Off.

The fifth district congressional cam
paign begins to resemble a free-for-all
at the county fair. The latest entry is
Professor .. j. Cation, and he proposes
to run on the republican ticket. The
elongated orator was populist in the
palmy days of that movement, and in
1898 was the fusion nominee for con-
gress against Loren Fletcher. The first
heard OF him as a republican was two
years ago, when he started out making
speeches for Dunn in the pre-convention
member of the Dunn boiling delegation
from Hennepin. Afterward he toured
the state as an earnest advocate OF
Dunn g election. -.
He has given it out that he will file
for congress within few days. AS
Cation has silver tongue, he will make
q speaking campaign, and IN al PROB
ability annex quite vote, tho his nom
nation is not probable. He will break
up the field, and broken field is what
'tUncle Loren" likes. With Eustis,
Hall, Washburn and Cation all running,
Fletcher would enter with full expec-
tation of repeating his 1904 perform,
ance, when he led a field of five and
got the nomination with a minority of
the votes.
| clarence Is. buchanan VIII paw w Iho
sod in the old sixth district when he
gets back from Washington next week,
unless his courage oozes out as he nears
home. He announces that no man or
set of men can pull him out Of the fight,
! ard that the question as to, whether he
will be the republican nominee is going
to be settled by the 10000 voters of the
, district, "not by the six or seven who
took it upon themselves to settle the
NATTER That is pretty hard jolt
i for the people who got Lindbergh in the
/ race, but they may console themselves
| with the reflection that no meetings
have been held lately to urge Buchanan
/ to run.
The Cole boom has struck southern
Minnesota. Captain G. c. Whitney
gives the Walker man lengthy send
off in the Marshall News Messenger, in
dorsing his state development issue
and giving him favorable mention as a
candidate. .-,s
A three-cornered senatorial fight is
! promised in Wright county, where G. P.
Boutwell, Of Clearwater and John G.
Hayter Of Annandale are already candi-
dates. Senator Alley has not been
heard from, but is expected to make
his announcement later as a candidate
for denomination.
- Charles r. Chenev
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

Chicago is considering the plan Of
shutting off beer at picnics, thus
abridging the rights of the crowd to
have a fatal fight at eventide. Where
are our boosted iberties9 -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

A Delaware judge has decided that
it is crime to steal coal from a rail-
road company. The parties who took
it should have been sharp enough to
have confscated it, as the railroads do.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
Buffalo has Niagara Falls power

Buffalo has Niagara Falls power at
hand, vet the best bid it can get for
electric lighting is $50 per lamp per
year. The great results expected from
Harvesting the cataract have not been
realized.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Have not been realized! Wait till
YOU see the dividends declared on the
watered stock Of the lighting company!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

The sad fate of the diseeverer Of
radium shows that no matter how: emf
nent you are, the grocery delivery boy
is bound to get you if you are at all
absentminded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

s The fact that the Burlington railroad
paid a fine of 100000 for itself and
officers for giving rebates does not af-
feet GYM" Hills guarantee Of the
bonds. #.z5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24
Foyer Chat. ,
. The Omaha (Neb.) Bee in speaking of
1.-The Clansman" said: - -

The Omaha (Neb.) Bee in speaking of
1.-THE Clansman'' said: t
aside from other considerations The
Clansman' is really worth seeing for its
strength as a play. 1t is worth bundle
of the bloodless discussions we have been
treated to in the form Of society drama
recently. Mr.. Dixon has cleverly and
distinctly outlined the several characters
Altogether The Clansman is worth
while" "The Clansman will be seen here
at the Metropolitan the latter part of the
week. beginning with Thursday nights
performance. The sale opens Monday
Ernest Hogan, the famous colored
comedian, is appearing at the Bijou this
week In Hurtig and Seamon's big musical
production, Rufus Rastus.' Mr.. Hogan
is a show in himself, and succeeds in
keeping his audience in constant hilarity
whenever he is on the stage, which Is
most of the time. Handsome souvenirs
will be distributed to the ladies attend
ing the matinee tomorrow.
While the current bill of modern vaude-
vile at the Orpheum theater is one of the
best that theater has offered for many
moons, a considerable part of the success
which it achieves Is due to the presence
of Elizabeth Murray. 1t has been three
or four seasons since last Miss Murray
appeared before a local public with her
inimitable songs and stories. Her return
finds her prettier and cleverer than ever
with the same perfection in the deliver.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

The Kansas City Star suspects An
drew Carnegie Of design to dump a
library upon San Francisco at this
crisis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

II Judge Humphrey could coin the
golden silence in which he is enmeshed
it would make. him the richest man in
the world,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

The frmness with which Market
street real estate is held shows that
Frisco is saying, gamily: Never
felt itl' u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

Where ignorance is Bliss it's folly
for Perkins to be wise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

The king of Italy hurried to Vesu
vius. Unfortunately, President Roose-
welt had congress con his hands.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

i. Boston is hurrying forward two car
loads of baked beans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

: The team from the Minneapolis Cen
trail high is composed of Theodore Thorn
son., Bessie Hull and Ruth B. Ridges
Humboldt of st. Paul will be repre-
sented, by Eugene Coyne, Belle Blumen-
field and Benjamin G. Harmon. Pro
fessor E. E. McDermott, president of
the state league, will preside over the
debate and the judges will be Judge
Calvin L. Brown Of the state supreme
court, Judge Frank T. Wilson of Still
water, and J. F. Carr Of Hudson, Wis.
Registrar E. B. johnson will present
the Journal cup to the victorious team.
Seven Districts Qualify.
Seven Of the nine congressional dis
tricts of the state qualified several
teams and took an active interest in
the contests thru the winter. Winona
won the championship in the first dis
trict, Lake Crystal in the second,
Pennington in the third, Humboldt of
st. Paul in the fourth, Central high
Of Minneapolis in the fifth, Willmar in
the seventh, and Fergus Falls in the
ninth. The sixth and eighth districts
were not represented.
Minneapolis Central high will have
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

= Resolved-That all elective state,
district, county and city officers
should be nominated by direct
primeries held under state regula-
ton. rather than by delegate: CON
ventions. !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

For fully ten seconds the house
rocked under J. Potts and he thought
the end had come. It had.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-24

And the next day La Toilette spoke.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
Recalled the Name at Last.

From Everyhodys Magazine.
The stage coach that carries/the mail
between kents Hin and Readfield station
I'm Maine drew up along the roadside and
the driver aoeosted little old man work
ing in field
do You know who Mrs. Abby b. Brown
is and where she lives?'
The old man considered Brown, Abby
y. BROWNE" he repeated lyon don't
mean Mrs. Polly Brown, do you?"
NO Mrs. Abby b. Brown, we've got a
letter for her"
"B, you say the middle letter is B, do
yolt2 | know whole lot of Browns that
live on the other side of the road. but
there aint any Abby y. among them.
You don't mean Abby b. Smith, do you?
She lives over"
mo. it's Abby H. Brown. Well find her
somehow. Thanks"
The stage driver started his horses, but
before the corner was reached faint
Hello caused the passengers to turn
around. The old man, hoe In hand was
pursuing the stage
Brown. Mrs. Abby p. Brown, did YOU
say? Why, I know her. She's my WIFE