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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Jagged and disjointed black stones.
here and there gray, sun-blistered walls
doomed up, with blue sky peeping thru
their long windows, And all this
tawny and irregularities from an inn
mense mass Of verdure, which reaches
far out into the distance and meets the.
yellowish, denuded slopes of the vol
cano.
!.
When we reached the city we made
our way into the Rue Victor Hugo, the
long central street that runs parallel
with the shore from one end Of St.
Pierre to the other, It is the only one
at present freed of debris, and the only
one capable of serving as a highway
to connect, the villages Of Ceron and
Precheur, which were long left isolated
by the colossal rubbish heap of tan
gIed ruins. On either side it is Dor
dered by tall banks Of unmortared
stones, upon which rest the walls of
the tottering houses. Grass, cacti, enor-
nous bamboos, and even palms, have
sprung up everywhere, to right and
left, striving with all their young
strength. to- reach those immovable
crests. Here and there, tree gets lost,
deceived, and attaches itself to some
disjointed stone, becomes sentangled in
window easement or a porch, and
caught by the wind, is overturned, its
green top left leaning across great
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

this, nothing moves, nothing lives in
this vast and gloomy landscape. Al
ways, everywhere, the same impressive
and incommensurable silence. Not a
cry, not sound goes up from that
dead city, which is being shrouded for
ever in its tomb Of verdure.
!. i. \
Blinded by the light and exhausted
by the heat, I descended from the hill
top. I sat down for moment upon
the Roxelane bridge, whose arch has
survived the disaster. Before me rose
the high, roofess walls of the seminary,
also vanquished by the sovereign vege-
tation. Several trees are beginning to
show there, but from here they look
like mere tufts Of sparse gross above
the clear-cut& lines Of the ramparts. And
when, following the Rue Bouille along
the water front, regained my canoe,
the. spectacle became if possible even
more thrilling than before.
Viewed endwise now, the tall,
straight ruins came close together and
seemed formed in battle array to re-
sist the oncoming masses of wild vege-
tation. Here and there tree or a
cluster Of bamboo planted it's tuft upon
thin crests, as madly audacious war
rior his flag. But in general their tops
remained bare and unconquered. With
their broken walls serving as fortified.
TONS half battered down, they seemed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

The shore is indented by deep cove;
the sea, ever restless, borders it with. a
fringe Of foam, which looks from here
like agmotionless white thread. Straight
down beneath you, the ruined houses,
root1ess and all huddled together, leave
their Quilted, cubical forms gaping
wide. But further on, destroyed, pull
verified by the volcano, the buildings
have neither form nor contour The
vegetation has almost totally sub
merged them. Only here and there do
they become visible, set like strange
Breton s'long stones = in the green
plain. In the distance, over all THE
landscape, looms Mont Pelee, yellow and
bare. A mass Of heavy cloud shrouds5
it's summit. Half vapor, half smoke. it.
slowly writhes. Sometimes, when the.
cloud lifts for: moment, the great.
dome furtively appears like some.
gigantic kiln? Countless spurts Of
smoke are to be seen 600 feet below its.
crest. White and blue with now and,
then hint Of steel gray, and sinuous
always, they creep to the very summit
Then come other and denser clouds,
covering the mountain and effacing ev-
erything. Sometimes one Of them
breaks free, passes over the city, and
the wind sends its round, white, CLEAN
ing masses racing across the blue Of the
sky. On the ground and on the silent
ruins, you see slowly wandering the
| form of it's huge shadow. Apart from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Vaccas, and then, with an immense
spring across a channel $4,000 feet wide,
to Bahia Honda, where "a little harbor
will be created, enabling direct train
communication with Havana even be-
fore the line is completed. to Key West.
Deep draft vessels gan secure admit
lance at this point, and the distance to
greater than from the city at the end
Of the crescent keys, where III Ultimately
great seaport will be constructed,
with terminals, wharves and docks.
From the harbor of Key West the car
floats, each capable Of conveying a
train Of thirty cars, will ply to the
Cuban capital. ....>~ ~.
The work is well under. way. Each
practical problem is being solved as it
arises. For a railroad thus to go to sea is
something new in the history of en-
ing itself equal to the task. The
greater expense is to be explained not
only in the. large mileage of bridges
and viaducts, but in the exposed char
acter Of the line, for the cost exceeds
that of average railroad construction
about $95, 900 mile, which is perhaps
three times greater than that in ordi-
nary fat country where no long bridges
have to be built. The total involved is
from $4,000, 900 to. $2O,O00,00o. - -
The details of the engineering task
give a convention Of the enormity Of
the undertaking. From Homestead to
Key West the. line will : consist of
seventy four miles on land, while
twenty five miles are built over swamp
and nearly thirty over water. Ten
bridges are called for and several miles
Of steel span work and concrete arch.
-Four long viaducts will have an agg-
From Long Key to Conch Key it is
400 feet, across Knights Key chan:
mel 1900 feet, over Moser Key channel
1900 feet. while Bahia Honda channel
I has width of 1880 feet. These via
ducts will consist Of a. series of rein
forced concrete, circular arch spans
and piers, bringing the base of the rails
somewhat more than thirty feet above
the mean low water level, and insurinlg
that the passing trains will always be
above the spray Of the dashing waves
below. The greatest Of these, viaducts
will be the longest marine bridge in
existence. It has about double the
length of the Brooklyn bridge. .s-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

straits, and out Of sight of land, to
Havana.
A thousand picturesque undertakings
have marked the building of American
railroads. Lofty mountain ranges have
been bored, suspension bridges assembled
amid the swirling sprays Of cataracts, al
most bottomless swamps filed in with the
debris Of demolished hills. Yet none more
picturesque has been evolved than this
work due to the constructive imagin-
alton of Henry NJ. Flagler, who has
projected an American railroad that
will 20 further to sea than any other
yet constructed. -. II
From Miami to key West along the
route which has been selected for the
gigantic enterprise it is 154 miles as
the engine will go. In the mainland
section the line has already been laid
four miles. fhence ' across ~ the e"s vast,
nearly inundated prairie that borders
the shallow sounds protected by the
long reef Of islands, over Jewish creek,
to Key Largo, the biggest Of the en-
tire chain. On this key fifteen miles
Of railroad will be laid. After that, now
with short, now with long jumps, the
whole series Of keys will be traversed
| thru Lower Metacomb, Grassy, Gravel,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

q NNEXATION Of the now dis
IN turbed Cuban republic by rail;
conversion of the already
thriving city of Key West into the
"Hoboken of Havana,'' with it's docks
thronged with huge double-decked
ferryboats; construction of a great rail-
way line that goes to sea, leaping from
island 10 island with long viaducts and
bridges on which the passenger bound
from Minneapolis to Cuba will see from
the car windows nothing but the blue wa
tiers Of the Atlantic on the one side and
the blue waters Of the Gulf of Mexico
on the other; an engineering feat in
volving problems now solved for the
first time all that and much more is
involved in the extension, now in prog
ress. Of the Florida East Coast Railroad
south from Miami, it's present southern
terminus, to the tip if the long sickle
shaped series Of coral islets which the
peninsula of Florida has thrown, out
into the tropic sea-. Within three years
unless some unexpected interruption oc-
ours, the tourist may take an ocean
voyage in Pullman, conveyed in high
est comfort along the line Of the Flor
ida Keys, and thence in huge car ferry
nearly one hundred miles across the
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gnnf1lal.
FIFTY CENTS PER MONTH.
DEATH OF GENERAL slEGEL~
A Valuable Trotting Stallion Victim.
Of "PInkeye." =. =

A Valuable Trotting Stallion Victim.
Of ''PInkeye.''
The serious illness of J. G. Oswalds
trotting stallion, General Siegel, of
''pinkeye," heretofore mentioned in
The Evening Journal, eliminated in the
death of the animal yesterday. He was
valued at $1,000 could trot in '35, and
was regarded as a stallion Of great
promise. He was by North Star Mem
brine, dam Black Hawk Morgan
mare who is still alive and Is rs years
of age. The general was a half broth
er to Flora Bell Mr.. Oswald feels
quite badly at the loss Of the horse,
but his Newfoundland dog seems to
take the death much harder. The dog
has a fashion Of running to meet the
horses on their approach to the stable.
and exhibited an attachment for all of
them. He seemed particularly fond Of
General Siegel, however, and when he
died he went and laid down in the stall,
refusing to leave 1t and allowing no
one to come near him. Finally, when
the carcass was drawn away. the dog
followed, and 1t became necessary to
seize him. carry him back to the barn
and lock him up, where he still re-
mains, looking about everywhere for
his lost friend. He refuses to be COM
forted, and at this writing has tasted
no food since the horse died.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

In. the tales Of pioneer days which
Edwin Clark. secretary Of the Henne-
pin County Territorial Pioneers asso-
citation, is collecting, there is no moro
thrilling story than that of Mrs. Alma
Dustin. Perkins of 4016 Dupont avenue
NJ who came to Minnesota in 1888 with
The Dustins lived at Marysville,
Wright county. until June 49,, 1868,
when they started to move to Moores
Prairie, five miles south Of the present
village Of Cokato.@ The following &C
count Of the journey toward the new
home, interrupted by the murder Of
the family is furnished by Mrs. Per
kins, the only survivor old enough at
t ths ti%e to realize 9 the = horrors Of the
:'My father and mother, with my
grandmother, 81 years Of age, and my
two brothers, Robert!F4 years old, Al
bert j., 2 years old, and myself, 6
years Of age, left our home in Marys-
vile. With a few household goods
loaded into the farm wagon, drawn by
yoke of oxen, we reached the home
Of Aaron E. Cochran, Eeast Of the pres
where we stopepd to: rest. In the aft
ernoon we went west on the Moores
Prairie road. When east of Smith
lake, two miles west of Howard lake,
and all of us riding in the wagon, five
Indians suddenly appeared along the
side Of the wagon. They were armed
with bows and arrows, knives, hatchets
and clubs, and their faces were painted
black in streaks. The Indians fright
ened the oxen and they turned out of
the road, the forward wheel locking
around a small tree land stopping the
wagon. The Indians then shot several
arrows at my father, who was sitting
Robert beside him,54:a and one Indian
struck him several blows. with club.
My father fell dead in front of the
under the seat and probably was not
observed by the Indians, as I was not
molested.;, Robert, my 4-year- old broth:
er, gave a wild scream, EOh,- papa!
| when father was first shot, and one OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
Artificial Diamonds.

Doctor Burton Of Cambridge, Eng
land, has made a step forward in the
production Of artificial diamonds. BY
his method, lesser pressure is re-
quired to manufacture the precious
gems than has hitherto been deemed
necessary. In his experiments, this
scientist uses molten alloy Of lead
strengthened in their belief that artiA-
cial, diamonds Of good size and high
quality may be produced in the future.
The purity and healthful qualities of
golden grain belt beer make it the
ideal home beverage. To the daily user
it will bring health, strength and hap
piness. Order case for home use.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
Had Not the Government Forbidden, the
CITY Would Have Been at Least Par
TALLY Rebuilt Long Before This---The
Bashfulness of Natives.

One Sunday morning, under gay
of Martinican friends. Not by the
most extravaganza fight Of rhetoric
could I describe the impression made
upon us, the violent shock we sustained
when, at sudden turn Of the water
route from Carbet we all at once caught
sight of the first ruined houses of the
port. There had been nothing to pre-
pare us for such sight. Barely four
years have elapsed since the catastro-
phe. Five centuries would not account
for so strange a spectacle. s,-,.
In the foreground emerged bronze
fountain; then appeared the outlines
of stone basin, covered with greenery
and moss; everywhere was chaos Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

to buttress themselves against the as
sailant. To see them SO thick-set and
powerful lent them fancied ability to
resist They seemed to be drawing
themselves up to their full height for a
supreme effort. What has survived the
onslaught of death resents being de.
stroyed by life.
When I reached Fort de France, at
5 that afternoon, it was an abrupt
transition. Everybody had come down
to the savannah; the sunlight was
clear gold. The young girls had put
On their prettiest white dresses, the
naval officers their nattiest uniforms.
People were looking into one another 8
faces, joking, smiling, chatting: A
Martinican, to whom I told what I had
seen that day, assured me that St.
Pierre would by this time have been at
least partially restored had not the gov
eminent forbidden. AS for the crater
of Mont Pelee, the natives fear it only
On certain days; on others they go
thlther in procession or for a picnic,
And this courage, this audacity, this
gayety, or rather this foolhardiness
comes from the same force that makes
| luxuriant vegetation grow upon the dew
astated fields Of St. Pierre. Over death
| life has ever it's perpetual victory.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
Priest, Once an Actor, to Open
Teachers Club Lecture Course

- r 20 =
The most famous and best-beloved
characters in Shakspefe's plays will be
brought to life on the evening Of Nov.
2, when Father L. f. Vaughan will Gull
sermons from the vivid scenes by the
great dramatist. "
+ Father Vaughan comes here as the
first attraction Of the season in the
Teachers club lecture course, which
will be given this year, as in recent
seasons, at the First Baptist church.
Tho a priest, Father Vaughan is also
a writer of plays. Annie Mack will
star this season in his play, "Nance
Of Old Thunder, which will be brought
out in New York. Twelve years ago,
he was an actor and was well known
in Boston and, New York theatrical cir
cles as Larry Vaughan Now he is
known all over America as great
dramatic orator. He is the only priest
in America who is authorized. by his
bishop to devote all his time to the lee
ture platform. .:T -1g
A second Shaksperean lecture will be
given by Father Vaughan on Nov. 49,
The first lecture, "Sermons from Shaks-
PEREZ" contains a group Of five ser
mons based on various characters. The
second lecture is to be on HThe Mer-
chant of Venice,'' of which Father
Vaughan takes an original view, and
his stay in the city will be rounded out
by table talk to teachers on "The
Genius Of Kipling.' Saturday morn
ing, Nov. S, at the Y. W. G. A.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
By Robert Hubbard.
rom ILLUSTRATION. j

= TRANSLATED from L'I1IuStrHt1on.1
T~HE photographs of St. Pierre
\ that are now going the rounds
Il of the illustrated press will
doubtless be the last.
Those traces of streets, those vague
silhouettes of houses, those masses of
rubbish shown by the pictures, in a
by resuming it's course, is burying up.
Everything 3 oonspires against St.
Pierre. A new growth of vegetation is
climbing and spreading. In three years
more not vestige will remain Of that
great and splendid city, For second
and last time, st. Pierre is disap-
nearing
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allege that a "test" was made few
days ago in which with a gill of water,
Mr.. Keely was enabled to produce
pressure Of $4,000 pounds to the inch,
with which he projected a cannonball
with sufficient force to send it thru
four-inch board. Keely's funds are no
hoor,ioc, g
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

For over thirty years. writes
gentleman IN Los Angeles, Il have
used Arbuckles' Coffee. Many times
my family has tried other coffee only to
comeback to our old reliable, unchange-
able Arbuckles. No other coffee has
this uniform never failing aroma, | care
not at what price. Ihave often wished
Icould tell you this. Many other
people have the same opinion
Arbuclles' was The 6r.t roasted paekased
COFFEE add Is ssles exceed u The others pm
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
BEFORE THE FooTLleHTs

.Humpty Dumpty'f has the funniest
pig in the business.
Keene, the young tragedian," has
been married twenty years.
\ Uncle Toms Cabin" will close the
week at both houses. All on account
of Eliza.
Miss McAllister, please don't give us
any more of Ten Nights in Bar
room. Three nights have been suffi-
Client
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
California Tourist Cars and Cheap
Tickets

Save $15 by going via. the Minneap-
oils & St. Louis railroad before Oct. 81.
Rate applies via all direct routes.
I Tourist cars are Pullman IS latest
models, offering all possible comforts.
Rate for double berth only $6.75.
on J. G. Rickel, G..P. and T. A, 424
Nicollet avenue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Those who are bowling for board
should remember the experience of
New York city with the Boss Tweed
public Improvement ring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
ITALY WANTS OUR LOGS
Boat Builders Seek White Pine, c.
dar and Elm. S
By W, w. Jermane

6y W. w 1e5I1dtS' =
Washington, Oct. 2o.-Anyone who
has some fine, clear white pine, elm or
to his advantage by writing to the de-
of boatbuilders in Italy that wants logs
of that description for use in it's bust
ness, and has asked the American gov
eminent to let it know where to get
them. The department of commerce is
coming to be good deal Of an interna-
tional department. store. .yt=> ~ =:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

1T fatter myself that my latest story
does something toward bringing the art
of fiction up to date.'
Chow so9' r..
cit begins with the divorce of the
hero and heroine.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

To Window: Thou hast it now king,
Candor, Glamis, all-but thy friends
dragged thee thru the slime Of the eau
Gus to get it. a..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Within a month it is expected Min
neapolis, like St. Paul, will have a
board Of trade where daily sales will be.
made and reliable quotations estab-
lished. This is well. 1t is a movement
which has been too long neglected.
The Keely motor has made its annual
resurrection The Philadelphia papers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Tribune, comes up nobly to the de-
Tense of Tyner, the protector, pal and
blackmailer of the star route thieves,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
UNNECESSARY.


wWhy don't you get something to
talk about9' f.. -, --s.,.,s...-
-ttWhat for9' asked the orator.
"People don It fully understand what
I have been talking about for the last
ten years. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Indian summer succeeds the squaw
winter. -.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

Minneapolis Is bound to grow. An
other case Of triplets reported today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
.nor-Luclus r, Hubbard,

Governor-Luclus F. Hubbard.
Lieutenant Governor-C. c. Gilman.
Secretary Of State-F. Won Baum
bach.
State Treasurer-C. KittIeson.
State Audltor-W. w. Braden.
Attorney General-W. J. Hahn.
Clerk Supreme Courts. n. Nichols.
Railroad Commissioners. n. Baker.
Judges of the Supreme court-CharIes
e. Vanderburg, William Mitchell, D. A.
Dickinson.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

package beaning his name.
Don take It, neither the looks nor the pies
indicate its cup quality. No matter where you
buy Abuckles ARIosA, or what you pay
for it. .it's the. same old uniform Arbuekles'
ARIOSA Coffee.
If your grocer will not supply. write to
ARBUCKLE BROS.
New Yok ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-22
Hill as Miles Bow.

The Louisville Evening Post, in brief
reference to the tariff legislation of 1894,
holds Senators German and Hin responsible
for the changes made In the Wilson bill
after 1t passed the House.
BY a curious freak of fortune. David B.
Hill has become in certain quarters a polit-
zeal Miles boy. What mischief has he not
wrought How fortunate would the democ-
racy have been If he had never been born,
or had grown up a republican, Is a scape-
goat in demand? Send for HILL and pre-
pare him for the mission. Is licking to
be administered? Give It to HILL And lay
on the strap good and hard.
SO far from deserving this reputation and
treatment. Mr.. Hill has claims to his party's
highest gratitude. He has fought every
folly from INDUCING in which his party
now stands discrowned and defeated. He
pointed out and opposed Its popuiistic tend
eneies and did what he could to prevent
the surrender to Mr.. Bryan's leadership.
Latest of all. he Unanswered Judge Parker
into prominence for 1904, and had the cam
paign been left In his hands would have
saved his party from the thousand and one
absurdities into which II was plunged by
the men who as soon as the ST. Louis con-
yention adjourned shouldered their way to