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healthy, No. l size leak, when I was
two miles from land. -
J. ssThere was absolutely nothing with
which to bail the boat except my derby
derby hats did not often come the way
Of the. schoolteacher Of 6chnieker Grove.
But it was the hat or my funeral and I
chose the hat.
HSubsequent reflection has induced
me to believe. that there are other and
better appliances for bailing boat
than derby hat. bailed from. pm.
until pm, rowing when dared and
for the most part letting the wind drive
me where it would. At the end Of the
three hour period I had bailed the lake
out three times and was wetter than any
body Of water in northern Minnesota.
Eventually got ashore, but / lost
my supper and the only derby hat 7
ever lost, even on an election bet. -
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ther overdid the thing.
"I noticed mysterious gatherings Of
the, young SWANS in odd corners OF the
looks, but I never thought my news
paper friend had centered upon him
self the hostile attention of his rivals.
g Wasn't that fine time7' said
Young Enthusiasm as we bade our new
found friends good night and made our
way to the blacksmith shop, whose, hos
pitable owner had allowed us to leave
our horse and carriage there. Wash t
that dark-haired one beauty9' he
continued. And didn't the fellows
treat me fine, giving me all those
dances! I'm coming again. Ny, but
I'm tired. I'm going to sleep all the
way homeI he yawned as we opened
the shop door,,
'sBut he didn t. Those jealous young
men had opened the door before NJ,
turned the. horses head homeward-
and we walked all the way into town
twelve miles!'' IS
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the United States. The victory Of
Governor Davidson over Speaker Len
root will not be the downfall Of La Fol
lette in this state.
cit is not true that this is the first
time I have taken course opposite to
that Of La Toilette. I supported Sena-
tor Spooner for reelection and yet SEN
ator La Toilette and remained good
friends. Who knows how much the
supposed enmity between those two
mon amounts to7
"I believe that the country will
crystallize about, La Toilette as lead
er in his fight for the reforms he adj
vocates. The politicians will end like
the chip Of driftwood in the waves.
"I do not feel that Senator La Fol
lette can take an active part In the
Wisconsin campaign this fall l think
he will keep out, after calm considera-
tion of the matter. Davidson, too,
can t afford to mix in the matter.
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Dockets Of ALI the District's $
Counties Cleared for the
First Time.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux Falls, s. D., July 21.-George
il. Marquis, judge Of the circuit court
in the third, or Watertown, circuit, has
made a record. For the first time all
dockets in all Of the counties compris-
Ing the circuit are cleaned up.
When South Dakota was admitted
into the union the old territorial circuit
necessarily left many cases undisposed
Of. Judge Andrews left as a legacy to
Judge Julian Bennett, his successor, a
large amount Of unfinished work Judge
Bennett was a man Of recognized en-
ergy and push, but his untimely death
left to Judge Marquis, his successor,
q large and unfinished calendar in each
Of the counties
BY ceaseless work and judicious man
agement Judge Marquis has had all
these accumulated cases, as well as the
new ones, disposed Of, and now the
dockets are clear.
Judge Marquis felt he could take
vacation, and with his family is at
his old home at Portland, Me-
He expects to be absent until Aug
10, returning in time to open court II
chambers at Watertown on Tuesday
Aug. 81. a
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from one OF these
ing out pretty thick. But we figured
that. we could slide thru that easy
enough.
70 # was a. warm day, and most Of us
were working in our shirt sleeves. None
Of us knew that there was fame in that
black smoke, but there was plenty of
it-apd the minute man struck that
fame he let go and dropped like a
singed rat-forty-t feet.
q Mitchell of. old Hook and Ladder,
No. /, now No. company, was killed;
Miner of IA had an arm broken; Giese
Of 6 had leg broken; Johnny Hor:
ton Of / was hurt in. the back and
has been working in the shops ever
since, and / drew a broken leg and
several months in the hospital.
! II suppose, as fire-fghting goes, that
wasn't such very close call, but there
were twenty eight Of US in that trap
and it was close enough for me.
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A Campaign Experience.

66V ARIOUS adventures come to
" the campsif ner," remarks
County Treasurer Henry C.
Hanke, "but It is only now and then
that an all-night walk crosses ones ex-
perience
While was going around two years
ago I stopped at The village of Corcor-
an, sand during the evening attended
a dance in company with young man
whose name must not tell, tho he has
the reputation Of being the handsomest
newspaper reporter in Minneapolis.
Now, the young ladies Of Corcoran
are passing pretty, and the newspaper
man, in sustaining his reputation for
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
The Cons" Revenge.
&AE T is the unexpected that usually
bannans and in one case COM

6@ET is the unexpected that usually
happens and in one case COM
unexpected ted Itspn happened sa wiEh an ent6u-
siasm that almost closed the season for.
me altogether says G.. E.. Raymond,
resident manager of the Orpheum thea
ter and a Snowman for seventeen years:
cit was several years ago., when l
was almost fresh from the oil business,
as you, might say, that I was on the
staff of the Pain Pyrote com,
pany, managing the .'Lalla Rookh :,
spectacle, one Of the finest Pam ever
serJ out. --s--- 49,.
".Wc were booked for several weeks
in Detroit, with the street railway
company, and as good many Of the
conductors and drivers had to wait at
the end Of the line for the finish Of the
show each uight 7 BEGAN to let them
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Where They Carnped.

kk Il S an example of how the
~ fates direct us believe my
boyhood experience at
Lake Geneva is the most luminous illus
tration, - says w. E. Albce, the abstract
man. 1sWhen was young and tempt
ed fate in various forms, a party, of
five Of us left Lombard, which is just
without the environs Of Chicago, for
week IS camping at the beautiful Wis
consin resort.
Gregorg raere Charley, Mns s Williams, sn Bug, Bug
Mahoney and Billy Albee, which last
was me. IS We arrived in the village Of
Lake Geneva, via the Northwestern
line, at dark one evening, and hired q
rowboat into which we put our 700-odd
pounds Of baggage. None Of us knew
anything about the lake, but we had a
sublime faith in the future, and put
out into the inkY blackness in search Of
place to lay our heads.
1T seemed to me, who WASH It much
on rowing or similar aquatic sports.
that we had rowed all night, and I
caught myself looking, over my shoulder
for the rising sun, when we grounded
on. goodly beach. A little exploration
showed that we were within few
yards of as nice bit of grass as any
one would like to camp on. s.
This is Just the place., said
George. sWeM camp here tonight,
anyway.
So camp we did, pitching our
tent. building q fire for the coffee and
taking q pipe or two for bedtime COM
fort. 4
g Mighty nice place, this, com
mented sJoA between contented puffs
g Couldn't be beat, = assented Bug
Well stay here all week, said
Charley, and then we all turned In and
slept the sleep Of the tired pilgrim who
| finds a home.
9. In the gray Of the next morning j
Twas awakened by terrific pull on the
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the lake instead
of the five miles
walk around the
shore. 81.
1.-THE only boat.
I could find was
an Ole, worm eaten
affair that had ev-:
identity been lying
on the shore, out
Of service, for a
long time. But
hunger spurs men
to 9 o u:ra e e o II s
deeds, and I ven
. tured forth in the
frail craft and
tho hnaf anrnnO q
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gallantry, felt I'M
PEELED to dance
with each and
every one Of them.
and with some of
! them two or three
times.
IA Ger t a j n
amount Of atten-
tion b e s t o w e d
upon the young
ladies Of a COM
munity appeals to
both sexes as a
proper apprecia-
ton Of local fem
mime beauty, but
the handsome man
A% %ho ronoi1 70
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crashed in J1ikeJuDGE A. N. HARRISON
eggshells. Every - -.
few minutes fire broke out in our
car. The heat was terrific. The smoke was
suffocating. It was dark, except; for
from burning up, and we kept wet
towels over our mouths in order to keep
breathing. In spite of our efforts the
floor Of our car burned away so that
we could see the trucks. -
'EI was as sure that the end was COM
ing in a few minutes as | was that /
am alive now. A mental panorama Of
my life passed before me, and I do not
ever expect to be so sure of dying
again. ,. .....sa.s
Continued on Foot.
"Then the train stopped. I don It
know why, but I have always thought
the burning of the rubber set the
brakes. At any rate we stopped and,
altho the most terrific fire had been
passed, we could hear the roaring of
the forest furnace like the approach
of thousand trains.
People. screamed, women tainted
and strong men cried like babies. It
was horrible beyond the power of de.
scription.
"s'We stopped just north of Skunk
lake, swamp that then became his.
toric. Many of the people from ou1
train rushed into this swamp. Some
of them died there. Others lived thru
and were rescued. Others started on
up the track ahead of the fire. I de-
cided this the safer way and went with
them. <s
That wild run for life will never
be forgotten. It seemed as tho we
went hundreds of miles. I think we
did go between five and ten miles. II
was dark as midnight. The track wss
on high embankment most of the
way and several times I lost my foot
ing and only by almost superhuma1
effort climbed back and staggered on
The heat was almost unbearable, bu
we were driven on by, the terrific roar
ing behind u.s. There were some won
en- and children in the party and W,
helped them along when we could, bu
some of them were lost in the dark
ness.
The Fight for Water.
cat last we reached the little sta
tion Of Miller. There we found
pump and there was stampede.
took charge of the water supply, how
ever, and allowed each person to hav
but one drink before they made way
for the next sufferer.
We had no time to waste, and We
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sion OF hot air un-
derneath. The roof
IF the annex lifted
about ten feet and
settled back onto
the bins.
f'The fire had.
run thru the hall.
ways, which we
didn It know any
thing about be-
fore, and every
body made q. dash
FOR the one ladder
we had up. It so
happened that this
ladder ran right
past a window
e = -
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woo CSC4y 1ppCn1
ance of a good
sized whirlwind.
Together with 9th
er men who had
gathered On the.
street, [ ran down
to the bank Of the
river. and, looking
upstream, we saw
the cyclone cross
the river toward
Sauk Rapids. It
seemed to me that
the water was
lifted up SO that
I could see ) the
river bed. sa =, r.Es
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come by the gate.
AS usually oc-
ours in such cases,
the privilege was
speedily abused
and about the
third night after
the opening a big,
husky buck in
s t. r e e t ar en-
ployee's uniform
came up to the
gate with his
family. IF he
tlitln It have eleven
in the string. ]
don't know the
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
HoUGHToN COUNTY LOOMS

Hancock, Mich, July 21-In point Of
valuation, as. fixed by the state board
Of equalization, Houghton county ranks
second in the commonwealth, being
of Detroit. This county is assessed at
$14O, 900, 900. In 1886 the valuation
was placed at $42,000,000 by the state
board
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
An Adventure in a Boat.

6<NID you ever sail a boat with
derby hats If you ever
have you II appreciate my ex-
perience on Gilgrist lake, Polk county,
several years ago. says George h;
Smith, attorney and former member OF
the legislature from the thirty-e1ghth
district. #~
~ was teaching school at that time
in Schnieker Grove, also Polk county,
and was invited one evening to take
supper with Ole Peterson, owner Of one
Of the largest farms in Minnesota and
Of beautiful home on the shores Of
the lake.
''In addition to beautiful home Mr..
Peterson was blest with happy family,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
In the st. Cloud Cyclone.

IS AN y EXPERIENCE during
the days that followed the
st. Cloud -Sauk Rapids
cyclone was among the most strenuous
has actively engaged ID the rescue work
which is the aftermath Of cyclone
disaster will agree that the sights and
scenes are of the kind hard to forget.
On the morning Of the cyclone day,
which was in the summer Of 1886, /
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then decided to
retreat, but the
decision came too
late. The roaring,
bowling holocaust
had crossed the
track behind us.
There seemed less
danger that way,
however, and with
all the windows
closed we began
that awful ride
thru the literal
hell.
"The windows
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
1897 says Fire Chief James r. Can

1891, y says Fire Chief James e. Can
terbury. az.
80 "A four-story brick building at Third
street and Seventh avenue s had burned
out and Gus Runge, who was then chief,
sent me, in charge Of twenty seven men,
to the roof Of the elevator annex to
hold the fire in that direction.
The elevator was already on fire,
but there was a chance to save the
annex, SO I cut the. grain spout leading
into the annex thinking to keep the
done this before there was an explo-
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22

met Senator Nelson in M Melrose and rode
with him to st. Cloud. He went
thru to the twin cities while left the
train and went to my St: Cloud office,
main thorofare Of the city. About 4
o'clock heard cry Of fire and rushed
down. the. sairs to the street. Dirt was
whirling, papers were flying, and there
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22

!" For the love of Mike, would ys
look at that!p he exclaimed.
tfI peeked out thru the flap of the
tent and there we were on the front
lawn of a palatial summer residence,
not stones throw from the front
windowsl tell you we got out Of
there with the looms and only rowed the
faster when we learned from the care
taker or somebody in charge, that it
was Potter Palmer IS front lawn we had
camped on.
'sWe finished the week at the other
end Of the lake.,
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was threatened with prosecution by the
owner, who was realizing a8handsome
Relief trains from the twin cities with
surgeons came to our assistance, and we
finally got things into some semblances
Of order. Altogether, the experience
was as strenuous as care to 90 thru:
"The storm. carved a pathway about
300 feet wide and about 75 miles in
length. In all, seventy-six persons were
killed. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
SETTLES FOR BOYS LIFE.

Delano, Mimi, July 21.-The Great
Northern Railway company has .lade q
settlement with Peter Gallus, whose boy
was killed on the track q few weeks
ago. By paying him $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22

!, and, not wishing to miss either visit
tor supper I took the short route across
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22

"Before we had these people aboard
we realized that we could not 90 fur
there except to cremation It was
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26

years. and At that time she was kept
nj home by illness. Mira. Stevens In
her address today spoke In part a"
follows:
Eighteen hundred thousand square
miles. or nearly one-haif the United
States. In under prohibition. either by
local. county or state legislation. and
We have good reason TO believe that
forty thousand square miles will be
added 10 the prohibition territory
when In n few months the people Of
Oklahoma declare In tho constitution.
nj convention. or by the votes of their
people. that their state shall be free
from the legaiized saloon. We are
glad that the congressional statehood
bin provides for the Indian Territory
part Of tho new state shall be- under
| prohibition for twenty one years
whatever the constitutional CONVEX
ton may legistate for the other half
This provision 10 mandatory and
must be placed In the constitution be
fore the president issues a proclama
ton making Oklahoma a state. 10
dian Territory contains about thirt,
thousand square miles and thus u
will be seen that the new state Of
Oklahoma win DO larger than thu
| combined area Of New York. New
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 26.-The thir'
tythlrd annual convention Of the Ma
tIonai women's Christian Temper.
ance Union began here today In Par
sons theatre. Sessions will be held
day and night until tho middle Of the
coming week.
The union numbers N 100000
members and includes IN ali Its ranks
members u every Christian denomin.
alton. More than five hundred dele.
gates. from every state and territory
I'm tho union, are In attendance nj the
convention. In addition many Of the
foreign delegates who took part IN
the worlds convention I'm Boston last
week are here. Presidents Of repre-
sentative women's clubs have been In
vited 10 make addresses at the con
sention. aud many well known clergy.
men and educators will Join the
speakers. Representatives from mum
erous charitable and social improve
ment societies win also address the
meeting.
The chief feature OF today's pro
gram was the annual address Of Mrs
Lillian NJ. n. Stevens, Of Maine
president Of the organization
Mrs. Stevens has failed to attend on,
" one convention In thirtythree
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26

caroaaaA wfl very sooa BE saairely
freed fEom this sysaean 0f aaeensing
The sale ~ Haau0r.~
The policy u public management
Of the lsqaoE traffic 10 a dangerous
policy. The claim that n eliminates
private gain sneh - Is en1oyed b.
sunae liquor sellers Is Tar out balanced
by the private gAiGs III paid officers
and By public greed. I'm fact, Il
strengthens the poser u the iiqaoE
Traffic, When IL has come 10 such q
pass In this country that the lianoF
SELLERS are barred out Of respectable
society. aud in maay Instances out
Of secret organizations. What shall h.
said 81 municipality or state that
goes into the business u liquor sell
ing7 NJ n IL q bad business for an
individual, IN certainly In a bad bust'
ness for n community OF . state
which Ii made up u individuals. II
h In right 10 seil liquor for beverage
purposes. Why not allow anyone 10
sell II freely? n Il Is wrong % sell
n. a any form Of legislation make
h right? The unanimous reply Of all
advanced thinkers and the temper.
anee people shows In effect that the
0nly way 10 successfully deal with
the liquor trade Is 10 prohibit II.
In speaking Of drnatuTed alcohol
Mrs, stevens said.
"General satisfaction seems TO pre-
vail over The passage by Of
the lh~natuutzed Airoh0l RllS II
could hardly be otherwise for mnst
temperance people would be glad Ia
have the tax removed from all IN
t~u&icatlng liquors aud 10 have such
liquors d~enaturiEed. There has been
on the part Of s0me the fear that al
ter IL was denaturixed there might
be- ii process by which II could b.
restored To drinkable form: but II ap'
appears that even IL this could b.
done the cost would be- s0 large that
II would not be- feasible. The tngen
uity OF the liquor seller Is - subtle
that care and watchfulncss viii have
10 le exercised by the government
and the temperance people la prevent
deception an.i fraud IN dealing viii
this new commodity. We are glad
however. for reliable testimony from
Great Britain. where for fifty year
denatuFized alcohol has been uses
for industrial purposes. proving tina
methylated spirits are not used al
a beverage. except In rare cases cor
responding In our country with IN
drinking Of wOOd alcohol. Let u
hope that IL WiIl help the Temperance
cause In our country: that the d.
mand for denat URGED alcohol tn b.
used for arts and industrial purpose
may he 81 great that every distille
In the land will abandon the beve'
age traffic altogether. IL this deus
uiriZing process tends 10 change. no
only the nature III the product. bu
OF the producer. II viii be- a great an
double blessing"
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Jeff DAVIS CAMPAIGNING
lN asClAa TERRITORY

Ardnaose. l. r. Oct eG-JsfteEsoa
Davis. governor and senaE0E eject ~
Arkansas. will speak here tonight In
behalf q the democratic Constitution
al ooasen1i0n candidates Hundreds
|0f democrats fE.san surrounding sowns
are arriving In the city % hear the
famous Arkansas statesman Davis
In highly popular In the Territory and
wiil deliver several speeeaes prior 20
the election ext m0nih.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26

SPECIAL STYLES
IN Nc W Waists
4 remarkable variety of waists
Is shown this seasun and the
rapid selling of them proves
them TO be selected right.
There's true value In every u
of these garments. The prices
are practically the same ms the
materials alone are worth.
Peter Pan" waists of good
quality. soft finish taffeta in
white blue and black, $i.h,.
Handsome plaids In the Pet
er Pan" and other good styles.
$3.50 to $3.50.
Waists of fine quality wool ba,
tiste, some embroidered. some
the plain tailored styles. $50"
10 $500.
Waists Of Mohair in the en-
hroidered and plated styles.
Both white and black, $500
and s3.25.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26
vExEo QUESTIONS BEFORE
THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT

Paris. Oct. 3G.--The session OF tho
French parliament, which was open
ed yesterday with customary formoll
ties. Ia expected TO be n of the
most m0mlen,ous Of late years. Prac.
tlcally the entire session, II liz believ'
ed. will be- devotef TO the vexed
church and state separation ques.
items.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26

Give the matter of Girls
Dresses Il little thought and
you'll decide that its true econ
nmy TO buy these garments
ready to,wear. They're well
made, correctly proportinned
and in the most fetching Of
styles. And then to buy these
means a saving Of lots Of hard
work.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-26
Special Va tEe

Little girls dress Of fletred
cotton suitlng in the sall"r stN le.
color~ red and navy. the sizes
from 4 to IA years. Well worth
Sl.15.
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eu affOtlleF Dhy1s
clan. Still he grew worse. Al the end
of about a year and "a half of suffering
he grew SO bad | had to tie his hands
in cloths at night To keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the flesh.
"lie got 10 he IA mere skeleton, and
was hardly able to walk. My Aunt
advised me Ia try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. So great was her faith in
IL that she gave me n small piece Of
Soap 10 try and a little of the Oint-
mcnt. | took it home without any
faith, but TO please her l tried it. and
1t seemed to dry up the sores n little.
II sent to the drug store and got q
cake Of the Soap and a box Of the
Ointment and followed the directions,
and at the end Of about two months
the sores were all well. He has
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lie is now strong and healthy,
and q sincerely say that only for
your most wonderful remedies my
precious child would have died from
those terrible sores. l used only one
cake Of Soap and about three boxes
OF Ointment (signed) Mrs. Eg-
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willie. Conn, April -, 1906"
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Suit of fancy shadow plaid suit.
ing, half fitting Jacket and stylish
skirt ...... 80. -. ....S1S.5o
Suit of b~roadcloth In plain blue
and red. braid trimmed and stylishly
made .... 49,. .. $500, go. $500
Suit of mannish suiting. black or
blue with white broken stripe; extra
value . go. .... -. 5000
Suit Of grey. check or plaid. Nor
folk jacket and very tasty skirt; a
splendid garment &c.. 80. =. $22.5o