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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

Rev. ". Il. Mathes. Of Artesa. was
elected president: A. II. Froman, Of
Carlsbad. vice president; W. r.
Schwartz. Of krtesia, secretary. and
Clark Dilley, OF Roswell. treasurer. Of
the Pecos Valley Sunday School Assoc
citation, which held its first annual
convention at Artesia,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-31

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21
Thirty Y ears
Without Sleep

Thirty years of suffering, during
which time, declares Henry L. Musser,
Of 20 S l4th st, Pittsburg, there
were but few nj ghts when he slept
peacefully and without continually
rolling and tossing in bed and awaken
ing in the morning as tired as the
night before, would kill many men who
possess less steel-like constitutions.
Regarding his remarkable case Mr..
Musser says: "The loss of sleep to-
gether with the continued strain upon
nv weak and diseased kidneys, caused
nv entire system to wane and [ was
on the verge of collapse when 1 pur-
chased and began taking the famous
Cooper's New Discovery, of which I
had read and heard so much about.
To my great surprise and delight I
began to improve. For the first time in
years l enjoyed a good nights rest
and woke next morning with new
vigor and energy. That continual
tired, WORKOUT feeling that had SO
long made me wretched gave place to
returning strength that came with the
first few doses. Now the severe pains
in the back have left me and once
more feel we'll and happy
Cooper's New Discovery and Quick
Relief are the two preparations with
which L. r. Cooper, the young phil
anthropist, has caused such Juror in
the leading cities of this country.
The famous Cooper remedies are
handled in this city only by Mr.
Cooper's special representatives, oegel
Bros
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21
4 ii DAY i veIllflg,
TAX LIST RAISED,
HE1TY QUITS TOWN
Increase of $4,000 Causes Richest
Woman to Desert Bellows
Falls.

Journal Special Service.
Bellows Falls, Vt, Sept. 21.--Hetty
Green, the star resident of Bellows
Falls, is about to leave the town.
1t will mean that every possible hope
Of any benefit from the immense for
tune of Mrs. Green in the way of
hospital, library or other similar mem
thru a paltry raise in Mrs. Green s list.
Mrs. Green, woman of millions, seri.
ously objects to being taxed. Obliged
to declare her residence at some point,
it has pleased her to select Bellows
Falls and her tax career here has been
unique. w.
Submitted Own List.
Yearly she submits her list. Some
times it is for $4,000 and at times
when she is in particularly generous
mood, it is for 100000. The board OF
listers accept the list gratefully, and .p
for years both Mrs. Green and the
listers have been apparently satisfied,
This year there was change. Ihe
quadrennial appraisal was on and the
board of listers decided to make rec
ord. They did and up went the town
grand list nearly million dollars. Mrs.
Green was caught. The increase was
slight, but in her eyes important. She
made vigorous protest and so did AZ
| oGuClS. bS1lOWS dllS S1'iHShS "iAo Wv
sired to be in Mrs Green's class.
Going to Be Funeral.
For three days the board heard COM
plants, Mrs. Green appearing in per-
son and in picturesque language de-
nouncing the attempt to impoverish
her. Yesterday the board decided
against her and she Immediately began
preparations to leave the place. Seen
by newspaper representative, she
said:
"You may say that it is not the end
of the affair. When I fight there is
usually funeral and it ism mine,
either. It may be an act of Provi-
dence. 1t shows me that the people
of Bellows Falls do not want me here
any longer and perhaps it is just as
we'll. I wish to be let alone. I come
here after a hard years. work in New
York and I want to rest. It ism It the
$4,000 that object to, for that is a
mere pittance. It is the worry and the
trouble such a small amount even
causes that object to.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21
DEMOCRATS LINED UP
TO TURN DOWN HEARST
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, Sept. 21.-Timothy P.
Sullivan, who, with his associates, holds
the balance Of power in the present
fractional fight within Tammany Hall
says that under no circumstances would
he support William R. Hearst for the
democratic nomination for governor
The Murphy leaders have not said any.
thing in behalf Of the Independence
league man since the primaries. New
York, Brooklyn and Buffalo will be
lined up solidly against Hearst, accord
ing to the best information.
Interest in the state convention was
stimulated by the issuance of a vigor
Gus call bearing the caption "Sulzel
and ADAM" signed by the allied dem
ocratic clubs, societies and organiza
tions Of the state Of New York, includ
ing the Bryan Democratic league, com
posed Of many Of the most Influential
men of this city.
The document deals with Hearst s
ambition in red-hot phraseology.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21

Boston, Sept. 21.-John Torrey Morse, the old
est graduate Of Harvard university and sole
survivor OF the class of 1882. Is dead. aged
08. Mr.. Morse is survived by three sons. B..
Rollin Morse. New York banker; Charles Tor
rey Morse Of Beverly, and John Horrey Morse,
Jr.. the biographer and historian.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21

in tho cases Of the alleged Mexican
oped plot to take Cananea, capture
Colonel W. G. Green s arms, and with
these and the soldiers at Cananea, whom
the revolutionists hoped to convert, to
begin their march on the Mexican cap
ital to tsexecute the tyrant Diaz.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21
Acquitted OF PEoNAGE.

Cape Grardeau. NO.. Sept 21.-Rex Smith
and James q. Smith. who have been on trial
here on charge Of peonage, have been acquitted
Of any completely In the conspiracy to deprive s,
lock charged the Jury to find the other seven
defendants guilty If they thought the evidence
sufficient to indicate that they had confeder-
ated against the negroes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21

These and other sensational features
were brought out before United States
Commissioner b.. A. Sames at Douglas.
All letters taken from the prisoners
were made public and they contain
threats against the head Of the Mexi-
can nation and plots for his assassina-
ton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21

Fishing and Camping Rates to Madison
via Chicago Great Western Railway.
For parties Of ten or more one fare
and one-third for the round trip, good
for ten days. Tickets on sale daily
until Sept. 80. For further information
apply to R. H. Heard, General Agent,
corner Nicollet avenue and Fifth street,
Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-21
PLOTTED TO STAY DIAz

Bold Conspiracy OF Mexican Rebels
Revealed at Hearing.
Journal Special Service.
Ell Paso, Tex, Sept. 2l.-The hearing
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-18
THE BUILDING ORDINANCE.

The Board of Supervisors will today consider
the new building ordinance The probabilities are
that the measure will become a law without further
delay. The Supervisors have invited architects,
builders and others interested in the work of recon
structiOn to meet with them for final consideration
OF details, that no mistake may be made in placing
the statute books measure upon which the
future of San Francisco so largely depends Nor
the ordinance has been before them The measure
was considered by them point by point while they
sat with the committee on reconstruction and has
been the subject of earnest discussion at meetings
which they have since held The time thus given
to the measure has been time well spent Under this
law the city will be restored Unfortunate provi-
sions would be felt to the citys disadvantage for
half q century or more to come. The future we'll
being of the city demands that error be made
But while care in the preparation of the ord-
nance is necessary unnecessary delay in its passage
would be almost as unfortunate as would be care
lessness in its consideration Up to the present time
not much permanent building could have been car
ried on, for the lots had to be cleared of debris
Thus the fact that the builders have had to wait for
the passage of the ordinance has worked no great
hardship. But lots where the permission of the in
Surance companies be secured are now being
cleared with extraordinary dispatch In short
time builders will want permits and want them in
hurry. They should not be made to wait. The
whole community wants to get down to the business
of building possible 1t is good to see the
debris piles going down it will be better to see the
buildings going up. This cannot be done on
large scale until the proposed building ordinance
has become a law
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-18
THE SAME SAN FRANCISCO.

The readiness with which the banks have cot
back to their old quarters is another indication that
the new San Francisco will not differ materially
in the location of its business centes from the old
In the majority of eases the walls of the bank
buildings resisted both earthquake and fire. and it
has been comparatively easy to clear the old bank
ing-rooms Of debris and fit them up for banking
purposes. The banking of San Francisco is now
being done on the same premises where it has been
carried on for years. and where in all probability
it will be carried on for years to come.
The rebuilding of the Palace Hotel along lines
suggestive of the old establishment will too do
much to give the San Francisco the character
of the old. For more than thirty years the Palace
Hotel has been a landmark, and notable one.
Strangers starting visit to California have been
given their bearings with the Palace as starting
point The travelling world, well as the San Fran
cisco world has been accustomed to look for the
Palace, and they will do so in the future To MANY.
the old hotel restored San Francisco will not seem
so greatly changed after ALL
And neither will the restored city be greatly
changed. The majority Of the large buildings that
gave the old city distinction and character still
stand, and will soon be completely restored Build
ings which like the Emporium and the Palace will
have to be pulled down will be rebuilt as fast as
enterprise and energy, backed by unlimited wealth.
better built city more modern city than the old
but it will still be San Francisco with the same
characteristics that distinguished it in the past.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-18
PEOPLE AND THINGS

There has been so much discussion
about Red Cross work being all hedged
round with "red tape" that 1 thought
it would be a good thing to investigate
this matter, which admittedly and with
out exception is one of the most alb
sorbing topics of the day.
will admit started out preiudiced
l had heard sad tales. Old people
so l was told-were made to walk
blocks to get requisition blanks, and
then to walk blocks and blocks more
to get the articles these acquisitions
called for. Besides this there were
formalities upon formalities that
blocked their way, so that when they
finally got what they needed and what
was rightfully theirs they were wearied
and disheartened.
1T is not relief work" 1 repeated
with those who were excitedly giving
me these details; ''it is charity" Then
stopped to think back. l knew the
Red Cross of old, in the days when the
boys went off to the Philippines, and
that is why 1 started out to investigate.
DR.. Devine and Judge Morrow were
In Washington. So TO Mrs. Merrill, vice
president of the Red Cross, l went.
Mrs. Merrill was not at home. She
was busy at work" but she would be
home for luncheon 1 waited.
The new Merrill home IS very differ
ent from the old mansion on the corner
of Van Ness avenue and Washington
street But it is bright and sunshiny
and cheerful. The furniture and the
hangings are not as elaborate and ele-
giant as were those in the old place.
but they looked pretty good to burnt
out me.
/ did not have long to linger There
was toot-toot, and there piled out of
the auto five Merrills and Mrs. Curtis.
No, Mrs. merrill would not have it
that / wait She could have lunch
later. We must talk about Red Cross
first. That seemed like the olden times.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-18

Red tape" that is what they call it
know" said Mrs Merrill; but it is
not. 1t is system. 1t is a gigantic
problem we are wrestling with, and
we have to go about it N a business
ike way. There can be no business
without system. Red tape is the name
the uninitiated give to system"
And then | learned that the system
was not of the Red Cross making; that
it was the natural system and that the
Red Cross. being part of great
national organization, it had to uphold
the system it had established.
The system has its shortcomings .
admitted Mrs. Merrill. Il see them, we
all see them. DIR. Devine wanted it so
and all we had to do was to obey One
of the shortcomings" 1 learned, was
that the districts" were too few and
too far apart. That accounted for the
blocks the people-lt was the old peo-
pie that excited me-had to walk But
the requisition blanks-I take back all
thought about them.
In great calamity such as we have
met with it is impossible to separate
the good from the bad. All must be
treated alike. The same rules must
apply to all. That is where the re-
QUESTION blank in its triplicate form
comes init is to protect the worthy
against the unworthy, it is to bar out
the repeater
1T is the only way that we can keep
track of the people," Mrs. Merrill said.
And then she suggested what she con-
sidered would be of : great, of ines
Unable benefit. and that was ''indi-
yidual work in the tents"
Let the man or woman who has been
assisted by the relief stations tell all
the tent-dwellers in his section about
them. Let them tell them where to
go and how to proceed about it. Let
the man and woman who has been
discussing the red tape" of the Red
Cross learn the details of its system
and go into the tents and explain