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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
= ANDRTA GAZETTF AND VIRGINIA. ADVERTISERS.



The vagabond who - LIN 20 the wolf
Is a special product Of civilization.
You do not meet him In England or
Germany. though something like him
exists among the half yellow slays oil
Russia. He Is eminently Latin. In eV-
cry sense Of the word be Is a reoel
against society. He has had some ed
ucatlon-few Frenchmen can escape II.
He has read little. perhaps enough
to kindle his brain Of a wolf, and ne
has two aims in life-to live the Tree
life of the wolf on the hill and to In
lure as much as he can that great
monstrous law driven machine, civil
cation. The lonely farmhouses are de
fenseless against him. Wkeh all are
busy afeld he creeps In and pillages
II need be he kills. He has a distinct
hatred for those who work and garner
AS he passes he fires tho hayricks-
barns and buildings go up Ia smoke
That Is where the Latin shows In him
Once out of the law he IS an anarch
So long as be is cross tied In innumer
able acts Of parliament the Latin Il
merry and amiable When the ropes
are off he makes reyolution-or hre'
hayricks.-Vance Thompson In Outinl
| Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
PROPOSALS.


Fort Myer, Va, May Il, 19Cs-Seslei pro
posal' in triplicate will be received at the
Office Of the Qlartermaster until II O'Clock
A. NJ. May Is 1903, and then oTe1td, for
construction OF Stable Guard and Shop and
Extension 10 Wagon Shed. Certified check
or surety company's guarantee for ten per
cent. of the amount must accompany each
bid. Plans and specifications will be fur
nished on application and deposit Of s. for
plans must ace mpany request 70 insure 'fe
return. The Government reserves the night
u accept or reject any or all bids Proposals
should he Endorsed 'Pfopcssls for Buildings"
and sddre' sed Capt. b. B. HYER. Construct
ing QuaitermSster. mayl5, i6. IS, l9 ,26 q
Office Of Constructing Quartz master. II. s.
ARMY, Fort Washington, Nd, May IA, 1907
Sealei proposals in triplicaie will be received
at his Office until p m. June Is. 1893, for
construction of building for bowling alley,
billiard snd reading room st Fort Hunt. Va.
Plans and specifications furnished upon de-
posit of $40, which amount will be refunded
upon return of plsns, etc. Proposals must be
endorsed Proposals for Construction Of
Building for Bowling Alley. etc, at Fort
Hunt, Va. and addressed TO the Constructing
Qu'rtermaster, U. S. Army. Fort Washing
ton, Nd. msy16, IS. rs, 20junl2.13
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
CouIdn't Be Divided.

In Felix Moscheles' fragments OF
an Autobiography" occurs the follow
ing: Mime. Schumann was wanted to
play at a little musical reunion, but
she did not respond Mr. Moscheles
was deputed to approach her "Was
she inclined to play?"
Particularly disinclined," was the
discouraging response.
The envoy tried again and mention
ed her husbands Carnival" zone
part | particularly love, the March Of
the Davidsbundler.' II / could only
hear you play just that page or two!
This reused her. Page or two, In
deedw she cried. "Wenn man de Car
nayal' spielt, spielt man Inn ganz."
when one plays the Carnival" one
must play it ALL And she played the
whole.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
The Eighth District Committee,

-
Alta meeting of the Congressional State
Democratic Committee, for the Eighth Con
gres siOnal District of Virginia, held at the
Prince William Hotel, in the town Of Manas
sas, Virginia, on the 9th dav OF March, 1908
pursuant to call issued by the chairman
the Hon. George s. Shackslford, there were
present, the chairman, Col. Grenvillt
Gaines; r. T. Gren, Gardner J.. BOothe and
Thos. II. Lion. The following resolutions wa
adopted
Be it resolved by the Congressional Demo
cratic Commi tee for the Eighth Congress
sionsl District Of Virginia, that primary
election, for the demo candidate for the
United States House Of Representatives, he
held throughout ,id District on the 9Th day
Of June, 1908, between sunrise and sunset OF
that day, at ELL established precincts oil
wards, and as near as possible in the usual
voting places therein; he it further,
Resolved, that at said election sll known
white democrats and those who have never
before voted, who shall declare themselves ia
be democrats. shall he allowed to vote. pro.
vided they will be qualified TO vote at the
next general election in November, 1908; be
it further.
Resolved, that ell candidates shall file a
notice, in writing, Of their candidacy, with
Hon. George S. Shafkelford, .of Orange, Vir
GINA, on or before April h, 1908; be il
further,
Resolved, that each candidate shall pay 10
the said Hon. George 5. Shsckelford. on or
before the 18th day of April, 1908, his pro
rata share Of 81 800. that being the estimate
of total expenses Of conducting the said pri-
mary election; be il further,
Resolved, that any sum remaining after
the expenses ofsaid election ale paid, shall
no rotnrnfH tho UQFlnuQ QQnQl-
dates; be it further,
Resolved, that this election shall be sepa.
rate ard independent and not held in con-
nectiOn with any other primary.
GEO. =. SHACRELFORD,> Chairman,
THOS. Fl. LION, Secretary,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
They Must Sc Hardy.

An official OF the department OF agri-
culture referred at a dinner In Wash
lngton to the amateur florists who
spring up in the suburbs every spring
by thousands.
"More florists perhaps than flowers
spring up" he said.
"In a seed shop one day heard one
Of these amateurs complain about the
last batch Of seeds he had bought Aft
er be had ended his complaint he be-
gan to ask floral questions
"Oh, by the way he said, what is
a hardy roseT
at Is one growled the dealer, that
doesn't mind your wife pulling it up
by the roots every day TO see If it has
begun to grow yet"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

An old Scottish minister took 1t into
his head to marry his housekeeper-
His precentor being III on the day
when the banns were to be proclaimed
the minister not caring to make the
intimatIon himself, arranged with bis
herd boy to do IT, "Now" he said,
you Just call out In loud voice, Proc
lamation OF marriage between the Rev
Mr.. Murray Of this parish and Jean
Lowe O. the same! Ha, ha" laughed
the minister as be concluded. "Wha'd
haze thocht lty The Sabbath came
round. and the congregation assembled
When the moment arrived the lad, who
had duly prepared HIMSELF rose and
called out: proclamation or marriage
between the Rev. Mr. Murray Of this
parish and Jean Lowe o. the same
Ia, haP' he laughed, thinking this to be
a part of the proclamation. "Wha'd
haze thocht it," The effect on the min
ister and the congregation can be imag
ined
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
AIsxanOria Gazette.
THU sDAY EvINING. Nay q. 1908.
Man and the Bucket.

There is one particular fever OF non
sense which the Princeton Tiger ciailns
the credit of having originated, for IN
the November issue, 1902, appeared the
following verse:
There once was man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in bucket
But his daughter. named Man.
Ran away with man,
And as for the bucket-NantuckeL
For the next few months Man. ner
father and her newly acquired hus-
band encountered a series of the most
astonishing adventures in every known
hamlet in the country which could De
converted into limerick form by the
brains of newspaper and magazine
writer's from sea to sea. By the time
Nan came back with dozen or so ad'
ditional verses tackled on to her there
|. is reason to wonder in the face OF the
ordeals TO which she had been subject
ed whether the pecuniary advantage
gained by abscondlng with that bucket
repaid her FOR all that she had beeI
through. - Roy S. Durstine In Bohe
milan Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
The Wnu Of Humanity.

Human nature is kind and generous,
but II is narrow and blind and can
OILY with difficulty conceive anything
but what it Immediately sees and
feels. People would instantly care for
others as well as themselves If only
they could imagine others as well as
themselves Let a child fall into a
river before the toughest mans eyes
he will usually do what he can to get
it out even at some risk to himself,
and all the town Will triumph in the
saving Of one little life. Let the same
man be shown that hundreds of chill
dren are dying of fever for want Of
some sanitary measures which It Will
cost him trouble to urge, and he will
make no effort, and probably all the
town would resist him II he did,
Ruskin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Ereaks of the Sea,

The freaks Of the sea are the anglers
and bat fishes. The people OF North
Carolina have aptly named the angler
the almouth, for the tail begins where
the mouth ends. Inhabiting the north
Atlantic. the angler has been given a
variety Of names. On the Massachu-
sets coast IT is known as gooseiish.
Rhode Island terms II bellowGsh, and
Connecticut gives II the cOgnOmen or
molligut. Jamaica bay calls it the car
petbagger England. Ireland, Scotland
and Wales all have their local names.
The names Of the English give TO this
one fish are expressive Of its habits, to
say the least. They call It toadfsh,
frog. fishing frog, devilfsh, sea devil,
nassfish. monkfish, pocketfish, wide
gut. kettlemaw and widegap. Thomas
Pennant, who in 1916 wrote his Brit
ish Zoology" did not like the name OF
fishing frog, then applied to the fish,
so he changed the old name Of fishing
frog for the more simple one Of an
Olar"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
How He Saved Money.

A country politician in pennsylvania
managed to get elected to the legisla-
ture at Harrisburg for one term. When
he came back he built himself a me
house. costing about $4,000. His old
neigbbors. who knew he had no money
before he went to Harrisburg and VINO
knew the salary of Pennsylvania
legislator. were curious TO discover
where the returned statesman got
means to build the house. SO one day
committee waited on the man who
built the house, and the spokesman
said:
"Jim, it may be none of our business
to your thinking. but we think you owe
It TO us who sent you to the Legislature
to explain where you got the money
with which you built this house. You
didn't have a cent before you went to
Harrisburg and owed everybody in the
place How about it?"
"Why," said the builder its simple
enough You see, when we were III
Harrisburg we didn't keep a hired
girl. "-Argonaut.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Respect More Essential Than Love.

The most essential thing In mar
riage is respect 1t is above love
above compatibility. above even the
priceless sense Of humor. Respect will
make even the appalling Intimacy
endurable and will bring one through
the most trying disagreements with
no bruise on the soul whatever wounds
there may be In the heart Therefore
men and women. never. never marry
any one you don't really respect, how
ever passionately you may love. -
Grand Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

At a dinner to which Mark Twain
was invited his name was associated
with the toast of Literature" by an
orator, who referred with great elo-
quence to Homer, Shakespeare, Milton
and-Mark Twain. In response the hui
mOrist thanked the speaker for his
kindly references and excused himself
from making a longer speech by say
ing, Homer is dead, Shakespeare and
Milton are no more, and II don't feel
very well myselfw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
On the Other Side.

A British soldier out walking with
his son saw an old blind beggar with
the Inscription on his chest, Il Fought
at Waterloo"
The soldier said, with deep feeling:
"Give him something. He helped to
save your country"
The child dropped some silver into
the beggar's cap, and the old man
gratefully replied:
"Mercl bien, monsleurv-London
Post
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
LEGAL NOTICES.

lea y IL NOl AOr-'
UjIRGfNIA In the Clerk Office Of the
Corporation Court of the city Of Alexau.
dria, on the Both day of April, 1908.
George He'll
VS.. In ehancery.
Bell (Ann esley) He'll
The object of this suit is TO obtain sn abso-
lutte divorce from the bonds OF matrlmony for
the complainant from the defendant, and 10
obt,in and retain the custody Of the infant
children Of the parties to this snit, to W.T.
George Raymond He'll. John August He'll
and Joseph Burton He'll: and 10 obtain such
further general relief as to equity may seem
right.
Itappearing by an sflidavit filed in this cause
that the defendant, Bell (Annesley) Hell is
non resident of this State: II is Ordered, hat
said defendant appear here within fifteen days
after due publication Of this order, and do
what is necessary to protect her Interests IN
this suit, and that q copy Of this order be
forthwith inserted 10 the Alexandria Gazette,
a newspaper published in the city Of Alexan-
dria, once week for four successive weeks,
and posted at the front door of the Court
House Of this city.
A cOpy-TEsTE
NEWELL s. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
Robinson Moncufe, pa.
spr30 w4w "
XTIPGINIA.- In the Clerks Office Of the
Corporation Court of the city of Alexan-
dris, on the 3Oth day Of April, 1908.
Samuel A. Brown
vs.. In chancery.
Eva II. Brown
Memo. The object OF this suit Is to obtain
an absolute divorce from the bonds Of matrl-
mony for the complainant from the defend
ant, and TO obtain such further general re-
lief as to equity may seem right.
II appearing by an sfidavit filed in this cause
that the ef-ndant. Eva H. Brown, is
nonresident of this State II is Ordered,
That said defendant appear here within fif-
Teen days after due publication Of this order,
and do what is necessary to protect her IN
terests in this suit and that a copy of this
order he forthwith inserted in the Alexandria
Gazette, newspaper published in the city of
Alexandria, once week for four successive
weeks, and posted at the front door Of the
Court House of this city.
A copy-TFsTE
NEWELL S. GREEEAWAY, Clerk.
Robinson Moncure, D. a.
apr30 w4w W
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Trains leave Union Station Alexandria
In Eheef Anil 10th 1Q02


In Eject April 10th. 1908.
N. -Followingschedule figures published
only as information, and are not guaranteed.
8:07 A. M.-Dsily-LOcal for Harrison
burg, Warrentna Danville and way stations.
$50 A. M.-Daily-U. s. Fast Mail. Stops
ONLY for passengers for Charlottesville and
points south at which scheduled to stop. First
class coaches and drswins.room Hleepeis for
New Orleans. DINING car service.
4:27 P. NJ. Daily-Washington aud Florlds
limited. Sleeping cars between New York, Au-
gusta snc Jacksonville: Through nrst,clsss
coache between Washington and jackson
VILE. Dining car service between Washing
ton snd jacksonville. Tourist to California
tri.weekly.
4:S2 P. M.-Week Days-Local for Hsr-
risonburg and way stations on Manassas
| branch.
6I2 P. M.-Daily- for Warrenton
and Charlottesville.
l1:O2 p. M.--Daily--Washingto and Chat
tanooga Limited (vis Lynchburg); Flrst
class coach and sleeping cars to koanoke
| Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. sleep
or TO Birmingham and New Orleans, Waan-
ington TO Roanoke. Dining car service.
! 1l:H p. M.-Daily-New York and New
Orleans Limited. All Pullman train, ciuo
| and observation cars 10 New Orleans. Sleep
ers to Asheville, Atlanta, birmingham and
| New Orleans. sleeper TO Charlotte. DlhihS
car service.
Through trains from the South arrive at Al
exandria 1923 aud S:i6 A. NJ and 1913.
SAB. and 1913 P. NJ. daily. Harrisonburg
1908 P. NJ. week days and 9:l' P N. daily.
From Charlottesville 1853 A. v
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandra wv. d o. Station) S:22 A
NJ, and 635 p. NJ. week days for
Bluemont; 5:l5 P. NJ. week days for Lees
burg 1921 4. NJ. on Sundays only for Blue
mont; AS P. NJ. daily for Bluemont.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, Puii
man reservation, etc., apply to
WILLIAM G. LEHEW, Union Tickle
Agent, Alexandria, Va.
G. II. ACKERT, Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr
8. ii. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf. Mgr.
w. II. TAYL0E, Gen. Passenger Agent.
l.. 8. BROWN, General Agent.
Washington, d. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
A Gentle Hint.

~Llfe at best is but gloomy prison,
said the moraliZing bachelor.
$50 much the worse for men who de-
liberately choose solitary confinement,
remarked the girl who had her trap set.
bohemian Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Guarding the Deposits.

Gentleman About Town-An' If a
guy swiped a coin outer de cup, dyer
mean t. say de dog 'ould yelp an grab
would! He amt no dummy Director
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
At the Onera.

what was the matter with Signor
TENOR? He sang the drinking song
wretchedly."
Eyes. think he had been drinking"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Tho Sarcastic Victim.

The Barber-Your hair is coming out
on top, sir. The Crank-Good! | knew
It was in me- Now. for goodness sake,
don't talk to it or it will crawl back
against Louis Republic.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
A Dipiomat.

Benners,What makes you think that
Brown Is such a diplomat? Jenners-
When he was shown his friends baby
for the first time he said 1t had its
fathers intellect and its mothers beau
ty.-Phlladelphl Telegraph.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

Mr.. John Riha # vinIng. Ia says, ~ have
been selling DeWitt's Kidney snd Bladder
Pills for about year snd they give better
satisfaction than any pill eTer sold" Sid
by W. F. Creighton & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

25 sacks choice COFFEES receieed. to be
freshly roasted and sold at 2Oc and 25c by
& MI RUPH
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

Fancy EvAPORATED ACHES, APR
COTS and P2UNES for sale by
&c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

Anger begins in folly and ends in
Observation-Disclosures.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
GROCERIES.
w. A. JOHNSON 4 CO.,
JOHN AHERN Il CO.,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROcEM
And Dealers In
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS.
Country Produce received daily. Oar ato'l
Of Plain End Penney Groceries embraces sverf'
thing 90 BE- led Ia this line.
We hold largely In United States bonded
warehouse snd carry Ia STOCK various hrsnoi
Of the hest
PURE RYE AND MALT WHIBKfE5
made. lieye also ia store superior grsios q
Foreign and American
WINES, ALES, BROWN STOUT, &c.
specialization Guaranteed ea N Price arc
Quajty.~wR
Corner Prince and Commerce Street,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

FINE LARGE.PRUNEs loo and l5c per
pound at &c. MILBURN'A
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Washington, Alexandria Il
Mt. Vernon Railway.


For Washington, from corner Prince and
Royal streets. week days, at 545, s 10. $40
635, 45, 200, 71O. 72O, 735, 90. SOC.
s15, s 20, $50. 80, $40, $50, $50,
10 10, 10 30, 10 so, Il 10, II %, II 80, II 90
10, 2 10, %, 2 80, 90, 3 10, 3 %, 30, 90.
4 ~, 4 %, 435, 50, 5 10, 20, 5S5, 8 40,
500, s IS, 8 30, 6 50, no, 7 80. 8 90, 9 30,
800, . %, 10 %, 10 30, II 10 and II sop. m.
Ssnjays-7 %, 7 IS, 8 10, 8 20, s 40, 900, 20.
Q 80, 30 10 ~. 1870 11C0. II 20 and IL 40
q. M, q %, Y 20, 1910, ITO 20, 40, 2 90,
2 %, 2 40, 90, 20, 40, 400, 4 20, 40, 8 90.
20, $40, 6 on, 6 20, 6 40, z " 720, ] 40, 8 %.
$780, 900, $50, 1000. 1919 and IL 10 p. m.
FOR MOUNT VERNON.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon, week
days, 8 As, 652, S32, TO- %, II 20 a. M, II 20,
1 rs, 225, 3S2, 4S6, Ss, 7O5 and sd
Sundays-7 90, 9 80, 10 Al, II 40 a. M, IL 40
| 40. 240 3 40. 457, z 05. 8 46 and 10 l6 .. m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Washington Southern Ry

Schedule in effect April 18th 1908.
Trains leave Union Station for Washington
and points north at OF and 80 2. M, IL Ol
2 80, OF, 8 20, and II 80 p. NJ, week days.
Sundsys-9 80 a. M, IL OIL, IL IL, soz,
Q % sno l | 80 p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and points
south at 4 ~, 81, and % a. m, 4;O2,
5G7 (ocal), and 81 p. M, week days.
sundays 81, 4S, and s22 q. NJ 4 w.
ST. Qocal), and 637 p. m.
Accommodation for Fredericksburg at 8 As
q. m. week days.
NoTE:-Time Of arrivals and departures
and connections not guaranteed.
CIV. CULP, W. P. TAYLOB.
Gent Supt. Traf. Mgr.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
IMPATIENT SPARRoWS.
CIamored Because Dear, Generous Old
Lady Was Late.

A man who goes home about day.
break at this time of year turned
down an unaccustomed street the
other morning, a street on which
there are trees and rather wide area
ways with grass plots before the
houses. In one of the areas he was
surprised to see all the sparrows on
the block holding convention.
They were all headed toward the
basement door of the house and were
| formed in a sort of wedge, with one
single sparrow forming the apex and
the others in broadening rows behind
him, says the New York Sun. There
may have been hundred or more
of them and they were all chirping
with tremendous energy and insist
ence. 1t sounded as if an orchestra
of CREASED wagon wheels was do
ing a fortissimo, stunt.
As the man stood wondering what
was the matter the basement door
opened slowly and a very old and
white-haired woman tottered out. She
had a good-sized tin basin in her
hand and it was full of bread crumbs,
stale bread apparently, chopped up
into chunks about the size of dice.
AS she appeared the birds rose in
the air with a great whirring OF
wings, but not to go far. They hover
ed about her as she feebly advanced
to the area railing and began to
throw handsfuls of the bread into the
street.
She scattered the food with expert
enced skill so that the maximum num-
Der of birds could get at it at the
same time. With many chirps they
descended upon it, some pecking II
up apparently~on their own account
and others flying off to the deptfI
of the foliage or the angles OF roofs
and cornices, where they had nests.
They made a clean job of it in a
very few minutes.
"I feed them every day, winter
and summer" said the old lady with
beaming face. Unless the weather
is too bad they get their meal soon
after sunrise and they come looking
for It: I'm an early riser: I'm just
a little bit late this morning and
that's the reason they were so noisy.
/ wonder who's going to take care OF
them when I'm gone? There wont
be many to love them the way l do;
I love them because they have so
much life in them. But I guess they
won't be let starve."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-23
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
cHIcAGoANs IN FOREST FIRE.
Summer Residents at silver Lake

Summer Residents at silver Lake
Fight the Flames All Night.
A forest fire started by a stitch engine
on the Wisconsin Central railway near
the village of Silver Lake, in KenOsha
county, came near reducing half a dozen
summer homes of Chicago people to ashes.
The houses were saved after an all-night
fight by persons belonging to the various
families spending the summer at the lake.
The residence of Jacob NJ. KrOse, re-
tired brewer of Chicago, was badly scorch-
ed, while the flames reached the doors
of DR.. Rudolph A. John, pastor of the
Fullerton Avenue Lutheran church +. g.
Beeson, {. lumberman, and Ernst Wien
hoben, retired Chicago florist. 1t look
ed for time as if the homes of the en-
tire summer colony would be wiped out,
and the members of the various parties
were forced to fight the flames from 6
o'clock in the evening until early morning.
In readiness for a fresh outbreak, the
Chicagoans have plOwed burrows about
their property.