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New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
RAIDS AND ARRESTS RUIN TRADE

The writer mentioned an article in The Trib-
une some months ago. in which the methods of
East Side crooks. who have their headquarters
in Second avenue cafes. were exposed. II was
told how they levied tribute on shOpkeepers. had
a defence fund and engaged a lawyer in advance
10 save them from legal consequences. Insoec-
tor Mclaughlin said that he had been particu-
larly busy breaking up these resorts. and re-
Gently, when a delegation OF cafe proprietors
complained that their trade was being ruined ON
account Of raids and arrests he replied that he
was glad 10 hear it.
There is nothing very new or original about
the modern crook" resumed the inspector Just
at this season the Saturday half holiday gives
opportunity Tor the crush game In factories
The thief slips unnoticed into vacated loft
while the floor above or below is stiu occupied
and he has fine chance 10 get away with soma
goods Immediately or pack them up for night
shipment. In the regular loft game a crook
hides in a factory just before the watchuan
closes UP. He is armed with a heavy pair OF
shears, which he uses 70 cut paddock hasps and
staples. He goes up elevator shafts when he
cannot force the doors. packs a quantity Of
goods. and at midnight. when the police shifts
are changing. passes the goods 20 an outside
confederate with a wagon. There was case
some time ago of a man who hid IN a packing
box, which vas delivered 20 q factory, he got
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
HER OWN SON The CULPR1T.


A woman put in claim for $4,000. She had
been in the habit of keeping her jewels in a
chamois leather bag. which she sometimes
locked in a secret drawer. and again carried
with her under her skirt. one night, returning
from the opera she took OF the jewelry she wore
and put it in the chamos bag, as usual. Then
she placed the bag in the secret drawer and
hid the key. About a month later she opened
the drawer for the first time since locking it. and
the bag Of jewelry gone The claim for in
surance was made. and paid, but the company
found many peculiar features about the affair
Only three persons. husband, wife and an un-
ouestionably honest maid, were supposed to
know The hiding place of the key which gave
access TO the drawer Six months after the
claim was settled and the case set down
deep mystery the husband Of the society woman
came shamefacedly into the company's Office and
offered a check for $4,000, With interest. He
said the bag Of jewels had been found, but had
to be pressed 10 tell the details. He was giving
his Office safe its annual cleaning when his son.
who was helping him. discovered the bag in a
dusty corner of the big vault. He had no recol-
lection of having brought the bag TO the Office
and the company manager kindly refrained from
adding TO his genuine distress by commenting
on the significance of the sons discovery. The
son. no doubt was the culprit.
A form Of insurance which will perhaps large
ly take the place OF the discarded burglary line
was announced lately by the National Surety
Company. This is TO guarantee the honesty of
employees without their knowledge; a secret
bonding instead Of the former open method
Under present conditions the average employer
has scrupies about requesting his confidential
and trusted employe 10 furnish bond as To his
honesty. He dislikes TO make the latter think
that he is under suspicion. The new policy saves
embarrassment all around, and the surety COM
pany has no trouble in making a secret investi-
CATION OF the character and habits Of the en-
ploye. 1t is pointed out. rather facetiousy that
IL concern can guarantee the honesty OF a
burglar whose character and habits are un-
known, much more can It afford to take the risk
Of a known employees dereliction. Among other
things. the policy provides that no employe shall
have the power to sign checks alone. that ac-
counts must be balanced once year. and that
the employer must inform the company when
he learns that an employe drinks TO excess.
CANDLES. sDeculates on the stock market. fire.
quentiy attends horse races and bets on the re-
suit. is extravasant, or supports any woman not
a relative, excepting a servant"
Inspector Mclaughlin. an old Iieutenan; OF
Thomas Bsrnes. who was placed in charge az
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

out at night. filed the box with booty and
went away. Next day expressman hired By
the thief came for the box
The empty box fake is practised on pOFtars
of business houses at an early hour in the morn
ing. While the porter is opening the doors and
cleaning up. a man with a box. neatly wrapped
In paper and tied with string all around walks
up and happens TO drop an alleged gold piscs
through the sidewalk grating. He is in hurry
TO catch train. and offers the porter half to
find the coin. In the pOrtsr's absence the crook
steps into the front OF the store and. opening
the hinged end Of the artistcally tied box. Ills te
up with choice silks and other goods. A man
was arrested lately in Birmingham. England.
for playing the satchel substitution game On a
iewelry salesman He knew what valuables
were carried in the salesmans satchel. followed
him about with a precisely duplicate bag, and az
the right moment traded a satcheI full OF rub
bish for the one containing iewelry-
SATCEEL GAME FEASIBLE.
Il don't at this moment recall the satchsl
game which you mentiOn-a man carrying a
satcheI with a fake bottom which he drops over
a smaller satchel and lifts both at once. especial
" working the scheme on ferryboats and az rail-
road stations-but IL is quite feasible.
The fishing game may have been copied from
the clever Chinese. who use a bamboo rod, hook
and line in lifting things through window. bur
I doubt whether you can attribute the recent casa
Of naked breaking into Harlem bedroom,
TO imitation OF the Oriental thief who oils his
nude body that he can slip out or the bands
Of the house owner. The fishing game. as played
awhile ago in Brooklyn. mad two men in IL. one
of whom kept the proprietor OF a jewsIry store
busy in the rear while the other Hshed nm
watches and rings from the show window uitF
a hook at the end Of a stick The spring lock az
course. is easy for a fiat robber armed with a
knife and the window fastener offers no greater
difficulty
safe cracking to-day is mostly done outside
Of the cities and by travelling yeggmen There's
big difference between the old-fashioned crack
er. who had 70 carry around half truckIoad q
tools. and the modern yegg. who has safe
punch and bottle Of soup in his pocket. The
yeggs use a form of nitrO-glycerine that ear
distilled dynamite, one OF them told me very
exactly how they make IT, They mix dynamite
with water. preferably alcohol. knead crr
mixture and skim OF the rich stuh thar rises %
the top, which is the strongest explosive klc1sft
The fellow VINO told me this described uNe =
real actor, jumping around this Office ana us-l-
cracks OF the safe door and the interSlces Of the
combination. make soap dams. prepare tle russ
and set 10 or Once on the Eourth OF Suil a
yegE with a bottle OF nitro 81 lyceEiIlo IN hl8
pocket was walking through the main street O1
4 country town: some mlGchieNOuS boys neg1G
"a -bvOy drecrackers az him. and his hair pretty
nearly turned white as he dodged about and ran
fo~ his life Another yegg told that his uzl
yras carving q bottle into a hUildfng through A
window They were going 10 crack safe. Thr
with the bottle was blown into a thousand
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
sRENNus AN0 ma eAuls-

An interesting relic % very great antiquity r4s
Just been brought 10 light On the Via saIaria ahus
ten niles from Rome. Il q a monument q Ram.
tine best epoch % the republic n c0rSlS~s ~ /.
great gateway, standing about thirteen f--f -
A commission of experts sent By the Ita-ian -
pGrtme1t of kine Arts has presented report. rep
resolting the structure a9 having bean l-stica--t
% the Roman soldiers slain az the ra'fl- ~
Alia, aEalnsl Erennus This battle TOOK place
about $50 b. C.-London Globe.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

reimbursed for the value of a watch and pin
that had been attached to jacket. There was
no housebreaking; the jacket with the watch
had been hung up in closet for several weeks;
one day Il was taken to the roof for an airing.
and on it's return the jewelry was missing. The
policyhoIder made quite stir because payment
was refused on the ground of contributory negli-
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

safe manufacturer provides for in the contin-
gency of a safe needing TO be forced.
Think of this ignorance compared with the
knowledge of Dutch John Baum, who made
study of safes at the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington. just like careful scientist. and
who kept a notebook describing all makes OF
safes and the best method O. opening them He
carried his hook with MIN most expeditions,
because he couldn't always tell ir advance what
safe he would be UP against. He made notes
like these:
Halls Of September %. 90. Not sure Got
j.. H Morse. of Peoria Ill. 3Oss0 Unscrew
knob drive in. See specifications at W.
"I3, I42. L. Miller. of Baltimore Md. Janu-
airy IS. 6S. One-half inch hole in straight line.
about half diameter off, showing centre from
knob Cut thread and use screw
Then there was Gus Kindt alias French Gus
who originac ed tools that honest nren had 70 use
and who invented the automatic prison cell
opener. whereby a lever opens and shuts all the
cell doors on one tier at once. He made this in
vention while in Sing Sing. hoping that Gov
ernor Tilden would give him a pard On for this
valuable aid 70 prison security: but he didn't
get it. If he's alive still. and nobody knows. he
is seventy years old Another brainy burglar
was William O'Brien alias Billy Porter. who,
while in Jail, invented a clock which showed on
its face roster Of prisoners, their time OF en-
try. discharge date, allowing for communication
for good behavior. and on. He was arrested
in Paris and sent to French Guiana. where he
died OF course the best men in the business
come to bad end; il they don't die in prison
they degenerate into petty thieves. The smart
est ono 1 ever knew was arrested al last for
stealing an overcoat in Cincinnati. Not long
ago. Charley Ward. seventy years old. with a
record Of thirty-four years in prison. ar
rested at the Fifth Avenus Hotel for asking Cor
the ky of Room 81, whose occupant happened
To be We'll known % the clerk
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10
Anus mentS.

The extreme longevity of Ri
Chards & Pringle's Famous
Georgia Minstrels is the BEST
evidence of its worth. For over
quarter of century the pub
lie has been amused by these
dusky entertainers. Never in
the history of the "Georgias
has there been such program
of good things offered as will be
seen at the WINSTON Opera
House February 10th.
A big new first part. arranged
ed by Clarence Powell, lively
with bright, new jokes and rep
artee, lively music, handsome
costumes, beautiful scenery and
the latest in all songs and music.
Ten new vaudeville acts will
be seen in the OliO, concluding
with the latest absurdity, Jim
Jackson
There will be no long waits
between acts The curtain will
never fall until the final act on
the program
There is more fun than cir
Gus, is what is claimed for the
''Georgias. >
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Regular services will be held
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10
LoayI Citizens of Arizona.

The Arizona ANTI pint State
hood League is in need of mon
ey. The voluntary subsCrip-
lions have thus far sustained
the work OF the League and
there has been no need to call
for subscriptions, but we now
ask all loyal citizents of Arl-
IONA to contribute toward the
good of the work.
Subscriptions Of $1.00 or more
may be sent to w. d. Fulwiler,
Treasurer. Phoenix, Arizona.
j. G.. ADAMS,
President.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

M. j. Hickman, one of the
valued employees of the Santa
Fe. left here Thursday evening
with gang of expert steel
tank builders for Gallup where
they will do some work on the
tanks there. The company is
rapidly replacing the old wood
en- tanks with the modern struc-
lures and the gang will proba b.
ly be busy until late next fall.
It's district covers the entire
coast lines.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

No. s went in the ditch at
Bellemont yesterday morning,
every car leaving the track.
The mishap was caused by a
broken rail, and fortunately not
a person on board the train was
injured. A shoe fiv was built
around the wreck and the line
was opened yesterday morning
The west bound passengers
were held here until everything
was cleared.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

[ hereby deny all falsehoods
that have been circulated about
work that | have done. When
ever [ turn out work and 1t is
not satisfactory, | am always
ready to do the work over free
of charge. You will always
find US at the old Ores
we'll S Corral.
H. H. MITCHELL,
Blacksmith.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10
L AXES
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heart to pulsate, and send the
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kidneys to filter the blood, and
the liver to secrete bile.
In fact, nerve force is the
power that runs your body, SO
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nervous, cannot sleep, or eat
well, have pain or misery
anywhere, your nerves are
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For eighteen years DIR. Miles
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Or. Miles Nervine is sold by your
druggist, who will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. If it fails, he
will refund your money.
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The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

Mrs. j. F. Mahoney has just
received a large consignment of
the latest and most popular
books by the foremost authors
of the day Call and see them.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10
Post Office Hours.

Hereafter the post Office hours
will be as follows:
Week days: s a. m. to p. m.
Sundays: II p. m. to p. m.
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10
Church Notes.

Services will be held at the
Methodist Episcopal Church as
follows:
Sunday School, 10 a. N.
Preaching services, II a. m.
Junior League, 3 p. N.
Epworth League, 6:30 p. m.
Evening service, 7:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday
$50 p. m.
All are welcome.
WILLIAM WHITFIELD,
Pastor.
Regular services will be held
The Winslow mail., 1906-02-10

at the Catholic Church Sunday.
There will be no services at
the Episcopal Church Sunday.
WILLIAM WILLIE.
Priest in Charge,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
News 0fWisc0nsin
Interesting Happenings In the Various Cities and
Towns of the State
TOMAH'S DAY OF REJOICING.
Town Celebrates Eighth Anniversary
of Muster of Company K Into
the Volunteer Service.

Tomah - Tomah celebrated the
eighth anniversary OF the muster Oh
Company X. Third infantry, into the
volunteer service. Dana's Third regl-
ment band came from La Crosse and
every business place was closed ana
the national colors were in evidence
throughout the city. The programme
was rendered at the city park ana con-
sisted of speeches by Chaplain Buffers
of the Third Wisconsin volunteer IN
fantry, Maj r. A. Richards, OF the
command, and Col. Joe Graham, for
merly geenral inspector of small arms
practice. In the evening the members
of the band and officers were banquet
ed at the armory. The days pro-
gramme closed with concert ana
dance. Delegations of Spanish war
veterans from La Crosse, Sparta and
Mauston were in attendance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Gathered by Our Special Cores
pondent "A Madison

Madison The executive commit
tee Of the board OF trustees of the
Dane County Agricultural society has
let a contract for a new graudStand
at the fair grounds across Lake Mo
mona. It will cost about $1,000, and
the contract was awarded To carr
Fritz. The Grandstand will be frame
structure supported by cement piers.
1t will have a seating capacity OF =
600 and will be completed in time
for the annual pumpkin show this
fall The fair grounds has long been
in need of grandStand, and the
committee in charge has ordered one
that will be strictly up to date. 1t
will include dining room underneath
the seats. To measure liOX2l In front
of the stand there will be a court
large enough for many people to walk
up and down. This will be protected
from the race track by a cement wall
and an iron railing. Work on the
stand will begin at once. The com
mitteemen feel sure that ii will be
ready for this years fair. The Dane
county society is now member OF
tho southwestern trotting circuit. rms
circuit includes, besides Madison, the
following cities: Mineral Point. par
lington, Platteville and Monroe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
NORSEMEN AT BIG BANQUET.
Independence Day, May II, Cele-
brated by Feasting and Speeches
at Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Norsemen to the
number of 900 gathered at the
Hotel Pfster at the banquet
held in honor of May Il, Nor
speakers from all parts of the state
spoke to the large assemblage on the
significance of the day.
Seated at the speakers table were
Gov. j. o. Davidson, DR.. Johann de
Besche, Tax Commissioner Mis- +.
Haugen, of Madison; Vice Consul Olaf
l. Rove Thomas f. Torrison, of Mani
towoc Peer o. Stroome, Of Madison;
DR.. A. Dunderson, of La Crosse; A. IL
Hougen, of Manitowoc; Hans y. How
erson, of Milwaukee: H. G. Peterson
OF Milwaukee,; Prof. julius Il. olson
Of Madison, Prof. d. G.. Ristad, Olal
Hethesaether, II. Lundgard Morten
Peterson, L. ]. Larson. John Larson
and Dr.. J. K. Chorbog, of Milwaukee
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
Orders Railroad to Build.

The railroad rate commission ms
ordered that new station ne e'e''eu
at the village OF CataWba' WIS., o"
the Minneapolis, St faul x 9au't oI'
Marie line. Complaint was H''"e
against the shipping i"'lii''e' u '"''
station last October ana 'h' matte,
has been thoroughly liNe'lls"''H
since then ihe station oro'I'" - W
be similar To one erected al frth'I97'
SIXTY days u'he VIII DC a'ioN'a ~ N'F
commission. II also orders i,-oo l'e'
OF side track to be buIli % la'llI'a'e
shipment The Medtord frnil tayN-
ing company which charged 'he " is
consin Central railroad with 'N'''S'N' 7
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
Bitter Legal Fight in Prospect.


More work for the supreme court
is forecasted in the refusal of the
Chicago. Milwaukee < St Paul rail
road to allow State Railroad Com
missioner John Thomas to examine
the books Of the corporation for the
year 1905 The legal department Of
the railroad company has set up I
sort of immunity plea, claiming
that the passage of the railroad com
mission act on June Is. 1905, has in
validated the right of the railroad
commissioner to conduct any such eX-
animation after that date, Soma
time ago Commissioner Thomas wrote
Il letter to the company, asking 10
have the books of the company for
tie year 1908 placed at his disposal
Il Is said he wished to conduct a
thorough examination to ascertain
whether the railroad has been allow
of any sort in its freight traffic. The
legal department OF the railroad set
up an objection based on an 'immuni-
ty plea" and Commissioner Thomas
has placed the matter in the hands
of the attorney general for an opin-
ion That official, 1t Is believed. will
uphold Commissioner Thomas right
to examine the books. and the likeli-
hood of legal resistance on the part
of the company therefore can be seen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26

G. Sedgwick was not satisfied that
these animals were wolves and he Wis
Minneapolis and got the testimony of
experts TO the effect that they are not
wolves, but woods grey foxes on
which the bounty in only two dollars,
He then refused to pay further wolf
bounties on these scalpS, although the
davits that they were wolves scalpS.
Jesse Emmons of the town of Weston
recently brought in six scalps and on
being refused the wolf bounty, sued
the county to recover the 1920 claimed
10 be due.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
Barns DESTROYED by Fire.

Kenosha large barns OF John
Mckinney, just south of here, were
destroyed by fire, entailing loss OF
$1,000. with partial insurance. Three
horses. a COW, and several other AMI
mails we're burned to death. The ire
resulted from children playing with
matches. Sparks from the burning
barn were carried to the homes OF Rog-
er Kimball, manager of the kenosha
Gas & Electric company, and W. l..
Hubbard. a well.known musician, but
both were saved.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26

Henry y James. of Dodgeyille, no"
serving his second term as treasurer
of Iowa county, has announced himself
as candidate Cor the Republican
nomination to 'ne Office Of state treas
urcr at the primary election TO be held
the first Tuesday in september Mr.
James was born in DOdgeyille Jun" !,
1861, ana Is the youngest son oi the
Rev. and Mrs. W u James with
whom he moved to Lincoln in 1892.
where he resided until he was appoint
cd deputy sheriff In 1872. In 1900 h
was nominated against strong opposi.
tiou as sheriff In Iowa county and was
elected by an overwhelming majority.
In 1892 ne broke all precedents by be
ing nominated and elected as county
treasurer Of Iowa county, no other Of
fcer ever having gone from one Of
fee to another in the history of the
county lie was reelected in 1904
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26

saloon keepers for selling liquor on
sundays, and it is said by the saloon
keepers who bring action against him
that in order to gain his evidence he
must have worked on Sunday, Twelve
liquor cases are now in the local courts
and all will await the decision of one
on which a writ Of certorari was is
sued and which will be taken to the
supreme court. It is understood that
the attorneys for the saloon men will
make an attack upon the constitution
atty of the law preventing saloon men
from keeping their places open on
SUNDAYS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
Outrage Charged to Unionists.

La Crosse.-Nine men narrowly es-
capped death when quantity of dyna
mite which had been secretly mixed
with the coal in Alexander & Verkins
nonunion blacksmith shop was thrown
upon the forge. Two explosions oc-
Cured, and had the full amount of the
explosive been discharged fatalities
would have resulted. Three men were
bruised. The forge was partly wrecked
The owners declare the place was in
vaded, books tampered with, and the
explosive scattered by unionists
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-05-26
mt&1glt11g 6rauf auh 6ay
Some with Solemn Ceremonies and Some with Joyous Sports Observe
the National Day Of Memory.

Out?
Well, that's about
The rottensst! Someone beat in his
head.
Kill him! Amt that the limit, or the
dead?
Say. what's the score?
Well we can cinch 'em VITA a couple
more.
Whoops. yeIs
And aroan and cheers adnirin9.
Perspirins
And scarlet bIeachers clipping.
Rappjrg,
footing,
Roofing md hootin9;
A steady crunch of brittle peanut
shells,
A gurglng of the bottles
Inclined to thirsty throttles,
A strewing, Aot Of flowers"
From leafy bowers,
But Ct discarded crusts and scraps OF
meat.
Sweet
Odors Of cheap cigars and cigarettes,
That's what one gets.
That's just one way
We have Of spending DECORATION
DAY.
| Well, such is life,
| And memory of death and fame,
| A chiseIed name
Upon a slab of pershabIe stone.
To one age with its recollections 80
And to the next, name, and that
alone.