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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

the street, who seems to be much in
terested in his newspaper or in The
bulletin board across the way, may be
figuring on the surest and safest way
to get our watch or our p~ocketbook,
or both. in the discretion of the thief.
One Of h commonest tricks is for a
~pickpocl5et to pretend to be interested
in his paper and lift your watch by
reaching his hand underneath the pa
per. Another trick is for the stall to
nudge or bunch the victim, attracting
his attention or arousing his indigna-
ton, while the innocent looking chap
on the other side, the wire or tool, gets
the goods
P~ickpockets acquire remarkable dex-
terity in lingering bank rolls out Of
pockets without alarming the victim
and in twisting watches loose from
their swivel rings. In old times it
was the custom to cut the chain, but
latter day dips as the ~pickpocket is
known, consider this too clumsy. They
have a way of twisting the ring loose
without being detected in the act.
Not only are pickpockets increasing
in numbers in the United States, but
they are becoming much more pro-
hcient than of old. This is due to their
superior education in their profession
When Inspector Mclaughlin was at the
head of the New York detective force
an old time pickpocket. well known tc
him, called at his office to complain
that one of the younger generation OF
dips had lifted his gold watch He
said that he never discovered his loss
until he saw his watch chain dangling
The crook remarked that the presen.
day pickpocket is a very superior ar
ticle.
One of the latest inventions in ais
of pocket picking is the false arm
The well dressed dip carries his over
coat on this artificial arm, with tn
gloved hand visible. His real arm i
under his coat. Standing beside a vic
tim he can reach his arm out at thu
side or back and help himself withou
being suspected, for nobody save him
self knows that he is a three armed
man.
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quarreIed with the president. The
cause of the difference is believed to
have been Silveira's crookedness in a
cattle deal in which Palma was inter-
ested. Silveira engineered the job and
when the opportune N came he
sold and pOcketed the proceeds. Nat
urally Palma was indignant. He re-
monstrated, but Silveira would not di-
vide the profits.
Then the president resolved to get
even. He at once set himself resolute-
~ against all h jobs which Silveira
was steering through the Cuban con-
gress. One of these was a clever steal
by which Siiveira expected to coin half
q million. He actually got it through
the congress, but Palma vetoed it
promptly.
In the meantime Palma secured a re-
election, but it was a very trouble
some business. Gomez, the popular
idol of the Cuban race, came ont as
the Liberal candidate and at once
manifested a strength that seemed to
make his election certain. Although
the Moderates were hopelessly in the
minority. they had control of the gov
eminent machine, and they did not
hesitate to use it for all it was worth.
Before election day they succeeded in
convincing their opponents that mere
numerical strength would be of little
moment at the polls. Gomez. who real
ICED the hopeless nature Of his can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

Cuba he was the fiscal agent Of the
Spanish government in thai city. Aft
er the war. through the agency of Sill
veira, he began to branch out in a va
riety of big Cuban enterprises and es-
tablished an American colony in the
island and built the town Of CebaIlos.
They started a bank, built a fine hotel
and operated a railroad. one of their
enterprises vas a gigantic cattle ranch.
and a mammoth orange plantation was
another. They also manufactured
sugar largely.
Silveir is a small man, lair haired
and blue eyed, with a great deal Of
vivacity and a convincing manner. He
has demonstrated the fact that he is
endowed with plenty of nerve and dar-
ing in business. He was fond Of en-
gaging in difficult problems, and any
thing that required intense effort ap-
pealed to him. He was known in Ha-
vana as "El Morgan Cubano." a title
given him on account of his manifest
disposition to absorb everything of inn
portance in the country for h benefit
OF his numerous financial concerns.
ELMER G. HOWARD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

rob the people coming out or board the
cars for the same purpose. These
thieves, like most of their ilk, in fact.
travel in ''mobs," three or four to a
mob. one is known as the wire" or
the tool" and he does the actual work.
The others. called stalls in the Ian
guage of The trade, assist him by jos
Ting or nudging the victim, by receiv-
ing the stolen goods or by acting as
lookouts.
It is a serious mistake to entertain
the notion that a p~ickpocket is neces-
sarily a low browed. ill clad, hulking
sort of fellow. The reverse is more
often true. That well groomed young
man sitting next to you in the car or
standing close to you in h crowd on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

These crooks sometimes develop into
very able actors. Chief of Detectives
William Desmond of st. Louis, one OF
the most noted thief catehers in the
United states, lives across the street
from a church. One day during the
progress of a funeral he observed thar
three oys pretending to be mournefs'
were robbing the real mourners. lie
rang for special officers, and the three
lads we're nabbed. their pockets lie
with watches. purses and other prop
erty. They had put pepper IN their
eyes to assist them in weeping. Kneel-
ing with the mourners near the CONN
during prayer, they piled their trade
even in the presence Of death n sor-
row.
On the occasion of every great ma
tional gathering, such as presidential
Inauguration, a nominating convention
or an exposition. every big city sends
to the place some Of it's best detectives.
who know most of the veteran pick
pockets by sight. When q detective
spots a man whom he knows is a pick
pocket the thief is either arrested on
general principles or ordered to get out
of oWn by the next rain. Usually he
gets out, for he knows that the next
time he is seen and recognized he will
be Jailed until the event which has
brought him to town is over.
ROBERTUS LOVE.
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his reasoning qualities and his per-
ception along the lines most needed n
his chosen calling.
But there are exceptions to his gen
eral classification of p-iekpockets. and
they are the most dangerous. Some of
these are well educated men, of good
address, who are fashionably clad and
ape the of swell society. One
of this class is an Italian who first in
PRODUCED in America the dress suit nj
Inverness topcoat as aids to pocket pill
fering. This individual once boarded a
car, picked several pockets and jumped
off when his last effort resulted in an
cutlery from the victim. The car was
lear the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, into
which the thief disappeared. Mingling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

with the many other gentlemen in
evening dress and I-nvernesses. his
identity was lost. He had timed his Job
on the a for just such q denouement.
Pickpockets. like express train rob-
bers, 60 after the biggest game they
a locate. This being the case, there
are not 50 many of these gentry
aboard crowded cars at work quitting
time as there are on the cars which
carry bankers and brokers to business
or we'll dressed and bejeweled parties
to the theater. There are in New York
gangs of p~ickpockets Who hire quarters
near some of the principal theaters,
play cards to pass the time during the
performance and then station them
selves at the exits of the playhouse to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

city, the slum district, and break up
the piekpocket gangs. Mr.. Jerome as
signed to this duty two of the men on
his staff, a young detective named
Daniel J.. Reardon being in charge. The
authority to make arrests was given
to Reardon- This young man was born
and reared on the east side and knew
it thoroughly. In a little more han a
month he arrested 1876 pickpockets. Sc
curing convictions in court of all but
sixteen of the number. Reardon also
raided and broke up a number of
Joints" which, he declared, were moth
ing less han schools for pickpockets
and shoplifters. Some of these were
operated as cheap saloons. others as
billiard rooms and still others as res
taurants or coffee houses. Boys and
girls were found there under actual in
struction in the art of taking pocket
books. money rolls. watches and dia-
mOnds from the person. The instruc-
tors. rs a rule, We're old hands at the
business of picking pockets, who mad
quit the work themselves because fire.
quent arrests had become Troublesome
They were teaching the young idea
how to shoot in the same direction, no
doubt getting a rakeoff on the products
of their graduates. Boys of from If
teen to twenty underwent actual
courses Of training. and it was not IN
til they were able to lift" the money
or jewelry of other and older crooks
without being detected by the latter
that they were sent out to operate up
IN real victims. Little girls also took
these lessons, with supplementary
courses in ~shoplifting.
Detective Reardon stated that in his
belief 80 per cent of the pickpockets in
New York city are the children of i'm
migrants Of the very lowest type. It
must not be Inferred from this, how
ever, that the ~pickpocket is lacking in
shrewdness or education. AS a rule he
has received some common school in
struction, and his struggle for exist
ence from the cradle up-granting that
he had a cradle. which is not probable
has been Of a character to develop
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cg@EvEIRA Coz Np CEBALLOS

army. feaIlls mat this SNOW Of gen
crosby would not be suficient to patch
up his reputation for disloyalty. he
supplemented it by b~etraying one of
the revolutionary leaders. who was
wounded and had taken refuge in one
of Silveira's houses, into the hands OF
the enemy. The victim Of Silveira's
treachery was chopped into pieces with
machetes.
This was Silveira's undoing. The
friends Of the murdered revolutionist
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luton did not come from MS own pri-
waite resources. but We're lei from
money sent by clients for investment.
Finally he got things precisely as he
wanted, and then he sprung the mine.
About that time he learned that the
government was likely 10 order his ar
rest and imprisonment.
He took measures to throw President
Palma and his advisers off h track.
His first step to hat end was to send
500 horses as a present to n national
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
WOODEN al WAYS

There are stiI severaI wooden rail-
ways in existence in Canada and the
United States. One of them is in the
province Of Quebec and is thirty miles
long. The rails are of maple, and
trains are run over them with remark
able smoothness at the ate of twenty
five miles an hour. This road is used
for the transportation Of timber.
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~CAIE day the warning to BE
ware of Pickpockets" may be
seen as frequently in street
cars and other public places
as is the familiar no Smoking In
every large city the -pickpocket. like
the microbe, lies ever in wait for the
human victim. The p~ickpocket is even
worse thar the microbe, being a canni-
bal and preying upon his own kind
Furthermore, he acquires his nefarious
business by being educated to it, while
the mierobe is born bad n therefore
can't help it.
Now and then we read in a newspa-
per that a school for p-ickpockets is
conducted in a certain city. Almost
invariably the reporter refers to the
principal Of the institution as "a Ia
gin" This is a compliment to the
memory of Charles Dickens, himself for
years a newspaper reporter, who first
described in a work Of fiction a school
for the instruction Of children in Grim
inaIity, such as really existed in Lon
don and no doubt still exists there.
The writings Of Victor Hugo contain
vivid glimpses of Partisan schools Of
crime. Quite recently the police of
Berlin have discovered advanced in
stitutions of learning for ~pickpockets.
many branches of the profession being
taught.
But American cities furnish plenty Of
Instances such as those disclosed in
European fact and fiction. We have
our ~piekpocl<et schools, as the court
records of New York, Chicago and
other large cities prove.
New York is Americas inter for
pickpoeket colleges. There are two
very good reasons for this. New York
SIS the port Of entry for European i'm
migrants, and it is sthe town where the
none is" Men who have studied the
problem declare that by far the greater
number of p-ickpockets in the United
States are the offspring of the lowest
class of foreign immigrants. Those
who follow this trade do not select
small villages. They go with the
crowds. They seek the places where
persons of means live and move and
have their being. They are ever on the
alert for the thick roll, the fat purse
and the headlight diamond or real gold
watch.
For many years the New York police
have denied the existence of the so
called schools where children and
youth are instructed in the picking of
pockets. The Pinkerton people, how
ever. whose detectives operate largely
in New York and have a general knowl-
edge of p~iclSpockets everywhere, de-
clare that such places do really exist,
Two years ago several societies de-
voted to the protection of children and
the suppression Of crime and vice ap-
piled to District Attorney Jerome OF
New York for special officers TO 60
down into the lower east side of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
RAILWAYS.

Ia recent years the construction Of
railways proceeded ia Germany at the
rate of about 621.5 miles a year. The
entire trackage exceeds at present "a
1873 miles. The identification OF rail-
ways is still confined to a few subur-
ban lines, where the system works sat-
~isfactorily.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19
CALIFORNIA PRUNE WATERS

Purely vegetable, they are natures
hold. They cure constipation and all
disorders of the stomach, liver and
bowels
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19
Wheat and Indian Corn.

For breakfast cereal nothing made
by machinery and christened with a
fancy name has ever eQualed the
cracked wheat" prepared by intelli-
gent country matrons for their fam
lilies twenty-five years ago. A pint,
say, of plump wheat grains was care
fully looked over, and all defective
grains or foreign substances were re-
moved. The wheat was thoroughly
washed, then as thoroughly dried in
the oven Of the kitchen stove. After
that it was cracked or ground in the
hand vegetable and meat mill that
ought to be in every family and slow
ly cooked. perhaps two hours.
Then, too, nothing was ever more
palatable and nourishing, especially in
cold weather, than just the so called
"lye hominy" our grandmothers made
from Indian corn. Still on some farms
wise and skillful women make 1t, and
it is a brave standby in the family
menu. Dried lima beans and sweet
corn soaked and made into succotash
constitute a health and beauty food
that the money Of the city millionaire
cannot buy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19
For Smaller Counties on Repub|'-
can State Committee.
SECRETARY LYSONS SUGGESTS A PLAN
PROPOSES PLAN TO GIVE EACH
COUNTY MINIMUM REPRE-
SENTATION OF FOUR.

William LysOns. secretary of the re-
out letter to some of the committee
men of the smaller counties suggest
ing that when the state committee
meets to set a date for the next state
convention and apportion delegates to
the counties, it would be a good plan
to give each county four delegates at
large instead of two.
1t is understood that Lysons will
see that such a resolution is intro
duced. A few years ago he was active
in having the number of delegates at
large increased from one to two. Now
ed to four.
If such a resolution We're adopted
it would increase the number of dele
gates in the state convention seventy
four. unless the apportionment was
changed in other respects.
Lysons' idea is that the large coun-
ties have too many delegates and too
much power in state conventions. The
state committee is made up of one
member from each county and the ma
jority of the members are from small
counties, so Lysons thinks that his
resolution will probably be adopted.
on the state ticket next fall will be
the names of the candidates for three
places in congress, and the names of
candidates for four supreme judge
ships The terms of Justice r. o. Dun
bar. who was elected to the supreme
bench from Klickitat county when the
state was admitted and has been con-
tinued in office ever since, and of Judge
Wallace Mount, of Spokane, will ex-
pire this year II. d. Crow, of Spo-
kane, and Milo D. Root of King cOun-
ty. were appointed by Governor Mead
under an act increasing the number of
supreme judges.
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BEAUTY DIET.
Food For Her Who Would BE Healthy
and Handsome.


Nourishing palatable food eaten at a
table where harmony reigns promotes
health. long life and good looks.
Americans hurry their cooking too
that does not need much preparation
than to attempt boiled, baked and
stewed dishes that require long time
in cooking Such dishes as these last
are daily served on many an American
table half cooked and wholly indigesti-
BILE. For another thing we Americans
eat far too much meat Again, many
families follow the thoroughly unbib-
lical custom of drinking milk and eat
ing meat at the same meal. Milk itself
is food and q strong one.
The woman who would be beautiful
and have a fine complexion must eat
much more fruit than the average
American girl does. Such vegetables
as tomatoes, celery, spinach, lettuce,
carrots, onions, parsnips and even the
honest, homely cabbage should enter
literally into the beauty seekers diet.
Cabbage served as cold slaw, chopped
fine and eaten with lemon juice and
salad oil, is a healthful food. Onions,
raw, boiled or roasted, have an excel
lent medicinal effect, though they are
not to be recommended when one Is
going anywhere. Some beauty seekers
habitually eat raw carrots scraped nne
and find the dish most palatable.
Breakfast should always begin with
fruit, even if one can have nothing bet
ter than nicely stewed dried apples
cooked with slices of lemon. But stew
ed prunes are cheap and a valuable
corrective of stuffed and packed In
festival canal. Lemon slices, the rind
left on. stewed with them make them
more palatable. Stewed rhubarb, or
pieplant. especially in the spring, Is
also good for clearing out the system.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19
THE GUN PLAY IN PROGRESS.

Ollie the graft" existing in connection
with the operation Of gambling and
opium joints Sometimes one and some
times another society enjoyed this mo-
nopoly in the past, and it became the
custom for the clan which at any par
ticular time was getting no graft to
pose as a reform organization and give
the tip to the police and societies for
prevention Of crime as to what its rival
was doing This would lead to retalia
ton and an outbreak Of gun play. In
the riot1ng in New York in connection
with the celebration Of the Chinese
New Year the On Leongs were am
pushed by a large force Of Hip Sing
lighters, followers Of Mock Duck.
About hundred shots were exchanged.
and a number Of these took effect.
Mock Duck has twice been tried for
murder and has himself narrowly es-
capped assassination. He is the tradi-
tional foe Of Jim Lee, long known as
mayor Of Chinatown" and one Of the
leaders of the On Leong Tongs. Jim
Lee has been in fear Of losing hts life
and was afraid to venture abroad with
out police protection. At the recent
Chinese peace conference the repre-
sentatives Of the warning societies
agreed that members should not carry
REVIEWERS. levy taxes on their country
men or engage In gambling.
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Apples and Grapes.

One of the best health promoting
agents in the family is the apple bar.
rel. Before or after meals apples may
be eaten at will. The apple contains a
considerable proportion Of that phos-
phoric acid which some doctors claim
as the sovereign solvent for washing
away the lime and other earth salts
that gather and clog the human system
and make the individual old.
The best way to eat an apple is IN
the raw state, but it should be ripe and
sound. This noble fruit contains much
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19
BEAUTY FOODS.

nourishment and in general is easily
digested, though there are few persons
with whom it does not agree. But
each individual must decide for himself
which foods agree with him.
AS to grapes, some German sanitari-
ans have established regular grape
cure establishments in the vineyard
regions, where patients from the cities
grapes. The effect on equity ana rheu
matte persons is said to be wonderful.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19

the members Of these societies reaches
pitch Of hatred that blOodletting re-
suits, and the police have to take a
hand in the proceedings. Usually their
interference has about the same effect
as locking the barn door after the horse
is stolen.
There is no such motto as forgive
and forget in the code Of ethics Of the
Chinese who belong to these clans.
Having sworn an oath to avenge an In
jury, they never for a moment permit
the remembrance Of that oath to slip
from the mind. Several years ago one
of the characters Of San Francisco's
Chinatown was a Celestial known as
Little Pete. He was a very important
parsonage among his countrymen and
a leading member OF the Sam Yup fac
ton. He was marked for slaughter by
the SEE Yups and for months was
Swallowed by them. He employed a
prize fighter es his bodyguard, and the
pugilist never left his side, but one day
while Little Pete was enjoying shave
in a Chinese barber shop the man en-
ployed as his protector thought he
would seize the opportunity to go
around the corner and purchase a
package Of cigarettes. Scarcely was
he out Of sight when the report Of
revolver was heard and we'll aimed
bullet ended Little Pete's career.
Last Easter quite massacre took
place in a theater in the Chinese quar-
ter Of New York city, and recently
while the celebration Of the Celestial
New Years festival was in progress
there was another carnival Of blood. 1t
is said that over twenty deaths have
resulted in New York from the feud
between the Hip Sing Tong and On Le-
ong Tong societies. At last peace has
been patched up between the feudists.
Whether it will last very long remains
to be seen, but formal agreement to
discontinue hoshlities was arrived at,
and articles to this effect were signed
in the presence of Judge by the off,
GERS representing the organizations.
The war between the rival societies
had become so intense as to occasion
the Intervention Of the Chinese consul
in New York and special representa-
tive Of the Chinese government. The
hostility between the members Of the
different organizations was due In part
to the desire Of each society to monop-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19

100 Waters Is Cents.
Sold by L. L. TALLMAN
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he wars be-
tween rival Chi
neSe secret so
cieties have long
made the dis
tricts populated
by Celestials in
large cities like
New York, Chi
cago and San
Francisco rath-
er dangerous
for sightseeing
sometimes. Now
and then fho
feeling between
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-19
Foods For tho Plump and the Lean.

The woman who is too fat should
take all the vigorous exercise IN the
open air that she can and live on lean
meats. eggs. toast and acid fruits. She
should eat as little bread, potatoes, fats
and sweet foods as possible, not drink
ing much.
CAROLINE ANDERSON.