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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
TIME FOR LIGHTER FOODS.
With the Warmer Weather Put Away
the Winter Dishes.

When children are dull in the
morning, and no one feels like break
fast and all complain of Spring
fever" it is a sign that it is time to
draw a line on the winter foods. Put
on your thinking cap. Put aside
every possible article of diet that was
on the table of yesterday and begin
afresh on lighter foods. If it has
been oat meal porridge, sausage, eggs,
pancakes and toast, forget them and
begin somewhat after this fashion:
Grape fruit or fresh rhubarb sauce,
crisp, thin toast and pop-overs, with
perhaps ribbons of very thinly sliced
bacon. Let the breakfast food go for
awhile, and do not mix sour grape
fruit or rheubarb with fresh milk.
Young radishes and young green on
lors are in the market, and plate
Of lettuce sandwiches, with coffee,
will spur the tagging appetite.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

ped boodler. pale as sheet. Il am
done for"
I'll take the money, and Ill take
you, too said Burns. With that he
scared his man into complete con-
fession. Previous to this he had Sc
cured another confession from one of
Lonergan's colleagues who was Ill and
thought he was about to die.
A 6oodIer Trapped.
With the inside information of these
two confessions Burns got to work on
all the other supervisors. They were
so scared that the whole Is came
through with rush. When Heney
witness had made a complete confess
sion. Burns said: Keep at hint"
sure enough the most discriminating
part of his story came out afterward.p
zone thing that has surprised me
in Burns" added Langdon lis this.
He never wastes any time In blufing
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

while Burns was whirling by in his
automobile.
Look at him" he exclaimed. "He
is as placid and dignified as lord
in his carriage
MethodcaI in Everything.
What interests me most about
Burns is that he never misses a
meal" said Cobb, Heney's partner.
81 never saw him in too much of a
hurry to take his hour for dinner at
the regular time, He is methodical
in everything. 1t is all in days
work with Burns, and when he turns
in at night he sleeps like top"
yet he never procrastinates," put
in District Attorney Langdon. 81
asked him the other night If he
thought he could get man we want
ed and bring him to the office in the
morning"
What's the matter with getting
him now?' said Burns. Taking down
the receiver from the phone he call
ed up saloon. His man was there.
Burns told him it would be better for
MS QedlLn 10 surrender nlmSelI at
our office without delay. The man
came at once"
What interests me about Burns"
put in ]. Dwyer, another of the at
torneys of the graft prosecution, lis
his personality. He gets the men he
is after to like him. Ruef likes him
now better than any of his own men.
Those two swap stories to each other
until you can't believe Burns is work
ing ali the time to land Ruef in San
Quentin prison.
He can mimic Frenchman, an
Englishman, a Dutchman to perfec-
ton, and the stories he tells sound
like good fiction. believe it is his
magnetism as much as his persist
ence that wins for him"
His First Important Case.
This is the story Of Burns first
important case. as told by himself;
1T was In 1890, in st. Louis. A num-
Der Of frebugs had been burning
down houses for Insurance money
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
SOME eooD HOME REMEDIES.
Hot Water Cloths as a PouItIce-+
Proper Treatment of Burns.

Cloths dipped in hot water readily
act as a poultice and have few equals
in reducing pain. Cloths which have
been dipped in hot water and then are
wrapped around hot water bottle will
have all the efficacy of those freshly
dipped and rung out, and will retain
their heat and moisture for hours.
This is a good thing to bear in mind
when it is difficult to change cloths
every few minutes as when one is
taken suddenly i'll in boarding house
or wherever attendants are hard to
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

Every one hero in town knows MS
automobile. But, do you think If he
wanted you tonight he would stop
a block away and send his machine
back? No, sir. He would go straight
to your door. Foot, toot and ring
the bell"
Never Wore Disguise.
Burns himself has this to say about
his work as a detective;
people seem TO think that there is
something uncanny, about detective
work. They inc CINE we go around
held out promise of ultimate immu-
nifty every man Jack of them was will
ing TO squeal.
1t looked easy. All things are easy
to those who know how. Burns has
not been doing detective work for
nothing these 20 years.
counterfeiters Caught.
An illustration Of careful detective
work is Burns method in running
down two counterfeiters from Cen
trail America. They were Gen. Freder.
leo Mora and Ricardo de Requisens.
These two men had been makins
counterfeits in the United States of
the 100 peso notes of Costa Rico. Our
government was asked to apprehend
the counterfeiters, and Burns was en-
trusted with the job. Others had
worked at 1t before, but all Burns had
TO start with was sofa wrapped up
in burlap in which $3,000,000 of the
counterfeit notes had been stuffed for
shipment to Costa RIGA. On the bur-
lap was the mark, Xxx 1884"
Starting from this, Burns found that
the burlap had been originally used
in packing shipment of overalls from
factory in Newburg. 1t was the
shipping number. In Newburg Burns
went over the books of the factory
and found that those particular over
alls had been shipped to dry goods
store in Long Island City. There they
told him that they had recently sold
piece of burlap to an old lady by
the name of Mrs. Chevins. 1t did not
look promising
But, when Burns learned that Mrs.
Chevins had son-in-law, one Ricar-
do de Requisens, who hailed from Cos
ia RIGA, he thought the trail was get
ting warm.
De Requisens was living with a
young widow from Pittsburg at the
house of his mother, Mrs. Chevins.
Burns placed De Requisens and the
widow under arrest. Then he sent
one of his men to the Jail with an al
legged message to the effect that If he
would produce the plates of the coun-
terfeit notes the government would
abandon his prosecution.
After the messenger left, De Requis-
ems was visited by his mother-in-law.
When she left him Burns followed her
to her home in Long Island City.
| Through window he watched her en-
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

ter the front room. take off her hat
and place it with chatetlaine bag on
the table Burns slid into the house,
looked into the bag, and found a letter
there. In its place he put dummy
This was easy, as there was no ad-
dress on the outside of the envelope
But this left Burns in the dark as to
whom it was meant for
Later in the afternoon Mrs. Chev-
ms came out and Burns followed her.
She crossed the ferry to New York
and went to Courtlandt street. AS she
was turning into a doorway Burns
sent one of his men to say to her:
BE careful! You are being watched. ;"
She turned and left the entryway.
Burns Immediately entered, and sure
enough there was an engraver's office.
OF course Burns got the plates and
Gen. FREDERICK Mora and Ricardo do
ReQuissns are serving their terms in
prison.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
Plneapple Mullins.

To two we'll beaten eggs add gradu-
ally one teacup of sweet milk and
one-third cup of melted butter Thick
en- this with one (sifted) quart of
flour in which has been mixed three
teaspoons of baking powder, a heap.
Ing tablespoon of sugar and tea
spoon Of salt. When thoroughly beat.
en- add one cup of grated pineapple
and bake until quite done (Which will
be in about half an hour in hot,
creased muffin rings little more
than half full.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

San Francisco.-William j. Burns,
The United States secret service agent
who trapped every member of San
Franciscos corrupt board of supervis-
ors into full confession of their
guilt, is called "the king of detec-
tives."
Although Burns has this interna-
tional reputation as detective, 1t is
hard for his intimates to remember
always that Burns is a detective.
Thus Francis j. Heney, the prosecu-
tor with whom Burns has worked
through the land fraud cases in Ore
gon and in the San Francisco Doodle
cnses, finds his associate a source Of
continual surprise.
Burns amuses me-" said Heney
one day recently, as he looked out the
window of his office in the unburnt
western Addition" of San Francisco,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
Pr0teetIns ereenhouse PLANTS.

Plants in a greenhouse should be
shaded in some way. Some apply lime
wash to the glass This can be thrown
on well with sprinkler, and it an
swers all purposes, but it is quite diff
floult to remove it when there is nc
longer need Of shading. Cheeseclotb
fastened to wires with rings which
may be slipped up and down the wire
viii be found to cost but little, and
will prove very satisfactory.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

They rented these houses; then they
put in velvet carpets, elegant furni-
ture, pianos and so forth, which they
insured. AS soon as they had their
policies, they would move out the
furniture. Then they would light a
two-hour candle, and at two O'Clock
in the morning the house would burn
down with complete loss. In this
way they had got hundreds of thou
sands of dollars out of the insurance
companies.
when l was called into the case
it had been pretty thoroughly gone
over by Pinkerton men, who had To-
Gated the suspects. The difficulty was
to get legal evidence. Jim French,
who later fled to Honduras, after hav-
ing served his first sentence, which
got against him, was the leader of the
gang.
"The difficulty in all such cases Is
to uncover the tracks of the crimi
nails while avoiding direct methods
Instead of going out to induce some
of the marked men to come to the
front with a confession. went to
them under the name of Williams
and told them that L had been sent
by the Insurance companies to inves-
tigate the detectives that had been
working on the case who were ac-
cused of Incorporating their ex-
pense money. While carrying on this
special investigation | was able to
gather around me all the gang. From
them selected the one man who,
thought, could give me the evidence.
This fellow, John Rudd by name,
never knew until the day that he was
called into the grand jury room that
he had been aiding in the apprehen-
sion of the incendiaries.
Suspected lnformer Killed.
when all was ready l went before
the grand jury and explained the case.
The insurance agents told their losses
and then we called in Rudd and ex-
planned to him his part in the case.
After indictments had been brought
in there was a terrible uproar. Some
member of the grand jury told the
gang that a man by the name of
Burns had come before them and told
the whole story. No one knew Burns.
l had been going under the name of
Williams, but the following night one
of the gang was suspected by his
fellows Of being Burns and was shot
dead in a saloon. They never knew
until the first day of the trial who
was.
Marshal Mcdonald was trying the
case. / was sitting beside him. When
Rudd was on the stand he was asked,
on cross-examination to whom he had
first told the story.
"'To man who called himself Will
liams.' he replied.
"Do you know his true name?
81 understand now that 1t is
Burns
ooh, this mysterious Mr.. Burns!
How long is it since you saw him
last?'
"Just now
is he here now?
Eyes
In this room?'
He is sitting beside you, was the
answer.
This was the first that Jim French
and the rest Of the gang knew of
the part had taken in the inyesti.
CATION"
AS Burns sat at his desk telling
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
WHO TRAPPED
FRISCO BOODLERS
HAS FINE RECORD
CALLED KING OF DETECTIVES

William j. Burns, Most Clever of the Secret Service
Agents Employed by Uncle Sam, Has Earned Proud
Title by His Many Successes in Running Down Often
ders Against the Law-His Methods Are Shrevd, D
rect and Straight ForUard and He Has Yet to Record
Failure in Any Case in Which He Has Been Employed
Land Grabbers, Boodlers Counterfeiters All One
to Him.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06
Aunt Bridaet's Cake.

One cup of molasses. one cup of
sugar, three eggs, one cupful Of but
ter, three scant cups of -four. a little
baking soda and the same Of cinna-
mon, mix and bake in quick Nyen.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

The incest way to mend a broken
corset or dress stay is to bind the
top of the stay or where it is broken
with small piece of chamois skin,
The end of the stay it will be found.
will not pierce through the chamois
as 1t frequently does through cloth.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-06-06

VOLT A. .n,,t,,,. 49, .,aua,,t
d,s..risad T., faIso ,.,,,a 49,, 80 go
inc, 1,1,,a eau,,,a, '.,i-. 49,, - A..
o,,isa avoort' ,i,o,,,.a ~ a,othas nj
7 c,, tal,a ~ - e., ~, IA Ia
Won +.Ily viz, ~. *. h,,ao III, .,
fo.n,crrov and ~ w., IL i,i,,, and
Won World not haI,ovo h,n, tha came
mon tTaro a., g., 1..a,,a,,,aa a,,e,.,,
one knows meat least all the graft
els uoZso II would De useless 10
ui'e
burns methods an tnroush the
t rue. case nave peeh surprlsinsly open.
When ne started out TO capture Huel
alter ms friends, the sheriH ana tne
coroner had been pretending 10
search LOT MIN In vain Tor week.
Durhs assembled ms posse IN nan
uoleii au.onlooiies IN front Oh tieney
once with huets lawyers oinces pue
MAJ. d ploch away ne hau ten men
Win nim' put the open way WIN
winch ne went ABOUT the 9on maue
tne attorneys Tor the CRATER tnlnk IL
niust oe a., fuse' anu no snort wac
n n4e' ~ ,oiiow 'ne par'y' lhey weil'
s , " .ne resort az .ne lloIa
o oe - .n9 ou'sA,r's u osn n iai,u,s
~, , 49, D n Anew Snat nuei wa '.'
, 80 u,e' - ins nau me iious SUI gu.
49,, snen ne waiAeu ~ anu s ~
pise i'uel q, uinnei ne nau ne
thrao hoMrs . 49,
Surprising a Bribe-Taker.
OF his present work Burns himself
SAYS: "This San Francisco case is one
of the most interesting have ever
had OF course municipal graft cases
are all somewhat alike You know
who the men are who have got official
favors. The first thing to do is to
single out the official who Won think
will accent n brine and then get
at him by inducing him TO accent what
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
STOP THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
WcakcnS the Tissues and Lessons Or.
ganic Vitality.

*The stress and strain of the stren-
uous life in both city and country
tends towards stomach troubles.
Five people suffer today where one
did ten years ago with sick headache,
dizziness, ilatulcncc, distress after eat
ing, specks before the eyes, blOating,
nervousness, sleeplessncss and many
other symptoms of Indigestion.
All who are suffering with stomach
troubles, and that means at least two
out of three i'm Sumter and other
towns, should use Mi-o-na stomach
tablets. Nothing else is as safe. yet
effective; nothing else can be 50 thor
oughly relied upon to relieve all
troubles from indigestion as Mi-o-na.
1t is not mere digestive taken ar
ter the food is eaten, but rue tonic,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
SOME OF THE FEATURE ACTS.
Gentry Bros Shows Will Give Many
Marvellous Acts on Next Saturday.

Here are some Of the feature acts
of Gentry Brothers Famous Shows,
which give two performances in Sum-
ter next Saturday:
The pony bell-ringing speciality.
The high diving dog.
The comical clown CANNES.
Marcel and Lennet, Austrian aero
batic artists.
The flying Zereldas, daring trapese
performers.
The Imperial troupe of Japanese
tumblers.
The mystifying, Juggling Normans.
The walking elephants.
The monkey theater.
The monkey barber shop.
The Monkey Fire Brigade in action.
The Simian bareback rider.
Perkins. the hog comedian. in Il RI
diculouSly humorous sketch.
The three gymnastic sheep.
The wonderful Snydor family of
Royal Russian poodles.
The barrel rolling terriers.
The marvellous jumping grey
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
ton; Mr.. Haynsworth, Of Sumter,

second on oat production, and we can
name several who have obtained
larger returns of lint per hundred
pounds of seed cotton than this Texas
cotton breeder claims. 1t may be,
however, that the Texas Gotten is
something extraordinary and needs
only to be planted in Surn."r County
to produce all lint.
South Carolina history seems des-
tined tn cut a considerable figure in
the senatorial campaign. Col. John ].
Dargan is the auhOr Of a school his
tory Of the state while Mr.. Charles
Carroll Simmss father wrote a his
tory OF South Carolina. Voters should
read up on history during the long
winter evenings or they will not know
what the candidates are talking about.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25

stimulant and strengthened for the
muscular walls of the stomach, in
creasing the flow of digestive fluids
and putting the stomach into such
expects of it.
SO reliable is Mi-o-na in its curative
action that j. F. w. DeLopme. witH
every 50-cent box he sells gil-~
guarantee to refund the money uniySS
the remedy does all that is elaine Tor
it. 9-25&2 tIW
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25

the utmost and EXTREMIST limit to help
the farmers to hold.
Twenty dollars bale. or even ten
dollars. on thirteen million bale
crop Is too great sum to be given up
to the freebooters. without having
first exhausted every possible resource
and used every expedient. no matter
how desperate, to retain in our own
hands what Is rightfully ours.
Cotton Is worth fifteen cents this
year, and at that price the Southern
farmer could pay his debts and have.
something left-not a great deal, it is
true, but freedom from debt and a
little money spells prosperity in this
section. Cotton at eleven or ten cents
means the same old long drawn-out.
heart breaking struggle to make ends
| meet. Cotton at nine or eight cents
Of privation for thousands Of debt.
burdened cotton farmers. And 1t
must be borne in mind that the same
methods and the same forces that
have been potent to force down the
price from i3 1-2 to ii IA cents
within two weeks can send 1t on down
to eight or seven or six, II the farmer
lis weak enough and fool enough to
submit to the price being fixed by the
buyer. =
Cotton Is worth fifteen cents today,
but the farmer will not receive that
price today or ever. unless he refuses
to sell fortress.
Cotton IS worth fifteen cents-we
all know that-but the crucial point
is. what Is the farmer going to do
about H.? What is the merchant,
whom he owes. going to do to help
the farmsrsto do about It? Will the
rnercha1fRse ePd bankers Of the South.
whose NtnA. is indissolubly linked
with that of;the cotton grower. help
their friend and neighbor and Gus
toner. the cotton grower. or will they
stand Idly looking on while the hold
up and robbery is consummated? :
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
Millinery Opening.

Ladies. you are cordially invited tn
attend my up-to-datc Fall Millinery
Opening. Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day. Sd, 4th and 9Th of October, 1907
Upstairs over the Sumter Clothing CO.,
South Main street. Yours to please,
9-25-2t' Miss :. a. MURRAY.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
TNENTY CENTS COTTON.
\ Bale Sold Here Yesterday for One
Hundred and Three Dollars.

Sunhower variety of long staple cot
ton, sold n bale yesterday afternoon
for SOB The bale weighed SIS
pounds and he received 20 cents
pound for i
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
Local Cotton Market.

Receipts today estimated at 16O
bales. Middlng 11.30@11 3-S. The
receipts for the past week were about
1900 bales.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
| hounds.

MOUNDS.
The kicking mule.
The drill Of nations by $50 ponies.
The elephant orchestra.
Toy, the smallest horse, and Dan,
the largest dog, in a unique act.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25

The Hague. Peace Congress, having
adopted few amendments to the in
ternational war code. Is READY to ad-
journ.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25

The comments Of the Southern Re
porter on the Baptist Negro Colley,
affair Is illuminating. coming as i
does from a negro paper. whose editor
is presumably well acquainted will
the matter he discusses and the mer
he criticises.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
UP FOR PEOPLES ACADEMY
hree Team. Tied for second Place In
school League.

Montpelier. April La. A. Hamil
IN of Montpelier Seminary. II. II.
shcr Of Peoples Academy. Morris
he, Harold Jones Of the Montpelier
gh school and II. w. Heath Of God
I'd Seminary. Barre, met Saturday
|ternoon IN the parlors OF tho Young
ems Christian association to close up
alters pertaining to the management
the Interscholastic Basket Ball
'ague Of northern Vermont, The re-
,rts Of the secretary and treasurer
PRE- read and adopted and II was
panimously voted to continue the
hRue next season.
1T was voted to purchase n s2+ gold
| ed. silver loving cup, have II suit
Ny inscribed and present II 10 the
(lm from Peoples Academy that won
b. games and lost mono during the
|st season. Teams from Montpelier
|gh school, Burlington high school ana
Johnsbury Academy were tied for
|cond place. each having won and
r. five games. IT being too late in
/ season to play Off these ties IL was
! tied 10 let the record stand as Il is.
|1oddard Seminary won four games
II lost ak during the season and
Intpelier Seminary won one and lost
h.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
BRAKEMAN s LONG JUMP
Thirey-fvr Feet into Chnsm Done by
Arnold Woodbury..

Brattleboro. April 16.--Anold Wood
bury. a freight brakeman, was perhaps
fatally injured at the West River bridge
last night at about $50 by miss-step
Woodbury. was the head brakeman OF
Boston & Maine extra freish. train which
pulled out here with orders to 70 north
as far as Dummerston and there side
track 10 let the passenger train go past.
Tho engineer had but Is minutes to make
the distance and after starting realized
that the lead was too heavy TO allow
him to get there in time and so decided
to come back to tho local station and
sidetrAck there. Woodbury. was ordered
out to flag the passenger train and the
freight started back ward
Woodbury. was a new man on the road
and thought that as soon as he was out
from tho iron work OF the bridge that
he was clear Of the chasm. forgetting tho
trestle He jumped from tho cahoose
with his lantern and shot n distance Of
81 feet, landing at the edge Of the river.
'Trainmen picked him up unconscious.
placed him in the caboose and brought
him to the Memorial hospital here Up
on examination there It was found that
hc had three broken rios, an injured
spine and internal injuries. His condi-
ton Is critical.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
LET ELECTRICs ALONE. l."
Barre stone Cuttcrs VIII Try to Eek
tend Boycott Of Road.

Barre April 1b.-A largely attended
meeting OF tho stone cutters was held this
evening in Miles hall to discuss existing
difficulties between tho labor unions OF
the city and the Barre & Montpelier
electric railroad caused by tho with
drawal OF haffare, or workingnen's
tickets on the electric cars. The meet
ing tonight was secret but it is learned
II was voted unanimously to uphold the
action Of the mass labor meeting held in
this city short time ago at which it was
voted to "lct tho electric railroad entire
ly alone"
Committee were appointed tonight to
confer with the Merchants association
and the Granite Manufacturers associa-
ton to eudcavor to secure the corpora
ton Of those bodies In refusal to
patronize tho electrics between the two
cities Several speeches were made to-
night IN which the management Of the
electric road was handled without gloves
but nothing lke violent measures were
suggested against either the officers, en-
ploycs or equipment