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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
ON INSPECTING GUNS.
USELESS TO DO 1T BY ARTIFICIAL
LIGHT. II W
THE CARE OF ARMY PROPERTY.
Uniforms and Cartridges Found by One
Company, In Possession of
Civilians.

San Antonio, Tex: The Penrose
court martial progressed with usual
dispatch, five witnesses being disposed
of. All were connected with the army
in some way.
The defense won its point as to
transportation being furnished in adj
vance to discharged soldiers who are
in Washington and who have been
summoned as witnesses for the de-
fenses In reply to the kilograms sent
Wednesday night the Quartermaster
General wired that the transportation
would be furnished.
The defense scored by the introduce
tion of testimony which tended to
show that it would have been useless
TO have inspected the guns of the ne
gro soldiers by artificial light imme
diately after the shooting, as suck In
spection would not show that the guns
had been fired To show this, the de-
5 tense called Capt. Preston and Capt
Dichmann, who it developed had con
Quoted a series of experiments with
rifles. While no statements to that
effect were made the inference was left
suggestion of the defense and it was
stated that Capt Murphy, assistant
counsel for the defense, was present.
The defense brought out some facts by
one witness, Otis c. West, a private
in the Twenty-Sixth Infantry, which
tended to show that army property is
mot always accurately accounted for.
The Witness testified that when the
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
ALABAMA UxORCIDE.
Her Jaw Broken and Head Badly
Bruised.

H'ic' SdW LoIONCtla anu I1Cdu DdQly
Bruised.
Dothan, Ala: Frank Fowler, a saw
mill owner living a short distance
south of here, was arrested Tuesday
charged with numbering his wife last
Monday night Later Maj. Adkins,
who lived with the family, was also
placed under arrest as an accom-
plice to the deed. The head of the
dead woman was badly bruised, her
jaw broken and numerous bruises on
the body.
The coroner's jury returned a YER
dict that the woman came to her
death at the hands of her husband
She is said to have carried consider,
able life insurance
Fowler claims that, returning home
late Monday night he found his wife
very Ill and gave her a dose of medl-
cine before retiring. About o'clock
Fowler says he awoke and found his
wife dead A young daughter of
Fowler states that Fowler killed her
mother and threatened her life If she
told Fowler was prominent citi.
zen and great excitement prevails.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
IRON WILL NEGOTIATE.
WIN Treat With the Treasury Depart,
ment for Lease.

New Orleans. La: President G. II.
frion Of the State Board of Health
Monday received letter from Gov.
ernor Blanchard granting him full
power to conduct negotiations with
the Treasury Department for the
lease OF the Mississippi river quaran.
tine station. and to effect some sat
isfactory arrangement with the FEEDER
al authorities as to the conduct Of
maritime quarantine. DR.. Irlon, and
Secretary lngraham have left for
Washington.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
senator's VIE sklIIfuI Harplst,

When Mrs. w. A. Clarke, wife of the
Montana senator, entertains in their
Massachusetts avenue home Mrs.
Clark gives her guests a genuine treat
in harp recital. She is cultured
musician, especially slillful on the
harp. 20 atNAbAN
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
cRocKErrs PICTURE DRAPgp.
Fall Of the Alamo Was Observed in
the Capitol.

the Capitol.
Austin, Tex; The anniversary of the
Fall of the Alamo was noted here Wed,
nesday by the draping Of Dayy Crock
ett's picture, which hangs in the main
corridor of the State House, just out
side the entrance to the executive of.
flee, in black and white and the Tex
as colors, and also by a patriotic adj
dress delivered in the Senate chamber
at night by Judge Norman G. Kit
trell, who spoke especially upon the
proposition that the State should pur-
chase McArd.e's paintings, 1The Dawn
of the Alamo,' and "The Battle Of
San Jacinto.p
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle, except
green and purple. lOc per package.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

No cord or cable can draw so
forcibly or bind so fast as love can
do with a single thread Burton.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

IN q PIhch, Use HLLEN'o FOV TrENSE.
A powder 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, 25c, Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad-
dress A. s. olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

When doctors disagree it is well fol
the patient to get up and see If any.
thing really ails him.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

Especially worthy Of notice Is Garfield
Tea, Natures remedy for constipation,
sick-headache, liver and kidney derange-
ments. 1t is made wholly Of Herbs.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

Fault finding eventually results in
disposition toward self1shness.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

1t is hard to form a correct opinion
of others on what is said about them.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethlng softens the gums reduces In
nammaton, allays pair, cures wind collie. 25cabotte.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
INever Had Pioture Taken.

Judge Charles T. Woodland, lately
appointed to the Maine supreme
court. never had picture taken.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

Never judge any mans worth by
his size. A silver dollar is much lar
ger than $40 gold piece.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

All thy virtue dictates. dare to do.
Mason.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14

Be fit for more than you are now
doing.-Garfeld
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
2FUL REMEDY DISCOVERED

SCROFL The qagi healer sure sroia old sores ucs piss
CARL scRoFuINE
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
The Indian Population.

1t has never been definitely deter
mined just what was the greatest
number of Indians in America when
they were unmolested and at the
height of their power in this country.
Some authorities claim that the num-
Der could not have exceeded 1,000,-
900, others assert that it could not
have been more than 100000, and
still others contend that there were
never more than 100000. At the
present time there are about 2S4, 900
members of the red race in the
United States.
There are Indians in eighteen
States and three Territories, exclu-
sive of the Indian Territory. Nearly
all the tribes are west of the Missis-
sippi, in fact, most of them are be-
You'd the Missouri. There are 1876
reservations in all. In the north
western part of New York there are
about 5000 descendants of the great
warrior tribes living on eight reser-
vations.
To-day there are 159, 900 Indians
who wear citizens dress in whole or
in part, and 10000 who can read and
speak English. There are $4,000 In
dian families now living in comfort
able modern dwellings. The Indians
make quite strong religious show
ing. They have 800 church build
ings and total membership of about
10000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Care Of baggage in England.

$50 you are going abroad, eh?'
said railroad man. "Well, watch
your luggage over there. The system
is abominable.
They don't, you know, have oui
simple and satisfactory check system
In England, for instance, no one is
responsible for your luggage but
yourself. You get a porter to put it
in the baggage car, and when you
reach your destination you pick it
out with another porter's help, put it
Gu cab and drive off. Any one could
steal it. Often luggage thefts occur
Il often wondered why the English
railroads, which in many respects are
so good, didn't adopt our American
check system. Last year, asking an
English railroad man, I found out
If the English roads adopted the
check system they would be respon-
sible for luggage, as our roads are.
The English law does not make them
responsible. Therefore, of course,
they do nothing that will lay such a
responsibility upon them. But they
acknowledge that our luggage system
is fine, while theirs is execrable. And
they have a registering system-a
mere begging of the question-for
which you have to pay extra. Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
ROMANTIC DEVONSHIRE
The Land Made Famous by PhIpotts'
Novels.

Philpotts has made us familiar
with romantic Devonshire, in his fas-
cinating novels, "The River" "Chil-
dren of the Mist" etc. The charac-
ters are very human; the people there
drink coffee with the same results as
elsewhere. A writer at Rock House,
Orchard Hill, Bideford, North Devon,
states:
For 80 years I drank coffee for
breakfast and dinner but some 5
years ago l found that it was produc-
ing indigestion and heartburn, and
was making me restless at night
These symptoms were followed by
brain flag and sluggish mental con-
dition.
when I realized this, / made up
my mind that to quit drinking coffee
and having read of Postum, con-
cluded to try it. l had it carefully
made, according to directions, and
found to my agreeable surprise at the
end of week, that I no longer suf-
fered from either Indigestion, heart
burn, or brain flag, and that could
drink 1t at night and secure restful
and refreshing sleep.
"Since that time we have entirely
discontinued the use of the old kind
OF coffee, growing fonder and fonder
of Postum as time goes on. My di-
gestive organs certainly do their work
much better now than before, a re-
suit due to Postum Food Coffee, l am
satisfied
"As table beverage we find (for
all the members of my family use it,
that when properly made it is most
refreshing and agreeable, of delicious
favour and aroma. Vigilance is,
however, necessary to secure this, for
unless the servants are watched they
are likely to neglect the thorough
boiling which it must have in ordes
to extract the goodness from the
cereal" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville.'' ir
pkgs. There's a reason"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Time Table Humor.

Up to the present time there has
been somewhat straitlaced avoid
ance of humor in the time tables and
official announcements of railway
companies which has earned for those
compilations certain reputation for
dulness. Something in one of the
London and Northwestern Railways
notices gives us reason to hope that
this tradition is breaking down. 1t
tells us that in future only one motor
bus will run between Harrow and
Watford. The times of departure
and arrival of this lonely and friend
less thing are given, followed by this
strange saying: 1.-THE company gives
notice that the motor buses shall not
start or arrive at the times specified
in the bills. London Daily News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
In Torrents With Terrible Sores on
Face and Body-Tore at Flesh
-Cured by Cuticura.

My little son, when about year and
half old, began to have sores come out
on his face. They began to come on his
arms, then on other parts Of his body, and
then one came on his chest, worse than
the others. Still he grew worse At the
end of about year and half of suffering
he grew so bad l had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from scratch
ing the sores and tearing the flesh. He got
to be a mere skeleton and was hardly able
to walk | sent to the drug store and got
a cake of Cuticura Soap and box of Cuti-
cura Ointment, and at the end Of about
two months the sores were all well. He
has never had any sores of any kind since,
and ] can sincerely say that only for
the Cuticura Remedies my precious child
would have died from those terrible sores.
/ used only one cake of Soap and about
three boxes of Ointment Mrs. Egbert
Sheldon, r. F. d., Mol, Woodville, Conn,
April %, 1905"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Engineering Feats of the Ancients


There is not an engineer in the
world who will not admit that the
marvellous accomplishments of the
ancient Egyptians in building the
pyramids is unparalleled by any mod
ern engineering achievements.
The pyramids of Gizeh, erected
more than 5000 years ago, stand as
the monuments of departed race.
These vast silent hulks of masonry
are objects of wonder and envy to
the modern engineer. They are per-
feet in masonry, and some of them
contain blocks of stone weighing
from 800 to 500 tons. The most re-
markable thing about the construc-
ton of these pyramids is that the
stone of which they are built must
have been brought hundreds of miles
across deserts and over mountains.
Even with all the appliances of
this age, it would have been we'll
nigh impossible feat to transport this
material over the same routes the
Egyptians brought it with no i'm
provements whatever. There seems
every reason to believe that these an
cient children of the Nile carried the
immense blocks of granite by hand
or horse power.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Cats.

A cat may purr and purr, and be a
villain. Once let the cuisine fall be-
low the proper mark, and off goes the
unerateful (but shrewdly) animal to
stop with friends who will look after
him better. That is the keynote of
the feline, character, shrewdness. 1t
is the human traits in their charac-
tiers which make men call cats selfish.
The motto of the cat is Business is
business" If man takes this as his
motto, and acts up to it, we call him
a successful man, and we allow him
10 write absurd essays on Hints to
Young Lads" and so on, in our pa
pers. But we do not honor the cat.
London Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16

A poor girl noted for her prudence
and practicability has lately been
bordering the problem of whether to
buy an umbrella, which she needs
very much, but doesn't at all want,
or an Angora kitten, which she
doesn't exactly need, but wants so
much that it keeps her awake nights.
The other day she settled it to her
own satisfaction by deciding on the
kitten, which she thinks is ever so
much more practical than an UNI
brella, because you can only use an
umbrella when it is raining, but a
kitten you have with you always. Be-
sides, you can borrow an umbrella,
but nobody would lend an Angora.-
Topeka State Journal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
STANDARD OIL FOUND
GUILTY OF REBATING
Could Be Fined $29,26O,0OO
Under Chicago Jury's Verdict.
ONLY ONE BALLOT WAS TAKEN
Judge Landis Charged That Company
Was Supposed to Know Rates
Strong Precedent Made-Other
Cases Can Now Be Pressed.

Chicago a verdict of guilty
brought in by a Federal jury in
Judge K. M. Lands court the Stand
ard Oil Company is liable to fines ag-
gregating S29,260,00O The verdict
was found in the rebating case which
has been on trial for six weeks, and
the company was found guilty on
1863 separate counts in the indict-
ment, each of which calls for a fno
of from $1,000 to $4,000 under the
Elkins law Only one ballot was re-
CURED to find the verdict.
This is the first time the Standard
Oil Company has been found guilty
on rebate charge, although it has
often been accused of taking rebates
to stifie competition. The victory of
the Government is even greater than
appears at first. Upon the plan of
this prosecution will be based the
trials of the many other cases against
the oil trust already started in Illi-
nois, Tennessee, Louisiana, Ohio and
New York
Judge Lands gave the case to the
jury at o'clock p. M, after summing
up ny COuuS6l. OTSdL IuISISSL CSu-
tired in his charge because of it's bear
ing on the defense put in by the
Standard Oil attorneys. The prose-
cution was based on the acceptance
by the company from the Chicago &
Alton Railroad of a rate of six cents
per 100 pounds on oil shipments from
Whiting, Ind, to St. Louis, when the
regular rate was eighteen cents.
The defense sought to prove that
the company was unaware of the fact
that the six-cent rate had not been
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission as provided by the Ell
kins law. Evidence was offered by
the Government to show that it was
the duty of the company's officials
to know whether the rate was in
the hands of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
District Attorney Sims, who has
the honor of gaining the conviction,
stepped over to shake hands with
the jurymen.
Assistant District Attorneys Will
kerson and Parkin joined their chief.
1t was Mr.. Wilkerson who bore the
brunt of the fight in the trial, as it
was Mr.. Parkin who gathered much
of the data.
The prosecution is one of those
growing out of the Garfield report,
submitted to President Roosevelt last
May. The report showed in detail
the various methods employed by
Standard Oil to stamp out competi-
ton, and one of the chief ones proved
to be secret rates enjoyed on practi-
cally every big railroad of the coun
try. The big refinery of the company
is located at Whiting, and from it the
company has supplied the oil trade
throughout the Central States.
Even at the minimum fine fixed by
law the amount to be assessed against
the company under the verdict would
be $1,463,000. Before the exact
amount is determined motion in
arrest of judgment will be presented
and argued by the attorneys for the
defense 1t is their contention that
only one offense was committed, and
the maximum fine cannot be placed
at more than 100000. In the motion
to quash made before the trial Judge
Lands indicated an adverse ruling on
this point
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Childhood,s Worst Terror.

An examination of 1900 children
recently made in the west of America
shows tina. thunder storms are by far
the worst terror of childhood. After
ward, in the order set down, come
snakes, strangers, darkness, fire,
death, disease, wild animals, police
men, water, insects and ghosts. In
the fear of rats and mice girls ex-
coed boys in the ratio of seventy-five
to sixteen. In boys fear begins to
diminish after the fifteenth year, in
girls after the eighteenth Dundee
Advertiser.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Surgery For Trees.

One of the curiosities of modern
forestry is the care of beautiful old
shade trees. The amputation of dis
eased or dead limbs is as carefully
performed to prevent further decay
from the elements as in surgical OPP
erations on human beings. Decay
ing cavities are cleaned and filed
with a preserving cement, as is done
by the modern dentist. And the
latest advance is to build tin roof
along the upper surface of wide
spreading branches where little hol-
lows might hold dampness and pro-
mote decay. Some handsome pat
riarchs we'll deserve it.-Boston Her
aid.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

calapplicationsa as theycannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. THERE'S only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness iscaused byar
inflamed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubeis in
famed you have a rumbling sound or innper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the intiam
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
bedestroyed forever. Nine cases out of ter
are caused bycatarrh, which isnothingbutar
in1amed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case ofDeafness Caused bycatarrh) that can
not be curedby Halls Catarrh Cure Send fo1
circulars free. F.J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, 0,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for consultation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Lightning Rod Inventor bend.

David Munson, one of the Oldest
business men of this city, is dead
the result of an accidental fall re-
ceived nSar Curtisville, Upton Coun-
ty, this State
A number of men under his direc-
ton were engaged in putting light
ming rods on large barn. Mr.. Mum
son had started to go up ladder.
When about twelve feet from the
ground he was seized with a vertigo
and fell. He died from the shock
yesterday.
About 1850 he invented 1Munson' s
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
WOMAN KILLED AT TELEPHONE.
Cuff Button Closes Circuit Between
Telephone and Electric Currents.

Marlboro, Mass. Miss Anna
Greenwood, aged twenty-nine, was
killed by electricity while using the
telephone at her home An exam
ination showed a slight burn on the
wrist, indicating that a cuff button
had touched the switch as she turned
on the light, the current passing
through her body into the telephone
instrument which she was touching
with her other hand
After dinner Miss Greenwood left
the table laughing at remark made
by her father and stepped from the
dining room to the telephone to call
a friend. There is an electric light
directly over the telephone and she
reached to turn it on as she started
to ring for central.
Instantly all the lights in the house
were extinguished and Mr.. Green
wood heard his daughter fall. He
hurried to her, but she was dead.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Flax in South Dakota.

1t is estimated by careful observ-
ers that $1,000 acres Of. new prairie
will be broken tributary to this town
and sowed to fax. The question of
the scarcity of labor may reduce the
acreage some. There will be only a
little more wheat sown than last
year. There will be little macaroni
wheat sown. 1t yielded only two or
three bushels more last year than the
common wheat, and the price was so
much less than the common variety
that it did not pay.-Miller Core
spondence St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
Recluse,s Library in a cave.

"The DEVILS Grotto, IA cave near
Beauvoir en- Royans, has been held
in superstitious awe by the residents
in the neighborhood, who lately have
been frightened by reports of mystic.
rious lights seen in the cave after
nightfall.
A magistrate and several police
men visited the cave, and on pene-
trating to the interior found a man
with long matted hair and beard,
who said his name was Andre Faure.
The cave contained an electric gener-
ator, and was brilliantly Illuminated.
Faure was fitting up shelves to ac-
commodate some thousands of vol
umes which were stacked in the cave.
London Evening Standard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
The Field OF Labor.

Journeymen tailors at Palo Alto,
CAL, have organized.
Practically every telegraph opera.
tor in Los Angeles, Cal, is union
man.
Three hundred longshoremen al
Norfolk, Va, struck for increased
wages.
OF grand total of 1852, 314 union
workers in Europe only $4,000 are
women.
Carpenters of Stockton, Cal, have
notified the contractors that they
want $3.50 day. The date fixed for
the raise to take effect is June l..