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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05

has made him a man OF practical
mind and alert powers of observation.
When the opportunity came he in
augurated program of travel which
sent him to many of the out OF the
way places of the world and gave him
an intimate knowledge of affairs pos.
sessed by few men even in these days
of globe trotting.
Mr.. Crane has set foot in nearly
every country on the globe, has pene-
trated to out-of-the-way hooks and cor.
vans of his own to explore unfre-
quented lands, and is as much at
home in Russia or China as he is on
his home street in Chicago. He is
linguist of considerable attainments,
Is connoisseur in paintings. collec-
tor of old and rare books and, what
is more, reader of the same. He is
prominent as a civic enthusiast and
for years has been powerful factor
in movements for the advancement OF
Chicago commercially, physically and
morally.
During his travels Mr.. Crane spent
much time in China, his business in.
terests- taking him into every prov.
ince. He came into close contact with
all classes of Mongolians. In his
home is large collection of curios of
his many visits to China.
In all his knocking about the globe,
Mr.. Crane was absorbing languages
In his library in his Michigan avenue
home are books written in a dozen
different languages. They are not
sorted according to catalogues as
less scholarly owner would sort them,
but instead are grouped under sub
ject heads. Friends of Mr.. Crane say
that when he wants to look up a ref
erence on a topic he goes to his
shelves and takes down books In sew.
eral different languages and reads
them without the aid of lexicon. He
is said to read ~ languages and to
speak with ease and fiuency six or
eight.
Five years ago Mr.. Crane added
$4,000 of his personal fortune to "The
Young Empress Fund for Russian
soldiers and sailors.
Mrs. Crane was Miss Cornelia w.
Smith. whose girihood home was Pat
erson, N. j.. where she became the
bride of Mr.. Crane 2S years ago. Like
her husband, her interests are in the
more substantial things of life Her
name does not appear in the member
ship lists OF any Chicago club. The
family has beautiful summer home
at Lake Geneva, Wis, and another at
Woods Hole, Mass.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05
STATE AND DOMESTIC.


Central Mexico from the Atlantic to
north to Daxaca on the south, dis
trlct covering more than 1000 square
miles, was shaken at an early hour
Friday morning by series Of the Sc
verest earthquakes that have been felt
for the past quarter of century. Re
turns from the shocks are as yet in
complete, but the official figures show
that fourteen were killed outright
while more than a score were marital
ly injured The towns of Acapulco
and Chilpancingo, in the state of Guer-
zero. have been partially destroyed.
The legislative investigating commit
tee of Texas has completed It's visits
to the convict farms and adjourned
Friday to meet in October.
Before crowd OF record-breaking
proportions Lewis strang. driving a
S0-horsepower Butch machine. broke
the worlds record for one mile on a
three-quarter track In Waco, Texas,
Friday. Greatrinterest was manifested
in the performances Of Strang mas
much as he was the winner of the Sa-
vannah. Bryan Cliff and Lowell road
races.
Onezlme Thomas and Emile Antoine,
negroes. w..e were brought to jail at
Opciousas3 La. by two deputy sheriffs,
were taken from the officers Friday
night and shot to death near Grand
Prairie. Thomas shot and seriously
wounded a farmer of Grand Prairie
about two months ago. 1t is claimed
that his act was utterly without PROV
ocation
AS climax to the big firemens
tournament and birthday celebration
held in Yoalxum Thursday, one Of the
most disastrous fires in the history Of
the city broke out, entaiIlng loss OF
$4,000.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05
Minister TO CHINA
Charles R. Crane Educated
Without Aid Of College.
Has Visited Nearly Every Country on
the Globe and is Master Of Sew
eral Languages-WelI 40
quainted with Orient.

Chicago.--Charles r. Crane. newly
appointed minister from the United
States to China, is rare type of citi-
zen in that he was born to wealth and
yet may be classed in the roll of self.
made men. He was reared with the
Idea that a college education Is not
essential to the life success of man
who has brain of his own and uses
1t. His schooling ended when he had
done with the public school. What he
has gathered of learning since then
has been from books and from the
world and its people as they have ap-
peared to him in extensive travel.
Richard t. Crane, sr., father Of
Charles r. Crane, is vigorously OPP
posed to modern methods of education
as carried on in the great universities
and many of the public schools. He
does not believe these institutions Mt
man properly for the battle of life.
and says they are too theoretical and
not sufficiently practical He went so
far as to declare 1t would be a good
thing for one of the states II its state
university buildings were blown up.
Whether Charles r. Crane shared
the educational views of his father,
1t Is fact that, instead of spending
four years In college and winning q
degree. he jumped at once from his
boyhood schooling into the workshop
and started the business career which
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05
FIVE SQUARE MILES BURNED
10000 BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN
OSAKA, JAPAN.
Among Them the largest Buddhist
Temple In the World---lnsuranc
Companies Face Failure.

Osaka, japan. Osaka was visited by
most disastrous fire late Saturday
and thousands made homeless, and
starvation is staring them in the face
A system Of relief has been organ.
lied by the municipal authorities, but
It is inadequate to supply all needs
Outside cities and towns are gener-
ously sending in contributions to be
used in alleviating the sufferings OF
the homeless and destitute
The number of casualties has not
yet been determined, but hundreds of
injured persons are crowding the hos
pitfalls.
The latest estimates are that 10000
buildings were destroyed, these includ-
ing banks, the Stock Exchange, the
museum, government edifices and fac
tories. While at present 1t is impos-
sible accurately to state the losses,
these are given roughly at several mil
lion yen. 1t is feared that some of the
insurance companies will fail as re-
suit of the heavy losses they will have
to pay.
The connagration lasted more than
twenty-five hours, and Sunday the
burned section represents a deplorable
sight. The streets of the city are very
narrow and the houses were mostly
of wood construction. Under strong
breeze the buildings were easy prey
for the flames. which jumped from one
to another with great rapidly. The
firemen fought valiantly against the
odds OF lack of water and high wind,
and many OF them fell unconscious
while working brayely at their posts.
Had not the water supply been cur
tailed by the existing drouth 1t is be-
lieyed, the fire would have been
quenched without great damage.
During the fire the greatest confu-
sion prevailed among the spinning
girls in the factory quarter, but FORUM
ately no serious loss of life occurred
there.
The belongings OF the people who
were able to save anything from their
burning homes are piled in great heaps
along the railroad tracks from Osaka
to Kobe. where uley were removed
Saturday when the IRE broke out In
1.-THE gray Of the GAVIN on Sunday
tnousants Or pe. lleavils bslrdeuad
with household effects were 70 be seen
fleeing across the numerous canal
bridges and away from the fire zone.
Many had reached places OF safety,
where their burdens were laid down
and the able-bodied men of the fami-
lies returned to the city to aid in fight
ing the flames, leaving the old people
to guard their effects from thieves. All
day Saturday and far into the night
the male population assisted the fire.
men inquenching the contiagration.
An area of over FIVE miles square, con.
tanning some of the city's handsomest
structures, including the Buddhist
Temple, the largest in the world, was
entirely burned over. The Stock Elk
change, which was one of the most i'm
portant in that country, was destroyed
This loss. it is believed, win tend con
sideraDly to dislocate the business OF
oska, which, with its manufacturing
concerns, is one of the chief CONNER
cial cities of Japan.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05
phyelclan,a Mean rrlek.

A doctor was one day stopped in the
street by one of his woman patients
whose malady was purely imaginary.
The doctor, who was known for his
intolerance of and nonsympathy with
such invalids, after listening some
what impatiently to the woman's de-
tailed account of all her feelings and
symptoms, told her to shut her eyes
and put out her tongue. She prompt
ly did so. On opening her eyes in
few seconds the doctor was nowhere
to be seen, and the woman awoke to
the fact that. he had left her standing
by herself in busy thoroughfare with
her eyes shut and her tongue hanging
out.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05
Younn Woman Assaulted.

McGregor, Tex-A young white wo-
man was attacked and outraged Sun
day morning while in the garden ad-
Joining her parents home, seven miles
from McGregor Three negroes have
been arrested and taken to jail to
await the recovery of the young wo'
men so she may identify the guilty
one. The whole country is in a tur'
MOL OF excitement because OF the out
rage,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05
SHORT NEWS MENTION
OF HOME AND ABROAD OF LITER.
EST TO EVERYBODY.
EPITOME OF LATE DOINGS
OF the Entire Week Of Most Interest.
Ing Reading Of Importance
Of Today.
WASHINGTON.


The tariff bill, as finally licked into
shape by the conferees and laid before
the house Friday, re-enacts the Din
gley rates on rs per cent of the i'm
ports and lowers the Dlngley rates on
but II per cent. The bill which the
conferees have reported and which the
house will adopt is composed of AZ per
cent Of the highest rates contained in.
the Payne and the Aldrich bills, 80
per cent of the lowest rates in the two
bills and 10 per cent of compromises
between the highest and lowest rates
In the bills.
President Taft will cut his South
ern trip at Houston, Texas to make
the trip down the Mississippi river to
New Orleans. This was the gist of
conference between Representative
Bartholdt of Missouri and the presi-
dent Friday in arranging some of the
details for the journey down the great
waterway,
The Postoffice department an
fee clerks and carriers at Amarillo
and Sherman, Texas, and Tulsa. Ok.
An extradition treaty between the
United States and the Dominican Re
public signed at Santo Domingo on
July 10. was ratified and made public
by the Senate Monday.
Steps were taken Monday to award
the anal disposition of the wood pulp
and print paper schedule, although
1t is understood no rates were definite
ly fixed Representative Mann of Hi
nols, who was chairman of the special
house committee. appointed to make
a thorough study of the print paper
situation, was called in to explain the
retallatory provisions which he draft.
ed The purpose of this provision Is
to obtain unrestricted expectation Oh
wood pulp from Canada to the United
States.
Hides will be put on the free list
Il boots and shoes and other manu-.
factures Of leather are reduced below
the rates fixed BY the house bill. I'm.
less the advocates Of free hides are
able TO carry out this bargain. tbs
White House program is to be called
off. A decision to this effect was
reached by the tariff conferees Mon
day.
The Philippine tariff section was re.
opened Monday at the request of Pres
dent Taft. An amendment was
adopted providing that goods manufac-
tured in the Philippines must be Who'll
ly of ingredients grown or produced
In the islands in order to be admitted
free to the United States. The presi-
dent took the position that this amend
ment would stifie manufacture in the
islands. Gen. Clarence R, Edwards,
chief of the bureau of insular affairs,
called on several of the. conferees and
urged that an amendment be adopted
providing for free admission, When not
more than 20 per cent of such goods
were composed OF foreign material.
The suggestion was adopted.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05

San Angelo, Tex.--c. C. Burbank of
Menard county has sold to E. F. Till
man, live stock agent for the Frisco.
and B. F. Yoakum and brother for
$275.0O0. his S5,OO0'acre ranch, includ'
ing 5000 head of cattle.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05
cannerv for Port Arthur.

Port Arthur, Tex.-J w. Quin, rep
resenting the Hastings Industrial Com
pany of Chicago. is taking up the can,
ming factory proposition which was
started some time ago by Secretary
owen of the Port Arthur Board Of
Trade.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05

Austin, Textile attorney generals
department Friday brought suit for
the state OF Texas Us. w @. WEIGH,
tax collector OF Someryell county, and
his sureties for sl.s6s,94 which is
claimed to be due the state on tax col
lections of 1907.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05

Port Arthur. Tex.-Tom Winner. an
employe OF the Gulf Refining company,
committed aulcide =, .sy BY drown
ing. Winner was ueen in the act OF
jumping into Taylors bayou, near the
refinery, and before be could be
picked up he was dFowned,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-08-05

A.
cess IN ter'm,ia 90 10 sss
aIgbt 4. tha eoro,,, aaro,, 49, ,,,,,t
him and lie aIdor nroth ~ xv,ih"n TX -
recommended ~ Mi rn,,,o,a 20 ~
sienal corns 10 III an,s, a.uoas s
the snaoa reo,,,ramants 10 III ~ r,.s 30,
.wItb tho I1n,ted ctatos r 90, ~
but Accommodated the most dlffcm,t
and daring aiybt ever MANNED for a
heavier Than air aving macbina 1ncL
dentally he broke all speed records
over measured course. and he estab-
lished beyond doubt the practicable
ity of an aeroplane in time of peace
and in time of war.
Everv nrin+ar IN Anortl,o rav.s
waI,,ed ont T,h,rsdav tha str,i,a lost'
inc one borr tho nronr,otors vio,dIn.
ana sionino tho contract la hv d n
Roasan nronrlator Of ne I,o,iv p.r..
handle rho scala hacomes ef,ective
Monday and carrIes win In tho wa.
ef change no raise in the scale, but
makes possible CLOSED shop" condi-
ton, not heretofore binding on the pro.
prietors.
Tbe ,,,ca 90 1r,v wheat woe "a.
vanced On nor hnsbe, IN the Now
New yorl, market wednesdav IN a
viyorons demand Nv tho traders ON
the short side of the market. They
finally paid $1.34 per bushel, which
equaled the high point of the season.
The price of the crop Of late months
advanced &c per bushel on reports Of
black rust in the Northwest.
Anar wars 80 WAITING u was We'd.
nesdav nrocticaIlv ADVANCED For pavou
I.afourche La to hecome mart az
and The outlet into tbg M,ssias,nn,
river ~ tho IntercosstsI Canal which
viii toin onisiana ana Taxss ,nto
closer commercial relations Al a
Joint session of the AtchafaIava La.
wee Board and the I,afourche Basin
Levee Board It was agreed to appro-
pirate 10000 toward the cost of build
ing locks in the bayou at that point
Announcement was made Wednes.
day that the American Trust Company
with capital stock Of $500 OOO-is be-
ing organized by Houston bankers and
capitalists, Mr.. w. b. hichards, presi-
dent OF the American National Bank,
being the prime mover, and to be at
the head OF the new enterprise.
Shooting over the head of Senator
Davis w " Ellis a resident. Of pine
BIufs Ark Aired q hpllet into the heart
Of Nathaniel Parker willis. owner Of
1ionor cpre establlehn,snt at fndiau.
anoljs Ind nj The circuit court room
4 a fjftle Rock Am Tuesday The
abaottnss .,gass ,,a.e tra..io ending al o
u ws,,t hrou,,;,t ~ wi,iis arainat III
,,,v,,rces via xbo had srbseo,entiv
= 49,, s.Ss., 49,. :.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
CHILD IN A FIRE.
Clothes In FLAMES when Mother '""c
TO the Rescue.

In answer to an alarm, sent III i'o"' wv
10. the fire department arriVeh IuH' III
time Thursday morning to prevent .he
total destruction of the building Iocateu
on the corner OF Cherry ana i'a',erS
streets. owned ny james Tro~ ana party
occupied by Alfred a. Perrott. AZ
was, one room in the second moor wa"
destroyed and child badly burheu'
The origin of the fire is not known put
before it was discovered it had purheu
through the kitchen on the second noor'
which is occupied by several Italian ram
lies The two ycars old son or MI anu
Mrs. Francke Glucci WAS heard Crying at
the top of his voice and the mother rush-
ing into the room, found her chlid ehNe'-
oped in flames She quickly grasped MN
and extinguished the fire in his clo'h'hS'
While some ran for the nearest fire alarm
box, others summoned a physician, WHO
ATTENDED to the wounds OF the child IL
Was found that he was badly ourheo
about the arms but shat his injuries were
not serious. and only a few bad scars VIII
result from the adventure.
Tie hremcn prevented the spreading
OF the fire to other parts of the mouse SO
that the pecuniarY loss IS confined to the
kitchen. The property Is insured IN the
agency OF T. s. Peck. and the loss rs re-
celvlng prompt attention.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
DIVORCE WAS CONTESTED.
Cross Bills Brought by Charles and
ANNA Myers of Colchester.

The divorce petition Of Anna Myers
vs.. Charles Myers, Of Colchester. was
Heard Thursday in Chittenden county
court There IS also cross bill
brought by the husband on the
grounds of intolerable severity. The
wife brings her petition on the
grounds of refusal to support.
Louis Mongeon Of Winooskl, in tcsti-
fyng Thursday. stated that when he
was clerking in his fathers store in
Winooski Mrs. Myers purchased large
quantities of essence of peppermint.
one day she bought so much that the
entire cost amounted to over $3.50.
He testified that the daughter pur-
chased the peppermint for her mother,
saying that her mother was i'll. When
asked if ne had ever seen Mr. Myers
drunk he answered that lie had seen
Myers when he had a rew drinks. H.
admitted that Myers had a gentle
manly jar on"
Mr.. Myers testified that mis- wife
had been drunk many times and that
he had remonstra ted with her, but to
no avail. lie moved from Wiuooski
to Malletts Bay so that his wife would
have difficulty in obtaining LIQUOR
He testified that at that time people
nooski to obtain liquor He testified
that she began to drink when they
lived In Massa chusetts and that she
had drunk liquor most Of tho time
since then.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
COMES QUICKLY.
Don't Have TO Wait For Weeks.
A Burlington Illustration.

Waiting is discouraging
Prompt action pleases everybody.
A burden on tie back is r hc,yv
weight.
Hard to bear day after day
Iiftins weight, removing the burden.
Brings approaching responses.
Burlington people tell OF it,
Tell OF relief that's quick and sure
Here ia case Of il:
Eugene Provost. J9i SO. Champlair st
Burl.ng;ou. Vt. SAYS: "For years SUI
fered from n lame back caused by dis
ordered kidneys The kidney secretious
we're too frequent IL passage ana THIS
symptom was what led me to believe
that ~? trouble arose from my lidnere.
WHEN poan's Kidney Pills were recon-
merded to me. ! procured box and he
gan their use. Tho results werc prompt
and gratifying. After [ had taken tHc
conteu;s of two boxes OF Doans KID
roy pills. all the distresslngg symptoms
o. my trouble had disappeared | am
only too Clad to eve this statement, in
the hope that II ycill be the means of
bcrof!t!ng OTTER kidney sufferers"
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Roster Milburn CO. Buffalo. New York,
sole agents ror the United States.
Ecmemher the name Doan's- and tsko
on other.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
PRETTY CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Free Press store Has Them. Also Ma
tcrlaIS from Which to Make The III.

The Free Press would not be true to
the best interests of its readers did it
not call attention to the many attrac-
tive Christmas gifts, ready to be sent to
friends. and to the great number of
articles which can he used by those who
prefer to make their own gifts-all Of
which may he found at the Free Press
store. There is the usual large assortment
Of Christmas stationery in gift boxes.
address books. engagement books, auto
mobile records, a-line-a-day books. postal
card albums. Christmas cards and pcsta
cards, calendar pads in many styles. Den
niSon HANDY boxes. Wards albums
Christmas bells. a full line of Dennson's
stickers. labels and tags. letter scales
BartleYs book rests. a complete line of
Fountain pens and ink pencils white It's
sue paper for wrapping purposes and the
hundreds of little things which go to
make up We!l-stocked stationery store
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
THE STOMACH CANNOT REST.

1t is a mistake TO suppose the stomach
can rest and thus recuperate ana by this
moans dyspepsia is cured The digestive
process begins in the mouth and does not
end until the food has reached the intcs-
tires. The sali"ary glands In the mouth.
the stomach, lower stomach, liver
spleen. etc. take part in the digestive
process. This process Is going on con-
tinuously. Think of resting the heart or
the lungs for few minutes. or any other
organ. Pepsin rancreatln. exc do not rest
the stomach. they digest the residue OF
food n wen.l digestive system cannot di-
gest and thus relieve the body OF Irii-
tatinC acids or gas. 9ydale's stomach
Tablets contain just enough Pepsin. and
pancrea.in to do this. They also contain
many vegetable tones and stimulants
for the digestive tract Rydale's Stomach
-ablstH cure dyspepsia the only way It
can Re cured Ask about them. j. w
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Junction Pharmacy. Essex Junction. VT.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
As ONE GROWS OLD

the bowels become inactive and a
gentle s'lfnu'ant Is necessary occasionally
10 insure regularity. which is essential
II good health is maintained Kydae's
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VINO surfer from constipation. They gem
NY stimulate and tone the Liver. Intes-
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