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through the surging crowds for the
twelve great trucks loaded with
wreaths of flowers and bronze, floral
tributes estimated at a value of more
than twenty-thousand dollars.
The escort was democratic in the
extreme. Wooden shoed workmen
held the cords to the casket next hand
to the gold braided officials, and bare
footed and almost shirtless negroes
rubbed elbows with frock coated sena-
tors.
Jose Gomez Pinheiro Machado, gen.
eral of the army, vice president OF the
federal senate, and senator ever since
the first congress Of Brazil, was born
in S. Luiz, state of Rio Grande de Sui,
May s, 1S47. was the son Of an army
surgeon. DR.. Antonio Pinheiro Mach a.
do, of modest fortune. He left school
to enlist as volunteer and became
conspicuous in reckless daring in the
Paraguayan campaign. Together with
Venancio Ayres, he organized the hrst
republican club in his state. This
club, under Machndo's leadership, was
one of the most important factors IN
the bloodless revolution that deposei
Dom Pedro and established the re-
public in 1889.
AltAOuSn SlXCy-elSHt, uc oiu nv "P
pear an old man. Six feet tall, broad
shouldered yet slender. with a heavy
shock of wavy hair brushed back from
full forehead; heavy jaw, Roman
nose, piercing dark eyes. he mad the
appearance Of his character-proud,
commanding. merciless and strong.
He always carried arms.
It was told that political enemy
made repeated threats against Macha-
dis life and that Machado heard OF 1t.
Saddling his horse and taking three or
four henchmen, he set out on the trail
of his would-be slayer, found him IN
drinking place on a frontier village.
Surrounding the house, gun IN hama,
Machado walked in, stood before him
a moment, presented him the revolver
with the command that he kill him
self. 1t is said that the man took the
revolver and without hesitation, shot
out his own brains.
It Is too soon after the event to pre-
dict the effect Of the assassination.
hut that it will be far reaching on the
political and commercial development
of Brazil is believed.
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said. 1.-THE hole was only about
eighteen feet square. but by taking
photographs OF the excavation, which
later were enlarged, there was shown
a greatly magnified view of the dig
gings.
There were few photographs Of
flourishing stamping mill in full op-
Grafton. This mill was represented as
| tn cir own, although as q matter of
fact they had never seen 1t. No soon
er were these photographs obtained
| than the schemers incorporated the
Mutual Trust Company Of Mexico,
which company. according to the pros
pectuses and other literature guar
anteed tho stock and bonds Of Dos
Estrellos Mining Company. on which
the promoters agreed to pay two per
cent. q month. dividends. But tho
GROWING achievement Of the schemers
was an additional guarantee of the
stock and bonds Of the fake company
by Speyer q Company. of Mexico City.
This name was similar to that OF tho
big New York bankers and the lambs
never even took the trouble to find
out that the two concerns had NO con-
nection whatsoever"
| This information came 80 pat and
such aid was further vouchsafed by
my informant that after verifying 1t
In spots, we despatched Post once
Inspector Hamilton to Taxo. Mexico.
where the bogus mine was located.
while mounted guard In New York.
In the meantime I managed to get hold
| Of full set of the literature and
learned that all and more than my
informant had told me was trus. Mail
was still pouring in on the swindlers
and from ono Of their ONCE clerks,
who had succeeding In winning over
I learned they already had taken in a
sum in excess of q million dollars
A Gigantic Swindle.
In ten days I heard from Inspector
Hamilton. Conditions in Mexico he
reported were even worse than we had
feared. The little hole In the ground
hadn't a semblance of ore In It, and
the photograph Of tho stamping mill
was that Of ono belonging to a reputa-
BILE concern doing business miles dis
tant The trust company had no as
sets, whatever, and its '"palatial
ofices'' consisted of one tiny back
room on the top floor Of = tumbled-
down building in An obscure street
With this information at hand We
knew It was time to swoop down on
our quarry. We made our raid late
Ione Saturday afternoon. We seized
prince and Emmanuel at their desks
and while we wero srilling them
Labaree came stalking In. We were
dumbfounded to see him there. for
we had supposed he was employed by
the Quidbo Gold Dredging Company
He protested that no had no connec-
ition with Dos Estrellos Company 9TH
er than as a customer. but we deemed
it safer to take him into custody also.
Later we found he was Just as deep
lin the mire as the rest OF them and
his indictment and conviction speedily
followed.
More Lambs Arc Slaughtered.
A five million dollar swindle is Of
sufficient magnitude to entitle It to
mention here. This outfit consisted of
the Burr Brothers and their victims
could be found in every State In the
Union. Our department was lombard
ed with complaints from SO many per-
sons that I was not only detailed to
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aAA ONOTONY has no place In th'
life of a post ONCE inspector
There are 80 many nimble'
witted sharpers at large tina
.corAs upon scores of them daily rur
counter to the Federal laws. especial
- those pertaining to tho United
s,ates malls. My work as an In.
.nector covers an experience OF many
years in which I served my time stalk.
M outlaws in the Tennessee noun
,ains or tracking down tho most re-.
sourceful and cunning Of get-rich-
cpick artists OF the biggest cities OF
the east.
While 7 shall devote the greater
mart of the space allotted to me here
| n telling Of my pursuit and capture
' n the get-rich-quick operators. never
| ,he,ess, an experience in which I was
made to look 80 cheap, and sc
amateurish by three raw, green noun
lain boys remains so fresh in my mem
DRY that can't resist the tempta-
|tIon to tell Of 1t here.
had been detailed to investigate
| the robbery Of post office far back
In the Tennessee mountains. The post
Office in question was fifty miles from
0bion, the nearest town. l went to
obion and learned from Jen Lowell,
| the postmaster. that I would have to
make the trip on horseback and he
Volunteered to show me the way.
/, was long ride and hard one,
but we finally covered the distance and
soon got down to all the facts avail
able There were no tangible clews
bit hand. The only threads we could
pick IN that were worth investigating
was the fact that three boys. brothers.
ranging from twelve to sixteen years
Did. were living In a hut far up the
mountain side. None knew how they
lived or from what source they de-
rived the little money they offered in
payment for the occasional purchases
they made at the country store. They
were orphans and following the death
Of ne'er do-well father struck out
ior themselves and built the little hut
IN which they lived. Their regulations
we're unsavory to say the least.
Boy Ill IN His Howell.
There. apparently. was nothing by
which the boys could be connected
With the robbery. but JEFF and start
ID out to look them over and then
brill them II possible. After a tor
luous climb up the almost perpendic-
blair and rocky trail we arrived at
me hut, the door of which was ajar.
Opening wide the door I entered, and
here huddled on pile of straw. and
lowered by frayed and ragged
blanket lay boy. his sunken cheeks.
3allow complexion, dull lustreless eyes
Ind emaciatcd form clearly indicating
hat he was suffering from the ravaGes
y malaria fever. SO prevalent in that
district The boy was almost too i'll
70 talk. but we finally learned that he
ras the second, or. as he put It. the
fmiae,in brother" th~ eldest and the
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the case, but was told to get busy NJ
once and make my pinches before
many more lambs could DO led to the
slaughter. It was a day or two be-
fore I could set look at their Ntera-
ture and, as usual, their glittering
,prospectuses were filed with rosy
promises, although the Initiated could
see cheat and fraud written in every
line. The promoters in this concern
spent most of their time travelling
about from big city to big city and
that made It hard for me to ascer-
tain the identity of all concerned In
the flood Of profits they were rolling
up eacn day. To make a clean Job
Of 1t wanted to arrest all Of the
principals at the same moment
After proving around for a day or
two. wormed myself into the good
sraoes of young fellow who was
paying marked attention to the young
strl who acted as confidential secre-
tary to one Of the Burr Brothers This
girl liked a good time. was fond OF
say little dinners. theatre and supper
parties.
Girl Reveals Secret
It was at ono OF thess little mid
night suppers when the bright lights,
enspiritin1 music and sparkling wines
had the effect Of loosening her tongue
and waxing confidential shs told her
young escort (my stool-pigeon) that
Sheldon c. and e. H. Burr were In
Now York City; Preston Burr was on
the Pacific slope, probably in Spokane.
and c. H. Tebey. another partner, was
visiting relatives on . farm In Mich-
igan.
In 4 few hours we had the wires
hot Spokane inspectors were In
structed to get after Preston Burr ct
once. In the event Of his making his
way towards Portland. Ore, inspectors
at that city were ordered to be on the
alert. The latter move was wise. for
Preston Burr did jump Spokane for
Portland.
An inspector who went to the Mich
isan farm caught Tobey rsd-handed,
while We seized b. n. Burr ct his
ONCE together with ali his books rec
ords and the correspondence that had
been pouring In on him. thus giving US
= fair idea Of the number Of the VIC
Tins. We found Sheldon Burr In the
parlor Of Christian Science leader,
and broke up his earnest conversation
with his fair hostess. The whole out
At was arrested on tho same day. and
this We regarded a. . master stroke.
The firm had advertised stock in q
fake mining scheme and their pros
pectuses were SO attractively worded
that the suckers fairly fell over
themselves to get q nibble at the
golden bait. In all they sold upwards
OF $b0.ooo,ooo for which they received
100000 In cash. They had much
negotiable paper in their safes, many
of the victims having given their city,
suburban or farm homes in exchange
for tho stock. All OF the principals
were convicted and sent away for
terms they richly deserved.
But as long as the world continues
to revolve guess. the gct-rich-quick
artists will find victims for their ne
farious stock. Just offer the average
person something that Is q trifie above
tho legal rate Of interest and he will
fall all over himself to get in on the
bonanza, sacrificing without further
thought that which has taken years OF
toll and care to accumulate.
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c,,s. In Arithmetic!

Waterloo Times-Tribune: question:
If there are forty-five DRINKS IN pro
hibition Des Moines. popuiation loo,-
600. on Monday morning. now many
will there be in Sioux City. populat,on
50. 900 police court. the first Monday
morning in January?
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Ear from the Battle Line.

Charles City Press: It was General
Lee who complained to the president
of the southern confederacy that he
had made a mistake and put all the
GOOD generals in charge OF the news
papers, which seems to be somewhat
the trouble with Great Britain just
now
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Kansas CITY Cash Grain.


KANSAS CITY, Nov. 6.-Wheat-
hard. new, 99c@s1.o5; No. 4 hard,
new, s2@s7c; No. 2 red, new, s112@
ia; No. red, new, $1.05; No. 4
red, new, 93k @96c.
Corn-No. 2, 61@611sc; No. 3, GOD
e0ac; No 2 yellow, 61A @62hc; No. 3
yellow, 60h@61kc; No. 2 white, CT
@61kc; No. 3 white, SOC.
Oats-No. 2, 34@35c: No. 8. 32A@
SAC; No. 2 white, 37@37Hc; No. 3
white, 36@361ac; No. 4 white, 39kc.
st. Louis Cash Grain.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 6.--Wheat-
No. 2 red. new. s114@120: No. 3 red,
new, s1.1391.14: No. 2 hard. old, S1O3
Corn-No. 2, 61k@63c; No. 2 white
62kc.
Oats-No. 2, SEC: No. 8, 35c; No. 3
white, 36k @s7c; No. 4 white, 500
361kc.
Chicago Seed Markell.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6:-Rye-No. 2,
s1O2.
Barley-5s@63c.
Timothy-s5.0o@S.0o.
Clover-$10.00@20.
Chicago Live Stock-CIose.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Hog receipts
II 900; market steady. Mixed and
butchers, s6.35@7.55; good heavy,
s6.556715: rough heavy, S6.25@64O;
light, s6.25@7.30.
Cattle receipts 500; market weak;
top S10.35.
Sheep receipts $500; market
steady; top $685.. Lambs, top $3.50.
Chicago Live Stock Close.
CHICAGO. Nov. 6.-Demand today
from small packers and from specula-
tors tended to uphold the price Of
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15Nc; do. average fancy, 15A015hc.
Live poultry-Market weak; west.
ern chickens, 1401bc; fowls. 13@15c;
turkeys, 10000. Poultry, dressed,
market steady; western fresh chick
ems, barrels, 14@23c; fresh fowls
iced, 12016hc: turkeys. 1S@22hc.
Horse and Mule Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 6-Horses--
The southern trade has been good
this week, and dealers are fairly we'll
satisfied with the trade coming from
that section, but none of those trad
ers were present yesterday, and the
market was slow on all Kinds.
There was a very light call for war
horses and only sparse supply OF
these found sale. The Italians were
in for q few animals suitable to their
contract, but neither French, English
nor Belgians were active buyers. and
it looks as IL things might be dull
again next week in this section of the
market.
Heavy draft, extra. ....... .$1s59225
Heavy draft. choice to good 14091SO
Eastern chunks, extra quail
lty ..........-. ........ l4uVloo
Eastern chunks, plain. 900. 756115
Southern horses, extra quail
ity ......................7 o@1s5
Southern horses, plain. 400 IS
Choice drivers, with speed. 150@225
Saddlers 100000
Plugs 5@ %
Mules-New arrivals were about
200 head. which is a heavy supply for
such late day in the week, and
along with the heavy receipts Of the
early part Of the week. OF which
large number remain unsold, It looks
as If there will be a flood Of hold-overs
to start next week The best trade
all week has been in cotton mules,
and those types sold fairly good. but
the market was draggy on big mules
and miners, and closed exceedingly
c1ou- IN tboce Kinds
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Post Office Inspector Tells Of His Thrilling Pursuit
ofThis Brand Of Criminal, Which In Majorityof
Cases Is Guided By the Brains Of aWoman--
Battling the Lowly Yeggs and 0utwit-
ting the High Brow Sharpers.
Copyright. 1915, By The

oNoTONY has no place in the
life of a post once inspector.
There are 80 many nimble-
witted sharpers at large that
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CHICAGO Live Stock Close

CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Demand today
from small packers and from specula-
tors tended to uphold the price Of
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generally higher. The close this
afternoon was up 21s and 2 above the
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MASONIC NOTES

Victoria lodge, No. 3 F. and A
M, met on Tuesday evening, and
held its annual election of officers
which resulted as follows: : w
Cosey, w. NJ; w. E. Ray, S. w.
D. Davis, ]. W.; George Cruiser
Treasurer; ]. E. Wysinger, Secre-
tary; S. E. Young, S. D.; G. B.
Washington, J. D.; A. Henderson,
S. S.; S. Romeo. ]. S.; N. Scott,
Tyler; Wm. H. Knox. Chaplain
Annual reports of the secretary and
treasurer shew the lodge to be in a
healthy financial condition. To
greet the G. M, special meeting
will be held on December 2o
A movement is on foot TO organ
ize another lodge in Oakland, and
it is said to have gone so far that
the proposition will be laid before
Grand Master Harris when he
arrives in Oakland Since the mat
ter has come up considerable oppo-
sitiou has developed, not that the
opponents have any objection to the
personnel of the proposed new lodge
but on the ground that there is no
necessity of new organization at
this time. This is a very serious
question and requires much thought
and to many 1t would seem that we
have too many organizations now.
Acacia lodge, No. 7, elected its
annual officers this week as follows:
VIM. M. Anderson, w NJ; ]. j.
Nashburu, S. W.; w. Hickersop.
J. W.; John Nuby, Treasurer;
Charles Brown. Secretary.
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SIX REASONS WHY

You should wear a "Modern Make
house dress, maids dress, and nurses
uniform:
ALI "Modern Make" garments are
made of standard and guaranteed
materials.
2-All Modern Make" garments are
cut on well proportional lines, and are
perfect fitting.
3-All " Modern Make" garments
have no raw seams. Every seam is
French felled or tapped fat.
ALI Modern Make" garments
have generous hens on the skirt
5-Ail "Moderu Make" garments
ernbody the highest grade of workman
ship. There are none better made and
will satisfy the most exacting customer.
6-All IN Jdern Make" garments are
made in well lighted, well ventilated
and sanitary factory complying with all
sanitary laws.
For sale by II. G. CAPWELL CO.,
Oakland.
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A GREAT MAN GONE
TGRANDVIEW HERALD

Last week one of America, S
greatest men passed away. Not a
white man; a colcred man; but one
whose example every ambitious
boy in America can we'll follow.
Two years and a half ago Booker
t. Washington passed through
Gfandview on lecture trip. 1t
was the pleasure of the editor of
the Herald to meet DR.. Washington
at that time and to secure an inter
view. which was used as an Easter
message.
In paying our small tribute to
this man who did more for his race
than any other. the Herald re,
prints DR.. Washington's message
to Grandview on March III, 1913
"Civilization's great need to-day
is men. Men OF ambition, men OF
initiative. men who can do things.
You have wonderful opportunity
here il Grandview. the opportunity
Of creating. Think Of the man in
the Eastern factory. He places the
heel on the shoe for twenty wears
He is bound in, cannot develop, he
is in little groove. You men and
women in this great country are
bound by nothing, you can create,
you have the opportunity to take
the initiative, the chance to make
good, and if you don't it is your
own fault.
A great message from great
man. Read it yourself again. See
that your son or daughter reads it
The life of Booker I. Washington
has been an asset to this country
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Edam B. Smith. who was with
Hannibal Dickson when the latter
was killed on the spur track of the
Southern Pacific at the local depot
on January 25th. has begun suit
against the railroad for $4,000
damages, alleging that he received
injuries TO his heart, which in
capacitated him for three months.
Smith, in his complaint, sets forth
that it was care:essness and negli-
gence which caused his injuries
He states that he was unloading
coal for the L. NJ. Lassell Co. in a
box car. and was unable to see the
approach of the cars. Smith was
Injured and Dickson was killed
when the Southern Pacific crew
tried to make flying switch. The
cars. instead of taking the track as
expected, crashed into the engine,
sending it against the coal car. -
Martinez Standard, Nov. 20.
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A MISTAKE

BALTIMORE COMMONWEALTH
The colored membership of the
NJ. E. church is under impression
that the proposition to amend the
constitution Of the church in order
to enable the general conference to
elect bishops for races and Ian
guages is their proposition. In this
they are mistaken 1t was never
theirs. and it is not theirs now,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
measure now before the church was
started de novo by the Mississippi
conference. The proposition was
offered then and now TO meet eco
nomic conditions then and since
made more acute by political con-
ditions i'll Europe and in England.
Such is the bitter race feeling exist
ing between the belligerent nations
as to make election of race bishops
necessary if the M. E. church is to
continue its operations i'll Europe
A bishop of German extraction
would be persona non grata to the
Methodists of French extraction
and vice versa. The rule, there
fore, may be changed and yet leave
the Negroes unrepresented in the
episcopacy.
What we want to impress upon
Negroes i'll the NJ E. church is
this-that the rule IS not being
changed to crafty their ambition.
The desire to change the rule, if it
is changed at all, is bigger and
broader than the Negro question.
He is only being considered Incl
dentally. And if we have in
correctly mssjudged the chnrch's
attitude on this question, our COL
umns are open for light from those
who are near the throne. This is
no time for silence.
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SOUTHERN JUSTICE

Critics who insist that the South
always discriminates against the
Negro in favor of the white man
should consider recent verdict
rendered in Colleton county, South
Carolina. A white man was tried
for killing a Negro. There was no
excitement. 1t was shown that the
Negro had been abused and threat
ened by two intoxicated white men
and had been shot when he tried to
ruL away. The white jury took
Just twenty minutes to find the
assailant guilty of murder. This
verdict is said to be notable as the
first of its kind in that community
since the war. 1t is not by any
means the first of its kind in the
South, however. And it is an
index to the growth Of evenhanded
Justice in South Carolina and the
neighboring States. The number
of convictions OF whites for offences
committed against blacks has been
steadily increasing under the active
encouragement of the best element
of the bench, bar, and press. =
Bisbee (Arizona) Revi.w.
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Local Lines

The New Years ball by the joint
Foresters' committee will take place
at Foresters' hall.
Keep off date of New Years eve,
Dec. 81. 1t has been taken by the
Marion social club.
The date of Dec. 28th has been
taken by the Parochial Chapter
Particulars nexi week.
Don't forget that the United Hall
association will give a grand ball
Christmas night at Foresters' hall.
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SACRAMENTO

A. K Talbot, who has been sick
for the past week, is improving.
Walter Dyer of Davis spent
Thanksgiving visiting his family.
Mrs. T. Grasty of San Francisco
was the guest of Mrs. F. A. Butler
last week.
Miss Eva Jones of Oakland was
guest of Mrs. w. I. Dunlap the
past week.
H. o. Johnson and wife of Oak
land were in attendance at the
Newman Noble nuptials.
A PRETTY WEDDING.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs John
Noble at 2oro Twenty-sixth street
presented most beautiful sight on
Thanksgiving evening. being pro-
fusely decorated with chrysanthe-
NUNS and smilax, yellow aud green
predominating in the color scheme
1t was the occasion of the marriage
of their daughter. Havens Beatrice,
to Rev. Allen O. Newman of San
Francisco. Promptly at $50 O'Clock
to the strains of Mendelssohn S
wedding march the bridal party
entered. The bride was attended
by Mrs. Edward Jackson Of San
Francisco as matron of honor. She
was attired in white silk and carried
bouquet of beautiful flowers.
Miss Virgie Noble as bridesmaid
was attired in blue silk. Little
Marion Dunlap was the flower girl
and strewed petals of roses i'll the
path of the bride, who was escorted
by her father. She was attired in
creation of white silk, with a
flowing veil that was caught with
orange blossoms in the form of a
coronet. She carried a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley and
Cecil Bruner roses.
The groom and R. Mansfield OF
Woodland, who acted as grooms
man, stood under beautiful FORA
arch, awaiting the approach of the
bride and her attendants. Rev.
Guy of ST. Andrews church per.
formed The ceremony according to
the ritual of his church.
After the ceremony. the happy
couple received the congratulation:
and well.wishes of those assembled
At an early hour they departed or
their honeymoon, the exact destina
ton being kept from their friends
They were the recipients of many
beautiful and useful presents from
friends aud associates.
Rev. Newman and wife will
reside in San Francisco, where h,
is the pastor of the Third Baptis
church. Miss Eva Jones caugh
the bridal bouquet.