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THE PiOCKE WEEKLY RECORD
By T&t Rtcori PBKisfelBf C.
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HEYADA
NORTHWEST NOTES
The house ha pasted the bill ex
tending the time to Mar 15, 107, la
which entrymen mar make final resi
dence on the Shoshone reservation,
. Wyoming.
The Great Northern road made up a
train of eighty cara loaded with coal
to supply Immediate wants In Grand
Forks, N. D. The train was run on
passenger time.
A bill appropriating 1,200,000 for
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
to be held in Seattle In 1909 was ta
troduoed In the house last week hy
Representative Humphrey.
Fred M. Colvln, of Chicago, was ar
rested last week on the charge of us
ing the malls In an illegal manner to
further the sale of stock In a mining
company located near Sallda, Col.
David Boyce and Peter Peckin
paugh became Involved In a saloon
quarrel at Fossil, Wjro.. and Peekin
paugh was badly beaten over the
head by a revolver in the hands of
Boyce.
The Treasury department has de
cided upon a site for the location of
the new Federal building at Denver.
The property consists of the block
bounded by Stout, Champa, Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets.
Henry Hose, an ex-soldier, was
hanged on Friday, at Salem, Oregon,
for the murder of Madge Doyle, In
a Portland lodging house. Hose cut
the woman's throat because be feared
she was about to leave him.
Near Holcomb, Wash., In Pacific
county, two Japanese were killed and
three were so badly hurt that they
will die, by a dead tree which fell
across their bunkhouse. All were em
ployed by a lumber company.
L, D. Snyder killed a large cougar
last week on Oroflno creek, about
even miles above Oroflno. This
makes the nineteenth cougar killed
oy Mr. Snyder since his arrival in this
sountry, some seven years ago.
A. W. Stratton, a freighter be
tween Worland and Thermopolts,
Wyo., was seriously If not fatally in
jured while making a coupling of
his wagons after crossing the river
twenty miles north of Worland.
The dwelling of I.. A. TTnderwood.
southeast of Mountain Home, was de
stroyed by fire last week. Both build
' Ing and contents were entirely con
sumed. It Is believed the fire was due
to the explosion of a coal-oil lamp.
A son has been born to Dr. and
Mrs. Gerald Webb, of Colorado
Springs. Mrs. Webb Is a granddaugh
ter of the late Jefferson Davis, and
the newcome is !je only great
grandson of thevconfvderate president.
au enori is uemg mane si iuay,
Wyo., to organize a strong commer
cial club, which will have for Its ob
ject the pushing of Cody In every
possible way. A considerable sum
will be placed at Its disposal for ad
vertising in eastern magazines and
In other manners the vast resources
of the Big Horn valley.
Thomas Booth, a well known resi
dent of Butte, was held up by foot
pads and robbed of $800. Booth was
proceeding home from his place of
business, when one highwayman
rushed up to him and plunged his
hand Into Booth's right hand overcoat
pocket, grabbed the roll of bills and
made away with it
Pleading guilty to the charge of
horse-stealing Marion John Davis,
said to be the son of Rev. Charles
Davis of Boone county, Iowa, an ex
prlze fighter and known as the "Gen
tleman Thief," was sentenced by
Judge Cunningham, of Littleton, Colo., ;
to not less than five nor more than
seven years In the penitentiary.
Oscar Carlson, proprietor of a
boarding house at Pine Bluffs, Wyo.,
shot his wife to death and then at
tempted to beat out his brains with a
hammer. Carlson was brought to the
county jail at Cheyenne and admits
his crime.
Bert Mclntyre, a miner, aged 25,
died on the 22nd of Injuries received
at the hands of Frank Cruz, of
Butte, in a Baloon row. Cruz has
been arrested on a charge of murder.
Mclntyre's mother, Mrs. Dick, lives
in Wyoming.
' Heavy tains and Chinook winds
have caused another flood In the
mountain streams near Tacoma,
Wash, The Green river is raging and
has carried out the Northern Pacific
bridge at May wood about two miles
from Green River Hot Springs.
George R. McClellan, who was re
cently elected to the Wyoming legis
lature, is known as "Bear George,"
he having earned . that title many
years ago, when, in company with
another man, he succeeded In killing
twenty-three bears In six weeks.
Two men giving the names of
Thomas Blair and Frank Havlin
were arrested on a Spokane & In
land train near Waverly, Wash., and
landed in the county jail. They had
been shadowed for several days on
suspicion of being safe blowers.
Receiver Theodore G. Rlsley, for the
aefunct Aetna bank at Butte, has rec
ommended to , the comptroller of the
iwrrency, a payment of the first divi
dend pf 20 per cent on the 1st of
February. There is little doubt that
be recommeudatlon will be approved.
Twenty passengers were slightly
Injured in a bead-on collision be
tween a freight and a passenger
train at Harney, it small station east
M Reno, Nevada. The passenger was
i tourist train which leaves Kansas
ptr three times a week for the west
IK
FOR HELP
The President Sends Out an
Appeal in Behalf of the
Starving Chinese.
Will Ask Congress for Authority to
Us Government Transports to
Carry Food to Millions of Hun
gry Chinamen.
Washington. President Roosevelt
has Issued a proclamation calling on
the peopte of the United States to
contribute funds for the relief of the
millions of famine sufferers in China,
who are on the verge of starvation.
The president says that he will ask
congrpss for authority to use govern
ment transport vessels to carry food
to the famine stricken region. The
proclamation, is as follows:
"To the People of the I'nited States:
"There Is an appaling famine in
China. Throughout a district covering
over 40,000 square miles and support
ing a population of 15,000,000 the crops
have been destroyed by floods, and
millions of people are on the verge of
starvation. Thousands of dwellings
have been destroyed and their Inmates
are without homes. An urgent appeal
has been made for the assistance of
the fulled States.
"Our people have often under sim
ilar conditions of distress In other
countries responded generously to
such appeals, Amid our abounding
prosperity and In this holiday season
of good will to man, assuredly we
should do our part to aid the unfortu
nate and relieve the distressed among
the people of China, to whom we have
been allied for so many years In friend
ship and kindness.
"I shall ask congress upon Its next
day of session for authority to use our
transport vessels to carry flour and
other food to the famlno stricken re
gion. "I recommend that contributions for
the purchase of such food and other
appropriate relief be sent to the Am
erican National Red Cross, which will
take care of the expenditures.
"Such contributions may be nmde
either through the local Red Cross
treasurers or through the department
of state, or may be sent directly to
Charles Hullam Keep, Red Cross treas
urer, United States Treasury depart
ment, Washington, D. C.
"THEODOIIR ROOSEVELT."
WORTH NEARLY TWO BILLIONS.
Production of Mineral In America Dur
ing the Year 1905.
Washington. The total value of the
mineral production In the United
States In 1905 amounted to $1,623,877,
127, being an increase over 1904 of
over $260,000,000, according to a state
ment issued by the geological survey.
The value of iron in 1905 was $382,-
450,000. During" the same period
there was a total production of over
300,000,000 short ons of coal, with a
value of $476,756, !l6:i. Of this amount
there was produced 77,659,850 tons of
anthracite coal, valued at $141,879,000;
of bituminous coal, 315,259,491 tons,
valued at $334,377,963. The value of
fuelB amounted to $602,477,217. The
coke production amounted to 32,231,
129 short tons, valued at $72,476,196.
The total production of iron ore In
1905 amounted to 42,626,133 long tons,
valued at $75,165,604; pig iron, 22,992,
380 long tons, valued at $382,450,000;
manganese, 4,118 long tons, valued at
$88,214; gold. 4,265,742 ounces, valued
at $88,180,711; silver, 56,101,594
ounces, valued at $.14,221,972; copper,
901,907,843 pounds, valued at $139,795.
716; lead, 302,000 short tons, valued at
$28,690,000; zinc, 203,849 short tons,
valued at $24,054,182, and platinum
318 ounces, valued at $5,320.
People of California Favor Exclusion
of Japanese.
San Francisco. At a mass meeting
held here on Sunday under the aus
pices of the Japanese and Korean Ex
clusion League formal protest In the
form of resolutions was made against
the unrestricted admission of Japanese
and Koreans to the United States and
the admission of Mongolians to the
public schools of San Francisco. Mayor
Sch in It z addressed the meeting, de
fending the action of the San Fran
cisco school board.
Gambling Houses in Butte Are Raided.
Butte, Mont. Sheriff Quinn, accom
panied by five deputies, made a raid
upon three gambling houses on Sat
urday evening, and arrested ten
players. The officers had Bearch war
rants, issued from Judge Bourquln's
court, and the California club rooms,
the Board of Trade and King and
Lowery's place were visited. The ball
required upon each arrest for gam
bling is $750, the Increasing having
been made the past week to that
amount from $500 by Judge Bourquln.
Increasing In Volume Yearly,
Washington. The story of the re
markable growth of trade between the
United States and Porto RIoo Is told
in a statement Issued by the bureau
of statistics of the department of com
merce between this country and its
island possession has grown from a
little less than $4,000,000 In 1897, the
year before annexation, to over $40,
000,000 at the close of the present
year. For the ten months ending with
October the business between the two
countries amounted to $35,830,038.
Negroes Qlven Places of Firemen.
San Antonio, Tex. From 130 to 150
members of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Firemen walked out Sunday after
noon at 6:30 o'clock on the San An
tonio division of the Southern Pacific,
Atlantic system. Negroes are being
substituted for the striking firemen.
The firemen have no grievance against
the railroad company. They claim it
is a test strike to determine whether
t.hey or the engineers shall have con
trol of the switching crews. The en
f!ners claim they will win out
ALIUS
MINER ENTOMBED FIFTEEN
DAYS IS RESCUED ALIVE
Remarkable Escape of Man Burlee
Under Thousands of Tons of
Earth, While His Compan
ions Are Killed.
Bakersfleld, Cal. L. R. Hicks, the
miner who was entombed by cave-
In in a tunnel of the Edison Electric
Power company Dec. 7, was rescued
at 1:25 o'clock Saturday night.
Hicks, the miner who was rescued,
was entombed alive under sixty feet
of debris fifteen days previous, in
the tunnel of the Edison Electric
Power company, seventeen miles
northeast of this city. Five of bis
fellow workers were burled at tht
same time by the cave-in of thou
sands of tons of earth and rock.
The work of recovering the bodies
was immediately begun and prose-
cuted with vigor, but owing to th
yielding nature of the soil, slow
progress was made.
Hope of rescuing any of the vie
tlms had been abandoned, when
three days after the disaster, tht
sound of tapping on a water pipe ll
the shaft was heard. Instantly a re
spouse was sent, and the answerlni
raps plainly proved that at least od
of the Imprisoned miners was alive
The water pipe was cleared and
communication established through
it with the man at the bottom of th
shaft. He proved to be Hicks a for
r it ,nMto n i A n r ..nort tYilnaf
whose life had been saved by a steej
car under which he was pinned. HM
five companions were dead.
GOLDFIELD MINES CLOSE DOWN
Miners Objact to Working Under tht
Watchful Eyes of Deputies.
Goldfleld, Nevada. All the mlnei
In this district are closed down ex
cept the leasers on the Mohawk and
Hayes-Monnette, and the issuance bj
Judge Morrow in the United Statei
circuit court of an Injunction to pro
hibit the unlawful removal of high-
grade ore from the leases on the Mo
hawk property and the appointment
of fifty United States deputy man
shals Is almost sure to result In th
discontinuance of work at both th
Hayes-Monnette and Frances Mo
hawk mines. The I. W. W. declared
on Dec. 11 that no miner will work
In a mine where armed guards are
employed. The enforcement of the
federal order will mean that the
guards, which were removed Dec. 14
will be openly replaced.
WILL OF SENATOR BROWN.
Estate of $75,000 Left to His 8on and
Daughter.
Salt Lake City. Refusing in em
phatic language to provide for the
children of Mrs. Anna M. Bradley,
who claims that he waB thelf father,
and refusing to even give them his
name, Arthur Brown, former Uo'fd
States senator, who died at Washing
ton, D. C, December 12, as the result
of a bullet wounds inflicted by Mrs
Bradley, made his last will and testa
ment a few months ago, dividing his
estate equally between his son and
daughter, Max and Alice Brown.
The will, which was filed in the pro
bate division of the district court
Friday, expressly prohibits the heirs
from giving Mrs. Bradley any por
tion of the estate. Her children are
likewise cut oft from participation In
the division of the property. Brown
also disclaims being the father of
either or any of Mrs. Bradley chil
dren. Menelik Has a Relapse.
Rome. Reports from an author
tatlve source declare that Menelik,
Wing- of Abyssinia, has suffered a
freth attack of syncope. Apprehen1
ston is felt, and especially as recent
ly the negus seems to have changed
his mind about the appointment of a
successor. It Is no longer certain
that Jisu, son of Menelik's daughter
and Ras Michael, will be chosen, and
if this is so the struggle for the
throne will be fierce. These difficul
ties are augmented by the differ
ences between the representatives In
Abyssinia of Italy, Great Britain and
France.
Still Another Inquiry.
Washington. William D. Penfleld,
representing George D. Emery, has
been Informed by the department ot
state that the government of Nica
ragua has accepted the proposition
of this government that the claim
of Emery for reimbursement for the
cancellation of a valuable franchise
granted to him by the government ol
Nicaragua to cut mahogany from the
public lands, shall be submitted to
the arbitration of a special tribunal
to meet next spring in Washington
Says Roads Violated Charters.
Guthrie, Okla. Attorney General
W. O. Cromwell, who was instructed
by Governor FranU to investigate
railroad rates prevailing in Oklaho
ma, has issued a lengthy statement,
In which he charges the six Import
ant railroads operating In the terrt
tory with violating their charters bj
demanding exorbitant rates. Th
lines against which the attorney gen
eral urges remedial legislation fol
low: Santa Fe, Rock Island, Frisco,
Choctaw, Iron ft Coal, "Katy" and
For Smith & Western.
Cage Dropped With 8lx Man.
8L Louis. One miner is known to
have been killed, five others are be
Moved to be dead and another wat
seriously Injured by the dropping oi
the cage early Sunday In the shaft o)
the Brerae Trenton Coal Mining
company, about ten miles west ol
Carlyle, Ilia. The accident occurred
as the second cageful of day shift
miners was descending into the mine
The cage containing six men had de
scended 300 feet down the 400 foot
shaft when it stuck momentarily atd
then went crashing to the bottom-
REPORT FAVORABLE ON
THE CURRENCY MEASURE
Republican of the House Committee
Agree to the Bill Advocated by
the American Banker
Association.
Washington. The house ocommlttee
on banking and currency has decided
to make a favorable report on a credit
currency bill whlcn Is but slightly
different from the measure advocated
by the American Bankers' association.
Ten republicans attended the com
mittee meeting and all supported the
measure agreed upon, while the four
democrats present opposed It The
democrats in attendance were Rep
resentatives Glass of Virginia, Lewis
of Georgia, Gillepsle of Texas and Lo
gare of South Carolina.
In the bill advocated by the bankers
It was provided that a tax of 2V4
per cent should be paid by national
banks on credit currency, equal to
twenty-five per cent of their capital.
The committee Increased the tax on
such bank notes toe three per cent
No change was made in the provision
that the national bank may also take
out a further amount of national
bank guarantee credit notes, equal to
1214 per cent of Its capital, with In
terest at the rate of five per cent.
Another change of Importance made
by the committee Is one providing that
national banking Institutions desiring
to take out credit notes, and having
notes outstanding In excess of 62'
per cent of their paid up capital, may
redeem such excess without reference
to the limitation of $3,000,000 each
month prescribed by the act of July
12, 1882.
Hankers estimate the amount of ad
ditional currency which the measure
would afford at $200,000,000.
GREAT BRITAIN INTERESTED.
London Press Paying Much Attention
to American-Japanese Affaire
London. The British press, editor
ially and through Its correspondents
in the United States, is paying keen
attention to American-Japanese re
lations, and Ambassador Aokl's
speech at the American Asiatic soci
ety, secretary of commerce and Labor
Metcalf's report on the San Francis
co dispute, and President Roosevelt's
message on the school situation in
California, are discussed with some
concern.
The Tribune thinks President
Roosevelt's firmness and tolerance
have had their reward, while the
weakness of M. Stolypln, the Russian
premier, is a pledge for peace al
most as valuable as President Roose
velt's firmness and popularity.
"We may afford to dismiss both
the Russian and the American scares
from our minds," says the Tribune,
Din nonetheless the recent rumors
are far from agreeable or assuring,"
COAST DEFENSE NOT EFFICIENT.
Additional Officers and Men Needed,
Says General Murray.
Washington. "Both the coast de
fense and the artillery are badly de
ficient In both personnel and mater
ial, neither is In even approximately
Proper condition for InRtrnptinn in
time of peace, much less in condition
ior reasonable efficient service In
war, and the time necessary to put
either in the latter contlition is not
a matter of days or weeks, but of
years."
Brigadier General Arth
chief of artillery, thus summed up the
conauion oi nis aim or the service in
his annual report, made public on
Sunday. He savs It rsnnnr ho tnn
strongly urged that appropriate leg
islation De ODiainea to make good the
deficiencies and to correct the defects
referred to.
Negro Held In Bondage.
Jackson, Miss. An unusual Deonaee
charge was filed Tuesday in the fed
eral court by a negro, Dan January,
against James Patrick, a farmer. The
affidavit alleges that January was held
in servltiude with his wife and six
children by L, D. Carter for a period
of about two years; that Carter then
sold him to Patrick for $1,909.95 and
Patrick refused to release him from
CUBtody until the debt wns mnxolloH
January charges that he was whipped
uy verier wun a uugRy trace until
he was bloody from head to foot.
Pittsburg Gaining Bad Reputation.
Pittsburg. According to the re
port of the coroner Mrs. Julia Post.
an aged recluse who resided In Shams-
burg, an Allegheny suburb, was mur
dered. Discovery of a wound on her
head and a blood-stained hntr-w
leads to this supposition. Mrs. Post
uvea aione ana a report was current
that She exnectert a rvmlllnnnu frnm
a son living in California. A search
ot ner rooms resulted In finding var
ious sums of money, hidden in the
mattress and elsewhere.
Date Set In Thaw Case.
New York. Harry K. Thaw will be
tried on January 21 on the charge of
the murder of Stanford White, ac
cording to an order signed by Justice
Newburger on Tuesday. The trial will
be before Justice Fitzgerald in the
criminal branch of the New York
state supreme court The date was
set by Justice Newburger when a mo
tion made hv Thiw'a tYllinaal tnr tha
dismissal ot the Indictment against
nis client or for fixing of a date for
the trial was to have been argued.
Made Exit Before Mirror.
Columbus, O. Mrs. Howard Powers,
wife of the manager of a "McFadden's
Flats" company which Is laying off
here this week, committed suicide at
her room in the Star hotel by shoot
ing herself as she stood before a mir
ror. On the stage Mrs. Powers was
known as Dolly Powers. Mrs. Powers'
mother and sister were burned to
death in a fire iu Lexington. Ky.. six
years ago. It Is claimed by members
of the company that her mind h:d
beoome weakened by continual brood-
Ml III
RIVER STEAM
Number of Victims Unknown.
But 25 of Passengers ani
Crew Are Missing.
Accident Occurred at Landing, While
Freight Was Being Taken on
Board, the Boat Being So
Badly Damaged That 8he
8oon Sank.
Vlcksburg, Miss. The steamer W.
T. Scovil, plying In the Vlcksburg and
Davis Bend trade, was destroyed on
Wednesday by an explosion, and be
tween ten and sixteen persons were
killed and a like number injured.
The number of dead and injured ne
groes cannot be stated at this time,
but of a crew and passenger list of
fifty, al)out half are misRlng. The
negro dead and a number of injured
were cared for at the place where the
accident occurred. Five of the in
jured negroes were brought to Vicks
burg on the steamer Senator CordllL
with the white dead amd injured
The accident occurred at Gold Dust
landing, about seventeen miles, south
of this city. The Scovil was at the
landing taking on freight, wheat sud
denly an explosion occurred. Many of
the timbers of the boat were thrown
hundreds of yards. The boat via so
badly damaged that she began to sink
Immediately.
SAYS CABINET SUSPENDED LAW.
Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson
Grilled by Special Committee
of Senate.
Washington. Admitting that they
had no authority of law for the- with
drawal from allotment of nearly
4,000,000 acres of land belonging to
the five civilized tribes In the Indian
Territory for the purpose of creating
a forest reservation, two members of
the president's cabinet Secretary
Hitchcock of the department ot the
Interior and Secretary Wilson of the
agricultural department endeavored
on Wednesday to justify their course
by stating they had the best interests
of the Indians at heart.
The explanation wia made before a
select committee which Is investigatr
lug affairs iu relation to the property
rights of the five tribes, but the com
mittee declined to accept it, and Sen
ators Clark of Wyoming, Teller and
Brandegee declared that the interior
department has suspended a statute
of the United States without author
ity, and that it was the duty of Secre
tary Hitchcock to immediately cancel
his order withdrawing the land from
allotment.
DECLARED TO BE IDIOTIC.
Lacey, of Iowa, Opposed to Christmas
Holidays.
Washington. In the house Wednes
day Representative Lacey of Iowa took
a pronounced position in opposition
to the adjournment of congress for
the Christmas holidays, declaring that
"it is idiotic for the house to adjourn
and then jam all legislation through
under whip and spur during the clos
ing days."
Mr. Clark of Missouri declared that
the "statement made by Mr. Lacey
about the idiocy of adjourning for
the holidays was the most sensible
thing he has said for the past twelve
years."
VICIOUS YOUTH'S CRIME.
Buried Comrade Alive," After Having
Severely Beaten Him.
Chicago. Robert Gordon, 15 years
of age, was on Wednesday sentenced
to the reformatory for life, after plead
ing guilty to the charge of murdering
Joseph Reed, 8 years old. Gordon
pulled the Reed boy under a sidewalk,
pounded him on the head with a brick
until he was unconscious and then
dug a hole In the earth, in which he
placed young Reed. Gordon then
heaped the earth over Reed and al
lowed him to suffocate.
SENATE MAY INVESTIGATE.
Some of the Members Not Satisfied
With the Brownsville Affair.
Washington. The question whether
the senate should make an indepen
dent investigation of the Brownsville
raid was raised in the senate by Sen
ator Foraker on Wednesday, immedi
ately after the reading of the presi
dent's message. He offered a resolu
tion giving the committee on military
affairs authority to make such an In
vestigation It deemed necessary after
consideration of the testimony trans
mitted by the president.
FREAK WORDS CUT OUT.
President's Panama Message to Be
Reprinted in "Normal" Spelling.
Washington. President Roosevelt's
Panama message Is to be reprinted for
the senate in "normal" spelling. Sen
ator Kluredge on Wednesday secured
the adoption of an order for the print
ing ot 20,000 copies of the message.
Senator Lodge suggested that the
message be printed in "normal" spell
ing. This suggestion was con
curred in.
Count Boni Must Settle With French
Shylocki.
Paris.- Madame Gould, the former
Countess De Castellane, has been vic
torious in the suits brought by cred
itors and money lenders against her
with the object of making her jointly
responsible with the count for the tat
ter's debts. Thirteen of the fifteen
cases were dismissed on Wednesday
by the court with cosis against the
plaintiffs. Only In the cases of two
art dealers did the court express the
opinion that Mme Gould should be
held responsible.
CASTRO OF VENEZUELA
HAS NOT LONG TO LIVE
Aspiring Politicians Are Waiting for
the Little Dictator to Die to Start
Another Revolution.
Port of Spain. LateBt Caracas ad
vices indicate that President Castro Is
much worse and it is even claimed
that he cannot live more than a week
longer. Should he die First Vice
President Gomel will Immediately as
sume the presidency, and will be sup
ported by a large section of the army.
A very large element of the country,
including the Andinos, mountaineer
supporters of Castro, however, will be
opposed to Gomez. Efforts to settle
the difficulties of Gomez's party and
the party headed by General Alcan
tara, president of the stace of Aragua,
have failed. Alcantara has accumu
lated a large army and considerable
war material, and is determined not
to recognize Gomez, but to raise a
revolution to obtain the presidency.
Meanwhile the rebel forces headed
by '"eneral Rafael Montilla are daily
Increasing In strength. The condition
of Venezuela is deplorable. Outrages
by bandits are Increasing dally and
the country is threatened with an
archy. CALLS ON HARRIMAN FOR AID.
President Roosevelt Asks Railroad
Man to Repair Break of Colo
rado River.
i
Washington. President Roosevelt
is exerting his efforts to have the
"break in the Colorado river in Mexico
repaired as soon as possible by the
California Development company,
which he declares is ultimately respon
sible for it. With this end In view he
has telegraphed to E. H. Harriman at
New York, reciting the inability to se
cure action by congress because of
the adjournment for the Christmas
Holidays. The president told Mr. Har
riman that It is incumbent upon him to
close the break, ''and that action
should be taken without an hour's de
lay. Mr. Harriman replied that the
Southern Pacific has no control over
the California Development company,
but he would authorize the Southern
PacSflc officers to try to repair the
breafe, trusting congress to take action
later to assist with the burden. The
preshient promised to make recom
nueadatlons to this end.
COMPLAINT OF STOCKMEN.
Were Unable to Make Shipments Be
i cause of Shortage of Cars.
I Kansas City. Numerous cattlemen
testified here on Thursday at the car
shortage hearing conducted by C. A.
Prouty, Interstate commerce commis
sioner. They told of their inability to
ship to market because of the lack of
cars, which most of them attributed to
insufficient motive power. Others as
serted that the railroads did not want
their cattle business and were using
cattle cars to transport cotton and
railroad ties. Others said that cattle
on the range were depreciating be
cause ot the shippers' inability to get
them to market, and one witness pre
dicted failure for cattlemen if cars
were not furnished.
JAPAN MORE MODERATE.
Commercial Treaty With Russia is
Nearing Completion.
St Petersburg. The Russo-Japanese
commercial treaty is nearing com
pletion. Japan has abandoned her de
mand for International navigation of
the Amur river and asks that the
treaty of Aigun be revoked only In so
far as It concerns the navigation of
the Sungarl river, which Is entirely
within Chinese territory In Manchu
ria, and is without access to the sea
through the Amur.
Smoked on Keg of Powder.
Pittsburg, Kan. In an explosion In
mine No. 1 ot the Fidelity Coal com
pany at Stone City, two miners were
killed and fifteen others badly
burned. Five kegs of powder, taken
into the mine by a party of seventeen
men, exploded at the bottom of the
mine, as the men were leaving the
cage. It is supposed a spark dropped
from a pipe one of the men was smok
ing, into one of the open kegs of pow
der. The mine at the bottom was
badly wrecked.
Daring Robbery in Leadville.
Leadville, Colo. One of the most
daring robberies in the history of
Leadville occurred Thursday night at
the Denver & Rio Grande depot, when,
after being shot and beaten almost
into Insensibility, Joe Dale, ticket
agent, was forced by a masked bandit
to open the cash drawer and deliver
over the contents, amounting to $100.
The victim will probably die. A posse
is now scouring the country surround
ing Leadville In search of the bandit
John Mitchell and Marvin Hughitt to
Serve on Noebel Board.
Washington. The president has
announced the acceptance by John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers ot America, as a representa
tive of labor, and Marvin Hughitt,
president of the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway company, as a representa
tive of capital, of the positions ten
dered them by the president as mem
bers of the board of trustees to whom
he will convey the amount of the Noe
bel prize.
Patrick Escapes Electric Chair.
Albany, N. y.Governor Hlggins
has commuted to Imprisonment for life
(he sentence of death under which Al
bert T. Patrick has remained nearly
five years, since his conviction of the
murder of William Marsh Rice, the
aged Texas millionaire, in New York
City. Patrick's brother-in-law. John T
Mllllken, of St. Louis. Is said to have
financed Patrick's fight for freedom at
great cost. It is known here that Pat
Intends to continue his efforts to
HtablUh hit Innocence,
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Try Some Froien Coffee.
Frozen coffee makes a desirable
change when fruit creams and water
Ices are no longer a novelty. Grind
very fine a quarter pound of freshly
roasted coffee; put It in a cheeseeloth
bag, and then In a porcelain farina
boiler; pour on It a quart of boiling
water taken at its first boll. The
water should be freshly drawn. Cover
and let it stand away from the fire
for five minutes.
Remove the bag of coffee and add,
half a pound of granulated sugar.;
Dissolve this by stirring and strain1
through a fine cloth. When cold add
the unbeaten white ot one egg. Turn!
Into the freezer and freeze, turning
slowly until the whole mass is frozen
like soft mush or wet snow. Serve,
In frappe glasses or lemonade cups.'
If preferred, add cream in the quan
tity you do for coffee you Intend to
drink, Just as you are going to put it
in the freezer.
To Clean Matting.
To clean matting It should be first
swept thoroughly with a stiff broom,
care bctng taken to follow the grain
of the straw. Then brush it across
the grain with a soft brcom which has
been dipped In warm water. It should
then be thoroughly washed In warm
water in which a handful of salt has
been dissolved. There is nothing that
will brighten matting as much as salt,
and it will do wonders in preventing
the colors from fading. Light colored
matting should be washed in water In
which borax has been dissolved. In
terior Decoration.
Caught. "Tf
Smith Say, I received a
severe
shock to-day.
Smythe How's that? Touch a live
wire?
Smith No, I was sitting In a street
car reading my paper, and was not
ware that the car was crowded, and
that some ladies were standing. Sud
denly, to my surprise, a woman who
was standing in front of me said to
me, "Don't you think it would be the
right thing for you to give me that
aeat!"
Smythe She had her nerve didn't
she?
Smith She always has. She is my
wife.
For Freckles.
Here is a remedy tor' freckles which
has been satisfactory, but It is Impossible-
to predict how soon the cure
will be effected: Thirty grains of pul
verized borax, dissolved in two and
one-half ounces of lemon Juice. This
makes a lotion that Is very effective
in keeping freckles In abeyance where
tt agrees with the skin. It should be
applied at night, after the face has
been thoroughly washed and rinsed.
Chocolate Cream Pie.
Bake the crust first, as for peach
Pie. This filling is very rich, and
there must be enough for two pies,
unless it Is a very large one. It la a
cooking school recipe. One pint of
milk, four ounces of chocolate dis
solved In the milk in a double boiler.
Thicken with tablespoonsful of
corn starch, add one cup of sugar and
cook It. stirring often. When it is
done, remove and add one teaspoon
of vanilla and cool. Then whip one
cup of thick cream and add to the fill
ing. Rice Pudding with Currants. .
Take half a pound of rice, half a
pound of currants. Wash the rice, tie
It In a cloth, allowing room for 't to
wen, and put It Into a saucepan of
cold water. Let It boll for an hour;
then take It up, untie the cloth, srir
n the currants, and tie It up rj,
tolerably tight, and put tt back .at0
the water for the remainder of He
"me. Boll for another hour, or rathr
tenter, and serve with sweet Mw
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