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The Spanish American
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IN THE HOUSEHOLD
TOPICS OF GENERAL AND TIMELY
INTEREST.
Appropriate Decorations for Crystal
Wedding Vegetable Jelly Salad
Is Something New Putting up
Quince Preserves For Winter.
At a recent cryBtal wedding, glass
of all kinds was used In decorating
the dining room. Many mirrors re
placed the pictures on the walls, and
jthese were festooned with smilax.
Cut-glasB vases and bowls were placed
about the room, filled with white
chrysanthemums. The candlesticks
on (.he mantel were of glass, and con
tained white candles. In the center of
the table was a large cut-glass bowl
filled with white chrysanthemums,
testing on a circular mirror wreathed
in ferns. Glass candlesticks were
placed at each corner. All the dishes,
as far as possible, were of cut-glass,
.which gave a brilliant effect. The
souvenirs were glass slippers filled
with email after-dinner mints.
The following simple supper was
served:
1 Oyster Cocktail,
('ream of Tomato Soup, Bread Sticks,
Pried Chicken, Currant Jelly,
French Peas, Potato Balls,
Brown Bread,
Salted Nuts,
Apple and Nut Salad,
Orange Sorbet, Fancy Cakes,
Candled Ginger,
Coffee.
For vegetable jelly salad, use one
;half box of gelatine, three-fourths of
a cup of cold water, one pint of boil
ing water, one-half cup of sugar, one
half cup of lemon juice, three toma
toes, two bunches of water cress, may
onnaise dressing. Soak the gelatine
in cold water.- Cut the lemon rind
thin, and cook it in the water five
minutes, then add the soaked gelatine,
sugar, and lemon juice. Strain it into
a pitcher. Wet the mold in cold
water, and pack it In ice. Put in a
layer of jelly, when hard, a layer of
tomatoes sliced, and a little water
cress. Repeat this process till the
mould 1b full. Garnish with cresses,
and serve with mayonnaise dressing.
Most unattractive of fruit trees as
to foliage and requiring little or no
attention to Insure good bearing, the
quince, according to Vogue, is one of
the most economical and delicious of
the autumn fruits for winter storage.
As its full maturity comes late, it is
advisable to pluck the quinces when
,they have reached a good size, but
have not yet assumed the golden
color, and accelerate the ripening pro
cesa on a closet shelf. In this way,
only a few need be preserved at a
time, or as soon as they are mellow
enough to pare easily. The loss from
rotting will not be worth mentioning.
Every part of the quince is availa
ble In preserving; the eights when
pared being used for marmalade, pre
serves and conserves, and the parings
and cores being retained for jelly;
although some experienced cooks will
advise that the cores be discarded
altogether, these being so gelatinous
that they make a sticky jelly, lacking
In solidity and sparkle. Others, again,
Insist that the cores add consistency
and flavor.
The thrifty housekeeper always ar
ranges to make her quincepreserves,
jelly and marmalade at the same time.
Canning Pumpkin.
Peel and cut the pumpkin into small
cubes. Cover with water and cook
until tender no longer. Fill the jar
with these cubes, being very particular
to fill the space around them with the
water In which the pumpkin is cook
ed. When the jar is nearly full add
four grains- of benzoic acid. Fill the
jar to overflowing and close as usual,
being very careful that all rubbers,
covers, etc., are perfectly sterile. The
benzoic acid may be purchased for
very little of any druggist Have him
weigh out four grains for you and
wrap in a separate paper, then anyone
can guess at the quantity by looking
üt this.
; Spiced Cranberries.
Boil together three and one-half
pounds of brown sugar, two cupfuls of
vinegar, two tablespoonfuls each of
ground allspice and cinnamon, and
one tablespoonful of ground cloves.
To this sirup add five pounds of cran
berries, and simmer slowly for two
hoars. Keep In , a stone jar, closely
covered.
Woman's Tongue the Smaller.
In a man and woman of equal weight
the woman's tongue Is smaller than
tha man's.
HEAVY INHERITANCE TAX
Advocated by Andrew Carnegie In New
York Speech,
New York. Andrew Carnegie, In an
iddress before the National Civic Fed
eration Thursday said that he believed
the major portion of the estates of
enormously wealthy men should go to
tne state upon the death of the pos
sessor of the fortune. Mr, Carnegie
opposed a graduated Income tax.
Melville E. Ingalls of Cincinnati
addressed himself to the subject of an
income and inheritance tax, especially
with a view to limiting the large accu
mulations of wealth in the possession
of individuals. He said that there had
been in the last few years three pro
lific sources of multi-millionaires
which are open to criticism. These, he
said, were the tariff, illegal favors and
contracts given to the shippers by the
railways, and the securing by means
which were questionable, of contracts
at nominal prices for the use of the
streets of various cities for the pur
pose of transportation and lighting. He
said that illegal favors had been In
many cases wrung from the railways
by the shippers and said that this form
of evil had been used In combination
with the tariff.
William D. Guthrie, a lawyer, who
led the fight in the local courts against
an income tax, on constitutional
grounds, held that there must, under
American institutions, be equality of
taxation.
Andrew Carnegie, who followed,
said that he was in hearty accord with
Mr. Guthrie.
"I think an income tax would pene
trate business to the core," said Mr,
Carnegie. "I think this country
would never regret anything so much
as to Impose such a tax. I differ with
the President strongly on the subject
of the Income tax. But I am in a pe
culiar position on the inheritance tax,
advocating that as something like get
ting a better distribution of wealth.
"The subject of wealth distribution
will not down."
Mr. Carnegie said he believed, inas
much as the wealth properly belonged
to the community, the latter, on the
death of the possessor, should acquire
a great portion of the wealth, having
had a large portion to do with Its de
velopment. "Our country fails In its duty," said
Mr. Carnegie, "if it does not exact a
hare, a tremendous share, of the es
tate of the enormously wealthy upon
his death. The money belongs to the
community. Do not mistake me. I do
not advocate the making of a man a
pauper, or the pauperizing of his chil
dren, but it is not the millionaire who
made the wealth. He did not make the
ore, or the coal or the gold that he dug
from the ground. The Montana cop
per mine owner did not make his
wealth. It belongs in the abstract to
the people who use it and who produce
the use which makes it valuable.
"I am with the President, then, to
tax heavily by graduated taxation ev
ery man who dies leaving behind him
his millions, for I think that excessive
wealth left to a child is an injury."
DUBOIS ON SMOOT.
Censures President for Assisting Mor
mon Republicans.
Wftshlne'tnn. The Senate Thursday
listened to the second speech which
has been made this session against tne
continuance of Reed Smoot as sena
tor from Utah. It was delivered by
Senator Dubois of Idaho, who after re
viewing in detail the workings of the
Mormon Church and Mr. Root's promi
nent connection therewith, concluded
with the charge that President Koose
velt used the weight of his administra
tion to assist the Mormon-Republican
vote in the last election.
Mr Dubois asserted the control of
the church to be complete In the hier
archy, consisting of the presidency
and the twelve apostles, of wnicn Mr.
Smoot. was one. This control, he main
tained, was ecclesiastical, political and
commercial, and was exercised com
pletely over followers who come prin
cipally from foreign countries. The
constant tendency, he said, was to
make the church and state one, with
the control in the church.
Aa to Senator Smoot. he said, It
made no difference whether he was or
was not a polygamlst The senator
was a pillar In the church and In con
trol of its temporal, spiritual and po
litical policies, and was selected for
the Senate because or nis posmon.
"Smoot," he said, "represents the
church and not the state and would do
the bidding of the church before he
would serve the real Interests of the
tuto or of the nation. By being an
apostle of the chuch, Smoot Is a mem
ber of this hign conspiracy, tie is one
of the chief conspirators, and by his
acquiescence supports tne pians ana
alms of the conspiracy."
The breaking down of the Influence
of the church In politics, Mr. Dubois
asserted, would do more than anything
else to put a stop to polygamy.
King of Sweden III.
Stockholm. Considerable alarm was
occasioned Thursday by a statement
that King Oscar Is seriously ill; thai
all the royal family had assembled at
the palace, and that the crown prince,
Gustavus Adolphus, had been sum
moned hurriedly from Berlin. It ap
pears that King Oscar has been ail
ing for some days. His indisposition
was not regarded as serious until
Wednesday, when he developed symp
toms of heart failure. His heart had
been affected for three years, and In
the fear that because of his great age
the present attack might prove fatal,
four doctors have been In attendance.
SUGAR beet payments.
Large Sums Disbursed by Greeley, Ea
ton and Windsor Factories.
Greeley. Saturday payment for the
November deliveries of beets was
made by the Greeley, Eaton and Wind
sor sugar factories. The Greeley fac
tory paid $210,000; Eaton, $215,
000; Windsor, $179,000; total, $604,-
U00. The monthly payroll for
workmen at the three factories is
$76,000, and the expenses $G0,000
which, added to the foregoing,
makes a total of $739,000 put Into cir
culation by the three factories during
the last few days. The September de
livery of beets brought $185,000, and
October $311,000, which, with the
monthly payroll and expenses of the
three factories, has made the three dis
tricts richer by $1,500,000. It is quite
probable that the December delivery
will equal that of November, and it will
be February 1st before all beets are de
llvered, which will prolong the sugar
campaign Into March. All beets are
dug in northern Colorado and there is
a good prospect that practically all
will be used by the factories without
loss to the farmers from freezing or
thawing.
The Beet Growers' Association of
the Greeley district met Saturday, with
250 present, to consider making con
tracts for growing beets for sugar fac
torles next season. They united to a
man against siloing beets in the field
at $5.50 a ton, as offered by the sugar
company, as they claim the extra 50
cents does not pay for the shrinkage
in siloed beets, to say nothing of the
extra expense of labor. The farmers
believe that If the factories wish to
have the beets siloed the work should
be done by the factories.
The growers also object to the
clause in the present contract which
requires a grower to wait until Octo
ber 20th to deliver unless ordered ear
Her, and desire the privilege of deliv
ering beets by October 15th. A com
mittee was appointed to draft a con
tract embodying the desires of the
growers and submit it to the sugar
company.
Henry C. Watson resigned as pres
ldent of the association and Charles
Mason was elected in his place.
MEXICO BUYS RAILROADS.
Partial Government Ownership to Be
Established.
City of Mexico. Dec. 14 The details
of the railway merger, in which th;
Mexican government takes control oi
all the important lines in the republic,
are not known.
By the terms of the contract the gov
ernment secures absolute control ol
the Mexican Central, the National, the
International, the Inter Oceanic ana
the Hidalgo & Northeastern, all ol
which will be merged into one great
railroad system. The government also
comes into control of the Texas-Mexi
can, a railroad at Laredo, Texas, which
is owned by the National. , The mile
age of the system, will, with exten
sions, which are rapidly nearing com
pletion, aggregate approximately 10,-
000 miles.
The Tehuantepec National and Vera
Cruz & Pacific, two other roads con
trolled by the government, will con
tinue to be operated as Independent
companies.
A Mexican company, of which a ma
jority of the stock will be held by the
Mexican government will be organized
with headquarters in this city. The
company will issue its securities In ex
change for the securities outstand
ing of the two companies, and the
new company will acquire all the phys
ical property and concessions held by
the old companies. It is contemplated
to create a board of twenty-one direc
tors, to be divided into a general board,
which will reside in Mexico, and a lo
cal board with headquarters in New
Vork. The board in Mexico will con
sist of twelve members and the New
York board of nine.
DESPERATE FROM COLD.
North Dakota and Minnesota Want Mi
litia Called Out.
Minneapolis. With the cold wave
signal flying, the coal shortage In the
Northwest becomes not only a cause
of severe suffering, but an absolute
menace to human life.
This is the second chapter in the his
tory of the railroads' failure to handle
the 1906 traffic In the territory tribu
tary to Minneapolis.
The Glenburn, North Dakota, Com-
cercial Club will appeal to the gov
ernors of North Dakota and Minnesota
to employ state miliary forces In mov
ing coal trains. Farmers are burning
their outbuildings for fuel.
Glenburn has invited people from its
Its territory who will be without fuel
to come and camp in the village school.
Eveleth, Minnesota, faces darkness
and suffering through deprivation of
coal, and apprehensive reports have
come from numerous other places.
Fort Collins and Laramie Line.
Fort Collins. The Denver, Laramie
& Northwestern Railroad Company has
filed a certificate with the county clerk
naming Henry Apple as Its business
agent In Colorado, giving his residence
as Denver. This company has pur
chased and paid for the right of way
for a railroad for almost the entire dis
tance between Fort Collins and Lara
mie, Wyoming, and Its officials state
that construction will be started on the
line as soon as the frost is out of the
ground In the spring and that cars will
bei running between the two points be
fore the winter of 1907.
The surveyed line of this road bears
northwesterely from Fort Collins, pass
ing through Park station, Virginia
Dale and thence on to Laramie.
NEW MEXICO
Senator Teller of Colorado intro
duced a bill providing for the admls
Bion of New Mexico as a state.
Victor Ortego has been appointed
postmaster at Chlmayo, Santa Fe
county, to succeed Jose P. Trujillo,
who declined reappointment.
John F. Wlelandy, aged Beventy-six,
horticulturist and author of note, who
mado his home at Santa Fe, died a few
days ago at St. James, Missouri.
In the habeas corpus proceedings on
behalf of Neliton Garcia, accused of
the murder of Pedro Barela at Questa,
Judge McFie admitted Garcia to $1,000
bail.
The federal authorities have stamped
out the epidemic of diphtheria at, the
Dueblo of San Juan near Española,
where five children died. The quaran
tine has been raised.
The following have been appointed
notaries public by Acting Governor J.
W. Raynolds: Lorenzo Gonzales, Cor
azón, San Miguel county; Nobar Ortiz,
Corono, Lincoln county.
Mrs. Nestor Armljo of Las Cruces
died a few days ago at Rochester, Min
nesota, after a surgical operation. She
was the wife of the wealthiest Span-
lard In the Mesilla valley.
Floyd Gibbons, chief deputy revenue
collector of New Mexico and Arizona,
was recently notified of his promotion
to be general traveling deputy of the
revenue service, headquarters at
Omaha.
Christian Science people of Albu
querque organized themselves into a
society by electing the following offi
cers: Mrs. M. A. Phelan, first reader;
Mrs. C. E. Morrison, second reader;
Mrs. Ida M. Plummer, clerk; Mrs.
Anna Murphy, treasurer. The society
Btarls with fifteen members and will
hereafter hold morning meetings.
J. W. Turknett of Artesia has been
appointed to the position of county
commissioner In the Second commis
sioner district of Eddy county by Act
ing Governor J. W. Raynolds to fill the
vacancy caused by the death ot
George W. Wilcox. Mr. Wilcox was
elected at the last election, when he
defeated Mr. Turknett for the office.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hiram Hadley has made the first dis
tribution and apportionment of moneys
derived from school leases under the
new school census, 28 cents for eacli
child of school age. The total sum dis
tributed is $21,840. The new census
shows that the territory has 78,000
children of school age, indicating a
population of 312,000.
A Santa Fe dispatch December 12th
says: Tne annual nesta oi uuaaaiupe
Is being celebrated throughout New
Mexico. At Santa Fe high mass was
celebrated at Guadalupe church and
Rev. A. Jouvenceau of Bernalillo
preached the festival sermon. Bon
fires are blazing in front of almost
every Catholic home and fireworks
light up the evening sky.
Crazed by drink, Charles Johnson, a
Swede, went Into the toilet room of a
coach on a Santa Fe train and fired a
bullet into his brain. He was brought
to Albuquerque and died in the hospi
tal. He was a member of the Chicago
Truck Drivers' union No. 705, and also
the American Federation of Labor. He
had relatives and friends in Chicago
who have been notified of his death,
Virgil Harris, accused of shooting
Joe Padilla, and John Belknap, ac
cused as accessory, were acquitted at
Albuquerque at a preliminary hearing.
While the testimony was sensational,
nothing was adduced to show that
Harris attempted to assassinate Pa
dilla, although the latter was shot in
the lee or that Belknap was an acces
sory. The shooting of Padilla remains
a mystery.
r.alliin'R citv administration is now
without an official bead, says a recent
dispatch. E. M. Sanjule has resigned
as mayor, to which position he was
elected at the recent city election
which nreciDitated auo warranto pro
ceedings which are now pending In the
District Court at Albuquerque, mr.
Rnniuln Intimated that he was re
quested to resign by the Atchison, To-
poka & Santa Fe Hallway company, uy
which he is employed.
Judge A. A. Freeman, former federal
Judge in New Mexico, wnose iamuy
feared he had perished in the snow
while hunting near Carlsbad, was res
cued by ranchmen, after being penned
In a hut over two days witnoui iwu
or fire. He was assistant attorney geu
eral of the United btates under Hayes'
administration, and was appointed fed
eral Judge for New Mexico by Harri
son. After the Civil war he was the
Republican candidate for governor
against Gen. John Brown :n ieuu
eon Tndw Freeman suffered greatly
in his recent snow experience and has
ust recovered sufficiently to reium
home.
umar Tnkr the voung son of S. L.
Baker of Mineral Hill, and a puplr at
the Castle school here, is suffering
from a broken leg and other Injuries as
the result of a football game between
the young students at the school, says
a La Vegas dispatch. He was the un
fortunate spectator in the case. A
crowd of schoolmates In mass forma
tion rushed around the corner or a
building. Before the boy could escape
he was knocked down and the whole
crowd fell upon him In a heap. Hlu
leg was forced bank under him and
broken. When the boys began to re
gain their feet they soon found their
playmate was badly injured and called
grocery wagon in wnnn ne was
carted home. Besides a broken leg the
youth has Internal Injuries which, how
ever, are not thought to be serious
NEWS SUMMARY
NEW MEXICO'S MINERAL OUTPUT
It Is estimated that the mineral
production of New Mexico during the
present year exceeds $6,000,000. From
actual reports of last year's produc
tion, the following estimates have
been made: Coal, 2,000,000 tons valued
at $3,000,000; 135,000 tons of iron ore
valued at over $500,000; 20,000 fine
ounces of gold valued at $400,000;
400,000 fine ounces of silver valued at
$25,000; 7,000,000 pounds of copper
valued at $1,350,000; 6,000,000 pounds
of lead valued at $300,000; 10,000,000
pounds of vine valued at $500,000. The
above figures do not include the pro
duction of stone for building 'and bal
lasting purposes, of cement, of lime,
of turquoise. The cement industry,
especially, is gaining a strong foothold
in New Mexico and promises to rank
soon next to coal in the value of its
production. Nevertheless, New Mexi
co can hardly be called a mining com
monwealth for the value of Its agri
cultural products is four times that
of the mines, and even its stock indus
try yields greater returns than mining.
Santa Fe New Mexican.
Great Engine Smashed.
Because its governor stopped, a 150
horse power engine owend by the Albu
querque Gas, Electric Light and Power
Company ran away with itself at the
power plant at the hmiber mills at Al
buquerque on the 14th inst., and was
broken to pieces.
The engine was employed in pulling
two generators which furnished elec
tricity for the Albuquerque Traction
Company, and as a result of the acci
dent, Albuquerque is without street car
service.
The report of the break sounded like
a great explosion, which was heard all
over the city, though the plant is a
mile north of the city limits.
Darkness in the city followed the ex
plosion, the other electrical engines at
the plant used to furnish light being
slightly damaged by fragments of the
broken engine.
Fly wheels six feet in diameter and
weighing 3,500 pounds each were
broken into pieces, no one of which
would weigh more than fifty pounds.
Spokes of wheels several inches in
thickness and of cast iron were
stripped from hubs as though they
were tooth picks. One piece probably '
weighing fifty pounds, knocked a hole
in the top of the engine room fifty feet
above the dismantled engine. Another
struck the steel frame of the building
forty feet above, bending it as though
it were a mere latticework of wood.
The cylinder and guide of the engine,
one solid piece weighing probably 8,000
pounds, was wrenched from Its moor
ings (3n the foundation of cement and
steel and hurled ten feet into the pit
of the engine room. Bolts which held
this piece were snapped square off.
Belts were torn into shreds.
Engineer Hicks, who was employd
in another part of the building at the
time, escaped uninjured.
The Sacramento Telephone Com
pany has filed incorporation papers at
Santa Fe, capital $10,000 and headquar
ters at Alamogordo.
Government Sheep Dipping.
j dmrge tfae Qf ,n New
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Mexico during the coming season, ac
cording to the statement of some mem
bers of the Sheep Sanitary Board,
which was in annual session here Sat
urday, says an Albuquerque dispatch.
The discussion of the sheep industry
lasted for several hours and was thor
ough. It was asserted that the loss
of sheep during the recent blizzard
was slight, although goats, particularly
Angoras, suffered heavily.
It is practically certain that the gov
ernment will detail inspectors to lake
charge of the dipping of sheep during
the coming Beason, although no prom
ise to that effect has been made. The
Territorial Sheep Sanitary Board is to
supply the Inspectors to see that the
sheep are brought to the dipping
places. The government will bring ex
perienced inspectors from Utah, Wyo
ming, Idaho, and other places to in
spect the dipping. It will require about
125 men, who will be paid from $100 to
$75 a month. The New Mexico board
has from twenty-five to thirty men
in the field each season, and when the
force Is enlarged to 125 men the in
spection will be very thorough. The
sheep are free from scab to a great ex
tent and prices continue good, accord
ing to members of the sanitary board.
Indians Saw the President.
A Santa Fe dispatch of tho 8th inst.
says: Gov. J. Romero, War Chief Yep
pa and Jesus Baca of Jemez Pueblo,
returned to-day from Washington,
where they had been to see President
Roosevelt to present their grievances
and ask that the lands taken up by
settlers round about them be restored
to them and that an order Issued to ex
clude all white men from their dances
and festivities.
The President, after an interview
that pleased the red skins greatly, re
ferred them to the bureau of Indian
affairs with their grievances.
When they left for Washington Gov.
Romero carried the money for their
expenses in a satchel that looked fat
and well filled. Upon their return it
was lean and the governor remarked:
"Lots of money when we go, no
money when we come home. Costs
heap to see so much. Had fine time.
President him great man and good to
Indians. Now we go home. Indians
very tired."
Thoy left for Jemez to-night.