Cisco Apert (Cisco, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 28, Ed. 1 Monday, May 1, 1905 Page: 2 of 14
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A. L SCHEPLER, NEAR GRAND
PRAIRIE, SAYS “CONFIDENCE’*
MEN VICTIMIZED HIM.
TWO FRENCMN DISAPPEAR
Negotiated with Him About Taking
Girl Into Homo ami Switched
Boxes When Money Appeared. ,
Grand Prairie, Texas.—A. E. Bchep-
W, a well-to-do Frenchman and a far-
mer, advices the authorities that he
was a victim of two “confidence'' men
here when *5,000 In fold and currency
was taken from him.
According to reports the men had
been negotiating with Schepler for
placing In the farmer's care “a 7-
year-old niece, whom the pair were
desirous of placing in a good home
that she might be educated.” The girl
was supposed to have been In Fort
Worth.
As an evidence of good faith and to
show the strangers, who declared they
were very wealthy, that 8chepler was
able to provide a good home for the
little girl, the strangers aksd Schepler,
he says, to show them $5,000 so they
might become satisfied they were mak-
ing no mistake In placing in Schep-
ler's hands "$10,000 which they were
going to leave to pay for the girl's
care and education."
8chepler says he went to the bank
at Grand Prairie and drew out $5,000,'
taking It home, where he was met by
the visitors. The money was shown
to them, and Immediately the two
men produced a roll that appeared to
Mr. Schepler to be the $10,000. It
was all placed in an Iron bog. Mr.
Schepler understood that the box was
to be left In his care, and after it
had been placed In a grip the men
agreed to leave the gold and currency
II tDff CHrmww’a hnnaft
It appears that there were two boxes
both alike, and an act of deception
was executed when the first box was
was placed In the grip, the one hither-
to hidden having been placed In the
farmer's hands.
The two visiting Frenchmen left
the Schepler home about 7 o’clock.
About bedtime the Scbeplers became
auspicious, opened the box and found
It contained some rubbish.
COTTONO>FFICE8_TO DALLAS.
Headquarters of Southern 8tates Or-
ganization Moved from Macon.
Dallas, Texas.—The general offices
of the Southern States Cotton cor-
poration will be moved from Macon,
Ga., to Dallas, by vote of the stock-
holders, in session here Monday, and
upon motion of George Dole Wadley,
president of the corporation, that the
offices be so moved. -
Part of the change has already been
effected, the company now having
quarters In the Slaughter building.
The vote of the stockholders author-
ises the complete move of the general
offices to Dallas from Macon, Ga.,
where heretofore they have been lo-
cated.
This was the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Southern States
Cotton corporation, in connection with
which a cotton growers' contention
lasting three days was held.
MEXICAN OUTLOOK 8ERIOU8.
Huerta snd Diaz Declared to Be Draw
Ing Up Troops.
Washington.—A rapidly growing sit-
uation in the City of Mexico, fraught
with friction between the Huerta and
the Dias factions of the provisional
government is reported in confidential
advices and these reports are aug-
mented by agents of the Carranza con-
stitutionalists arriving here.
Reports of the kituatlon In the City
of Mexico confirm the earlier advees
of the tensity of the relations of Diaz
to Huerta. -
Between the two officials practical-
ly all government forces in the feder-
al district have been divided Into arm-
ed camps. Huerta has added to the
Infantry at the National palace and
Dias A as camped much of the artil-
lery on his estate, Hacienda del Crls-
to, about thirty miles away. Mondra-
gon. minister of war. Is In practical
possession of the citadel where other
artillery forces are quartered.
Salazar's Federal Soldiers Mutiny.
El Paso, Texas.—Ex-rebel troops un-
der Gen. Jose IneS Salazar mutinied
at Casas Grandes, refusing to proceed
ltt the campaign against the constitu-
tionalists of Chihuahua. Salazar, with
his staff officers, is reported to be
held prisoner by his own men. The
troops, whose leader had accepted the
Huerta national government, were or-
dered to proceed to Chihuahua to en-
ter the active campaign against the
insurgents threatening the state cap-
ital. The order met with refusal by
Spokesman for Senate and House Ex-
plains That Parliament Consid-
ers Loan Illegal.
Pekin.—China's day of prayer did
not prove entirely peaceful, due to
diseenaion over the five-power loan
The loan, which la tor $125,000,000.
was signed Suaday. -
A delegation from the senate and
house of representatives gathered out-
side the British bank, where the rep-
resentatives of the government and
the five-power group met The vice
president of the senate acted as
spokesman for the delegation, and
when an opportunity was given him
to confer the majority in the parlia-
ment considered the loan illegal.
Since the dynastic days the quee
tion of a loan has been discussed in
various forms and it threatens now to
bring about another revolution simi-
lar to that caused by the Hu Kuang
loan. The' situation is about as fol
Iowa: '
As the five power beakers and the
Chinese government have arranged
the loan practically for Yuan Shi Kai's
cabinet, which Yuan Shi Kal com-
pletely dominates, the cabinet con-
tends that the government has a right
to conclude such a contract because
the permanent assembly has not yet
been constituted, and therefore ap-
proval of the stx power loan by the
provisional assembly holds good. In
addition to the withdrawal of the Uni-
ted States from the combination, oth
er alterations have been made in the
contract since the assembly approved
it
The Kwo-Ming-Tang party, which is
the dominating political party, would
remove Yuan Shi Kai by parliamen-
tary means or force, but neither is
possible, a bile the president controls
the army at Pekin. The adherents
of the Kwo-Ming-Tang party to not
desire to withdraw to Hanging for the
putpose of establishing a parliament,
there, bwraw wwn «-«©«, wonyr /e-
suit in disruption between the mmh
and south. The deadlock at present
is complete.
INSURANCE COMPANIES SUED.
Attorney General of Missouri Filet
Anti-Trust Suit in Court.
Jefferson City, Mo.—Attorney Gen-
eral Baker has filed in the supreme
court quo warranto proceedings
against a number of fire insurance
companies on a charge of violating the
anti-trust law in combining to with-
draw from the state. The attorney
general asked that the companies be
fined.
The proceedings were directed
against 109 companies belonging to
the Western Insurance Union.
The Information charges that the
companies have entered into an un-
lawful combination to refuse to write
Insurance In Missouri, thus leaving
the people of the state without ade-
quate Insurance protection and to can-
cel policies hereafter written, which
would cause a financial calamity.
Th6 attorney general asks that the
supreme court issue an order restrain-
ing agreeetacmfewtacmfetacmfecmfff
ing the companies from carrying out
their agreement to quit the state and
to impose such a fine as the court
may deem necessary to prevent them
from again entering into a similar
unlawful combination.
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Austria Issues Ultimatum.
London.—“Take immediate combin-
ed action to turn the Montenegrins
out of Scutari or we shall do5t alone,"
declares a circular note sent by the
Auatro-Hungarlan government to the
powers. The note ia virtually an ulti-
matum. Austro-Hungwy declares the
prestige of the powers has been vio-
lated, and Austro-Hungary demands
that the powers decide promptly on
steps to be taken to,restore that pres-
tige, adding that if the powers should
be unable to reach a speedy decision
she will see to it herself that the will
of Europe be respected.
Eesad Pasha Claims Throne of Albania
Cettinje.—Easad Pasha, the defend-
er of Suctari, who surrendered the
town to the Montenegrins and was
permitted to depart with his troops
has proclaimed himself king of Al-
bania at Lesaio.
A good rbada organization has been
perfected at Van Alstyne, and it is
planned to drag the streets and roads
near there after each rain with the
split-log drag.
Miss Hamilton was th# favorite
grandchild of ths lata J. P. Morgan
and was with him When he died. She
wae prostrated for several days aftsr
oar grandfather’s death.
HUERTA-DIAZ BREAK OUTLOOK.
President Makes Military Preparations
When Latter Withdraws Candidacy.
City of Mexico.—Gen. Felix Diaz has
withdrawn from the race for the preei-
dency of the republic at the elections
which were to have been held in July.
Tension in the capital runs high ana
the withdrawal of Diaz is discounted
at far more than its face value.
Huerta, too, shares with the public
foreboding of serious eventualities.
Shortly after the announcement of
the withdrawal of Diaz military prep-
arations were begun and a special
meeting of the cabinet called,
The action of the chamber of dep-
utes in declining to set a date for the
elections in July has produced a cabi-
net crisis which threatens to rupture
the Piaz-Huerta alliance ^ud wtuk
TTttrr result to ttro lesTgtiaflon of Min-
ister of Foreign Relations De la Bar-
ra, Minister of War Mondragon, Minis-
ter of Justiec Rodolfo Reyes and Min-
ister of Finance Esquivel Obregon.
Cause of Catastrophe Not Definitely
Determined, but Charged
Fir* Damp.
SHIP TO BEAR GREWSOME CARGO.
Bodies of 6.000 Chinese Will Be 8ent
From California to Relatives.
Los Angeles, Ca!.—Some time in the
next month a ship will leave San Pe-
dro with the most grew some cargo
that ever left Southern California. The
cargo will consist of the bodies of
nearly 6,000 Chinese who have died in
this country in the last 50 years. It
will be the largest single removal of
human remains in the world's history.
The bodies are carefully wrapped,
each In a separate piece of soft cloth;
are then placed In boxes and carefully
sealed. When the cargo reaches Chi-
na the bodies will be taken in charge
by the relatives and friends.
The Chinese believe the eyes Of the
dead never close as long as they are
buried in a foreign land, which ex-
plains the reason for the strange
transportation. When the work of ex-
huming &n<l preparing all the bodies
has been completed a special ship will
be chartered.
Pittsburg, Pa.—The lives of 1W
miners, poiitbly 120, paid the teU
shortly after noon Wednesday of a dis-
astrous explosion in the Cincinnati
mine of tbe Monongahela River Con-
solidated Coal A Coke Company at
Finleyville, Pa. Over three score of
workmen in the mine made thrilling
escapes, crawling most of the time on
their hands and knees through deadly
gas fumes and over debris.
Up to Thursday night 55 victims
had been recovered.
Many other bodies have been found,
but so far it has been impossible to
remove them because of wreckage.
Rescuers have not been able to pene-
trate many of. the workings because
of fumes and gases, and it is feared
the death list will total 115.
The reticent attitude of both res-
cuers and mine representatives has re-
sulted in an absence of details. It
has been ascertained, however, that
rescuers have only been able to reach
a point one mile underground. The
mine is four miles in length.
Only a few of the miners who reach-
ed the surface could talk. Suffering
from burns or fright, the miners only
knew that an explosion had occurred
and that a large number of men were
either killed by the explosion or as-
phyxiated by the afterdamp.
Several hours after the explosion
seven foreign miners crawled from
one of the entrances of the mine. All
were seriously burned. They could
give no connected account of condi-
tions in the mine. They all said, "Tha
mine is fuil of dead people."
A gas explosion is thought to have
caused the disaster, although this fact
has not been exactly determined. Fire
damp, it is said, may have been re-
sponsible.
The Cincinnati mine, it Is alleged,
has been known as being gaseous.
Thirty years ago there was a gas ex-
plosion by which nine cars were
blown through the tipple and half way
across the Monongahela river. The
mine is among the oldest in the Mon-
ongahela valley, having been in opera-
tion at least 80 years.
Conditions in the mine, as far as it
could be penetrated, indicate that most
of the men were not killed by the ex-
plosion, but were caught by after-
damp. None of the dead was found
in the rooms where the men usually
work. The bodies were found scat-
tered in the entrance, where death by
asphyxiation overtook the viotims.
Of the 90 men who entered tha
mine for work 38 made their escape
through what is known as the Mingo
entry of the mine, and 38 or 40 miners
&Ibo escaped through the Courtney en-
try. At least lOOjnen are unaccount?
ed for.
REJOICE AT FALL OF SCUTARI.
INCOME TAX CLAUSE APPROVED.
Three Amendments Adopted to Make
Clearer aa to Inaurance.
Washington.—The Democratic cau-
cus has finished consideration of the
income tax provision of the tariff bill
and the net result was the adoption
of three amendments, clearing up the
intent of the bill in regard to insurance
companies and policy holders. These
three amendments were as follows:
That the .proceeds of an insurance
policy resulting from death of the In-
sured shall not be included in the in-
come to be taxed.
That diviends paid to policy holders
shall be Included in the taxable in-
come.
That no tax aball be assessed against
reserve funds of Insurance companies.
All attacks on the income tax pro-
vision of the bill, seeking to lower or
raise the rates, or seeking to Increase
or deerese the exemption failed, the
committee In each instance being over-
whelmingly sustained.
Crest of Mountain Fails.
Florae, France.—The crest of Mount
Rochefort, above this town, fell off.
An enormous mass of rock roiled for
a mile and a half into the vaiiey, de-
stroying fields, gardens and orchards.
It stopped at the outskirts of the vil-
lage. No one was killed.
Austria-Hungary Sets Out to Make
Montenegrins Evacuate City.
London.-rNews of the fall of Scu-
tari to the Montenegrins has been re>
ceived with extraordinary demonstra-
tions of joy in all of the allied capi-
tals, notably Belgrade, and the Bulga-
rian premier has sent effusive congrat-
ulations to the Montenegrin premier.
The first effect of the fall of tha
fortress has been the extension of the
international naval blockade to Duraz-
zo, but what will U the next step of
the powers in facing the new situation
is difficult to foretell. According to
the view prevailing at St. Petersburg,
the coercion of Montenegro would not
be an easy matter.
Austria-Hungary already has made
definite proposals to the powers with
a view to compelling Montenegro to
evacuate Scutaria, but it Is not certain
that such proposals will be welcomed.
Gives $300,000 for Study of Cancer.
New York—The largest single con-
tribution toward the extermination of
the cancer germ that has been report-
ed since George Crocker gave Colum-
bia university $1,500,000 for that pur
pose three years ago was made known
through the filing of the will of Henry
Rutherford. Disposing of an an es-
tate estimated at roord than $2,000,000,
Mr. Rutherford directed that $200,000
be turned over to the Rockefeller In-
stitute for Medical Research as a fund
for the investigation and cure of can?
cer.
Miner's Home Dynamited.
Cripple Creek, Colo.—Thi home of
James T. Bacon, a mipor and former
member of the Colorado legislature,
was blown up with dynamite, killing
Mrs. Bacon and her 5-year-old daugh-
ter. Bacon was rendered unconscious.
Celery Toast—For this the outside
Stalks of celery can be used. Cat
them Into inch lengths, put them over
the fire in enough hot water to covet
them, and stew until the celery is ten-
der. Remove from the water and add
to a cup of thie an equal quantity ot
milk, thicken with a heaping table-
spoonCnl each of butter and flour, stir
until smooth and thick, return the cel-
ery dice to this, salt and pepper to
taste, and pour over dipped and but?
tered toaat or over fried bread —
Anchovy Toaat—Make your toaat;
after trimming off the crust butter
lightly and spread sparingly with an-
chovy paste. Cook together a table-
spoonful of butter and one ot flour,
pour upon them a cupful of milk, atlr,
until It la thick and smooth and put
Into It two hard boiled eggs, chopped
coarsely. When the eggs are hot
through, pepper to taste—the anchovy
will probably Supply enough salt—and
pour the egg sauce on the anchovy
spread toast
This is more a relish than a main
dish, but It you choose to make more
sauce and double the quantity of egg
used you can have a good dish for
Sunday night supper or for a family
or even a company lunch.
Cheese Toast, I.—Slice bread thin
and butter lightly, l^ay between two
thicknesses of It a thin slice of Amer-
ican dairy cheese; heat a little butter
in a frying pan, put the cueese sand-
wiches in this, and brown delicately,
taking long enough about it to have
the cheese melted *on the Inside.
Sprinkle with salt before serving.
Cheese Toast, II.—Heat half a cup-
ful of shaved cheese In a saucepan,
and when it Is melted add to It a cup-
ful of milk; stir until milk and cheese
are well bjended Beat an egg light,
pour eome of the hot cheese and egg
upon it, and return to the saucepan,
cook one minute, eeaeon with salt
and red pepper and paprika, and pour
upon buttered toast In a hot dish.
Stuffed Eggs.
Boll S eggs very hard, shell and cut
In halves lengthwise. Take out yolks
and mash them fine, mix with m ta-
blespoons olive oil, 1 small teaspoon
of mustard, add pepper and salt and
enough vluegar to thin sufficiently.
Cut a little parsley very fine and mix
in dressing, then fill cavities with
dressing. Take two toothpicks and
run through egg slantwise so they cross
each other in center. They can be re-
moved by the one who is to partake
Of the staffed eggs. These can be
varied by mincing 2 sardines very fins
and adding to mixture before stuffing
the egg.
8had Ros and Bacon.
Carefully place roe in boiling water
for five minutes; let simmer and then
drain Place thin slices of bacon in a
frying pan, fry until crisp, but take
care not to let it burn. Remove tha
bacon, place on a sheet of brown pa-
per so as to absorb tbe grease. Now
put the roe In the fat that remains in
the frying pan and fry five minutes on
bach side, place roe on a platter, sur?
■round It with the pieces of bacon, gar
nlsb with slices of lemon and parsley
Mother Eve's Pudding.
Take six ounces each of 'sliced ap?
pie. grated bread, chopped suet and
washed currants and mix together in
a bowl with a quarter of the rind of
one lemon grated Boat two eggs
stiffly and add to the other ingredi-
ents. Boll In a buttered mold and
aerve with white sauce sweetened
and flavored with vanilla,,,. .
Boiled Rice.
First wash the rice in cold water
Then place rice In a medium sized
stewpan with the water two Inches
above the rice This quantity of wa-
ter must remain the same during the
boiling. As soon as the water bolls
the heat must be lowered. Boil slow-
ly for half an hour. The stewpan cov-
er most be kept on the rice and not
lifted during the boiling. That Is ths
secret of Chinese success In rice boil-
ing. It must not be stirred. It will
then come out snowy white and every
grain will be whole.'
Graham Cake.
Three eggs, beaten with one cup of
ngar, four tablespoona of hot water,
one heaping cup of flour, sifted, with
one heaping teaspoon of baking pow-
der, and lastly add two teaspoons ol
anise seed. Bake in a large shallow
tin. When done take from oven and
let It cool a little. Turn ont and cut
Into inch-thick slices. Cut each alloe
into two pieces. Return to tin and pul
Into oven and brown on both eel
sides.
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