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THE CITIZEN, XtilDAY, 30, 1011.
SECRETARY FISHER.
Who Approves Order to Cancel
Alaikan Coal Land Claims.
Copyright by Dana Hull.
Washington, Juno 27. Much Impor
tance is attached to an announcement
by the interior deDartmcnt that thn fa.
inous Cunningham claims in Alaska.
involving coal lands worth from $100,
000,000 to S500.0O0.O0O. hnvn heon nr
dered canceled by Land Commissioner
Dennett, with the approval of the new
secretary of the Interior, Walter Fish
er.
The properties have been restored to
the public domain and later will be
opened for re-entry.
By tho action of the interior depart
ment the syndicate, which has a tenta
tive option to take over the claims,
has had n hard blow given it in Its
plan for getting a firm grip on the
mineral resources of Alaska.
The announcement is mode by attor
neys for tho Cunningham interests
that an appeal will be made to the
courts and that tho light will be car
ried through to tho supromo court.
1NDICT "UpER'CLTO" MEN.
Federal Crusade In Trust Cases Hits
Box Board Manufacturers.
-Jlew X'ork, June 27. A strong in
dictment under tho crlminnl provision
of the Sherman law has been returned
by tho federal grand jury against the
Eastern Box Board club, alleged to bo
the successor of tho dissolved Fiber
and Manila association.
The defendants, being individuals
liistead "of corporations, In the event
of convictions being secured, Mr. Wise
will urge jail setences aa well as the
Imposition of heavy flues.
The dofeudauts named in the indlct
meiiF are:"
William C. Gear, Troy, N. Henry
Surelter, Long Island City, N. Y.; Wil-JiftPA-jH-
Smith, Bogota, N. J.; Sydney
Mitchell, Thamesvllle, Conn.; Chester
town, Md., and Winchester, Va.; Ben
jamin Ward and Frederick M. Butler,
Passaic, N. J.; Emmons Bryantj Cas
tleton, N. Y.; Theodore Foster, Utica,
"N. Y.i William O. sTiortess, Haverhill,
Mass.; Hubert B. McEwan, Whlppany.
N. J.; William It. Shaffer, New Haven,
Conn.; Henry L. Paddock, Fulton,
N. Y.; Samuel A. Short, Jr., Philadel
phia; Charles E. Williams, Plermont.
N. Y.; Andrew Talt, Bridgeport, Conn.;
Louis Newman, Tonawauda, N. Y.; W.
Howard Itlchardson, Bogota, N. J.;
Matthias Plum. Jr., Waverly, X J.;
Frank S. Harrison and J. A. Eyster,
Hallton, W. Va.
KING AT GALA PERFORMANCE
Royalty Attends Covent Garden Coro
nation Offering.
Loudon, June 27. The gala perform
ance at the opera carried on the cycle
of coronation splendors. Tho interior
f fYivpnt fiiirilmi. wlmrn ihn iiprfnrni.
ance took place, was exquisitely deco
rated with hundreds of thousands of
pink and crimson roses set off with a
display of greenery, but the glitter of
the gold lace and the scarlet, blue,
green and white uniforms of tho men
and the diamonds and gorgeous toilets
of the women outshone the decorations
In the eyes of the ordinary onlooker.
The king and queen and members of
.the British and other royal families
reappeared for Inspection ns on former
days of the festivities, accompanied
by ambassadors, ministers, high olll
clals of the state, the army and the
navy as well as titled leaders of soci
ety. There was not a seat vacant in
the house below the gallery.
Tho performance consisted of selec
tions from "Itouico and Juliet," "Aida"
and the "Barber of Seville," with
Melba, Tctrazzlnl, Dcstlnn, McCor
mlck, Bassi and Franz as tho Interpre
ters. It Is announced that the royal gar
den party at Buckingham palace,
which was scheduled for today, will
be canceled if tho weather is bad.
Reliable.
"Congratulations, old manl How
much does your now baby weigh?"
"A ton."
"Quit your kidding."
"Honestly. I'm n coal dealer, and I
weighed the boy on my own scales."
Toledo Blade.
Mother at Her Best,
"I suppose you hate to seo your
daughter marry?" said tho young man.
"Yes, I do," admitted tho father.
"Her mother has made it a point to bo
mighty sweet tempered while this
courtship was going on." Washlngtou
Herald.
WILL ABOLISH
THEGAHROTE.
Ci!ba to Do Away Willi Gaplisl
Punishment.
WILL REFORM CRIMINALS
i That Is the Plan Instead of Executirv
Them Manner of Imposing Death ir.
the Island Republic Most Cruel Wh
Qomez la Opposed.
Cuba Is to abolish capital punl-'-ment.
Dr. Manuel Secades, consultm.
attorney of the interior department ot
Cuba, ia studying th'o modern prisons
in this country. Cuba is to have up
to date prisons too.
There are fourteen murderers In
Prlnclpo penitentiary now, but tbey
probably never will bo executed. So
far President Gomez has followed the
plan used by Kansas governors for
years when dodging tho carrying out
of the death penalty he simply refuses
to set the date on which a condemned
man shall die. Governor Magoon did
the same thing when he was La charge
of the Island, arguing that If Cuban
were to be executed It was up to the
Cubans to do It
With the abolishment of capital pun
lshmeut in Cuba tho western hem)
sphere will bo rid of one of the roost
cruel death dealing devices ever mndp
by man the garrote, Introduced into
Cuba by the Spaniards. In demand
lng a penalty the Spaniards asked mure
than the life of a man, and the gar
rote. with Its slow torture preceding
death, answered their purpose.
The Garrote Described.
The mechanism is simple. There Is
an upright post. In front of whicb la u
stool, on .which the man about to be
executed sits. Attached to the uprigiit
Is a wooden collar re-enforced by Iron
strips made to adjust around a jut
sonfs neck'. After the coTfar Ts put on
the executioner, or verdugo, twists a
long wooden bar. Tho ffect Is a tight
enlng of tho collar on the victim's
neck. The pressure Is continued until
me urea is uronea, ma plan or Dnng-
lng death sometimes takes fifteen mln '
UteS. I
.President Palma didn't entertain the
same scruples about capital punish-
ment that his successor has, and thirty
men were put to death during his fotfr '
year reign. 1
The verdugo always la a murderer 1
who has been sentenced to death. For to cream with a bit of butterand sea
his work in killing others he receives son with snlr. nnnrikn nmi mifnig
time off. tho same aa for good be-! Add some Oncly minced bam or chlck
havlorond also 517 for every Job. The ! en nnd form the mass Into little balls,
verdugo Is a privileged character too When tho gratln Is baked set the dish
He has an apartment in the prison for i
himself alono, enjoys better food and ,
on the whole Is anjmportant functiou-'
ary "of the government "nr--,.-
Executloner of Seventy.
One Spanish executioner named Jose I
was kept so busy that bo obtained ills Ono quart of ripe strawberries, otie
relcaso within seven years. He had 'lalf pound of seeded raisins, one
put seventy 'persons to death. With quart of granulated sugar, one-half
tho $17 he received for each execution pound nuts broken up, not too flue,
Jose left tho prison with enough moiiey !
to get a start in tho world. He spent ; oranges anu one lemon, lut an to
hls money freely nnd boasted of Ills ! Bethcr Into a preserving kettle and
record as an executioner. His good cook slowly for about thirty minutes.
time was not to last long, however, for ,
on tho third day of his liberty be was
stabbed to death.
There la n little Inside story regard
lng the opposition of President Gomez
to capital punishment During the In
terior disturbance In Cuba in 1005 Go
mez was a political prisoner. It so
happened that his cot In Principe
prison was within a few feet of the
room in which tho garrote Is kept.
Over the black curtalna that hid from
view the death device was a sign in
big lettering, "Garrote." Gomez saw It
and chills went up bia back. Ho tossed
on hla cot for ho couldn't oleep. nnd
every tlmo ho opened hla eyes hla gazo
seemed to rest on tho sign. He told
his friends that he had experienced
terrible dreams and he was much im
pressed. Friends say that hla experi
ence that night Is what figures now in
the president's objection to the dpath
penalty.
SAYS HE "MADE GOOD."
That's How His Passport to Heaven
Reads, Says Peary.
Rear Admiral Robert B. Peary de
livered a long address at the com
mencement exercises of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N. V..
In which bo reviewed the attempts
made since 3520 to discover the north
polo and bis own success In 1000 In
attaining "the gaunt frozen apex of
tho earth." He went into much detail
about his experiences In the twenty
threo years he was working on his
"dream" and In closing said:
"Were I a ragged beggar in the
streets today, without a friend In tho
world, I could hug my dream to my
self and feed and warm and clothe
myself with the thought 'I have mads
good.'
"And when tho end comes I can
tmock nt the gates on tho other side
tind, with head erect, offer aa my pass
jiort, 'I have made good.' "
Oregon 8oenes on Quilt
Mrs. G. B. Miller has finished a quilt
(ho upper side of which la made up
tintlrcly of scenes in the counties of
)3akor, Union and Wallowa. She took
the photographs herself and made blue
prints of them on cloth, and this forms
Oio cover of tho quilt It required Rev
oral yoars to complete this, perhaps the
most unique quilt tn th world.
HINTS FOR THE
BUSY HOUSEWIFE
Adjustable Trundle Bed With
Openwork Hood.
The HlustraUon herewith shows a
new trundle bed which Is designed
either for the tiniest of new babies or
for one who has reached the dignity
of three or four years.
It can be rolled at night bo that the
little bed is suspended above the foot
of mother's bed, Just at n comfortable
height where she can sit up In bed If
tho baby needs her attention and care
for him without getting out of bed
When ho la ready to 'go to sleep again
she fastens the openwork hood over
him and knows that be is as safo as
though ho were in her arms.
If there Is any draft In tho room,
a blanket thrown over tho hood keeps
it away from tho baby. If there Is a
stray fly or mosquito, n netting can
bo thrown over the hood.
In the daytime the trundle bed can
bo rolled out on the porch. It can be
adjusted to various heights and can
bo put into easily transportable shape
like a collapsible gocart.
Cauliflower au Gratln
Boll a fine cauliflower tender in milk
and water mixed In equal proportions
and salted. Prepare a white sauce,
diluted with milk to a creamy consist
PtlPV. Whpn pnnlfOfl tnnflnr lirnnlr thn
cauliflower into clusters, put a layer
Into n linking dlali nnrlnl.-ln tttIH,
grated paf meson and moisten with
cntlpn Tlnnnnf fn fnrm n connnil Innnp
Scatter breadcrumbs over all and dot
with bits of butter. Bake golden
brown. Meanwhile prepare a garnish
of hard boiled ones in the following
manner: Boll four etro-s hnnl. snnnrntn
tho volks and whites. Itnh tlir vnlltq
In a paper gratln holder and garnish
with tho tiny egg balls, laid on nieces
of chopped hard boiled whites, and
serve very hot. ji,-.-
r!pjw.
' Strawberry Conserve.
tue Pulp nnd grated rind of two
ut 'ut0 tumblers and seal with paraf-
un ns you seal jelly. This makes a
delicious filling for filled cookies nnd
for layer cake. A tumbler of this
beaten in one-half pint of cream
chilled and served In glasses makes
a fine dessert.
Buster Brown Roast.
Place In an uncovered roasting pan
a piece of beef seasoned with salt, one
sliced onion and a liberal amount of
cayenne pepper. Add a small amount
of water and keep adding same as
needed and basto freely. Wbeu tender
put potatoes with the roast, and when
potatoes are about done cover and
place on top of the stove for about ten
minutes, or until potatoes arc cooked.
Remove meat and potatoes and add
ono can of com nud a can of beans to
a small amount of tho liquid and make
n brown gravy from tho remainder.
Barley Water.
Barley water Is probably one of the
most popular summer drinks In this
country, but many full to make It ap
petizing by omitting to flavor It with
a little lemon Juice. Wash two ounces
of barley In cold water and put Into a
pan with one pint of cold water.
When It has boiled for flf teen minutes
strain off tho water and add two
quarts of boiling water. Boll till tho
liquid Is reduced one-half. Strain It,
sweeten and flavor with lemon Juice
to taste.
Raised Biscuit
Ono pint of milk scalded with table
spoonful of lard. In a mixing bowl
put throe pints of flour with one table
spoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful salt
nnd pinch of soda. When tho milk is
cool add a yeast cake. Make a hole
In the flour and pour tho milk mixture
Into It and let stand just ns It is until
morning, then mix together and let
rise, then knead it. Make Into biscuit,
let rise and bake.
Poor Man's Stew.
Bllce thin threo or four pieces of
Bait pork, fry until brown, then quar
ter several (or as fow as desired) on
ions, plnco them with pork, cut up few
carrots or ono, according to slzo and
turnips, cover with water and boll ono
hour. Place potatoes in one-half hour
tefore the other vegetables aro done.
This is a srood economy dish.
AN ARMY
LOVE AFFAIR
Bv JOHN ADAMSON
Copyright by American Press Asso
elation, mil.
The I'niicil Mute unuy and nuv
which used to be very aristocratic in
iitltutions. are. like everything pise, be
coming democratic. The old army be
fore the civil war wns like one family
that is. the officers and their wives
and children constituted onp Hwt s'
cial circle. Recently there tm tvHii
several episodes to Indicate ili.it tn
old spirit Is dying, but dying nam. The
following story Illustrate, thu:
1 wan graduated at West I'nlnt at
twenty, nnd I don t Know a umre dan
gerous age tbin that for u .vtniiin :!
cer. Hla pay enables him to marry
He has seen nothing of the world and
nothing of the opposite sex except for
a couple of months each summer for
two years during the encampment sea
son while he was a cadet Released
from a confining life, be la ready to
fall in love with the first girl be meets
1 was graduated In the engineers,
and the first Job I waa given by the
government, was making an estimate
on certain Intended repairs on a fort
on tho Atlantic coast In a southern
state. The fort had not been kept up.
having been left In charge of an ord
nance sergeant but In view of a feel
ing on the part of the people of tho
Dnlted States that our coast defenses
needed strengthening the government
decided to look into the matter.
Fort I, was situated on a point of
land extending into the ocean and as
lonely aa a lighthouse. For a few
months In the spring the neighbor
hood was a resort for northern per
sons, chiefly Invalids, there being sev
eral hotels on the beach. I waa sent to
the fort In October. When I first saw
the old pile with its empty casements
and empty quarters I shuddered at be
ing obliged to pass some time there.
The sergeant made me as comfort-
ablo as he could in a casement his
wife taking pains that It should be
clean, and my bed was provided with
snow white linen.
And now comes tho point of my
story: The couple had a daughter sev
enteen years old. What could 1 do?
What did I do but make love to her.
I knew perfectly well that there Li a
barrier In the army between the fam
ilies of commissioned and noncommis
sioned officers. 1 knew furthermore
that Mary Converse was getting no
education and bad never mingled with
tho class of people to whom I was
used. If I married her it would place
her out of her element and she would
bo a lifelong drag on me.
But here was I In tho springtime of
life, shut up with a girl In a fortress
and no ptber associate. 1 doubt If an;
precaution would have availed. She
was situated Just as 1 was, shut up
with a young soldier, and could no
more resist a natural drift toward me
than I toward her. - i
Before leaving 1 asked Mary Con
verse to be my wife. 1 knew I was
wronging her nnd myself tn doing so,
but 1 bad conceived high notions of
honor nt West Point nnd considered
myself pledged to her. At her age, and
being ono of those feminine girls who
when they lovo love hard, I believed
that If 1 deserted her It would wreck
her life. So 1 went away engaged.
well knowing that If 1 did not desert
her both our lives would be wrecked.
My first visit to my fiancee was In
tho following spring. The hotels on
tho bcacb were now open, and 1 took
up my quarters In ono of them. Some
seven months only had elapsed, and
Mary was not much changed. 1 felt
tho same toward her as before. Tbe
reasons I attributed this to aro that It
was a case of young and Innocent love.
and Mary waa a superior girl. She
was bright sbo bad what we call
character, and she was pretty.
At the hotel I met a Mrs. Boylngton.
the wlfo of nn army officer, who con
ceived a marked friendship for me
Sbo -waa twenty years my senior, and
I craved some one on whom to be
stow my confidence. So I told her of
my affair.
"It must bo broken off," said the
lady, "both on your account and the
girl's."
'She will not be ablo to endure It
without serious consequences," I re
plied. Our talk ended In the lady's going
to seo my betrothed. On her return
she banded me a note from Mary bad
ly written, misspelled and blotted
with tears, In which she said that
Mrs. Boylngton bad convinced ber
that she would harm mo and herself
by marrying mo and sho released me.
I was so far attached to her that 1
spent some time making up my mind
to accept tho release.
After that I met many young ladles.
but nono of them pleased me. 1 was
preoccupied with my first love. In
deed, I did not propose to replace her
Since the difference In our stations
prevented our marrlago I would mar
ry no one. At Intervals I met Mrs
Boylngton, to whom I told my feel
lugs.
"Don't talk that way at your age."
she replied. "You'll surely find some
one you can love."
Six years later Mrs. Boylngton and
I met at tbe same station. She asked
me to dine with ber, and whom should
I meet at ber quarters but Mary Con
verse, but not so far as education
and manners were concerned, tho sim
ple Mary Converse of years before.
Mrs. Boylngton bad educated ber and
given ber many social advantages.
She bad been as true to me as I bad
been to ber, and before we parted our
engagement was renewed.
HUMOROUS QUIPS
The Office Boy's Metamorphosis.
Tho girl who runs the switchboard smiled
at me.
I wonder If she'd answer "Yes" or "No"
If I should nsk to take her to a show?
Tho boss looked up this morning an" said,
"Oce,
It's marvelous the way that boy does
growl"
Tho blond stenog downstairs looked up
hn' smiled
When I came In an" called mo "mister,"
too,
An' in her sweetest voice said, "Howdy-
The other day sho used to call me "child."
I, umito u mi wan ner dciutq I'm
through,
Tho sporting editor camo In nn hour ago
An' shook my hand an' slapped my back
an' said;
"At last, I see. you've made the big
league. Fred.
Don't let the bleechcrs scare you. Stick
an' show
Tour pluck. That Is tho way I got
ahead."
Tho office poet how I hate that manl
Took oft hts specs and filled mo full of
con
An' gave mo good advice to think upon.
If I were boss that guy you bet I'd oan.
All this because I, got long trousers on.
Detroit Free Press.
A Painting to Order.
John B. Sargent, the eminent painter,
wob elng discussed in n Philadelphia
studio.
"Sargent," said n magazine illustra
tor, "gets $0,000 npleco for his portraits.
Well, ono day when he was in America
I deputation waited on him and asked
him to paint a certain colonel of volun
teers. '"For this work.' said tho Hnoken-
man, 'wo aro willing to pay you, Mr.
Sargent, $2,500.'
" 'But' the painter began.
"Tbe spokesman, however. Intcrrnnt-
cd hastily:
"'Of course, sir, at that price wo
would only want a half length.'
" 'Oh, very well,' said Sargent 'And
which half would you prefer?' " Loi
Angeles Times.
By Ear,
"I never wear a stuffed bird on my
hat nowadays," said Mrs. Lapsllng.
"While I am not a member of the
Audible society. I am in full sympa
thy with it." -Chicago Tribune.
Such as Paying the Bill.
Knlcker Books tell you what to do
before the doctor comes.
Docker But none tells you wbnt to
do after he comes. Judge.
Most of Them Do.
"Talk about consistency! There's
Jorklns, who maintains a mnti should
use the same principles of conduct In
public nnd private life. I asked him If
ho approved of tho 'rule of reason'
principle, and he said yes."
"Well?"
"Then I asked him If he lived under
tho rule of reason in his house, and he
had to say no under boss rule." Balti
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