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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11
MAY ABOLISH IT.
PRESIDENT plspleASep WITH CA
NAL CONFESSION.
Believes Members Should Reside In
the Zone to Properly Direct the
Vork-Bosrd Of Engineers PRO-
posed TO Carry on the Work
Of ConStruc ZION.

Washington, Jan. 4-There 10 q we'll
defined movement on foot to secure leg.
islation during this session Of congress
that will abolish the isthmian canal
com mission and place the construction
under the direct supervision of board
Of engineers, Of which Chief Engineer
Wallace is to be the executive head,
and the other members, FIVE in num-
Der, to be consulting engineers. II is
understood that Secretary Of War Taft,
who made q recent visit to the isthmus
under the direction Of the president,
has recommended the abolition of the
commission. which will include the
retirement of Governor General Davis,
Of the canal zone.
There is slight prospect Of any canal
legislation at this session. although it
ia known that President Roosevelt feels
tsrongly in favor Of the adoption by
congress Of some working plan under
which more satisfactory progress can
be made. The administration favors
an amendment to the present Spooner
law embodying the reorganization.
Although there is strong sentiment in
congress in favor of the abolition of
the commission, any attempt to secure
such legislation will meet strong oppo.
sition.
The brief limitation on the life of
this congress may enable the opposi.
ton to successfully delay reorganiza-
tion. 1t is betraying no confidence to
announce that the president is dis.
pleased with the present management
of affairs by the commission. He feels
that the members should 60 on the
ground, and not direct the construc-
ton Of the canal from Washington.
He is also displeased over the fac.
that the commission has already award
ed contracts for supplies amounting in
value to a million and half dollars
without competitive bidding.
1t is understood that IL the desired
canal legislation cannot be secured at
this session Of congress the president
has decided to order the mem ers of
the commission to take mp their resi-
dence upon the canal zone, and that
under the power given him by the
Spooner law he will define the duties
that he desires each to perform.
There is wide diversity Of opinion
among the members Of the commission
as to the methods to be pursued. No
two can agree, although they have Civ.
en- the plans careful study and each
has become firmly convinced that his
plan is best. The president feels that
a closer residence upon the isthmus
might enable the commissioners to har.
moniously unite upon some plan.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11
Bill Introduced,

Washington, Jan. 5.-Representa-
tive Mann, OF Illinois, member Of the
house committee ON interstate and for
eign commerce, has introduced a bill
abolishing the isthnian canal commits.
sion and providing that the powers now
vested in the president be extended un.
til the end Of the Fifty ninth congress.
Reduction Of the personnel OF the
isthmian canal commission, rather
than the complete abolishment Of the
commission, IL the plan which will
probably be adopted II the ileas Of
high officials Of the administration. in.
Guiding influential members OF the sen.
ate and louise are followed. That the
present commission is hampered by
numbers Ia generally admitted.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11
Russia to Borrow SIi5,7sO.OOo

st. Petersburg. Jan. 5.-Officisl an.
nouncement Of the issue of new loan
is published here for the first time.
The amount of the loan will be $ll5.-
100000, bearing interest at 4 La per
cent. from January /. The first call
OF bonds will not be made earlier than
1917. The whole loan will be extin-
guished in 1885.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11
Theodore Thomas Dead.

Chicago, Jain. 6.-Theodore Thorn
a., the noted orchestra leader, died at
his homo here yesterday at the age Of
20 years. He was Ill bat little over
. week.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11
From, Hftssour,.

He-Do you believe In kissing7
sh>--I take nothing on faith, sir.-s
Cleveland Leader. ta
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11

After man passes 80 he begins
looking like an old house with q For
Rent sign on 1t.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11
minority REPORT.
Discriminating Duty In Place of 81.
rect Aid Advocated.

Washington, Jan. THE views Of
the minority Of the merchant marine
commission have been prepared in the
form Of report and presented to the
senate yesterday by Senator Mallory,
of Florida, and in the house Of Repre-
sentatives by Mr.. Spight, of Missis-
sippi. The report is signed also by
representative McDermott, of New
Jersey. Senator Martin, of Virginia, is
the only Democratic member Of the
commission who has not subscribed to
the minority views. The principal
feature of the minority report is advo.
cacy Of the discriminating duty policy
as substitute for direct government
aid for American ship owners, as pro-
posed by the bill presented by the COM
mission. OF this bill the minority
says:
"Wec snnot help but see the trail of
the serpent, that has been over all 9TH
or bills ON this subject"
Asserting tnat the discriminating
duty system has been the policy Of the
fathers of the republic, the minority
declares that shipping interests were
marvelously developed in our early
history, and that the same system
would bring like results in this age.
1t is said that the fear of retaliation,
consequent on the necessity of abro-
eating treaties with maritime coun-
tries in order to carry this system into
effect. Is not we'll founded.
Comment on Cost.
Commenting on the material differ.
ence between the cost Of construction
in American and foreign shipya ards the
minority declares that the hearings
conducted by the commission show
that the greater cost Of labor in the
American yards is largely overcome by
the greater efficiency of the American
artisan and the use of improved tools.
The greatest impeachment to cheaper
ships in American yards IL declared by
the minority to be 1.-The unnecessary
and exorbitant tariff imposed upon
steel and iron products" The minority
report says further:
ut has been conclusively shown by
the testimony before the commission
that materials which enter into the
construction Of ships are sold by our
factories and laid down in foreign
shipyards for price far below that
charged at the mills Of our own people
"a condition that would not exist
but for the unjust provisions Of our
tariff laws.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
Vertical Grain Flooring.

Vertical grain yellow pine flooring"
read the sign on the fence of the lum-
Der yard; and vertical grain floor
ingT said a man in the Office, "why,
that's nothing new.
But you never heard of 1t before ?
Well, vertical grain flooring is sawed
from logs that have first been quar-
tered; as quartered oak is sawed.
Flooring sawed in the ordinary way,
with its grain lying fat, is more or
less liable to splinter; vertical grain
flooring sawed from quartered tim
Der, has its grain on edge, the rings
that mark the timber's growth show
ing in parallel lines, for which reason
vertical grain flooring has sometimes
been called comb grain flooring.
Vertical grain flooring does not
splinter, but will wear smooth down
to the beams on which it is laid; and il
makes a very durable and handsome
flooring besides.
vertical grain yellow pine flooring
Is laid in places where the floors are
subjected to great wear and where
freedom from splinters is especially
desirable. 1t has been used for school
room flooring and it is used In stores
and Office buildings, and in fine kitch.
ems. 1t costs more, of course, than or
binary flooring. With the regular
flooring at SGT to $50 thousand yer
teal grain flooring would cost $3.50 tc
$3.50 a thousand.
maple flooring, costing $40 to S45 6
thousand, is now also used to fill the
same requirements for a good floor
but there are people who still prefer
the vertical grain yellow pine."-New
York Times.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18

In the beginning have just mashed
potatoes, but have them very mealy
and light. If there are eight potatoes,
whip into them two eggs, the whites
and yolks beaten separately. When
the eggs are thoroughly Incorporated
add some rich cream and beat with the
egg beater. Season with salt and
white pepper, put in a dish, round the
top brush lightly with beaten egg and
brown in a quick oven. OF course, the
dish must be hot, and if anything has
CHANGED to cool it before getting ready
for the oven warm it through slowly
before allowing it to brown.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
DINING I'M JAPAN.
If It's Your First Japanese Meal You'll
Have a Trying Time.

If it's your first japanese dinner
you're having a dreadfully hard time.
In the first place, you must sit on the
floor, for they don't have any chairs
in Japan. You kneel down, and then
you turn your toes in till one laps
over the other, and then you sit back
between your heels. At first you are
quite proud to find how well you do it,
and you don't think it's so very I'M
comfortable. But pretty soon you get
cramped, and your legs ache as If you
had a toothache in them. You don't
say anything, because you think that
If the Japanese can sit this way all
day long, you ought to be able to stand
it a few minutes. Finally both your
feet go to sleep, and then you can't
bear it a moment longer, and you
have to get up and stamp round the
room to drive the prlckles out of your
feet, and all the little dancing girls
giggle at you. This isn't your only
trouble, either. All you. have to eat
with is a pair of chopsticks. and you're
in terror lest you spill something on
the dainty white mating floor. Now
the floor of Japanese house isn't just
the floor; it's the chairs and sofas and
tables and beds as well. At home 1t
would be notifying enough to go out
to dinner and spill something on the
floor; but in Japan, where people sit
and sleep on the floor, it seems even
worse. So you are unhappy till your
little nesan (who is the waitress. and
almost as prettily dressed as the dane
ing girls, but not quite comes laugh
ing to your aid, and shows you how
to hold your chop-sticks. After that
you manage nicely the rice and the
omelet but the fish and the chicken
you can't contrive to shred apart with
out dropping your chop-sticks all the
time. &c. between dances, the mako
little girls about II years old-kneel
down beside you and help you. They
can't keep from giggling at your awk-
wardness; but you don't mind-you
| just giggle, too; and everybody giggles
and has lovely time.-St. Nicholas.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
STORY OF A GREAT SCANDAL
Ferdinand DeLesseps and His Connec-
tion with the Panama Canal.

Special interest attaches to the Pa
mama canal scandal in France because
the great undertaking has become an
American enterprise and because, from
partisan sources, there have been
grave charges of financial crookedness
in connection with securing q title
from the French holders. The plan to
cut the isthmus of Panama with a ca
nal was projected in May, 1879. NJ.
de Lesseps went personally over the
ground in $780, said that the water
way could be completed in eight years
and that from the start it should pay
per cent, or better, upon the invest
ment. 1t was his name and standing
that Interested the French people, for
he had built the Suez canal, an achieve
ment of his own suggestion. 1t was
opened with imposing ceremonies in
1859, the Empress of France leading
the procession of royal personages. The
man who had done so much to honor
his country upon the eve of her mis-
fortunes was beloved of his people
and their confidence in him amounted
to enthusiasm.
All classes, capitalists, tradesmen
and peasants, were eager to subscribe
for stock and S251 100000 were real
that two responsible contractors had
agreed to do the entire work of con-
struction for about double that sum.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18

Cream a half pound of butter with
A half pound of sugar and when light
stir in six beaten eggs. Now beat in
a teaspoonful each of powdered nut
meg, cloves and cinnamon, a cup Of
raisins, stemmed and cleaned currants
and quarter of a pound of shredded
citron-all well dredged with -four.
Last Of all, add tablespoonful of
rose water. Turn into a deep tin well
creased and bake it in a steady oven
until done.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
GEOLOGICAL FARM.
Where Lord Roseberry's Brother-in
Law Raises Wild Animals.
One of the unique farms in tn

Law Raises Wild Animals.
One of the unique farms in the
world is that of Hon. Walter Roth
schild, brother-in-law of Lord Rose
Oery. He has large estate in Hert-
fordshire, and it is given over to his
hobby, zoology, for on this farm he
has few domestic animals, but num-
bers of creatures such as one sees in a
geological garden. He has zebras in
stead of horses, and drives them with
the greatest ease. He even takes a
team of his striped beauties to town
with him in the season, and astonishes
the staring Londoners when he drives
through Hyde Park behind his zebra
four-in-hand.
His place is called Tring Park, and
there is something suggestive of the
prosperity of French seigneur about
il. Tring itself is a well-built, nice
little country town lying on the side
of the last slopes of the Chilterns.
From its hills one sees over the rich
Vale of Aylesbury the Valley of the
River Thames, which runs into the
Thames near Dorchester.
Tie particular interest of this farm
park TO the naturalist is due to its
having been the scene of almost the
first of modern experiments in accli-
iaitization. Here the Australian kan
garoos and wallabies were first sue
cessfully acclimatized by Hon. Walter
Iiothschild about eighteen years ago,
and there they are still. feeding like
sheep and almost as tame as domestic
animals. the smaller wallabies often
allowing the members of the family
to fondle them.
There are large herds OF fallow deer
running wild over the park, and
horned sheep with surprising fieeces.
The zebras are in numbers, having
neen bred from several generations Of
their kind trained to harness. Mr..
Rothschild finds them tougher than
horses, and some of the larger ones
are worked regularly on the farm,
blowing, haying, carting, etc. They
show variety of stripings and shad-
ings.
ogy, Mr.. Rothschild delights in freak
nature, and he owns hairless horse.
1t is a pinkish tan, something the col
oring of a Mexican hairless dog, and
it's flesh is as smooth as child's
cheek.
Mr.. Rothschild's pheasants are a
fine sight There are hundreds Of
them. and of the most brilliant color
ings. for he has them from all quarters
of the globe.
He has rare peacocks also; ostriches,
cmus and a pair of the almost extinct
kirvi birds of New Zealand, the only
wingless bird in existence Another
name Tor this strange bird is apteryx.
It is about two and a half feet high
and has along beak, with which it
probes the earth in search Of worms
and grubs. So rare are these birds
now that Mr.. Rothschild paid $3.50
each for them. They are exceedingly
difficult to transport, and there are
few in existence.-New York Tribune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
Short SuRgestions.

Linoleum and oilcloth can be restor-
ed to their original polish by wash
ing them with milk.
If milk Is kept in large shallow
basin it will remain sweet for a long
er time than If kept in a deep jug.
If new boots won't polish rub over
with half lemon and leave till thor
oughly dry. Repeat once or twice is
necessary.
Lamp wicks soaked in vinegar some
twenty-four hours before used will
give a clearer flame and a steadier
light than those not so treated.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
Canned Fruit.

After the fruit is peeled weigh it
and allow two pounds of sugar to
eight of the fruit. Put the fruit into
a preserving kettle with barely enough
water to cover it and cook gently I'M
til tender all through. While this is
cooking make a syrup by cooking the
sugar with water-a cup of this to
every pound of sugar-and boil for
four minutes. Take the fruit from the
water, lay it in the syrup, simmer for
a minute and, while very hot, can
and seal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
Annie Butter.

Boil cider down to two-thirds of it's
original quantity. Peel and slice APP
pies and stir into the cider as many
of these as it will cover Simmer, STIR
ring often, until very soft. When ten
der all through strain out the apples,
add more and cook in the same way
until all the cider is absorbed. Take
from the fire, put all into a stone crock
and set aside for twelve hours, then
return to the fire and boil to a soft
brown mass. Take from the fire and
pack in jars.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18

Later after the chamber of deputies
had twice rejected the proposition, the
establishment of a lottery to raise
more money was authorized, condi-
ton imposed by the Minister of FL
nance being that the tide-water canal
be abandoned and locks substituted.
NJ. Eiffel, of Eiffel tower fame, was
paid 100000 francs merely for the
machinery necessitated by this change.
After the lottery scheme was sanction
ed loan was authorized by the cham
Der and to float it Baron Joseph Rel
mach was handed 100000 francs. The
best he could do was to increase the
funds by 6OO,OOO,0OO francs, and
Charles de Lesseps. the son, agreed for
the total said to be on hand to COM
plete the canal within three years.
The crash came in 1892 and moth
ing worthy Of being compared with
it had been heard since the notorious
Mississippi bubble blown by John
Law. No way or chance of diverting
money appears to have been overlook
ed. Journalists were paid princely
sums to draw the most alluring pic
lures and induce subscriptions to
stock. Legislators were bought with
little regard to the price paid. OFF,
Gals drew the most exorbitant sala-
ries and had favored subordinates to
help garner the golden harvest. How
widely tie itching to plumber the fund
To oh Nv hn 70 af fhof fr.
1888 the Prime Minister and his i'm
mediate predecessor arbitrarily forced
the company to contribute 10000
francs, not for canal building, but "for
the good of France" formula that
had been made to cover a multitude of
sins. After the alleged turning of the
limelight on the situation there were
still 66O.OO0OO0 francs unaccounted
for.
A Juror of excitement followed the
expose. Baron Reinsch killed himself,
some say because of remorse, others
say because he was bounded to death
by menaces and attempts at black
mail. His partner, DR.. Herr, a Bava-
rian Jew, who had been wise enough
to become naturalized in this country,
fed to England, and Arton, the 60
between, also decamped. The papers
of the Baron showed the names OF
many deputies who had been bribed
and papers that had been subsidized
but they received little by way OF
advertising and their schemes of pro.
noting" were so winked at that they
had no hesitancy in denouncing in bit
ter terms the legislators who had sold
out to the manipulators of the Panams
fraud. Eleven persons were criminal
ly prosecuted for completely, six oi
them being ex-cabinet ministers, The
one doubly punished was M. Baihaut
ex-Minister of Public Works, who hat
the courage to plead guilty and wal
denounced not alone by his colleagues
but by the public, making the singu
lar claim that his confession showed ,
ack of patriotism. The matter wa
taken up again In 1897, but sven th'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18

prosecuting officer helped to shut up
the scandal and to this day 1t Is not
known where by far the larger share
of the missing funds went to. The
masses In France ave exceptionally
honest, and it is a strange contradic-
ton that those Of the accused who
again ran for office had no trouble in
being reelected.
To form a judgment of Ferdinand
de Lesseps it is essential to know
something of his history prior to the
Panama affair. He was born at Yer
sailles in 1906 His grandfather had
/ been in the diplomatic service and his
of Mohammet Ali. Ferdinand was
himself educated for diplomacy, and
it was because of his ability rather
than because he was a cousin of the
Empress Eugene that he did diplo-
matte service in Spain, Italy, Egypt
and other countries. 1t was to Said
Pasha, who had just been appointed
viceroy of Egypt, that de Lesseps pre-
sented the project of the Suez canal.
Said Pasha entered heartily into the
plan, subscribed for large share of
the stock which was sold sixteen years
later to England in its movement to
get control of the important water
way. Gladstone was friendly to the
undertaking from the outset and help
ed it in that way of his which was so
effective. He was the great friend of
de Lesseps and was like the people of
France in regarding him as a man of
answering integrity. Powerful aid
was honestly given to the Suez enter
prise and the viceroy poured money
into it as needed.
The Panama affair was a complete
reversal. Its pretended friends were
grabbers of the hungriest and most I'M
scrupulous type. They ruined the I'M
dertaklng and the man who entered
upon it with sincerity and spotless
character upon which the unscrupu-
lous associates banked while robbing
the subscribers. He was beyond the
psalmlst's allotment of years to man
and physically incapacitated, mentally
weakened and leaning upon an incom-
petent son to look after his affairs
when they most needed the supervi-
sion Of man who would sanction
nothing questionable. He never knew
that the son was party to disreput-
able methods, that he himself was con-
victed of misappropriation of funds
and sentenced to five years imprison-
ment. or that while he sat paralyzed
at home the finding was reversed by
the court. He did know that the I'M
dertaking was doomed to failure and
the burden of his lament was that so
many Of the poor of France had suf-
fered loss where he confidently ex-
pected to give them profit. He saw
them gathered about him as he gazed
into the embers of his CRATE fire dur
ing his last days and his mind went
to them rather than to the friends
who called. His honor to-day is held
above reproach among the great body
of the French people and they pro-
nounce preposterous the suggestion
that he was a swindler He was tech
nically such because of the position
which he nominally filed, but the con-
vincing evidence is that he was a vic
tim, not a conspirator; worthy man
among rogues that included his son.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
Stage Fright and self-Consciousnes.

Stage fright is an intense form of
self-consciousness, but the man who is
incapable of stage fright lacks the sen
sitive temperament to achieve great
mower as an artist. The man who
ovorcomes stage fright by getting out
Of his own way. and by letting the
character he is playing, or the music
he is interpreting work through him
as a clear, unselfish channel, receives
new power for his work in the pro.
portion that he shuns his own Interior
ing elfishness.-Leslie's Monthly.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
Curried Pigeon.

Cut the pigeons in halves and cook
till quite tender. Have in frying
pan two ounces of butter in which
have been fried sliced onion; take
out the onion, put in the pigeons to
fry till brown. Moisten them with
a very little stock, stirring into this
salt, paprika and a tablespoonful of
curry powder
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
italian Soup.

Cut a raw chicken into small pieces
till you have about pint of the meat;
add to it half the quantity of raw
of onion and three pints of white
stock. Put in tablespoonful OF rice
and let cook for two hours When
taking up, scatter Parmesan cheese
over it.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
BroiIed Egg Plant.

Peel the egg plant, cut in half inch
slices, dip each slice in oil, dust with
salt and pepper and broil over a clear
fire. Just suspicion of chopped
green pepper sprinkled over the broil-
ed egg plant may prove to make it
more attractive.