davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
CASTRO or VENEZUELA (
HAS NOT LONG TO LIVE
Aspiring Politicians Are Waiting for
the Little Dictator to Die to start
Another Revolution.

Port OF Spain.-Latest Caracas ad.
vices indicate that President Castro is
much worse and 1t is even claimed
that he cannot live more than a week
longer. Should he die First Vice
President Gomez will Immediately as
sumo the presidency, and will be sup
ported by large section of the army.
A very large element of the country,
including the Andinos, mountaineer
supporters Of Castro. however, viii be
opposed to Gomez. Efforts to settle
the difficulties Of Gomez's party and
the party headed by General Alcan-
tara, president of the state 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
revolution to obtain the presidency.
Meanwhile the rebel forces headed
by General Rafael Montilla are daily
increasing in strength. The condition
of Venezuela is deplorable. Outrages
by bandits are increasing daily and
the country Is threatened with an
archy.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
To Clean Mattlnn

To clean mating it should be FIRST
swept thoroughly with a stifr broom,
care being taken to follow the grain
OF the straw. Then brush 1t across
the grain with a soft broom which has
been dipped in warm water 1t should
then be thoroughly washed in warm
water In which handful of salt has
been dissolved. There is nothing that
VIII brighten mating as much as salt
and 1t Will do wonders in preventing
the colors from fading. Light colored
mating should be washed in water in
which orax.shas been dissolved. LIN.
terror Decoration.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
REPORT FAVORABLE ON
THE CURRENCY MEASURE
Republicans Of the House Committee
Agree to the Bill Advocated by
the American Bankers
Association.

Washington.-The house ocomrnittee
on banking and currency has decided
to make favorable report on credit
currency bill which 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, Gillepsie of Texas and Lee
care of South Carolina.
In the bill advocated by the bankers
1t was provided that a tax of "a
per cent should be paid by national
banks on credit currency, equal to
twenty -f1ve per cent Of their capital
The committee increased the tax on
such bank notes to three per cent.
No change was made in the provision
that the national, bank may also take
out further amount of national
bank guarantee credit notes, equal to
1914 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 621s
per cent of their paid up capital, may
redeem such ef ess without reference
to the limitatHA of 100000 each
month prescribed by the act Of July
IL, 1882.
Bankers estimate the amount of ad-
ditfonal currency which the measure
would afford at 5000 100000.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
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 1t is very large one. 1t is q
cooking school recipe. One pint Of
milk. four ounces Of chocolate dis.
solved in the milk in double boiler.
Thicker with IN tablespoonful OF
corn starch, add one cup Of sugar and
cook 1t, 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.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Saws Roads Violated Charters.

Guthrie, Okla.-Attorney General
w. o. Cromwell, Who was instructed
by Governor Frantz to investigate
railroad rates prevailing in oklaho
ma, has issued lengthy statement
in which he charges the six import
ant railroads operating in the terri
tory with violating their charters by
demanding exorbitant rates. The
lines against which the attorney gen
eral urges remedial legislation fol-
low: Santa Re, Rock Island, Frisco
Choctaw, Iron & Coal, Katy" and
For. Smith & Western.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Negro Held in Rondane.

Jackson, Nissan unusual peonage
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 servitiude with his wife and six
children by l.. ID. Carter for a period
of about two years; that Carter then
sold him to Patrick for $1,s09.95 and
Patrick refused to release him from
custody until the debt was cancelled.
January charges that he was whipped
by Carter with buggy trace until
he was bloody from head to foot.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Gambling Houses in Butte Are RaIded

Butte, Mont.--Sheriff Quinn, accom-
panied by Ave deputies, made a raid
upon three gambling houses on Sat.
urday evening, and arrested ten
players. The officers had search war.
rants, issued from Judge Bourquin's
court, and the California club rooms,
the Board of Trade and King and
Lowery's place we're visited. The BAH
required upon each arrest for gam.
bling is $3.50. the increasing having
been made the past week TO that
amount from $500 by Judge Bourquin.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Caught.


Smith-Say,I received a severe
shock to-day
Smythe-How's that? Touch live
wire?
Smith-No, was sitting in a street
car reading nay paper, and was. not
aware that the car was crowded, and
that some ladies were standing Sud
denly, to my surprise. woman who
was standing in front of me said to
me. Don't you think 1t would be the
right thing for you to give me that
seat?" 80
Smythe-She had her nerve didn't
she?
smith-she always has. She is my
wife
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Increasing In Volume YEARLY.

Washington.-The story of the re-
markable growth of trade between the
United States and Porto Rico 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 s4.OOO.000 in 1897. the
year before annexation. to over $40.-
100000 at the close of the present
year. For the ten months ending with
October the business between the two
countries amounted to S35,630,03S.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
COAST DEFENSE NOT EFFICIENT
Additional officers and Men Needed,
Says General Murray.

Washington.-"Both the coast de-
Tense and the artillery are badly de-
ficient in both personnel and mater
ial, neither is in even approximately
proper condition for instruction in
time of peace. much less in condition
for reasonable efficient service in
war, and the time necessary to put
either in the latter condition is not
matter OF days or weeks, but Of
years"
Brigadier General Arthur Murray,
chief of artillery, thus summed up the
condition of his arm of the service In
his annual report, made public on
Sunday. He says it cannot be too
strongly urged that appropriate leg
islation be obtained to make good the
deficiencies and to correct the defects
referred to.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Rice PUDDING with curr,n,..

Take half pound OF rice, half a
pound of currants, Wash the rice. Gle
1t In cloth. allowing room for 1t to
swell, and put it into a saucepan Of
cold water. Let It boil for an hour;
then takssit up. unite the cloth. stir
in the currants. and tie 1t up again
tolerably tight and put 1t back into
the water for the remainder of the
time Boil for another hour, or rather
longer, and serve with sweet sauce.
For rice custards or buildings pre-,
pared according to any different for
mula, simply add the currants
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
pate Set In rhaw Case.

New York.-Harry X. Thaw win be
tried on January 81 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-
ton made by Thaw's counsel for the
dismissal Of the indictment against
his client or for fixing Of date for
the trial was to have been argued.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Mensllk Has a Relapse.

Rome.-Reports from an authort
tative source declare that Menelik,
King Of Abyssinia, has suffered a
fresh attack of syncope. Appreher
sion is felt, and especially as recent
" the negus seems to have changed
his mind about the appointment of a
successor. 1t 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 dificut
ties are augmented by the differ.
ences between the representatives in
Abyssinia of Italy, Great Britain and
France.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Count 6oni Must Settle With French
Shyiocks.

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 lat.
ter's debts. Thirteen of the fifteen
cases were dismissed on Wednesday
by the court with costs against the
plaintiffs Only In the cases Of two
art dealers did the court express the
opinion that Nine Gould should be
held responsible
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
t.soe Dropped with Six Men.

st. Louis.--one miner is known to
have been killed, Ave others are be
iieved to be dead and another was
seriously injured by the dropping OF
the cage early Sunday In the shaft oi
the Breeze Trenton Coal Mining
company, about ten miles west OF
Carlyle, Ills. The accident occurred
as the second cageful of day shift
miners was descending into the mine
The cage containing six men had de
scended 800 feet down the 400-fooi
shaft when It stuck nomentsrlly AVID
then went crashing to the bottom.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
COMPLAINT OF srockMEN.
Were Unable to Make Shipments Be
cause Of Shortage of Cars.

! Kansas Numerous cattlemen
testified here on Thursday at the car
shortage hearing conducted by c. A.
Prouty, interstate commerce commits
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 we're depreciating be-
cause of the shippers inability to get
them to market, and one witness pre-
dicted failure for cattlemen If cars
were not furnished.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
GREAT BRITAIN INTERESTED.
London Press Paying Much Attention
to Acknowledgements Affairs.

London.-The British press, editor
Tally and through its correspondents
in the United States, is paying keen
attention to Acknowledgment re-
lations, and Ambassador Aokis
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 NJ. Stolypin, the Russian
premier, is a pledge for peace al
most as valuable as President Roose-
Yelts firmness and popularity
We may afford to dismiss both
the Russian and the American scares
from our minds says the Tribune,
but nonetheless the recent rumors
are far from agreeable or assuring"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Patrick Escapes Electric chair.

Albany, N Y.-Governor Higgins
has committed to Imprisonment for life
the sentence of death under which AL
bert 7. 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-ln.law. John #
Milliken. OF st. Louis, is said to have
financed Patrick's fight for freedom at
great cost. Il Is known here that Pat.
rick intends 10 continue his efforts to
establish his innocence
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Still Another Inquiry.

Washington.-William ID. Penfeld,
representing George d. Emery, has
been informed by the department of
state that the government of Mica.
ragua has accepted the proposition
of this government that the claim
of Emery for reimbursement for the
cancellation of valuable franchise
granted to him by the government OF
Nicaragua to cut mahogany from the
public lands, shall be submitted to
the arbitration Of special tribunal
to meet next spring in Washington
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Made Exit before Mirror.

Columbus, O.--Mrs. Howard Powers.
wife OF the manager OF. "McF'adden's
Flats" company which is laying on
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 IRE in Lexington. KY, six
years ago. It is claimed by members
OF the company that her mind had
become weakened by continual brood.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Nearoe. Given placer Of EIr.m.n.

San Antonio, Tex-From 1870 to $50
members OF the Brotherhood OF Rail-
way Firemen walked out Sunday after
noon at $50 o'clock on the San An.
tonic division Of the Southern Pacific.
Atlantic system. Negroes are being
substituted for the striking firemen.
The fremen have no grievance against
the railroad company. They claim 1t
IL tast strike 10 determine whether
they or the engineers snail have con.
troll Of the switching crews The en-
ginasrs claim thew viii win out.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
FREAK WORDS CUT OUT.

Presidents Panama Message to BE
Reprinted in Normal Spelling.
Washington.-Pres Roosevelt's
Panama message is to be reprinted for
the senate in normal" spelling. Sen
ator Kittredge on Wednesday secured
the adoption of an order for the print
ing of 10000 copies of the message.
Senator Lodge suggested that the
message be printed in normal" spell,
ing. This suggestion was con-
Cured in.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
parinu Robbery in LeadviIIe.

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 masked bandit
to open the cash drawer and deliver
over the contents, amounting to $780,
The victim will probably die. A posse
is now securing the country surround
ing Leadville in search of the bandit.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
People OF California Favor Exclusion
OF Japanese.

San Francisco. AT a mass meetins
held here on Sunday under the aus
pieces 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
Schmitz addressed the meeting, de-
Tending the action of the San Fran
cisco school board,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

Pittsburg, Kan.--In an explosion in
mine No. of 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 party of seventeen
men, exploded at the bottom Of the
mine, as the men were leaving the
cage, 1t is supposed spark dropped
from 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
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
For Freekles.

Here Is a remedy for freckles which
has been satisfactory, but it is i'm,
possible to predict how soon the cure
will be effected: Thirty grains OF pull.
verified borax, dissolved in two and
one-half ounces Of lemon juice. This
makes a lotion that is very effective
In keeping freckles in allegiance where
It agrees with the skin. 1t should be
applied at night. after the face has
been thoroughly washed and rinsed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
Pittsbura GAINING Bad ReputatIon.

misunderstanding to the re.
port of the coroner Mrs. Julia Post,
an aged recluse who resided in Sharps.
burg. an Allegheny suburb, was muir
dered. Discovery of wound on her
head and a blood-stained Ratchet
leads to this superstition Mrs Post
lived alone and report was current
that she expected a remittance from
a son living in California. A search
of her rooms resulted in finding var
ious sums Of money, hidden in the
mattress and elsewhere
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
VICIOUS YOUTHS CRIME.
Buried Comrade Alive, After Having
Severely Beaten Him.

Chicago.-Robert Gordon, Is years
of age, was on Wednesday sentenced
to the reformatory for life, after plead
ing guilty to the charge of numbering
Joseph Reed. 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
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
JAPAN MORE MODERATE.
Commercial Treaty With Russia is
Nearing Completion.

st. Petersburg The Russo-Japan-
ese 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 Sungari river, which is entirely
within Chinese territory in Manchu-
ria, and is without access to the sea
through the Amur,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
John Mitchell and Marvin Huahitt to
Serve on NoebeI Board.

Washington. president has
announced the acceptance by John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, as a representa-
tive of labor, and Marvin Hughitt,
president OF the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway company, as representa-
tive OF capital, of the positions ten
dered them by the president as men,
bers of the board OF trustees to whom
he will convey the amount of the Noe
bel prize
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
coLDFIELD MINES CLOSE DOWN
Miners Object to Working Under tn.
Watehful Eyes Of Deputies.

Watchful Eyes Of Deputies.
Goldfield, Nevada.-All the mines
in this district are closed down e2
cept the leasers on the Mohawk and
Hayes-Monnette, and the issuance by
Judge Morrow in the United States
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 mar
shals is almost sure to result In the
discontinuance of work at both the
Hayes-Monnette and Frances Mo
hawk mines. The l. w. w. declared
on Dec. II 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. a.
will be openly replaced
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
DECLARED TO BE loloTlc.
Lacey, of Iowa, Opposed to Christmas
Holidays.

Washington.-In the house Wednes-
day Representative Lacey of Iowa took
pronounced position in opposition
to the adjournment of congress for
the Christmas holidays, declaring that
1t 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.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
SENATE MAY INVESTIGATE.

oottic " tHS WSWpCTS Not 0dIiSHGQ
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-
dents message. He offered a resolu.
ton giving the committee on military
affairs authority to make such an in
vestigation If deemed necessary after
consideration of the testimony trans
mitted by the president.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1906-06-19
COURT FINDS The
RAILROAD GUILTY
Convicted Of Giving Rebates to
Packing House Companies
A Kansas City special says:

A Kansas City special says:
The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railway Company was
found guilty here late yesterday
afternoon by a jury in the Unit
ed States District Court on four
counts of granting concessions
on packing house products for
export to the Armour Packing
Company, Swift & Co., Cudahy
& Co., and the Nelson Morris
Packing Company.
The conviction carries with it
a fine of from 81 900 to $4,000
on each count. Judge Smith
Mcpherson. the presiding judge,
deferred sentencing the defend
ant until June %. All four counts
are practically the same. The
case of the Armo Packing Co.,
on whicn Instructions were read
to the jury, charged specifically
that the Burlington Railway on
August II, 1905, accepted a ship
ment cf oil from Kansas City to
Liverpool at rate that included
rate of q cents a hundred
pounds, Mississippi river to New
York, whereas the regular tariff
at that time was 35 cents.
To simplify the case, Judge
Van Valkenburg. district attor-
ney for the government, and
Judge 0. NJ. Spencer, of st.
Joseph. representing the defend
ant company, signed an agreed
statement of facts which was in
effect that the Burlington did
contract with the packers to car
ry their product at % cents for
the distance named, or rate of
49 cents for the whole distance
from Kansas City to Liverpool.
Judge Mcpherson in instruct
ing the jury, said that the Bur-
lington railroad had no right to
make contract for a period
longer than the established rate
of % cents, which was in force.
To have carried shipments for
% cents after August 27, 1905,
when the tariff was raised to 80
cents, must be considered a con-
cession. The failure of the Bur-
lington railway to file the sched-
ule of % cents was immaterial.
The jury retired at 5 o'clock
and returned their verdict at
5 5:35.