Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 353, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1902 — Page 2

TUE INDIANAPOMS JOURNAL FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1002.

in New England, who usually have In stock at this season of the year from 50.000 to J'.v.Cmj tons, are bare of coal and dependent entirely on what is being? shipped to them by the various companies. "Practically all of the Heading Company a collieries are in operation. The company chipped from the mines during? the past two days nearly l.DOO cars of coal. This means -a dally production of nearly 60.000 tons. It is stated that the Pennsylvania Hallway has"3.oo) of the Reading Company's coa! cars on its tracks In the western part of the State, as well as 2.5"") of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and these, are urgently needed In the anthracite trade. Their nondelivery is causing much delay in the shipment of anthracite to points west of Harrlsburg. Reading officials decline to discuss the question as to whether the advance of W cents a ton. made In October, would hold pood during lw3. but they admitted that it would certainly rule beyond Jan. 1,. 1303, the date fixed by President Baer for a reduction to the old rate. An operator who Attended the 'meeting or "the operators, in New York stated that the advance would

be retained during all of next year. Retail Dealers to 4Voc! War.., BRIDGEPORT,- Conn. Dec, lS.At a teeret meeting here to-day of the Retail Coal Dealers" Association of New England plans for protection of the members were discussed. The secretary of the association, G. V. W. Scars, of Arlington. Mass.. said: "We are discussing plans to protect the legitimate dealers against the encroachments of companies- and men who proposo to sell direct from the railroad cars. We, with expensive' plants, cannot compete with them. Our association starts from Chicago and takes in the entire East. We propose to notify members of the association who It Is that sells to companies doing business from cars direct, and they will be guided accordingly. It is a move for self-protection, pure and simple." Cold. Due to Coal Famine. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-A material increase in the number of cases of pneumonia and severe colds among the people of this city is attributed to the coal famine, ac cording to a number of physicians interviewed to-day. The ay that In most of the houses they visit only a few of the rooms are heated. Even -in many of the homes of the well-to-do residents furnaces have had to be abandoned. The price of hard coal from the independent operators to-day was $12 a ton. Soft coal at retail brought IS a ton and many of the dealers are unable to .furnish even small lots to regular customers.' GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. -r- ' The German Bundesrath has approved' the tariff bill in the formin'whlch It passed Its third reading in the Reichstag. The Madrid Herald says' that Don Carlos purposes to renounce .. his claim to the throne In favor of his son Don Jaime. The French authorities have become convinced that the death of Mrs. Ellen Gore was accidental and have decided to drop the case against M. De Rydzewskl. Two duels following the bombastic challenge of the Italian fencing champions, Vega .and TessJna, to the French "champions, "Merlgnac .and Kirchoffer, were fought at Nice yesterday and resulted in both Italians uciuft nuuiiucu. auch n uuuua ti e nui uall- ' ßerous. v cw The Northeastern Railway is about to test an auto car system similar to. that de scribed in a recent dispatch from Paris, rays a London dispatch. It is proposed to work the new system experimentally on the crowded part of the railway between'IIartlepool and West Hartlepool, which are not far apart. Gen. Barboun y de Castclhi, a cousin of Xin- Alfonso, was - arrested at Madrid Wednesday evening in a gambling club. He was arraigned before the captain general and subsequently released. The general has challenged the prefect, who is responsible for the energetic attempts made to suppress, club, gambling. A dispatch from . Fez by way of London says the pretender to the throne of Morocco, liaü. complete possession .of Teza and -the neighboring districts. The pretender has appointed viziers and other officials and "has set up a court with every symbol of royalty. The tribes east of Fez almost without exception acknowledge the pretender as the Sultan. -- Bank Robbed of fü,00O. MULLINS, S. C.;VDec. 18 The bank here was broken open last night, the safe dynamited and about $6,000 In. cash. stolen. . FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY. Increasing Cloudiness - Thronghoat Indiana To-Morrow. WASHINGTON, Dec 18,-Forecast "for Friday and Saturday: V For Indiana Fair on Friday; increasing cloudiness on Saturday; fresh south winds. For Illinois Fair on Friday; increasing cloudiness on Saturday; probably rain In south portion; fresh winds, mostly south. For Ohio Fair on Friday; fresh south winds, Saturday probably fair. Yesterday Temperatures. Dar. Tern. It. 1 1. Whid. Weather. ' "Tree. 7 a.m. .30.1 2S S'west. Clear. 0.00 T p. m..30.1"$ Si 70 South. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 44; minimum temperature, 26. Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation on Dec. 18: . Tern. Prtc. .Normal 33 o.lO -'-" , U.TO Ieparture 3 0.10 lejarture since Pec. 1 45 o.$i IIiarture eince Jan. 1 2 533 '' lius. W. T. ULYTHE. Section Director! Local Observations on Thursday. Stations. Mfn, "Abilene, Tex .. 3 AmariHo, Tex 32 Max. 7 p. m. 54 40 46 30 50 -M I 24 - . 44 84 2J S4 . 40 ...40, ' 3S .64 r. 3V n 4 . 4 ' 3 ; 32 .3S 44 34 3 : 38 50 . . ts 3S . 32 39 11 1 C4 . 40.30 IS 52 42 ' r ' 32 60 &3 40 ' 64 r 24 4 . 30 62 4S 42 40 5S 38 41 3. 52 ' 32 42 44 , 5 W 43 Atlanta, ua 33 Bismarck. N. D It - Huffalo. N. Y : ..... 30 ; Cairo. Hi . 34 Calgary. Alberta 33 Chattanooga, 'Tenn ZU Chicago 5rt Cincinnati, O 32 Cleveland. O. ............. 23 Concordia, Kan " "Davenport. la 20Denver, COl 12 Vra Meine. Ia 14 Dubuque. Ia 20 Duluth. Minn 13 Kl Paso. Tex ...... 3ft Fort Smith, Ark 20 GalTeaton. Tex 4 Grand Haven. Mich 31 Grand Junction, Col .......... 12 Havre, Mont ...22 Helena. Mont 4 , "Huron. S. D ,.. 0 Jacksonville. Fla 41 Kansas City. Mo .....M....... 20 lender. W'jo "Little Rock. Ark 32 Ixmtuvllle. Kt 34 . Marquette, Mich 2-1 Mt-mphls. Tenn 34 Molftui. Utah , 20 "Montsorr.erj. Ala ., SI New Orleans. La 42 "Nw York city & "Nashville. Tenn 32 Norfolk. Va 40 North riatte. Neb 2 Oklahoma. O. T 2 Omaha. Neb 10 Palestine. Tex 40 rarkerbunc. W. Va 3rt rhlUdctphia ,.32 "Plttüburir. Pa So iMeblo. Col 1H Qu'Appetl, Aastn . 24 KapM City. S. D 22 30 2S Z 30 4S 2 3 28 3S IS 10 . U 40 20 52 44 42 S2 2 12 54 38 4 44 20 44 24 r. 3.1 38 3 '35 34 23 4 2 3 3 11 52 Fait Lake City IS Ft. Louis 34 " Ft. Paul. Minn 20 Fanta F. N. M M Fprinrnel t. Ill 2 FprlnjneKL Mo ;. 32 Vkksburir. Miss 3 Washington. D. C 2 1 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. QI7EENSTOWN, Dec. 18. Arrived: Hav erfnrd. from Fhiladelphla. for Liverpool, and proceeded. Sailed: Celtic, irom Liver pool, for New York. ' GLASGOW. Dec. 17. Arrived: Fumes ida. from New York. Sailed: Carthaginian, for SL Johns, N. F.. and rhlladelphla. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 17. Arrived: Teutonic. from New York. Sailed: Victorian, for New lork; Sagamore, for Boston. . LONDON. Dc. IS. Arrived: Virginian, from Boston. Sailed: Minnehaha, for New York. . . EROWIIKAD. Dec. lg. Passed: Haverford, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool. GENOAk Dec. liArrlved:- Lahn, from New. York via Gibraltar and Naples. HAMRURO. Dec. 'IS. Arrived: Pennsyl vania, from New York. NEW YORK. Dec. lS.-Salled: La Touraine, for Havre. IIAVIIK. Dec 11-Arrlved: La Lorraine, from New York. - HONC1-KONG. Dec. lS.-Saileö: facoma. fcr Tacoma. NAPLES, Dec. lS.-Sailed: Ilespcrla, for

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PARLIAMENT PROROGUED

BRITISH LEGISLATORS TO REST UNTIL 17TII OF FEBRUARY. Public Event Reviewed In n Speech by the KlnK Regret Exoresncd at Necessity of Coercing Venesuela. .. LONDON, Dec. 13. Parliament, was prorogued this afternoon by royal commission until Feb. 17. Only a score of members from the Ilouje of Commons was. present When Black Rod summoned the lowtr house to the chamber of the lords to hear the King's. .speech., which was an unusually lengthy recapitulation of public' eyents, in cluding 'the action taken-in connection with Venezuela, regarding which the speech says: "I regret that the constant complaints which my government found' it necessary to address to the government of Venezuela in regard to the unjustifiable and arbitrary acts against British subjects and property during the last two years have been persistently disregarded and that it has become necessary for my government, acting in concert with that of his imperial . Aiajesty, the. German Emperor, which has- also serious cause for complaint against the republic, to Insist on measures of redress." The speech refers to the conclusion of the South African war and adds:- "There seems to be every reason to hope that material prosperity greater than any the Transvaal and Orange River colonies have yet experienced may visit these regions, and that all sections of the population may live together in friendship for each other and loyalty to the crown." Paragraphs deal with the postponed coronation, the colonial conference and Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's tour, which together are expected to be "of the "utmost value, in respect to their immediate effect and as precedents In the future." Other topics touched on were the expedition against the Mad Mullah and the cooperation of Italy therein, the acceptance by Chile and-Argentine of the" British 'boundary award, the Brussels sugar 'convention and the alliance between .Great Britain and Japan, which the King believes :will be of advantage to both countries and contribute to the maintenance of general peace in the extreme East. The Anglo-Chinese treaty Is referred to as promising to "secure not only for this country, but for the commerce of the world, valuable facilities and advantages." The eneech closed with a reference to Inula, where the anxiety regarding another fam ine has been averted by a plentiful rainfall, and where the coronation durbar will be associated with a period of unusual commercial and financial prosperity. The speech wisely omits the usual reference to foreign relations. '''M WAR BLOCKADE SATURDAY. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) tary Hay to-lay touching Venezuela, and the fact is now apparent that, while money will satisfy Great Britain and. Italy, Germany must have an apoloKy. The difference between her case and that of the other Dowers is that the German legation at Caracas was attacked, its windows broken, its minister terrorized and the German national honor otherwise touched In a man ner that cannot be healed by money. It was learned to-nleht that France has addressed a note to her charge d'affaires at Caracas for submission to the Venezuelan government, stating the position she will maintain with reference to claims of her citizens against Venezuela. France makes a distinction between claims arising before Castro's assumption of power and those arising since. The claims of France prior to Castro s administration, it is agreed. are to be settled'by arbitration. The claims arising since Castro became President are to be adjusted by the French minister at Caracas and proper ministerial officers of Venezuela. This was arranged some time ago. In the no;e sent to Caracas France takes the position that claims arising since when Castro became President, should have as favorable treatment as is given to claims of. Germany. Great Britain and other countries. As to claims prior to lSUD, France says they shalLbe. met according tothe most favored nation treaty clause and be met out of- the customs receipts". The note is courteous but firm. France, it is announced, will make no demonstration against Venezuela. . TRYING TO ALLAY SUSPICION. German' 'Think Their Actions Should Not Be , Misconstrued in America. BERLIN, Dec,. 18, The Cologne Gazette, in an evidently inspired statement to-day, endeavors to allay the uneasiness regarding Germany's actLons In Venezuela, which, . according to practically all the special dirpatches coming from America, prevails In the United States. "There are no facts," says the statement, "to support the dis trust of Germany expressed in many quarters. The government of the United States knows well that Germany as little thinks of seizing Venezuelan territory as of planting her flag on the mountains of the moon. Even If we could annex Venezuela without a. protest from the United States we would forego so doing, as complications with tho United States would be bound to follow. Germany does not think of waging a land war. She believes she can forco her just demands by means of a blockade. The real cause, of her action was the robbery and plunder in the guise of war contributions to which our countrymen were exposed. Payment of our claims arising therefrom is our demand. Then we Insist on a settlement of the question cf Venezuela's relations with the Great Venezuelan Railroad and ask that the bankers' claims be submitted to the consideration of a mixed .commission, in the ultimatum only the immediate payment f proved claims was required. In fact,'. the German government proceeded in spfte pf 'all provocation with' the greatest patience' and moderation.' Aside from the financial claims mentioned In her ultimatum Germany expects some form of apology' from Venezuela for the diplomatic insults, which the Foreign Office says are more serious and more gross than those of which Great Britain complains. The Foreign Office . officials point out that Premier Balfour's remark yesterday evening in the House of Commons about Germany having other than financial claims must be understood as applying to diplomatic' reparation for the insults'and not to a material indemnity, like money or territory. . The Foreign Office Is again calling attention to the suspicions in the United States lest Germany effect a landing in Venezuela. It says a refutation of such suspicions ought to be perceived in. the slender fnrrps nt th riisnositlon of Germany. There äre scarecly three hundred men who could be spared from the squadron, not a sufficient number" to take Laguayra. let alone form an expedition Into the Interior. It is not settled .whether the notification of the commencement of the blockade will be made public in Berlin and London simultaneously or take the form of a communication from the two commanders of the squadrons to the Venezuelan authorities. The publication will apparently be delayed a day or two. '' The foreign officials say that a reply to Venezuela's arbitration proposal has not yet been sent. The Foreign Office is still exchanging views on the subject with London. Although the Foreign Office does not give the least hint of the character of Germany's reply, it seems certain that arbitration will not bo accepted, though the refusal-may be -accompanied, by fresh suggestions. .The fact which Impresses the foreign observer here is the quiet indifference of tho newspapers and people toward the Venezuelan affair. Not a Berlin newspaper hns a leading article on the subject to-day, and the news published is largely an abstract of what the Iondon and New York papers are saying. The Germans appear ta be astonished at the commotion In Greut Britain; and the United . States over what is regarded here- as a mere episode. Few of the German newspapers have correspondents In New York, but those who are there telegraph that Germany is seemingly without one friend in the country and trace the cause, tp Germany's, alleged attitude toward 'the United States during the Spanish-American war.. The. popular feeling in Great Britain against co-operation with Germany is' attributed "here to the German people's bearing 'toward Great Britain during the South African war. l)ut If public opinion is little concerned as yet over Venezuela, the Foreign Office here is "exlremely sensitive over the developments of public feeling abroad, especially in the United States. The reason for delay in doing anything that would change the situation either by replying to Venezuela's proposition made. through Minister. Bowen. issuing blockade regulations or taking any forward alto U because it Is

thought better to remain passive for a few days and see how far public feeling in America will go. Indications are not wanting that the German government is seeking an expedient to arrive at a solution of the difficulty without -anything further happening to vex the people of the United States, whose good will is considered to be more Important than the humiliation of Venezuela. Still, Germany must have her claims satisfied, and it is thought President Castro will yield voluntarily in a few days if not pushed any further, that the commercial classes in Venezuela will compel the settlement or that the United States will offer to guarantee that Venezuela will pay up if she loses by arbitration. . The German commander in Venezuelan waters has been instructed to use extreme caution and avoid acts of . force till he receives further orders.

Germany Supporting Helghim Claim LONDON, Dec. 13. The Brussels correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says In a dispatch that Germany is supporting the claims of Belgium against Venezuela, which amount to Jl.'SO.i-"). - - BRITISH CA II I MIT MEETS, Hut Taken o Action on the Arbitration Proposition. LONDON, Dec. 18. No answer has yet been sent or decided upon regarding Venezuela's arbitration proposal. The question of a guarantee for the fullflllment of the decisions arrived at remains the great difficulty, in the government's view, in the way of the acceptance of arbitration. The Cabinet considered the matter to-day, but it is not apparent that anything definite resulted. , . Charge d'Affaires White was In touch with the Foreign Office throughout the day. He transmitted a long dispatch to the State Department at Washington, but this communication is not believed to contain anything in the nature of final decision. All negotiations are being conducted with extraordinary secrecy, but it is thought probable that Mr. U nite's dispatches to Washington have conveyed inquiries from the British government with regard to Secretary Ii"ay's views as to the possibility of Venezuela carrying out the award of arbitration. The Associated Press Is in a position to say that Great Britain is making strenuous efforts to induce the United States to guarantee Venezuela's compliance with the Undings of arbitration. Inquiries fmade at the Foreign Office subsequent to the Cabinet meeting brought no response. ' The announcement that President Castro .had intrusted United States Minister Bowen 'with full powers to arrange, a settlement was received at the Foreign Office with much interest, accompanied by the remark, "So Mr. Bowen Is to be the arbitrator?" The dispatch which contained this an nouncement was Immediately taken to Foreign Secretary Lansdowne. It apparently conveyed to the Foreign Office officials the first definite news that such action had been taken. ' - The executive committee of the British branch of the international union passed a resolution this evening, which was introduced by W. T. Stead, expressing regret that Great Britain had engaged in war with Venezuela without attempting to secure arbitration in accordance with The Hague peace convention, and urging the people of the. United States to protest against war being made upon any American state prior to the submission and refusal of an offer to arbitrate. Copies of the resolution will be sent to Lord Lansdowne and Secretary Hay. W. H. Long, president of the local government board, ' speaking at Westminster to-night, said that at no previous period had Great Britain's relations with foreign countries been more satisfactory than they are to-day. Mr. Long expressed himself as quite certain that there existed no danger of war or of any straining of the present friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States. He said he believed the British government was determined to avoid any rupture with Washington. ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLEET. Hovr the Vessels Will He Disposed of for the Holidays. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. The Navy .De partment contributed the most Important developments in the Venezuelan situation over night in the form of a cablegram from Admiral Dewey announcing the pro, posed Itinerary of 'the vessels of his " fleet during: the Christmas holidays. It is clearly seen that the plan provides for no undue concentration of ships along the Venezuelan coast, and so prudently and advisedly Jiave its details been drawn that Secretary Moody to-day cabled the admiral the department's approval of his orders. This will set. at rest the rumors that the United States contemplates, complicating the Venezuelan situation by dispatching the large naval force to Laguayra as an offset to the allied fleet. Admiral Dewey's cablegram, dated San Juan, Dec 14, is to this effect: Proposed itinerary of vessels for Christmas holidays! Kearsarge, Alabama, .Massachusetts. Iowa. Scorpion, to Trinidad; Illinois, Indiana, Hist, to St. Thomas; Texas to Pointe a Petrie; Chicago, Newark and Eagle to Curacoa; San Francisco, Albany and Wasp to Mayaguez; Cincinnati, Atlanta, Prairie, tugs and torpedo boats to San Juan: Olympia, Nashville and Machlas to St. Kitts; Detroit to Antigua; Mayflower and Vixen to Porto Rican waters and vicinity, and Dolphin to Antigua and vicinity. In reply Secretary Moody sent the following cablegram: "Carry out proposed itinerary. Merry Christmas." According to the approved plans, the principal fighting ships of Admiral Dewey's fleet will rendezvous at the island of Trinidad right off the coast of Venezuela, and at St. Thomas. IRear Admiral Higginson, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, will have command of the battleship .fleet at Trinidad on his flagship Kearsarge, with Rear Admiral Sumner commanding the South Atlantic squadron on his flagship Iowa, as second In command. The fleet at St. Thomas, which includes two battleships, will be under' the corrfmand of Rear Admiral. Crownlnshleld, commanding the European squadron on his flagship Illinois. . Tho fleet of cruisers and- smaller vessels, which will anchor at St. Kitts, will be in, command of Rear Admiral Cochran, commanding the Caribbean division on his flagship Olympia. Although not so stated. It is expected Admiral Dewey will retain the converted cruiser Mayflower as his flagship and will spend most of the ten days' holiday at San Juan. He Is now at Culebra with the bulk of his immense fleet. "Xo Fever, ut Curacao. . SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec. 18. The report that there was yellow fever at Willemstad, Curacao, has been authoritatively contradicted, and, with tho exception of the Chicago, the ships assigned to Curacao for the holidays will proceed for that port. The Chicago has a cracked stearapipe and will come to San Juan for repairs. Admiral Dewey and Admiral Taylor are gratified at the results of the maneuvers. Referring to the subject to-day. Admiral Taylor said: "The important things we desired to accomplish during the maneuvers were concentration and organization. There have assembled at Culebra within the time specified more than fifty ships from Europe and North America, and there are ample supplies on hand. The mobilization , has been a decided succcfs. In the preliminary drills some greenness was seen on the part of those ships which were not accustomed to cruising, together, but practice Is improving the organization of the fleet, which is now satisfactory. The inner harbor at Culebra is very suitable for a naval base. Admiral Cochlan has placed heavy mooring buoys in the harbor and provided other facilities." - Admiral Dewey has ordered the fleet to husband its coal so that fuel will be available when the maneuvers are resumed after the holidays. PRESIDENT CASTRO FIRIOIS. lie. Denies. the Report that Venesuela Accepted the Ultimatums. CARACAS, Dec. IS. Early to-day the correspondent here of the Associated Press saw President Castro and questioned him in regard to the report published in the United States that the Anglo-German ultimatum had been accepted by himself. The President became furious with rage and said there was no truth in the report. He added: "The acceptance of an ultimatum cannot be coupled with arbitration. .'Besides the AnRlo-German ultimatum is not, properly speaking, an ulttmatum." When asked if it was tree that Venezuela was taking diplomatic steps to arrange for arbitration, and that arrangements in this connection were well advanced. President Castro said: "The government of Venezuela does not propose to determine on any steps, while the proposition for arbitration that

the legation of the United States was charged to present to Great Britain and

Germany remains unanswered. At noon no answer on the subject of the proposed arbitration had been received from Washington." - The French cruiser D'Assaz is expected at Laguayra. Her commander has received orders not 'to do anything which might wound the susceptibilities of the Venezuelans , EXCITEMENT AT MA It A CA I BO. People Angry Over the Capture of a Venezuelan Schooner. LAGUAYRA. Dec. IS. The German cruiser Falke, which has been anchored for the jast two days at the entrance of Lake Maracaibo, to-day captured the Venezuelan schooner Victoria. After cutting down'her mainmast, thus disabling her, the Germans abandoned the vessel. This action has caused great indignation among the Venezuelans and excitement runs high at Maracaibo, where the people have been parading the streets uttering cries again Great Britain and Germany. - . ' Herr Von Pilgrim Baltazzl, the German envoy to Venezuela,, landed here to-day, permission for him to do so having been granted by the authorities, li'e spoke by telephone to his wife, who is very ill at Caracas. Later the German envoy, accompanied the prefect of Laguayra. Senor Leiclbabaza, to the latter's office, where he remained for a short time. A British cruiser has obtained permission to purchase fresh provisions on Shore leave. The British cruiser Tribune arrived here this morning. The British cruiser Indefatigable left here at noon to-day, steaming in. the direction of Trinidad. . . WAXT TO " FIGHT FOR CASTJIO. j ! Americans Offer Tlielr Services "El MoehoV Son to Return Home. NEW YORK, Dec. IS. Among the passengers who will start for . Venezuela on the steamer Maralcaibo on Saturday will be Nikolas Hernandez, the twenty-two-year-old son of Gen. Jose Maria Hernandez, "El Mocho." Ypung Hernandez is a compositor at present employed in Danbury, Conn. He telegraphed a friend that he would go to Caracas to enlist in his father's command. In addition to the number of personal offers of United States citizens at the Venezuelan consulate to enlist in Castro's army," the consul general has received Just forty-six letters, the writers of which wish to serve. Among the senders of these communications are many ex-army officers and discharged soldiers. One man, who owns a steam yacht, offers this to repair the naval force destroyed by the warships, and says he will man her, too, without any thought of remuneration. Senor V. Mestre Anamabile, a former captain in the Spanish nnvy, and the hero of many duels, was among those who placed himself at the disposal of the Venezuelan consul g-eneral. Italy's Instructions to De Riva. ROME, Dec. 18. Instructions have been sent to Signor De Riva, the Italian minister to Venezuela, who Is on board the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan at Laguayra, to be guided by circumstances, and the best measures to take always, however, bearing in mind the agreement with Germany and Great Britain and the neceslty for uniformity of action. The Italian government considers that the, Giovanni Bausan. Elba and Agordat are sufficient to co-operate in the blockade. Sympathy from Ecuador. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec 18. President Plaza has sent the following cable message to President Castro at Caracas: "The government and people of Ecuador express sympathy with the government and people of Venezuela in the international conflict and hope the difficulties will be pacifically and honorably settled. Dutch Cruiser Ordered to Venesnela. THE HAGUE, Dec. 18.-The Dutch cruiser De Runjter, which it was proposed to send to the West Indies, has been ordered to proceed to Venezuela to protect Dutch Interests there. , . -TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Russell Sage was-at his- office yesterday for the first time since, he was taken ill two months ago. The Virginia Legislature has appropriated $5,000 to defend the recent suits against the new constitution. The terminal station of the Long Island City Railroad, at Long Island. City, was destroyed, by tire last night. Loss J50.000, John .Powers, superintendent of the Tiger mlnöt was froyen to death yesterday in the Greenhorn district of Oregon. He was six ty-four years of age. The executive committee of the Army of Santiago de Cuba has selected Detroit for the encampment of July 16 and 17. 1003. to commemorate the surrender of Santiago July 17, 1S0S. The last Bteamer from New York which will reach the other side of the Atlantic before Christmas, the - St. Paul, of the American line, has sailed with $450,615 In money orders payable in fifteen European countries. . . At the meeting of the Ohio Fair Man agers Association yesterday J. S. Stuckey, of Van Wert, was elected "president, and E. H. Chamberlain, of Bellefontaine, secretary and treasurer. The association will meet at Sandusky in 1903. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky yesterday the Rev. Dr. Henry E. Dosker, of Holland, Mich., was selected Tor the cbair of church history made va cant by the death of Dr. C. B. II. Martin. Nearly 9,000 Boers, It Is said, are preparing to "trek" to America and will settle in Col orado, New Mexico and Texas. The repre sentative of this movement is Gen. Samuel Pearson, late quartermaster general of the South African Republic, whose headquar ters are in "New York.. Louise Eames, claiming to be the only child or "uester H. Karnes, deceased,va for mer Ottawa, IlL, bank president, sejeks to establish her claim to his estate, valued "at $1.000.000, asking ..that an .agreement by Which she signed away all of her. rights to the estate for $10,000, be set aside. , Former members of the firm of Dernberg, Glick & Horner, which conducted a depart ment store at No. 195 State street, Chicago, and failed In 1S95. filed a petition in the Federal Court yesterday asking to be re lieved of their debts, which are placed at $441.292. The assets amount to $35,000. Heavy snow in the mountains north and west of El Paso is causing serious delay to all trains entering the city from those di rections.' The Rock island and Santa Fe, which -cross the mountain ranges -of New Mexico, are the heaviest sufferers, but traf fie on other roads has been seriously ham pered. Horace L. Hotchklss, who was Jay Gould's broker and one of the oldest members of the New York Stock Exchange, has sold his seat and will retire from Wall street after a career in the street of forty five years. Mr. H'otchklss was one of the organizers of the Nicaraguan Canal Asso elation. Justice Leaventritt, In the Supreme Court of New lork, yesterday handed down a decision vacating the stay granted by Justice Fitzgerald restraining Fire Commissioner Sturgls from dismissing -Fire Chief .Croker until after the appellate division of the Supreme- Court shall have passed on the legality of the trial.. During a dance at the Natatorium In Beaumont. Tex., last night a iduel was fought between John Broach, street commissioner, and Frank Matthews, both men using pistols. As a result Broach Is dead, H. M. Matthews Is fatally wounded and Frank Matthews has a bullet in the leg. The shooting took place outside the dance, hail. Only three shots were fired. At Upper Sandusky, O., yesterday Philip Nagel was found guilty of murder in the first degree without ' recommendation of mercy for killing William Wade, and will be sentenced to death by electrocution. The motive for the murder was robbery, Wade, having on his person at the time of the murder about $50, which represented the savings of a season's work as a farm hand. Nagel and Wade had been bosom companions.. . The' tract of ground running along the entire northern boundary of the Louisiana. Purchase Exposition tlte at St.' Louis, known as the 'Cattlln tract." 4.300 feet, long and G00 feet wide, has been leased to M. Xavler Rene, of Marseilles,-. France, and his American associates for a rental of $30.000. An earnest of $30.000 was paid to clinch the negotiation. M. Rene stated that the tract will be utilized for amusements during the exposition. Thomas W. Miller and James McGinniss, proprietor of the Illinois Hotel. . No. 511 and State street, Chicago, a lodging house with 190 rooms, ' which is declared to be contrary to the building ordinance, were arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out at the order of acting Building

Inspector TVShea. It is the first arrest made in the history f the building depart

ment where the person arrested Is proprietor of a building condemned for use. The rule of the Cook County Circuit Court is made absolute fcy the Illinois State Supreme Court in the disbarment of Attorney William C. Smith, of Chicago. Smith admitted inserting the following advertisement in. a Chicago newspaper: "Loyal, wealthy attorney guarantees fam11 v freedom in a month: no advance costs: witnesses quietly volunteered." The court. n parsing. Upon the case, says: "We are of opinion that the admitted facts clearly show a lack of good moral character and such unfitness for the practice of law that the rule must be absolute." The Jones Brothers Publishing Com pany, at 111 Longworth street, Cincinnati. filed a deed of assignment yesterday. Liabilities about $HO,liro and. assets about $00.(n"0. The olhcers of the company are: President Samuel Bailey, jr.; manager. H. S. Smith; secretary and treasurer. Rankin D. Jones. The company was largely engaged In publishing subscription .books. notably those written by Rldpath. Murat llalstead and others. The members of the company say they held a large amount of the paper of Henry W.. Knight, of. NewYork, and that his recent liquidation caused-them to assign. ., Edmund Hauser has been arrested at Canton, O.. by United States officials and will be given a hearing at Warren to-day. The charge against Hauser is that he represented him.-lf as a government employe to examine and withdraw from circulation counterfeit coin. Accordingly he, it is al leged, visited a number of stores in Can ton, showed a badge which seemed to prove his statement and was allowed to examine money in the cash drawers. In several instances he is said to have taken money and placed It In his-pocket on the ground that it was counterfeit and would have to be confiscated. The sum of money obtained was not large. GEN. WAGER SWAYNE DEAD. End Due to n Complication of Dis easesSketch of Ills Life. NEW YORK. Dec. 18. Gen. Wager Swayne died to-day at his residence here of a complication of diseases. His widow, two sons and a daughter were at the deathbed. Gen. Wager Swayne was born at Colum bus. O., Nov. 10, 1S34. He was a son of Noah H. Swayne, at one time associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He graduated from Yale In 1856, from the Cincinnati Law School In 1S53, and began practice at Columbus, Dec. 22, 1S68. He married Miss Ellen Harris, of Louisville, Ky. At the outbreak of the civil war he was appointed major. In December, 1S61, he was made lieutenant colonel, and colonel Oct. IS, -IS62. of the Forty-third Ohio Volun teers. He became a brigadier general June 20, 1865. Continuing in the regular service he became colonel of the Forty-fifth Infantry. Before, his " retirement in 1870 he received the brevet of major general for gallant and meritorious service during the war. General Swayne practiced law In Toledo until 1S80, and afterward In New York. He became general counsel of the Western Union Telegraph Company, of the Associated Press and other corporations. Other Deaths. TOLEDO, O., Dec. 13. Charles P. Griffin, one of the best known politicians In Ohio and former speaker of the Ohio Legislature, dropped dead of heart disease In his office this morning. He was fifty-eight years f age and had been actively identified in Ohio politics for many years. The school laws of the State were revised by him during his last term in the Legislature. He was defeated for Congress two years ago by Congressman Southard. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18. Alfred Bouvier, for many years associated with Al Hayman as manager of the Baldwin Theater in this city, died here to-day. After the burning of the Baldwin Theater Mr. Bouvier became interested in the proposed building of a new theater, but ill health forced him to abandon his plans. BLOOMINGTON. HI., Dec. 18. Rev.' Michael Abbott, aged thirty-eight years, for three years pastor of the Catholic Church at Farmer City, died to-day after a three weeks' illness with typhoid fever. His home was in Boston and the interment will be In that city. CANTON, O.. Dec. 18. State Senator George. W. Wilhelm, of this county, died unexpectedly to-day of heart failure. He .had been. &" member of the lower Ohio house twice and of the Senate twice, and was well known throughout the State. '. ' MARION. Mass., Dec. 18. Hosea M. Knowiton, former attorney general of Massachusetts, who was stricken with apoplexy on Dec. 6 at his home here, died tonight. JOHN PETERS WON AGAIN. Commissioner Forster the Only Other Winning Favorite At Ingleslde. NEW ORLEANS, Dec 18. John Peters and Commissioner Forster were the only winning favorites. W. W. Finn, who bought Suburban Queen for $1,000, sold her to-day to C. Johnson for $1,200. Finn ran Commissioner Förster up to $1,700 to-day and bought him at that figure. The stewards have recommended the suspension of Jockey Pickering for his unsatisfactory ride on the filly Sontag In the first race to-day. Weather fine, track slow. The winners were: Marco, 15 to 1; Andes, 16 to 5; Vesuvla, 20 to 1; Jessie Jarboe, 9 to 1; John Peters, 7 to 10; Commissioner Förster, 8 to 5, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18. Winners at Ingleside to-day were: Homage, 12 to 1; Platonius, 4 to 1; Sir Hugh, 2 to 5; Canejo, 6 to 1; Jim Gore II, 9 to 5; Honiton, even. Low Prices for Horses. NEW YORK. Dec. 18. Brood mares and yearling fillies, bred at the Childwick stud, St. Albans, England, owned by Sir John Blundell Maple, M. P., were auctioned off to-night at the American Horse Exchange. Sir John Blundell Maple, whose racing es.tabllshment has an international reputation, heretofore has held his annual sales in Paris. The thirteen head offered brought a total of $14,925. John'F. Fanning, who brought the horses over and managed the sate for Sir John Blundell Maple, said he was greatly disappointed by the result of the sale. He said the sum brought would hardly amount to stud fees for the horses on sale. fS10,OOÖ Paid for n Stallion. YOUNGSTOWN. O.; Dec. 18Bribethorpe Playmate, the champion Hackney stallion which won first prize In Madison-square horse show this fall, has been bought by Henry Wick, formerly president of the National Steel. Company. The horse was pur chased from Robert Beith, of Bowmansville, Ontario, who imported the horse from England. It Is said that Wick paid $10,000 for the stallion. WINSTON CHURCHILL ILL American Novelist Gonfined to Ills Bed at St. LooIm. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18. Winston Churchill, the novelest recently elected to the New Hampshire Legislature, is 111 at the residence of . his uncle, J. G. Gazzam. While Mr.- Churchill is confined to his bed. his condition is not considered serious. His physicians have ordered absolute rest for two or three days. Mr. . Churchjll, accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived in 8t Louis Monday to spend the holidays. Wednesday he was not feeling well, and to-day he took to his bed and sent for a physician. It is thought his illness is a result of exposure to - inclement weather during his recent campaign. Postmaster General Payne HI. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. While on his way to the White House to-day to see the President Postmaster General Payne suffered an attack of acute indigestion. He was driven to his hotel and two physicians summoned. The "patient was relieved and expects to be at his office to-morrow. - HAIL STEA1IER ASHORE. Damaged In Collision "with a French Cruiser Many Lives Prlld. TOULON, France, Dec. .11 The steamer Medoc, belonging to . Messageries Maritimes, and the French cruiser Latouche Treville met in collision as the Medoc was leaving port to-night during a storm. The

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Medoc grounded on the rocks at the Mourillon arsenal and now lies in a dangerous position. . 11 On board the Medoc are the malls, 3 passengers for the East Indies and a number oi' sailors intended for the French warships at the China station. PRIZE TIGHT BOUTS. Forbes Whips Kelly and McClelland and McPadden Go to Limit. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. lS.-Clarence Forbes, of Chicago, to-night knocked out Jack Kelly, of Brooklyn, in the fifth round of what was to have been a twenty-round bout before the Olympic Club. Kelly was ..... deciaediy outciassea. ct t nm Mn. Tier 18. Jack McClel land." of Pittsburg, and Hughey McPadden, of New York, to-nigm wem me umu iu draw in a twenty-round boxing match at the West End Club. POLO TEAM'S NEW HOME. The Cyclorama Dalldlnar Converted Into a Skating: Rink. The Indianapolis polo team will have a new home to-night when it plays the Elwood team. The Cyclorama building is rapidly being converted Into a skating rink. A transformation scene took place yesterday In the large circular building. The home of forty automobiles, with all the stor age plants and repair shops used by the Fisher Automobile Company, was quickly wrecked during the morning and a force of forty carpenters put to work constructing seats for the accommodation of the enthusiasts who are expected to attend the games in the new rink. The reserved seats and private boxes are being constructed on the north side of the building and the bleacher seats at the east and west ends and the south side. The polo floor will run east and west. Seats to accommodate over 2.000 persons are being built, and every seat will be a gooa one, where the spectators can view the game without having to stand up, an inconvenience that made Tomllnson Hall unpopular for the games. A number of box parties have been arranged for the opening of the new rink tonight, and a much larger crowd Is expected to-morrow night, when Racine plays Its first game here. There will be roller skating every afternoon and evening when the rink is not used for polo games. ElTTOod Defeats Anderson. Special to the Indianapolis JouraaL ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 18. Elwood'a new polo team resumed its winning streak tonight by defeating Anderson 6 to 0. The game was fast throughout and although the Elwod. team was changed three times on account of . broken skates, a brilliant offensive and defensive game was played. The Anderson goal was bombarded continually. Roberts caged five goals for Elwood and O'Malley one. Attendance, 1,600. Umpire, Demontrevllle. Muncle Defeats Raclnc. MUNCIE. Ind., Dec. 18. Muncie's reorganized team defeated Racine in a close game of polo to-night by a score of 3 to 2. Standing of the Teams. Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. Pet. Indianapolis 17 11 6 .649 Richmond 14 ' 8 6 .571 Racine 13 7 6 .538 Anderson 17 9 8 .529 Elwood 18 7 11 .389 Muncie 17 6 11 3 GERMAN HOUSE WON. Defeated the Shortrldge Basketball Team by a. Z2-to-18 Score. The German House basketball team defeated the Shortrldge High School five last night in the German House gymnasium by a score of 22 to 18. Although the contest was a practice game. It was very exciting., A large crowd of enthusiastic, rooters was on hand to cheer the teams and the rooting of the partisans was one of the features of the game, . Both teams put up a good game, but the German House was very .weak in team work on account of lack of practice. The High School boys were decidedly fast In this respect and made the game Interesting throughout. In the first half the Shortridge team had the advantage over the German House, and when time was called had the score 12 to 9 In their favor. But in the second half the small five was not able to keep pace with their larger opponents, and, although they made a game fight, the heavier team won out. The contest was exceedingly rough, especially in the last half, when the score was close. Emmerich and Prlntzler played the best game for the German House, while Churchill, Pratt and Appel did the best work for S. H. S. The work of. Churchill was one of the features of the game and his goals from field were all difficult. Following is the summary: Shortridge. Position. German House. Churchill Forward Jansen McKinney Forward Prlntzler gratt Center Emmerich lpe Guard Schräder Appel Guard.... Happensberger Goals from Fleld-Shortrldge: Churchill, 3; Pratt, 2. Goals from foul Churchill, 8. Fouls committed McKinney, 3; GIpe, 6; Pratt, 1: Churchill, 1; Appel, 3. Missed foul goals Churchill. 6. Goals from Field German House: Jansen, 3; Emmerich, 3; Prlntzler, 1. Goals from foul Prlntzler, 5; Emmerich, 3. Fouls committed Happensberger, 5; Schräder, 4; Printzier, 3; Emmerich, 3. Missed goals from foul Prlntzler, 2; Emmerich, 4. OfficialsFleming and Hardin, umpires; La Follette, referee. Time of halves Twenty minutes. ANXIOUS ABOUT DAUGHTER. Mrs. Lynch Aalcs the Aid of tbe Police In Locatlna; Her. Mrs. Lynch, of No. 611 Cedar street, reported to the police last night that her eighteen-year-old daughter Is missing from her home, and she asked assistance in looking for her. Mrs. Lynch says her daughter Is employed in the New York store and Is now kept in the store until 9:45 o'clock at night on account of the Christmas shopping. Mrs, Lynch departed from her custom last night and instead of going after the girl herself to escort her home sent a neighbor. The neighbor met the girl at the door of the store and told her she had come to see her safely horns. Miss Lynch thanked" her, the neighbor raid, and excused herself to say a word of parting with a girl friend. Bhe started in the direction of Pennsylvania street and did not return. The neighbor got tired of waiting and went to Mrs. Lynch with the story. Mrs. Lynch' anxiety was aroused by this story and was Increased when her daughter had not returned home by midnight. 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M J) MINISTER WU'S SUCCESSOR. um air JwiianK iurn Anna; uia as Bv ; ma m m . ra. . . . - I Schoolboy in This Country. Baltimore American. No matter how great may be the achievements of Sir Lang Chen Tung, the successor of Wu Ting Fang in the field of diplomacy at Washington, he will always be remembered at Phillips Academy (Audover, Mass.) as the pitcher of its roost famous baseball nur the undergraduate who introduced the curved bail. That was twenty years ago. Before coming here PI Yuk Lian, as he was then called, was a student at the Chinese College In Hartford, Conn., under th supervision of Dr. Yung Wing. "At that time Hartford had a Nation.! League baseball nine that was crowding the Boston Red Stockinga, under 4JLarry and George Wright, very close, for the pennant. "Tommy" Bond, with ' his curves, was the hero of the hour. The young Chinaman used to go to th ground to watch the. morning practice, and Pi Yuk became a favorite of Bond's. He taught him his famous cunt. As a result, the Chinese students formed a baseball nine, with Pi Yuk as pitcher. They defeated easily the Hartford High School nine, the Trlnltv Pnlli'irlan anH nthr hochhält nr. ganizatlons of local reputation. ) The idea was to furnish the boys an education at Hartford and Yale, but before the plan could be fully carried out an emissary from the Emperor of China arrived, found that the boys were becoming Americanized to an alarming extent, and effected their recall by the government. Liang Chen Tung was one of the third or fourth installments of . young Chinese sent . to thi. country. Jle arrived here about 1S75. He was then a boy of fourteen, a large, robust, handsome young fellow, full of fun and srlrlts. For a while he remained with a family in Amherst and fitted for Phillips Academy at Andover, and with the entry into that famous preparatory Liang Chen Tung to all Intends and purposes became an American boy. It was in 1879 that Pi Yuk became a member of the class of '61 In Phillips Academy, and in that hearty, robust, romping class of 'bl there was no more vigorous, keen or athktlc youngster than Liang. lie became a member of the baseball club, and one day when the pitcher was ill and a critical game was being played with Exeter, Liang stepped into thu breach and pitched a game that sent hU school wild with enthusiasm and scored a deep defeat for the visitors. Liang had been practicing twirling the curvea ban on the campus at odd moments, and hoped for Just such an opportunity, and when it came Liang was waiting and proved himself equal to the demands of the occasion. After that the little ChineJe boy was a school hero and the permanent pitcher for the team. In the language of . the campus Lian? was a "corker," but no matter how much attention he recelvea or now ne migm j excel on the field or in the schoolroom, Liang never got what we boys and lots of men call a swelled head. He was always ready to listen to suggestions and carry them out. and to the mind of many of the fellows was an ideal school chum, ever ready to defend the honor of the school. Liang wanted Phillips to become a boating school. He advocated the choosing of an eight to row all comers on the Mcrrimac river, for the proficiency In rowing, he explained, showed that there were stout hearts and strong muscles in a school, and that was Just what Andover wanted to show. Liang's rowing movement flourished, and he gathered a strong backing, and the innovation was freely discussed in the school paper over high sounding Latin nom de plumes, and in the old files of tho paper are to be found to-day glowing appeals for an eight signed "Ii Yuk." Since leaving Massachusetts Liang Chen Tung has received his baptism In diplomacy. While U Hung Chang was ambassador to Washington. Liang Chen Tung was his private secretary as well as interpreter of the legation. He was knighted by Queen Victoria because of the part ha took as a member of the special commission which represented th- Chinese government at the Queen's Jubilee. During a large part of the official career Sir Liang was intimately associated with Li Hung Chang. He accompanied him as his secretary on the peace mission in Japan after the great war, and he was also one of Earl Li's secretaries at the diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Art and Realism. In his autobiography, published by the Appletons. George Francis Train tells this story: In & I may mention at mis piace I had a few months leisure on my hands. and decided to give my wife, and her step 1 mother, Mrs. George T. M. Davis, a trip about Europe. we traveled tnrougn France, Italy. Austria and Germany. At' Leghorn we went to witness a spectacular! exhibition or tne storming or toeoasiopoi. 1 was a magnificent spectacle, realistic 1 the extreme. No one was astonished when, at the very point where the city was taken and the fort blown up, a terrific burst of light appeared. Instantly there after we discovered that the explosion had been too real. The theater was ablaze. Of course, there was a wild rush for the doors. Panic followed, and while we were crushed and trampled In the press, we got off finally with only severe bruises. The oilicial report next morning gave the cas ualtlcs as forty killed and one hundred injured: but the government suppressed the facts. The dead and injured far outnumV' Derea these figures. .o Thieves In the House. Lawrence (Mass.) American. Representative MacCartney, a Sociallmember of the Massachusetts Legislatur tells the story of an associate member wh on being elected to the general court "o the State for the first time was very great ly impressed with the dignity of his office 1 one night he was sleeping soundly when his wife heard, or rather thought she heard.v a noise. She tried to arouse her sjkjusc and I found it far from easy. Giving him a hard I shake she whispered: "TsiVin Tnhn a.'alra tint TVi.r a r a t Vi 1 a i'r a I in the house." "No, no, Maria, you are greatly mistaken." he answered. "There may be one or two in the Senate, but there are none in the House." Railway Employes Injured. ALLIANCE. O.. Dec. 3fL The ea-t-bound flyer on the Cleveland & littsburg Railroad ran into a freight train at GariUid to-night. The passenger locomotive and elt-v-n freight cars were derailed. Fireman Robert McNesse suffered a broken collar bone and Harry Ennis, of Chester, P was bruised about the body. Order of United Friends Insolvent. It.tllVT V V n 16 T Ö IVnit referee in the affairs of the imperial Council. Order or United Hiends. has reportrd: to the Supreme Cour, that he finds the corporation hopelessly Insolvent and recommends Its dissolution. An order to this effect wiH be entered. Wheat and Sliver. Sioux Falls (S. D.) Argus-Leader. 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