Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1904 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1931.

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Viaduct News Stand, S High treat. DAYTON, O street. . V. Wllkle, 3S South Jefferson DENVER. Col Lout haln & Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets, and A. Smith, 1607 Champa street. DES MOINES. la. Mose Jacobs. 309 Fifth street. LOS ANGELES, Cal. -Harry Drapkin. 1XU LS V I L.L.E C. T. Deering. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson street, and Bluefeld Bros , 442 West Market street. NEW YORK Astor House. ST. LOUIS LTnlon News Company, Union Depot, ST. JOSEPH. Mo F. B. CarrleL Station D. WASHINGTON. D. C Rlggs House, Ebbltt House. Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard Hotel. Several thousand Russian soldiers will occupy Manchuria permanently. The Japanese decided that for them. "Is there any reason," asks a Southern contemporary, 'why Mr. Hearst's candidacy should be especially strong in any one State in the Union?' Yes. several million of them; see Bradstreei An trade has been Issued by the Sultan f Turkey forbidding the newspapers of bis realm to express anti-Russian sentiments. Now perhaps Russia will let him jo ahead and kill all the Macedonians he wants to. The former Japanese minister to Russia aas that Admiral Alexieff more than any ether Russian is responsible for the war. The chances are that he will make up for It " by becoming mainly responsible for an eariy peace, via Japanese victory. In the often repeated fact that the Japantongue contains no profanity may now be seen the wisdom of Providence. The Japanese have no cause for profanity. The Russians have, and their language fairly bristles with It. Nature always provides what is absolutely necessary. News comes from Australia that John Alexander Dowle's first meeting In Sydney was broken up by a mob, and that he himself was obliged to run for cover. Evidently the Australians have not the American sense of humor which has kept us from taking Do wie s vile epithets seriously. There is a story to the effect that the Russians fired on a merchant steamer and unk it with all on board, though it had raised a white flag. If this is true, international protests will no doubt follow such a gross .violation of the laws of war But the Russian version of the affair is yet to be heard. When McKinley died, certain newspapers which had been tilifying both Wm and Senicr Hanna shed a few crocodile tears and redoubled their venemous attacks on Hanna and Roosevelt. Now that Hanna is dead,' these same papers rep, thetr history and eulogise Hanna at the expense ef the President. It is extremely disgusting. The burning of old Dartmouth Hall, one of the buildings of Dartmouth Coilegr. did not Involve arg financial loss, but on account of its age and associations is felt keenly by the students and akimni of the New England institution. A part of the money to build it was raised by a lottery ; and the same is true of Holworthy HaH at Harvard. In those days nobody had arisen to tell our simple-minded ancestors that lotteries were wicked. It is interesting and significant that Admiral Uriu, the Japanese officer who won the victory at Chemulpo, is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at AnnapolisHe was In the Class of lSffl, and Is only forty-one years of age, though his advancement has been wen by his merit alone It :- r. t s. well known that his wife Is a graxluat of Vassnr College. The pair furnishes a type ef culture and progin "New Jaian." Another 5 per cent, advance In the price of diamonds- the fourth within a yearmakes diamonds higher than at any time within thirty years. Hut the prices will undoubtedly continue to rise, for even the Kimberly field must he exhausted some d.ty. and the syndicate is making hay while the un shines. The ne will be fef principally in this country, for the United States buys 60 per cent of the annual output of all the mines in t ii u -rid A newspaper reader asks why It is that the war nes nowaday:) makes such uninter esting reading, in contrast to the graphicJ torles we have been used to in farmer wars. The answer Is that all the newspaper correspondents are "bottled up" In Tokfe and other points distant from the front, and that even their meager reports are mercilessly censored. Readers are now learning how much they have depended on war torrespondents for accurate news In the pust The rural route carriers and the public are equally to be congm jiated on the outcoxiiu of the Uiscussioa rtgurding their com-

pensation. To have made- them employes of private Individuals as well as of the government, depending on private fees and gratuities to eke out their suhiries. would have lowered an important brunch of the public service and opened the door to great abuses. It is rauch better for them to take a straight salary with a prospect of in(ftase than to depend In degree on private emplonent. The service has been saved from a real disaster and the government from establishing a bed precedent.

A VIC TORY FOR I TKR R TIO Hi ARBITRATION. Contrary to general expectation, in this country, at least, the decision of The Hague arbitration tribunal is in favor of the preferential claims of Great Britain, France and Qermany against Venexuela. The case grew out of the claims of the powers against Venezuela on various grounds and covering several years. As to the substantial justice of the claims there was no doubt, the only quest! in being as to the manner of their collection. The matter culminated In 1902, when Germany and Great Britain agreed to proceed jointly to ertforde payment of their claims, having previously notified the United States that there was no Intention of violating the Monroe doctrine by attempting to acquire Venezuelan territory. The line of action agreed on by the powers Involved the establishment of what they o&lled a "peaceful blockade" of Venezuelan ports and subsequently the-capture ritid destruction of some Venezuelan ships. The United States repudiated the idea of a "peaceful blockade," and the British government admitted that there was no such thing and that therefore a state of war existed between Great Britain and Venezuela. After these powers had established a blockade France, Italy and some other powers filed claims. As war was Imminent. In fact, had already begun, the United States proposed arbitration. Both sides received the proposition with favor and both wanted President Roosevelt to act as arbitrator. He declined and suggested The Hague tribunal, and after considerable delay his suggestion was adopted. Undr the agreement to submit the case to arbitration Venezuela agreed to set apart a certain percentage of the customs receipts of two of her ports to be applied to the payment of whatever obligations might be ascertained to be due from her, not only to the powers named, but to others which had not employed force for the collection of their claims. Then the blockading powers demanded that their claims should have the preference of others and be paid first, because they had been chiefly Instrumental in bringing Venezuela to terms. Venezuela, on the other hand. Insisted that all her creditors should be paid upon a basis of exact equality. ' The Hague tribunal has decided in favor of the contention of the blockading powers. The case was clearly one for arbitration, because there was an element of Justice on both sides. On the one side it seemed equitable that all of Venezuela's creditors should be paid pro rata, and on the other it seemed no more than fair that the powers which had brought her to terms should be preferred. Against this, however, it was urged that to give them preference would be placing a premium on resorting to blockades and force to compel payment of claims. And so the argument went on. It wHl be Interesting to see on what ground the decision of the tribunal is based. The decision is another triumph for international arbitration The tribunal which rendered it was composed of distinguished jurists of different nationalities, while Great Britain. Germany, France. Spain, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands. Sweden and Norway, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela were all represented before it by their respective agents and counsel. That so many leading governments should have consented to appear before a tribunal created expressly for the settlement of international controversies Is a distinct triumph for the principle of International arbitration. That the case was finally referred to The Hague tribunal was due I the firmness with which President Roosevelt declined to act as arbitrator and insisted that the case was one for The Hague tribunal. I THK ANTI-INJI NCTIO BILL. A measure now pending in Congress known as the conspiracy or anti-injunction Ml! IS likely to excite earnest discussion. It wiU be warmly supported by organized labor and strongly opposed by the organised employers. The supporters and opponents of the bill are now lining up in Congress and throughout the country, while the great mass of the people, the middlemen, who are neither wage-earners nor employers, are wondering where they will come in. The anti-injunction bill Is intended to prevent the issuance of injunctions by the courts against strikers in labordisputes who resort to boycotting, picketing and other forms of intimidation which the courts hold ae illegal. The effect of the bill is to change the common law definition of the word "conspiracy " The long-established definition of the term, and one that the courts have steadily adhered to, is an agreement or combination between two or more persons to commit any act punishable by law, or to accomplish a legal purpose by criminal or unlawful means. Under this definition there cannot be a conspiracy by one perse n. A single individual may boycott or picket to his hearts content without incurring the charge of conspiracy, but If two or more persons combine In the work it is a conspiracy and punishable by law. Only a few days ago a court at New Haven, Conn., in pronouncing judgment against several union labor leaders who had boon on trial for more than three weeks, said: "It may be and is lawful for lubor unions to give their patronage to or withdraw it from a firm or person, but when this is done to ruin a person's business it is unlawful, and when a number of men so combine it is a criminal conspiracy.' That is the law as it stands. Th? antf-injunction bill provides that "no agreement, combination or contract by or between two or more persons to do or not to do any aci in contemplation or furtherance of any trade dispute between employers and employes shall be- deemed criminal, nor shall those engaged therein be indictable or otherwise punishable for the crime of conspiracy, if such act committed by one pen-son would not be punishable as a crime, nor shall any such agreement or combination be considered as In restraint of trade, nor shall any restraining order be issued with relation thereto.'" This would do away with the common-law definition of conspiracy. It would authorize combina

tions of persons to do almost anything In the way of coercion or Intimidation, and would prohibit the issuing of injunctions to restrain them. It would work a sweeping , revolution in legal methods and procedure, I and eventually in social conditions. The definition of conspiracy and the law of injunction are well settled. They have not been used by the courts for the op- i presslon of labor, but simply for the pro- j tectlon of rights and the prevention of wrongs, in matters affecting the welfare of society at large it is better to stand by 1 established piinciples and landmarks and

not enter dangerous paths of class legislation. THK ARBITRATION TREATY. A Chicago paper says that what Irishmen claim is to be the first gun in an active national campaign against the proposed Anglo-American arbitration treaty will be fired in that city by Judge Ryan, of St. Louis, at the celebration of Robert Emmet's birthday, March 4. The management of the affair Is In the hands of a committee of the Clan-na-Gael, of Chicago, whose chairman says: "We are preparing to fight the treaty to the last ditch, for it Is nothing more nor less than an English alliance in disguise. Irishmen are going to fight its adoption with all foree, and the question will be injected into the political campaign." Our Irish friends have had so many lessons on the danger of going off "halfcocked" on various propositions that they had better investigate this matter a little before getting excited about It The proposed arbitration treaty relates to a subject In which the whole civilized world is Interested, aud it is as far removed from an "English 'alliance" as is the postal union or the international Red Cross treaty. Its sole object is to commit the British and United States governments to the principle and policy of settling International controversies by arbitration instead of by war. Practically they have adhered to this principle for many years, and the treaty would simply put the practice into the form of an agreement Our Irish friends will not be able to make any political capital by opposing the treaty. Aside from the folly of opposing a treaty which makes for peace, they will find that the movement originated during President Cleveland's administration, and that he and his secretary of state, Mr. Olney, gave it their hearty approval. President Cleveland sent the treaty to the Senate and urged its ratification. Public meetings were held in several cities, and ratification of the treaty was urged by leading men of both political parties and all religious denominations. There is really no rational ground for opposing it, and IrishAmericans should not make themselves ridiculous by taking the initiative In so foolish a crusade. The statement that Port Arthur is on short rations and drawing on Dalny for slim supply is probably true. As Russia was unprepared for war in other respects It Is not likely she had accumulated large supplies at Port Arthur, and during the last few weeks the single line of railroad through Manchuria has been fully occupied in transporting troops. The statement that provisions are running low at Port Arthur tends to confirm recent reports that the Russians will practically abandon that point as the base of operations and transfer It to Harbin, which seems to be much better situated strategically for that purpose. In announcing the decision of The Hague tribunal in the Venezuela case the President of the court, the Russian Ministar of Justice, managed to work in a strong ex parte plea for Russia as against Japan. Of course it was outside the record, and it was also an undignified proceeding, but as far as the real decision is concerned it is obiter dictum and surplusage. MINOR TOPICS. A fight now In progress in the New York Legislature is well worth watching. The upper house has passed a bill giving the custody of the Jumel mansion to the Colonial Dames, and the lower house has passed a bill giving It to the Daughters of the American Revolution. A Daniel is needed to come to judgment. They might toss up for it, or give It to a third society there is a third of the same1 brand, is there not? or it might be fixed up so that the Daughters could have the house for half the year and the Dames for the other half. Meanwhile It looks like a deadlock. The New York Tribune notes, as the first harbinger of spring, that the wild geese are flying northward. Those which travel by the Indiana route have not appeared yet, but the advance notice . of the Eastern geese will be cheerfully accepted. The Eastern goose cannot be much more intelligent or better posted than the Western, and If the former is moving the latter will soon fa 1 In line. Their "honk" would be as welcome a sound as the note of the earliest bluebird. In a crowded Pennsylvania street car yesterday a well-dressed man sat near the door. An aged colored woman entered, and with a gallant bow the gentleman surrendered his seat to her. Others in the car nodded to one another as much as to say, "Here is a true gentleman of the kind that is rare." Then the car stopped, and it developed that the man had to get off there anyhow. And somebody was me;.n enough to murmur, "That must have been Representative Shafroth!" Every old maid, bachelor maid, servant maid and widow in Fort Dodge (Iowa) who does not propose to some bachelor or widower during the coming year Is subject to a fine of from $1 to 6. Furthermore, every bachelor who refuses any old maid, etc., is to be fined from $10 to $20. This Is to encourage marriage, and also to raise a library fund. And now you know what is meant by "single tax." Indiana has been beaten by New Jersey; New Harmony must bow to Patersou. A woman dwelling in the latter town has made two bcdquilts, each containing 5,?i6 pieces one inch square. The record was formerly held by a New Harmony woman with a quilt containing 2,900 pieces. Arouse, ye Indiana dames: Shall historic Posey county be beaten by a hotbed of anarchy? Perhaps, thinks an Eastern paper, the Mikado will get his name In the "first part" of the Almanach de Gotha, when this unpleasantness is over. That is extremely doubtful. At present he is In the appendix with the Sultan of Sulu and the Shah of Persia, and he is likely to stay there until his family intermarries with Germanic families. A New Jersey man deserted from the army to get married. After a few weeks of connubial bliss he gave himself up to the military authorities. Aud now opinlou

Is about equally divided as to whether he counted the cost and found It worth the trouble, or went back because he preferred the guardhouse to domestic life.

A Japanese girl has captured and married a nephew of J. Pierpont Morgan. Japan needs money, and since England has an option on American heiresses the Mikado's daughters will go after American heirs. Another sign of progress. Russia has been so thoroughly convinced by Japan of the efficacy of submarine vessels that she has converted several battleships Into that style of craft. She would never have done it, though, had not Japan showed her how. It is said by the Russians, by way of excuse, that the maps of the mines in the harbor of Port Arthur were lost by the sinking of a gunboat. The Russian ships are nevertheless showing a wonderful aptness In finding them. The Chinese New Year is over, and laundry tickets will again assume a normal aspect. The hieroglyphics have looked even more hilarious and uncertain than usual for the last week. "One quart of whisky," says an exchange with a taste for figures, "should weigh just two pounds." Why Is it, then, that less than a quart often constitutes such an awful load? "Will you go in with us," said the Japs to the Koreans, "to open p port to commerce?" And It is reported that the Koreans answered, "We're in Wiju now." Did Mr. Cleveland write that article for the Saturday Evening Post with a view to boosting himself, or only for the fun of hearing Mr. Bryan roar? Twenty-flve members of the crew of the battleship Maine are down with measles. Won't those sailors have a childish way of remembering the Maine? European gossip says that Admiral Alexieff has many enemies among the Russians. Why? Surely there Is nobody covets his job. THE HUMORISTS. Quite a Different Matter. "I understand you're a walking delegate In your union." "Oh. dear, no. Why. I work." Quite the Contrary. Tess So she's g-ot a real lover? Jess o no, Indeed. Tess I heard she had. Jess O no. she says he's her ideal. Philadelphia Press. The Xew rochinrnr. Oh, young Ixn-hinvar he came out of the West. In all the wide college his pony's the best; But during the Midyears it slipped from his sleeve Now young Loehinvar's gone back West. I believe. Harvard Lampoon. A Soul for Poetry. "Do you think that a man ought to devote a certain amount of time each day to reading poetry?" "Of course," answered the business man. "There's no excuse for not doing it The modern advertisements are full of It" Washington Star. Cruel Kxecutloil. There's a lady in Kalamazoo Who bites all her oysters in two; For she feels a misgiving. Should any be living, They'd kick up a hullabaloo. Boston Post. A Question. "Pa." "Yes. my son." "Were there two of every kind In the ark?" "Yes, my son." "Then there were two bugs, pa." "Yes, Tommie. there were two bugs." "And. pa." "Yes. Tommie." "Do you suppose the bugs were In one of th beds?" Yonkers Statesman. Domestic Limericks. A woman as proud as old Lucifer Grew tired of her husband's abucifer; So she called the police. Who compelled him to clce By crying: "You vllllan: Let luclfer!" Then, no longer prouder than Luclfer. Forgetting her husband's abucifer, She promptly forgave him. Swore falsely to save him Thus woman lets love make a gucifer. Still the officers, seeing the rucifer. Refused to take any exculfer; But she made things so hot That they fled from the spot As a witness they, ne'er could make uclfer. Then, once more as proud as old Luclfer, She thrashed hubby well for abucifer, And the louder he wailed. Why the harder she whailed. Till at length he abjectly begged trucifer. Baltimore American. SCIENCE AND INVENTION. Magic Crop Grower. W. P. Johnson, a practical farmer living on a large farm near Linn, north of here, has mad a discovery In a fertilizer that surpasses anything yet known In that line, he declares While traveling last year, he says, he saw a magician use a 'powder to cause a plant to spring up and grow in a few minutes. He obtained some of this, and being somewhat acquainted with chemistry, discovered the secret of the composition. He applied some of the powder to a half acre of his land in the spring and then planted it in corn. The yield was ISO bushels. New York Herald. c otton Doll Weevil. The cotton boll weevil lives through the winter in grass, leaves, or trash In or near the cotton field and logins feeding on the early volunteer cotton. They deposit one egg in each square of the boll. In a day or two the larvae or grubs are hatched and begin to feed upon the contents of the square. Alter eight to twenty days the grubs became popae. or "kickers," and in a week or so the adult weevils emerge ready to lay eggs. During the cycle of development the weevils are entirely concealed within the ! squae or boll, and the boll when punctured for the depositing of the eggs. Invariably drops off. In the absence of cotton weevils die In summer. New York Press. ftntionary Power from Antnmnhile. A Wisconsin firm has recently introduced an appliance by means of which any automobile may be readily used for stationary power development. A small platform Is set on a level with the floor of the shed or shop, and the auto is backed upon it. until the driving wheels rest upon two small, wid.-taced wheels with slightly corrugated surfaces. The carriage Is then clamped, by a simple device, in this position. The shaft which Carries these wheels also carries a pulley on its outer end. and on starting up the motor the m-dion is communicated to the small wheels on which it rests, and thus the pulley, which can be beltedto any apparatus as desired. It is asserted that a very efficient lighting plant for a residence can be operated in this way and the auto can be placed in position, or taken therefrom, as readily as going intc. or out of. a .-arriage house. Omaha Bee. Discovery of Acetylene. Cheap commercial acetylene gas was discovered by accident. Willson. a scientific experimenter, believed that nearly all metallic oxlde could be reduced to a metallic state by heating them to an extremely high temperature by the voltaic arc in the presence of free carbon. Aluminum had been successfully reduced in this way- Mr. Willson wished to obtain metallic

calcium. He therefore mixed a quantity of qulrklltr.e wiih pulverised coke, and brought the mixture to a high temperature by the action of the voltaic arc H expected to obtain a white metal, but Instead he appeared to produce nothing but slag. This was thrown into the yard, and one day at noon, whtla the boys were having their luncheon, they picked up these bits of rlac and threw them at each other. One piece fell Into a pall of water and produced a bubbling effect and a strong odor. This attracted Mr. Willsons attention, and upon investigation he found 'hat the strong smelling gas was extremely inflammable. Further investifration revealed that it wa par acetylene gas Harper's Weekly.

Science Brevities. From the latest measurements by Curie. It is estimated that the energy of fifteen pounds of radium, fully utilized, would run a one-horse-power engine many centuries. The first demonstration of the sclentine practicablilty of the electric current for the propulsion of street cars was made at Richmond, Va , but fifteen years ago. To-day there are nearly one thousand systems with more than twenty-five thousand miles of track. The electric railroads last year carried three times the population of the world. The car3 ran eleven times the distance between the earth and sun. The capital invested is twice as much as the United States bonded debt, and the gross earnings are $250.000.008. Tax were paid amounting to $13.000,000. The serum obtained by innoculating horses with corbra venom, so effective in the practice of Calmette. has been found by Dr. Tldswell to have no power in counteracting the venom of Australian snakes. Other experiments seem to prove that the anti-venomous serum Is only active against poison of snakea of the same species as that supplying the venom of the serum. One of the great electric manufacturing companies has recently finished and tested a novel automobile. The car, which is of the Tonneau type, is propelled by electricity, but Instead of having storage batteries It carries Its own power plant. A gasoline motor directly connected with an electric generator is arranged In front of the car, the generator being wired to an electric motor on the rear axle. The use of cams or cogs Is eliminated, and the car has repeatedly been stopped and started on very steep grades, or stiff mud roads, which would inevitably have stalled the gasoline or steam motors of like power. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. Evening Service for Morning. One of Senator Depew's stories is about a young man, a native of Peeksklll, who Just after being ordained returned thither In order that he might take charge of the morning service In the Kpiscopal Church. The young clergyman was exceedingly nervous and got through the service with difficulty. After the service he said to one of the deacons: "I was pretty nervous, yet I flatter myself that I managed to pull through without a mistake." "Well. I'll admit that you did first rate." replied the deacon. "In fact I'll say that the service couldn't have been better done; but" he added, dryly, "this Is the first time Tve ever known the evening service to be given in the morning!" New York Tribune. C arefnlly Kept Another's Secret. Bill Fisher, of Holton. bought a horse a short time ago. It was a fine actor and had a good color. When Bill led It into the barn he discovered that It was blind. A few days later Bill hitched the horse up and drove him around. A friend of his got stuck on the animal and asked Bill what he would take for it. "Well, that horse cost me $155," said Bill. "I alwavs like to make a little on a horse trade. If you want the horse you can have him for $175. The friend got in and drove around town and then bought the horse. That evening he also discovered that the horse was blind. He met Bill on the street the next day. "Why didn't you tell me that horse was blind?" he asked BUI. "Well. I'll tell you why." said Bill. "The man I bought him of didn't say anything about it and I took it that h didn't want anybody to know It." Kansas City Journal. She Moved Slowly. Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch. of Rhode Island, tells this story on himself. He was here on business recently and stopped at the Fifth-avenue Hotel for several days. The first night he was in town an elderly woman stopped him near the hotel and said: "Please, sir, will you tell me the way to Harlem?" "Harlem," exclaimed the senator. "Why. my good woman, you are about two miles from there, and I should advise you to take a cab." "Is It so far as that?" Inquired the woman. "Then I'll have to walk." and she sighed heavily as she drew her shawl more tightly over her shoulders. The senator's heart was touched. "Let ma assist you. madam?" he said. "Here are two dollars." "God bless you. sir," said the woman, fervently. Two nights later the senator again was stopped near the hotel by the same woman. "Please, sir. can you tell me the way to Harlem?" she asked. "Oood Lord, woman, haven't you got to Harlem yet?" he replied as he passed on. New York Pres. Dangers of Lake Baikal. The story of the drowning of Russian troops by the breaking of the Ice on Lake Baikal may or may not be true. But It well might be. Even though Ice be thick in those subarctic regions. It Is a perilous thing to march an army across the vast expanse of such an inland sea, while to construct and operate a railroad would seem to be actually foolhardy. The break in the .Siberian Railroad at Lake Baikal Is undoubtedly a serious defect at any time of year. In winter it is sufficient to cripple the service. How long it will be before the railroad Is finished around the southern end of the lake is not to be estimated. It would not be a serious task for American engineers. But the miles of tunneling which are necessary seem almost insuperable obstacles to the Russians, who. In their railroad building, in both Europe and Asia, have been greatly favored by natural conditions and have seldom had to construct tunnels or even deep cuttings. The picture of a Russian army of several hundred thousand men battling with a powerful and determined foe amid the mountains of Manchuria, and depending for its supplies upon some thousands of mile of flimsy single-track railroad. Is one which might weil daunt the bravest spirit. New York Tribune. Some Interesting Theorie. One of the original thinkers of this generation is John MoAusiand who never speaks until he has something to say. He has a Scotch way with him. Some of his theories regarding the order a-td harmony of the universe are startling. He Is firmly convinced that the sun In cold, instead of hot. and that its light is a reflection. Upon this point he will argue learnedly. It Is his opinion that but for the minerals in the earth our planet would fly off Into space, as there would be no magnetism to hold it to its orbit. As far as perpetual motion in radium is concerneJ. he laughs. In liquid air he sees no commercial value, because it cannot be kept. He is a profound believer In electricity, the adaptation of which he declares is still in its infancy. New York Press. Some IlrltUh Estates. During the last year 63.310 estates, representing a caiptal of 270.473.307. were admitted to probate in the I'nited Klnglom. Of these 32.fl had a capital value of 500 or less. 9.767 of between 1.000 and 10.000; 2.212 of between 10,000 and 2S,000. 1.337 of between 25.000 and 100.000. and 280 of more than 100.000. It is estimated that there are probably M0 persons In the United Kingdom who have at their own absolute disposal 5.000.000 each, and about 400 others have between 2.500.000 and 5.000.000. The largest estate of the year was that of Samuel Lewis, the notorious money lender, which was valued at :.S72.658. The next biggest was that of v.l. Harry MrCn! rr.ont. which was sworn In at 2.000.000. London Mail Points of Difference. Still, General Sherman would have been willing to concede that war In the dead of winter has several essential points of difference Chicago Tri bunt .

DECISION IN FAVOR 0

THE ALLIES THAT PUTS A V! Unanimous Ruling by The Hague Tribunal in the Venezuela Preferential Claims Cases. OTHER POWERS TO WAIT ! Until Britain, Germany and Italy Have Been Paid United States to Act as Collector. THE HAGUE. Feb. 2?.-Tho arbitration tribunal which has been considering the claims of the blockading powers for preferential treatment of their claims againPt Venexuela has decided, unanimously, that the three blockading powers. Great Hritain. Germany and Italy, have a right to a preference of SO per cent, of the customs duties at Laguayra and Puerto Cabello. the litigants to pay their own costs In the procedure, and divide equally the costs of the tribunal. The United States is commissioned to supervis" the carrying out of the decision of the tribunal, as to costs, within three months. In giving Judgment the tribunal points out that it has been guided by International law, and the equity of the case and that the protocols signed at Washington si: ce Feb. 13, 1903, and particularly the protocol of May 7, whereof the obligatory nature cannot be doubtful, form the lry;al basis of its sentence; that the tribunal is not competent to question the Jurisdiction of the mixed commissions at i'm;-: i. r t judge their action or the character of the warlike operations of the blockading now r. nor to decide if the three blockading powers exhausted all pacific means to prevent the necessity for employing force. The tribunal decides that It Is only in a position to certify that since 1901 Venezuela refused arbitration, proposed on several occasions by Germany and Great Britain; that after the war no formal treaty of peace was concluded; that the operations of the blockaders were stopped before they had received satisfaction for all their claims, and, further, that the question of preferential treatment was submitted to arbitration. The tribunal declared that it found and recognized in these facts precious evidence In favor of the great principle of arbitration in all phases of international conflict. In adhering to the protocols the blockab s could not have intended to renounce their acquired rights, nor their privileges, de facto position. The government of Venexuela itself had recognixed in principle the well-foundedness of their claims, while it had not recognized those of the nonblockadlng powers, and until the end of January. 1Ö03, made not the Slightest protest against the claims for pref r ntlal treatment. Throughout the diplomatic negotiations Venezuela conetruitlv disttneuishi1 ltween the allied powers a d the neutrals. These latter, not having protested against the claims for a conference of the blockading powers, either at the time the war stopped, nor immediately after the signature of the protocol of Feb. IS. the government of Venezuela only agreed In respect to the allied powers to offer special guarantees for the fulfillment of its engagements. ITie good faith which should direct international relations Imposes the duty on the tribunal of declaring that the words "allied claims." employed by the Venezuelan representative In the negotiations with the representatives of the allied powers could relate only to the latter powers. Neutrals could, In some respect, profit by the circumstances created by the operaUons of the war without acquiring new rights, the right? already acquired remaining absolutely intact. After the delivery of the decision President Muravieff (the Russian minister of justice), In a short speech, declared that the findings had been reached after a most minute and most impartial investigation. Like all human acts, he added, the decision was susceptible of criticism, but now it was made, evry one should accept It. The arbitration, begun in time of peace, has ended amidst the sinister acts of war, which was a terrible obstacle in the path of light and progress. In spite of all good will, alas, no one was secure against an unexpected hostile attack. A nation was obliged to accept a war when the legitimate defense of honor and liberty was involved. Thr Just providence which ruled over battles will distinguish between right and unfounded pretensions. At the end of this war between a European and an Asiatic p. ople the right will shine afresh. The president concluded with saying that The Hague arbitration tribunal remains alvays the rampart of Justice truth and reason, and the sublime hope of the future. DECISION REGRETTED BY THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-A prominent official of the State Department, when shown the press dispatch relative to the decision of the Venezuelan arbitration, stated that while the department regretted exceedingly the precedent whic h The Hague tribunal had made in this case, there was nothing for the United States to do but accept the result philosophically as binding international law. The mere question of time when the United States shall receive from Venezuela the amount of the awards lV.ur fLavor wae the smallest consideration. hat the government disliked was to admit the principle that by a mere show of naval force a credited nation can secure precedence in the payment of debt over another nation which does not exercise such force It is regarded as a premium on violence and as tending to discourage nations which are disposed to settle their claims by peaceful methods of diplomacy. The Venezuelan government, while principal party nominally to the proceeding before The Hague tribunal, was really rather indifferent as to what power should be paid first, recognizing the fact that they must all be paid In some order. That government has bfctn carrying out the undertaking reached in the protocols which terminated the allies' intervention, to set apart 30 per cent, of the custom receipts at Laguayru and Puerto Cabello month to month, and the money has been placed in bank awaiting this decision. The fund accumulated up to the date will be given over to England. Germany and Italy, as well as 30 per cent, of subsequent customs collections at the ports named, until the claims of those powers shall be satisfied in full. This probably will take about two years, and after that the claims of the uona lied or peace powera will be taken up and paid pro rata. ASK FOR A RECEIVER. Defendant Company Given a Chance to Reply. TRENTON. N. J.. Feb. 22.-Vlce Chancellor Emery to-day granted an order to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed for the Uniform Steel Company, of Radway. N. J. The npplicntton was made by the J. R. Connover Company, which alleges the steel company Is insolvent and is indebted to it in the sum of Ja5:.03. The liabilities are placed at S117.S74.U2. The assets are not given. The company was organized In March, 1S01. with a capital of $60,000. The oriler is made returrhtble Feb. 27, at Newark. RECEIVER DISMISSED. Court Held It Had No Jurisdiction Over the Company. CHICAGO, Feb. 22. -The temporary receiver of the Model Oold Mining Company waa dismissed to-day by Judge Humphrey, of the United States Circuit Court. An attempt to have the temporary receiver made permanent was defeated on the ground of a lack of Jurisdiction on account of the fact that the company was organized under the laws of the. Territory of Arizona.

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asm FOODSTUFFS IN DANGES Of SEIZURE AS CONTRABAND OF AR Vast Quantities of Meat and Flour Are Now En Route to the Far East.

TROUBLE MAY RESULT Position of the United States Which Was Upheld, to the Cost of Great Britain. WASHINGTON, Feb r.-Offlclals her are apprehensive that friction may follow the efforts of the belligerents in Asia ro define contraband of war In a manner Injurious to American trade. While the matter has not yet been treated In the negotiations had with Russia and Japan OB the one side, and the United States on the other, there is reason to believe that somv the lV:r .Ü. powers already have been confronted with threatened restriction upon their trade which they are disposed to resist. A vast quantity of American foodstuff is now afloat and destined for both Russia and Japan and it la probabli the question will be very speedily raised! as to whether these supplies are contraband of war. The United States in recent years insisted that foodstuffs were not contraband and could not be teiged by a belligerent, unlesa It were shown that tha goods were consigned to or clearly Intended! for a belligerent. This pftadpb was rscognlzedby the British government 1urinsr. the Transiaal war, and British courts awarded considerable sums of money to American shippers on account of the food seized by British warship. The State Department has learned! through Mr. Emery, the vice and deputy SOBSSW at Che-Foo. that the Russian government has undertaken the transportation of the Japanese refugees wb wen at Nieu-Ohwang or were bound for that port, from interior Manchurian towns to Port Arthur and Dalny. Consul Miller is thus deprived of an opportunity to extend protection to more than a very few remaining; Japanese. The purpose of the- Russian government in making this move is said be to prevent Japanese leaving Manchuria, with news of the conditions of the defeases of the towns in military occupation by the Russians. It is expected that NieuChwang and the line of railroad connecting it with Harbin on the north and Port Arthur to the south. Are especial object of solicitude, as there are still many weak; spots in the scheme of defense which the Russians desire to conceal. The same desire to prevent information leaking out respecting what is going on in Manchuria, is said to be back of the Russian refusal to receive Edwin Morgan as I'nited State consul at Dalny. Mr. Morgan Is to sail next Friday from San Francisco for th. East and will remain at Shanghai until it is determined, by the course of events, whether he may proceed to Ids post. United States Minister Griscom cables as follows from Tokio: "It has been suggested by the War Offlir at Tokio that our army officers to accompany Japanese army had better go to Tokio whore thev vrr.M b sent out with the various armies at dif ferent times. ' BNGINMS BUILT IX A HURRY FOR JAPAN PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 22. In consequence of a rush order from the Japanese government for locomotives, a locomotive plant here has established a new record by the construction of seven locomotives in a. day. The engines ordered by Japan ar. for the Fusan-Seoul military railroad. Tho order, which called for twenty locomotivcM to be completed within thirty days, was received late In January. Eight of them have been shipped to Fusan. The remaining twelve will be shipped this week. Japan Buying Mess Pork. DES MOINES, la.. Feb. 22. Representatives of Japan have Just placed an order with a local packing company for 2.000 barrels of meas pork at $15 per barrel. The order is to be ehlpped in Installments as rapidly as possible. MINERS TO BE AIDED IN LOCATING RADIUM Professor Millikan, an Authority on This Metal, Gives Views on Its Formation. CHICAGO. Feb. 22 Work to aid miner In locating radium in America has been begun in the Ryerson physical laboratory at the University of Chicago. Prof. Robert R. Mllllgan, Ph. ty, known among American scientists as an authority on this rar metal. Is the experimenter. A theory that there is growth in the life of matter la the physical world has been made a special study by Professor Millikan. He says: "Studies on radiation have suggested tha question whether there is any natural process which does among the atoma what th life process does among the molecules, namely, which takes the simplest forms and builds them up again into more complex forms. The fact that radium now exists on the earth, taken with the fact that the life of radium Is abort In comparison with the ages that the earth has been In existence, certainly seems to point to an affirmative answer." GOVERNOR HERRICK QUOTES HANNA'S WORDS Says Republicans Must Send Roosevelt Delegates to National Convention. COLUMBUS. O.. Feb. 22 -Now that It Ig claimed by the Hanna Republicans of Ohio that Governor Herrick has succeeded Senator Hanna as the dominant power In Ohl Republican politics, the following statein :.t made by the Governor to-day with reference to the selection of delegates to tfca national Republican concentration, lg important: "I can only quote from the last letter that Senator Hanna wrote the last, with the exception of a pencil note to the President on Jan. JO. the day of the Gridiron banquet: 'We must organise our full str-ngth and choose the Roosevelt delegates from among our friends.' " Continuing, the Governor ald: "The opportunity now arises for all good Republicans to unite in the conduct of the party on broad linea in uch a friendly spirit ag to eliminate all differences." BALTIMORE NEWS IN ITS OW N HOME AGAIN Pajer Being Published in Old McShane Foundry Sun and Herald Placing New Plants. RALTIMORE. Feb. 22. The Baltimore News, whose office and plant were destroyed in the great fire of Feb. 7. Is being published in Baltimore from Its owa plant to-day. Its twelve isiues since the fire were printed by the Washington Post. It has established In the old McShano foundry a complete plant, including three quadruple presses and twenty-one linotype machines, with boilers, engines and motors to run them. The American will use the News'a plant temporarily. The Sun Is being printed in Washington, and the 11 in Philadelphia until they can get new plants set up in Baltimore, which they are doing with ail possible expedition.