Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 December 1902 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier. C. UUANK. Publisher. I t I I INDIANA. Finley Peter Dunne, author of rMr. Dooley, and Mi Margaret AbbotJ were married in New York, on Uie th. Mrt. L. 8. llumsell. of Jersey v ille. Hl., died sudden h of heart disease, on the evening of the 11th, while on her way home from church. Mrs. Edward E. RigTgf, of Flat Uber, Mo., hu a daughter, who at birth, on the 8th, weighed just II ounces. The Child enjoys good health. I a Charles Meighan. postmaster ut Ogden, Utah, on the loth, was found guilty by a federal grand jury of embezzling government fnnda. Marco A. Hnnna was re-elected president of the Nationul Civic Federation, which closed its annual conference in New York on the 10th. The post offices of Clyde, Elsberry, Houston and Morehouse, in Missouri, now fourth class, will be raised to th presidential class on January 1. 9 1 The prosecution of Wilbur S. Sherwell, at Kvansville. Ind., charged with killing' Fannie llutler, a mulatto, was dropped by the state. on the 12th. Twenty laborers got into a light on Rock Island train, near Centerville, la., on the 1-th, and in the melt e one was fatully and throe seriously out. Robbers raided the town of Belm, Ind., on the l'-'th. the second time in two weeks, Mow open three safes, secured $1-0 in cash, and escaped oo a hand car. Edward and Olin Tompkins, two colored children, were burned to death in a lire that destroyed a small house in a suburb of Washington, 1). C, on the 1-Mh. Fireworks nnd much enthusiasm signalized the ntrance into Santiago de Cuba, on the 11th, of the first through train on the road between that city nnd Havana. New York nnd New England had the coldest weather known for years, on the 9th, the thermometer at Halls ton. N. Y., standing at 32 below, and at Saratoga at 30 below. a A meeting of the American Red Cross was held in Washington, on the 0th. at which Miss Clara P.arton WM elected president for life and Mrs. John A. Logan vice-president. Fannie Heardslee, a young woman of Kingston, Mich., was found dean1, tied in her buggy, near that place, on the 12th, the supposition Iwing that she was assaulted und murdered. The discovery of a new counterfeit $20 gold cert irk ate was announced on the 10th. It is of the act of July 1J, issj, check letter C Lyons register, Roberts treasurer, portrait of Garfield. A dinner was given in Washington on the Oth, to IttStict M. Harlan, in recognition of the completion of 8" years of nice 0 the beneh of the supreme court of the I'niied State. A pedl train bearing IfiOQ pilgrims from the shrine of Guadsloope, near the City of Mexico, was thrown down an embankment, on the 11th. killing three persons and injuring nanv more. The National Anti-Saloon leagne. in session at Washington, on th loth. iued an address to the public in which it lakes itTOUg grounds Sgainst the repeal of the present anticanteen law". A rejected suitor named Davis -hot ami killed Mrs. Wyaa a bride of three day, near I Wt, .. n the 8th. and wlo-n th husband went to hi wife's assistance l)ai- blew out Iiis own hrains. m - .1. c. Brown, eoBleted af -r jury in testifying in behalf of Mi-s Jennie Morrison for th murder "f Mrs. Olin t sstle, nt Eldorado, Kaav, vas Kentenced, on the Uth, to etrynr in the penitentiary. Fourthlass post offleei in Illlaois Srhich will be sdTattced t th presidential clans on .latifiary 1. 103, are: Greenville. Oridley, Hnnisliire. Maria- I sa, Martinsville. North Chicago. PlyBSOUl h and lied BWI. An uusaeeesgful attempt was made. On the 12th. nt San . rani iseo. to make connection SVlth the shore pnd of the new PSelde cable to Honolulu. A strong.' unfavorable tide was the catise of the failure. Mrs. K. P. Bmraaeietsr, wife of the aheriff of Iane county. Wla., hand cuffed herself to two pri-onerr. on the 9th. and to.k tlnm to the state prison at Waupnn. part of the trip having to In mad- by stage. Chicago oflieialn noli find een hotels, on the loth, that they must provide better fire protection for their guest s, or police I HC would be stationed nt llic doof to warn new arrivslo that the hou-s were un afe. . - - ' Jtltlies Harvey Mat he, n prominent anthem author nnd newspaper man, at one time on the ntsff of the J oois eille oniier .lonriiiil. and I Hnihsf of the Paris exposition commission, died at Biet rskte, CslM on the 1-th. I III I a eolllsioa an the Illinois Csntnsli On the gigb1 of the loth, n-;ir Biffff beck. III. Iietween a psixseie.-i a id freight, resulted in painful l0jrlH to the oanstaetor sad baggsgemaa of the passenger, while the et.gineerg ' bott truins Ser aeriotialv iniiucd.

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CURRENT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BRIET. FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. s. ond Session.) In the Stoat, on the Mh. all the coinnmt.e amendments to ths Immigration bill wer. adopted witt th esceptlon of one providing an educational test, and the eOBSBltttei action In strlkliiK out a section prohibitum the sale of Uquors l" DM Capitol building was concurred In. An am. n.!m. m ti.n(c a three-dollar head-tux on aw h Intmigi ml coning Into the United States eras also adopted Other amendments were acted on. and the bill went over In the Jiouse a little unimportant bu-lt:. ss was tr o.-.e '. d. and Mr Sin i - man (N. Y. ottered resotutfc na taprssstve of the sense id 'he house on the death of Its former sneaker. Thomas 13 Heed, alter which Sojournment was had. In tt.. s.n.at the .'th. most of the day was devoted to the Immigration bis and a r. umber Of amendments were sdO i ed. An amendment ottered by Mr. ronton (Kasl to a Unit Chinese laborers to Hawaii was laid on the table. The provision In the Mil for prohibiting the sale of liquor In the capltol building caused some criticism of the house for putting It In the bill, but It was retained. The militia bill was dls.u--d and will be taken up again Thursday In the hotlM the London dfCk charges bill was .!. bat d for lour hours, and finally killed b Striking out the enacting clause by a vote Of Um ay.s to IZi nova. The house then adjourned. In the Semite, on the 1 'th. almost the entire session was devoted to discussion of the omnibus statehood bill, which had come over ns unfinished business from ISSt session, but no results were reached A bill was passed, which had been passed by the Bouse earlier In the day. to re lleve the conditions growing out of the repeal at the duty on tea In tie house the featttri Of the day was a thoughtful speech by Hon. ti.ilusha A. Grow il'a.) on the relations of labor and capital. At the end of the present session he retire, at the age of 71. after a career In public life extending over half S century. A bill was passed designed 10 relieve the tea Importer from the eff of the recent decision of the United states court In New York. Tin- pure food bill was made a continuing order until it Is disposed of. In the senate, on ths 11th. the bill fixing the compensation of the sntlirsctte coal strike commission was passed, and will go to conference The s taten i bill was taken up. ami after some brisk debats between those who favored the omnibus bill and those who opposed it. the bill went over till Monday The house practically devoted the day to the dtscussion of a resolution to limit the period of time of taking the testimony in the Wagoner-Butler . o-d eleition .ase to A d.is. and finally adopted a resolution to that effect by a party VOt Ut to Ut. The purpose .,f the resolution is to allow the house to pass on t: . case at tin- ses-p.n The house agreed to hold a r' - -ion on Sunday, January , for the purpose of pa ing tribute u the memories of th.-i.ite Representatives Busssll, of Connecticut, and Bheppard and Do oraffenreid. of Texas The senate was not In session on the 12th In the house the day was devoted to consideration of private pension bills. 173 being passed The bill to anproprlate 11. '"".Out for the eradication of the foot and mouth disease was made th special order for the th. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Fire destroyed Wright Bros, hard aare store, at Doniphan, Mo., on the 1'ith, causing a loss of $:i'),u(X), with Insorsnoe of 17,500. Georg Adams, a cripple, was run over by a ( lover Leaf train and killed, near t kiwdcn, UL, . i ; he 10th. Three loaded coal cats dashed down a steep incline near Wilkeabarr, l'a.. on the 11th, killing three tuen in its de, cent and badly injuring a fourth. A silver Blisg bethan saltcellar, of the date of 1 577. weighing nine ounces, was - dd at auction, in London, on the uth, for f n.ooo. The German eonanlar egeat at San .bum, Porto Rico received the following cable on the lit!.. "The Venezne lan fleet has been sunk; the Qrmn legation is destroyed j 'sarins are Isndingj Castro orders resi-tance." Acting under lastroctioag from their home offlOC the British nnd Qcrasnsi amboassdors at Washington on the nth. presented tn the state department Ihe thanks of their re gpectlVC governments for the timelj services rendered by United States Minister Bowen at Caracas, Venexuela A prominent Venezuelan says that PTlidn! (astro is insane. 'He iniagiae he can defy the whole m o ld. Ins success In overthrowing the previous regime In his country ami hi liter SUCCess have tinned his head." The jury at St. Louis, in the ease n?air.st John EL lefcncttler, eharyed with bribery in connection with the Suburban railway deal, returned a eerdict, on the Uth, of goilty, living his sentence at four years in the pen itent inry. The two societies composed of Philippine veterans, the National Society of the rmv of the Philippine and the Philippine Island Veterans, have Wen merged, and the National So ciety of the Army of the Philippine is the one that survives. A force of More attacked ( amp Vicar. Island of Mindanao, on the itli. nftcr TO days inactivity. I hoy were repulsed without loss on fie American side. The Moros approach, d stealthily at midnight, but the Amer ican met them promptly. Ihe first passenger t nun eer in Pope county, in., arrived nt Qotoonds on the new road, on the 11th. carrying oflicials of the Illinois Central road Many persons In Pope county, 0,' rnecd in yen had never Keen a railroad before. Partner President Cleveland preslded, on the night of the I Ith, at Phil edelphls, si h poblie meeting in ski of the Berean msnnal training sehool, sn hantltatlon which nuns to glee ssecabers of the negro race ihe benefits of an industrsl education.

Klre nt WlngtQB 11, N C, on tb ISth, deatrojsd property valued at 1173,000, l i - i ai hei t ellin. fd 104 Vcais. dud at t linton. la., on lb 1-th. Qeorg W. Preseott, one of lo found, is of Um I gioa iron works, was found dead in his apartment, ut San li arc. sco, on the 1 .'th. Sleet und rain which fell in centrsl Illinois, on the l'-'th, covered that sec

tion with ice, loading telegraph wirea to the point of breaking. Frank Leslie wa hanged St Harlan, Ky.. on the 1-th, in the presence of ,ooo people, for the murder of his father-in-law. Two familiea at Harrisbnrg. 111., were poisoned from eating head cheese, on the l'-'th. The cases were not serious. The Hrevoort block, one of the finest in Grand Forks. eb., wo destroyed bjf lit ', on the 1-th. Qoldey T.wis. eoavieted of murder wa haafed at Thogi 111, 0 on ihe l-th. LATE NEWS ITEM& The höre end of the Pacific cable TS I ICCeasfully landed and spliced at Sau Francisco, on the 11th, m the pressne "f an immense throng of pec ste pie. and few hours later tin' itner Silvertown, with the aide on board, was on her wa to Honolulu. In a quarrel at i linton. la., on the nth. i harte Dreader, f Blotti City, was shot and killed, benjamin Carroll was wounded, and Ml. Car roll was prolmbl fatally shot. Th.shoo, ing resulted from jealousy. Mrs. I . S. brant, widow of Pre .lent ('.rant died in :i sli i io: t on. It. t i th at 11: 17 on the niirht of th Dcnth w.i- due to heart failure, a(Jgrnvated by a ter gttack of bronchitis. She was To years old. Ear li. t lark, a telegraph operator becoming alarmed at a Mnall tire in the building, jumped from the third tor, window of u hotel !n Rttsborg, Pa., oti the l ith. and sustained prob ably fatal injuries. An explosion of gas in the water works tunue at Cleveland. 0., ion feel below the bottom of bake Brie, on the 14th, caused the death of two no ii and the isrious injhrj ol a nam her of others. The business portion of the town of ' Centerviue, Md., was wiped oaf bj lire early on the morning of the Uth. Two engine companies had to be t;t Ion from Wilmington, Del., to subdu the name. Rev. Edward Hannin, one of the best-known Cstholie priests in the Country, and for 4u years pastor of St. Patrick's church at Toledo. O.. die I on the Uth, aged N yean The "Pap" Wytnan hOUSC, one of the fnmoos landmsrks of LesdviUe ( oi., was destroyed bj lire, togethei with mach other property( on the 1 Ith. Maj. Alexander Shaw, financier coal operator ami philanthropist, died suddenlj at his home in Bsltimore, on the Uth. heart failure. .lohn ( trgan, of luaiaroa, Illkilled Charles K. Smith, of Pinckneyville. on the Uth, by cutting hi Iii r ia t vv it h a knife. The International exposition was opened at Santiago de Cuba, on the ltth. in the presence of a great number "f people. The Victoria hotel, at Quebec. Can., vv.,- destroyed by Are, ou the uth, with u loss of 1 1 10,000. The Sfnate. on the ISth, discussed the bill to promote the efficiency of the militia and also th omnibus statidi i bill. No progress was made an the militia bill. Mr, Dillingham , (Vt.i occupied the time of Ihe senate in opposition to 'he omnibus state- . hood bill for most of the day. when j SU executive session was had and the i senate ad joumed .... In the house the senate bill for a union railway station in Waahlngton, to coat M.000,000, was passed. n argent deficiencj bill wan ilso passed, which carried with it an ! gppropriation of IS ,000 for eradicsting the foot ami month disease in , New Knglsnd. A bill was passed to j provide for the allotment in severalty of the lan Is of the New York Indian I'hree tuen made an attempt to rob j .,.1. a hank at uvora, i ex.. on me uiu. but the officers had inen warned and were prepared. The attempt resulted in the death of one f the would-be robbers, the desperate wounding of Snother and the capture of a third. .lohn I). Bprerklee, dr.. and Miss Edith Huntington were married at San Francisco, n the 13th, I he groom is the son of the California sugar king and the bride Is a grand' nice of k lat Collis P. Hunting ton. .lohn Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, returned to his home at Spring Valley, III., 01 the Kith, and was given a warm welcome The day was observed as a holiday, and all business was suspended. By the giving way of the floor of a building in which an entertain ment gras being held, nt St. Charles, III . ..tl the 5th. HO people were hurled into the cellar and live of them Wt re -e-ftooaly injured. Misv Kijgaoeth Parkinson, of Kansas Ity, Mo., mad her debut in opera in Pari-. I'r.inee, on the ISth, before a large and Fashionable audi enee, nnd was much applauded. irv. Robert Garrison, wife of I farmer, wo murdered near Bedford, Mich., on the 16th, ami s man who had been employed on the farm is suspected of th crime. The Virginia senate, OH the l.'th. i h bill, vv Rich had prov loSslj pa- 'd the bouse, appropriating ISO, BOO i .i mi eahil ii at the st. Louis IX position The United State supreme court will take a rtvos i n the :::M for two I Wieks.

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London Advic; Intimate That a Halt Will be Called in Dealing Willi Venezuela. ARBITRATION MAY NOW BE CONSIDERED. Lerd Laiudunur Aeknow lvdses InSeVtednrca to the tiotid Oltteea ul the tultrd Mute Minister at Og rseat A Moesaent I Hetlrs Hrrsldeut t'aatru. Uwdon, lcc. H. l'hcrc is reason for belief that orders been, or will be. sent to the british coiumander in Venezuelan waters to tsfcg M further aggrcsie action at present pending a decision being arrived at ut tiie proposal for arbitration. This came in the form of proposal through the Baited States gOVgrfy ment to submit the claim of ih british and (icrman subjects to at bitrstlon which. Lord Lansdowne announced later in the dj In the house of lords, is now under consideration by the British foversment." land Lansdowne added: "c Bit freatlv Indebted t the good offlct - ul the United states minister ai t-'a nuns." I ti:st FROM rtll.tt'A. Moveaaeot a t Retire i'r. iiicn Castes. Caracas. Vencueln. Dec. Ifi. Ina '"''Iff" n iweernraenl circlet here, ihe aowiata oo not Know tenai 0 io, and are depending entirely OS th United States to assist them. a movement is on tool here, headed by prominent doctor- and lawyers. to request President Csstra to resign and to ask Vice president Ramoa Ayala to assume the presidency and form a cabinet without party ten-! deneies. it is also proposed ro sum- : moa congress to appoint temporary president and arrange t lie ipicst ions in ! dispute in manner satisfactory to j all concerned. The leading merchants of La Quay ra arrived here Bunds j night, a baadon ing that port owing to fear that it ' w ill ie shelled. The German cruiser Vinets i going to is-it Margarita, an Island in the Caribbean, belonging to Venezuela, 30 miles north of Cunts ns. Ilmlnoc il II) Marinea. A Ute o'clock Sunday afternoon four loud explosions alarmed the city of Porto CabellOi (n investigation it was found that marines had blown up the subterranean prison cells of Castle Libert ad or with dynamite. The also burned all the wooden building -BUITOUnding the castle and carried away everything last could be trans n irted. After the bombardment of the forts i at Parte CabeUo and the landing of marine on th island where the i sa tie is situated, the fore of the powers acted iust as tlu uirh they wer,, at home, caueing great indignation j among the Venexuelen. When every thing had been destroyed, the marines j re-embarked. The Venezuelan war-hip Miranda escaped the vigilance of the German cruisers which were searching for br and arrived at Maracaibo Sunday. AID FROM FOKi:r.KHM. Germans an ggitOSS SUM to Be Fatornnlf. tu Wnesaeln. Paris. Dee. IS. The Matin publish n dispatch from Csrsrs saying that n great many of the British an I Oer man residents of Caracas have Bought out President Castro and expressed to him sentiments favorable to Venezuela. Pres! lent Castro exhorted thf foreigners to keep calm. The press of Caraca publishes vto lently-worded srticles sgaia 1 Great llrilai a and Germs ny. The dispatch sat - also that slmoSj all of the political priaoners la Vnecuela who were released bj Preel dent Castro have gone ti Curacou to join (!cn. Matos. Instead of aiding th president in Ihe defense of the coun try An Ailmlrer f PeaaeveM, morning publishes The Figaro this an article bj .lean 1st let, entitled. "Roosevelt and the Latin America,1 M. tseoulct saf the Veaesueum eonflict has brought four men face to face. Emperor William and King Edward as the nasailants, President (astro a- the assailed, and President Roosevelt SS th Witness and arbi trator. Th solitary man i f the Uhite House, wsrm of h srt end cool headed, ob-erves, rtdlects and wails enisrmatie and feared. If the terri tory of sovereignty or Venezuela i endangered President Roosevelt is rdy to defend it against all. After idling from President Roosevelt's writings and speeches to support this view M. Iseouht says that the president of the (?ttltd State i of that conscience vv!'i-!i tllsconecrts bourse and chancelleries, ami adds that the Latle aatioaa on both -ides of the Atlantic are watt hing him with emotion and respect. Mall Stl I'artlHoete. Berlin, Dee. IS, The foreign ofBoe, Mondsy, asserted that Italy would participate in th blockade bj agree ment with the allies, and that a pOT' tion of the const will be assigned to the Italian ship. The proceedings against Venetuela thus becomes in every respect tripartite. Desire foe l'eneefnl eltli ment. London. Dee, IS. An rxprestloa ot desire for a peaceful et lenient of the difficult les luis been received in London from th Vtnruclun government.

EWS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own Stutc. 1 41 m ' B'elaa. puhiln, Ind., Dt, I"'. Mrs. J, . Miel, a Indiana woman, and th widow o Judge Slick, who gyJ OB n lb bench .f the Foit-lh-1 Indiana i ircuit ami later i geber of tin- Wabash rircuil i.ir. adopted Dr. Woodruff, araetlelnf osteop uthivt, who f. i lint l resoled at Huntington. Mrs. Slie! ii 50 wan old and lr. Woodruff is 10. Mr Slick went into eouii and Baked for authority t sdopl him. Th have gone to California, .luder Slick was utita ted with paralygii for ten jrean and died al Wbh three cars ago. Dr. Woodruff waa one of Iiis physicians. The two were .ry close friend-. Mrs. Slick libs I'OH iera big property. He I ml saV a n. i p. 'I la, Ind., 1 1 Indian. ip. 'I.- Ind. I be. 13, Judge tarier, in the superior court, Issued an order Pgstrnlnbjg SO gaiOH men. bi name, from gathering a) the plant of ihe Brop Forge company, where a gtrike bus been on for several month, for th purpose of lutintidatino men who wanted tO gU to Work, The court refused to interfere witu the peaceful picket, which he he I lo be legal. The order is a i linestloB of a former decision, which restrained the entire union from gath ering at the plant. BhSWS Ilia Detleit. Wgbssh, Ind.. Dec. IS. The iuw gation conducted hy Kliaa Kcott, deputy treasurer of Wabash county, into the hooks and accounts of John ' Hose, former city treasurer, has beeu completed. Th result of the examination Continus the accinacy of flu figures of Expert I'ridley, who made an investigation a month ago in behalf of the city and found a short age of 13,100, Rose, who aided in the second Investigation, says be cast account for IT, MO of the shortage. Banners Kill. South bend. Ind., Bee. Ift. John M. Koonsman, one of the beat-known German residents of ihis city, was slot three times and instantly kiileu while resisting three negroes who at tempted to rob him ;-. his grocery Stör. He attempted to put lie mell to rmit with a hroom and fought them until the door wa reached, when he was shot. It la supposed the murderers escaped from the city on a freight train. tSegS I the Hock I'llr. Terre Haute. Indn Dec.l. William II. I'illis. one of the several applicants for the position of superintendent of the roek pile, sill appointment I he the made b t he count v commb on. ri lir.t of the xcur. got rock-pll JOS) for which he bud not applied. He waa ar -ted on a charge of "drunk and disorderly" and Judge Bawl v. of the police court, .elit him to work on the rock pile. ItefSSM Hie Irriii. Muacie, Ind.. Dec IV It -known nei i that t he ggrei ment made bet a i en th allied window gisse companies and tl. American Window blnss Jobbers' Bssorinttoa that the nssoeistton should take 130,000 boxes of L'lll-s a lliolilh until the close of the present Bre, vii not b lived up to. ihe ii o.-rs ..ing refused 1 comply wPI. t term-. Base t top. Indianapolis. Intl.. Iec I.V Siat Statistician Johnson saj- that tin gi l yielded nsOSl bountifully lo the lndtana raraaet In ISW all the principal crops w i re greater t hau In 1001, and the estimated vala of the crops of 1 009 over those of ISO! Is n.oon. which is Sil for each man, wi luaa and Child in the -tale. n 1 1 Dismissed, Rash villa, Ind.. Dec. I.V It ? thought that no further action will he taken toward prosecuting John ft. Johm and jedin P. Hatigbn, on tn charge of participating in a fak foot race ai Brn k ih . in loot, in wiiieh B.W, Duvet lost 1. 700, Du vail wet paid bach fi,3?A ol the money, and rib missed the suit. gosta Di in i we. Lap rte, Ind.. uVc, IX Judge IIa Ver. of the fedral roart, tlbmissj I. image suits for 1200,000 brought by th Muntalng Railway enmpa nnrl Timothy Ne t. r. oi" Manpictte. Mi, o.. agaiaat Bonnet H. llcott, Praah h Morrison Krank Pltuer, W. , Nia tin ami 11 K. Mitchell, al Laporte. Cfy Its. Kichniomi. Ind.. Dec Ift, - V. A. Dberle. while returnlnato his home in Ihls eitj from Dayton, 0.. incnmpan.i with Ollie King, idso of this city, fell asleep In the en e, end when he swakeaet King nnd also his pocketbook containing 1100 wire missing, llnlaeil In PSCSlSlSSllSl hW Kichnaond, Ind., Dec. i.v Won! from Vii-hingou says thi postmastei :. neral bSS acvancid the followill In dlana post offices from fourth lo th president lei class; Carthage, lltooL ton. Van Buten und Moroect-. , -life Mk4 Munde, Ind.. Dee, i". safe blower bin-ted two safes at talma six -...ilea ea't of lo re bet ween 12 aad one o'clock in the morning, Thej took so from the post ofile SSfC anil ,-.o (loin the safe in Ihe grocerj of Lnfayetts 4 fehall a- son. I.Uinor l the (Innet. l aoii. Ind., Dec. lfti Thetowi board has published an ordinance ngainst selling liquor in leas qugntitlrs than S auart, and provid s n Rae ol l3ü for li violation. The ordinance I alas against the operation of "blind tigers."

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British and German Guns were OnlyDirected at Puerto Cubello Fortifications. NO VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. Tk lltsa Meie lr lleeoase Involve If the Allies t aSertahs to Maunas nioeh. aast Would laterfero with Asserlraa lalsresta. Washington, Dec. 10.- Minister Howea has coulirmed the press reports to the effect that the guns of the allied fleet which bombarded Puerto CubsUa Saturday were directed eatirely at the fortifications, and not at ths town. Rcgrettabl as it was, this statement relieves the affair of the first suspicion that it constituted a violation of international law in the fact that 24 hours' notice was not served Of the bombardment. The requirementa to notice applies to unfortified or fortified towns where the tire inu.-t be directed apon Ih Inhabit mils, and this was not the ease at Puerto label lo, so that while ths Ofhclsla lure regret that the tiring took place, they have as yet no sjussg to protest, But it i- now probable that the I'nited States will break its attitude of Inactivity la the c ent that an attempt i- made to enforce the "peaceful blockade" toward an American ship. When the alUc woe considering the ways and means of bringing Venezuela to terms and a blockade of this character ha'1 been decided upon, the German government informed the I'nited States that whim the blockade was established it would turn back all shipping, though no effort would Iks made to seize the -hips. The United States government made no response to this statement at the time (last, vear). not feeling called on to do so before presentation of an actual ease. Put now that the blockade is sought to be established. Secretary Hay haa informed the Herman government that American ships should not be interfered With in their trading, except the inhibition applies lo all shipping, and further, the note intimates a disapproval of stoppage at all. In so doing, the state department is following a precedent, for during the effort of the powers to establish a "peaceful blockade" of ( rete. in ISSS, Secretary Sherman formally recorded g refusal to be bound by it. it happened that no American ship had occasion to enter s Cretan Krt during the brief period of time the blockade was in force, so the issue was not made then, but in the present esse, with regular lines of American steamer, entering Venezuelan ports at short intervals, a test case may soon follow. It is within the legal right of the allies to close these jMirts, but probably thi can Im BCOBBp4iSB4 without s protest on our part, only ,ifter a formal declaim ion of war. The hope is growing here that such a declaration .-an. after all. e averted owing to the energy with which Mr. Ilowen has acted. The proposal of President ( a-?ro to the allied powers for a peaceful ettlemcnt was suggested by Mr. lie, w. u. snd it came to Use atut department thfOUgh his iuind-. it has Isen forwarded to London and Herlin through the embassies here, and as both breat Britain ami Gi i many have heretofore professed a desire to Settl the issues penceablv. it is hoped that they will avail of this opportunity. S I'.HK OLD 4M W ORTIII.KM. Ve.e..elss Hors.r Otter. OSSl Heennar t ot to 0O tn Bh Herlin. lc b. In official quartern here it is said that the VeacaoeUUg It Bar la sunk off La (Juayra were old gad vvorthle-s revenue cutler- and unlit to 0 to s.a. and that the Other -bin- captured have been -.nt to a ertnin Weal Indian port to be refitted for use during the bio. kade. lüe aVntructlon of In Veemauehni craft, it is added, was BecSrj in order to prevent them from falling? into ihe hand of the Veiieue la u- as the (ierinan v. -sels had to have l.a t na ru, Venesncla proposition, tnrongh Minister Itowen. to BUbauH th UUeU" tions in dispute to arbitration has now been received here. The foreign ofliee says this will not delay tiermany's and (ireat Ilritain's measure previously decided on. The official here do not indicate what will lie the final decision in the arbitration proposition, but it was apparently made too late to affect the general situation. Lieutenant Commander Teurk. flrat Office of the Herman cruiser (melle, has taken command of the captured VesMumeinn gunboat Rsatsmradner which is now flying the Herman flag. So soon ns the Kestaurador has completed her equipment at I'ort-of-Spain -be will be used in the operstloOl BgSinst Venezuela. THREE FATALITIES SO FAR. Another rteftm of Ihe llerlsa1 Wale I W SgUe Tunnel K.sll Ton Uorr Mn IMr. t lew land. Oh Dec. 16 Rttg SeSt ITIUiam 8, Knox, on "f the victime of the explosion In Ihe waterworks tunnel, Etunduy, died Monday, m iking three fatalitiet tht Par as result of the accident, iv rathers, .'um rhnunnn and Bdward Rmselm, arvtal a critical condition, and Will probably die. Mayor Johasou has rttefudl ;in Ittvegflgstlon,