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Ii. S. SETTLEMENT WITH VENEZUELA
Protocol Signed For The Arbi
tration of Claims of Former
Against Latter.
Washington, February 17.?Secre
tary Hay, for the United States, and
Mr. Bowen, for Venezuela, coday
signed a protocol providing for the
adjustment of United States claims
against Venezuela by a commission to
meet at Caracas.
This commission will consist of
/ two members, a Venezuelan and an
American, to be appointed respective
ly by President Castro and President
Roosevelt, and in the event of dis
agreement an umpire to be appointed
by the Queen of the Netherlands. It
is expected that the minister for
foreign affairs will be appointed as
Venezuela's representative and that
either Mr. Bowen or Mr. Russell,
the United States charge, will be
named to represent the United States.
Baron Gevers, the minister of the
Netherlands called at the State de
partment today to give notice of the
acceptance by Queeen Wilhelmina of
the task imposed upoon her, her con
sent having been previously sought by
the parties to the arbitration.
The protocol signed today is ex
pected to serve as a model for similar
instruments to be arranged with the
other claimant Powers. It provides
for the reservation of 30 per cent of
the customs receipts of La Guayra
and Puerto Cabello for the purpose of
meeting the claims, and that in case of
failure to carry out this agreement
Belgian officials shall be placed in
charge of the customs of the two ports
until the Venezuelan liabilities shall
have been discharged.
THE VENEZUELAN ARBITRATION.
Making Up the Protocol Which is
to Set in Motion the Machinery
of the Hague Tribunal.
Washington, February 18.?Mr.
Bowen this afternoon called upon the
representatives of the peace Powers
here, the Mexican and French ambas
sadors, the ministers from Sweden and
Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Spain, to inform them
formally of the signing of the Ameri
can Veneuzelan protocol. With each
envoy a copy of the American protocol
was left. Mr. Bowen stating that
Venezuela desired that the remaining
protocols should in all essential details
conform to it.
In diplomatic circles and among
State department officials considerable
attention is being paid to the pro
visions of The Hague protocol, which
will have to do with the setting in
motion of the tribunal's cumbersome
machinery. It is expected that the
rough draft of The Hague protocol
will be decided upon at a joint con
ference between Mr. Bowen and the
representatives here of the Powers.
Secretary Hay will represent the
United States at this conference, and
it is the wish of the other representa
tives that he shall preside.
Mysterious Circumstance.
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fresh and rosy. Wnence the difference ?
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JUSTICE SHIBAS HAS RESIGNED.
His Place on the Supreme Bench
Day Will Take.
Washington, Feb. 18.^?Justice Shi
ras of the United States supreme court
today presented to the president his
resignation as a member of that tri
bunal to take effect Feb. 24. Former
Sceretary of State Wm. R. Day of
Ohio has been selected as the succes
sor of Mr. Shiras
NAVAL STATIONS IN CUBA.
"While the permanent treaty with
Cuba has been meeting the>
fate of the reciprocity treaty, steps
have been taken informally to reach
a basis of agreement with- refereoce to
it, particularly as to, gaval stations
on the island, for tfbrch the-Piatt
amendment makes profusion. y
A Havana paper-sjates :that since
last October the Government of \the
United States, tbgyhkh ^taster
Squiers, has been diseasing tl^-^lat;
ter with the Cuban ^a^S^^i^Jj^ it
was at first intiniate<9(|fo/^^| that
this country would be ^MamST with
the ports of Nipe and i^^s?Honda
on the north and Cienfeugo?g?? Guat
anma on the south coast of^^a^ island.
There was a desire in this ?M?try for
a coaling station near H?j?oa, but
the repugnance of the CufcJUis to a
foreign flag near their capital induced |
the abandonment of this proposal.
Later intelligence is to the effect j
that this demand for naval stations is J
cut in half, and that we are to get j
Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. The I
latter is forty-five miles west of!
Havana and commands the Yucatan |
channel. A / part of the agreement j
is that Cuba shall keep the Isle of
Pines.
The reduction of the number of coal
ing stations to two is, of course, a
compromise, but authorities at Wash
ington say they will suffice. They are
substantially at opposite ends of the
island and give control of the neigh
boring straits.
BIG AWARD TO AMERICANS.
Caracas, February 18.?The Su
preme Court today rendered its de
cision in the suit brought by the heirs
of Henry Rudloff, an American
citizen, against the Venezuelan Gov
ernment for damages for the annul
ment of a concession given in 1892 to
build a market in Caracas. Judgment
was given in favor of Rudloff's heirs.
Their claim for the large amount of
8700,000 to be paid by the Venezuelan
Government was admitted. The United
States legation watched the case very
closely. Secretary Russell and Naval
Attache Johnston attended the ses
sions of the Court and followed the
arguments. Today's decision is inter
esting, inasmuch as the German and
British legations have maintained that
justice for foreigners does not exist
in Venezulea.
DECIDES AGAINST BEEF TRUST,
Chicago, Feb. 18.?The so-called
"beef trust" case was disposed of
today by Judge Grosscup, in the
United States circuit court, the de
murrer of the pankers being overruled
and a temporary injunction granted.
The attorneys for the packers made no
announcement of their intentions.
They have until March 4 to discuss
the matter with their principal If
tbey deny the facts upon which Judge
Grosscup based his decision, the mat
ter will go before a master in chan
cery, who will hear the evidence, and
the case will again be argued before
Judge Grosscup. An appeal may be
taken, in order to hasten the final ad
judication of this case. It is not be
lieved likely that the packers will let
the matter go by default.
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THE GONZALES MEMORIAL
The Gastonia correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer tells the following:
"A lecture entitled 'Thoughts Upon
Music, with Prelude, Interlude and
Postlude,' is to be delivered in the Y.
M. C. A. hall by Pros. D. S. L.
Johnson. After the lecture, a collec
tion will be taken for the benefit of
the Gonzales monument fund now be
ing collected in Columbia. A very in
teresting story is connected with this
lecture, showing why this collection
is to be made. It seems'that the last
year of Mr. Gonzales' school life was
spent in Fairfax county, Va., and
his teacher was this same Prof. John
son. Young Gonzales was ambtious to
prepare himself for newspaper work,
and the teacher did not classify him,
so that he might have an opportunity
to make all the progress possible.
From that time until his unfortunate
death he did not forget his 'Mr. Davy'
as he affectionately called his old
teacher. On last Christmas Mr. Gon
zales wrote him as folllows: "My
dear Mr. Davy: Please let me share
with you, this Christmas, my divi
dend from The State.' Accompanying
this letter was a very liberal check.
His old teacher has met with reverses,
but wishes to do what he can to pay
a tribute to his old pupil, the lament
ed Gonzales."
IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION.
Atlanta, Ga., February 17.?For
the. purpose of formulating plans
that will result in an influx of desir
able settlers from the North, a number
of land and industrial agents of the
Southwest railroads met here today
and formed an association. The fol
lowing officers were ? elected : Presi
dent, M. V. Richards, of Washing
ton, land and industrial agent of the
Southern Railway: first vice presi
dent G. A. Park, of Louisville, agent
ot the Louisville and Nashville:
second vice president, J. E. Ingra
ham, of St. Augustine, Fla., vice
president of the Florida East Coast
Railroad: secretary, W. L. Glessner,
of Macon, Ga., commissioner of im
migration of the Georgia, Southern and
Florida Railway.
Two meetings of the association will
be held each year. The next confer
ence will be held at Miami, Fla,
March 6. _
Bible Nearly" 1,200 Years Old.
The extraordinary biblical relic dis
covered here a few days ago proves to
be a manuscript of the five books of
Moses written on parchment. It con
tains 255 folios, all in an excellent
state of perservation, except the first
page.
ri The folios are thirty-eight centi
meters long, and contain twenty-four
lines to the page. The page containing
the date, 11G Moslem Era, which is
equivalent to 735 A. D., is well pre
served.
This manuscript is the oldest of any
Hebrew manuscript Bible, yet dis
covered.
The Chicago Museum is already
negotiating for it. Immediately after
the Ten Commandments there is a
passage of fifteen or twenty lines not
found in the current version.?Cairo,
Telegram to the Philadelphia Record.
Spread of The Plague.
Mazatlan, Mexico, February 17.?
There were three deaths from the
plagtie yesterday. Two hundred and
two patients with the plague have
been admitted to the lazaretto since it
was established and one hundred and
twenty-one have died. These figures
do not include the deaths in the city.
The family attacked with the plague
at the town of Oso have now all died.
Other cases are now reported from
that town, where the inhabitants
have been defying the sanitary regu
lations. A detachment of cavalry has
been sent there to compel strict ob
servance of the rules.
The Kasy Pill.
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of the stomach, liver and bowels that the
cause of t.;e trouble is removed entirely.
These famous little pills exert a decided
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CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR.
Panama, Colombia, February 18.?
A cablegram received here last night
from San Salvador announced that the
relations between Salvador^ and
Guatemala, which nearly ended in war,
have now completely changed?Presi
dents Regalado and Cabrera having
peacefully arranged their differences.
President Zelaya, of Nicarauga, is
again reported to be sending assistance
to President Sierra, of Honduras, and
President Regalado is said to have
agreed to help^ President-elect Bonilla,
of Honduras.
The Congress of Honduras, on
February 16, appointed Juan Angel
Arias to be President and Maximo
Rosales to be Vice President, on the
departure of Gen. Sierra from the
capital. Tegucigalpa, in command of
the army which is to attack the re
volutionists.
Effect of Cold Wave on Fruit.
Atlanta, February IS.?Reports 're
ceived here from the fruit belts of
Georgia and Florida state that the
crop for this season has escaped injury
from the effect of the recent cold wave.
Information from the peachcentres
of South Georgia is to the effect that
all danger to peaches in that section
has passed.
The freeze has badly damaged the
peach prospects throughout the section
of Tennessee near Chattnooga, indica
tions seeming that the fruit on the
ridges and the bottom lands has been
almost competely destroyed.
Higher temperatures were generally
reported athroughout the South today,
the indications prophesying warmer
weather tonight.
Venezuela's Hicher Tariff.
Washington, Februry 18.?The fol
lowing cablegram was received at the
State department today irom Mr.
Russell, who is in charge of the Uni
ted States legation at Caracas during
the absence of Minister Bowen :
"The minister of foriegh affairs of
Venezuela has decreed 30 per cent in
crease duties on all imports as a war
measure."
Just why this decree was issued by
the minister of foreign affairs, instead
of President Castro in the ordinary
course, puzzles the officials here. The
action recorded in the cablegram,
however, is regarded as a keen stroke
of political finesse, for practically it
amounts to placing the indemnity
which Venezuela is to pay the Powers
wholly upon the shoulders of the for
eign merchants, who conduct all of
Venezuela's import trade. The in
crease mentioned, 30 per cent, is the
same figure as the percentage of cus
tom duties at La Guaya and Puerto
Cabello to be assigned to the claim
ant nations.
KILLING A GUIDE.
Manila, February 18.?Gen. Davis
has approved the finding of the Court
martial in the case of Major Edwin F.
Glenn, of the T)th infantry, who was
acquitted January 29 of the charge of
unlawfully killing prisoners of war,
with the qualification that he disap
proves of the orders issued by Major
Glenn.
The General says he recognizes the
principle that guides may be impressed
and that treacherous guides may be
executed, but he adds that Major
Glenn's orders show a reckless dis
regard for human life, which the Gen
eral condemns and reprobates.
Now that a spider has been discov
ered in Mexico which is the deadly
enemy of the cotton boll weevil, the
farmers of Texas and of the South
generally may take heart for the future
of their favorite crop. Whether the
spider prove a friend or an enemy of
them, however, is a matter of some
doubt. - -News andkCourier.
Escaped an Awful Fate.
Mr. H. Haggins, of Melbourne. Fla.,
writes : "My doctor tcld me I had con
sumption and nothing could be done for
me. I was given up to die. The offer of
a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Dis
covery for consumption, induced me to
try it. Results were startling. I am now
on the road to recovery and owe all to Dr.
King's New Discovery. It surely saved
my life." This great cure is guaranteed
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CANAL OFFER ACCEPTED.
Wsahington, Feb. 17.?The govern
ment has formally accepted the offer
of the Panama Canal company to sell
to the United States the canal pro
perty and ail of the company's rights
therein for-$40,000,000 subject only to
the ratification of the pending treaty
with the republic of Colombia. The
etfect of this acceptance will be to ex
tend the life of the option held by the
government beyond March 4 next and
until the treaty before the senate has
been ratfied by both countires in in
terest.
ASIA'S COTTON CROP IS SHORT.
? Branchville, Feb. 18.?Mr. Luther
Thompson, a farmer living near here,
was shot and painfully wounded Mon
day morning by Angus Barrs. It ap
pears that Thompson and the Barrs
were fishing together and it seems that
Washington, Feb. 17.?Reporting to
the State department from St. Peters
burg on the cotton yield in central
Asia during 1902 Consul General Kollo
way says that the figures just publish
ed by the Russian statistical bureau
for 1902 show a decrease of 15 per cent;
from the year previous, especially in
cotton from American seed. A decrease
of 32 per cent in the cultivated dis
trict also is reported. According to
the report it is expected that the total'
yield of cotton in central Asia will ag
gregate about 176,948,800 pounds; that
grown from American seed is estimated
at 97,502,400 pounds, against 140. S36,
800 pounds in 1901.
Washington, Feb. 18.?Ex-Seeretarv
of State John W. Foster has been
selected to take charge of the case of
, the United States in the presentation
a dispute arose as to whom the fishing r of the Alaskan boundary question to
tackle belonged, and as a result Mr. j the special commission to be appoint
Thompson is shot. It is said he is ; ed in conformity with the terms of the
not seriouslv wounded.
: recently confirmed
! treaty.
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