WARSHIPS BOMBARD FORT Retaliation for Seizure of a British Merchant Steamer. BIG POWERS ARE FORCING WAR. Although President Castro Sends Word Grant: ing the Satisfaction Demanded for Insult to the British Flag, th: Warships Open Fire Before Acting Consu! Volkmar Has Time to Deliver the Venezuelan Message. (By Ca Charybdis Cabello, Venezuela British Puerto ble).—The and the barded the fortress here at 5 Cruisct German cruiser Vineta bom o'clog k P [he bom minutes. The Solano After the sent ma The fort silenced ut 45 fortress 1s composed oi and the Castle firing ceased the m. and quickly bardment lasted for Fort Libertador. Charybdis rines to occupy the castle. demolished. Three persons were killed, « them being a German resident, The commander of the Castle Lib tador has been taken prisoner. 1 cruisers are still here, At 7 o'clock Sunday was almost ress me of er he morning the gunboats. into gun- searching for Venezuelan The two cruisers sent their boats the inner port, but finding no boats the boats returned Ihe captain of the British merchant steamer Topaze, which was seized by the mob here last ‘Wednesday, lodged of his the Charybdis and against the violation British captain returned with a detach 50 marin took charge of fopaze slace was greatly excited at dent. and raised cry but the was no disorder The British the re commoxclore W. H. Volk petitioning ul accepted opened fire The fire lano and Castle Venezuelan While the intense excitemet house in town w The f accou the part cider te and Germar Venezuela i DEO DIE ¥ } it Arbitration Proposed. " VV DC ashington, { Special) ed by g the diff tration has been propo Castro as a means of se ences between his Government and those the pre of Great Britain and Germany, { ing osition bei mad B Minister Bowen ) Government, which Foreign Offices mg ofhcial f the State De rent is that arbitration now 1s pra ily impossib of the extreme measures adi Governments the reached a stage where prevails, although concerned and th: situation actual war practic no formal declaration has is likely to be made. There are numer precedents which battered down for hi out war having been formally The most rec case was the ¢ Great Britain and Germany in the Taku forts and i m has been made Gis mn nations ha ts and su ent attacking the without a declaration of war Mr. Hay replied to Mr. Bowen's gram, authorizing hn in his discretion, to use his good offices to secure arbitra tion. He was, however, made to under stand that the arbitration, if should follow, he would represent, not the Government of the United States, but that of Venezuela, at its request. It is realized here that the outcome 18 extremely doubtful and the way is beset with difhculties. If the claims Venezuela were only those of Great Britain and Germany the adjustmen might be easier, but France cable one accept any arrangement which Great Britain and Germany might force their right of reclamation The situation now prevailing has aroused in the last 24 hours great ap- prehension on the part of the Adminis- tration. There was a long discussion of the case between Mr. Hay and the Presi- dent, ' Although a periect understanding has existed among the United States, Great Britain and Germany for several weeks as to the action taken against Venezuela in behalf of the claimants it it understood that this Government never expected such drastic treatment of the situation as has resulted in the last few days. A 5 A Finds Seven New Poisons, Chicago (Special).-—Professor Julius Schlotterback, professor of pharmacog- nosy in the University of Michigan, has discovered seven new poisons, says a special to the Tribune from Ann Arbor, Mich. Three of them: are made from Allegheny vine. He has named two of these poisons adiumine and adlurnidine and ope is stil unnamed. From the calandine poppy the Professor has ex- tracted the fourth and fifth »oisons, call stylophine and disphylline and from the Japanese caladine the poison bacconi- dine and one yet unnamed a Bot a . ’ Domestic. Miss Freda Volquartz, of New York, was attacked by a bulldog, which seized her by the throat and had to be strangled to death to release its hold. Felix McCloskey, for 40 vears a doo: keeper of the House of Representatives, is dangerously ill with pneumonia at his home, in Brooklyn, N. Y. John D. Rockefeller's dividend check holdings of stock in the Standard Oil Company is for $4,000,000. | here was blizzard weather and New York state and also Pennsylvania A masked highwayman held up a stage near Grants Pass, Ore. in the registered mail. Phree large illicit distilleries were de stroyed by revenue officers in the vicinit) Dark Corners, S. C Edward Morissey and James had a terrible experience waters of Gravesend Bay. A general increase | ¥ Of has been made n the wages of the trainmen of the South ern Railway i here were many grievances against the Mitchell was had od lively opera President stand and tilt ith the I'he now Ne Ww Pennsylvania Railroad Company York Aldermen Board of to pa Tuesday six of Vooaster of The captain and crew of Were coast Gloucester after suffering hardships The National lank of New York Western Nztional Bank, New have co | American g the ated Ihe ton Cong Or ude ifter ele i he (seor extending leans ie 1 Kia if £4.000.000 Mr Dora lig! the murder of Toledo, O Pat Crowe 1 ation of having WW penile Ng people joyed the re PoOWeErs for Ct oh between the Marseilles sev were mjiure he 1 y butchers joined the strikers National Assembly of in a few days elect a new Hayti preside i I he capital his army next Sunday he United Fruit Company’ Kitty, which ashore on Rone: Reef, 300 miles from Jamaica, is a t wreck Vice Admiral Kruys nist marine of the Netherlands, is dead Leon s Castillo, the Spanish sador at Paris, has resigned While the British and German dents Caracas who were arrested have all been released, it is reported that the Venezuelan authorities at Puerto Cabello seized and imprisoned British and German consuls and other British and Germans, and also seized a British steamer. Several thousand Venezuelan troops are gathering at Laguayra to resist the foreign forces, Germany has nominated Dr. Siey king to be a member of the Interna steam went «1 tt the m ambas ress i O of Dr. Binger, President of the Sen- ate of the High Court. Poultney Bigelow, in an address to the Munich Geographical Society, ad- vocated making Shanghai a republic free from consular or meddling. Terrific storms continue to sweep the coast of Newfoundland. Four more schooners have been lost—one with her entire crew of 10 persons, Vice-President Deucher was elected president of the Swiss Confederation A Financial. Norfolk & Western has wages of 600 telegraph operators 10 per cent. The Widener-Elking syndicate de. clares that Rapid Transit doesnt want United Power. Standard Oil's increase in prices to middlemen means an extra $8.000,000 profit, equal to 8 per cent. on the $100, 000,000 capital stock. Predictions are made that Lehigh Val ley will cross par by February 1 or im- January. NR — a i y a The Shore End Successfully Laid at | San Francisco, MESSAGE SENT OVER THE CABLE, Silverton Now Speeding Towards Honolula at the Rate of Seven Knots an Hour, Laying ing the Cable on the Bottom of the Pacific tion of a New Era of Development. of h ippmiess - the Gage, Lucille Gage, H. 1 these words 1 1.4 ; old og uw hter 0! ! ned the a bot- end, nner mainland with Hic th Honolulu i ii accomplished out tch and wi Ideal ' SCATCoely 40,000 people there being steamer Newsboy ' cable ean ed sent a tache d RACED WITH DEATH. Suicide Wanted to See His Children Before He Died. ¢ was 4% years old OSE IOUS $616,618 FOR CHRISTMAS. Money Sent From This Country te People in Foreign Lands. i i Just $6166:18 DOINGS AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL. Consular Service Reform. A bill was introduced in the House by Representative Robert Adams (Pa) to provide for the reorgamzation of the consular service of the United States | vision is made for the classification f consuls-general and consuls, he number and salary of each class, for the examination of applicant: those now the Of the those fail pass are be dropped, but none can be called for ex ammation within six months from the date of the passage of the ill. Consuls general and const may be trans by the President from one place to an other of the same class. Special exami nations are provided for those who may where the United cq extra terntorial jurisdiction specity- ir Hg 1 in Service, who to to ferred States exercise New Inauguration Date, A erred \ joint re was mtroduced in House by Representative David A Armond, of Missouri, proposing the Constitution of United States, providing that the term of the President shall continue April 306. 1905, at noon, and thereafter April shall be substituted for March 4, as the beginning and of the terms of the President and i , and that the Fiftv-minth Con end Sixtieth 1007, at noon, and there after Congress shall begin and end on January 8B at noon solution the Ie 10 30 at no endam and the i gress Responsibitites Divided. t of Immigration Argue d before the Interstate OmmIssiones P. Sargent Committed Hous on and Of bonds by toy - ey A “rr bonds o In value the amount of issue Money to Fight Cattle Disease. favorablk report was ordered by the Appropriations yriating $200,000 for use in the foot-and-mouth England States Ihe $200,000 pay for carriers and various smaller r miscellaneous Department mittee on to eymes f« expenses Roosevelt (iolug to San Francisco. President Roosevelt formally accepted the mvitation of the citizens’ of San Francisco to attend the of the navy the battle of Mamla, probably in May Opposed to Gold Standard. Mexico (Special) I he silver to one ol ‘of public discussion City of the | It is} now certain that the silver niiners and | question continues be great tanics the farming classes will make common | cause against the adoption of the gold | standard. The miners argue that the | stiver mines in gold standard countries | cannot contintte to be operated; also that silver mining and agricultural in- terests have more claim on the protec- tion of the government than railways or merchants. Meantime all prices are felt among the middle classes, espec- a LA SR Governor Used Drastic Measures. Charleston, 8. C. (Special).—An at- tempt to have an exhibition of fighting of bulls, dogs and chickens near Rock- hill, York county, redulted disastrously. Governor McSweeney had instructed the sheriff to prohibit the fighting. The owners of the show claimed that nothin but an injunction from the court coul stop the animal fights. The sheriff vhere. upon caled on the Catawba Rifles, of the local militia, for and, and the bull, dog With th: Lawmakers. Secret service men and others who ac- President Roosevelt on his bear-hunting expedition in Mississippi now suffermg with malarial clhalls The President selected Lloyd Griscom, Pearson, of North Carolina, as minister to Persia The bar of the United States Supreme Jourt. President Roosevelt promised to attend the exercises at the dedication of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis. President Samuel Gompers, of the Federation, and Vice-President Duncan denounced as false before the House Committee on Labor the charges that unionists impeded work on government vessels during the strike. The Legislative, Executive and Ju. dicial Appropriation Bill, carrying $26, 030,453. was reported to the Hone by the ropriation Committee. : The House Committee reported ia- vorably the bill appropriating $7,000,000 for a new Court of Justice building. A cablegram was received from John Barrett declining the appointment as minister to Japan. House passed the Will granting a pension to the widow of the late Rear Admiral Leary, Lieutenant Owen was dismissed from the Navy on account of financial irregu- larities. MRS. U. S. GRANT DEAD An Atiack of Bronchitis Brings on Heart Failure, NONE OF HER SONS WERE PRESENT. liiness of the Widow of the Famous Warrior and President Terminates Fatally — Doctors Had Given Up Hope, and the End Was Ex pected at Any T.me— Mrs. Sartoris Was at Her Bedside. PD. £ Cirant, A’. . Washington. (Special { 1ysse > widow Of Grant, died at her resident city at 11.17 o'clock Sunday Death was due to heart failure Carant haw uffered {or Ime yea ing ar of thie heart by Her the d Ug irom Valy disease which was aggravated evere | tack of brogehitis ier rallying from Sartori 5 Crrant i her hte: ] of mly « | | | 5, her chi tin her vhs bad { out of the city There also were present e when the end came Mi me of Lhe atte niu fle re wll uly, the su ete two pinned " CONSCL death 8. THREE CHILDREN CREMATED. Mother Became lnsane When She Found They Were Dead. Gertrude, in bed fo and took nat 1sehold i doe a where the body used the Monday Yesides a rye $2 Ver and G1sCon searchmg or Stamps Used as Fuel Washington D.C. (Special) burning $1,000,000 in stamps the the 3 Printing were employes in Burean ermment graving and kept warm last month and a saving of $150 in coal | bills made. Coal could not be had | any quantity, and the engineers gested that the millions of documentary stamps, rendered wothless by the repeal fof tit War Revenne Act, be used as in the furnaces, instead of being | burned in the specially prepared fur The idea was adopted. Whi the stamps were burned ernment inspector st in the | room to see that the stamns | sumed in Sug beng a gov CHAM com oyoned AETK Southern Journalists Dea‘h. Riverside, Cal (Special). Harvey Mathes, a prominent Southern Tames of consumption, aged 60 years many years he was editor of the Mem. phis Republic Ledger and at one tine was on the staff of the Louisville Courier-General. He was a member of the Paris Exposition Comassion and captain of volunteers, Not Bown to Have Doctor. Atlanta (Special). — The Supreme Court of Georgia handed down a decis- ion which is regarded by Christian Scientists as a vindication. A resident of Dublin, Ga., a Christian Scientist, re fused to give medicine to his sick child. The child died and the father was are rested and fined $300. The case was appealed to the State Supreme Court, which reversed the ju t of the lower court. It holds that failure to give medical attendance to children when il i& not a violation of the laws of the State, ate, | RECIPROCITY TREATY. Arrangements Between Unjged States Cuba Have Been Concluded. Havana For Statue of J. E. B. Stuart, { Special) —At a meet Stuart Monument Associa tion here $1700 was rased for an trian statue of JEB Confederate cavalry leader The will be erected here This sum 1s addition to aboui $500 already in hand for the purpose. The Conncil will be asked eneral effort i be made forthwith to add to the cgues the statue (sent Stuart, in for aid. and a £ Ninth “Boodler” Gets Nine Years. St. Louis (Special) —John H. Schnet. tier, formes ol Delegates, was convicted here of brib ery in connection with the suburban iranchise deal and was given four years in the penitentiary. ‘This is the ainth ‘boodle” case disposed of thus far” Jail Delivery at Marshal, N, C. Marshall, N. C. (Special).—Seven men escaped from jail at thie place at midnight by sawing ont the steel bars in the cell windows. The escaped pris. oners include Henry Murray and Rice both of whom are under charges of murder, There ix yet no trace of the men. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).~It was officially announced that the Indianapo- lis Traction and Terminal Company will, within the next 48 hours, offer to lease the Indianapolis Street Railwa Company's lines for 30 years, the le h of the franchise of both, and will, proposition be a : 0 stock and $5.000, minal Company has contract with all the int and will erect in a few member of the House months a sta.
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