WZ&3EB3585E9H THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH THIRD PART. PAGES 17 TO 24. REASONTHEWEAPON Arms Not deeded in Disputes Between tlie "World's Greatest Nations. PABIS THE BATTLEGROUND On Which the United States and England Will. Meet to Settle THE BERIKG SEA (MTBOYERSY. Brightest Intellects in Statesmanship and law Iinsy at florfc. THE POINTS AT ISSUE AND THE CLAIMS tcoxBESPONiri.cx or the dispatch.! Washington, Dec. 10. HE eyes of the world "" of statesmen will soon i be turned toward Paris. Xot since the gSAlabama Commission EEEErat Geneva adjusted ZHS-the rigbts of the United States and reat Britain in 1870, Rnd the Berlin Con ference in 1878 assured the peace of Europe, J. 1-1 H5aiSsSbas anr international &b -SNtribunal excited the 'universal interest that it sure to attend the deliberations of the approaching Bering Sea arbitration in Paris. Upon that tri bunal, .which will sit probably next month, will be centered the close attention of all Europe and America, and indeed of the whole world. The stakes are well worth the game. Wot alone is the control of the Bering Sea in volveda sea larger than the Mediterra nean with its precious fur-seal fisheries, the most valuable In existence, but above all the incalculable prestige which success will secure for the diplomacy of the party that wins. The contest tor this stake will be a battle of the giants. Profound jurists, among the foremost in this country and in England, will be pitted against each other before the august tribunal.which will itself be composed of some of the ablest publicists living. : Each Side Scaring "o Tains. t The most elaborate preparations have been made for the nSeeting, and in anticipa tion ot it the activity at the State Depart ment here and at the British Foreign Office in London lor months back has been un precedented. The archives and recoids of two continents have been ransacked for data, official couriers have plied unremit tingly between Washington and Alaska and between Ottawa and London, and every ob tainable tact and argument bearing on either side of the great dispute has been carefully collected. The joint labors of the legal counsel, special Treasury agents, seal experts ami advisory diplomats have been incessant and tireless, and the preliminary work of the arbitration on both sides is now rapidly nearing completion. TheParis Tribunal will consist of seven arbitrators, all selected by maritime pow ers. Two, appointed by President Harri son, will represent the United States; two, appointed by Her Britannic Majesty, will represent Great Brittain; one, chosen by President Carnot at the mutual request of the United States and Great Britain, will represent the republic ot France: one, chosen likewise by King Humbert, will represent the kingdom of Italy; and one, chosen by King Oscar IL, will represent the combined realms of Sweden and Nor way. The Representatives of Uncle Sam. The arbitrators for the United States are Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, the Justice Harlan, United Stata Arbitrator. leading Democrat on the Senate Committee on Foreign Belations, and Justice John M. Harlan, ot Kentucky, a Bepublican and fourth ranking member ot the United States Supreme Court The latter's posi tion in the tribunal corresponds with that of Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench Cockburn in the Alabama Commission at Geneva. The British arbitrators are the Bight Hon. Lord Hauncn, of England, and Sir John & D. Thompson, K G M. G., the new Canadian Premier. The French arbitrator is Baron de Courcel; the Italian, Marquis Emilio Visconti-Venesta, and the Swede-Norwegian, Gregers W W. Gram. The United States will k also have an of ficial aeent there in the person of Hon. John W. Foster, Secretary of State, who has had practical experience in diplomacy as Minister to Spain, and is thoroughly versed in international law, and Great Britain will have a similar functionary present in the person of Hon. C H. Tup per, of Canada, son of Sir Charles Tupper. Formiclab e Array of I-eal Talent. Besides these, both the United States and Great Britain are iormally represented by distinguished legal counsel. Our counsel comprises Judge Henry W. Blodgett, of Chicago; Hon. Edwanl J. Phelps, of Bur lington, Vt, and James C Carter, Esq , of New York. Judge Blclgett enjoys an enviable reputation for erudition and legal acumen, and nresided over the United States District Court for the Northern dis trict of Illinois for many years until a few weeks ago, when he retired from the bench to serve as Government counsel in the Ber ing Sea case. Mr. Phelps is deemed to be peculiarly fitted for the post, not only on account of his ability as a lawyer, but through his intimate acquaintance with the earlier staces of the controversy while American Minister at the Court of St. James. Mr. Carter it known as one of the most eminent lawyers in "New Yorin the hicher grade of abstiact cases. Great Britain's counsel will include Sir Charles Tupper, of Canada, who was asso ciated with Bering Sea diplomacy six years ago. and two or three of the leading bar risters of England. In addition the United States and Great Britain have each retained the services of two special commissioners, the results of whose labors and Inquiries into th natural history and habits ot the seal will be submitted tu arbitrators in the rr V, ; "'?if'T'rn ls Sr "S-cr- :S Wflrs- ) event a certain contingency arises In the progress of the proceedings. Foot Scientists on the list. The United States Commissioners are Prof. Thomas Corwin. Meadenhall, Superin tendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Dr. Clinton Hart Merriam, of The Smithsonian Institution, while the British Commissioners are Sir George Baden-Powell, M. P., and Prof. George Mercer Daw son, of Ottawa, Director ot the Canadian Geological Bureau. The arbitration will be conducted under the terms of the treaty concluded at Wash ington on February 29 last between Secre tary Blaine and Sir Julian Panncefote on behalf of their respective Governments, and the questions to be determined are these: Tirst What exclusive jurisdiction In the sea known as the Bering Sea. and what ex clusive rights In the seal fisheries therein, did Bnssla assert and exercise prior and up to the time ot the cession of Alaska to the United States! , Seoond How far were these claims of Jurisdiction as to the seal fisheries recog nized and conceded by Great Britain! Third Was the body of water known as the Berirut Sea included In the phrase "Pacific Ocean," as ued in the treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and"Hussla, and what rights, ir any. In the Bering Sea were held and exclusively exercised by Russia alter saldtreatyt Fourth-Did all the rights or Russia as to Jurisdiction and as to the seal fisheries In Bering Sea east of the water boundary in the treaty between the United States and Russia of the 30th of March, 1867. 1 ats unim paired to the United States under that treaty I - . .... Fifth Has the United States any right, and, If so, what rljtht, of protection of prop erty in the fur seals frequenting the islands or the United StatesMn Bering Sea when such seals are found ontside of the ordinary three mile limit? Whatever the decision of these questions may be, there can be no appeal. The re sult is to be binding equally upon the United States and Great Britain as a full, perfect and final settlement of the matters considered. ' Printed Cases and Counter Cases. In accordance with the treaty provisions each, of the "High Contracting Parties" .. TTIA Ctatao onr" Ornt Britain SUb- mitted and delivered, previous to Septem ber 7 last, to each of the arbitrators and to the agent of the other party, a copy of what Senator Morgan, United Stata Arbitrator. is termed in international legal parlance its "printed case," accompanied by the docu ments, the official correspondence and other evMence on which each side relies. What is called a printed "counter case" was like wise to have been furnished with additional documents, correspondence and evi dence in reply to the case proper; but unexpected delay was met with in its preparation. The connter case of each partv, however, is now well advanced, and, it is expected by the State Depatment, will be completed and deliv ered before the end of this month, although by a special provision of the treaty GO days' extra time beyond December 7 is allowed if found to be absolutely necessary for the procurement of new evidence in rebuttal. The Ivan PetroB" Sensation. The alleged perversion of facts furnished to the btate department by Ivan Fetrott, the Alaskan census expert, caused quite a flurry in official circles here last month, but it has not affected this Government's case and counter chargeln the least, so far as arguments and data are concerned. Petroff was not employed to furnish facts, but merely to translate certain Bussian docu ments, and bis intentional errors of transla tion were quickly rectified when discovered, tl Twenty days after the delivery of the counter cases, the arbitrators are required to meet in Paris, to examine and impartially decide the questions laid before them. Hence in all likelihood the arbitration, if no further obstacles are encountered, will meet some time next month. Ten days after the arbitrators meet Agents Foster and Tupper will deliver in duplicate to the arbitrators and to each other a printed argument, showing the points and referring to the evidence upon which each depends, and each party will then support its respective case by oral argument of counsel The decision of the tribunal is to be made, if possible, within three months from the close of argument on botn sides. That wonld make the decision due about May 20 next, allowing two weeks for argu ment and consultation. But the chances are that a final conclusion will not be reached until some weeks alter, sav in June or July, 1893. One Case of Hold-Over Certain. Although Secretary Foster's duties as head of the State Department will neces sarily cease witn the inaugurati6n of Mr. Cleveland's administration, yet he will doubtless continue to act as agent in the Bering Sea case, inaspuch as any change ot persons at this stage would imperil this Government's success. If the determination of the questions at insue at to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States over Bering Sea shall leave the subject in such position as to require the concurrence of Great Britain in estab lishing regulations for the preservation of the seals the arbitrators are instructed to determine what concurrent regulations out side the jurisdictional limits of the, respec tive governments are necessary. ' To aid them in this the reports cf the, special com missioners will be filed, setting forth all the facts relating to seal life in Bering Sea and the measures needful lor its protection. These reports are not to be made public un til they are submitted to the arbitrators, or until it shall appear that the contingency requiring their use by the arbitrators can not arise. The question of liability for injuries al leged, to nave been sustained respectively by the United States and Canada at the hands ot the other in connection with the controversy may be referred to the arbitra tors and determined by them as to questions of tact, and the, liability upon the facta when tound is to be the subject of further negotiations outside the present tribunal. The Questions of Compensation. In addition, and by the terms of the later modus-vivendi convention proclaimed on May 9 last, if the result of the arbitration shall be to affirm the right of British sealers during te continuance ot the modus to take seals in Bebring Sea withiu the bounds claimed by the United States under its pur chase from ltussia, thrn compensation must be made by the Unite'd States to Great Britian for the latter's abstinence from the exercise of her right pending the arbitra tion, upon the basis of such a limited catch as in the opinion of the arbitrators might have been taken without an undue diminu tion of the seal herds. If, on the other hand, the result of the arbitration shall be to deny the right of the British to have taken seals, then compensation stutU'be made by Great Britian to the United States lor lost sustained by the latter and its lessees from the limitation ot the catch to 7,500 skins during the closed season. The Governments ot the United States and Great Britain are to bear the expenses of their own agents, arbitrators, coramissibn ers and counsel together with all other ex penses of the arbitration in equal moieties. xy inn means it is nopea mat the vexa- THE tious controversy between the two great English-speaking nations of the world may be amicably adjusted in harmony with the modern andenlightene'd idea of peaceful international arbitration at againtt an ap peal to physical fore'e and arms. The dis pute originated only seven years ago, in 1885, when the seal-poaching craze first broke out among the Canadians. The Facts as Claimed Here. During the lonir period in which the Pribylov Islands and Bering Sea were owned by Eussla, and for 14 years after they had been purchased by the United States, no private individuals seemed to have thought of killing the seals. In 1881, however, the President, through the Secre tary ot the Treasury, pnbliclv announeed to Americans and foreigners alike that this Secretary Fosttr, United States Agent. Government asserted jurisdiction over Bering Sea, and nobody disputed it But in 1886 the poaching craze growing apace, Secretary Manning proclaimed that this Government would maintain the same posi tion it bad asserted in 1881, and, during that summer, by his orders, one American and three Canadian schooners were seized tor poaching. In ts printed case and counter case onr Government maintains, as to the first point, by his'torical records, BusMan and other wise, that from the day Vitus Behring dis covered Berinc Sea, or thn Sea of Kams cbatka, in 1725, and from the day Prlbylov discovered the fur-seal .rookeries on the Islands of St. Paul and St. George in 1785 down to the purchase of Alaska by the United States for 7,200,000 in J 867, the Czar and his privileged subjects did assert and exercise exclusive juris iiction over that sea and the islands within it and the ? K EE A partial list of-some of tlie articles we have on exhi bition suitable for presents: Ladies' Desks, Music Cabinets, Card Tables, Mirrors, Hall Trees, Bookcases, Easy Chairs, Couches, Parlor Tables, Chiffoniers, Dressing Tables, Folding Beds, Clocks, Bronzes, Onyx Tables, Bedroom Sets, Wardrobes, Sideboards, Divans,. Cheval Glasses, Fancy Eockers, Lamps, Hat Racks AND A WHOLE REGIMENT OP OTHER APPROPRIATE ARTICLES : . s A? -m k M Sfe2 4sC7 iQrbntnfiKn-rl &ninfw$m nWTnen?i IS s22 ' .41 qoQ m 097 if jasr ppSifeS yMI . jgnragi B & noq 0915 097 i-i Mi, 30, Ml IpfF p - B.- il SwmP I -1 1 i t. 9H PITTSBURG DISPATCH. seals resorting to them, with unquestioned and nnditpnted sovereignty. Great Britain's Position In the Past. As to the second point, the United States maintain that Great Britain and her sub jects refrained utterly from sealing in Bering Sea during the Bussian proprietor ship, and that neither by her treaty with Bussia in 1825 nor by its renewals in 1813 and 1859 did she gain any right to take seals in Bering Sea. The further fact tbat no attempts were'made by British subjects to take seals after the cessldn and until 1885 is urged as proof that in practice the ex clusive jurisdiction insisted on by the United States was conceded by Great Brit ain. On the third point the United States pre sent extracts from Bussian authorities illus trating their understanding of the separate ness ot Bering Sea, and exhibit a collection of 113 authentic maps representing the ag. gregaie opinion of the geographers of the civilized world, published between the years 1732 and 1825 in Great Britain, the United States, and various European Conti nental countries, on every one of which Bering Sea is plainly distinguished by a name separate from the Pacific Ocean. As to the fourth point, the United States claim that all the rigbts, powers, interests, jurisdiction, dominion, immunities and privileges possessed by Russia were trans ferred unimpaired, to the United States by the purchase of 1867; and this point has been virtually conceded in advance by Lord Salisbury in correspondence. Similar Cases to Be Tested. As to the fifth and last point, the United' States base their asserted prerogative ot protecting the seals of Bering Sea on the broad grounds of equity and morality the world over, on tne ground ot tne traditional rights of Bussia and the United States, and finally on the ground that Bussia, prior to the cession of Alaska, successfully main tained 'its jurisdiction in Bering Sea 100 miles from shore a jurisdiction acceded to in practice by Great Britain as well as the United States, and claimed by the United States and enforced by Executive and Con gressional action since this cession. In this connection, as precedents for this lat ter contention, are set forth instances ot the control by Great Britain ot 2,700 square miles of ocean northeast of Scotland in the interest ot her trawl fisheries, of 600 square miles in the Indian Ocean in the interest of her Ceylon pearl fisheries, and of 2,000 square miles in the South Atlantic, sur rounding the Island of St. Helena, during the exile of Napoleon. It is also made clear in this Government's case tbat at the present time the Bussian Government reserves and exercises for its subjects aosolue control over the seals in H chaser is sure to be been filled all the first cleared, and then first in your thoughts You'll need no nKlHi priate present after you have seen our charm sible suggestions about "spending your every turn, be the amount you desire to You will do your friends a real service by thing they can use, something to adorn home : Don't put it off. The advantages of early overestimated. Now the stock is full, fresh, bright Now you can get immediate attention and go home pleased. Later you'll be delayed, jumbled by the many on the same errand as yourself, pick from broken stocks, and not be fully satisfied after you buy. Now's the time to look to buy. Come and see the -largest STOCK OF GOODS IN OUR LINE IN THE CITY. . ' FK0M NOW UNTIL, CHRISTMAS WE ARE OPEN TILL i 9 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, the western half of Bering Sea, and in the Sea of Okhotsk within 100 miles from shore. During the past summer at least half a dozen Canadian sealers, caught in the act of poaching on the Eussian side of Bering Sea, were summarily seized and burned to the water's edge by Bussian men-of-war, and Great Britain is not insisting on re'drest, thus tactltly admitting the integrity of the Eustian jurisdiction. The reported seizure of the American bark Cape Horn in July last by the Bussian authorities in Okhotsk Sea, Inside the 100-mile limit, is likewise a vindication of the American claim touching the eastern half of Bering Sea. No Clatm'os to a Closed Sea. Bussia does not contend that the Okhotsk is a closed Sea, nor does this Government claim that Bering Sea is a closed sea. Whaling and legitimate fishing are per mitted to all nations in both waters;, but both Governments insist upon jurisdiction for the protection of seals within the 100-mile-iimit. It is to be deplored that, while there is no lack of harmony or unanimity in the British press, Liberal and Tory alike, in support of the British contentions as to Bering Sea, the same cannot be said of the American press. As ex-Minister Phelps recently pointed out,' every unfavorable criticism of the American contentions contained in a newspaper printed in the United States is promptly put on file in the British Foreign Office, and has its ef fect on the other side of the Atlantic It should be understood by the American peo ple that there has been no change of front whatever in the policy pursued in this con troversy under President Cleveland and un der President Harrison. The latter took up the subject just where the former left it, and it is assumed at the State Department tbat the former will in turn take it up again just where the latter shall have left it on March 4. Our diplomatic experts and agents are all confHent of the success of the Ameri can cause, should the merits ot the contro versy be the determining considerations in the decision of the Paris arbitration tri bunal. Joiut D. Cremek. Quite a Remarkable Wedding. A wedding which was recently solemnized at Feltham, England, attracted widespread attention from the fact that the bridegroom vas 78 years of age; the bride, who for 50 years had been a kitchen maid at Windsor Castle, was 72; the best man, a brother of the bridegroom, was 75; the maid of honor was on the shady side of 69 and the clergy man.who tied the knot was an octogenarian. The wedding was a gay one, but owing to the scruples of the aged clergyman dancing was dispensed with. Other stores might do as well for you as we do, but THEY DON'T. That's our claim, and the peo ple know it's a just one. Hence our great and growing business. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: A COMPLETE AS OF CHOICE ARTICLES OF FUTURE -FOR GHRISTMA We are making a magnificent display of goods suitable for Holiday Gifts. We can't even name, much-less illustrate, a hun- dredth part of the multitude of articles that every holiday pur- fafcisa r'-V'''" "''l'IIMr'l!l,fc ., .'MrfT!?ff?'. 'i'l' V O'CLOCK EACH NIGHT. 1892. A PROFIT JS SILVER. Counterfeiting the Columbian Half 'Dollar in the Pnro Stnffi WILL BEING ONE HONORED CENTS, While the Jctual Value of the White MetaL Is Only Thirty: BIG PRICES FOE SPECIAL C0IN8 teoanasroirDEwoR or irti nnFA.TflH.t Washington, Dec 10. That the Col nmbian souvenir half-dollars, minted for the World's Fair, will be extensively coun terfeited, is looked forward to as almost 'certain by the United States Secret Ser vice. These coins have an actual intrinsic value of only 80 cents each. Accordingly, makers of false money could very well afford to manufacture imitations with ex actly the same amount of silver as the real pieces contain. Inasmuch as the latter are worth $1 apiece in the market, the profit would be 70 cents on every bogus half dollar turned out The metal composition being the same as that employed at the Mint, the rest is merely a question ot me chanical skill. Under the circumstances, is is fortunate that the counterfeiting of coins, as an art, s at present far behind the Imitation of paper money. It has always been regarded as an inferior branch of the business, proba bly because of the comparatively small profits obtained from it. At all events, the criminals 'who practice it professionally are of a very low class. Thus it happens that false coins are nearly always ot clumsy make and readily detected. Very rarely does one appear that is sufficiently well executed to be dangerous. Getting the Genuine Bin;. A while ago the officers of the Secret Service had some trouble with a bogus sil ver dollar which was unusually well calcu lated to deceive, having the right weight, a good appearance and a trae "ring." These three essential qualities are not often com- bined in a bad coin. The ring, which" is j most apt to be lacking, was supplied in this interested in. Vast floor spaces that have season with a forest, of furniture have been devoted to a display of such goods as are just now. hint from us as to what I T Silllffliill vbi' instance by an admixture of a small-proportion of powdered glass. The 6,000,000 souvenir half-dollar, now being minted in Philadelphia by order of Congress, will be shipped to Chicago in lots to suit as soon as the managers of the World's Fair have complied with the law, which requires that they" shall first submit vouchers showing that they have collected and disbursed for the Exposition $10,000, 000. The coins are beiag advertised all over the country for sale at $1 each. Their purchase is urged as a good investment on the ground that they may be expected to be worth a much higher "nrice some day as curiosities. As an argument it is stated that the United States gold half.eagle of 1822 has a value to-day of 900, while the silver dollar of 1804 will fetch an equal amount. The silver half-dollar of 1796 is quoted at 152 GO, the silver 5-cent piece of 1812 at 5100. the "eagle penny" ol 1856 at IS and the the 1793 eopper cent at $50. Big races for Slnglo Pieces. A typewriter company has paid $10,000 for the first of the new 50-cent pieces struck ofi; The four hundredth, the one thousand four hundred and ninety-second and the one thousand eight hundred and ninty-second half dollars coined will be sent to Chicago with affidavits, and will be sold. It is rather curious that the' United States has never issued a coin to commemorate an event before. Such souvenirs have fre quently been minted by other nations as tor example, the Prussian King William's ooronation piece in 1866, the German "peace coins of 1871 and the gold quintuple sov ereign of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, the last having a face value of $24 33. The quantity of silver required to make the 5,000,000 souvenir half-dollars was just about 100 tons. The metal was brought to the Philadelphia Mint from the mines, through the United States assay offices, in the shape ot big bricks. The bricks were dissolved by nitrio acid in a large tank. When precipitated from the acid the fireoious substance appears inanne powder, ooking so much like ordinary plaster 'of paris that the casual observer would not imagine it to be any more valuable. This powdery stuff is pressed into thick round blocks, in which fnrm it goes to another room, where alchemists at $3 50 a day melt the blocks in crucibles of black lead half buried in glowing coals. The Process at the Mint. Incidentally to melting the pure silver 10 percent of copper is mixed with it. Silver is a soft metal, and the copper makes the coins hard, so tbat they will withstand abrasion. This mixture is poured into iron molds, from which it again comes out in bricks. The bricks are sliced into strips, and the latter are rolled out bv machines KEECH SORTMENT MD FURNISHING I GIFTS! constitutes an appro- ing panorama. Sen- money" meet you at outlay big or little, giving them some and make it pleasant, shopping can't be until they are of precisely the thickness of c half-dollar. Then they are passed beneath a punching contrivance, which punches round disks out of tbem at the rate of 100 a minute. ' These disks are the "blanks" which are destined" to circulate as coins in the pcixtt or the people. However, they have to to through a good many processes yet before thev become money. After they are washed they are put through a machine whieh gives each of them a raised edge all around, called the "milling." Next they are softened by being heated red-hot in an oven, so tbat they mav properly receive the impress of the dies. On being taken from the oven, tbey are stirred about with scoops in a chemical bath, from which they are shoveled iuto.a cylinder filled with saw dust. At this stage they are dull white, looking like so many celluloid poker chips; but after being turned about for a while with the sawdust in the revolving cylinder they come out bright and shining, all ready to be stamped. Women feed them to the dies, which strike them off as fast as 80 a minute, printing both sides at once and at the same time corrugating the edges. This corrugation la called the "reeding." The minted coins drop into boxes beneath. Each one of them is carefully examined be fore being allowed to pass, and finally ther are counted in frames so constructed that it is possible for a skilled hand to reckon them at the rate of 3,000 a minute. The Bronxe Medals for the Fair. .It has not yet beer decided who -will make the designs for the bronze medals which are to be awarded to exhibitors at the World's Fair. Fifty thousand of them are to be struck, and it la probable that the work of producing them will be given out by contract Congress has authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to grant permis sion ot anv holder of one of these medals to have duplicates of it made in silver or gold at his own, expense at any ot the mints. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington is preparing plates for the Ex position diplomas. Fifty thousand of these diplomas, intended as awards to exhibitors, will be printed in vellum and delivered to the managers ot the Fair. Some of the Columbian souvenir half dollar silver is in the hands of the Govern ment assayer at the Treasury Department Tan place to buy diamonds, watcher. Jewelry, etc., Is at it. G. Colfen's, 3C Fifth, avenne. Our stock is unsurpassed In the city, and our prices will please. Call and see for yourself. Store open evenings till Cbxistmas. Portraits for the Holidays. Cabinet photos Jl 50 per doz. 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