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THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE History of the Trouble Over the ' Guiana Boundary Line GREED FOR GOLD THE CAUSE British Investors to Attempt to Annex the Caratal Gold Fields Which Vena tutla Inherited from Spain. The Old Dutch Posts. Washington, Oct 27. Three cen turies ago, in 1595, Sir Walter Raleigh headed an expedition to Guiana for th-a dis covery of ithe fabled El Dorado, When. Re lieved to exist Hitere. It was aai ad venturous but fruitless quest, of which, on retouwJg, lie wrote am account. To day, to that same region, modem Bri tons have fount gold mines, In place of the cllty of gold and gems their ances tors sought The gold-fhuntinK mania is at he bottom of Great Bri'taln's present determination to despoil Vene auela of a. large "tract of territory that She claims. Mir. Hush Watt, chairman and chief shareholder tn the Nw Chill Gold Mim ing company, which was formed a dozen of years ago and more to buy mining rights in the Venezuelan dis trict of Oanatal, once showed clearly how ithe gold-hunlttng business was in volved In itihe boundary dispute. "Our shareholders," he said, as (reported In the Mlintng World, "do not consider their etock at present to 'be of much value, but let them consider what ' It will be with ithelr property under British control, with a British line of railway and telegraph at command why, It will be worth 5,000.000 sterling, andfle shares can .be had today at a bagatelle price of 3 shllltogs. per share." This statement, made long -before the boundary controversy wi'th Venezuela had reached its present acute stajre, suggests the motives which stimulate British investor, as well as the colo lilsits of Demarara to attempt to annex the Caratal gold fields. It Is probably true that, while the mining dues miht not 'be heavier tinder British than unticr Venezuelan rule, railway commumlca- tlon to the mines under the former would be open sooner; but that fact af ford: no excuse for taking away ony of Venezuela's land. Venezuela's Title, As ts well known, Venezuela Inher ited the terrltorlaJ rights of Spain when she proclaimed her Independence in 1810, and Great Britain, in 1814. ac quired the (Dutch colonies of the Esse quibo. Prior to that period the boun dary line had not been definitely fixed, but in 1691 an extradition treaty signed by the Spaniards and Dutch stipulated in general that the Orinoco colonies belong to the former and the Esse quibo to the latter. Now. a point In the Venezuelan case Is that In 1838 the British legation spon taneously recognized Venezuela's sov ereignty at Punta Barima by asking her to build a lighthouse there for the safety of navipation. But In 1841 the Engineer Schomburgk, for reasons best known to himself, choBe to run an arbi trary boundary line. In England's in terest, far west of the Essequibo, and far enough northward to take in Punta Barima as British, and so to give Great Britain a hold on the mouth of the Orinoco. At Venezuela's prompt de mand, the British authorities dis claimed this line as a formal assump tion of possession, and sail iF. waa a step preliminary to settling the boun daiy; and, thereupon, the posts and othr marks were removed. During the last half century Great .Britain's encroachments have In creased, and the exploring of the Cax atul and Turari gold mines has in creased the trespass. As Is well known, Great Britain has of late InsUted on holdlt g everything east of the Schom bergk line, while expressing nor will ingness to put to arbitration the terri tory west of that line. But It wlli be seen that she thus Insists on her strat egic und commercial hold upon the mouth of the Orinoco, In spite of the clear treaty provision that Spain should have all the Orinoco colon lees, while being willing, for the sake of se curing that hold, to admit a doubt re garding the ownership of the lands around the head waters of the Cuyuni, although the latter might with some reason be at least claimed by nor un der the watershed theory. Claims of England. Turning now to the claims of iEnfr iand to the gold field area of the In terior, It Is ito toe observed that even some British writers oppose the preten sions of fllreilir government. Several years aigo, EUiward D. Mathews, in orttlcilsimg tlhe Views of Mr. Wiatt, pollut ed out that a map published In New York by Messrs. C. Z. Pond and W. R. Kyle, based upon the Codazzl atlas, tine Britten Admllralty charts, and studies by Blunt and (Rosa, traced the bound ary along the left bank of the Essequ Vbo as far as the junction of he Cuyuni with that stream, and then up the left bank of the Cuyuni to a small affluen t called the Tapuru, and thence up ho left bank of tihait stream to the head waters of the little river called' the Moruco, already spoken of. This 'bound ary ts apparently as arbitrary as Schomtourgih's, but It has good potnibs. In the first place, it would give to Venezuela complete control of tine mouth of the Orinoco and of Punta IBarbma, which, seems to belong to her. Next, It would give ito England the an cient colony of New Zealand, west of the lower part of the Essequibo, and this seems clearly to belong to her. On the map in question' the old forts shown, as Mr. Mathews remarks, are MaMenburg, New Zealand and New iMSddleburg on the Pomaro, which emp ties into the sea with the Moruco; a fort on the Tapuru, and another on. fhe Mlazurunl at Its Junction wth the Cuyuni. It admits as 'English whatever was occupied toy the Dutch tn their chain of outposts against the Span lards, tn preference to setting up tJie watershed theory or a theory of roait ural (boundaries founded upon modern exploration. It can herdly be con ten fled that the old Dutch colonies really exercised power at a distance of between 200 anUi 300 miles from the Es sequibo, and yet to this distance would the English penetrate, talcing front Veneruehv a tract roughly es timated at 40,000 square miles, should they have Mrs Caronl for a boundary, as they desire. Thar Is apparent tly no good rea-aon why Venezuela should not have a chance to put before referee for de cision her right to at least a part of t he area east of the Schomburgk line. That line has no more Internaitlonai authority tin an any other in the con troversy, and for Great Britain to insist upon ft Is to apply the law of force. A fair and competent arbiter would very Hkety give England something west of the SssequUbo, which Venezuela now claims as (the boundary, because the proofs are indisputable that the Dutcfo settled and! held the ground west of thwt stream ; (but he mftght not for fh-at reason award to her a foothold on the Orinoco, or the great (tract poaaeaslnaT no traces at Dutch occupation with Sotoxntairgk claimed. . . HAD HIS HANDS FULL. Patrolman Mills Set Vpon by All the Mae Hues of a Pen. Patrolman Mills heard a disturbance In a disreputable house on the corner of Center street and Raymond court about 10 o'clock last Might and going in discovered a free Hem in nroirress. Four women and three men were the partlolpanita. One of the men, Jack Thomas, Who seemed to .be .the cause of all the trou. 1)le, was placed under arrest and ns the officer started out with him he was set upon by (the women and the otnor men. lie Kept them at bay until assitanoe arrived' In the person of Pa trolman Saul, and the two officers then succeeded m arresting four of the In. mates, two women and two men. Thomas and Roeksoy Jones got away, but Jones was afterward captured. The pai'ty hadi been out for a carriage ride to mtston and were all beastly drunk. RIOTERS KILLED. A Mob Attempts to Storm a Jail and Lynch a Prisoner-Two of the Attacking Party Are Shot. Tlftan. O., Oct 27. In an attempt early this morning to avenge the mur der of August Schultz. Tiffan's popular city marshal, wno was snot down in cold blood by Leandcr J. Martin, alias Williams, a farmer of Hopewell town ship, last Wednesday evening while the former was trying to arrest Martin for beating a boy, two more victims were added to the tragic affair. At 1.30 o'clock a mob of 160 infuriated men, many of whom were under the in fluence of liquor, attacked the Jail in ah effort to secure Miarttn and bang him. A volley from a half dozen Winches ters met them and two of ithe mob were killed. They are Henry iMutohler, Jr., and Christian Mats. WIFE'S DISAPPEARANCE. Her Husband Suspected of Having Killed llcr and Is I'ndcr Survctllnnco. Mldldilctown, N. Y.. Oct 27. Little pTogre.ts lis .being madn toward solving the myistery or tho disappearance of Mrs. Liavln'la Ward from Livingston Manor. Searching parties found Riley Carl, ho was suspected of knowing about the missing woman. Ho waa sleeping ifn ithe fields wear his slater's home. The discovery of Carl explodes the theory of Milton Ward, the missing woman's husband, that Carl had eloped wItb her. When tho searching party visited the Ward house they found) nearly all of Mrs. WaTd's wearing ap parel missing. Ward is a small farmer, who lived In a lonely spot Just outside the village. He was arrested, but has (been released on parole by Distract Attorney Hill. Many believe he Killed his wife and ho is being closely watched. WHIPPED HIGHWAYMEN. Georga Fisher Leaped from Ills Carriage and Lashed Thorn as They Ran. Bloomfield, N. X, Oct 27. While Town Committeeman George Fisher and Thomas E. Haiyes, of this place, were driving along Broad street on their way home late last night they were stopped toy two highwaymen near the Greenwood Lake railroad bridge, and a demand was made on them for the money which they carried. Fisher looked at the men, and then, seizing his whip, Jumped out of his carriage. The two highwaymen ran, and he started after them. He chased them up the railroad em bankment lashing them both at every step. When he returned to his carriage ithe highwaymen began to throw stones at him, but he and his companion drove on unhurt. SHIFFER CLAIM SETTLED. A Cause of Much Bother Has Now Doubt lessly Been Removed. The Frank Shifter claim is 1n a fair way to (be amicably settled. Mayor Conmel, Olity Solicitor Torrey and Con- t roller Wwlimayeir, on Saturday, had a second consultation with Attorney Rhoades, who represents Shlffer anki made am offer of $:I74 as final settle ment which it is likely, Mr. Rhoades said, would be acceptable. The oriBMiol claim was for $6,000. ShifTer bad the ontraot for construct ing the approaches to the Swetland street bridge and when the city was compelled to cease operations to avert litigation' with adjoining property owners, "Shifter signed a release from the contract and accepted $4,000 for the work he had already idone. When the contract for the Linden Street bridge approaches, including the Swetland street 'bridge approaches was recently le't to King & Cleary, Shifter felt that ihe ought to have his con tract reviewed omd entered a claim for the $6,000 balance. He also entered the plea that he was of unsound mind whan he signed the release. The city felt neither legally nor morally Obli gated to consider Che question of the release, hut agreed to consult with regard to the JiMt lee of .t he amount paid for the work done. Councils wtfll be glad when the matter Is flnaily adjusted for 'the auditing com mittee has been bothered at nearly every meeting with thilsj claim. IT MAY FALL THROUGH. Not Enough Money Available for Improve' mentor Ninth and Robinson Streets. Another futile effort was made Sat urday to brlnar about an arnica hln ad justment of the difference between the attorney and the oroDertv holders on Ninth and Robinson streets, portions of wnose iiana is wanted ror the widen ing and Improvement of those ihor. oughfares. lit looks now as 1f condemnation tro- ceedlnga will have to be (resorted to or the project dropped entirely. The lat ter is tne more probable. The value of the needed 'land Is somewhere In the neighborhood of W.OOO. The money available for the purchase of the prop erty Is less than $1,800. About $240 will be left over from the original appro priation of $3,000, the city engineer hav ing estimated that the cost of the im provements in themselves will be $2,760, and to this councils have added $1,600, transferred from the remaining bal ance of the fund for purchasing ap proaches to the Linden street bridge. Tftts wiu not oegm to settle the claims and as there Is no other money in signt, tne west siae win probably have to wait until the next meeting of the estimate committee, which occurs in March, before steps can be taken to provide a suitable approach. DR. PARK HURST COMING. Noted New York Political Reformer Soon to Laetnrs in Seranton. It is nrolbable that Dr. Parkhurst the famed New fork poHttcal reformer, vW soon 'be (heard In Scrantori, Dr. Farkhurst's presence here will be chiefly due to the efforts of his friend, Rev. G. t. nce, or me pa fc Place MdtJhodlSt church. He Will probably be here next month. As long ago as last whiter an effort waa made to Induce Dr. Pa.'k hurst to lecture hers, but the noted reformer' onurob and poUWoat work totsrfsraa WAS HOUNDED BY OUTLAWS Singulor Narrative of .Many Crimes and a Mysterious Death. ' WOMAN WHO TURNED INFORMER Mrs. Bishop Thought to Have Been Poi soned and Her Daughter Put Out of the Way by a Gang of Des perate Counterfeiters. Ottumwa, la., Oct. 27. John Velvlck, of Dawson, Neb., arrived hero yester day to investlgte the death of the mys terious Mrs. 'Harper Btehop, who died Friday, and whose daughter, Gracle, his affianced, suddenly disappeared about six weeks ago. Until Velvlck's arrival the officers here thought Mrs. Bishop Insane, but Velvlck says that her stories are ture and that Investiga tions prove that Mrs. Bishop and her daughter Gr'avle were both marked vic tims of the gang of counterfeiters and thieves she denounced to the authori ties. 'Mrs. Bishop figured quite prom inently in the sensational developments surrounding the death cf Moiud Vest, of Sundance, Wyo., In this city last June, and was the means of exposing the connection ot John 'Sylvester Har per, of Cheyenne, with the ruin of the girl. F.xpccted'to Be Poisoned. The death of this woman closes one of the most remarkable careers In the west. She died of what was pro nounced peritonitis. It whs the cause also of the death of Maud Vest. While the circumstances and history of the two cases were widely accepted neither natural causes nor previous Illness had anything to do with the ending of life in either case, but each death was di rectly due to poisoning by a gang of outlaws. The desire of the gang to rid Itself of Mrs. Bishop arose, according to her theory, from the fact that with in the last two months a number of counterfeiters had been apprehended In various parts of the country, and the gang, she said, had given her credit for their apprehension, although tho authorities say that they have not used any information given by Mrs. Bishop . Harper's Checkered Career. The only other motive for "remov ing" Mrs. Bishop is attributed to tho desire of John Sylvester Harper, who is now a fugitive from Justice, or some friend of his, for revenge. Mrs. Bishop was married to Harper at Oquawka.Ill., twenty-three yars ago. They lived at Kankakee, 111., for a short time and then removed to Missouri, where she said Hnrper became associated with counterfeiters. One of Harper's broth ers, she related, wns killed while escap ing arrest for counterfeiting In Mexico four years ago. For fifteen years, until last June, John Sylvester Harper lived tn Wyoming and whs apparently en gaged in legitimate bunlness. At the time of his exposure In the Maud Vest case he was chief clerk for the sur-veyor-genral of Wyoming. As soon as he discovered that his former wife was on his trail he fled with his second wife and has not since been located. Mrs. Bishop, when she denounced Harper last June, refused to divulge her name or residence. She later proposed to de nounce what she called "the gang" to the authorities, and aserted her belief that the gang wns responsible for most of the counterfeiting going on near Council Bluffs. Disappearance of Grade. Velvlck became acquainted with the family by reason of their having lived on his father's farm and he fell In love with Gracle, who promised to marry him, but mysteriously secured his promise to be true to her If she should disappear for two years. Ho believes Gracle was hunted, as was her mother. He Bays Harper, by his rascality, has accumulated a fortune of $1,000,000. Being a fugitive from Justtee.this prop erty would revert In Nebraska to hlH wife and children. This fact furnished a double animus for members of the gang to get Mrs. Bishop and Gracle out of the way. They do not want his rela tives to get any of the booty they risk ed their necks to secure. Velvlck claims to have secured proof that at one time, while the BiBhops were living In Ottumwa, chloroform was sprinkled in the house and It was only after much effort that the life of the baby was saved. Mrs. Bishop also found poison in her tea while In Ottumwa. Before Mrs. Bishop died she told her friends that there wns a trunk about the place that she didn't want any one but her daughter Gracle to open. This trunk was opened by Overseer of the Poor David Thome and contained val uable wearing apparel, dishes and a number of letters, which will be care fully examined with the hope of giv ing a key to the mystery. Dr. Wil liams, who went to see Mrs. BlBhop twice beiore she died, said Mrs. Bishop died of an obstruction of the bowels, or peritonitis. She was In awful agony and vomited incessantly. The doctor stated that these symptoms might have been caused by poison, especially ar- snlc. EMICII SENT TO PRISON. Found Gnlltv of Enticing s Girl to London for Immoral Purposes. London, Oct. 27. Tho trial of Count Emlch, cf Alt Lelnlngen-Westerburg, who was charged with Inducing a young girl named iLlzette Schiwelsofer to come to London from Germany and keening her here for immoral pur poses, took place in the criminal court, Old Bailey, today,, and 'resulted In a verdict of guilty. The count was or iginally arrested on an extradition warrant charging him with abduction. This was withdrawn and the prisoner was discharged, but as he was leaving court he was rearrested on the charge of procuring. It was shown that the young girl was compelled to leaa an immoral life, and turn over the money she obtained to the count and his com panion, a woman named Olga Uauern- felnd. Count Emlch was sentenced to two years' 4mtrlsonment at hard labor. The woman, Olga (Bauernfelnd, who was tried Jointly with the man, was found guilty and sentenced to prison for eighteen months. Geliem, an ac complice in ruining the girl, was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment ANOTHER LITTLE WAR. England Will Start an Expedition for Athantl Nest Month. . T.vA.ftn rfVt 0? rTTiA mvArnrnfrnl la on the eve of opening another litfle war. The ultimatum recently sent to the King of Ashantl has met with a prompt response in tne negative, unless there are further negotiations. Great Britain, not being disposed to further argue her demands, an expedi tion win start inland from the Gold Coast in November for Conniassle, the capital of Ashantt. The ultimatum for warded ny tne government oemanns that a British agent and an armed es cort reside In the capital, the demand being -based on the charge that the king permits human sacrifices, con trary to h is treaty oM Igat ions. The king objects to Having a urttisn ffnt in his domination a, believing that this would be the first step toward annexation. 'None of the Rngllsh, pa pers has a word to say against the ex pedition, but the Aborigines Protective society Is beginning to raise Its voice in ibehalf of the natives of Ashantl. TALK WITH THE SULTAN. Re Says Ho Is Firmly Determined to Carry Out tha Reforms. Constantinople, Oct. 27. Sir Philip Currie, the British Ambassador, had an Interview with the Sultan yesterday lasting an hour. Tho Sultan assured the Ambassador that he was firmly de termined to carry out the projected re forms in Armenia, and informed him of the Intention of the Porte to appoint competent officials as members of the Commission having control of the measures of reform. Later Klamll Pasha, the Grand Vlxler.gave Sir Philip Currie similar assurances. Cologne.Oct. 27. A native of Cologne, who Is employed on board the Austrian Lloyd steamship Venus, has sent a letter to the Cologne Gasette from Treblsond, giving details as an eye-witness of the recent massacres at Trebizond. The letter is dated October 8. The writer says that at least six hundred Arme nians were slaughtered, while only live Turks were killed. Tho Armenian set tlements were set on fire and the Inhab itants were burned to death or shot WON EASY AT SHAMOKIX. Seranton Foot Ball Club Played an Excellent Game Saturday. Shamokin, Oct. 27. Shamokln and Seranton played a very exciting and hotly contested game here yesterday afternoon, the latter team winning by a score of 8-0 In two twenty-five min ute halves. About one thousand spec tators watched the game, which was at times exceedingly rough. Seranton outplayed the home team at every point, their Interference being superb and their tackling hard and sure. Brennan, Wilson, Jones and Marr, the latter an old Lehigh 'Varsity play er, did the best work for Bhnmokin, while the individual playing of the vis tors was lost In their excellent team work. However, Decker. Allen and CogKlns made some excellent tackles, while tho three center men, Cleveland, Connery and Murphy, held like a stone wall. Jones kicked oft in the first half for Shamokin, Decker catching and gain ing ten yards before being downed. Posner went through left tackle for eight yards and Connry followd through tho samo place for five more. Decker ran around the left end for twnty yards and Thayer plunged through Mansfield and Liver for eight more. Shnmokin now received the ball on a fumble. Brennan dashed around the left end for ten yards. Jones tried left guard, but could not gain, however. Marr edged around the left end for three yards. On the next play Seranton received the ball on a fumble and behind a cloud of Interference, Owens ran thirty yards around the left end for a touchdown. Decker kicked the goal making tho score 6-0. Jones kicked to Posner, who was unable to gain. Connery, Posner and Thayer now advanced the ball on short and Savage rushes 'behind a V shaped Interference to Shamokln's iforty-yard line, where Decker carried the ball out of bounds. Connery plunged through the line for fifteen yards, and lost the ball on a fumble, Wilson falling on It oemnu tne line, making a safety. Score, 8-0. In the second half neither side scored. though It was very evident that Seran ton could have scored again If they had played a faster game. It could easily be seen that the visitors were trylngf to shut Shamokin out as they played very carefully and slowly, taking no chances and confining themselves to snort plunges through the 1 ne. One minute before the second half was iiniwneu Thayer plunger through left tackle and end for ten yards and was thrown so hard by Brennan that his ankle was sprained. Seranton. Shamokin. Owens left end Jones CogKlns left tackle Mansfield Connery left guard Liver uieveiona center MrCs.ll Murphy right guard Brennan Allen litrht tarkln .Inrrnnlnh Decker rlpht end Mnrr nawn quarter dock Wilnon Thayer left half back Kvnnn Posner right half back Brennan Carr full back Jonc Referee, Simmons; umpire, Gleck: lines man, Young. Seore, 8crun(on, 8: Shamo kin, 0. TIMOTHY HEALY'S PAPER. It Is Said He Will Start It with Money .Made in Mining Stocks. London, Ont. 27. 'It Is understood that .tile 50,000 with which Timothy Healy will start a new dally news paper in (Dublin in opposition to the Freeman's Journal, the organ, of the a In' I -To pnoll ! ton .la mrnl nf 1, n ire ijuu.uuu wnian ne ana 'Messrs. Chance and O'Drisooll, ex-members of Parliament, have made in the stock market In the past few months by spe culation In the South African mining boom. Mr. Healy Is encouraged to believe that his new Parliament organ, which started with a capital of 37,000, Is al ready a .profitable enterprise. But the Independent has the good will and re spect of the people of Dublin behind it which Is more than can be said of the venture that Mr. Mealy is about to embark upon. JAPAN'S NEW NAVY. United States Firms May Get a Good Shore of the Contracts. Washington, Oct 27. Gen. George B. Williams, long a resident of Japan, who recently returned to that country to represent the Cramps' Shipbuilding company, has come back to Washing ton. He says the question of the In crease of the Japanese navy has been referred by the adminstratlon to the Diet and will be settled by that body at Its meeting soon to begin. Should the decision be favorable, Oen. Williams believes the United States will get a good share of the shipbuilding. This statement that the whole affair would have to await the determination of the Japanese Parliament exactly confirms the United Press dispatches and establishes the falsity of alleged dispatches from Toklo stating that contracts had been awarded. SHOT A PLAYMATE. How John Radar Dlsoovtrtd That It Was Loaded. Heading, Pa., Oct. 27. John (Rader, aged IB, shot and probably fatally wounded William Sen warts, aged 13, at the latter' home last night Bader supposed the cartridge was a blank The bullet shattered a rib, and it 1b thought lodged in the vicinity of the stomach. Rader ran away, but was captured today and locked up. Dr. Talmage at Co-Pastor. Washington, Oct. 27. The first ssrvlne conducted by the Rev, T. DeWItt Talmage as co-pastor of the First Presbyterian church tonight, was without notable Inci dent An Immense congregation thronged the building, to whom Dr. .Talmage preached on ot his oharosterlstlo aer-1 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Complications of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. THE ISOLATION OP ENGLAND Action of the United States In tha Veno nelan Matter Is Awaited with In. tcrcst-Rossia'a Friendship, llio Janeiro Episode. Washington, Oct. 27. Complications of the eastern and western hemispheres seem to be strangely Intermixed just now. So far as can be judged from the general tend of diplomatic gossip and other confirmatory sources of infor mation, the diplomats of great capltols form a circle within themselves and by their confidential interchange of hints, suggestions and private "tips" from their respective governments frequent ly arrive at conclusions as to pending matters of International politics which are never openly expressed, andi if guessed at In the newspapers are al ways "diplomatically denied" as the laite Secretary Blaine expressed, but whloh are often entitled: to grave con sideration when they can be approxi mately arrived at. A particularly strong undercurrent of secret diplomatic Information gener ally gives some surface indlolatlons dis cernible .by experienced observers. Suggestive manifestations of this kind have been very noticeable within the last few days, with regard to the Chinese and Venezuelan situations. Notwithstanding the fact that Shan ghai has been generally and justly discredited aa the source of accurate information In regard to Chinese and Japanese complications, statements or iginating there in respect to a treaty with China securing to Russia a north ern pacific terminus for its great Si berian railroad are, generally accepted here as true. Nor Is any doubt cast upon the other statement from tho same source that a fleet of fifteen Rus ellan warships has sailed from Fusan, tho Korean port nearest to Japan, and barely twelve hours distant from the Japanese mainland. It Is also regard ed as certain that this movement on the part of iRuIa will bring about grave complications With Great Brit ain as threatening the security of the British eastern empire. The general tone of dlplomatlo discussion also rec ognizes the fact that Great Britain stands alone among European powers, without one ally upon whom ehe could rely. The Venezuelan Controversy. tt Is under these circumstances that the Venezuelan controversy comes un der consideration and becomes mixed up with the threatening eastern war cloud. While It Is not supposed that hostilities between the United States a nd Great Britain can result from Brit ish Infraction of ithe Monroe doctrine In Venezuela and the alleged ultimatum said to have been addressed to that little republic (which ultimatum by tho way Was not yt appeared In evidence) neven'JheIs the urgency of the situa tion 'has been recognized In two very significant ways. The first has rehvt.lon to the farewell visit of Prince Cantacuzene, the late Russian, ambassador to Secretary Ol ney. It Is Stated on good authority that the Busstam diplomats leave taking was given especlaly significance by hds recallllng the ancient friendship of Russia ito the United States as mani fested by the emperor Alexander dis patching a Russian squadron to New York when Prance and England threat ened to recognize the southern confed eracy. Prince Cantacuzene, it is said, intimated, 1n' guarded1 diplomatic phrases, that should similar emergency arise (the good offices of Russia could be again depended upon. Tne importance of this Interview was enhanced by inn Immediate ma n'lf esUat'Ion of excessive courtesy on the pant of the leading re maining members of the Russian lega tion toward the Venezuelan minister in Washington. Formal visits were ex changed in a manner most unusual in the Intercourse of European diplomats and the representatives of several of the American states whose interchange of courtesies hast 'hitherto been re eitrJcted to public functions and cere monial occasions. Diplomatic Straws. The diplomatic "straws" Indicating the course which Russia would take In the event of the United States contro versy with Great Britain reaching nn acute stage have brought out another significant and hitherto unpublished incident which Illustrates still more strongly how completely Isolated Great Britain Is In Its foreign policy. When Rio Janeiro was being bombarded by the fleet of Admiral Mello with a view to the restoration ot tho Portuguese monarchy and before ever Admiral Benham broke the blockade Great Britain proposed to send a squadron to Brazilian waters which would out number the American force. When this Intention was mnde known the French minister at Washington by Instruc tions of his government waited upon Secretary Gresham and gave him the assurance that for every additional warship sent by Great Britain France wbuld send two. This Intimation was enough. No more British ships were sent and the attempt to re-establish Imperialism In Brazil fell to the ground. OBJECT OF THE SALE. Seranton Bass nail Association After a Clean mil of Health. A mistaken idea seems to have been created by the present financial trouble of the Seranton Base Ball club. The placing of the affairs of the associa tion in the hands of the sheriff .has given rise to the opinion that the asso ciation, its franchise and all but Its memory Is near the end of its exist ence. A few understand the situation correctly and realise that the present legal muddle was the result of a delib erate effort to put the affairs of the association In such shape as will per mit It to sell its franchise. Burdened with debt, the franchise, If sold two weeks ago, would not have brought the $2,800 said to have been offered by Fall iRlver. In addition to that sum .the buyers would have had to shoulder the debts, and that Is not a pickle business men rush for with Ihf ir eyes open. The franchise Is a'von to be sold at sheriff's sale. If It 'n bought In by the present owners they will be enabled to sell again without a debt to be taken Into consideration. Tim iHurst, the 'National league um pire, is tn the city and is negotiating for the purchase of the franchis. He eaya he represents others who will take a part Interest (Report Indicates that IHurst is nere in tne interest of Pat Powers, president of the Eastern league, who wants to see Newark slip into the gap. Bloyele Races. Paris, Oot 17. At tha Velodrome D'Hiver today, Banker, the American bi cyclist, won a heat in the race for the prise De Madagascar. The semi-final heat was won by Jacqueiln, a French rider, with Banker second. Jacqueiln won tha final neat and the raoa, Banker and Bou Mlioa rod a dsad heat (or asoond plaoa. NLEYS Mies' UifesMtts In Fast Black, Satine, Alpaca, Mohair, Mo-, reen, BriHiamtine, Black Silk and Changeable Effects. Fast Black Satlno Underskirt, trimmed with three narrow shirred ruffles of same material lined with striped Flannel. Trlco ....9Sc. Fast Black Satine Underskirt, um brella shaped, trimmed with corded shirred flounce, lined and has French yoke band, price, $1.19; same skirt, with deep embroidered ruffle Jl.JJ Moreen Underskirt, trimmed with five-Inch ruUIo of same material, French yoke band, price Jl.CD; same skirt, with twelve-Inch flounce. Price. JL93 Moreen Underskirt (extra size), um brella shaped, deep Spanish flounce bound with velvet and faced at bot tom, prlco 52.15; same skirt, with twelve rows of cords. Price..... C98 Quilted Fast Black satine Underskirt lined with Flannel, price. $1.45 and COO Quilted Underskirts In Mohair and Brllliantlne, price $!.00, $145 and $2.90 Full line of Silk Skirts, Black and Colored; and call particular attention to those at ?2.M. $3.15 and 4.5 510 and 532 LACKAWANNA AVENUE Dry and Wet Weather HOE SHOES that don't let in wot; bnilt to keep foet dry when it ruins: s comfortable, ser viceable bhoo tor wintor wear. Have a pair. s 1H AND 116 WYOMING AYE. Wholesale and Retail. Elegant Sped mens Suit able for Wedding Pres ents, Birthday Presents, Etc. Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses and Spectacles a Specialty. W. J.'Weichel JEWELER, 408 Spruce St., Near Dime Bank. TIIREE CHILDREN BURNED. eft Mono In a House, They Perish Dur ing a Conflagration. Green Bay, Wis., Oot. 27. InforaPlon has rcaehcr tibls city from the Oneida; rvservatlion of the death of three chil dren of John, Skanfrdore, as a result ot the forest fires, rasing' la that section. A number of dwellings were burned, some of them on the reservation' and) others Just outside. Among those de stroyed was 'that olf Skanidbre. His three children wcre'ialone In the housew The fire came down on the neighbor hood very nupldly with a sudden change of wind, and several bad nar . row escapes from death. It is sup posed the ohnklren became panto-stricken when the house took fire and were uaaMa to 'help tlhamgelveil tf , , WEATHER REPORT, For Eastern Pennsylvania, showers, fol lowed by tearing weather; a moderate coltf wave, temperature will fall to near treat inr Monday nifht. - . KiW: -iM Tugi'imi 'L"--"k ' ' ' " Ml NMes IN FINE JEWELRY.
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