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WAMSOUSE.
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.
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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. - .
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