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irftupton tBnum. R. 0. DUNN, Publisher. Terms:2.00 per year in advance. The chances now are that the flst fest between Corbett and Fltasimnions will be indefinitely postponed for want of a local habitation. Mrs. Catt, the reformer, estimates the number of bad women in the country at 200,000, and the number of bad men at 6,000,000. No wonder the women die young. Uncle Sam hasn't a very large stand ing army, but he has 8,500,000 citizens capable of bearing arms, and our civil war shows that Americans can light when they have to. It is announced that Willie Vander bilt and Mrs. Vanderbilt will remarry after their daughter Consuielo has wedded the -duke of Marlborough. Wouldn't it look more respectable for the old lolks to get married first? The street railway systems in Phila dclplua. embracing 423 miles of tracks, h.i\e been consolidated, with a capital ization of $108,000,000, or over $25,000 a mile, which is a vast deal more tlun the roads ever cost. It is estimated that the use of the fashionable big sleeves, in Chicago alone, luue added $1,000,000 a year to the cost of women's dress. If this estimate is correct, what must be tho tost lor the world at large? Tho spectacle of a newT corps of A'omen missionaries starting for China mouses neither admiration nor sym pathy. Fity and wonder are the senti ments which naturally arise on the contemplation of such deliberate tempting of fate. A farmer in Eastern Pennsylvania has harvested 8,000 bushels of pota toes on thirty-two acres of land, and his brother's crop on twenty acres Is 4,800 bushels. The United States this year will omit its usual large impor tation of potatoes, as the crop through out the country is enormous. Melbourne, Australia, is a bidder for the pending prize fight. If Corbett and his antagonist, with their respect ive backers will accept and pledge themselves never to return, a sub scription can be opened for them that will mount up to something hand* some It is reported that Emperor William finds that he has half an hour a day to spare, and that he will edit a daily paper of his own to occupy the time. The solemnities of the comic press in Europe are apparently about to be re lie^ed. Scotland was named from the Scoti, i tribe which had its birth in North [reland. It was called by the natives Caledonia, "the little country of the Gaels." Gael proper signifying "a hid aen rover." The Piets, who inhabited the lowlands of Scotland, were "paint ed men." The little town of Neilhart, Montana seems to be right in on the current rage for gold discovery. It is reported that a gold vein has been struck three miles north of town which runs on as say from $100 to $3,300 a ton. If there is much of this sort of rock, Nei hart can look with contempt on South Afiica. It is said that the duke of Man borough doesn't indulge in the habit of tipping servants and hackmen, which has always been regarded as a particularly aristocratic habit, and in consequence the income of the fain kies has taken a decided drop, as the New York Anglomaniacs among the New York swells consider it neces sary to imitate the duke. Ninety-nine out of every hundred school bojs of this country would give their ears, or think they would, for the privilege of going to Cuba to in struct the revolutionists in the use of firearms, as Syh ester Scovet, of Cle\ eland, is about to do. It is long since anything has happened on this side of the Atlantic which has afford ed such an opportunity for romance as the Cuban insurrection does. Low! Salisbury, England's prime minister, is an adept in the manly art of self defeu&e. As a youth he took lesson? of the famous slugger, '"Young Reed," and soon deling that he was more than a match for his teacher, challenged him to a fight. But a tound of a few minutes forced the future prime minister to confess that the had had enough, and needed a few more lessons. The first day's registration in Nev York and Brooklyn was much smaller that usual, and the probable reason is that the registrationHists are to be carefully examined. Under a new law proprietors of lodging houses are called on for descriptions of their lodgers, and every person is registered will be looked up fcy the police fie patment. There is a chance at last for New York city to make the ac quaintance of a fair election. PITH OF THE NEWS EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM. The I.ntest and Mont Important NevtN of the World, Called From tho Telegraph Report* Of tilt) I*ress Aaaoulntlons. Waantnffton. The government's suit against the Stanford estate is to be appealed im mediately to the United States s\i- preme court. As a result of the repeal of the wool duties the exports from Uruguay to the United States have nearly ticbled. The United States has been involved In another diplomatic tangle with Spain. Second Asisstant Postmaster Gener al Neilson, who has charge of the mil way mail, the street car mail and the wagon mails, will recommend in his annual report, an extension of the ser vice upon stret railways. Secretary Smith has dircted the force in the law tilvision of the interi or department to work one hour extra each day in order that the work of that dhision may be brought up to date. It is now about ten months in arrears The fall work of the national fish commission will soon begin. The com missison has been unusually successful with its salmon catch on the Pacific coast this year. In the early run over 7,.")5O,0O0 eggs were collected at Beard Station Cal. Pergonal Meit*Io*t. Mrs. Alexander, the poetess, died at London. Ex-Gov. Elisha P. Ferry, of Wash ington died at Seattle. Rev. Richard Dunford, bishop of Chichester, died suddenly at Basle, Sw itz. aged ninety-three 3'ears. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Hoiatio G. Knight died at East Hampton, Mass. He has been confined to his homo since June. Gen. William J. Landram of Lan caster, Ky., -\eteran of the Mexican and civil wars, is dead. Samuel P. Hawkins, a prominent farmer of Newton, 111., was found dead in a lavine near his home. William Hastings, a Brooklyn furni ture dealer claims to be the rightful Earl of Huntington in the English peerage, the title said to have been held by Robin Hood. Col. T. Wilson, who conceived the idea of building a railroad trom St. Louis to Dennison, Tex., in 18(30., which resulted in the construction of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail road, died in Fort Scott, Kan. George Davis, aged St, a well-known financier and formerly president of the Louis\ille (Ky.) Fourth National bank, which weie merged with several others into tho American National is dead. Mis. Carlisle, wife of the secretary of the treasury, is the first one of the cabinet women to adopt the bicycle. She is taking lessons in riding nearly e\ery afternoon in Columbia field, the training ground of the Washington cyclists. She is generally accompan ied by two of her children, who are good riders. Rudjard Kipling Ihes in a quaint old house in Vermont, which is nine ty feet long by twenty-six wide. It is built on a foundation of rough unfin ished stone. The entrance is on the rear and in front of the house a con spicuous sign on the fence post for bids trespasing. In the winter the writer is said to enjoy nothing so much as shoveling snow. The CnmnnUr Reero Three Mexican steamers are reported lost with perhaps a hundred people. In a political riot in Knott county, Ky., .Tosiah Combs. Thomas Howard and Henry Patton were killed and many persons were wounded. James Hunter, William Reynolds, Harry Steiner and Charles F. Valk man were drowned at Ferry Bar, Md., by the capsizing of a boat. At St. Joseph, Mo., a little daughter of Mrs. Carrie Mann was killed and a son had both legs broken by being thrown from a buggy. While eating supper in a shanty at Jerome Park, New York, Robert Scott, a colored laborer, was probably fatally mangled by a dog supposed to be mad. Facts which have just some to light raise the presumption that Alex Gray ton, wife and child of Indianapolis perished at the Hotel Guinry fire at Denver. The 12-year-old daughter of School Principal Lightcap of Dubuque, Iowa, was found drowned in a bath tub. It is supposed she fainted and fell into the tub. At Elyria, Ohio, Mrs. Celeste Bruce has sued St. Mary's Catholic church for $10,000 for damages sustained by the falling of the platform dming the dedication of the church two weeks ago. A horse named the Nipper, formerly a jumper at races, could not stand har nessed and plunged down a steep bank outside of San Francisco. A. Page Brown, a leading merchant, was thrown out of tho carriage and prob ably fatally injured. The German steamer Emma collided with tlie French bark Pacifique otf Spurnhead, and the Pacifique sank in fifteen minutes. Twelve persons were drowned, including Capt. Cigarro of the Pacifiqueyand ma wras the pilot. The Em- badl damaged. A panic was created on Midway Height*, the pleasuie lesort of the ex position, this afternoon by a fire which originated in the Old Plantation kitch en, an exploding gasoline stove, being responsible. Ilagenbeck's wild beast arena was damaged before the flames wei controlled. The explosion of a gasoline genera tor on the first floor set fire to the Southern laundry works at Birming ham, Ala. The building was in flames before a dozen girls working on the second floor could escape by the stair way and all jumped from tlie win dows, several being seriously injured. Criminal Dotting. Lucy Marteliua, an Italian domestic at Tolueo. 111., committed suicide by takirg poison. William A. Reed, a wealthy Bowery hardware merchant, committed sui cide by shooting at New York. Tuc cause is unknown. At Jeffersouvllle, Ind., Magistrate Eply Keigwen was buncoed out of $75 by a woman ealling herself Mrs. Joseph Bulah. At Washington, D. C, It was ru mored that Mis. Elizabeth Flagler, the society girl who shot a fruit-steal ing negro lad last summer, had been indicted by the grand jury. David Hannigan, the slayer of Solo mon H. Mann, in New York city, was declared sane by the commission to determine this fact. His trial will be gin October 24. John Miller Snyder of Kingfisher, O. T., has been found murdered in a cornfield two miles from Sedalia, Mo. He was traveling overland to Adrian, 111. In revenge for the killing of their father a few years ago, Sheriff Brocker was shot and killed near Sylvania, Ga., at a Baptist church meeting, by Solomon and Carey Zeigler. Near Manchester, Tenn., Eugene Va noy, a negro, was called out of his house by a crowd of white men and shot to death. He was charged with mistreating a, young white girl of weak intellect. Straight Head, the Indian police roan, who was recently acquitted for killing Bill Fielder, has killed an other man. He became engaged in a geueral quarrel with a farmer at the Forest City Indian agency in South Dakota and shot him, death resulting instantaneously. The farmer's name was St. Clair. The talk of Earlville, 111., is the elopement of Miss Ruth Wiley of that city and a son of ex-Sheriff Mclntyre of Mendota. They were married in Princeton and left immediately for Texas. The young woman is the daughter of Samuel Wiley, ex-member of the Illinois legislature. The par ents of both are wealthy and all are highly respected. The defense in the Hinshaw murder case have filed a motion for a new trial at Danville, Ind, alleging errors in the judge's rulings and have filed a great many affidavits against jurors. One juror's son made affidavit that he knew before the trial what his fath er's verdict would be. Hinshaw's hopes are roviviug and he looks better than at any time since the conviction, Forelgrn Gossip. Last September was the hottest in 150 years in Paris. Hubay's opera, "Le Luthier de Cre- mone," has been performed with great success at Leipzig. France is about to establish evening manual training in all schools for pri mary education. A crop of strawberries in September is one result of the hot weather in some parts of England. The Due d'Aumale has just been elected dhector of the French academy for the next three months, and Paul Bourget chancellor. The Pectan, the largest tank oil steamer ever built, has just been com pleted at West Hartlepool. She is 388 feet long by 48 broad and 31% deep. Mrs. Keeley, the English actress who will be 90 next month, Is to have a benefit on her birthday, when she will appear in "Betsy Baker" at the Ly ceum. Ten steamers for the China trade, aggregating 20,000 tons, were turned out by one Greenock firm in nine months recently. This is a record for quick work. Africa is to be triangulated from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo. Dr. Gill, astronomer royal at Cape Town, has prepared the plans and Cecil Rhodes is backing him up. Large coal deposits have been found in Sunderoe, one of the Faroe islands. A French company is going to work them, having obtained a concession from the Danish government. Russia is going to send astronomical expeditions to the mouth of the Amoor river and to Nova Zembla to observe the total eclipse of the sun that will ttake place on July 27 of next year. Frescoes representing the Salutation of the Virgin and the Nativity, earlier than the reformation, have been found under the plaster of the parish church at Ashampstead, near Reading, Eng. Mtsccllaneon Item*. At Atlanta. Ga., the Farmers' Na tional congress passed resolutions fa voring reciprocity with the South and Cential American countries. A small but perfect pink pearl was taken from the tooth of Mrs. D. M. Bedell, New York. Its removal stop ped a toothache. At Rock Rift, N. Y., the pastor of the Presbyterian church refused to of ficiate at a wedding on the ground that it would not be valid 'if solemn ized on Sunday. At Teoria, 111., the resumption of the Teoria grape and sugar works has been followed by a 10 per cent, ad vance in wages,-back to the standard of two years ago. Mrs. John Langdon, the wife of a farmer living near Toledo, and Delta Ohio, has piesented her husband with five tokens of her affections The little ones are all boys and are re ported to be thriving finely. At Cleveland, Ohio, the maritime board of the chamber of commerce de cided to start a movement to obtain an appropriation of $1,000 000 from congress for the improvement of Cleve land harbor. It seems likely that for the first time in tlie history of St. Louis a negro will hat a seat in the municipal assembly. An intelligent colored man, Munroe Cravens, was one of the five Republi cans defeated on the face of his re turns at the last city election, but a recount, which revealed gross fraud, gives him more than 100 majority. United States Senator Gray and II. II. Ward, the counsel for the Cuban patriots recently tried and acquitted of a charge of setting on foot a mili tary expedition against Spain, have made formal demand upon Collector of Customs, George L. Townsend of Wilmington. Del., for tho twenty-seven boxei of arms, ammunition and per sonal effects seized by United States Mai6hal Lannar *)t Penn's Grove, N. J., at the time tho Cubans were ar rested. MINNESOTA IN BEIEF INTERESTING EVENTS OF THD WEEK IN MINNESOTA. Important Occurrence*! in tlie Worth Star State Day by Uny-A ticnernl Resume of the Week's Doings Ar. rauuea for Ranld Rendlntf. Thursday, Oet 17. James Crossby was arrested at Fer gus Falls charged with setting a prairie fire last week which did con siderable damage west of the city. Mrs. Christian Deike, wife of Hon, Christian Deike, died at their home in the township of Wheeling, Rice coun ty. Mr. and Mrs. Deike were early settlers In Rice county. District court convened at Carleton with a large civil calendar, Judge Mor ris presiding. No grand jury was drawn, as there was no criminal busi ness. District court is in session at Cale donia, Judge Whitock presiding, lhere are twenty-two civil cases on the dock et and two criminal cases. The session is expected to last about two weeks. While men were threshing on the farm of John Mealey, near Anoka, sparks from the engine fired the straw and the barn, grain and separator wer* burned. Loss heavy. An order was made to-day to the probate court at Hastings removing William Thompson of West St. Paul as guardian of Abbie Thompson, a minor. J. M. Hawthorne for petition er and A. R. Capehart for defense. A Mora special says: A reward of $300 is offered for the arrest and con viction of the murderers of Albert Pe terson, Sozer, McClure & Co.'s logging company offering $230 and Kanabec county $250. The village of Brandon was threat ened with destruction by fire to-day. The dwellings of J. O. Schjaastad and Mrs. Myron, along with a barn and some lumber, were burned before the fire was subdued. A spark from a passing locomotive started the fire. Friday, Oct. 18. Three prairie fires destroyed $5,000 Worth of property in Otter Tail county. While blasting rock at Windoni Ru dolph Wolf had his left hand blown entirely off. Walker's hotel at Kasson was burn ed to the ground in thirty minutes. Very little of the contents was saved. The Republican council of Winona, after taking twenty ballots for city weighmaster, elected John Breslauer to the office. The annual meeting of the Southern Minnesota Bee Keepers' association opened in Winona. The old officers were all re-elected. Sparks from a locomotive set fire to about 300 tons of hay at St. Cloud be longing to the reformatory, J. P. Wil son and others. The fire was just back of the reformatory, and is still burning. The threshers at New Paynesville have cut to the following very low rates: Oats, 1 cent per bushel wheat, 2 cents rye, VA cents flax, 2 cents barley, 2 cents. The farmers are rush ing things this fine weather, yet not half the grain will be threshed by Sat urday night. The yield is very fair. C. F. Loweth of St. Paul has been engaged by the city of Le Sueur to make plans and superintend the con struction of the electric light plant and water works. Work on the arte sian well will be commenced at once by J. F. McCarthy of St. Paul, who has the contract for putting down the same. The following officers were elected at the annual election of Moorhead fire depaa-tment: Chief, Oharles B. Hill assistant chief, Charles R. Wat eon secretary. John J. Preston treas urer, G. E. Flaten. A. J. Wright, the retiring chief, has served the Moor head department in that capacity for the past six years and last year was president of the State Fire associa tion. Saturday, Oct. 10 A Duluth bank cashier skipped out With $15,000 of the bank's money. Fred Boerner was brought before the court commisisoners at Buffalo for examination, and found to be mentally deranged. He was sent to St. Peter for treatment. Two small stacks of grain and a separator were destroyed by fire on a farm 12 miles south of Sauk Center. The latter was owned and being oper ated by A. O. Mattison, of this city, and was not insured. W. H. Knowles has purchased the general merchandise stock of the Glencoe Mercantile Company of Glen coe and will continue the business. The Glencoe Mercantile Company is controlled by Capt. H. H. Reed, and was the pioneer store of McLeod coun ty, formerly known as H. H. Reed & Co. Charles N. Hewitt, secretary of the state board of health, was summoned to St. Cloud by George Stewart, presi dent of the city council, to examine the proposed sewer from the parochial school .to the Misissippl river, also to consult about the number of diph theria cases which the local board of health have under quarantine. Sunday. Oct. 20 Charles Taft, a resident of the town of Grant, died aged S2. He was a brother of J. B. Taft. On his second trial at Fergus Falls James Crosby was convicted of care lessly setting a fire to bum stubble. He was fined $40 and will appeal the case to the district court. A. B. Flagg, who has been proprietor of the Hotel Lyon in Lake City for the past four yenis, has sold the fur niture and fixtures tol of Wabasha, who wr W. H. Rafferty. il take possession Dec. 1. A Chicago firm was the highest bid der for the Now Pajnesville water works bonds, and bought $5,000 worth for $5,188. The plant consists of a 2,- 500-barrel tank on an SO-foot tower, an engine, house, and mains. Fair banks, Morse & Co., of St. Paul, made the plans and specifications'. Twelve Great Northern brakemeu were discharged from service on tho Fergus Falls division of this road some of the men having been in the service for some time. It is under- stood that they were let out for fail ing to comply with the rules relative to the carrying of "hoboes." Twenty thousand dollars worth of Sleepy Eye school bonds were sold to C. P. Warren, of Maspachusettts, at par, the bonds to bear 5 per cent and to run for 20 years. The funds were raised* to complete the school house now In course of construction. The building wil lbe completed Jan. 1. The sequel of a tragic romance of ten years ago occurred three and a half miles from Ortonville when Frank Kaatwitz, a German farmer, brutally kicked and pounded his wife to death. He had been drinking, and, going home, quarreled with his wife. Ten years ago Kaatwitz was a guest at tlie wedding of the woman to a young neighbor. The bride left the side of her husband for Kaatwltz's company, whereat the groom went out and shot himself. The young widow soon after married the man who so cruelly murdered her this evening. A family of several children are left motherless. The sheriff of Grant coun. ty has the murderer in custody. Monday Oct. 21. Mrs. Evans, who was shot by her di vorced husband some time ago, at Al exandria, died from the wound. Elisha B. Owen, father of Apollos E. Owen, died at Hastings, aged 87 years. He was a pioneer resident of North field. Gov. Clough has appointed Hon. W. B. Dean of St. Paul and J. E. E. John son of Minneapolis members of the state beard of arbitration. Burglars entered the Norton Milling company's office at Fairfax and blew the safe open but it contained no money. They also opened Bregal & Frank's safe and secured $103 and John Palmer's safe, securing $17. There is no clue to the robbers. Hastings received a visit from the commissioners to locate the fourth in sane asylum. They were handsomely entertained by Mayor George Parker and our citizens and seemed favorably impressed with the appearance of the proposed site and the beautiful sur roundings. A. C. Roberts, manager of the Acme Novelty compary of Jackson, was lodged in jail at Mankato on the charge of fraudulent use of the mails at Jackson. Roberts had a hearing be fore the United States commissioner at Worthington, and was placed under $10,000 bonds. His advertisement was a circular sent out ottering "racy" and "spicy" pictures. His receipts were so large that an investigation was made with the above result. The pictures sent are said to be of a harmless na ture. Tuesday, Oct 22. Pine county's mysterious well, which sends forth noxious gas in great quan tities, constantly becomes more active, and may prove to be the crater of a volcano. Sheriff Furhman of Winona passed through Hastings with a prisoner named Peter Chepiski, sentenced to the state piison for one year for burg lary. Rev. H. J. Harrington, the new pas tor of the Methodist church at Hast ings, was given a pleasaut reception at the residence of M. F. Boice, corner of Seventh and Sibley streets. About 150 guests were present. Chief of Police Yanransler Shepherd and wife of Hastings were given a de lightful surprise at their residence on West Fourth street in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wed ding. A large number of guests were present. New Paynesville has several spright ly old men, among whom Firman Boy Ian, father of our banker, is senior. He celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday, and walked from the house of a sons to a daughter's after partaking of a hearty meal. He delights in the chores about tlie barn. In the Indian out breaks he took a prominent part and is a min||j! for information of the pio neers' days of Stearns county. He says he is going to live to see his 100th birthday. Wednesdny, Oct. 23. A man named Rogers from East Sagiuaw lay down on the track at Sandstone and fell asleep. He was run over by a train and cut to pieces. The residence of R. A. Van Nest, proprietor of the large Harden farni near Windoin, was burned, together with tlie contents. Mrs. Susan Lankard, aged thirty-six, wife of County Treasurer J. R. Lank ard of Redwood Falls, died of con sumption, leaving a family of four children. Irving Todd, editor of the Hastings Weekly and Daily Gazette, left for Atlanta, Ga., to attend a committee meeting of the National Editorial as sociation. A series of union revival meetings of the Baptist, Methodist and Presby terian churches will be held at Hast ings next mouth, opening at the Bap tist church on the 17th, conducted by Rev. E. E. Davidson of New York. Hon. Frank M. Eddy, congressman from the Seventh district, will deliver an address in Fergus Falls, Nov. 7, ou "The Money question," in response to an invitation from the Republicans of Fergus Falls. The postoflice at Hills was robbed last night, the safe blown open and about $200 in cash, a lot of stamps and notes and three deeds secured. Three suspicious persons were arrest ed, but were later released, as the plunder had been previously planted. The Edward Livingston arrested at Ionia, Mjieh., is Edward McDonal who escaped from tho St. Cloud re formatory by removing plank in tlie stockade. Warden Wolfe-r learned of his whereabouts, and reported to Supt. Lee of the reformatory, who sen a deputy after him. John Rooney, a brakeman for the I Winona & Western railway met death Sunday. He was braking on a special west-bound freight at ALtura and went between two cars in motion to remove a coupling pin. In some maimer he fell and the wheels passed over both legs, taking off one below the knee and the other near tho ankle. He was ^hastily brought on to Winona on a special, and after being taken to the hospital amputation was performed. The shock was too great, and he died at 0 p. m. He was single, thirty-five years old and had been railroading for fifteen years. J. BULL WILL FIGHT. *$ ENGLAND DETERMINED TO HOLD VENEZUELAN TEItlUTOiiY. tit. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain Taken Personal Charge of the Al?nir andT aiven Iuwtiuctlona for the Dcfeniiv of the Frontier in Guiana London, Oct. 20.The St. James Ga zette to-daj' made some highly im portant and sensational statements re* garding Venezuela, which seem to fihow that the dispute between that republic and Great Britain has as sumed a very grave aspect. It say* that since Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamber lain assumed office as secretary for the colonies he has paid close atten tion to the relations between Great Britain and Venezuela, and that he has taken the initiatory in directing In part the administration of the affairs of the British colony of Guiana, ad joining Venezuela. Mr. Chamberlain's hand, it appears, has been felt in the local executive council, and the Ga zette says: "We are now enabled to give the tenor of a remarkable dispatch in which is outlined the imperial policy toward the colonies. The document is of much importance, inasmuch at it was followed by cabled instructions from Mr. Chamberlain to the governor of British Guiana, Sir Charles Camer on Lees, G. C. M. to obtain without delay a vote for the provision of two Maxim guns, one of which is to be stationed at Uruan or elsewhere along the frontier where the Venezuelans may attempt to cross. The mere fact that Mr. Chamberlain cabled instruc tions for the defense of the frontier in this manner is positive proof that the imperial government will not tolerate a repetition of the Uruan incident, and that it intends to hold the frontier within the Schomburg lines, by force, if necessary. "In his dispatch Mr Chamberlain advocates especially the fostering of gold mining and urges the cutting of a road from the upper Baiima river to Cupuni, pointing out its importance from a military point of view, as it would enable the government to keep more closely in touch with the frontier and repel attempts at Venezuelan ag gression, adding that, in view of the possibility of early and rapid expan sion of gold mining, it will be neces sary to provide adequately for the pro tection of the northwest district, and recommending an increase in the num ber of military and police as well as the erection of barracks on the frontier." Uncle Snra Snubbed Washington, Oet. iU -At the British embassy there was much interest evinced in the action of Minister Chamberlain on the Venezuela boun dory question, as announced by the St. James Gazette. The embassy was without official advice, however, and it was thought that any steps on this and other South and Central American questions would be taken in London, executed at the point affected, and not communicated to the British dip lomatic representatives in the United States. It has been evident to diplo mats here for some time that the Brit ish foreign office views all these ques tions as issues between Great Britain and the parties immediately involved, and does not recognize the United States as a factor in the questions In diplomatic circles the personality of Mr. Chamberlain is being discussed in connection with his order. When in Washington, as a member of the fish eries commission, all his utterances were extremely cordial to the United States, and he coined the expression, "blood is thicker than water," as ap plying to the blood relation between Englishmen and Americans. At that time he met Miss Endicott. daughter of the secretary of war in Mr Cleve land's first cabinet, and married her. Thus, in word and action, he was re garded in typifying the broadest Brit ish sentiment toward the United States. For this reason there is sur prise that he should be the first to urse Maxim guns for the Venezuelan boundary. Those who are intimately acquainted with Mr. Chamberlain say'that his let ter to Sir Charles Lees is indicative of the determined attitude he will adopt in all questions of colonial policy. He is regarded as a radical in action as to politics. Among leading diplomats it is con sidered as settled that the British gov ernment will insist that any arbitra tion will not under any circumstances embrace the tract on the British Gui ana side of the Schomhergr line. War Clond Rises. New York, Oct. 20.That the Ven ezuelan question is approaching an acute stage with the possibilities of resistance by the South American gov ernment to British aggression was signified by disclosures made in New York to-daj* on the best authority. The government of Venezuela is pro viding itself with modern armament and among other supplies has ordered ton improved Maxim guns from the British firm which manufactures them. The order was placed through a New York firm and the English house, it is supposed, does not know the destination of the goods. At the same time the syndicate of United States capitalists which has secured concessions in the Venezuelan gold l.inds claimed by Great Britain is pre paring to send a large force of pros pectors, miners and workmen into the field to protect their rights. Helena, Mont, Oct. 20. .loseph Cadotte was not executed to-dav at Fort Benton. At the last minute an appeal was taken to the supreme court, which, under the new codes, acts as a stay. Cadotte is the first murderer to appeal in that manner from the old codes. The governor had" to grant a respite when the appeal was taken. Death in a Well. Milwaukee, Oct. 20.Frederick Awtv Tr., went down In a well to-day and" was overcome by gas. His father and Charles Schmidt, his brother-in-law, tried to rescue the unconscious man, mid also succumbed in the well. The three dead bodies have been recov ered. Each of the men has large families. I Congressman Warren English has been appointed deputy collector of the port of Oakland Gail, at a salary of 3,600 a year \MMii:MhiikSS. 2f%