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thf^II^S SMBB Z, | WHOLE NUMBER, 16,165. KICIIMOND, VA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ,14, 1003. PRICE TWO CENTS, thedAyssummary. THE WfcATHER. ?WASHINGTON, y0b. 13.?Forccast for Baturdoy nnd Sunday: Vlrginla-rnrtly cloucly Salurdny, colder In tho lnterlor, exccpt In oxtreme aouth west portlon; Sunday raln and colder, varlablo wlndo. NorUi. Carollna?Increaslng oloudlneas Saturday, followed by raln; Sunday colder and probably ralr, excopt raln In extreme eostern portlon; frcsh eouth wlnda'bocom ing north Sunday. Thft morcnry rosn to Bummer heat yes terday, but by mldnlght It had roturned to a more comforublo llgnro, and the chances nro for coolcr weathcr tQ-.day vlth raln to-morroty. 8TATB OF THE THERMOMETER. 9 A. M.52 12 M. 63 8 P. M.70 C P. M. Gtj 9 P. M.53 12 mldnlght .;. 52 , Avorage .502-3 Hlgheat temperature yesterday....:.', 70 Ixjwest temperature yeaterday.40 Mean temperature yeaterday. 55 Normal temperature for Feb. 80 Doparture from normal temperature; IS Preclpltatlon during past 24 hours....OO MINTATURB AT,MANAC. Fcb. 14. 1003. Sun rlses.7:02 I HIGH TIDE. Sun sets.5:47 | Mornlng.6;1S Moon rlses...9:03 | Evenlng.6:42 RICHMOND. Judgc Campbell tells hln story; h<? denles kll charges, A vlgorous cress-cxamina tlon by the prosecutlon to-day. Major Conrad grows Jmpatlent-Commlttee al lows Um oxpenses of alxty-thrce wltnesses for Judge Campbell-I>r. Curry's re rnalna to Ile In state in Richmond Oolle-ge Chapcl; the lntcrmcnt in Hollywood to morrow Aftcrnoon?Richmond men hon ored by the Palnters" Conventlon-Man crushed lo death between cars-Proml nertt young people marry on the way to the theatre-Chlld's llfe saved r>y a car fender-A baby hadlv burned-Found ?ts' Day at the Sheltering Arnis Hospi? tal-Senate pasaes the Hnlsey blll to .place a atatue of General It. K. Loc ln the Natlonal Capltol. The blll endorsed by Judgo George L. Ghrlatlan In an nd.-> dress beforc Lec Camp-Deep Run Hunt .Club to have a Jumping contest?Dr. Oordon speaks on educatlon to-nlght Fiho Jur>' dea'.lng with Shafcr bnlldlng condemnntlon-Twenty-three corivifcta to be llberatod-Mayor Taylor vetoeri reso lutlon to provlde street-car faro for Councllmen-Arrangements being made for the base-ball scason-Opposltlon to the osteopath blll-Mr. II. A. Coleman i-trlcken with apoplexy-Mr. W. R. Trlgg not so well-Mcctlng of Vcteran Grnys* Aaaoclatlon-Summary of Work of Char Itles and Correctlon Conference; MAN CHESTER-Short ae.??ion of Board of Aldermen?Southern Kniiway traln not to stop ln Manchester-The- budget ls adopted?Commlltee of confcrence on In crcase of the pollce forcc-A me^tlng of llquor dealera to dlscuss the proposod Increase of tax-A matlnee at I^enrter 'JIall-Bnr.k of Manchester op?na a Kav lnga department. VIRGINIA. " Itev. S. B. MeConnell will dellver an nuat Y, M. C.:-A- .addresa at Washlngton -?r?a' Lee-Plilladelphla Ma^onn ban duettd \>y the Fredricksburg lodge Negro turnlng white In Cumherland? Botetourt County Coiirt-Mnrrlage ' of Foot-ball Captaln Watora, of the Unl verslty of Vtrglnla, and Mlfa Walker. a granddaughter of Gonoral Roger A. Pryor, .kept a seeret for alx weeka?Movemont am(jng Hristol clergymen not ln sym pathy w|th Pa'aon rturrougha' matrl monlal actlvltlca-Schoolboy kllled by "a mountaJn glrl In Wyomlng couoty Trainlng ahlp Lancaater at Vorktown? 'I'hlrd Injury on a Prlnce Edward fa'rm from falllng trces-Appomattox Rlver needs dredging-Offlcer Waik at Urlatol held for trlal-V\'orlc puahed ou the Ma rlon and llye Valloy Rallroad-Newport Xews' Chlef of Pollce doe8 not ngree with Justlce Crutchfleld on the Baughkor case -Yard englne wrccked at t>yncSVburg? Blrthday of Washlngton to be elaborately .eelebrated at Alexandria-Ben Adams nhot by his brother at Norfolk. fully ex onorates him-Itallan commlts sulclde nt Norfolk becaupe lnnocent men are auf ferlng for his offense In France?Con . ference . of superlntendents of. Vlrginla State hbapltals at Petersburg-:?Hamlln given flve yeara at Eastvlllo-Condltlon of Colonel J. Hampton Hoge at Roanoke Bomewhat Improved-Unlverslty of Vlr glnla- base-ball schedule-A flne gamc ; preservo near Drake's Branch. Mar .rlages-H. F. Mllls and Miss Lucy E. rhomaa at Spotsylvanla; T. V. Weller ind Mrs. Ida - Jj. Davis nt Staunton. ' peatha-Mrs. Martha Carollne Horn ln ' Rockbrldge: Mrs. John N. Lupton ln Gor. flonsvllle; W. II. Robertson In Bristol; ?George O. Monroe at ? Alexandrla; Edgnr A. D. White at Lcxlngton; Mrs. W. J. B. ? Plerro In New York; "William G. Frlcnd nt Drake's Braneli; James N. Johnson, of . Jale o? Wight. NORTH CAROLINA. Trlal of Arthur I>. Blshop. of Potrrs burg, charged with tbe niurder of Thomas %Vlls'on, beglna at Cliarlotte. Eleven jurors .are seoured-The townof Grlmsland, in Pitt- county, ls wlped out by flre-Fay fetteville |b conslderlng n speelal tax levy for school purposes-Mordlca Cook may bo trled for a capltal offense ln North ampton-C. C. Daye, of Centrevllle. klll? ed by a traln near Wlnslon-Salein Moses-Bonitz marrlage nt Go'.dsboro. ? N. .C.-Two vessels go down and three llves are lost In North Carollna waters-Gen. Adna R. Chatfee .Inspectlng Fort Caswell near Wllmington?Diirham Jubllant over passage of unlon dep.ot blll?Llquor bllla discusscd ln tho Senate and House. GENERAL. Cochran, of Jllssourl, gave Representa .tlvo Hepburn. of Iowa, tho Ile dlrect on floor of the IIoubc, but latter dld not re eent tho chargo?Secretary of War is aues Importnnt onler ln reg.xrd to the propoaed statue to General Hugh Mercer to be erected at Froderleksburg-Extra session of Congress very probable, and almost aasurod If Panama treaty be not ratlfifd at thla acsalon-Commltteo votes to lot omnlbus atatehood blll go on as rldor to tho postofflco incasure-Four burly negroes in New York eut a wldo swath untll they met aome Southerners at tho. Marlborough Hotel. when thoy were promptly squelehed?Mr. Roeko feller will maka u Southern tour' and make personal observatlons of tho nceds of the sohools ln rural dlstricts with a vlew, it Is said, of Incrcaslng .his glft to thla oauso-ProlocQls roferrlng tho sct tlement of Venozuelan dlapute to The Ho-gno trlbunal algned In Washlngton_ Argumont beforo tho coal strlke commls nlon concluded by Mr. Darrow in a brll llant speech-Three kllled In wreck on tho B..& O., ln which traln was pijed up In confused niaas and traek torn up for hundred yards?Compromlse probable ln Ttepubllcan deadlook on aonatorlal oloc tlon, by which one Addlcks and one antl Addlcks man will, be chosen-Senator Morgan ls nslted for nuthorlty for his otatement tbat a chlef exocutlvo of Co lombia had bcen'bought off-Stock mar lcet'a aotlvlty duo to heavy selllng; c)oao dtill and heavy. SHOT HIS BROTHER TO PROTECT FATHER (By Aieoclated Prcas.) CliAJWCSVHiLE, TENN., February 13.? (ViMillo endoaiirorlng to protect hla father and alster. from tho attacHa of an In furJated brothor, Charles Davldson shot and1nB.ta.nily kllled Al. Davldson here last night. CHarjeg Davldson served ln the Philipplnea as a member o? the First (Tannesjefl Yaluntoers? ? MARRIAGE SECRET IS WELL KEPT Foot-Ball Captain Waters Wedded in Baltimore. THE CEREMONY WAS ON JANUARY FIFf H First Announcement Yester day at the. University. _ BRIDE GRANDDAUGHTER OF GEN. ROGER PRYOR Miss Frances Bland Walker Had Been Visiting Relatives in Washington. With His Soon-to-Be Bride Young Walters dourneyed to Baltimore and There They Were Married (8p?Plnl to Tha Tlran-DUpiteb.) UNIVERSITY' OF VIRGINIA, VA., Fobruary 13.?Mr. Herbert Dorsey Waters, of Gerrnantown, Md,, a mem ber of the senlor law class and captain of the 'Varslty foot-ball team, and Miss Frances Bland Walker, a granddaughter of General Roger A. Pryor, of N'cw York, were married January 5th in Baltimore, and hnve kept tho sccret until to-day. tho ove of their departurc for a briof visit to the groom's home, In Maryland. Mr. Waters had prevlously persistontly denlerl tlie truth of the rumors of the marrlage that were afloat among his fel low-students. In his room this afternoon ln the V. K. E. fraternlty club house, he B.ild that there 'was no longer any reason for keeplng the o/ent a secret. Mrs. Walker, his wife's mother, had been Informed of the facts connccted with the affalr. At tho annual lnltlatlon and banquet of the Tilka Rlbbon Hocloty last nlglit, ?when Mr. Waters was one of thp lnltl aus. the marrlage was publicly an nounced bj- the toOBtmastcr, Mr. Albert L. Ropor, and the health of the bride and groom was drunk. Mr. and Mrs. Waters will leave Char lottesvllle on the noon traln to-morrow over the Chesaprake and Ohlo Rallway for a tcn days' visit to tho groom's home ln Gerrnantown. IN WASHINGTON. Mr. Waters, on his return to the Uni? versity from the Chrlstmas holldays, which he spent at his home, ln Gerrnan? town, Md., stopped over a day or two ln Washington. It was probably not wholly an accldent that Miss Walker waa at the hbme of the Fryors, In the Capltal City. They were together a great deal during the two days that Mr. Waters llngered th.ere. On Monday, January 5th, Mr. Waters called at the Pryor home for Miss Walker to accompany him to the statlon with his brothcr. Mr. Rogcr K. Waters, a guard on the Lehlgh University foot-ball team. who was on his way to restime his studles at South Bethlehem, Pa. They dld, ln fVne splrits, bld Roger ,good-bye at *he Slxth Street Statlon, and stralghtway betook themselves to the Baltimore and Ohlo Statlon, thence to Baltimore, where they were married at 3:30 o'elock. Mr. Waters was accompanled to the mlnlster by a promlnent Baltlmorean, an Intlmato friend of the grootn. AFTER TirE CEREMONY. After the ccremony, Mr. and Mra. Waters returned to Washington, dlned at tha Pryors', and spent the erenlng at the Columbla Theatre, wher0 the bill was a- "Chlncse Honeymoon." This Infor matlon will be a great surprlsa to the Pryors and to Mr. AVaters' famly. The bride ls tbe second daughter of the late Frank T. Walker and Mrs. Frances Pryor Walker, and is about elghteen years of age. Her father was, up to his death, a promlnent officlal of the Kaha wha Dlspatch, Che-sapeako and Ohlo Rallway, with hcndciuarters at Clnclnnatl, while her mother is a daughter of Judge Roger A. Pryor, of New York city. Miss Walker had not made her debut. In ho clety, having only recently graduated from school?tho RandolphnMacon Wo? man's College, Lynchburg, Va. This event was to tako place Easter. FOOT-BAT.L/ CAPTAIN. Mr, Waters is a son of Mr. Horace D. Waters, of Gerrnantown, Md., and ls twenty years old. His early cducatlon was obtalned at the Eplscopal Hlgh School, near Alcxandrla, Va,, which Instltutlon he at'Unded for ftve sessions. During his stay there Mr. Waters took a hlgh stand In his clnsscs, and was promlnent in athletlcs, being captain of the foot-ball team for two years. and of tho base-ball nlno one year. This ls Mr. Waters' thtrd sesslon at the Unl'verolly of Vlrglnla, he having entorert the law department ln the fall of 1900-'0l. Hu at once applled for the foot ball tenm, and won a place as Btibstltute tacklo on the team of '00. He made rapld .progress, and iiie foltawing fall proved o? "Varslty calibre, and was chosen captain of the eleven to succeod llobson, who falled to return to colloge. What a s'ueeess tho tenm mndo under his leader shlp ls shown by Vlrglnla's vlctory oror tho Carllslo Indlans In Norfolk. In De oember last Mr. Waters was agaln unanl mously chosen to lead the team of 1903. Mr. Waters ls nlso promlnent In eollege club llfe, being n membor of tho followlng organlzatlons: D. K. E. Fratornlty, O. F. C. Club, and T. I. fj, k, a. Rlbbon Socloty. Ho was Inltlated Into tho last natned sonlnty to-nlght. A HANDSOME COUPLE. The bride ls a strlklngly handsome young woman, and her husband, being one of tho handsomest mon at the TJnl ivorslty, they make a notabla couple in that partloulnr, This mukes tha second momber of the senlor Inw class who has married se cretly this pesslon. Tho first,' It will be recalled, was Mr.. Georue V, Whlttlng. ton, of Darllngton, S. C, his bride be lna MIbb giwan Burba.nkt oX Kentucky, JUDGE CAMPBELL'S STORY IN FULL He Describes How Thrashed Rev. C. H. Crawford-=Denies Other Charges in Toto PROTOGOLS ARE SIGNED Provlde for Immedlate Rals ing ol Venezuelan Blockade IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS Ordera Will Go to Blockading Corn manders to Withdraw Their Vessels at Once?Final Formalitles Took Place at British Embassy. (Bx Assoclated Prcsi.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13,-IIerbert N. Bowon, Vonezuela's representatlvo In the pcacn negotl&tions, slgncd to-nlght with each of the representatlves of tho allles here a protocol, providlng for the Immedlate ralslng of the Vonesuelan blockade and for the reforence of the question of preferentlal treatment of the clalms of the allles agalnst Venezuela to The Hague axbltration trlbunal. The flnal formalitles occurred at the Brit? ish embassy. i At 11:40 o'elock to-nlght Mr. Herbcrt Deerlng. first secretary of the British embassy, announced to tho Assoclated Press that the British protocol has Just been slgned and that the slgna-ture of the Itallan and German protocols would follow In the order named. Tho Itallan protocol was slgncd at 11:50 and the Will Be Vigorously Cross* Examined To=Day===The Plain Speech of Maj. Conrad to His Client. For slx long hours yesterday Judge Clar cnce J. Campbell, of Amhcrst cotlf.iy, sat, and, under oath admlnlstered by the Com mittee for Courts of Justlce, before whom his rccord Is being lnvestlgated, lald open to the publlc gaee the lnner hlstory of his officlal Ufe for several years past?ex1 plalned the motlves which actuated him, sot forth ln detail the causes behlnd the effects, denled in toto the charges lmput Ing to him corruption In offlce, At the end of the' slx hours?lt was 10 o'elock at nlght then-i-Judge Campbell was through. The examlnation ln .chlef was practically complete. The long awalted testimony had been given, and ap parently unaffected by his long day's work. the wllness stopped his recital. To day he ?will appear upon the stand agaln, but he will not do so to volunteer state monts, as on yesterday. He will dellver hlrr.self Into the hands of tlie Phllistlnes, and the clawlng will hegin. The cross examlnatlon will be on. THE'SESStONS YESTERDAY. Every detail of tho sessions yesterday rnvolved about the wltnesB stand, ln which was seated nearly all day the defendant ln the cause pendlng?every detail except one. This, however, was a. strlklng and slgnlflcant one, and lt ls well to state it at the very outset. Major Conrad. coun sel for the defense, has been manifestlng here and there a degree of lmpatience, which seems to grow Wnn the passage of tlme. Yesterday this impatlence, as some JUDGE CAMPBELL ILLU5TRATE5 THE WHIPPING. are wont to call it, developed in a re ir.arkable manner. The able and brilllant counsel, who lias been a center of attraction throughout the investlgatlon, was questionlng his cll ent closely with regard to certaln matters. Fiually, Judge Campbell had occaslon to remark that one of his questlons was rather broad one, and Major Conrad prnmptly replled that It was Intended to be broad. "Mr. Campbell," he said,'turnlng in his seat, "I am examinlng you here on the same asBumptlon from which I started out ln this case. and that is that you are absolutely Innocent of all these charges against ybu?that there Is no color for thfrn. I am examlning you on that hy pothesis. So you see the dangcr you are ln. I am assuminer that you are Innocent. If you are- not, that ls your fault, and not nilne." Such a remark from a counsel to JJts ellent ln such a cause was regarded by many ns renVarkable. and It caused much ennment yesterday. THE TESTIMONY. So fa.r as the testimony of Judge Campbell Is concerned, lt ie Imposslbla In brJef space to glve an adoquata sum mary of lt. With as much. accuracy and detall as was possiblo under the( circumstances, it Is set forth below. The long recltal covered tho entlro scope of the enqulry, and, as stated before, ex tended tlirough a period of nearly six hours. Flat denlal of the charges brought agalnst him was made by the defendant.' Ded on by Major Conrad, he took up the speclflcatlons' scriatini and donled, explalned and elaborated. He stlgma tlzed as utterly false and untrue many of the allegations. He gavo a clear and vlvid portrayal of the events lead? ing up to the assault upon the minlster of the gospel, and flnally an account of the assault itself. ? To say that Judge Campbell was a good witness Is to put it mildly. Tliroughout the day he was calm and collccted, showlng no signs of anythtng llke trepldatton at the task before him. When he spoke his enunclatlon was clear and flrm and his gestures were free and natural. In his descrlptlon of tho assault he expresslvely ralscd the cow hldo he held In his hand and sald "and then I struck." Not even at the end did tho witness show signs of mental fatiguo and exhjaustlon, which mlght have been natural undor tho clrcum stances. When he aroso from tho stand at 10 o'clook at nlght he was as (Continued on Third Page.) ROCKEFELLER COMING SOUTH _ j Will Investigate Educational Condltlons in South and May Increase Gift. (Special to Tho Tlmes-DIspatch.) NEYV YORK, February 13,?The a nouncement ls mado that John D. Rocko feller will start Monday night for an extendod trlp to the South, ulUmately golng Into Mcxlco and Southorn Callfor nia before his return to New York. Mr, Rockefeller's trlp ls sald to be partly on account ot lll-health and. partly for the ipurpose of seelng for hlmself, the edu catlon ?Msltuatlon ln tho Southorn States, a queatlcn ln wblch, ho ls deeply Interest ed. It will be remenibered that he ra cently mado a gltt of a niilllon dollars to tha fund whlcli ls being ralsed to pro. moto bettcr common school facllltios among both the whltes and the' blaoks ln tho Southern States, It is sa4d among thoso who are famlllar with tlia plans and scope of this move ment, that during his trlp. Mr, Roceke. feller will confer with loadlng men in tho South in the Uno of educational work. and lt is conf.'dently belleved that on his return he win make a substantlal addj. tlon to the tungU , , ?? J PAY IS ALLOWED FOR S1XTY-THREE Declsion of the Committee was Favorable to Judge C. J. Campbell. In executlve aesslon held lato last night after the concluslon of tho regulnr heur irg. tho Committee for Courts of Justlco, sittlng ln tho Campbell lnvestlgatlon, de clded on a spllt voto to allow to Judge Campbell orders on tho Stato of Vlrglnla for the exponses of slxty-throo wltnessos, only thlrty-sevon of whom have been used and only forty of whom were orlglnally peimlttod the defense. The wltnesseH will como at tho rato of about $10 each?a tolal expendlture of somethlng over S1.O00. The declsion of tho commlttoe, lt ls understood, was by no mcans unanimoua. C'liairman Southall ls Bald to be among thoso who wero strongly opposcd to the proposltlon of footlng tho entlro blll. At the request of the eommltteo, Judge Campbell hlmsof was present to mnko a Btatement, The vote, whnn taken, was dlvided, though just how could not be as-^ ccrtalned. Only forty wltneases woro aliowed to Judge Campbell by tho committee. When lio camo he brought slxty-thrce, Of these alxty-three only thlrty-sevon have bcon used. An nverage of $16 eaoh for the on tiro aixty-three Is what the committee bo carao responslblo for Jast nlfflU, KNEW WHEN TO KNUCKLE Negores Cut Wide Row ln New York Until They Met Southerners. (Special to Tlio Tlmfls-Dlspntch.) NEW YORK, February 13.?A fllirry was caused ln some of tho blg hotols by four negro nien, who mnda a round of soveral hlgh-toned bar roomn and order ed drlnks. lt ls belloi-ed. with the Idea they would be refuscd, and thus get a foundntlon for damngo suits. They flrst appoared ln the AVnldorf Cufo, and as they seated themselves at a tablo, all the while patrona departed. Thny ordored a white walter to brlng them four glassos of whlskoy, which tho waltor qulokly dld, hnnddng them a chock for J3 or 75 conts for each drlnk. Tho regular prlco ls 20 cents. They walked through tho corrldors to tho palm rooni, where a number of ladies were onjoying tea. Aa they neatod thomsolvos and llghted clgarotUas, all the other patrona loft tho room, They orderou four nioro whlskoya, whdeli woro brought with a $3 check. Aftor that they left tho hotel, falllng to be Insultod, but be ln? very offenslve to others. At tho Murlborougli, when thoy threat ened to' muke trouble with tho thrre bartonders, geworal soutliern patrons of tho hotel stopped up to them and or. dnrod them out of tho place. Tho ordor wns so Imporatlvo that thero was little dlsputo, and they departed wlthout hav? ing any causo for aotlon agalnst the pro prlotora <,{ tho hotel. German protocol.. at 12:10 o'clock, the presence of JJaron von Sternburg at the White.House muslcale delaying a llnal close to tho negotlatlons untll after mldnlght. Mi\ Bowen slgned a dupllcate for Ven czuela, Sir Mlchael Herbert for Great Brltaln, Slgnor Mayor des rinnches for Italy and Baron Spoc von Sternburg for Germany. Immedlotely on tho slgn ing of the last protocol cablegnuiiH vjaro dlspatched to Lond- ,-> Berlln and Rome, announclng the faci\ j It Is said that tho comm?!'<lcrs of the blockadlng: fleet within tho hcxt twen ty-four hours will reeolve their orders to wlthdraw their vessols at once. THE TERM"S. By tho provislons of these prellmlnary protocols, which havo roqulred moro than three weeks of constant negotla? tlons, Venezuela makes two dlstn.ct galns?tho lmmedlato ralsing of a block ade, from which she ?has been suffering for some weeks, and tho return of all her vessols, war and morchant, which havo boen oaptured by tho allled fleet. Great Brltaln, Germany nnd Italy re celve ndvanee payments of (lvo thou sand, Ilvo hundred pounds each, Great Brltaln rocetvlng her payment on tho slgnature of tho protocol, and Germany and Italy within thlrty or slxty days from date. Germany In addltlon. will recolvo tlve monthly Installments untll the full amount pald her ln advanco aggregates .'140,000 dollars. As a guarameo for tho satlsfaotlon of their clalnis, Mr. Bowen pledgo the al Ues a sharo with the other crodltor na tlons In thlrty per cent. of tho customs recelpts of the two ports of I^a Quayra and Porto Cabello. This percontage will be set aslde beglnnlng March 1st, nnd ro talned In tho Venozuelan trenaury untll Tho Haguo tribunal deoldes whethor lt shall be distrlbuted wlthout pret'erenco among tho clnlmant natlons. or whether tho allled powors of Geart Brltaln, Ger? many and Italy shall recelvo preferontial trcatment. ITALY"S CLAIMS. Italy by her protocol gnins Immed'ate paymont of her first clnss of clnlms, wlthout further adjudlcitlon, as soon as tho jolnt commisslon at Carncns shall have paasoil on tho romnlndor of her clalms. In round number tho adjiidlcated Itallan clalms amount to $560,000, from which will be subtractod tho $27,500 to be pald her slxty dnys from tho slgnnturo of her llrst protocol, Tho protocols In provldlng for refer enco of tho queatlon of proforoutlal Ireat mont to The Haguo do not atnte ln do tall tho mothods of prnceduro by which the en.se ls to bo l;Ud bofore tho tribunal. This will bo dono ln a soc.ond set of protocols, iho preparatlbn of which will b.egln at. once, TTpon tho algnlng of tho protocols to. night QonsvatnlatloiiH waro exohanged by tho four uogotlntors. -Mr. Bowen thfn dlspalohed a hrleC calilegram to Presl dont Castro Informlng him of the slgim turo of tho protocols prnvldlng for tho lmmedlato ralsing of the blookado. BRITISH PREMIER DITCUSSES QUESTION (lly Assoclntcd I'rOM.l blVERPOOU Fobvimry Kl.-Prerrlcr Balfour, nt a apoech, at n lunclieon given by Iho ConeervHtlve Club horo to-duy, deolarcd tho Iirltlsh govorniuent had no cholcn but to tnKe actlon agvlnst Ven? ezuela. The mlnlstors had shown no un duo haste, no greed for nione.v ajid n ;luhumanityA i ' ' ' ' * THE LIE PASSED IN HOUSE Mr. Hepburn Did Not Re sent Cochran's Insult EXTRA SESSION SEEMS PROBABLE One Almost Assured If Canat Treaty Be Not Ratified. THE MONUMENT TO GENERAL HUGH MERCER Secretary of War Issues Importartk Statement In Regard to It?Valen tine, of Richmond, Asked to Submit Designs?Bill to Prohibit Prizes in To bacco to Come Up. (Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspstcn.) WASHINGTON, D. C, February 13.-t Charles Fremont Cochran, of the Pourtl< Mlssourl Dlstrlct, called Congressroan Hepburn, of Iowa, a llar on tho floor ol the House to-day. There was no flght? and the fncident is closed. although there ls no announcement of a retractlon or an apology. Tho incldent oxclted almost everybody excopt Mr. Hepburn. Tho Democrats were greatly wrought u,p through tho refusal of the Republi cans to allow any amendments to be put on the Elkins bill. Mr. Hepburn,' aa chalrman of the Committee on Interstata and Forelgn Commerce, had charge of the bill. A number of Democrats had bltterly attacked the rule which prn vented amendments being made. It waa plain that feeling was runnlng pretty hlgh. Mr. Hepburn was proceedlng with his speech ln the courso of which he had spoken la most sarcastlc ..manner of tho record of the Democratlc party on the subject iof trusts. He made some state? ment to which the men ln the prcss gal lery were not llstenlng. But they heaid Ccchran, who sprang to his feet - op. the other slde of tho hall and exclaimed: "That ls a dellberate lle." There waa a momentary silence. Then Mr. Hepburn replled in his usual tono: "If my state? ment is not true it Is through Ignorance." He then proceeded with his spfecn. Cochran ls a practlcal prlnter, editor, lawyer and politlclan. He ls probably forty-f.vo years of age. EXTKA SESSION. The probabillty of an extra sesslon Is stronger now than lt has over be?n. I ha/re it from a source. very close to President Roosovolt that unless tho Sen ato acts On the Panama Canal treaty. and the Cuban reclproclty treaty bo will call tho Congress ln extra sesslon on the 5th of March. It ls hardly posslble, ln vlow of tho fact that less than thr-MP/ weeks of tho present sesslon remaln. and that Senator Quay has the stntehood bill ahend of everythlng else, and will expect an endless debate upon lt, that tho two treatles cau bo ratltiod at this s??slon. Noarly every Senator on the flL r will want to speak on the canal treaty. Senator Morgan's speech will probabl yconsume several days. An extra sess|on Is for the first tlme probable, MERCER MONUMENT. Secretary Root to-day Issued an lmi pertant order ln connectlon with the statue to General Hugh Morcer to ba ereeted at Frederlcksburg. By an act of Congress approved June 2S, 1902, $26,000 was approprlated for the erectlon of the monument. Congress agreed ln 1S77 to erect tho monument, but nothlng waa done toward that end until tho .passngS of tho act maklng tho approprlation, That act dlrected tlwit the money should b? expended under the dlrcction of the Sec? retary of War. Secretary Root to-day Issued tho fol? lowlng order: It is ordered thait the MayoV of Freder-' Icksbrug, Va., bo requestcd to take the necessary stops with a vlew to the ac Qiilsitlon by the city of Fredorlcksburg, or the cltizens thereof, of a sultable slte for sald monument; such slto to bo sutt* mltted to the Socrctary of War for ex amlnatlon and approval prlor to Its con veyanco to the United States. VAXJ5NTINE MAY MAKE DESIGN. That In accordanco with tho recom mendatlon of the committee of the City Councll of Frederlcksburg. Va., contalned ln their lotter of January 3, 1903, Mr. Edward V. Valentine. of Richmond, Va., be invlted to submit, on or before June 1, 1903, doslgns for a bronzo stntue of General Mercer of herolo size, not cquestrlan, togother with plans for a granito padestal nnd aceesSorles; bucIi statue, pedostal nnd accessorles to cost not exceedlng $31,500, ".Mr. Valontino's designs. when compieted, will be subinltted to the Secretary of AVar for exntnlnntlon and approval. A sum not oxcoeillng $1,000 may bo allowed and pald to Mr. Valentine when tho deslgna fnr tho monument with podestal and ao cessorles conipl*'te, shnll have been com ploted and approved by tho Secretary of AVar. "Tho approval of the designs and plana so submitted is to bo n. condltion prece d.-nt to the Ineurrlng of any obllgatlon hy tho United States and If they bo not approved, tho Secretary -of AVar ls to bo (it liberly to call for other dflslgiKj and plnns from tho samt* artlst or other art Isls. "The foregolng Instnictions will ba rnrrled into oxecutlon by Colonel Then dore A. Blnghum, United States army, major, corps of englneer*. otflcer ln ? I'Uarge of publlc bulldliigs nnd grounda In tho DIstriet of Columbla. or his suc eossor ln offlce." T1IK INSCRIPTIO.V. Tho stnry of Morcer ls told ln the fql Icwlng logenrt, whloh Is to ba luscrlbed ou the monument to his niemory by ex prcsa provlslon of tho act or Congress; "Sacred to the meinory of Hugh Mer? j f cer, brlgadler jjeneral ln the- >twy. of ?