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THE EVENING BULLETIN.
VOLUME XXII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1902.
NUMBER 20.
TO OGERCE CASTRO.
If
Necessary, Further Harsh
Measures Will Be Used.
DRITISH ATTITUDE DEFINED.
It Is Not Intended to Land Troops or
Occupy Venezuelan Territory.
DECIDE TO BLOCKADE ALL PORTS.
Opinion Prevails at Berlin That It
la Too Late to Entertain Proposals
For Arbitration Gunboats Sent
to the Bottom, Not Towed
Away Italians to Take
Hand Late De
velopments. London, Dec. 16. Replying to a
question in the house of commons,
Under Foreign Secretary Cranborne
said no attempt had been made by
Oreat Britain to refer the dispute with
Venezuela to arbitration.
Replying to a question in the house
of lords, Lord Lansdowne, the foreign
secretary, said that if"lhe seizure of
the Venezuelan gunboats did not pro-
PREMIER BALFOUR,
duce the desired effect further coerc
ive measures would be employed. The
matter had been considered in con
sultation with Germany and it had
been decided to resort to a blockade
of the ports. It was not intended to
land a British force and still less to
occupy Venezuelan territory.
At the foreign office it was said no
decision had been arrived at in regard
to Venezuelan arbitration, that many
difficulties have arisen in the way of
arriving at a basis of what can be ar
bitrated and what can be otherwise
settled. The outlook for a pacific set
tlement of the dispute is not partic
ularly bright.
TOO LATE TO ARBITRATE,
The Prevailing Idea In Germany.
Government's Attitude.
Berlin, Dec. 16. The German gov
ernment has not yet replied to Pres
ident Castro's offer of arbitration, be
ing still in correspondence with the
British government on the subject. It
is intimated that Germany's reply Is
not likely to be ready for some days.
The opinion in the cabinet appears to
he that President Castro's proposals
are merely a move In a game design
ed to see what Germany and Great
Britain are now willing to do and as
a test also of American public feeling.
The prevailing idea here at present is
that it Is too late to arbitrate and that
the acceptance of the offer to do so
would place Germany In the position
of having put her hand to the plow
and as looking backward. The gov
ernment's concern at the present mo
ment Is to guide the application of
force so as to avoid what could be
taken internationally as a declaration
of war, resulting in the recognition of
Venezuela as a belligerent.
The conduct of the United States is
regarded In diplomatic opinion here
aa being strong and dignified and the
state department's handling of the
affair is looked upon as establishing
Europe's recognition of the Monroe
doctrine, because every step of Ger
many and Great Britain was made
after taking into account what the
United States thought of it. At the
same time It is claimed that events
in Venezuela are saving the United
States many future complications by
letting the Latin republics under
stand that the United States will not
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protect them from the effects of a
financial delinquency and internal disorder.
SENT TO THE BOTTOM
Were All the Venezuelan Vessels.
Not Towed Away.
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 16.
Further details of the sinking of the
Venezuelan ships have been obtained
from an entry made in the book of the
signal men of the fortress of La
Guayra. It is as follows: "The ad
jutant called me to see if I jew that
the steamer Retribution of the Brit
sh navy was towing the steamers
Crespo and Totuno of the National
navy, three or four miles north. I
had heard four cannon shots and
laid the two steamers had disappear fl
I'd and understood they had been
sunk by the Vineta and Retribution.
At the end of an hour, the Retribution
returned to the harbor at once.'' The
fact that Retribution returned to La
Guayra alone two hours after leaving
with the captured vessels was con
firmed by English residents of La
Guayra. Consequently she did not
have time to conduct the Venezuelan
ships to Curacoa- or Trinidad.
It is now said that the object of the
German cruiser Panther in sailing
for Maracaibo is to capture the Ven
ezuelan steamer Ministeres, formerly
the Spanish torpedo boat Dlogo, Va
lesques and the remaining vessels of
the Venezuelan fleet.
BAD SCARE
Caused at La Guayra By the Arrival
There of British Warships.
La Guayra, Dec. 16. The arrival of
the British cruiser Charybdls and the
torpedo boat destroyer Qual caused a
bad scare among the population of
this place. The commander of the
fortress visited the American, French,
Spanish and Dutch consuls and asked
them in case the British landed mar
ines to intervene to prevent firing on
the fort and to delay any movement
on the fort, as he had received orders
from the government to evacuate the
place. The commander added that if
the consuls refused to intervene and
the fort was attacked he would de
fend his post and could not answer
for the consequences to the town.
Later, however, the Charybdls and
the Quail left La Guayra and the
fears of the population subsided.
What caused most of the alarm was
the fact that when the British ships
arrived here they took up a com
manding position, their guns covering
the fort, and remained stationary for
a few moments as If about to open
fire. The Charybdls and the Quail
steamed away in the direction of
Curacoa.
The foreign consuls subseuqently
called An the prefect, who assured
them there was no danger at present.
H added that the commander of the
fort had been needlessly alarmed and
had only succeeded in almost caus
ing a panic.
HAY PRODS EUROPE.
Again Calls Kor Expression of Opinion.
Italy Joins the Allies.
Washington, Dec. 16. The Italian
ambassador called at the state' de
partment and advised Secretary Hay
that Italy had joined the allies in UM
operations against Venezuela. He re
quested that Mr. Bowen assume
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charge of the Italian interests in Ven
ezuela and the secretary granted the
request, subject to the approval of
Venezuela, Italy enters the combina
tion on the same plane as to absten
tion from territorial seizures as Ger
many and Great Britain.
Failing to hear from Europe as to
Mr. Bowen's proposal to arbitrate the
Venezuela troubles, Secretary Hay
addressed cablegrams to the United
States ambassadors at London, Ber
lin and Rome instructing them to call
the matter again to the attention of
the governments to which they are
accredited, with a view to securing an
early expression of opinion from
them.
STORIES OF CHILDREN
Deeply Impress the Members of the
Ceal Strike Commission.
PROMPT JUDGE GRAY TO COMMENT.
Would Have Youngsters Prohibited
Prom Tolling at Night Miners
Spring Another Surprise.
Proceedings of the Day.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 16. When the
coal strike commission met, Chairman
Gray opened the proceedings by say
ing that the commissioners were im
pressed with the spectacle of the lit
tle girls, daughters of coal miners,
who were before the commission and
testified that they worked all night in
the silk mills. He said the people of
the community and citizens of the
commonwealth should not let the in
cident pass without taking some steps
to have the legislature of Pennsyl
vania seriously consider the enact
ment of a law that will forbid the em
ployment of children at night. At
the suggestion of the commission the
statement of the wages of the fathers
of two of the girls were presented.
One earned more than $ 1,000 last year
and the other S900.
The miners sprung another surprise
by presenting an individual operator
on the witness stand against the op
erators. He was John C. Haddock of
Wilkesbarre, president of the Ply
mouth Coal company. Mr. Haddock,
In answer to questions put to him b.
C. S. Darrow for .the miners, said he
had been in the coal business 35 years.
His company operates the Black Dia
mond and Dodson mines near Wilkes
barre. He said his company went in
to the hands of receivers on March 14.
and on Nov. 14 trustees took hold of
the, property. Mr. Haddock then ex
plained that the miner's ton. which
runs from 2,700 to 3,200 pounds, was
fixed years ago so that the employer
could get out of the ton 2,240 pounds
of pure coal above the size of pea.
Pea coal and all sizes below that was
waste. This waste is now being util
ized. Regarding the prices of coal.
Mr. Haddock said the middlemen in
New York are paying $11 and $12 a
ton.
Judge Gray: "Do they pay the op
erators that price?" "Possibly," was
the reply.
Children Testify.
Girls 'of tender age testified that in
order to help support their parents,
they had to work all night in silk fac
tories. The commissioners, who had
listened with moist eyes to the stories
of tiny breaker boys, heard with in
dignation the stories of tiny daughters
of miners, who worked from 6 p. m.
to 6 a. m. at the loom for wages
ranging from three cents to five and
a half cents per hour.
Annie Jacks, 13, said she worked at
night from 5:20 o'clock until 6:20 in
the morning. She had to stand up all
night during her working hours anu
received 65 cents a nignt.
One girl, 11, said she had to go
to work because her father had been
hurt in the mines. She said she
worked from 7 a. m. until 6 p. m. for
$2 a week. Slavonian girl, aged 12,
also worked all night. Gave her tes
timony through a 13-year-old girl in
terpreter. She worked 12 hours each
night and received three cents an
hour.
A breaker boy, aged 15 years, said
he has a 10-year-old brother working
in the breaker of the Red Ash com
pany at Mount Carmel. The father of
the boys was killed in the mines and
the 14-year-old brother wrote the note
to the company, which was signed by
the mother, stating that the younger
brother was of legal age.
First Break In Monroe Doctrine.
New York, Dec. 16. Italian partici
pation in the Anglo-German action
against Venezuela produces an effect
here not anti-American, but one of
self-satisfaction and pride at taking
a part in what is considered the first
break in the Monroe doctrine. Par
liament and the public press, without
distinction of party, which is very
strange in Italy, approve the action
of the minister of foreign affairs, M.
Prinetti. In the chamber of deputies
Deputy Santini declared that the en
ergetic attitude of Germany and Great
Britain had "sent the Monroe doc
trine sky high, as the United States
understood they were not dealing
with poor Spain."
Born In Ohio.
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 16. Colo
nel J. L. Abernathy, a pioneer Kansan
and a wealthy wholesale furniture
manufacturer, died at his home here.
He was horn in Warren county, Ohio,
in 1843, and came west in 1856. He
was the father of H. T. Walter and
W. M. Abernathy of Kansas City,
members of the Abernathy Furniture
company of that city.
FROM OKLAHOMA.
Interesting Letter From Mr. S. M. Worth
ington Who is Visiting at Norman.
Norman, Oki aiioma, Dec. 14th.
We are st present about twenty miles south of
Oklahoma City, the capital of the territory with
a population of about 18.000, with quite a num
ber of large business houses and comfortable
residences. We find this place, Norman, to be
quite s thriving; business point of about 4,000,
sll alive and striving for front seats. The streets
are wide and breezy and spread over quite a lot
of ground. Most of the business Is done on Main
street, which la closely built with many large
brick business houses that appear to be doing a
Mue business, The city presents a lively scene
each day, with Main street tilled with bones,
mults, wsgons, buggies, Ac, snd sidewalks and
stores rilled with people men, women, children
and often Indians who can be seen In town most
any day from the Indian Territory which Is onlv
eight or ten miles awsy. They trade with the
whites s good deal. This city is well supplied
with schools, churches and whisky bouses, some
twelve of the former snd fourteen of the latter.
The Oklahoma University Is located here, it
has some 500 students. They are now putUng
an addition to It that is to cost $90,000. The
building la built and maintained by fund
raised by the sale of lands reserved by the Ter
ritory for educational purposes, building houses,
employing teachers, fcc. There is also an asylum
in this city with about 6(0 Inmates. This seems
to indicate that the older States are sending
their lunatics to the wild West to get rid of
them. As yet there are no factories in Norman,
save a flour mill, cotton gins and cotton seed
factory. By the way, the soil is well adapted to
the growth of wheat and cotton, making from
twenty to thirty bushels of wheat and half bale
of cotton to the acre. Hogs are high an.d scarce
and oottolene nsed mostly in place of lard.
The negro is thought less of here than the
Iudian. A negro is not allowed to live or stay
In this town. They are hounded and driven
out, mostly by the ultra abolitionists and hood
lums ot the town. Their friends here are found
mostly from the slave States. Were they not
protected by the Government they would hardly
be permitted to stay in the Bute, save for polit
ical purposes.
Am told that some young men of the lower
claas who are too lazy to work go to the Indian
Territory and marry young Indian girls to get
the land given by the (toTernment. Some of
them are quite rich In the estimation of the
penniless dudes. They are slotted from 160 to
320 acres each, according to location and quality
of land. By law they are not permitted to sell
their entire holdings, but are required to keep
eighty acres to insure them a home. Otherwise
many of them would in a few years become
homeless, as they arc very shiftless as a class,
though we sometimes meet half-breeds that are
enterprising and prosperous.
Think the sessons for crop making more favor
able than In Southern Kansas. Those who have
been here since s'J say there has been but one
failure 1b crops since the territory was opened
for settlement. The people, as a rule, are so
elsble snd friendly, and more Inclined to work
than those we met in Kansas a few years ago.
Tbe crop failure referred to atove was due to a
dry season and visit by the chinch bug, which of
late years has gone as far east as northern and
middle Kentuoky. I think this a healthy coun
try, and if settled by young industrious people,
will some day compare favorably with the best
lands of Kentucky. The climate is warmer and
I thluk better than in Kentucky. Mercury seldom
gets below tbe freezing point in winter or above
90 in summer which 1 am told is less oppressive
thsu fsrtber east. Owing to the purity of the at
mosphere, some claim fresh meats can be bung
out for days In the open air without putrifactlon.
Of this fact ! know not, but take it that the peo
ple iu the new country have not as yet learned
to lie unless It be that some of them still remem
ber old habits formed in older Htstes.
There are no rocks here with which to make
good solid roads as in Kentucky. When a boy I
lived on a mud road and my father, who I tbiuk
was more obliging tban any of his sons, kept his
oxen yoked a week at a time during the muddy
season, to help the unfortunate teamster (who
not a neighbor but often a stranger pull out of a
mud hole and over the hill that he might go on
his way rejoicing. I thluk the teamster here
liable to stick on most any road without a friend
or neighbor to pull him out. In Oklahoma City
they are making asphalt streets which remind ut
of our streets at home.
Think any industrious young man who ex
pects to raise a family and have a good home of
his own can do better here than Iu Kentucky.
But if a man is fifty or over and has a home iu
Kentucky, I think it best that be should stay
there.
Think my wife will improve in health here, at
least tbe people here tbink so.
It Is raining a little and sleeting. Mercury
standing at 31 this 5 o'clock Saturday evening,
Dec. 13th. Yours respectfully,
8. M. Woktiunuton.
KNIGHTS OP PYTHIAS.
Eleventh District Convention of Ohio To Be
Held at Ripley, January 8th.
The Eleventh District convention of
the Knights of Pythias of Ohio will be
held at Ripley on Thursday, Jan. 8th,
1903.
The Grand Chancellor of Ohio, the
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal and
many other prominent Pythians will be
present snd an interesting program will
be carried out during the day and in the
evening. Arrangements are being made
to insure the success of the affair. A
large number of the Uniform Rank will
be present, and it is expected that all ot
the twenty-four lodges in the district will
be well represented.
An invitation has been received by
Limestone Lodge of Msysville to attend
this convention.
Jndge Cantrill Tuesday postponed the
Mescham case to restrain tbe holding of
State Democratic primary until the
first day of the January term of court.
BARGES SWEPT AMY.
Flood In the Ohio Causes Loss at
Cincinnati and Other Points.
LIVES BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOST.
Heavy Kalns Send Tributary Streams
Over Hanks Million Dollars'
Worth of Timber Afloat Other
Damage by Hlse of Waters.
Cincinnati, Dec. 16. The rise in the
Ohio river here in the last 24 hours
was 12 feet. The swift current swept
80 coal barges from their moorings
and most of them sunk. All the har
bor boats went in pursuit, but only
about 30 barges were recovered. Sev
eral men were on the floating barges,
and one is reported missing. The
barges belonged to T. J. Hall, the
Budd company and the People's Coal
company at Pittsburg. The loss Is es
timated at $50,000.
May Reach Flood Stage.
Portsmouth, O., Dec 16. There is
great danger that the Ohio river at
this point will reach a flood stage
The river is rising at the rate of four
inches an hour. The incessant rains
of the past 60 hours are the cause.
Roads leading to the city are sub
merged. Rising Rapidly.
Gallipolis, O., Dec. 16. The Ohio
river stage has reached 35 feet and
the heavy rains of the past 24 hours
are causing a rapid rise. The Kana
wha river is also rising rapidly and
Gallipolis river men are predicting a
flood in the lower lands.
Floods Feared.
Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 16.
Floods are feared in south West Vlr
gina. All the tributaries of the Ohio
are bank full and heavy rain contin
ues. A million dollars' worth of tim
ber is afloat on the Guyandotto and
Big Sandy rivers.
NORD'S OPPONENT
Seeks Refuge In the American Lega
tion t Port-au-Prince.
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 16.
General Saint-Foix Colin, minister of
the interior and opponent of General
Nord in the contest for the presidency,
has sought refuge in the United
States legation. There has been
much firing in the city and a state of
great excitement prevails.
To Identify a Trotter.
New York, Dec. 16. A. M. Kirby, a
lawyer of Windsor, Canada, and J.
Cunningham, a trainer employed by
him, have sailed on the steamship
Deutschland on their way to Russia,
where they will be expected to iden
tify a trotting horse, which the au
thorities suspect has been raced as
"Russian Boy," but it is charged that
he is really an animal formerly owned
by Mr. Kirby and sold at one of the
Madison Garden sales in 1899 to a
party of foreigners, who said thoy in
tended racing him In Austria. The
Russian government has sent for Mr.
Kirby and his trainer, paying all
their expenses to Russia and back for
the purpose of completing or disprov
ing the identification of "Russian
Boy" as William C. K.
Singular Accident on a Car.
Wv York n.-f Hi- -,. Anna
Stapleton is suffering from the effects
ot a peculiar uec.dem on I .Minn ave
nue surface car. The car was cross
ing Forty-seventh street, when in
some way the full force of the electric
current found Its way Into one of the
electrical heaters placed under the
seats of the car. There was a sudden
outburst of blue flame and a slight re
port. Miss Stapleton, who was over
the heater, received a shock which
made her hysterical and caused par
tial paralysis. When she arrived at
Bellevue hospital, she was unable to
speak and had lost the use of her
right leg. Her condition was pro
nounced very serious.
Testing Food Adulterants.
Washington, Dec. 16. About a
dozen young men are boarding on a
diet furnished by the agricultural de
partment and designed to test the ef
fect of food adulterants. It was the
first day of the actual Inclusion of
borax and other preservatives In the
meats, which are to be furnished the
young men for a long period, under
the directon of Chemist Wiley of the
department. The chemist believes
that the results will show the harm
lessness of preservatives whose pres
ence In exports of the United States
has led to exclusion of such food pro
ducts In a number of Instances.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Dee. 16. Advices
from the frontier say that 24 Mace
donian workmen who were returning
to their own country hare been killed
by Turkish guards near Dubnltra.