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VOL. XXV.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., FEBRUARY 20,1903.
NO. 6.
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IN THE CHINA SEA
A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.
By SEWARD W/ ITOrKIXSi
(COPTBIOnT 1999 BT r.OBERT BONNEE'S SOXB.)
CHAPTER Vt
[CONTINUED.]
I waited some time impatiently,
watching foreigns of land, but none
appeared. Looking astern, I was
startled at the sight of a largo flu stick?
ing abore the water, and following the
yacht. I knew it was a shark. An?
other thing that alarmed me even more
than the presence of the shark, was
the fact that the wake of tho vesse!
allowed that she was describing a cir?
cle. There must be a motive in that,
and I divined it to be a plan of Mr.
Snell's to keep us afloat until, wore
out by exhaustion,Jl would go to sleej
and become an easy prey. I had slept
but little the night before, and if Mr.
Snell could keep up his tactics niucl;
longer, I must give way.
The more I studied the matter the
more convinced I became that for the
second time Mr. Snell was plotting mj
murder. I noticed a change, also, in
the demeanor of the'erew. They looked
at me in a threatening way, and I knew
that the possession ol' the lille was the
only thing that saved me from an at?
tack.
i The thought of being defeated and
murdered by this wretch, Gambok
Snell, and his ugly crow maddened
me. Much more did the horrible
thought of leaving Miss Arnold
to the mercies of this arch?
fiend. Nothing could be gained bj
making threats. I must make a bole
move. I felt no sorrow for what I wa!
about to do. Gambok Snell was sc
Utterly wicked that he merited death,
And, besides that, it was simply a mat?
ter of tit for tat between him and me,
"Without further talk I stooped dows
and picked him up. I grabbed him bj
the neck aud leg aud lifted him in tht
air. He uttered dreadful curses anc
attempted to kick my face. He called
to the crew, and I saw that they wen
coming to his assistance. Summon1
ing all my strength, I hurled the mis'
creant out into the water, and then,
seizing my rifle, turned to meet th*
infuriated crew. One of them stopper!
to throw a buoy to Mr. Snell, and ]
shot him beforo ho got it over th*
nil,
! Miss Arnold had screamed once,
when Mr. Snell went overboard, bu*
now sat pate aud motionless.
The Chinaman who seemed to be thi
.commander of tho crew drew a pisto
from his belt, but my rifle sent hiu
headlong before he could use it.
.? There were two left. One of then;
succeeded in getting a shot at mo,
which wounded my left arm. As ii
fell useless by my side my rifle gav<
its last bark, aud he went down. Thi
last of one of the crew now came fo;
me with a cutlass. I attempted to gel
the pistol with my one good hand, bli;
it dropped to the deck. The heather
was on me.
a I drew my sword and made a slasl
at him. We moved forward a little,
hacking at each other furiously. J
could ordinarily have cut him* dow*
with mere brute strength, but rn]
wound placed me at the mercy of hil
superior swordsmanship. With ater
rifle blow he sent my sword hurling tc
the deck and raised his cutlass.
I shut my eyes, expecting to fee
the keen blade in my skull the nex'
instant.
I was helpless.
Just when I expected to feel mj
deathblow, I felt some one brush past
mo. The sharp report of a pistol rang
ont, and with a shriek the Chinaman
fell to the deck. Miss Arnold had
grasped the pistol that I dropped and
had saved my life.
At that moment a horrible cry cami
from the water. I saw Gambok Snell
being drawn down into the sea. 1
knew that the shark had found hi?
victim.
My eyes met those of Miss Arnold'!
as y/e turned from the scene. Neithel
of us spoke. I clasped her hand and
pressed it.
'You are wounded!" sho cried.
"It is not serious," I replied; "bul
you can help me bandage it."
With deft and nimble fingers she
followed my instructions, and bound
a handkerchief tightly around my arm,
"Thank you," I said; "it will do
nicely now."
Butshedidnot hear me. Strong
sud courageous when I was near tc
death, she had swept away my enemj
with a sure and deadly aim, and calrc
still when I needed her services tc
bind my wounded arm; but when it
was all over sho was a woman again.
She had fainted.
It was then my turn to become
nurse, aud my strength did not fail
me in tho emergency. I bathed her
face. I chafed her hands. Ak last
she came to, lier head resting on-my
arm. Her eyes looked up into mino,
and sho smiled. I was content. Wo
had both escaped death.
CHAPTER Vii.
ALONE ON A TBOPIG SEA..
;. - The yacht that had hjg^hftjggiJg'l
was, Tike everything else thatbelon?eTa'
to that person, tho best that could be
had. It was not large, but it was ad?
mirably adapted to tho purpose for
which it had been built?cruising in
the waters of the Chinese coast. But
no matter how elegant or how well
equipped a yacht may be, it fares bad?
ly with all sails set and no band at
the helm. While I had been working
over Miss Arnold, the vessel had
turned in th? wind, and waa notf
touting broadside on, her sails flapp?
ing uselessly on the mast.
When Miss Arnold had so far re?
covered as to be able to sit up, I led
her to a chair near the rail. She was
somewhat tremulous.
"You ha 1 better sit here, Miss Ar?
nold," I said, "and rest, while I get
tho boat to rights. We will never get
anywhere at this rate."
She looked up at me, smiling.
"You cannot do much, can you,
with one arm?"
"Not very much, but lean, at least,
keep her steady."
I grasped the tiller and swung the
yacht round. She careened somo,
which made Miss Arnold catch the
rail to steady herself.
"I am not much of a sailor, and it
would not bo well for us if a storm
came up," I said; "but with this
breeze we are all right. But the thing
is, which way ought we to go?"
"I am sure I don't know," she re?
plied, shaking her heafl. dubiously.
"From all that I have heard, I should
judge the island of Su Foo to be
south from Hong Kong; but now
where is the island?"
? "That I don't kuow eithar," I an?
swered. "Wo have been twisting and
turning so much nuder the ausnieds
ofGauTbok Snell that I hardly know
in fact, I don't know where we are."
She shuddered when I mentioned
Snell's name. His fate was, indeed, a
terrible one; but I was consoled by
my belief that he richly deserved it.
"The only thing for us to do is tc
sail on and on until we get some?
where. We must trust in Provi?
dence."
"We are, at least, better off than in
Cha Fong's temple," she said.
"We are, indeed ?inasmuch as om
enemies are all dead and we have
means of transportation."
She looked at the dead Ohinamee
lying on the deck and shivered.
"As soon as you ave able to mind
this helm, I will throw those fellows
overboard," I said.
"But can you?" she asked.
?'Yes; at least I can try.'1
"Well, do it then," she said, com?
ing to me> aud giving a shudder ot
disgust aud horror.
She took the tiller. I told her how4
to keep it, and was surprised to find
that sho knew as mush about ii as 1
did.
"I used to go sailing a great deal in
England," she said, laughing at mj
expressed surprise.
My arm?the wounded one?wa*
not of much use to me, but there was
a deal of strength left in the other.
By dint of great perseverance, I got
tho four Chinamen, one by one, ovei
into tho sea. When I had finished
that task, I threw a few pailfuls oi
water on the deck and washed it
down as well as I was able.
j "There," I Baid, "it now looks bet?
ter. No ono would suspect the san'
guinary nature of the scene that hal"'
been enacted here."
? "Let us forget it,"sho replied.*"It
is awful to think of."
I "Now, if you will persevere in that
tiller work," I said, "I will go below
and seo what kind of quarters wo have,
lam getting very hungry. I suppose
there is a larder. I fancy that Cha
Fong was a person who nlways had
around him plenty of good things to
eat,"
I went below. I was agreeably
surprised to find the sumptuous cabiu
and saloon so inviting and comfort?
able. The main-cabin saloon, or din?
ing-room, wa3 about ten feet long and
six wide. Seats wore fixed along the
sides, and a table occupied the cen?
tre. This table, instead of being on
legs, was suspended from the ceiling
on silver chains. At one end was o
small stand, with hooks, evidently foi
the fastening of a tea-urn or toup
bov/1 solidly to the table.
Over the table hung a cabinet, in
which wero glasses, cups, saucers,
plates, spoons, knives and forks. Id
front of , tim main-cabin were two
smaller ones, or staterooms. Thej1
wero elegant in their appointments.
Tho oxpenso of furnishing tho yacht
must have been enormous. These
cabins were lighted by silver lamp3,
hung from the ceiling, which burned
perfumed oil.
Aft, or to the rear of the diuing
room, I found a small galley, 01
kitchen, with a stovo and various
cooking utensils. At one side oj this
a storeroom, stocked with sugar, cof?
fee, tea, fannell goods andAQ-ne. fresh
ly killed fowl. Also a piece of rib
beef for roasting. I had seen enough,
I repaired at once to the deck.
Miss Arnold smiled when she saw
mo emerge from the conipauion-way,
"I suppose you aro happy," she
said. i
I replied, stepping to her side,
"What do you think? There is 9
cupboard down there stocked wilt
tea, coffee, sugar, meat, pheasants,
ricebirds, rico, canned corn, canned
peas, canned tomatoes and grapes,
bananas and oranges. Wc are ic
luck for once."
"We are, indeed," she said, laugh'
ing, "aud if you will take tho tiller, )
will go right down aud get up some?
thing to stop that awful hunger oi
yours."
"I wish you would," I replied, tak?
ing tho helm from her. "I am as
hungry as a bear."
"Can I find thoso treasures my?
self?" she asked. "Where is the cup?
board?"
"It is easy to find. Yougothroug-*
ihe main-cabin into a small passage
dray. Beyond this is the kitchen.
The cupboard is on the left."
"I know the staterooms of the yacht
yell enough," said Miss Arnold. "I
aad a sore trial of one, all tied up
?vith cords. But is there a fire in the
kitchen?"
"There is. I put some coal on be?
fore coming up."
"Then we will have a cup of coffee,"
she said, leaving me alone on the
deck.
When she had gone I fell to musing.
Our adventures were by no means at
an end. We were sailing rapidly
away, away. But where and to what
purpose? Of course, if the yacht
'should provo able to stand all sorts ol
weather, and I was able to retain
control of her night and day, we were
bound to fetch np somewhere. It was
a chance whether we were on our way
toward the Chinese coast or out into
the Pacific Ocean. I fell to thinking
of Ralston and Langston, andi to
wondering if I would ever see them
again. I pictured them as returned
wanderers, telling the sad news of
Annie Ralston's death and my own,
[ar out in the China Saa.._ L nitied
that poor old father, who had sent toe
across the sea with his blessing, to
find aud return his darling daughter.
And now she was dead aud I was lost.
I fancied I saw Langston again at the
Golden Gate Club, the hero of a circle
of admirers, telling over and over
again the story of our journey and its
results. I could even hear, in my
mind, a few regretful remarks over
my own untimely death. And I could
see my enipty chair in the whist-room.
I had not spent much time in my
musing before my companion reap?
peared. - She carried before her a
small tray, from which came the
appetizing fragrauoo of good ^coffee. ?*
"Here you are, Captain Orickmore,"
she said smilingly. She placed-a
chair near me and set the tray upon
it. There were displayed temptingly
before me a bowl of coffee, a broiled
pheasant, some rice-cakes and some
fruit."
"Ah, Miss Arnold," I said, "that
is indeed tempting! But are you not
going to eat, too?"
"Oh, yes, but I couldn't carry up .so
much at one time. I will be back
soon."
lu a short time I was enjoying my
supper as thoroughly as if it was
being eaten in the Golden Gate Club,
inatcad olin the China Sea. . -
"Wasn't it a strange chance that
threw me in the way of saving you,
to be saved by you in return?" I
said, pulling a pheasant apart. "I
shall feel ever grateful to Mr. Gan
bok Snell for the part ho played in
throwing me overboard, I mean."
"But you threw him overboard, in?
stead of thanking him. That was not
gratitude," she replied.
"But that was necessary to our
safety. The man was a scoundrel and
deserved what ho got. That I found
life, instead of death, was not his
fault."
In this way we continued our meal
on deck, and when it was over, Miss
Arnold gathered up the choice crock?
ery of Cha Fong, and disappeared with
it below.
j "Don't be long," I said. "It is
going to be a lovely evening. Let us
enjoy |t, with no thought of danger.
We can forget under these lovely
southern skied."
What a night that was in my life!
Tho little yacht sped through the
water as evenly and calmly as though
a tried hand was on the tiller. The
air was balmy and sweet. Just enough
breeze was blowing to give the yacht
good headway. The rippling water
bubbled and gurgled along the sides,
as she cut through 'the tiny waves.
Tho influence of the night was, mel?
lowing.
We sat there in the bright starlight
and talked. Long, long, we sat there.
The.darknes3 of the night increased
the brightness of the stars. Brilliant
planets, that had at first been low on
the horizon, were now high above ns.
I looked at the watch I had taken
from Cha Fong. It was midnight.
"Do you know that it is twelve
o'clock?" I asked-Miss Arnold.
"Midnight! Is it possible! How
quickly the hours have fled! I dfd j
not suppose it was later than ten. And
no laud in sight yet."
There was a tremor of disappoint?
ment in her voice.
"No, no land yet. But we will
reach land to-morrow. Don't worry.
You must rest. You certainly must be
weary.n
"Yes. I am somewhat sleeply.
But you cannot remain here ajone.
Can I not relieve you and let you get
some rest?"
"No. You must go below and re?
tire. I shall be all right here. The
night is calm. The yacht needs very
little attention. I can fasten the tiller
and catch a wink now and then.
And to-morrow you relieve me, and I
will rest."
"Well, if you wish it so," she said.
"Goodnight."
When sho had gone, I had nothing
to keep me awake, and I was much
fatigued.
I got very drowsy. Everything was
calm and peaceful. I set the tiller,
and, making a pillow of cushion, lay
down to rest.
I soon fell asleep. I slept sound?
ly. I needed it. The past excite?
ment and my wound hai told on my
strength. Only sleep could restore it.
It was probably one o'clock when I
fell asleep.
[TO BE COXTINtTMD.)
The smallest man who ever lived
was probably the dwarf Bebe, born in
France in 1740. He was just twenty
inches tall and eight pounds in weight
when full grown.
Tho elephant beetle of Venezuela is
'the biggest of its species. An average
specimen of this Inseot, when full
uTi-owa, weighs half a pound,_>fc.wj
BILLIONS IN COMMERCE
The Responsibilities of the New Depart
ment Will Be Great.
GROWTH OP PER CAPITA WEALTH
Enormous Commercial Interests of the United
States and Their Rapid Growth?An Inter?
nal Commerce of Twenty Billon Dollars,
Equal to the Entire International Com.
merce of the World.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?A bul?
letin of the Treasury Bureau of Statis?
tics calls attention to thc fact that thc
new Department of Commerce will have
dealings with thc largest commercial in?
terests of thc world.
Figures presented estimate the internal
commerce of this country at $20,000,000,
000, an amount equal to that of the en?
tire international commerce of the world,
the United States being first in domestic
exports, in manufactures, in transporta?
tion and in internal commerce. In arriv?
ing at this estimate of $20,000,000,000,
the bureau includes only one transaction
in each article produced, while, in fact,
a very large number of the articles pro?
duced pass through thc hands of several
"middlemen" between those of the pro?
ducer and those of the consumer. The
estimate is based upon the figures of thc
census, which put the total value, of
manufactures in 1900 at $13,000,000,000;
those of agriculture at nearly $4,000,000,
000, and those of minerals about $1,000,
000,000. Adding to these the product of
the fisheries, the total value of the pro?
ducts of the great industries in 1900
would be $i8,ooo,r.oo.ooo, and the rapid
growth in all lines of industry since
loco, especially in manufacturing, seems
to justify thc conclusion that even a sin?
gle transaction in all thc products of the
country would produce an aggregate for
tox)2 of fully $20,000,000,000.
Estimating thc internal commerce of
the country at former census years by
the same method, the Bureau of Statis?
tics finds that the total internal com?
merce has grown from about $2,000,000,
000 in 1850; $3,500,000,000 in i860; $6,
250,000,000 in 1870; $7,750,000,000 in
1880 and $12,000,000,000 in 1890. It will
be seen from this that the internal com?
merce seems to have increased 50 per
cent, in thc decade from 1800 to loco,
and is io times as large in 1902 as in thc
year 1850.
During the same period, from 1850 to
1002, the population has increased from
23,000,000 to 79,ooo,oco, and is therefore
only three and a half times as great as
in 1850, while the internal commerce is
ten times as great as at that time. This
relative gain of internal commerce over
population is due, in part, to the greatly
increased facilities for transportation,
the cheapening of cost of articles utilized,
and the increased earnings and increased
wealth of thc people. The railroads have
increased from 9,021 miles in 1850 to
201,839 miles in 1902, and thc estimated
wealth of the country from $7,135,780,000
in 1850 to $94,300,000,000 in 1900?a per
capita increase of from $308 in 1850 to
$1,236 in 1900. This increase in wealth
has been accompanied hy an increase in
deposits in banks, those in savings banks
alone increasing from $48,431,130 in 1850
to $2,597,034,580 in 1901.
CONVICT TORTURED TO DEATH.
California Prison Committee Makes a Startling
Report.
San Francisco (Special).?The As?
sembly Committee on Prisons has made
a report on its investigation of cruel
pnnishment in the San Quentin and
Folsom State Prisons.
It finds that the strait-jacket and
other methods of torture are in use at
both institutions, though the results arc
more disastrous at Folsom than at San
Quentin. The committee listened to
many convicts and made the following
report:
"At Folsom we found that one con?
vict. Robert Smith, had been perma?
nently crinnled in his right arm and
hand and had sustained other injuries.
Ira the case ot Morris Weiss, alias
Weitz, we find he sustained such inju?
ries to his hands and arms as a result
of the punishment that in all proba?
bility he will never bc able to work at
his trade, that of a tailor, again.
"In the case of James Deare we
learned that he was found dead in his
cell within 24 hours after being releas?
ed from the strait-jacket."
Killed thc Wrong Man.
Jackson, Tenn. (Special).?Robert E.
McCaw, whose home is said to bc in
Rochester, N. Y., was shot to death
here, presumably by a man who mis?
took McCaw for another who, already
having a wife, married the daughter of
the man who fired the shot. The mar?
riage of Albert Bilderback and Miss
Lucy Hudgins, members of a prominen:
family, took place Friday. Later in the
day a warrant was sworn out by Sam?
uel Hudgins, father of the bride, charg?
ing Bilderback with bigamy. At mid?
night Robert McCaw answered a rin^
at the door of the house where he liv?
ed and was shot without warning. Hud?
gins was arrested.
United States Wa3 Consulted.
Liverpool (By Cable).?Premier Bal?
four, in a speech at a luncheon given
by the Conservative Club here, declared
the British Government had no choice
stat to take action against Venezuela.
The Ministers had shown no undue
haste, no greed for money and no in?
humanity. The United States Govern?
ment, he said, had been taken into con?
fidence at every stage of thc proceed?
ings. Thc Monroe Doctrine had no en?
emies in this country.
Silkworms Dye Cocoons.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?To
displace the dyer and cause silkworms
to color silk naturally in any desired
shade is the object of interesting ex?
periments which form thc subject of a
special report to thc State Department
from United States Consul Atwell at
Roubaix, France. He says that two
French scientists actually have succeed?
ed in producing bright red cocoons by
feeding thc silkworms with leaves wash?
ed over with red. Orange and blue
shades also have been produced,
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
New York detectives, at the instance
of postoffice inspectors, arrested Henry
G. Cartwright, a broken; William
Treadwell, a broken, and Charles E.
Goodrich, a clerk, charged with im?
proper use of the mails in an alleged
combination for "turf speculation."
John William, alias Cullen, and John
Wittmer, were arrested in New York,
charged with stealing about $10,000
worth of silverware and silks from the
store of R. H. Macy & Co. Wittmer
was head night watchman for the firm.
Carter Harrison, of Chicago, is re?
ported to have entered into an alliance
with Congressman Hearst, of New
York, by which the Heart interests in
Chicago are to support Harrison for a
fourth term in the mayoralty.
The forging of J. Pierpont Morgan's
name in London is said to involve an
amount exceeding $165,000. Mr. Mor?
gan is not acting in the matter, which
concerns only the banks that accepted
the notes.
Two mailcarriers and two prospec?
tors have been lost in the blizzard in
the mountains of Idaho. In Wyoming
and Colorado the weather has been
very severe and livestock has suffered.
Recent advances in the stocks of thc
four principal express companies?the
Adams, the American, thc Wells-Far
go and the United States?have revived
rumors of consolidation.
A faithful Newfoundland dog, after
arousing the family of George Copper?
smith, at Hawthorne, N. J., and thus
enabling them to escape from their
burning home, perished in the flames.
William H. Kimball, former presi?
dent of fhe Seventh National Bank of
New York, was sentenced to pay $5000
for over-certification of checks.
Margaret Snedegar, alias Blanche
Smith, aged 26 years, was found dead
in her room, in Cleveland, O., and the
police think she was murdered.
John Cummings, on trial in Welling?
ton, Kan., for the murder of Annie Dish
man, claims that his wife is the real
murderer.
George Nelk, a youth, who. murdered
his mother and fatally wounded his sis?
ter Minnie at their home, in German?
town, Pa., is still at large. His brother
arrived from Baltimore and visited his
dying sister.
Rcginia Curry, aged 24 years, was as?
saulted and murdered on a lonely road
just outside Philadelphia late Thursday
night. When she left a car a man also
got off, and the conductor saw him fol?
low her.
Robert E. McGraw was shot and killed
in Jackson, Tenn., presumably by Samuel
Hudgins, who mistook him for a biga?
mist who had married Hudgins' daugh?
ter.
The collier Ajax brought to New York
the victims of the gun explosion on thc
battleship Massachusetts.
The First National Bank of Asbury,
N. J., was closed and the national bank
examiner placed in charge.
William Hooper Young, convicted in
New York of murder in the second de?
gree, was taken to Sing Sing.
George L. O. Perry, colored, was in?
dicted for the murder of Miss Agnes
McPhee at Somerville, Mass.
Foreign.
The president and other officials of thc
Macedonian Committee have been ar?
rested, and the Bulgarian government
has determined to dissolve the commit?
tees in Bulgaria and place a strong mili?
tary cordon along the Macedonian fron?
tier.
The United States revenue cutter
Seminole, Lieutenant Sturtevant com?
manding, made two ineffectual attempts
to rescue the five American fishing
schooners in the ice packs near Bay Is?
lands, of Newfoundland.
A British punitive expedition occupied
Kano, West Africa, after putting to
flight the Emir of Kano and 1,000 horse?
men. The enemy lost heavily.
United States Ambassador Tower, at
Berlin, has adopted a uniform some?
what similar to that worn by other diplo?
mats on state occasions.
The Archduchess Elizabeth, mother of
t'..c former queen regent, Maria Chris?
tina of Spain, died in Vienna.
Max Regis had two duels near Paris,
ai d his insulting conduct on the field
led to another challenge.
Maurice Binder, a Nationalist, caused
a furor in the French Chamber of Depu?
ties by making charges against the
Premier and other ministers in connec?
tion with the Humbert case.
The German government has decided
not to buy the four battleships now be?
ing constructed in England and Italy
for Chili and Argentina.
Generals Botha, Delarey and Smuts re?
fused to accept thc government's tender
of seats in the legislative council at Pre?
toria.
At a luncheon given by the Conserva?
tive Club in Liverpool Premier Balfour
replied to Lord Rosebery's criticism.
Bolivia has accepted unconditionally,
but under protests, the Brazilian de?
mands in the Acre matter.
King Edward received Marconi, the
wireless telegraph inventor at Bucking?
ham Palace.
At the annual dinner of the Royal
College of Surgeons at Dublin, Earl
of Dudley, lord lieutenant of Ireland,
made a speech predicting a bright fu
| turc for Ireland.
The decree of divorce, granted at
Dresden, Saxony, to thc Crown Prince
and Princess Frederick permits both
parties to marry again.
William Duffy, Nationalist member
of Parliament, and three others im?
prisoned in Dublin under thc Coercion
Act, were released.
The British gunboat Harrier has cap?
tured three pirate ships in thc Red Sea
with their entire crews.
Rev. Dr. Randall Davidson was en?
throned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Serious loss of life has followed an
outbreak on thc Island of Madag.Ticar.
Thc Humbert family were brought for
trial in Paris on tiie charge of slandering
a money-lender, whom they had called a
usurer.
Financial.
Lake Superior charcoal has advanced
$1.50 a ton at Chicago since last month.
A merger of Alabama coal, iron, steel
and railroad properties is talked of. The
capital suggested is $250,000,000.
A bill was introduced in the Legisla?
ture at Albany to issue $50,000,000 State
bonds for the improvement of public
roads.
The ratio of operating expenses to
earnings in 1902 for all the railroads in
the United States as officially reported
was 64.62 per cent. The previous year
it vras 64.86 per rent.
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ROTOCOLS_ALL SIGNED
Hain, Germany and Italy in Line for
Peace With Venezuela.
IE BLOCKADE WILL BE RAISED.
dnight Wheo the Signing Took Place at
Jrltish Embassy?Within Twenty-four Hours
be Commanders oi the Blockading Fleet
-.long the Venezuelan Coast Will Receive
Drders to Withdraw Warships.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Hcr
.t W. Bowen, Venezuela's rcprescn
tive in the peace negotiations at
ashington, has signed with each of
e allies' representatives here a pro
col providing for the immediate rais
g of the Venezuelan blockade, and for
e reference of the question of prefcr
itial treatment of the claims of the
lies against Venezuela to Thc Hague
bitration tribunal. Thc final formali?
ns occurred at the British Embassy,
t 11.30 o'clock p. m. Herbert Dering,
st secretary of the British Embassy,
mounced tha tthe British protocol
id just been signed, and that signa
re of thc Italian and German proto?
ns would follow in the order named.
Thc Italian protocol was signed at
.50 and the German protocol at 12.10
clock, the presence of Baron Stern
:rg at the White House musical <rc
ying a final close to the negotiations
itil after midnight.
Thc British protocol was in English:
c Italian in Italian and German, and
e German in German and English,
r. Bowen signed in. duplicate for
enezuela; Sir Michael Herbert for
reat Britain; Signor Mayor des
lances for Italy, and Baron Spec von
ernberg for Germany. Immediately
1 the signing of the last protocol ca
cs were dispatched to London, Berlin
id Rome announcing the fact.
By thc provisions of these prclimin
y protocols, which have required
ore than three weeks of constant ne?
gations, Venezuela makes two dis?
tict gains?the immediate raising of a
ockade from which she has been suf
ring for some weeks, and the return
all her vessels, war and merchant,
hich have been captured by the allied
:et.
Great Britain, Germany and Italy re?
live advance payments of ?5500 each,
reat Britain receiving her payment
1 the signature of the protocol, and
ermany and Italy within 30 and 60
ays from date. Germany, in addition,
ill receive five monthly payments un
1 the full amount paid her in advance
jgregates $340,000.
As a guaranty for the satisfaction of
leir claims, Mr. Bowen pledges the
lies a share with the other creditor
ations in 30 per cent, of the customs
nceipts of the two ports of Laguayra
id Porto Cabello. This percentage
ill be set aside beginning March 1
id retained in the Venezuelan treas
ry until The Hague tribunal shall de
,de whether it shall be distributed
ithout preference among the claimant
ations or whether the allied powers of
reat Britain, Germany and Italy shall
-ccive preferential payments.
Italy, by her protocol, gains immedi
:e payment of her first-class claims,
ithout further adjudication, as soon
; the joint commission at Caracas shall
ave passed on the remainder of her
aims. In round numbers the adjudi
ited Italian claims amount to $560,000,
ora which will be subtracted the $27,
x> to be paid her 60 days from the
gnature of her first protocol. The
;alian Ambassador also has secured
?r his government the insertion in
is protocol of an agreement that Ven
uiela will insert in her treaty with
:aly the favored-nation clause possess
i by the other nations.
Castro Hears the Good News.
Caracas (By Cable).?News of the
using of the blockade was received by
resident Castro in a cablegram from
Ir. Bowen, who said:
'"The protocols have been signed,
lockade will bc raised to-morrow,
ongratulations."
To this message President Castro re?
lied as follows:
"Bowen, Washington. In thc name of
enezuela and in my own name I offer
:>u expressions of my eternal gratitude
>r the decided spontaneousness with
hich you served the cause of thc hu
lanity that distinguishes superior minds.
(Signed)_"CASTRO."
ACCUSED THE FRENCH PREMIER.
bamber of Deputies In An Uproar Over the
Humbert Case.
Paris (By Cable).?The sitting of the
T.a tuber of Deputies Friday afternoon
/as suspended amid an uproar, which
?as precipitated by charges brought hy
laurice Binder, Nationalist, against the
Vernier and other ministers in connec
ion with the Humbert case.
Thc Deputy accused the Government
f corruption in thc matter, and called
'rcmier Combs a chameleon. The Vice
'tesident, who was in the chair, orderec1
'.inder to withdraw his terms, but thc
itter refused. Amid a general uproar
he Ministers left the hall.
M. Binder continued to usc harsl
jrms in characterizing thc Government';
ct-on, referring to the Premier as "sin
ions."
The vice-President finally became sc
xasperated that he ordered the gallcrie:
leared, and, putting on his hat, left th<
hair.
M. Binder refused to withdraw o
pologize, and was censured, and tin
itting was suspended, but M. Binder re
Rained in possession of the tribune unti
he House reassembled.
He then refused to leave thc tribum
ir.til threatened with expulsion.
$25,000 Lost in the Mall.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).?A mai
ouch, containing upward of $25,000
laced on thc Pennsylvania train leaving
-ouisville at 8 p. m., is missing anc
fter Daking every effort to find it tin
ostai authorities have about decided tc
ive up. It is supposed that it wai
tolen from the Indianapolis Union Rail
iray Company's station. One draft foi
17,000. said to bc from a Louisville ban!
0 a New York bank, was lost in liv
lissing pouch.
WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Expulsion for Hazing.
Representative Charles Dick intro
duced a bill providing that thc superin?
tendent of the Naval Academy shall
make such rules, suhject to thc approva
of the Secretary of the Navy, as wil!
effectually prevent the practice of hazing
at thc academy.
The bill further provides that any mid?
shipman found guilty of hazing shall bc
summarily expelled and shall not bc
eligible for reappointment to thc corp*
or as a commissioned officer in thc arni)
or navy until two years after the gradu?
ation of thc class of which he was I
member.
Indian Bill Reported.
Thc Senate Committee on Indian Af?
fairs concluded its consideration of thc
Indian appropriation bill. The commit?
tee recommends a number of changes,
and its amendments add $1,488,185 to thc
aggregate of the bill as passed by the
House, making a grand total of $10,434.
213. The most important item nf in?
crease is $i.2co,ooo to pay awards to
loyal Creek Indians whose property was
destroyed during thc war of thc rebellion.
Election Laws for Hawaii.
Representatives Graham, of Pennsyl?
vania, from the Committee on Territor?
ies, favorably reported the bill to rc
modify certain sections of thc election
laws of the Territory of Hawaii with
amendments. Thc bill provides, among
other things, that election officials shall
be apportioned equally between thc two
political parties. Provision also is made
for an official ballot, giving thc names
of candidates, thc office to which nomi?
nated, and the political party.
Urging Eight Hour Bill.
Mr. McComas gave notice in thc Sen?
ate that he would call up the eight-hour
bill at the the earliest opportunity, which
brought from Mr. Quay the statement
that "until the Senator from Maryland
and those obstructionists behind him'
consent to the fixing of a day when 1
vote can bc taken on the Statehoood bill
he would oppose any action on thc eight
hour bill.
Refused to Reconsider.
Mr. Pcttus, of Alabama, sought to re?
open discussion of thc Alaskan boundarj
treaty by moving to reconsider thc vote
of the previous day. This was resisted
by Senator Lodge. He moved to lay thc
motion to reconsider on the table. There
was a roll call and Mr. Lodge's motion
was carried 36 to 25, which closed thc
subject.
Includes Naphtha Boats.
Thc House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheties authorized a fav?
orable report on the bill making ap?
plicable to vessels propelled by gas.
naphtha, or electric motor which carr)
passengers or freig it for hire the same
regulations provided by law for steam
vessels.
In the Departments.
The House adopted the Sundry Civil
Bill and then broke all records in the
matter of private pension bills by pass?
ing 325 private pension bills and ckar^
ing the calendar.
The suite which the new Chinese
minister will bring to Washington will
contain people of high rank, a depart?
ure from the traditional policy ot
China.
The Senate agreed to thc House
amendments to the Elkins Anti-rebate
Bill, which now goes to thc President.
The foot-and-mouth disease is re?
ported to have broken out again in Ver?
mont.
The Elkins bill passed the Hotrie hy
a vote of 241 to 6. Those voting in the
negative were Messrs. Cochran and Dc
Annond (Mo.), Glass (Dem., Va J,
Hooker (Dem., Miss.), Klutz (Dem..
N. C.) and Neville (Dem., Neb.).
The Senate Committee on Postoffice;
and Post Roads decided to amend the
Postoffice Appropriation Bill by adding
as an amendment the Omnibus Statehood
Bill. The vote on the motion to amenc"
was 8 to 5.
Secretary Root has issued an order tc
carry out the purpose of Congress di?
recting the submission by E. V. Valen?
tine ,of Richmond, Va., of designs for a
bronze statue of Gen. Hugh Mercer.
It is stated that the President has de?
termined to call an extra session o!
Congress unless the Senate ratifies thc
Panama Canal and the Cuban Recipro?
city Treaties.
The Senate Committee on Cuba con?
sidered Major Rathbonc's petition for ar
investigation of the circumstances con
nected with his trial.
A bill was passed by thc Senate mak?
ing Chester, Pa., a subport of entry.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
agreed to report adversely the nomin?
ation of Dr. W. D. Crum to bc collector
of thc port at Charleston, S. C. Thc
vote on confirmation was 6 to 8. Al'
the Democrats voted aginst continua
tion, and they were reinforced by the
votes of Jones of Nevada and Perkin;
of California.
An amendment to cut in half the ap?
propriation for the relief of distress ir
thc Philippines from $3,000,000 to $1,
500,000 was defeated in the House, bul
thc language of the paragraph was
modified to require annual reports ol
the expenditure of the money.
Mr. William Loeb, Jr., of New York
will succeed Mr. Cortelyou as secrctarj
to thc President upon the latter's ele?
vation to the new cabinet portfolio, thc
Department of Commerce.
Mr. Stewart E. Barber, of Easton.
Md., was appointed an assistant pay?
master in the Navy by the President.
Admiral Dewey is confined to his
home by a severe cough and cold.
Secretary Hay and Mr. Brun, the Dan?
ish minister, have been discussing thc
approaching termination by limitation oi
the period for time for the ratification ol
treaty for the cession to thc United
States of the Danish West India Islands
The House of Representatives made
fair progress on thc Sundry Civil Appro?
priation Bill.
The Department of Commerce Bill
was agreed upon by thc Senate without
debate.
An interesting insight of thc losses
caused by the depreciation of silver ir
the Straits Settlements and Indo-China
is given in a set of consular reports pub?
lished by the State Department.
Minister Bowen, acting for Venezuela
has formally accepted Great Britain'.*
protocol framed tn secure a reference ot
the dispute to The Hague arbitration
tribunal.
The Siemcns-Halskc and Schuckcrt
electrical companies, of Berlin, have de?
cided to unite.