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AMERICAN VENEZUELAN AGREE
IVJENT APPROVED
INCREASE OF GUSTGM DUTY
Claims to Be Adjusted by a Commis
sion Of Whom It Will Constat
Commissioners to Meet in Caracas
on the 1st of June Next
WASHINGTON Secretary Hay for
the United States and Mr Bowen for
Venezuela on Tuesday nigned a pro
tocol providing for the adjustment of
United States claims against Venezu
ela by a commission to meet at Car
acas
This commission will consist of two
members a Venezuelan and an Ameri
can to be appointed respectively by
Presidents Castro and Roosovelt and
in the event of disagreement an um
pire o be appointed by the queen of
the Netherlands
The commissioners are to meet in
Caracas on June 1 to make awards
which are to be paid out of 30 per
cent of tha customs receipts at Puerto
Cabello and La Guayra The Hague
tribunal is to decide what proportion
of this 30 per cent comes to America
and what proportion goes to other
claimant nations
It is expected that the minister for
foreign affairs will be appointed as
Venezuelas representative and that
either Mr Bowen or Mr Russell the
United States charge will be named
to represent the United States -
Baron Gevers the minister for the
Netherlands called at the state de
partment Tuesday and gave notice of
the acceptance by Queen Wilhelmina
of the task imposed upon her her
consent having been previously sought
by both parties to the arbitration
Some light is thrown upon the un
pleasant reference mad by Mr Hag
gard the British minister at Caracas
to United States Charge Russell and
published in the British blue book
Monday by a naval officer now sta
tioned at Washington who was in Ven
ezuelan waters and frequently at the
American legation during the period
referred to by Mr Haggard Without
going into details it appears in this
officers statement that by trying to
assist some British citizens in their
distress without first losing the time
necessary to hunt up and confer with
the minister the American legation in
curred the ill will of Mr Haggard and
the difficulty got to be rather personal
so that all the exchanges between the
two ministers have since been of a
most formal character
The navy department Tuesday re
ceived the following cablegram from
Commander Diehl of the Marietta
dated Willemstad February 17
Raised blockade War vessels with
drawn all blockaded ports
NEW YORK The Associated Press
has received the following cable from
President Castro
CARACAS Monday Feb 1C I
charge the Associated Press to trans
mit together with my gratitude my
sentiments of deference to the people
of the United States
PRESIDENT CIPRIANO CASTRO
gets the American millions
Another English Earl Trades Title for
Good Dollars
WASHINGTON D C Mrs Wiiiiam
Thaw formerly of Pittsburg but now
residing in Washington on Tuesday
announced the engagement of her
daughter Miss Alice Thaw to the earl
of Yarmouth
Miss Thaw inherited 1000000 in
her own right from her father who
was an iron manufacturer and will
succeed to another large fortune on the
death Gf her mother
No dale has been set for the wed
ding She first met the earl of Yar
mouth who is the eldest son of the
marquis aof Herfcfordjl about three
months ago
MISSING MAIL CASH FOUND
ouch Containing 50000 Turns Up
at Cincinnati Office
INDIANAPOLIS Ind The missing
mail pouch containing 50000 has been
found and is now safely housed in the
office of the superintendent of mails
here The missing pouch arrived hero
Tuesday from Cincinnati
Eheitheory is that the pouch in this
instance lost its destination tag and
that the mail clerks mistook it for one
containing other empty pouches that
were being sent back to Cincinnati
The pouch probably went to the Cin
cinnati pouch storage room and lay
there unopened
EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO
Houses Thrown Down in Several
Towns
MEXICO CITY The state of Guer
rero continues to report many and
somewhat alarming earthquakes Chil
pancingo which two years ago was al
most destroyed by an earthquake now
reports another which threw down
houses as also happened in the towns
of Ohilaua San Dieso and Mexical
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MAN TO FEED WYOMING ELK
Jeton Yellowstone Superintendent Has
Hay Fed Wild Animals
NEW YORK Steps were taken hero
Tuesday to save 10000 starving elk
on the Jeton Yellowstone reserves in
Wyoming Seven feet of snow cov
ers their feeding ground and temper
atures as low as 10 degrees below
zero have added to their sufferings
News of the critical condition of
the elk herds reached here from the
chief of tile United States rangers to
A A Anderson a special superin
tendent of the Jeton Yellowstone re
serves who spends his winters in New
York
Mr Anderson at once ordered that
a temporary supply of wild hay at his
own expense be distributed as soon as
possible at convenient points by the
force of thirty rangers He then pro
posed that 1500 to 52000 be raised
here by subscription to purchase more
wild hay and it is believed niat prom
inent persons will support the plan
CATTLE AGAIN DISEASED
Foot and Mouth Epidemic Takeea
Fresh Start in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON The loot and
mouth disease has become serious
again in Massachusetts and Dr Sal
mon will return to Boston In a few
days to investigate the situation
BOSTON Mass The recrudescence
of the cattle disease in Massachusetts
reported by the bureau of animal in
dustry at Washington Is in the towns
of Needham and Medfield in Norfolk
county some twenty miles southwest
of Boston
The cases were reported to the
state cattle bureau last week and a
herd of thirty nine pure ored Jerseys
was slaughtered on Monday after con
demnation by Drs Thompson and
Durfce representing the fpderal au
thorities and Dr Austin Peters of
the state cattle commission
SAYS THE MONEY HAS GONE
Chairman of Montana House Com
mittee Makes Serious Charges
HELENA Mont Chairman Everltt
of the Montana house committee on
irrigation and water rights to which
was referred resolutions calling for in
vestigation of the stale arid lands
committee announced in tne house
Tuesday that inquiry had developed
evidence of a shortage and that 30
000 received by certain members of
the commission had not been applied
as the law directs The charge was
made that the money had been mis
appropriated On motion of Mr Ev
eritt the committee was allowed 300
to employ counsel and a stenographer
with which to further prosecute an in
vestigation
Senate Encourages Breeders
WASHINGTON D C The senate
committee on finance on Tuesday
agreed to report favorably the bill
providing for free importation of thor
oughbred live stock for breeding pur
poses The bill extends the privilege
to such live stock imported for sale
Garfield Gets Good Place
WASHINGTON D C The presi
dent Tuesday sent to the senate the
nomination of Jomes Rudolph Gar
field of Ohio to be commissioner of
corporations in the department of
Tcir mcrce and labor
Small Blze in the House
WASHINGTON D C Some little
excitement was created in the liouse
of representatives just before that
body convened Tuesday by the discov
ery of a slight blaze in the flooring of
the east reserved gallery The floor
ing had caught fire from a defective
flue in the democratic cloak room and
when discovered about fifteen feet of
the molding was ablaze The blaze
was extinguished and the members
suffered no inconvenience when the
house met
SEES SALVATION IN TRUSTS
Holds Combines Alone Able to Meet
American Competition
BERLIN Minister O Comerie Mel
ler in the course of an address in the
chamber of commerce said
The United States will be Ger
manys chief competitor in the worlds
markets in the future We must
therefore learn from the Americans
to adopt their business methods the
salient feature of which is the concen
tration of capital and trade into
trusts
The strong repugnance existing in
Germany against such combinations
will certainly be replaced in time by
a better view especially after the
evils of the syndicates have been re
moved
HOUSE WELL ADVANCED
The Appropriation Bills are Nearly All
Through
WASHINGTON The appropriation
bills are well advanced in the house
for this -stage of the session With
nearly three weeks remaining only
three supply bills remain to be acted
on
THE TRUST BILL
WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL
KNOX HAS TO SAY
ADMINISTRATION IS SATISFIED
The Legislation Will Give Opportu
nity to Test Many Points and Obtain
Useful Court Decisions Without
Harming Countrys Industry
WASHINGTON Attorney General
Knox who Is known to have proposed
many clauses of the anti trust bills
recently passed being asked the ad
ministrations opinion on the legisla
tions said
The legislation affecting the trusts
passed at this session of congress is
satisfactory to the administration and
the prompt response to the presidents
requests is highly gratifying A long
stride in advance has been accomplish
ed and the promises of last fall have
been made good
The giving and taking of railroad
rebates is now prohibited by a law ca
pable of effective enforcement against
corporations as well as individuals
and the courts of the United States
are clothed with jurisdiction to re
strain and punish violations
The act creating the department of
commerce vests in that department
complete authority to investigate the
organization and business methods of
corporations engaged in interstate
and foreign commerce and to that
end to compel the testimony of per
sons having the desired knowledge
The legislation is concise in its
terms but comprehensive in dts scope
Under its provisions a fair opportu
nity will be afforded to test the effect
upon the tendency toward industrial
monopoly of its guarantees of no fa
vors for the great producer as against
the small one
Discretion is lodged in the president
as to the publication of facts useful
to the public and a wise administration
of the law promises much that is help
ful and nothing that is harmful
The law to expedite the hearing of
cases and giving an appeal dffectly to
the supreme court from the court of
first instance assures within a rea
sonable time authoritative decisions
upon important questions on the
knowledge of which future legislation
if necessary can be confidently fram
ed
Upon the whole the situation is em
inently satisfactory and is the result
of concessions modifications of views
and forms of expression upon the part
of many earnest and thoughtful men
who have endeavored within a brief
session to meet a rational public de
mand in a rational and effective way
SHIRKS HIS PERSONAL TAX
John D Rockefeller Pleads Poverty to
Commissioners
NEW YORK John D Rockefeller
jr is supposed to be about the richest
young man in America but he owes
400000 and has only 30000 worth of
personal property according to the
statement filed with the department
of taxes and assessments
Mr Rockefeller was assessed at
9500000 From what could be learn
ed at the tax office he called there
and stated that he had 400000 in
debts and that his personal properly
above his debts was worth only 30
000
He said he was willing to pay taxes
on an assessment of 50000 and the
commissioners accepted his figures
ROOT NOT READY TO RESIGN
Will Continue in the Cabinet for an
Indefinite Period
WASHINGTON There Is no
foundation for the story declared
Secretary Root referring to the pub
lication of a rumor in New York thai
he will resign his position in the cab
inet after the adjournment of con
gress March 4 and resume his law
practice in New York
He said that the report undoubtedly
originated from chance conversations
he frequently had Avith friends when
ever he visited New York He was
asked if he did not expect to resume
his law practice there and he invari
ably replied that he did and when
asked when he was likely to do so he
usually gave the non committal reply
that he would take up his law bus
ness in New York when his job in
Washington was done
Many Cattle Are Perishing
BONESTEEL S D Stockmen from
the range country report that cattle
are perishing by hundreds A Tripp
county man lost over o00 steers
The deep snow begins about fifty
miles west of here and the range for
100 miles west of that point is covered
with snow two feet deep making it
impossible for stock to secure food
Sigsbee Prefers League Island
WASHINGTON D C Captaii
Charles D Sigsbee who has been con
sidered in connection with the com
mand of the navy yard at Bremerton
Wash has expressed a preference for
assignment
Kidney Pllfjj
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BAD BACKS
Bad backs ara
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household
A bad hack Is
a back thats lame
weak or aching
Most backache
pains come from
kidney derange
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Reach the cause
of backache by re
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and curing their ills
Doans Kidney
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the dangers of urinary and bladder
disorders from common inflammation
to Dropsy Diabetes Brlghts disease
Case No 40321 Mr W H Ham
mer well known builder residing at
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remedy which possesses such inesti
mable value as Doans Kidney Pills
They cured me of inflammation of the
bladder which had caued me much an
noyance and anxiety because of the
frequency and severity of the attacks
I have advised others to take Doans
Kidney Pills and I know they will not
be disappointed in the results
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr Hammer
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States Address
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y For
sale by all druggists Price 50 cents
per box
The Gospel of Art
Work thou for pleasure paint or
sing or carve
The thing thou lovest though the body
starve
Who works for glory misses oft the
goal
Who works for money coins his very
soul
Work for works sake then and it
may be
That these things shall be added unto
thee Kenyon Cox
DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK XEtXOWT
If so useRed Cross Ball Blue Itwillmako
them white as snow 2 oz package 5 cent
Many of the people who live in glass
houses go into politics and they dont
seem to mind it a hit Puck
DEFIANCE STAKCH
should be In evert household none o
Ijood besides 4 oz more for 10 cents than
any other brand of cold water starch
A woman doesnt fully understand
how essentially alike all men are until
her hoy gets old enough for other wo
men to make a monkey of Puck
If you dont get the biggest and best
its your own fault Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is
positively nothing to equal it in quality
or quantity
Tell a man he mustnt and he will
tell a woman she mustnt and youll
see Life
Defiance Starch is pin up 10 ounces
in a package 10 cents One third
more starch for same money
Justice only takes a mans part but
injustice takes it all
3Irs Winston- soollilnfj Syrup
For children ssptliin tofti nt the ums reduces In
flammation allays pain cures wind colic SJcabottla
Love may laugh at bolts but politi
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An Amusing Verdict
At Fort Scott Kanl the other day a
jury In the district court returned a
verdict finding a certain accused per
son guilty of larceny The verdict had
not been prepared In the technical
form desired and the judge sent the
jury back to make the necessary cor
rections The Jury was gone for half
an hour and when It returned it
brought in a verdict acquitting the
prisoner But a verdict even more
abusing was perpetrated by a jury at
Pittsburg last Monday The case was
a criminal one and after a few min
utes consultation the jury filed into
the box from its room Have you
acreeil unon a verdict asked the
judge We have responded the fore
man passing It over The cleric win
read said the judge And the clerk
read We the jury agree to disa
gree
Excavation Near Pompeii
Excavation will shortly he commenc
ed in a marsh near Sannazzaro on the
River Sarno in the vicinity of Pom
peii because it has been ascertained
that a very ancient city and necropolis
were buried underneath during the
eruption of Vesuvius several centuries
before the destruction of Pompeii A
collection already exists in the mu
seum at Naples of great historic value
consisting of indigenous vases and or
namental objects dating from the eigth
and ninth centuries before Christ
The excavations are expected to lead
to other important discoveries
A Bright Dog
Speaking about dogs said Repre
sentative Beldler of Ohio I suppose
I have the most intelligent iox terrier
in the country and hes only a puppy
yet The other day he spilled his milk
and I cuffed his ears and chucked him
out of the window The next day
after he had spilled his mlik again
he cuffed his own ears and went and
jumped out of the window
ONLY TEN DOLLARS FOR THREE
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Drs Richards fc Van Camp of H0 Parnam St
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The doctors are old established and reliable phy
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Engaged people put on magnifying
glasses when they look at each others
virtues The day they are marred
they take them off
A mother not spoken well of by her
children is an enemy of the state she
should not live within the kingdoms
wall
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