11 'Mi/I * * .Y/twriirt o THIS OMAJIA.DATLY DEE : THURSDAY , MARCH 5 , 1800. tupporl of llto republicans of our Mate In advance of the TPRII nr party convention- ! . 1 roarhcd Lincoln at C o'clock on the cven- lnc of the 14th Inst. . and my views on the Mibjpct ! > pM-dlIy became known , I wa * Im mediately walled upon by representatives of a well understood political power In No * braskft politics find advised that any op position on my part to the program which bad been arranged would IIP dangerous to my political future. I fald then , and 1 Bay now , that In determining my action In jmblla nffnlrn I do not permit myself to bo Influenced by tiny thought of my political future. Whatever position I take , I takij publlcally , without any attempt to nvado responsibility. Whatever political battles 1 wage are In the open , before the people nnd In rupport of my convictions. Mr. .Hnlncr claims that three-fourths of the Rtnto central committee favored the ndopllon of a resolution prc'cntlng n Ne braska candidate. I nm well aware of the fact that bpforo I reached Lincoln the mem is : ' bers of that committee had been FO cftcctu- n'ly Inborn ! with that a majority of them wcro counted as favorable to the adoption of n resolution , I am , howcVtir , advised by several members of that committee that nfter the real situation became known 14 them ( he proposed resolution , If presented , would hnvo been laid upon the table by a decisive vote. In this presentation of the facts I disclaim nny Intention of connecting General Man- dorson or Mr. Halncr with any of the efforts which wcro made to commit tbo Btnte central committee to any proposed course of action. It Is useless , however , to disguise the fact that careful preparation had been made by others to surprise the republicans ot our state by what would bo claimed ns nn ofllclnl endorsement of a homo candidacy of which they had not previously been ad vised. The question Is now submitted to the people. I hope nnd trust that no fractional- Ism will be engendered In the republican party. If nny Is those who favor the nom ination of William McKlnley are not re- iponslblo for It. HIS FINAL ARGUMENT. I have not questioned and do not question the sincerity of General slnndcrsJn's can * dldncy or of Mr. Halncr'a support. But I do know , nnd say to the people of Ne braska , that every republican who was op posed to McKlntey before , who was In favor of nny other candidate , U now arrayed under the favorite sin banner. If the sixteen votes from Nebraska are to be tised In the St. Louis convention to assist In thu defeat of William McKlnley lot It not bo under the cover of nny false pretense which masks the real design. If William McKlnley Is defeated and the Nebraska votes contribute to that defeat tlnso who participate In It must accept the full measure of responsibility nml will be ho'.d by the republicans of Nebraska to strict accountability. I believe , William McKlnley will be nom inated In the national convention , with or without the Nebraska votes. If ho Is nom inated with our votes we nro entitled to some credit therefor , It without our votes we are entitled to none. If , _ on the other hand , our votes become part of that com bination which. It Is predicted , will produce a deadlock and his defeat , the best that can happen to such a delegation wl'.l bo to Join In the mad rush for the support of whatever candidate the bosses select. I hope no such pitiable fate will befall any delegates selected by the republicans of my Htnte. Believing as I do that the Issue Is , and must be , between those who are for William McKlnley and those who are against him ; believing us I do that the rank nnd file of the republican party In the state of Ne braska hope nnd pray for his nomination , I appeal to every republican in the state U see lo it that the real w.slics of the people are voiced In every convention to be held In the state , nnd to secto / It further that thb canvafs Is conducted In the , open Jlpld , nonoraiiiy , rainy , so that the rcisult may bu .accepted , without question by the unltgil ' 'r - JOHN M. THURSTON. * IlfjiiililluniiH JVot Yet. Able lo AWTCM- Upon n UniidtdiKc. FRANKFORT , Ky. , March 4. The roll calf for the thirty-ninth ballot showed 120 members present ; necessary to a choice 61xty- four. Hen. St. .John Noyle Is prominently mentioned in connection with the republican nomination. In the ballot today he received twelve votes. Captain S. H. Stone received nearly all of the votes of the republican scn- 'atnrs. Judge Holt , who recilved twenty-three votes In the republican caucus la&t night , also developed considerable strength. The scattered vcto however , simply showed how wide apart the republicans are. The ballot : Blackburn , C9 ; Holt , 20 ; Stone , 10 ; McCart ney , 1 ; St. John Boyle , 12 ; Flnley , 5 ; Car lisle. 2 ; Hunter , I ; Llebcrth , 4 ; Comlngoro , G ; McCreary , 2 ; Frankos , 1 ; Yerkes , 1. Another contest casa was up In the house today , that of Dunlap , republican , against Knunmn , the democratic member. Dunlap was speaking for his side when the hearing was shut off by the joint ballot. " CINCINNATI , March ! , A Commercial Gazette tpeclal front Frankfort , Ky. , says : The republican joint caucus for the nomina tion of a candidate for United States smiatur continue until almost midnight , when Chair man Jones announced that State Senator W. J. Deboe had been nominated. There was a lively session and nlin b'tllots wcro taken. The content was between Senator Dcboo and Judge W. H. licit. The last tallot resulted : Deboo , 32 ; Holt , 29. DISMISS IIOI.MKS A MSW TRIAL. Coiivlctt-il MiiriltrriAliuuiIoiiN IIoiiu mill .Srt-UH Solm-c In Itcll lon. PHILADELPHIA , March 4. The supreme court today , In a doclslcn by Justice Williams , overruled all assignments of error tn tha case of II. II , Holmes , fientenrcd to death for murdering Benjamin F. Pltzol , and confirmed the Judgment of the court below. The opin ion says that no substantial error has been pointed out and the evidence fully sustained the verdict. Thu papers In I ho case are In the hands ot Governor Hastings , who. It Is believed , will llx an early day for the execution of the notorious criminal. Holinoi has lately been making preparation for the gallows and Is said to have sent for a Cjthollc priest , who has since visited him several times. SUSANS MUCH KOH SOUTH DAKOTA. Itiillroiul llrhlKc Will Ilii CoiiNlriictril nt ( 'liiiiuliiTlnln. CHAMBERLAIN. S. 1) . . March 4. ( Special Telegram , ) Telegraphic advices state that thu hous'e today passed a bill granting pef- tnlnjlon tu construct a wagon and railroad brldgo acrow the Missouri river at this point. It Is good news fcr this and the Black Hills portions of South Dakota , as It prac tically Insured the extension of a railroad acrcma the ceded Sioux lands between the two secfloiisv The bill pasted the , senate tomewei'kti ago , . Amsterdam and Now York capital have been Interested In the entcrprlie. The bill provides that work upon the bridge ba commenced wlthiiig ono year and completed within three years. Klllfil III thu Shaft Tit n Jlluc , HILL CITY , S. D. , March 4. ( Special Tele gram.-Stages ) from Keystone gold camp bring nowa of the death of William Haitian , ono of the men employed at the Egyptian property , now under development by Omaha Pirllu ? , A piece of logging fell ninety feat , striking Haitian , who had Just gone to the Irttom of the shaft , Ciiitim | > M tinI'lorl.lu Convention. TALLAHABSfi , Fla , , March 4. The fac tional fight ut the opening of the repub lican fctate convention hero today resulted In n victory for the Kagan faction. Kagnn wns temporary chairman of the convention mill counted out nil the contustlng di'li'ga- tlont of Ciunbylles. Joseph E. Lee. colored. of .JtultsonvlMe , was elected ptrnmnent chairman. The cummlttcn on credentials wcrk''il all the afternoon with the van- test * , the Kngiui cleleputes generally being BBftteU Ita work will be finished tomor- row. TliO' miceetis of the KIIKIHI , or nn- chlup element , today menim that most of the delcKaleg.ia st , Louis will be Instructed for Morton , thu Ounbj Jtes bavins no partic ular choice. Frank Willing Leach , chairman of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania JJe | > yhlleun Btato league , who U visiting Florida , denies I Instutrmenl that ho cauiu to MorMu in thu Intercut of the antt-Mc- Klnlej combine. WEBSTER ON THE RATE LAW State's Side of the Matter Expounded t tbo Supreme Court. COLLECT PROFITS ON WATERED VALUES ItunilN Acriinril < if SccurluK Kiinrmoti CJaliix \rliriiMUn During Tliiion of Ilriirc'Nlon I'nlliu'y of Con tent Ion. WASHINGTON , March 4. ( Special Tele gram. ) John L. Webster for two hours heli the clofa attention of the full supreme cout bench today In arguing the maximum rate cases. Chief Justice Fuller Indicated tha but tour hours could be given to the hearing of this case , but softened the matter just a llttlo by saying that If necessary In the In terest of a perfect understanding on the part of the court , further time would be granted. When court adjourned iMr. Webster had con cluded a most logical argument. Justice ] Gray , Brewer and Whlto manifested great In terest In the development of the argument. Justice Brewer was particularly concerned In that feature' Mr. Webster's brief which combattcd tables prepared by Judge. Browcr In Ilia court below , and upon which the In junction was largely granted. When he came to state how he had arrived at the relative cost of railroad construction , and staUd the amounts for which they wcro bonded , tiitrf was a noddlnc of heads aa reminiscences of Credit Moblllcr and other peculiar transactions arose In the judicial memory. Chancellor Wcolworth will speak In the morning. Whether Attorney General ChurchIll - Ill , for the app'ellants , and Mr. Carter , for the appellees , will talk Is not determined upon , althonoh the chances arc that Mr. Voolworth will exhaust his cn.se , Mr. Churchill closing for the state. HISTORY OF THE CASE. During the 1803 session of the Nebraska legislature a bill fixing maximum freight rate ? for the state , known as house roll Xo. 33va ° } Introduced aud passed , It was ap proved by the governor on April 12 , 1S93. It provided for the regulation of charges by railroads , the classifying ot freights and the penalties for the violation of the pro visions of the law. Just before the law wont Into operation , suits were- commenced In the name of the stockholders of the Burllngtun rail read to prevent the olllcers from putting In force the rates provided for In the bill. Action was commenced lit the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ne braska. Other similar suits \tere brought. The cases were heard before Judges David J. Brewer and Elmer S. Dundy and decrees wcro entered In favor ot the complainants , an Injunction being granted against the of ficers of the companies and the State Board of Transportation. In ths cplnlon , which was given by Judge Brewer , It was stated that while the right to regulate rates was recognized the law was repugnant to the constitution ot the United States , "for as much as by the provisions of said act , the said defendants , the railroad companies may not exact for the transportation of freight front one point to another within this state charges which yield to the said companies , or either of them , reasonable compensation for such services. " An appeal from the decision of the circuit court was taken to the supreme court of the United States by the State Board of Transportation , on b hal * cf the state. The flrst point touched upon In the argu ment of Mr. Webster's brief was the "Theory of Profits , " the opening statements being 0.0 follow ? : "Tho opinion of the cir cuit court was based upon the theory that the railway companies were entitled to make such rates as woQId yield a profit.- The evldetrce In thlo casij was Jlaken at a time " < vlieh thcre"was''ft drought" In western Ne- urat'ka'and ' a..dcp.ression-ji | business. Upon the theo'ry "that trie railway companies were litlll entitled tn earn a profit , the logic of this. , would ba that the railway cprhpanloD wotifd bo justified In Increasing rates In the ratio cf the decrease In business. The converse of the- proposition would be true ; In tlritoii of financial depression , all other values go down and railway rates should go down In like proportion. Would the owner of a building bo Justified In Increasing rents bccauie , the number of his tenants diminish ? Our contention h that when the value of all articles of commerce are reduced by reasan of financial depiesslon/thatHwag a time when the producer and shipper.had a right to ask for lower rates. " QUESTION OK LOCAL RATES. The next point taken up" Is contained In the statement "The law sjpuld not ba held unconstitutional and the rates unreasonable for the Dingle reason that the enforcement nf the rates would not leave or create a net profit to roads whoso local business has al- waya been unprofitable. " It was shown that to make rates which would bo profitable to thcpa road would result In making rates that would yield enormous profits to the main lines. The table showing the effect of the law of the earnings of the- several companies , was then taken up In detail and Its credibility attacked. The testimony of Secretary Dll- worth of the State Board of Transportation la quoted from the evidence at the trial of tha casj. to tho' effect that a decrease In rajcs would unquestionably result In an In- creaio In tonnage , and Instances were clte.l whore this had proved true In other states. The data from which the table was compiled is t'hown In the brief to have been Incorrect , aa showtt by the testimony of the auditors of the railroads In the case. In the table the net profits of the B. & M. road on local buslnesj , under the eld table of rates , was stated a3 $442,792. while the testimony ot William Randall , freight and ticket auditor of that road , gave the net profit of the ro.ii ) on local business as fSSO,852.S9 , about double the amount stated In the table. Re ducing this profit by 29VS per cent , tiio re duction called for by the law , the net profit of thoiroad would still remain fC20.D91.17 , in stead of $77,017 , ns shown In flio table. The testimony of A. S. VanKuran , freight auditor of the Union Pacific , Is also quoted to show that the net earnings of that road In Nebraska wcro $046,980 , Instead of $398- 202 , as shown by the table , The statement Is made that the railroads In the elate of Nebraska derive a profit front their local tonnaga of nearly 100 per cent over anJ above operating expenpes. The testimony of Mr , Randall of the B. & M , , James Q , Taylor , auditor and treasurer of the aamo road , and A , S. VanKuran of the Union Pacific road , Is quoted to show fhat this statement la well founded , and , It Is claimed that .thero Is no justification In law or In reason for the railway companies Insisting that tbo maximum rate law would operate as a confiscation of the properties of the companies , when the earnings on local tralllc are so enormous as ghown , WHAT SHOULD JJ3 CONSIDERED. It Is contended that the appellants have a right to take Into consideration , first , the wliolo business of the company ; second , whether the ratfa fixed In the act are as high an the articles composing the local tonnage can reasonably bear , leaving a mar gin of profit to the producer and shipper , and not producing an exorbitant price to the consumer ; third , that a rate which , as to profits , would be deemed a reasonable rate upon a line running direct from point of fhlpmcnt to point of destination must be deemed a judicial reasonable rate , although such rate might not yield a profit upon Other competing roads following circuitous , llnes or running through sparsely settled territory , The startling statement l made that "tho annual net earnlnga of tha principal rail roads In Nebraska exceed 25 per cent on their value , or equal a sum of money which , within four years , would pay the cost of reproducing the roads. " In support of this assertion figures are quoted and the testimony of railroad expert * is given , show ing that $20,000 a mile will construct and equip any railroad operating In Nebraska. On thin basin In 1602 the II , & M , earned 32 per cent. Some attention lo paid to nl. Icged mlt'inanasement Ju affair * of the Union Pacific. Federal , tate and municipal aid granted Nebraska rallroadu U also cited. It ' * then asserted that the railway cam- panics of Nebraska are capitalized at much niora thiui their actual vuluo or their actual cott , and that In t-oino Instance ! ) tbe capital * liation Is four times an Brest as the value j ot the property. Under Mich conditions It li claimed that the holder of fictitious stock has no right to complain. U Is therefore contended tmU the capitalization rtf the railway companies cannot properly be made the basis of detprm'nlng the value of the property or the basis of the tariff rate the company Is entiled to charge. The assertion Is made that the Union Pa- c'flo gives away annually , In the way of favoritism and accommodation , more than the total reduction under the maximum rate law would amount to. and It Is stated ( hat the- effect of the law upon the Income of the stockholders ot all the roads In the state would ba so small as to bs scarcely discern ible. In conclusion It Is urged that the maximum rate law contains a provision by which the rates rmu ; bo raised If they are found to be unjust and unreasonable , and It Is cla'tned ' that the question whether the rates fixed by tha law are unjut or unreasonable Is not a question of law but a question of fact for the legislature cf the state to determine , In accordance with the power conferred upon It by the constitution of the state. SIII3 VKl.li OF 1II3II OW.V ACCOItll. Con Un ino Pile lip In ( he llriM\ii Cnxr. SAN KRANCISCO , March 4. Deacon Wil liams subjected Miss Overman to a severe cross-examination at the evening session of the council , before which Rqv. C. O. Brown of the First Congregational .church Is being tried on charges of Immorality. Ho asked tier , among other thlngsi It slto had not felt tor name time that her feelings for Dr. lirown had been such as no virtuous woman should entertain toward a married man , Miss Overman replied , with much apparent indignation , that she had felt no such thing. She admitted , however , that she did not wait for the pastor to tempt her , but fell of her own accord. . Mr. Williams led her through' long lane ot mystic , hasty questions , beginning with ; he meeting December 19 , and' ending with her entry Into the doctor's study the same afternoon , when the alleged blackmail of Mrs. Davidson was revealed to her. Mr. Williams wanted to know If the old feeling' canto back n the darkness of the room. The witness , however , did not get an opportunity to reply to this , for Dr. Pond Interposed a strong objection to what ho termed unnecessary cross-examination , and said If It was con- : luued he would certainly withdraw from .ho deliberations of the council. Rev. Mr. Sink wanted to know what her feelings toward Dr. Brown are now. "Slncero pity , and that only , " was the reply. The members of the council came to the conclusion that Mla Overman's story with out corroboratlon Is Insutllclent. They have decided that Mrs. Tunnell Is a necessity. She has been telegraphed for In the name of the council , and upon her words hangs , n a measure , the fate of Dr. Brown. Rev. C. O. Drown is ctlll too 111 to appear at the meeting of the Congregational council , whore he Is being tried for alleged Im- norallty. His Interest are being watched by an attorney , j Miss Overman's cross-examination was con- lucd at this afternoon's session of the council. She admitted that Mrs. Tunnel , the mlsjlng witness whom the council would like o find , had no means and that she had rent Mrs. Tunnel several remittances since her departure. She admitted further that the noncy had been furnished by Dr. Brown , and when asked why Dr. Brown should send noney to Mrs. Tunnel , asked "Why should 10 not ? " The cross-examination of the witness re- ; ardlng the published letters front herself o Mrs. Tunnel got the witness Into a tangle , rom which she extricated herself by saying hat she had not marked the Interpolated lassages of all the letters. She said she lad never expected that the letters would > e > published , supposing that Dr. Brown vould never allow the matter to go so far and that he would rather pay a large aunt of money than attempt to cxpoe the con spiracy she and Mrs. Davidson had formed. OIIA.XGI2 .IUO13 CHOP REPORT. vv Stnclc.f . YTIionl 3Iucli Smaller ThtuiAittt Y ! ! ! . - > " ' CHICAGO , March'4-The "Orange' Judd .Farmer , which1 last year estimated farm locks of wheat at-151,000.000 bushels.a figure vhlch It claims was substantiated by the movement up to July , this week publishes s a result of a cnsolldatlon of count esti mates a statement showing farm reserves larch 1 to'bn 135,000.000 bushels , or 29.3 per ent ot the crop of JS95. The w'nter ' wheat states hold light ro- erves , the spring wheat region compara- Ively heavy , with 45,000,000 In the three eadlng states , while unusual exhaustion of arm stocks Is found In California , where , pparently , a llttlo more than 2,000,000 bush. Is remain In flrst hands. Corn has moved slowly and farm con- umptlon has been less than expected , so hat the farm surplus Is the largest ever ro- orted. bjlng estimated at 1,001,000,000 bush- Is 200,000,00 more than followed the great rep of 1889. Oats have been moved and consumed even nero slowly than corn , the surplus remaln- ng amounting to 40 per cent of the crop , or 15,000.000 bushels. Regarding the condition of growing wheat , eturns Indicate marked Improvement since December 1 , except along the Ohio rlvor. TiiiiEij misi.vKSH HI.OCICS . ( ( > IIIINO\VII , l' < i. , VIxKcMl by a DIsiiN- IriniM CoiilliiKriitlo JOHNSTOWN , Pa. , March < l , At 9:30 : o'clock tonight a flro broke out In the base ment cf the Nathan Miller block. The Miller block and the owner's stock of croccr'es were quickly destroyed. Loss , $0,000. The four-story Hannan block , adjoining , met the same fate. Among the ccctipants of this building were the Morning Democrat , whose now plant cost $30,000 ; H. M. DcnshoffH book bindery , the Neunmn League club , John Hannan's hardware store and the Updegrave millinery establishment. * The total loss on the Hannan building and contents ia $110- 000. The Wolf block , adjoining the Hannan I building , was next to burn , entailing a loss of probably $80,000. , This block contained E , M. Mahlan's grocery , the Amerlcus club and the offices of many lawyers. At 1:45 : the flro Is practically-under con trol , the firemen having prevented the flames from extending beyond 'the residence of Morris Wolf. Several . .firemenere pain fully Injured/ * t . iiu.Moitisi ) IIUKII.VTUXTICNSIO.V ; ( , ( iiMii-rnl MimiiKrr Ilolilri-Kc II iilt'H DENVER , March 5. Under the name efFort Fort Collins , North ParTc & Western railway - way the nurllngton & , Missouri Illver railroad - road Is to b extended 'from' Longmont , Colo. , via Fort Colllnsr to Steaipboat Springs , , run ning through the Ilahn's"pealr mining dls > trlct. The new company has been Incorpo- 'rated with $1,000,000 capita ) . General Manager Holdrege of'tho ' Burling ton , when shown the foregoing dispatch yes. tcrday morning , tald that ho had not heard of any such extension. Ho thought that It waa an Idle rumor started by n number of mining speculators interested In the region. Ho said that great progress had recently been made In this territory nnd that a rail road there was much desired , but he had no knowledge of the formation of any com pany for undertaking the project , ItriiHonx fur .Mi-rrllt H , Dny'N Arrorit , BOSTON , March 4. Chief Inspector Walls IIQH received a telegram from Superintend ent of Police Dletscb of Cincinnati , O. , lelutlve to the arrest hero of Colonel .Mer rill II. Day. The telegram suya : "Day Iiretcnded to Joseph II , Rhodes In Cincin nati. In February. 1S9I , that C40 acres of land In Pennlngton county , South Dakota , property of the llnpld Creek Horse Ranch company , of which Hay Is president , was uiilnciimbertMl. On this representation he obtained 18,000 fioin Ithodes. Tbo land and horses were Incumbered for 110,000 , of Occiiu VcNNoU , .March . At Southampton Arrived Havel , from Nrw York for Bremen. At Glakgow Arrived Ethiopia , from New York. At New York Arrived Mississippi , from Louden. At Quccnstown Arrived P-uilai\d : \ from Philadelphia. At New York Arrived Mal'cilo from Liverpool ; tCai&er Wllht'lm II , Genua , At Liverpool Arrived Teutonie from Now York. OUTLINE1 OF ENGLAND'S ' CASE Entire Doctimofit la Soon to Bo Made Public , " < ii\\- BLUE BOOK pjIf. VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY Sir Krcil < < rlcU Pollock KntnlrllMlien n Oli-nr Tide ( o the TorrUory lit UlnimiV lijmi Apiu-nl tu Olil iitltch Archlvvi. LONDON , March 4. The St. James Oa- zotte Ibis afternoon publishes a forecast sum mary of the British blue book upon the Venezuelan situation , which Is shortly to bo Issued. It Is salil to contain extracts from the archives of Holland , from the latter part of the sixteenth century to the second de cade of the nineteenth century , and extracts from the archives of Spain from Orellano's ascent ot the river Amazon , In 1542 , and Martinez's ascent of the Orinoco river to Diego do Ordaz , down to Venezuela's Inde pendence In 1S30. All the documents In tliU connection , It I's said , Iiavo been ransacked In order to establish the British case. Against the Venezuelan claim for posses sion of the west batrk of the Ksscqulbo , It will be shown , It Is said , In overwhelming strength , that the possession of that bank Is Great Britain's beyond doubt. The statement of Sir Frederick Pollock , professor of jurisprudence of Oxford univer sity , who has prepared the Urltlsh case , Is described by the St. Junto * Gazette as being "remarkable for masterly detail and skill In collecting evidence , and for the force ami , clearness of his conclusions. " Continuing , the St. Jamca Gazette says : The statement shows the Dutch occupation of the coast of Guiana up to. the mouth of the Orinoco , such possession Implying the right of ownership to the Hinter land ( back country ) , which right , It Is shown , the Dutch exercised In the sixteenth century. The early Dutch maps glvo the northwest boundary ns starting from Rarlma point and going northwestward , In land , roughly parallel to the Orinoco , to the conil\ienco of tlio Caronl and Orinoco. SUPPORTS GREAT BRITAIN'S CLAIiM. According to the map which Do Lisle pre pared for Louis , XV. In 1774 the delineation of the district and the Dutch boundary from Darlma point Is Identical with the present British claims. Sir Frederick Pollock proves that the Spaniards word never established In Guiana proper until they overran a part of the British territory , to the Cuyunl , In 1S53. Previously .the extreme Spanish settlement was St. Thome. This Is borne out by the Dutch map of 179S , prepared for the assist ance ot the statesmen who were negotiating the cession of the Dutch colonies In America to Great Britain. Sir Frederick Pollock enters Into the de tails to show that the cession was effected on this basis. An Important map printed In Venice In 1776 and another In 1772 agree with the Louis XV. map ot 1774. Sir Frederick Pollock establishes beyond question thatHolland , vigorously protested whenever the'pgnlards entered the Cuyunl valley , that''Spain ' had no answer to thcso protests , and fJ at , anyway , she never claimed Its ownership. , But the States General twice , In 17C9 andjlTJpi , demanded reparation for Spanish vlolat/jri of the Dutch territory on the Cuyunl. Oiti ( Dutch corre pqrjdencc' Is cited asserting ownership of./jthe. entire watershed of the " Esslqulbo , layrjg [ "great stress upon the rights to the Cuyun/ where the Dutch had gold ' diggings , and7'fof hls and with whose Indian tribes they hqdj.lntercotirsc for 150 years. The Spanisjj-jqqrrespondenco quoted shows that the government rejected the advice ot Governor Cumana to push the Dutch out of Cuyunl. Thej.go'vrnment declared that the proposals vrog too audacious , as they attempted temptedsljo'y , that | .Guiana was more ex tensive than jyijs , aqtualy | the case. The Dutchn'archlves have been so well koptv that SlrjFre4Gxlck | Pollock was -able , to establish .an [ Ifrefrpgnle ] case for the British ownership of the'Cuyunl basin , though there is no adduclble evidence as to how thu Dutch hclJ the .country between the Schomburgk line and the Orinoco. The Chronicle says the government blue book on Venezuela will reach Washington on Saturday and will be distributed here on the same day. "There Is reason to believe , " says the. Chronicle , "that the , present state of the matter is that Lord Salisbury and Secretary Olney have both made proposals and each has declined the other's proposi tion. " SURPRISE TO BOTH PARTIES. The Daily Newe , in a forecast of the Vene zuelan blue book , says : "Tho results of a search through Spanish archives arc likely to surprise both the United States and Vene zuela , as showing that the date of the first Spanish , settlement of the Orinoco was as late as 159C , and was made on the bank to forestall the arrival of one Guatorral , who had been purveying the region and had prom ised to return and Bottle there. It Is proved that Guaterral was Sir Walter Raleigh. "Tho greatest surprise for Venezuela , with out doubt , will bo the publication of the secret papers exposing the Intrigues between Spain and Portugal In 1750 , far cither ex pelling the Dutch from Guiana or hemming thorn In on the seashore. If the Dutch were not In pos33B3lon , where was the necessity to expel them ? "Tho British case sets up a claim by the conquest of both the Spanish" and Dutch colonies before1 Venezuela came Into ex istence , and , although Holland , by the. con vention of 1814 , "cedo.V her possessions to us , there wate , according to the British case , no real cession , because the colony was ours already. ' 'Upon this part of the cues a very strong one the government mainly relies. It di minishes the Importance of the long diplomatic correspondence In 1810 , and shows Lord Salisbury occupies a strong historical posi tion. " HAS j < o I'ltiK.Nn.siiii' roil iiTiirn , tiiHplrcil Cii'riiinii 1'ri'NN Ciniiiii-eiilM on fluCiiliiiu Slliindon. LONDON , March C. The Times has a dispatch from Berlin reporting that the KolnlEche.JCeltung has an article which Is believed to represent the views of the gov ernment on the subject of the United States attitude toward Cuba , and which treats neither the-.United States nor Spain with leniency. It taunta the Americana with con cealing their schemes of conquest under the maple of humanitarian sentiments , though It ailily It. Is not tlit'Ir ' custom to clothe their ambitious designs In diplomatic form. It warns the Spaniards against giving violent expressions to their national feeling , a they did livhe ( Caroline Inland dispute , because they -naVo to deal with a much less Indulgent ady scy than Germany. The Times cVrr'eSpondent proceeds to quote as follows ; "Germany's Interest In the dls- puto will beVtoiJtlned to the protection of her Cuban tradc.Sho has no.'debts of gratl- tudo to elthd9J > 9aln or- the United States for kindness received , but rather the con trary. It Is Tcn'flrally believed Germany's trade Interest would fare better under Ameri can predonilnwiJe * than under the Spanish maladministration , , but the difference would bo small anddermnny will be guided by her conception of International law. "We would a'dvlso Spain to follow the pre cedent of the > TfiiKoa States In the secession War , when ' ' ' * repelled with repub lican boorlshiidsBMhe English and French mediation lin > behalf of the south. Spain might then add with monarchic politeness that sliu wouUl not venture to carry tbo comparison further , Jest she might bo compelled to place General Leo on the same level with Antonlp Maceo , " llonrlM'rr > - KiivurN Arid trillion. ' LONDON. March Ti. The Dally News prints this morning a letter from the earl of Ilose- bery , late liberal premier , which should have been read at Tuesday night' * meet ing In Queen's hall , In furtherance of Anglo- American arbitration , Lord Jlosebery says : "I hcai Illy hope It may bo found practicable to device" some court , "Or , rather , machinery cf arbitration. I think the machinery should be permanent , but not the court. Ot course there are subjects which jf may not be pos sible lo refer to arbitration. The experi ment also may fall , but that Is no reason why It' should not bo tried , " lloliuiilulitt Arrlvcn In Iioiiiluu. LONDON. March 4. Prince von Hohenloho , the chancellor of the German empire , has arrived In London. DI3ATII nv AIICIIIIIAIIOP ICIJMtlCIt linn llrcn Very I'VHilr liu ( IIIn Snililcn lliMiilKC IVitM Jfol AtitlHiuitiMl. ST. LOUIS , March 4. Peter Richard Ken- rick , who , for flfty-flvo years prior to three years ago , was the Roman Catholic arch bishop of this diocese , dloil at 1:30 : o'clock this afternoon , In the ninetieth year ot his ago. Ills death was peaceful and painless , For pcveral years the aged prelate has been In very fecblo health , and about three years ago Bishop John J. Kaln of Wheeling was elevated to an archbishopric and tout hero to tcllovo him. The present winter hag been very rover on him. and cno or two Incipient attacks of pneumonia nearly carried him off. It was a lung trouble , helped by scnllo debil ity , that laid him low at Inet. List night when the archbishop retired ho complained of not feeling well. Ho was suffering from a chill. When ho awoke , at 10 o'clock this morning , he still felt 111 , but suffered no pain. A doctor was called , who loft with out prescribing anything. After big depart * tire the archbishop fell asleep , and , nt 1 o'clock ho awoke again. Ills \alet Inquired If ho felt be'tter , but the prelate replied : "No. " Nothing could bo done. The weak ppclla were matters of dally occurrence , and his valet .wad reassured when the archbishop closed bin eyes and seemed to drop back asleep. The boy sat at his bedside for half an hour. The room grow quiet and it seamed to hint that the Bleeping man was hardly breathing. A touch of the hand tn his face revealed the fact that the archbishop had quietly paorcd away. Archbishop Konrlck'a death will disarrange the elaborate preparations that had been made for tlio reception and entertainment of Cardinal Satolll , who was expected to arrive h6ro next Monday morning. Cardinal Sa tolll will bo apprised ot the sad event , and his presence In the city will bo In connection with the Impressive burial service that will bo given tlio dead prlnco of the church. Archbishop Kaln , who was not present when ( loath occurred , said that the fdncral would take place Tuesday afternoon. "I ha\o telegraphed Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Rj'an regarding further arrangements , " mid ho , "and will not change the day unless they PO dcalre. " Peter Richard Kcnrlck wns born In Dub lin , Ireland , August 17 , INX ) , of n family which had taken a prominent part In Irish affairs. Ho wan ordained to tbo priest hood Starch C , 1S32. In 1833 he came to America and taught In n seminary at Over- brook , I'a. In 1837 he wns made vlcnr general and in IStl wns elected coadjutor bishop of St. Louis. Two years later he succeeded to the sei > of St. Louis. In 1817 bo was created an nrcbblnbop. In 1831 lite fiftieth anniversary of his entry Into the priesthood was celebrated with great pomp and ninny matks of esteem from bis fellow * churchmen. WASHINGTON , March 4. A dispatch t the commissioner of Indian affairsannounces , the death , at Shawnec. Old. , last night o Paul F. Falson , one of the five Inspector of the bureau. He had been lit the service for three years. EXETER , N. II. , March 4. Rev. No.il Hooper , with one exception the oldest Baptls minister in New Hampshire , died hero today aged 90 years. He was born at Saco , Mo. and wan the son ot Rev. Noah Hooper. H nerved ten years In the Now Hampshire legls laturc , while preaching at Somcrsworth. NEW YORK , March 4. John Connelly , one of the best known bass ball umpired In till country. Is dead. CHICAGO , March 4. Wjlllam J. Camp bell , the republican national comntlttceman from Illinois , and for years prominent litho the councils of the republican party , diet this afternoon of pneumonia , after a shor Illness. The circumstances surrounding his death arc peculiarly tad , as his wife am father are also at the point of death and It was neglect of himself In watching then that brought about the attack of pneumonia He became a member of the republican na tional committee In 1S91 and In June , 1892 was unanimously elected chairman , but re signed soon after on account of private busl ness. He served as state senator from 1878 to 1SSG and was ono of the most suc cessful lawyers In the west. He- was 44 years eld. LOWELL , Mass. , March 4. Governor Grecnhalgo died at 12:30. : TURMSD DOWN TIIJ3 LYNCH C11O1VD Hill IIIK ! Lynch Fiu'lloiiM Each Hold .Slate Convention ! * . JACKSON , Miss. , March 4. T. B. Merely , chairman of the republican state executive committee , called the committee to order at 11 o'clock. The rol ! call of the ninety mem bers of the committee was called , showing a full attendance. The report of the coin- mltteo was a voluminous document , giving a list ot delegates and alternates for every county In the state. W. E. Molllson , a Lynch man , read a minority report , recom mending the seating of Lynch delegates In fifteen or twenty counties , the charge being made that the contests were all fraudulent. James Hill moved to table the minority. report. The rcll was called on the adoption of this report , which was rejected by a vote of 49 to 39 , a Hill victory. The report of tlio subcommittee was then adopted. After opposition by the Lynch faction a resolu tion was adopted to exclude contestants from the hall. The committee then adjourned till 4 o'clock. At 4 o'clock the Lynch crowd , some 200 strong , went Ini a body to the con vention hall and demanded admission with out tickets , which was refused. They with drew In a body , carrying Lynch on their shoulders , to Beneficiary hall , where they went Into session. The Hill convention to night elected the following McKlnloy dele gates to the St Louis csnventlon : James Hill. John S. Burton , A. M. Leo and E. W. Lapton. lM U mi rniil I inI JKFKJ311SON CITY , Mo. , Miirch 4. The State Hoard of Agriculture today adopted the recent government qunrnntlno regula tion In rciratd to the shipment of southcin cattle , with the single exception that tbo entire state of Arkansas la quarantined , Tliopo regulations will go Into effect March 5 and remain In force until November 1C , 1SOG. I'roii'liii-iil 1'ytlilim Oylnpr. KANSAS CITY , March 4. A special Jo the Star front Fort Scott , Kan. , pays : L. M. Havens , past grand chancellor of the KnlghtH of Pythias of Kansas , In reported this afternoon to bo dying from dropsy. Ho Is n high degree Mason , Odd Fellow and nod M n and Is well known. TiiKiiAipino IIIUKKS. The election at Seattle resulted In the election of the republican ticket. Colonel Otis of the Los Angeles , Cal. , Times denies lie Is u candidate for vice president. The ofllcla ! dock trial of the torpedo boat Krlcbson wa commenced at New London Wednesday. The four Aikansns districts hnvo elected delegates to St , Louis and Instructed them , for.jMcKlnley , The Taylor Manufacturing company of 'Ht..Louis , manufacturers of baking pow .ders , has assigned. ( , Fifty out of ninety-nine counties In Iowa have already hold their conventions and declared for Allison , Irr' an affray between Italians In New York Wednesday two men and a woman "were1 shot and fatally Injured , The contributions at the big missionary meeting at New York ninomitoil to J5fco ) lind pledges will raise It to $20,000. Prof. Dmilol Elliott has started to Africa to secure natural history specimens for the Field Columbian museum of Chicago. The Hozeman , Mont. , tunnel has raved In and thu timber woik Is on ( Ire. All tralllc Is being transferred over the mountain , A 2-ycur-old child of Dr. Caff-ry of Monte Vista , Colo. , was poisoned by Its little brother while Mie two were playing ; doctor. Joseph BannlKim lias resigned ns presi dent of the Rubber trust and Itobert I ) , Kvmm of Boston was elected to the posi tion. tion.Tho The schooner Sarah and Lucy went auhoro on the Now Jersey coast Wednes day , The Bhl { > was lost , but the crew \vus saved , OeorKO 13. Foss wan renomlnnted for con gress In Chicago Wednesday. The con vention selected two McKlnley delegates to St. Louis. The preliminary trial of Dr. Rhoadcs lias commenced ut OtttnjitnuK. Ky , He Is charged with killing a Mr. Itoblnson , whom he was attending , The bondholders of the Hocking Valley Oonl and Iron company arc prejmilnir to make application for the sale of the prop erty under foreclosure proceedings. In the United States court at Fort Smith , Ark. , Oeorgu 1'carce , Webster Isaacs , John Pcarce. Berry Foreman anil Mother King wcro sentenced to bo hanged on April 30. Senator Vct announces himself as favorIng - Ing the scheme tu have the Missouri state democratic convention elect not only the delegates-at-large , but the entire delegation to Chicago In order to secure a liurmonlouu delegation , ROME A CITYOF MOURNING _ ( Continued from First Page. ) to protest against the dispatch of further troops to Africa. Some of the troops , de signed for the relief of thp Italian army lit Abyjslnla , wore to depart front that city today , but they were taken possession of bodily by the rioters , In whoso ranks were Included many women and children , The soldiers were forced out of the cars In which they had taken their places preparatory to departure and the mob then tore up the rails along the track and made the soldiers promise not to leave the town. There were many demonstrations at other points against sending more Italians Into Africa. Protests similar In kind to that at Pavla against further operations In Africa were made at Conio , Bergamo , Crcvona , Lodl , Forll , Monza , Modcna , Parma , Verona , and Cunco. H Is Mid tonight the resignation ot the ministry will bo formally announced to Par liament tomorrow. After this has been done both houses will adjourn to await the de cision ot King Humbert upon what action ho will take. The king haa Informed Slg- nor Crlspo that ho must have tlnto to con sider whether ho will accept the resignations it the ministers and ho conferred this even ing with the presidents ot the Senate and tlio Chamber of Deputies upon the subject , ONE COMMAND MISSING. Later details of the flghtjng In Abyssinia Indicate that General Dabortlda's column ot Italian forces tnistalned a very hot attack Front the enemy and fought desperately for forty minutes , when they were compelled to retreat. The- Italians did their best to cover their retreat by rifle and artillery fire , but they were hampered In this course by the tear of hitting their own men. Their In fantry made repeated bayonet charges to break the pursuing Shoans , but they were finally compelled to abandon their guns. To ward evening , wltllo still retreating , the col umn divided Into two parts , Ono of those arrived In fair condition tinder Colonel Ra- glnla at Addtcago. No news has been re ceived of the second section. General Baratlerl , In a letter to a friend written before the flnal disaster , said : "I am aware of the Intriguer against mo , but my conscience Is easy. If I get through the : ampalgn with a whole skin , I shall reiucm- ) or I am a deputy , and then many people ) will bo restored to their proper places. " Two hundred deputies have arrived In lome since yesterday and the greatest anl- natlou Is manifested In the lobbies of Par- lament , where the disastrous defeat and ho resulting acute phase In the political situation are food for unending discussions , t Is believed dlulculty In finding a successor nay lead to Premier Crlspl remaining tn oS'.cc. The arsenal at Turin will turn out sixty mountain guns. H Is hoped that thcso can bo delivered by tlio end ot April. In addition to the touns which have al ready been mentioned as the seats of dis orders today , there wore disorderly demon strations at Naples , Brescia , Palermo , Catan ia , Venice , Hassart and numerous other towns. The troops have been consigned to the barracks of the Qulrlnal. Demonstra tions have occurred between democrats and monarchists and lighting In the streets re sulted. The university has been closed on account of the disorderly propensities of the students and many arrests hnvo been made. LONDON , March 5. A dispatch to the Dally News says : General Baratlerl's own report shows ho quitted the battlefield while the troops wcro still lighting and without knowing the fate cf the column under Gen erals Dabormlt and Arlmoliy. Helll be tried for abandoning his post , the penalty of which Is degradation and death. The Chronicle's Rome dispatch says : Queen Victoria and Emperor William have telegraphed their sympathy to King , Hum bert , with the expression of the hope that the arms of Italy may ultimately bo vic torious. MASSOWAH , March 4. General Bal- dlssera hag arrived and assumed the gov ernorship of the colony anil the command of the army. Ho will arrive at the front on Friday , when ho will meet General Baratlerl and consult with him on the situation. UELII3V12 UK. NANSISX IS SAKE. Soiiui Apparent IiiooiiNlNlciidi-s In Kornicr Hri'ortM CliMtrcil I'll. ' ST. PETERSBURG , March 3. Major Gen eral Svotslltzky , governor of Irkutsk , tele graphs hero In reply to queries regarding the reports as to Dr. Nansen's return that Peter Ivanowltch Knltchareff , who trades at Ust-Yansk , under date of November 10 , wrote , to a > merchant named Kuchnarcff at Yakutsk as followsVo : learn Dr. Nan- sen has reached the pole , has discovered hitherto unknown lands and has now re turned , Consequently the Arctic ccean has now becn , explored. " Governor Svotslltzky adds that tlieie Is no confirmation of this news from othr-r sources , but ho has In structed a meinbtr it Ills administration In the Verho-Yansk district to proceed to Ust- Yansk to verify the news and to aid the expc-dltlcn if necessary. The above dispatch will servo to clear sev eral obscure points In the news that first came of Dr. Nansen's return and goes to corroborate the report. The fact of there tavlng been two Kuchnareffs Involved in transmitting the first report has led to some confusion and to scepticism as to the re- jort havlne been received front a really re- lable source. It was pointed out that It ho report came from the merchant Kuch narcff In Yakutsk there would bo no grounder or regarding It of special Importance , as io would have special facilities for getting tows at first hand of Dr. Nansen's return. But the above dispatch asserts that the news came to Kuchnareff of Yakutsk from the rader Peter Ivanowltch Kuchnarcff. Now , 'eter Ivanwltch Kuchnareff Is the ac credited agent of Dr. Na'nson and has been ntrustod with a supply of Esquimaux dogs cr his expedition. His trading post at Ust- Yansk Is at the Arctic ocean , at the mouth of the Yana river , Just south of Llskov aland , one of the Now Siberians , and less han 200 miles from the Lena delta. Beyond ho fact the date , of the trader Kuchnareff'B otter Is fixed ut November 10 , there Is llt- io additional Information In the dispatch rom the governor of Irkutsk over that con- ained In the dispatch bringing the first re port on February 13. Doctors are oflen handicapped by this mere fact that when.treating the cHseasen of women , thcysuKg t and insist on "exam inations" and ' 'local treatment. " A Rrcat Diany of them do nbt iuow that this is abso lutely unnecessary , Many a woman has been thrown into a dangerous state of tier- _ yous excitement b'y the mere suggestion of fltich treatment. Many women lie to the doctor. That sounds hard , but it is un doubtedly true. They know that it they admit certain symptoms that the doctor will inevitably insist on an "examination , " They do not give him all the facts in the case , and so he works in the dark. Quite often the doctor is too busy and too hurried to make the necessary effort to obtain the facts. He frequently treats symptoms for what they appear to be on the surface , when the real cause and the real sickness is deeper and morn dangerous , A derangement of the distinctly feminine organs will derange the whole body. The woman herself may not know exactly what is the matter with her , but whenever she is sick , there arc two things she should look out for first. One is what is called "female weakness ; " the other is constipation , for these two things ficquently go together. Dr. 1'lcrcc'a ' 1'a- vonte Prescription \ designed for the cure of diseases and disorders of women , and it does cure them , It has been performing its healing mission for 30 years , and tens of thousands of women have been made happy by it. Dr. 1'lerce'a I'lcasant Pellets are Tor constipation , and contingent His. Druggists cell them , but sometimes in well meaning Ignorance , they will try to sell you home , thing else. There is nothing "just the fcame" or "just as good. 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