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gs were steady at l601Sc.
RECEIPTS AND sHlPMEN
THE WOOL TRADE.

The Condition Of the Foreign and Do.
mestic Markets.
Boston, Jan. 23.-The American Wool and
Cotton Reporter will s ~ tomorrow OF the wool
trade:
NEARLY 3,5000 900 pounds of wool has been
sold this week. There is visible improve
ment in breadth of demand, and an improved
feeling is quite manifest. Manufacturers are
taking right along moderate quantities of vari-
Gus kinds OF wool, according to the kind OF
fabric they are making. When one considers
that January, 1885, fmportations of foreign
cloths include three months consignments de
livered In one MONTH and that the bulk of 1t
and the description OF 1t thus far is not such as
to confirm the apprehension expressed last
fall concerning the probability of these goods
being brought INTO competition with our do
nestle manufacturers. Except for fine woods,
which are not in excess, we supply the de-
mand for domestic continues in about the same
degree as In the last quarter OF 1894. There
has been recently more call for territorial WOOL
than hitherto since the middle of November.
Pulled woods have had another good week, the
price of some grades having materially
strengthened since last writing. Australia has
sold well, and there has been increased in
quiries for South American cross-breeds
"The sales OF the week amount to 2.517, 100
pounds domestic and $4,000 OF foreign, max
Ing total of B. 800 poound', against
total of 3,774. 000 for the previous week and
2,457, 800 pounds for tie corresponding week
last year, the sales since January 1, 1895,
462, 100 pounds year ago."
THE LONDON WOOL AUCTION.
LONDON. Jan. 23.-There was god activity
for all the better merinos ana cross-breeds at
the wool auction sales today. Americans
bought freely of good merinos
Owing to the postponement OF yesterdays
sales on account of snow and fog, the serie1
has been extended one day, to February 9th.
Total number OF bales avail Bile for the auction
is 21,5OO. Offerings today amounted to 12,-
2l4, OF which 1400 were Withdrawn.
The following are the sales IN detail:
New South Wales 1898 bales; secured, Is
sgd.
Is; greasy, 41zS754d
Victoria, 4i43 bales; secured, 6lad91s I'D /;
greasy, 41SG10d.
Adelaide, 1900 bales secured, lid; greasy,
43ld@7I4d,
Swan River, SO b,les greasy, 3I4d057d.
New Zealand, 1928 bales secured, Sdt9
1015d; greasy, 6dD9lzd.
Cape Of Good Hops aud Natal, 1s48 bales;
secured, 614d00ls 3I4d; greasy, 4d@6A.
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chieago Live Stock Market.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-The cattle market was
neither as active nor as strong as there was
reason to expect With barely 11,0O0 head for
the day, 80 weak was the demand that the best
eel lers could do was to hold the market steady.
Common TO choice steers were saleabe at SO. 25
D5.25, with extra quoted around $565. There
was fair inquiry for common to choice cows
at So 0OD3 rs, and for stockers and feeders at
So. 29@3.75. Inferior cows sold around 81 SO,
and extra heifers and bulls brought as much as
IS. 5OG3.75. The bulk Of the steers sold be-
tween So. 1905. 90, and So. O093. 90 were popu.
lar prices for cows and bulls.
fairly steady hog market was experienced
today. The extreme top OF the market was
$aS2 Only Two OF "a tnfe sns sales les however
below $40. Light went largely at 49, $50
A.O5 and $4.2064.40 buying most of the
heavy and medium weights.
In sheep trade was uneven, but prices aver
aged about steady. A few sales at loo decline
were reported, while others were at strong
prices. The quality of lambs offered vas very
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LOCAL PRODUCE MARKsr.
Wholesale and Joboers' Quotations Cor
peeted Daily.
Los ANGELES, Jan 81.

Wholesale and Joboers Quotations Cor
reeted Daily.
Los ANGELES, Jan. 81.
Dairy Products.
BUTrER-Fancy creamery. ID rolls 400
SOC; % OF. Ills, 3745 D4219c; fancy dairy, %
CHEEsE-Per ID, southern California, large,
1890; Young America, l4y5; hand. 15lae;
eastern chsddars and twins, l4@1419c; briek
cream, Is 9l3l5c Linn oe ger. 109l3a; do
mestiu swiss, 15,0i6ci imported Swiss. 2lg3Ge
Rockford, 40c; Gorgauzola, SOC; Edam, $50
lOc; Sapsago, 27c
Poultry and Eggs,
PoULTRY-Per doz., hens, SLOj@l.50; young
ROSTERS 81. 25(94.70 old ROSTERS ST 90; broil-
ers, ~; o0@i. 20; DUCKS, $45O@5.oO; turkeys,
i1W12c per lb.
EGes-Per doz, California ranch, 2l@22c.
Grain and Hay.
Barley-Per ct fe ID g. 090s; seed, Csc 9Sl.
Corn-Per ct $l1O@ll5
Wheat-Per ctt., Sl01l.0o.
N ,Hay1Per ton, alfalts, $i1@l150; barley,
Provisions.
HAas-Perlb., Rex, 1919; Picnic, 7c; bone
less, &c.
BiooS-Per lb. Rex homeless breakfast 1o1c;
hight medium, 9z5c; m edum, 81
DRIED BEEF-Per h., set, l2c; insides, 1890,
DRY SALT PoRK-Per H., clear bellies Stac
PIG Po6K-Pe. nalf Dbl, 80 lbs, SO.
LARD-Perlb., Ivory compound, tierces, 612c;
hexolene. TIC; pure leaf, SC.
Dried Fruits.
APRIcoTs-Per h., 50o7ISc.
PEACHEs-Per h., Az ,Djll.
PRUNEs-Per h., 315(GiI2.
RAIsINs-Per h.. ~ D31s.
Green Fruits.
81 .O00l.3 5
BANANAsaPer bunch, Bluefelds, $l.5o9z.oo;
Bocas. 80. 90 G2.2
CRANBEsRtEs-Per bbl., $ll .50(012.00
GUAvAs-Per A-lb. box, 60l7c.
PEAas-Per 40-lb. box, 75c0$1 co.
PERsIMMoNs-Per h., 415c.
Citrus Fruits,
LEMoNs--P Per box extra la-gs EureSas. s.. 90:
cured Eurekas and Lisbons, So 5000 rs; I'M
cared, fancy, $l.50.
0RANGEs-SavelS, fancy, So. 5003. 90: choice,
$2Oo92.5O; Japanese Tangerines. 500.
oRANG Es-per box, +. o. b., shippers quota.
lions: Extra fancy Washington nsvels, 81. %;
SLoO; extra fancy seedlings, $l.75; fancy seed.
lings, $l5O: choice. $l.35: standard, $l.20.
Millstuffs.
Flour-Los Angeles, IS 40; Stockton, 1885;
Oregon 1925.
Bran-Per ton, $21.
Shorts-Per ton, 1923.
Rolled Barley-Per ton, $2l.
Cracked Corn-Per cwt., ST.
Feed Meal-Per cwt., $125.
Hides and Wool.
HIDEs-Per lb., sound dry. Sc; culled, IKE
kips, sound, 61ac; cuiled, 4>ac; sheep pslts (no
demand), nominal.
WooL-Very dull; 4@6c.
Fresh Meats.
Butchers prices for wholesale carcasses:
BEsF-Per Id, $1,000.
VEAL-Small, &c; large, 5lD6c
MuTToN-4l2@5c spring lamb, 697c
PoRK-6@61ac.
Livestock.
HoGs-Per cwt., SO. 70 G4.Oo.
BEEF CATTLE-Per cwt', 81. 25GDl.50.
CALvEs-Per head, So. rs D3. 90.
SHEEP-Per head, Sl.500275.
LAMBs-Per head. $1.75g2 90.
Honey and Beeswax.
HONEY Per pound. comb. 13@14c;
strained, 70812c.
BEEswAx-Per pound, 22126e.
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GENERAL FINANCIAL NEWS.
Speculation in Wall Strset-Foreign an
Domestic Exchange.

Speculation in Wall Street-Foreign and
Domestic Exchange.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.--The share speculation
today was more active than for some time
past, but the transactions were mostly on the
bear side of the market. The market opened
weak and lower, and except for fes bic rallies
about 10 so ana O'CLOCK the swing of prices
was downward up to the beginning ofthe last
half hour. London was heavy seller in this
market, and the foreign advlces reported
American securities abroad heavy in tone
About delivery hour prices reached the low
point of the day. The market was strong dur
ing the last half hour. and rallies were made
ranging from q to q per cent, the latter In
New Jersey Central and Missouri Pacific. In
the final trading the former reacted "a and a
few other shares lost lsgss per cent but the
market generally closed firm to strong, al
though at prices below yesterdays last sales
sugar moved independently of the rest of the
market, opening unchanged, advancing a, re-
4, leaving gain OF q Tor the day. Union Pa
cific Ia unchanged. Reading reached q low sr
level than ever before SIS. Northern Pacific
also broke the record for low quotations, dip.
ping to 3, and Cordage at 90 and 81 are also
bottom figures Northwest at 94I is below the
lowest figures OF last week, and the Southern
shares made the low point also Several other
stocks vera forced below any previous pri sc
souri, Pacific, Canada Southern. Northern Pa
ciflc preferred, Chesapeake and OHIO and Lead.
Bonds deve Ioped the same character lstics as
that which marked the trading on yesterday
slight increase in the volume of business with
a steady drop in values. The aggregate sales
were 81, 154,OO
Government Donds-Firm.
State bonds-Inactive
Railroad bonds
CLOSING STOCKS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The closing quotations
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SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.

Call Board Prices-Grain and Produce
Movements.
San FRANCISCO, Ja1. 23.-Wheat steady: May,
9l5sc.
Barley-Quiet; December 1890; May $500.
Corn-S1. 27&.
Bran-Sl350.
SAN FRANCISCO Jan. %. -Flour-Family ex-
ira, So 4003.50; bakers extras, S33003 40;
superfne, So O092.25.
Wheat-The market was off again this morn
ing Shippers declined to pay over 8219c for
No. l grade. Choice product might bring
e3Hc, but that would be the extreme of the
market. Milling grades, S73@921ac; Walla
for blue stem and 70972l9c for damp.
Parley--Firmness on the part of holders to-
day was not quite so pronounced owing to the
arrival of IL 900 centals from Oregon. Feed.
fair to good, 75@50c. choice, SIG; brewing
85G92I3c.
stocks on hand large enough for all wants.
Milling, &I.000l.12!a; surprise, 81. 050
lis; fancy feed, 971ac@$l .02l6: good to
choice. 9O095c; poor to fair, 80 0S7lsc; black.
81 l5@l.30; red, $10501.171z: gray, 92%0
97l2c.
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New YORK, Jan. 23-The Evening Potts
London cablegram says
The rise of cOnsols to los SIG was the feat
ure of the MAI kats trkay. Other markets were
good, with 8 marked improvement in Argen-
tine securities. Americans were exceptionally
fiat and especially the reCevership stocks on
assessment rumors. There was a panicky feel
ing after hour of selling In New York.
Northern Pacific sold Ia per cent under
"house" prices.
1t is feared hat heavy gold shipm ants from
America are impending. The selling of gold
and currency bonds from fairly good quar- tiers
continues, and attracts attention.
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Liverpool Markets.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 23.-Wheat - Dull; de-
mand poor; No. Q, red winter, As 61sd: No. .
red spring, IS Sd; No. l hard Manitoba, IS
2I5d; No. 1 California, IS Id. Futures closed
steady, with near positions I'd to ia lower;
distant positions !a9sld lower. January. As
Al; February, As Al; March, Is 61ad: April,
Coin-Spot steady; American mixed, new
5sII. Futures opened steady, with near
positions "a lower; business heaviest on early
positions. January, IS 114d; February. IS 1Od;
March. s1115d; April, 3s 1874; May, Is;
June, As.
Flour-Dull; demand poor: 81. Louis fancy
winter, 5s Sd.
Hops-At London, Pacific coast f2 los.
The Orange Market
New YORK, Jan. 23.-Oranges dull; fancy.
81 90; others, $2.75@3.50.
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Cash quotations were as follows;
Fl0ur-Kasier; Winter patents, $2.50G2.75;
straghts, S. 80 az. so; spring patents $3. 10 q
3 SO; straights $l.20 o. 80: bakers, $l.80.
Wheat o.2 spring, 549sCp567scNo.3 spring.
nominal No. 2 red, 5IEsf9521sc,
Corn-No. ., 4lLc.
oats--Nv. 2. 2sl3e; No. 2 white, 3o7l@3!c;
No. white. 30l2G3lc.
Rye-No. 2, 5Ot.
Bariey-No q SOC; No. 3, 51@55c; No. 4,
nominal.
Flaxseed- o. 1, ! 4215.
Timothy-Prilue SIS. 1905 80.
Mess pork-Per bb', $10.621s(91O.75.
Lard-$6. 5096. o2la.
Shor; RIB - des. loose, @5 50d5.55.
shou ders-Boxed, $4.75(G4S715
Short clear stdeS-eoxe1, $5.75lg5. 80.
Whisky-Distillers finished goods $l.22 per
gallon.
On the produce exchange today the butter
market was steady; creamery, 12@231ac; dairy 4,
11420c.
EpOs wara etaadv of 1GH19r
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BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.-Slver bars, 1890
500 per ounce
Mexican dollars, 51@5 13c.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23-5ilver bars, per ounce,
59hc.
LONDON, Jan 23,-sllver bullion, per ounce
925 fine, 81 Lid.
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MARINE NRWA

Daily Report of Arrivals and Departures
OF Vessels.
PORT Los ANGELES, Jan. %.
ARRIVED.
January 22-3tramer Santa Rosa, rom San
Diego, with passengers
SAILED.
January 22-SteamshIp Santa Rosa, for San
Francisco, with % passengers and IL tons
freight,
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MONEY QUOTATIONS..
New York, Jan. 23.-Nonoy on call easy at
per cent; lest loan ut L per cent closed at
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 2A@l per cont.
Sterling exchange strong. with Uctual bust
ness IN btnkerS' bills at $LS90LS914 for de.
mand, and at s 1904 SSl4 for 60 day.
Posed rate, Sl8SGDLS9 and $3.50 g4.90.
Commercial bills, 81 s7Sg1.5714.
Silver certificates. 59l5.
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.-Sight drafts on New
YORK, per 800 l71sc.
Telegraphc. zoe.
LoNDoN, Jan. 23.-Bank of England discount
rate, per cent.
Consols, 105 sic.
MINING SHARES.
San FRANCISCO. Jan. 23-The oeisia closing
quotations for mi fling stock today W ere us TO
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CALIFORNIA INVENTORS.

Patents Recently Issued to Residents of
the state.
Messrs. Hazard & Townsend furnish the fol-
lowing complete list OF patents issued to
residents OF California for the week ending
January is, 1895:
Flushing pump. F. Cahill, Oakland.
Band Sa MILD B. Halson, San Francisco
assignor
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RECEIPTS.
San Francisco Vegetable Market.

San Francisco Vegetable Market
SAN FRANoIsCo, Jan. 23.-Vegetables: AS
paragus went at higher figures this morning.
the receip is being only seven boxes. The ar
rival oil green peas were IL sacks. Some of the
offerings of peas were very poor and unstable.
II must be clean, bright stock to bring quoted
rates.
Asparagus per ID.
Mushroom s-6t@l0c per ID for common, and
1890 zoe for choice.
Tomatoes Angeles 75DBl.25 per box.
Beans--String, 12la@15e per Id.
Peas-Green, S@l0c per lb.
Squash = Marrowfat, 50. 00t97.0O per ton;
Hubbard, $40 per ton.
Pepp srs-Green, 4(D7c per lib.
Turnips-50c per GENITAL.
Beets-60 d75c per sack.
Carrots-Feed, 3OG5oc.
Cabbage-30G40c.
3 GarliG-3GD4o perth.
Caulffower-3O@40 per doz.
Peppers-Dry 150l7lac per Id.
Okra-Dry, 121a@l5c per lib.
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WBATHER STATISTICS.

Observations at Los Angeles and other
Points.
United states Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau Reports received at Los An
geles Jan. %, 1895. Observations taken at all
stations at 8 u. M, 18th meridian time:
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cradle damage. Highest temperature 81 de-
grees lowest 80 degrees
Vauey Cenre-l1.l7 inches of rain fell from
the 10Th to the goth, which, with the rainfall
OF the early part of the month"; makes IL II
for January. snow is half way down the
mountains.
The southern Pacific Railroad company fur
nlshes the following seasonal rainfall from its
stations on the Los Angeles divisions;
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Bank of England Bullion.

LONDON, Jan. 23-Tha amount of bullion
out of he Bank of England today amounted to
$4,000
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New YORK, Jan. 23.-Petroleum-steady ::
Pennsylvania oil sales none; February option
sales none; closed, $3.50 bid. Lima oil sales.
none. 81
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good. an1 there were sew ril tr des around
$40. Com mon to extra sieeo were saleable
at rs. 90 -. 80. and lambs of ,rresponding
qualitv were quoted ut 81 ltg4 60
Receipt - Cattle 1000. calves, 400; hogs
$1,000 sheep 10000
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Maximum temperature, 53.
Minimum temperature, 43.
Rainfall past "a hours, IA.
Rainfall for season, ILL.


For Southern California;: Generally fair;
except occasional rain tonight; nearly station
airy temperatures light to frest winds, shiftsng
t. nOrtherIy.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Course of Business on the Chicago Boari
of Trade.

CHICAGO Jan 23.-The wheat market opened
quiet and feeble. Succeeding u preliminary
decline of ssc from the closing gu tations OF
the previous afternoon, 1t gathered It's: IF to-
gether again and recovered for a short time Its
first decline. In the course of another Ia I an
hour II was once more struggling in death
grappie with the bears ON top OF 1t. Foreis
markets were not so distressingly sick as gen
eral expectation had pref AIRED itself for. Re
Gel pts here and in the Nofthwe.t wers light.
The s.aboard sent arish dispatches. There
were apparently many iong lines hanging by
the merest thread, and acting upon that inn
preston big four tpecuAtOrs gave the market
snake after shake until all the weakly supper
ed wheat went over an the shots were salts
fed to cover May. whicA closed yeste day az
oo4c opened with sellers ut from 551sc to DOC,
anu sold as low as 543sc before it reacted. IL
gained slowly and reluctantly until IL touched
o5Ago5ssc, ut which point vigorous selling re-
commenced and 1t gradually worked back again
TO o5c At the latter price there was snort
struggle, out OF which the bears came victori-
GUS and the price went down with rattle to
5413c and after recovering TO 543s 9j45s., 1t
maue another dive, reaching 641sc. ihs shorts,
VINO lac been buying freely on al the preced-
ing dips. took hold greedily and "a 50 heavy II
scale that 1t rose ag ain to DOC. About 70 min
utes from the close business had become slow
again. May closed nj 547sc.
The liquidation OF wheat longs on the board
OF trade, which commenced a lew days ago and
continued today. aud prices broke all former
records for this season of the yea, May having
touched 54ssc:. The lowest price OF a ear ago
100000 bushels of long wheat he'd been
thrown over during the last three days. The
sensational decline of the day wash May pork,
which went of soc blrre. Every thing ie-
covered some. however, before the close
Contacted. as regards the wheat market
very similarly to Its procedure on the day De
lore. The opening prices for May were princ-
pally from 459a TO 4519c, with sale or Two as
low as 4514c. 1t recovered To 455sc, dropped
back to 45ts@4514c, went once more over the
45xc
0ats-were principally inclined to follow
corn. The disposition to sell wa comparative
ly nothing and some sho IT'S were still at work
covering, but trading was, on the whole, rather
draggy ana slow. May sold from 29ls to 1885,
where 1t was ut noon. The price advanced to
29Ss9Z954c before the close and the hnal sale
was made at 291a G2956c. the cash trade in
oats was active an prices firm.
After steady ope ming and q slight advance
provisions broke sharply. There was general
selling by p-ckers and long and the demand
was far from sufficient to absorb the offerings.
May PORK finished 27lac lower; May lard 7Iac
lower and ribs 715c lower
The leading futures co ed as follows:
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NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 23.-Cotton: Futures
steady; sales, 1880. January, sos; Febru-
airy, 8. 1905. IL; March, 5.2395.24.
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Los ANGELES, Jan. %.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of observations taken
at Los Angeles January %, 1895. Mote
Barometer reduced to sea level.]
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LOCAL FINANCES.

Clearing House Busness-Bonds and Bank
stocks,
Los ANGELES. Jan. %.
Following are the bank clearings for the
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NATIONAL BANK
- 1Ol 8. Spring ST., Nadeau bocE.
VIM f. BOSBYSHELL. .......... Vice President
" NJ Film L .1hsnler
W. II. HOLIDAY ............ Assistant Cashier
Capital, paid in gold coin. 5000. 900
surp us and undivided profits ..... $4,000
Author Esd capital Observation-Disclosures, 500, 900
DIRECTORS:
L. N. Breed, Il. T. Newell, VIM. H. Avery,
Silas Holman W. Il. Holiday f. O. Bosbyshel,
NJ. Hagsp, Frank RAIDER, D. Remick, Thos. Go4s,
VIM. z. Bosbyshel.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-03

For further information, address
a. G. MoRDUE, A. G. P. A.
or Louisville, Ky.
W. L. MILLS,
Owrnsboro, Ky,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-05-03

Britain's aggressive movement in the
disputed territory he dispatched a
strong body of troops to the frontier,
within short distance of the territory
over which England has raised her
flag. When a conflict between the
troops of the two nations seemed immi-
nent, the United States addressed its
now historic protest to the British for
eign office and received In reply the
diplomatic snub which eliminated in
the issuing of special orders to Admiral
Meade.
Before being elected president Senior
Crespo was bitter opponent of Guz-
man Blanco, the famous South Ameri-
can dictator who at one time posed as
the owner of Venezuela. The revolu-
ton Of 1899 ended Guzman's political
supremacy. In that year, says an
American traveller who has just re-
turned from Caracas, Rogas Paul was
president, but resigned his Office to
Palachio, q creature of Guzman. The
anti-Guzmanites opposed this action
and took the matter to the supreme
court, which decided against Palachio's
pretensions. Thereupon the would-be
president imprisoned all members Of
the supreme court. Crespo at that
time was ON his immense cattle ranch,
and hearing Of Palachio's revolutionary
action sent word to him that he must
release the members of the supreme
court This Palachio refused to do,
whereupon Crespo organized force of
cowboy soldiers and on the threat Of
marching ON the capitol with them
compelled Palachio TO release the
Judges and abandon his claim to the
presidency.
Crespos military strength lies with
the cowboys, who are devotedly at
tached to the president. There are
1000 Of them in Venezuela. Although
not organized as military body, they
are all armed and mounted, and more
than a match for the 5000 poorly
equipped soldiers of the republic. For
tunately, Crespo has SO far acted his part
with becoming modesty. He has given
his country q safe and conservative gov
eminent, and the prospects are that he
win retire gracefully should q major
ity Of his countrymen vote against him
at the next election. Such calam~
ity is not within the range OF proba-
bility, however, as his determined stand
against Great Britain has made him Q
national idol whose fame u eclipscd
ohly by that Of Bolivar, tho great lib
orator q. W. Wxrtpzxzn