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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
ACTION OF ORGANIZATIONS.
Approval of the Presidents Attitude
is Expressed.


is Expressed.
The Cleveland chamber of commerce. at
its regular meeting last night. Endorsed. by
a unanimous vote, the position taken by
the President in upholding the Monroe doc
trine The resolution was loudly applauded.
A meeting of the officers and members of
the first infantry, Missouri National Guard.
was held last evening IN st. Louis. AS a
result, Col Edwin Boldorf commanding.
sent the following telegram to Washington:
ITO his excellency, the President Of the
United States: Sir: The first regiment in
fantry, National Guard of Missouri, Is a
firm believer in the Monroe doctrine Amer
ica north, south, east and west for Amer
leans; and its officers and men request
their colonel to inform you, sir. that at
the first call to arms the first Missouri
will respond 1000 strong"
The officers of the confederate veteran
camp of New York met in special executive
session last night and unanimously adopt
ed the following resolutions regarding the
Presidents message:
Resolved, That the President has taken
a position heartily Endorsed by us, and
from which there should be no step back
ward. And be 1t further
Resolved. That we. the Confede
Veteran Camp Of New York, do pledge
ourselves in event of war. to raise in New
York and offer to the President company
of confederate veterans to battle for the
honor OF our country anu the sloiy VI Jul
flag"
A manifesto has been issued by the execu-
tive council of the Irish National Alliance
of America, and a copy of 1t has been sent
to President Cleveland. 1t says, among
other thirgs:
I'VE declare it incontrovertible that no
more bitter. more perfdious or more unre-
lenting enemy than Great Britain to the
United States has ever existed England
has ever been the vengeful foe of American
liberty and republican institutions 1mbued
with this conviction, and seeing that Great
Britain has avowed her intention to trample
upon the Monroe doctrine by her attempt to
rob Venezuela of her territory, and has
dared to violate the integrity of our terri
tory In Alaska, we hereby offer as a proof
of our loyalty and devotion to the country
of which we are citizens, to place at the dis
posal of the President of the United States
without delay 100000 soldiers as brave as
have ever shouldcred rifle, and every man
of whom is a believer in the principles and
teachings of the Irish National Alliance.
"Our army, which is now organized, is
ready to serve the American republic in any
part of this continent, and should the en-
forcement of the Monroe doctrine need its
aid will, either on Irish soil or on English
ground. establish the fact that the in
trepidity. the valor and the determination
of the Irish brigade will again prove the
loyalty of Irishmen to the United States"
The manifesto is signed by William Ly-
man. president, New York: John p. Sutton,
secretary. New York, and p. V. Fitzpatrick.
treasurer, Chicago.
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ENGLAND'S CLAIMS
The Shifting British Frontier in
South America.
DIAGRAMS OF TIE VENEZUELA AFFAIR
ACIear Statement of the PerpIexing
Situation.
IN ACK AND VIII 1T E

From the November Number Of International 1rad"
The Venezuelan controversy grows out OF
conditions that arose in 1891. when a treaty
was signed between Spain and the Dutch.
which stipulates that the Orinoco colonies
should belong to the Spanish and the Esequi-
DO colonies to the Dutch. At the time when
the treaty was made the district which is
now in dispute was unnhabited. Later. col
ones and deta ched settlements were posted
here and there within the territory. but it
continued to be a mo Mans Land" Set
Elements in British Guiana continued to
spread slowly to the westward. The Es-
equibo river runs northward to the Atlantic;
flowing into it from the west are large
tributaries. draining thousands of square
miles Venezuela insisted. and still insists
that what was meant by the Esequibo col
onies was the Dutch settlements the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
rom the London Daily News.

From the london Daily News.
A list of the losses which the Royal So
ciety has suffered by death during the past
year shows that the pursuit of science is
not unfavorable to longevity. The list
comprises nineteen fellows and seven for
eign members, and the average lifetime Of
these twenty-six men was a fraction over
seventy-six years and half. The avera ge
age of the seven foreign members was sew
enty-nne years and five months. the oldest
being Franz Ernst Neumann, ninety-seven,
and the youngest Henri Ernest Baillon,
sixty-seven. The nineteen fellows had an
average lifetime of seventy-five years and
seven months the Oldest being Bisset Haw-
kins, ninety-eight and the youngest George
Edward Dobson. forty-seven. The fellows
were not all scientific men. one Of them be-
ing Lord Aberdare, eighty, and another.
the Earl of Selborne, eighty-three; but
craftsmanship and law also seem to favor
length of days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
THE FEDERATION ADJouRNs.
II Decides to Have Nothing to d.
with National Politics.


The Federation Of Labor adjourned sine
die in New York yesterday afternoon. and
many of tn delegates left for their homes
At yesterdays session Il proposition to
form a naiiona' organization of unskilled
labor was adopted by the convention. Del
egate O'Sulivan presented the following
resolution. which was carried by vote of
f4GD to 15S:
Resolved That this convention declares
hat party politics, whether democratic or
repuhlican, soc.alistic, populistic or any
other organization, should not have any
place III the Federation of Labor"
The question q electing two fraternal
delegates to the British trades union con-
Eress, to be held in London en- September
). 1896. was taken up. John Mcbride. the
retiring president, was elected one of the
delegates by reclamation. There were two
nominations for the second delegate. They
were Adolph Strausser of the Cigarmakers
Union and J. w. Sullivan of the Typo
graphical Union. Strausser was elected.
the vote being: Strausser, 952: Sullivan
65I. Sullivan was made alternate.
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as indicated on map No. 6. The gold mines
have been largely opened by British West
Indian miners. who have ffocked there in
considerable numbers, and who have taken
with them their own methods of govern
ment. Nevertheless, while Great Britain
has claimed this territory. she has indi-
Gated a willingness to arbitrate as to her
right to any territory west Of the Schom-
burgk line, but has absolutely declined to
refer to arbitration her rights to any terri
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frontiers Of European colonies In the two
Americas are to be held at the good pleas
ure Of committee of Washington gentle
men? What would the United States have
said in 1S4S, II we, as an American power.
had advanced the claim based on this prin-
ciple to protect Mexico from a wantonly
aggressive war by which President Cleve-
lands predecessors settled the Texan
boundary disprte?"
Serious Consequences Not Expected.
The Daily News. the liberal organ, says:
TT is a remarkable document, though its
consequences are not likely to be serious.
Neither Secretary O1ney nor President
Cleveland seems to realize that the Monroe
doctrine cannuttbe quoted as authoritative
in negotia tons with foreign power The
definition of Monroeism is a matter for
Americans themselves. 1t binds nobody
else. err
president Cleveland proves too much
1t follows from his message that neither
British Guiana nor Canada has any right
to an Independent existence on American
soil. England is threatened with war I'M
less she permits President Cleveland to adj
just the boundaries of Venezuela. Happily
there is still some sense of honor in the
American people. Regarded as a party
move, the message is not unskillful 1t
puts the republicans in a hole If they as
sent to the commission they enable Mr..
Cleveland to pose as an accomplished
twister of the lions tail. If they refuse
to denounce them as the servile friends of
the Britisher.
But the great body of Americans will
not be led by any such motive or considera-
tons. Lord Salisburys firm and moderate
statement of the case will appeal to the
justice and common sense of the American
people,"
"Tnil Twisting.''
The Chronicle, liberal, says:
1.-The message will be read here with blank
establishment. Can these be serious words
addressed to us by the descendants of the
little snip load Of English folks who sailed in
the Mayflower? We will not take things too
seriously. but will suppose that President
Cleveland is engaged in the familiar work
of tail twisting.
There is but one answer. If the enlarged
application of the Monroe doctrine Is to be
enforced, America must become responsible
for the foreign policy of all the impetuous
little states on the two continents Of Amer
lea. But what if the commission would find
that we were we'll within the rights? Per-
haps, however. the presidential election will
patriotic messages. Anyway. the message
cannot obscure or defeat the blood ties of
affection between the two countries"
The Post, conservative. says:
"A dispatch of this kind Is clearly intend
ed not for the English foreign office, but for
the American electors. The commission
proposed can have no more binding effect
on this country than would the decision of
the Supreme Court at Washington"
The Morning conservative regards the
message as dignifed one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18

Maroco. sweeps westward. including the
larger part of the watershed of the Cuyuri
river. Venezuela meantime had indicated
her willingness to consider the boundary
as beginning at the mouth of the Maroco
river granting England in this way full
shown map No. I. The controversy re-
manned unsettled and a source of friction.
Lord Granville, in 1851. proposed new line.
The amount of territory included is clearly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18

indicat ted in map No. g. Great Britain claim
ed an additional stretch of territory of great
Importance and value along the Atlantic
coast beyond the Aberdeen boundary but
did not push her possessions as far as the
Orinoco.
With the discovery Of the Barima gold
neids. to the westward of the Schomburgk
line. as well as the Yuruan gold Mines the
value OF the territory became evident
England began to push her pretens;ons to
the westward. She gradually extended the
sphere of her activity and influence until
she has laid claim to an enormous tract
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-18
Ex-secretnry whitney's View.

William e. Whitney. speaking OF the
Presidents messsg e, said last night In
New York: ut is,' he said. simply re-
newed affirmation Of the Monroe doctrine
1t expresses the meaning and purpose OF
that doctrine. Mr.. Cleveland's expression
of 1t is clear, concise, not by any means
overstated or Incorporate. 1t does not
matter on what pretext England is seeking
to extend its system of government on this
continent If she seeks in any way to ex-
tend her territory against the will Of Nene-
zuela she comes in conflict with the Mon
roe doctrine Ard since we say, in ODE
dience to that doctrine, that she should not
extend her system of government on this
continent, it is fer us to decide whether
or not she Is doing so, either by just arbi-
tration or through our own investigation.
1t is certainly not for England to decide
for us whether she violates the Monroe
doctrine or not"
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of the OrinoCo. For such line there appears
to have been no authority of any kind. and
1t is natural to conclude that the object was
to establish post al the mouth of this great
river and so dominate its commerce. The
opposition of Venezuela to this boundary
was vigorous, and finally, in 1S44 Lord Aber-
deem, prime minister of Great Britain, pro-
posed a compromise line This line is in
dictated on map No. :I-the mouth of the
Orinoco was abandC ned and the line start
ing from the mouth of the river
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democrats and republicans alike will, Eng
land will simply have to hack down or
fight and I predict she will select the for
rrer course. l believe all patriotic Amer
leans will indorse the Presidents declara-
tionS."
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to have been surveyed by Sir Robert Sclom-
burgk IN 1871.
watershed of the Esequibo river could not
extend beyond the Maroco river. which also
flows northward and into the Atlantic ocean,
fifty miles to the westward of the Esequibo.
In ISL Schomburgk line was run by Sir
Robert Schomburgk The tract included
within this line Is clearly shown by the white
portion of map No. 2. From this it will be
seen that it includes the larger part of the
valleys of Mazarun and the Cuyuni rivers,
and that 1t extends far outside the water
shed OF the ESequibo and to the great mouth
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stood md agreed to by Venezuelan
Esequibo river, and 1t has always insisted
that the proposed boundary was the east
bank of that river. Map No. 1 illustrates
the situation from the Venezuelan point
of view. The British government finally
took the position that what was meant by
the treaty was not the Esequjbo river itself
but the entire watershed draining into it,
By assuming this position Great Britain
pushed her possessions far to the westward;
but even admitting her pretensions, the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-11-01
MARY HowE's SUCCESS.
Ranked with SembrIch and Gerster by
German Critics.

The European dispatches to the New
York Sunday papers repeat the story of
Mary Howe's remarkably successful debut
at the Royal Opera house in Berlin which
was indicated in the Musical Courier's ca
blegram published in these columns last
week. The German critics are very en-
thuslastic in her praise, ranking her with
Sembrich and Gerster. The Musical Cou-
rier says this week that it has always
ranked Mary Howe as one of the first
youngA high sopranos on the stage of to-
day, and continues:
"Her voice is pure, strong, vibrant one,
with delicate and refined texture, advanced
to a high state of technical perfection by
incessant study and practice under the guild
ance of a solid Yankee brain and intelligence.
Mary Howe's voice of today is the result
of her own method, which is everyone's
method who has a comprehension of the
question, and she is not under obligation
TO any special instructor.
Somehow or other we Americans are
distrustful of our unindorsed judgment,
and we therefore do not encourage musical
artists before they receive European plaud-
its, and hence Mary Howe had to leave her
native land TO go to Europe, so that Europe
could inform us of something we long
since knew anyhow. But it is the same
old story. Mary Howe is merely an addi-
tional evidence of its truth"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-11-01
HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES.

Rev. Z. A. Slack of Brookline, Mass,
who came last week with his family to
spend a month at the Western avenue
homestead, returned on the 10th inst. from
a hunting trip in the Rockies, during which
his trophies were four elk, black-tailed
buck, black bear, and a big-horn ram.
The friend who accompanied him, Z. b.
Holmes of Boston, made about the same
record. On the Saturday evening follow
ing their return the two gentlemen enter
tanned at the University club a company of
Is friends with sumptuous game dinner.
The hunting camp of Mr.. Slack and his
friend was located at an elevation of $500
feet on the line between Idaho and Wyom-
ing. The big-horn ram was shot much
higher up in the mountains, at an elevation
of II, $50 feet. One of his elk Mr.. Slack
shot at JacksOn's Hole, on or near the
scene of the late trouble with the Bannock
Indians. From accounts gathered on the
spot from those familiar with all the cir
cumstances it appears that the arrest of
Indians for hunting out of season was
made in good faith to bring the question
of their right to do this to a test. After
the Indians had been arrested and disarmed
they foolishly made break to escape and
then the officers shot two of them down in
SOiu TUT llllS dCllOu hI. Oldck
thinks there was no excuse, and out of this
grew the story of an uprising" The In
dams are vengeful over the occurrence and
openly threaten that they will "get away
WITH the two white officials who did the
shooting. The Jackson's Hole country
runs clear up to the Yellowstone park. 1t
is rich in game which now has no sort of
adequate protection and is sure to be exter-
minated in the end, unless something is
done about it. Mr.. Slack says the remedy
which is apparent to anyone familiar with
the ground is to have this valley made a
part of the national park reservation. 1t
is from five to 20 miles wide and about Is
miles long. 1t is very fertile and is sur
rounded by high mountains, and it is only
by having access to the feed in this valley
that the big game on these mountains is
kept from starvation during the heavy
SHOWS and severe weather of winter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-11-01
WITH THE HUNTERS.

Mr.. Blakeley and Charles B. Streeter
Wednesday after spending two weeks at
Spofford lake.
DR.. G. F. Barber, c. w. Durham and
c. A. Harris left Wednesday for Andover,
Maine, and from there they will 60 into
the woods for a two weeks hunting trip,
with the expectation of securing deer,
moose and caribou.
w. II. Snow finds hunting near at home
productive of good results. He was out a
part of Saturday and Tuesday, at no time
more than a mile and one-half from the
village, and without dog, but nevertheless
secured 10 cartridges and rabbit.
Roswell Frost and G. W. Pierce and the
latter's brother, Milton Pierce of Provi-
dence, r. l., are spending a week in coon
hunting. They were at Westminster Mon
day night, where they captured two coons,
and the following night they secured one
at South Newfnne. They visited Towns
bend Wednesdao, West Townshend Thurs
day, and tonight are at Jamaica.
C. l. Knapp and E. A. Tyler returned
Tuesday from their tea days stay in the
Maine woods, bringing with them four
deer as trophies of their sportmanship.
Their. camp was on the North Twin lake.
Deer are very numerous, the guides saying
they have multiplied rapidly under the
Maine game laws and the activity of the
wardens. During the month of October
400 deer were shipped by sportsmen from
Norcross station, where the Brattleboro
men left the railroad.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-11-01

Twenty tickets were sold at the local
station for the New York excursion on
Wednesday.
The work of filling in the trestle on the
narrow guage railroad few rods north of
the West River bridge was completed last
week, and the force of men are now em-
ployed on a similar job further up the line.
The electric road had its first encounter
with snow last evening, and in spite of it
the last car was only 20 minutes behind
schedule. The scrapers, which had been
ordered for the cars, had not arrived. Wet
snow like that of last evening causes the
most trouble.
The granite base for the sun dial which
Mrs. Shea has presented was placed on the
High school grounds yesterday. 1t bears
this inscription: ITO the memory of
George Shea, chief justice of the Marine
court of New York, by his widow, Angelica
b. Shea, October, 1896" The dial which
will be placed upon the base is a marble
slab 2S inches square. 1t was designed by
Sheehan of New York.
The annual meeting of the Ruthians was
held Tuesday evening at Lindenhurst, and
these officers were chosen: President, Miss
Corabel Coates; vice president, Miss Es-
InCI OlONOl1 oOSlOboiJ hAo' NAASS W AANSA
treasurer, Miss Minnie Brasor. A board
of collectors and literary committee were
also chosen. Jean Ingelow was the author
sor the evening, and pleasant program
was given.
1t was discovered yesterday that the late
Barna A. Clark had an accident insurance
policy of 5000, in addition to the $21 ,00O
il such policies which he was known to
nave carried. This policy was for 30 days,
and was taken out about Is days before
Mr. Clark's death. 1t was in the Traveller S
company, which had another policy OF
$6OO0 The other policies were for $4,000
in the Employers Liability, and $4,000 in
the Etna.
Sheriff Rixford and Officer Capron OF
Winchester made another visit to the East
Eagle brewery Tuesday night. They took
into custody James Lillis, who was acting
as bar tender, and boy who happened to
be behind the bar. Both were taken tC
Winchester. There was no case against
the boy, but Lillis had to pay fine of SIC
and costs. The case against the West
Eagle brewery, on account of a recent raid
has been settled by the payment of S72.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-11-01
A 500 FINE FOR SELLING BEER.
AmOunt---What Analysis OF the Beer
Showed.

Patrick Manning IL Muleted for This
AmOunt---What Analysis OF the Beer
Showed.
Henry Payne was arrested in West
Wardsboro Monday morning by Deputy
Sheriff II. n. Fits, the charge being in
toxication Oct. 81. Payne visited Brattle-
boro on this date, and while on his way
home made some disturbance in the Brat
tleboro & Whitehall train. Payne was
brought to Brattleboro and arraigned be-
fore Justice VIM. S. Newton. He was
fined s. and costs, amounting to SIG. He
disclosed that he visited the breweries on
the day in question. In the afternoon the
breweries had been notified not to sell him
drink and he then obtained five glasses of
beer at the saloon of Patrick Manning in
the Milestone block.
Deputy Sheriff Starkey visited Man
ning's saloon, where he found seven cases
of beer. One bottle was taken from each
case for analysis. The hearing was con-
tinued to Tuesday to await the result of
the analysis by Chemist Chaplin. The re-
port was that two of the bottles of beer were
sour, two showed trihe over two per cent
of alcohol and three showed four and one
half per cent of alcohol, evidently being
lager beer of about the usual strength.
Manning was thereupon convicted of FIVE
offences of selling, and fined $40 on each
offence, amounting with costs to ST.. Is.
For keeping intoxicating beverages with
intent to sell he was fined 50 and costs,
amounting to $16.63. The seven cases of
beer were destroyed, and the costs charged
TO Manning, amounting to S12.44. His
total payment for violation of the prohibi-
tory law thus amounted to over 500. State
Attorney Fits conducted the prosecution.