The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-12
TIE aa1iehta paily Eagle: husIay zorinu gouemb 1896

| tc the other members of the party which
recently visited the United States. We
knew before leaving this country taat
| there was a strong English feeling in IA
vor of a peaceful settlement of the mat
| ter, and we found in this that il was re-
| ciprocaied. I am sure that every though
ful Briton has mentally congratulated
both governments upon the result
achieved and that they no longer con-
template, even in their widest thoughts,
the possibility of an approach to wdrike
Interruptions of the peaceful relations be-
tween the two nations
After cabinet council held today the
attorney general, Sir Richard Webster.
went to the colonial Office and had con-
ference with oae OF the under-secreta~
ries. Mr.. c. H Harris, who has been
prominently associated with the Venezu-
elan question from the first.
Washington, Nov. 1.-THE exclusive
Information by the Associated Press that
King Oscar II Of Sweden and Norway
had been agreed on as the fifth and final
arbitrator in the VeneZueln contro
versy, and that the other four aroitrators
would be named by the judicial authori-
ties of Great Britain and the United
States, two by the lord chief justice OF
England, and two By the chief justice of
the United States. has been fully verified
from authoritative sources and the Of
fetal announcement is likely to be made
al an early day.
INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS.
Washington, Nov 1L-United States
Consul O'Hace. at San Juan del Norte,
Nicaragua reports to the state depart
ment that the Nicaraguan government
has issued q decree granting to any per-
son who shall cultivate a thousand or
more vanilla plants on lands belonging
to the republic, a prenius of 10 cents for
each plant and the right TO take $40 acre.
of national lands, TO be paid for with the
proceeds Of the premium. The law is
TO remain in force ten years. Comment
ing On the criticisms of British trade jour
mails that certain boots and shoes used
in Nicaragua are unworthy to duplicate
in England, even for the Nicaraguan
trade, the consul states that not only are
the most worthless shoes in that coun>
try of British manufacture, but also that
wOolen goods claimed TO be Of British
make speedily lose their color.
BERING SEA COMMISSION.
Victoria, B. c., Nov. u-Hon. Fred
Peters, premier Of Prince Edwards Is
lands; L. L. Beque OF Montreal and r.
y. Venning OF the marine and fisheries
Ottawa, have arrived here.
Peters and Beque will be counsel for the
British and Canadian governments az
the Rering sea commission. which will
open Monday. Venning. who has made
a specially of the sealing industry as it
affected the department of marine, viii
aI-1
time after arriving. but were hard at
work yesterday in the office of E. V. Bod
we'll, who prepares the case and acts as
junior counsel before the commission. Sir
Charles Herbert Tupper is also busily
in preparing the case for the
owners OF the several seized schoonere,
whom he represents. Hon. Mr.. Putnam,
United States commissioner, and Hon.
Don NJ. Dickinson, American counsel, are
expected Saturday.
TIN MINES DISCOVERED.
Van Couver, B. c., Nov. 11-Some ore
brought down from the coast north Of
Van Couver and assayed for gold or sill
yer has been pronounced by the assayer |
to be caSsiterite or tin ore. Himself |
the asSayer compared the |
IRE with samples he had from the Dali |
,odth mine in Cornwall and found them |
o be identical in character and he is sat |
SIZED that deposit of tin ore has been |
discovered. How large the deposit is |
will not be known until the ground has |
,een more fully prospected, as the dis |
,overer, being ignorant Of the value OF |
he mineral find, did not investigate II
closely until he had the samples assayed |
SOUTH AFRICAN MINES.
London, Nov. 11.-At the annual meet |
ng today of the Consolidated Gold Field |
company, John Hays Hammond. the |
American mining engineer who was in |
.harge of the works at the time of the /
disturbances at Johannesburg and who |
vas condemned to death but subsequent
Y TepTieyed and heavily fined as one of |
he members of the famous reform com>
nittea, presented an exhaustive report
N the deep level mining 1t was re-
'eived with great favor and Mr.. Ham
nond was voted the thanks of the COM
'any. The meeting was largely attend
ID and enthusiastic. At the closing Mr.. |
Hammond was interviewed by a repre-
entative of the Associated Press regard |
ng the prospects of South Africa He
aid: The prospects in South Africa |
rere never brighter. The recent de-
preston in prices caused a scarcity of |
money and everyone was obliged to sell |
good securities but the outlook now is
sood. There has been 4 large output.
'he report that President Kruger will
'ancel the claims held by the company
5 untrue. 1t was only a bear move
nent''
BOERS DEMAND INDEMNITY.
London, Nov. IA special dispatch
rom johannesburg says that the gov
of the TranSVaal reDIblic bas
decided TO put in a claim for Fl .eO0. 900
indemnity against the British Chartered
south African company as one of the re-
ults Of the raid of DR.. Jameson and his
olowers into the territory of the Trans
-aal.
COTTON IN THE EAST.
Bremen, Nov. 1.-THE cotton exchange
las decided 10 contribute 81. 800 to send a
commission Of experts 10 Eastern Asia
With instructions 10 report upon the de-
nands there for industrial and CONNER.
ial produtS.