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WAS ONCE CONCEDED.
An ArbitrGtion Clause fn the Treaty
Made With BLdnco.

WASHINGTON, D. c.; Jan. 2.-The
State Department is in a position to con-
clusively prove the statement of to-dav's
London Chronicle cabled by The United
Press, ''that it has learned on the highest
authority that Earl Granville, in 1885, yir-
tually concluded with Bfanco treaty
containing an arbitration clause covering
the Venezuelan international boundary
dispute" and that "the Marquis of Sails
bury, however, on coming into power later
in the same year, virtually Cancelled this
clause by limiting the provisions of the
treaty to commercial questions"
The Chronicle adds that nothing could
have been more unfortunate, inasmuch as
the boundary. dispute was on the eve of
permanent settlement.
The records which Venezuela had
already presented to the United States
Government before the administration had
taken such firm stand in the matter with
England leaves no doubt whatever on this
point.
General Guzmsn Blanco in 1885 negoti-
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PER|SHED IN FLAMES.
-. -. #: .:-.-.---=,: -. .~...::.: S: r..
Six Deaths the Result Of.
a Most Mysterious
~. Fire,
ATTRIBUTED +: TO GAS.
-" Il : -.
1t Is Believed That the Confa.
grafton Was. Caused by
an Explosion. T:
ALL THE VICTIMS IN ONE ROOM.
Members of. Family Were Sleeping
When Overcome by the l..
~. Gas. !. 49,.


COLUMBUS, Ono, Jan. 2. - Six deaths
are the result of a mysterious fire. that
occurred at 4:3Q O'Clock this morning at
the residence. of John II. Hfbbard. at 1898
East Long street. -
The dead are: John II. Hibbard,. Mrs.
John HTbbard, Mrs Charles Lee, Miss FAY
Hlboard, Dorothy Hibbard:and Allen Hib-
bard. .,*===I -. :
Mrs. Lee and Miss .Hibbard of Barnes
vile are. sisters of Mi: :Hibbard and were
spending the holidays with their brother.
Besides these unfortunate people there
were in the house at the lime Annie Bell,
a colored servant, an(S. four other children
of the Hibbard family whose ages. ranged
from to IA years. All esCaped by lamp
ing from the. second d-srory Window..i.'. -.
Annie Bell suffered Fractures of: the
ankle, Walter Hibbard sprained one of.
his ankles and the others were not hur.>.
The house is a large modern frame -.
two stories and attic. 1t was heated with
natural gas by means Of furnace. The:
fire probably resulted from an explosion.Gf
natural gas, though the: facts as to the
origin will probably never be known. :
= When the air was. sufficiently charged
with 1t it was ignited from a burning gas
jet. There does. not seem to have. been
much explosive force however, >: as the
walls were not shattered in the least. r
All the bodies were: found in the same.
room. They had evidently been awakened
and ran there to escape and were :suffo-
Gated. The bodies were all terribly burned.
A neighbor, who was awakened by. the
screams of Annie Bell, called out the, fire
department. 1t was the work of but few
minutes to extinguish the flames. ...:..4
Hibbard was wefl-known business
man, and was secretary and manager of
the Central Ohio: Several plumbers who.
have. examined the. premises deny that
the fire resulted from natural gas ex-
plosion, but there seems to be no other ex-
planation of it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
AT THE COLORADO MINES.
An E1ptosion of Dynamite Caused Com.
siderable Damn1e


An Explosion of dynamite Caused Com
siderable Damage.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Co1o.. Jan. 2.-in
the 10O.foot level of the Ingram mine, ad-
joining the rich Doctor, a strike of siIyan-
ite ore is reported that runs $4,000 to the
ton.
J. J. Smith has sold to Mesdames De-
mond and Schlessinger the Perhaps claim.
fraction of six acres for $1,000. Both
these women have made successful mining.
investments.
George w. Mckee was on his way up the
shaft in the Orphan Belle mine yesterday,
when lot of dynamite left in the shaft
house for. the purpose of thawing out be-
came overheated and exploded.
The engineer had presence OF mind
enough to turn the windlass loose and let
Mckee down. The whole shafthouse, ma
chinery, etc., were blown into atoms. An
other peculiar thing was that the engineer,
named Walcott, escaped from the wreck
age and debris without a scratch.
The claim-jumping going Oh yesterday
and last night resulted in no trouble. a
large number of claims were jumped and
equally as many had the required work
done at the last moment and saved their
claims.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Silver Men Know Their Power
and Are Determined to
Exercise It.
PREPARING A SUBSTITUTE.
This to Provide for Opening the
MINIS to Free and Unlim.
tied Coinage.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 2.-But lit
tie progress was made in the Senate Com
mittee on Finance to-day toward an agree
ment on the House bond bill. No vote Of
any kind was taken, nor did the silver
men, who are in the majority on the COM
mittee, submit any definite proposition.
There was great deal of informal dis
cussion, during which the absolute and
undeniable fact was demonstrated that the
silver men know their power, and propose
to exercise it.
The dllcussion was at times quite ted,
especially when Sherman was accused by
some of his silver colleagues with. seeking
to retire the greenbacks, although he had,
they said, up to the day he introduced his
resolution in the Senate been strongly in
favor of keeping those notes IN constant
circulation.
Sherman, it is understood, denied that
he was in favor of cancellation of the
greenbacks, and asserted that such SEN
ators as understood his position in that
light evidently did not understand the
purport of the resolution he had intro
duced.
Recess until tomorrow morning was
taken.
Immediately after the adjournment the
Democrats, together with Jones (Pop.) of
Nevada, held conference and discussed
the terms of a bill which they offer as a
substitute.
Jones of Arkansas was appointed as a
subcommittee to draw the bill and pre-
sent it to the silver men before the meet
ing OF the committee tomorrow morning.
This substitute, it is believed, provides
for legislation that will open the United
States mints to the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 and the issue of
the certificates thereon In the man
ner now provided by law, withdraw
from circulation all National bank notes
of denominations of less than $40 and the
substitution therefor of notes of $40 or
more; directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to coin the bullion in the treasury
purchased under the Sherman act into
standard silver dollars; directing the See
retary of the Treasury to redeem green
backs in either silver or gold or both as
the condition of the treasury may require,
and when so redeemed requiring them to
be reissued
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03

ated with Earl Granville treaty of amity,
commerce and navigation to supplant the
existing convention of 1S2 5 between Great
Britain and Venezuela.
The new treaty included three para
graphs providing for the arbitration Of
any and all differences, and related par
ticularly to the boundary dispute. After
the treaty was fully concluded the Glad
stone Government was overthrown on
questions wholly disconnected from Vene-
zpelan matters, which were conducted in
secret, and Lord Salisbury, succeeding
Earl Granville as Foreign Secretary, found
1t incumbent upon himself to complete
the negotiations, which he Immediately
proceeded to do by sending General Guz-
man Blanco a note on July 27, absolutely
reversing Earl Granville's action.
This throws an entirely new and unfav-
orable light on portion of Lord Sails
bury's retort to Secretary Olney in the lat
ter part of the Foreign Office dispatch of
November 26 last, in which he says: "Mr.
Olney is mistaken in supposing that in
1886 a treaty was practically agreed upon
containing general arbitration clause un-
der which the parties might have sub
mitted the boundary dispute to the de-
cision of third power or of several pow
ers in amity with both.
at is true that General Guzman Blanco
proposed that the commercial treaty be-
tween the two countries should contain
clause of this nature, but in reference to
future disputes only"
Lord Salisbury deemed proper in this
dispatch to underscore the word future
and it was printed in italics in the Foreign
Office official document. That there is an
equivocation in this statement can hardly
be doubted in connection with Salisbury's
own earlier letter to Guzman Blanco and
Earl GranVille's notes.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
KILLED FOR TEASING.
Ttoo Youths Shot DotUn by Lad They
Here Tornnentin1.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. "A Recorder
special from Palatka, Fla, says: A tragedy
that darkened three homes was enacted
here yesterday, when Ramon Pacetti, aged
II, shot Harry Keller and James Thomp-
son, agea 16 and Is respectively.
The boys, with several others, were play
ing together, when Keller and Thompson
began to tease Pacetti. The latter asked Kel-
Ter and Thompson to let him alone. They
persisted, however. and Pacetti, remarking
"I'll make you quit" went to his home
across the street. He soon returned with
pistol and opened fire on his tormentors.
The first bullet struck Thompson in the
abdomen and the second went through
Keller arm. Pacetti was in the act OF
firing again at Thompson, who was pros
trate, when he was caught by Mr.. Wilson,
who had been attracted by the shots.
Thompson's wound is mortal. Pacetti has
been arrested. He expresses no regret for
his deed, saying, "the boys ought not to-
have teaSed me-
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
OBJECT TO AIR. COUDERT.
OthericiSe the English Papers Like the
Commissioners.

Commissioners.
= LONDON, ENG, Jan. 2.-The Daily
News, commenting on the appointment of
the Venezuelan Commission, Will to-mo--
row say that the nominations will COM
mand general respect in England, where
public opinion viii readily recog-
nize a commission which diplomacy must
necessarily ignore. Its report cannot fail
to be instructive to both sides. During the
interval of the inquiry the jingoes of both
sides will confer the greatest benefit on
humanity by not making any noise.
The Morning Post will say: None of
the members of the commission, except
Justice Brewer and the Hon. Andrew D.
White, has any claim to occupy the great
position assigned to him, while Frederick
R. Coudert, on, any principle of fair play
or common sense, is disqualified by his
public declarations. The position of the
gentlemen appointed is in complete har-
mony with the overbearing language of
President Clevelands Venezuelan mes
sage"
The Standard will comment on the ap-
pointments in sarcastic vein. 1t will
say: sit would not be right for English
men to criticize the gentlemen who have
consented to assist the Presidents studies
of political geography. If their names
command the confidence of the American
people that is all that can be expected or
desired, though we shall watch their
dolngs with curiosity and even respect.
That will be the beginning and end of our
interest
The Chronicle will say that it must be
admitted that President Cleveland has
succeeded IN forming body that is cal
cJllated to command respect.
The Times will say: Excepting Mr..
Coudert, all that can be said for the nomi-
nees is that while they are reputable and
may be absolutely fair-minded, they have
such weight as will not command for their
conclusions any recognition outside of the
United States.''
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
COUDERr WnL ACCEPT.
Ready to Serre on the Venezuelan Con,


Ready to Serre On the Venezuelan Com
mission
NEW YORK, n. V, Jan: 2-Frederick
R. Coudert said to-day that he would act
as a member of the commission appointed
by President Cleveland to inquire into the
rights of Great Britain and of Venezuela
in the disputed South American territory.
Mr.. Coudert does not believe 1t will be
necessary for the commission TO go TO Ven
ezuela as q body, as he believes they can
obtain access to. all. necessary documents
in this country, although some OF them
are doubtless in the possession of Spain
and Holland,
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
MoA ULIFFE'S BAD ARM.
1t Vas Improperly Set and Mag b
Broken AQGin.

1T Vas Improperly Set aud May Be
Broken AgGin.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 2.-Jack Nc
Auliffe wanted to have his left arm broken
yesterday afternoon because it had been
improperly set after a fracture. Elaborate
preparations were made for the operation,
which was to have taken place in the
apartments of DR.. John Wilson Gibbs, at
the Hotel st. Andrews. DR.. Bainbridge
was called in consultation. When be. got
there he found McAuliffe calmly smoking
a cigar and waiting for the "circus." as he
called it, to commence.
The injured arm was carefully examined.
The lightweight champion puffed away
vigorously at his cigar while the examina-
ton was in progress. Break it any way
you please" he said, "but don't use an ak
or. a crowbar. That might hurt" DR..
Gibbs and DR.. Bainbridge concluded to
postpone the operation for thirty days.
1t may happen that the arm will come
around all right without an operation.
"If it shouldn't" DIR. Gibbs told McAu-
life, 1--WE will be able to fix it up as good
as new"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
OF INTEREST TO THE coAsE
Some Legislation Prepared by Represen-
tntire johnson.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 2.-Repre-
sentative Johnson of California will to-
morrow introduce the following bills: Ap-
propriating $4,000 for the closing of artificial
sloughs between Hills Ferry and Fire
baugh, on the San Joaquin River; appro-
priating $2175 80 to pay Sacramento city
for improving Seventh and K streets and
Oak avenue, adjoining the United Sta tes
postoffice in Sacramento; bill to remove
a charge of desertion against Franz S.
Zoller, a late private.
Pensions have been granted as follows;
California: Additional - Andrew It.
Shanks. Santa Monica; Eli N. Underwood.
Vallejo; Franklin N. Hayden, Callahan
Original widows, etc.-Belle NJ Fulton.
Los Angeles; Mamie McGrew, San Fran,
cisco; Mary Ann Roy, Vallejo. Restora-
ton and upplemental-Minors of John
Robker, Pomona. Mexican War survivor
Avis Bergler, San Jose.
Washington: Original-George w .Olney.
Thorp. Original widow-Mary DoweIi
Slaughter, Goldendale.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03

Meeting of the Hestern Passenger Agemts
at Omaha.

OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 2.-The Western
Passenger Association was in session
to-day in the Office of E, L. Lomax, general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific 1t
dealt with Montana rates, which have been
demoralized for some time. The general
passenger agents present were: John Sc
bastian, Rock Island; George c. Niehol-
son, Santa Fe; f. /. Whitney, Great
Northern; A. L. Craig, Northern Pacific !;
j. Francis and Assistant Smith, Burling-
ton; J. R. Buchanan and Assistant Mum,
Elk Horn; f. L. Lomax, Chief Clerk Muir
ray, Union Pacific, and Chairman Cald-
well.
The day was taken up by the members
IN the discussion of tickets for continuous
passage from Montana to Missouri River
points Previous to Decem Der / last tick
els were sold for a stopover, and the re-
suit was that many OF the tickets fell into
the hands of brokers. 1t is to obviate this
that the meeting was called. With the
1st OF December tickets good for continu-
Gus passage were placed on sale, and the
outcome OF the meeting to-day will be to
order this class of tickets alone sold, and
not those good for q stopover.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
CLEVELAND,S STATE DINNER.
1T haugnrated the Social Gayeties of the
Winter.

Winter.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 2-The
PRESIDENT gave his first state dinner of the
season tonight, thus inaugurating the
social gayeties of the winter. The dinner,
IN It's official sense, was dinner to the
members of the Cabinet, but the guests in
cluded several others well known in Off
clal social circles
Following is full list of those present
at this State function: President and Mrs.
Cleveland, President Stevenson, Sec
retary OF State and Mrs. Olney, Secretary
OF the Treasury and Mrs. Carlisle, Secre-
tary OF War and Mrs. Lamont, Attorney
General and Mrs. Harmon, Postmaster
General and Mrs. Wilson, Secretary of the
Navy and Miss Herbert Secretary of the
Interior Smith, Secretary of Agriculture
ana Miss Morton, Speaker Reed. Senator
and Mrs. Morrill,, Senator and Mrs. Haw-
ley, Senator and Mrs. Palmer, Senator and
Mrs. Brice, Representative and Mrs. Catch
lngs, Mrs. J. t. Woodward, Mrs. Charles
): Falrchild, Edward R. Bacon, Mr.. and
Mrs. John A.. Stewart, Frank Thompson,
Miss Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. John S.
Kennedy, Mrs. Minot Miss Boardman,
MISS Frances Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. John
u. Henderson and Mrs. Micou.
The parlors and stateroom of the execu-
tive mansion were as usual resplendent
with tasteful floral and artistic decorations
ana the electric light display formed no
small part of the pleasing spectacle.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
a Drag Clerk Who Is ACcused of Killing
His Uncle and Aatnt.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. MAX Bach,
drug clerk, was arrested in Brooklyn last
night on complaint of the Florida authori-
ties. They had reason to suspect that he
was the murderer of his uncle and au mt,
Gustavus and Mrs. Droishagan of Lawty,
Bradford County.
The Droishagans had money saved and
property worth about $4,000. Bach was
their heir One day he offended the old
man and he cut Bach's name out ~ the
VIII. de was seen about the house on
June q, 1892, and two hours later the old
people were found dead. Droishagan had
been shot in the back of the head and his
wife Through the eye. All the cash in the
house, $500, was gone. The envelope in
which the will had been kept was found on
the floor. but the Will was gone
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
SHOT BY Il POLICE JUDGE.

TtcO Chicago Garroters Net More Than
Their Hatch.
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. 2.-While Justice
Jarvis Blume of the West Chicago-avenue
police station was passing under the Alley
L structure at Thirteenth street at 80
o'clock this morning, in company with his
daughter, he was stopped by two men.
One of the robbers threw his arms about
the Justices neck, but the latter drew a
revolver and shot and fatally wounded the
robber, who died within twenty minutes.
The dead robbers companion ran away,
and the Justice fired after. him, but none
of the bullets took effect, so far as is
known.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Ftre in q Biz Bnildifl0.

CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 3.-The big five
story fat building, occupying half block,
at the corner OF Sixty-second street and
Lexington avenue, was almost totally de.
stroyed by fire early this morning. The
was owned by w. g. Press, the Board OF
Trade and real estate man, and was lust
completed. A strong northwest wind
famed the flames vigorously. and the fire.
men had difficult task in overcoming
them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03

Hoac the Stocks Will BE Listed II, Three
Departments.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 2.-The direc-
tors of the New York Mining Exchange
have elected the officers of the exchange
as follows: Isham B. Porter. president;
W. Leslie Scrymser, vice-president; Edwin
A. Beers, treasurer; Ogden P. Bell, secre-
tary, and John Gay, chairman.
The exchange will open about January
Is at 50 and 81 Broadway. There will be
three departments in which stocks will be
listed, known as "class A." which will
consist of dividend payers only; ''class
b. producing mines and occasional divi-
dend payers, and '"class G." in which will
be placed prospects and mines requiring
capital TO develop them. An information
bureau viii be feature of the exchange,
where the public may secure information
about the listed stocks. The officers state
that there will be about 100 stocks listed to
begin with
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
THE SHOOTING AT VICTOR.
Evidence That Ferguson Killed Smith III.
Self-Defense.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CoLo., Jan. O.
Coroner NARROW returned from Victor this
morning, where he was investigating the
deaths of George Smith, manager OF the
Union Theater, and Thomas Pasco, one of
the spectators of the variety show.
The story as brought out at the Coro-
ner's inquest differs somewhat from that
given publicity yesterday, in that Pasco is
is now found to have been only spectator
out doubt bad blood had existed between
Ferguson, who. had been deputy mar
shall, and Smith. The verdict was that
Ferguson acted IN self-defense in firing the
shot that killed Smith, and that .Pasco re-
ceived his death wound from an unknown
hand
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
WILL NOT ARBITRATE.

Secretary Chamberlain suys One Story Is
UnfOunded.
LONDON, Eng, Jan. I'm regard to an
inquiry on the subject the Colonial Secre-
tary, the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
stated that the report that the Govern
ment was disposed to arbitrate the ques-
ton Of the British Guiana boundary out
of Difference to President CIeveland's S
threats, was absolutely unfounded.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Failure of stntfoner..

DES MONIES, Iowa. Jan. 2.-The Lath-
rop Rhoades Company, wholesale and re-
tail stationers and booksellers, gave a
chattel mortgage to-day to Richard T.
Wellslager, trustee, for $1,000 TO secure
himself, the Polk County Savings Bank,
Des Moines National Bank, j. M. Jennings
and the First National Bank of Lyons,
Iowa. Unsecured liabilities are estimates
at 100000; nominal assets are 100000.
Ihe failure results from the refusal of the
banks to exteno further accommodations.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Greenhalae Ina,.aurdtea.

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 2.-Governor
Greenhalge was inaugurated at noon to-
day before the Legislature. which met in
joint session. The oath of Office was ad.
ministered by President Lawrin of the
Senate, and after the proclamation had
been made by Secretary of State Olin. Gov
ernor Greenhalge delivered his inaugural
address to the Legislature.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Drank q Fatal Potion.

MILWAUKEE,, WIS. Jan. 2.-Police-
man Paul Gerzwiski welcomed the advent
of the new year by taking long pull out
of black bottle, and half an hour later he
was dead man. John Lukowitz, father
in-law of Gerzwiski, also drank to the new
year out of the same bottle and is now
close to death, but may recover. The men
supposed the bottle contained whisky, but
it proved to be chloride of zinc, deadly
pOlSOn.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03

business portion af the town. The fire
started at 80 O'Clock in Hewlett's saloon
and restaurant building on Banyon street,
and before it could be checked the entire
block, including the Seminole Hotel,
valued at $25, 900, was burned Several per.
sons We're badly injured by the explosion
of dynamite to save other buildings. The
loss is estimated at about $250,O0O.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Horsen, Daty Married.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan 3-William C..
DAILY, the horseman, best known as
Father Bilr' Daily, was married to Miss
Ellen OMahoney in Brooklyn Wednesday
afternoon. Miss O'Mahoney was for seve-
raj years in the cloak department of de-
partment-store in Brooklyn. She is %
years of age. Her father died several years
ago and left to his two daughters over
$50, 900, with the provision that they could
not use the money until they were married.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Stole the Barnes Gens.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 2.-Acting
Captain O'Brien has succeeded in connect
ing the two negroes and the young white
woman arrested by his detectives Tuesday
night with the robbery of Mrs. Barnes
diamonds. Two diamonds found in their
possession have been positively identified
as jewels stolen from Mrs. Barnes, whose
tiat was recently entered by burglars and
$1,000 worth OF diamonds and iewelry
stolen.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Dismissed From the Passionate.

BOSTON, MASS, Jan. "a church
council held at the North h-avenue Congre.
gational Church in Cambridge tonight
formally dismissed from the pastorate of
that church Rev. Frank Hoytt Smith, who
was recently arrested in Denver and
brought here for trial for sending obiec-
tionable matter through the mails, and
subsequently committed to the Govern
ment Insane Asylum at Washington.