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VENEZUELA ARBITRATION.
The fifth Member OF tho Tribunal Selected,
but Hts Nnmo IL Kept secret.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The State Depart
ment has been notified OF the selection of the
fifth and final members Of the tribunal Of arbi-
tration to pass upon the questions OF issue be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela over the
British Guiana boundary line. Senior jose An
drade. the Venezuelan Minister. has also been
informed, but neither no nor the State Depart
ment will disclose the identity OF the person
chosen.
All that can be ascertained here is that he is a
European whose name and reputation are we'll
known in the United States. Chief Justice Full
Ter and Justice Brewer Of the United States SUI
preme Court are the members OF the tribunal
designated by Venezuela. The Chief Justice re-
turned to Washington a few days ago from Sor-
rento, Me. He retired early tonight, and could
not be seen. He has called ut the State Depart
ment since his return to report the selection Of
the fifth arbitrator. Justice Brewer Is AT a re-
sort on Lake Champlain.
The terms OF the arbitration treaty provided
for the selection OF q fifth arbitrator by the
members named in the treaty. and. in the event
of their failing TO agree. the selection was TO be
left to King Oscar OF sweden and Norway. whose
choice should DO final. 1t was not NECESSARY,
arbitrator. after a long correspondence In which
anumbcr OF names were canvasscd, agreed on
the person whose identity is kept secret for the
present.
One OF the provisions of the treaty was that
the hfth arbitrator should not be a citizen OF
any American State, which. excluded all citi.
zens OF the United States. Mexico and the Cen
trail American and South American republics.
Lord Herschelt and Sir Richard Collins are
tho arbitrators appointed in behalf Of Great
Britain. They are eminent jurists. The case of
sonted soon. and the tribunal will meet in Paris
in the spring.
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ENGLAND SN EAKS OUT
DECL INES TO TAKE PART IN THE
BEHRING SE.d CONFER ENCE.

At tho last Moment Lord snliabury Notifies
Ambassador Hay That England Decides
Not to re n Party TO the Conference ir
Russia ana Japan Arc to Participate In n.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24.-Great Britain, after
seemingly agreeing TO n conference between
Canada and tho United States TO discuss certain
phases OF the Bchring Sea question. has declined
to BIO a party TO the conference II Japan and
Russia arc participants in 1t. Notifca-
ton of this attitude on the part OF
the British Foreign Office was received at
the State Department to-day. Lord Sails
bury, tho Minister for Foreign Affairs, in
his brief answer to Secretary Shcrman's sen
sational note OF May 10 accusing the British
Government Of bad faith In the seal fisheries
matter, signihed his agreement to the proposal
OF a conference to be held in Washington next
month. and said that Canadian representatives
would attend. In order that thore might be no
misunderstanding concerning the composition
OF the conference Ambassador Hay wrote to
Lord Salisbury:
1T may not be out OF place for me to recall to
your lordship that, as l have already had occa.
sion to mention, tho President expects tho Gov.
ernments OF Russia and Japan. powers inter
osted in the preservation OF the seal islands of
Behring Sea, to DO represented Mt tho con.
ference"
The Ambassadors noto was sent to Lord Sal
isbury last July, but he waited until this time,
just on the eve of the proposed conference. be.
fore making tho discouraging answer received.
Gen. John w. Foster. tho Special Ambassador
Of the United States in the seal fisheries ne.
gotiations, secured the acceptance Of Russia to
an invitation to participate in the conference
during his visit to st. Petersburg this summer.
Japan also sent an acceptance.
The probability is that Great Britain's action
will cause a delay in the meeting Of the con-
ferees, but 1t is not unlikely that the delegates
OF the United States, Russia. and Japan will
proceed with the consideration OF the questions
ut issue without regard to whether Lord Sails
bury changes his mind.
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THE PRESIDENT At AENOx.
A Guest or John s~lonne-Grocted By Crowds Q
His Trip.

His Trip.
LENox. Mass. Sept. @4.-Prcsident Mckinley
Is the guest tonight OF John Sloane at his
beautiful summer residence here. His journey
here from Adams was n sort of triumphal pro-
gress, and at every station along the line the
Presidents private car. "Hazlemere." was
chccrcd.
The car was hitched on to the regular train
which left Adams at L. 80 o'clock and it reached
Lcnox at . o'clock.
When the President and Mrs. Mckinley
stepped from the car they could hardly find q
passage through the throng to MIR. Sloane's
carriage.
The carriage was on the cast side OF the tracks
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley had to walk across
the rails and Shoppers.
All the Cabinet party which accompanied the
party followed along in other vehicles. together
with MIR. and Mrs. w. h. Plunkett, who were tho
Presidents hosts at Adams.
The passage OF the party through the, vii:
lage. square caused excitement. School
the turned. back top OF the Victoria. One
younestcr leapcd for the step. and had not
Mrs. Mckinley caught him by the sleeve he
would have topplcd over under the wheels.
At the park the carriage was stopped and the
President. standing up. made n little speech in
which he expressed his delight at the reception
Tonight at Mr.. Sloanc's mansion there was q
dinner in honor OF the President. All the lead.
ing residents Of the Lenox summer colony were
there.
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PRECAUTIONS AT HAWAII.
TIE WHEELING TAKES IMPORTANT
ORDERS TO ADMIRAL MILLER.

ne Ne distracted to Retain tho Cruiser Phila-
dclphin at Honolulu Until tho Japanese
Cruiser Naiwn IL Known to Have Left
Hawaiian waters ON Her Way TO Japan.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ga significant ac-
tivity Ia being shown by the Navy Department
In regard to the condition Of affairs In Hawaii.
Tho preparations the department has made for
protecting tho islands are OF n character to
Justify tho suspicion that Information has been
received that Japan or the Royalists do not pro-.
pose to let the Government OF the Pacific ro'
public change hands 30 easily. The gunboat
Wheeling, which sailed from San Francisco
for Honolulu last night, carried important in
structions to Rear Admiral Miller, command
ing the Pacific station. He was instructed not
to allow the cruiser Philadelphia to leave Homo
lulu until he was certain that tho Japanese
cruiser Naniwa had left Hawaiian waters.
Tho mail steamer which arrived at San Fran
cisco from Honolulu day before yesterday
brought news that the Naniwa had left for
Japan to undergo a cleaning in dry dock, but
the Navy Department wants Admiral Miller to
make sure that she is actually on her way
homo and is not lowering around in tho South
Seas waiting for the Philadelphia to depart,
thus leaving the navy unrepresented at Homo.
lulu except by the gunboat Bennington, a yes.
sol inferior to the Japanese warship.
Orders were issued by tho department to-day
Yard to place the cruiser baltimore In com.
mission on Oct. l. This action was taken TO
aftor the return Of the Philadelphia. The
Baltimore Is short Of men. and 1t will be neces'
sary. to I'LL her crew by transfers from the Phila'
Francisco harbor as soon as the Philadclphla
comes to anchor, and the baltimore will leave
1Ss nG sent ON q the en %hoe 4 n.9 for transfer sNtEa S to ,hs
Runboat Yorktown, which Is on her way from
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Are Interested

in the purity Of food supplies
Just as much as women. Has
it ever occurred to you to in
quire what baking powder is in
use in your kitchen? Is it pos
sible that your good wife under
q mistaken idea of economy has
adopted one of the cheap alum
baking powders in place of the
old reliable Royal?
The adulterants that are used
i'll place of cream of tartar to
cheaper the manufacturing cost
of many baking powders are
extremely dangerous to health.
Alum is u subtle poison and if
introduced in your food ire
parable damage may be done
before the danger is realized.
Safety in baking powder lies
in the exclusive use of the
Royal" the brand that for
more than a quarterof a century
has been the standard of puri-
ty and leavening strength and
the one above all others which
other baking powder makers
try to approximate and initiate.
Full confidence in the abso-
lutte purity and wholesomeness
of the food is a most comfort
ing thing for every consumer.
You can ask your doctor or
your chemist about the purity
and wholesomeness of the
Royal Baking Powder.
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SARAH o DEATH.
Her Letter Accusing Young Koch or Betrayal
Causes Wis Arreht.

Sarah Brown, the young woman who died in
Paterson on Thursday from n criminal opera
tion, was one of the girls In Mature" tho spec
tacular piece now being produced ut the Acado-
my of Music. She was 10 years old, and lived
at 966 West End avenue. She loft n letter &C.
cusing Bernard Koch, q bookkecper living at
42S West. Thirty.fourth street. of having be-
trayod her and OF having caused her death. On
the strength Of this letter Koch was arrested
yesterday in this city by Central Office detectives.
The girl died in the homo of her sister, Mrs.
Julia Brown. She went there several days ago
and sought tho assistance of Mrs. Amelia
Forbes, a midwife. After the girls death Mrs.
Forbes was arrested, but she declares that tho
This statement is borne out in q measure by
tho girls letter. Sho wrote that she wished her
sister Mary to know tho truth. Sho said sho
knew she was about to die and acknowledged
ton; MY only wish" she said, lis to have
Koch here to see his work. God forgive me. for
he has murdered me. He was not satisfied with
betraying me-"
notified by his married. sister In Paterson OF tho
charges In the dead girls letter, and yesterday
no went to Police Headquarters and asked that
Koch be arrested. He told Acting Captain Nc
Giusky that he had known Koch for two years.
bookkcepers, Brown by Swift Bros. and Koch
by the North River Company.
About q year ago Brown introduced Koch to
his sister Sarah. For six months tho family had
understood that Koch expected to marry Sarah
as soon as he could get money enough together.
Koch was arraigned in Jefferson Market Court
and rcmanded back TO Police Headquarters
without examination. He denies his guilt. Mrs.
Forbes is held In default of $4,000 bail at Pater-
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Prince and Broadway.
Warren and Broadway.
Thirty.second and Broadway.
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CANADA TO GET BIG GUNS.
They Will he Used to Defend Montreal
Against VhomI

Against WhomI
Special Cable pespdtch TO THE srS.
LONDON. Sept. Cit is announced that the
Canadian Government intends early in 1893 to
purchase a number Of heavy field batteries and
a quantity of guns for the Montreal defence
scheme. Probably there will be q big expendi.
ture for general war and defence material.
OTTAWA. Sept. 24.-Itegarding the report that
the dominion Government is making large pur-
chases of heavy field batteries and defence guns
in England. DIR. Borden, Minister of Militia. in
an interview tonight explained that there was
no new scheme OH foot as to the defences Of
Montreal or the waterways in the neighborhood
Of that city, and no new plans were projected
by the department for frontier dcfences. Three
years ago 49, 900 900 WAS voted for Canadian
defcnces. but only a small portion of that vote
was expended.
The batteries and guns referred to in the
English cable are those which were ordered
some time ago. but not supplied. There is no
now expenditure or new money voted for do
fence purposes. Some of the guns will be al.
lottcd to the Montreal military district, as
| originally intended. A feeling of uneasincss,
however, has been aroused over the receipt OF
the despatch. and the long entertained impress.
sion that Canada IL being gradually and quietly
armed for oventualitics has been strengthened
by this news.
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.
Changes in Stations and Duties or Omcers-
Leaves or AbAcnce.

changes IN bIattOhb unu hputtoe OF UmceFb-
Leaves or Absence.
WAsHINGToN. Sept. 2l.-These naval orders
have been issued:
Commander G. C. Reter. detached from the Naval
Home. with three months leave; Ensign J. +. Hines.
ordered TO the Navigation Bureau; Ensign T. II. Clark.
detached from the torpedo station and ordered to the
Dupont; Lieut.. 7. 8. Wood. ordered to command the
Dupont; Assistant Surgeon NJ. Z. Elliott. ordered TO
the Porter.
These armv orders have been Issued:
Leave for six months. to take effect Dec. go. 10
granted Capt. Charles l.. Davis. Tenth Infantry.
Leave for four months, to take eject when the
Colonel OF the Fifth Cavalry Joins his regiment. Is
granted Lieut.Col. Samuel NJ. whiteside. Fifth
Cavalry.
Leave for one year, on surgeons certificate OF disa.
bility. Is granted Col. David Perry. Ninth Cavalry.
First Lieut.. Edward y. Lawton. Nineteenth In.
fantry, is detailed as professor OF military science
and tactics at Middle Georgia Military and Agricul.
tural College. Milledgeville. to take erect Jan. go.
| 1908. to relieve First Lieut.. Albert Il. Scott, Thir.
teenth Infantry. who will then proceed to join his
Leavef for six months. on surgeons certificate OF dis.
ability. to take effect Oct. Is granted First Lieut..
Leave for two months, ON surgeons certificate OF
disability. is granted Second Lieut.. Kenzie W. Walker.
The extension of leave granted Second Lieut..
Gordon Worthless. Fourth Cavalry Is further extended
The rssignstlon OF Lieut.. yorhies has been accepted
by the President, TO take eHect NOV 10,
Capts. Charles Richard ana George McCreery, as
slstant, SURGEONS. win report In person on Oct, 4 to
Col. Charles ii. Alden. Assistant Surgeon General.
President of the Examining Board, appointed TO meet
In this city, ORGANIZATION as to their fitness for pro-
motion.
Leave granted Major BENJAMIN II. Rogers, Eighth
Infantry, Ia extended ono month.
Leave for two monthsi is granted First Lieut.. Charles
Keller. Corps OF Engineers.
The following light battery transfers OF Lieutenants
of the Fifth Artillery are ordered to take effect Oct,
J.. 1897. under the provision OF paragraph 3I4 OF the
regulations: Second Lieut.. Charles p, Summerall
from Light battery ID to Battery II; second Lieut.,
Robert p. CAllan from Battery II to Light Battery D.
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PoLICEMAN,s WIFE TOOK POISON.
She was Drunk on Money Got by Pawning
Her wedding Ring-She May Die.

Her weddinG Ring-sho May Die.
Mary J. Kelly. wife o: Policeman John Kelly
Of the East Sixty-seyenth street station. at
tempted to kill herself yesterday afternoon by
drinking carbolic acid in her homo on the third
floor Of 21s East Eighty-fourth street.
According to Kelly. his wife, who is % years
old, has been o hard drinker for tho last three
years. Yesterday afternoon, when the police
man went home. he found Mrs. Kelly drunk
and noisy. They had a row. Kelly picked up
her purse, which lay on the table. and found in
1t a pawn ticket for her wedding ring. He ac-
cused her Of having pawned the ring to got
liquor and Mrs. Kelly became furious. She
grabbed all the bric.a.brac about tho room and
hurled It at her husband. Some of tho pieces
went through tho closed windows into tho
street. Having worked herself up to a state of
frenzy, she suddenly darted to the wardrobe.
II don't want to 1.-Two any MORE" she cried,
and seizing a bottle Of carbolio acid which was
on Q shelf, she drank the contents. Then she
fell screaming to tho floor. Kelly ran to the
fiat below. where Policeman Simons lives. and
got him to call an ambulance. which took her to
the Presbyterian Hospital. She may die.
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BoY INCENDIARIES IN BERLIN.

They Started Fires I'm Tenement Houses for
the Fun OF It.
Special Cable Despatch TO THE Sun.
BERLIN. Sept. ga matchseller. a boy 10
years old. who was arrested on suspicion of in
cendiarism. has confessed that hc was q mem
Der of a band Of youngsters who had set 1re to
many houses during the last two years.
Some OF the fires werc attended with loss Of
life. He described the method employed in
starting the fires, saying that the gang entered
tenement houses. went to the garrets and threw
lighted matches about. Then they would de-
scend to the street and g~leefully watch the arri-
val OF tho engines. The leader OF the gang 10 Ia
years old. and issupposed to DO an imbecile.
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IL -TEAR-oLD GIRLS SUICIDE.
Gussie Lomoure Preferred to DIe Rather Than
Give Up Her Lover.

Gussie Lomoure Preferred to Die Rather Than
Give Up Her Lover.
ALBANY. Sept. 24.-Interference by relatives
with her love affairs caused Miss Gussie La.
moure to commit suicide this morning by shoot.
ing herself at her home in Castleton. q few
miles below Albany. on tho Hudson. She was
an unusually bright and handsome girl. Is
years of age, and was living with a married
sister and n maiden aunt. For some time Miss
Laroure had been receiving the attentions of a
young man who was not approved OF by the sis.
ter and aunt. Gussie had steadily refused
to discard her lover. and this morning
the relatives again tried their pursuasiye
powers in an endeavor to have her give up the
young man. She was obdurate, and tho discus
sion grew quite warm, causing Gussie to leave
the room In a burst Of passion. Going to her
room, she procured q revolver and shot herself
in the heart, She died before q physician could
be summoned. 1t is thought the girl suspected
tho relatives would force her to give up her
lover and had procured tho revolver that sho
might end her life when they pressed her be-
yond endurance.
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ACCUSED OF PROFESSIONALISM.
Compliant About the Amateur Standing or the
Tuelfth's Rifle Team.

Compliant About the Amateur Standing or the
Tueinh's Rine Team.
Some OF the National Gunrdsmcn of this city
and Brooklyn who were beaten in the recent
rife shooting for the Governors cup at Creed.
moor are grumbling and declare that John Corrie
OF the Twelfth Regiment team who won 1t and
fully half OF the team besides are unfair com.
pctitors because they par.ekc more of the char
acter of professional soldiers than Of the citizen
troops. from which the marksmen OF tho Ma
tional Guard are supposed to come.
The faultlnders declare that not only are
these men from the regular army. but some of
them were helped to get their discharge from
the army by the Twelfth's officers in order that
they might join the regimen. and strengthen
its shooting team. And further. they assert that
the men have been provided with n living by
being appointed to places in the armory where
they draw pay from the State. the city. or from
the regiment itself.
been made yet regarding the matter and per-
haps none will be. but there seems to be some
foundation for the statements mado by the dis
gruntlcd grardsmen. even II the facts are not
such as to be a violation OF any rule or regula-
The men complained OF particularly are John
Corrie. John Boyle. and John Eagan. They all
belonged formerly to the regular army. and
Corr!c and Pagan arc now employed in the
armory. There are four other members Of the
team who are arInory employees. Corsie IL the
regimental armorer. and Eagan is assistant
engineer.
On the other hand. it Is true that every
man on the team Is n regular mem
Der OF the regiment and attends 10
his military, duties. and it is also true
that In nearly every regiment in the Guard
| enlisted men and non.commissioncd officers fill
similar places to those held by the men com
| planned OF in the Twelfth, and II these men can
shoot they hold places on the rcgimcntal teams
Until tho law was changed to prohibit |,
there were instances where commissioner Off
GERS held such places also. and even to-day n
number OF the most valuable men In the Guard
are to all intents and purposes professional sol
dicrs. as they make their living directly out Of
| tho military work which they do for the State.
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VIEW YORK CENTRAL ENJoINED.
For tho Present IL mustn't Divert Certain
Traffic from the D. and l.. G. Road.

For tho Present IL mustn't Divert Certain
Tranic from the D. and l.. &. Road.
Judge Lacombo OF the United States Circuit
Court has granted n motion for a preliminary
injunction restraining the Rome, Watertown
and Ogdensburg Railroad Company and tho
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Company from divcrting any OF the freight Of
the Rome. Watertown and Ogdcnsburg line or
freight received from tho Wabash Railroad
Company or the Grand Trunk Railway Company
for TRANSFORMATION to New England points over
the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
from tho 0gdcnsburg and Lake Champlain Rail
road. OF which Charles Parsons IL receiver.
The Injunction Is to remain in force during
tho pending in the United States Circuit Court
against tho Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
and the New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad companies 10 recover damages for
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American Fibre Chamol. Company.

Judgments agGregating 81 800 have been OBJ
tanned against the American Fibre Chamois
Company OF 5 Beekman street in favor OF the
New York Press Company. 1882. John J. Gill
roy 1901. and the Fashion Company OF West
Virginia 1867. Executions were issued to Dep
uty Sheriff Mulvancy. but he did not find any
pany had made n transfer of ali its property
and had sold out to tho International Fibre
Company OF London. 1t was also stated that
the executions would be paid. AT the office of
the company 1t was said Yesterday that tho judg.
ments would DO adjusted.
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ROBERT HILBERT ACQUITTED.
The Jury Sets Him Free After He Has MsrFie0
the Woman ne shot.

ATLANTIC CITY. y. j.. Sept. 24.-The jury In
the case of Robert HILBERT. who was on trial In
the Criminal Court at Mays Landing for shoot
ing Mrs. Phoebe Phillips on last Decoration
Day, brought in a verdict OF not guilty.
The young man. who Is not yet % years Of
age. shot four times at Mrs. Phillips, who Is AZ
years old. She was the principal witness the
State had to rely upon to gain n conviction, but
her testimony was in favor of the prisoner.
Shortly after the court adjourned yesterday
Mrs. Phillips. with n minister, went to the cell
OF her lover and there vas married to him.
Neither Sheriff Kirby nor the Jail officials knew
about II. When Mrs. HILBERT was told of the
acquittal OF her husband she tainted.
An hour after the jury rendered its verdioo
HILBERT and his bride came TO this city. whore
they will probably reside.
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SHOT HIMSELF IN HIS OFFICE.

Suicide or the President or the American Cot.
ton Hnvestment Company.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24.-Alexander c. Lewis
OF Boston, President of the American Cotton In
Company, committed suicide in the
Office of the company here to-day by shooting
himself with q pistol. He chose as the time for
his rash act the noon lunch hour. when all the
clerks had left the office, His partner. Samuel
his desk. with the blood oozinR from a bullet
hole behind his RICH: ear. He left n note saying
that he had killed himself because of business
troubles. He leaves q widow and child, who are
temporarily In this city. His other relatives 1.-Two
in Boston.