The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-14
PREVENT BLOODSHED
|,..meut with Britain Is More Than
Probable.
IA PLAYING At PEANUT POLITICS.
NJ John Paul Jones, who
~. buried mt Paris, Can Not
DC Located.
,e,sc,al to The Post.)

.,,rs,on. July IS. - Unless Great
~ consents within the next few days
rnoaus vivendi establishing a tenn
boundary line between Alaska and
=. aecretary Hay will make a for
.-a,os,tion that the high joint COM
continue its recess until the fall.
"a tho negotiations for the modus
Al fail. an effort Will be made to
creat Britain to enter into an
srt under which the territory in
10 can be policed and strife between
r,c,n and Canadian miners prevented.
.,resdy evident to the authorities
the commission can not possibly as
4. until the early part of next month.
.hould the British government agree
in tho next two or three days to the
rican proposition relative to the es-
shment of the boundary line to the
Inward of the village of Kluckwan.
u details OF the proposition which will
nbmltted to Great Britain for preserv-
neace in the disputed territory in case
he failure OF the two governments to
upon the location of the temporary
aary line are not available. The au-
bties appreciate there will be difficulty
determining how far the police and
he of each nation shall go in pursuit
blenders In the territory in controversy.
urinary object of the modus vivendi
establish a line which shall be the
Inning and end of the authority OF
respective governments. Any other
kement reached would necessarily have
No more general In terms and define
extent and authority of the police OF
governments in preserving peace and
n in the territory in dispute. 1t seems
4 the opinion in administration circles
bIoodshed will be averted' by an ar
kement of some sort which will be
Il by the two countries, though con-
{rable disappointment will be felt II
{peanut politics being played by Canada
he the failure of the negotiations for
modus vivendi.
hourly was recently made at the state
|artment In regard to the grave of John
h Jones, the great naval hero of revo-
onary days, who died in Paris July 49,
He was buried there with the high
honors by the French government, bu,
3ppears that the present location of his
Ne is not known. The secretary OF
5e recently addressed letter to Mr..
hry Vignaud, Of the United States
bassy in Paris, asking whether the
We Of John Paul Jones in Paris is
wn and marked He has received q
By from Mr. Vignaud saying that al
ugh he has made earnest and frequent
llries of the city authorities In regard
the matter he has been unable to
eover the whereabouts Of the grave
thing established by his inquiries
Eever. is that John Paul Jones was
buried in the cemetery where the re-
lns of Lafayette lie, as has been sup
ed by some people. In another quarter
Us intimated that owing to custom
4yalling in Paris, the remains of John
bl Jones were deposited in rented
We for term of years, and that upon
expiration of the lease, great many
RS ago, the bones of this distinguished
lercan patriot were thrown into the
tiers field.
feSas postmasters appointed today;
fcken, Comal county. Adolph Bremers;
ydon, Chambers county, Ross S. Ster'
lhe comptroller of the currency has re-
|ved si7l.69 from the State of Texas as
contribution towards the erection OF the
mortal statue of Lafayette at Paris.