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The Washington times., 1902-12-15
UNITED STATES NAY Be
DRAWN INTO DISPUTE
Situation Becomes More En-
barrassing Each Day.
FEELING OF APPREHENSION
Question to Be Determined Is Whether
There Has Been a Breach of Faith
on Part Of Powers.

Nctaithsian6ing he disposition Of the
United states 20 keep apart grom the
Venezuelan controversy and avoid being
drawn into DISPUTE ufh Germany and
EagIaud over tine rlt.nt OF their co.
crcive measures against Venezuela. the
indications are that the propriety Of re-
questinG some explanation OF the Anglo
German war-Hke demonstrations must
now De seriously considered.
The question now to be determined
by the United States Government is
whether there has been a breach of
faith on the part Of Germany and Eng
land, and If so what course shall be
taken 10 bring TO the attention OF those
COUNTLESS our regret that the assurances
given us that only peaceful blockade"
would be enforced, have been violated.
May Ask for Inquiry.
A certain element in Congress is dis
inclined 10 permit the incident to pass
without notice. and. however much the
officials of the State Department regret
to DO So they viii probably be com
PEELED 20 make some further inquiries Of
both Germany and England as 10 their
intentions against Venezuela
A renewal Of the assurances already
made. together with a satisfactory ex-
planation Of the sinking Of the Vene-
zuelGn gunbOats and the shelIing OF Fort
Libcrtador at Puerto Cabello may re-
lieve this country Of a possible embar-
rassinE situation.
Both President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary HAY are opposed to involving the
United States in the Venezuelan quarrel
with Germany and England unless the
principle Of the Monroe Doctrine Is ac-
tually threatened. Secretary Hay went
TO the White House early this morning
with dispatches from Minister Bowen.
Situation Serious.
Instead Of clearing the atmosphere
the latest intelligence from Caracas cp-
parently gives rise TO feeling Of ap-
prehensioh. and there is now no secret
OF the fact that the situation is re
garded as serious.
The fact that the allied fleets captured
kue Venezuelan bAuucaLb bsAOte Lnefe
had been any declaration Of war, or a
blockade declared. tends to confirm the
opinion Of some OF the officials that a
war on Venezuela was actually intended.
and this view was strengthened on the
receipt Of adyices this morning from
Minister Bowen. giving the details Of
the shelling OF the forts at Puerto Ca
bello and three hours notice
Whether these acts Of the allied forces
actually constitute a breach OF faith is
the quetsion now being considered by the
President and Secretary Hay.
Some OF the officials are Of the opinion
that the assurance given by Germany
and Great Britain have been violated.
while the more conservative hold 10 the
belief that the Monroe Doctrine has not
been threatened and until suspicion
points 20 a danger Of It's violation this
should continue silent and
avoid any controversy over the aggres-
sive demonstrations Of Germany and
England.
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BUBEAR WINS SCULLING MATCH

LONDON. Dec. 15.-The sculling match
today between Bubear. the ex-champion.
and "Wag" Harding was won by Bubear
by two and oue-half lengths. The time
,yas g-O2
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are so great. Many OF the dealers who
have signed the Reading agreement are
selling that coal at an advance over
the $I25 agreed upon. as they assert
that the cost TO them. considering the
handling and other expenses. exceeds
the price they are supposed 10 charge.
Several Of the dealers have adopted a
general price varying from s. TO S12 a
ton for anthracite. and from IS to $40
for soft coal.
Several quoting the higher figures say
that they could sell at less with a rea-
sonable profit. but that they had to
adopt some means to relieve themselves
Of the enormous pressure that is being
brought to bear upon them for coal.
Hospitals in Distress.
A snowstorm imminent. the Govern
ment departments with less than four
days supply Of coal on hand. the city
hospitals in little better condition, and
many citizens unable to obtain fuel even
at $12 or $14 ton make the coal situa-
tion today distressing.
The coal companies have announced
that il is their purpose under all cir
cumstances TO see that the hospitals are
supplied but some Of these institutions
are dangerously near the bottom os their
bins. II mild weather results. IL is pos
sible that they may not suffer. out with
the interruption 10 traffic that is likely
TO accompany general snowstorm the
wards Of these institutions will not be
spared.
Cold Comfort.
A canvass Of the city hospitals this
morning developed the fact that but
enc OF them has a sufficient supply Of
coal on hand 10 insure the comfort OF
it's inmates should no additional sup
plies so received in the next three or
(CcnJimcd on Teeth PagcJ
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SINKING SHIPS DENIED
House of Commons Hears
Government Statement.
PRESS PRAISES AMERICA
Says United States Has Kept Level
Head Over Venezuelan Imbroglio.
Suspicious of Germany.
ore than a few hun

LONDON. Dec. i5-In the house of
commons today Niscount Cranborne.
parliamentary secretary for foreign sf-
;airs. made q srayment relative to the
sinking Il the captured Venezuelan var
ships lie denied thss the British ad-
miral was responsible for the destruc-
ton OF The vessels.
The Pail Mail Gazette iu a leading
article on the Venezuelan imbrogIio un-
der The headline Cats and Chestauts. d"
SAYS.
~ 20 the present time public ouin-
ion In the UuIted States has kept a lcvel
head, which Is distinctly to be commend
ed It IS quite natural that Americans
should be touchy and suspicious con
Ger Ternlns The possible designs lurking in
european minds I'm regard 90 South
American states
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Spending Money for Holidays.

II you sell your superiuous articles through
Brown q FOLSOM, Auctioneers, lf09lI New York
Ayeuuc.-Adv.
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Sn6ferrdnean Prisons Of Fort
LIberfador and lis Build
mgs Bloom Up By Ma
rneS F0oH British Cruiser.
Navigation on NE Ormoco
RiUer Opened - Fozeiqn
Ships Stationed as Police
GHaedS at LnlpocfaHf
PoMfS.

CARACAS. Dec 15.-The news OF the
Smelling Of the defonscs OF Puerto ca
helio by the British and German war
ships reached Caracas yesterday. and
caused much excitement among the peo-
pie. The streets Of the capital were
crowded. and the angry population was
ready to make reprisals on the German
and English residents.
President Castro rose 10 the occasion.
He made a speech to The multitude in
which he said that the rights OF all
foreigners in Venezuela. including Ger
man and English. must be respected. He
guaranteed TO show the world that We
nezueIa was civilized and cultured La
tion.
The forifcati6ns- al Puerto CabeIo
were demolished by the bombardment
and the allied forces occupied them. but
did not utilize the artillery.
Fifty Were Killed.
About City were killed IN the engage
menL The allied commanders, in an
ulumatum to the comptroller at Puerto
Cabello. said that there would be no
seizure under the rules Of war. The
feet would only enforce the settlement
of the demands which the Venezuelan
government had not answered.
The English government mas opened
navigation or the orinoeo River. For
eisn ships are stationed as police
guard at the various mouths and al
points along he river.
trading houses stl "a Uualra have be-
come alarmed since Tie foreign warshiRs
shelled Puerto CabelIo and are now send
ing goods ID be housed at Caracas.
The sub-erraneau prisons OF Fort
and its wooden buildings
adjacent were blown up and burned by
marines from the British gfuiser Charyb-
dis
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Before Taking Stock

turn broken lots into cash. through Brown &
Tolson, Auctioueers. l40o-n New York Avenue
ADV
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Xmas Gifts to Friends

With thc cash you realize from sale of goods
through Brown Tolson, Auctioneers. ll09li
New York Aveuue.-Adv.
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End of the Year

the time % sell OF odds and ends through
Brown Tolson. Auctioneers, I4OJ-u New
f0rk Avenue ue.-Adv.
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In PostOfice Department
Orders Are Issued That
No Electric Lights Be Used
Above First Floor-Pri-
vate Elevators Stopped.
With SnoWstorm Imminent
the Local Situation Is
Alarming, and Interrupt
ton to Traffic VIII Result
in Distress.

crisis was reached in the local coal
situation this morning when for over
an hour il was necessary TO shut down
the plant Of the Interior Department.
and urgent orders we're issued for rigid
economy in the distribution of the small
amount remaining In the bins OF the
vast building
Other departments OF the Government
nnd themselves in almost as serious
condition. and are at times shoveling
coal direct into the furnaces from the
delivery wagons. The first determined
action for the relief Of the situation
was made at the District Building.
where William J. Zeh secured permis-
sion TO lay tracks on Maryland and
Virginia Avenues that will nearly double
the unloading facilities of the city.
Radical Action Demanded.
This action was taken by the District
Commissioners after a careful consider
alton Of the situation. and is purely an
emergency measure Mr.. Zeh said that
he had many cars Of coal on the rails.
but that they were c0ngested at the
dumps. and that additional facilities
we're imperatively necessary 10 prevent
the people of the city from freezing
Work viii be begun Immediately laying
the tracks and By Thursday or Friday
he promises that the local situation win
be greatly relieved. The tracks author
lied wiz permit OF the unloading of
nearly 200 ears at time, nearly doubling
the terminal facilities or the city so Tar
as they relate to the handling or coal.
CONSERVATION reigned among the Off
cials OF the Interior Department this
morning when they reached their Offices
TO find that the building was not heated
and that the coal bins were empty
When the clerks left Saturday the sup
ply was nearly exhausted. but it was
hoped that enough could be secured over
Sunday TO keep the big boilers going.
This it seemed impossible 10 do and
clerks sat around for over an hour
shivering In their wraps and expecting
every moment TO receive an order excus-
ing them for the rest OF the day. Finally.
after an appeal to nearly every large
ANotNt AZ tuf NAAgs supply OF thirteen
tons was hurried TO the buildings. the
boilers we're started and the employees
went 20 work.
Private Elevators Closed.
In the Postoffice Department an order
was issued directing that until further
orders no electric light should be used
above the first f0or. where Il IS abso-
lutely Indispensable In the handling Of
mail matter. and that the private ele-
vators in the building should be closed
down until the situation was relieved.
Economic Is the prevailing order ey-
erywhere and it is only by extreme
measures that il viii be possible to pull
through the winter. Wherever It is pos
sible to save lump Of coal It will be
done. Orders viii probably be issued
this afternoon or tomorrow for the clos
ing down Of the elevator in the Wash
ington Monument.
II Is impossible at the present time
TO quote a price on coal. the fluctuations
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Somebody Made Happy

u you sell whs. y11 DO not need. through
Aycuuc.-Alg.
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Has Clean Hands.

our oTn hands are thoroughly clean
in this affair and we must make it per-
iect!y clear both al Washington and
Berlin that We cannot clash hands with
Germany unless there IS G. practical cer-
tainty that our own win not be GeGIed.
We odGnot anord 10 eLdanger the GOOD
understandiug of the Two branches Of
the Anslo-SaXon race an order to ehas-
tise Castro and thereby extract chest
nuts for the benefit OF the mailed fist
Germany desires nothing more ear
nestly than 70 see England and the
United states al l0ggerhcads. We must
look 70 1t that this amicable aspiration
IS not brought nearer 10 realization fr
Lhe course OF our recovery Of our lust
debts from Venezuela.
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Sources Of Wealth.

Those states, and Venezuela is a case
In point contain vast potential sources
OF wealth At the same time. only the
most ignorant and the most anti-Britisb
clements Of American society would sus-
pect this country Of any design TO seel,
territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT I'm those -
sions, but Germany is a young power
with a toeming population and vast and
increasing trade ambitions in the direc-
Von OF the expansion OF The .VeItnoI,-
lk' which is now being bacR,- bv tbs
powerful argument OF q navy aIraadv
SIohg and soon 10 bee much stronger
Likewise the world had fuet lately
an object lesson I'm China as I'D German
eagerness % obtain territorial foorizr
ID regions where her Tag never flew .ha-
fore Wi;h such ambitions and with bsr
uhconcealed Jealousy OF the British Em
pre-, Germauy Is exposed even though
unjustly i'm any particular instance ro
suspicious which cannot easily attach
To this country.
In these circumstance it beho3vee
the British Foreign Ofice 10 walk er-
ceedngly "arily. England must moi b1
dragged by the heels by any other 7ov-ar
INTO situation which might eudarser
the excellent understanding which han
ply prevails between the government
OF washington and London
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election OF new Congress. except when
convened by the President in extraor-
binary session. in a great emergency.
which shall be stated in his proclama-
ton; and in such extraordinary session
none but emergency measures shall be
passed or considered.
Local Sentiment.
The sentiment in favor Of changing
the date OF the inauguration is largely
local In Congress and throughout tho
country, however, there is a feeling that
if any change is made 90 all 10 should be
one which would enable Congress TO as
semble as soon after election as pos
sible Under the present system mem
bers OF Congress do moi meet un.u thir-
Teen months after election.
Mr Parker said Congress fixed no spe-
cifc date for the Inauguration OF Wash
ington. II met on March 4. but. owing
TO the failure Of number OF Senators
TO arrive. the first inauguration did not
AXE place until April 30. 1889. The Con
stitution merely provided that the Presi-
dent serve four years. and. in Mr.. Park
els opinion, Washington would have
continued his term until April 30 four
years later instead Of March 4.
Early Inauguration.
Mr.. Parker argued that new admin
istraJions and the new Congress should
enter upon the discharge Of their duties
AT the same time. To this end ne sue-
gested that the electoral college should
meet and cast its ballots soon after the
election; that the retiring Congress con-
vene Immediately thereafter. and corot
the votes. and the new President and
Vice President be indicted into Office in
December or January. The only objec-
tion 10 this plan. he said was that the
term OF Senators should be changed TO
conform 10 the beginning and ending or
ne members Of the House This would
a change in some OF .ae
states constitutions TO enable them TO
chose their Senators a year earlier than
at present.
The question Of fixing the date or
inauguration Of the President at a sea-
son OF the year when there would be.
fair weather, he said was trivial com
pared to the Importance OF having the
beginning Of the ned Administration
and the new Congress at che same
time
To Avoid Short Term.
He thought the short term OF Con
gress should be abolished. In conclu-
sion he offered a resolution to the cf-
feet that the terms Of the Senate and
members of the House OF Representa-
uves should hereafter end and begfn
on the first day OF December. and the
term OF the President on anuary I. in
stead OF March 2. and that all such
terms now existing shall be shortened
so as TO carry this provision into ef-
feet. and that Congress shall have power
10 enact such a law
AZ the conclusion Of the reading OF his
treatise and resolutions. Mr.. Parker no
ticed that % number OF Representatives
1f the press we're present.
My remarks we're not intended for
he said suddenly glaucing
AZ the newspaper men Il didn't know
they were here still"
They've been very stin." said Rep
Littleheld. OF Maine. smiling
broadly at his own pun. The committee
L.
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Rain or snow tonight and
tomorrow, warmer tonight;
increasing winds.
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Coal Shortage
Causes UHeaSneSS
IN CITY Hospitals

Including hospital and poorhouse.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-09-11
Use "Hannah's Pride" -four.

Gun cases and cartridge bolts at DIED.
rick's corner hardware.
Are your glasses correct? A. O. Void,
optician, Langdon. N. D.
"Under Two Flags" and Don't Tell
My Wife," at the Donovan Hall, on Tues
and Wednesday evening next week.
Secure your seats at once.
b. Prom, the republican wheel horse
from Milton mingled with county seat
politicians couple OF days last week
while visiting at the home OF DR.. F. S.
Smith.
The August apportionmeut OF the state
tuition fund, just to hand at the office OF
County Sup't Macdonald is one of the
smallest received in some time past, being
but 81 cents per capita.
Mrs. Forbes and daughter arrived the
first OF the week from Mimic and will
make IL visit OF u few weeks with the
family OF Mrs. J. +. Ramage who is a
daughter of Mrs. Forbes.
Jacob Becker, who resides in Frem ont
township three miles west OF Walhalla,
lost his home and contents by fire Thurs
day OF last week. The loss amounted to
about 5000 with no insurance.
The delay in the appearance OF Editor
Johnson's new paper, the Wales Herald,
is understood to be due to Mr.. johnson
being suddenly called away last week to
attend The funeral OF his brother at the
old home in Minnesota.
Work on the brick blocks of ]. B. Boyd
and A. Schulke now warrant the all
nouncement that there is q strong likeli-
hood OF both merchants doing bust
ness on the ground floor OF their new
stores before the snow flies. In fact Mr..
Boyd expects to move in Oct. LIST and
Mr.. Schulke not later that Nov. LIST.
Capt. b. H. Webster, quite generally
we'll known around here is one of the re-
publican candidates for sheriff over in
Pembina county this fall. In his an
nouncemenr "Cap" refers to his war
record; residence in that county since
1879; service in the U. S. customs; depu-
ty U. S. marshal, and for a number of
years chief Of police at Pembina. He
surely ought to be onto the ropes by
this time we'll enough to land the nomi-
nation-which. however, doesn't always
mean an election.
The very latest styles OF visiting cards
at the DEMOCRAT Ofice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-09-11

School supplies: tablets, pencils, COM
position books. etc, at the DEMOCRAT
Office. You can't go wrong if you buy
! here.
Attorney Erickson hangs out q new
sign and has had his office building re-
painted this week addi@g greatly to the
attractiveness of the property.
Presiding Elder II. P. Cooper was in
the city last Thursday to preside at the
last quarterly business meeting OF the
NJ. Z. church for the present year.
Andrew Sturln, OF the real es-
tate irm OF Stur,n & Price, returned last
week from Seattle and other business
centres OF the west, where he spent con-
siderable time looking over timber land
investments.
The wedding occurr Ell ut Hannah on
Tuesday Sept. 2, uniting john c. Gordon
OF Walhalla and Miss Maggie Campbell,
daughter OF Thos. Campbell, an OLD resi-
dent OF this county who ROW live across
the line from Elkwood in Manitoba.
O. l. Engebretson. now has charge OF
the key at the operator table in the CT.
Northern depot. Ole returns to work
for the CT. Northern after handling the
private wire business OF the grain COM
mission firm OF Edwards, Wood 4 Co., i'll
one OF their large offices.
The new residences OF II. D. ALERT, w.
F. Winter and NJ. Liebeler are all going
ahead, the latterespecially having reach
ed the stage, where 1t is easily seen that
Memo will have home OF which he
may we'll be proud-briol1 veneer, with
everything modern and nice in the in.
terror.
DR.. Kaese, who had charge OF County
Physician S. G. Gibson's practice during
the latter's recent trip through the west
will leave the fore part OF the coming
week for Minneapolis. DR.. kaess has
proved himself to be talented young
medical practitioner during his short
stay here and his departure will be re-
GREETED socially as well as in professional
circles.
On Wednesday John y. Harvey was
exhibiting branch taken from one OF
his crab apple trees on his Fremont
township homestead. The branch was
about sixteen inches long and fourteen
inches OF it's length was completely hid
den by beautiful cluster OF apples ripe
luclous and clean. The branch was only
another convincing proof that orchard
fruits OF all kinds can be grown here.
Just as Mr.. Harvey has demonstrated
every year for nine OF ten seasons past.
Walhalla Mountaineer.
On Monday forenoon at the Catholic
church Rev. FIR. Dougherty otficated at
the wedding uniting in marriage Miss
Maggie Hunt and James Evans. The
bride is one OF the we'll known and popu.
lar young people OF Langdon, having
made this place her home for several
years and until recently held positions IL
the dry goods departments OF the Bee
Hive and Chicago stores. The wedding
was followed by reception and we'd
ding breakfast at the home of Nr. anC
Mrs. Thos. Flynn. relatives OF the bride
with whom she has lived since residing
in Langdon. Mr.. aud Mrs. Evans left OF
the afternoon train Tor their future hom'
at Salmon Arm, b. c.. where Mr.. Evan
is engaged in business and has land
Many friends were at the depot to se
them off aud extend we'll wishes for futur
happiness.