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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED.
The Topaz Pillaged by Crew of the
 Rabbet.

1 La Guaira, Dec. l3.-The British Topaz, 1 from Cardiff, was seized by the Rabbet at Puerto Cabello Wednesday and pilaE- ed The captain and crew were held as prisoners but were released today and the steamer will sail at noon tomorrow for Cienfuegos
 The German cruisers Fake and Pan ther have arrived here and the German training ship Slosch is cruising around outside on the lookout, The steamer Prinz William " entered the port at 2 o'clock this afternoon and discharged. She is now about to sail again. Other ships which arrived off the port this morning will proceed without communi- eating.
 4 commission composed of leading mer- chants of Caracas has arrived here and has been on board the British cruiser Charybdis and the German cruiser Vineta. On the departure of the commission, tho Vineta sailed for an unknown destina- tion.
 The fortresses here have been evacuated and all the soldiers have left the town. The militia has been called out to main tain order. All the drinking saloons and booths have been closed by order of the president
 The United States gunboat Marietta ar rived today from Curaco and has an- chored outside the harbor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
ROOSEVELT A UNION MAN.
Presented With Card by the Brother
 hood of Locomotive Bremen.


 hood of Locomotive Firemen.
 Washington, Dec. 13.-President Roose- welt today was presented formally with a card of honorary membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen. Honorary membership in the organiza~ tion was conferred upon him when he att tended the convention held in Chatta- nooga about the middle of last September. To-day John Hannahan, Grand Master; Charles Wilson and F. ". Arnold, call ed at the executive mansion offices. Grand Master Hannahan made the presentation speech in the Presidents office, express ing in appropriate language the pleasure it afforded him and the members of the entire order he represented to confer honorary membership upon him. Presi- dent Roosevelt responded in a feltcitous manner, expressing his own pleasure at being enrolled as ne1TiI or of the great organization.
 The card presented to the President is card in name only. It is really s hIrdsonne seeislIn album twelve by fif- teen incnes in dimensions The album is lined with heavy watered silk and within is the President's certificate of membership in the Brotherhood of Loco motive Bremen finally engrossed upon parchment. The certificate is beauti- fully illuminated and the President 8 name and the locomotive, which Is the insignia of the order are handsomely embossed The album rests in a box with a handsome sealskin cover. The card is entirely American made and is as handsome as money and artistic skill can produce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Insurance Companies Merged.

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 3.-The transfer of the business of the Sun Life Insurance Company of this city to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York was completed today. when the stockhold- CTS of the Sun Life formally ratified the action of the board of directors and the head officers of the company in reinsur- ing it's business. The terms of the transfer were not made public and the only information given out by the of- f1cla!s was that the Metropolitan Life will take possession of the other company Monday morning and that the Sun Life will go out of existence as soon as Its af- fars can be wound up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Report of Code Commission.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The Department of Justice today transmitted to Congress a report of the code commission compris- ing proposed amendments to the House bill to revise and codfy the judicial laws and to the bill embodying the penal code. Among other things an amendment Is proposed providing that no Senator. Rep resentative or delegate in Congress or any employe of the government shall directly or indirectly solicit or receive any assess ment. subscription or contribution for any political purpose from any officer. clerk or employe of the United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
SAY THEY WERE SUNK.
Fate of Venezuelan Vessels Not De-
 fnitely Known.

Caracas. Dec. 13.-The following details of the capture of the Venezuela vessels at La Guaira Tuesday by the Anglo German forces have reached here:
 At O clock Tuesday afternoon fourteen hoats manned by 24O British and German seamen and lowed by two steam launch es, without giving any notification of their intention to Venezuelan authorities, or+ared the harbor of La Guaira and eded to the docks The German con 1t. belonging to the cruisers Vineta Talke went on board the Margarita. 4rly the torpedo boat Rayo which given to Venezuela by Ecuador, and revolvers in hand compelled the men were occupied in repairing her, to lon the ship
 le German sailors smashed the tor tuhns. the compass and the machin- nd left the Margareita in dock in isabled condition. The Germans af- lrd boarded the Ossun. a freiaht Ter belonging to a Frenchman and cred by the government for the nortati0n of troops. and ordered the sailors on board to quit the vessel, t~ey did without making any re- nee. The German sailors cut the IF chain and lowed her outside the r.
 inc same time the sailors of the ;h cruiser Retribut!On boarded the ral crespo and the Tutmo and d their crews 10 lower the Venezue- az and leave the vessels The Vene- ns made no resistance The British ackets then cut the vessels loose their anchors and lowed them out the harbor. The Venezuelan crews
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
NEGROES BRING SUIT.
Want Damages for Their Disfran-
 chisement in Virginia.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 13.-A special to The Constitution from Richmond. Va. says:
 Suits for $5,0O0 each against the Gov ernor, members Of the Constitutional Con- vention and election officers on behalf of negroes disfranchise1 by the new Vir- ginia constitution, were filed today in the United States courts here and at Nor> folk.
 The suits are against the Governor. alr the convention members in the eastern district of Virginia and the judges of eltction at precincts where the negroes were not permitted to. vote, all made de- fendants collectively and individually.
 Edgar Poe Lee of Richmond and An thony K. Primer. a Norfolk letter car ried, are the plaintiffs. Similar suits are to be filed next week In the United States Court of the Western District against members living in that section of the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
THE HOUSE.

Washington, Dec. 1S-The House todaS entered upon the consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial bin and made rapid progress. Fifty of the 142 pages of the bill having been completed before adjournment. Several of the Dem ocrEtic members voiced their protests against reporting a big appropriation Lili one day and taking it up the next with out affarding sufficient time to members outside of the Committee to properly ex- anime it. No material amendments were offered.
 An urgent dacicieuc bill was reported and at 4.05 D. m. the House adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
QUEEN TO GIVE DINNER.
Will Entertain Widows and Children
 of Wars Victims.

London, Dec. 13.-The Associated Press learns that Queen Alexandra intends to mark her sympathy for the sufferers in the recent South African war by giving a Christmas dinner to all the widows and chillren, now in London, of those who fell in the war. The dinner will be given De- cember H at the Alexandra Trust Res- taurant of which the Queen is President and which was founded in March, 1900 by Sir Thomas Upton for the benefit of the poor. Sir Thomas Lipton has charge of all the arrangements for the dinner.
 In the proclamation announcing her in- tentton Queen Alexandra will Invite all the widows and children of the soldiers and sailors belonging to the imperial and colonial forces who lost their lives in South Africa or died from the effects of the campaign She adds:
 Her Majesty desires in the coronation year to express her heartfelt sympathy with those who have suffered the cruel bereavement of war and to wish that hap piness and comfort may. with Gods bless ing, be theirs in the coming year."
 Her Majesty will defray all ike traV- cling expenses of her guests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
PRESIDENT AGAINST ARIZONA.
MT. Roosevelt Not Favorable to Its
 Admission as A State.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Delegate B. O. Rodey of Arizona, headed delegation of prominent men of the Territory whc called upon the President today to urge him to use his influence to secure the passage through the Senate of the omni- bus Statehood bill.
 The President frankly informed the delegation that he was not particularly favorable to the admission of Arizona al this time. and is understood to have ex- pressed some doubt whether the bill for it's admission could be passed at the pre- sent session of Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Judge ModiAes Injunction.

Indianapolis Dec. 13.-Judee Carter, in the Superior Court today issued an order restraining twenty union men, by name from gathering at the plant of the Drop Forge Company where strike has been on for several months, for the pur- pose of intimdating men who wanted to go to work. The court refused to inter fere with the peaceful picket. which it held to be legal. The order is a modi- hcation of d former decision which res trained the entire union from gathering at the plant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
,.re allowed to return to the shore.

were allowed to return to the shore.
 rhe captured steamers were seen at Il o'clock at night still in the same posi- ton. At ? o'clock in the morning the British cruiser Retrtbution lowed the General Crespo and the Tutmo further out and the Venezuelan vessels have not been seen since. The government asserts that the soldiers at the fort at La Guai- ra saw them sunk with dynamite. It is a fact that the Retribution returned alone few hours later to La Guaira and 1t was impossible for her to have conduct ed them either to Curacao or Trinidad.
 The government complains that the German sailors ate the meals prepared on board the captured steamers for the Ven ezuelan crews.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
American Fleet Close By.

San Juan P. R., Dec. 13.-The Ameri- can fleet here is deeply interested in the news of the Anglo-German action in Venezuela. The Kearsarge, Alabama, Massachusetts. Iowa and Scorpion with Admiral Higginson in command and the Chicago, Newark and Eagle Admiral Sumner commanding, will sail for Trim tdad next Friday. The United States will thus have strong naval force with in easy distance from the Venezuelan coast. This movement. however has no connection with the situation in Vene- zuela and was arranged before matters became acute.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Discussed Financial Legislation

Washington. Dec. 1S.-The Republican members of the House Committee on Banking and Currency held conference this afternoon to discuss financial legis- lation. After deciding that this session is too short to admit of taking up the bills reported at the last session, the confer ence practically agreed upon certain rec concentrations relative to financial and currency legislation which they expect to press for early consideration The de- tails of the recommendation have not been fully worked out,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Punishment of Students.

Lexington, Va, Dec, 13.-Ali the mem bers of the third class of the Virginia Military Institute who were not included among the thirteen dismissed and ordered home yesterday for Tuesdays escapade and breach of discipline, were severely punished by Superintendent Shipp this evening in a special order read before the cadet battalion. The officers were re- icved of their commissions and thirty four men were confined to the post for four months vita all privileges cut off
 Cadet Gax was dlzmiszad this aftarnaan-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Ignore News of Blockade.

New York Dec. 13.-VesseIs leaving to- day for Venezuelan ports took out their clearance papers as usual, notwithstand- ing the reports of a blockade of the Ven ezuelan coast and refusal of the German and, English war vessels to allow mer- chant vessels to enter.
 No official notice has been received by the Collector of the Port to warn yes sels asking for clearances to Venezuelan ports of the blockade
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
NEW YORK IS SUFFERING.
Blizzard Weather Accentua&es tn
 Coal Shortage.

Coal Shortage.
 New York. Dec. 3.-The State of New York from north to south tonight is covered with snow and in many a sec ton blizzard weather prevails, adding to the discomfort occasioned by the shortage of coal. In New York city and vicinity a fine snow. the kind that usually stays, was falling all day to be turned into slush in the crowded streets and provid- Ing good sleigh roads in the parks.
 A sharp wind accompanied the snow fall One the elevated road the electric trains were not run regularly. but the steam trains and the surface cars were able 70 handle the traffic. The weather got colder toward night and the weather bureau held out no comfort for Sunday, the predictions being gales, with rain, sleet and snow"
 The heaviest fall of snow was reported from Cooperstown where 12 inches had fallen this evening and it was still showing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Shooting in Asheville. M .

Ashevlle. N. C.. Dec. 1S.-A shooting affray. followed by a number of arrests, occurred today in the center of the bus mess section of Ashevile. Two negroes walked Into a white restaurant and were at once ordered to remove their hats. One of the negroes reached for his pis- tol. whereupon the proprietor and two white patrons began shooting. One of the negroes was shot four times, not, howeyer fatally
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Heavy Coal Movement.

Reading, Pa. Dec. 13.-The Reading Company is taxed to its utmost to keep the coal traffic moving. Up 10 tonight the company has transported about 1O,5OO cars of coal for the past week. or nearly 325 OfO tons All the collieries are worked to their full capacity. Never before in the history of the anthracite regions has there heen such activity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
rhe Atalanta Captured.

La Guaira. Dec 13-The German cruiss CT Vineta yesterday captured near Ganta the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador, formerly George J. Gould's yacht Ata- lanta. A crew from the Vineta was put aboard and the captured vessel was sent to Trinidad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14

George H, Walker. Executive Commit tee in addition to the above named off cers: Francis E. Loupp, New York Evening Post: Rudolph Kauffmann, Washington Star; James s. Henry, Phil adelphia Press. Josiah Ohl, Atlanta Con- stitution. was elected resident member of the Club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14

1905 at noon hd thereafter April 90 at noon shalL6e substituted for March 4th as begiphfng and ending of the terms of .PEssfdent and Vice-President and that the Fifty-ninth Congress shall end and the sixtieth began on January 8. 1907 at noon and thereafter each Congress shall begin and end on January at noon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
MAY OMIT THE MEDIc1wE.
Not Against Laws of Georgia to Re
 fuse to Doctor a Child.

Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 13.-The Supreme Court of Georgia today handed down a decision which Is regarded by Christian Scientists as vindication of their doc trineS.
 A citizen of Dublin. Ga, a Christian Scientist, refused to give medicine to his sick child The child died and the father was arrested and fined $500. The case was appealed to the State Supreme Court, which today reversed the judg- ment of the lower court. holding that failure to give medicine to children when III Is not a violation of the laws of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Gridiron Club Meeting

Washington. Dec. 13.-At the annual meeting of the Grdiron Club today the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, William E. Curtis. Chicago Record Herald: Vice President, A. Coolidge. Bos- ton Journal; Secretary, Richard Lee Fearn, New York Trihnna: TreaSurAr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Nihilists Under Arrest.

St. Petersburg. Dec. 3.-The police have arrested forty accomplices of per sons who have been attempting to intro duce revolutionary proclamations into Russa Among the persons taken into custody are several influential Nihilists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
no Extend Roosevelt's Term.

Washington. Dec. 13.-A joint resoIu- ton was introduced In the House by Representative DeArmond proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the term >R Aha n-A=i1AsaA AA1A.IzaaA until AArtl 90
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
P O. stewart Rasirns-

Louisville Ky, Dec. 18.-Nfr. P. 0. Stewart. after continuous service of tHeuty-oue years with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. has handed in his resignation ss Assistant Auditor of Re- cefpts. to take effect on January l. 1908. He will engage In other business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Whitney end o'Brien Sentenced

Lexington. Ky, Dee. 13.-Earl Whitney. aged r. and Claude O'Brien, aged IS. young burglars who October 10 murdered A. B. tHinn. a merchant, in his had were today sentenced to be hanged February 70 Tlions for new trials were over ruled. .aaEAlA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
Roers Coming Home.

London. Dec. l3.-The Boer generals Botha and De Larey sailed today for
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left New Windsor (Newburgh). N. Y. May
1S.17Sl. accompanied by Generals Knox and
Duportail. and reached Morgan's tavern,
forty-three miles from Fishkll, opposite
Newburgh. He arrived at Weathersffeld on
Saturday. May 10. and was lodged at the
Webb mansion. On Monday, May 81, Ro-
chambeau and General -Chastelleux arrived
at WeatherSfield.
Governor Trumbulls diary has p, -
Lords day. May 20. Went with Captain
Fred Bull in carriage to Weathersfield
Attended divine service with General Wash
ington per tot diem." Also: "wednesday,
sd. fair: dined at Colyer's with the gen
erals-supra public expense. Guards-artil-
lery." 80 se:4 7sr~.
Washington thus notes the expense Of his
journey: To the expense Of Journey to
Weathersfieid for the purse Of an inter-
s3761s dollars. 70 specie expended in the
trip. f35. 1S0''
The disproportion between the '.dollars-s
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can be reached with ease and facilities exist
for shipping their products to market Last
year $1,000 900 bushels of wheat was raised
in a region which was once looked on as a
pe-; OF the frozen north. valuable only for
the fur-bearing animals t produced. There
are millions of acres of land not under cul-
tivation which can be made as fruitful as
those now being titled.
A majority of the men who are now max
ing homes for themselves In the Canadian
northwest are Americans. This does not
alarm the dominion authorities. They have
no fear that the newcomers will be a dis
turbing political element. or that they win
at some future day agitate for the annexa-
ton to the United States of provinces In
which they may be i'm the majority. There
Is no occasion for apprehension on that
score. Americans have emigrated I'm num-
beers to Canada before this and have mani
Tested no inclination to Americanise their
new country.
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and America in September, 1880. Here
Washington. Lafayette. Knox and Hamil-
ton met Rochambeau and Admiral Jernay.
With Rochambeau were his aids. De Da-
mas and the brilliant Swede. De Fersen,
then little dreaming of his horrible fate"
Wadsworth. clarissimum nomen in the
annals Of Connecticut. was a sturdy pa
triot His original account book has these
items:
ITS. Traitor Arnold DR..
May 7. To cash paid Amos Alden for
leading his horse to Sheffield. Oct. 9th,
1777. lbs.
Pr. Contra. CT
BY his dessrtion to the enemy. Us.
The account balanced. and Arnold's de-
sertion was worth II shillings.
A meeting at Weathersfield. village just
below Hartford. was later arranged. 1t
took place at the house of Samuel Blach-
ley Webb, an ardent patriot but who I'M
fortunately was captured by the British and
lay In prison for three years. Washington
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Reading While Abed.


From American Medicine.
Reading in bed Is seriously advised, 1t Is
said In some newspapers. by ply
stefan as conducive to repair and rest
ing relieving congestion" ''emptying the
veins overhlled by prolonged eye-work."
etc Certainly she one who gives this
strange and pernicious advice could never
have tried the plan Some years ago there
was described a patented device for sus-
pending the book, over the horizontally
placed head of q sick person whereby read
ing would be possible without holding the
book In the hands. Even then one. won
ders how the light could be made to faH
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RoCHAMBEAU AT HARTFORD.
Interesting Facts About the Great
French Soldier.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.


BRIDGEPORT. Conn, May p, 1902.
It's far cry TO Lochowr' Last Satur-
day at Washington. from a place of van
tage. l witnessed the ceremonies at the
statue OF Rochanbeau Today 1 stand on
the spot in Hartford where he and Wash
irgton met. The Wadsworth Athenaeum,
In which is the public library of the Con-
necticut Historical Society. is on the site of
the home of jeremiah Wadsworth. appoint
ed April 3. III. commissary general of the
continental forces A tablet on tree In
front recites that Washington was enter
tatned here iii HIT on his way to Boston
But In Ibis Wadsworth mansion. as stated
In the Year Book of the Connecticut So
ciety of the Sons of the American Reyolu-
ton for 1898 and 1896. page SO:
Here occurred that famous meeting of
the officers of the allied armies of France
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properly on the page. Without a method
of the kind not even q well person could
hold a book five minutes above the eyes.
Reading IN bed has ruined thousands of
good eyes. Unless one sits up In bed as IL
in a chair Ii Is impossible to hold the book
in such position that the arms are not
quickly tired and so that the light falls on
II properly. When reading lying down
there Is a traction upon the inferior rect
muscles which IL highly injurious Every
patient should be warned never to read
In bed except when sitting up as vertically
as in a chair.
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There Is at this time considerable Amer
lean migration to the Canadian northwest.
The fertile and comparatively cheap lands
OF Manitoba. Assiniboia and Saskatchewan
are attracting many settlers. now that they
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and the specie" BIZ brings to mind Prince
Hars comment upoT FHlstaff's bill: ...'a

anu tIe specie DrfnFS 20 mind Prince
Hairs comment upon Falstaff's bill: '4
What infinite deal 81 sack
For one-half pennyworfh OF bread"
Washington's diary states: May 21st
Count de Rochambeau with the Chevalier
de Chastelleux. arrived about noon. The
appearance of the British fleet under Ad-
the appearance OF Count de Barrus.' And
May 22d, fixed with Count, de Rochambeau
upon plan Of campaign: In substance as
follows: That the French land force tex
squadron could SAIL .for. Boston. to the
North river. and there. in conjunction with
the American. to .coInmerce an operation
against New York: Of to extend our views
to the southland as CIRCUMSTANCES and
naval superiority might render more ineces-
sary and eligible. (sic).
! August Il. ISL, Washington notes the
abandonment of the design against New
YORK, and the determination to proceed
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against the British in Virginia. The world
knows the result. and. should memory
weaken, the statue just unveiled will keep
It alive. w. H S