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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-21
RAILROAD MEN WANT INCREASE.
Through 3. r. T. Men Present Request
to C. e. m. r. r.

Chicago, December 20.-Through the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
the Order of Railway Conductors 100000
men employed by the railroads of the
west today presented requests for in
creases in pay. Committees representing
the two organizations came to this city
and made preparations for sessions at
different hotels.
The committee will meet the railway Of
ficials during the week, and will en-
deavor to secure the increases through
the same methods of procedure which
brought success to the engineers and
firemen employed by the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad. There is practi-
cally no danger of strike of trainmen
or conductors, but their demands are
more radical than those made by the
engineers and firemen.
The demands are in accord with the de-
cision taken by the railroad men at their
convention In June.
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SMUGGLED LIQUOR
into PORTO RICO
HIGH OFFICIALS IN U. S. SERVICE
ARE ARRESTED AND HELD UN
DER $4,000 BAlL-UsED GOODS
FOR COUNTRY CLUB.

San juan p. r., December 20.-Supervi-
sor of Elections Benjamin Butler, Captain
G. w. Mentz, United States marine corps,
and James Bremen, an employe of the
Country club, have been arrested on In
formation received by the kcustoms au.
thorities for smuggling twoDlots of wind
and liquors from st. Tho1has, brought
here on the United States steamer Uncas,
and Lighthouse Tender Laurel. Thu
prisoners were held under 5000 bail. 1t
alleged that supplies for the Country eli,
which were brought In st. Thomas W,
smuggled in through the navy and arr d
Butler Is managing officer of the = J.
and Brennan is the steward.
The arrest of other prominent pei oS
will be made today and 1t is said Z
large number more will follow. e.
smuggling has continued for a ioF Il
riod and goods are being secretly
through the naval station.
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BRITONS GET FIRST PRIZE
CAPTURING SMALL VESSEL
Situation Seems More Complicated
Than Ever, But United States Is
Still Working on Settle
ment by Arbitration.

~ oNDoN, December 2o.-The Of
HS fetal proclamation of the block
- ade of Venezuelan ports was
gazetted this morning and becomes effec-
tive today.
The text of the proclamation is as fol-
lows:
Foreign Office, December 20, 1902.
"It is hereby notified that as the United
States of Venezuela has failed to comply
with the demands of his majesty's naval
forces of the ports of La Quayra, Care
nero. Guanta, Cumana and Carupano and
the months of the Orinoco is declared
and such blockade will be effectually
maintained from and after December 20,
subject to the allowance of the following
days of grace:
For Venezuelans sailing before the
date of this notification from West In
dian ports and ports on the east coast of
the continent of America-ten days for
steamers and twenty days for sailing
vessels.
From all other ports, twenty days for
steamers and forty days for sailing YES
sells.
will render themselves liable to all meas
ures authorized by the law of nations
and by the respective teraties between
his majesty and the different neutral
powers
Washington, December 2O-Shortly af-
ter the receipt of the notice of blockade
from the United States embassy at Lon
don a message was received from Con-
sui Smith at Port of Spain Trinidad as
follows
Venezuela blockaded."
This was understood to mean that the
blockade already had begun and COM
pletely mystified the state department, as
It showed conflict IN date with the
blockade notice received from London,
namely, December %. However, the de-
partment has resolved toregard the date
given in the London dispatch as official
untilfurther advised.
Berlin, December. 2O.-The German gov
ernment today published a decree en-
bodying the conditions Of the blockade Of
Germanys portion of the Venezuelan
coast. 1t was as follows:
1.-THE government of Venezue;a having
rejected the demand which the imperial
government communicated to It, the ports
of Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo are
hereby declared to be under blockade, be-
ginning December 20. Ships under other
than the Venezuelan flag which sailed
from West Indian ports before the pub
lication of this decree will receive a Pc
riod of twenty days for sailing vessels
and ten days for steamers TO reach their
destination.
Sailing vessels from other ports are
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Great Britain have accepted the arbitra-
ton proposal, the blockade should be
made effective the same day that their
acceptance is announced
The French charge d'affaires, Quiv-
reaux, this morning delivered to the Ven
ezuelan government a report that in the
event of a settlement of the claims or
other powers being made, France be ac-
corded equally favorable treatment.
Madae Won Pilgrim Baltazzi, the wife
of the German charge d'affaires, left for
I,aGuayra today to rejoin her husband.
She is still an invalid and had to be
transported on a bed from the German
Legation to the railroad station. United
States Minister Bowen and the staff of
the American Legation escorted her to the
train The governmental officials have
shown Madame Won Pilgrim -Baltazzi
great courtesy.
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THE HOUSE,.

Washington. December 2O.-The last
session of the house before the holiday
recess, was very brief. 1t lasted only
long enough to permit final action upon
the bill to defray the expenses OF the
coal strike commission. No other busi-
ness was transacted. The adjournment
was until Monday, January 3, 1903.
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James s. Boynton Critically III.

Griffin, Ga, December 20.-Former Gov
ernor James S. Boynton is critically i'll
at his home here, and is not expected to
recover Judge Boynton is 50 years of
age. He was president of the state senate
when Governor Alexander H. Stevens
died in 1888 and served as governor during
the remainder of the term.
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washington. December 2o-Ref
tive Hepburn, chairman of the he
mittee on interstate and fore
merce. today introduced a resa
recting the secretary of state
the honse with an itemized sts
the expenses OF the Isthmian
mission, of which Rear Adm
Walker was chairman.
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Senator Pettus, ann PASSED.

The senate today passed Senator Pet
tus' bill divesting out of the United
States its right to certain real estate
situated at and near the city of Mont
gomery and vesting the same in the
Southern Cotton Oil company, Bessie r.
Moultsby, James S. Penckard, trustee;
w. V. B. Chase and Edwin Ferris The
real estate was taken by the government
in the Beebe & Henshaw suits. The bill
simply confirms the proposition of the
secretary of the treasury whereby the
parties mentioned are to pay the gov
ernment twenty five thousand dollars for
the property.
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Where They Spend Christmas.

Senators Morgan and Pettus and Rep
resentative Burnett will spend the Christ
mas holidays in Washington Represen-
tative Underwood will visit his sons in
Charlottesville, Va. The remaining
members of the Alabama delegation have
returned home.
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corneIius vanderbIIt's Condition.

New York, December 0.-At 10:So
o'clock tonight it was reported there was
no change in the condition of Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
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TRINIDAD SCHOONER
SEIZED BY BRITISH.

LaGuayra, December 2O.-The Trinidad
schooners Mercedes and Immaculate, be-
longing to a French subject, but flying
the Venezuelan flag. tried to leave this
port today and were seized by the British
cruiser Tribune. The commission boarded
the Tribune and explained to her COM
mander that no notification of the block
ade had been given before the schooners
cleared, and claimed also that the cargo
belonged to foreign subjects. The COM
mander of the Tribune refused to re-
lease the Mercedes and Immaculada, say
ing that he was obeying orders.
The commander of the Tribune today
sent to the British consul for publication
the official announcement of the block
ade Dating from today, according to
notification, the ports of La Guayra,
Carenero Guanta, Cumana, Carupano
and the mouths of the Orinoco are placed
under the supervision of of the British
naval forces.
The British cruiser Retribution and the
United States cruiser Albany left today
at noon. The Retribution is reported to
have arrived off Carenero.
The charge daffairs, Herr Won Pilgrim
Baltazzi, spent two hours on shore here
today He was recognized but was not
molested. Madame Won Pilgrim Baltazzi.
who Is very i'll, arrived here this after
noon She will be taken to Willemstad.
Curacao.
British Get First Prize.
Caracas, December 20.--The British
cruiser Indefatigable has made the first
prize under the blockade. capturing the
Venezuelan schooner Julia which was
going to Higuerote, a seaport in the prov
ince of Miranda. The Julia's cargo, by the
irony of fate. belongs to the German
firm of Blohm, which has lodged a pro-
test with the United States consul.
Move Was Expected.
Berlin, December 20.-The Nord
Deutsche Zeitung says the declaration OF
the blockade of Venezuela, made stimuli
taneously In Berlin and London. does not
conflict with the accommodating attitude
of Germany and Great Britain toward the
United States as regards the solution Of
the Venezuelan difficulty by arbitration.
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, December 2O-The
official daily forecast is as follows
Alabama: Fair. colder Sunday;
Monday fair; fresh south winds,
shifting to northwest.
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PATRICK APPOINTED TO
SUCCEED MAYER HAHN
Regarded as Big Victory for Senator
Pritchard, But Is Not Consistent
With the Disposal of Col
Iector Bingham.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington, December 20-(Special.)-
The President today appointed Daniel w.
Patrick collector of customs at Pamlico,
N c., to succeed Mayer Hahn, and an
other explanation is now due from the
White House. Hahn is an anti-lily white.
He has support ed the policy of the Presi-
dent in North Carolina against Senator
Pritchard, and with a number of negroes
was thrown out of the recent North Car
olina convention to make way for Pritch-
ard delegates. In addition he is man
of standing and wealth, and is admit
tedly efficient. no charges having been
made against him. On the other hand the
appointee, Patrick, is a lily white, and
has followed Senator Pritchard in disfran-
chising the negroes. the appointment is
accordingly a big Pritchard victory. In
administration circles it is said that the
lily white issue in nowise entered into
the case, and the President appointed
Patrick simply because he was recon-
mended by Senator Pritchard, a republi-
can member of congress.
Hard to Reconcile.
1t Is difficult to see how this explana-
tion can be reconciled with the removal of
Collector Bingham of Alabama, unless it
be that the President is going to retain
lily whites in office when they have In
fitlence and vice versa. Not the least In
teresting feature of the two cases OF re-
movals is the Presidents utter disregard
of the civil service principles involved.
Both Hahn and Bingham were compe-
tent officials, one an anti-lily white and
the other lily white. In view of the
Presidents devotion to the civil service
principle, it would have been supposed
that both would have been retained in
office.
What action the President will now
take In the Wilson, N. c., case, where
Senator Pritchard has requested the re-
moval of the negro postmaster Wick, is
made rather cloudy by his appointment
of today recognizing Pritchard. The i'm
preston is, however, that the Presidens
will reappoint Wick, in which event it
would seem that the President will allow
Pritchard to run the patronage of the
state without question except in cases
where negroes are candidates for office
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Senator Morgan Insists on Max
ing Good Our Contracts
CRITICIzES ATTORNEY GENL
Omitted to Notice an Important Pro-
hibiton In the Concessions and
Laws of coIombia-No Con-
aress There Since 1899.

Washington, December 20.-After a ses-
sion of less than three hours today the
senate adjourned until January next
Today's session was largely given up to
an address by Senator Morgan upon the
question of the construction of an 18TH
mian canal A number of bills was passed
and a conference report providing for
the payment of the expenses of the an
thracite coal strike commission was
agreed to.
In his speech on the canal question Mr..
Morgan contended for the making good
of contracts entered into by President
Mckinley with Costa Rica and Nicara-
qua There negotiations. he character
lied as a masterful act. and said they
were about to be trodden under foot He
then went on to express apprehension
that if the United States did not avail
itself of the opportunity to build a canal
by the Nicaragua route, none would be
built and he said the appropriation of
$3.50, 100000 for the construction of the
canal could probably be covered into the
treasury after June 2s, 1904, If not used
before that time. Attention was called to
the fact that under Colombian law only
the congress of that country can ratify
q treaty.
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PROCEEDINGS IN CASE
OF ARBITRATlONS.

Dashington, December 20.-If an agree
ment is reached on arbitration, the proce-
dure would be for Mr.. Bowen, represents
ing Venezuela. as a plenipotentiary to
sign with the representatives of the allies
a protocol stating that the case is to be
submitted to arbitration; that Venezuela
admits the right of diplomatic inter-
yention In behalf of claimant, a princi-
pie he has always resisted, and that the
details of the arbitration shall be arrang-
ed in formal treaty which she pledges
herself to sign This treaty will provide
In the greatest detail for the security of
foreign interests against vexatous and ex-
tortnate influence upon the Venezuelan
government hereafter, and will insure the
administration of exact justice in the set
tlement of claims, and especially will it
relieve foreign residents OF Venezuela free
from forced loans and prosecutions in
times of revolutions. The status of the
arbitration negotiations at the close of
the official day. as dclosed at the state
department was that the powers were
waiing for an answer from the President
to their proposals that he himself under
take to arbitrate the Venezuelan diff
Guilty.
The Presidents answer can oily be
guessed. at for the officials decline to ex-
press any opinion of their own. How
ever, 1t is believed to be safe prediction
that he will renew his suggestion that
the case be submitted to The Hague trib-
unal, adding to the argument he has al
ready produced, the fact that the United
States having claims of its own against
Venezuela to the amount of about $780,
900, is party in interest, and 1t would be
unfair to put the President in the position
of having to arbtrate his own claim. For
their part, the powers bring against The
Hague proposition the argument that
President Castro would feel lightly bound
by any decision by that tribunal, but
would be certain to head judgment rem
dered by the President.
No Backward Step.
It Is said at the state department that
no matter how these two propositions
are disposed of. there will be no back
ward step and that an agreement of
some kind which will bring about a
peaceable settlement of the Venezuelan
troubles will result from the present ne
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gotiations. OF cours, If the President
should accept the charge, which he would
do only as a last resort, 1t is understood
that the actual burdensome work of
arbitrating the claims would not be UNDER
taken by him personally, but probably
would be, as is customary in such cases,
confieded to one of the thoroughly eff
ficient and trained assistant secretaries
of the department.
At the German embassy tonight, denial
emphatic and authoritative was given to
the various reports in circulation that
Germany is anxious to acquire Margarita
Island, and will work to this end in any
settlement that may be agreed upon. Ger
many 1t is said, has never for an instant
had designs on Margarita Island or any
other Venezuelan territory. Her effort
throughout has been merely to obtain
satisfaction for the claims pending against
the Caracas government and for indig-
mites committed against German citi-
zens. This position was made plain to
the state department by the German am
bassador Mr.. Won HolleDen, last year.
and the Washington authorities accepted
then and accept now In good faith. as
surances made by the Berlin government
that no encroachment on the Monroe doc
trine was intended, or threatened by the
German governments scheme for collect
ing her claims from Venezuela. 1t de-
veoped today that the position of this
French government prior TO 1899, because
of a settlement that has been agreed
upon between the two countris, has not
only applied to the Washington authori-
ties, but that 1t may find support from
the Berlin government No information
has been received at the state depart
ment to this effect, nor is it thought that
in the event of President Roosevelt decid-
l..<w 20 ,.1.4k e. l. L. ...sII
be called upon to settle this question be-
tween the European powers.
1t is thought that Great Britain and
Italy are rather inclined to dispute the
right of France to prior settlement of
claims arising before 1S99
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TWELVE KILLED AND
SCORES ARE INJURED

ton train left this city one-half hour be-
hind the "owl" Both trains were well
filled.
A report at midnight says that ten per-
sons were killed. OF these one has been
identified as Clarence oluff of Fresno.
The unidentified include three women, one
Japanese boy, one Japanese man, two
Chinese and one laborer.
The owl train was stopped about a
mile from Byron because the locomotive
broke down. The brakeman was sent
about half mile down the track to flag
the Stockton local which was following.
and which left Oakland Mole half an
hour after the "owl." The engineer of
the local train answered the signals of
the fagman, but for some reason his
train rushed along and crashed into the
rear cars of the disabled train.
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allowed forty and steamers twenty days.
, Shipments under other than the Ven
ezuelan flag lying In blockaded ports upon
the publication of this decree are allowed
fifteen days to sail.
Ships which attempt to break the
blockade will be subject to the provisions
which apply to neutrals under interna-
tional law and in accordance with treaties.
(Signed) WON BUELOW."
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No conaress since 1see.


There had been no congress there since
1899 and there was not likely to be any
soon unless the Panama Canal company
should pay it's expenses out of the $3-
100000 on hand or the $4O,0O0,000 promised
by the United States. He therefore ex-
pressed apprehension that any treaty
that might be accepted by this govern
ment would fail of action in Colombia.
1T would go forth like a wandering
dova, - said, ito retu'S 40 one knows
when.' After quoting nm sne conces-
sion granted to the lie lion Of the
old Panama Canal conf which Mr.
Morgan said was also made law of
Colombia, he said:
ut is a surprise TO jurists and to lay
men alike in our country that the attor-
ney general in his opinion given to the
President upon the right and power or
the new Panama Canal company to re-
woke a title to the United States of its
property in Panama, omitted to notice
the above quoted prohibition in the con-
cessions and in the laws of Colombia
through which 1t derived all its property
rights in Colombia"
Mr. Morgan concluded shortly after 2
o'clock when the senate went into execu-
tive session and at 2:40 p. m. adjourned
until Monday January 5, 1903.
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San Francisco, Cal, December 2O.-The
"owl train" which left here at 4:SO p. m.
for Los Angeles, was run into near
Byron Hot Springs. seven miles from this
city, by the Stockton local train. Twelve
or fifteen persons were killed and about
thirty were more or less seriously In
jured. The killed and injured were rid
ing in the rear car which was filled with
passengers for Fresno, Cal. Owing to
the remoteness of the point where the
collision occurred details are very meagre.
The killed are still lying under the
wreck of the locomotive anc cars, and
their names have not been ascertained.
Twenty-seven injured have been removed
to the Byron Springs hotel. Relief trains
are Fastening to the wreck. The Stock
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~ oNDoN, December 2O.-The Of
EV fetal proclamation of the block
- ade of Venezuelan ports was
Arizona republican., 1902-07-24
JAMES SHIRLEY
 SERIOUSLY CHARGED
An Accusation of Perjury in Cobre
 Grande Suit at Prescott.

Prescott, Ariz., July 23-(SpeciaD. - The case of James Shirley vs George Mitchell ct al, being a part of the cele- brated CObre Grande litigation in which the plaintiff sued to recover a commits sion alleged due him for selling 1000 shares of the Greene Consolidated Cop per company, was concluded in the dis trict court here today. Judge Sloan de- clined to hear the arguments, but or dered the case submitted on briefs after the adjournment of the court.
 A warrant for the arrest of James Shirley, the plaintiff, was issued on the complaint of w. C. Greene, one of the defendants, it being alleged that Shir- ley has sworn falsely regarding the ex- ecution of certain papers. The warrant was placed in the hands of the sheriff, but has not been served at the present time. but doubtless will be before morn ing.
Arizona republican., 1902-07-24
< REVISION 0F
 PASSPORT RULES
They May Be Issued to Natives of
 Insular Possessions.

Washington. July 23-In consequence of an act passed by the last congress amending the revised statutes so as to permit the issuance of passports to all persons owing allegiance to the United States. whether citizens or not. the secretary Of state has Grawn up the rules under which passports shall here after be granted and submitted them t. the president, who has approved and signed them.
 Hereafter passports will be issued to loyal Filipinos, Porto Ricans, etc, un der the rules prescribed by the prcsi- dent which are about to be sent to Governor Taft and other insular gov Crnors. The effect of the law and the rules now going into effect will be to extend to loyal residents in our insular possessions the same protection and the same passport that citizens of the United States now enjoy in their tray els