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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-19
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The German Bundesrath has approved
the tariff bill in the form in which il passed
fits third reading in the Reichstag.
The Madrid Herald says that Don Carlos
purposes TO renounce his claim to the
throne IN favor of his son Don jaime
The French authorities have become con-
WINGED that the death of Mrs. Ellen Gore
was accidental and have decided to drop
the case against NJ. De Rydzewski.
Two duels following the bombastic chal-
lenge OF the Italian fencing champions, We
ga and Pessina. to the French champions,
Merignac and Kirchoffer, were fought at
Nice yesterday and resulted in both Italians
being wounded. Their wounds are not dan
gerous- :.
The Northeastern Railway is about to
test an auto car system similar to that de-
scribed in a recent dispatch from Paris
says London dispatch. 1t is proposed to
work the new system experimentally on the
crowded part of the railway between Har-
tiepool and West Hartlepool, which are not
far apart
Gen. Barbour de Castellvi, cousin of
Eins Alfonso, was arrested at Madrid
Wednesday evening in gambling club. He
was afraigned before the captain general
and subsequently released. The general
has challenged the project who is RESPONSE
bic for the energetic attempts made to sup
press club gambling
A dispatch from Fee by way of London
says the pretender to the throne of Moroc-
neighbOring districts. The pretender has
appointed viziers and other officials and
has set up court with every symbol OF
royalty. The tribes east of Fee almost
without exception acknowledge the pre-
tender as the Sultan
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POLO TEAMS NEW HOME.
The CyclOrama Building Converted
Into n Skating Rink.

The Indianapolis polo team will have
new home tonight when it plays the FL
wood team. The Cyclorama building is rap
idly being converted into skating rink.
A transformation scene took place yester-
day In the large circular building. The
home of forty automobiles. with all the stor-
age plants and repair shops used by the
Fisher Automobile Company, was quickly
wrecked during the morning and force OF
forty carpenters put to work constructing
seats for the accommodation Of the en-
thusiasts who are expected to attend the
games in the new rink
The reserved seats and private boxes are
being constructed on the north side of the
building and the bleacher seats at the
east and west ends and the south side. The
polo floor will run east and west. Seats to
accommodate over 1900 persons are being
built, and every seat will be a good one,
where the spectators can view the game
without having to stand UP, an inconven-
fence that made Tomlinson Hall unpopular
for the games.
A number Of box parties have been ar
ranged for the opening of the new rink to-
night, and a much larger crowd is expected
tomorrow night, when Racine plays its
first game here. There will be roller skat-
ing every afternoon and evening when the
rink is not used for polo games.
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Inspector OShea. IL is the first arrest
made in the history of the building depart
ment where the person arrested Is pro-
prietor OF a building condemned for use
The rule of the Cook County Circuit
Court is made absolute by the Illinois
State Supreme Court in the disbarment
of Attorney William G.. Smith, of Chicago.
Smith admitted inserting the following
advertisement in a Chicago newspaper;
Loyal. wealthy attorney guarantees FAM
lily freedom in month; no advance costs:
witnesses quietly volunteered. The court.
in passing upon the case. says: I'VE are
of opinion that the admitted facts clearly
show lack of good moral character and
such unfitness for the practice of law that
the rule must be absolute
The Jones Brothers Publishing Com
pany, at Ill Longworth street Cincinnati,
filed a deed of assignment yesterday. La
bilities about $loo.000 and assets about So
900. The officers OF the company are:
President Samuel Bailey. jr.; manager.
II. 5. Smith; secretary and treasurer, Ran
kin ID. Jones. The company was largely
engaged in publishing subscription books,
notably. those written by Ridpath, Murat
Halstead and others. The members of the
company say they held large amount of
the paper of Henry w. knight, of New
York, and that his recent liquidation
caused them to assign.
Edmund Hauser has been arrested at
Canton, o., by United States officials and
will be given a hearing at Warren to-day.
The charge against Hauser is that he rep
resented himself as a government employe
to examine and withdraw from circulation
counterfeit coin. Accordingly he, it is al
legged. visited a number of stores in Can
ton, showed a badge which seemed to prove
his statement and was allowed TO examine
money in the cash drawers. In several in
stances he is said to have taken money and
placed Ii in his pocket on the ground that II
was counterfeit and would have 10 be con-
fiscated The sum Of money obtained was
large.
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WAR BLOCKADE SATURDAY.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.)


tary Hay to-day touching Venezuela, and
the fact is now apparent that, while money
will satisfy Great Britain and. Italy, Ger
many must have an apology. The differ
ence between her case and that of the other
powers Is that the German legation at
Caracas was attacked. its windows broken,
its minister terrorized and the German
national honor otherwise touched in man
ner that cannot be healed by money.
1t was learned tonight that France has
addressed a note to her charge d affaires at
Caracas for submission to the Venezuelan
government, stating the position she will
maintain with reference to claims or her
citizens against Venezuela. France makes
a distinction between claims arising before
Castros assumption of power and those
arising since. The claims of France prior
TO Castro's administration, it is agreed,
are to be settled by arbitration. The claims
arising since Castro became President are
to be adjusted by the French minister at
Caracas and proper ministerial officers OF
Venezuela. This was arranged some time
ago. In the note sent to Caracas France
takes the position that claims arising since
1899, when Castro became President, should
have as favorable treatment as Is given to
claims of Germany, Great Britain and other
countries. AS to claims prior TO 1899, France
says they shall be met according to the
most favored nation treaty clause and be
met out of the customs receipts. The note
is courteous but firm. France, it is an
nounced will make no demonstration
against Venezuela.
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BRITISH CABINET MEETS,
But Takes No Action on the Arbitra-
ton Proposition.

LONDON, Dec. lS.-No answer has yet
been sent or decided upon regarding Vene-
zuela's arbitration proposal. The question
of a guarantee for the fullfillment of the
decisions arrived at remains the great diff
Guilty, in the governments view, in the way
of the acceptance of arbitration. The Cab
met considered the matter to-day, but it is
not apparent that anything definite re-
sulteo.
Charge d'Adaires White was in touch
with the Foreign Office throughout the day.
He transmitted long dispatch to the State
Department at Washington. but this COM
munication is not believed to contain any
thing in the nature of final decision. All
negotiations are being conducted with ex-
traordinary secrecy. but it is thought prob
able that Mr.. W mites dispatches TO WASH
ingtOn have conveyed inquiries from the
British government with regard TO Secre-
tary hays views as TO the possibility OF
Venezuela carrying out the award of arbi-
tration. The Associated Press is in a posi-
ton to say that Great Britain is making
strenuous efforts to induce the United
States 10 guarantee Venezuela's compliance
with the findings of arbitration. Inquiries
made at the Foreign Office subsequent to
the Cabinet meeting brought no response.
The announcement that President Castro
had iritrusted United States Minister Bowen
with full powers TO arrange settlement
received at the Foreign Office with
$50 Mr.. Bowen is to be the arbitra tor?"
The dispatch which contained this an
nouncement was Immediately taken to For
eign Secretary Lansdowne. 1t apparently
conveyed to the Foreign Office officials
the first definite news that such action had
been taken.
The executive committee of the British
branch of the international union passed a
resolution this evening, which was intro
duced by w. T. Stead, expressing regret
that Great Britain had engaged in war with
Venezuela without attempting to secure
arbitration in accordance with The Hague
peace convention and urging the people of
the United States to protest against
being made upon any American state prior
to the submission and refusal of an offer
to arbitrate Copies of the resolution will
be sent to Lord Lansdowne and Secretary
Hay.
w. H. Long, president of the local gov
eminent board, speaking at Westminster
tonight, said that at no previous period
had Great Britain's relations with foreign
countries been more satisfactory than they
to-day. Mr.. Long expressed himself
quite certain that there existed no danger
of war or of any straining of the present
friendly relations between Great Britain
and the United States He said he believed
the British government was determined to
avoid any rupture with Washington.
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ADMIRAL DEwEY's FLEET.
How the Vessels Will He Disposed OF
for the Holidays.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-The Navy De-
partment contributed the most important
developments in the Venezuelan situation
over night in the form of a cablegram
from Admiral Dewey announcing the pro-.
posed itinerary of the vessels of his fleet
during the Christmas holidays. 1t is clear
ly seen that the plan provides for no un-
due concentration of ships along the Vene-
zuelan coast, and so prudently and advised
ly have its details been drawn that Sec
rotary Moody to-day cabled the admiral
the departments approval of his orders.
This will set at rest the rumors that the
United States contemplates complicating
the Venezuelan situation by dispatching
the large naval force to Laguayra as an
offset to the allied fleet. Admiral Dewey's
cablegram, dated San Juan, Dec. A. is to
this effect:
Proposed itinerary of vessels for Christ
mas holidays: Kearsarge, Alabama, .Massa-
nois. Indiana, Hist, to st. Thomas; Texas to
Pointe a Petrie; Chicago, Newark and
Eagle to Curacao; San Francisco, Albany
and Wasp to Mayaguez: Cincinnati Atlanta,
Prairie, tugs and torpedo boats to San
Juan; Olympia, Nashville and Machas to
ST. Kits; Detroit to Antigua; Mayfower
and Vixen to Porto Rican waters and
vicinity, and Dolphin to Antigua and vicin-
ity.
In reply Secretary Moody sent the fol-
lowing cablegram: Garry out proposed
itinerary. Merry Christmas"
According to the approved plans the prn-
cipal fighting ships of Admiral Dewey's fleet
will rendezvous at the island of Trinidad
right off the coast of Venezuela and at ST
Thomas Rear Admiral Hgginson COM
manding the North Atlantic squadron, will
have command of the battleship fleet at
Trinidad on his flagship Kearsarge, with
Rear Admiral Sumner commanding the
South Atlantic squadron on his flagship
Iowa. as second in command. The fleet at
ST. Thomas, which includes two battleships,
will be under the command of Rear Ad-
miral Crowninshield, commanding the Euro
pean squadron on his flagship Illinois. The
fleet of cruisers and smaller vessels, which
will anchor at ST. Kits, will be in COM
man1 of Rear Admiral Cochran, command
ing the Caribbean division on his flagship
Olympia. Although not so stated, II is ex-
pected Admiral Dewey will retain the con-
verted cruiser Mayfiower as his flagship and
will spend most of the ten days holiday
at San Juan. He Is now at Culebra with
the bulk of his immense fleet.
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SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Dec. 1S.-The re-
port that there was yellow fever at Willem-
stad, Curacao, has been authoritatively con-
tradicted, and. with the exception of the
Chicago, the ships assigned to Curacao for
the holidays will proceed for that port. The
Chicago has a cracked steampipe and will
come TO San Juan for repairs.
Admiral Dewey and Admiral Taylor are
gratified at the results of the maneuvers.
Referring to the subject to-day, Admiral
Taylor said: 1.-The important things we
desired to accomplish during the maneuvers
were concentration and organization. There
have assembled at Culebra within the time
specified more than fifty ships from Europe
and North America, and there are ample
supplies on hand The mobilization has
been decided success. In the preliminary
drills some greenness was seen on the part
of those ships which were not accustomed
to cruising together. but practice Is i'm
proving the organization of the fleet, which
is now satisfactory. The inner harbor at
Culebra is very suitable for a naval base
Admiral Cochlan has placed heavy mooring
buoys in the harbor and provided other
facilities
Admiral Dewey has ordered the fleet to
husband its coal so that fuel will be availa-
BILE when the maneuvers are resumed after
the holidays.
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in New England. who usually have in stock
at this season of the year from 5000 10
10000 tons. are bare of coal and depend
ent entirely on what is being shipped 10
them by the various companies.
practically all OF the Reading Company
collicries are I'm operation The company
shipped from the mines during the past
two days nearly 1900 cars OF coal. This
means a daily production Of nearly 5000
tons. II is stated that the Pennsylvania
Railway has 1900 Of the Reading Company
coal cars on its tracks In the western part
OF the State. as well as $500 OF the Central
Railroad OF New Jersey, and these are ur-
gently needed I'm the anthracite trade
Their nondelivery Is causing much delay
jn the shipment Of anthracite 10 points
west OF Harrisburg.
Reading officials decline to discuss the
question as TO whether the advance or %
cents a ton. made I'm October. would hold
good during 1903. but they admitted that IL
would certainly rule beyond Jan. i, g13
tie date fixed by President Baer for re-
duction to the old rate. An operator VINO
attended the meeting OF the operators IN
New York stated that the advance would
be retained during all of next year. -
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GEN. WAGER SWAYNE DEAD.
End Due to n Complication of Dis
eases-Sketch of His Life.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-Gen Wager
Swayne died to-day at his residence here
of complication of diseases. His widow,
two sons and daughter were at the death
bed.
Gen. Wager Swayne was born at Column
bus. o.. Nov. 10. 1884. He was a of
Noah II. Swayne, at one time associate
justice of the United States Supreme Court.
He graduated from Yale in 1856, from the
Cincinnati Law School in 1859, and began
practice at Columbus. Dec. %, 1868. He
married Miss Ellen Harris, of Louisville,
Ky.
AT the outbreak of the civil war he was
appointed major. q In December. 1861, he
was made lieutenant colonel and colonel
Oct. Is, 1862. of the Forty-third Ohio Volun-
teers. He became brigadier general June
20, 1865. Continuing in the regular service
he became colonel of the Forty-fifth In
fantry. Before. his retirement in 1870 he
received the brevet of major general for
gallant and meritorious service during the
war.
General Swayne practiced law in Toledo
until 1880. and afterward in New York. He
became general counsel of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, of the Asso-
ciated Press and other corporations
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Other Deaths.

TOLEDO, o., Dec. 1S-Charles p. Griffin,
one OF the best known politicians in Ohio
and former speaker of the Ohio Legis1a-
ture. dropped dead of heart disease in his
office this morning. He was fifty-eight
years of age and had been actively identi-
fled in Ohio politics for many years. The
school laws of the State were revised by
him during his last term in the Legisla-
ture. He was defeated for Congress two
years ago by Congressman Southland.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.-Alfred Bou-
yter, for many years associated with Al
Hayman as manager of the Baldwin Thea
ter in this city. died here to-day. After
the burning of the Baldwin Theater Mr..
Bowler became interested in the proposed
building of a new theater, but i'll health
forced him to abandon his plans.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Dec. 1S.-Rev.
Michael Abbott, aged thirty-eight years,
for three years pastor of the Catholic
Church at Farmer City. died to-day after
a three weeks illness with typhoid fever.
His home was in Boston and the inter-
ment will be in that city.
CANTON, o., Dec. Estate Senator
George w. Wilhelm, Of this county, died
unexpectedly to-day of heart failure. He
had been. a member of the lower Ohio house
twice and of the Senate twice, and was
we'll known throughout the State
MARION, Mass, Dec 1S-Hosea NJ
Knowlton, former attorney general of Mas
sachusetts, who was stricken with apo
plexy on Dec. at his home here, died to-
night.
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EXCITEMENT AT MARACAIBo.
People Angry Over the Capture of N
Venezuelan Schooner.

LAGUAYRA, Dec. 1S.-The German cruis-
er Fake. which has been anchored for the
past two days at the entrance of Lake
Maracaibo, to-day captured the Venezuelan
schooner Victoria. After cutting down her
mainmast, thus disabling her. the Germans
abandoned the vessel. This action has
caused great Indignation among the Ven
ezuelans and excitement runs high at Mara
caibo, where the people have been parading
the streets uttering cries again Great Brit
ain and Germany .s-' -
Herr Won Pilgrim Baltazzi the German
envoy To Venezuela. landed here to-day,
permission for him to do so having been
granted by the authorities. he spoke by
telephone TO his wife, who is very III at
Caracas. Later the German envoy. accom-
panied the project of Laguayra, Senior
LeicibabaZa, to the latters office, where he
remained for a short time.
A British cruiser has obtained permission
to purchase fresh provisions on shore leave.
The British cruiser Tribune arrived here
this morning. The British cruiser indie
fatigable left here at noon to-day, steaming
in the direction of Trinidad.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 1s.-Arrived: Hav-
erford from Philadelphia. for Liverpool.
and proceeded. Sailed: Celtic, from Liver
pool. for New York.
GLASGOW, Dec. I7.-Arrived: Furnes-
STA. from New York. Sailed: Carthaginian.
for st. Johns. n. F.. and Philadelphia.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 1I.-Arrived: Teutonic.
from New York Sailed Victorian, for
New York; Sycamore. for Boston.
LONDON, Dec. 1s-Arrived: Virginian.
from Boston. Sailed: Mnnehaha, for New
York.
BRCwHEAD. Dec. 1.-Passed: Haver-
ford. from Philadelphia. for Liverpool.
GENOA. Dec 1s-Arriyed: Lain, from
New York via Gibraltar and Naples.
HAMBURG, Dec. 1s-Arrived: Pennsyl-
vania. from New York.
NEW YORK. Dee. 1s.-Sailed: La
Touraine. for Havre.
HAvRE. Dec 1s.-Arrived: La Lorraine.
from New York.
HoNG-KoNG. Dec. 1s.-sailed: Tacoma.
for Tacoma.
NAPLES. Dec. is.-saiIed. Hesperia. for
New York.
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In his autobiography, published by the
Appletons. George Francis Train tells this
story: In '5S-I may mention at this place
had a few months leisure on my hands,
and decided to give my wife and her step
mother, Mrs. George 7. NJ Davis. trip
about Europe. We Travelled through
France. Italy. Austria and Germany. At
Leghorn We went 10 witness a spectaculaf1
exhibition OF the storming of Sebastopol.
was a magnificent spectacle. realistic II
the extreme. No one was astonishedI
when, at the very point where the city
was taken and the fort blown UP, terrific
burst Of light appeared. Instantly therels
after We discovered that the explosion had
been too real. The theater was ablaze.
OF course, there was a wild rush for the
doors. Panic followed. and while we were
on finally with only severe bruises. The
official report next morning gave the cas-
ualties as forty killed and one hundred In
tured; but the government suppressed the
facts. The dead and injured far outnum-
bered these figures
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thought better to remain passive for a few
days and see how far public feeling In
America will go. Indications are not want
ing that the German government is seeking
an expedient TO arrive at a solution OF the
difficulty without anything further hap
pening to vex the people of the United
States, whose good will is considered to be
more important than the humiliation of
Venezuela. Still, Germany must have her
claims satisfied, and ii is thought Presi-
dent Castro will yield voluntarily in a few
days if not pushed any further. that the
commercial classes in Venezuela will COM
pei the settlement or that the United States
will offer to guarantee that Venezuela will
pay up il she loses by arbitration. The
German commander in Venezuelan waters
has been instructed to use extreme caution
and avoid acts of force till he receives
further orders.
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WANT TO FIGHT FOR CASTRO.
Americans Offer Their Servfces-"El
MOchO's" Son to Return Home.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.-Among the pas
sengers who will start for Venezuela on
the steamer Maraicaibo on Saturday will
be Nikolas Hernandez, the Twenty-Five
year-old son of Gen. Jose Maria Herman
dez. "El Mocho." Young Hernandez is
compositor at present employed in Dan
bury. Conn. He telegraphed friend that
he would go to Caracas to enlist in his
fathers command. In addition TO the num-
Der of personal offers of United States
citizens at the Venezuelan consulate to en-
list in Castros army. the consul general
has received just forty-six letters, the
writer's of which wish to serve. Among
the senders of these communications are
many ex-army officers and discharged SOL
diers. One man, who owns a steam yacht,
offers this to repair the naval force de-
stroyed by the warships, and says he will
man her, too, without any thought of re-
muneration. Senior V. Mestre Anamable,
a former captain in the Spanish navy, and
the hero of many duels, was among those
who placed himself at the disposal of the
Venezuelan consul general.
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Lawrence CMass.) American.

Lawrence (Mass.) American.
Representative MacCartney. a Sociaiis0
member Of the Massachusetts Legislature
tells the story of an associate member VIII
on being elected TO the general court OF
the State for the first time was very great
ly impressed with the dignity of his officey
One night he was sleeping soundly wher(
his wife heard. or rather thought she heard!
a noise. She tried 10 arouse her spouse and
found IL far from easy. Giving him hard
shake she whispered:
John, John, wake up. There are thieves
in the house"
mo. no. Maria. you are greatly mis-
TAKEN" he answered. There may be one
or two in the Senate, but there are none In
the House"
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PRESIDENT CASTRO FURIOUS.


CARACAS, Dee. 1S.-Early- to-day the
correspondent here OF the Associated Press
saw President Castro and questioned him
in regard TO the report published in the
United States that the Anglo-German ulti-
matum had been accepted by himself. The
President became furious with rage and
said there was no truth in the report. He
added: THE acceptance of utimatum
cannot be coupled with arbitration. Besides
the Anglo-German ultimatum is not, prop
erly speaking, an ultimatum."
When asked II IL was true that Venezuela
was taking diplomatic steps to arrange for
arbitration. and that arrangements in this
connection were well advanced. President
Castro said: THE government OF Venezuela
does not propose TO determine on any steps
while the proposition for arbitration that