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New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
cABMAN TIES UP BROADWAY TRAFFIC.
He Refuses to Move for Forty-fve Minutes
Three Policemen Arrest Him.

John Farrell refractory driver Of A hanson
cab who would not bulge from his position at
DaIy's Theatre as the crowd was leaving it yes
terday afternoon blocked Broadway in that neigh
borhood for three-quarters OF an hour ROUNDS
man Graham seven feet tall. finally managed to
seize his coat tail and drag him down
Policeman Diehl, of the West Thirtieth-st. sta
tior first told the man to drive out of the way, as
all the DAILY carriages were on Thirteth-st. walt
ing rnegaphone calls. DiehI argued for nearly
twenty minutes without making Farrell move. While
the crowd kept getting larger. Rounosnan era
ham came up and Joined in arguing with tarreh'
and Policeman Daily added his voice.
Graham at last ordered Diehl to arrest Farrell,
and DiehI ordered Farrell to come down
Come up said Farrell, and Dehl tried to re
spond Farrell pushed him down easily. Diehl
tried again, but had show with Farrel on MS
seat in the air. Graham told Daily to help and
Dalv tried to climb up the other side. but Far
rell easily got the better Of both of them. Then
Graham reached arm way up into the air and
seized Farrells coat. He came tumbling down &C
companied by a great shout from the people. By
a football rush through the crowd Graham ana
Diehl got Farrell to The West Thrt1eth,st stauon,
where he was locked up on a charge OF d1sorderly
conduct
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
NOT TO SELL PLANTS TO TRUST.

Yesterday from its Havana correspondent, which
confirmed the report of Friday that four OF the
largest cigar manufacturers in Havana have signed
an agreement not to sell their brands for their
plants to the tobacco trust for ten years The
companies entering into the agreement are Rabell,
Costa Valles & Co.. proprietors Of the Ramon
Allones factory; Behrens & Co., proprietors Of the
FL Sol factory: Cifuentes. Fernandez Co., pro-
prietors of the Partagas factory and Raben. Costa
& Co, proprietors Of the Romeo and Juliet factory
These are the four largest cigar manufacturers
in Havana" said one of the editors OF THE To-
bacco Leaf" .and about five hundred thousand
well-to-do men in the United States the cigars
made by them. The Havana American Company
and the Havana Connie -cial Company. both owned
by the American. Tobacco Trust. own IS per cent
Of the factories In Havana, and importers here
feared that they would buy up the Others and have
nnnnnOIY of the business
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
ROWEN AWAITS REPLY.
Offers so Per Cent of Customs at
Porto CabeHo and La Guayrd.

yv.eb,npton Ian 26-The Associated Press
has been Informed that Minister Bowen. acting
for Venezuela, in return for the raising of the
blockade pledges 80 per cent of the receipts
of the ports of Porto Cabello and La Guayra,
10 be collected by joint committee made up OF
one representative from each of the powers
having claims against Venezuela.
I'm to the close of the official day formal notice
of the acceptance of this proposition had not
come to Mr.. Bowen from the representatives OF
the allies here. However, such unofficial ln1or-
nation as reached Mr.. Bowen confirmed him In
the belief that the pending controversy would
be settled soon and satisfactorily. IL Is
learned that the Italian Government all alons
has favored an honorable compromise and mas
let its allies know the favor with which IL re-
garded the Bowen proposition. while processing
a Willingness to defer to their views in the
matter.
La Cfuayra and Porto Cabello collect a large
mart of the total customs receipts of venezusR
Under this arrangement probably cash pss-
ment can be dispensed with, as the customs
reoeipts would quickly defray the pressing in
dividual claims of the allies
The lifting of the blockade would not mean
the complete withdrawal from American waters
Of the allied feet, and it is understood that not
only will the British American fleet remain in
its accustomed winter quarters in the Carlnnean'
hut that the German Government will depart
from its ancient policy, which has been to get
along without station fleets. and will continue
the present squadron in American waters as a
nerrranent fleet The United States fleet in the
West Indies is being kept constantly 1floTileu
as to the details of the Venezuelan SITUATION II
il denied. however, that any recent oroers 10
ships have been influenced by threatened clash
with a foreign power.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
FRICTION AT FIRST MEETING.
Castros Demand Was Not Agreeable to the
Allies

Paris, Jan. 26.-The French Government is
keeping fully advised in regard TO the progress
of the Venezuelan negotiations. The reports
received indicate that considerable friction
arose at the first meeting between Minister
Bowen and the representatives Of the allies.
When Mr.. Bowen announced that President
Castro expected them TO raise the blockade as
preliminary to further negotiations the allies
representatives replied that President Castro
was not in a position to lay down conditions.
Subsequently better feeling was esta blished.
Al the representatives of the allies were sat
isfied that Mr Bowers request not in the
nature Of a demand.
It appears that Great Britain desired to raise
the blockade. but asked a preliminary that
Venezuela guarantee the payment Of 100000
as compensation for ten British ships seized
on the ground that they carried arms TO the
revolutionists.
The reports also show several points of di-
vergence between the German and British posi-
f;nYs
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
JUSTICE PARKER ON CIVIL LAW.
Lectures Regarding Its Origin at Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Chief Justice Alton p. Parker. Of the Court OF
Appeals, lectured before the law department OF
the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in the
Art Rooms in Moutague-st. last night His subject
was The Origin OF Civil Law After the lecture
Justice Parker was the guest OF ]. Hampden
Dougherty, president OF the department az the
Hamilton Club
Justice Parker said law extended back TO the most
ancient times and that he did agree with those
writers who. in the light Of the present highly
artificial civilization. declare that the law has been
the product Of the family and religious idea He told
of the recent unearthfng at Nfppur, Asia Minor
OF bill OF sale. showing that lawyers existed
seven thousand years ago The bill of sale he said
drawn by the legal firm Of Murasha & Sons
and was for ring set with an emerald warranted
TO remain in its setting for twenty years. The only
thing needed said Justice Parker thoroughly To
modernize the document United States revs-
stamp
Justice Parker reviewed the relations Of ancient
men to another. and concluded that law has
grown solely because of mans acquisitiveness and
not from either religious family ties.
When the speaker had finished. Justice Goodrich
Presiding Justice Of the Appellate Division. Hid
Department, moved that vote of thanks be ex-
tended to Justice Parker for his lecture saying
that it was worthy of the man who preferred To
retain second judicial position in the United
States to glittering bauble dangled before his
eyes" Justice Goodrich said that It was the first
time he had ever known a lawyer to attempt to
condense the history Of the world an hours Iect
ure.
In seconding the motion for vote Of thanks, Jus
tice Bartlett Of the Appellate Division. said:
often find it difficult to agree with the presiding
justice questions Of law. but when it comes TO
question of fact, find difficulty in saying:
concur to what has just been said by him
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
TWO HUNDRED DIVE FOR A COIN.
Shipwrecked Mariners Tell How Ihey Hlo
Instruments from Thieving Negroes.

The worst thieves in the Bahamas were hearo
from Yesterday when four members OF the ere" Oh
the Uruguayan bark Primus arrived here on the
steamer Ortzaba from Nassau. They were zap
tain St Clair the mate. Alfreo Estergreh anu Two
seamen The Primus stranded on New Year s
Day near the West Indian island Abaco' at the
poiut known as the Hole in the Wal. Inc
Prnnus sailed from MatanZas for Phlladelphla Oh
December IA. A heavy northwest gale sprans up
in latitude 3537 longitude rs. and the bark sprans
leak All hands had to take to the pumps oh
December 81 the worst gale of all assaiied the
craft She became unmanageable' and on the
morning of the next day went aground on Aoaco.
"The island" said Estergren, 'is inhapited Dy tie
Concbo negroes the worst set of knaVes anu
thieves in the world. We were able to get many
of our personal effects and the most valuable M OF OF
fhe bark's navigating instruments ashore, lot we
struck on sandy beach. From the moment we
landed the Conchos had their eyes on the chronoI,
eter and some other valuable Instruments. SeVeral
of the men threw coins into the SURF, IN order 10
ia ake the attention of the ConchoS from Ihe dP
paratIIs With the first coin two hundred DIlck
bodies disappeared beneath the waves Whiie tney
were in the water buried everything IN tne
sand They never found the articles, altnouSn Tor
the two weeks were marooned they visited our
camp every night and stole everything but tne gold
in our teeth. Finally we escaped IN sloopS to
Ma
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
W4SHINGTON HOPEFUL.
BeEef That the 4lEes Haze Reached
n Tact Agreement.
rRY TELEGRAPH To TIE TR1BU1E.l

washington. Jan. 26.-Belief in a tacit agree
,7ent TO the proposals of Minister Bowen and
an immediate acceptance Of the guarantees OF
fered by him on behalf Of Venezuela best eX-
presses the feeling he e to-day with regard TO
the Venezuelan affair. The acceptance of the
guarantees. carrying with it the immediate rals-
ing Of the blockade. the one serious and threat
ening feature Of the entire trouble WILL II Is
firmly believed in official quarters, relegate the
matter TO the ordinary sphere of arbitration
That Minister Bowers guarantees were salts
factory to Great Britain and that the British
Embassy had received official information to
this effect became known this morning, and the
general impression created was that Great
Britain was using her best efforts to bring Ger
many into lire and secure speedy withdrawal
Of the blockade.
The atmosphere of hopefuness came first from
Minister Bowen, whose confident statement on
Saturday night did much to relieve the gen
orally strained situation. OF the nature of his
long conference with the diplomatic representa-
tives Of the allies in Washington yesterday no
definite news has been forthcoming, but the fact
that several Of the diplomats present have
, spoken with continued hopefulness leads inevi-
rably to the conclusion that there has been no
change for the worse since Minister Bowen s
confident assurance on Saturday night
Tangible basis for the hopefuness prevalent
1n the State Department and throughout official
circles to-day wac hard to find, and yet the acute
condition of last week was noticeably absent,
and the expectation Of definite and decisive
news hourly was universally apparent
Attempts made this afternoon to attach sig
iicance 10 a visit made by Count Won ouadt TO
the President to-day proved unjustifed, since
The German Charge d'Affaires called solely for
the purpose Of presenting TO the President an
attache Of the German Embassy Moreover.
there Goes nor seem TO be the slightest Justinca-
tiol for the suggestion that the adjustment OF
rrelirninaries vii have 10 wait on the arrival OF
Baron Sternburg.
Altogether the feeling to-ray has been far more
hopeful than st any other time since the nrst
horabardment OF Fort San Carlos. The genera!
feeling OF Indignation aroused by this act sun
shoulders and criticism Of German methods
ere not lacking but all submerged in the
general eNpeC tation and hope that within a few
hours the acceptance Of the guarantees Of
fered by Minister Bowen viii allow the with
drswal Of the blockade, and that the Venezuelan
affair WIFI be laid on the shelf Of diplomatic
rather than martial, adjustment
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
TO APPOINT WOMEN INSPECTORS.
They Will Not Be Required to Pass Civil
Service Examination.
lBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BUSE-I

Washington. jan 26.-It has been decided that
the Civil Service Commission is not to have
hand in the selection Of the four women immigrant
inspectors who to be appointed for service
ocean liners as moral monitors for unaccon-
panied female passengers coming to this country.
The experiment of allowing young women 10 serve
immigrant inspectors is being tried by the
Treasury Department at the suggestion Of the
officers Of the National Woman's Christian TEN
perance Union. Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis. legis-
Iative representative OF the association, went 10
New-York recently and selected five young women
who doing settlement work in that city. and
recommended them for appointment. This recon
mendation Will undoubtedly be adopted. although
the number has been cut down from five 20 four.
Commissioner General Sargent announced to-day
that the appointments would be made soon "a
Commissioner Williams. Of New-York. certified the
names Of the apDOinteeS. The young
lected by Mrs. Ellis college bred girls. and
each speaks several languages, which is regarded
as a necessary qualification for the duties 70 oe
performed II the experiment proves successful in
the way OF preventing young women from being
brought to this country for immoral purposes, tle
service will undoubtedly be extended TO other ports
Of entry. The appointments TO be made now will
be for sixty or ninety days The salary is Sl2e0
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
ACCEPT B0WEN'S OFFER.
Continued from first page.
,ng vene.uels's guarantees form satisfactor

Eng vene.uels's guarantees form satisfactory
basis for further negotiations.
In addition 70 the offer of part Of the GUS
toms Of La Guayra and Porto Cabello as a
guarantee MI. Bowen informed the powers
that several New-York banks had expressed
their willingness TO undertake the payment OF
the first claims demanded by the powers upon
the basis Of such guarantee. Mr. Bowen dld
not say whether he had mace definite arrange
,nent with any particular banks, but so soon
as the powers hear Of the consent of trust
worthy houses to guarantee the payment OF the
first claims the blockade Will be raised. This
is expected TO be within two or three days IN
the event Of this arrangement being oonciuoeo'
81 is supposed that the customs of the two ports
mentioned viii be administered Jointly by rep
resentatives Of the powers and of the banks
concerned At the German Embassy here 1t
WAS said that there was reason whatever
for q continuance of the blockade "once the
powers are satisfied that the guarantee is not
merely offered with the object of getting rld
Of them s
II is understood here that the hanks referred
10 br NJ bowen are ]. & w Seligman x 20
and J p Morgan & Co
The report from London that ]. F. Morgan x 20
were concerned in the reported arrangement o1
Nev--York banking institutions for guaranteeing 'he
-,svn,ent ty Venezuela Of the British and German
claims VAS denied yesterday at the once OF 'laN
srn J. & W. Seligrnan & Co and SpeYer % 20
declined 10 saw whether not they were 10 par
1icipate such q guarantee.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
CANAL MEN At ALB4NY
Delegates Generally Agree Upon
Plans for Improvement.
tsY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE. J

Albany Jan. 2s.-DeIegations OF men represent
ing those who favor Improvement OF the canals Of
the State arrived here tonight TO attend to-mor-
rows conference here the bills now about 70 De
considered by the legislature These DELEGATIONS
came from New-York Buffalo and Oswego ana
were united IN favor Of the construction OF a
thousand ton barge canal across the State from he
Hudson 70 Lake Erie. and from the vicinity OF
Syracuse to OswegO. well the deepening OF the
Champlain Canal TO depth OF seven feet The
cost of these canal improvements would be 81
100000
There has been talk that the representatives OF
the canal interests Of the Champain Valley would
insist upon the enlargement Of the ChampIafn
Canal to the dimensions OF barge canal but As
senbIyman Hughes. Of Washington County ex-
pressed the belief tonight that those interests
would accept a bill providing for Uniform depth
of seven feet for the Champlain Canal
The delegation from New-York had as It's mem
bers Gustav H. Schwab Henry B. Hebert ex
Mayor Franklin Edison. Abel G. Blackman j. T. D.
Trenor and Frank s Gardner. The oswego Canal
interests were represented by Robert Downey and
]. B. McSIurrich. There came from Buffalo as the
representatives Of its canal men, George Clinton
Major W T. SyTnons. r. r. Heford Thsodo-s
Fassett, George H Raymond and Alfred Haines
AssembIyman Bostwick. or New-York. has al
ready introduced bill to carry out the plans sav-
ored by those named above. The members OF The
Hotel, and. taking Assemblyman BostWicks bin
said. will retain its main features It is hoGed 70
obtain the cordial support for it Of the Chanplan
Senator Davis. of Buffalo
There is nothing among the canal improve
nent delegates amounting to disagreement said
George Clinton tonight.
sad There are eight lssenbIy1nen n the gam
plain district and every one OF them. including
seven foot canal twelve foot canal would be OF
be necessary to dredge out and deepen for twenty
tending to whitehall Our interests viii Be salts
ted with foot canal
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
NOTES OF THE BLOCKADE.
A British Stoker Killed on the Zumbador by
an Explosion.

La Guayra. Jan. 26-The explosion of a tube
of one of the boilers OF the Zum5ador, one OIL
the Venezuelan warships captured by the Brit
ish naval forces, Saturday night Killed d
stoker. His body was buried at sea by Ihe
British cruiser Tribune yesterday morning.
The British cruiser Chary5dis, the TORPEDO
boat destroyer Rocket and the Zamora, flying
the British flag, arrived here yesterday. After
2 short stay the Charybdis and the Rocket left
La Glayra for an unknown destination
The Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto sailed dur
ing the night.
The warships in the harbor are the Tribune
the Zanora the Zumbador and the Restaurador
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
RUNAWAY INJURIES PROVE FATAL
Aged Hampstead Man Dies After Being
Found Unconscious.

Homestead. " Y, Jan. 26 (speciaD.-Jacob Val
entine seventy-six years old. died at the home or
his son-in-law, Henry E. Cornwen, yesterday, from
Injuries suffered in a runaway. Mr.. Valentine was
driving from Freeport to Hampstead. When with
in a block of Mr. Cornwel's home the horse be-
came frightened at trolley car and overturning
the vehicle. dragged Mr.. Valentine for some dis
tance
He was found unconscious. The horse jumped
over the fence fronting the CornweH house. car
rying ths wagon with him and ran into the barn
Mr. Valentine was a member of an old Quaker
family Of Long Island and owned much of the
land about Westbury. Some years ago he
sold TO the Meadow Brook Hunt Club the large
tract of land about their clubhouse on the Hemp
stead Plains. He also held for many years offices
in Queens and Nassau counties
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
ARRESTED AT LABOR MEETING.
Union Man Charged with Larceny of Fees
for Membership Certificates.

smiths Bridgeworkers and Ornamental lronWork-
ers' Union No O. arrested at midnight Wnlle
attending meeting of the union in Mannerchor
Hail. T'hird-ave. and Fifty-fourth-st' and locKed
up with five separate charges OF larceny against
him. -
The arrest was made after considerable trouole
by Detective Crane, Roundsman Hawkins and a
squad of police of the East F1tty-nrst-sL
station and on complaint of five ironworkers' VINO
allege that they had paid So apiece to the prisoner
for q Temporary certificate of membership to the
union - 40 1,,.uo,+b,xe
and denies the charges 60, ,,.- ,o
The union is that in which ex-ChIef DeveTy re-
recent meeting of which two men were sllg nuy
shot in riot. The meetings of the union , naEe
heen of such character for the last rev weeks
that the police have had to station reserves at the
ha
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
AVERT ANOTHER rANIC AT FACTORY
Fire Alarm Frightens Girls at Scene OF Last
Weeks Accident

the emploves of Leopold Miller's cigar factory, at
No 155 Crosby-st., narrowly escaped repetition
of its horrors when fire engines came dasnlng up
to the factory yesterday. Girls crowded out on the
fire escapes and although it proved to be false
alarm noIcemep among them Sergeant Bourke,
Of Commissioner Greenes office, who was active al
last weeks fire, had to from floor to floor 70 as
sure the employees that there was no danger.
Investigation showed that boy passing the
building at $50 a. m, the time at which last week $
alarm was sent in saw clouds of steam coming
from the windows of the third floor, whlcn 5 was
gttted by last Fridays fire. An alarm was turned
in but before the fire apparatus came the en-
gineer had discovered that cap had oeen oo~L II
off a steam pipe. He turned off the steam. ana
when the fremen arrived they were mystihed as
to the reason for the alarm.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
rnr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.l

Washington Jan. a6.-It was definitely learned
here late tonight that the Italian Ambassador
in Washington had to-day received offlclal IN
formation from Rome that instructions had been
issued 10 the italian squadron TO abandon the
blockade as soon as the other powers are ready
This seems 10 indicate beyond question 1haI
Italy has accepted the guarantee o1ened hs
Minister Bowen and that the continuance OF the
Italian squadron on the blockade is due solely
20 The ironclad agreement existing between the
sIlied powers As an indication of the speedy
raising of the HI 5ckade. considerable Importance
Is attached 10 this announcement, particularly
rs II confirms all earlier indications.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
GET TOGETHER AGAINST WoLcoTT.

Denver. Jan. 26.-The Democratic and anti VOL
colt Republican members OF the House have agreed
to maintain the present organization of the House
intact. In consideration of recognition Of the
Democratic Senate and agreement to unseat
no more Democratic members. the Democrats will
vote with the anti-Wolcott Republicans against
any proposition OF the Wolcott faction looking to
a reorganization of the House. Thus the Repubn-
cans opposed Wolcotts candidacy for the SEN
ate. who refused to enter caucus Will be left in
control of all the important House committees
throughout the session.
The regularity of the election of Senator Teller
Saturday is practically conceded by the Repub-
lican Senators, who to-day abandoned the separate
organization which they maintained last week and
returned 70 the Senate chamber
Governor Peabody said that he knew reason
why he should not sign certificate OF senator
Teller's election but he would wait for judicial
opinion, for which he had asked.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
WEST SIDE REPUBLICANS DINNER.

Preparations are practically completed for the
dinner of the West Side Republican Club at the
Waldorf-Astoria on Thursday at $50 p. m The
Rev DR. Frank NJ Bristol, of Washington. will
speak on William Mckinley. whose birthday ami
versary was selected the date for the dinner
Lewis L. Carr. of Albany. will speak on CLUBS
Are Trumps" Among the other speakers Sec
retary of the Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw, Senator
John F. Dryden, of New-Jersey: Governor Franklin
Murphy of New Jersey ana Mayor Low Special
arrangements being made for the women who
desire TO hear the speeches. and in the matter OF
refreshments they will not be neglected
New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
sTENoeRAPHERs PUZZLE COUNT.

Justice Wyatt presided at the session of the
Chdren's Court yesterday. He had as visitors
Count Yangiwara and r. F. Namae of Toxic
Japan. The count. who expects to assume office
next year in his native land is studying social
reform and the management of public charitable
institutions in the United States When he gets
back Toxic he says he will do his best estab-
lish children's court. He deeply interested
in the way the cases of youthful delinquents were
disposed of by Justice Wyatt, but said he could
not understand why many clerks neces-
sary and why many good looking young women
patry pre@es