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FOR TRUSTPROSECUTION

Georgia Democrat Treats theHouse to a Genuine

Surprise

ENFORCE SHERMAN LAW

Mr. Bartlett Offers Amendment Appro-

priating $250,000 for ThisPurpose

INCORPORATING PROVISIONIN LEGISLATIVE BILL

Hepburn Goes Bartlett Better and Pre-sents an Amendment of His Ownfor a $500,000 Appropriation, Whichthe House Adopts Without Discus-sion and Passes the Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 17.—Mr.Bartlett, a Georgia Democrat, duringconsideration of the legislative appro-priation bill in the house today unex-pectedly sprang an amendment to ap-propriate $250,000 to enforce the Sher-man anti-trust law and to direct theattorney general to proceed to the pros-ecution of all violators of the law. Al-though such a provision was plainlyamenable to a point of order, not amember on either side of the houseraised objection. Both sides wheeledinto line and all agreed that some suchaction was advisable.

Some of the Republicans, however,raised objection to the looseness of thelanguage of the amendment and Mr.Hepburn, of lowa, offered a substitutefor it in the language of the bill he in-troduced on the opening day of the ses-sion to appropriate $500,000 for the en-forcement of the law. This was fur-ther strengthened to make the appro-priation immediately available and asamended the substitute was agreed towithout division. The legislative billwas pased practically as it came fromthe committee except for the amend-ment.

The language of the Hepburn amend-ment is:

"That for the. enforcement of theprovisions of the act of July 2, 1890,the sum of $500,000 is hereby appro-priated out of any money in the treas-ury not heretofore appropriated, to beexpended under the direction of theattorney general in the employment ofspecial counsel and agents of the de-partment of justice to conduct proceed-ings, suits and prosecutions under saidact in the courts of the United States,provided that no person shall be pros-ecuted or be subjected to any pen-alty or forfeiture for or on accountof any transaction, matter or thingconcerning which he may testify orproduce evidence, documentary or oth-erwise, in any proceeding, suit or pros-ecution under said act, provided fur-ther that no person so testifying shallbe exempt from prosecution or pun-ishment for perjury committed in sotestifying1. This appropriation shall beImmediately available."

INDIANA TOWN GETTINGTOO WARM FOR NEGROES

Crimes That Result in Many of ThemLeaving the City.

SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Dec. 17.—FourBhootings and one murder in which ne-groes took part have been followed byclosing of clubs and saloons conducted. by negroes and many colored people areleaving the city. They are afraid to stayhere owing' to a feeling against themamong the white people. The negroes saythey cannot get food at the restaurants,although they have money to pay for it.

Dr. Sweeney for the Defense.Special to The Globe.

BISMAitCK, N. D., Dec. 17.—Dr. Ar-thur Sweeney, of St. Paul, today testifiedfor the defense in the May murder case,stating that he believed the fracture ofthe skull of Harry Hibbs resulted from afall, and not from a blow. He was onthe stand all the afternoon. The defensewill probably close its case in a day ortwo and the case will go to the jury thisweek.

Special to The Globe.GRAND FORKS, N. D., Dec. 17.—Sid-

ney C. Lough, former cashier of theState Bank of Northwood, entered a pleaof guilty in the district court to thecharge of receiving deposits when heknew that the bank was insolvent. Thesuspension of the bank occurred twoyears ago, and since that time the greaterpart of indebtedness has been wiped out.

Banker Pleads Guilty. -

West Superior Leader Sold.WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Dec. 17.—The

Daily Leader; the only morning news-pacer here, has been sold by H. S. FairelltC " A. Briton for $15,000. S..E. TubbswW t>e continued as business managerand George H. Miles, editor.

DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED

Weather for St. Paul and vicinity: Fairtoday and Friday.

VENEZUELA—It is decided to arbitrate pending dis-

pute.British premier makes statement in

which it is apparent United States isreceiving respectful consideration.WASHINGTON —House committee will report favorablybill- fixing tariff on Philippine products25 per cent of Dingley rates.

Representative Fowler and SenatorDepew introduce financial bills.

Houlc passes legislative bill withamendment appropriating $500,000 to/en-force Sherman anti-trust law.RAILROADS—

Interstate commerce commission recog-nizes tendency among railroads to com-bine and recommends changes in laws.

Erie and Lackawanna will not use tun-nels into New York city, but will haveterminals in Jersey City.

President J J. Hill leaves for a tripover Great Northern to the coast.

BUSINESS—

St. Louis clique that tried to cornerDecember corn in Chicago fails com 1"

pletely and one of firms concerned fails.Corn loses over 5 cents. Wheat closeshigher and oats lower.

Stock market repeats work of Tuesday,there being gains at start while selling

movement wipes out.Ban Johnson announces probable date

of American league's annual meeting, i

DOMESTIC—Movement begins among Southern Dem-

ocrats to control next national conven-tion.

Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffsstreet railway lines consolidate.

British Columbia health official declaresthere have been eighty-nine deaths frombubonic plague in San Francisco.

Frank P. Blair buys coal lands in Illi-nois for St. Paul concern.SPORTING—

Robert E. Burke, of Chicago, comes toSt. Paul to buy the local baseball fran-chise.

University basketball team arrangesgame with "Silent Five," of New York,

LOCAL—

Canvassing board reports to governorthe vote on the division of Beltrami andPolk counties, which will result in thecreation of two new counties.

Many rare and picturesque felines areexhibited at the cat show which openedyesterday.

Half a dozen saloonkeepers indicted onthe charge of keeping disorderly housesare aiTaigned.

Ten-year-old boy found wandering onthe streets, cold and hungry, sings Christ-mas songs in the police station.MINNEAPOLIS—

Mrs. A. A. Ames, wife of Dr. Ames,writes a letter home from New Hamp-shire to a friend in Minneapolis, sayingthat her husband has little or no moneyand is in a critical condition.

Name of man murdered in ProspectPark by footpads believed to be JohnUlstead, of Montana.

HURON OPERA HOUSE BURNED.

Several 3usiness Men Are Victims—TheInsurance Small.

Special to The Globe.HURON, S. D., Dec. 17.—The Grand

Opera house, owned by W. L. Miner,was burned .tonight. Loss $25,000. Onlysmall insurance. The first floor was oc-cupied by Nels Paulson, merchant tailor,and B. N. Healey, bakery and confec-tionery. They saved most «f their goods.In the second story was Dr. Wood'soffice. He lost part of his library, in-struments and furnishings. Adjoiningwas the Western Union Telegraph office.All the instruments and fixtures were de-stroyed. North Brothers' Theater com-pany was playing in the house thisweek. Much of its special scenery, ward-robes, etc., was lost. Most of the in-surance on the opera house expired afew days ago. Fire originated in thefurnace room.

Boy Shot Accidentally.Special to The Globe.

VERNON CENTER, Minn., Dec. 17.—Lester Cole, sixteen years old, son ofAbe Cole, accidentally shot himself to-day, dying instantly. Father and sonwere cutting wood near their home. Theboy took his rifle along to hunt. Mr.Ccle found him a few minutes later lyingbeside a stump with bullet hole in hishead.

Leaves University of Michigan.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 17.—KenyonT. Butterfield, instructor in rural so-ciology at the University of Michigan,has accepted the position of president ofthe Rhode Island State College of Agri-culture and Mechanical Arts. He will as-sume his new duties April 1.

Wisconsin Bank Insolvent.

MADISON. Wis., Dec. 17.—State BankExaminer Bergin today closed the Bankof Westby. Vernon county, finding it in-solvent. It is a private .bank owned byCarl O. Brye, with $6,000 capital stock.Its last published report showed about$138,000 of deposits; total resources, $171,---939.19, and $7,000 surplus.

Murder at Winona.WINONA, Minn., Dec. 17.—Frank

Ratza, aged forty years, died at hisfather's home here today. He was slug-ged by unknown persons Tuesday eveningand frightfully beaten about the head onhis way home from a saloon. There is noclue to the assailants.

Large Gold Bullion Shipment.DEADWOOD, S. D., Dec. 17.—A ship-

ment of cold bullion worth {185,904.64,has just been made by the United Statesassay office in Deadwood to the mint inPhiladelphia. It was one of the largestconsignments the Deadwood office hasevor sent.

BUFFALO, N. T., Dec. 17.—Authen-tic corroboration of the press dis-patches has been received at the bish-op's palace in Delaware avenue to theeffect that the congregation of thepropaganda at Rome has proposed tothe pope the appointment of BishopQuigley to be archbishop of the arch-diocese of Chicago.

The selection of Bishop Quigley wasdecided on in the face of the united op-position of the provincial bishops of thearchdiocese of New York. The ap-pointment, however, if confirmed, car-ries him to the fourth greatest arch-diocese in the world, excelled in pop-

SOUTHRONS WOULD CONTROLMovement to Have That Element Dominate the Next Dem-

ocratic National Convention.

Special to The Globe.WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 17.—An

effort is being made to have a confer-ence of the Democratic leaders of the

South with a view to dominating thenext Democratic national convention.For several months various Northernnewspapers have been printing edi-torials along that line, professing to

believe that the time had come for theSouth to resume its old-time ascend-ency in national Democratic politics.

Believing this view to be a represent-ative one in the North, several promi-nent men in various Southern stateswere ready to take it up and espouseit. Among these were Joseph Bryan,

the Richmond millionaire. He wrotepersonal letters to every prominent Vir-ginian reciting the fact that this- effortwould be made throughout the Southand stating that it would be well forVirginia to take the initiative on the

conference. He asked his correspond-ents to give him their opinions -On theproposition and to say if they wouldtake part in the conference. Ifsuch aconference were to be held the ideawould be to select a man for the pres-idency and then go to the national con-vention* pledged to that man. It wouldalso adopt various planks to go into th&platform. If the movement material-ized and a delegation went to the con-vention to control it the opinion is ex-pressed that ft would be fatal to thehope of Democratic victory in 1904.Those who advocate this movementlook at it in a different light. Theyurge that more than three-fourths ofthe electoral votes given to the Demo-cratic candidate in 1896 and 1900 werefrom the South, and hold that the rep-resentation in -the councils of the par-ty ought to be measured by the numberof votes cast in the electoral college.

It is on this ground that they will in-sist on Southern control of the nextconvention.

REPUBLICANFINANCIAL BILL

National Banks May IssueNotes Without Issuing^

United States Bonds.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 17.—Rep-resentative Fowler, chairman of thehouse committee on banking and cur-rency, today introduced a bill whichwas drawn by him in accordance withthe views of the Republican membersand which will be urged instead of thecurrency bill reported to the house atthe last session.

The bill provides that "any nationalbank may, with the approval of thecomptroller of the currency, take outfor issue and circulation an amont ofnational bank notes not exceeding 25per cent of its paid up and unimpair-ed capital without depositing UnitedStates bonds with the United Statestreasury in the manner provided byexisting law.

"That said national bank notes shallbe furnished by the United States atthe expense of the respective banks is-suing them and shall be of the denom-inations of $10 and multiples thereof.

"That before any national bank shallreceive any of the bank notes referredto in this act it shall first deposit in thetreasury of the United States as aguaranty of the payment thereof anamount of United Statas bonds or goldcoin, or both, equal to 5 per cent ofthe amount of the notes so taken outand such deposit shall be counted asa part of the lawful reserve of saidbank against said notes. The interestupon said bonds shall, be paid to thebank so depositing them and. if saidbank shall retire said circulation or anyportion thereof, an amount of bonds-or gold coin, or both, equal to 5 percent of the -notes required shall bereturned to said banks, provided, how-,ever, that if it should be necessary tosell the bonds for the purpose ;define&in this act,- the secretary of the treas-ury is hereby authorized to dispose

of the same and use the proceeds inaccordance with the provisions of lawherein contained." - r

A tax of one-quarter of one per centis to be paid on the first days of Jan-,vary and July of each year in gold ofthe average amounts of such notes incirculation during the preceding sixmonths, which tax, together with the5 per cent deposited, shall constitute aguarantee fund. These notes shall bea lien upon the assets of the banks is-,suing them. Provision is made for theredemption of the notes and the pro-tection of the United States in case abank fails.

BILL AUTHORIZING ISSUEOF EMERGENCY CURRENCY

Senator r Depew Suggests r ';Provision-_v~"^VAgainst Monetary Stringency. ,

\u25a0 WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 17.—Sen-ator Depew today introduced a bill au-thorizingJ the issuance £of J emergency cur-

;rency sby the treasury department. ? It;provides »that such :currency shall ;be Isup-;plied to : any national bank with 'a capital:of not less than $50,000 to the extenf'of50 -per cent of bank's capital. The extra*

: capital, however, is to be supplied onlyin••'case ~i ofSa t stringency.g in £ the S market

; sufficientlyiserious | to if! jeopardize *values:and 5 imperil\u25a0>£ the >' commercial •* and busi-ness interests of :the country.;-:-r^ -y^f.-\u25a0"\u25a0."\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 :--~: .." ".'!'-" .'-' J''"^!'~-7~rC "'^i:,'^y,---'$ -/ -^4, -";.Passed >by the Senate. \.: : JCs-;i: WASHINGTON, D. C, ,'Dec. -; 17.—Thesenate 5today passed * the \u25a0 pension appro-priation Hbill. >l' Iticarries % $139,847,000. An

: urgent \u25a0", deficiency bill '< also ,' was «S passed.The s amount carried by this bill-is $1--148.400. > and : includes ian item %ofi$500,000;to |enable |the |secretary of| agriculture J,to 1

stamp sout S the foot and 5 mouth disease;which has become « epidemic: in ithe NewEngland 1states. Adjourned till? Saturday.:•:->:>\u25a0-\u25a0" \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-:y-.-;^:V-' - :T^..^-;vf.-.;::o:---:-..i-:r.

THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1902.— TEN PAGES.

ARCHBISHOPRIC FOR QUIGLEYBuffalo-Prelate Is Slated to Succeed the Late Archbishop

Feehan,

CARACAS, Dec. 17.—1t has been de-cided that the Venezuelan difficultyshall be arbitrated, and the discus-sion of terms of settlement is now go-

ing on. United States Minister Bowenundoubtedly will be one of the arbi-trators.

The government fears that coercivemeasures will follow the establishment

of the blockade.The awakening of the Venezuelan

people to the present situation of theircountry is accompanied by feelings ofbitterness and sorrow. Their fleet hasbeen destroyed, and -their pride hasbeen deeply wounded, but they are re-signed to accept the affront which they

consider has been offered them by theallies.

Whole Country a Camp.During the last ten days President

Castro -toas acted with extraordinaryenergy. He has transformed the en-tire country into a vast camp, havitigraised more than 40,000 men, whom hehas well armed, equipped and trans-ported from every direction to LaGuaira and Puerto Cabello, in the ex-pectation that the allies would attempt

to land at one or both of these points.

But there has been a change of feel-ing, and prominent men of Venezuelawho were at one time ready to lead thepeople in defense of their country nowconsider that justification to take themen of the republic away from theirfamilies and their work does not exist.They have resolved to discover a meansto bring about arbitration, or at leasttreat with the allies. The meanssought is thought to lie through theUnited States legation, and satisfactoryresults are on every hand expected tofollow.

A member of the ministry said:"The United States has not prevent-

ed the allies from assailing us.-hut ithas obliged the mto accept our terms."

Demand of Business Men.The leading citizens of Caracas to-

day addressed a joint^note to President

ulation and wealth only by the arch-dioceses of Paris, Breslau and NewYork.

The papal brief of appointment isnot expected to reach Buffalo withinless than four weeks. On its arrivalBishop Quigley immediately will be-come the archbishop de facto of Chi-cago and administrator of the archdio-cese. The Very Rev. M. P. Connery,vicaf general cf the diocese of Buffalo,will become the temporary adminis-trator of this diocese pending the ap-pointment ofan administrator by Arch-bishop Farley. Then, it is expected, asuccessor to Bishop Quigley will bechosen.

SHARP STRUGGLEOVER CORN

Pool Operating in ThreeCities Conies to

Grief.

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—Bulls and bearsof the Chicago Board ofiTrade 3 had a.sharp and decisive struggle over De-cember corn today. W. W. McCleary &Co. ;:failed •to respond tormargin Xcallsand I: the ! so-called .';blmd pool," headedby Thomas A. Clear-^e, of St. Louis,suffered a severe \u25a0\u25a0 setback. Decembercorn \u25a0 receded almost 6 cents during theday and showed "a break of : about 11cents since earlier :in the; month. ~fiHi:A

JT:Mr. McCleary declared v that he would 'pay '\u25a0\u25a0 dollar for dollar .and i. that he willIprobably: be ready for.business tomor-row. He said that his order to haveall his transactions closed was forcedupon him because -of? excessive S calls

• upon him [ for margins. Mr. McCleary\u25a0is a brother-In of Mr. Cleage. ; Mr.:.Cleage's pool has about 8,000 1 members.He is operating" in ;. St. Louis, iKansas*City and Chicago and at one time Is •

said to have ha* as much as 11,000,000bushels ,of corn in these three marketsof which \u25a0 4,000,0(M) busjne'ls was in Chi- \u25a0

cago. ;^j^' --.tz.?:: i?4- >!-'f.-,:--- '\u25a0'\u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0:\u25a0'-:\u25a0:'\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0r- -i>;-. mt ~

BLAIR BUYINGGOAL LANDS

St. Paul Man Denies Connec-tion With the Burling-

ton Railroad.

St SPRINGFIEIiD, 111., Dec. 17.—FrankP. Blair; of-."Str. Paul, Minn., is in the •

vicinity of Carlim-ille and 'Girard, clos-: ing up the deals which shave been re"

: cently made by" his !\u25a0;'several '-ll agents •who gSaveSrfor^everafv' months past

been securing-options of coal tlands. *Mr.. Blair declared he is not % con- =

' nected with the Burlington railroad,but that he represents'a new concern:in St. Paul which purposes Hto pur- •

chase from twenty to thirty thousand! acres ;of ;coal \ lands :in'Cacoupin county:and: locate and sink five shafts at onceand others in due time. He has taken 1

about ¥25,000 acres "of options 3of tcoalrights, with an average i of?i $13 peracre. The Jmajority of the shafts =willbe : sunk ;near Girard. - - '

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EARTHQUAKE DESTROYS A TOWN."" ' \u25a0 j IN RUSSIAN TURKESTAN

!

Andljan, With 30,000 Inhabitants, ReportedWiped Oift.,

ASKABAD, Russian Turkestan, Dec. 17.—The town of Andrjan, Ferghana govern-ment, was totatfy destroyed by an earth-quake yesterday. The number of fatali-ties is not yet ascertained. The popula-tion is threatened with starvation.

Andijan is seventy-three miles fromKhckand. It had a population of about30,000. ,

Minars,' Union President Arrested.TEIXURIDE. -tJol., Dec. 17.—Vincent

St. John, president of the Miners' union,is one O- the men indicted for participa-tion in the riot at the Smngler-Unionmine in July, 1901, in which two menwere killed and five wounded. He wasarrested today. The indictments chargehim with attempt to murder and rob-bery. He was released on bail.

PAYNE DOESN'TPRESS COMPLAINT

Details of AfiairThat StirredColored Society Not

Aired in Court

Pullman Porter George Moker willnot be punished for assaulting WilliamMontgomery Payne, the young color-ed man who promised to marry Moker'sdaughter, assisted in addressing the in-vitations which were sent out for thewedding, and then wedded another girlon the same evening that his marriageto Miss Bessie Moker was to takeplace.

The case, after being continued sev-eral times, was called in police courtyesterday afternoon, and more than ahundred members of St. Paul's coloredaristocracy were present to hear thescandal aired in court. They weredoomel to disappointment, however,for before the case had proceeded farenough to become interesting, Payne

announced his willingness to withdrawthe complaint and Judge Hine placedMoker on probation until next June,the father of the jilted girl saying

that he had no further desire to dobodily injury to the young,,man hehad, until so recently, expected to haveas his son-in-law.

On the witness stand William Mont-gomery Payne admitted that he hadbeen engaged to marry Miss Moker,and it was still his intention to wed herwhen he went East, shortly before theday set for the ceremony. Soon afterhis departure from the city he wrote toW. E. Howell, his partner in the tail-oring business, that he would have toborrow some money before the mar-riage could take place, and requested

that Howell have the wedding post-poned, the date having originally beenset for Nov. 29. The wedding trous-seau was completed, and the invitationshad been mailed, and it was with somedifficulty that arrangements were madefor the postponement.

A week later Payne returned to thecity with a bride he had married inMilwaukee, and on the very same night

and hour that he was to have wed theSt. Paul girl. This action on the part

of Payne did not meet with the appro-val of George Moker, and that gentle-man proceeded to the tailor shop atSixth and Jackson streets, wherePayne was at work, and demonstratedhis ability as a successful scrapper,whereupon Payne caused a warrant tobe sworn out for Moker's arrest upona charge of assault and battery. Theaffair created a scandal in colored so-ciety, and Payne and his Milwaukeebride were ostracised.

Resolutions were drawn up con-demning Payne's actions, and an.at-tempt was made to have them "adoptedat a meeting of the Men's Sunday clublast Sunday. The meeting was held atthe St. James African M. E. church,

and when the pastor objected to sucha procedure in the church, the meetingwas adjourned, after heated discussion.

The members of the club declarethat the" resolutions will be adopted,

and for this purpose a meeting hasbeen called for next Sunday afternoon,to be held at the Twin City hall, Dalestreet and Universityavenue. The meet-ing will be held at 3 o'clock in theafternoon and promises to be an in-teresting event. For the occasipn, Har-"vey Burke has prepared a paper on"The Standard of Man," which will beread at the meeting and later dis-cussed by the members, after whichthe resolutions which failed of passagelast Sunday will again be introduced.

PRICE TWO CBX?3. Srvl'cKr*

ARBITRATION OF THE VENEZUELANTROUBLE IS DECIDED UPON

Business Interests of the South American Republic Favors PeacefulSettlement—The United States Credited With Having Obliged

the Allies to Accept the Terms of Venezuela—Min-ister Bowen Will Probabj Be an Arbiter.

Castro asking him to give full powersto United States Minister Bowen toeffect a termination of the presentdifficulty.

This note was transmitted to Presi- jdent Castro at 1 o'clock this afterno&n.It is signed by all the leading mer-chants, bankers and agriculturists ofCaracas. It reflects truly the consen-sus among the business element of thiscity. The men who signed; the notewill meet to discuss ways and meansof obtaining money with which Vene-zuela can meet her obligations, as wellas the guarantees which it will be pos-sible to offer to her creditors. The notesays:

"In view of the acts of violence al-ready committed and of the absoluteimpotence of Venezuela to meet forcewith force in response to the allied ac-tion of Germany and Great Britain,in view of the fact that Venezuela hasexhausted all the means required bycivilization and diplomacy to put anend to the present situation, and thegovernment and the people of Vene-zuela having complied honorably andworthily to the demands of nationalhonor, we consider, with all due re-spect, that the moment to yield toforce has arrived.

"We therefore respectfully recom- !mend that full powers be given to the .minister of the United States of NorthAmerica, authorizing him to carry outproper measures to terminate the pres-ent conflict in the manner least pre-judicial to the interests of Venezuela."

There are over 200 signatures.

TO AID MINISTER BOWEN

Two United States Naval Officers Order-ed to Caracas.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 17.—Thefollowing cablegram was sent today bythe navy department to Admiral Dewey,in command of the combined fleets, ad-dressed to San Juan:

"Send competent officer with dispatchin torpedo boat destroyer or other ves-sel to Caracas as assistant to Americanminister."

The following cablegram also was sentto Commander Diecht, of the Marietta,now lying at Guaira:

"Send Van Dusen (executive officer ofthe Marietta) as assistant to the Ameri-can minister temporarily."

The officer from Dewey's fleet will re-lieve Lieutenant Commander Van Dusen,who is only an hour distant from Cara-

It was stated at the navy depart-ment that one reason for sending officersto Caracas was the f^et that Mr. Bowenis almost overwhelmed with the workimposed upon him by his many charges.He has nearly all of the English resi-

PAYS FINES BUTMAKES MONEY

Witness in Blind Pig CaseAdmits That He Ac-

cepted Money.

Leonard Stockwell, who last weekswore out a warrant for the arrest ofLouis Stein, the alleged proprietor ofa "blind pig" in the Midway district,charging the latter with assault, andthen failed to appear in court Tues-day morning when the case was calledfor trial, admitted in court yesterdaythat he had been paid $100 by Stein toremain away from court and not pros-ecute the oase.

Upon his failure lo appear Tuesday,Assistant County Attorney O'Neillstated that he believed Stockwell hadbeen "fixed," and attachments were is-sued for him, with the result that hewas in court yesterday on a charge ofcontempt.

"Why were you not here yesterday?"asked Judge Hine of the prisoner.

"I don't believe in taking the law ona man. Itold Stein if I could get himout some place I would smash hisface, and that would be satisfactionenough for me," replied Stockwell.

"Is that the only reason you werenot here?" asked Mr. O'Neill.

"Well, he gave me $100 if I wouldnot prosecute, and I thought that waspretty good."

"I will fine you $20 for contempt ofcourt," said the judge.

Alex. Hansen, another witness in thecase, who failed to put in an appear-ance at the trial, was also in courtyesterday. Judge Hine assessed him$10.

Stockwell paid both fines, remarkingthat he was still $70 to the good onthe transaction.

dents in Caracas domiciled fn the Amer!-"' can legation and is feeding them from! his own table. As for the torpedo boat

destroyer it is pointed out that it willserve as a dispatch boat to keep Mr.Bowen in touch with the nearest cablestation to La Gunira, which can berelied upon to transmit messages toWashington in case the La Guaira, cable is cut as an incident to the block-ade.

DEFERENCE TO UNITED STATES

Premier Balfour Ridicules the Idea of aPeaceful Blockade.

I LONDON, Dec. 17.—"1f the seizureof Venezuelan gunboats does not result

! as we all hope it will, it will be neces-sary to proceed to a blockade."

! The speech in the house of commonstoday in which Premier Balfour made

1 the above statement, conveyed the im-pression of possible, though as yet un-necessary, further hostilities, but thatalso arbitration might be accepted. Im-mediately after having spoken thesewords the premier said that in the event'of a blockade no difference would .be]made in the ships of neutral powers who iwould not be consulted. He ridiculed theidea of a peaceful blockade, and said:

I "I think it quite likely that the UnitedStates government would not think thereis such a thing as a pacific blockade, andI nersonallv take the same view that

| evidently a blockade does involve a state'of war'

I Throughout the discussion the tenor ofquestions and answers showed regard •for the views of the United States.

Revolutionists' Fight On.PORT OF SPAIN, Dec. 17.—Senor Ro-jas' agent of the Venezuelan revolution- '\u25a0\u25a0

ists denies the report that they havejoined common cause with Castro against ithe allies. On the contrary, according toreports received, the government troopsunder Gen. Velutini have been twice de-feared by the revolutionists, first at LaGuaira, and lated at El Chico, where theywere completely routed and fled in disor-der. Moreover, it is reported from Alta'Gracia that Gen. Rolando, at the head of6,000 revolutionists, is marching on Cara-cas, with the object of capturing the cityand overthrowing Castro. The rebels inTrinidad believe that if Rolando's move-

ment proves successful, he will eltct a newpresident who will treat with England'and Germany, and thus quickly end thedifficulty.

Isn't This Wild?PARIS, Dec. 18.—The Caracas corre-

spondent of the Matin says:"It is announced that the allies intend

to bombard Fort San Carlos, in the eulfof Maracaibo, today."

Italian Cruiser Sent.HOME, Dec. 17.—The Italian cruiser

Agordat has been ordered to proceed atonce to Venezuela.

HARD GOAL WILL -COST TEN PER

St. Paul Is Not in a Positionto Demand Anything of

Coal Barons.

Ten dollars a ton for hard coal is al-most a certainty in St. Paul this win-ter. Other cities in the Northwest, notso well provided with railroad facili-ties, may have to pay more.

STREET RAILWAYCONSOLIDATION

All Lines in Omaha, SouthOmaha and Council

Bluffs Affected.

Hard coal is a decidedly scarce arti-cle in the Northwest just now, and ac-cording to the local dealers, St. Paul'swinter supply depends entirely on therailroads. "It is up to them," onedealer pertinently remarks, "and what-ever rate they exact the consumer willhave to pay."

How consumers in St. Paul are fix-ed was evidenced yesterday when onelocal dealer exhausted a small consign-ment in less than four hours. The officewas crowded with people, and the an-nouncement that it was nut coal foundseveral eafcer to buy the entire ship-ment. Each was confined to onev andtwo tons, and by this method the ship-ment was made to fill a small void inmany cellars. No telephone orderswere taken. In order to give all achance the customers were madeto get in line, and loud was the bewail-ing when late comers found they wereshut out. Another shipment is ex-pected Saturday, and a similar sceneis expected.

While denied in some quarters, thewholesalers say the supply at thedocks at Duluth is very limited, andthey expert daily to receive word thatthe bunkers are empty. Some of thewholesalers have no hard coal what-ever at Duluth.

This means all-rail coal, direct fromPennsylvania, and when that [ time "\u25a0 ar- i.

\rives i the price will go up. The dealers, are now asking; $8.75 a ton, but when hthe freight: is added it will not be acent under $10 a ton. Even then an ob-jstacle in the | shape -of;no cars: may ; in-terfere. There is lots of coal ready tof;ship, but cars are not available. --?\u25a0!? v'i^An's: odd ir-feature r*of*jthe '{\u25a0:preseniscarcity is that many .thousand tons ol ~

\u25a0 the ;hard Iproduct; are itied :up at Ithe-canal atiSault s Ste. \ Marie. Ice closed Hthis avenue =several days'- ago, and the $."Soo" line will benefit as a result. The aclosing of; this •canal * prevents iany coal Sreaching . Duluth ;by steamer. .': '\u25a0'- : If-

The local ? coal companies ;h paint ;*'a ';-rather ?gliomy winter <for the 1North-ft:west, as far as the hard product : is con-cerned, but :there \u25a0 are T others Tmore :san-guine. They look for a stiffIfigure" foi|s:all black diamonds, :but say ' there wills.be ; plenty of;them. .;•-^"fi";r.i'J.'-\i^f'jT-

EXCHANGE OF PUBLIC ARID - \u25a0 jrfj^LANDS FOR PRIVATE ACRE*

Representative Bill to Be Re- -ported yFavorably. _ \u25a0' ' : ' .

WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 17.—Th« ;::! house ? committee son public a lands todat ;'author = a favorable ] report on : the bill \u25a0-:

Introduced iby -Representatile i Miller, o)

'\u25a0\u25a0Kansas, : affecting *lands within ;-the jllmitl..of railway land \u25a0 grants in the arid ;regions ~The bill t authorises ;> the t secretary of th( :;

; Interior to| exchange vacant public ; lands, : z\'arid! or semi-arid, not \u25a0 mineral ;or timbere* rtlands, and ? not ? required . for tpublic;pun "^n poses, for ( private '• lands in jlike| area anj ncharacter in the alternate sections gi-antej r ;to irailway' companies. The -bill limits 1 thfexchange" so that 'public lands | neither ca» Hbe increased nor jdiminished in each coun- -ty.

OMAHA,Neb., Dec. 17.—The plan forthe consolidation of all the street rail-ways of Omaha, South Omaha andCouncil Bluffs was made public today.

The system will comprise the entire

street car system of Omaha and SouthOmaha; the Omaha & Council BluffsBridge line, "which operates the streetrailways of Council Bluffs and the LakeManawa and Court Beach suburbanlines; tbe consolidated lines compriseing 200 miles of track.

The capital of the new company willbe $6,000,000. Frank Murphy, present

head of the Omaha system, will bepresident of the new company. Theconsolidation will be financed by Selig-

man & Co., of New York, and takescontrol Jan. 1.

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