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_ SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF BRITAIN AND VENEZUELA. - THE AGREEMENT IS MADE GOOD. f * fllr Julian Pauncefote and Senor .Jose Andrade Attached Their Signatures To the Important Document. A Washington special says: The Anglo-Y r enezuelan arbitration treaty was signed by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, and Senor Jose Andrade, the Venezuelan minis¬ ter in the office of Secretary Olney, at the state department, Tuesday after¬ noon, signalizing the amicable termi¬ nation of a controversy that has lasted nearly a century, as well as the resump¬ tion of diplomatic negotiations be¬ tween two countries which had been suspended for ten years. The British ambassador, accompa¬ nied by Mr. Henry Outram, Bax Iron¬ side, attache of embassy, reached the department just before 2 o’clock, and a few moments later the Y r enezuelan minister appeared with Mr. Manuel M. Ponte, Jr., secretary of legation, and Mr. James J. Storrow, the counsel of Y'enezuela before the commission and the arbitral tribunal. Senor Andrade brought with him a magnificent pen with which the im- portant document was subsequently signed. It was sent to him by his brother, who, it is universally con- ! ceded, will be the next president of the Y'enezuelan republic, and to whom it will be returned as a It consisted of a gold pen fastened in a holder made from an eagle’s bill, bearing midway from its tip a gold heart thickly encrusted with diamonds. While the two plenipotentiaries were formally exchanging their credentials the copies of the treaty which was printed, were carefully prepared by Mr. Bax-Ironside and Mr. Criddler, chief of the diplomatic bureau of the state department, who had made all the drafts of the document and printed the copies. These were in the English language, Spanish not being used, although the tongue of Ytenezuela, the only differ- euee being that in the Ytenezuelean copy that country is mentioned always first and the British vice versa. The British ambassador signed “Julian Pauncefote” to both copies, •Senor Andrade following affixed his signature and Mr. Crindler afllxed ! their respective seals. The formalities having been quickly completed, there tsas. a general ex- change of congratulations, which were 1 pressed upon Secretary Olney with particular cordiality, and before 5 o’clock the negotiators had returned to their official residences. Will Represent England. Advices from London state that it is officially announced that Baron Her- achell, formerly lord high chancellor of England, and Right Hon. Sir Rich¬ ard Henn Collins, a justice of the queen’s bench division of the high court of justice, have been chosen as the representatives of Great Britain on the Y'enezuelan arbitration commission, FIGHTING IN GAUTEMALA. Details of the Revolution Cannot be Ob- tained Owing to Censorship. A . dispatch .. . , to . the ,. New „ York . TT Herald ... from Panama says: The Herald correspondent in Mana- gna, Nicaragua, telegraphs that a rev- olution has broken out in Guatemala. Details are as yet unobtainable. Pres- ident Zetaja, of Nicaragua, attempted to get a report from President Barrios »s to the exact nature of the crisis in Ouatemala, but thus far without suc¬ cess. The Gautemalan government, it is reported, has established a censorship over the cable office at San Jose. This goes far to confirm the report that an insurrection is in progress. STREET RIOTS IN MADRID. Authorities Resign Recatise They Can't Quell Disorder. Serious strikes and street riots have occurred at Madrid, Spain, according , to dispatches. There have been mani- festations before the town hall, win- dows broken and many fires have been made. The municipal authorities 4>ave resigned owing to their inability to Suppress the disturbance, and mar- tial law has been proclaimed. Jones Re-Elected Senator. John P, Jones was re-elected as United States senator by the Nevada legislature Tuesday. In the senate the vote was: Jones, 12; McMillan, republican, 2; Fitzgerald, 1. The vote in the assembly stood: Jones, 28; Mc¬ Millan, 2. _ Crew Drowned at Sea. Advice* from Copenhagen state that while the crew of a life boat were try¬ ing to rescue the crew of a fishing boat in the North sea off* Haarboore, Jutland, the life boat was capsized and all hands on board, twelve in number, were drowned. LEAD COMPANY FAILS. The Liabilities Placed at SI, 400,000—Re¬ ceiver In Charge. The Pennsylvania Lead company, at Pittsburg, went into the hands of a receiver Tuesday. The liabilities are about $1,400,000. The application for a receiver was made by George A. Griscom, as tens- tee and H. E. Anderson, who set forth in the bill that the defendant company is indebted to Griscom in the amount of $968,000, and that Anderson holds 100 shares of its capital stock at a pw value of $100. GOOD ROADS CONGRESS. Chairman Palmer Call* the Session to Or¬ der at Orlando, Fla. The good roads congress was opened at Orlando, Fla., Tuesday morning. Hon w L - Palmer, chairman of the i i oc*', and Hon. Robert Yl. Davis, of ialatka, Second districts congress- man ' e,eot > made aQ address of - el - come. Mr. YV. R. O Nea., president of the cd 7 council of Orlando, extended the hospitality Mayor of the city on behalf of Parramour. Hon. Henry Foster, of Clifton Springs, N. Y r ., was elected temporarv chairman, and W. A. White, of Orlando, temporary secretary. Committees on permanent organize- tion, credentials and programme was appointed, and the congress adjourned until Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. The committee on programme met lowing immediately and formulated the fol- subjects for discussion: “Best method of arousing public interest and educating the public mind in getting good highways, including co-operation and needed legislation, S to be opened by a flf teen-minute speech byW. M. Bennett, of Lake county, Florida, and followed 1 y five-minute speeches by delegates. “The construction of roads and the best material for good roads,” to be introduced by General Rov Stone, of Washington, D. C., and followed by a general discussion. Delegates from most of the Florida counties and from the following states were present at the opening session: North Carolina, Michigan, Massachu- setts, District of Columbia, Idaho, YY T est Virginia, Iowa, Illinois YViscon- sin, Virginia, Minnesota, Pennsylva- nia, Kentucky ‘ and Indiana. ML LTI-MURBERER CAPTURED. Frank Butler Tracked 6,000 Miles and Is Now in Irons. George Edward Butler, alias Ashe, the murderer, whose arrival on the ship Swanhilda was so long expected, i s now i n the San Francisco jail, hav- i ng been followed by detectives from Australia and captured on his arrival, Butler is believed to have committed a greater number of murders than anv criminal of the century. The record of his crimes among the Blue Moun- tains of Australia is inconceivablv hor- r ible and shows him to be a fiend* with- out a human instinct or emotion, His scheme of crime was unique, He selected for his victims men who had come among the Australian colo- n i s t s in search of gold. They were mostly unknown men concerning whose disappearance it was extremely unlikely that inquiry would be made, These men he would lure into the mountains upon the pretense of show- i ng them a valuable mineral vein, YVhen he had led them beyond the limits of human habitation ‘he would induce them to take axe and shovel and dig into the earth, YY T hen the hole was big enough to serve as the digger’s grave Butler, from behind, would deliberately end their life by a pistol shot or a knife, STATE CAPITOL BURNED. Pennsylvania Legislature in Sessisn and Quickly Adjourned. Fire broke out Tuesday afternoon in the senate wing of the ‘Pennsylvania and‘at state capitol at Harrisburg, 1:30 o’clock the building was doomed, as the fire department was unable to con- trol the flames, The fire started in the rooms of Lieutenant Governor YValton Lyon, over the senate chamber, and it is supposed to have been started by an electric wire. The house was in session when the fl re was discovered and it quickly ad- journed. The members saw the prob- ability of the fire spreading and they began to save their belongings. The loss is placed at $1,000,000; in¬ surance $400,000. The loss to valuable records is great; they can never be re¬ placed. PROFITS TOO SMALL. First National Bank of Oaksdale, Wash., Will Quit Business. The First National bank at Oaks- dale, Y\ash., has posted the following notice on its doors: “At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of this bank, held January 12th, it was unanimously voted to go into voluntary liquidation. All depos- itors are requested to call and get their money.” This is the oldest bank in the place, and although it has had its share of business, the profits were small. TO FORTIFY SAVANNAH. Council Resolution Passed to Have Fort Pulaski Garrisoned. The Savannah, Ga , city council lias passed a resolution calling npon the secretary of war to have Fort Pulaski garrisoned and fortified for the defense of the city. The resolution was unani¬ mously adopted. Nevada Licenses Glove Contests. In the Nevada assembly a bill licensing glove contests has been pass¬ ed by a vote of 20 to 9. It is thought it will also pass the senate and be signed by the governor. YYATSON-BLACK CASE DISCUSSED. House Elections Committee Takes Contest Up But No Action Taken. A YY'ashington special says: House elections committee number one dis- cussed the Watson-Black contest case se ^ r al hours Tuesday, but came to no conclusion. , The committee will vote on the case Friday The only action definitely announced was the committee s declaration that there is a great mass of irrelevant tes- timony in the case, and that is regard- ed ^7 Major BlaoK s friends as being favorable to him. CONFERENCE Bill PI®. _ GOES THROUGH WITH ONLY FOUR NEGATIVE TOTES. - PRESIDENT WILL NftME DELEGATES, _ Full Text of the Chandler Bill as Amended and Finally Passed by the Senate. . _ , . gt<m . special . __ ^Yith * " a sni a says: , £ut four the the Chandler bl “ m negative, totl ! P^^ing e8 at 8n ? for international American monetary represen- <*®'«ence that “»7 be held passed the 8en8 “ F riday afternoon. The b,11 88 origmally drafted carries with it an ““endment (5*™g to the president 88oh # “aference, 8 provision which the republicans did not want engrafted “J* bul > but which they had to ta.wi. “at they ? r did not desire now such e S confer- emen en £ 0 t° materialize. The four negative votes were cast by A len ’ Pettl grew and Roach, extreme silver men, who declared they would no ‘ be P 8 ??’ *° 8n ? 1?“ unless 8obe “ e ’ 8nd b ? J ll8s Wisconsin Following is the text of the bill as 8m ead ? d8nd an8ll 7 P 8S8ed: A . bl *‘ to P r0 Tlde l 01 the representa- .. of tbe Um . ed St8t “ on ! es b r commls - Blon er3 at international . monetary any co ^ fer _ ence hereafter to be called Be it enacted by the senate and the bouse of: reprentatives of the United btates of American congress assembled that whenever after March 4, 1897 the president of the United States shall de- termine that he United States should be represented at any international conference called by the United States or any other country with a view- of relative value between gold and silver as between money by means of a common ratio these metals, with free coin- age at such ratio, he is hereby author¬ ized to appoint five or more commis¬ sioners to such international confer¬ ence ; and for compensation of said com¬ missioners and for all reasonable ex¬ pense connected therewith to be ap¬ proved by the secretary of state, in¬ cluding the proportion to be paid by the United states of the joint expense of any such conference, the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. Section 2. That the president of the United States is hereby authorized, in the name of the government of the United States, to call, in his discre¬ tion, such international conference to assemble at such point as may be agreed npon. The second section of the bill w-as an amendment presented by Mr. Ba¬ con, of Georgia, adopted and added to the bill as another section. An amend¬ ment presented by Mr. Cannon, of Utah, mandatory npon the president to call the conference, which is the object of the bill, to meet in YVashing- ton on or before October next, was tabled—41 to 8. AS ECKLES* SUCCESSOR Charlea G. Daw*, of Illinois, Is Promi¬ nently Mentioned. From information gathered from ap¬ plicants for the position who have talked to the president-elect on the subject, the Associated Press feels warranted in stating that Charles G. Daws, of Evanston, Ill., will be ap¬ pointed comptroller of the currency to succeed James H. Eckels, w r ho has made a great reputation in that posi- tion. The friends of Mr. Dawes believe he will fully sustain the high standard of the office and add national prestige to the position. He is at present a mem¬ ber of the national republican execu¬ tive committee and has achieved great success at the bar in Nebraska and in business circles in Chicago during the past three years. NO GOLD CONTRACTS. Oklahoma Legislature Passes Prohibitory Measures. The fusion democratic-populist leg¬ islature of Oklahoma has passed a bill prohibiting gold contracts in the ter¬ ritory; also one abolishing the militia, declaring it to be the instrument of a corrupt central government, used to protect corporations and oppress the people. The debate was very sensa¬ tional on both measures and even more radical things are expected. FAY'ORABLE FOR YVILSON. He May Get the Secretary of Agriculture Portfolio. James Wilson, of Iowa, who has been prominently mentioned in con¬ nection with the position of secretary of agriculture, arrived at Canton Fri- dav evening, and drove immediately to Mr. YIcKinlev s residence. Major Me- * Kinley, who knew Mr. Wilson when he was in congress, greeted him heart- ily, and they at once withdrew for a private conversation, which lasted more than an hour. Mr. YVilson in all probability will be offered and will ac¬ cept Ihe portfolio of agriculture. FOR ROUND COTTON BALES. Great Scheme Under Contemplation by Galveston Capitalists. It is learned from an authentic source that there is in contemplation at Galveston, Texas, in the near future of a stock company with an authorized capital of $5,000,000 having for its object the introduction and oppera- tion of cylindrical bale cotton com- presses throughout the cotton states, The company contemplates estab- lishing ginning and compressing plants at all points in the cotton growing dis- tricts, where it may expect to handle 10,000,000 bales during a season. PALATKA ARRAIGNED. The Alleged Train Wrecker’s Case Called and Postponed. Sam Palatka, the Pole who is charged with wrecking the Birmingham Min¬ eral train at the Cahaba river bridge on December 27, when the train went through ,h. bridge and -seven persons were killed, was arraigned before JndffP T t Bants in the circuit court at He was accompanied by his attorney. YYhen the prisoner came into court and the case was announced Solicitor Ferguson, who appeared for the state, stated that the original warrant on which the prisoner was arrested had been lost, and that there was no war¬ rant to try him on. The solicitor had drawn up another warrant, but no one had volunteered to swear to it. He recalled the law that prevented a so¬ licitor from swearing out a warrant. Deputy Sheriff Waldrop entered the room at this time and on the question stated that he had sworn out the orig¬ inal warrant. YVhere it now was he did not know. Chief Deputv Sheriff Warnock was called into court to explain matters, He said the warrant issued before Judge Banks had been taken to Geor¬ gia with the requisition papers and the governor of Georgia had kept the orig¬ inal warrant and issued one of his own instead. That second warrant was now in the possession of the court. Judge Banks remarked that the loss of the warrant was a very extraordina¬ ry circumstance. Chief Deputy Warnock suggested that he could not make the governor of Georgia “disgorge” papers. YVarnock was instructed to telegraph the governor at once for the original warrant issued by Judge Banks. In the meantime the trial was postponed. MR. GAGE TALKS. He Says the Country Shall Be Given a Business-Like Administration. Lyman J. Gage, who has accepted the offer of the secretaryship of the treasury in President-elect McKinley’s cabinet, arrived at Chicago from Can¬ ton Friday. YYhen asked as to what his course would be as secretary of the treasury, Mr. Gage said: “It will be my chief aim that the country shall be given a business-like administration, so far as the duties that devolve on the secretary of the treasury are concerned. My appoint¬ ments will be made with regard for merit and not political obligation.” Mr. Gage is now busy putting his affairs in shape for the severance of his connection with the First National bank. LIFE SENTENCE FOR ECHOLS. Convicted as the Murderer of Marshal Tid¬ well—Mercy (Recommended. The jury in the case of Lester Echols at Rome, Ga., returned a verdict of guilty of murder with a recommenda¬ tion. Echols was found guilty of shooting Marshal John R. Tidwell of Seney, and was sentenced to life im¬ prisonment. Lester Echols is 18 years old, be¬ longs to a prominent family and was well liked. He took the sentence coolly. Judge Candler commended the verdict as right. The defendant’s counsel gave notice that they would appeal for a new trial. GLICK AN IMPOSTER. ReprMCBtinj; Himself as Financial Agent of Republican League. D. D. YVoodmansee, president of the national republican league, while in YY’ashington the past week, was ad¬ vised that U. S. Glick, who had for- merly been connected with the na¬ tional republican league, and with national headquarters in Chicago last summer, was now traveling about the country soliciting funds and rep¬ resenting himself as financial agent of the league, as well as the agent and personal envoy of McKinley, Hanna, YVoodmansee and others. President YVoodmansee has had several inquiries about Glick, and replied that Glick had no connection with the league. FAMILY FROZEN IN ARKANSAS. Lowest Teinpature Than Was Ever Before Known In the State. A special from Little Rock, Ark., says that a family named Norton, con¬ sisting of father, mother and three children, froze to death Thursday night in their home near 31ount Ida, Montgomery county. That section of the state has suffered lower tempera¬ ture during the past few days than ever known before. A MINE DISASTER. One Killed Outright and Others are Seriously Injured. Edward Batson was instantly killed and ten others seriously injured, two probably fatally, at the Geotiga mine, near Flemington, YY . Y a. The mine’s mouth is 300 feet above the Baltimore and ollio railroad track, and the coal is sent down on an inclined railway, gravity of the loaded cars hauling U P th e empty ones on another track. Thirty miners were going up in the empty car when a loaded car broke loose, jumped the track and erashed into the up-going car. REPUBLICANS UNSEATED. Members of Nebraska Legislature are Charged With Bribery. The fusion majority in the lower house of the Nebraska legislature after an a ll day debate Saturday, remarka- ble at times for its bitterness, unseated the four republican members from Douglass county right‘of (Omaha) and con- firmed the the fusion contest- aii ts to the seats, The charge against the unseated members was that of bribery, buying of naturalization papers, the use a corruption fund and intimidation. ORGAN OF NATIONAL FARMERS’ ALLIANCE THINKS SO. SUSPICIONS ROUND COTTON BALES. Makes the Declaration that Corporations Are Hatching a Scheme to Control Gins and the Price of Cotton. The Progressive Farmer, the organ of the National Farmers’ Alliance, in its latest issue, says: “We have just learned of a gigantic and diabolical combine about to be effected to control the price of cotton. “The plan is to secure charters and establish gins with compress attach¬ ments at as many points as possible in the cotton states. The bales are to be round instead of square. Cotton buyers will co-operate and force farm¬ ers to have their cotton ginned at these new gins by refusing to pay as much for cotton put up in the ordinary way. This will compel the present owners of gins to go out of business. “The railroads will haul round bales cheaper than square bales. The cot¬ ton seed oil mills will, like the new gins and compresses, be located main¬ ly on railroad lines, and the seed men ■will always be on hand to get bargains, as many farmers would sell seed cheaper rather than haul them a long distance home. “To defeat this scheme it will re¬ quire the united efforts of all the farmers in the cotton states. It is probable application will be made for charters for such enterprises to the present and all legislatures held in the near future.” PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. Treasurv Cash Decreases Nearly Thirteen Millions During: January. The debt statement issued at Wash¬ ington Monday shows a net increase in public debt less cash in the treasury during January of S15,078,735. The interest-bearing debt decreased $140, and cash in the treasury decreased $12,957,959. The balance of the sev¬ eral classes of debt January 31st tvere: Interest-bearing debt, $847,364,750. Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,382,930. Debt bearing no interest, $374,623,- 057. Total, $1,223,370,737. The certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury outstanding at the end of the month were $595,075,573, an in¬ crease of $15,166,000. The total cash in the treasury was S858,553,010. The gold reserve was $100,000,000. Net cash balance, $115,362,430, In the month there was an increase in gold coin and bars of $7,183,139, the total at the close being $182,387,- 121 . Of silver there was increase of $4,120,764. Of the surplus there was in national bank depositories $16,573,- 729, against $16,159,153 at the end of the previous month. SUGGESTIVE MESSAGE Transmitted to Tennessee Legislature By Governor Taylor. Governor Taylor has sent a message to the Tennessee legislature covering several of the more important questions before that body and pro¬ mising a later message concerning minor points. He pledges himself to aid in every effort to redeem the pledges made. He says to preserve free government and popular liberty, the integrity of the ballot must be maintained at all hazards. He says it is alarming when political parties flood states with money to debauch the ballot box and then fill the associated press with slanders upon the people whom they have failed to corrupt, and the danger is augmented when the general assembly is invoked to reverse the result because a suffi¬ cient amount of money was expended in the campaign by the defeated party to justify them in the belief that they bought the state. Eckels’ Financial Views. The exchange of views between Comptroller Eckels and members of the banking and currency committee on financial questions was continued at YVashington Monday. Mr. Eckels expressed the opinion that the only way to solve the present financial con¬ dition would be through a proper bank¬ ing bill and a gold standard. Craighill Retired. General Craighill, chief of engineers, was retired Monday at his own request, and the president nominated Colonel John M. Wilson to succeed him, with the rank of brigadier general. Gen¬ eral Craighill has been eligible for re¬ tirement since July 1st, 1893, and would have been compulsorily retired July 1st, next. The Three Friends Case. The United States supreme court Monday granted the writ of certiorari asked by Attorney General Harmon in the case of the steamer Three Friends, and set the hearing for the third Mon' day in February, the 15th. STRIPES FOR BANK 1VRECKERS. President, Teller and Customer Sentenced to the Pen. At Denver, Col., Judge Hallett sen¬ tenced C. H. Dow, former president of the Commercial bank of that city, S. B. McClurken, teller, and Dr. O. E. Miller, a customer, and resident of Chicago, to the penitentiary at Leaven¬ worth, Kas., for wrecking the bank. Dr. Miller was sentenced to ten years, Dow seven years and McClurken five years. Far Outdone. 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I could haul my 500 crates of vegetables in thirty- five trips of four hours each, at a cost of $14. On the sand roads one horse is required seventy-one days to ship my crop, which is a longer time than the shipping season; hence I am com peled to keep two horses during the year, or hire from my neighbors at a busy time. The cost of keeping the second horse may be safely estimated at $2. So much of my time is used in my trips to town that during three months of the year I am compelled t«> hire an extra hand, which costs tue about $45. The foregoing items will suffice to show that bad roads cost on my ten acre crop $101.S0, being a tax of over $10 per acre. “SHE DRESSES WELL.” BUT HER CLOTHES OFTEN COVER A LIVING DEATH. Beauty I* the Shrine of Men’s Worship, ami Women Vie With Each Other to Make Themselves Attractive. The remark, “She dresses elegantly,” is a very common one in this age of wealth and progress. 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