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O > P3 2 PI C/3 > r r Pi > D > > z o PI VOLUME V. BLOCKADE IS LIFTED British and German Warships No Longer Manace Venezuela. ORDERS ARE PROMPTLY OBEYED Coming of Peace Causes Populace to Rejoice—Text of Protocols Signed by Powers are Made Public. A Washington special says: The official notice of the termination of the blockade of the Venezuelan ports, D?C:. essary to terminate the notice of bliTif!? aue conveyed in the original procla 1 *^- ' tions, reached the state department in the shape of a dispatch received Satur¬ day from the United States embassy ' Tit London, stating that the British for- ’ eign office had given it out that a ca¬ blegram had been sent to the British naval commander in Venezuelan wa¬ ters to raise the blockade. The German government also tele¬ graphed instructions for raising of the blockade of the Venezuelan coast. Protocols Made Public. The text of the protocols which were signed Friday night by Mr. Bow¬ en and the representatives of the al- lies were made public Saturday. With few exceptions the German- Italian protocols correspond with that of Great Britain. Germany, it is pro- e vided, is to receive $340,000, to be paid in five monthly installments, beginning March 15; whereas, Great Britain and Italy are to receive $27,500, the former the day the protocol is signed and the other sixty days from that date. To offset this increased advance pay¬ ment given to Germany, the following is provided in article 3, of the Italian protocol: “The Venezuelan government ac¬ cept, recognize and will pay the amount of the Italian claims of the .first rank, derived from the revolutions •of 1898-1900 in the sum of 2,810.255 bolivars. ‘ “It is expressly agreed that the pay¬ ment of the whole of the above Ital¬ ian claims of the first rank will be made without being the same claims or the same sums suomitted to the mixed commission and without any re- . vision or objection.” A special from Caracas says: Since 8 o’clock Saturday morning the Vene¬ zuelans had been awaiting impatient¬ ly the official intimation that the block¬ ade had been raised. They knew that the blockade was to be raised, but no notification came during the day. At half past 9 o’clock Sunday morn¬ ing the government inquired of the United States legation whether it had received any advices and received a reply in the negative. The government was puzzled until 11 o’clock, when the. news reached Caracas that the captain of the Tri¬ bune had notified the authorities at LaGuayra that the blockade was rais¬ ed. At 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon the Tribune left for Trinidad. The news from all the Venezuelan ports except Coro and Higuerote is that the foreign ships sailed away during the day. The government, immediately on receiving the news that the blockade had been raised, took military measures and sent troops in all directions to crush the revolution without giving the reb¬ els a moment’s respite. The people are wild with joy. There is great rejoicing among all classes at Willemsted, Curacao, over the end of the Venezuelyan blockade. Many sailing vessels that are lying in port with cargoes for Venezuelan ports will leave immediately. A number of steamers are leaving for same destina¬ tion. A great amount of coffee is awaiting transportation from Vene¬ zuela to the United States. "No one is apparently more glad at the raising of the blockade than those on board the blockading squadron. Smoot Causes More Talk. A Washington dispatch says. Hon. Reed Smoot, selator-elect from Utah, has added to the gayety of current dis¬ cussion by entertaining some negroes at a banquet he gave to celebrate the consummation of the deal between the republican leaders and the Mormon church. MOST ‘HORRIBLE” CRIME. Church Member Calls Preacher a Blank Fool and is Indicted. ‘ At Savannah, Ga., Friday afternoon, Charles Rossignol was indicted by the grand jury for calling Rev. A. R. Mil¬ ler. pastor of the Ciiristiun church, a d —n fool. The rather harsh language was used during a religious discussion. Rossignol who is a member of the church, was dissatisfied with some of the utterances cf Mr. Miller. FAST TRAIN WRECKED. New York and Florida Express Dashes Into an Open Switch. Train No. 33, the New York ar.u Florida, express of the Southern rail¬ way, ran into an open switch at Ra- vensworth, \ a., Saturday night. Fire¬ man Walter Wigginton, colored, wp.s Killed and Engineer Thomas Purvis is missing. So far as known, none of the passengers were seriously injured. * The switch was tampered with foi the purpose of wrecking the train. The switch light was missing and the loch Vas gone. HEPBURN AS LIAR. Sensational but "Harmless” Wordy Clash in House During Debate on Elkins Anti-Trust Bill. A Washington special says: Un¬ der the operation of a special order which cut off opportunity to offer amendments, the house, after a de¬ bate of an hour Friday, by a vote of 241 to G, passed the Elkins bill to pro¬ hibit rebates to shippers. The six members who voted against the bill frere democrats. Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, was present, but did not vote on either the rule or the bill. The democrats protested against the rigorous terms of the rule. It had been their purpose, they said, to offer the provisions of the Littlefield bill as an amendment to the bill. Mr. Dal- zell, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Overstreet, of Indiana, and Mr. I-Iepburn, of Iowa, practically announced that with the passage of the Elkins bill the anti¬ trust legislation for this session of congress would be complete. Cochran Gives Hepburn the Lie. During the debate, Mr. Cochran, democrat, of Missouri, branded one of Mr. Hepburn’s statement as a “de¬ liberate lie.” Contrary to the usual custom this strong language had no sequel. The clash between Mr. Coch¬ ran and Mr. Hepburn occurred while the latter was speaking of the charac¬ ter of measures the democrats had voted for. He said among other things that they had voted for a proposition under which it would have been pos¬ sible to fine the Pennsylvania rail¬ road $3,000,000 for a single act. They would, he said, stop at nothing labeled “anti-trust.” Then, while explaining the provisions of the pending bill, he denied a statement previously made by Mr. Cochran that the bill relieved individual officers of railroads. “I say there is no repeal from first to last in all this legislation”—he was saying when Mr. Cochran sought to interrupt him. “I prefer not to yield,” said Mr. Hepburn. Mr. Cochran: “The gentleman ought not to refer to the gentleman from Missouri if he does not want to yield.” Mr. Hepburn: “I ought to refer to the gentleman at any time when he deliberately misstates a proposition.” Mr. Cochran: “I brand that as a deliberate lie. I do not deliberately misstate the question.” Mr. Hepburn: “Then ignorantly. The gentleman can take cither posi- tion. I say there is no repeal of the present statute making culpable and responsible the individual under the interstate commerce law.” The remainder of the session was dvoted to the sundry civil appropria¬ tion bill, which was practically com¬ pleted. DIAMOND THIEVES NABBED. Stole $5,000 Worth of Gems in Tampa But Were Quickly Caught. Five thousand dollars’ worth of dia¬ monds were stolen from Adams’ jew- elry store, in Tampa, Fla., between 5 and 6 o’clock Friday afternoon. While the investigation was in prog- ress a patrolman entered the store and said he had two men spotted. Af¬ ter a search both men were found and arrested, One was identified by a man to whom he had attempted to sell a diamond a few minutes before, The other man was found in possession of one of the stolen rings. The men gave their names as Lawrence and Penn. RESPECT MONROE DOCTRINE. English Premier Shows Friendly Feel¬ ing Toward United States. Premier Balfour, in a speech at a luncheon given by the Conservative Club in Liverpool Friday, declared the British government had no choice but to take action against Venezuela. The ministers had shown no undue haste, no greed for money and no inhuman¬ ity. The United States government, he said, had been taken into the confi¬ dence of his majesty’s government at every stage of the proceedings. The Monroe doctrine bad no enemies in this country. Cuban soldiers' Pay Bill Passed. The Cuban senate Friday passed unanimously and without debate the soldiers’ pay bill. COL. POWERS NO MORE. Friend of Jefferson Davis, and Veter. an Railroad Man, Passes Away. Seriously injured while assisting in the removal of the body of his inti¬ mate friend President Jefferson D 3 ,- vis, to the funeral car which bore it to Richmond and an invalid ever since, •Colonel M. R. Powers, long the local representative of the Southern railroad in New Orleans, is i.ead. For the past ten or eleven years he has been a familiar figure on tho streets of the Crescent City rolled about in an invalid’s chair by a faithrul colored servant. TO CHANGE LAND LAWS. Senate Committee on Public Domain Favors the Quarles Bill. The senate committee on public lands Saturday, after an animated con¬ troversy, decided to favorably report Senator Quarles’ bill repealing the des¬ ert land law, and the commutation pro¬ vision of the homestead law, leaving only the straight five-year residence homestead law under which the public lands may be taken up for homes. CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDA Y. FEBRUARY 20. 1908. ALL FOR WHITE MEN Secretary Root Makes Sensational Speech in New York. f SAYS THE NEGRO IS DOOMED Declares White Men Oniy Will Hold Office and that Amendments to the Constitution Have Proven Utter Failures. At the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Union League Club' at New York Friday night Secretary of War Root made an address, in ivhicli he said: “After the civil war tho great ques¬ tion was, ‘What shall we do with the black man? and the answer was ‘Give him citizenship, «qual rights and the franchise and he will rise.' Three amendments were adued to the constitution, and I fear we will have lo face the conclusion that the expe- riiuent has failed. “The suffrage has been taken away from the negro ,and in many of tne southern states the blac.t man no longer has the right of suffrage. “A curious development has been seen within the past year. Presider c Roosevelt has appointed fewer black men than President McKinley did, and there are today fewer black men holding office than when McKinley, died. Yet loud cries are to be heard in the south about President Roose¬ velt’s policy in appointing black men to office in the south. Under previous presidents, McKinley, Cleveland, Har¬ rison and back to Hayes’ time, more negroes were appointed to office and nothing was said. “A black man attended an official reception at the white house a short time ago. The black man \vas an offi¬ cial of the government, and had al- ways attendod these receptions. Yei the invitation of the presaient to* these men was the signal for an out¬ cry of a thousand papers in t-ie south that the whites were being insulted.- “I don’t-want to argue this question. I am certainly showing that we have to face a new change of feeling in tho south, that the black man is de¬ nied the right to aspire to the highest dignity which was formerly unques¬ tioned is now questioned. In a short time, the white man will succeed in excluding the black, man from all of¬ fices in the southern states. “We can never throw off Lae respon¬ sibility that rests on our people for the welfare of these biack people that we held in slavery for so many gener¬ ations. “Now that the first attempt has failed, the question is what to do, and it should take the greatest thought ot he greatest minds of the country.” POLICE REPORT VETOED. Mayor Howell, of Atlanta, Turns Down Foolish Findings-of Committee. The report of the Atlanta city coun¬ cil’s special police investigating com¬ mittee, of which Councilman Key was chairman, has received the veto o? Mayor Howell. The report was adopted by council during its last session, and there was only one vote against it. It is tne belief of memeers of coun¬ cil that the veto will' be sustained, as several members of council are known to have voted for tne report of the committee for the reason that they were not interested on cither side. Several of them have since expressed regret that they votea for the report. MURDERER UTLEY RECAPTURED. For His Return to Jail Reward of $1,000 is Paid. ’ , Edward L. Utley, who is under sen¬ tence of twenty years for the murder of Hotel Clerk Hollingsworth, and who escaped from the jail at Fayette¬ ville, N. C., Monday night by the al¬ leged bribery of the jailer, was recap¬ tured Friday morning in Harnett coun¬ ty, some twenty miles from Fayette- vii'l e. For his arrest and return to jail the state offered $400 reward, the county $400 and the sheriff a personal re- weird of $ 200 . AN EMBRYO CARRIE NATION. Young Miss Boise Adds More to Her Stock of Notoriety. Plate glass window fronts of four of the finest saloons and two drug stores in Topeka, Kans., were smash¬ ed in bits at an early hour Saturday morning by an ax in the hands Of Miss Blanche BoiSfe, a disciple of Mrs. Na¬ tion. Miss Boise achieved notoriety some months ago by horsewhipping Mayor Parker and in several raids in tim'es- past with Mrs. Nation. She gives as her excuse for her hatred to saloons that liquor ruined her favorite brother. She was arrested and placed in jail. MORGAN NOT RECONCILED. Alabama Senator Keeps Up Fight on Panama Canal Treaty. Consideration of the Panama canal treaty occupied nearly the entire time of the executive session of the senate Thursday. When the doors were closed Sena¬ tor Morgan immediately took the floor to urge that tho treaty bo manded in many respects and to oppose ft unless amended. Cream c of News. Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. —W. P. Pollock, ft member of the South Carolina house, slated on the floor that a bribe had been offered him. —-The advocates of temperance won a victory in tho Tennessee house Fri¬ day, a simple local option bill being passed. —The withdrawal of Addicks has not oleared tho Delaware senatpria? situation. The enemies of Addicks question the honesty of his withdraw* al.. —General debate on the anti-trust bill closed in tho house Friday. Mes¬ srs. Fleming and DeArmond made the chief speeches for the democrats. —Hooper Young, tho grandson of Brigham Young,' continues to act as if he were demented during his trial for the murder of Mrs. Pulitzer. —The wife of Professor Peck, of Yale, was found dead on the beach near New Haven Friday, having wan¬ dered away from home while dement- ed. —In the senate Mr. Morgan, of Ala¬ bama nearly precipitated an open de¬ bate on the canal question by charg¬ ing that the United States has agreed to pay $3,000,000 to the Colombian rebels. —Adelina Patti, the famous canta- trice, has signed a contract to tour the United States, beginning Novem¬ ber 1 next. —In. the first election in Ireland in which compulsory land purchase was an issue, the unionist candidate was elected. —Rubino, who attempted to kill King Leopold of Belgium, was placed on trial at Brussels Friday. Rubino admits that he planned to kill many rulers. —President Roosevlt has refused the request of the a-Utes to act as an arbitrator in regard to Venezuela and the matter will probably be referred to The Hague. -—The body of Samuel Hudson was found Thursday in ‘his home near Athens, Ga. It is beueved that he was killed for his pension money. —Augusta, Ga., is having a hot dis¬ cussion over file acceptance of An¬ drew Carnegie's offer of $50,000 for a library. —Congressman J. 11. Manley, of th<> Tenth North Carolina district, died at; his home in Waynesville Thursday. —Tho Alabama bouse passed a bi'K legalizing the practice of osteopathy. —The Alabama supreme court hast rendered a decision impeaching Solici¬ tor R. H. Lowe, of the eighth circuit, for physical ihcompetency. —The house has passed me appro¬ priation for continuing the fast mail service to the south. —Captain R. P. Hobson, in an inter¬ view, alleges that he was forced to leave the navy by Congressman Bank- head, of Alabama. —“Gas” Addicks, whose ambition to he chosen United States senator has kept Delaware in turmoil for seven years, has withdrawn as a candidate. —The strike commission, after tak¬ ing 2,300,000 words of testimony, con¬ cluded its hearings Thursday and is ready to hear arguments. It is reported that $3,000,000 of the $10,000,000 to be paid by the United States to Colombia for the canal route, will go to the rebels under an agreement between tno latter and American naval officers. Seua.or Mor¬ gan has demanded an investigation. —Brazil has decided to send troops into the territory of Acre and a clash with Bolivia may result. —The government of Honduras has proclaimed the port of Amalpa block¬ aded. This is tho port to which Uni¬ ted States warships are hurrying. —Senate committee on foreign af¬ fairs has made a favorable report on the Panama canal treaty, Senators Ba¬ con and Morgan voting In the nega¬ tive. — —House naval affairs committee has made a report on the bribery charges in which Lessler and Quigg are exculpated and the guilt placed on Doblin —The HU; of Tara, once the seat of the Irish kings and the most historic spot in the Emerald Isle, has been sold to an unknown woman for $18,500. —In court decision at Cincinnati, Federal Judge I.unton has decided that negroes prevented from voting at state elections have no recourse in the federal courts. —There is no apparent change in the status of the Venezuelan embrog-. lio. The allies have not replied to Minister Bowen's last note. —Kafser William, in order to give the reichstag an object lesson, has sent tot the house a diagram showing how the naval program of Great Brit¬ ain exceeds that of Germany. —The house public buildings con* mittee left Washington Tuesday night en route to New Orleans. —James J. Corbett has signed arti¬ cles to meet Champion Jeffries for $25;(X)0, and Tom Sharkey has signed to meet Jack Munro —The Venezuelan govern troops under Alcanthra, a graduare force/ pf West Point, have defeated a 0 p rebels. —Military organizations t.iroughoI , i l Georgia elected their officers last Mcri day night. X - ■ . DR. CURRY IS DEAD Most Noted Educational Worker Crosses Dark River. CLOSE OF AN EVENTFUL CAREER General Agent of Peabody and Slater Educational Funds, Legislator, Diplomat and Ambassador to Court of Spain. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, one of the most prominent educators of the south, died in Asheville, N. C., at 11.20 o’clock Thursday night of Bright’s dis¬ ease, at the residence of his brother in law. Colonel Connolly. Dr. Curry had been critically ill for the past two weeks. Mrs. Curry arrived from Philadel¬ phia some days ago and was at the bedside of her husband when his death occurred. Dr. Gurry was a native Georgian. He was born in 1825 in Lincoln county. He was also a graduate of the Univer¬ sity of Georgia. Throughout the en¬ tire south he war, known as one of the leaders of educational thought, and everywhere and at all times he labored zealously for the cause of schools and colleges. When he was but thirteen years of age he moved from Georgia to Ala¬ bama and in 18G8 went to Richmond, Va., which lie afterwards made his home. He was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1845. His tastes for political life were fostered by early and steady preferment. In 1847 he was elected to the legislature of Alabama and returned to three sessions consecutively and servod in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth con¬ gresses. When Alabama seceded Dr. Curry resigned and was elected to the first congress of the confederate states, where he served with distinction. Hid high sense of honor, experience, elo¬ quence and ability gave him a great Influence among the legislators. Served in Two Wars. Dr. Curry served In tho -Mexican war and also with tho confederate ar¬ my as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Alabama cavalry. After the close of the war in 1865, Dr. Curry assiduously devoted himself to educational, moral and religious in¬ terests of his state. He was in 18G5 made president of Howard college and in 18G8 was appointed professor of English language and philosopny in the Richmond college for a period. He lectured on constitutional and interna¬ tional law. During these years he re¬ ceived the honorary degree of D. D. and LL.D. from several institutions north as well as south. Upon tho deatn of Rov. Barnas Soars, D. D., tho trustees of the Pea¬ body fund at once' called Professor Curry to the responsible position of general agent. Dr. Curry threw him¬ self enthusiastically into the work. He was not a mere theorist, but a thorough and practical worker, who mastered details and analyzed sys¬ tems and applied principles with con¬ summate skill and industry. Ambassador to Spain. Wlien Cleveland became president in £$96 and sought the co-operation of ’ leading southern men, Dr. Curry was among the first upon whom his choice fell. He was tendered and accepted the position of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to tho court of Spain and remained abroad three years. Tho trustees of tho Peabody fund refused to fill the vacancy caused by absence and called him to this trust in advance of his return to America. In 1890 he was elected a trustee of the John F. Slater fund and was ap¬ chairman of tho educational so that he became a mem¬ and practically the responsible of both trusts. CRUM NOMINATION FAILS. Senate Committee Refuses vo Confirm Negro Collector at Charleston, A Washington dispatch says; The president’s appointment of W. D. Crum ,a negro, to the office of collec¬ tor of the port at Charleston, S. C., was rejected in tho senate commerce committee Thursday morning by a vote of eight to six, and it will be very likely rejected in the senate. Senators Perkins, of California, and Jones, of Nevada, both republicans, voted with the democratic members of the committee against confirming Crum. Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, re¬ publican, voluntarily stayed away from, the meeting, thereby indicating his unwillingness to cast a vote for Crum. CLAY WILL FIGHT CRUM. Georgia Senator is Assigned to Pre sent Committee's Adverse Report. Senator Clay, of Georgia, has been assigrtM-ttttntTnty"Of Tcp 0 j ting th# ad- Verse action of the commerce commit- tee on the Crum nomination. If there is to be a fight over the case in execu¬ tive session. Senator Clay will conduct lhe ntest on behalf of a majority of CO the committee. TURMOIL IN CENTRAL AMERICA. General War Threatened Among the Pigmy Republics to the South of us—Situation Most Serious. Advices which reached Panama Thursday from San Jose, Costa Rica, say that a diplomatic mission from tho republic of Salvador arrived at San dose February 6 , bringing several proposals for the formation of a triplo alliance between Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica against Guatemala and lo further the plans for the proc¬ lamation of the union of the Central American republics. According to these advices the whole of Central America may bo in¬ volved in war, as the political condi¬ tions are the most critical. The civil war in Honduras continues and Guatemala is aiding tho adher¬ ents of Bonilla, tho elected president of Honduras, who Is unable to assume office owing to the opposition of Gen¬ eral Sierra, tho president of the re¬ public, whose term has expired. Nica¬ ragua and Salvador arc understood to be co-operating against Guatemala and to bo furnishing tno enemies of the Guatemalan government with arms and ammunition. About 30,001? Salvadorean troops are reported to be near the frontier of Guatemala. War Not Yet Declared. Tho state department has been ad¬ vised by United States Minister Mer¬ ry that, the president of Salvador has informed him that complete tranquil¬ ity prevails in Salvador and that the rumored declaration of war is false. BAER CLOSES ARGUMENTS. Great Crowd Assembled to Hear Pres¬ ident of the Reading Company. Before an audience .nai filled every inch of space in the United States cir¬ cuit court room, at Philadelphia, President George F. Baer, of the Read¬ ing company, made his closing argu¬ ment for the coal operators before the strike commission Thursday. The most significant part of his speech was in the following words: “Many good men have found fault with us for not making an agreement with the United Mine Workers of America. You will recall that the de¬ mand made upon us for a uniform scale of wages covering the whole an¬ thracite field. All of the operators were asked to meet in committee with a view of adopting a uniform scale. The conditions of employment are not always the same and therefore a uni¬ form scale of vages applicable to the Whote United States would not be just. “We have made every effort to con¬ vince Mr. Mitchell and his friends of the utter impracticaoillty of his scheme. Our chief objection to his organization was that it was a foreign organization, existing in a rival and and competitive business. We never could see the wisdom of permitting the bituminous coal miners to Inject themselves into the anthracite mining situation. It has proved to be just as mischievous as wo believed it would be. “In addition to the fact that the miners’ union was controlled by the hostile interests we oojected because we cannot delegate to the minors’ union or any other labor union, the right to determine who shall be our employes.” After reviewing the old “sliding scale” wage system, Mr. Baer present¬ ed this “That the rate of wages now paid shall be the minimum basis for the next three years; that from the 1 st of November, 1902, to the 1st of April, 1903, all employes other than the contrast miners shall be pain an addi¬ tional 5 per cent; that on ana after April i, 1903, for each 5 cents in ex¬ cess of $4.50 per ton on the average price- realized for white ash coal in the harbor of New York, or on all sizes above pea, wages shall be advanced 1 per cent, the wages to rise or fall 1 per cent for each 5 cents increase or decrease in prices, but they shall nev¬ er fall below the rate of wages now paid.” Hepburn Bill Favore-*. The Tennessee state senate Thurs¬ day adopted a resolution urging Ten¬ nessee’s senators to vote for the Hep¬ burn bill, which subjects the trans¬ portation of liquors from one state to another to local laws and police regu¬ lations. HOT ON GOVERNOR’S TRAIL. Arkansas Legislature Asks for Inves¬ tigation of Chief Executive’s Conduct. The bitter controversy between Gov¬ ernor Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, on one side, and Attorney General George W. Murphy, secretary of state; J. W. Crockett, auditor; T. C. Monroe and Agricultural Commissioner II. T. Brad- on the other, culminated in the adop¬ tion by the house of representatives at Little Rock Friday afternoon of a resolution instructing the ways and means committee to make a thorough investigation of Governor Davis’ offi¬ cial conduct since he became governor two years ago. BUBONIC PLAGUE INCREASES. Five Deaths Occurred in Mazatlan, Mexico, Saturday. The plague in Mazatlan, Mexico, shows signs of increasing, there being five deaths Saturday. ' A wealthy Chinaman named Lee was found dead on the streets. His countrymen offered the authorities $ 8 ,(j 00 for permission to .bury him ac¬ cording to the rites of the Chip 03 c, but were refused. NUMBER 14. TROUBLE AT AN END Ominous Venezuelan War Ciond at Last Dissipated. PEACE PROTOCOLS ARE SIGNED Representatives of Britain, Germany and Italy Finally Come t.o a Sat¬ isfactory Understanding With Bowen and Castro. At 11 o’clock Friday night Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela's represents^ tive in the peace negotiations, signed with each of the allies’ representa¬ tives at Washington a protocol pro¬ viding for the immediate raising of the Venezuelan blockade and for the reference of the question of preferen¬ tial treatment oHffie claims of the al¬ lies against Venezuela to The Hague arbitration tribunal. The final for¬ malities occurred at the British em¬ bassy in Washington. A half hour later Herbert Deering, first secretary of the British embassy, announced to the Associated Press that the British protocol had just been signed. The Italian protocol was signed at 11:50 and the German proto¬ col at 12:10 o’clock, the presence of Daren von Sternberg at the white house musicale delaying a final close to the negotiations until after mid¬ night. The British proto,col was in Eng¬ lish, the Italian in Italian and German in German and English. Mr. Bowen signed in duplicate for Venezuela, Sir, Michael Herbert for Great Britain, Signor Mayor des Planches for Italy and Baron Speck von Sternberg for Germany. Immediately on the signing of the last protocol cables were dispatched to London, Berlin and Rome announc¬ ing the fact. It is expected that the commanders of the blockading fleet will receive their orders .to withdraw their vessels at once. By the provisions of these pre- liminary protocols, which have re¬ quired more than three weeks of con¬ stant negotiations, Venezuela makes two distinct gains, the immediate rais¬ ing of a blockade from which she has been suffering for some weeks and the return of all her vessels, war and merchant, which have been capturod by the allied fleet. Advance Payments Made. Great Britain, Germany and Italy received advance payments of £5,500 ($27,500) each, Great Britain receiving her payment on the signature of the protocol and Germany, in addition, will receive five monthly payments until tho full amount paid her in ad¬ vance aggregates $340,000. As a guar¬ anty for the satisfaction of their claims, Mr. Bowen pledged the allies a share with the other creditor na¬ tions in 30 per cent of the customs re¬ ceipts of the two ports of La Gaiayra and Porto Cabello. This percentage will be set aside beginning March 1 and retained in the Venezuelan treas¬ ury until The Hague tribunal shall de¬ cide whether it shall be distributed without preference among the claim¬ ant nations, or whether the allied powers of Great Britain, Germany and Italy shall receive preferential pay¬ ments. It is stipulated by the protocols that the claims of the creditor na¬ tions shall be adjudicated by a joint commission to consist in each in- stance of a Venezuelan, a representa¬ tive of the claimant power, and in case of a disagreement an umpire to bo named by the president of tho United States. The protocols’, in providing for ref- erence of the question of preferential treatment to The Hague, do not state in detail the methods of procedure by which the case is to be laid before the tribunal. Upon the Signing of the protocols, congratulations were exchanged by the four negotiators. Mr. Bowen then a brief telegram to Presi¬ dent Castro informing him of the sig¬ nature of the protocols providing for the raising of the blockade. WOMAN SUES STETSON. Mrs. Mathes, of OeLand, Florida, Asks for $250,000 Damages. Mrs. W. D. Mathes, of DeLand, Fla., has brought suit against JohD B. Stet* son for libel and slander, placing dam¬ ages in the sum of $250,000. The paper was served on Mr. Stet¬ son at a Jacksonville hotel, where he is stopping, and cites him to appear before the United States court on the first Monday in April. The foundation of this suit is- a charge of immorality against tho plaintiff and Dr. Forbes, president of Stetson university. BURLINGTON TRAIN ROBBED. Two Masked Men Succeed in Making Way With Express Cash. The Burlington express, No. 6 , east- bound, was held up shortly after mid¬ night Wednesday night on the North¬ ern Pacific tracks 8 miles east of Butte, Montana, by two mounted men. Reports vary as to the amount of booty secured by the robbers. The express messenger says thai the rob¬ bers did not get-more than $500. ,