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DUTCH WILL NOT INSIST ON WAR Decide to Avoid Taking Offensive Un less Compelled to Do So. WORST IN YEARS. Cabinet at The Hague Maps Out a General Plan of Procedure Against Venezuela Hostile Preparations in Naual Dockyards Being Rushed Night and Day. The Hague, Aug. 20. After a nine hours' session, during1 which the dis pute between The Netherlands and Venezuela was canvassed exhaustively in all its phases, the cabinet dispersed shortly after midnight last night, and Minister ol Foreign Affairs Van Swin deren proceeded to the royal chateau at let Loo, to acquaint Queen Wilhel inina with the result of the council. The terms of The Netherlands' an swer to the letter of President Castro, of Venezuela, were fully discussed, and it is understood thatt he actual text as well as the broad lines of action, drawn up to meet any possible eventualities, were agreed upon. It is maintained that the present question is rather one of sovereignty and national honors, matters which are not so susceptible of solution by arbitration. The Netherlands government is in clined for the present to adopt a wait ing attitude, but it is ready to take energetic steps whenever the develop ments from the situation demand. It is agreed to push all necessary prepara tions in order to be ready to support an ultimatum, should it be decided to for ward one to President ("astro. Work will be rushed night and day at the naval dockyards to complete the prepa rations needed by the warships, so that they will be in readiness to reinforcce the vessels now in the Caribbean by the end of next month. In the meantime every effort will be made to find a pacific solution of the dispute, and especially in view of the fact that Queen Wilhelmina is opposed to resorting to war until all other meth ods have been tried. Railroad Companies Furnish Men to Fight Fires. Vancouver, U. C, Aug. 21. A heavy pall of smoke caused by ap proaching forest fires hangs over this city, the air is oppressive and there are no signs of it clearing. The fires now burning in Vancouver's vicinity are the worst known in 10 years. They are now dangerously near the city, and are still burning fiercely. The Cana dian Pacific and British Columbia Elec tric railways have large bodies of men out on the Lulu island line fighting the flames.' The fires are consuming hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of valuable standing timber, leaving hundreds of acres of land with nothing but black ened snags. The worst fires are in the Squamish valley, and on Bowen island, but the blazes at Point Grey and in the Capilane valley are likely to prove very troublesome. The civic water works property is said to be threatened by the fire and a force of men has been sent out to check the flames. The tire has got into the big timber of some exceedingly valuable limits, and it was reported at Squamish land ing today that it was racing through the forest, and would, unless rain came soon, cause thousands of dollars of loss. The forest fire3 that threatened Nanaimo and Ladysmith are well under control today,. Much valuable timber has been destroyed, but no houses have fallen prey to the flames. The old workings of the Extension mine were gutted by the fire. The telegraph line along the E. & N. is burned down. NEWS NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CITY NEEDS LARGER NAVY. Be LAW SET ASIDE. UNIFORM FISH LAWS. Anglo-American Commission at Work Under Recent Treaty. Vancouver, P.. C, Aug. 20. The in ternational fisheries commission ap pointed to draw up a uniform code of laws for the fisheries lying between Canada and the United States is in the city. It is composed of Professor David Starr Jordan, president of Le land Stanford university, and S. T. Bastedo, of Ottawa, who represents Great Britain. It is not the intention of the com mission to hold any public sittings, but it will spend a week on the coast gathering information respecting fish eries in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca and the Gulf of Georgia. Pro fessor Jordan stated that they were acting in accordance with a treaty be tween Great Britain and the United States, signed last April, when it was argeed to appoint a commission to draw up statutes. It will be Australia Allows American Marines to Rarade With Arms. Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 21. There arose a circumstance in connection with the parade of American bluejack ets and marines in Sydney which at one time promised to make it impossi ble for the carrying out of the pro gram as originoally planned, but the matter was adjusted and the men marched in accordance with expecta tions. Imperial regulations forbid the land ing of armed men in Australia. This fact was communicated to Admiral Sperry, who in turn informed the gov ernment that he would not allow his men to participate in the procession and reviews unless they came ashore armed. This was followed by a con ference between Admiral Sperry and the commonwealth government, after which it was announced that the gov ernment had granted permission for the American sailors and marines to land armed, but without ammunition. This provision was accepted by the American commander. Vessels Out of Commission Must Prepared for Emergency. Washington, Aug. 22. With the best portion of the American navy in Australian waters on its cruise around the world, and with demands for gun boats in Cuban waters, at San Domin go, Venezuela, Central America and various other places where American interests may need protection, the Navy department has been put to it to secure enough ships to fill urgent needs. Some vessels which have been long out of commission and others which had been relegated to innocuous desuetude because of their antique build and ewuipment have been ordered into commission, and it is probable that the next congress will be asked to pro vide for some additional gunboats which can on occasion be utilized for police duty. The gunboat Hanger, an old iron and wood barkentine, will be placed in commission at Cavite. The Frolic, a mere steam vacht used during the Spanish war, will also be placed in commission and accompany the Ranger to New York. The Wheeling will be placed in commission at the Pugct sound navy yard. BALDWIN WILL LOSE MONEY. Re- duty to gather all possible information and prepare a report by January 1. SEVENTY MINERS KILLED. Explosion Wrecks Maypole England. . 2".- The worst fears ized about the explosion HOLLAND TO PLAY LONE HAND Needs No Help From Other Powers in Venezuela. The Hague, Aug. 21. The govern ment of the Netherlands has no inten tion of giving out the terms of its re ply to President Castro, of Venezuela, until it is delivered in Caracas through the German minilster there, who is watching Holland's interests in Vene zuela. The subject has been mooted by their ! some politicians that other powers hav ing claims against enezuela will join Holland in an action against that coun try. This, however, does not meet with favor here, and no such sugges tion from any other power has officially reached The Hague. The government of the Netherlands is confident of its ability to handle the situation single-handed, now that it has tlu sympathy and support of the United States. Airship Does Not Come Up to quired Contract Speed. Washington, Aug. 18. The airship board of the signal corps today calcu lated that Thomas S. Baldwin's dirigi ble balloon traveled at the rate of 19.61 miles an hour during the official trial yesterday at Fort Myer. This speed is subject to correction. Unless General Allen, chief signal officer, allows Baldwin further speed trials, the latter will now receive but $5,573 for his military dirigible bal loon. This is much less than the actual cost of delivering the airship to the government by Captain Baldwin. He estimates the total expense of building the ship at $8,000. Captain Baldwin was allowed three speed trials and now will have an op portunity to make three trials four en durance. An average in yesterday's speed trial will have to be maintained. Enlarge Bremerton Yard. Washington, Aug. 21. Naval de partment officials have decided that Puget sound navy yard shall be made the principal naval station on the Paci fic coast and are formulating plans for its enlargement. It already has been decided to recommend at the next ses sion of congress that another drydock be authorized, making three in all, and that when this is under way, a fourth will be asked. It is the intention of the department to equip this yard so it can handle all repair work on the larg er vessels on the Pacific and Oriental stations. Detailed plans are now being worked out. CATCH JAP SEALERS. Two Vessels With Crews of 69 Cap tured by Revenue Cutter. Washington, Aug. 20. Dispatches received today by the Department of Justice and the revenue cutter officials of tin; Treasury department state that two Japanese poaching vessels with total crews of 59 men have been cap tured by the revenue cutter Bear, near St. Paul's island, the chief island of the seal group in Behring sea. The dispatch received at the Department of Justice came from Assistant United States Attorney Raht at Valdez, who informed the department that the steamer Dora had just put in there. The captain brought word of the cap tue, with the statement that the Hin zer Maru, the larger of the two ves sels, was painted white in imitation of the revenue cutter Manning, which is at San Francisco, and that in further imitation of the United States vessel the Jl inzer Maru carried forward yards or papier mache. Ihe boat had a crew of 32 men and the Zeiki a crew of 27. The captain of the cutter Bear in his dispatch to the revenue cutter service, says that the captured mien will be taken to Unga, Alaska, and turned over to a United States commissioner. He says he has suflicknt evidence to convict the men and it is therefore, as sumed here that the vessel captured contained seal skins. Extend Cable to Cordova. Washington, Aug. 22. -j- Brigadier General Allen, chief signal officer of the army, today received information that the Washington-Alaska military and telegraph system had been extend ed to Cordova, Alaska, by the construc tion of a branch from the existing cable on the north side of Montague island to Cordova. The work was com pleted by the cable ship Burnside and the office of Cordova was called and opened for business on August 12. General Allen says the branch will be of great convenience, not only to the army, but also to commercial interests in Alaska, RIOTERS UNDER CONTROL. Two Regiments of Soldiers at Spring field Ordered Home. Springfield, 111., Aug. 19. - That the race war situation in this city is con sidered much less serious was evidenc ed last night, when Governor Deneen ordered the First and Fourth infantry regiments to take trains for their homes today. "I took this action after a confer ence with enerilt Warner, Mayor Recce, Major General Young, Adjutant General Scott, General Foster ani Gen eral Wells," explained Governor De neen last night. "Does that mean that you consider all danger of serious trouble past?" he was asked. "It means that we can properly guard the city with the troops which will re main. There will still be the Second and Seventh regiments under General Foster in the Western division, and the Third and Fifth under General Wells. The departure of the First and Fourth will lessen'our forces by about 1,000 men, leaving a good 2,000 here." Major General Young said: "The mob element has had a lesson, and the way citizens with knowledge of riotous misdeeds are responding to the appeal for information on which to base indictments Will furnish further instruction to the violently inclined. We are getting news on which we will be able to make many arrests of im portance, and these arrests will render the situation much easier to handle. With the ringleaders behind the bars, there will be little for the military to do." There were the usual baseless alarms last night, but up to midnight nothing of a serious character had occurred. TWO MORE DEAD AT SPRINGHELD White Man and Negro Girl Fall Vic tims to Mob's Rage. Much Sniping at Night Frequent Shots From Ambush at Troops Keep Town in Uproai Governor Offers Rewards for Lawbreakers and Calls for Evidence. EVANS RETIRES. Plans for Torpedo Fleet. Washington, Aug. 18. A plan is being outlined for a special board of construction to supervise the details of the fleet of torpedo boat destroyers and submarines which are now under construction or to be begun. On Sep tember 1 proposals for the construction of 10 destroyers authorized at the last session of congress are to be opened. It is stated today that by that time specifications for the submarines au thorized at the same time will be ready. Bids for the construction of the submarines will be advertised to be opened on November 2. Recruits for Pacific Fleet. Washington, Aug. 18. Determined that the Pacific fleet must have a full complement of enlisted men as well as officers for the approaching cruise to Samoa, orders were issued today by Admiral Pillsbury, acting secretary of the navy, for 250 additional men to be rushed to Mare island. Orders we're wired to the officers of the training station at Newport, R. I., to assemble these men tomorrow night. It is said they will be sent to New York and from there to Mare island. Mine in Insult Castro's Flag. Willemstad, Aug. 21. The Dutch island of Aruba has furnished the lat est incident in the existing difficulty between the The Netherlands and Ven ezuela. Five days ago a Venezuelan coast guard vessel arrived at Aruba for the purpose of taking away the Venezuelan consul. As soon as the purpose of the visit became known the people of the island starter' a demonstration. P Wigan, A ill have been real which occurred in the Maypole mine yesterday. The entombed miners mini bored about 70 and it is impossible that any of them can have survived. Efforts at rescue, however, continue unceasingly. Thirty bodies were dis covered today in the workings, but the fumes from the burning coal prevented the rescuers from reaching the others who probably are lying down in the mines. A few bodies were brought to the surface today, but all were so blacken ed and mutilated that identification was impossible. At midnight an enormous crowd was still keeping a sorrowful vigil at the pit mouth. Smallpox in Brazil. Buenos Ayres, Aug. 2D. It has just been learned here that last week there were 151 fatal cases of smallpox and 50 of tub. rculosis on the coast of Bva 7,il. The tribes occupying the valley of the Ohaco have been subdued by the government troops after a si niggle of revolt. The papers of the South At lantic are much occupied with the Tacna-Arica dispute between Chile and Peru. Orders from London prohibit the importation of Brazilian alfalfa. Machine to Pick Up Walnuts. Fullerton, Cab, Aug. 20. L. L.Sid well, a Rivera walnut grower, is pt in fecting a machine to pick up walnuts by suction. The machine is operated by a gasoline engine, a four-inch hose being held just above the ground under the walnut tree. The suet ion draws the walnuts through the hose into a tank installed on the wagon. There is liminary proceedings in an exhaust near the top which sepa rates the nuts from the hulls. Attack Immigration Law. Washington, Aug-. 21. The Oceanic and Mercantile Steamship companies have appealed to the Supreme court of the United States the cases which were decide.d against them in the Federal court of New York and in which are involved the question whether the col lector of customs is justified in refus ing clearance papers to vessels which refuse to pay penalties imposed upon them for bringing undesirable aliens into this country. This brings into consideration the constitutionality of the present immigration law insofar as it deals with this point. Stands All Tests. Washington, Aug. 2D. The army airship board today decided that Cap- j tain Baldwin's dirigible balloon had. i met all conditions entitling him to the amount agreed upon for its purchase, i pected to have important bearing on The board calculated that the airship rate and rebate litigation that is soon had maintained an average speed of to be begun through the department. 19.75 miles an hour while in the air I Admiral Leaves the Service After 48 Years on Duty. Lake Mohonk, N. Y., Aug. 19. Far from grim warships and the sea where he spent nearly half a century in the service of his country, Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, U. S. N., who is at this quiet mountain hotel, yesterday reached the age limit of 62 years and passed from the ranks of the country's active sea fighters. His has been the longest service (but two years short of half a century) of any man who has reached the rank of rear admiral in the United States navy. All through the day the hotel wras thronged with ad mirers of "Fighting Bob," anxious to congratulate him on his 62nd birthday and to wish him many more happy and useful years. Telegrams by the score reached him from all parts of the coun try, all expressing felicitations and affection for the man who had done so much to build up the American navy. Many of the messages brought delight ed smiles to the admiral !s face, while others brought just a suspicion of mois ture to his eyes. The telegram in par ticular which caused "Fighting Bob" many smiles came from an old friend in Washington and said : "For some of us, skipper, your flag will always fly." EUREKA IS SHAKEN. Early Rebate Cases. Aug. IS. The attorney Press Washington, general's office has been constantly in touch with the Interstate Commerce commission's representatives at San Francisco, where the railroad rebate cases are soon to be heard. It is re ported that Attorney General Bona parte has given orders that the agents of his office be in constant attendance at the hearings, as the reports are ex- Kaiser Completes Fund. Benin. Aug. 2D. Tin emperor has given I.uoo to the Koch fund for the resisting of the spread of tub rculosis. This donation completes the 100,000 that Andrew Carnegie stipulated should be subscribed before his gift of a like amount, made last winter, should Lecomea vailable. Time to Suppress Castro, iris, Aug. 21. The Temps this af ternoon expresses satisfaction at the interpretation of the Monroe doctrine made by the United States by her in dorsement of the plans of Holland to secure redress from Venezuela: The pap r says: "The arrogant Castro, who insultingly ejected the French minister from Caracas, becomes daily more and more impossible. The time certainly has come for the settlement of the numerous international d'.ilicul ties with Venezuela, and the action of Holland probably will open a way." Roef is Held for Trial. San Francisco, Aug. 21. Abraham Ruef was today held to answer for trial in the Superior court by Police Judge Cabaniss upon the charge of bribing ox-Suprevisor J. J. Furey to vote for an electric street railway franchise for the Parkside Realty com pany, after a preliminary examination that consumed t'7 days, the longest pro- the annals of the local police court. The bond was fixed at $3,000, which was furnished. two hours, one minute and 50 seconds, this speed being slightly more than the required minimum per cent of the max imum speed of 19.61 miles an hour. California's Gift to Her Namesake. Washington, Aug. 19.- Captain V. L. Cottman, commanding the cruiser California at Mare Island, has recieved 2,000 from the silver-service commit tee of the State of California, to be awarded in yearly allotments for excel lence in target practice, steaming and in the care of engines. The prizes are to be known as the California state prizes for the cruiser California. Bacon Silent About Catro. Washington, Aug. L'O. Assistant Secretary Bacon declined today to dis cus the news from The Hague to the eifect that the war minister had assur ed The Netherlands government that this country ould interpose no objec tion to a blockade or other maneuvers on the part of The Netherlands against Venezuela. Finishing Plans of New Warships. Washington, Aug. 19. Naval Con structor Robinson, with a large force of assistants, today is busily engaged in completing the original plans and specifications for the two big new bat tleships, Florida and Utah, that are to be added to Uncle Sam's navy within the next two vears. It was announced Morning Trembler Likened to Big One of 1906. Eureka, Cal., Aug. 19. An earth quake shock ablmost as severe as the one of April IS, 1906, but not of so long duration, shook this city a 2:58 o'clock yesterday monring. It seemed to come from the west, and was what is known as a "twister." No one was injured, but considerable damage was done. A second and lighter shock was at 5 :80 o'clock. Chimnevs were thrown clown people rushed from their houses in fright when the first quake shook the city. The courthouse was damaged most by the shake. The right arm of the statue of Minerva, carrying a spear, was twisted off the statue on the dome. The spear crashed through the roof of the building and into Judge Hunter's courtroom. The statues on the north side of the building were shaken off and brick and plaster were loosened and fell to the ground. Plate glass windows in sev eral business houses were cracked. Springfield, 111., Aug. 18. Follow ing the addition of two victims to the death list, sporadic, outbursts of law lessness in various parts of the city and increased symptoms generally that the mob spirit still rules Springfield, Governor Deneen last night issued six proclamations offering rewards amount ing to $1,200 for the arrest and con viction of the riot leaders. The deaths now number five, but sioce one death was due only indirectly to the disturb ance, no account has been taken of it. The two new victims were J. W. Scott and a three-weeks old negro baby, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Payne, of Springfield. The baby succumbed to exposure when its parents started to walk from Spring field to Pittsfield in an effort to avoid persecution. Scott died in a hospital from wounds received Friday night. Scattered sections of the city were in an uproar at different times during the early part of the night. Harvard park was again the storm center. Twice patrols were fired upon in that vicinity, but in neither case was any one injured. This is the section to which troops were called Sunday night by similar occurrences. Over in the western end of town in the vicinity of the state house and arsenal there were several cases of revolver firing by rowdies. The marauders traveled in groups of two or three, obeying the orders of the militia patrols to keep moving, but a3 soon as they were well past the groups of soldiers they drew their revolvers and fired into the air and fled down side streets, escaping in the darkness. Two arrests, apparently not connect ed with the rioting, added exciteftient and served to frighten timid residents. As a consequence calls for troops were frequent and the militia had a hard night. A. picket from Company L, Fifth infantry, fired five shots at a negro who attempted to break the sentry line at Eighth and Jefferson streets early today. The negro escaped. Thomas Richardson, a brother of the negro accused of attacking Mrs. Mabel Hallam, fled to Mississippi last night after he had been attacked by white men in Harvard park. Tom Richard son was a teamster, and when attacked he jumped from his wagon, leaving the horses standing in the street, went to the railroad station, and boarded a train for the South. YELLOW PERIL IS REAL. is felt and at the bin pair today tl hulls of the ; than Pccemi eau of construction -.at it is he) -hips will i r 1. d work on egin not 1 the iUr Unwritten Law in Colorado. Denver, Col., Aug. 19. The "un written law" was upheld today in Col orado by the act of Governor Buehtel in granting a pardon to George P. Nic olai. convicted of killing John Moore. Nieolai's wife w as involved in the case. Canadian Statesman Says America Has Cause to Fear. Montreal, Aug. IS. T. Himer Greenwood, the most prominent Cana dian in the British parliament, and a member of the executive committee of the Liberal party of Great Britain, who is visiting Canada, predicts a conflict between Japan and America. He says: "Japan is preparing to restrict the overflow of her people into countries where thev are not wanted, but it does j not require a prophet to foresee that I the feeling between these swarthy John Bulls of the Pacific and the white ! races of America may soon grow acute ! and may mean war. Just now Japan is having a struggle to make both ends meet in national finance ana nas cue down her naval and military program by large amounts. "I have no doubt myself, however, that when she gets over the enormous losses of the late war with Russia there will be trouble. If she can stir up and force an alliance with half awakened China the yellow peril will be a realitv." In grant tei said : tig the i "The 1 Volcano of Oil Burning. Tampieo, Mex.. Aug. IS. Despite every effort made to stop it the minia ture volcano of burning oil in the San Geronimo district contir.ue? unchecked, rdon Governor Buch- consuming lno.o'io barrels of oil daily. H .mduras Waybill! rec. ived t, lucid 'lit -to-. Aug n'av bv t! ",Tl v hi i dent IT! t A en Vic. tori! h led to t! which cat; lent to ca lican Consul Comisl Rvnoh! 1 St 19. ic Slat, lief ti ll.' lh the Drew s has b n.'d O-.'t. ices were !;'!: m, -t the ir.ci ef - uat'.trs o' u nt '. I ! all - w this lorad civili; ich its Tl: .! proci : More 'iv Ha aw s ot illainv is al d stat awspli peculiar do not a1 this st:i as a s out l'" s in the tee upon c ir.tricac ij eal to n Tl.'US vears am of Workmen today are p quattt'ties of ar.d crater. Powerful c. are pouring a stream vortex, but the and 'Mr: Warship gue, Aug v explained and that thev v ! if t ai' '! soo be restored to their fornur It us. Cholera Spreads South. St. Petersburg. Aug. 21.- The cen ter of virulence in the cholera epi demic has been transferred to Rostov-on-Don, w here 31 new cases and 10 deaths were reported on August 10. The cholera is now working its way down the Black sea along the Caucasus I coast. Records Distant Earthquake. Washington, Aug. 10. The Coast and Geodetic surviy observatory nt Chelttonham, Md.. reports an earth quake beginning at 5:56 and terminat ing at 7:17 A. M. today. The medium phase was recorded at : 1 0 A. M. The record indicates that the origin of the tremors was about .1,000 miles distant from Washington. Bacon Takes to Mountains ! Washington. Aug. 21. Assistant ! Secretary of State Bacon li ft Wash- ington today for a month's vacation in 1 the Rocky mountains, where he ox- I pects to hunt and fish. Snds Greeting to Francis Joseph. Washington. Aug. 19. The presi dent sent a cablreram of congratula tion to Fmperor Francis Joseph, of Austria-Hungary, yesterday, ti e . cea sion being the birthday of the emperor. The message was in the usual form, expressing the president's wishes for the happiness of the emperor and for the prosperity of his country,. Garfield Completes His Tour. Washington. Aug. 19. Secretary Garfield, of the Interior d partrrent. returned today from an inspect ion tour through the public land states and territories, which was extended to j Hawaii. He has been absent since I June 1. the plan to awe Pi Veil- ziiela. into su! without an aetua bombardment of th cruisers Holland ar S bi . 19. resid. Venezue As a part nt Castro. mission and apoL demonstration ports, the Du il Utrecht were I'.llV have bee! at ?! a 1 . e bu ' We ian. :ng immense mud into the utgal 'pumps earth into the as fercelv as beg: i hurtling. ..il ...iii.ijhio barrels The oil is valued .1. el "gy er tch or- iis- dered to lav to prepare for speedv patch to Curarao on August 29. They are expected to arrive at Curacao Octo ber 2". when the Netherlands will have live formidable ships in Carribbean waters. Holland Has Free Hand. Thellague. Aug. 19. With the sin gle prov;so that no military occupation of territory must occur, the government at Washington is understood to have given the cabinet of The Netherlands a free hand to .leal as it sees fit with President Castro, of Venezuela. The Netherlands' cruiser Frit sland will not sail for the Caribbean before the ond ! of next month. Arkars.ms Draw Color Line. Memphis, Tentu. Aug. 1. Serious troub'e is expected t.vlay at Truman, Poinzttt county. Arkansas, over the importation of 12 uegrroes to work in the yards of the ?pri;tg:ield Lumber company. Last night the white em ployes of the company and residents of the town di dared they would not per mit the blacks to live among them and declared they would be driven from the county. A ossee visited the camp, but the negroes tie 1. Eva Booth is Stricken. Warsaw, Ind.. Aug. IS.- Overcome by the intense It. 'at. after aliressirg an audience of l.""0 pero::- at the Winona Lake P.tbie conference. Miss Eva Booth, leader f the Salvation Army in the United States, fainted just afttr leaving the auditorium and is now under the care of physicians.