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f : . .. -4 -, i r IT i j ISSVKD IX 8IMI-WCIKU SJECTIOJCS BACH TDESD1T ASD FRIO AT. SECOND SECTION EIGHT PAGE SALEM, OREGON". FRIDAY, DECEMI5ER 26. 1902. i J i ' ' ' ' ' i 9.l .VI? A T ' - v'-X V: -. . ' i i ! i i i . ;i FOUL MURDER ! IN PORTLAND Italian Saloonkeeper Stabbed -, j to Death It BY A DRUNKEN CUSTOMER The Murderer Has - Disappear I ed and Is Not to Be l , Found OKOROE CARTER. EUGENE. KILLS HIS WIFE THEN HIMSELF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THE - TRAGEDY WAS ? CAUSED BY JEALOUSY OP TIIFJ WOMAN. ' . ; PORTLAND, Dec. 2S. Joseph Gug lielmo, a well known and ' well-to-do" momber of the Italian colony of Port h nd, want stabbed to death In hi sa loon at 1 o'clock. The murderer Is Jo seph NlenstrO, nicknamed among .many of his Italian acquaintarfees aa "Urucla kpagllone.r Nicastro ranaway after the fatal Dassault; paid a hurried visit to .his lodgings in' Marq.uam Gulch, and! then disappeared. " , - ' ;J --. ' , (iugMelmo was stabbed' three times "by the wleld,ef-pf the. stillelto, and died J wumn zu ;t7ifnutes. mg Ron,Franic, was by his side at the time. Ijjl vain did young Guglielmo ring up pnysi clans on the - telephone. Some' could , not- be raised. ; Some said they would comi within a few moments, but none corne l in time. The yoiliig man, who af-Hlsted his father In .tending - bar. said that in the excitement of the af fair he had forg6tten what doctors' he had t ailed. t The City Physician, James C. Han, ' --arrived at Firsthand Market streets af ter th body of ..the murdered man had been removed to the morgue. He got out of bed as soon aa aroused, got a hack .and weht to the scene, but Gug lielmo' was dead. , ; It wan ulwut 1 o'elock and there were flvft.or fit men ln the Sunnyslde sa looti drinking. Nicatro entered the !lace; un-lcr the Inluence" of . liquor, llif lunged up to the bar and slipped a nickel into the slot of a cigar machine. The coin failed to'make the play. lie cause the machine would not work Nl castro Iwgan pounding it vigorously. , "Lookx out,' there," said the proprle tor. f'Don't break the machine." , The murderer hit the machine again. Muttermg an oath, he said he- would break It if "he wanted to. Those in the saloon began to scetit trouble. Nicas tro began using very abusive language. Guglielmo came from f behind the bar and tried t ''1 the drunken man' Hwny, 11 jmshed him towiird the door and said: -. 1 "You had better go home now. You have had enough. Do'n't romie back." ThJ. piTsiiasive talk pcemed rather to infuriate the man instead of quiet . lh hjm. . He wasi given a glass of beef for- hls nickel, but he still 'continued to berate the-1 machine that would not . work,' and incidentally, the proprietor. Several acquaintances spoke to him. but he paid no heed .. The proprietor then pushed him out of the barroom. Upon reaching the door he suppose Nicastro would, go. In stead of doing that, however, and while his biKly was half inside and half out side f t ha room, ' Nlcastro took aii empty, whisky flask from a pocket and hurledU at Guglielmo with all his might. Ills aim was not good and the bottle shaUered harmlessly on the floor.! Guglielmo then took hohl of the drunken' man and ejected him from the door onto the sidewalk. "I uid'n't see a knife nt first." sal.! joung Guglielmo, the n. who was a wltnss of the tragedy. '-Nlcastro was outside the door a second or two. ujiJ th first thing I knew he "rushed back Into the place and before anyone knew what whs doing, he had attacked my father and stabbed him . art the( liand and several times near the hearty Nl castro then ran out. 1 i . ' , ' "We laid my father on a lounge. As T trwik hold of his arm he whispered to Frank. I am going to die. ' me: Then I telephoned everywhere for a doctor, but It was too late. Frank Guglielmo said that he did nol know much about Nicastro, except ing that he was frequently In the place. This ! assault, he claims, was entirely J ut r.i warn due entirely to union noswio KI- n .lriintrti raze- castro. The murderer hai men una Ing during till the evening.1 And was in an ugly mood. " . t The cosaomen of -Rrucla Pagllone, which several of his countrymen gave to he -man today, means as nearly gs one of them could translate it, "a mat tress burner." . " - . The murderer was, last teard .of in the vicinity or his ioil gin gs. near the .Fourth street gulch, where C detectives and policemen made a, thor ough search, Ibut without efffct. ; Tne deceased was a man of a family, j and was weH liked amonr the Italians or fhe city. , He owned two 0;, Portland, one at Second' and , ouc n streets and one at First and He also recently1 opened up a M?n in Vancouver, Vaslu lie was a fc-ood busi ness man. and saved Quite a m .f money. His sudden and nwarTf "f J taking off has . affected his ItaJ an friends intensely atd they are hig every effort to help Ihe police appre hend the guilty one,; OuUelrao: lived here ten years. .He was a prom ;lnent member of theHtalian so cleties. He has rwlfe and son. Boston. at 34 Second street. North, wsj ., regarded by the police as one of toughest joints of the ort.h."de tiewal ef license was refused this place by the Council committer on Iwiuor li censes taking effect January . 1.. ; ..The. detectives and police had an ex citing chase after the murderer. The repori or the stabbing was telephoned in to the police station shortly after 1 v-nuc p. ra. . captain Holman, who was. on watch, at once dispatched th pairoi wagon to the scene, and notified Detective Kerrigan and John Cordano of the affray. ; . Kerrigan was the first to reach the acene. Learning, that the fugitive room. M?d in a house near the bottom of the i Fourth street gulch, h proceeded there as quirtciy as possible. At a saloon near to icastm'a lodgings It was learned that the man had been there shortly Rafter the murder. Kerrigan notified - the station of the fact, and Cordantiand two policemen were hur ried to. flie Marquam gulch In the pa trol wafesn. The tlarkness was Intense, and It aj necessary for one of the party fo go ahead with a lantern to find the house where Nicastro was be lieved to be. After winding . around t3ark alleyways and ascending several terraces the. procession came to a halt Jn front of a dingy, one-story house, and roused the' occupants. The officers were Informed that Nlcastro had not been, there that, night. Ills trunk was found, and the olficera appropriated It for the purpose of Identification, and the chase was called off for the night. His picture was found in l the trunk and his capture is regarded rds certain. Nlcastro is 'described as a man of about , 30, years of age, medium height and build, and fair complexioned ,;for an Italian. ; He was a common laborer and had lately been employed In . tW Northern Pacific railroad camps. - Murdi and Suicide. : 4 ' EUGENE. Or,iI.Dec. 23. Geo. Carter shot and killed his wife and then him self this afternoon. The woman did Instantly, but Carter lived a half hour. Jealousy was ; undoubtedly the cause, as the two have been having family quarrels for several days, which cul minated ''In a; separation yesterday. Today,' however, Carter; went back to the house and mett his wife outside where the tragedy occurred. RIVALS CAPTAIN KIDD OHIO MAN TELLS OF LOOTING OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN MEXICO. TOLEDO, O., Dee. 23. The Bee to day, says: Warren J. Baker, secretary of the Northwestern Ohio Masonic Re lief Association, today for the first time makes public the, secret history of the looting of Catholic Cathedrals during the Mexican War, tells , howf it was done, and of the burial of the treasure. His tongue was loosened by a newspaper-dispatch from Mexico City teHlng of the discovery of a chest of diamonds, sapphires and rubies and pearls and golden T images beneath the flagstones In the cha ipasl ofJLrfu Voscalnes College city.. - ,' .. . in Mexico City Mr. Baker's story rivals- the. mythical tales of.' Captain Kid J, moreover it bears the unmistakable stamp of truth. He says, that his father marched from V.era.Cruss to -Mexico City with Gen eral Scott's Army during the -Mexican War; He and a tent mate, af"ter plot ting for weeks, dug their way into some of "the richest cathedrals and pil laged them of their fabulous wealth of all sorts of valuable stones and huge golden images. I For hours they looted, carrying their j burdens of precious stones to a hiding place beneath the flagstones in a cathedral yard.' iShort ly afterward Baker's companion died. Baker returned to his home in New York and' then went to Hillside, Mich. Fifteen years after ' plundering the cathedrals he confided his story to an Intimate friend.4 The; friend wrote to the Mexican ""'GoverninVnt asking "if there would be any 'chance of a divis ion of the spoils," If he would tell the Government whfre i It could find th sacred, and valuable altar decorations that had oeen sdolen. In a letter bear ing the official seal, the Hillsdah man receivel warning that if he know of any one who had a hand ir the notor ious pillaging, or if .he himself had par ticipated In It. it would be well for him to forget all he knew about it, and' to keep quiet, 4est his life be sacrificed In revenge Tor the desecration of put cathedrals. .Baker took the advice; but still Intended to seture the treasure he had burled. : t A SCORELESS GAME . ; f.'. " s .;. ... .-. : PLAYEt IN A SEA OF MUD, AND WAS A KICKING CON- - ' TEST. . ' PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 25. The foot ball game on'th MulttHmah field this afternoon V between ; the Multnomah Athletic, Club and the. All-Oregon team, resulted in no score. ) The game was clayed in a sea of mud and was a kicking con test from start to finish. SHARKEY AFTER A FIGHT. NEW YORK. Dec. 25. As a sequel to ihe recent defeat of Champion Jeffrie by Jack Monroe, at Butte, Mont, Tom Sharkey has-declared his Intention of re-entering the prize ring. nJ has Is sued a challenge to Jeffries or Monroe Tor any sort of a bout for a sme oei or from to 5,000. If either of them is irtclined to accept, Sharkey will post a forfeit to clinch the match. ; : GAVE A DINNER. ' WfASHINGTON. Dec 25. President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertaine.1 a nnm- ber of frrrnds at dinner tomgni Exposure to sudden climatic: change produces cold in the head and catarrh Is apt to follow, y Provided with Ely's Cream Balm you are arm-d t against Nasal CatafVh. Price 60 cents at Drug gists or Ely Brothers, 51 Warren St. New York, will mall it. The Mm cures without pain, does not Irritate or cause snzlng. It. spreads ltlf ver art Irritated and angry surrace relieving Immediately the painful In flammation, cleanses and cures. Cream Balm quickly cures the cold. THE TERRIBLE . PRIVATIONS Of Survivors of the Wrecked Steamer Elinjamite SUFFERED FOR FOUR DAYS On a Raft in Mid-Ocean Be fore They Were Res cued STEWARDESS DIED FROM ' EX HAUSTION FROM LOSS OP ; BLOOD THREE DIED ON SEC OND DAY AND FOUR JUMPED OVERBOARD. VICTORIA, B. C Dec. 23.-The! Aus- trallan raners received by the steamer Moana tell of the terrible privations of the survivors of the Wrecked steamer Kringamite lost oh Three Kings, the northern extremity of New ' Zealand. The blood of the unfortunates was sucked while they slept, the steward ess. Miss McGulrk, being so .weakened that: she diea. On this raft,; j sixteen people left the vessel and .were four days with nothing but two apples and no wter4 Onapple was dlvtde th first day, and the second they indulg ed In a desperate fight for the pof se ssion of the other apple. Three deaths 'occurred from exhaus tlon on the second day, the bodies be Ing left until putriflcation set in before the survivors pushed them into the sea. Several started to drink .salt wa ter, and. maddened by this, four of them Jumped overboard. - On the third night a steamer was sighted and the . shipwrecked people shouted. The vessel lowered a b. but it did not And the raft in the darkness, and the steamer proceeded leaving the unfortunates to their fate Jt was that night the blood-Iettins commenced. After the stewardess, weakenedfrom. loss of blood, had died tn the arms of the second steward, h began to rave, and a few minutes later lowered himself from the raft,i singing a hymn as he went. Finally, four days after the wreck, the 1L M. S. Ponguin found the drifting raft and saved the remaining, survivors. '. DEATH LIST INCREASED MORE BODIES FOUND IN COLOR ADO WRECK FATAL WRECK IN MICHIGAN. TRINIDAD, Col., Dec. 25. Develop ments indicate that the wreck on,-the Colorado .& Southern Railroad last night, caused by the collision of two freight trains, was the most disastrous In'lhe history of the road where freight trains atone were concerned. It is known tonight that at least ten "men were killed and rumor has it that sev eral more s-bodies will undoubtedly be found when the wreckage is . cleared away. , -v.v . . Met at Full Speed. ; Battle Creek. Mich.. Dec. 25. In a head-on Collision on the Grand .Trunk Railway, near here. Today, Engineer James Kerwln and nrertlarr Theoilort Schlubais, of a light engine, were In stantly killed, and Engineer Brown and Fireman Borkhardt, of a freight t;alnv Were fatally injured. The engines col lided while going at full speed. , .'. v;Wrck In Illinois. J ; Bloomington, 111. Dec. 25. The pro jection of a heavy freight engine onto the mafn track of the Chicago & Alton in Atlanta last night, resulted in the wreckof the south-4ound passenger train from Chicago. The express car and baggage car and smoker were tele scoped and -overturned, while the en gine plunged Into an ernbankment There were 20b passengers on the train, ami all were badly shaken ' up and bruised. . v j i' k THREE FIREMEN KILLED BY FALLING WALL OF BURNING . BUILDING IN BROOKLYN THIS MORNING. ! ' NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Fire early this morning destroyed the cooperage plant of the Arbuckles Bros.:, Sugar Refinery, In Brooklyn. 1 The; wail fell, killing three firemen. Michael OToole, Thomas Copplnger and Thomas Jef fries. Loss, 1100,000. V . . SHEEP BURNED IN OMAHA.' OMAHA; Neb,. Dec. 25. At noon to day the, sheep buildings of the Union Stackyards Company, at South Omaha, burned, together with 600 sheep, entail ing a loss of $50,000. The sheep were driven out, but ran back Into the fire. . ' TO SUCCEED HERBERT. " KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec. 23. J. A. Ed son. general manager of the Kanssj City 'Southern Railroad, has resigned and will succeed J. M. Herbert as manager of the Rio Grande System. r A WHITE CHRISTMAS. NEW YORK. Dec. 25. New? York en joyed a "white Christmas" "this year. Early in the morning the snow, began failing. AY TANK HE PURTY COLD. DULUTH. Minn. Dec. 25. The ther mometer has reglsterf-d 30 degrees be low zero for twenty-four hours. : ' STRUCK FOR MORE PAT. ST. LOUIS. Mo. Dee. 25. The cab and carriage drivers struck for an in crease of wages today. TRAGEDY NEAR BAKER Cira : - -' . ; ." - Enraged Ovef Jealousy Span ish Farm JIand Shot HISFORJIER SWEETHEART Because She Broke Engae- ' ment at Request of Her Parents MAY BE LYNCHED IF THE GIRL DIES A NEGRO WHO KILLED A POLICEMAN IN PITTSBURG. DURING A FIGHT, LYNCHED BY A MOB. BAKER CITY. Or. Dec. 25. Minnie Esmlnger, the handsome daughter of Jacob Esmlnger, a wealthy pioneer rancher, near Haines,' was ehV and mortally wounded this morning at o'clock by Plex Arnistrong, a farm hand, who afterward attempted aul clde. , ' - Armstrong is half-Spanish, 3j years old, and for a year or more has been keeping company with the young lady. who la the teacher of the Muddy Creek school. , Her . father objected to - his suit and made her break off the en gagcrrieht. Armstrong wrote Ihe girl x few days ago. threatening to "make it hot" for her if she broke with htm Christinas eve there was a dance at the Bedding's ranch, near North Pow dejv The girl went, in company with another, man. ; Armstrong was there. ind became Insanely; jealous. At 3 clock this mofning, Jwheh the danct )i oke up, Armstrong Jay irn wait at the rate of a niighborlng house where liss Eamlnger- was- to sleep. ' :- ' . As she entered the gate Armstrong hot her in the back with a revolver, ind. os lie fell, sent a second shot inao her left breast.' He then took a shot at himself, the bullet barely, grazing his lect temple. ' - He was arrested and a mob watch4 ed over him, ready to lynch. him ;a toon s the girl died. Sheriff Brown brought Armstrong here this afternoon md looked him In the county JalC The young lady still livt; but cannot .re .'over. The rmib will yet attempt to yuch hfm' here If the young lady diet. ' Negro Murderer Lynched. Pittsburg. Pa. Dec.; 25. Montgomery Sodley. a nt-gro was taken from the ii.il here today -nnd lynched by a mob wrause 'early th morning he shot tnd killed Milton HInkley. a policeman, A-hlie the officer was trying to protect limself from a mob of unruly negroes. s The negro Jrked the offlcerTs pistol from its scabbard and shot the onlcer from behind. Two hoiys later a mob .fathered and took the negro from the Jity jail and hanged him to a telephone pole. AsJie was choking to death one of the-mob cut his throat and ended his suffering. ' - " A large number Of negro rhen and women were drinking and carousing at a bail. Officer Hinkley tried to arrest Godley and his tirother when the jcrowd started for the officer.. Mont" Goilley grabbed the officer's revolver. and placing the muxzle behind ' the right ear of the officer, pulled the trtg- ger.. The Godley brothers -were both captured. .' " . Th! news of the murder spread and soon a crowd gathered about th Jail. Godley was dragged from the Jail arid hanged to a telegraph pole. The' rope broke on the first effort and Godley fell to the ground. Some one in the crowd cut his throat. This brought a more merciful death than was Intend ed by the mob. He was then hanged again. Burned. In a Housa. Malone, N. Y, Dec. 25. Four per sons were burned to death today In the house of Julius King, of IlerceflelJ. Adirondack. Mrs. M. J. MeGovern, King's eldest daughter, and her three children, who were stepping on the lower floor, were burned to death. . Tired of the Old Gam.' Tuscon, Ariz. Dec. 25. A woman. aged about 20 years, registered at th Windsor Hotel yesterday, as Mrs. E. Mallem, of Seattle., Thi morning the hotel chambermaid was unable to. ef fect an entrance to her room. The door was forced and the woman was found on the bed. propped up by two pillows. noraing a mirror in one hand and a re volver in the other. There was a bullet-hole In her right temple. A note was found on which was written "l.Am tired of the old'garn. Bury me here." THEY fLEW THE COOP i. THREE PRISONERS ESCAPKn FROM PORTLAND JAIL EARLY J YESTERDAY MORNING. PORTLAND, Dec. 25. Three prison- era escaped from the city lair at 2 o'clock this morning. The were Frank aiuier and frank Ward, arrested for- Burglarizing a freight enr of th O ir ; N. Co. and Clarence Smith, serving a sixty-day sentence for vagrancy. Ward and Miller were being held; for trial. None of the flftv -on mrl r-rtt fined in the main corridor were awV of the delivery, except one man who nappenea to t present, and' who was forced to remain quiet on min e death. ' " The delivery was effected fev nrvin the iron clasp of the door leading from the cell to the hallway connecting with the court room upstairs. Once through this door, it was simply a matter of deliberately walking up the stairs. through the municipal court room, out through the main entrance and down the side step to the street. An Iron pipe, half an Inch In diam eter and a foot long, was used as a pry. The iron clasp that fitted over the big staple was broken .oft squarely, indi cating that a file had been used- to fa cilitate the escape. The pipe , waTs found at the bead of the stairs. Fifty-one prisoners were sleeping; In the main corridor while) the three men were working at the door. The door separating this large sleeping and loaf ing room from a small entrance-way. from which the -door reaching the stairs opens, v was closed. To pre-i fnt nr mi from see! n if what waa being done, the small ieek-hole In the. door was closed. - ' - '; ' -"-' IN THE - WORLD OF SPORT Had a Bad Leg. -WORCESTER. Mass. Dec. 25. tton McLeo.1 ' won .the.; cham4onship of catch-as-cfitch-can wrestling and the fl.500 end of a $2,000 purse this after, noon by getting the better of Tom Jenkins.- Jenkins had a bad leg, cauaed by llood-porsoning, and had to quit in the; third bout. ." j.- V- ; ' ' ' Worrbn a Foull . - Baker City. Ori Dec. 25. Ed Cuff, of Spokane, and Joe Cotter (colored), of Denver, fought twenty-me rounds at Sumpter this afternoon. The battle was ai fierce one and Cuff, is said to have hadihe best of it when he fouled Cotter- in... the twenty-first round and the contest was awarded to the negro. , Cosk Got the Decision. I Castro'a acceptance has been trans Butte Mont., Dec. 25. A1 spcrtsl milled to the Washington Government the Miner from Havre. Mont, says: . M.o wUich the proposal emanated. Ilr ltavin. of Butte, the heavyweight l champion of Montana., failed to kno k I out Eddie Croak, of Iowa, lrf ten rounds of a contesiJ.bls -'afternoon, and Croak was awarded the decision. , ' TRANS-PACIFIC SHIP LINE COMPANY SEEKING TERMINUS ON PACrFIC COAST FOR ;l3NRf . TO ORIENT, : ; SAN FRANCISCO. Decs. 25. J. K Vanburen. aeneral manager of the China Commercial Steamship Com pany, who has, arrived here, says he hopes to establish a regular steamship service between Hong-Kong and points In Mexico and on the Pacific ; Coast, commencing on April 1st of -next year, lie states that he Is negotiating with ship-owners' in London with reference to chartering four o'r five steamships for the company's use. The route of the steamships will be from Hong. Kong to Japan ports, thence to Maza- tlan, thence to some Pacific Coast port probably San Francisco. If the lin proves successful It is the intention of the company to build its own steamers WILL ARRIVE TODAY FIRST LINK OF TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE WILL HAVE BEEN " COMPLETED. ON BOARD CABLESHIP SILVER- TQWN. Dec." 25. The eventful trip of the eableship Silvertown will be com-d pleted Friday, and the first Jink In lJ Trans-Pacific cable will be laid. Not a single calm day has prevailed during the voyage from San Francisco, --. J WEALTHY, TRIBE OF REDS OSAGK iNDIANsltlF OKLAHOMA, WEALTH I EST : PER CAI'ITA PEOPLE ON EARTH. 5. The GUTHRIE. O.! T.. Dec. Osage Indian?,. of Oklahonja. of "whom there are 1.S00, have to s their credit 8.5M.4H in the United States Treasurr. They own 400.000 acrc:of land, making them the per capita wealthiest peiple on earth. . A BOWLING TOUR ILLIIIEE CLUB TOURNAMENT TEAM TO START ON ClR : CUIT TOMORROW.' ' The Illihee Club's tournament bcwl ing team, composed of Messrs. Hyt, Frank Hughes. C. D. Gabrtlsbn. A. A. Jtssup, J. D. Sutherland and II. II. Smith, will start upon a tour tomorrow end will be away until Tuesday, oi Saturday night the team will play Multnomah Athletic Crub's teatr. They Will then go to Astoria, where a game will be played with the nAstorla Com nerclal Club team, and returning to Pr.rtland will play .the ' Commercial Club team of that city oh; Monday night - - - - ; ; t' . r: - , The Illihee team Is composed of the best material the Club contains, and the boys are confident f holding their own with their worthy opponents.' ' BIG FTRB IN PENNSYLVANIA. 1LAWRENCEVILLE, Tioga County, Pa. Dec. 24. Hre which originated in spring's millinery store from an over turned lamp today destroyed all the buildings oh one side of Main street. , inciuoing wing ,& Thstwick's Iar.Lwn pain Into the erutter. department store. NThe Rustling block ana crpera House, the Darling block. ana nve other stores were-bumed. -The tos Is more than 150,009. ; vanISerbilt will get well. NEW YORK. Dec. 24 On leaving the .Vanderbilt "residence tonight Dr. Flint said: -Mr. Vanderbilt has turn ed the corn-r. He will get welf." Smith's Dandruff Pomio stops Itching scalp upon spolli sppllcaUon; three to six removes all dandruff and ! 7"!J?. tn,n" h4,r- 60c- S r" (WILL ACCEPT QN;COpiTI0i! That the Blockade Cease and That Allies v RETURN' CAPTURED FLEET President festro Will Consent to Submit to The Hague Tribunal GERMANY EXCLUDES CBAIM OF l.OOO.tHH) BOLIVARS FROM ARBI TRATION AND DEMANDS CASH PAYMENT BEFORE ADJUST MENT BEGINS. CARACAS. Dec. 25. President Caslro: has telegraphed from I-i Jctorla his acceptance of tie propM?3l 'of the sub mittal of the pending differences to the atbilratlon of The Hague Tribunal, subject to certain conditions, which. In clude the cessation of the blockade ar.il the return to Venezuela of the fleets seized by the allied jtowers; President i Demand Cash Down. 1 Berlin; Dec. 25. The Lokal Anr.cigfr publlHhea txlay thi following ulate- ment which was evidently Inspired by the foreign ofilce; V"The German Gov-, trnment has excluded from the ncopo ' of the arbitration of the Venezuelan ditficulty the claim of 1.000.000 Bollvan. which must be piald Immediatjly In caxh before the arbitration shall be begun." Is Still Undecided. Washington. Dec. 25. H was! stated at the State peiartment today tat the President had reached no decision In. regard to the invitation ,of th rowers that he arbitrate the Venezuelan mat ter. It is possible that thlt decision will not be forthcoming for several days. Correspondence is being exchanged dally between . th4 State Department and the Foreign Office with reference to the Invitation. Secretary Hay p'w at the White 'House early todayCind held a brief conference with the Pre!- ' dent on the question. Does Not Know lt Is War. Caracas, Dec. 25. In an interview today w'ith a rep,)-esntatve of the As socla ted Press. ;Irfjpez Baralt. Ministr' of Foreign Affairs, said he had not been informed of a declaration of nsr by Gresit Britain, and , was greatly sur prised -to I the news thai?such a sfen had '- been taken. , Venezuela, he sai'd. doe not regard the existing blockade Uh tantamount to a state of war; but fh country Is prepared to j-esi?t Cj Ihe utmost. J3.-..000 A YEAR FOR JOCKEY. NEW YORK. Dec. 25. Jockey Win nie O'Connor Is the latent American to arrange to g abroad and try his for-K tune on thj foreign tracks, says the . American. O'Connor hasyuwt closed n, dear through August Belmont to fid" for the next three years for Baron -de Ifothschild and M. Dobloch. of , Pari?. O'Connor will take" he place of Mil' on lenry, whose license -Was ur cn.l.-.l ly. the French Jtyvi-y (fjub last Octo- lir. FM hlI .rl'la'li. ' .kn....- ...ill 1 -J ..... ... . , ..... f V u III tecelve.125.000 a year for first call from Baron RothSf-Iiild a'lid'M. .-Detfiorh la in Jgive him $10,000 a year fo second call. I This lll make OX'onnor's .. salary In all $35,0M) a. year. ' Jhe contract begins on March IDA J. ami runs to March 1. 1IWMJ. O'Connor to ride at 110 pounds. ONLY A COMMON DOG BUTHIS YOtmiFlTIi MASTER SWEARS VENGEANCE AGAINST THE BRtTTAL ASSAILANT. wasn't a handsome dog: Just the sort of a cur that one inlght almost any day or night see sauntering about the streets or alleys tri scurch -of a stray bone upon which .hv. might In a small degree, satisfy the craving of a starved and empty .stomach, ."j He was a blac k dog, with long, curly hair; and a bushy tall, nnd h had a White iring around hi -neck.lle would hot have taken even the brass medal in apprize show for dns hf Ihe third class. In fact, he wouldn't have gain ed admission Into an exhibition of that -sort. -. . Nevertheless, this dog had a faculty of attending strictly to his own busi ness. He never molested anyone. But the othef night, as he was following his 10-yeir-old master up State street in the principal part of the city, he un fortunately mef a brother one of the creatures going on two legs and calling " himself a man. ;He dog number two hud Just staggered out of a whisky shop, and, feeling In a mood to hurt something, gave the poor foijr-lpg?rrd Miumrr iwun anotogies to tn dog) a vigorous kick that sent him howling . Th owner of the dog .waj ort his JI Mil f IIBIHUI, Ills eyes Riiark- I"d with anger. He followed th two Ivgijcd dog forjialf a bloc k. calling Mm names and threatening veng aru If h. ever became a man. "Why." s id l!i Wy. "if I ever gt to be a man, I II ktck you into the BWterjust like yci kic ked my dog." ' It was a fine examj-le of tru frlff l shjp, and. as Ihe writer stoo.j on II: f corner and witnessed th whol.j .,. I ceedinirs- he fttulAn't i.l the day miht cm when th i,C- , stood ud for hi ghfo cTrry'alfhU WOUIti t.. 1 rry all his threatf Into - Jecutlon.