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y . y " Y a Revolution I ?,ESIDH(T OF GUATAMALA TIos Ordered United States Consul Genentli to Leave ; . the Country .' ,. .. ' . . . ,. : .... r ' : . i i i A' PERSONA ; NON GRATA ' COUNTY JUDGE OF MISSOURI. IS ' LET OUT OF JAIL TO .SPEND CHRISTMAS. AT-HOMENO CAM BLING IN ALASKA. i 4 - . ' 1 i ' LOUISVILLE. Ky., Dec, 23, The Courier Journal tomorrow will say: A Louisville man received a telegram from New Orleans saying' that. Presi dent Cabrere-of Guatemala, had noim fled United States Consul General Mc Vnllv to fcave.lhc rnuntrv and that he is persona non, grata to tne uovern ttient. .V -lV ( Home venturesome Americans who WAntlv u'ava f n vail f at nnaiialii ful attempt to start a revolution have '.been making their headquarters at the American Consulate. , i ' Brief Leave of Absence. Li Kansas fMty, Mo.. Dec. 13. Judge Thomas Nevitt. of St. Clair ' county, jsio., who h-4 been 4a Jail, In Marys ille. -for falling to obey this mandate of r the United States tort, was released .today by Judge Phi lip so he j coutd PIend hls'-Chrlstmas- with his family. - After the holidays, he will1 return to 5Jtul. tie has been in jail ever since he 4was elected- Far many years the judges jof that courts hafce refused to vote "money to pay the railroad bonds for which judgment wus obtained In ? the 'Federal Court, and Judge Philips has kept them in jnil. ; f r 1. i . War Against Gambling. 1: j Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 23. Every gaim Mt-r In Juneau, Douglas 'and Skagway fciMj been Indicted by .the Grand Jury. in'sesslon at Janeau. and as a femult tftot a card las been turned on either side of the Castlneau Channel for the :ptist two CWeeks In a gambling game. Every slot machine is turned to the walh. This Is the flr "cessation of . Kambllng In the history of the territory. .It Is cxDected that every' member 'Of the so-called sporilngr1 world, male and v female. In this iart of -Alaska will be Indicted. : -'vl 1. A Fatal Explosion. . , I NOHFOLK. Vra Dec. 23. Two m -n were killed ;and iMsotherjfatally Injtrfed tin. the c-x plosion of. therlol5er of the tux toat iJzsie Maasey on the south ,ern branch of the Elizabeth -river tlii evening. . r- . ; IV-ad' (!fn-srt. V. Will la m inntalns "Vllliam Hyman. fireman. Te litjure-1": . Samuel Dunn.' engineer. The tug was . towing a lumber laden barge. Captain , -1 ! " iiivn,s iiiij I i kii; air and horribly mangled. Bynara wan ; blown Into pieces. The-tug immediate ly .itank. It Is reported an unknown anan employed on Ue barge? was a No killed. - TOO MUCH PROSPERITY SOLDIER SPENT YEARS HAVINGS IN FEW DAYS. THEN END ED lira life:! CHICAGO. IVc. 23. First Sergeant AViillam II. Kuwell, of' the Twentieth Unlteil States Infantry, has committed suicide by' sheotlng himself ; In th head. Russell; received': his d'Ncharge December 2d. together with over $70' lii k pay and allowances.: .' He re-en- . listed the next day, and w,as grntf a three-months" furlough. j Efe started to spend bls.fur'ough and his money by -" buying a barrel , of beer fr his old com imny. Since tliat time, twenty days gu, he had spent his entire savings J The body Is now, at Fort Sheridan, awaiting instrucJlons from his rela- :tlv?. whii, live In North Carolina. , - Itu!sell vas 33 yettrs old and unmar tlCjt. He. enlisted nihevyears ago fron Jstmas, serel ugaJtist the Indians lr Cuba and fa the Philippines.' Heiwas ' a well-known marksman and . had a god army record. . , . '' ' MAKINGJJP TIME WOMAN WAS Dt'MIt FOR FOUR . TEEN YEARS, NOW TALKS P. AND TALKS. ' SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Dee. 23. Within a. few days Miss Mary O'Brien, aged about 30, : living in East. Long Meadow, has- suddenly recovered- the powe- of speech, after being dumb for fourteen years. She has sin.ee talked v utmost incewaantly while, awake and Jier mind-seems disordered. A coun cil of physicians has been held and the woman may be examined to deter mine her sanity. Her failure of speech fourteen years ago was due to a throat trouble. She has been since In faktiy good' health. ; - THREE CHILDREN BURNED CREMATED ALIVE, IN A BURNING RANCH DWELLING, IN -IDAHO. SALMON.' Idaho. Dec. 1-3. -Three children of B. E. Van Houten, a boy. aged 12. and two girls, aged 1 and 5. were burned to death In a fire which destroyed "the Van Houten dwelling on Phil Shenon's ranch, ten milea front this place. last night. "Van Houten Is the foreman of the ranch. His family .-oTMisted of his wife and six children. The survivors had narrow escapes. ADMIRAL SCHLEY ILL. WA SH INGTON. Dec. 23. -Rear Ad r'iral W. S. Schley is ill. suffering front an acute .attack of lumbago. KTATi; DCPARTMKNT ADVISErf SXINATOR MITCHELL OF SOL- . PIERS' MONUMENT SITli ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 2J. Assistant nr hi. Tri.iirr Tjvlw to- day informed. Senator Mitchell that f there Is no authority for a law allow- In the soldiers monument to be:plao- led within the limits of the postofflc grounds at Portia ni, . ns request J yr the monument com-nUtee.-The Sec retary called' attention to the .-l ion of the eity of Chariotfe, N. Z.m in se curing special legislation from Con gress forfauihority to use a portion of the Government property of that city and suggested that Senator Mitchell introduce and push a resolution In behalf of the monument committee. - A BOARD OF ARBITRATION WillHBe Appointed by Presi . a dent Roosevelt IN EVENT OF ACCEPTANCE Of the Proposition to Arbitrate ; the Venezuelan Affair asx Suggested FAMOUS -CALVE DOCTRINE WILL BE THE CRUCIAL5 POINT TO CON SIDERCABINET OFFICIALS OP POSED TO SUBMITTING MONROE IMKTKINE TO THE HGCK. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23: It is known that the President's planf"lf;he detsr mines to arbitrate the Venezuela -af-fAjr, c-ontetfrplates the appointment of a board of arbitration. It Is said the crucial point before the arbitration board Is tho famous "Calve Doctrine's ; This doctrine, which was laid down by k th greatest of Iatln-Amerkan International lawyers, and for many yeaa has betn ; regarded, as beyond question by alt of the' Latin-American Republics, denies the right of any . na tion to Intervene diplomatically in be half of one of it subjects where the courts ot the country are'open to h application, for Just Ic"?. ! - Thus Venezuela has asserted that all these claimants, British. German, Ital-. lanTimt French, might have" gone be fore the .Venezuelan courts, and. If their rauses had been Just and sincere and decided by the courts of the Gov ernment, she- would have paid the Judgments. The objection to this -view Is that no account Is taken of the ml carriage of jutlce. A law has been iassed wlthin:.lhe laist fea- weeks making it a criminal of fense.and one to be heavily punislt eij5 for any Salvadorean "to 'give "1 afiy pvldence before a court In behilf of a foreigner claiming damages against the Salvadorean Government. ThN doctrine will - be given - a trtil b'orc the arbitration. ' . ' ; Object to Tha Hague. , WASHINGTON. De 23! It is known now that some of the members of the Cabinet are?opjoset to referring the Venezuela matter to The Hague Tri bunal for these reasons: . .: , : In the , first place they have no desire to submit the Monroe " Dot;trlne to the arbitration of any non-Amrlcair'trlbu-ual, hot even the exceptionrof hte aug t'lst and eminently-:alr tribunal of The fliTgue. ; Not tliat the fairness of The Hague arbitration court is questioned, but as rrtostjrof them represent Europe and monarchlaL Interests, it is realized that their training may be regarded as unsympathetic where they are required to. deal' with suchr an essentially Amer ican subject ks the Monroe Doctrine. Another reason -that animates these Cabinet : offlcf.ra In this inclination to ward t he acceptance ; Sat their convlc tlons that an inordinate length of ume would be c6nsumed-if the Issue Is taken before The Hague Tribunal. The ma chinery I sufficient butt ponderous and difficult o put in motion. ; ; Rules of ths' Blockads. LA GUAYRA, Venezuela, Dec. 23 ?r he allies have advised the foreign Consuls here that thf steamers reach Ing La Guayra. before Decemb-r 30. will be allowed to enter the porjL, and dlscha,rg their cargo. during the day. but they will not be allowed to take a cargo on .board. This ruling? has treated general dissatisfaction here. Alt the mail steamers reaching here after December 30, will be boarded from the blockading squadron and the neutral passengers and mails will be sent ashore under a flag of truce. A schooner which attempted to enter port tonight was captured. I BURGLARS MAKE TtlCH HAUli; - LOS ANGELES, CaU Dec. 23. A burglary of more than usual nagni tude was 'committed at the Westmin ster Hotel last night in a suit occu pied by W. Av Williams, of Hartford, Conn, and his' wife. While they were at dinner the .lock on one of the doors leading to their apartments was pick ed and their trunks broken open. One of these contained over $3,000 worth of jewelry. ? This waa all takerf. When Mr. "and Mrs. Williams . re turned to their roomrn they at once discovered the theftj and It was re ported to police headquarters. Detec tives have been detailed on the case. UTAH PIONEER'S DEATH.: SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 21. George W. Thatcher. & Utah pioneer, and for years prominent In political ' and church circles, Is dead at his home In Logan.' Utah, after a long Illness, aged S3 years. Mr. Thatcher crossed the plains with bis parents with the first band of Mormon pioneers.' In the early day of the state. Mr. Thatcher was one of the "famous "pony express riders, and later was identified with many public enterprises. Mr. Thatcher was a- delegate to the National Demo cratic Convention at Kansas Cityi in lwo. ' :. ' " . : .- . .- 13 UNCOVERED SBISHaaSSMHHMMWMk ' ' . Register cf Spc&anc Land Of fice Reports to connissiONfcR herrmann That Numerous Applications for Coal Land Are Be inlleceiyed FROM DIFFERENT STATES AND ALL THROUGH ONE PROMOTER. NO LANDS : AVAILABLE NA , TIONAL SOCIETY OF EQUITY TO BE, INCORPORATED TODAY. SPOKANE. Wash.? Dec. 23. What appears to lieHan extensive land swin dle has Just been reported to Commis sioner Herrmann by Register W. H. Ludden of the United States Land Of fice here, ' , . . - For several weeks applications for coal land locations In this district have been coming in from Hood River, Ore gon; Soutrj Bend. Washington; Effing; ton, South Daltota; Waterloo.' " Iowa. and Farwell. Michigan, all apparently sent In at the instigation of one "pro moter," who. it ia believed collects $40 from the applicants on the pretense' of locating coal lands for them. The ap plications are worthless, no money ac companying them, and the descriptions not conforming to. any land In : this district.$bFurther, the Register knows of no utuocated coal lands of value In this district available for location. , A Farmers' Organization. Indianapolis, Ihd.. Dec. 23 The Na tional Society i of Equity of North A merlca l will be I ncorporated tomoi row. It 'has .been incorporated after months of correspondence between all parts of the country. The objects as stated are: ' To promote and encourage the organization ' and co-operation among farmers stockmen, horticultur ists, gardeners and men of kindred vo cations by the establishment of a Na tional .society with such branch- and local! societies as may, be necessary to" carry out such objects. , ;- BEATRICE IN A BLAZb I . t BUSINESS PORTION OF NEBRAS KA. TOWN WIPED OUT BY A -' FIERCE FIRE. - LINCOLN. Neb, Dec. 23. Vlre has burned three business bot-ks and the Masonic Templeat . Beatrice, Neb. The Paddock Hotel Is no.w-on fire. The blase commeaced at ir 2 o'clock this morning iii afulrug ' store basement. Loss estimated- at $300,000. I' 1 ; , ' Forta. time the lack of sufficient wa ter three tened to handicap the firemen, -but lld iiot-prove serious. The prin Ipol losers are: Beatrice National Hank. $40,000; Masonic Temple, $35. M)0: Day's drug store, $7,000. and a number , f mffior losses ranging from 11.500 to $3,000, the latter among ten ants of the Masonic Temple. 4 The lire Is believed to have started from spontaneous combustion in a coal bin lit the basement. ' Lincoln. Neb Dec. 23. A special, to the Star from Beatrice. Neb., says: Fire broke out at 2 o'ckck this morn ing in the basement of Day's --. drug store, situated In the Masonic Temple block. It was of Incendiary origin. The entire Masonic Temple, a three-story business block, wa destroyed. The Are was under control at S o'clock. The roof of adjoining buildings caught fire several times, but the flames were ptit out without serious loss. A defecttve boiler at the city pumping station add ed difficulty to the; fight. The . loss from the fire will aggregate. $150,000, partly Insured. This Is the third large fire in the city within the last eighteen months. The'total loss from -the three Is more than $800,000. s A C0LL0SAL VENTURE CAPITALISTSTTO CONSTRUCT A COMBINED TUNNEL AND ELE VATED RAILROAD. CHICAGO; Dec. 23. New York and Chicago capitalists are said to v have joined forces to launch in Chlcagd one of the most collosaal traction ventures, according to the Daily News, the city has known. The scheme If for an un derground railroad comblbned with the new elevated, the cost of the entire project t be from $51,000,000 to $53, 000,000. ' The , plan t comprehends the construction of a tunnel under the down-town streets, making a com plete loop of the business section. WILL NOT MAKE IT ALL HOPES. , OF 1 SILVERTOWN REACHING! HONOLULU BY . ' CHRISTMAS DISPELLED. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.iDec. 2$. All hope that the cable ship Silvertown will arrive In Honolulu' during Christ mas Day is dispelled. The following cablegram, was received from the As so. elated Press repreentative on . board todtty : "During, the last- twenty-four hours 197 knots of the cable have been laid, making, a total .up to noon, of 1,977 knots. A 'strong southwesterly breeze has somewhat retarded pro gress." J HILL IN SN0WST0RH - BILZZARD RAGING IN MONTANA AND PRESIDENT HILL IS EN , , ROUTE EAST. - ANACONDA. MonL. Dec 23. A spe cjal tothe Standard from Havre says a blizzard prevails along the Great Northern from Wagner, Mont, to Wli llston. North Dakota. President Hiira special. It Is feared, will be snowbound otr th way East. IIASSCnb III ALAS t ELLY RIVER INDIANS ATTACK AND WIPE OUT BAND OF : - LITTLE SALMON. VICTORIA, B. C i Dec 21. The steamer Amur, which arrived frum Skarway tbday. brought the news of a massacre of, the Salmon In Hans and the murder of a storekeeper, whose store was looted and burned by the Pelly River Indians. Dlspajcbea from Dawson state that the Little Salmon Indians weie on their way out to sell furs when attacked -by the Pelly In- dJans. The Little Salmon were en camped when the Pellya came up with a yell and simultaneously fired their guns. A number of the Little ' Salm ons were slaughtered. The others were followed and killed while, they were fleeing for safety.- A small num ber escaped. PRESIDENT UNDECIDED His Acceptance or Refusal Will Depend RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED A Long Conference Was Held With Secretary Hay Yesterday PROPOSAL IS SUCH THAT PRESI DENT CAN EITHER ACCEPT OR REFUSE OUTRIGHT GERMANY PREFERS ROOSEVELT TO THE HAGUE ITALY SATISFIED. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The Pres ident and Secretary Hay were In con ference sometime this , forenoon over the proposal from Germany and Great Britain about the arbitration issues in volved In the Venezuelan, controversy.; The acceptance or declination of the proposals' by the President Is believed to hinge on the nature of the restric tions the allies hjave Imposed on - the arbitration. sr Receives Formal Proposals. 1 Washington, Dec. 2a.- The proposals of Groat Biltaln and ' Germany ftat President Roosevelt arbitrate the .Ven esuelan dispute have reached Washing ton. - They. are 'In such form that the President can accept .or. rejxt ' the - f ' proposition outrlght.r- So far, the mes sages having been received-; while the PresIdentT'jSas 'absent from the White House, he has had no opportunity to consider them, and until he does so his dectslon cannot : be known. For the same . reason nothing can be. gathered here as to the details of the proposals, and although great Interest Is' felt as fa the extenof tile, limitations which the .allies will afk to be placed. On the arbitration, curiosity on that point muet remain unsatisfied until the President has made up his mind, what he.ahall do. It ix known that he i disposed to act with all speed In this m -1 1 . . . . maiier, ior ne realizes inai ine. conai t Ions on the blockade line are such that almost any moment an unpleasant Incident may occur through : the ob stinacy of some skipper or from a gen uine misunderstanding as to the terms of the blockade c that may diminish the chances of a peaceful settlement of the Venezuelan trouble. Germany Anxious, Too. Berlin, Dec: 24. Germany ia anxious to receive . President Roosevelt' ac ceptance of the formal invitation from Germany and Great Britain to act as arblbtrator In the 'Venezuelan contro versy. The German ' Government's preference Is .very decidedly In favor of arbitration through ' -: President Rooievelt, rather than ; through The Hague tribunal, because It believes the President will reach ah early de cision, whereas The . Hague court would take many months. The officials also insist that It is to the advantage of the United States to have the Presi dent decide the matter.- The German steamer. Siberia, which sailed from Hamburg for ; Venezuela yesterday, carried an expert in Inter national law, who will act as counsel for Commodore Scheder In technical legal questions arising - during the blockade. 1 Italy' Agrssrfbls. Rome,-Dec 24. Italy's reply to the arbitration ..proposal j of Venezuela through Minister Bowen and the Gov ernment of the United States, among other, things says it would be pleased if the question was settled ' by the ar bitration of President Roosevelt, and adds rhat if he does not accept. Italy wilt -have no objection to submitting the solution to The Hague tribunal. . Captured Two Boats, I La Guayra, I'Dec. 24. The British cruiser Tribune tonight ' captured a sloop, and a schooner outside" this port. LIGHT CHRISTMAS. MAIL. '. NEW YORK, Dec 24 Not for long time has there been so light a Christmas mall as there Is this: season. Last year the two days before Christ mas found the jKMtoffice clerks swamp ed by outgoing and incoming mail. No extra force has had to be put ort since the first of the month, when extra, men are always 'hired. Why there Ir com paratively so little mail puzzle: 1 the postofflce officials, -for people aie evi dently, buying Just a much as u ual, if pot more, and are probably givlig a Tnhny presents as In preceding Veara. SCHOONER'S ROL'GH VOYAGE. , SAN FRANCISCO, Cal DecJ Si. 1 he schooner .Western Home, whilch arrived-today, sixteen days from Coos Bay. had one of the hardest tffps made by a coaster for many months, 1 When she reached port all hands wer worn out with constant ervlce. and the schooner herself was wrecked, weather beaten and leaking freely. 1 j Si Kto'MGsMd Or Home Book of Health ,T0 J)K GIVEN AS A PREMIUM WITH iiioAli Statesman - TIIW IS OUr. OFFER: THIS BOOK WITH THE STATJiV , MAN ONE YEAR $3.25; OR BOOK ALOE $2.60. : HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ,'GET A VALU ABLE BOOK AT phobia sunstroke, fits, falla, sprains, ferulae; also for sudden diseases, like i i t . ,t...k h. ,nu ti, ninntnint thai nature, the' VI UUp. tMUII A, liwi i- UVOV1 . V -r-- s . --- . 'effectT the treatment and the remedr of every disease which, affects human ity. 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Says the Buffalo Times: It was re cently in , a well known club room ant c-ne of those rare occasions for'cotiviv lality in which the best of men like to indulge. The party numb-rd a doaen, all prominent lH-aliy and some whose s fume Is more thanjocal. A gofnl spir it prevailed heraMHe none but the it of spirits had tjeen flowing, nd the spirit manifested Itself In a biilli.'Miry of speech that bubbled frorri very-one present to swh' n extetvt th-it the Im Ptomptu 4ojstmater w r-hoHen to keep It in surb, by having each one speak in-turn. . " . 45o iafL Mr; Todstmaster. and. casting bis eye abut the board, let It rest upon a-man, the fountain of wbo eloquence was the first to be let loo :j "Gentlemen.", said the toaslmitster, "as becomes the occasion.- I will Intro duce the wittiest man firrt. . Mr. (Pause.) . .. - "Gentlemen. I take " pleasure In In troducing to you one icjiose name l a household word in nuffalo." (Paue and embarrassment.) ' ,' "Gentlemen, it .affords me great pleasure to Introduce "a man whose name'.stands for civic pride and all that is beat in this community " (Pause and embarrassment.), ' ... . . i . i : . . i ..... . A . u?iMiriii;u, tne man t biii t call uiKn first is known to me" for the pat twenty years, and to sniie of yo'j perhaps longer. X will .not dwell upm bis qualltfes. his talntis. They have made him famous. You all know 'to whom'-'I refer. The man whose nam? rushes to alL our l!j " (A long pause.) ' . J-, "I. refer to the third gentiem;in to mf right," and as the tOatmatr t down amid an uproar he said to his neighbor "I'll be hanged, but his name wouldn't come." v