Eau Claire Leader (Newspaper) - February 17, 1905, Eau Claire, Wisconsin THE a YEAR BY CASTROS VENEZUELAN COURT DECIDES TO CONFISCATE PROPERTY OF ASPHALT COMPANY INTERESTED IN CONCERN STATE DEPARTMENT LIKELY TO TAKE ENERGETIC ACTION IN THE PREMISES EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN FRIDAY FEBRUARY I Feb rtls Patch from Caravan Venezuela sayn that the pressure of Cattro the court has ordered the se of the landed property of the American Asphalt comply This decision the dispatch adds has caused excitement in the American colony at Caracas CONFIRMED iN Venezuela Confiscates Property of As Washington Feb slate de during the day received a cablegram from Minister Bowen dated fit Caracas stating that the supreme court had its former decree the property in Vene zuela of the American Asphalt com pany The action of the court brings the to critical point loritts the gov to make the next move HISTORY OF ASPHALT CASE Litigation American Company in Venezuelan Courts j Washington Feb time last the Venezuelan conn be fore which an application ha been filed by the Venezuelan for vacation of the franchise of the asphalt company decided that the cor had forfeited its charter rightB and on application of the gov appointed a receiver for the Property The American Asphalt com pany sought to serure a reversal of lirder of a the court entertained its to that effect but it has now decided adversely upon this cree stops the asphalt company from STRIKES AT A OF ST PE WORKS AGAIN IN THAT FATHER GOPON 18 ONCE MORE INQ OPERATIONS I MISS BLANCHE BATES In The Darling of the Gods at the Grand Opera House last evening THREE OF THE CREW KILLED property by appeals to the it dismissed tho Venezuelan Supreme court the as company made a strong appeal to the stale department here for aid assorting test it had been denied jus tice by the Venezuelan government The president requested Attorney General Moody whether or Miscarriage of Justice In this case such as would warrant a formal protest by this government After an exhaustive consideration of the subject the department of justice has opinion nut so far this has not been formally re turned to the president It IR believed that the opinion is to the effect that the as company hat not been fairly treated not only the prin ciples of English law but even taking as a basis the ordinary Venezuelan legal practice However the president has not yet determined upon the course he shall pursue in this matter Minister Bowen meanwhile is waiting for his status at Caracas bring rather delicate owing to the fidelity with which he has executed the state departments Instruct ion 3 at various stages in the progress of the asphalt cases before the Venezuelan courts Now that President Castro has re to Caracas it is ejected that oir minister will renew his efforts to prevent the case from proceeding to a point where a summary demand j must he made upon the Venezuelan government the Is to have in this case Explosion on Board British Submarine Boat Feb explosion of gasoline occurred on board the new submarine boat A 5 while the officers and crew eleven men were engaged in charging the tanks The crew were hurled in ail directions Nine of them were picked up by boats and taken to the hospital A number of the crew o the British Hazard the rescue of the submarine boats crew but hardly had they got on board the submarine when a second explosion took place and all the res cuers were an of the submarine died of his Injuries The bodies of two missing men were found on board the A 5 The total number of men injured was fifteen Some of them were dreadfully mutated Lieutenant Good of the A injuries about its passage This measure was drawa up with the intention of preventing any entering and underselling the state STEAMER RUNS AGROUND Passengers Taken Off but Ship May Be Total Loss Penh West Australia Feb Pacific Steam Navigation steamer Orizaba with passengers and mails for Sydney Is ashore off Gar Fob em ployes of the iron works ap eared the day but instead of resuming their tasks demanded aa a of going to work the release of their comrades who are under arrest Similar action was taken by the men of the Neva works Upon other grounds the work men again went out at the Franco works the rubber works the St Petersburg car shops Considerable surrounds the recrudescence of movement it being rumored that Father Gopon again directing operations through his lieutenants RUSSIAN CAVALRY RETIRES Marshal Reports His Men Pur course The is firmly aground and has considerable water in her hold The passengers and mails were land he will recover but his eyesight is The interior of the rine boat is nn nm which delays a complete examination of the boat i TO PASS ON SMOOT CASE Committee Will Begin Preparation of Its Report Saturday I Washingion Feb senate committee on privileges nad elections i meet on Saturday to take up j case ot Senator Reed Smoot of Utah I j ing her cargo after which an attempt to tow The weather is becoming threatening and as the position is ex posed it in feared she will be a total wreck COMMITTED FIVE YEARS AGO Sensational Being Held at DCS Moines lies Feb of Charles Thomas charged with the murder of Walel Dr Shope who the autopsy over the remains that not a drop of water was found in the girls lungs as would have been the caseif her own iy drowning Thomas is to have a as knockout lion ally a fata dose and is to prove suicide theory was committed five following dis patch was the day from the headquarters of the Japanese armies in In the of the river our artillery 14 bombarded and set to that village The artillery in the moun tain replied During Feb 14 a sec tion of the attacked mountain and at dawn Feb 15 a battalion attacked mountain but the entirely re pulsed In the on the morning of of the cavalry from SIX PAGES fair colder this afternoon brisk southwest shift ing to northwest winds The temperature for Thursday Feb as recorded by the thermometer at the New Star Clothing etore is as fol lows 7 am above 13 3 p m 6 12 midnight 23 25 I DUTIES OF PRESIDENT SUBMITS LENGTHY MESSAGE ON SAN DOMINGO TO THE SENATE TOUCHES OH THE QN N S A U T UNITED of Deeds WALLACE Passes Noted and Soldier Away in Indiana Ind Feb Sur rounded by bis family General Lew Wallace author of Beu Hur one time minister to Turkey and veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars is dead at his home in this city aged seventyeight years The health of General Wallace has been waning for several years and for months despite the efforts of the fam of force of cavalry advanced south the right bank of the Hun river 14 and passed the night in the of Chen of Before the ar dislodge the enemy his force began to i retreat north Our detachment quick ly pursuing him towards in some damage The ar tillery taking up a position in the neighborhood of cov ered his retreat strength was about ten squadrons of cavalry CAPITAL FULL OF RUMORS EXTRA SESSION NEXT FALL Unless Congress Disposes of Railway Rate Legislation Washington Feb tive of Michigan one of the of the rae had a talk the president during the dax regarding the for the ol the measure into law who has ian the expressed the opinion I hat there was B rhanoe for the passage of the bili by tho senate at the session After his talk the president Mr Townsend said hat In the event no on the rate question was enacted Bf this session an session of congress would be by President for next autumn perhaps in October GIGANTIC MONOPOLY Secretary Hitchcock Arraigns an In dian Oil Lease Washington Feb 16 Secretary during the day gave out a arraigning a monopoly the present Ipase by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil com pany of the right to prospect for oil find gas throughout the entire area of th Osage Indian reservation and ex plaining the agreement reached sev eral days ago as announced in the As Press dispatches for cutting off more than onehalf of the lands operative tea years church The preparation of a report will be taken up All the submitted by counsel will be available for use and the of deciding what course shall oe rec to the senate will begin It is That several meetings of the will In reach a conclusion a to iar acter ot tbe report There will doubt less be much discussion among members on jhv ani some 1 time may be required to arrive a an agreement It is understood no matter what the of tho may be the question will be taken up in the senate session i GOES BACK TO SENATE House Resents Amendment of the j Law j Washington Fub the j adoption of the report on the omnibus claims the house re consideration of the pro vide a government for the Panama j canal All commit rtv amend ments were agreed to ami thu uy wards III Peoria 111 Feb of a mys origin in the house of Manning Iarns a roal miner living at four miles from this city burned the bodies of small children to a crisp The mother was taken from the horse sn badly burned thai the flesh from her body in Harris himself was horribly the neighbors ed to alarm the family they found the doors and windows locked The moher was rescued but the two chil dren lying by her side In bed were left ro their fate Harris was rescued irom his bed in an adjoining room but only one or the boys sleeping him could he taken out to a of Mi j X V a r gardins the action of the in i adopting an the art drawback on wheal I The Payne spuding th agricultural appropriation bick in the senate if nal legislation affecting the was adopted on a roll call so 5 GOVERNOR WILL SiGN State of Kansas Will Erect ati Oil Refinery Topeka Kan Feb Horh will it is believed sign the biU providing for the erection by tle stau of an oil refinery passed by houses but he declines to any thing of his intentions The two bills passed by the house affect not only the oil trust BO called but other com bines freight also parsed makes the railroads common carriers and in all trusts are to ho said to have enough fiends lo insure PERISHED IN Michigan Man Seeking Aid for His Sick Child Feb Finery walked on the ice from Bois Blanc island to this city to get medi cine for his sick child The mercury was IS below zero and a wild was racing bur he bravely set out on thf return trip about mid night with a and compass to guide Mm That was the last seen ol hint and there is little doubt that ha and his body was covered by drifting snow His wife came to this city to look for him md large search ing parties were organized both here and on the island to look for his body Hewas thirtyone years old DUE TO DIFFERENCES M Wilte Said to Have Resigned From Ministerial Council fT Feb WitU to the latest report has re l as president of the of ministers on account of with Minister of Mre over the conduct of the of that body M Yermo loff is probably the most liberal of Em Nicholas ministers enjoying now according to the story the com plete favor of the emperor He openly advocates summoning a The report is not at this receives credence in some usually well Successor to General Kuropatkin May Be Appointed St Petersburg Feb ru military changes including a report wsr Minister Sakharoff may he also one to the effect that M minister of the interior is not In sympathy with the situation and In favor of General Trepoff governor general of St Petersburg The successor of M former minister of justice appointed ambas sador at Rome has not yet been ap pointed Almost anything Is likely to happen but definite can be as of Wealth who was arrested simultaneously with Maxim Gorky rhe author and reform leader has been hi appearance before a scientific he was received with enthusiasm SHELLING ally known that hia vigorous tion could no longer withstand the rav ages of a wasting disease For more than a year he has been mads his against death The deathbed scene was one of calm ness Beside his physician only his wife his son anapolis and Mrs Wallace were cnt When told by his physician that he was General Wallace was perfectly calm and his las of cheer to his grief strick en family Arrangements have been completed for the funeral which will be held Saturday and will the doctor and his in money and escaped When Airs Mueller attracted by the shooting opened the inner vestibule door tu let her big at Bernard housedog bounded out of the vestibule at the robbers put two into hia body Mrs Mueller was robbers to stand but she ran through the house to a back door and farmed the neighbors The highwaymen after securing booty ran to the street curb jumped Into the doctors cutter and DIFFERS FROM HOUSE Canal Zone Measure Introduced In tti CUTE CLAIMS Feb message from the president to ttV senate ft protocol of an tween the government providing for the of the Dominican during the day ordered public together with the protocol a letter from John BMoore formerly assistant secretary of stats which gives a statement re garding the award under the former protocol the award of mission which the San Improvement com pany The message is of wods and was raad in full to the senate It is largely a discussion ot the rights and duties of the United States under the Monroe doctrine and the president says protocol affords a practical test of of United States tha Feb Indiana during the day adopted ros of Wallace Guvernor Hanly Wallace on behalf of the state and Lucas on behalf of tho G A II Tbe flaB over the will be at for thirty days FOUR PROBABLY FATALLY Eight Workmen Injured by Explosion of Sulphur York Feb workmen were badly injured by an explosion 01 sulphur in the Brooklyn sulphur works ID tlie day and were removed hospitals suffering from tram inhaling the fumes 01 the burning sulphur Four are be to have received fatal Firemen and policemen who them our of building were tredge has introduced a of the canal zone which is similar to the Maun the house The provision of the Mann abolishing the isthmian canal com mission is not made a part of the Kit tredge Minnesota Editors In Session St Paul Feb of the Minnesota State Ed association were present in the council chamber of the city hall during the day when the of the association was called to order by President C of St Using Siege Guns Against Rus Position Mukden Feb Japanese and are firing today on hil with guns carrying projectiles in that are the siege used at Port An bur and the first tn ha in position before the sian lines below Mukden A new sit therefore he Rus sian center and the general situation appears to have been rendered more uncertain and complicated by the tle of ami the arrival of open weather indicating an early spring At sonie parts of the lines there Is unusual familiarity Russian and Jap anese officers in each other Cloud Addresses of Welcome were by Governor Johnson Mayor Smith and President L G Hoffman of the Commercial club President Mac donalti responded and the morning session closed with the reading of his annual address and the appointment of committees Terrible Epidemic of Smallpox Peoria III Feb even a tel j message can reach a village forty miles west of here so strict is the smallpox so great is the ravage wrought by the malady The last means of communi cation with the outside world was cut off when the was closed by tho illness of the operator Many have occurred and the state oniL iv r the 01 UL lt village the president says conditions in San Domingo have been Growing Steadily beyond the power of Oaa fries he ot the debts due their v have felt thit the only way they could get any guarantee of be by acquisition charge republic It that the Monroe doctrine hibit any foreign government from stepping In and who profit by this doctrine must ac were lying on the sidewalk with ing restoratives The explosions are supposed to have been caused by the ignition or tho stil by a spark caused by the pres ence n a nail in tho of one of the sulphur grinding machines FELL HEADLONG FiVE STORIES BRIEF NEWS CHINESE GAVE WARNING Russians Aware of Approach of Jap Raiders Russian Headquarters Huan Moim Uin Manchuria Feb Russian guards at the injured railroad bridge I and Harbin had am ple warning of the approach of the Japanese raiders Chinese even guine I the warnings as wolf stories The report of the annihila tion of the raiders is incorrect Two Japanese were killed and two were made prisoners Engaged Japs and Retired Manchuria Feb Ifi A volunteer company went out on the of Feb 15 along tbe valley of the river in an attempt to penetrate ths Japanese lines The volunteers engaged a body of Japanese and ro Prominent Duluth Attorney Instantly Killed Feb 1 S a in the offire of Washburn Mir v pithed from tho story window in tbe tho day riu was killed No om wa in the otfe at thu time and the details are Mr Snively came to iho office t prepare some papers and had bofn at work at Thu niumber of the nnu lor whom he was preparing the work thinks looked out of the to sec what lime it was by a public clonk and b dizzi ness fell ou was 1 seven years old a brother of S F of this city Albert hasbeen ae as the for the presidency of the Hungarian house President Diaz of Mexico bus been given by the emperor of China the hrst grade of the order of the Double Dragon The betrothal is announced of fhs Puke of and Gotha to the I Victoria eldest daughter of Duke Frederick of An a result of the recent scandals in tho San Francisco police depart ment in connection with gambling in the Chief of Police has been suspended from duty on charges nf and neglect of duty certain responsibilities along It confers The for the United States taking this burden and incur ring this responsibility is to be found in the fact that It Is Incompatible with International equity for the United States to refuse to allow other powers to take the posal of satisfying the claims ot their creditors and yet to refuse itself take steps Will An e sp gq that not propose to Uke any San trol over tha Island save what is nee its financial rehabilitation in connection collection ol revenue which will be turned over to the to meet the necessary expanses Of part of which will be distributed pro rata among the creditors of the re public upon a basis of absolute equity tiong may take against American re publics without Interference with the Monroe doctrine the president says any action may be taken which does not take the shape ot interference with their form of government or or der any disguise but short of this when the question is one of a money claim the only way which remains finally to collect ft is a blockade or bombardment or the seizure of the customshouse and this means as baa been said above what is in effect possession M IN EXECUTIVE Throe Children Cremated Brown City Mieh Feb j burned to death a sixteen miles from here I early in he dny HIH father I Frank so badly burned I and also frown while lighting the and rescue his children that he die COACHMAN SHOT BY THUGS j Mascot Dead 1 Miliri Feb bet ter as nabe Spencer for jears he masnt if the University of team is dead of Not four feet tall but nearly son pounds Spencer a familiar figure at all the big Annies in which Wisconsin took part It was hi a to lead ou the field a live badger Senate Begins pf Do mingo Treaty Washington Feb rooting at p m into of Mr Cullom who stated that he sired to have ths San Domingo treaty made Minneapolis Doctor Held Up on HU Front Porch Minneapolis Feb masked lying in wail upon tho from veranda of tie residence of Dr Philip Mueller leveled their revolvers at the returning physician and his shot the lat ter the abdomen and robbed
