The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 34. BOERS DEFEAT JAMESON'S MEN, Disobedience of the Doctor Causes a Severe Loss of Life. FORCED TO SURRENDER. Invading Forces of the South| African Company Are Easily Overpowered. TURMOIL IN THE TRANSVAAL. |; ion The Crushing of a Rebel g for Has Been Smolde Six Months CAPE TOW 2.—The C Jan na- the force led the latter had 1 from Pretoria says that nded by ersdorp and was n. Joseph Chamberlsin, Y i State for the Colon , has spatch to Governor Robinson, that Dr.. Jamesoxn’s:‘disobedi- is led fo a: deplorable loss of life. r best to secure generous:treatment. d.”? be. following & patch was received this evening from Henry Rot ), .Goverrior of Cape P M.—A ook Dr. Jameson ten'miles the ns River. The a verbal message received by Dr. Jameson d to. - The force was sad- ¢ up, and at once proceeded eastward. . Jameson thus received aud disrégarded i My messages.” atch hasTeached the -Colonial Of- Jameson ' has had a be’ Boers ‘before Johannes- g in his surrender.” A fum- r were - killed and eteils ard X son of - the Cape Colony aphed . to- Mr. Chamberlain at the ial Officé to<day that .no reports of at Johiannesburg or-elsewiiere in nsyaal had been: received by ‘him. not.--known: by -Gbvernor. Robinson ére Dr: Jameson is or. whether. the or- 16 return forthwith which .was sent to by :Mr. Chamberlain has réached-him. directors of the British' Sauth. Africa had.-a . conference .with. Mr. lain st the Colonial - Office at 2:30 i$ .afternoon. atch received- at the Foreign ( announcing’ that: an erigagement taken: place. vetween Dr. Jameson’s i-the Boers:and thatthe former compelled to. surrender,” was Jacobus-A. Dewet, the British étoria. om Johannesburg, South December 30, says the people excited.. Numbers of en ridibg through. the ¢ -to the public nance of. *‘Othello” aber 30-at the Standard esburg;. which: ‘was le: of all classes. "The Volksleid,”” . the svaal,” whereat . the s music’ with groans iestra then played when ‘the “people orche: onal alian residents 1d, at which fantry and o resist-the rman proose mounfed companies b Boers. The Pall ‘Mall. Gazet wsserts that 1000 armed men, who have be in readiness Wwayo to. march i the ' Trans- vaal, ate. probably now ‘en route for that ry. The directors of the: British Africa: Company held & eeting at to consider the dispitch sent imme- of any responsibility for Dr. Jame- g-an armed body of men ement. The report -that Queen has ordered draw from the di- of the British.South'Africa Com- enied. 5 eph Chamberlain, Secretary of State the Col onies, has issued a .statement © thiat Governor Robinson of the y will start for Pretoria to assist in the peaceful set 1 the Transvaal difficulties, in had asatisfactory inter- s morning with- the directors of itish South Africa Company, among m was the Duke of Fife. X Ihe Chronicle in its issue to-morrow Il ¢laim on high authority that the re- bellior been smoldering in Bechuana- Jand for.six months and that ‘during- that time Dr. Jameson -and his followers were 7 arranging to descend upon the aal. The dispatch hints at certain natters to the discredit of Englishren, of which ‘matters, it says, Mr. Chamberlain is cognizant, 3 : e i Thie Colonial Office, it adds, is also aware that thie Hon, Cecil Rhodes, Prime -Min- ister of Capeé .Colony, will have to supply the money for Dr. Jameson’s escapade. Al -the mornihg papers will publish orials on-the subject of the invasion of the Transvaal.. They deplore the result, which, they say, will involve ‘the gravest consequences, - 1 S They conterid that nothing .but success could have justifiéd the invasion. -As the scheme bas ‘miserably failed it has seri- That | a large | ously damaged the future of South Africa. The papers predict that the biood feud between the Englishmen and Boers will be | excited to fury and probably a cry will be | raised to wipe out the stain of the second | humiliation inflicted upon the British arms by the Boers; but they declare that | such a demand cannot be encouraged. All | the papers condemn Dr. Jameson's rash- ness and disobedience. | l FRANCE AND GERMANY. | witl Remain Silent Invasion. PARIS, Fraxce, Jan. 2.—The Cabinet held a meeting this morning to consider Not During the the situatiou in the Transvaal. BERLIN, GERMANY, Jan. The state- et esterday that Germany had officially inquired of Great Britain what steps the latter Government intended to n regard to the invasion of the Trans- BOERS ARE COURAGEOUS. Will Not Submit to Inglis croachment. CHICAGO, IrL., Jan. 2.—A. A. Swinz- . an extensive dealer in mining ma- chinery, of Johannesburg, South Africa, isin Chicago. He was not surprised to hear of the collision between the Boers and the force under Dr. Jameson, when | informed of the latest news from the South African republic by a United Press re- | porter. |~ “The Boers,” said Mr. Swingley, “area | determined and courageous people, as their struggle in 1881 amply demonstrated. If England ever gains control of affairs down there in South Africa it will only be after a most desperate struggle. President Krueger of the South African republic is an odd man. Very ignozant, lacking almost all education, he nevertheless possesses remarkable -executive ability, and his d | tations to the people are religiously ob- served.” They En- ley o MICHAFEL DAVITI'S OPINION. Credit of the Countermanding of the In- i vasion Dwe to Uncle Sam. NEW YORK, N, Y., Jan. 2—Michael Davitt was seen by a reporter for the United Press in - this city this morning. He is on his way home to Ireland, after a nine months’ tour in the Australian colo- In reply to a question about the | English attack on the Transvaal republic the Irish member said: “The credit for the countermanding of the invasion of the Transvaal is not due to Chamberlain and Salisbury in my humble | opinion, but to Cleveland and Olney. The | manly and menacing attitude which Uncle {Sam took upon the Venezuelan question has compelled England fo condemn a free- | booting expedition which would otherwise | have had the political blessing of that pre- | eminent land-grabbing nation. ‘‘America ought, in.my judgment, to do | three things on the first available oppor- | tunity, that is—admit the ‘republic of j‘H:z\\'nii into the family of United States | communities; ~ recognize the Cuban | patriots, who are, I hope, whipping the Spatiiards, and thirdly; instruct her-ad- mirals in the Mediterranean to fling a shell ortwo into” the Bultan’s palace at Con- stantinople the next time a single Chris- tian of aiy nation. is murdered or out- raged by the unspeakable Turk. “This act would:tell the cowardly Chris- tian monarchies of Europe that there is at | least one great.nation of humanity which has no dread of the infamousOttoman empire. Action of this kind would plant the Republic of the United States in the front rank of powers.”” : Mr. Davitt-leaves for Ireland next week. TO CHANGE THBE PREMIEKk. Canadians Preparing to Have Succeea Bowell. MONTREAL, QuEpEc, Jan.2.~An im- portant political deal is ‘under way here | which; if successful, will effect a big change tin the Canadian political situation. The planis to have Sir Charles Tupper relin- quish his office as Canadian’ High Com: | missioner in London and becomé Premier | of the Dominion and leader of the Con- | servative party at the approaching elec- tion. .Those "promoting . the movement lclaim that Mackenzie Bowetl weuld be | quite willing to retire from the premier- | ship,.ana would vprobably take the post of High Commissioner 1n London OTTAWA, ONTARIO, quiet caucus of ‘the Consery: here to-night with. the view of throwing Sir Mackenzie Bowell- overboard and placing Sir Charles fupper in his place as Cana- dian Prime Minister. 10 8 MHRRIED KGHI Tupper come the Wife of Oliver Belmont. An Event That will- Not ' Surprise Society Circles of: New York. NEW YORK,N. Y., Jan. 3.—TFhe Herald this morning -says: A marriage has been arranged between Mrs, Alva Vanderbilt and Oliver P. H. Belmont. E The announcement was quiétly circu- lated yesterday among the intimate friends of the contracting parties. 0 Mrs. Willie. K., as Mrs. Vanderbilt is kriown in society, was formerly Miss Alva Smith of New Orleans. She is the mother of the young Duchess of Marlborough, whose marriage last autumn was the | crown-in the brilliant social career of her mother. Oliver Belmont is the son of the late August” Belmont. He is himself a di- vorced man, his first wife having married again. ~ g The announcement that Mrs. Vander- bilt will be married o Mr. Belmont will not surprise society. He has long been | her inost devoted admirer. On March 5 last Mrs. Vanderbilt secured a divorce from her husband, William K. Vanderbilt, the decree being granted on statutory grounds. It gave Mrs. Vander- bilt the custody of her three children, Consuelo, W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. and Harry Sterling Vanderbilt. Mr. Vanderbilt’s defense was a mere formality. It is probable that the wedding will take place within a few days, and-immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Belmont will sail for Europe. i —— . Stranded at Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tex~., Jan. 2.—The Sidney Drew Compary went to pieces here last night. A’ poor season up to this point and u._ncmal dissensions caused the collapse. Mrs. Alva: Vanderbilt 'Will Be-| > SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORN PRICE FIVE CENTS. FOUND ONLY IN CALIFORNIA. Both spring and winter festivals are mine; Here rosy bowers bloom and icy splendors shinc. With me December ever weds with May And both, forever young, are fair and gay. RENEW THEIR STRIKE. Streetcar Employes of Phil-| adelphia Again Quit Work. FAIL ON A COMPROMISE. | Satisfactory Terms Cannot Be“ Obtained From the Trac- tion Company. PEACE OVERTURES IN VAIN. | Employers Say They Can Get Plenty | of Men to Operate the Lines. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 3.—An-| other strike of the employes of the Union Traction Company was ordered at 1:30 | o’clock this morning. All efforts to effect a compromise between the company and | its men failed. . At 11 o’clock last night the men held a mass-meeting, and as the vote taken. to- day showed a large majority in favor of | striking, the result of.the mass-meeting | was a foregone conclusion. | Yesterday when another strike seemed | a: probability the Toynbee Society, the | Universal Peace Union and a number of | gentlemen who are interested in the wel- fare of the city visited ana wrote to the headquarters of the Amalgamated Asso- ciatien, counseling moderation ana ad- ing-the men against another strike, but these efforts were thrown away. The men demand of the company that it abrogate the clause in its latest agree- ment submitted to them that in the future all new men who are taken on the road sball be in no way affiliated or connected with, directly or indirectly, any labor or- ganization. This clause the company firmly declined to eliminate. After the poll of the road yesterday afternoon was known another committee of the men called on General Manager Beetem last night to make a last appeal to him to eliminate the objectionable clause. For over two hours Mr. Beetem and the committee discussed the matter together. "The discussion was conducted amicabiy, but both sides remained firm. = . At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Beetem stated to the men that the com- pany would discharge none of its present employes for belonging to the Amalga- mated Association of Street Railway Em- ployes; that it would hear any grievances of the men, and that it would deal entirely | with them, but that it was unalterably de- termined not to allow its employes to dic- tate to it in the matter under discussion. The company believes that it will have no trouble in getting men to fill the strik- ers’ places, and Mr. Beetem told the com- mittee that within the past three days the company had refused applications for situ- ations from 500 men. _ -RAISING THE FUNDS. Chicago’s Effort to Get the Demooratic Convention. - CHICAGO, Itn., Jan. 2.—The work of soliciting subscriptions to the fund which | will be necessary .to bring the Democratic | National Convention to Chicago was begun in earnest to-day by scores of men under the direction of the finance committee and sub-committees. Encouraging success was reported by Chairman Pearce. The con- vention-workers here were spurred to do %uick and hard work by a message from enjamin J. Rosenthal, who 1s in New | Stealing Jewelry Was Not the Greatest of | Agency here and told Superintendent York to look over the fields, saying that | Chicago will have to make a big fight to | get the convention from New York, as| that city is ready to offer almost anything | to beat Chicago. It is not believed here | that the National Committee will enter- tain seriously any bid except from Chi- cago and New York. Pledges are being secured for Chicago from the committee. i sy KETCHAM HAS A RECORD. His Crimes. CHICAGO, Irn., Jan. 2—Charles A Ketcham, alias Charles Hardin and Dick ‘Wilson, who was arrested under the last name in Indianapolis for a jewelry rob- bery, is wanted by the police here for passing. numerous forged checks for small sums. For years Ketcham lived here at the home of his wife's mother, and after he was acquitted of the $35000 Adams Express robbery he and his wife came back to the mother-in-law’s home on West Congress street. Onl; three weeks'ago his wife visited the inkerton UDetective Murray a story of hard times and declared Ketcham had threatened to kill her if she did not nelp him in his crimes. — - FEDERAL PRISONERS ESCAPE. | Three Indians Make a Successful Dash | for Liberty. LEAVENWORTH, Kaxs, Jam Three Federal Indian prisoners made good.-their escape tnis afternoon, and up to a late hour to-night had not been re- captured, though it is believed that they will be landed within the prison walls’ within the next twenty-four hours. The prisoners were employed on the bottom farm of the prison at the edge of the woods, and all three. made a dash for liberty together, running like racehorses. The guard fired after them, but did not hit either of them so far as known. The alarm was given at once and every avail- able man sent out mounted in pursuit, but ulp to a late hour they had not been caught. > 10 PURCHASE THE AOAD Huntington Makes a Thorough Inspection of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf. The Southern Pacific People Desirous of Acquiring Another Line in : Mexico. SAN ANTONIO, TEx., Jan. President Huntington and other officials - of the Southern Pacific Railroad accompanied by Géneral Manager Monom of ‘the Monterey and Mexican Gulf Railroad passed through this city yesterday on an inspection of the latter road, with a view to its lease or pnr- chase by the Southern Pacific. It'is known that megotiations have been in progress for some time, the Southern Pacific being desirous of acquiring another Mexican line in connection with the Inter- national, which it already owns. President Tresez of the Gulf line is now | in Belgium and it is said that-he has authorized Mr. Monom to close the deal on behalf of the Belgian bondholders. A Southérn Pacific agent, who was re- cently sent from New York to inspect the Mexican line, made a favorable report to President Huntington. Saved by Lemonade. - LEXINGTON, Kv., Jan. 2.—Two weeks ago W. H. Sistruck, a grocer here, read that Judge J. D. Rose of Curryville, Mo., was dying of hiccoughs. Sistruck imme- diately telegraphed him to take lemonade at intervals until he was relieved. Yester- day he received $1 to pay for the telegram. Accompanying it- was a note from Judge Ross saying that the receipt had saved his life after three doctors had given him up. e iy = Slashed at a Dance. ¥ PRESCOTT, Kas., Jan. 2.—At a dance last night John Messer, while intoxicated, quarreled with Sydney Stauffer and fa- tally cut him with a razor. Messer then stole a team and started for the Missouri 2—| line. A Sheriff and several deputies are on his trail, and if found he will be lynched. DISASTER MWD DEATH, St.- Louis Suffers From a - Series of Terrific Ex- plosions. STARTED BY A BOILER. Employes of Printing-Houses and Allied Trades Caught in the Ruins. FIVE OF THE DEAD RECOVERED. Nineteen Persons Seriously Injured and Thirty-Five Others More or Less Hurt. ST. LOUIS, Mo.,[Jan. 2—Justat 10'clock this afternoon a series of terrific explosions laid waste the vicinity of Second and Vine streets, where printing-houses and allied trades are numerous. . Just after the clock struck a boiler in George F. Meritz's print- ing-office basement, 308 North Third street, across the alley from the storage and com- mission house of H. B. Grubb, exploded. In the rear of the Grubhb establishment a large quantity of fireworks was stored, and. a second explosion occurred, followed im- mediately by a third, that lifted the Grubb builaing and dropped it in a mass of wreckage. The explosion caused general consterna- tion and every window for three blocks was broken. A large plate-glass window in the Merchants’ -Exchange, four blocks away, was shattered and traders stam- peded. Nineteen persons were seriously ‘injured and at 6 o'clock five dead were found. In addition to the list of injured given thirty-five others were miore or less hurt. The H. B. Grubb Commission Com- vany occupied the ground floor of 309 North Second street, and the Anchor Pea- nut Company the second and 'third floors. Adjoining the wrecked building on the south is the Levison & Blythe .Printing Company, where most of the injured were employed. The north walls and two floors went down. On the north is the Excelsior ‘Wire Company’s building, also partly wrecked. - Within a balf minute the three buildings were wrapped in flames and 1he firemen and policemen began the work of rescue. There were less than a dozen peo- ple in the wrecked building, which ac- counts for the small death list. - Following is a roll of the killed and in- jured, corrected at 6 o’zlock this evening: The dead—Joseph Kovarick, boy, em- ployed by Levison & Blythe; Frank Nie- haus, boy, employed by Levison & Blythe; Charles Claybrook, colored porter for the ‘Anchor Peanut Company; two corpses, taken from the basement of the Excelsior Wire Company. The missing—Chris Kerger, shipping clerk Excelsior Company; Thomas Ley, shipping clerk Excelsior Company; Al Mellier, employe Excelsior Company; Charles Erickson, employe Excelsior Com- pany. The injured—Albert Steinmeyer, bpoy, employed by - Levison & Blythe, legs crushed and probably fatally hurt; Will Brondiweder, porter, cuts on head, face and body; Christ Craft, deep cut over right eye; Horace .Diort, pressman, face smashed; L. Diort, pressman, cuts on head and face; John Corcoran, clerk, severely injured about head ; Edgar Vance, bookbinder, cut about head; Ben Taylor, shipping clerk, fatally hurt; Joseph Brandewide, pressman, back strained; ‘William Herner, printer, blinded by glass; ing. ; William Couleshaw, printer, neck and | breast pierced by glass, fatally injured; Hugh Allen, printer, right arm broken; Joe Corcoran, expressman, severely cut in back; Albert Schneitz, fatally burned; Henry Stack, driver, leg broken; Richard Couleshaw, foreman Frey Printing Com- pany, hurt internally; John Carter, press boy, eyes cut; Joe Barker, printer, shoul- der broken; Charles Amos, letter-carrier, blown from second-story window, badly injured. The fult list of all the employes of the four firms is not obtainable, and probably the list of dead will be increased when the ruins are overhauled. E. P. Lass, pro- prietor of the Excelsior Wire Company, says he is quite sure five of his employes did not escape from the building. The | work of examining the ruins is going on | to-night. The total loss will exceed $100,000, which is covered by insurance. The police made as complete a canvass as possible to-night of the city to ascer- tain the number of missing, and the re- sult is disheartening. The list has grown to nineteen, though it is hoped some of these are temporarily housed with friends. The scene of the wreck is the center of much inquiry from the kindred of the miss= ing ones. They stand in the biting cold and watch with tearful eyes the work of the wreckers. Little work can be done to- night, but it will be continued till the de- brisis thoroughly searched. The explosion -vas heard as far west as Twenty street and also in East St. Louis, acre river. Itis now believed that many build- ings in the vicinity bave been rendered unsafe. A cessation of business about the wreck will be haa until a-thorough inspec- tion is made. Some of the escapes from death seem | miraculous. James Kennedy, a printer, perched for twenty minutes on the frame | of a third-story window, which fell justas | the ladder men reached him. John Mar- lowe was on the street in front of the Grubb building and was hurled across the street against a horse that had been kiljed against the opposite wall. James Coula- shaw, one of the injured, was found under the debris with a heavy beam supporting the wreckage above him. A heavy téle- graph pole fell across an express wagon and killed the horse. John Carney, the driver, escaped uninjured. These stories of escape from death are almost innumer- able. “The remarkable thing in this disaster,” said Fire Chief Swingley, *is that the death roll is not at least fifty. Here are three buildings in ruins, all the work of | an instant, and within those buildings at least 300 people were at work.” At 7-0’clock the body of Albert. Mellier, aged 18, was taken from the cellar of the Excelsior Works building. It is badly burned. As late as 8 o’clock groans were heard in the wreck, and the police had.difficulty in restraining the anxious relatives of the missing. The city dispensary was turned into a temporary hospital and fully thirty slight- ly injured persons besides the list given were treated there... There are four badies at the Morgue, including. one not yet identified. STABBED ON THE STAGE. Kellard ~ Badly Wounded by Bayonet Thrust of Mrs. Leslie Carter. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 3.—John E. Kellard and Mrs. Leslie Carfer, the heroine in “The Heart of Maryland,”” are at' the Herald-square Theater. In the first scens of the third act Mr, Kellard atiempted to embrace Mrs. Carter, who seizes a-bayonet and stabs him in-the right side. Mr. Kellard wears a leather shield to protect - his -body- from the throst. ‘The leather in some way became disarranged last night and when, at the proper mo= ment, Mrs. Carter struck at Mr. Kellard, the bayonet slipped from the ‘leather! shield and entered Mr. Kellard's leit side. ‘When he was struck the actor cried out in painand fell. At this the audience ap- planded loudly, {hinking the fall was| done deliberately.. : “ Mr. Kellard lay in the position in which he had fallen antil the curtain was rung down on the act, when he was carried- to his dressing-room by some of the em- ployes. ~ A doctor found that the bayonet ‘had penetrated Mr. Kellard’s body about two inches below the heart. The wound-is not serious. ” Although somewhat “weak, - Mr. Kellard appeared in-the.last sct. . PAID THE DEATH PENALTY, Execution of ‘a Man Who Mur- dered the Woman to ‘Whom He Was Engaged. ¢ | i | Actor the: “I'Am Not Guilty,” He Protested Just Before the Trap Was Sprung. “ -PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. Ibert ‘W.| Woodley was hanged at 10:49 o’clock this: morning in the County Jail for.the mur- der of Mrs. Jennie Buchanan. At 10:45 o’clock the invited spectators,’| not more than fifty in number,; were ad- mitted to the jailyard. As soon as the farewells were concluded at ‘the cell'door Woodley was pinioned by Deputy Sheriff German, and the march to the scaffold was: taken up. One minute after leaving the cell Woodley stood upon the trapand an instant later he dropped through the open- As the black cap was adjusted he ex- claimed: *I am not guilty.” 3 Woodley killed *Mrs. Buchanan at' her- home, 45 Sturgeon - street, Allegheny City, May 9, 1894. He was engaged: to be mar- ried to the woman.. The life of the two,’ so far as known, had been feli¢itous, and the cause of the murder was never known. ‘Woodley claimed that he was drunk when he did the shooting. Immediately after Woodley killed his fiancee he shot himself, but the wound inflicied was not . serious. July 12, 1894, Woodley was. convicted, and on October 27 of that year was sentenced to be hanged. S —_— A FVictim of Faith Cure. B DECATUR, Mich., Jan. 2.—The faith cure scored another victim yesterday when Mrs. James Harris was borne to her grave after an illness in which no physician was| permitted to administer to her wants. De- ceased was a member of that peculiar sect| which flourishes in this region known as the ‘“Children of God,” or “Saints of the Evening Light.” Two other members of | the family died. under similar circum- stances, ¢ MERCHANTS ACT ON THE MESSAGE An Unwelcome Surprise to the Commercial World Ensues. BUSINESS IS DERANGED. The New York Chamber of Commerce Renews Its Hope for Arbitration. COMMENT ON THE COMMISSION. Important Discoveries Made Relating to the Disputed -Venezuelan Territory. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 2.—At the reg- ular monthly meeting of ‘the Chamber of Commerce held to-day, F. B, Thurker, chairman of the committee on foreign commerce aad the revenue lawy, submit- ted a report on the Venezuelan question, which says: that the special message of President Cleveland on:the Venezuelan question; suggesting war as a possible out- come of the pending correspondence in a controversy in which the American people can have no more than ‘a sentimental in- terest, came as a sudden ‘and unwelcome surprise to the commercial world, and that the loss caused by the: rude derangement of business and by the fall in value of merchandise is painfully apparent. The chamber reiterates its repeated declaration “‘in-favor of arbitration” asa reasonable method of settiement of inter- national disputes, and expresses its regret that the Government of Great Briatain has seen fit to decline, or to limit the pro- positions which have heretofore been made by Veneziiela and ‘courteously and wisely re-enforced by our Government for the sub- mission of the boundary dispute ta the de- cision of impartial arbitrators. A resolution attached to‘the report ap. peals to the countries toavert the calamity of war by a resort to arbitration. The matter was warmly ‘discussed by the meeting. Carl Schurz introduced 'a resolution to the effect that the president of the Chamber of Commerce appoint a sub-committee to consult ‘with the commercial bodies throughout this country #and England with a view to appointing a joint committee from both countries to settle the whole ‘Venezuelan question. Mr. Thurber changed his reselution so that it did not read that the Monroe doc- trine was not indorsed by the people of the United States ‘‘umanimously.’’ The resolutions were . then ‘ put; including Mr. Schurz’s resolutjon, and catried, there be- ing only six dissenting votes. e eni SOME FAULT IS FOUND. Comment on the ‘Men ‘Selected on the Commission. WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. 2—The few ‘memnibers 6f the Hoyise who were about the Capitol to-day showed only the. most lan- guid Interest in the President’s Venezuelan Commission, ~ The principal regret ex- pressed was that'the President had not :selected men of international reputation, such as ex-Ministers Phelps and Lincoln. The fact developed to-day that strong in- -fluence wds brought to-bear on: Secretary Olney to ereate a commission - of five per- sons, two-of whom should: be distingnished foreigners and’ the remainder Americans of equal prominetice While the commission doesnot give the satisfaction that was expected, members generally believe that- it ‘will. perform its duties .as. well as any other commission that'might be named, but the lack of any great:name associated- with it will, it is felt, weaken the effect of its work across the Atlar Such of the Democratic Representatives who were spoken -with: professed igno- rance of the capabilities of :the majority of the comnission, but the opinion was gen- eral among them .that the President had madeno. mistakes. "The five members of the - commission -have not -yet formally notified thie President of: their ‘acceptance, but. Mr. Cleveland had received assurances before the appointments were announced that each of the gentlemen selected was willing to serve. The "selection of Professor:Gilman was largely determined by his prominence asa geographer. It is interesting to note that Professor Gilman, in his *Life of Monroe,” takes the ground that the idea embodied in- the famous doctrine did not originate with €anning, but was practically. sug- gested many vears before his time. Chief Justice Fuller:is largely responsi- ble for the selection of Justice Brewer, The Chief Justice had several talks with the President and Secretary Olney on the subject; and it is not unlikely that his opinion also had weight in the appoint- ment of Justice Alvey.: - “I mustsay I .am rather disappointed in the commission ‘named by the Presi- dent to consider the Venezuelan® matter,” said Senator Cullom of:Illinois this morn- ing. “The Presiuént has failed to desig- nate men who are; in my mind, of suf- ficient international reputation to. give the body. which they. compose that standing among foreign powers that would make their findings of great.weight and value. Had the President seen fit to hive selected two out of .the trio composed of Senator Edmunds, Mr. Phelps "and . Mr: Carter he would have strengthenéd his commission immeasurably. Still, I am sure all of the 'men hamed are honest, capable and patri- otic, and will proceed with the great work before them in a spirit” that” will result in “| exact justice to all parties.concerned.” 5 —- = 5 JUSTICE BREWER'S VIEWS. Says. the Commission Will Soon Meet and 3 ‘. Organize. o XEW YORK, N: Y., Jan. 3.—The Jour- nal this ‘morning prints a dispatch ‘from Washington over the signature of Justice Davia J.- Brewer, who has been appointed a member of theé Venezuelan: boundary commission, as follows: o “Dispatches have been sent to sil the o