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to them from the River Maranon tothe River Orinoco, and there are three or four more settlements which are very flourishing, and from which they derive much utility and very good profit, with the mouths of those two rivers, making themselves masters of the possessions and fruits of the natives.” These records show that the Dutch had at this time firmly settled themselves along the coast as far as the Orinoco. In 1621 a charter of the Dutch West India Company, granted by the States-General of Holland and reaffirmed in 1637, gave the Orinoco as the limit of the company’s territorial jurisdiction. From secret reports on the dominions of Spain in America, addressed to the Span- ish Government under a date of a few years before the conclusion of the treaty of Munster, it appears that the Dutch settle- ments extended from close to the Amazons to the Orinoco. The whole of this is there- fore clear: That prior to the date of the treaty of Munster, the Dutch settlements, to the knowledge of the Spanish Government, extended on the coast as far as the Barima | and the River Amacura. The treaty concluded between Spain and the Nether- Jands in January, 1648, confirmed the Dutch in all the possessions they had ac- quired in South America and gave them the liberty to make fresh acquisitions wherever the Spaniards were not already established. At the date of that treaty Spain had only the settlement in Guiana San Thome de Guyana. After the treaty of Munster fresh negotiations were again issued by | 2 Company, in which the Orinoco was n treated as the limit of Dutch juris: diction. From 1648 to 1796 the Dutch coi- onies on the Essequibo, Pomeroon and Morocco were reported as flourishing gre and attracting free immigration, bidding fair to become the most flourish- ing of the tropical plantations in America. About 1664 Fathers were sent to explore Guiana with a view to seeing whether a Jesuit mission should be fonnded. They reported that the province had been abandoned by the Spaniards. In 1684 the Dutch commander at Es- sequibo recommended that a strong post be established at Barima in place of a small watchhouse. By 1700 posts were es- tablished by the Dutch at places along the coast and in the interior. Three of the latter posts are named in the records, one being beyond the Cuyuni. In 1714 the provisions of the treaty of Munster ex- pressly contirmed the treaty of Utrecht. At that date Spain had no possessicn of any territory in Guiana beyond part of the right bank of the Orinoco. No Spanish settlements or missions existed in any other part of Guiana. The Dutch upon the coast extended along the Orinoco into the interior to the watersheds of the Es- sequibo, Cuyuni, Pomeroon and Amacura. In 1830 the Dutch West India Company by public notice probibited trade on the Rivers Massaguni and Cuyuni except to its own agents. Between 1730 and 1790 a number of Capuchin missions, established by the Spaniards, were entirely confined to the district between the Orinoco and Yurvari. From reports made from time to time by the director-general of the Dutch colony it appears that about 1743 the Spaniards were attempting to encroach on the Dutch territory in the neighbor- hood of the affiuents of the Cuyuni. Thereupon the director-general dispatched an emissary to remonstrate with the Span- iards, who are reported to have replied that the whole of America belonged to Spain. These attempts of the Spaniards to ex- tend their territory were entirely confined to tne Cuyuni adjoining the district al- ready occupied by the Capuchin missions. A report of the Spanish commandant of Guiana states that in 1750 the Dutch were in the interior on the Cuyuni and at the mouth of the River Curumo, which flows into said river. Between 1750 and 1752 the Capuchin fathers from the missions applied to the Dutch Government for permission to trade in Dutch Cuyuni. They were refused. In 1755 the Dutch, in order to prevent en- croachments by the Spaniards on the terri- tory of Yuruay, which they considered in- disputably Dutch territory, established a post 150 miles higher up the Cuyuni. The position of this post is shown on the the sketch map. The same year the Span- ish commandant on the Orinoco com- plained to the Dutch of disorders in Barima, showing that the Dutch then had jurisdiction there. In 1758, as appears from a Spanish official report, a question having arisen regarding the rights of fish- ing, the Dutch claimed that their domin- ion extended from the Ship’s Mouth, or grand mouth of the Orinoco, and that they were entitled to fish in that part of the river. From areportof Governor Cumana, in 1761, to the King of Spain, it clearly appears that, with the exception of the Fort 8an Thome de Guayana and the mis- sions, the Spaniards had occupied terri- ritery on the right bank of the Orinoco, and that the local Span- 1sh authorities had been engaged in ineffectual attempts to induce the Government to fortify the Orinoco at An- gostura so as to prevent the Dutch and Caribs from ascending the river. The re- port gives the names that were then known of sixteen villages or missions. Not one of the missions was extended. Coming to 1772 Spanish claims to the greater part of Gniana are raised i a re- port from the commandant of the prov- ince. An extract taken from the archives of Indias proceeds to state that the boun- daries of this province and the Guayana ‘boundaries are: Bounded on the north by the lower Orinoco; on the east by the At- lantic Ocean; on the south by the Amazon and on the west by the Rio Negro, etc. It is scarcely necessary to observe that this claim included the whole Dutch set- tlements and French Guiapa right down to the Amazon River, an extent of terri- tory that Spain neverattempted to occupy or even claim, unless the pretension that the whole of America belonged to the Bpanish kingdom by virtune of the papal bulletin of 1496 can beregarded as a claim. In 1781 the British captured Dutch Guiana and marked the boundary upon the coast to the westward of Point Barima. A map of the newly acquired colony, grafted on the spot and published in Lon- don in 1783, gives the name Barima to the River Amacura and makes it the wegwin boundary of the colony. The colony was restored to the Dutch in 1793 and again captured by the English in 1796. The Eng- lish then marked the boundaries again. This summary of events conclusively establishes thai during the whole perioa from 1648 to 1766 the Dutch had uninter- rupted possession of the entire coast line from the river Correntin to Barima. During the same period they explored the upper portions of nearly all the rivers to a considerable extent, and made settle- ments in the adjacent districts. Prior to 1783 there was no settlement by the Span- iards in the territory except at San Thome de Guayana, which was originally situated at about the spot indicated on the sketch map, and twice subsequently removed far- ther up the river, and that between 1724 and 1796 the Capuchin missions, estab- lished south of the Orinoco, gradually ex- tended southward and eastward toward es-General to the Dutch West In- | Llauri and Vergara | | ence to the position of the Dutch on the the Dutch territory, the farthest point occupied by the Spaniards being the vil- lage of Tumeremo, founded about 1788, Before 1796 Dutch settlements existed far up the Cuyuni, while a Dutch fort was established near Yuruari at about the spot marked upon the sketch map. The Dutch had full control of the whole basin of the Cuyuni and with the exception of their settlement at San Thome de Guayana and the missions the Spaniards exercised no authority nordominion whatever over the territory now in dispute. The third period, 1796 to 1840, opens with a quotation from the report of Spahish Commissioner Requena, in. July, 1802 After pointing out that the territory be- tween the Orinoco and Amazon rivers be- longs to Spain by right of discovery, he proceeds to state that the coasts had been abandoned by the Spaniards for more than a century and that the Dutch and French had founded colonies on them unopposed by Spain. He warned the Government that the Dutch were advancing up the Essequibo and might aavance from Cuyuni and Caroni *o the Orinoco and take possession of the lower part of that river. This refer- Cuyuni is another of many instances showing conclusively that their establish- ment on the Cuyuni was perfectly well known to the Spaniards for many years prior to 1302. A report to thecommander of the British forces in the West Indies in 1802 shows that the Spanish occupation was confined almost exclusively to the northern banks of the Orinoco. For about 180 miles from Barima on the right bank there was no existing Spanish settiement or occupation of old Guians. The original site of the fort of San Thome de Guayana still remained unoccupied. In 1810 a careful report of the condition of Spanish Guiana sent by the Junta Supe- rior to the King fully confirms the pre- vious statements of the condition of Span- | ish enterprise in the district. The report states that the Governor never took a single step tcward carrying out the design to settle the lower partof the Orinoco, or to establish a Spanish village with a fort on the right bank. In 1810 Venezuela declared her inde- pendence of the crown of Spain. In 1814 treaties were made between Great Britain and the Netherlands. The colonies of Essequibo, Demarara and Berbico were retained by Great Britain. Negotiations at the same time between Great Britain and Spain resulted in a treaty by which the Spanish Government engaged that in the event of the commerce of the Spanish American possessions be- ing opened to foreign nations, British com- merce should be admitted to trade with those possessions asa most favored nation. Had any question existed of the right of Spain to any portion of the territory, long known as & Dutch colony, it would have been raised then. In 1817, General Bolivar, President of Colombia, with which Venezuela was then incorporated, issued an order from his headquarters at Angostura, saying that the Governor of Guayana must be consid- ered not only the Governor of the fort at old Guayana. but also as military Governor of the Orinoco to its mouth. In 1827 an official report uoon the extent and situation of the crown lands of the colony gave the boundary of the colony recognized at that date as follows: On the north the seacoast from the mouth of | the river Abari to Cape Barima, near the mouth of the Orineco, and on the west, 2 line running north and south from Cape Barima into the interior. In 1831, in the course of an investigation connected with certain trials for murder, ibe jurisdiction of Great Britain had to be investigated. The evidence given clearly established that grants of land had been made for considerable distances up the Essequibo, Massaruni and Cuyuni rivers, and that Dutch settlements and forts ex- tended still fu:ther along these rivers. It was also shown that 1n the districts in question the crown of Great Britain exer- cised all the rights by which nations usu- ally indicate claims over territorial posses- sions, and. further, that there had been continuous control over the Indians by the British. About 1831 a report was made by the agent of the colony to the Lieutenant-Governor, describing the ef- fective control which had been effected over the Indians by the protectors and the post-holders. These reports established clearly that the Indian tribes inhabiting the country in submission owed allegiance to Great Britain. During this period British missionaries. from time to time visited the various parts of the colonies, and their reparts show that the Spanish frontier was at the head of the Cuyuniand Massaruni rivers. From the facts detailed in this chapter, it is clearly established that Great Britain, on becoming possessor of the colony, suc- ceeded to all the rights of the Dutch. After 1796 Great Britain extended her settlements and continuously exercised over the territory originally claimed by the Dutch all those rights by which na- tions usuaily indicate a claim of territory. Neither Spain nor Venezuela, after the latter’s independence, had either posses- sion of or dominion over the territory in question. A pary of the fourth period after 1840 opens with an explanation that the first Schomburg map, in 1839, was not official, but an actual line prepared on the com- mission’s survey. In 1840 and 1842 it came to the knowl- edge of the Government that six years before correspondence had passed between the Venezuelan authorities and the British Consul at Caracas in wkich the latter, at the request of the British Vice-Consul at Angostura, proposed to Venesuela that they erect a beacon on Cape Barima in order to guide shipsin the neighborhood of the Orinoco. This correspondence was in no way authorized. The British Gov- ernment had no knowledge of it until it was communicated to them. Venezuela never returned a reply to the proposal. This was a period of discussions, The first overture was made by Venezuela in Janu- ary, 1841, when in reply the announce- ment was made of Schomburg’s official appointment to survey the boundary and a proposition made to negotiate a treaty to define the territorial limits. A desire was expressed by Venezuela that the treaty negotiations should pre- cede the survey for the demarkation of the frontier. Later Venezuela remonstrated against Schomburg’s placing boundary posts at certain points. The statement here refers to Minister Fortique’s remonstrance and Lord Aberdeen’s reply, resulting in the re- moval of Shomburg’s posts. It quotes Lord Aberdeen’s declaration of January, 1842, that the removal of the posts must not be understood as meaning that Great Britain abandoned any portion of her rights to the territory formerly held by the Dutch. In 1843 Venezuels renewed application for a speedy conclusion of a treaty. Minister Fortique’s note of January, 1844, presented the first formal statement claiming that the territory of Venezuela extended to the Essequibo. The main groands for the claim were that Spain was the first discoverer and occupant of the New World; that the Spaniards at an | early date occupied and explored the Orinoco and all the contiguoys country on the Barima, Morocco aud Pomeroon; that at the time of the treaty of Munster the Dutch had no possessions in Guiana, at least on the northern and western side of the Essequibo; that the Spanish dominion extended as far as the Esséquibo, and that any possession of the Dutch westward of the river was a usurpation unapproved by Spain. After givinga summary of Lord Aber- deen’s reply to the preceding a historic statement of the Dutch claims is quoted as proof that Venezuela based her preten- sions upon allegatipns - relative to the Spanish and Dutch occupants, and they are conclusively proved erroneous. In 1875 Senor Calcano readvanced the claims on the same grounds as those of Senor Fortique, with the addition that the former relied upon the bull of Pope Alex- ander VI as imparting fresh and most vaiuable recognition, which at the time it was issued had decisive significance. Senor Calcano further alleged that the Capuchins occupied the space between the Orinoco, Cape Nassua, the sea and the river Caroni. There is no trace of such occupation. The royal warrant of 1736 defining the sphere of missionary enterprise in Guiana has been quoted as authority for this state- ment. Referenceto the original document shows that it contains no words to justify the assertion. The passage which has been cited in support of the contention of Ven- ezuelais an interpolation. Senor Calcano further quoted an article from the conven- tion of Aranjues making the surrender of | fugitive slaves effective between the Span- | ish establishments on the Orinoco and Essequibo, Demarara and Surinam, and suggesting that Essequibo referred to the river. This suggestion is unfounded. A perusal of the convention shows clearly that the words used are a well-known gen- eral description of the Dutch colony. From this point the statement follows the better known history of the diplo- matic negotiations between Vene- zuela and Lord Salisbury, Lord Gran- ville and Lord Rosebery, to the rup- ture of the diplomatic relations in 1887. Alluding to the statemeut of the Vene- zuelan claim in the note of Senor Urbanja in January, 1887, the statement proceeds: The main additional grounds then put forward in support of the claim were a de- cree alleged to have been issued by the King of Spain in 1768, whereby Guiana was aeclared to be bordered on the south by the Amazon and on the east by the At- lantic. Reference to decree shows that 1t has no bearing whatever upon the question of the boundary of the Dutch colonies. The foregoing examination shows that the main grounds unon which the claim of Venezuela is supposed to be based, sofar as it has been presented to.Great Britain at different times during the last fifty years, have been as follows: First—The original discovery and the first exploration of the South American continent by Spain, which are clearly ir- relevant. Second—The bull of Pope Alexander VI, which cannot be considered as having any real bearing upon the question. Third—The allegation that the occupa- tion of Guiana by the Dutch was a vioia- tion of the treaty of Munster. This alle- gation bas been shown to be unfounded. Fourth—Possession and occupation by | the Spaniards of the territory south of the Orinoco, including the rivers Barima, Morocco and Pomeroon. It has been shown that the only Spanish settlements there at any time were- San Thome de Guayana, which was situated on the south bank of the Orinoco, and which had been moved from time to time higher up the river, and it was destroyed by the British and Dutch successively, and the Capuchin settlements situated between the Orinoco and the Tumerimo, as has been previously described. Fifth—That the Dutch had never had any possessions north of the Essequibo. This statement has been shown to be equally erroneous, as a perusal of the whole diplomatic correspondence will show that the British Government, while msisting that the just claims of Great Britain would entitle her tn a boundary embracing practically the whole water- shed of the Essequibo, the Cuyuni, the Yuruari, the Pomeroon, the Waini and Barima, has been willing to agree to a boundary within those limits, which would give Venezuela far more territory than that to which she can show any title. From the summary given of the forego- ing chapter it will be seen that Great Britain, while maintaining her just rights, has consistently shown'a desire to make a fair arrangement with Venezuela as to a boundary, and that the claim of Venezuela that her territory extends to the Esse. quibo has been based upon contentions which are in no way supported by the facts and cannot be justified upon any reasonable ground. Part fifth describes the maps and basis of the cases. The firstis an extract from the official chart of the Dutch West India Company by contemporaneous chart- makers of the approximate date of 1635. It only deals with the coast line. It shows the reputed territory of the company as extended westward beyond Point Barima. The next map, by & leading Dutch geog- rapher of 1640, is colored to show the boundary of the Dutch and Spanish colo- nies along the Orinoco. The next map, aated 1733, was prepared for & commis- sion of the trade plantations. It shows the Dutch boundary extending from the Orinoco to the westward of Barima. In 1748 a map was prepared by Geog- rapher Danville compiled largely from Spanish sources. This was adopted in 1796 by Father Sobreviela, 8 missionary baving personal knowledge of Guiana. On it the boundary of Dutch Guiana starts a little to the east of Point Barimas. The Dutch used this map in protesting against the proposed Spanish missions within their territory. Another map, published in 1884 from Depon’s “Voyage Amerique Meridionale,” taken from a manuscript map in the archives of Caracas, shows by dotted lines that the Dutch possessions were bounaed by the Essequibo. Between that line and the Orinoco the country is marked as being independent. The text of Depon’s book has a passage saying it is agreed that Spanish Guiana, which on the maps occupies thirty leagues of coast, does not, in fact, occupy an inch. The statement concludes with a repeti- tion of the propositions maintained throughout the case. It ends by stating that the claim of Venezuela that her terri- tory exterds to the Essequibo River has been based upon contentions in no way supported by facts and cannot be justified on any reasonable ground. The foregoing statement and the authorities cone tained in the documents annexed estab- lish, if ‘the matter is treated as one of strict right, the fact that Great Britain, as the successor to the Dutch, is entitled to the territory extending to Barima, including the watersheds of all rivers south of the Orinoco which flow into the Atlantic. The appendix of correspondence con- tains 235 documents, largely relating to the administration of British Guiana. i‘ho diplomatic part includes communications exchanged by Senor Micelena and Lord Rosebery in the abortive negotiations of 1893 to arrange for arbitration, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, AFTER SEVEN DAYS' SPEECHES Le};islative, Executive and Judicial Appropriations Approved. PASSAGE OF THE BILL. Important Changes Made in the Amendments Relating to Fees and Salaries. FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS GO. One Provision That May Tie Up Pro. ceedings Pending in Many Sec- !ion:» of the Country. WASHINGTON, D.C., March 6.—After seven days’ consideration, four of which were devoted to the fee and salary amend- ment, the House to-day passed the legis- lative, executive and judicial appropria- tion bill. Before disposing of the fee and salary amendment it was changed so as to forbid the beginning of a prosecution under the internal revenue law upon the complaint of a private citizen except by the written approval of the District At~ torney, and further to forbid the appoint- ment of any Federal court officer, includ- ing United States Commissioners, as re- ceiver in any case before a Federal court. Bartlett and Quigg made an unsuccessful effort to secure the exemption of the Bouthern district of New York from the operation of that section of the law which gives the Judges of the District Court the appointment of United States Com- missioners, all the present Coramissioners being legislated out of office on the 30th of June next. Bartlett said that the bill was seriously defective in that it failed to make provision for validating or continu- ing the proceedings which will be pending before the hundreds of Commissioners when they go out of office. The postoffice appropriation bil! was next taken up and discussed until the hour of recess. Besides discussing these two Dills the House passed the House bill requiring pension agents to make all payments by check, and agreed to the Senate amend- ments to the House bill making seven years continued and unexplained absence sufficient proof of a soldier’s death in cases of application for pensions. Hull (R.) of Iowa unsuccessfully en- deavored to gain consideration of a billto relieve General W. P. Carlin of liability on account of the expenditure of $1180, made by a quartermaster officer in the fall of 1893 in searching for a party of students who were snowed in in a canyon in the Bitter Root Mountains, and who, without the aid of the regular army, would have perishec. Wilson (R.) of Idsho asked if this was the party conmsisting oi General Carlin’s son and some other young men who de- serted a citizen of Idaho and left him to die. Hull responded that there was nothing in the record to show that fact. The bill went over. The House then proceeded in committee of the whole to the further consideration of the fee and salary amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill. An amendment was agreed to prohib- iting the beginning of any prosecution under the internal revenue laws upon complaint of a private citizen, except by the written approval of the District At- torney. An amendment was agreed to on motion of Adams (R.) of Pennsylvania giving to clerks of courts as well as commissioners authority to administer oaths. Bartlett (D.) of Georgia offered an amendment, which was adopted, forbid- ding the appointment of any federal officer or commissioner as receiver in any suit in the Federal courts. Upon the motion of the committee and at the suggestion -of the Depurtment of Justice the bill was amended so as to raise the per diem of United States Commis- sioners from §3 to $3 50 a day, with a re- striction of one per diem allowance for any one day. At 2:50 p. », the Hduse passed the legis- lative, executive and judicial appropria- tion bill and then took up the postoffice appropriation bill. Loud (R.) of California, explaiing the provisions of the bill, said that the esti- mates on which the bill was based amounted to $94,817,900. The bill recom- mends an appropriation of $91,943,757, or $2,874,142 less than the estimates and $2,397,760 more than the bill for the cur- rent fiscal year. The estimated postal revenue for the fiscal year 1897, in the opinion of the Pottmaster-General, will be $80,763,120, or $1,820,322 less than the ap- propriation recommended by the commit- tee. To meet whatever deficiency may oc- cur in the several appropriations made by the bill 8 sum equal to such deficiency of the revenues of the Postoffice Department is to be appropriated from the treasury. 1In the preparation of the bill Loud said the committee had segregated certain items from the general appropriation for free-delivery service, believing that to be a better plan. In the aceounts of the office of the Becond Assistant Postmaster-Gen- eral, Loud said the committee had founa that $570,000 of the appropriation for the star route service had been diverted to other purposes, and the appropriation for that service was reduced by that sum, which was appropriated to wagon service. ‘When the accounts of the office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General were | reached in the course of Loud’s explana- tion, Quigg (R.) of New York asked if the increase of $32,000 made in the appropria- tion for inspectors would permita continu- | ance of what has become known to ill fame as the “‘zpy system.” Loud answered that in his opinion it would not, but in further answer. to Quigg’s questions went into the subject somewhat at lengih. In conclusion Loud gave it as his opinion that unless conditions in the Postoffice Department and postal service were changed by Congress the annual de- ticiency, which haa increased {from about $5,000,000 in 1888 to $10.000,000 in 1890, would increase in the future even more rapidly. The reduction of the item for streetcar fare for carriers met the opposition of the Chicago members. y The committee rose without having con- SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1896. cluded general debate on the bill and at 5 o’clock on motion by Loud the House took a recess until 8 o’clock p. M. to pass private pension bills. 3 The House to-night in committee of the whole considered and laid aside ten pen- sion bills with a favorable recommendation that they pass. At 10:30 . . the House adjourned until to-morrow. IN THE SOLDIERS’ HOMES. The Attendance Almost Equals the In- fantry and Artillery of the Army. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—Secre- tary Lamont sent to the House to-day the report of the inspector-general on the inspection of the several branches of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers. It shows the home tobe in good condition and satisfactorily managed. The avers, number of members cared for during the past year was 16,477, which nearly equals the combined strength of infantry and artillery of the army. Adding to this the average number of members constantly absent for longer or shorter periods, the ;gt_:)l_llnnge number of members reaches ,207. pEREE MARINES LANDED AT CORINTO. But the Navy Department Is Ignorant of the Alert’s Arrival. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—Navy Department officials say they have not been informed of the reported landing of marines at Corinto, Nicaragua,from the United States steamer Alert, which was sent to that place to protect American interests. The department is ignorant officially of the arrival of the Alert at Corinto. The only explanation suggested is that the telegraph lines have been cut. The news dispatch stating that marines had been landed at Corinto came from Panama. LR Armament of Fortifloations. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—Secre- tary Lamont sent to the House to-day additional estimates of the appropriation of $447,030 for armament of fortifications. TERMS OF TOLERATION Under Certain Conditions Catho- lics May Belong to Secret Societies. Some Interesting Information Given in a Recent Decree Issued by the Pope. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 6.—The Her- ald says this morning: Pope Leo XIII has just issued a decree defining in precise terms the toleration which may be ex- tended to Cathotic members of the orders of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Bons of Temperance, already condemned by the Pontiff. The decree is the most important circu- lar which has emanated from the Holy See for several years, affecting as it does the interests of all the Catholic members of the orders mentioned, who are said to number 330,000. It is conveyed in a letter addressed to the various Bishops by Cardi- nal Satolli. The letter states that as a general rule it cannot be permitted to allow one’s name to be retained on !the membership list and to pay dues. It may be tolerated, however, providing the following four conditions are verified in each case: “First—If the member joined any of these societies 1n good faith a2nd before their condemnation was made kuown to him. *'S8econd—Provided no scandal will oc- cur and all danger of such shall be re- moved by a timely declaration to the effect that the member pay his dues so that he may not be deprived of the benefits ac- cruing therefrom. The member must, however, in the meantime abstain from all associztion or commingling with these sects. “Third—The renunciation must entail upon himself or his family a notable and serious loss. “Fourth—There must not be any dan- ger of loss of faith, either for the man himself or for his family, especially with regard to the circumstances of sickness or death, and every possibility of faneral rites foreign to the Catholic ritual must be removed.” *These conditions,”” the letter says, “when they were made known to his Holiness were fully approved and con- firmed. B8ince, however, the question is a most grave one and replete with difficul- ties and dangers, and one which affects not only many dioceses but also ecclesi- astical provinces, the Holy Father, to the end that a uniform rule should be observed, orders that in particular cases your Eminence and your successors in the Apostolic delegation skall have jurisdic- tion.” —_————— FUNERAL OF CAMPBELL. Many Prominent-Men Attend the Serv- icos at Riverside. CHICAGO, Iun., March 6.—The funeral of William J. Campbell, the politician and lawyer, took place at Riverside to-day in the presence of a large assembly of prom- inent Chicago citizens and representatives of various organizations. Among the honorary pallbearers were Phillip D. Ar- mour, Judge Collins, ex-United States Senator C. B. Farwell, C. K. G. Billings, the gas magnate; General John C. Black, United States Attorney, and John R. Tan- ner, Republican candidate for Governor. Delegations were present from the Union League Clab, the Armour Institute and the Veteran Union Learue, besides a dis- tinguished deputation from the bench and bar. A telexram was received from the Republican Committee of Wisconsin con- doling with Illinois “over the death of her distinguished son. ik WU IEER Russell Sage Must Pay. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 6.—The Appellate division of the Supreme Court gave a decision to-day affirming the order of the lower court, which gave a decision in favor of Laidlaw against Russell Sage for $40,000 damages and costs amounting to about $3000. Laidlaw is the man who was used as a shicld by Sage when a dy- namite bomb was exploded in his office. CLASSIFICATION OF MINERAL LANDS, Letter of the Commissioner on the Proposed New Measure, NO USE FOR THE BILL. Provides for the Unnecessary Expenditure of Nearly Half a Million. STATEMENT. OF THE ACREAGE. There Is No Reason Why the People Should Be Taxed When They Are Not Benefited. WASHINGTON, D.OC., March 6.—The Commissioner of the General Land Office to-day transmitted to the Senate Commit- tee on Public Lands a letter concerning the mineral lands classification bill. He says: The lands to be classified under the bill be- fore me are situated within old and new set- tled communities, and are generally surveyed lands, and presumably have been thoroughly examined ana explored by prospectors. Iin- clude a statement of acreage affected by the bill. Approximate number of acres not pat- ented: Western Pacific grant 1,188,317, Cen- tral Pacific grant 1,243,206, California and Oregon grant 89,103, Scuthern Pacific main ~|line 1,067,488, Southern Pacific branch line 38,930,777; total, 7,508,023, The lands to be classified 1n Montana and Idaho are to a great extent in practically com- pact bodies, and the cost of classifving the same is doubtless much less per acre than will e the cost of classifying the settling tracts in Caiifornia under this bill. There are 7,508,000 acres to be examined under the provisions of the bill. The cost of examination and expenses in the Idaho dis- triot was six and two-tenths cents, the cost in other districts ranging from one fifteen Lun- dredths to two and three-tenths cents. The lands in California, having been about half of them patented and those remaining unpat- ented and to be examined under provisions of this bill being in isolated tracts, I estimate the expense would be the same as that for the examination for Idaho, to wit, six and two- tenths cents. I therefore estimate that the cost per acre for examining the lands in Californis under the terms of this bill, with salaries of Commisgsioners being larger than those of Com- missioners for Idaho, at 5 cents per acre, and thisI think a low estimate. This would give an estimated total cost of at least $450,000, and the same may reach $500,000. The reasons for the enactment of the act of February do not apply to this bill. In Mon- tana and Idaho not an acre of land has been patented to the railroad under grant at the time that bill was introduced. Itapplied to new country not fully prospected. This act applies to isolated tracts on surveyed ground that has been prospected for years, and half the granted lands has already been pat- ented to the five corporations affected thereby. In the Montana act but one company was in- terested. Under the system of procedure fully estab- lished by the Interior Department the railroad companies have borne the expense of publica- tion, which is required in all cases when land selected is within six miles of known mineral, as in this report elsewhere set tforth, snd this procedure has protected the rights of mineral claimants so well that no comolaints have been made of its action by them. I therefore report adversely to this bill, as no good purpose can be subserved by relieving the railroad companies of the necessary ex- penses attending the selecting and giving notice to all interested parties before receiving patents for their grants and putting burden of classification upon the general public at an ex- pense of not less than $450,000. This bill gives Commissioners in addition to $10 per day “their necessary expenses,” which must be estimated at not less than $5 per day—thus making classifications more ex- pensive, even if the opportunities in.California were as favorable as in Montana. Summarized my objections to the bill are: It is expensive to the Government; it is not as efficient and accurate in its results as the departmental ‘method of classification; itlays the burden on the people instead of the principal benefi- ciaries. 1f, however, Congress should determine to classify lands in California, as is contemplated in the bill, i recommend that it be amended as follows: In section 2, page 4, lines one and two, it is suggested to strike out the words “their actual expenses incurred while in the performance of their official duties” and to substitute therefor a fixed daily sum, “in lieu of subsistence,” or make no allowance for sub- sistence or expenses. In section 3, page 5, between lines 21 and 22, add the following proviso: “‘And provided further, tnat this act shall not apply to any lands in which publication has been made, or ‘been ordered, by the General Land Office under the circular of the Department of the Inte- rior, approved July, 1894, and that all such lands 5o published. or ordered to be published, shall proceed to patent under existing regula. tions.” All lists of selections of odd-numbered sec- tions within these grants are, under the cir- cular of July 9, 1894, thoroughly examined in connection with records of this office, and all tracts within a radius of six miles of any min- eral entry, claim or location are eliminated therefrom. A supplemental list of the rejected tracts is then prepared and the railroad re- quired to publish forsixty days. From such published list is eliminated all lands that have ‘been protested, or contested, or claimed to be more valuable for mineral than for agricul- tural purposes. The clear lands are certified to the department for approval and patenting as agricultural, while hearings are ordered to determine the characters of lands protested, contested or claimed as mineral. It will be seen that this procedure accomplishes the re- sults sought to be attained by this bill. Many such lists have been published and hearings ordered and had on protests filed as a result thereof. It is thought that no good pur- pose would be subserved by having practisally the same action again, and an amendment to | section 3 has for that reason been suggested. NEW TO-DAY. THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE OF FRANCE HAS PLACED Apollinaris (“THE. QUEEN OF « At the HEAD TABLE WATERS.”) of ALL the Waters examined for PURITY and FREE- DOM from Disease Germs.” JOHN CAFFREY, 47 First St., San Francisco, Representing CHARLES GRAEF & CO., N. Y., for Mineral Waters. In section 8, line 2, page 10, words “twenty thousand” and sl for the words “forty thousand.’§ Ft was esti- mated that $36,000 will be necesary as salar- jes and $4000 for publication ani incidental expenses. These figures are bas@ upon facts developed by practical operationsif the act of February 26, 1895, as $20,000 willpay for ser- vices for 100 days only. 1In response to the committee’s inwiry I beg to state that during the time the &t of 1895 has been in operation the practice tlereunder has been established. i Tirey L. Ford, in conjunctim with Senator White and Mr. Bowers, is pre- paring a reply to this letter. Thematter comes up in the committee on Monday next. ELEVEN NMEN BADLY BURVED. The Valve of a Defective Boiler Blew Out Scattering Scalding Steam Upon Workmen. CHICAGO, Irr., March 6.—Eleven men were seriously burned this afternoon in & boiler explosion at the Troy Laundry, 395 Fifth avenue. The fire which followed the explosion was quickly extinguished. Those injured were: William Grant, E. Berry, ¥. Kaine, Samuel Marsola, Frank Mar- sola, Thomas Hubbard, E. W. Gross, Wil- liam Dalber, Samuel Jerwasa, F. Kelly and Engineer Grant. Allthe victims were removed to the County Hospital. Berry of 2239 Wentworth avenue was the most seriously burnea. He was standing near the door of the engine-room when the *F” valve, which, it is alleged, was de- fective, blew out. The escaping steam struck him full in the face and he fell to the floor half-conscious. Two of his fel- low-workmen dragged him across to the other side of the basement, and in doing so they were severely scalded. The men were in the basement making an excava- tion for a new boiler, under the direction of the engineer. ———— 3 RECEIVED STOLEN BODIES. Indictment of a Professor at the Drake Medical College. DES MOINES, Towa, March 6.—The Grand Jury to-day indicted Dr. Wilton W. McCarthy, demonstrator of anatomy in Drake Medical College, on the charge of receiving stolen goods. The indictment is the result of a long investigation into the grave robbery cases in this vicinity. About three weeks ago a man named Claycolm, from Omaha, came here with two bodies stolen from cemeteries at Omaha. He was arrested when delivering them to the college and said that he had an appointment to meet Dr. McCarthy when the delivery was made and receive his pay for the bodies. On this and other evidence the indictment was returned. —_— « Seven Persons Burned to Death. ALMA, Wi, March 6.—A family of seven persons perished in their burning home near here last night. G. Oldhouse, a carpenter, lived with his wife and five chitdren in a small house. Neighbors saw the building burning last night and when the fire was out the bodies of the entire family were found in the ruins. 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"Applicants for Primary Grade certificates will be uired to upon the followi: 8ub; : Aibmetic, Brammar, Geography, Componision Arith 3 b History of the Uni Defining, Penmanship, Reading, Methods of ing, School Law, Industrial Drawing, Phy: Civil Governmext, Elemnnra Bookkeepi: ‘Voceal Masie. A?le:lnu for Grammar G tificates, in addition to. pussing on the above X ies, must also pass on Algebra, cs, Pedagog. jes, Geometry, General Hist Literature. K . BA Superintendent of Comm o ‘GEORGE BEANSTON, Eecn?l'rg. 00 Bikgoale, stad.