The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1896, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS. "LONG GREEN" 1S SOUIRMING He' Tries to Explain That He Did Not Select Referee Earp. A CORRECTION THAT DID NOT CORRECT. National- Club O.ficzrs Trying to | Square Themselves and Lawrence. THEY SAY THAT HE TOLD THEM TO. sfter the Criminal Courts Have Done With the Cas: the Grand Jury : May Take It Up. The evidence inculpating a select circle in°the fraud perpetraiea recently when Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey fought’in the Pavilion is narrowing down to the half dozen mainstays who are re- sponsible for the scanaal that has been braited throughout the world, aud that mus} necessarily be a serious setback to rsTe pugilistic sport on this coast. e ¢ivil courts are first to take up the ip of the $10,000 check. This bit v handed over to Wyatt Earp ontest. and from that repository it i o the hands of Sharkey’s alter . Danny Lynch. n there have been people galore descending upon Earp and Lynch t | power to prevent them from posing of the check without first paying long-standing judgments rendered red. But these clamoring ¢ counted without their Neither Earp nor Lynch knows e the check is. | ms that he turned it over to | Lynch, and the latter says he gave it to man; Dowell, for safekeeping, ac- to instructions from Sharkey. | er denies he ordered Lynch todo | h thing, and there the matter lies. | ding “Earp failed to show up in court when sibpenaed in this matter, and a warrant for ljis arrest will bring him there when the case comes up. | However, his absence bas placed him | nd the pale of the law, so far as per- s concerned. But it is nok sb with key and Lyneh, who have each sworn to contradictory statements, which will | be brought up later in the criminal pro- | ceedings that are to be instituted. The criminal prosecution is to follow the rivil suit. Robert Fitzsimmons, Mar- tin-Julian aud their attorney, H. I. Kow- declere positively that there is nothing that will_stop them from prose- | euting every individual implicated in the | conspiracy to not only rob Fitzsimmons | but tlie public. Colonel Kowalsky declared positively | last night that he had enough evidence on hand .at that time to send a hali-dozen men to jaii. *We wiil take this affair in natural sequence,” he said; “first we will get the $10000 belonging to us. -The other side rin connection with the rightful | . Cnesley, on the evening of | of Wyatt Earp, the bodyguard of Andy M. Lawrence, the managing editor of the Ex- aminer, otherwise known as Long Green Law- rence, as referee of the fight, have come to lighi. “He was appointed at the instance of Law- rence. | We nh to deny flatly and completely the | truth of these statements. The fuil facts con- ning the appointment of Earp are as fol- | low: | appointment as referee and on the occasion of r. Earp was a stranger to Mr. Gibbs and We had met nim but once pricr to his | & visit o Fitzsimmons’ training quarters about | ten days before the contest, when we received a formal 1ntroduction to him. The managers of the principals were argu- | ing 10r several days over tue_appointment of a referee and it became ma s the day of the coutest upproached that they would make no selection, that they could notagree upon any one, and Mr. Gibbs and 1 talked over the matter, as it was important that we should be | prepared at 12 o’clock. noon, ot December 2 to hame the reieree in the event that the man- agers of the principals failed 10 do50. In dls cussing the matter Mr. Gibbs stated that he had in mind & man who would give entire sat- | isiaction, ns he was reported o be fearless, | cool and "honest. H said thatsuch a man as Andy Lawrence of the Examiner, Mr. Bunker the Report and Mr. Simpson of the Chroni- spoke 10 terms of piaise of him and we ould make o mistake in selecting him. I said, “If he is good enough for the press he is | 80ood enoug or me.”” At 12 noon, of December 2 Martin | Juiian and Dan Lynch informed me that it was impossibie fo em to agree on a referee; | that they placed the matter in the hands ot | the National Athletic Club. Then they left. | Tnis conversation occurred at my place of s, on Market street, under the Baldwin At 12 0C he duty of selecting a referee en turned over to us. He suid, “How Wyatt Earp?” and 1 said, *He suits me.” | n'walked through the 'Baldwin Hotel | to the bor. We saw Mr. Karp in con- { v W s friend. I said to Gibbs: ge coincidence. There is Earp We called Mr. Eerp to one side and informed him that the National Ath- letic Club had chosen him as referee of the Filz ontest. He hesitated a ell, I consider it an honor, e e undezstood the rules of the | game thoroughly, and he replied in the affirm- ative. This is tae full history of his selection. At that time both Mr. Gibbs and myself told him that as the people weie giving high prices | 1o see the contest, we would not like to ) it cut off by a technicai foul. All we de- sired was to give the principals and the public | a good, square deal. 1hat isaii there is toit. Mr. Lawrence had ;;h-wiq;\ 1y nothing to do with the selection of e statement attributed by THE CALL as coming from Mr. Gibb, said to be made on the 100n after the t 10 a reporter of the aminer is as follow Vhat kick have you | gotcoming? It was at Andy Lawrence’s sug- zestion that Wyatt Earp v absoiutely untrue. statement. The statement is also made, “Lawrence told | Gibbs that he understood the fighters were dis- £ as to the selection of a referee.” This ». Mr. Gibbs introduced the subject, and spoke of the diftienity that was being nad | in the sciection of u referee. Mr. Tywrence did not say ss reported in ! nt in as referee,” is Mr. Gibbs never made that king against him.” CALL reportsays: “Thatis & true state- meuiof how we decided upon Wyatt Earp as referee.” That is an absolutely untrue statement as to how the selection of Mr. Earp as referee was made. (igacd) J. J. Grooy, 8:n Francisco, Dec. 5, 1896. The communication as published was acoeptea and a few inquiries made us to w hy such a statement should be made in direct contradiction of the interview given by botk Gibbs and Groom in the presence of two reporters attached to different newspapers. *Did you not come here from the Ex- aminer editorial rooms, gentlemen?”’ was asked. **Yes, sir,” answered the commissioners, “We came from Mr. Lawrence to try and straichten this thing out. *‘We want 10 have it understood tbat we were the ones who appointed Mr. Earp. 1t would be derogatory to our dignity 1o have it understood otherwise. The way it oceurred was that such men as Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Simpson recommended him as a good man, and we selected him.” “Do you not know, gentlemen, that Mr. has ten days in which to answer. That ve them enough rope with which to | g themselves, and then we will take up.the conspiracy matter.” | e of the points that will be shown as ndicative of fraud is the terrific jump in | the _betting from $100 to $30 on Fitzsim- | mons to $100 to $65 within a few hours af- ter it was known that Wyatt Earp was se- lected as referee. | The selection of Earp as a refcree has al- ready-caused great comm=nt, and.not un- til recently has it come to light why he ; was chosen. { His past mode of makingalivelibood by | the use of his “‘gun” has been told. He | has been a man who has shotdown people | innumerable, wiped the smoke from off‘ the barrel of his shotgun and cut another notch in the butt, and said “What a great | man am L | The public wonld have preferred to have | Hiram Cook or Lem Fulda as referee, as | honesty and fairness was ail that was| needed to properly fulfili the duties of the | office. Bul it was not so with those who | were interested in the outcome of a fight | in which the public must get the ‘‘worst | of it.” “Long Green’’ Lawrence wanted Earp | as a referee and he put him there. Everv- body does not quite understand what | “Long Green"” means. It is not the grow:h of grass, but the makeup of green- | backs. ““Out for the long green” is acom- | mon expression in speaking of an indi- vidual whose weather eve is cast on the main chance to telegraph his dextrous | fingers when to grip the crisp notes. H It goes with that old advice given by | “To make a living honestly, | an’t make it honestly to make | some sage, but if you it anybow. Another point it is expected to show | is t Sharkey was never fouled dur Lis battie with Fitzsimmons, The ph cians who tried to see him immediately after he was hurt and were only permitted to do so eightren hours iater, after Dr. Lee nad been permitted to do his bidding, 1 testify that Sharkey's injuries might h been caused by many different methods any schemer might adopt to earn $10;000. Anybow, “Long Green” Lawrence. | managing editor of the Examiner, his} body guard, Wvatt Earp, Danny Lynch, Sharkey, Groom apd Gibbs will have a happy time explaining themseives out of the piess into which they have got them- selves. 4 By R Aty THE CLUB’S STATEMENT. ‘A'Correction That Corrected Noth- ing and Needs Correction Itself. | J-J. Groom and J. D. Gibbs, the two m gers of the National Athletic Club, called at the editorial rooms pf THE CALL eurly yesterday morning—too late, llu?\'- ever, for their purpose to be given space in I \ese columns until this issue. ““We have come to present you with is communication in regard to an arti- e published in THE CALL th1s morning.’’ they said, and then submitted the follow- Ing communication: To the Editor of the Call: In the matter pub- Lshed in1E CALL of this morning regarding the late contest between Fitzsimmons ani Simpson, the city editorof the Chronicle, was thoroughly unacquainted with Mr. Earp, excepiing that Lieutenant Esola of the Police Department came to bim some days before the fight asking fora ticket for a friend. Being asked who that friend was, he stated it was Wyart Earp?”’ Both Gibbs amd Groom stuttered their doubt about that point. Now as to the details of the Groom, Ginbs, Earp, Esola, Lawrence and Mr. Simpson mix up: Lieutenant Esola asked Mr. S'mpson for a pass to the fight for Wyatt Earp. Mr. Simpson said he did not feel justified in asking for a pass or ticket from the Na- tional Athletic Club. Hesaid he was not acqueinted with Wyatt Earp and was not inchined to ask favors anyhow in such af- fairs. Last night Mr. Simpson was not in his office, but Fred Stowell, his representa- tive, stated positively that any claim made by either J. J. Groom or J. D. Gibbs that Mr. Simpson had in any way suggested, intimated or otherwise given an idea he would be pieased to see Wyatt Earp taken as referee in the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey fight was absolutely a lie. But, going back a few days, the false- hoods toid in the communication of Gibbs | and Groon: are made more apparent. The very day after the Earp decision, which robbed Fitzsimmons of the v.ctory justly due him, and at the time the public was clamoring to know why Gibbs had chosen Earp as a refecee, two revorters— Messrs. Sullivan and Scott—were to the front and spoke to Mr. Gibbs at the junc- tion of Market and Ellis streets. 1t was in answer to Mr. Sullivan’s inquiry that Gibbs said that Lawrence and Simpson had suegested Earp, Mr. Scott subsequently reported back to his office and learned that Gibbs had toid a falsehood and he bad an opportunity on Friday night tec push ihe words back into Mr. Groom’s mouth. On this occasion G.bbs was not present and his associate, J. J. Groom, was the spokesman for the firm. “Andy Lawrence and Simpson sug- gested Wyatt Earp as referee, and that’s why we appointed him,’’ he said. ~You know that is not so, Mr. Groom,” declared Mr. Scott. *Mr. Simpson bad nothing to do with it. He never knew Wyatt Earp until Mr. Lawrence’s friend and companion, Lieutenant Esola, men- tioned his name in an application for a ass.” > Groom immediately backed down from his position and said that was probably so, but that “anyhow Lawrence indorsed El{;"!” a proper party to referee the fizht.?” i Beyond any question «f doubt, Andrew M. Lawrence, better known as *Long Green'’ Lawrence, the ex-peanut butcher, page in the Legislature and an Assembly- man when the soubriqueiof *‘Long Green’’ became fastened to him, an¢ at present managing editor of the Examiner, was the push and pull that put Wyatt Earp, his bodvguard and enn fighter, into the ring to decide the victory for Suarkey when Fitz-immons met him. The acknowledgment of Gibbs and Groom that they came direct from Law- rence to THE CALL editorial rooms with their communication 1ypewritten on the Examiner telegraphic paper and the false statements made by the entire clique, would lead to the beiief that the Grand Jury will find quite a nest of which this Eharkey, the opening psragraphs are as fol- lo be true facts relating to the appointment trio will form a nucleus, when they begin their investigation to punish those who t"z."’,; i ‘; n e GROVER TAKES A FINA | \ SHOT. bave been conspiring to defraud the public. i EARP’S SPOKANE RECORD. There Is No One There Who Can Say a Good Word for Him. SPOKANE, Wasx.,, Dec. 6. — Wyatt Earp 1s known in this city, and the many | old-time Cceur d’Aleners have no good words to say of him. They charge him with being the head of a gang of lot-jump- ersin Eagle City in 1884, which termi- nated in quite a fight between his gang and W. . Buzzard, a man who refused to be bluffed by them. Earp, it is said, was the brains and general of the gang, among which were Bill Payne, Ferguson, Hol- man and Jack Enright, all noted charac- ters of the early days of Eagle City. Jack Euoright was a nervy man who did the gun-play act, while Earp, in his salgon, dance hall and gambling-house, arranged the plans and set the gang to work, W. M, Buzzard, the man who had the fight with them, was found this ufternoon by your correspoudent and tola the story of his fight with the gang. I went to Eagle City in the early nart of 1884,” said Mr. Buzzard. “The Earp gang, headed by Wyait Earp, were then Iot-jumping. They would take a lot away from som - one by iorce and sell it to an innocent purchaser. Then some others of the gang would come around, drive the man off and re-sell it. Kagle City was a booming and new mining camp, and there were many desperate characiers in the place. I had secured a lot and started to build a hotel, when the Earp gang put up the job to take it away from me. Jack Enriglln came up and told me to leave, and I promptly told him I would not. I went to the cabin and got my gun to be prepared for them, for I saw trouble. In a few minutes the whole gang came up the trail, which, being packed down below with the surrounding snow, afforded good breast-works. They all opened fire or. me at once. 1dropped behind a log, but a man at my side was killed. We lgen kept up a continual fire for some time, 1 from behind the log and they from the trail, being sixty feet apart. I had three holes put through my hat, while Jack Enright had a piece cut out of his cheek by my bullet. Iry “A large crowd was attracted to see the fight and finally, being assured 1 would have fair play, I gave up to Deputy Sheriff Hunt. No one was arrested. This was the first time the gang had been resisted and it rather broke the practice, but at the same time the camp ‘busted,” for the reputation of the Earp gang kept people who wanted property away. Of course, 1 don’t know it Earp shot at me, or, if he did, how many times, but Ido know he engineered the scheme and was in the gang. I think he devoted his time to getting cartridges for the balance of the gang. Karp was consilered a bad and unscrupulous man. He was not particu- larly brave in gun plays, but he was al- ways considered ‘out for the dough,’ ”’ Many other early-timers in the Cceur d’Alenes were seen to-day by your corre- spondent, ncne of whom had anything good to say of Earp. He was generally re- garded as a bad man at taat time and in that camp. AN OVATION TO BOB. Tweive Thousand People Cheer the Fighter Who Was Defrauded of His Rights. If the people of San Francisco were not of the opinion that Bob Fitzsinmons was unjustly dealt with on the night of ihe fight with Sharkey and that he had been delrauded of his just dues by the decision of Referee Earp, it is certain that they would not bave turned out en masse as they did to see him yesterday aiternoon give an exhibition of bag-punching and show the blow that knocked out the *‘Pride of the Navy.” There were fully 12,000 rople in the crowd which as: sembled. 4 As soon as Fitzsimmons reached the boxing platform he threw off his gow and as soon as he was recognized he w. greeted with a hurrah that rent the air, I It was a perfect ovation, such as probably few if ‘any poxer ever receive .. % As he advanced toward % punching- bag some one called for “three cheers for the man who knocked out Sharkey,” and they were given with a will. He then went at the bag, punching it right and left in a manner that aroused the enthusi- asm of the audience tothe highest degree, and his performance was vociferously cheered. After that Fitzsimmons and Dan Hickey, his trainer, gavea three short round exhibilion, in which there was some pretty sparring and many good give-and-take blows, and a fine di-- play of the mannerin which F:tzsimmons ducks to avoid punishment. The third round closed with a right-hand uppercut which staggered Hickey and he went down.. Fitzsimmons turnea tothe crowd and said, “That is the kind of blow that laid out Sharkey.” 'This was received with lond cheers and cries for a speech. Fitzsimmons again faced the crowd and said, - “I ain’t got much tosay, except that I am ready at any time to fight Shargey for any amount,” and the crowd cheered lustily. SLIABA L No More Yights. ° S8T. LOUIS, Mo.,, Dec. 6.—Dan Stuart arrived here from Dallas, Tex., this even- ing. He had a slight recurrence of the stomach trouble that recently ailed him and remained in hisroomsat the Planters’ Hotel. At1l'o’clock he left for New York. Duringghe ten minutes’ interview he gave to repdtters he stated that the Fitzsim- mons-Sharkey fight had settled nothing, but had done much to injure pugilism. “There will never be another first-class meeting in San Francisco,” said he. “The men who pay to see square coniests will never acain assemble on the Pacific Coast. 1t the affair had been under the manage- ment of my club there would have been no after proceedings in which a law court sits in judgment.” STRICKEN WITH A HEMORRHAGE. Fatal lliness -of Mrs. Matthews, Wife of the Governor of Indiana—Her Daughters Summoned. INDIANAPCLIS, Ixp., Dec.. 6.—Mrs. Matthews, wife of Governor Matthews, was seized with a fatal hemorrhage of the stomach to-night. She had been indis- posed for a couple of days, but was feeling so much better this evening that she was up and abont,and she and the Governor were alone in the library about 8:30 o’clock when she started to walk across the room and fell to the floor with blood rushing from her month and nostrils. The Governor carried her to a couch and the famly physician, Dr. R. French Store, was called at once. He saw the fatal nature of the trouble and telegrams were sent to their two dauzhters, Mrz. Cortez Ewing of Greensburg and Miss Helen Matthews, now attending the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. A consultation of physicians was calied, but they found that Mrs. Matthews had but a few hours to live. Mrs, Matthews was a daughter of Governor Whitcomb and they have been married nearly thirty years. The Gover- nor's only son, SBeymour Matthews, died at Atlanta a year ago. Santa Fe Controversy, TOPEKA, Kaxs., Dec. 6.—A dispatch from Oskaloosa says that General Solicitor Kenna of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company and County Atior- ney Phinney have entered into an agree- ment for the immediate triel of the Santa Fe road case. District Juage Myers issued an order 1o Receiver Martin not to inter- fere with the property pending hearing in the United States Supreme Court. Judge Foster will decide the question of juris- diction to-morrow, and tue case will go to the Supreme Court from every court which takes up the case. b The New Champagne Vintage. By its remarkable quality and dryness, with. out being heavy, the splendid new vintage of G H. Mumm’s Extra Dry now being importe s creating a sensation. It lholll!l g‘ w{l“tfi fuliy appreciated. - - - - # SEMATE AND HOUSE CONVERE TO-DA First Will Come the Last Message From Grover Cleveland. Then There Will Be an Ex- change of Sentiments on the Recent Election. Various Bills, Including Collis P. Hun- tirgton’s Refunding Scheme, Will Come B:fore Congress. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—Tt is not likely that anything will be done in either house of Congress to-morrow except to ex- change congratulations or condolence, as the case may be, over the result of theelec- tion, and 1o listen to the President’s mes- sage. When the last session closed the House immigration bill had, and now has, the right of way in the Senate. It isthe unfinished business, and will be called up at the expiration of the morning hour. Although known as the House bill on the calendar as reported to the Senate by Mr. Lodge, it is a materially different measure, all of the House provisions baving been stricken ont except the- enacting clause and a new bill substituted. This bill will be called up on Tuesday by Senators Lodge and Chandler, who desire to push it to a vote as quickly as possible. An effort will ‘be made to secure new dates for the consideration of special orders that were not reached during last session. These measures are: Senate bill to prevent the desecration of the Ameri- can flags; House bill to amend the act to prevent the extermination of fur-bearing animals of Alaska; House bill to reduce the cases in which the penalty of death may be inflicted, and Senate joint reso- ! lation proposing an amendment to the constitation providing for the election of Senators by popular vote. An important bill, over which there hus developed a bitter fight, is the Detroit bridge bill for a bridge across the Detroit River. It was postponed at the last session until the first Monday in December. In addition to the appropriation bills there are several measures that will con- tend with each other for the right of way. P:ominent among these are the bills to refund the Pacitic Railroad debt, to admit the Territories of New Mexico and Ari- zona and Mr. Davis’ resolution relative to the assertion and enforcement of the Mon- roe doetrine. Inthe House of Representatives the death of ex-Speaker Crisp will be an- nounced by one of his former colleagues, and after the reading of the President’s message the House will adjourn in his honor. * BAD BOYS BREAK AWAY. Twenty-Eight Escape From the Nebraska State Industrial School, but Many Are Recaptured. KEARNEY, Nese, Dec. 6.—Twenty- eight of the larger boys confined in the Biate Industrial School near here escaped last night. The break was made from the ‘vice-president. dining-room and many of them carried knives used at the table. The plan been brewing some time, over a “hundred being implicated and all would have escapad had not an attendantdrawn his re- volver and threatened to shoot the first boy that started. To-day all but fifteen were recaptured. Those still out are the most desperate and are believed to be headed for Kansas. “Kid” Thrasher, the leader, was cap- tured about midnight, bu: his main as- sistant, Yates of Omabha, is still at large. Some of the boys are'armed with butcher- kniyes and sugar-beat knives, and will re- sist arrest if the opportunity offers. D g S | UNION NATIONAL BANK RESUMES. An Institution That' Failed Owing to the Defalcation of Bookkeepers Starts Up With Renewed Capital. NEW ORLEANS, LaA., Dec. 6.—The Union National Bank, whicn suspended business on September 9 owing to the de- falcation of $612,000 by Individual Book- keepers Colomb and Leefe, who operated through outside confederates, will resume business on Monday. The bank will start with a capital of $300,000. 3. V. Fornaris will be the president and S. E. Worms first Stephen Chalaron, former president of the bank, will be secona vice- president and hove charge of the foreizn exchang: business. Former Cashier Lebarthe will act as cashier. The bank will start business with $557.407 68 cash in its vaults; Its demand liabilities amount to $130,851 70 and its extended labilities amount to $770,689 33. The bank was sys- tematically robbed for,a period covering fifteen years by Colomb and Leefe, who operated throngh L. Gzillot, a local photog- rapher, and Joseph N. Wolfson, a lawyer. Colomb killed himself when the defalca- tion was discovered and Wolfson's brother-in-law, L. M. Navra, also com- mitted suicide because of an unwarranted connecting of his name with the affair. Leefe, Wolfson and Guillot are under a series of’ indictments before the Federal Court. ¥ The depositors will raceive certificates covering the amounts due them. ~Ten per cent of their deposits will be put to their credit on the date of resumption and the certificates will be retired every ninety days. e FASTEST IN THE ROYAL NAVY. Great Speed and Power Attained During the Trial Trips of the British Cruiser Powerful. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 6.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from London says: The British cruiser Powerful, which quite recently comnpleted ber steam trials, is at the present moment the fastest ship in the royal navy, and has thus fully justified the adopdion of waler tube boil- ers in vessels of large displacement. The engines of the Powerful, as also tho e of the Terrible, were desizned to produce 20,000 horsepower. In her final trip. which was carried out on November 27, her en- gines developed an average of 25,886 horse- power for the requisite period of four hours. For one-third of the duration of her trial the power exceeded 26,000 horse- powver. The wind was strong and the sea roush, the result being that the speed at- tained was only %18 knots, but it was estimated that in tolerably smooth water the ship wouid have steamed at a speed of fully 22}¢ knots.. The ship was fully down to her .oad line during the triale, and drew twenty-eight feet aft. e Operations on Bradley. CINCINNATI, Ouro, Dec. 6.—Two op- erations were performed yesterday on Governor Bradley gf Kentucky for h throat trouble, and he is unable to tal to-day, but Lisspeedy recovery is expected. ALL SETTLED BY UNCLE SAM Venezuela Ready to Accept the Terms of the Treaty. This Will Cause Two Diplo- matic Announcaments in Clevaland’s Message. Close of a Celebrated Dispute Through the Pcaceful Channels of Inter- national Arbitration. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6. —The probable assent of Venezuels in the pro- posed treaty of arbitration of the British Guiara boundary dispute negotiated through the good offices of the United States and the practica: conclusion of a general arbitration convention between Great Britain and the United States, it is stated, will form two of the most import- ant diplomatic announcements in the President’s message to Congress. What is understood to be in nearly all essential particulars a copy of the prelimi- nary agreement entered into some weeks azo between Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote in the Venezuelan mat- ter is made public. The draft of the pro- posed treaty itself, which the Venezuelan Minister, Mr. Andrade, carried with him to Caracas to lay before his Government, is more elaborate than this azreement. It starts with a preamble of considerable length, and in that portion which refers to the fifty-year occupation of territory in dispute embodies other points besides mere occupancy and political control, which will be taken into consideration by the tribunal. These are expressed in technical terms international lawyers will understand, but which would not be readily compre- hended by others. Adyvices received from Caracas do not bear the impression that the Venezuelan Cabiner is dissatisfiea with the treaty, or that Minister Andrade, who will shortly return to the United States, will bring with him the draft of a new treaty as modified by the Venezuslan authorities. On the contrary, there are grounds for the belief that President Crespo and his con- stitutional advisers have given their full adheésion to the vroposed treaty. Under trese circumstances it will be signed by Minisier Andrade, representing the South “American republic, and by Sir Julian Pauncéfore, on the part of Great Britain, after which the United States will drop out of the matter, well satisfied to have been the medium of bringing the two countries together and of effecting a settlement of their long aispute through the peaceiul channels of an international board of arbitration. It was only in this way, it is asserted on high authority, that such a conclusion could have been reached, as diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Great Britain have long been suspended, and it was well known that her Majesty’s Gov ernment would not consent that Vene ezuela should have any voice in the selee= tion of the board. ‘While it is entirely truethat the ratifi- cation of the treatv must still depend upon the wiil of the Venezuelan Congress, no doubt is felt that the body wili indorse President Crespo’s action. In regard to a general treaty of arbitra- tion between the United States and Great Britain it is siated that the President’s message will show that the negotiations are practically concluded and that ic will be the President’s pleasure within a few weeks at the utmost to lay the treaty be- fore the Senate for its consideration. 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