Show SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Colombian newspapers continue to pub llah violently worded articles against the attitude of the allies toward Venezuela At a meeting of the bard of directors of the American Locomotive company the old officers were reelected A divi dead of IT per cent wan declared on tho preferred o stock payable January 21 1303 Col R E Boboof Bobo Miss whoso name wa3 conspicuous In connection with President Pooaevejta hunting trip Is dead at the llahnomann hospital Chicago Chi-cago of blood poisoning resulting from liver trd bio aged C3 t yearn The announcement of tho presentation of Italys ultimatum to Venezuela was received In Homo with general satisfaction satisfac-tion Apart from limo desire to recover tho claim of Itallanc there has been longstanding standing 111fcellni between the two countries coun-tries The Belgian claims against Venezuela amount to several million francs They arise chlel1 from the nonpayment of Interest In-terest on Venezuelan Government bonds Issued as purchase money for the wator workrt a Caracas which woa promoted by a Belgian company President Johnson of the American league l announces that tho annual moot Ing of his league will bo hold l in Chicago probably next Monday and that tho frt conference between the peace committees of the rival leagues would be held In Cincinnati Cin-cinnati on January fjth At OgdciiHbury N Y jvslcrday Japanese Japan-ese raw silk valued at jrOCjOCKX was trans erred to tho Now York Central railroad from Canada and ncnt by special train to New York rime nPk rn was shipped from Japan by a Canadian Paxslllc steamship to Vancouver and by rail to Prescott Tho Nlcarngunn Government and peo plo view the action of Great Brjtuln and Germany toward Venezuela with great In dignation They canuldr the pinkinG of tho Venezuelan ships and tho bonllmrd mont of the forts at Porto Cabello to bo nets of unwarranted violence In njiBWer to a telegram from President LIUMS of the Paclllo Northwest league asking what stand Urn Uolono club would tako In tho fight against Invasion of tho aBant = California aggregation President Good kind of the lloknu club wired to tho affect that tho Helena club would standby stand-by the Norlhvaut league In Olymnla Wash yesterday Dr David Da-vid Mitchell a wellknown physician was urroHtcd on a charge of larceny by cm bcz7lcnifnl preferred by Dr Oliver Io Crone ol lOilurnazoo Mich Dr Crone claims ho was swindled in n timber land deal In the State of Washington by Dr Wnshhlllol Mitchell and hla jL oclal I I |