Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-10
HE LOVED THE LASS.
Some Romantic Incidents in the Life O
Prominent Citizen of Venezuela.
From, Washington Special.

Prominent Citizen of Venezuela.
Fron, a Warrington Special.
The cable announces that Gen. Alexan-
der Ybarra has been nominated as the
peoples candidate for President Of Vene-
zuela, and thereby hangs a romantic tale.
When Judge Thomas Russell, of Boston,
was United States Minister to Venezu-
ella, Mr.. Eyarts, then Secretary of state,
sent him a sharp dispatch directing the
immediate collection Of a claim against
that government, which had been allow
ed by arbitration. MIR. Russell replied
that there were only two ways by which
the claim could be collected. One was to
send an army and fleet down to enforce
its payment, and another to give half TO
Guzman BlancO, the President OF the re-
public, as a bride.
Through the carelessHess Of a clerk in
the Department of State, Judge RusselPs
dispatch got into print, and copy was
forwarded TO Guyman Blanco by the Ven
ezuelan Minister here. consequence
Of his cand0r, the Judge received his pass
port and an intimatiOn that il would be
well for him To leave Venezuela by the
next steamer.
Judge Russell had a daughter of re-
markable beauty and social attractions
with whom \ barra was ia love Tbarra
was the nephew and pet of Guzmap
BlancO, and the latter, who rules
Venezuela with hand of iron and
blood, was educating him to become
his successor at the head of the govern
ment.
At the age OF "a YbaIra was comman-
der-in-cnief OF the army with the rank OF
General, a member OF the Cabinet, and q
sort Of deputy Dictator, with authority
second only to that OF the autocrat HIM
self. His love Tor the girl cause him to
resent the insult to her father, and he
strobe into the presence of Guzman Blan-
co to angrily protest against the Danish
ment of Judge Russell. GuZman tried to
demonstrate with him, but the uncle soon
became as
ANGRY AS TIE NEPHEW,
aud told the young man that he must
| choose between the girl and his present
! position and political prospects Y barra
instantly replied that II he must make
| sucn a choice he would take the
girl, and breaking his sword over his
knee threw the fragments at the head OF
his uncle.
That afternoon decree was published
| announcing the dishonorable dismissal of
Ybarra from the army and his removal
from the Cabinet for insulting "that illus
triOus American, Guzman BlanoO, the
pacitcator and reGenerator Of Venezu-
ella" and there was sensation in the
city OF Caracas more profound than had
been known for many day. The steam
or for New York was 10 SAL the following
morning from LaGuayTa, "A seaport twenty
miles away, and Judge Russell, with his
family, was already on board.
When morning came the four statues
which Guzman Blanco had erected in his
own honor were found removed from
their pedestals and half buried in the
earth, heads downward, and Ybarra was
missing. With some OF his friends he had
worked AL night IN a rainstorm TO inhict
this humiliation upon his uncle, and when
the vengeance was complete had mount
ed hts horse and ridden 10 La Guayra.
whore he boarded the steamer and sailed
! for New York before the act was disoov-
cred
No Boston girl could resist this sort OF
4 devotion, and upon the arrival OF the
party az her home Miss Russell became
Mrs. Ibarra. For five years the General
remained IN the United States, teaching
| spanish in Harvard no first, and then en-
I gaging in business with chocolate es-
/ Enlistment, for which he returned TO
1 venezuela two years ago 20 look after
I the purchase Of cocoa. As long as he re-
/ NAMED quiet and lot politics alone his
/ uncle tolerated his presence at Caracas.
/ but has never forgiven him. Now that
/ he has become candidate for the Presi-
I dency against Gu2man there can be no
I doubt that the cid feud will be revived.
| FOR venezuelan politics are Of the most
I hysterical order. The next news viii
/ probably be that Ybarra has been killed.
imprisoned, or banished