The evening times., 1895-12-19

g ENOR DE MANEUL P0NTE, secretary
- of the Venezuelan legation, was talk
ing to group OF acquaintances in the
lobby of the Cochran last evening. Some
one asked him If the legation had heard
from Venezuela since the publishing OF
President ClevelaEl's message, and Senior
Ponte replied that no word was expected
until Thursday.
"0ur people will feel very Iubllant when
they learn the purport of the message"
he said. 1--WE Informed the home gov
ernment as soon as the message was sent
out.
..No, do not believe England would
fight the UBited States. They could not
afford to do it. II Congress sends Il COM
mission to examine the disputed boundary
we do not fear for the result. l tell you,
we are right, and England knows that We
are right. She has been encroach;ng on
our ricnest territory more and more every
year, and at last crisis has come
The Venezuelan legation cabled dis
patch of eighty-fivc words upon the first
words in all will be cabled. The cable rate
to Carraccas, by the way, is $40 per
word.
MR.. WILLIAM b. LIGHTFOOT, repre-
1Sl scnting a New York firm Of brokers.
has taken up mis- quarters al La NOrn.anuie
become popular at the hotel and has been
given the titular distinction OF captain y
"You know every one down South here has
Il t,te," he remarked last evening 10 .
visitor.
Mr.. Ligh,foot talked interestingly con-
cerning the episode of sO-called bucket
shops" anieng The brokerage establish
1T is a shame and disgrace that they
are permitted by law 10 exist" said he.
They are no less gambling resorts than
on a Mere chance. Hardly one-tenth of one
per cent of the stock sold at these bucket-
shops Is ever placed in tue customers s hands.
In Tenn rno @e e,fy mt
imposing very high direct tax upon them.
They are dangerous establishments be-
cause they tempt people who have only a
| little money TO invest and no money to
| lose to gamble with their earnings"
A sMooTHL Y-shaven man, with silk
| IA hat and long Prince Albert coat,
walked up 10 the desk of the Arlington last
evening and made u brief inquiry OF the
| clerk. Then he tu rned 10 walk out the door.
AS he did so, young man, who had evil
| IDENTIFY been waiting for some one, stopped
him.
..senator German, wish TO ask"
The senator stared at tie young man
so hard that the latter Interrupted his
address and asked:
II beg your pardon, sir; are sou not
mo, sir" replied the smooth-shaven
man in black; ..ram another Senator's
| coachman."
A RRIvED at the Shoreham last evening,
| IA Hon. John s. Clarks0n, Of iowa.
That distinguished Republican leader
had many callers during the evening. OF
| course. everyone OF them introduced his
| conversation by asking Gen. Cla rkson
what lie thought of the Presidents Venez-
| uelan message. To all of them he made
substantially the same reply.
s.It Is all right" he declared. sit shows
Mr.. Cleveland to be a brave man. with pa
| trfotic feelings. In the last. twenty-four
hours I have heard Mr.. Cleveland COM
mended by Republicans on all sides. and the
people of the United States, regardless of
party, are applauding his course. The mes
sage il an unmistakable invitation to Great
Britain to keep her hands off the Western
Hemisphere. 1t was high time that Eng
land received an uItimatum from this c0uN-
try. and l rejoice that abe now has 1t In
unnistakahae terins."