The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-22
A DIPLOMAT SEOHBAlLED.
Apologies. Assurances oS Di~itn~
saAshed Confederation. and Il Re-
swest SO fhe Police Sc Iara the
spirits of the small Offenders

AsETSGTs9N. Feb 1a-was1 sngtas's
First real snC@ sso~zge ~ TIE w1HEer mas
Drought via < diplomats ngs1seal toas
@%[wSga tss government OK tn@ United
states ana Po~sGs44 Nearly everybody IN
tas capital ks3RS tie \ scaant 5.s sAnE5
GAyTses. envoy extraordinary ana na.t.ts-
tx Isss C FsoSesl.5a-s ~ Portugal 20 tire { zlt
e safes Ae $ p Ezaa aho attracts al
teat-en Wherever - EoeS ana IS = hat
impressive Sg,a~aEazos tnat ssakes enc ~
Is-e-I3>~eS A4-l sScaa3 slHae~ Es = young.
5s-sa -eu&a1s and sa2E EnAy ~ described
@s 4f%Ssy- Not even former secg eE&ry
o+n@T AS as great a EssSlSs tTI2n 50 gae
Tsso1nt. He = axeH CA TIE street AZ al
aogrs q the day. y herl la has say s.slSz-
hess u transact n GAe state departase NJ
a@ never tanks cf g1snS there n a car-
mage He wagks, The v-scoaut IoI ks
G0Se-sa- Although somewhat Stoaaeg thsa
asost men 81 ais age he steps CIT w.iA al
SAe S1soT ~ yeuta
a dag or swo 4gu. when all washington
Vas gsYe.iag II the snow the ylscouaZ
started out Tor a eouztA. uEsonaL Ills IN
S-l1Atio2 iSok him 1owu Connecticut ave
n1e 10 is JanctGre wiIa VI street, where
TIE diplomatic inclgenI in question &C
CURED. Il i witAin 3 hfock IF GAis placc
That al the reCvat exciting experiences
IN diplomatic circles have 0ceusrest- A. \
street ana Connection avenue IS the Brit
gsEl embassy = aeTe q ianatc tarew lr4ck-
bats through tar beautiful glass Doors
y alch S.F Julian FaUucefo;e imported from
England. Across {ae street IS ths. Ch4.ean
segaloH, Formerly tSse home e the Hca4ll-
ian minister, wa.cA was burned cut early
On CHRISTMAS morning. a1.G minister ana
ms family having narrow escapes from
death On another esruer IS the Church II
TIC Covenant. whsEs President Harrison
and James u. Blaine aa1 pewS- TAe tower
II The Church Tesl with a crash ara naogn-
ing and awoke diplomats and ordinary pep
PIE fEefa THAR SiazabeFs. The Austrian en-
basSy Is nearly opposite ne home ~ tAe
British ambassador. THE N}scauug De
SanJo TnEEso Was probably thinking of
These things a. he ssgode saroogh tGe heart
q tae diplomatic district.
AZ N street were several small hoes each
@slh his private pile % snowflake They
knew and cared no.a.ng Ter the laws Of aa-
teens 10 5hcm ne yiscount Mas merely an
uhsuspecttag gentleman whose six RAJ
sao'1e brilliantly. whose rDus3acAes carved
upward, ara wac WAS altogether aat ~ Tue
common run Of men NAo passed that way
Tue yisc0gal, barn and reared IN q land ~
sunshine ard flowers, did not knox * the
privileges sh2t are assumed by the Amar{-
can small bcy w.len snaW IS on tae ground.
Ii ne had oeeo aB American re would
have stopped 20 parlsy and GOT OF cheap
CT. As il vas the yiscouat was as,onisnei
- hear closely packed BAH Of snow whi1
past his head n dangerous proximity 10
his silk hat. lie turned 10 encounter "A
fus.i!ade from the group of small boys he
had jus, passed. Tae vsscount naturally
was indignant. lie could not catch the
boys. and would not have attempted 70 %
anything So uralsnified. II MAS rot on his
own account that he cared, but for the
sake - his ersparfsysts "a q sb,, ras.r,ee. n
tasive of Portugal. toe insult was as mach
TO Portugal as ~ himself. II. like Baron
FaEa. she Italian ambassador he had re-
sided here f0r many years. he woUld have
complained directly % the police. i course
thai the baron found effective 10 dealing
with a lioelisr not very long age.
But the Eiscount de Santa Thyrso re-
faembered thai As WAS the diplomatic rep
reseutative Of ii sovereign state. and as
such WAS entitled 10 TIE protection OF tue
general government. Therefore he went
20 the STATE department and made formal
complaint, With a request Tor redress Tor
the Insult offered ay him.
state department officials expressed sar-
prise that 4 representative ~ nation
friendly 70 the United States sh0u3a be
subjected II Un lI4<4gnity IL the capital
% the nation lud promised that reparA-
ton should - made This was accom-
panied. cf course. ~ renewed assurances
Of distinguished consideration ara 80
teen. 'Tacn che state department iafaT-n-
81 the Washington police og the incident
with "a request tlat The offending small
boys 30 errastefeumd punished caici ~
Police sylvester has accordingly issued the
following circular t0 the force
Report comes from the state GepaFt.
meat again "a. the effect tnat lges4s-, - x
d foreign legation Aave received su5iEI.i-
ties az the bands x bo>s IA tails ia