New-York tribune., 1902-12-20
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washington. December
VENEZUELAN COMPLICATION AvE.prED
in the excitement which has attended IN. sc+i1
of Germany and Great Britain in Venezuela an In
cident which nearly precipitated conflict between
the United States and Venezuela has been lost
sight Of Senor Don Augusta r. PuIido Venez-,al.r -
Charge d'Ahaires ad interim has beer ,,r5ar =
greet nervous strain in the last week an6 hi
cares have been materially increased tv the 1.cI-
OF skill with which menials have concocted his
gsr ard certain distilled aTarIne 2I milk su,
DAY Boston maiden. 10 whom is confded the care
health and startled by the reply = feeIs Iile
true American spirit promptly resented ~ ,t In
spect which she detected in this reply to her So
Of her opinion Of his birth and breeding in Boston
gsc fercorse So poinfed idsa S1y guide & to dpIo-
marks. and so thoroughly punctuated with Boston
covered his breath. packed his effects dismantIed
the legation, and was only saved from demanding
Of his laudlady. e'''7
ALI, IS NOT COAL THAT is ADVERTISED -
Without conscience or compassion some practical
ioker Of this city attempted to-day to anuse him
self the Expense OF the coal deprived public hv
inserting in local paper the following advertise
mert-
For sale-Coal . cents per bushe1. / Faye.
"a Ffrst-st- n W
The result OF this hoax was that nunaherless poor
and suffering women focked to the address in the
Their disappointment was great Some of the
broke down and wept when they were told that If
was al Joke, and the people at the address given
learned that the advertisement was inserted by a
woman.
FATTED CALF WILL BE KILLED.-There is
soy in the heart OF Dr.. Wiley. chief Of the Bureau
Of Chemistry. who for two weeks has been trying
10 reduce twelve individual dgestons TO a common
norrnality. He tried all known and unknown meth
ods OF gastronomiC art TO prepare his volunteers
for the poison diet they voluntarily agreed TO con-
sumo II the interests OF science But despite his
efforts. two digestons remained defsntly alb
he heard IN his dreams an angel rnurmuring the
tatefql words ping pong The result was won
dsrtll Two Gays OF ping pong reduced the REGAL
sailing A diet Of boric acid will constitute the
first course OF the poisoned banquet set for Uncle
Sans boarders-
A MONUMENT TO AvARICE-Gonzalo de
cUesads the Cuban Minister. is Of the youngest
diplomats at the capital He did not
stranger TO Washington His outspoken and con-
stant advocacy Of Cuban independence before the
outbreak Of the last revolution forced him leave
his native land and seek refuge in the United |
states With Estrada Palma, now President: Mes |
Tor Ponce de Leon and other prominent Cubans. I
he formed the Cuban Junta in NewYork TO further /
the cause Of independence They made every ef- /
fort 70 send funds. supplies and munitions of war
10 the insurgents. An appeal made TO New |
York capitalists 70 advance money bonds u /
1horlzed by the revolutionary government. to be |
paid when Cuba should be free. Such security was |
not tempting to reluctant capital. but finally /
New-York firm made offer 10 take limited |
The dollar The demands Of tbe hour II wers 9 so
pressing that meeting Of the Junta was called TO
hE other members Mr- Quesada rose TO speak
Ny coIutIyTnen. said he, this morning l went
into Wall Street and had the pleasure OF meeting
e celebrated captain OF industry, to whom I sub
nitJed the proposition that had been made to US
and begged him TO ADVISE US which he kindly con-
What did he say?' asked the other members of
.1-T4-
We Should have the proposfion csref1iv engross6
and framed, and that we should then preserve it
as Ss, monument 10 the aVaroe OF the nineteenth
pointed little story the subject of political
Speeches which comedies with daily experiences in
Congress. The story is told by Representative /
Cowherd, Of Missouri During the last campaign /
said he, y went 10 a small country town in my
district to make speech ! rather late in
reaching the hail, and I old man directly
in front OF the platform who sound asleep I
thought he would awaken when I began my speech.
awaken him. and ] poured out the fun volume of
speech was concluded and the crowd began to stir
that he came to one OF the first men 10 reach the
platform 70 congratulate me on my speech was my
sleeping friend 'Mr- CoWherd, said he, that was
lneeting so much IN my life Now. what I wonder
Is did he dream it?''
CARRYING GOALS TO NEWCASTLE-Consid
eratle merr'ment was caused in the House yester-
day by the tart rejoinder drawn from General
Grosvenor by Representative Gaines The latter
offered a. amendment 70 the Philippine tariff
measure which under consideration This ,
amendment provided that all coal sent to the I,
United States from Philippine mines should be I'M
ported free Of duty I should Ike to ask the hon
orabe gentleman" said General Grosvenor dryly.
If he would substitute ice from the
Philippines in place Of coal When the laughter
he'd sUbsided Mr.. Gaines's amendment and its icy
substitute rejected.
PERMANENT REsIDENCE-The ambition
Or the Rev. Henry " Couden. chaplain of the |
House. 80 succeed Chaplain Milburn the Senate /
has called forth a certain measure OF remOnstrance
from the lower legislative body. why you 1
50 willing TO leave the garden of oratory this
side Of the Capitol for that graveyard Of oratory
on the other| inquired sarcastic Representative
yesterday Ny son the calm Of the
chaplain. 'oDe stays longer in the graveyard
CRiMMINs WOULD HAVE MARBLE.