The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-02
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Washington. March SENATOR Proctor Of
Vermont attempted to roll back the cal
endar more than fifty years one day last
week. when he received il his personal
late thirties in which q reference to him
self caused the Senator to indulge in an in
credulouS smile. There was nothing to re-
which was sent anonymously, but its old
lashloLed and rather cramped style Of pen
manship was proof CONCLUSIVE, that the
young and frivolous sort.
some BAN at which the budding vermont
manner which betrayed a little piQue:
1t was noteworthy assemblaSe and
had the pleasure Of meeting your friend. Mr..
being presented, but when we met later
N the dance. no was quite unresponsive in
tne hand pressure. which one naturally
Just why he appeared to resent my"
But here the letter broke of abruptly and
wnen senator Proctor showed 1t to a. few
chorus:
TT was no: like YOU Proctor. 1t wasn't
like YOU"
I'll tell you g. pretty thing that hap
pened IN Nenezuels before left Caracas"
s M1n,. MI 4, Herbert w Bowen. United States
that Government in the negotiations with
the diplomatic representative Of the Pow
THE Marietta. commanded by Command.
sr John A. Rodgers, touched at La Guayra-
The revolutionists had declared blockade
OF pod sne Orinoso River. and Commander
or not the blockade was effective. He cleared
for Trinidad. where he made inquiries as
c 10 e9n "a. In the orinoso. Then he de-
the Orinoco held by the revolutionists. But
prior to sailing Commander Rodgers gave
notice that no communication of any Kind
should be COnyAvcd bv Nor aff e. h.
enemies OF the Venezuelan Government. He
made this emphatic. He declared his vessel
TEen the the 35a0e sss clean ssa
seesmed thirty miles wheni Commander
Rodgers learned that civilian aboard was
e mads Kim LETTER to H. The That
brought around. and within three minutes
after he had discovered the
headed az he Msts was
stop until the letter, had been put ashore
at that point. Then Commander Rodgers
We went BACK up the Orinoco and performed
MS mission In his customary clean-handed
manner" -.
Senator Depew has in his employ an inter
Of 800 a month and who ranks Arst among
the employees Of CorcoEan House. This per-
s sona,Ee Is sca woman graduate Of several
art Of political economy. She ranks ahead
Of the housekeeper and is really the major
domo of the kitchen and pantries Senator
any functionary connected with Corcoran
House It is fact that since this woman
t VINO Is selerred to as the manager and is
tseated with great dignity and respect by
me household-took into her hands the re!ns
OF domestic government not one of Senator
manaSsd Famous hx dinners or suppers has bsen
to the manSse re e1eds reoaess
would mafe aoa sns
lties OF the historic house. She has sue
Representative Scarborough of South
Carolina, hes for the past week been en-
Speaker 10 obtain tn from
save pension bill as an amendment to one
o. O., the general appropriation bills. Mr..
S SCARF takes the position that it
sI!a a to test the sincerity Of Senator
s naiana ana the Republican party on the
su ~. OF pensioning former slaves
o ois the old Republican campaign
slogan SLOGAN. o. Frying the fat out Of protected
nns ths eoc f for n6 1sE hattie of Skin
Mr.. Scarborough said he was informed
that the negroes throughout the South have
T sUns perfectly wild over The prospect Of
terms OF the Hanna bill. DesisninS men a
have have already ~. collected in 8 cent sssess-
pestsnt negroes. The southsrn papers that
published the text Of the Hanna Bill in /
many medicines received q boom In their
Sit fispon 81 that issue to thousands Of ad-
A Western Representative in Congress at
tempted recently to. steer q little claim /
DDS were not. altogether satisfacsory To %e the
persons most interested In the claim. The |
s mead OF the fsmily-who is a woman-re-
and. az an initial step. she arranged a din.
ner party in honor OF the Western Com
gressman ane his wife. The invitation was
nsmsd there the the ia. sn ae
the Representative. and his wife. and also
their S-months-old Offspring. The baby
i had to come to the dinner. and came TO
the table pillowed in high chair and fur
nisned with tnfantile sources Of amusement
talk away from legislation and claims in
the direction OF Juvenile precocity and ALL
ments The would-be lobbyist 10 wondering
yet whether the total failure Of her dinner
party was due to the unprecedented bond
or devotion between q baby and its parents,
Or II 1t was merely the willy method Of the
western Congressman to avoid a direct
charge from feminine constituent.
Senator Foraker. like numbers of his COL
leagues. Is decidedly not = society man and
,nly does society from a sense Of obliga-
hon. During one Of the last nights Of the
season; when he with Mrs. Foraker was
man: Drive Us to Senator %'s IS to din
1er, then call and take US to Mrs. -
- reception At II call for Us to 70 |
70 the - Embassy, and aver that
AXE ue to the madhouse.'
The young Secretary OF the Austrian EN-
)assy. who has lately arrived at the cap
tai. Count Frederick Hoyos, comes here
rom Vienna where he has been reGiding
'or the last year. His last foreign post
vas Pekin. China. He IL a young man rs
,ears of age and speaks English fiuently,
hanks to his English mother, who was
Miss Whitehead daughter Of the inventor
5edo factory in Hungary. Count Hoyos Is
llso the brother Of the Princess Bismarck,
me OF the brightest young women Of Eu- l
'ope and the reputed author Of Elisabeth
n Her German Garden" Count Hoyos was
born in Washington and 10 the son Of Count
1oy0s. who was Minister here from Austria
rom 1875 to 1873.
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