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Show 'AMERIC AKS H IP I V R MWMM C K. Steamer Caracas Not Allowed to Land Its Crgo at the Port of La Guayra-Venezuelan Shipping Cptvired by the Allies Correspondent Tells of Conditions of Life in the South American Republic People of San Jvisvn, Porto Rico, Welcome Admiral Dewey. A merchant ship owned by citizens of the United States was sent away from the, port of La Guayra, Venezuela, Venezue-la, and with half its cargo still aboard had to go to Willemstad, Curacoa, to land the goods. The vessel, the Caracas of the Red "D" line, first was given permission to enter and discharge its cargo, but v I The Bausan and the Tribune cap- lured the following prizes: The schooner Castor, loaded with salt, from Araya. The schooner .Maria Luisa, with cargo car-go of cocoa, from Caronero. The sloop Josefita Carmin de Vega, loaded with a general cargo, from Caronero. Car-onero. A blockade of the Venezuelan ports of Puerto Cabello and Maiacaibo has been declared officially. The German .admiral is at Willemstad, Curacao. The Germans continue to cut the mainmasts of Venezuelan vessels and then set them free. The Venezuelan insurgents are increasing in numbers and the revolt against Castro is gaining gain-ing strength. WILL APPOINT A BOARD. Plan of President Roosevelt to Settle the D.spute. It is understood that the President's plan as arbitrator in the Venezuelan dispute is to appoint a board of arbitrators. arbi-trators. , He would not confine this his reception. The governor gave a ball in honor of the admiral! IN THE CITY OF CARACAS. The Home Life and Surroundings of the Venezuelans. The exteriors of Venezuelan houses are almost exactly alike, so much so that it is a wonder a man in his cups ever, finds bis home.' Until you are inside the inner door you have no way of knowing whether you are to see splendor or squalor, whether there is to be one little dirty patio, with slovenly slov-enly women and numerous naked children, chil-dren, or a beautiful, spacious potio, with gardens and trees beyond, with furniture from Europe and inmates beautiful in face, figure and attire-ment. attire-ment. In Caracas there is no fashionable fash-ionable quarter, the poor and the rich dwell side by side; but since the house wall or fhe garden wall separates sepa-rates the two, and since there are no front porches to sit upon, it matters little who your neighbors are. and have none, except occasionally-one occasionally-one of the panels of the blinds may bo glass. The bedrooms and ' dining room are on each side of the patio, the kitchen and servants' quarters back. ' This arrangement is sometimes varied by having the dining room back and a second patio between that and the kitchen and servants' quarters.. The floors are of cement, covered with hardwood, but more oftener with rugs or matting or oilcloth. Few rooms are carpeted all over. Most of . the larger houses of Venezuela have, water works and electric lights. Few have sewerage and plumbing. Caracas Cara-cas has plumbing and sewers from the houses, but the creeks sere; for the general sewerage. Under ordinary ' circumstances this would not be well but the hills are at such angles that the' fall is two ways and the sewerage is good. The sudden showers send the water down the mountainside, flushing the creeks so that Caracas is one of the most healthy cities in the world. later was ordered out to sea for the night, and then was notified that it would not be allowed to re-enter to complete the landing of cargo. Apparently there are serious differences differ-ences of opinion among the allies, as the driving away of the United States vessel after once being admitted was , the result of conflicting orders. First the British commander agreed to the entry of the Caracas and then the Italian commander-forbade it admission. admis-sion. Later the captain was notified he would be allowed to disembark his cargo on condition that he would leave before nightfall, returning under the same terms the next day. These conditions were accepted, and I TYPE OF VENEZUELAN TROOPS AiND TWO NOTED AMERICAN"? WHn hao WsSg ;;:ihirif aboard I important . undertake .Tit ! THE WAR NEWS. . with one-third of its cargo still aboard the Caracas put out. Then came the notice that the vessel must not return. re-turn. Lieut. Commander Diehl at four o'clock in the afternoon endeavored to obtain from the commanders of the foreign warships an extension'of a few hours in the time given the Caracas to remain at its dock in order that it might finish unloading. His request to this end was refused and he did not The general arrangement of Venezuelan Vene-zuelan houses is alike. The front door opens into an outer vestibule, its length being the width of the front door, or rooms. At its end a second door opens into the patio Everything Ev-erything goes in and out this door-callers door-callers grocers, servants and often even the burros. Some of the finest have back gates and doors, but the ordinary house has no alleyways An a8msehiCant Cfnn0t bUt be astonished" as she sits in the drawing room visit mg, to hear the feet of a burro clatter along the patio, down the few steps posibly through the kitchen, Into the back Pauo or into the corral', its quar-ters. quar-ters. . She does not object thoueh for next to the sweet-tempered X ouwr:"7 ' "kes the important . undertaking to any one man, nor does he feel able himself to spare the vast amount of time necessary neces-sary for an examination in detail of each of the many claims that would be presented' against Venezuela Necessarily the President's own board would include some members of a high order of legal talent, as well as others thoroughly versed in the practice prac-tice of international law. It is said that the crucial point to go before the arbitration board is jfhe famous "Calvo doctrine." This doctrine, which was laid down by the greatest of Latin-American Latin-American international lawyers, and for many years has been regarded as beyond question by all the Latin-American republics, denies the right of any nation to intervene diplomatically in oehalf of one of its subjects where the courts of the country are open to his application for justice. Generally speaking, the houses in Venezuela have but one story and no cellars. The best houses are con Z? Wit,h tW0 bri wal,s, one foot and a half or a two-foot space filled w,th cement. Other houses ha These Li"1"6111 r C6ment stone-mese stone-mese walls are made by filling- suffiClnnt,m0,ldS WUi "menunt ? sufficiently hardens to hold its weight The mo ds are then removed and pLcI J cement, and on to completion. day is pia'te PleS' Wet naturl with a board vhD "d Smoothei hardness nnt- 6 SUn drles this to becomesS'Spb0Un'n W6t often insist. The commanders of the blockading warships explained that they were acting act-ing on the orders of the British admiral ad-miral and that the orders given to permit per-mit the Caracas to discharge more than the mail had oeen given to satisfy sat-isfy Commander Diehl. The Caracas consequently left its berth at La Guayra at 6 o'clock when it had landed land-ed not more than two-thirds of its He l "J"-""iS m Venezuela. He is so grave, so graceful, so Indus trlous and so self-respecting Tho . ... .. cargo. The rule made by the allies that steamers reaching La Guayra before Dec. 30 were to be allowed to enter port and discharge their cargoes during dur-ing the day, but were not to be allowed al-lowed to take cargo on board, created general dissatisfaction at that port. As there is no export duty on goods shipped from Venezuela, the ruling ! does not att'ect the government. Only the ship workers are affected. The German warship which passed La Guayra towing two large schooners was the Panther. It captured the vessels ves-sels near Maracalbo WELCOME TO ADMIRAL DEWEY. People of San Juan, Porto Rico, Cheer American Sailor. The reception to Admiral Dewey on his arrival at San Juan, Porto Rico, was a tremendous success. The parade which he led with the naval officers was an imposing spectacle. There was an immense crowd of spectators. Later there was an official reception at the palace. The admiral and Gov. Hunt received the various officials and citizens generally, who greeted them enthusiastically. The admiral expressed ex-pressed himself as highly pleased with sauareThe cLlr i garden, with shrubs, tree"; vines and flowers, or it may be cement! tiled, having lts PU8 It either of these cases there a? f usual y fountains gold fish, orchids, birds and sometimes monkeys. The mat projects over part of the patio mak ing a porch and here the family The drawing room or narlnr , the full length of the house exclusive3 V6Stibue- The windows haV9 iron bars outside and woodPn v I inside. They need no llTZl tlZZFJ? P0r and W " c:ay, dried ta Se Jn' h J" f WCt Small cabins in t ' Ut DOt burned-by burned-by kicking poles LetnC"Dtry are buiIt nailing to Ee e aDbbearrUnd made from the c T"my ryal palm tr"e rl f ,W0Od of th i too cheap and I f housea ' expensive root J u Wammt an thatched In th Sy are generally country the leat JTl1 f th 0i in bunches and hn !,Palm are rf frame in lay" ? th are about two feet tv ' bunches |
