Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Loomis to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, October 20, 1899.

President of Venezuela left for La Guaira daylight with 800 men. Did not resign office. Some disorder here. Heavy bomb dynamite exploded against house Matos, formerly minister finance.

Loomis.