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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-09-30
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-09-30

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-09-30
CIRCULA r.

Sabana del Palmar, P. r. Sbre. 10
de 1888.
Mny Sr nuestro:
Participamos a V que con esta fecha
y por mdtuo convenio, seghn escritura
pdblica otorgada ante ell Nctario D..
Mauricio Guerra, qneda disuelta la So
ciedad que giraba en- este pueblo baJo
la razon de
COBIAN SANCHEZ & co.
quedando su liquidation cargo de la
nuevamente establecida segin vera V
por la circular adjunta.
Damos d V las gracias por la con-
fianza que nos ha dispensado, y supli-
candole la haga extensive d la nueva
casa, somo de Y atento S. s.
@. B. S. M.
CoBIAN SANCHEZ & 90.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1883-09-30
SOClEDAD ANONIMA<
DE CREDxTO KERCAMT1I
SANJUAN PUERTO-RICO.

Situaci6n de la cqja en- este dia.
RECURSOS
Existencia efectiva en- caja."... $685., 2,38S-9t
Idem en- cartera 534, ,359-26ys
Saldo cargo de eorresponsales... 4l,0S7-s
ESPONSABILIDADES.
Obligaciones la VISTA
Cuentas corrientes...... 662, ,209-95
Wales en- circulation. ....... 1890
1ar diyidendo
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20

CINCINNATI, Dee. 9G-The arbitration
committee of the boot and shoe trade met at
the rooms of the board of trade for the pur-
pose of recognizing and the election
of officers for the ensuing year. Two
weeks ago, after long siege, the
then arbitrators agreed upon a
schedule of wages for the ensuing year which,
with few unimportant changes, assimilates
to the current scale. This settlement was ac-
copied by the representatives of the working
men and by majority of the manufacturers
Six of the largest firms, however refused to
accept the scale, asked for a reduction, re
signed from the board, and were given until
the 10th of December to "come in" Since
then one of the majority, Mr. P. Sullivan,
has made al assignment The presumption
is that these firms WILL after all, adopt the
views of the majority Should they not, it
is very evident that "lock-out" or strike, >
as far as they are individually concerned,
will be the order of the day after January l.,
1894
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
A Tobacco Tag in His Throat.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20-A week ago
James Mendnam, machinist living in this
city, had eaten some potatoes at dinner, and
was just about to swallow piece of meat
when he felt choking sensation. He sue
ceeded in forcing the meat down his throat,
but as he did so he experienced feeling
in the asophagus as if pins were passing
through it. Subsequently he died, and an in
quest resulted in the finding of an oval-shap d
ulcer in the @sophagus. Closely fitting in e
ulcer was a gin tag used by tobacco manu-
facrurers. There hal been an almost con-
tinual internal hemoIThage, AID the lungs
and stomach were completely filled with
Blood. The tag had eaten through the wall
and into blooi-vessel, causing the
hemOrrhage.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The heat is oppressive al Rio Janeiro,
and yellow fever IS increasing.
The Iowa pool troubles are still IN
changed, tie recent meeting being failure
A Georgia train cut off the heels of c
drunken mans boots, and left him unframed
Is Mexico there are 100 Presbyterian
congregations ten native preachers, and two
schools
Informer Coleman swore at Cork that
the Mayo conspirators plotted murder while
attending mass.
Mr.. William B. Sanderson and wife,
of New Bedford, Mass, have just celebrated
the sixty-frst anniversary OF their wedding
day.
A storekeeper in Toronto, Canada,
has been fined $40 and costs for selling chances
to guess the number of beans in a bottle for
prizes.
At Jersey City DR.. Peacock, John D.
Harrington and Elan W. Cary were held for
defrauding the American Legion of Honor
Prince Victor writes to his father,
Prince Jerome Napoleon, that he is not OPP
posed to him as head of the Bonaparte
family.
The Rev George L. Chase, president
of Seabury Protestant Episcopal Divinity
school, at Faribault, Mimi, died at Lockport,
Y.N.
The severe cold has closed the river
at Dubuque and people are crossing on the
ice 1t is II expected that teams will soon be
able to cross.
The schedules in the assignment of
F. Mayer s. Co, New York, show liabilities
of So, 76O, 992, and actual assets Of only
81, 769, 374
The wife of the Rev w. H. h Muir
ray, formerly Of Boston, has returned to
America with a diploma of the Vienna
Medical college as physician and surgeon.
The Illinois fish commissioners re-
port that during the year they have dis
tributed 1900 young carp and /, 740,00
young native fish, the latter saved from Miss
issippi river overh3ws
The largest observatory dome in the
world is nov being made in Cleveland,
Ohio, for the University Of Virginia. This
dome weights ten tons and measures forty
five feet four inches at the base.
Merchants, hotel men, politicians and
prominent citizens hell meeting in St.
Louis to take steps toward securing for their
city the Democratic national convention.
Denver is making strong efforts toward the
same end.
Fire caught in the Occidental hotel
at S. Lo,is Tuesday evening and spread 50
rapidly that the female servants were taxa
out OF upper windows and brought down
on ladders, causing much excitement. The
damage IS abouti 5000.
Mrs Hans Rofferd went to DR.. Rose,
at Leadg.lie, Col, and attempted to bribc
him with 500 to procure her poison with
which to Kill her hisblnd saying she loved
her brother in-lay, and with him desired to
enjoy an insurance of So, eco on her husbands
life. The doctor informed the authorities,
and the guilty rair were imprisoned. The
woman is IS and her inaGorata 80.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with a Large Moral,-One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear" said the venerable keeper of
country store to tmid little girl whose head
scarcely came up to the counter, NO, my dear,
haven't any red flannel but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses Softly limiting that
sEc didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite as well the child went away in search of the
article she wanted.
"Haye you BEFSON,S CAPCINE PLAsTERS,"
asked a gentleman of certain drcggist whose
name could be given were it desired, Il am trou-
bled just now with touch of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to 60
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skin"
Not at present, replied the druggist. genislly,
but we have lots of plasters just as good There
is Allcocks. the Capsicum and Others-won't one
of them do just as well?'
MY dear sir" retorted the gentleman, with a
slight show of temper. Il say nothing against
those articles but am a business man. and al
ways ask for precisely what want, ard for moth
ing else. may enlighten you, however, when l
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me, tried all
those You mention, with no appreciate benefit,
They are inefficient, every one of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors Of some Of them being
this that they make plasters with similar sound
| ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
| they are the same thing. Experience taught me
the difference. III go to the in your line.
| Good day"
| Be on your guard against limitations. The gen
uine has the word CAPCINE cut clearly in the
middle of the plaster. All others are impositions
| Seabury & Johusor, Chemists, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
The "weIl-Tnrormoa,, Man.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-Dispatches from st Paul
Mimi, are Published here purporting to give
the substance of a statement made By rail
way official of Chicago, who is said to be in
the inner circle in which the assertion is
made that Willard has been at the bottom Of
all the fluctuations of the stock in which he
is interested, and has, by false and misleading
statements, as to the condition of the prop
critics, made to his friends, literally heeced
them, and by so doing filed his own pockets
It was also stated that Woerisckoe-
fer, Of New York, was in the
deals, and that the two made
about g., 600 by these operations The
Chicago man said also that Willard would
have to step down from the presidency of the
Northern Pacific; that those interested in that
road had become convinced that Willard was
manipulating it solely in his own interest and
not that of the stockholders; that certain
financial schemes started by Willard were
nearly settled, and after that was done there
would be no further Use for Mr. Willard, and
his resignation has been demanded
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20

Another hour viii then be given to Wander
bilt for his rebuttal, after which will take a
short hour in which to wind him up"
"Are any stakes to be wageredP
"Yes; on my side stake the future welfare
of the Democratic millions, who are deter
mined to fight some day if l don't do it for
them. On Vanderbilts side will be staked
the success of ring of rich spectators armed
with their points of thousand million, other
millonaires strong in their millions, and the
goodwill of a smiling, fashionable clergy"
'Will there be anybody to take the part of
seconds, as they are called in the real knock
out business
II suppose Vanderbilt will have the assist
ance of horde of skillful pettifoggers, hun
gry for fee, and the willy Depew. As for
me, shall go it alone"
Mr. Vanderbilt, do you intend to accept
this challenge of Mr. Swinton'sT the mill
ionaire was asked
40, of course Goodnight"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
ABOUT HENRY WILLARD.
What He Says and What the "Wel1-
Informed" Nan Says.

New YORK, Dec. 20-Mr Henry Willard
remained at his elegant new mansion all day
and was not seen in Wall street. He dictated
a statement to a reporter, however, giving
his reasons for withdrawing from the presi-
dency of the Oregon companies. He stated
that he resigned because he wished to de-
vote all his energies to developing
the Northern Pacific road, and it would be
improper for him to remain in control Of
other companies, now that the Northern Pa
cifc is completed. That road and all its
branches aggregate 2,4OO miles in length
which is quite sufficient for one man to at
tend to. He had been overworked, and his
physician warned him that without relief
from part of his burden he would break down
physically. In justice to his family, the stock
holders Of the companies who had the right to
have their interests fully watched, and to
himself, he had reduced his responsibilities
There were other reasons; the accounts for
three years between the Northern Pacific and
the Transcontinental were about to be finally
settled and as there were claims against one
another involving questions of right and
equity he did not think he ought to pass upon
them in the dual capacity of president of
both companies. He positively denied any
intention of resigning as president of the
Northern Pacific.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
HE HAD A GRUDGE,
And It Caused Him to Commit
Terrible Crime.
The CHASTITY Sight the Boarders
at e Joliet. ILL.,, Hotel Were
Treated tO---The Per
petratOr Arrested.

JOLIET, ILL.,, Dee 90 About 2 O'clock a
IN. the cries of "Helpl" "Murder!" were heard
on the second floor of the Auburn house, in
this city The boarderS were aroused, and
the night clerk rushed upstairs just in time
to the floor with blood streaming down over
the front of her night-dress.
Investigation developed the fact that
George Freestune, who was one of the board
ers, had entered Mrs. Haycocks room and
bound her head to prevent her screams, and
then outraged her person. When he had
finished his fendish work he started
to leave the room, when Mrs. Haycock, re-
covering her senses, gave vent to terrible
screams. Then, to conceal what he had done
and prevent exposure, Freestune rushed back,
drew large knife, and deliberately cut the
outraged wonan's throat and fled, supposing
he had killed her.
Officers were summoned and in few min
utes the culprit was under arrest. His hands
were covered with the blood of his victim, yet
he still protested his innocence. He was
given preliminary examination and held
to answer to the January term of the circuit
court
and death, but every effort is being made to
save her life The affair has aroused the
most intense excitement, and talk of lynch
ing the fiend is freely expressed.
Later on Freestune confessed his crime. He
was visited in his cell, aud asked what was
his object in cutting Mrs. Haycock's throat.
II was drinking and did not know what
was doing he replied There was a cause,
but WON'T tell it,"
as that blood on your at from Mrs Hay
cocks woundP
mo; it is from my nose. The officers
knocked me down"
what time did you enter the woman's
roomp
about midnight l had been with he.
about three hours. did not know what
was doing, but the old grudge l had against
her must havo come up in my mind and
cause me to do what l did"
What gruige had you against here"
~ will never tell that"
"Was there any one with you3"
| "No. If l had been sober l would have
washed the blood off my hands and knife,
| and would have done it more secretly"
| The prisoner is not 4 bad-loOking man, and
| is young, apparently about % years old, Of
| light complexion and light hair His face
was scratched badly, indicating that the
victim had struggled with all her strength to
prevent him from carrying out his fiendish
| purposes.
| IIrs. Haycock was found in her room
| pyopped Up on pillows, looking CHASTITY and
scarcely breathing. She could not talk and
| your correspondent was requested to retire,
as his presence might excite her
| The cash across the throat is an
/ ugly one about five inches long,
but not sufficiently deep to entirely
sever the wind-pipe. 1t is thought she may
! recover. She is about 30 years old, tall, and
| good looking. If she gets well the true story
of the deed may be told. Her would-be muir
derer is safe in Jail under $50, 900 bonds, and
should his victim die, chances that he will bc
| lynched are good.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
WANT 10 Disrnas thc lTntter.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec 20.-The Women's
Christian Temperance Union of Ohio a few
days ago officially challenged DR.. Dio Lewis
to meet Hon. John B. Finch, of Nebraska in
a series of public debates anywhere in Ohio
on the subject of legal prohibition of the
liquor traffic, Finch to favor prohibi-
ton and Lewis to deny. The union
has received letter from Lewis, in which he
agrees to meet Finch at three points in Ohio,
and i'll conclusion he says: II believe that
the brave, noble temperance women of Ohio
are sacrificing their divine cause in an at,
tempt to win victory through an army of
constabes. 1 shall be glad to participate in
such discussion with the hope that may
help to turn the tide"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
THE ERA OF CRIME.
A Few Reflections of the Criminal
Statistics.

New York, Dec 20.-"Gath' says: "Crini
nal themes are worth occasional attention.
We have recently had many crimes in New
York. Everything has been done here
to promote violence. Nothing was done more
than lynch law, and / may add laws. You
can hire a lawyer to do almost. anything, ii
seems, and the grades of lawyers are as nu.
merous as the grades of mankind. We have
lawyers here to whom the criminal classes &c
as instinctively as good Christian to mass.
We have professional bail-providers, who
have no other pursuit. We have capitalists,
like the man arrested at one of our hotels the
other day, who had to put up all the money
to support gang of counterfeiteTs, who were
hard at work counterfeiting the bonds ofrail-
roads. Then, the familiar example in this
country is violence Here we have young
fel1ow from Boston-who ought to have his
hair cropped close to his head and be put OF
bread and water for most of his life for the
bad influence he has already Matchmaking
tours around the country to show the boys
and blackguards how to thump another
mans head.
II was walking down Broadway few days
ago when along passed the funeral of Col.
Michael Burns, an Irish soldier of Gen.
Sickles' command, who had died while serv.
ing in the custom-house The funeral was
very long, and more than half the people in
the carriages were smoking cigars. Among
them l recognized Joe Coburn, the prize
fighter who has worn his suit of stripes in
the penitentiary, and was pardoned out
through political consideration and anna
bility. AS the carriage passed | could not
help rejecting how close power and brutality
are in this country, when the president had
just sent his coincidence to the dead mans
family and the prize-fghter was riding be-
hind the corpse"
OF the case of Rev. Mr.. Bache referring to
the mention of Rev. DR.. Tyng's name in con-
nection, says: "The police and the reporters
Immediately got hold of Mr. Tyng'5 name,
and abandoned all further pursuit, APP.
parently, to learn what Mr. Tying had
been doing by which Mr. Bache could
be black-maiied. I suppose that the
thieves every morning have BEEN jelding the
particulars with great delight can make
nothing out Ct what has thus far been dis.
closed, except that to a Passing extent some
slight susr icion has been left upon both the
reverend gentlemen. Reporters Immediately
went after Mr. Tyng's wife, who is in the
country while he is abroad, and attemptedto
make her tell why she is not living with her
husband Others began to intimate that Mr..
Bache, while on his philanthropic rounds,
was considerable to one or more ladies' 1t did
appear that some letters to or from Mr. Tying
had been purloined from Mr.. Bache, and he
was then directly approached, and told that
if he did not produce the letters would be
published. This shows us how running a
muck through society educates private ruff.
fans to initiate it"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
TORTURED BY HIS CRIME.
t.artin BATTLES Kills His Rival ara
SuEnps -orTas Pro-,, sen,r,a,,Sa


Suffers AgORies ff95n Rern0rse.
CHARLOTTE, N. Y, Dec. sO-Martin G.
Battles. who has for years lived a life of tor
ture in the insane asylum, is dead. He was
about ~ years Of age, and twenty years ago
lived OH his fathers farm il this town. A
vcung Irishman named Cornelius Lynch
worked Oh the farm, and there was in the
family girl named Sarah Lyon. Both men
fell in love with her, and after a quarrel
Battles lay IN wait for his rival and shot
and killed him He was convicted of
the crime, and sentenced to one years
Imprisonment in Auburn prison and then to
death His case was carried to the court Of
apreals, was decided in his favor, and he was
set at liberty He enlisted in the army,
and at the eld of the war returned to his
home His condition was pitiable, for he
was constantly haunted by his crime, ard
talked of nothing else He said that he had
eniisted with the hope that he might be
killed, as he had not the courage to kill him
self. He regretted that the court had inter
ftred with the execution of his sentence,
and tried to have the case reouened that
he might be placed on trial again and
resentenced He brooded over the memory
Of his crime until ne became a maniac. and
was placed in the asylum. He imagined
that his victim was constantly i'll his cell
mocking and torturing him in many ways,
and that he could never die but was sentenced
to be eternalIy punished by this presence of
the murdered man. his hair turned white
before he was p, and when he died he had
the appearance of a man Of 70 years.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
Cruelty at a Women,s EEo,,n

CHICAGO, Disc, 2O.-Mrs. Anna Schcck, the
matron of the Working Womens Industrial
home at La Grange, is under arrest at the
instance of the Humane society, on tho charge
Of cruelty to children committed to
her care. The home was established
i'll the city some four years ago,
and claimed to be a charitable institution.
Under color Of this it has been the recipient
of many donations from citizens According
to the statement of the officers, the matron
had been in the habit of treating the inmates
with every species of cruelty. If the charges
can be substantiated, the home should GER
tainly be abolished and the perpetrator of
the alleged outrages consigned to some dun
gaOn cell
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20

The REGULAR OLD ESTE
IISaED PHYSICIAN and SIg.
GE0N DIR. CLARKE, at the oil
number continues to treat wifi.
his usual GREAT Skill MI
PRIVATE, CHRONIC, NFRV,
OUS and SPECIAL DISEASES
DR.. CLARKE is The Oldest al.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20
The Emma ROnd Case.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 20.-The Post Dis
patch special from Hillsboro Illinois, says:
In the trial of the assailants Of Miss Emma
Bond the prosecution rested its case Judge
Thornton, for the defense, made two mo-
tions-one to exclude from the jury all
testimony of Swick and Heinlein tending to
show confessions on the part of Montgomery;
the other to exclude the testimony as to
Clement and Pettis These motions were
argued at length at the night session, and the
arguments were resumed in the morning
At the close of the arguments the court ad-
journed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20

William J. Coughlin. of Somerville,
Mass, says: In the fall of 1875 was
taken with bleeding lungs followed by a
severe cough. | lost my appetite and flesh
and was confined to my bed. In 1877 l
was admitted to the Hospital, The doctors
said | had hole in my lung as big as a
half dollar. At one time report went
around that was dead Igave up hope,
but friend told me of DR. William Halls
Balsam for the lungs. l got a bottle,
when, to my surprise, | commenced to
feel better, and today | feel better than
for three years past.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-20

CLEVELAND, Dec. 20.-In his testimony in
the suit against the trustees of the Atlantic
& Great Western railway, James McHenry
said that he did not think the earnings of
the Atlantic & Great Western road had been
honestly accounted for, and that its obhga-
tons could always have been met had the
Erie paid its obligations. Witness owned
majority of the shares of the road, and was
entitled to its management. He was opposed
to any connection with the Erie When he
prepared the scheme of the last reorganiza-
ton he based it upon the ability of the road
to increase the profits and earnings, and
never attempted to wipe out any indebted
ness. 1t is against English law, and not al
lowed in any other Christian country except
America