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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-04
B01etin Mercantil.

toqo el territorio nacional, de Ia
Peninsula y de sus dominios de
Dltramar.
FL que no SO consuela es por.
que no quiere. dice otro refran;
H ClGmOr, en- su entusiasmo POI
ell nuevo Ministro de Ultramar,
siuceromente aSimiliSta, no puede
menos que aprobar su actitud,
sus propositos, retrocediendo, poi
eude, a sus anejas posiciones asi.
milistas, que trocara luf 60 por 81
autonomismo. JCon que SO con
solara Ei CLansor de esa debili
dad, de ese Quasi renuncio, que
es probable lie comprometa ante
sus correligionarios mas intransi.
gentes?
Rsssumamos: Ell senior Becerrs
no es hoy ell exaItado repdblico
de aver, compafero de Figueras
y Sixto Camsra; E Cldmor del
Pats, en- su afau de presentar al
senior Becerra casi de acuerdo
con las pretensiones del autono-
mismo de las Autillas, ha baraja-
do lastimosamente los telegramaa
via Habana, recreandose con unos
y desechando los otros; y tanto
ha querido EI Clamor del Pats
marcar su empeho. tanto ha queri
do 0uton0mizar al senior Becerra,
que se ha enredado en- un circulo
vicioso y 40 ha parade hssta iden
tiGcsrse con la actitud, con Ia po'
Utica, con los prop6sitos de I'm Mi.
nistro sinceromente aSimilista
1 Empezara por aqui el arrepenti'
miento2
De nosotros podenos decir que
celebramos con toda ell alma Ia
exsltaci6n del sefior Bscerra a
Ministerio de Ultramar, toda We,
que, como era de esperar de su'
honrosos antecedentes, prOfeSc
ideas Sinceramente asimilSstas, J
es miembro de un gobierno qu'
ser& energicO contra Jos Qws qwie
ran quebrantar eI orden y ataca'
Ia integridad del territOrio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-04
HONOR A ESpANA!

Repitamos, ante todo, 10 que
otras veces hemos dicbo. Traten
los despechados y envidiosos enc.
migos de Espatia y del noble ca.
racter y virtudes de Ia raza espa
nola, de lamar contra una y otre g
los EN- 1onzofiados dardos de q
calumnia = la maledicencia. En-
cualqcier rinc6n del mundo Ia
historic, que "es madre de- Ia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-04
UNA OBSERVATION.

Ioamos aver, cuesta arriba, en-
direction a! edi6cio en- que Sc ha
LA instalada la Audiencia Terri
torial, y en- el cual habfa de tenel
lugar Ia sclemne aperture de los
Tribunales.
Acababamss de ieer an parrato
de H Pats, organo del antonomis.
mo cubano, y buljfs en- nuestrs
memoria Ia siguiente fr.sse de d.
cho coIega, d proposito de los
Consejeros nombrados p "a Ell Tfi'
bunal de 10 Contencioso on aquells
Isla:
"Como SO We, ha qaerido de-
mostrar ell sefior Capdepont que
para un gobierno inspirado en-
ideas de reparaci6n y de justicia,
no puede regir como sistema Ia
preterici6u de los hijos del psfs...." !"
La idea no es nuevs, pero iba-
moe pensando en- ella, y SO sgol,
paban en- nuestra Imagination las
razones mdttiples que tenemoa
aducidas en- este peri6dico. para
demostrar que jamas han sido sis.
tema de Ia Madre Patria la prete.
ricion J ell olvido de sus hijos an.
tillanos.
Entregados q estas reAexionee
penetramos en- Ia Sala de Justicis
y he aquf 10 primero que obser.
vamos:
En- ell foudo SO destaca Ia Pre-.
sidencia; a derecha 8 iz1uierda, y
bajo dosel, ell grave sitial de los
Sres. Magistrates; ALI tuvimos
ell gusto de yer con Ia toga de
juzgsdores a cuatro muy dignos
hijos de las Autillas, de seis que
componian el Tribunal. Dirigi
mos luego la vista al escafio
destinado para los jue;es, y de
cuatro sefores que los ocupaban,
notamos tambien que tres eran
muy dignos hUos de las Antillas.
Entire la clase de procaradores,
que ALI vimos, solo uno recorda-
mos, que sea peninsuIar.
La impression que recibimos fuG
agradable; pero, no podiamos
menos de recordar Ia Erase de El
Pats, y tautas otras, que han sido
y siguen siendo arms polftica pa.
ra demostrar, con notoria injusti.
cia { irritan:e falsedad, 10 de la
preterici6n y elvido de los espa-
noles antillanos.
Y seguilnos observande.-
Salimos de la Audiencia. y,
cuesta abajo, nos dirigimos 4 Ia
Cathedral, con Amino de asistir q
los cultos solemnes de la VSrge1
de la Providencia; que tambien
nosotros sentimos fervorosa devo.
ci6n hacia la excelsa " Protectora
de Borinquen." La fies ia es pro
vincia', patlocinada por /. Excma
Dlputacion. Esta ocup, ba ell ST.
ito de preferencia, con su Presi,
dente q la cabeza; mas, entire
caatro 8 cinco representatives pro.
vinciales que en- ell sitial habia, no
vimos ninguno de los Diputados
antillanos hijos de este suelo, nj
siquiera uno de los autonomistas,
para contarlo. Estos dltimos, los
autonomistas, podr&n hallarse don.
de SO frme una n6mina, pero
donde haya que dar gracias y
rendir culto q Ia Protectors, va
es otra cosa.
Y aqui termin6 nuestra obser-
vaci6n, digna de ser conocida y
meditada.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-04

ENLA AUDIENCIA.

Al terminar la solemne apertu
ra de los Tribunales, de que da
mos cuenta en- otro lugar, y q la
cual asisti6 numerosa y escogida
concurrencia de ambos sexos, ell
Excmo Sr Presidente y setiores
de Ia Audiencia Oh
seouiaron 4 varios de los cifcun. :
tantes con un esplendido lunch.
Lo cual con gusto consignamos
|por hsblar muy alto de la exgui.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-04

iEnmudezean, avergonzsdos,
para siempre, los detractores de la
coballeresca y altiva raza hispana
lAlce esta Ia tcente hasta ell sol
IQue importa que le ladren los
envidiosos, como los canes q Ia
luna?
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-04

"Y como la integridad y la honra
de 10 patria en- estss regiones son per-
fectsments compatibles con todas las
reformas y todas las ibertades politi-
Gas = civiles de que puede ser suscep-
tible Ia Metr6poli, lejos de tomar
NAL 10 indicaci6n, no Ia censuramos,
spreciandols en- el concepto de que
nuestra lealtad no quita valor 4 los
prop6sitos y q IL declaration fonda
mental del Ministro."
Lo cual, traducido en- castizo
romance, significa que E.! Clansor
del Pats vuelve & convertir en-
cierto modo los ojos y Ell espf-
ritu q sus anteriores afciones
asimilistas. Pues otra cosa no
implica aprobar el colega la &C
titud del nuevo sefior Ministro
de Ultramar, 8 sea gu decla.
raci6n de las libertades y reformas
compatibles con la integridad y la
honra de la Patria, declaration en-
que no puede de manera alguns
caber la autonomis, que tiende, per
Sc, depor 81, q romper la unidad del
Estado, que equivale a la integri
dad, pues aquelia no Sc compren.
de sin ser complete, 81 no abarca
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
The Theological Seminary

This institution was opened Oh Mon
dar last with the usual devotional cycr-
ciSeS. Besides the old students present,
three new ones reported and We're re-
ceived. On yesterday three more new
students reported. There is an cucour-
aging prospect of an increase in the
number of students over last year, and
it is expected the number that will be in
attendance this session will reach fifty
or sixty. Some of the old students are
now filing engagements with churches
and cannot return to the Seminary until
two weeks from now.
The faculty of the Seminary now in
cludes the following: Prof. }. b. Tad
lock, D. D., professor of Ecclesiastical
History and Church Polity; Prof. }. L..
Girardeau, D. D., Ii. D., professor of
Dldactic and Polemic Theology; Prof.
F. 4. Beattie, Ph. D.. D. D., Perkins
professor of Natural Science in connec-
ton with Revelation, and Christian
Apologctics; Rev. W. n. McPheeterS,
professor of Biblical Literature. The
senior professor in length of service is
by seniority chairman of the faculty,
and Prof. Tadlock, the first named
above, occupies that position. The
studies Of the Chair of Pastoral Theology
and Sacred Rhetoric are taught by the
occupants Of other chairs in addition 10
their regular instructions.
The Rev James Stacy, d. d. of Geor-
gia is president Of the board Of directors,
the Rev. John g. Law of Spartanburg is
secretary, and Mr. W. J. Dutfic of this
city, lreasurer.-!COtumbia Register,
September rs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.
Unprecedented Development Of the Pub
lie School System.

WASHINGTON. September Isl. \. K.
Dawson. the Commissioner Of Educa-
ton. has filed with the Secretary OF the
Interior his annual report for the year
ended June 80, 1899. in the course OF
which he says that from an analysis OF
the statistics of public schools for the
decade of 1861 TO 1886 81, it appears
that the growth of the system, consider
ing the whole country, outstripped dur
ing that period the growth of popua-
ton. the excess Of the increase Of enroll
ment over the increase in population, 6
t@14 years of age, being 1.6 per cent.
This gain, the Commissioner says, IS due
entirely to the progress of the public
schools in the two Southern sections:
and more especially in the South central
division. Here the increase OF enroll
ment shows an excess over the increase
of population probably never before
paralleled in a country so long settled.
The sentiment in favor of free schools
supported by public funds. he says, is
becoming each year more universally
prevalent. The public school systems
of the Southern States have been under
going an unprecedented development
under laws adapted in each case to local
circumstances, and are now practically
all established on a permanent basis.
An equal share of the school funds is
apportioned to colored children, unless
in the State of Delaware, and their
schools are kept open as long aud under
as well paid teachers as those of the
white children. The funds for the sup.
port of these schools are furnished
mainly by the white Inhabitants, and
after making due allowance for all the
sums that have been furnished for the
education of the negroes through prl-
yate sources of bencvoience and through
the taxes raised among themselves, 1t
may still be said that the children OF
those once held in seryitude in the South
are being educated by the sons of their
former masters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25

tiers in the rivers, which rose in copse.
quence, covered the houses in Tsujido'
Mura, the people fleeing to the temple
on an elevated piece of ground. There,
however, they were not fated to be safe,
as the mountain of Sugi-Tama, which is
at the back of this temple, suddenly
came down on the village in an ava,
lanche, burying the entire village under
ground, only the upper half of the TEN,
pie being left to view"
1t is impossible to furnish aid to all
the thousands of sufferers, and many
must die of hunger and thirst. The
losses in lives and money will never be
known, as whole towns have been wiped
from the earth, with no survivor to tell
the story.
As an instance of the disaster it may
be mentioned that the Portuguese gun
boat Rio Lima, on her voyage along the
coast, was greatly obstructed by the
wreckage of roofs, timbers of houses,
&C., so that on several occasions she had
to stop to prevent damage to her screw.
This debris extended at least ninety
miles along the coast. This is the great
est disaster Japan has known for centu-
ries. and further details can only bring
stories of more desolation and more suf-
fering than have thus far been related.
The japanese newspapers, after careful
estimate, think the loss of life does not
fall below $4,000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
A Little Blind Girls Fatal Fall.

RALEIGH, n. c., September 17.-!es-
terday afternoon little blind girl,
named Rosa Ellis, had a fatal fall at the
institution of deaf, dumb and blind
IN this city. She was sent to the asylum
some time ago, but was in such bad
health that the authorities refused to
admit her, and were awaiting the proper
time to send her home. She was IN her
room in bed, and when the matron went
to dinner she shut the window and locked
the door to make sure the blind girl
would not get out. Before return, how
ever, she had crawled through the WIN
dow and out upon porch which was
two stories from the ground. She walked
off the edge of the porch, falling to the
Ground. and was killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
Will SORGHUM Sugar Succeed

That fine old farmer jeremiah Rusk,
who presides over the Department of
Agriculture, pauses long enough from
his profound struggle with intercultural
tillage, fungicides, peach curl, apple
scab and bean tests to remark that the
United States government is going to
make the sorghum sugar industry sue
! cess.
Here is matter that interests every
person in the country. # the manu-
facture of sorghum sugar can be made
to pay private enterprise it viii kill the
sugar trust as dead as Julius Caesar.
Just now the factories in Kansas, which
have taken the place of the governments
experimental station, receives aid from
the public treasury. Agents of the De
partment of Agriculture carefully watch
the operations of these factories and re-
port the results. If the process can be
reduced to certain economical basis it
will solve a tremendous problem and
give the people cheap sugar and IN such
quantities that the market cannot be
cornered.
Sorghum is Chinese sugar cane, the
seeds of which were obtained from
France by the United States Patent Of
flee and distributed gratuitously in 1856.
Later on Oranges udd of New York gave
away twenty-five thousand packages of
it to American farmers. The plant can
be cultivated in most of the
States. It yields good sugar and mo-
1assos. f1onr can he made from the seed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
The Tail End Of the Storm.

The severe storm which ragged in the
South Atlantic last week and which
spent most of its fury along the coast
above Cape Hatteras was not without
its effect upon our own coast. The tides
for several days were unusually high,
Notwithstanding the fact that a strong
Westerly wind was blowing most Of the
time. The rice plantations were over
flowed, but no serious damage was slls
tanned, the majority of the planters
having deferred the cnttins OF their
crops to await the S1lbSidencc of the
waters. a small portion Of the crop,
lying on the Stubble in the fields, Was
wet and slightly injured. The suspense
came to an end Oh Saturday. when there
was a fall of five inches in the tide level.
The weather has since been more o! less
threatening, but the harvest work is b.
ing pro secuted with vigor.-Gco'y"f'"'"
EnqH;rci'.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
PERILS OF LAKE NAVIGATION.
Terrible Experiences and Narrow Escaps
Of the Steamer City Of Detroit With
700 Passengers on Board.


of the Steamer City Of Detroit With
700 Passengers on Board.
DETROIT, September 20.-The steamer
City of Detroit arrived from Cleveland
this morning, after a very rough cxpe-
rience. No sooner had the boat left
Cleveland last night than she was struck
on the port side by monstrous wave,
which fairly lifted her out of the water
AS the vessel proceeded the lake became
rougher, and by midnight she was labor
ing heavily and was badly strained
The paddle box bulkheads were sprung
a good deal and leak was rising in
their vicinity When this information
came to the passengers, of whom there
were about 700, they became very badly
frightened. and most of them donned
life-preservers.
When the bulkheads gave way, shortly
after, terrible panic ensued. Water
was forced into the boat at every revo-
luton of the wheel, and rose rapidly.
In the after saloon on the main deck
the officers apartments were soon
flooded, as we'll as the ladies saloon.
The water rose inch by inch until it was
fully six and half feet high in the cab.
ins.
During this terrible situation the pas
sengers were clustered in the saloon, all
prepared for the worst. One man,
whose name could not be ascertalned,
rushed up and down the cabin shouting:
''We are lost. The boat is sinking'
This. of course, added greatly to the
confusion and made the already terrified
passengers very difficult to manage. The
male passengers seemed to be more
frightened than the women
The officers of the boat admit that it
was as rough night as they want to see.
The appearance Of the boat this morn
ing shows what she has passed through.
The cabins are still flooded. A gang Of
men are at work putting in new bulk
heads and repairing other damage.
The 1ll-Fated Yacht Leo.
CLEVELAND, o., September 20.-The
BODY of Irwin D. Lawler OF Lorraine,
Ohio, one of the owners of the naptha
yacht Leo, which exploded on Lake Erie
during the storm last Sunday night, was
picked up oy a tug early this morning
about a mile from this harbor The
bodies of two more victims we've picked
up on the lake by tug this afternoon.
The remains were identified as those of
Captain Sam Root, master of the yacht,
and Engineer Dixon. Root lived iu
Lorraine and the engineer was FROM De-
troit.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
The Piedmont Exposition.

Governor Hill of New York, in re-
sponse to an invitation to attend the ap
preaching Piedmont Exposition at At
Ianta, Ca, writes that he is anxious to
visit the exposition and to meet the reo-
ple of the South. He has many pressing
engagements, but will accept the invita-
ton if possible. An interesting feature
of the exposition will be the exhibit of
the Vermont Dairy, one Of the largest
concerns of the kind in the world. At
the exhibit the visitors can witness
every process from the milking OF the
COW to the making of butter and cheese.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
A Virginia Brakeman Killed.

RICHMOND, Va, September 19.-Theo-
dore B. Band, a brakeman on the James
River division of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad. was run over and killed
to-day. 1t is supposed he was walking
from one car to another, putting on
brakes, and fell from the train.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE MIS-
SION RIDGE ELECTRIC RAILROAD.

The Electric Current Fails and Car Con-
tanning Fifty Persons Dashes Down the
Steep Incline With Lightning Velocity.
The Passengers Jump for Their Lives.
Several Receive Fatal Injuries.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September 90
An accident occurred this morning on
the electric railroad running from the
foot to the top of Mission Ridge. The
car had nearly reached the top of the
steep track when the electric current
failed, and the car started down the
mountain at great speed. The motor
man tried to stop the car with the
brakes, but failing in this, the conduc-
tor shouted to the passengers to jump
from the car. The car contained fifty
people, all of whom were visitors to the
reunion Of the Army of the Cumberland,
one-half of the party being ladies. Then
there was scene Of wild excitement
and panic seizing all on board, they
began leaping rapidly from the moving
car down the mountain side. Five or
six persons remained on the car with the
conductor and motor man and all were
uninjured, as when The load was par
tally removed from the car it was
stopped before reaching the foot of the
ridge.
Mrs. Mary Adams of Casey, ILL.,, wife
of an express agent in that city, in lump
ing from the car struck one of the poles
carrying the electric wires, and was
thrown in front of the car and struck
on the head and thrown to the side of
the track, suffering injuries from which
she died this afternoon.
VIM. Munford of Casey, ILL.,, in jump
ing from the car, struck in a mass OF
barbed wire and was badly cut, one eye
being literally torn out.
Capt. Owen Wiley of Casey, H., was
badly hurt on the head, and it is feared
he is injured internally.
Mrs. Abram Hollingsworth, Of Thorn
town, Ind, was badly hurt on the head
and about the body, but not fatally.
is. Clark, of Owensville, Ind, was
injured, but not seriously.
A. P. DeBruler, of Vincennes, Ind,
and wife were on the car. Mrs. DeBruler
escaped with only scratch, but Mr..
DeBruler was considerably bruised
about the arms and legs and his head
badly cut.
Mrs. A. C. Addison, of Casey, Ill,
was painfully bruised about the head
and shoulders, but not seriously hurt.
W. J. Carthill, of Princeton, Ind,
had his right shoulder disloeated, and
it is feared received internal injuries
Mrs. D. B. Massey, shoulder dislo-
Gated and ankle sprained.
Mrs. Sturdevant Of Casey, H., sus-
tanned injuries about the head, but is
not seriously hurt.
None of the other passengers were
seriously hurt, though all had more or
less bruises and scratches.
The affair cast gloom over the visit
ors in the city, who did not attend the
barbecue at Chickamauga, and nearly
red left the city on trains -
A offcSss l.ase taa'a a
ery possible assistance =
ind had frA corps Or Surgeons on theS
ground fifteen minutes after the acci-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
A Serious Charge.

The st. Louis Republic openly charges
that the men in Missouri to whom the
President entrusted the dispensaton Of
Federal patronage have made sale OF
the offices. 1t gives the names of the
sellers, the names of the buyers and the
amounts paid, and waits to know what
the President is going to do about it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
a Fat Take.

WASHINGTON, September 19.-E. l..
Jordan has been appointed Assistant
Superintendent of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. Mr.. Jordan has
been a plate printer in the Bureau for
thirteen years, and was active in the
movement which resulted in the discon-
tinuance of steam presses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
Geronimo to Go to North Carolina

WASHINGTON, September 19.-The
Secretary of War has decided to accept
the offer of the Indian Rights Assocla-
ton to purchase tract of land in North
Carolina for Geronimo's band of Indians
now confined at Mt Vernon Barracks,
and to establish them there in a more
civilized mode of life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
The Cold Wave in Virginia.

DANyILLE, Va, September IA
cold wave struck this section last night,
and this morning the weather was co d
enough for fires and overcoat$. No
damage to crops is reported.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
The Vacant Pension commissionership.

WASHINGTON, September 1S.-Tbere is
no longer any doubt that Major Warner
has declined the Pension ,Commmission-
ership. The appointment of Merrill to
that position will probably be announced
within a day or two.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
4 FATAL LANDSLIDE.
TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN THE CITY
OF QUEBEC.

Immense Masses of Rock Become Dis
lodged and Sweep Down Upon and
Demolish Seven Brick Dwelling Houses
as if They Were Made of Cardboard.
Many Persons Crushed and Buried. in
the Debris.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-25
What Irrigation viii Do.

Gen. John B. Bowman writes in the
Kansas City Times: 1T is my opinion
that irrigation will be the means of
doubling the population of every West
ern State and Territory within the COM
ing ten years. l further believe that in
the East, where the rainfall is heavy,
but uncertain, irrigation will ultimately
be resorted to in order to insure greater
regularity of crops. Four-tenths of the
area of the United States, not including
Alaska, require irrigation. This terri
tory includes parts of California. Texas,
Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, o. ION, all
of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyom.
ing, Montana, and portions of Dakota
and Washington. Through this vast
territory there flow number of streams
with narrow valleys capable of cultiva-
ton. In these valleys settlers have
taken up their abode, cities have been
built, and now the cry is for more room.
The room is there, and the only thing
needed to make the broad, sunburned
plains vie with valleys is irrigation. The
sentiment in favor of this method of re-
claiming lands is growing strong, and |
predict that ten years will witness a
revolution y