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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-09

rreta ocuplda por bastante n6mero
de presos cust0diadOs por dos pare
jas de la Guar liza OWL.
Procedfan alue los de Oagnas, Y
han ingresado .n la Real Carcel.
Suicidio Cuenta " III Critsrio .
de Humacao que SO ha quitado la vi
da en- aquella poblaci6n, .iisparan-
dose nm tiro en- la boca, don Derne-
trio Garcia r amos, Parece que Ia
causa de esta desgracia han sido
pertinaces padecimientos fisicos.
Barbarie y sacrilegio. -Lssmos
en- el mismO colega dc Humacao:
"Merece sercastigado con todo el
rigor de la Ley ell autor del acto
ifreverente y salyaje perpetrado en-
Ia ParrOquia de esta Villa ell dia
primerO del corriente, vertiendo en-
las plletas de aqua bendita una so
lucion concentrate de nitrate de
plata.
Nosotros no vemos en- ese proce-
der 0tra cosa que una pedanteria
de algun ignorante, que nj siquiAra
ha pensado en- la gravedad de gu
acci6n, qae cOndenamos como 60
metida en- la casa del Senior, &
donde SO debe concurrir con la ma
yOr cOmpostura. | Atras los Judas!
IExecraci6n a los malva1os!
En- el cielo.- Nusstro distinguido
amigo ell Sr Sanquirico, digno
Administrators de la Aduana de
Mayagiiez, ha perlido una. nina
angelical que era su encante.
Nuestro p6same 4 los angustia
dos esposos Sanquirico.
Centre de Instruction Y Rscreu
de Ooamo.-La Junta DIRECTIVE
de esta estimable SO eiedad ha que
dado C0nstituida CON los selo,es
siguientes, segdn nos participa
On atent0 B. L. M. la PresidenCia |:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-09

Acciones del Cr6dito Mercantil
Sin operaciones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-01-09

/ @VA~@NN~s ~"V S~oH6eA0AASp SA0A
do dijimos que las recientes lluvias
| y crecldas de los rios han parjudi,
cado grandemente las plantaciones
dc tabaco en- la isla. En- Oaguas Y
Gurabo, segdn vemos Gu FL Popu.
lar de Ponce, ha sido destrui dc
tabaco por valor de $4,000 pesos.
De todas veras 10 deploramos.
Fin de una triSte existsnCia.- a.-
Eu ei Manicomio de Leganes ha
fallecido el desventurado autor de
la muerte del primer Obispo de
Madrid, ell dolOrOsamente c6lebre
don Cayetano a sleote Cotilla.
iHaya el Altisimo acogido So
alma con piedad y miseric0rdia !
Importante: EN- eSta Imprenta
acaban de recibirse de la Penfnsu-
ls, esmeradameDte editados, eiem-
plares de la nueva Ley de En-
juiciamiento criminal para ell juicio
oral Y p1blico que ha empezado 4
regir aqui desde ell primero de Enc
70 del corriente aiio.
Nos apresuramos q particip&rselo
& los sefores funcionarios que me-
cesitan tener consigo la expresada
Ley, que Sc vende q m6dico precio.
Bien venidoS. Nos han visitado
nuestros estimados amigos y CORE
ligionarios les sehores Montenegro
| y Hernandez, Professor Superior de
Ponce y Alcalde dc Manatf, respec-
tivamente.
Repetimosles nuestra cordial
bienvenida.
Presos. las il dc la manana
entr6 aver on esta Capital una "a.
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Two notable sermons were preached by the
pastor, Rev. John Hancock. ut the compile
tion of the first century of tho churcil's cx
istence. 4 century later Rev. William T.
Lunt preached two able discourscs, anl ut
the forenoon service II hymn wrtteh for the
occasion by Hon. John Quincy Adams, then
an ex-presidGnt Of the United States, was
sung. Authorities differ somewhat rs to
whether the present church is the third OF.
fourth to be occupied by the old society. 1t
can be put down rs very probable that the
little "stono chaple' was the original church.
The datc of the building of this edifice is
uncertain but it is known to have been
standing as early us 1910 1t had no pews,
except such as were built by individuals from
time to time. There were seats, however,
but tho men sat apart from tho women. The
hour for beginning service was announced by
beating II drum and an hour glass stood be-
side the pastor to warn him when his time
was up. Church going in those times was a
serious matter, the services occupying the
greater part of tho day. On March II, l7aS
or l729, twenty shillings were voted to Joseph
Parmenter as payment for keeping dogs out
Of the church on the Sabbath. Marc., 80,
l730, the town paid the same Joseph r:.rnlell-
ter twenty shillngs for clearing cart Ioads
of snow from inside the church. A new
wooden church was erected and dcdi-
cuted in 1872. In 1906 it was CON
sdcrably enlarged. On April =, 1927,
ground was broken for tho present edjfce.
The corner stone was laid on June II, 1927,
the principal address being made by the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Whitney. The church was
dedicated Nov. l2, 1928, Rev. Messrs. Gray,
Brooks, Lowell, Whitney and Porter taking
part in the exercises. The church is of gran
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FIRST PRIZE DESIGS. #

any monument now standing Also, that
each design should provide for q mausoleum,
IL sarcophagus, n memorial hall and an OBJ
servatory to be reached BY an elevator And,
finally, thnt tho monument should not cost
in excess Of $500, 900, and that each designer
should file specifications to show the cost Of
the monument he proposed. s........ .o.=..
1t is scarcely necessary to add that designs
have been slow in coming in. but the com
lnittee has report to make at last The
naiu committee named MS Il subcommittee
Of experts Messrs. y. De Brun, James Rem
wick, Professor W. r. Ware, Of Columbia
college, James T. Ware, George i, Post, and
Professor S. Wolf, Of the New York college
They were to select the best five out of the
designs submitted and for these prizes were
10 be paid Of 1890 $1,000, 500, s4oo and
500 respectively. OF course tho usual pro-
vision WAS made for sealed md numbered en-
velopes, that the experts might not know the
working without pay, has had a long and
rather loboriors task in selecting the best five
designs, and does not seem any too well
pleased with the ''eatch.H
There were sixty six designs submitted. each
with Il motto and the one selected for first
prize bears the simple motto ''1S2s!!, " the year
OF Grants birth. The design is for Il 1nonu
ment 2l5 feet high and 125 feet square at the
base the summit crowned with an immense
funeral urn, and The estimated cost is S476,
600. The second prize is awarded to the de-
sign bearing the motto ''Let Us Have Peace
Its dimensions are almost the same as those
of the first described. Both these arc cx
tremely ornate at the base, and are open to
the criticism that the great extension below
may detract somewhat from the effect of the
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ALL ABOUT NAAASSA.
The Island i'll the Sea Which Was Lately
the Scene of Race Riots.

The Island i'll the Sea Which Was Lately
the Scene of Race Riots.
When the intelligence was flashed over tho
continent, late in September, that the blacks
Of Navnssa had risen in insurrection and
murdered four Americans, there was a gen
eral inquiry us to the place, md many
learned with surprise that thero are still some
islands i'll the West Indies not ruled by any
one in particular. Indeed, there are a few
rocky points over which no nation has ever
formally assumed jurisdiction. Navassa
nominally belongs to Hayti, but the Haytian
government long since abandoned ali pre-
tense of government there, having conceded
all property rights in the island to the Ma
vassa Phosphate company, OF 90 South
street, Baltimore, and 10 Cliff street, New
York
The island lies just Off the extreme west
ward point Of Hayti and has no value what
ever, except for guano deposit about Il mile
square The workers in this deposit, few
fishermen, the clerks ard agents Of tho COM
pany and those who minister in various ways
to the spiritual Or bodily needs Of the others,
form population Of nbout 600, sheir support
depending entirely on the works Of the fer
tilizer company. The workers are Haytian
negroes, and they have lately been joined by
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cussion US to the proper burial place OF Gen,
Grant. There seemed to he special reasons
why West Point or Washington city should
be chosen. Galen;, as his last residence he.
fore he became president had some claims,
and St. Louis us his residence early in
his military career asserted her rights.
Chicago also claimed right to sue
ceed to the claims of Gale,n if the
latter should be thought too small a
place All these pleas were set aside OH one
ground that it was probably the desire of
Gen. Grant, and certainly that of his family,
that his remains should lie in New York, and
that the great city should lead in erecting
his monument.
Nevertheless, many other places have hast
ened to honor his memory in marble and as
they have one by one done SO the criticism o.
NeW York's "unacceuntabe slowneSsH has
Increased. On tho 14th Of last month, ut
Leavcnworth, Kan, q noble statue Of the
great leader was unveiled under the direc
tion of Gen. Wesley Merritt. and in the pres
ence of many thousand people, representing
all sections Of the country. The statue is of
bronze, ninn feet in height, and standing on
granite block five feet square, which in
turn rests upon 4 base seven feet square
In the north and south sides Of the pedestal
beautiful bas reicfs are inserted. One pre-
sents the general on horseback at the battle
OF the Wilderness overlooking the scene Of
carnage The statue represents him us he
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"mausoleum" or massive tomb-using those
words in the popular and not the artistic
sense The committee awarded the prize for
tho general beauty of the design, but declared
against the extended facade, retaining only
the central monument, as the whole bore
rather close resemblance to tho tomb Of Vic
tor Emmanuel in Milan.
The design which received the fifth prize is
more like what people generally understand
by a monument its height and extreme sim
plicity making 1t very imposing. ltprovides
for monument 100 feet square at the base,
and above that perfectly plain. quadrangu-
lar shaft rising to height of 235 feet and
surmounted by the Goddess of Liberty and
attendant figures. It is probable, however,
TINT the monument will follow generally the
design which secured the first prize, and the
divisions will be as follows: The vault, or
maQsoleum, will be below ground; above this
the central hall, then the sarcophagus, and
the memorial hall above all.
The committee also announce that they e1-
pect to have all things ready for laying the
corner stone during the Worlds fair in 1892.
They certainly do not intend to be hurried, or
to give out their plans any faster than is nee
essary. Meanwhile the public impotence has
found vent in suggestions for giving the re-
mains of the great commander a,inal resting
place at Washington or West Point, and
movement has been inaugurated looking to
the action by the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie, as an organization, towards erecting tbs
monument, Now that active progress is re-
ported, and date set, It Is probable public
lmpatience will subside
As might have been expected, the report OF
the committee at once renewed the old dis
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to r.r,nn,lo, h;,n o,d ,r,r ,l,,,,,-S ro.,,,.,lal
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uis 90, tol,,,,,, ,,,,,l.., foi,nr, eo,l,. ~ lfo
ava t,oc,,,,f, ,i,.,,,,f.nrzi ~. ,,fe, III
az hirh cbscar,er a,,1 ,,n,r l.nT,t ~. f,,,,lv
in sort of ,asr,oetn MI. -,,,,lii,io, rrho;, soI
I,1.;,, Wv, R.arfa,.o,, ,vos hor,, IL, *, nj
house in tho no,,,ostross. Dec II 177o Az
,,na az tho ,yonI ola ,rr,u;fatIo,. 1iy,ti +h,
family ,lil un+ w,n, nm, III. hov,s ,ms;.,I
,[iI,,y r,. ,lloxntl ~ d,,,,o,, IN ,n,,,r,l
and hnvish yav Hrt whom IN. ol].r R...
+ho,nn ,l,.d 1ith,tn kacou,o ,,oss..enl ,-;,h-
IN. ia.o ,b,t iiis SON wos tn l.. n ..m,s1c.l
,r,digr,,-,ha vorup Noy,r,s h,i lit.lv as
,ouisLel tbr r.oril-.and Mt the nea Of i've
Tu,l,i.r vas driven l,y thr4n,s uul nun;sh-
m.nt "a ,rut, tnJ;S II ,,,,t when
,ha f,thnr r,n,, Lona ,,t n,i,iniaht frn, lis
,,lnro in tbc theatrical orcI,as,r, IA somr-
Tines took 1be little fellow from his bed ana
rad. linn 1nil over tha ,iann RI, davliaht
In short he Ind upunren,ly DESTROYED tho
r,,il,,,s snontouann> nv, nf music wban ,vi.,r
nerso,,s rot control and after n rest Luawir's
talent revived
A. ,ha aea of T.; ,,a n,,l,lis,,.l ,brc. s,n,tns
,n5 cnnn nr,a,. ,l,,,;u,l n nIar. IN rho a,oc
,or.s choir. ,i,ap Tho .lac,or died tho choir
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many cxiles from Port au Prince, transicnts
and indictments generally. The basis prin-
ciple Of Hayti law is that "a white man has
no rights thatn Hnyti,n is bound to respect"
and ns the agents Of the company differed
from tile employees in color, language and re-
ligion it is easy to see how, when n dispute
rose ahou, work hours and wages, it soon ran
into race fight"
The underlying trouble is admirably set
forth BY Fruude III his late account Of his
travels there thus: The Americans have no
particular right in Hayti, and arc as little
liked rs we tEngisb} are, but they are feared,
and they do not allow any business OF Il seli-
Gus kind TO 20 on i'll these waters without
knowing what 1t is about IIayti is the most
ridiculous caricatutre of civilization in the
whole world. Doubtless tile whites are not
DISTINGUISHED witnesses, for they4 treated
as they once treated the blacks They can
own no freehold property and exist only on
tolerance. They are called white tr.lsli.'
Black dukes and marquises drive over them
on the street and swear at them, aud they
consider it an invasion of the nntura! order
of things No one can tell the future fate Of
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BEETHOVEN'S MEMORIAL.
THE HOUSE WHERE HE WAS BORN
TO BE RENEWED AS A SHRINE.

lie Lived II S"rrowfuI Life. but Has Monu-
ments In Many Places-His Fathers
Tyranny-tis Disappointment, Sickness.
Deafness and Death-IIis Genius.
Beethoven's birthplace is to he restored to
its original condition-that is, if the designs
of the musicians of Bonn are seconded. He
was born III queer, tall AMI narrow old
house in Bonnestrnsse, ii quarter of Bonn on
the Rhine, and committee Of citizens of
that place have sent appeals to his admirers
throughout the world to contribute toward
complete restora ton of the old house. To
this end Il concert will be held in Steinway
hall, New York city, i'll December, and 9TH
ers in other cities of the United States. II is
designed to make the old house a sort Of
monument to the great musician and mu-
scum Of objects connected with his life or
various rendtions Of his music. The society
organized for the purpose comprises many
eminent Germans, FRINGE Bismarck and
Count Won Moltke being members.
Beethoven's life was, a few intervals ex-
cepted, almost indcscriha5ly snd, which may
perhaps partially account for the depth and
mournful intensity Of much of his music. A
believer in blind fate would say he was
ceeded in escaping from some ntolerable evil
he soon fell under another at!liction which
in turn became intolerable; and singular
feature OF the case was that each nffliction
came just MT that era III his life when it could
produce the greatest disappointment. At
the age when freedom and sport are 4 boys
Imperative needs he was deprived Of both
and cruelty overworked when he was to
have gone away to complete his studies, his
mothers poverty compelled him to dru.ig
cry he hated, and finally, when career was
OPEN to him, i'll health made him miserable,
and when he had succeeded at last in pro
ducns great work, deafness deprived him
OF all capacity of enjoyment.
His family was originally Belgian, and the
name is supposed to haze been derived from
beet root, and hofr a garden Ii 1860
one "Bcethof,N or, in other words one of the
old family of root gardeners, y left his native
village near I.ouvan and located in Antwerp,
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er. remaining thera until tho war broke out.
He entered the army and served for three
years ns an olcer, being i'll charge Of tho
river and railway transportation of troops
and stores between Galena and the south He
entered i'll 1864 the State Savings association
of St. Louis which afterwards became the
State Bank of ST. Louis and Of which he is
now president Mr.. Parsons is n man of me-
dium height, has blue eyes, and his hair and
mustlche are pelfectly white. He hns n
clear, although not very strong, voice, and
makes an excellent presiding officer
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The woman OF Rome in old days were mar
ried at nightfall. She was dressed in white
robe, a symbol of her virgin purity, bound
round her waist with WOODEN sash; her hair
was plated into six tresses, after those OF the
Vestal virgins; OH her head she wore flame
colored veil and # fresh wreath OF the sacred
verbena, for the wife and pricstess in her
family. Under the protection Of Juna Domi-
duca the home leader) she passed through the
streets accompanied by her friends and light
ed on her way with torches. By her side
there walked n young boy carrying an open
basket. in which lay hank of wool, a distuff
and spindle, for spinning was the great duty
of the Roman matron Of tho republic To be
good spinner wns gem in her crown OF
virtues, by the side of chastity and fruSality.
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WHOLE NO. 1888.

Of his brother caused him to be involved in
tedious lawsuit, and her licentious conduct
sunk him to the very depth Of nbascnent.
Yet during these stormy years his great sym
phonies and other immortal works were com
posed His final sickness was long and his
sutferings terrible, and there is only too much
reason to believe that he was sadly neglected.
He died March &C. 1927. and it remained for
an American, Alexander W. Thayer, to col.
lect all the facts and write the first complete
life Of the great Beethoven
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KING MENELlk II.
Sometl,in. About Africa's Most Powcrfu

Something About Africa's Most Powerful
ituler.
Abyssnii'. new aud greatest ruler, King
Menelik II, who was recently crowned at
;ilna. the coronation site of all the kings of
that country, is the son of King Haelow and
IL poor woman of remarkable beauty, who
used to seek aims at the doors of the palace
The charms of this woman pleased his 1najes
ty SO much that he introduced hoc into his
harem On the birth of boy the king re-
fused to recognize him as his son, ualess in
the course of years he showed striking re-
senblance to his majesty. AS young Meuelik
grew older he strongly resembled his royal
parent, and the king made him his heir, III
=, though there were other SONS who thought
they had a better right to the throne.
Physically the new ruler is almost coal
hlack short and dummy He is trentle and
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nEErHoyEN's BIRTHPLACE.

Thereafter his triulnphs were rapid He
was a favorite in the most cultured society
and appeared very happy, when suddenly his
digestion failed. For three years he suffered
distressing ''roarins in the head" and
finally, in lS0l-2 the promising young musi-
clan and composer became perfectly deafi
OF all possible Affections the worst had come
While vast audiences were thrilled by his
music he could net hear the loudest note. He
wrote of it:
t'If l had not somewhere read that man
must not Of his own free will depart this life
lshould long ere this have been no more, and
that through my own act"
He had recovered a measure of cheerful
ness when his brothers came to trouble him.
and soon succeeded In alternating his friends.
He fell in love, and became excessively anx-
ious to have his hearing restored that he
might marry, so the physicians tortured him
terribly with blisters ard other applications.
His health again broke down and he longed
for DEATH He loved a lady of rank far above
his own, and was consequently cruelty disap'
pointed. All this time Germany was con-
stantly i'll agitation, often in the turmoil OF
war md painfully humilinted I'LL Bonuparte
was oyerthrown, and then the great musician
had year or two of peace. Then the widow
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a Lost MS.

The manuscript journals of David Living
stone, from which his first work, Missionary
Travels and Researches in South Africa"
was compiled, ure said TO be missing, and his
sisters are especially anxious for their recoy
cry, because air. Livingstone said that he
could have written from these journals three
books as large us his first. 1t is hard to he
lIeve that any ono could be so mean MS to
keep these Journals for the purp1 Of realize
ing large sum from them in future years
but SO large parcel us this Ms must he
could not he easily lost.-Pttsblrg Bulletin,
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Height of Sea Waves.

Carefully repeated experiments made by
an experienced English navigator at Santan-
der, on tho north coast Of Spain, showed the
crest of the sea waves in n prolonged and
heavy gale of wind to be 42 feet high, and al
lowing the same for the depth between the
waves would make a height of 81 feet from
crest to base. The length from crest to crest
was found to be $50 feet. Other estimates Of
the waves in the South Atlantic during great
storms give height of 10 feet from the crests
and 400 feet for length. In the North sea
tho height Of crest seldom exceeds 10 feet and
the length 100 fect-New York Star.
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During the Franco Prussian war a corporal
came to the doctor with one of his men who
was unfit for the saddle The doctor exam
ined him and found him suffering from rheu-
matism. The corporal proceeded to fill up
tho requisite form for the mans admission to
the nearest military hospital tCan you spell
rheumatism, corporal7" said tho doctor. II
think can, doctor, thank you," said he,
saluting. The corporal was Louis Coetloyon,
one Of the Leading journalists Of Partisan
FRANCISCO Argonaut.
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Juvenile InIieS.

A little girl OH Fourteenth street saw u
tally ho coach come down the hill the other
day and heard the music of the horns
Mamma" she asked thoughtfully, "can
cows blow their horns like that!"
A small boy in lie Droit Park was told by
the nurse that if he wns bad the devil would
come up out Of the ground and carry him off.
That afternoon he. was discovered on the
brink of a deep hole which he had dug in the
back yard, dcflantly calling, "Debble, deb.
bleln- Washington Post
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Confirmed Clumsiness.

Boylston-I upset my soup into Miss Hap
goods lap at dinner today, and when deli
cately offered to atone for the cnrelessness she
deliberately insulted. me-
Daisy-What did she says
Boylston-She asked me what amount l
was in the habit of paying on similar occa-
sions-Judge
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TWO OLD RESIDENTS.
They Are Women Who Have Passed by
The Century Lime

They Are Women Who IIavr Passed by
The Century Liuc.
There isn't {; doubt in the mind of any who
have investigated carefully that the average
leitGth Of human life is increasing; and it is
certnin that in SOME sections of the United
States aud Canada 1t has increased very
greatly in the last fifty years. Nova Scotia,
FOR instance, has many very old people
and the Piedmont counties Of South Carolina,
especially around York and Spartanburg,
are thickcst with people of 50 or 90 years.
And public interest in the matter has been so
aroused Of late that one may say there is a
perfect epidemic of very oil people Jour
nalists have hunted then, ouc and given the
particulars OF their lives, and psychologists
have sought eagerly t" learn lhu causes Of
sIlnll lI1tnuitu