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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-07-30
IA CORRESPONDENCE De PUERTO.RlCO. 4"
MARTEs, 80 DE JULIO DE 1895.
EMPRESA De COCHES

Desde esta fecha para los viajes de la
Capital Fajardo en- nuestra empresa po-
dram pedir coches en- la tienda Luz El6c-
Wenceslao Bosch al lado de la puerta Es-
pa1a que los traera hasta Rio-piedras, y
los senores pasajeros SO entenderan direc-
tamente con nosotros para ell pago. Los
que vengan de FajardO y quieran tomar
coche en- Rio -Grande, podran dirijirse
s Ia fonda de Don Antonio Sampol
en- dichO pueblo que est& en- cOmbinaci6n
de 1895.-QMelpo q Sdrraqa. 3O-11
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En- los puntOs Yateras, Montevecdo y
La Perla, cerca de Guantanamo, fuerzas
del general Salcodo bati6 los insurrectoB,
causaudOles 6 nuert0s viat0s 2 enFarraGoS
y alglla0s herid0s, cOgi6ndOleB armas
municiOneg.
Por nueatra parte un Official de gnorr,
las heTido, el teni8nto AcevedO, Get hat2-
lion de- Talavora, confuse; dos soldadCg
mue%tos Y tras gravemente heridos.
Sc l"s ton1o el compassionate da Monte
verde Q1e les fu6 Quomado, cogi6ndoles
gran cantidad de arr>z Y sal.
TRINIDAD.
Nuestro colega eI ''Diario de Trini72a'',
dice que 0l runner ytb!icc h2ce e}3hi~ :. -
fra de los levantadO3 por Guinia / n5uch0
mayor ndmero del que dijo anterIoru}s-.s
ii coiega.
Segdn ell n2ismo ''Diario", SO presantu
en- Giiinia De M4rarda Ell cabecilia inaurceu
to Victor Maahado, con Is hornbres MAJ.
De aqu0l p0bladD ~>> IL cgregar!>11 Limo Pc
rez, Juan Bravo, Nj. Ill Octibal otrts
llaata ell nUr2ero IL, Ii, trece blancos y de
color.
LA PARTIDA DEL DOCTOR ZAYAS.
LIZ partida ql;a t..;4s n ce,:s5> u "a
vas, pas6 81 d1a il ON 5&h} hombrcs r.-vnta-
los, Sse5rco ,'a f F>n1ento (I:ioi:'ad.)
Proc G. Z. n j'1ria:tivci0n do Sancti--
Spirltus y 0c ::l*:g i Ia d. Santa CIata
En- el c&nllGO f.23 etenidO 81 c0nduc-
tor de c9rreos ccn2a'&1ole Ia correspondent
| cia Official que qucmacAn los insurrectos.
Entre GlaracabulIa y Foment0 corts-
rcr1 Ia linoa tolegraEica central, dejando
l. 5,-rc4ln: ida la communication.
BARACOA.
III i. t5*carnonto de GuanIao fu6 att
cado nor f.erz@:s rebeldes, sierodo ~. >.saz.<-
DIS cou pGr.3ida8 para ellos. I trnian:u
| Coronol Z3rno1a que sali6 4 CO. >ipar s 4
p2rtida No ]le.ssj 4 encontrarIa.
--Entr3 Il Corojal monte de S. :.
|](ta fu3cz2s d9 g4zr- Ill IS del toniAs,ta =.
r r..@l T..jo1;a, 4: 7:.>- - del coEnag.d.,
| ~ s, b25iero" p"o:i IL partida enema
C@uHandolf 2 ':'1 TUBS y h6ridos, Tecogl.. .
| 10 igual 2umero 10 aTGaan8ato8 v mache-
to5. caballo8 con monturas, provigiones
de boca y 2 prisioneros. t1ntro los muer-
to5 1iigura Juan Gomez y her:do grave Is
lnael de los Reyes.
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CARTA De HOLGUIN

In estimable militar amigo nuestro
nos eescribe desde el teatro de la guerra 10
que s1gue:
Holgufn, 10 de Julio de 1895.
Sr D. Ramon B. Lopez.
Mi distinguido amigo: Tengo el gusto
do ealNdar f VGted = daEle algnnaa notioiae
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-07-30

RI sabado ~ del corriente 80 irnporcn-
t7s depositaron en- ei "Banco Popular" 60
osta Cludad 409 pesos So centavo3, Lab:5~-
dose expedido hasta Ia fecha Ill l;h..:rao.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-07-30

IL SE COMPRAN
8 arriendan acciones de la
Lotcrla Provincial. DirJirse
4 II. II. TOdd-CristO-33 ,
altos. 5--5.
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BILLETES DE PUERTO RICO

la Loteria Provincial pagar tano cada sorteO Pa
mas inormes dirijirse DON PEDRO GIUSTI en-
el PAR1s-BAzAR. 1916
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Mucho nos ha complacido leer g. a.
gunos, peri6diSos de Santiago dc Cubs i,
reproduction de IA poes1a que titus.
.'La Patria al Ej6rcito Espahol", prbiicu
LA CORRESPONDENTS ell IA de Abrii COZ
neral Martinez Campos Dicha yoesfa 80
original de nuestro asiduo cola borador y
astimad0 amigo don Pedro Mingot.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-07-30

De 10 que SO trata en- todos los circu-
los de e8ta Capital, en- los cafes y princi-
palmente en- 81 seno de las familias, es del
caprichoso surtido que ka. importado don
Ramon Garden para su establecirniez.to
- La Gaditana," Fortaleza %. Hoy, 80,
gun Sc dice, ha vendido eicha tienda, car.
ca de A39 nasOa con 81 coAnEauos " nico
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
EXERCISING DISCRETION.

The Solid Eight claim that they are JUS
titled in their attempt to transfer valu-
able franchise to the Market-street Rail-
way Company for the small sum of $500,
because it was an exercise of discretion"
were "discreet" they assume they were not
bound by the law, and they have asked the
courts to acquit them of the commission Of
a misdemeanor in Office as vindication of
heir excellent discretion.
To the intelligent citizen there will not
seem any very great exercise of discretion
on behalf of the City and the taxpayers in
an action which not only violates statute
of the State, but also aims to dispose of a
franchise worth thousands of dollars for
the small sum of $500. That is not the
sort of discretion that any of the Solid
Eight would exercise in disposing of his
own property, or perhaps even of his Off
cial vote if he could be induced to sell that
privilege of his Office. 1t is a discretion
indeed not found among any class of peo-
pie outside of a lunatic asylum, and if the
intelligent citizen concludes that there
was any discretion exercised in the
matter he will be sure to regard it as a
discretion on behalf of the Market-street
Company and not on behalf of the City or
the taxpayers.
The plea is the more peculiar inasmuch
as the law dees not allow the Supervisors
any discretion of that kind at all. The
people had seen too much of the exercise
of such discretion, and the statute was en-
acted expressly to put an end to it. The
for Of ho lor oil ho On
pervisors are required to advertise every
petition for franchise which it is in
tended to grant, and the franchise is to be
sold to the highest bidder. 1t is the right
and in fact the duty of the Supervisors to
require all bidders to furnish bonds or
certified checks as guarantees of good
faith and of the fulfllment of the
contract so that franchises may not
fall into the hands of incompetent persons
or mere spectators. Such guarantees are
necessary in all cases, and when they have
been furnished there is never any danger
to the City in selling franchises to the
highest bidder any more than in letting
contracts.
In the present case the Solid Eight could
have kept the law and exercised discre-
IlOH IHaL MOu1u have uccu Vi UeHeHI W the
City by advertising the proposed franchise
for sale under terms that would have pre-
vented it from falling into the hands of
improper parties, while at the same time
leaving the sale free for competitive bids
The Solid Eight, however, did not do that.
They have advertised to sell it as an ad-
junct of the Market-street Company, so
that no one can bid except that company.
They have also fixed the price at $780,
This is the kind of discretion that the
people got tired of long ago, and that is
the reason why the Legislature enacted
law making it misdemeanor that would
subject every Supervisor who exercised it
to removal from Office.
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03

wrong. We must convince them by an
actual display of our advantages in way
which even the careless cannot overlook
nor the dullest mistake. An opportunity
to do this is afforded by that very Atlanta
Exposition which is intended to draw
home-seekers away from the West to the
South. We should make an exhibit there
which will catch the eye of every intend
ing settler or investor and convince them
of the advisa bility of at least seeing Cali
fornia before they settle. The first steps
toward such an exhibit have been taken,
good display of our products is already
on hand, and if the counties only act
promptly in accordance with plans devised
at the Supervisors Convention, the cost
will be little and the success will be great.
No rejecting man can doubt that the
issue is an urgent one. The reaction
which is now retarding the further growth
Of the West" of which the World speaks,
is liable to become even stronger than at
present, unless it is at once met and
counteracted. 1t is foolish reaction, but
II cannot be overcome by foolishness.
We must meet it with energy and sagacity
and overcome it by going to the Atlanta
Exposition and illustrating the resources,
industries, advantages and superiorities of
California and the Pacific Coast.
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
P0OL-sELLING.

1t is so short time since we published
in our local columns a complete exposure
of the practice of illegal pool-selling in
this City that it is not necessary for US to
go over that ground again. Suffice it that
while some steps have been taken to sup
press this open violation of the law, it still
continues in many places, and might well
be taken by the police as an opportunity
for exercising some of the vigor supposed
to have been derived from reorganization.
Few evils are more pernicious than that
of illegitimate pool-selling. 1t has become
SO offensive that nearly every city of any
note in the Union has found it necessary
to enact laws against it. Into the places
where it is carried on, hosts OF young men,
some of whom are scarcely more than boys,
are induced to congregate and "play the
races" There many youth of good OPP
portunities and excellent prospects has
made those evil acquaintances and ac-
quired those corrupting habits which SO
insidiously but SO surely lead to ruin.
Persons who have neither the leisure nor
perhaps the inclination to attend the races
go to these places to gamble. Thus amid
sharpers they waste the earnings that
might have laid the foundations of a COM
petence and dissipate character that
might have ripened into sterling man
hood.
The ordinance against the booksellers
was not enacted without cause. Public
sentiment recognizes the justice of the
law and gives it full support. In spite,
however, of the law and of the sentiment
of the better element of the people, the
booksellers continue to run their places
openly and insolently. 1t is time to teach
them that the ordinances of the City are
not idle formulas and that the moral, law
abiding sentiment is not a false pretense.
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
AROUND THE coRRrpoRs.

"Californla is not without honor abroad"
said DR.. z. Beverly Cole yesterday. "A
student from the medical department OF our
State University can enter the Royal College
OF Surgeons of London or that of Edinburgh or
Glasgow, receiving full credit for whatever
years of work he has done here, and beginning
with the senior class next September, for four
full years of work. California was the second
university in the United States to obtain TINS
recognition, Harvard being the first To
graduate from the British colleges five years
of work are necessary, while in the United
States but three years is the rule. Measures
are being taken to increase our curriculum TO
five years to equal that of the best colleges OF
the old world and surpass all of the new. The
life of the professional man is made harder,
to be sure, but California is moving rapidly to
the front as an educational center"
"San Francisco should have its flower-girls
instead of those men and boys who crowd
the principal corners of the City," said Amedee
Joullin up at the Hopkins Art Institute the
other day. "Ths State is the flower garden Of
the world, and this City ought to be its finest
flower mart The florists should unite and
have perpetual flower show, world-famous
market, and along Kearny street and Market
and by Lottas fountain the City should main
tain its stands as on the quays at Paris, where
fower-girls could sell their wares"
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
PERSONAL.

Charles Z. Fox of the navy is at the Occi-
dental.
DR.. w. A. Hendry of Los Angeles is at the
Baldwin.
Dr. Philip Leach of the navy is guest at
the Palace.
NJ C. Zumwait, an attorney of Tulare, is a
guest at the Grand.
Thomas II. Thompson, a real estate man Of
Tulare, is at the Lick.
P. McRae, railroad contractor of Hanford,
is guest at the Lick.
w. j. Scrutton, mining man of Laporte, is
staying at the Grand.
A. C. Cushing, railroad contractor from
Omaha, is at the Palace.
]. H. Trayner, a big fruitman of Marysville,
registered at the Grand yesterday.
Jules Levy, the cornetist, returned from the
south yesterday ard is staying at the Lick.
R. H. Beamer of Oakland, a member of the
State Board of Equalization, is at the Lick.
I. L. Delano, big quarryman of Rocklin,
was one of yesterdays arrivals at the Lick.
w. S. Leare, Postmaster of Sacramento, and
Mrs. Leare registered at the Palace yesterday.
A. c. Hilman, manager OF the Briggs ranch
at Davisville, registered at the Lick yesterday.
Andrew Markham of Santa Rosa, a capitalist
and a railroad man, registered yesterday at the
Lick.
L. w. Blinn, wealthy capitalist of Los An
geles was one of Yesterdays arrivals at the
Palace.
P. A. Buell. big lumberman and contractor
of Stockton, came down yesterday and regis
tered at the Grand
H. j Small, superintendent of motive power
and machinery of the Southern Pacific, came
down from Sacramento yesterday and put up
at the Grand.
Among the passengers to sail by the Umatilla
this morning is the following party bound for
Alaska: Deputy Surveyor of the Port Sam Rud-
dell, Mrs. Ruddell and her sister, Miss Jen-
nings Miss NJ. E. Lister of The CALLS staff and
George Schultz. At Port Townsend they will
take the Queen, for which are booked Vice
President Stevenson and John w. Mackay.
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
A FOOLISH REACTION.

In strong editorial commencing the
Atlanta Exposition to the favor of North
ern people the New York World, after point
to draw immigration to the Southern
States, says: 1.-THE chance of success is
increased by the reaction which is now re-
tarding the further growth of the West
The arabic land of the West being virtu-
ally all occupied the Southeast hopes to
attract to its cheap lands the stream which
has so long flowed westward"
The World is not the only Eastern paper
of note which has urged immigration to
the South on the ground that all the arabic
land in the West has been occupied. Over
and over again we have seen similar state
ments in our leading exchanges. 1t is only
a short time ago that the Tribune de-
scribed the unfavorable climatic conditions
of Western Kansas and Nebraska, and
after depicting the snowstorms, the sand
storms, the droughts, billiards., cyclones
and clouibursts drew the conclusion that
home-seekers hereafter must go south
ward. The impression seems in fact to be
widespread throughout the East that the
West has no longer any advantages to offer
home-seekers, and that the growth in this
direction is to be retarded for many years.
1t would seem that these people know
not California and the Pacific Coast. "Be-
cause the droughts of summer and blizzards
of winter render the treeless plains on the
eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
almost uninhabitable and certainly un-
profitable to farmers, therefore emigration
westward must cease" they say. Never is
there any suggestion that on this side of
the mountains there is another West, large
as the Atlantic Coast, with population
less than that of the Atlantic Coast at the
time of the Revolution, and with climate
and soil as much superior to those of the
most favored Atlantic sections as their
own are superior to those of the blizzard
regions.
1t will avail US. nothing to rail against
the misconceptions of the Eastern press.
We must show them where they are
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
is nothing there upon which to establish

is nothing there upon which to establish
substantial government"
These declarations are SO radical and so
entirely different from the accounts which
we have been accustomed to receive that
were it not for Mr.. Hilborn's superior in
telligeGce and sound judgment good
many persons might be inclined to regard
them as idle sensationalism. But these
are the conclusions of shrewd and wise
observer, and they cannot be dismissed
with shrug of the shoulders. The out
side moral influences which have sup
ported the Constitutional Goyernment
have come largely from a sentiment of re-
publicanism to the exclusion of considera-
tions of real liberty or inherent rights.
That the original inhabitants want their
Government back is the most natural
thing in the world, and that dissatisfaction
injurious to the material welfare of the
islands permeates majority of the popula-
ton is an evident fact. A republican form
OF government represents liberty only
when it is founded in right and exercised
in the interest of liberty and justice.
The first emotional wave has passed,
and the present Government is now under
trial and approaching the judgment of
civilization. According to Mr.. Hilborn, its
future is dreary, for it is falling into pit
of its own digging.
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
THE SUNDAY "CALL."

Prominent among the special features of
tomorrow CALL will be delicious story,
Colonel Short Little Longer" by Joa-
quin Miller, in which the gifted author
will bring to close the queer adventures
of this remarkable character, who was in
troduced in last Sundays CALL Robert
Stevenson, the daring local scientist, who
has al ready startled the scientists with his
theories on kinetic stability, will present
the first of series of popular articles on
this subject, in which the Newtonian
theory of gravitation will be boldly assailed.
A queer story of improbabilities entitled
1.-THE Reduction of Alexander Morgan,
Nd" by Robert III. Davis, will indicate
one OF the dangers attending too daring
inquiry into scientific problems. "1n the
Midst of Death We Are in Life' is the title
OF one of Miss Adeline Knapp's popular
scientific sketches. w. B. Farwell, his
torian of pioneer efforts, will present an
exceedingly interesting paper on "How
Honolulu Was Taken: A Story of the
Voyage of the American Clipper Ship
Game Cock" In Microbes in Us; Why?"
Will Carleton, the popular poet and ath-
lete, will give some very instructive hints
on health. The drama will be discussed
at length by Miss Miriam Nicholson, Miss
Rose O'Halloran will have another paper
on "The Marvels of Modern Astronomy"
Mrs. M. C. johnson will be instructive and
pleasing in "Children's Realm" "Mar-
celia will have her usual page for women,
and there will be several other interesting
features.
The special dispatches from Europe will
be comprehensive, the recently acquired
telegraphic news service of THE CALL pre-
senting unapproachable facilities for this
valuable feature.
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
A HAWAIIAN PICTURE.

Congressman-elect Samuel G. Hilborn
has presented, through an interview pub
lished in yesterdays CALL, an entirely
new picture of the Hawaiian situation. II
is in brief that the natives are no longer
making any effort to restore their Queen
to the throne, as they clearly see that the
Constitutional Government is rapidly pro-
ducing its own ruin and that its downfall
from internal causes is inevitable. s'No
one" says Mr.. Hilborn, "knows how weak
the Constitutional Government is better
than the royalists, and they know also
that force would only prolong the time
when the present Government will step
down and out, perfectly satisfied that there
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
BY J. H. WyTHE JR.
NyEsTMENTs.

Ninth, between Market and Mission: 5Ox10o;
rents about slO0; with old frame SSO,OoO. , H. 49,,
Fine investment on GeRry ST.; 90 feet front and
building; 31a blocks from Market st.
Third ST.; rents 1886; $4,000; solid building IN
stores and rooms. So,
22:6 feet front and very fine dwelling; would rent
for 800; $4,000; make offer o 49,.
modern flats; rents $140; light and sunny; $ls,OOO.
WAREHOUSE AND FACTORY SITES,
EASY TERMS.
Cor. Fourth and Brannan sts.; 137;6x157:6:
$4,000; all street work done; very easy terms
and long term with rlgns 10 pay On account any
'ilae, H Saraatn: 45zsx94o Channel, between Fifth
ana Sixfh back TO Berry ST.; double front; only
Cor Ninth, Brannan and Channel SITS: 1853 on
Ninth 137 :6 on BrRnnan and 167 on Channel;
275 deep; only $30,0O0 terms to suit buyer; low
interest -
Sl75OO only; easy, long terms; low interest rate
Branpan Sa and sixth corner; 1S7 %; only
HOUSES AND LOTS, $1,000 TO $12,-
500, FINE VIEW OF BAY.
Residence Just finished; Presidio Heights; Jack
son ST.. near Central ave- and the cars; magnificent
veniences; house finished in natural wood; inlad
Make offer: Vallejo and octavia: corner; ask
1l2 g. and very comfortable residence Of rooms
and every convenience; fine view: sc, ,QO0.
Fine residence and lot 30xl31;6; 4 n: side va
structed, from upper stories: sy.d u rooms and
modern conveniences; house cost $S5OOi leased at
SIS month; only $10,250.
Reduced TO $1,000; new residence; fine marine
view: Sw. cor. Green and Buchanan; 8 rooms;
saloon parlors, electric bells attic and basement;
very sunny and cozy; very easy terms.
Washington-st. residence, near Central ave-;
S2xlO5; n. side; fine residence; IL rooms; finished
basement, attic: all modern conveniences; excel
lent interior finish; owner selling to leave town;
$l2,500.
$1,000 new houses, Just finished: rooms and
ali modern conveniences; fine view OF bay; only
$500 cash and terms as rent If desired; Buchanan
St. near Green. short blocks from Pacific ave.,
block from Union-st cars and blocks from new
Pacific Heights-Lots 800 to 1920 front foot;
easy terms. -.
South side Broadway, bet. Fillmore and Pierce;
WesS side Steiner, below Pacific: s11O foot.
North side Broadway, west Of Fillmore; $l70 to
1920 foot.
Ne cor. Broadway and Steiner, S4:4x137:6:
$780,
Steiner, below Broadway; 500 foot.
Cor Vallejo and Steiner. 81 :6xl37:6; $4250.
Lots north side Vallejo, bets tsFillmore and Stein
er, 25x1S7 IS: $2375
50-yara n w. cor. Green and Steiner; 10000
The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
IMPORTANT PERSONAL.

Bliss Carmen has retired from the editorial
management OF the Chap Book.
Walter H. Page, after seven years of service
has resigned the editorship of the Forum.
A Cottonwood Falls (Kans.) minister usurped
the functions of the weather clerk the other
day and united Mr.. Somers and Miss Winters.
A Scotch newspaper refers to Mrs Lease of
Kansas, as zone of those strange men found
frequently in America who write under a FEM
mime nom de plumep'
Professor Zuspitka, who died the other day,
was professor of English at the University of
Berlin. 1t has been said of him that, although
a German, he was the greatest authority on
early English.
One of the two Afro-Americans in this years
Yale graduating class was Ulysses Simpson
Grant Bassett, the son of NJ. E. D. Bassett OF
Philadelphia, the first Afro-American Minister
Resident and Consul-General to Hayti. He was
appointed by President Grant. Young Bassett
was born in Hayti.
Marina, Mrs. P. T. Barnum's handsome resi-
denee at Bridgeport, Conn.,, is to be sold. This
is thought to give some color of truth to the
report that she is to marry q rich Englishman.
Mrs. Barnum looks to be hardly 3d. Besides
Marina, which cost $500, 900, and an annuity
of 100000, she has ST 100000.
In his ode to the memory of Frederick Doug
lass, Theodore Triton writes:
My country, bark to me;
Let US, in yondef capital of ours
Mold him a statue of enduring brass
Out OF the broken chains of slaves set free.
When Zerah Colburn, the Vermont mathe-
matical prodigy" visited Harvard College, he
told in four seconds the exact number of
SECONDS in eleven years, and answered other
similar questions with equal facility. He could
no more tell how he did it than a child in
singing can tell the laws of melody, but it is
certain that it was done under natural law,
and not in opposition to it.