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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
DESDE MADRID
DUELO CONFLICTO

E. duslo frustruado de los genera
les Martinez Csmpos y Borrero, del
que ya les habr4 dado noticias el
TELEGRAPH, ha vsnido guitar impor
tancia & todos los demSs asuDtos
HastA Ia guerra de Cuba y la cogida
de R5verte han psrdidc 81 oportu
nidad.
Cinco dfas hace, que no Sc hsbla
en- Madrid de otra cosa. Los peri6
dicos tampoco ne ocupsn de otro
asuLto, pues este ha adquirido una
gran importAncia poiitics, por la in
tervencl6n que en- o. hA tenido ell go
bierno.
Mi debsr de cronista me obliga
relatar sl hecho, aunqus quizas sea
va conocido ahf en- todos sus dstalles
Exlstla de antique una gran enc
mistad entro los generates Martinez
Campos y B 1rrsro, ensmistad de la
que este 1l5lmo daba muestra 4 cada
momento osnsurando p6blicamente
todos los Actos del h6roe de Sagunto
hasta ell exErsmo de que estando este
en- Cuba, SO permiti6 squel ciertss
feases, que obngaron al gobierno &
Asmarle y reprendeile.
Ahora, con motive de habsrse de
clarado grave el acta de Senador por
Cusnca en- que aparece eiecto el gs
nersl Borrsro, donds ste en- persona
come5l6 graves eoacciones, como Las
de penstrar en- an coiegio y arroj4 AT
de 6 al presidents porqus no lie era
afecto, creyendo Borrero que 10 ocu
rrido & su aeta obsdecla 4 lnf1encias
do Martinez Campos, escrib,oie una
earta iDjur osa que termina con Ell
slgdisnte pSrrAfo:
Tspgo dos pistol&s que podemos
snsayAr en- Ia f3rms que decidan los
pAdrInos que nombremos de una y
otra parts, puss tsngo ell proposlto
de reAIlz&r 10 que no consiguleron
las balas de los lnsurrectos cubanos
en- Psrai. ] y Coiiseo
A estA f4nfarronda. contest6 Mar
tineE Oampos nombrando al marque.
de CAbrl1ana al general Cebsllos
para que propusiesen 4 Borrero IN
duelo 9 sspsda franessS.
FL duelo SO concerto debi6 cele-
brsrse haos cinco dfss en- IN hotel
de la Csstsllana. Ur cuafro de bora
Rntes de la coAvenids, "a estabAn en-
eli hotel Martinez Campos y Gus pa
drlnOs. Dee minutes he pa@s, pre-
ssntoss en- 81 b ,Gel el Cap ean general
de Madrld Primo dc Rivera, con
OBJ ,to do impsdlr 81 lance, pero Ell
marques de Cabrlfana SO opuso ter
& que psnetfara en- e
domicllloj simu.o el general Primo
de Rivera que SO retiraba, pero cinco
despues, ouando llegaron 81
general Borrero y sus padrinos, Prl
mo de RIVERA mexcI6se con estos y
preteadlo entrAr de nuevo, impidI@n
doselo otra veE eli marques de Cabri
llama. Vista Ia insisuensIa del Captain
genera el marque. de Cabrifiana con-
sult6 el caso ios padrlnos del genera
Borrero, Ald presentes, y estos no Sc
opusieron & que so 10 frsnquears ls
para evitar el escandalo que
pudisrs promoverse con Ia agiome-
raci6n de gentes.
Dssde este momento fu4 va impo
Sible el duelo. pues habi@ndoss mega
10 los contendientes 4 dar su palAbrs
1e no bAtirse, foeron arrestados por
sl Captain general de Madrid.
Hasta Aquel instante, sodo ell mum
10, q escepc' On de- COB erno igno~s-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
Les Aerfdes.-Eg Hospital y las
Cdsas de Sec0Yr0s.

Les Heffd6S.-Eb HoSPtfGt y las
Casas de Secoyros.
He recorrido les sitios donde har
sido llevados los heridos.
La mayorfa de estos estsn en e
hospital y en- las Casas de Socorrc
mas cereanas al lugar de IL catkstto
fe.
No eesa el ir y venir de los CANT.
llsros conducieado heridos.
Tras d. algunas camill&s marchan
Il:orando, y expresando su dolor Ia:
familias de los hsridos.
Acempah2n estos bomberos con
hachSs eneendidas, detalle 4us an
menta 10 tristfsi 40 de estas desgarra-
doras escenas.
Ea el hospital he presenciado ss
pectAculos penosfsimos.
He yiste carar dos pobres aifios
que pocos momentos despues de su-
fir opsraeiones dolorosislmas deja-
ban de existir. Los mSdicos inten-
taron en- yano salvar la vida de estas
iaocentes vfctimas del crfmen anar-
quists.
VarIos hsridos n&cesitan sufrir am
pataciones de brazos y de piernas.
Desde el Hospital fuf ! recorrer
varlas Casaa de Socorro.
No era precise preguntar donde
esesba Ia Casa de Socogro. Los la
mentos de los heridos y q liant . de
fas faruslsaa inSfeshauio bteu las
cisras.
En- las Casas de Socorro viaitaca as
no hay taatos heridos graves como
en- el hospital.
Els impossible dar una cifra exscta
del n1nero de heridos.
Creese, sin embargo, que pssan de
cuaTenta.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
Los resgitados del eyJsss

Per una soincideacia singuisffsirs,
segun aeaban de lecirme, entre las
vfctimas de tan brutal atentadc no
hgura ninguas persona de posieioh
dssahogada.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
DetaHes y aotscsas

En- la esqnina de las calles de 4 :
mas y Cambios Nuevos los proyecg.
les de la bonba han esGsado despsr-
fectos en las paroles. rs
The advocate., 1896-01-01
WOman's Worst Enemy.

The worst physical enemy woman
has ever had has been the nsrrowness
of life which gave her so little to think
of that she had endless time for worry.
She gains in physical forces with every
step she takes toward intellectually
and spirituality. Nor does bhe harden
her heart toward humanity and de-
spise the home. The whole question
Of the home, instead Of being ignored,
is being treated with scientific care and
unspaEing devotion.
The advocate., 1896-01-01
Alas. Poor DObbln.

A concern In Philadelphia makes
a profit Of $4 on the carcass Of every
horse. In the first place, the hide Is
valuable, and the leather known as
cordovsn Is taken from the skin over
the rump. The other leather is soft,
and is used mostly for slippers and
heavy driving gloves. The hair from
the tail and name Ia made into hair.
cloth, and the short hair is used In
stufang cushions and horse collars
The advocate., 1896-01-01

From the hoofs oil Is extracted and
the horny substance is sold to comb
manufacturers. The leg bones are
used for knife handles. The ribs and
head are burned to make boneblack
after the glue has been extracted. by
various processes phosphorus, carbon.
ate of ammonia, cyanide Of potassium,
and prussic acid are obtained, and
sometimes the meat is canned and
shipped to Europe. -EoerySOhsre.
The advocate., 1896-01-01
Where He Drew the Line.

The man who sold windmills adjusted
his chair at new angle, crossed his feet
on the railing Of the balcony, locked his
hands over the top Of his head, and
began:
"Curious fellows, those wsyback farm
ers are; droll chaps to deal with, too;
cute and sharp at bargain. Most Of
them know a good thing whens they sec
it, so l took a good many orders But
once in awhile l come across conserYa-
tive old hayseed whose eyes are closed 10
anything modern. One Of that sort
helped me to good laugh the other day,
and l might as well pass it on. He was
a genial, white-headed old fellow, who
owned several fine farms, with prime
orchards and meadows, barns and fences
in apple-pie order, aAd dwellings serene
in comfort. He listened closely while 1
expatiated on the excellsnceof our make
OF machines; then taking a fresh supply
Of Cavendish, he squared himself In his
chair, with his hands in his pockets, and
held forth in this fashion;
"'Waal, stranger he said, your ma
chine may be all right, but now see here.
settled here in the airly fifties, broke
the trail for the last few miles, blazin'
the trees az we came along, ] had fair
start, good health and a yoke Of cattle, O.
COW, an ak, with one bit and three cop
pers in my pocket built log house
with shake ruff an a puncheon foory
an a cow.shed OF popple poles rufHed
with sod. worked hard, up airly am
down late, clearin' up land by degrees
an diggin' livin' out Of the slle by main
strength, an no favors except the blessin'
o the Almighty. The Lords been good
to me- He's gin me houses an barns;
he's gin me horses an feathered fowl o.
many kinds. An now, stranger, after all
that, I'll be eyerlastinRly burned il ri be
so mean as to ask him 10 pump water
FOR EN-
"And then, continued the stOry-tslleE,
"he brought his hand down on his knee
with a whsck that fairly echoed through
the house. OF course, l couldn't urge
him TO purchase after that expression OF
his sentiments, and l left him. Inde-
pendent, wasn't heP"
Then the windmill man chuckled, 40 IL
he enjoyed the memory Of the scene he
had just described, and his hearers sn-
joyed the story so much that when he
left h0 was richer by three or fouR cF.
s.-HGrpers Magazine
The advocate., 1896-01-01
Irrigation in Western Kansas.
BY M. B. ToMBL1N.

The best answer to the question, Is
irrigation success In western Kansas 2
ls to point to what has already been
done along that line by our people.
The fact that the irrigat0r in Kansas
must derive his water supply chiefly
from the so-called underhoW, raised
by the means Of pumps, and stored In
reservoirs for future use, instead OF
from streams by gravity, as Is gener-
ally prsctlCed elsewhere, has made our
people slow to adopt this method and
caused people outside the State and
indeed, outside of the immediate neigh
borhood of where irrigation by means
of the pumping plant is practiCed, to
doubt its practiCability; but to-day
probably 1900 farmers pumping water
from 10 to 200 feet can testify that
with the pump and reservoir irrigation
is not only practical but exceedingly
profitable.
To show what can be done where the
water lift is something over l8O feet, is
the object Of this paper. What have
done, any fsrmerin western Kansas can
do who has the necessary capital to put
In the plant. It consists Of fVe-inch
tubular well, operated by q sixteen
foot steel bsck.gesred windmill, built
expressly for this kind Of work. The
reservoir into which the pump dis
charges is eighty-two feet In diane
ter at the base, inside measurement,
The walls are six feet high on the out
side, seven and one.hslf on the inside
The bottom, as well as strip about
eight feet wide under the walls, was
thoroughly puddled, and the reservoir
seems to hold water perfectly. In q
good wind the pump discharges about
twenty gallons per minute. Every.
thing connected with the pump and
windmill is of the most solid and sub.
stantial character. A much lighter
and cheaper plant could have been
purchased, and would probably do the
same work, for time at least, but the
fact that the mill is turned loose to the
wind at all times, stormy as well as
fair weather, and has cost me leVs than
81 for repairs during the year and to-
day is apparently as good as ever, con.
vinces me that I made no mistake In
choosing the very strongest and best
material throughout. The plant cost a
little less than $500. When q farmer
can do a great share of the work him.
self, such as building the reservoir,
helping the wall men, etc., the cost can
probably be reduced 800. The tract
selected for my experiment was a
aeven-scre orchard of young trees, and
a three-scre plat adjoining.
did not get my plant In operation
until late in April, and consequently
did not have an opportunity this year
to give 1t q fair test. However, the
results are so satisfactory that l feel 1
have no cause for complaint, and with
that spirit that actustes the heart Of
every true Ksnsan, 1 think "next year
I'll make It,"
planted potatoes, onions, sweet
potatoes, celery, cabbage, beets, and
on a small scale many varieties Of gar
den vegetables, that l might test what
was best adapted to our soil and eli
mate under irrigation. My Early Ohio
nofatoas Welded at the rate Of some.
The advocate., 1896-01-01

the large varieties by the new method.
Sweet potatoes did not do well, posi-
bly, because did not know how to
grow them. Celery does we'll, and the
quality Is excellent and in every re-
spect will compare with the Michigan
product. Cabbage is q good crop, as
are the beet, and all root vegetables.
Melons and tomatoes do not do 80 we'll
on account of the cool nights incident
to our altitude. Trees make @ wonder
full growth.
l sold from this plat about $400
worth Of struck" beside what was
consumed by two families, and had /
planted more early potatoes, onions
and celery and done less experiment.
ing, would have several times increased
my income. The beets and refuse
from my garden together with little
grain / fed to my hogs, and they have
made a profit of 800 already this year.
My reservoir was stocked with fish and
now affords me Q much better article
than the market supplies; another year
l can take from 1t a thousand pounds
of fish and still leave 1t as well stocked
for the following year. The reservoir
will afford me 100 tons Of Ice this
winter, furnishing an abundance for
my own use, and SONS to sell to my
neighbors.
DO you wonder that l am pleased
with the "experimentP" The coming
year, having pro6ted by my experience
this, I shall plant my crops SO as to
secure the most economic use Of my
water supply. Thoroughly sstursting
the ground during the winter, I shall
have it in condition to plant Ave acres
of early potatoes for the Western
markets, and an acre Of sugar beets
for my hogs. These will require no
water after June. Another acre of
onions, one for celery and garden
truck, two more for lawn and small
fruits, making in all four acres reQuir-
ing water the entire season, an amount
my plant will readily supply, The
same water that irrigates my land,
passing down in bitches by my trees In
the orchard, supply their roots with
out very materially decreasing the
flow. Along the bitches outside my
orchard l shall plant alfalfa to keep
down the weeds and supply blossoms
for few stands Of bees. Outside Of
my irrigated tract shall gamble q
little with nature and SOW l25 acres Of
small grain. If it makes a crop / am
that much ahead; If not, l sm not out
much. Whatever amount Of grain
get store to put the finish on stock
fsttened on roots and refuse from the
garden.
Now taking into consideration the
fact that millions of acres of land in
western Kansas can be found where
an abundant water supply can be
reached at less than fifty feet; that half
the amount required to erect a plant
at $50 feet will purchase one that will
lift more than twice the amount Of
water at fifty feet; that thousands
upon thousands of acres can be found
whore the water lift is less than twenty
feet, will submit to the thoughtful
consideration of my readers: Is not
irrigation In western Kansas q success ?
Goodland, Kss,
The advocate., 1896-01-01


$4,000 in money for it, or $4,000 for a
choice forty acres of it.
These are all young orchards. State
ments like these should call the Rtten-
tion Of the Kansas truit-growers to the
thought that there is something that he
has not yet discovered in fruit growing.
1t is not very difficult to show that the
lack is almost exclusively water.
The quantity Of water required is an
important part Of the subject, and as
bearing on that point the following ex-
tract from an editorial in the Greeley
Tribune of January 81, 1895, on the duty
of water and its results over large areas,
is of interest: "Whereas the Larimer
county ditch has just half as many acres
under cultivation in Weld county as has
Canal No. 2, it produces trife more
than one-third as much wheat, about
One-tenth the number of bushels Of oats,
and less than one-sixth the number of
sacks of potatoes. 1t takes water to
grow crops; and other things being
equal-that is, with the same cultivation
and the same character Of soil-the
greater the water supply, up to the max
imum quantity that can be used to ad
vantage, the bigger the yields, and the
more profit to the farmer" This differ
ence in yields is so greet that it is no
wonder the editor reaches the conclusion
as read.
There is water enough falls on eastern
Kansas and that runs off to the sea each
year to irrigate an enormous proportion
of the irrigable land, and it may be
doubted if any present live to see the de-
mand for it 80 great as to require its en-
tire utilization. While it is possible and
not uncommon to obtain paying prod
uct under dry farming in this region,
irrigation will provide for those seasons
and parts of seasons when the natural
rainfall is insufficient for the greatest
and best results; and, more than that, it
is an insurance against failures in all
seasons.
X X
Finer fruits, grains, vegetables and ami
mails never grew than have been always
grown in Kansas, whenever and where
ever the rainfall has been abundant and
we'll distributed, To say that finer fruits,
grains, vegetables and animals never
grew than are always grown in Kansas
that is to say, to place the products Of
this State at the very top Of the ladder,
requires but the application Of we'll
proved and demonstrated practices in
the older countries Of the world. Irri-
CATION knows no method Of placing water
on land and crops SO utterly unscientific
and lily adapted to the needs as the rain
fall in its natural way. And there Is
nothing left but to follow the example
of those peoples in other parts Of the
world to wrest from nature the bound
less prosperity that benefcent Provi-
dence has placed within our reach. But
above and beyond all considerations of
material prosperity is to be considered
the demands Of humanity. Human char
acter is nodded by its environments, and
q thriftless man cannot be of the great
est use to himself or his country. A
high standard of manhood is more to be
desired than material prosperity, but the
two must go band in hand.
The advocate., 1896-01-01
Know Hoods Cured

81 waS all run down and could nOo ElSsa
a night sn account Of tho continuous
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-23
IN BRO. DIAZ'S REHAJF

Atlanta, Ga. April 1S.--The home mis-
sion board of the Baptist church. COM
posed of men of the highest standing in
church and business circles, today adopt-
ed the following resolutions
Resolved, That the board has heard
with deepest pain of the Imprisonment of
Brother A. ]. Diaz by the Spanish au-
thorities in Cuba; that we are profoundly
impressed with the duty of doing all in
our power to preserve the life and secure
the liberty of our beloved brother; that
for this purpose we invite all Baptists
everywhere and all Christian brethren as
may sympathize with us to unite in a
common effort to influence the authorities
of the land TO do everything consistent
with the honor of our country to accom-
plish our wishes.
Resolved, That public meetings be held
by them and thus show some sympathy
with us, and that a due expression of
their desires be forwarded to senators, rep
resentatives and other public officials, ad-
vising them that the entire constituency
of the southern Baptist convention, aided
by sympathizing friends from every part
of the country, are united in one sacred
effort for the deliverance of the man of
God, who, by his unselfish devotion and
untlinching courage has endeared himself
to all familiar with his history.
That for this purpose we ask that Bap-
lists throughout the south, through their
respective churches and other organiZa-
tons, make contribution to a fund pro-
viding for expenses in any efforts for his
relief, but more especially as tangible
expression of sympathy for him and for
his deliverance from the dangers environ
ing him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-23
CIVIL APPEALS-SECOND.

Fort Worth. April 1S.-(Special.) 1.-The
court of civil appeals of the second jul
dicial district was in session yesterday
and the day before. There were no
visiting attorneys present. The pro-
ceedings are as follows:
Cases Decided-TeXas and Pacific
Railway Co. VS.. A. B. Robertson & Co.,
from Mitchell, affirmed; G. H. & L. ].
Mccormick VS.. L. r. Nichols ct al,
from Somerville, reversed and remand
ed; A. f. Cleveland ct al. VS.. Butts
manded; A. f. Cleveland ct al. VS.. Butts
Brothers, from Parker, reversed and re-
manded; Elizabeth e. Thies VS.. Mutual
Life Insurance Co., from Tarrant, re-
versed and remanded; ]. l.. Reed, admin
istrator, VS.. G. p. McGourk, from Tar
rant. reversed and remanded Panhan-
die National Bank VS.. w. r. Newell ct
al, from Archer, affirmed Mary G. Led
better ct al. VS.. Nj. Belle Higbee ct al,
from Tarrant, affirmed; John L. Jack
son VS.. W. B. Wells, from Parker af-
tirmed; l.. r. Nichols ct al. VS.. G. H. &
Il. j. Mccormick, from Somervile, re-
versed and remanded.
Motions Decided-Raynor Cattle Co.
VS.. James s. Hogg, governor, to dismiss
writ of error and writ of error proceed.
ings, for defects in writ of error proceed.
ings pointed out by motion, cause strick.
en- from docket but without dismissing
writ and leave granted plaintiff to file
new bond conditioned in terms of stat
ute. within thirty days, in court below,
to be approved by the clerk of the court
and leave also granted plaintiff to with
draw transcript upon judgment of costs
OF this court; Raynor Cattle Co. VS..
James ). Hogg, governor, to strike out
certain papers not considered because of
order on proceeding motion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-23
A HOME RIFLE MEASITRE

Washington, April 1S.-In the house
Delegate Catron of New Mexico reported
a bill providing that upon the convening
of the territorial legislature of New
Mexico any one member of either house
may administer the oath of Office to the
presiding otficer-elect, and he shall admin
ister the same to the other members and
officers
'The object of the bill," says an ac-
companying report, 'is to modify the ex-
isting laws so that the secretary, an ap-
pointee of the president, shall not have
arbitrary power to organize the legisla-
ture by ignoring the legal certificates of
elections, as. was done at the organization
of the last legislature, at which time GER
tifcates of election, given to the members
elect by the county judges of canvassers,
as provided by law, were ignored and
persons were sworn in on trumped up
certificates or on pretenses in no manner
provided by law, so that the political COM
pleXion of the legislature was changed
in both houses"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-23
DEFJCJENCY RJLL.

Washington, April 1S.-The house COM
mittee on appropriations reported to the
house the general deficiency bill, the last
appropriation bill for this session. The
total amount carried by the bill is ST.
691, ,130 The principal deficiencies for
which it provides are: Treasury de-
partment. $1.074,O00; District of COlum-
bia, $116,000; war department, $6O1 900;
navy department, $199,00O; interior de-
partment, 1904, 900; department of JUS
tice, $251 900; government printing office,
$19O,OOO; house of representatives S104,-
900; judgment court of claims, $143,0O0;
Indian depreciation claims, 100000:
audited claims, $169,000; out of postal
revenues, 81 ,421 900.
In addition to this, the urgent deficiency
bill, provided early in the session. carried
S6,405 646, making a total for deficiencies
this session of S11, ,096,176.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-23

ney of the Chicago and Great Western,
have called on the interstate commerce
commissio-. the past week to talk with the
recent decision of the supreme court in
the Brown case. They said it was the
intention of the railroads to obey the
laws and that the decision was beneficial
to them in many ways. In general
way they said they would endeavor to
assist the commission in securing COM
pliance with the law, but it is denied at
the commission that any deal was made
with them.