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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18
MARTINEZ CAMPOS


qne & la proximidad del fuego habfa IN i'm
portante depcsito de p6lvora obuses.
MARTINEZ OAMPos
Gable grama de Madrid dice que ell general
Martinez Oampos en- IN disourso justifosba
sn polftics en- Cuba, acentuando que si & Gu
ba le hubieran concedido las reformas q su
tempo, pudiera haberse evitado la guerra,
8 por 10 manos terminarla ahora. Dloe que
81 personalmente nos las implant6 porqne no
SO le dieron esas instrucciones: continuo-
''SolameDte pedf las reformss, cualesqniera
que elias fueran, porQue en- aquellos moWen
tos Sc hacian necesarias para contener ell de
rramamiento de sapgre Ell sgotamiento del
Tesoro.
AOCIoN OoMUN
Un despacho de Atenas nos ipforma que
la escuadra rusa del 4editerr&neo est& en-
eamino para Gambia.
Russia ha invitado Francia a ocupar la
Isla en tanto que Inglaterra ocupe q Chi
pre- Egigto.
La esc1adra ipglesa del Msditerr&neo
eyoluciona en- torno de la isla de Creta.
INOENDIO
Un telegrama de San Petersburgo anun-
cia que la ciudad de Grodouo, sobre el Nj
pen, ha sido destruida por IN inceDdio. Be
esperan detalles.
CATAsTROFE
Oomunican de Yakoama que la olesda
monstruosa Que siguio al reciente temblor
de TERRA del Japon hs causado, segdn los
latos de la preDsa Japanese, no menos de
seseDta victimas.
Los heridos mueren por millares faltos de
alimentos y de cuidado.
La consternaci6n es inmensa en- toda Ia
Isls.
Los caminos han desapareci.io las comu-
nicaciones telegrafcss no estan aun COM
pletamente restablecidas.
k.........T
Oomunican de Londres que los princiuales
peri6dicos de aquella Capital habla de la
Convention democr&tioa y predicen los de-
sastres de la guerra civil y la ruina pr6xima
de los Estados Unidos.
Los partidarios de la plata triunfan.
OTRO
En- la Habana ha sido fusilado. segtn d.
cen por TELEGRAPH La Integridad N0cionGI,
Ell cabecills JESUS Rodriguez, prisionero re-
ciente de Les tropas.
Llegan noticias de otra explosion de dina
mita en- Cuba.
Estsll6 la bomba en- la ifnea ferrea, entire
L
Oaus6 muchos desastres,
La escolta del tren, despu6s de batirse du-
rante una hora con los insurrectos, los
cuales rechaz6, tuvo dos soldados eontusos.
Los rebeldes dejsron dos muertos en- el
campo, sin duda llevan numerosos heridos.
EN- LUOHA9
Oablegramas Ia IatsgrfdGd dicen que
entire los rebeldes del departamento oriental
reina grave desaeuerds en- Ia election del
cabecilla que ha de suceder Jose Maceo.
Los de la raza de color preferen Cebreco.
Los blanoos votan por Periquito Perez.
Ia quikn nombrara Maximo G6meKi
VOLUNTARIOS
Ia la Habana 90 dispone una cariflosa y
esplsudida reception los voluntarios csta-
lanes que han de embsrcar en- Barcelona.
NOTICIAS
En- Costa Rica rechszeron las csmaras
una proposition On que SO pide Ia beESeran-
cia de los insurrsctos cubanos.
En- Roma ell marques de Rudine ha re-
constituido Ell gabinete. Anteayer debieron
jurar los nuevos ministries.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18
RECO r TEs

Todo ell que anna una mnjer le pertene-
ce; y, bajo So iuf1eneia, puede convertirse
on un imbecil en- nm genio, aunque gene
ralmente ocurre 10 primero. = BGlzac.
Hay algo de apocalipsis Ell ls guerra civil;
todas las brumss dc 10 desconocido Sc mez~
clan & sus terribles resplandores, lanzados
por ell incendio, y el que tonla parte on ella
cree haber tenido una pesadilla.
FL derecho comtu no as mas que la protec
cion de todos, irradiaLdo sobre ell dereeho de
cada individno.
Victor Hugo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

Esta es mi labor fatal
Popgo en- la copa IN panal,
Y ell dulce Iicor gotes
Hasta que Ia miel hiblea
Llena ell molde de cristal.
Me for1o hermosa c'e sncia;
7 cuando, con impaciencia,
Mi diestra la copa slsrgo,
En- ella hay tosigo amargo
Que envenena mi existencia.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

3 Olavel de plata dorado Diploma de
IL clase, 81 mojor juicio crftico que se haga
de las obras de uno de los poetas puertorri-
quefioe, que mas haya sobresalido en- ell cul-
two de Ia poesia.
Sc deia la election del poeta el asunto y
el metro de las poesfas; 1nicamente SO exile
que 6stas sean ineditas.
Log trabajos deben ser remitidos en- la
forma acostumbrada al secretario de la Co
mission orgsniEadora don Pedro J. Colberg.
En- Oomerfo Sc preparau muy ruidosas
destas patronales.
7 el patron es ell Oristo de la Salud, dia
6 de Agosto.
Parece que ira la orquesta que dirigia
Morel Campos
Una comision de sefioritas, yeAdo dife-
rentes casas, reuni6 muchos objetos esta-
bleceTa una tomb hola, cuyo producto Sc uni
ra al producto de las iestas.
non Teodoro Santiago Colon, de Coamo,
tiene de venta bueyes, vacas paridas y ye-
guas 7-15.
Dice IN colega que ell Laboratorio Bacte-
rioldgtco de la Habans, acaba de someter al
tratamiento Pasteur la nina pnertOrrique-
ia Autonia Firpo, no sin alegsr que 10 hacfa
por humanidsd, porque ell Ayuntamiento de
Mayagiiez nj ell de Ia HsbaDa, del cual Sc va
li6 aouel para presentar curaci6n la eta
da nina, subveneionan al referido Instituto.
Traslsdsmos la notieia los Ayuntamien
tos de esta isla.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

4 ciencis y paciencia de las autoridades, una
pobre mujer, loca rematada, que tiene en-
continua zezobra al vecindario, hasta Ell
punto de que alguuas familias no Sc atreven
abrir las puertas de sus casss.
No hace mucho trat6 de dar muerte una
criatura de poeos sfIos.
IPor que no Sc reeluye esa desgraoiada
en- provision de que puede cometer cual-
quier hecho lamentable9
Asi 10 exige la seguridad de los vecincs.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

layer tuvo lugar una rita en- ell estable-
cimiento de don Rodrigo del Rio, entire Lo-
renzo Ortega Ramon Matos.
Los dos resultsron con lesiones, SO les
euro en- la farmacia de Ledesma, detenien-
doles por orden de la autoridad judicial"
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

Nuestros distipguidos amigos don Pablo
ViIella Pol dofia Matilde Malaret de Vile
la, tuvieron la bondad de invitarnos q Ia
ceremonial del matrimonio de su hija, la Sc
fIorita Francisco Vilella Lloret, con Ell &C.
ficr don Juan Jose lsa.
Ell acto debio verifcarse en- Lares ell dia
~ del actual las nueve de la noche.
Muy agradecidos, y que Ia beda sea nun
clio de felicidad indestructible para los j6ve-
nes espoSos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

Desirable por I'm incendio. Un panico in
menso sc ha apoderado de In poblaci6n por-
qne la proximidad del fnego habfa IN i'm
portante depcsito de p6lvora y obuses.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

Nos dicen de Oomerfo:
'Un srabe compr6 en- el estsblecimiento
de don Pedro Romero IN paquete de glice-
rina y pago con monedas falsRs, del cuf1o
provincial
Exsminado aquel individuo, sc le encon-
traron trece monedas iguales, de 40 centa-
vos cada una.
El juzgado ocup6 las monedas orden6
que ell arabe fuese detenido."
OARROS Y BUEYES.-Se yenden dos
carros y tres yuntas de bueyes en- iunto O
por separado Iuformes, don Edelmiro Mar
tfnez
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

III azdcar alcanza en- nuestro mercado las
cotizaciones siguientes
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

PARA GLASSES NOOTURNAs A DOM
OILIO. SO ofrece ell Professor que suscribe.
Ensefianza de Teneduria de Libros, de Fran
ces y de una mas asignaturas de Instrue-
cion secnndaria, Latin inclusive. e.-Jos6 a.
~. SGn1ugjo
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

FL cafe Sc cotiza en- esta plaza a los si
guientes precios
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

non Teodoro Santiago Colon, de Coamo,
tiene de venta bueyes, vacas paridas y ye-
guas. 7-15.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

Ha embarcado con rumbo Nueva York,
donde seguirA viaje para Europa, nuestro
compadero en- Ia prensa don Nicolas Lopez
de Victoria, director de III DiGrio Popular.
Deseamosles muchas prosperidades.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

Con objeto de passr una temporada, en-
union de So estimable familia. ha llegado
esta ciudad, procedente de Nueva York, ell
joven don Jaime SEEK, hijo de nuestro amigo
don Juan.
DeseAmosle grata permsnencia entire nos
Otros
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-07-18

Victima del muermo ha fallecido en- San
Juan ell tip6grsfo Tpifanio Castillo.
d. E. p.
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Shoe Prices

-CASH-that's the word +!
Nothing else on the face of
the earth appeals SO forcibly to
the manufacturer as cold, hard
cash. The dealer who buys i'll
the largest quantities is the man
who is favored-always! We
buy for the THREE busiest
shoe stores in Washington. 1t
isn't vanity that prompts us to
say that we sell ten pairs OF
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ferry, of Louisiana, having Inserted ii il
his remarks In the Senate, it becomes
frankable matter. and is sent out 10y the
committee in iranked envelopes 10y tens
OF thousa nds.
Among the ammunition used by the Re
publicans in the Southern States is the
printed form Of the address OF Secretar,
Carlisle TO the workingnen OF Chica go, de-
lvered last April There has been an enor-
nous dena nd FOR this speech in Kentucky.
Texasand Missouri. OncUtthe latest docu-
ments prepared by the committee for circu-
lation is Il compilation OF the leadin. fea-
lures OF the anti-tariff utterances OF Mr.
Bryan in the House, March 16, 1882, and
January l3, 1894.
The committee finds that in sections
where the silver question has been thorough
ly covered in the way Of documents, the
tariff question is slowly but surely coming
to the front as an issue. The ariest de
mandS for tariff literature came from
Sout hern States. \ great many orders
came from the Pacific coast. In the East
and Middle States the demand was wholly
for sound money literature. Within the
past two weeks, however. orders are in
creasing in number from the middle sec
ton of States and the demand is gradual
ly extending east tward. Chairman Babcock
and his associates regard this as one of
the most favora ble symptoms of a reaction
and uponit base strong hopes that The first
of October will see the tariff question
overshadowing the money nrehem.
X. E. D'ARCHS.
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1T THE POLITICAL HELM
Work of the Republican Con-
gressional Committee.
TONS OF LITERATURE
Something About the Men
Who Compose This Pow
erful Body.
TONS OF LITERATURE

In no political campaign since the war
have the literary bureaus of the national
campaign committees done such efficient
work as in the present one. Political man
ayers say this is Il reading campaign. Uss-
ally the great demand is for small pampli-
lets and leaflets touching the main issues.
This year the cry is for exhaustive docu-
ments, laying bare every phase OF the great
financial question which is agitatng the
country from center To circumference
The Democratic campaign committee has
issued one 76-page pamphlet. The Repub-
licans tipped the high-water mark in
document consisting of forty pages, and,
strange to say. this is one OF the most pop
ular pamphlets in their list. The demand
has been phenomenal. and probably exceeds
anything in tue history OF political cam
paigns.
Already the Congressional committee has
issued over 100000 900 copies OF speeches
made in Congress by prominent men on the
silver and tariff questions, and IN one day
recently shipped an aggregate OF 7S2.0OO
documents, all OF them going to Repub
lican State committees and Congressional
candidates, to be distributed among vot-
ers. Here In Washington the Congressional
headquarters form distinct feature OF
interest, and something about the inside
workings of a great campaign and the men
who are directing its operations and the
methods they employ will not be amiss.
IT'S CoMMODIOUs QUARTERS.
The committee used to occupy limited
quarters in some by-street OF Washington.
where n few clerks and n small mailing
force We're employed In sending out about
a million copies of Congressional speeches
to candidates for Congress. In this CANT
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WHEEL THEFTS MAKE WORK.
Property Clerk Sylvester's Report to
the Chief of Police.

Chief Clerk Richard Sylvester, who is
also clerk Of tie police department, yester-
day afterpoon submitted to Major Moore,
chief OF police, his annual report Ter the
past fiscal year, which euded June ~.
Mr. Sylvester prefaces iiis report with
statement calling attention 10 tie inferior
facilities aud unsanitary conditions III lis
Office.
A new record W as begun during the year
10 wIiIch ii is lfCECsed 10 ChIcnlc!e all &c
citicuts that were reported TO the Ioiice
taking place in the District since 1893.
"The business OF the clerks office for
tile past year Increased in degree cCn-
mrnsura;e with the growth Of the force.
TIE principal feature pertaining to the
dispuSi luu of lest and stolen property was
!L,. uDprccedented number CT bicycles and
similar yediclcs recovered by the pctice
and restored 10 owners. a few years ago,
the loss OF a bicycle was rarely reported,
W wiiile estray or stolen animals came into
the kcepiEg OF the Gepartm ent almost daily
THIS cooditioB has changed; genius has
relegate the horse to the rear aod advanced
tie more modern means or transit, so that
tie bicycle club, the police bicycle squad,
soldiers mounted On hicycles, messengers
delivery men, physicians-in fact, rep
rcseuiaiIves Of every station in lfe-move
over the superior streets ana roddWays OF
the District to the aggregate Of fifty cd
Thousand.
The labors of the police have been
greatly Increased by this general adop-
tiun of the bicycle. Especially adapted
To lie stoieu they are readily ridden away,
shipped by railroad. disngured, The yaIi-
Gus parts oil one bicycle often being dis
tributed to complete the action Of others
OF different make. so as 10 destroy the
identity of the property. NotwitlstanG-
ing The multiplicity OF such thefts, the
bicycle thief is fast becoming well known
10 the police and the destruction of Identity
of the machine q nIost difficult task To
perform
so extensive was bicycle stealing be
come within the past two years Ihat tie
department assigned detective, Robert
H. Boardman. 10 give especial attention
and study TO the II after. Its efforts had
their reward, and not only have numerous
thieves been convicted. but I. vast and valG-
able lot OF property secured The expc-
diency Of perfectly marking the several
parts OF bicycles is emphasized. particu-
larry when rider has lost il and has no
marks by which to descritc it. Losses
TO owners have not been confined 10 their
machines, but lamps, wrenches. tells, han
die bars, and the various bicycle accom-
paninents have fallen within the cate
CORY Of thefts and recovcrieS.
During the year there We're recovered
LA bicycles out of 156 that We're reported
TO the police as lost or stolen.'
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trict in the House. A better choice could
not have been made. He is another type
| of the hiGh-toned Wcsterner. popular, az
| gressive, self-reliant and practical. He
has worked as u harvest hand in the SUM-
mer; taught school in the winter, and
practiced politics between times.
A man of broad experience in many fields
of enterprise, he has proven one Of the
best working members of the House. 1t
was natural that a man who had overcome
untold difficulties to pass bill in the
last hours OF Congress. appropriating $780,
600 10 support a Mississippi exposi-
tion at Omaha. should not escape Keen
observer like Babcock norganizing his coin
miltee He was offered tie secretaryship
and accepted it.
William Is. Thompson, the treasurer, and
Warner +. Sutton, assistant secre. ary ,-are
neither of them members of Congress. The
former is one OF the leading business men
of Washington, whose interest in the Re-
publican cause is of the most sincere and
disinterested character, and the latter is
an experienced diplomat and successful
politician, who served his country for
many years with marked ability as Consul
general to Mexico, and as chief clerk by
Mr.. Blaine's appointment, of the Pan
American Congress. Mr.. Thompson has
served the Committee faithfully as treasurer
in several previous campaigns, and Is one
OF the harmonious elements III the concert
of leaders who are commanding the bat
teries at the Washington eiId of the cam
paign.
ITS EFFORTS BORE FRUIT.
They have waged remarka bic campaign
SO far. WithiDthirty days afterthe Chicago
convention tue great work Of The committee
was beginning TO tell, and IICm all sec
tioDs of the country Republican party man.
ayers were writing the chairman that the
timely work performed by his Committee
was having marked effect and that thou
saIds who had been stampeded for free
silver, were. Ieturping to the Republican
fold.
The cOmnittee has so far printed twenty
three different documents. The most popu-
lar one is a Nl6-pHge condensation Of tile
speech delivered By Representative James
T. McCleary, OF Minnesota, in the House,
= last Febraary- Tie speech was made In
reply to his colleague, Representative
Fownc, wisOn was gene rally credited with
making the best speech on the silver ques.
ton In the last session Of Congress
The ,coirniitee has already issued g.
100000 copies or AcCleary's speech.
Next in point OF popularity is a sixteen-
page pamphlet Containing the speech OF
Repssse ntastse Dabcock.s on 1.-The His
tory OF Money and Financial Legislation
In Siie uniteds3tatcs", Another very
popular document Is the one referred to in
the first part Of this article. Consisting of
forty pages. and dealing with the silver
question in a conversational form. This is
document amazingly popular with stu
dents OF the Question. Four neighbOrs dis
cuss the problem during three evenings
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paign the committee occupies the entire
second floor of the Hotel Norinantiic Tor
its executive force, consisting or editorial
writers, stenographers, clerks and mes
sengers: near by the committee has rent
e,i two buildings where about $50 clerks
and packers are employed in folding and
shipping documents.
The committee rooms at the Normandie
overlook Mcpherson Square, and the
among the most pleasant quarters in the
capital. There are, altogether, ten spa
cious apartments, including two base
nent rooms, where some of the light
packing is done. Five OF the number are
occupied by the officers and their assist
ants. The remainder are reception rooms
and apartments devoted 10 the use of the
executive staff, typewriters aud tele-
phone attendants.
The Officers of the committee are Rep
resentative Joseph W. Babcock, OF Wis
consin, chairman; Representative Lewis
D. Apsley of Massachusetts, vice chair
man: Representative David II. Mercer,
of Nebraska, secretary; Warner z. Sut-
ton, assistant secretary, and William B.
Thompson. of Washington, treasurer.
GOT EARLY TO WORK.
With something like inspired foresight
there was this year a much earlier orEani-
Zation of the committees working force
was held June is, but weeks prior thereto
the energetic chairman OF the comn.itte"
had his headquarters located in one OF
.he most accessible parts of the city, and
a force at work preparing the printed mat
ter that was to be sent out during the cam
paign.
AT that time it was supposed that the
issue would be well defined between the
protective tariff and the Wilson Jaw. Few
statesmen anticipated that the silver cues.
ton would project Itself upon the political
arena like an avalanche. The declaration
of the st. Louis convention for the gold
standard sounded the keynote of the cam
paign, but the gage of battle had not yet
been picked up by the opposition.
Then camethe Chicago convention. Free
coinage was declared to be the policy of
the Democrats who nominated Mr. Bryan,
and the hottest political campaign since
the war was begun.
Long before the managers had recovered
from their surprise, long before the excite
ment which was engendered by this bold
divergence Of political declarations had
subsided, the Congressional committee was
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songs and games and dances, but they are
simply a prelude to the more important
business of the day.
When the time comes tn C host ess leads all
the girls into one room, where they seat
themselves on the benches. Laughing and
ciiattering, they are each promptly muffled
in winding sheets by the hostess. The head
and hair and figure a re completely covered.
and when this is Gone the girls resemble
mum mics.
The young men dra W lots, and one by one
they enter the room where the muffled girls
sit. Helpless, so far as sight or touch goes.
the puzzled lover tries TO find his favoiite
Finally lie chooses one and then he may un-
veil her.
1t is the law OF custom that the man shall
marry the girl he has picked out, and ir
either backs out a heavy forfeit must-be
paid. 1t is said this matrimonial lottery Is
productive OF many happy marriages.
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at work. Even before the men had been
selected who were to direct the campaign
as members OF the national Committee, half
dozen printing presses were running and
thousands upon thousands of documents,
presenting the sound money side Of thequ
ton, were going out from the Washington
headquarters to the various States where
Republican success was in danger. BY the
early days of September upward of half a
million documents a day were being
mailed.
WHERE CREDIT is DUE.
To no man is due so much credit for the
remarkable work which the Republicans
are doing as to Chairman Dabcock.
Immediately after the organization of the
national committee, Mr.. Babcock went to
Cleveland and had a conference with
Chairman Hanna. He was able to report
that 100000 documents were going out
from Congressional headquarters each day,
and that orders had been placed to Increase
the amount to 500 600.
While the Democrats and Populists were
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The Jewelry Novelty of the Season.


The clever Mr.. Shaw. who was eleven
years with Harris X Shafer, and who will
shortly open a finely equipped and hand
somely appointed jewelry establishment
OF his own. at 110b F street northwest
formerly Davison's), says that at his
opening OIL Thursday lie will display, for
the first time i'll Washington, a full line
of, that beautiful miniature furniture in
Sterling silver.
This is a distinct novelty. In Holland
for many years these things Were given
to children as keep-sakes by wc!l-to-,!o
friends. and that custom still prevails.
They are later priced as additions to the
souvenir cabinet. prominent New York
house was the first to import them. and
found such response oil part OF New York
patrons and New England people of wealth
that they began TO make suitable ones for
this country. AMI they are now the fad
as choice and dainty gifts for my lady's
cabinet as much as for children. Fac
simile reproduction ~of historical chairs
are the latest addition and Mr. Shaw " was
30 kind rs 10 show these to the writer.
There is Lincoln's chair. Dickens chair,
used ut Gads Hill; Napo.con's. Sir Walter
Raleigh's. William Penns, LougfelIow's,
Tennyson's. Shakespcares,. Washiugtons
first inaugural chair. now at New York
On Thursday morning as the opening they
Will be feature well worth seeing.