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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-30

de realizar au intento. y s;gu;6 al .e-
n,r C8novas & SAINT. Agu-da; en-
aquel balneario espsrabs "a oportu-
nidad; el sabado le sIgui6 hasta
Mondrag6n. y en- la ms n ma del do
mingo fue tras 81 Ia capilla, pro-
ponie adoles hacerle fnego durante el
santo sacri6c'o de la misa.
En ell hots Sc hacia pasar por CO.
responsal del peri6dico II Pop0lo
Parece ser que So verdadero nom
bre es Miguel Angiolino. que estu
70 preso en- Vsrga ra. Tiene en- Ita-
liza dos hermanos y tres hermanas.
Seg1n su declaration, cuenta rs
amos de edad. es natural de Foggia,
cerca de Napoles. y ha tornado parte
en- los actos de los anarquistas en-
B srcelona.
Su aspecto es ell de una persona
pscf6ca: es de mediana estatura,
lleva toda Ia barbs y usa anteojos.
Muestrase sati fecho de su cri-
men dice que no ignora la suerte
que le aguarda. que no tetia odio
personal al senior Canovas y que
obedeci6 ordenes superiores.
Parece que sufri6 IS meses de
prisi6a en- Lucara. Italia, huyendo q
M arsella de slIf a B arcelona.
Ansefa0sas y anancaoS
Londres, 8 de Agosto Ia tele-
grama de Lyon dice que el peri6di-
co E:rpress hs publicado una interUiesO
con un anarquista italiano, declaran-
do que hacia tempo SO tenia prepa-
rado nm atentado anarquista contra
el Sc n or Canovas, y SO esperaba la
oportunidad para realizarlo.
Los anarquistas espanoles expul
sados de B .rcelona, que estan en-
Londres, dicen que NADIA tienen que
YER con ell asesinato. y que no como
cen en- absolute a r baldi Rinaldi,
ell asesino. creyendo que SO trata de
IN ac.o individual. psro que no de.
ploran la muerte del senior Canovas.
Paris, lem, idem.-En una fun
cion especial que Sc di6 esta tarde
en- ell IT Tsatro de Ia Repub;ique" q
bsne6cio de los anarquistas esps no.
les que estan en- Paris; pronuncio un
discurso violento ell anarquista Ia
rrida M armoI. uno de los que estu-
vieron detenidos en- ell castillo de
Mont juich, diciendo que ell Sc NOR
ca aovas del Castillo debfa SO asesi-
nado. Dlcese que Tarrida sera
preso.
Habla Ell se,5or s gasta
Madrid 9 de- Agosto E sefior
Sagasta, jefe del partido liberal, ha
dicho 10 siguiente
La poIftics ds un pats no ha 10
subordinarse q los hachos de un
asesino Los conservadores deben
continuar en- ell podar. bsjo la diree-
c;on de b omb b:es como eli general
Martinez Campos. Pidal y Eduayen.
Pero 81 la R.lna pide su concur q
los libsra!es, estos ace ptaran en- el
acto sns mandates"
La prediction de una gitana
Malaga 9 de Agosto.-Las perso-
mas de edad recuerdan que cnando
el senior Canovas era jovsn, una gi-
tana le pred,io su praudeza y ma
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-30
La prediction de una gitana

Malaga 9 de Agosto.-Las perso-
mas de edad recuerdan que cnando
el senior CanovAs era jovsn, una gi-
tana lie pred'jo su grandeza y una
muerte violenta.
The times., 1897-05-24

In swimming when he liked, but this de-
light is how denied him, and me does not
like hot water and soap any better than
the average small 10y. His idea Of bath
is river, where there is a chance for q
good splash and swim; not massage ami
shampoo performance, which is undignified
and gets soap in his eyes. All this makes
it hard for both washer and washee.
The idea of tile reformer above mentioned
Is that a place should be fitted up with
all the necessary conveniences for clean
ing and disinfecting, where dogs could bc
sent as often as necessary, with the GER
tainty OF their coming back clean and in
good temper Tothis end tits recommended
that the charges be moderate and the at
tendants people who really love to wash
dogs. Perhaps the dog laundry will some
day he a reality But until the phan
thropist is found, and the money, and the
attendants, the present system viii prob
atly go on operating, in Chicago and else
where.
The times., 1897-05-24
The Eastern situation.

Even the London press dispatches con-
cede that the terms of settlement between
Greece and Turkey will be dictated by
Russia and Germany, and that England
Will be without voice in the matter There
is plenty of good reason Cor this, and Il is
not regarded as probable that Lord Sails
bury will make any difficulties, however
much he may feel the humiliation of his
government.
After it became apparent that the Greek
army in Thessaly was completely and
hopelessly whipped, and that Edhem Pasha
could finish the campaign with half the
force at his command, the Sultan kept on
rushing re-e1forcements to the front, and
calling out fresh reserves, at the same time
laying in an additional stock of artillery
from Germany. At the present time 1t
Is estimated that there are not far from
100000 Turkish troops concentrated at
different pointsIn Thessaly and Macedonia,
and the question may be asked in London.
What does 1t all mean?
From Constantinople we hear that the
Turkish war party is in the ascendant and
The times., 1897-05-24

Members of the Congressional delegation
attention to the following petition signed
by the veterans belonging TO the Grand
Army posts at Decatur, in their State, and
sent to President Mckinley few days ago.
1t is a sample of others that are flooding
the White House mail
To the Honorable william Mckinley.
President Of the United States-Slr: The
undersigned, Union veterans OF our civil
war, would respectfully represent To you,
also comrade Ia the grand army, that for
more than a year they have been anXlously
waiting for our Government to grant the
Cuban patriots, who are battling SO nobly
Tor the rig hI u, goYera themselves. the rights
OF bciligercnts. We also ask you to stop
the atrocities perpetrate1 by Spain in Cuba,
under the guise of warfare, peaceably or
forcibiy, as may be necessary.
We believe this to be duty We owe TO
humanity as well as part of the debt of
gratitude our fathers owed, bit never paid.
for the eiiperty and independence they gained
with the assistance of liberty-loving French
men.
How can we find fault with the actions
of the European nations about the Arinen-
ian atrocities when we are Soindifferent to
the pleas for all from a brave people w no
are fighting against an inhunlan and bar
our shores?
is the power and influence OF this ma
tion never to be exerted In favor of the
down-trodden and oppressed? Should the
moneyed and business interests of this coun-
try always control it's policies?
We hope not, AIR. President. and with
all the force our previous service to our
country can give it, We beseech you to act
at once, that human liberty may he in
creased among men, and the old soldiers
of this republic may have no cause 10 be
ashamed OF the country they helped to save
over thirty years ago.
The times., 1897-05-24

i'll disposed to let the Sultan accept die
tation ID the matter of settlement. Aside
from tTiis consideration Russian influence is
paramount at the palace, and the suspicicu
grows that it is not without come private
understanding with the Gar that Abdul
Hamid mas been making and still continues
TO prosecute all these warlike pIepara-
tions. 1t is not without cause that Brit
ish opinion looks askance at the apparent
alliance OF the three emperors with the
Sultan. 1t may mean Egypt, and possibly
other things not pleasant or susceptible of
arbitration.
Matters in Greece do notimprove. There
is great suffering in the war stricken dis
tricts OF Thessaly and Epirus, and the
situation of the royal family in Athens
is extremely precarious 1t is acknowi-
edged that Crown Prince Constantine VIII
TO come, SO universally is he detested Ivy
the populace. In general, it may be said
that the settlement OF the war hangs fire
as badly as the war itself did before 1T
started The situation has descended from
the horror of hostilities, to be sure, but
only to sink in the endless muddie Cf
bargaining diplomacy That pleases the
Sultan, who hopes that thereby, the mu-
tual jealousies of his Christian neighbois
may lead tn n row among SOme of them
and he feels strong enough to take
hand in almost any kind of a row, in these
days
The times., 1897-05-24
CAvILL'S LAST FAKE.
4 Swimmer Plays a Trick Which
Causes His Death.


Stockton, Cal, May 23-CharIes Gavin.
champion swimmer OF Australia, was as
phyxiated by gas last night while trying
TO remain under water longer than five
minutes and five seconds. His death re-
veaIed the fake by which he had made a
record OF remaining long periods under
water, as it showed that he used an in
veTted tub and breathed the air inclosed
under the tub. Cavill gave his exhibition
in tie stockton Rath and personally placed
1t seems that the water in the baths oomes
from old natural gas wells and gas rises
in the water in the tank
When Cavill sank TO the bottom of the
tank and put his head under the tub, ex-
pecting to breathe pure air, he inhaled this
sitting gas and Immediately lost con-
sciousnesS. His associate knew nothing
of his peril, but waited six minutes
Then he became alarmed and dove for
his partner He found Cavill with his
headunderthetUb. Tie swimmer wasdead
Every known restorative was applied by
skillfui physicians, but without effect
The doctors said Caviil's lungs contained
no water. which was clear proof that he
was asphyxiated by gas
Cavill came OF family of famous English
swimmers. He came here last year and
won a great reputation by swimming
across Golden Gate against tremendous
tide
The times., 1897-05-24
A Dog Cleaning Estatlishment.

Somebody in Chicago has new philan-
tbropic idea, and earnestly recommends
it to those about to make Wills 1t is
that instead of leaving money to university,
library Or hospital the generous million
aire should establish a batIlhouse for
dogs 1t is pointed out that the dog,
like other mundane inhabitants, needs a
wash occasionally, and that it is no small
task to wash large, long-haired dog
properly. 1t is so disagreeable a task,
indeed, especially if the dog be not willing,
that dog-owners are prone to leave 1t to
the servants. and fae servant naturally
is not much more eager for it than the
owner. So the dog goes unwashed for
the most part, or is scrubbed by heartless
and inconsiderate people who do not love
him. In his wild state he was able to go
The times., 1897-05-24
BUILDING AN AIRsHIp /.
One Almost Completed on Grand
Island In California.

San Francisco, May 23.-At Grand
Island. on Sacramento River, is now near
ing completion, an airship, built on novel
lines, with gasoline as the motive power,
and the propelling and steering to be
done by strong alu,ainum propellers. The
machine is built by the Sweaney-Davcn-
port Company, which has paid-up capital
OF $4,000 expressly for this purpose.
The snip will be 125 feet long and the
car will be AZ 1-2 feet from the top OF
the cylinder. The width viii be 81 12
feet from tip TO tip OF the propellers 1t
consists of an eiiiptical gas-filled cylinder
with two propeliers, one on each side OF
the cylinder The cylinder is made nom
collapsabie by bicycle tubing, running
leugthwise, and underneath is a small
compensating cylinder, into which the
hydrogen gas escapes, and the gas ex-
pands and returns again into the cylinder
when the machine nears the earth
Tile promoters expect to make a trial
trip next month. They will start by
daylight and sail over Frisco. If the
machine is a success they propose to
cross the continent in 1t. AS no gas
is lost, they viii not have to stop.
The times., 1897-05-24
WILL BRAND FEMALE SEALS.
The Government Has Decided Upon
This Action.

San Francisco, May %. DIR. D. S. Jordan.
wLo will be the American scientific repre-
sentative at the Pribilof Islands this
sumner, says that as the British govern
ment has not come To satisfactory terms
with the United States for protecting fur
seals in Bering Sea, the United states viii
begin, this summer, through the fur seal
commission, the work OF branding female
seals on the Pribilof Islands. This viii
spoil the skins of the branded seals and 50
stop pelagic sealing by making it unprofit-
able.
One of his assistants, Elmer Farmer, an
expert electrician, has invented an cleo
tricai machine for branding seals. and IL
it proves satisfactory, 1t will do a great
deal toward settling the seal question.
The times., 1897-05-24
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Harold" she said. coyly, as they sat
together in the hammock, while the moon
rose in the usual place behind the house.
do you think men are less brave than
they used to be-"
Il suppose you have been reading some
of those medieval romantic novels, ne said,
gloomily, but just wantto ask you one
question: The heroine of those novels has
Indians, and fire, and flood, and famine,
and obdurate fathers, and all that after
her, but did you ever read OF one who
had a little brother?'
She owned that he was brave.
Money talks, and perhaps that is one
reason why the Milhonaires' Club is SO
loquacious.
Lord Tennyson once made blood rhyme
with good If he had been brought up
on a modern newspaper he would have
known that the proper rhyme for the first
named word was dull thud,'' and he
would have known better than TO rhyme
the other.
Senator Hoar loves peace so well that
he isn't willing to let anybody else have
any.
''What makes yer SO solemn, Cully?"
uueried Tin Cup Mike. "Yer look as IL
yer was startin' fer yer own funeral"
''The matter is" said Gully, I'm view
in my end, and it's sad. This boot amt
got no sole, and 1 kicked hat with a
brick in it today with that FOOT
The tramp who was found by the road
side the other day, apparently in the last
stages of some terrible disease, has proved
to be simply a martyr to principle. He
was caught with a cake of soap in his
posse ssion, and to avoid disgracing his
profession he ate the soap.
Whatever may be said about Brooklyn.
her inhabitants are always in the push.
They are of the opinion that young Brook
lyntes are good enough things to bear
pushing along.
''How did they happen to get maIried?"
"Why, he had joined o bachelors club
and she had joined girl bachelors club"
and they both got so tired of their clubs
that propinquity did the rest.
Mr. Chapman may be bird, but not
the typical jail variety 1T all.
The times., 1897-05-24
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES.

'The Dingley bin erred in making pro-
lection the main object OF any tariff
legislation said Mr.. Theodore Hall, a
Chicago attorney, at the Ebbitt last night.
1.-The Senate bill is more intelligent
measure, because it recognizes revenue
as the principal end. A tariff bill must
be judged by its fitness to attain a special
end. 1t may be framed with the purpose
of decreasing revenue, or encouraging 9
industry. or protecting the farmer against
competition, or OF obtaining more revenue.
1t may even accomplish two of these
objects tile one directly and the otner
by iadirection But the standard OF Judg-
ment is supplied by the more important
of the intentions There can be 10
doubt that at the present jGnoture reve-
nue. is the leading object The industries
OF the land are depressed, but so are
the industries of every great manufacture
Ing people.
The farmers of the United States have
passed through a series of verifying years,
but they have or late enjoyed better re-
turns and have the promise of even greater
prosperity in the near future. The rail-
roads have suffered in full sympathy with
manufacturers and agriculture, but out Of
their defaults and failures will come a
stronger system, competent To Withstand
greater Stress and more severe depres-
sion. There is no branch OF manufacture
that can be more than temporarily stimu-
lated by an increased tariff, and there are
many branches that are reaching out for
foreign markets, at last able to compete sue
cessfuIiy with their European competitors.
Protection from imported manufactures
cannot bring any but limited prosperity,
for the people of the United States are
more independent OF foreign supplies than
they ever have been, and what they import
forms a very small part OF their total con-
SUMPTION
The times., 1897-05-24

The Cuban documents long ago demanded
by the Senate are being slowly prepared
in the State Department Not all gr them
will be sent In. There are some that Will
be suppressed, because their contents are
so startling that publicity might involve
danger to the writers, and that would
make it necessary to send them some pro-
lection
The times., 1897-05-24
Anything for Variety.

On the one excursion north of Mason
and Dixon's line which John Randolph Of
Roanoke permitted himself in the course Of
his life he ordered the waiter at tavern
to 'cbange his cup" The man inquired
whether he desired tea or coffee. 'Ifthis, !"
he said, indicating with his scornful fore
finger the beverage already served to him,
''if tlis be tea, bring me coffee II this
be coffee. bring mete fwant chan ge Z"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The times., 1897-05-24
A scorcher Ouenched.

A bicyclist In New York scorched to
catch ferry boat that was leaving the
pier, and ran fun tilt into a three-foot
gap between the boat and the wharf His
teeth and nose were pushed in and his
bicycle fished out Of the ocean later. A
little thing like a thIee-foot gap is not
going to prevent the real-thing scorcher
from making the usual accursed idiot Of
himself lf-Minneapolis Journal.
The times., 1897-05-24
IRIsHMEN NOT FOR TURKEY
To the Editor of The Times:

To the Editor of The Times
The Evening Star Of april "a, ultimo,
printed cable dispatch from LONDON to
the effect tnat the Irish people applauded
the Turks in their contest with the Greeks
Being constant reader of leading Irish
newspapers, | knew, OF course, that the
dispatch was the deliberate falsahood of
one of the English scribbleTs, whose prin-
cipal business it is TO place the people of
Ireland in a false light before their Aineri-
can friends; but III order TO obtain an
authoritative expression Of the sentiments
OF the irish people on the subject, wrote
to the editor of the Cork Herald one OF
the leading Ifish newspapers, and he pub
lished an editorial reply, which 1 sent TO
the editor of the Evening Star, with the
following letter:
"DeIiberate and stupid FaIsehoods."
To the Star:
l have SO often exposed the falsehOods
Ghat are sent 10 this country through the
English cable, derogatory to the liIsh
people, that 1t seems like work or
supeferogatlon to go over the subject
again. But the object sought to be at
tanned by ali those bogus dispatches is
SO PLAIN That II may be as well again III
Tie Star VIII kindly grant the courtesy
TO caution the friends or human liberty
not 10 be mIslead by them.
1he latest manifestation OF absurdity
and baretaced lying in this line was the
London dispatch TO tie Star OF April "A.
Here iu is:
The times., 1897-05-24
PerpIexities of the Raines Law.

''Is this hotel?'' asked the stranger
who had Just arrived in New York.
Cant say yet,'' replied the dapper
young man behind the counter. Wee
trying to find out"
Trying to find outr'
''Sure. The proprietor has just been
reading the new Raines law and now he
has gone out to borrow an augur so that
he can find out how thick the walls are. j.
Chicago Post
The times., 1897-05-24
A Progressive Governor.
buffalo Expressly

The governor of Kentucky has pardoned
a twelvc-year-old girl. who had been SEN
fenced to the peniteRtiary for one year for
perjury. He says further that he will
pardon every juvenile delinquent unless
the legislature at once provides funds for
State reform school. His course is right
A State which sends child criminals to the
same prison with old and hardened con-
yicts is lacking iu civilization
The times., 1897-05-24

From Madrid the report again is sent
out that the Spanish government will
raise money on the A1maden quicksilver
mines. We would like TO inquire, when
and under what circumstances the gov
ernment got those mines back from the
Rothschilds, who have had them in pos
session for half a century at least?
The times., 1897-05-24

It has been charged that literature, real
literature, graphic, picturesque, and lively,
also been charged that the ina ginative
quality of the human mind IS on the de-
crease. Both these theories can be dis
proved with one stroke. When Gen.
weyler writes anything it always takes
its place at the head of the column next
advertising matter.
The times., 1897-05-24
sneciaI session VIII BE Brief,

Trenton, n. j., May 23.-The special
session Of the legisla ture on Tuesday, it
is believed, will ira nsacJ no other business
except to pass a bill providing for the
submission to popular vote of the three
Constitutional amendments in September
A canvass has been made OF the seus tors
and members, and the sentiment is almost
unanimous in favor of this policy,
The times., 1897-05-24

Gen Drummond, the Engiishman who
led the revolutionary forces at Puerto
Cortez, Honduras, and who was captured
and aboutto be shot, was promptly released
when British gunboat came along and
demanded him. If he had been an Ameri-
can, there would have been murder and
a suppression OF the facts if possible
Which illustrates the difference between
flagsI
The times., 1897-05-24

British pride n colonial dominion is
taking offcnse because Col. Hay uses the
expression American Embassy on his
letterheads. 1t is asserted that the United
States is not the whole continent; beca1se
there is Canada, you knowl IT is Lew
sensation for the Londoners TO find any
thing American about an American rep
resentative, and they do not know what TO
make of it
The times., 1897-05-24

Mr.. Palfour has sprung a parliamentary
surprise In developing a relief scheme for
Ireland which will reduce peasants tax
alton by S2.OO0,0OO annually. The project
is warmly received In Ireland, and VIII
go great way toward neutralizing home
rule opposition to the Tory party in the
House of Commons
The times., 1897-05-24
CLOSE WITH BRITISH OFFERS.
The Dole Government firing of
This Country's Inaction.

San Francisco, May 23.-Private let
ters from Honolulu say that the Dole
government has decided to give to a
British company a concession for an
ocean cable.
The Hawaiian government has grown
weary of the lukewarm attitude of the
United States over the cable question, and
has closed with the British proposals Re-
Gently the British war vessel Pelican
left Sydney to make a survey to Tanning
Island, and the Wild Swan recently left
Honolulu to survey cable routes around
that island, which Will be the main land
ing place for the cable.
The times., 1897-05-24

England cannot avoid being kicked out
of her old position one OF the powers
of Europe, by Emperor william. assisted
Wales can refuse to race boats with
the Kaiser, and that is regarded in Great
Britain as very nearly getting even.
The times., 1897-05-24

There are people who seem to think
that we owe England something; and they
want to make the Queen Jubilee present
gold reserve Why not make her
present of the arbitration treaty? The
United States does not want it
The times., 1897-05-24

Senator Aldrich is extremely unhappy
tobacco taxes outof politics, but will have
to make his fight against the brewers
and the smokers OF the country an Admin
istration issue. He knows only too Well
what his party will get from the German
voters in cOuseuuence
The times., 1897-05-24
The Habit of SuDDort.

Wheeler, the ba nker son-in-law OF Bloody
Brlhies' Waite, has failed In Colorado
owing to a flaw in his mining titles. When
Waite firstran for governor someoue asked
Wheeler if he was going to support him.
81 suppose so.' was the reply. That's
what I've done ever since married into
the family Chicago Chronicle
The times., 1897-05-24
jealousy Causes a Murder.

Red Bank, \. J., May 23.-David Locker,
a colOred man, was shot and killed about
midnight last night by another colCred
man, named James Rossier. The shoot
ing was due to jealousy, Locker being with
Rossier's wife at the time. Locker was
about thirty-five years old and is said
to have wife and family in Newberne,
N c.
The times., 1897-05-24

The New York Journal observes that
''if Marcus Aurelius Hanna cannot control.
the Senate on such a small matter as the
Cuban resolution. he is likely TO lose control
of the hitherto submissive, but now indig
nant, occupant of the White House.
The times., 1897-05-24

1t is only few days since friends OF the
Administration were accusing The Times OF
exasgeration in asserting that not less
than eight hundred Americans in Cuba Were
sufferngforf food. Now Consul-GeneralFi Fitz-
hugh Lee reports that there are at least
twelve hundred