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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-07-07
LA SUPPRESSION
De LAS
BSTACLONES AGRONOMICAS

Doy cornienzo d este segGndo
al ticulo repitlendo, a guisa de
prefacio, que no trazo una expo
sici6n dc censuras, y 81 un capitu
10 dc observaciones que Ia Cpl
MON impartial y justa apreciara
en- 10 cue valgan, 81 algc valrn.
Reitero asimislno, en- este ms
tante, las protestas de mi devote
respeto a la Fxcma Diputacior
Provincial. insistiendo en- que re
conoz-o y proclamo los mobiles
dcseos que la amman en- bien dc
la Is a, adem mas de su entusiasmo
por el mejor cumpliniento de Ia
ardua y trascendental mission q
su lilIgencia y a su celc contia
da.
Y vuelvo a entrar en- materia,
8, como suelen decir los orado.-
res, uso nuevamente de la pala
bra.
lgual asonbro qnela acordadg
SUPPRESSION de las Escuelas Agro
nomicas ha producido en- mi ami
mo la exceptional destination con
que Sc tomo el acuerdo. No ha
bia motivo para clio. ST existfa
ell prop6sito de restar las Esta-
clones Agron6micas dc los ser
vi los que el Gobierno de S. M
acaba de poEer en- manos de-
Cuerpo Provincial, / por que nc
Sc investg6 y 6epuro detenlda
mente el asunto? I por que no St
hizo de el un meditado estudio,
un estudio que convenciese a to
dos, a la Diputacion y al pals, de
que Sc imponia nece sacramento,
por una i otras razones de peso
y calidad eI s1bito, el radical y
decisive acuerdo
En- una region eminentemente
agri:cla como esta signifcaban
una haiagiiena esperanza los cen
tros de experimentation supri-
midos. Estos tueron saludados
con apIauso al fundarSe; aplau
dida hab1a sido con no menor
agrado la soberaaa disposition
que los creaba. Y Sc com
prende a la legaa. Vefa el pals
en- las suprimldas Estaciones
10 que era logico cue viese
escuelas practicas de agricul
tura, de perfeccionamiento de
los cultivos. llauadas por ende d
introducir grandes progresses en-
la materia donde precisamente
ell rutinarIsmo. en- pu2na cor
las exigeneias de la epoca y 10
Que esta demanda insaciable, in
here sin tregua daninc golpe 3
Ia production, lesionando sus ma
turales elementos. Y 81 con ei
APPLAUSE pGb'ico hablan sido reci
bldas aqui las Estaciones Agro-
81 con ell aplauso p1bli
co hizose Su installation; 81 con
el aplauso p6blico celebrAronse
sus labores, era porque pals en-
tendfa sin dihcultad y deducia sin
esfuerzo cue aqueIlos centros do,
1entes eran una promesa de inc
quivocas real.dades para no leja
no porvenir. ia pesar de todo,
las Esteciones Agron6micas de
saparecen!
Pudo, pudo meditarse el case
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-07-07

epic constitutional que dice que esas
fsculta3es Sc ejercitaran con arreglo
S leyes, COMO este reglamento tiene
f,erza de ley, claro es que con arreg q
| la ley han dictado sus ciisposiciones
generates del pals.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-07-07
Advertencia y conclusion.

Conocido y acordado de antemano
el hotel a que Sc ,tirige ell viajero. al
saltar en- la estacion Sc Cusca el coche
de dicho hotel; Sc llevan 4 el los bul
tos, y eI alquiler de ida y vuelta Sc
abona con la cuenta general. sin mas
modest a, que dan una propina pro-
poEcional 81 mozo por el servicio de
Pa. ar los huitos del tfen al coche.
Es convenientc ajustar de ante
mano los botes y los coehes de punto
por hofas, tomando estos . ser po-
sihle en- la pueita lei hotel, para que
81 a.ega>e el coche que Sc emplea-
ron m5s horas, haya Ella caso de du
das testigos de Ia salida.
En- las poblaciones de Andalucla
como ca easi todas las de Espafa'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-07-07

una gran ciuI.d i.uminadAs por el
sol de una esp endida manaua. Es
tamos en- la estac,on le Madrid y son
las 9 80 dc la matlana del ola IL.
iQae parecida es aquella sonora a
la Re'na! die. saItando al anden; y
ella era. En- el mismo express que
nosotros veoian los Duques de Mont
pensie-, a quienes baio recibir S. M.
la Reiaa Rcgente de Espana, mo5elo
de t,da virtud, Gomo esposa, como
Reina y como madre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1897-07-07
10 }
FOLLETfN.

UNA EXCURSION
81 dice y slss jc,nDd0s TOR CdrafbH
Sevi1la, CddsS. Tanger Lo6
Es6ayzek, G,bsuItoT AlPec'
ras. R0nda. BO6aditla, Md|a
ga, Gruaada yG casa.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
GREAT SYSTEM OF SOCIAL
SETTLEMENT.
CHICAGO is THE CENTER.
temporary Work to Be Provided for
Idle Men-Spacious Tenement Houses
to Be Part of the Great
Scheme-tO Be Similar to
That in Operation In
England.

CHICAGO, Feb. s.-According to Col
onel Brewer of the Salvation army.
Chicago is to be made the center of a
system of social settlements similar to
that In operation in England, made
famous by General William Booth OF
the Salvation army. Arrangements
have been made whereby General Booth
is to come to Chicago and personally
direct the Inauguration of the
movement. He will apply the prac-
tical knowledge of such work cleaned
IN the principal cities of the world to
the establishment of a system of CITY
colonies, where at least temporary
work will be offered every idle man in
the city, will place spacious tenement
houses under the supervision of the
army ard later will extend the move
ment to form colonies within a radius
OF several hundred miles from the
city. Eventually the movement will
include the whole country
The l-o-hods will be the same as
those employed in London. In that
metropolis the 5000 men sheltered in
one year cost 1865, 600. but all but Sl5.-
OoO OF this amount was contributed by
the persons helped. 1t has been esti-
mated that the expense to the city for
the same work would have been ST.
500, 900, with no return in work Col
onel Brewer stated that the first effort
would be to enlarge the Prison Gate
home, the Albemarle Food and Relief
depot and other relief institutions in
this city. Others will be opened and
factories, where the work done will
not interfere with the product of out
side labor, will be established.
The next and most important step, :"
said Colonel Brewer, will be to secure
several large tracts of land in the
neigh borhood of Chicago AS far as
possible the tide of immigration is to
be turned backward from the city to
the land and the congestion in the
crowded districts relieved. On these
farms, under supervision of army
officers. the men will be taught to
support themselves. They will thus
cease to be dependent on charity and
instead will become producers and
consumers"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10

A young lad presented himself be-
fore Lincoln in the famous Blue Room
in July, 1863. well, my lad. what do
you wish?" He wanted to go to West
Point. How old are you?" On his
answer the president said, laying his
hand on the lads shoulder. oh. they
won't receive you at West Point. You
are not old enough" The boys coun-
tenance showed great disappointment.
Mr.. Lincoln asked him where he lived
and what he was doing. He gave his
residence and said he was fifer in a
certain regiment. How long have you
been with the regiment?" Ever since
the war commenced" The president
said. grasping the boys hand, "go back
to your regiment and do your duty, as
know you viii, and when you are old
come back here and will send
You 10 West Point" That seemed to
add asyera! inches to the lads height.
ard ~ In With = pFep6 tsep,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
COlORED MEN OF THE
SOUTH TO OBJECT.
WAR ON ELECTION LAWS,
Part of Far Reaching Scheme to Over
throw the Registration and Elec-
tion Systems in Various South
ern States Where the Negro
Predominates, but His
Vote L. Not Counted.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-President-
elect McKinley's right to his seat may
not be officially declared next week
complications have arisen which may
furnish dramatic interruption to the
counting of the electoral votes next
Wednesday. Representative George
Washington Murray, the only colored
member of the House, who re presents
the Charleston district, will be
the chief actor in the dra-
matte episode. He has just re-
turned from South Carolina, where he
was in consultation with the leading
Republicans of the Palmetto state
He is armed with a petition signed by
thousands of Republicans of that state
protesting against the counting of the
electoral vote. and asking for an in
vestigation of the election laws and
the state constitution. The claim is
made that the election laws and the
state constitution, upon which they
are based, are not in accord with the
federal constitution.
while the dispute over the vote of
South Carolina cannot in any way eff
feet the final result, the best authori-
ties agree that the petition cannot be
ignored, and the investigation of the
precedents shows that when such a
protest is entered the count must i'm
mediately stop until the question is
settled. Whatever the immediate re-
suit of this attempt to discredit
South Cardinals vote may be,
there is no doubt that the program,
which is to be thus dramatically
inaugurated, is part of far reaching
scheme on the part of several Southern
Republicans to overthrow the registra-
ton and election laws in various
Southern states where the negro pre-
dominates, but his vote is not factor
the purpose being to secure either
the Republican domination in these
Southern states or reduce the Demo-
cratic representation in Congress"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
Llncoln's Chance for a Shave.

John j. Janney, who was a personal
friend to Lincoln, called on the presi-
dent one day in behalf of the reinstate-
ment of Captain James, of the army.
who had been refused further hearing
by Secretary Stanton. About 100 per-
sons were admitted to the executive
private office at the same time. Mr..
Janney remained till the last. He
writes as follows of this visit to Mr..
Lincoln:
Finally they all left but two. a
young woman and myself She beck
Oned me forward, and 1 saw she want
ed the last chance at the president.
l shook my head and she went forward.
Upon being addressed, instead of re-
plying she produced a tablet and pencil
and commenced conversation with
the president in writing, proving to
be a mute. She occupied more than
half an hour, and when she left 1 arose
and went forward and was met with:
why, Mr.. Janney, have you been
waiting here all this time? Why didn't
you make yourself known sooner?"
My reply was that / had waited for
the purpose of hearing and seeing him
try all those cases, and said it had
been the most interesting hour of my
life. He replied that it was sometimes
tlresome to him, and frequently very
trying, for he had to refuse appeals
which it would give him pleasure to
grant II justice would allow it. That
girl, he said, had no business that
brought her here. but she will live
happier because she has met the pres
ldent; and it is better at times to let
woman have her way, and so let her
talk. He said he had heard everybody
that wished to be heard, and usually
heard all they had to say
He asked me if there was anything
he could do for me, to which 1 replied
there was, and commenced a state
ment of the case of Captain James.
omitting the name to see If h would
remember the case. Before had pro-
ceeded far, he said to me. why. that
is Captain James case, isn't it?" 1
replied it was. He said he had ordered
him reinstated, and finally asked me
to go over to the war department to
see how the case stood, and let him
know the next morning. I left the
room, but after closing the door open
ed it again without knocking, for
which apologized, and found that the
president had thrown his head back
in his chair, and his barber. who had
evidently been watching his opportu-
nifty, had spread a towel over his
breast, in order to shave him. 1 said
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
Lincoln.s kindnes. to a Little Girl.


Many an act of kindness has been
left undone because it carried with it
seeming loss of dignity, says an ex-
change. The following letter of a lady
or Springfield, ILL.,. published in Nc
Clure's Magazine, shows the self for
getfulness and kindness of the great
men We delight to honor. The inc:-
dent took place after Mr.. Lincoln had
been to congress. We might query
now many representatives of 25O, 1000
men would forget themselves enough
to do the same thing.
The very children" the lady writes,
knew him for there was not one of
them for whom he had not done some
KIND deed. My first impression of Mr..
Lincoln was made by one of his kind
deeds. was going with a little friend
Tor my first trip alone on the railroad
cars. 1t was an epoch of my life.
had planned for it and dreamed of it
for weeks.
The day came, but as the hour of
the train approached the hackman,
through some neglect, failed to
call for my trunk. AS the minutes went
on 1 realized, in a panic of grief, that
L should miss the train. 1 was stand
ing by the gate, my hat and gloves on,
sobbing as if my heart would break,
when Mr.. Lincoln came by.
Why what's the matter?' he asked.
And l poured out all my story.
How big's the trunk? There is
still time if it isn't too big and he
pushed through the gate and up to the
door.
My mother and 1 took him up to
my room, where my little old-fashioned
trunk stood, locked and tied. oh. ohr
he cried. Wipe your eyes and come
on quick
And before I knew what he was
going to do he had shouldered the
trunk, was downstairs and striding
out Of the yard. Down the street he
went as fast as his long legs would
carry him, l trotting behind drying
my tears as I went. We reached the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
NOT SENATOR HANNA.

Governor Bushnelrs Own Ambition In
the Way-No Cabinet Place Wanted.
CLEVELAND. o., Feb. 5.-Careful in
quiry among the more intimate friends
and political advisers of NJ A. Hanna
to-day developed that there is good
ground for the reports which have
been in circulation during the past few
days that the national chairman will
not be appointed to succeed John Sher-
man in the United States Senate. In
fact, it can be stated on unquestion.
able authority that Mr.. Hanna has
practically abandoned all hope and
there is now little doubt that Governor
Bushnell will appoint Lieutenant Gov
ernor Jones to fill the unexpired term
and that the next session of the legis-
lature, in January, 1898, Governor
Bushnell himself will be a candidate
for the full term.
The report that Hanna is being
strongly urged to accept the postlnas.
ter generalship in President McKin-
ley's cabinet is also verified, but thus
far, it is stated, he has steadily de.
clined to enter the cabinet in any ca
pacity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
GRAIN INSPECTION.
Annual Report to the Board of Rail-
way Commissioners.

Annual Report to the Board of Rail-
way Commissioners.
JEFFERSON CITY, No., Feb. 8.-The
state grain inspection department filed
its seventh annual report with the
state board of railway commissioners
Yesterday afternoon. The report
shows that the number of inspec-
tions at public warehouses on track
for the year ending December 81, 1895,
increased over 100 per cent over the
preceding year at st. Louis and St
Joseph, and decreased about one
fourth at Kansas City. Inspector Hill
Ter says the decrease at Kansas City
was due to the more liberal rules of
the Kansas state inspection in regard
to mixing grain.
The expenses of the department
were greater for 1896 than for 1895,
caused by the increase in business.
The total receipts from fees in 1895
were $33, ,215.54, and in 1896 the fees
aggregated S43, ,45s.63, an increase of
SO, 243.O9. The total expenses in 1895
were $40, $50. %, and in 1896, $32, ,s1S. IL,
an increase of 1888. 80.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
HAD A LIVELY SESSION.
Kansas House Railroad Committee ut
War-Membe-s Iocked In


War-Membe-s Locked In.
Topeka, Kan. Feb. a-The House
committee on railroads had a stormy
session yesterday afternoon. The
ma ximum freight rate bill was under
discussion. and some OF the members
tried to break up the meeting. A
fierce quarrel followed and it became
necessary to call the sergeant-at-arms
to quell the disturbance. The good
sense of the members perhaps was all
that stood in the way of serious con-
fict
The trouble occurred when Chair
man Brown. Populist, suggested that
the maximum rate bill be read and
considered section by section Mr..
Try, Republican, objected. He said
that there were several other bills in
the hands of the committee, and asked
that they all be brought out SO the
committee could decide upon which
should be read first. Brown insisted
upon reading the maximum bill.
Ury struck the table with his fist
and declared that he would not vote
for the maximum bill if the state never
got any railroad legislation.
Dio"H Sdlu he guessed Ory would
have to lay aside his prejudices, For. !"
he added. this bill will be read to-
day. and in my judgment it will be re-
ported and passed"
Ury jumped up and said he would
not listen to the reading. "I'll leave
the room," he roared, and started to-
ward the door.
The three other Republican members
-Burtis, Henley and Brooke-rose to
follow Try.
You men can't go out of here"
Brown shouted, and he made a dash
for the door, too
The head of the table at which
Brown sat was near the door, while
the Republicans were on one side
toward the lower end. Brown, there
fore, reached the door first, and had it
locked and the key in his pocket be-
fore Ury and his friends got fairly un-
der way.
Try demanded that Brown open the
door Brown refused.
For ten minutes the Populist chair
man and his Republican adversary
abu sed each other, and the rest of the
me mbers put in" whenever there
was Il lull
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
To Keep From Starving.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. s.-John Giesen,
a German, took horse away from
a crowd of boys last evening and
drove it to his hut, and killed it
for food. Giesen was out of work
and with his wife and four children
was starving to death. The horse be-
longed to coal dealer, who allowed
it to roam at large because it was
lamc. Some boys were driving it
around in the snow when Giesen seized
the horse. The boys who followed
Giesen saw him kill the animal, cut off
the hind quarter and start to roast it.
Giesen told the policeman when ar
rested that he and his family had eaten
nothing for three days They had not
eaten meat for months.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
NUMBER 40.
NEW TARIFF BILL
It Shuts Out Mexican Cattle From This
Country-McKinlsy RatesL


Country-McKinisy Rates
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Yesterday's
meeting of the Repu blican members
OF the ways and means committee was
the most important of the series, forit
resulted in the framing of the agricul-
tural schedule, which was made a re-
enactment of the Mckinley law with
few changes, except on unimportant
products. The most important step
In connection with this schedule was
the establishment of rates of S. head
on cattle more than one year old, and
OF 25 per cent ad valorem on cattle
valued at more than $50 a head. The
Mckinley rates on other live stock, in
cluding the rate of So on cattle of one
year old or less are restored. The
Wilson rates were 20 per cent ad valo.
rem on live stock. and, while the new
duty of IS on cattle does not reach the
Mckinley figure of $40 on cattle moro
than year old, it is expected that,
with the ad valorem on the more val.
liable grades. it will prove adequate to
shut out Mexican cattle. 1t is against
the Mexican stock that the increase In
particularly directed on the represen.
tations of western cattlemen that their
business had been ruined by the i'm.
portations from Mexico under the VIII
son law. which amounted to more than
200, 600 head.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
Fifty-Nine Bills Passed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. - Yesterday
was private bill day in the House and
the entire day was spent in clearing
the calendar of the unfinished busi-
ness reported from the Friday night
sessions Out of sixty-three bills,
fifty-nine were passed. Among those
passed were the following: To PEN
sion the widow of Major General Eras-
tus B. Tyler, at the rate of $50 per
month; to increase the pension of
Major General Julius Fl. Stahl to $50:
Frances p Trumbull, the widow of
Colonel Matthew M. Trumbull of the
Ninth Iowa cavalry, $50, and the
widow of Major General George Fl.
Stoneman at the rate of $50 per month.
The Senate fixed the rate in this bill
at $75.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10

l had forgotten to ask him at what
hour l should call. Call at O'Clock.
I'll be here" 1 went to the war de-
partment, and upon inquiry was told
they did not understand the president
as having ordered Captain James re-
instated, that they thought the case
had been referred to Assistant Secre-
tary Watson, but upon inquiry, it was
found, as l suspected, that Mr.. Stanton
had pigeon-holed it, so that his decis-
ION should not be interfered with.
Next morning l went TO the White
House and took seat in the anteroom
with newspaper. in a position that
would enable me to see the president
when he came up the stairs. In q few
minutes the president came up the
stairs. and as be turned to 20 to his
own room he looked over his shoulder
Aaa sew ne, With "pnms ts, NJ, Jau.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Feb. s.-Lee
Meriwether announced last night that
he had withdrawn from the race for
labor commissioner, and it was at once
taken for granted by politicians, par
ticularly the Populists, that this made
1T certain that Rozelle, the Populist
State chairman, would be appointed.
1t was asserted that Meriwether had
dropped out at the suggestion of Gov
ernor Stephens or some of his close
friends to save him the discomfort of
being turned down. Governor Steph-
ems, however, would not say that this
assertion was true.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
ASKS FOR MERCY.
Santa Fe Alarmed at Pending Legisla-
tion In Kansas.

Santa Fe Alarmed at Pending Legisia-
ton In Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. Sc. p. Ripley,
president of the Santa Fe, made for
NAL appeal to the Legislature yester-
day against the railroad bills pending
in both houses The appeal is in the
form of carefully prepared pamphlet,
entitled. Memorial of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Com
pany to the Legislature of the State
of Kansas" In it President Ripley
endeavors to point out the injustice of
the reforms proposed. He asserts that
none of the Kansas lines are paying
investments, and that existing rates
are already lower, in comparison, than
those of neighboring and more thickly
settled states. He intimates that the
passage of the proposed bills would be
equivalent to confiscation, and ex-
presses the hope that no appeal to the
courts will be necessary in order to
protect the company's corporrte rights.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
Called Senator Squire . "cur. /.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. SIN the Sem
ate Taylor made bitter speech in de-
nunciation of the statement made by
United States Senator Squire before
the senatorial investigating committee
that he was one of the men whom
Warner claimed were in the combina-
ton that could be handled with money
in the senatorial fight. Taylor re-
ferred to Squire as cur and demanded
the appoin tment of committee to in
vestigate the matter. The committee
was appointed, and at Taylor's request
was composed of three Republicans,
being of the opposite political faith.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-10
Eloper. BACK I'm Amer,ca.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s.-Among the
passengers from Honolulu on the
steamer City of Peking were Mrs. c. c.
Pinckney-Norris and Cavalier Smith,
the Philadelphia society people who
eloped last month They were entered
on the cabin list simply as ''Mr. and
Mrs Smith," and registered in the
same form at a local hotel. They
went to Honolulu intending to proceed
to Japan, but changed their plans on
account of the notoriety given to their
movements.