davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times., 1898-04-21

Mr. Mckinley is determined that Spain
shall fire the first shot We are under
the impression that she did that when
she blew up the Maine! 1t does not much
matter. When our ships get close in 10
the Spanish coast fortihcations. We do
not doubt that little judicious diplomacy
will precipitate hostiities. The Spaniards
are peppery. and if they happen to have a
biy gun loaded somewhere some Of them
will touch il of, even if they run away
Immediately afterward.
The evening times., 1898-04-21

down to us in incomplete form. and under
the name of PhilO of Byzantium. an en-
gineer of the second century. r. G. is
really. as its style and artificial purisms
amply show. the work of some ThetOri-
clan Of the fifth or sixth century after
Christ and in no wise charSedble against
the otherwise blameleSs record OF the eN-
ceIIent man of facts and machines. The
list il gives is the same as that found in
Antipater's epiSram.
The evening times., 1898-04-21

Mckinley cannot be induced to extend
the period. the Spanish forces VIII De
compelled to rebel against the mandate.
II adds that there Is much GOODNESS In
ordering a master out of his own house.
Well. so there is. In the present case
however, Spain is not master of anything
in the Western Hemisphere. Spanish
sovereignty on this side of the water Is
a thing of the past. Its memory is Ia
belled "Decapitate pro criminibus!
The evening times., 1898-04-21

(From the New York Mail and Express.)
Even the dullest ear must perceive that the
voices of the American eagle and the British
lion are speaking in almost perfect tune nova
davs. There is music in their tones, mat
ter whether it be the pean of peace or the song
of
The evening times., 1898-04-21
IOfa of Chnnccs at HONG.


Fron the Philadelphia Item-l
We notice that some OF our pale-about the-glllS
contemporaries think the war scare Is hOrrid. he
cause il has prevented the usual American ex-
odus to Europe But we fail To anything de
moraIizing in Americans spending at home the
money so recklessIy squandered abroad
The evening times., 1898-04-21

Here is another story of Disraeli. Ii
is one of his quick replies: A lady
who had asked him to dinner. when the
Eastern question was looming large
incurred: Lord Beaconsfield. what are
you waiting for?" For mutton and
notatoes'
The evening times., 1898-04-21

The Havana newspaper, La Lueha.
treats the American ultimatum with
pleasant irony. Ii says that forty-eight
hours is rather a short time in which to
move $1,000 regulars and 3oo.ooa volunteers
out of Cuba. and thinks that if President
The evening times., 1898-04-21
4 Free Slave.

She said to himS her lover:
Il would not hold you-no.
II once the dream seemed over,
If once you wished TO go.
You're free at any season,
Al any moment-free.
''But that is just the reason
You hold me FAST" said be.
Madeline 5. Bridges.
The evening times., 1898-04-21

tFrom the Columbus PressPost.)
Hanna couldn't even buy his way into the
Senate from Ohio again. Even before he pur-
chased his senatorial seat many suspected HIM
of bcinp a Snaniard Now everybody knows it.
The evening times., 1898-04-21

For whatever reason Il be royalty
seems to be more given to superstition
than common mortals will own to being
Mention has recently been made of some
of the points on which Emperor William
is especially creduIous. one of them con-
cerning the iIl-Iuck that seems TO attend
married couples who journey together 10
Jerusalem. Perhaps by no royal house.
however, Is belief in real centuries-old
ghosts received with franker good faith
than by the house OF Bernadotte. The
old royal castle at Stockholm has an
inner history of ghostly sort that every
now and then comes TO the surface. By
those who think they know il has al
ways been contended that certain
room al certain times is inhabited by a
spook which has been given the name
of White Lady If only one person
and that one an unreliable individual.
had spread that report. one might BE-
able to laugh at the tale but as late
as 1898 Capt. Aarendorf aide-de-camp to
| his royal hghneJs the crown prince OF
| Denmark. who was visiting the royal
family of Sweden. declared in the pres
| ence of his master and few friends that
| his rest in the castle had been disturbed
/ in the early hours of the morning by q
Nhlte la0N. VINO NlolenuS SnOOh MIN a-
/ he lay asleep. Now comes Pastor Wad.
| strom. who in a newly issued pamph-
/ let, relates tale which he says he has
heard the late Princess Eugene narrate
on two different occasions to people who
| are even now living.
Princess Eugene was the sister OF
| King Oscar II, the present ruler. She
! was the kings favorite, and was never
| married. She was devoted 10 the fam
! lily and was trustworthy. The story OF
! the princess goes on TO say that about
the last Of March. ISL shortly before thC
| death of Queen Louisa the consOrt OF
Carl Nv, she had been spending the
| evening with her mother. the Dowagel
/ Queen Josephine.
The evening times., 1898-04-21
yandnIisIn.


(From the Detroit Free Press
''Did those burglars steal your family plate
Worse than that: they walked OF with my
vife's ancestral colonial, pewter cahdesticks
The evening times., 1898-04-21
Cen Give the DOns Points

(From the indianapolis News.)
A full regiment is promised from Wall Street.
III il gets to Havana there will be some bull fight
ing Of a sort which viii give the Spaniards new
ideas of the sport.
The evening times., 1898-04-21
attending strictly to Business

(From the Richmond Dispatch.)
The Cuban insurgents do not seem to have
heard of the armstice. They fighting right
along at any rate.
The evening times., 1898-04-21
ECHOES FROM, ABROAD.


English papers just now are making
mach of the fact tina. while driving in
France recently the queen. coming upon
funeral procession about to cross the
suspension bridge over the Paillen. in
stead of breaking thr6ygh the cortege.
ordered her coachrs nm % wait the pas
sage of the mournets adi then to follow
at even pace with them. In France tht
act of simple courtesy 4 said TO have ex-
cite much admiratfS in. It really is laugh
able 20 see the naivete with which roy
alist folk of all nations laud their OWL
and other monarchs for the most com
monplace civilities-not TO say decencies-
of conduct. In unfriendly France. OF ali
countries. the queen would have been
most unlikely to do any hing calculated
to detract from her own personal popu-
iarity or to add to the disesteem in when
her ma Ion is held Nor would her su-
perstitious tendencies. to say nothing of
considerations OF native delicacy, hav"
permitted her to break through funeral
procession, as her admirers seem to I'M
ply that she nigh. have done with per
feet propriety. Tie incident recalls ir-
Tcsistibly the case of u well-known ltal-
ian cardinal who lauded far and
wide few years ago because he stopped
and made tender inquiries after the we'll
being OF a little girl whose life was nearly
crushed out Of her by the curious crowd
that had gathered around the distin-
guished prelate.
However. Queen Victoria, whose ten
dency to superstition just has been men
toned. has good reason. in connection
with the discord in the home of the Duke
of ork, to look askance at funeral pro.
cesslons. She is not the one to forget thar
il was taken as an ill omen at the time OF
Princess Mays marriage to the duke that
the procession of the bride-elect from the
home of the TeCks at Richmond to Buck
ingham palace was crossed by the fu-
neral cOrtege of an artisan. In that ~
/ however, the royal procession made no
/ halt for the mourning subjects. and the
| parents of the princess were much ar
| fected at the surliness of those whose
| grief they made give way to their OWL
| rejoicing. That and other so-called
| omens that attended the wedding five
| years ago cannot but be recalled to heI
| majesty by present strained relations al
| York house.
The evening times., 1898-04-21
April l9, 1898.


There is no doubt that If this boy 5 pa
triotism increases with his growth ne
will be just the sort of citizen our coun-
try needs In fact, there is enough oi
that quality i'm this letter of his to sup
ply a grown man of ordinary size. If
seven million boys of America woult each
give fifty cents toward the purchase OF
battleship il would be more than enough
to buy a fine one, but il could :ot be
called the Maine, because Congress has
already arranged that one of .hrce new
ships which will be added to our navy
shall go by that name. The batileship
could be built however. and the boys 81
America could b. proud of it, and some ot
them, when they become men, could lie
sailors on board of it. The idea Is
good one And there is another point IN
this letter that ought not to be missed
Gen. F'itzhugh Lee has sand, plenty OF
it. and that is exactly why the people ike
him so we'll Sand is a very desirable
quality for an American to have, espe-
ciallv when there is danger OF war.
Master Wolfred Stearman's letter and
money have been sent to the Navy De-
partmenL
The evening times., 1898-04-21

Your credit is good {? Lansburg's Fur
uiture House. 18th and f sts. oc3-tf
The evening times., 1898-04-21

Communications intended for publication In
She Times should be tersely and plainly written
and must in all eases be accompanied oy the
name and address Of the writer. Rejected com
tnunicstiOns viii not be preserved. and only man
uscripts Of Obvious importance Will be returned
60 their authors.
The evening times., 1898-04-21
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Readers Of The Times who may AZ any time
be unable to procure copies OF it at any news
ttand or railroad station railroad trains. VIII
confer a favor upon the management by sending
L. th.s ofRee information Of the fact
The evening times., 1898-04-21
The following letter has been sent to
The Times II explains itself

Dear Editor: ! am a little boy, seven years
old | am an American boy. and | go To schcol
and can read and write. | read The Times. and
I saw all about the Maine being blown up by
q Spanish mine in Havana HaTbor. Mamma sad
il was awful for 80 many of our brave sailors 10
he killed. and | think 50. too. ! am not Dg
enough To he a soldier. but know we can lick
the Spaniards out of their boots ON land and sea
have saved up fifty cents. which want you TO
give to the Secretary of the Navy To help puy
another hattleship and call il the Maine
think there must he seven million niue
bows in the United States that could give
ffiv cents apiece. and that would be
over three million dollars, and that Wquiu
buy the biggest hattleship in whole
NAVY, and it would become the pride OF the
little bows of the United States. Won't you
please tell them in The Times TO do 1t! Papa
and sister say Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has sand
,Ioe, that make the people like him 50 well ]!
WoLFRED STEARMAN,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-08-31

~. Los diarios de Ponce hablan de
tropelfas que vienen oometi6ndose por
81 t6rmino de Barros y foamo- alto, y
citan 81 nombre de don Jhan Pons Co.
lon. @
~ Dfcese que Austria lamenta
profundamente la suerte que le ha toca'
do Espana en- ell conficto con los Es'
tados Unidos, Y que aquel gobierno
muestra gran impaoienoia por conocer
las condolences que la Repdblica Anne
1ioana impondra la naoi6n espaf1ola en-
10 tocante FiIipinas.
~ Habla Ella Uni6n>: "Nunoa
hemos faltado & las leyes del pats; el
lena ha sido siempre honradez, trabajo
y amor & la patria. 1Qui6n sera oapaz
de eoharnos en- cara 10 oontrario? Dr.
ganlo la mayors del prestigioso conner
clio, la gran parte de los entendldos
agricultores, las aptitudes intelectuales
morales desarrolladas en- este suelo,
que de insigni6cante reducido en- ri
queza y n3mero que era, p1incipios
del siglo, es hoy de los mas intensos de
| poblacion del globo y que nj los Esta'
| dos Unidos han creoido tanto nj en- RI
queza nj en- poblaei6n."
| ~ Con fecba - dc los corf1enIes
dicen de Nueva York que Ell gobierao
de Madrid SO ha dirigido enfatioamente
| al de Washington, aIegando que Ia ba'
E; ITALIA de Manila fu6 emprendida despu6s
de frmarse 81 protocolo de la paz. Sin
| embargo, los Estados Unidos sostienen
| que Ell almirante Dewey ignoraba la fir
naa del protooolo y dan por correoto su
| proceder.
Camisetas y y. is'zonoil'ez ;ans sanes
SOS. en- Ell CAPRICHO-Calle de
San Justo numero 81. 5-3
~. Que pasa en- Ell Bsnco Espahol
con a'gunos de sus emplea1os? Esa es
la pregunta que So hace por ahf, y s la
que no sabemos que contestar.
~ A don Florentino Ramos le
sustrajeron aver de un ropero, que fat
forzado, la suma de veinte pesos. Re
caen sospechas en- los individuos Aga
pito Colon, Juan Monta6ez : Domingo
Figueroa.
| * Ell dis % de los corrientes 81
produjo un inoendio en- Is casa ayunta
miento de Naranjito, quedando reduoi
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-08-31

- Gracias la actividad de la
pblicfa de Arecibo, han sido detenidos
los presuntos autores. del robo oometido
ca la caea de don Rafael Gaamundi. Sc
IA reouperado algo del dinero sustraido
de IA GAIA.
don Jose r. Gastambide $n la alcaldfa
de Sabana grande por ordbn del general
Wilson, Sc dirigi6 al pueblo por medic
de una extensa proolama, dc Ia que en-
tresacamos este pArrafo: 'sUna autoridad
no debe tener pasiones. Sd alta mission
consiste en- administrar recth y oumpli Ia
justicia, midiendo por un I'd sero todos
los ciudadanos, porque tpdos somos
iguales ante la ley ell derec cho."
.** La hoja suelta que SO publica
diariamente On Mayagiez, bajo el epf'
grafe elias Notioias2, de6ende L. actitud
del padre Lopez Aguas, quien SO neg6 8
der sepultura Gu ell cementerio oatolioo
al cadaver de un proteatante.
~. Hoy ha salido para Coamo el
iuteligente telegra6sta don Reinaldo Pa
niagua, con objeto de prestar sus servi'
clos oerca del general Wilson, trasml
tiendo las comunicaciones o6oiales que Sc
crucen entire este y ell Gobernador general.
- ~ De Arecibo nos dicen: ''Me'
reoe an APPLAUSE don Constantine Labar'
ca, dnioo extranjero que Sc reeolvi6 T.
construir una casa de mamposterfs en-
estos tiempos de guerra y de sobreaaltos.
Ooup6 en- dicha obra IS trabaj ajadores,
entire artasanos y braceros. Desde quo
go coloc6 la pri:nera pisdra del edifcio,
iz6 la bandera italians, para que, poi unos
otroz, fuesen reepetados sus intereses.' y
~. El dfa del entrante mee, las
dos de la tarde, tendrh lugar en- las sa]as
consistoriaIee, ante la junta del ramo, Ia
subaeta para 81 abasto dc oarnes de esta
oiudad, durante los diar - al 25 del
mismo mes.
Po queese 1snaen 1os:nsrf rss.. 'sxo raean.s s.
carros caballos, muebles de casa 7 otrof
enseres: corte dc hia,ba. Para infor-
mes: Huerta del Campo del Morro, er
esta capital. 81
x** Los peri6dicos americanos, di-
sertando sobre la batalla de Manils, LA
man la atenci6n sobre el contrasts qut
ofrece la actitud de los buques de que
rra alemanee, comparada con la del va
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-08-31

por ingl6s de guerra <Inmortalite, que
salud6 la bandera de las estrellas y de
las listas.
- ~. Causa extrafieza que los ameri.
canos no permitan ell libre transito por
Ia oarretera central y entire Cayey y Qua
yama, pues no Sc pone obstaculo alguno
para el transito entire Aguadilla y Ma
yaguez y entire Gaayama y PatiIlas.
~ Ella Unions sabe, por conducto
de un amigo suyo, que los americanos
piensan hacer TN gran puerto en- el Tor
tuguero. Sc nos antoja Greer que SO
atribuyen demasiado proyectos s los
amerioanos.
Gran Hotel ''IngIaterra'' Pftnss net9! de
orden.--Montado la altura de los me-
jores dc Europa. Vistas 4 la bahia.
Con gabinete de leozura, departamento
de oantina, tabaquerfa y un .elegante
Salon de Reoreo. --Hospedaje desde DOS
PESOS en- adelante, segun Ia habitaoi6n
que So ooupe.~~~A. AGUDO.--(Propie-
tario).
~ Antes dc snoche, mientras va
rios marinos amerioanos paaeaban por
Ia poblaci6n, un guartlia de Orden pu'
blioo s1tuado en- la Gale de Tetuan,
cerca de 10 plazuela de Colon, detenfa &
los transeuntes y despu6s de eometerlos
un interro gatorio sobre su domicilio y
ell lugar que Sc dirigfap, les deiaba
transitar libremento por la menoionaaa
calle. Ignoramos que osusas obedeci6
tai rnedida.
~. Sc encuentra en- esta capital
nuestro buen amigo Ell doctcr RAM, me-
dico de los Banos de Ccamo, s. quien
tuvimos ell gusto de saludar.
x*. Dice un diario local que ell II
re embare6 en- Barcelona para eata isls
Ell Lodo. don Juan Ram6nDRamos.
IT, Segdn vemos en- la prensa de
Msyagiisz, el %, s ESQ de las nueve dc
la noche, un individuo llamsdo Felipe
Martinez (a) <Dios Chiquito,, asestt
una tremenia puflalada 4 Felipe Marti
neg, carretero de ofcio, dejando,e muer
to en- el acto. Ocurri6 el hecho en- uns
casa de la Gale de San Juan (Playa)
donde 4 la saxon go verifcaba un bale
Pereco que los 3elos fueron Ell m6vil de
orimen. Una pareja dc bombaros detu
vo al agrsaor, que SO hslia dispoei-
ci6n de las autoridades.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-08-31
MIGUEL BetanC0urt

Ebanista: COnstrUye y cOm-
pOne nuebles finos y ordina.
rios, haCe toda c ase de trabajOs
al tOrnO, talla, calados de ma
dera, zinc, metal etc. Todo muy
econ6nnicO y garantiza los ira
bajos. Gale de San Sebastian
numerO 70. 3-2
~ Hoy Sc ausenta para la Habana
por ei vapor "Gran Antilla'', la ilustra
da DANA cubana distinguida amiga
nuestra, dofla Teresa Calf de Odoardo,
que va reunirsa con gu senor esposo,
magistrado de aquella Audiencia De-
seamos visje feliz tan buena amiga, q
Ia que reiteramos todos nuestros afectos.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-08-31

NOS informa que ell Estado ha satisfeoho
diehos habe.es y pluses ala Jefatura del
:Tefsrido Institute, que reside en- Baya.
mon. Convene que sc aclare este par
ticular, sobre ell cual insistiremos, 81
fuese neoesario. Tambien 4 di-
cha secci6n correspondent varios fusiles
del institute, que adquiri6 en- otra @poca
de su peculio particular, y varios ms
Strumentos de la banda de musica del
citado battalion.
~ AVISO.-El guardia civil Ra-
fael Alvarez Dfaz, desea adquirir noticia
del paradero de'su familia,, la cual que
do en- Guayanilla cuando 81 tuvo que
salir de dioho pueblo & consecuenoia de
la guerra Ha dirigido varias oartas al
mencionado punto, sin recibir oortesta-
oi6n alguna. ST alguien puede suminis
trarle algun dato respeoto al particular,
dirfjase & la capital, Quartet de la Guar
dia civil.
.*s Ri msrtes fonde6 en- Ell puerto
dc Areoibo ell vapor smerioano <A!ame,,
conduoiendo provisiones material de Ia
Cruz Roja, para las fuerzas que SO en-
euentran de guarnici6n en- Utuado. En-
dcho vapor lego ell Inspector general de
Ia Association della Cruz Roja americana,
Mr.. Barnes, el Quail desembarc6 con dos
sanitarios un <reporters de Gel Herald
de Nueva York;, visitando al senor Co.
1asndante militar, captain de puerto, ell
hospital otros edifcios publiooe. Mr..
Barnes ofreci6 al presidente de Ia Cruz
'Roja en- Areoibo, el material sanitario
que neceeite para la asistencia de enfer
.n1, =, bo~
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do cenizas el local. Entire los docu.
@mentos que pudieron salvarse, fguran,
Ia relac16n de contribuyentes Ia, Ii.
quidaci6n del presupuesto, que estaban
en- poder de don Miguel Rivera.
az ABASTO PUBLICO. - La
carne dc res Sc expendera mafiana en-
esta oapitsl al precio de % oentavos Ell
kilo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-08-31
nramz};nac INGLESAS.-Otero So
vi UEkksAAiJAO Irip1 D1roo D%o P;o>
L.Il1a IermanoS, Y Conlpafla,

Son los tnicos importadores en- Puerto Rico del
fanust vino tiuto blanco de mesa, marca "Angu-
ciana." Ninguno otro 10 mejora en- pureza buen
sabor. En- dicho establecimiento acaba de recibr
paa superior licores nos turrcnes mazapanes, fru-
tas en- su jugo, amfbar, aguardiente toda clase
de articulos fnos del giro, Nadie presentaIa un
surtido mejor.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-08-31
VA n | E D 4 D { 5.
Leche condensada. d!.,;S.% de- No,msndfs. Ind

Leche condsnsada. S,,iS.% es Ss'n,1sfs: nSs:
rior. Preparada en- Mainten6n (Fran-
cia), por la s'Sociedad francesa de leche
condensada'' LA leche condensada de
la "Sociedad franoeaa de la leche con-
densada", esta preparada por un proce-
dimiento de condemnation perfecoionado
con ''leche pura Y fresca de vacas Nor
mandas, reconooida Ia mas buena del
mundo", tanto por su aroma como por
sus calidades nutritivas, inherentes la
misma raza : Ia riqueza incompatible
de los pastos. Sin mas adici6n que
azuoar puro, exenta de micro organis-
mos, sana y de IN. sabor agradable.
''Esta leche, hsbiendo conservado todas
sus oualidades &c leche fresca', puede
por 10 tanto servir como tai para todos
los usos culinarios: para familias, via
jantee, ninos enfermos. Unicos agen.
tes en- las Antillss: Cerecedo, Hermanos
y Companfa.
cy2m5finae INGLEsAs.-Otero, So
oiotsId dl'sao brino.-Ponce, Pto. Rico
-Unicos representatives. de los sei1ores
D. Appleton = CA de Nueva York, re-
oibirhn proximgmenee una gran oantidad
de elias, de diversos autores, asf como
Dictionaries, manuales de conversation
ETC., etc. cuyos deta|les publioara en-
| breve. +.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02
LET DETRACTORS TAKE NOTE.
Bradstrcet's Says Seattle Bank Clear
ances Are All Right


The great expansion in Seattle bank
clearings continues to be a subject OF dis
cuSsion among the business men and
newspapers OF the Pacific coast states.
Bra0streets OF November Il mentioned
some critic SINS which had been published
In Tacoma paper regarding the large
balances found necessary In settling
transactions between banks In Seattle
Some hasty people reading Bradstreet's
plain statement OF the published criti-
clsms, but apparently not digesting what
Was said, and especially ignoring the last
line Of the notice. which int!mated that
Seattle could undoubtedly satisfactorily
explain The matter, jumped 10 the conclu-
sion that Bradstreet's was doing the
critscising, Brads,reet's representative at
Seattle this week forwards the expected
explanation. which We take pleasure In
presenting. He says the increase in clear
lngs is a perfectly legitimate one. largely
growing out q the fact that the bulk Of
the K!ondlke business has been ard Ia
Passing through Seattle. The deposits OF
draft and actual money have been very
large for this reason. For the frst ten
days 81 November and on the date spe-
ctal5y mentioned November Ie} the bal
arcss were very heavy due nsrffv m
check settlements OF accounts, partly To
tax payments ana also partly TO large
kiondjka trade transactions, ali of which
AtSAA al tA4S tsSa}EfA ss51Sc returns, E.x-
animation Of she books of the clearing
house ~ Brads(reet Representative
showed that the hinis of alleged exagger-
at.aa % c.ear.1gs totals at Seattle have
no foundation IN fact and that tha trans
AcIIC:.s r. ported are of d legitimate char
aeler based upon the wonderfully vooa
trade winch Seattle Is so fortunate a. .,
enjoy II Is 70 BE- hoped that saa;tle.x
deeTae3oTs will ponder over this suotsct
and the accompanying expEara ion.