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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-05-11
El servicio provincial de- vacuna

Fu6 publicado en- este m;smo Deri61ico
el dia T del actual un escrito en el Que,
vuelta de diferentes consderaciones POGO
meditadas reepceto al dasarrollo de Ia virue-
la en- esta isla SO trata de demoetrar con una
conclusion por demas err6nea, que es def
ciente el sistema enlpleado hoy para Ia pro-
pagaei6n de Ia vscuna inoapaz por 10 tanto
de preservarnos de squella enfermedad. No
hay nadie en- Puerto one ignore las condicio-
nes en- que Sc eusnnlstra la vaauna 1 los
pueblos, asf es que sobre este neda tendrfa
que decr: pero hai!Andome eneargado de Ia
realizaci6n de a9uel servcio, no Ruedo
quedsr eiencio ante las atirmsciones que
&c haoen en- dicho escrito las cuales hubiera
querido yer demostradas con hechos, no con
palabras, que es Ia emanera de formar IN
julclo prsolso respecto dc laa cuestioues cue
&C trsten de rasoiver.
Entiendo, pues, cue sea Ell que quleEa Ell
s1stoma ds vacunacltn ennplesdc, CON sin
ternerss, resultant siempre deficiente, sino to
cumplan las disposciones dictadas sobre el
particular; ademas, y esto es dc Ia mayor
lmpo.tancia, SO halla regl&ment&do 81 sumi-
nstro de Ia linfa los municipios, pero no
&c IA establecldo un medic pr&ctico pero de
resut&dos posltivos que aeegure la vacun&-
clon en- los recien nscjdos; veAse Ia estadfs.
tics sc demostrarA que de estos utimos sc
1HoS"i@ @u AAHIeio AaISAiAcaNLe asl eucGCo
que NO llegan vacunarse los niilos hasta que
van 5 las escuelas.
elue no Sc vacuna, pues, cuanto es debi-
do en- diferentes pueblce de Ia isla, 10 be
rapstldo varias veoes las memories anua.
les que estoy obligado elevar a Is Excma
Dlpntacl6n provincia): Ell autor del eecrito
en- question reconoce la misma falta, Dor 10
cual pide sc decrete sin demora la vacuna~
cion obligatoria ignorando sin duda que por
el artfculo Is del Reglamento vicente para
este servicio Sc estsbleci6 va dicho preoep-
to, CON multa de dos cuatro pesos que
pueden imponer los alcaldes padres de
familis que dejan de enviar sus hiios al
aoto da ls inooolaci6n; dc suerte que por
este lsdo dicha corporation fu6 por demas
prevlsora solo hace falta que por las auto.
ridades locales sc de cumplimiento al citado
artfcu!o.
Para lcgrar Ia preservation re anvla Ia
vaouna mensuamente todos los municipioe
los cuales pueden pedir ademas cuanta nece.
slten al precio de con&rata: este no le parece
bien autor del art1colo y quiere que Sc man.
de1, no "a los pueblos, sine hasta los mis-.
mos barrios las novillas vaounadas.
Coaozco demasiado este procedimiento
porque 10 he efectuado duran cinco amos en-
esta misns iala y como me gusta sustentar
mis- opiniones con heehos seg1n. manifaste
anteriormente, puedo decir que en- los oinco
AMOS que se realizaron las expedlciones de
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-05-11

vacuna sc inocularou unas treinta mil perso.
mas EN- c2mbio CON el actual slstema de
vacunacidn solo en el aHo de o. 96 hubo
de veinticiuco mill vacunados; luego el
Actual sstems por este SOLO conoepto es muy
superior al de las expediciones.
Es natural one asf suceda, porque ahora
Sc pracSican Ok CO vacunaoiones mensusles
entonces annaI directa de la ternsrs, que
no sier1pre SO utlEi2aha, por inpedirlo en-
ocasiopes las excesivas ljuyiaa, de suerte gus
habrfa que haoer algunas mas al ano, 81 va
una sosa SO hacfa ditiail lievandola un1canlen'
te S les pueb1os, llevandoZa 4 los barrios pue'
den ca]calarse los exoesivos gastos q. orl rlgipa'
ria; sparte de cato no veo la neces1dad &c las
expedieionee, pues antes de recurrir S la i'm
pedin1enta de las novilIas, con el unico In de
transporter e1 virus; pAreoe mas expedite,
c6modo y barato 1nandar la vacuDa prepara-
da en un frasco para que Is apliquen los me-
dicos tltulares, cuyo servicio en>ienddo debe
ser retribuido convenientemente por los
nicipios y otorgarles prem;os 20 ls corpora
ci6n provincial conforme se hace en- otros
pafses.
Por ultimo, pide el autor del artfculo,
como MEDIA saIysdora para Ia provincial, el
que, siendo servicio sanitario el de Ia
cuna, debe hacerse cargo de 81 Ia Secretarfa
de Gobernaci6n resoindir el altaal contra
to que tengo celebrado con el Centro provin'
cial; con 10 oual sc We que 81 articulista NO
se p&ra en- barzas v resueive las cuestiones
sin el menor escrupulo, pueeto que, su
juicio ese debe ser el pyemio que merezco
por los trabajos que llevo realizados durante
cinco amos primero y s1ete ahora sin que, se
me haya impuesto en- tan largo periodic de
tempo la nenor correction por faltas come
tidas en- el dcsempeilo da mi cargo; pero en-
fin otros contratos de seTvicios provnciales
han pasado la Seoretarfa dc Obras pnb!icss
todos seran respetados, seg1n parece, =
no creo que sea de peor condicion el referen.
te al aervicio provincial de vaonnacion. Por
eso, 70 4 la veg me dirijo al Iltmo. seilor
Secretario de Gobernaci6n para hacerle pre-
sente que este servicio SO practioa hoy en-
Puerto Rico COMO puede hacarse en- los GEN.
tros de esta clese de la Metr6poli y del ex.
tranjero: solo haca falta, para que So obten'
gan de 81 los resu]tados que son do desoar,
quo SO cumpla el precepto dc la vacunaci6n
obligztoria, "a establecido por 81 Reglamen-
to provincial; y para s&lvar la isla en- 10 fu-
cesivo dc laa epidesnias de viruelas no exisse
otro procedimlento mas rr&otico, segtln mi
opinion, cue el 90 vacunar los niflos 4 CONT
nuaci6n del hautlsmo, para 10 que unloamen-
to eerfa precise efectuar vacunaeiones senaa-
males, de cuy& manera ee lograrla tener pre-
ee7vados todos los reciennacidos, verifcan-
dose Ia ravacunaci6n en- las escuelas los
nilos de seis s;ete a7los de edai.
Puerto Riao, 10 de Mayo de 1898.
El director del Institute provincial de vacuna
JOSE ELI
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21

She used preparation of arsenic, which she sold under the name of "Ac- qua Toffana." It was a slow poison. the victim growing daily weaker and gradually dying from physical exhaus- tion In France the most notorious fe- male poisoners were Mme. De Brinvil- Hers, who was taught the secret Of the succession power by Ste. CroiX. which she successfully administered to her father and brothers, and the still more notorious Lavoisin and Lavigo- reux, who, being ostensibly midwives, carried their poisons to high and low married couples anxious to hasten the dissolution of the irksonle tie or needy heirs wishful to accelerate the depart ure of rich relatives. A veritable ma mia for poisoning appears to have set in toward the middle of the seventeenth century.
 In England poisoning was declared, by an act passed in the reign Of Henry VIII, to be high treason and those gull ty of it were to be boiled alive. The most notorious case (the poisoning of James l by Buckingham is only sur mise) of poisoning was that of Sir Thomas Overbury in the year 1913. He had incurred the displeasure Of Lord Rochester and his wife and they had
 
 after they had got him committed to the tower they set themselves to poison his food by mixing arsenic and can tharides with it. For many months, though suffering intensely, he appears to have fingered on. At last a stroag- CT dose than usual put an end to his miserable existence. The guilty couple to the kings everlasting disgrace, were released after five years imprisonment
 One of the most curious points con- nected with poisoning is the fact that nations and individuals have been known 10 thrive on it. Mfthridates, king of Pontus, had poison for his daily food. In the Gesta Romanorum we read that ''the queen of the north, having heard of the great proficiency which Alexander the Great made in learning, under the tuition of Aristotle, nourished her daughter from the era dle on certain kind of deadly poison, and when she grew up she was con- sideTed so beautiful that the sight of her alone affected many men with mad ness" The young lady was sert to Alexander who, of course, fell madIy in love with her. Aristotle, who knew of the plot, warned the king, who there upon commanded a criminal whom he had condemned to death to kiss the S4FI. Scarceiy nad the man tOuchWed her ruby lips before "his whole frame was imprcgnated with poison and he expired in the greatest agony
 In the present day it is well known that the peasant girls of Styria cons ume large quantities of arsenic to add to their personal charms It is a com mon habit among men. It is said to improve the complexion, to promote di- gestion and 10 strengthen the respira- tory organs. The worst Of it is that when once you have commenced taking the drug it means death to leave off. London Church Gazette.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21
BATTLEsHIPs' MEAT STORE
What inc Oregon and Iowa Took With
 Them when They Sailed.

Before leaving New York there were put into the hold of the Celtic, the re- frigerator ship which is accompanying the Oregon and Iowa to Manila, two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of fresh frozen beef, twenty-five thousand pounds of fresh frozen mutton and two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of vegetables. These supplies are so ar ranged that the Ibattleships can at any time take from the cargo whatever meat and vegetables are needed for the mess during the long voyage to the Philippines.
 These stores were placed on board for tha use of the fleets men. Such a thing Is unparalleled and unheard Of in na- val history. And it has been left to this government and to one of the greatest packing companies to s,ora up and send with a fleet on the longest voyage of record a ship loaded with fresh supplies from which the officers and crew can be fed the same as on land in any climate.
 Besides being novel in naval history it is a new departure in the meat trade The meat was specially gotten up for this shipment. It was sewn in cheese cloth, frozen in Chicago and brought from there to New York in refrigeua- lOF cars ID Q frozen state. TO thus maintain carcasses of beef in a frozen state during so long a freight journey is big undertaking in itself. It is sel- dom attempted by the largest and best Equipped companies even for a shorter distance. The cargo was loaded in frozen state and will be kept at fri gid temperature until it is consumed or the residue landed at Manila.
 Before the ships, after touching at Honolulu, reach their destination the store ship Celtic will have performed the most wonderful voyage in the worlds history in the meat line She will have carried in her hold and through all climates a cargo of frozen fresh meats over the longest voyage of meat ship in existence. She will have demonstrated the limitless possibilities of refrigeration and of nautical cold storage for distributing the worlds sur plus meats and provisions to those climes and peoples who require them.
 The voyage Of the warships and of their floating store the Celtic, will take more than hundred days Heretofore a voyage Of siNsy days for frozen meat ship has been regarded as a marvel in trade circles.-National ProYisioner,
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21

Plate 'but he had 3 beautiful scheme
 to propose. He wanted to let Wander
 bilt have the road and he knew he
 would buy it before he would allow Gould to get it. Here came Brice' $ strategy. He tCid Gould that if he
 would sit silent and not contradict, neither affirm nor deny, any neWapa-
 per articles to the eff5ct that he was going to buy the Nickel Plate and after this clam like silence had continued a week, if he would then ride slowly over the Nickel Plate in an observation car. Vanderbilt would buy the road, and Brice would give Gould half mil lion dollars.
 Gould did not care for tho half mil lion dollars, but he was a joccse spec ulator and it struck him that the whole thing would be a majestic joke on Van 1 derbilt. The papers said Gould was going to buy the Nickel Plate. Gould, when asked kept still and looked wise At the erd of a week he rode over the road, smoking cigars at the rear end Of the observation car. Stories were wired about Gould's trip from every water tank and way station along the line and before Gould had reached Chicago Vanderbilt, in a fit of hyster- ics. wired Brice that he would take the Nickel Plate and Brice was saved.
 HE WAS MADE CCMMITTEENTAN.
 With all that he was anything but parsimonious. In 1888 he concluded he wanted place on the national demo- cratic committee, so he organized an excursion to the St. Louis convention. It started from Columbus in Q special train Of eigh- sleepeTs, a dining car and a coach devoted 10 cCmmissary stores. In the party were ali the Iccm- bers of the state democratic committee and the delegates 10 the national con ventiOn from Ohio. The party stop ped for supper at Cincinnati and break lasted at the Union depot in St. Louis. NJ. Brice. like Jones of New York, paid the freigE,- and liquidated all bills for traYeling expenses, Cntartainmelt and food, both wet and dry.
 When BriCe- was elected to the senate in 1890. he was practically a resident of New YcEk, having made that his hsad- QUar-3rs. He was already chairman of the democratic national committee. He had no serious opposition in the Ohio legislature and was elected On the sec end ballot in the caucus. He became a prominent figure in the senate and was considered one of i,s busiest mem
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21
PLAINS OF ABRAHAM IN DANGER.

The historic battle field close to Que bee, the Plains of Abraham-where the generais Of the opposing forces in the struggle for Canada, Wolfe and Mont calm, were both killed-is said to be in some danger of seizure at the hands of that ubiquitous vandal, the speculative builder. The lease by which the gov ernment holds the site is nearing its expiration, and it is feared that the ac- tual owners, the nuns of the Hotel Dieu, are already being tempted by the handsome proposals of Buggins, the builder. Such dissertation of an epoch-mazing, historical scene seems incredible. The government of the do- minion will doubtless take imm ediate steps to secure the Plains of Abraham, not on lease this time, but in perpe- tuity-London Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21

cious, elegant mansion. thoroughly modern, and with no historical asso- citations whatever.
 The Mexican government built it's own legation here about ten years ago. The house was planned with special view to entertainments of an official character. The ball room, with it's mir TOT walls, is g. distinguishing feature. It has been the scene of many beautiful entertainments with the late lamented Mime Romero as hostess.
 Korea had established a legation here but short time when it was decided to buy the property No. 1900 Thirteenth street, just off Iowa Circle. This was the first home of the pioneer Korean la- dies, who came here in 1889 and formed such an attractive and picturesque fea- ture of social gatherings that season. They were the first oriental women to openly enter society, for although we had had a Chinese minister here for years his wife was never seen with the other barbarians. Now all this is changed, and Mime. Wu not only re- ceiVes visitors, but visits also.-wa ash ington PosL.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21

bers. In an interview at that time he said: There is a great deal of work to do, and the senators as 8 rule attend to their duties consciensiOusly. Many of them have large private interests and they have to attend to these in ad- ditiOn to their work for their constitu- ents and to their public duties.
 HIS PLEA FOR THE RICH MAN.
 ''The senate is not millionaires' club, as it has been called, and there are not great number Of rich men in it. It has some rich men in It, but you must remember thal it's rich men and its well-to-Go men are not men who have inherited fortunes. Such prop erty as they have they have made themselves, and their lifetimes have been made up Of days Of hard work. Coming to the sena.e they bring to bear the habits of industry and busi- ness that have made them successful in the Cther walks Of life, and they arc the hardest workers and tho most eff elem members of the senatorial body. Have you never noticed that it is the man who has the most to do who ac- complish the most? We'll, this is the condition of the rich senators.
 Riches and social position do not COI CLle tGdSl S. AOuSE Ids iiO more influence there in that respeC- than it has in crowd of school boys and the social relations of the senators to one another are more like those of college students than anything elese. :
 MT. BriCe's latest scheme, and what promised to be probably the mos i'm pOrt2nt, was the American China De- velopm3nt company. His company was gwen a concession to build a railroad from Hankow to Canton, and thence to Hong Kong. 300 miles. The road is to have branches 10 important pro- vincial capitals. The line is to be owned, technically, by the Chinese governmen en,. It is to be built by the development company, and the com pany is to buy Chinese bonds to be se- cured by the railroad line and it's re4- enUes.
 The cCa. of the road is estimated q from twenty to forty million dollars The Vanderbrlts. Rcckefellers. Carnegi5 and c o,her wealthy persons and corpor- aticns are intere-tad in 1t The road Is expected 10 be finished in about four years.
 Brice was succeeded in the senate by Joseph B. Foraker Since hls retire ment he has lived in New York.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21
ART or POISONING IS LOST
Murder by Drugs as PraCTiCed in
 Earlier Times.

The art of poisoning, if we are to be- lieve an eminent authority, must be reck0Ecd among the lost arts, It is net because we are less coarse than our an cestors and carry our refinement even into our crimes; we are less unscrupu- 1ous or cruel tha2 our forefathers were. Though the toxico1ogy of the ancient6 were necessarily incomplete, there is every reason to believe that antiquity was acquainted with the use. Of arsenic, opium, henbane and prussic acid. The oldest poison in use was probably an importation of serpent venom. TheC- phrastus speaks of poison made from aconite, with rapid or slow effect in accordance with the operators wishes. During the empire the removal of in convenient people by means of poison had become sc common that the emper- Ors had number of men in .aheir ser vice whose duty it was to taste all dishes put upon the imperial table and no dinner was partaken of without one of the court physicians being present
 One Of the most notorious poisoners of the day was Locus,a, the murderesS Of Claudius and BriSannicus. About the year 331 B. C. large numbers of women, belonging 10 the higher classes of Ro- man society, were indicted for poison ing their husbands Ca modern instance of the epidemic occurred Of late years in Hungary). One hundred and sev- erty were convicted and condemned.
 The sixteenth and seventeenth car- -uries were the halcyon days Ct pciscn- ing. There is no doubt Iha, La 5para and the, if possible, still moro wretchei hag5 La Toffania, were as bad as you make them. The latter is said to nave caused the deaths of ever 500 persons,
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21
THE SMALLEST REVOLVER.
It IS Only 11a Inches Long and Ex-
 plodes Real Cartridges.

A week ago a travelling salesman from Solingen, Germany, was in the city with probably the smallest pTac- Olcal revolver ever made. Solingen is a great manufacturing town. From there comes the fine steel from which fencing foils are made In it are very expert machinists. One of these made the pistol. It is 11a inches long and is made Of steel, gold plated. The han dIe IS made of pearl. The hammer and trigger work exactly as in a regular revolver and the cylinder holds seven cartridges. Each cartridge is so small that to load the revolver a ramnler. and paIr Of PInchers are used. These are attached to the handle by a ring. The cartridge is picked up with the pinch CTS, inserted into the chamber and ram med into place. The cartridges are charged with fulminite and the ball is about the size of a No. shot. When the trIgged is pulled and the hammer strikes the cartridge there is an explo- sion about as loud as when a gun cap is snapped.
 This little revolver shoots accurately but it is so small that one cannot han dle 1t so that it nay be aimed exactly. The ball has force enough to go through a heavy cardboard. The hole where It enters is very small, but it has tearing capacity when it comes out.
 Ihe revolver was bought by MT. c. d. Schneider, who tested it's shooting powers in his office one day. He placed card on his desk and fired. There was little scream from the stenoe- rapher on the cher side of the rooTn who was rubbing her neck and insisted mat something had stung her. The ball had gone through the cardboard. struck the lock on the desk, glanced off across the room and hit dne young wo- man.
 Only one other revolver as small as thls IS known to be in the country. It Is owned by a New York man who was showing l. to friend one day when = was accidentally discharged and the ball went through his finger.-Kansa City Star
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21
L. L. PLANK No. IT North FirSI Avenue.

Read the advertisements in The Re publican and learn the name and lcca- ton of the houses which are doing the business of the town. You will find the name of every successful business firm in the city in the advertising col umnS,
Arizona republican., 1898-12-21
REAL ESTATE
 FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE,

A good lodging and boarding house, furnished; size of lot 50X1S715. Easy terms of pay ment ..-.. .......... $65OO 20 acres all in fruit, water right, small house -....... .......... 1890 Ten acres well improved about fifty orange trees growing nicely; will yield about thirty boxes oranges this year. Good brick house Will sell at bar gain on easy terms. Only five miles out.
 Eighty acres with water right, five and half miles out; $20 per acre. Business opportunities well located for sale. Money to loan.
 Property for exchanges; your insur- ance desired; a few small ranches for rent.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-12-17
WHOSE FAULT
Ii Was That the Streets Were Not
Cleaned SoOuer-Not the
Stree. Commissioner.

There has been much complaint
among citizens within the past few
days with regard to the almost impas-
sable condition Of Main street at the
crossings. The blame for the neglect
has been plentifully showered upon the
str Get commissioner, but it transpires
that he is not the guilty party. The
work of the street commissioner has
been lately most strictly defined to be
under the direction and surveillance of
the street and alley committee of
council. This fact was not borne 10
on the committee with sufficient force
for them to take thought OF their duty
in this matter. There was 70
wilful neglect on their part. The duty
is practically a new one to the com
lnitree. as it is only lately that the
council has grown strict on that sub
ject, and as soon as the fact was called
to the mind of the committee the street
commissioner was instructed to get his
gang of men at work cleaning off the
crossings, and it was done. The work
is progressing today, and it will soon
be seen that the new street commits
sioner can keep the streets passable
whenever he is vested with the proper
authority.