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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28

h mi despacho,
ran despecho,
iendo una cGrtd
NIL cortd al vuelo,
orque me ham dicho,
4 le tan solo q los d,lchos
( Les dan destinos. -.
Cnando lego con aire
- DddO al demonio,
Tn Dido democratico
don Juan PalomeI
y Juan peL00o,
81 Pues carece de peloS,
Quien es tan cairo.
Gamble, pues, mi sGl,'1o
Con ell satdClo,
X, ensillese, lie die,
Mostrando un banco
Sent6se ell ta01O,
Y SIN t0no lanzome
Todo I'm discurso.
e-Sabe listed 10 que pdsa,
Critic ell tunante,
iPues que pes0n muy POGO
Los liberales!
iY hasta los 0asrOS
Por no pes0r, no p0sdn
Sobre ell triunfo!
Desde ell descubrimiento
Los mo-ma-tO-nes,
Chuparon con carrillos
DE juego doble
Y ahora que dobla'a,
En- vez de irse al entierro,
Van & las bodas!
A limo ha vuelto JdnO
La autonomfa
x ell auto de los ceses
va no sc dicta:
LA turba doeta
El nafd convierte en- suya,
Pero de broma!
Suponian que los batenos
Les darfan bO1sos.
iY los 6ate1aos no sirven
Porque son topos!
lHay que ser trapo,
II tener todo ell tipO
DE nm mamarracho!
VendraA las eleeciOnes
Y Jay Dios! lque risa!
La lecci6as scra gorda
Mas, merecida!
Y los que hoy Cnelan,
Roddrdn como bolas
De indtil greda.,
Aquf llegaba ell sandio
Don Juan Palomo,
Cuando lie die: !: shermano
Suspenda ell tropo
lPues 20 me trepo
Y llenarG mis- t1'ip0s
Del fre-sat-pates-to!
AGNUs.
5abana- a-grande, Febrero de l.s9s.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28
CONsUELO vAYAs

244 mIrh cueTdss terrenos para
cara 4lO0. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $a4. 40C
40 mIm cuerdss terreno para
Gaia inferior % e8O-....-.-....-.S8 8. 20C
2e5 MIN cuerdas terreno
inferior para pastos sin ma
iezas salIstrales $15..-..s.-.... %. oTl
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28
JUNTA AUXILIAR DE OARCELES
DE La CIUDAD De PONCE
AT, PURT,TCC

AL PUBLlCO
Debiendo procederse por esta Junta la
creaci0n de una plaza de vigilante de las
obras de la nueva carcel que ha de construir-
Sc en- esta ciu' ad, Sc hace pdblico por medic
del presente fin de que los que Sc hayen
en- condolences de aspirar dicho destino,
presenter sus solicitudes al seflor Vice Pre-
sidente de esta Junta antes del dia Veiate 3
ocho del actual; hasta cuya fecha Sc halls
alberto Ell concurso para 81 provision.
La mencionsda plaza Sc haya dotsda con
ell sueldo mensual de cinca1enta pesos, y para
obtar ella deberan acompafiar los aspiran-
tes docUmentos que jus tifQuen su aptitud,
segdn 10 preceptda eI pliego de condolences
que Sc hsya de manifesto en- la Secretarfa
del ramo.
Ponce, Febrero 10 de 1895.
Ell Secretario accidental, Domingo Maru
nee V0 b FL alcalde vice presidente, Gaa
ttier. 80
La ilustre escritora baronesa de Wilson,
quien SO halla de paso en- la capital, embar
cars con rumbo Santo Domingo, ell dia
| tres del proximo Mario.
| De la capital
| g En- la tarde del "a qued6 honrosamente
zanjada, sin consecuencias, Ia question pen
dente entire los seffores don Vicente Balbss
| y don Ricardo Lacosta. "
Parece que varios hijos del pals afiliados
| al partido UNCONDITIONAL tratan de ofrecer
un baaquete en- ell '' Hotel Iuglaterra al
se6or Lacosta.
| Sc SOLICITA en- venta una casa de mann.
| pcsteria capaz para una pequefIa familia
cuyo importe no exceda de 2. 600 500
pesos momeda corriente.
| IDfcsmaran en- esta fmprenta. d. p.
s BELLEZA SIN PAR, Puede
| haber NADIA mas exquisitamente hermoso
| que una joven d punto de contraer ma
trimonio, y cuya tez, suave como tercio
pelo pura como la nieve Immaculate,
con toque hechicero de carmin hace
pensar en- Ell sonrojo de ana rosay La
hermosura del cults puede obtenerse in
faliblemente usando ell Renaedso t,a.eo
de Amazz Quevados, agente maravillo-
SO que purifca la peel, hacienda dec
aparecer las granulaciones, manchas,
pecas cuanto contribuya a empafiar
su belleza. De venta en- todas las far
macias deposito, Guillermety, Vale
| y Cancio G. Mulet-10 Agosto.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28
LEASE IA DEM0CRACIA = DE MAaAHA
CARTBRA DB la YLA

De Fi Pats, de San Juan, tomamos los
siguieDtes datos biografcos, relatives al
jefe de la Union autonomista:
/" Don Manuel c.. Roman naci6 en- Vega.
bajs. hizo en- ell comercio la fortuna que hoy
10 da posicion Independence y deeahogada,
y que no es IN obice para que tIsbaje aho.
ra cou la misma perseverance, y esfuerzo
que cuaudo empezo. Ha hecho del trabajo
= del credito una religion.
Es modesto, afable, conciliador, franco,
leal de une gran pureza de costumbres.
Sc le eligio acertadamente para que presi-
diera equits tivauente con temperamento
smigsqls los dos ramos del viejo tronco au-
tonomista.
Hasta hoy personifeaba la honradez de
hoy en- adelante personi6ca para nosotros Ia
honradez y la psz."
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28
ISABEL

40 90 mtna cnerdas terreno para
cana = 800. ..........-....-.. "a %
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28
DOCTOR G WIVES

W6IZCO- OC1LLaSLI.
Participa al p6blico que ha trasladado sy
corssultorso a los bajos de la casa ndmere n
de la cale del Sol. al lado del estsh'ecimien-
to de los seffores Emmanuelli 6S CO.
Horas de consultas de II, dee Iw
GRAN OCCASION para colooar bien ell di-
nero.-Se vende en- 80 600 IN lar casa
de MADEIRA de construction moderna ele
CARTE, en- $4,000 otro solar con aims cen de
mamposterfa recien construido situado en-
esquina.
En- ests imprenta ir rformarap 3-e
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28
OOLMADo LAS BALEARFsr

dc San haIae1, m2uGequlllA uAueZa las uOh
Eanos, licores de Nj. P. j. Genessy l. g. 8,
frutos en- almibar. idem en- su jugr, turro-
nes de todss classes los mejores vines de
Jerez, complete surtido de conservas ali
menticias.
De La Correspondencia, correspondence
al 26 de Febrero;
Hemos reoibi 20 anoehs y ho7 varios te-
egramas del interior que sc referen la
solicitada reuuncia del self ,r MufIfz Rivera
de la jefatura del prtido liberal pedida por
los ortoxos Entire ellos hay uno de tonos
muy epergicos frmado por buen ntimero de
personas de Humaceo. No creemos copve-
riente publican los ref.ridos despachos,
puesto que ha quedsdo solucionado W el
asunto de que Sc trsta. :"
Del mismo colega:
"Dfcese que antes &c aver legarop la
la veciDa isla de San Thomas, dos acor "a
dos americans, entire ellos .el Brooklyn,
que Sc dijo habtase perddo en- aguas de Pto.
Plata -
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-02-28

Entire los estsndartes que mas hsmos old
elogiar fgura ell del harrio de Canas.
DestAcanse en- primer termino dos fgura
g mboiicas unidas en- apret do abrszo.
I'll fondo represents un paisaje puertorri
ouefio En- Ia psrte inferior leess con le
trss doradas "Vlva Ia Union an Ia In
Oxford eagle., 1898-07-14

+ III klmmoEs, Sheriff, d O0
Il p Gray. Clerk, 800
Report of County Sup't for
June received and approved
and filed.
Stock law fence north of
Yocona. on l. b Jones place.
sold to l. b Jones.
One road pillow and one scra-
per furnished for Beat no. l. and
one seraper for vicinity of Hum
phries mill.
GF Bonds and Tom Heard
appointed oyerseers new road
NO. no.
Petition oi John Brazil con
t.aued until LIST Monday in Sept.
.S9S.
Abe Wiley and Manuel. Co
mo road hands. transferred To
- l. Dooley's section.
Contract for building bridge
near Dooley's awarded to J +
Oooley at 80 cents per foot.
OVersecr ON College Hill
road, ordered To open road near
jas. stones residence.
Second quarterly report of J
- Ramey. County Treasurer, re
brived aud approved, showing
h.slsnces ou hand June 3u. ls9S.
as follows:
Oxford eagle., 1898-07-14
BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS.
assembled i'm Regular
Monthly Session and
Transacted the Follow
Ing Business.

Alta regular meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of LaFdy-
eue county, Miss, July ith'
Is9S.'alI members being present,
alter court was opened accord
ins to law .he following pro-
reedings were had. to-wlt:
CLAIMS ALLOWED
e. W Shipp. tem- relief - 00
Ell kimmons. janItor Tee. 10 Oo
Davidson x Roane stationery
for Tax Assessor = O0
DI sultan. overplus for sale : ~
mdse for paup. b II
q L Hightower, Supt's. salary
and postage. - IS
oxford Globe. nGte hd'S. : %
I ID lsom 4 Co. prescriptions
paupers aud prisoners. = %
d 3 FOust att'nd'g clock. 2Job
W Eewser. mdse- paup. : p
EJ Moore, main't'g paup. $50
Oxford Eagle, pub print. 81 90
" T Wallace. eofiin panp. | 90
] J Harkins lumber bldg. 5 %
K E b Wallace. rpairs Jail. 30
3 II kimmons. conveying Toat
Price To asylum Il 10
Z II kimmons. cost Tom Price
inquest . nj
B P Gray, > 00
Jurors. - q Oh
] Bonds 4 T j Wilson road
commissioner . Ut
W II kmmons, main pris. "a =
l. ; Diliard...Co eotraetor. l00W
Chapman. Turner x Co. Rec
ord Chan. Clerk. 10 :.
CT Cain. repairs bridge s d
SON x Young. Jail and poo
house practice. Ia D
D Dooley, repair bridge l0'
Bundren 4 Wells. :" % >
Commissioners and Registrar
election. 1900
Judges, clerks r d x X bo,
l2S u
y VI Hall, timber tor road. 4 o
shed Taylor. ditch poor-h. IL )
Mrs. Norris. knitting. paup. | o
Members Board. per diem an
extra time, 81 d
Oxford eagle., 1898-07-14

The petition of J W Sharp ct
to change road was received
and Ed Il Moreland and Tom
Webb appointed commissioners
Tax Assessor ordered 10 as
sess erroneous state lands as
reported by State auditor.
Mrs. HolIowell dismissed a
pauper from poor house.
All hands ON G.. w. Durley's
place released from road duty
for one year from this date, for
the consideration. of which
they are to stop bake and make
pool on public road.
The clerk was ordered to ad-
vsrtise for scaled bids for blank
books. etc. and for building
bridge near Casvell.
Sherifi's report showing con-
ditiOn of county convicts to be
good was received and filed.
The board having been III
session three days. adjourned
until the LIST Mondsy in August
1898.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
W. c. HUNT, Father-in-LaW of Mir. DePue.

an affidavit with orders from known di rect customers. Until something is done by the Legislature. we must, of course, follow the provisions of that law. Yours truly, w. E. HALE. Warden.
 Then comes MT. Diggs, under date four days before the board raised the price of sacks 25 cents a hundred, with the following:
 WOODLAND, Cal, Feb. 16, 1897. W. E. Hale, Warden, San Quentin, Cal.
 Dear Sir: Will you please let me know as soon as you can after you decide to maloe a change in the price of bags? Notify me as soon as possible after you find out there is to be change. Yours truly, NJ. DIGGS.
 What Warden Hale telegraphed is not known, but here is the interesting letter MT. Diggs sent to him the day before the price was put up to $5 co.
 WOODLAND, Cal, Feb. 19. 1897. w. E. Hale, Warden, San Quentin, Cal
 Dear Sir: I wired you this morning to reserve for me 1000 sacks, and that I would forward affidavits. I received your answer stating that you would do SO. for which please accept thanks. It will probably take me several days to get the affidavits. as some of the farmers live quite a distance in the country, and it is storming so hard and owing to the poor condition of the roads 1t may be several days before they get in, but I will for ward them to you as soon as I possibly can.
 Thanking you for past favors, I remain yours truly, M DlGGS-
 Mr Diggs had not the affidavits to toward just then, but would get them as soon as the county roads were aus picious Thus he got in on the ground floor price of s4.75 per hundred sacks, saving his distance by day and the good offices of the board.
 R. Lichtenberg of San Francisco ire uuently sells raw jute to the board on contract. He is evidently on excellent terms with the members and keeps In touch with their management of af- fairs On February IS, two days be- fore the price of San Quentin sacks was advanced from $4.75 to S5, MT. Lichtenberg put in applications that were accepted for a total of 75,O00 sacks as follows: George E. Williams, 5000; J. A. Williams, 10000; Frank s. John son, 10000; Jacob Levy ST., 50,000 Two of these orders were not filled until May, the other two remaining in the State warehouse until July.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
SACKS SOLD WITHOUT
 AFFIDAVIT
MiddlemoD Diggs Does c Thriving BusiDess iD San
 Quentin Products.

Careful investigation by The Call shows that among the most extensive dealers in grain sacks in Yolo county are Marshall Diggs, I. P. Diggs, T. B. Gibson and c. D. Simpson, of Wood land, and Borach & Levy of Yolo, while many others deal in them to a less extent
 The firm of Borach & Levy as shown by the statements of several farmers in that vicinity, entered into contracts with farmers to supply San Quentin bags without even having them make says he entered into a contract for 800 prison sacks and that they were duly delivered to him. He made no affidavit and was not aware that any of his neighbors did. In addition to his affi- davit he stated to The Call correspond ent that when he ordered his sacks one of the members of the firm handed him a blank application and told him to sign his name to 1t. This he did and the merchant then took charge of it. Mr. St. Louis had no idea what became of it, whether it was filled out by the merchants and forwarded to San Quen- tin or not. He was positive, however, he did not go before a notary and attest it. It was his belief that the others signed blank forms in the same man. ner. Such a proceeding is clearly in violation of the law governing the sale of jute bags.
 But while almost anybody with suffi- cient capital can trade in San Quentin sacks there was one transaction in 1893 that is tinctured with something more than mere evasion of the act of 1893.
 Only one grade of bags is made at San Quentin. Every year there is a quantity of bags that are supposed to be imperfect. These are sorted out and are what are known as culls. In 1893 and 1894 these bales were stamped and known as "barleys," but during the past two seasons no distinctive mark has been put upon them and instead of being known as "barleys" they are now called "culls.'
 | w. G. Hunt of Woodland, who In 1893 purchased 5000 "cuils" at cents, | Is the father-in-law of ex-Prison Di- rector k. J. De Pue, whose official term recently expired. MT Hunt owns SOC acres of land on Cache Creek, 5l5 acres of which are set out in fruit trees and known as the Yolo orchard. Of the land not included in the orchard about 100 acres are covered with timber and less than that quantity is sown to i wheat.
 MT. Hunts purchases of "culls" were made on June 10, July ], July 20 and
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

But how can man who is culti- vating a small farm on which 1t is inn possible to make such an over-estimate as occurred in this instance make aff1- davit that he requires 12,000 bags when it is impossible for the land he is cul tivating to yield more than, say, 4000 sacks of grain at the most?"
 T don't know anything about that. All I can say is that if a man gives an order for a certain quantity of sacks we fill out the order as he gives it and never question it"
 And you are Entirely willing to take all the surplus sacks he may have?"
 ''Oh, certainly. I only wish we could get hold of more than we do."
 How many San Quentin sacks do you think you handled last year."
 ''Oh, probably 50.000."
 Have you had any dealings with Bo rach & Levy?"
 "Yes; I have sold them some San Quentin sacks, but how many I do not know"
 None of the sacks ordered by you are ever delivered before June, are they?"
 NO; I never call for them until the farmers begin to want them. They are delivered mostly during June and July"
 MT. Diggs was then questioned about the lTdIlc III CuliS, anu dI 1llSI plO- fesSed the densest ignorance on the subject, but later he admitted having heard something about them several years ago. He denied emphatically, however, that he had ever dealt in them, and did not know of anybody who had
 Have you ever handled any 'culls' ?'
 What are culls?' returned the mer- chant. "I never heard of culls."
 It was explained that they were marked barley" but were commonly called "culls."
 ''No: I never heard of them before" :" replied MT. Diggs. ''I thought that only one grade of sacks was manufact- ured at the prison"
 After some further conversation he suddenly remembered having heard something about culls before, but only in a general way. and was positive he had never handled any.
 Tt must have been about 1893 or 4, said he, that some barley sacks, or what were called barley sacks. were sold at the prison, but who bought them, or how many were sold, l can not say"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

August 12 of 1893. From March until August the regular price for bags was $5 75 per hundred. In the latter month the Directors advanced the price to $6 40 per hundred. He made no affi- davit when he bought the culls, al- though the law says that "All orders for jute goods must be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth that the amount of goods contained in the or der are for individual and personal use of the applicant, said affidavit to be subscribed and sworn to before some Notary Public or Justice of the Peace" |"
 MT. Hunt was present at a meeting of the Board of Prison Directors at which the question of disposing of inn perfect bags was discussed, and he said he could use some of them. The board decided to let him have some at S5 per hundred, and the purchases were made in four lots.
 That these bags were not for his own use, and that they were not imperfect bags, but of first quality. is shown by the affidavits of two highly respected farmers of Yolo County. James E. Scarlett, who owns 315 acres of land about seven miles from Woodland, makes affidavit that in 1893 I. P. Diggs offered to let him have all the bags he needed for that season. DiggS was do- ing Scarlett's harvesting, and. accord ing to the IatterS afndaN1t, DlgSS told him he had got the bags from Hunt: that, although they were marked and sold as 'barleys," they were perfectly good. Scarlett says he examined the sacks, and found them to be without flaws or imperfections, and accordingly he bought all he needed for that year.
 l.. Cramer, another Yolo County farmer, makes affidavit that during 1893 Diggs offered to sell him what grain sacks he needed, and stated, as he did to Scarlett, that the sacks were known as "barleys," but were first class in ev- cry respect; that he had got them from Hunt, and that Hunt had procured them through the influence of De Pue. Cramer did not take any, as he had already purchased his bags.
 Mr. Diggs was asked for an explana- tion of that and other transactions, but he refused to make any statement whatever that would throw any light upon his dealings in grain bags.
 MT. Diggs owns 19S acres of land in Yolo County, and last year he rented 160 acres from E. R. Lowe, making a total of 35S acres he cultivated. This, at the average yield of ten sacks to the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

and the others were to be sent to an- other ranch in the San Joaquin valley. When he got ready to use them I for warded instructions as to the number to be shipped to each point"
 How are these orders and affidavits made out, MT. Diggs?"
 Right here in my store. The far mer gives the number of bags he wants and the order is made out. He signs it and makes affidavit that they are for his personal use. We forward the or der, and sometimes advance the 10 per cent deposit"
 Are these orders ever raised; that is, do the orders call for more sacks than the farmer really needs?"
 Not to my knowledge"
 But you certainly have had prison made bags for sale and have sold quantities of them?'
 Well, yes have, but it is like this: A farmer cannot estimate from his growing grain just how many sacks he will require and if he has surplus l take them off his hands"
 What is the largest surplus you re- the past season?"
 "Oh, I can't answer that. but some crops will fall short one-half. Oi course they don't want to carry the surplus bags over to the next year SC take them and sell them to some body who needs more than he counted on.''
 Well. your cousin. I. P. Diggs, foi instance, did he have any surplus bags from last season?"
 Yes, few.''
 "He cultivated about $50 acres oi land last season, did he not?"
 Yes about that'
 And ten sacks to the acre Is good fair average ?"
 Yes. that is a fair average"
 So that would make about 350' sacks he would require?"
 "Yes, about that
 Then why did you. on February 1! last, accept an order from him fol 12.000 sacks?'
 A man may go out in the spring anC estimate what his crops may yield, anC when he comes to harvest them they may fall short one-half.. I have knowI that to happen frequently. and, O course, rather than to carry the sur plus sacks they have bought over unti the following season the farmers arr willing to sell them at even less thar cost"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

acre. would make 35s0 sacks he would require for his own use. Certainly, his crops could not be so heavy as to re- quire more than 5000 bags, yet on Feb ruary 19 last I. r. Diggs, through his cousin. Marshall Diggs. filed an appli- cation for 12,000 San Quentin sacks, which, according to the prison records, were delivered on June l.
 J. E.. Scarlett, who bought some "culls" of I. F. Diggs in 1893, also bought 2000 San Quentin bags from him in 1897. This would show eonclusively that MT. Diggs did not use all the bags he ordered, but when he was asked Tor information on the subject he said that if a farmer had more sacks than he needed 1t was natural for him to get rid of them rather than carry them for a year.
 But how is 1t that you ordered 12,OOO sacks, MT Diggs? Surely your crops never gave promise of such yield as that" was suggested.
 Last year I farmed nearly 5OO acres" replied Mir. Diggs.
 "But even so. you could not possibly want 12,O00 sacks for your own use. '' his crop sometimes. It is hard mat ter to go into a field of growing wheat and estimate just what it will yield"
 All attempts to induce the gentleman to say how many surplus sacks he had or what he had done with them. met with the same i'll success. Mir. Diggs would not even admit that he had sold any, although he was told that MT Scarlett had made affidavit to that ef- feet.
 "I know MT. Scarlett well,' said Mir Diggs, ''and he is one of the most re- sponsible men in, the county, but you know that everybody is liable to make mistakes"
 He did not deny that he had sold the sacks, but intimated that he might have loaned or traded them to Scar lett The latter's affidavit. however names the price he paid MT. Diggs fol the bags.
 Mir. Diggs declared he had no recol- lection whatever of the transaction ir the culls or 'barleys" referred to. ano professed ignorance of what "culls'' ol "barleys" were. He said he paid cash for everything he bought and kept Tic books, therefore he had no means oi telling anything about his transactions of former years, and did not take the trouble to remember them.
 But did you not sell some 'culls' tC MT. Scarlett in lS931'
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
INFORMATION FREE

On all Klondike subjects-see our ex- hibit on first and third floors, in the windows and at the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

. County, State of January
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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
GOLDEN JUBILEE

Fair from January 29th to March 9th. This will be the greatest Fair held in this fair city. Ask the fair lady at the demonstration counter on the right near the door to show you our pulver- ized potatoes and what nice pan cakes they make. Receipts ready in a few days. We are oversold on evaporated onions by several tons, but will keep a few pounds for you and your friends who call at
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
CpOSSmal'S Specific MiXtDrG.

With this remedy persons can cure themselves without The least eX posture, change of 5iet ar change in application to business The medicina contains nothing that Is of the least injury to inc
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