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has been said Of other American pioneers
First the Pilgrim Fathers fell on their knees
Then they fell on the aborigines''--
is vastly more applicable to the Spaniar ds
in America. But that is n subject too
lengthy for recital in this connection.
Picturesque Fortified tons.
Equally ancient with the Casa Blanca are
the Notifications surrounding the city Of
San Juan, for their foundations were laid
during the reign of Porce de Leon himself
The capital city, with population of some
600, occupies an island, connected with
the main by bridge and a causeway, and
Is completely inclosed within massive walls
of stone and hardened mortar, with a
height in places of from 80 to 100 feet. Like
Havana, II has its Morro or citadel Utter
ally a round or Moorish tower, and the
fortificattons arc on a comprehensive scale
with bastions and drawbridges, ornate s.n-
try boxes hanging over the sea, and GRIM
gray walls towering Overwhelmingly. One
Nay find their counterpart, on a smaller
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profit to the many planters who prefer a
life of comparative leisure to the hustle of
the town and city. In the valleys grow the
sugar cane. cacao, bananas, plantains. and
in fact all sorts of tropical fruits. AS the
banana industry has been vastly increase
in the Island of Jamaica during the past
decade, and has rescued many a planter
there from ruin, SO 1t will be in Porto Rico
which has every essential for It's profitable
cultivation and facility for shipment
With its beautiful scenery, its almost per-
feet climate. its boundless exuberance and
range of vegetable products, and conse-
quent facilities for subsistence with the
minimum of labor. Porto Rico may well be
termed an earthly paradise. If that were
all: II its people were intelligent and COM
p9nionable if its government We're as mild
and equable as its climate, and If there
were united effort here tending toward the
Improvement of society and the ameliora-
ton of political burdens. then it might be
SO regarded. But, while nature has done
everything for this island, white Il great
portion of its 5000 square miles can be put
under cultivation, and there ought to be
enough to subsist many more than It's 7JO-
60 inha bftants in comfort. the men and tie
race W HON the accident of discovery placed
in power have done worse than nothing for
ts development. Poverty exists every
where, since the taxes are so oppressive
administered, as the government is by
alien office holders, assisted by foreign SOL
dlery.
Useless to Revolt.
AS in Cuba, the people have been Cor
centuries trodden under foot. They have
grcaned beneath the weight Of their bur-
dens, have in vain protested against their
numberless outrages. If Cuba has been
long regarded as Spains mich cow SO
also has Porto RICO, and that the latter
has not already risen in successful le-
volt Is owing, not to the temper of the
people, but to the impossibiity for revo-
luton to succeed. In Cuba the configura-
ton of The island lends itself to forward
ing the schemes of an insurgent band, for
there are swamps and forests caves and
bayous innumerable, almost in which they
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Psychic PecuIiaritfes Of the Criminal.
From Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.

Psychic Peculiar rites of the Criminal.
From Appleton's Popular Science Monthly
Intimately connected with the physical
conditions of the criminal are his psychic
peculiarities. These CO psistl chiefly in great
instability Of character. coupled with over
whelming development6f some passion and
the atrophy of some others! The criminal
acts from impulse, although he often dis
plays, as madmen do a low cunning IN nnd-
ing means to carry out his Impulse. he Is
intensely vain, priding himself on the num-
Der of crimes he has committed. He Is 1ur-
Their devoid of all remorse, fond OF BOAST
ing Of his evil deeds and of describing
them in detail. Thus nIombroso gives the
reproduction of a photograph In which
three murderers who had assassinated one
OF their number caused themselves TO be
represented in the veg acEof committing
their deadly deed, pHotoGfaph taken for
the benefit of their less legitimate associ-
ates.
This inordinate vanity is often in itself
cially In young men who have just attained
puberty, an age observed to be especially
fruitful in crimes of violence. The critical
character of this period, even in well-bal-
anced minds, is abundantly known; little
wonder. then. If 1t prove fatal to those
whose constitutions urge them to extremes.
1t Is noticed also that the criminal needs
TO lead life full of noise. The necessity
OF orgies entailed by the Irregularities OF
MS feelings Is often the moving cause OF
some act of violence, such as robbery and
assassination, calculated to produce the
means Of Indulgence,
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can Turk and hide. Here it is different, for
while the interior is mountainous and rug
ged, yet every portion is accessible by
roads and trails. In Mexico. as we knew.
the land was veXed by revolution after
revolution. until American capital went
down there and built railroads through
hitherto inaccessible sections for President
DiaZ to send his troops over; then peace
resulted.
The same conditions combine to make
this island desirable acquisition for the
United States While, if we were to annex
Cuba, there might prevail a state of un-
Test and even of revolution for many years
owing to the impossibility for trained
troops to cope with small bands of in
surgents operating in wild country, here
1t would be just the reverse. In word
Porto Rico would be a manageable prop
erty, easily taken, easily held and gov
erned. AS to its value, glance at the
map. showing its strategical advantages,
commanding 1t does the Atlantic and
F. A. ODER.
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Thomas but sixty miles, the last-named
lying that much farther to the eastward
Hitherto out little knC WI. the Island of
Puerto Rico and its roIthern harbor have
lattcriy attracted the attention of the
world. on account OF being the conjecturai
destination of the Spanish feet assembled
scr,e weeks since at St. Vincent. And yet
the island was discovered by Columbus in
HIS. on his second voyage. when on his
way from the southern West Indies to his
original landing place on the coast of Haiti.
The aboriginal name of the island was Bor-
inquen. but he called it San Juan Bautis-
tade Puerto Rico, for. having landed in the
beautiful hdrbor Of Aguadilla. on its north
west coast. he found there such noble
scenery, such glorious mountain views and
above all such delightful springs of water
that he summed up all these excellencies in
the appella ton rich" In the ordinary
sense as used by the Spa nards. who were
ever in search of gold. and measured all
lands and all islands bv its relative abund-
aECe. Puerto Rico has not been rich prof
liable. Fifteen years after the passing of Co.
lUmbus came another navigator who re-
jCiceG in the title of cCnqustador. one Juan
Ponce de Leon. the governor Of province of
Santo Domingo, sixty miles distant. The
Indians of his section told him wonderful
stories Of the rich island across the chan
Eel. and in the year los he landed at
Aguadilla with force of men and a pack
OF bloodhounds, bent upon it's conquest
Ponce de Leon lives in history as the no
bleSt and the gentleSt of those eallia rd adj
Yenturers. among whom were CorteZ. who
conquered Mexico. and Pizarro who added
Peru to the acquisitions of the Spanish
crown. And he was-that is. speaking rela-
tively-he was noble and gentle. for Span
iard of that day. But he saw nothing
wrong in putting to death the Indian chief
tain Aeueynaba. VINO first showed him the
Itve TS with sands running gold nor in set
ting on the trail of innocent women and
children his famous bloodhound. "Bere-
zHio. who drew the pay of ii bowman for
his service. and who tore to pieces every
Indian he ran down and overlook. He was
thu terror of all the Indians. whom he
slain with 4 poisoned arrow sent after him
by Carib.
Exterminniing the Indians.
II was not our gallant General Sheridan
who first formulated that pithy aphorism:
NO Indian so good dead Indian for
the Spanards who discovered and settled
the West Indies carried it out to its leSi-
OF some two millions In these islands, in
the last decade of the fifteenth century
ere the next century its ending there
vas not one left of those hospitable peg
pie who had welcomed Columbus and De
Leon with rejoicings. The Indians of Porto
Rico Were particularly advanced for Amer
lean aborigines. excelling in many of the
rude arts of the times; and If the Re atiers
of The Star wish to obtain conception Of
their status. let them 20 over to the Smith
soilian and inspect the implements they
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IA L d I . IsI
turned from a ride
across the desert of
Peru in a hand car.
There is at this point
a railroad which goes
over this great South
American Sahara on
its way up the Jeque-
tcpeIue valley. The
officers of the road
loaned me a car
made at Kalamazoo
for the trip, and a
connie o. pariNe Pc
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OoON ~ WV Wv IL
Porto Rico Has Suffered Much the
Same Fate.
ONCE THE HOME OF PONCE De Leon
Has Always Been the Victim of
Spanish Cruelty.
BY NATURE y PARADISE
ONCE THE HOME OF PONCE De LEOl


BOUT A THOU s.
and miles due south
east from Havana.
five hundred from
Cape Maisi. the east
ern tip of Cuba,
opens northward the
magnificent harbor of
San Juan dc Puerto
Rico-Saint John of
the Rich. or Noble
Port. distant from
New York about 1.6D
miles. and from the
Danish island of st.
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Giles-'It seems dreadfuly extravagant
to go to such an expensive tailor"
De Jinks-'sWhat could do? He was the
Traveller.
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py It's care OF the DEAD these loathsome
speak eloQuently against the Spaniards.
But San Juan Is only one port OF the Is
land. and there are some harbors that are
as fine. II not as large and land-locked.
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LAND OF DRY SAND
Queer Features of Life in Peru's
Great Desert.
RAINS But ONCE In SEVEN YEARS
Valleys Can Be Made to Bios
som Like the Rose.
SUNSETS ON THE PACIFIC
RAINS BUT ONCE IN SEVEN YEARS
SUNSETS ON THE PACIFIC

copyrighted. 1895 by Frank G. Carpcnter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PACASMAYO, Peru, April =. 1898.
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FRANK G. CARPENTER.

She-"Are typewriters as expensive this
year eVer?"
He-"Well-er-that Is. I'm not I'm a posi-
ton to answer. i have a young man taxi
ing my dictation at present."-Detroit Free
Press
The herald., 1898-12-19
STOOD BYIN The STORM
TILL THE PEOPLE IN DANGER
WE'RE SEVED
Ten People Brought to Port and the
Schooner Deer Hill Abandoned
in Midocean

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-The British
steamer Pawnee, which arrived today from
Mediterranean ports, brought ten ship
wrecked people, eight men and two women.
who were taken from the disabled schooner
Deer Hill of st. John, N. B., in mid d-ocean.
Captain Aikenhead reported that on the
morning of December Sth he sighted the
Deer Hill in evident distress and needing as.
sistance. a heavy northwest gale was
blowing, and u dangerous sea was running.
he schooner was seemingly unmanageable,
and the rudder disabled or carried away.
The Pawnee staid by, and at p. nj. sue
ceeded in getting tow line aboard, which
had been sent by drifting q small line to lee
ward. The line parted, however, and a
boat was launched in charge of the chief
officer and sent to communicate with the
Deer Hill. The boat had barely succeeded
in boarding the wreck when an enormous
sea struck and stove it, and after great
difficulty the boats crew succeeded in get
ting on board the schooner, where they
were obliged to remain all night. On tho
following morning (the 9TH the weather
slightly moderated a tow line was sent on
board, and the Pawnee towed the Deer Hill
toward Bermuda. After towing about six
hours the line again parted. The wind and
sea were increasing when the line parted,
and it was found impossible to get out an
other. The captain of the Deer Hill sig.
nailed that he wished to abandon the wreck,
and requested the Pawnee to stand by. Ths
gale continued throughout the 9th, 10th and
llth, the Pawnee taking her position near
the wreck, but it was impossible to use the
boats TO relieve the unfortunate people from
the Deer Hill, owing to the dangerous char
acter of the seas. Finally at 7:3O p m. on
the 18th the rescue was perfected, and the
Deer Hill was abandoned. The rescued
people were Captain G. w. Burns, Louisa
Burns, his daughter; Hazel Merritt, the
owners daughter, and seven of the crew Of
the Deer Hill,
The herald., 1898-12-19
A MURDER FOR MONEY
COMMITTED BY MISCREANTS IN
ALABAMA
DEFENSELESS WOMAN KILLED
And the Premises Fired to Conceal the
Crime-Vile Acts of Other
Villains
Associated Press Special Wire

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 1S.-Tele-
graphic advices from Banks, Ala, tell of
horrible crime at Meyers plantation, near
Josie postotfice, eight miles from Banks.
Mrs. Ada Meyers, wealthy widow, and
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. e. Meyers, also
widow, conducted store and it was known
that they kept large amount of money in
the dwelling across the road from the store.
A young man named Cook was employed
to superintend the farm, and he occupied
a room in the house. Some time between
midnight and day Cook was aroused by a
noise in the room of the elder Mrs. Meyers.
He sprang ont of bed and ran to the door,
and saw Mrs. Meyers struggling with two
strange men. He rushed to her assistance,
and was knocked senseless with club.
When he regained consciousness he found
the house on fire and the elder Mrs. Meyers
apparently dead on the floor. Dragging
her from the fire, he went in search of the
younger Mrs. Meyers, and found her dead in
her room, her brains having been beaten
out. He rescued her body just in time from
the flames. He then rang the farm bell
and aroused the neighbors, who came in
great numbers, but were too late to save the
house or any of its contents. 1t is believed
that the robbers obtained about $4,000 in
cash, and evidently they thought they had
killed all three parties and fired the house
to cover up their crime. The condition of
the elder Mrs. Meyers is critical.
The herald., 1898-12-19
OTHER MATTERS
In THE HOUSE
Records Broken by the Progress Made
to Date

WASHINGTON, Dec. lS-The holiday
recess, by the terms of the resolution report
ed by the ways and means committee, is to
begin Thursday and extend until Wednes-
day, January 4. 1t is likely, however, that
the resolution will be amended so as to make
the recess begin Wednesday instead of
Thursday. The appropriation bills are fur
ther advanced now than they have been for
many years at the short session. Already
the naval and army deficiency, as special
bills, and three of the regular bills-pension,
District of Columbia and Indian--have
passed the house. The agricultural bill was
reported yesterday and will be taken up on
Tuesday. Four of the regular money
budgets, out of thirteen, will therefore have
passed the lower house before the holiday
recess, an unprecedented thing in legislative
annals. The military academy bill could
have been added to this list had it not been
that Chairman Hull of the military affairs
committee declined to allow the attention
of the committee to be drawn from the bill
for the increase of the army even for the
limited time required to prepare the acad-
envy bill. The latter, however, will be re-
ported before the recess. The friends of the
naval personnel bill and the bill for the Phil
adelphia exposition of 1899 have been urg(g
the committee on rules to grant time for
their consideration. Time will be allotted
for the former bill soon after the house con-
venes after the holiday recess. 1t is possible
that the Philadelphia exposition bill may be
called and placed upon its passage tomor-
row, as tomorrow, under the rules, is sus-
pension day The bill to extend the naviga-
ton laws of the United States over Hawaii,
which was pending when the house ad-
journed, may also be voted upon under sus-
pension of the rules
The herald., 1898-12-19
BUMPED OVER THE TIES
TILL TREsTLE WAS CROSSED
AND DANGER LESS
Seven Cars Piled in Heap-One Man
Killed and Eight Others
Injured

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. s.-A
wreck occurred on the Indiana, Decatur and
Western railroad at 2:30 o'clock this morn
ing, tifty-two miles west of indianapolis,
near Guion station.
The Indianapolis express, east-bound, left
the track west of high trestle and passed
over the trestle, which is sixty feet long,
with seven coaches off the rails and bump
ing along on the ties. The trestle is fifty
feet high, and it is considered phenomenal
that the train was not hurled off into the
creek, in which event the loss of life would
have been awful.
The rear car had just left the trestle when
spreading of the rails ahead of the bag
gage car piled the seven cars into a heap.
The baggage car and smoker were ground
almost into splintrs and all the cars were
badly wrecked. There were about fifty pas.
sengers on the train, and not woman or
child in the list. 1t is claimed that the train
was running at nearly sixty miles an hour
to make up for lost time.
The killed:
L. M. WELLS of Arcola, superintendent
of schools of Douglass county, Ill.
Injured:
DANIEL POINTER, Decatur, ILL.,; head
cut and neck and shoulders bruised.
ANDREW KAFER, Lawrenceville, Ind.
head badly cut.
A. J. DIDDLE, Indianapolis; frightfully
cut about the face.
M. j. MOORE, Indianapolis; head cut
spine injured and internal injuries.
WARREN SAYLOR, Indianapolis; in.
jured slightly.
j. A. MITCHELL, conductor; injured
ankles.
A. w. SCOTT, Indianapolis; head cut.
H. M. TENEYCK, Chicago; slight in.
juries.
The herald., 1898-12-19

Four Fresno firemen arrested for
robbing burned stores.
The Spanish peace commissioners
reach Madrid without incident; q
cabinet crisis scheduled for today.
While leaving Santiago harbor the
cruiser Cincinnati ran on a rock and
is still stuck there
The navy department makes public
the report of Admiral Schley Of the
operations of the flying squadron up
to the bombardment of Cienfuegos.
Interest in congress this week
will center on matters before the SEN
ate;, Platt will advocate expansion
and Morgan will press for action on
the Nicaragua canal bill.
The presidential party at Savannah
attends church in the morning and
visits the soldiers in camp later in the
day. In the enthusiasm of loyalty the
southerners seem to have forgotten
all about the war with Spain.
The herald., 1898-12-19
Will Center on Measures Now
Before the Senate
PlATT Will ADVOCATE EXPANSION
Morgan Will Press Vigorously for Action the Nicaragua
Canal Bill, But the Matter Seems to Be Doomed
to Go Over Till january

N. G., by the recent riots there, told the
story of the uprising today at the First
Methodist church. At the close of the
meeting the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones pre-
sented a set of resolutions, which were unani.
mously adopted, deprecating discrimina-
ton in trade, politics or religion on account
of the color line in the north or south. A
copy of the resolutions will be sent to Presi,
dent Mckinley.
The herald., 1898-12-19
HOBSoN NOT HURT
By Bombardment With Kisses by the
Chicago Girls

CHICAGO, Dec. lS.-Lieut. Richard
Pearson Hobson was heavily bombarded by
large fleet of kissing girls at the auddto-
rum tonight, but as no distress signal was
hoisted after the engagement it is not be-
lievcd that he was seriously injured. Lieut..
Hobson Iectured on ''lhe Sinking of the
Merrimac," under the auspices of the Chi
cago Press club, and after the lecture the
members Of the audience pressed forward
for an impromptu reception. There was
much handshaking and applause, but more
interesting than either were l63kis,ses given
the Merrimac's hero by as many girls.
After the lecture he left for Kansas City,
where he will speak tomorrow evening.
Tuesday evening the distinguished naval Of
fceN,rill face an audience in Denver, whence
he VIII proceed to San Francisco and will
sail for Manila December24 "a on the City of
Peking
The herald., 1898-12-19
Murdered His Wife

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-Michael Emil Rol-
linger, a native of Austria, is under arrest,
charged with the murder of his wife, The
resa. The charred body of Mrs. Rollinger
was found Friday night in clothes closet of
her home, and her death was at first sup
posed to be the result of an accident. The
police now claim they have sufficient evil
dence to prove that Hollinger strangled his
wife, poured kerosene over the body and set
fire to it. Mrs. Rollinger owned some prop
erty in Austria and also carried $500 life in
erty in Austria and also carried $500 life in
surance. Lately the couple had not been
living happily, and Mrs. Rollinger had de-
clared her intention to apply for divorce.
The herald., 1898-12-19
On the Diamond

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. lS.-The Base
ball game at Recreation park today between
the San Joses and San Franciscos was won
by the latter in the easiest possible manner,
the score standing IS to in their favor.
The Garden City boys made very poor
showing. San Francisco played good field
ing game, making but one crror-an over
throw by Brockhoff to first. The team is
credited with five stolen bases.
The herald., 1898-12-19
GOLD BY THE BARREL
A Marvellous Strike Reported FROM
Rat Portage

WINNIPEG, Dec 18.-Rat Portage, On
tario, is wild with excitement over mar
velous strike made in the Mikado mine. The
ore fills stope forty feet high and two and
a third feet high andthe richest ore is worth
on conservative estimate from $4,000 to
$50, 600 ton in free-milling gold. The ore is
being put in barrels and sacks and men are
guarding it. The mine is owned inEngland.
At low estimate there is now quarter of
million dollars in sight. The latest ad-
vices today from miners coming in say the
vein is now eleven feet wide with no de-
crease in value. The length and depth Of
the ore body is not yet determined.
The herald., 1898-12-19
Murder and Suicide

JASPER, Mo-, Dec. lS.-Three pistol
shots were heard at noon today in the house
of William Lowenstein, wealthy farmer,
who lives three miles from here. When
the house was entered by son of Lowen-
stein and a man employed on the farm,
they having heard the shooting, they found
Lowenstein and his wife dying, both having
been shot through the head. The woman's
clothing was torn and her hands were
bruised and broken. The supposition is that
Lowenstein killed his wife after quarrel
and committed suicide.
The herald., 1898-12-19
Youthful Criminals

CHILLICOTHE, O., Dec. ls.-Two boys,
Elmer and George Butler, aged respectively
20 and l3, were today found guilty of man.
slaughter, and will serve term in the peni-
tentiary for the murder of Daisy Browser,
young girl. The crime was heinous one,
and in the trial it was proven that the girl
had been shot down from ambush for no
cause whatever. The defense made an at
tempt to prove that insanity ran in the
Butler family, but the jury could not be con-
vnced. Sentence has not yet been passed.
The herald., 1898-12-19
Brice's Remains

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. lS.-A special to
the Ohio State Journal, from Lima, Ohio,
says: The remains of the late Calvin s.
Brice arrived. here this morning from New
York. The remains were taken to the
Brice residence, where they will remain un-
til tomorrow, when they will be taken to
the Market Street Presbyterian church at
0 o'clock, and lie in state until noon. The
funeral services will occur at p. m. Busi-
ness in the city will be suspended. The
floral tributes are most elaborate, and rep
resent an outlay of at least $4,000.
The herald., 1898-12-19
Lost in the Storm

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Dec. ls.-William A.
Richardson, formerly resident of Sonoma
county, California, was found dead in Verde
valley few days ago. He had been en-
gagged in mining in the Black hills, and
started in the big storm to walk to Verde
valley, and is supposed to have been over
come by the storm and frozen to death.