BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-05-17
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muralla de la puerta de San Justo.


ne WOfkS iOT the IOTtIyinS OF Sdntd
Cruz de Tenedfe Canaries have been
commenced
The Military Engineers believe that
the termination OF said works will re
quire two years at the least
For the present the Notifications of
Tenerifc, Las Palmas. Santa Cruz de la
Palma and Arrecife will be attended to
Il, is assu ed that the Government
will vote another credit to fCrtiy the
Baleares.
The Times says that the Prince Of
Wales viii go to Dublin to gain the
sympathies Of the Itish and to make
propagandum in favour Of his ideals
The Prince Of Wales, ad said pa
pers, feels aready a nostalgy for the
throne. which he desires for himself.
Mac Arthur's troops cncamp in
front of Bacoloor
General Ma: A thu vii not attack
this stronghold un eas the forcer Of Law
ton and Hale are Incorporated with his.
The Federal troops have arrived at
sal place under an exceedingly heavy
downfall cf rain.
The Philippines have fortified Baco-
loor by entrenchme AMI judging
from their shol.s and jubilant NANTES
tations they ent:rtlin the hope Of
triumphant out come.
The Amc ic ms admire the qlek
work done by the PhLstines in two
days they have M de fourteen wells
around Bacoioor, AMI have prepared
many entrcuchme' IS.
1t is b b.!ev.d in conSe llencc OF
which, that The insurg .nts have inaugu-
rated military engineer corps.
General Otis has refu el Antonio
Luna DO ly quad With he solicited
for Coronel Arsii lies.
Mr.. + wis Otis does not belle
We, under any considerations whatever
in the propo ,itions of peace which the
Philippines arc making hum
These, according to said genera.
are only trying to gain time to better
prepare themselves for the struggle.
The Officialdom of the English bat
tie ship centurion propose to regale Ad-
miral Dewey dignity ingly owing to his
return to the Republic.
With tn S ann in view, ani in no
nour Of him they will feast him with
banquet which will take place to NOR
row.
In the meeting celebrated ye'ter-
day the question OF the ransom Of the
Spanish prisoners WAS mooter.
In the conference which lasted one
hour the generaismo refused to conce-
de liberty to the captives, rejecting the
sums Of money proffered.
-Aguina'do asserts that they these
manipulate his tlllery; that they are
we'll treated and that Whilst the war
lasts he cannot a -cede to their liberty,
b.: cause they are needed
Three thousand CnInese have attac
ked the Russian garrison which defeads
the stronghold of Port Arthur.
This resisted with gallantry the as
sault which laste tor the space OF three
hours the fire of the Chinese which
reached to the forts was incessant and
their intrepe lity was almost incredible.
The cannons Of the fortress repulsed
the Chinese who retired with .:reat oss
That Of the Russians was also Of
importance, captain and twenty three
soldiers were killed.
The Empress R-gent Of China re-
fuses to pay the indemnity which the
Fren h v:rnment claim.
The European Press afhrms that
| F,ance and Russians will make combin
edly force demonstration on the Chi
nese coast.
Russia imputes to the British am
bassador the structures of the Chinese to
everything that relates to the Muscowite
Empire.
Protected by the Bulgarians, po
tent revolution has broken out in Mace
dona.
-Thi; province insists again upon its
separation from the Sublime Port whose
despotic politics the Macedonians reject.
Admiral kautz wires to Washing
ton that the samoan question has ended
tavourably.
The Ph ladelphia will weigh anchor
in few days for the States