BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-05-10
CABLE NEWS


his invest cations which wlll decide thu
limit gu 'stion raised between the Repu
5 blics of II ,iu an Slnto Domingo.
, The investigations arrived at By
Leo NH are Of conciiatory nature
They tend to favour both litigants anc
to establish harmony between thoie Re
publics.
The contents Of said documents will
be made known to day to the represen-
tatives of the refcrrc to Republics
, The last cablegran trans nitte1 by
Mr.. Otis to Washington has caused
great sensation in al! the circles Of the
Republic.
According to it, numerous Philip
!. pine troops have appearei in BicalooL
1t is &c ieved that the intention oI
the Tagali is to get the A nerican troops
betweea two fires.
The 9th RS, comman led by Mon :
tenegro, have h:d tow .,ds PAng glnisau
whcrc it is supposed A 5uin .!do is locat
cd with his staff
-Teiegrans from N W Yo.k state
hat the notice of the Burning OF four
buildings in II ivana which was W re in
yesterdays cablegrlm has not been con-
| Irmed.
The fire was, as was sail, com pie
tely localscd in fW moments after its
commencement tn, ,rt the'r having
been any loss, either in property or per
son, to lament
The IFrench Minister OF War Mr.
X autE inten Is making new organiGa-
ton OF the artillery of the French army.
The Ita ian Kin! is undecided as to
the formation OF cabiact on &C cunt OF
no, fin1 ling politicians of recognised adap
liability to constitute the cabinet.
Ii Seco!o says, on account Of this,
the prominent party leaders in Italy are
losing their serenity since the catastro-
ply in Eritrea.
The tripartite Com mission has sat
in Apia [ Samoa having arrived, it is be
icved at an understan ding, though that
the resolutions taken it is assured, are
favourable to the United States and En-
gland.
The Times says referring to the de-
bates Of the tripartite CO nmission that
English diplomacy has obtained another
triumph.
The Tsung-li Yamcn has asked
France for respite cftwo Gays TO ans
wer the note which this Power sent her
claiming from her an indemnity.
Partisan papers say that China will
esist the payment of the sum asked tor
oy France, basing their argument upon
he fact that the Empress regent has ex
pressed recently her decision. not to gi
We even if war should follow el to
my Of the powers.
The French Cabinet to give more
weight to its petition, has ordered two
war ships, anchored in the port of Shan
ghai to set salt for the coast cf Pekin.
-Telegtams from Washington state
that it has been found olt thlt several
Dutch Merch ants from Bornco and Su-
matra have prepared and are occupying
themselves preparing WArike exp.di-
tioas for the Philippines insurgents.
The grand Duke Wladimiro who
will represent Russian in the disarma
ment conference has reached The Hague.
The Spanish Repres .ntativrs tn.
Duke de Tetuan and Sr Polo de .rna-
be have a'so arrived at the sam. city.
Federal troop; hive sustained an
obstinate struggle at ten miles from b.
coloor, with the Philippines who A ID to-
wards the south.
The insurgents fought everyinch
Of ground abandoning afterwards in tn:
entertainments which were taken by the
Americans great number of dead bodies
In this action the Philippines have
employed system OF guerrilla Warfare
attacking at the same time at different
points AMI dividing themselves every
now and again to give the federal troops
less certainty in their fires
1t is inferred from the admirable tao
tics carried out by the insurgents that
the distinct nucleus group thier forces
was commanded by foreign officials.
The issue of the battle wa. in "a
your of the Americans, whose loss was
very small; those OF the Philippines mum
bered IJ5,
In this combat the aim of the in
surgents to get the American troops bet
ween two fires, attacking them from the
north and south, has failed.
General Mac Arthur awaits rcinfor
cement 20 organise the attack on San
Lsidro whose environment is materially
Jagged by entrcchments.
The American army is constructing
parapets to place me,traleuts. The
Utha battery has directed the aim oI
their caanons to wards San Isidro.
From the encampment of General
Mac Arthur by means of field elasse:
can be seen the mouths OF three cannons