BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-04-05
CABLE NEWS

! Leopold ii mas unueftdktn nurfieO
fight to Vienna with the object of re-
ceiving, his daughter abandoned by her
husband
In the imperial palace Of Austria
great preparations are being made to re
ceive with pomp and great dignity the
ancien; king o! Belgium.
England is negotiating with Portu-
gal anent the establishment of Coal de-
posits in Lisbon.
! Greas Britain bases her request upon
the fact that the Lusitanian kingdom has
ca various occasions ceded such conces-
sions to the Imperial Muscovite empire.
The Great Electrician Yyiod (1)
died leaving a greatest fortune to his
dependents
Mr.. Loubet has declared that attsn-
ton to colonial expansion. for the grea
ter development of the commerce of the
Republic, now considered and esteemed
the world over. is a question OF para
mount Importance to which he will give
prioratv Of attento1, purporting thereby
to acquire for the Republic new terrific
ry.
In compliance with the diplomacy
carried ou to that effect by the President,
Mr. Loubet, the French ambassador in
Lisboa proposes 10 the Lusitanian mo
march in the name of the Fen h Repu
bic. the purchase of Angola Western
Africa.
The Petit Journal opines that the
negotiations set on loot by the French
ambassador, in the Lusitanian Court
will have an issue betoken success and
acclaim for the Republic
The English ship Star New Zealand
on account OF great leak which could
not be stopped has been lost completely.
Said unfortunate incident occurred
midway in the English Channel; the ship
having weighed anchor, destined for
Oceania.
Dispatches from England affirm
that amoug the ships at anchor in the
Thames the c.ew and passengers Of the
Star Ntav Zealand have been snipwree
ked
Brighton fishers assert that they
saw said vessel sinking rapidly.
1t is announced fcr The approaching
August, the celebration of the great in
ternational conference in Berlin. deter
ming as to what extent n. concessions
OF nou concessions of the duties on the
importation and expo taton Of sugars,
are feasible. and other facilities, IN ajor or
minor, in connection Herewith.
On the Turkish Servian frontier
blodsy collision took place between the
inhabita1te of those countries
More than three hundred deaths re-
main unburied ou said fir ,ntier.
On account of said conflict great
excitement prevails in both countries,
which pursuant to European organs, are
veging versus belIm.
In Krsgouiewatz, Servia the ra5
bic stoned the shops, of the turkish re
sidents in that city.
AS a consequence OF this savage ou
trage, hundreds were wounded in said
city
The turkish people have grouped
tkemceives tagether in the streets sur
rounding the palace Of Abdul Hamud,
soliciting vengeance against the Servians
and requesting declaration OF war.
The latest telegrams say that the
Tsar Nicolas II will espouse the Servian
cause in the event of conflict transpi-
ring.
The Emperor of Russia in espous
ing the Servians' cause is given 10 be'ie-
We that dainty piecemeal from Turkey
viii fall to his lot, but England, as is her
wont, will remain in the vanguard.
The King of Portugal has invited
Sr Polo de Bernab6. Spanish Minister
Plenipotentiary in Lisbon, to banquet.
On the wharves of San Francisco
in California great quantities of war sto
res are heaped up which one of the
transports will take on, dwring the cour-
Sc of these months to the Philippines.
-Telegrams from New York state
thas the Government of the United Sta
tes of America has decided to send on
to admiral Dewey all the re-inforoements
he asks for, and further adds that in a
short time the Magalanic archipelago
will be annexed to the United States Of
America.
In Navarro many precautions have