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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
El CrucerO eSpalOl
RIO DE la PLATA
Reception briIIante
en- ell Peru

El 8 del actual, segun lsemos en- Ia
|prensa del exterior, lego al puerto del
Oallao, Repdblica de Perd, ell erucero
espaiol "Rio de la Plata, precisamen-
to ell mismo dia en- que los espa6oles
residences en- Ia capital de Cuba fes-
|tejaban, en- medic de la mas grande
algeria el arribo a la Habana del bar
co-escuela argentine Pyesidente Sar-
mientO, cuya dotaci6n fue agasajada
allf de brillante modO.
81 MinistrO espafiol en- Ia Rep6bIica
del PERI di6 IN magnffco banquete, al
siguiente dia de "a llegada del crncero
Rio dc IA Plata, q Ia oficialidad del
gallardo barco de guerra adquirido con
fOndOs recaudados por los espaholes re-
sidentes en- las Rep1blicas sud ameri
canas.
F0das las autoridades del Callao,
Representations de las de Lima, an
|delegado especial del Presidente de Ia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
Franeia 6 Iqglaterra

No sabemos 10 que pensarap en- el
mOmento actual los escfitOres francesel
que haoe un mes abOrdaron Ell tenor
de una guerra entire Francia y la Gran
Bretala. En- aquellos dias Sc crefa en-
la posibilidad de que los b0ers Obtu-
viesen alg1n 6xito para alcanzar, POI
10 menos, una paz ventajOsa. Actual
mente suponemos que "a nadie SO
atreve & dudar de que es un hecho la
ruina, la desaparici6n completa dc Las
rep6blicas sud africanas.
Entonces, cuando Sc crefa en- la de-
bilidad y en- el desprestigio de Ingla-
terra, I'm escritor frances, monsieur
Coubertin, fsntaseaba tfmidaKente SO.
bre Ia contigencia de una luCha eDtre
Francia y el colOs0 de los mares. Sc
centaba con que Ia guerra del Trans
vaal facilitarfa ell c4lcnlo dc prObabih-
dades, y no obstants, todo dejaba tras.
lucir que a Ia Gran Bretala Sc le tcms,
cualquiera que sea Ia situaCi6n en- que
SO halle.
La verdad es que hoy 81 exito en-
mateTia de luchas armadas solo se de
eide pOr el n6mero y calidad de los
armamsntos, y scg6n el dinerO de que
sc disponga para afrontar los gastos.
Ouand0 Ia intrepidez y el valor dc
los hOmbres no R0brepnja al enemigo,
tOdO cs question de meter mas hOm,
bres J mas canones on el lugar de Ia
cOntienda, y esta es una simple cues
ti6n de dinerO y de tempo necesariO
por adquirir barc0s y llevar legiOnsn
de soldadOs al cOmbate.
Tiene Francia mas orc que Ingla
terra para afrontar las COnsscuenCias
de IN oonfictO I Ahf esta el primer
factor del prOblema. No pudiendO
aclaraFse este punto, es ocl0so pensar
en- 10 dem5s.
La fnerza do Inglaterra csta en- 81
mar. Por muy ipferiOTes que fuesen
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
LA INSURRECCION
De Colombia
UN CANONERO VOLADO POR
LOS REBELDES
PANAMA EN- PELIGRO

Segun declaraciones hechas por ell
captain del ,vapor ingles Or6ROcO, llega-
gado recientemente Jamaica, los re-
beldes colombianos encontrabanse ell
dia 81 de Mayo anterior solamente &
seis millas de Panama, fernando un
pOderoso n1cleo de fnerzas.
Los O6nsules de Inglaterra, FrauCia
y otros varioS salieron con sus fami-
lias. q Taboga, a fin de poner sus perso-
mas en- seguridad Todas las tropas
del gobierno abandonaron a Colon, &
fin de guarnecer q Panama. En- Sa,
banilla embarcarOn $50 soldados con
direction a aquel punto.
Ell cafionero colombiano C0rdOUG al
servicio del gobierno de aquella Repd-
blica fue volado con dinamita por los
rebeldes entire Oartagena y Colon.
EI cafionero MGchiGS, de la marina
de guerra de los Estados Unidos, en-
cuentrase fondeado en- este 1ltimo
puerto a disposition del CONSUL.
Or6ese generalmente que Ell triunfo
sera de los revoluciOnari0s de Colon
bia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26

Repdblica don, Eduardo Lopez de Ia
Romano, comisiones de la prensa y de
diferentes sociedades peruanas, sin tal
tar una sola, acudieron, de manera es
pontanea, q saludar q los marinos es
pahoIes para quienes hubo entusiastas
frasesl de elogio y de confraternidad.
Ef Opulento peruano sefior IturraQui,
uno de los hombres mas acaudalados
de aquella Repdblica, Obsequi6 4 los
marinOs peninsulares con un gran ban
quote, al que concurri6 10 mas seleeto
y distinguido de la sociedad limena
del Oallao y de otras importantes po,
iblacioncs, Ell cual tuyo efecto en- Ell
Casino Espanol.
Las antoridadcs y Ia prensa del
PERI, en- intimo consorcio, estar pre-
parando grandes festas en- obsequio a
los maIinOs de Espana.
Como Sc aprecia en- estos momen-
tos la exactitud de una Erase vertida
por Letellier: Las Rep1blicas sud-
americanas quieren constituir con Els
paila una fnerza seme etnol6gica que
eontrapese ell infujo de las razas sa-
jona Y eslava y haga sentir su acci6n
decisiva en- los destinos del genero hui
mano!
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
EL TERROR EN- PEkIR
MUERTEALOS ExTRANJERos

Un telegrama de Taku recibido
4 6ltima bora dice que dos inge-
nieros belgas que han conseguido
neoar 4 aquella poblaci6n proce-
dentes de PeIxin, han manifestado
ooe en esta ciudad reina 81 terror
mas espantoso y que diariamente
son Ilevados 4 los bosques imftTo-
les, = coIgados de arboles y muertos,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
NUEV,A YORK

aus tropas en- terra, s6branle recursos
para llevarlas sn antojo 8 impune-
mente 8 ionde lie plazca, y desembar-
carlas en- las colonias en- los puntos
d6biles de la costa enemiga, y puode
reembarcarlas cuando 10 erea conve
niente. NADIA de este pueden hacer
Las potsncias, porque sus escuadras
reunidas no alcanzan a superar la fiota
inglesa. Siendo inferiores, no pueden
llevar un solo combatiente q territorio
ingl6s, 81 es que tienen que hacerlo por
mar, Y en- camb:o las escuadras brit$-
uicas pueden hostilizar siempre y cuan
do uuieran las costas de Europa y apo
derarse de las colOnias NAL defendidas,
que son Ia mayor parte.
Aprovechar un golpe de mano pa
ra iuvadir la Gran BretaRia serfa
una locura aun cuando lograsen
arrojar por sorpresa IN million de
hombres (quef es cuanto SO puede su-
poner) sobre Inglaterra, este mons
truoso ej6rcito inyasor perecerfa de
hambre 4 los ocho dfas, por POGO que
valera ell patriotismo de los ingleses
Estos serfan mas de cuatro millones,
desde sus propias casas, a repeler al
invasor, ell cual no podria volver atr&s,
porque tendrfa cortada por complete Ia
retirada.
Solo hay un medic de hostilizar for
malmeDte al imperio ingl6s: este me
die hallase en- nanos de Russia, Ia cual
puede atacar la India, ahOra que csta
casi terminado ell ferro carril Transi-
beriano.
Russia y sus aliados podrfan llevar
grandAs ejercitos al Asia y mantener
una Inca de comunieaciOnes segura y
constante para los aprovisionamientos
Los bareos no podrfan entonces servir
para otra cosa que para llevar tropas al
teatro de Ia guerra y para usurpar CO.
lonias; pero una vez cOnquistada la In
dia y dominados la Persia y ell Aga
niStan, serfa facil caer sObre Turqufa y
sobre Ia China, y acaparar todo ell Orbe
asi6tico con la Europa Oriental.
La viabilidad de esta empresa SO re-
suelve en- una simple question de nj
meroS: dedIcir las tropas necesarias
para ocupar los puntos estrategicos,
anadirle los -canones correspondence
& cada unidad tatioa y multiplicar todo
este por el n1mero de raciones y mu
niciOnes consumibles dhrante los dos
cuatro 6 seis amos que pudiera durar
Ia guerra,
81 no Sc tiene dinero necesario para
cubrir este producto n1merico, y otro
tanto para imprevistos; es tonterfa
pensar en- clio. Con ell solo valor per-
sonal de las tropas no puede aventu-
rarse hoy ningGn 6xito. Contra este
requisite valen simpre el factor tempo
y el factor dinerO, que, unidOs sobre.
puian en- fuerza 4 tOdO 10 imaginable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
Drama terrible
EN- UN LAGO
Muertos y heridos

En- la prensa de- exterior llegada re.
cientemente esta isla leemos la re-
laci6n de un suceso verdaderamente
extraordinario, ocurrido en- el lago
Moelar, Suecia, y de cuyo orfgen y
desarrollo aun no Sc tienen detalladas
noticias.
A las once de una noche espl6ndida
Y magnffica surcaba las aguas del lago
ell vapor Hoping, cuandO al pasar al
costado de otro vapor, ell Prins Karl,
un individuo que sc hallaba abordo Gle
este 1ltimo avanz6 sobre la mura gri-
tando-i Si alguien Sc acerca, disparo
al misfno tempo que aparecio ma ml-
jer sobre la cubierto del Prins Karl
pidiendo socOTrO. 81 individuO que
habfa gritadO antes, salt6 del buque a
una canoa, huyendo rapidamente q
fuerza de reno.
Puesto el KOping en- communication
con ell Prins Karl, paSose abordo de
este 1ltimo, encOntrandOse en- ell II
personals, de las cuales 6 estaban heri-
das de bala. Uno de los heridos, el
oapitau del barco, habfa muerto va ;
otro, sucumbi6 POGO despu6s /; muchos
de los que Sc hallaban abordO del Prtns
Karl estaban encerradOs.
Cuatro agentes de policfa llegaron
al dia siguiente a EsBilterna en- buSca
de un sujeto cuyas selas correspondent
con las del fugado del Pri1ts Karl. Es-
te individuo fue detenido, pocas horas
despues de llegar los agentes, en- la
sala de espera de la estaci6n de SkOgs
torp. AL ssr prese, quiso disparar su
revolver contra los agentes, perc estOs
10 desarmaron y registraron encontran
dole dos rev6lvers y 81 capsulas. De-
clar6 llamarse Juan Felipe Nordlund
y que en- Abril 6ltimO fu6 puesto en-
|libertad, despu6s de haber suffidO una
pena Dor incendio voluntario.
Respecto a los asesinatos cometidos
abord0 del Prjns Karl manifesto pri-
meramente que no tenia NADIA que de.
clarar Y que la policfa corresponds
averiguar 10 ocurrido. Al siguientc
dia Sc reconcile culpable de todo, con-
fesando tambi6n haber robado al capi-
tan del buQue mas de 800 coronas.
AL prestar aus declaraciones 10 hizo
con paSmosa sangre fra y tranquili-
dad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
BarcOs espanoles
EN- LOS PUERTOS
DEL NORTE- AMERICA

La prensa de Nueva York, en- su
edici6n del IL del actual acoje con muy
lisonjeras frases la presencia en- aquel
puerto del vapor espanol Leon XIII,
que lego a 6l procedente de BARGE
Iona.
Dicho barco ha inaugurado Ell servi-
clio entire Mexico, Cuba, los Estados
Unidos y los puertos del Mediterraneo.
III 5 de Julio pr6ximo yolvera 4 tocar
en- Nueva York zarpando luegO para
las costas de Espafia & Italia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
La GUERRA EN- FILIPINAS
POLITICA De ATTRACTION

Telegramas de Manila dicen que
los sefiores Buencamino y Luna
han conference.-the con 81 general
Mac. Arthur, Comandante en- jefe
del eiGrcito americana de operaOio-
nes on aquel Archipelago, sobre la
polftica de attraction que debe Sc
guirse con los flipinos alzados en-
armas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
LOS RESIDENTES EN- PENN
NO PUEDEN SER AUkIlIADOS

Ell Departamento de Ia Marina de
Londres ha recibido un despacho
del almirante de la sscuadra ingle-
sa dieisndo que por falta de suicien-
te ndmero dc tropas no han podido
ser auxiliados los extranjeros resi-
dentes en- Pekin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
MAS PREpARATIVOs

Tambien Sc ha dispuesto que es-
ten listos para salir, en- case de exi-
girlo una imperiosa necesidad, Al
gunos de los cafioneros de 80 q 200
toneladas que fueron ocupados a
Espafia con motive de la accion de
Cavite.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
INCL LESES Y BOERS
aUDAcIa De BOTHA
CERRANDO EL PASO
kLOS INGLESES

Despachos de Lorenzo Marquee
anuncian que el general Botha, al
trente de un considerable n1mero
de guerrillas beers, SO ha corrido
hacia ell oeste de Middleburg, ee-
rrando q los ingleses, con audacia y
arroio increibles, Ell paso & aquella
importante poblaci6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
TRES GENERATES CONTRA BOTHA
IMPoRTANTE ACCION EN- PERsPECTIVA

Los despachos ,eferidos aiaden
que los generates French, Hutton y
Pole -Carew sstAn reuniendo todas
sur fuerzas para atacar ell ejercito
que acaudilla el general Botha, to-.
do 10 que hace resumir que de IN
momento 4 otro Sc ibrara una i'm
portante acci6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26

del general Lacret, debe estar COM
ipuesta de so barcos.
El general Wood cree, sin embargo,
que con IL embarcaciones de pequeho
tonelaje habra mas que sufciente para
realizar ell meuoionado fin.
Esp6rase dnicamente, para rcsolver
ell particular y establecer la Marina
que Sc pide, la resolution del Gobierno
de Washington.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
TAI VEz REHDIDAS
TRlsTES vATlcIAIOs

Temese que las expresadas co
lumnas, que solo llevaban raciones
para ounce dias. hayan sido acorra-
tadas Dor los rebeldes chinos entire
los rios Pei Ho T Wen-Ho, forzAn
dolas & rendirse 8 impidi9ndolas CO.
municarse con Tak1.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
EN- RIOS VADEaBLES

Dichos barcos podran servir, me,
ior que los grandes cruceros y AGO.
razados, para hacer la campaiia en-
rios que sean vadeables, como el
Pei-ho.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
La SUERTE De LAS COLUMMAS
INTERNAclONALES

Despachos de Chefoo dicen que
80 ignora en- absolute la suerte que
haya podido caber a las columnas
internacionales que fueron atacadas
por el ejercito chino en- las inmedia-
clones de TEN Tsin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
MAS CHINOs REBELDEs

Oro telegrama de Chefoo dice
que de la provincial de Hokien acu
den diariamente numerosos chinos 4
engrosar las filas de los que Nero
dean en- las inmediaciones de Tien
Tsin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26
Information DDr1D|G
NuBVs York, e i JUNO
BlRcOs De GUERRA
Al GOLFO De PECHILI
Al GoLFO De PECHILI

Tslegralnas de Washington dicen
que entire los barcos de guerra que,
segdn telegrafie aver, zarparan DC
Manila con rumbo al golfo de Pc
chill, iran los cruceros Brooklyn y
New Orleans y 4 canoneros. entire los
que fguran ell PctreI y el Concord.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-26

despu6s de horribles mutilaciones,
nuEerosos extranjeros.
Sc ignora aim la suerte que ha-
van pedido eorrer las Legaciones.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19

more insulting and finally whipped out
siX-shooter and leveled it at tho
lrishman's head. Now, you houndn
he roared, I want you to tell the whole
house that you're liar!'
THE action was so sudden that
Blake had no time to defend himself,
but he never turned hair. 'Aw, put
that thing away he said laughngly.
Then, looking over Armstrong; shoul-
der, he added, as if speaking to some
body behind him: It's all right. Har-
vey; he's only kidding
Thinking that Blalle's partner, Wat
son, had entered the place and was
in his rear. the desperate instantly
wheeled around. AS he did so the big
Irishman hit him a crushing blow un-
der the ear and knocked him fully a
dozen feet. His revolver flew out of his
hand as he fell and exploded harmless
ly in the air, and before he could re-
cover his senses Blake was on his chest
with his hands on his throat.
THAT ended the row and made an
everlasting impression on my mind.
BY the way, Blake got his nickname of
Beau from a favorite expression of his
while cowboy. On Sundays he used
to beau up as he called it, to visit
some girls on an adjoining ranch.
'Beauing up consisted of shaving and
taking his trousers out of his boots"
Blake was lieutenant colonel In the
Sixth cavalry, u. S. A. and spent nine
years, until 1889, fighting Indians and
campaigning in Arizona, New Mexico
Indian Territory and along the Mexi.
can border. He was born in Missouri
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19
CLEVER AND BRAVE
RECORD OF AN AMERICAN cow
BOY IN BOER RANKS.
Was Formerly Lieutenant Colonel In
the Sixth United States Cavniry-itas
Lately Been Heard From Through this
War Correspondents

One Of the Americans now IN the
Boer army who has been heard from
through the South African correspon-
dent is Beau" Blake, formerly a cow
boy down in Texas. cat the time
made his acquaintance" said an old
friend the other day, "'Beau' was in
terested, with Kentuckian OF the
name of Harvey Watson, in horse
ranch south of Brownsville. He was a
big, good natured, powerful fellow,
with humorous Irish blue eyes and a
small, sandy mustache Although he
had no record as bad man. it was
pretty well understood that he had
plenty of sand and could take care OF
himself in an emergency. I saw that
fully demonstrated one night at Fort
Worth. He was in town on some bust.
ness, and, happening to walk into q
bar attached to a gambling house then
famous throughout the southwest, en-
countered a cattle man of the name OF
Ed Armstrong, with whom he had had
some difficulty over stock brand.
Armstrong had the reputation OF
being a killer and as soon as he saw
Blake he reopened the old quarrel
Blake replied to his remarks good
humoredly, but he became more and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19
Recent Fires in Yellowstone Park.

The recent fires in the Yellowstone
Park We're not so extensive as had
been generally believed. They covered,
according to report by Colonel II.
NJ. Chittenden, the Government engi-
neer in charge of improvement work
In the park, about twelve square miles,
and were then eXtinguished by heavy
rains The park has been unusually
dry this season, and when the fires
started they found plenty Of fuel. A
curious feature of fires in the Yellow
stone Park is that they flourish in the
day and subside at night, owing to
the disappearance of the breeze with
the setting of the sun. THE flames
in one tree" says Colonel Chittenden,
''do not communicate to the next, but
the blazing brands are carried some
distance, and fall to the ground, where
they shoulder through the night,
some of them being extinguished,
though there always are enough left
to start another blaze when the morn
ing breeze fans their sparks Then
another tree becomes ignited, and
roars and crackles furiously all day."
About eighty-four per cent. of the
park is wilderness, and, according
to Colonel Chittenden, no amount of
lighting that could be done would
stay the progress of the flames. The
best that could be done was at night
in the way of hunting out the smoul-
dering embers and extinguishing them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19
Wom an in This Brave World,

When n woman remains cheerful in
getting over love affair, 1t is a sign
she Is starting in ON another.
1t is the hardest thing in the world
to give an old maid a good time after
she has settled down to travelling in a
rut-
1t is funny, but In reading, women
fairly gloat over heroine who meets
the hero, both fall in love without in
PRODUCTION and are married, while in
real life the average woman will
scream If her daughter speaks to a
man she has met every day in zen
years, but to whom she has not been
ntroduced.-Atchison Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19
Italy's Silk Industry.

The silk industry In Northern italy
Is making steady and considerable
progress. Lyons firms of dyers are
even opening branches in the neigh
borhood of Como. The exports of silk
goods from Italyros from the amount
Of S6,567 800 in 1898 to that of S9,453,-
254 in 1899. New silk mills are almost
constantly being erected, and there IS
little doubt that the city of Como will
some day become the most important
silk manufacturing centre In Europe
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19

While such optimistic shouters for
Mckinley as Chauncey NJ. Depew and
Theodore Roosevelt are endeavorlng to
humbug the people into the belief
that McKinley's election is assured by
an overwhelming majority and that all
that remains for the Republicans is to
count the votes, Mark Hanna, who
has undertaken the job to re-elect Nc
Kinley again, declares that the Repub-
licans are "overconfident" and show
great lack of interest in the Presi-
dent
Says Mr.. Hanna:
"Overconfidence is responsible for
the apathy so far manifest in this cam
paign. There We're nearly 10000 Re
publican voters so confident in 1892
that President Harrison would be re-
elected that they did not take the trou-
BILE to go to the polls. Their negli-
gencc, due to oyerconiidence, cost the
Republican party that election. We
are facing the same conditions in this
campaign
Mr.. Hanna undoubtedly has found
out luit INC allttthy NHlcHeAiStS ulhouS
the Republicans is due not so much
to "overconfdcnce" as to disgust with
or Indifference to the imperialistic cam
didate.
The thinking and Independent Repub-
licans of the country not only do not
enthuse over the administration and
the policy of the President, but view
with alarm the purpose of the Presi-
dent to transform this free and popu-
lar Government into Government by
militarism and large standing armies.
There is no cause for overconfdence
| ON the part of the Republicans in Nc
Kinley's reelection. as Mr.. Hanna will
find out in due time.-Syracuse On. "
Telegram.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19
The Shifty Mckinley.

What would Mckinley do without
his old standby, commission His
ternational capacity and help straight
en- out the tangled affairs there. What
are our ministers and commanders for?
These commissions cost enormous
sums of money and really accomplish
little of value. However, they make
it easy for the administration to shift
and evade heavy official responsible
ties.-Cleyeland Recorder.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19
An American's Service in China's Army

An American's Service In China's Army
The first foreigner employed by the
Chinese for the reorganization of their
army was an American, Frederick
Townsend Ward, soldier of for
tune, born in Massachusetts. When
twenty-nine years old Ward, who had
high school education and had served
in the French army landed at Shang-
hal. This was in 1860 when the Taip-
ing rebels were everywhere success
ful. Ward organized a band composed
of men OF various nationalities and
offered to capture a city for a fixed
price. The first achievement of his
small army was the capture of the
walled town Sunkiang, which was
held by 10000 rebels. AS reward he
was made a mandarin of the fourth
rank. Ward then cleared the country
around Shanghai, being paid so much.
After a while he disappeared and was
next heard of when the natives at
tackled the city in large force, when
Ward appeared at the head of three
wen-9rmed and well-drilled native reg
iments, who rescued Shanghai. TheIe-
after he became one of the leading
men in the defense Of Shanghai. He
adopted the Chinese nationality I'M
der the name of Hwa, married the
daughter of a wealthy mandarin of
the highest grade and admiral-general
in the service of the emperor. Cen
eral Ward died as the result of q
wound received In directing an assault
on Tseliie. The Chinese paid him the
highest possible honors after his death
by burying him in the Confucian Gem
etery, at Ningpo. Wards successor in
command of the Chinese forces was
Major Charles G. Gordon-"Chinese"
Gordon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19

1t was the middle of the week when
the young man appeared at the office
to make his excuses and explanations.
"You should have returned from your
vacation last Monday, SIR" said the
proprietor of the establishment. "You
were having good time at that sum-
mer resort, l suppose, and thought you
were entitled to three days of grace 2"
"N-not exactly" stammered the
young man, with heightened color.
Laura, sir."-Chicago Tribune,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-19

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Armour & CO., controls packing
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