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mess. It has been put up by a practical
American miller with the finest of Ameri-
can machinery. II has all the latest i'm
Drovemcnts. electrical and otherwise. and
it is | am told, as good any mill in Min
ueupoliS though not as large. 1t has cost
about SIOuEO, is owned by Chinese, np-
Grated by Chinese capital. and VIII be LED
with Chinese wheat. The Chinese proprie-
tors visited the United States. carrying two
or three bushels OF wheat along with them
to see whether our machinery would work
equally we'll with their grain. The amount
brought was so small that no lest could be
made but there is no doubt as 20 the sue
cess of the undertaking.
Chinn's Big Bread Basket.
One of the big bread baskets of the Chi
nese empire is the great plain which eE-
tends north of the Iangtse. There are
hundreds of miles of this region which are
covered with wheat. The plain from north
to south is as long as from New York to
Cleveland. 1t Is almost as wide as from
New York TO Pittsburg. and great part of
it contains good wheat soil Much of the
land is too high for irrigation. but the soil
IS so rich that In ordinary seasons it pro-
duces good crops.
l had a chat the other day with Capt. w.
W. Rich the foreign adviser to Sheng. the
head of the Chinese imperial railways
Capt. Rich has travelled over most of the
empire surveying railroads and reporting
on mines and other matters for Sheng. He
is from Minneapolis. and ought to know
wheat when he sees It. Said he:
The wheat fields of the great Chinese
plains remind me Of the bonanza farms of
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From the Ionlon Express.
England Is not the only country where
strange offices still kept up, for in
France today there is man who holds the
honorable post of official viper killer of
Haute-Loire.
His name is Courtol and his record IS un-
rivaled. His robe of office is made of 800
OF his venomDu victims skins CONSIDERING =
his undoubted talents, his rates of remu-
ncration are remarkably low. He gets 21ai
for every viper he kills, and his average
works out at 100 year. This means
that his income from the practice of his
profession works out to about f16 per an
mum.
His best average for a twelvemonth, so
far, according to official record, Is a mol
est trial OF 1902 slain reptiles.
This eminent practitioner allows that bis
profession IS not "all lavender" for when
al rest the viper assumes the color OF the
ground or rocks of the locality 1t inhabits
becoming bluish-black upon basatic rocks
and a reddish hue upon the volcanic scoriae.
Besides, before he takes his daily siesta
the artful viper chooses his bed" that
Is to say, he seeks ground of color 10
match his complexion.
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which led to 1t made a nine days senss-
ton all the way up to Paris. The papers
ccntented themselves with remarkins what
a pity it was, she was SO beautiful 4 girl,
to have such tragic end. But in the Nice
anG Monte Carlo smoking rooms quite diff
ferent remarks were made. Miss A. it
was recalled. had won 100000 francs in one
day betting on the number n. 1t was also
remembered that she had begun operating
without capital proportioned to such win
n!ngs. She had won repeatedly and miracu-
lously from the start. 1t was as If the
money had been given to her. Now, say the
nemies of the bank, given the known skill
of croupiers, 1t is impossible for any ono
to win in one day 100000 francs by betting
on a single number unless the croupier HIM
self deliberately brings the event about
They therefore arrive at this hypothesis:
Either Miss A had been temporarily Ia
vored by croupier fallen in love with her,
or else the bank, knowing her financial Sill
uation, had given orders to lead her on
In the first case, she must have repulsed
the ambitious ball spinner. In the second
case there was a black conspiracy against
the weak and innocent.
STERLING HELLO.
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Monte Carlo can bring out the numbers he
pleases, 1t must come close to turning his
brain to decide each time what number 20
bring out. Nearly every compartment Is
piled with money. If he makes red win for
the bank he may cause the bank to lose on
odd even. If he makes manque win for
the bank he may cause a lot of players TO
win on the columns, dozens or colors. And
on.
The American Beauty.
All this brings back to mind the sad case
Of a beautiful American Girl. Miss A,
who in 1893 came to Nice. tall, slender,
beautiful, with only a weak-willed aunt TO
chaperon her and a letter of credit for
$4,000. 1t was her whole fortune that she
had imprudently turned into cash. She had
not been at Nice month before she de-
Veloped a passion for gambling. She never
played heavily, however, until the day she
won 1000 francs betting on the number II.
The next day she won 100000 francs on the
same number, and had all Mcnte Carlo
talking about the miracle.
Miss A now began to plunge in ear
nest. Day after day she lost constantly
UEul the whole of her fortune. l. 1000
francs, had been devoured by the bank.
When her last dollar was gone. not being
able to face a miserable future the un-
happy girl committed suicide with a re
vclver. The suicide and the peculiar causes
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the Dakotas. They extend on and on for
miles. There are no fences and no barns
nothing but wheat, wheat wheat! Here
and there IS clump Of trees. Each Of the
! tree clumps marks Chinese village, rang
ing in size from few houses up to hun
dreds. The farmers live in the villages and
90 out from them to their work. The land
IS owned in small patches. but 10 the
stranger it has no visible boundaries"
rs the country thickly pOpulated?'
Yes replied Capt Rich. Much more
thic&ly than l supposed at first. 1 was sur
prised al the number of people in Il village.
The families are large. and you find eight
village belongs to a clan family. 1t has
Its head men, who act as their governors,
and who are we'll posted all matters
connected with their localities. l talked
with many of these old men. They told me
that II took all the wheat they could raise
to feed the local population. They could
not give me any couragement to eX-
port. Iou see, l was looking up freight
for a possible railroad. ! asked them what
they did when they had n big crop. They
answered that they stored it in public gran
| aries against the times of famine"
How the Chinese Cultivate Wheat.
During house-boat trip up the Yangtse
| valley l passed through wheat region.
| not as large as that of the great plain. but
| big enough to show me something of Chi
| nese wheat culture. The wheat is in small
patches 1t is cultivated in a way that
| would surprise bonanza farmers The
| grain is first sowed in seed beds and the
| stalks transplanted, plant by plant, like
| rice. The stalks set out in rows about
| six inches apart. In little punches of five
or six stalks. The crop - kept free from
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they furnished it with concealed spiral
fuse and introduced it into the large gam
ing hall hidden in the high silk hat Of one
of the conspirators. The others sought
places near the principal croupier at a
prosperous trente-et-quarante table, con-
venient to the bank roll, and gave the sig
nal He of the bomb and plug hat, watch
ing his opportunity deposited the hat with
the bomb in 1t on the large mantelpiece in
the center Of the hall, lit 1t with cigar
that he kept paimed for the purpose and
coolly strolied away.
1t was 10 pm. The concert had finished
The gaming hall was filled with the over
flow, and all was animation. Suddenly
formidable explosion filled the Casino with
clouds Of thick smoke and indescribable
alarm. The anarchists had not then been
forgotten, and it had been predicted that
the Monte Carlo Casino. filled with the rich
and idle, ought to be considered by the an
archists an IDEAL spot for their propagan-
da. The thick smoke covered a goodsized
panic. Several persons, slightly wounded
in the face and hands by flying pieces of
broken glass, looked through the smoky
mist If they might be badly wounded.
In their haste to get away many jumped
from windows. AT the central door a wo-
man laid the foundation for a hu-
man barricade. She had fallen PROSTATE,
and after her came others. Hats were
smashed, coats tern, gowns ripped and gas
brackets loosened. The four conSpirators
had calculated that. besides creating great
clouds of smoke, the explosion would put
out tueN IlSHtS- Happily 1oT tne odnk, tHe
gas only went out. The petroleum lamps,
which retained for double safety, de-
spite the march Of improvement, continued
feebly to light the scene. They made light
enough for the cool-headed croupiers. who
faithful to their trust, stood on the alert
to guard the bank roll. There was a dash
made-and two of the conspirators were
taken into custody. That they tore away
the next moment and escaped Is only a de-
tail. The next day visitors to the casino
observed that all the mantelpieceS had been
taken down, and that rule had been post
ed forbiddtng hats or packages to be de-
posted on chairs. on tables. sofas or the
floor. You must now hold your hat in your
hand or leave 1t at the vestaire.
Italians Won Heavily.
The band Of eighteen Italians who few
years ago won 100000 francs in one month
from the bank owed their good fortune lot
so much to active as to passive fraud. They
bet on the physical defects of a particular
roulette. Was 1t fraud? The Casino peo-
pie thought so, though they could not see
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! weeds. 1t is hoed and sprinkled with liquid

weeds. 1t is hoed and sprinked with liquid
manure.
In the larger wheat regions which Captain
Rich saw the wheat Is sown with rude
drills which drop three rows at time.
The crop is hoed and scientifically culti-
waited, although the plowing Is very snal-
low.
Several hundred miles above here in the
Yangtse valley the farmers plant their
wheat in hills They hoe it regularly and
weed it. They cut it with a sickle and
fail it out on a threshing floor.
A Big Chance for American Corn.
Uncle Sam should profit by the approach
ing famine to introduce American corn.
The beggars will be legion, and thousands
will starve. Ship loads of corn might be
sent and the food thus introduced Sooner
or later China will be our greatest corn
market. When the Nicaragua canal is COM
pleted the chief fleet of the Pacific will
b, the corn fleet. Hundreds of steamers
will then carry Indian corn from the Mis-
sissippi valley to the countless millions on
the opposite side of the Pacific. Asia has
more than a half billion people who want
the cheapest food that will sustain life.
There is no cereal that has as much nutri-
ntent corn. 1t is better and cheaper
than wheat. rice, or any other, and we can
raise enough to 81 pply the world. Our
corr crop is our biggest crop. We raise
about two billion bushel every year. and
even as things now are this has value al
most double that of the wheat crop With
the increased demand from Asia it will be
worth much more and the area can be so
increased that can feed the world. At
present about three-fourthS OF our corn is
consumed in the United States while about
half our wheat is exported. In the future
there will be as great demand for corn
as for wheat.
The Famine an Opening Wedge.
The coming famine should be the OPEN
ing wedge. There will be a great demand
for cheap bread stuffs. and if corn can be
sent out at a low price it can be sold. A
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From the Chicago Journal.
Last evening a gentleman who was sit
ting by his suburban window casually re-
marked:
There goes the woman whom George
Browns awfully in love with.
His wife, who was in back room getting
supper ready, dropped plate on the floor,
stumbled over the baby and ran like a deer
to the window with:
where? Where? Tell me- quick
1.-The one with the long cloak, just at the
corner
Then the woman at the window said IN
tones of deep disgust: why, that's George
Browns Wife
Yes, exactly" remarked he brutal hus-
band. Then the disappointed woman went
back and got the supper ready. but her
usually sweet disposition was soured for
the entire evening,
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From Life.
! met girl the other day,
A girl with golden tresses,
Who wore the most bewltching air
And daintiest of dresses.
i gaZed at her with kiEdling eye
And admiration utter
Until saw her silken skirt
Was trailing in the gutter.
What senseless style is this - thought;
What new sartorial passion?
And who on earth stands sponsor for
The idi9tic IA shiCn!'
I've asked n dozen maids or more,
A tailor and his cutter,
But no one knows why skirts are made
To drag along the gutter.
What lovely woman wills to do
She '.oes without a reason;
To Interfere fs waste of time,
To criticise Is treason.
Mans only province Is to work
To earn his bread and butter
And buy her all the skirts she wants
To trail along the gutter.
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room two half naked Chinese were boiling
the meal shaking the boiling cloth by roll
ing back and forth a log to which it was
attached. They kept the cloth moving
by hopping up and down upon pegs driven
into the log.
Such mills are the roller patent process of
-four grinding il interior China. Nearly
every flour store has machinery of this kind
in the rear, and sometimes a dozen sets of
stones will be moved by many bullocks.
The only modern -four mills of China are
at Shanghai and at Wuhu, on the Yangtse
Kiang. about 24O miles north Of here The
Shanghai mill will soon be doing big bus
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the Monaco tribunal, he was condemned to
eighteen months of prisQn-but he had won
100000 francs. The others, escaping with
the spoil, remained faithful to him. and it
is said that. though still In prison. he Is in
the enjoyment of all kinds of favors Others
pretend that he is not In prison, but that
he was secretly let go because it was feared
that he might talk after serving his term.
The Night of the Romb.
"The evening of the bomb will remain
historic In the annals of Monte Carlo. Four
high-class confidence operators, of whom
two were said to be English, or American,
conceived the idea of getting away with
one of the trente-et-quarante tables stack
of 1,000-franc notes. The play at this game
is much higher than that at roulette, not
only because OF Its lower rake-or but be-
cause of its higher maximum, IL 600 francs
S1,240) and the fact-weighty with those
who believe in such things-that, once the
six packs are shuffied and cut, no chance
event. like that of a gold piece falling into
roulette cylinder or the jumping" Of
roulette ball, can risk breaking 1.-The Sc
ries.' The tenacity with which many po-
ker players hold TO drawing their right
cards in the case of a turn-up arises from
just such consideration,
Well, these four conspirators thought
i that they might get at the 10000 francs in
big notes that each trente-et -Quarante ta-
BILE is pretty sure to have in bank along to-
ward 10 o'clock at night. Each table starts
with this sum In gold and notes, and win
ming IT, with Its accumulations or less its
dfminutions, constitutes 'breaking the
| bank" Constructing q bomb, principally
| OF loose powder enveloped In caoutchouc,
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had won $3.50 which they divided. They are
beginning again today. Was 1t mere luck
and did the syndicate's conditions prevent
them from ''plunging' hotheadedly? In any
case they earned their money. Don't call
that play" one Of the syndicate remarked
afterward; 1.-The same amount of patience
and self-control ought to bring it's reward
in any Legitimate business"
One thing is certain. If the croupier at
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Katrina Trask in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Behold her stand! woman-yet apart
A stately virgin. proud diyinely mild;
And closely nestled to her mother-heart
A little child.
Amid earth's s0rrows, in maternal joy
Victorious she rises, unafraid;
Keeping her gracious guard about her boy,
Calm, undismayed.
Kings have waged warfare, armies lost and won,
Tyrants their attle-bots long years have hurled ]
But. 10! the Virgin and her little Son
Still rule the world.
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From Life.

From Life
"Barbert is an awful poor judge of whis-
KY isn't he?''
Yes he inherits 1t. He comes from a
long line of druggists.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-24

Aver & las tres ounce minutes de Ia
tarde fue arrollado por el tranvfa, en- Puer-
ia de TERRA, ell nino Julio Gonzalez, ell
que result6 con la fractura de una pierna.
Fue asistido en- el cuarto de socorros
trasladado al Hospital de Santa Rosa, dan
dose cuenta del hechO al Juzgado de San
Francisco.
EI ayuntamiento de Caguas hs nombra-
do sustituto del alcalde, ell CONCEAL don
Marcelino Sola.
Fla regreSado Ponce don Pedro j. Ro-
sally, alcaIde de aquella ciudad, que Sc en-.
cOntraba en- eSta.
81 vapor EEPhiladelphia", recujera la CO.
rrespOndencia que ha de cOnducir para ell
Sur America, manana a las nueve de la
misma.
Ell ayuntamientO de la cludad del Sur, en-
session celebrada ell LINES, di6 lectura q un
escritO de los se1ores Pivodi sobre ell pago
de s 500 que les adeuda aquel municipio.
La referida instancia pas6 informes de la
Comisi6n de Hacienda.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-24
TAQUIGRAFIl!1SCRTURA A NAQulSA!
EN- La ESCUELA ESPECIAL
DEL ESOR I'll "A Nm A
86 FOrtaIezG = San Juan
instruction completa por distinguidos y
expertos prOfesores.
ACUDID CUANTO ANTES. 30-2 a

En- la Semana que termina ell 13 del mes
en- curse ha hechJ la Polcfa Insular las
SiguienteS detencloneS pOr los delitOS que
& continuation Sc expresan.
Primer distrito, cabecera en- Caguas, bajO
La direction del captain Molina -POr rObo
er los caminos, 8; en- los pueblos, pOr
asalto, a por robo de ganado, l por or
den de las aUtor' dadeS judiciales, A; por
uso indebido del uniforme del ej6rcito
americana, 1.
Segundo distrito, cabecera en- Anasco,
bajo la direction del captain Guerrero
Por Orden de las autoridades judiciales, 8 !;
por i'd de las del ejercito, 1; pOr hurto, l !;
por quebrantamiento de condena, 2.
Tercer disrito, cabecera en- Coamo, bajo
la direction del captain Urrutia.-POr pc
lea, l por orden de las autoridades judicia
les, 8 por jugar 10 prohibids, IL por
robo, l por asalto y rObO, l !; por asaltO,
9; por rObo en- los caminos incenGio, 2 /;
por usO de armas, l por sospecha de ase-
sinato, 3.
Sc dice que la HCompanfa de azdcar de
remolacha americana ha hecho los contra
tos necesaries para la maqIlnaria apara-
tos que Sc necesitan para una fabrica de
az6car &c remClacha que Sc instalara en-
Rocky Ford, Colorado. Esta sera la Sc
gunda del mundo. Su production anual
sera de dieciocho mil tOneladas de azdcaT
refnada.
La Emulsion de Scott merece con justi-
cia el acto .cOncepto en- que la tiene la pro-
fesi6n m6dica. Asf 10 reconoce ell habil &
inteligente DIR. Don FlOrenciO VilluendaS.
de Juana DiaE, Pto- Rico.
He aquf sus propias palabras
"La Emulsion de Scott es un preparado
exceIente, y justamente conceptuadO asi
p0r todOs los m6dicOs.D
DIR. Flarencio Villuendas.
MedicO Titular de Juana Diaz
Juana Dias, PtO Rico, Julio IL de 1894.
EI dia q Sc verifcaran las elecciones en-
Trujillo alto.
81 iIustre cOmpOsitOr lie ndsica, Maestro
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-24
lNTENT0 De WARREN

Ell general Warren intent6 ano-
che tomar ell pueblo de Spionkop &
causa de dominarse desde este una
gran extension de atrincheramientos
y defensas de los beers.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-24

de San Francisco Sc intruy6 contra Francis
co Davila y Juan Rivera (a) Poncenito, POI
ell supuestO delitO de robO de un reloj de la
pr0piedad del senior Auffant, de Ponce, y
cuy0 suceSO 0curri6 la entrada del teatro
de eSta Capital, como anunciamos los lee.
torres en- su op0rtunidad. lei MinisteriO Fis-
cal, despues de terminadas las pruebas testi-
ficales y periciales, expus6 al Tribunal, que
ell acusado Juan Rivera era ell autor del de-
Ito, como asf mismo eran encubridores
Francisco Davila y GenOveva Lopez,
quienes les fue ocupada la prenda mencio-
nada, en- union de otros de su clase. AL
mismO tempo expres6 al Tribunal ell aten-
tado de que fueron vfctimas los guardias
que prOcedieron a la ocupaci6n de dichOs OBJ
Ijetos, por parte de los mencionados encubri-
doreS, seg1n manifestation que habfa hechO
ell perito facultativo en- Ell acto de la celebra-
ci6n del julcio, y termin6 solicitando del
Tribunal impusiera los procesados las pc
mas pedidas en- Sus conclusiones definitivas.
Los prOceSados defendiendose 81 mis-
mos, interrogaron a,varios testigos sobre los
hechOS que Sc les imputan sobre su ante.
rior conducta.
El Tribunal, despues de deliberar, vot6
pOr unanimidad sentencia declarando autor
del delito de rObo Juan Rivera. condenan-
dole al pago de 100 pesetaS de multa y en-
cubrdoreS del miSnO los otrOs dos proce-
sados, con imposition de 1000 325 pesetas
de multa respectlvamente, y ,por mayOrla
que 6StoJ dltimOS son autoreS del deit0 de
resiStencia Ia autoridad, condenandoles
por este concepto tres meSes de arreS.o y
325 pesetaS de muta cada uno.
ri Fiscal actin Od0 nuo on uo7 do roais
tencia hubo atentado, hizo constar su lncon-
fOrmidad con esta parte del fallo los efec-
tOs de la casaci6n.
En- la retreta de eSta noche eiecutara la
banda puert6rriquena que dirige el senior
Verar, las siguienteS pleas:
10 Two Step "Jukedo", Cohen.-2o Gran
mOsaico sObre motives de la opera "Linda
de Chamounix", DOnizetti.-3o Scena, 70.
mama y tercetO final del primer acto de la
opera 'ETrovadOr", Verdi. - 4o Serenata
o. Metra.-5o Tango de la zarzuela :sEl
GOrrO Frigio", NietO go Danza ''Remem-
ber", DuenO.
El ParlamentO italianO adtoriz6 por una
nimidad ell arresto del diputado Palizzolo
pOr cOmplicidad en- un asesinato como iefe
de una Sociedad seereta de la Malta, del
cual fu6 vfctima, en- 1893, signor Notarba-
tolo,.el cual cuando fu6 aseSinado era pre-
sidente del banco de Stella. Esta resolu-
ci6n es la consecuencia de la proposition
de ley presentada por ell doctor Felice, di.
putado socialista, hace dos semanas, man.
dando abrir una information minuciosa res.
pecto la propaganda y desarrollo de la
Orden de la ''Vendetta"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-24
A 200 YARpAS

Ell nGcleo principal de las fuerzas
beers Sc encuentra 4 400 yardas
frente a las posiciones que ocupa
ell ejercito ingl6s.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-24
lNGLESES Y B0ERS

Las tropas del general Warren Sc
mantienen desde aver en- las mis-
mas posiciones que ocuparon ell dia
21.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-01-24

cante del ayunGamlonL0 ue NaSuaOO uOGdua
con ell sueldo annual de PIG dollars.
Ell dia IL del actual sali6 de Southamp-
ton, para ell Africa del Sur, ell traspOrte
ingles "Umbrfa", conduciendo 220O sOlda.
dos para la guerra.
Eel ConSejo municipal de Alton, IllipOis,
adopt0 ell II del actual una reSoluci6n ex-
preSandC sus simpatias los 'boers".
Ha tornado possession ell ayuntaniento de
Gurabo.
En- Ponce trat6 I'm caco de cometer un
r6bo en- la casa que habita ell Coronel Lake
Ell dia del actua,, ell crucero ingl6s
Fearless capture cerca de la bahia de
Delagoa la barca italiana !fAlaria L.,
por suponer que conducia cOntrabando de
guerra.
Sc ha dado ordcn al Jefe del Preside
para que preSente pianos, con o6jetO de am
Pillar ell local del Establecimiento, por ser
delnasiado re4ucido para e! clmero de con-
finados que existen en- la actualidad.
Ell Ingeniero senior f. p BayieS, emplea
do en- la Direction de Obras P1blicaS, ha
salido para el pueblo de Arecibo, en- asuu
tos de aquela oticlna.
En- breve Sc daran principle 4 los traba
Jos para la inStaiaci0n de una enfermera
espaciosa que trata de hacerse en- ell Presi-
dio, con un departamento particular, aisla-
do, para las Intermediates contagiosas.
Ell dia 81 del mes en- curse Sc verlfcara
un bale de maScaras en- ell teatro de Ma
yagiiez.
Sc encuentra vacante la plaza de medico
titnlar de .Naguabo, dotada con ell haber
annual de 600 dollars
Esta noche habra reception en- ell Casino
de Maysgiiez.
Ell individuo Juan BautiSta quien con
ducfa anteayer preso, en- Ponce, ell guardia
Julian PradO, aproVechoSe de un deScuiGo
de este para sacar un revolver y dispararle,
10 que pudo conseguir SIN obstaculo alguno
La bala penetr6 por ell labio atravesando la
mejilla derecha del referido guardia, cuyO
estado Sc considera de poca gravedad.