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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
Ell FUTURO
PRESIDENTE
DE LOS
ESTADOS UNlDOS

Pasado Mariana l1nes sc reunira en-
FiIadeIfa la Convention Republicans
q fin de tdesignar ell candidate para la
Presidencia de los Estados Unidos.
El4 de Julio, segdn comunicamos
oportunamente a los iectOres, Sc con
gregara en- la ciudad de Kansas la
Democrat;ca a fin de designar tambi6n
su candidate.
El dnico que determinara ell partido
Republican, para la primer Magistra-
tura de Ia Union sera ell actual Presi-
dente Mr.. William Nc. Kinley.
Ell de los dem6cratas fu6 Mr.. Wi
liam J. Bryan, de Nebraska, candida
to que fu6 para tan alto puestO en- las
elecciones anteriormente pasadas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
OPINION DE UN
FUNCIONARIO
Pasividad de Cuba
Ante 81 RO9O DEL CORREO

Segdn leemos en- la prensa' 'extrange-
ra un alto funcionario del Gobierno de
los Estados Unidos, ha dicho en- una
tertElia; que ha causado general extra
Tleza la pasividad con que los cubanos,
Y sobre todo la prensa cubana, ha AGO.
gido ell escandalo del Oorreo. Los pe-
ri6dicos americanos, afadi6 pidiendO
una investigation en- todos los departa
mentos, hacen 10 que debfa hacer los
cubanOs.
Tai parece, termin6 diciendo, que
Sc trata de dinero americana, y no del
tesOIo de Cuba.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16

anuncia que los indios yaqais, desputs
de haber estado inactiyos slgunas Sc
manas han comenzado nuevamente a
molestar 4 las tlepas de, ej6rcito mexi
ean0.
Los Ieferidos telegramas afaden que
en- las inmediaciones de Torin Sc han
libradc algunos rehidos encuentros que
han costado muchas bajas los yaqWis.
Asegdfase que 6stos Sc estan re
concentrando en- considerable ndmero
EN- las abruptas cordilleras situadas a
60 mi.las al noroeste de la mencionada
poblaci0n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
I0E5
miendo un proximo ataque de las
tribus de Taflete.
SON SUFIclENTES

Ell reserido Corresponsal afiade
que ell Gobernador General de Ar
CELIA, Mr.. dc Laferiere, ha rev;sta-
do las mencionadas posiciones y to-
l4grafado q su gobierno que las
tropas destacadas en- ell Sahara fran
e9s son sufciantes para resistir con
Gxito cualquier aggression por parte
de los moros.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
Ell COMANDANTE DEL NEWARK"

Ell captain Nc. Gala, Comandan
te del crucero Nesvark, de la Mari
ma de guerra de los Estados Unidos,
ha informado al jefe del Escuadron
de Asia que tiene Ell convencimiento
de que los BOXERS no SO atrever&n q
atacar las fuerzas navales que pro
lteien la Inca ferroviaria que une q
Tient-Sin con la capital del Imperio
chino.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16

p0r ell gobierno responsible y conside-
tan dicha prohibition como I'm guante
arrOjado a las classes mercantiles 8 in
dustriales del pals.
En- los cfrculos polfticos Sc hacen
muchos concentrates sObIe la imp0r-
tancia y los Iesultados que pueda tener
la negatiVa dada al Cfrculo de la Union
Mercantil en- su pretensi6n de presen-
tarse a la Reina.
El Impartial califica de imprudente
la negativa del gobierno en- este case.
La opinion general es que la actitud
en- que con tai motive Sc pueden pre-
sentar las classes mercantiles, constitu-
ye un verdadero peligro para la mo
narqu(a.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
Information DOrG cable
NuBVa York, i6 b JuniO
LOS AsUETOs De CHINA
EFERVESCENCIA EN- EUROPA
Los ASUNTOS De CHINA
EFERVEsCENcIA EN- EUROPA

Ell incalifcable acuerdo tornado
por ell gobierno de Pekin impidien-
do la entrada a dicha poblacion de
las dotaciones de los barcos de gue-
IRA europeos que Sc dirigfan a prote
ier las Legaciones de los desmanes
de los fanaticos BOXERS, ha causado
indescriptible efervescenciae en- Eu-
ropa, los Estados Unidos y ell ia
pom.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
La GUERRA SUD-AFRICANA

Despachos de Londres dicen que
un poderoso ejercito ingles avanza
q tomar la importante plaza de Mi
ddleberg, esperandose, con este mo-
two, un obstinado combate entire
las tuerzas b-itanicas y las numero
sas guerrillas beers que operan en-
las inmediaciones de aquella ciudad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
de Prussia

Una carta de Hamburgo asegura
que ell emperador Guillermo III de Ale-
mania su esposa Augusta Victoria
marcharan el pr0ximo otono q K@nigs-
berg con objeto de hacerse coronar CO.
mo reyes de Prussia.
La fecha elegida para Ell solemne &C
to es eli Is de Octubre pr6ximo, y con
tai motive Sc celebraran grandes fes
tejes.
La coronation Sc celebrara en- Ia
iglesia del Castillo, construida en- 1892,
y en- la que Sc hizo coronar en- Ia mis-
ma fecha en- 1861, el ditunto emperador
Guillermo /.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
DIRIGIENDO LAS MATANzAS

Los referidos telegramas dicen que
los principales jefes de ambas aso,
ciaciones Sc encuentran en- Pekin
dirigiendo las matanzas llevadas a
cabo contra los europeos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
pIos Los CRIA
BOXERS" Y BLACK KNIFE

Despachos dc Shanghai afrman
que los 1orers han logrado unilse 4
la terrible asociacion Black Knife
(Cuchino Negro) que, como la pri
mera, ha jurado exterminar q todos
los extranieros que residen en- China.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
i pRO1EJER LAS LEGAcIONEs

FL Comandante del crucero Ne
sOayE deduce por consiguiente, que
entire Tien Tsin y Pekin no hace
falta mas fuerzas, pudiendose dedi-
car todas las demas que Sc desem-
barquen q protejer las Legacionss
en- Ia capital del Imperio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
FRANCIAY NADlE MAS

Toda la prensa de Paris, en- ge
neral, aboga porque el gobierno
frances no consienta que tercie ma
ci6n alguna en- los asuntos de Ma
rruecos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
Russia BELICOSA
EMBARGO De FUERzAS

Core ell rumor en- Berlin de que
Russia ha embarcado casi todas las
fuerzas destacadas en- Port Arthur
con las que Sc dirige hacia Ell puerto
de Tientsin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
Despachos
de ESpa1a
Los ildHStriaIeS nalliIeiOS
pELIGRO PARA Ia mOHaRQuIA

Despachos de Madrid recibidOs en-
Nueva York en- los primeros dias del
mes en- curse dicen que los industriales
de aqnella Oorte Sc muestran agitadi-
simOs con motive de habeTse negado Ell
peFmiso para presentaF 4 s. M. IA
Reina Regente su mensale.
Dicen Que ESQ es an verdadero SO
cuestr0 del Poder moderator realizado
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16
GACETA DE HOY

Sin ning6n acuerdo de impOrtancia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-16

Ia suserlpcion Gegse perse1seA
dentro de 1a Isla. cuoefa 81 mo4
IN peso adelantadO 5 doce a lans
q ninsrs iusAs, coruPoadisais 4 Il
8 centavos.
Apartado de Caxreos q
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
COckrcIl's Opinion.

Warrensburg, Mo-, Nov. To-
Senator C0ckrell has received from
the New York Journal the follow
ing inquiry; what should be
done for the reconstruction of the
Democratic partyW
The North American of Phila-
delphia has telegraphed him as
follows: "On what issues and a
long what lines should the Demo
cratic party reorganize9'
Senator Cockrell replied to the
New York Journals query; "The
Democratic party has survived II
century of constitutional existence
by adhering to its imperiShable
principles as proclaimed by Jeffer-
son and will survive coming cen
turtles by continuing such adher-
euce. No reconstruction is neces-
sary. Our party is simply defeat
ed, but not dismayed or disorgan-
lied or disheartened."
To the inquiry of the North a.
merican, Senator Cockrell sent in
answer: "The Democratic party
has its organization in every State
and county and needs no reorgan-
ization, and has survived thru all
political storms for II century and
will remain undismayed and ag-
gressiye in coming contests by
strict adherence to its imperisha-
bic principles proclaimed by JEFF
ferson in 1901, and tho now de-
feated in the presidential contest,
is neither discouraged nor dis
heartened."
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
SPLIT RAILS WITH LINCOLN.
South Dakota Man Recalls Associa on
with Honest Abe"

He split rails with Lincoln; that Is
the one claim old Thomas Thompson,
of Lyman county, South Dakota, lays
to anything like distinction. But h is
immensely proud of that, says the MIN
neapolis Journal. Thompson's one
vote helped make Lincoln president.
One episode in particular won him as
a voter, If he needed any winning by
the friend he had known in a humbly
admiring way for years. 1t was " zen
Abe" was home from Springf cid,
where he had become a promi. ut
practicing attorney. Thompson was
helping his father and some neighbors
to make rails when Lincoln appeared.
Old Tom says he liked Abe on the
spot-you could not help it. 1t did a
Teller a lot of good to shake hands
with him and look into his kind, good
natured face. He gave we such a
hearty grip O. the hand that we liked
it. Some one asked Abe, says he, I
s'pose yev forgotten how to handle'n
axe Well, let's see says Abe, and
he picked up an ak. The way he
pI'heu IL up meant WllOlc lOt, anu
the way he neeled Off his coat and vest
meant W ole lot more. First he
hefted the AK to get its balance, and
then went at log that was lynn near
We fellers all stopped to watch him,
but he didn't mind. Chuck, chuck, he
sent the axe into the log with his long
powerful arms. and with few ticks
had that log crackin' and snappin and
splittin' until it lay in halves. Then
he chartered 1t and eghted it and so
On without restin bit until clean,
nice pile of rails lay where the log had
been. Then he quit, sayin': Well,
boys, ! guess l amt lost the hang o it
yet Well, it was such things that
made every one like Abe; he want
stuck up a mite. He was good
man" And there were tears in the
old mans eyes when he finished his
recital.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
TALK WITH LION tanner.
Herr Sccth's Methods and Some Accl
dents He Has Had.

Herr Scrth's Methods and Some Acci-
dents He Has Had.
stalking Il lion trainer for the pur-
pose of an interview is no easy matter.
The modesty of the lion tanner is al
most proverbial. Have not the artistic
ways of America and our own country
illustrated this from time to time in
many IA witty sketch-the main mo-
tive being in one picture the heroic de-
meanor of the terrorl2er of the king OF
beasts in the lions cage, and as a
comic contrast his crestfallen demean-
or in the privacy of his own particular
domestic circle? This does not apply,
however. to Herr Seeth, who is a man
in every sense, both in the physical
and mental meaning of the word. Our
wholesale trainer of lions, very
masculine man OF feet * inches in
height, and some seventeen stone odd
in weight, at first entirely declined to
be interviewed. And in this condition
of mind a man of Herr Seeth's stamp
is very difficult to deal with. However,
with the help OF the press representa-
tive of the hippodrome, | ran him lit
orally speaking to earth by the devious
passages that run under this mag
nificent building and discovered per-
haps the greatest lion tanner that ever
existed in the privacy of his dressing
room. He was reclining in his chair
in the easy manner of an athlete. His
greeting was of the CHEEKY type. What
do you want me for? What can | tell
you? | have not any birth certificate
with me-" And the great Herr re-
garded me in quizzical fashion from
under his eyelids and thoroughly en-
joyed my discontinue. Il know what
you are going to ask me. Well, my age
is thirty-six, and | was born in the
of Holstein, and l have just three
minutes to dress myself in" "One fact
should like to know" | murmured.
"You are the first trainer of lions that
we have ever seen turn his back on
a lion" The massive frame of Herr
Seeth shook with merriment. An,
my friend, the secret is to find out on
which animal you can turn your back
with safety. l do not show my back
10 every one Vi my Twenty -oie ioho'
When my animals growl and paw at
me, do they mean 1t? Sometimes they
do" remarked Herr Seeth, enigmati-
cally, land sometimes they don't
Whenever they do drop their paws on
me, you will notice that l never move.
They are the big cats of the feline
species, and their habits are almost
identical. You try to move quickly,
and at once they uncover their claws.
And a scratch from a lion is no light
matter. | carry two whips? There is
good reason for this. One hand is
always disengaged and the whip is
used in a persuasive manner. | as
sure you that persuasion enters more
into the business Of lion tanning than
force. | have not the slightest fear
of my animals. | have my accidents,
but my injuries are generally given in
playful spirit. London Globe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15

There has been considerable dis
cussion regarding the author OF the
phrase, THE constitution follows the
flag" Bryan has been generally cred
tied with this distinction, because
some months ago he wrote signed
article for New York newspaper in
Ing statesman" says Congressman
Long, Of Kansas, "can rightfully claim
to be the author OF the expression"
Mr.. Long has been searching the rec
ords and finds that John c. u..uoun
first used the words in debate In the
senate, on February "a, 1S49. Calhoun
said Wherever our flag waves, the
constitution goes. "-Washington Post.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
Amusing to Campau, Too.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. I'D. j.
Campau, chairman of the Demo
cratic State central committee, re-
turned today from Chicago, where
he spent Sunday III conference
with Chairman Jones of the Dem
ocratic national committee. Re-
garding the subject of reorganiza-
ton Of the Democratic party, Mr..
Campau said;
"This talk of reorganization is
amusing, particularly SO for the
reason that most of it comes from
those persons who did most to de-
feat the party at the late election.
While Mr.. Jones and ! talked a.
bout the late campaign and about
the political future, there was no.
thing said in the way of outlining
plans for future campaigns"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
MICROBES IN HOLY WATER.
Aqua Pura for Ceremonial Purposes
should BE Pure.

should BE Pure.
The Rome correspondent Of the Ian
Get recently made the suggestion that
the salt which from the earliest ages
has been mingled with the water used
for ceremonial purposes should be
modified so as to make it true disin-
fectant Salt, as the best known and
probably the earliest used substance
for preventing decay, was most likely
added originally purely from its sym
bolic meaning, though possibly the
symbolism, as in SO many other In
stances, grew side by side with the
literal meaning, says the Lancet. hc-
cording to the Catholic Times of Dec,
29, 1S99 the Osservatore Romano does
not fall in with our correspondent
suggestion, avowing that the water, be-
ing holy, needs no human treatment,
and has never hitherto been regarded
as a channel Of disease. The Catholic
Times goes on in the following emf
nently sensible fashion: God has
given us intelligence to use, and even
when He blesses requires us to take
the ordinary precautions which reason
suggests. The argument that no
change is necessary because the neces
sity for it has not been suspected be-
fore, now cuts at the ground of i'm
provement." We are glad to be able
to note these remarks in our contem-
porary as showing the accordance OF
common sense lay opinion with that OF
scientific men. We have previously
pointed out how the church has always
taken cognizance of mems bodies as
we'll as their souls. There must be
no standing still in either religion or
science, for in both the intellect is
striving to reach heights at present
beyond it, but which shall one day be
attained, and that which is now dark
shall be made light.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
Millions of Homes.

SEVERAL times in recent months
the MESSAGE has mentioned the
earnest move being inaugurated
for irrigation in the West. We
have favored the move, believing
that we should expand at home
before we get too ambitious for
lands and islands beyond the seas.
The following from the Kansas
City Star is quite to the point up
on this subject:
All the West is interested in the
plan to have the Government
build a system of storage reser-
voirs near the head waters of
streams to use for irrigation pur-
poses. The idea is that private
capital might be depended on to
distribute the water to the users.
AS the Government controls riv-
ers, it could appropriately under
take the diversion of supertiuous
water in the winter and early
spring into reservoirs where it
could be stored until it should be
needed in the spring and summer.
The Government is the more in
terested in such work because it
would probably end the floods that
have caused such loss of life and
property. The water which now
swells the Missouri and Mississippi
to undue proportions at times
would he diverted for use in trans
forming deserts into gardens. At
the same time the Government
could probably depend on making
the work pay for itself.
The retaining of arid lands by
such system, according to the
engineers, would eventually fur
nish homes for 10 millions of peo-
pie where now the population is
of the scantlcst. Opportunity
would again be afforded young
men to secure farms when making
their start in life, and a great adj
dition would be made to the agri-
cultural population, on which the
prosperity of the country so large
ly depends. This new farming
community would increase the
market for manufactured goods
and would largely add to the ag-
ricultWral wealth of the land. For
both these reasons the East as well
as the West is interested in the
irrigation development.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
THE ELARNEY STONE
Gives Persuasive, Fluent, Not Overflow.
est Tongue.

est Tongue.
The remains Of the ancient Barney
castle lie about four miles northwest
Of the city of Cork, ireland. Tradition
makes it the interesting scene OF
siege early in the seventeenth century,
when the lord of the castle, who had
been taken prisoner by the English,
held out in his fortress for long time
by adrolt and plausible promises that
he would surrender. Whenever the
critical time came, however, he was al
ways ready with good excuse. 1t
was from his inventive manner Of put
ting off the besiegcrs By his soft, in
sinuating speech that the term blarney
became n standard expression The
celebrated blarney-stone, to which Is
ascribed the marvellous power of be-
slowing upon anyone who kisses 1t
persuasive, fluent and not over-honest
tongue, has an origin founded on
vague superstition, firmly grounded in
the minds of the Irish peasantry, hun
dreds of whom gather there annually
for the purpose of kissing the stone
and receiving the power with which
1t is supposed to be possessed. Its ex-
act location in the ruins is a matter
Of dispute. BY some it is claimed that
1t is lying loose on the ground;
others place it at the summit Of the
large square tower which was original
ly the dungeon Of the castle; still
others maintain that It is inserted in
the wall at such height that in or
der to consummate the osculatory
ceremony the person must be sus-
pended by his heels from the top.
When or how the stone obtained its
singular reputation" says writer, ut
is difficult to determine; the exact po-
sition among the ruins Of the castle Is
also in doubt the peasant guides hui
NOR the visitor according to his capac-
ity for climbing, and direct either to
the summit or the base the attention
Of him who desires to greet it with a
holy kiss. detroit Free Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
A Graceful Act,

The countess of Dundonald, who is
daughter of the late Mr.. Robert Bam-
-Hesketh of Gwyrch Castle, Aber-
gele, North Wales, has performed a
graceful act. which may be regarded as
kind of thank offering and has given
great satisfaction in the district. where
part of her property is situated, )me
difficulty had arisen as to the widening
OF the road between Abergele and Pen
sarn, but her ladyship was so pleased
at the spontaneous outburst of Joy and
the congratulations sent to her hus-
band on the relief OF Ladysmith that
sho has sig fed her intent of CIV
ing what land the council require for
the purpose. and the dispute has thus
been happily terminated.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
Pope Fears Imperialism.

New York, Nov. -. A dispatch
to the New York World from
Rome says; THE Pope, in re-
ceiving Bishop James Trobec of
st. Cloud, Mimi, took occasion to
express the most cordial senti-
ments regarding Archbishop Ire
land in particular and Americans
in general. In referring to the re-
cent elections in the United States,
the pontiff said:
| pray God to so illumine
President McKinley's mind that he
may avoid the dangers of imperi-
aljsm -
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-15
JANITOR'S MISTAKE.
Thought Orator Was Is Trying to
Sneak Into the Show.

.Hohshi orator was u IL FRYING TO
Sneak Into the Show.
John Temple Graves, who addressed
the Montgomery race conference the
other day, is one of the most eloquent
speakers in the United States" said
visitor from Birmingham to the New
Orleans Times-Democrat, "and he
never fails to astonish those who hear
him for the first time, because of the
great disparity between his size and
his powers. He is less than five feet
high, very frail, and his thin, smooth
shaver face gives him an appearance
CT extreme youth. In that connection
and amusing story is told. Some time
ego, according to the yarn, Mr.. Graves
was booked to deliver a lecture at a
certain southern city where he had
never before appeared. At the ap.
pointed hour large audience had
gathered in the opera house. and the
reception committee was assembled in
the wings of the stage, but, strange to
say, there was no sign of the speaker.
Half an hour slipped away, and every
time an old negro janitor, who had
been posted at the stage door to show
up the orator the moment he arrived
was heard, his voice raised in vocifer-
Gus protestation. Go long, | tell W
he shouted, an stop raisin' all dat
'sturbanoe er I'll come out an bust y
wide open!' One of the committee went
down to investigate. What's the mat
ter, uncle?' he asked. oh. muffin, sah,'
said the old darby, ''cept er mighty
sassy white boy, tryin' ter sneak in an
see de show The committeeman
opened the door and was confronted by
small and highly indignant gentle
man. My name is Mr.. Graves, sir
said the strange; may I ask what
brand Of lunatic sou use here as jan
itor? Explanations ensued, and the
old doorkeeper was greatly chagrined.
After the lecture was over he came
back with eyes round as saucers Dat
little white gem man shore has de gif'
er CAB, he said. While he was talkin',
'peared lake he was nine feet hight"