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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-12-20
SALVADOR ROMANAT.


constar.
SALVADOR ROMANAT.
Declara, que cd noche, como
guardia municipal q pc era, al or los
disparos que Sc hacian corrlo al lu-
gar del suceso y au4ilio q sus com
paf1eros, sacando su revolver Y dis
parando ante la agr esion que Sc les
hac1a
Dice que vio del Casino Esparol
que salfa como un hlmo, que le ha-
cfa Greer que de all1 tambien Sc dis
paraba, auuque no tiene de astO una
seguridad absolute
JOSE FEIc cRER.
Guardia mu nicipal.
CoDoce de vista q los acusados.
Estaba de reserva en- su cuartel
la noche del IA de Septiembre. AL
saberse por los Jefes 10 que ocurrfa
en- Ia calle de Ia Fortaleza, Sc le or =
demo salir y al llegar observe que SO
hac1an disparos de ls casa del se11or
Mufloz, como queritndo agredir q
sus companeros y 6L entonces hizo
uso tambien de su revolver
JUAN POM +ALEs
No comparecio
GREGORIO Rios.
(a) Bob6.
Dice haber estaao en- casa del
sef1or Muf1oz Riv vera Ia tarde del IA
de Septiembre, cou prar un perio-
dicO. AL llegar alf le llam0 un 10
ven para que le hiciera un mandado
q <La Esmeralda> -En Ia esquina Sc
enccntr6 con un tai Carb6, quien le
suplic6 le fuera a com prar un peri6
dico, habiendo visto q un hombre
que corr1a hacia arriba de la casa de,
senor Munoz Rivera, pidiendo auxil
lio: Que vic un grupo de gente y
oyo que le iban a pegar q un HON
bre, habi6ndose lido entonces en- fu
ga para arriba de la misma casa te
meroso de 10 que pudiera ocurrir:
que vic un grupo de personas ba1ar
para ell zaguan, luego oy6 los dis
paros. Dice haber declarado ESQ
mismo ante el Juzgado instructor
| Anade, las pregunt Jas que le hicie
ra el Presidente, que Ioy6 primero IN
disparo seguidamente de este, una
descarga como de 500 tiros Como en-
esta declaration existieran algunas
contradicciones con 10 dada ante el
Juzgado, ell testigo manifesto que
tenfa miedo de que le atropellaran
| No obstante sOstuvo su declaration
| prestada en- ell sumario.
JUAN MELENDEz
No comparecio
ENRIQUE CoNDE
Guardia municipal.
Estaba de servicI 10 esa noche er
<La Mallorquina., y oyo una deto
nacion; cOrrio hacia el lugar eel su
ceso Y en- union de sus companerOs
hizo fu ego contra la casa de Muflol
Rivera, desde cuyo zAguan Sc sgre
dla la polic1a con rev6lvers.
DIEGO BETANCOHURT.
(Guardia MunicipaD
Conoce los acusados de vista
Dice one despues de pasar el tumul
to de Ia calle de la F prtaleza, inter
vino como policfa, su b:endo la ca
sa del Senior Muf1oz Rivera, acomps
nado de sus superior res a practical
un rogistro.
JOSE ABINO PEREZ.
Dnclara haber estado esa tard'
en- casa de Muf1Oz r eclamar su pc
riodico del dfa (El n iario) y al en-
trar en- 81 zaguan le a agredio Claudio
Bonilla, dandole vatios golpes, ,
que en- vista de que vefa que Sc Il
-11 L. I 4 III
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CR[STOBAN RYAN
No SO present6
FRANCISCO DELGADO.

Conoce a los acusados:
Sc hallaba esa noche en- la I'm
prenta del Boletfn; allf oy6 un albo
roto, VIC que la polic1a corrfa y Sc
1irigi6 a la tienda del senor Llaneza,
donde Sc convenci6 de que varios SO.
flores disparaban Entire los guar
dias q quienes vic correr hacia el
portal de Ia casa del sehor Mufoz,
conoci6 solo Julio Rengel:
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JUAN MELENDEz
NOcomparecio
ENRIQUE CONDE
Guardia nun nic:pal.

Estaba de servicI 10 esa noche en-
<La Mallorquina,, y oyo una deto
nacion; corri6 hacia 81 lugar Gel su
ceso y en- union de su S companeros,
hizo fu ego contra la casa de Munoz
Rivera, desde cuyo zaguan Sc agre-
dla 6 la polic1a con ev6lvers.
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ANGEL ACOE IA QUINTERO.
(Magis J

Conoci6 & todos los acusados,
menos 8 Perez R'j6'. Dijo encon
trarse csc d1a como de costu nbre eD
el Tribunal; luego sali6 y en- la calle
le entregaron una hoja suelta en- que
Sc amenazaba los hombres dol <Dia
rio. y la casa del senior Muf1oz Ri
vera; fue luego <La Mallorquina,;
de allf Ia plaza, donde encontro 4
los sef1ores Figueras, Romeu y otros
amigos; estando al|l oyo las detona
clones en- la Gale de la Fortaleza;
SO dirigi6 YER 10 que ocurrfa y vic
varios grupos de individuos del pue
bio, que disparabau vo!vlan car
gar sus armas. De allf Sc met en-
un e~tablec mierto de un americana
y luego se march6 para su casa
fldl5 a la SAla el sef1or Acosta
que SO consiguara cu acta el dare
cho que lie asist{a para protestar lue
go contra los que le habfan acusado
injustamente.
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JOSE P PALACIO SALAZAR
Renunciado por ell Fiscal
MANUEL REYES SILVA

Conoce de vista q los acusados
Estando en- la esquina del Sr Tinaud
la noche de los sucesos, paso por
frente de 81, como djez minutos
antes ell Sr Angel Acosta Quintero
A petici6n del Fiscal Sc sus pende el
juicio por un momento Son las 10
minutes Vuelve q empezarse
ell jaicio las 10 y 20
Sc procede q las pruebas peri
ciales y comparece como perito prac
tico
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Por la tarde.

upSAC 6l hCUO q ldS q y "SNlo'
Comparecierou los acusados.
Centinuaron las pruebas testiicales,
llamAndose al testigo
EDUARDO ACUNA AYBAR.
(T7iscal de la Corte de Distrito.)
Quien juramentado debidameate
contesto: Que respecto q los sucesos
de la noche del ID de Septiemore,
solo sabe por referencia que hubo
un disturbio en- que Sc dispararCn
tiros. Mega haberse encentrado
esa poche en- la casa de Muf1oz Di
ce que ese dia IA por la tarde regre
Sc de Cnguas, a donde habia lido en-
diligencias del Attorney General
Que lego su casa, comic y salio
luego s. la calle con direction la
casa de su padre, encontrando en-
la plaza principal los se1ores Ro
meu, Figaeras y otros, conti1uando
Ia casa de su padre despues. No
habfan transcurrido 10 minutos de
estsr en- dicha casa. oyo los disparos
Sali6 de allf y volvi6 q la plaza, en-
donde 10 lnformaron sus anteriores
amigos de 10 ocurrido,
Respecto a Otros partculare&
que Sc le interrogaron no di6 cuenta,
por no conocerlos.
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DICIEMBRE 20.

Empezo el acto las ocho y IS
minutos'
Sc declara alberta Ia session en-
ausencia del acusado Vilaseca, ape
sar de que los medicos Quevedo
Baez y Smht declaran que puede
trasladarse en- coche III tribunal a pe
sar de estar enfermo:
Couparecio seguidamente 81 tes
tigo
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ENRIQUE MIRABAL.
PRIMITIVE HERNANDEZ.

Es renunciado por el Fiscal.
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JUAN RODRIGUEZ
(a) Topete,

Conoce q los acusados:
Estaba esa noche en- Ell cafe Ella
Esmeralda,, donde compr6 un taba
co, y al salir sinti6 los tiros que SO
disparaban en- la Gale de la Fortale
"a: Que observe entire los que dispa.
raban al sef1or Mufloz Rivera:
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ANTONIO ESCALERA

Su declaraciou es renu nciada
por ell Ministerio Fiscal.
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declaration distinta d la que estaba
dando, previa qualification. Aquf
el Fiscal pidi6 Sc hifiera constar ESQ
en- acta, q 10 cual ace eedi6 la Sala. El
testigo Sc ratifca e1 la acusaci6n y
10 testifica con ell &C nsado Perez Ri
jos.
Preguntado el testigo por el de-
fensor Hernandez Lopez, 81 efecti
vamente habfa visto entire los que
Sc hallaban en- el "a guam de Muf1oz
ell joven Manuel Palhcio Salazar, di.
10 que no 10 afirmabIa y as1 SO hizo
constar.
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MANUEL LAMEIRO:

Conoce solo de vista q los acu
sados:
Dice ser empleado del Casino
Espafol; esa noche no pudo obser
var NADIA de 10 ocurrido, pero que
solamente oy6 los disparos sin poder
determinar NADIA mas.
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JUAN MELENDEZ
Guardia Municipal.

Conoce { varios de los procesa
dos. Estaba esa noche de reserva
en- ell cuartel; que al saber que por
la calle de Ia Fortalesa habfa dispa
ros, sali6 embellishments, pero al
llegar. todo habfa concluido.
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FRANCISCO CORTES
(Profesor Superior.)

Couoce a los acusados de vista
Sc encontraba esa noche en- el Cast
no Espanol Pudo observar algo de
10 que ocurria en- "a Gale de la For
taleza Que al sentir ell alboroto
oy6 una voz que decfa, cobardes ca
nallas, y enseguida varias detonacio
nes, no pudiendo precisar de donde
procedfan
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-12-20
Guardia mu nicipal.

CoDoce de vista q los acusados,
Estaba de reserva en- su cuartel
la noche del II de Septiembre. AL
saberse por los Jefes 10 que ocurr1a
en- Ia Gale de la Fortaleza, SO le or =
demo salir y al llegar observe que Sc
haclan disparos de b casa del sehor
Muf1oz, como queritndo agredir q
sus compaf1eros y 6l entonces h1zo
uso tambien de su revolver.
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JUAN MELENDEZ
No compareci6
JOSE SIMON CANDIDA
Tampoco comparecio.
BENITO ALFONSO
[Carpintero]
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Conoce q los acusados.
No conoce nada acerca de los
sucesos de esa nocAe. Sc hallaba
en- Ia Marina; fu6 luego & su casa y
de allf subi6 a la del Sr. Muf1oz Ri
vera; y que al salir de ella Sc le de
tuvO'
MANUEL TORRES
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10

Taym-u call our life exciting and
think that We STE a lot OF the world"
said the navy man. but it's Il big mis-.
take. What do we know OF any OF the
ports we visit? The pier. other boats
that may happen to be there at the
same time. and the English club OF the
town--tbat's all we see. And IT'S all
we know about After you've touched
at few ports and gone through III"
same performance over and over again,
you get mighty tired of it,
"As for our life. what is it hut n
perpetual club life? There are u few
professional club demands. hut the rest
of our time Is spent in much the same
way that man spends his AZ ms club
in smoking. reading. In swapping
lies. In making oneself agreeable to
ones friends who may do aim the non,
or Of o visit and in making oneself
agreeable to some other fellows
friends who may do him The honor
of a vist-that's the sum of our "X.
istence, and when you think lhafS "
for day In and day out. you can Dut
agree that a whole lifetime Of 1t might
begin to pail.
ITS like wearing evening clothes all
the time or spending ones He at the
opera. or always having dessert and
nothing else for dinner. All play aud
no work makes dull boy Of almost
any Jack. | sometimes wondep, how
any Of us navy men manage to rise
superior to our opportunities for sink.
ing into stupiditys lowest depths"-.
New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10
He Once Knew SomethinG.

A middle aged gentleman who has
been looking over his old school exam
ination papers writes to The Academy
expressing his chagrIn at the dIscov-
cry Of the fact that be knows less than
he did years ago Il knew some things
then-arithmetic. for example. Today
| am nj the mercy OF any waiter who
brings me change. At booking offices
keep vas, crowds waiting and miss
ing their trains while | do hilarious
subtraction sums in my head. t,n At
school what u hand | was II, hgurrs.
Look at this:
"'rhrce graZiers. A. ID and e.. rent n
piece OF pasture and for month, A
puts on - cattle for 81 days. Il 10 for
~ days and & % for - days. II ut the
end OF llir month the rem, and other
charges amount To f23 as I'D. how
much Of this ought TO he PAID by
each:
Il could do that in 1884 | couldn't
do IL now. | have no idea where III he.
gin |, may he easy. but tie point Is
that have not the key. There used
to be II jigglery with Y. and ! could
manage it, Now thu, pay income TAX
and have statements of account from
my publisher every half year ! cnn
manage it no longer And ! seem 10
have known zoology too. Zoology.
seem to have been able TO describe AMI
draw diagrams of the heart and princI.
pal blood vessels OF the craytish Once
good heavrnS-once ! was we'll
Informed hoy Today don't see how
should pass the third class college of
prec-Htors. "-Lndon Academy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10
Established IN 1924 by Samuel Bowles

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the interests of its readers.
The Republican firmly believes in the
American principles OF government and
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largest practicable measure of happiness
and Well-being; not alone the people of the
United States. but gradually. ultimately
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to Imperialism and militnrism. to the domi-
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i'll the purchase and conquest of the Philip.
pine islands hew evidence of the unceasln@
EFFORT OF Incorporated and ~ Indicated
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selfish interest OF II class ut the expense of
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10

1T seems so strange" said the lady
who had returned to visit the old
scenes again. that your son Arthur is
poet. When knew him, never
suspected that he had an inclination in
that direction. | suppose. though, that
you have seen 1t in him from the
frst%
NO." the young mans mother re-
piled: che never gave any indication Of
1t as a boy. His schoolbooks are not,
as one would naturally suppose. scrib-
ble1 full Of rhymes. He did not lisp
In numbers. as we read that other 20
cts did Indeed Arthur was about as
plain and practical Il boy rs could have
been found anywhere"
That's the way he always seemed to
me. When was 1t discovered that he
had this gift?'
well, the first time we noticed 1t on
him was one day after n heavy sign.
which had projected out over the
street. fell as he was walking along
and struck him on the head. AS soon
as he regained consciousness he seem.
ed to be poet" -Chicago Times. Her.
aid.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10
THE CENTURY CO.,
UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK,
CHOCOLATE FlENEo.

There Are Those Who Become Slaves
to This Nerve Soothing Food.
"The manufacture Of chocolate" said
]. Il. Anso Of Brazil, "is great indus
try. OF all the chocolate beans import
ed into the United States two-thirds 60
to one firm in Boston, and the other
third Is distributed among the other
manufacturers. The chocolates sold
are of various grades. The Caracas
chocolate Is supposed to be the best.
IF you take the various grades, tech.
nically known as the Caracas, the
French. the German and so on, and
take piece of each and place them In
pan Of water and allow them to dis
solve. any expert will tell you which is
the best chocolate. The better grades
will leave no sediment. The others
will. This is explained by the fact
that in the cheaper grades the shell is
ground up and used Us filler The
lighter the chocolate the better the
grade. The cheaper grades are dark
owing to the ground up shell.
ut Is queer :hing about chocolate
consumption. There are chocolate
tiends. just as there are opium fiends
tobacco slaves and liquor slaves.
cannot tell you why It is. but If people
begin to eat chocolate the habit grows
upon them. don't think any amount
Of chocolate hurts any person. Of
course the cheaper grades Of chocolate
have Il large percentage of sugar In
them. and sugar is to certain ex-
tent Injurious. but for the chocolate
itself don't think any one eats
enough to hurt him materially. In
contradistlnction to the exhilaratiOn Of
alcoholic drinks chocolate seems to be
a soOther. Persons who are nervous
and irritable find 1t food that in a
way Gains and soothes and satisfies
them. 1t Is queer. but 1t Is the truth.
The consumption OF chocolate is in
creasing enormously in the United
States. New York Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10
BETHEL.

dose of morphine Saturday evening
from which she died early Sunday
! afternoon. She had been despond-
cnt of late and it is believed the
poison was taken with suicidal in
tent. Formerly for some years she
lived here but at the time of death
her residence had for some time
been in Royalton. where she lived
| on the old Wheeler place with Al
fred Stevens. During the last six
weeks she had left with several
friends in the vicinity pieces of jew
elry and articles of clothing. The
funeral services were held Tue sdav
afternoon and the remains were
taken Wednesday to Worcester for
interment.
Z. II. Arnold has moved his FAM
lily and household effects to his new
hone in Kane, Pa. near his char
coal works.
The concert last Saturday even
ing by the Stephenson quartette as
sisted by Addie Chase Smith, read
er, was much enjoyed. 1t was the
fourth entertainment in f. g., Cox's
popular course.
The ladies of the Methodist soci-
ETY. served a supper DIT Gushing hall
Wednesday evening.
Walter Brink came home from
Danvers, Mass, Thursday morning
to recover from an attack of crysip-
elias.
The storm of Sunday night seem
ed less severe than that of the week
before. but the high winds following
caused serious blockadcs on some of
the country roads and it was several
days before traffic resumed it's nol-
NAL winter proportions.
The concert ut South koyalton
Wednesday evening was attended by
large party of our young people.
An insurance inspector was here
Thursday rating the Querin & Pip
pin tannery.
X. p. Stockwell has returned from
weeks business stay in Boston.
Mrs. J. w. Case and Miss Martha
Case have returned to their home IN
Providence, r. L., after visiting
Mrs. Martha Arnold several days.
O. ID. Wood has recovered fro n
weeks illness.
w. II. Dreamer of Lynn, Mass.
was here Monday.
Measles are raging in Randol pin
and Royalton but there is not case
in Bethel. Neither have we had all
winter any epidemic nor endemic
disease. The season has been one
of the most healthful on record even
in this most favored town.
The class of 1900 of the Whit
comb High School consists of only
four members, the smallest but one
in the schools history. This is a re-
suit of the change from Il three
years to four years course which
at first seemed likely to leave no
class at all to be graduated this year.
The classes of 1901 and 1903 are
larger than usual. This years grad
yates will be Robert Burnett, Misses
Mary Gibson, Ethclyn Heath and
Pauline Read.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-10
MR.. BRYAN AT MONTPELIER.
ADDRESSES TWO BIG MEETIN,

ADDRESSES TWO BIG MEETINGS..
Col. Bryan and his party reached
Montpelier at 4 p. IN. last Friday,
leaving Concord, n. H at Ills
and going by way of White River
Junction; where they stopped few
moments. At Randolph there was
also brief reception.
AT 7 o'clock in the evening Mr..
Bryan was escorted from the Pavil-
ion to Arm DRY hall by the Montpe-
licr Military band, which screnaded
him lust before his departure from
the hotel, where he was introduced
to 1000 people by Mayor Senter.
He was given a tremendous ovation
as he rose to speak, that must live
long in his memory. An overflow
meeting was also held at Blanchard
opera house, at which G. A. g..
Jackson, editor of tie Argus and
Patriot and secretary of the Demo
cratic club, presided, and speeches
were made by him and by Col.
Henry O. Kent of Lancaster, n. H..
and T. W. Moloney of Rutland.
The band was present and en-
livened the meeting with several
selections while it was waiting for
MIR. Bryan to conclude his speech at
.Armory hall. Upon Mr.. Bryan's
arrival at the opera house the entire
audience arose to its feet and gave
him a noisy welcome.
AT the Armory meeting Chief
Justice Russell X. Taft of the Sill
preme bench, and his six associates,
all Republicans sat upon the plat.
form. Ex-Gov. Dillingham; and
Speaker Haskins were also present.
On going to his seat Judge Taft fell
headlong on the platform, but for
tunately suffered no injury.
Bryan's speech was much the
same as in other cities. He said:
81 do not know what to say when
| find that it takes two halls to hold
Democratic meeting in Vermont.
Bad as the Republicans are there IS
yet hope for them. Their sins may
be scarlet, but they can be made as
white as protected wool. They won
the last election, but it would have
been better if they had been defeat
ed, because of their failure to come
up to the expectations of the people.
Bryan claimed that trusts make
the farmer and laborer pay more
when he buys and less when he
sells. On the subject of Imperialism
he said: ut is the Christian por-
ton of the Philippines that is in re-
volt against us. and our friends are
only among the ignorant there"
Regarding the claim that Gods
divine will is expressed in the ac-
tons of the administration, he said.
81 am of the opinion that when God
chooses human mol,thpiece it will
be some one other than Mark
Hanna" Loud applause. }
...You ask me why | do not drop