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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-08-04
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<De acuerdo con las ins6rucclo
nes de su carta 16 de Mayo, sail de
Washington para Cuba, llegando a
Ia Habana eli s&bado 10 de Mayo.
Celebrada conferencia con ell Gene
raj Wood; decidf hacerme cargo in
mediatamente del departamento de
correos. Proceed sin perdida de item
10 4 practicar un minucioso examen
de los libros y documentos para po-
der precisar ell montante de los frau
des. determinar los autores, y comen
-zar la -raorganizaci6n del servlclo.s
xEI7 de Enero de 1899, ell ex Di
rector Mr. Rathbone cre6 un bureau
de hacienda, 8 cuya custodia COMIC
todas las existencias de sellos y ma
terial de oficina. Este departamen-
to servfa los pedidos de los admins.
tradores subalternos, y reclb1a el
montante de aquellos. CT Nicely
fue nombrado jefe del bureau
<Cre6se asi mismo IN bureau de
cuentas postales, o la obligation
de- llevar las de todos los ingresos y
eastos del departamento de correos.
ST Sc lutheran llevado estas cuentas
en- debida forma, mucho nos hubie
ran ayudado ahora para localizar las
oantidades defraudadas. Este bureau
pas6 q scr n division de Ia ohcina
del Auditor ell 10 de Julio de 1899, y
su iefe, DR. w H Reeves, fu6 enton
Q nombrado por ell Secretario de
la Guerra, sub Auditor de la isla,
<Habia dos classes de administra
dores, unos cor fanza y otros sin
ella. A los primeros Sc les servian
los pedidos 4 credito, y los reembol
saban peri6dicamente. Los segundos
tenian que pagan de contado todos
u redidos. En- 81 bureau de hacien
da Sc abrierOn cuentas o admins
tradores de la primera clase, entrau
dose como ventas de contado las re
mesas de los segundos. Los ADM
nistradores no ten1an que dar cuenta
al bureau de cuentas postales del
montante de sus requisiciones 8 de
aus remesas. Todos los informes
que este bureau recibfa acerca de las
transacciones fnancieras del de ha
cienda. eran suministradas por ell je
fe del mismo, Nicely on persona. No
hs sido possible por 10 tanto verifcar
las transacciones efectuadas por
este ,
Tra~nsacoiones 6nanoieras de Nicely.
sComo resultado de la investiga
cion, me- permito lamar la atenci6n
hAcia ell siguiente sumario de las
trsnsacciones f~nancieras efectuadas
por O F Nicely:
Existencias recibidas
del 10 de Enero, 1899, al
10 de- Mayo de 1900. 1870, 454, 10.
Elective de todas
procedencias del 10 de
Enero 1899 al 10 de Ms.
70 1900. 1856, 926, go
Total. 80. 81, 527 $3.50, 49,
Este es el total de- Ia cantida6
Que Sc puede cargar a Nicely. Segdr
las notas que 81 mismo ha dejado
pueden a~creditarsela las siguiente'
cantidades:
Existencias 1871, OBJ, O6
Elective en- caja....S 1888, 90
Material suplido q
los ADMINISTRATORS 80. $459, 1O1, 40
Importe de fondos
postales depositados. .$447, 27S, 81
Varios. ............$ 4,445, 81
Sellos s~obrecarga'
dos, que Sc pretendian
hQRfrn100E UCSZ,
Balance para igua'
lar ................'....$ 30, 60o.7 70
Total 81, 527, So. 9,
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(l()MRRES DEbILES
RECOBRkD VUESTR0 VIG0R
LA DEhORA ES PEliGR0SA.

pa,.ce oua 81 Creador h. o1denado que despues
de Is sangre Ell nui'!o vital seminal sea "a suos
stanuia mas precio-a en- 81 cuerpo del hombre, 7
alruI.a per@fda c ntraialural de 81 producira
>ir!nara le>Il ains ots.~lihsns. --
y .3rfits ft!.t.5'tS han muertO ue
COR j., lltr.. ID esq m" las del corazon, del h1gado,
II IS tIn...ic-. t'itlEl' uiu' 3 UtuMonaioS, etos
,.F l:H + I-ilnltiGo q SUI Eiialioad Raatars6, eI-
nAu;l.t.i ,,e al 4 sat fAclles v1ctimas de estaS
t.r. 49, dad. c,,aIt1o algnuaS caJas de nuestras
u, Il, .t,., ,unaGas & tempo habIian in'pod1do
esias .A.:,;ii1a,tes psrdiGas, Rsi perseverance, 81
Wit. i..ht .rlra lcsis IL q los ataQues de esas peh-
gr..-:S +rt !lnada"ts.
n1~i.t~ / az. . as.do de dHu.cucta incuraole q causa
he .s;ss - t,dar, Sid saber Ia yerdadera causA
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Conolusiones del informe.

EN- este informe no he entrado
en- detalles menudos, presentando
con la mayor claridad que he podido
solo los puntos salientes DEF fraude
Mas adelante remitir@ nuevos infor-
mes, pero desde luego puedo aseguA
a que ~los>fueren que no alter aran
mis- conclusiones de hoy,
Gel Director General Rathbone
sostiene que es ~inocente de NAL pro-
ceder; que estos frand9s de impor
tancia han sido cometidos por. EN-
pleados subordinados u le fueron
recomendados como hombres de hon
radez 6 i~ntegridad, no habi6ndo ha
llado motive para dudar de ellos du
rante 81 ADMINISTRATORS que las re-
velaciones hechas por ell ex&men
practicable son para 81 n gran sof
presa, compielamente inesperada;
que hasta Ell 6 de Mayo dltimo hab1a
creido que las cuentas del departa
mento de correos Sc llevaban siste
maticamente y con toda honradez ,
<Aceptando como buenas las ra
zones gee aduce ell Director General
Rathbone, queda convicto y confeso
del mas vergonzoso descuido en- la
administration de su. olcina; & de Ia
mas completa incapacidad para apre
ciar ell alcance de sus deberes v sus
responsibilities D
<Que fue descuidado, amigo de
la holganza y no quiso prestar aten
ci6n alguna a los detalles, no cabe
dudarlo. Sc apoya completamente
en- sus subordinados, exigiendo q su
primer dependence hasta que irma
ra en- su nombre la mayor parte de
su correspondence, sin mas obieto
aparente que economizar ell trabaio
f1sico de escrlbir su nombre. . Pero
ell descuido no puede en- modo algu
no justiicar dietas fraudulentas,
gastos personales no 'justifcados, y
otros excesos. ST ell General Rath
bone estaba en- connivencia con Nee
ly para defraudar los fondos cuba
nos. es hoy question de parecer, mas
bien que de prueba; pero es induda
BILE que 81 las dietas fraudulehtas, y
gastos personales, existe una NAL
versaci6n indecorosa de los caudales
cubanos. Nicely, Reeves, Thompson
Moya y Mascara, estan arrestados.
Rich es testigo del gobierno.,
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AL pdblico.
AVS0 a |& propietarios

G Sc invita- & Ids Sres propietarios
del distrito de la Capital para I'M
reunion ell Domingo 5 del corrients
q las 2 de Ia tarde con ell obieto de
constituir ell gremio 6 iiga de propie
tarios =. Mariana Sc avisara por este
mismo peri6dico ell local elegido.
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Otros detalles

Sigue luego ell informe hacienda
relaci6n detallada de los despilfarros
del Director General Rathbone, los
muebles comprados para su casa par
~ticular, i'll cocheras, distintos via
jes que hizo por la isla y por los Els
tados Unidos, acompa1ado de toda
SD familia, detalles que o conoci-
dos de los lectores de <La Corrres
pondencia, y termina con las siguien
ties.
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It is by no means likely that he is idle
and the conjecture is that ne is either
detouring towards Kroonstad or raiding
the Ladybrand district. Fifteen theus-
and British are now opposing the Beers
on the western frontier OF the Free State.
AS the deadlock at Warrenton has been
broken and the Beers are retiring, there
is nothing formidable except the dist
ance bet xeen Warrenton and Mafeking.
Most hopeful advices from Mafekipg of
April 22d were that garrison would be
barely able to hold out for month. At
that time fever was spreading. Accord
ing to advices from Wasern, Basutoland,
several thousand Free Staters are north
of Ladybrand where they have collected
great herds. The district is rich in food
for men and horses and the Beers seem
resolved not to move northward, but ap-
pear to be preparing to resist where they
are. If they are let alone they will me-
mace the line of communication after the
main British army has passed into Trans
vaal Lord Roberts and Kitchener, per-
sonally directed artillery In the Vetriver
management.
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Boer fund and Is cents to help support
the widows of the American soldiers
killed in the PHILIPPINES. He will play
poker like prince and pay the men that
work for him as much as a dollar per
day. When these bank notes are issued
everybody can pay everybo iy else and
that pernicious credit system will be
relegated to the past. All people re-
cognize the fact that the credit system
keeps nearly every rancher in Teton coun-
ty broke. If he paid cash for what he
buys he wouldnot buy SO much. OF
course, by borrowing from this new bank
he would go broke in the end, but then he
would have had the satisfaction of hav-
ing lived more econ omically,
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The Beers Retreatlng.

LONDON, May 8, (4:20a. m.)-The Bo-
ers are everywhere retiring before the
British except on Natal frontier and at
Mafeking, to the inner cir. lie of their de-
fenses. They appear determined not to
fight until Kroonstad hills are reached.
Lord Roberts is expected to do another
40 or 80 miles and then to wait for time
in order to bring up supplies and to re-
pair the railway. There are one or two
hints in the dispatches from the front
that he may rest for few days at
Smaldeel.
Gen. French's 10000 cavalry have not
been mer toned il Official or unofficial
dispatches.
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THE BOEIS WAR.
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London, May THE capture of
Wyndburg by the British is confirmed
and the main advance on Pretoria con-
tinues. Bp the occupation of Wyndburg
Gen. Hamilton puts himself nearly par
allel with Lord Roberts and only 20
miles eastward, while he has the addi-
tional advantages of being connected with
his chief ny means of the railroad that
runs from Smal deel or Wyndburg road
station, as it is sometimes called at
Wyndburg.
Lord Roberts is now nine miles north
of the Vet and SO miles n rth of Bloem-
fontein. Evidently he is not letting the
grass grow under his feet, though the
Beers seem equally anxious to retreat
towards Kroonstadt and are so doing.
The critics of tie newspapers view the
situation with the greatest satisfaction.
A special pispatch from Smaldeel, dat
ed $40 p. M, May 6. gives the details Of
the occupation of Wyndburg by the
British. It says;
"News has. just come here that Gen
eral Hamilton is giving the Beers no
rest and that they are falling back
hurriedly. He entered Wyndburg today
after brisk fight, in which the Beers
fell back SO qui ky that one OF their
guns, in addition to a Maxim, was
abandoned.
The same dispatch describing the
crossing of the Vet river by the British
says: "Thc Boer forces entrenched on
the opposite bank prepared to contest
the crossing. Or guns were brought
into play and terrific shell fire was sgdi-
rected on the Boer limos. At the same
time the Queenslanders under a heavy
fire dashed across the river, and adyanc-
ing in the open, completely turned the
Boer right. 1t was dusk, but nothing
could stop the gallant Australians.
They pushed on again, seized a COM
manding kopje, and by brilliant move
ments and continuous rifle fire, drove
off the enemy in the darkness. The first
CLEAN of day this morning found the
enemy in full flight and our men after
them and by 8 o'clock this morning we
entered the important strategic position.
A dispatch from Boschoff dated Fri
day, May 4, says: General Methuen
made reconnaissance from here Thurs
day to the neighborhood of Sja:koppies,
locating the laagcr. After an unim-
portant exchange OF fire the Beers re
moved their laager. A fairly strong
force of Beers was seen moving north
r wards. General Methuon then return
ed to Boschoff."
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THE ROUNDER.

The Rounder is going to start a bank
in Dupuyer. Its going to be no sand
bank, but place for people to put their
money. lie will borrow 900 and buy
u. S. bonds and turn them over to the
comptroller and issue his own bank
notes for the face value of the bonds.
1t will he a handy thing to have a
pocketful of baak notes signed b. the
Rounder and Doe Hutc hinson as cashier
They will be goodaa as long as people ac-
cept them. The main object OF the
bank, however, will be it's depository
department.. Every man who earns a
dollar DAY and every woman who takes
in washing will be encouraged to place
their savings III this institution for safe
keeping. The bank viii pay most any
old interest on deposits, little thing
like that VIII cut no ice When a suffi,
Gent sum is deposited, the banker will
loan it out to the Rounder to engage in
business That gentleman will take
large contracts to pat up ice in August
and to keep his men busy all the year
round, will put up hay in the winter
months. Should misfortune overtake
the contractor, and he loses money
no person will be the worse off but the
depo3itors, and they can work for more.
It is grand schcme and if some ono will
build him a shed with a roof on to keep
the rain off his bank notes he will begin
business right off.
When the Rounder gets fairly started
ia his new business and has money to
burn he will be noted for his charitable
actions. lie will build an art gallery in
Dupuyer and will loan some poor man
80 cents to buy dinner il he cannot set
it for two Bits. He will send Il mission
AIRY 10 China at his own expense and
contribute dollar toward buying prizes
for The public school children. He will
o2.ri3ute a thousand dollars to tbs
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HERBERT STRAIN,
j. J. MCDONNELL,
|. PARKER VEAZEY,
JOHN A. COLLINS,
Committee.
Cattle for Sale.

800 head of stock cattle for sale, at
the Birch creek ranches Of the under
signed. This bunch of cattle are eX-
ceptionally good stock. and include q
large proportion of steers from yearllngs
up to four years old. The cattle have
been fed during the past winter AMI are
in fine condition. The entire bunch can
be seen at any time. Cali ou or address.
Mrs. ANNIE NJ. STEEL.
35-tf Dupuyer, Mont.
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The Montana Central Strike.

The strike on the Montana Central re-
Monday, by an agreement which is vic
tory for the strikers. The strike lasted
six days, and affected freight traEsporta-
ton between Havre and Butte. It was
brought about by a change in the pay
schedule. which the company attempted
to force on the men, maintaining that it
would not reduce the wages, but would
simplify the system OF keeping accounts
The strikers on the other hand, claimed
that it would reduce the wages of the $50
trainmen and switchmen affected there
by. from 10 to 30 per cent. The company
imported few hundred men, profession
al strike breakers, from the east, to take
the places of the strikers, but sent them
home and gave the strikers their old jobs.
The agreement is as follows
Great Falls, Mont, May 7, 1900.
To the Committee OF Conductors and
Trainmen, Montana Central Railway
Company.
Gentlemen-As there seems to be a
great deal of Misunderstanding as to the
intent Of the new schedule that has been
put into effect on the Montana Central
railway, and on account of which the
trainmen and switchmeu are now out on
a strike, beg to advise you that the
company does not desire to reduce the
wages of it's trainmen and switchmen
To the end that you may have official
assurance in thi- respect, beg to say
that if all employees that are now out on
strike Will return to work they will be
allowed to sumo their own positions
without prejudice.
During the month of May the time OF
all trainmen wil be kept under both the
old and new schedule, and if it should
men received less money than they would
have received under the-old, TIE com
pany will Immediately make such modi-
f1catioas 10 tae schedule as will result in
giving them at least the same pay under
the new schedule as under the old.
1t is further agreed that the company
will have printed, and attach to all
copies of the new schedule, a preamble,
worded as follows aad baariug the sig
nature of your committee ana myself.
viz:
"By agreement from date, until chang
ed by mutual agreement, the following
rules, will govern the paw of conductors
and trainmen exclusively in train service
on the line OF the Montana Central rail-
way and its branches.
It is also agreed that schedule fol
switchmen now in effect shall be con
tinued, and that copies Of the same will
be printed and distributed to all con
cerned.
Accepted on behalf of conductors
train men and sWitchmen,
Yours truly,
F. Z. WARD,
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RES ERV ALTON NEWS. :
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Major Monteath has taken his seat,
and will now make the inhabitants of
the reserve toe the mark.
Henry Main passed through Browning
the first of the week, on his way to
Kalispell.
Frank Stevenson is in from Swift
Current, and has with him some fine
specimens of copper ore from his late
discovery.
Mr.. King is preparing to leave this
section of the country. He will locate
a the mouth Of the Mussellshell, where
he expects to make his future home.
Mrs. Ella Clark Of Midvale is visiting
friends in the vicinity of Browning. The
government is to give Mrs. Clark 100
acres Of land where the present schools
now stand in exchange for her tract Of
land On Cut Bank where the new school
buildings are to be erected Sac viii
also get the oil school building.
Mrs. Williamson, the boys matron at
the Willow creek school and Mrs Nora
Powell the laundress, are making pre-
parations to start for the gold fields of
Alaska. They have secured tickets on a
first class steamer, which will leave
Seattle on the 15 inst.
Billy Ha9erty, Of Choteau passed
through Browning last Saturday on his
way to the Swift Current mining camp
where he has extensive interests.
On account Of the delayed pay day,
some Of the government employees are
becoming financially embarrassed.
Mr.. Hank Norris is in from the st
Mary's district, and reports that things
are looking quite encouraging.
A s9ciable ball was held at the home
Of Billy Upham on the ST. Mary's last
week The house was crowded, and
those in attsndance report having spent
a very pleasant evening.
There is to be literary meeting helt
at Browning Hall next Friday eve, the
l1th. Every one will be, requested tC
take part in the programme, and very
pleasant evening is assured.
Mr. Kennedy, the custom collector
left Blackfoot last week for the Swif
Current district, where he is somewhat
interested.
1t is rumored that Joseph Kipp il
thinking of going into the merchandise
business on the ceded strip.
The proprietor of the barber shop a
Browning, is making arrangements t
open up a first class shop in the new
camp.
MEDICINE HORSE.
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OfGeneral Interest.


That our sales to the ORIENT are rapid
ly growing is shown by the latest ex
port figures of the bureau OF statistics.
While there has been a continued growth
in our exports during TIE past fiscal
year, by far the largest percentage of
gain has been in our trade with the
Orient. To Europe, our exports during
the eight months ending with February,
increased "a per cent, as compared with
the corresponding months of the pre-
ceding fiscal year; to South America,
s per cent; to North America, 1873 per
cent; to Asia, 36 per cent; to Oceania, 81
per cent, or to Asia and Oceania com
bined, AZ per cent; while to Africa there
was slight reduction, owing to the dis
arrangement of commercial conditions
there by reason Of hostilities. Taking
our exports as a whole, it is found that
the increase during the eight months
has been 8 per cent, while the increase
to Asia and Oceania has been IA per
cent.
The receipts of the Philippine Islands
from date of occupation to January 81,
1900, reported as having been deposited
with the treasurer OF the islands, were
Customs ..............$5 ,935,273 81
Internal Revenue .. 540,493 10
Seized Funds s.......... 479,567 IT
Miscellaneous. s......~... BOB, ,25o 80
Total l........... S7,2o9,590 II
The disbursements dnring the same
perlod amounted to the sum OF S5,827,-
483 A.
During January, February and March
OF this year the total customs receipts
we're 81 ,669,379, the March receipts ex-
ceeding those of either January or Feb
ruary by S115,937. There are now
thirty two ports opened to the trade in
the Philippines.
The second tr al OF the Eryi1 caso a.
gain resulted in disagreement of the
jury, after over 20 hours deliberation.
st the first trial the the jury stood 6 tc
| 6, while in this case it was s to for ac
quittal, though the final ballots stood G
! to 3. We are informed that the Jury
man who changed sides was really fol
conviction, all the way through. 1t has
not yet been decided whether third at
tempt will be made to get verdict il
the matter. The story OF the crime is
briefly, that the accused, Joan Erwin
had an unfenc9d claim near a sheer
camp OF Ell Bentel in the Bear Paws
The herder, Fred CARRIER, had grazec
his band on the claim despite Erwin
protest, AMI when he appeared again, on
Dec. 26 last, the latter took a Winches
ter and left his cabin, to " demonstrate
with him. The defend ant claims tha
CARRIER drew q revolver and fired at him
during the alteration, whereupon h
shot him with his rifle, in self defense
Anyway, CARRIER, who was horribl
wounded in the abdomen, committed SD
icide because Of his unbeara5le suffering
and Erwin was only charged with assault
with intent to kill, though the herder'
wounds would have resulted fatally il
any case The only eyewitness was Jas
Potter, friend OF the defendant, an,
the other evidence was not direct. Tn
jury was out from 7.30 Saturday even
ing, until 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon
taking eleven ballots in all, an its sess
ion @was qnite stormy at timas.--Riye
| Press
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Notice.

will sell my irrigating ditch taken
from Birch creek, and carrying $50
inches of water to the right party, This
ditch irrigates some OF the best land in
Teton county and [ viii sell either the
whole ditch or an interest therein, as may
be desired.
THos. McGovERN,
Dupuyer, Mont
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L. A. ENDERS & CO.,
!

We carry the largest stock Of Wall
Paper, Ready mixed House Paints,
Roof Paints, Marking Paints,
Brushes, varnishes, Stains, Enamels,
Window Glass, Alabastine, Gypsl2c,
Pictures, Picture Mouldings, Etc.
of any house in Northern Montana.
There is no order too large for US to fiji
or to small to command our immedi-
ate attent on
Leave orders at JOS. Hirshberg & Cos.
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(Signed)

(Signed)
II. W. STANLEY,
WIN. j. MCCARTHY,
ROBl. K. HOLT, Conlnittee.
The within agreement was daily execu-
ted in the presence OF tae undersigned
mem bers CT the citizens com nittee. each
of whom agrees to demand its full per
formance whenever So reluo5:el by a
duly constituted committee of the train
men.
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Get your boots CT shoes half soled at
the Dupuyer harness. shop.