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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
The Puerto Rico
Relief Bill.

The haste tn which the Pres
ideni's flank movement in the
Puerto kico fight was conceived
and executed IS proved by an erraI
Of fact the rliei bill which pas
sed the Hou,e Of Representatives.
The biz etaIcd that the SUM men-
toned i, lil.ures- ~, ,O95, ,455-re.
presented rlie duties collected on i'm.
ports fio.n i'ner.o Rico to January
1, 1907. Actually, it Is the amount
cOllec 'il /. January 81 The Pres
iden''s N sage does not city any
date. ffamers Of the bill sim
ply jump d Al IL in their hurry to
sPriug t'eir sa prise before the Op-
positio nIi get wind of it. This
is an eitof weieh can easily be cor
rected ! serhal amendment, but
It is q 'F'iistic Of the slap dash
way IL c this whole business has
been haaile.l From the start.
The Eea.suty authorities will pro.
badly treat the sum directly stated
as specific appropriation, and will
ascertain the amounts collected sin-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
Ocean Liner Uses
MarCOni System.

Experiments were made on the
trip of the North German Lloyd H.
Aer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, from
Bremen, ending at New York, OF
the MarcOni wireless telegraph sys.
tenn which we're so satisfactory that
it will probably be adopted on all
the express steamships Of the line.
Messages were sent from the liner
to 3 receiving station of the North
German coast, fifty miles distant,
and communicated over cable and
land wires to officials in Bremen
haven, the port of Bremen, ninety
miles away. These demonstrations
are, so far as is kcwn, the first for
the adoption of the Marconl system
for steamships Of the merchant ma
rine, and their success, shipping
men believe, opens a field for com.
munication between vessels at sea
aud stations equipped With the sys.
tenn as much in advance over pres
emit methods as the telegraph is over
the stage coach.
Ofkcial Of the Mort German Lloyd
have been interested in the system
Of wireless telegrapy since its capa,
bilitieS we're first manifested by the
experiments of the young Italian in.
VcntOr. After the field of practical
use was shown beyond peradventu,
re of . doubt the company decided
to experiment with the system for
use on its fast steamships.
Permission was obtained from the
government for the erection vf a
station on the Borkum Iightship,
off the north coast OF Germany, but
ln a gale the mast was snapped, and
ROrkum Island, at the mouth Of the
Ems, vas substituted. The Kaisi +
Wilhelm der Crosse, the star of the
fleet, was chosen as the first for the
experiments. A spirit was secured
to the maInnsst, 135 feet from the
deck, and wire soss run to the fe
cond cabin smoking room for the
despatch and receipt Of messages.
When the big liner, which left
Bremen on February 2S, was fifty
miles from the receiving station mes.
sAges concerning the vessels move
ments were sent from her. In char
gs of the operating, room On the
ship was oae Of Signor Marconi's
assistants.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
The Two Million
Dollar Bill.

TIE cable dispatches received by
the BoLETIN MERCANTIL indicate
that the passage of the bill retur-
ming the duties collected by the
United States Custom Houses on
Porto Rican products, is assured.
It has passed the House of Repre-.
sentatives and the Republicans Of
the Senate, who one in the ma, Ority,
have agreed in caucus to pass it
through the Senate, and that the
President will sign it, no one do
ubts.
The democratic minority, headed
by Senator Jones, are generally in
favor of the principle of the bill, Lut
according to che cable despatch prin-
ted this afternoon, Senator Jones
has introduced a substitute which
proposes to return the money to the
individuals who actually paid the
duty.
&. At first glance this would seem to
be equitable, but it would be quite
impracticable to do this to the salts
faction of all, and in many cases
those who really pay the duties are
not those who nOminally do SO.
1t is not probable the Republican
Senators will agree to this, especia-
lily as it would take from the meas.
ure the quality of an act of grace on
the part of the United States towards
Porto Rico, and place the govern
ment in the position of acknOwled,
ging that the collection of duties at
all was illegal after April IL, 1899.
While many people believe this to
be true, it is not at all likely that the
Washington authorities will enact
legis lation admitting it.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
Declarations OF The
Secretary OF
State OF The Trans
Vaal.
South African Republics3s Not
Responsible For War.
Must Fight For National
Existence.
New York March 10Th 1900

New York March 10th 1900
The Secretary of State o.
the Transvaal, Mr. F. "
Reitz, hss declared that th'
South African Republics are
not responsible for the present
war; adding that Lord Sails
bury's answer to the Boer
propositions of peace. reno
We all doubts as to the British
purposes in Africa.
He finally stated as an ap-
peal to the burghers that they
must fight to the end for ma
tional existance.
These important declara-
tions have caused great sen
sotion in European political
circles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16

Private Benjamin ii. Thomas,
Company B, 11th U. s. Infantry
has been relieved from detached ser
vice at headquarters and has been
ordered, to proceed to Camp Henry,
Cayey, reporting upon arrival to the
Commanding Officer of that Post
for duty.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
News OF The Day

The soldier Of the Puerto Rican
battalion who invOluntarily Killed
two prisoners and wounded another.
while they were working in the POr-
tuguese river has been sentenced to
one month imprisonment and fined
10 dollars.
Until further orders, owing to its
crowded condition, no more priso :.
ners except military convicts will be
confined in the penitentiary. They
will be temporarily confined in the
district jails, awaiting vacancy in
the penitentiary.
The Honorable Jose Severe Qui-
homes, President of the Supreme
Court, has been relieved from the
Board of Prison Control and ap :
pointed President of tie Judicial
Beard, to date from March 7th.
1900.
Mail ssfor Neac York on the SIS
"Maracaibo" will close tomorrow at
2 p. 10.
Mr. Jose OctavianO Herrera Cis-
neros was buried yesterday.
The Honorable Hilario Cuevillas
Hernandez. President OF the j ldi
cial Board, rendered mis- resignatl On
on account of i'll health.
Mr. Pedro M Morales of Fajardo
has requested authorization to use
The grounds of the islets known as
: Indio Ghiquito", "Ls Tea" and
8 iris" either by concession or bJ
easing these gronds.
The following sub paragraph has
been added to paragraph 1, General
Orders No. 1875, series 1899, theso
Headquarters, establishing and def
ming the Jurisdiction of Police Court:
'sThose persons who upon the pu-
blic streets or thereby endauger pas
sers-Oy."-- etc.
The Honorable Jose Conrado
Hernandez, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, has been appointed
President of the Board of Prison
Control, vice'Mr. QuihOnes, transfe
rred to the Judicial Board, to date
from March 7th, 1900.
First Lieutenant Frank L. Wells,
has been appointed Disbursing Off
Ger of the Insular Board of Education,
to substitute DIR. H. B. WibOrg, lcho
is relieved as Cashier and DiSburSing
Officer, except in so far as relates to
tie settlement of his accounts. DIR.
Wiborg will turn over all funds and
records pertaining to the office az far
as practicable to Lieutenant Wells,
receiving the necessary receipts the
retOr.
s7 Tie District Court of this City
will try tomorrow the cases VS..
Eufrasio Flores, for larceny, and
Jesus Rivera and several others,
for robbery.
Private Benjamin III. Thomas,
Company B, 11th U. s. Infantry
has been relieved from detached ser.
vice at headquarters and has been
ordered, to proceed to Camp Henry,
Cayey, reporting upon arrival TO the
Commanding Officer of that Post
for duty.
ONLY FOR ONE GENTLEMAN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16

This paper is the Oldest and has
the largest circulation in the
Island. 1t is also the only
one that has an established
cable service from New York
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
TransYaal War
General JOubert Is
Concentrating North
OF BIOemfOntein.
General Gatacre Occupies Be-
THULE.

New York March 18th 1900
The latest dispatches re-
ceived in London from South
Africa state that General Jou-
bert is concentrating his for
ces at the North of Bloem-
fontein
General Gatacre crossed
the Orange River and occu
pie / Belhuiie.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
The Puerto Rico
Relief Bill.
New York March 10th 1900

The dicussioa which took
place in the Senate on the
Puerto Rico relief bill, has
been resultless,
A number Of Senators le-
ferred to the necessity of re-
lieving the distressful situa
ton Of the Island.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-16
New York Market

Special cable to the BoIf
TIN MERcANTM from
the " ASSOCIATED Press
New York Produce Exchange
Quotations.
New York March 10th 1906
Wheat Flour " Tum-
badora ,. "..-..-... S 3Se
Centrifugal Sugar. /" 4 5llc
Beet sugar. 80. 10 shilling
Sterling exchange :. 4.82.1I4
-
The above cablegrams belong t.
the BoLETIN MERcANTIL and thei
reproduction in any form VIII cost
fifty dollars for each cable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY Is
WONDERFULLY RETICENT
Concerning the Secret Instructions
Sent by Him to the Paris Peace
Commits SiOnerS.

CHICAGO, October Ex-senator
Jones, chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, made the following
statement to-day:
THE instructions given to the COM
missioners on the part of the United
States to negotiate the treaty with
Spain in Paris, in 1898, has never, so
far as | know, been made public.
When the treaty was before the Senate
for ratification there was great de-
mand that these instructions should
he made public. So great was the de-
sire for information that many news
papers published what was claimed to
be inside information about what
these instructions contained. But for
some reason, and doubtless not an I'M
important one, this desire was graft
fed.
The President, in his letter of accept
ance, quoted part of these, as l I'M
destand, secret instructions. | ad-
dressed him in a note October 5, call
ing his attention to this fact, and re-
quested that inasmuch as the part of
the instructions which he considered
favorable to the position of his political
party was so used by him, the re-
mainder should be made public. Con-
ceiving it impossible that the Presi-
dent Of the United States would use
part of secret document for the adj
vancement of his personal fortunes and
the interests Of his own political party
and at the same time refuse to the pub
lie the remainder of this document, /
expected to have prompt answer from
the President. | have now waited for
more than two weeks and have not
had the honor of an acknowledgment
even Of the receipt of my note"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE.
Pittsburgers to Conduct it-Big Iron
Works at WeIIand, Ontario.


PITTSBURG, Pa, October pa
company composed almost entirely of
Pittsburg capitalists has been organized
to engage in the blast furnace and
steel manufacturing institutions on a
gigantic scale. The capital of the new
corporation is $12,000,000, and included
in the enterprise are the operating Of
coke ovens and the mining of coal in
the Monongahela valley, with the pos
sible building of new line of railroad
from the coke and coal works to Lake
Erie.
The big plants in question will be
located at Welland, in Ontario, Canada,
which is the town near the entrance to
the Welland canal This is known as
the Canadian natural gas belt and any
quantity of that fuel is available. The
mills will also have the advantage sof
water poFer secured from the Niagara
river at a point near the great falls.
Captain w. S. Dent, of this city, is
the promoter of the enterprise, and
John S. Sculley, president of the Dia-
mond National Bank, has charge of
the financial end of it. AS yet neither
Of these gentlemen will go into details
regarding the gigantic project, but suf-
ficient information was gained to en-
able it to be stated that the enterprise
will be pushed to completion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
RIOT IN A RESTAURANT.
And Incidentally. Some Very Poor
Displays of Workmanship.

HYNDtMAN, Pa, October pa riot
occurred here at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon in restaurant near the Baltimore
& Ohio depot, conducted by Willis
Caves, negro. Adam Shroyer, a white
man, who was sitting at one of the
tables, cheered Justify for Bryan and
angered some negroes who were pres
ent. Knives and pistols were drawn
and an effort made to kill Shroyer and
his son, who was nearby A score of
shots were fired, but no one was hit.
A reign of terror exists. The saloons
have been closed and Sheriff Gates,
who has been sent for. will be here to-
night with posse of deputies.
The negroes employed on the Balti-
more & Ohio improvements here were
paid ON Monday and have been drunk
and disorderly ever since. Shooting
and rioting in daylight and committing
robberies have been common. Last
night G. II. Staub, Nova Scotian in
charge of Ketcham & Co.'S stables,
was shot and died soon after Two
Italians were also shot and seriously
wounded
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
A NEW COUNTERFEIT.

WASHINGTON, October 23.-The Sc
cret service bureau of the treasury de-
partment has discovered new Indian
head S. counterfeit. The note is OF
the series Of 1899. check letter B, face
plate No. 20, back plate No. %, ]. W.
Lyons. register, and Ellis II. Roberts,
treasurer
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
HON. JOHN S. BEARD
OF Florida, Addresses n Large and
Appreciative Audience at Sisters

Special to the Register.
SISTERSVILLE, Oct. 23.-Hon. John
S. Beard, OF Pensacola, Fla, electoral
large on the Democratic ticket, spoke
at Sistersville tonight to a large and
enthusiastic audience. Mr.. Boards
speech demonstrated conclusively that
he is an eloquent and able man in er-
cry sense of the word In a mastery
manner he handled the issues OF the
campaign, and his speech was received
with demonstrations that leave no
room for doubt that it struck a re-
sponsive chord in the ears Of his hear
ers. Sistersville should be congratu-
lated on being able to secure such an
able man while he is being sought after
by larger cities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
STEVENSON AT BAY CITY.

BAY CITY, Mich, October 23.-Ow-
Ing TO mix-up of dates, Stevenson
did not speak at Saginaw tonight. In
this city he addressed large audience
in the armory. He devoted his remarks
to Imperialism and trusts. ignoring the
silver question. His speech was SUBJ
stantially the same as the one he de.
livered at Grand Rapids Monday even
ing
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
HELD UP AND ROBBED.
A Butler, Pa. StockdeaIer Touched
for S2,sOO.

PITTSBURG, Pa, October 23.-D o..
Prison. stock dealer from Butler, was
held up by highwaymen in the borough
of Millvale tonight and robbed of
S2,700. The money represented the
proceeds of five car loads of cattle.
The hold-up was accomplished by two
men as Prison was walking along the
Evergreen road One man held re-
volver to his head while the other
went through his pockets. The high
waymen then leisurely walked away
and Prison fastened to notify the po-
lice.
Prison can give no description of the
men except that one was tall and the
other short.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
A NEW RAILROAD.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 23.-The Mari
eta, Columbus & Cleveland Railroad
Company. of Marietta, was incorporat-
ed to-day with s250.000 capital. The
route is from Marietta through Palos
to Columbus. thence TO Cleveland.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
MRS. BRYAN IN NEW HAVEN.

NEW HAVEN. October 2s-A1rs VIM. j.
Bryan Is enjoying visit to New Haven
as the guest Of Mrs. Philo s. Bennett. a
friend of several years. standing Mrs.
Bryan Is accompanied by her daughter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
YoUTsEY TAKEN TO JAIL.

FRANKFORT, KY, October %
Henry E. Youtsey was placed in jail
here to-day. He lay on his cot with
his face covered as he was moved from
the train to the JAIL
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
MAKING IT VERY WARM
FOR D0WIE THE ZIONIST
London Public Likes Him No Better
Than the Americans Did.

Than the Americans Did.
LONDON, October 23.-When the medi-
cal students who were arrested yesterday
for mobbing Mr.. John Alexander Dowie.
the Zionist, of Chicago. We're arraigned
before Mr. Edward Nicholas Fenwick-
Fenwick, the police magistrate. to-day, he
gave them a good tongue lashng. The
magistrate said he was shocked at the
fact that educated men had acted so dis
gracefully and assured them that their
rowdyism and violence would not be toll
Grated. Fines of G5 were then imposed on
the students.
A huge mob awaited Mr.. Dowie at st.
Martins town hall this afternoon, and the
faith healer" who had 10 be guarded by
police, was rushed into the hall through a
double Gordon OF policemen. The crowd
howled and charged. but the police stop
ped what were really ugly rushes for the
doors.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
PIRATES NEAR CANTON.

CANTON, Oct. PA vessel having
on board one hundred passengers was
boarded by pirates ten miles below
here Several thousand pounds iD spe-
Gle were taken.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
MR.. HART HAS SAILED.

COLON, Columbia, via Galveston,
Oct 23.-Mr. Charles Burdett Hart,
the United States minister to Columbia,
sailed for New York to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24

Mr. c. Schnepf the Opera House drug
gist, made the following observations Of
the temperature yesterday: a M. 70: .
a. M. II, II m. II; p. M, "a. p. m, "a
Weather changeable-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24

NEW YORK, Oct. ga fifth arrest
was made to-day, Carrot A. Stowcradt
being taken into custody 6towcroft
was taken to police headquarters at
Paterson, where he made statement
in which he said he was hired by Nc
Allister, Kerr, Death and Campbell to
drive them with Miss Bosschieter IN
a two-seated rig last Thursday night.
He said they stopped at Saal's saloon
where they had some drinks. The girl
after drinking, became stupefied as ii
she had been drugged. Stowcroft said
he understood she had been given
Knockout drops. They placed her in
the rig and she became unconscious.
The men became frightened as the girl
did not revive, and they drove 70 the
Office OF DR.. Townsend. The girl con-
tinued in an unconscious state, and the
men were advised TO take her direct 10
her home. Subsequently they drove to
the houses Of two other physicians but
did not succeed in getting medical aid,
and so went back 10 the office OF DR..
Townsend. When they got there this
time the girl was dead. They then
drove out TO the place where the body
was first discovered. near the Wagar-
row bridge, in Bergen comfy, and left
the body lying there.
Stowcroft said that McAllister gave
hfm ten dollars TO keep his mouth
shut.
1t is reported that Campbell and
Death admitted to Chief Graul that
they were in company with the other
men under arrest, with the girl at the
time she met her death. Both are UNI
derstood to have made statements in
writing, but the details have not yet
been made public by the police
Kerr, /McAllister, Death and Camp
bell were successfully arraigned before
Recorder Senior and were held without
bail to await the action Of the grand
jury. They were charged with murder
ing Jennie Bosschieter by giving her
powerful drugs, Of which she died a
lingering DEATH
1t is stated that Death has been mar
ried only few months.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
THE WEArHER-

WASHINGTON. October 23.-For Ohio,
Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Fair and cooler "Wednesday: Thursday
fair; fresh northwesteriy winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24

POUGHKEEPSIE. N Y, October e.
All OF the seven convict patients who es-
capped from the Mattewan State hospital
tured.
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GIRL DIED FROM EFFECT
Of KNOCKOUT DROPS.
-FOUR PROMINENT MEN, TWO OF
THEM MARRIED., HELD ON
NASTY CHARGE.
THEY DoPED BEER FOR GIRL
But SHE FAILED To RECOVER
AFTER THEY HAD ASSAULT
ED HER.

NEW YORK, October 2S.-Iate last
night George Kerr Walter McAllister.
William Death and Andrew Campbell
were arrested by the police of Pater-
son, n. j., accused of having caused
the death of Jennie Bosschieter, the
young woman whose body was found
last Friday on the outskirts of Pater-
son. Kerr and Death are married.
The police say Death has made a
confession saying that the four were
drinking with the girl and gave her
Knockout drops" They then took
her in buggy across the bridge into
Bergen county, passing the girls own
home on the way to the spot where the
body was found the next morning. In
the struggle which occnrred there, one
of the men, which one is not stated,
tripped the girl, throwing her heavily
to the ground. The fall rendered her
unconscious and the four men became
frightened. They put her in the buggy
and started back TO Paterson with her,
but changed their minds and again
brought her back to the spot where
the assault occurred.
Leaving her there they went for a
doctor, whose name was not given by
Death.
The doctor returned with them and
pronounced the girl beyond help.
The police say they know who the
doctor is.
The four begged the physician to do
all he could for the girl and said they
would pay the bills. They said they
would take her to his house and the
physician started on ahead.
The men placed the girl again in
the buggy and started away with her
Their fears overcame them again, how
ever. Believing the girl to be dead.
they again brought her back to the
same spot and placed the body on the
ground, making their way back To
Paterson afterward.
The detectives employed on the case
assert that death was caused by the
knock drops given her, and not
by the blow on the head.
Death Is an insurance collector; Me-
Allster is son of well-to-do silk
throwster Kerr is a member of
wealthy family and brother of former
Judge Kerr and Campbell is foreman
in silk mill.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.
Condition of the Treasury

WASHINGTON, October 23.-To-day's
statement of the treasury balances In the
general fund. exclusive OF the $50. co.. 600
gold reserve in the division of redemption.
shows: Available cash balance, $la2. 81. l64;
gold, $3.50, $50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-24

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-W. ]. Bry-
an spent an hour and a quarter at the
National Capital to-day. His train ar
rived over the Chesapeake & Ohio at
1866. About 1000 people were waiting
at the depot.
Sixty policemen and detectives were
on hand to maintain order. As the
train pulled in, amid cheers of the
waiting crowd ex-Judge William NJ
Springer, former chairman OF the
House committee on Ways and Means,
and an cid colleague and warm friend
of the Democratic candidate, stepped
to Mr.. Bryan's private car and well
coined him. The two then worked their
way to the entrance. Here an automo-
bile was waiting, and they were taken
to the residence of Judge Springer
where Mr.. Bryan had breakfast Col
Isaac Hill, Democratic whip of the
House, was the only other guest A few
minutes before o'clock Mr.. Bryan
was driven to the Baltimore & Ohio
station, where he made a brief speech
from his automobile. He spoke on Inn
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