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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-28
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
The Appeal For
Peace.

The New York World in com.
melting upon the appeal TO the po.
wers for Intervention, made by Pres
ident Kruger says
The Presidents of the republics
have through all the foreign COnsuls
at Pretoria and Bloemfontein, asked
Europe and the United States to ap-
peal to England for peace.
The Minister from Holland says
with obvious truth, eff some nation
on terms Of cordial intimacy were to
begin the negotiations and open the
way l feel convinced that all Euro
pc would further the plan.n
There is only one such nation
the United States of America. On
ly one man can speak for it, Will
lam Mckinley.
In April, 1898, England acted as
the spokesman for the rest of the
great powers in making the appeal
for peace to us. Mr.. Mckinley
thanked England and her fellow pet
itiOners because that appeal gave
him the chance to lay before the
world the facts Of our case against
Spain and to show that Spain, not
the great Republic, vas the distur-
Der of world peace. Why should we
not at least give England the chance
to explain why she feels justified in
going on with war to exterminate
two small republics, a chance to try
to justify herself before the public
opinion of the worldf
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
Description OF An
African Veldt.


The following fius description OF
and African veldt is from . letter
written by an English soldier rom
the Transvaal:
DAT evening, from one Of those
Low hills by the river, the moving
army looks like one of the great fairs
ofsouthern Russia, for in the twilight
the veldt has something Of the dar-
kness, silence and mystery of the
steppes. Its purples are not SO deep
as those that twilight wears above
the black earth of the Volga, but
they have clearness and space, and
the resemblance is strengthened
when the floating, silvery veil Of
dust, which seems to rise with the
enening, gives to all within it a
magic distance-the tents, the teth-
cred horses, the, ungainly carts. the
orange brightness of the camp fires
while out on the darkening veldt
the laboring spans Of oxen can only
be seen to move by growing tail Of
dust behind them.
mo man could paint that picture
and paint into it the sense Of war.
Even the bugless which cry out to
each other down there about the H.
res have no stern hardness in them
no song of death. The thinnest SIC
kle of the new moon burns pale abo-
We the hill in the rednesS which the
sun has left, with the evening star
set q moons breadth above it, as in
a jewellers design. The moon rest
unbent on its edge before it moves
beneath the hill, and, clear as her
sinking flame, the little melancholy
twitter of the Kaffir phinxes laments
the hour. That, and not the camp
bugle, gives the real last post, the
night call ofthis arid country into
which we have Gomez
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27

tenths grains Of gold nine.tenths f.
ne. It makes it the duty of the
Secretary Of the Treasury Of main
tain all money at parity With this
standard.
The bill transfers from the gene
raj fund Of the Treasury's cash 4150-
100000 in gold coin and bullion to
redemption fund, that gold to be
used for the redemption Of United
States notes and Treasury notes.
That fund is henceforth absolutely
cut out of and separated from the
cash balance IN the Treasury, and
the available cash balance will her.
eafter show reduction of $150.000.-
900 from the figures that have here
tofore prevailed.
If redemptions go on SO that the
gold in this reserve fund is reduced
below $IOO.O0O.OOO, and Secreta-
ry is unable to build it up to the
$3.50 100000, mark he is given po-
wer to sell bonds, and it is made his
duty to replenish the gold to the
$l5n, 100000 mark by such means.
4
" The 'endless chain is broken by
a provision which prohibits the use
of notes so redeemed to meet def
ciencies in the current revenues.
The act provides for the ultimate
retirement of all the Treasury notes
issued in payment for silver bullion
under the Sherman Act. As fast
as that bullion is coined into silver
dollars, Treasury notes a,e to be re-
tired and replaced With an equal
amount of silver certificates
The bill also provides for larger
issue Of silver certificates and tor an
enlarged coinage Of small subsidiary
silver conis.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
~OCf vT4Jdfs
Puerto Rican Finan-
CeS.


The War Department has made
public the following statement Of the
finances of the Puerto Rican treas
ury for the month Of January,
l9OO.-
Balance in treasury January 1,
1900, 1885,, 1906. Receipts in jan
uary, from customs, $79,44S; from
postals, s9O,54 from internal re-
venue, s17 AZ; from miscellaneous,
$ll, ,493.
Payments during January, 1900
from customs receipts, $11O, ,434;
from postal receipts, e9,O52; from
internal revenue receipts, 1926;
from miscellaneous receipts, S1O2.
Total payments during the month,
$126,854.
Balance in treasury, January 81,
1900, 9447, $50.
Deficit for the month, 90, ,446.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
The Boer Plea For
Peace.

The plea presented by Presidents
Kriger and Steyn Of the South
African Republics to their adverse
ries is characterized even in Londen
as one of the most remarkable state
papers OF the century.
In its clear exposition of the eau
ses which provoked the var as viewed
by the BOres the leaders Of these
rugged people have offered a state
ment pathetic in the candcr of its
spirit and logical to the last degree
in its argument. Lord Salisbury
read the reply of the British govern
ment in the House of Lords.
The appeal states that " the blood
and tears of thousands who have suf.
fered by this war with the prospect of
all moral and economic ruin where
with South Africa is now threate-
ned make it necessary for both belli.
gerents to ask themselves dispassiO-
nately and as in sight Of the Triune
God for what are they fighting and
whether the aim Of each justifes all
this appalling misery and devasta
tion.
The paper goes on to deny the
statements of the British people that
the war is being conducted by the
cOlOnists with a view to undermin-
ing thier Magesty's authority in all
of South Africa and states that hos
tilities were undertaken as defensi-
We measure to maintain the threate-
ned independence of the South Afri
ca Republic and is continued to
maintain the uncontestable inde
pendence of both republics as inter-
national States and to obtain the as
surance that such of her Majesty's
subjects as have taken part shall suf-
fer no harm.
On these conditions peace is des-
ired but if Her majesty's government
is determined to crush out indepen-
pendence the war must go on. The
plea finishes with the assertion that
the appeal has been With held until
now, the recent British successes
making it easier for the English 60.
Vernment to treat upon the terms
offered.
In reply Salisbury fatty refuses
on the ground that while peace exis-
ted between the now contending po-
uers the Beers soere making extern
sive armaments plainly directed
against England and that suddenly
without warning the two republics
issned an insulting uItimatum and
declared war, an invasion of British
soil following.
Nothing but unconditional surren-
der can be considered.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27

The proceedings were ms
tituted in behalf Of Juan R.
Baiz, convicted of fraud in
connection with the election
at Guayama, and sentenced
by the Provisional Court to
thirty days Imprisonment and
to pay a fine.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
News OF he Day.

Mr. Jaime PadrO Oliyero and Miss
Rosario Roure Were married in
Ciales.
Hon. Jose Ramon Becerra, Pres
ident of the District Court of Ponce,
is in the city.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27

The Supreme Court has
granted a preliminary order
against the Provisional Cou
to show cause why Mr. Baiz
should not be released from
custody.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
The New American
Currency Bill.

Secretary Gage has made q sta.
iement a. to the new financial bin
recently signed by the president.
Mr. Gage said IN part
8 The Financial bill feafHFms that
she unit Of value IS the dollar, con.
ei.tins of twenty I'Fs and eight.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
the floor of the Senate, whe-
re compromise propositions
can be offered as amendments
to the civil government or ta-
riff portions Of the bill.

These dispatches also state
that at present the indications
are that there will be long
delay before final action is
taken by Congress.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
FOR RENT
UNION HALL
No. As Sol Street.

A nice Hall for Dances or
private entertainments apply
to.
w. H. Beers.
Do you want for the next day a
really good Rubber Stampi
Apply to the BoLETlN MERoAN-
TIL establishment 24-26. FortaIeza
Street, norner San Jose st. and you
be satisfied in respects. ID.
Have you seen Hardie Bros Pho
tOgraphs of the Islands Also the
fine book of views containing eighty
six views Of Porto Rico. They viii
interest your friends in the States.-
Plaza Principal. S.-p. 8.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27

This paperis 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, 1900-03-27
Constitutionality OF
Provisional Court.
To Be Tested.
Guayana Election Case Before
Supreme Court.
Proceeding Instituted Ia Behalf
OF Mr.. Baiz.
Preliminary Order To Show
Cause issued.

New York March 9th 1900
Washington dispatches sta
te that papers have been flied
in the United States Supre-
me Court in proceeding
brough to test the constitutio-
nality cf the United States
Provisional Court Of Puerto
Rico.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
New York Market.

Special cable to the BoLE-
TIN MERcANTIL from
the /" ASSOCIATED Press I"
New York Produce Exchange
Quotations.
New York March 9th 1900.
Wheat Flour g Tum-
badora n..-.$ $50
Centrifugal Sugar. )" 4 Tic
Beet sugar ~. 3 Si4 shillings
Sterling exchange 4.82
--
The above cable grams Eslong
the BoLRTm MRRokNvrI and their
reproduction in any form will cost
fifty dollars each cable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-27
Employment OF Men
On public Works.
Sick And Destitute To Get
Rations.
New York March 27th 1900.

New York March 9th 1900.
Dispatches from Washing
ton state that the War De :
partment has arranged. in ad-
dition to giving men in Puer-
to Rico employment on pu-
bic works, to continue and
extend the supplying Of ra-
tions to the sick and dest itute
in the Island,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
DowIE,s LAcEMAKERs.
Hearing of Case Begun by Treasury
observation-disclosures Ex-
pected Next Week.

Washington, Nov. 19.-There was
hearing at the treasury department
Saturday before Assistant Secretary
Taylor on the action of the immigra-
ton officials at Philadelphia in refus-
ing entry to a party of Birmingham
lsssmakeS sd Wh4 had come t. this
ander Dowie, the "Divine healer" who
has established town called "Zion"
near Waukegan. Wis. with lacemak-
ing as its chief industry. Dowie was
represented by Attorney Packard, of
Chicago. who advanced the claim that
the immigrants were coming to es-
tablish a new industry in this coun-
try and therefore did not come under
the provisions of the alien contract
labor law Several members of the
American I.acemakers' union were
present and testified that they now
produce the same sort of lace that
Dowie's immigrants proposed to make.
Commissioner Powderly was present
at the hearing. and Secretary Gage,
who has expressed an interest in the
case, came in and listened to part of
the testimony. The hearing was not
finished, a decision is expected some
time next week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
THE rsTHMrAN CANAL.
Commission Preparing It's Report for
Congress-Will Recommend
Nicaragua Route.

Washington, Nov. 19.-The isthmian
canal commission is hurrying along
the preparation Of the preliminary
statement of the results of it's sum-
mer inquiries into the canal POSSIBLE
ities of the isthmus. and 1t was said
Saturday that the report would be
ready for submission to congress on
the first day of the session. Much de-
tailed work of en- engineering charac-
ter remains to be done. The commits
sion now has party stationed on the
Chagres river. in Colombia, taking
soundings to complete the data as 70
the Panama canal route. and three.
score men at least ale engaged in
making bearings on the Nicaraguan
route. But the data they will collect
is not necessary for the use of con-
gress. The report will dismiss all
but the Nicaragua and Panama routes
from further consideration, and it il
understood will recommend the for
mer route
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
Good Showing for Yellow Corn.

Recently on the farm of G. P. Sco-
vile, couple of miles north of Vern-
on, on the Verona road, from a little
less than one acre of ground, was hus-
ked 13O bushels of the hard, yellow
variety of corn. On the farm of Hen
ry Rogers, adjoining, or close to the
Scoville farm, there was husked in
three days from an acre and half of
ground ITO bushels of the same quality
of corn. If this record could be kept
up generally, canning factories would
be given black eye for the reason
that farmers would find tia great deal,
more profitable raising this quality of,
corn, than sweet corn.-Vernon On,
" Times.
This great yield of corn throws To-
wa far in the shade, but the secret of
these immense yields is in the prepar-
alton of the ground as we'll as in the
aftcrtillage of the crop. We in Iowa
are apt TO have so many acres that
the ground is never half prepared and
half crop is the result. Such crop
could be- grown in any part of Iowa,
ii the ground was as well prepared as
in these cases.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
SUES FOR INSURANCE.
Masons' Fraterna1 Company Denies
Liability Because Risk Took
Poison UnconsciousIy.

The Masons' Fraternal Accident as
ISOLATION, of Westfeld, Mass, is resist
ing the payment of $4,000 policy up
on the life of F. c. Hills, formerly gem
eral manager of the two divisions of
the Great Northern railroad in Sioux
City. About a year ago Mr.. Hills was
served with breakfast food by new
servant at his home which had guam
tity of rough on rats mixed into it for
poisoning rats He aiel'-rin three
hours.
Mrs. Hills transferred the policy to
H. l.. Bakatel, OF Boston, who was re-
fused payment by the company dis
claiming liability. Suit was brought
here for the amount. The clause UNI
der which liability is denied reads:
Taking poison, contact with poison
Gus substances, inhaling gas The de-
Tense holds this clause signifies the
taking of poison unconsciously.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
Electricity ana Modern N.x,e.

One of the improvements in the new
battleship kentucky is the increased
use OF electricity instead of steam, says
writer in Munsey's Magazine. The
kentucky is planned on the principle of
trolley line so far as her subsidiary
engines are concerned. There is a
motor which performs each particular
work, and instead of broiling steam
pipe running to it an electric wire con-
meets 1t with the central engines. The
steam is kept where it belongs-in the
boiler room. This is a great economy
OF space. and the discomfort it saves
the officers and crew is not easily meas
urel,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Wild Freight Train Rushes Down
Grade mt BeIoft, WIS.,, and Loss of
Life Narrowly Averted.

Milwaukee, Nov. 19.-An Evening
Wisconsin special from Beloit, Wis.
says terrible catastrophe was mar
rowly averted Saturday at the depot
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway. AS the morning passenger
train was standing at the depot a
heavy freight west-bound, with air
brakes refusing to work and running
40 miles per hour on down grade,
came crashing down on the same
track running into the passenger train
and demolishipg it to splinters in
Guiding the engine, four coaches and
a baggage car. The passengers and
crew in the passenger train were
notified of the approaching danger
and all escaped before the collision
occurred
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
How Nature Warns.

Seaweed as test for sewage-this
is the discovery made by DR.. Let's,
professor of chemistry in the Belfast
college, and his coadjutor, Mr.. Haw..
thorne, of the same college, says Lon.
don newspaper. Their attention had
been called to large quantities of putri
flying seaweed outside Belfast and Dub.
lin. Investigation proved that the
growth of the weed depended largely
on the sewage pollution of the water.
and that. in fact, it only fiourished in
localities where such pollution existed.
The results of Prof. Let's experiments
were recently communicated to the
chemical section of the British associa-
ton.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
REMAIN NEAR CAR.
Departure of Russian Cabinet Minis
tiers from Yaltn to st. Peters,
burg Is Delayed.

ST. Petersburg, Nov. l0.-A dis
patch to the Novoe Vremya from Sim
feropol, in the Crimea, says the de-
parture of the cabinet ministers from
Yalta to st. Petersburg has been post
poned.
St. Petersburg. Nov. 1e.-Another
favorable bulletin on the subject of
the cars health was issued Saturday
afternoon as follows:
"Livadia, Nov 1.-THE emperor passed
good day yesterday. He slept about an
the day was l00.5; pulse. 70.
Last night the emperor slept sufficient
ly well. Temperature. this morning. 1908;
pulse, 10.
"Iis majesty's general condition is good.
His illness is taking the regular courss."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-20
IOWA STATE NEWS.
FACTORY INSPECTION.
II Ii Taking "a Practical ana Whole-
some Form ind Good Results
Have Been Achieved

Factory inspection in Iowa under
Labor Commissioner Wennerstrum
and his deputy, Mr.. Holder, is taking
a very practical and wholesome form,
and good results have been achieved.
The commissioner and his deputy are
giving particular attention to the SUBJ
ject of toilet rooms and water closets,
which is a very important matter for
the working people in the factories.
Commissioner Wennerstrum says:
1--WE have found the conditions very bad
indeed; but we have, as a.rule, found will
ingness on the part of the-employers to
make the conditions what they should be.
In many cases the trouble is that the owner
or manager of the factory does not know
how bad these things are. 1t is all left to
the foreman, and he either does not care. or
finds 1t difficult to keep things in the con-
dttion they should be. Very often 1t is the
fault of the men themselves A few men
of unclean habits will foul the nest for
many others; who suffer in consequence,
and have no way to help themselves.
I'm find that the best business men realize
that 1t Is to their advantage to have all the
sanitary conditions about the factory or
workshop agreeable to the employees as far
as possible. particularly in this respect.
Several managers have said to me that it
was hol ueceSsdTy lOT me 10 argue WIN
them on this subject because they knew
that 1t was money in their pockets to pro-
vide decent conditions for their working
people. Every intelligent employer knows
that man who is suffering from physical
discomfort is not a good workman. He
cannot do his best, and his employer does
not get full value for the wages paid. So
we are relying upon the self-interest of en-
ployers, largely, to remove these objections
when the facts are presented to them. Oc-
casionally they seem to think that 1t Is
none of our business, but this is the excep-
ton. Mean men are the exception anyway
In any business. Occasionally we are met
with the indisputable evidence that the en-
ployes themselves prefer to be indecent. In
one place where this was the case the man
ager sent for his foreman and told him that
he must put stop to this, and that the
first man guilty of such an offense should
be discharged on the spot. So you see we
are making some Roadway. The absolute
necessity Of separate provision for the
sexes in all workshops and factories is an
other thing that is being recognized and
firmly insisted upon"
careful inquiry is being made by
Commissioner Wennerstrum to ascer.
tain to what extent manual training
is taught in the public schools. This
investigation is expected to bring out
a good many new ideas, since the in
PRODUCTION of manual training is
comparatively new thing in Iowa. Mr..
Wennerstrum has determined to make
his first report, which will be published
next year, both interesting and valu-
able, for it will cover a wide range OF
subjects affecting the labor interests.