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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Extracts from the
Republican Platform.

Aftsr few preliminary general.
ties the Mckinley Administration
10 endorsed in these words:
owe indsrss the administration
Of William Mckinley. Its acrs have
been established in wisdom and in
patriotism, and at home and abroad
it has distinctly elevated and exten
ded the influence OF the American
nation. Walking untrisd paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities.
President Mckinley has been in
every situation the true American
patriot and the upright statesman,
clear in vision, strong in Judgment,
firm in actisn, always inspiring and
deserving the confidence Of his coun.
trymsn."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Civil Service Plank

We commend the policy Of the
Republican party In maintaining
the efficiency Of the civil service.
The administration has acted wisely
in its EFFORT to secure for public ser.
vice in Cuba, Porto Rice, Hawaii
and the Philippine Islands only
those wheLo fitness has been deter
mined by training and experience.
We believe that employment in the
public service in these territeries
to their inhabitants.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Japan's WarIike Spirit.

The Public Ledger of the same
city referring to the reported sssas-
Sination Of a Japanese official in
China, says
eff the Chinese government treats
this grave incident with indifference,
Japan will be st0ift to exact satisfac.
tion in ner own impulsive way.
The war spirit kindled by the late
war with China has not yet Hubsided.
Japan is biding her time to gather
the full fruits Of her success in that
conflict, denied her by the interven-
ton Of other Powers. 1t can be
readily understood sshy the anti.
foreign malevolence of the Chinese
seldiery would be directed against
the Japanese above all other fOrsig.
nerI.n
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
The German Emperor.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, revie
wing the recent acts of Emperor
William, remarks:--
at is wertk while keeping ones
eye on the Kaiser. His movements
are always interesting, and they
seldom fail to be instructive. The
idea that he was . feather Drained,
harum-searum braggart has long
since been exploded by the results
which he has accomplished. And
results are what count.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
The Republican
Platform.
Contains nothing very
startling.

RlbCuDCTO III bulS oULbIOu VIC
print extract from the declaration of
principles, or s'plstform" - it il
.salledin the United States, adopted
by the Republican National ConVen
tion in Philadelphia. On this dec.
lAration ef their purposes in the fut-
are, together with the record made
in the past the Republicans will ap-
peal to the country for new lease
of pocsr.
There is apparently NO great issue
stated, and there is very little that
is new in the platform. The party
naturally endorses the Mckinley
administration and "pointS with
pride" 70 itB achievements.
There is one new thing however.
For the first time the Republican
party can hoast OF having definitely
by legislation firmly fixed gold as
the monetary standard of the United
States. On this there is of course a
direct issue made with the demo-
ara.s.
Some Of the New York opposition
press are inclined to poke fun 1t the
civil service plank, in which il is
claimed that ssths Administration
has acted wisely in its efforts to SO
cure for the public service in Cuban,
Porto Rico and the Philippine Isl.
ands only these whose fitness has
been determined by training and
experience
This csnteRcs almost raises .
smile in vies Of the Havana postal
frauds, but possibly it may have
been witten before the NeeIey expo
sures.
Curiously enough, except incid
entally in the above quotation, Por.
to Rico is not mentioned at all. The
reason for this probably is that the
Republican leaders felt that by the
passage OF the Foraker act the Por.
TO Rican question had been settled,
and there was nothing more to be
said about it.
In the Philippine paragraph there
il little more than an endorsement
Of the present aud past course OF the
Administration il reference to the
Islands.
The pledge Of independence for
Cnba is reafiirmed.
Taken - a whole the platform,
while containing little new, and
nothing startling is . conservative
and carefully worded exposition Of
the attitude Of the Republican Party
towards the various national prob
lens and questions Of governments
policy, and che porty can well afford
70 60 to the country on it.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Making History.

Boston Herald:--sWe are making
history fast in this country nowadays.
The arrival at San Francisco Of the
Hawaiian delegates to the Republi-
can National Convention so soon
after the organization OF Hawaii ~
a territory is . reminder of this"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Indian Famine.

Buffalo Courier:-'sSome idea Of
the suffering in India may be Obtai.
ned from the statement that 5,SO2,,
OO0 persons are now receiving relief
while the relief agencies are nOtO'
riOusly inadequate to meet the exis-
ting conditions"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Chinese Emperor.

Pittsburg Dispateh:- THE appeal
Of tie deposed Emperor Hs0ang
Hsu for the Powers to reinstats him
upon the throne, under joint pro-
testorate, iDjects . new factor into
the situation. Hwang Hsu has been
the friend OF England and Japan"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29

llis 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, 1900-06-29

effsst to England's gain in South
Afrisa, against schich the Russian
government refrainsd from prstss-
ting"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29

been accepted by the Coun-
Gil Of that Republic praying
that the gold standard be asta-
bished with the value and
weight Of the American dollar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Porto Rico in
Washington.

New York, June. .29th, 1900
Dispatches from Washing
ton state that the President
and the Postmaster General
have have had an important
conference in regard to postal
affairs in Porto Rico.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Nicaraguan Canal.

We favor the construction, ovner--
hid, control and protection oe an
isthmian canal by the government
of the United States. New markets
are necessary for the increasing sur
plus Of our farm products. Every
effort should be made to open and
obtain new markets, especially in
the Orient, and the administration
is warmly to be commended for its
successful effort to commit all ira
ding and colonizing natiOns to the
policy Of the open door in China.
In the interest OF our expanding
commerce we recommed that con.
gresS create department Of com
merce and industries in the charge of
secretary With . seat in the cabinet.
The United States consular system
should be rsorganized under the
supervision Of this new department
upon such basis of appointments
and tenure as will render it still more
serviceable to the nations Increasing
trade.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Criminal ruse.
Con1rnotion Ii, Europe.
New York, June 29th. 1900

NOW 1OrK, JUNG zJLhe 1JUU
1t is feared that the Go
vernment of Pekin has en-
ployed a criminal ruse, in or
der to leave the Ambassadors
in the hands of the rebels.
This piece Of news has pro-
duced extraordinary commo-
ton throughout Europe.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
Trusts and Politics.

The Baltimore Sun, discussing the
New York Ice Trust and the fact
that some republicans are in it,
sayp:--
'eThs immediate point of public
interest, therefore, a. = matter Of
party politics, is whether Mr.. RoOse
velt, the republican Governor Of the
Empire State, has the courage to
resist the pressure of the politicians
Of his own party and do his ''plain
duty" to the people as resolutely as
the democratic press Of New York
have done theirs"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
N !,l4a More Ice..

Omaha World Herald:--"JuSt a.
soon as the public forgets that lot
of prominent republicans hold stock
in the New York Ice Trust the re
publican organs will begin berating
the democrats who hold . slice OF
TIVE thereOf.n
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-29
The Philippines and Cuba.

In accepting by the treaty Of Pa
ris the just responsibilities of our
victories in the Spanish war, the
President and the Senate won th.
undoubted approval Of the American
people. Ne ether course vas possible
than to destroy SPANS sovereignty
throughout the Western Indies and
in the Philippine Island. That
course created our responsibility
before the world, and with the unor.
ganised population whom cur inter-
vention had freed from Spain, to
provide for the maintenance Of law
and order, and for the establishment
Of good government and for the
performance OF international obliga.
tions. Our authority could not be
less than our responsibility, and
wherever sovereign rights were OK.
tended it became the high duty Of
the government to maintain its
authority, to put down armed insur.
rection and to confer the blessings o.
liberty and civilization upon all the
rescued peoples. The largest mea.
sure Of self-government consistent
with their welfare and our duties
shall be secured to them by law. To
Cuba independence ard self-govern-
ment were assured in the same voice
by which var was declared, and to
the letter this pledge shall be per
formed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
A WOMAN'S COQUETRY.
BY VI. Quad.


Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.)
For five years l had been the keeper
of the elephant Jamrock In summer
we Travelled with the circus, and in
winter we either had quarters on
farm or in some geological garden.
Jamrock had taken to me from the
first, but you must knew that an eie-
plant is as capricious as a woman.
For a month at a time the big beast
would be as humble as a kitten and as
loving as a child and then all of
sudden he would pout and sulk and
perhaps seek to do injury. There
were two weeks in every year when I
actually feared him. From the list to
the 18th of February he had the tenn
per of a devil. During this interval
he was securely chained and every pre-
caution taken when approaching him.
He would stand for hours swinging
his head to right and left, and then
suddenly scream out in way to make
you chill. 1t would have been as much
as my life was worth to have got
within reach of his trunk. These
spells always lasted two weeks, and
then Jamrock was his old self again
and under complete control.
When a circus goes into winter quar-
tiers on a farm. what is known as the
animal staff must be retained. Each
elephants keeper, the man in charge
of the various wild beasts. the, herders
of the camels, buffalOes, zebras,
rhinOcroses. etc, are kept on half sal
airy. These people make up a colony
OF 25 or 30 and it is genearlly happy
family. In this fifth year of my
keepership of Jamrock. I was in love
with little cara, the tightrOpe per
former. She was the daughter of Pro-
fessor Irwin, the lion tanner, and he
frankly told me that he favored my
suit. I was a young man of good
character, had fair prospects ahead,
and I had reason to believe that cara
returned my love. Things between US
would have been settled before we took
the road again but for her spirit of
deviltry. While she was not a flirt,
she was more or less of a coquette
Every good looking girl is, for that
matter, but here was one who received
the praise and applause of hundreds
of thousands, and, while she had not
been spoiled, she had come to think
pretty well of herself When "the
tiger man" came, she set out to make
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food with impunity.


To-day he had eaten nothing since
the late breakfast interrupted by the
fatal telegram from Blandon Palgrave,
but he had no thought of stopping In
London to satisfy his hunger. He took
the first train, which had no dining
room accommodation, and arrived at
Lurlworth Towers after a furious drive
from the station at something after
midnight
Lady Mary was waiting up for him.
He had known that this would be SO,
hence his unsparing haste.
She came to meet him in the great
hall, haggard, and dressed as she had
sheen in the morning, but with the cour-
teous respect in which he never failed
in his relations with her, he gently
drew her into the sanctity of her own
boudoir before he would answer her
quick, impatient questioning.
"Courage!" he said at last, pressing
the cold hand that she held out to him.
What" she calculated, almost in a
shrek. isn't Maurice dead after all 2"
I'm afraid there's not much doubt
that they've worked their wicked will
on him." Savernake answered, grimly.
But there's hope yet, of a kind.
sail for America tomorrow"
(To be continued)
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clotheSlines and came dashing down
the alley. The tiger man was thrust
ing at me and cursing below his
breath, and the point of his knife had
drawn blood three or four times. AS
he heard the beast coming he turned
to look, but he had no time to escape.
With a sweep of his trunk Jamrock
knocked him down, and then lifting
him up again the body was battered
against the beams right and left until
it was reduced to a pulp. I did not
try to leave the bunk, being almost
helpless, and hoped the elephant
would go away after a bit. When he
had given the body a fling down the
alley, he picked me out of my bunk
and carried me back to his STALL |
expected death, but he let me down
on the straw with care and stood over
me. l remained quiet for Is minutes
and then tried to creep away, but
Jamrock brought me back so roughly
that I dared not try it again.
1t was morning before any one came
to US, and you may be sure there was
great excitement. 1t was cara who
finally approached the elephant with
food and distracted his attention while
I got away. and later on we opened
the doors and let him out into a field
where he could do no more damage.
1t was an affair that never reached
the newspapers, and two weeks after
the incident a wedding was quietly
celebrated in our quarters. Why jam
rock, who had often tried to kill me
when his fit was on, should have
spared me on this occasion has al
ways been a puzzle to me. Perhaps
the one victim took the edge off his
temper. or it may be that he remem-
bered our long friendship and con-
Quered his desire to Stay Be it as it
may l mourned him almost as a
brother when he was killed in a rail-
way accident the following year.
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Poker stories always amuse, probably
because they are so full of human ma
ture. This one has a touch that made
the leading characters kin at all events:
Before a Salt Lake justice of tAe
peace a young man was tried on a
charge of gambling. The evidence was
conclusive and fine imposed and paid.
The court then adjourned, but the de-
defendant stopped behind.
HE said to the Judge 1 want to tell
you how this happened, The cop told
us if we didn't stop playing he would
run us in. Well, we were playing a
Jack pot. | had an ace, three queens
and a king before the draw. dis
carded the ace and king and drew an-
other queen. There were good hands
out against me, and they tried TO blum
me out and I stayed with them. Now.
what / want to know is what you would
have done in case like that?"
Stayed with them il the gallows
had been in sight! cried the excited
Judge. Why, in the name OF common
sense was not that evidence brought
out at the trial?'"
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1T WENT HIS Way.

well, did the election go to suit
you?" he asked of the farmer looking
man who sat beside him in the walt
ing room while waiting for subur-
ban train.
Say, now. but you bet she did!'s
was the prompt and hearty exclama-
ton
And yo did little something to-
ward helping bring the victory about.
no doubt?"
81 did a heap. sir. In fact, may
say did it ALL When got things
going, / never stopped until the VIC
tory was won. Lord, but didn't l
slather EN- through? They won't be
heard Of again for ten years to come. :"
"Then you take the credit of having
elected the next presidentg' was
asked.
who said anything about the next
PRESIDENT"
But we were talking about the re-
cent election"
Eyes, know we was, but the next
president had mighty little to do with
it. I was runnin for commissioner of
deeds on our county ticket. and | had
majority of 81 to overcome. took
off my coat and went in. ! didn't think
of the last president or tne next presi-
dent, but l worked tooth and toe nail,
and when the sun went down on that
fateful day the opposition had been
knocked into cooked hat"
by which I infer that you were
elected?"
You bet your lifel Yes. sir, ! over
come them 81 majority and had 'leven
votes to spare. and il there's any
whoopin and flag wavin and dyin for
America up my way it's all on my ae-
count Maybe Mckinley and Bryan.
we're runnin on the tickets. and maybq
one or tother of EN- squeezed in, b.
it was John Y. Shoter's campaign froiV
start to finish, and if you find any
body who don't know it jest give 'em
the tip and oblige yor truly"
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good looking anG- well fixed financially,
and I will do him me justice to say
that it was no Irritation on his part.
He fell in love with cara, and when
she seemed to encourage him he was
clean gone. He soon discovered that
I had claims. and there was open en-
nifty between us. 1t was not my fault.
While | felt a little sulky over the
girls conduct, I did not doubt her
loyalty to me and pursued the even
tenor of my way. 1t was Norton who
at once became insanely jealous of me-
He was a man of violent temper, and
it wasn't three days before we quar-
relied This pleased and amused cara,
and none of the rest OF the staff re-
garded it as a serious matter.
The animal quarters were in one
great house, divided off by half way
partitions. At the east end of the
building came Jamrock first of all, and
just over the partition was the cage
of the three tigers. There were alleys
running north and south and east and
west, and once a beast got loose he
could wander over the whole floor
My elephant had his annual mad fit
on, and he was secured to the floor by
four chains. | slept in a rough bunk
40 feet down the alley, so as to be on
hand should he try to break away.
There had been only the one quarrel
between Norton and l, and no blows
had been struck in that. He had ex-
hibited a fierce temper, but had not
threatened my life. As we went about
our duties we passed and repassed
each other, but there had been no
more words On the night of the 9th
Of February, after a days anxiety over
Jamrock. who was unusually ugly, |
turned into my bunk and after time
fell asleep. I had slept three hours
when awakened by a clutch at my
| throat and as soon as I opened my
! eyes | found Norton bending over me.
He had a grasp on my throat with
both hands, and his intention was to
strange me. We were pretty evenly
! matched as to strength, and though he
had taken me unaware5 desperation
! helped NE to break his clutch and
throw him of. AS l flung him clear
of me he drew a knife. I had no
| weapon. and was crowded into a mar
row bunk, but I used my pillow as
shield and he buried his knife into it
| several times as he struck at me.
At the end of two minutes | knew
that must have help or lose my life.
We were alone in the great shed, and
| after the choking I had received my
| voice would not carry across the build
ing. In the dim light l saw that jam
rock was watching US, and that his
| eyes were ablaze. | had no hope that
| he could break his chains. and l knew
| that he would kill US both if he did,
but yet | called out to him. He an
swered with a scream and throwing
all his weight on the chains he snap
ped them as if they had been old
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
THE G. O. D. MAN.
He Tells How He Worked a bluff and
Made a Stake.

Copyright, 1900. by c. B. Lewis.)
They call me the G. o. D. tramp
because it's always cash on delivery
with me-that is, deliver my tale Of
misfortune and expect the cash to fol-
low. Never crowd myself in among
gentlemen unless strongly urged, and
never affiliate with other tramps when
I can find straw stack for myself.
Consider myself a good deal of an
aristocrat and when collared by the
police, l fall back upon my blue blood
and dignity instead of making a
squeal. Have been sent to Jail score
OF times for vagrancy, but have always
emerged with new aims and ambitions
and my moral standard as bright as
ever. Have now and then filled posi-
tons of trust-that is, the chief of
police or sheriff trusted me to get out
side the county lines within two hours,
and I have always done my level best
to accomplish the feat and prove the
SIduhIHhGSo VI lily pAlAtIplCS-
A county Jail or a state house of cor
rection is not always bad thing to
take, providing his honor doesn't make
the visit too long-gives travelling
gentleman frequent chances at the
bathtub and an excelsior mattress, and
the change of diet always braces him
up; certain cure for sore feet, and
after gentleman has had the burs
and thistles scraped off his back and
got the weeds and straw out of his
hair he feels more like picking up the
classics again. Officials of a prison
don't always recognize an aristocrat at
first sight and treat him accordingly,
but ! have never paid second visit
to an institution of the sort without
being more or less gladly welcomed
was hanging about Philadelphia
the other week and making more or
less of a success of my C. o. D. system
when l meets up with a catosh young
man one evening. I could tell that he
belonged to the swagger set while ne
was vet half block away He lad
the look Of a young man with a Hch
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ments on hand, will withdraw hIm
till some of you think you can box .
Bit
And as was resuming my apparel
he slips HE the Is plunks and pats me
on the back and says:
ID. G. (dilapidated gentleman. II \
wasn't my papa's favorite son and my
mammals Joy I'd hitch up with you,
and we'd travel together and have bar
rels of fun. AS it Is, I'm stuck here.
But take your sugar and go forth. with
my blessing hitched behind YOU