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The Irish standard., 1900-01-13
1t appears that the London war office

1t appears that the London war office
makes no provision for the care OF
wounded soldiers who return from
South Africa after they are discharged
from the hospitals as convalescent. A
correspondent says that nine famishing
soldiers OF the Gloucester regiment
were turned away from Aldershot, and
that they are likely to go hungry, as
nobody knows what to do with them.
In matter OF fact way he adds: They
will probably be sent to Athlone or
Bristol, unless they die OF hunger en-
route" A nice way to treat the de-
tenders OF the British empire. And yet
some 1rishmen are foolish enough to
join Her Majesty's army and become
beggars when no longer able to fight
her battles.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

five years in the sacred ministry. DR..
McGlynn was siNty-two years old and
ofticiated for thirty-nine years at Gods
altar. Both priests were thorough
American patriots. Fr. Malone was
the first priest to- raise the Stars and
Stripes from the steeple OF church af-
ter the bombardment OF Fort Sumter.
Fr. McGlynn was military chaplain for
three years, during the Civil War at
Central Park hospital in New York city.
Both priests were highly esteemed by
Catholics and Protestants alike.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13
THB WIDOW OF JOHN mitchell.

A New York paper announces the
death in that city on December 31st OF
Mrs. Jane Werner Mitchel-widow Of
the illustrious John Mitchell, who said
that while England lives and flour
ishes, Ireland must die daily death
and suffer all endless martyrdom; and
that if Irishmen are ever to enjoy the
rights OF human>beings, the British EN-
pire, must first perish" In compliment
to the memory OF the uncompromising
Irish rebel who boasted in his old age
that II have never made peace with
England" we give on our editorial
page the following sketch OF the woman
who shared his joys and his sorrows,
and like true wife accompanied him
into the penal colony OF Tasmania, to
which he was banished by the "Cartha
ginian" government of Great Britain.
Mrs. Mitchell was born about sew
cnty-nine years ago, in Newry, County
Down, ireland, where she met her hus-
band, John Mitchell. They subsequently
removed to cambridge, where Mr..
Mitchell practised law for some time.
When the revolutionary sentiment,
which eliminated in the unsuccessful at
tempt OF 184S, began to agitate the peo-
pie, Mr.. Mitchell, with his family, set
tied in Dublin, where he, with Thomas
Davis and others of the young Ire
land" party, started and wrote for the
Nation" the most powerful and bril-
liant organ that ever advocated the
national cause On the separation Of
the Young Ireland Party from the
O'Connell agitation, and after the death
OF Thos. Davis, John Mitchell, in 1S48,
started the United Irishman," in Dub
lin, to continue the revolutionary work.
Only few numbers OF the paper had
been issued, when it was seized by the
Castle authorities, and Mitchell was ar
raigned and convicted of treason fel-
ony," under an act OF parliament spec
tally passed to meet his case. He was
sentenced to transportation for term
of fourteen years, and was first sent to
Bermuda, and afterwards to Australia.
His faithful wife followed him into exile
and took up her residence with him in
the wild Antipodean "bush." When he
finally escaped and reached the United
States, Mrs. Mitchell followed him
hither, and for some years resided in
Union Street, Brooklyn, until Mr..
Mitchell, finding it necessary, because OF
his health, to give up the publication OF
the "Citizen," weekly paper which
he had started in New York, the FAM
lily moved to Tennessee, where they
lived for few years. Mrs. Mitchell sub
sequently resided in Washington, and
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

Young Mr.. Bcveridge, the junior sem
ator from Indiana, made his maiden
speech in the United States senate last
Tuesday. His topic was the Philippine
question, and he spoke as a Mckinley
imperialist. He said nothing new. His
Grafton was carefully prepared and was
the best effort of which, the young fel-
low is capable. For a man OF his repu-
tation it contained but little logic or
eloquence. The Minneapolis Times
characterized it as 'sophomorical and
hamboyant." That is just what it is,
and yet administration papers laud it in
the most eXtravagant style.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13
cormorants at the state capitol

publican cormorants at the state capitol
has satisfied him that it is quite futile
to expect any ameliorating laws from
the representatives OF monopoly and
vested interests when solidly arrayed
against him. AS he aptly said, it was
like addressing stone wall to recon-
mend the levying OF equitable taxation
to such a body as the judiciary commit
tee OF the state senate. Ii John Lind is
assured that the people OF Minnesota will
elect men to support him in carrying
out his reforms, we believe he can be
induced to become his own successor in
the gubernatorial chair.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

John E. Redmond's organ, the Dub
lin Independent, contributed twenty
five dollars to the Tommy Atkins fund
by publishing Rudyard Kipling's poem,
"The Absent Minded Beggar," in its
columns. The Independent is con-
trolled by Harmswortf, of the Daily
Mail, the jingoest OF the London jingo
papers. And yet the Independent mas
querades as the exponent OF true Irisl,
nationalists.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

The Beers are teaching the military
men OF all nations lessons in the art
OF modern warfare. They use the best
rifles with smokeless powder and wear
binoculars when taking aim at long dis
tances. They are invisible when fight
ing the British, and the latter only
know their whereabouts by the whizzing
of the bullets. Major General Nelson
A. Miles says that the hostilities in
South Africa present new military fea-
lures.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13


Civil war, she, with MIR. Mitchell and: the
children, with the exception OF her two
Oldest sons, sailed for Paris, where they
were residing when the war broke out.
Mr. Mitchell and his youngest son, Will
liam. joined their fortunes with those of
the Southern Coniederacy, with which
his two oldest sons were already iden-
tilted. Mrs. Mitchell followed, later, with
her two surviving daughters, sailing
from Bermuda on the ill-fated Vesta,
which was pursued by the block
aders. run ashore and burned to the
waters edge. on freezing night
in January. Mrs. Mitchell and her two
daughters spent the night on sand
bar, without protection, and subse-
quently reached the city OF Richmond
having lost all their baggage and pos
sessions. There she remained until the
close OF the war, and the release of Mr..
Mitchell from Fortress Monroe, in
which he had been incarcerated with
Jefferson Davis and C. C. Clay; when
they removed to New York, where Mrs.
Mitchell remained, with the exception
OF few years spent in Kentucky at the
house OF her daughter, Mrs. Roger J.
Page, until her death.
She was woman OF the most am
liable disposition, attracting to herself
all with whom she was brought into
association,-kind and gentle in her
manners,-yet, as events proved, capa-
bic Of facing the sternest vicissitudes,
Through life she met with many and
severe trials Two OF her sons fell in
the Civil Wharf.-The eldest, John, OH the
ramrarts OF Fort Sumter; the youngest
William, on the field of Gettysburg, in
Pickett's famous charge Her eldest
daughter,-a beautiful and accomplished
girl-died in a convent in Paris; and
soon after the death OF her husband, his
lifelong friend, John Martin, to whom
she was tenderly attached, passed away.
Long schooled in adversely, she bore
her trials with an accomplishing pa
tience that still further elevated her in
the esteem OF all those to whom she
was known, and by whom her loss is
sincerely lamented Her death will be
sincerely mourned in Ireland, where her
memory will be long cherished as one
OF those who suffered much for the
cause of Motherland.
The name OF John Mitchell will al
ways be revered by the Celtic Irish.
His unselfsh patriotism, his extraor-
binary mental gifts, his undying hostil-
ity to England, his unfaltering conf
dence in the triumph of Irish national
ity, and his purity of life and character
all these will make him one of the
most picturesque of Irishmen to the
generations OF his countrymen yet un-
born. His name will live forever in
Irish annals, and his real literary mas
terpiece, the Jail Journal, will be read
and appreciated as classical gem long
after the British empire, against which
it was written, has ceased to exist as
one OF the mighty powers OF the earth.
The spirit of Mitchell, as we'll as ''the
spirit of Swift, Lucas and Molyneaux,"
is not yet dead in ireland, and it will
never depart as long as the spirit of
liberty animates the Irish breast. May
the tribe of Mitchell, Meagher and
Martin increase in the ireland of today,
and may parliamentary patriots grow
Smaller by degrees and beautifully
less" as Ireland's opportunity approach
es and England's difficulties multiply.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

Quite number OF 'noblc" Britishers
who are married to American heiresses
are going to South Africa to make a
military reputation. AS many of them
will never return, the aforesaid Ameri-
can heiresses will set their widows
weeds to capture other susceptible
sprigs OF the British nobility.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13
4k1nk u, ,nk san asx IN
American TrdnSVaal Fund,
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lhe following contributions in aid OF
the widows and orphans OF the Beers
have been received at this office:
The Irish Standard. Ss.oo
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h An Irish-American Priest. 800
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Mimi. ..................... 500
Div. No. 1, A. o. H., Belle Plainc,
Ahllli.. rs 90
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Rev. M. Mcintyre, Minneapolis. 3 90
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All subscriptions, small and large,
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and forwarded to George w. Van Sic
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The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

have yet to hear Of single uitlander
corps in the British army. That one
fact speaks volumes against the ISLANDERS
poured incessantly on the brave burgh-
ers OF South Africa in their remarkable
contest for life and liberty.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

The St. Paul Pioneer Press sorrow
FULLY admits that it has become doubt
iu' whether with all the armies which
England could pour into South Africa
She will be able to achieve the con-
quest OF the Transvaal. A few weeks
ago the Anglo Saxon organ OF imper-
1al1sm held contrary opinion and
thought Mother England" could whip
creation.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

1t is said that the Beers have now
nearly 10000 men in the field. 1t will
take 100000 Britishers to meet them,
and then the result will be doubtful
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

Two noted Catholic priests have re-
Gently passed away in the persons OF
Rev. Sylvester Malone and DR.. Edward
McGlynn. The former was nearly
eighty years old and had served fifty
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

The Republican press is saying a
great deal about the open door in China
and very little about the open door to
Delagoa Bay
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

Gen. Kitchener thinks it will take
10000 men, and whole year. to con-
quer the Boer forces.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
News OF The Island.

Veterinary Surgeon Edward Schir
mer, 5th U. s. Cavalry, accompa-
MED by nineteen [l9l men, will pro-.
reed to New York City on q. s.
Transport Fitzpatrick, leaving San
Juan today, with 200 mules and
horses which, upon arrival, will be
turned over to the Depot Quarter
master, U. 8. Army, New York
City, OF to such other official as he
may designate; upon the compile
ton of which duty, Veterinary Sur
ge Schirmer will return to his
proper station at San Juan, and the
men will be discharged, their servi-
ces being no longer required.
The cases against Petroha Clau-
diO for assault and Engenio Colon
for larceny will be tried TO morrw
before the District Court Of this
City.
Doctor BasOra will substitute DR..
Gonzalez Martinez during els abSen-
CO from Mayaguez.
Mr.. E. RiOpel, Inspector of SchO-
Is in Ponce will soon leave for the
United States.
Mr.. Eduardo Saldana has been
appointed Inspector OF Schools at
Rio Piedras.
Six of the policemen who took
part in the shooting Of John Miller,
10 colosed sailor who was killed
light before last near the Plaza Co
Ion have been arrested by order Of
lie l'foyisi nal Court.
rnose are Corporal of Police Ed
.arI Aru and police a Sat1rninO
irufat, Domingo Vines and RAJ
fael Garcia.
The resignation of Mr.. jose n.
Caadr. of the Office of Acting Judge
at the Dist let Court OF HumacaO
has been accepted.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
Spanish Politics.

Referring to the recent troubles
hat occurred in the Spanish Cham
berof Deputies provoked Ly the at
titude of Premier Silyela and the
Minister Of Finance, Mr.. Fernan.
lez villaverie, it may be stated t.at
,e,rr lad the Government shown
uch a 'lisrespect for tie institutions
and ,or the different representations
of the country.
Cue Of the Deputies, Mr.. Domin
guez Pascual requ stcd, on excellent
grounds that there be an increase
Of one tenth in municipal taxes.
The Minister Of Finances stoutIy
declined to accept this amendment
and declared that be would resign
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
One Side OF The Ta-
riff Question.

According to the latest cables to
the ''Boletin" the House of Repre-
sentasives has passed the Puerto
Rico tariff Till making the duties 15
per cent of the Dusgley Law rates.
The proposed Puerto Rico tariff
So far as it relates to goods taken
from the United States to the island,
is a pure revenue tariff, since it is
put on articles not products Of the
island. So far as it is put on goods
sent from Puerto Rico t. the United
States, it is preferential tariff,
since it is only 10 per cent, of the
tariff collected on the same goods
rom otaer countries, except for to-
bacco, which is to pay the American
revenue tax in addition but, Puerto
Rico sends hardly any tobacco to
the United States directly. Most Of
IiC goes to Cuba, TO ne WOrKeu up.
This is a revenue tariff, also, though
its motive is political, since it is too
small to prevent imports or to pro-
tecr American industry, as the Inn
ports will be too small to menace
this All the revenues collected,
whether in continental or island
custom houses, are to be used 30 pay
che expenses OfgOvernmentin in Puerto
Rico establish school system and
better the industrial condition of the
island with public Improvements.
Collection of this revenue in some
way islsaid to be the only alternate.
We to burdenlng the island with debt
for these purposes. A curious thing
is that the people Of the United
States will pay part of It in duties
ON imports from Puerto Rico.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03

Immediately in case the measure
should pass.
The opposition accepted the duel
and with them a great number OF
members belonging to the majority.
The result of the vote was eighty
eight votes iG favor Of the amend
ment against eighty seven votes for
the Government.
AT this juncture the President of
the Chamber came to the Govern.
ment'S rescue by voting against the
amendment, but as this is against
all established rules. it aroused a
storm of protests and there Was
soon such disturbance as has
never been seen before in the his
tory Of Parliament.
The Minister of Finances ana
fremlef SllVela were the target tOt
the most violent increpations.
The Premier Siivela then pronun
ced some words in behalf of the
Government but it increased yet the
tumult.
Among the applauses of the mi
nority and the public at the tribunes.
or. GamazO and the Marquis Of We
ga ArInjO answered him and demo
unced the Governments policy.
Finally the police was called in 70
keep JAo order and to clear the lob.
bies.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
The Capture OF The
WiItShires.

A correspondent who was with the
Boer forces in the attack upon Rens-
burg gives further particulars regar-
ding the capture Of the Wiltshires.
He says:
"Commander Peller, who arrived
first, found two companies of the
Wiltshires and began attacking in
the open Soon after he was joined
by body of Free Staters, and tog-
ether they drove the British back
from tire peig ,boring kopjes, captur-
ing all but three.
"It is impossible to say exactly
how many Of the British were killed
and wounded; but OF the 200 Willis
hires l42 were captured, and OF
these forty four were wounded.
" The suffering of the Wounded
from heat and thirst was intense.
The burgllers did their best to ale
viafe this, and many of the wounded
were carried in blankets to Rensblrg
Siding.
lit Rietfontein the British rear
guard began sheliing, thus compel
ling the Feilerals to leave the wonn-
ded in order TO repulse the attack.
A Federal Krupp gun replied eiFsc-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03

lively TO the British cannonade.
The Beers lost two killed and fou~
wounded.
The British now occnpy all the
Rensburg position formerly occupied
by the Beers.
{ The latest reports from Streks-
troom Camp stated that the Beers
were retiring and that General Bia.
baut's forces were entering Dor
drecht.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
Filipino Leaders.

Letters from Hong Kong state
that many persons there particu,
arly those doing business with
Manila, became very well acquain-
ted with AguinaldO and other Fill
pinO leaders, while they were fugl.
tives in Hong Kong, and as a con
sequence are vry much intereste;;
in the fate of those individuals. AT
the present moment AguinaldO il
supposed to be somewhere in tlIv
mountains and practically deserted
by his followers. The latest news
from Manila is to the effect that
Gen. GregoriO Pillar Las been killeG
by his own followers in northern
LuzOn.
Felipe BuencaminO surrendered at
Dagupan and next to Pedro Paterno
ne is tue most accomplished traitor
aud turncoat in ;he Philippines. 1t
was he who as colonel of Spanish
regiment sailed out Of Manila in
june, 1898, vOwing chat he would
0ring AguiualdO back dead or alive;
yet the moment he met the Filipino
Leader he joined forces with him.
For ihiS service he was made minis
ter of war. A little later he sug-
gested tC Aguiualdo that they should
Cooperate with the Spaniards az ainst
the Americans, lie himself going
iito Manila under flag of truce TO
see Governor Angustln and tue ar
chhishop. When he returned with
his part Of the purchase money Gen.
Merritt and his troops had arrived,
aud, thinking discretion the better
part of vaIOr, he at once joined
hands with tue Americans against
the Spaniards.
CrisantO LIchancO, who was re-
leased from prison in Manila ano
deported to II ng Kong by order OF
Gen. Otis, is treasurer of the junta
here. rhe junt.s has something like
half a million dollars in Its hands
and Lichanco is accordingly in clo-
yer.
Another prominent man among
the Filipinos is Or. G. Apacible,
who is chairman of the junta in
Hong Kong. He is now On his way
to Alnerlca, having been assured
lie says, by the leaders of the De-
lnocratc party t;,at he will be ent-
husiactically received aud allowed
to enter upon lie fl "r Of Congress
so that he may press forward th,
claims Of his fellow countrymen for
independence. ,llongh before the
war he was but a doctor on board a
small rOaStiug steamer, be Is the
possessor If au exceedingly oil,
tongue and is eminently qualified
for the task of convincing tho aa
gust senators Of the United States
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
President Nc Kinley'S
Message To Congress.


Dispatches from Washington give further details of the
day.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
Bill Voted At The House After
Brief Debate.
Passes By Unknown Majority.
New York, March 3rd, 1900.

The bill introduced in the House of Representatives
Washington by the Republican majority was the subject OF
brief debate participated in be- several Republican
bers of the House before being put to vote.
The vote thcn taken and the bilwas passed by a
vote Of 1862 to l07.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
Message Recommends Duties Co.
lleCted In United States Be
Used Benefit OF The Island
New York, March 3rd 1900.

comneuds that the duties the United States that have
been collected under the existing laws be used for the
benefit of Puerto Rico pav the expenses of Government
establish good school system and improve industrial con-
ditons III the Island
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
Proposed Purchase
OF Danish West Indies
New York, March Srd 1900.

Dispatches from Copenhagen state that the Danish Go
e,1nent will accept offer for the purchase tho Da
zish West Indies from the United States.
The above caegrams belong the BoLET MERCANT and te
epoducon any form will fifty dollars for each cable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
Amount OF Customs Collected
In The Island S2.o95,455.
New York, March Srd, 1900

Dispatches from Washington state that the amount OF
collections made the Custom Houses of Puerto Rico sin
ce the United States took of the Island
January last was 2O95 455 dollars
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
Republicans Immediately lntrOdu-
Ced Bill In The House.
Bill Is To Garry Out The
Presidents Recommendations.
New York, March srd, 1870

Later reports from Washington state that in view Of th
Presidents Message the Republicans Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives Immediately Introduced bill in the House carry
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-03
SPECIAL. CABLE SERVICE
DIRECT FROM NEW YORK
TO THE
"Boletin Mercantll"
From The Associated Pres.
THE TRANSVAAL WAR.
Beers Lost Heavily At
LadySmith Tuesday.
Two Women Found Dead Behind.
BOer Trenches.
BRITISH LOSS 200.
General Barton Wounded
New York, March 3rd 1900.
A. d. 1oo4
New York, March 3rd 1900.

According to dispatches from London the Beers lost
Very heavily in the battle fought last Tuesday before La
dysmith coull be relieved.
Among the bodies found in the Boer trenches after the
battle was over were two dead women.
The casualties the British side aggregated 200 men
including Geueral Barton WHO was wounded