Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-05-04
Cutting Ice In the Torrid Zone.

Ito the Spectator from the other side)
The Right Honorable My Lord
Charles Herbert Allen, whom His
Majesty the Emeror William has ap-
pointed Governor of our colonial pos
session of Porto Rico, in His Majesty's
palatial steam yacht. the Dolphin,
dropped anchor in San Juan harbor
at 10 o'clock on Friday morning last,
to which point his Excellency the
Governor had been conveyed by His
Majesty's men Of war, the battleshlps
the Texas and New Y ork and the gun
boat Machias. On the arrival of his
Excellency. Gen. Davis, the Military
Governor, Immediately visited him on
board the Dolphin, while there
were drawn up OH the wharf a large
body of his Imperial majesty's troops,
and bands played national airs. AS
his excellency left the Dolphin for the
shore accompanied by Gen. Davis and
other high functionaries and funkies,
the Dolphin and Texas fired salutes OF
seventeen guns and the small craft in
the harbor joined In the reception by
sounding their whistles. There were
about 8 900 of our new subjects pres
ent who were graciously allowed to
look at his Excellency from respect.
full distance. His Excellency then en-.
tered carriage and was driven to the
Palace.
Our new subjects were somewhat
surprised to see his Excellency wearing
citizens dress and straw hat, since al
of his Majesty's officials heretofore
have worn uniforms ablaze with gilt
and trappings and military gewgaws
and trumphery. The people who
witnessed his Excellency's arriva
were not OF the upper class, for some
strange reason this class was not vlsi
BILE, and the middle classes whose curl
osity is more uncomfortable, lined thu
sidewalks. There was no attempt tt
decorate and there was no joyous vel
come accorded the Right lion. Hi
Excellency My Lord. The GOODNESS O.
the reception was very marked, ant
made matters little awkward no
only for those officers of the Imperia
army who met him at the wharf, bu
also for the Right Hon. His Excellenc,
My Lord Charles. This. however, il
explained by the fact that the Port
Ricans have not yet exactly caught OIL
to the wise provisions of the new tariff
bill, which has been enacted for thei
sole comfort, welfare and benefit. Thei
minds have been led astray on thi
point by persons, who though the.
have enjoyed the benefits of a tarif
tax of lis per cent. and which the for
eigner pays all the time, profess not tt
believe that taxation is a blessing
and have made great outcry agains
his Imperial Majesty's policy towar'
the Porto Ricans, thus hampering hi
Majesty's officials in their dealings
This feeling of GOODNESS will, however
pass away as soon as our new colo
nists see that every dollar taxed GU
of their pockets will be returned t.
them, minus only the cost Of collection
and return. When they do see thi
they will possibly relieve to a Sigh
degree the Right Hon. His Excellenc,
My Lord Charles Herbert, in the jol
of cutting ice he has undertaken, ant
and is now attempting to perform
The nearness of Porto Rico to tn,
Equator does not entirely prevent {
very low temperature in public feeling
there. or the people of that colony
from carrying about them "llquid
air. which they take evident delight
in exhibiting to Americans generally
and especially to the Right Honorable
His Excellency My Lord Charles Her
bert Allen. Won BLUESo.
There were 125, OO0, 600 feet of lumber
destroyed in the fire at OTTAWA last
week. Fifteen thousand people are
homeless, and the latest estimate OF
the aggregate loss on property 10 $l5,-
fl(. 600