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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
Expedition to
.MindanaO.
Major General Bates Report.

The War Department at wash.
ingtOn has made public the report Of
Major General J. q. Bates, United
States VOLUNTEERS, upon an expsditien
led by him into Northern MindanaO,
P. l., during the latter part of March
last. The report, in brief, says:
Starting cut from Manila on March
20, General Bates and his staff, on
the United States steamship Manila,
met transport Aeet near the On
trance to the Cult of Albay, with
the FOrtieth Volunteer Infantry
aboard, and the expedition then pro-
sseded to and occupied suscsssively
the towns of SurigaO, Cagayan, Iii.
gan, Misalnis, and Dapitanon en-
the north; Baganga, on the east,
and Zsmbsanga. CottabatO, Pcllok,
Harang, Davao, and Matt, on the
south coast Of Mindanao, without
the firing of single shot.
Flags Of truce were displayed at
all of the aforementioned points
upon the arrival of the American
troops, and no organized resistance,
or, In fact, resistance Of any kind,
was encountered. At some Of the
towns large quantities Of hemp were
stored, and the inhabitants we're glad
Of the opportunity afforded BY Ame.
rican occupation to have the ports
opened.
At Oagayan the natives, upon the
appearance Of the troops, attempted
to parley and delay, but were infor'
med that the time for talking had
passed, and the troops prepared t.
land, whereupon the town immedia
tely surrendered without resistance
AS each town in turn capitulated
the United States flag was hoisted
the troops paraded and the Nanils
fired national salute. In some in
stances the towns were garrisoned,
in Others the local police force wer,
deemed capable Of preserving order
During the expedition 241 rifles O
various makes and 81 bronze and
iron cannon were captured, 81 d
the latter being left in charge Of tn:
commanding officers at the oscupist
points. The remainder wers taken
to the arsenal at Manila.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27

eeming over 70 get free instruction
At Harvard University, Of having to
tax itself in order to bring its own
guests into tte-country on its own
ships, recalls another case which oc.
cured while ago on the Pacific
Coast. The War Department wish
ed TO send about two hundred troops
up to Cape Nome from Seattle.
There was no transported hand, 20
il chartered an English vessel to
convoy the soldiers. But our anti.
quated navigation laws forbid the
conduct of passenger traffic between
tNo ports of the United States ex.
cept under the American flag, and
make no exception for emergencies
of this sort. They do, however, au-
thorize the Secretary of the Treasu
~ to remit the penalties in sundry
contingencies, and the Secretary of
War addressed request to his Ca
binet colleague for q permit. Sec
retary Gage refused. Whether he
did this in order to avoid establish.
ing president, or in order to make
. test case and get . legal ruling
which should smooth the way for
himself and his successors in other
similar cases, does not appear.
The fine for this breach Of the
navigation laws is % for each pas
ssnger transported. Secretary Root
as the officer responsible, must settle
the bill, or it will be sent to the At
tOrney-G General to collect. The
principle involved is the same as
that in the Cuban teachers case
whether the Government shall col
let taxes or penalties of itself, in
connection with work which it is
doing for its own benefit, or in its
capacity as a volunsary trustee,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
American and
French Trusts.
Government Monopohes
In France.

| United States Consul Skinner, al
Marssillss, France, contributes to
the forthcoming Volume of "COm-
mercial Relations" 70 be. published
by the state Department, . short
chapter on trusts IS they exist in
that country. The French laws
against "aecaparement", 'he says,
prevent the existence Of msnopoliel
which arbitrarily restrain production
and fix prices. Nevertheless, the
American Trust has some French
counterparts. The governE ent con.
trels an absolute monopoly Of both
the tobacco and the match trades.
MsrseilIes, with its half-million
people is at the mercy of singla
railway company, which has thus far
prevented the building Of another
road or . ship canal which would be
; serious csmpetitsr, and the com
plainst against rates and services
are frequent. The docks Of Mar
settles are owned by one company,
said to be in league with the railway
company and the strongest of the
French Steamship companies. Oi
the articles exported to the United
States, paper, plants, bulbs, and
ROquefort cheese are practically
controlled by Trusts. The name o.
these com binations has not become
pOpularly hateful, however, az il
seems to have in this country.
The French "syndicates" are 50
mswhat different in character and
reputation from most Of ours; many
of them very usefal, not only to theil
members, but to consumers. Fol
example, the President of the syndi
cate Of millers recently wrote to Mr.
Skinner asking him to notify his GO
vernment that this syndicate gives {
Hcsrtificste of expectation" to it
members when called for This do
sumsnt, prepared after an actua
examination of the -four packed fOl
export, guarantees the quality the
reOf It il signed BY an expert che
mist and the officers of the Hyndica-
te, and if the -four is found to fall
below the guaranteed quality, the
buyer can recover damages.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
News OF the Day.
FOR SALE

A magnificent American carriage
With fOnr inside seats, and one out
side for the coachman. For further
particulars apply to GEL BoLRTW
MERoANTTL.n
Do you want for the next day q
really good Rubber Stanpi
Apply to the BOLETlN MERCAN-
TIL establishment 24-26. Fortaleza
Street, corner San Jose st. and you
will be satisfied in all respects. d.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
9his paper is the Oldest and has
the largest circulation in the
island. 1t is also the only
enc that has an established
cable service from New York
Bryan and the Anti.
Imperialists.

The nearer the time approaches
fer active campaigning in the United
States between the two great polit-
ieal parties in their struggle for sup.
remscy, the brighter Mr.. William
j. Bryan's chances seen to become.
At first regarded as sort of dead
soeight about the neck Of the Dems-
sratic party which it could not shake
of, be has steadily risen from what
appeared to be a Presidential impos.
ability to Presidential possibility
until now be is almost Presidential
prObs bility. Nor has this change
been accomplished entirely by tor
ward progress on the part of himself
or his party, but rather by the retro
gression of the Administration par
ty
And this advance on the part Of
Bryan may easily be traced from the
time when his party commenced to
1elegate to the background the dead
Issues, which had once been SO much
alive and over which the party had
fought bitter fight and sustained q
crushing defeat. Bryan himself
struggled against the inevitable for
some time, but even be had finally
to admit the wisdom Of making the
silver issue secondary to the impor
tant issues which have recently ari
sen.
Instead OF lauding on the stump
the blessings Of free silver at 16 to 1,
the silver-tongued orators Of the
Democratic party will attack the
mistakes of the Administration and
point out the dangers of . policy Of
imperialism.
That this change of front has al
ready had good effect may be seen
be the news cabled to the BoLETTN
yesterday aud today as to the great
activity being displayed by the anti
Imperialists in favor Of Bryan.
Held off heretofore by the dread
.
of assisting party animated solely
by the silver craze, there had been
much talk among them of third
candidate.
At last, however, being apparen
tly satisfied with the conservative
attitude assumed BY the democratic
leaders on the financial question,
they have come out unreserVedly
for Bryan.
What their numerical strength is,
it would be difficult to estimate, as
they have never effected such an
Organization as would afford hasis
for calculation.
But that they are most welcome
accession to the Bryan ranks cannot
be doubted, and the seriousness OF
this new movement will probably
not be overlooked by the Mckinley
managers.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
More danger.
Inciti,g to rebellion.

New York, June 9th, 1900
Lord Roberts states also
that he has sent a strong
force to pursue said guerillas
whose object it is to compel
the pacific citizens of Orange
to join the rebellion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27

- Spain. England and al foreign CeuntrieI
in the Postal Union.
One Year. ......$IS american monsv
. Mcntns....
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
Petition denied.
New York, June 9th, 1900

kilograms from London
state that the Powers have
for the second time denied the
petition of Li-Hung-C Chang
and ten other viceroys OF the
Chinese Empire, praying that
the SEEDING of troops be sus-
pended, as that would help to
.pacify the country.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
5000 men captured.
New York, June 9th, 1900

According to same dispat
ches, the Chinese rebels in
considerable number succee
ded in capturing the interna-
tional column composed of
5000 men, led by said Admi-
raj, some ten miles from 'l'ien-
Tsin,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
The conflict in China.
Disastar to Seymour.
New York, June 9th, 1900

New York, June 9th, 1900
Dispatches from Chetoo
confirm the fears that were
entertained yesterday about
there occurring a serious
mishap to the foreign column
led by the British Admiral
Mr.. Seymour operatiI g in
the vicinity of Tien- -Tsin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
Latest
CablegraIns
The South African
War.
New York, June 9th, 1900

New York, June 9th, 1900
Marshal Roberts has tele-
graphed to the War Office in
London stating that hume
rous Boer guerillas led by the
ex- President of The Orange
Free State and General De
Wett have invaded that coun-
try, constantly attacking the
British columns.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
How the Government
sometimes taxes
itself.

The proposition With which the
Government is faced in The case Of
the Cuban scnool-tsaehers who are
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-06-27
More troops to the
rescue.

New York, June 9th, 1900
A strong force has to-day
left Taku, besides that which
left yesterday, for the purpose
of assisting the international
column led by Admiral Sey
mour.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
A Rockefeller ON Bible study.

Boston Globe.
John u. Rockefeller, Jr. son Of the
richest man In America, recently address,
ed the mems Bible class In Asbury Meth
odist church at Tarrytdwn. " Y.
Mr.. Rockefelleys views, as leader Of the
mems Bible class IN the Fifth avenue Bap-
list church. New York, indicated a very
thorough acquaintance with Bible study
as science.
According TO this prospective young
Croesas there are -four points to follow.
First study earnestly; second. we must
study prayerfully; third, we must study
consecutively, not in scattered parts Of the
Bible or in scattered moments. fourth the
study OF the Bible. or in fact the Christian
religion. is useless unless it made practical.
We must apply It,
Who knows but that when the junior
Rockefeller gets along into mans estate.
and Standard Oil sits on a billion dollar
pedestal, he may conclude to follow the
advice once given the young man who was
ambitious to bank on his piety and put up
the whole business at auction for the ben
eft Of the poor.
Such things are possible. but hardly
probable.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
AUTUMN MEMORIES.

Written for Sunday Register.
When / gaze where the forest is brown
and yellow.
Upon the distant shadowy hills:
And the autumn light is falling mellow,
My heart with dark melancholy fills.
With melancholy and Weighted sadness;
And from my souls depths heaves many
a sigh;
For gone from my life is fore'er a glad
ness,
That back all the worlds wealth can not
buy.
For the mem'ries come of she who de-
parted,
In this the sad time OF the year:
Who left me here, weak. broken hearted.
For solace naught but the scaiding tear.
When the rose was with fragrance sweet.
full-blowing,
And the morning-glory the sun would
greet;
With lightsome laughter. like fountain
She walked the earth like a vision sweet.
But when all sere fell the green leaves
And no flowers but the aster and golden
rod,
She fsied too-and each day more droop-
They laid her under the cold. dead sod.
Time was when In Autumn some Joy
CoQlu ma me,
But that was before my loved one died
And now there Is naught on earth 10 bind
me-
1 am oerwhelmed In griers unceasing
tidel
And the years roll on each an Autumn
bringing
More heavy my burden as each year
flows, <ss-s-
And me seems since that time Off her
th-knelis ringing.
In Autumn all nature more mournful
HARRY a. LEVITT
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
Jim ana Vera.

St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Jim and vera have kissed and made up. .
says a New York dispatch 70 the Post
Dispatch Jim il Pugiiist corbett and
Vera IS the deiectabie lady who bears his
name
A few days ago Vera was abusing Jim
and charging him with objectionable and
unforgetable ofenses. Jim had run away
10 Europe with French dancer. Jim had
sold out and fhrovrn the entire sporting
fraternity In two prize fights; Jim was a
villain OF the deepest dye who would never
again enjoy yera's respect and affection;
he was unfit for publication. According
to Jim. Vera was monumental liar.
Now Jim has returned and over bottle
and a bird the past Il blesied out. Jim ad-
nlfs that he was on bit Of spree and
was abducted BY a friend half his size.
Vera admits she was hystericai. throws
her divorce papers into the crate and look
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

itself. Suns fade and flicker out, worlds
grow cold and debut let them fall to-
gether in their swift rush through space
and almost IN an instant they become
glowing nebulae. through the condensation
and transformation of which fresh suns
and worlds may be formed.
Let such a catastrophe occur to our solar
system, after that remote day which is
surely coming when the sun shall have
ceased to shine, and out of the resulting
nebulae, In the course of ages, the identi-
cal atoms or corpuscles from which the
bodies Of living men are now shaped may
issue to form new men inhabiting a new
earth and rejoicing In the light OF new
sun, with never a thought or shadow of
a memory concerning the things that have
passed. If the atom is immortal and
forms and types persist through all vicis-
STUDIES, what matter IL human lifetime
Is but as a breath ana the career of the
sun but passing CLEAN? or these things
come and go and come again.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

well SIR said Mr.. Dooley. IF
they'se amy wan r-runnin' in this
campaign but me frind Tiddy Rosen-
felt, I'd like to know who 1t is. 1t
isn't Mack FIR he whit away three
weeks ago LAWN a. note sayin' that
he d accept tn nommynation If twas
offered him, an he amt been heerd
firm since. 1t amt Bryan FIR he's
visitin' tn tombs iv tn ancesthors
" tn party, an if he likes tn neigh
borhood he may buy place there. 1t
ain + ABLY, fr athletic sports ar-re
far firm his line. tbs Tiddy alone
that's r-runin' an he amt r-runin'
he's gallopin'.
9TH comp'ny that insures plate
glass windows injooced him to lave
New York an pike out FIR tn land iY
tn prairie an tn mountain, where
we can use tn top Nv ye'er voice with
out disturbin' tn scenery. He mount
ed his thrusty bronco an made FIR
South Dakota. South Dakota
tur-rned out as wan man an ex-
changed shots iv greetin' with him.
A guard iv welcome, two hundherd
thousan' an escorted him to tn pub
lie square where he shook hands
whiniver hands remained, with tn
survivors iv his career on tn plains.
'Ye went recognize me- says man
with a rubber leg an a celluloid ear.
L seem to raymimber such " ye'er
L IT, 1f,~-
cylation, says Tiddy, but don't call
ye'er name, he says. T. says TIL
la-ad, am Horrible Horace, tn
Scoorg " tn Wind R-river Valley
he says. Don't we raymimber tn
time We near kilt me in Snake Canyon
durin' the har-rd winter " eighty
nine says he. 4 have dim recollec-
tion,' says Tiddy. If | raymimber
Fright 1 was sthandin' at tn bar
dhrinkin a pint iv sufphuric acid an
r-readin q little fav-rite wurruk iv
mine called Locke on TIL Human
Undherstaadin',' whin We come in an
objicked to me glasses sayin that
with tn re-rest iv me features they
made me look like a professional diver
just OlSdDptaIll lllLO oil dl5As liOASO,
he SAYS Ye thin attacked me with
vile language, coarse abuse, excited
oaths, cant hook, a pair iv spurs,
a pair iv chaps, q sombrero, re-
Fiction on me gran father, brandin'
ir'n, bowie knife, a forty-four an
Winchester rifle he says. L was
loath to strike we even thin but whin,
he says, we passed an insultin' re-
mark about tn value iv tn merit
system he says. me Indignation
overcome me-, he says. ! wiped me
glasses an handed thin to tn bar
finder, buttoned up me rough coat
to PROTECT me silk vest, smiled ca 'mly
or as camly as / can, waved aside
tn bullets with me left hand an
made two motions with me fright.
Dye raymimber? 4 raymimber tn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
CURRENT poetry.
GENDER ELLA"

They call me Little Cinder Ella
Because | walk the track
ana hunt for coal to make our rrvs
ana get my face so black
but don't care-they're good to me-
Fer when no coal ! find
they sometimes throw me down a lump
Or leave a bit behind.
And sometimes. when It's very cold.
They pass the hat. YOU see,
And send me home; for fathers dead,
ANA ma cant work like me.
The trainmen, Sir, are very kind
And help us all they can,
Aud that is more than railroads do
When they have killed man.
And once great big engineer,
When / was sick with croun,
Brought round basket full OF things;
And ma she made soup
Like millionaires and kings, she said
Could only ford to eat,
And then a fireman came around
And brought me something sweet.
And then a fat conductor came
And bowed TO ma and said.
The boys give this TO help YOU out
Some money meat and bread"
My ma she csiea, she was so rich,
And then she prayed awhile
And thanked the Lord. who always comea
When least the heavens smile.
got so warm that / got well
And ma she stronger grew,
And now she's we'll enough to scrub
And take in washing, too.
And we get on so happylike,
IL seems big surprise;
My ma she says my having Group
Was angels in disguise
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
Again The Whippine-Post.

Baltimore American.
The whipping-post may be relic Of
the last century but wife beating IL a sur
vlvai Of sayagery that must be- eradicated
and Is not smenable 70 twentieth century
treatment on the moral s1asion plan. IL
is obvious that in most cases fine only
increases the hardships Of the abused
woman and family anC adds another irrl-
tant TO the domestic strife. while Inn
prisonment in a twentieth ceptpry jail 10
no, only 10 punishment, but l. "a luxurious
vacation for the Grass brute who beats a
woman. II Is admitted that the penaitiss
now applied do not deter, and that wife
beating IS net discouraged by fear ~ tho
law. THAT a more effective remedy for
the evii Is demanded even The opponents
Of the whipDIng-post admit. yst they fail
10 suggest anything in place 81 Il.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
FROM DER THE HILLS.

come dear Heart. Ger the dividing
hills
Meath skies undreaned Of and In ways
unknown.
/ cannot bear earth's loneliness alone
Its crimson gardens and sRNTinging rllls-
Mournful the music Of the %'cagp0orwila.
And even the thrush is ~ stranger
grown
Its sweet. elusive voice Is not yous
own
Not TO It's melody my Wild heart thrills.
But in the distance and the darkness
ever
/ stretch to you pale hands-as II to
pray.
Life one sweet dream-one steanfasts
sweet endeavor
TO pass from darkness to the light Of
day
To fnd at last, meath shadowed skies or
blue.
In life and death the way that leads to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
1870
THE S'F.S&ss VOTE.

This is the season for the straw vote,
and the fact should be impressed upon
those self-sacrifcing and cheerful souls
who prowl through railway trains
and button-hole people on the streets,
that every solitary soul should be
compelled to express a definite choice.
The doubtful voter should be eliminated
from the situation. The returns an
nouneed Should be simply, so many for
this candidate and so many for that
for as soon as the doubtful voter is
brought into statistics the per cent
friend goes to work, and upsets all cal
culatlons and representations, sub
shutting his own peculiar and head
achey theories. Either abolish the
straw vote, or make it clear cut and de-
cisiye.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

first says Horrible Horace. Well,
thin was great times says Tiddy
An I'm not changed In TIL laste,' he
says. Me purpose IN cemin' to ye'er
MIST he says, is to throw down,
rope, an brand tn dimmycratic
party. Ar-re We with me-? he says.
we ar-re.' says all tn survivors.
An he goes among thin inspictin'
tn places where he hit thin, an thin
he visits tn graveyard where he bur
led his dead an SO on to tn next
town.
He niver stops. In Wounded Knee
he busts a bronco that his kilt almost
tn intire male population; busts it so
har-rd 'twud dhraw baby carredge
without wakin' tn occupant He
finds a poor ranchman whose punch
ers is off on dhrunk an he goes out
an rounds up thirty thousan' head iv
cattle in less thin an hour. Afther
that he r-rides off TO tn COW town,
finds tn cowboys, takes their guns
away firm thin, bates thin into
subjiction an swears thin all in as
Numbers Nv tn Christyan Indeavor
Sciety. He discovers an OF frind,
whom he licked tn year he killed tn
grizzly bear with tn rock, an his OF
frind is havin throuble with bould-
her that's got in tn slooce. TIL
bouldher weighs four tons. We don't
know how to deal with it. says
Tiddy. an he shoves ii out iv tn way
with hrs foot. Even natur'.' he says,
can be subjooed be kick firm a
sthrong man. he says.
In this way he proves that It's be
ilictin' himsilf an tn other la-ad on
tn ticket, tn hydra headed monsther
called be tn foolish antiimperyalism
an be tn wise free silver, arnyehy,
Whence an intolerance can be
cr-rushed. Glory be, but I'd like to
be along where he goes. It's no
matinee f'r ladies an childher with
an usher to show We to yeer seats an
a boy disthributin' chocolate creams;
tbs no handkerchief saloot, an no
quartet singin: Tn vi'lets on tn
Veldt Whisper Mack an Rosenfelt,'
whin he's to speak at an altitood iv
fifteen thousan' feet, where a man
with tall hat wud knock II again
tn stars in their coorses. tbs FIR
gintlemeA on'y;' come ARMED whin
he's in town. 'Tis mother an sister
down in tn cyclone cellar an papa
off with a brick in his hand. tbs
shutters up at tn joolsy store an
glass out at TIL saloon. tbs sthreets
carpeted with tn human form divine,
an extry clerks at tn gunware store
an tn tire wore off tn ambulance.
20 TIL meetin' was called fr eight
o'clock says tn pa .aper. An at tn
hour tn hall was packed with
seethin' multitood. Afther few
well-chosen remarks tn chairman,
tn Hon. Ed WoIcott come down into
tn body " TIL hall an with well
directed blow put out iv tn business,