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are multiplying like the cells
Il ~ in leavened dough. In the
house of representatives, at
Washington two bills are pending
which by reason of their novelty are
worthy of d passing glance.
One of these. introduced by Repre-
sentative DAILY, Of New Jersey. pro-
vides that when ton or more citizens
present a petition verified by the oaths
of at least five Of them to a Judge OF
any United States District court, al
legng that a trust or combination eX-
lists within the jurisdiction of the court,
1t shall be the duty of the judge to
make summary inquiry ana report his
opinion to the president, who, in case
the opinion Is agains. the trust shall
direct the collector of customs to admit
free of duty the article or articles con-
trolled by such trus. or combination.
This bill, it will be seen. proposes at
once to bring the matter UP 10 the
door of the complaining citizen.
The other. by Reprc;a r.ative Gaines,
of Tennessee. proposes TO exclude from
the use of the mails parties who seek
"to abolish, abridgc or III any wise
affect open and free competition IN
trade, or exclude rivalry between The
parties thereto, or 10 rbridra cDmroti-
tion between others :.,r:nto or them
selves and others engaged in like or
other business. Second, to create or
promote any restrictions in trade or
commerce, or to limit or restrict pro-
duction of any article or commodity
of trade unduly to affect the market.
Third. to affect the wages OF tm-
ployes of themselves or others, or
diminish the opportunities of wage
earners by contracting production,
abridging competition ~ otherwise, or
to decide these points of fact does
not appear. If the postmaster general,
he will become n busy man.
These propositions are better in
spirit than in substance. Their intent
is good; their methods bad. 1t is evil
dent that the authors OF them have
not read the very able message Of
Governor Roosevelt upon this subject.
in which he points out the need, first
of all, of a knowledge of the facts as
to trusts. when trust becomes n
monopoly, the state" he claims, "has
an immediate right to interfere. Care
should be taken not to stGe enter
prise or disclose any facts Of busi-
ness that are essentially private: but
the state for the protection Of the
public should exercise the right 10 in
spect, to examine thoroughly all the
workings of great corporations just as
is. now done with banks; and when
ever the interests of the public demand
1t, it should publish the results of its
examination. Then. if there are inor-
dinate profits, competition or public
sentiment will give the public the bene-
fit in lowered prices: aud if not. the
power of taxation remains. 1t is,
therefore, evident that publicity is the
one sure and adequate remedy which
we can now invoke. There may be 9TH
er remedies, bat what these others are
we can only find ont by publicity, as
the result of investigation. The first
requisite is knowledge, full and COM
plete."
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Changed His Religion.

A Memphis man. a member Of the
Episcopal church. tells of an Old ne
gro who. before the war, belonged to
family of Episcopalians, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. He was their
coachman, and was a staunch Episco-
palian, but after the war he Joined
the Methodist church. His former
owner saw him one day after ne had
changed his faith. and said: Nose,
Joined the Methodists."
"Yas. sab. Mars john" answered
Nose, II is.''
We'll. what did you do It for: You
used to be u good Episcopalian."
well. Mars John, I'll tell you. I
lax de 'Plscopalians all right, 'cept at
church. Hit take 'em SO long to read
dc 'seedin's NV de las mcetin' dat dey
amt no time left fur dc sermon"
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InCOnCeivably Absurd,
T\HE REPORT in some of yes
terday', cable advices that
Lord Salsbury's reply. ex-

"\HE REPORT in some of yes
terday's cable advices that
Il Lord Salisbury's reply, en-
pected today, to Ambassa-
dor Choate's protest at the seizure by
British officials of American -four con-
signed to a neutral port in South Az
RIGA Will be an affirmation Of England's
right to seize and search neutral ships
plying between neutral ports can hard
.ly be more than conjectural. Apart
from the political folly of such a posi-
tion at this time, which would not
only force Germany to Join the Fran
co-Prussian alliance but also constran
the United States to take adequate
measures to protect it's own commerce,
1T would, as Professor Woolsey points
out, be an abandonment by England of
.all precedent.
. AT the end Of the last century," DR..
'Woolsey notes, Great Britain UNDER
took to consider provisions contraband
when bound for France In American
ships. Our government protested.
.Thereupon by Jays treaty England
promised to buy the provisions instead
of Selling them. That was not salts
factory to our government. and to all
appearances the British government in
time dropped the contention. In the
Franco-Chinese war France considered
rice eontraband when bound for Chin
ese ports. England protested. ana
won. her point. So that now even Il
provisions in neutral ships were bound
for the Transvaal 1t would not he In
accord with the historical policy of this
country to submit to the seizure, nor
would 1t be In line with England's re-
cent history"
= The New York Sun recalls that dur
ing ap& civil war..the town OF Mata-
fnoras' 'in- MEXICO on the south bank
~ tho ri" Grands. ocennied a nosition
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put down the child. He said: well.
Josephine. what do you think Of TT"
Much to his amazement the child re-
piled: Papa, did you see the funny
red soldiers on horseback"
Thereafter Kipling never exerted
himself to point out her majesty to any
member of his family.
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Governor General Davis Is expending
on education in Puerto Rico $780, 900,
which is 80 per cent. more than Spain
ever spent; but he says 1t would take
$4,O00,00O to give a fair education to all
the children of school age in the island.
Four million dollars could not be more
advantageously invested.
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One Of the boasts made by the or
ganizers of the anti-Quay campaign in
the forthcoming legislative primaries is
that they already have at command a
100000 war fund. The publication Of
politics by men of the Van Valkenberg
type is evidently somewhat expensive
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The nine worthy men who have been
commissioned to make, in behalf of the
United states, another series of pro-
found and superIuous observations
and inquiries into the matter of u
transisthniian snip canal are now on
they do not expect to return within
four months. In the meantime. time
will roll on.
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What, If any. truth there is in the
recurring newspaper gossip relative to
frictions in Washington official So
ciety, growing out of the order or
precedence at state functions, persons
at distance can hardly presume to
know. Whether To Mrs. Miles, as rep
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Public sentiment, the American court
of highest appeal, must make it warm
for the parent who by carelessness,
stinginess or meanness contributes to
the spread in this city of diphtheria or
scarlet fever.
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A report is current that Secretary
Root prefers his present position to
that of vice-president, because there
Is more opportunity for usefulness in
II. such a preference is readily COM
prehensihle,
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A record by years Of gifts in the
United States of $1,000 or more for
philanthropic purposes is kept by the
Chicago Tribune, presumably as an
atonement for it's gruesome record of
crime. The showing for 1899 surpasses
all precedents. Its money aggregate
is S79,7i9,?56, as compared with $2S.-
9S4,9oo in 1893. s3S.Gl2,s1i in 1897. $685.
67o129 in 1896. s2S.ai3.5ia in 1895, and
s19,967,1l6 in 1894. OF the total amount
stated there has been given to educa.
tional institutions the extraordinary
sum- of s55,S5l,Sl7: TO charities. s13,20s,-
Gi6; to churches. s2,?92,S93; to museums
and art galleries, s2,6SG,5O0. and to H.
braries, s5,O12,4Oo. The world - chal-
lcngcd to match this record Of liber-
ality.
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resenting the better half of the army,
or to Mrs. Dewey, as occupying q SINH
lar relationship toward the navy,
the privilege of priority should be given
in the ceremonious etiquette of the
national capital Is not for us. to say.
These issues may he very important
but they happily do not agitate the
country at large. The latter can we'll
afford to leave them to whom they
most concern,
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The first years revenue collections at
Havana, in spite of frauds. exceed by
$2,000000 or nearly 25 per cent. the
war departments original estimate.
On its inancia! side expansion is un-
doubtedly going to prove a welcome
Surprisc.
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very similar to that now occupied by
Lorenzo Marques, the Portuguese port
In Delagoa bay. A blockade had been
established by the United States
against the Confederate ports on the
north bank Of the Rio Grande, and, to
avoid this, cargoes were shipped to
Matamoras, and when landed there
were conveyed across the Rio Grande
to Confederate territory. Yhe ship
Peterhoff. while bound to Matamoras,
was captured by the United states
fleet. She carried a mixed cargo. pare
of which was certainly contraband,
while part consisted of provisions.
which were In all probability destined
for sale in the Confederacy, but MT
necessarily for military consumption.
The ship was libelled. and the case
was carried to the Supreme court.
That court adjudged the arms and am
munition that were a part of the cargo
to be contraband, and condemned them
as such. but it declared the provisions
to be innocent merchandise, and, as
such. not subject to condemnation.
There is no wish on the part of the
United States to cmbarrass the prog
ress of the British campaign in South
Africa. The desire Is to be a friendly
neutral. But the Importance of pro.
tecting American commerce is such
that not even from so friendly a pow
er as England can we tolerate sez-
ures on the high seas as to the justice
of which there Is reasonable doubt
The idea that we can admit Englands
right to hold up our innocent trade in
neutral ships between neutral ports is
inconceivably absurd.
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HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Mrs. Dewey's Wit.

The quick-wittedness Of Admiral
Dewey's wife, Just at present one Of
the most conspicuous women in Amer
lea, is shown by the following incident
of her life in Washington when she
was Mrs. HAGEN, relates the New York
Tribune. General Hazen was the first
head Of the weather bureau in Wash.
ington. 1t was almost impossible to
persuade the members of congress to
vote for him the necessary funds with
which to carry out his plans as he de-
sired, and he was at the same time
grumbled at as If he were positively
and personally responsible for the
weather, which 1t was a fad Of the
moment to say that he furnished. Mrs.
Hazen was the recipient of all his
woes, and gave him her full sympathy,
especially one spring when the apprO-
priation had been shamefully cut down
by the economy loving chairman of the
committee on that special appropria.
ton.
A few days after the passing of the
mutilated bill Mrs. HaZen was a guest
at an afternoon reception at the house
of one of the cabinet members. where
the most detestable and undurable
weather, untimely and unlocked for.
was the topic of the moment. AS Mrs.
Hazen crossed the room to make her
adieus to her hostess she was waylaid
by the arriving chairman Of the Of
Tending committee, who accosted her
thus
well, Mrs. Hazen, well, madam, and
is this the best your husband can do
N, Of
Mrs. Hazen turned, looked at him
with a sudden flash in her pretty eyes.
then answered, clearly and sweetly:
"Yes. Mr. Blank, the very best-fo.
the appropriation"
The discounted man fled, in the
midst of the hardly concealed smiles
A Natural Mistake.
A few years before his death Allen
G. Thurman, of Ohio, was engaged as
counse, in lawsuit which was tried
before a country judge in one of the
small towns in the central part of the
state, says the Chicago Times Herald
Opposing Judge Thurman was a young
lawyer named Cassidy. who wore his
hair pompadour, assumed an air Of
great dignity and was apparently
greatly impressed with his own i'm
portance. Upon several occasions dur
ing the progress of thGtrial Thurman
referred to his legal d bonent as ".Ir.
Necessity" The young man arose
whenever this occurred and with great
gravity reminded the court that his
name was Cassidy. Finally, after the
offense had .een repeated about d
dozen times. the pompous attorney ex-
claimed:
II must again remind counsel upon
the other side that my name Is Cassi-
dy. I can't understand why he per-
sists in maintaining that it is Neces-
sity."
II beg the gentleman's pardon" sa.1
Thurman. 'The reason I kept get
ting him confused with Necessity is,
presume, due to the fact that the lat
ter knows 10 law"
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Scotchlng the Trusts.

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The War on Quay.

~ NE OF THE peculiar things
about the fight Of the insur-
~ gents against Colonel Quay
iS that uhiIa fhov c1ofr, a.
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Los AUTOMOBILES
EN- BUENOS AIRES,
POPULARIDAD MERECIDA.

Ell empleo de los AUTOMOBILES
aumenta considerable mente en- Bue-
nos Aires, especialment te los electricos
los de petroleo, que Sc encuentran a
cada momento por las GALES. Usanse
no solo como carruajes particulares
y triciclos de passed, sino como
carros para la distribution lie las
co1npras en- los grand les almacenes.
Hasta ahora ha sido una difcultad
para la propagation de estos vehicu-
los las pocas facilidafes para arre-
glarlos en- case de rotu ra 8 cualquier
desperfecto ocasionado por el uso.
Esta desyentaia va desapareciendo
con la popularidad que van adqui-
RE 1AdO estos vehiculos.
. Sc ha fundade un club turista,
compuesto de enthusiasts amateurs
~ comerciantes de pfestigio. Esta
sociedad dedica la mayor parte de su
tempo y energias 4 Ia propag ganda
de los autOm0yiles, uno de sus
primeras medidas, ha Eido establecer
separation en- los caIhinos de todas
las provincias de la Replblica, para
las bicicletas y autont0viles igeros.
Estos caminos salen va de Buenos
Aires y alcanzan una distaneia de 80
10 Inillas. propOni6rid dose Ia socie
dad continnar los traHajos hasta one.
Sc haya cubierto to1o III pals de una
hueIla res! tle jara sgls ex-
cuIsiones eos d tu1isi
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Las VlCtinlaS
del. Maine,
HONORES
que SO les tributan,

Han llegado a Washington los restos
de rs victimas que perecieron en- la
catastrofe del Maine en- el puerto de
la Habana. y seran enterrados en- ell
Gem enterio de Arligton.
Accompaniment el entierro ell Pre-
side ente Nc, Kinley, la mayor parte
de los mie embros del Gabinete. mu-
ofciales y jefes de la armada y ejer-
cite, y particulares de prestigio. Los
ritos 5 funer rales seran ejecutados por
el capellan que fue del Maine cuando
ocuf fri6 la explosion on 81 puerto de la
Hal bana. Sc ha elegidopara ell entierro
un sitio cercano al en- que reposan los
mu ertos en- Santiago
Muchas familias de los muertos,
una S 22 h an reclamado los restos de
de sus parientes, y han hecho va
acue erdos con el Departamento de la
Guerra para darles sepultura espe-
cial en- ell mismo cementeriO. cerca
de s us cOmpaneros.
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A't4sGasa Pslri'ssts.
Cesantias,

Despues de verificadas las cleo
clones municipales en- varios pueblos,
los nuevos ediles, ganoaos de colocar
a sus paniaguados y amigos no han
hecho otra cosa de mas substantial
que remover ell personal, separando
de los puestos a los funcionarios que
no abundan en- los mismos ideales
polsticos que ellos.
Asi hemos visto, que, pesar de
la orden que dispone que no debe
declararse la cesantia de ningun
empleado sin pr6via formation de
expediente, muchos de los mas anti
guos, probos y laboriosos, con largos
amos de practica, con honrosa hoja
de servicios, han perdido su destino,
viniendo ser verdaderas vlctlmas
inmoladas en- aras de las exigencias
de banderia.
Esto, ademas de injusto y POGO
serio, resulta immoral: pues con clio
la idoneidad y el merito quedan pos
puestos los compromises y a las re
comendaciones de partido, causa pri-
mordial de que nuestra administra-
ci6n, bajo Ell Gobierno Espanol, fue-
Sc tan deticiente y calamitosa
Ell procedimlento encaja de lie
no entire los moldes que Sc usaban du-
rante la Gpoca del coloniaje, y tiende
la corruption y al dasbarajuste,
pues, falto ell empleado de recompen-
sa y estimulo, sin garantia de esta-
bilidad, no ha de esmerarse, forzo-
samente, en- ell cumplimiento de su
deber, seguro de que apenas cese el
mangoneo desus amigos y sustitu-
yam los contrarios, quedara cesante
porque 81 aun cuando no haya motive
que justifique tai medida.
Republicanos y federales, GUAM
do militaban todos unidos bajo la
la bandera autonomista, muchas We
ces clamaron con ira sa fu-
nestisima costumbre, que hoy conti-
nua sin protesta y Sc reptile y lleva
trazas de lr en- &crescendo~ fomenta-
da por los enconos y las intolerancias
de la politica en- boga, cuyas estre-
chas miras y bastardos medios de &C
ci6n han de conducirnos a la ruina
total y defnitiva.
Ell primer cuidaIo de los conce-
iales reCi6n electos-salvo contadas
y laudables excepciones-es desemba
razarse de los funcionarios que for
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| man en- 81 partido contrario, bajo pre-
texto de que no merecen la confanza
de Ia nueva corporation.
Y asf Sc priva del pan a honrad1
sinlos padres de familia, encaneci.los
.en el trabajo de la oficina, de capaci-
dad probada y que, al cabo de dilata-
dos y penosos servicios, Teeibe como
premio, un xbotalons en- toda regla,
tanto mas irritante y cruel cnanto
mas injusto & inmerecida.
En- cambio para NADIA Sc cuida-
ran esos celosos padres del pueblo de
las mejoras que 6stos reclaInan, del
aumento y la buena organization de
la policia, de las reformas econ0micas
quo exige la penuria de los fondos
muh hicipales etc. etc.
Por donde viene d ponerse de
ma hifestO que estas renidas luchas
que ambas colectividades sostienen
y que traen revuelto a medic pals,
solo tienen Por movil, en- mas de I'm
cas- b, no ell establecimieuto de una
adnp npinistracion honrada, moraliza-
dor b y progresista, sino obtener la ia
cultad de guitar y poner empleados.
con 10 que sefavorece al amigo y Sc
per iudica a los adversarios.
Y ma 10 es queapele a tan puni-
BILE recurso un partido cualquiera,
pue IS este ha de provocar desquites
y re presalias en- el partido eontrario,
que Sc apresurara, como es logico, a
seq uir Ell mismo ejemplo.
De ese modo hacese impossible de
TODD punto que ninguno de los dos
administre los intereses del proco-
nun, con acierto Y d satisfaction de
los poderdantes.
Y las consecuencias de clio va
las tocare1 nos en- no ijera fecha; con
wien 1e no olvidar que los oficiales del
ejerc rcito estan comisionados para in
vestigar peri6dicamente las gestio-
ues de los municipios, y 81 estos no
proeeden con tacto, correction y me-
sura y no Sc ibran de semejante tu-
tela, no es dificil preveer 10 que ocu
rrira en- breve plazo la destituci6n de
muehos alcaldes y la permanencia
de jefes, oficiales 9 classes al frente de
los Ayuntamientos.
., Quiera Dios que estos sepan apro
vechar ia q laudable aviso.
- Yque el cuerpo electoral yea CO.
mo y q q uien otorga su voto.
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AguudilIu unas.

En- la noche del 81 pasado, no
pudo celebrar session el Municipio,
por falta de asistentes. Resulta irri-
sorio que tanto Sc luche en- los CO.
micios para ocupar ppestos, luego
descuidar sus cometidos. Apriete
" sef1or Alcalde. Raje en- dos ban
das a los que desatien den el cumpli-
miento de ese ineludib lie deber.
Sc dice que el individuo Anica-
sio Soto fue herido recientemente en-
un music, por proyectl de arma de
fuego, que le estan curando secre-
tamente.
El ciego Caban le rajo la cabe-
"a q una muger, de un garrotazo
Ya-aquf hasta los ciegps PECAN. La
herida fue curada en- la farmacia del
senor Font. Ell ciego no ha sido de-
nunciado al tribunal de policia.
En- cambio, un policia vi6 que
su hiia hablaba con SD pretendiente,
j por ese delito 10 lle96 al dep6sito.
Vamos progresando.
Ell ano nuevo fu 8 solemnizado
con .repiques de petaTdos disparos
de campanas. =
A los empleados due dej6 cesan-
tes el nuevo Ayuntalnf fento, les adeu-
dan ocho meses de sus sueldos.
Dicese que el sen or Alcalde, al
leerles la sentencia de muerte los
declarados cesantes, les manifesto
que mucho sentia sus separaciones,
pero que eran exigenc bias de la poll
tica.
AL orador republic cano Egozcuis.
ia don Jose Contreras Ramos, que
fue a Isabella propaganda polftica
le han robado el higado en- aquel
pueblo. Ahora mas se ocupa de Gu
pido que de los puros. Hay que fe-
licitarle, pues entire una otra ocu-
paci6n, la eleccion no es dudosa.
va Sc oyen los tiples, cuatros
guiros:i bordonuas, phes nj la yuca
bravo que estamos raspando nos
hace o1vidar las costu mbres de otros
tiempos mejores.
: Ell COtrespO7asul
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F'+).I IrC<r

Lucas Benitez y Nemesio Ramos
castigados por pelea y escandalo a
SO 8 orc de multa y costas; Felix Gi
met hez por sospecha de hurto, arres-
tadb; Trinidad Claudio (O China, por
EN- briagu ez, arrestada; G uill erm o
Con de, pc r amenazar con una chaveta
a Encarn naci0n Trinidad, multado;
Leo oncio G astro. por embriaguez, arres
tado, el nino Juan Antonio, pertene-
cien tie a Ia casa de dona Dolores Aqua
20 viuda de Montilla, multado con
dos dollar por inferir una confusion
al nino Francisco n. Rovira.
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J
RON

En- la noche del dia primero,
ocurri6 un honici1io por los a1re-
dedores de IN bale que Sc daba en-
Ell Rabo de la Culebra
Tia Demo ocracia, felata ell he
cho con los siguientes1 detail les:
Carlos Pillar de auien va nos
habfamos ocupado vaTias veces por
sus malos antecedentes por sn all
cion q dar pnf1aladas, sali6 anoche
al encuentro de otro individuo lla-
mado Justo Martinez al cual venfa
persiguiendo desde hace dias, pu-
nal en- mano trat6 de nhatarlo. Mar
tinez, al ser atacado, defendi6se con
un revolver disparandole un tiro
que le penetro en- la. .cabeza de- ejando-
le muerto, con ell puftal en- la ma
no.
Este Carlos Pillar, es el mismo
que aun no hace tres fneses penetro
en- la Cantera en- La casa del honrado
vecino Carlos Archeval tratando de
asesinarlo por 10 que Archeval le
disparo tambien un tiro hiri6ndole
en- 81 pecho, j del cual salio con vida
milagrosamente.
Y para que Sc YEA ell caracter
pendenciero de este individuo, fue
81 quien promovi6 81 aisgusto en- la
esquina de la tabaquerfa Casals la
tarde en- que pasaba por aquel sitio
la manifestation federal por el
triunfo de Arecibo, incidente que
trajo por consecuen@ia el choque
entire los guardias Lopez Qufles
del que result6 la mperte del mu-
chaeho que iba q la cabeza de la
manifestation.
Individuos asf, son un peligro
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