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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-09
New York February 9th 1900

New York February 9th 1900
Dispatches from Cape
Town state that two positions,
Vallkrautz and Doornkloof
dominate the pass through
which General Butler will
have to cross to follow up his
plans to relieve Ladysmith.
AT present the British oc
cupy Vaalkrautz while the
Beers hold Doorckloof.
Buffers problem seems to
be most difficult.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-09
FOR SALE.-PROP ERTY

On sale BOO cuerdas of land between the Mu-
ncipa. districts of Luqulo and Fajardo
Full information will be given at II Fortaleza
Street. San Juan, Porto Rico.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17

ciated by those who knew that the princi-
pal topic of conversation had been the cor
dial reception of the Boer delegates In
New York.
Later Mr.. Choate. amid applause. after
humorously referring to the fact that
Americans knew London better than Lon
doners, said: From people who have SUCH
mutual interests these you do not need
loud professions OF friendship. IL would be
hard, indeed, TO dissolve such ties. We
speak louder than words" He then went
on to refer TO English aid in the hour or
certain American calamities. like the Chi
cago fire, with their reflex American AID
in the day of Irish famine. And last, and
not least" he said. II would refer TO the
shiploads of food now leaving the United
States for India" Loud applause.1
The speech was one of the most sue
cessful and humorous yet made by the
United States ambassador. "A Boston Wit
once said,' he observed, that all good
Americans went to Paris when they died.
but YOU can take my word for IL that
they all flock to London while they are
alive"
Mr.. Choate facetiousiy referred to the
endless disputes over the fisheries ques-
lions. remarking that such matters. al
though vehemently discussed, would not
make them enemies. He rather took the
audience by surprise when he declared that
"In Westminster Hall and other homes OF
oratory in England there have been as
many noble blows struck and as many
pregnant words uttered on behalf OF the
independence of America as there have
been for the integrity or the briush en-
pire." s 8,
Major General Alfred Edward Turned, In
a remarkable speech, frankly admitted tna'
Great Britain was not able to support an
army adequate to her defense and he said
There is a danger nearer home ana more
immediate than We think
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17
of the Exchequer Predicts
Bad Times Unless the Raid on His
Strong Box Be stopped.
CHAMBERLAIN AND BALF0UR
COLONIAL SECRETARY EULOGIZES
HIS FELLOW-STATESMA
Characteristic Speech by Ambassadors
ChOate-Extent of the Fam
inc I'm India.

LONDON, May 16.-The chancellor of the
exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach.
speaking at Bristol this evening. congratu-
lated the audience the fact that the
cloud of war was fairly lifting and that
there were streaks of light portending a
glorious dawn. Continuing he said: 1--WE
are contending with foe whose courage
and skilled tenacity we have learnt to re-
spect. But we are entitled to hope that
the beginning of the end is coming" Sir
Michael added that the thanks of the ma
ton would be due to Lord Roberts and
those under him. If the government, he
declared, was not entitled to credit for the
successes it was not blamable for the
reverses. 1t had shrunk at nothing to
supply men and means.
The chancellor denied that he was per-
sonally responsible for any delay in for
warding troops to South Africa, and an
nounced that it might be necessary to still
further increase the navy. He disagreed
with the suggestion that a large, perma-
nent increase of the army might be neces-
sary. but said that the country must look
to the volunteers and the militia.
"The expenditure of the country" said
Sir Michael, lis growing at an enormous,
a dangerous rate. 1 have always put a
strong navy as a prime necessity of the
country and it may be that assent will
have to be given for further expenditure.
in view of the hostile feeling toward Eng
land I'm some European countries. But
regard the country's increasing expendi-
ture as the real danger. If we go on as we
going there may be very bad times
in store for the country, particularly for
the working classes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17

many more lives would have been lost. The
policemen and others on the ground early.
however, were able to secure ladders from
a paint store nearby and by this means
saved many of the guests from death
The fire started I'm the basement and
spread with the greatest rapidity. But for
the heroic action Of Porter Mcneil every
person in the building undoubtedly would
have persisted.
The loss TO the building and furnishings
was $4,000 The destruction of the hotel
was replete with daring rescues and mar
row escapes. I'm which James Mcneil. the
porter. earned himself the title Of hero
He was the first TO warn the sleeping oc-
cupants OF their danger He carried Helen
Joseph down a swaying ladder from the
third floor and then, amid the cheers or
the onlookers returned 10 the second moor
where woman was lying unconscious,
her clothing on fire. He carried her 10 the
window and dropped her into the arms or
Policeman Wolf. The effort and heat were
too much for Mcneil. and he staggered
back into the smoke. The people below
thought he was lost A policeman mounted
TO the shoulders OF a brother officer and,
clambering over the window ledge. caught
Mcneil by the feet and dragged him from
the room. Mcneil was passed down to the
ground and soon recovered consciousness
The rescue of a woman and her baby
aroused the enthusiasm of the crowds. Mrs.
Bruce, with one arm around her infant
child. was clinging with the other arm 20
the ledge OF a second-story window. Smoke
was pouring out I'm smothering clouds and
Mrs Bruce seemed on the point of falling
Her fingers were relaxing when suddenly
taut among them. rushed into the flames
which were then darting from the base
ment windows, just In time 10 catch the
roman and her child in safety. Mrs Bruce
was badly burned, but had succeeded in
protecting her baby, so that not one hair
Of its head had been burned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17

said here that Portugal. being under no
treaty obligation to this country. is at per-
feet liberty to prevent any kind of goods
from the United States from crossing
Portuguese East Africa. Such is a national
right, which the United States itself pos
sesses as TO its own territory and cannot
deny TO another nation. Sometimes by
treaty. special privileges to the tran
sportation of goods in transit across a
country are conferred. But in the case of
Portugal the only trade treaty which ex-
listed between that country and the United
States expired In 1892. and commercial re-
lations between the two countries since
that date have been conducted only by
courtesy and without foundation of priv
ilege. Therefore, If Mr.. Hollis. the United
States consul at Lourenzo Marques. has
protested or attempts to do so he will find
himself unsupported by his own govern
ment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17

Queen Victoria has conferred knighthood
on Right Hon. Edward Henry Carson. the
newly-appointed solicitor general
Queen Victoria visited Nettly Hospital
Yesterday and distributed flowers to the
wounded and conversed with many of
them.
During the recent artillery tests at Thorn.
West Prussia, five artillerymen We're In
jured by the explosion of shell, and TWO
succumbed to their injuries.
Dublin University has returned Sir Hen
ry Carson to the House Of Commons With
out opposition on his appointment as So
licitor general in succession to Sir Robert
Findlay, appointed to succeed Sir Richard
Webster as attorney general.
H De La Roche vernet, second secretary
of the French embassy in Berlin, has been
recalled to Paris because Emperor William
had complained to the French ambassador,
the Marquis De Noailles, of the secretary S
improper public remarks during the recent
visit of Emperor Francis Joseph.
At London, yesterday, In the Queens
Bench division of the High Court II JUS
tice, Judges Ridley and Darling gave tudg-
ment in favor Of the crown in the case OF
the government versus the Jewish Coloni-
cation Association on a claim for success
sion duly amounting to f1,250.000 on prop
erty valued at fS000.000, settled by the
late Baron Hirsch in 1892 on the colonial
ton association.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17

Directors and Members of Advisory
Boards Elected at Annual Meeting.


CHICAGO. May 16.-The annual meeting
of the Associated Press to-day was very
largely attended. The directors recon-
mended the amendment of the bylaws so as
to make them conform to the laws of Illi-
nois as laid down in thu, recent decision
of the Supreme Court. After considerable
discussion motion of John Schroers, of the
st. Louis Westliche Post, to reject the
amendments was agreed to, there being
but two votes in the negative.
The four vacancies i'm the board of direc-
tors were filled by the election of Charles
III. Grastly. of the Baltimore News; E. p
Call. New York Post; Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee. and George Thompson, ST.
Paul Dispatch.
The members from the different divisions
chose the following advisory boards:
Eastern division-Herbert F. Gunnison,
Brooklyn Eagle, chairman; Ambrose But
Ter. Buffalo News; Charles H. Taylor. Bos-
ton Globe; A. P. Lantry. Springfield
CMass.) Union; p. c. Boyle, OIL City Der
rick.
Central division--M. Houser. St Louis
Globe-Democrat, chairman; w. ID. Halde-
man. Louisville Courier-Journal: III. u.
Brown. Indianapolis News; E. III. Purdue,
Cleveland Leader; James z. Scripps, De-
troit Tribune; I. L. Boyd. Milwaukee
Journal.
Western division-H. w. Scott, Portland
Oregonian, chairman; III. G. Otis, Los
Angeles Times; p. II. Lannan, Salt Lake
Tribune; X. G. Cooper, Denver Republican;
Alden j. Blethen. Seattle Times.
Southern division-H. H. Cabanish, At
lanta Journal, chairman; G. p. j. Mooney,
Memphis Commercial-Appeal: George w.
Ochs, Chattanooga Times; George Basket,
Nashville Banner; Page NJ. Baker, New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Mr.. ID. NJ. Houser was unanimously elect
ed chairman of the central division of the
Associated Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17

LONDON, May 16.-The Liberal Union
Club gave banquet this evening at the
Hotel Cecil to Arthur j. Balfour. first
lord of the treasury and government lead
er In the House of Commons. Joseph Cham
berlain, secretary of state for the colo
MES, presided. Mr.. Chamberlain, when pro-
posing the health of Mr.. Balfour. eulo-
gized his eminent services to the country
and declared that the integrity of the en-
pire had been saved by the Unionist alli-
Mr.. Balfour, who, on rising to respond.
was received with prolonged cheering. said
the remarks of Mr.. Chamberlain had car
ried his mind back over the fourteen event.
full years since the Unionist alliance be-
gan. There were few, he continued, who
could recall that period with more heart
felt gratitude that fate had given him such
colleagues to work with.
The Duke of Devonshire also spoke of
the value Of the alliance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17
HOTEL FIRE FATALITIES
THREE LIVES LOST AND MANY PER-
SONS HURT AT CHICAGO.
English Ex-SailOr Was the Hero of
Many Rescues-The Casualties
and the Losses Incurred.

CHICAGO, May 1.-two persons were
killed and fifteen were injured in fire
which early to-day destroyed the Hotel
Helene at Nos ITO to ia Fifty-third street.
One of the injured died tonight and four
others are not expected to recover.
The Dead
CHARLOTTE PETERSON, dining-room
girl, found in her room burned TO crisp.
LENA PEARSON, found burned almost
beyond recognition in the room with Miss
Peterson.
S. G. M'HADDIN, flesh partly burned
from body; died tonight.
The Seriously Injured
w. z. HORN, burned about face and
hands and body, leg broken; will die.
E. E. TARBUX, burned about body; re-
covery doubtful.
jured and skull fractured, unconscious; re-
covery doubtful
E. b. ALLEN, both ankles sprained and
internally injured in jumping from third
story window.
MRS. T. d. ALLEN, back broken and in
ternally injured; jumped from third-story
window; will die.
MISS HELEN JOSEPH. badly bruised
and overcome by smoke.
STELLA NEILWOLSKI, chamber maid.
jumped from first floor, overcome by smoke
and injured internally.
l.. j. MNEIL porter. burned about face.
; MISS SARAH HUTCHINSON, a high
school teacher, injured In falling from Sec
JAMES cosTIN. fireman, cut by falling
MRS. BRUCE and baby. overcome by
smoke.
THOMAS MORGAN. policeman. back in
jured.
MRS. ADELIA LAWSON. badly bruised.
Miss Florence, who was probably fatally
injured. vas seen by a policeman hang
ing from a third-story window.
Hang on until I get a ladder" he
shouted. but the young woman nearly
fainting from smoke and nervousness.
gradually lost her grip. The officer hurry
ing back with the ladder appeared just In
time TO see her let go of the ledge and fall
&c the stone sidewalk below. She was
picked up bleeding and unconscious and
placed in an ambulance.
DR.. n. r. Yeager, who occupied one OF
the upper rooms escaped with a few
bruises, by jumping to an awning. 1t broke,
but lessened the force of his fall.
w. L. l. Morrow, farmer, whose home
Is in Columbia, Tenn. owes his escape to
his horror OF fires. He was living at the
hotel while undergoing medical treatment
and always had rope under his pillow.
When the alarm was sounded he grasped
his Bible in one hand and with the other
ciasped around the rope which he had
made fast TO his bed. lowered himself TO
the ground.
Police. fremen and spectators united I'm
one voice In praising the porter. Mcneil.
He was formerly gunner In the English
navy on board the battieship Dreadnought
and holds medals for craftsmanship and
proficiency in drilling. He took part In the
jameson raid and II was while in South
Africa that the illness which compelled him
&c secure discharge came upon him.
The rescues were nearly all accomplished
spread 50 rapidly that had the people in
the hotel been compelled TO await the ar
rival Of the hook and ladder company
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REJECTED BY STRIKERS
PROPOSITION ACCEPTED BY THE
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE,
But Voted Down by the Men at Meet
ing This Morning-FruitIess Eff
fort to End ST. Louis Strike.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. May 17.-At 12:25 this
morning the executive committee of the
strikers rejected the agreement arrived at
strikers grievance committee. The strike
is still on.
All yesterday the eyes of the public and
strikers alike were focused on the confer
ence called to effect settlement of the
differences existing between the ST. Louis
Transit Company and the grievance COM
mittee of its small army Of strikers. The
conference was in session from early in
the afternoon till 9:l5 o'clock at night, and
at its conclusion members of the grievance
committee announced that an agreement
had been reached with the railway OFF,
Gals, but that they were not in a position
to announce it's terms till the compact had
been ratified by the executive committee
of the striking employees. The executive
committee was in session at Walhalla Hall
awaiting developments in the conference.
and the grievance committee at once hur-
ried thither. and both committees went
into secret session. Soon after midnight
IL was announced the agreement had been
rejected.
Traffic along the lines OF the Transit COM
panys system is gradually being resumed
and assuming a semblance to the former
conditions. None of the 3.325 striking
street-car employees have returned to work.
but cars are being operated with the help
of nonunion men. many OF whom have been
secured from distant points. For some
time past the Transit company has been
importing men to take the places OF
strikers. Last night two crowds OF nearly
100 each arrived from Indiana and Missouri
towns, and were out TO work to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17
MILLIONS IN WANT.
Forty Per Cent. of the Population I'm
Some Indian Provinces Are Starving.

Forty Per Cent. Of the Population I'm
Some Indian Provinces Are Starving.
LONDON, May 16.-Dealing with the
famine in the central provinces of India,
which have an area equal to that Of Aus
tria and a population of nearly I,0O00 900,
and which were formerly most prosperous,
the Daily Chronicle correspondent at
Bilaspur writes: 1.-The demand for gov
eminent assistance is unparalleled. In one
district 40 per cent. are dependent on the
sirdar for their daily bread; in two others
the percentage is over 80. In the whole
area there are 100000 people with no
other sources of subsistence than govern
ment charity. In the eastern division,
where the crop failure was the most COM
plete, we have had the best opportunity of
seeing the most gigantic organization ever
evolved for graphing with the famine.
The abomination of desolation Is here. Not
a toiler is seen in the fields. When the
last rains failed and the peasantry saw the
young rice shoots blasted by the fierce Au-
gust sun they were left without resources,
and the few silver ornaments which every
Indian family possessed went at last. Then
they crowded the relief works by hundreds
of thousands.
Three miles out from Bilaspur 15OO per-
sons are busy adding to the long list of
tanks constructed by famine labor. Fur
Their on stone-breaking is in progress, and
peasants who have never before handled
any implement save those of husbandry
wrestle manfully with crowbar and boring
tool. When the rock is broken women and
youngsters busily ply little hammers. An
able-bodied man earns cents, women 211
cents, and children cents. To Euro
pean ears this wage sounds prepos-
terously low. If the price of grain
increases the wage is increased, and
vice versa, so that full days toll secures
TO every worker a sufficiency of food. No
work, no pay. The old and feeble are
drafted into the weakly gangs. They
would be infinitely better in the camp
kitchen, which is always open to them,
but the Indian peasant woman breads the
kangalkhana with the same unreasoning
aversion that the English poor have of the
workhouse. They love to handle money,
and even these wrecks of humanity lay by
a few pies Ga pie is the equivalent of u
cent United States currency of their mis-
cradle pittance, and starve their shrunken
bodies in order to get morsel of opium or
tobacco.
1.-The type of relief work described at
Bilaspur is found by the hundreds in the
central provinces. and the aid given to the
able-bodied people seems sufficient, and the
kitchens and hospitals are well managed.
But the penny wage for a weakly gang is
insufficient. 1 am assured, however, that
II will be raised"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17

Explanation of the Unrest Epidemic
i'm the World Of Labor.

Nashville American (Dem)
An explanation of the strikes which
have cropped out over the country in a
number of places in the past two months
would be interesting. Times are good;
there is no doubt about 1t. Men engaged
in all lines of trade agree on this point.
Prices of most products are high and well
maintained. This means there is demand
for them. and general demand means
there is money distributed in the hands
of the people. Yet there are strikes.
We have not seen 1t said that labor is
suffering. Nowhere do We read of mobs
parading the streets, crying for bread. as
scarce and bread hard to get Some of the
strikes have been worked up by labor agi-
tators. those creatures who live on the toll
OF honest workmen and who bring so much
distress and Indebtedness into thousands
of homes, and other strikes are the result
OF the very prosperity We enjoy. THE
country is prosperous, argues deluded
workman, yet am not prosperous. Every
day | read of men making vast fortunes,
still my wages are small" He becomes dis
ccntented, he strikes for more money, for
shorter hours.
This is one OF the underlying reasons
of all strikes-the discomfort with ones
lot, the laborer forgetting that some must
be hewers of wood. and this is induced to
a large extent by the court which is paid
to money and the ''store set by money
However. we believe the day has come
when this adulation of mere money has
reached it's height. No one admires a SIM
pie money-getter like Chicago" Gates of
the American Wire and Steel Company
When money becomes brutal, men who
possess il. and having nothing else, cease
to be envied And as the country grows
and civilization advances money becomes
less sought for as the sole end of existence
The man with the moderate income soon
learns he is happier than many with great
incomes. He cannot have private library
maybe. but IL he lives in city he can have
access 10 a public library. He cannot own
a carriage. but he can get on a trolley car
and be whirled into the country in a few
minutes time. Ii is nice thing to have
money 10 be able TO acquire some of the
things that only money can bring. but IL Is
not worth joining hands with Satan to
get 1t.
We shall come to the point In this coun-
try when money will be less esteemed than
IL Is now, when men will stand more for
what they are and less for what they have
The workman who strikes for more
money, because he Is discontinued. because
he is not getting rich while a few others
are. IL In a poor business.
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BOERs MERELY FALLING BACK.
How a Peace Envoy Accounts for Re-
ported British Successes.

How a Peace Envoy Accounts for Re-
ported British Successes.
NEW YORK, May 16.-Beyond a drive
through Central Park and the principal
localities of interest in the city, no pro-
gramme was arranged for the Boer ENJOYS
to-day. They spent the forenoon in an
swering kilograms and letters from more
than sixty cities in the United States, from
which invitations had been received. An eff
fort is being made to arrange a plan so
that the ENJOYS can visit majority of the
cities. Probably they will leave for Wash
ington on Friday.
c. II. Vessels, one Of the ENJOYS, dis
credited the cable dispatches to the effect
that President Steyn. of the Orange Free
State, is said to have dashed the Free
Staters to make them fight. He said the
Free Staters were all working together and
in perfect harmony. Mr.. Vessels was also
asked concerning the English advices and
successes reported in recent cablegrams.
He said: Everything is going according
to the plan of action prepared some time
ago. Every time we fall back il Is given out
a British victory, but 1t is all a .pre-con-
sidered plan and does not hurt US in any
way. The final crisis has not yet come.
What / consider the crucial test will be at
the Vaal river, near Pretoria. don't think
the stories published about the British sue
cesses are neutral news, but highly opti-
mistic from British standpoint"