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AVOCADO

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-Piso 2'-San Juan.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-17
Angel Acosta Quintero
AVOCADO
Ponce, Puerto Rico.
ANTONIO CATINCHE
AGEMrE JUDICIAL

Marina 3. Tel6fono IS. A;artado
letra T. Consultas de s a II y de 2
q 4.-Ponce, P. R.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-17


pom CE, II. R.
Casas n Mayagjjes q San Juan.)
BanquerOs y COHaistOnAs1as
AGENTES
de las siguientes compahias de vapores
Hamburg Amerscnn Lino
Hamburg.
Ia VEL0CE
Geneva.
New York and PtO. RicO 9. C. Co.
New York.
MOnsOn Steamship Line.
New York.
Sierra Steamship Line
Liverpool.
VapOres COrreOs de sObrlnOs de Herrera
Habana.
Galveston y West Indies 3. Co.
Galveston.
De las siguientes Compa1fas de Ase.
guros contra incendio.
LA BALOISE,
HAMBURG BREMENSE,
AACHEN & MUNICH.
ASEGUROS MARITIMOS
Norte Germanica.
RepresentaHtes
del Board of Underwriters Of New York.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24
Testimony from the Enemy

The time came long ago when it was
impossible for an American newspa-
per to exist without bearing testimo-
ny. every day of its life, to the sound
ness OF protection and the heretical
character Of the free trade theory. A
newspaper must necessarily print the
news and pay some attention to official
statistics. To suppress or garble news
and to cook" official reports in order
to deceive its readers on Il great Ques-
tion of national policy. question
touching every home and every life,
would be suicide for any paper. In
some instances the free trade papers
made experiments in that direction, to
their subsequent humiliation. For en-
ample, they pcrsistently ignored. or
falsitied, the facts of the tin-plate in
dustry for a long time, to avoid CON
Tossing that they had made their usual
blundcr in predicting that the attempt
to build up that business would be Il
failure. The free traders contended
for two generations that we could not
possibly make fine wooden goods in this
country except ut enormous cost. They
not only asserted that. but proved it to
their own entire satisfaction. But, rs
III the case of tin plate and other man
ufacturcd commodities. the facts have
knocked them out. The oldest and
ablest of free trade organs is the New
York Evening Post. and here is what
it has to say of an achievement which
would have been impossible if its eco
nomic theory had not been II vagary:
"American-made. .woolens have never
been made in such great variety or IL
quality so near to that of the finesI
! imported goods as they have this sea
son. The circulars issued to salesmer
by the great woolen houses which dea
in both domestic and imported clotl
bear witness to both of these facts
That is the Evening Posts own state
ment. 1t quotes IAN extensive import
! err thus:
Twenty years ago scarcely any
| American goods Were used by mer
chant tailors. while now they are de
pended upon almost entirely in tht
medium and lower grades. For the las
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

ten years the proportion of American
goods sold by us has been increasing
all the time, and many houses that
never had them in stock before are
handling them now.'
And again the Evening Post, speak
ing cditorially, says:
"ParadoXically stated, the improved
quality Of American cloth makes If
now possible to sell 1t as English cloth,
since customers cannot te2 the diff or
encc, while ut the same time this i'm
provcment is doing away with the ne
cessity for using any deception about
it."
The free trade delusion is dead and
buried. All the arguments of its vic
tins have been overturned by accom-
plished facts. 1t now remains for the
triumphant friends of protection to
carry that doctriHe to its logical con
clusion by giving the country free
trade in articles upon which protection
has fully accomplished its mission
Washington Post.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24
GOVERNOR ORMAN
SCORES ANOTHER VETO

Denver. Colo. April Ex-Governor
Orman has vetoed House bill No. d.
ito provide for the garnishment of the
state. counties. municipal corporations
and school districts" The veto mes
sage says:
THAT this bill has especially to do
with the garnishment upon writs of at
tachment and execution. of the salaries
earned by any officer or employe of the
state. counties. cities and school dis
tricts during his term of office. as our
courts have uniformly held that stat
utes providing for the carnishment of
the salaries of such officials were void,
upon the grounds of public policy.
That is to say. that the official Is SER
want of the state and as such he owes
duty to the state that he cannot per-
form If his means of subsistence are
always to be interfered with while he
is engaged in the performance of those
duties.
while it is morally right that pub
lie official should pay his debts, still the
higher right must prevail. that is, that
he must be so situated that his services
to the state cannot be interfered with.
In other words. II is the interest of the
public and not the individual that must
be loked to.
another provision Of the bill i'm
poses the service of summons and
writs of attachment upon the auditor
of state The answering of these pa
pers necessarily involves expense.
Such expense must apparently be paid
from the public treasury. and thus in
directly. the public moneys are used
to aid the collection Of private debts"
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

Everybody" says THE Lewiston
(MeD Journal" has read of the splen-
did fittings and fine furnishings of the
monster schooners built in Maine in
the last three years. The sixmaster
George Wells, built at Camden last
summer. has grand piano in his cab
in. and there is plenty Of room for 1t,
too. Several fivemasters carry pianos
most of them uprights, and others
have cabinet organs. Not many ship
masters know how to play. but their
wives and daughters do, and it is to
make the women contented at sea that
the instruments are put in. Some OF
the largest ships and barques in long
distance trades also carry pianos
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24
The German boomerang

Some of the Democratic papers are
now beginning to intimate that Cor
mans negro disfranchisement law in
Maryland will eventually hit the whites
harder than 1t will the blacks. on the
face of the returns nearly twice as
many negroes as whites are to be shut
out of the franchise by this law direct
ed against illteracy. but some of Cor
mans party now apparently think his
law will hurt their side more than it
wih the Republicans. TO whom. it is
assumed. most of the negroes belong.
insinuating. will be impelled TO get
sufficient education to enable them to
vote. while most of the white litter
ates are too apathetic to care whether
they are allowed to vote or not.
Such an outcome would be n bad
blow to German and his fellow con-
spirators. Of course. theoretically. the
Maryland law is fair. 1t deals with
both races alike. or pretends to. and
aims to shut out ignorant whites as
well as ignorant blacks. For this rea-
son some of Germans friends have de-
cared that that trickster deserved
praise instead Of blame for devising
this law. But there is nothing altru-
istic about German. The last thing he
had in mind when he dictated the new
franchise was the elevation of any por-
tion of the community. His whole in
tent was to devise some plan whereby
he might get back to the Senate. from
which he was driven two years ago.
He thought. and probably still thinks.
that this law will give him a chance to
get back. 1t will be a bad blow for
him If he discovers that the net result
OF his work will be to diminish the
number of black illiterates in Maryland
| and to keep him still outside of the
! breastworks.- s.-GlobeDemocrat.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

Pittsburg, Pa. April 2I.-The most
widespread and destructive storm.
from Il material point of view, eveI.
known here, has passed. 1t has left Il
zone of ruin 200 miles in diameter. 1t
WAS unusual in that it possessed SO
many different features
Cities seventy miles from pittSburg
We're tied up by one of the worst snow
storms ever known. While the SNOW
fall was from eighteen inches to three
feet deep, which is not extraordinary.
the snow was so wet that it clung in
weighty masses to shade and fruit
trees and electric wires and poles.
bearing them to the earth 1t settled
on steam and street railways like wet
sand, stopping all traffic and making
pedestrianism almost impossible. The
fall was so heavy and spontaneous in
some places that the residents declare
it seemed like the bursting of Il snow
cloud.
A few miles away from these unfor-
tunate towns We're municipalities in
Just as dire straits from rain, but with
speedier prospect for relief. as the rain
will run off faster than the snow can
melt. yet here traffic was practically
suspended. Water overfiowed and
washed out railroad tracks and hill
sides came down and buried the rails.
In addition, nearly every town on the
Ohio river between Pittsburg and
Wheeling is in darkness tonight. Elcc-
tric light plants or their wires are dam
aged and the gas in the mains is gem
orally turned Off to prevent explosions.
So half n million or more people to-
night are cropping about in the dark.
A remarkable feature of the storm is
that but few fatalities directly attribu-
table to this cause have beeen report
ed. A railroader. caught in II wreck
caused by Il landslide. and the death
of an old woman from shock are the
only ones known so far. There may
be others, but rs communication Is cut
off from many populous places. ii will
be the end of the week before the total
can be footed up.
The money loss is Just as difficult to
foot up. 1t may reach S3.OO0.OOO. The
railroads think they have lost $1,000
900. The loss of wages to the army of
workers in manufacturing plants up
and down the rivers will mount up to
100000, and the repairs to plants will
be large sum. The damage to stores.
stock. residences and furniture in
Pittsburg, Allegheny and towns and
cities down the Ohio will probably
reach S5OO.OOO.
The telegraph companies have suf-
fered severely, but cannot yet compute
their losses.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24
a Corporation Lawyer for Attorney Gen.

a Corporation Lawyer for Attorney Gen
ernl
Headed by the New York World all
the demagogucs of the land are taking
n hand in abusing the President for
the appointment of Philander C. Knox
as attorney general, the objection 90
Mr.. Knox being that he is IA corpora
tion attorney" The World started the
| campaign against the appointment and
| it is still leading the pack. Not a
word against the appointee personally
has been heard. 1t is not alleged that
he lacks the legal training. No charge
is brought that he is not Il man Of
ability and integrity. The sole cause
of the hue and cry is that he has been
in the employ of some of the greatest
corporations in the land.
If Mr.. Knox is n man of character
with II proper sense Of his position as
attorney general, the fact that big cor
porations have employed him is Il
strong point in his favor. 1t urges
him as II strong lawyer and an able
advisor. He has not gone ia corpora
tions. but they have come to him. He
Is not their creature, but Il self made
lawyer and n great lawyer of recog-
nized standing in his profession. His
client now is the United States gov
ernmcnt. and it is safe to say that if
he has been faithful to his former
clients. whether individuals or cor
porations. he will be faithful to his
present client.
The truth is that in this age of great
business enterprises it is difficult TO
find lawyers of wide reputation whO
have not been at one time or another
and a good deal of the time employed
by corporations. The country is too
big and the people of the United
States have too much sense to sympa-
thiZe with demagogical criticism such
as the New York World and Il number
of other sensational sheets bring
against the new attorney general The
same abuse was aimed at Attorney
! General McKenna, though like most
| other eminent men he started in life
n poor boy. Attorney General GrigGs.
Attorney General Olney and substan-
TALLY every man who has been at the
head of the governments Department
of Justice has had the same gauntlet
to run. There has never been at any
time any evidence that the American
people take stock in the sort of super
| fetal criticism of men who were
chosen to this post because they had
won exceptional success in their pro-
fession and regardless of the fact that
in every instance they had had large
ka Capital.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24
DESTRUCTIVE STORM STRIKES
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO

In addition there is the enormous in
direct damage caused by tEc complete
suspension of trade. What that
amounts TO no one can determine cX-
actly. and estimates simply reflect the
conservative or radical character Of
the computcr.
At Beaver Falls. Pennsylvania, the
damage by the flood and storm was
considerable.
The first direct communication from
Washington, Pennsylvania. tonight
says: CHARTERS creek is n raging tor
rent and has overilowed its banks in
hundreds of places.
Wayncsburg is isolated and many
houses there are flooded.
At Aticanna about twenty houses
We're wrecked.
Fifty thousand workers are suffering
from enforced idleness.
Big land slides occurred on the Lake
Erie and Baltimore n Ohio ut Shosho,
on the Panhandle. on the South Side,
the Bessemcr at several points and the
Allegheny Valley near Franklin. Penn
sylvania. The slide ut Shosho was $50
feet long. and it required fourteen
hours work to clear one track.
The submerged districts in Pittsburg
and Allegheny are to-day II scene Of
abject misery. Cellars, and in some
instances the first floors Of stores and
dwellings, are covered with water.
Where the flood has subsidized it has
left behind Il greasy. yellow scum two
TO three inches deep.
Cincinnati, April 21.-Therc has been
more alarm throughout the Ohio val
ley today on account of Hoods than at
any period since February. 1881, when
til" Ohio river reached its highest
stage of scvcnty-One feet nine inches
at this city. Most of the inhabitants
of the valley spent the night in antici-
patton of the worst flood ever known
in the valley. as they will not know
until tomorrow that the water has
begun falling at Pittsburg.
Until this news reached river men
here tonight ii was feared that the
record of 1881 might be broken, but
now 1t is generally believed that the
river will not exceed the floods of Feb
rtlary. 1897. and of March. 1898. when
it reached siXty-one feet ut Cincinnati.
The present flood is the worst that
has ever been known so late in the
spring. The first week in April. 1856.
the river reached iifty-tive feet and
nine inches in this city. and that was
the highest water ever known so late
in the spring. There has been no flood
in the Ohio valley since March. 1S9S.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24
EXPORT TRADE BRINGS
IN A FLOOD OF GOLD

Washington. ID. c., April 22.-The
fiscal year 1901 seems likely to exceed
any preceding year in its record of ex-
ports from the United States. The
steady growth of our exports from
$500, 100000 in 1870 to SS35 100000 in
1890, 81 1.O30. 100000 in 1892 and ST.
394 100000 in 1900 has been subject
of much attention and much favorable
comment. but it seems that 1901 is to
surpass the record of the year 1909
and bring the export figure nearly If
not quite to the 81 800. .OOO.OOO mark.
The March import and export figures
just completed by the treasury bureau
of statistics shows Il total expectation
from the United States in the nine
months cnG.ng with March. 1901. Of
81 .140. 110.I2S, or SSG.J4O 032 in excess
of last year. which held the highest
record in the history of our export
trade
Another interesting fact developed
by the March figures of our foreign
commerce is that imports seem likely
to show n decided decrease in 1901 as
compared with 1900 while the eXpor; $
are showing the Increase above indi-
Gated. The figures of the nine months
ending with March. 1901, show n de-
crease of Si2. .292 $50 in the imports
as compared with those of the CORE
spending months in the preceding
year. Thus the excess of exports over
imports in the nine months under dis
cussion is more than S1OO.O00.VO
greater than in the corresponding
months of last year and far beyond
the figures of any preceding year. The
excess of exports over imports in the
nine months ending March, 1901. Is
$40 GS1.337. as against Sill .S5I .G6G in
the corresponding months of 1900, an
increase of S12S, So, GIL in the net eN-
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
MAY BUILD INTO DENVER

Denver. Colo. April 22-Stockhold-
ers of the Chicago n Northwestern
and the Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapo-
lis & Omaha railroads will be asked to
at once ratify plans for the extension
Of the Northwestern into Denver.
The connection is from Valentine.
Nebraska. to Scranton. Colorado. and
from Valentine to Mitchell. South Da-
kota. 1t is expected that the action OF
the stockholders will be unanimously
in favor of the plans.
When the board of directors of the
Chicago " Northwestern met last
Wednesday in New York it took up the
question Of the extension and decided
to submit the plan TO the stockholders
mt once, so that no delay would be en-
countered in the construction of the
road. 1t is presumed that the voting.
which began saturday. will be finished
within II week or ten days, and by May
10Th at farthest.
BY the construction Of the line into
Denver. the Northwestern will have
the short cut from st. Paul and Min
neapolis to Denver. and. in connection
with the Denver n Rio Grande and
Rio Grande Western. to Ogden. thus
enabling it to fight the Northern Pa
cific-Great Northern-B Burlington combi-
nation. The Northwestern. with its
new line and n short line in Nebraska.
will also be in n position of equality
with the triple alliance in handling
Chicago business. and with its Black
Hills and Wyoming line will be able
to fight the triumvirate for the Black
Hills trade.
1t is reported also that the plans sub
mitted to the stockholders include an
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

A new bond OF sympathy between
the public school children OF the Unit
ed States and their newly acquired
brothers and sisters of Hawaii was Gre
ated by ceremony which recently
took place in that far-off group of is
lands. The occasion was the raising
of the stars and stripes over the Kau-
pakalua school. The pole from which
it flies is no slim staff of pine or
spruce, but towering palm tree; yet
the flag is the same which fiutters
over the thousands of little school,
houses in this country, and it was
raised to the sound of the same Amer
lea" and "Star-Spangled Banner" and
with the same exercises. Let us hope
that it will represent the same loyalty
and devotion there as here.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

extension of the Fremont. Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley railroad TO Ogden. 1t
is said that the Northwestern Is the
powerful factor" frequently spoken
Of. behind the Clark road from Salt
Lake to Los Angeles.
If the extension to Denver Is made
the Colorado X Eastern will he made
broad gauge. The line extends from
the heart of the jobbing district OF
Denver and adjoining the Union depot
to Scranton, fourteen miles from Den
Yer.
The heavy stockholders in the Chi
cago X Northwestern own the Colorado
X Eastern and own the controlling in
terest in the Chicago st. Paul. Mime
apolis n Omaha and the Fremont. Elk
horn n Missouri Valley.
From Valentine the extension to
Denver. as planned. runs almost due
south. crossing the Burlington's Wyo-
ming line at Hyannis, Nebraska. and
thence with n slight turn west crosses
the north fork of the Platte and
reaches Sidney. From Sidney the road
will cross Logan county to the north
of Sterling. thence across Morgan coun-
ty. cutting across one corner of Weld
county and into ArapahOe county.
From Valentine the contemplated eN-
tension is in an almost direct line to
Mitchell. crossing section of Nebras-
ka and South Dakota now without rail
roads. This line cOntemplates the con-
struction of n bridge over uie Missouri
river At Mitchell. which is the ter
minus of an important branch Of the
Omaha system. ii connects with the
Omaha and forms a direct line through
to st. Paul and Minneapolis.
- = a
cess of exports over imports for the
nine months of 1901. as compared
with the corresponding period of 1900.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

A discovery Of much interest was re-
Gently made at Concord. Mass. There
was found in the attic of the house in
which Thoreau lived quantity of lead
pencils stamped "Thoreau and Son." 1t
was then remembered that the great
naturalist and his father once earned
their bread by the manufacture of such
pencils. Those that were discovered
the other day are naturally in great de-
mand and have probably fetched high
er prices than were paid at any time
to the makers themselves.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

1t is reported from st. Petersburg
that the people belonging to the relig-
ius sect called Duchoborzens have left
the Caucasus and found new home in
Canada. The Molukanes, another Rus
sian sect residing in Transcaucasia,
also wish to emigrate to North Ameri-
ca They number about $4,000. and are
located in Titlis. Jelisawetpol, Baku.
and Kars. They are known as indus
trious agriculturists and are prompt
ed to emigrate on account of lack Of
land and increased taxation.
The Lamar register., 1901-04-24

But n little more than an eighth of
the sum annually paid by the govern
ment for pensions goes to the south.
There are nearly 1000, 900 pensioners
of the civil war, and last year 119. .553
were residents of the 10 southern
states, including Maryland and Mis-
souri, The southern states themselves.
however, pay not inconsiderable sums
as pensions for those who fought in
the lost cause"