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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-08-07
Question m0netaria.

FL eSan Juan News. Sc ocupa
con mny buen criterio de las RENE.
sas en- elective que hace periodical
mante la Administracion De coTreos.
Ultimamerte nan salido en- metalico
por ell San Jnan $40 600.
Conocido es por todos la escasez
de nnmerario en- la isla, al extreme
de inposibilitar las transaciones co
merciaies; pero mayor carestia ha
bra de el ST continuan estas remesas
periodicals, hasta llegar el dia que
EOs encoDtremos sin signo fduicia-
rio
En- muchas poblaciones del inte
rior tienen que apelar la instruction
de la moneda acuf1ada por medic de
wales al portador, que tienen circuds
crlta su circulation exclusivaments
q aquelia locahdad.
Els verdsd que esta prohibida
por nuestras leyes, eeta circulaci6n
clandestina; pero ante la fuesza de
a circumstances, las mismas leyes Sc
ven violadas.
Prevlepdo ell GobiernO estos ma
les, hizo VI nj en- numerario de la
metJ6p poll p&1 te del dinero devue'to
por Ell Tesoro de la Uaion por con
cepto de derechos aduaneros indehi-
damente cobrados; pero De POGO
DADA vale esta provision 81 despues
la Administrator de correo3 envla
mayor cantidad que la IN. portada,
s. dido es que dehido a la opera
cion del canje, disminuyo en un 33
por 20 la mnneda circutarte Este
quebranto entorpecio sigue entor
peciendo las transaciones 7 i!ega-
ran paralizarsa por complete 81 no
Sc impide esta sangria suelta que es
tenda.
Opinamos como Ell colega que
nuestro gobierno insular deba esta.
blecer una inteiigencia con ell metro
polltico para que esas gruesas canJi
dades, no sa gan del pats, donde tan
ia falta hacen
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La peSCa nlaraVill0Sa,

Giles estaba de pesca. lQae
pescaba? sPecticas? iCa, NO! Pes.
caba plauebar, y su cato, b'anco co
mo la nieve, le acompanabs.
Gillette habfa prometido a Gi
lies un beso en- sus labios de color
de gainda ST GILES le lIevaba una
canasta llena de planetas.
Al principle Giles querfa til ar
el anzaelo al frmamento y de ALI
bsjar los astros; pero la cuerda 70
alcanzaba al Gle o, y no tuvo mas
remedio que ir un arroyo cercano
y pescar los planetas que en- el aqua
SO ref asjaban.
A POGO, algo tira del anzuelo;-
era Venus 10 que sacaba; -despren.
doc con mucho cuidado y colocan,
dolo en- la canasta. volvi6 a probar
fortuna Marie, Nepturno, ia piter,
Mercurio, todos fueron pescados. va
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A 3O-.1.

Las grandes facto.ias. de esta-
blecimientos de industrias en- gran.
de esca a, Ell cultivo de nuestros
cam pos en- un extenso radio. eel pri
mer Inconvenience conque habfan de
tropezar serfa la falta de numerario
canlue satisfacer los brazos que Sc
empleen.
Un pueblo que apenas llega q
poseer dos pesos por cabe7a, GUAM
DO en- los Estados hay de 19 por 25'
da la medida de su pauperismo en-
numerario
Els necesario. que por las perso-
mas llamadas a re solver estos pro !,
blemas, Sc estudie con detenimiento
ei asunto y Sc le de una soluci6n pc
ro no trrnsitoria y pasajera sino es-
table fla que garantice ell desarro
llo de nuestras riquezas y la franca
marcia de nuestro comercio.
A los senores delegados de la
Camara toca resolver con aciertO
este aspecto de la question econ6mi
CA
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-08-07
Arecib benas.

Reparacion de calle. Teatso Potran
ca aiena. Bale con pescozones. Pc
dradas Reunion federal =, Tribunal de
policla. Otras noticias.
La calle del Rosario, que va es
tAba cast intransitable, Sc esta repa'
rAndo.
Por fjp, ell cr afro de aficionados
de esta villa, puso en- escenalas obras
anunciadaf. La cGncurrencis, esca'
sa. No obstante, los sctores hicie
ron 10 possible Io' cor p seer al a.
blico, que aplau di6 muc 20 varias es
cenas.
Fue detenido Dio lisio Echeva'
rita, a quien Sc ]e sorprendi6 ven
diendo una potranca, Que 90 era SUI
ye. Su verdaoero dutno resnlt6 ser
Manuel Olmo, del barr!o Hato aba
jo. De esta ocurrencia tiene noticia
el senor Juez Municipal
Auochc, EN- un halle de EN- presa,
81 iniividuo Juan Quintana le dio
una bofetada al dueno de aquel por
que le cobr6 Ia &C ntribuci6n. Inter
vino ell guardia jose Adorno, pero
Quintapa, por enc ina de este, le tir6
otro pezcozon q su contrincarte.
Ell guardia detuvo al agresor.
Valios muchachos Sc baf1aban
aver en- ell rio. Uno le di6 un pun
tapie a otro; este le arroja una pie
dra a aQuel; pero la piedra vino
herir a un tercero, quien fue asistido
en- la sala de socorros. E Ell guardia
Manuel Vega di6 el parte correspon'
diente.
Don Ramon Fernandez, probo y
generalmente querido artesano de
Manatl, estuvo hoy en- Arecibo.
Procedente de la Capital, en-
el tren de Ia ma mana, retorno esra
villa, ell abogado senor Nadal Santa
Coloma
Esta noche SO reunira ell comite
federal de este pueblo, con el fin de
tomar acuerdos muy importantes
Ramona Hernandez y Maria
Gomez, por escandalo, fueroL con-
densdas 2 pesos de muita y dos de
costas cada una por Ell Tribunal de
Policia, = ell indiv.duo Ramon Sc.
rrano, por hurto, a "a de multa y l
de costas
Mariana Rivera por agredir con
un paio Manuel Hornos, 10 que
origiu6 escandalo, fneron denuncia-
dos instancias del Fiscal munici'
pal, nor los Guardias Astol Y Vega.
En- 81 julcio ce]ehrado hoy de
claro ese mismo senor Fiscal que NO
saba quien fue el que dio con ell pa
10.
RssGmen: Ell Juez de policia
absolvio q los cusados, los cuales
militan en- el partido republican,
Tambien fue absuelto Francis
co Carrior, que estaba complicado
en- ell asunto
Ell CORRESPONSAL.
Agosto 5.
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DE C0AM0

Escuela catolica -uosecha del ca
fe-Una Logia-Maestlos -Deuda mu
nicipal
Aver fue bendecida la Escuela
c.t6lica one hace pocos dias abrie
ron en- esta villa las Hermauas de la
Carload. Esa bendicion tuvo logar
despues de la misa, en- la que predi
CO uno de los Paules de Ponce, no
saliepdo bien en- su platica las escue
las laicas del Gobierno nj los macs
tros, pues seg1n dicho sacerdote no
son buenas las escuelas donde no Sc
ensef1a religion
va ha empezsdo "a recoleccf6u
del cafe en- a)gunos de los barrios
bsjos de esta Jurisdiction, sierdo la
cosecha que Sc presenta principal
mente en- los ae Santa Catalina Y Pc
dro Garcia, muy abundante Hemos
DIDO decir algunos agricu!tores
del primero de estos dos barrioS, que
nunca habfan visto sus cafetales tan
sn cargados dc fruto
Habra tambien, ST ell tempo 81.
quo favoreciendo nnestros campos,
una gran cosecha de arrcz pues hay
en- Ia Jurisdiction algunos centensres
de cuerjt S de te1redO sembradas de
este grano
Los cemas frutos memories del
pals continuan en- excesiva abundan
cis: pero escasea el money
La Logia Fiat Lux" estableoi
ola en- esta villa y que cada ola aie
Re mayor nunero de af.iados, Sc
prepara q celebrar actos p1blicos en-
los que podraa tomar parte los no
masones.
Dentro de pocos dias ab,ira sus
sa!ones al p1olico para llevar ca
bo una velada literaria de propa-
ganda.
TOdavfa no Sc ha remitido de
esta villa al Departamento de Edu
caciou la relacioa de los maestros
que han de des empehar las escuelas
del distrito ell pr6ximo sfl) escolar,
nj estan de.ignados adn.
Esto es debido q que es tamos
sin Junta Local de Instruction des-
de fines de JUNO, no ha sido nom
brada por quien corresponds.
X
Ell Ayuntamiento de esta villa
que cerro las operaci iones del pasado
af1o econ6mico e. 30 de JUNO 4 tlmo
con una deuda a favor de 4, 18O do
liars, y una en- coLtra de $2,a58, ha
amortizado de esta durante ell mes
de Julio 675 dollars. Creyendo Ell
Alcalce que autes de tres meses ten
d. q satisfecha toda la deuda mum.
cipal con un superabit de mas de
1.SOO dollars. Esto dice mucho
favor de nuestra administration mu.
nicipal.
Ell Corresponsal.
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Reparacion de calle.- Teatso = Potran
Ga ajena. Bale con pescozones. Pc
dradas Reunion federal = Tribunal de
policla Otras notioias.
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Bogota, 25 de Mario de 1901.
sr DR. P. Deymier.

Muy estimado doctor:
Con satisfaction le dirijo la pre-
sente, q fin de darle las gracias por
Ia esp]endida curaci6n que me ha he
cho. Ffancamente lie confeso que
hacfa n as de amos sufria ht rrib . :
mente con motive de dos tumores
carnosos que me labian aparecido;
u & pesar de los esfue' EOS que hicie.
ron muckos medico4, durante todo
este tempo, por cur arme, no Sc pu
do obtener NADIA Su tratamiento
me ha cur ado en- POGO tempo, y gra
cias I'd. disfruto &c la salrd que
me b alba faltado por varios af1cs.
Puede I'd. hacer uso de la pre-
sente como & bien tengs, p 70 be- Q
fcioI de Ia manidad doliet to.
Su afectfsima servidora
Rosa Moreno de Catberos
(Calle 18. ndmero 159.)
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Mexico, agosto 10 de 1896.
Senior doctor Pedro Dey mier.
Presente.

Muy estimable companero y fino
amigo.
Tengo Ell gusto de manifestar-
le que estoy completamente curado
de mi padecimiento de la nariz, al
cal padecimiento, nues tros colegas
mex canos hab1an caliicado de incu
ra5'e.
81 mismo professor Fournier de
Paris. hab1a dia gnosticado de Lupus
voraz que no tiene cura-sans que
rison-Desesperado volvl Mexico.
y habiendome referido~ ~el Encarga
do de Negocios de Francia, que V.
era especialista en anfermedades co.
mo la mia, ocurri visitarle: ? de-
DO decir, en- obseqnio de Ia verdad,
que q Ia primera inyecci6n que v.
ne apito en- ell tunaor, senti menos
dolores, y radicalments sane al Ca
DO de seis mesas, gracias a su trata
mie to dennminado por I'd. anti cau
ceroso.
Autorizu I'd. para que hags
de esta carta el uso que le convenga
en- bien de los enfermos que psde-
cen 10 mismo que yo padeela
Soy de I'd senior, compatrlota
y amigo, su affmo.
c. d. ROIjet
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LAS AGUAS MINERALES De ARROYO

herpeoas fcas croflosas hepacas umaas
Entire los muchosy q a cfi
ni0n de
"CEtTiFIoo dada composition dc MINERALS
Arroyo
fin de que o
cuardoe
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ODE PRENSA MExICANA.)

Ell sabio doctor Born, fue medi
co de cabecera del mslogrado Empe-
rador Maxinil ano y era professor de
Ia facultad de Viena, Austria, caan-
do dej6 ell profesorado para seguir
al archiduque en- Mexico; es funda
dor de la academia de Medicina de
Mexico, Sociedad Cientfica, etc, etc
y fne mucho tempo Presidente ho
norario de la Facultad de Medicina
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Gracias vuestros asiduos cui.
dados y vuestra alta inteligencia,
mi esposa que venfa padeciendo ha
cla 10 amos de una larirgitis cr6nica
con polipos en- los oidos y nariz, que
volvian a reproducirse despues de
operarlos, ha sido curada radical
mente, siguiendo vuestro excelente
tratamiento.
No pudiendo encontrarlo en- Me
xico, fuf informarme al consulate
de Francia y me dijaron que ID re-
eidfa ahora en- Gua dalajara.
No sc como expresarle I'd. mi
profundo agradecimiento por el gran
servicio que I'd. ha prestado a mi
Sra. esposa, y ST no creyera offender
vuestra modestia no cesar1a un 500
momento de hacer ell elogio de vues
tros notables conocimientos medicos
Acepte usted, Sr doctor, las
fer tuosas salutaciones de su dedica
do colega y amigo sincere
q. Y. Born.
de las Facultades de Medicina de
Berlin y Mexico
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Una carta iulportante
Cura milagrosa
He aquf otra prueba:

re aqu1 otTA pfueba::
Una verdadera casualidad ha he.
cho llegar a mis- manos una carta
escrita por una eminencia medica,
al doctor Devmier.
Con motive de una -asom brosa
curacion que llev6 q feliz termino,
cuando va Ia Facultad de Mexico
habfa perdido toda Ia esperanza. Ell
signatari de la carta referida es
una elevada personalidad pue fu6
m6dico del Hospital Frances, y pro.
fesor de nuestros meiores m6dicos,
que reside en- este pals hace As a.
nos, siendo muy apre .iado as1 de Ia
cc1onia francesa como de la buena
sociedad de la metr6poli.
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Y mis- quipaj&
oma ncara Arcb para y
l. e 81
para lilo Ia dnna d
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
All fashion, Journals
BRENTANO'S UNIoNsouARE

There is an amateur theatrical society and am
ateur orchestral society ,.--.,
Educa tionaiIy there is what is called a clesSlce4
SUM really 4 secondary ScnOOI, ouI 81
berfans like Western Americans who call oarpsr
ing names-a gymnasium for girls. three puo-is.
schools for BOYS and for girls, a number OF
Church parish schOOls-aGd even in Siberia tas
Church schools and board schools are often "a cOL-
fi!ct-and a special school where grown ups nes-
lected in their youth have the opportunity OF re-
ceving instruction s-x+
There is a good deal to be seen In the 1rsc
nIaCe the people have struck me as moving Wlth a
sharper more decided step than was dlScernl9is II
towns further west. With the eXceptlon OF tEo
styIe barring of course. the officials Wno are a.
numerous here as elsewhere, and marcn ABOUT VII
full appreciation OF their dignity IN All the slolJ u
many coIOred braids- IA H. h,r
Tbe manual labor of the town is chiefly done py
Chinese coolies. When John Chinanan mas some
IoII back and have Russian under ms orders 70
drive him about Indeed. that saturday evening
when / went stroll saw bevIeS or drosnSieS
sweep bv all laden with grinning Cinnamon, Sheir
pigtaiIs Topping about them, ana N some o4aSsT
~ being caught BY the wheel SpOkeS-
Efch gold mining is the hills within a hundred
miles of BIagoyestchenSk, and there are plenty Or
miners in the town-Chinamen. rule, but or a
distinctly better type than the coolies They are
men who have taken TO the miners dress, loose
slouchfng California hats. and, judging from the
way they staggered along full OF the Chinese
equivalent for picturesque though unpr1ctaole Cai-
MIA oaths-
Like an gold centres. the of living IN Blaso-
vestchensk is expensive-quite three times as much
as in London I am a OF few wants. but my
hotel bill e a day cup Of coffee costs q
shilling
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
THE "NEW-YORK OF SIBERIA"
THE NAME GIVEN TO THE TOWN OF
BLAGOVESTCHENSK.

Correspondence OF The London Daily News.
on the afternoon of saturday September u. we
tween Irkusk and the Waters Of the Pacic Hail
a dozen steamers lay moored to floating wharves, a
large one, flying the mail flag leaving in couple
OF hours for Khabarovsk a three days journey
make hurried transit. bade bon voyage to my
quaintances, the Russian and French women, who
the prettiness of auded Japan They went on;
the next postboat went downstream Therefore, l
piled my belongings on a droshki: and told the
tel with much misgtving about the kind of place
it would turn out to BE- ,, And as as have grq1n6led
excellent It's front tawdry, blue and white
looking Swiss lakes but it was clean. We'll fur
nished, electric lighted. and its manager: French
man ma 16 S9Id na4y of ia oere LOT
Blagovestchensk is the briskest Siberian town I
have seen. 1t is proud of its position and as L Is
the fashion compare this new land with older
Siberia It isn't that But again and again have
l been struck with its likeness to an American
street running at right angles. The houses OF
wood. mostly single storied, and yet In the middle
of these three Stored public buildings.
which you would cross the street 10 look at II you
in quite Transatlantic neglected state. fringed
with wooden sidewalks. and the main streets are
festooned WITH wires for electric lighting telegraph
and telephone The shops ''stores." selling
everythfrig-from cigarettes TO reaping machines
russians from the Baltic
all right for slow moving slumbrous old Russia,
but behindhand fer bustling Siberian city.
HSnI american Is VIII IiSiSc
that move" IS the proper thing The youths
keen cyclists. and go whizzns along on German
and American machines. Just outside the town are
athletic grounds, with well banked up cycle
track. On the river front Is q promenade. with a
double of trees and seats beneath them, Whete
you can rest and watch the setting OF the sun over
the shoulder OF China. .
II is what the Americans call quite town
TIL il little more Ihdn d
Cossack outpost. Now il has population or near
Iy forty thousand. There is a public library WIN
10 coo yolumes-a little museum-not much 10 SPEAK
Of however-two uewspapers-one caiiy ano 5he
oth weekly-four banks, two large lronWOrAs
seven tanneries two soap factories. three brewer
les three steam -four mills three sawmilis and TWO
rome wards Also there is medical and cndrfta-
Die society. which maintains hospital Tor the
moor two dspensary rooms and a home Tor the
aged criopes and orphans. A fine brick built CLUB
house has a hall adapted for theatricais> Bla,
0ovestchensk is rather too far out or the general
world for touring dramatic companies TO call,
though last winter operate company settled IN
the town and three nights a week performed more
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
An INTELLIGENT POODLE.
rhe London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle
..pJsve animals reason?' of the questions
raised by Lord Avebury in an interesting address
given Yesterday al the London Institution and GER
family 1T seems hard to deny to the intelligent poo
die Dan with whom Lord Avebury experfmented
some pfrnmeringS of the faculty which Is said to
serarate men from brutes- Dan was able after
a tirue TO distinguish between the number OF CARDS
Inscribed with such suggestive words as Food
Tea Water" and when he required anything
IN bring the right card. Lord Avebury thought II
was hardly possible to study closely communities
az ants without allowing that they were possessed
OF reasouing powers In degree and even Of
moral feeling On other hand. the professional
caferpfIIar appears be insect Of a very low
order of Intelligence. Professional caterpiliars
when out for an expedition weave a thread. by
means of which they find their way back. and a
small party was lured by ingenious scientist up
eov erpot and round the top. He then cleared
away the ascending thread and for eight days DID
III caterpars walk round and round the top
oF the aowerpot. following the circular thread
which remained until they dropped on from fatigue
and cyl hau
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
THE LATE CANON CARTER.
THE CLEVER CAsE' ESTABLISHED THE LEGAL
rry OF THE EPISCOPAL VETO,
;, ,rb. Tondon Morning Post.

From The London Morning Post.
Despite his aversion from publicity or not9riety 10 yin in
tracted series of ecclesiastical suits which became
memorable as the Clever case r1 1Ie W. n6o resi7T
n,ostIy in Egypt. and who had taken dislike 10
Canon Carriers method OF cohau3tis f Ile % Sf5
CDr Nackarness) to issue a commission against
NJ, TrdaT the Church Discipline but the
Rishon considering that the peace Of the parish
and the welfare of the Church generally ought not
Iipb+iv tn he fnterfered with, declined to comply
With The request The Bishop held that the act
gave him a discretion in such matters, ana ~. II
Queens Bench for a mandamus TO compel him TO
proceed DR.. Mackarness appeared In person ana
argued his case with much ability and eloquence
bn7 win the almost Inevitable consequence that
own LAWYERS Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, who.
with Justices Manisty and Field, tried the case
gave iud sment against the Bishop, who then went
to the Court of Appeal an employed counsel Ihe
higher court reversed the Judgment cf the court
below but Lord Bramwell in giving judgment In
favor of the Bishop, Lord Justices Baggallay and
dividua feeling on the matter did coincide with
Dr. .Julins then appealed to the House of Lords
by whom the decision in the Court OF Appear was
confirmed in 1880 Lord Cairns delivering Judgment
in which Lords Selborne. Penzance and Blackburn
concurred. The result OF the Clever case was TO
pal veto in other words the absolute power of the
Bishop to prevent the prosecution OF clergyman
for breach OF the rubrfcs or unsound doctrine IN
his judgment such prosecution would be inimicai
10 the best interests of the Church Though the
decision was regarded with feeling akin TO dismay
by many, it met with wide acceptance among
those who felt that ecclesiastical squabbles should
be settled by the Bishop in accordance with the
directions of the Book of Common Prayer.
grief and anxiety to Canon Carter, more particu-
larry by reason of the friendship that existed
ings: but the Bishop would not consent. thinking
the case had better be fought out. Having estab-
n hed h R rpna the BUT e anes @ %
would be abandon the principle that he had
the Ornaments Rubric He therefore preferred TO
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
SvooNMoy. 3 ono 9 Sts.

resign, and. IN a letter Canon Lddon explaining
his reasons he stated that he could accept the
protection OF the Bishop with one hand and reject
his rerlonS frances or wishes with the other. He
added that he had further thought than 10 de-
vote the rest OF his days in usefulness 20 the
Church OF England. which he unalteraoIy
attached by early Impressions and numerous
pledges and by convictions growing with increas-
ing years He least would not repeat the
grievous errors of the early Tractarfan host. The
letter had a manly and pathetic tone that gained
Canon Carter much sympathy. y meeting OF his
parishiouers held. at which resolutions were
inviting the rector to reconsider his deter
nination and asking the Bishop not TO accept his
reSigna ton. Or. MaCkarneSs replied that he was
truly sorry the Darshioners should lose the ser
vices of pastor who so well deserved their arec-
ton. and expressed satisfaction at knowing that
his influence and would continue be given TO
the charitable institutions at Clever that already
owed him much
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
SoHE FEATURES Of LAKE GEORGE.

Professor Kemp. before the New-York Academy Of
Sciences.
4 curious feature that Is common TO both shores
q the lake north OF Sabbath Day Point (and per
maps also south OF IL Is the presence Of pot holes
q great perfection and as high at times as eighty
ieet above the present level o. the lake These are
oest developed on Indian Kettles Point. about TWO
miles north Of Hague They were doubtless exca-
vSted BY lateral sbgiaciaI streams when the ice
1led the lake valley, because in other conceiv-
Snle way could flowing water be forced into such
unnatural situations.
There is great need Of good photographic survey
q he lake and Of detailed pilot charts with sound
ass. Ihey would be Of great service. not alone to
..atlgalors, bat 10 science well So far as could
oe learned from local fishermen, whose deep troll
tng ior lake trout gives them familiarity with the
souonl there appear TO be channels whose general
Lsho IS parallel with the long dimension OF the
44ske anC which have precipitoJ1s sides precisely
"a Ie valleys ana gclches now visible. The lake
Z relatively shallow compared with Lake Cham
hH-as; n Lake George the greatest depth is be-
4e.7o . be near Anthony Nose. and 70 reach 100
~ ELSEWHERE The deep parts are placed at bout
- xeel more or less. All this. however requires
---I II1at-on py soundings. With regard 70 the
-rassiograpny q The bottom one cannot say TO
extent the yalley has been filed by drift but
SsI Is-ends 70 which paysiographic Importance has
-1e been given are rock
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
ACCURATE MORTAR FIRE At FORT PREBLE

MANY FT-rTDTNGs IN The NEIGHBoRHooD OF
The BATTERY DAMAGED.
Washington. Nov. 23.-According 10 reports from
Forr Preble Maine, unexpected accuracy attended
the firing Of the ortars at that place IN the last
week when & moving target was attacked. The
target was invisible from the battery, and point
OF observation was established at Fort Williams,
3H9G yards from the mortars, where a range Under
used with remarkable success Much Damage
was done 10 neighboring property by concussion. In
some instances dwelling houses were nearly de-
nroished and II one case the front part OF house
bulged outward while the damaging Of furniture in
houses Of frequent occurrence The Quarter
masters DepaTtme-- has fund out OF which the
repairs may be raaoe 70 the damaged buildings at
Fort Preble but owners OF property injured in the
neighborhood CT the fort viii have TO make special
appeal 10 Congress for relief.