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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

do dieho cargo, sustttnyendole dor, Alfredo
Vera.
Don jose Le6 Leon doha Zoila de los
mismos apellidos soicitan del Gobierno dis
pensa de parentezco para contraaer matri-
monio.
Sc estan ultimando los contratos para Ia
compra de los terrenos donde Sc ha de edi6car
la Escuela Normal de Maestros de Hato Rev:
sabemos que ell Comisionado de Educaci6n Mr.
Brum ugh desiste de la idea de que estos te-
rrenos fueran comprados por ell Ayunta amiento
de Rio-P PIedras, haciendolo Ell por cuenta del
Tesoro de LertO Rico.
Hoy quedaron cesa ntes los empleados tenn
poreros del bill Hollander por haberse conclui-
do ell trabajo que estaba reaizando
Sc encuentra CANA de alguna gravedad
la distinguish Sta Alejandrina Cuevas her.
mana de nuestro distingudo amigo ell Dr.. don
Sergio Cuevas Zeguera. Hacemos voto por
su pronto restabecimieuto.
Don Acisc'o Bon, Alcalde del Corozal estu-
hoy en- esta Capital conferencando con ell
Presidente del Directorio don Francisco de P.
Acu1a
Desde Abril SO pubiic6 una orden sobre te-
l6grafo que fgnoran muchas personals y ode es
de suma importanca es esta: sQue la Co.
Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Filipina Haway tiene
los mismos privilegios que la que Sc NJ nde
los Estados Unidos Quiere decir. que las car
tas cuyo peso DO exceda de una onza, solo de-
ben pagar dos centavos los perodcos un cen
tayo por libra, fgual que dentro de la sla.
Ell dia cuatro de Julio vendra.a San Juan
una representation del Ayuntamiento la ju-
ventud de Rio Pfedras que formara parte de la
procession que debe verifcarse ese dia. Trae-
ran un elegante estandarte bordado por dis
tnguidas damas de aquel pueblo.
Pasado mafIapa microbes sera la primera
audici6n del cinemat6grafo <Lumieres.
Sc esta procediendo al arreglo de los salo-
nes de la Camara legislative de Puerto Rico
para la session que celebrara ell dfa cuatro de
Julio.
Don Jose f. Mater, alcalde de Vega baja
que seencuentra esta capital regresar& & su
residencia de maf1ana pasado.
Sc dice que de la discussion del presupuesto
que empezara esta noche pueden
originarse serios disgustos entire los miem bros
del Consejo.
Sc dice tambien que habra sobos de-.
para algunos de los mfembros que defenda la
rebaia del presupuesto
El estudioso joven don Felipe Janer Barrfl
que esta en- los Estados Undos cursando estu-
dos, ha regresado esta, & fin de pasar las va
caciones con respectable familia resdente en-
Rio Piedras. Saludamosle cordialmente.
Ha embarcado para Espana don,Gerardo |
5oler, rico acendado de Toa- -baja. Permane- |
'era algdn tempo en- la antigua madre patria. |
Aver ceebraron en- Puerta de TERRA |
'arreras de bicicletas, resultaron lucidas.
Sc le notifca q Manuel Torres, de Hato
4rande que la multa fmpuesta el por Ell Tri-
'unal de Poicis esta ajustado Ia Ley.
FL ioven americana Mr.. SamI e. Mac
'eory, hijo del que es hoy Secretario de Puer-
o Rico, ha llegado esta capital con objeto
e pasar una mporada al lado de familia
urante ell perfodo de vacaciones. Despu6s
egresara 4 la universidad de Cownell Sthaco
7. 7. donde sigue la carrera De leyes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02
- JUAN
N0TA@ Psbgs CssR B Ed

J lIiO I.
segdn cable recibdo hoy, por Mr.. Macfee
de la compahia emigratoria al Hawaii, residen-
te Nueva York, quedan suspendidas las
emigraciones al Hawaii consecuenca de Ia
cuarentena que imponen en- Nueya Orleans q
los buques conductores de emgrantes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

El gobernador miitar de Cuba, general
Wood, ha telegrsAado Washington diciendo
que ha desaparecido completame nte Ia febre
Amarilla en- aquella lsla.
Hoy Sc ha discutido por la Convencioa
1aclonal ell proyecto de ley electoral conforme
10 dispuesto por Ia enmienda Plat.
La discussion de algunos articulados di6
origen desaVenencia entire los convenciona-
llstas, pero aceptadas algunas enmiendas en-
" proLectO fue aprobado casi por unanimidad
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02
FRAMCEA

III gobierno de esta repdblica ha reducido
81 minimum los derechos sobre importaciones
90 los puertos de Francla dc los productos CO.
loniaes de diferentes paises.
81 cafe las provisiones de los Estados
pntdos alcanzan la rabaja entire las colonlas
tSvorecidas, por 10 tantc, SO ha garantizado
Ia isla de Cuba, la de Puerto Rico las del
ArchLpieago filipino.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

segdn cable recibido hoy por Mr.. Macfee,
de la compafifa emigra toria al Hawaii residen-
te en- Nueva York, quedan suspendidas las
emigraciones al Hawaii CONSEQUENCES de Ia
cuarentena que imponen en- Nueva Orleans &
los buques conductors de emigrantes
Anoche tuvo efecto ell bale de mascara en-
ell Teatro que con motive de las festas anun-
ciaba ell programa para ese dia, resut6 esplen-
dido, reln6 mucha animation.
Una camparsa yestia ira jes de banderas
de diferentes paises. Con ell mayor orden ter
min6 tan lucido acto.
Sc ha organizado la compaffa de zarzuela
SG'ra Artistica2 que er barcara en- ell vapor
frances para Puerto flata-Santo Domingo
Deseamos los compatriotas grata felz per-
manenca en- la vecina rephblica buen exito
en- sus degocios.
Ma6ana de Julio tendra lugar la San
ia Tglesia de Cathedral una misa por ell eterno
descanso de Ia que en- vida fu6 doha Cruz Yer
CARA de Cueto.
Sc nos asegura que todas las poesfas pre-
miadas Sc publicaran en- un foeto que Sc
expondra & la venta.
Sc esta afrmando la via del tren el6ctrico
Sc dice que con ell objeto de que puedan fun
cionar nejor los cochesque han venido hltima-
mente, SO est4 corriendo IN POGO hacfa Ia ca
rretera. Cuidado 20 Sc vsya interrumpir ell
transito de carrusjes.
Los exameDes para los nifIos que han de ir
4 estudiar los EStados Unidos por cuenta del
Tesoro de Puerto Rico teudran lugar en- ell
antique Asilo de Bene6cencia los dfas del
corriente.
Estuvieron muy bonitos los fuegos artif-
caes quemados anoche en- Ia plaza de GAL
fcnso KID
Sc han hechos importantes reformas en- ell
colegfo de San Pablo que esta en- ell Obispado.
Sinem barge encargo un movlliario nue.
vo los Estados Unidos.
Sc nota que estan llegando muchas perso-
mas del campo para los festeIoS 1ei cuatro de
ulio.
Ell cuadro que regalaba la fotografa de
Medina, por medic de una rifa, 10 obtuvo dof1a
Cesaria Gomez viuds de Balasquides. El nj
nero premiado fu6 Ell l.
Don Ignacio Gomez que estaba Ia admi-
nistraci6n de teegrafo de esta Capital desem-
pefiando Ol cargo dc recauda6or, ha renunci2-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02
NOVA JULBE

Aver tuvimos 81 gusto de saludar en- estas
ofcinas nuestro / ,tiDguido amigo correi-
gionario don Jose Noya Julbe, inluyente yeci
no de Humacao.
Sigui6 viaie para la Capital donde perma-
necera unos dias.
LIE reiteramos nuestro saludo mas cordial.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02
Ell CAPTAIN BERRIOS

El captain don Luis Berries, trasladado &
Humacao, no saldra para aquella ciudad hasta
la pr6xima semana.
Aseghrase-segdn nos comunica nuestro
corresponsal-que Berries va con idea de hacer
justicia, separandose en- absolute dc "a polftica
de partidos.
Veremos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

conjeturas mny opuestas, pero sin base nj tes-
timonio a'guno.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

Sc le notfca Manuel Torres, de Hato
Grande que la multa impuesta 4 el por Ell Tri-
buna de Policfs esta ajnstado la Ley.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

do dieho cargo, sustitnyendole don Alfredo
Vera.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

Pasado mahana microbes sera "a primera
audici6n del cinemat6grafo <Lumiere>.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

La prensa de Londres, aunque Ell Gobier-
no desmiente la noticia, afrma que en- Gibral-
tar han ocurrido vsrios trastornos.
-Ha sufrido algunos Suebrantos en- sus
negocos, con motive de la guerra sud-africana,
ell Banco Nacional de Londres.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-02

Anoche tuvo efecto ell bale de mascara G
ell Teatro que con motive de las festas anul
ciaba ell programa para ese dia, result6 espler
dido ren6 mucha animation.
Una camparsa yestia ira jes de bandera
de dfferentes paises Con ell mayor orden tel
min6 tan lucido acto.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
LITTLE BAY TREES.
They Are Imported From Holland and
 Cost Up to $25o a Pair.

From the New York Sun.
 'srhe handsome little bay trees that you see rooted in tubs standing in private grounds or indoors in houses, or 1t may be standing outside on either side of the entrance to a house or a club, are, ,"said a florist. imported from Holland. They are brought over with thetr trunks wrapped up carefully in straw and their tops com pletely covered with burlap to protect them from injury.
 Some of them, as you will observe, are grown in pyramid form, and in some the branching. foliage-covered part is made to grow globe or apple shaped
 Bay trees are sometimes rented for decorative purposes, as palms, for in stance, often are While bay trees will thrive with suitable care in conservator- ies. they pine and the foliage loses life and color in close confinement in houses, and after they have been thus shut up few months we send them to our place in the country to be restored to health. It back to their pristine beauty.
 ''The freight on them and the duty add to their cost, so that the little bay trees are somewhat expensive. They are com monly sold in pairs. A pair. say three to four feet each in height, would sell for about $50 and they run from that accord ing to the trees and their size; fine pair of handsome bay trees, eight to ten feet in height, would sell for $250 But we i'm port and sell nevertheless a very consfd- erable number annually"
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
She Had Heard of Mir. A. c. HilIes.

He had recently engaged new sten- ographer, and was passing through the nerve-racking stage of getting his daily correspondence written. After having corrected a whole family of such minor mistakes as my opinion goes inside of yours' for my opinion coincides with yours,'' and this will be a fine feature in your cap'' for this will be a fine feather in your cap respectively, the climax was finally reached one day when he dictated a letter in which he rashly ventured the classical allusion: Every man, like Achilles, has his vulnerable spot"
 The fair-haired typist's brows con- tracted and her hand staggered in a be- wildered sort of way as she sought to render these words into acceptable shorthand equivalents. Noticing her perplexity, her employer volunteered the lift: "A-c-hilles." he began patient ly. spelling. but stopped short, apologet- ically, as he perceived the quick look of awakened intelligence that flashed over the pleasing counternance of the fair one above mentioned. The letters "A-c" seemed to have communicated with some latent power within her mind. and spurr- ed its hidden springs into action. She hesitated no longer, but when she finally returned with the letter to be signed this is what he read:
 Every man. like MT. A. c. Hilles, has his vulnerable spot And now the peo- pie in his end of the corridor in the big office building have a dim remembrance of his fair-haired typist.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
THE FRUGAL BISHOP.
A Parsimonlous Prelate GaIns Four
 Gents by an Accidental Cut.

From the New York Tribune
 There used to be in a city In which I lived" said Cleveland man, "a cer- tain Bishop, who, while possessed of the highest principles and whose aims and ambitions in life were of the highest character, at the same time united with these a penuriousness in money matters that caused innumerable stories illus trative of this falling to be tackled upon him. One of these related to a certain church conference which the Bishop and other dignitaries of the church at one time attended
 At one of the meetings the Bishop in endeavoring to open letter neatly with his penknife was so unfortunate as to allow the latter to slip and to cut a fn- ger severely. The injured member bled profusely, and nasty search for court plaster ensued. There being none forth coming. a clergyman standing by fished out his card case and. extracting from 1t a 5-cent stamp, the smallest price stamp he had, offered it to the Bishop to use as substitute for the much-needed court plaster.
 ''The Bishop accepted 1t gratefully and in his turn took out his own card case. In it he placed the scent stamp and then producing a 1-cent specimen of his own, he pasted it over the still bleeding wound"
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
..Sustlce iM Muxder 9rlaAs..
whethsr Innocent or Guilty Its Fearful Ordeal
BY CHARLES F. srANssuRY.

Here he finds a new foe--the prosecuting attorney. It is not now so much the question whether the accused is inno- cent or guilty, but whether the office of the prosecuting counsel will or will not secure conviction. Here another duel for a record has to be fought This de- pertinent also has unlimited funds.
 With the police department securing evidence to prove it's capacity for detect ing the perpetrators of a crime, and a prosecuting attorneys office conducting the trial to prove it's efficiency, the pris- oner. deprived of his liberty and ire quently unable to command the means to resist the assault made upon him. IS placed in a desperate strait.
 In our later day trials, since expert testimony has been admitted, 1t Is found that experts can be summoned on both sides of the case. The preponderance or expert testimony being on the side that has the most money. The bills Tor ex- pert testimony for the county of New York tell a story. No record, however, Is obtainable of a single expert who was not employed by the prosecution, oe- cause upon his investigation of the eVi- dence his testimony would be in favor of the defendant or accused. Links In CIT cumstantial evidence have at. times the shop or factory look of police manufac- ture; yet, they have gone to the jury sworn in by police and fastened In by the prosecuting attorney. Had such link been destroyed, in a court such as is the Court of Appeals, the whole chain would have fallen broken to the ground.
 In view of the importance of convic- ton to police and prosecuting attornies, which has grown up in our great com munities, under our system of holding these departments rigidly up to record, 1t may be well for the citizen to ask himself whether our trial system is who'll ly a success?
 An innocent man may. by unfortunate grouping of circumstances, find himself placed in a hazardous predicament. One difficult to extricate himself from even if assistance were given by the police and prosecutor; but absolutely impossi- ble If police and prosecutor. to serve their own private ends marshal thelr forces and limitless resources to convict him.
 Nay, more, justice itself in such a case is defeated. The departments may be vindicated, but if the real murderer escapes justice is defeated, and the State perpetrates crime.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02

At the Grand Hotel, in the city of New York. on Tuesday, August IS. 1898. one Dolly Reynolds was murdered. and Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy. a dentist. was ar rested, accused of the murder, found guilty and sentenced to death.
 His counsel obtained from the Court of Appeals an order for a new trial. He was retried and the jury disagreed. He was again, for the third time, placed on trial.
 Had 1t not been for the Justices of the Court of Appeals, men of rare learning. removed from the sensation-permeated atmosphere of the trial court, Dr. Ken nedy would certainly have been electro cuted
 For two years and nine months Dr. Kennedy's life has been in peril. Wheth- CT innocent or guilty 1t is a fearful or deal.
 Our Anglo-Saxon civilization has prid- ed itself upon our system of trial by jury. Our legislatures have endeavored, and so have the rules of the court, to surround the accused with bulwarks of safety; but any ordinary observer knows rull well what It means TOT the accused to avail himself of these safeguards to life and liberty The expense of it.
 When murder has been done, a crime has been done against the people. The agents of the people at once seek out the murderer. If the police, whose duty it is to discover him, do not make an arrest there Is hue and cry as to the inefficiency of the department. In a word, there is a general public indict- ment of the chief police officials It may be truly stated that until a murderer is apprehended the police department of ] every great city Is put on the defensive, and its efficiency Is not vindicated until 1t has secured the perpetrator of the deed or some person so surrounded with circumstantial evidence as to warrant an arrest and indictment on the facts In- deed 1t Is not an unwarranted asser- ton that when a murder is committed there is a duel to the death between the police department and the murderer or the suspected. Behind the police are un- limited resources; behind the suspect, moderate, or no means.
 The suspected person Is hauled into court and placed on trial for his life.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
GIRL LIFE IN INDIA.
What There Is of 1t Ends at Age of Eleven, Says Woman Missionary.

From the Kansas City Times.
 At the Y. M. o. A. assembly hall yes terday afternoon and at the Central Pres byterian church last night Mrs Abbie Shell Burnell, for several years mission ary in India, impersonated ''Menarchee," !" high-caste Hindu woman. When Mrs. Burnell appeared on the rostrum she was wrapped in a gold-embrotdered purple robe, under which a yellow silk vest, with sleeves reaching to the elbow showed. Heavy bracelets of coral and metal and amulets binding her hhair were her or naments. Between her eyebrows was a round black patch to simulate the mark of the red-hot iron with which the women of India are branded to show their ale glance to the god Siva.
 "The children of India are clothed with brass jewefry rather than with garments of cloth" Mrs. Burnell said. They run wild, with little or no attention. At the age of Il Hindu girl becomes a woman and then her liberty ceases. They can neither read, write or sew, being taught only to cook little, and they spend their time blacking their eyebrows dying their finger nails red and decorating themselves with jewelry. In India the wealth of a man is gauged by tho amount of 1ewelry he layishes upon the women of his family.
 When a girl Is born,' aid Mrs. Bur- nell, 'the first question asked is whom shall she marry. Every high-caste girl must be welded at 12, and to man of her caste and her horoscope. He may be comparatively young, middle-aged or old, immoral, diseased or brutal; 1t makes no difference if his caste and horoscope agrees with hers. A woman in India is perfectly helpless.
 .'She is generally married at or g, but does not become a member of her hus- bands family until she is F. If it should chance that her husband die before that time she becomes child widow, the most despised of creatures. A curse Is believed to be upon her, and if she goes the ordi- nary course she commits suicide in des- peration. There are 72.000 child-widows under g years of age in India
 There Is no wooing or being won in h.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02

dia," she said 'Every girl over 12 is wife or widow There the mother-in-law reigns supreme. She rules with a high hand and a rod of iron.
 The Hindu who dies without son be- 1ieves he loses eternal life,and frequently mothers give their daughters to be nauteh girls in the temple--the vilest life in all the world--in the belief that they may ap- pease the anger of the gods and have sons born to them
 The religion of India is nalEedness with out whitewash, yet they are bringing 1t to your American women, the queens of the earth.
 Mrs. Burnell talked of the work of the Christian missionaries and the opposition to them.
 American dolls. given as prizes in the Christian schools, and American fine tooth combs, the importance of which you must visit India to realize, are doing more to Christianize India than anything else, she said
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
MIR. JUSTICE BROWN.

From the Washington Times.
 The most interesting figure connected with the Porte Rico decisions is undoubt- edly MT. Justice Brown, the profound and incorruptible jurist who. having argued himself to a standstill In defense of the constitution in the de Lima case imme- diately backed water and argued himself to another standstill in the Downes case. Or. as the old song has 1t:
 There was a man in our town,
 And he was wondrous wise;
 He jumped into a bramble bush
 And scratched out both his eyes.
 And when he found his eyes were out,
 With all his might and main
 He jumped into another bush
 And scratched them in again.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
COURTESY IN BUSINESS.
It Helps the Customer, Employer and
 the Salesman.

From the Ledger Monthly.
 Those whose lives lead them Into the more sheltered paths will not begrudge these few words to their young sisters who are called every day to patiently help others in shop or. workroom or of flee or factory; we must not forget that all these associations are really what ever gain we desire ourselves ways of helping the worlds progress and doing good.
 No one can imagine what delight it is to find truly gracious young girl waiting and ready to aid her customer, whether it is behind counter, in fit- ting room, in a milliner's shop or where ever else the woman who has want en- counters another who can supply it. These people are aided by the ready hand, the sincerely interested mind, and the pleasant smile. It makes the customer grateful, the owner of the es- tablishment is enriched and the sweet hammered young woman makes growth in true womanliness and refinement ev- cry time she exercises patience and tact and good taste, and makes a tiresome necessity pleasant.
 Yesterday friend thought she had se- riously tried the endurance of charm ing young girl, and said:
 T have given you so much trouble to- day that I will have to promise not to bother you again for a month"
 The young saleswoman, in handing her customer the ribbons which had been So hard to match, said, with a delightful smile
 Don't stay away a month. please"
 The lady who had been sorry to be so particular came away quite in love with her gracious young helper, and said:
 "I would go a long way to have the pleasure of buying anything from that lovely girl"
 Do you see how threefold the benefit was? The shopper, delicate woman, was made to forget fatigue, the firm won a steady customer and the young sales woman made true friend.
The age-herald., 1901-06-02
MUcH-MARRIED MAN.
Has Taken Sixteen Wives, Most of
 Whom Are still Living.

George Washington Anderson's sev- enteenth wife has sent him to poor house at St. Marys, W. Va. When the married state was entered into by Mir. Anderson for the seventeenth time he was 68 and his bride was "A.
 It was less than month ago that Anderson wandered into the town, no one knows whence, and in a short time had seen and loved Miss Martha Wells. In two days he proposed to her and was accepted. She was far down the shady side of life, and had sufficiency of this worlds goods to provide for her own wants, so it made little differ ence to her that she had to give up her pension when she took for better or | worse George Washington Anderson. But while she had an abundance she had never had husband to love her, and she longed for strong shoulder to lean on in her declining years. They went to Parkersburg the last of Feb ruary and were welded. Life at first was rosy but then the husband got sick and required constant care. Grad ually the new love grew cold, and one day in his pockets the wife found a written confession, signed by her hus- band, that he had been sixteen times welded before he met her, and that nearly all of the sixteen wives were still living.
 This was too much for the aged bride, and she bundled her husband off to the poorhouse, and has applied for a divorce. The names and resi- dence of the other sixteen wives are not given in the confession, and An derson has not yet given their names.