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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-06-17
Para maIana.

Por falta de espacio disponible,
no publicamos hoy un excelente ar
tfculo del Doctor Quevedo Rsez, t.
tulado eVoz de alerta Rumbos nue.
vos,, relative a las transformacio
nes en- proced!nientos del partido
Federal.
Manana 10 podr&n saborear nues
trOs favOrecedores.
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. San Juan Puerto Rico Ldlos X dc Juno de 1901
Entered the Office San matter July
Una Charanga
en- pena fiesta.

Hace algunos dias, que venfa el
comsrcio quejandose 4 Ia Policfa de
que se le estaba robando, sin poder-
se dar cuenta de quienes & quien po-
drfa ser.
En- Ia noche de aver 16, como &
Ia una de la madrugads, hall&ndose
frente & Ia plaza del mercado, ell Ia
borioso y activo sargento de Ia Poll
cfa Iusular don Jesus Carlo. Sc le
present6 un chico de unos 16 amos,
manifestandole que le hab1an dado
un golpe con una piedra, por haber
impedido que Ramon Torres, peue
tiara en- una casa; procediendo ense
guida dicho sargento q Ia captura
de dicho individuo.
Una vez conducido al cuartel, le
ofreci6 ell capturado al sargento, de-
nunciarle varios robos, <ejecutadoss
por otros <amigoss, entire ellos Beau
lilo Figueroa, Gregorio Gonzs'ca
alias eDuende,, Gregorio Martinos, z,
alias <Palpo,, Jose Perez, alias ii.
ja,, Juan Rivera, alias <Traga' u
chez, los cuales fueron capturaaos
embellishments por el detective "a
f1ones.
Reunidos todos, Sc denunciaron
m1tuamente, deciarando los robos
que habfap hecho; consistiendo estos
en- un baul & Ia <Dulce Atianzss; IN
sombrero en- ell Bazaar de Echevarria,
cajas jabones, cintarones y un
par zapatos, en- <La Montaf1esa,. A
Armas y Jimenez, una GAIA de pa
nuelos, nm som mbrero, una fgura bis
cult; y <La Bomba, una pieza de
drill.
Sc ignora ell duef1o de cuatro
pa11uelos, un dollar escamoteado q
una anciana; una peseta pescada en-
una fonda y seis peinillas y dos do.
liars escabechados un americana.
La mayor parte de los objetos ocu-
pados estan en- ell Tribunal de Poll
cfa de San Francisco.
Queda una vez mas comprobada
la activilad, como ya hemos dicho
| del fargento Carb6, y su competen
cia en- el cargo que desempef1a
Solo & su actividad So debe o.
haber pescado esta charanga, que
es una orquesta completa. con ur
buen repertoire.
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0FICINA DEL DIRECTOR
DE PRISIONES
SAN JUAN P. r. JUNIOl9 1901

Proposiciones bajo pliego cerrado por
duplicadO para el sllminiStro de alimentos
los presos del Preside Departmental
guez, y HulnacaO, SO admitiran en- esta
oficina hasta las 10 de la ma1ana del veinte
de JuniO, en- cuya fecha y hora SC abriran
en- p1blico las prOposiciones.
Cada postOr depOsitarA en- la ofcina del
Director de Prsiones I'm cheoue certifcado
por la cantidad de 10000 como anza pro-
visional, cuya suma sera devuelta 4 los no
agraciadOs.
La garantfa defnitiva tianza para
responder al cumplimiento de cualquiera
de los contratOs sera de s 800 90 dicha lianza
8 dep6siJO, lie sera exigida al postor agra
ciado.
Ell Director Sc reserva cl derecho de re-
chazar cualauiera todas las proposiciones
Las proposiciones seran frmadas por Ell
postor, Sc haran ba jo pliego cerrado y Sc
dirigiran al Director con las indicaciones
siguientes:
"Proposiciones para ell suministro de
alimentos para los presos de la carcel de
.,................" para ell af1o economico
que vence en- 80 de JUNO 1902
Subasta que Sc celebrara las 10 de la
maflana del dia veinte de JUNO 1901.
Otros informes mas de estos podran
obtenerse en- la Oticina indicada.
Ell DIRECTOR
MaX1mtnO LuzunariS,
TO LET
Fine rooms and one cOmmodious
and well ventilated mirador at rea.
zonable prices Apply at 80 San
Jose Stret.
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So est& constru-

-. SO est8 constru-
lie Maui, por Ia Ha-
Amercial & Sugar Company
te d una capacidad de 0,000 tone
ladas de azdcar por zafra, Para esta
azucareria Sc ha hecho un pedido de
dos evaporadoras LILLE de cuadru-
pie efecto, debiendo tener cada usa
capacidad de so 900 galones de guara-
po concentrate por "a horas. Otros pc
didos de LILLE triples y cuadruples
efectos de 100000 galones para arriba
hacen un total en- capacidad de mol
tiple efecto LILLE, pedidos este aflo
para las Islas Hawaii, de 1900 600 ga
lones de guarapo concentrate por cada
"A horas.
Estos apardtOs reemplasan ocho
dc los efectos muhttu6ulares certificates
Standard" cuya capacidad ha sido
superada por las respectivas fabricas
donde Sc encontraban en- uso.
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FOREIGN
Kin os '.'.. s....,,.,..,..
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Al PQbIiCo

Habiendo alberto de nuevo nues
ira casa de huespedes THE MARI
MA en- la calle de San Jose r1m. /
altos, esquina Tetuan, SO 10 hace-
mos presente nuestra clientele,
amigos y relacionados ofreciendo-
les hospedsje a los precios siguien
tes:
Por un dia Lospedaje con
comida a................ 5 90
Por abonos acomer men
suales ...... ...... slO 90
POr una CANA .......... p SO
Un Catre. ....... ..... - 25
Pupilaje para uu mes una
persona. ........ s2O 20
Bateas..a a la calls precios conven
cionales.
Pto Rico Abril 2G de 1901.
Propietario,
SOLER HERMANO.
P A.
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INVENT0 MARAVILL0S0.

Cura la caspa, calvicie, dolores de cabeza
&I&, y sin embargo, cuesta 10 mismo que IL
penilla ordinaria.
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Carruaje Victoria

Cast nuevo de cuatro asientos Y
con pescante para cochero Y lacayo.
Qaitrin de dos ruedas. Coche de 2
asientos propio para vie je', Sc ven =
den. San Francisco no 81.
S 5-5
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SOCiedad de S0C0rr0S Mutu0S
'los Amigos del Bien P0bIico''

Con motive de los festejos que
se estan celebrapdo del <Patr6n San
Juan., y teniendo esta Sociedad que
tratar .asuntos de vital inter6s, la
Junta Directiva, ha acordado, trans
ferir la Junta General reglamentaria
que debfa llevarse a cabo en- ell pre-
eente mes, para el del pr6ximo Ju 10
& fin de obtener mayor concurrencia
de asociados; para cuyo acto Sc cita
r& oportunamente. Lo cue Sc hace
saber para conocimiento general.
San Juan p r 13 JUNO 1901.
VQ Bo Ell Secretario
Ell Presidente J. Trujilo
A. Marrero. Alsina.
q 3-3
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Juan L|0vet.

Sc ofrece los propietarios
para Ia nstalaci6n de intdoros en-
communication con la alcanarilla, SO.
gun 10 exige la Janta de Ssnidad,
con respiraderos y GAIA de aire
Sus precios son los mas baratos,
no exigiendo dinero aIguno hasta
terminado y entregado los ,trabajos
que Sc le confien. S-3O-29
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Hotel LeduC.
HUMACAO.

Este antique y acreditado esta
blecimiento conocido del pdblico de
Ia isla, ofrece c6modas y ventiladas
habitaciones, ssf como excelente me
sa precios muy m6dicos. Est& ST.
tuado frente a la plaza principal,
punto 81 mas centrico de la ciudad,
en- magn1fica casa de altos junto &
a Corte de Justicia y ofcina postal
Ida hospedaje...... 81 90
cubiertO go. .... G, 40
Nouo' w
Humac Mayo de 1901
A 3O-19 ]
The times., 1901-03-24
THE PRESIDENTS FUND.
4 Private Affair That the Public Has
No Knowledge o.
From the Saturday Evening Post)

(From the Saturday Evening Post)
What is called the Presidents Private
Fund, known in law as the Emergency
Fund, stands nominally to the credit of
the Secretary of State But M NcKin-
ley is really the Secretary of State and
be draws on this appropriation just when
and how he pleascs. The manner of it's
expenditure is always secret and nobody
knows what is done with the money
and has never done so, the idea being
that there are certain matters, especially
such as relate to diplomatic negotiations,
which may not properly be placed before
the public-that is to say, without injury
TO the public veal This fund varies in
amount, but of late years it has been be-
tween avv,uU0 and 800 900 per annum
The memoranda relating to the eXpendi-
tune of the Private Fund are kept in a
safe at the Department of State. Nobody
save a few privileged officials. has ever
seen them. but. if they could be published
they would Lnrow a picturesque light
upon the inside workings of the Govern
ment. particularly in regard to it's reIa-
tionS with foreign Powers If anything
turns up which makes ii eXpedient to OBJ
tain certain information abroad in a quiet
way a draft is made upon the fund by
voucher which the President himself
signs and sends over to the Secretary of
State, this voucher being equivalent to
a check on the Treasury. The negotia-
tiOn of the preliminarieS of a treaty. such
as that for the purchase of the Danish
possessions in the West Indies may make
another call upon the personal credit of
the Executive, which is likewise drawn
upon to pay for entertainment when
royal or official visitor from foreign parts
comes to Washington
The times., 1901-03-24
BRIDGES OF ANTIQUITY.
Famous Structures Tint Are MarveIs
to Modern Engineers.
From the Boston Transcript.) }


The grandest bridges of the Romans
We're aGueducts, but after centuries OF un-
rest the noolest conceptions of architec-
ture were realized in the Gothic churches
There was little demand for roads and
bridges, and still less for aqueducis Yet
the monks dtd not build cathedrals and
monaSteries only. To them we owe the
introduction of fiat arches. The Romans
had preferred semi arches which
rarely exceeded seventy feet in span The
founder of the Brothers OF the Bridge
St, Benezet, adopted for his Rhone bridge
in ll1S. at Avignon. elliptical arches which
had their smaller radius of elevation at
the crown instead Of at the launches. The
famous Ponte Necchoi at Florence and
the original Augustus bridge al Dresden
date from the twelfth century. The auue-
duct of Spoieto. which looks il many
high and narrow windows had been cut
out of a massive wall. is thirteenth-cen-
tury Gothic work SO is the Devils Bridge
near MatoreH. in the Province of BARGE
Iona, Spain, with its apparently reckless
pointed arch. which is crowned at its
weakest part by heavy dollhouse.
The builders, no doubt. understood that
the load did not endanger the structure
The Sprtngings of this arch are certainly
of antique origin, Roman or Cartha gin
ian; an inscription of the year 1890. when
the bridge was restored, ascribes the f0un-
dation to Hannibal. The span OF the stone
arch over the AIDA, near TreZzo. 236 feet,
built under Barnato ViscoHti of Milan in
1870 to 1877 destroyed again in war time
in 1416), has not been surpassed yet. But
the piers were in general made unneces-
sarily heavy, and many bridge failed be-
cause the Roman art of laying concrete
foundations between piles had not teen
rediscovered from Vitruvius' forgotten ar
chitecture. French engineers first used
caiSsoEs and suggested iron bridges.
The first cast iron bridge. really COM
pleted in 1873. however. and still standing,
is, according to Engineering" the we'll
known Coalbrookdale Bridge over the Sc
yern. The arch consists of five ribs. 1t
found many imitators; the POnt des Arts
at Paris. with pine openings. and the
Southwark bridge of 1914. with q centre
arch of PA feet and a rise of twenty-four
feet. are fine examples. Failures OF some
of these bridges, however, brought an
other material to the front-puddled- iron
which helped us to suspension bridges.
The first spccsmens-the Tees Bridge at
Middleton OF 1T4l: Telfords s Menai Straits
Bridge; further. the bridge over the Dan
ube at Budapest, the handsomest of it's
type probably, supported BY two rows of
chains on each side, were link bridges
Wire cables came over from the United
States about 1915. Some of these bridges
collapsed, almost all-for example, the
Sariue Bridge at FribOurg, Switzerland.
with a span of 205 metres $50 feet, had
to be REINFORCED.
The times., 1901-03-24
CHINESE AT SUNDAY SCHOOL
How CeIestials Are Instructed in
the Christian Religion.
Glass of Fifty Attend Services at
Metropolitan Methodist Church
The. Read the bible and Sing
Hymn. Fond Df Their Lessons

OF all the Washington Sunday Schools
which weekly attract thousands, young
and Old, possibly none is more Interesting
than the Chinese Sunday School at the
Metropolitan Methodist Church Here
visitor will find on any Sunday after
noon. between the hours of three and five,
half hundred Cinnamon receiving from
women teachers practically the same in
struction given to pupils of ordinary Sab
bath classes.
The chief difference is that the Chinese
are taught partly by the use of the Chi
nese language Another point of varia nee
might be the fact that they pursue their
work with much greater zeal than do the
average pupils in other Sunday schools.
The Chinese Sunday School Department
of the Metropolitan Church was estab
lished years ago. Since its establish
ment il has served a great purpose among
the Chinese Of Washington. In order to
impart to the Celestials the principles of
Christianity it is necessary that they
should understand the English language.
Consequently the pupils are taught to
speak English not only correctly, but
with a degree of fiuency. The knowledge
thus gained is also of inestimable advan-
tage to them in their business.
The school is in direct charge of the su-
perintendent, Miss S. l.. Scmmers. She
is assisted by a corps of forty teachers.
nearly all of whom have been interested
in the welfare and progress of their pu-
pills Usually each of the newer pupils
has a teacher to himself He thus re-
ceives undivided attention and his pro-
gress is. consequently, accelerated. The
older pupils who have fair command of
English are taught by twos and threes.
The fact that the Metropolitan Church
is but a short distance from Feur-and-a-
half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, the
section generally termed chinatown"
renders it popular and easy of access.
The Sunday school services are opened
every Sunday afternoon at clock. Aft
er the opening hymn is sung a prayer is
said, then another hymn is announced
and the pupils all reach eagerly for their
books AS the musical part of the service
is one which appeals to them strongly.
one of the teachers steps 70 the organ
and plays the opening bars of n familiar
sacred air. Without a moments hesita.
tion the hymn is started The clear
voices Of the teachers perhaps predomi.
nate, but the peculiar Chinese tones are
easily distinguished. That is especially
noticeable in the notes which are held
long. The Chinese appear to delight in
proloneing them and the higher the pitch
of the note the better.
Later a bell is struck announcing that it
is time for the lessons to begin. The
teachers each take<enesor two pupils and
all are seated at the many tables scat
tered throughout the large room. Bibles
are produced and the study begins. For
The times., 1901-03-24
CATS Tn PUBLIC SERVICE
a Valuable Feline Contingent in
the Government Employ.

industrious and WeIi-C0nducted At
tachex of the pos4ofHcc Depart
mcnt-Ehe5r Duties Performed nj
NiEht-Board and Lodging for Pay.
The Government has a band Of faithful
servants in the cats who devote their ener-
gies to clearing postodices Of rats and
mice. This work is done, not in per-
functory manner, but. as it we're. for the
pure love Of the thing. There Is no hope
OF advancement. a case has never Deeh
known where a feline eXerted his or her
political pull for promotion. They do
not get their positions through any Con-
eressional influence whatever, nor DO
they pass through the formalitE OF a
civf! service examination. II may. indeed.
be true that. should a member of the
National Legislature in burst of pa
triotic zeal donate an animal to the
Government. that particular cat would
receive some measure of preferment- 1t
might. for instance. get cream instead of
the regulation milk and be assigned to
duties less arduous that those expected to
be performed by cats who have no af-
fliation with Congressmen. But such has
never occurred, and the Cat and Mice
Bureau Of the PostofIlce Department, as
il NAV be called. can be said TO be, in this
respect the celanest under the Govern
rueDt. As in the other branches of the
civil service. there is little or no recogni-
tfou of efficiency and no provision is
made for the feline when age has inca
pacitated them for duty, in which event
they are poisoned or otherwise made
away with.
The manner in which this branch of
the departmental service was establish
ed is interesting. Mr.. George W. Bea-
yeys. Chief Of the Salary and Allowance
Division Of the Postoffice Department,
when he was Postofice Inspector, was
detailed to search out letter. contain
ing large sum of money, which had
suddenly disappeared. He laboTed for
weeks in his investigation One day he
ordered the removal of an old desk and
there, in snug corner, he found nest
Of young rats sleeping contentedly in
downy bed Of macerated greenbacks.
This was the solution of the mystery.
Then il was that ar idea flashed like q
meteor across the brain of Inspector Bca-
vers. and he Afterwards elaborated and
perfected, until it resulted in the ulu-
mate formation Of the Rat and Mice
Fureau' Of the Postonice Department.
The first member OF this new branch of
the service was contributed by an old
lady who was a clerk in AIr. Beavers
own Office. Never did a newly-el-cted
President. with his eye on a second term,
start into his duty with more vim than
did this first Government Tabbv Not
content, Is il were, with her individual
VplitlOu five new members, which. al
though they could not be expected TO re
port for active and immediate duty. gave
ample promise Of becoming, IN time, able
The times., 1901-03-24
EXTRAORDINARY COINS.
A Recent Sale i'm &ondon Brings Out
Curious Specimens.
(From the Pittsburg Dispatch.)


The London Daily Mall tells of re-
cent sale of coins in that city which was
rarely eNceled in the annals of numiS-
matiCs. The coins, to the number of 2 1855.
are said to date from 2255 y. c. to the
present era, and they represent fourteen
years hard search on the part of A. +.
Stephens. of the Chinese Imperial Gus
toms, who has hunted them up from all
parts of China, from the Province of Yum
nan to the Province of Manchuria Their
authenticity is guaranteed by Herbert a.
Giles. formerly of the British consular
service in China and J. II. Stewart Lock-
hart Colonial Secretary of Hongkong.
To the average person who devoteS his
time to collecting the commonplace cur
rency of the country for personal use some
of the coins which will be offered on
Thursday will suggest that the Chinese
lady who went shopping in 2255 3. c. used
to carry her pin money around on IA
span bullock dray. The X ung Shou Pu
for instance. which is one of the Oldest
examples in the collection, looks like an
ak head, measuring nearly five inches
from top to bottom, and about four inch
es across. But the Kung must have been
a sort of three-penny piece to the ancient
Chinese lady, for the Chi tao, Lieh Kua
tao, and the Ming tao. known as the knife
coins, and which used to be handed out
for a pound of Pekoe in the dusty ages
are exactly the shape of the modern razor
blade, and vary in size from seven inches
TO five inches long. while the Yuan Fa is
a fiat coin about the size of crumpet
and it has a square piece punched out of
the centre like the merry fan-tan chip of
present use.
In addition to these there are hundreds
ent Chinese dynasties, beside many quaint
specimeuS
The times., 1901-03-24
CLINGING TO THEIR ACRES
The Boasts of a Landed Gentry in
an Old Country.
Some Estates in Mexico Handed
Down in the Same Family for
Nearly Four Hundred Years
Made Possible by Light Taxes.


The teuacity with which the great es-
tates OF Mexico are maintained intact by
the old families OF this country appears
ali the more remarkable when il is con-
sidered how generally all lines of indus
try. aside from that of the farmer. are in
the hands of foreigners. The dry goods
trade of Mexico is controlled by the
French. the Spauiards of Mexico are the
country's grocers, the Germans do the
hardware business. the railroads are con-
troiIed by American and English. the
bank stock of Mexico is largely owned in
France, Germany and England and =
large percentage of the industrial con-
Germs of the country belong to foreigners.
Not so. however. the agricultural re-
sources of Mexico.
During recent years great deal Of
American capital has entered the republic
for investment In tropical plantations.
particularly in southern Mexico. but tho
great bulk of Mexico's rural land is held
in the form of extensive haciendas or
ranches, often hundreds of thousands OF
acres in extent Some of these estates
have been handed down in the same fam
lilies for nearly 900 years. not few titles
tracing their origin back to the first
grants from the King of Spain after the
Conquest The aristocracy of Mexico IL
counted among these landed proprietors.
many of whom enjoy princeiy incomes
from their plantations, which often pro-
duce a great variety of products and en-
brace several manufacturing plants
II is largely due to the fact that the
tax upon land of this character is COM
uaratiyelv very light that these estates
have so long remained undivided, as, In
most instances. only small per cent OF
their area is under cultivation. As in
many States the levy IS practically only
a tax upon products, the unused acres
are no great burden. There are, natu-
rally. those who desire 70 see these tracts
ta1red SO that the owners will be forced
to sell at least portions or them and the
land of the country divided among iarg-
er number of small proprietors. Such
measure would be vigorously opposed by
the wealthy landed proprietors, and such
ia the number and Importance OF thls
class that no active measure OF this kind
has ever been promulgated. The ancient
estates of Mexico are so large that few
individuals can purchase them entire and
the owners can rarely be prevailed upon
TO divide their holdings in any manner.
Occasionally now one of them is bought
bv a syndicate or company for develop
ment or for subdivision and sale IN TINS
wav smaller holdings are becoming more
than formerly, though the Old
order of things is not likely TO be greatly
altered in Mexico for many years to
cone-Modern Mexico.
The times., 1901-03-24
A Modern-Dax Samson.

IfIOh INC FOtJ KtIiOH IIhIts-J
This city has a young Samson in the
person of Nassar Cameron, son of john
L. Cameron. His muscles are developed
abnormally, and he breaks chains with as
much ease as an ordinary man would part
a hat string. One of his most powerful
feats is that of biting a large spike in
half which operation has enlarged the
muscles of his Jaws so that they pro-
tBude on either side like two eggs Mr.
Cameron bends large nails with his hands
with apparent ease. The other morning
he visited several of his friends, all of
whom viii entertain a lasting remern-
brance in the shape of q squeezed hand.
One peculiar feature of Mr.. Cameron
appearance is the fact that his hair
stands perfectly erect, the electricity in
it making it impossible for him to comb
it down.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
American Argonants.

F. L. B. asks: why were the people
who crossed the plains in 1S49 to seek
gold in California called American
Argonauts," as we'll as "Forty-niners' 4?
Answer-The name was applied to
them by Bret Harte In his ballads of
the Forty miners" The similarity OF
their conditions suggested the quest of
the Argonauts Of Greek antiquity. The
original Argonauts are reputod to have
undertaken long journey into un-
known seas. The expedition was un-
der the command Of Jason and its pur.
ported object was to fetch from Colchis
the golden fleece of a ram which was
suspended on an oak and guarded by
a sleepless dragon. The adventurous
spirit of the "Forty-niners" may be
compared to that of the early Argo-
nauts, hence the application Of the
name.-Ed.