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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
EiISDdlled Account Of DIS0S|eI
ST. VINCENT AND BARBADOES
ALSO SUFFER SEVERELY.
Earthquake Shocks and Voicanic
Eruptions all over ISLANDS.
TERPIBIY EXCESSIVE HEAT AND
iAz.>->I TERRIFIC THUNDER.
Street filled with dead bodies.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING AND
AGONY ON ISLAND
Fort-ae-France Is Covered With Ashes and
People Dying on Streets.
Special cable received from St. Thomas at 7.5'
p. m. Saturday.
ERIBLE SUFFERING AND
AGONY ON ISLAND.
Fort-le-France Is Covered With Ashes and
People Dying on Streets.
Special cable received from St. Thomas at 7.3C
p. m. Saturday.

Details of the St. Pierre and other
volcanic eruptions have just been
brought here by government steamer
from Dominica. St. Pierre and lnhabl-
tants have been totally destroyed by
volcano Eighteen large vessels have
gone down with all on board.
Steamer "Roraima" and cableshlp
Gappler have been lost.
Governor of Island is also dead. A
few survivors have arrived here from
the Roraima, and otherwise all have
perished.
No buildings are standing, and all
streets are filled with the dead bodies
1t is still burning and hot mud and
cinders falling as far as Fort-de-France
No earthquakes at Martinique; but
eruptions still continue.
Original eruption very sudden appa-
rently from new crater.
This eruption followed by tidal wave
which overwhelmed shipping.
Roar from Soufriere, st. Vincent, in
dicated eruption of that volcano, but il
subsided later, and now again it is il
action.
Earthquake shocks have also occurr-
ed at Barbados, and the sky las been
overcast.
The heat at Barbados has beel
so excessive as to kill hundreds O
people.
Excessive sounds of thunder and can
mons heard all afternoon at Barbados
A large quantity of gritty dust begar
falling on the island Of Barbados ant
continued until late at night.
At st. Vincent thirty people have
eruptions. The loss of life at Martini.
que fully amounts to forty Thousand
people. Danish cruiser Valkyrien lef
for Martinique this morning with foo(
and supplies, and French Consul. There
IS great destitution at Martinique an(
subscriptions have already been started
There is panic all over st. Vincent
st. Lucia, Barbados and Dominica
and the people are leaving in all sorts
of craft Further large losses Of life art
sure to occur.
The United States gunboat "Pra
dri;" has been ordered to Martinique
and all the French and English boats
in the waters of the West Indies are
hurrying to the scene of the disaster
a boa load Of provisions and mcdica
aid should be ready to leave Jamaics
this evening. The United States il
worked up over the news, and the
wirej are busy from morning TIL night
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
To Our Readers.

Our columns are open to correPon-
dence on everything affecting the coff e
sugar and tobacco plantation and far n.
ing generally and we cordially invi:e
criticism and discussion. Natural His
tory notes will also be welcomed, as
well as all news OF interest ad planters.
Communications should be to dressed.
The Editor, BoLETIN MERCANTIL, 20
Plaza Alfonso, San Jran.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

San Juan. P R. May 9th. 1902. Seal
ed proposals, in triplicate, for job print
ing, etc, at these Headquarters, for
year commencing July I. 1902. will be
received here until 10 a. m., June g.,
1902. Information furnished on appi-
cation. U. S. reserves right to accept
any or all proposals. Envelopes contain
ing proposals should be endorsed
Proposals for Job Printing, addressed
J. T. Crabbs, Q. M. 40.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

miles in breadth, 1 shouldssay. In a
neat little park at the highest point,
gazing toward Manchuria-- toward the
Orient whence Russia ever instinct
vely expands-a 6e1d-glass in one hand,
one foot re represented as stepping on to
conquered territory, is a determined
looking gentleman in bronze, who was
the Lord Give. Or, if you will, the Cecil
Rodes of Manchuria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

San Juan, P. R, May g. 1902 Sealed
proposals, in triplicate, for furnishing
wood for troops IN Porto Eieo during
year commencing July 1, 1902, will be
received here, and at points indicated,
until 10 a. M June 6, 1902. lnforina-
tion furnished on application. U S.
reserves right to accept or reject any
or all proposals. Envelopes containing
proposals should be endorsed PRO
posals for fuel at TCRABBS, Q M.
40.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

The S. S. "San Juan sails for New
York tomorrow. Readers should not for
get that the mails close in the morning
andnot in the afternoon as was the pre-
viotS custom
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

The BoLET.N Editor Mr. Abraham
Kopel has gone to Martinique on the
" Potomac yesterday and he will cable
full detailed particulars to this paper
He also represents "Chicago News
and "Record Herald"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
Relief Expedition
Arrives Qt 81. Pierre
Reports of Complete
Destruction Confirmed.
All Property at St Pierre Destroyed
Special CabIegram to Boletin Mercantl

New York, May I2.- Dispatches
from St. Thomas announce that the
first relief expedition has arrived at St
Pierre, Martinique, with a full compile.
ment of relief supplies.
The first repor.s of the complete
destruction caused by the eruption are
confirmed. All life and property in St.
Pierre have been absolutely destroyed.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

Immediately upon receipt of this ca
blegram Captain Sterling communicat
ed its purport to the BoLETIN by tel
ephone, just in time for publication this
afternoon.
The fact that the Potomac" goes tc
Fort de France indicates that landing
at St. Pierre is believed to be impossible
and confirms the worst reports of the
situation there.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

Laws and resolutions appro-
we'd by the last session of the
lnsular Legislature of Porto
Rico, bound in one volume
with the political code for S lie
at the BoLET1N, price $I-25.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
More bupfOlS Predicted
h Lesser Antilles.
Great Distress Existing.
No Sign of Improved Conditions.
SneciaI e CahIanran to Rolatin Al arrnntI
Great Distress Existing.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil

New York, May IL. -Despatches
from St. Thomas state that conditions
in and around Martinique are not i'm
proved. More eruptions are predicted
and it is expected that these eruptionS
many be looked for in all the other is
lands of the volcanic group of the les,
ser Antilles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
cQp|dl Sterling Receives
News IOT Relief Expedition
Have Sailed from Dominica to
Fort de France, Martinique.

Captain Yates Sterling, Commandant
of the United States Naval Station at
San Juan received cablegram this af-
ternoon informing him of the safe ar.
rival of the Potomac. Relief ex.
pedition at Dominica and that they
were about to sail for Fort du France
Martinique
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

Mr.. Harry ]. Skilton, the representa-
tiAe of several American capitalists is
stopping at the Hotel Olimpo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

Governor Hunt has cabled to the
United States Consul at Guadeloupe
offering to send assistance and asking of
what kind of supplies are mos. desirei.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
'PO|OT0C : Relief Expedition
He0|d from
Arrives Safely at Dominica.

The following cablegram has just
been received at the Palace from Assis-
tant Secretary Arthur E. Parke, and
given to the BoLETIN at the very hour
of going to press
Arrived safely at Dominica"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
Current News Notes,
Local And Personal.

We regret to learn of the illness of
Dofia Maria Recio wife of Insul lar Po-
lice Captain Guerrero.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

Sefior D. Carlos Miro has been ap-
pointed rs teacher of the school at Co
nero.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
AboMnQxys

THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS
de venta:
& KORBER
San Juan.
Agente en- Ponce A. LUCCHETTI kCa
B. SCHROEDER, Mayaguez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
|Sin Rival en
el Mundo.

Ell medicdmento que
mas fama ha alcanzado
en- el mundo eS Ia Emul-
sion de Scott. No hay
pals civilizado donde no
Sc pronuncie su nombre
con respeto, y esa repu-
taci6n bien adquirida no
as hija de la casualidad,
sino consecuencia legf-
TINA de los buenoS re-
sultados que ha produ-
: ducido Ia medicinal en-
las enferncdades del
: pecho y de Ia garganta,
: en- los escfofulosos y de-
: bilitados. La asociacion
: del Aceite de Higado de
: Bacalao con los hipofos-
! ftos de sosa y cal, como
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
Ei11ulsi0
de Scot

: es u17.a combination feIL
!: que proporciona los ma
: tei-iales para reparar los
: tejidos y la sangla. La in
!: fsIncia es Ia edad que mas
: benefciOs repOrta de ia
: Emulsion de Scott. Por
: su buen sabor es tolerada
! por ell paladar mas deli
: cado. Asf como los ar
!: boles necesitan para Gre
! Ger y desarrollarse huena :
: terra, abono y riego; asf /:
tanbien los ninos re-
quieren el uso de la
: Emulsion de Scott de
aceite de hfgado de ba-
calao con hipofosfltos de !
cal y de soSa, que repre-
senta para ellos fuerza,
salud y algeria. :
SCOTT & BOVINE, Quimieos. New York. :
De venta en- las Drogusrfas y Farmacias. :
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
.ES|I0d0 Pl|Ill
Arrives h HQV0D0
Will be inaugurated
President 10th
Great Preparations Being Made.

Special CabIegram to BOIetin MercantiI


Special CabIegram to BoIetin MercantiI
New York, May I2.- Dispatches
from Havana state that Estrada
Palma, the first Governor of "Cuba Ii
bre has arrived at Havana. He will
be inaugtlrated with becoming ceremo-
MES on May 10th.
The occasion will be memorable
one and great preparations are being
made.
New York Market To-day.
Centrifugal sugar $3H
Muscovado sugar
Sterling exchange 1.S45s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12
New York Market To-day.

Centrifugal sugar
Muscovado sugar
Sterling exchange
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-05-12

Sc enCueltran en- Ia
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Count PuIaski,s Horsemanship.

In the American army of the Rev.
olution there were few who could
equal Count Pulaski either in horse
manship or as a swordsman. His
feats were the wonder and envy Of
his officers, and many were the seri-
GUS injuries received in trying to
initiate him. 1t is related of him
that with his horse at full gallop-
and he always rode a magnificent
charger-he would discharge his pis-
tol, toss it in the air and catch it by
the barrel, then hurl it at some OBJ
ject in advance, and then, without
in the least checking the speed of
his horse, he would slip one foot
from the stirrup and, bending over
toward the ground, recover his pis-
toll and wheel into line with as much
precision as though he were engaged
in ordinary exercise.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Babies Checked at Balls.

The unconcerned manner in
which certain nurses in Paris dis
charge their duties is well known,
but it was left to the correspondent
of a French medical journal to dis
cover that at several public balls
held in Paris on Sunday afternoons
it is quite a common practice among
nurses intrusted with young chill
dren to deposit their charges in the
cloakroom while they enjoy a dance
with their friends. When a baby is
handed over counter, numbered
ticket is given in exchange, and a
ticket with the same number, to pre-
vent mistakes, is pinned to the
child's frock. When the ball is over,
the nurse claims her baby and takes
it home, assuring the confding par
ents that she has been for d long
walk.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Greyhound Fastest ouadruped.

A correspondent says that as the
result Of experiments he has made
under careful timing he finds that
the greyhound is the fastest of all
four footed animals. When going
at full gallop, it can cover twenty
yards a second, OF about a mile in a
minute and twenty-eight seconds, a
speed that comes very near that Of
carrier pigeon. There are few
thoroughbred horses that can ex-
coed nineteen yards a second. Grey
hounds have been known to do better
than that by four yards. Foxhounds
have a record Of four miles in six
and a half minutes, or nearly eight
cen yards a second. This speed is to
some extent an inherited gift, as
wolves can run at the rate of a mile
in three minutes. Siberian dogs can
travel forty-fye miles on ice in five
hours.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Practically Starving.

CATER using a few bottles Of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure my wife received
perfect and permanent relief from a
severe and chronic case of stomach
trouble" says J. R. Holly, real es-
tate, insurance and loan agent OF
Macomb, Ill. Before using Kodol
Dyspepsia cure she could not eat an
ordinary meal without intense suffer
ing. She is now entirely cured,
Several physicians and may RENE
dies had failed to give relief" You
don't have to diet. Eat any good
food you want, but don't overload
the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
will always digest it for you. J. R.
Kruger.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
ALWAYS Eel YOUNG.
People Grow Old BY Thinking Them
aeIves to Be Old.

People grow old by thinking them
selves old. When they reach the age
Of forty, fifty or sixty, they imagine
that they look like others Of the
same age and that they soon will be
useless, unfit for work and unable
to perform their wonted duties. AS
surely as they think this it will come
true, for thought is creative. How
many Of us can say with Job, "The
thing which I greatly feared is come
upon me ?"
The time will come when children
will not be allowed to celebrate
their birthday; when they will know
that by thinking themselves young
they will remain young and that
they will cease to grow old when
they cease to believe in old age.
The body is built up of beliefs, and
our convictions are stamped upon
every fiber Of our beings. What we
believe, what we think, that we are.
So people who remain young in spir-
it never grow old.
Not one Of a hundred students,
Of whom the writer was one, under
Oliver Wendell Holmes at Harvard
ever thought Of him as an old man,
although he had then passed his
eightieth birthday. His spirit was
SO young, and he was SO buoyant, so
fresh and full Of life, that we always
thought Of him as one Of ourselves.
His viVacity and joyousness were
contagious. You could not be in his
presence FIVE minutes without feel
ing brighter and better for it. The
genial doctor never practiced med
icine, yet he did more to relieve hui
man suffering than many practicing
physicians. His presence was ton
ic. It was perpetual delight to be
near him.-Success.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
SOME TINY PLANETS.
Celestial Bodies That Astronomers Are
Not Greatly Pleased to Find.

Celestial Bodies That Astronomers Are
Not Greatly Pleased to Find.
In the space between Mars and
Jupiter there are hundreds Of little
planets called asteroids which have
been discovered during the last cen
fury by astronomers all over the
world. Some Of them are hardly
bigger than a big western farm, and
very few are large enough to be seen
without the aid of a powerful tele-
scope. Nowadays they are noted
chiefly by photography and are in
teresting to professional astrono-
mers only for their eccentricities.
It has been found, for example,
by a computation made at the Har-
ward observatory that one Of them
approaches nearer to the sun than
any other known planet and at the
same time describes a greater ellipse
around that body. This special as
teroid was originally discovered on
one Of the Photographic plates tax
en- at Arequipa, the southern sta
ton Of the Harvard observatory,
from which the entire sky south of
the equator and extending to the
antarctic pole is photographed as a
matter of routine once every month.
Astronomers do not take any spe-
cial delight in finding asteroids,
which, in fact, cause more trouble
than they are worth, since, once dis
covered, they have to be first cata-
logued and then constantly watched
in order to keep them in their prop
er relation to the other heavenly
bodies in the more essential bust
ness of cataloguing the important
stars. One German observatory ac-
cordingly makes speciality of TAX
ing care of all asteroids and wherev-
er found carefully numbers, names
and describes them as rapidly as
possible for the benefit Of other as
tronomers with other work to do.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
For tFle9C complexion.

The complexion always suffers
from biiousness or constipation
Unless the bowels are kept open the
impurities of the body appear in the
form of unsightly eruptions. De
Wits Little Early Risers keep the
liver and bowels in healthy condi-
ton and remove the cause of such
troubles. g. E. Hooper, Albany, Ca,
says: II took De Wits Little
Early Risers fer billiousness. They
were just what I needed. I am feel
ing better now than in years.
Never gripc or distress. Safe. thor
ough and gentle. The very best
pills. J. R, Kruger. s.--
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29

A COUNTY convention was held at
Rochester last week, in the interest
of good roads. This IS probably the
first convention of the kind ever held
in Minnesota. 1t was very enthusi-
astic meeting and many interesting
papers on the subject were read by
men from various parts of the state,
all of which went to prove that cash
tax levied annually was of much
mole value than the old custom of
working out poll tax. Although no
definite action was taken it has Gre
ated an impetus which in due time
will result in radical change in the
plan Of earring for the roads in that
county. This is good precedent
for the other counties of the state as
well, for people are beginning to
learn that cash tax for road i'm
provements is plan that shduld be
adopted everywhere.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
EorestalIina Tim.

"Now, Mr.. Beefy," coldly said the
handsome young widow who was do
ing her own marketing, while I am
fully conscious Of the honor you
wish to confer upon me, I must tell
you that I have no present intention
Of marrying again and am, there
fore, compelled to refuse the offer
Of your hand"
"Bub-bub-but, num-" stammered
che astonished butcher, II have new
er offered you my hand, and ali p
''Then why are you trying to
weigh it on the scales with the
meat, STRIP -
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Some Odd Looking English Hats.

Stubs in his '|Anatomy of Abus-
es" describes a pleasing variety of
new fashioned headgear-hats ,perk-
ing up like the spear or shaft of a
temple, hats fiat and broad on the
crown, like the battlements of a
house, and round crowns with bands
Of every color. This variety Of
shape consorted with an equal vari-
ETY. of material-silk, velvet, tafeta,
sarsenet, wool and ga fine hair,
which they call beaver, fetched from
beyond the seas" Whose had not
hat of velvet or hat of tafeta was
held of no account among the gid
ed youth Of the time, and SO COM
mon a thing was this ostentation in
the matter of head covering that
"every serving man, countryman or
other, even all indifferently, did
wear Of these hats. AL the Year
Round.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Value of Mud.

Mud that at first glance seems SO
unsightly is in truth the annual
blessing Of the lowlands to which it
is borne. We sometimes feel impa=
tent at the way in which sediment
closes the mouths of our rivers and
impedes navigation. If we could see
a map Of our country with red line
surrounding all the portions that
have been built out Of this silt, l
think it would startle most Of us to
recognize how much of our best land
is the gift Of these muddy streams.
Professor S. G.. Schumacher in La
dies Home Journal.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29

FRANK ED1Y is reported to be lost
He recently secured a thirty days
leave of absense from congressional
duties and at once disappeared flom
the sight of man. For time it was
supposed that he was quietly cam
paigning in the seventh district, then
it was rumored that he was seeking
rest and health in some quiet retreat,
while others thought that as chair
man of the mines and mining COM
mittee he was on junket with some
rich mining companies, but none of
these suppositions seem to be well
founded, and as a last resort the
Washington correspondents have
located him in Europe. No great
public alarm should be felt however
for you cant lose Frank Eddy
Herald Star.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Wherefore?

"Huhw growled the cynical cell
bate to the beamingBenedict. "Huh
you seem to know all about women,
you do. Can you tell me why a
pigeon toed woman is always duller
of perception than one who isn't ?
And why would woman rather be
pretty than anything else? And
why does girl always giggle when
she talks to a man? And why can't
women pass mirror without look
ing into it? And why are women
so much more particular about the
outside Of their heads than they are
Of the inside? And why do women
so much more admire bad men whom
they love than they do good men
who love them? And why do wom-
en- dislike women in the same ratio
that they like men? And why is it
that women, who are meant to be
heavens best gift to man, amt al
ways? Say, tell me those, will you p
Philadelphia North American.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
British Bulls.
~SH&:E

Englishmen are as apt to perpe-
trate bulls as Irishmen. Here are a
couple that were exhibited at par
iamentary election:
Expenditure on so vast scale, .
proclaimed one speaker who was
urging national economy, "will in
time empty even the inexhaustible
Golfers Of Britain and convince her
reckless legislators too late, when
the mare is stolen, that they must
close that barn door through which
for years the food Of extravaganza
has poured unchecked"
The second speaker did even bet
ter, although it is fair to allow
something for a man who, hooted
down by a derisive opposition, is
naturally too excited and indignant
to carefully consider his words.
Gentlemen, gentlemen" he pro-
tested. "The cry Of the cat, the
crow Of the cock and the hiss Of the
gander are not argument. True,
they may for the time oVerwhelm
the feeble voice of one man in their
roaring tide, but not all their lea
guered forces, howsoever armed and
arrayed for combat, shall avail final
ly to extinguish that beacon torch
Of Experience, still gripped fast and
held high in his unfaltering hand to
guide safely through the breakers
the straining eyes of posterity!"
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29

The newspapers of the state seem
to differ in opinion as to the object Of
Prince Henry,s visit and it's results
satisfactory or net. Why not call a
special meeting of the editorial as,
sociation and come to some under
standing, SO we can tell the people
which way it was. .... -..
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
The Bible on Cats.

Sunday School Teacher Now,
children, you have all heard of the
bad little boys that cut the tails oil
Of the pretty kitties. Can any OF
you tell me little verse from the
Bible which tells about cutting of
cats tails?
Little Girl In the Rear latter pro-
found thought eth, ma'am, I
can; "What bod hath joined let no
man put athundef." New York
Times.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29
Surgeons Knife Not Needed.

Surgery is no longer necessary to
cure piles. De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve cures such cases at once, re-
moving the necessity for dangerous
painful and expensive operations.
For scalds, cuts, burns, wounds,
bruises, sores, and skin diseases it is
unequalled. Beware of counterfeits.
For sale by j. r. Kruger.
Morris tribune., 1902-03-29

The republican party has passed
through one of the bittest internal
contests it has known for years, in
the matter of concessions to Cuba.
But it will be noticed that it came
through it all rig ht and still presents
a solid front against democratic
interference with the country's pros
naritv.