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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
Office of Director of Prisons

San Juan, P r., June 10th, 1902.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, for the
furnishing of food to the prisoners of
the Penitentiary Department and of the
Jails of San Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez,
Humacao and Arecibo, will be received
at this office until 10 A. M. June Goth
1902 on which day the bids will be pub
licly opened.
Each bidder will deposit in the office
of the Director of Prisons certified
check for the sum of $4,000 as guar
antee of good faith, which sum will be
returned to the unsuccessful bidder
The guarantee Or bond for the fulfilling
| of the contract will be $4,000 for the
Penitentiary; $4,000 for the Jails Of
San Juan and Ponce; $4,000 for those
of Hun1acao and Mayag uez, and $1,000
| for Arecibo. This sum in cash Oh
check will be asked of the successful
bidder. The Director reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
The proposals will be signed by the
bidder and addressed to the Director as
follows: viz; the furnishing of food fol
the prisoners of -. for the fiscal yeal
ending June goth 1903.
All bids will be opened June Goth
1902 at 10 A. M.
| Further particulars can be obtained
at the above mentioned office.
MAXININO LUZUNARIS,
Io-6 Director.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
|n Decd ST. Pierre.
Continued From Yesterday.
The Oppressive Silence

The Oppressive Silence
of the Ruins.
The landing party does not remain
long upon the levee. It splits into parties
or three, and enters the city. St.
Pierre had few streets lying perpendi-
cular to the shore line; most of them
followed it, running parallel with the
main thoroughfare, is the Rue Victor
Hugo. The Rue Turail, one of the
most important of the perpendicular
streets, is hardly distinglishable as a
street. The walls of the structures on
its north side have tumbled into and
barricaded it, SO it is necessary to pick
Jones way with great care, especially
as the covering of dust hides danger
|ously deep pitfalls.
Standing upon the levee with the
sound Of the sea in the ears gives one
Fat least a suggestion of movement, of
life, but when the stumbling, uncertain
Journey up the Rue Turail has been
made, and one is in the Rue Bouille,
Just over the threshold of the dead city
there descends upon everything that in
describable silence which those who
stood in it in ST. Pierre can never forget
TT is not only the silence of deserted
places or of death-but silence one
|6an feel in the heat about him. It's
mot the silence which can be broken by
a call, by fall of stone, or even by the
soft pat-pat of the tropic bug which
begins spotting the ruins. Sounds are
|swalloNed up in it, and at last the beat
ing of the heart IS infinitely louder
than the noise of slipping, stumbling
feet
The house of ST. Pierre were built Of
|rubbIe, spherical volcanic stone, and
the cemented walls were often yard
IN thickness, SO in tearing them down
and scattering them the volcano has
given ample token of its enormous
Ienergy. In the majority Of cases the
lime Of fall is the southwark, tending
somewhat toward the eastward nearer
1.-THE mountain. and indicating the
swerve of the annihilating blast along
1.-THE very line of the crescentlaid city.
The three-foot walls have not only been
dashed into the streets below, but car
lried over them and flung upon build
linqs across the way No vestige Of
rszsss beams or trusses exists, no strec-
I |tunal wood IS to be found ID the ruins
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
The SIeQnleT NeVhgIOl
Rgl!lggS me !. qlll!g!. .
Broken Cable to be Repaired.

Advices received by the West India
and Panama Telegraph Company in
this city state that the repairing steamer
Newington left London on Saturday
last to replace the ill-fated Grappler, lost
off St Pierre. The Newington willfrst
stop at St Thomas where she will take
in a full stock Of cable and other nee
essary instruments such as were lost on
the Grappler. She will then proceed
to Martinique to repair the broken cable
in the vicinity Of the late Pelee disaster
In this connection it can be said thai
the Company expects to find it rather
difficult to discover the lost cable, as il
all probability the ocean bottom ha
shifted. The Newingto1 will also make
search for the wreck of the Grappler
which was swallowed up by the coear
about mile off shore, and of which no
as much as sticke of wood has beef
left.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
Athletics NeII S0|udly.
Not To Be Further Postponed
Until the 4th of July

The Committee OIL Athletics have to
announce that the notice which appear
ed in the paper last week, to the effect
that the Athletic Canes were likely to
be postponed u 1til Jaly a, was in error,
For very good reasons and as already
announced. by the Committee, the
Games were postponed two weeks from
June 7. A long list of entries and more
are being received The P. r. Regim-
|ent is particularly well represented,
seven Individual men and tug-of-war
team being entered
Tie Committee will be very happy
to receive entries from among the po
licemen; they should be represented.
The Games will begin promptly at
200 p. m, and those participants who
are not on hand will be left ont.
ANY assistance which this Committee
can render the Committee appointed to
arrange for athletic features for the 9Th
of July, will be cheerfully and gladly
given.
The contests Saturday aill occur in
the following order:-I. 50 yds. dash,
men, trials; p putting II. h. shot, 8. Ioo
ds. dash, boys, trials; a. running broad
Jump, 5. sack race; 6. 50 yds. dash, men,
finals; 2. throwing II. lb hammer; 8
pole vault; g 100 yds dash, boys, finals
10. tug-of-war, first trial; II. running
high jump II. potato race, I3g tug-of
war, second trial; Ia. standing broad
Jump; Is. tug-of-war, finals; 10. running
1.-The bases
A full and complete list ofthe entries
i'll be published in the BoLETIN on
F iday of this week.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17

barth, Butler, Parke, Mckee, Upshur,
Pujals and Kopel. After dinner Consul
Ayme spoke on the work done at ST
Pierre by the newspapers. Secretary
Hartzell made splendid address IN
which he discussed the relief work Of
the American people. Captain McCor-
mick made a short speech in which he
told of his own humble share in the
good work Everybody from the Pre-
sident down to the ''jackies' on the
warships were toasted. Consul Ayme
leaves for the states on the Caracas on
Wednesday.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
Monetary Cost
of the Boer War.

The cost Of the Boer war from a
financial point of view is generally
estimated in the journals of London
and even by those more or less IN
touch with business affairs, at SI,25o,ooo-
900. though why these figures were
adopted intelligent investigation fails to
reveal. or course the actual cost of the
war to Great Rritain will be nothing
like the amount fgared, and it is even
doubtful il it will reach the more con-
servative total of $4,000 oao recently
oiven 81 a Nriser IN co1u ms Of the
London Tines. TIE probabilities are
hat the cost 10 Great Britain viii n t
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17


The Commissioner Of the Interior
and Governort Hunt had long confer
ence yesterday upon matters pertaining
to the public roads and highways. Pro-
gress in the repair of the Aguadilla-
|Camuy road is reported, but the heavy
rains of the past few weeks delayed the
work to a considerable degree. Gen.
| era1 Elliott contemplates making a trip
to Salinas during the first week in July
to inspect the roads between Santa
Isabel and Guayama. The repairs on
this read will be undertaken las soon
as the heavy rains ceased. Work on
the San Lorenzo Juncos road~is pro
.Iceeding rapidly, and many othe1
roads on the island are now being plac
led in condition. The rain has interfere6
with work everywhere.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
Sp0il VIII Send A Minister
TO CIDQ.
To Make A Bid For The Trade Of
The Island.
Favorable Comment In Cuba.
Special Cablegram to Boetin Meroantil.
Favorable Comment In Cuba.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil.

New York, Jnne 17th.-Cable advices
received here from Madrid declare that
the Spanish government will send a
minister to Cuba, and that prominent
Spanish diplomat, wgose name has not
been made public, has is already select
ed for the place. The Spanish papers
in commenting on the subject state that
the Peninsula government should dc
all it can to obtain the trade Of the
ifsand, and that some man should be
named who is thoroughly in accord
with the Cuban people. In Cuba the
information has caused favorable com
ment Senor Miguel Villanueva is
probably the man.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
General U[ibe F!geS
To Venezuela
Colombian Government To Aid
Venezuelan Rebels.
Army Will Be Marched on Caracas
Special Cablegram to Boletn Mercantil.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil.

New York, June 17th.-Cable advices
received in this city from Colon state
that the Colombian government is pre-
pairing to invade Venezuela. 1t is
stated that the Colombian rebel General
Uribe has fled from; Colombia and taken
refuge in Venezuela, where he is now
being attacked by Colombian troops
The government of Colombia has ar
army already in the field and within {
few DAYS it is believed that the inva
sion of Venezuela will begin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
Rebels A||QCk ID Culp0.
Fighting Now Going On At That
Place.
Believed That 1t Must Fall.
Special Cablegram to Boletin Mercantil.

New York, June 17th.--Cable ad
vices received in this city from Trini.
dad state that the rebel army has at
tackled La Guayra, and that severe
fighting is now going on at that place
Hundreds of rebel sympathizers have
left Trinidad for La Gliayra and the
news from that place states that the
rebel army is preparing to move on to
Caracas at the first opportunity. The
fighting for the past few days has been
incessant. and it is reported that many
thousands have been killed and wound
ed.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
Current News Notes.
Local And Personal.

The investigation into the alleged
doings of the so called Las Turbas
was continued this afternoon in the
office of Secretary Hartzel. Jose Mauleon
and about forty others, who have Ieen
implicated by the testimony of the com
plainants will be given an opportunity
of defending themselves. The afternoon
was taken up with the preliminary ties
timon
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17

Among the blasted buildings of the
Mouillage quarter, one rises sentry-like
this is the cathedral 1t marked the
northen boundary of the quarter, and
was known as the Cathedral du Mouiy
lage, pleasantly euphonious name
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17

The examination of applicants for the
Insu1ar Police continues this morning.
There were fully two hundred anxious
men on hand early to day. The Com.
missioners are pushing the work ahead
as rapidly as possible,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17

A woman named Ricardo Cruz was
found dead in hallway on Forta1eza
Street this morning. She had been
intoxicated for some days and is believ
ed to have died from heart failure.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17

will be ready to publish full list of
the contemplated exercises. The Com
|naittee was to have met yesterday, but
the illness of Mrs. Hernandez Lopez,
prevented the attendance of Mr.. Lopez,
a member of the committee
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
GelG[d AdQS BeSeIgeS CQTQCB
In Front Of The Town With A
Large Army, Which IS Being
Reinforced Hourly.
Reported That Capitol Will Surrender.
Special Cablegram to Boletn Mercantil

Special OdDIegldIH 70 DOletTIl HIeIlaIIlH
New York, June Izth,-Advices re
ceived from Trinidad at late hour to
day state that General Matos, with an
army of over eight thousand rebels has
surrounded the city of Caracas and
that lie is now laying seige to that
place. The entire country between La
Guayra and Caracas is now in the
hands of the rebels and it is believed
that Caracas must surrender, as the
government troops and officials will run
short of provisions within short
period. The fighting about La Guayra
continues
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
PropiedadeS
ESpecialeS.

La Emulsion de Scott,
! como ingeniosa combi- F.;
5nacion de aceite purlSlmo
! de hfgado de bacalao con
, ,hipofosfltos de cal y de,
!, sosa, levanta la resisten-
. cia organica, contflbuye
! al aumento de las fuerzas
, flsicas, vigorizando ner-
! Vios y m1sCulos, regula-
. RIA ID digestion y esti-
,mula el apetItO. A1emas
/ cOmbate los VenenoS que
/ vician Ia sanere Q pro-
! mueVe su prontl e'lnli~
! naci0n, y goza dc tHp:c-
! dadcs eshGc'N!es Y seguras
! contra las multlples alec
clones de- aparatC Tespi-
ra!orlo.
) Un sabor agrad be !
, u1 aproVechanllcl1tO f~cl
!. y coinpicto reaiZan sua-,
merits jcrapRuticos. gu
! ~a~~ra--A~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17

The preparations for the 4th Of July
celebration are progressing in good
shape. and before long the Committee
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
m Honor OI Consul Aylle.
Banquet at the Hotel Inglater

The Potomac parry which went to
|St Pierre, Martinique some weeks ago
gave dinner last night in honor of
EC3asul Ayme, at the Hotel Inglaterra
those present were Consul Ayme,
Ca tain Mccormick Of the Potomac,
Secretary Hartze1l, and Messrs Hazel
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17
cfiCarSn

: ccntra la aAen1ia, tisis.
sra4uitis, Intermediates
I he: ,o5ds, dci p9ciio y,
: plimones, a!teraciCnes
{ de n slr.:gy~c, dcct;ciCnes
! diffciles y crecinllcnto,
; rapido, le han conquis-
: tado fan3a universal.
: La humanidad no ha.
: podido menos de enccn-!
! trar en- tan benetlcos atri-
: butos el secreto de Ia!
) vida.
) Todas las zonas y lati-:
3 tudes c;-..eentan c,..ura pOr
; n1iIlares las existencias
} que a1crred a ella han
) SldO hGrOlCamente are
) batadaS de los BRACES de
Sla muerte.
Rehdsense las llamadas "tan bu>
mas !" 8 "nlas bAratas que la de Scott.
De venta en- todas parties. 4
SCOTT s BOVINE. ouimicos. New York. |
5AeAo~0%Ge0~@~o%o>a0AeC~s
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-17

everything infammab1e, save a few
tree trunks, has been burned or buried
beneath the cinders
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-10
Woes of the Grocer.

II was an uptown grocery which q
httie girl about five years OF age enter.
ed the other day, saying 'I want a
spool OF cottonp ''You won't get thai
here" replied the grocer jokingly.
You'll have to go to the blacksmitb;s
shop Tor that" 81 want q spooI Of
cotton" the child repeated, clutchine
something very tightly in her right
hand. And she continued to reiterate
tne request for long time before
quitting the store.
Presently her mother appeared in the
door, with a very irate countenanca
D'you mean totell me that you haven,t
got nutmegT she inquired Indignant.
~. WAS that what the child wanted p,
exclaimed the grocer. "She asked for
= spool or cotton" Couldn't you see
the nutmeg in her handY" retorted tha
mother. Il saw something In her hand
put didn't know what it was" "1Vell
ali you had TO do was to smell f." was
the final shot with which the marion
departed. VA
witnesses to this scene have amused
themselves ever since, asking the gro
Ger why he doesn't exercise greater f,a-
tecuve skill in finding out what his
customers require when they DOME
Know Observation-Disclosures Rec.
srd.
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A LESSON IN CHESS.
why Wi1lie's Papa Ended 1t AImo.,
Before NJ Was Reeun.

Why Willie's Papa Ended If AIuo.,
Before It Was Besun.
Faterfamilias, with laudable desire
10 keep Willie at home at night, offer
ed to teach him to play chess. The boy
was delighted, and the game began.
Tut the little ones, pawns. ell along
the front and the big ones behind. as Z
show you"
Il think that is cowardIy. The big
ones ought to be in front. Ma SAYS
"Oh, but that is the rule Now. see
no; put that rock in the corner"
"Rook! What's rookY'
1T is a kind OF bird"
well, that amt bird. 1t looks like
castle"
Call it castle, then-and put the
knight next
Why is that called a knight? 1t
looks like a horses head"
And then the bishop" went on ma.
terfamilias, ignoring the question: $50.
and them
why is the bishops head split in
two, pop?"
"Oh, that is his hat-a cardinals
hat"
But l thought he was a bishopw
A cardinal is also n bishop Now
don't talk so much, Willie Then Won
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What IL a Runaway Hor...

They have nice horses and cattle ovA
west, but they have little ways of their
own For Instance, broken horse out
west has points OF difference from e
broken horse In the east. Some of the
saddle horses caused me most unaffect-
ed misery when 1 had to ride-and it
was the same thing with the driving
horses. l used to spend my winters in
the east, and when went back to the
ranch l would OF course want to hear
the latest news about my neighbors-
who'd been hanged and the rest.
MY foreman had grievance against
professor from Ann Arbor Sho
wanted to see the Bad Lands and uad
nired team, which ran away, smash
ing things up and breaking the profess
Or's arm. He said that the professor
had made remark which made him
not. He didn't mind his saying that he
had fallen into a den of sharks-ho.
cause he knew sharks didn't have dens
nhd' besides, he didn't charge the pro-
hessor for the use of the team: what
made him hot was the remark that he
had roisted on the professor a team OF
runaway horses.
he had no right to call them that
SAID the foreman. zone horse had onIv
Deen driven twice, and could hardly ba
calied confirmed runaway, and the
other-well, there were lots of timea
when he hadn't run away."-Forest
and Stream.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-10
LITTLE LEAKS,

"hnt They May Lead 10 and How
They May He stopped.
1t is possible to lose much by Titles.
a Classic case Is that OF the royal
granary which was depleted OF IFS
stores by n succession of zone rat came
anu took one grain away. and another
rat came and took another grain
away SO fortunes are dissipated. and
regulations are destroyed. and health
IS ruined and character itself Iost-bv
niue eNtravagances, little indiscre-
uohs' little negligences. little obliuui-
ties.
benjamin Franklin was n great econ-
olnlst not alone of money, but Of time
ne SAID TO teach a young man to
shave himself is as good as to give him
purse OF gold" He had reference 70
the minutes as well rs the dimes If
costs to patrOnize the barber.
Elihu Burritt stopped the leak In his
time and taught himself a dozen Ian
guages. Gladstone was equally wise
for he read Plato in.his carriage he
tween Carleton~terrace and the norIio-
ment buildings.
n prosperous man ascribed bis snc
cess IN business To his habit OF per-
mlttlng no particle of material To no
uhproductive. He experimental and
elaborated until he found n method of
disposing probably of every atom left
over
Ihere Is man in New York who has
IN Dank goodly sum of money which
he calls his "'tis but fund" Whom
tempted to needless expenditure bv the
specious plea, "'Tls but n nickel or q
quarter or dollar" he denies himself
and drops the amount he would have
spent into portable bank. which ia
hiled with amazing rapidity. That Is
one way TO stop a leak.
More serious than any prudential
matter are the little leaks in life nv
which vital energy is squandered and
moral force is diminished, imperceptI- |
Dly 1t may be, through what we some |
times regard as inconsequential acts.
Lack or order in our methods of labor |
lnulH erence to the minor morals Of /
hygiene and the ''major morals" OF |
honesty and truth. the practical rem.
diation of personal responsibility. the
neglect of duties which arise from our
ethical and religious nature-these are
the leaks which we must stop or no
bankrupt in the worlds eyes and in
Goa s.-Saturday Evening Post.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-10
The Secret of Lono Life.
Frank ID Kilt

Consists in keeping all the main or
gans OF the body in healthy, regular ac-
ton, and quickly destroying deadly die
ease germs. Electric Bitters regulate
stomach. Liver and Kidneys. purify the
Dioou' and gives a splendid appetite
They work wonders in curing kidney
troubles Female complaints Nervous
Diseases, Constipation, Dyspepsia. and
strength always follows their use OnIv
ooc' guaranteed by John Z. Jackson
drug store.
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Watterson.

we nave grown up to know
Henry Watterson through t Ia e
columns of the Louisville Courier
journal as one of the most power
tul writers of the U. S. As a lee
turer he is counted among the ars.
ana to hear him in our own town
is indeed real privilege. Tickets
on sale at JacksOns, Wednesday
January 10Th.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-10
GROCERIES

Flour, Royal Patent, ; 4.25
= Purity Patent, 400
We guarantee both or money refunded.
Salt. 3 bushel bag, 70
Standard Granulated Sugar, Dbl lots 81
100 10 lots, 81
Small Lots 8
Siller Leaf Lard, 90 10 tins, ,,
" 10 10 buckets. -
Good Rio Coffee, per h., IN
Choice q" 3" ,o,/
Fancy Rio Coffee, X
African java, 17i<
Klondyke Roast ed Coffee :
Xmas Candies, Ralsens, Figs, Nuts etc
California Peachef, Prunss, Seedless
Kaisens, Citron.
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GA - IN q EEA.
Bears the ~ The KIM You ss.s Always tisgfa
e'Ss q &zzSzx
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-01-10

put the king ana queen
The queen is bigger than the king
popr'
well. so she is. Who said She
WASH t! said paterfamilias, with a
trace OF impatience i'm his tone. "And
then another bishop; So"
Why are there two bishops, pop?"
Because the rules say so. Now. 1
shall move first"
what after all that trouble, are YOU
going to move them again?"
say, Willie, l believe my head g
acning l shall show you the rest some
other time" said paterfamilias as he
swept the men into the box.-New Yorl,
Times.
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Everywhere

"nen you take out an insnr,, "a
policy' look everywhere and get the
best. Don't be persuaded bi mans
loie arguments. Don't buy for friend
'hir sake. Don't pay out a penny
I'll you are sure. It's tbonsapd
times better to spend a little time
hnding the best than to spend years
OF regret after Your property is de-
s'royed and you cant collect your
insurance.
While you are looking step into
this office an get official information
about the worlds greatest eomn,n;as