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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29
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POLITICA PELIGROSA
SCuAnd0 Sc arnna?

La complication russo -japonesa. 81 es
tan grave como la pirtan, crea I'm esta-
do &c cosas, por demas alarmante. 81
esos dos imperios contindan acercando-
Sc, y uno de los dos no cede, nc Sc COM
prende la posib;lidad de evitar TN con =
f1icto. Despojado ell negocio de todo 10
Ique tiene aspecto de hojarasca, la tac-
tica de Russia parece ser la de, fuerza
de alflerazos, cual mas punzante v
maligno provocar al Japou a que des-
cargue el primer goIpe, probablemente
per considerarse COD fuerzas mas que
sufcieutes para obviar sus efectos.
Que los japoneses son gente bravo v
de esp1ritu. todo ell mundo 10 reconoce:
pero sin mas pruebas que las hasta la
fecha presentadas Gcomo es possible
Greer al Japon capaz de veneer a Ru-
sia2 va sabemos que ell Tap6n { In
glaterra estan ligados por alianza con-
dicional, este es, con obligation de apo
yarse m1tuamente, llegado ell case de
ve1se una de las parties empefIada con-
ira dos 6 mas potencias. Esta alianza
Sc tormo para con su efecto moral,
apresurar la evacuation de Manchuria.
PreclSatnente en- estos mismos dias
debe frmarse up pacto entire Inplate-
ira y Francia, obligandose ambas re-
currir al arbitraje, para dirimir todas
sus disputas.
Supongamos que Sc frme eSe pacto,
que estalla la guerra entire Rusia el
Japon, y siguiendo ell orden de suposi-
clones, que una de las dos sale tan NAL
parada que peligre su existencia ma
cional.
Y bien; sean cualesquiera las clausu-
las de una alianza, nadie puede con-
Sentir la destruction de I'm aliado v
amigo sin tentar I'm eSfuerzo en- su fa-
vor. Ciertamente, no podrfa Gran
Bretafia que tai hiciese con ell Jap6n Y
conservcr al propio tempo su reputa-.
ci6n &c gran potencia. Vayamos un
POGO mas lejos y 6guremonos que ell
Japon, solo 6 acompafiado, limpia de
rusos a Corea y Manchuria, en- cuyo
case, y para seguridad del porvenir, de-
bera remontarse Siberia arriba y, per
10 menos, aduefarse del golfo de Tar
taria con ambas margenes, que tocan q
A la gran isla japonesa de Yeso, la Sc
gurda en- i1nportancia del imperio.
Vladivostock, dos paSos de Corea,
quedara, naturalmente, inclufda. iLi-
mitarfa Francia su acci6n a corrientes
de simpatfa7 Y siendo asf que la en-
trada de Fraucia implicarfa Ia de In
glaterra, que quedarfa del sublime
Pacto que Sc esta firmando? La YER
dad es que la desapoderada codicia
moScovita eSta dando malisimos ratios
a Ia diplomacia del mundo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

midas batallas en- Alemania con la viii
da del gran eomposltor, a fin de obtenel
el derecho de representa- la magistral
partitura en- los Estados Unidos. $50
mil cuesta poner Ia celebre opera aquen.
de ell Atlantico. En- cuanto ganan-
clas no Sc esperan muchas en- esta pri-
mera temporada, pero 81 en- las que Sc
sucedan. Ell n6mero de representa-
clones esta limitado a diez. y la linica
ciudad americana donde Sc verifquen
sera New York. Ell pdblico Sc prepa-
ra a asistir este acontecimiento tea
trail como 81 Sc tratase de los festivales
de un dios, 6 de tributar honores Tin
emperador despues de haber realizado
portentosas hazaf1as guerreando.
Eulogio Horta.
New York Octubre 20 de 1903.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

Esta Venerable Orden, celebrara en-
su Santa Capilla, los cultos que conti-
nuacion Sc expresan: L.-:Y
Ell dia Io de Noviembre, al tooue de
oraclones, despues del Rosario, Solem-
ne Nocturno, procession y responses en-
sufragio y alivio de las "Benditas Al
mas. que padecen en- ell Purgatorio. y
de nuestros hermanos difuntos.
El dia 2 las 7 de la mafiana, Misa
de Requiem cantada y response final.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

El nl1mero de aldeas saquedas que
madas en- el vils.yato de Monastir, as
ciende a TIC. Para que Sc comprenda
hasta que grado sc ha 1levado la des-
truccion, baste saber que de o,oS2 vi
viendas que sumaban las ITO aldeas,
han sido incendiadas o,735. En- ell vi
layato de Adrianopolis la obra de de-
vastacion y rapifia contintia en- la mis-
ma forma que en- Monsstir. Los tur-
cos incendian las poblaciones y acome-
ten a tiros y bayonetazos 4 cuantos
pretenden huir de elias.
Mas de $4,000 fugitivos, en- la mas
absolute miseria, Sc han refugiado en-
Bulgaria. Mucho mayor es eli n11mero
de los que pereceran de hambre y frfo
en- las montafias. e incalcu1able Ia por
ci6n de los que caeran oajo el hero y
ell fuego turcos.
~
Ell famoso arque6logo Mr.. Arthur
Evans, que ha recorrido durante mu-
chos afIos la Macedonia en- todas direc-
clones y que tiene, por 10 tanto, motives
para conocer foudo el estado de aquel
desgraciado pals; asegura, como fruto
de treinta af1os de estudio y observa-
cion de las maqrinaclones y metodos
de TurGufa, que el 1nico medic de OBJ
tener efectos titles. para poner termino
a tan barbaros cr1menes y tanta YER
guenza, es dirigirse la cabeza, intimi-
dando al Sultan. Solamente separando
a este-dice Mr.. Evans-eS como Sc
Podra conseguir mejorar la condicion
de la poblacion cristiana de los Balka-
nes. Todas las ordenes salen del pala-
clio imperial y todas las maniobrss son
dirigidas desde ALI. Mieutras Sc estz
conferenciando con los embaj jadores de
las poteucias europeas. Sc atiza ell fuegO
para que Il devastation y las matsnzas
continIen.
Lo mismo Sucedlo en- Creta, cuando,
mientras trataban los delegados turcos
y europeos. Sc llevo 4 cabo el horrible
deguello de cristianos. 81 al Sultan sc
lie deja Ia accion hbre. no quedara alma
viviente de toda Ia poblaci6n inerme de
Macedonia. FL progralna de reformas
pTopuesto por Austria y Russia es abso-
lutamente inehcaz y ridfculo. Solo una
acciou fuerte. energica Immediate
en- Constantinopla Puede detener los
planes de exterminaci6n total de un
pueblo entero.
Es.as ahrnaciones de Mr.. Evans.
apoyadas con numerosos casos practicos
observados por Fl en Turquia. han pro-
ducido en laglaterFa una sensaci6n in
mensa.
PoF 70 prOnto. sl emba jadog brit1nico
Ia deciarado oGciaime7te 4 In PueFta.
Que 81 gobierno conxidera 81 progFama
de rcformos aus,rc-ruso ccmpletamente
inseca1 { iaad.cuado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29
ExpIicaci6n
piE1t0resca
lHombre! Ique nos cuenta ustei

lHOmbre! Ique nos cuenta ustef
Aver tarde desestimo ell Juez MIR
Richmond, la mocion de un nuevo jul =
clio, pedida por el abogado Torres Mon
gre para su defendido, Felipe Clemente,
al cual iinpuso la pena de un afio de
preside, $50 dollars Ide multa, y, en- sr
defecto, un dia de carcel por cada do
liar, y costas. no porque la ley tOmf
OFxgansa nj tratf de reeOmbrnsar d la
0feMdida Dolores Oquendo, sino para
evitar la repetici6n de hechos, como el
cometido por Clemente, seduciendo a
una joven doncella. bajo palabra de
matrimonio. requisite eSencial en- esa
clase de delitcs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

81 . cara cue Lord naiiour dirivia
{ Lord DsvoasAire. h maniGss,a \
peae dencnn1uelo cue le IA nusado
a dimiat.a o. este dilimo. diEnaidn Qun
ia pooaen estina en@o M rzdo gulpn
Pef@ q kooasEno.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29
En pals Iibre
Una Erase de Roosevelt

Niegan de Ia Casa Blanca que el
PresIdente Roosevelt haya deiado de
aSistir Ia installation del professor Fin
hey. eu IA Tcctoria del ColegiO dc IA
eirdad dc Nueva York. por IA prefe-
rencia que sc habia Dc dar al ex Pre-
sidente Cleveland.
NO tui porque no me di6 IN gana.
-diio irTiSsd0 Mr.. Roosevelt. Pnes
cue no ssSanos en- pals hbrcs
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

81 gohierso Fuso N m4niieslndO aus
IA n'nwiliraci6n O. lEopus qne eusG Ile-
vande 4 aexho sl Inpua aa corra. 10
runssitnYe afngen 80 O. hcsllhl.d su
cnEra e RnsIa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

! ricn.
La numerosa colonia que forman en-
esta gran metropoli los espafoles Y los
hispano- no-americanos, ha logrado por fin
constituir una sociedad de instruction
ly recreo, con el nombre de "Centro
Hispano-Americano". Por 10 pronto Sc
ha veri6cado va la Inauguration del
mlsmo con una anirnada fiesta en- la
que participarou afcionados y artistas
de diferenteS procedencias.
Yo no tengo mucla fe en- las uniones
latinas, en- vista de los fracasos que Sc
registrar. Elementos no faltan en- New
York para haber organizado una asocia-
cion como la que acaba de instalarse,
pero la familia tiene algo de indocil,
y Ia prueba es de que en- Paris, donde
exl>ten en- gran ntmero espaf1oles
hisPano-americanos, no existe un cen
tro que represent'4 :. la metropoli des-
cubrldora nj Sus antiguas colonias de
este hemisferio.
No quiero ahondar en- las causas que
producer semejante hecho, porque 10
creo perfectamente il 6til, y 81 no in1til
completamente inneceSario.
~
ST ustedes son muy impresionables,
habran de Soportar que conceda alguna
referencia a los tres hermanos Van
Wagner, que acaban de ser ejecutados
en ese mueble Internal que Sc llama Ia
"Silla electrical. Que hicieron esos
mozalvetes para MERCER Ia aplicacion
de semejante pena2 Un ito 4 quien
mataron era un avaro; los Van Wag-
ner lie tenian hipotecada una de las fin
cas- heredadas de su padre, y ell ito con-
cluy6 por quedarse con la fabrica y los
muchachos. que Parece no eran de la
mejor 1ndole, determinaron I'm dia en-
prenderla a tiros con el pariente, hasta
que ie incruStaron doce balaS en- el
cuerpo. Vinieron las averiguaciones
policiacas, y les matadores fueron he
chos prisioneros, juzgados y sentencia-
dos finalmente 4 la Ultima pena, la
que han sucumbido
Siempre que, como en- el presente Ca
SO, Sc ejecuta a alguien en- la consabida
silla, aparecen en- los periodlcos los ar
gumentos de los partidarios de la pena
de muerte y de los que estan por la
abolicion de Ia misma. De todos los
pareceres, e. que mas atencIon ha des-
pertado. ha si6o el del mismo inven-
tor de Ia silla electrical, Mr.. Davis. La
pena de muerte. dice. NADIA resuelvt;
nj diSminuye el nnmero de los crime
neS nj el de los criminaleS. BtsqueSe
otra soluci6n para cassigar 4 los que
cometen deiitos extremes. La eSta-
distica demuestra plenamente cue Ia
pena capital. nj redime. nj compensa,
nj corrige 4 ninguno.
A peSar dc ser el inventor dc IA Silla
elec.Tica Y del provecho que me rinde
soy el primero en- declarar % intitil de
las sjccucicueS. y desc aria que las de
los j6vcnes Van Wagner fueSen las
dltrmas cue sc veri6eas<n en- e Estsdo
dc New York. Tales soa las dselara-
comes del ''verdugL" 8 del "elerrOje.
cutor" titulaF. que - IA compadscido
al On dc "a humauidad. Ms vale tar-
de cue nunca, segan Fesa el psuvsrhio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29
C0R.RseO de
America

Falta ell aIambritO-La amable lbertad -Conquis-
tada d tiros-UnO de tnntOs-Pdjnros que van ca
yendO-Cnmbio de uniforme.
Mr.. Swift, opulentfsimo negociante
en- carnes, de Chicago, acaba de hacer-
Sc duefio de la mayor parte de la man
teca de cerdo; existente en- todo e1 nun.
do. La existercia total excetle algo de
10000 tercerolas, y Mr.. Swift sc halla
en- possession de 10000, cuyo valor ac-
tual es de SIS .ooo,o 900. y acaba de ex-
portar $4,000 tercerolas mas, para ali
viarse de Ia pletora. Apurado Sc veria
ell famoso tra6cante en- grasas, 81 tuvie-
ra que poner I'm alambrlto a cada lata
de manteca.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29
Ep10OiO HOvfa
Ell eXterRrlinio
10 que pasa en-
los Balkanes
SENSATION EN- INGLATERPA

Mientras los emperadores de Austria
y Rusla conferencian y las grandes po-
teuclaS contin11an entretenidas con no
tas diplomaticas, los turcos prosiguen
sistematicamente su polftica de exter-
mimic, de toda la poblacion cristiaaa de
Macedonia, como medic radical de re-
solver el problema de los Balkanes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

Veran ustedes la que Sc arm6 en- Ell
preside de Salt Lake, Utah. Varios
penados fraguaran TN complot para
evadirse, y viendose descubiertos, de-
terminaron jugar 81 todo por el todo
Dalton, ladron nocturno ,que estaba al
cumplir, muerto. Majors, sentenciado
a muerte por asesinato, despachado,
ahorrandose trabajo al verdugo. Smith,
ayudante del a.caide, gravemente he
rido, y Lynch y Haworth, sirviendo
condemns a perpetuidad. pr6fugos. Gen
te armada les persigue y Jay de ellos
como caigan!
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29
ESPANA
ULTIMO CORREO

DoAa Conception acknowledgements en- vigo--
La insigne pensadOra-HerOina santa-L4n
obra de In mujer-Iibr0s universales-El asilO
denSan J0se-En San Sebastian-La hermnnn
Nieves-MuergOs peIigrOsOs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

" apilulo tsaiEal e intcresante en-
In presents ms cue en ninguua ezra
tamporafla. Tcndssmoa el sPnrxifar'
de wagnsr GO "a hinkropulaka Opern
no1ses pol primera vea q el mnnllo
iusrl q haErEnls gEnE1sm { las eHf1GE-
- d hs.raid csasuiA &C hhst -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29

Thomas Edward Murtaugh era uno
de tantos jovenes de buena posici6n
que, hastisdos del placer, incapaces pa
ra obra provechosa, falta de sarna
que rascar, sentaron plaza cuando la
guerra con Espafla y fueron a ella co
mo quien va a una bacanal. Logr6,
por infuencias, una plaza DIS segundo
teniente de artillerfa de plaza, y en- 1000
6 1901 fue destinado Cuba. Despues
envio su dimision q Washington Sc
desert6, sin esperar que Sc Ia acepta-
sen. Hailosele y'prendiosele en- Chi
cago, = trajosele a Nneva York, para
consejo de guerra.
Resulto convicto de desfalco, habien-
do falsi6cado cheques, deserci6n, con-
ducts impropia de Official y caballero,
etc., por 10 cua1 Sc lie sentencio a dos
afios de penitenciarfa y expulsion del
ejercito. De suerte que 81 ell Presiden-
te no le conmuta Ia sentencia ~ todo
puede Ser), tendra que zanzibar el uni
forme militar por el de presidiario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-10-29
New York al wueIo
Correspondence de la prensa Inter-
nacionaD
Para ell BOLETIN MERCANTIL

Inauguration del Centric HispanO AmericanO-L.a
silln electrical en- actividnd-Wagner EN- Arne-
ricn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22
.EEECITH NICHOLSON

| tention Of driving with that girl than / had
OF going up In balloon and walking back
You know / never knew her we'll; | don
want 10 know her, for that matter; not On
your life!'
rs this guessing contest? l suppose m
| the goat. Well you didn't care for Miss
! Margrave's society; is that what your
! driving at? She shan't hear this from me;
/ | m safe a tomb. Moreover. / don
enjoy her acquaintance Go ahead now.
! full speed"
And it was Just my Internal hard luck
i that | got caught this afternoon. con-
| tinued Wary, ignoring him. Sometimes it
seems TO me that / m predestined and fore
ordained to do fool things I've been work
ng Ike blue biazes on that washerWoman
suit against the Observation-Disclosures
! their switch through her back Sard-and l
mad put away all kinds OF temptation and
was feeling particularly Virtuous; but mere
came the Margrave niger with that girls
note. and went up the street in long jumps
TO meet ner. and let her drive me all over
town ana all over the country, and oroer me
a liighball on the Country Club porch. and
generally max of me. | wish you
do something 10 me; hit me with club. or
throw NE down the elevator, or do some
thing equally brutal and coarse that would
lar a little of the folly out of me. w by,
he continued with utter self-contempt,
through which his humor slimmered, i
ought to have turned down Mabeis invita-
ton as soon as / saw the monogram ON her
note paper. Three colorS. and letters AS Dig
as YOU hand! My instructive good taste
falters, old man; it needs restoring and
Christening.
Il quite agree with you, sir. But it's more,
gallant to abuse yourself than Miss Mar
graves stationery-that is, if am correctly
gathering up the crumbs of your thought.
l believe you had reached the highball incl
dent In your recital. Was 1t rye or Scotch?
I This is the day of realism, and If L m 70 give
| you counsel or sympathy, or whatever 1t is
| YOU want, i must know all the petty de-
tails"
Don't be foolish said Rardan. staring
abstractedly; then he bent his eyes sharply
| on SdXton.
See here, John" he said quietly folding
| his arms He had never before called Sax
| ton by his first name, and the change
marked further advance of intimacy.
Yes"
| "You know I'm a good deal of fool and
! all that sort of thing
CHUCK that and go ahead"
! but she means whole lot TO me. You
| know whom | mean" Saxton knew he did
not mean Mabel Margrave. you know,
Raridan went on, 1--WE were kids together
| up there on those hills. We both had our
| dancing lessons at her house, and did such
stunts as that together"
Yes" said Saxton.
II want to work and show that I'm some
| good / want to make myself worthy of
| her." He got up and walked the floor,
while Saxton sat and watched him.
II can't talk about ii you understand
what / want TO do. 1t has seemed to me
| lately that have more to overcome than
! can ever manage. / made a lot of fuss
/ about that Knights of Midas rot. l ought
to have helped her about that; It was hard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22
Found What They Were Looking For

A dispatch from Hoffman, n. c., last
night says % j >
Town Marshal Thompson and Mr.. Culp,
night operator for the Seaboard, killed Gal
loway and John Blue, colored. The Blues,
who are brothers, came from Cumberland
county and, after getting drunk, began
looking for trouble. Mr. Thompson sum-
moned Mr.. Culp to assist him, and while
looking for the negroes were fired upon
with shotgun and Winchester. The white
men returned the fire with pistols killing
both the negroes. Culp had his hat shot
off, but escaped injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22

Saxtcn d:.cd alone IL Ike Garrison Clue,
rs he Usually 81 and went sftcrwarc to
his Office, which tie stu Ina!rtataeo II tie
Clalkscn National Bu'idiEg. lie had heel
studying no report of al engineering e.
pert o. q Colorado irrigation scheme and
he was trying 10 master ard correct its
wealirasses As he hang over the blue
prints and the pages OK fisures that lay
before him, tie flashing rcd wheels of
Mabel MarsraNss trap kept interfering; he
wished Wary had not turned up just as he
had. He thought he understood why his
friend had been occupied III his Office of
late but whether Wary and Evelyn Porter
were engaged or not, Wary ought to find
better use for his talents than IN amusing
Mabel Margraye. john lighted his pipe to
help with the blue-prints, and while he
drew II into coy accord with himself the
elevator outside discharged q passenger;
he heard the click Of the wire door the
cage receded. followed by Raridan's quick
step in the hall. and Wary broke In on
him.
Well. you're tie limit Ia like 20 know
what YOU mean by roos ting up here and not
STAYING I'm your room where a white man
can find you He stood with his hands
thrast into the pockets OF his top-coat, and
giared at saxton. who lay back In his chair
and bit his pipe. Il wish by all the gods l
could rattle you once and shake you out or
your id Harvard aplonlb!" Raridan did
not usually invoke the gods, and he rarely
id anything or anybody.
That's a very pretty coat you have on
Mr.. Rarfdnu. 1t must be nice 10 be pluto
crat and wear clothes like that.
Tho beastiy thing doesn't ht, growled
Rari6an, throwing himself into a chair. Il
don't fit. and my clothes don't fit. and
And you're having fit. You'd better
see nerve specialist" Wary was pound
ing a cigarette on the back of his case.
~ say SaXton.' he said calmly.
We'll, Has Hesuvius subsidized Saxton
sat up in his chair and watched Raridan
breaking matches wastefully in a nervous
effort TO strike light
John Saxton, what beastly ass l am!
What a nlerry-go -round of a fool make OF
myself Wary blew cloud of smoke into
>she air.
hYes" said John. pulling away at his pipe.
HAs I'm q living man. had 20 more In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Three Killed and Six Injured Unde
Falling Roof at st. Louis.

A dispatch from St. Louis last night says
Seven boilers in the power house of the ST
Louis Transit Company exploded tonight.
killing three employees, injuring six and
wreckins the building. The explosion broke
window panes several blocks away.
The brick walls of the boiler house were
thrown outward and the heavy truss roof
after being thrown high in the air dropped
directly over the debris, imprisoning e"enty
employees.
All the electric lights went out, and dark
ness prevented prompt work in rescuing the
injured, whose cries could be plainly heard
Fire broke out in one portion of the debris
but was eXtinguished before it gained much
Roadway.
The cause of the explosion is not known
Several street ear lines were brought to a
standstill for time for lack of power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22
May Discard Torrens system.

cablegram from Honolulu says: The
Torrens land court. established by an act
OF the last legislature, has been so little
patronized that there is talk of tlischars
ing It's employees and practically closl:,g it
up. The court was established with Il riew
10 introducing the Torrens system in Ha-
wai;, but applications for titles under the
system have not come in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-22
Stricken Expressing Fear Of Ro5ber.
A dispatch from Clinton, Mass, last nigh

says:
James S. Scanlon, second lieutenant and
clerk of Company X, 9th Infantry, II. N c.,
was found lying unconscious in the COM
pany office tonight with two severe wounds
on the head, his watch gone and the en-
tire Office in the greatest confusion. An in
veStigation showed that all the dra wers
and closets of the office had been ransack-
ed and two of the pockets of Lieut.. Scan
Ions clothes had been turned inside out
On the desk, in Lieut.. Scanlons hand
writing, was a note: Il have been foiI&V-
ed by a strange man from Worcester, and
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Switches for Mormon Missionaries.

A dispatch from Parkersburg, w. Va.
last night says: Two Mormon elders. who
have been preaching near Chenille, in Gil
ner county, yesterday morning found two
punches of hickory switches at their door.
with a note warning them to leave tho
community within forty eight hours. They
refused to go, and the owner of the house
where they were staying said he would
protect them. This morning a bundle of
switches was left at his door. With note
saying that If the Mormons We're at his
house tonight the switches would be used
on him. The Mormons departed.
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To build up trade, reach tho
family. To reach the family,
advertise in The Evening Star.
1t goes into 1900 houses in the
city where no other Washington
daily paper is taken.
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former prosperity lie said few years
ago he held a government cicrkship here,
but evil days and sickness came upon him,
and now he is compelled to support his wife
and himself by traVersing the streets of
gay Washington singing the doleful refrain:
"Shoestrings, shoestfings; oac cent pair"
There are others ike him in the hurly-
burly of the capital.
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Hes a rigid devil, some way. There's no
let-go in him. L guess the law allows us to
dislike some people just on general princi-
pies. and Jim likes himself so well that you
and don't matter. It's your Shot
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MOORE & HILL (lnc.) },
zlz 1Ath Street.


/ feel that he is after my watch"-foliow-
ed by blot as if the writer had been sud-
denly interrupted.
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Open. s::;::'

SIS, 81, 50, 81, 90. II, 70,
rs Randolph St. NV.
(Near LIST and r Sts.)
No. IS completely fur
nished, heated and open
evenings until 9 O'clock.
No. II Sold.