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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13

El ministro de Estado Mr.. Hay, ha
presentado al gobierno ingles una re-
cIamaci6n por cinco millones de pesos,
4 favor de les herederos de Charles
sirown, ingeniero americana que posefa
valiosos terrenos en- ell Transvaal, de
cuya possession, Sc alega, cl Presidente
Kruger les privo. Ahora, con el cam
bio de soberan1a, Sc cree en- Washington
que la responsabilidad cae sobre Gran
Bretafia. por cuanto Sc sostiene que el
acto de Mr.. Kruger fue arbitrario y re-
vccado por Su mismo tribunal Supreme;
pero la guerra impidio llegar a una so
lucion satisfactoria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13

Ell lunes fue destituido y puestc baio
arresto Daniel w. Miller, empleado de
categorfa en- la administrator general
de Lorreos Sc lie acusa de "injerto," sea
10 que antes Sc llanaba soborno. Me-
dante una propina, dicen que $1,000,
intrigo, usando su Influenza Official, en-
favor de una compafia de Missouri que
hacfa uso indebidp del Correo para
anunciar ciertos negocios de caracter
fraudulento, delito que Sc castiga mry
severamente. Tai es, por 10 rnenos, la
acusacion que reza contra Miller, cuyo
castigo, pof otra parte, no ha de ser,
muy ejempIar, por ct1anto Sc le puso
bajo 81 900 de ianza, que al momento
consign6. Esel primer arrestc resultan-
te de Ia investigation que al principle
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13

cali6c6 el ministro de ''negocio de pura
formula" pues en- su departamento ell
cohecho no echaba rafces. Ahora el
propio ministro confesa que la deten-
ci6n de Miller seguiran probablemente
otras, y la cOnsternacion es profunda.
Ell delito de Miller puede ser castigado
con priSion que no exceda de tres amos
y multa equivalente a no mas de tres
veces Ell soborno. 6 'injerto."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13
"BirreSbOrn"
Aqua mineral natural

Ofrecemosesta aqua, que por
tantos aios Sc consumio en- la
Isla con excelentes resultados
para las intermediates del esto-
mago, higado, rifiones, intesti-
nos, etc. etc, y como la mas agra
dable bebida para la mesa.
Pidase en- las farmacias y col
mados, 8 a los
UHTcos MPORTAooREs
GAMBIA TSTUBBE.
TETUAN 20. SAN JUAN. PR.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13
La CerVeZa
ANHEUSER BUSCH

Compuesta de extracto de cebada pura Mpulo, es Ia
mas tonica mas saudabe de todas las cervezas. No
causa dyspepsia. La fabrica es Ia mas grande del
mundo.
El cOnsurno del a6o pasado assemble 133.117,800
boteIas.
Agente R. A. Macfe. Tetuan z
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13
3. FRANGO. FHER2g!zf;so. FHzHSgaz;

Ell ejor COLMADO conteria reposerfa licores vinos
conservas
Sc rven encargos de duces vzcochones conetas hea-
dos etc, etc. para bodas bautzos.
-Importacones directas de todas procedenca.
Gran abrca de chocolate al vapor eaborado con cacao
az1car del pafs
Pemiado la EXPOSITION de Buffalo de medalla
de bronco. la de Charleston de 1909 la de
Production diaria 500 libras.
Agente en- San Iuan ISIDRO ASANCHEZ
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13
COR>RoeO de
America

Un pico de alcatraz La tragadera
yanki.-Mr. Kruger arbitrario.-
Mas Suicidas.-Un dfa fatal.-Bo-
da trag;ca.- Escandalo en- correo.-
Greece Ia ola.-Lucha de razas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13
MayagIezamas

de la Junta local-Compafi1a de af-
cionados-Parece que hay chivos-
La fiesta del CORPUS" Mas novenas
La investigation del Municipio-
Fiscal active.
JUNO 9 de 1903.
w*x Hoy Sc reunira la directiva de
la Association de cat6licoS" de esta
ciudad, con el objeto de tratar sobre
la aprobacion del Reglamento, por ell
que ha de regirse dicha Association.
x*w Ell presupuesto de la Junta To-
cal deInstruccion Pdblica, de esta po-
blaCi6n, asciende a $8. I43.6S centavos.
Ell del aflo pasado assemble a $4,000.
w La compaf1fa de afcionados que
dirije don Pablo Roig, piensa hacer
una tOnrNfe artfstica por varios pueblos
de la Isla, empezando por San German,
donde pondra en- eScena las notables
obras de Dicenta, "Aurora" y "Juan
Jose"
x*x Parece que por motives de la
noticia que di6 este peri6dico. sobre la
detencion de un comerciante de esta
plaza, Sc deScubrlran algunoS Ch1ToS que
eStaban escondidos.
~ Sc ha celebrado en- esta iglesia
la fiesta del Corpus Christy con una
nlisa solemne, procession por dentro del
temple, y, por la noche, exposition del
Sant1si no Sacramento.
~ Numerosas y encantadoras Sc
fioritas Sc proponen formar parte de los
coros cue Sc estan organizando, para
celebrar las novenas del Sagrado Cora
zon de Jes1s.
~ Asi como en- la fiesta del Cor
pus Sc celebr6 la procession por dentro
de la lglesia, respecto a la investiga-
ci6n del municipio podemos decir otro
tanto. La procession va por dentro y
por ahora no deian entrever ningun de-
tale que pueda interesar ia opinion
p1blica.
**. En- la fscalfa de esta Ccrte de
DiStrito Sc nota mucha actividad.
CorreSponsa1
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-13
Cuatro postaIes

Para la Sra. Isabel S. de O. Neill
San Juan
(Dibujo: Dryade, ninfa de los bosques)
Cual domina las selvas esta diosa,
Asi cautiva ell corszon del hombre
La DANA angelical y bondadosa
Que lega al porvenir, virtud y nombre'
~
Para Ia Sra. Teresita M. de Cestero
Toa Baja
En- nlanos de up trovador
Que enaltece nuestros lares,
PuSo Dios la linda flor
Que le ipspira sus cantares.
x**
Para Ia sefiorita Raquel Cestero
Toa Baja
Dibujo: una cartomanciana)
Con singular arrogancia
Ouiere esta dana saber
La suerte que la de tener,
7 juega la cartomancia.
iBuscara en- 10 porvenir
Lo que lie MEGA el presente,
Cuando acude sonriente
Al arte de predecir?
A*x
Para la Srta. Lola Perez Marchan
Ponce
Sc que de tus padres eres,
Lolita, la admiration.
Guam bellas son las mujereS
Que tienen buen corez6n!
Juan Marchan Sicardo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
GAINES IS FOR PARKER
THINKS NEW YORK JURIS1 SHOULD BE THE NOMINEE.
Sees the Star of Cleveland in the Ascendancy, But Thinks That the Judge is Stronger
 Candidate.

Washington. May 6.-(Special. .)-Repre- sentative John Wesley Gaines of the Hermitage District. arrived in Washing ton today after having stoped few days in New York. Mir. Gaines remarks that he was surprised at the evidence on every hand of revived Democratic hopes.
 The feeling appears to him to be uni versal in the great city, that political events are going to shape themselves from now on for the defeat of Roosevelt. There is great deal of talk about the re-entrance as a factor of next year s campaign preliminary to the nominating conventions of MT. Cleveland. But, ac- cording to Mir. Gaines. Judge Parker still looks best for a winning nominee even to New Workers who really desire the suc- cess of the Democrats next year, MT. Gaines repeated here what he said in New York on the subject:
 "He is the one man on whom the South ern Democrats can unite, because he rep resents no party faction" said MT. Gaines.
 The Democrats who voted for Mr Bryan in 1896 blame Mir. Cleveland for the party schism which defeated MT. Bryan. The Bryan Democrats can drop the silver issue. but they vii not unite on the man they blame for the disruption in their ranks. I have followed Judge Parker's decisions in the trust cases in New York and 1t is very evident that he has the true understanding of that Bible of the American people. the Constitution.
 When it was a question whether the people had a right to get at the method of the ice trust by an examination of the company's books. the Supreme Court de- nied that as violation of private rights. Judge Parker in the Court of Appeals. reversed that decision showing that the corporation which received its privilege from the State is accountable to the State.
 There are seven reasons why Judge Parker should be the candidate. First. He is a good man; second, he is good Denoocrat: third, he is an anti-Omonop- ol;st: fourth, he is a good farmer; fifth, he Is, a good Judge; sixth, he is a good party man; seventh, he Is a good party leader"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
WOMAN'S WATER CURE
MISS HOUSTON ORDERED TORT
 URE OF INSANE.
Statement of Miss Knox, Who Was an Attendant at the Topeka Asylum-She Describes
 the Operation.

Topeka, Kas, May 6.-It has been GUS tomary to administer the water cure to refractory patients at the Topeka Asylum for the Insane according to the testimony of Miss Knox of Topeka given before the legislative investigation committee today.
 Miss Knox said that the water cure frequently was administered while she was an attendant at the asylum. She was employed there during Governor Stanley's first term and the head attend ant in the ward in which she worked was Miss Houston, who left the institu- tion to be married. It was by the or ders of Miss Houston, according to the testimony of Miss Knox. that the wa ter cure" was administered.
 How was the water cure administered to the patients?' inquired Mir. Jenks of the committee.
 When a patient refused to obey the orders given by Miss Houston,' said Miss Knox, ''the attsndants were ordered the patients head and draw her to the floor. While the attendants held the pa tient, Miss Houston poured water out of pan on the patients face. The wa ter was poured fast and the pouring con tinued until the patient agreed to obey orders"
 Was this done very often" asked MT. Jenks.
 Yes" was the reply; '1t occurred very often during the time Miss Hous- ton was attendant. which was the first year I was tnefe.~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
CASSINI WAS WILLING.
Did Not Protest Against Miss Lang
 ham on Diplomatic List,

~@~ -sOS 4 ASSCot &AE a4AASL 0AAoS 1dAAE
 ham on Diplomatic List.
 Washington, May 6.-Count Cassini. the Russian Ambassador today authorized the Associated Press to send out an emphatic and wholesale denial of a report recently gent to German paper from Washing ton and New York and circulated throughout Germany to the effect that the Russian Ambassador at Washington was fncensed with the action of the Ger man Ambassador in placing the name of Miss Langham. sister of the German Am bassador's wife. in the diplomatic list as member Of the German Embassy. The report also said that the Russian Am bassador has engaged in controversy with the Secretary of State regarding the matter,
 In his two-fold official capacity as Rus sian Ambassador to Washington and dean of the diplomatic corps. Count Cassini de- nies the report as absolutely and mali cIously false."
 The placing of Miss Langhams name in the diplomatic list never was mentioned between the Russian and German Am bassador or between either Of them and the Secretary of State. As a member of the Ambassadors family 1t was regarded in diplomatic and official circles, as en- tirely proper and in line with long GUS tom that Miss Langham's name should appear with the diplomatic corps. Secre- tary Hay has invariably made 1t A rue that all such matters should be left to the dean of the diplomatic corps for de- cision. Abundant precedent, it Is said Is found in the records of the State Depart ment for the ranking of Miss Langham with the diplomatic corps and Count Cassinfs action in sanctioning it is ap- proved both at the Department and in the corps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
BADEN POWELL DENIES IT.
Has Made No Criticism of American
 Cavalry, He Says.

New York, May 6.-General Baden Powell, who was among the passengers on the North German Lloyd steamer Kali ser Wilhelm IT,. which arrived at Ply mouth yesterday, when questioned regard; ing the criticism of the American cav airy he is alleged to have made on the eve of his sailing for home, replied:
 ''The statement is entirely false. My position would prevent me from giving any opinion as to the efficiency of foreign troops 1 went to America on a purely private visit and mainly for the sea trip Our stay was very brief, only fourteen days. I hope to visit America again and spend more time there.''
 On being informed that one 9merican paper stated he travelled under an as. sumed name to Washington to propose to one of the bellies of the capital, with whom he had fallen in love at Cairo, the General laughed heartily and said he did not know the lady and was sorry he had never been in Cairo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
A CLOSED INCIDENT.
No Prosecution of Mrs. Tyner is Ex
 pected.

Washington, May 6.-Postmaster-Gen- eral Payns has now received replies from x-Postmaster-Genera Charles Emory Smith, Comptroller of the Treasury Tracewell, Postmaster Merritt of this city and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow regarding the charges made by ex-Cashier Tulloch of the Wash- ington postoffice.
 The abstraction of papers from the safe of the office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Postoffice Department by Mrs. James N. Tyner. wife of the then Assistant Attorney General is now re- garded as practically a closed incident.
 The papers were taken on April 21, ann the case was referred to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia a week later The matter has not prog ressed further. It has not been present. ed to the grand jury. and 1t is generally believed that the grand jury would nos be likely to take action because of the lack of proof that the papers taken were Government property.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
LANSDOWNE'S STATEMENT
Enunciation Meets With Gen.
 eral Approval.
Answers of the Powers Concerned are Awaited With Some Anxiety,
 Howeyer-Protecti of Sea Route to India.

London. May 6.-Foreign Secretary
 Lansdowne has proclaimed d British Mon roe doctrine in the Persian Gulf, and has practically notified the competing pow CTS that any attempt to establish naval base or fortified post in those waters means war with Great Britain. T say without hesitation" said the Foreign Secretary, dealing with the sub- tect in the House of Lords yesterday evening, that we should regard the es- tablishment of & naval base or for tified port in the Persian Gulf by any oth- CT power as a very grave menace to Brit ish interests and We should certainly re-
 sist it with all the means at our dis
 posal."
 Lord Lansdowne preceded this explicit
 enunciation of British policy by review of the situation there as 1t affected Brit
 ish interests contending that so far as the
 navigation of the Persian Gulf was con- cerned Great Britain held a position diff
 ferent from the others both because it
 was owing to British enterprise and ex- penditure of life and money, that the
 gulf was now open to the commerce of
 the world and because the protection of the sea route to India necessitated Brit ish predominance in the Gulf. Lord Lansdowne's attitude In this mat ter generally meets with approval. al
 though the answers thereto of the other powers interested in the Gulf are await
 ed with some anxiety. The newspapers here comment on the analogy of the pres ent proceeding which Captain Mahan so strongly recommended to the United States policy of Monroeism.
 The Westminster Gazette holds that the British motive. namely. the protec- ton of the sea route to India, corre- spends with the Americans motive in ex- cluding European powers from American
 waters because their territory is thereby threatened.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.
The Thirtieth Annual Meeting Be
 gins in Atlanta,

Atlanta, Ga., May 6.-The thirtieth an- nual meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Correction which will re- main in session for nearly week began here tonight in the Auditorium of the First Baptist Church, being called to order by the chairman of the local execu- tive committee, Dr. T. G. Longino. Gov ernor Terrell was unavoidably absent, and the welcome of the State of Georgia was extended by Judge Joseph s. Turner, chairman of the Georgia Prison Commis- sion. Mayor Evan P. Howell perform ed similar service on behalf of the city of Atlanta. Fitting response to the ad- dress of welcome was given by Dr. Frederick H. Wines of Washington, a former president of the conference.
 The event of tonight's session was the annual address of the president, Robert w. deFNorest of New York, who was greeted with generous applause by the 400 delegates present.
 The subject of tomorrow's session will be county and municipal institutions; outdoor relief and vagrancy." with ad- dresses by Miss Alice c. Willard of Chicago. James Forbes of New York City, James F. Jackson of Minneapolis, and others. In the afternoon of each day the conference will be divided into sec- tions for the discussion of various branches of charitable and correctional questions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
FIFTEEN MEN DROWNED
Some Experience Terrible
 HardShipS Before Death.
Lines Thrown Ashore Several Times But They are Broken or Torn from Fastenings by Surg,
 ing of Vessel.

Canso, N. s., May 6.-The American fishing schooner GIoaaana, Captain George Stoduard of Gloucester, Mass, ran asno. 6 during thick Iog on the clllls al W nale Cove, near W mite Po.nt Leages. last nisat and or crew ot elghleen men. nLteen including the captain were drowned.
 The drowned are: Captain George Stoddart, Of Gloucester; Armswortn Thomas; Eli Melanson; Ansei Goodwin; Reuben Surrette; Harry Trench; Freo Doucette, Thomas Frazier; George V. MAsee, Martin Gooowin; Alexander Ben son; Charles Pierce; John Moulsong; Arthur Bonaghan and one other.
 The Gloriana left the northeast bar of Sable island yesterday afternoon bound for Canso There was a heavy easte-iy gale blowing. with thick fog. When the Gloriana struck on the ledges 1t passed over the outer ones. but brought up on the inner reef. butted against clirf of rocks and then fell off into the sea.
 Three Get Ashore.
 When the vessel struck the ciif John Richards. Eugene Leblanc and Frank Nickerson were on deck and they climbed up the cliff to place of safety before a receding wave carried the vessel of again. Others of the crew who were be- low rushed on deck half clad and started to lower the dordes. As soon as each boat touched the water it was crushed.
 Lines were thrown ashore several times, but they were either broken or torn from their fastenings on the rocks by the surg ing of the vessel Four of the crew jumped overheard and attempted to swim ashore. but they were caught in the breakers, dashed against the rocks and killed. The others who were on the vessel took to the rigging and chung there while their strength lasted but the enormous seas were more than they could battle with and one by one they were swept away.
 Powerless to Help.
 The three men on the rocks could see their companions clinging to the rigging and hear their shouts for help above the roar of the sea, but it was impossible to do anything to save them. The three survivors spent a terrible night on the cliffs. When day dawned they saw one man still clinging to the rigging and made their way to the mainland for assistance. The shore folk hurried to the wreck and took the man from the rigging, but he was dead.
 The place where the Gloriana was wreced is only half mile from the scene of the wreck of the steamer Tiber in February. 1902, when twenty-two lives were lost The vessel is a total wreck. None of the bodies has been recovered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
CHAR HAS THE CALL.
Only Russians Can Obtain Railway
 Concessions in Persia.

Washington. May 6-In the Persian se- ries of diplomatic exchanges which will appear in the forthcoming volume of for eiKn rels tions. is the following communi- cation to the State Department from Lloyd c. Griscom. who, at the time of it's writing, was United States Minister to Persia:
 - T have the honor to inform you that. in view of the many inquiries received at tkis legation in regard to the possi- bilities of obtaining concessions for the construction and operation of railroads in Persia, I have recently put the ques- ton to the Grand ViZier. and was in- formed by him that an agreement exists between the Persian and Russian Gov ernments, whereby no railroads shall be constructed in Persia excepting by Rus sians or the Russian Government, for a period of ten years from the accession of the present Shah. This agreement has seven years (now six) still to run, where fore it will be impossible for any of our citizens to obtain a valid railroad con- cession until the termination of this pe- riod"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
SEVERAL SHARP TTLTS.
Kentucky Prohibitionists Have A
 Lively Time.

Louisville, Ky. May 6.-After lively afternoon session which developed several sharp tilts over the platform the Ken lucky Prohibitionists nominated a State ticket tonight and adjourned.
 Majority and minority reports were presented by the Platform Committee this afternoon. The majority report con tained an additional plank favoring female suffrage.
 Mrs. Frances Beauchamp. State Presi- dent of the W. c. T. U. attacked the majority report and accused those favor Ing it of attempting to gag the conven- tion. The debate assumed personal phase. The majority report was adopted and Mrs. Beauchamp left the hall. Her friends denied that she bolted the con- vention and stated that she was compell- ed to catch a train.
 The ticket nominated was as follows: Governor, Colonel T. B. Demaree; Lieu tenant Governor, O. T. Wallace; Treas urer, J. A. Barrall; Attorney General, Judge William Stone: Secretary of State, Charles Brevard; Superintendent Public Institution, Miss H. E. Brooks: Auditor, R. Sid Eastin; Commissioner of Agricul- lure, c. l.. Zimmerman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
LAWS HAND IS STAYED
Murderers of Marcum Threat
 en Other Bloodshed.
Town of Jackson Like Barrel of Powder With the Air Full of sparks-Exodus From
 Breathitt.

Lexington, Ky, May GA messenger who left the interior of Breathitt Coun- ty at dawn Monday to bear warn ing to Attorney J. B. Marcum that plot to Kill him had formed the night be- fore, reached Jackson a few minutes af- ter an assassins bullets had crashed through Marcums brain and heart as he stood in the court house door.
 During Sunday night Edward Strong, friend of Marcum's, was informed that a conspiracy had been entered into at a meeting of several desperate men at a blind tiger three miles from Jackson to assassinate Marcum Monday. At day light he sent a messenger to convey the information to the attorney, who lay dead when he arrived. This statement ras made by Mrs. Marcum in an inter- view today.
 If the meeting at the blind tiger Sun lay night told of by the widow can pc successfully proved, the assassin ana the p.otters may yet be known Any inVes, tigation must be strictly within legal bounds, and it may be impossible, even then. to make people feel secure in tell ing what they know.
 A newspaper man who arrived from Jackson tonight describes the situation there by saying:
 The Town a Barrel of Powder.
 ..The town may only be compared to a man sitting on a barrel of powder in a shower of sparks. When the explosion will come no one knows, but believe 1t Is inevitable. At least three men know who assassinated James Marcum, and though they are silent, 1t is believed their doom Is sealed. e.a
 Such knowledge in Beathitt County means death or exile. There are also others left who know who assassinated Jim Coekrell. They will not be over- looked. If these people remain or there is the possibility of 8 rigid investigation by the law, I believe that they will ba put out of the way at an early day. Sev- eral families are preparing to follow tn eexample of over fifty people, who. during the last six months, have fled the country. Male members will leave immediately, and when they find a home the women and children will follow