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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26

aunque en- este asunto ell pago de homo.
rarlOs al abOgadO Sc hara solo en- ell
casO de que alcance un fallo favorable.
va que queda fuera de toda duda la
conveniencia de que la <Liga> disponga
oe mayOres recursOs, para pOder Obte
ner que sea una institution fuerte, en-
la session celebrada ell 10 del actual Dor
esta Junta Directiva, Sc resolvio elevar
la quota mensual de sus asociados q %
centaVos por cada casa de una planta y
5O centavos pOr las de altos.
81 como es de esperarse SO acepta
esta refOrma por los prOpietarios de fin.
cas- urbanaS de San Juan, la Directiva
ia resuelto en- la citada session que, ade-
mss de los derechOs que ell Reglamento
de la &Llga> OtOrga a suS as0ciadOs, Sc
cree una plaza permanente de abOgadO
que lleve los Tribunales de Justicia to.
dos los GS1e1GtOS ADMINISTRATORS de ca
racter general relaciOnadOs con la ri
queza urbana, y este letradO tendra tam
b1en su cargo la cOnsulta direction
de los iuiciOS pOr desahuciOs ante los
JuzgadOs municipales, y la primera en-
cuantO los demas casOs en- que ell pro.
pietario tenga necesidad de su opinion
Seran pOr cuenta de la xLiga> los gastos
que Sc OcasiOnen pOr infOrmes de inge'
nierOs que deban presentarse en- las re.
clamaciones que Sc entablen, relaciona'
das con los servicios publicos, como
asimismO en- aquellas cuestiones que sur.
jan entire los duenos de casas en- 10 que
Sc refiere a la inmediaci6n de sus fincas
y los perjuiciOs que uno u otro les
ocasionen los desagles, para que asi
ambaS parties puedan SatiSfactOriamente
veneer tales diferencias.
LIE encarecemOS su mas prOnta con-
testacion, pues deseamos que tan impor'
tantes reformas tengan efecto desde ell
10 de Octubre proximO.
San Juan, AgostO 20 de 1903.
PresideDte, Juan H. Bondet; Vice
presidente, Julian f. Blanco; VOcales:
Manuel FOssas, AureliO Ferrer, Jose
MOntesinos, Jose de Elzaburu, Juan Ape
llaniz, Jose Maria Carrero Secretario
contador, Jose G.. del Vale.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26

cambole, no os matar&D. Mirad
vuestro traje. e. el del negrero; J
ese grillete que enroiece nj fuego,
10 van remachar g. yuestro tobi-
llo. La muerte no serfa IN castigo;
10 que necesitGis es In vida del pre-
sidic, puesto Que brill6steis en- ell
mundo y ostent6steis Ell tftulo de
marques.
Hizo Bacar& una stfial ai pro-
nunctar estas pslabras y In division
desaps ID. spederandt ne el yer.
dngo y sus ayudantes de Rocambo-
lie. que lanz6 shoeadGs gritos y
ou!so resistirse; pero lie sujetsron
cen fuerss. ccgiendole Ia gargants
y ,cniendole Ia pierna sobre Ell
yunaue. lie remacharon Ell grillete.
humeante adm. despues de haberlo
metido en- el aqua.
-Por vuestra culpa. Rocambole.
fu6 & preside ell verdadero mar
ques de Chsmery. dijo Bscara y
NADIA mas justo que ccuFeis su
puesto, mientrss que FL ocupara en-
ID sociedad ell que 10 Isurpasteis.
-Apelar6 la iusticia. a la ver-
dadera, vccifar6 Rocambole. lQuie-
70 que me crnderen, pero que sea q
jueces los que 10 hagan.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26

nuevo personaie. Ahf teneis al Sc
nor de Asmolles. a11adi0 Ell juga-
dor, es dir& 10 mismo.
Reconocio Fabian al joven que
viniera de una manera tan
lastimoss en- los asuntos de Rolan
do de Clsyet y lie pregunto SEGA
mente:
-sDe que Sc trata!
Habl8bamos del marques de
Chamery y el senior aseguraba que
81 boda era cosa cOnvenida hace
tempo.
~ es In verdad, porque 81 an
ties no sc verified Ell enlsce, SO de-
bio & Ia muerte repentins del du-
aue, diio Fabian y Sc disponfa 6
volver In espalda q Octavio porque
le atacaba los nervios al verle, pero
aQu6l no ne did por satisfecho.
-IVolver6 prontof pregunt6.
No, poroue va de embajador q
China. De maners que cuando
vuelva "a os habra sslido bigote,
contest6 Fabian y Sc puso & iugar.
Octavio Sc mordI6 los labics y
ouiso coutinusr In lectura- del pe-
ri6dIco estafiol, pero 10 10 impl0 70
In llegadsAde IN nuev0 personals.
Era Rolsado de Clayet cuya prs-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26

Alpunas horas despues msrch6se
Fabian 4 su cfrculo. Fran las cinco
la ssla de inego estaba ilena' y
nocog ninu tos antes dc que entra-
- en- ella Fabian, dos i0venes uno
de eilos ell effIor OctsvIo. ell mismo
oue representara IN papel tan de-
nlorabie pocos meses antes, estaoan
ieyendo peri6dicos sentados nna
mesa inmediatn & ls del juego. De
nrouto exclam6 Octavio: ,Noticfss,
EefYoresi Sc traits del marques oe
Chamery.
-lHa musTto?
NO. que Sc cas6 en- Espaaa.
o. WOW 4 traducir 10 que dice La
Enoca: xLa heredera de una de las
familiss mas ilustres de Espana, ia
aefIorIta Conception de Salandrers,
contrsio matrimonio con IN noole
francis, ell marques de Chamery,
cue heredara tftUlos , dignlos oes
del atlantic senior duque de Salan-
drera etc. etc. 7. Octavio So cailo
mirando a los iugadores. SQue os
psrscep dijo. ao a.
Que estais muy atrasados os
unticias, rnrque hace tres meses
cue ese cassmieDto era cosa con se.
nids. Abrl6se Ia puerts , entro nn
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26
La Liga de
Propietarios

En- estos dias SO cumplen tres amos
de la creaci0n de esta <LigaD v. desde
aque instante, sus Juntas Directivas
defendiendO los intereses de todos los
asOciadOs, han venido cOnstantemente
no solo atendiendo en- su oficina a los
prOpietar1Os que ella acuden para las
reclamaciones 8 informes que nececitan.
snO que tambien pOr las citadas Juntas.
on tOdOs los casOs en- que ha sido preci.
90, SO han establecidO quejas peticio-
nes todos los Departamentos y depen-
dencias del Goblerno Insular munich
pal, es decir, que la &14igaD ha llevadO
su acci0n todas las esferas admins
trativas desde la Junta local de Sanidad
hasta ell GobernadOr Camaras legisla
twas; pudiendo asegurarse Que, en- no
p0cOs casOs, con sus prOtestas sOlici
tudes ha lOgrado buen 6xito en- sus ges
tones.
Esta Directiva, no Obstante cree
asl mlsmO Op1nan numerOsOs duenOs de
caSas de San Juan, que es urgente de
tOdo punt0 que nueStra asOciacion dis
pOnga de los indispensables mediOs pc
cuniariOs para pOder conceder mas ven
tajas de las que hoy prOporciona sus
miembros Y sOstener con mayor vigOr
IA defensa de sus derechos, cada dia mas
amenazadOs pOr la Administration pu
blica, pueS vienen dictandose dispOsi-
clones sObre ell valOr de las fincas, ell
suministrO de aqua, el ornate hygiene
de las mismas, con grave perjuiciO to
10 este para los intereses de nuestros
Representatives, ahOra en- extreme diff
cultOsOs por cOnsecuencias de la crisis
economical que existe en- Puerto Rico.
LO mezquino de las Quotas mensua
les estabIecidas para ell sostenimiento de
esta &Liga>, no le ha han permitidO pro-
pOrciOnar a los asOciados OtPos de los
benefcios que necesitan, sin que tuvie
ran que hacer gastos particulares, como
ha sucedido con ell pleito promovidO
ante la COrte de Distrito, sObre tasacion
de fincas urbanas, en- ell otrO llevadO
al mismO Tribunal reclamando la devo'
luci6n de 10 pagado indebidamente por
la installation de cOntadOres de aqua,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26
(OIegiO de Ia. y "a. EnSe1anza
Se nZ,niteqo 1J,ta,o7ooS Sp1teg7oos y eDterToOs
SAN JUAN GALE DEL Sol, Num- IA.
Director: PEDRO MoCzo BANIET. :

49, Director: PEDRO MoCzo BANIET. -
La instruction en- este COLEGIO
tiene un caracter esencialmente practice
abraza: la enSe35G11ZG p2't11aG1'S1 COM
1leta; la prep0rGc561a para tsag2'eSG1' en-
Jns UYotUerSidddeS; LG Te4aedeS2sG de L.
bros, A1,ttnaet5cG MeTcG1etA ESc7TtaSr'G
en- 1,a0oassseilE0, y por ultimO, Dz6a3o,
Pl,,tesYG Ma<StcG. Para la ensenanza
del Ingl6s cuenta ell COLEGlO con la
cooperaci6n de un reputado professor
americana. La catedra de COmerclo eS-
t, a cargo del TenedOr de LiDros G9 .3
nno de- los Bancos de esta Capital. FL
COIEGIO tiene su Regl0mae1at0 I'1te'
,,toy que Sc enviarA los padres que 10
s0liciten.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26
LINEA FERREA DEL OESTE

TtinerariO de Trenes v VapOres que re-
gira desde ell dia 20 de Noviembre
de 1902.
Salidas de la Capital y Bayam6n
simultaneamente.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26

NUESTRAS SINDUSTRLAS.-Re
mendamos al pdblico las excelentes be
bidas gase0sas que preparan las fabricas
<Pequena Aatjiao y &Polo Norte>, Te'
tuan 20, San Juan, en- las mejores CON
diciones de hygiene economic.
Limonada, frambruesa, china, etc ;,
en- barriles para tOda la isla.
En- Caguas, AgM0yO He2'na0NOS.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26
ArecibO

- orales ca s. en- G. Almacen de
- provisiones. Comprs venta de to-
da clase de frutos del pafs. Gale del
Puente de Hero
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-08-26
D R CTO RIO
Sam Juan

a ngel Suarex, fabricante importsdor
Ade aombreros. Fortalexa SO, almsoen
San Francisco 93.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-18

He is the second King that Belgium has
had. This country was part of the
Netherlands until 1880, when 1t became an
Independent kingdom and its Congress
elected Leopold, the father of this man,
as its King. Holland went o tito Itself
and since then Belgium has walked alone.
Austria, Russia, Great Britain and Prus-
STA guaranteed, the neutrality of Belgium,
and a. few years later all the states of
Europe recognized 1t as an Independent
government.
Leopold l. was the ruler from 1881 until
1866, and upon his death his eldest son,
the present King, took his place. During
his administration the country has stead
lily grown In population and wealth. 1t
Is hardly bigger than some Texas coun-
ties, and Its seacoast is not larger than
from washington to Baltimore, still 1t
supports one-twelfth as many people as
the whole United States, and 1t has q
population greater than any Of our states
with the exception of New York.
A Well-Managed Kingdom.
Indeed. Belgium Is as well managed as
any land on the globe. The soil is natur-
ally sandy, but every acre OF 1t is well
farmed. The country is divided up into
small holdings, and the greater part of 1t
Is worked with the spade, so intensively
that 1t produces vastly In excess OF other
countries. Not only the farms, but the
mines and factories are well handled.
There are LOCO stone quarries. which are
worked. employing about $1,000 men and
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THE KING Of BELGIUM
IS A ROYAL SPORT
Frank Carpenter Gossips About Leo.
pold II. and the Royal Family.
AWell Managed Kingdom.

Copyright, 1909. by Frank @. carpenter.)
Brussels.
saw the King OF Belgium walking
alone In the park near his palace this
morning. Yes, alonel He was sprinting
along with a sprihsy step. his shoulders
well back as though walking for wa
ger. He had cane In his hand and his
trousers were rolled up. although the
paths were perfectly dry and the sun
was shining. He was dressed IN business
clothes and wore a sack coat and derby
hat. Altogether he ldokedN more like a
gentleman farmer with touch Of the
sport in him than the King Of one OF the
busiest little nations OF Europe.
The Ruler Of Belgium.
Nevertheless. Leopold II. Is King in ev-
cry sense OF the word. and as kings go
he IL not 80 bad. after all. He is now 81
years old, and he has been ruling Bell
GUM for more than thirty-seven years
He ascelded the throne just about the
close Of our civil war. and has held his
own through the various changes OF gov
eminent in France, Germany and the 9TH
er countries about him His title, you
know. is Leopold H.. King of Belgium.
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with colossal statues II justice law
strength and mercy, and the vestbuis
adorned with statues Of Demosthene4
ana LicurRes and Of CICERO and Domltiuas
Not far from this are other Government
buildings, including the famous art gal
lery, the National Bank and the Palaia
de Ia Nation.
Education and Tllitsraey.
Az far as education II concerned. tina
Belaians do not compare with the Swiss.
seldom met q man IN switssrland Wna
could not speak more han one language
and in the cities nearly every enc uns
derstands more or less English Here the
people speak French and Rsemish. but
many Of the lower classes have q dialect
OF their own which is difieult to under
stand.
The Belglann are Roman Catholics. OF
the 6,000.0OO odd people In the country
there are only 1o.vvS Proteatauts and 400
Jews. The constitution grants full re-
ligious liberty, but Notwithstanding this,
many Of the schools ara under fhe shurehs
and this IL always detrimental to educa-
ton There are in All four universities. tive
OF which belong to the state. and alsa
schools Of art engineering and manufac-
lures. which have about I,5O9 students.
The public school system Is not rs good
as that Of Switzerland. and the per cent
age OF nlitaraey Is much higher. In
Switzerland you can scarcely find man
who does not read or write. Here fally
one-fourth OF the population cannot read
and OF the young men called out for mil
ttary service last year more than y per
cent. could not write.
Newspapers for Nothing.
This is the only place | know Of where
newspapers are sold for nothing. There
are two Of that kind In Brussels, and both
are making money. One Is known as lie
Soir and the other as lie National. lie
Soir has $4,000 circulation, and It has
made the fortune Of les founder, who was
newsdealer originally, starting with
nothing. He distributed his paper tree
and gradually built up business out OF
the advertisements The only charge for
the paper is for delivery, which costs
cents month If the customer lives on
the ground floor OF Il cents II he lives up
stairs. Mail subscribers pay merely ths
postage, and the newsboys sell the pa
pers on the street for cent and pocket
all profits.
In addition to these two papers. Bel
GUM has a number Of other Journals
which are paid for, but no other dzilies
Of large circulation. There are In the
whole country less than 1900 Journals.
Of which go are political I7s Commercial.
industrial or agricultural, $50 financial ana
755 devoted to other subjects.
Frank O.. Carpenter.
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1t. And still In many respects II. gossip
tells the truth, he gets his fun out Of
other things than business. Notwith-
standing his sixty-seven years Of life and
thirty-seven years Of reign he is gay and
giddy. His eye Is as keen to recognize
a pretty girl as 1t was when at IS he mar
ried Marie Henriette, the daughter OF
Archduke Joseph OF Austria. AL sorts OF
stories are whispered about Brussels Of
the Kings escapades. and Of his liberality
to certain female persons who to say the
least, are no better than they should be.
He is said to be patron OF art, and, es-
pecially Of that kind Of art connected
with the opera bouffs stage. the prfma
donnas OF which when in straits appeal
to him ana seldom in vain.
The King is fond OF the theater and Of
the ballet. He is a great lover Of horse
back riding and frequently rides alone.
You may sometimes see him in the parks
in the suburbs of Brussels going along
at a good tfot through the woods, with
as little ostentation as / saw him out
walking this morning.
King Leopold's Income.
Indeed, Leopold has many things to
commend him. He lives simply. His
has a palace or SO in the upper part OF
Brussels, but his home Is not extrava-
CANT as far as its exterior IL concerned,
and 1t costs as little, perhaps. as that Of
any great monarch Of Europe. He has
civil list fourteen times as big as the
salary Of President Roosevelt. He has
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yielding an annual product of 81. 900, 900.
1 have already written Of the l25,OO0 coal
miners and what they produce, and /
might fill page Of stories Of the differ
ent industries.
Belgian iron goes all over the world
Its galvanized roofing is used all along
the coast of South America, and the great
railroad projected from Hankow to Pekin
is being built with Belgian steel rails.
There are three steel plants here, now
working a 50.OOO-ton order of steel rails
for Mexico, and other factories are max
ing tons Of railroad iron for Maryland.
have Travelled pretty well over the world
but / have never been able to get out Of
sight Of Belgian goods. nor TO find coun-
try where Belgium mad not more or less
commerce.
A Big Commercial Kingdom.
Think OF a land like this, not more than
one-third the size Of Indiana which Is
thus able to put its fingers into the pock-
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cts Of all the world and draw the dollars
out. They say its King 10 sport. and
my information inclines me to believe
they are right, but he must be business
sport In order to- accomplish such bust
mesa results.
Let me give you few commercial facts.
In 1900 Belgium sold more than 500 worth
Of goods for every man, woman and
child In the country, or more than $500
per family. Think Of land that can pro-
duce 30 much more than 1t needs that
every family can sell $500 worth q year
to foreign nations. That is what Belgium
did. II buys as well as sells, and in this
Il is interesting to us. Its imports
amount to about $780, 900 annually, and
Of these more than $50. 1000 worth come
from Yankeedom. 1t buys even more
than this from France, Germany and
Great Britain. but 1t sells to each Of them
almost as much as it buys. while our
Belgian imports are bagatelle in COM
parison.
\ A sporty King.
But started writing on the Belgian
King. He is 30 wrapped up in his coun-
try that 1t 10 hard to separate him from
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goes, whom Macmillan was executed be
left her vast estate. OF which King
Leopold was trustee. Then Cariotta be-
came insane and her estate was almost
absolutely in the power OF her brother.
It u gossiped that the most Of this prop
erty has been sQuandered In various spec
nlations. and that large part Of t. has
gone into certain enterprises along the
Congo River.s In the meantime the ere-
mics OF Leopold say Carlotta has recov-
cred her reason, but that his majesty
does not dare take her out Of the asylum
for fear of being held TO an accounting.
The Royal Family.
King Leopold has no son to succeed
him. He has had three children, but they
are all girls. The Princess Louise, who
lie now "A, was born before he assembled
tho throne, as was also the Princess Ste
phanie, who IL now %. Both OF these
princesses are married. The third daugh-
ter is the Princess Ciementine, who was
born July 80, 1917, and who Is consequent
" % years Of age. BY the constitution,
however. the succession can only so In
the direct male line OF the family, and
the girls have no chance. II the King
should die today, his brother, who is two
Years his Junior, would take his place.
and In case bf his death the succession
would 20 to his son Prince Albert, who
Is now q, and who has a baby boy named
Leopold about years old ready to stic-
coed him in case he dies.
How Belgium Is Governed.
The Government OF Belgium 10 some
what different from those OF other Eu-
ropean monarchies. The King has little
more power than the King Of England,
the most Of the covering being carried on
through the Congress and Ministers. All
the royal acts must be countersigned by
one OF the Ministers. who thus becomes
responsible for them. The Com
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50 to his factory and back II It IL within
fifteen miles for 81 cents a week every
day by train. There are also reduced
tickets for school children and half
rate for school excursions where the chill
dren are taken away under the charge
Of the teachers for instruction
purposes. The ordinary rate for a
bicycle taken along with passenger Is
Il cents. and dogs travel at third-class
rates.
The Swiss system Of yearly passes at a
liked rate prevails here For about SIPS
you can get q ticket that viii allow you
70 travel throughout me year second class
on any Of the state railways, and tickets
for shorter time at proportionateiy low
rates At present there are more than
1850 miles Of railroads in the country,
with passenger trafic numbering about
1900, 900 rides per year.
! dnd the cars very good, although they
arc geneEally hlled. Tbs service az the
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gress consists OF Senate and o House
Of Representatives, elected by the people,
and It is curious thing that some men
have rs much as three votes. Every cit
iasn over rs years of age has one vote,
and those over IS, who pay at least "
year IN house tax and have had children
have each an additional vote, as has also
every citizen OF over Is who owns prop
erty to the amount of 800 or who for two
years has received $40 annually from his
Government bonds or funds In the saw
ings banks. Graduates Of high colleges
have two extra votes, but no man can
have more than three votes. Another
regulation provides that every man must
vote, and that. II he. does not he may
be arrested and punished. Thus you sec
the Government enforces voting and gives
premiums of extra votes to such who
have children, property and higher edu-
cation.
Government Ownership.
In Belgium, as in most OF the countries
of Europe, the Government owns the tel
eEraphs aud telephones, and to q large
extent the railroads. Each Of these
branches is worked at a profit, and they
add materially to the Government reve-
nues. The revenue from the railways
last year was about 5800o,000, and that
from the telegraphs $2.Oo0OO0. The rail-
roads are managed In the interests OF the
people, and more especially for the lower
classes The different roads have work.
ingmen's tickets. by which a laborer may
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sos, 900 a year to keep up his establish
ment. and in addition he owns large
private fortune. He owns lands In Bel
eium, hotels at Ostend and has been in
terested In the gambling houses there.
For A long time he was the sole possessor
OF the Belgian Congo, the vast territory
which he acquired through Stanley, but
OF late it has been turned into an indie
pendent state with him as the ruler, and
can't tell you just what ne gets out
Of r. I only know that It's Government
revenue now amount to not quite $4,000
A year. and that the expenditures are
Greater than that Whether Leopold has
any private property there or not do not
know.
HIS Majesty has been accused Of not
being a very good guardian OF the wealth
Of his own family and especially Of that
of his sister, who was the wife OF this I'M
fortunate Macmillan Of Mexico. Her
name was carlottas and, as the story
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-14
BOSTON TRAIN CRASHES
into SWITCHING ENGINE
Passenger Derailed and Tracks Torn
Up for Some Distance.

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 1s-This
afternoon westbound train due at
SAB o'clock from Boston crashed into
a switcher here. The switcher was
backing from the westbound track to-
ward the east near the Harrison Street
crossing with four empty coaches.
The switcher was thrown from the
rails and turned a somersault into
ditch twenty-five feet from the scene
OF the collision. Engineer Baker was
badly cut on the top of the head. and
his wrist was broken. The fireman es-
capped with a few scratches.
The passenger engine was derailed.
and both tracks were torn up for long
distance Engineer Reed, of New Ha-
ven, and Fireman Charles Champion, of
New London, of the passenger train,
both remained on their engine and were
uninjured. The passengers aboard the
express train were badly shaken up
but no one was seriously hurt.