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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
LEGION IL CO
LA YRACA

Origen y vsriedades-2 Cultivo-s
Preparation de las hojas para sombre-
res-4 Otro procedimiento industrial.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
la weEndiE1nia
Lo que ocurre en- California

Ha comenzado Ia vendimia de 1903
Ell California. Ell continuado tempo
fresco la hizo algo seronda: pero vino
ell calor, y la vendimia promote ser ex-
celente en- cantidad y calidad. La del
afio pasado fue excepcionalmente pros
pera. Rindi6 $4,000, 900 de galones
Q.I3eooo hectolitros) de vino seco, y
rs 100000 de gslones (68I 900 hectoli-
tros) de vino dulce, para 10 cual entra-
ron en- lagar $4,000 toneladas de twas.
Ademas, Sc produjo mucho aguardien-
|e, cuya cantidad no sc men ciona.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
No esta dorado
eI dorado
Un pueblo que se hunde
Olga quien deba oir

AL OODeInauOI y JuuId OuPo-
rior de Sanidad.-Situacion
insostenible en- el Dorado. |
mos habiamos prometido guar
har silencio, esperanto que ell
(Ayuntamiento de Toa-alta re-
Solviera algo respecto a este
bueblo; pero va que no sc hace
NADIA por nosotros, y que los
1000 habitantes de que sc COM
pone la jurisdiction permane-
cen abandonados, no podemos
callar por mas tempo 10 que
ocurre, llevando nuestras que
las hasta ell Honorable Goberna-
dor Civil, y Junta Superior del
Sanidad, esperaudo que estas
autoridades tomen cartas en- el
asunto y que Sc nombre una
Comision que nos visite, y COM
pruebe la verdad de nuestras
declaraciones.
Desde hace mas de un ailo, no
Sc beneficial una res para ell con-
sumo, Dor no haber mataderO
en- que hacerlo, nj sitio en- que
expender la carne.
Igualmente, desde hace largo
tempo, no hay TN medico en-
la poblacion, que atienda a esta
con sus seis barrios.
Ell cementerio fue mandado
s clanszrar. por la Junta Supe-
rior de Sanidad, desde hace dos
alos, y sin embargo. -. como
81 tai cosa.
Los caminos intransitables, a
pesar de que existe una Junta
para eltenderse en- la conser-
vacl5n de estos, y de haber di-
nero en- fondo para atender a
los mismos,
La playa y GALES parecen bcs-
Ques, y en- tempo de lluvia no
Sc puede pasar por ciertos sitios,
Dor miedo a romperse el alma
Y, por 1lltimo, y esto es el
colmo.
Ell camino que conduce de
este poblado al de Vega-Baja
ell cual fgura en- el mapa de la
isla, ha sido cerrado por unos
propietarios, colindantes con
dicho camino, porque les cha
dado la gana."
De este protesto y dio cuenta
ante ell Ayuntamiento TN con-
cejal, de los que representa- a
este poblado, y lustedes Green
que Sc ha hecho algo en- este
asunto? mi siquiera sc han
mandado a contener los traba-
Jos de la cerca2
Pues, no seflor.
Han seguido las cosas asf, y
los que debieran velar porque
Sc cumplieran las leyes siguen
como 81 tai cosa.
Y, a todo este, preguntamos
Jque Sc hacen los tres mil y p1co
de dollars que ingresan en- Foa-
Alta, correspondence a esta Ju-
risdiccion2 Pues tenemos en-.
tendido que al alcalde pedaneo
v secretario, Sc les deben a 9
meses de sueldo, 6 igual ocurre
con los profesores, a los cuale;
no Sc les ha pagado ell alquilel
de casas vivienda.
A dofia Ricardo Hernandez
que es una pobre viuda, duefis
de la casa que ocupan las escue
las de la poblacion, lie deben, de
afio pasado, seis meses de alqui
Ter. M w a.lese
Ahora sc nos ocurre pregur1-
tar: ipasa igual en- Ell de Toa-al-
ia? iSe les deben allf a los EN-
pleadog Santos rneses de sueldt
como q -1os de aqui' lEstan a
dSG2
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
LA DAQUILLA, LA ENEA, LA
SANSEVERIA Y LA
GUIANA.

Donde Sc encuentra la Daquilla-2
Su materia textil-3 La Enea, donde
Sc produce-4 Utilization de sus hoias
5 Id de la pelusa de sus semillas-6
Estudio de Riera y Tortosa sobre la
Sanseveria en- Cuba-7 Iuforme del DR..
]. S. Diaz Montijo, de Caracas-S La
Guiana, su facil Reproduction cultivo. y
aplicacion de su materia tilamentosa. u.
(Cont1nuare.) solq2 "a oL:cs g. ..
n.zv ausasazzs
Jose CordoveS Berries.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28

Zona de dispersion de las Palneras
. Aplicaciones de la primera-3 Id de
la segunda-4 Cultivo de una y otra-
5 Aplicaciones de los Pallnitos en- las
provlncias espafiolas del 1itoral medi-
terr aneo-6 Exploitation en- la Florida
de los Estados Unidos-7 Preparation
de la pulpa para la fabrication de papel
% Experlmentos y pruebas para obte-
ner papel de todos grados-o Aplica-
clon de la fibra a la construction de ce-
plllos-Io Preparation de la misma para
la venta de pacas de TN quintal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28

A prop6sito de este, insistimos en-
que es necesario defender q Puerto
Rico de la invasion de articulos extran-
jeros. p reos
Veanse los artfculos de don Manuel
Barros Pena y disp6nganse nuestros
agricultores al eultivo de Ia vid.
-,g..sr aa.sl.f &esffrifselrrs,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
LECCION13"
LA PIMA Y LA MAYA

IOrigen de la primera-2 Variedades
3 FL terreno y su preparacion-4
Abonos-5 Siembra-6 Labores-z Re-
collection de las hojas como textiles-S
Rosacion de cllltivos-o .Informe 7e I'M
Periodico de Calcutta sobre ia manipu~
lacion de la ibra-Io Otros bener clos
II Oi - de "a May. ~ uso en- prer-
" KlCo-13 CuitNo Como Iexti --5 4.
Ensayo en- Puerto Rico-15 Otro 5o-
neficio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
Una protesta escoDar
LOS MICS DE COAMO

Septiembre % de 1903.
BoLETIN MERcANTII, -.
San Jnsn.
Escasfsima concurrencia nifios Es-
cuelss. Manifestation infantil protesta
Ley azote. l>Ga Z ot3Su lsb q 20
Rodriguez. -CorrespcnsaL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
LEGION IhS
Ell GIRASOL Y Ell GENO-GENO

Origen del primero-2 Cu1tivo-3
Utilidad de las semillas-4 Su fbra tex
til-5 Su cualidad antipalddica-6 ORR
gen del segundo-7 Description s Su
fbra-9 Preparation y aplicacion de
esta-1o Lugares en- que esta planta
prospera mejor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-09-28
LEGION IS"
LA PLUMA DE SANTA TERESA
Ell YAGRUMO VEL
ZAMANDOOUE.
ZAMANDOOUE

I Origen de estas tres plantas.-2
Cultivo de la primera.-3 Manipulation
COMO textil-4 Ensayos en- Puerto-Ri-
Cos Procedimiento de desfbraci6n en-
Nueva Zelandia % Informe de "El
Ateneo", periodico de Nueva York;
Ensay os de com binaci6n con otra fDra,
en- Puerto-Rico-8 Ell Yagrumo sus
variedades g Utilizacion- 10 El Ia
mandoque, su cultivo y usos.
LEGION T6 g
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
WANTS TREATY MODIFIED
Colombian CONGRESSMAN Says His
People Desire the Canal

Senior Pedro valez member of the Colombian
Congress from Cartagena. and a brother of Cen
eral Luiz Velez. Ex-Governor of Bolivar. has ar
rived in this city by way Of Cuba He is also a
nephew of President Joaquin Velez of the Co
lonbian Senate, of the strongest opponents to
the Panama Canal treaty.
During his absence from Bogota Seaor Velez is
represented in the House by alternate who on
Thursday last was appointed by President Mario
quin as one of nine committeeman to report the
treaty. Senior Velez will return to Colombia next
week to take his place on the committee. whose
report will probably depend the fate of the treaty
He does not expect decision before the end of
August, as Congress must give the measure careful
consideration. The Congressman yesterday at the
Hotel Majestic said:
Il not sufficiently acquainted with the details
of the treaty to discuss it at length To-
morrow I shall go to Washington and call on DR..
Herran, our charge d'affaires. to inform myself.
However. I say that the country in gen
eraI is strongly opposed to the treaty The people
object to the permaIe ent cesson of a part of our
territory to the United States. Then. too, they
think that this country has not been generous
enough in the matter Of indemnity and rental,
which be- respectively $1O00O0O0 and $200, GOO
a year We receive $250OOO a year from the
Panama Railroad. And besides, the uncompleted
canal. which will revert TO the government be-
cause Of the failure of the French company to
fulfil its contract. is worth considerably more than
$lG,00O,OO0.
"Of course the United States is the only gov
ernment which can build the canal The fortihca-
ton the canal practically equal the doubling
of this nations navy. In return for this great
advantage Colombia wants something OF more
permanent good than the mere money considera-
tion.
I'VE realize though, that Colombia will be bene-
fted by the increased shipping facilities from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, and the value Of land Will
be enhanced. 1t will also revive some Of our dor
mant industries and give employment to THOUSANDS:
With some notifications to he agreed TO by
both sides and with mutual good Will think that
the treaty can be made acceptable for we Coonl-
| bians appreciate the necessity for the canal and
the great good il will do -
IL doubt that President MarroQuin Will use any
executive pressure to secure the passage of the
treaty but will leave it entirely to the legislature.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
PROTEST FROM COTTON COMPANIES.
They Say Differential on Round Bales Will
Practically Ruin Their Business.

Washington, July 6.-The Holly Springs compress
Company and numerous other cotton companies
composing the Mississippi Compress Association to-
day filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission
petition to intervene in the case of the Planters
Compress Company. against the Cleveland. Clncln-
natl Chicago and ST. Louis Railroad Company and
others They alIege that if differential is given
to the cylindrical compressed bale OF cotton, as
sought by the petition of the Planters Compress
Company, it would practically destroy or I'M
mensey impair the large valuable square bale cot
ton congresses and warehouses.
The Illinois Central Railroad to-day filed an
swer to the suit of the Planters Compress Com
pany before the Interstate Commerce Commission
petitive points on its line and New-Orleans are
sometimes raised or lowered day by day because
Of fnctIating ocean rates, but says that saff1-
cient notice is always given TO cotton SHIPPING
people 1t denies the charges that certain Shippers
get large rebates and advantages. ana declares tI
its EXPORT rates d not discriminate against the
domestic consumption Of cotton.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
peril TO LIBERAL EDUCATION.

DR. Andrew F West dean Of the Graduate
School OF Princeton University. in his paper on
''The Present Peril TO Liberal Education" said in
part:
Let US think for moment Of what the American
college is. It has been evolved out OF our own
needs and has proved its extraordinary usefulness
freedom Of access and in the prevailing tone Of its
life. It has furnished our society and state with
premely centred our best hopes for liberal educa-
ton both as focused IN the college itseiI ana as
low and the professional schools above II is the
Camping Of an uaiiberalzed technical education.
II is our one available centre Of organization for
unequalled in benehcent influence by any other
class of equal numbers In our history.
In the rush of American life it has stood as the
quiet and convincing teacher OF higher things II
IN the eT Word bY ithdrawing them awhile from the
world 70 cultivate their minds and hearts 2y CON
society devoted TO those invisible things on which
reason of this training most college men have be-
come better than they would have been and oetter
in important respects than they could have been
had they not gone to college Their vision has oeen
cleared arG wdened ana IneF & IAN ANS nsa1 tai@bt
necessarily the lesson. deeply needed 10 STEADY
The fss K our Of srSod seod V3g IS not SO mpoant
the making Of good lie The college mas proved e
rize # TO its highest capacity for good. prune
m sPe th s Tsa Soandsa & ana Of h6ss
who care for the best interests OF our naIlon, ,
sources first from the common defects Of our
american CIVILIZATION; seGo9a& & trSn e re Wiser @ oS 5S-
sion OF counsels inside the eolege itself The frst
two We must be prepared 10 encounter always. but
the last one ought 10 be avo!oa ble
This is no place 10 draw UP catalogue OF our
common defects as people Our virtues we know
well They are seIf-rehsnce. quick INGENUITY,
adyentJlrouSness and buoyant optimism Our na-
tonal faults pleasant 10 think OF. as for
example the faults OF boastful vUlgarity and rec-
lees reliability Yet there some that must be
mentioned as being specially Perilous 10 our COLLEGE
ed1carion The chief think. IS commercial
ism the fevsrish pursuit OF what pays the one
end OF life Are we not subjected to-day. as never
before 10 demands for teaching the things Of
raerce as part of our COLLEGE course? And are not
the uecanica! arts and crafts admirable, tndeec n
teirfrtIe uses trying mix in with the 9th -t1ss
as though they of the % ally OF studies.
ana ssV wing hevu have IN the same house
even If other members OF the family are pushed
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
TRY TO DYNAMITE POWER PLANT
seventy-fve Pounds of Explosive Set Off at
Electric Companys Building.

Colorado Springs. Col. July 6.-An attempt
was made to blow up the plant of the Colorado
Springs Electric Company by dynamite last
night One hundred and fifty sticks of dyna-
mite. weighing seventy-fve pounds, We're piled
against the north end Of the building and a
fuse was lighted. The explosion Of one stick
distributed the others in a radius Of two hun
dred feet, saving the lives OF seventeen employees
and the building. All the north windows were
broken and fires were started. but they were
quickly put out. George B. Trip, general man
ager. has offered $1,000 reward for the names Of
those who made the attempt. There is no cleW
He saws there is no trouble between the COM
pany and its employees.
In addition to furnishing Colorado Springs
Colorado City and Manitou with lght ana power
the company is furnishing power to the Stand
ard mill of the United States Reduction and Re
fninp Company. where strike was declared on
FRIDAY bv the Western Federation of Miners.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
MURPHY MADE THE PRICE
FRAWLEY ON THE STAND.
Senator Says He Spoke for $3.50
Lease for Egan.

Assistant District Attorney Clarke said yes
terday that little was expected to develop in
the District Attorneys investigation into the
ways Of the old Dock Board until after the sec
ond arraignment of Murphy and Gaffney to-
morrow. If, however, any of the witnesses sub
poenaed go to the Criminal Courts Building, they
viii be examined
state senator James J. Frawley appeared in
answer to a subpoena yesterday. He went at
once to Assistant District Attorney Clarke's
Office, and as soon as the session of the Court
of Special Sessions was ended went with Mr.
Clarke to the chambers of Justice Mayer. Sen
ator Frawley questioned there by Mr..
Clarke and Deputy Assistant District Attorney
Paul Krotel
Senator Frawley. according to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Clarke, spoke openly about his
connection with the Van Wyck Dock Board and
the lease of the Thirty-nnth-st. pier, obtained
by Joseph Egan at what deemed a low
figure.
Il always look out for my district and the
people in it," Frawley is quoted as saying, and
when Joseph Egan came to me and said he
wanted to get that pier I said I would speak
for him. I went before the Dock Board and
told them wanted to get dumping privileges at
the dock Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Cram told me
that they would not give privilege, but would
lease the dock for ten years. They fixed the
price at $3.50 year. and Mr.. Egan got the
dock That is all know about the transaction.
1 was simply working in the interest of the
people of my district, as always have done.
Alexander Crawford Chenoweth testified that
he had made number of unsuccessful appli-
cations to the Van Wyck Dock Board to get
leases of the docks at Seventy ninth and Ninety
sixth SITS. North River, which were afterward
leased to the New-York Contracting and Truck
ing Company, of which it is alleged Alderman
Carney and ex-Councilman John ]. Murphy
members at the time the leases We're
granted.
Mr.. Clarke said he was endeavoring to get at
the books of the New-York Contracting and
Trucking Company. and that he was still look
ing for William l. Kidney.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
DRIGGs's CoUNsEL's DEMURRER.
Pleads insufficient Facts. Want of Jurisdic-
ton and Unconstitutionality

Hugo Eirsh. counsel for ex-Congressman Edmund
r. briggs, who is under indictment for violating
The aw in accepting money for services rendered 10
the Brandt Dent Company. which sold cash reg
lsiers 10 the Postofice Department filed de-
mlrre- 20 the Indictment yesterday. He bases the
demurrer on three grounds First. that the indict-
ment fails 10 state sufficient facts TO constitute
crime second that the United States Circuit Court
mas no Jurisdiction and. third. that Sections 1'Sl
Sao LlS2 Of tire Revised Statutes are unconsttu-
uonaL Argument the demurrer win be heard by
o'clOc.-
Mt Hlrsh declared hat he had no intention OF
moving for permission 70 inspect the minutes OF the
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
ALASKAN COUNTER CASES EXCHANGED
British Governments Request to See origi-
nal Maps Granted.

Washington. July 6.-The counter cases in the
Alaskan boundary affair have been exchanged
within the time limit. The counter case of the
United States was delivered to the British
Charge d'Affaires at Newport on Friday, and
al almost the same moment the British counter
case was handed 10 the American Embassy in
London, that both sides are now ready for
the next step, which will be the preparation and
Submission Of the arguments which are to be
laid before the commission in London Sep
tember 8
The British Government, after careful in
sgection Of the american case. submitted two
months ago has expressed a desire to see the
originals Of the many excellent charts and maps
which the main reliance Of the American
agent. These include maps which have never
been mentioned in connection with the case, anc
which the State Department has spent much
time and money in securing from the most out
os the way places. The department has granted
the British request. Otis T. Cartwright. OF
Nebraska who has already been connected with
the American side, has been named as assistant
agent 10 assume care Of the official maps.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
DEALER IN ANTIQUES A SUICIDE.
Found in Evening Clothes with Tube from
Gas Burner in His Mouth

Augustus c. Hawkins dealer in antique silver
and furniture No. . West Twenty-soventh-st
committed suicide yesterday morning by inhaling
Illuminating gas His reason, it said,
that he had long been despondent over the death
of his wife two years ago. He had children.
The body was discovered by mis- nephew. Henry
Gibson, who lived with him in the rooms the
store. He found his uncle dressed in evening
clothes, lying on the bed. with rubber tube from
the gas jet near his mouth. The gas fully
turned on.
In an adjoining room was found a Bible with
marked passages. Papers were also found, direct
ing that his body placed beside that of his wife
in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Hawkins . native of St Jonn, n. B,
and first came this city about thirty-hve years
ago He became a dealer in modern and antique
furniture, silver. porcelain and bric-a-brac Until
two years ago. when he moved TO Twenty seventh
St his store. was at Sixteenth-St. and Union
Square in a building torn down
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
BIG BREAK IN COTTON.
The august Option Loses Eighty
four Points.
SMALL PANIC IN NEw-oRLEANs.

After opening from one 20 nine points above
Fridays last prices, the cotton market yester-
day morning suffered one of the severest breaks
in years The heaviest decline was in the AU-
gust option. which, before the close had lost
S4 points. the September falling SO points, July
T5 and the more distant positions about %
points each. The selling orders came in such
overwhelming volume that the bull party made
no attempt to support the market. but instead
turned sellers, especially OF the September The
usual rumors of some house in difficulty were
circulated to account for the downward rush
of prices, both here and in New-Orleans. but no
financial difficulty developed in any quarter
There was crop news of a especially un-
favorable nature, and the most widely credited
explanation of the break was that it represented
the combined effort of four or FIVE Stock Ex-
change houses, whose operations for the de-
cline were, according to report, directed by
Theodore II. Price who for the last four months
or so has been bear on cotton. Under the
tire mendous selling, principally by the new bear
party, and with no support interposed by the
bulls, prices ran off as much as five points at a
time the low level of the day being reached a
little before noon. There was a rally of 10 to
"a points from the lowest on profit taking pur-
chases by the shorts. but this Improvement
was temporary. and the close saw prices again
at or nearly at the bottom. The extent of the
recent shrnkage of values may be realized by
the following table,
New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
COINCIDENCE PUZZLES FARMERS.
Two Men Found, One Unconscious, the Other
Dead, in the Same Barn.
LBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

Rochester, July 6.-A dispatch from Webster,
small village eight miles from this city, says the
death of John Fahy, whose body was found upon
the same spot in a barn where a few minutes be-
fore the unconscious form of Amel Miller had been
discovered. has aroused the countryside to a con-
diton bordering on terror in spite of the decision
Of the coroner that both happenings are traceable
to natural causes.
to his barn feed the stock yesterday morning
He did not return as usual. and his daugh-
ter went out and found him lying on the floor un-
conscious. DR.. P w Neefus of Rochester, cared
for Miller. John Fahy, neghbor, went to the
barn 10 finish the morning work. He was so long
about it Miss Miller went out again. and saw him
lying on the spot where her father had been found
Dr. Neefus surprised to had the man dead
and asked Miller if he had seen heard anything
unusual in the barn before he was stricken. He
said he had not DR.. Neefus decided. that TIE
death of Fahy in the same spot was a concidence;
The country people, however shake their heads ana
look toward the barn with suspicion.