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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-19

UNA GAIA de hero para eau
dales esta en- venta. Cruz 6.
Sc vende Ia casa ndmero 6s Gale
del Sol por ausentarse su duefIo. Pa
ra informes Ell IL redaccion de LA De
MOCRACIA,
Sc DESEA vender un magnfRco
piano, Luna 81.
SE vende una maquina nueva de
coser, marca eSinger., Sc da por IA
mitad de su precio. Informaran en- u
barberia <La PonSena.s San Fran
cisco %,
Sc desea vender un piano apenas
sin uso de la acreditada fabrica de
pianos Lesther, Filadelphia. Sc da
barato. Informes en- esta tnprenta.
ES11 en- venta una elegante silla
para uso de linpiabotas San Fran
cisco 23 informaran.
UN ORG1NO nuevo de Inaxrlih-
cas- voces, propio para Losias, rgls-
sias, etc. Sc vende en- AZ pesos. In
formara don Vicente Font Camudas,
San Francisco NJ.
UN piano en- buen estado Sc ven-
lie en- Rio Piedras. Prssio, en- esta
imprenta informarin.
Sc FENDE una casa de MADEIRA
en- Santurce en- 800 dollars. San Se-
bastidn y.
BOTOSES: Religioso. dc todas
clases d u centayos uno, franco do
porte para ia isla- Haga anse los Pc
didos al =. 0. Box l64 8 calle dc Mo-
rows no IL. San Juan T.. T..
PAPEL viejo de periodico 50 yes
de On esta Imprenia d DOS PESOS oil
quintal.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-19
ventas varlas

PTANO.-Se vende uno de muy po-
CO uso. Iuformaran en- <Isa Fama lie
Puerto Rico.s
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-19
PREClOS

Por una sola vez ure certdUo la pa
lebra.
tdem poruna semana lineas. 80 cts.
Idem 15 veces. ) lfneas. SO cts.
Idem un mes 3 lineas. so cts.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-19
CAGUAS

In Ell xkiosco Csntrals lie den Juan
Diaz Hernandez, Sc yende La UEsao.
cRACIA.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-19
ANUNCBOS d. DlA CENTAv0 CADA PALABRA.

BANCO D. Ford, en- ell mismo To-
cal del Banco Espaf1ol, Tetuan 3.
BANCO Colonial Nacional, Te-
tuan Is.
DIR, RAFAEL DEL VALLE,
medico ciruiano y oculista. Allen 16,
altos.
WENCESEAO BOSCH, abogado
con bufete alberto, Allen 81, baios.
GREGORIO DIMAS, administra-
dor de fncas urhanas 4Ls cobra el
mismo, y las vista diariamente, para
eonservarlas siempre lilnpias. Creo
que es 10 que convene al propietario.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-19
P R { { | 0 S
de los articuIos mas inportantes
que Sc detaNan en- a|macenes

Arroz de S q 4 81 segdn clase.
Jamones de 5 10 IL.
Quesos>S Ii amer. y 16 patagras
Tocino de~s s14a15.
Jab6n & 5 5 Rocamora.
Pasta & 5 Al.
Manteca de s 6 a segdn clase.
Harina de S5 q 81.
Habichuelas de S3 & 4.
Mankequilla de III a Il
Garban1os de Al q 9.
Bacalao &9 I.
Cebollas-a 5 S1S~
Tasaj ajo-de S 81 4 %.
Papas 5 29 a3.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
NELSON OPENS
NEW POOL ROOM
Has the Advantage Of st.
ASaph in Distance.
HE PROMISES BETTER ODDS
Expects to Succeed in Place at Jackson
City-RoOm for Him He
Believes.

W-shinE--H sports have another pool
room in NHginia in which they can
make bets on all tracks in the United
States and Canada.
John Nelson, who has been preparing
20 open q pool room In Jackson City
for several months, threw open at noon
today The doors of the frame building
just beyond the south end OF the Long
Bridge
Prices wall today De quoted on the
horses running AT New Orleans. Oak
land, and the Ascot tracks. Nelson and
his cohorts intend 20 give more liberal
odds. it is rumored, than can be had
at ST. As4ph This viii be done in order
TO ,niice to the new room those who
have frequented HiTs establishment
farther down the river.
The new place is much nearer Wash
iugtUn than St AsJDh. There Is about
fifteen minutes difference i'm the time
Tr0m Washington
IL certainly expect To succeed in Jack
son CIV, said Nelson today. II VIII
be- in business aS long as the Hills and
possibly longer. lf they can't be- broken
up, then there's room for me here.
'AIN place is nearer than theirs. Those
who patrouiZe nay pool room Will get
good odds. fair treatment ana prompt
service
His opening was the main topic in
SUorriua circles today. Hundreds an
uouuce their Intenti0n of taking a peep
M Jhe odds for luck
It is conceded by the knowing ones
that Nelson. because OF his widespread
popularity and tho uoJorleJy given hlm
iu his trial Uu "a charge of arson, will
doubtless attract a large, crowd.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
HELM SWORN IN
WITHOUT OBJECTION

J. Thomas Hehin. of Alabama. was
sworn in rhIs morning as member OF
the House of Representatives. of the
United States.
lie was sworn in, TOO, without Objec-
tlou. though ther- had been vague ru-
mors for some weeks that objection
would be made
The objection was to De based, it was
said. ou am extract from % speech thIt
Representative Helm made in the last
campaign, 90 the eject that The anar-
chIsl Who threw "a bomb under the
White House while Roosevelt ana BOOK
er Washington We're aJ dinner tuStlhtf
WullE be doing service 10 the cuuA-
NY
reureSeutauEe Clayton of AlaDam3,
moved Ihr admission of the new repre-
sentative ANA asked that His credeuti,as
be- read and that Ee Dee sworn In. There
q-.s TO objection aEd when the heFy or
.ury, EturtsauL4 lives sIalked up 10 the
clerk desk HeHio was Thereby Idr the
most cou-picu0us member of tle group
The rumOrs OF objection mad given nan
hr center of the stage and he was the
observed 1f an observers.
III he WAS uerlurbed there was no evil
6rncr OF The fact En- Eis face or bearing.
Win the others he took oath 20 sup
port and defend he Constitution OF tne
United States. Then he walked quietly
back 90 his place
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The Gull OF Mexico drurassI0u has
moved lullu3 over eastern Ala1lu4.
and now forms shallow disturbance 8f
wide extent hl- as Eei little eutre- u.
has been attended hy general rains Don
ne southern States. tle lower M.ssls-
sippi Valley. Texas. and snow over fIr
southern plateau. Il- long continued
orouth lu Alabama and other Southern
States lts been sffaetu.IIn BROKEN fTr.
drouth in tHr Chic Valley VIII 1e broken
within the next tulrtg-alE hours
northeast tWard during tlr next thirty
sis hours, and cause Sl-et iu tla Middle
Atlantic States this afternoon and TO-
night probably turning lutu ra.u 8r
snow Tuesday There viii Dee general
rains iu th, South Atlantic aad East
Gulf States and snow coz rain lu ihr
ohio Valley tonight and TuJsd.-
II viii be- colder .u tH. East Gulf aud
south Atlantic States.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05

Ia special election 10 fiji the vacancy. and
was twice reelected. serving in the
FoTry-lIsL FJrty-secUnd, and Forty
third Congresses. He served on the
Committee OLA Post Cfhces and Post
Roads. and lu his third term was ON
tHe House Committee ou ApprOprit-
lions. through which nearly all legIsla-
tilu on Pustlice affairs was cOnsid-
eIed
Iu 1s1z Boz codided an postal statutes up
Iu that dete, and no other has been
made since tEEt time lie was active i'm
reconstruction legislation for the South,
and frequently presided over the House
sitting iu Committee OF the Whole
II Grants Cabinet.
AT tae close OF his last term in Con
erss= le was rendered Ihe post Of Second
Assistant Postmaster General and APP
pointed March. 1873. Iu July. J 7t. he was
appointed Postmaster General by Cen
eral Grant. General Tyner was chair
man of the Indiana delegation in the
Republican National Convention of 1876.
and I.TaW his strength 10 Hayes After
tlr Iatf-r'9 Inauguration and the APP
Utiutm-ut of Key. 90 former Confederate
HTisHaI-r u- Postmaster General IFuvT
arcrrl,. tla place of First Assistant and
served until October. 1881. lG sole charge
uf appointments u the Northern States.
while Key controlled tho SUutD- I'm lasl
Hr returned 90 Indiana, ana after sew
sIaI seaTs was again lu Washington.
ON Harrison. .a accession ia l-ef, IEueT
was asked to become Assistant Attorney
which Hr lll-I Huil three months after
EIeEel8uI'= coming into office I'm 1883.
Iie drafted tne lottery law, and with ii.
CLAY Evans. OF Tennessee. then a mem
ber al Congress. engineered its adoption
BF Congress
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
Were Ont Fallu-

Wrapped in heavy oyercoats. in def
aucc of wind, weather. and slippery
walks half The residents of Brightwooi
lConunued on FIfth Pagel
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
lis Come at Last !"

Then the door was quickly unlocked
and CIobitz stepped inside. Mrs. Beck
with lighted lamp and Cloaltz told
lhe banker what Was wanted ITS come
~ last." Was Eeclwlth.s only comment
lie was almost in state of collapse.
while Airs. EeckWith Wept historically.
Clobitz remained i'm the Heckwith home
and viii stay there until the banker
gives bail or is la a coudluu. 90 be
removed 10 Cleveland.
Su,l- and Chandler went 90 the hotel
and 90 bed. lie VIII Doe aIraLgued be-
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
TTappings Of SoTrow.

The desks of the men whose places
they are 70 take-Quay's in the front
row on the Republican side. Hoars up
near the center. in front OF that az The
late Iamented Marcus A. HannA-were
draoed ia the insignia of mourning ia
somber contrast 10 the surrounding
scene.
Tomorrow the new Senators viii take
their places far in The rear. ON the
Democratic side. 20 await their chances
for a more favorable location.
The visitors who expected 90 see Sena-
Tor Burton OF Kansas, looked Ia vain.
His case is pending I'm the Supreme
Court and until Jhat court shall have
reversed the decision that convicted him
az misdemeanOr, as he confidently eX-
poets. he viii not mingle with his former
associates.
BuL Senator Smo0J was present. ready
10 resume the Hsht for his retention as
a member.
To the returning Senators themselves.
the chamber presented the Wonted ap-
pearanee-an bat the clock Heretofore
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
Took Arrest Calmly.

Spear took his arrest calmly ana dis
played remarkable nerve. lie greeted
The officers with, "WeI. the summons
has come Tie pleaded that the arrest
OF Eccl-with be made as deucatoiy as
possible The party then walked the
short distance 90 EeckwIrh's home.
Depaty Clsbitz was detailed to make
the arrest.
CIobi.z rang the bell ana AIRS Beck
with came 10 Jhe door
who is tueTDt she said
81 want 20 see alr Eeckwith, said
Clobitz.
''You can't" Was the reply.
"a must.
"Nhu ar. yult"
81 am uu officer OF tine United States
Government.
'-OH NV God.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
watch 10. The Great Chlistma

OF The sunday Times. out uea
DeclMb III.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
Business in the Senate.

As usual. the main interest centered
about the short proceedings in the upper
house Senator Fairbanks OF Indiana.
Vice PresIdent-elecy was easily the
most conspicuous figure. The galleries
craaed their necks To see him and the
wealth of flowers about his particular
desk made their search Tor him an
easy one, aided as IL was fy his towering
figure that sent him a head OF more
above his COLLEAGUES
Coclzrell uf Missouri. The victim of The
unexpected in his State. came in for
much attention and. like Fairbanks. be-
fore the gayeI fell was the center Of
thrcnE OF Senators, expressing con-
dolences i'm his case as they did leilei-
tations In the other.
Knox of Pennsylvania and Crane OF
alassachusetJs the reW members. sue
cse5.ng QUAY and HOar. the leaders
who have been called away from the
scene of activity, stood modestly in the
background. chatting with friends.
awaiting the call GO duty that VIII cone
when they take the oath OF office.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
Message From Cleveland.

At p. m. Sunday the United States
authorities al Cleveland JeIephoned 60
village Marshal Sheriff. that he mast
watch Spear About this time he went
20 President Ecckwith's home and Pc
mained .au nour with the PROSTATE off,
c'al Then he went Up town and finally
,me 90 the home of j. A Werner,
where he has been stopping ever since
The crash came
At ulo p. IN. United States Marshal
Frank Chandler and Deputy United
states Marshal Clobitz arrived from
Cleveland. They went 10 the town hall.
where they found The village marshal
asleep. They woke him and went 10
the Werner house.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05

Wait for the Christmas Edition
Of The sunday Times Next Sunday. De
Cember III.
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
MARSHAL ARRESTS
OBERLIN BANKERS
Charged With Falsely Ger
tifying Checks
SPEAR DISPLAYED NERVE
~It's Come at Last" Was the Only
Comment Of the Aged President
Beckwith

OBERLIN, Ohio. Dec. 5.-President
e. II. Beckwith and Cashier A. b. Spear.
cf the Citizens National Bank of Ober-
lin. are under arrest, prisoners of the
Federal Government. They are charged
with "a most serious crime in connection
With the financial transactions of Mrs.
Cassie chadwick. The blow zen shortly
after midnight. IL was not unexpected.
The charge against the men IS misap-
pr0priatiug the funds of the bank.
In She affidavit Spear is charged with
certifying 10 a check ON the Citizens
National Bank, drawn August % 1sU5
for tine sum OF Sl2,5pJ and payable 10
Mrs. Chadwick. when Mrs Chadwick
had no funds n the bank
The check that Beckwith certified To-.
.ccordins to the affidavit. is dated Oc-
.ooer 10 1905, and is for $1,000 There
were no Chadwick funds in The bank
The Washington times., 1904-12-05

New OveIeoadngs. WiIeman, sI4 F.
ADV
The Washington times., 1904-12-05
Last Session of Fifty
eighth Congress Be-
gins at Noon.
Crowds Struggle at Cal
Iery Doors to Witness
Proceedings.
Floral Pieces Decorate
Desks Of Senators and
Representatives.

A hum OF conversation In the gall
leries. Occasional bursts of laughter
from the floor. Republicans good na-
turedly chatting their unfortunate
Democratic colleagues.
Beautiful women. leaning coquet-
tishly over the balusuadea. exchang-
ing glances with their friends below.
Statesmen loungng in the smoking
rooms, swapping stories and campaign
experienees-mostly true ones.
LIFE AND COLOR.
Everything aglow with color and
life and light. Floral pieces, the
choicest offerings of devoted admirers
OF expectant constituents, covering
desks and alsles and oYerfiowlng into
the lobbies.
Guides, eagerly pointing out the
celebrities to the sights4ers in their
charge Fashionably gowned women
and smartly attired men in the private
galleries reserved for friends OF the
President, OF the Diplomatic Corps, OF
members OF Congress
Suddenly the fall or a gayeI. produe-
ing an effect as electric as the dis
charge of a pistol. Conversation
bushes. Laughter ceases. A moment
Of absolute silence.
MACHINERY MOVES.
The Senate viii be in order" an
neunces President pro TEN. Frye, in
full, well-rounded tones.
The House will be in order"
sounds the thin, piping voice OF
Uncle Joe" Cannon at the other end
of the Capitol
They're of, silently comments
each interested spectator
ONLY PASSING INTEREST.
Washington goes on. unmoved by the
spectacle annually presented. yet mani
tests passing interest by sending
streams of visitors TO the Capitol on
the opening day of Congress.
In some of its phases the event re-
sembles a social function. The buzzing.
animated, ever whispering, and cease
iessly moving gallery crowds. with
their dashes OF bright coloring In gowns
and fans and flowers present almost
as attractive a scene as the floors OF
both houses, where the soions gather
after their long absence from the Capt.
tai. renewing old acquaintanees and
forming new ones.
II is a gala occasion, and the general
public eIamors for sight of the star
actors.
On previous occasions. the crowds
have been unwieldy. 4 better system
was devised this year by permitting
admission 10 the galleries only upon
cards issued in limited numbers by
members of the Senate and House. To-
morrow the old rule OF first come, FIRST
served. viii be revived.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-08
Testing Engines by Piano.

Pointing to a piano that was stand
ing in the locomotive roundhouse of the
Missouri Pacific railroad near Kansas
City, an English visitor remarked: "Ah,
see your road supplies you with mu-
steal instruments" Guess not" re-
piled the foreman. THAT piano is for
testing engines" The Englishman
thought it joke, but when uniformed
pianist struck note which harmonized
with the noise of vibration in each part
of the locomotive as it was tested, he
understood that there could be no
flaws or cracks in the engine. He was
informed that if the noise of the loco
motive made discord with the musical
note, the locomotive would be thus
proved defective. The method has been
discovered to be more accurate than the
old way of hammering each part
Worlds Work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-08
FRENCH PANAMA SCANDAL.
The Big Scheme of De Lesseps
Which Came to Such Dis
astrous End.

The isthmus of Panama is narrow
strip of land, scarcely 81 miles wide at
it's narrowest point; but the canal, OW-
ing to the character of the land, would
have a total length of about 46 miles,
writes George Ethelbert Walsh, in
Cutting a Hemisphere in Two" in St.
Nicholas To cut a ship canal of this
length, the early French company esti-
mated, would cost 100000 francs,
which later was reduced by De Lesseps
to 600,000,000 francs, or about $120, 000,-
900 of our money. This huge cost did
not deter the people of France from
buying the bonds and stocks of the
Panama Canal company, and the
money was soon raised. The genius OF
the company was the man who had
constructed the Suez canal, and his
presence at the head of the undertake
ing was sufficient to give faith and con-
fidence to all. De Lesseps himself was
so confident of his success that he ex-
tended invitations to prominent men
all over the world 20 attend the open
ing of the canal in 1888.
The first shipment OF machinery AMI
workmen arrived in Colon on February
81, 1881, and almost Immediately began
one of the most dramatic stories If
modern times. Fraud, incompetency,
Encouragement and lack of knowledge
of the grave conditions that confronted
the contractors on the isthmus COM
bined to delay the work, and in time
to wreck the company. The inside his
tory of the story may never be made
perfectly plain to the world. Millions
of dollars worth of machinery that
was never used was shipped to the
isthmus, and even to-day much of it is
rotting and rusting there in the trop-
ical climate. The whole length of the
proposed canal is marked by these
monuments to mans mismanagement
and greed. Extensive camps and hos
pitfalls were built on the route of the
canal, and thousands of workmen were
sent down, only to die in the fever
ridden climate or to return home dis
gusted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-08
AN AMPHIBIOUS TRIBE.
New Guinea Natives Who Live in the
Swamps and Swim More Than
They Walk.

A tribe that can hardly walk has
been discovered in New Guinea. So un-
used are these people to walking on
the solid ground that their feet bleed
when they try to go any distance. They
were discovered by Sir Francis p.
Winter recently, says the New York
Sun.
The tribe is that of the Ahgaiambos,
and since time immemorial they have
lived in swamps, their houses being
perched on bamboo poles and elevated
about IL feet above the mud and wa
ter.
AS a result. since there is no solid
ground anywhere near them, genera
ton after generation of these people
have depended entirely on canoeing
and swimming. They are such good
swimmers that they can glide over and
between the half submerged reeds like
water snakes, and it is as natural for
an Ahgaiambo to slip into the water
to go next door as it is for a woman
in this country to throw shawl over
her head and call on a neighbor.
They never leave their swamps, but
remain hidden in them from the time
they are born until they die. They are
as shy as the crocodiles andreptiles that
dwell there.
The life has changed their bodies
30 that they look unlike any other
human beings in the world. AS they
never walk, their legs have become
soft and f1abby, and their feet are so
soft that blood flows from the crack
ing skin as soon as they are called on
to tread on hard ground.
Sir, Francis Winter describes these
beings as follows, in a report to the
Australian government:
1.-The men would be of good stature,
If their bodies, from the hips down,
were in proportion to the upper part.
They have good chests, thick necks
and powerful arms. But from the
hips down they were shrunken crea-
lures, looking more like apes when
viewed from the side, than like human
beings.
Their feet are short and broad and
wonderfully thin. with weak toes.
They are so feeble that they look al
most as if they lacked joints.
THE feet of all the people whom ]
saw rested on the floor when they
stood or sat in a way that reminded
one irresistibly of wooden feet, be-
cause they were so helpless and
clumsy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-08
GOOD ROADS A NECESSITY.
Quite as Essential to the Developm snt
of a Government as Up-to-
Date Railroads.

Good plain roads are as necessary as
good railroads to a well-ordered state"
These are the words of statesman and
not of good-roads specialist. They are
the deliberate utterance of M. j. ]. JUS
serand, ambassador from France to the
United States in the twentieth century
Such words ought to go ringing
through the length and breadth of the
land, heard and needed by selectmen,
road supervisors, county commissioners
and legislators, state and national. A
second La Fayette is come to save us
In peace as the first great Frenchman
did in times of war. Here is a paragraph
written by M. j. j. Jusserand in Wash
lngton, for publication, on August 8.
1903:
Whatever be your profession.
cyclism will teach you some of the
virtues which will insure your sue
cess. There is no exception to diplo-
mats; cyclism teaches to be prudent,
to move peacefully, and noiselessly, and
to mind their neighbor. Cyclism has
lessons even for governments. To gov
ernments it will teach that good plain
roads are as necessary as good railroads
in a well-ordered state"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-08
GREAT NATIONAL HIGHWAY.
Good Roads Association Urges Build
ing of One Between New York
and Chicago.

The first annual meeting of the New
York and Chicago Good Roads associ-
alton, at Erie, Pa, closed with the adop-
ton of a resolution favoring the build
ing of a national highway between the
two cities named through the southern
tier of counties of New York and west
wardly along the lake shore through
Cleveland and Toledo to Chicago.
Joseph w. Hunter, state highway
commissioner of Pennsylvania. was in
structed to go over the proposed route
and estimate the cost of construction.
The association asks national and state
aid for roads. The meeting next year
will be in Elmira, N. Y. are.
John Farson, of Chicago. one of the
delegates. pleaded for an interstate sys
tenn ofzhighways.
"The people of this nation are losing
hundreds of millions of dollars annually
from failure to provide ordinary good
roads for the movement OF farm prod
uce," said Mr.. Farson. I'VE may well
ask ourselves if the federal government
has acted wisely in lending its aid to
great railroad systems, in assisting the
manufacturing and commercial indus
tries ofthe nation with prodigal hand,
and at the same time withholding its
support from the development of coun-
try roads The tonnage Of farm produce
on country wagon roads itself reaches
the enormous sum of $500. 0O0, 900 yearly.
Every penny of this is added to the price
of the products, and it is the jewellers in
cities and towns, as well as in rural dis
tricts, who pay the added cost"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-04-08
Improve Main Thoroughfares.

Frequent complaint is made by peo-
pie who live at a remote distance from
the villages and public centers, that
nothing is done to improve the back
roads on which they live, and that they
are taxed to benefit other roads in the
more populous parts of the town. There
seems to be some justice in this plea,
and yet it would be poor policy to ex-
pend state money upon any but the main
roads or thoroughfares. These roads be-
long to all. The persons who live in the
most remote parts of the town have q
greater profitable interest in main roads
than they are apt to realize The near
est village is their village, and all pub
lie improvements there made enhance
the value of their own propcrty.-W. A.
Thomas. In Farm and Home.