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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-09-29
1872 BIBLToTECA DEL BoLETIN MERCANTIL

este habra padecdo 81 espiriu hubiese esado
otro so, 81 ell estado que Sc encontraba cuaquier
peigro hu5ese sido capaz de intimidarle.
Hubo de sencio.
Rene hubiera querido marcharse, tenfa nada que
hacer ali pero adfa ell deseo de interrogar ad
versao de saber de confundr las umnas que hablan
hecho la sangre de su amigo.
E conde leia en- la del joven sus pensamien-
tos gozaudose en- los sufruientos de enemgo sabo
reando angustas con frfa cruedad.
E 10 de Ju ia hizo un movimiento brusco, dijo:
-Estd entendido, cAbalero; batiemos 10 anes
posibe, muerte.
"A muerte-dijo el marido de Enriqueta con voz
sorda-esa es mi intencion.
-Nuestros testigos arreglaran las condolences
sotros tendremos sin duda 10 ocasion de wolverines
habar. Permitdme, pues cabal que os dirija una
pregunta
-PodGs hace-la, caballero-dio ell conde.
lie ofrec'o un silon.
Rene rebuso.
-Os doy las gracas.
FL conde permaneci6 en- pie.
-Os escucho, caballero.
El hjo de Enrqueta Rochegune duda5a en- aquel mo-
mento No hallaba paabras. No saba como tratar
el objeto deicado que iba abordAr.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-09-29
GRAN HOTEL
RESTAURANT
"INGLATERRA"
ee~ babitaeici1es a~~
lsioSainente attiuebladaS
En- sitiO centricO
y con inmeiorabes
condolences higi6nicass

IL Hotel lngiaterra cuen-
ta con una gran empresa
de coches, Ia primera en- la
1sla. por tener un material
moderno propio para viajes
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-09-29

GALE DE LA CRUZ
EsGuina q Tetuan.
SAN JUAN. PUERTo-RIco.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-09-29
Jose LlOmpart.

Colmado. al por mayor detail
Casa fundada en- lSs9.-CompIeto surtdo de vi
nos, Licores, Aceites, Conservas, Dulces toda
clase de provisioneS.-l .-lmportaciones drectaS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Sweet Potato Bread

Place n pint OF luxewarm water
in the mixing bowl, add one table
spoonful of butter, one level table
spoonful of salt. half a cup of good
yeast or a half compressed yeast cake
which has been dissolved in four table
spOOnfuls of lukewarm water. sift in
n quart of -four, beat well AID stand
in a warm place over night. In the
morning bake four sweet potatoes,
scoop out the pulp and mash through
q sieve into the sponge, beat well aIsJ
add sufficient -four TO make a soft
dough. Knead lightly, roll ont and
cut into biscuits. Place these in
creased baking pans and very lightly
bake in a quick oven twenty-five min,
utes. When the biscuit is half done
take from the oven and brush over
with the white of one egg beaten with
n tablespoonful of water. Place
again in the over until thoroughly
done.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Horrible Scenes.

Scenes of unparalleled horror met
the eyes of firemen, policemen and res
cuers when they we're able to enter the
Inflated theatre.
The dead lay in tangled heaps, five
and six feet high. Here and there
were found masses OF crushed, flesh
and bone which were once mon and
women, but were trampled out of all
semblance of human shape.
At the doorways of the first and Sec
ond balconies the greatest loss of life
occurred. Here bodies were found in a
pile which reached from the head of
the stairway, five feet from the door,
to a point as far in the rear of the
exit. In the center of the doorway
corpses were piled until the portal was
choked to within two feet of the top.
On top of this grewsome pyramid
were found women who had been
stricken by death while crawling over
the bodies of those who had been
caught and crushed to death. In their
hands they held bits of garments not
their own. Some were almost nude.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Chicago in Deep Gloom.

1t is nc extravaganza of language tc
say that the city is stunned by the
overwhelming tragedy which was en-,
acted when the theater which housed
MIR. Bluebeard' became a chamber
of horrors indeed. There is the deep.
est woe lii hundreds of homes, deep
sorrow in a thousand others, and a
pity beyond the potency of words to
convey in all.
The first streak of daylight which
shone on the snow-covered streets
found the morgues still the sorrow
haunted center of many searchers.
Theer are husbands searching for
their wives, wives searching for their
husbands, frenzied parents seeking
their children, so many OF whom lost
their lives, and in some instances,
wide-eyed children, still dazed from
the horror of their experience. CROPPED
distressedly about in search of father
or mother.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08

sions were moving through the snow
while the throng about the various
morgues and undertaking establish
ments seemed almost as large as ever.
The scenes here were the same as
those of Wednesday night and Thurs
day night. Many men appeared at the
door of Ro,ston's and Jordan's
morgues Friday afternoon who had
been ON their feet for forty-eight
hours, constantly searching for those
they had lost. The greater number
of dead are in those W. places an
men who had viewed the CHASTITY rows
of corpses before and had gone on
~unavailing search to every morgue
and undertaking room in the city to
been taken cane back cnce more to
R%olston's and Jordan's almost in de-
spair, but hoping against hope that
they might have overlooked their dead
in the great number that had crowded
the tables and floors on Thursday
morning. In some cases they were Il
successful, in many others they were
not. Practically all of the bodies
which admit of careful identification
have been carried away and of those
which remain the majority arc in such
a condition that only the most minute
and careful inspection will be able
to reveal their identity to those who
knew them best.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Killed in Their Seats.

Others were bent over backs oil
seats where they had been thrown by
the rush of people for the doors, and
killed without a chance to escape
from their seats. One man was found
bent backwards nearly double, his
spinal column having been fractured
by the rush. A woman was found cut
nearly in two by the back of a seat
over which she had been forced. face
downward, BEFORE she could enter the
aisle. The faces of dozens of people
had been trampled in by the heels of
scores of others who rushed over
them. In one aisle, the body of a
man was found with not a vestige of
clothing, flesh, hair or bone remaining
above the hips; nothing but bones.
Even the skull was gone.
Rarely in the history of Chicago has
its people been so stirred as by the
calamity. The speed with which it
came seemed for a brief period to
appal the business quarter. Every
available policeman within call of the
department was hurried to the spot
and the men were placed in lines at
the end of the block. They tried to
prevent anyone entering Randolph
street from either Dearborn or State
streets. 1t was found for a time al
most impossible to hold back the
frenzied crowd that pressed forward,
many of them having friends mr. rola.
tives in the theater.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
The Fatal BuiIdinq.

w. A. Merriman, western manager
for the George II. Fuller company. the
concern which erected the Iroquois
theatre, to a press reporter made the
following statement concerning the
construction of the building:
"The Iroquois theatre was built with
safety as the first consideration. All
the building ordinances were adher-
ed to in every detail and, more than
that, there were additional safe
guards thrown about until | do not
hesitate to state there was no theatre
building in the country freer from
danger. The exits were numerous
and all the work which our company
performed was absolutely fireprOof.
After making a very careful examina-
ton OF the building since the fire |
find that the structure as erected, still
stands intact"
Saturday brought out the legacy of
the awful calamity and the prediction
that the list of fatalities in the Iro-
quois fire will run to over 600 when
information is complete.
The latest statement of dead at the
various morgues is 564 and it is
stated at the various hospitals and
hotels to which the injured were re.
moved, that of the 157 who were in
jured, probably one-third cannot live.
The missing at this writing is esti-
mated at 314, but it is expected that
many Of these will be accounted for,
probably a large majority of them.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08

homes after the fire without report.
ing themselves to the police as in
jured.
Outside of the numerous funerals
that we're held in the city Sunday ii
was the first day of rest the city has
known since last Wednesday after
noon. Less than twenty persons call
ed at the office of the chief of police
for permits TO visit morgues, and few
people were at the hospitals.
John Schmidt, the stage hand who
is said to have left open the reflector
which prevented the asbestos curtain
from descending, is still sought by
the police. He is believed to be in
hiding in the city. but the chief OF
police received an intimation from his
friends that Schmidt will be ready
when he is wanted as a witness az
the c%oroner's inquest next Thursday.
Coroner's investigation.
Beginning at 8 o'clock Monday
morning Coroner Traeger and the
jury impaneled to sit at the inquest
will resume its task of collecting evt
dence in the theater building. AID
exhaustive examination 70 the build
ing will be made and particular al.
tention will be paid to any violations
OF the building ordinances that mag
be found. In accordance with the re-
quest of the members of the jury, all
Si~ght-seers and even watchmen will
be excluded from the building while
examination is in progress. The jury
has said to the coroner that they do
not wish any person to hear the ques.
lions that they may put to anybody,
as they fear publicity will interfere
with the thoroughness of the inquiry.
Because of the unlimited scope that
the coroner intends to give to the in
vestigation it is expected that the
work OF taking testimony will con-
sumo several weeks. Contractors and
all others who can give expert testi-
mony will be summoned and the cor
oner has issued a notice to all per-
sons who were in the theater and who
made their escape hat he would he
glad to have them appear and give
their testimony.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
NEARLY SIX HUNDRED DEAD
TIE WORST PLAY HOUSE CALAMITY
TIA EVER OCCURRED IN HIS COUNTRY.
BURNING OF AN OPERA HOUSE IN CHICAGO
An Appalling Loss of Life Through Burning, Smoth-
aring and Being Trampled to Death Chicago i'm
Mourning Over the Awful Catastrophe.

CHICAGO.-Women and little chill
in the %Iroquois theater, the newest,
largest and safest theater in Chicago,
Wednesday afternoon, December ~.
The theater was crowded by a mat
inee audience, mostly of women and
children. In the midst of the perform
ance, while the stage was alight with
beauty and color, the first alarm OF
fire was given, and the next instant
a great wave of flame shot out over
the theater. The resulting scenes
were indeGcribable. Hundreds were
trampled to death in the mad rush to
escape from that blazing furnace.
Many bodies were scorched and black
ened by the flames after the life had
already been trampled out. Several
people were burned to death, others
were suffocated by gas thrown into
the auditorium by the explosion OF
a gas tank, but by far the larger ma
jority persisted in the wild stampede
for safety.
The fire broi-e out during the sec
ond act of MIR. Blue Beard" which
was the first dramatic production pro-
duced in the theater after its opening.
The theatrical company, which was
large, escaped, nearly all OF them,
however, being compelled to fee into
the snowy streets with no clothing
but stage costumes. A few members
of the company sustained injuries, blu
none were severely hurt.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08

| sight became so sickening that po
licemen and firemen, hardened as
they are to horrible scenes, turned
away in horror. The bodies were in
such an ineXtricable mass. and SO
tightly were they damned between the
sides of the door and the walls that it
was impossible to lift them one by
one and carry them out. The only
possible thing to do was to seize a
leg or arm or a piece of clothing and
pull with main strength, dragging
several entwined bodies away to-
gether.
AS the bodies were dragged out
OF the water soaked, blackened mass
of corpses, more horrifying sights
were disclosed.
There were women whose clothing
was torn completely from the bodies
above the waist, whose breasts had
been trampled into a pulp and whose
faces had been marked beyond iden-
LITIGATION.
In the auditorium there was no such
number of dead in any one spot, but
bodies lay in the first and second bal
comics in great numbers.
In some places corpses were piled
up in the aisles three or four deep.
where n had fallen and others
tripped over the PROSTATE forms.
These had died as they fell, evidently
suffocated by a
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
RUSSIA PLACES RUSH ORDER.
cudahy Packing Company to Supply
Meat for Army.

DES MONIES, lathe Cudahy
Packing company of South Omaha is
just in receipt Of a rush order for
1000, 900 pounds of extra mess meat
for the Russian army. The shipment
must be made from South Omaha so
as to reach San Francisco before Jan
uary 2e, On that date two Russian
ships will be prepared to sail from
that port with the beef on board. It
is learned in Omaha that the same
ships will also carry a large amount
Of other supplies which are now on
their way or in preparation for ship
ment in various parts of the United
States. All of these supplies. it is
said. are for the a department of
Russia.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Millions In Oats,

Saizer's New National Oats yielded
in 1903 in Mich, 30 bu., in Mo. 255 bu..
in ". D., 80 bu.. and in 30 other
states from $50 TO 800 bu. per acre. Now
this Oat if generally grown in 1904.
will add millions of bushels TO the
yield, and millions of dollars to the
farmers purse. Try it for 1904. Largest
Seed Potato Il Alfalfa Clover grow
ers in America.
SalZer's SpeltZ, Beardless Barley.
Home Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat.
Pea Dat, Billion Dollar Grass and Ear
lest Canes are money makers for you,
Mr.. Farmer.
Jest SEND THIS NOTICE AND I0c
in stamps TO John a. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse. Wis, and receive I'm return
their big catalOg and lots Cf farm seed
samples. (W. \. U.O
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
A Sad SUNDAY.

CHICAGO-It was a day of funerals
in Chicago and for the first time in
the history of the city all of the people
who desired TO bury their dead were
unable to do so. The unprecedented
demand for hearses and carriages
would have been enough in itself to
task to the very utmost the resources
of the undertakers, but the heavy
snow that has fallen during the last
two days, has increased their difficult
ties enormously. All of the cemeteries
il Chicago are miles from the bust
ness center and residence districts
and with good weather and the streets
in DaSsable condition it is a matter
of several hours to reach one of them.
Sunday, when every hearse was in
urgent demand, it required about
twice as long to reach a cemetery as
under normal conditions. Arrange
were made by the undertakers
to have as many funerals as possible
order to allow if possible, the use of
the hearse for a second funeral IN
the afternoon. In p number of cases
this was done, but there were in
stances where the families who were
to wait for the return of the hearse
were disappointed and were COM
PEELED to defer the burial of their
loved ones until Monday. 1t is not
expected that there will be any fur
Their trouble in this direction as the
to the cemeteries are now in
such condition as to permit of the
passage of funerals in almost the or
binary time.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
KNOWS NOW
Doctor Was Fooled by His cgwn Gaze
for a Time.

It's easy to understand how Ordf-
nary people get fooled by coffee when
doctors themselves sometimes forget
the facts.
A physician speaks of his own ex-
pcrience:
Il had used coffee for years n
really did not exactly believe it was
injuring NE although l had palpita-
ton of the heart every day.
Finally n day a severe and al
o fatal attack of heart tronb1e
frightened me and l gave I'D both
tea and coffee. using Postum instead
and since that time I have had abso-
lutely 70 heart palpitation except on
one or TWO occasions when | tried a
small quantity Of coffee which caused
severe irritation and proved 10 NE I
must let it alone.
When We began using Postum #
seemed weak-that was because We
did not make 1t according TO direc-
now we put a little bit OF
butter in the pot when boiling and al
low the Postum to boil full Is minutes
gives it the proper rich favor
and the deep brown color.
Il have advised a great many of
my friends and patients to leave Off
coffee and drink Postum: in fact. 1
daily give this advice" Name given
by Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
Many thousands of physicians use
Postum in place Of tea and coffee in
their own homes and prescribe it to
patients. There's a reason"
A remarkable little book The Road
to Wellville" can be found in each
package.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
NO WAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Optimistic View of Situation Enter.
tanned at Rome.

tanned at Rome.
Notwithstanding the reports from
the far east rather an optimistic view
concerning the difficulties between
Japan and Russia is entertained in of
fetal circles here. 1t is not believed
That a conflict will take place in the
near future, not only for climatic rea-
sons, but because Russia is unpre-
pared for war. 1t is believed that
Russia will first consolidate her war
ships in the east with her volunteer
feet in the Mediterranean, which lat
ter now number nine vessels. The
vessels of the Mediterranean fleet
have purposely kept apart so that no
idea might be given of the character
or strength of the squadron.
In political circles the opinion pre-
walls that the attitude of the United
States will have an effect on whether
France and Great Britain remain reu.
trail.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
IN AID OF RUSSIAN JEWS.
President Has Received Reports from
Consuls in Russia.

Consuls in Russia.
WASHINGTON.-Simon Wolf OF
this city, who has been active for
several days in his %endeayors to iP-
duce the United States government to
make representations % Russia loolS+
ing to the protection Of the Jews of
kishineff, had an interview with
President Roosevelt. At it's conclu-
sion Mr.. Wolf said that at the re-
quest of the president himself he
could not discuss The interview for
publication.
1t is known, however, that Mr.. Wolf
was informed that prior to his pre-
s%entation of the matter to the state
department the president had direct
ed the United States consuls in Rus
STA to inform this government i. there
were any likelihood of a repetition OF
the Kishineff maSSacres OF last spring.
The replies to that inquiry thus far
received have been ~reassuring in their
Moreover, they indicate that the
Russian government is fully alive to
the reports of possible trouble at
kishineff on January Z. In view of
that fact it is assumed that the Rus
sian authorities will take if, indeed,
they have not already taken steps TO
prevent a recurrence of the massa-
ere.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
China to be Reckoned With.

NEW YORK.-The British govern
ment is noting with the closest atten-
ton and keenest interest the quite
uncommon energy o being shown by
the Chinese in making warlike prep
arations, under the guidance of a
large number of japanese instructors.
cables the Herald's st. Petersburg
correspondent. This has grown so
serious as to come into the first line
of RUssia's calculations. broadening
out the situation on quite new
lines
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Southern Sweet Potato PUDDING.

WASH and boil two pounds of sweet
potatoes very soft, but not soggy.
Mash the potatoes while warm and add
one cupful of butter and beat the mix
ture until very night in color. Beat
four eggs very light with one cup Of
white sugar and stir into the other
mixture, stirring rapidly. Add grated
nutmeg to taste, half a pint OF sherry
wine, one pint of rich milk and the
grated yellow peel of one rich lemon.
Mix. turn into the pudding dish and
bake in a quick oven. Delicious.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
ORIGIN of the Fire.

The accounts of the origin of the
fire are conflicting and none of them
certain, but the best reaso given is
that an electric wire near the lower
part of a piece of drop scenery sud
denly broke and was grounded. The
tlr2 spread rapidly toward the front
of the stage, causing the members OF
the chorus, who were then engaged
in the performance, to flee to the
wings with creams of terror.
The fire in itself up to this time
was not serious and possibly could
have been checked had not the as
bestos curtain failed to work. AS soon
as the fire was discovered, Eddie Foy,
the chief comedian of the company,
shouted to lower the curtain and this
was Immediately done. 1t descended
about half way and then stuck. The
fire thus was given practically q flue
through which a strong draft was set
ting, aided by the doors which had
been thrown open in the front of the
theater. With a roar the flames shot
through the opening over the heads Of
the people and clear up to those in
the first balcony, caught them and
burned them to death where they sat.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
SIW Reward, 500.

The readers of THIS paper win oe pleased 20 learn
that there Is ut least one dreaded disease that science
has been able TO cure In all its stages, aud that is
Catarrh. Halls CataTrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being O constitutional disease, reqllres a ~constitu-
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teTnally, getting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying tho
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the cnnstftuLion and ass lsting
nature In doing It's work. The proprietoYs have 90
much faith In its curative powers. that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that Il fails 20 cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 15c.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Dead List increases.

The list of dead was increased to
58S Sunday by the death of Leroy
Rainbold, a boy of 4 years, who was
severely burned, and died in ST. Luke's
hospital. OF the ten bodies at the
county morgue four more we're iden-
titled Sunday.
The injured of whom there is any
record now number 1O3. although the
number of those who were slightly
hurt would swell this number greatly.
Numbers of people went to their
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1904-01-08
Dead will Reach Six Hundred.

Later reports give estimates that
will probably bring the dead up to
six hundred. The City Press ~associa-
ton discontinued all attempts to keep
track of the number of dead bodies
at the morgues, the fact being palpa-
BILE that the effort was more produc-
tive of error than genuine informa-
to the removal Of bodies and the dazed
condition OF those in charge from
overwork and lack of sleep. The rec
ords at the morgue showing the issue
of burial permits at the coroner's Of
flee was substituted, as a less ~unsatis-
factory method of keeping the death
count.