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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14
JuzgadO de Paz de San Juan

Eduardo Rosa, por infringir las
ordenanzas municipales, condenado
al pago de 81; remitido la carcel mu-
nicipal, por no hacerla efectiva.
Jose Rivera, por igual causa,
Is dias de arresto. Nicolas Ferran,
por Ell mismo delito, condenado q ID
dias de arresto.
Pedro Marin, JESUS Ortiz, Quintin
Marzal y Bartolo Canales, por, ,infrac-
cion de las ordenanzas municipales@
condenados un dollar de multa cada
uno. En- libertad Marin iOrtiz, por
haberla satisfecho; los demas pasaron
q la carcel municipal en- deber de pago.
Inesio Cruz, por infringir las o. NJ
condenado s 15 dias de arresto. Pa
SO la Carcel Municipal.
Pedro Monge; por igual delito,
condenado cinco dollars de multa,
pas6 la carcel.
Maria Lopez y Victoriano, por in
fringir las Ordenanxas Municipales,
condenaoa dos dollars de multa
puesta en- libertad por haberlos salts
fecho.
Gregorio Cordero, por infringir
las Ordenanzas Municipales, condena-
do dollars de multa, pasando Ia
carcel.
Octavio Ortiz, por igual delito,
condenado 2 dollars de multa, pa
sando la c4rcel.
Manuel Cabailero, por la misma
causa condenado q dias de arresto.
Isaias Alexandra, por igual delito
conaen ado 10 dollars de multa, pa
sando Ia carcel.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14
f. DEL VALE M. d.
Superintendente de Sand ad.

San Juan F. r. Julio 1904
DR.. F. del Valle-Hon. Senor: Con Ell
fin de destruir en- esta isla Ell carbuncO
bovine que padece el ganado en- forma
extensive, enzOOtia que desde remotOs
tiempos viene siendo un terrible azote
para la riqueza pecuaria, privada y
publica una amenaza constante q la
salud del hOmbre, me permitO some
ter & su alto criterio La proposition
siguiente: Teniendo muy en- cuenta la
Legislation sanitaria de Europa
America los excesivos gastos de
material vacuna y personal que anual-
mente acarrear1a la vacunaci0n pas
toriana en- todo el ganado de la isla
ST corriere cargo de la Direction de
Sandal es necesario adoptar, al
principle, la prescription libre en- la
vacunacion anticarbuncosa annual,
aconseiando todos los ganaderos
tan it'll beneficiosa medida prOfilac-
tica que ha de poner q cubierto sus in
tereses pecuarios hoy constantemente
amenazados como as1 10 han compren-
dido varios ganaderos de la isla que
por indication mia vienen vacunando
sus ganados. Despu6s, una vez que
hayan adoptado la vacunacion Sc
hayan penetrado de sus indiscutibles
ventajas, ser1a el momento oportuno
de disponer la prescription obligato-
ria de Ia vacuna.-De V. respetuosa-
mente, VICTOR F. BERMEJo. -Veteri-
mario Municipal.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14

Ell hombre salvaje, cuyo hogar
tiene por techo la b6veda infinita y
por pavimento la madre terra; ell
hombre civilizado, descubridor de la
electrified ad autor de la navegacion
area, al contemplar La naturaleza, al
sondear sus misterios; ell segundo con
mirada inteligente perspicaz; y ell
primero asombrado al admirar feno-
menos que no comprende, sienten la
necesidad de dar gracias olguiea, Y
poseidos de gratitud, buscan, cada
uao como cree encontrarlo, al ser
mlsterloso, que suponen autor de las
mercedes que reciben.
Ruge ell viento; surca ell rayo, We
loz y mort1fero, Ell azulado espacio;
extremecense los arboles: desbordanse
los rios; ell mar muerde con rabia las
orillas de las playas: todo, mar y
terra, cielO y viento, sin freno, vio-
lando las leyes que rigen su existen-
cia, parece que Sc entregan al suici-
diO...
Eel hombre de los bosques, Ell sal
vaje que contempla cuadro tan horro-
roso, siente miedo; cree que alguien:
un eer muy pOderoso, sobren atural, Y
enemigo del hombre, desencadena los
elementos y los lanza contra el
Embellishments Sc apodera de su
imagination la idea del ge,eio de NAL,
siente enseguida el deseo, mas que
deseo necesid ad (por salvar su vida
que We en- peligro) de invocar ell genio
del bien.
Supongo que existfa el genio del
NAL (idea terrOr1fca que domino su
imaginacion) que amenazaba su exis-
tencia, y supone en- el acto que debe
existir el genjo dol bjeaa, mas poderoso,
mas fuerte que aquel, y que puede con-
trarrestar su Influenza.
He ah1 la existencia de los geroios
del bien del nal, creados por la fan
tas1a del hombre, en- especiales circuns-
tancias.
La existencia de dos ideas antag6-
nicas que Sc disputan la supremac1a
sobre sus actos y su vida.
Slempre ell hombre bajO la infuen-
cia de su estado psicologico, busca an
cioso en- su RIGA imagination una idea
abstracta, que recogiendo y represen-
tando para 81 sus temores y sus ale
gr1as, le conduzca mas tarde q Ia ne
cesidad de suponer que hay algo supe-
rior a el; olgo que fiota en- el infinite
que reverbera con las estrellas, que
alumbra con ell sol, que imana con el
perfume de las flores, que Sc desliza
con las aguas de los rios, que besa las
playas con Ell mar; algo misterioso y
grande que esta en- todas parties, que
en- ninguna Sc encuentra, con los SEN
tidos corporeos.
Y mas tarde, siguiendo la escala
de las necesidades espirituales que lie
creara su estado psicalogico, infuido
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14

que Ell 81 pI1uOlpio luc uud lQed aus
tracta.
Lo que hoy llamamos en- lenguaje
poetico la religion de los recuerdos,
puede decirse que fue tambien una de.
las cosas que contribuy6 al origen de
los cultOs.
La necesidad que sinti6 ell hombre
de comunicarse con aquellos seres
queridos que arrebat6 la muerte de su
lado, hicieronle suponer la existencia
del nads ala, que para mi Sc pierde en-
las brumas esperas de La duda.
Y con la fuerZa creadora de su
privilegiada imagination snpltso en- ell
cuerpo humane humane, algo superior
& los dolores ffsicos: pero undo a el
por muy estrecho vfnculo: Ell ALMA,
que bizo residir xtoda en- todo ell cuer
po, y toda en- cualquier parte,s agre-
gando que no concluye su mission con
ell hombre, cuando este paga su tribu-
& Ia Naturaleza.
De ahi ell origen del espiritismo,
que algunos Green que es una religion
moderna, cuando nadie ignora, que
los primitivOs habitantes de Nueva
leland a, crefan, que ell animal que CO.
clan enviaba su esp1ritu las piedras
entire las cuales sufrfa la coci6n; y
que, los salvajes peruanos atribufan
los espiritus los efectos t6xicos de las
plantas venenOsas. ........
Prueba concluyente que nos de-
muestra que existen muchos puntos de
contacto entire ell fetiguisnao tetichismo
ell espiritisnaO.
clos peruanos adoraban ciertas
rocas de las que decian que habfan
sido hombres1. [Spencer. Ciencia So
cial.l
Y en- progreso creciente las ideas
primitivas del hombre la religion,
condujeron & la necesidad de crea
sfmbolos y mas sfmbolos que adoIH
ron los salvaj jes al aire libre, ad
ramos en- recintos suntuOsos.
Puede decirse, que el orfgen de to.
das las religiones es uno, una ST
esencia identico su objeto.
De sus resultados no hablamos.
Cerrare ma cronica con estas fr;
ses de II. Spencer:
&Entre el jefe africano que pa
lograr abundante caza vacla su pet
ca como ofrenda q uno de sus antep
sados, ell heroe homerico cuya {
pada, guiada por una divinidad, v
hundirse en- el costado de un troys
ell catolico que invoca la exist
del santo, su patrono, no hay
una diferencia de forma, un 81
mas en- la evolucion que transforms
seres sobrenaturales las almas de l. ].
muertOS.S
M. MELENDEZ MUNOZ.
San Juan, z. Il.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14
Superiintendencia de Sanidad

Para cumplir un acuerdo de la
Junta Superior de Sanidad, relative
al carbunco bovine, de acuerdo con
ell parecer del Sr. Veterinario Munici-
pal de San Juan, Sc da conocer ell
siguiente informe, que interesa a los
Sres. ganaderos.
La prescription libre de la vacu-
nacion del ganado que Sc recomienda,
debe MERCER la consideration de to-
dos los interesados en- este particular,
va que es el medic mas apropiadocon
ira Ell peligro del carbunco bovine,
que parece haberse ensenoreado de
algunas comarcas de esta isla, COM
prometiendo uno de sus mas valiosos
elementos de riqueza.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14
In for m e

Existe.en esta .isla una enzootia
carbuncosa en- el ganado vacuno que
desde remotos tiempos viene siendo
no solo una ruina para la riqueza pc
cuaria privada y publica, ST que tam
bien una amenaZa cOnstante & la sa-
lud del hombre por su inminente con-
tagio.
Sc creia hasta hace pocos amos, y
pasa como cOrriente todavia entire
profanos y ganaderos, que ell, carbun-
co 8 antrax Sc presenta en- los CANA
dos, como consequence de causaS di-
versas, tales como la naturaleza de los
pastos, fndole del terreno, condolences
de las aguas, toXicidad de determina-
das plantas pranteses, ciertos agen-
tes atmosfericOs y otras muchas, y al
gunas por cierto, hasta supersticiosas.
Ell carbunco bacteriano es produ-
cido por IN m1crobio (bacilo Chau-
voei.) Este microbio producer ger
menes que quedan en- la terra y con-
servan la facultad de multiplicarse Y
producer La enfermedad muchos me-
ses atn amos.
Las aguas pantanosas, cargadas
de sustancias organicas, son con fre-
cuencia origen del contagio. porque
los esporos carbuncales pueden vivir
en- elias multiplicarse como en- un
cultivo artificial.
Dichos g6rmenes, 1legando al in
terror del animal mediante los alimen-
tos, las aguas, Ell polvo, etc. etc., oca-
sionan la enfermedad por verdadero
contagio infection como ell titus, la
viruela etc.
Los pastos secos y punzantes, son
en- ocasiones causa auxiliar del car
bunco, porque las picaduras que pro-
Queen en- la boca resto del tubo di-
gestlvo, son otros tantos puntos de
inoculacion: as1 Sc explica ell por que
coincide casi siempre ell carbunco con
la sequia Iprolongada.
La enfermedad puede comenzar de
dos maneras distintas; va con sinto-
mas henerales, ora por locales (car-
bunco tumonal.)
La primera modalidad sc carac-
teriza por un notable aumento de tenn
peratura del animal que puede llegar
q APO centigrados, hay rigidez gene
raj, tristeza, inapetencia, suspension
de la rumia, calofr1o, enfriamiento de
las extremidades y cogera claudica-
cion.
La localizacion de Ia enfermedad
consiste en- tumoraciones 6nicas null
tiples .que tienen su asiento en- los
tronco, cuello cabeza
asentando preferentemente en- las TO-
luminosas masas musculares, que
tienden d extenderse cada vez mas.
Estos tumores de forma irregular
y difusos cuando Sc les comprime d an
sensation de crepitaci6n. Seccionado
el tumor iiuye de el un lfquido obscure
y espumoso que puede llegar 4 ser
negro toda la masa tumoral esta
constisufda por tejidos muy friables
tanto mas negruscos cuanto mas Gen.
trales.
Teniendo en- cuenta este centro la
prodlaxis del carbinco bovine que ha
hecho desaparecer esta mortal enzotia
dc todos los paises que como ell nues-
tro, constitute Ia ruina del ganado y
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14
Linea Ferrea del Oeste
QUIMICOS, N. Y.

Itinerario de Trenes y Vapores que
regira desde Ell dfa 20 de Noviem
bre de 1902.
Salidas de la Capital Bayam6n
simultaneamente.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14
BUQUES EN- PUERTO
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-14

In el <4z6n. PA. .
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cRAUA.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05
River Forecasts.

The Ohio At Evansville, will con
tinuo rising during the next - hours.
come to a stand, then fall AT Padu-
cab, will continue rising during the
next two days, Az Cairo. will con
tinue rising during the next Oh 5
days, The rise at Cairo during the
next twenty -four hours will amount to
tenths Of foot The crest Of the
Ohio rise is nov between Louisville
and Evansville A slight rise has set
in in the lower Tennessee, these two
rises viii more than offset the fall
in the Mississippi above Cairo and
give Cairo a crest stage OF between
~ and l3 feet
The Tcnnessce--Fr2m Florence to
Johnsonyille, will continue rising dur,
mg the next twen;y-fogr to thirty-six
hours Below Johnsonyillc the rise
will continue three days.
Tine Mississippi From below ST.
Loupis to above Cairo. Will continue
falling and at an increasing rate.
T. I'll. SMYTH Observer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05

packet company as private wharf
boat, temporarily at least. The big
monster boat viii be moOrcd Just
back ot the flour mill between the ma
rine ways property and the st. Bern
ard Coal company docks, and an cx-
cellent leyee can be had at the foot
OF Washington street The wharf will
be used for the boats of The packet
company exclusively The boats
which will land there are the Clyde
Tennessee, Memphis ana savannah.
It was at first supposed that The boat
would take the place of one Of the
Fowler Whartboats, but no arrange
monts could be made by which
the Fowler boats could be transferred
elsewhere. The new boat has CO by
Il foot iron stages and the teams
drive onto the boat end off This is a
great Improvement in handling river
freight and will be luxury to the
teamsters -Paducah Sun
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05
S ELKS REUNION IN JULY MAYNARD LIFE ENDED M


Tho local lodge Of Elks Will DO in.
teresJcd ia ali outline OF the plans
tor tho ELS reunion 10 be held IN
Cincinnati the week Of July u.s. Gin.
einnaG lodge claims it viii be the
greatest reunion in the history Of the
order. and that the scheme OF enter.
tainmeut for visitors is the most
elaborate ever attempted
More than 100000 has not only
been pledged but paid 70 me reunion
committee b. citizens This viii be
spent for entertainment ana various
prizes. The reunion committee con,
sists of Is members Of Cincinnati
lodge, with August Hermann, recent
ly elected exalted ruler, as chairman
Assisting them is a committee Of 100
prominent citizens and ladies' re
capti0n committee Of So From re-,
norts received at reunion healquar.
ters il is believed $4,000 Elks ana nor
less than 5000 ladies' win attend the
reunion
The formal opening will be the
morning Of July 49, In Music hall Ii
is to be marked by an elaborate mu
steal program In which noted solo
lists ana a trained chorus Of 200 are
features. The features Of entertain
ment include the following
A mammoth Kentucky barbecue
with burgo0, athletic tournament and
music at the Latonia race track; an
ola fashioned family picnic in ia
nous Eden park, with refreshments
free ANA an elaborate display Of fire.
works at night band concert con
tests at the baseball park followed
by a game of baseball between Ma
tional league teams boat excursions
IN and down the beautiful Ohio riy.
r.. where the scenery surpasses even
that If the Hudson in New York,
trips 10 the various amusement re.
sorts IN and near Cincinnati, a night
Isl celebration Of the Eleven O'clock
Toast By net only all Elks, but the
ntre city, by direction Of Mayor
Fleischman The annual parade win
be the greatest It'll the history of the
order The city will be beautifully
illuminated ana decorated The re.
union committee Is spending $4,000
% Illuminate streets ana public
squares. Liberal prizes offered for
individual decorations and ilmmina.
tions has caused liyaliest competi-
ton and the business district win be
a mass OF light and color The prizes
offered for the reunion follow:
PaFade-To the lodge having the
greatest number in the parade. $500;
to the lodge Having the greatest az.
gregate mileage, $500; to the hest ap-
bearing lodge, $500; to the lodg hay
ing the most unique uniform, s500
to the lodge accompanied by the
most ladies, $500
Band Contest Bands Of class A
$50 or more plecesl, first prize ST.
Q0o; conI prize, $3.50; second class
tIess than 50 piecesl first price
$500. second prize $3.50
Nominations First $1,000 sec
oni $500. third $500 fourth 5000
Decorations First $500, sceond
5000. third $3.50, fourth 800, fifth $50
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05
Paducah Girl Terminated Wretched
Existence BY Drinking Car
koIic Acid.

Yesterday afternoon about $50
o'clock, Mary Osborn, aged 10 years
committed suicide at 2ll Thirteenth
street by drinking carboiic acid
A well known young man Of Padu.
cab, who had been paying the giri att
tentions for some tim was standing
in the doorway Of her room ana Wit
messed the rash decd. bar could DO
nothing to prevent ID
He called tho landlady Of tha
house, Myrtle Ward, aud she did ey.
erything possible 10 save the girls
life. but without avail Dir. E. E. Cor.
don was summoned but the actl had
effected IDS deadly work and he could
dc nothing to prevent death
The testimony at the coroner's in.
quest. which was held about an hour
later, developed the fact mat thu girl
vas respondent because the young
man mentioned above intended re,
turning to Paducab last night and
she could not bear the thought Of
parting from him
The acid, Of which she had a two,
ounce bottle, was her only recourse
from the pangs and heartaches of
Unrequted love and, standing before
the eyes OF her faithless lover. she
placed the bottle to her lips and drank
the fatal draught-almost two-thirds
of the contents of the bottle.
The dead girl has a mother resid
ing in Paducah, ANA a story was told
last night Of Mary Osboru's girlhood
days as repeated from the boastful
lips Of the foul liend who was rel
sponsible for her downfall
She was a poor girl living in Padu
cab with her mother, when She met
the perhdious man wnom she learned
to love, not wisely, but too well He
tired OF her, blt circumstances pre-.
vented him from deserving her at the
time and il is said, through the as.
sistanca Of an officer Of the law he
induced her. by threats or exposure
to come to Cairo and remain for some
time
Upon returning to Padueah her
friends refused to recognize her, and
in disgrace she left home ana mother
70 enter a house Of shame and deero
dation, whore she ended her exist.
ence The man who caused her down.
fall then deserted her ana her affec.
ti0ns dritted aimlessly from one man
To another until she met the young
man for love Of whom she died. tt
was not her FIRST attempt to blot ont
the spark Of life, proving that her
mode Of living was renugnant, but
her attempts at selt.destruction wore
always discovered fore serious in.
jury resulted
The remains Of the dead girl were
taken to Mrs, VI Il Feiths undertake
ing establishment
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05
General Weather Conditions.

Pressure was highest yesterday
morning over the upper Ohio valley
AMI the middle Atlantic states ana
lowest IN the northern Rocky noun.
tain region
The temperature changes since
Tuesday morning have. generally
beaca very slight. except ia western
Montana. where much warmer wealth
er prevails.
Within the last &c hours showers
have occurred in middle and eastern
Tennessee, northern Alabama. at
scattered points in the Ohio valley.
iG Mississippi Louisiana, eastern
Texas. Oklahoma. Kansas, Colorado
middle Nebraska and western South
Dakota.
The weather at ST. Louis yesterday
morning was partly cloudy with tenn
perai8re IS degrees,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05
General River News.


The Stage of the river at 1 u NJ.
yesterday was ll,G, showing a rise Of
l5 III -wcntyfour hours
The Fred Hardweg arrived from st.
Louis yesterday morning loose and is
making some repairs TO machinery.
Capt Lippett is again in command
Of the Morgan ana feels much at
home He has put in many years on
/ tn Morgan.
The Carrie v arrived from below
with logs and returned with two
emptics
The Mary Hill left here yesterday
morning for Hickman, where she has
q contract to handle several rats Of
legs
The Stacker Lee. the bull Of tine
woods of the Lee line. arrived from
st. Louis with a good trip and lid
som business here and departed ior
Memphis She is as reliable as a
train and runs on schedule time
The J p. Finley passed up the Ohio
loose yesterday afternoon She was
making railroad time and stirred up
the water like the Lawrence, making
swci th2t fingered long
The Savannah arrived from st
Louis yesterday afternoon and soon
after DEPART 4 for the Tennessee riy
en- She had light trip.
The Alice Brown passed down with
coal yesterday morning for New Or
leans.
The failure in the substitution u
" mite roustera for sgfoe5 in the Ev-
ansvilIe and Lou vile trade was
very lik ly due to the mates iaabilt
" to alapt themselves to new condi-
tons, They are not a class Of steam
boatmen famous for deearnment and
are set in their ways and not the men
70 handle q new element There Is a
vast difference in The negro r0ustor
who has for generations been the
rUuster Of the river and these white
men who arc pat into an entirely new
field. and d0 not even understand
English mlrhlcss the names Of the
different parts of q boat When ono
OF the mates tells him to go aft, or
ford, or cross over, he is far more ig
norant than the poor Hun, when he
gets frctted because he is not under
stood The announcement is made
that tine Huns got off the Thomas be-
low Greensboro, but there was a rca
son for it that is not stated Is it moi
q mistake to use these white mon as
a club TO beat The negro rouster into
line? 1t Is only a temporary relief
and boats will soon have a repetition
Of he difficulty. which has been bob
bling up periodically for so long Tho
white rousior will not be available
when needed the most He will soon
learn that he is only being used as a
bun. It would be better to have pa
tienee and educate him for the work
end results would be worth the irou.
bic as 1hese white men would be far
more reliable
The Barrett dredge, which is un.
i0aaug coal for the Gas company
above Fourth street, is furnishing en-.
treatment for a large crowd. which
SITS ON the stone wall ali day long
The stone wall is a more popular re-
sort nan 81 Mary's park and is
constant resting place for a largo
crowd II there is no coal unloading
.or a war vessel at anchor to gaze at.
they simply sit on the wall and
dreamilv watch the river go By.
Tho big iron stage wharfboat re
Gently sent herr from ST Louis by
the ST Louis and Tennessee River
, att T EUTFfVdHF 8pf EEIfaEHa wiz ~
let off the marine Ways today. and it
has been decided will be used by the
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05
ILLINOIS HOSTESSES
Mrs. Walter Warder viii Serve the
First Two Weeks Of June
and September.

The wives OF The Illinois commits
sion rs al the Worlds fair, held a
meeting in 81 Louis Saturday and
aceaiesced IL the wish of their nus.
bands that they act as hostessea 81
The Illinois building
Mrs Walter Warder of this elty
was present 8 the IN euug. She Wlit
he hosta alous with Mrs J n c
Sb8mway, Of Taylorvjile. the first
two weeks Ia June and the first two
IS eks in September