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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
Baquero V Gandara
oFRECEN

Alambre de puas, rollos
de 90 1ibras as a.65
Maiz superior, del pals,
quintal, a precio conventional
ZINC Americana acana-
lado, de 6 pies - - 3.75
Grampas, en- barriles de
90 1ibras :, 800
Cemento DRAGON, en-
barriles , 2.75
Puntas de Paris, cajas
de 90 libras, tamafios
de III hasta S pulga-
das, gruesas y finas f. ;, $50
Mani superior, en- sacos
de 100 libras MIN, quin-
tai ;, 900
Sal superior. quintal +. ;, o.4o
San Justo Isy IS, San Juan, P. R.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
A los viaieros

La Empresa de Manuel .J6msessex,
de Aguadilla, hace saber al p1blico la
anulacion del convenio con la Compa-
fifa del ferrocarril para la venta de los
asientos en- el coche correo entire Ca
muy y Aguadilla. Desde ell I.o de
Febrero el pasaje valdra $50 obte-
niendose los billetes Ia llegada de los
trenes. Ademns ofrece coches para
viajes entire estos puntos a preclos
modicos.
Isi-hs6f
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
Ia Exposition
de San Luis

La Comision Especial de Glen
cias, Artes y Letras, nos ha en-
viado 10 siguiente:
San Juan, P. r.. 20 Enero 1904.
Conforme a la citacion conte-
nida en- la anterior, fechada el
n de los corrieutes, n1mero I6,
inserta en- los periodicos de esta
Capital. concurrieron a este Des-
Dacho los seiiores doctores Coll
y Toste v Sthal. FL DR.. Zenc
Gambia particip6 que sus ocu-
paciones le impedian asistir.
Los demas miembros de la Co
mission, sefiores Agustin Nava-
xrete y Manuel Maria Sama
residen en- Ponce y Mayaguez,
respectivamente, donde presta-
ran sus servicios a la Comision
Especial.
Los doctores Coll y Toste y
Sthal conferenciaron detenida-
Tnente con ell Presidente de la
COmision de Puerto Rico en- San
Luis. el sefior don Jaime An
nexy, y con el jefe de las ofci-
mas de la Comisi6n. Jacinto L6-
pez, quien informo de las re-
muncias de los seiores Fernan-
dez Juncos, Brau y DR.. Romero.
Ed Presidente sefior Annexy,
expreso sus ideas respecto al
importante encargo de la Conf
sion Especial, y el Director de
las oficinas de la Comision de
Puerto Rico en- San Luis, ex-
puso todos los asuntos y ante
cedentes, relatives a la Conf
sion Especial.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
Sc acord6:

f.-Aumentar Ell ndmero de MEM
bros de la Comisi6n Especial.
2:-Proceder q constituir Ia Comisi6n
Especial inmediatamente despues de
.onocida la aceptaci6n de las personas
sezaladaS al efecto.
5:-Designar para miembros de Ia
COmision Especial los sefiores Jose
Gordils y Jose Antonio Daubon.
4:-Nombrar Secretario de Ia Comi-
Si6n Especial al Director de las O6ci-
mas de Ia Comision de Puerto Rico en-
San Luis.
5.-Dar publicidad 4 los trabajos
preparatoriou de Ia Comisi6n Especial
6-Excitar a la prensa de Ia isla pa
IA que, con Ia propaganda y por todos
los medios posibles, presto a Ia Conf
sion Especial su valiosa cooperation.
JACINTO LOPEZ.
Secretario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
San Juan, P. R, Enero aS, 1904

San Juan, p. R., Enero 2S, 1904.
En- esta fecha, a las cuatro de
Ia tarde, hora previamente se-
nalada en- citacion circulada con
la debida anticipation, sc reu-
nieron en- el despacho de la CO.
mission de Puerto Rico en- San
Luis los sefiores doctor Agustin
Stahl, doctor Cayetano Coll y
Toste, don Jose Antonio Dau-
hon y don Jose Gordils, incorpo-
radios los dos iiltimos a la Conf
sion especial. en- virtud de la
aceptacion del nombramiento
hecho en- ellos en- la session pre-
paratoria del IS de los corrien-
teS.
Presente el sefior don Jaime
Annexy, Presidente de la Conf
sion de Puerto Rico en- San
Luis. sc procedio a la instala-
cion defnitiva de la Comision
especial de Ciencias, Artes y Le-
tras. Asi sc hizo en- efecto.
Ell sefior DR.. Cayetano Coll y
Toste fue designado como Pre-
sidente, y el se1or Jacinto L6-
pez como Secretario.
Sc dio lectura al acta de Ia Sc.
sion preparatoria, y fue aprOba-
da. Sc acord6:
Nombrar miembros activos de Il
Comisi6n Especial de Ciencias, Artes J
Letras los sefiores don Rafael del va
lie, don Ramon Gambia Cordova v dor
1IanueI Sanchez Morales.
celebrar session senanalmente
en II tarde de cada sabado.
CoD(far Ia Pifsidencia Ia expe-
d'ici6n de todas las medIdas conducen.
~ u acsividaa pr6c;ica de los trxba-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
"M6ndez Ndnez'
sANTURcE
PACIFICO SOBRINO

Sitio delicioso con un jardin ininita-
BILE, donde Sc lrcen preciosas flores y
orean deliciosas brisas.
Rico salon de lujoso servicio, donde
Sc encuentran todos los articulos de
Colmado, y Cafe.
Es el sitio predilecto de la buena
sociedad del Versailles y de San Juan.
Mas de Glen lamparas electricas ilu-
minan espledidanente los salones y el
jardin.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

Enero 28, de 1904.
La cosecha de cafe ha terminado.
Esta no die Ell resultado que los agri-
cultores SO esperaban. Sc han hecho
operaciones de venta II dollars, des-
puEs que los cosecheros habran termi-
nado con sus existencias.
~. Don Tomas Molini ha renuncia-
do Ia Presidencia del Comite Local del
partido republicano. habiendo sido
nombrado, para instituirle. Don ], An
dres Masari, persona prestigiosa de esta
localidad.
.*xEl Comite nombro Presidents
honorario de dicha coectividad ],
Tomas Molini.
~. Ha sido relevado para el pueblo
de Las Marias el cabo de la policfa
gun comandaba este puesto, don An
dres Garcia. Que lie vaya bien.
~ Para sustituir al cab Garcia ha
sido nombrado d n Manuel E. Rodr1-
guez, persona conocida en- esta juris-
dicci6n que goza de merecidas sim
patfas por sus bnenos comportamientos
en- su anterior estancia en- esta, como
cabo de este puesto.
FL pueblo est 4 satisfecho con la lle-
| gada del sefior Rodriguez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
jos. acerca de los cuales Sc cambiarcn
y adeptaron ideas en- esta reunion.
DR.. C. COLL y TOSTE.
Presidente
JAcINTo LOPEZ
Secretario

Comision especial de Glen
|cias, Artes y Letras:
Sc suplica q todos los hom-
bres intelectuales de Puerto
Rico, incluso los que residan
fuera de la isla. Sc sirvan remi-
tir a esta Comision I'm ejemplar
de las obras cientificas, l1tera-
|rias 8 artisticas de que sean au-
torres.
Con el mayor encarecimiento
|se hace extensive esta suplica
"a todos los coleccionistas de
obras de puertorriquefios illus
tres; va TODD aquel que por cir
cunstancia especial conservare
en- su poder alg1n ejemplar de
las citadas obras.
La Comisi6n de Puerto Rico
en- San Luis ha autorizado a es-
ia Comision especial para garan-
THAR a su nombre, formal y So
lemnemente, a todos y cada upo
de los autores, coleccionistas etc
que proporcionasen sus obras
con el alto y patriotico fin con
que Sc solicitan, la integridad y
cumplida devolucion de las mis-
mas.
c. COLLY TOSTE.
Presidente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

Notas para el BoLETIN MERCANTIL
de Puerto Rico.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
I'D RATHER DIE THAN
BE THUS ACCUSED

]. c. Kicks of Rockford was sight
that elected much pity and sympathy
from the court attendants today. He
was brought in by Constable c. ii.
Moorhouse of Rockford to be examin-
ed as to his sanity.
Mr.. Kicks had just arrived at the
sheriff's office when a Press report
er appeared, to whom he related his
story.
Old and decrepit, 1t was with diff
Guilty that he walked. Bent almost
double, his cane his only support,
he tottered to his cell in the Jail from
the sheriffs office. He is rs years
old and has wife and four grown
children. a daughter, Mrs. E. Price,
is with him today.
The wife. aged rs years, is very III
at home with what is termed tongue
disease" Her tongue Is swollen so
that it fills the mouth and protrudes
Her face is twice it's natural size and
she suffers excruciating pain. Her
husband claims it is cancer and thai
he has an infallible cure for it. He
is prevented from using it by his
wife and children, whom, it is claim
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
RAILR0ADSARE
DISHONEST

When the city council meets as a
committee of the whole tonight to
consider the question of passing an
anti-scalpers' bill, at the request of
the railroads, the councilmen will be
RECALLED with dissertation on the
honest ticket brokers and the dis
honest railroads from the typewritins
machine of Lawyer Alex Winston,
which is calculated to take up a whole
lot of room in the large enameled boxes
where the archives of the city are
kept.
Because Lawyer Alex is going after
the railroads with Barney Oldfeld
speed which promises to carry him,
his essay on honesty among the rail-
way attorneys and officials, clear
through the supreme court of the
state.
The man with the golden sledge is
speaking in violet ribbon colors to-
night on behalf of his clients, A. Ottin.
gen and c. Twitchell, who are the
ticket brokers affected by the pro-
posed legislation.
In the first place, the wielder OF
the sledge offers on behalf of his
clients to furnish surety company
bond or $1,000 in cash, deposited in
the Traders bank that the two
brokers will not handle one solitary
ticket issued by the railroads for the
Interstate fair travel
After taking the bubbles out of
the railroad bluff with this resounding
puncture, Mr.. Winston points out that
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it is generally the custom of the cor
poration counsel to draw up city
ordinances, but that the one to be
considered tonight is drawn by railroad
attorneys, not to regulate the scalping
business, but to stop it.
Then he declares the council should
require the written declaration of the
railroad officials that they will supply
the rates talked of, pointing out that
in the past the railroads have swindled
the people of Spokane out of millions
of dollars on right of-way propositions
without giving single instance OF
reduced rates except after the famous
boycott.
Since then, AYERS Mr.. Winston. the
railroads have evaded the laws, failed
to pay taxes, purchased legislators and
done things awful, to the point where
it is evident that respectable and &C.
sponsible business men were buncoed
by shrewd agants, high salaried at
torneys and higher salaried lobbyists.
The paper ends with a threat to car
ry the matter to the supreme court
on constitutional grounds and shows
that the brokers save to Spokane
people at least 500 a day, and that
the city council is asked to take $780,
600 year out of the pockets of the
city's travellers to give to the rail
roads, besides confiscating the property
of honest, lawabiding taxpayers, who
are in business and live here.
All of which will be read to the
city councilmen tonight in opposition
to the anti-scalping bill.
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ed. are faith believers. The family
was divided as tothe old mans future,
but the complaining witness, c. l..
Dean of Rockford, is of the opinion
that he is a fit subject for the asy-
lum, and, while he has not been guilty
of committing any crime. is not wise
to allow him to be at large
Kicks hobby is going about as a
doctor and he names several of the
colleges in the United States from
which he claims to have graduated.
He says he has a sure cure for cam
Ger and named several patients ne
has cured. Mr.. Kicks has cancer of
the nose. which serves as evidence
against his argument. He owns a
home at Rockford
'All l want is fair treatment" he
remarked to III. ID. Doak as he was
leaving for the jail. My people are
taking this means Of getting rid of
me. This is always the case when
old age is reached. Your usefulness
is outgrown. It'd rather die than
come to this"
Poor old man.
His case will not be heard for Q
few days to see how he acts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
IS DIR. MARY LATHAM
THRILLING WITH COURT?

Punishment for contempt Of court
is awaiting DR.. Mary Latham If she
persists in trifiing with the orders of
Judge KEENAN, to produce the real will
of her son and all copies of it which
she has made and all letters pertain
ing to it. The will in question, ac-
cording to testimony given by per-
sons who have examined it, gave all
the sons $4,000 estate to his sweet
heart, Jennie Johnson.
This morning DR.. Latham was be-
fore Judge KEENAN,, who administer
ed biting rebuke for her noncom-
plianee with his orders and instruct
ed her to produce all papers in court
within As hours or suffer the conse-
quences. Her attorney, MIR. Hendley,
made a statement in which he ex-
pressed wish that his client should
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
FAKE
CARNIVAL

The first exhibition of taking money
away from the easy ones under the
alleged authority of the Foresters was
given last night by that so-called
bunch of Mardi Gras grafters back of
the auditorium. 1t was an exhibition
which would disgrace one of Uncle
Dick Sutton's aggregations of side
show blowers" before the war.
Scenes were enacted which would
bring the blush of shame to the cheeks
of respectable women; the shows
consisted of brazen acts by painted
people, who wouldn't last half an act
in second Midway edition, and be-
yond the scattering of lot of con-
fetti under cover of which the women
of the town made acquaintance there
was nothing doing.
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comply with the courts orders and
denied all responsibility for her con-
duct.
Miss Johnson's attorney this morn
ing requested that the case be trans
ferred to Judge Belts court in order
that Judge Remnants testimony might
be taken. Judge KEENAN, refused the
application, stating that his evidence
was not of sufficient Importance.
Messrs. Hyde and J. Grand, attor-
neys, were again put upon the wit
ness stand this morning to testify
to the fact that the will filed by DR..
Latham in the clerks Office was not
the will of her son which DR.. Latham
had brought to them to examine.
Hyde & Grand claimed that there
was an attestation clause to the will
which they examined and the will
produced by DR.. Latham has none.
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CHICAGO, Aug. l6.-Aa secret
meeting between the mayor and rep
resentatives of the packers, it is under
stood that the mayor was informed
by the packers that there would be no
reopening of the peace negotiations,
as they claimed that they are working
the plants at almost full capacity and
have won the strike. They would not
consent to compromise with the
strikers, as they say it is utterly inn
possible to discharge the new employees
and make room for the strikers.
Undaunted by the uncompromising
attitude of the packers, Mayor Harri-
son arranged for a meeting of Donnelly
and other representatives. of the
unions today, and is still hopeful that
a common meeting ground will be
found. Donnelly has given up all
hope of settlement, and said
II have no propositions to make.
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LABOR IS AGREED

"The lion and the lamb will lie down
together SO said the labor council
at a meeting held last night, at which
steps were taken as to what should be
done toward the Labor Day parade
set for Sept. 5. a great deal OF ami
mostly between the old Trades and
Labor council and the new Falls City
Trades and Labor assembly was ram
pant as to which president should lead
the parade. a compromise was fixed
up, and Thos. Joyce. president of the
new order, and President VIM. Quinn,
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f0R[5T f|R[5
(Scripps News Association. }

(Scripps News Association.)
EUGENE, Ore, Aug. 16.-The Nc
A telephone message at noon says the
line is drawn sufficient to protect
further advance into the valuable
timber. Another big forest fire is
proceeding rapidly along the Mohawk
river toward Vending. where there
are big lumber mills A small army
of men are now attempting to head
it off. Still another fire above Wild
wood is destroying an immense
amount of timber.
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Ne HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRE
is THE RESULT OF FOSSIL IN CHARGE OF WATER DEPARTMENT

Once more the property owners and
business men of Spokane were COM
PEELED to stand idly by and witness
the spectacle Of $4,000 worth Of
stock and property go up in smoke
while the hard working, exhausted
fire department were making her.
culean efforts to secure a supply of
water sufficient to prevent wide
spread confiagration. That the de-
partment, with the use Of three fire
steamers, finally succeeded in get
ting pressure sufficient to prevent the
spread of fierce flames through the
downtown business district Is due to
the fremen and their leaders and not
to the handling of the water works
system.
At 4:4O o'clock this morning an
alarm Of fire was turned in from
the passenger depot Of the Occur
d'Alene Traction company. at Sprague
avenue and Washington street. over
the telephone, to the effect that the
smokehouse of the Cold Storage mar
ket. 315 to 81 Riverside avenue, was
burning.
The alarm was turned in by the
engineer running the ice machine at
the cold storage plant, who left his
post and ran to the depot to get a
telephone connection, although there
was telephone in the market.
Assistant Fire Chief Joyce respond
ed with No. and No companies
and found the smokehouse, to the
rear of the building. near Sprague
avenue. a mass sof flames.
Mo Water.
Three lines of hose were laid at
once by the firemen. but the water
pressure was SO low that it was found
impossible to make any Roadway
against the rapidly spreading flames.
Assistant Chief Joyce grasped the
situation and at once turned in gen.
eral and special alarm, to which all
of the steamers and fire companies
and Chief Myers responded.
More lines were laid from the n.y.
drants, but these also were almost
useless owing to no pressure. Then
the big steamer from central sta
tion and the two smaller steamers
arrived.
The water was shut of until three
leads could be connected with the big
er steamers. From that time on,
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with seven leads from the steamers
and five more from the hydrants, be-
sides the chemicals working. the fire.
men had sufficient water. The steam
ers did splendid work.
Blu by the time the IL streams were
playing the fire had spread from the
cold storage to the building owned
and occupied by the Washington
Liquor company, 323 to 1926 Riverside
avenue and extending back to
Sprague avenue.
0rote-Rankin Loss.
The first floor and basement are
used by the liquor company to handle
a heavy stock of liquors, bottled and
In wood. On the second floor Is a
large wareroom extending from
Sprague avenue to Riverside and used
by the Grote-Rankin company as a
storeroom.
The furniture company stored here
surplus stock of all kinds of heavy
furniture, mattresses, etc, estimated
to be worth in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
From the storage company east the
flames spread to the grocery of T. E.
Westlake, where damage amounting
to $4,000 was done. BY the hardest
kind of fighting the firemen were
able to stop the spread of the flames
farther east and thus saved the long
row Of shops and stores in that direc-
ton.
But It was on the west that the
firemen had their hardest fight. Time
and again the flames burst through
from the second floor of the Wash
ington Liquor company's building to
the third floor of the splendid new
building occupied by the Grote-Ran-
kin company and where one of the
large stocks of furniture and house
hold goods in the city Is carried.
Chief Myers in personal command led
here and concentrated his efforts to
saving the stock and the big build
ing. After three hours of the hard
est kind of fighting the men were
finally withdrawn as the fire to the
east had been placed under control.
Notwithstanding this work. the
stock on the third floor. consisting
of carpets. draperies, curtains, etc,
was damaged by the smoke and water
and the floor below. where were kept
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the heavier show pieces of desk and
Office furniture, leather upholstered
goods and couches, was reached with
the water and smoke.
In the second floor addition to the
furniture company over the liquor
store the firemen succeeded in get
ting the flames under control, but not
until after the building was practi-
cally reduced to a shell. Piles of
dressers, washstands, cotton and hair
mattresses and similar goods were
stored here and as fast as the flames
were fought down in one spot they
broke out in another. AS a result it
entire department at this point Of
the fire until nearly noon.
Gold Storage Loss.
In the Cold Storage building there
is complete loss from the retail part
in the Riverside frontage to the rear.
The loss on the building and con-
tents is estimated at $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance The plant and build
ing were the property of E. II. Stan
ton, who conducted the cold storage
and the meat market.
Between the offices Of the Wash
ington Liquor company and the Grote-
Rankin store at 325 Riverside is the
Bodega saloon, owned by Herman
Brummell. The stock here is also
destroyed to a large extent and the
loss is given as $1,000, covered by in
surance.
Washington Liquor Company's Loss.
The loss to the Washington Liquor
company can only be estimated. The
building and company is owned by
S. ]. Holland and up to noon today
Mr.. Holland was unable to form any
estimate. as 1t was impossible to en-
ter the building to make an eXami-
nation.
There is hardly any doubt of the
destruction of the big stock of
liquors in wood and about the only
salvage will be the bottled and case
goods. On this presumption the loss
is roughly estimated at between $780,
600 and $4,000.
With additional steamer service or
sufficient pressure Of water
through the hydrants the loss would
undoubtedly have been confined Who'll
ly to the Cold Storage plant, por-
ton of which would certainly have
been saved.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16

WASHINGTON. Aug. l6.-Consul
General Goodnow at Shanghai cables
the state department that Taotai
shang has informed the Russian
consul general that the two vessels
now at that port must either disarm
or leave the harbor at once. The
Russian consul replied that the yes-
sells are in need of repairs TO make
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
NO DECISION

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l6-The
decision on the motion for a new trial
for Cordelia Botkin was expected to-
day. but Judge Cook announced that
he would not hand it down until next
Monday. 1t is the belief that it will
be adverse to the prisoner. Cook
stated he received many anonymous
communications on the subject but
refused to be coerced by them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
JAIL BREAK
AT PORTLAND
(Scripps News Association.

(Scripps News Association.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 16.-Seven
prisoners confined in the main cell
of the county Jail made their escape
last night by cutting their way
through a brick wall to a staircase
leading from the jail to the sheriff S
office, thence through a window into
the street.
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of the old council, were conferred with
the honor of heading the parade as
Grand Marshals of the day. They
shall walk abreast, or "side by each"
in the language of member of the
council. They must work together and
not in opposition. Each have equal
rights and the privileges of either must
not conflict.
This is the first attempt to get the
old council and the new assembly to-
gether, and it is predicted that the
enmity existing will gradually wear
away
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK.

LONDON, Aug. IA dispatch
from Lao Chang states that the
Japanese under Kuroki have advanc-
ed on the Russian outposes and con-
tinual skirmishing Is going on. The
outposts have met near Hungiatsu,
the Russian force being driven back.
Ii adds that II Is believed Kurokrs