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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-26
Notas de Manatl
Toa-Baja, P. R.

Varios maestros de esta pobla ci6n
han organizado una agrada bic eira
escolar a la que asistiran todos los
nifos de las diferentes escuelas de
este pueblo. Ell acto. dado el entu.
siasmo resultara agradable a la vez
que benefcioso.
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Segdn nuestros informes Sc dice
que ha sido nom brado practicante de
este pueblo, el senior Luis r. Cor
dova.
La aga aciada seflorita Teresita Su-
ria, es nuestra distinguida huesped
desde hace varios dias. Actualmente
Sc halla hospedada en- la casa de nues-
tro aprecia Bile amigo don Ignaclo
Frauoo. Sc le saluda.
~
Con motive de los dias de NavidaL,
Sc preparan por los entusiastas jove-
nes de este pueblo algunos asaltos que
prometen ser muy agradabl Los
asaltados estan dispuestos a responder
igaalmente con la ,esplendidez nunca
desmentida de la culta sociedad ma
natiefs. IA divertirse tocan!
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La estimada distinguida senora
del inteligente professor senior Candido
Acevedo Sc halla senferma. Hace-
mos votos por SD pronto restableci-
piento.
~
Ell Casino Espaflol Giene va su nue..
va directiva la que Sc propone con-
tinuar con brios los adelantoS de ese
ceHtro. Eormada Ia directiva con ele-
mentos como anteriormente, valiosos,
no es dudar que ell centro espanol de
este pueblo, sea una de las notas mas
progresistaS con que aqn contamos.
.<**
senor de Diego aunque NO hemos Wis
to ninguno hasta la fecha, podemos
asegurar "piori" que, cada estrofa,
como todas las que brotan de la Ira
de ese conocido y genial poeta, debe
ser mas que ua canto, una lplegaria,
una oraci6n. Felicitamos ealurosa-
mente, al amigo de referencia-
Acabamos de saber que han sido
designados por ell Presidente de los
Estados UDidos, :niem bro del Consejo
Executive de Puerto Rico, los seaores
1el Vale y Sanchez Morales, fgnras
en- Ell pals. Nuestra
expontanea.
El CorresponSal.
Diciembre az de 1904.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-26
CeleStinO j. Ruvira

Aver fallecio en- esta Capital ell la
borioso joven don Cele stino J Ruvira,
escribiente que fue durante vsrios aflos
del Lcdo. don Manuel F. Rossy. i
La rnuerte del malogrado ioven ha
sido muy sentida en- San Juan, donde
tenia muchos amigos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-26
ELISA TAVAREZ DE- STORER
PIANISTA

Laureada con tres primeros premios
del Conservatorio de Madrid.
Ofrece sus servicios profesionales a
esta culta sociedad y participa que
en- la calle de San Francisco, ntim. "a.
pueden inscribirse las personas que
deseen tomar sus classes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-26

Manuel Hernaiz,. don Alexandra Sua-
rez, don Baltasar Fernandez, don
Francisco Arrivi y don Manuel Ro-
drfguez Portela.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
FIND NINE INDICTMENTS
IN MISSOURI SCANDAL
Grand jury Completes Investigation
Into Irregularities in the Purchase
of Postoffice Sites.

HANNIBAL. No. Jan. SHINE indict-
ments have been returned by the Fed
eral grand jury. The return was made
after an exhaustive inquiry into the al
legged irregularities connected with the
purchase of postoffice sites in the cities
Of Columbia. Joplin. Nevada. Kirksville
Moberly. and Louisiana
The indictments founI were all mark
ed private" Five persons are said TO
have been indicted the four additional
indictments being found to cover differ
ent cases. Two of the indictments are
said to be for embezzlement cases in
which postmasters are involved. One
was against Albert F. eastman. post
master Of Stahl. Mo.
In the bribery cases, IL is limited that
three were caught in the meshes of the
jury.
The names OF o. L. Blanton, clerk in
charge of the mail and supply division
OF the supervising architect in the
Treasury Department. 81 Washington;
DR.. J. b. Vernon, of s.. Louis. a cousin
Of Blanton. and DR.. ]. c. Schwabe. of
Columbia, chairman Of the Boone
county Republican committee. are men
toned in connection with the indict-
ments.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
KAISER LIKES YANKEE
ARMY'S UNIFORMS
Saw Generals Corbin, Young, and Wood
and Wants to Attire His
Soldiers Similarly.

BERLIN. Jan. S-Since Emperor Will
liam saw Generals Corbin. Young and
Wood i'm their new uniforms at the Ger
man army maneuvers in September.
1902 the army clothmakers Of this coun-
try have been experimenting with
similar shades, and have produced a
blend between straw color and light
olive Ereen, which will presently be
substituted for dark blue throughout the
army as the uniforms of privates and
nOn-commissioned officers. The cloth
has been tested for a year, under ser
vice conditions. for wear and cleanli-
ness. 1t was found in the last summer
maneuvers that the new uniforms are
scarcely distinguishable at a distance
from dry stubble or grass.
II Will be three or four years before
the present uniforms entirely disappear,
as the government has upward of 30OO,-
600 old uniforms in stock. though the
greater part OF these have seen service.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
KAISER AND GRAND DUKE
HAVE ROYAL QUARREL
Frederic of Baden Is Aggrieved Over
Repeated Sights Put Upon Him
by the Emperor.

BERLIN, Jan. S.-The ',Neueste
Nachrichten" publishes some biting
comments on the strained relations be-
tween the Kaiser and the Grand Duke
Frederic OF Baden.
The latter, the paper says, asked the
Emperor to appoint his son, Prince
Frederic. as commander of the Karls-
ruhe garrison. The Kaiser refused, say
ing the princes military qualifications
were not sufficient, and that such ap-
pointments must always go by merit
and not by royal blood.
Later the Kaiser only sent an aide to
the funeral of Princess Leopoldine. the
aunt of the grand duke, and later STILL
when the statue Of Emperor Frederick
was unveiled. his majesty failed to in
wife the grand duchess to attend. The
latter was so indignant over the slight
that she left Germany the same day.
The King Of Wurttemberg is reported
as siding with the Grand Duke Of Baden
ir the quarrel
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
SETH LOW WOULD LIKE
TO GO TO CONGRESS
Friends of ex-Mayor of Greater New
York Say He Would Not Re
fuse Nomination.

NEW YORK. Jan. S.-Ex-Mayor Seth
Low. according to his friends is not out
of politics. Il is said that the eX-mayor
would not refuse nomination for Con-
gress next fall. The suggestion comes
from close personal and political friends
of Mr.. Low that he believes he could
recover his political prestige by becon-
ing member Of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Friends of Mr.. Low are confident that
he would make an ideal Representative
of this city in the lower house Of Con-
gress. They assert that the duties of
a Representative would be much to his
taste. besides giving him experience in
national affairs
Mr.. Low would probably seek an cleo
ton from the Thirteenth district now
represented by Francis Burton Harri-
son The district was carved out for a
Republican stronghold, but was carried
by the Democratic nominee In the great
Republican slump of 1902 The district
however. would be considered Repubh-
can in a Presidential year.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
BOY BREAKS JAIL,
LEAVES POLITE NOTE
Sorry to Deface Walls, But Wanted to
Go Home and Be Good
Hereafter.

LOGAN. Iowa, Jan. S.-Alfred Swango.
a fifteen-year-old boy. who was con-
fined in the county jail here, tunneled
out last evening and escaped. leaving a
note behind, saying he was sorry to de-
face the walls. but wanted to go
home.
Swango came to Logan some months
ago. When he was arrested II was
found that he had hidden his stealings
in a cave. which was filed with plumber
of all kinds. He was placed in Jail. but
not confined in a cell.
Wednesday night. after 10 o'clock he
tore the cover from a flush box and
used the holdings as a drill with which
to dig out the mortar from between
the bricks. After making a hole large
enough to permit him to escape. he
wrote a letter to the sheriff which he
left I'm the building. In this he asked
the sheriff not to search for him. saying
he was going home and be a good boy.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
PRESENTATION OF CANE
TO CARDINAL GIBBONS

BALTIMORE. Jan. s.-The tortoise
shell cane purchased at Interlaken,
Switzerland. last summer by Joseph
Friedenwald as a gift to Cardinal Glib
bons. was presented to his eminence
yesterday afternoon by Mr.. Frieden-
wald at the cardinals residence.
Mr. Friedenwald then explained that
the cane contained a hidden Scriptural
blessing Pulling on the gold plate at
the end OF the crook. the plate fell back
and exposed a little spool OF gold. Ex-
Treating the spool. IL was found 10 hold
a small piece of parchment, upon which
was printed in Hebrew and English the
following extract from the Bible: The
Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord
make His face shine upon thee and be
gracious unto thee and give thee peace. q"
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
NEWS OF ALL THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
DIGS UP 5000 RELICS
OF LEHIGH INDIANS
Allentown Archaeologist Finds Rare
Specimens Left by the Primeval
Inhabitants.

ALLENTOWN. Jan. S.--FOllowing the
trail of the redskins who inhabited every
quarter of Lehigh county until the
march of civilization drove them else
where or ann!hilated them, Daniel n.
Kern, of this city. has procured hun
dreds of specimens of Indian curios.
Many of them are valuable, and Mr..
Kern has refused a high price for them.
During his research Kern has found
the former sites of no less than twenty
Indian villages in Lehigh county, and
here is where most of his specimens
were dug up.
Eern's present collection numbers 1900
specimens. gathered in the five years OF
exploration. This is the third collection
he has made, the previous ones having
been presented to the University of
Pennsylvania and other institutions. He
keeps a complete record Of his travels
to gather these specimens. He spent
seventy-five days in all, and walked a
total of 1000 miles.
This year 1t is his purpose to give
most of his time to the exploration OF
many village sites, Indian workshops,
and jasper mines that the Indians con-
Quoted in the Lehigh hills and South
Mountain range.
Kern's collection includes 80 axes, ~
hammer stones. 4 pestels, II celts, L
double-indented hammer stones,
grooved war clubs. 800 spears. IS white
quartz arrows, so war points. 300 knives
1 sandal last, 80 turtle-back knives, il
| ceremonial stones, 1 recording stone. OF
which the Indians marked by means OF
a nick the number Of their paleface vic
Tins: l bird stone. 6 tool sharpeners,
] soanstone. a fshnet knitter. and count
less arrow headR
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
.SCHOOLNA' MS OF hub"
CHRONIC GUM CHEWERS
Committeeman Recently Stuck to Chair
in Schoolroom and Now
There Is Trouble

BOSTON, Jan. S.-School Committee
man Mulvey has begun a crusade
against Boston school teachers chewing
gum. Mr. Mulvey has the support of
another member of the committee. who.
he says. was recently stuck to a chair
by gum while visiting a school
A canvass of the schools reveals that
scores of Boston teachers are gum
chewers. and upon inquiry it was
learned that most of them came from
Maine or New Hampshire. the spruce
gum producing States. where they had
early acquired the habit
The committee on hygiene Of the
school board will consider at its next
meeting the ACCESSIBILITY of posting a
circular in all schools prohibiting the
chewing of gum by either teachers or
pupils.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
BANK CASHIER ACCUSED
OF UTTERING FORGED NOTES

TROY. Kan. Jan. s.-J. E. MARCEL.
cashier of the Bank OF Highland, is I'M
der arrest. charged with uttering forged
paper that will aggregate. il is said.
$4,000. The bank is closed as a result
of his transactions.
MARCEL has been a Spectator in wheat
on the Chicago Board of Trade, and a
year ago made $4,000, which at this
time Is invested and not available, he
says. or his arrest never would have
occurred He has lost heavily OF late
The president OF the bank is II. Dillon.
a bridge contractor, and wealthy. 1t is
believed the deposits amount TO $4,000.
Marcel is married, has three children,
and is about twenty-five years old.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
TAKES A BATH DAILY
IN THE MOHAWK RIVER
Man Cuts Through Ice and Jumps il
With Temperature at Twenty
Degrees Below Zero.

UTICA, n. Y, Jan S-Prof. Sugar
man, of Little Falls. who began taking
daily winter baths in the Mohawk River
several years ago, is stilI at IT,
He has not missed a day this winter.
although the temperature of the past
week lowered at eighteen 70 thirty de-
grees below zero. He says he has been
greatly benefited by his icy baths.
Since he began taking these Arctic
plunges he is no longer troubled, he
says, with colds I'm the head or with
catarrh.
At present he is obliged to cut me ice
to get into the water. He wears sum-
mer clothing. disdaining muffieTS and
overcoats. and seems to thrive ~, OK
posture to cold that would kiln the
average man.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
NEW ENGLAND LODGES
SUFFER LOSS IN FIRE

CLAREMONT, n. H., Jan. S.-The
Union Block was swept by fire early
this morning. causing a loss of about
$4,000.
The local lodges of Red Men, knights
of Pythias and Grand Army were burned
out. as well as the Colonial Club,
Browns dry goods store c. h Mead &
Co, the Eagle" and Advocate News
and a number of law offices.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
FIREMAN AND ENGINEER
KILLED ON THE B. ( 0.
Passenger Train Crashes Into Freight
at Evitt's Creek and Two Loco
motives Are Wrecked.

CUMBERLAND. Md, Jan. S.-Balti-
more and Ohio passenger train, No. 4. a
dOuble-header. crashed into a freight
train at Evitt's Greek. just east of Cum
berland. early this morning. Both en-
gines were reduced to scrap.
b. F. Kefauver. of Brunswick. fireman
of the first engine. was instantly killed.
Engineer S. E Roberts. or Baltimore,
was so badly crushed and scaldedt that
he died in the hospital at O'clock. En-
gineer G. H. Humphrey. of Brunswick
was injured about the back and hips
Fireman j. F. Conrad was badly injured
in the side.
Superintendent Fitzgerald and Division
superintendent Thompson are at the
scene of the wreck All tracks are
blocked and passenger trains are being
sent by way of the cutoff
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
REPORTERS PENCIL
SCARED OFF FOOTPAD
Bright Young Man Had an Exclusive
Story at the Same
Time.

CHESTER, Pa, Jan. s. Roland Ull-
mann. a reporter on a paper here, was
held up by a negro on the Chester and
Derby Pike. under the Crum Lynne
Bridge, while returning from his after
Moons hunt for news in the suburbs.
Gimme yer mOney-quick!" exclaimed
the negro. 1896
Just So" retorted Ullmann- Much
obliged to you. Why, this is an ex-
elusive. surei
Then the reporters hand shot into his
pocket. and. pulling out a metal-tipped
pencil. he thrust il in the footpad's face.
The negro caught the glitter of the
metal i'm the dim light and. hastily
climbing a fence, disappeared In a field.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
JERSEY MANS LIFE
WORTH JUST $10C

NEW BRUNSWICK, y. j., Jan. s.
Andrew Rosko struck Frank Magic
over the head with a billiard cue in a
game on the night Of August 20. Magic
died.
RoskO was indicted for granddaughter,
but was convicted Of simple assault only.
Judge Strong fined him 800 for killing
the man. He was given sixty days to
pay the fine.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
JEROME SYKES, ACTOR,
LEFT $1,000 ESTATE

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-The will Of Je-
rome Sykes, the actor, who died in
Chicago on December %. disposes OF
$500 In realty and 5000 in personal
property. according TO the petition filed
by the executor. Thomas Z. Deeley
The will leaves TO Mrs. Tessie T..
Sykes. the actors wife, three-fourths
OF the estate, and the remaining fourth
20 his brother. Albert Sykes. OF St
James. L. l.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
CHINESE TO RELIEVE
SCARCITY OF FARM HELP

TRENTON, Jan. S.-Chinese Labor as
relief for the scarcity of farm help
tn New Jersey Is advocated by State
Road Commissioner Henry /. Budd. He
declares that there would continue 10
be famine Of farm help unless the
Chinese exclusion bill is repealed by
CONGRESS and the Mongolians allowed to
enter, for American young men and wo-
men. as well as the immigrants from
Europe. take 10 the towns and cities.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
NO AMERICAN PRIMATE.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-Archbishop
Ryan denies emphatically that he is 10
be one Of eight archbishops In the
United States who will shortly go TO
Rome to discuss the creation Of an
American primate. He Furthermore de-
MES that a primate is TO be appointed.
and declares that the report OF a fourth
plenary council is simply an invention.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
ENGINEER RESPONSIBLE
FOR FATAL TRAIN WRECK

CHAMBERSBURG, Nd. Jan. s.
James Shenabrough. engineman on the
Cumberland Valley Railroad since 1876,
and the man selected to run the trains
hauling President Roosevelt over the
road last September. has been named by
the jury i'm the inquest held by Coroner
F. Skinner upon the three persons
killed at Twenty-Seven-M Mile siding on
New Year evening. as the person re-
sponsihle for the wreck, because he neg
lected or willfully .disregarded the sig
mails given by Flagman William Ingram,
of the freight train.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
EDITOR PARKE GOODWIN
DEAD OF HEART DISEASE

NEW YORK. Jan. S-Parke Goodwin.
who was former editor Of the Even
ing Post and the Commercial Ad-
vertiser." died yesterday at his home
10 East Thirty-seventh Street, OF heart
failure.
He had been III only about twenty
four hours. He would have been eighty
eight years old had ne lived until Feb
ruary 25
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
RICH CLUBMAN FALLS
UNDER FREIGHT CAR

BALTIMORE. Jan. S.-Robert Ludlow
Preston. son Of J. Alexander Preston,
one of the wealthiest lawyers of Mary
land. fell under the wheels of Penn
sylvania freight car near Center Street
crossing yesterday afternoon Both legs
were cut off above the knee. The young
man. who is twenty-four years old. is
in serious condition at the City Hos
pital
His family, one Of the most prominent
In the city, made every effort to sup
press the facts.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
TWO JURORS OBTAINED
FOR CAR BARN BANDITS
Heavy Guard Doubled to Prevent Pos
sible Dash for Liberty.

CHICAGO. Jan. S.-Slow progress has
been made in obtaining a jury to try
Marx, Van Dine and Neidermeier, the
car barn bandits. Only two jurors have
been seated.
Extraordinary precaution has also
been taken to prevent a possible dash
for liberty on the part of any Of the
accused. the heavy guard of yesterday
being doubled
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
TWO HUSBANDS NURSE
THE ADOPTED BABY

NEW YORK. Jan. S-Mrs. Minnie
Kappell was arrested at her home In
HOboken on a charge ef bigamy, pre-
ferred by her father. The policeman
who made the arrest found both hus-
bands nursing an adopted baby.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
BRIDE WAS CLUBBED
BY GR0OM'S COUNTRYMEN

JOHNSTOWN. Pa, Jan. S.-August
Fisher and Mary Manivick were mar
ried in Conemaugh, and because the
bridegroom omitted the formality Of in
viting a number OF their Slav acquain-
tances to the festivities that followed,
the home. which Fisher had newly fur
nished. and attacked by the indignant
foreigners and a riot resulted. Eight Of
the rioters were cut with knives. and
the bride was struck on the head with
one OF the clubs.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
WORRY OVER WIFE'S HEALTH
LEADS HUSBAND TO DEATH

MOUNT VERNON. n. Y, Jan. s.
Reputed at one time TO be worth 500, 900.
former Police Commissioner Siegfried
Wuerzburg, one Of the most prominent
residents Of Mount Vernon. committed
suicide yesterday In Johnson's Hotel.
West Mount Vernon, by sending bull
let through his brain. His wife has
been an invalid for ten years and con-
slant worry over her condition and
financial troubles are supposed TO be
responsible for the rash act.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
MAsCAGNI AGAIN IN TROUBLE.

ROME. Jan. S.-A court AT Pesaro has
passed Il sentence evicting Signor Mas
cagni from the apartment occupied by
him at the Rossini Lyceum. which he
refused to abandon, although removed
from the dictatorship of the Lyceum
before going 20 the United States.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
PROF. BELL SAILS WITH
BONES OF SMITHS0N
Genoa to Maintain Monument Erected
to Founder of Institution.

GENOA, Jan. S.-Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell. of Washington. d. c. and
Mrs. Bell left here yesterday on the
North German Lloyd liner Princess
Irene, with the bones Of James Smith
son, founder Of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. who died in Genoa. in 1879.
The city Of Genoa will maintain the
monument erected TO the memory OF
SmithsOn. The bones will be reinterred
in washington.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08

one who contracts it suffers in
body and mind, and if the poison
is not eradicated transmits the
faint to his children, and Conta-
gious Blood Poison thus becomes
responsible for many of the ills of
childhood-Skin Eruptions, Ca
tarrhal Troubles, Sore Eyes,
Scalp Disease, White Swelling,
Scrofula and others just as bad.
S. S. S., the great vegetable blood
purifier and tonic, has loug been
recognized as a radical and safe
cure for Contagious Blood Poi
son. Il counteracts the deadly
virus and cleanses and pnrifies
the diseased blood, and under its
tonic effect the general health j
poison are gone. The strong n
which are so often prescribed f
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
PAID HEAVILY FOR HIS FUN.

louisville. Jan. 8-Edward Lutz.
who, in a spOrtive spirit. discharged a
rife at a passenger train on the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway. was Sc
verely lectured by Judge Shay for his
fun, and then heavily sentenced. Two
years Imprisonment, 500 fine, and the
costs was the punishment.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
LOVERS IN QUARANTINE.

CONsHOHOCKEN. Pa. Jan. S.-A
young man from Reading. who was pay
ing his respects to a daughter I'm the
home OF John Kehoe here. has been
quarantned with the family. as the head
Of the house has been sent 20 the Phila-
delphia Municipal Hospital with small
pox-
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
Turned the Tide

in half an hour after Mr.. LAYERS
took the first dose OF Or. AgneW's
cure for the Heart he wac on the
road to permanent recovery.
az was under treatment with some Of the best
physicians in London England, for what they
diagnosed as incurable heart trouble. / suffered
agonies through pains about ny heart, faiating
spells, palpitation. and exhaustion. As n drown
ing man grasps at a straw. I tried Dr. Agnew's
Cure for the Heart The first bottle relieved me
greatly and when had used two bottles all the
symptoms Of my heart trouble had left e.
A. LAYERS, Collingwood, Ont. IS
Or. Aghsw's 0lntmsni Cures Eczema. $50
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
BLOOD POISON FROM SHOE NAIL

POTTSVILLE. Pa, Jan. S.-Neglect-
ing 20 remove a projecting nail in his
shoe. which inflicted a wound in the
sole of his foot Clinton Krebs. aged
eleven years had his blood poisoned He
was removed to the hospital with an ag-
gravated form Of lockjaw. He died in
agony.
The Washington times., 1904-01-08

That blood poison existed among the ancients has
been proven beyond question has been traced back
thousands of years, and is old as the Pyramids.
This bghting has been handed down from nation
to nation and from Individual individual till it has
spread to all parts of the world.
Contagious blood poison as it is called in modern
times, begins with small ulcer through which
the virus enters the blood This is followed by iuha-
The Washington times., 1904-01-08
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN IL SINS OF 5 TO 50.
JOSEPH CAIN, 237 Pa. ave. NV. in fruit store
ia3- Il
The Washington times., 1904-01-08

swelling Of the
ated the disease takes deeper hold
with plotches the bones and ache
the of
whole body The this awful disease