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The Washington times., 1904-08-21
Mails for South and Central America,
West Indies Etc.

M0NDAY-(c) Al HAS pm. for NICARAGUA.
Except East CoSsD, HOSDJ RAS Except East
Coast, SALVADOR. PANAMA, ECUADOR
PERU, BOLIVIA, and CHILL per SIS Finance
MALA and the DEPARTMENT Of CACCA in
COLOMBIA, HAITI. SANTA MARTA, and other
places IN MAGDALENA DEPARTMENT, CO.
LOMBiA, per SIS Valencia, from New YORK..
. Mail Scr other parts Of COLOMBIA, via Sa-
vanilla, must De directed Per S. Valencia"
IJESDAY-(c) At ll:45 pun for GRENADA
and TRINIDAD; also ClUDAD BOLIVAR, BRIT
1871. DUTCH, and FRENCH GUIANA, per s.
Maracas. from New York
tc) A. Has PA for ARGENTINE, URU-
QUAY and PARAGUAY. per SIS. Quecns5orough,
WEDNEsDAY-d,) At 2:9O pm. for PORTO
PLATA, per s.s. Lille, from Boston.
tcJ At Has pm. for NUCATAN and CAM
PENHE per IS Esperanto, from New Yora-
Nail for other parts Of MEXICO must be di-
rected Per SIS. Esperanza."
Co At Has pm. for MEXICO, per IS. Ma
mus be directed per IS. Natanzss.'
tc) At lI:45 pm. FOR BARBADOS and
NORTHERN BRAZIL, per SIS. Marenhense.
from New York, via Para and Nanaos.
Co At l1:f5 pm. for BRITISH, DITCH and
FRENCH GUIANA, per SIS. Jller, from New
York Mail Tor 81 KITS, NEVIS, 81 MAR
TINS. ST. EUsTATICS, MARTINIQUE. and
GUADELOJPE must be directed Per IS IL
Ter"
tc) At Has pm. for LEEWARD and WIND
WARD ISLANDS, BRITISH. DUTCH. and
FRENCH GUIANA, per SIS Caribbee, nom New
-THURsDAY-(c At u.45 pm. for the
PROV INCE Of SANTIAGO, CUBA, per SIS.
Cienfuegos, from New loTk. Mail must be
directed Per IS. CicnfJegos-"
Cc) A. mas pm. Tor lJCATsN and CAM
PECiIE, per IS. Tjomo, from New York.
FRIDAi-ta) 1t I:l2 pm for NEWFOUND-
LAND. per s. Rosalind, from New York
tc) Al HAS pm. for BERMUDA. per SIS.
Trinidad. from New York.
tc) At Il.85 pm. for CURACAO and YENE-
for COLOMBIA, via Curacao, must be directed
Per SIS. Zulia."
Ccl At mas pm. for PORTO RICO. per SIS,
COsmo from New York, via San Juan
(c) Al ll-45 D.m. for FORTJ Ne ISLAND,
JAMAICA, and COLOMBIA. except MAGDA-
LENA DEPART .iENT. COLOMBIA, per s.
RIGA must be directed Per Sc. Sarnia."
tc) At HIS Pm. for ARGENTINE, URU-
QUAY and PARAGUAY, per SIS Halizones
from New York.
NEXICO. overland, unless specially addressed
for dispatch by steamers sailing from New
YORK. close here daily at 1905 an. %, and
10 pm. th).
CUBA NAILS close here at 3 pm. Mondays
Wednesdays, and Saturdays via Port Tampa,
Fla. and at 10 p. m. on Thursdays, via New
Orleans.
NEWFOUNDLAND. by rail to North Sydney
and thence via steamer, close here daily, e1-
ccpt SUNDAYS, At 2:80 pm %, and on Sun
DAYS NJ II 30 a. I'd. (k), the connecting closes
being on Mondays. Wednesdays. and Saturdays
JAMAICA, by rail TO Boston and thosce via
steamer. close here Tuesdays and Fridays at
2.3O p. m. fb).
MOI EION, nv rail 70 Boston and thence via
steamer. close here daily. except Sundays AT
2:30 pm. ib), and on Sundays At u:3O an
%
BELIZE, PUERTO CORTEZ and GUATE-
MALA by rail 20 New Orleans and thence via
steamer close here daily at 1905 am. %, and
10 pm. th), the connecting closes being on
MCndlys
COSTA RIGA. by rail to New Orleans and
vstt r1r dill NO
am. %. and 10 pm. (h), the connecting closes
being Tuesdays.
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CHESAPEAKE BEACH nv

Trains leave District Line station week DAYS
-y;25, II A. m, 2:30. 5:35. 7:45 and g:45 %
m Returning, leave the Bcacii G:85 a. m .
l2:l5, 2:l5, 600, 500, and 1000 %. m. sun,
days and HOLIDAYS Going. 9:c5 and IL 90 4 M.
2 80. 400, 7:45. and 9:45 p. m Returning.
800, and 1000 p. m.
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DO YOU WANT A LOAN7

Reasonable rates Courteous treatment 40
delay Lie insurance policies bought and
loaned on. CHAS. a. BAKER. lilo + st
Rooms lO-I2. Phone 5l7. se25-tf
HEIRS TO UNSETTLED ESTATES.
real or personal, can BORROW MONEY:
also second mortgage loans when rents
are collected by US. JOHN II WAL
TER, 2OS Colorado Building 18th and O
sts- myIj-39t-Su
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GRAND ATLANTIC

Under new liberal management. Vir-
GINA ave and Beach. Atlantic City. Ca
pacity 600. Hot and cold sea-water
baths. Improved cuisine and service.
Fine cafe. Musical concerts. Phones
In bedrooms. Rates. $50 and up daily:
Sl0 and up weekly. American plan.
Coaches meet trains. Photo booklet
augl5-t A. Q. MITCHELL & co.
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Money Loaned Salaried People,
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN in sums OF s. to so.
JOSEPH CAIN. 81 Pennsylvania ave.
NV. in fruit store au1e-7t
MONEY ADVANCED ON SALARIES
STOCKS. bonds, warehouse receipts, life
insurance policies, building and loan as
ISOLATION shares, and real estate trusts
WASHINGTON ASSIGNMENT Coz
623-24 Bond Building ar12-gOt
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND CHIC r. r.
ROYAL BLUE LINE
Trains Every Other Hour on
the Odd Hour to
PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.

! TOO, 800 p. m.
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
To Baltimore With Pullman Service.
Week days. 400 800. $50. 200. 100. 500
$3.50, 800. O.SO 1000. IL 90 a. m, 1900 noon
l2:05, 100 2:OO, 500, 400. 4:45, 500 sos
6:SO. 6:0o 49, 100 s:oc, 1000, n:3O, II 80
Sundays, 800 200. 40. s:s5. 300. u.o
q. m, 100, lis, 300, $50. 500, ESQ, $50,
500, 1000. 80. II :3j .. m.
WESTWARD.
LEAVE STATION, New jersey ave and n -
CHICAGO and NORTHWEST. 'lI:O0 a. m.
CINCINNATI, ST. LOUIS. and LOUISVILLE.
99S 8 III; .O5 P m l2 .H6 night
9:l5 p. m, and 10 80 night.
COLUMBUS. = 30 .. m
WHEELING, 'lO:05 a. m, $50 D. m
WINCHESTER, 1875 a. m, s14:O5, $500
ANNAPoIs. week days 500. $50
i i2;o noon go" p. m. Sundays. s:55 a. m.
FREDERICK, ..s:a5. .'.o:15. ...1o:O5. ..11:oo
a. NJ, lib. ''4.O6, IS 30 D. m.
HAGERSToWN, ''lO:O5 a. m, and ..5;O0
p. IN.
Boyd and way points, ''s.s5. ...s:ls q. m
'''l rs, 800. 800. '''lO:I5, '-lI:SO 0. m
LURAN and ELKTON. 1905 D. ma,
GAI1HERsBURG and way points. a.
-'-o:l5 =. m, ''l2:5O, lib. sss :s6 900
'5:O5. $3.50. ''6:5o. '''7:s5, s--lO:I5 Ell 80
p. m.
Washington Junction and way points, ..s.s5
DAILY Except Sunday ssssundsy oniv
Eagg0se called Br and checked from hotels
and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders
LEFT az ticket offices ono Pennsylvania ave. NV.
New York ave. and 18th ST., and at station
8. B. HEGE. District Passenger Agent.
D. T. MARTIN, Manager PaSyenge- franc
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FACE SCARS MAKE
GIRL A RECLUSE
Shuts Herself in The House
fOr Five Years.
ERUPTION MARRIED BEAUTY
ThenIShe Slit Nose and Cut Cheeks and
Poisoned the Sores With
Mustard.

PHILADELPHIA. AUG. 2O.-Shame.
due to hideous scars on her once pretty
face. is said To have mentally unbal-
anced Miss Lillian May Prcttyman and
caused her 10 remain n rcCluSe in the
home of her parents. 1906 North Tween
ty-seventh Street. for five years. II Is
said the young woman deliberately dis
figured herself when the mental disor-
der first came upon her
Dr. Philip Rovno and DR. @. A. Trie-
man were the first strangers to succeed
in obtaining n look at the girl for years.
Or. Rovno said:
Il can never forget the shock I re-
ceived. Instead of the pale. sad face
we had expected to find. we looked
into one Of the most frightfui coun-
tenances ! ever saw on a human being.
Covered With Scars.
The poor girls face was literally COW
ered with angry-lOoking scars or sores.
They ran I'm welts from half an inch to
three inches In length. There must be
twenty-five or thirty OF these frightfuI
scars on the girls face
Mrs. Perryman said: My daughter
has for five years been ashamed 70
show her face on the street That is
why she has lived the life of a reclusc
shut up in her room most of the
time; occasionally wandering about the
house with towels about her face 10
keep even her parents from noticing
her affiction.
A Small Beginning.
"One day a little eruption red
on her face. She put mustard on IT. and
ii got worse. On another day she went
into the bathroom. locked herself in
and, with surgical Instruments. cut her
face in several places. She slit her
nose from top TO bottom. Then she
applied mustard plasters to the wounds
and poisoned them"
Mrs Prettynan said her daughter
was once known as Lillian Nav Will
Jams. she having been adopted soon
after her birth by woman named
Williams. In her childhood. however.
she was returned to her real parents
She says she viii take the girl next
week 10 the home OF her husbands sis
ter, Mrs John p. Carmine in Milford
Del
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ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS.
HOTEL AGNEW

WHOLE BLOCK BEACH FRONT.
400 rooms-ATLANTIC CITY-lOO with
bath.
Thoroughly rebuilt, refurnished re-
opened, and complete. Hydrotherapy
baths, swimming pools. Rates reduced
$50 daily; Sl2 TO SIS and I'D weekly.
Automobile. booklet. orchestra.
A. G. MITCHELL & CO.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
Personal.

EVERY MOTHER wishes her little girl
20 have beautiful head Of hair. the
Japanese women have the finest hair I'm
the world produced by a system Of their
will teach the japanese method at your
home or by mail Address DOCTOR
BOX 459 this Office. II
INFORMATION WANTED - viii the
persons who saw the gentleman fan off
the 9th st. car at 9Th ST. and New York
ave on the evening Of July 25. at about
o'clock. send name and address to
CHAS. r. HENDLER, Sf4 y St NV.
Fendall Building? II
WANTED Single boarding house keeper
to answer this today: will call Monday.
something that YOU would like to see
]. J. JASON. this Office. It
MIR. +. MILLION, paImist and mental
reader, pa New York ave. NV, ladies,
SOC; gentlemen, 81. It
HANDSOME American widow. worth
t5.W0 wants to marry good honest
man; money no object Address MASON.
Ohio Block, Chicago. Ill. 1t
NINE. CATHERINE, Washington ia
vorite paimist and card reader. has re-
turned from the Worlds Fair and IS
temporarily located at 1220 18th st. NV.
1t
LADIEs-When in need send for free
trial OF our neVer-faiing remedy. Re
lief quick and safe PARIS CHEMICAL
CO. Milwaukee, Wis. au2l-Su-St
WHEN YOUR MONEY is LOW and
clothes worn out, come with the work
ingman to buy a slightly used suit at
JUSTH'S OLD STAND, SIG D ST.
aul5-7t
NINE. DAVIS. CIairvoyant and Card
Reader, 122S 18th St NV. au6-3Ot
PRIVATE PARTY Will LOAN YOU
MONEY on your FURNITURE. PIANO,
ORGAN. etc. / viii call. Address BON
<96. this office ao2S-u
FOR SALE-HORSES & VEHICLES.
FOR SALE-12 work horses ana mares:
also . good drivers, one pair young
mules, sold for want OF use: cheap. Sg5
up Apply in rear as Pa. ave NV r.
y =. Express stables. au2I-3t
FOR SALE--Fine sorreI driving marc.
pneumatic tire rU1about and harness:
mare fearless OF an objects, and family
broke Seen at GEO. p. ZI-RHORS1~S
SiABLE, Sd and d SITS Sc au2l-3t
FOR SALE-New double fun mounted
Concord harness. sells for 500. will take
$40, shOrt-CouplCd brOugham. S75. boule-
yard trap. 800 Ask at livery stable
New Jersey ave and c ST. ny. au2l-3t
FOR SALE-One pair large work horses.
Stat wagon, and harness. Inquire at 464
pennsylvania ave. NV. au30-3t
FOR SALE-One gJod work horse,
cheap. attn ana Oak SITS. NV. au1S-3t
FOR SALE-Ten head OF horses and
mares. suitable for general business Dur-
poses, or would make excellent farm
horses; also one siX-year-old trotting
mare. Rear OF 4S3 Pennsylvania ave
NV. auIG-Tt
el25 Platform Panel Top Wagons. s.
Sll5 Light Surveys. observation-disclosures. SIS
Sl25 Waterfowl TTap. SIS
Sl15 RubbeT-tire StanhOpe. ......... So
So Rubber-tire Kuna bOutS..............s5 $50
aul2-30t
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

AFTER being in business for over tbIr-
ty-two years on the corner Of l3I5 and d
SITS. NV, have decided to retire. and
consequently am prepared to dispose OF
my interest IN the place; long lease and
low rent. Particulars may be had from
FRANK p BURKE. au2I-3t
FREE LOTS to advertise New YorI,
suburb; send stamp for one lot: Ocean
view; high elevation; SEASIDE CO.. 23l
Broadway. New York. 1t
SMALL INTEREST for Immediate sale
IN gold mine that has produced over
s4.O00.000 dividends. $4,000 monthly.
close corporation; $500 900 I'm sight: op-
portunity Of your life. Write CALVIN
BULLOCK, Denver. Col. It
50 PER CENT PROFIT from Income
paying real estate IN New York CITY
Sums as small as S25 may be safely in
vested therein. Profits certain CO.
OPERATIVE INVESTORS ASSOCIA-
TON, lOS Fulton st. New York II
FOR SALE-Furniture Of eight room
house. central Northwest: house and
stable for rent be quick. Address BOX
466. this Office. au2O-2t
WELL. WE'LL 5000 worth OF prop
erty sold through US this week and
more brewing. genuine businesses at
genuine prices wanted and quick ga les
promised by AUSTIN'S BUSINESS FX-
1HANGE, $50 @ st. NV. au20-5t
WANTED-Partner with 5000 in highly
prohtablc and legitimate business. fine
Opportunity for right man. Address
BOX 46l. this office au20-3t
FOR SALE-Cheap. bootbiack parlor out
III az oS5 81. NV. au20-3t
FOR RENT-Rare opportunity: most de-
sTaDle location ia Washington for drug
store COCHRAN HOTEL, I4th and X
SIS. Terms. etc, apply at Hotel Office
au20-7t
$50 WANTED-Good security. will re-
turn II ar 81 per month for fifteen
months. Address p. O. BOX 3l2 au2O-3t
FOR SALE-3-chair barber sbop. good
tocatlon. price. $z25: excellent grocery al
inventory; rooming houses. an prices
paying cigar store. riglt price DUN
LOP x co. 9O6 f. auI0 a.
FOk SALE-Fashionable boarding bouse
IN northwest; also rooming house: both
paying we'll owners leaving city: cheap
t0r cash AUSTIN'5 EXCHANGE 695
@ 81. NV 30 .,
GROCERY; living rooms; doing cash
business; snap, $500. NEW YORK
Z Sin t,SS BROKERS'. Gil + St
e1-g-9t
OR RENT OR SALE-The best low
= uckster wagon In the city Address /
BOX ls2, Takoma Perk. aII19-2t
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FOREIGN MAILS.

WASHINGTON. d. c, POST OFFICE, NOTICE.
Should be read daily. as changes may occur
at any time.
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports
Of railing daily. and the schedule Of ciosings is
arranged on the presumption u thei- unin-
terrupteda overland transit. For The week end
ing August p, 1901, the last connecting closes
VIII Ee made tom the MAIN OFFICE as
follows:
transatlantic Mails.
MoNDAY-Cc) At II:I5 pm. for NEITHER
LANDS direct, per So Ststendam, from New
1ork;. Mail must be directed per SIS Staten
(c) At u:45 pm. for EUROPE. per SIS.
hronprinz Wilhelm, from New YORK. via Ply
mouth. thcrbuurE. and Bremen.
IJESDAl-(c) At ll-45 pm. for ITALY di.
rect, per IS LOmbdrdiJ, from New York.
Nal must be directed Per Sd Lombardia' -
tc) At u:ij pm for EUROPE, per S.
Oceanic. from New York, via Queenstown and
WEDNESDAY-jc) At 10 80 pm. for FRANCE.
SWITZERLAND, ITALY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL,
I'll RhEl, EGYPT, GREECE, and BRITISH
INDIA, per IS. la Lorraine, from New Aork.
wa Hayte. Mail for other parts Of EUROPE
must DC directed 3 or S. la Lorraine
tKiDA1-ic) At 6.O5 pm. for SCOTLAND,
LlN ERPOOl, and IRELAND. per SIS. Lucania,
from New York, via Queenstown and Liverpool.
Mail for other parts Of EUROPE must be di-
rected per SIS. Lucania."
GAP At I:l5 pm. FOR EUROPE, per IS
New York, from New York, via Plymouth and
ChcrbOUg.
Co At Has pm. for BELGIUM direct, per
Naderland from New York. Mail must be di-
rected per SIS. Nadcrland''
tc) At ll:45 pm. for ITALY direct. per SIS
Princess Irene, from New York. Mail must be
directed per SIS. Princes Irene"
Co At ll:45 pm. for SCOTLAND direct per
SIS. Astoria, from New York. Mail must be di-
rected Per SIS. Astoria"
tc) At ll:45 pm. for DENMARK direct, per
So. Hckl2, from New York. Mail must be di-
rected per SIS HckIa."
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

FOR SALE-TYPEwRITERS.
FOR SALE-No. 2 Remington in good
condition; cheap, cash or installments
Address BOX Alb. this office Il
FOR SALE-Remington. S5s. payments
81 monthly. Address BOX 436, this Of
ice aul9-3t
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-12
Los peri6dicos rusojapOneses

Una importante revista tipograica de
Alemania inserta datos muy notableS
sobre el ndmero de peri6dicos que Sc
editan en- la Siberia, Mapchuria, Co.
rea y Ell Japon, y de tan saliente ira
baj entresacamoS los siglientes asun-
tOS:
La inmensa superhcie de Id Sibe-
ria rusa, de unos tres millones de XII
lometros cuadrados y ,2S6 900 habi-
tantes contiene pocas ci1dades de al
guna importancia reSpecto a la t1pO-
graf1a.
En- la costa, la ciudad mas impor-
tante es Vladivostok, dominadora del
Oriente.
Fundada en- 1860 por los rusos, es
plaza fuerte de primera clase, y tiene
Ia ciudad actualmente unos a 900 ha-
bitantes, de los que 10000 son mill
tareS.
Els de aspecto triste dicha ciudad
porque de sus 2,IOo casas, solo $40 son
de piedra y mamposterla.
Posee solamente tres periodicos de
Iimportancia Nikolajewsk ciudad de
10000 habitantes, plaza fuerte y puer-
to no tiene mas que I periodico, el
mismo n1mero posee 'ChabarowSk' en-
la desembocadura del rio Usuri en- el
Amur, que tiene aquf un ancho de
tres kilometres.
La ciudad de Blagowjeschtsche-
nsk, cabecera del Departamento del
Amur fundada el 1856, tiene unos 80
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-12

los TuSOS aDanQOnaTOn eSta pOS1e1On
|demuestra claramente que tenian la
|intencion de hacerlo. Dentro de POGO
Sc vera que Puerto Arturo essuna for
taleza de primer orden. Los tuertes
|estan construidos de tai manera que
pueden resistir un sitio en- regla.'
Los rusoS, han evacuado 4 Dalny por
|creerlo necesario y sin conbate, as1
|es que los japoneses Sc encuentran 4
la hora en- que escribo esta revista,
II millas de Puerto Arturo, djspues-
tos dar el asalto con 100 mil honl-
bres y estando decididos a perder ann-
que sea 80 6 40 mil soldados, para
cumplir la orden del Mikado, de apo
derarse de esa plaza, cueste 10 que
|cueste.
Quizas cuando l1egue esta carta a
sus manos, tendran noticia los lee
torres del BoLETIN gracias al servic il
lcablegrafco de ese periodico, de Ia
suerte de Puerto Arturo, pues los ja-
poneses piensan que esa plaza Sc rem
Idira con honores sin ellos dentro
de IS dias
Por otro lado ell captain russo Takov.
left, ha declarado que hara falta los
|japones $50 mil hombres para apode
rarse de Puerto Arturo. y aunque con-
|sigan apodersrse de todos los atrin-
cheramientos que defender a la villa,
lei castillo quedara intacto.
Entire estas dos opiniones, lay que
|tomar una mediana y Greer que Puer
Ito Arturo resistira bastante tempo Pc
70 que al fin, 81 no llegan refuerzos
|tendra que capitular por hambre aun-
|que Sc sabe que tienen where's para
diez meses.
La campafla, actualmente presenta
|un interes muy grande pues el mo-
mento es crftico. Esto por 10 que Sc
refiere las operaciones por terra.
Por mar, quizaS haya una sorpresa
|dentro de POGO pues la escuadra del
Baltico ha recibido la orden de hacer-
Sc q la mar, este mes que viene. Es-
|peremoS.
Cosa singular: los japoneses van A
dar a los rusos 200 millones de fran
|cos. Sabido es que los japoneses de-
ben pagar los estados Unidos, pro-
xlma mente esa cantidad como pago
de material de guerra. Los Estados
UnidoS deben esa misma fcantidad 4
Francia por indemnizacion del canal
de Panama. Los Expenditures fran.
ceses colocaran esa suna en- el en-
prestito russo, de donde resulta que los
japoneses 'regalar3n 200 millones a
los rusoS.
y. K0sick5 " .zrias
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-12

imponer que Sc acepte el convenio con
ell Vaticano, relative la situacion ju.
rfdica de las ordenes religiosas?
Nj convene ponderar ell fracaso, nj
hacerlo pequeflito para que Sc escape
la perspicacia de los mas avisados
pero de todo clio Sc deja yer que no es
tan facil como parecia Monsef1or
Spinola, reunir Ell la propia Sevilla un
congreso de tai naturaleza que lleve a
efecto una obra sensational.
ii. Perez VGzqMe<.
Madrid, 20 de Junio, 1904.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-07-12
De Madrid
N. .dlde~ NSzarte.

~~$SO
ma Prensa", organizado en- Sevilla, {
me jor dicho que Sc intent6 organiza1
en- la perla del Guadalquivir, para ha
Ger un alarde Inconvenience de simpa-
tia a la poiitica del Gobierno, ha pro.
ducido algl1n dessliento eu ell car4cte1
teramente BRAVO, en- el buen SentidC
de la pala bra, del Presidente del Co.
bierno espafiol.
Ell fracaso de la "Buena Prensa", ha
sido monumental.
No le valio los organizadores de
to nj la provision que tuvieron dc
pre- parar, con cierto disimulo, algunas
personas de alquiler para actuar de
ala barderos en- la que ellos Sc fgura-
ban que habia de resultar function es-
tupenda y asombrosa.
Cuanta esperanza fallecida
Al congreso, que debio def1minarse
desde un Principe, jubilee de la prem sa
de sacristia, no Sc pudo sumar ningdn
prestigio en- el periodismo nj en- las le-
tras, ell acto Sc consume en- familia y
de sus resultados nadie ha celebradc
las glorias, nj ha ponderado el fracaso
jQue fue?-Pregunta ahora la gen.
te sevillana, al enterarse por ell campa
neo final de que concluyo la ceremonial
y Sc acabo 10 que Sc daba.
El congreso de la buena prensa nc
ha tornado acuerdos, no ha fijado ba-
ses, no redacto programa, no hizo ma
.da, en- fin Els decir algo hizo; ejerci-
clos espirituales, contar letanias go
EOS y celebrar procesiones claustrales.
ESQ es 10 que ha hecho la buena prem
Sd reunida en- Sevilla, en- unos dlas de
calor sofocante de as6xiante, y horrible
calor.
Al fin y al cabo, mas propio es lc
que han hecho los buenos congresistas
que 10 que esperaban algunos que NO
quisieron tomarse la molestia de leer
Ell programa publicado en- los peri6di-
ccs, hasta en- los que no figuran ins.
C itos en- las listas de la buena prensa
Para obispos y reverendos canoni
gos y algunos sacerdotes de importan.
cia, amen de algunos caballeros muy
conocidos en- Sus casas, no no era la
Dor a prop6sito la que esperaban del
Congreso las personals amigas de di
versiones fuertes.
Tcndremos espectaculo.--Se habia
dicho, J. Sc esperaba.
Algo asi como 10 de Valencia, como lc
dc Bilbao. No podian hacerse la
idea de que los prudentisimos varones
que fermaron la reunion en- Sevilla, sc
comportaron en- la forma que 10 han
hecho, rezando, cantando letan1as, es
cribiendo versos piadosos articulos
evangelicos rebozantes de mansedum-
bre y de amor,
Una explosion de violencia hubiera
sido impropia, pero mucho mas diver.
tida que la paci6ca manera como ha
terminado, cantando un soemne te-
deum toda orquesta y voz en- Pc
cho, sin molestar nadie, como pue-
dc comprenderse.
lei gobierno Sc atrevera ahora a