davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-01
Los successes de la carcel
DE PUERTA DE TERRA

Ampliando la information que aver
hiciesemos sobre los asuntos ocurridos
en- la carcel de Puerta de TERRA re-
producimos continuation las siguien-
les declaraciones tomadas aver tarde
por Ell abogado senor Benftez Castaflo:
''Yo, Manuel Cuevas Gimenez, de-
claro en- la forma mas solernne y asf
estoy dispuesto a sostenerlo en- los
Tribunales de Justicia que por dos
yeces he sido vejado y maltra tado por
ell cabo de la Policla de Females, Fran
cisco Conde, el cual no solo me ha pc
gaGo bofetada, sino tam bien palos, in
6ri5ndome contusiones y cardenales
que aun presenta mi cuerpo.
Carcel de San Juan, 80 de Noviem-
bre de 1904.
Firmado. MQNuek Cuevas.
Yo, Francisco Isales. manifesto que
Ell dia al de este mes por la maflana,
hallandome en- la galerfa leg6se mi
81 policia del Penal, Bisoso, y me pre-
gunt6 81 me llamaba Tsales al ser
contestado acknowledgements, me repli.
GO que me iba lamar lsal6n. Que
antes, dicho guardia me habia pegado,
y en- aquel ,dia, sin motive alguno me
condujo la bartolina donde perma.
neCi haSta ell Go
Francisco LSaIeS.
Yo, Miguel Andino, declaro que
solo he recibido dos bofetadas y un
puntapie del cabo Francisco Conde, a
caIsa de unos cigarrillos que me man.
d6Emi fanilia de Arecibo y cuyos ci-
garrillos entregue al Conde, al rec1a-
marmelos este.
Miguel AndiNo.
~
Ademas podemos asegurar que una
comision ha lido esta maf1ana yer al
senior Gobernador sobre estos sucesos
y que un mSdico Sc trasladara la car
eel hoy para examinar q los presos
que Sc dice atropellados.
Agregase que varios presos han So
licjtado que Sc les pase al Preside por
Greer que no tienen garantias despues
de las declaraciones que han dado,
Sc asegura que existe una declara-
ci6n importante que Sc pubIicar4 tan
pronto pase el asunto los Tribunales.
Entire las personals que iban en- ell
caro- electrico la noche del sabado en-
que al parecer Sc oyeron gritos EN- Ia
Carcel de "venga ell gobernador"
"venga un medico'', ''auxilio", e-c, nos
informan que Sc cueatan don Ricardo
Hernandez, don Eduardo Georgetti y
otros senores respeta bles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-01
7-.-sssa
NueVa SOCiodad meTCantil

Los sefIores M. Iguina y Compafiia
S. en- c., nos participant que han cons
tituido una sociedad mercantil que gi-
rara bajo aquel nombre, siendo socio
gestor de la misma don Mauuel Igui-
ma Classen y comanditarios dofia Hor-
tencia Balseiro y Marin y don Manuel
G. Navas.
Muchos negocios deseamos a la
nueva sociedad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-01
Bale en- ell TeatrO

En- la noche del Domingo 10 del ac..
tual Sc veriicara en- ell Teatro de esta
capital un bale de confanza por ele-
mentos obreros.
Agradecemos la invitaci6n que nos
han hecho para asistir dicho acto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-01
N Ota del d1a

ci6n de ellos. esta incluida en-
el articulo 10 de la nuestra.
No faltaba mas sino que re-
nunciaramos 4 la unica f0rmu-
la de salvacion actual de nues-
ira personalidad y de nuestra
vida economical, a pretexto So
lamente de que no saben los
ciudadanos del Norte 10 que es
autonomfa. 6 por que esta ma
nera de gobierno colonial no re
sulta incluida Q aceptada por la
Constitution Federal.
Decimos este por que a nues-
tro distinguido amigo y conoci-
do literato cubano, sefor don J.
7. Bas. Sc lie ha ocurrido que es
absurda y risible la pretensi6n
de los que predican y tratan de
conseguir la autonomia para
Puerto Rico.
En- apoyo de sus ahrmacio-
mes, que a nosotros nos parecen
muy extrahas, cita v comenta el
sehor Bas la Constitution anne
ricana, en- la cual-dice-no hay
una palabra referente a la auto
nomia Y Sc necesitaria, para que
la hubiera, NADIA menos que una
seria reforma de dicha Consti-
tucion, que seguiria los trami.
tes senalados en- Ell articulo 50
de la misma.
Y Sc haria indispensable la
tai reforma, a juicio del senor
Bas, por que a la Federation lie
esta prohibido conceder 10 que
expresamente y en- el pacto
constitutional, no lie permitie-
ron otorgar los Estados contra :
tantes.
Es claro que en- la Constitu-
cion americana nj hay nj podia
haber clausulas precisas, refe.
rentes a la autonom1a.
Fran varios Estados libres E
Independence los que por mu-
tue acuerdo y para mutua con-
venienCia formulaban las con-
diciones de su union 8 fedora
ci0n, y a ninguno de ellos iban a
darle los demas la consideration
de colonia, por que tampoco la
hubiera aceptado Ell adjudica.
tario.
Pero 81 ESQ es cierto por 10
que hace a los Estados que fir
maron la Constitution america
ma, no 10 eS tan en- absolute por
10 que Sc refere a los territories
que pudiera adquirir la Repu-
blica en- 10 sucesivo, va por vir-
tud de sus previsiones relativas
a la guerra, que constan minu-
ciosamente en- ell texto consti
tucional, va por otras causas que
no aparecen tan detalladas en-
el mismo.
En- varios articulos de la
Constitution americana 8 de sus
enmiendas, Sc habla, con sepa-
raci6n de los Estados Unidos,
de los lugares 9 territories suje
tos a la Jurisdiction de los mis-
mos. y como no Sc hace distin.
ci6n de territories presentes 9
venideros, nj sc dice que regi-
men Sc les impondra 8 que ira
tamiento Sc les dispensara en- 10
politico y administrative, la au-
tonomia esta tan incluida en- la
constitution americana como
cualquier otra forma de gober.
mar lugares sujetos a la jurls-
diccion de cualquier nacion del
mundo que los adquiera.
No es, pues. rigurosamente
exacta la afrmacion del senior
Bas, respecto a que la autono-
mia sea una palabra exotica en-
la Constitution Federal. Pero
aunque asi fuera, no podria nun.
ca sustentarse la contundente
teoria del sefior Bas.
ST estan autorizados los Esta-
dos Unidos para la guerra, tie
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-01

d1ctar las reglaS de gOblerno y
administration de los pueblos
que la guerra someta a su iuris-
dlcci0n Esto es de evideucia
Immediate Y no ha menester,
por clio de demostraciones pro-
lijas.
Lo que la Constitution pro-
hibe que Sc haga en- los lugares
sujetos a la Jurisdiction de la
Rep1blica es que exista en- ellos
la esclavitud y la servidumDre
involuntaria.
lCree el seflor Bas que este es
un puritanismo escrupuloso i'm
compatible con la idea de la
autonOmia, que envuelve la can
tidad mlnima de sumisi6n CO.
lonial2
dCree por este que los Esta-
dos Unidos no aceptan la exis-
tencia de colonias2
Seria mucho sutilizar, seria
ahnar demasiado 10 que no Sc
destaCa con Caracteres tan rele.
vantes de una democrac cia es-
pleudidamente perfecta.
Desde ell momento en- que
hay territories sujetos a la ju.
rlsdiccion federal, y la Erase no
admite pulimentoS faciles, no
tiene NADIA de particular que
existan colonias.
La Constitution Federal reza
con los Estados.
Ninguno de ellos puede ser
colonla; perO no reza con los
lugares sujetos a la jurisdiction
de la Union. En- estos pueden
ensayarse tCdos los metodos Y
sistemas que no conduzcan a la
esclavitud nj a la servidumbre
involuntaria; no traspasando
ese limite, todo es l1cito, todo es
hopesto, todo es democratico.
De ahi que los actos y los he
chos de los hombres llamados a
interpreter Ell texto constitucio-
nal vengan a robustecer nues
tras ;afrmaciones, destruyendo
totalmente las del se1or Bas.
No Sc necesita reformar la
Constitution para que Sc de por
legitima y valida la adquisiclor
de nuevos territories: no sc ne.
ceslta reformarla para dar a 6s-
tos TN regimen exclusivamen
te auton6mico, con amplitudes
mas aparatosas que efectivas
cuaudo Sc trata de Cuba, con ri
Igores y estreCheces inusitadoS
cuando Sc habla de Filipinas y
Puerto Rico.
Sc han levantado fuertes pro =
testas en- la Gran Rep1blica ante
los peligros Y riesgos de la poll
tica de expansion; no han sido
tan robustOs los aCentos de los
que protestaron de la autono-
mia COncedida a Cuba nj Ia de
la semiautonomia otorgada a
Puerto Rico y F>ilipinas; y que
nosotros recordemos, no ha reso-
nado todavfa en- el espacio una
sola voz dando a entender que
la Constitution americana ha
sido violada 8 infringida en- sus
principles fundamentales.
Y 81 no ha sido violada esa
Constitution, segun ell juicio
unanlme del pals que acaba dc
dar sus votos al partido que mi
clio las correrias de la expan-
sion por las Antillas y Centro-
America, tque necesidad puede
haber de que Sc reforme la Cons.
titucion americana, para dar ST
ito en- ella a la autonomia, 81
esta va Sc 10 ha tornado en- sus
gradaciones mas extremas v en-
sus varledades mas conocidas2
Por otra parte. la reforma de
la Constitution segu1ra los ira
mites establecidos por ell ar
ticulo 50, cuando la reforma
sea oXDreSa. nero NADIA dice al
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-01
La fiesta de Santa Cecilia
EN- FAVOR DEL
ATEHE0 PUERTORRIQuENO

Producto de la fiesta celebrada en-
ell Teatro de San Juan, la noche del
% de Noviembre, en- honor de Santa
Cecilia, Patrona de los mtisicoS
bene6cio del Ateneo.
Importe de palcos, butacas, y
entradas vendidas, segt1n
cuenta S 277. q
Gastos seg1n recibos, y CON-
probantes ......... 100. 30
I1quido a favor del Ateneo.. $I57. %
RESUMEN
t'u C1OSltVo .......,. y I47 O3
LocalidadeS pendientes de
cobro. ................ 1000
Total...... $I57.o3
La expreSada cantidad esta 4 dispo
slcion del Ateneo y en- la prinera Sc
sion que celebre la Junta Directiva de
dlcho Centro, sera entregado a Teso-
rerfa.
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Diciembre
o de 1904.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29

nc The Salt Lake Herald; What uues-
IONS ought the people of Utah to ask
candidates for the next state legislature.
regardless of party2 Shall we simply ask
tnem whether they are for smith. Zones
on Brown for the United States senator
VI snal we ask them their position upon
4~uealons OF vastly greater moment to
lne TutEFe prosperity and well being of
Jlah, such as these, for instance:
tifbL-l1 nominated and elected. will
you use your best efforts to carry out
Inat provision of the constitution of
DJah which Will take a solemn oath
10 support obey and defend section 10,
4rucle W-"Ihe legislature shall pass
laws establishing reasonable maximum
rates Of charges for the transDOrtation
OF freight and passengers. etc" or will
You, Tor The sake OF 2 pass. become e
hired tool Of the railroads of the slater
Our tax about establishing mauufac-
lures In Utah is, and viii be, the idIest
KIND or talk as long as the railroads
are permitted to make the sDresent pro-
hibllory rates on the transportation of
coal no UJan manufacturer using 81 and
$ coal can compete with the great es-
tabished corporations Of the middle west
VINO manufacture with 81 coal.
Seccnd-Will you vote and work for
ieslslauOn 10 carry ont the institutional
provision for d Initiative and Fefereu-
0umE Every corporation which wishes TO
get special privileges from the legisIa-
Iure, or municipal bodies, at the expense
or the public every individual who wish
es 70 ms living by lobbying and
graft by cOrrupting legislature and mu-
nlcipal bodies. VIII oppose such legisla-
ton, tooth p nail, since it VIII be use
less 70 secure corrupt legislation, Wheth-
eF state or municipal, bV bribery which
can be o~verthroWn by the vote of the
people under the referendum. We pray
that we may not be led into temptation.
We should not only pray for this, but
work for it, and ia no better way in tnese
days, when MammOn seems to be ON
nipOtent. can we effect this than to axe
FROM s~0uIless corporations tor We know
that corporations ave no souls) all temp
tatIOn TO purchase legislation.
Third-Wil you favor, by all legitimate
means in your power. the enactment OF
"a law making 1t a grave mjsdemeanor,
punishable by fines and IMPRISONMENT.
as well as deprivation Of office. for any
public officer, high or low, in n state
of Utah who accepts a pass from any rail-
road or electric Hue2 Why do these cor
pOrauOns give passes to public officers?
They can have but one object. viz. to
obtain fav0rs from the recipient. At
expense are these favOrs obtained2
The question needs no answer.
CTVIS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29
MATrHEW srAnlN 80.


M ATTHEW STANLEY QUAY IS
W dead. and his passing removes the
second OF what may be regarded as the
greatest trio Of politicians this country
mas ever known The first to 20 was
Senator Hanna. Now senator Plat OF
New York is the sole survivor. IN
many respects Quay was the most re-
markabie of them all. Hanna DOM
mated Ohio, and in a large measure.
national, politics for a few years onIv.
Piatt seems To have been shelve5 al
last by an element that has been fight
ing him for years But Quay has held
Pennsylvania Ia the hollow of his hand
for twenty years
Just once did he stand En- danger Of
losing all he had gained after years
OF patient. crafty endeavor. That was
in 1893. He was up for reelection To.
the senate, and the opposition, well or
ganized and bitter, WAS giving him the
fight Of his life. One morning he was
arrested charged with collision with
the state treasurer ia the m-isappropria-
ton of public funds. It was shown ct
the trial that followed that he had
used money from the state treasury in
speculation, but the jury promptly &C.
quilted him.
The legislature that year failed TO
elect a United states senator. Quays
enemies prevented his election. but he
was resourceful enough to prevent the
election of amy other candidate. Then
followed his appointment 10 the senate
by Governor stone and the memorable
tight for recognition Of his credentials.
Only one vote, the vote Of his close
TREND Senator Vest Of Missouri. kept
Quay out of the senate after his legis-
lature had refused TO elect him. At
the next session he was elected by a
tremendous majority.
senator Quay was nearly IL years of
age. More han two~thirds of his life
was spent i'm politics. He was admit
ted to the bar in 1854 ana was elected
prothonotary of Beaver county, Penn
.syIVania. two years later, at the e of
g years. From that time on. EXCEPT
during the civil war period when he
saw military service as a member of
the Tenth Pennsylvania reserves. Sen
atoE Quay held Office almost continu-
ously up TO the day Of his death.
He was at various times a member
Of the legislature, secretary Of the
commonwealth, recorder of PhiIadel-
phla, state treasurer. member and
chairman Of the Republican national
committee. United States Senator.
Qaays Warmest admirer never sug-
gested That he was Ia politics for the
sake of his country He was a poll
Jician for what he could get out of pol
tiles There is nothing i'm his public
career 70 which his friends can point
with honest pride, and his life story is
useful chiefly because it is an iUustra-
ton Of the fact that men Of Quay's
turn Of mind car devote their entire
career 10 politics and die rich.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29

ana healthy smoke. Leave iu the crust
tli tnere IS scarcely room 90 put in tbs
eea Then scrape 1t cat. The next
e4t VIII see Eou GIter q new pipe. over
breaklus in Eou WIZ EToau pitt
tu me initiation OF Il new brier IS as
tAl1 mnen once broken. 1T maT
take longer. 81 lasts longer. But when
you ave good brier you have a treas
The churchwarden pine IS shape. not
MAKE IT material lit IS the ioug-stem-
Meo alfalr that ~ sees iu pictures of
o1 waiter Raleigh, the saint OF all
saloSeIs- ~ IS cool 70 smoke bat awk-
warn 10 handle The stem IS apt Co
break and it has little save GOODNESS to
recommend IT, The long Dutch pipe OF
emma boWi-Hel- IL is ali rieht for
Dutcnmeu. The Welchsel wood affair
is 4unbering bus SC makes a sweet smoke
ano - llhe pr 1ou never want t1 move
after lighting iL The uarghile or Turk
smoke an passes through water and IS
~emascuiated % diluted and d~enfcotiu-
7zed and u IS not tit FOR strang grown
man only "a Turk could find pleasure
in so Watery a smoke. Perditiau take
them.
A last word: Always uf a pipe with a
little hump in the center of the bowl and
light this Get a good light. 20 have IL
all concentrated i'm the middle. That
keeps the edges cool and makes the draw
better A pipe lighted ON one side-wel.
that IS awful Don't smoke iu the wind.
the ashes get in the other fellows eve
And YOU lose the best part of the smoke.
Don't smoke q pipe in a street car. How
ever sweet it may be 20 YOU. III may be
don't smoke IN a hurry-take 1t easy or
take a cigarette.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29
Street Meetings.

To the Salt Lake Herald:
missionaries. believing honestly, no
DOUBT, in their particular needs attract
lhe dttenuon OF pedestrians, almost night
~, ON the streets. Opinions are freely eX-
pressed ana an earnest effort IS, appar-
shlys peln8 mace 20 -discOnnect the wheat
from the Chatt. Bibles are opened. and
verses proving the worth of the positions
uetQ 9y the different cOntendiug parties
are ptenuIuily circulated. men comes
tQe war OF words, % noise takes the
place or quiet as the dispuJauts endeaVOr
70 reconcile the s%criptural contradictions.
~ "oLla cast e naio ABOUT the proceed
lngs. The participants, with faces dis
t9tte0 10y Lne agony OF bitter feelings, eK-
CAdi86 lOFe lOLlOnSs ana make a use or
words that express a doubt as TO their
opponents ability to '-iOve their enemies.
Ane I0ii0Wefa or the prince of peace wage
a war gains each other, 30 pandemO-
alum reigns. Compromise is 0utlaWed. for
eEu is seen % Turk i'm the bosom of the
cnurcn that the opponent gives his ale
glance TO- The question Is being Well
drawn out and nothing remains but the
survival of the fittest' Truth may be
benefited If the passion of men does not
blind their eyes 10 the worth Of a logical
summing upi If the devil of darkness does
hot MAKE these meeting places a hunting
ground for recruits.
Christianity. as practiced on these street
corners, may be defined as a species Of
dynamite, Tt is highly explosive. It's
~upneaVals are widening, more and more,
gious denominations, The good in man
rs receiving q severe reDulse. Tt is war
- @AAV NH-thfr HFFktittlEAar IS fltE RINiE ENH
cause of an this rouble2 II would seem
SO. Why this internal disseusi0n2 Unite.
Tor IS at the gates. The arny of
Tree thought flaunts the banner Of rea-
son Wllhouf the walls. and asks uncon-
dluonat surrender IL asks for life for all
IN ana beyond the confines OF q creed.
on the Intellectual sea there is room
Tor every SafI, Unite If You deem 81
necessary against mental freedom
Truth is not afraid of the light of day.
u Is the close friend Of Investigation.
Every test applied to- it only adds muscle
and sineW to Its well being. Let the light
snIne SO tne genuine may parade its ster-
ing qualities; the vendor shows his worst
goods in the uncertain light. To be the
successful salesman he must not make
them the machinery of his advertising
bureau lie puts them on-a baCk shelf.
and the best goods hold prominent posi-
tons Truth needs not the face cloth
or the night marauder, for such would
hide many a charm, u mankind would
be q loser, held up i'm short. Submit it
10 the A-rays4 of demonstration so its
good points may be seen. and do not
fear its value viii diminish. Falseh0Od
haunts the byways, All the ultimate ten
denotes of the moral and physical uni
verse conspire TO vindicate truth and dis
credit fraud. Assertions based on fact
stand erect Truth, like honesty, is in
the long run the best policy. They are rel
attves. "IrUth is the beginning of wis
Let us have it III we eau.
JOSEPH ROGERS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-29
The enbmarine nine.

aA-HaEAa0 NaaHAAAAaI
accomplish. That's all, / am the far
thest removed from chivalry and the clos
est approach 20 humanity constructed,
dehananized force.
/ do not tower i'm defiant state like the
battleshiD. i do not fIauut myself skim
the cruiser. i do not wen slip squat
along the water line like the torpedo
BOAT MY place is in concealment twelve
True, / have comrades below the sur
face M the stiffness. The submarine boat
ana the torpedo lruk unseen with me
But the submarine boat has flesh and
blood inhabitants. It breathes. Tt has
wives and children. And the torpedo boat
moves. Its air chambers press upon its
screws. Its screws palpitate with Joy.
IL hurts itself mad against the enemy.
It retains a vestige and a semblance Of
lie dark. still. orewless. j am released
from human guidance. / scOru the senti-
men of motion. No stir of action, no
frenzy of courage enhales me with the
warmth OF human triumph or despair.
At my head is a little metal tube con-
tanning sugar and ChIOrate of potash. d,
sugar D cnlOrdte OF potash what IS
human courage after an but chemical
chahge transmitted cunungty through
nerve tissueE I scOrn the scoru which is
heaped upon my chemical courage by the
sentimentalists who pirate about fair aud
open uelus or combat buL that metal
tube with the uga n chlOrate of pot
ash inside lr, let me eXpound its beauties
to you further.
II conceals another tube, a glass tube,
filled with ~sulphuric acid. An ignoble
hquid2 Not to be compared with the
warm blood split on the rampart2 This
Kin Of sentiment almost gives me an
emotion in return.
Almost. Not quite. With my metal
and glass tubes, with my sugar and chic
rate Of potash and sulphuric acid
await. devoid OF action or of feeling. the
bull hat ventures to cross me.
I am struck. My metal tube IS bent.
My glass tube is broken. Their contents
swirl arOund the wires OF my battery. Ar
electric current courses through me. lit
finds q piece of platinum. The platinum
answers at white heat and passes the
signal 90 the illuminate of mercury by
which 1T is inclosed.
Then comes the event. The illuminate
OF mercury expands. The men who built
me said that it would expand to 5000
times its volume. And it does this i'm an
instant The mass of gun cotton sur
rounding it reeOils before the blow, ana
recOilinE. fgnites spreads. shoots
upward. and when 10 sinks brings a bat
tleship with IT,
Did that ship belong TO the men who
dropped me here or 90 the men who
searched for me with nets? I do not
know. ] do not care. i am iron. chic
rate Of potash. glass. platinum steel
sugar, gun cotton, %sulnhuric acid. and
illuminate of mercury. NO flame leaps mp
on the altar Of patriotism All my dis
charge. No sacrifice. no glory. 20 repu-
tatioa. springs from nay accomplishments.
j ann success without victory. i am hu-
mauity constructed. dehumanized force.