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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
SObre e1
ernprestitO
Lo que Opina
un pensadOr

AOuSulLdmCS con uQ Q1St1I
GUIDO caballero. hijo de Puerto
Rico, sobre el asunto palpitan-
he; el emprestito.
Y nos dijo 10 siguiente:
Ell proyecto de emprestito que
sc estudla en- estos momentos
nor la Comision de Hacienda es
bueno en- sus bases principales,
aunque exige algunas modifca-
clones para hacerlo vlABLE en- su
realization entire los capitalists
Americanos y hacerlo PRACTICE
en- su aplicacion aquf en- Puerto
Rico al fomento della Agricul-
tura.
Las lineas generates de los dos
prOyectos presentados son las
Inismas: de tres a cinco Milo
mes de pesos a tipo bajo de inte-
reside as Eor ciento anual) y
de.tinado, plincipalmente, al fo-
mento de la Agriculture.
FL proyecto de los Sres. Larri-
naea y Benitez fjaba el S por olo
como 1naximo de interes; el rue
vo proyecto de los Sres. Dome
mech y Cornwell, 10 fila en- ell a
contando cJn que Sc obtenga
del Gobierno de Washington
que la Tesorerfa Federal reclba
los bones del emprestito de
Puerto Rico para deposito de
garantias al igual que los de
la Hacienda Nacional. Esta es
una de las fases buenas del en-
prestito.
I'm nuestra opinion ell tipo de
interes que sc ha de hacer la
operacidn, no puede fijarse d
priOri; a pesar &c los buenos de-
secs de los autores del Bill Y de
la Comisi6n de Hacienda, este
Sc reguiara por 81 mismo. Di-
clio punto sera resuelto por la
lev economical inedudible de la
ofelta y la demanda. Los De-
1egados de la Camara podran
hacer v enmeudar leyes para los
1ndividuos; peTo no pueden en-
mendar las leyes naturales. nj
tampoeo aquellas que, resultan
de la iciosinncracia hunana.
obrando colectivamente y a i'm
pulse de sus- instintos natuTales;
pOr esta razon, no nos preocupa
10 que sobre el particular re-
suelva la Camara.
FL otro punto, ell del tipo ma
ximo de interes del cual no po-
dram pasar los Bancos, al hacer
Sus prestamos, es mas importan-
te. No queremos por el momen-
to entrar a tratar a fopdO este
punto; solo adelantaremos la
idea de que el tipo maximo del
7 por ciento fijado es algo bajo y
dejara sin auxilio a los peque-
nos agricultoTes y prestatarios
de todo genero.
La Comision y la Camara es-
tan en- mny buen camino y ami
mados del mejor deseo
iDios las iluminel
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
Ulsimsas nOticias de
La guerra rus0-jaPOnesa

San Petersburgo, "a de Febrero.-
Los iaponeses ahorcadoS hace d1aS
por tratar de volar un puente del fe-
rrocarril en- el rio Sungari, eran ofcia-
del estado mayor disfrazados de bra
ceros chinos. ell coronel AsSai y Kau-
rata, de Zapadores. Los tres fueron
colgados del mismo puente.
Telegrafian de Toxic que Ell Ia, 4
hora muy temprana, I'm iiotilla de tor
pederos iaponeses Sc aproximo a la
bahia de Puerto Arturo y ataco Ia
escuadra rusa. Una tempestad de
nieve impidio los torpederos proce-
der unidos, Y solo dos de e1los Ell Asa
girl el Hayatori pudieron llegar a
la entrada del puerto. Bajo un te-
rrible fueeo de los rusos, afiade ell
parte, los torpederos lanzaron cada
uno I'm torpedo a un blque ruso, y Sc
retiraron sin experimental daflo, aun-
que creyendo haberselo causado de
consideration al enemigo.
NJ
Ell Standard publica dos despachos
contradictorios, uno de- Toxic dicien-
do que en- la acci6n del Id fi-eron des-
trufdos dos acorazados rusos, y otro de
Puerto Arturo, via Tientsin, negando
10 que antecede y afiadiendo que la
escuadra rusa Sc ha hecho nuevamen-
te la mar.
#*
Estan sal;endo para Manchuria je
fes de mucha distinction, tales como
Ell Almirante Makarroff, que reempla-
zara al de igual graduation Stark, pri-
vado del mando en- Puerto Arturo
por incompetencia; los generates Iii
linski para suceder al general Pflug
en- Ia direction del estado mayor del
virrey Alexieff; Liepanof, gobernador
de L. isla de Shakhalin, contigua al
lapon; Sensenkanpf, que lleva ell
mando de la caballeria " no el Prin-
cipe Luis Bonaparte). y otros jefes.
~
En- e1 ministerio japones de Marina
Sc cree que el crucero de segunda c1a-
Sc Boyarin, no fue volado accidental
mente al tropezar con una nina en-
Puerto Arturo el I3, sino en- la aceion
de Ia mafiana del IA por Ell torpedero
japones Hayatori. E1 comandante
de este torpedero, al Oar parte de la
accion, dijo haber tocsdo a lin crucerO
ruso, pero sin saber cual, y aiiora Sc
SAGA en- consecuencia que fue el Bo-
YARN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
Las GALES de Pence

Algunas GALES de esta ciudad
estan imposibles para el transi-
TO.
Otras estan bastante NAL y el
Testo. peor.
Ell trozo de Ia calle de la sa-
lud cerca de Jobos es un verda-
dero barranco.
La alcaldia tiene en- prOyectO
algunas refOrmas cuya necesi-
dad esta harto demostrada.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
Las agresiOnes contra los
extranjer0s en- COrea
Una reunion de los representatives

Nueva York, viernes.-Los representatives
extranleros en- Seul, han celebrado una impor-
tate reunion para ponerse de acu-rdo tomar
las oportunas medidas fin de que no puedan
los coreanos repetir ningun acto de hostilidad
contra los extranjerOs.
Ell emperador de Corea ha ofrecido todo ge
nero garantias para los s1bditos de las naciones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
la EsevoEaci6a en- Albania
Los estan muy prudente

Nueva York, viernes -Desde Paris avisan
a la prensa de esta Ciudad que el movimiento
de los albaneses sigue tomando incremento.
Los turcos han sufrido algunas derrotas de
escasa importancia. porque han hecho retroce
der sus tropas, 10 que demuestra ell empuje de
los albaneses.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
SePvlclO Especial del BOIelln MeReaRIn
OABLEGRAMAS.
10 que 0pinan los
estrategsc0s ingleses
De 10 que depende la invasion

Nueva York, viernes.-Desde la Capital de
Inplaterra comunican esta ciudad que el re-
sultado de la bataIla de Ping Yang, seg1n la
opinion de los estrategicos ingleses, determina-
ra la suerte de los rusos en- Corea.
81 son derrotadas las tropas moscovitas, es
SECURE que los japoneses llevaran cabo la in
vaSi6n de la Manchuria
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
Los anaeRsSCanOS
en- Sareo Domingo
Condiciones de la intervention

Nueva York, viernes.-Un telegrama reci-
bido de Washington dice que el Presidente
Roosevelt ha manifestado que unicamente in
tervendra los Estados Unidos en- Santo Domin-
90, en- case de que los revolucionariosl CONT
n1en molestando los extranjeros; en- tai ca
SO Sc pondran de parte del gobierno del senior
Morales
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
son6 Ia hora sangrienta
3yaG
Tir0teo de las avanzadas

Nueva York, viernes. UnSdespacho reci-
bido ultima hora dice que las avanzadas de
los eiercitos japonesesy y rusos Sc han tiroteado
desde muy cerca.
Los dos ejtrcitos han tornado posiciones pa
ra Ia gran batalla que sc espera.
No hay mas noticias de importancia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
no EaaBbHaE5a poss su cuenta
Sc lie ha interpretado NAL

Nueva York, viernes-El Presidente Cas-
tro ha desmentido que en- su mensaje haya pa
labras que merezcan una censura International
Dice ell sefior Castro que no ha hecho otra
cosa que Interpreter la voluntad del pueblo We
nezolano, quejoso de haber sido desconsidera-
damente tratado
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
va estA bueno
eH rey Eduardo
Ha dejado Ell Iecho

Nueva York. viernes.-Dicen de Londres
que Ell Rey Eduardo ha podido abandonaT el le-
cho. con authorization de su medico de Camara.
La salud del monarca no inspira nignn cui-
dadO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04

Nos escriben de la ciudad del Sur
dandonos cuenta del fallecimiento de
la sefiorita Maria Angela Mattel.
Damos el pesame a la familia de la
que va no existe.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
EE FaEEO del TTAiEssA-
nal de la Haya
Fuerza que 10 apoya

Nueva York, viernes.-Comunican de Ber-
lin que las potencias haran prevalecer el acuer-
do del Tribunal de La Haya, en- 10 que Sc rehe-
re Venezuela
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
FL Papa ernfersn1o

Kueva York, viernes.-Un despacho recibi-
do de Roma dice que esta ligeramente enfer-
mo, desde hace dias S. S. el Papa Pho x.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
Una teEmpes%ad en las
C0s&as m0Raue@aS
La escuadra rusa habra sufrido dai

Nueva York, viernes.-Una. tempestad fu-
ROSA ha sorprendido la escuadra rusa en- las
costas de Noruega
Temese que el temporal haya causado' al
gunos desperfectos la escualrilla de torpe-
derOS.
A1n no Sc han recibido noticias ofciales.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-04
Eqeg|dCN0S D1I0 Nll0ll

TEATRo-A las y media. Companfa Her
mida, La Chayala, Las Campanadas y La YER
beua de la Paloma.
PARQUE 1oRiNQuEN A las 8
media Gran fan.J0n, por Ia c0mpanfa acrUi 4 ica
que dirige ell professor Le0nci0-
Banda do Ia Puliefa Insular.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

the general finding himself carried off
into the approaching crowd of juve-
niles.
When Gen. Lawton was recalled to
Manila and Young continued the adj
vance, it was found inadvisable to
take Billy back to the coast for two
reasons. First, the general must re-
turn by railway, and there were no
box cars in which to carry Billy, and
then Billy's period of active field work
was nearly at an end. Already we'll on
in years, the vigorous campaign
through tropical swamps and jungles
had taken the remaining elasticity out
OF his old limbs. So it was decided to
let him go on with Young's Third
Cavalry as a sort of camp follower.
Lawton babe old Billy a sorrowful
goodbye at the railway station. Take
good care of him, sergeant" were his
last words.
Thus Billy ambled along in the wake
OF the advancing army, nibbling here
and there by the wayside, dropping be-
hind often, but always showing up
morning and evening when barley ra-
tons were served out. In this way
ne reached Vigan, where Young es-
oaolished his permanent headquarters
at military governor of the northern
province.
Some months after this came the
news of Lawton's death at San Mateo.
For days the flags were half-masted,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

expression of sorrow habitually any
how. But there was an atmosphere
of painful abstraction about him when
he munched his evening allowance of
oats.
After a few days he ceased to haunt
the little hut in the outskirts of the
town, and then we though he had for
gotten. He even took up more with
other children in a general sort of
way, but not with any one in partic
ular.
For a whole week Perico had been
gone. Even the American soldiers
missed the tiny figure. and when it
was reported that Lieutenant De La
Cruz had been seen coming into town
me evening nobody troubled to report
the matter to headquarters.
1t was the eighth day of Perico's
illness. The sentry in front of the
hut paced sleepily to and fro, or
thoughtfully contemplated the shade
of the nearby mango trees. Suddenly
he was startled by scream inside
the house, and the next moment the
form of child shot by him down the
street.
stop him! Stop him! Stop him!
Senior Americano!" walled the dis
tracted mother from the door OF the
hut. But 1t was too late. With frantic
screams and wild gesticulations, the
delrious Perico ran down the road,
naked as he had come into the world,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

fact, he got quite indignant, especially
when he nosed about the big caul-
dron of hot soup, which he upset, and
thereby split half the flimsy boards of
the floor. He ended up by Hopping
down on a couple of cots which
splintered beneath his weight like
match boxes. When he finally depart
ed, much disguised, he left behind
him a weeks job of repairing.
The natives made their first mistake
in offering Billy bits of brown sugar
and tufts of choice turnip leaves. Fin
ally he grew to consider these dainties
as his just dues, and when they were
not forthcoming at the moment he
wanted them he did not hesitate to
walk into the stores and help himself,
not only to sugar and turnips, but to
any other stock on hand that pleased
his fancy.
If you kept a store built of light
bamboo, you would not like big cav
airy horse to come in and walk about
the place, sampling your goods. The
native storekeepers objected, but Billy
never considered their feelings. He
did as he pleased and if the door was
too small he didn't mind widening it a
bit with his big shoulders. 1t was no
rare sight to see Billys huge hind
quarters protruding out of some shack,
his body corking UP the door, his head
and shoulders lost in the interior, and
his tail switching about contentedly as
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

hight of his power, so he could afford
to disregard these protests.
This chance acquaintance soon
ripened into deep friendship. The two
became inseparable companions.
When you saw Perico turn a street
corner, you expected Billy. and sure
enough he would follow, not far be-
hind. Or if you saw Billy's head pro-
truding over a fence, you knew where
to find Perico. When Perico ate his
meals on the steps of his mothers
hut, BILLY was there munching zacate.
They went out for long tramps to-
gether, the puny brown boy usually
seated on the veterans broad Shout
ders and holding to his name. No one
since Lawton had dared to do that.
The two did pretty much as they
plea sed-walked through peoples
fences, over peoples vegetable
patches, stampeded peoples poultry,
and even sauntered over the lawn in
front of the Generals headquarters in
spite of that great mans somewhat
feeble protests.
The Colonel was the only one who
ever rose in active rebellion, but he
was ignobly squelched. He was mold
ing a solemn review of his troops one
evening on the parade grounds. All
was quiet and it would have been a
most impressive review il old Billy,
with Perico on his back, hadn't stalk
ed along just then, passing between
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

circumstances run away from him
without delay.
Now. as any dog, no matter how
careful. may lose his parcel at times,
the dog must be taught to search for
lost articles. He Is drilled in this
until be gets so expert that most Of
the German army dogs can find a cap
or a glove that has been lost any
where along a line of march a mile
long.
Now comes an important lesson.
The dog must be taught to lie down
alongside of any object that may be
pointed out by the soldier, whether it
be d button from a coat or a cannon,
and stay there without uttering a
whimper while his regiment moves
on. Even If Il be away for a day
and a night the dog must stay where
he Is.
This has two important reasons.
One is that the men may wish to
creep on an enemy, without being
encountered by the dog; the other is
that they may wish him to remain
behind to guard a wounded man or
some valuable part Of the outfit.
Having learned this, he learns not
to bark under any circumstances; until
this branch of his education has been
finished he Is UNIT to accompany SOL
to the foe.
The war dog that has been gradu-
ated never banks. When an enemy or
a stranger approaches he crawls close
to his master and utters low growl
BY this time he has learned, also, that
the only time TO fight Is when his life
Is In danger. At no other time will
he attack any one who approaches.
Thus, of course, his masters are safe
against betrayal through any act of
his. He will lie as close and quiet as
the human soldiers.
Besides acting as sentry, the chief
use for the war dog is to carry am
munltion or messages at a time when
the fighting is such that no human
being could be expected to pass
through the line of FIRE.
To enable the dog to do Il, he is
taught TO seek covered places when
ever he goes anywhere. He learns to
run along in trenches and sunken
ways, to creep behind hedges and
fences and to slip past bodies Of men.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
'UNLY The CHILDREN
REGARDED BILLY AT AL
FkNoRABLr"

rade had gone. For a moment he
stood in it's center under the tiled
roof, among the baskets and tables
loaded with wares, while the people,
American soldiers and Filipino men
and women alike, poured out Of the
four gates
Just what passed through BIly's
equine intellect at that moment will
never be known, but evidently he
hastily concluded that they were hid
ing Perico from him behind some of
the baskets or stalls. He began a sys-
tematic search. overturning and
crushing earthenware jars, baskets OF
eggs and fruits, bamboo joints of milk
and racks of dry goods. The vendors
had sense enough to get out and leave
their possessions to fate. Billy had
the entire market to himself; frantic
ally he pounded around and fioundered
about among the obstacles.
Suddenly he paused. Above the roar
of the crowd outside he heard the de-
lirious cries of the child he loved. He
stood STILL his ears pricked UP, his
nostrils dilated, quivering. Then he
made swift turn toward the eastern
gate, whence came the cries In do
ing so he upset and burst large
earthenware Jar of cocoanut oil which
spread over the brick pavement. Billy's
perately to recover his footing, but
fell. rolling heavily against big
stone pillar. With frantic screams
he tried to rise, but again he fell help
lessly back.
There remains little more to be told.
The sergeant of Squadron A was de-
tailed to put him out of his misery
The soldiers bare, brawny arm quiyA
cred a trif1e before he fired.
AnaA xTnfea a
lay in the market square while all
Viean-soldiers, merchants, officers
and privates. women and children
passed by to take a last look at his
familiar figure. That night the full
moons beams struggled through the
broken tiles of the roof and fecked
the old market place. Only the dark,
vague heap In the center remained In
shadow, and about it stood circle
of children-quiet, motionless furtlVe-
~ claspng each others hands.
Those who have been in the Philip
pines will never forget the chant Of
the sorrowful. The singer improYises
a line, which he half speaks, half sings,
beginning low and rising until the last
word is lost in long drawn out wall.
Then comes Il pause of almost half
a minute, and the next line begins.
Thus did Billy's former playmates
chant a diTSe for him. boy OF SIX
teen composed the lines, and the rest
Joined in the wall, The lines he inn
provised IN The native Ilocano dialect,
when translated. went something like
this:
Goodbye, Billee, oh, goodbye, oh,
Billee oh 100000 oh-o-o-o-
In the spirit land the great General
Americana oh-O-O-O-O-O-o h-o-.
o-o-o-o-O--
Shall ride you again; oh, Billee, oh,
O-O-O-O-O-ofl-o 100000
And Perico shall give you sugar there,
oh, Billee, h-O-O-O-O-O-oh-o-
0-O-O-O-
Perico has gone there, too, oh, Billee,
oh-O-O-O-O-O-oh-o -o-o--
Goodbye, Billee. oh, goodbye, oh,
Billee, oh-O-O-O-O-O-oh-o-o-o-o-o-
Copyright, 1904. by Albert Sonnich-
SEMI
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. APRIL H. 1904.

he helped himself inside. You would
know by the row within that the own
er was objecting, but that made no
difference.
This sort of thing soon became so
bad that whenever Billy was seen ap-
preaching there would be a general
scramble among the storekeepers to
barricade their doors, and business
would be suspended until he had safe
ly passed.
Only the children regarded Billy at
all favorably. Sometimes you could
see the old chap stretched out I'M
der the shade of a spreading mango
tree, with dozen or more little brown
tots scrambling over his scraggy flank.
Occasionally he would raise his head
as though in protest.
Look here, you scamps," you might
fancy him say, don't be too rough or
I'll roll over on you. Hey, there, you
little black imp, leave my tail alone;
it wasn't built for you to pull. Here,
get away from my name! 1 want to
sleep, and how can 1, with you walk
ing all over me?'
Whereupon he would snort fiercely,
as though contemplating sanguinary
vengeance, but it always ended in his
sinking back with a helpless blink of
his eyes.
Thus Billy passed the time in Vigan,
tyrannizng all with whom he came in
contact, until one day there occurred
the browning event of his life. Some
are inclined, from a political point of
view, TO regard it as a lasting stain
upon his honor. They contend that,
as an American born, as a protege Of
the government, Billy should have
confined his most intimate friendships
among his own people. At least, he
ha Io
ment of his life with one of the peo-
pie at war with his country. But Bill
ly was too broad-minded to allow
wars to interfere with his friendships.
At any rate, he began by striking up
an acquaintance with Perico de la
Cruz, the 10-year-old son of a lieu
tenant in active service in the enemys
ranks.
Pericos mother lived alone in a
small nipa hut in the outskirts of the
town. Her hut was constantly under
the surveillance of government spies,
it being suspected that the insurgent
officer was having too frequent COM
munication with his wife. Innocent
of these dark suspicious that hung
over his home. Perico played in the
adjacent fields of zacate. Now Billy
was especially fond of zacate, and he
soon learned that the best of its kind
grew about Perico's house, so he paid
the place frequent visits. Thus he first
met Perico. Evidently the two found
each other congenial spirits, for after
that they got to be seen together more
and more. not only in the fields of
zacate, but about the streets. As I
have said, dark mutterings of disap-
proval, perhaps not untainted by a
spirit of jealousy, arose among the
less liberal Americans. 1t didn't look
well, they said. But Billy was in the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

many hut and house. They said that
the insurgent officer had brought the
disease in from his camp. where 1t
ragged unchecked, on one of his secret
visits.
The boy Perico tossed deliriously on
a bamboo cot while his sad faced
mother and a sad-faced aunt nursed
him. A sentry was stationed to warn
people away from the quarantined
family. Billy clamly ignored him.
and walked to the open window, but
it was too high for him to look in.
How Billy felt, just how much he
missed his little comrade, we never
knew, for Billy's long face Wore an